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Banned Books Week 2010
This week is Banned Books Week. Banned Books week is an annual event that celebrates freedom to read or the freedom to express one's opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular. Banned Books Week stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. To see a list of books that others have attempted to ban, view The American Library Association's (ALA) list of Frequently Challenged Books. While you are on the ALA website take a look at their list of Banned and Challenged Classics. Chances are that you will find one of your favorites on that list.
Celebrate your freedom to read by selecting a book from a list of banned books available at the Logan Library.
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That's the same headline we ran when it was learned back in June that Tony Gilroy would be writing the fourth installment of the Jason Bourne saga. And now that Gilroy has be named director of the film, according to Deadline, the headline remains relevant, with word coming that Universal (our corporate cousins) is ready to replace Damon in the films if need be.
Gilroy has written the three previous Bournes, with Doug Liman directing the first and Paul Greengrass helming the second and third. Liman drove Universal crazy with his helter-skelter approach to filmmaking, though it's hard to argue with the results he gave them.
Greengrass was brilliant, but he reportedly quit the franchise when Universal started work on "Legacy" while he and Damon were still at work on "Green Zone" (which we did not care for, btw). When the star and director were out pimping their Iraq War film, Greengrass insisted he'd never go back, while Damon said he'd only go back if Greengrass did.
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As we noted back in June, Gilroy is the obvious choice to direct "Legacy." His directorial debut, "Michael Clayton" was fantastic and his follow-up, "Duplicity," while not terribly good, at least looked pretty.
We'll go out on a limb and say there is no way Damon says no to "Legacy." He is a huge star, loved and respected by critics and fans, but his movies--with the exception of the Bourne and Ocean's series--don't make money. His last three, "Green Zone," "Invictus" and "The Informant!" took in a combined $105 million. And other than the aforementioned franchises, only "The Departed" has topped $55 million in the last decade.
None of this is to suggest Damon's a whore, rather that like his good friend George Clooney, he makes lots films for himself that don't do well (see: "The American"-- no, really, see "The American"), but makes those films possible by doing things like "Ocean's 13."
And regardless of what you think of the trailers for "Hereafter," "True Grit" or "The Adjustment Bureau," none of those promise to be blockbusters.
Come back too us, Matt. No one willl think less of you.

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Hey everyone!
It is Inkspiration time and it is a colour challenge, and a really pretty one at that. I should have resorted to doing flowers because that is what I do with pretty colours, but I wanted to challenge myself to do something different. I will say I did have some trouble…..lol!
This is what I came up with (minus the couple attempts sitting in the bin…LOL!)
I pulled out the Up, Up & Away stamp set for its first play. I would love to play with it some more but I will have to wait.
The annual Christmas in the Country Craft Show is in less than a month and I have lots to create. I best get started….lol!
Check out the Inkspiration Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and link us to your submission so we can oohh and aahh over them.


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White Peony 3 – Sculpture and Hand-Blown Glass on Canvas
Inspired by Clint Eagar's Pink Peony fine art painting which is featured on Netflix "Grace and Frankie" season 4. Clint takes a next step to design the Peony flower, leaf sculptures and hand blown glass and now Clint is introducing this Golden Peony sculpture on canvas series… Clint used vibrant colors and textures with a new approach of the floral sculptures to create this series. Each artwork has its own unique design.
In this floral series, Clint Eagar is going to offer fine art paintings, dimensional art, decorative pillows, scarf, and decorative boxes by using his floral fine painting and designs.


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'European Football Weekends is a perennial source of pleasure' The Guardian
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Fatboy Slim World Cup Tour Diary
7 comments:
- norbert said...
stuart, we urgently require meat and water in room 1808...
- 19 June 2010 at 23:25
- Danny Last said...
Yes, come along Stuart. You're going to return back to Blighty a bigger star than 'Norbert' after this gig so don't forget your roots old chap.
- 20 June 2010 at 10:27
me and the north korean boys are going to show england how its done today mr mair. if new zealand can do it against italy - with ex players from the likes of halifax town, AFC wimbledon, chester, crewe, havant and waterlooville and the mighty wycombe wanderers (ok i lied avout the last two) me and the north koreans are going to kick some portugese ass today.
not enough wycombe references in your blog either
- 21 June 2010 at 11:49
- mikehob said...
viva la revolucion!
- 21 June 2010 at 11:52
Stuart, sort yourself out man.
People are waiting on your every word back in 'Blighty'.
Keep the flag flying, old chap and make sure you wash behind your ears...
pip pip come on 'ingerlund'
- 21 June 2010 at 22:56
Stuart!!!! so your having a ball shame about the ingerland team!!!! You could do better and thats saying something!!!! LIZ xxxx
- 22 June 2010 at 09:55
sorry about stuart's piss poor attention to his blog. he didn't realise you had to update it more than once a month.
to all you back home, stuart is having a lovely time in south africa,, though he did get a bit scared going fast on a fishing boat.
x the rest of the fat boy touring party
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A Florida man who won a contest last year to watch the "Breaking Bad" finale with the cast was arrested on drug charges early Wednesday.
