text: Birds of paradise have evolved into very conspicuous animals with orange, red and turquoise plumage and ornate wire-like feathers that have captured the imagination of scientists and bird enthusiasts alike. Their showy features are a delight to behold, but they would also make them an easy target for hungry cats and other predatory mammals -- if there were any around. The absence of such predators is precisely what allowed these otherwise impractical species to evolve. "There was an evolutionary opportunity to develop that kind of extravagance," ornithologist Ed Scholes of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology said. "They're a quirk of geography." More than 20 years ago, wildlife photographer Tim Laman saw his first birds of paradise, the Standardwing and the Red Bird of Paradise, while traveling in Indonesia. He started imagining a project to photograph every species of these birds in their natural habitats of New Guinea and parts of Australia. "It was one of the dream assignments on my list," said Laman, who's also a rainforest biologist with a Ph.D. from Harvard. Laman, whose work often focuses on conservation, finally pitched the project to National Geographic in 2003. He teamed up with Scholes, and during the next three years the pair made five trips to New Guinea and managed to photograph about half of the 39 species of birds of paradise. After eight years, Laman and Scholes completed their mission of photographing all of the bird-of-paradise species, including the ballerina-like bronze parotia, which only recently was recognized as the 39th species. The project took Laman and Scholes through more than 200 flights, 18 expeditions and thousands of hours spent hiding in blinds as high as 50 meters above ground. They set up a battery-powered jungle ethernet and remote-controlled cameras hooked up to laptops to take the nearly 40,000 photographs that comprise the Birds of Paradise Project. Here is a selection of some of the best videos and photos from their avian adventures. Above: Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise Goldie's birds-of-paradise live on two or three islands on the western edge of Papua New Guinea. Males coordinate their displays and their calls sound almost like an intense duet, says Scholes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTR21os8gTAMagnificent Riflebird Unlike greater birds-of-paradise, the magnificent riflebird prefers to court females alone. He perches himself on a horizontal vine and transforms himself from a normal black bird into a "headless ovoid thing," Scholes said. He hides his head behind his wings to reveal metallic blue feathers. As he hops around looking like a UFO trying to land, he flaps his wings and produces a buzzing sound that resembles fabric tearing, according to Scholes. Male riflebirds are able to make that sound because their feathers have a soft, rounded edge, Scholes says. When a male riflebird spreads his wings, they look rounded instead of jagged like other birds. They may not be the most aerodynamically efficient wings, but they are beautiful to look at. "No other birds have this adaptation. It's purely for the purposes of courtship," Scholes said. Magnificent riflebirds can still fly, but not for long distances. Laman spent 80 hours hidden inside a blind to document the riflebird's audiovisual, alien-like mating dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sj-UdjqlFwGreater Bird-of-Paradise Male greater birds-of-paradise congregate in groups of up to 20 to court females in the canopies of New Guinea rain forests. Even though they're competing for females, their displays are highly synchronized and coordinated, says Scholes. They display their wispy feathers and jump around from branch to branch. There is some evidence suggesting that females prefer males who are part of more coordinated crowds. But that doesn't mean all males in that pack will get equal access to the ladies because most females tend to choose the same male. This one-male-for-all-females strategy is common among all birds-of-paradise and it's part of the reason "why the process of evolution has been so extreme for these birds," said Scholes. "The males with the most extreme characteristics are the ones fathering all the offspring." For years, Laman dreamed of taking a photograph of this bird with the sun in the background. After lots of climbing, waiting and good luck, he was finally able to take it with the help of a hidden "leaf cam" he set up in the trees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYkpwyKEhY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ll0DbSjLELesser Bird-of-Paradise These birds are smaller versions of the greater bird-of-paradise. They also have wispy colorful Mohawk-forming feathers, which made them targets for bird hunters in the 1900s looking to sell them to fashion houses as decoration for women's hats. Hunting doesn't pose a big threat to these animals because by the time they've developed their beautiful feathers, they've reached adulthood and likely have had the chance to mate. Habitat destruction from logging is a concern, however. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57xmMbZ9QfYTwelve-Wired Bird-of-Paradise These birds live in lowland swamp forests. Males prefer courting females atop vertical poles or branches. "They're playing a game or dance where she moves to the top and he positions himself so he can get her to come back down and get on top of her," said Scholes. As shown in the video, a yellow and purple male shimmies down a branch, tail first, wiggling 12 wire-like extensions in the female's face. During this very tactile display, he moves back and forth several times, touching her. "For some reason, females have found it appealing to be whipped by those wires before they mate," said Scholes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7E-2bqwvPUWestern Parotia The male Western Parotia is a little bit of a neat freak, at least when it comes to the places where he woos females. He removes leaves and branches to create a stage for courtship dances, says Scholes. All adult males keep one. Above these 'stages,' there is at least one raised horizontal perch from which a female can watch the male bow and "transform himself into what looks like a ballerina wearing a tutu dancing around on the forest floor," said Scholes. He moves quickly from side to side and wiggles his upper body to reveal bright blue and yellow feathers. All the while, he's spinning six wire-like feathers around his head. These extensions are topped with what Scholes calls tiny spatula-shaped paddles that look like flies moving around the male's head, Scholes says. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O139mm3yl3EKing Bird-of-Paradise This little red guy is one of the smallest birds of paradise. Males court females from high in the canopy by puffing their feathers into a fan-like shape and using two emerald-green iridescent disks at the end of their central tail feathers. These feathers have been modified into two long wires with a tightly curled spiral at the end. "They really look like little jewels," said Scholes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFQ9VQ5jyw8King of Saxony The King of Saxony bird-of-paradise, one of Scholes' favorite birds, lives in the mountain cloud forests of New Guinea, where adult males are sometimes hunted for their feathers. The locals use the males' beautiful plumes to decorate headdresses. King of Saxony males are pretty dull looking until they're about four of five years old. At that age, they shed their brown feathers for black and brilliant-yellow plumes. Males also have two striped feathers that are almost twice the length of their body. These antenna-like feathers are "unlike any other feather in the world," Scholes said. Like normal feathers, they're made of keratin, but their substructure is quite different. The tiny branches that come off the central rod have fused together to form a fingernail-like material, Scholes says. A male can set them down on his back or spin them around his head like helicopter blades as he bounces on branches trying to attract females. Sometimes he matches these displays with calls that sound "like the firing of a ray gun out of a science fiction movie," said Scholes. "It's hard to even call it a song because it sounds so unmusical." Once a female comes to his side, he ceases to make the machine-like sounds. Instead he makes softer, whistling chirps. He points the bright white side of his antenna-feathers towards the female, puffs up his black feathers to look like a cape, and bounces along his vine, which "accentuates the sweeping effect of the feathers," Scholes said. These birds are not endangered, but their populations may be decreasing due to habitat loss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdNyeasi0GIWilson's Bird-of-Paradise "This guy is a riot of color," said Scholes. He looks a bit like a Mondrian painting. His shiny blue head is covered with skin rather than feathers, which is unusual. The male Wilson's bird-of-paradise clears a stage for his courtship rituals, similar to another species, the Western Parotia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvIuUABZkiIAll photographs: Tim Laman. Videos: Cornell Lab of Ornithology


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As Susan Serra, CKD pointed out in Outdoor kitchen ideas: Part 1, it's easy to choose outdoor kitchen appliances like a geek in an Apple store (my words).
We Minnesotans get so excited when we get to spend time outside that doesn't involve snow shoveling, it's hard not to want it all when designing our three-months-out-of-the-year haven.
Be smart and think about your own entertaining and lifestyle needs when considering all the options in outdoor kitchen appliances.
