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Australia coach Don Abnett was left gobsmacked by a decision which denied tear-drenched Aussie teenager Jai Opetaia the biggest boxing upset of the London Olympics.
On a forgetful night when the Aussies went 0-3 in the ring, heavyweight Opetaia took it to Azerbaijan's world No.1 Teymur Mammadov only to come up one point short in a 12-11 loss.
While the 17-year-old Opetaia, Australian boxing's youngest ever Olympian, refused to criticize the judges, Abnett let fly.
"It was 9-9 going into the last round, I had him three points up about a minute into the third round - that didn't change," Abnett said.
"His opponent didn't score any points and Jai didn't score any more.
"How five judges sitting around a ring could get that wrong is beyond me.
"When we went out to the dressing room every country comes up to us and tells us the same.
"For a 17-year-old boy to come and fight his bum off and not get the decision he deserves - it's shattering."
Opetaia, a cousin of Socceroo Tim Cahill, was too distraught to speak immediately after the fight and when he returned a short time later the tears were still flowing.
Disappointed, he refused to dwell on the manner of his loss and instead turned his attention to making amends in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
"I'm just devastated, devastated," Opetaia told AAP.
"I thought I fought really well, but it's up to the judges and they didn't give it to me.
"This is just the stepping stone to where I want to go - the next step is Rio.
"Four years - I've got four years to get faster, stronger.
"I'm going for the gold medal in 2016."
But bantamweight Ibrahim Balla was less forgiving after he lost a controversial bout to Bulgarian Detelin Dalakliev, whom he labelled a coward after the fight.
Balla went down 14-10 that included a last round loss of 6-3.
"How can you be down in the last round when you throw two times, three times as many punches as the other guy and he runs away like a coward," Balla said.
"The scoring system, I'm not happy with it today.
"I definitely thought going into the last round one down I thought I pulled it off."
In Australia's last fight of the night, the judges didn't get a chance to make a decision when super heavyweight Johan Linde was floored with a left hook just two minutes and 14 seconds into the second round.
It ended a dismal day for Australia's boxers at the Olympics.


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Talent in Art can be of any art.Sand art is one of the unique form that is there.Sand artist from all over the world show there talent every year in this sand art festival.This annual even takes place in every summers in Belgium.People not only enjoy the sun near the beaches but also these magnificent structures.This festival has just recently kicked of having carvings from films to fictional characters like robocop,there are also carvings for politicians like lincon and many others.In total there are about 150 amazing structures for display in the sand art festival and the number is increasing as this festival will continue till 15th September 2013.
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This one is innovation.Kyle a UK based Artist is passionate for craft and conceptual thinking.Kyle tries to create hi works from everyday stuff and hand craft techniques.He is featured in wide range of publications and has gone on to exhibit at the Art Directors Club and International Design Biennial.
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The only word that comes out of the mouth is WOW!!! how did he do this.Dimitri Tsykalov a Russian Artist very interestingly shapes the fruits like apple,watermelons and vegetables like Eggplants into skulls.Now who can expect that A fruit or vegetable into a creepy skull.The artist is in his 60's and shares a video on his site where he carves the apple into a skull by using knifes and drilling machine and then he eats it in a childish way.It clearly shows the artist is a fun loving person and an idea like this can come to such artist.
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Donna Lynn Philpot, 47, originally from Lititz, passed away Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 at her home in Rimersburg.
She was born in Philadelphia on Feb. 19, 1966, the daughter of Ronald and Regina (Hagenkotter) Roth.
Donna spent her youth in the Lancaster area and graduated from Garden Spot High School in New Holland in 1984. She married Wayne A. Philpot July 18,1992, and they lived in the Lancaster area for 20 years until moving to Rimersburg area two years ago. Donna worked as an electrician for Skyline Homes in Lancaster for 11 years and most recently worked as a CNA at Clarview Nursing Home in Sligo. In Lancaster, she was a member of AMVETS.
Riding motorcycles and snowmobiles were two of her favorite pastimes and she especially loved her Harley. She also enjoyed crocheting and made scarves for other patients at the Richard Laube Cancer Center in Kittanning. Donna will be remembered for her tenacity, but also for being very kind. Her family and friends will greatly miss her tough and strong-willed spirit.
Her memory will be cherished by her loving husband: Wayne a. Philpot, of Rimersburg; daughters: Shaina Krick, of Lititz and Tanya Philpot, of Rimersburg; mother: Regina Roth and husband: William Bahn of Denver; sister: Cheryl Lees and husband Eric of Reamstown; and brother: Kevin Roth and wife Jessica of Strasburg.
Donna was preceded in death by her father, who passed away when she was 23 years old.
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One would think the book's subtitle "The speech that made Abraham Lincoln President," would set up an unattainable expectation of greatness. After all, how could a book hold a candle to a great speech? Or perhaps the speech wasn't so great after all and the author merely wanted to sell more books. And yet, I was wonderfully surprised to see that this really was an exceptional book about an exceptional speech.
Harold Holzer is a world renowned expert on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. He has won several awards for the numerous books he has authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited on this the most widely studied President in our history. Holzer takes us back to February 1860, a few months before the convention that would nominate Abraham Lincoln on the Republican ticket for President. He examines the opportunity given to Lincoln to speak in New York City, where powerful men like Horace Greeley are looking to put forth an alternative to New York's favorite son, William Seward. Through the negotiations of when and where – and the ultimate surprise upon arrival to find the location had been moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan – Holzer shows a remarkable ability to build tension and anticipation leading to the actual speech itself. He gives us a taste of a time, that in the days before movies and television and 24-hour internet, men were drawn to great speakers, especially of the political variety.
And a great speech it was. With several chapters leading up to the speech, Holzer helps us see the intricate research and effort Lincoln exerted over several months to preparing what he felt, presciently so, was to be the most important speech in his life. One chapter is assigned the duty of parsing the intricate language of this 90-minute magnum opus. As Holzer so captivatingly relates, the speech consists of three main sections: the first a historical accounting of the founder's beliefs regarding slavery. Lincoln takes a line from a speech given by his long-time rival from Illinois, Senator Stephen Douglas, in which he says "Our fathers, when they framed the Government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better, than we do now." With these words repeated over and over in his speech at Cooper Union, Lincoln cleverly recounts the votes that in toto demonstrate convincingly that the founders of our country believed that the federal government did, in fact, have the right and the obligation to restrict the spread of slavery into the new territories. In the second section, Lincoln addresses himself directly to "the Southern people," whom he knows will not hear his speech, all while cleverly speaking to northern Republicans whose support he needs. The third, and shortest section, asserts that Republicans cannot relinquish their principle that slavery is wrong just to placate the South, and ends with his now famous line: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."
I read the full speech in the appendix before reading the rest of the book, then again – this time out loud, as if giving it myself – after finishing the chapter explaining its significance. While the speech as read is superb in itself, it is when spoken out loud as an oration that it gains its ultimate power. Holzer has captured this masterpiece with his own masterpiece. This book is a must read for anyone interested in Abraham Lincoln, history, or simply the power of a well prepared speech.