Ryan Lee Carroll, 28, was booked into the Lee County Jail around 1:30 a.m. on charges of possession of a synthetic narcotic, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and keeping a shop or vehicle for dangerous drugs, jail records showed.
He was being held on $12,500 bond and it was unknown whether he has an attorney.
Authorities arrested Carroll after an investigation at his San Carlos Park home, WPTV reported. Another man, 35-year-old James Lee Allen, was also arrested on the same charges.
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According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Carroll was running an interstate synthetic marijuana distribution operation. More than $1 million in synthetic marijuana was seized during the bust.
According to deputies, the suspects used a cement mixer to create the drugs. The drugs were shipped through the U.S. Postal Service to other states.
Carroll was the big winner back in September of a contest sponsored by "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul to win a trip to Los Angeles to watch the series finale with the cast at a private party.
At the time of the contest, Carroll, a graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University, said the show was "highly addicting, just like the meth they make."
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A disruptive leap in non-contrast MR Angiography
About 347 million people worldwide have diabetes.1 In many cases this leads to perihperal artery disease.
"The high prevalance of chronic renal impairment in diabetic patients with PAD and the need for high doses of gadolinium based contrast agents place them at risk for nephrogenic system fibrosis."2
QISS3 provides an accurate non-contrast alternative to CE-MRA for demonstrating clinically significant arterial disease in patients where contrast agents are contraindicated.2,4 Enhance clinical capabilities with access to latest clinical standards of care and improve patient safety with the reduced need for CE-MRA.
"QISS MRA should become the non-contrast MRA technique of choice in patients with renal dysfunction."5
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, US
Clinical Images
QISS publications in MAGNETOM Flash
High Acceleration Quiescent-Interval Single Shot Magnetic Resonance Angiography at 1.5 and 3T
Non-Contrast-Enhanced ECG-Gated Quiescent Interval Single Shot MR Angiography of the Lower Extremities at 3 Tesla: a Case Report
Quiescent-Intervall Single-Shot Magnetic Resonance Angiography
QISS Non-Contrast MR Angiography: A study of Three Cases with Peripheral Vascular Disease
Publications on diabetes
QISS publications (1.5 Tesla)
Quiescent-Interval Single-Shot Unenhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Peripheral Vascular Disease: Technical Considerations and Clinical Feasibility
Peripheral arterial disease in a symptomatic diabetic population: prospective comparison of rapid unenhanced MR angiography (MRA) with contrast-enhanced MRA.
Evaluation of peripheral arterial disease with nonenhanced quiescent-interval single-shot MR angiography.
Nonenhanced ECG-gated quiescent-interval single-shot MRA (QISS-MRA) of the lower extremities: comparison with contrast-enhanced MRA.
Comparison of quiescent inflow single-shot and native space for nonenhanced peripheral MR angiography.
QISS publications (3 Tesla)
Nonenhanced peripheral MR-angiography (MRA) at 3 Tesla: evaluation of quiescent-interval single-shot MRA in patients undergoing digital subtraction angiography.
Evaluating Peripheral Arterial Disease With Unenhanced Quiescent-Interval Single-Shot MR Angiography at 3T
Nonenhanced ECG-Gated Quiescent-Interval Single Shot MRA: Image Quality and Stenosis Assessment at 3 Tesla Compared With Contrast-Enhanced MRA and Digital Subtraction Angiography
ECG-gated quiescent-interval single-shot MR angiography of the lower extremities: initial experience at 3 T.
Non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography at 3 Tesla in patients with advanced peripheral arterial occlusive disease.
QISS publications (7 Tesla)
Sequence comparison for non-enhanced MRA of the lower extremity arteries at 7 Tesla
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Hi archers,
since I'd like to learn, I've to ask you an explanation about my .xinitrc.
I've achieved this through testing:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# $HOME/.xinitrc
while : ; do
exec dbus-launch dwm 2> "${dwmLog}" & dwmPid="${!}"
wait "${dwmPid}"
Which works as aspected but I can't understand why:
1) If the wm runs as first, statBar.sh doesn't load.
2) For the purpose to be able to reload Dwm without closing X, I use the "while loop". But if I don't save Dwm's pid it'll be closed with X. Why?
Thanks a lot.
Last edited by rix (2012-11-24 13:13:03)
It might work if you remove "exec".
Tested and works even this way.
Do you mind explain me why?
And what about the second question?
Thanks a lot.
Last edited by rix (2012-11-24 15:36:52)
Hi archers,
2) For the purpose to be able to reload Dwm without closing X, I use the "while loop". But if I don't save Dwm's pid it'll be closed with X. Why?
`exec' runs a command without creating a new process. Instead it replaces the current process.
When `exec' exits, which happens when dwm exits, it will also exit the .xinitrc script.
When you put a `&' you run exec in the background, giving it a new process. This way the .xinitrc script doesn't exit as its process isn't being replaced. This is why it works for you.
To try it, do like this:
1. Open a terminal
2. Type `bash'
3. Type `exit'
4. You'll see you returned to the original terminal, since it was still running
1. Open a terminal
2. Type `exec bash'
3. Type `exit'
4. Now you see it took the original terminal down with it, since that process was replaced with exec
[...] To try it, do like this: [...]
