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The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre continues its 36th season with performances of the musical "She Loves Me," beginning July 13 in HopeCollege's DeWitt Theatre.
The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre continues its 36th season with performances of the musical "She Loves Me," beginning July 13 in HopeCollege's DeWitt Theatre.
Based on the book by Joe Masteroff, "She Loves Me" is a sentimental love story about two store clerks, Georg and Amalia, who absolutely loathe each other when they interact face to face, but as anonymous pen pals, they are enamored with each other. This famous love story has been told over and over again including in the hit movie, "You've Got Mail," starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
From the songwriting team behind "Fiddler on the Roof," with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock, the music from "She Loves Me" will ensure that this heart melting experience will stay with you. Come sing along with HSRT and watch how this beautiful love story delicately unfolds.
Featuring Daniel Sullivan as Georg and Hillary Parker as Amalia, this striking love story will come to life. Hailing from New York, Daniel Sullivan joins HSRT's acting company for his first season, and has toured with "Pirates of Penzance" and "Jesus Christ Superstar," he can also be seen in Spielberg's "Amistad," "Sex and the City," and "Hollywood Squares." Hillary Parker joins HSRT for her second season and was seen last summer as The Widow Corney in "Oliver," Mona Kent in "Dames at Sea," and Titania/Hippolyta in "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
The show continues with performances at 8:00pm on July 14, 17, 19, 24, 27, 30; August 3, 7, and 11.
To purchase tickets, please stop by the ticket office at DeVos Fieldhouse located at 222 Fairbanks Ave. between Ninth and 11th streets. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased from the ticket office located in the DeWitt Center, on the HopeCollege campus, at the corner of 12th Street and Columbia Avenue. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 616-395-7890 and range in price from $17 - $26 for adults and $8 for children. For more information please visit www.hope.edu/hsrt.
While at the ticket office make reservations to see HSRT's other shows: "Godspell," "Junie B. Jones: And a Little Monkey Business," "The Hypochondriac," "Lost in Yonkers," and "Go, Dog. Go!" because tickets are going fast!


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50 MHz 2-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope with Arbitrary Waveform Generator and function generator.1 GS/s real-time sampling and 2.5 GS/s repetitive sampling. 64 M/Sample buffer size.16 digital channels.
2 x 60 MHz oscilloscope probes (x1/x10), Digital cable, 2 packs of 10 test clips and protective case for scope probes included.
Ønsker du at måle både analoge og digitale signaler på samme tid?Med PicoScope Mixed-Signal Oscilloskoper (MSO) er det muligt at måle både analoge og digitale signaler på samme tid, med et enkelt et instrument, og se de analoge kurver og digitale data på samme skærm.
Power, portability and performancePicoScope 3000D MSO Series USB-powered PC oscilloscopes are small, light, and portable and can easily slip into a laptop bag while offering a range of high performance specifications. This oscilloscope offer 2 analog channels, plus 16 digital channels and a built in function / arbitrary waveform generator.Supported by the advanced PicoScope 6 software, these devices offer an ideal, cost-effective package for many applications, including embedded systems design, research, test, education, service, and repair.
High bandwidth and sampling rateDespite a compact size and low cost, there is no compromise on performance with bandwidths up to 200 MHz. This bandwidth is matched by a real-time sampling rate of up to 1 GS/s, allowing detailed display of high frequencies. For repetitive signals, the maximum effective sampling rate can be boosted to 10 GS/s by using Equivalent Time Sampling (ETS) mode.
Other oscilloscopes have high maximum sampling rates, but without deep memory they cannot sustain these rates on long timebases. The PicoScope 3000D MSO Series offers memory depths up to 512 million samples, more than any other oscilloscope in this price range, which enables the PicoScope 3406D MSO to sample at 1 GS/s all the way down to 50 ms/ div (500 ms total capture time).
Managing all this data calls for some powerful tools. There's a set of zoom buttons, plus an overview window that lets you zoom and reposition the display by simply dragging with the mouse or touchscreen. Zoom factors of several million are possible. Other tools such as the waveform buffer, mask limit test, serial decode and hardware acceleration work with the deep memory making the PicoScope 3000D MSO one of the most powerful oscilloscopes on the market.
Mixed–signal capability / Logic AnalyzerThe PicoScope 3000D Series Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes include 16 digital inputs alongside the standard 2 or 4 analog channels, so that you can view digital and analog signals simultaneously.The digital inputs of your PicoScope 3000D MSO can be displayed individually or in named groups with binary, decimal or hexadecimal values shown in a bus-style display. A separate logic threshold from -5 V to +5 V can be defined for each 8–bit input port. The digital trigger can be activated by any bit pattern combined with an optional transition on any input. Advanced logic triggers can be set on either the analogue or digital input channels, or both to enable complex mixed–signal triggering.The digital inputs bring extra power to the serial decoding options. You can decode serial data on all analogue and digital channels simultaneously, giving you up to 20 channels of data. You can for example decode multiple SPI, I²C, CAN bus, LIN bus and FlexRay signals all at the same time!
Serial bus decoding & protocol analysisThe PicoScope 3000D MSO series include serial decoding capabilities as standard. The decoded data can be displayed in the format of your choice: In graph, In table, or both at once.
In view format shows the decoded data (in hex, binary, decimal or ASCII) in a databus timing format, beneath the waveform on a common time axis, with error frames marked in red. These frames can be zoomed to investigate noise or signal integrity issues.In window format shows a list of the decoded frames, including the data and all flags and identifiers. You can set up filtering conditions to display only the frames you are interested in, search for frames with specified properties, or define a start pattern to signal when the program should list the data. The statistics option reveals more detail about the physical layer such as frame times and voltage levels. PicoScope can also import a spreadsheet to decode the hexadecimal data into user-defined text strings.PicoScope can decode I²C, RS-232/UART, SPI, I²S, USB, FlexRay, LIN and CAN bus data. Expect this list to grow over time with future free software upgrades. Any of the analog and digital inputs of the PicoScope 3000D MSO can be used to capture serial data channels, enabling decode of several different protocols at one time, which is valuable for thorough analysis of modern embedded systems and the proliferation of serial buses.
