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By Corey Williams
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) -- A man who escaped from a downtown courtroom after stabbing a sheriff's deputy with the sharpened end of a comb was captured thanks to a 911 caller who described bumping into the convicted felon outside a convenience store
Detroit police released the two-minute 911 call Tuesday afternoon in which a man who did not identify himself animatedly described his encounter with Abraham Pearson. Authorities had been searching for Pearson for about 14 hours when the call came in at 9:49 p.m. Monday.
"You know the guy who had escaped earlier? I just seen him at the store," the man said at the outset of the call.
"He kind of scared me," the caller told the dispatcher later. "He seen me walking out the store. He like, 'Yeah, I'm the guy that got away earlier.'" I'm like, 'Uh, OK then.' I just kept it on moving."
When police arrived, Pearson "was attempting to flag down cars in an attempt to get a ride," the sheriff's office said in a statement Tuesday. Police caught him after a brief foot chase. The Wayne County sheriff's office said the 25-year-old had been hiding in a vacant house as authorities conducted a manhunt across parts of Detroit.
Pearson is now charged with assault with intent to commit murder, armed robbery, carjacking and other crimes connected to his day on the lam. He eluded dozens of law enforcement officers searching wooded fields, overgrown city lots, alleys and vacant houses until the 911 call.
The sheriff's deputy who was attacked, Harrison Tolliver, was treated and released from a local hospital.
Pearson, also known as Derreck White, was being escorted to the seventh floor of the downtown Detroit courthouse Monday morning to be sentenced for armed robbery and other crimes. White attacked after his handcuffs were removed, using a sharpened plastic comb to repeatedly stab Tolliver in the neck, according to Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon.
Pearson stole Tolliver's uniform and ran from the courthouse, stopping only to force a woman from her minivan, then drove the vehicle from the scene, police said. He abandoned the minivan blocks from the courthouse, on the city's east side.
Dozens of officers fanned out across Detroit to search for Pearson.
The 911 caller said that when he encountered Pearson, the wanted man was walking east along Harper Avenue, a busy city street for cars that doesn't have a lot of pedestrians, particularly after dark.
"He's trying to get to the west side. He asked me how to get there," the caller said. "He's the only guy walking up Harper. Don't nobody walk up Harper. You better catch him before he gets to Mount Elliott."
Pearson will face additional charges related to the alleged attack and escape, Napoleon said.
"He's looking at a considerable amount of time," the sheriff said.
The sheriff, who oversees security at the courthouse, said he would prefer to have more than one deputy escorting inmates but that the county can't afford it. Tolliver, 63, joined the sheriff's department after retiring as a Detroit police officer.
"It's a dangerous job," Napoleon said. "We're streamlined as much as we can."
Napoleon said his office was trying to determine how the comb used to stab Tolliver was hidden from the time Pearson left the jail, to the inmate transport van and finally to the courtroom holding cell. He also said authorities are looking into whether official policies and procedures were followed.
Pearson also will be sentenced Sept. 23 in circuit court on his original carjacking and armed robbery conviction. He was facing 10 to 15 years in prison on those charges. He also was arraigned Tuesday on a warrant for failing to appear at Monday's sentencing, according to the sheriff's office.
Associated Press writer Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.
Published: Thu, Sep 12, 2013


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Here's an updated repost from New Year's Day, 2010. Unfortunately, the sentiment of having struggled through a tough year is still relevant, but hopefully 2011 will bring us all closer together.
I hope everyone made it home safely from last night's festivities.
One of the reasons people get so misty-eyed at the end of It's A Wonderful Life is because the family, friends, and neighbors who have gather together to save George Bailey's butt all start singing "Auld Lang Syne."
The song has always had a bittersweet ambience: A celebration of the loved ones we've cherished throughout our lives, and a recognition that for one reason or another, many of them have moved on. John Lennon explored a similar sentiment with The Beatles on "In My Life."
There was a time when just about everybody thought of Guy Lombardo when it came to "Auld Lang Syne" since he and his Royal Canadians played it every New Year's Eve for years on radio and TV. Nowadays, probably nobody under 30 even knows who he is, although his version is available on iTunes. Somehow, it sounds particularly melancholy.
"Auld Lang Syne" continues to be covered by various musicians. The version by The Smithereens on Christmas With The Smithereens opens with the band harmonizing like a barbershop quartet before the guitars and drums kick in. From there, it morphs into a pulsating surf rock tune that's predominantly instrumental.
Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken also tackled the song as part of a group called Husky Team. This inspired instrumental take, which can be found on the Hi-Fi Christmas Party Volume 2 CD, mixes "Auld Lang Syne" with the Booker T & The MG's 1960s hit, "Green Onions."
My favorite version of "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a New Jersey band called The Cucumbers and can be found on the Ho Ho Ho Spice CD. The guitar-driven, slightly Celtic, power pop arrangement and Deena Shoskkes's spirited vocals cast out any trace of sadness and offer instead an exhilarating sense of triumph. The journey's over; the quest has been successful; we've won.
2010 was another grueling, emotionally draining year but we've survived it. Let's hope for happier circumstances in 2011, but also understand that we'll have to work hard, and do a much better job of getting along with each other.

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Pasco County — When a man entered Jordon's BBQ, a family owned restaurant near Tampa Florida, he indicated that he was there looking for work. But according to witnesses, the man began to demand money from everyone in the restaurant and implied that he was armed. When the owner of the store saw the yet unidentified man grabbing for a weapon, he drew and fired his concealed handgun, killing the suspect


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One of the first things that's enjoyable about Torchwood -- Miracle Day is that Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) kicks serious butt in this premiere episode, "The New World." The pic above is my favorite scene from the premiere episode, the new mom holding her baby with one hand and firing with the other--and yes, she remembered to protect the baby's ears with ear muffs...hah. Probably not entirely realistic, but it's a great sort of graphic novel heroine shot.
I also liked that the Gwen we have here is consistent with the Gwen of the first season of Torchwood. That Gwen was curious and always on the hunt for answers, which is what got her hooked up with Captain Jack in the first place. Now we see her hiding away, trying to protect her family, but the instinct to ferret out answers to the world's (universe's) great mysteries is still strong.
The bad news is that the American version of Torchwood chose to balance Gwen's tough mother role with the CIA employee Esther--a so typically American TV star who is tiny and frail and blond, but who we're supposed to believe is all tough and ready for danger. Soap star Alexa Havins really does a fine enough job with her role, and she's not too squeaky as the damsel-in-distress at least, but it would have been nice for a Brit-based show to think outside the box on casting the American version. At least Havins is 30 and not 18, so I'll give them that.
There's also Dr. Vera Juarez (Arlene Tur) who does well as the doctor who treats CIA agent Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer), and then explains how everyone in the world seems to have stopped dying--regardless of their injuries. She loses a bit of her credibilty, however, considering the fact that at one point she's dispensing treatment while wearing her white coat open over her red cocktail dress and stiletto heels. Very professional.
(Alert: Spoilers for Episode 1) The premise is intriguing, and one of the things Torchwood has always done well is to pursue an idea to its limit--whether for good or bad. Here we see what most would initially consider a "Miracle Day"--no one dies. Loved ones return to their families, accident victims get a second chance at life. People start thinking about the potential for immortality.
But then there are the terrifying downsides that most wouldn't have considered. Like the fact that these people live through their ordeals--but are still suffering in agony from their injuries or illnesses. A guy gets blown up by a bomb--but still lives. Not such a good thing after all. Never mind sudden population explosions.