How cool. Thank so much. I've learnt something new.
So without "exec" and "&", we're working on the Dwm process which is under the .xinitrc one. Is it right?
So when we close Dwm, we don't close .xinitrc (and X) which restart Dwm. Isn't it?
oeufcoque wrote:
[...] To try it, do like this: [...]
How cool. Thank so much. I've learnt something new.
So without "exec" and "&", we're working on the Dwm process which is under the .xinitrc one. Is it right?
So when we close Dwm, we don't close .xinitrc (and X) which restart Dwm. Isn't it?
In your case I would simply discard "exec" and do something like:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# $HOME/.xinitrc
while : ; do
dbus-launch dwm 2> "${dwmLog}"
edit: I'm not sure how dbus-launch works exactly though
Last edited by oeufcoque (2012-11-24 16:14:06)
Also as stqn above has suggested and obviously works.
Many thanks again.
Do you mind tell me also, if you can, why if I run first the wm instead of the statusbar script, this last one doesn't load?
Last edited by rix (2012-11-24 16:17:21)
Also as stqn above has suggested and obviously works.
Many thanks again.
Do you mind tell me also, if you can, why if I run first the wm instead of the statusbar script, this last one doesn't load?
It depends on what your statusbar script does. But I see it is not started in the background, so maybe that's the problem.
Add "&" after statusbar script might solve it.
Usually you write your .xinitc like this:
# Commands and programs to start in the background once when X starts
command-to-run-in-the-background &
statusbar &
terminal &
pidgin &
# Window manager in this loop will restart itself when it exit, unless it crashes
while true ; do
dwm || exit 1
You can also write it like this, but then it will not restart itself. This is how my .xinitrc looks. Maybe it will give inspiration.
exec wmfs &
# Keyboard shortcuts
xbindkeys &
# Copy/paste stuff
autocutsel -fork &
autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork &
# Mouse pointer speed
xset m 0 0
# Wallpaper
feh --bg-scale $HOME/.wall.png &
# Terminal daemon so it starts faster and uses less memory
urxvtd -o -f &
# Statusbar script
wmfs.sh &
# Popup messages
dunst &
# Popup messages daemon script
dunstd.sh &
# Snow on my screen
xsnow -sc "#787878" -nowind -notrees -nosanta -norudolf &
# Mount devices automatically and start ranger
devmon --exec-on-drive "urxvtc -e sh -c \"ranger %d\"" &
wait $PID
I'm sorry my fault. I forgot to post the statusbar.
Here it is:
#!/usr/bin/env sh
while :
clk() {
hr=$(date +"%R")
echo -e "\x01$hr"
dt() {
dt=$(date +"%a %d")
echo -e "\x07 $dt "
net() {
ping -c 1 www.google.it > /dev/null || echo -e "\x02 NC"
vol() {
st=$(amixer get Master | awk '{print $6}' | tr -d '[]' | tail -1)
lv=$(amixer get Master | awk '{print $4}' | tr -d '[]','%' | tail -1)
[ "${st}" != "off" ] && echo -e "\x05 $lv"
mail() {
h=$(cat ${f} | awk '/hotmail/ {print +$1}')
g=$(cat ${f} | awk '/gmail/ {print +$1}')
if [[ "${h}" -ge "1" && "${g}" -ge "1" ]]; then
echo -e "\x03 H:${h} G:${g}"
if [[ "${h}" -ge "1" && "${g}" -eq "fetchmail" ]]; then
echo -e "\x03 H:${h}"
if [[ "${g}" -ge "1" && "${h}" -eq "fetchmail" ]]; then
echo -e "\x03 G:${g}"
up() {
count=$(pacman -Qu | wc -l)
[ "${count}" -eq "0" ] || echo -e "\x04 $count"
ram() {
ram=$(free -m | awk '/-/ {print +$3}')
[ "${ram}" -gt "200" ] && echo -e " \x06R:$ram"
cTemper() {
sens=$(sensors | awk '/temp1/ {print +$2}')
[ "${sens}" -gt "75" ] && echo -e "\x06C:$sens"
xsetroot -name "$out"
sleep 1s
done &
Also why is it needing to save wm process' pid?
Thank a lot for your helps.
It's only needed in the .xinitrc I'm using.
Remember, if .xinitrc exit, X will exit too.
That's why I have a "wait" in it, so it will wait until my window manager (wmfs) will exit. If I don't wait for it, then .xinitrc will exit even if I have my window manager running, and that will kill X.
If you use "exec" it looks like .xinitrc is still running, so X won't exit.
You have your window manager inside a "while" loop, so .xinitrc will never exit, and X will always be running.
About your script:
You can change position where it starts in .xinitrc to:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# $HOME/.xinitrc
while : ; do
# start statusbar and remember pid of it
"${DWM}"/statBar.sh &
# Start dbus and window manager. This will continue running until dwm exit or crashes
dbus-launch dwm 2> "${dwmLog}"
# Kill statusbar script
kill $statBarPid
Then remove "&" from your statusbar script. It is at last line after "done".
About statusbar isn't more simple with the "&" in the script instead of saving its pid? What are differences?
