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Alicia Silverstone Feeds Bear From Her Mouth
In the latest video posted on her website, the actress feeds her 10-month-old son, Bear Blu, mouth-to-mouth.
Taste test!
Alicia Silverstone's little one is already learning how to share — at the breakfast table.
But no eating utensils, no problem: In the latest video posted on her website, the actress feeds her 10-month-old son, Bear Blu, mouth-to-mouth.
"I just had a delicious breakfast of miso soup, collards and radish steamed and drizzled with flax oil, cast iron mochi with nori wrapped outside, and some grated daikon. Yum!" Silverstone, 35, writes on The Kind Life, her online expansion to her vegan cookbook, The Kind Diet.
"I fed Bear the mochi and a tiny bit of veggies from the soup … from my mouth to his."
She adds: "It's his favorite … and mine. He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I'm eating."
The video, she says, was filmed about a month or two ago "when he was a bit wobbly."
But that doesn't seem to be an issue anymore for Bear, who is her first child with husband Christopher Jarecki, whom she wed in June 2005.
"Now he is grabbing my mouth to get the food!" she writes.
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FDM is an award-winning graduate employer. We're passionate about kick-starting graduate careers in technology and support you every step of the way. Your adventure begins with industry recognised training at our Birmingham academy. Following training, you'll gain two years of commercial experience. It doesn't stop there, many of our consultants go on to work permanently with the client, work internally at FDM or choose a different pathway using the connections and experience they've gained.
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Recently, Apple announced iBooks Author, a new application that simplifies the process of creating and selling digital textbooks through its iBook store. However, with any new thing Apple announces, there is is controversy that is caused among the media. For this particular software, controversy was created due to the software's licensing, which specified that anything created within the software could only be sold via the iBookstore and not any other marketplace. Due to this, Apple was once again deemed as "evil." Confusion was caused due to the way Apple worded its end user license agreement (EULA) for iBooks.
Today, the company has clarified its EULA agreement by rewording it. Apple has now addressed this issue by releasing an update to iBooks Author that includes a modified licensing agreement to clarify that Apple claims rights only to the .ibooks document format itself. Also, authors are free to distribute their content in non-.ibooks formats however they wish.
Before the update, the EULA used to read:
"(i)if your Work is provided for free (at no charge), you may distribute the Work by any available means;
(ii) if your Work is provided for a fee (including as part of any subscription-based product or service), you may only distribute the Work through Apple and such distribution is subject to the following limitations and conditions: (a) you will be required to enter into a separate written agreement with Apple (or an Apple affiliate or subsidiary) before any commercial distribution of your Work may take place; and (b) Apple may determine for any reason and in its sole discretion not to select your Work for distribution."
Now it reads:
"If you want to charge a fee for a work that includes files in the .ibooks format generated using iBooks Author, you may only sell or distribute such work through Apple, and such distribution will be subject to a separate agreement with Apple. This restriction does not apply to the content of such works when distributed in a form that does not include files in the .ibooks format."
iBooks Author 1.0.1 with the updated license agreement is available for free via the Mac App Store. Yup, Apple was indeed trying to restrict authors after all…


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Kids! Collect stories about the Civil War and civil rights! The National Park Service is offering more than 500 trading cards to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Visit a park in person to earn a card (sorry, cards cannot be mailed). Ask a ranger or stop by the visitor center at a participating park. You can view all the cards online and discover stories from nearly 90 national parks in 31 states and the District of Columbia. You'll be surprised at what you will learn.
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DWTS2014 Mark Ballas' "Get My Name" Single Featured For Special Dance In Dizzy Feet Foundations Dance Day
Mark Ballas' "Get My Name" single is featured in a new "Advanced Routine" promo for Dizzy Feet Foundations National Dance Day! Below you can watch the video for how you can dance and partake in the event. National Dance Day is coming up on July 26th. You can read all about how the Dizzy Feet Foundation plans to celebrate this event at Dizzy Feet Foundation. In the meantime, can you do these moves? Lets try! 😀
And speaking of Mark, don't miss So You Think You Can Dance tonight! He tweeted that "Get My Name" will be featured on the show.


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Australia Bound to Perform And Try out For Jon Cooke Entertainment Jet ski showsThursday, March 22nd, 2012
My mind is pretty much mush right now as I am typing this, I am so excited…
I was just contacted this afternoon by Australian Pro Freerider and Jet Ski Stunt Coordinator, Jon Cooke. Jon operates and coordinates the absolutely gnarly Jet Ski Extreme stunt show at Sea World in Australia. Jon also manages and puts together tons of other Jet ski related events all around Australia, and has been working to expand his shows overseas, including the US.
I have been invited however to perform in the "Jet Ski Pirates" show for 5 days in Toowoomba, Australia. I am Leaving tomorrow (March 23rd) at Midnight and will be coming back on April 6th. While I am there I will have the opportunity to experience Australia, meet tons of new friends that I have got the chance to see in recent Freeride videos, eat tons of meat pies, pet kangaroos, see my American/Australian friend Kevin Rickon, ride some Australian surf, and finally try out for the opportunity to perform at the Sea World show for 3 months and live with world champion Pro Freestyle rider, Lee Stone! Lee Just called me earlier to see how everything was going and was super helpful and welcoming to the whole opportunity. I am still trying to put my sanity back together as I write this because I am leaving for another country with just a little more than 24 hours heads up..
So expect some updates while I'm over there and some footage from the trip of coarse. Over all my mind is completely blown and I will see my new Australian friends very soon!
Big thanks goes out to Jon Cooke, visit his website www.joncookeentertainment.com to see all of the action I may be able to be apart of in the next few months.
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Developed after World War II around the original Stevenage (now known as the Old Town) and designated a New Town in 1946, Stevenage in Hertfordshire lies just 30 miles north of London.
In 1959, the Queen officially opened the UK's first purpose-built traffic-free shopping zone here. Today, several large companies, including IBM and British Aerospace, contribute to a strong local economy with high employment.
Property in Stevenage is especially sought-after in the older parts of the town and on the Great Ashby residential development. Houses range from Victorian terraces to properties built in the 1950s and 1960s to a selection of attractive new builds.
With its few traffic lights, some of Britain's tallest street lighting and network of completely separate cycle paths, Stevenage has a distinctive urban landscape.
The place is well served for shops, the main retail area being around Queensway and the Westgate. There are also shops in the Old Town, and a retail park to the south of town, along with indoor and outdoor markets.
In terms of leisure amenities, the town offers golf, bowling, a cinema and a selection of pubs and restaurants, as well as a number of successful sporting clubs.
The leafy avenues, large local woodlands and numerous playing fields give the town a pleasant feel, and the centrally located Fairlands Valley is a large area of parkland with boating lakes.
The A1 (M) between London and Edinburgh on the town's western edge serves Stevenage, taking traffic north and south. The area also has the smaller A602 to take traffic southeast, meeting the A10 at Ware.
Stevenage is also a busy stop on the East Coast Mainline, with regular trains heading north and to London. It takes less than an hour to get to the capital's Kings Cross station.
Stevenage is just as well served for schools, with more than 20 local primaries, and seven secondaries, including specialist ICT, engineering, sports and arts colleges. The nearby villages of Aston, Benington, Walkern and Datchworth offer alternatives for primary schooling.
Many of the town's schools were built in the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate the influx of Londoners to the area.
Stevenage offers a pleasant base in the heart of Hertfordshire with good local facilities and transport links a short hop from the UK's capital.
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IndyCar driver Graham Rahal called and asked if I'd like to drive his modified CLK63 AMG Black Series. Well actually, the guys at Weistec Engineering called to see if we'd like to drive a CLK Black Series belonging to Graham Rahal that they'd just supercharged. Close enough.
