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I've always admired the rugged ability of certain adventurer-writers to appear masterful in the wider world.
True or not, it's easy to envision legendary expatriate authors like Karen Blixen and Ernest Hemingway crushing it in their overseas exploits. Satisfying wanderlust. Surviving exotic illness. Operating transnational businesses. Donning local garb or exploration gear. Pictured alone on the landscape, or comfortably surrounded by teeming locals. Iconic.
Then they write personally relevant opuses Out of Africa and The Old Man and the Sea.
Larger-than-life expat writer personalities seem in tune with far-flung surroundings, able to produce their best work from foreign atmospheres.
These two predecessors were clearly troubled. Alcoholism. Venereal disease. Financial ruin. Divorce. Suicide. However, aspiring to their ultimate of travel feats — achieving a personal and professional high point — remains an urge for writers abroad like me.
I explore my own brush with the weight of expat image expectation at a colleague's blog this week by delving into the photos that correspond with a highlight and a lowlight of my expat experience. Despite previous and future international depths, it only takes one flashbulb moment to remind us we too can outdo ourselves abroad. And that memory can empower us and our expat life for a long time. Take a peek at Unrecognizable vs. Iconic.
Which expat icons do you admire — and when have you found authority overseas?
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Catholics are spread across the state of South Carolina, but with the increased availability of Internet and satellite radio, we can now listen to quality Catholic programming from the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) Radio (XMSirius 130), the Catholic Channel (XMSirius 129) and more.
Listen live to EWTN Catholic radio programming online via the Internet.
Listen to live EWTN Catholic radio programming in Spanish (Eschuchar ahora en Español)
Sorry, we had to take down our Facebook page due to a cyberbully who wanted to stop us from spreading the Good News. But you can find EWTN radio, The Catholic Channel, Ave Maria Radio, the Integrated Catholic Life and many other sites to help you learn about and keep the faith.

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Vintage Open Top Bus Tour with exclusive Cream Tea at Harrods (PM)
- Transportation by Open Deck Vintage bus
- Professional guide
- Photo stop at Tower of London
- Photo stop at Buckingham Palace
- Exclusive Cream Tea in the Georgian Restaurant at Harrods. Includes Home-baked scones served with clotted cream and preserves, choice of Tea and a flute of Harrods Prosecco.
- Private guided cruise on the River Thames
Open Top Vintage Bus Tour with Live Professional Guide
What better way to enjoy the highlights of London than from on board a Classic 1950's Route-master Bus with a live professional guide?
Enjoy great views of the capital's iconic sights, both old and new, including Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, St. Paul's Cathedral, London Bridge, The Shard, Tower Bridge & the London Eye.
The Vintage Double Decker Bus Tour includes a photo stop at Westminster Abbey, burial place of Britain's monarchs and the host for coronations and many royal weddings since its construction in the eleventh century. The bus stops again for photos at the Tower of London, multi-functional throughout history as a royal palace and a fortress, a prison and a place of numerous executions.
The Tower of London
The Tower of London that was built nearly a thousand years ago and is now home to the Crown Jewels protected by the famous Beefeaters. The imposing former palace was once used as a fortress and a prison and you can see Traitors Gate where prisoners entered the Tower for the last time! We stop for photos and a history lesson from the guide before our cruise (no entry to the Tower of London)
Photo stop at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official Royal residence of Her Majesty the Queen, and we make our way to the perfect spot to watch the world famous Changing of the Guard ceremony (morning tour only) as the Queen's soldiers, dressed in their fabulous tunics and busbies march to military music.
Private guided cruise on the River Thames
Enjoy our new private and exclusive river trip that passes Shakespeare's Globe, Cleopatra's Needle, London Bridge and The Shard. Enjoy the magnificent view of the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge from the river before we arrive at Milbank/Westminster pier. (Private cruise exclusive to Premium Tours customers operates during summer months.)
Exclusive Cream Tea in the Georgian Restaurant at Harrods
The Georgian's quintessentially English cream tea stands amongst London's finest, and when enjoyed in such regal surroundings, is an experience to be savoured, remembered and repeated. Home-baked English scones served with clotted cream and Harrods exclusive preserves and this is accompanied by a glass of Prosecco and your choice of tea from Harrods own tea gardens. Relax and enjoy!
After tea the rest of the afternoon is yours to explore the store.
- Transportation by Open Deck Vintage bus
- Professional guide
- Photo stop at Tower of London
- Photo stop at Buckingham Palace
- Private guided cruise on the River Thames
- Exclusive Cream Tea in the Georgian Restaurant at Harrods. Includes Home-baked scones served with clotted cream and preserves, choice of Tea and a flute of Harrods Prosecco.
- Entrances to Tower of
London and Buckingham Palace
- Gratuities
Please note:
- Tour departs at 1pm from Victoria Coach Station gate 0 (next to the main ticket office). Boarding starts at 12:45pm.
- Please
note that this is an open top bus
tour - please be prepared for the possibility of rain.
- On
rare occasions the open top bus may be changed to a closed top bus
- Please note the Changing of
the Guards only takes place on the morning tour
- Child: 3-16 years
- Senior 60+ years
- Please note that the tour ends at the venues and no drop-off back to Victoria is provided.
- Dress code for Georgian Restaurant at Harrods : Smart casual
- Dietary requirements for Cream Tea: The restaurant can prepare a gluten-free and/or nut-free meal but this must be requested at least 72 hours before travel. (Please note that due to the overall menu prepared in the kitchen and while every effort is made, nut traces could still be present.) The restaurant is unable to accommodate any other dietary requirements unless sufficient prior notice is given.
- Victoria Coach Station (Gate 0), 164 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1W 9TP