By the way, I got it.
Thanks for your patience.
Last edited by rix (2012-11-24 21:04:12)
If you use dbus-launch you'll probably want to use
dbus-launch --exit-with-session dwm
This will ensure dbus exits when the window manager does. The way you have it now, if you restart dwm many times, you could get many instances of dbus running simultaneously.
In my experiences many dbus instances do not interfere with each other, but they do each use a bit (a small bit) of memory and processor cycles.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Thanks you for your suggestion Trilby.
@ Trilby:
do you mind, if you can, to also reply to my thread about Dwm?


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In that spirit, I am thankful, in no particular order, for: The founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, whose continuing success as an innovator makes a mockery of marketers who recycle and disrespect consumers by promoting sugar water and other foolishly developed products.
Thanksgiving is still a way off, but I'm in a thankful mood. I get like this on my birthday, as it comes in the spring when all the little flowers start popping out, the sun shines like a friend and people in the various flocks of humanity are generally in a good mood.
While there are storms enough to topple governments, regimes and societies afoot in these early times of the 21st century, I doubt the apocryphal end of humanity is near. The future will be a product of how we react to adversity and limit the efforts of those who would use us for their own purposes.
In that spirit, I am thankful, in no particular order, for:
• The recent defection of Louisiana congressmen from the Democratic to the Republican Party. Now that Democrats have transitioned the fence sitters out of their party, they can begin the process of making their platform more viable to voters. Most people in Louisiana remain economically conservative and socially responsible in their political views. None of the parties –– Republican, Democratic or the tea party –– presently champion these basic viewpoints. With the pseudo-members out of their ranks, the Democratic Party has a chance to seize the reins and make the party platform viable again.
• Newton Minow, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, for his essay "A Vaster Wasteland" in the April Atlantic Monthly. At a time when public radio and public television are under assault by right-wing operatives and political opportunists, Minow defends public-airwave programming as an important source of professionally reported news and information. He rightfully points out that public stations have been underfunded for decades, and they need greater support now than ever before, rather than politically motivated cutbacks.
• The French government for taking the lead in organizing NATO forces to aid rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi. Centuries ago, a Frenchman named Lafayette came to the aid of colonial rebels in America who were fighting against the British king at a time when the fate of their rebellion was in doubt. The French don't make all the right moves any more than Tom Cruise does. But when it comes to backing rebel forces, they have a good eye.
• The 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps, the visionary organization started by President Kennedy. Even in today's world filled with wars and strife, the corps continues to show a humane and unselfish portrait of America to the global community. It also builds character in the lives of young Americans who volunteer to devote 2 1/2 years of their lives in the service of others.
• The growth of the organic food movement begun by a handful of member-run food co-ops in the 1970s.
• The founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, whose continuing success as an innovator makes a mockery of marketers who recycle and disrespect consumers by promoting sugar water and other foolishly developed products.
Of course, I'm thankful for much more –– The Port O' Call in New Orleans, weekends, holidays, full moons, edible wild plants, Levi 501 jeans, whimsical ties worn in business settings, flash drives, energy bars, mountain bikes...
I'm thankful also that while everyone could not have a great birthday as I did over the weekend, there is consolation for those who did not.
Hang in there, guys. Your day will come.
Wade McIntyre is editor of The Gonzales Weekly Citizen in Louisiana. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This Friday and Saturday the San Antonio Symphony will play Symphony No, 3, "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saëns. Saint-Saëns is the third answer to that classical music trivia question, "Who are the three greatest prodigies of classical music?" Mozart is obviously one and Mendelssohn is a close second. But Saint-Saëns is right up there.
He was born in Paris in 1835. His aunt started teaching him piano at age two and his first composition dates date from age four. He also learned to read at age three and made his first public appearance as a pianist at age five, playing the piano part in a Beethoven violin sonata. At the tender age of 10, he made his debut in a piano concerto, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 15. As an encore, Saint-Saëns offered to play any of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas from memory! Word spread of his genius all across Europe and the United States, with an article about the performance in a Boston newspaper.
He attended the Paris Conservatory, where he won many prizes and became friends with Franz Liszt. At 16 he wrote his first symphony. When he wrote his second symphony at age 18, Hector Berlioz said, "He knows everything, but lacks inexperience." He made his living as a great Church musician and his weekly improvisations earned him the reputation as the world's greatest organist.
Music wasn't the only subject that fascinated Saint-Saëns. He studied science and became an expert at mathematics. He wrote a philosophical work, where he stated that science and art would eventually replace religion. He also wrote poetry, plays and designed his own telescope. He used his knowledge of astronomy to schedule concerts to correspond with astronomical events, such as solar eclipses.
Two years after he wrote his "Organ" Symphony he started to travel all over the world and he chronicled his travels in many popular books. In 1908, he became the first famous composer to write a score for a motion picture–The Assassination of the Duke of Guise. In 1915 he guest conducted the San Francisco Symphony and he died in 1921 in Algeria.
He was highly opinionated about other composers. He loved Liszt and Wagner, but hated the music of Debussy and Stravinsky. Perhaps the strangest part of his history is that he refused to let his famous Carnival of the Animals be published during his lifetime! Here is a video of "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals, with Roger Moore speaking the introduction.
