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Nurture, Not Nature: How Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals Become Liberal Democrats
Editor's note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore's online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
The notion that the queer community tends, in general, to be more liberal than the population at large is one of those political truisms that many Americans take for granted. But how did they get that way? In a lecture on Monday, NYU Professor of Politics Patrick Egan '92 argued that, contrary to popular beliefs that lesbians, gays and bisexuals adopt the liberal views of other gay people that they come into contact with, data actually suggest that LGBs (as he termed them) become liberal Democrats independent of involvement with the queer community.
The prevailing view of how LGBs become so politically distinctive is that, after people who are homosexual decide to identify themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, they reach out to the queer community as part of developing their identity. This process maps, in a general sense, onto the process known as "coming out." Interacting with other LGBs provides them with a framework for thinking about not only sexual identity but other issues, especially politics.
This model depends heavily on the idea of acculturation, that people are most strongly influenced by the ideas of people they spend a considerable amount of time with. However, Egan believed that acculturation could not explain the patterns he saw in the political behavior of LGBs. There were two main problems that needed to be explained: first, LGBs often develop distinctively liberal views before connecting with the larger queer community, and second, they tend to hold liberal views on issues like the environment and the war in Iraq, issues which have little or no connection to gay rights issues.
The first alternate theory Egan proposed was one of selection. This theory proposed that homosexuals who grow up in a more tolerant environment (more religiously liberal, born to more educated parents, located in the North vs. the South) were more likely to choose to identify as lesbian or gay. Backgrounds such as these are more likely to be Democratic/liberal.
Interestingly, while the political affiliation of a person's parents is supposed to be one of the strongest indicators of their own party affiliation, Egan found that among LGBs this pattern doesn't hold. In fact, LGBs raised by Republicans tend to abandon the party, with 70% of Republican-raised gays and lesbians eventually becoming Democrats. By contrast, 93% of LGBs from Democratic families stay with the party. This points to, according to Egan, a "wholesale rejection of Republican views" and indicates that something besides background was accounting for the political profile of gays and lesbians.
The second theory that Egan put forth was one that he called "conversion". The hypothesis suggests that the process of acquiring a gay identity comes along with a wholesale reevaluation of political views, a process that normally takes place before acculturation happens: that is, before someone has a chance to connect with the queer community at large. The conversion process suggests that LGBs are politically distinctive from the outset rather than gradually become more liberal over the course of contact with other gays or lesbians, and that LGBs throughout America would have a similar political profile regardless of local politics.
Egan's data supported those very claims. He found that, regardless of the size of the queer population, LGBs showed consistent political views. In fact, the reverse of what conventional wisdom predicts seems to be true: as the gay population of a neighborhood increases, data suggests that the straight population becomes more heavily liberal. He also found that, rather than getting more liberal with time, as acculturation would suggest, LGBs actually behave like the rest of the population, and get more conservative as they get older, though they are always more likely to be liberal than the average straight American.
And there does seem to be a real connection between the process of coming out and the adoption of new, more liberal views. When asked about how their views related to their sexual identity, a large proportion of the respondents in Egan's dataset said that when they were coming out they were less religious, more liberal, and more political.
Egan's ideas draw upon his own pathbreaking research: for example, his is the only dataset in existence that includes political views, sexual identity, and sexual behavior. Asking about both sexual identity and behavior allowed Egan to single out respondents who actually identified as gay or lesbian, as opposed to people who may have had only same-sex partners but do not think of themselves as gay.
From his research Egan drew two interesting conclusions. One, highly relevant during election season, is that the gay community's views on issues unrelated to gay rights suggests that even if the GOP were to completely change its policies on gay issues, gay voters would stay Democrats. Secondly, because there seems to be a fundamental connection between gay identity and political liberalism, LGBs will continue to be available for political participation and mobilization even as homosexuality becomes more mainstream.


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Boeing (BA) lifting the Dow once again. The aerospace behemoth is up 3% lifting the Dow to new highs thanks to a dividend hike and a new share buyback. Boeing boosted its quarterly dividend by 20.4% while also authorizing a new stock repurchase plan of $18 billion, which replaces the existing share buyback program. These initiatives are likely to allow investors share the benefits of soaring airliner deliveries. Boeing has increased its dividend per share by more than 250% over last five years. Boeing's stock is up 86% year to date yet JP Morgan upgraded the stock with a $325 price target.