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I'm looking to purchase an 05 FEH w/ 75k miles, and look forward to keeping it for awhile. But on these hybrids, what is the life-expectancy of the gas and hybrid components?
I have a 96 Accord with 220k miles and an 02 diesel Excursion with 210k miles and they are both still SOLID vehicles. They are maintained well as would the FEH be, but being new to hybrid vehicles, I'm just concerned...
If I'm not mistaken, Honda warranties their battery system for 10 yrs. What is Fords warranty? and does anyone have any input on aftermarket hybrid warranties?


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Create a class called Assignment2c which will calculate and print the value of y for the below equation. X will be input by the user.
2x^2 - 3x
y = ______________________
x + 2
• Please run your program four times with different values input from the user for X. In the first two instances let X=5 and X=7, and you choose values for X for the next two. (Note: When X=5, the value for Y should be 5. When X=7, Y=8.555555.
• Please save the results from your output screen (with all 4 runs) in a file.


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Google Web Toolkit ("GWT") is a productivity tool for developers. It is a
development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. GWT is used by many products at Google, including Google AdWords and Orkut. It's open source, completely free, and used by thousands of developers [worldwide].
What programming language would be the most accessible for Google Chrome O/S apps development?
These are the existing constraints:
- Android apps are coded in Java.
- A Java programmer can use a web toolkit to "translate" Java into JavaScript.
Perhaps there is a unified language for both scripting as well as programming the core functionality of the app?
Google Web Toolkit does that!
GWT certainly lets you write Java apps, then compile them into JavaScript. And it might get even better!
How? With a consolidated toolkit, based on GWT. Such a consolidated toolkit could be used to write an Android app that also works on Chrome O/S as a web app, without the need for coding in Java, only in JavaScript


