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Native American flute
Main article: Native American flute
The Native American flute has achieved some measure of fame for its distinctive sound, used in a variety of New Age and world music recordings. The instruments origins are unknown, but the theory that it was developed by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples based of Mesoamerican designs is the most common solution. Its music was used in courtship, healing, meditation and spiritual rituals.
The late 1960s saw a roots revival centered around the flute, with a new wave of flutists and artisans like Doc Nevaquaya and Carl Running Deer. Of special importance is R. Carlos Nakai (Changes, 1983), who has achieved some mainstream renown for his mixture of the flute with New Age and ambient sounds.
The Native American flute is the only flute in the world constructed with two air chambers - there is a wall inside the flute between the top (slow) air chamber and the bottom chamber which has the whistle and finger holes. The top chamber also serves as a secondary resonator, which gives the flute its distinctive sound. There is a hole at the bottom of the "slow" air chamber and a (generally) square hole at the top of the playing chamber. A block (or "bird") with a spacer is tied on top of the flute to form a thin, flat airstream for the whistle hole (or "window"). Some more modern flutes use an undercut either in the block or the flute to eliminate the need for a spacer.
The "traditional" Native American flute was constructed using measurements based on the body - the length of the flute would be the distance from armpit to wrist, the length of the top air chamber would be one fist-width, the distance from the whistle to the first hole also a fist-width, the distance between holes would be one thumb-width, and the distance from the last hole to the end would generally be one fist-width.
Modern Native American flutes are generally tuned to a variation of the minor pentatonic scale (such as you would get playing the black keys on a piano), which gives the instrument its distinctive plaintive sound. Recently some makers have begun experimenting with different scales, giving players new melodic options. Also, modern flutes are generally tuned in concert keys (such as A or D) so that they can be easily played with other instruments. The root keys of modern Native American flutes span a range of about three and a half octaves, from C2 to A5.
Native American flutes most commonly have either 5 or 6 holes, but instruments can have anything from no holes to seven (including a thumb hole). Various makers employ different scales and fingerings for their flutes.
Some modern Native American flutes are called "drone" flutes, and are two (or more) flutes built together. Generally, the drone chamber plays a fixed note which the other flute can play against in harmony.


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Republican Congressman Joe Walsh got into a shouting match with CNN host Ashleigh Banfield this afternoon as Walsh doubled down on controversial comments he made about his Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth.
Walsh, who is facing a tough election after Illinois' redistricting, has come under fire this week for saying that Duckworth, a former Blackhawk helicopter pilot and double-amputee war veteran, is not a "true hero" because she has made her military experience central to her campaign.
Asked today if he regrets his comments, Walsh vigorously shook his head, and said, "Oh, God no...I'm not going to back down from anything."
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A place is home when you make it yours
Yo siempre me había imaginado al Paraíso como una especie de biblioteca.
– Jorge Luis Borges
Several months ago, I lost my second home. My favorite bookstore, Borders, was closed down to poor sales. Funny, I thought my little family and I had done our part to keep the place running; we spent almost hundreds there on a monthly basis. Either folks didn't read enough, or another chain was too big to compete with, and my favorite bookstore shut down forever.
That store was our Friday night hang-out. It was where I read and purchased the bulk of my teacher resources and satisfied my ever-growing desire for Hispanic literature. I discovered Indian authors there, and soon began my exploration of writings from other cultures. We discovered all sorts of new music at that store, and spent many contented evenings at the little tables, sipping coffee. My husband was fond of the place as well, as he was always able to satisfy his ever-evolving interests there.
We practically raised our son at this store. In fact, during my pregnancy, I retreated to the bookstore to pore over childbirth and baby-name books, sipping on slushy frozen coffee. When my boy was born, we took his little infant self to the store every week, in a carriage stocked with baby paraphernalia, and spent hours there, while he slept. The bottom of the carriage was ideal for carrying our purchases, which included baby board books, mothering magazines, and more glimpses of the world for me to read.
As our boy grew, so too did his love for books. At one and two, he immediately recognized the place and used his baby words to say he wanted to go to the children's section. One of my most treasured memories is that of my husband, tall and husky, sitting on the carpeted steps, holding our son in his lap, reading to him, the baby pointing his little finger at the pictures. As he got older, the little guy would calmly sit in his stroller browsing through books he had selected.
Around the age of four or so, my son discovered super heroes, and so ventured to another section of the store. The books there were bigger, and heavier! We have a photo of him, sitting on a small step stool in the comics section, holding a rather large Marvel Comics History book. The intensity and interest in his face remain priceless. My son grew and changed; so too did his taste in books, from reptiles to cowboys, knights and castles to sports, Matt Christopher to Harry Potter. As soon as Friday rolled around, he would ask, "Can we go to the bookstore tonight?"
I took the closing of this treasured place very, very hard. On our last night there, we purchased at a huge discount what would be our last Borders books. My son, now 11, was intrigued by the stacks and stacks of books, toppling over, everything in disarray, folks grabbing and tossing, and the long lines. There was no more scent of coffee brewing, no subtle jazz music playing, and nowhere could you see a soul reading.
In the car, I fell apart. I cried as if someone had left me or died. My boys just sat silently as I sobbed. I stared back in the rear view mirror and lingered at the sight of the lit-up red letters and the large wooden doors as we drove away.
There are other Borders stores a few towns away, and of course Barnes & Noble sits just five minutes from here. But still. It'll never be the same.
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- Dree said...
So sorry you lost your favorite place!
There's something special about a bookstore. The smell, the people watching, the coffee... and of course, the books. I can never walk out with just one book. (I truly believe that books are my addiction.)