Gas grill
The workhorse of an outdoor kitchen, gas grills' speed and convenience work best for weeknight dinners and impromptu get-togethers. If you're looking to do more, some brands offer innovative features such as:
- Searing zone to reach high temperatures (700 degrees!) quickly to give your meat a steakhouse-quality exterior
- Rear infrared burner to deliver consistent, evenly distributed heat for rotisserie cooking
- Smoker boxes to fill prepackaged hickory or mesquite chips, which give foods a distinctive, smoky flavor
- Side burners to prepare sauces and sides like beans or vegetables or to keep food warm until it is ready to be served
- Lighting to illuminate the cooking surface for late-night grilling
Charcoal grill/smoker
As our own grilling guru Stu Glock (also our rep for Holland Grill and the Big Green Egg) says, "You have two cars. Why not two grills?"
Charcoal grills, smokers and/or cookers deliver flavor you can't get in a gas grill — if you have hours to get it. Owners of the Big Green Egg rave about the unique flavor of their ribs, brisket and roasts they get in this ceramic cooker. Viking also makes a ceramic cooker, but with a stainless steel finish.
If you have the time to kick back and just grill, the extra time is definitely worth the flavor.
Warming drawers
Cut down on the running back back and forth from your main kitchen. Warming drawers keep grilled food warm (and sanitary) once prepared and work great for make-ahead dishes from your main oven.
I'd probably end up throwing some towels in mine to keep them cozy after a late-night swim. Now if I only had a pool..
Kegerator/beer tapper
Arguably as important as the grill itself is beer on-demand. Aside from the convenience, an outdoor keg fridge makes an unbeatable conversation (and party) starter. DCS, Viking and Marvel make draft beer dispensers specifically for the outdoors.
Wine chiller/beverage center
If you're more of a wine-o than a beer gal like me, you might consider storing your bottles outside, in the proper wine chiller, of course. Look for models with precise temperature controls, racks to accommodate various bottle sizes and minimum vibration.
Beverage centers, though less precise in temperature control, make a viable option for combination beer/wine/soda, etc. storage.
"But I already have a wine fridge!"
But your wine fridge is 55 degrees, remember? Even your beverage center isn't designed to refrigerate food and condiments. Please don't keep your barbecue meats in a beverage fridge!
Ice maker
If mixed drinks and soda are more your thing, maybe you'd like an ice maker. Marvel's and U-line's have UL Listed suitable for outdoor use clear ice makers that store 25-30 pounds of ice.
Patio heaters
I might not have a pool, but living in Minnesota, you better believe I have a patio heater. Fueled by a the same kind gas tank you use for your grill, these easily extend construction season into early winter (or "fall").

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Pa. Man's Working 1938 Fridge Wins Contest
(LANCASTER, Pa.) -- Mike Ansel of Lancaster County, Pa., may have known his refrigerator was old but he was still pleasantly surprised to learn his working 1938 General Electric model won the Oldest Refrigerator Contest hosted by utility firm PPL Electric.
The statewide contest was the first of its kind coordinated with appliance recycler JACO Environmental. From April 1 through August, the contest collected 7,000 refrigerators.
PPL Electric Utilities has collected more than 44,000 older, inefficient refrigerators and freezers since launching its appliance recycling program in late 2009.
Ansel acquired the refrigerator from a family member in 1974.
Tom Stathos, director of customer strategy at PPL Electric Utilities, gave Ansel the prize on Tuesday: a $250 Sears gift card. That was in addition to the $35 incentive PPL Electric Utilities gives to all customers who recycle their older refrigerators and freezers.
Joseph Nixon, a spokesman for the company, said the unit was working until the day it was picked up for recycling, according to the rules for the contest.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that of the 170 million refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers currently in use in the country, more than 60 million are over 10 years old. The agency estimates that costs consumers $4.4 billion a year in energy costs. Over 26 million of the old refrigerators are second units in a home.
Replacing an inefficient fridge that is about 20 years old with one that is Energy Star qualified will save a household roughly 550 kWh per year, or about $65 a year.
The EPA states that an Energy Star qualified fridge is about 15 percent more energy efficient than models that meet the federal minimum energy efficiency standard.
If everyone purchasing a refrigerator this year chose a model that has earned the Energy Star, the country would save 715 million kWh per year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from about 100,000 cars, according to the EPA.
The agency estimates the following costs to run an Energy Star qualified appliance:
– A fridge costs around $50 on average a year to run.
– A top-freezer refrigerator uses about 350 kWh or $40 a year to run on average.
– A bottom freezer users about 460 kWh or $50 a year to run on average.
– A side-by-side refrigerator uses about 530 kWh or $60 a year on average to run.
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[ncc-services-wg] Proposal to Remove Routing Requirements from the IPv6 Address Allocation Policy Implemented
Nathalie Trenaman ncc at ripe.net
Thu Oct 8 09:42:59 CEST 2009
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that policy proposal 2000-06,"Removing Routing Requirements from the IPv6 Address Allocation Policy", has been implemented. The RIPE NCC is now ready to accept requests for IPv6 address space under the new policy. This proposal can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2009-06.html The updated "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy" document is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-481.html The following FAQ has also been updated to reflect this policy implementation: http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/rs/ipv6.html Regards, Nathalie Trenaman Registration Services RIPE NCC


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Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV is challenging a $30 million bid from one of its biggest rivals for Hostess Brands Inc.'s Beefsteak rye brand.
Grupo Bimbo, which identifies itself as one of the world's largest baking companies, made an opening bid of $31.9 million to ensure its participation in a Thursday auction, a person familiar with Hostess's sale process said Wednesday.
Flowers Foods Inc., the nation's second-largest baker by sales behind Grupo Bimbo, earlier agreed to serve as the stalking horse for the auction, setting a floor price of $30 million in a deal that was approved by the bankruptcy court and meant to drum up enthusiasm for the assets.
The final purchase price could head even higher, driven up by bidding. Grupo Bimbo's current offer includes the $900,000 breakup fee promised to Flowers if it loses at auction, plus the $1 million incremental bid necessary to participate in the contest, the person familiar with the sale process said.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures rose on Tuesday, pointing to a higher open for Wall Street as the S&P 500 aimed to snap the three-day losing streak that it's endured at the start of 2014.
Sentiment was helped somewhat by firmer overseas markets, and traders also took in trade deficit data and comments from Federal Reserve officials.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average US:DJH4 rose 61 points, or 0.4%, to 16,426, while those for the S&P 500 index US:SPH4 added 6.20 points, or 0.3%, to 1,826.90.
Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index US:NDH4 gained 16 points, or 0.5%, to 3,533.75.
November trade data showed the U.S. trade gap declined more than expected to $34.3 billion. Meanwhile, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said the central bank should only wind down its bond-buying program gradually. San Francisco Fed President John Williams will talk about the economy and monetary policy in Phoenix, Ariz., at 2:10 p.m. Eastern.
Terrence Horan/MarketWatch
• Fourteen stocks for 2014
• Buying the 2014 recovery
Late Monday, the Senate approved Janet Yellen to be the first chairwoman of the Federal Reserve in the central bank's history in a 56-26 vote. But analysts said there wasn't much surprise here for markets, and investors were biding their time ahead of Wednesday's minutes of the Dec. 18 Fed meeting and Friday's monthly jobs report.
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.26% dropped for a third straight session on Monday, after services-sector data came in weaker than expected. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.40% also marked its third-straight losing session. The Dow industrials DJIA, +0.13% fell after gaining Friday.
European stocks pushed higher Tuesday after the annual rate of euro-zone inflation fell further below the European Central Bank's target in December, triggering some concerns that too little inflation will pose a threat to the region's economy. Analysts said it could also put pressure on the ECB to respond with stimulus measures to fend off deflation. The central bank meets Thursday.
Asian stocks mostly rose, though yen strength continued to weigh on the Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.06%. The dollar was little changed, while gold fell and oil continued to rise.
Shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc. PANW, -1.44% rose 5% in premarket action after the network-security firm said Monday it had bought Morta Security for an undisclosed sum.