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Mother Nature rumbled with the City of Cleveland Wednesday, landing some knockout blows.
Even city hall was no match for the powerful winds, which ripped a piece of the roof clear off the building.
As drivers tried to navigate through heavy rains from every direction, commuters at the Tower City RTA platform encountered a different kind of road block.
A large piece of the tunnel wall on the westbound red line track collapsed just before rush hour causing delays.
Investigators later determined the damage was not caused by weather and the debris was quickly removed so lines could get back up and running.
Downed trees and debris also dotted the perimeter of Burke Lakefront Airport, while crews worked to remove a tree on East 26th between St. Clair and Superior.
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Hey friends! You may know that I'm participating in Reading Women's Bingo for June and I finally got a BINGO!
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Hey friends! You may know that I'm participating in Reading Women's Bingo for June and I finally got a BINGO!
If you want to know more, please visit: https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/reading-women-challenge-2019
Hey friends! You may remember my list of books I want to read in 2019 that I posted at the beginning of the year. Here's a quick, sort of updated version. Really, it's just shortened and updated for quick reference. What sequels do you want to read?
Hey friends! I am participating in Reading Women Month Bingo for June and here is my second check-in (June 8-14). I didn't read much that was part of the board but this is such a fun challenge and I look forward to reading more books and making a BINGO!
Check-in #1: https://allthesewanders.com/2019/06/14/reading-women-month-bingo-first-check-in
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Here's the site, if you want more info: https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/reading-women-challenge-2019
Hey friends! Do you ever sit there and just wish for time to fly by faster so a new book gets finally released? I certainly do, so here are the 10 books I can't wait to get my hands on!
Hey friends! I am participating in Reading Women Month Bingo for June and finally got around to my first check in (June 1-7). This is such a fun challenge and I look forward to reading more books on the board!
Here's the site, if you want more info: https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/reading-women-challenge-2019
In this video, I discuss the books I consider my favorites. What are yours?
Title: Shadow and Bone
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Published: 2012
These covers were published in 2017
Synopsis: Alina's dormant powers awaken after a near-death experience in The Fold with her best friend Mal. Alina trains with the Grisha that are led by The Darkling, however, secrets and mysteries are about to unravel and create chaos across Ravka.
Title: Siege and Storm
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Published: 2013
Synopsis: After a battle in The Fold, Alina and Mal barely escape across the sea. Believing Alina to have died, the Apparat sets up a cult that follows Sankta Alina, the Sun Summoner. However, Alina and Mal return to try and save Ravka with the help of the Privateer Sturmhond.
Title: Ruin and Rising
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Published: 2014
Synopsis: The Darkling is set on destroying Ravka and it is up to Alina, Mal, Nikolai and their armies to stop him. Histories and secrets are revealed that may change the tide in their favor, but at what cost?
I love this series! It's my second time reading it and I think it was even better this time around. There are two spin-off duologies so far, a plethora of short stories, and a tv show that is currently in production!
The world is so interesting and built very well. The magic is believable and described easy enough to understand, even if one isn't an experienced fantasy reader. The histories, mythologies and backstories are very intriguing and are one of my favorite parts about this series. It creates a rich world and this has a lot of potential as a tv series. I hope they do it well!
What I liked: There are tons of action scenes and each book moves pretty fast. I've often found that trilogies slow down in the second books and sometimes appear as filler, but this doesn't do that. There is a lot happening and the characters are constantly kept on their toes. The magic is really interesting and it continues to change and improve throughout the books. Bardugo uses actual science phenomenons like light bending to make it even more realistic, which I think is cool. Additionally, the weapons are a combination of modern and historic items, giving this world the unique feel that it's not medieval nor futuristic. Finally, the characters are funny, the banter isn't cringey and the relationships are dynamic. Often I've found YA novels to include lots of silly dialogue but this was fun and I enjoyed it. The romance was a big part but it also moved the plot along, which was nice. By the way, Nikolai Lantsov is one of the best characters and I am so looking forward to his duology!
What I didn't like: There isn't much but most of it is based on overused character tropes. You've got the sickly, plain, boring, sad, little peasant girl who is The Chosen One. Her best friend is gorgeous and she doesn't see why he likes her and keeps questioning it, which does get a little tedious and obnoxious. You've got the giant, strong warrior who is actually a softy; you've got the beautiful but super mean girl; the nerdy scientist; the shallow and beautiful slave who actually has more depth; the shallow prince; the evil king; the villain who has good intentions; etc. They just get old after a while. However, I still like each character and the way Bardugo wrote them wasn't groan-inducing or distracting.
Final thoughts: I just love this series and I encourage everyone to read it. With Bardugo executive producing the show, I really hope it stays true to the series and brings it all to life for us. Go read it!
TV series announcement: https://deadline.com/2019/01/netflix-orders-shadow-and-bone-series-leigh-bardugo-grishaverse-fantasy-novels-1202532783/
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To get an employer to pay special attention to your resume, consider including an administration & office support resume certifications and training section prominently in the resume. By including this section, it helps the employer to locate specific information without wasting their time and allowing them to quickly make a decision on whether you have the specific training they are looking for.
What Kind of Certifications and Training Should You List on Your Administration & Office Support Resume
As you prepare to list your certifications and training on your administration and office support resume, you want to make sure you list the details that are most relevant to the position being offered. If you have attended any training in administration and office support or have certifications by national or statewide administration associations, include those on your resume. Don't include information that does not apply to the specific job opening, such as an automotive service certification. Here are some popular certifications that many in this industry add to your administration & office support resume certifications and training section:
- School administration and supervision certification
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If your certifications and training can be directly related to the job being offered, you want to place it above the experience section or in the skills section so it's one of the first things the employer sees. They can look over your training quickly and decide if it's worth looking deeper into your resume. If you feel that your training is relevant but not directly related to the open position, place the administration & office support resume certifications and training section down near the middle of the resume where it will be seen but not be the most important part of the resume. You can also choose to include the training and certifications in the education sections of the resume. If you feel that the certifications and training that you have received is not relevant to the open position, do not include it on the resume at all. The certifications and training section is not required to be placed on the resume, and it helps the employer by not including information that's not necessary.
The text should be listed with the full name of the certification and the acronym in parentheses after it. Any school names and dates should also be included here. Bullet points are not necessary as long as it is formatted consistently in the section they're in.
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Introducing the Bumble Bee Bolt-On friction drive motor! This kit is built in the USA by Bumble Bee Bolt-On located in Orange Florida. Garold and his team have been building the Bumble Bee Bolt-On for over 20 years. I have had nothing but positive reviews from customers using the Bumble Bee. What is so great about this kit is that when the motor is locked up there is no drag on the bike! Because the motor only weighs 12 lbs. you can ride the bike like a bicycle all day long. When you get tired or just want to scoot around in power mode you just release the lift lever, the motor drive wheel goes down on the back tire and you're off to the races!
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Longtime member of Équipe Cousteau; took part in or led dives during several expeditions including the Fontaine of Vaucluse, the documentary film World Without Sun, Truk Lagoon (1970), Antarctica and the Bering Strait; was one of the six Conshelf III aquanauts, spending three weeks at 100 m; pioneer in gas blending and saturation diving; worked with Dr. Jacques Chouteau at Jacques-Yves Cousteau's CEMA (Centre d'études maritimes avancées, formerly known as OFRS) from 1968 to 1972; COMEX engineer.
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Our residents' health care needs are our top priority. Because of this, many of our services are built with promoting a healthy and active lifestyle that encourage our residents' physical and mental health to thrive.
An assisted living is a perfect median between living independently but also receiving a little bit of assistance. Residents have the freedom to decide when they want to wake in the morning, which activities they want to be involved in, and when they want to sleep. Seniors will always want their independence because as adults, they deserve it. At Heartwood, we ensure our seniors are able to make decisions for themselves while making sure they know we are there to help. Our trained staffed is available to assist residents 24 hours a day.
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The heroin needles, the pile of excrement between parked cars, the yellow soup oozing out of a large plastic bag by the curb and the stained, faux Persian carpet dumped on the corner. It is a scene of detritus that might bring to mind any variety of developing-world squalor. But this is San Francisco, the capital of the nation's technology industry, where a single span of Hyde Street hosts an open-air narcotics market by day and at night is occupied by the unsheltered and drug-addled slumped on the sidewalk. There are many other streets like it, but by one measure it is the dirtiest block in the city. Just a 15-minute walk away are the offices of Twitter and Uber, two companies that along with other nameplate technology giants have helped push the median price of a home in San Francisco well beyond a million dollars. This dichotomy of street crime and world-changing technology, of luxury condominiums and grinding, persistent homelessness, and the dehumanizing effects for those forced to live on the streets provoke outrage among the city's residents. For many who live here it is difficult to reconcile San Francisco's liberal politics with the misery that surrounds them. According to city statisticians, the 300 block of Hyde Street, a span about the length of a football field in the heart of the Tenderloin neighborhood, received 2,227 complaints about street and sidewalk cleanliness over the past decade, more than any other. It is an imperfect measurement — some blocks might be dirtier but have fewer calls — but residents on the 300 block say that they are not surprised by their ranking. The San Francisco bureau photographer, Jim Wilson, and I set out to measure the depth of deprivation on a single block. We returned a number of times, including a 12-hour visit, from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on a recent weekday. Walking around the neighborhood we saw the desperation of the mentally ill, the drug dependent and homeless, and heard from embittered residents who say it will take much more than a broom to clean up the city, long considered one of the United States' beacons of urban beauty. Human waste has become such a widespread problem in San Francisco that the city in September established a unit dedicated to removing it from the sidewalks. Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for the public works department, describes the new initiative as a "proactive human waste" unit. At 8 a.m. on a recent morning, as mothers shepherded their children to school, we ran into Yolanda Warren, a receptionist who works around the corner from Hyde Street. The sidewalk in front of her office was stained with feces. The street smelled like a latrine. "Some parts of the Tenderloin, you're walking, and you smell it and you have to hold your breath," Warren said. At she does every morning, she hosed down the urine outside her office. The city has installed five portable bathrooms for the hundreds of unsheltered people in the Tenderloin but that has not stopped people from urinating and defecating in the streets.
You get the idea.. And this is an article from the very liberal NY Times; not some conservative news media outlet. San Fran is a poster child of what happens when years and years of extreme liberal politicians enact failed liberal policies in a major urban area for decades. San Fran is a total disaster, and it'll remain so until the residents decide that enough is enough and actually consider voting for politicians who aren't the same liberal Democrats they've been electing for decades. But, don't hold your breath…or your nose. For more, click on the text above.