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One of MSRI's signature activities is the annual workshops on Critical Issues in Math Education -- the linked page has a list of previous and forthcoming events in this series. After each workshop MSRI prepares a summary booklet; full text pdf's of these booklets can be found here.
MSRI founded several local math circles, such as the Berkeley Math Circle, that are now flourishing. The Institute also created and now supports the National Association of Math Circles.
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10 Steps to Make Shopping with Kids Easier
So, there you are in the grocery store with the kids, one is asking for everything he sees, and the other is crying for reasons unknown to you. Has this ever happened to you? Well, I'll say, it has for me on more than one occasion.
Obviously, we can't always predict what our kids moods will be on any specific day or in any particular situation. This being the case, I figured out that the best thing to do on shopping days is to be as prepared as possible before I ever leave the house.
Here are a few things that help me survive my weekly shopping trips. Just to let you know, I do most of these things regularly.
- Go first thing in the morning or after a nap – The last thing you want to deal with while you are trying to decide which brand of toilet paper you want to buy this week is a sleepy kid. If she's bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, she's much more likely to remain calm and happy.
- Make sure no one is hungry – If you don't feed junior before you take him to the place where he is going to see food, food and more food – well, you know that can't possibly make for a peaceful trip.
- Go during the week – Instead of trying to fight the crowds on the weekend, try going during the week, if possible. It is amazing how much faster you can get in and get out. The grocery aisles are a lot less busy and you're not having to wait forever in a check-out lane.
- List groceries by aisle – Making my grocery list by aisle has to be one of the best things I have ever done to make my shopping easier. It will tremendously cut down the time you spend in the store.
- Dress children accordingly – Sometimes stores, especially grocery stores, tend to be a little chilly. So, even if it is the middle of summer and you know that your little ones tend to get cold, bring along a light jacket or long sleeve shirt. A cold toddler can make for a grouchy toddler.
- Brings snacks and a sippy – Even if my 1 1/2 year old has just had lunch, when she sees food, she wants to eat again. I've learned to pack a little something in a sandwich bag for her to nibble on. Don't forget the sippy, though, food and no drink is no good.
- Let the little one hold something – To occupy the little one's mind, try letting him hold something that you will be purchasing. Of course, make sure that it is unbreakable, and not dangerous to your child.
- Explain to older children your expectations – Let children, that are old enough to understand, know where you are going and how you expect them to behave, before you get to the store. My son acts much better if he feels that he knows what is going on and that he is not just along for the ride.
- Get the kids involved – Older kids can be a great help if you let them. When you need something off the bottom shelf, ask them to carefully grab it for you. They will feel useful and needed, and you won't have to bend over. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
- Don't over do it – Doing too much shopping in one day can be very exhausting even for adults. For kids, especially when they are bored out of their minds, it can be even more overwhelming. Take it a little at a time and all parties involved will be much happier at the end of the day.
Shopping with kids isn't always the easiest or the most fun event in our lives. However, many times it is necessary. But, by following some, or all, of these tips, it can make the trip a whole lot smoother.
Unfortunately, there are no magic tricks or spells that can make every shopping trip with kids trouble-free. Just think, if there were, we would miss out on those wild and crazy stories that begin, "you won't believe what she did the other day at the grocery store."
What tips do you have that help make shopping with kids easier for you?
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Hi Amanda,
Great list, and yes I've been there (the crying for some unknown reason). Going after a nap with snacks and a sippy are musts for our little ones. I really like point 8 about explaining expectations I have a while to go before this will work but I will certainly keep it in mind!
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I just can't think when I have a, "Mama, Mama, Mama" going on around me. Every Monday night I go shopping by myself. My hubby cleans up supper and gives my daughter her bath. It's like a vacation 🙂
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Great list and tips! I am so glad I found you!
I think kids sense your mood and it can escalate when they feel how stressed your are. Especially when they are really little. It may be hard to do sometimes, but I try to find a way to sooth myself, too. Occasionally that helped calm my son down a lot.
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Great tips! My kids are grown now and I'm glad they did not give me that problem when they were younger. 🙂
Have a terrific weekend.
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I'm so glad that my husband will grocery shop for me once in a while. Now that the youngest is almost 3 it's much easier. I can have them look for things and explain what we need.
Good list!
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One more suggestion that worked for me when mine were younger – Living in a warm climate, I would either take their shoes (and socks if worn) off and place the girls directly into a shopping cart when I arrived in the parking lot (it was usually possible to park near a cart). I noticed when they were younger this would work well, they would not stand up in the cart and try to climb out if they were barefoot. Now when they were older is another story (they'd climb out with or without shoes). I guess I raised a pair of monkeys. When younger, they would simply sit and look out of the cart as I went about adding items to the cart. I also tried it with putting them in the cart in their socks, but did not work as well, they'd still stand up in the cart. I think it was not comfortable for their barefeet to stand on the steel bars of the cart – in socks it was not as bad so they'd stand (which was one step before trying to get out). Now why don't carts come with built-in cage for housing the wild ones?
You forgot one on the list — remove child's shoes and socks. Why? Because you can place them in the shopping cart and they will not want to stand up like the girl in the picture is doing – because it will be uncomfortable to her barefeet. Also you will have a good excuse when the child wants to get out of the cart to keep them in it – you have no shoes. Worked well for my two daughters (*until they were older and would climb out of the cart and it did not matter to them if they were barefoot or not). Works until they are older anyhow.
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Ready to take the plunge... but a few ?s
After I-USA I think I am ready to start entering competition...
I have read the compenent descriptions
I carefully examined the entries in the exihibit to learn
I bought the loan collection publication to inspire and learn from
I have scoured this forum and read all of your comments to others
I went to the Print Competition 101 program at OMG it's early
I have been taking extra frames "for me" during client shoots....
But I still have a few questions...
I know judges have to disqualify themselve if they have seen the image- does posting here for critique create a problem with that? I see others posting so I wouldn't think so but I wondered...
Does it matter when the image was taken?
How much editing is "too much"? I am going for a competition quality print almost straight out of camera but it seems there was a LOT of editing that made the collections and not much that looked like it was unedited which leads me to my next question....
If I don't "enhance" the image significantly does that reduce my chances of getting a merit print?
PS... any other advice and "little known facts" I would love to hear.
HollyHolly Howe M.Photog., Cr.
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Great questions Val. Thanks for asking them.
And Holly, Thanks for answering them.
Hi Val,
Congratulations, playing the print competiton game is very exciting and most times is very rewarding. More importantly, your image making will definitly improve year after year.
I remember the first time I saw the print exibit and told myself that if they could hang then I could hang (hang =get a merit print) as well.
A few tips:
1. Find a local guild and run your images there first.
2. Try not to use your relatives, friends or anyone that your close with as subject. There's always that chance that something might be mentioned that could hurt your feelings. Even if you think you can handle it, sometimes, there's that off moment that you dont expect.
