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When we did our Kickstarter last year we thought it would be funny to include a few joke backer rewards. One of them we decided to pull right from this Penny Arcade strip about Kickstarting things. The reward was that I would shout your name while chasing a duck. I want to reiterate that this was a JOKE and we did not think people would actually expect me to do it.
But yeah everyone totally expected me to do it.
So here it is. Nearly an hour of me saying names and bothering ducks. We have included a handy watermark in the corner that shows what letter I am on. This should allow you to skip to your name pretty quick.
Some other quick notes about the video
-Yes I am bad at pronouncing names. In my defense a lot of them were handles with numbers and shit in them.
-It's only first names or handles. So if we had 100 Bobs donate I only said Bob once and that Bob was for all the Bobs.
-I realize that I'm not "shouting" and I apologize for that. Also some people have suggested I'm not really "chasing" but only "following". This is a real discussion that people are having.
-The woman in the background is one of the owners of the farm. It was actually very difficult to find a farm with ducks that would let us come and do this. She agreed to it but wanted to watch the entire thing.
-Finally if you have not subscribed to the new PATV YouTube channel now is a great time. We would really appreciate it.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition Adds Cullen, Leliana to the Team
We'll have plenty of allies in our fight against the forces of evil in Dragon Age: Inquisition, and the game's official website recently lifted the curtain on two more of those helping hands.
Cullen (above) is one of three advisors who help run the Inquisition, commands the Inquisition's military forces on behalf of the main Inquisitor. He will serve as a tactician, giving advice on how to proceed at the War Table throughout the adventure. He has a rich backstory in the Dragon Age world, having survived the events of the Circle Tower in the first game and watching Kirkwall fall in Dragon Age II
Leliana should be a familiar face to all Dragon Age fans, as she is the same Leliana who joined the Grey Warden in Dragon Age: Origins. Ten years have passed since that game, however, and Leliana is a much different warrior than she was then. She's now a high-ranking member of the Inquisition with a great deal of responsibility, and the optimistic demeanor we saw from her before has been replaced with a stoic disposition, serious almost to a fault. We're interested to see how Leliana will work in the new game.
We expect more profiles to come in the weeks leading up to Dragon Age: Inquisition's launch, so keep it here for any new reveals.
Dragon Age: Inquisition launches Oct. 7 for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC.


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Salvation Army to be named defendant in suit over deadly Philadelphia building collapse
PHILADELPHIA – The Salvation Army is becoming the latest defendant in litigation over a deadly Philadelphia building collapse.
Six people died inside a Salvation Army thrift store when an adjacent building being demolished collapsed on them in June.
Lawyer Robert Mongeluzzi says the Salvation Army played "a game of chicken" with its neighbor over the demolition, despite known safety risks.
Emails show the building owner's failed efforts to put a tarp over the thrift store or place a bucket truck above it to remove a four-story brick wall by hand.
Mongeluzzi represents several survivors and the family of one woman killed.
He opposes a contractor's efforts Wednesday to delay the lawsuits until a criminal grand jury probe is completed.
A Salvation Army lawyer did not immediately return a message Thursday.


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Step aside America – Northern Ireland is home to the most fervent fans of The Quiet Man movie.
The John Ford classic has long been a favorite of Irish Americans.
But a report in the Sunday Independent newspaper claims that the movie's most avid fans come from Ulster.
Tourism bosses in the Mayo village when the movie was shot have made the claim ahead of their annual three day Quiet Man festival.
Festival organisers have confirmed that 80 per cent of film tourists making the pilgrimage to the village every year are from Ulster.
And they expect similar stars this year when they pay homage to the movie that made Maureen O'Hara a global star.
Organizing committee chairman Pat Luskin said: "The film allowed people to escape into another world from The Troubles. Things have changed now, but the biggest fans are still from Northern Ireland. They just seem to love the movie more than anyone else."
Locals in Cong have also unveiled ambitious plans to create a Hollywood style Walk of Fame in the village.
They plan to invite Hollywood stars to Mayo to receive lifetime achievement awards before being asked to leave a print of their hands, which, in turn, will be bronzed and then mounted at various locations in the village.
Maureen O'Hara will be the first star invited with plans to then honour Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender.
There are also plans to unveil a life-sized statue of O'Hara and co-star John Wayne as part of Cong's contribution to The Gathering Ireland 2013.
Luskin added: "We'd then look at other actors, for example Pierce Brosnan, who has a link as he got married here in Ashford Castle."
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The single-season sack record stands at 22.5. Last year, Vikings defensive end Jared Allen finished with 22, tying Mark Gastineau, the guy who held it before Michael Strahan set the record 11 years ago.
And many (OK, most) football fans believe that the record rightfully belongs to Allen and Mark Gastineau, given that Strahan's final sack came when former Packers quarterback Brett Favre called a one-man audible and rolled in Strahan's direction and slid into his waiting arms.
Gastineau says in one breath that he's not paying attention to the latest three-man chase for the single-season sack record, but then in the next he expresses hope that someone will set the record and remove the taint that the current high-water mark carries.
"Well, like I said, I really haven't been keeping up on it," Gastineau recently told Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic. "If somebody does get the record, though, I would acknowledge him in a respectful way and that would be almost something I would really enjoy, to see him get a record that he deserves.
"It would be nice if there was no negativity toward it."
Gastineau still has some negativity toward Favre. "It really tarnished that record," Gastineau said of Favre's maneuver. "But I think the one that suffers the most is Strahan because so many Jets fans still give him a hard time whenever they see him."
Favre was far more elusive after the game, when Gastineau waited with a Packers helmet that he wanted Favre to sign for Gastineau's brother. "[H]e shot out of the locker room like he had been shot out of a cannon," Gastineau said. "I don't know. People probably thought I was going to sack him. He told me he was going to send it to me. I'm still waiting on that. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it."
If Gastineau has lost any sleep over the manner in which his record was broken, he won't if/when Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (who has 20.5) or 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith (19.5) or Broncos linebacker Von Miller (who has 17.5) can pull it off on Sunday.


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Working out what happened in the moments after the Big Bang is difficult. Scientists can come up with theories, but in the end they are useful only if they can be tested. Nobel prizewinner Robert Laughlin is passionate about experiments. He challenges the students in this film, as well as laureate David Gross, to come up with ways to test our big ideas about the universe. The two laureates make a bet. Watch the film to find out more and to decide who wins.
For more on the discussions at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2012, please visit Nature Outlook's "Physics Masterclass" issue.
Click here to see all five films that Nature Video made on this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting in Germany.


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SALEM, Ore. — A labor law attorney has warned Oregon dairymen that more employee lawsuits are targeting business owners as well as their firms.
"It's not just the company being sued but the individual as well," attorney Amanda Gamblin said Tuesday at the Oregon Dairy Farmers 2014 Convention.
The strategy is meant to put the grower's assets at risk, since they're often separate from the farm corporation, she said.
The trend of personally naming business owners in lawsuits is on the rise because plaintiffs believe it confers more negotiating leverage, Gamblin said.
To counter this method, dairies and other small businesses need to ensure legal defense is included in their insurance policy, she said.
Both the company and its owner should be protected in the event of litigation, Gamblin said.
Some general insurance policies exclude coverage for wage and hour lawsuits, so farmers should find a policy that includes them, she said.
Gamblin recommended having at least $1 million in liability coverage, as litigation can get expensive.
"There will be a lot more peace of mind," she said.
One of her clients recently won a employment case after three years of "ridiculously complex" litigation and a four-week jury trial, she said.
Though the employer was ultimately victorious, the legal defense costs came to $500,000, Gamblin said. "That would devastate most small business clients. It would put them under."
In light of a recent "ag protection" legislative proposal in Idaho, Gamblin said Oregon dairies should be aware of the legal situation in their state.
Under the Idaho proposal, employees who lie to a farmer to get hired and try to obtain video footage of animal abuse would be subject to criminal penalties.
Oregon not only lacks such a law, but farmers could face lawsuits if they fire a "whistle blower" or bar such a worker from employment, Gamblin said.
Farmers need to do their homework when vetting applicants and check their references, she said.
The employee handbook should also stress that lying on an employment application is grounds for termination, Gamblin said.
In the event of a firing, the grower should document that the worker had lied on the application and not for whistle-blowing, she said.
Oregon is theoretically an "at will" employer state, in which workers can be fired for any reason, she said.
The reality is much more complicated, as the Oregon legislature has carved out a long list of exemptions to the "at will" law, Gamblin said.
"There are so many exceptions to the 'at will' rule it has been swallowed," she said.
In effect, this means employers must show that they fired workers for a reason that's not exempted, she said.
Juries will tend to believe a worker's accusations unless the employer can prove otherwise with paperwork, Gamblin said.
"If you write nothing down, the jury will just assume it's for one of those reasons you're not allowed to fire," she said.
Dairies can also avoid legal and public relations problems regarding animal abuse by installing cameras, or even fake cameras, Gamblin said.
"Nobody is in this mess if they prevent animal cruelty in the first place," she said.