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Dr. Bell Meets the President
In 1954, the American Philosophical Society and Yale University teamed up to establish the Papers of Benjamin Franklin program, a project to publish with scholarly annotations all of the papers of Franklin. By 1960, the first two volumes had been published. It was decided that, to acknowledge government support, the volumes should be presented to President Eisenhower. Whitfield Jenks Bell, Jr., Associate Editor of the Papers, was in the delegation sent to the White House. Bell left an account of the trip of May 26, 1960.
Bell passed through three layers of security and, after waiting a bit, was shown in to the President. "As we entered," Bell wrote,
DDE sprang from his chair, strode to the front of his desk, shook each of us by the hand, looking deeply in the eyes. He is a tall man, with a tendency, when addressing someone, to lower his head and peer directly at you.
One of the delegation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Roy Franklin Nichols, was from the University of Pennsylvania. Eisenhower asked, "Do you know Ravdin? He cut me up." Isadore Ravdin, a highly skilled surgeon, administrator, and Major General in the Medical Corps, had operated on Eisenhower for ileitis in 1956 and was Eisenhower's friend.
Nichols presented the volumes to Eisenhower who said, "'Well, isn't that nice,' . . . as though it were a complete surprise." The President noted he liked to read the letters of Lincoln and those of Washington and thought that including both the material written by Franklin and that written to him, as done in the Franklin project, was a good idea.
Bell noted more of his impression of Eisenhower:
The President is 69, but he looks 15 years younger. His face is ruddy, his figure hard and trim, his eyes sparkle, and his grin as broad and easy as ever. He moves in great strides and throws himself out of his chair or back into it with great force. His speech is peppered with Hell, Damn, and God-damn, but not offensively. He is completely relaxed, kept the ball of conversation going easily and acted as though he hadn't a care in the world but to please us.
Franklin Papers editor Leonard LaBaree read a passage from Franklin, a letter in which he hopes that "liberty might one day envelope the world, so that a philosopher might walk anywhere and say 'this is my country.'" Eisenhower replied, "'My, isn't that a thoughtful message.'"
This being the White House, pictures had to be taken, so 20 photographers were let in, "poured in" according to Bell, "like the Marx Brothers getting out of a car or a pack of dogs from their kennel."
The first five dropped to their knees at some invisible line in front of the President's desk; the others took places behind them; someone held up a spotlight; and they began snapping and grinding away, the President and Nichols chatting and holding the book. Then, after 30 – not more than 60 seconds of this—a woman who had come in with them, said quietly, 'That'll be all;' – and they ran out of the room as suddenly and completely as they had come in.
Bell and the others shook hands with the President and left, seeing on the way out
several dozen people, all staring at us and wondering who we were and what business we had with the President. I stared right back, wondering who they were, and what business they had bothering the President.
Whitfield Bell was hired by the APS and became Associate Librarian in July 1960. Promoted to Librarian in 1965, he is the only person ever to have been both Librarian and (later in his tenure) Executive Officer. The Franklin Papers project is still going today, the 43rd volume scheduled to come out this year.
The complete text of Bell's account is available in the APS digital library.


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You will find stuff that great cooks have to know. The content which follows contains secrets, techniques which will help you move from a fundamental chef to some master prepare. Implement the following advice so you understand what it's you must do.
If you'd like to begin cooking more food by yourself, vacation to some local library or book shop and you'll discover many cookbooks with recipes you may enjoy making at home. Test out a couple of, and become patient remember, you are learning additional skills.
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When you are with leftover homemade sauce, freeze the leftovers in ice cube trays. Remove them to make use of on another night whenever you want a no hassle home cooked meal. Simply reheat the sauce cubes gradually inside a medium pan in your stovetop. The sauce will stay edible despite having an ice tray.
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This week, we're asking you to consider things from a different point of view — to walk a mile in someone's shoes. Leave your moccasins and bunny slippers at the door, and tell us a tale from a fully-immersed perspective that is not your own.
I still remember the day we met as if it just happened. I can see it replaying in front of my eyes as if I'm watching a movie. I see it. I see it all. Not as if it happened yesterday, but as if it happened minutes ago. I can still see his face as he looked at me and held out his hand. I still remember how he pulled me gently towards him and we began to spin slowly around the room. I assume that I was standing alone by the bar hoping that some handsome young man would ask me to dance. I vaguely remember the song playing and the other dancers around us, but what I really only saw was him. His blue eyes, his dark hair, his smile that reached his eyes and caused a slight crinkle at the edges. I remember his hand on the small of my back as he slowly dipped me and brought me back towards his body. I don't even remember the shoes I was wearing or the dress I had on. I only remember him. I still remember everything about him.
During our first dance we never even spoke, we simply moved to the music and let our bodies do the talking. I met him for the 2nd time two weeks later at a coffee shop not far from the dance hall. He stood in the doorway as if transfixed by what he saw. I myself, found it hard to look away. I had, in the deepest depths of my heart, imagined this moment many times. He was on my mind even when I didn't realize it. He crept in when I least expected it and when I most needed it. But I always reminded myself to be practical about it. There was never really a chance that I would see the beautiful man who took my breathe away with a single glance. After all, I had previously never been so lucky.
But as soon as I saw his face again. As soon as I saw him smile, a smile that I knew was for me and only me, I knew what I may have always known. I loved him. In a fleeting and time consuming way. I had loved him from the very first moment.
She was unlike anything I had ever seen before. An angel, maybe. But I couldn't be sure. I had never seen an angel before either. She stood alone by the bar in a long light blue lace dress. She had on dark blue heels that she didn't look entirely comfortable in. She did, however, look lonely. She head tipped toward her drink but she immediately put it back down with a look of defeat on her dark features. My father told me to never ask a lonely woman to dance. Look for the eager ones. The eager ones will show you a good time but leave when they've gotten what they came for. But a lonely woman. A lonely woman might just make you fall in love with her. Love was something my father was never after. I wasn't sure yet if I could say the same for myself.
As if of my own subconscious volition, I was standing beside her with my hand, palm facing up, reaching toward her. She looked up, dark eyes focusing on me, and slowly put her hand in mine and let me whisk her away onto the middle of the dance floor. We spun for what felt like years and in those short minutes I felt as if I had always done with dance, with this woman, every moment of my pent up life.
She never spoke and I didn't dare break the silence. There was only the small intake of breathe as I placed a hand on the small of her back, dipped her and brought her back towards my body, our eyes meeting again and this time transfixing. It was as if we had suddenly melded together, into one eternal being, neither pushing or pulling from the other.
I didn't see her again for two weeks and in those weeks I had a tightening in my head and in my heart that I had never felt before. But the minute I saw her, sitting in the coffee shop, head low towards a book and her cup, the tightness lifted and I could once again breathe easy. I knew then what I supposed I had known from that very first moment.
I really should have listened to my father.
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I was checking out possible sets for a new fashion shoot the other day; I'd already changed my dress, and was thinking of doing it at my own leisure temple ….
I was checking out possible sets for a new fashion shoot the other day; I'd already changed my dress, and was thinking of doing it at my own leisure temple ….
I'd finished the posing for my last article — well, I had to get myself into the stadium somehow in Second Life as well as real life, and that takes some photographic tricks — and was taking the time to meet with Jem, to discuss the next piece she was planning on. (You're seeing a sneak peek here.) We were talking about where might be a good place to pose, when there was an almighty whoosh of air, coming out of the cavern entrance I use as a teleport point for the temple platform we were at.
Taking a peek inside the cavern, we found something what didn't belong there — a big glowing ball of blue radiance. A little scary looking; but, being reckless, uh, curious women, we walked carefully forward into the blue mist.
Last year, during my "rookie" period (lol), Harper introduced me to Fantasy Faire. Beyond the good work that will be done for the American Cancer Society, this event, maybe the biggest in Second Life each year, is just plain fun. I loved roaming around in costume last year, from full kimono to barbarian princess. In fact, the barbarian princess mode I was in was my inspiration for some of the costumes I've shot myself in since.
As of today (March 31), there's 20 days until the gates between worlds open once more. Start saving your money, put together your most fantastic costume, and drop in beginning on April 20. Harper, Conan and I'll be doing our usual photo work, as well as coming up with fresh costumes from what we pick up in the fifteen regions of the Faire. And, when you can, be generous in your giving to the Relay for Live vendors or kiosks. Cancer is something that's touched almost all of us in one way or another, both in RL and in lost SL friendships.
See you at the Faire!
It arrives like the first ray of sunlight in the spring, like the scent of budding leaves in the wind, the stirring of slumbering spirit. The very first word from the Fairelands, as they begin shifting and changing, stretching and awakening, growing from dreams into reality.
Throughout the whole long year the Fairelands have been dreaming. They try on shapes like we would clothes, mix sea with forests, cliffs with towers, magic with mundane. Spires reach up toward the skies like blades of grass in the spring, caves emerge as dug by ground-dwellers over millennia, corals twist into mer-castles, gardens bloom. Fairelands dream, dream and breathe magic.
Some shapes they keep, some they set aside. Some dreams go together, form a chain of worlds holding hands with natural ease like siblings. Some need to wait for their family of worlds longer still, gaining strength and spirit.
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Where has your interrupted, ah, intrepid demon reporter been this past week or more? Walking — walking around all 13 bleedin' sims of Fantasy Faire 2015. One of the top SL Relay for Life events, this year's Fantasy Faire was bigger, more colorful and more fun than ever, running the gamut of the Four Elements and showing off the creativity of Second Life builders and designers more than ever. I know this because I covered almost every blessed meter of it on foot, in heels. Oh, my achin' dogs!!!
(A pack of passing puppies looks up and barks in curiosity.)
Okay, okay, I did my share of flying…and swimming, too. I was even frozen in a block of ice for a time, until someone let it go. (Let it go, let it go!!!!! [THWAP!!!])
Uh…. My lawyers advise me that, before I get myself into trouble with certain people with large black ears and a tail, I'd better just change topic. So, I took a scad of photos, all of which can be found at my Flickr stream in a special album, as well as in their Fantasy Faire group. (The last few will be going into the group tomorrow because of submission restrictions.) To tempt you into checking out the collection, here's about five or six of them, after the fold. Most of the photos, by the way, are at 1920×1080, which makes them excellent wallpaper size for modern monitors. Feel free to use for non-commercial purposes, just keep my signature on it.
Fashion for Life 2014 is open, with 10 sims to explore and shop in — but there's an eleventh that may not be as visited as the others. Most of the FFL events have a sim laid aside for the recipients of the monies raised during the largest charity event in Second Life, the American Cancer Society. ACS' people build exhibits and information sources, and other venues within their region to more fully speak about what all the fun and fashion is for during this period. Following are pictures from this year's ACS region, which I suggest you visit as well as the other 10.
If you haven't yet popped in to any of the Science Fiction Alliance's Sci-Fi Convention, do so as soon as possible. The last day is June 8, so you won't have gobs of time to attend, but it isn't too hard on the feet to go to this con.
There's an excellent tram system that crosses through all six sims of the con, and flying is permitted — quite logical in a sci-fi world (grin). Don't come loaded down with linden dollars, though, aside from making contributions to the American Cancer Society — this is a Relay for Life event, after all. (Speaking of which, if you'll look at the east side of the map, you'll see the Fashion for Life sims are going up; it's almost time for this leader in the charity events to begin, so watch the calendars for the announcement.)
Some pictures I took while running around this year's Fantasy Faire — which, according to Daniel Voyager, has pulled in well over L$5.5 million for this year's American Cancer Society Relay for Life. You may want to check the SLurls and see if the regions are still up, if you didn't take the time to tour them before; they were still open yesterday as I tried to finish my own tour.
(Larger versions of the photos can be found on Flickr and Koinup.)