To hear his great third symphony, join us this weekend at the Symphony!
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Missing teen found dead in South Lake Tahoe
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The body of Petaluma resident Alyssa Byrne was found Friday morning in South Lake Tahoe.
In a Friday morning press conference, Douglas County Undersheriff Paul Howell said a utility worker in an elevated truck saw Byrne's body behind a high snow bank 10 feet off Pioneer Trail between Al Tahoe and Black Bart Avenue about 8:30 a.m.
Police said her body was just off the roadway about 1/2 mile southwest of the Lake Tahoe Community College, where SnowGlobe was held. Her body looked like it had been there for a couple days, he said.
Officials believe that Byrne attended SnowGlobe late on Dec. 31, and possibly became disoriented when she left the event on foot, according to a release from El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature dropped to 3 degrees Jan. 1 and fell to minus 1 Jan. 2.
While Howell did not want to speculate on the circumstances, he said the location could have been along a route someone who missed the SnowGlobe Music Festival shuttle may have taken.
Earlier reports stated that Byrne had made it back to Horizon Casino Resort on New Year's Eve, but police were unable to spot her on security footage.
Howell said police still do not have evidence of foul play, and there were no outward signs of trauma to the body. El Dorado County Sheriff's Office detectives and the CSI team processed the scene for evidence and Byrne's body will be taken to the Sacramento Coroner's Office for a forensic autopsy to determine the cause of death.
"If exposed to the elements you could succumb to that," Howell told The Associated Press. "We won't speculate on that (hypothermia) as the cause of death, but we're hoping to get an answer from the autopsy."
The autopsy also will determine whether alcohol or drugs were a factor, he said.
Byrne's father, Kevin Byrne, issued a statement Friday thanking those who helped.
"Our entire family is devastated," the statement said. "We were still holding out hope that she would be found safe. We will miss Alyssa and she will be in our hearts forever."
Chanel Kelly, a friend who was on the New Year's Eve trip in Tahoe, told reporters outside the Byrne home in Petaluma that the tragedy is everybody's worst nightmare.
"At the end of the day she's always responsible and safe, but this is one time that she wasn't," Kelly said.
Byrne worked as a hostess at Cattlemens restaurant in Petaluma, about 40 miles north of San Francisco, and was taking classes at Santa Rosa Junior College's Petaluma campus to become a firefighter/paramedic.
The discovery of the body comes after a three-day search for Byrne, who was reported missing Jan. 1 after coming to South Lake Tahoe to attend SnowGlobe. Family members and friends helped South Lake Tahoe Police Department, Douglas County and El Dorado County sheriff's departments, Douglas County Search and Rescue, FBI and air support from the Washoe County Sheriff's Office search for her.
Kindred Murillo, president of Lake Tahoe Community College, said more facts are needed before they discuss whether or not the case will impact the music festival's future in the South Shore. The college was planning to discuss the event even before Byrne was reported missing, and once the board has more information they'll move forward with a decision.
The comments that the college has received regarding the event are almost all positive and she hasn't heard complaints about transportation to and from the event, Murillo said.
"I think SnowGlobe did everything they could to make sure attendees were safe. I don't think we'd be doing our job if we didn't look at this. It has to affect (the discussion) because the thing you always have to try to do when you're an educator and community member is provide the safest environment you can," Murillo said.
The LTCC Foundation to assist Byrne's family. People looking to donate can contact the foundation at 530-541-4660 ext. 245.
A tweet from the SnowGlobe festival at #itsSnowGlobe Friday afternoon expressed the event organizers' sympathy for the teen's family. Event producer Chad Donnelly did not immediately return a phone call after officials confirmed the identity of the body.
"We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Alyssa Byrne. Our deepest sympathies go out to Alyssa's family and friends. We appreciate the quick response from South Lake Tahoe officials in responding to the investigation," the tweet read.
– The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Fishing for the future
For Norwegians, fishing is so much more than an industry — it's a craft. The skills have been passed down through the generations and we see it as our duty to nurture stocks even richer than the ones we inherited.
Find out how we're leading the charge when it comes to research, fishing regulation, investing in new technologies and the protection of marine and coastal fisheries.
The importance of fishing
The Food and Agriculture Organisation has highlighted the crucial role of aquaculture in meeting the world's demand for seafood. As one of the largest suppliers of seafood, we have a responsibility to ensure that our resources are consistent and sustainable to support this global demand.
Changing with technology
Fishing technology has greatly improved in the past 50 years, enabling us to catch at increasingly lower depths. With this newfound fishing territory comes great responsibility to protect the sea's ecosystems. The Norwegian authorities, research institutions, environmental organizations and, of course, the fishing industry itself, work together to ensure that the industry remains stable, sustainable and safe, while complying with the development goals of the industry.
To reference Arctic Fisheries/Barents Sea Arguement
Protecting our fish
Quotas control the fishing of individual species, ensuring that stocks have the time they need to recover and thrive each year. We use two methods to calculate our quotas:
- Ecosystem-based management: Looks at the marine environment as a whole, assessing how different species interact with one another.