3. Be prepared to spend a lot of money on this. Most times, competition prints are just for competition and does not necessarily look good as displays. More importantly, display prints are not competition prints. Also, having 2 exibit cases is a must. Prints have gotten cheaper since digital but the overall cost still adds up.
4. If you do post up your images for critique either here on during live mentoring, try not to overly defend or start arguing with the reviewer. Remember, in competition you don't get to speak in behalf of your piece, it needs to stand on it's own and the tittle is your only method of explaining the message behind the image.
5. Print enhancement is almost a necessary component. I actually spent my mentoring time at imaging talking about this instead of bringing prints in. For professional print competition, we are expected to make the image the best that it can be and enhancements and creative presentation really helps. There are a lot of great straight images but most often they could be taken up to the next level.
Ok, good luck to you and I'll be looking forward to seeing your images on display soon!
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Thank you!
Thank you for replying and all of your great advice.
Thank you for the great advice. I have been reading several of your critiques and both you and Craig are very thorough and constructive. I look forward to you tearing my work to shreds so I can put it back together again.
Yep.. I totally get the "close to you" thing. My sister is an art major and gives excellent CC... and not always very tactfully. I catch myself defending because she is my sister. LOL. But for some reason I am ok with complete strangers telling me something is wrong with my work. I would rather have someone here tell me then come home with an embarrassingly low score. I am expecting not to get merit worthy prints for the first few entries but I don't want to have to pretend I don't know the photographer I assume your avatar is you... I think I sat next to you in one of the programs- you look familiar.
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Hi Val,
I went to the Print Competition 101 program at OMG it's early
Glad you were at the program and hope it has helped encourage you to compete. We tried to cover most of what you have asked and those responding are doing a great job of enhancing it. The answers you are getting are right on.
I do suggest as Marc has that you enter from the bottom up. Its how we do it. Most of the lower level competitions (local guild, state) allow more entries. We enter there and use the best scoring entries or replace ones that aren't worthy at the next level. By the time we get to the Regional Level we have images that we are more confident in. If you don't have a guild level create one of your own with 6-10 friends - acquaintences from an area around you and ask some masters/judges in the area to judge them for you. It will give you a good idea if you don't have a guild judging.
The entire process is to grow your skills so that in the end your clients are getting better work and you are getting more for that work.
Buddy Stewart PEC vice-Chairman
Thanks Buddy. It was very inspirational and definitely took some of the "mystery" out of it all. I am reevaluating all of my "favorites" and preparing to put them under lights for careful nitpicking myself before I share. ;-) I look forward to the honest feedback to continue to grow. It's time.


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He was extradited to Libya earlier this month from Niger, where he had taken refuge as his father's regime crumbled in 2011.
The Libyan government is preparing to prosecute him for his alleged role in trying to suppress the uprising against Gaddafi's rule.
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Jeffery Trevino is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Kira Trevino.
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Letter: A can that's been kicked too often
Published 10:33 pm, Saturday, February 16, 2013
Recent articles concerning budgets, revenues, pension costs, etc. appear to be reaching a crescendo.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been stern with other levels of government, trying to hold the line at all costs. Yet, some of the recommendations and actions from the governor still seem contrary to common sense: Allowing municipalities to underfund pension plans now and pay for them later; adding a surcharge to traffic fines that could impact local revenues; and allowing cities, towns and schools to go bankrupt and, then, install financial control boards over them.
To push back has penalties, as evidenced by an upstate mayor being publicly admonished. Our normally outspoken Legislature has been extremely quiet on the situation. Is it afraid of the governor? Or is it simply afraid that only draconian measures can right the fiscal ship?
A recent New York Post article, "Wall St. flees NY for tax-free Fla.," Jan. 28, may hold an answer. Based on the comments of a hedge fund manager who has relocated to Florida and a Florida economic development agency, the article speculates that such financial firms could easily relocate and are enticed by the absence of a state income tax.
And, with today's computerization, Wall Street could move operations to "the cloud" and locate people anywhere in the world. If they do, New York's revenue will disappear with them. I mentioned this article to an Assembly member, who told me this fear generates considerable discussion in the Legislature.
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Your firewall is the heart of your security infrastructure, why would you trust someone else to keep your network safe? And yet, firewalls are the most common device managed outside of the corporation. Why?
Installation of firewalls are highly dependent on high-quality network designs. Normalizing the environment and infrastructure to be supported via the firewalls is a logical second step. Validating the firewalls functionality and security posture via a network scan provides the comfort and relief your organization can live with.
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The British Monarchy has established a new Flickr account to share photographs online There are numerous sets, most of which have fewer than 30 photos. Particularly impressive is the set for the Queen's Robe of State and the dining set-up at "Behind the scenes at a State Banquet".
The website was promoted in "Majesty" magazine, where the article states, "The royal Flickr account is a collaboration between Buckingham Palace, St. James's Palace and Clarence House." (p.33, Vol 31 No 10)


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Dear Histonetters:
Since I have stated that we have made our own fungus controls out of an orange peel there has been a few inquires on the Histonet asking how this was done.
Our Chief of Pathology, Dr. William Lane, claims that it is an old family recipe and should be a closely guarded secret. Since we are all one big family on the Histonet I was given permission to give out this top secret protocol. Pass this information along only to those that you completely trust.
Take an orange and let it sit at room temperature until it starts to mold. This may take several weeks so you have to be patient. The molding process can be excellerated by transferring mold from some other source to the orange. A moldy piece of bread (penicillin) could be used. The bread itself will not stand up to processing. We injected the orange with some mold we found in Dr. Lane's coffee pot (aspergillus). After the orange is good and moldy just cut some of the peel off and process on a routine cycle. The peel holds up well. You can then embed, cut and stain like it is a normal piece of tissue.
For those of you try this I would like to here about the results. Good luck.
Now I'm hungry.
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James Franco has taken the lead role in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours .
The real-life story of a mountaineering trip gone wrong, Franco will play Aron Ralston, the climber who was stranded in Blue John Canyon in May 2003.
When a boulder crushed his forearm, pinning him to the canyon wall for almost five days, Ralston was forced to amputate his own arm.
Production is slated to kick off in March in Utah, while Boyle and Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy have said that the script is completely dialogue-free for the first hour.
Just don't expect any Castaway -style volleyball tricks; Boyle has crushed that notion from the get-go.
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DTCC Acquires Omgeo
To reduce risks and cost in post-trade processing, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a post-trade financial services company for clearing and settlement, has announced a total acquisition of Omgeo, a solutions provider for automating post-trade processes.
DTCC and Thomson Reuters previously served as equal owners and strategic partners of Omego since it formed in 2001. Reuters will continue to be a service provider to and partner with Omgeo, according to a release.
"Working together with Omgeo under a single integrated global strategy for post-trade processing, DTCC will leverage the strengths and breadth of both organizations to create valuable services for our mutual clients and reduce related costs and risks," says Michael Bodson, president and CEO of DTCC. "The integration of Omgeo's international buy-side clients with DTCC's community of clients will create new opportunities for growth."