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Tauruna was founded in 2007 in Ulyanovsk, Russia by two young graduates of Ulyanovsk State Technical University with master's degrees in IT and software design. Today, it is a rapidly growing software development and system integration company with extensive experience in various business and technological areas. For clients, Tauruna is a reliable, professional and committed partner. For employees, it is a company of like-minded colleagues and friends with a technical background.
Tauruna focuses on the creation of intelligent automation systems and optimization of business processes, design and development of software for Windows, mobile platforms (Windows, iOS) and microcontroller systems, as well as the creation of websites of all types.
1. Focus on the clients' problems
We fully understand that every development request is based on an actual business need. Nobody orders development services without a good reason. This is why we always focus on solving the clients' business needs rather than simply developing an application meeting the formal requirements. If necessary, we explore the client's business area/niche to better understand its specifics in relation to the solution being developed.
2. Loyal to established business principles
Quality of our work is our ultimate priority, but it does not mean that other ingredients of a successful project - turnover time and price - are overlooked. We do our best to provide realistic estimates and plan our work according to clients' deadlines.
3. High-quality customer support
Handing a program over to the customer or deploying a solution of the customer's server is never the end of our story. We provide full support to all our clients, regardless of the size of their project and the time passed since final delivery.
4. Always in touch with the client
We do our best to understand our clients right from the start. Efficient communication is vital for any business relationship and we pay a lot of attention to this aspect of our work from the very first email or IM message.
5. Keep secrets secret
When you entrust a project into our hands, you can rest assured that your confidential information will never be disclosed to any third parties. We value business ethics and privacy above everything else and are always ready to sign an NDA.
6. Live up to our promises
We are very serious about the promises we make and do our best to be realistic about costs and deadlines we voice to our customers.
7. Stay professional at all times
Whatever we do, we strive to do it as professionally as we can. All of our employees have university degrees in IT and our lead developers and managers hold MDs in software development. However, our education and self-education never stops – we participate in regional IT events, monitor local and global software development trends and use every chance to learn something new and use it in our own projects. We really love what we do and this affection translates into the quality of our services and our clients' satisfaction.
8. Be ready to face challenges
We have everything it takes to face challenges with confidence: corresponding education, dozens of projects in our portfolio, a close-knit team of fellow developers and a desire to solve the hardest of IT puzzles. We work with the most technologically complex projects requiring a comprehensive approach to modeling, development and testing.
9. Have resources immediately available
Tauruna's home city, Ulyanovsk, is often called the IT capital of the Volga region. Two major universities, Ulyanovsk State and Ulyanovsk State Technical, are the main sources or qualified young professionals for regional IT companies. We know how to find the right people to join our team and know what exactly we are looking for in a candidate – energy, curiosity, work experience, a portfolio and, of course, desire to work in our company and be a part of the Tauruna team.
10. Be progressive
We are a modern and energetic team. We are young and keen on what we are doing. And we will never stop looking into the future and moving forward.
Alexander Ushakov
President and Founder
Chief Technical Officer
Personal traits: optimist and perfectionist, likes meeting new people and making new connections
Hobby: notaphily and numismatics.
Education: a master's degree (2007) from Ulyanovsk State Technical University (Department of Information Technologies)
Career: started programming as a student and worked at a number of local development companies after graduation. In the period of 2006-2008, Alexander worked as developer and system administrator at Volga-Partner, a major regional company.
In October 2007, Alexander and his colleague Michael Gunin founded Tauruna.
Professional profile: development, implementation and maintenance of intelligent systems (production automation, accounting systems, PC and microcontroller software).
Social mission: since October 2010, Alexander and his colleagues have been reading lectures on software business management at ULSTU (fundraising, marketing, project management).
Michael Gunin
Chief Visionary Officer
Personal traits: likes traveling and exploring modern culture, a jazz enthusiast. Michael translated several American 20th century poetry classics into Russian.
Career: started working for well-known international IT companies in 2005. In 2007-2009, Michael worked as a marketing expert and analyst at Qualiteam Software, a large local ecommerce software vendor. In 2009-2010, Michael was the head of Marketing Department at Simbirsk Technologies (CS-Cart).
Co-founded Tauruna in 2007. Since 2010, has been working for the company as a CVO.
Professional profile: marketing of software products and services, e-commerce, start-ups, web analytics & promotion, copywriting.
Social mission: since October 2010, Michael and his colleagues have been reading lectures on software business management at ULSTU (fundraising, marketing, project management).
The list of supported technologies and platforms includes С#, .NET Framework, C++, Object Pascal, Delphi, PHP, Python, Java, C, Assembler and the majority of popular DBMS.