I don't remember anyone ever complaining about the 500-hp Black Series being slow, but it does have to haul around 4,000 pounds. And being an over-square engine means peak power comes at the upper rev range. In the Black Series that's 6800 rpm, and its torque (465 lb-ft) peaks at 5250, so you definitely have to be committed if you want the full effect. And while Rahal himself loved the car in stock form, he admitted he "always wanted a little more power."
The guys at Weistec think it's possible to have both a high-revving, top-end oriented engine and plenty of usable power down low. Of course they would, as they've designed a supercharger that works with every M156 6.2-liter V8 that's stuffed in a wide range of AMGs—S63, SL63, ML63, E63, C63 and SLS, and the CLK Black Series. With four-valve heads, instead of the three-valve heads on the M113 E55 engine, Weistec's tests showed it to have outstanding flow characteristics throughout the rev range and that meant there was a fairly large window for more power. Weistec felt the engine was just begging to be supercharged.
After testing a variety of supercharger systems, including a look at what Mercedes did with the E55, Weistec went with a twin-screw, instead of roots-type, system because of the twin-screw's efficiency. The screws are housed inside a precision-cast, T-6-hardened, 356 aluminum alloy of their design. What makes the system different is what Weistec calls its "Constant Mu, Delta Pressure" (CMDP) cog drive system designed to maintain constant friction (Mu) between the belts and pulleys. This reduces belt slippage and maintains consistent boost (Delta) pressure. Conventional supercharger systems use a smaller pulley to raise boost pressure, but the smaller pulley has less surface area and can increase the chances of belt slippage and inconsistent boost levels. With Weistec's system, boost pressure is altered by changing the cog pulleys within the CMDP drive system instead of changing the serpentine belt-driven pulleys on a conventional supercharger system. Unlike any other, Weistec's CMDP is currently patent-pending.
According to the company, the twin-screw compressor also allowed for a wider range of power levels compared to a roots-type system. It is offered in three stages, with an added "plus" designation for cars with aftermarket exhaust systems. The kit in the CLK Black Series here is a Stage 1+ working with Evosport long-tube headers and 3-inch X-pipe exhaust. Using 7.5 psi of boost, it delivers a staggering 549 whp at 6000 rpm and 543 lb-ft of torque to the wheels at 4400 rpm. That's up from 421 and 402, respectively, without the supercharger but utilizing the Evosport headers and exhaust. Final testing is still being done on Stages 2 and 3 so official figures haven't been released, but Weistec did let on that one customer running a Stage 3 setup is making as much as 700 whp. Weistec's also confident that the Stage 1 kit will be CARB certified by the time this story goes to print.
My first impression is how well Weistec managed to retain drivability even though the engine's sending 470 lb-ft of torque to the wheels at 2000 rpm. Other supercharger systems often have touchy throttles that cause the car to lunge a bit more than desired, making it difficult to drive smoothly in slow traffic. Weistec's setup allows for a good deal of throttle modulation before the full benefits of the supercharger come into play. And the boost feels like it's fed in progressively, instead of the all-or-nothing of some systems.
Get pushy with the loud pedal and the engine starts to wake up. There's enough power down low to blister the asphalt and send the traction control into working overtime. The power builds exponentially, without dropping off as the tach needle flicks towards redline. Behind you, the unfiltered exhaust system lets out a feral howl with every run up the gears.
Ferocious power like this can oftentimes overwhelm a chassis but, in this case, AMG's chassis engineers have made sure that almost any amount of extra thrust is kept in check. You can sense there are terabytes of setup data that AMG has gathered from its racing programs and applied it to the CLK63 Black Series. The result is the best-handling Merc I've ever had the pleasure to toss around.
For starters, it doesn't feel like you're carving canyons in a 4,000-pound car. It feels lighter than an M3 and more like 3,400. The steering is intuitively direct and informative, and thanks to a different front apron with relocated mounting points that give the front suspension more negative camber, the turn-in is sharp. While most Mercs feel nose heavy and enter corners with tire-scrubbing understeer, the CLK Black and its Pirelli P Zero Corsas cut a surgically precise line to the apex without fuss. From there it's just a matter of measuring the amount of straightaway and how much devastation you'd like to wreak with the accelerator. Feed in too much throttle too soon in the corner and the rear tires will be overwhelmed, producing delicious power-on oversteer that's easily controlled with the throttle.
Suspended with adjustable KW coilovers, the car rides firmly but acceptably for an enthusiast. According to Weistec, the suspension settings for height, rebound and compression remain as they came from AMG. The car stays unbelievably flat through corners and hardly dives or squats under hard braking and acceleration. That makes stringing along a series of turns, be they tight hairpins or fast sweepers, an exercise in fluidity, grace and easy speed.
The only other major changes Rahal made to the car are a set of 19-inch Volk G2 wheels encircled with the stock Pirellis. The Volk wheels are a pound or two lighter than the standard Alcoa-made forged wheels, improving unsprung weight.
Extra power and a slight decrease in unsprung weight are probably the only changes the Black Series needed. Although I hadn't driven one before, it's easy to assume that there was more chassis than engine, especially considering how well the stock setup copes with the extra power. Looks like Weistec found the right niche in the AMG 6.2-liter engine, and the cars that use it. The customers aren't complaining. "It was a fun car before, but nothing like it is now. The only problem is I can't keep my foot out of it!" Rahal says.
You can sense there are terabytes of data that AMG has gathered from its racing programs and applied that to the CLK63 Black Series.
Weistec CLK63 AMG Black Series
6.2-liter V8, dohc, 32-valve. Weistec twin-screw supercharger system, Evosport long-tube headers and 3-inch X-pipe exhaust, BMC air filters
Seven-speed automatic
Six-piston calipers with 14.2-inch vented rotors (f), four-piston calipers with 13-inch vented rotors (r)
Wheels and Tires
Volk G2, 9x19 (f), 10.5x19 (r)
Pirelli P Zero Corsa 265/30 (f), 285/30 (r)
Peak Power: 549 hp @ 6000 rpm
Peak Torque: 543 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm


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Solid The Day of the Jackal knock-off. M-G-M's Limited Edition Collection of M.O.D. (manufactured on demand) discs has released Hennessy, the 1975 American International Pictures actioner starring Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Eric Porter and Trevor Howard. Hennesy kicked up a bit of dust when first released because footage of the British Royal Family was skillfully inserted―without their approval―into the narrative, but today, if it's remembered at all, Hennesy gets a nod for a relatively rare low-key turn by hambone extraordinaire Rod Steiger, and clean direction by Don Sharp. An original trailer is included as a bonus in this passable transfer.
Belfast. The Troubles. Demolition expert and former I.R.A. soldier Niall Hennessy (Rod Steiger) wants nothing more to do with the terrorist group; his wife, Maureen (Diana Fairfax) and young child, Angie (Patsy Kensit), come before country. Sean Tobin (Eric Porter), an officer in the I.R.A. and on the run from the British, wants one more favor from his former best friend: a delivery of gelignite for bombs, to continue the drive to push the British Army out of Ireland. Hennessy refuses, declaring that he doesn't believe in violence anymore, but when his daughter and wife are accidentally mowed down by an injured British soldier, Hennessy's world comes to a halt. Seeking revenge, he plans on blowing up the British Royal Family when they attend the opening of Parliament, and both Tobin (who knows what will happen to his movement should Hennessy succeed) and Inspector Hollis (Richard Johnson), a grizzled veteran of the dirty fighting in Ireland, have to stop Hennessy before it's too late.