Omgeo will be a subsidiary of DTCC with Marianne Brown continuing to serve as President and CEO of Omgeo and reporting to Bodson. As a subsidiary, Omgeo will also continue to be overseen by a Board of Managers, comprised of mostly industry representatives.
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Brown adds, "we are excited about the transaction as it enables DTCC and Omgeo to facilitate a unified strategy around key industry initiatives including the move to trade date affirmation of institutional trades, settlement matching DTCC's subsidiary, Depository Trust Company (DTC), and the adoption of shorter settlement cycles in various markets."
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Back in Part 2 I explained the initial creation of this top. I ended that post unhappy with the borders, but unsure how to deal with them. Last week I pulled the top out, put it back on the design wall, and cogitated for awhile. Trim the borders down to 2 inches? Maybe that would do. So I trimmed the top and right side to 2 inches, and cut the bottom up into the bottom row of blocks for a new 2 inch "border."
Better, but not enough.
After more cogitation, and a bit of wine, I decided to rip the borders off completely. I left the bottom alone, and ripped the sides and top off. Okay, the birds stand out a little bit better now. But it still needs something. Do I chop the whole thing up, add something to each block, and re-piece? Or would some simple strips to indicate branches do the job?
I was feeling lazy, and chopping the whole thing back into blocks sounded like too much work, so I grabbed some brown strips and laid them across the quilt here and there and stood back to see how it looked. Yeah, not bad. That will do, I think.
Somewhere between there and actually looking for fabric I thought, "the red and whites I used both have black prints, I ought to use black for the branches." And I dug out about 5 choices, of which I chose one, black with a small green and red floral print on it.
Step one was to cut the top into basic sections, then I added branches one section at a time. I nearly ran out of the chosen black, had to piece some of the strips. The very last short strip ended up pieced from three scraps.
I cut the strips 1 1/4 inches. Any narrower gets hard to sew on, and wider would have created more distortion as they were inserted. I had to do a little trimming to put everything back together, but it's an improv piece, so who cares? As long as I didn't lose any birds I was happy.
And I added a few leaves, just to throw a little more color in, here and there. After slicing, I picked corners and replaced them with green before sewing the branches in place. That little bit of color livens it up, but I guess I can't call it a red and white quilt any more.
Here's the final top. The birds show up much better and the whole piece has more character.
I guess in the end I cut it up anyway, didn't I? But this was more an "add sashing" exercise than redo each block. I could have done something like this with bias-type strips appliqued on top, but I felt like piecing it. I don't know whether it was any faster this way, probably not.


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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has "promised that a massive security operation and questions over the legacy benefits of staging the Olympics will not prevent London delivering the 'greatest show on earth' this summer," according to Paul Kelso of the London TELEGRAPH. Cameron defended the $14.8B (all figures U.S.) cost of the Games and said that "security would not be over-bearing, and insisted that London 2012 would deliver a tangible sports legacy." Cameron acknowledged that "in security, transport and legacy London has major challenges if it is to deliver a successful Games, and make good on the promises it made its bid." He said that the security operation "would be the biggest ever undertaken in peacetime, but that despite a budget in excess of [$1.6B] it would not dominate the Games atmosphere." In addition, Cameron "defended the Government's plans to secure a legacy of sports participation from the Games, insisting that the intangible inspiration of seeing great performance in London would help change behaviour." IOC President Jacques Rogge, who is in London for a three-day inspection tour, said that he "was delighted with preparations." IOC inspectors will spend the next two days "receiving updates on London's plans in their final inspection visit before the Games" (London TELEGRAPH, 3/29).
AT THE GATE: In London, Jacquelin Magnay noted Rogge has stressed that Olympic ticketing details "would be released soon" and defended LOCOG as a "transparent organisation." Rogge yesterday said that LOCOG "would release information about the supply of Olympic tickets once all of the venue seating had been finalised." He said that the delay in providing the information "was for 'very good reasons' especially as the football draw had not yet been released." LOCOG thus far has "refused to release how many tickets have been on sale in the UK or provide a breakdown by session and price, despite attempts by the London Assembly to extract such information" (TELEGRAPH.co.uk, 3/28).
PUBLIC PERSUASION: A survey for the London INDEPENDENT found that more than half of the U.K. public "thinks the London Olympics will not be worth the taxpayers' money that has been spent on them." The poll conducted by ComRes found that 51% of people disagree with the statement that the Games will be worth the $14.8B public cost, 40% agree and 9% replied "don't know." In the 18-24 age group, 58% think the Games "will be worth the money," compared with 32% in the age 35-44 group. ComRes interviewed 1,000 adults by phone from March 23-26. In London, Andrew Grice notes the findings suggest the bill for taxpayers "could become a headache for the Government." Cameron yesterday "dismissed suggestions that the money would be better spent on social projects for young people, to prevent a repeat of last summer's riots." Cameron said, "I am proud of the fact that we are coming in on time and on budget." He added, "The Olympics will revitalise local sport in Britain for generations to come." He said on the use of Olympic venues after the Games, "I think it is time to tear up any notion of the Olympics leaving behind white elephants." Rogge said, "London has raised the bar on how to deliver a lasting legacy. We can already see tangible results in the remarkable regeneration of east London. This great, historical city has created a legacy blueprint for future Games hosts" (London INDEPENDENT, 3/29).


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Legislation to reform the federal government's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law was approved today by the House Education Committee. The bill, which next goes to the full House for consideration, includes two major provisions championed by Rep. Tom Petri, who is a senior member of the committee.
One provision would allow states to use "computer adaptive" tests to fulfill their NCLB testing requirements. A second initiative would help to create teacher and principal training academies.
Adaptive Tests
With adaptive tests taken on computers, the questions are adjusted to zero in on the student's level of competence. If a student answers a question correctly, the computer then presents a question of increased difficulty. If the student answers incorrectly, the next question will be easier.
"With current testing you pretty much learn whether or not a student is mastering the material at the proper grade level. But with adaptive testing, you can find out how much ahead or behind the student is, which areas he or she is particularly strong or weak in, and by how much. And the results are instantly available," Petri said.
Currently, when fulfilling NCLB requirements, the U.S. Education Department will accept adaptive tests only when they test solely within the student's grade level. Petri's proposal would allow tests to ask questions appropriate to other grade levels if the student taking the test is proving to be sufficiently ahead or behind of his or her grade's requirements.
Even though the most effective adaptive tests do not satisfy NCLB requirements, school districts nationally, and many in Petri's congressional district, are already "speaking with their wallets" by spending scarce resources to use adaptive tests, such as the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) developed by the non-profit Northwest Evaluation Association, because they provide valuable information that the federally mandated assessment does not. Educators report that the immediate, personalized results are valuable in motivating and engaging students to do better.
In 2009, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) announced plans to change a nearly two-decades-old statewide test used to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. That assessment, the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations (WKCE), will be phased out as new assessments at the elementary and secondary levels are developed.