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Have you heard the news!? Today we kick off the #ZodiacBooks Readathon hosted by Penguin Teen and Romina Russell!
If you haven't gotten the chance to read the books, this is THE opportunity to do so now! The fourth and final book is finally releasing AUGUST 29th!! You can binge read them all now without waiting a year for the next book to come out!
Throughout the readathon, participating blogs will share their creative posts and thoughts on the book. There will also be a Twitter Chat at the end featuring a Q&A with Romina Russell! If you are participating be sure to tweet your thoughts using #ZodiacBooks so Penguin Teen and Romina can follow your progress and reactions!


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This past December, the FCC repealed the regulations collectively known as net neutrality. In essence, net neutrality prevents internet service providers, often abbreviated as ISPs, from up-charging for certain services.
Without these regulations, ISPs have almost complete control over what they offer and are free to throttle users who can't afford "fast-lane" internet. Net neutrality is supported by a majority of Americans across the political spectrum, according to a study conducted by the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. It is noteworthy that in our democracy, such an eminently popular policy can be scrapped by an unelected committee as a simple administrative matter.
Given the unpopularity of the repeal, it's easy to see why some governors have made sure to take up the mantle of consumer protection. In California, for example, a bill has been passed by the legislature introducing restrictions which were lost in the recent ban, which effectively reinstates net neutrality in the state. Only time will tell if state-level countermeasures will be successful, or score points for the politicians who support them.
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Gov. Scott Walker knows a thing or two about standing up to the federal government. While in office he has refused federal funding for a high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, as well as argued against an expansion of Medicaid. Surely, he should be chomping at the bit to stand up to the federal government and protect net neutrality in Wisconsin.
After all, he might be angering big ISPs, but he may even win the favor of tech companies like Amazon or Netflix who opposed the repeal of net neutrality. Furthermore, Wisconsin is not a particularly wealthy state and its citizens would likely be hit relatively hard by the imminent tiering of the internet.
For a man who prides himself on being an 'education governor,' it would make sense for him to fight to keep net neutrality regulations, which bring digital equity to low-income students. Net neutrality provided educational opportunities to the students who needed them the most. Furthermore, Walker has an election coming up this fall, and net neutrality is an easy play to voters.
Sadly, there is not a chance Walker will do anything. It doesn't matter that net neutrality is popular even among conservative voters; it is ancillary to the goals of Walker's governorship. Walker is not such a ruthless political operator that he would betray his core values to dunk on faceless telecommunications companies. That isn't to say he's not ruthless — rather, his ruthlessness has a purpose other than his own political clout.
Since Walker took office in 2010, his goal to domesticate the Wisconsin working class and cripple the Wisconsin state government's ability to serve its people has been clear. From his campaign that broke the backs of teachers' unions to his gutting of funding for the University of Wisconsin System, Walker has sought to stack the deck against poor and working people since the start of his reign.
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Perhaps Walker sees net neutrality repeal as politically useful — perhaps he hasn't given it a second thought. Regardless, limiting access to the internet is but another blow to working people in this state.
The internet is so many things — it can carry ideas to new people, it can connect disparate communities or it can simply enrich the lives of individuals.
It can give first-generation college students essential information during their application process.
It can help poor school districts access information and materials they might never otherwise be able to.
It is an obvious public good that, like so many obvious public goods in this state, will be sent to the glue factory in the name of global capitalism.
Working class students at the University of Wisconsin and working people throughout the entire state deserve equal access to the internet. They deserve dignity and autonomy, which the internet can help provide. Let's work to give them that.
Sam Palmer ([email protected]) is a senior majoring in biology.


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A lot of companies having for more visibility have probably heard of SEO. However, they like to leave it late by jumping into the fray after most other companies have done the same. Others feel like having their own team of SEO professionals is a better move than getting attached to an SEO company. Such business people are usually motivated by a notion that SEO companies are expensive or have probably encountered some of the worst SEO marketing has to offer. Well if you are such a cynic, here are a few reasons why you want to have a professional SEO consultant in Sydney handle your matters.
Improves Your Website
Unlike in the past, SEO has become a must-have for your website if you plan to fend off competition from other reputable firms. A lack of SEO strategy will mean your site will be deficient of visibility and will leave your business floating in online obscurity. This is because a lack of SEO will cause your site to rank low and thus miss out on all the potential visibility.
Tons of Experience
Reputable SEO firms have with them years of experience and a large impressive resume. While your in-house team may have SEO basics at their fingertips by reading tutorials and blog posts, SEO professionals know all the inner workings and all the intricacies of an SEO strategy.
SEO companies have the expertise and experience required to take your SEO strategy to the next level. A lack of SEO knowledge or guesswork can actually damage your site by exposing you to penalties or even removal from search engine results. SEO companies can also help keep you on track despite changing algorithms or unexpected changes.
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It is imperative to have the best professionals working on your site since the fate of your business relies on it. Leaving your SEO matters in the hands of inexperienced newbies will only spell doom for your business. Even with advanced self-research, a newbie cannot replicate the results of a seasoned professional. You need a well-established and reputable SEO firm to review your goals, evaluate your competitors, and website in order to come up with a comprehensive plan to keep your site's performance consistent with high visibility.
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Reputable firms will offer more than just SEO. You can also call on them if you have other online marketing needs such as help with web design, improving web content, inbound marketing and anything else. You may also benefit from up-scaling your SEO service package from a simple plan to a full-service package through discounted pricing. Finding a reputable firm in busy cities like Sydney can be a tall order, ensure you read client reviews in order to avoid shambolic SEO consultant in Sydney.


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National Register of Historic Places in Solano County
The Bird and Dinkelspiel Store was constructed at this site in 1875. It was John Bird, one of the stores proprietors, whose exploration and entrepreneurial activities along the Montezuma slough led to the settlement of the town of Bird's Landing.
General stores like the Bird and Dinkelspiel Store represented an essential commercial outpost whose presence in an isolated landscape offered a sense of civility and stability to those considering relocating to more remote areas.
Architecturally, it is an excellent example of the National style: a vernacular adaptation of the Greek Revival style popular in the United States from 1830 to 1850. The building retains a high degree of integrity to its appearance in 1875.
When we photographed the Bird and Dinkelspiel Store in May 2006, it was undergoing a major renovation. The owner plans to reopen it as a 21st Century general store.