Captain Jack (John Barrowman) is a little bit more like his old self, and gets to have a cool, spooky entrance into Esther's life--and then gets to turn on the charm just a bit. He's obviously still shrouded in what happened to him during "Children of Earth," but reuniting with Gwen puts a little sparkle back in his eye. These two are definitely good together, and Barrowman's and Myles' enthusiasm for the project shows in their performances and in the glow of their reunion.
Captain Jack gives us an added bit of drama to this Torchwood -- Miracle Day storyline. The entire world has turned immortal, and the already immortal Jack is now...mortal. This is a pretty scary time to be flesh and blood, when all the world feels--and is--invincible.
The story is compelling, and the mystery of who/what caused this sudden "Miracle Day" is delicious enough to make me want to tune in for more. I'm also happy to see Captain Jack and Gwen back in action with rocket launchers and a ready-for-anything attitude.
What doesn't quite work yet is Russell Davies' approximation of how Americans talk and act. I guess American writers probably portray Brits as too stuffy and stiff, and saying "mate" all too often, but in Davies' case, his "I'm so tough and cool, I swear and stuff and don't give a crap about anyone because I'm American" version of Rex is kind of annoying and a bit...'80s Lethal Weapon. I mean, heck, his name is "Rex." You can't get anymore '80s than that.
Davies has also had a problem with overindulgence on the Torchwood series. Because Doctor Who was considered more of a family program, I guess he perhaps felt limited when writing for that show, so he turns all of that desire for "adult" and "arty" vibes onto Torchwood. Therefore you get overdone innuendoes, gory close-ups of mutilated bodies, and some really corny soliloquies and melodramatic emotional outbursts that seem more suited to an Off Off Broadway play.
It's a good thing Captain Jack is so cute, and Gwen so kick-ass.
Watch Torchwood -- Miracle Day on Starz, every Friday night at 10/9c.
PHOTOS: Torchwood -- Miracle Day screencaps, c2011 BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide, Starz.


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Book-Themed Baby Shower
31 comments:
- Bring Pretty Back said...
This is such a darling idea! I am going to remember this for when my sons SOMEDAY have children. Hopefully not toooo soon!
Thank you for the sweet comment on my blog about the Bringing pretty Back Project!
Have a pretty day!
- May 18, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Unknown said...
oh my goodness. this is the most perfect thing i've ever seen. such a cute idea! :) check out my blog and etsy! everything is on sale.
- May 18, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- That Girl in Pearls said...
How darling! So many beautiful, clever ideas. And that layered cake... my goodness. Yum!
Hope you have a wonderful day, Love.
That Girl in Pearls
- May 18, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- stylenuggets said...
These are adorable- Glodilox sandwiches, yummy!
- May 18, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- Miles Of Style said...
such cute and adorable ideas! i cant wait to incorporate them now!!
- May 19, 2011 at 12:39 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Hello there sweet Shawna! Your posts are always so SOFT and the color is again, SO PERFECT! To find beautiful photos is one thing, but to be able to find them in THIS COLOR takes a lot of hunting and luck! I so love pictures with the aqua hue to them, and finding those photos is not easy. I LOVE THE BOOK THEM and Martha Stewart's ideas are still among my favorites. Thank you for coming over to let me know about your possible participation. If you can't no worry! Just enjoy perusing the other blogs and have fun!!!! Ahhh....I am trying to tackle ONE DUTY at a time at school; I finished the reading tests, and I have scored them. NOW THE HARD PART: contacting parents about them. That is what I do not enjoy for parents do worry. I am looking forward to free time this summer!!!HAVE A GREAT DAY DEAREST! Anita
- May 19, 2011 at 1:57 AM
- Martina said...
Sweet ideas - i (almost ;)) wish to have another baby!
- May 19, 2011 at 4:36 AM
- shopgirl said...
I haven't seem these, so definitely not repetitive for me.
The sheep are too pretty to eat! :-))
- May 19, 2011 at 5:52 AM
- k said...
If I ever have a baby shower, it will definitely be book themed!
- May 19, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- Unknown said...
Awww how adorable is this?! Such a lovely idea! I don't have a babyshower in sight, but I will keep this cute theme in mind :)
- May 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- Annie said...
so so sweet!
p.s. let me know what you think of beet greens when you try them :)
- May 19, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
I LOVE this idea! Now you have me thinking.... :)
Hope you're having a great week! xoxo
- May 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- A Casa da Vá said...
This is so adorable, I totally agree it could be the theme of any party, at any age! I love the idea of using books as props... and the invites are very cute - if wasn't for the rats (I am scared of them even as illustration!) - but I love the concept!
Hugs & kisses from Rio!
- May 19, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- I'maNolaGirl said...
This is so clever!! I love the menu ideas.
- May 19, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- amy b.s. said...
how fun and oh so cute!
- May 19, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Diana said...
Looks beautiful for a baby or bridal shower! I love, love the invitation, so sweet! LOve Martha! hope your having a great day sweety!
- May 19, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- About Last Weekend said...
Adorable! think my days of baby showers are over but have to find a way to use those wee sandwiches. So cute!
- May 19, 2011 at 8:19 PM
- heather said...
how sweet this is! i was too late to say anything (didn't think of it in time, cuz i had just given birth...) but for my shower (post baby, cuz we moved here pretty late), i really wanted people to bring book presents. no time to register or anything like that. books would have been the perfect gifts!
- May 19, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- Sarah said...
Wow I love it!
:) inspiration, I feel like cooking all day although it's only 8 in the morning here in Belgium ;).
X, Saar
- May 19, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- Diana Mieczan said...
Aww..so pretty and those tea sandwiches are adorable. Have a fantastic weekend, my dear. Kisses and hugs
- May 20, 2011 at 5:07 AM
- HOGGER + Co. said...
Nummy. I could use a party like that, right about now. Martha Stewart - what's not to love. Have a great weekend Shawna!
- May 20, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Lisa Lisa Lisa said...
I am SO in love with this idea! I love it. I can't get over how amazing of a childhood it would be to start with such opportunities of imagination!
- May 20, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- Gorgeous Glam said...
So precious!! I love this idea! Happy wknd! xo
- May 20, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- DolceDreams said...
This makes me want to throw a baby shower for someone!
Beautiful...Have a great weekend,
- May 20, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Good morning sweet one! Wishing you a perfect day! Anita
- May 21, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Happy Saturday Poppie Girl! Hope you don't have to work too hard and get to have some fun!
Oh that Martha she is a crative one! She always leaves me in awe! What a lovely baby shower! The food looks so yummy! And the decore is so sweet and charming!
Well, I am off to a Graduation Reception soon, should be fun :)
I am hoping to go see Pirates this weekend too, wish you could go with me ;)
Love ya lots
gi gi
- May 21, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- tinajo said...
Awww - this is so CUTE! :-)
- May 22, 2011 at 12:47 AM
This photos are so beautiful!
Now, I wish to bake for the rest of the day! :)
I saw "Up" a while ago. I enjoyed it!!
How have you been? I hope your days are wonderful! My days are filled with bike rides! :)
- May 23, 2011 at 4:56 AM
- Madeleine Roberts said...
I saw these pictures on your post and couldn't help but go, "awww!" Wow, such wonderful ideas and so cute. I actually have never looked at Martha Stewart Living but I might start now. So many great ideas.
Thanks for sharing!
- May 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM
- Gloria said...
What sweet ideas! I am smitten with those adorable sheep cookies!! :)
Thanks for sharing!!
- May 24, 2011 at 4:46 PM
Knowing that you enjoy the lake makes me happy. I love water. When I get older, I want to live by a body of water. However, drowning is my biggest feat. Perhaps it is because I'm a bad swimmer. haha..Can you swim?