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Nadal plans to take it slow in Chile
Rafael Nadal insists that patience holds the key to his bid to return to the top of men's tennis as he prepares to hit a ball in anger for the first time in eight months at the Chile Open.
The 11-time grand slam champion has been laid low by tendonitis since his shock second-round defeat at Wimbledon by Lukas Rosol in June, but after aborted comebacks ahead of the Australian Open, which he also skipped, the Spaniard will finally return in Vina del Mar.
"I have to take it slowly and be humble to know that things won't be as good as they were before my injury," said Nadal, who will play a doubles match on Tuesday before his first singles encounter on Wednesday.
"I need weeks of working on the circuit. I need to be patient. Hopefully I'll show an acceptable level."
Nadal, 26, missed the US Open, the defence of his Olympic title in London and Spain's Davis Cup final defeat by Czech Republic in 2012 amid fears about his long-term future in the sport.
For now, the former world No. 1 is focused on easing his way back into the grueling tennis circuit, and sees no reason why he cannot return to the heights he reached when he was injury-free.
"Results are the least important thing right now," Nadal added. "If my knee doesn't hurt, I have no fear. I've had had more serious injuries in the past and I got stronger after them.
"This is the injury that has sidelined me the longest so maybe it will take me a bit longer to get back my confidence, the good feeling on court, but if my knee doesn't hurt I don't see why I couldn't get back my movements and game style."
Men's rankings: 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB), 2. Roger Federer (SUI), 3. Andy Murray (GBR), 4. David Ferrer (ESP), 5. Rafael Nadal (ESP), 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE), 7. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG), 8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA), 9. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB), 10. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Women's rankings: 1. Victoria Azarenka (BLR), 2. Serena Williams (USA), 3. Maria Sharapova (RUS), 4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL), 5. Li Na (CHN), 6. Angelique Kerber (GER), 7. Sara Errani (ITA), 8. Petra Kvitova (CZE), 9. Samantha Stosur (AUS), 10. Marion Bartoli (FRA)


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Finding Your Way Around a Router
Apr 19, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Have you ever accessed your home or small office router configuration settings and been bombarded with a mass of incomprehensible, cryptic computer-eze and senseless acronyms and abbreviations?
You can quickly come up to speed on some of the basics by following this guide.
What Is It?
The router is a computer networking device that manages the data. It interprets the packet's address and directs the packet to its destination.
The routers that we commonly encounter in our home installations can also manage security.
When Do You Need to Tinker With It?
Access your router settings when you need to make changes to your WiFi network, get games working, force devices to connect to the network, and more.
The documentation that is supplied with your network device will advise you as to when you should make router configuration changes.
Opening the Setup Page
Open a Web browser on a PC that's on the same network as the router. Then log in to the router by entering the its IP address in the browser address bar. Try two of the most common router IP addresses first. They are 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.0.1.
If neither of these addresses pulls up a setup screen emblazoned with the router manufacturer or the ISP's logo, then perform a Web-based search for the router's IP address by searching for the terms "IP Address" along with router manufacturer and router model number.
The router model number will be on a label attached to the router.
Logging In
Enter the User ID and password. They're often a combination of "admin," "password," "changeme" -- or they are blank.
Again, perform a Web search if you can't get the setup screen to accept common User IDs and passwords.
Getting Oriented
The opening screen is likely to include an overview of current status and settings like hardware and firmware details, LAN and WAN addresses, and so on.
Look down the left-hand side of the setup screen -- on Belkin and Netgear routers -- for a list of configurable areas. Other router makers can have slightly different UIs, but the concepts are the same.
Configuration areas are usually split into broad areas like "Wireless," "Content Filtering," "Firewall," "Advanced" or "Utilities." Within those areas are tabs, or hyperlinks, that you can click on to make specific changes.
Wireless Settings
Click on the "Wireless" tab, or hyperlink, to make changes to the wireless settings. The SSID is the wireless network's name. You can change this and the password to something more memorable.
The "Channel" is the operating frequency -- change it if you get interference with close-by networks. Other settings in this area are related to security.
Filtering Options
Check out the "Content Filtering" or similarly named area. You can limit access to certain sites here if you have aspirations of despotism, or teenagers.
Routers can allow keyword, and/or domain blocking.
Connected Clients
Click on "LAN IP" or "DHCP Client List" under "LAN Setup," or similar, to see the computers connected to the network. The DHCP list of leases is an itemized list of dynamic IP addresses, assigned automatically to devices (also called "connected clients") by the router. The list sometimes includes the "Host Name" a description you may recognize, like the computer name.
You can also identify the connected client that's listed through the MAC (Media Access Control) address, which will be printed on a label on the device itself and repeated in the DHCP client list. MAC addresses are unique identifiers for networked devices. Think of them like automobile VIN numbers.
Open Ports
Open required ports. Some locally networked games and Internet applications need to be specifically made available on the Internet. This is accomplished through Port Forwarding. Look for this configuration area in "Advanced" or "Firewall" or similar.
On Netgear routers choose "Add Custom Rule" or similar and give the rule a name; then choose the start port and end port, as well as the protocol. This information will be supplied by the game or device maker.
Then add the local IP address to the rule by entering the IP address of the networked device, like game. Refer to the DHCP Client List from the previous step to get it. Cross-reference the IP address with the known MAC address of the device.
Reserve a Lease
Enter the MAC address from the previous step, along with the IP address that it has been using (found in the DHCP Client List) into the "DHCP Reservation List" or "Reserve" or similar.
That way, the fixed MAC address will always be assigned to the now fixed, called "Static IP" address, and the ports that you opened in the earlier steps will always be opened for that particular device, even after a power cycle.
Want to Ask a Tech Question?
Is there a piece of tech you'd like to know how to operate properly? Is there a gadget that's got you confounded? Please send your tech questions to me, and I'll try to answer as many as possible in this column.
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From LAX, connecting service (change of planes) to Naples is offered on Lufthansa and British. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $466, excluding taxes and fees. You then take the hydrofoil or ferry to Capri; prices start about $15, one way. Info: http://www.capri.com/en/ferry-schedule.
To call these numbers from the U.S., dial 011 (international dialing code), 39 (country code for Italy), 081 (the regional code) and the local number.
Hotel Punta Tragara, 57 Via Tragara; 837-0844, http://www.hoteltragara.com/eng/hotel.htm. Le Corbusier, one of 20th century's great architects, designed the luxurious villa that is now Hotel Punta Tragara, a stylish boutique hotel with panoramic views of the sea. Perched on a hilltop above the faraglioni, the island's iconic rock formations, Punta Tragara is away from the noise and craziness of central Capri Town. Rooms are attractively furnished; most open onto private balconies or terraces. Spa, restaurant, pool. Doubles from $558 a night.
Grand Hotel Quisisana, 2 Via Camarelle; 837-0788, http://www.quisisana.com/en/index. This hotel, in the center of Capri Town, is every bit as grand as the name implies. Celebrities from Ingrid Bergman to Sting have patronized it. Vegas-like complex with indoor and outdoor pools, spa, restaurants, bars and a small convention center. Excellent service; elegant rooms. If you can't afford the tariff, have a drink in the terrace bar and watch the tourists pass by. Doubles from $399 a night.
Hotel Gato Bianco, 32 Via Vitoria Emanuele; 837-0446, http://www.gattobianco-capri.com. Centrally located in Capri Town, Gato Bianco (white cat) is a relative bargain on this pricey island. The whitewashed hotel's rooms are small, but tidy and colorful, and all open to a terrace or balcony. Breakfast included. Doubles from $159.
Da Giorgio Ristorante, 34 Via Roma, 837-5777, http://www.dagiorgiocapri.com. This seafood restaurant and pizzeria ranks among the island's best and has the added advantage of offering diners a panoramic view of the Bay of Naples. The seafood is just-off-the-boat fresh and the pizza and pasta light and flavorful. Entrees from $25.
La Fontelina, 1 Faraglioni; 837-0845. (no website). Roman emperors once dallied here, where the land meets the sea. La Fontelina beach club and restaurant offers a wonderfully scenic spot to have lunch or spend a day lying on the rocks looking at the water and the Faraglioni rocks, a Capri icon. Entrees about $25; beach rentals (a spot on a rock, chair and umbrella) about $80 a day.
Capri Leisure, 21 Via P.S. Cimino; mobile (no 081) 34-74-757-277, http://www.caprileisure.com. Well-priced personalized sea and/or walking tours for small groups led by Capri native Giovanni Aprea. Grotto and circle island tours aboard a gozzo, a typical boat.
Benvenuto Limos, 54 Via Roma, Rome; U.S. line: (310) 424-5640, http://www.benvenutolimos.com. Transportation services available throughout southern Italy.
Capri Insider Guide, http://www.capri.net
Capri Tourism, http://www.capritourism.com/en/home
Italian Tourist Board, http://www.italia.it/en/home.html