Hennessy caused some controversy when it was released in Great Britain back in 1975 for the inclusion of some terrific widescreen color footage of the Royal Family, incorporated directly into the narrative structure of the film (and giving credit where it's due: you would never think the two sets of footage were separately filmed: they're relatively seamless, which must have really ticked off the R.F.). After the threat of a lawsuit, AIP had to include a disclaimer (seen here on this transfer of the movie), making sure everyone understood that the Royal Family were not actors in this nasty little thriller. It's certainly understandable why the Royal Family, noted for remaining relatively mum on the specifics of political decisions made by its Parliamentary government, wouldn't want to be directly associated with Hennessy: it's quite bleak in its lose-lose depiction of "the Troubles," summed up visually (and quite nicely) during the opening riot scene. Built perfectly by director Don Sharp and editor Eric Boyd-Perkins, the riot becomes more and more tense as the Irish kids throwing rocks at the British become more agitated, hitting their marks more decisively until an I.R.A. operative, hiding in a room over the street, ignites a bomb. The violence increases until a soldier, hit in the head, falls while simultaneously pulling the trigger of his machine gun, mowing down several civilians...including innocents Maureen and Angie Hennessy, who weren't involved in the riot. It's an excellent scene of senseless violence ignited by intractable political positions, showing the dangerous restlessness of the Irish youth, the grim helplessness of the British soldiers' presence agitating them, and the cold, calculating terrorism of the I.R.A..
The rest of Hennessy is fairly familiar to anyone who has seen The Day of the Jackal, with screenwriter John Gay (Separate Tables, TV's The Bunker) sticking closely to Forsythe's earlier template of showing a relentless assassin bent on taking out a prominent political figure while the police, fully aware of the plot, scramble madly to take him down. Gay does manage to add a potent twist to this storyline by having the I.R.A. and the cops forge a tentative, uneasy alliance, since Tobin knows how badly the I.R.A. will be punished should they be held responsible for the deaths of the Queen and her family. Gay plays it smart with this barely-there détente, keeping it suspicious and paper-thin before it breaks apart naturally, adding to Hennessy relatively realistic tone. The only logistical problems with the script come at the end of the film, when Steiger is running around the sparse, small Parliament sets without anyone chasing him. Was it the low budget here (although that low budget necessitates lots of location shooting, which gives the film a gritty, realistic feel)? Or just a failure to realize these scenes seem slightly silly, considering the cops already know about the plot? It's a credit, though, to director Don Sharp's (The Kiss of the Vampire, The Face of Fu Manchu, Callan) clean, efficient, uncluttered direction that, illogical as these scenes seem after we think about them...we don't think about them until after the movie is over: we're too caught up in the excellent suspense to say, "Hey, wait a minute...."
As for the performances, Steiger keeps the film grounded in a rather surprising performance for him, if you're at all attuned to his other big-screen turns during this period of his career. Lee Remick, good here but too beautiful and glamorously-coiffed by half to be believable as the widow of an I.R.A. soldier (that Hollywood hairdo she used in all her later movies...), has a potentially interesting character to exploit: distrustful of Steiger, an old family friend, whom she hates when she finds out he was just using her (Gay is smart to keep their relationship strictly non-romantic). But she's really just a convenient plot point to have around to provide Steiger with a hiding place in London. Steiger's character is the focal point, and it's sketched out with efficiency and economy. Gay and Sharp get right to the point of the character: he has a shady background with the I.R.A. that he obviously regrets (thus his refusal to help Tobin), but once his family is killed ("I put my family first."), he's single-mindedly bent on revenge against the country he feels is responsible. Steiger could have taken such a melodramatic character and blown it up to his then-customary gigantic proportions, laying on the shtick and eye-rolling and vocal calisthenics that made the actor a parody of himself during the 1970s (you need only to see Waterloo to get a good idea of this).
Instead, he's remarkably subdued here. Of course he gets one big howling scene (when he discovers his dead family's bodies), and he gets to put on the funny makeup and lose the toupee when he impersonates an M.P. as part of his final assault. In most of the film, however, he's quiet and interior, working against the expectations we have for a character such as his in this type of revenge actioner. He's not seething with rage, or macho tough, but rather quietly tortured―an automaton of destruction. Yet it's not a boring turn, either, as that latter description might suggest. It's a thinking man's turn in an action movie, and it's quite welcome. Of course, director Sharp and Gay give us what we want when we want it (Steiger's demise is spectacular...and spectacularly, grotesquely funny), but if you're familiar with action films from the mid-70s, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the subtle depth of Steiger's performance.
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The anamorphically-enhanced, 1.85:1 widescreen transfer for Hennessy looks a bit soft, with grainy sequences and muted color that indicates the original materials used here for the transfer weren't top-notch. Still, it looks better than the old VHS copy I used to have.
The Audio:
The Dolby Digital English mono audio track is adequate, with dialogue a bit muffled at times and a fluctuating recording level (no doubt the original materials again). No subtitles or close-captions, either.
The Extras:
An original trailer for Hennessy is included here as a bonus.
Final Thoughts:
A grim, layered little revenge drama, given a big boost by Rod Steiger's quiet turn. Hennessy's basic framework may be derivative, but it's executed with some efficient verve...even if the final action is a little silly. I'm recommending Hennessy.
Paul Mavis is an internationally published film and television historian, a member of the Online Film Critics Society, and the author of The Espionage Filmography.
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Exactly 2 months ago, on January 12th, 2010, an earthquake devastated the Haitian landscape… but not the Haitian spirit.
K'Naan's Wavin' Flag is the anthem for Young Artists for Haiti, recorded by some of the biggest names in Canadian music in support of earthquake relief efforts. All proceeds will be directed to Free the Children, War Child Canada, and World Vision. It's an amazing, goosey bump song that's worthy of your fist pump. Drake!
Also… not that K'Naan needs any validation but you know, sometimes Canadians don't embrace their own until they make it elsewhere, and K'Naan's Wavin' Flag just happens to be the official theme song for the 2010 World Cup, only the most mayjah sporting event in the universe.
Please, if you are able, please donate, volunteer, give what you can.
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Nearly a year after satellite radio giants Sirius and XM announced plans to synchronize their orbits, the proposed merger of the two firms remains in regulatory limbo, frustrating many who had been expecting a verdict from the Department of Justice by the end of 2007. And the uncertainty is starting to show up in the market: shares in the companies fell more than ten percent Wednesday, a drop analysts are attributing to fears the merger will not win approval.
The consensus among those who have watched the process closely is that the delay is owed to internal struggles at the DoJ between staff attorneys determined to block the union as a monopolistic restraint of trade and political appointees more disposed to allow it to proceed. If Justice signs off on the $13.6 billion deal, it must still win the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission, as the original satellite license grants to the firms were conditioned on their remaining separate.
The merger faces strong opposition from a variety of quarters. A coalition of consumer advocacy groups—including the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, and Free Press—have filed briefs in opposition to the move. The National Association of Broadcasters has mounted an ad campaign against the "XM Sirius monopoly." Meanwhile, HD Radio and US Electronics, while not opposing the merger outright, warn of dire anti-competitive effects unless additional regulations are imposed to forbid XM-Sirius from forging exclusive licensing agreements with equipment manufacturers.
On the opposite side, the companies are touting an odd hodgepodge of supporters, from the African Methodist Episcopal Church to Women Involved in Farm Economics. Their primary source of intellectual firepower, though, has been Thomas W. Hazlett, a former FCC chief economist and now a professor at George Mason University. They have also found an unlikely ally in Public Knowledge, which to the surprise (and dismay) of other consumer groups, has offered qualified support for the merger, provided regulations are imposed to prevent abuse of market power.