These new assessments will likely be computer adaptive, allowing for immediate and detailed information about individual students' progress. The provisions included by Rep. Petri in the NCLB reform bill would give Wisconsin the flexibility to use these new assessments to their full potential.
Petri became convinced of the value of adaptive tests as he met with students, parents and educators in the 6th District.
Teacher and Principal Training
Petri's teachers and principals provisions in the NCLB reform bill would encourage the growth of teacher and principal training academies that are held accountable for producing effective graduates in exchange for freedom from unnecessary regulations and bureaucracy.
"Research continues to confirm what we know intuitively, which is that effective teaching is a critical component of student success," Petri said. "Despite this, many teachers report feeling ill-prepared for their work in the classroom. Through these reforms we are trying to harness the power of innovation to create teacher and principal preparation programs that are more effective and more responsive to the needs of educators."
One leading study found that 61 percent of education school alumni reported that schools of education did not adequately prepare their graduates for the classroom. Principals surveyed as part of that study also gave schools of education low marks, with only 30 percent reporting that such schools prepare teachers very well or moderately well to meet the needs of students with disabilities, and only 16 percent reporting at those levels for students with limited English proficiency. It is well known that nearly half of new teachers leave the profession in the first five years.
Petri's provisions largely mirror the GREAT Teachers and Principals Act which was first introduced in the Senate last year by a bipartisan coalition led by Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD). Sens. Bennet and Alexander were later successful in passing an amendment to the Senate's NCLB reform legislation incorporating provisions from the GREAT Act. The amendment passed by unanimous consent in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Source: http://petri.house.gov/press-release/house-education-committee-approves-petri-initiatives


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Looking for a French winter videos list for your classroom?
Well, here it is 😉
French Winter Videos List
This post includes ten winter-themed videos.
- La neige tombe
A winter-themed song that also serves as a body parts vocabulary review. It displays the lyrics and illustrations of the parts of the body to support understanding of the song meaning.
- La danse des esquimaux
There used to be a video here, but I have decided to remove it after being alerted that the word "esquimau" is considered offensive.
If you'd like to read more about it, check out this very informative post about the use of the word.
- C'est l'hiver
Simple and cute song. The video shows winter activities and vocabulary and would work best for grades 1-3.
- Neige neige blanche
Super-short song with easy lyrics that kindergartners (and some first-graders) will love!
- Petits flocons blancs
"Petits flocons blancs (…) comme des papillons blancs" – this video would allow you to discuss poetry and poetic devices, such as rhyme, literal x figurative meaning, metaphors, etc. If your students are too young for that, they can just sing along!
Read: FREE French Winter Vocabulary Dice
Read: French Winter Lapbook | Lapbook d'hiver
- Petit Pouce dans la neige
A story told through the movement of fingers, hands, and some sound effects. Great to work on retelling–ask your students to retell what the story is about.
- Un bonhomme de neige est né
No winter is complete without a snowman! Fun song to teach or review sequencing.
- Trotro et le bonhomme de neige
Another video about building a snowman, but this is a story (not a song). Trotro doesn't want the snowman to feel cold.
- Petit flocon
The animation and the song are beautiful.
- Caillou – Flocons de neige
A boy can't wait for the snow to fall! This is a longer video, which you can decide to break down into short viewing sessions.
- Il neige – Boris
Boris is so excited that it is snowing! But will his toys feel as excited about it?
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Russians have long lived with the insult of meaningless elections. During the seven-plus decades of the Soviet era, regularly held elections were the norm and state officials proudly boasted to the world that the communist exemplar had the highest participation rates in the world. While the decadent West could barely achieve a 50% turnout, nearly 100% of eligible voters took part in Soviet elections. Most importantly, Soviet voters did not need to navigate complicated ballots with multiple parties, like in the chaotic, self-indulgent West. Their elections, with but one party, gave every Soviet citizen the right to vote "yes."
Mikhail Gorbachev's uneven attempts at promoting multi-party democracy ultimately led to the erosion of the East Bloc, and then the Soviet Union itself. Next, post-Soviet Russia, under the mercurial and alcohol-diminished Boris Yeltsin, saw a wholesale looting of public property by politically-connected banking oligarchs, and wealth disparities between elites and the common man of which commissars could only dream. Then, a former KGB man with an MBA's understanding of the connection between economic and political power, Vladimir Putin, arrived to play the traditional Russian role of the "man on horseback" who would restore order to remedy the chaos of multiparty, inefficient government.
He did so through "managed democracy": Political parties were "rationalized" (made fewer in number by manipulation of the legal system and outright election-rigging). News media were encouraged to "behave responsibly" (by intimidating and, in at least 23 cases since 1992, murdering journalists -- like the courageous Anna Politkovskaya, whose persistent examination of the cronyism of the first Putin presidency was halted when she was executed in gangland style). And the legislature and courts were "reformed" to provide "more constructive" results (their composition and powers were set by Putin).
After two terms, either through laxness or uncharacteristic timidity, Putin did not remedy the constitutional limitation on presidential terms and was forced to hand the office to his Prime Minister and hand-picked successor, Dmitri Medvedev. In doing so, he re-assured his people that they should have no fears: Medvedev would follow his policies and, more importantly, the two would switch jobs and Putin would be back after the one-term interregnum. Upon his return, Putin would properly amend the constitution to guarantee at least 12 more years as their president.
Everything appeared to be going as has been normal in the age of Putin until November 21, 2011, at a martial arts competition in Moscow two weeks before Parliamentary elections. As Putin climbed into the ring to congratulate the Russian winner of the international match, a large portion of the 20,000 in attendance booed him lustily. Not only was this a most unexpected and unprecedented display of public disapproval, but it happened on live Russian (Putin-controlled) television. Old intelligence hands recognize "receptors of ground-truth" when they occur, and the open contempt shown for Putin pointed to trouble for his planned return. The size of the problem came into sharper focus on election day when Putin's United Russia party saw its parliamentary majority drop from two-thirds to slightly more than half. Many Russians, if not an outright majority, viewed the December 4th vote as being rigged in favor of United Russia (e.g., the party scored a Soviet-like 99% of the vote in the Caucuses republics of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia). With the fix clearly in, securing just a bare-majority was seen as a further sign of broad voter discontent with the soon-to-be president and his government.
The day after the election, some 5,000 gathered in Moscow to protest the corrupt vote. Keynoting the rally was Alexi Navalny, a lawyer turned blogger who has documented corrupt share buying and trading in monopoly ventures by government officials, and has called Putin's United Russia "a party of crooks and thieves." Navalny has reached large numbers of Russians though the internet and social networking, thus circumventing Puntin's state media monopoly and its information management. His arrest for causing a public disturbance added fuel to a demonstration by an estimated 50,000 people six days later (December 11, 2001).