I wish I had a decent bookstore closer... seems like every time they open one, it closes within a few years. I guess people don't read. ¡Qué lástima!
- October 2, 2008 at 9:17 PM
- Mr. Magoo... said...
I think I understand how you feel. Borders is a very nice bookstore, even better than B&N. I don't have one here in my town, but I remember spending some time in one of those when I was living in another city. And it is a shame that a bookstore has to close, for whatever reason, but sadly, it may be for low sales. We need to try harder and make our kids better readers, and to show them the marvelous worlds they can discover through reading, this is how we can make a difference in today's world, full of technological isolation and selfishness.
Great story, as always...
Un abrazo.
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Brussels, 17 July 2012
Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Microsoft to investigate possible non-compliance with browser choice commitments
The European Commission has opened proceedings against Microsoft in order to investigate whether the company has failed to comply with its 2009 commitments to offer users a choice screen enabling them to easily choose their preferred web browser.
On the basis of information it has received, the Commission believes that Microsoft may have failed to roll out the choice screen with Windows 7 Service Pack 1, which was released in February 2011. This is despite the fact that, in December 2011, Microsoft indicated in its annual compliance report to the Commission that it was in compliance with its commitments. From February 2011 until today, millions of Windows users in the EU may have not seen the choice screen. Microsoft has recently acknowledged that the choice screen was not displayed during that period.
"We take compliance with our decisions very seriously. And I trusted the company's reports were accurate. But it seems that was not the case, so we have immediately taken action. If following our investigation, the infringement is confirmed, Microsoft should expect sanctions", said Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the Commission in charge of competition policy.
On 16 December 2009, the Commission made legally binding on Microsoft commitments offered by the US software company to address competition concerns the Commission had identified. These concerns related to the tying of Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer, to its dominant client PC operating system, Windows (see IP/09/1941). Specifically, Microsoft committed to make available for five years (i.e. until 2014) in the European Economic Area a "Choice Screen" enabling users of Windows to choose in an informed and unbiased manner which web browser(s) they wanted to install in addition to, or instead of, Microsoft's web browser. The choice screen was provided as of March 2010 to European Windows users who have Internet Explorer set as their default web browser.
The Commission will now investigate whether Microsoft has failed to comply with its commitments, in particular the commitment to provide a browser choice screen to Windows 7 users.
The opening of proceedings does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation; it only means that the Commission will treat the case as a matter of priority.
Background on the commitments decision
The December 2009 commitment decision followed a Statement of Objections sent to Microsoft in January 2009 (see MEMO/09/15) outlining the Commission's preliminary view that the company abused its dominant position in the market for client PC operating systems through the tying of Internet Explorer to Windows. The decision, adopted pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003 on the implementation of EU antitrust rules, did not conclude whether there was an abuse of a dominant position in the sense of Article 102 of the TFEU, but made the commitments legally binding on Microsoft.
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In 2004 the Commission adopted a decision requiring Microsoft to disclose complete and accurate interoperability information to developers of work group server operating systems (file, print and network servers) on reasonable terms so that they could interoperate with Microsoft's dominant PC operating system Windows. The decision also found that the tying of the Windows Media Player to the Windows operating system was an abuse of a dominant position. The Commission imposed a fine of EUR 497 million.
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Hartford - The 2012 General Assembly session may best be remembered as the year of education reform, death penalty repeal, medical marijuana and, of course, Sunday liquor sales.
But lawmakers took action - and inaction - on hundreds of other legislative proposals that affect residents and taxpayers. Some of these bills got the green light and now await the signature of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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Of the legislation with local ties, one prominent failure was the bill to authorize E-ZPass-style tolls on the future, second half of Route 11. Money collected from the tolls was to help finance the state's expected 20 percent share of the road project's costs, estimated at $843 million to $924 million.
The bill cleared the Senate this year but never came to a vote in the House - the opposite result of 2011, when it stalled out in the Senate.
Rep. Ed Jutila, D-East Lyme, a lead proponent, attributed this year's defeat to toll-adverse House Republicans who queued a whopping 35 proposed amendments to the bill. Carrying such a heavy load, debate on the bill could have stretched an entire afternoon and perhaps into the evening. So Democratic leadership never introduced it.
"It just became obvious that the Republicans were literally going to talk it to death, and there just wasn't any way to get them to compromise on floor time," Jutila said.
Another unsuccessful bill would have banned "look-alike firearms" from school grounds, including paintball and BB guns. It would also have made it illegal to remove or cover up the required red-orange tip on fake guns.
Rep. Diana Urban, D-North Stonington, introduced the bill in response to a close-call incident outside Stonington High School in December. A Stonington police officer responding to a call about a potential shooter on school grounds had to plead with a student making a video to drop his fake but realistic-looking gun.
Urban's bill expired in the legislature's public safety committee.
Committee co-chairman Rep. Stephen Dargan, D-West Haven, recalled how committee members had many unanswered technical questions, brought to their attention by sportsmen groups. For instance, would the legislation affect real guns that might appear fake, such as bright-pink handguns?
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Another bill, introduced by Rep. Elissa Wright, D-Groton, would have forced travel websites like Priceline and Expedia to stop pocketing the difference between the occupancy tax they charge customers for a room and the lower amount based on a room's wholesale price that gets passed on to the state. The websites contended that this money is their "service fee," but bricks-and-mortar hotels disagree.
Wright's bill never emerged from the finance committee. On Friday, she attributed the death to a reluctance by committee leaders to "reopen" the state's revenue package this year.
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• A bill that extends the sales tax exemption for winter boat storage by two months, and the use tax exemption for boat storage, maintenance and repair by one month. Both exemptions would now apply from Oct. 1 to May 31.