Have a lovely day!
- May 25, 2011 at 8:28 PM


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I would like to find an existing editor that allows me to call up any individual record, and show me what is in that record.
An editor that can look at a MySQL database, show the existing data in the fields, and allow me to enter/change data into any of the fields.
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It's almost spring on Cape Cod and, even though we have had a very mild winter, we are really looking forward to watching the leaves appear on trees and flowers peak out of the ground around our Sandwich bed and breakfast.
Spring is really my favorite time of the year on the Cape, and I look forward to our return each year from our winter vacation. The daily changes in the landscape are beautiful to observe. I like to take early morning walks to see what is blooming around Sandwich Village and to watch wildlife enjoying the warmer weather. It's exciting to see the birds return to the bird feeders in the back garden of the inn and to watch as the wild turkeys visit from time to time.
Although the shops and restaurants in Sandwich Village don't close during the winter, it is always fun to watch as flower boxes are replanted and shop windows are spruced up for the season. Our quaint little village really does sparkle.
Sandwich Glass Museum is already open for the season, with all of the 6000+ pieces of glass polished to a brilliant shine and the furnace stoked for glass blowing. We are fortunate to have this wonderful museum just across the street from our bed and breakfast. It is a real favorite of our guests. In addition to the permanent exhibits at the glass museum, they have a busy season of special events scheduled. Starting in March and running through July 15th, 2012, Pressing Business – The Glass Industry of South Boston provides information about 25 of the little known glassmaking firms that once called South Boston home. Glass Artist Eben Horton will have an exhibit in the Contemporary Glass Gallery April 4th through July 29th and Glass Artist Raj Kommineni will exhibit from August 1st through October 31st. From August 1st until October 31st, a special exhibition entitled "Sandwich Redux – In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Contemporary Glass Movement" will be open to visitors.
Heritage Museums & Gardens. This year, the official opening day is April 14th at 10:00 am. Each year the gardens are filled with visitors from all over the world here to see the unparalleled beauty of the horticulture gardens, the stunning antique automobiles, and to attend fabulous weddings that are held here. This year visitors are in for a special treat. Iconic American Illustrator Norman Rockwell's work will be featured in an exhibit entitled "Norman Rockwell: Beyond the Easel." Visitors will have a rare opportunity to view over 150 works by this national treasure. We are especially excited about this exhibit as we have two hand-signed, artist's proofs of Rockwell's work at our Sandwich bed and breakfast.
It is time to make your plans to visit Cape Cod if you are coming here this year. We are offering several great packages that include tickets to many Sandwich Village attractions. We have a special package just for the Rockwell exhibit at Heritage Museums & Gardens. Whether you choose one of our packages or just want to come for a relaxing get-away, we hope you will give us a call and stay with us.
Jan Preus, the Innkeeper, chef, and artist in residence at the 1750 Inn at Sandwich Center, Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts


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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Autographs: Hyun-Jin Ryu
Instead I went to Koreatown with my son to check out the Dodgers event that they were holding with Hyun-Jin Ryu. {linked here}
I'm happy that I went. The event was to start at 12pm. I showed up at 11:30am. It was an adventure to find parking. I didn't want to park in the nearby garages. Luckily, I found a spot nearby with a meter. It had a 2 hour limit already so I didn't have to put any change on it.
This was at the Wilshire Park Place/Radio Korea -
Media arriving. Mostly Korean media -
A Korean reporter interviewed me. Asked me a few questions about Ryu and the Dodgers. Told me it's for the Korea Times. Got to see if it made it to any articles.
Musicians -
My son waiting patiently...
Video - The scene
Hyun-Jin Ryu @ Koreatown from Roberto Baly on Vimeo.
Video - Ryu comes out at 12:10pm -
Hyun-Jin Ryu @ Koreatown Part 2 from Roberto Baly on Vimeo.
Autograph session started about 12:35pm. I'd say about 50 fans were in line. And then another 50 employees from Radio Korea who also got in line to meet Ryu.
Ryu signed a baseball for me -
Two nice ladies gave my son these keychains.
Everyone in line got this baseball card that's customized from the Dodgers. I think I was more excited over this than the autograph. I heard they gave them out yesterday at the press conference but I didn't get one! So happy I got one today.
I left at 12:45pm and had a chance to have lunch with my wife that works about 2 miles away from here.
Thanks to the Dodgers, Korea Radio, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Cat, Allie for this great event!
10 comments:
- Robert said...
- December 11, 2012 at 7:06 PM
- ernest said...
Oh man, I'm so envious.
- December 11, 2012 at 7:51 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
@ Robert - Thanks!
@ Ernest - It was great. Good times.
- December 11, 2012 at 8:27 PM
- Sara (TeamB13) said...
Curious as to how many people showed up to get autographs Roberto?? Would liked to have gone and add another autograph on my dodger poster, but didn't have the day off from work.
- December 11, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
Sorry, I thought I wrote about that!
I'd say about 50 fans were in line. And then another 50 employees from Radio Korea who also got in line to meet Ryu.
Just updated the post with that...
Thanks for reading. :)
- December 11, 2012 at 8:57 PM
- Unknown said...
I wasn't able to attend due to work and just saw the post the night before.
Thank god my wife was able to go and was among those 50ppl in line. Got myself a signed baseball.
Thank you robert for all the update on future appearance. Will be nice to meet you in person.
- December 12, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
@ Alexander - You're welcome! Glad your wife was able to go.
- December 12, 2012 at 12:46 PM
- Michael said...
Enjoy these posts when you get out and get autographs! Nice score.
- December 12, 2012 at 1:01 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
Thanks Michael!
- December 12, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- Unknown said...
Great Website. Quick Question, What would be my best opportunity to obtain my own Vin Scully autograph . Spring Training? I know it's impossible after the games in LA. Would love your feedback!
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When the twins were 2 yrs old, my husband and I thought it would be the perfect thing (as we still lived in Florida at the time) to take them on a road trip from Miami to Orlando to visit The Magic Kingdom and Epcot. After all, it's never too early to cram a bit of culture and global citizenship into their little noggins, right?
We'd only ever visited Epcot once before, about 8 years earlier. Replete with happy memories of our (childless) experience, we thought it'd be a snap. Boy, were we ever wrong! It was our first vacation with the twins, and we hadn't a clue as to what attractions would actually be best for the small fry, simply placing our trust that The Mouse would never steer us wrong, and if it was Disney, surely it'd be fine no matter the age.
Zanna, it turned out, had an aversion to dark places bordering on phobia. We had no recollection that practically EVERY attraction at Epcot that we wanted to see began with a darkened foyer. It wasn't too long before we ended up taking turns babysitting Zanna, while the other one of us took Halle thru, or if it was something that Halle wasn't keen on visiting twice, the grown-up who drew the short straw ended up watching BOTH twins, while the lucky one got to go thru unencumbered by offspring.
This carried over to The Magic Kingdom, once we'd finished our slow 2-day crawl thru Epcot, missing out on quite a few attractions because, quite frankly, we were too tired to suss out which ones stood the best chance of our getting thru it with one or more toddlers and actually managing to enjoy anything!
I wish, I wish, I WISH we had had a book like Laura Schaefer's "Epcot 2012 – A Planet Explorer's Travel Guide For Kids" and you had better believe that we will be packing this FIRST when I take the kids to Orlando when they're 6!
Intended for kids age 8-12, it's an e-book with active hyperlinks so you can find out more. It can be read on smart phones, Kindles, Nooks or iPads.