More information on serial bus analysis >>
Arbitrary waveform and function generatorAll PicoScope 3000D MSO units have a built-in function generator (sine, square, triangle, DC level, white noise, PRBS etc.). As well as basic controls to set level, offset and frequency, more advanced controls allow you to sweep over a range of frequencies. Combined with the spectrum peak hold option this makes a powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter responses.Trigger tools allow one or more cycles of a waveform to be output when various conditions are met such as the scope triggering or a mask limit test failing.
An arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) is also included. AWG waveforms can be created or edited using the built-in AWG editor, imported from oscilloscope traces, or loaded from a spreadsheet.
More information on the AWG >
Spectrum analyserWith the click of a button you can display a spectrum plot of selected channels up to the full bandwidth of the oscilloscope. A full range of settings gives you control over the number of spectrum bands, window types, and display modes (instantaneous, average, or peak-hold).You can display multiple spectrum views with different channel selections and zoom factors, and place these alongside time-domain views of the same data. A comprehensive set of automatic frequency-domain measurements can be added to the display, including THD, THD+N, SNR, SINAD and IMD. You can even use the AWG and spectrum mode together to perform swept scalar network analysis.
More information on the PicoScope Spectrum analyser >>
Signal integrityMost oscilloscopes are built down to a price. PicoScopes are built up to a specification.
Careful front-end design and shielding reduces noise, crosstalk and harmonic distortion. Years of oscilloscope design experience can be seen in improved bandwidth flatness and low distortion.We are proud of the dynamic performance of our products, and publish their specifications in detail.The result is simple: when you probe a circuit, you can trust in the waveform you see on the screen.
USB connectivity The USB connection not only allows high-speed data acquisition and transfer, but also makes printing, copying, saving, and emailing your data from the field quick and easy. USB powering removes the need to carry around a bulky external power supply, making the kit even more portable for the engineer on the move.
PicoScope 3000 Series mixed signal oscilloscopes feature a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection, making the already-optimized process of data transfer and waveform update rates even faster. Further benefits of a USB 3.0 connection include faster saving of waveforms and faster gap-free continuous streaming of up to 125 MS/s when using the SDK, while the scope is still backward- compatible with older USB systems.
Documents available for download: PicoScope 3000 Series data sheet
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Wannabe rap mogul convicted of murdering partner
Jurors rejected a self-defense claim Tuesday from a wannabe San Antonio music mogul who shot his roommate at close range with an AK-47 during an ongoing spat over management of their hip-hop record label.
Anthony Johnson, 23, was found guilty of murder after 61/2 hours of jury deliberations.
State District Judge Melisa Skinner ordered the group to return to her courtroom Wednesday morning to begin the trial's punishment phase.
Johnson, who now faces up to life in prison, was apprehended in November 2011 — minutes after a third roommate, rap artist Reggie "Smoke Boogie" Anderson, jumped off their second-story balcony to report the slaying.
Music producer Romuald Rodrique Ngande, described as having a local but growing reputation under the stage name "Romey Rome Beatz," was found dead of a single gunshot wound in the hallway of their North Side apartment.
Ngande, 21, had provided the talent and experience while Johnson provided a hefty personal injury settlement to form So Fly Entertainment together. The Warren High alums released four albums before Johnson ran out of money.
But their partnership had degraded to the point of exchanging insults via Facebook in separate rooms of their apartment on the night before the shooting, the defendant said.
That argument only intensified the next morning as Ngande threatened the defendant outside the locked door of his bedroom then burst in his room, defense attorney Michael Hoyle said during closing arguments.
"We're talking about a bunch of guys who think they're hip hop stars in San Antonio. They're not living the dream — they're living in a dream," Hoyle said. "They started to believe in their own image ... when in fact it wasn't (real)."
That disconnect extended to the defendant as well, Hoyle said, describing his client as having acted like a "stupid little arrogant jerk" who didn't appreciate the seriousness of the situation during his police interview.
"What are you crying for, yo?" he was videotaped telling his sister as he took numerous cellphone calls at the police station — at one point ignoring officers as they asked him to hang up.
At another point, prosecutors said, Johnson used his cellphone that day to update his Facebook status to read, "One shot kill. Call me John Wayne." In a letter to another rapper on their label, Johnson appeared to brag about the shooting in two handwritten songs and suggested that jail time has made him a more talented lyricist.
But detectives jumped to conclusions without asking detailed questions that would have shown Johnson felt he was in danger when he fired, the defense argued.
Ngande might have verbally provoked his roommate, teasing and insulting him after Johnson refused to give him a ride to work, but that is not a legal excuse for lethal force, prosecutor Wendi Wilson-Ortiz responded.
There was no physical evidence to show that Ngande ever entered the defendant's room, she said, displaying a photo of him splayed unarmed in the hallway.
"He spent all his money. He lost his job and (believed) that was Rome's fault, too," she said. "He was mad at the world and he took it out on Rome."


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Lady Gaga Tweets Hospital Bed Photo From 'Marry the Night' Video
Hey, little monsters, is it just us or have we been talking about Lady Gaga's yet-to-be-released 'Marry the Night' video for what feels like forevs? The Mother Monster recently tweeted a still photo from the video shoot, which is super creepy, and this teaser image further upped our already raging curiosity level for the video.