• A bill introduced by Wright that restricts the use of the insecticide methoprene, which has been linked to the decline of lobster populations.
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HONG KONG – Asian stocks extended their rally Tuesday after Wall Street surged on hopes the U.S. plan to rid banks of souring debts at the heart of the financial crisis will revive growth in the world's largest economy.
The gains were muted compared to those in the U.S., where leading benchmarks jumped around 7 percent or more, after Asian shares climbed ahead of Monday's announcement about the government's latest plan to solve the banking crisis. Financial firms across the region were strong, while a weaker yen buoyed Japanese exporters.
Investors worldwide appeared comforted after the Obama administration said it would aim to remove as much as $1 trillion in toxic securities and loans weighing down bank balance sheets — a key measure of the government's broader effort to restore consumer and company lending so crucial to economic activity.
A dose of better-than-expected news about the other big U.S. economic problem — the housing slump — added to upbeat mood. The report, showing a surprising increase in home sales, rekindle hopes that the hard-hit housing industry might finally be stabilizing.
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All of that said Hodir Hard Mode was harder then I expected. The general consensus from around the forums and the WoW community seems to be that Hodir is the easiest hard mode of the keepers at least. On top of that my 10man group had absolutely no trouble with him. So when we started our attempts last Thursday I was very optimistic.
I don't really like to write Moonkin Boss Guides because I think they are highly dependant on how your guild is dealing with the encounter. So what helped me might not be applicable to your situation. That said I think these tips are fairly universal.
1. Know your Buffs: The NPCs provide 3 buffs. Getting these buffs and stacking them in the right way is the key to winning this fight. They are:
Storm Power - Increases critical strike damage by 135% for 30 sec. - This is the most important buff a moonkin can get in this fight. It seems to behave a lot like the [Chaotic Skyflare Diamond]. So, instead of a simple 135% increase, its more like a 200+% increase to our crits. With all of the buffs combined my Starfires where criting for over 65k damage.
The tough part is getting the buff. The shaman will cast it on one player and that player will give the buff to 6 other near by players. I found it difficult to see who had it, and therefore hard to actively pursue the buff. Hopefully your Raid Leaders have DBM or Bigwiggs and those addons are putting a skull on the person with Storm Cloud. If you see a skull, run to it. The other suggestion is don't get separated from the group. More often then not I got the buff without seeing who game it to me. Staying near the group helps this.
Toasty Fire - This buff is the second most important and does a couple of things. First it allows you to apply Singed to the boss which will due additional damage and make him vulnerable to magic damage. As nice as that is, it is not the real benefit of this buff. It also prevents Biting Cold from stacking, this allows you to stand and nuke the boss with little or no movement necessary. As we all know, movement is a moonkin's enemy.
Starlight - Attack and casting speeds increased by 50%. - Having an additional 50% haste is awesome, but I think you can see why I rank it last. The 50% haste is only going to affect your Starfire casts because most moonkin will already have 400 haste. On top of that, the buff area is pretty small which might cause players to clump up and get targeted for Icicles.
2. Power Auras: I think this addon or one like it is essential for pushing maximum DPS for this fight. What it does is allow you to program an on-screen alert when you get a buff or debuff. This way I knew when I new for sure that I was standing in a Toasty Fire or Starlight. I also new exactly when I got Storm power so that I could pop consumables and such.
All in all a great mod. I already use it to track my 4T8 procs, and I can think of a few other bosses where it will be a big help.
3. Consumables: Normally I like to save my potion cooldown in case I need mana or health, but this is one of the few fights where I think a DPS pot is really helpful. Popping a Potion of Wild Magic at the right time can give you a big boost to your DPS. I tried to pop them when I had Eclipse and Storm Power. If I could get Starlight as well that is awesome.
Some of you may be wondering why Wild Magic instead of Potion of Speed. Hodir is such a movement heavy fight that it is easy to lose the benefit due to a cancelled cast. On top of that you may not benefit from it if you have Starlight. Wild Magic on the other hand is a little less risky and works very well Storm Power and the other buffs.
4. Watch Your Aggro: I learned this lesson the hard way. Early in one of our attempts all of the stars aligned for me. I found a Toasty Fire quickly, Starlight spawned near me, I got Storm Power, and SF Eclipse procced. I popped a Potion of Wild Magic and started shooting off 1 second Starfire Crits for 65k damage each.
Unfortunately, I as fairly close to the Boss and ripped aggro off the tank. We were only a minute into the fight and I was dead. Just remember to watch your aggro like a hawk when you start to get a lot of buffs.


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The Source Project and Open Source Collaboration: A work in progress
In August 2012, Adobe released its first open source typeface family, Source Sans Pro. We followed up a month later with its monospaced companion, Source Code Pro. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and elicited a terrific amount of feedback from the open source community and the type and design world. Paul D. Hunt, principal designer/developer for the Source Sans and Code types, and Miguel Sousa, a significant contributor to the project, spoke at TypeCon2013 in Portland last August about their experiences with the project. Below is some of what Paul and Miguel presented to this annual gathering of type makers and type users.
The Source project has been an interesting one for the Adobe Type team. Not only was Source Sans our first open source typeface, it has also led to us changing our development process and tools. But one of the most important aspects of the Source project was that it gave us a unique opportunity to engage with the type and open source communities.
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One of the best opportunities in Summit County. Ground level 2-bedroom condo with walk out patio is ready for you to make your own and is priced below the last sale in the complex! The complex backs to NFS with some of the best hiking, x county skiing and mountain biking in the area. Very well run HOA with a fantastic clubhouse offering an indoor pool, hot tub and game room.