Merger boosters say a unified company would give listeners access to the full range of programming offered by both broadcasters with a single subscription—a boon to those with a taste for both Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey. XM and Sirius have also dangled before regulators the lure of offering customers a la carte programming options, music to the ears of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. But apart from potential benefits, there's the question of whether the companies can remain viable independently: While Sirius recorded a 38 percent subscriber increase in 2007, the firms have lost money since their inception, and many market watchers believe they face an uncertain fate if they remain separate.
Skepticism remains
Chris Murray, senior counsel for Consumers Union, remains unmoved. "Sure, a really easy answer to not making as much money as you want is to buy up your only competitor," says Murray, "But that's not how the antitrust law works. There's a lot of businesses in America that have historically been losing money, but the answer is not for there to be only one megacorporation." As for the promise of a la carte, Consumer Federation of America research director Mark Cooper calls it "bunk," arguing that under the broadcasters' proposal, "in order to reconstruct the bundle XM and Sirius offer you, you'd have to pay about 43 bucks, compared to the 13 dollars you pay today." Moreover, a white paper commissioned by the terrestrial broadcasters points out a number of innovations and benefits to consumers inspired by competition between the two firms.
But these are, in a way, side issues: The central, perhaps dispositive, question that regulators must decide is whether XM-Sirius would constitute a monopoly in its market. And that, in turn, depends on how the "market" is defined. "Boxing things into old sectoral definitions like 'traditional broadcasting' or 'radio broadcasting' and so on doesn't make a lot of sense anymore," says Adam Thierer of the Progress and Freedom Foundation, "What we're really talking about is audible entertainment and news, and that's a huge category of companies that are competing for the attention of our ears."
In addition to traditional terrestrial radio, on this account, a unified satellite firm would still face competition from podcasters, streaming Internet radio, and new entrants like FlyTunes, which seek to bring Internet radio to mobile devices like the iPhone. Critics counter that satellite is distinct from other services in providing a national, commercial free, mobile, high-quality audio stream, as well as citing exclusive arrangements with entertainers and sports teams that other media would be unable to offer. CFA's Cooper also observes that courts have traditionally shown a willingness to define markets fairly narrowly. Office Depot and Staples, for instance, have been ruled to occupy a unique market segment—the office supply superstore—even though there are many merchants competing to sell each of the various programs those stores bundle together in one place. Similarly, they have found that in evaluating a proposed buyout of Dr. Pepper by Coke, they determined that the market for soda, not the market for beverages, was the relevant competitive environment.
At the heart of merger opponents' arguments is a study they say shows satellite and terrestrial radio are not close substitutes for each other, because satellite consumers do not appear to listen to less AM/FM radio. Instead, says Cooper, "intensive listeners of music have added satellite on top of their terrestrial radio listening."
But there are a few caveats here. First, the study in question finds that satellite listeners do not listen less than other consumers, as opposed to less than before they subscribed to satellite. If they are more "intensive" consumers, it's possible they listened still more previously. More importantly, according to Public Knowledge head Gigi Sohn, "the fact that people are not leaving terrestrial radio for satellite radio indicates that people are pretty happy with broadcast radio and would leave satellite in a heartbeat if the price went too high."
Should terrestrial radio have a say?
That satellite listeners continue to tune their AM/FM dials may depend on the fact that terrestrial radio is, after all, free. And if satellite does not compete with terrestrial broadcast, as many have observed, it remains a bit mysterious why precisely the National Association of Broadcasters is so heavily invested in blocking the merger. Indeed, as Consumers Union's Murray observes, XM and Sirius appear to have turned NAB's opposition to its advantage, via a bit of public relations jujitsu he describes as their "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" strategy.
In fact, like Walt Whitman, it would appear that the terrestrial broadcasters "contain multitudes" when it comes to defining their market: When arguing that they are entitled to relief from local ownership limits, they argue that they do compete in a broad market with other media like satellite. And this, perhaps, is a big part of opponents' concern: The precedent that would be set by a broader definition of the audio market. The Washington Post's Steven Pealstein argues approval of the satellite merger would "send the wrong signal" to broadcasters. And the consumer groups' brief raises the concern explicitly:
A satellite radio merger to monopoly will perform a similar bellwether function. If the agencies with oversight adopt a loose definition of products and markets and allow a merger to monopoly on the basis of intermodal competition, then a tsunami of mergers could ripple through the digital space at the worst possible moment.
For now, though, the only signal regulators appear to be sending is: Wait.


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> Notice how I didn't title this article, "Buster Posey wins the Hank Aaron Award."
The Hank Aaron Award is defined as "the most outstanding offensive performer in each league." In the American League, the award went to Miguel Cabrera, and rightfully so. In the National League, it should have definitely gone to Ryan Braun, right?
Nope. As he probably will with the NL MVP, Posey somehow won this award. But it's a different case for this award than the MVP.
If Posey wins the MVP award, I won't be as mad because Posey's Giants contended all year (and won the NL West), while Braun's Brewers could only muster up a hot streak during the final weeks of the season, and only came as close to the playoffs as two games behind the second Wild Card spot. That's just the way the MVP voting works, and we've all become used to it.
But the Hank Aaron Award should be- and, as shown by the winners in recent years, is– different than the MVP award. It doesn't matter whether or not the winner's team contended- after all, Matt Kemp won it last year.
Overall, Posey definitely did not have a better offensive year than Braun, and there really isn't a legitimate argument for it. The only major offensive category that Posey had Braun beaten in was batting average- Posey won the batting title (.336) and Braun came in third in the race (.319). Other than that, though, Braun had him beat by plenty in many other stats. Braun had nearly 20 more home runs than Posey (41 to 24), had more RBIs (112 to 103), more hits (191 to 178), and a higher slugging percentage (.595 to .549).
I don't know about you, but looking at those stats, there's a clear-cut winner of this award- and it isn't Posey.
Perhaps it's the "roid factor," something we may have to live with for the rest of Braun's career. I didn't think it would come into play for an award like this, but I suppose it's going to affect Braun's chances at every award for as long as he plays.
> The Giants now have a stranglehold over the Tigers in the World Series, taking a 3-0 lead with their 2-0 win tonight. Ryan Vogelsong continued his postseason dominance with 5 2/3 innings of shutout baseball, and the only two runs he needed were on RBI hits from Gregor Blanco and Brandon Crawford in the second inning.
That two-run second inning was the only flaw in a stellar outing from Anibal Sanchez, who went seven innings while striking out eight.
> Following the play in which Doug Fister got hit in the side of the head with a line drive the other night, MLB is now seriously considering a helmet-type guard for pitchers. This was probably already being talked about after the Brandon McCarthy scare in September, but this fiasco likely accelerated the talks.
Anyway, the helmets wouldn't reach the big leagues right away. If they do come into play, they would first be tested in the minors.
> Minor moves:
Blue Jays: Outrighted Tyson Brummett to Triple-A.
> Oh, FOX…
> Cabrera was literally given a crown for winning the first Triple Crown since 1967.


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October 24, 2013
Walden, NY
Our dear friend, mother, sister, and wife, Nonnie, left us unexpectedly on Thursday night, October 24, 2013. She was a strong, passionate, and amazing woman. At age 58, Nonnie left us far too soon. Her love for life inspired so many.
Born and raised in Walden, she spent most of her life on her family's property, which she loved so dearly. Nonnie attended Wheelock College and graduated from Boston University and SUNY New Paltz. She was a devoted teacher, giving over 30 years to The Pine Bush Central School District where she touched the lives of so many students. Creating readers in her classroom through her affectionate ways of teaching was very important to her.