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5765 East State Highway 294
Elkhart, Texas 75839
Telephone 903.478.3624 Facsimile 903.478.3030
Notice is hereby given that on April 19, 2012; the Board of Trustees of the Slocum Independent School District will hold a Regular meeting at 7:00 pm in the Board Room of the Slocum Independent School District, 5765 E. State Hwy 294, Elkhart, Texas. The subjects to be discussed will be listed on the agenda which shall be posted 72 hours prior to the meeting.
If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Board of Trustees should determine that a closed or executive meeting or session of the Board of trustees is required, then such closed or executive meeting or session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq., will be held by the School Board at the date, hour, and place given in this Notice or as soon after commencement of the meeting covered by this Notice as the school Board may conveniently meet in such closed or executive meeting or session concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including, but not limited to the following sections and purposes:
Texas Government code Section:
551.071 Private consultation with the board's attorney
551.072 Discussing purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property
551.073 Discussing negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations
551.074 Discussing personnel or to hear complaints against personnel to ask questions
551.075 To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask questions
551.076 Considering the deployment, specific occasions for, or implementation of, security personnel or devices
551.082 Considering discipline of a public school child, or complaint or charge against personnel
551.083 Considering the standards, guidelines, terms or conditions the board will follow, or will instruct its representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives of employee groups
551.084 Excluding witnesses from a hearing
Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed or executive meeting or session, then the final action, final decision, or final vote shall be either:
(a) in the open meeting covered by the Notice upon the reconvening of the public meeting; or
(b) at a subsequent public meeting of the School Board upon notice thereof; as the School Board shall determine
Prior to 7:00 pm, April 16, 2012, this Notice was posted on the district website (www.slocumisd.org), the bulletin board located in the administrative suite of the school, and at a location adjacent to the front door of the school which is visible to the public 24 hours a day.
5765 East State Highway 294
Elkhart, Texas 75839
Tel 903.478.3624 Fax 903.478.3624
Regular Meeting Agenda
April 19, 2012
A Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Slocum Independent School District will be held on April 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm in the Board Room of the Slocum Independent School District, 5765 E. State Hwy 294, Elkhart, Texas.
Agenda items do not have to be taken in the order shown on this meeting notice.
The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as follows:
1. Call to order – Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551
A. Establish Quorum
1) Members Present
2) Members Absent
3) School Officials Present
4) Guest(s) Present
B. Pledge
C. Prayer
2. Recognitions
3. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)
4. Area Reports and Recommendations
A. Business Manager
1) Budget
2) Budget Amendments
3) Accounts Payable
4) Tax Collections
B. Principal(s)
1) Enrollment and Attendance
2) Monthly Calendar
3) Student Accomplishments
A. Superintendent
1) Summer Board Training
2) Meal Prices
5. One on One Technology Initiative
6. Annual Board Goals
7. Annual Superintendent's Performance Goals
8. Drainage Project
9. Notice Concerning Power of Eminent Domain
10. Student/Athletic Accident Insurance
11. D.A.R.E. Shoes and Clothing Collection Bin
If during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in closed meeting, the board will conduct an Executive Session meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E. Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the session of the meeting.
12. Personnel-Executive Session ( Authority-Texas Govt. Code 551.074, 551.075)
A. Employ Teacher/Coach
B. Resignation(s)
C. Student Transfer Request
D. Teacher Contracts
E. Personnel Report
13. Future Agenda Items/Trustee Comments
14. Adjourn
This notice was posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act prior to 7:00 p.m. on
March 19, 2012.
For the Slocum ISD Board of Trustees
Fred Fulton, Superintendent
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Talk about the novels, new and used books that VanLydegraf has written!
Author VanLydegraf's Book Reviews
Notes from Nobody
This is a story about and by a Birth Mother who found her two babies (35 and 33 years later) that were given away through adoption at birth. It tells about the ramifications in her life from the beginning to present day. It reflects present-day reunion stories that are on TV all the time and tells what the shows don't, by delving into the feelings and needs that are brought to the surface in finding long lost children. This book will help birth parent...