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Finding a wall stud or ceiling joist: Wall studs are vertical wood beams generally located every 16 inches behind drywall. (A ceiling joist is like a wall stud but located, of course, in the ceiling.) A stud finder operates like a metal detector, beeping or flashing when it locates nails or screws in the wall studs. Other techniques for finding studs are to knock on the wall (hollow drywall sounds different than solid wood) or to note the placement of electrical outlets (they're installed in wall studs).
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Any recommendations for Criminal Justice Masters Degree programs? Good or bad? There seems to be a ton of schools offering them, but like anything else, I'm sure that the quality varies a bit. That, and the prices I have seen vary from just expensive, to holy crap expensive.A society that makes war against its police had better learn to make friends with criminals. - unknown
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I know people who have done theirs through University of Cincinnati and had good things to say. I think that falls more towards the holy crap expensive side of the spectrum.
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Thanks! I have been looking at the Sam Houston State U online program. It may not have the name recognition, but it appears much more affordable.A society that makes war against its police had better learn to make friends with criminals. - unknown
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I know and have known a lot of SHSU grads in ATF. I'm sure they would argue that it is excellent value.ret.
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TOKYO - Kei Nishikori's run to the semifinals of the U.S. Open was hailed as a "win for all of Japan" back home.
Nishikori became the first Japanese man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals in 96 years by outlasting third-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4 on Wednesday.
Japanese tennis fans had woken up at dawn to watch the quarterfinal and were rewarded.
"It was a spectacular win for all of Japan," said office worker Toru Miura. "We haven't had a lot of success in men's tennis over the years."
The previous Japanese semifinalist at the U.S. Open was Ichiya Kumagae in 1918. No man from the country had made it to the final four at any major tournament since Jiri Satoh at Wimbledon in 1933.
"It's really impressive," Japan Tennis Association director Masaru Uchiyama told Sports Hochi newspaper. "It was truly inspirational to watch as he came back after dropping the fourth set."
The 24-year-old Nishikori, the first Japanese to be ranked in the ATP's top 10 after climbing to No. 9 in May, faces No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Saturday.
Wednesday's 4 hour, 15 minute-win over the Australian Open champion Wawrinka came a day after Nishikori defeated Milos Raonic in a fourth-round match that lasted over four hours.
"Even though he was tired he fought hard to the end," said JTA director of strengthening and development Minoru Ueda. "Let's hope he can get another win."
Nishikori is coached by 1989 French Open champion Michael Chang.
"He has improved his stamina immensely," former Japan Davis Cup player Jun Kamiwazumi said. "I think the influence of Michael Chang has been a major factor in his progress."


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A East Windsor shop that sold a gun to the Newtown school shooter's mother has lost its federal firearms license.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revoked the license of Riverview Gun Sales in East Windsor, about 15 miles north of Hartford, in December. The agency didn't disclose why. The revocation was first reported Thursday by The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y.
Authorities raided the store for undisclosed reasons shortly after the December school shootings, after a man tried to steal a rifle.
Shop owner David LaGuercia has said Nancy Lanza bought a gun from him years ago, but couldn't remember what kind. LaGuercia didn't return a message Friday.
Adam Lanza killed 20 first-graders and six adults with his mother's rifle. He also killed his mother and himself.


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DANA POINT – When Mark Tyson heard a passenger onboard Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari call out that he'd seen a dolphin with a pink dorsal fin, his heart melted.
"I saw white underwater, and it grew whiter as he came up," Tyson, a naturalist on the whale and dolphin-watching boat said. "He surfaced with another dolphin that came up with him every time he took a breath. He seems to have formed an alliance. Just like people, dolphins have their BFF."
The bottlenose dolphin was first spotted by Tyson in 2006. His coloration – varying between dark and light shades of gray, white and pink markings – makes him distinctive among others in his pod. Since then, there have been infrequent sightings, often going a year between glimpses. He has been spotted as far south as San Diego and as far north as Palos Verdes.
Tyson watched him play in a pod of several hundred dolphins in the boat's wake for about 30 minutes. Each time Patches surfaced, his buddy came up, too.
"When we first spotted him, researchers said the possibility of him surviving was low," Tyson said. "When an animal is unusual, it's sometimes shunned. To keep seeing him year after year, and most recently with a dolphin right next to him, means he's been accepted as a member of the pod. When I see him, I get goose bumps and my heart goes pitter-patter."
David Anderson, who operates the whale and dolphin-watching company, has studied, written about and rescued whales and dolphins off the coast of Dana Point for 17 years. He said he's unsure what has caused the 12-foot-long mammal to be oddly colored. Likely, he said, the animal has been like that since birth.
"We think he could be a hybrid between bottlenose and Risso's dolphin," Anderson said. "The first time I saw him, we were like, 'what is that?' when he jumped out of the water and we saw all the markings."
Risso's dolphins can grow up to 13 feet in length. They have a higher dorsal fin than the bottlenose dolphin. They also have a short beak. Frequently, pods of Risso's and bottlenose are found swimming together. Patches, who is about 12 feet long, basically looks like a bottlenose dolphin in a possible Risso's-like colored body.
Despite his odd look, he's a popular guy. He travels in a group of about 120-200 dolphin-pod. He's one of the most gregarious and outgoing guys, Anderson said.
"He's boisterous and one of the most playful in the group," he said. "He holds his own when he's bow-riding and he's not chased away by others as some dolphins are. He seems well-respected."
Anderson said Patches likely stays within the 90-mile range off Orange County's coast because of the abundant squid in the area. The Southern California area, he says, has the largest number of dolphins in the world.