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Ripe, Red & Juicy: 12 Tomato Salads for Summer
The first ripe, red, juicy tomatoes are hitting the markets, just in time for the Fourth of July! I have slowly ripening tomatoes on my own vines, too, and I can hardly wait to create my first summer tomato salad. So let's look forward to the juicy, delicious summer salads that await us this summer, with a dozen recipes that range from the classic caprese salad, to pasta salad with tomatoes and olives, to salads of sweet corn and chopped tomatoes.
• 1 Tomato Salad with Red Onion, Dill and Feta - A crunchy, savory, lively salad.
• 2 The Classic Caprese Salad - The classic.
• 3 BLT Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette - BLT in salad form!
• 4 Grilled Zucchini and Grape Tomato Salad - Put your grill to work and add some smoky flavor to your salad.
• 5 The Perfect Tomato Salad - Perfect, sublime.
• 6 Herbed Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad - My own favorite summer tomato salad.
• 7 Heirloom Tomato and Burrata Salad - It doesn't get better (or simpler) than this!
• 8 Roasted Garlic, Olive and Tomato Pasta Salad - A fabulous potluck and picnic recipe.
• 9 Tomato and Boquerones Salad with Garlicky Breadcrumbs - Piquant and savory.
• 10 Arugula with Orzo and Garden Tomatoes - A light lunch recipe, with tomatoes tossed with arugula and tomato.
• 11 Tomato and Mozzarella Skewers with Basil Oil - Salad on a stick! So smart and pretty.
• 12 Panzanella - A heartier tomato and bread salad.
Do you have a favorite tomato salad that didn't make this list?
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The Local BrewBy Bryan Harrell
Nagano's Ski Paradise Brew
Shiga Kogen is widely considered one of the best ski resorts in Japan. It is certainly the largest, with more than 20 ski fields linked by a lift system that can be used with a single lift pass. Shiga Kogen lies along the northeastern edge of Nagano Prefecture, just 250 kilometers from Tokyo; so it only takes about two and a half hours to get from Tokyo to the slopes.
Great skiing, but how's the beer? In a word, terrific. Shiga Kogen Beer is brewed by an old-line saké brewer, Tamamura Honten, who established the brand just four years ago. Since they have been producing saké since 1805, it's safe to say they know a thing or two about fermentation.
In fact, these guys are hard-core; they already have a producing hop field, with raw hops used in season for their DPA (draft pale ale), a powerfully refreshing strong beer brewed with the famous Maris Otter malt from England. This one is only available on draft, and clocks in at a sane 5.5% alcohol.
Other Shiga Kogen beers are no less remarkable. Miyama Blonde is a 7% Belgian-style Saison beer, the Pale Ale a hoppy and quenching 5.5% refresher, the IPA a rich 6% hoppy ale, the Porter a dark and roasty 5.5% fireside companion, and the House IPA an 8% hop monster.
Their newest addition is a light, brisk Wheat Ale released at the end of August. Quality is remarkably consistent throughout the line, and I seem to like all of them equally.
Shiga Kogen Beer is served at a number of the ski resorts in Shiga Kogen, and the higher alcohol varieties are just the thing to take off the chill when you come off the slopes.
Shiga Kogen Beer does not have a restaurant or taproom, although tours of their facilities are available by special request.
Shiga Kogen Beer
Tamamura Honten, Nagano
www.tamamura-honten.co.jp (Japanese only)
Tel. (0269) 33-2155


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So one day Cat and I were making all these drawings of us. We stapled them together to make a book. And we flipped the pages. And it looked like we were moving! Like in a cartoon! Weird, right?..
Anyway, you can make a cartoon of us too. Follow these simple steps, and you'll be flipping out for your own flipbook in no time!
- Print out the flipbook pages. You need just 2 sheets of printer paper for each flipbook. Thicker paper works best, but regular printer paper will work too.
- Cut out the small flipbook pages along the dotted lines.
- Stack the flipbook pages in order from 1 through 24. The page marked 1 should be on top.
- Once all the pages are in order, staple them together. Put the staple along the left edge of the book.
- Use your thumb to flip through the pages and see Peg and Cat move!
Here's a printable version that's just right for cutting out your very own Flipbook:


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The Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 provides tremendous internal storage capacity and more I/O connectivity than ever before. Supporting up to 26 drive bays and up to 74.4TB of internal storage capacity, the ThinkServer RD650 is great for storage-hungry applications, such as databases, data analytics clusters and video streaming.
Two additional enterprise-class M.2 solid-state drives (SSDs) are available as an option for secure booting as well as SD card options for hypervisor booting. Up to eight PCIe slots give you plenty of bandwidth to scale your I/O. Leveraging the new Lenovo AnyFabric and AnyRAID designs, the RD650 can house up to four 10Gb Ethernet ports and your choice of RAID adapter — all without taking up any of the available PCIe slots.
Two additional enterprise-class M.2 solid-state drives (SSDs) are available as an option for secure booting as well as SD card options for hypervisor booting. Up to eight PCIe slots give you plenty of bandwidth to scale your I/O. Leveraging the new Lenovo AnyFabric and AnyRAID designs, the RD650 can house up to four 10Gb Ethernet ports and your choice of RAID adapter — all without taking up any of the available PCIe slots.
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Power-on and administrator password
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Supports ThinkServer management software: Diagnostics, Deployment Manager, Energy Manager, System Manager, Partner Pack for VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, Power Planner
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Eat Standing Up: 8 International Street Food Favorites
When I travel, many of my most memorable meals come from street vendors that specialize in regional favorites. From Japanese octopus balls to chickpea pancakes from the South of France, here are eight street food specialties from around the world that you can recreate at home.
• 1 Homemade Piadinas: These Italian grilled flat breads, stuffed with anything from prosciutto to Nutella, are easy to make at home.
• 2 Koshary: A blend of pasta, lentils and chickpeas in a tangy tomato sauce, this Egyptian street food is greater than the sum of its parts.
• 3 Takoyaki: Piping-hot balls of octopus-stuffed batter are a staple at street fairs in Japan, and can be made at home in an ableskiver pan.
• 4 Thai-Style Omelet (Kai Jeow): Crispy and brown, Thai-style omelets can be filled with scallions, bean sprouts, fresh herbs, or shrimp.
• 5 Elote (Roasted Sweet Corn): In Mexico, grilled sweet corn is dressed up with mayonnaise, cotija cheese, lime juice, salt, and spices. Yum!
• 6 Jicaletas (Flavored Jicama on a Stick): Another Mexican street food favorite. The mild flavor and satisfying crunch of jicama makes it the ideal vehicle for seasonings like chile and lime or dulce de leche.
• 7 Flammeküeche: This Alsatian thin-crust pizza is topped with fromage blanc, onions and smoky bacon.
• 8 Socca (Chickpea Pancake): A specialty of Nice, France, this crisp, savory pancake made with chickpea flour is also gluten-free.
What are some of your favorite street foods, either at home or abroad?
(Images: See linked recipes for full image credits)


