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A lot muddy and a little the worse for wear, DiS' team of intrepid reviewers braved the weather at this year's Bestival to bring you their highlights and some survival tips...
Friday Review - by Richard MacFarlane:
There were certainly a few reluctant grimaces in the queue to the Bestival gates on the opening afternoon. While these seemed to scream "WTF am I doing here in this weather?" all it took was a three minute patch of blues skies for a collective cheer to arise from the backpacked masses. This sort of spirit defined the rest of the three days at a festival that experienced some of the most unfortunate weather and extreme amounts of mud (oh gosh, the mud!). Anyway, I hate to dwell on the bad weather too much, because otherwise the whole three nights of this festival were permanent good vibes in terms of those in attendance and the line up of bands.
The first real musical stop was at the main stage with Jamie Lidell and a strangely idiosyncractic set of minimal soul infused techno. The pace of it all edged towards the slower, cooler end of the spectrum, with style in miles and miles that was matched by his particularly rad jacket, all golden fractured forms and coloured patches. He sounded much different here than perhaps could've been expected; this minimal dancey stuff only giving ways at time to such soul jams as 'A Little Bit More'.
It was hard to keep track exactly of the unfortunate rain-forced cancellations of a bunch of bands on the BBC Introducing stage and the Band Stand (including Yacht and Metronomy), but seriously, the rain was ridiculous and I'd be surprised if any festival could cope with those sorts of water levels. Naturally, I also just plain missed out on a few (on account of pitching tents and hanging with/looking for friends) but over at the Main Stage it was what we'd all been waiting for, My Bloody Valentine. Well, at least I imagined that's what everyone would be hanging out for; while a massive portion were (the huge open area was packed, for sure), it seemed that maybe their noise a bit much for a few, meaning it was, to much surprise, easy to get right up to the front. You didn't have to be right up there to feel how positively fucking immense they sounded. Even if they weren't quite as loud outdoors as they can be, they were, as expected, they were as close to total transcendence that music can get, their massive pop bathed in massive and bright purple Loveless light and clouded by smoke as they moved through a long set of favourites from all of their oeuvre. And, at the risk of sounding a little wack, the sense of togetherness amongst the crowd at all points of their set was similarly inspiring.
Next, backed by a wall of balloons and boasting their usual crazed party agena, CSS were particularly well placed in the Big Top just after midnight, packing the place out with excited and spastic dance moves from various muddied wellies. Their energetic but often standard sounding disco has always sounded better live, and tonight it was in particular form, so much so that I totally forgot about checking out Erol Alkan who was playing just around the corner. The rest of the night was soundtracked by various DJs dropping extremely fun party jams that only increased the sense of excitement that permeated through this first night.
Saturday Review - by Andrzej Lukowski:
It's a hoary old cliché, but the Bestival spirit really did seem more or less unsinkable: the air of ironic amusement about Saturday's 30,000 Freaks Under The Sea fancy dress theme (lots and lots of Old Gregs drunkenly hollering about their manginas) was pretty priceless, but the most charming thing about the atmosphere was the universal assumption that Amy Winehouse's headline slot would be a load of incoherent bobbins, and universal good humour when this indeed proved the case.
Probably that's because Hot Chip's flawless preceding set made Wino seem somewhat extraneous. They easily drew the biggest crowd of the weekend and maybe should've headlined, but second on the bill suited them: 50 minutes only and without the luxury of an encore, they're forced to cut out Made In The Dark's flabbier tracks, blitzing us with a nonstop fusillade of shiny electro-pop brilliance, punchy and pretty as a hail of diamond bullets.
Other big names were kind of anti-climactic: Aphex Twin's two hour set starts well, a playful bag of breaks garnished by the cheeky deployment of Cameo's Word Up, but before long it lapsed into a noodly, semi-ambient groove that thinnd out the heaving Big Top sharpish. Grace Jones played a gaudy, impressively strop-free surprise set, but event of the day was unquestionably the return of The Specials. For the first time in 27 years it was Dammers out, Hall in, and it'd be a cold soul who didn't enjoy their tight, immaculately-delivered slew of greatest hits. That said, a heavy handed voiceover reminding us all of how very socially relevant they are was mercilessly punctured by Terry Hall's laconic observation "we've waited 27 years to play to a fucking sea of king prawns". It's early days yet, but at Bestival this reunion felt more like nostalgic fun than something the world desperately needs.
The shutting of the BBC Introducing stage in the early evening (rumour has it the generator sank into the mud) dealt a serious blow to the new bands quotient. Still, there was time for Vessels' icily melodic post rock to freeze some of the damp away: they're maybe not forceful enough to enter the Mogwai league, but there's a steely, unshowy beauty to the Leeds band that restores some early afternoon clarity to the festival's most problem-hit arena. By contrast Let's Wrestle weren't quite the adorable shambles some would have it, though the sweary, shouty Fall-pop of their eponymous song establishes itself as a festival anthem in about ten second flat.
Sunday Review - by Richard MacFarlane:
By the third day being muddy felt relatively normal, in fact, I'd go so far as to say it felt pretty good, but maybe that's because the it didn't rain for the whole day! Amazing.
Earlier in the afternoon, Roni Size provided a dose of old-skool drum & bass, playing all the early noughties hits with a full band and various MCs. All in all, it was terrific fun and brough yet another facet of diversity to an already mixed line up, with he juxtaposition of catching Akron/Family soon after (whose pastoral sort of folksy rock was much more rockin' than I'd imagined). Not that their albums aren't; their coming-down-the-mountain vibe has always been both upbeat and technicolour but here, at the small Dada tent, it caused a lot of unexpectedly wild dance moves. They even had an acapella hip-hop jam at the end!
Afterwards, the Midnight Juggernauts played a solid set of their dark electro in the Big Top to a sizeable crowd, while over at the Main Stage it was more family times as George Clinton and Funkadelic played a freaking long set of mostly inane funk. There were plenty of interesting enough funk classix but really, there's only so much of that you can handle...
Once the sun had gone down there was huge crowd waiting for Underworld to start. They're a classic British dance act for sure, though I never really got the appeal and their set didn't do too much to sway me; generic electro that came off pretty drab over all. It peaked in a few places but mostly didn't feel exciting enough, especially compared to the other acts that had been on.
After some miscellaneous boogies at a few of the smaller tents (including the 50s-60s pop filled House of Mirrors which was all wood and stained glass) and some very warped performers and dancers at another tent somewhere, it was time to finally call it a day. And even if my camp mattress was mainly caked-mud by then, I was still reeling from the weekend and the enormous vibage that seemingly everyone in attendance seemed to spread.