Patches, is one of several unusual mammals spotted off the Dana Point coastline. There's also Casper, a white (possible albino) common dolphin, Notcho, a 70-foot, 140 ton blue whale; Delta, a 80-foot, 160 ton blue whale whose tail flukes turn up like an airplane wing and Hook, a 80-foot, 130 ton blue whale, whose fluke is shaped like a crescent moon. The animals have found a reliable source of food and they keep coming back. Some of whales stay as long as several months. Others like Patches are seen less frequently.
"People get really excited when there is something unusual," Anderson said. "Because they're so recognizable we have a history and connection with them. We have over 400,000 long and short beaked common dolphins in this area."
Dale Frink, of Rancho Santa Margarita, became hooked on whale and dolphins after his first whale-watching trip. In just 2 1/2 hours, he saw 60 blue whale, 30 fin whales and hundreds of dolphins.
He's seen some of the unusual blue whales but he's still holding out to get a glimpse of Patches. Frink heard about the sighting on Thursday and on Wednesday was on his third trip out to sea. Midway through there still wasn't any sign of Patches but he was in a pod of hundreds of dolphins.
"It makes me fell privileged to be part of the whole experience," he said. "It heartens my life that we live in a place where we have so much sea life just off the freeway."


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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2011--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today it will begin tree removals for the eradication of Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) from regulated areas within Clermont County, Ohio. Tree removals are scheduled to begin the week of Nov. 14, weather permitting.
APHIS will move forward with conducting tree removals from the area, as a result of a finding of no significant impact from the recently completed environmental assessment. The environmental assessment, titled "Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Efforts in Clermont and Brown counties, Ohio," evaluated impacts to the human environment if no actions are taken to stop the spread of ALB in Ohio and the impacts of tree removals within the area. Tree removals will be conducted by a contracted licensed tree removal company. Program officials will be on location daily with each contractor removal crew.
"Tree removal is an essential component for the successful eradication of ALB," said Christine Markham, APHIS national director of the ALB cooperative eradication program. "We appreciate the partnership with local and federal partners as work continues to contain and eliminate ALB within the Clermont County regulated area."
Prior to the start of removals taking place, program experts will hold a public meeting to present current plans for beginning the removal process and answer questions. The meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, at the Grant Memorial Building, 235 W. Plane Street, Bethel, Ohio.
Surveys by ground and aerial survey staff continue in and around the regulated areas within Clermont County to identify infested trees. As of Oct. 16, 4,895 infested trees have been identified within Tate Township, and 27 infested trees in Monroe Township. The eradication process consists of establishing a regulated area around the infestation, surveying of host trees, removing and chipping infested and high-risk trees, grinding or treating stumps of infested trees and regulatory activities to prevent unintentional human assisted spreading of the infestation. These actions are necessary to eradicate the ALB from Ohio, as well as to prevent the spread of the invasive insect. Until full eradication occurs, survey, regulatory activities and public outreach will continue.
The public can assist eradication efforts by allowing program officials access to their property to evaluate susceptible trees for any signs of ALB infestation and/or to remove ALB host trees designated for removal.
APHIS is working cooperatively with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio State University Extension, USDA's Agricultural Research Service and Forest Service, and local officials on ALB eradication efforts.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African Americans with liver cancer are less likely than whites to get a transplant for the disease, according to U.S. researchers.
And that gap hasn't changed in a decade, they report in the journal Cancer.
"This treatment is expensive, high tech and on the rise — just the kind of perfect storm that leads to a disparity in care," said study researcher Dr. Anthony Robbins of the American Cancer Society, who called liver transplants "a new lease on life."
Liver cancer is a brutal disease, leaving just one in seven Americans alive five years after it has been diagnosed.
About one in 100 men in the U.S. develop the cancer at some point, while women are less than half as likely to do so, according to the American Cancer Society.
For the new study, Robbins and his colleagues tapped into U.S. hospital records on more than 7,700 liver cancer patients diagnosed between 1998 and 2007.
All of the patients in the study had the most common form of the disease, known as hepatocellular carcinoma, which affects 80% of all liver cancer patients. According the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the liver infections hepatitis B and C are behind most cases of this type of cancer.
The researchers found that over the first half of the study, white liver cancer patients had a 30 percent chance of receiving a new liver, compared to only 15 percent for blacks.
While the chances climbed somewhat during the next five years, the disparities remained. Taking into account if how soon the patients died — some might have died before they could get a new liver, for instance — blacks were 36 percent less likely than whites to undergo the surgery.
They were also 36 percent more likely to die within five years of their diagnosis. Once blacks got on a waiting list for a transplant, however, the gap closed and they face the same survival odds as whites.
Robbins said the medical community has known for years about the inequity in care between blacks and whites.
"After an intense effort to try to fix things and lots of thought and sensitivity to this issue, the disparity hasn't gone away," he said.
Although there are probably several reasons for the disparity, Robbins added, "the biggest driver is the difference in access to care at the early stages of the disease due to health insurance. And that needs to change."
The average cost of surgery plus first year medical bills amounts to nearly $450,000.
The study also compared Asians and Hispanics to whites.
There was little difference in the number of liver transplants between whites and Hispanics. Asians had only a 19 percent chance of getting a new liver in the first half of the study, and a 24 percent chance in the following five years.
While that was much lower than whites, their disease tended to be less devastating and likely did not require a transplant in the first place, the researchers say.
Dr. Andre Dick, a transplant surgeon at Seattle Children's Hospital who was not involved in the study, said the new research is important.
"This makes people aware that it's getting to that waiting list that's important and that's where the real disparities are still showing up," he told Reuters Health. "And how the question is, how do we overcome them?"