Putin was rattled enough by the massive but peaceful protest to dust off a variation of the old Soviet-era "Americans are facilitating counter-revolutionary activity" canard by accusing U.S. Secretary of State Clinton of "encouraging protestors." In an effort to quell public anger, Putin sacked United Russia's Parliamentary Speaker, Boris Gryzlov. He also has spoken of installing cameras in all polling places to insure greater transparency and electoral integrity for the March 2012 presidential election, and of reaching out to other political players to mend fences.
But for a Russian electorate that is growing more confident and sophisticated in its understanding of how to circumvent Putin's "managed democracy," these measures have the strong, familiar scent of counterfeit parties and sham elections. A protest planned for December 24, 2011, should offer even more proof of the trajectory of Russian electoral sentiments which, unlike those of the protestors in Egypt's Tahrir Square, are more broadly representative of the growing Russian middle class. Though it would be difficult to conceive of a Putin loss in the March election, it is a firm certainty that the democratic genie is finally out of the bottle in Russia, and he has granted its people a long-desired wish: they are well on their way to becoming citizens instead of subjects.
This post first appeared on Constitution Daily, the blog of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia..


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Although they're not a bad team, I think most people are giving the Rays too much credit in defeating the Red Sox. While I love the Sox as much as any other New Englander, there's no doubt that the Phillies are the better team this season.
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This first area of concern I have is how long the Phillies had to wait for the Rays to eliminate the Red Sox (95-67). It has been a week since the Phillies have played against an opponent as they eliminated the Dodgers (84-78) in 5 games while the Rays needed all 7 games to eliminate the Sox.
The second concern is the rotation match ups. Not the order, but rather how the Phillies 4 match up against the Rays 4. I have the advantage going to the Rays here! But if you want a game by game analysis, I'll give it a shot below…
Game 1: Hamels vs Kazmir – unless Kazmir pitches with dominance like he has other than this year, I'd have to give this one to Hamels without question.
Game 2: Myers vs Shields – Unless Meyers does to Shields, what he previously did to CC Sabathia, I think Shields finally earns the nickname "big game" with a win on the biggest stage of his career in game 2 of the World Series.
Game 3: Garza vs Moyer – Barring divine intervention, I think the ALCS MVP will win game 3 over the crafty veteran, Moyer.
Game 4: Sonnanstine vs Blanton – Blanton just isn't as good since leaving Oakland with all that foul ground that helps to keep a pitcher's ERA down. On the other hand, Sonnanstine is a fine # 3 or 4 pitcher.
The Phillies offense needs to get to the Rays bullpen and fast. This is their best chance to win unless the Rays pitchers finally fold under the pressue of performing in the World Series, but I just don't see that happening. If, however, this turns into a slugfest, the Phillies will win easily because they have more bats and more veterans that will probably keep their composure under such stress.
My heart wants the Phillies to win, thinking that the Rays look to be here for the long run, but my instincts tell me otherwise. Plus, after seeing what the Rays did to the Red Sox in the ALCS, and I think the Red Sox are a better team than the Phillies, I just can't see the Rays loosing this unless they choke under the pressure via errors or the bullpen implodes. Both actually can happen, we saw glimpses of it in the ALCS, but they were overcome in the end. Either way, this has the potential of being a great series!
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Great article. I made my playoff predictions just before the postseason started and I've yet to make a wrong pick. Phillies and Rays in the World Series just as I thought. I got the Rays in 6, though. I like your site a lot. It's obvious a lot of work goes into it. Feel free to check mine out (www.barfieldsports.com). I'm new to the blogging community and my site is just over a month old. I'd love to hear some advice from you. Thanks.
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"I'm on the edge," I said as I woke Matt up this morning. "So move over," he grumbled, half-awake. "No. I mean figuratively." For there was plenty of room on the mattress for me, but not for the racing blackness of my thoughts. Those threatened to spill over, pooling on the floor, oozing out the front door, following me to work, haunting me as night turned into day.
For the first world problems, they pile up. The more things to do than I could possibly accomplish, the daughter embroiled in her own unhappinesses, blackening the dinner table, the unmailed, unwrapped gifts that will most certainly now be late, the counters that never seem to get wiped down.
The overwhelming urge to sleep through it all, waking in panic at the undone things, the people who are relying on you, the unwise volunteer decisions you made because you think you are essential and awesome and they need you. Then suspecting your volunteerism comes less from some bubbling up desire to help people than from the need to boss people around, to do it my way, to do it the right way. To control.
But it all feels so out of control. And the pictures, they remain unhung, and the walls are only semi-painted after my fall off the stool, and oh man, did I hit the ceiling of Astrid's room with a whole lot of blue paint and also the outlets and the baseboards too and damn if every mistake doesn't just slap me in the face. There's the unfolded basket of laundry that nobody cares about except me, and I can feel every unmatched sock and wrinkled shirt weighing down like stones on my shoulders, mocking my inability to finish one damn thing as the light fades, and darkness descends, as the things go unfinished, and the mind, it races, darkly.
Then the winter program at school. The joy, the pride, the beautiful, beautiful children, growing up, year to year, turning into young men and women, and the staff singing "Wonderful World" at the end, and me, imagining the screams, the bullets wiping out all of our first graders, our principal, several beloved members of our staff, as the fourth graders plow on bravely through their recorder performance of "Jingle Bells", and the darkness, it falls again.


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Here is a complete list of PhDs awarded by the department since 1998.
To briefly summarize the outcomes from 1998 through 2014: 20 of 25 found fulltime academic jobs after graduating. 11 of 25 secured tenure-track positions.
Although it is natural to be interested in numbers like these as a prospective graduate student, it should be noted that the sample size of actual graduates is rather small. When graduates do not go on to academic work, do not find tenure-track positions, or find but leave tenure-track positions, they often do so for idiosyncratic reasons such as geographic or family preferences.