Sunday Review - by Andrzej Lukowski:
With the rain gods finally bored of pestering us, the much suffering BBC Introducing stage finally got a fair crack of the whip on Sunday. Thomas Tantrum's hitherto unsuspected (well, unsuspected by me) cojones got matters off to a roaring start. While their self-titled debut album feels a bit eager to please, this was full on and ballsy, math rocky middle eights and the crackling interplay between Megan Thomas's grating yowl and Dave Miatt's hard, buzzing guitars sending a stream of sparks flying through the still-grey afternoon.
Micah P Hinson's set was almost comically short, but when you're entangled in a thicket of his heart-stoppingly intense country rock, the passage of time is somewhat irrelevant: his monumental rendition of 'The Leading Guy' alone would still have been a pretty solid deal.
Opinion seemed mixed on Neon Neon, shunted over to the Big Top to fill in for an AWOL Laurent Garnier, but for those not afraid of tongue in cheek electro-pop anthems it was pretty delightful stuff. 'I Lust U' went down a particular treat, the duo's shimmering neon signature tune leaving this bruised, battered but ultimately triumphant Bestival all aglow for its final hours.
Photos by Richard MacFarlane and Sinister Pictures.


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University of Hawai`i at Mānoa electrical engineering graduate student Larry K. Martin has been named student editor of the IEEE Potentials magazine for 2013-14. Martin was named winner of the highly competitive international search by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is the first student from UH Mānoa to be named to the prestigious post. His debut editorial is expected to be published at the end of March.
As student editor, Martin will also serve as a member of the Student Activities Committee, which represents over 116,000 IEEE student members worldwide on matters of member programs, benefits and viewpoints. IEEE Potentials is published bi-monthly and is available to all of its 425,000 plus members in more than 160 countries.
"Larry has already shown an enormous talent and enthusiasm for students and IEEE Potentials and we are extremely proud to welcome him to the Editorial Board," said Elizabeth Johnston, IEEE Potentials editor-in-chief. "He has a unique voice and perspective that shows through in everything he does"
This honor is not the first bestowed upon Martin. He was selected as the recipient of the 2012 Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koerner Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Award, recognizing him as the most outstanding electrical engineering student in the nation. Martin also received the 2012 Hawaiʻi Council of Engineering Societies Student Engineer of the Year Award, recognizing him as the most outstanding student engineer in the state of Hawai`i for 2011 and was named the Fall 2011 Outstanding Graduating Senior in Electrical Engineering. Martin has received numerous other awards and scholarships, including being a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Consortium for Measurement and Signature Intelligence Research Scholarship. He has also authored or co-authored several journal papers, conference papers and magazine articles.
As program/technical manager of the UH Mānoa College of Engineering's Small- Satellite Program, Martin assisted in writing several proposals that earned the UH Mānoa program two NASA launch opportunities in 2013-14. The mission of the two nanosatellites scheduled to launch is to provide calibration for radar stations around the world.
"Larry's continuing accolades are a testament to his intelligence, hunger for learning and his drive for success," said Wayne Shiroma, UH Mānoa electrical engineering professor and department chair. "We are very proud of his latest achievement."

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Mental health advocates blast NRA speech, call database suggestion 'highly offensive'
A major mental health advocacy group blasted the National Rifle Association today for calling for a national database on people with mental illnesses.
In a brief aside at a press conference this morning, the NRA's chief executive officer blamed the elementary school shootings in Newtown, Conn, in part on the "nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill."
The National Alliance on Mental Illness, a grassroots advocacy group representing families affected by mental illness, said that such a database would be overly broad.
In a statement, executive director Michael Fitzpatrick noted that one in four Americans have been treated for such things as depression or anxiety and few are at risk of being violent.
He argued that the existence of a database would only discourage people from getting much-needed help.
"We must address the fact that less than a third of Americans who have a diagnosable mental illness are able to get treatment," he said. "The NRA's proposal to create a bigger 'active' national database will only discourage people reaching out for help. Stigma will be imposed. Stigma will be internalized. Stigma will turn into prejudice and discrimination."
Mental health is already a factor in the federal background checks done before many gun purchases, which include information on whether people have been involuntarily committed or found in a court to be severely mentally disabled.
Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, said the NRA's suggestion was "unbelievably offensive."
"Not everybody with a mental illness is in the national instant background check system -- with good reason," he said. "The vast majority of people with mental illness will never be dangerous."


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Shrek the Third Review
By Jimmy Goldstein |
As of right now, you may be reading the review for the highest-grossing summer videogame of 2007. This isn't because Shrek the Third is an amazingly interesting title, or because it pushes the boundaries of gaming in any way whatsoever, but because Shrek fever has taken over the globe once again, and the young ogre-obsessed need a game to come home to. The franchise has done amazingly well over its three-movie stint, and all along the way game shelves have been peppered with mediocrity. And though there's nothing overwhelmingly amazing happening this time around, younger gamers (or those who foot the bill for them) should be happy to know that Shrek the Third manages to bring some solid entertainment this time around, even despite its overly-saturated nature, "been there, done that" feel, and blatant corner-cutting design. Shrek the Third is simple, but fun.
With so many Shrek titles already on the market - everything from kart racers to party games, adventures and mini-game compilations - it's hard to make any sort of dent in the already boisterous lineup of the series. Shrek has done everything already, and aside from some sort of MMORPG or tactics game there's very little new ground to tread. Obviously Activision was getting that feeling, as Shrek the Third sheds the genre gimmick and instead looks to focus on an already successful area of gaming: the beat-em-up. Shrek the Third is, with very little extra, a Point A/Point B brawler that takes action elements from games like God of War and injects licensed humor where necessary.
If only the world was truly that wide.
Still, it manages to work. Players take control of all the expected Shrek characters, and rip through level after level of linear button-mashing action. Controls are as simple as light and heavy attacks (handled with buttons primarily, and Wii motion waggle on Nintendo's console), with a very simplified special attack meter added on top. After a short tutorial to learn the ins and outs, players will be on their way to kicking the crap out of everything Shrek style.
For the most part the game's combat system does its job, though there's no doubt that it'll leave seasoned gamers with more to be desired. The game is entirely linear, with the only deviation being a small set of mini-games to pass the time, or collectable in-level items that gain Xbox achievements or basic extras on the other consoles. There's an extremely simple combo system that works to reward players who do more than just button-mash, as it revolves around grabbing enemies and pulling off finishing attacks. The more you do, the higher multiplier you score. Also included is the ability to pull off specials by using accumulated energy, letting Shrek or Fiona go into a crazy ogre-inspired bullet time, or pull off devastating kill-all attacks. This mode takes a smaller stance with supporting characters, as various cast members (such as Puss 'n Boots) cash in with only one special attack. It's extremely basic, but for a crowd still struggling to understand the concept of a double jump Shrek should entertain for a decent amount of time.