Gaga tweeted this message with the photo: "It's Not that I've been Dishonest, It's Just that I Loathe Reality." We know that Gaga happily lives in the purgatory or Middle Earth, depending on your perspective, between fantasy and reality at all times, and this is a competent explanation of why.
The photo shows Gaga wearing a Jo Calderone 'do and off-white mary janes; she is laying on a hospital gurney and being wheeled down a carpeted hallway that looks absolutely nothing like a hospital. Gaga's surrounded by two nurses in white dresses with seafoam green hair nets. The walls and carpet of the hall remind us of 'The Shining.' Creepy and intriguing, right?
The video was shot in Gaga's native New York and she was gyrating on a car during the rooftop shoot. She also recently revealed that she directed the video herself. But the one thing we don't know is when this thing is going to premiere!
We're slightly impatient, but we know it's going to blow the roof off, so we'll just enjoy looking for context clues about the video via this still.


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You're all ready to bring your new fur baby home! Here's a few things you'll need to consider to help them to settle into your home as quickly as possible. Don't forget that it will be quite a daunting experience both for kittens and older cats, so the more you can prepare in advance, the better all round 🙂
It's important that you feed your kitty the same food that's been used by the breeder or previous owner, as sudden changes in diet can lead to upset tummies. You can change their diet over time if you wish to do so, but this shouldn't happen until the kitten/cat is completely settled into their new home, and it should take place very gradually. You should add small amounts of the new food into the old, gradually increasing the amount of new and decreasing the old in order to minimise possible problems and allow your kitty's tummy to adjust.
Always have plenty of fresh water available and don't be surprised if your Bengal wants to play with it! A lot of cats don't like to have water right next to their food so if you can have it in different place (ideally in two or even three places if you have more than one cat), that's better.
A lot of Bengals will enjoy drinking from unusual places such as taps/faucets and even the bath tub or shower when you're in there! A drinking fountain is ideal if you can accommodate one, the fresh flowing water encourages many cats to drink which is always a good thing.
There's no need to give your cat/kitten milk if they're fed a complete, balanced diet. If you want to give it as a treat now and again, make sure you buy the milk that's been formulated especially for cats/kittens (you'll find it in pet stores, or in the pet food aisle in the supermarket) – some cats are intolerant of the high levels of lactose which are found in cow's milk and can get an upset tummy if they drink it.
It's also ideal to use the same kitty litter that your breeder or previous owner used, at least for the first few weeks to minimise the risks of any accidents from happening. If you want to change the litter substance, again do it over time and make gradual changes.
You should expect, however, that your fur baby will be quite daunted by their new surroundings at first so if any accidents do happen do not chastise them or shout at them, this will only stress them more as they won't understand why this big scary human is being so horrible to them! Just clean the area and perhaps show them the tray if you caught them soon after the act. Never rub their noses in it – this is a barbaric old wives' tale which is pure animal cruelty and achieves nothing, other than a stressed and frightened cat.
The litter tray should be placed in a quiet location, away from the cat's food. We are fastidious, and don't like to eat where we poop! If you have more than one cat, make sure you have enough litter trays – Bengals can be quite fussy about their toileting and may not use a tray that isn't 100% spotless! You need to scoop out the waste several times a day – this will reduce the risk of your Bengal going to the toilet where they shouldn't.
Indoors vs. Outdoors
Should you let your kitty outdoors when s/he is old enough? i.e. when they've had all their vaccinations and been neutered? Us Bengals in particular love the freedom of the outdoors and the fresh air in our fur and being outside is one way to satisfy our need for stimulation and to stop us from getting bored… But we're also adventurous and could well wander further than most other cats, and we also don't think anything of wandering into our neighbours' houses or outbuildings if the door has conveniently been left open for us!
A lot will depend on the individual cat and where you live. If you're near a busy road or in an area where there are lots of cats, or other wild animals, you might want to give this careful consideration. One good compromise is to either cat-proof your garden if possible, or build an outdoor enclosure like ours 🙂
Cat flap. Do you want one? If so, then consider a microchip operated one. These stop other cats coming into your house, which can be a very stressful experience for your cat, leading to undesirable behaviour (typically inappropriate toileting, or uncharacteristic aggression).
If you do allow your cat access outdoors via a cat-flap, we recommend locking it at night and keeping your kitty safe inside. We've never really understood the old adage of "putting the cat out at night"!
Hopefully your cat will never get ill, but you do need to bear in mind that vet fees can be expensive, and your cat will need to have annual boosters and check-ups as a minimum (these aren't covered by insurance, though they are usually a requirement of the insurance policy terms and conditions). Ask friends or neighbours for recommendations in choosing a vet if you don't already have one, ideally they should be near-by to reduce the amount of stress caused by travelling there and back.
When first bringing your kitten home remember that they think hidey holes are great! It's good to have hidey holes for them to play in…except for gaps round the washing machine, fridge etc. Have a look around your home, especially the kitchen, and make sure there's nowhere that tiny paws can get themselves into tricky situations. Also consider the wires around your home. Tiny teeth are very sharp you can get cable guards to avoid kitty getting a nasty shock!
When doing your laundry always check and double check that your kitty has not crept into the opening of the washer or dryer when you weren't looking – make sure they're not inside before you close the door and switch on the machine, we've heard of tragic instances where kittens/cats have unfortunately been injured or even killed accidentally in this way.
Cats like dark corners, and Bengals in particular love high places. You can provide safe dark corners by having 'igloo' type beds, or even cardboard boxes (which we love). See if you can provide a few high places for kitty to sit and survey his/her kingdom. A couple of gaps on bookshelves, for example, or you can buy large cat trees at quite reasonable prices.
Always look up when you live with a Bengal as it's not unusual to see us sitting on the top of a door frame and surprising our humans with a friendly paw on their head!