PhD job placement
Brendan Lalor
Worldly Thoughts: A Theory of Embedded Cognition (chair: Ron McClamrock)
1st position: University of Central Oklahoma, tenure track
Subsequent position: Castleton State College (VT), tenure track
Robert Seltzer
The Role of Intentions in Perceptual Demonstrative Utterances (chair: Ron McClamrock)
1st position: Nova University
Subsequent position: Western Illinois University, tenure track
Glenn Braddock
Explaining Consciousness: Naturalizing the Phenomenological (chair: Ron McClamrock)
1st position: Hunter College, tenure track
Subsequent position: Skidmore College
Andrew Costa>
Upward Collapses and Downward Explosions: The Emergence of the Problem of Individuation in Plato and Aristotle and the Solutions Proposed by Porphyry and Boethius (chair: Josiah Gould)
1st position: Adirondack Community College, tenure track
Subsequently tenured at same
Daniel Thero
Understanding Moral Weakness (chair: John Kekes)
1st position: Sienna College
Subsequent position: College of Saint Rose
Lawrence Stark
Personal Identity and Moral Responsibility (chair: Josiah Gould)
1st position: adjunct teaching
Subsequent position: Oakland Community College, Oakland County, Michigan
Alissa Hurwitz Swota
Autonomy in End-of-life Decision Making (chair: Bonnie Steinbock)
1st position: University of Toronto, post doc
Subsequent position: University of North Florida, tenured
Daniel Patrone
Leaving Morality Where It Is: The Particularistic Approach to Morality and the Problems of Contingency, Happiness, and Responsibility (chair: John Kekes)
1st position: Rogers State University, tenure track
Subsequent position: East Stroudsburg University
James Walker
Hegel's Response to Meta-critical Skepticism in the Phenomenology of Spirit (chair: Robert Howell)
Winner of University at Albany's 2005 Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation award
1st position: Union College
Subsequent position: Frostburg State University, tenure track
Tatiana Patrone
Kant's Deduction of the Political Ideal (chair: Jon Mandle)
Winner of University at Albany's 2006 Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation award
1st position: Montclair State University, tenure track
Subsequent position: Ithaca College, tenured
Klaus Ladstaetter
Paul Horwich on Truth and 'True' -- with Particular Consideration of the Generalization Problem (chair: Brad Armour-Garb)
1st position: Bennington College
Subsequent position: Washburn University
John Styles
Empirically Grounded Metaphors in Science (chair: P.D. Magnus)
position: Supreme Headquarters for Allied Powers in Europe high school, Belgium; teaching chemistry and philosophy
Juliette Stevens
Mental Causation: A Nonreductivist Perspective (chair: Ron McClamrock)
1st position: College of Southern Nevada, now tenured at same
Syd Johnson
Proactive Procreation: The Ethical Implications of New Genetic Technologies on Parental Obligations to Future Offspring (chair: Bonnie Steinbock)
1st position: post-doc fellowship in neuroethics at Dalhousie University
subsequent position: Michigan Technological University, now tenured at same
David Pinkowski
Resolving Incomparability (chair: Rachel Cohon)
1st position: Bryant and Stratton College
Jonathan Auyer
Illusion in the Commonplace: Reinterpreting Ernst Gombrich's Concept of Illusion (chair: Robert Howell)
1st position: Burlington College, Vermont
Edward DuBois
The Case for Character: A Reply to Situationism (chair: Rachel Cohon)
Brandon Lee
Phronesis After Situationism (chair: Jason D'Cruz)
Pete Murray
Why the Basic Structure is Basic: a defense of the doctrinal autonomy of political philosophy (chair: Jon Mandle)
1st position: Siena College
2nd position: Saddleback College, tenure track
Jie Yin
The I think, Self-awareness, and Reflexivity -- a Reconstructed Kantian Model of Self-awareness (chair: Robert Howell)
1st position: Southeast University, Nanjing, China, tenure track
Elliot Cross
Motives, reasons, and morality (chair: Rachel Cohon)
Thomas Fowler
The Role of The Simple Natures and Method in Descartes' Meditations (chair: Robert Meyers)
Nicholas Partyka
Democracy, Political Externalities, & the Labour-Process (chair: Kristen Hessler)
Peter Reinisch
Locke's Theory of Justified Resistance: An Explanation and Defense (chair: Jon Mandle)
Kimberly Van Orman
Toward Explaining the Gap: How a Particular View of Explanation Underwrites the Explanatory Gap (chair: Ron McClamrock)
1st position: Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership, University at Albany
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bennington College
David Krueger
The Self in Hume's Treatise (chair: Rachel Cohon)
John Milanese
Expecting the Unexpected: A Precautionary Principle Addressing Unconsidered Dangers (chair: Kristen Hessler)
1st position: adjunct teaching
Wes McMichael
Beyond Permissibility: Traversing the many moral pitfalls of abortion (a virtue ethics approach) (chair: Bonnie Steinbock)
1st position: Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, tenure track
2nd position: Fresno City College, tenure track
Kevin W. Olbrys
Plato and the Sophists: Eristic Practice, Cognition, and Perception (chair Nathan Powers)
Position: Full-time Lecturer, Bergen Community College
Susan Parrillo-Home
Adjudicating the Simulation Theory / Theory Theory Debate (with Special Attention to the Case of Autism Spectrum Disorders) (chair: Brad Armour-Garb)
1st position: adjunct at Skidmore College and subsequently Cazanovia College
Marius Pascale
What Monsters May They Be: The Moral Status of Macabre Fascination and the Paradox of Horror (chair: Jason D'Cruz)
1st position: Raritan Valley Community College
Kathleen Whipple
The Concept of Human Dignity and Its Role in Bioethical Discourse (chair: Jason D'Cruz)
This information is as correct as we could make it, but some of it may be out of date, incomplete, or simply mistaken. If you have any corrections, changes, or suggestions, please contact the department and let us know.


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Kanto, by far. Sinnoh was the easiest.
Kanto, by far. Sinnoh was the easiest.
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I think sinnoh.
I would have to go with Kanto, since back then there was really no easy way to beat Agatha, since dark-types hadn't been invented yet and there weren't very many ground-type moves.
In Johto, Lance was the only one that was really tough. Hoenn would be second because of all the weird types they had, and I beat Sinnoh on the first try.
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Kanto (red game) waz hard 'cause of Bruno... mt Charizard had some trouble but was able to win...
the other E4 from kanto where also pretty hard for me since, most of them were my weeknesses... my team in Red was Charizard, Pidgeot, Graveler(didn't trade it so it didin't evolve), and the others I forgot xP
Sinnoh for me. That garchomp was evil! I got lucky and OHKO'd it because my amazing Abomasnow's ice punch got a crit!
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I'll have to go with the Status Quo and say Kanto, but only Kanto 3rd Gen. And only the 2nd time.
I actually think Kanto hit the nail directly on the head upgrading their Pokémon after you beat them. It's the most realistic. I mean, if you beat the Elite 4, surely they'll go train until they're stronger, and give you a tougher time on each consectutive attempt.
Kanto in the 3rd Gen throws a real curve ball, something no other Elite 4 does.
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Jhoto was so hard for me, it took me whole month to beat it...probably because I had one level 60 and the rest were under level 30! LOL
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I've never found any of them particularly difficult, to be honest. I might say Kanto, because at the time it was the hardest. The fact that I'm ten or so years older now seems to make a difference in my battling strategy...
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Pretty much either Kanto or Sinnoh... Sinnoh, I'd say.
Johto's was the easiest, though!
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Ugh, Kanto. The rival's Pokemon are usually way stronger than mine, and by then, I'm mostly out of healing items.
I thought Hoenn was the easiest, personally.
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I have to say kanto as well. I knew so little about pokemon at the time (I think I was 12 when Red/Blue came out over here). I struggled and struggled and got a team together and used all my best items to beat the Elite 4...and then I found out that Gary was the new champion. My pokemon were all half-fainted and I was out of items.
Hoenn, for the simple reason I used non- ice types and dragons on the fourth elite. He is the only one I can't defeat easily, aside from the second from Johto, who I found quite challenging but a bit easier.
For me it was the Kanto region. I especially thought both Agatha and Lance were difficult. Agatha's pokemon know things like dream eater, hypnosis, ect. I thought lance was difficult mainly because he was really late in the elite 4, and my Pokemon were degenerated. I also got to admit, the Sinnoh elite 4 was difficult. The Hoenn Elite 4 stinks like heck though.