Nonnie's true loves were her family, laughing with her friends, being in her garden, playing the piano, and working hard at whatever she did. An animated storyteller, Nonnie deeply enjoyed making others laugh. She grew up spending summers at YMCA Camp Robbins and Mohonk and more recently many happy summers boogie-boarding on Cape Cod. She loved the outdoors, from riding horses to skiing to canoeing on her pond. Myrtle grows throughout New England thanks to her creative enterprise. During her recent retirement, Nonnie has re-tapped into artistic talents with watercolor and had begun to travel overseas. She was a supportive mother and wife.
Nonnie is survived by her loving husband, Dan Houghton; two adoring daughters, Martha and Elizabeth; her mother, Charlotte Hoyt; brothers: Peter, Rich and Mark Hoyt; nieces and nephews and so many loving friends. She is predeceased by her father, Honorable Judge Clare J. Hoyt.
Loving friends and family surrounded her always, leaving a network of friends as a legacy of love and support. She was the glue for us all. Nonnie lived big. She was larger than life.
In lieu of any contributions please plant flowers and enjoy them in her memory.
Memorial visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29th at Millspaugh Funeral Home, 22 Bank St. Walden, NY.
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For Christmas, Linda's dad Tony gave his brother Buddy a copy of Third Winter of War: Buchenwald, my book about my dad, and Uncle Buddy wanted to tell me about it.
The letter means a lot to me, and you'll see why when you read it..
Here's his letter:
Dear John,
I read the poems you wrote. I found them very moving. I'm no whiz kid about understanding every line you wrote but I could feel the sadness, the hurt, and the agony in your poems. I hope when people read these poems they will realize how these people in the camps suffered and how they were tortured.
I guess I feel it more because I saw it. It took me 50 years to talk about it. I still think about it, and my nightmares that come and go.
The camp we took back in April 4, 1945 was a sub-station to Buchenwald. It was called Ohrdruf.
Be well, our love to you and Linda and Lillian
Uncle Buddy
PS. Don't ever stop writing.
That was the letter, and as I said, it means a lot to me.
I knew Buddy had helped liberate the concentration camp at Ohrdruf. A couple years ago a video came out called Nightmare's End: The Liberation of the Camps. It's a powerful documentary about the soldiers who freed the camps.
When I was still teaching, I would sometimes show this film in my American Lit class when we were talking about the literature of the World War II period. The response would pretty much be the same every time I showed it. I would roll the video tape and turn off the lights. The film would come on. First, there would be silence. Then there would be weeping. At the end of the film, I wouldn't turn the lights back on right away because I knew that students wanted some time alone with their thoughts and emotions.
I saw this documentary maybe a dozen time, and it always moved me. And what always moved me most was watching Uncle Buddy and listening to him.
In the documentary, he's being interviewed by a person who's off camera. All we see is Uncle Buddy, and he just starts talking about going into the camp, and what you realize immediately is that his memories of that day he came to Ohrdruf, April 4, 1945, are as new and intense as they were then. He was in his late teens when he came upon the camp, and in the video he's in his late 70s. Fifty years have gone by and the memories are still new, still intense. What he saw will never leave him. It will always be there.
He can barely talk about what he remembers seeing, but he forces himself to go on and what he says about the prisoners in that concentration camp is simple and human and profound: "They were just people."
Thanks, Uncle Buddy.


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By Susan Arthur, KF8 Nicaragua
Doña Cony is quite the savvy business women.
She lives in Batahola Norte, a neighborhood in Managua, Nicaragua, the second poorest country in Latin America after Haiti, according to the World Bank.
She sells her own homemade ice cream, rents rooms in her house to visitors who come to Nicaragua to volunteer, teach or study and cooks them delicious meals served at the family's dining room table. On weekends she runs a catering business for neighbors celebrating special occasions, including weddings and quinceañeras or coming-of-age parties when girls turn 15.
In a large plastic bowl in her outdoor kitchen in the back courtyard, Doña Cony stirs the ingredients for ice cream – milk, fruit, sugar, cinnamon and rum – and pours the cool mixture into individual-sized plastic bags which she freezes overnight in her refrigerator.
All day long in the 90 degree muggy heat, school children, mothers with babies on their hips and sweaty young men who play basketball and soccer in the park across the street come to her front gate and ask, "¿Hay helado?" — "Is there ice cream?" She usually offers only two flavors a day and sells them to customers who bite off a corner and slurp down flavors bursting with coconut, mango, guayabana, ciruela (prune), pitaya, pineapple or mamón (from the lychee family).
Two weeks ago when the cost of milk jumped, Doña Cony raised the price of her ice creams from 3 cordobas (15 cents) to 4 cordoboas (20 cents). When she told her customers about the price increase most customers did not have the extra cordoba to spend but Doña Cony told them to pay her back next time.
A year ago she used to sell 500 ice cream bags in three days but now sells only 50 in the same time period. In Nicaragua, according to The FINANCIAL 2009, food price inflation rose from 11% annually in January 2006 to 34% annually in August 2008. The impact of these price increases clearly has a disproportionate impact on Nicaragua's poor as a larger percentage of their income is devoted to food costs.
Doña Cony's dream, as announced in the first episode of "As the Microfinance Mundo Turns" is to open her own restaurant or fritanga as they are called in Nicaragua. There is no fritanga in her immediate neighborhood.
Will Doña Cony seek credit from one of Kiva's field partners in Nicaragua? Perhaps CEPRODEL? Will she qualify? What does she have to do to get a loan? Stay tuned for upcoming episodes of "As the Microfinance Mundo Turns."
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"La conversación es el pasto del alma."
Conversation is food for the soul.
(Mexican Dicho, Barefoot Heart, Chapter 5)
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Mod Mom Furniture
34 comments:
- Claire Kiefer said...
Those really are SO cute. I wish I could buy them for all of my friends with kids.
- April 14, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- this free bird said...
you had me at orange bird...these pieces are cool!
- April 14, 2011 at 3:34 PM
- Unknown said...
So so so so so cute! I will share this with all of my mommy friends and family!
- April 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM
- Kelly Frances Dunn said...
Haven't seen those before! What a hoot!! XO, Kelly
- April 14, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- stylenuggets said...
I love that such a simple design looks so good
- April 14, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- Sem Nome said...
Hi, sweet Friend!!! I am sorry for my absence! My work has taken all my time, sorry dear friend!
I love this post today (I always do!!:o)!!! These eco ideas are always welcome!
How are you, dear friend? Is it still cold there? Well, it is hot today around here. Air conditiner on...ice cream for dessert! I hope fall comes fast and stay looong!!!
Much love to you!!!
- April 14, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- Diana said...
These are so adorable! I love the owl! Going to check out the video! Its almost the weekend, hope you have a lovely one dear!
- April 14, 2011 at 6:05 PM
- Diana said...
PS...never knew about that show Shark Tank...pretty cool idea. Love that she built them and taught herself how to use those tools! :) Amazing!
- April 14, 2011 at 6:14 PM
- hi-d said...
Those boxes are adorable. So clever.
p.s. I came by way of ExPresso's Blog. I noticed a comment that you made. :)
- April 14, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Barbara von Enger said...
Ah, I adore the first toy box - the splash of colour on it is so refreshing, too;-)
- April 14, 2011 at 10:52 PM
- Signe said...
These are so cute!
And I don't have twitter, but maybe I should make an account one of these days :)
Hugs and a happy weekend to you!
- April 14, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- Unknown said...
OMG the owl box is so cute - maybe I can adopt the idea and revamp a simple one for my babygirl..
- April 15, 2011 at 2:15 AM
- Zoe said...
Those are just amazing, the flower one would be gorgeous in my little girls room... they are all super super pretty.