Convergys Corp. US:CVG shares jumped 27% in premarket trading after the customer management firm said late Monday that it will buy Stream Global Services Inc. for a total enterprise value of $820 million in cash. The company said the acquisition should add about 35 cents a share to Convergys earnings, excluding one-time costs.
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. NBIX, +3.69% surged 56% premarket. Late Monday, the biotech company said mid-stage study results for a treatment of a condition in which sufferers make involuntary facial movements showed statistically significant improvement.
Cyan Inc. US:CYNI shares fell 23% in premarket action after the provider of software-defined networking and packet-optical platforms for network operators said weaker orders are forcing it to cut its fourth-quarter revenue outlook by a third.
The brutal cold gripping a huge portion of the U.S. from the Midwest to the East Coast continued to take a toll on businesses and individuals. JetBlue Airways Corp. JBLU, +1.66% suspended operations from Monday evening into Tuesday morning in the Boston and New York areas, so crew members could rest and aircraft could be serviced. JetBlue shares rose 1.6% in premarket trading.
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Rounton Farm is located in Orange County Virginia in the heart of prime horse country. We are nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and provide a peaceful haven for humans and animals alike. Whether you are looking to host a special event, experience our unique summer camps, join our hunt club, purchase some high quality hay or board your horse with us, we think you will be satisfied. Please contact us to schedule your visit to the farm or to talk to us about all that we have to offer.


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Mark Weisbrot
Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 4, 2000
May 4 will mark thirty years since four students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University were murdered by Ohio National Guardsmen. It is no exaggeration to call it murder, since the students were unarmed and-- given how far they were from the troops-- could not have posed any threat. The closest of those killed, Jeffrey Miller, was shot at a distance of 265 feet.
The photo of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling beside his body, arms outstretched and screaming in anguish, was etched into the national consciousness as a searing image of the war at home.
The campuses responded with an explosion of protest, with five million students taking part in America's largest student strike. Kent State was a turning point in the history of the war-- "a shock wave that brought the nation and its leadership close to the point of physical exhaustion..," as Henry Kissinger would later write in his memoirs.
The war dragged on for five more years, and so we have recently been treated to a series of ruminations on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its conclusion. But not enough space has been given to those who got it right three decades ago: the anti-war movement.
The protesters put forth an alternative analysis of the war. It was not a war to save the world from a "Communist threat," as our leaders told us, but a colonial war. We took over the war from the French, who were trying to regain control of their former colony after World War II. We refused to allow elections in 1956, as provided for by the Geneva accords of 1954-- because (as President Eisenhower noted) we knew that our adversaries, led by Ho Chi Minh, would win overwhelmingly.
Instead we poured in arms and money, and then troops to support a corrupt, dictatorial client state in South Vietnam. We could never "win" the war, because most Vietnamese saw the United States as a hostile invader trying to take over their country. And the South Vietnamese army was understandably demoralized. So our involvement escalated, and we resorted to increasingly brutal methods-- including the bombing of civilians and defoliation of large areas of land. Two million Vietnamese civilians were killed, mostly in the South, in addition to more than one million fighters. As Nixon spread the war to Cambodia-- his invasion of which brought the Kent State protesters into the streets-- our bombing probably killed as many Cambodians as Pol Pot did, and helped create the conditions for the holocaust that ensued there.
The anti-war movement argued that these were heinous crimes that could never be justified. "We have destroyed their land and their crops," said Martin Luther King, Jr. "We have supported the enemies of the peasants. . . we have corrupted their women and children and killed their men. What liberators!"
A 1990 poll by the Chicago Council on Foreign relations found that 71% of Americans thought the Vietnam war was "more than a mistake; it was fundamentally wrong and immoral."
Yet the 25th anniversary has seen numerous attempts to find some middle ground, so that we may "put the war behind us." Fifty-eight thousand American soldiers died in Vietnam, and even more committed suicide after returning home. Some say it is a disservice to the millions of veterans who fought there to talk about the evils of the war.
But many veterans do not feel that way. Barry Romo, national coordinator of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, reminds us that his was the only organization of Vietnam veterans that existed 30 years ago-- and the only veterans who took to the streets were those protesting the war. "It's unfair to those who lost their lives, and their arms and legs, to pretend that the war had some value. We were lied to by the government and the media-- we should never have been there. The most important thing now is for people to know the truth so that it never happens again."
It's a compelling argument. Our government's support for the mass atrocities in Central America in the 1980s, which included arming the killers of tens of thousands of innocents, might well have been avoided if we had owned up to the truth after the Vietnam war. And since this more recent history, too, has been swept under the rug, we are currently going down the same road in Colombia.
To forgive is a virtue, but forgetting is an indulgence we can ill afford. Our foreign policy establishment remains addicted to empire, and is possessed by a hubris that is arguably even greater than the one that got us into Vietnam. Until they learn the lessons that the anti-war movement tried to teach them, we can expect more Vietnams ahead of us.


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September 2008
Northeast Magnet High School
Wichita, Kans.
|Selected Characteristics of Magnet School and Host Districta
|Magnet School: Northeast Magnet High School
|Host District: USD 259, Wichita, Kans.
|Year Established as Magnet
|Mid-size City
|Small City
|Science, law, and visual arts
|152 square miles
|MSAPb Funded
|538 students
|575 magnet high school students out of 13,538 grade 9–12 students (as of 9-20-07)
|Student Ethnicity
|13.2% Hispanic
25.7% African-American
47.4% White
9% Asian American
1% Native American
4% Multiracial
|Student Ethnicity
(grades 9-12)c
|20% Hispanic
23.5% African-American
45% White
6% Asian American
3% Native American
4% Multiracial
|Special Education
|Special Educationc
|Free or Reduced-price Lunch
|44% (2006)
|Free or Reduced-price Lunchc
|English Language Learners
|< 1%
|English Language Learnersc
a Source: Kansas State Department of Education Report Card for school year 2006–07, http://online.ksde.org/rcard
b U.S. Department of Education's Magnet Schools Assistance program
c Source: Data self-reported by school or district for 2007–08 school year
In a science class at Northeast Magnet High School (NEM), students are researching DNA transformation as part of the Pass the Salt Project sponsored by the biology department of Wichita State University. The program provides sophisticated lab equipment and graduate students in genetics to mentor the students who also will conduct antimicrobial research and gel-electrophoresis experiments. Many students are drawn to NEM because it offers three magnet programs in science, law, and visual arts; others like how these are integrated into a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum and because it is the smallest high school in the district with a strong academic track record.
Located in a residential, predominantly African-American neighborhood, NEM is one block from Wichita State University, providing easy access for collaboration and opportunities for college preparation. In the 2006-07 school year, approximately 25 percent of the seniors took local university classes. NEM's long-standing partnerships with the university and local cultural and civic institutions bring students to the university campus and local art museums to engage in research, projects, and special events. Founded in 1990 as a science and arts magnet, NEM modeled high school reform innovations that were new to the host district, which is Wichita Public School District (USD 259), including block scheduling, smaller learning communities, an interdisciplinary humanities program, and projects using technology. In 1996, as a result of budget constraints and changing state standards, the district merged Northeast Magnet High School with the Downtown Law Magnet program, moving the program from its location at city hall to the NEM school site. In a district with seven comprehensive high schools, three alternative high schools, 19 magnet elementary schools, and four magnet middle schools, 26 percent of students in the district attend magnet schools. NEM is the district's only high school that has made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the past six years.
Mission and Curriculum
NEM's mission is to provide a four-year program of studies for students who want to focus their education in science, law, or visual arts. These three magnet areas, embedded in a college preparation program, offer a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, integrated with technology and annual projects to produce a focused, well-rounded education. The school's vision statement captures NEM's achievement-driven ethos:
"Students and teachers are here because they want to be.
Students and teachers think what they are doing is important.