(This is also perfect for my husband who's from Japan and still perfecting his English – grownup oriented guidebooks are a bit too much to get through for him.)
Laura rates each attraction at Epcot by how dark the venue is (this would have been REALLY handy with Zanna!), how scary it is, awesome factor, etc!
There are Fun Facts about each area/attraction, and she gives tips on how to get through some of the more popular areas with the least waste of time!
She also gives hints on finding the "Hidden Mickey"s that are sprinkled throughout both parks, as well as descriptions of the dining options in each country/area, as well as which characters you're likely to find at any given locale. (This also would have been darn helpful, as our experience was rather hit or miss. We managed to find Donald and Pooh, but that was it!)
She also gives a description of the various street entertainment performing in each area, as well as a brief description of what kind of international tchotchkes are sold in each area's shops.
And I had NO IDEA that at one country (that I would have SO liked to explore further) there was actually a guided tour available for FREE! ( You'll have to read the book to find out which, I can't give all the good secrets away 🙂 )
And as an added bonus, in the final section of the book is a pop quiz for your kids to see just how much exciting new info they've picked up on their "tour around the world".
If you or someone you know is planning a trip to Epcot or Disneyworld, you might want to pick up a copy of "Epcot 2012 – A Planet Explorer's Travel Guide For Kids", it'll be money well spent, and most likely alot of time less wasted (and parents & kids less stressed 🙂 )
Laura, in the meantime, has been kind enough to offer THREE of my readers at TwiceBlessedLife.com their very own copy of "Epcot 2012 – A Planet Explorer's Travel Guide For Kids" for free!
Just enter the giveaway below and you might be one of the lucky winners of this vacation guidebook must-have!
MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR & BOOK in her own words:
My name is Laura Schaefer. I'm the author of The Teashop Girls (Simon & Schuster 2009) and The Secret Ingredient (Simon & Schuster 2011). I have a new series of e-books for kids called Planet Explorers. My latest title, Epcot 2012, is a guidebook for readers aged 8-12. With fun facts, tips, and active hyperlinks for kids who want to dig a little deeper into everything Epcot, the e-book guide is designed to be read on smart phones, Kindles, Nooks or iPads.
I wanted to give kids an easy way to become vacation experts. The whole philosophy behind the series is empowering kids. The Planet Explorers guides live right on Kindles, Nooks or smartphones. E-book technology allows readers to jump from information about the Spaceship Earth attraction to a website about artist Michelangelo, who is featured in the ride. The format is perfect for young readers. It's all there, linked and ready to go. Writing Epcot 2012 was a blast. I love history and I've been a middle school curriculum writer for over a decade, so my guidebooks definitely have a "social studies" feel to them.
Planet Explorers guidebooks cut out all the stuff kids would find boring if they looked through a regular travel guide and focus on attractions and fun facts. The guides have a lot of pictures and even include a quiz at the end. A lot of parents have told me they're excited about the easy way the guidebooks incorporate learning about geography, history, art and science into real-life experiences.
I loved traveling as a kid. I want to empower my readers to be part of planning vacations with their parents. That way, the trip is more fun and fulfilling for the whole family. There are currently Planet Explorers titles for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, London, Las Vegas, SeaWorld, Universal Orlando, and more.
**I received a copy of Epcot 2012 – A Planet Explorer's Travel Guide For Kids E-Book for review purposes only. The opinions expressed above are my honest experience reading the book and were not influenced in any way, and were not compensated financially. I also was offered 3 copies of the e-book to hold a giveaway for my readers.


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Mice with this X-linked lox-STOP mutation of the methyl CpG binding protein 2 gene may be useful in neurological and developmental studies of Rett syndrome and its amelioration upon excision of the lox-STOP cassette.
Adrian Bird, University of Edinburgh
|Genetic Background
|Allele Type
|Gene Symbol
|Gene Name
|Targeted (Conditional ready (e.g. floxed), Null/Knockout)
|methyl CpG binding protein 2
These mice possess a loxP-flanked STOP cassette in intron 2 of the targeted gene on the X chromosome. Western blot and hybridization analysis confirm the absence of wildtype protein from the targeted allele (although the donating investigator reports that the targeted allele produces a "read-through" transcript which does not give rise to detectable levels of protein but makes it difficult to discriminate between the "flox-stopped" and reactivated alleles by RT-PCR). Hemizygous (Mecp2lox-Stop/y) males do not breed and develop Rett syndrome symptoms (reduced mobility, hindlimb clasping) at approximately 6 weeks of age, with death occurring at approximately 11 weeks of age. Heterozygous females are fertile until developing Rett syndrome characteristics at 4-12 months of age. This Rett syndrome-like phenotype is similar to that observed for the traditional knock-out allele (see Stock No. 003890). Cre recombinase-mediated removal of the floxed-STOP cassette restores transcription from the targeted allele and MECP2 protein activity to normal, and reverses the Rett syndrome-like neurological defects.
This mutant mouse strain may be bred to a strain expressing tamoxifen inducible Cre recombinase in most tissues (see Stock No. 004682).
Mice with this X-linked lox-STOP mutation may be useful in neurological and developmental studies of Rett syndrome and its amelioration upon excision of the lox-STOP cassette.
A targeting vector was designed to insert a loxP-flanked STOP-Neo cassette into intron 2 of the targeted gene. The STOP-Neo cassette is composed of a PGK-Neo cassette followed by the 3' portion of the yeast His3 gene, an SV40 polyadenylation sequence, and a false translation initiation codon followed by a 5' splice donor site. The construct was electroporated into 129P2/OlaHsd-derived E14TG2a embryonic stem (ES) cells. Correctly targeted ES cells were injected into C57BL/6 blastocysts, and chimeric offspring were bred to C57BL/6 mice. Heterozygous female mutants were bred to wild-type C57BL/6 males for 5 generations prior to arrival at The Jackson Laboratory. A SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) panel analysis performed in April 2009 by The Jackson Laboratory revealed that this strain was on a mixed B6;129 genetic background background. Further backcrossing to C57BL/6J inbred mice generated mutant mice congenic on a C57BL/6 genetic background (confirmed by SNP analysis August 2009).
|Allele Name
|targeted mutation 2, Adrian Bird
|Allele Type
|Targeted (Conditional ready (e.g. floxed), Null/Knockout)
|Allele Synonym(s)
|Mecp2lox-stop; Mecp2stop
|Gene Symbol and Name
|Mecp2, methyl CpG binding protein 2
|Gene Synonym(s)
|Strain of Origin
|Molecular Note
|Cre recombinase-reversible gene inactivation was accomplished by insertion into intron 2 of a 3.1-kb DNA fragment containing a loxP-flanked "neostop" cassette, which comprises a neomycin resistance cassette followed by a transcriptional/translational "stop" cassette composed of 550 bp of 3' sequence from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae His3 gene, an SV40 polyadenylation sequence, and a synthetic sequence containing a false translation initiation codon (ATG) immediately followed by a consensus splice donor sequence. Despite the production of a read-through transcript, no protein product was detected by western blot or immunofluorescence analysis of brains of mutant mice.
|Mutations Made By
Adrian Bird, University of Edinburgh
When maintaining a live colony, females heterozygous for this X-linked mutation can be bred with wildtype male siblings. The donating investigator recommends replacing heterozygous female breeders when Rett syndrome symptoms appear or when females fail to produce or care for regular litters (may be as early as 4-6 months). The donating investigator also reports that breeding performance may be improved if mice are maintained on a mixed C57BL/6;BALB/c background.