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China Corruption Blotter (February 20, 2015)
Former head of Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Li Xinghua, went on trial for taking $6.54 million in bribes from companies in exchange for government subsidies. LED lighting manufacturer Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic Co Ltd allegedly offered Li company shares worth $1.4 million. The company's chairman Li Xuliang has resigned after being named by the court as a bribe-giver. http://www.nbd.com.cn


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The Best AA Battery-Powered Digital Cameras
Camera manufacturers think that they're doing consumers a favor by releasing, almost exclusively, digicams powered by proprietary rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Li-Ion batteries generally allow for more compact cameras, plus replacing AAs can get expensive. But despite dwindling numbers, AA-powered digital cameras remain very popular, especially among travelers or any avid photographer who might be miles away from an outlet for days at a time. Here are some of the best digital cameras that run on the swappable, buy-anywhere power provided by AA batteries.
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Pentax K-30
Pentax's latest crop-sensor camera seems more of a sidestep to the K-5 than an outright upgrade, but the significant price drop to $899 with the kit lens is a real steal. The camera body has undergone a serious redesign, with its stippled surface ...
Grade: A- Price: $1,044.00
Canon PowerShot SX160 IS
Canon's highly successful SX150 IS gets a facelift with the SX160 IS, a model that keeps the AA batteries but upgrades just about everything else. The camera's zoom range has moved from 12x to 16x, the megapixel count from 14 to 16, and th...
Grade: B Price: $350.00
Pentax K-5 II
One of the shortcomings of the very good K-5, and indeed all of Pentax's DSLRs, is the adequate if not outstanding autofocus system. The K-5 II (as well as the new "s" version) just might offer a real remedy in the new SAFOX X autofo...
Grade: B+ Price: $858.00
Nikon COOLPIX L620
Nikon's popular compact zoom line received a nice speed upgrade with the Coolpix L620. While the older L610 took burst shots at a sluggish 1.9 fps, the L620 takes up to six photos in a row at 10 fps. Nikon has also added their high speed setti...
Grade: A- Price: $478.00
Nikon COOLPIX L830
The Nikon Coolpix L830 is an ergonomic, easy to use camera with a nice 34x optical zoom (68x dynamic zoom). It's one of few cameras that still use AA batteries, which makes it nice for traveling since the batteries are easy to swap out. Since ...
Grade: B Price: $300.00
Fujifilm FinePix S9400W
The FinePix S9400W is one of a handful of long zoom options Fujifilm introduced at CES 2014, along with the Fujifilm S1. The S9400 actually has the same sensor as the S1, though takes AA batteries instead of a rechargeable lithium-ion, has a bit s...
Grade: B+ Price: $330.00
Fujifilm FinePix S9900W
The super zoom category is booming—but should consumers really be spending $500-600 on a compact camera when an entry-level DSLR will cost you that much? The Fujifilm S9900 (and S9900W with wi-fi) enters the fray as an option that won't ...
Grade: B Price: $719.00
Nikon COOLPIX B500
The Nikon B500 is designed for simplicity. It joins the ranks of the decreasing number of cameras that use AA batteries. There aren't any manual modes, but a solid handful of automated scene modes. But, the simple camera features a 40x optical...
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Singapore Says 3 Strikes Is Too Intrusive For Copyright Reform, So Goes With SOPA-Style Censorship Instead
from the say-what-now? deptI saw two headlines in a row recently about Singapore's plans for copyright reform. The first one sounded good, and the second one sounded dreadful:
- Singapore decides 'three strikes' laws are too intrusive
- Singapore proposes law to block sites such as Pirate Bay
Under the proposed legislative changes, rights holders will also be allowed to apply directly to the Courts for injunctions to prevent access to pirate sites without having to first establish ISPs' liability for copyright infringement. This judicial process is more efficient and avoids implicating the ISPs unnecessarily.So, just as in SOPA, the idea is that rightsholders can suddenly declare that certain sites are "rogue" and courts can agree to wipe them off the face of the internet, by ordering ISPs to block access to them. The Singaporean government insists this won't be a problem for legitimate sites, because it seems to have bought into the Hollywood fallacy that what is a "legitimate" site and what is a "pirate" site are somehow obvious, rather than a spectrum in which nearly everything is some form of gray.
This is targeted at websites that show a blatant disregard for, and that clearly infringe, copyrights. Legitimate search engines and content sharing sites such as Google and YouTube will not be affected.Notice how they just blithely insist that YouTube is legitimate. That may well be news to YouTube's lawyers, who just concluded (via settlement) a seven-year battle in which Viacom literally insisted that YouTube was the equivalent of a video Grokster (the file sharing service that lost its court case for enabling infringement). And that's where the real problem is. It's easy to claim that it's obvious when a site is legitimate and when it's not, but reality doesn't work that way. For years, many people were pretty sure that Napster was perfectly legitimate under the rules of the Sony Betamax ruling, but then a court decided otherwise. Similarly, many assumed that YouTube was illegal, until that case settled. Hell, even the VCR was a "pirate tool" until the Supreme Court ended that argument thirty years ago.
And, of course pretty much all of modern entertainment history is filled with similar examples of new innovations in the delivery and consumption of content that are at first deemed illegal, until suddenly they're not. The player piano, the phonograph machine, radio, television, cable television, the photocopier, the DVR, the VCR, the mp3 player, and many other innovations were first decried as "pirate" technologies. And then they weren't. But with the Singaporean government insisting that it's somehow obvious which ones are legitimate and which ones are not, Singapore is almost guaranteeing that important legitimate innovations that help move the industry forward will, instead, get censored and blocked across the entire country.