Students and teachers share high standards and a commitment to excellence.
Northeast Magnet has clear goals and everyone knows what they are.
At NEM, risk taking is not only allowed, but encouraged."
Forty-four percent of NEM students are in the science program, which has two major strands—one that focuses on engineering and the other in biological sciences. Students engage in lab research, applied technology, and problem solving, and math and science courses are integrated and taught with a project-based focus. Students have the opportunity to earn dual credit for Wichita State University in advanced course work. All freshmen take honors physical science and introduction to engineering design. Students can focus on aerospace engineering, biotechnology, or biomedical classes. In every science class, they are engaged in hands-on, project-based learning and lab activities, and are often using computers for simulations. Students built and tested gliders using a wind tunnel, worked with flight simulators with the Federal Aviation Administration, created prototypes of a child car seat alarm, a redesign of an auto seatbelt, and built a solar collector sun shade for hybrid cars. Other students worked with glow-in-the-dark bacteria in a genetic engineering project, built models of the human heart, and developed a model for an artificial prosthetic joint replacement.
The law and public service program introduces students to legal and judicial issues, forensic science, crime scene investigations, and public policy. Students learn about the role of court officers, how to write a legal brief, opinions, and contracts. Every student completes a magnet project each year that includes research, a written paper, and both oral and visual presentations. All students are expected to complete a minimum of 100 hours of community service by the end of their senior year. Freshmen take the Law 101 class; sophomores take practical law and have opportunities to participate in mock trial competitions; and juniors and seniors select such classes as forensic science, government, economics, and mentorship. Seniors also participate in a mentorship program involving internships with the Wichita Bar Association, fire department, police department, the Sedgwick County sheriff's department, district court judge, and other community agencies in the legal and social work fields. The internships, as one teacher explains, mean that students have "seen fights in courtrooms, jumped on ladders with firemen, and had a wide range of experiences."
Students in the art magnet program are required to complete at least 7 credit units, including an art survey, drawing, and painting classes. In addition, students can earn college credit in studio arts courses at Wichita State University. Electives are offered in drawing, painting, ceramics, digital imaging, computer graphics, creating computer games, sculpture, AP Studio Art, senior art projects, fiber arts, and special art production classes. The school is equipped with a ceramics lab with pottery wheels and kilns, and a computer lab with 25 PCs for digital imaging, computer art and design.
Art students regularly exhibit their work in shows hosted by the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita Center for the Arts, CityArts, Wichita State University, and Friends University as well as other private and public galleries. Each of the teachers in the program are professional artists themselves.
Ensuring Student Success
To support student learning, teachers provide math, science, and English tutoring during lunch and after school for any student. Every student receives a weekly progress report each Wednesday showing the student's current grades, and comments from his or her teachers. Students take an advocacy class, one 40-minute period each week where they meet in smaller groups with a teacher to work on a range of projects. Freshmen learn study skills and habits to acclimate to high school; juniors and seniors are preparing for the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and building portfolios in preparation for applying to college, conducting scholarship searches, and preparing resumes. Part of the class involves creating an advocacy folder that holds testing scores, goals, and an individualized high school plan with questions about "where you are now and what you need to do to get to college."
If a student is struggling academically, typically, the advocacy teacher will talk with the student, make parent contact, and try different interventions, including tutoring or involving another teacher if they are having trouble motivating the student. Every student takes four years of high school math. Students are expected to complete Algebra II or beyond, and science magnet students are required to complete Algebra II and Pre-calculus/Trigonometry with a C or above. Math classes at NEM meet daily for 95 minutes all year long, providing more time on task and opportunities for both remediation, enrichment, and acceleration.
Historically, the NEM building was an African-American junior high school. Today, the school provides bus transportation for white students from outside the predominantly African-American neighborhood who attend. As principal Joel Hudson explains, "The African-American community sees this as their school. So there is community buy-in even though students come from all over the city. In reality, white students are being bused in and parents have no problem with students coming to this neighborhood. If this were a comprehensive school and students were being bused from the outskirts, parents would have a problem with that. But because it is a magnet, they want them here."
"We don't fight here at Northeast," says one student. "Sometimes it takes ninth-graders a little while to figure out that this school is different and this environment won't foster conflict. But they catch on fast."
Building School Capacity
"The school has been extremely successful," says principal Hudson, "and we have always made AYP [adequate yearly progress] and for the most part have made the [Kansas] standard of excellence in reading or math." Still, Hudson acknowledges that the school has work to do in closing the achievement gap among its subgroups. "It is a challenge for me to get the staff to really look at the data and say, 'If we don't really start talking about the kids that we need to help improve, we may not make AYP next year.' Now teachers are actually talking about what strategies could … bring those scores up. We have been on this quest of coming to grips with the fact that we are going to have subgroups, and if we don't do something to help their skill level we are not going to progress this school."
In Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings, teachers meet weekly to collaborate by department and magnet theme area. At weekly staff development meetings, faculty discuss such topics as lesson sharing, best practices for improving reading comprehension, and using data to increase the rigor and relevance of instruction. Every Wednesday, teachers have a 40-minute block of time to look at student data by grade level and by department.
As part of their professional development, teachers work in small groups where they learn to use interim assessments to inform their teaching and instruction. With the increased focus on data and testing from the district and state, the school hired a data manager who oversees such testing as the PSAT and district common assessments, and works closely with teachers on using data to improve teaching and instruction. Faculty collaboration is a core element of NEM's success. Teachers are actively involved in decision-making at the school, through their departments and PLC groups.
Since its inception, NEM has actively cultivated partnerships with community businesses, organizations, and universities, including Friends University, Newman University, Wichita State University, the Wichita Art Museum, the city's Fair Housing department, the Boeing Company, the United Way, and the Salvation Army. The partnerships have yielded a mentorship program, research opportunities, and exhibitions for the school's art students. Principal Hudson takes an active role in developing them, whether by writing grants to bring programs into the school or serving on a district committee.
NEM's proximity to and partnership with the University of Wichita provide a strong resource for students: They can use equipment and software at the university's engineering facility for their projects. Graduate students in the physicians' assistant program at the College of Health Professions come to NEM and tutor students in bio-logy, chemistry, and the biotechnology engineering program. "We are getting college role models in our building," says Hudson. One biology professor wrote a grant that helped NEM get over $10,000 dollars' worth of lab equipment.
Achievement and Outcomes
NEM reflects the district's ethnic diversity, but shows higher levels of academic proficiency on state testing and other academic measures. It has made AYP for the past six years, while the district, with 14,155 students in grades 9-12 in 2007-08, has failed to make AYP for the past five years. NEM has a 96.4 percent graduation rate compared to the district's rate of 76.9 percent.
The school has been recognized by the state of Kansas for reaching the "Standard of Excellence" in mathematics as well as the state's Challenge Award for exceeding assessment expectations for all students. Table 8 shows that the percentages of 11th-grade NEM students meeting or exceeding standards on the 2007 state reading and mathematics assessments were greater than district and state achievement rates.
Table 8. Percentages of 11th-Grade Students Meeting or Exceeding Standards On 2007 State Assessments at Northeast Magnet High School as Compared To the District and the State
|Northeast Magnet High School
|Wichita District 259
|State of Kansas
Source: Kansas State Department of Education Report Card for school year 2006–07, http://online.ksde.org/rcard


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Previously, Weiner was a New York City councilman from 1992 to 1998, and a congressional aide to then-U.S. Representative Schumer from 1985 to 1991. A New York City native, he attended the public schools and graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1985 with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.
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The case of the month project provides high school teachers with some of the necessary tools to educate their students about the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Each month, during the Supreme Court's session, a "teachable" case will be highlighted. It will be chosen from the cases the Court will hear that month. February case of the month available here.