- Precautionary approach: Making a conservative estimate that takes into account factors of uncertainty.
The Marine Stewardship Council's fishery certification programme recognises and rewards sustainable fishing practices. 100% of our North East Arctic cod and haddock stocks are MSC certified.
A strict ban on discards
It is quite simply a waste of resources to discard what quotas will not allow you to bring ashore. It also affects the fishery statistics, making it nearly impossible to calculate stock sizes. Norway was the first country to ban discards in 1987. Our regulations allow fishermen to bring what they catch to shore, but they are not allowed to sell it for profit.
Working with others
Around 90% of our fisheries are shared with other nations, such as Russia. We must work together, through forums such as the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to protect them. Currently, Barents Sea cod is considered to be one of the best-managed stocks in the world, with virtually zero cases of illegal fishing.
Norway also cooperates with organizations that support the preservation of the environment and sustainability, the Norwegian Sea Export Council (NSEC) works closely with WWF Norway.
Relying on research
The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) is responsible for controlling Norway's marine resources. It conducts research into species numbers, helping us to gauge how healthy our stocks are. It works in conjunction with several other countries as the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
It is also important to ensure that fishing activities are carried out at the right time, in the right areas and with the right equipment. At sea, this is the responsibility of the Coast Guard of Norway, and it represents around 70% of the resources of the Coast Guard. On land, the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs conducts periodic inspections of fishing vessels.
Keeping you safe
You can trust Norwegian seafood. The Scientific Committee for Food Safety conducts regular risk assessments, while the Norwegian Food Safety Authority introduces new measures and guidelines to ensure that Norwegian seafood is always safe and enjoyable to eat.
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John Robert Ringrose
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BiographyJohn Ringrose was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School in Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The school is on the northeastern perimeter of the metropolitan area of London. After leaving the school, Ringrose entered St John's College, Cambridge and he received an M.A., then later a Ph.D. from Cambridge in 1957.
After completing his Ph.D., Ringrose was appointed a lecturer in mathematics at King's College of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1957. He remained in Newcastle until 1961 when he returned to Cambridge as a lecturer in mathematics. He was also elected a fellow of his old College, St John's College, Cambridge. He remained at Cambridge for two years then, in 1963, Ringrose returned to Newcastle where he was appointed a senior lecturer in mathematics.
In 1964 he was appointed to the chair of Pure Mathematics at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and he held this post until he retired in 1993. On his retiral he became professor emeritus at Newcastle. He also served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1983 until 1988.
Ringrose is a leading world expert on non-self-adjoint operators and operator algebras. He has written on operators of Volterra-type, compact linear operators, the Neumann series of integral operators, algebras of operators, automorphisms and derivations of operator algebras, and the cohomology of operator algebras.
He has written a number of influential texts including Compact non-self-adjoint operators (1971) and, with R V Kadison, Fundamentals of the theory of operator algebras in four volumes published in 1983, 1986, 1991 and 1992. The first of these volumes is an elementary approach to the theory of -algebras and von Neumann algebras. The authors state in the preface that their:-
... primary goal is to teach the subject and lead the reader to the point where the vast recent literature, both in the subject proper and in its many applications, becomes accessible.The second volume treats advanced topics which Ringrose and Kadison consider to be fundamental for an understanding of current research in operator algebras. R S Doran, a reviewer of the text, writes that:-
The book [is] written by two eminent mathematicians each of whom has made major contributions to the theory of operator algebras.He concludes the review saying that:-
...the authors have presented [the material] in a fresh and attractive way which conveys the spirit and beauty of the subject. They are to be commended for writing a beautiful book which, in the reviewer's opinion, fulfills all of the promises made in the preface.These two volumes contain an outstanding collection of exercises which in many cases lead the reader to prove some further major results by skillfully breaking them down into manageable parts. The third and fourth volumes contain the solutions to the exercises. R S Doran says the authors' solutions:-
... which were developed from scratch specifically for this volume, are models of clarity and efficiency, reflecting their vast experience and insight into the subject.The Royal Society of London elected Ringrose as a fellow in 1977 and he has also been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He has served the London Mathematical Society in many different ways including holding the position of president of the Society from 1992 to 1994.
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Greetings gentlemen, this week's Sunday Vintage mission will see us in the Somme sector, late in the war. As always, air superiority is the name of the game to allow army observation aircraft to recon the front and provide intelligence and spotting to their respective forces. This map allows for both high altitude plane sets as well as limited aircraft, which must be used wisely.
This "Battle for Intelligence" is pretty straight forward, first side to 100 pics wins. We will roll to another map if / after this one completes.
Somme - High Recons 1918
Battle for Intelligence - September 1918
Location: Somme river, France
Mission objectives:
Both Allied and Central Squadrons are ordered to: (1) Fly offensive patrols over enemy lines to intercept enemy aircraft and (2) to protect their own reconaissance aircraft.
Description: Both AI and human flown reconaissance two-seaters will have to photograph strategic targets. The more photographs they can bring home safely, the better they will be prepared for the upcoming offensive. The first side that obtains 100 photographs will have won this "battle for intelligence". Any marked target on the map may be used to obtain more photos.