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Australian skin care brand Aesop already accounts for 6% of Natura's revenue
With a second store recently opened in Brazil, Aesop has doubled its presence globally since its purchase by the Brazilian company four years ago.
In late 2012, Brazilian direct sales leader Natura announced the purchase of a large share of Australian cosmetics manufacturer Aesop. Founded in Melbourne in 1987, the company became well known not only for its premium skin and hair care products, but also for its distinctive, minimalistic packaging made of amber glass and flagship stores. Each one of them flaunts an exclusively designed architectural project, where customers can try the products, some of which are displayed outside the shop windows.
Four years have passed since the acquisition, and the two companies have maintained independent operations, with all of Aesop's products still being manufactured in Australia. What did change – and very much so – was the company's global standing. Aesop has set foot in 20 countries in Asia, Europe, America and Oceania, totaling nearly 170 stores. It's almost double the number of points of sale as compared to 2013, where the company had 80 stores in 10 countries. "We are growing, and in a healthy way," says Stuart Millar, general manager and president, Americas, at Aesop.
There are currently two stores in Brazil, both located in São Paulo. The first one, opened in June 2015 in the upscale neighborhood of Jardins. It was designed by all-star architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, the mind behind projects such as the Brazilian Sculpture Museum (MUBE) and the refurbishing of São Paulo's Pinacoteca gallery. The most recent store opened its doors to the bohemian suburb of Vila Madalena in October – this one designed by multi-award winning duo Fernando and Humberto Campana.
"Our Jardins store's revenues were 40% above expectations. The Vila Madalena neighborhood is completely aligned with the brand's concept and I believe the new store will perform equally well," says Millar. He states that Natura's guidance was key in Aesop's soft landing in Brazil. "We wouldn't have entered this market so fluidly without Natura," he claims. A third store is planned to take shape in the next 18 months, but the location is yet to be determined.
Featuring a mix of plant-base and laboratory-made ingredients that are free from silicones and parabens, Aesop's products are cruelty free, just like Natura's. Its prices, on the other hand, are steeper. A hand balm costs R$ 123, shampoos start from R$ 139 and a facial cream made from parsley seeds comes at the hefty price of R$ 275. To Millar, Aesop's acquisition by Natura was not only based on ideological similarities, but a strategic move of the Brazilian giant in order to reach out to an audience that was still untapped.
As a result, Aesop has been gaining traction in Natura's revenue reports. The company currently accounts for a 6% share of the group's overall turnover, which totaled R$ 8 billion last year. The Australian brand's global expansion is set to continue in 2017. "We don't have a set amount in mind, but we do see many opportunities and a lot of potential in this strategy," reveals Millar.
Questioned whether Aesop had plans of setting up production plants in Brazil and taking advantage of the variety of local ingredients – which is one of Natura's core businesses –, Millar says: "we don't have such plans for now. We like having control over our plants in Australia. But you know what they say: 'never say ever'. No one knows just how big this market will become."


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Thanks to innovation in the plant-based food sector and growing consumer demand for meat alternatives, there are plenty of store-bought vegan meats available around the world. These 11 meaty products help you enjoy all the comforts of your favorite foods while adhering to a vegan diet.
11 Vegan Meat Brands That Taste Better Than the Real Thing
1. Beyond Meat Beyond Burger
The Beyond Burger has dominated the vegan meat market, attracting fans in both the restaurant industry and retailers around the world. This "bleeding" vegan beef patty replicates the taste, texture, and sizzle of an animal-based burger, without cruelty or cholesterol.
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2. Beyond Meat Beyond Sausage
Prefer hot dogs to burgers? Beyond Meat has you covered. The Beyond Sausage is available in Whole Foods across the US, and just like the Beyond Burger, it doesn't disappoint in the taste and texture department. Fill a fluffy vegan pretzel bun with the Original Brat, then let your mind run wild with toppings for a ballpark favorite you can enjoy at home.
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3. Tofurky DIY Breakfast Sausage
Hold your judgment – this is not the Tofurky your relatives mocked you over ten Thanksgivings ago. The longstanding company has considerably upped its game, vastly improving upon its current offerings and expanding into new products. The DIY breakfast sausage is part of the DIY vegan line, so the cook can make whatever they're craving most. Pair these sweet yet savory patties with biscuits and gravy, or use two waffles to make the ultimate breakfast sandwich.
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4. Field Roast Fruffalo Wings
These crave-worthy plant-based bites by Field Roast rival any animal-based wing, in both taste and texture. Just be sure to have some vegan ranch nearby, these snacks are seriously spicy! For a more mild spread, go for the mini corn dogs; they are equally as delicious, without the burn.
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5. Cena Vegan Latin American Meats
Los Angelinos can make their own infant-sized burritos and nacho boats at home with Cena's Carne Asada, Pollo Asado, Al Pastor, and Barbacoa.
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6. Upton's Naturals Jackfruit
What's the secret to mastering the texture of traditional pulled pork? Jackfruit. This colossal somewhat alien-looking fruit magically transforms into succulent plant-based pulled pork when cooked and seasoned. Upton's Naturals has embraced the versatility of the jackfruit to create meaty substitutes to satisfy any palate. For a Texan-worthy pulled pork sandwich, go for the barbecue variety.
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7. Oumph!
This Swedish vegan meat producer is rapidly expanding across Europe and the UK with its meaty seasoned bites. The range offers Pulled Oumph, Kebab Spiced, The Chunk, and other variations of hearty plant-based meats. Brush on the barbeque sauce and sink your teeth into some homemade vegan ribs.
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8. The Abbot's Butcher Chorizo
There is a plethora of vegan chorizo on the market, but The Abbot's Butcher has won over the stomachs of vegans and self-proclaimed carnivores alike. The slightly spicy grounds have just enough kick without being overpowering, and the product's texture is spot-on to its pork-based counterpart. Further, unlike many chorizos (animal-based or otherwise), it is savory without being too oily.
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9. Gardein Golden Fishless Filet
Gardein was one of the first vegan companies to really shine with its incredible meat-like products. When the world of plant-based meat was defined by mushy veggie burgers and spongy mock meat, the company gained attention with its crispy, slightly addictive chicken fingers and saucy beefless bites. Gardein makes a wide range of products, but if you're in the mood for fish and chips, their Golden Fishless Filets will hit the spot.
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10. Yves Veggie Cuisine Deli Slices
Create an epic sandwich by piling on slice after savory slice of Yves' deli slices. This Canadian company makes ham, turkey, salami, and bologna vegan slices to satisfy any sandwich craving. Carve up two thick slices of bread, slather on the mustard, and don't forget the pickles! This sandwich is going to be good.
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11. VBites Sausages
Owned by Heather Mills, VBites distributes a wide range of vegan meats (including several flavors of juicy sausages) to stores across the UK and Europe, so you can enjoy a proper meaty English breakfast the vegan way.
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Happy Bunch is expanding! Leading the game at the fun intersection of e-commerce and flowers. We're still lean, but not-at-all mean. If you play by your strengths, push for ideas and swear by results, we can promise you an exciting journey. One filled with growth, imagination, and laughter. Care to join us? Email your resume to email@example.com today.
Experience with the responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred. Also, an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment is preferred.
Knowledge of code versioning tools and utilizing it for deployment is a plus.
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The Flower Fairy (contract position) will join a group of majority in charge of all things flowery and beyond. We welcome all flower lovers from all walks of life. Working days/hours are from Monday to Friday and selected Saturdays, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm.
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Project Details
Demonstrating the use of a new design criterion based on salt damage to determine the minimum gas pressure for storing natural gas in salt caverns.
Client: US Department of Energy
Time Span: 2000-2002
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Cavern Storage, 3D Geology & Mine Modeling, Mine Planning & Permitting, Repository Science
RESPEC teamed with Bay Gas Storage Company to refine and demonstrate the use of a new design criterion based on salt damage to determine the minimum gas pressure for storing natural gas in salt caverns. Laboratory tests were performed to derive the site-specific creep, damage, and healing parameters for a continuum constitutive model that was used to assess the stability of compressed natural-gas storage caverns. Core was obtained by Bay Gas Storage Company from a new storage cavern that was developed in the McIntosh salt dome near Mobile, Alabama. Numerical simulations were performed using the material properties for salt (which were determined from laboratory testing) and the geometrical, operational, and geological model of an existing and a planned storage cavern in the McIntosh Dome. The simulations were used to establish an operating pressure range for gas storage based on the new design criterion that will result in structurally stable and gas-tight conditions.
This project was a first-time application of a salt damage criterion to determine the minimum allowable gas pressure for a compressed natural-gas cavern.