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Listen to Rihanna + Chris Brown on 'Birthday Cake' Remix
The world will finally get a taste of the highly anticipated 'Birthday Cake' remix. Rihanna snagged former flame Chris Brown to feature on the track, much to the chagrin of the brass. While we can't speak for their potential romantic reunion, their musical one may not be such a bad idea.
The 'Birthday Cake' remix is three times the length of the original brief 'Talk That Talk' track. The raunchy bedroom anthem is extra steamy considering the couple's rollercoaster history. Based on rampant rumors of their downlow hookups, when Breezy sings, "Girl I wanna f— you right now / It's been a long time / I've been missing your body," you believe him.
Rihanna is just as reminiscent, rapping, "Remember how you did it? / Remember how you fed it? / You still wanna kiss it? / C-C-Come and get it."
Breezy's own 'Turn Up the Music' remix was released today, also featuring RiRi. While critics and fans were both wary of the collaborations (and understandably so), from a purely musical standpoint, they duo makes an effective team.
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2013 'ASEAN Day for Disaster Management' showcases projects and responses focused on differently abled and other marginalized groups.
On 12th October 2013 in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC), Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF) came together with a range of Thai and international NGO's to raise awareness with the general public about the need for disaster management to take into account differently abled and disabled individuals.
Chanthamas Yaowalak, SDF's Spatial Planning Specialist, was one of several staff who attended the day-long exhibit/fair. "The event brought a lot of knowledge to a lot of people because many families both local and foreign were passing by," she said.
When the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami devastated many areas of Southeast Asia, the ASEAN Secretariat and the regional community deciding to start commemorating ADDM and the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR). The theme of this year's event – Innovating Together Towards a Safe ASEAN Community – looked at how differently abled people / people with disabilities are affected differently to the rest of the population before and after disasters occur.
Although SDF does not specialize in promoting justice and access for differently abled / disabled people, the organization does spend a lot of time working with vulnerable and marginalized groups, and understands very well that they are affected differently and disproportionately by disasters. Having worked closely with poor, resource dependent farmers and fishers, as well as underprivileged women and youth groups, SDF was able to share lessons about working with these marginalized groups whilst at the same time learning about the difficulties faced by differently abled / disabled groups.
"I participated in an activity where I wore glasses that impaired my vision. I had to thread small crystal stones onto a piece of rope," Yaowalak said. "On top of that I had to wear thick gloves, making things even more difficult."
Yaowalak participated in just one of the myriad games and activities being conducted by various organizations, all of whom are working to increase the public's awareness and knowledge surrounding people with disabilities and the hardships the face when disasters occur.
Cultural and social stigmas can mean that people with disabilities are unable to access and participate in activities to strengthen knowledge and build capacity to respond to disasters. A poor understanding and a lack of analysis about the way society discriminates against differently abled people leaves them marginalized and vulnerable. Promoting more comprehensive and inclusive approaches and planning will help make disaster risk reduction more effective and ultimately save lives.
"We know that natural disasters and extreme weather events are going to increase as a result of global climate change, so it is imperative that we try to better understand how social and cultural factors like this work to make some groups more vulnerable than they really should be," explained Yaowalak.
To make the ASEAN region safer and more disaster resilient, national bodies, local governments and communities themselves must consider how to incorporate and address the needs of marginalized and vulnerable groups. In the case of the differently abled / disabled, that might mean improving infrastructure to make it more appropriate to their specific needs, and training rescue dogs to be able to provide specialized assistance when disasters strike.
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Coming soon, Fedora and EPEL users with virtual machines in Amazon (US East for starters) will have super-fast updates. I've been hacking away in Fedora Infrastructure and the Fedora Cloud SIG to place a mirror in Amazon S3. A little more testing, and I'll flip the switch in MirrorManager, and all Amazon EC2 US East users will be automatically directed to the S3 mirror first. Yea! Once that looks good, if there's enough demand, we can put mirrors in other regions too.
I hadn't done a lot of uploading into S3 before. It seems the common tool people use is s3cmd. I like to think of 's3cmd sync' as a replacement for rsync. It's not – but with a few patches, and your help, I think it can be made more usable. So far I've patched in —exclude-from so that it doesn't walk the entire local file system only to later prune and exclude files – a speedup of over 20x in the Fedora case. I added a –delete-after option, because there's no reason to delete files early in the case of S3 – you've got virtually unlimited storage. And I added a –delay-updates option, to minimize the amount of time the S3 mirror yum repositories are in an inconsistent state (now down to a few seconds, and could be even better). I'm waiting on upstream to accept/reject/modify my patches, but Fedora Infrastructure is using my enhancements in the meantime.
One feature I'd really like to see added is to honor hardlinks. Fedora extensively uses hardlinks to cut down on the number of files, amount of storage, and time needed to upload content. Some files in the Fedora tree have 6 hardlinks, and over three quarters of the files have at least one hardlink sibling. Unfortunately, S3 doesn't natively understand anything about hardlinks. Lacking that support, I expect that S3 COPY commands would be the best way to go about duplicating the effect of hardlinks (reduced file upload time), even if we don't get all the benefits. However, I don't have a lot more time available in the next few weeks to create such a patch myself – hence my lazyweb plea for help. If this sounds like something you'd like to take on, please do!


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US Upset That New Zealand Government Has Too Much Respect For Free Speech
from the can't-have-that deptFollowing the leaked cables that showed how the US offered to help write New Zealand's new copyright laws, Chargone points us to the news that the US was equally (if not more) interested in rewriting New Zealand's anti-terrorism laws, which it believed were inadequate.
Particularly galling to the US State Department? The idea that New Zealanders have a healthy respect for free speech (how dare they!):
In the post-9/11 world, one would expect that New Zealand would have an adequate law to deal with foreign as well as domestic terrorism - it does not. Critics of the TSA [Terrorism Suppression Act] say that the law was never envisaged to apply to domestic terrorism, but one wonders if it would have applied to foreign terrorists plotting much the same activities as those leaked by the press. The inherent weaknesses of the TSA underscore that the Labour Party and its minor party partners in government (many of whom are veterans of Vietnam War-era street protests) are not comfortable with legislation that in any way would undermine legitimate political expression. We hope the Law Commission, which will review the law...Yeah. We come from the country in which we're told that the government "shall make no law," that infringes on our right to free speech... and here that same government is whining that another country has too much respect for free speech. The US ambassador seems upset that New Zealand would dare consider free speech rights to be important. It's stories like these that make the State Department's claims of supporting freedom around the globe ring pretty hollow...
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Sydney Science Forum: Sympathy for the Devil
24 July 2012
Our native Tasmanian devils are facing extinction due to a contagious cancer called Devil Facial Tumour Disease that has already decimated 80% of the devil population. Hear what the future holds for the Tasmanian devil, when Associate Professor Kathy Belov presents on her fascinating research at the Sydney Science Forum: Sympathy for the Devil on Wednesday 25 July.
Associate Professor Kathy Belov, ARC Future Fellow and Head of the Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, is playing a key role in saving the Tasmanian devils with her award winning genomics research and her involvement in the captive breeding program.
"Devil Facial Tumour Disease is absolutely devastating for Tasmania devils, as it continues to decimate devil populations in the wild. If we don't act now, the Tasmanian devil will become extinct," said Associate Professor Kathy Belov.
"It's a really unusual disease, as it's a cancer that's contagious. It's passed from devil to devil when they bite each other, as the cancerous cells from one devil don't invoke an immune response in other devils. We think the disease is able to spread this way because of the lack of genetic diversity within wild devil populations and possibly because the tumour is suppressing the immune response too."
Devil Facial Tumour Disease has no cure and results in infected devils developing cancerous growths around their mouths and noses. Infected devils are unable to eat due to the rapidly growing facial tumours and die of starvation within six months of contracting the disease.
"The disease has spread so rapidly and disasterously in wild devil populations, that we're less confident now than we were a year ago that devils will survive this epidemic in the wild," said Associate Professor Belov.