When using the Mecp2lox-stop mouse strain in a publication, please cite the originating article(s) and include JAX stock #006849 in your Materials and Methods section.
|X linked - Heterozygous Females and Wild-type Males for Mecp2<tm2Bird>
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a bit of a fun poke at people who complain that "it works this way in windows, why doesn't it in linux?"
Linux != Windows
a bit of a fun poke at people who complain that "it works this way in windows, why doesn't it in linux?"
Linux != Windows
Originally Posted by Jeff Henager
Interesting article, even though it goes against the trend of every linux I've ever met thats told me "why haven't you switched to linux yet?".
It's funny that their goal isn't "On every desktop" but they are more then willing to brow beat you into submission until you install linux.
Any who, I've made the transition to linux recently switching first to linux for my development computer at work and shortly after tossing linux on my laptop who's keyboard is traggically borked since the great Kool-aid spill of 2005. I enjoy using linux, I enjoy the power it has to offer but I also really enjoy the simplicity of windows.
Honestly I complain to my coworker all the time about windows "just working" when ever something pops up that needs attention before it works. But I do it mostly in jest because he convinced me to switch to linux. I knew what I was getting into, but I like to remind him frequently I actually enjoyed windows.
The only really complaint I have about linux is the difficult of installation for new users. I know the greatness of linux comes from that fact you can build everything from the ground up using components you need but for the typical user interpriting what kernel options they need to compile is beyond reason.
I think all the distro's should have the option to be installed easily (like mandrake or red hat) further more I think linux should have the goal of "on every desktop". If you could get people starting with linux instead of windows you wouldnt have the major "like windows" complaints. Then using the vast numbers of users, convert the windows users to linux. In the end we'd all be better off.
(it should be realized my posts are all in a light hearted manner. And should not be taken offense to.)
That's a completely absurd request. If there is a single distro that is easily installable, that should suffice. What good does it do to make every single one that way? Some distros are for people who know their stuff. I'm happy with Gentoo's way right now - but I never recommend it to people who don't know a good deal about computers.Originally Posted by Jeremy G
All the buzzt!
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
The goal of Linux is to provide an open source kernel for a multitude of platforms.
Ubuntu is the "one on every desktop" Linux distribution. They dumb down the system to make the threshold for Windows-users lower, but they maintain the possibility for power-users to use the system should they feel like it.
The rest of the Linux distributions can go about their way and follow whatever goals they may have.
People who wish to try other OSes than Windows should go ahead and do so. Those who don't wish to try another OS should stick with Windows.
Linux != Windows after all.
Red Hat easy install?
never in my experience. always have to battle red hat to install..on a system that was running linux before. [ fedora core 4 failed at not being able to format the partitions it had just created ]
Ubuntu and Kubuntu, both debian based, both threw same error..they couldn't handle a multi disk partitioning scheme on my system the other day.
make every distro a simple install? no thanks, I like using linux from scratch, when I do have to compile every bit of code into executables. it gives me an os that is 100% what I want, and is optimised for my hardware. unlike the install a pre-compiled binary that is bloated with code for lots of different hardware, or is unstable on your hardware as it isn't compiled for it.
Originally Posted by Jeff Henager
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all linux distro's should ONLY be easy to stall i'm just saying in a addition to their current installation methods some one should add a very simple installation interface as well. That way you encourage new people to start in a "Dont Hurt Me" difficulty of installation. After that, they use linux and become familiar with with the beast of the machine. Then when they've finally settled in they can use the same distro to reinstall regularly hand picking kernel options and all that nonsense that makes unix so optimized.
(it should be realized my posts are all in a light hearted manner. And should not be taken offense to.)
>>(like mandrake or red hat)<<
This may or may not be relevent to the discussion, but I'd just like to throw out there that mandrake is dead.
That being said, I have Mandriva 2006 64-bit Edition installed on an HDD partition. I found the installation frairly easy, to the point that I didn't need an install guide next to the keyboard with this one (I'm a Linux noob. My last distro was a Knoppix/Debian install.)
I like Mandriva waay better than Windows, but unfortunatly, there are too many things on Windows I rely on to make Mandriva my dominant OS.
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Originally Posted by psychopath
The first time I installed Gentoo I was using all the virtual consoles, one for command line and like 10 for links2 on the manual, or forums at gentoo.org.
The second time I installed Gentoo, I started up the ssh daemon, and remotely installed it from from work and at home on my desktop computer. OMG is it soo much easier to install that way. Cause you got like a little console window for command line, and the whole GUI enviornment of your running OS to browse the documentation in comfort.
(it should be realized my posts are all in a light hearted manner. And should not be taken offense to.)
simple installation, designed for those brand new to linux:
Xandros, Linspire, Vector.
Mandriva isn't bad for that, but I've seen some pretty bpneheaded errors from people trying to install it..like install into an 8mb empty space on hard drive. [ the 8 mb that windows leaves with an ntfs partition ]
I'm currently under contract to write a series of articles on linux for a c-net site, so I'm looking at more distros than the one I normally use.
part of what I'm doing is a serious review of each distro, from the viewpoint of someone new to linux, yet with the skills of an experienced linux user. if I run into a problem during an installation and can't get past it, then there is definately a problem with that distro.
Vector Linux, based on Slakware, has a simple install, really sweet, was first distro that drove my sound chipset "out of the box ", but has 2 things it needs to improve on.
1) no support for a pass phrase instead of a password.
2) doesn't remember x-config settings from the install, you have to manually edit the x-config file to get anything above 640 by 480 display at 7 colours. [ a show stopper for newbies ]
Originally Posted by Jeff Henager
I think that is a fundamentally bad idea. Gentoo or Slackware, for example, are more complex and advanced than Fedora Core (Red Hat), Mandriva (Mandrake) or Ubuntu.Originally Posted by Jeremy G
When a new user boots into his Fedora/Mandriva/Ubuntu installation for the first time he's greeted by a nice, simple graphical UI which by and large resembles Windows. He can go on his merry way of learning to use Linux in a safe environment where many things can be done in the same or similar fashion to how it was done in Windows.
Should that same user boot into Gentoo or Slackware after his first install, he would find himself in a much more challenging environment. Gentoo doesn't include a graphical UI by default, and Slackware is more textmode-centric than it is GUI-centric.
Making the Gentoo or Slackware installs easier would trick new users into using those distributions when they are definately not right for them.
Why are you insisting that there should be easy ways of installing all the distributions? All distributions aren't for all people: Many of them are focused on the new, just-switched-from-Windows users and many of them are focused on the experienced power-users. Let the installations reflect that.
As kungtotte said: the difficult installation of distros like Gentoo is a barrier that filters out the people who would later be incapable of maintaining the distro correctly. Remove the filter, and you haven't removed any problems. Instead you get lots and lots of pleas for help from people who simply can't handle the manual config file editing (for example) that Gentoo requires.
All the buzzt!