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SolTribe performed two shows in Sun City at Magnolia Hall. A group of young Lakota dancers shared their tradition of drum circles, language and clothing.
The free community event was to raise awareness of the mountain pine beetle that is killing hundreds of pine trees throughout the Black Hills of South Dakota.
The Lakota Logging Project has provided the opportunity for young men from the Lakota Tribe to cut down the invested trees. The trees will provide log homes for the Pine Ridge Reservation. Currently the first home is being built for one of the elders in the Lakota tribe.
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CHEMEX-2 Exhibition & Open Days at The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon , Rajagiriya, Sri LankaActivity by N.M. Sanjaya Hettigedara | added on Nov 05, 2011 | Sri Lanka
The Exhibition and Open days conducted from 24-26 November, involved display of exhibits of academic nature mainly in Chemistry, Magic Shows in Chemistry, Seminars etc. This will be of immense benefit to the students.
Creation of awareness on Chemistry is one of the important goal of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011) declared by the UN. The CHEMEX 2011 Exhibition and Trade Fair conducted by this Institute at BMICH from 27th to 30th January 2011 brought much benefits, especially to the younger generation of the country. It has been estimated that a good cross section of the society, around 200,000 including school children and, university students, visited the exhibition. Participation of teachers and school children from the areas such as Jaffna, Akkaraipattu and Mullaitivu is of special significance.
The students had opportunity to actively participate in the debates and seminars which were conducted by the academics and professionals in chemistry and chemical sciences and listen to key note addresses and guest speeches delivered by eminent chemists and industrialists in Sri Lanka. The theme of the IYC 2011, 'Chemistry our Life Our future' had no doubt deeply penetrated into the minds of younger generation and the general public through the exhibition. As a result a considerable demand has been created thus more and more schools requesting for continuation of such activities.
The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon conducted an Exhibition & Open Days from 24th-26th November 2011 at the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon & College of Chemical Sciences Premises, Adamantane House 341/22,Kotte Rd, Welikada, Rajagiriya.The Open Day Exhibition involved display of exhibits of academic nature mainly in Chemistry, Magic Shows in Chemistry, Seminars etc. It was of of immense benefit to the students who study Chemistry as a subject and also contributed to the creation of interest among the other students. The Exhibition and Open Day attracted students from many schools in the remote areas.
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LAM/MPI 6.5 released
As Renzo said (for a completely different occassion, mind you), "FINALLY!".
The LAM Team of the Laboratory for Scientific Computing at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to announce the release of LAM/MPI version 6.5.
The software package can be downloaded from LAM/MPI's new web site (please update your bookmarks and links accordingly):
LAM/MPI is a portable, open source implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard. It contains a full implementation of the MPI-1 standard and much of the MPI-2 standard.
LAM/MPI's features include:
Persistent run-time environment for fast user program startup and
guaranteed termination and cleanup of resources
High-performance message passing, including combined shared
memory/TCP message passing engines
Extensive debugging tools
- Much of the MPI-2 standard, including:
support for basic one-sided functionality
full implementation of dynamic processes
handle conversion between Fortran and C
new attribute access functions on communicators, datatypes, and
new datatypes
support for many parallel I/O features
C++ bindings for MPI-1 functions
New features in LAM/MPI 6.5 include:
Man pages for all MPI-1 and MPI-2 functions
Made LAM aware of PBS so that the same user can have multiple LAM
universes on the same host simultaneously
New SMP-aware "mpirun" command line syntax and boot schema syntax
for "lamboot"
Added finer grain control via an MPI_Info key for MPI_COMM_SPAWN
Shared library support on all platforms that GNU libtool supports
Revamped the build process; now uses GNU automake
Full support for VPATH builds
The lamboot and recon commands are noticably faster
New "lamhalt" command to quickly shut down the LAM run time environment
New "lamnodes" command to retrieve hostnames from nX and cX nomenclature
Added MPI_ALLOC_MEM and MPI_FREE_MEM, mainly in anticipation of
Myrinet and VIA support
Added "-s" option to lamboot to allow "rsh somenode lamboot -s
hostfile" to allow rsh to terminate
Expanded many error messages to be more descriptive and generally
Updated MPI 2 C++ bindings distribution
Updated and patched ROMIO distribution
Added syslog messages (for debugging) to the run-time environment on
remote nodes
- Bug fixes
LAM/MPI supports portions of the Interoperable MPI (IMPI) standard in a separate distribution -- the 6.4 series (also downloadable from the LAM/MPI webs site). It is expected that the IMPI extensions will eventually merge into the 6.5 series.
XMPI 2.2 will not work with LAM/MPI 6.5. A new version of XMPI will be released soon that will include support for LAM 6.5.
The full source code for LAM/MPI is available for download. Linux RPM's for all three of LAM's message passing engines (pure TCP, combined TCP/shared memory with spin locks, and combined TCP/shared member with semaphores) are also available.
All downloads are available for download from LAM/MPI's new web site (please updated your bookmarks and links accordingly):
A list of mirrors of this site is available at:
The web site also contains details for CVS access to the LAM/MPI source tree, FAQs, MPI and LAM/MPI tutorials, and generally lots of other additional information.
With this release, the addresses of LAM/MPI's two mailing lists will be changed to reflect the new address:
- General user's mailing list
This list is for questions, comments, suggestions, patches, and generally anything related to LAM/MPI (in order to control spam, you must be a subscriber in order to post to the list). Web archives of the lists, as well as individual and digest subscriptions are available. See the following URL for more information:
LAM/MPI announcement list
This is a low-volume list that the LAM Team uses to announce new versions of LAM/MPI, important updates, etc. Public posts are not allowed. Web archives of the lists, as well as individual and digest subscriptions are available. See the following URL for more information:
Make today a LAM/MPI day!