"The best thing we can do now to bring the devil back from the brink of extinction is to support the captive breeding program, which keeps devils in zoos and wildlife parks free from the disease.
"The Zoos and Aquarium Association and the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program are running Australia's largest captive breeding program. My team is working with the Zoos and Aquarium Association to manage the genetics of the captive breeding program - 500 devils are held in captivity, including 150 that were recently brought in from the wild," explained Associate Professor Belov.
"Our aim is to capture all of the genetic diversity that is in the wild and maintain it in captivity for thirty years, until it is safe to start releasing animals back into the wild. I believe that this insurance program is vitally important for the future of the Tasmanian devil."
At the free public event on Wednesday 25 July, Associate Professor Belov will announce a new project to sequence genomic DNA from all of the Tasmanian devils in captivity. The public are invited to help fund this vital research and bring this species back from the brink of extinction by sponsoring the genetic sequencing of individual devils. Donate on the night or donate online via: http://sydney.edu.au/supportsydney/how
Representatives from the Zoos and Aquarium Association, the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program, Taronga Zoo, the Australian Reptile Park, Devil Ark and Healesville Sanctuary will attend the Sydney Science Forum.
Meet two young Tasmanian devils from Devil Ark - named Stassy and Stanley - after Associate Professor Belov's Sydney Science Forum and see first hand how gorgeous and fascinating an animal the Tasmanian devil is.
Interactive booths with activities and demonstrations on Australian marsupials will also be running after the Sydney Science Forum, with staff from the Australian Museum, City of Sydney, Taronga Zoo and Devil Ark devil keepers, Feature Creatures with live animals, Zoo and Aquarium Association, and the University of Sydney's Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Sydney Science Forum: Sympathy for the Devil
Date: Wednesday 25 July 2012
Time: 5.45pm - 6.45pm
Venue: Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney
Cost: Free
Contact: Katynna Gill
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CACREP gives our program an automatic platform for reputability and integrity. Confirming our accreditation with CACREP is often the first inquisition of perspective students. We are proud to maintain and surpass these standards that call our program, faculty, and students forward in the field of counseling. A faculty member at Regis University
I am currently a teacher and have to listen to the issues/problem/questions and then refer them to a counselor. The only time I really know the outcome is if I'm updated because I have to be or if a student thanks me for moving them to the right person. I am really looking forward to being on the other side of the coin. I also look forward to the teaching aspect from the counseling side. It is nice that times have changed for school counselors and we are afforded more opportunities to do this. Student at Loyola College in Maryland
This is open to any student or group of students enrolled in a CACREP-accredited master's or doctoral program. It can be used to fund dissertation research relating to CACREP. Students can apply for up to $500 in research funding any time by submitting their proposal according to the announcement.
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Health highlights four categories: Activity, Sleep, Mindfulness, and Nutrition. Health automatically counts your steps, walking, and running distances. And, if you have an Apple Watch, it automatically tracks your Activity data. The information that you create or gather about yourself is under your control, and it's encrypted with your passcode when you lock your iPhone.
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- Turn on the categories that you want to track.
You can also find compatible apps right in the Health app:
- Open the Health app and tap the Health Data tab.
- Tap a category that you want to track, like Mindfulness.
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- Open Health, tap the Sources tab, and tap the app. Turn on the categories that you want to track.
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- To view your goals and your move, exercise, and stand data, tap the Health Data tab, then tap Activity.
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Since G.I. Joe and Transformers became big goofy movies, author Jeremy Robinson has developed mixed feelings about loving the 1980s. He explains why below.
I'm a child of the eighties. That's not to say I was born in the eighties. I wasn't. What I mean is that my formative child rearing years stretched between 1980, when I was six and 1989, when I was (I hate math) fifteen.
My gaming habit was formed by Pong (for you youngens, Pong wasn't just a game, but an entire game system that played ONE game), Atari, Colecovision, Commodore 64, Apple IIC, Nintendo and Sega. My love of sci-fi was fostered by Creature Double Feature (only here in New England–Godzilla, Gamera, monster movies), Battlestar Galactic (with a fuzzy robot bear!), Dr. Who, Greatest American Hero and Star Trek (Khaaaaaan!). I ate Cocoa Pebbles and lived in a cartoon bliss ruled by Space Ghost, The Herculoids, G.I. Joe, Robotech, Transformers, Go-bots, Force Five (Gai King, Starvengers, etc), M.A.S.K., Gummy Bears and that pink chick that was truly outrageous. *Yes, I know its Jem. Don't doubt my mastery of the 80s!
You get the point. And I'm still a fan of many of these shows and games. I'm raising my kids on Pac-man and Thundercats. It's what we children of the 80s do: we adore our childhood. Well, most of us. There was something about the time, I think, that made us hyper-fond of our youth culture. Maybe it was the beginning of the technological revolution. Or the emergence of cartoons that weren't about giant purple apes (Grape Ape) and hairy kiwi with a club (Captain Caveman). I'm not sure, but that's how we are. We can sit around and listen to 80s TV theme songs for hours and feel like a million bucks when we're done.
BUT, Hollywood is spoiling some of that good fun by systematically raping the culture of my childhood. It's one thing for Family Guy to have the Kool-Aid man jump out every now and again, or have Peter do an M.C. Hammer parody. They get it. Family Guy teases us with quick 1980s jokes that make us go buy T-shirts. But movies…movies are a different beast that makes me put away my T-shirts.
Since G.I. Joe came out I feel a smattering of shame when I don my Cobra logo T-shirt. It's not that the movie was bad. It was fun. And had one of the lowest IQs ever (Ice FLOATS!!). But I enjoyed it. But at the same time, by being remade for a new generation, the 80s version has been made less-cool. The retro fun is gone. I don't want people to see my Cobra shirt and think, "Wow, that guy must have really liked that G.I Joe movie." I want most people to think, "What the hell is that on his shirt," and other children of the 80s to point at me and say, "Yes! Awesome shirt!" which makes me think, "Hey we could be friends," but then I respond with a quick, "Thanks," before walking quickly away with my head down. But I feel good inside. But now? Hell! After Transformers 2 I started looking for a black hole for my Transformers T-shirt.
And this is affecting more than my T-shirt collection. I'm an author. And as a lover of the 80s, I sneak in postmodern references whenever possible. I wrote my novel, INSTINCT, a few years ago (yes, it was just released this year-publishers are slow). The story involves a tribe of Neanderthals hidden in an extremely remote mountain range in Vietnam, that devolved into hairy, savage beasts. When the character, Rook, first come across one of them, he refers to it as Cha-Ka. He goes on to describe the show (Land of the Lost). Marshal, Will and Holly. Sid and Marty Croft. All good fun for us 80s kids. And then, when the book is being edited, I see a commercial for the Land of the Lost movie. I watch for thirty seconds, and then, "Sonofabitch." Will Ferrell ate something sacred from my childhood, digested it, squatted over my postmodern scene and dropped a big, stinky, quasi-funny load. The scene is still in the book, but it's not nearly as fun and I think I even edited it so no one would think I was referring to the movie.
The point is, with every 1980s franchise remade by Hollywood, I lose a piece of my childhood that I so adore.
So, who's to blame? The children of the 80's, that's who. I'm currently trying to get the novelization gig for the impending Godzilla reboot. I'm guessing a lot of the directors and screenwriters of the rash of 1980s remakes are children of the 80s, too. But we're not only pillaging our childhoods, we're also paying to see our childhoods violated. It's like we have a 1980s culture snuff-film fetish. I know the impending A-Team movie will make my retro A-Team T-shirt obsolete and uncool, but I'll probably see it anyway. I saw Land of the Lost. I went to G.I. Joe, both Transformers. And if they make a Thundercats movies, I'll wait in line with my son.