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I had another birthday anniversary recently. Notice I said, �anniversary,� being one who tries hard for precision in the use of words. You and I and all of us have only one birthday in our lives, and that�s the very day we were born � month, day and year.
Anyway, on the mid-August anniversary, we had a pleasant little dinner party that included four generations, including three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. There was lively banter and some giving of gifts, as you might imagine. Among the goodies, from my son and daughter-in-law, was a bag of plastic doohickeys that do things the vast majority of people � including me � don�t need to do.
That�s what comes of telling everybody you already have everything you need. The first item, �fabricado in China,� for the Navajo Manufacturing Co. of Denver, Colo., was a set of Old El Paso brand taco holders, a trademark, the label said, for General Mills. The instructions were breathtakingly simple: �Place taco shell in tray and fill.� OK, but I rarely eat tacos, and when I do it�s always in a Mexican restaurant called Dos Amigos. Do I carry the thing inside and ask my waitress to do the honors, or stick them in myself and take a chance of spilling them unceremoniously all over the floor?
Next came a Coffee Filter Separator, a product of the USA made in Connecticut. Instructions: �Place the stack of paper coffee filters on a hard surface facing the same way they go into the coffeemaker. Grasp Filter Separator between thumb and fingers and place the black tips on the center of the filter. Squeeze Filter Separator and bring the tips together on the filter. This will separate and pick up one single filter every time!� Brilliant, but I drink instant coffee. My next prize turned out to be a plastic Norpro butter spreader from China. It looked like a wastebasket for a dollhouse. Instructions: �1. Remove plunger. 2. Insert 1 cube of butter into dispenser. 3. Replace plunger and depress butter to bottom of dispenser. 4. Replace cap and store.� Good for buttering corn on the cob, I suppose, but why not use a table knife? Same with toast, same with pancakes.
A small plastic golf ball-size object from China called itself a Magic Towel. I was told to place it briefly in warm water and it would expand to baseball size and contain a paper napkin. I soaked it for half an hour and its size never changed. Nor could I extract any napkin. So much for Chinese magic.
Next came two dozen plastic Sock Locks (�Trabacalcetines� to those who speak Spanish). They�re to keep socks paired up in the washer and dryer, the label says. Something that makes sense, I thought, given that my own socks constantly leave my feet as married couples and come out of the laundry as divorced singles. My wife and laundress pooh-poohed the idea, suggesting that keeping track of the locks would be even harder than managing the socks.
Then there was The Baggler, a device made right here in my native state of Maine, which makes it possible to carry up to 50 pounds on its three hand-held hooks. With one on each hand you could presumably transport a hundred pounds of bags from the supermarket. Not for me. First of all, I can�t cope with that kind of weight, and secondly, a hundred pounds of groceries would cost a small fortune at today�s prices.
So, now that I finally have everything, what the heck do I do with it all?
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Lentil & bacon soup
Blend your storecupboard pulses with cumin, turmeric and garlic to create this robust soup with crispy pancetta topping
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal493
- fat19.1g
- saturates6.6g
- carbs50.6g
- sugars7.3g
- fibre7.7g
- protein29.5g
- salt1.6g
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 onion, diced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 2 x 70g packs pancetta cubes
Pancetta is Italian cured pork belly - the equivalent of streaky bacon. It has a deep, strong,…
- 1 carrot (about 120g), finely diced
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp turmeric
Turmeric is a fragrant, bright golden-yellow root that is most commonly seen and used dried and…
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 chilli, sliced
Part of the capsicum family, chillies come in scores of varieties and colours (from green…
- 2 low-salt stock cubes
- 250g red lentils, rinsed
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, 1 pack of pancetta and the carrot. Cook on a low to medium heat for 10 minutes until the onions are soft.
Add the cumin, turmeric, garlic and chilli and cook for a further 1 – 2 minutes until the aromas are released.
Pour in 1.25 litres of boiling water, crumble in the stock cubes and add the lentils. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 mins, stirring occasionally to ensure the lentils aren't sticking.
Meanwhile, fry the remaining lardons in a small frying pan for about 10 minutes until crispy. You don't need to add any oil as plenty will run from the pancetta.
Serve the soup with a sprinkle of crispy lardons on top.


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As part of a promotional effort to promote a new line of lighting solutions, IKEA Portugal partnered with LIKE Architects to create this fun illuminated walkway in the Belém Cultural Centre in Portugal. The lamps are programmed to have oscillating intensities, with each light possessing a unique pattern that results in a sort of shimmering maze of bare lightbulbs. See much more over on Domus. (via yellowtrace)