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Sad to say, but Kanto gave a run of trouble. >.o
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Or else..
The Kanto one is overrated.
I have left Serebii for greener pastures. These pastures, to be specific.
I would have to say Kanto. It was pretty annoying! The first one with the Ice was actually really hard for me. Lance was a major problem, and all my guys were practically dead every time I reached Gary.
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i picked johto beacuse it was the hardest for me and i did not have the kanto game
Sinnoh is the hardest because it is the only one ive tried other than hoenn and hoenn was simple
My Sapphire Challenge Team
Total Badges: 8
it took me huge chunk of time to beat sinnoh e4 so id have to say that one
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I have claimed Jak II from the Jak And Daxter series.
Personally, Kanto was really hard. Probably because I was younger, but in Firered i think I was much more used to it.
Hardest champion was Cynthia though - Garchomp with no ice attacks/speed sucks balls.


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Hi from Las Vegas. Brian Robb and I are here to report on the games and learn what pai gow is. Boston will face the Hawks on NBA TV at 4 ET, so here's your open thread.
Stuff to watch out for:
-Dionte Christmas is playing for the Celtics in Vegas, despite chatter that he was going to run for Houston. He looked awesome in practice yesterday in a Summer League environment where almost nobody looks awesome.
-Fab Melo is learning how to play NBA defense on the fly, which was an adventure in yesterday's practice and should continue to be an adventure today.
-Kris Joseph has shot well so far, but his roster spot is definitely not a foregone conclusion. Every game is pretty big for him.
We'll be around with more analysis later.
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This story appeared in the October 24 issue of Forbes magazine.
On a Saturday afternoon in August a miscreant severed the antitheft cables on a Samsung Epic and an HTC Evo in a Sprint store at a mall in Washington State. Shoplifting is common at the mall, and the stolen goods and identities of the culprits are usually written off as lost causes. But in this case the police were able to track the phones to an apartment complex nearby, thanks to the ability of the phones to signal their whereabouts.
Sprint had been installing on its floor models a software program called GadgetTrak that locates a phone or laptop using its GPS chip and Wi-Fi positioning. The program can also turn on a phonecam remotely and start taking pictures. The cops were able to pinpoint the right apartment unit after showing residents photos of the culprit from his purloined phone. The 19-year-old suspect was later indicted for felony theft.
Electronics theft is the crime equivalent of white noise, going on around us all the time. A laptop is stolen every minute across all U.S. airports, according to a 2008 Ponemon Institute study. (Most theft-prone: LAX.) An industry has grown up to thwart the rampant theft. The business of keeping mobile devices secure was a $676 million industry in 2010 globally, and Global Industry Analysts projects it will be $5.8 billion by 2015. This revenue number includes antivirus, antimalware and network-security software.
Free mobile security apps abound, such as Where's My Droid or Find My iPhone to locate your smartphone and programs to back up and restore data such as Apple's iCloud service. When a small plane disappeared off the coast of Chile in September, relatives of one of the 17 crash victims helped locate the plane by signing into the deceased passenger's Find My iPhone account and giving investigators its last GPS position.
Paid services offer more extensive remote access, including the ability to turn on a phone, operate its camera, pull up a virtual copy of its home screen and monitor activity on the device. GadgetTrak, a small startup in Portland, Ore., has 150,000 customers paying $20 a year for its service. Says Chief Executive Ken Westin, "This will have an impact on whether people steal or not."
The biggest player in laptop recovery is Absolute Software of Vancouver, B.C. It has deals with companies such as Dell and HP to embed its tracking agent into their computers' boot-up software, where it is more difficult for a thief to remove than from the hard drive. The company claims more than 5 million customers and says it recovers more than 50 laptops every week.
To the individual, the power to track or remotely control a laptop or phone seems like a good thing. But to society, the power to track, intercept and share the contents of a mobile device has ripple effects that are not always so good. If tracking services are not used carefully and within the bounds of privacy laws, legitimate owners and security professionals can get into legal gray areas, the repercussions of which could be far more expensive than a replacement iPhone.
In 2010 parents of a Pennsylvania high schooler sued Lower Merion School District for "spying" on their son using Absolute surveillance software. School technicians had activated and taken pictures of a boy using his own webcam after the school mistakenly thought the laptop had been stolen. The district paid $610,000 to settle the lawsuit.
In response Absolute changed its service so that customers cannot activate webcams remotely. "That's best left in the hands of professionals," said Stephen Midgley, Absolute's head of marketing. It had always kept stricter privacy safeguards on its two main services: LoJack for Laptops and Computrace. Customers of those services must first file police reports before the surveillance capabilities can be activated. Only Absolute technicians were granted access to the camera and activity logs. The technicians convey whatever data they can get to the police.
But even the professionals sometimes get into trouble. When an Ohio school district reported a student's laptop missing in 2008, an Absolute technician tracked it down to the home of Susan Clements-Jeffrey, who turned out to be a teacher in a different district. His inspection of her activity turned up a bunch of nude photos she'd been exchanging with her long-distance boyfriend. The technician handed the salacious snaps to the cops. When police went to her home to seize the laptop they called her stupid and told her she "should have known better than to do that kind of stuff on the webcam." Clements-Jeffrey claimed she didn't know the laptop was stolen. (Its $60 price might have been one clue.) She sued Absolute for its technicians' violation of her privacy. Absolute settled the case for an undisclosed amount before it could go to a jury, leaving no clear precedent for how courts will react to these cases in the future. Absolute also decided in 2010 to no longer give technicians access to a computer's camera.
Businesses regard device theft quite differently than schools and consumers do. For them the greater value is in the data and not the device itself. "BlackBerrys are built for business and have [remote locking and tracking] features built in, but they're increasingly being pushed aside by employees who want to use Androids and iPhones. Many businesses are turning a blind eye toward the repercussions of an employee losing one of these, along with the valuable corporate data on it," says Chester Wisniewski, a senior advisor at security-software firm Sophos.


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REI, Beach Cabanas, and NOT Glamping.
Me and Dee – August 2010 So when REI and BlogHer offered me the opportunity to go on a mini REI shopping spree in preparation for our family's beach camp-out at the end of the summer, I jumped at the chance. The closest one is in the town of my youth (where my parents still live) so you know I… Read more →
via Creativity Cards. Yesterday when I said the internet was magic? I didn't even really get it at all. Only now, MAYBE, I think I'm starting to sort of understand just what an incredible community of people these fiber optics connect. I mean, the internet made Lullabies for Getty possible. So there's that. And then yesterday it launched. First my… Read more →
Who wants to be a Hundredaire?
What would possess me to post this picture of myself (and my then-future-husband!) on the internet? Why, BlogHer, Olay, and the opportunity to give one of you guys another $100 Visa Gift Card ~ that's what. CLICK HERE to see more embarrassing photos from my youth, and enter to win. Read more →