Is there hope? Maybe. Hollywood might eventually move on to the 90s (though the 90s weren't nearly as fun). Or maybe we children of the 80s who are going to these movies and taking our kids to these movies will get tired of seeing remakes (I doubt it). Okay, so the only real hope is obscurity. My Oregon Trail shirt (You have died of dysentery) is probably safe. I think The Herculoids might make it through unscathed and certainly a lot of the admittedly dumb shows…like the formerly mentioned Jem. He-man's probably safe too. Inhumanoids certainly are.
In closing, I have a message for Hollywood. Lean in close. Listen up. Don't miss this, cause you'll regret it. Thundarr the Barbarian is off limits! If you make a Thundarr movie I will hunt you down and shove the Sun Sword where the sun don't shine. I will go Ookla on your ass and shout Demon Dogs! at you until you weep like so many evil wizards emasculated by Ariel's sultry sorcery. Unless you want me to write it. Then, call me. Screw it, I'm going to write the script right now. I'll have it on your desk next week.
So, reader, what do you think? What 80s franchises would you like to see remade? Which are off limits?
This post by Jeremy Robinson originally appeared at Think Hero. Jeremy Robinson is the author of seven novels including PULSE and INSTINCT, the first two books in his Chess Team series published by Thomas Dunne Books, and imprint of St. Martin's Press.


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No matter how hot it is outside, it is always colder in your office.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
On the Street…….Summer Cardigan, Soho
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The need for a summer cardigan is noted, I believe, somewhere in a tome titled "Specific Truths and Decidedly Unhelpful Solutions." — By which I mean: the moment you leave your office you shall be dying of heat, however the moment you step inside it will feel as though you are stricken with fever.
This young lady looks quite lovely, might I add.
Absolutely cute and girly!
Wery cute dress,and I love her hair!
Cardigans are a staple for me at the office in the summer as it is SO DARN COLD THERE…I actually heard a really interesting radio piece recently about how summer office temperatures are often set at a temperature that is comfortable for men, forcing women to cover up. Women have a greater surface to volume ratio and so dissipate heat more readily than men and get cold more easily (counter-intuitive when you think of women as having more body fat). Anyhow. :) Sweet little cardigans are wonderful.
No matter how hot it is outside, this girl is hotter.
absolutely gorgeous! now i know how to cut my hair :D
Simply BEAUTIFUL! I love everything about her. Great shot.
i love the whole outfit and her haircut is adorable! i wear cardigans as a cover up over everything :)
The dress is from Madras, you can get it frĂĄn APC and the shoes is from APC!
The icy office phenom really bothers me –women are so passive/tough –as in, they'll tough it out instead of trying to do something about it. "It's ok, I'll just drape a flannel blanket over me when I'm inside." Luckily, my current employer is not as sadistic with the A/C. But at my old office, I often sat on my hands to regain feeling in them.
I'm addicted to cardigans, they are the best! Totally wearable with everything from jeans and sneakers to fancy dresses (depending, naturally, on the material of the cardy – but a cashmere one works with everything!). The office that I work in is very hot (no air conditioning) and since I live in a windy city in the north (Gothenburg) I wear a cardigan instead of a jacket when I go to/from work and take it off when I come inside. Anyway, this girl looks absolutely adorable and I just love her hair! So very 'pixie goes 21st century'. This is the picture to bring to the hairdresser and say "I want to look like this".
Lovely hair and great combining of colours.
I work in NYC with a very cosmopolitan crowd, that helps with flexibility on the 70 degrees that is mandatory in most offices across the USA. Shrugs, cardigans, wraps, leggings, many devices to fight the same convenience taken to annoyance. I vote for 76 degrees as a new standard.
that dress is the epitome of feminine chic. i admire the sharp neck detail.
Love the Agness Deyn hair!
Gorgeous dress!
A gamine feminine charm
At first glance
The trapeze dress
Flares Toddler-like
yoke sitting high
by Granny collared cardigan
A Continuous Loop of
Cool Mint Wool
The pose is sweet
the hair cropped short
head tilted
the expression….?
long legs seductively captured
in HIGH HEELED shoes
legs slightly turned
funny caption!
I think the cardigan is a tiny bit long, but I do love this outfit, which is perfect with this slightly punky hair. Tres chic.
Nice hair..
i'm a guy and it's still stinkin' cold in my office; the full zip hoody is my staple
didn't we see her in paris saying "send money for shoes?" is this your wife sart? Enchanting – she is too fun!
incredible shot. how do you get your models to pose like that? are they models in real life and know how to stand one leg bent and shoulders sloped? the colors of the dress contrast beautifully with the hot sun in the pic.
and about the office temps…..this is my pet peeve. i cannot understand why anybody wants a freezing office. summers are so short, we must celebrate warmth. i vote for 76deg too, along with lighter clothing that is cut to expose more skin male or female. we should not be using so much electricity. another interesting thing, NYC insides seem cooler than Chicago, maybe i'm imagining it, but i always feel cooler in NYC clubs.
The knitwear looks quite used. Maybe a pashmina would look better.How about the feet? Does not the feet get cold too.I would recommend warm socks too.
The flirty summer dress is lovingly contrasted with the demure cardigan, all in light appropriate colours….gamine cute.
Just beautiful, from head to toe.
Cute, cute cute!!
so so true, no matter how hot it is outside & which case it is malaysia which has summer all year long, it's always winter in my office. although the lack of snow it's always below 20 degrees & most times 16 degrees. i only wear a jacket/sweater over though :/, & i can't wear skirts!
The nice summer sweater is something most clothing manufacturers seemed to have overlooked. There are two few light and feminine sweaters to wear over all the little dresses I've been wearing.. Hey fashion world, don't forget our cardigans next summer!
Yes! We must allways have a cardigan, even at summer time. The one she is using is so simple and so cute. She looks great!
I love this primarily because of her great short hair. How can you not love short hair? Long hair would be so boring with this outfit – the bluntness of the style and colour is perfect with the femininity of her dress/cardigan and shoes.
hahaha that's true!! Back in my hometown in Brazil, it could be superhot outdoors, but as soon as i entered in my office it was like north pole! I always carried a summer jacket with me. Good tip ^^
she looks really sweet..
but i wish there was a photo of her without the cardi, the dress looks really promising!!!
I love the idea of this look, but I'm sorry…I think the cardigan is a little too big and boxy with such a voluminous dress.
P.S. She's gorgeous.
Beautiful girl looks like Agyness Deyyn.
I'm pretty sure the dress is A.P.C.
her hair!!!!
This is fabulous. It reminds me of myself, and how fashion is about humanity too! WE DO GET SO COLD IN THE AIR CONDITIONING! I love you for understanding. Spread the love.
Oh so cute – she looks perfect, love it all the shoes, dress, and cardi too!!! Comfort and style.
What a cute outfit!
I hope she thanks her parents for such a gorgeous face and her hairdresser for the fabulous cut…to die for!
very cute dress, even cuter girl
Looks like a prettier version of Mariacarla Boscone, I really appreciate how it's becoming more accepted for women to cut their hair in short, practical and beautiful styles, how you can wear your hair short and still not feel like less of a woman. Great picture overall.
Yes, I agree with you all! She's gorgeous, she's fab, she has great hair, great pose, and why the heck are offices so damn cold when it's HOT outside – BUT I have one tiny tiny critique to make: it's a winter cardi. She looks like she must be hot and itchy outside. Sounds like cavilling, but a slighty lighter-weight cardi would have looked better.


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Colorado to Use Telemedicine in Prisons
The Colorado Department of Corrections and Denver Health Medical Center are launching a telemedicine pilot program in June for incarcerated patients that need consultations specialized areas.
Specialized medical care will soon be a point and click away for some Colorado inmates.
The Colorado Department of Corrections and Denver Health Medical Center are launching a telemedicine pilot program in June for incarcerated patients that need consultations in the areas of rheumatology, infectious disease, orthopedics and general surgery. Instead of office visits, inmates and doctors will meet using high-definition video conferencing.