Play with your cat every day. Play with toys, not your hands as you shouldn't condition your cat to believe your hands and feet are targets. We've found that fishing-rod-type toys are a firm favourite for Bengals! These should always be used under supervision and placed safely out of your kitty's reach when not in use. But try several toys to see which are your cat's favourite and rotate them to keep it interesting!
Other things to consider
It's worth giving early consideration to what will happen when you go on holiday: do you have someone you can depend on to come in and feed? Would you rather employ a professional pet-sitter, or use a cattery? Consider the possible costs now, rather than be taken by surprise later.
Remember that popular, well run catteries fill up quickly for peak holiday seasons such as Christmas, Easter and summer, so you need to book well in advance. Again ask friends or neighbours for recommendations for a good cattery or pet-sitter.
Do you have other pets? If so, the new kitten will have to be introduced in a controlled and gradual manner in order to have the best chance of a friendly relationship (see our article on introducing your existing cat). Same with children, actually! Your new kitten will want to sleep as much as 18 hours a day, so children should be encouraged to play at play time, and leave kitty alone when he's/she's sleeping.
Talking of sleeping, cats can be quite strange sometimes and will sleep in all sorts of weird and wonderful places, though often not the expensive bed you've bought them! But having said that, some cats do like a nice, comfy cat bed… We would recommend that you start off by buying perhaps a less expensive bed, or even providing a cardboard box with some snuggly bedding inside!
If your cat seems to like sleeping in these places, you may wish to consider upgrading to a more fancy cat bed, but if they decide the top of the kitchen cabinet is much more their cup of tea, then you haven't wasted too much of your hard-earned cash!
Even a short haired cat like a Bengal needs a weekly groom to keep our fantastic coats in tip-top condition! Get your kitten used to grooming as soon as possible. Keep it gentle and light, though don't encourage playing with the grooming brush! Bribery is fine. A couple of treats can make the whole thing more pleasant for everyone!
Also, check ears, eyes and nose and clean gently with a cotton wool pad soaked in warm water at the same time as grooming – get your kitty used to this at a young age and it will save problems later.
You may also wish to give consideration to whether or not you want to trim your kitty's claws. This isn't harmful if done correctly, it's just like humans trimming their nails, but again if you're going to do it, it's best to start at a young age to get your cat used to it.
For information, we do not agree with declawing a cat. It is illegal in many countries for very good reasons. If you don't like cat claws, then a cat is not for you. Simples.
Showing – if you're thinking about showing your Bengal, you'll find a handy guide we've written just here!


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Products introduced over the last week include a small-cap ETF from WisdomTree and three mutual funds from Westwood Holdings Group.
In addition, Grandeur Peak announced that its Global Opportunities Fund and International Opportunities Fund will soft-close on May 1.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) WisdomTree Plans Small-Cap Version of Popular Japan ETF
WisdomTree Investments is planning to introduce a small-cap version of its Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ), and has filed with the SEC to offer the WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund. The new fund will try to reflect the performance of the WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Index, which consists of dividend-paying small-cap companies incorporated in Japan and traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that make less than 80% of their revenue from sources in Japan. The exclusion of companies making 80% or more revenue from Japan tilts the index toward companies that have a more significant global revenue base and are thus less sensitive to yen fluctuations.
The ETF also intends to hedge against the yen by entering into forward currency contracts or futures contracts designed to offset yen exposure.
2) Westwood Introduces EM and Global Equity Mutual Funds
Westwood Holdings Group announced the availability of three new mutual funds focused on global and emerging-market equities. The Westwood Emerging Markets Fund (I shares, WWEMX; A shares, WWEAX), Westwood Global Equity Fund (I shares, WWGEX) and Westwood Global Dividend Fund (I shares, WWGDX) are managed by Westwood's global and emerging markets team led by Patricia Perez-Coutts and Thomas PintoBasto.
Key characteristics that the team looks for in evaluating an investment may include company management aligned with an economic value added (EVA) philosophy, a strong business with core franchise value, above average cash flow generation and consistency of earnings growth. Fund shares may be purchased through investment advisors or directly from the fund.
3) Grandeur Peak Funds to Soft-Close
Eighteen months after launching the Grandeur Peak Funds, Grandeur Peak Global Advisors announced that it will soft-close both the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund (GPGIX) and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund (GPIOX) on May 1. The funds will remain open to existing investors, but will no longer accept new shareholders after May 1. Financial advisors and retirement plans with clients in either fund will be able to continue investing in that fund for existing as well as new clients.
Robert Gardiner, CEO, and Blake Walker, CIO, have been longtime advocates of tightly capping assets in their small- and micro-cap portfolios. Among the short list of other global small cap and international small-cap mutual funds available, there are very few managers truly committed to the small/micro space, Grandeur Peak says. Most are, or have become, mid-cap products.
Read the April 7 Portfolio Products Roundup on AdvisorOne.


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Party Checklist
For a smooth party planning experience, the best thing to do is create a timeline and checklist with all of your party basics outlined. Planning ahead and being organized will actually allow you to enjoy your party and spend more time with your guests!
Click here to download an example of a party checklist.
Last but not least, relax, smile and have a blast!
Party Budget
Most parties include people that don't know one another. Having games ready is a great way to entertain your guests and to break the ice. Here are a few ideas to keep your party going, regardless of the weather!