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MILWAUKEE -- In keeping Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message alive, community leaders gathered on Monday, Jan. 21 for one of the largest MLK Day events in the state.
"Things can change. I think people who live in the past should think about moving on. Today we have to fix this problem," said Lahli Coleman, second-grader, Milwaukee College Prep School.
Hosted by the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee at the Italian Community Center, hundreds looked to Coleman for words of inspiration.
"The next governor may be in this room. The next U.S. senator. The next president may even be in this room -- one of the young people awarded for their talents," said Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes.
During the event, three students, including Coleman, were honored for their interpretation of Dr. King's message.
"Hate is like carrying around a dark cloud, and no one wants to be next to you because they don't want to get rained on," said Coleman.
Coleman's words echoed what community leaders said they envision for Milwaukee's future -- and why Dr. King's vision must be remain in view.
"We want to make sure that these children actually have a dream, because too often, they lack positive examples and role models," said Barnes. "This is about changing more than what's possible. We want to change what's expected for our young people growing up in the City of Milwaukee."
"Dr. King's life and message were lessons that are important for everybody. Not just in the 1950s and 60s when Dr. King was active, but even today in contemporary America," said Milwaukee Alderman Cavalier Johnson.
King would be 90 years old now. Still, leaders said the fight to make him proud continues.
"We need to hold ourselves accountable -- and all community leaders -- to make sure we're doing our part," said Carrie Wall, YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee president and CEO.
"Let the sun shine in. Choose love," said Coleman.
Following the breakfast celebration, the YMCA also hosted an MLK Day event for kids called "Keeping the Dream Alive."


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I have been working on a series "Dayze of Innocence" looking at the 1960/70's Hippy movement and asking questions about its impact in our daily lives. Was it as good as we thought it was? What lessons can be learned from the times? I have finished two major paintings and have two others – one nearing completion.
I thought you might like to know how I work on these sorts of paintings so I took some photos of some of my painting process. You can view the finished artwork on my portfolio website: www.jessicablythe.com.au/JB HomeCurrentWork.html.
Far OUT!
Where does the idea come from? I gathered a list of common sayings heard at the time and did some research on Google for 1960's photos to get me started. I found one picture of a person taking a shower at a music festival and I remembered the first time I heard 'far out' used. I was having a cold shower. So I took some notes and after some think time, the image of the blond with flowers in her hair came to me. I was thinking of Far Out! differently now and remembered the image of a friend pointing to a friend coming her way and she shrieked: "Far Out!". But I wanted my series to be ambiguous and to delight my audience, so I'm trying to combine a strong image with a humorous title that encourages a viewer to ponder.
START WITH A DRAWING I always start with a drawing and I draw many ideas which are then researched against reality so I can choose a final design that I can attempt. As I edit I prop the drawing up somewhere while I do the housework so I can find the flaws and each time I view/edit the image gets larger and larger until it is full size. I may do as many as 10 drawings. This is the longest part of the process. I'm always matching my idea to the drawing, trying to reach a good resolution on paper for the goals and purposes I set out to achieve. Once I'm happy with the drawing, I transfer it to paper (Arches 185gsm Smooth Watercolour paper) and use masking tape to attach it to a suitably sized plywood board. (It has to be strong enough to take lots of water without warping, so I choose ply rather than particle board). Then I wash the whole surface with very clean water so the paper buckles and stretches to its' final taped shape (this is when you can reset the paper if its not sitting flat when it dries). If you wet the paper with pencil on it, it sets the pencil lines and can't be rubbed out. So I wet and stretch it and when dry, I place the pencil drawing behind the paper and tape it in place. I take both pieces of paper to a window and tape it so the light shows through and I can see the lines. I use a soft pencil and take care not to groove the paper as I draw on it. Once that is done I return both to the ply board and tape it down again.
Then I apply a weak solution of watercolour paint to define the edges as I remove the pencil lines one at a time. This must be done carefully and correctly following the lines as some paint colours stain the paper and cannot be removed, diluted or fixed up. Here's a closeup of the level of detail for the figure at this 'first wash' stage.
As this painting has no definition for the background, it was to be made up of various watercolour techniques I like. First I used masking fluid to make flowers around the figure so they keep the white paper colour when its removed.
Here's the first wash of the background. Note the brown area (suggestion of a road). I used one of those paint colours that stains and it was too dark for my liking. There was NOTHING I could do about it. Here I have worked on shadows of the figure to give it depth. I moved on to the salt techniques (strew salt crystals over wet paint) hoping I could fix it up.
Because the paper is so wet it buckled, but you have to have a strong constitution to try these techniques on larger paper and be solid in your faith it will dry out ok (thank goodness for masking tape. best tape for this!) It did dry and I was very pleased with many results.
Here I used a combination of salt, flicking of paint and masking fluid numerous times, before and after the fluid was removed.
I tried to fix the background to match the depth of colour on the paint stain and ended up with a brown background. And I made my next mistake again with a staining paint. The arm against the body was far too dark, but I plodded on. I didn't learn my lesson and tried to fix it too.
In the end, I matched the colour on the skin and hated the finished piece. I tried to fix it again with coloured pencils, but it just lay on top of the dark colour as a mist. I had to discard this and start again. I loved the colours in this one and loved many of the salt and masking in the background, but alas it had to go.
So I traced the drawing again on a new sheet of paper and sent the finished "Far Out!" to the Border Art Prize where it was rejected with a covering letter saying there are better examples of watercolour submitted and we've used them for the show.
Well I didn't believe a word of it, especially when I saw some of the entries, so, of course, I was devastated and left her in the sun while I ranted over my rejection. I came back next day and was horrified to find the inner glass was full of condensation and my painting was in dire trouble. If she had been hung in the gallery under hot lights,she would have been completely ruined (thank goodness for the rejection). Took me ages to work it out, but because I had painted and framed my girl in the rainy season, it had not dried out properly (so I opened the frame up and dried her out). BUT because I had used a frame that had been packed away for 7 years, when I went to do the final cleanup of the glass before closing her up again, I noticed a smear which I couldn't remove. I went to all my other 10 paintings which had also been packed away and to my horror, all had condensation damage on the matt boards including my favourite painting which had a big black circle of mould ON THE INSIDE!!
Well it took me a week of polishing glass to find a cleaning product that would remove, rather than smear, the mould. (Wollies brand cleaning wipes/cloth worked). And I put "Far Out!" back together and entered her into the D'Arcy Doyle Competition. I was delighted to see her right at the entrance hanging in her rightful place amongst beautiful paintings from talented folk. Here she is at the gallery.
The two large paintings in the foreground were the Winner and Runnerup. "Far Out!" was in good company and I watched visitors walk away from my girl with a smile, just as I'd hoped.


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Crop tour interest high in canola strategies
Crop tour interest high in canola strategies
By ALLAN TINKER
Interest in the vagaries of canola production opened the NDSU and McClusky Co-op Elevator Tour on Monday, August 15. The site of the tour was three of four corners of the intersection of Highways 200 and 14 near Denhoff. Approximately 40 farmers were on hand for various crops of interest lectures and information.
Offering information on canola, wheat, corn, barley, lentils and peas were Mark Halvorson, Greg Endres, Jeremy Pederson, Shana Pederson, and Dan Melaas.
Discussion on canola included whether it was best to combine straight or swath. The farmers were told that if they used a desiccation product, it would all be dry in 10 days but if they chose not to go this route, then the safest was to swath. "If the crop heats up, the oil is destroyed," said Dan.
A question arose as to whether there would be winter canola. The answer was in the southern states, such as Oklahoma, perhaps yes. But it was subject to harsh springs locally, which attributes to nothing coming up. Another question to why this doesn't happen with 'volunteer' plants brought laughter but no answer.
Rolling the seed between fingers is a good way to test the readiness of the plant for swathing or harvest. If the seed dips upon pressure, it s not dry enough. One should check about halfway up the stem in the flowers that were first to emerge. "If it is in milk stage, let it go a while longer."