Zoe x
- April 15, 2011 at 2:29 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Hello Miss Poppy and Sunshine!! WOW these are so cute and good for our environment! These will be classics with their 60s colors and look! How nice of GIGI to hook us up; I came by yesterday I believe and LOVED YOUR BLOG TOO! Thanks for the birthday wishes; the older I get, the better it gets. Life is Beautiful!!!!! Anita
- April 15, 2011 at 3:11 AM
- Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...
Oh these are adorable. I watch that show but I must have missed that episode.
- April 15, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Amanda said...
oh these are the cutest things ever! i love them. i really like the one with the owl! :) i hope your having a happy friday!!!!! xo
- April 15, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Something Old, Something New said...
I'm loving these boxes! They're just so cute.
- April 15, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Happy Friday Poppie Girl!!!!
Hope your day is going great!
I love the mod look, and wow, these are so cute!
I'm sure you've seen the new Martha(with the silk poppies) how perfect for you! I want to try to make them! You know I first followed you because of your name, Love Poppies :)
(just thought I would share that with ya, he he)
Love ya
gi gi
- April 15, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Rosie said...
Good Morning my friend!
Having been a mom, living in a small space, I am a lover of funky, practical toy storage. These are CrAzY cute! My favorite is the owl :)
I don't use twitter, only because I have NO time these days...but I did pop over to see what beauty your site would reveal and was not disappointed. Who wouldn't love a flock of birds gliding across the sky...delightful...just like you dearest :)...xoxox Rosie
- April 15, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
Oh wow they're just lovely!!! And eco-friendly too. Just fabulous!
Hope you have a great weekend, sweetie :)
- April 15, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- amy b.s. said...
oh! that owl is too cute. one more thing to add to my list. shoot!
- April 15, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Martina said...
Love these boxes - what a great idea! Pretty, practical, fun and eco-friendly - all good things combined in one!
- April 15, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- Gloria said...
This furniture is so cute and fun! Beautiful products that she is making here.
Thanks for sharing. I hope your weekend is full of happy sunshine views...:)
Sweet blessings to you,
- April 15, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Gorgeous Glam said...
How cute I love the owl one! Happy weekend! xo
- April 15, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- Unknown said...
These are so cute! What a great idea!
- April 15, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- OneCraftyFox said...
These are very cool!
- April 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- heather said...
ooh, i've seen these and do love them so! i mean, you can get someone a toy box or you can get someone a really cool toy box. love these so much!
- April 15, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- k said...
those are really cute..exactly perfect for toy boxes i think!
- April 16, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Life love, clutter and other beautiful things. said...
What beautiful boxes!!! thanks for sharing xox
- April 17, 2011 at 2:02 AM
- Cornflakes and Honey said...
Very cute! :-)
- April 17, 2011 at 5:09 PM
- shopgirl said...
I adore these! How awesome!
Hope you're well Shawna! Thanks for the comps on the night table.
- April 18, 2011 at 6:23 AM
- Diana Mieczan said...
Those are truly adorable:) I love them. Happy Monday, my dear
- April 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- DolceDreams said...
These are adorable! I heard about her, a perfect Etsy success story !
I need to watch the show, it sounds interesting :)
- April 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Marie said...
Perfect for a kid's room!:D
***** Marie *****
- April 20, 2011 at 9:32 AM


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Kate Robertson explains the rationale for the name change and what she hopes it will achieve.
- Why did you decide to change the name?
We know that the need for ourselves and our clients to be transparent, authentic and fast in every single aspect of marketing communications is business-critical - the name change simplifies our own communications, and Havas is a great name.
Clients increasingly want agency partners who understand both brand and digital, who can work seamlessly across media and creative and who do the hard work of integration for them rather than leaving it to be the clients' problem. The move to rebrand reflects our desire to reinforce the structural advantage and superior integration of Havas compared with the other big communication groups.
We have worked hard across the 13 Havas Worldwide companies in the UK to embed and build digital disciplines from within and to that extent have the most digitally integrated businesses. We're focusing on collaboration - by integrating creative, media and digital, we can offer our clients a combination of creative excellence, scale, agility and innovation.
- Why have you chosen the parent company name?
The choice to replace Euro RSCG with the parent company brand will automatically increase visibility and reinforce the Havas brand. Havas' model is integrated and agile and the structure is simple.
The name change marks an evolution in the entire strategy for Havas, which is now clearer and more differentiated. David Jones, the global chief executive, is keen for the existing "legacy" business to succeed but to also develop and drive new types of business and new business models - and these are KPIs for the whole top management worldwide. In addition to that, the agencies are continuing to build internal capacity for digital.
- What was wrong with the Euro RSCG branding?
There have been ongoing issues with the Euro RSCG London name since its inception - from the merging of Eurocom and RSCG. It never really evolved as a brand in the true sense of the word and it has poor awareness in comparison to Havas.
In 2004, a decision was taken that all the companies within the group had to bear the name Euro RSCG. Interestingly, in the case of Maitland and Conran, the very obvious strength of those names as brands left them untouched.
Over the past six years, the group has done a lot of "shape-shifting": some units have been merged where their disciplines aligned - eg. in 2007, Conran and CGI were merged; in 2010, Riley and Skybridge united under the name Euro RSCG People, Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster became part of Euro RSCG (the integrated ad agency) and KLP moved across to the Arnold network; and in 2011, Euro RSCG 4D and Euro RSCG Discovery were subsumed into EHS.
This constant evolution led to weak recognition in many cases and a verbal mess. This also led to a perceived lack of unity in the UK group - even when Campaign named Euro RSCG Agency Network of the Year, the name awareness of the network was low.
- Why are you doing it now?
Jones took over in March 2011. As the Havas chief executive, both Euro RSCG Worldwide and Havas Media came fully into his control: the names didn't have to be as they were and, all over the world, many of the chief executives, and certainly all the regional heads, were very keen to have the strength of the Havas brand brought to bear.
Businesses across our agencies have been performing very well and have great momentum, and this change will further accelerate their growth under a strong unified parent brand.
- What will the 'new' Havas comprise?
The group will now consist of two main brands: Havas Media, which includes all global media agencies, and Havas Creative, which includes the Havas Worldwide network and the Arnold Worldwide micro-network and all other communications agencies.
As of today, all Euro RSCG agencies are renamed Havas Worldwide (including the Euro RSCG, Euro RSCG Life, Euro RSCG 4D and Euro RSCG WW PR brands).
The rebranding also includes the creation of Havas Digital Group, a new umbrella brand that will operate across both media and creative. Havas Digital Group will purely be a brand name as opposed to a new network or new operational division and reflects Havas' continued commitment to its digital at the core model. The Havas Media brand remains unchanged and will reveal a new visual identity at the beginning of 2013.
- What do you hope to achieve?
Greater alignment, greater efficiency, a simplified structure for our clients, greater integration and a far higher level of brand visibility for Havas as one of the world's leading marketing services groups.
- What else does the name change involve?
The rebrand will not create any changes in leadership but six chief executives across the Havas Worldwide UK Group will form the new board of Havas Worldwide UK.
Kate Robertson is the UK group chairman of Havas Worldwide London.