The state hopes the program will reduce the risk of prisoner escape and save money by avoiding costly offsite trips to the medical center. Nineteen different corrections facilities in Colorado will take part in the telemedicine effort.
"A lot of these transports occur after hours, so you have to pay the security detail overtime," said Chris Wells, director of healthcare information technology architecture in the Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology. "The program improves accessibility to specialty care and there's been some use cases throughout the U.S. about inmates escaping, so this decreases the risk."
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In addition, because both Denver Health and the Colorado Department of Corrections have modern video conferencing systems, there are no up-front costs associated with the program for either party.
This isn't the first time the department has dabbled in telemedicine. According to Liz Mestas, clinical support services manager for the Colorado Department of Corrections, it was tried about 20 years ago for dermatology patients but didn't work out.
Department staff set up TVs and machines so they could zoom in on skin issues such as a rash, enabling the doctor to do a diagnosis. Mestas said the problem wasn't the technology -- it was scheduling. If doctors were running late, it meant an inmate and the transport team would be waiting for hours, leading to overtime costs for the officers.
Mestas added that has changed now, as Denver Health schedules blocks of time on certain days for various specialty areas, making the process easier.
"[The doctors] are going to be there anyway, so now we're just going to get them on the television," Mestas said. "We're going to use the same blocked time for that instead of driving offenders to the appointment."
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The Colorado Department of Corrections is busy this month installing connections in various areas where the telemedicine appointments will take place. Video conferencing has been used in some facilities already so that inmates can meet with psychiatrists on mental health issues.
From the department's perspective, the major challenge with regular telemedicine use is deciding what inmates it should be used for. Mestas said her team is made up of mostly clerical employees, while most of the people involved with the program on Denver Health's side are non-clinical. The last time the groups met, it was decided Denver Health would make the appointment determination.
"They are going to have to get the medical records first, have their doctors review it and see if the inmate can be seen by telemedicine or if we have to bring them on site," Mestas said. "That's going to be the biggest obstacle."
Wells concurred and added that he expects a few bumps in the road until corrections and hospital staff members are comfortable with the telemedicine program and various operational protocols. Training materials are being prepared this month to help those involved get up to speed quickly.
If the program is successful, Wells hopes to expand it to include other specialties and hospitals in the future. Right now, the video conference will just be a simple remote link between the inmate and doctor. But over time, Wells would like to use the system to transmit images and other medical data as appropriate.
"I want to be able to show that the technology these days is not the issue," Wells said. "You can do this over the Internet. E-commerce, online retailers, that sort of thing have been able to transmit sensitive data for years. So expanding this out to healthcare is the next level."
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All that to say, I'm just now getting around to posting this.
I should probably say that these aren't actually my top ten favorite layouts. I scrapbooked quite a lot last year, but a lot of my favorites have either already been posted, or were part of my workshop Sketch Solutions, and I am not at liberty to share them here. So instead of posting my favorites, I thought I'd do a bit of catching up and share 10 layouts I made last year that never made it to the blog.
Considering that pregnancy usually completely zaps my creative energy I was happy to keep making layouts until about November. Then the hustle and bustle of the holidays kicked in and I haven't made any layouts since. I'll start with those last two, an assortment of favorite photos of the boys:
and Sam, who won't stay still for much, but loves to have his picture taken.
Sometime early last year I was organizing my albums and I got the bright idea to remake some less-than-favorite layouts... Here is the first of, well, not many if I'm being honest! It is Nathan as a baby eating one of his favorite foods (he was super-picky as a baby!) The original had drab papers and I wanted to brighten the page and change the design by putting the photos front and center. I'm happy with how it turned out.
Another collection of photos that make me happy. =)
Last year I had mentioned that Crate Paper's Boys Rule collection was on my must have list. These are just three of the layouts I made last year using that collection. There are many more, but as I said above, unfortunately I cannot share them here.
Love this one of Nathan and his fashion choices.
Sam, not smiling for the camera, but generally being silly.
Then there is Gabe being an awesome big brother and taking Sam for a ride in the pedal car.
It took me a while, but in August I finally got around to scrapbooking our trip to the apple farm. You know, our trip from the previous year.
In actuality, this does not bother me. I keep a list of stories I want to tell, and when I get to them, I get to them.
Sam at the pumpkin patch.
Playing with patterned paper is probably my favorite thing about scrapbooking. Admittedly though, even this layout has more pattern than I typically use. But I love this layout. It doesn't hurt that it features a baby and a pumpkin. Hello, cuteness.
Finally, here is another set of photos that took ages to scrapbook. My photos weren't all that great, and I struggled with how to include the map and brochure from our visit. I ultimately created a little pocket behind the patterned paper and tucked them in there for safe keeping.
Well, that's it! It's taken me longer than it should to get this posted, but I'm gonna be happy I did it before the end of January. =)


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Research In Motion reported quarterly results that beat analysts' expectations, but the struggling company still reported a net loss on Thursday.
Shortly before the release, the company's shares were halted. Shares rose more than 5 percent once they began trading again after the bell. (Click here to track the latest quotes for RIM.)
The company reported net income of $9 million, or 2 cents a share. That compared with a year-ago profit of $265 million, or 51 cents.
Excluding one-time items related to restructuring and other issues, the company posted a third-quarter net loss of $114 million, or 22 cents per share, sharply lower than the $1.27 a share in earnings it reported a year ago.
Revenue plunged 48 percent to $2.7 billion from $5.22 billion in the year-earlier period.


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Many have already questioned the reliability of Chinese economic data. Now, Benford's Law, a 1930s' mathematical tool named after former GE physicist Frank Benford, has been used to raise new concerns about data, according to research by the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group.
Benford's Law refers the to rate at which certain digits are distributed across data. It argues that the number 1 is the first digit about 30 percent of the time, while larger numbers will be the first digit fewer times.
"The ANZ economists studied China's annual nominal gross domestic product data from 1952 to 2011 to measure how frequently numbers from one to nine appeared as the first digit. While the 24 occurrences of "one" is higher than the 18 suggested by the rule, the economists said the statistics largely abide by what Benford's Law allows. The same is true of industrial production data.
Suspicions emerged when the data was probed more deeply and reported in percentage terms, the ANZ report said, adding that the guilty party was often the second digit. An examination of the quarterly GDP growth rate from December 1991 to September 2012 shows zero occurred as the second digit 21 times, much higher than what Benford would calculate and suggesting a rounding-up to achieve a bigger leading digit. One through four also appeared more regularly than the law reckons, while seven through nine featured less.
Inflation reported on a percentage basis also failed to fit the law.
Non-conformity to the Benford's law does not always indicate data manipulation, but nevertheless it raises doubts about the quality of Chinese data," the authors said. "Our statistical analysis seems to have confirmed the long-rooted suspicion on quality and reliability of Chinese data."
Bloomberg says Benford's Law has previously shown that Greece and ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff's numbers were manipulated.


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I'm a little late on this. Actually, our whole family
was a bit late celebrating Easter together.
Since we were driving back from our trip to California last week,
we opted to hold the traditional Cousin's Easter Egg Hunt
at my folks house the other night.
This was the year Kean got into the swing of finding candy
scattered about.
We didn't do too much but the highlight in our family is a golden
egg (with five bucks inside) one with the name of each of the cousins
written on it-- and hidden relatively hard.
It keeps the older kids quite busy!
(Which is good, trust me).
(Which is good, trust me).
The girls were all so good at helping Kean find his candy.
He'd take it over to Grammy and she'd help him put it
in his bag (we forgot to bring baskets-- lame mom).
I think Kean's favorite part of the whole Easter Egg Hunt
was not eating the candy in his bag (the good stuff)
but pawning jelly beans off of Grandpa.
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