Where the game lacks though, it does in waves. Since the game is entirely action-based, you'd expect the ability for a little two player action. After all, if it's all about beating baddies up and advancing through the level, why not grab a friend to join in on the action, right? Not included. Shrek is a single player game (except when playing mini-games), as it tries to emulate the aforementioned God of War design throughout. Finishers are the same, you button-mash to open chests the same way, and power-ups suck toward the just like in God of War. The problem is Shrek the Third lacks any sort of polish, so camera cuts, character animations, and basic combat all take hits as players progress through the game. There's an insane amount of invisible walls in the room, stopping players from running around pillars or statues, or even jumping off a ledge to an area mere feet below, and it really gets in the way of the intended seamless action.
The mini-games are fun, but they won't last long.
In another odd move, many of the character animations drop in frame-rate, as characters will animate choppy for no apparent reason while the world around them functions fine. The entire game is littered with these types of no-polish shortcomings, and players will be forced to simply learn the ins and outs of the game or just ignore its lesser points to really enjoy. When the camera snaps during key jumps, or invisible walls keep you from dodging a deadly enemy blast, however, it'll get to you.
And while much of the game's presentation is pretty decent, with solid scripted events mid-level, a full FMV intro for the game, and a very stylistic "puppet show" stage between major chunks of the game for story telling, the game is plagued with a lack of true voice acting from the major actors. Sometimes Shrek sounds as he should, and Donkey has the same wise-cracking attitude as Eddie Murphy on the big screen, but other times it's extremely apparent that the audio was done by a sound-alike. Graphically the game is a give and take as well, with decent lighting and real-time shadows gracing the adventure, while low-framed animations and odd visual glitches still pepper the entire experience. Much like the rest of the package, Shrek the Third manages to get the spirit of the movie into the game, but it lacks serious polish throughout.


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F rom comics to graphic novels to television, "The Walking Dead" have infiltrated popular culture on a grand scale and show no signs of slowing down. "The Walking Dead: Assault" allows players to finally be able to play out the events as they happened in the original comics. With a gritty environment that mirrors the original story and unique gameplay mechanics, "The Walking Dead: Assault" seeks to immerse the player into its world. Is the game rigid from death or will it rise from the grave? Here's our review.
"The Walking Dead: Assault" seeks to recreate the world of the comic both from a story and a visual standpoint. As soon as the game begins, the player is greeted with the black and white aesthetic that the comic is known for. The graphics are beautiful and are the perfect companion to the original serial. While the game is in black and white, objectives and items are highlighted by color so the player can't miss them. The game is presented as a top down adventure game allowing the player to have a unique perspective on the world.
Unlike most games, "The Walking Dead: Assault" gives you complete control over the camera. "The Walking Dead: Assault" makes great use of the iPad's touch screen and allows the player to rotate and focus the game's camera however he sees fit, allowing for a consistent view of the action onscreen. While you will never get a close-up view of the characters from the series, the walkers and mayhem onscreen will create a truly terrifying experience.
The story in "The Walking Dead: Assault" begins just as the comic does. You begin the game as Rick Grimes awakes from his coma into a world that is overrun by walkers. Once you make it out of the hospital alive and complete the level, you unlock a new playable character. Completing levels unlocks characters from the series that you can use in battle. While the events unfold just as the comics, players can create a custom team of survivors, with each character possessing special and unique abilities. Having a team of Rick, Carl, Lori and Shane will play differently than a team consisting of Dale, Andrea, Glenn and Hershel. Experimenting with different team combinations is fun and creates new ways of playing the game.
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"The Walking Dead: Assault" is a must-have for any fan of the series. Download today and see if you and your group can survive the walkers.


text: Hi Joe WB9SBD At the beginning of TV the television set were feed with a 300 ohm twin lead. Since the theory of transmission lines is not changed one method to eliminate TVI was to connect in parallel to the above feed line a 1/4 electrical wave of 300 ohm twin lead cut for the interfering frequency and with the other end open. At the interfering frequency the above resonant 1/4 wave transmission line with open end represented a short circuit at the interfering frequency across the input of the television set. Another method was to connect the same way a 1/2 electrical wave of 300 ohm twin lead cut for the interfering frequency but with the other end short circuited. Since a 1/2 wave represents a full turn around the Smith Chart then the short circuit made at the other end was seen as a short circuit for the interfering frequency just at the input of the television set. If you like to use the above setup for 300 ohm twin lead then you must use a balun to connect the unbalanced coax cable coming from the signal generator to a balanced transmission line as a 300 ohm twin lead. Best 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe To: i8cvs Cc: Angus ; AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:19 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Polarity questions Howdy all, I Have a question,, Will the below set up work with 300 ohm TV type of twin lead? Joe WB9SBD i8cvs wrote: Hi Gus To know the velocity factor of a coax (known or un-known ) with good accuracy I make the measurement at about 30 MHz because the velocity factor do not change with frequency and a low frequency measurement make the error the smallest as possible. Get a N coax T and connect the male port of it to the vertical Y channel of an oscilloscope. A spectrum analyser is not necessary because any oscilloscope works at 30 MHz Connect one female port of the T connector to a RF generator and set it to 30 MHz If you don't have a RF signal generator use a low power 30 MHz TX at 1 or 2 watt output power or less using few suitable 50 ohm attenuators. Connect the other female port of the T connector to an estimated 1/4 electrical wave long of coax cable under test and live open the other end of it. ______________ _______________ | | | 30 MHz | | Oscilloscope | | signal generator | | | | or low power TX | |___________Y_ | |_______________| 1/4 Lambda /\| \/ open o------------|------------------------| end T connector If you suspect that the velocity factor is 0.66 like for solid polyethylene (PE) make the 1/4 electrical wave at 30 MHz 1.65 meters i.e. 65" long The measurement plane of the coax cable under test is the middle of the T connector just between both female ports where the generator and the coax under test get in contact each other so that the real lenght of 1/4 electrical lenght must be taken from the above measurement plane including the male N connector up to the open end of it. Because of the theory of transmission line and following the Smith Chart we see that a 1/4 electrical wave long transmission line becames a short circuit at his resonating frequency when the other end of it is open. While looking at the CRT of the oscilloscope adjust the frequency of the signal generator until the amplitude of the signal on the CRT falls abruptly to zero. The frequency shown by the signal generator is the resonant frequency of the 1/4 electrical wave. Knowing the frequency and the physical lenght of 1/4 wave it is easy to calculate the real velocity factor of the coax cable under test. No special instruments are necessary because about everyone own a signal generator for 30 MHz and a CRT oscilloscope. Using a GDO or an antenna analyser the measurement can be wrong because it is difficult to know if the above instruments made for amateur use are well calibrated or not. 