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Game at a Glance
Matchup: Colorado Buffaloes (3-2, 0-1 Pac-12) at Arizona State Sun Devils (3-2, 1-1).
Kickoff: 8:07 p.m. MDT Saturday.
Where: Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Capacity: 64,248; Turf: Grass.
TV: Pac-12 Network.
Radio: KOA (850 AM). Pregame starts at 6 p.m.
Odds: ASU by 15.
Coaches: Colorado — Mike MacIntyre (9-20, third season); ASU — Todd Graham (31-14, fourth season).
Series: ASU leads 6-0.
Coming into this season, the common belief was that Colorado had enough firepower on offense to compete in the Pac-12. If the defense could just stop somebody, the Buffaloes might be in for a good year.
Five weeks into the season, the perception of the Buffs has flipped.
The defense has been solid during CU's 3-2 start. If the offense was clicking, the Buffs might actually be 4-1, or 5-0.
"We're not hitting on all cylinders it doesn't seem like to me right now," CU head coach Mike MacIntyre said after last week's 41-24 loss to Oregon. "Our offense is better than that and should be better than that."
Last year, it was better than that.
In 2014, the Buffs set numerous school records on that side of the ball. Quarterback Sefo Liufau set 54 records on his own.
With Liufau and many of his top weapons from 2014 — including record-breaking receiver Nelson Spruce — back this year, the Buffs figured to pick up where they left off, but that hasn't been the case.
"We were able to get into it early last year," Spruce said. "With what teams were giving us early in this season, we were running the ball a bunch, and I don't think we really developed that rhythm we had going early last year. I think it's only a matter of time before we start getting into it."
The overall numbers through five games — 33.4 points and 443.6 yards per game — are better than last year, but blowout wins against Massachusetts and Nicholls significantly impact those numbers.
For the most part, the Buffs are still searching for the offensive success they had a year ago.
"I think we just haven't really found our rhythm and I just don't know if it's been some injuries, where we just haven't had the same group in there," offensive coordinator Brian Lindgren said. "I'm not sure. I think we've got to keep pushing and keep working during the week. We've hit our rhythm at times; I just don't know if we've been as consistent as we were at times last year."
Injuries have hit the running backs and, more importantly, the offensive line. Left tackle Jeromy Irwin is out for the season with a torn ACL. His backup, Sam Kronshage, didn't practice this week and might skip Saturday's game at ASU with a concussion.
Those injuries, combined with CU's continued rotation as guard, have created a lot of moving parts up front. Conventional wisdom says cohesion among the five lineman is critical, but CU hasn't had that.
"Any time you can stay healthy up front it's going to help you," Lindgren said. "That's hurt us a little bit, but that's just the kind of stuff that happens during the season, and we have to have some young guys step up. You can't make excuses."
Liufau hasn't made any excuses, but he's been banged up, too. He injured the AC joint in his right shoulder against Colorado State on Sept. 19 and was limited in practice the next two weeks. Last week, he got beat up by Oregon toward the end of the game, but said he was fine this week.
CU admits that Liufau's shoulder injury has bothered him, leading to the question of whether it's better for CU to play a banged-up Liufau, or turn to a healthy backup, whether it's Jordan Gehrke or Cade Apsay.
"That's a tough one," Lindgren said. "I'm very confident in our backup guys, but at the same time, Sefo has so much experience. I wouldn't say he's been losing us games. There's a handful of throws each game when you watch the film that man, 'He can make that throw and he's made that throw before.' We just have to get him to be more consistent with it."
Consistency is something the Buffs haven't had much on offense this year. They've been feast or famine in the run game and the passing offense isn't as explosive as last year. The Buffs have also been inconsistent on third downs, and they have the worst red-zone offense in the Pac-12.
"Definitely not pressing the panic button," Liufau said. "We understand we're not doing as well as we would like, but we are looking into it film-wise and seeing what we can do to fix that and trying to be more productive like we were last year.
"I think it's every position making a mistake here and there that's costly for the offense as a whole. It's the little details that we're missing."
Because they've done it in the past — and at times this year — the Buffs are confident they can fix the little details and get their offense rolling.
"Yeah, it's a little bit surprising that we've struggled so far," Spruce said, "but I think we'll pick it up soon."
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
all for your splendor....a letter for emily
51 comments:
- Home: Inside and Out said...
She is beautiful. Clearly inside and out. I know you are blessed to call her yours. Hugs, Ashley
- 10:02 AM, April 18, 2012
- Love Being A Nonny said...
This does my mommy/nonny heart good. There is NOTHING I desire more than for my children to be SOLD OUT to Jesus.
- 10:03 AM, April 18, 2012
- Deb S. said...
Warms my heart so when I read or hear or see wonderful young people like your Em!!!What a gift she is!!
- 10:05 AM, April 18, 2012
- Johnson Party of seven! said...
I love her so much. She really is a good one!
- 10:07 AM, April 18, 2012
- Rebecca said...
- 10:12 AM, April 18, 2012
- Alecia said...
What a beautiful post and such an encouragement to me. Emi's passion to grow closer to Him challenges me as well. Like you, I've let the busyness take over and I find myself struggling to spend time with Him. I pray we both turn that around...quickly! Emily is a beautiful young lady & her heart for the Lord shines through. I pray her roots grow deep in Him so she can be found standing through any storm that comes her way.
To encourage you...she is a reflection of her sweet parents as well...you all are good ones (to use Dan's words)...you all live out Christ & set beautiful examples for your sweet girls...Truth is revealed when you speak & write.
Thanks for sharing your life with so many. You all are a beautiful example of 1 Thessalonians 2:8
Many blessings to you all!
Now...I'm gonna go see if I can find that song on-line so I can hear the beautiful vocals of Christy Nockles sing those lovely words. ;-)
- 10:16 AM, April 18, 2012
- Kelly said...
There is nothing more beautiful than watching a child at any age yet as young as Em grow in her relationship with the Lord...nothing! You are blessed!
- 10:26 AM, April 18, 2012
- Privet and Holly said...
Gorgeous, my friend.
Can totally see why
Christy's lyrics touched
you. You are obviously
a great example for all
of your girls, despite
being your toughest
critic : )
xo Suzanne
- 10:27 AM, April 18, 2012
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- 10:28 AM, April 18, 2012
- Just My Cup of Joe said...
Great post!
- 10:29 AM, April 18, 2012
- Lemonade Makin' Mama said...
You are such a good Mama and she is precious. Such an encouragement to continue being faithful.
- 10:55 AM, April 18, 2012
- Lorie said...
There is no greater joy than to know your children are walking hand in hand with the LORD.
- 11:06 AM, April 18, 2012
The words of that song really spoke to me this morning, thanks for sharing :)
- 11:31 AM, April 18, 2012
Her light shines!
- 11:41 AM, April 18, 2012
I have a Emily also now 23 years old and I
believe "Em"'s have a lovely spirit within
them. They are true, faithful and mine
makes me want to be a better person.
- 11:45 AM, April 18, 2012
- slip4 said...
What a blessing to have children walking with the Lord. A beautiful young lady, inside and out.
- 11:49 AM, April 18, 2012
Thank you Paige for all your heart-felt, insightful posts. I was in Nashville for the Pearl Event II & heard you speak. Thank you for sharing your story & your life with all of us.
Kate B.
- 12:03 PM, April 18, 2012
- DeeDee said...
Wow, such an example she is to all of us!! Can't wait to read what God continues to do through her life...what a beautiful testimony!
- 12:08 PM, April 18, 2012
- amymck said...
all of your beautiful girlies....both radiate inwardly and outwardly with the love that comes from our Creator....i know you're such a proud, proud mama...and you, too, paige radiate his love. it just surrounds all of you. i see my emily in each and every one of your girls....<3
- 12:25 PM, April 18, 2012
- Kelly H said...
WOW!! totally slaps you in the face when you see such a dedicated 15 yr old spending the quality time in the word that we all should be doing - makes me realize that I am not always where I should be in this area. She really is a good one! I know that you know how truly blessed that you are - I hope and pray that my three - ags 10, 6 and 3 will one day have the same desire to spend quality time with the Lord! I absolutly LOVE reading about your wonderful family and all of the things that our Lord has blessed you with!
- 12:30 PM, April 18, 2012
- Tiffany said...
Hi Paige!
You always make me smile! All of your girls are beautiful - and I just admire so much how share your heart on your blog!
Wonderfully made indeed!
- 12:45 PM, April 18, 2012
- Meg said...
Sweet, sweet girl! I have a 17-month-old daughter and I pray for her future salvation in Jesus. That she will grow to be an oak of righteousness. I want her to love Jesus with all her heart and to model Christ to her daily. What an amazing and humbling opportunity!
- 1:38 PM, April 18, 2012
This blog post may mean more than any other to Emily. It's very special! Destiny
- 2:06 PM, April 18, 2012
- Lesley said...
I just love your blog- you are such a wonderful inspiration as a mother your words speak to my heart! Thanks for introducing me to Christy's music-I love it!
- 2:43 PM, April 18, 2012
- Laurie said...
Thankful for the ways that the Lord speaks to me through my daughters' lives. I'm a huge fan of Christy Nockels from way back when they were Watermark! Her music/lyrics are amazing!
- 3:25 PM, April 18, 2012
- Kim said...
I am also 1 of 4 daughters of great Christian parents - we are so blessed to have good role models for parents - she is a beautiful girl!
Kim K.
- 3:53 PM, April 18, 2012
- Julie said...
Your daughters are just beautiful inside and out! great job raising them.
- 3:57 PM, April 18, 2012
I pray that for my children all the time - that they would grow to love the lord so much that they choose to carve time out of their busy days to spend time with him. Blessings!
- 4:39 PM, April 18, 2012
- Living Life in the Lowcountry said...
Your girls are so beautiful! Your are one lucky lady! :)
- 5:42 PM, April 18, 2012
Love it! Such a fine example for our youth today!
- 6:12 PM, April 18, 2012
- Lindsey said...
Now you're making me cry with sweet Emily! Love seeing a family full of women chasing after God!
- 6:22 PM, April 18, 2012
How proud you must be..
What a beautiful post..
Please do enter me in your giveaway..
- 6:43 PM, April 18, 2012
- Michele said...
Hope to raise my girls the way you are raising yours. Would love to win the giveaway!!! Beautiful song!!
- 8:27 PM, April 18, 2012
- Jboo said...
So sweet! Love this!
- 9:03 PM, April 18, 2012
- Jacki said...
How tender your daughter is. This reminds me of why we learn from young hearts beating for God. Their hunger to know Him humbles all ages.
- 9:16 PM, April 18, 2012
- Deborah said...
How special your Em is. But she does have such a special mom.
- 9:26 PM, April 18, 2012
- Ashlee said...
I have been wanting this CD, I love Christy's voice and her heart!
- 11:53 PM, April 18, 2012
- JenP said...
It's so encouraging to see a teenager who is so on fire for God. What a blessing for you and Dan! And thank you for sharing the lyrics to that song...love it!
- 6:10 AM, April 19, 2012
- Bethanie said...
Sometime our girls really humble us, dont they? My youngest was cleaning out her purse the other day... I couldnt figure out what in the world she could possibly carry to make that thing so heavy...well, one of the things was her Bible that she carries with her to school every day. I wouldnt have dreamed of carrying my Bible to school when I was in high school.
Your girls have had very good role models in you and Dan, you should be proud! xoxo
- 8:07 AM, April 19, 2012
- andrea said...
Beautiful, beautiful post - thank you
- 8:34 AM, April 19, 2012
- 3 Peanuts said...
she is a good one. They all are. You and Dan are excellent role models for them:)
- 10:32 AM, April 19, 2012
What a blessing you are! Love...Love...Love your Blog!
Joy C.
- 10:46 AM, April 19, 2012
She is truly a blessing...
I have a beautiful 14 year old named Genesis Carolina and a 12 year old named Adriana Simone. I know the feeling of being blessed through our children.
I read your blog everyday you bring inspiration to me. I have left little hints around my house for a few pieces of the Noonday Collection for mother's day it will be a honor and a blessing if I can wear these pieces.
Once again you are blessed beyond words and you daughters all are extremly beautiful.
- 12:54 PM, April 19, 2012
- Ruth said...
This post is beautiful. What an encouragement. I am new to your blog. I came here through Edie's. I am encouraged by your testimony. I hope in God and trust in Him to work in my life each day.
I would love a chance to win one of the cd's.
- 12:57 PM, April 19, 2012
- cincin said...
Thank you for this beautiful post.
- 2:17 PM, April 19, 2012
- Polly said...
Paige, what a wonderful post! You and your entire family are inspiring to all of us! Please enter me in your giveaway, haven't heard her but would love to!
- 9:24 AM, April 20, 2012
Beautiful post! Love, love, love her music!
- 4:19 PM, April 20, 2012
- Jane said...
What a precious moment you have captured, almost makes me cry!
- 4:45 PM, April 20, 2012
- patricia e said...
You're a lucky girl to have her as your churches worship leader! What a beautiful heart and soul this girls has. Love all the songs on his CD!! Went and listened to the little teasers...
How proud you must be of your daughter watching and seeing her grow in her relationship with Christ..
- 7:56 PM, April 20, 2012
What a precious blog you have..I thank God for allowing me to "happen" upon it!
Nana Jan
- 9:53 AM, April 21, 2012
- acarlso3 said...
would love to win a cd!
- 4:37 PM, April 21, 2012