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Leilah Dotted Bridal Gown
SALE | The Leilah Dotted Bridal Gown in Ivory. This bridal gown is developed from our signature dotted tulle with feminine ruffle detailing throughout. Featuring a flattering feminine silhouette, this gown is decorated with a beautiful satin ribbon around the waistline, intricately designed from sparkling cut beads and stones. Make the perfect bridal statement in the Leilah.
- Polka-dot tulle
- 100% Polyester
- Fully lined
- Adjustable straps
- Multi-tiered tulle skirt
- Waistline adorned with silver embellishments
- Concealed zip at centre back
- Made in India
- Delicate dry clean only
- Do not wash
- Do not bleach
- Do not tumble dry
- Cool iron on reverse
- Due to the delicate nature of the embellishment on this garment please handle with care
- Form fitted bodice with a multi-layered full skirt
- Floor length
- Model is 175cm / 5ft 9 and is a UK size 8
If you need assistance with this product, please email us at email@example.com .
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Prawn & tomato stew with gremolata topping
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal308
- fat7g
- saturates1g
- carbs29g
- sugars10g
- fibre5g
- protein22g
- salt1g
- 500g new potato
New potatoesn-ew po-tate-oes
New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 large onion, sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 4 celery sticks, cut into pieces
A collection of long, thick, juicy stalks around a central, tender heart, celery ranges in…
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 anchovy fillets, chopped
Silver, slender salty little fish found mainly around the Black Sea and the Pacific and Atlantic…
- pinch chilli flakes
- 400g can chopped tomato
- 250ml white wine
- 200ml vegetable stock
- 400g raw king prawn, peeled
- zest and juice 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 1 tsp salted baby caper, rinsed
Capers are the small flower buds of the Capparis shrub that grows in the Mediterranean. As they…
- large handful parsley, chopped
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
- toasted bread, to serve
Put the potatoes in a saucepan of cold salted water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 15-20 mins or until cooked but still firm. Drain and, when cool enough to handle, thickly slice.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large saucepan over a low-medium heat. Add the onion, celery, garlic, anchovy and chilli, season and cook for 8 mins or until softened. Increase the heat to medium-high, add the tomatoes, wine and stock, and cook for 15 mins. Add the prawns, lemon juice, capers and potatoes. Cook for 5 mins more, or until the prawns turn pink and are just cooked. Mix together the parsley and lemon zest, then scatter over the stew, then serve with toasted bread, for dunking.


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Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov is known for his musical hybridity in combining the traditions of classical chamber, Jewish liturgical, and klezmer music with hints of the tango of Astor Piazzolla in his compositions * Recipient of the MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship and the Vilcek Prize as well as two GRAMMY Awards in 2006: Best Opera Recording and Best Contemporary Composition for Ainadamar, released on Deutsche Grammophon * Has composed several compositions for soprano Dawn Upshaw over the past decade including the Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, the opera Ainadamar, the cycle Ayre, and a number of arrangements of popular and classical songs * In 2006, Lincoln Center presented a sold out festival entitled "The Passion of Osvaldo Golijov" featuring multiple performances of his works over the course of two months * Composed the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth and the recently released Tetro * Carnegie Hall Debs Composer Chair, 2012–13 season
Works by Osvaldo Golijov include:
Ainadamar (2003) opera
La Pasión según San Marcos (2000) for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
Ayre (2004) for soprano and ensemble
Azul (2006) for cello, obbligato group and orchestra
Last Round (1996) for string orchestra or string nonet
For personal appearances by Mr. Golijov, please contact:
Opus 3 Artists LLC
470 Park Avenue South - 9th Floor North
New York, NY 10016
Attn: Jonathan Brill, Executive Vice President
Phone: +1 (212) 584-7518
Fax: +1 (646) 300-8218
Email: [email protected]
Also visit Osvaldo Golijov's website at www.osvaldogolijov.com.
"The music is full of passion, humor, tragedy and all the complexity of life." —Richard Dyer, Boston Globe