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angus" <angus at young5769.freeserve.co.uk> To: <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:57 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Polarity questions Hmmmmm might get shot down in flames for this but. If you want to know the velocity factor of a coax (known or un-known) try getting two eaqual lengths of coax which are physically 1/4wavelength long i.e. 50cms for 2mtrs. Short out ONE end (join the inner and outers together with a short a link as possible) and do this for both pieces of coax. We are going to make a coaxial dipole so these two shortened ends go on to a piece of feeder (try and keep this feeder as short as possible also but the dipole needs to be somewhere clear but does not to be 100 feet up either). Yes you will need to support the dipole elements as they will just hang down so perhaps a piece of garden cane or some other RF invisible material. Trim back both OPEN ends of the dipole until you get the lowest possible VSWR (on the centre frequency you want to use) and you should have very close to an electrically 1/2wave dipole for the coax you used (each side of the dipole will be a 1/4 wave long). You can use these figures for making a 1/4wave delay line or if your making a polarity control box you will need to know the lengths of both 1/2 and 1/4 of the coax you are going to use, the dipole will be considerably shorter than a normal wire dipole for the same frequency because we have used the velocity factor to help reduce its length. If you think that the feeder you have used is radiating either do perhaps 6 turns around a small 1" tube to make a balun at the feedpoint or alter the length of the feeder slightly, if theVSWR alters when you change the length of the feeder then the feeder is radiating. My two pennys worth, should help you get very close to the figures you need without the use of a GDO or an antenna analyser. regards Gus -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 3111 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested at least nine demonstrators who blocked Wilshire Boulevard Thursday as part of a immigrant rights march.
The protest jammed traffic in Westwood and surrounding communities, with both Wilshire Boulevard and the 405 Freeway affected. Metro announced that some bus routes were being detoured. California Highway Patrol Lt. Steve Strull said officials want to clear traffic so ambulances headed to Reagan-UCLA Medical Center are not delayed.
Nancy Meza, 23, a UCLA student who is scheduled to graduate in three weeks with a degree in Chicano studies, said the civil disobedience was organized in an effort to push for passage of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, commonly known as the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act is federal legislation that would provide certain undocumented alien students who graduate from U.S. high schools and have been in the country continuously for at least five years before the bill's enactment the opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency.
The students would obtain temporary residency for a six-year period. Meza, who said she arrived in the U.S. from Mexico when she was 2 years old and is undocumented, said it was the legislation was needed to ensure that students like herself would eventually be able to work.
"I'm graduating in three weeks, but I can't even work," Meza said. "We are urging Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-Calif.] to push for passage of the DREAM Act this year."
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Founded in 2003, the Clubhouse started with only one full-time staff member and one part-timer.
The nonprofit, which helps adults with mental illness, served six people out of a small room at Travis Park United Methodist Church downtown.
Four years later, the organization, now with four staffers, moved into a two-story house behind the Pig Stand on Broadway. They quickly outgrew that space, too, limiting them to helping only 25 to 30 people a day.
So last year, Executive Director Mark Stoeltje began searching for a new home. A local real estate agent showed him a half dozen properties, but they were all either too expensive or too far from bus lines. Then she showed him an old building on Recoleta Road north of Basse. As soon as he saw it, he knew it was the place.
"It didn't look anything like it does now," Stoeltje says today. "But there was no question."
After years of financial struggles and during a period when services at nonprofits were being cut, the Clubhouse was able to raise about $900,000 over six months to buy and renovate the 7,300-square-foot building into a state-of-the-art facility.
There's a kitchen and cafeteria, meeting rooms and even a gym outfitted with workout equipment.
The Clubhouse prides itself in being a place where doors aren't closed to members and their voices are valued at meetings and planning sessions. Indeed, many of the nonprofit's 400 members are intimately involved in the organization's operations, from budgeting, cooking and planning to bookkeeping and computer programming.
The first of four Clubhouses in Texas, they moved to their new site on June 15. The San Antonio facility is one of 300 similar organizations that are accredited by the New York City-based International Center for Clubhouse Development, which features 36 standards for better health and wellness.
Administrators say that, as staff expands they'll be able to offer support to up to 100 members a day.
Stoeltje credits the move and renovation to contributions from organizations and donors "that believed in the model," including the Valero Energy Foundation, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, and the Meadows Foundation.
Such support is vital, says Stoeltje, who notes that, at a recent Statewide Mental Health Legislative Summit, State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte warned that the Texas legislature is expected to continue cutting back on mental health services. Including Washington D.C., Texas ranks 51st in the nation in per capita spending for mental health.
The center provides an environment where members aren't reminded each day about their diagnosis, says Dr. Dianne Robinson, a licensed psychologist, and Clubhouse board member.
"The facility is a strength-based model that focuses on what is right with someone, but not perceived weaknesses or what may be wrong with someone," says Robinson, who works for the San Antonio State Hospital, but wasn't speaking as a representative of the hospital.
"That kindness and compassion draws people like a magnet," she says. "It feeds their emotional needs and their value as a human being."
Recently, residents from Haven for Hope began using the Clubhouse as a bridge back into the community, says Scott Ackerson, Haven's vice president of transformational services.
"That is an extraordinary feat, it speaks to the value of service they're providing," he says of the nonprofit's fundraising efforts. "The people experiencing chronic mental health often times don't have a place to go in the community, so it certainly fills a need."
Recently, members of the Junior League of San Antonio visited the building to work with members. Several said they were initially apprehensive, but, some like, Jill Henle-Rall said they were impressed with the members and services the staff provides.
"It was eye-opening," she said. "It's about breaking down barriers; it's a real opportunity."
Several Clubhouse members praised the new facility and the help they receive.
Bea Hernandez, 57, a four-year member, credits the staff for helping her find a job. She suffers from anxiety and depression, but lauds the organization's focus is on building self esteem.
"I think in today's society, mental illness is still a taboo," Hernandez says. "I'm accepted here. Sometimes my family and friends don't understand. (The people at the Clubhouse have) become my family."
A family crisis brought Stephen Reinert to the center in October 2007, when he needed a place to calm his nerves.
"If not for the clubhouse, I don't know what I would do," Reinert, 34 says.
Member Royce Griffin, 34, was also drawn by the atmosphere and caring staff.