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The Clementine Library
Representation of the Albani library at Urbino:
a pen drawing in the 1720
manuscript catalog of the library's contents.
The Clementine Library is named for Pope Clement XI (1700-21), the most distinguished member of the Albani family of Urbino and Rome. The Catholic University collection of approximately 10,000 printed books and pamphlets, which date from 1473 to the early nineteenth century (the majority printed in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries), was acquired by Catholic University in 1928. It is believed that the collection comprises about one third of the books amassed by the Albani over more than two centuries, including volumes from the family home in Urbino and others owned by Clement's nephew, Cardinal Annibale Albani who served as the Pope's biographer and the editor of his sermons.
Limited author or title access to the Clementine Library is available by means of the original card catalog from the 1930s. A major effort is underway to catalog the entire collection, which will result in searchable records in SearchBox and in WorldCat. Documentary material connected with Pope Clement XI and the Albani family may be found at the Archivio Albani hosted by the Biblioteca Oliveriana di Pesaro where some seven thousand digitally reproduced documents are available in a searchable database.
Sixteenth and seventeenth century Roman and canon law folios Photograph by Edmund Pfueller
|Over 1,000 volumes in the Clementine collection relate to the history of law: Canon, Roman, and feudal. They include editions of the Corpus iuris civilis and the Corpus iuris canonici, along with glosses and commentaries; Rota decisions relating to both the Church and the Papal States; and reports of councils and synods. Many of these works exist in no other library in the United States and are scarce or unknown in Europe.
|A major event in the pontificate of Clement XI was his promulgation of the bull Unigenitus against the Jansenists in 1713. The Clementine Library contains some forty volumes of pamphlets and broadsides relating to this event and its aftermath, as well as monographs and Jansenist "Nouvelles Ecclesiastiques" from the period.
Other strengths of the collection include Bibles, Jesuit material (especially relating to the Chinese rites controversy), and a wide variety of devotional literature. The science, history and literature sections are not large, but are of considerable value. Included are Greek and Latin classics, poetical works (including libretti) emanating from the Roman colleges in the 1620s, and 22 volumes of Le Mercure francois covering the years 1605 to 1638.
The collection as a whole provides fine examples of the book arts of the 16th to the 18th centuries. Many books were presentation copies printed on fine paper and bound with elaborately gilt or armorial bindings. However the largest portion of the collection is bound in simple vellum, with the majority of volumes still in the original bindings. A variety of decorated paper is present in these bindings, most notably the so-called Dutch-gilt papers manufactured in Germany and Italy during the eighteenth century. An exhibition catalog from 1989, Festina Lente, describes and illustrates many of the bindings. The collection itself includes three 18th century manuscript catalogues for books housed in the Albani family library at Urbino.
|1718 announcement of the consecration of the Bishop of Cremona, illuminated for presentation to Clement XI. One of many pamphlets collected and bound together by the original Albani owners during the eighteenth century.


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LETTER- Change the cat laws
I am absolutely horrified and deeply saddened by Carmen's death at the hands of an obviously ignorant and unfeeling human [May 18 cover story: "Claws and effect: Bentivar shooting sparks outrage"].
I do, however, find comfort in knowing that Carmen is in a better place than any of us have yet to imagine. As a devoted animal lover, I send heartfelt sympathies to the Wintersteiger family.
I do hope that Jim Camblos will pursue the matter against George Seymour, that the judge will hand down an appropriate sentence (if there is one), and that the public will not do business with Seymour.
My pets are my children. I can only hope that someone in the Seymour household hasmore sense than George Seymour, and that the animals in that household are well cared for.
Seymour's ignorance is only a small example of others in society who do not hold animals in the same regard as I, and the laws need to be changed to protect our children with fur coats!
Melonie P. Morris