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Elizabeth Berg is one of my favourite writers. Her books are comfortable and she has uncanny insight into the ordinary, making it extraordinary, and oh so recognizable. She has written about two dozen books, of which I've read over a dozen. I usually read one or two every year. The books are all about different topics, but two of the types of characters she captures well are middle age women, and adolescent girls. Hmmm, might be hormonal. I also heard her speak at a conference and found her to be very articulate and wise. Her website is worth a visit. It is full of warmth and fun, and she is willing to share some of her personal life with readers as well as a list of her books. (Elizabeth Berg Website)
'We Are All Welcome Here' is a story of a remarkable woman who was paralyzed by polio, abandoned by her husband, but was devoted to raising her daughter on her own, with help only from a daytime caretaker who was devoted to both of them. The woman gave birth to the child while she was in an iron lung! It is based on a true story.
One of her books is about a woman in love with a gay friend who can never return her love (Until the Real Thing Comes Along). She has a trilogy about a teenage girl( Durable Goods, Joy School, True to Form). There are some short story collections, one called The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted. We can all relate to that! The Handmaid and the Carpenter is a nice retelling of the story of Mary and Joseph. Pull of the Moon is a book of diary entries by a woman in mid life crisis who leaves her husband and goes on a driving trip to sort some things out. Apparently a few men have read it to better understand their menopausal wives! But in the book we never hear from the husband. Then in one of her short story collections, her husband Martin gets a chance to speak and we hear his side of the story. ('Martin's Letter to Nan' in Ordinary Life) That is just a taste, I can't really recommend one of her books over another, they are all good. Take your pick and enjoy!


text: The Transas Liquid Cargo Handling Simulator is used for training and familiarization of students and tanker personnel in the safe and efficient cargo handling and auxiliary operations control functions aboard different types of liquid cargo carriers and gas tankers (spherical and membrane models). Students can study different tankers layouts, gear, systems and machinery control. They can practice the correct performance of cargo handling operations in standard operating conditions and emergency situations. This simulator is capable of being integrated with both PISCES II (Potential Incident Simulation, Control and Evaluation System) and the bridge simulators to bring the concept of team learning to new levels.


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Serena Williams has Wimbledon on her mind.
Last year's Wimbledon champion is on the sidelines this year because she is expecting her first child with fiance and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.
But, the expectant mother is still on the court. Williams took to Instagram to share a practice video -- a workout consisting of backhand drills -- with the caption: "Wimbledon got me like: Easy standing drills this morning. Go easy."
She also posted a photo of herself on the court holding her baby bump in one hand and a racket in the other.
Williams accidentally announced her pregnancy on Snapchat in April. Since then, the mom-to-be has documented her baby bump on social media, and she bared it for Vanity Fair as she and her bump grace the cover of the August 2017 issue.
Williams says she plans to return to the court after giving birth.
"My baby is going to be in the stands, hopefully cheering for me and not crying too much," she said.


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Coming to a computer screen near you on Friday, February 23, 2007, this exciting new website puts you in the virtual driver's seat, where you can navigate your way to music videos featuring Jamiroquai and a host of product and other information — all individually tailored to you wherever you live in the world.
Seeking to further boost global recognition for its brand name, Clarion Co., Ltd. (President: Tatsuhiko Izumi) kicked off the "Clarion Global Brand Campaign 2007" this February. At the heart of this campaign to let the world know all about the Clarion brand and "Human Mobile Music Media Interface Clarion H.M.I." brand slogan will be the Clarion+Jamiroquai Campaign Website (http://hmi.clarion.com).
In order to maximize media coverage and net traffic for the launch of the new site, thanks to an exclusive sponsorship tie-up with the CNN.com International Edition, clicking on Clarion banners and other links appearing on the CNN.com "Motoring" page (http://www.cnn.com/motoring), an all-new car information page which also makes its debut on February 23, will lead visitors directly to the Clarion+Jamiroquai Campaign Website.
The Clarion Global Brand Campaign 2007 is one more step in the company's quest for broader global marketplace recognition of its brand name that began one year ago with the launch of the new global Clarion brand in January 2006.
The choice of Jamiroquai as standard bearer was an easy one: International icons in the music field, Jamiroquai's look and sound uniquely capture the spirit of the ideal integration of music, information and mobility embodied in the "Clarion H.M.I." brand slogan. Clarion aims to make its brand an international icon in its field as well.
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A wide variety of landscapes, a remarkable number of castles and palaces, extraordinary architectural and cultural diversity and a great range of leisure activities – that is the holiday region of Thuringia. Goethe summed up Thuringia's merits in his inimitable style: "Where else in Germany can you find so many wonderful things in such close proximity?"
Erfurt, Weimar, and other towns in Thuringia offer visitors an engaging mix of history and tradition, culture and leisure activities, the classical and the modern. In Weimar, the 1999 European City of Culture, there's hardly anywhere that doesn't in some way reflect the town's rich heritage. For many years, visitors from around the world have flocked to the statue of Goethe and Schiller in front of the German National Theatre and to a total of 27 museums. The UNESCO World Heritage site 'Classical Weimar' comprises 16 individual buildings. But towns such as Erfurt, Jena, Eisenach, Altenburg, Meiningen and Gotha also offer plenty of cultural highlights. Erfurt is blessed with a wealth of attractions, including St. Mary's Cathedral and the Church of St. Severus on Domplatz square, the Merchants' Bridge (the longest surviving bridge in Europe that is lined with buildings) and the long-established ega horticultural exhibition. Art and culture in Thuringia is closely linked to the work of important representatives of Germany's cultural and intellectual tradition. Museums, theatres, exhibitions and concert halls display the legacies of the writers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, the composer Johann Sebastian Bach and the painters Lucas Cranach and Otto Dix.
Thuringia's best known castle and the most famous landmark of the town of Eisenach is Wartburg Castle, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999. Besides the famous Wartburg Castle, Friedenstein Palace in Gotha and the Dornburg palaces there are also a large number of other romantic palaces and medieval castles.