"This building is awesome," Griffin said. "It's not cramped and it's beautiful; people like to look at beautiful things. The more people in the building, the better."


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Once that initial Krogan Berserker is downed, you're going to be in for some pain. This area, which is basically a giant chasm gapped by a whole bunch of scrap metal, debris and crates of various kinds, is absolutely crawling with more Krogan Berserkers. In fact, you're going to have to deal with a good ten or twelve here before you get out alive. Thankfully, while these guys can deal heavy, heavy damage, they are also fairly easy to defeat if you aren't overly-aggressive. Most of them are armed with shotguns, meaning they have to do get in close to do damage (though some of them have rocket launchers as well). Use this to your advantage, staying in a well-defended, static area, and letting them come to you one at a time. Because there are so many "fragile crates" everywhere that can be destroyed easily with just a little bit of gunfire, it behooves you to find solid crates that nothing can destroy, and use that as your base of operations. Then, let the Krogan Berserkers in the area come to you, one after another after another. If you rush forward before they're all dead, you might find yourself in a sticky situation, so be patient, and let them come to you. Doing so will ensure that you never have to deal with one or two at a time. Trust us on this -- be patient and remain in a static location.
When you're sure the coast is clear, it's time to cross all of this debris to the other side. You'll eventually come to a little alcove with some stairs leading upward to your left. Before going up, be sure you raid the container on the ground to your right for some refined platinum. Then, head on up the stairs and to the locked door. You'll be forced to hack it open, but doing so shouldn't be too challenging for you. On the other side of the door, you'll find more stairs leading upward. It's eerily quiet around here, but enjoy it while it lasts, because you'll encounter more enemies before very long. At the top of this second set of stairs, you'll be able to walk into a room on your left. You'll hear screaming and all sorts of other commotion from the other side of the door on the far end of the room. Before you crack it open, though, be absolutely certain you raid this room for its contents. Search the medical kit, grab the sniper rifle upgrade, and more.
As soon as you go through the door, you'll see a Blue Suns Trooper with his back turned towards you. Immediately knock him out before he knows what hit him, and then take cover as quickly as you can, preferably behind a permanent piece of cover, as opposed to the nearby fragile crate. Enemies from across the chasm will now begin to fire on you, and many of them are toting powerful rocket launchers. Resist the urge to ignore them and dash leftward, and instead kill all of the enemies on the other side of the chasm. This will make what lays ahead a lot easier to deal with. When that threat is nullified, you can then head leftward and through to a room on your left. Immediately seek cover here, as well, since more enemies ahead will begin to fire on you with a similar arsenal as their friends you just killed. Remember -- far away enemies can be dealt with using a sniper rifle, if you happen to have one. Otherwise, normal techniques will do; you'll just have to be more patient in employing them. When the coast is clear here, run up the catwalk ahead and to your left, towards the position of the last wave of enemies. Before bearing through the door on your left to continue, be certain you raid the small area to the right of the door. You'll find plenty of ammunition here, as well as a PDA that, once hacked, will surrender thousands of credits for your ever-growing wallet.
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Islamic members of Egypt's constitution panel rushed to approve a draft constitution Friday morning without the presence of liberal and Christian members, two days before a court ruling that could possibly dissolve the panel.
"Rushing through a draft while serious concerns about key rights protections remain unaddressed will create huge problems down the road that won't be easy to fix," Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director for the New York-based Human Rights Watch told NBC News.
Only the Islamic majority members of the 100-person panel were present Nov. 29 and Nov. 30 to speedily approve a draft constitution, as the panel's minority Christian, secular, and liberal members have been protesting the Islamic domination of the constitution creation process for weeks.
According to NBC News, 85 Islamic members of the panel hastily voted on 230 articles in 16 hours in a televised event that went into the early hours of Friday morning in Cairo.
Critics argue that this hastened voting process was done in an attempt to subvert Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruling on Sunday which could dissolve the panel entirely, should the court find that the panel was biased in favor of Islam.
Reports indicate that the draft constitution which was passed Friday offers a dangerous amount of power to Muslim clerics regarding legislation and may hinder civil liberties.
However, the constitution also reportedly applies stricter laws to government control of the people, including stricter regulations for arrests, and offers a more balanced share of power between the president and the parliament.
After the draft was approved Friday, 100,000 Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo to protest what they believe to be a tyranny of Islam forced on the people by President Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood political party, and his Islamic allies on the constitutional panel.
According to The Wall Street Journal, protesters gathered throughout Cairo, including Tahrir Square, chanting "no to tyranny" and "constitution: void," as well as raising their shoes in the air and chanting Morsi's name in protest.
These protests mark a week of angst among the Egyptian people after Morsi granted himself a temporary decree which halts the court's ability to challenge his decisions.
Morsi's new, sweeping governmental power will remain active until a nationwide vote on a referendum of the draft constitution in mid-December.
Critics worry that Morsi's recent election to the presidency will result in the monopolization of government under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, just two years after an immense, country-wide revolution toppled the dictatorship of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Morsi, however, argues that he is implementing his new sweeping power momentarily, and that he believes there is no room for dictatorship in Egypt.
"It will end as soon as the people vote on a constitution," Morsi said of his new power on state television on Nov. 29, according to NBC News.
"There is no place for dictatorship," Morsi assured viewers.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter's stock opened at $45.10, or 73 percent above its IPO price, valuing Twitter at more than $31 billion. The stock is now trading even higher, at $47.85.
Twitter's trading debut is the most highly anticipated since Facebook's last year. Twitter is trading under the ticker symbol "TWTR."
Twitter priced the initial public offering of stock at $26 per share, valuing the company at more than $18 billion based on its outstanding stock, options and restricted stock that'll be available after the IPO. The pricing means the short messaging service will raise $1.8 billion in the offering, before expenses.
The high price comes despite the fact that Twitter has never turned a profit in seven years of existence. Revenue has been growing, but the company is also investing heavily in more data centers and hiring more employees.
Here's a running account of Twitter's first day of trading, presented in reverse chronological order. All times are EST.
— 11:05 a.m.: RT @KenSweet: Twitter took a long time to open due to the deal size. Goldman also likes to take its time.
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase are the three investment banks in charge of Twitter's IPO.
After debuting at $45.10, the stock is now trading at $47.85, or 84 percent above the IPO price.
— 10:55 a.m.: AP's @BarbaraOrtutay notes that the $31 billion value puts Twitter in the ballpark of Yum Brands and Deere & Co.
It's also slightly below State Street Corp.
— 10:53 a.m.: The opening price values Twitter at $31.3 billion.