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Fellowship with God
'That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.' 1 John 1:3
Suggested Further Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:11–6:1
That which is the Father's employment is our employment. I speak not of you all; he knows whom he has chosen. We cannot join with the Father in upholding all worlds, we cannot send forth floods of light at the rising of the sun, we cannot feed the cattle on a thousand hills, nor can we give food and life to all creatures that have breath. But there is something which we can do which he does. He does good to all his creatures, and we can do good also. He bears witness to his Son Jesus, and we can bear witness too. The 'Father worketh hitherto' that his Son may be glorified, and we work too. O Eternal Worker! it is his to save souls, and we are co-workers with him. You are his husbandry, you are his building; he scatters the seed of truth, we scatter it too; his words speak comfort, and our words comfort the weary too, when God the Spirit is with us. We hope we can say, 'For me to live is Christ;' and is this not what God lives for too? We desire nothing so much as to glorify him, and this is the Father's will, as well as Jesus Christ's prayer, 'Glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee.' Do you not see, brethren, that we stand on the same platform with the eternal God? When we lift our hand, he lifts up his eternal arm; when we speak, he speaks too, and speaks the same thing; when we purpose Christ's glory, he purposes that glory too; when we long to bring home the wandering sheep, and to recall the prodigal sons, he longs to do the same. So that in that respect we can say, 'Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.'
For meditation: The essential first step in doing the work of God is to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 6:28–29). Faith in him is not only the route to salvation, but also an appointment as God's fellow-worker (John 14:12; 2 Corinthians 6:1). Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12), and so are his followers (Matthew 5:14).
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15 September (1861)365 Days with C.H. Spurgeon, Vol. 2: A Unique Collection of 365 Daily Readings from Sermons Preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from His Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit (365 Days With Series); edited by Terence Peter Crosby; (c) Day One Publications, 2002.


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NASA launches rockets from Virginia to study upper level jet stream
ATLANTIC, Va. -- After several delays, NASA has launched five rockets from Virginia that are part of a study of the upper level jet stream.
The rockets began blasting off just before 5 a.m. Tuesday from NASA's space center on Wallops Island. Bad weather had postponed other planned launches last week.
The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) will help scientists understand the jet stream, which is located 60 to 65 miles above Earth's surface.
After launching, the rockets released a chemical tracer to form white clouds that allowed scientists and the public to visualize the winds.
A NASA news release says the launches and clouds were reportedly seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; west to Charlestown, W.Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y.


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Killarney View Cabins and Caravan Park is set on five acres of land with spectacular views of Killarney and the surrounding mountains. Killarney View has seven modern fully self-contained Cabins catering for couples and families; these are situated at the front of the park with great views. They have also added a spacious two bedroom Cottage and a new pet friendly cabin complete with a fenced yard. The park is within walking distance to the Killarney township, only 10 kilometres to the spectacular Queen Mary Falls and less than an hour's drive to the award winning Granite Belt wineries.
The park has a great flat grassed camping area with open fire places. Recently added a family bathroom, the camp kitchen has a great ambience with a new wood burner stove for those colder nights; there is also a gas barbecue, pizza oven, microwave oven and refrigerator. Good mobile phone and television reception and a dump point. Killarney View welcomes dogs by prior arrangement.
Two bedroom cottage offers space and luxury ideal for families or friend travelling together, two king size bedrooms with either king beds or singles, queen sleeper sofa, and two single day beds means this cottage can sleep up to six people, all linen supplied, spacious bathroom, full kitchen with dishwasher and full size fridge, two flat screen televisions/DVD. Large deck with carport and Weber barbecue.
These lovely cabins all have a deck with outdoor furniture where you can take in the wonderful views of the country side and mountains.
Cabin Four has two separate bedrooms one with a queen bed the other has a double bed makes this an ideal cabin for two singles or two couples.
Cabin Five has a queen bed in main room and a set of bunks in the second bedroom with room for a foldaway bed as well, makes this an ideal cabin for a family.
They both have a separate bathroom. The interior is tastefully decorated, with a full kitchen including gas stove, microwave, full size refrigerator, flat screen television and DVD player. All linen is supplied.
This Budget cabin is great for travellers that want to bring their pets away with them, separate bedroom with en suite, kitchenette, sofa bed, television/DVD, all linen supplied.
Two bedroom cabin ideal for families or larger groups. There is a queen bed, set of bunks and roll away bed.
The non powered sites are situated in a large grassed camping area plenty of trees for shade, and camp fires.
This lovely cabin is ideal for those travelling with pets as it has a fenced yard, a deck with outdoor furniture where you can take in the wonderful views of the country side and mountains, a separate main bedroom. The interior is tastefully decorated with a full kitchen, microwave, full size refrigerator, flat screen television and DVD player. All linen is supplied. also has a sofa bed.
Large sites with slabs, shady sites available plenty of room to accommodate large vehicles, good television reception, dogs welcome. Great camp kitchen with free barbecue and pizza oven, camp fires allowed.
These lovely modern cabins are situated at the front of the park to take in the great vista of the surrounding farmland and mountains, fully self-contained with full kitchen, reverse cycle air conditioners, lovely deck complete with outdoor furniture. Just great for a romantic getaway.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Last night on Real Housewives of Miami, the battle lines were drawn as the women divided into three groups: The Nasty Nicies, The Above The Dramas, and The Something To Proves. I'll let you do the sorting over who goes where since it doesn't require very much brain power.
Things begin with a heart-to-heart on the beach between Romain Zago and Joanna Krupa. Could it get anymore romance movie than that? Two attractive people, strolling side-by-side, the tension is palpable, Romain is concerned: is Joanna drinking too much? She's embarrassed them both and he has no idea what's wrong with her! Joanna is mildly defensive, but mostly empathetic. Oh – and she so doesn't have a drinking problem!
Then Adriana de Moura comes on to the scene. Romain decides this is the perfect moment to tell Joanna that Adriana was throwing herself at him. Joanna is aghast. How unclassy. And she would know; she's read Class With The Countess cover to cover at least five times. Joanna sniffs that Romain can have Adriana – plenty of other men will take her. Romain is like 'Oh yeah? I mean you used to be an escort, oh, I mean allegedly! And you're out-of-control when you're drunk. And you've got Marta always around. Me on the other hand… "catch" is my middle name.'


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Poignant Oklahoma Tornado 'Hope Song' Comes From Survivor Christian Musician Alton Eugene Buggs II
A young Christian musician and student from Oklahoma City, Alton Eugene Buggs II, 24, has been getting a lot of buzz for an inspirational musical tribute called the "Hope Song" that he created for survivors of the deadly twister that ravaged the city on Monday.
The video, which "screams the heartbeat of hope," was published on YouTube on Monday, and also came with an encouraging description of its purpose.
"An Inspirational Tribute to Oklahomans in light of the Tornado that hit S.W. Oklahoma City/Moore on May 20, 2013," the message began.
"I pray that this song encourages hearts, lifts spirits, and brings hope to all affected in the devastation of that day. Remember when everything else has failed, Faith, Hope, & Love will remain with the greatest of these being Love… May we look to Jesus and each other in the days ahead. #WeWillSurvive!" it ended.
Since Monday it has already been viewed more than 10,000 times, and most who have listened to the poignant lyrics of the song had high praises for the inspiring content.
In the song, Buggs croons:
We had no say, in who would go and who'd stay
And we did not choose, what we would lose
And we did not see, what would come to be
Now we face this mountain ahead
But my faith still believes
That we will rise again, and we will build again
Though our hearts might be heavy and thing's so unsteady
No we will not go down, round the world hear the sound
Of the heartbeat of hope as it screams loud
That we will survive, we will survive
Yes we will live, though we cry, we will survive
"I heard it on the radio this morning and thought it was great! I found it so my kids could hear it! Great job! You might have just found a new job!!!" wrote Raven Carter in response to the song on YouTube on Thursday.
"Wow Alton this is awesome and so inspirational. God bless you please do a video for this. With your talented self you did this!!!!" added Maresha Jackson.