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Our site, http://MeetInnovators.com publishes weekly interviews with successful internet CEOs, it gets a lot of attention from top guys. Its time to update our logo - put your work in front of some of the internet's most influential guys!
One slogan we are considering is "MeetInnovators - where the deals get done". So we want to emphasize that through meeting the kinds of contacts we have, people will make money (about $300M in deals have been done so far).
We also provide very advanced information about internet marketing which can't be found in many places. Its a good learning resource and many CEOs follow it.
The community we are building also crosses many markets which are not normally connected - we connect new people who would not otherwise meet.
Read an interview or two:http://meetinnovators.com/2008/05/22/jason-fried-from-37-signals/ andhttp://meetinnovators.com/2008/06/05/patrick-byrne-from-overstockcom/
- I really like the concept of people meeting in the logo. This could be a handshake, a group of people together, or some other way to demonstrate that people actually MEET face to face. Another powerful concept is the idea generation that happens from our site.
- Should fit with current color scheme at http://MeetInnovators.com
- See existing logo - idea is ok, but want something new
- Be usable to print everywhere - website, businesscards, printed on ipods, on cigars, in stickers for books, anywhere at all
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Finding the Site of an Iconic Museum Diorama
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Each of the Museum's treasured habitat dioramas depicts a scene from a real place, cast in the light of a particular time of day. These re-creations are based on meticulous observations of scientists in the field and the on-site sketches of the artists who accompanied them. Last fall, Stephen C. Quinn of the Museum's Exhibition Department took a remarkable trip to locate the exact site of the Museum's mountain gorilla diorama and record the changes that have taken place in the 80-plus years since Carl Akeley's final visit. Below is Quinn's article about his journey, which originally appeared in the Summer issue of Rotunda, the Members' magazine.
When Carl Akeley—explorer, naturalist, artist, and taxidermist who created the Museum's Akeley Hall of African Mammals—first encountered the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in 1921, it was a creature steeped in myth and folklore. Akeley, who was researching and collecting specimens to create the now-famous mountain gorilla diorama, was among the first to accurately document mountain gorillas as intelligent and social animals that, even then, were under grave threat from overhunting. His research inspired him to dedicate the last few years of his life to the conservation and protection of the mountain gorilla. Akeley convinced King Albert of Belgium to set aside 200 square miles that would be their sanctuary, creating Africa's first national park, which today lies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the border with Uganda and Rwanda, and which has been classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO since 1979.
As an exhibit designer, diorama artist, and naturalist at the Museum for the past 36 years, I have been immersed in the great history of its many accomplishments in promoting wildlife conservation. My book, Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History, documents the role these unique works of art and science—and their creators—played as powerful instruments for environmental education. Among them, Carl Akeley stands apart.
To share and better understand the extraordinary story and historic example of how his art influenced international policy, I traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo last fall with a fellowship grant from Artists for Conservation and support from the Museum, the Mountain Gorilla Veterinarian Project, the Houston Zoo Wildlife Conservation Program, the University of California, Davis, and the Explorers Club. My expedition took me deep into the Virunga Massif to climb Mount Mikeno, an extinct volcano, to seek out Akeley's original research site, which he had called "the most beautiful place in all of Africa." After he had successfully campaigned to save the Virungas, Akeley would die at that very location during a return visit in 1926.
From the same location and vantage point that Akeley took nearly a century ago, I created a plein-air painting to illustrate the changes to the ecology and topography in the last century. The lower valley that appears in the diorama background in New York as untouched wilderness is now a landscape dramatically altered by humans. Though the volcanoes and near forests look much the same, the distant valley below is a patchwork of farms, large areas cleared for firewood and charcoal production, roads, radio towers, and refugee camps from the ongoing civil war in the Congo.
About 780 mountain gorillas remain in the wild, living in the Virunga Mountains where the borders of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo intersect. Political instability, deforestation, and illegal poaching leave much of Akeley's legacy threatened. Poaching is still so prevalent that frequent interventions are made to anesthetize and untangle ensnared animals that would otherwise die a slow and agonizing death. When visitors to the Museum stand before this diorama, they must know that the area no longer exists as rendered in the background scene.
To reach the Congo, we flew from New York to Kigali, Rwanda, then drove to cross into the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the border town of Goma, where threats from rebel fighters have made United Nations troops a necessary presence. After a night in Goma, our team drove about 50 miles north to reach the ranger station at Virunga National Park and meet the armed ranger patrol that would accompany us to Mount Mikeno.
The climb up Mount Mikeno was steep, and as we made our ascent I felt the effects of altitude sickness. I could only imagine how Akeley must have felt as he climbed Mount Mikeno in 1926, when he was suffering from malaria and dysentery. We reached Kabara, the site of Akeley's camp, to enjoy the same view of Mikeno's jagged peak that Akeley and his team saw 85 years ago. We were only a short walk from Akeley's gravesite, which I located that evening: a dark sinkhole in the forest floor, overgrown by the jungle.
On the third day, we hiked up the slopes of Mount Karisimbi to find the site of the gorilla diorama. To serve as my "map," I brought images of the field sketch that the artist William R. Leigh had completed while on the 1926 expedition and which were later used as the basis for the diorama painting at the Museum. We bushwhacked through the forest, and, whenever I could get a clear view, I saw the landscape elements—volcanoes, hills, and valleys—aligning. After several hours of climbing, I finally stepped out into a clearing and found myself in the very place depicted in the sketch. We took GPS coordinates and named the site officially as "AMNH Akeley Mountain Gorilla Diorama Site–AFC, 2010."
Now it was on to the second goal of the expedition: capturing the scene on canvas. It was a perfect day for painting. The two volcanoes, Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira, were billowing smoke and steam in the morning light in all their glory. But while Leigh had worked at a leisurely pace, making his sketch over two weeks and painting only an hour or two each morning to capture the same light and shadows every day, I had to work fast. After setting up my field easel, I painted for six hours using fast-drying acrylic paints before heading back to our campsite for the final night on Mikeno.
Early the next morning, I was happy to be on my way down the mountain to begin the long trip home. Akeley, on his 1921 descent, wrote that his mind was filled with thoughts of saving the mountain gorillas and fears that they might be lost before action was taken. My own mind, as I hiked down through a magnificent Hageniaforest and dense bamboo, was filled with the hope that the art I made on the mountain would, in some way, assist in inspiring efforts to protect this wilderness for future generations.
Returning to work at the Museum after my expedition, I stopped before the mountain gorilla diorama and marveled at how Akeley's mounted specimens convey the personal character of each animal depicted. Every botanical specimen is perfectly modeled: the Hagenia and Hypericum trees, the wild celery gorillas love to eat, even the Ruwenzori blackberries that I feasted on up on Mikeno. Despite the changes that have taken place in the valley below, the exhibit is so powerful that to stand before it is to be there still.


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Once you wander out of Koreatown, and — to a lesser degree, Gardena — the number of Korean restaurants in Los Angeles drops precipitously. They become rarer than an honest politician.
There used to be a rather fancy place of some note on Union Street in Old Pasadena, that was a branch of a Korean restaurant in Hong Kong. But it's been gone so long, I can't even find its name on Google.
But restaurants go, and restaurants come and the space on Raymond Avenue that was, for many years, the wonderful Yujean Kang's Gourmet Chinese Cuisine is now Osek Koran Cuisine. It's not quite as fancy as that nameless place from Hong Kong, but it's almost surely the nicest Korean option in town — and one more ingredient in the constantly bubbling ethnic stew that's Old Pasadena.
It's also a Korean restaurant based on a somewhat metaphysical concept. Apparently "osek" is the Korean word for "five colors" and we're told that "Each of the five different colors in the food that is prepared is believed to protect the five different organs in our body… As such, it is important to consume food with five different colors to maintain a healthy and balanced diet…"
White protects "the lungs and the respiratory system." Yellow "the spleen, digestive system and skin." Green "the liver and eyes, anti-aging and metabolism." Red "heart and tongue, and prevents cancer." And black "kidneys and reproductive system, reduces cholesterol, and prevents high blood pressure…"
They further tell us that, "At Osek Korean Cuisine… we enforce the use of five different colors in each of the dishes to promote healthy and balanced diet."
When I read stuff like that, I figure the food can't be all that good. Sorry, but my experience with "healthy" cooking has been — well, it may be good for me, but it doesn't taste so great. (Vegan cooking seems to view food as a necessary evil, rather than a great shared pleasure.) But of course, there's always the exception.
Osek, despite its five color goodness, is heavy with fine Korean dishes with food as good, if not better, than what's found in K-Town (where the barbecue smoke is so thick, it's best to wear disposable clothing). All the essential dishes are here.
There's wonderfully tender galbi (beef shortribs), in this case marinated in green tea. There's beef bulgogi, chicken bulgogi and pork bulgogi. There's an assortment of small side dishes — the ever present banchan of kimchee, broccoli, tofu and so much more. And there's the Korean dish I crave more than any other, the joyous stone bowl rice casserole called dolsot bibimbap, made with beef, pork, chicken, tofu or just vegetables. It's a dish that makes me weak in the knees. It's an addiction; and I have no intention to go to Bibimbap Anonymous to deal with it.
But here's the thing with the menu at Osek, the usual suspects are just the tip of the culinary iceberg. There's so much here to choose from. Their dwaeji galbi — grilled pork ribs in a medium spicy barbecue sauce — quite literally tumble off the bone. There's a bibimbap variation made using calamari, shrimp and mussels. There's a fascinating dish that's, in their words, "the best of both worlds" — a combination of sliced rice cakes and beef dumplings in vegetable soup. I think the rice cakes are a bit leaden, but the dumplings are great. The dumplings can be had by themselves in a classic soup called mandoo guk. Or, you can just get mandoo — Korean dim sum — any time.
There's a wonderful world of small dishes, other than the banchan, as well. A fine meal can be had of pa jeon, which are lovely pan-fried green onion pancakes filled with bits of seafood. Or try the lightly battered oysters served with doenjang, an intensely flavored fermented bean paste. And, what the heck — they've got Korean quesadillas on the menu, which are tortillas packed with beef bulgogi, pork bulgogi or kimchee. It's like having a bit of the Kogi Truck in the fine setting in Old Pasadena. A reminder that here in SoCal, food is never anything but, ahem, colorful.
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I saw this cover on British rag The Sun this week. It revealed the results of a phone poll as part of its campaign to kickstart an open, honest debate in society about how best to boost sales of The Sun. Oh, and whether to reinstate the death penalty.
It's got me thinking about the actual usefulness of phone polls. I remember the results of one on TV, two weeks after the end of the Iraq war... FOX News was asking its listeners how the United States should deal with the Iranians.
Tehran - Is It Time For Talking ...Or TOMAHAWKING?
Talking 3%
Tomahawking 96%
Don't Know 1%
Forget the idiocy - what kind of goggle-eyed, honking tool phones a 24-hour news channel to say they don't know what the answer is?
Still, The Sun drew 100,000 callers to their poll, so they must appreciate the chance to have their say. I'll leave it to you to assess the results on the merits.
But if they're polling their readership, why not go the whole hog and poll your readers on all their interests? We're talking premium rate lines, here.
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For a considered, well-argued bit of analysis on this, go read Obsolete, whose images I have shamelessly plundered.