Many of these, together with monasteries and churches, authentically recall the Reformation and Martin Luther, with whose life Thuringia is closely associated. He lived as a monk in the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt from 1505 until 1512. At Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, he translated the New Testament into German and he spent time in Schmalkalden to forge the Protestant alliance against the Roman Catholic Emperor. 2017 sees the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day. The Thuringian Luther towns are offering themed guided tours, special exhibitions, festivals and lots more.
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So sometimes i don't make it to the forum as much as I'd like, so I apologize if this has been discussed previously.
However, I was reading an article on www.randi.org (if you don't know it, you really should) about cognitive dissonance and how Leon Festinger tested his theories of cognitive dissonance on a UFO cult. Here is the quote from the article:
"He tested his theory by studying a UFO cult that believed that there would be a great flood on December 21, 1954, and that a flying saucer would save them. When December 21 passed with no flood and no flying saucer, the members of the group became even more dedicated to their beliefs. This is because most of them had given away everything they owned and had given up everything to their belief in the prophecy. They told themselves that their sincere commitment stopped the flood from happening, and that this belief proved that they were right. (Festinger, et al. 1956)"
This just made me think of the May 21, 2011 doomsday folks. Since may is fast approaching and I am certainly not making preparations for the end, I thought it would be interesting to see what predictions you have for what they'll say after it comes and goes?
Perhaps we could make a pool out of it. We all place our bets on what their official excuse will be and the winner gets.... something... a shirt or.. something. haha
(also.. I placed this under what I thought was the appropriate category... please don't delete it.)
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Some of the best student artworks produced in NSW are on show at Grafton Regional Gallery.
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Now in its 30th year, the Art Express program has nurtured talents such as Archibald Prize winning artist Ben Quilty and Jasper Knight and the next big thing in Australian art could well be on display at exhibitions which are touring New South Wales.
Art Express showcases the best works of art completed by some 250 students from schools across NSW and was developed from the art making component of the 2012 HSC examination in Visual Arts.
The exhibition includes a broad range of approaches and expressive forms, including ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting and much more.
The exhibition will continue at the Grafton Regional Gallery until Sunday October 20.


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The Pentagon is pushing for the authority to post 400,000 troops on the streets of America for active patrol in the event of an "emergency". (The President will arbitrarily get to decide what qualifies as an "emergency").
This would violate the Posse Comitatus Act. Many state governors rightfully oppose the idea as the latest assault on states rights. The ACLU is on the correct side of this one:
Mike German, the ACLU's national security policy counsel, expressed amazement "that the military would propose such a broad set of authorities and potentially undermine a 100-year-old prohibition against the military in domestic law enforcement with no public debate and seemingly little understanding of the threat to democracy."
There is a dangerous trend here with the recent pushes for martial law. Notice that the push for martial law is always coming from those in power, not those who would be subject to it.
Is Martial Law Coming to a Town Near You?
The Swine Flu Hoax: Governments Scare People to Justify Power Grabbing
New York Town Considers Martial Law; Troops Patrol in Alabama
Lou Dobbs Report on Martial Law in the U.S.
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Fallacy: Special Pleading
Description of Special Pleading
Special Pleading is a fallacy in which a person applies standards, principles, rules, etc. to others while taking herself (or those she has a special interest in) to be exempt, without providing adequate justification for the exemption. This sort of "reasoning" has the following form:
- Person A accepts standard(s) S and applies them to others in circumtance(s) C.
- Person A is in circumstance(s) C.
- Therefore A is exempt from S.
The person committing Special Pleading is claiming that he is exempt from certain principles or standards yet he provides no good reason for his exemption. That this sort of reasoning is fallacious is shown by the following extreme example:
- Barbara accepts that all murderers should be punished for their crimes.
- Although she murdered Bill, Barbara claims she is an exception because she really would not like going to prison.
- Therefore, the standard of punishing murderers should not be applied to her.
This is obviously a blatant case of special pleading. Since no one likes going to prison, this cannot justify the claim that Barbara alone should be exempt from punishment.
From a philosophic standpoint, the fallacy of Special Pleading is violating a well accepted principle, namely the Principle of Relevant Difference. According to this principle, two people can be treated differently if and only if there is a relevant difference between them. This principle is a reasonable one. After all, it would not be particularly rational to treat two people differently when there is no relevant difference between them. As an extreme case, it would be very odd for a parent to insist on making one child wear size 5 shoes and the other wear size 7 shoes when the children are both size 5.
It should be noted that the Principle of Relevant Difference does allow people to be treated differently. For example, if one employee was a slacker and the other was a very prodictive worker the boss would be justified in giving only the productive worker a raise. This is because the productive of each is a relevant difference between them. Since it can be reasonable to treat people differently, there will be cases in which some people will be exempt from the usual standards. For example, if it is Bill's turn to cook dinner and Bill is very ill, it would not be a case of Special Pleading if Bill asked to be excused from making dinner (this, of course, assumes that Bill does not accept a standard that requires people to cook dinner regardless of the circumstances). In this case Bill is offering a good reason as to why he should be exempt and, most importantly, it would be a good reason for anyone who was ill and not just Bill.
While determing what counts as a legitimate basis for exemption can be a difficult task, it seems clear that claiming you are exempt because you are you does not provide such a legitimate basis. Thus, unless a clear and relevant justification for exemption can be presented, a person cannot claim to be exempt.
There are cases which are similar to instances of Special Pleading in which a person is offering at least some reason why he should be exempt but the reason is not good enough to warrant the exemption. This could be called "Failed Pleading." For example, a professor may claim to be exempt from helping the rest of the faculty move books to the new department office because it would be beneath his dignity. However, this is not a particularly good reason and would hardly justify his exemption. If it turns out that the real "reason" a person is claiming exemption is that they simply take themselves to be exempt, then they would be committing Special Pleading. Such cases will be fairly common. After all, it is fairly rare for adults to simply claim they are exempt without at least some pretense of justifying the exemption.