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
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Allah clarifies in the Qur'an that Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is His Messenger and that "those who are with him are fierce to the disbelievers, merciful to one another". (Surat al-Fath: 29)
As this verse makes explicit, the people to whom believers show compassion are again believers, that is, those who have faith in Allah and who fear Him. One and above all else, they fulfil this as a command of Allah. This aside, seeing a believer's love for Allah, his elevated morality and his striving to earn Allah's approval and the exemplary morality he displays inspires a natural love, mercy and compassion in other believers' hearts. As is expressed in this verse, "Your friend is only Allah and His Messenger and those who believe: those who establish prayer and pay the welfare tax, and bow" (Surat al-Ma'ida: 55), believers know that they are the guardians of one another and act with the sincerity and fondness this acknowledgement brings. These attributes are expressed in another verse as follows:
The men and women of the believers are friends of one another. They command what is right and forbid what is wrong, and establish prayer and pay the welfare tax, and obey Allah and His Messenger. They are the people on whom Allah will have mercy. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat at-Tawba: 71)
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, also told believers, "You will not be true believers until you are merciful with one another." (Bukhari and Muslim)
Thus, having this concept of friendship, believers aspire to eliminate all factors likely to cause trouble for one another and to create a peaceable and comfortable environment. They are aware that their brothers are weak servants of Allah like themselves. They acknowledge that they are apt to make mistakes, to commit errors of memory or to be forgetful. Therefore, they are never seized by feelings of anger or mercilessness and compassionately encourage one another to do good.
Nevertheless, Allah orders believers to be "fierce" to the disbelievers. That is because disbelievers struggle with the religion of Allah and even try to prevent people from living by it. This being the case, showing mercy to such people means turning a blind eye to the harm they are likely to do to religion. This is an utterly unacceptable situation with which believers would severely struggle until the end of their lives. Accordingly, they feel compassion towards sincere believers who fear Allah and who strive to earn Allah's approbation.


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Gel-permeation-chromatography/Size exclusion chromatography (GPC)
Method description
Gel permeation chromatography (GPC/SEC) is the name for a liquid chromatography accomplished as column chromatography. The stationary phase consists of a porous poured network (polyacrylamide or polystyrene e.g. interlaced), whose distribution of sizes of pores varies over several orders of magnitude. The separation takes place with respect to molecule size (molecular sieve effect). A solution of the polymer which can be examined is injected to the gel, whereby smaller molecules can penetrate the entire volume of the mobile phase into all pores and leave them from there after a longer time because of the longer way the particle takes through the pores. Because the smaller the particle the more pores it can enter, the smaller particles are held back longer in the column than the larger molecules. The gel permeation chromatography is a relative method for the determination of the mol mass distribution of polymers, since the size of a molecule is generally dependent on the mol mass. In contrast to the HPLC the target molecules must be always completely solved in the mobile phase in the GPC/SEC, so that ideally no interaction effect between material which can be separated and the stationary phase takes place.
Conditions of GPC/SEC
With the GPC/SEC practically the hydrodynamic volume (volume of the molecule in solution) is determined. For mol mass regulation from there a calibration must take place. The calibration standards should behave in addition in solution similarly as the target molecule. For calibration several differently large polymer standards with low polydispersitivities are usually used. From the indicated molecule masses of the standards and the retention time received after analysis one can provide the calibration curve. With the help of the calibration curve now the molecule masses of unknown samples can be determined. As result one receives relative mol masses, related to the standard substance. Since for not each polymer narrow-distributed standard are available, the mol mass computation can be problematic on use of different standards. Although one in such cases if possible "similar" standards used, the mol mass computation can deviate dramatically from the material of interest.
The GPC is accomplished by a partner of the ZEA-3. There several GPC devices are available. Beside purely organic solvents also devices with aqueous separation phase are available. Detection can take place as required with UV-VIS, refractive index or light scattering detection.
Analysis Examples
- Molecular mass/Size distribution of synthetic polymers
- Molecular mass distribution of bioploymers (e.g. polysaccachrides)
Protein fractionation by size
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(CNN) -- Board a bus or a train today and chances are you'll see several people with eReaders in hand. While most probably bought their electronic books on a popular website, you may find a few who borrowed the paperless books from the library.
EBooks accounted for 6.4% of all publishing in 2010, according to the American Association of Publishers, and 114 million electronic books were sold last year.
While the majority of eBooks sold today are bought by individual readers, a growing number of the paperless books are winding up in public library catalogs.
"Our popular e-content collection at ebooks.nypl.org currently has over 75,000 copies across more than 35,000 titles," said Christopher Platt, director of Collections and Circulation Operations at The New York Public Libraries. He oversees the intake of more than a million new items every year.
While that sounds like a lot of eBooks, it's a tiny fraction of the system's overall number of books available for lending. "We have over 6 million items across our 90 locations in the physical circulation collections," Platt said.
EBook lending is growing at a fast pace at the New York Public Library. The number of downloads of electronic books on the library's website grew by 81% in the last 12 months, Platt said.
The more than 9,000 public library systems across the country are experiencing a similar growth in eBook demand.
So why would someone pay for an eBook if they can download it free from a library's website? After all, the process is more or less identical to buying an electronic book on Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble's website.
That has publishers approaching eBook lending with some trepidation.
Several large publishing companies have yet to make eBooks available to public libraries. Those that have sold eBooks to libraries set limitations on how they can be loaned out. For example, one electronic copy of a book can be taken out by just one reader at a time. Some companies limit the number of copies of a book they'll sell to a library. A few have set a limit on how many times a book can be downloaded.
Platt said publishers shouldn't be concerned that eBook lending will affect commercial sales of eBooks. "Digitally, there's kind of a fear right now," Platt said.
Several publishing companies were contacted for this story but none returned messages seeking comment.
"The impact is profound both on the publishers and the libraries," said author Warren Adler. He has written 30 books, including "The War of the Roses" and "Random Hearts." Both were made into popular movies.
Adler said he believes as more publishers make eBooks available to libraries, the companies will limit the number of times most books can be loaned out. "They have a product that has to get out there even to libraries. I don't think they'll remain reluctant." Adler said. "They're going to have to figure out ways to stay profitable and this is going to be a challenge."
Consider that public libraries make up 10% of all book sales in the United States each year. While publishers are concerned about the institutions competing in the eBook market with a free product, libraries are also an integral part of the publishing industry's bottom line.
"We do not want to see any publisher go out of business, because they create the content," Platt said. "It's very much that we're on the same side of the fence here. We just have to be able to work together."
As with physical books, there can be a wait involved in downloading an electronic book from a library's website. Publishing companies call that wait "friction" and it's why they're comfortable with libraries lending physical books for free. But publishers think there's less friction involved in borrowing an eBook from a library's homepage. The concern is that this could affect commercial sales.
Librarians think making eBooks available for lending has value for the publishing industry. Platt said it exposes readers to books in a way that legitimizes the material.
That material can reach a much wider audience. Libraries across the country recently developed the ability to make their eBook downloads compatible with the Kindle, Amazon.com's eReader. Amazon.com representatives did not respond to a request for an interview. Amazon sells more eBooks in the United States than any other company.
Some patrons noted that a library is more than just a place where people go to take out books. They often serve as civic meeting centers. They offer an opportunity for social interaction that you don't get with eBooks.
"I love the libraries," said Ronald Baines outside the New York Public Library Branch on 5th Avenue and East 40th Street in Manhattan. "They're entertaining. Since I was a kid they were very entertaining and they're resourceful. As I became older they became more important to me in terms of identifying information and accessing information"
Baines has never read an eBook. "The written word is a wonderful thing and that's something you should always have in your hand ... turning those pages, there's an experience that comes with that."
Carol Salzano walked out of the same library branch with a bag full of books. She worries that libraries will lose their place in society as borrowing eBooks grows in popularity. "I think it will be sad. I mean there's just something about smelling the books and the whole experience," Salzano said. "It's like a feeling of calm and peace and you don't really get that anymore. You can't just sit and read a book."
Platt isn't concerned about the potential for libraries to lose their role as a gathering place. He said they'll continue to offer enriching programming that draws people to the buildings
With the closing of Borders bookstores there are just about as many public library branches in the United States as there are commercial bookstores; more than 16,000. It may not be surprising, then, that while more people are borrowing eBooks from libraries, more people are also going to libraries. "Our usage is going up as well," said Platt as he pointed out that New York libraries loaned more than 28 million items in 2010. "That's a lot of people coming through our doors."