To calculate its value, the AP is using 694.8 million shares that Twitter is expected to have outstanding after the IPO, counting restricted shares and stock options it plans to issue to employees. At the $26 IPO price, the value was more than $18 billion.
— 10:51 a.m.: Twitter stock opens at $45.10, 73 percent above IPO price
— 10:50 a.m.: Range is now $45 to $45.25, or up to 74 percent above IPO price. Very close to debut.
RT @KenSweet: They're closing the book.
— 10:45 a.m. AP's @KenSweet says current bid is $45.25. The debut is near in #TwitterIPO.
— 10:40 a.m.: Patrick Stewart tweets on #Ring of opening bell as Twitter trade debut imminent.
RT @SirPatStew: Honored to join @ev @jack @biz @dickc & the @Twitter team at their historic IPO this morning. #Ring! pic.twitter.com/XaJpYW2kIh
— 10:35 a.m.: It's getting close to Twitter's stock debut. First indication for opening price is even narrower: $45.50-$46.50.
The high end would be 79 percent above its IPO price.
— 10:30 a.m.: AP's @KenSweet now says opening price narrowed: $45-$47.
He reports: "This is a good sign. Could mean we're finding the right price. Progress."
— 10:20 a.m.: AP's @KenSweet says opening price is expected even higher: $43-$47.
The range for first indication means Twitter could start trading at up to 81 percent above its IPO price.
— 10:15 a.m.: RT @KenSweet: I've heard some traders mention that this may not open until 1030, maybe 11. But things are changing rapidly.
— 10:10 a.m.: AP market reporter @KenSweet explains the role @Barclays has in #TwitterIPO.
Trading for Twitter's stock is under the supervision of Barclays Capital. Twitter hired the bank to be its "designated market maker." A DMM supervises the trading of a company's stock. He or she is an experienced trader in charge of ensuring that buying and selling go smoothly. If trading becomes volatile, the DMM can step in and buy shares using his or her firm's own money.
DMMs are especially important the day a company goes public, because the DMM coordinates between Twitter, the company's investment banks and NYSE's floor traders to get a stock trading. If technical problems arise, the NYSE uses DMMs to bypass electronic trading systems, allowing humans to trade a company's stock. That is not possible on all-electronic stock exchanges such as the Nasdaq, which had technical problems during Facebook's IPO last year.
Barclays' role as Twitter's DMM does not mean it is in charge of the entire IPO process. That role falls to Twitter's investment banks: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/twitter-picks-barclays-coordinate-ipo-trading
— Ken Sweet, New York, @KenSweet
— 10 a.m.: #TwitterIPO first indication for opening price: $42-46.
That means Twitter could start trading at up to 77 percent above its IPO price. Trading is to begin soon as representatives from Barclays continue negotiations to find the right price.
— Ken Sweet, New York, @KenSweet
— 9:50 a.m.: With the #Ring of the #NYSEBell past, what will happen? @KenSweet reports.
Traders gather around Twitter's booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. At Twitter's post, the company's "designated market maker" starts taking orders from the traders, who are representing dozens of firms and hundreds of investors.
The goal of the DMM, who used to be known as the NYSE's specialists, is to figure out what is the best price to start trading Twitter's shares.
Due to massive investor and media interest in Twitter, the actual negotiation over what are the right price for Twitter's now-public shares will take some time. It could take as little as 20 minutes, or it could take an hour. The NYSE wants to avoid the trading debacle that Nasdaq faced with last year's Facebook's IPO, so it's going to be careful.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/going-public-how-twitters-ipo-will-work
— Ken Sweet, New York, @KenSweet
— 9:40 a.m.: The market is open at @nyse, though Twitter's stock won't trade right away.
RT @NYSEEuronext: #RING! Markets OPEN. #NYSEBell has rung, now begins #TwitterIPO price discovery. Wait for it . pic.twitter.com/gPxGgB6QWa
The opening bid is $35, reports AP's @KenSweet. It's the first indication of where the stock will open later in the morning.
As the NYSE's opening bell was rung, the graphic below displayed the hashtag #Ring!
Who rang the bell?
RT @NYSEEuronext: @Twitter owes success to its users, so gives #NYSEBell to @SirPatrickStew, @VivienneHarr & @Bostonpolice #TwitterIPO pic.twitter.com/fAprlGV8Vs
— Bree Fowler, New York, @APBreeFowler
— 9:25 a.m.: What's being said on Twitter? IPO is the 10th most popular trending topic in the U.S.
IPO is behind Thanksgiving, Texas, NFL and #throwbackthursday.
Worldwide, it doesn't make into the Top 10. Nobel Prize-winning author Albert Camus does. It's his birthday, after all.
— Barbara Ortutay, New York, @BarbaraOrtutay
— 9:05 a.m.: RT @KenSweet: Floor trader Kenneth Polcari thinks twitter's $26 share price is pretty fair. Doesn't expect it to double on the open.
— 8:50 a.m.: Busy morning at @nyse trading floor, reports AP's @KenSweet
RT @KenSweet: Orders for Twitter have been coming in since 8 am, floor trader Jonathan Corpina tells me. Very busy.
RT @KenSweet: Corpina expects a smooth opening. The NYSE does IPOs all the time, he says. The difference here is volume and media attention.
RT @KenSweet: Traders use these handheld wireless computers to send orders. Paper orders ended a long time ago: pic.twitter.com/bwz8UK4xcB
— 8:40 a.m.: Why Twitter went to @nyse. Pressure is on with opening bell less than an hour away. #lessonsfromFB
Twitter chose to go public on the NYSE over the all-electronic Nasdaq. One of the reasons why Twitter likely chose the NYSE over the Nasdaq has to do with problems Facebook faced with its Nasdaq-listed IPO last year. A glitch in Nasdaq's trading software led to trading delays and order failures on Facebook's first day of trading.
The NYSE isn't taking any chances with Twitter. The exchange tested its trading software on Oct. 26 to prepare for Twitter's debut. If the NYSE faces technical problems with its ordering software, the exchange can switch over the traditional human-based stock trading that dominated Wall Street for decades.
RT @KenSweet: NYSE traders and execs are really playing up the human element to this IPO. It's a shot across the bow at the Nasdaq.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/twitter-list-new-york-stock-exchange
— Ken Sweet, New York, @KenSweet
— 8:20 a.m.: AP markets reporter @KenSweet says media outnumber traders 5:1 @nyse trading floor
It's a media madhouse. But it's still more than an hour before the opening bell, so more traders should be coming. Expect a big crowd.