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Snow Science Expedition: Traveling 2000 km on Snowmobiles for Outreach and Education
By: Matthew Sturm, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)
The four of us left Fairbanks, Alaska on 26 March 2010, headed for Barrow and Prudhoe Bay on four snowmobiles pulling eight sleds. Our route was historic; it retraced the 1924 U.S. Geological Survey expedition led by Philip Smith and J. B. Mertie, Jr. Theirs was the first scientific expedition to do geologic work north of the Brooks Range and south of the coastal plain. The route took us through the communities of Nenana, Manley, Tanana, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Barrow, and Nuiksut. Our plan was to trace the historic route as closely as possible and to work with students in each of the villages we passed through, using snow as a mechanism to show the kids that science was fun and that they lived in a fascinating place we had come miles to visit. Our path through the Brooks Range had even older historic significance: for thousands of years it has been a corridor of trade between the Inuit of the North Slope and the Koyukon people of the Koyukuk and Yukon rivers.
We spent the months prior to the trip making arrangements with the schools and adding to our repertoire of snow demonstrations. In particular, we tried to crack a problem that has long plagued us working with kids and snow—how to help them see snowflakes and snow crystals. The problem is that it takes a lot of time for the younger kids to get dressed to go outside, and then the environment is distracting. Looking through a microscope at snow crystals when you can run and jump in the snow is almost impossible. So we worked out a way to bring the crystals into the classroom without having them melt. We manufactured cold stages, which are surfaces capable of displaying frozen snow crystals. Some were made of smooth heavy stones, which have considerable thermal mass that is resistant to heat fluctuations. Others were plates we could cool by pumping salt brine through with a simple squeeze bulb. Foam boxes surrounded both models and they worked great. In each community we set up cold stages and the students used a high-quality microscope to get their first look at the hidden and beautiful world of snow crystals.
The second demonstration, on loan from Mike Taras of Alaska Department of Fish and Game, was a set of materials to illustrate animal tracks in the snow. The kit included casts of animal footprints and pictures of tracks. The huge cast of the brown bear track was the favorite. Most rural Alaskan children hunt and fish, so this connection between snow and game was particularly popular.
Finally, we added an avalanche demonstration that was developed by Bill Glude of Juneau. In the demonstration, a layered snow cover is simulated by sprinkling a board with flour, salt, potato flakes, and millet—representing fine-grained snow, coarse-grained snow, surface or depth hoar, and grauple (snow pellets), respectively. Miniature rocks, trees, and Playmobile snowmobiles are included on the board to add to the fun. The board is tipped up until the faux snow cover slides off. The demonstration does a nice job of simulating many features of avalanches. The students loved getting their hands into the bags of flour and salt. Even teenagers, for whom participating in science experiments can be "uncool," enjoyed this activity. We also went outside to dig snowpits and measure snow depths.
The impact of outreach is always hard to quantify, but the response from the students and teachers revealed that we were successful in reminding the students of the uniqueness and interest of their snowy environment, and we provided a welcome break from day-to-day classroom work. The novel way we arrived (novel in the sense that we have traveled farther by snowmobile than most of the people the students know) enhanced our reputation. Our arrival in a village required no advertising—everyone heard about us through the grapevine within a few hours of our arrival.
In the end, we safely arrived in Prudhoe Bay on 20 April, having traveled 2000 km and having reached about 600 students and teachers during our travels.
For more information about the expedition, contact Matthew Sturm (msturm [at] crrel.usace.army.mil).


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Authors: Irvin, S.M.
Date: October 26, 1857
S. M. Irvin, a member of the Highland Town Company, wrote from Highland, Kansas Territory to John Bayless, President of the Company and future Superintendent of Schools in Doniphan County. Irvin discussed different options regarding the development of an "educational company" and seminarian schools. Irvin also looked ahead to other aspects of town development, and stated that it would be advantageous to find a mechanic to buy and run the local mill.
Keywords: Bayless, George; Doniphan County, Kansas Territory; Education; Highland, Kansas Territory; Irvin, Samuel M.; Presbyterian Church; School buildings; Town development; Town shares