But the number of digital patrons is growing at a much faster pace. "We have, I think, over 150,000 Twitter followers on our flagship Twitter account and over 40,000 Facebook friends," Platt said.
He hopes that more publishing companies will see the benefit in making eBooks available to public libraries with mutually beneficial arrangements. One possibility would be the creation of subscription packages segmented into specific genres or themes such as best-sellers, classic novels and children's books, each with their own price.
The challenge for publishing companies is figuring out how to capitalize on the millions of people across America who patronize libraries without having too much of the product being given away.


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To all of my Jewish Hostesses- Can you believe its almost Purim ?
I love the holiday of Purim because it really reminds me that as women that we can all be mini Queen Esthers in our very own unique way.
Just think about it- Queen Esther was literally able to influence HISTORY and go against the grain by using her own unique intelligence, wit, and sophistication.
For me, the best part of being a "Jewish Hostess" is that we all own certain "powers", just like Queen Esther had. We all own the power to rise up to the occasion and help fill community needs. We own the power to inspire greatness in our spouses and our children.
We own the power to set the tone for a happy family and holiday atmosphere in our homes.
Its time to start using, and re-using our hidden "inner strengths".
1-Start planning your Purim menu, (I will start listing recipes soon…) Your family's tastebuds never forget your delicious Purim delicacies!
2- Begin thinking about your joyful holiday table. Mental snapshots of your memorable holiday tables will be stored somewhere in your kids' brains and will be dug up again when its their turn to create special holiday moments for their children.
Don't be so serious with your table style and I am the first one to talk! I have to make an extreme effort to be a fun person, just ask my kids!
Just remember- Use YOUR OWN STYLE and let your imagination run free with your color schemes and themes. Purim is special because its a mitzvah to be JOYFUL and lighthearted, no matter what serious matters that we all might be going through.
Maybe you will be inspired by this little collage of tropical inspiration that I whipped up- just start with a base color that you are in the mood for- and layer it on! I can't wait to see the table ideas that you come up with! Marlene
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A master plan for 20 single-family houses in an untouched area on the west coast of Gotland. The area consisted of only plain rocks and 200-300 years old pine trees. We used the existing qualities of the site and developed an introvert house typology that didn't privatize or destroy any parts of the site.
Location: Westcoast, Gotland
Client: Private
Collaborator: SandellSandberg Arkitekter
Size: 6 ha
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Johan Paju, founder and Partner
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Johan Paju heads the project for KTH-A Masterstudents dealing with questions about landscape and reminicences from history. How to deal with the past Soviet Occupation in the former Swedish Costal areas of Estonia. This was a cooperation with the Municipality of Noarootsi in sept 2012. See the news on EstonianTV:
Strategy for how to activate the Swedish national parks. Our proposal was about focusing on the landscape through the impact of architecture. How to use the architecture as a lens by which you can see and understand the surroundings.
Participation in a garden show located in an old English landscape park outside of Stockholm. Our concept was to create a landscape garden working with the site that we were given, exploring the full potential of the site. We weaved between the tree trunks and created a canopy, forming an intense space underneath.
A concept for a new water node in central Stockholm. The site has good connectivity and could become an important node of the waterways. In this proposal we created a bridge for pedestrians connecting two neighborhoods working as new public domain and a big green area for social activities and water storage.
A multi-use cultural center situated in a very expressive landscape with bare rocks and old pine trees. The building consists of three long houses, connected to create spaces within. As they are pushed down into the ground unifying with the horizon, they form a relief of the landscape.
Johan Paju is one of the responsible teachers for the Master's program at KTH School of Architecture, Architecture and Landscape Design Studio. For more information and downloads go to kth.se
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A residential landscape on the west coast of Sweden. The site is situated in a rocky terrain by an old fishing village that is to be converted into a housing area. In this project we tried to mimic the rocks when working with the buildings so they would merge with the surrounding landscape. We created valleys and common green with local plants and resources that could adjust in this extreme climate. Adaptation of site.
A private garden in Stockholm's archipelago. In this project we picked out a few spots were we could keep the significance of the sky, the pines and the bare cliffs. It became small interventions in the original landscape. The material we used was hand picked at the site just ordered, polished and rearranged.
A city park in a new sustainable development for app. 1000 inhabitants. We started this project by introducing the park so it could progress during the construction time merging with the new development. By connecting natural systems and preserve natural resources we conceived: water management, preservation of farmlands, wild life corridors, biological and social habitats. The park will work as an internal communication for people, animals and natural processes. Organizing the building units around it.
We were commissioned by Derome, a housing company, to create a showpiece garden for a new housing concept. The idea was to show how we could plug in natural systems and be netto producers of energy in our everyday life. Single-family houses are everywhere. How can we connect them without reducing existing qualities of the landscape? The strategy is about a long-term social as well as natural sustainability.
Photo by Åke E:son Lidman
A rooftop park in the center of Stockholm. An area of 3500 m2 will be recreated as a biological platform that can serve both social and ecological functions. In this project we worked with three layers: a base of extreme natures inspired by the dry hillside biotopes, a floating wood deck and add-ons to conceive wind shelter and habitats for insects and birds.
In Stockholm at the Elite Hotel Arcadia it happened. A silhouette of a cloud created spaces for people to enjoy. The ground is covered by carrarra marble gravel and white curved steel frames, connected to create spaces within.
A private garden located by the waterside near Gothenburg. The building is star shaped forming 5 voids on the exterior where we have created different expressive landscape gardens. These emphasize the surroundings in divergent ways: the white garden, the black garden, the rock garden and the magnolia garden…
The dark was flipped to light. Everything was painted white. Then it started to grow.
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A square in Gothenburg situated by Kvillebäcken's new market hall. The intention with the project is to create a new urban node, a public space in front of the market hall. A place with it's own identity. A place where different paths connect. The paving is made out of local stones in 49 different configurations.
The landscape reveals itself by working with it.
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A garden concept for a private villa in Särö on the west coast. We recreated and highlighted the landscape that is present on the site with only beach biotopes. The graphics of the design gives an optical illusion, the effect that the villa seems very near the sea and vice versa. With only 20 cm of gravel and 20 cm of sand we created locations for the different beach biotopes.
A development plan in Hemavan, Lappland. How can we combine architecture and landscape instead of adding things on top? In our proposal we suggested a topology that followed the heights and created a living landform. A building and infrastructure generated from the readings and understandings of the site – following the topography.
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The objective was to create a master plan for 200 summerhouses in the surroundings of the southwestern Aegean coastland in Turkey. The site is located in natural sloping grassland. The basic structures for the new development are all about working with the existing, keep natural drainage/ flow, preserve native plant and save as much as possible during construction. The units were carefully placed and followed the topography.
Location: West Karup
Client: Private
Collaborator: NOD
Size: 0,2 ha
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We are always looking for talented collaborators for internship or job. We expect you to be engaged with good skills in both visualization and communication. Please send your portfolio as a pdf to info(at)paju(.)se
Two housing units close by a nature reserve just by the national river Vindelälven in Lappland. A desolated area where you have to go straight into the wild! The objective was to create a massive wood building not connected with anything except the landscape. Oriented with sun and wind in mind merging with the surroundings into a unified entity.
A garden concept for a private villa by John Pawson outside of Stockholm. The site is located in a dense area with no connection to the water. The idea was to recreate that connection by using local biotopes and resources. To see the bigger picture of it.