RT @KenSweet: The NYSE is decorated head to toe. with twitter logos. They went big here to promote: pic.twitter.com/pnwRQ9e6QG
— 8 a.m.: After #TwitterIPO pricing, market debut comes Thursday.
It should come as no surprise that Twitter used Twitter to announce its public stock debut.
It began with a tweet on Sept. 12: The 7-year-old company posted on its official Twitter account that it has "confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO." Details about offering emerged after the IPO documents were released publicly later.
On Oct. 24, Twitter set its IPO price target at $17 to $20 per share. It raised that to $23 and $25 per share, signaling an enthusiastic response from prospective investors. The actual price on Wednesday night was even higher, at $26. That bodes well for the company's stock when trading begins.
Twitter also took to Twitter to announce that price: https://twitter.com/twitter/status/398235511254298624/photo/1
The company is offering 70 million shares in the IPO, plus an option to buy another 10.5 million. If all shares are sold, the IPO will raise $2.09 billion, making it the biggest IPO for an Internet company since Facebook raised $16 billion last year.
Of course, Facebook made its debut with high hopes, only to see its stock fall below the IPO price by the second day of trading. Twitter has valued itself at just a fraction of Facebook and sought to cool expectations in the months and weeks leading up to the offering.
— Barbara Ortutay, New York, @BarbaraOrtutay


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sniper wrote:KG wrote:cojac wrote:DelPen wrote:Should have just upgraded the defense and bottom 6 instead of forcing Iggy into a bad position. But Bylsma has no clue what he is doing.
If I saw Bylsma, I'd punch him right in the mouth
This all started because Bylsma couldn't dare break up the "best line in hockey" with Crosby/Dupuis/Kunitz...
Sorry, you got Iginla to play with Crosby. Iginla chose Pittsburgh to play with Crosby.
Not play LW and play out of position, and certainly not to play on the 2nd power play unit.
Bylsma did not handle Iginla well at all...bad in fact.
Iginla sucks. He just flat out sucks. It's not that he should be with Sid or not. The man does nothing to earn top two line minutes. He is soft. He hits nobody. Big soft teddy bear. On the rare occasion he actually gets to the opposition in time to hit them, he gives them a little love tap. It's sad. Very unimpressed by him. He's supposed to be a star, but all he is now is a has been. All he has is a great shot, but he is too slow to get in a position to actually use it at even strength. Tyler Kennedy, Beau Bennett, Jokinen, and Jeffrey are better players 5 on 5. Iginla is a black hole out there.
He does not suck on the power play near the point. But DB does not like him there anymore for some reason.


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Back in June, a Californian start-up company assured us that its new camera would revolutionise the photography world.
Now Lytro, founded by Ren Ng, is puttin its money where is mouth is and backing up these claims by
launching the world's first light field consumer camera, which is now available
to order and will ship in early 2012.
The Lytro camera is available in two configurations with the 8GB
model storing up to 350 pictures and costing $399, while the the 16GB model will
allow for storage of 750 pictures at a cost of $499. The camera will be
available in blue, graphite or red.
Regular digital cameras require you to manually focus first
or wait for auto-focus to kick in before capturing a snapshot of light on the
sensor. The new light field camera from Lytro however, captures far more
light data (including colour and intensity) from many angles using a micro lens
array, which basically puts many lenses in the space between the main lens and
the image sensor.
These microlenses measure the amount of light coming in and
from which direction thus creating a light field. The real breakthrough Ng has
achieved is to have condensed what was previously being done with an array of
100s of digital cameras and a supercomputer into a point-and-shoot camera. This
was what Ng wrote his dissertation on as a PhD student at Stanford University
eight years ago.
To process the information, the Lytro camera contains a
light field engine that allows camera owners to refocus pictures directly on
the camera. When the Lytro's living pictures are shared online, the light field
engine travels with each picture so anyone can interact with them.
This can be done on nearly any
device, including web browsers, mobile phones, and tablets – without having to download
special software. So get ready to see these "living pictures" clogging up your Facebook feed sometime in early 2012.
The new camera is certainly unique-looking and has been
designed to eliminate as many dials as possible. It has just two
buttons – power and shutter – and has a glass touchscreen allowing for framing
pictures as well as re-focusing directly on the camera.
Strangely the shutter button turns the camera on anyway, so
it seems as if the power button may be soemwhat redundant. It is encased in anodised
aluminium and weighs less than 225g
The Lytro has a 8x optical zoom lens with a nice and bright constant
f/2 aperture. Lytro claims this camera will "never miss a moment" thanks to the
camera turning on instantly and of course with the need to auto-focus
eliminated, it has no shutter delay.
The Lytro camera has a resolution of 11 megarays, meaning
that the camera's sensor is capable of capturing the data for 11 million rays
of light per picture. The battery is set to last for two week according to
Lytro also claims that low light performance is good despite
the absence of a flash thanks to the camera using all the available light in a
"Light field photography was once only possible with 100
cameras tethered to a supercomputer in a lab," said Ng. "Today it's accessible
to everyone in a camera that's small and powerful, but incredibly easy to use.
Our goal is to forever change the way people take and experience pictures, and
today marks our first major step."
The Lytro desktop application will be available initially
for the Mac operating system; a Windows version will be available in 2012.
Lytro is promising updates software in 2012 which will allow you to view the
inherently 3D images on any 3D display.
The resolution of the pictures taken with these pictures may pale in comparison to most compact digital cameras, and the price may be a lot more expensive than those same cameras but just for sheer innovation, the Lytro camera may just be a worth the investment.
Let us know what you think in the comments.
Source: Lytro


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Beaches Revisited.
I'm told by The Joanster, who I see has embraced her inner Brooklyn by incorporating urban artistry into her vast repertoire (ah, brings back memories of seeing "Breakin' II: Electric Boogaloo with my Mom at the Oceana Theater on Brighton Beach Avenue), that "nobody knows how to flog a dead horse better" than me.
Baby, I could flog live dinosaurs if I'm given just cause, and speaking of dinosaurs, how many of youse remember when Hairboy went on (and on…and on…and on) about New Jersey's 127 miles of beautiful sandy beaches?
Well, gentle New Jerseyites…while all of New York's pristine and sparkling beaches — including my beloved Coney Island — are slated to open this Saturday in time for the Memorial Day weekend, "munitions experts" are feverishly working to rid New Jersey's 127-miles of sea and sand of "explosives" and "World War I-era military munitions that were pumped ashore during a beach-replenishment project last year."
Peeps…did you read that closely? EXPLOSIVES! In the sand! Gee, that don't sound like much fun.
I particularly delighted in this part: "People are banned from digging more than a foot into the sand and are not allowed to use metal detectors."