That's no way to present yourself as an innovative country.
So, yes, later in the document, they reject three strikes (and administrative, rather than judicial, blocking) as too draconian and intrusive:
Countries like Spain and Malaysia have implemented an administrative site-blocking approach where rights holders can apply for site-blocking orders from a Government-appointed body. Countries like France have introduced a "graduated response" system where individual internet users are notified of their infringing activity by the ISP, and can be penalised if they continue their infringing activity despite repeated notifications (or "warnings").But, in many ways, the alternative "solution" that Singapore appears to be supporting is worse than three strikes. It's outright censorship against innovation, based on a faulty belief that it will be immediately obvious whether or not new innovations and technologies are "legitimate" or "pirates."
We considered the alternatives above but assessed that they may not be suitable in Singapore's context as they are too intrusive on internet users.
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The tube squeezer Buckle, designed by Lorenza Bozzoli and Gabriele Chiave, is part of the Objets-Bijoux collection. Even those things we see every day may be put to quite unexpected use. A buckle that pulls and presses on a belt may in this way become a minimalist tube squeezer. Whether it is a tube of toothpaste, a cosmetic product or creamy food, this object makes sure it can be completely used up.
Gabriele Chiave knows no boundaries. As a lifelong observer of the world around him, Gabriele is driven by the comprehensive nature of design and a desire to ignite meaningful interaction between product and consumer. Born to diplomat parents in Metz in 1978, he has lived in France, Dakar, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Rome, Milano and now makes his home in Amsterdam. These diverse resident experiences enable him to bring a global perspective to design like no other. Having won competitions for Emergency, Rotari, Epson, Toshiba and Pirelli, as well as spending significant time at Marc Sadler studio, and working with prestigious Italian brands such as Alessi (organization of 7 Workshops held by LPWK/Alessi), Dainese, Foscarini and Serralunga, Gabriele has mastered the subtle nuances and balance between form and function, industry and art, structure and experimentation. Currently serving as creative director at Marcel Wanders, this art aficionado and jazz lover oversees all projects in product and interior design, and art direction for a range of premium brands – passionately leading all to participate in the expression of beauty and technical simplicity in order to expand the human experience.
Lorenza Bozzoli was born in Milan. She studied art at Brera where she qualified in the 80'.After early work experience as fashion designer of shoes and accessories in New York where she lived 3 years , back in Milan, she set up her own studio in the inspiring area of Brera. In 2001 she did her first project for Alessi a table set in PMMA for kids with inside infinite possibilities of visual effect. She now works for various internationally renowned companies such as Alessi , Dedon , Moooi, Dilmos, Colè, Tato, Spazio Pontaccio , Tog. She partecipated in many exibithions in Italy (Triennale MI) and abroad (Cooper Hewitt NY) and many others. Winner of EESC European Award for Excellent Sustainable Design 2013 with Fedro chair for Dedon. She also teached to integrate trends into creative strategy at the IED ( Istituto Europeo di Design) Still live and work in Milano in Foro Buonaparte 54. www.lorenzabozzoli.com


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Official video for "Hangin' In The Sun" - directed by Tilman Singer, co-directed by Andreas Wißkirchen.
The projectionfootage seen in the videoclip is taken from a short film directed by Katharina Kowalewski & Nadine Strittmatter, produced by Katharina Kowalewski & Kamila Kowalewski (KO.Fashion). You can find the full version of the visual here:


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Hi guys. Do you miss hearing about TSaur? I bet you do! I miss telling you all about him, too! Because it's been a minute, this is going to be long, so bear with me. Just know I still hate him and he still smells. Crucial.
Earlier this month my manager forced me to have a meeting with MP to discuss all the things he was doing wrong in hopes of "promoting his development" since he's not "good with detail" and "takes offense when his mistakes are pointed out to him". I.e. teach him how to dougie because he's a mental midget. However, considering I'm not his manager nor do I care; I took this opportunity to give him this simple advice: Everything you're doing right now, do the opposite of that and I think you'll go far.
Since he is the biggest moron I've ever encountered he takes his "professional development program" to kiss the ass of everyone unfortunate enough to be in this department. As such, he offers to pay for everyone's "Birthday Club" admission. (Just typing "Birthday Club" made me cry inside, BTW). Anywhoos, Birthday Club is a terrible, awful event that takes place each month and I've been a birthday club dropout for years. Read more about it here. Just know that my response to MP was that I'm a birthday club dropout by choice because I prefer to interact with most coworkers never.
A few weeks ago he creepily bought me flowers for my birthday and placed them on my desk with a card saying they were "from the team". I refused to acknowledge said flowers and three weeks later they're still sitting on my desk rotting away. See picture of said birthday flowers above.
Last Thursday he decided to bring in breakfast "for the team". I debated calling in sick to avoid the awkward interaction, but decided that free is free so fuck it and why burn a sick day when I'm not hungover? He went to a Panera about forty miles away (no, really) as opposed to the one right down the street (really) and spent what must have been upwards of fifty bones on various breakfast sweet treats. Halfway through I was about to have a total and complete panic attack and had to excuse myself and eat the rest of my bear claw in the solitude of the copy room. (No, really).
Because the sound of his voice makes me want to throw a million baby clots, I've been forced to listen to music at a volume loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage. As such, a fun side effect of this coping mechanism is that MP scares the shit out of me at least twice a day. He's a sidler and the next thing I know there he is invading my personal space smelling my cube to shit. Yesterday he wanted to show me his new cell phone.
MP: I have a new cell phone.
Me: ……
MP: It gets the internet.