In our office we don't use things that can be broken or be worn down in the long run. We focus on the two extremes: the long lasting resource of materials and the short span of life in temporary constructions. If you think of the stone pavement of Via Apia, you still can use it! It gets even more beautiful of the wear and tear of centuries. If you grow tired of the site, just move and reuse the material. If you on the other hand use as little as possible of resources, you can work with small and quick means. Go for locally grown wood. This is our attitude!
A plan for a new city park connected with a growing residential area located on an old airfield in Vienna. In this project we introduced a green spine that could merge with the urban fabric. In the process we conceived a social highway with paths and public spaces, giving the site a high connectivity. In the planning of the park we prescribed only to use cut and fill from the new development and to recreate natural biotopes and resources.


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Two men have been charged with a drug deal shooting that happened earlier this week near Great Lakes Crossing.
Deandre Dunn, 31, and Aaron Humphrey, 26, are accused of shooting a man Tuesday night near Baldwin Road and Great lakes Crossing Drive.
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Time limit = 1 second(s)
Memory limit = 33000 KbThe scientists from Institute of Geodesy and Cartography made a satellite picture of some part of the Pacific Ocean. Then they composed a map of islands. But the map occurred quite large and they asked you for help. Do count a number of islands on the map.
Island is a set of square cells of land, where each cell is reachable from another by land. Each island is surrounded by water. No two islands contact by their corners. There are no lakes inside an island.
Input In the first line there are two space-separated numbers N and M the hight and the width of a map ( 1 ≤ N, M ≤ 5000 ). Each of the next N lines contains M symbols describing the map: "~" stands for water, "*" stands for land.
Output The number of islands.
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Cambria Investment Management thinks it's found a better way to invest in dividend paying stocks. The Los Angeles-based investment advisor introduced an actively managed ETF that aims for higher income using an equity screen it calls "shareholder yield."
The Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD) is composed of U.S. stocks that have historically ranked among the highest in paying cash dividends, participating in share buybacks and paying down debt. These three factors are collectively known as "shareholder yield."
Research conducted by Mebane Faber, Cambria's chief investment officer and author of The Ivy Portfolio (2011, Wiley) showed that focusing solely on dividends may result in suboptimal performance results for investors. Instead, Faber emphasizes an approach consisting of the three shareholder yield components. According to his studies, this strategy produced a portfolio of companies that possess stronger free cash flow characteristics and generated higher shareholder yields than their dividend-only counterparts.
SYLD uses a quantitative algorithm to select 100 U.S. stocks with market caps greater than $200 million. As of May 23, 2013, the fund's top three holdings include USANA Health Sciences, Boston Scientific, and CVR Energy.
The fund offers investors a diversified portfolio of companies, ranging in size, industry and sector, and is managed to ensure that no one sector is over-concentrated. SYLD also employs value, quality and momentum factors in the final portfolio selection. The fund expects to pay yearly dividends and charges annual expenses of 0.59%.
"Investors continue to search for income, but they should be wary of a narrow focus on dividends," said Faber. "Historically, assessing stocks based on their collective shareholder yield is a strategy that has outperformed vanilla dividend investing. We believe investors need to look further than dividends when identifying companies with strong free cash flow characteristics."


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Stanford University Law Professor Larry Lessig officially logged off the debate on copyright in the digital age with some parting words on the right to remix widely available creative content into newer, derivative works. His final lecture was titled the "Final Free Culture Talk."
Lessig, founder of the Law School's Center for Internet and Society, also used the occasion to announce that he has shifted his academic aim onto corruption in Washington. But to understand the connection between the fight against increasingly restrictive copyright law and the crusade against corruption in the nation's capital, Lessig had to provide the public with one last thing -- something that was altogether fitting, given his expertise on Internet matters: a link.
Not in the sense of an HTML string, although the keywords and letters projected onto the giant screen behind him to highlight his statements were often enclosed in angle brackets as if they were in code. The link Lessig provided -- to a packed Memorial Auditorium and a Canadian film crew documenting his signoff -- was an explanation of how the two issues overlap.
"Even if we solved this problem of free culture," by which Lessig meant the messy matter of copyright holders fighting for more control in an age when existing content such as music and movie clips are being blended into newer, derivative works, "there was a real problem here that remained."
The cause of that problem, Lessig said, is corruption. "Not in the form of quid pro quo bribes," he said, "but in influence that the money buys to access, to attention, and a consequent ignoring of the side that doesn't have the money. This is a corrupted process."
Lessig first announced this shift in focus in June 2007 through his blog, and said this new grassroots movement will eventually ask members of Congress and congressional candidates to commit to three core principles: abolishing earmarks, refusing money from lobbyists and political action committees, and promoting publicly financed campaigns.
He likened corruption in government to an addiction. Just as alcoholism can lead to the loss of an addict's family and job, the influence that money buys in government can blind lawmakers to major societal ills. "Many fundamental problems -- global warming, poverty, healthcare and even free culture -- none of these get solved until this corruption gets solved."
Standing on stage next to his laptop, Lessig clicked a remote to show slides that both illustrated his point and entertained the audience. Some of his newer material included news footage of President Bush that had been remixed into digital video clips set to songs by hip-hop artist Soulja Boy and John Lennon.
"It is what literacy increasingly is for our kids, a new generation who are building a different kind of democracy, building a different kind of culture, a culture we can think of as a read-write culture, returning culture to the way it has always been," Lessig said, "a culture where we participate in the creating and sharing of our culture."
Another update to his presentation was a slide of former President Ronald Reagan, who once called on an often-quoted passage to sum up his own thoughts on the dilemma of democracy. Lessig read that passage aloud as a way to explain why his focus is now on ending corruption in Washington:
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy.
But the point that Reagan missed, Lessig said, was that the poor aren't the ones that get together and game the system. It's the rich, the ones who have the money to buy access into the political system and influence it in a way that delivers the outcomes they desire.
Before Lessig began his lecture, he was introduced by Joi Ito, a colleague and board chair of Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization he founded in 2001 that allows content creators to mark their works with varying degrees of freedom for use by others. The decal for Creative Commons is similar to that of the familiar mark of copyright, except that it has two C's inside a circle and is accompanied by the phrase "some rights reserved."
Through CC, authors, artists and educators can choose licenses that define whether a work may be used for commercial purposes, whether it may be modified and whether the modifier should be required to share alike derivative content. Lessig said millions have joined the movement, with licenses in more than 40 countries around the world.
"Larry, together with all of us whom he recruited, has changed the copyright debate from an academic, somewhat fringy conversation to a mainstream conversation that's happening in boardrooms today," Ito said. "As we run Creative Commons around this conversation, we realize that the thing that's holding us back is corruption."
In deciding to let Ito and others carry on the fight, Lessig said one reason he is moving on from copyright is that the tide of public opinion is increasingly toward the freer flow of content that advocates term "fair use."
But whereas progressive artists, musicians and social-networking sites have embraced the struggle and made it innately appealing to the masses, it's not so clear -- at least so early in Lessig's new journey -- that corruption will click as easily with the general public.
David Post, a law professor at Temple University and a friend of Lessig's for more than a decade, acknowledged that corruption isn't as catchy as mash-up music and videos. But he alluded to one part in Lessig's talk where he described how difficult it was at first to explain how the fight against increasingly restrictive copyright laws was worth supporting.
"Larry is very gifted at making something sexy that you might not think is sexy," said Post, who was in the audience for Lessig's lecture. "That's a different challenge than the free culture movement had, but not an insurmountable one."