Sorry kids…looks like you're gonna hafta Wait Till Next Year (hmmm, I wonder where I've heard THAT before).
Oh, and in his comparative treaty about beaches, Hairboy admonishes to "Be watchful for floaters coming from Sheepshead Bay." Ironic, that, since a reader just today inquired: "Elisson tells me you're the expert on explaining Coney Island Whitefish. So, what's the deal?"
Without going into too many deets, and trust me, I am no expert, here's the dealie, my good man: Coney Island Whitefish are disgusting, revolting, abhorrent little floaters (the non-caca variety, iffen youse catch my drift) that have a tendency to find their way up the legs or down the groodies of ones swim trunks, or hanging over the bridge of ones nose when they come up for air after a dip in the waters.
And yes, the thought has occurred to me more than once that in order to bait unsuspecting and potential bennies and lure them to the promise of pristine Cape May beaches, only to make life utterly miserable for them once there, Jerseyites will embark upon covert operations to dump mass amounts of the secondhand little buggers into Brooklyn's slightly less rank than Jersey's waters.
Sabotage! I swear, I wouldn't put anything past Jersey peeps.
So, to you Jerseyites planning to trek down to the beach this Memorial Day weekend, unless you want to have munitions experts also collect your detached extremities from a vast swath of polluted sand, I'd rethink those plans a little more carefully.


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Airlines leery of military hot spots following MH17
Several of the world's biggest airlines have said they're now avoiding airspace over tense areas near Ukraine's eastern border with Russia. Additionally, the Federal Aviation Administration says U.S. carriers with flights over the region have voluntarily agreed to avoid it.
Elsewhere, Lufthansa, Europe's biggest carrier, is among those revamping plans for flights over Ukraine.
"Up to now there has been no closure of Ukrainian airspace. However, Lufthansa has decided to fly a wide detour around east Ukrainian airspace with immediate effect," the German carrier says in a statement to USA TODAY. "The safety of our passengers is our top priority.
"A total of four flights are affected today. Presently no restrictions apply to the Lufthansa destinations Kiev and Odessa."
MORE: Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine with 295 aboard
MORE: Malaysia Airlines has long history, won many awards
MORE: FAA warned airlines to avoid Crimea because of conflict
Dutch carrier KLM says it also has decided to keep its flights from flying over Ukraine following the incident Thursday with Flight MH17.
"It is with great regret that KLM has learnt about the possible incident with Flight MH17," KLM says in a statement to USA TODAY. "As a precautionary measure KLM avoids flying over the concerned territory."
Air France and Russian carrier Aeroflot are among others that have said they'll take similar measures, according to media reports coming out of Europe. Dubai-based carrier Emirates suspended its service to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
There are few flights on U.S. carriers that overfly trouble spots in Ukraine or others in Asia or the Middle East. Still, the FAA says those that fly near Ukraine have "voluntarily agreed not operate in the airspace near the Russian-Ukraine border."
The agency adds it "is monitoring the situation to determine whether further guidance is necessary."
Earlier on Thursday, Delta said that even with it's limited presence in the region, it would move to avoid Ukraine altogether.
All U.S. carriers are obliged to follow any prohibitions issued by the FAA, which in April moved to bar U.S. airlines from flying over Crimea — though that was based on concerns about air traffic control rather than military action.
Still, there is precedent for airlines to voluntarily avoid areas that concern them, says Robert Mann, an aviation analyst based in Port Washington, N.Y.
Mann recalls his time during the 1990s as an executive at Tower Air, a now-defunct carrier that was based at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
"We operated from Amsterdam to Mumbai and Delhi," Mann says. "That was during a period of time when Iran was a no-fly zone for company purposes."
There was no FAA ban, but "it was the judgment of the company … that it just wasn't a good place to be. We chose to fly around it, and that was that."
Tower Air was willing to do so even though flying around Iran meant that its flights took longer and burned more fuel.
But during the Gulf War, Tower Air had a different conclusion on flying to Israel, "continuing to operate to Tel Aviv when everybody else had abandoned it," Mann says.
"It's situational," Mann adds. "If FAA prohibits it, you can't go. But you can decide not to go based on best judgment."
And following the Ukraine incident, Mann says: "I suspect that's what people will be doing."
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Calm down, Cutetwirler. A guy named Harry Smith from Armenia will come soon and give you hundreds of fabulous tips on how to deal with little bastards
English Teacher
I'm a newbie; newly qualified (I study TESOL alongside Japanese at university) and have landed myself a place working at a summer school.
I teach teenagers and have a class of 12 REALLY rowdy kids.
I've had little to no training in how to discipline kids, I ran a majorette troupe for 5 years and thought I knew how to gain respect but I was so wrong.
Can anyone give me any hints or tips on how to deal with them? It's not that it is above their level, it's more that they are so rude and... well, teenagers.
Thank you
Calm down, Cutetwirler. A guy named Harry Smith from Armenia will come soon and give you hundreds of fabulous tips on how to deal with little bastards
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Thank you so much; I'll eagerly await Harry's reply!
While you're waiting for Harry, you could try Sue Cowley's books. Here's one: Amazon.co.uk: Getting the Buggers to Behave - 2: Books: Sue Cowley
thank you!
I was thinking in looking into a TESOL training course in descipline or something ready for next summer's summer school. Does anyone know any good ones?
I hope Harry hurries up, I'm dying under stress from the buggers here!
What are you doing at the moment to try to control them and just how rowdy are they?
They are VERY rowdy. I share them an older lady who is very experienced and agrees that they are the worst class that she's ever taught.
At the moment I'm using one of two techniques- the first is that I draw a box in the corner of the board. When they misbehave (mainly are loud when I am talking to them or explaining something, but also for excessive talking in their mother tongues about other subjects and also general rudeness) I draw a line in the box. When they get to 3 lines, I give them a good dose of dictation.
For general crowd control, I find standing at the front with arms folded and glaring at them works well.
Of course I praise and reward them when necessary. I have a 'student of the week' who wins 'cool' prizes like mugs and t shirts. I did try bribing with chocolate but my 'student of the week' had had gastric banding a few months previous and so the box of chocolates that I'd just handed her didn't go down well!!
Can you get them sitting with people they don't share their first language with? What happens when you use tapes/videos, etc?
Yes they are able to sit with different people. This doesn't stop them leaning over/back to talk to people in their own language.
Listening to tapes is a disaster most of the time. They just refuse to do it and don't really pay attention. I had a lesson on a friends episode once which went ok... but again, they didn't really gain a huge amount from it. They just zoned out, I think.
Are there any disciplinary procedures in the school?