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Busy Angels News Weekend – As the Starting Rotation Turns
Jered Weaver and the Aftermath of the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Day
Since receiving official word of the expected six-game suspension following the "fireworks" at the Tigers game last Sunday, Jered Weaver has been adamant that he was not only appealing MLB's decision, but would do so in person. As recently as Friday evening, there was word that Weaver's agent Scott Boras would get involved with the appeal at Weaver's side. Then, quite unexpectedly this evening, Weaver announced that he was dropping the appeal and had begun serving his suspension that day (Saturday).
I could not be happier about this decision. The chances of Weaver getting any sort of reduction or dismissal in the suspension were practically non-existent and appealing it only accomplished making Weaver's availability for the next several series, many of them tough, a giant question mark. Certainly this was not helping the Angels any. Weaver's decision to drop the appeal was motivated by a conversation with Mike Scioscia and a desire to do what's best for the team. I applaud the decision, which will have him miss his next scheduled start against the Jays by only one day. This is especially helpful considering the next item.
The Unsinkable Joel Pineiro
It's official. Joel Pineiro's sinkerball just won't sink. And what do we call an unsinkable sinkerball boys and girls? Well, the A's, Orioles, Tigers and Twins called it a big fat meatball so let's go with that, shall we? After Wednesday's terrible start against the Twins, Pineiro's fourth bad start in a row with no sign of improvement, the Angels moved him to the bullpen. It was time. He seems to do okay for the first inning or two, so maybe a few weeks of bullpen work will help him build confidence and find the right arm slot, or whatever, for an eventual return to the starting rotation? I don't know, but I hope so. Pineiro was very classy about the news, fielding the press' questions while admitting to his difficulties and accepting the bullpen move gracefully. It sounds stupid, but I was kind of proud of him. That couldn't have been easy. I'm glad to see him out of the starting rotation for now but I wish him well and hope to see him regain his old form.
The Starting Rotation — We'll Think About it Tomorrow, We Can Stand it Then?
So what in the heck are the Angels going to do with Pineiro's spot in the rotation, especially this coming week against the Yankees? Ervin "No Hitter" Santana will take the mound tomorrow and from what I have heard, Dan Haren will dive in for Pineiro on Tuesday in New York…but what happens after that? With Weaver suspended until Saturday in Toronto? That's a very good question. Supposedly we're not in the market for arms and will solve the delimma in house with Hisanori Takehashi or Trevor Bell assuming the role for one start with a slight possibility of calling up one of the rookies, though none of them are quite ready it would seem. We'll see how it goes, but if this is the case, then Tyler Chatwood definitely needs to buckle down and get outs more quickly than in his last few starts. I've noticed considerable improvement in his number of base on balls, so I'm sure he's up for the task.
The Angels and the Curse of the AM830 Cooking Challenge
The Sports Lodge, the morning show on AM830, our local Angels and general sports radio station, began sponsoring an Iron Chef-lite style cooking challenge for charity last year. Various Angels players, coaches and their assistants – wives, SO's, family members – compete to create an original dish with the winner earning a check for the charity of their choice. It sounds like an absolute blast, complete with a lot of silliness and banter, and even controversy – last year, pitching coach Mike Butcher won with the assistance of his professional chef sister-in-law, leading to the age old question, should there be an asterix next to his title? 😉 One of these years, I have to go. But in the meantime, I can't help but notice the appearance of a curse hanging over the whole proceedings.
Last season, the player competitors were Joe Saunders, Kevin Jepson, Brandon Wood and Kevin Frandson. What else do these gents have in common? You guessed it. Not a one of them is still playing with the Angels, though Jepsen is at least with the AAA team. This season the cooking challenge winner was Pineiro. Very, very interesting. I actually don't believe in curses or anything of the sort, but the coincidence seems so obvious to me and no one else is talking about it so I figured I would stir the pot a little…so to speak.
The Return of Friday Gourmet, Wine and Angels
This is the first Friday Seth and I have both been home, not prepping for a trip or some such and not still working on Friday night in weeks so, of course, the return of the Friday Night Ritual (wine, "gourmet" dinner and the Angels game) was in order. The game itself was a nail biting mix of the wonderful – Jered Weaver was very much on his game and our defense was stellar – and the frustrating – our offense was pretty much D.O.A. after Mariner's rookie Trayvon Robinson, in his major league debut no less, made a stellar play robbing Torii Hunter of a two run homer. That kid is going to be something else! Thus the win went to closer Jordan Walden in walk-off fashion – way to go Torii and Vernon Wells! – instead of to the very deserving Weaver, but I'll take that over a loss any day and I can't think of anyone who would disagree with me on this front, including, I would imagine, Weaver. So, this week's spread? Pan roasted salmon salad with dried cherries, feta and a homemade blackberry balsamic vinaigrette, accompanied by Bianchi's Syranot, a lightly peppery pinot noir, syrah blend. Yum…my.


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Sowerby pattern 1054 comport registration details of design, please?