Examples of Special Pleading
- Bill and Jill are married. Both Bill and Jill have put in a full day at the office. Their dog, Rover, has knocked over all the plants in one room and has strewn the dirt all over the carpet. When they return, Bill tells Jill that it is her job to clean up after the dog. When she protests, he says that he has put in a full day at the office and is too tired to clean up after the dog.
- Jane and Sue share a dorm room.
Jane: "Turn of that stupid stereo, I want to take a nap."
Sue: "Why should I? What are you exhausted or something?"
Jane: "No, I just feel like taking a nap."
Sue: "Well, I feel like playing my stereo."
Jane: "Well, I'm taking my nap. You have to turn your stereo off and that's final."
- Mike and Barbara share an apartment.
Mike: "Barbara, you've tracked in mud again."
Barbara: "So? It's not my fault."
Mike: "Sure. I suppose it walked in on its own. You made the mess, so you clean it up."
Barbara: "Why?"
Mike: "We agreed that whoever makes a mess has to clean it up. That is fair."
Barbara: "Well, I'm going to watch TV. If you don't like the mud, then you clean it up."
Mike: "Barbara…"
Barbara: "What? I want to watch the show. I don't want to clean up the mud. Like I said, if it bothers you that much, then you should clean it up."


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Last Friday night, on my way from the Old Kent Road to a meeting of advanced, pragmatic sceptics of the dominant worldview (chaos magicians), I took my seat on the bus and picked up the copy of the Metro that came with it. Among the news and celeb gossip was an article saying that science is entering a crisis in its way of viewing the entire universe.
Unless you practise or at least keep up with science, you probably haven't been following the woes of the Standard Model of cosmology. Let me take you on a brief flight over the territory.
In 1929 Edwin Hubble interpreted the redshift in the light from disant galaxies as a sign that the universe is expanding. In 1931 Georges Lemaitre proposed that the universe originated in a 'primeval atom', which idea led to the Big Bang theory. The idea was a contentious one until 1965, when the discovery of the cosmic background microwave radiation convinced nearly all cosmologists that the universe originated from a hot, dense starting moment.
By 1980, the theory had already accumulated an oddity: inflation. It seems that the universe was, or is, expanding much faster than was predicted from the mechanics of the Big Bang, and an extra factor had to be brought in to make sense of these new observations.
Elsewhere in cosmology, other weirdness was gathering. In 1934 Zwicky proposed 'dark matter' to explain the rotational peculiarities observed in galaxies. Dark matter has never been observed, and is thought not to consist of atoms and not to interact electromagnetically with 'regular' matter like the observable universe. What's more, there seems to be far more dark matter than observable matter in the universe - around five times as much.
In 1998 new observations suggested that the expansion of the universe is speeding up. To account for this, there had to be much more mass or energy than we'd ever observed; even taking into account the extra mass dark matter supplied, there was still a massive shortage, so 'dark energy' was postulated. As if it wasn't bad enough that 80% of the solid stuff of the universe is invisible, there has to be about three times as much dark energy as all the matter put together, dark or otherwise. In other words, only about 4% of the total mass-energy of the universe is directly observable.
An attempt has been made to pull together the ideas of dark matter and dark energy into a single concept of 'dark fluid', which is something like a fluid mechanics of space. And it gets weirder still: recently, bits of matter have been observed to move very fast and in a way that suggests they are being pulled about by matter outside the known universe. This has been given the name 'dark flow'.
Is there a pattern discernable here? These are what an old physics lecturer of mine* used to call fiddle factors, arbitrary quantities or constants you put in to make the equations work. Applied physics and engineering are full of them, but when they appear in the deep, fudamental theories they are something of an embarrassment.
This is not the first time this has happened. The neat theory of planetary motion that insisted the earth was at the centre of the universe, and that planets had to move in circular orbits (because mathematics is the language of the mind of God, and the universe is meant to be comprehended by humans - the same faith that still drives science) had to add in little curly bits to account for apparently retrograde motions of Venus and Mercury. These were called epicycles. The epicycles grew more epicycles, and the theory lurched along for another few centuries before Kepler risked his life at the hands of the church and declared a heliocentric model which fit the facts much better and tidied away all those messy epicycles.
At the moment cosmology seems to be stumbling along fine under its weight of fiddle-factors, but how much longer has a major theory got when the tocsin of its imminent demise is being rung in a paper you pick up free on buses ? (Metro, Fri June 18th)
The writer, one Ben Gilliland, (a man who clealrly knows his physics and presents it well) is pretty fresh about it all, with subheads like 'Bang goes the theory' and 'Part of our universe is missing'.
So the cosmological world awaits a new paradigm. Will we have to give up the Big Bang? If it seems intuitively reasonable that it all started with a big bang, maybe that's because we're weaned on creation myths with a definite beginning. After all, Georges Lemaitre. the original proponent of the theory was a Belgian Catholic priest. Mythic continuity or just coincidence?
Some writers have sought a new theory which would allow a special connection between special states of human consciousness and action at a distance in the material world. In other words, that would allow magic. One such theorist, with more knowledge of physics than most authors who try to connect the two areas, is Peter J. Carroll. His 6-dimensional spacetime theory (http://www.specularium.org/ ) is not easy to understand and will not be to everyone's taste, but it may be an example of what the human mind can come up with when fashioning a theory to account for our experience of this weird universe. Maybe this time we don't have to leave out the magic.
* If you ever read this, Dr Crane-Robinson, I never thanked you for your gedankenexperiment about trying to boil an egg on top of a mountain, which resulted for me in a state of gnosis. So thank you, I finally 'got' the Boltzmann statistics.