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Amur tiger release - Cinderella leaps to freedom in Far East Russia!
Update: We're thrilled to report that, not only is Zolushka thriving in her new home, but in December 2015 she became the first rehabilitated and released Amur tiger to give birth in the wild. Below, experience the dramatic release that initiated this remarkable success story.PHOTO: © BASTAK
I should consider myself truly lucky because I took part in Cinderella's release to the wild.
Cinderella is an Amur tiger. She was orphaned in the winter of 2012, and we were helping to raise her at the rehabilitation facility in Alekseyevka village, near Vladivostok in Far East Russia.
From June 2012, I was checking on Cinderella virtually every day: what does she eat, what does she like, how does she sleep…and all other details of her life.
For example, Cinderella loves to bathe. Usually after a good meal – a hog or a rabbit – she climbs into a stream that runs through her enclosure and lies in water happily.
When Cinderella was found, she was exhausted and frostbitten. Very often tiger cubs like her suffer frostbite on their tails. Cinderella's tail was affected too, so the very tip, about 5 to 7 centimeters, had to be amputated. This is the tip that tigers so characteristically curve up.
We are a little worried that the amputation might inhibit her communication with other tigers, but in general it should not be a problem in her life in the wild.
Many other organizations besides the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) have been involved in rescuing Cinderella: Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Phoenix Fund, Inspection Tiger, and WCS. Members of all these organizations came together to release Cinderella's back to the wild.
While living in the rehabilitation center, Cinderella has learned two most important skills: to hunt and to avoid human beings. Both are innate, but her time spent in rehabilitation gave her an opportunity to develop them, and Cinderella rather excels at both.
Whether Cinderella was ready for release, was decided by many of the world's Amur tiger experts. After long discussions, the date for the release was set on May 9th. Nobody was intentionally setting it on Victory Day; it was just a nice coincidence.
A lot of people gathered at the rehabilitation facility on May 8th but were kept at a safe distance as Cinderella has intentionally been exposed to practically no contact with humans. All animals are examined and tested before being released; also a satellite collar had to be fit, so Cinderella had to be immobilized.
That was not so easy: Cinderella's enclosure is large, and she is very good at hiding and as soon as she heard and smelled the presence of humans she found a good spot to lay low and remain still. Only a handful of people approached the enclosure.
Two 'shooters' waited with their dart guns, a number of people surveyed the scene remotely on video fed by surveillance cameras, and the rest of us were asked to wait one kilometer away from the facility to avoid needlessly stressing Cinderella too much.
Around an hour and a half later, Cinderella was removed from the enclosure she called home for a year. Immediately after, blood was taken and other tests and measurements were performed, including measurements of her tail. Then she was fitted a satellite collar.
During remote observations at the rehabilitation facility Cinderella looked as if she weighed more than 100 kilos (which was quite impressive), but her actual weight at the time of transport showed 94 kilos. It's true that TV adds a few kilos! Our girl actually was quite slim. I couldn't help but feeling Cinderella's fur while she was asleep and was surprised by how warm she was, feeling her body heat as I passed my hand over her hide.
The team then moved her into a transportation cage. The whole testing and measuring procedure took less than half an hour.
We started off from the facility about 1 p.m. Our party was riding in four vehicles; one of them towed a trailer with Cinderella.
During the first hour on the road our princess-to-be was waking up and recovering from anesthesia. We were watching her through breathing holes drilled in her cage. You put your eye to a peep-hole, and see a tiger looking straight at you… Ughhh… scary!
The weather was rather cool near Vladivostok, but as we started driving it grew warmer, and then just plain hot. We were stopping often to check on Cinderella. It's quite complicated to pour water into the transport crate, so we put two five-liter blocks of ice in there to keep her cool.
Afraid that it would not be enough, we showered Cinderella by pouring water through the holes… what other way was there?... now imagine that here you are lying down, and suddenly cold water starts raining on you… Well, that was exactly what Cinderella thought too, and she expressed her thoughts loud and clear.
We took the hint. No more showers.
We can only imagine what Cinderella went through on the road. It was a very long and exhausting car drive. However, transportation by helicopter proved to be impossibly expensive. We were going to Bastak Nature Reserve. It is about 1000 kilometers from Vladivostok, near Birobidzhan. It started raining in the evening, and the temperature fell: that was the welcome we got as we approached Cinderella's release site at Bastak Nature Reserve.
Tigers used to live in the area, but eventually people killed them all, and there were no tiger sightings there for many years. However, starting with 2006, one male tiger's presence is recorded there on a regular basis, and he is still sighted today. So we have far-reaching plans for Cinderella.
At 11 a.m. on May 9th we came to a place where we were met by a massive off-road vehicle that closely resembles a tank without a turret. No other vehicle would be able to travel across the reserve terrain.
The cage was uploaded on the tank, and we too climbed up on it. Never before have I travelled on such a thing! It's a very powerful machine, there is only one downside – you have to duck all the time so as not to be hit by tree branches. I failed to do that once and got a good punch from a thick bough, which was less than nice.
Finally we reached the place of release. It was selected in the very center of the reserve, where no one ever goes, and even rangers only visit on rare occasions. That is, they patrol this territory's perimeter looking for signs of human presence, and if there are none, they do not go inside this core area. This is where we brought Cinderella.
The cage was taken down and placed in a way that gave Cinderella a good clearing to jump out and run for cover. We thought that she would run straight ahead so the video cameras were set to a side.
Not surprisingly nobody volunteered to open the cage directly, so a block and tackle system was arranged to lift the cage door from the distance. Everything was set up, and placed, everyone was put inside the tank since a tiger's behavior in such situations is unpredictable.
The rope was pulled, but the door wasn't opening. The structure was then readjusted, everybody was growing nervous, time was passing, and all the cameras that were set up and recording were burning battery life. Of course Cinderella could hear everything and she was nervous too.
The rope was pulled again, and again it wasn't working. Then they started redoing the entire block and tackle system. By now our cameramen were seriously worried about losing the whole thing and Cinderella was less than pleased by all the action around her cage.
Everybody got back inside the tank, took their 'positions', and finally the door slid open!
Then everything was over in a split second. We heard a roar, and for an instant I saw Cinderella leaping out of the cage right away and, contrary to our expectations, disappearing immediately from our sight, making a sharp right turn.
I was totally enraptured by that moment, so fluid and graceful she was. That was amazing. Cinderella leaped over one of the cameras, ran a bit to the side, stopped and looked back at us. I thought that for the first time in my life I see a tiger in the wild. And that this was perhaps the last time I would ever see a tiger in our taiga.
At that moment the man who was holding the door open (and the door was heavy) faltered perhaps, and the door closed back with a deafening bang. Cinderella startled and – disappeared. That is, she made a couple more leaps and sort of dissolved among the trees. It's amazing how the bright orange and black stripes make the tiger invisible in taiga.
You know that she is there and can see us, but we cannot see her. It was a strange feeling, on one side a great joy because our Cinderella was free and back home, and on the other hand a realization that you do not want to cross her path again in the future.
That was it.
Today, we already received satellite data showing that Cinderella is moving across the reserve territory, so we know for certain that she is alive.
Let me say again that all of this became possible only thanks to the joint efforts of many people from a number of organizations: Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Inspection Tiger, WCS, Phoenix Fund, and IFAW. But more importantly, this was possible thanks to your contribution. A million thank-you's to IFAW's generous supporters for saving Cinderella and giving Amur tigers a new hope for their survival.
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NetHandle: NET-131-232-0-0-1 OrgID: ATHABA Parent: NET-131-0-0-0-0 NetName: ATHABASCA-U NetRange: 220.127.116.11 - 18.104.22.168 NetType: assignment RegDate: 1989-01-30 Updated: 2002-08-14 TechHandle: ZA157-ARIN Source: ARIN OrgID: ATHABA OrgName: Athabasca University CanAllocate: Street: 1 University Drive City: Athabasca State/Prov: AB Country: CA PostalCode: T9S-3A3 RegDate: 1989-01-30 Updated: 2017-12-20 OrgAdminHandle: RWA238-ARIN OrgNOCHandle: RWA238-ARIN OrgTechHandle: RWA238-ARIN OrgAbuseHandle: RWA238-ARIN Source: ARIN
IP Addresses in this range
IP address ranges, or netblocks, are groups of related IP addresses. They are usually represented as a base IP address, followed by a slash, and then a netmask which represents how many IP addresses are contained within the netblock. This format is known as CIDR. You'll also sometimes see netblocks given as a start ip address, and an end ip address, or an ip address range.
Traffic works its way around the internet based on the routing table, which contains a list of networks and their associated netblocks.