Me: (turning around) Neat.
This morning he sidled up next to me once again and asked if I wanted to "grab lunch" with him.
MP: Wanna grab lunch today?
Me: No, I'm going to the gym today.
MP: What about another day this week?
Me: I will be at the gym for lunch always. (Side note: I am not, but that's beside the point).
MP: How about breakfast then?
Me: (As I eat my breakfast) I do not eat breakfast ever.
MP: Ever?
Me: Yes.
So there you have it. A full and complete rundown of the past month with the worst coworker to ever exist on the planet. Aren't you happy you're not me? Samesies!


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Barrow County manager Jock Connell resigned Tuesday afternoon from the post he held for only eight months. District 3 Commissioner Steve Worley on Wednesday confirmed the resignation.
"I am shocked and disappointed," Worley said.
Worley said Connell did not give him the reason for his decision, but he plans to meet with him in person to find out what is going on. Although the BOC has been generally supportive of Connell, the first eight months of the county's new administration have been marked by controversies that largely played out behind the scenes in private meetings between elected officials. Among the controversies are the ongoing study about possibly privatizing the county government, the possible replacement of the longtime county attorney, and a budget for FY2014 that is being balanced through a major tax hike in Winder and cuts to the sheriff's budgets.
For the full story, see the Sept. 4 issue of the Barrow Journal.
BREAKING NEWS: Connell calls it quits as manager
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Mexico rescues 8 child migrants held by kidnappers
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities said Friday they had rescued eight Salvadoran migrant youths who had been kidnapped by an equally youthful gang in northern Mexico.
Prosecutors also said a previously reported operation had rescued a total of 205 kidnapped migrants being held in brutal conditions in two homes in the city of Tampico during which they were forced to watch executions. On Thursday, officials had put the number at 158.
Mexican drug gangs often kidnap Central American migrants to extort money from their relatives in the United States. The migrants are often beaten and tortured to force them to reveal relatives' phone numbers.
Now, increasing numbers of minors appear to have become victims of kidnappings in recent months amid an upsurge in young migrants from Central America seeking to get into the United States.
Mexico's top anti-kidnapping prosecutor, Renato Sales, said police rescued 19 kidnapped Salvadoran immigrants at a house in the northern border state of Tamaulipas. All were lying on the floor with their hands and feet bound, including eight under-age migrants.
Police detained six alleged kidnappers at the house in the city of Altamira during the raid July 3. Three of the suspects were under 18, two were 18, and another was 22.
Sales did not give the exact ages of the minor victims or suspects, but said youths were increasingly being detected in kidnapping gangs.
The update on the big rescue involved migrants who told police they had been held captive for more than two weeks in the Tamaulipas port city of Tampico. The migrants told investigators their kidnappers had beaten them, raped the women and killed a couple and a boy in front of them.
On Friday, Sales said the number of migrants heading to the United States turned out to be 205 rather than the previously reported 158. Of those, 156 were from Honduras, 35 from El Salvador, five from Cuba, seven from Guatemala and two from Mexico.
In another raid Wednesday, police rescued two minors and five adult migrants from Honduras who had been kidnapped in the border city of Reynosa, a city in Tamaulipas across from McAllen, Texas. The victims had spent more than 20 days in captivity.
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Can you improve a classic s'more? The simple delicious combination of graham crackers, chocolate and toasted marshmallows, what could be better? How about crushing the graham crackers, combining them with peanut butter, making them into little cups filled with rich chocolate ganache, topped with toasted marshmallows? Oh yeah. It's are like having a Reese cup and s'more all in one delicious bite. Or make that two-bites... truth be told, although I called these Two-Bite Smore's, I can totally eat these little smore's in one delicious bite.
1 cup graham cracker crumbs (or about 7 graham crackers, crushed)
1/4 cup sugar
5 tablespoons peanut butter, softened in the microwave for 10-15 seconds
1tablespoon butter, melted
1 recipe of ganache, recipe below
12 large marshmallows
In a bowl, mix together the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, softened peanut butter, and melted butter.
Place about 1 tablespoon of crumb mixture in each cup of mini muffin pan. Press crumbs to form shallow cups with your fingers or a mini tart press, in you have one. Bake 4-5 minutes until slightly browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool, in the pan.
Chocolate Ganache Filling
6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped finely (or use chips)
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Pour chopped chocolate (or chocolate chips) into a mixing bowl.
Heat whipping cream and butter in the microwave in 30 second intervals until it's almost to a boil but don't let it actually come to a boil. You should see bubbles forming around the edges. If you're using a thermometer, heat it to about 180 degrees. Stir in vanilla.
Immediately pour hot cream mixture over chocolate and use a small whisk to mix until completely smooth. Allow ganache to cool and thicken somewhat. I put in into the fridge for about 20 minutes. When cool, stir the ganache a few times. It should be a scoop-able consistency. If it seems too firm, microwave it in 10 second intervals until you get the right consistency. Fill the peanut butter graham cracker cups with the ganache. I used about 2 teaspoons of ganache for each cup, give or take.
Cut marshmallows in half horizontally with kitchen shears or a sharp knife, dipped in cold water. Place one marshmallow half, cut-side down, into each cup. Return to oven with the broiler turned on. Broil on high for 1-2 minutes or until marshmallows start to get a little color. Do not walk away from the oven the s'mores burn quickly. Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes. Carefully remove cups from pan.
* Note: I found that a small off-set spatula worked great for getting the s'mores out of the mini muffin pans. If the bottoms of the s'mores are sticking to the pan, dip the bottom of the pan into warm water. This will warm the graham cracker crust slightly making it easier to remove them from the pan.
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