Saturday, 26 June 2010
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Against the advice of my wife (a licensed educator), I am attempting to keep my three sons—ages four, six, and fifteen—home with me this summer. (I use the present progressive tense along with the verb "to attempt" because, while the action is ongoing, it may not be ongoing for long, as my wife keeps threatening to close "Camp Dad" for the season.)
This really shouldn't be a problem, or so my thinking goes. After all, I work from home and, owing to my wife's hectic work schedule, do much of the kid-watching during the school year, taking them to and from school and shuttling them to various soccer practices and games throughout central Illinois.
"Why should we spend the money," I argued, "When I can take care of them here at home for free?"
Why indeed?
Why oh why?!
We are only three weeks in to the official "Camp Dad: Summer 2013" season and already I have lost two of the kids, though for only a brief period of time. The first, my four-year-old, I feared had chased after the dog who had escaped into the woods behind our house. Once I had corralled the mutt (the dog, not my son) with the help of a neighbor, I noticed that the littlest was missing.
As I ran through the neighborhood frantically calling his name, gathering neighbors for an impromptu search party, I heard the car alarm going off and knew immediately where he was: locked in the SUV and trying to open the door with the alarm set.
And there he was, safe and sound, and had been—playing a stupid video game, oblivious to the cries of his father—sitting peacefully and calmly while I was screaming my head off, calling his name, and making a spectacle of myself to the neighbors.
And casting real suspicion over this whole "Camp Dad" idea.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I lost the middle son the next week. Though again, only for a brief period of time.
We were all going to the local "Safety Town," inappropriately named it would seem, where kids can ride their bikes and parents can sit in the shade and watch. Since my two oldest are proficient at bike-riding and my youngest is not, my fifteen-year-old rode ahead along the trail with my six-year-old. They would go on to the park while my four-year-old and I walked.
The oldest had his phone. He is marginally reliable. What could go wrong?
What could go wrong indeed.
They arrived at the park and my oldest son called: all was well.
My youngest and I arrived by foot some ten minutes later, and I took my place under the shade of a tree, eyes peeled for my six-year-old in his new bike helmet, conspicuous enough with a red plastic Mohawk down the center.
There were a lot of kids, so the first five minutes of not being able to locate him seemed normal. But five became ten and so I asked my oldest where he was.
Ten became fifteen as my oldest son rode around the park looking for him and I, once again, resorted to the parenting tool I know best and use most often: screaming his name at the top of my lungs.
But to no avail. No relieving sounds of a car alarm to signal where he was. Nothing. Just a park full of kids on bikes, but none of them my now-missing six-year-old.
As my eldest continued his futile search of the park on bike, I grabbed by youngest and bolted out the back towards the trail—the Rock Island trail to be exact, a 26-mile rail-to-trail project that runs from Peoria to Only-God-Knows-Where, Illinois. If he was on that trail, he could be half way to Rock Island for all I knew.
And then my cell phone rang. There was a lady on the other end. "We have Lucas" she said calmly and sweetly.
"Oh thank you!" I exclaimed, not even contemplating that she could have meant something more sinister by her words, something out of Liam Neeson's "Taken" perhaps. A rather sweet ransom call.
Luckily, she was no Albanian gangster, but rather a mother out for a walk with her own mother and her seven-year-old son, who was now comforting my lost child.
Evidently, not seeing his older brother, my son decided to ride back to find us, going out the back of the park as we were coming in. Needless to say, this was not in the itinerary for Camp Dad.
We soon reunited and all was well again.
I shudder to think what can, or rather will happen next at Camp Dad, where our official motto has become: "Has Anyone Seen My Kids?"
And yet I am steadfast in my resolve, determined that Camp Dad will go on.
My wife, on the other hand, threatens that Camp Dad is about to close, pending legal action.


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If you had to guess, would you think that being convicted under California's Penal Code Section 32 for an after-the fact "accessory to a felony" would itself be considered an aggravated felony — and therefore cause someone with a green card to lose his or her permanent resident status and be deported?
Section 32 of the California Penal Code makes it a crime when someone:
"after a felony has been committed, harbors, conceals or aids a principal in such felony, with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction or punishment . . . ."
In other words, the convicted person wasn't part of the original crime, but seems to have somehow helped the criminal(s) hide out afterwards.
This is indeed an aggravated felony, according to the Board of Immigration Appeals' (B.I.A's) June 27 decision in Matter of Agustin Valenzuela Gallardo. The B.I.A. pointed to Section 101(1)(a)(43)(S) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (I.N.A.), which says that among the many types of aggravated felonies are "an offense relating to obstruction of justice, perjury or subornation of perjury, or bribery of a witness, for which the term of imprisonment is at least one year."
Mr. Valenzuela Gallardo had received a 16-month prison sentence. And, the B.I.A. reasoned, the California statute's specific mention of the convicted person's intent to help a felon escape capture brings it squarely in line with the definition of obstruction of justice.
I don't know the history of this case — namely what type of legal help the defendant had early on — but may well be a classic example of why immigrants to the U.S. should hire an immigration lawyer, not just a criminal lawyer, the minute they find themselves in trouble with the law. With some negotiation, it is sometimes possible to obtain a conviction that does not lead so directly to deportation.


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(visited by Raul Fuentes, Jane Fuentes and Christopher Requilme)
07-Jun-2003 -- My brother Rudy introduced to me the Confluence Project by one day sending to me the website of his confluence find. Instantly, I got interested on the project and a quick check at the website showed that there is only one confluence point in the island of Cebu where I live. I knew that with the spread of the news about the project, that point will not stand not located for a long time knowing that Cebu is brimming with trekking and mountaineering enthusiasts.