According to a biography for Buggs on reverbnation.com, he is a student at The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma studying Music Production. He hopes to "produce music that releases a generation into their destiny, to be a voice through music for and between Christ and man, and to see the Glory of God revealed!"


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Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera hārāth dā lä frōntā´rä [key], city (1990 pop. 186,812), Cádiz prov., SW Spain, in Andalusia. Jerez is an important commercial center noted for its sherry and brandy. Its horses of mixed Spanish, Arab, and English blood are world famous. Captured by the Moors in 711, the city was recovered by Alfonso X of Castile in 1264. Of interest are its Gothic churches and an 11th-century Arab alcazar.
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More than 2,500 12th-graders who did not pass the MCAS science section were denied diplomas last month at high schools across Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about the fairness of the graduation requirement and the quality of science instruction.
The students represent 3.7 percent of this year's graduating classes, according to data released by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at the Globe's request.
The results were particularly crushing for the 731 students who passed the English and math MCAS exams, which have been graduation requirements for nearly a decade, but did not pass the science portion, which became a requirement last year. That number grew by nearly 200 students from last year, even though this year's graduating classes were slightly smaller.
For many, the science requirement - passing the chemistry, biology, physics, or technology/engineering test - represents a seemingly insurmountable hurdle at the end of a strenuous obstacle course. While students are allowed to retake the test, a failure to pass by the end of high school prevents them from sharing in the graduation celebrations with classmates and moving on to college.
"They wouldn't even let me walk across the stage,'' said D'Andrea Young of Dorchester, who would have been a member of the last graduating class from Social Justice Academy if she had not failed the science portion by 2 points. "I was really mad.''
Young faced considerable odds getting through her senior year. She gave birth to a daughter last November, then managed to juggle her new life as a mother while still doing well enough to pass her required courses for graduation.
Now, her plans to attend Bay State College in the fall are in jeopardy, where she hoped to prepare for a career as a probation or police officer.
Overall, 95.1 percent of 12th-graders in Massachusetts passed the English, math, and science exams in time for this year's graduation, down from 95.4 percent the previous year.
Mitchell Chester, the state commissioner of elementary and secondary education, said he was concerned about students who did not pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams in time for graduation.
But he defended the requirement. "We have an obligation to educate students well, and we have an obligation to send them into the world with skills and knowledge that will prepare them for opportunities after high school,'' Chester said.
The failure rates, he said, might be a reflection of sub par science instruction in some high schools. Many school districts struggle to find qualified science teachers or are hamstrung by ancient science labs and other inadequate resources.
To assist districts, Chester said, the state is ramping up standards and instruction for science to better reflect advances in the fields.
The new science requirement is intended to better prepare students for careers in the booming fields of health and science and help them navigate a world more reliant on technology.
But some local leaders, such as Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford, say the MCAS requirement goes too far. Some students, they say, simply are not adept at the sciences or at taking standardized tests.
Lang believes the state should offer two diplomas: one for students who meet local graduation requirements and another for those who pass MCAS. In New Bedford, the percentage of students who failed only the science portion of MCAS jumped to 6.7 percent, from 3.2 percent last year.
"It's a needless hurdle that causes tremendous personal and societal hardship and pain,'' forcing many students to reluctantly become high school dropouts because their graduation plans were dashed at the last minute, Lang said.
Students take MCAS English and math exams in 10th grade, while many have the option to start taking the science exam in the ninth grade.
Yet meeting the science requirement still dogs many students well beyond what should have been their graduation day. Statewide, of the 533 students who did not receive diplomas in June 2010 because they failed only the science exam, 66 of them have subsequently passed the test, according to the state data.
Keeping students motivated is a tough but critical task, said Neil Sullivan, executive director of the Boston Private Industry Council, a public-private partnership of the city of Boston, higher education, and the business community.
"There is little economic future for men and women without a high school diploma,'' said Sullivan. "The unemployment rates for high school dropouts is horrific.''
When the state made passing the English and math exams a graduation requirement for the class of 2003, the Private Industry Council formed a partnership with the Boston public schools to create a summer program to help students pass the exams while also giving them internships.
In Boston, students who failed only the science MCAS exams this year rose to 3.2 percent, from 2.4 percent last year, according to state data.
As part of the "Classroom at the Workplace,'' Dashawn Taylor of Roxbury spends an hour every morning taking a biology class on the 17th floor of the John Hancock Tower and then heads to an internship at the State Street Financial Center, where the 18-year-old does data entry.
Taylor missed passing the biology exam by 3 points, keeping him from graduating from Monument High School, he said.
"It's not fair at all,'' Taylor said. "Everybody is not good with standardized testing. But I'm going to do whatever it takes to pass it.''
Neysi Amaya of Dorchester attends a similar class offered by the program at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, where one of her classmates is D'Andrea Young. Amaya also failed the science exam, but she was at least able to take part in the graduation at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, where she received a certificate in culinary arts.
"I actually didn't want to go to graduation,'' said Amaya, "but I had family members and loved ones pushing me to go. I was happy at the end of the day that I was there with everyone else, even though I didn't get my diploma.''
The three students are taking the biology course this summer as they await results of a retest they took last month. Each hopes the results will be good. Otherwise, they will have to wait until the state offers another retesting next February and another round of tutoring.
"I don't feel like going back to my high school,'' said Amaya, who dreams of opening a restaurant that serves Honduran- and Jamaican-inspired cuisine. "I really want to get over that MCAS and go into the real world and see what it brings me.''


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A Guide to the Fiesta San Antonio Collection, 1897-2007
Historical Note
Fiesta San Antonio had its origins in an 1891 celebration staged to commemorate the events of the Texas Revolution, particularly the Battle of San Jacinto. The first event consisted of a parade and flower battle, which became the annual Battle of Flowers parade.
A number of organizations formed over time to manage portions of the event, including the Battle of Flowers Association, which oversees the parade; the Order of the Alamo, which selects and stages the coronation of Fiesta royalty; and the Texas Cavaliers, which selects a Fiesta King and stages the River Parade. Numerous other organizations such as the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Antonio Conservation Society, and the League of United Latin American Citizens also participate.
The Fiesta San Jacinto Association was formed 1913 to coordinate the various activities. Dissension within that organization led to a reorganization in 1959, when the Fiesta San Antonio Commission became the new umbrella entity.
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Scope and Content Note
The Fiesta San Antonio Collection is an artificial collection created by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library to gather together original material associated with the annual San Antonio, Texas, event. The collection consists primarily of printed ephemera and artifacts associated with specific Fiesta San Antonio events, including invitations, programs, tickets, newspapers, and clippings.
The collection is arranged by document type. The most extensive items are invitations and programs. Invitations include oversize items issued by the Fiesta San Jacinto Association and, later, the Fiesta San Antonio Commission. These are illustrated and usually include an essay on the Battle of the Alamo or the history of Fiesta. Other invitations are associated with some of the organizations that sponsor Fiesta events, including the Battle of Flowers Association, Order of the Alamo, and Texas Cavaliers.
Programs include small brochures containing a list of events and souvenir programs for the entire celebration. Items associated with the various organizations are also found here and include a number of programs and souvenir programs for the coronation of Fiesta royalty, organized by the Order of the Alamo.
Artifacts produced by the participating organizations and as general mementoes include badges, medals, ribbons, and fans.
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Access Restrictions
No restrictions. The collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Please be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel.
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Related Material
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fiesta San Antonio Collection, 1897-2007, DRT 3, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.
Acquisition Information
Materials were donated by various individuals and gathered by staff at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library. This is an artificial collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Warren Stricker, 1997 April.
Finding aid edited and encoded by Caitlin Donnelly, 2010 November.
Further accruals are expected.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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