December 17, 2012, 09:14:21 PM »
A Sowerby comport, 8 inches top diameter, pattern number 1054 (page 19 of Sowerby pattern book XI, 1885 ref.: Vol. 3 Thistlewood Sowerby CD-ROM). The comport came in 4 sizes (5½, 8, 9 and 10 inch).
Shown in the pattern book as being a registered design, and this example does have an indecipherable lozenge registry mark.
Does a GMB member have an example of this comport (or any other of the pattern 1054 pieces) with clearly visible registry marks ? (The Sowerby 1054 service is shown on page 2 of the Sowerby pattern book XV, September 1895 ref. Vol. 1 Thistlewood Sowerby CD-ROM). If so, could they let me have the details, please, so that I can trace the precise RD number of the series design? The registration date would almost certainly have been no later than 1874.
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not able to help at the moment. The only pressed glass author that I'm aware of who has shown the corresponding Sowerby pattern No. alongside the Board of Trade Registration Nos., is Cottle - and unfortunately his list is incomplete, and starts with pattern 1135 of 6th March 1876 - which is obviously later than pattern 1054. Don't know why this author included only some of the Pattern Nos.
Suppose when you think about it, there is a lot of usefulness in having both Nos. in one publication. Several authors provide the Parcel No., which is possibly because this was included as part of the information in the Board of Trade Registers.
I've checked the facsimile pages in Thompson with the number and dates of Sowerby Registrations as given in Cottle - and they match in quantity and date etc. - there are 17 separate Rd. Nos. starting in February 1872 (which is apparently the first Registratin made by Sowerby).
If your assumption is correct..........."The registration date would almost certainly have been no later than 1874.".................then Pattern 1054 must be one of these.
Haven't a clue as to which exact No. Sowerby started with - and since they'd been producing glass for a long time before 1872 - presumably their first No. wasn't No. 001, or similar. If you look at Cottle's list - the Pattern Nos. don't run neatly and consecutively, so probably not something that can be estimated even half accurately.
If it were possibly to narrow down to half a dozen Rd. Nos., I'd be happy to take a punt at Kew one day and try to pinpoint the data.
Having said all this, someone may now come in and tell us exactly what the correct details are
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apologies, there was an incomplete sentence......................"there are 17 separate Rd. Nos. starting in February 1872 (which is apparently the first Registratin made by Sowerby)." this was supposed to have continued as..............."and the end of 1874"
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High resolution scans (600 dpi or higher) of the original pattern book would be very helpful to see if the registration lozenges actually have the date specific information required to assign a pattern or line to a registration.
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I had already thought of something similar, although I don't know whereabouts in the U.K. the original pattern books are.......possibly in The National Archives or maybe more likely at Broadfield House Museum. I have a facsimile of book No. IX (1882) - which assume the same format as other pattern books i.e. printed - and copies of individual pages (showing diamonds) can be seen - in Thompson for example.
Of course, the original books may have been hand written, and so may well show specific information.
I've tried looking with a high power lens at the diamonds in several of the books - Thompson and Cottle - and it seems to me that the squiggles showing in each of the lozenges look identical (not possible to be certain what they are though) - so it may well be that the printer simply illustrated all of the diamonds showing the same illegible marks - which would make sense since it would be more cost effective than providing separate information for each pattern.
In Thompson all of the diamonds seem to show - clockwise from the top..........25 (day) - L (for 1882) - R (for August) and figure 9 for the Parcel No.., but as I say, there is some guesswork in this.
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Thank you, Paul and Sid, for your inputs.
My original query was posted to help me with a project I am pursuing in association with helping to build the GMB RD numbers photo database.
As Paul indicates, Simon Cottle (in Sowerby Gateshead Glass , Tyne and Wear Museum Services, 1986) shows some Sowerby pattern numbers alongside the RD numbers, but that the list is far from complete, and only the Sowerby pattern book IX (1882) is illustrated as an entity with drawings of the pieces with their the pattern numbers. The pattern book IX (1882) illustrations do not indicate which of the pattern numbers relate to registered designs, and a few of the Cottle list pattern number references are to pattern books VIII and XI (neither of which is illustrated in the book).
From the other angle, the Thistlewood Sowerby CD-ROM catalogues usually show the Sowerby pieces with their pattern numbers, but rarely with the corresponding RD numbers. Not surprisngly, the list of Sowerby pattern numbers in CD-ROM Volume 3 is far from complete, and only some have photographs associated. As you both say, the nominal registration lozenge motif alongside the pattern numbers in the various pattern books is useful as an indicator of a design registration, but no real use in providing precise registration details
So, to fill in some of the gaps in both these important references, Im currently beginning to build a separate database linking Sowerby RD numbers with their Sowerby pattern book numbers, and also trying to muster representative photographs of the relevant pieces showing as many size, shape and variations as possible, thereby filling in some of the gaps in both Cottles book and the Thistlewood Sowerby CD-ROMs.
At the same time, Im also trying to assemble a collection of photos assigning Sowerby pattern numbers to unregistered designs.
Please bear with me, therefore, if there seem to be a lot of my topics posted in this section regarding links between Sowerby registrations and their pattern book numbers. I hope to be able to collate what details I currently have with photos on three related photo galleries with open access for all in the near future.
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