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Charming rooms
between Portofino and the "5 Terre"
Charming rooms
between Portofino and the "5 Terre"
With its beautiful sandy beaches, the Baia del Silenzio and the Baia delle Favole, Sestri Levante will enchant you, with its relaxed atmosphere, boutiques, small outdoor cafés and great restaurants overlooking the promenade. Sestri Levante offers relaxation and fun for all: young people, couples and families with children.
Do not miss the panoramic walk up to Punta Manara. For an unforgettable day of sightseeing, explore the Baia del Silenzio by kayaking or take the boat for the Cinque Terre.
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Satyric phantasmagoria in a prologue and two acts
March, 1930: the Great Depression had begun, the clouds over Europe were darkening. Three years before Hitler's rise to power (and six years before Greek fascist dictator's Ioannis Metaxas' own coup), two new music theatre pieces were satirizing the tense climate of the era through sarcastic twisting of the form of the moralistic educational play. The better-known of the two, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, a cheeky satire of capitalism and commodi?ed bourgeois opera, had its premi?re in Leipzig on March 9, and has been branded a «classic» ever since. However, few remember that, three days earlier, on March 6, the «Mondial» Theatre of Athens premi?red a Greek play no less biting, melodic and pitiless: Satanerie, a «satyric phantasmagoria» by Theofrastos Sakellaridis (1883-1950), the greatest composer of Greek operetta. A kind of perverse ?ip-siding of Goethe's Faust, Satanerie is a moralistic play that unashamedly declares... the superiority of Hell over the Christian Heaven and, as daringly and ironically as Mahagonny, sings the praises of modern amorality over traditional morality. Sakellaridis, on top form and adapting his own original idea, mixes romantic arias with folksongs, «rembetiko» songs, blues and foxtrots, satirizing the timeless impunity rampant in Greek society through the story of Andreas, a miserable and honest «everyman», who chooses vice over virtue after receiving a personal guided tour to the hereafter by... Satan himself! It wouldn't be an exaggeration to claim that, with the prophetic ?gure of the latter, Sakellaridis creates an early, paradigmatic type of the permissive, «anal» father (to use the psychoanalytic term), whom he juxtaposes to the God's «old school», prohibitory paternalism. What's more, through his portraits of Heaven and Hell, Sakellaridis presciently (and with not a trace of stale moralism) renders the whole mutation of late capitalism from its traditional form, based on the ethic of sacri?ce and symbolic prohibition, to its current version, based on individualism, consumption, pansexuality and the imperative of enjoyment... What happened, then, and Satanerie has since been forgotten, despite the «triumph», «unbridled laughter» and «enthusiastic crowds» recorded by the press of the time? Nothing less than the total collapse of the reputation of Greek light music theatre of the interwar period, rejected by a post-WWII Greek society eager to forget its past... The Patras Music Theatre Workshop production is the ?rst modern revival of the work.
Khar?lampos Goy?s
A part of the third cycle of the GNO Alternative Stage's 2019 Musical Theatre Days: Treasures of the Greek light musical theatre.


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Contactless Security
Is contactless a secure way of paying for my goods?
Yes. You can feel confident when using your contactless card as it uses the latest secure encryption technology.
Your card will also come with an in-built security check. This means that from time-to-time, you will have to enter your PIN to verify that you're the genuine cardholder.
However, if you lose your card or think it might have been stolen, you should contact us straight away. If your card is used fraudulently, you won't be left out of pocket and will get all of your money back.
What will happen if I lose my card, or it is stolen?
Lock it immediately using online banking or the app. This will prevent anyone who gets their hands on your card from spending your money.
If you find your card, you can unlock it and start using it as normal. If you can't find your card or it's been stolen, report it through the app or online banking, then we'll cancel your card and arrange a new one for you.
If any transactions have been made on your card since it was lost or stolen, we have a specialist team who can look into getting the funds back for you.
If I carry a few contactless cards in my purse/wallet, will I pay for my shopping twice?
As card machines can only ever process a transaction with one card at a time, you cannot pay for the same purchase on two cards.
It's always a good idea to take your card out of your wallet/purse before touching the reader, to make sure you're using the right card for the transaction.
If you don't take the card out, the wrong card could take the transaction or you could be affected by 'card clash', where the reader doesn't know which card to take the payment from so is unable to process the payment.
Can I use contactless at an ATM?
No, the contactless feature works for point of sale transactions only.
Do I get charged for using contactless?
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The Best Squeaky Dog Toys For Dogs & Puppies
Find the Perfect Squeaky Dog Toys For Your Pup
One simple joy for many dogs is anything that squeaks! Dogs play because they are evolved from wolves, and wolves played because it was how they would hone their senses and practice their hunting skills in a safe environment. Thus, giving a dog a squeaky toy is an ideal way to get them to play. It mimics an animal that a dog might prey on and the squeaking just makes it all the more exciting for them. Not only that, but this type of playing is incredibly good for your dog's cognitive development. Specifically, playing with squeaky toys gives your dogs a sense of action and reaction – of being able to have an impact on the world around them.
Playing with a squeaky toy causes your dog's brain to light up and helps them to keep growing and learning. And that is what makes a dog really happy! If you're on the hunt for a good squeaky toy for your pup, look no further. We've discovered the best squeaky toys and organized them here by the size of dog they're best suited for:
Let's take a look at some of the best squeaky dog toys of all sizes. Our top picks for small dogs are up first, and our choices for medium and large dogs are further down the page.


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Wanted: Talented young professionals for positions in employee communications. Help companies be all they can be. Build cultures for communication. Inspire trust and transparency.
Trust and transparency are white-hot issues in our field, claims Richard Edelman in a recent issue of Public Relations Tactics. He says consumers and groups want companies to be honest and transparent, but they are failing. Edelman's annual Trust Barometer and many other studies make it clear that many Americans simply don't trust companies.
But doesn't trust in companies begin inside the companies themselves, starting with their employees? We know that trust is closely linked to employee engagement, which drives performance in the marketplace. Yet employee engagement levels are low in many firms, as are levels of employee trust and confidence in their leaders.
This elicits a pressing question: Can companies be trusted by consumers if their own employees don't trust them? I don't know, but it doesn't seem like a coincidence that a number of most admired and trusted companies – e.g., Adobe, FedEx, Google, Microsoft, and Southwest Airlines – are also considered by their employees to be among the best places to work.
Dealing with external trust issues begins inside organizations. However, employee communications receives scant attention in most accounts of the PR battles being waged "out there" for consumer trust and relationships.
This outward focus is also reflected in communications resource allocation and in the work preferences of some young professionals. In annual surveys of seniors in my classes, employee communications is the bottom feeder among work preferences, while social media, media relations, special events, and sports marketing are the high fliers. Students say employee communications is important work, but it's just not sexy.
I urge them to take their passion to employee communications. It's a difference-making work arena "in there." It's a place for PR architects to help build cultures of communication – the kind of trusting and engaging workplaces they and their colleagues want. In doing so, they will also help their companies win the battles for trust and mindshare out there.
Bruce Berger, Ph.D. is Reese Phifer Professor of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Alabama and a member of the board of The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. Previously he was VP of PR at Whirlpool. His column focuses on PR students, young professionals, and education. He can be reached at email@example.com.