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It's not often that we see a military leader encouraging people to demonstrate in the streets, but then again, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi isn't just a military leader. He conducted a coup against the elected government in Egypt, a very popular coup against a very unpopular president — at least at that time. A few weeks later, the Egyptian people may be losing their enthusiasm for the military-led interim government, or perhaps it's just that their opponents in the Muslim Brotherhood may be a little more motivated after the coup. Al-Sisi went on TV to ask Egyptians to pour out into the streets to counter the enduring presence of his opponents:
Al-Sisi, speaking at a military graduation ceremony carried live on state TV, exhorted Egyptian citizens "to go down to the streets to give the army the referendum to take firm action against violence and terrorism"
"The army and the police will secure the protests all over Egypt," said al-Sisi, who is also the interim defense minister. "We will never retreat when it comes to the proposed road map of the political transition."
He made his remarks amid ongoing protests by pro- and anti-Morsy demonstrators.
Dozens of people have been reported killed and thousands injured since Morsy's ouster, some of them in confrontations with authorities and others in clashes with those on the other side of the political spectrum.
Fighting on Monday and Tuesday between Morsy supporters and opponents left 14 people dead and dozens injured, state media said, citing the Health Ministry. A bombing at the Nile Delta city of Mansoura on Tuesday night wounded 11 police officers and one civilian.
Usually, armies in these situations take control because of the threat to public and national security posed by demonstrations that can easily turn into widescale riots. If al-Sisi needs to escalate the street confrontations, that suggests that he sees a greater danger in from the Brotherhood's street activities, if left unchecked. Essentially, the coup turned the tables on al-Sisi; now he's the establishment and the Brotherhood is once again off the hook for any responsibility. If the new government doesn't fix the problems of hunger and poverty quickly, the Brotherhood's going to be able to take advantage of the political situation and perhaps overthrow the coup.
That's why al-Sisi needs to keep the pro-coup side from retreating from the street engagements. If nothing else, the conflict and violence that results gives the army a pretext for continuing its exercise of power against the Brotherhood. Speaking of which, McClatchy reports that witnesses to the shooting that killed more than 50 outside of Republican Guard headquarters earlier this month tend to back the pro-Morsi side of the story:
The military's version of events says pro-Morsi protesters tried to storm the Republican Guard headquarters, where Morsi partisans think the deposed president is being held, and that security forces turned to live bullets only after they'd fired warning shots, blank rounds and tear gas to no effect.
Protesters say they were simply praying when an unwarranted attack began.
The stories of nine occupants of the apartment buildings whom McClatchy interviewed seem to back the protesters' version of events, even though many of those residents said they had little sympathy for Morsi and had grown frustrated with the protesters' constant chants, which had gone on for days.
Among them is a 24-year-old soldier who painfully conceded that the military "used excessive force" as he recalled the initial sounds he heard. The soldier, whom McClatchy isn't identifying for his security, said he thought the military was fed up with protesters and that the shooting reflected that. …
The residents said they didn't hear crowds charging or screams from the military for protesters to move back until after the initial burst of gunfire; the military said all those things happened before anyone had fired a shot.
Nor did the residents recall seeing or hearing protesters praying, as Morsi supporters claimed.
What they do remember is being awakened suddenly, just before 3:45 a.m., by a burst of gunfire so powerful that they think it could have come only from the military. It wasn't until after the shots began that they heard security forces urging people to move back.
This matters in terms of international engagement with the interim government. If the military can keep control of the situation without excessive force, the US and the rest of the West will be able to justify continuing engagement with Cairo's military-backed leaders. If more of these incidents occur, it will look as though the military is brutally suppressing dissent to the coup, and al-Sisi's hard-currency resources will dry up at the worst possible time. The Muslim Brotherhood awaits that moment, which means that the military had better step up its internal discipline fast.


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WFUV Movie Music: Gimme Shelter (1970)
When David and Albert Maysles agreed to film the 1969 Rolling Stones American tour, they never imagined their movie would culminate in a murder. Employing their distinctive cinema verite style, they follow the Stones from Madison Square Garden to an Alabama recording studio to a free concert planned for San Francisco. The result is Altamont, a violent end to the peace and love spirit of the Sixties and a frightening look at the dark side of rock 'n' roll.


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Reader Mark writes in to highlight some of those EITC problems I spoke of earlier:
One short story about those tax wrinkles at the EITC range. I'm a former MBA/Finance type who is now a congregational pastor. So, the income goes from six figures to the $50,000 range. Wife, 3 small kids, housing allowance tax exemptions (another wrinkle) and you easily end up in the EITC range. What I usually depend upon is the tax credits from the kids and the EITC to offset the SE tax. The last three years I am fully in that 47% who pay nothing – unless you count the 15.4% SE tax, the NY property tax, and the 8% sales tax which basically applies to everything I make. A couple of years ago I forgot a $900 1099 when filing . I actually didn't forget, I just didn't get a copy to remind me. But about a year later the IRS did get one. So they said first that I owed $5,000. They got there by adding the $900 and canceling all the credits. When I refilled adding the credits back the total owed was $914. For the extra $900 of income on that 1099, the phase out of primarily the EITC put my marginal rate at about 102%. I figure I have about a $4000 window where I am truly indifferent as to whether I receive a higher salary or not. That effects all types of things. Would my wife like to work for the local FEDEX hub this Christmas season to earn a little for more toys? Yep. Does it make sense? No, because each dollar she earns for the next $4000 we just give to the federal government and that doesn't include the increased state and local taxes.
Now, if the GOP would like to cement a generation of voters that would keep them in office and make them competitive in places like OH, NY and PA, end the injustice of the current tax code and make it easy to be a citizen instead of having that sinking feeling that you are both getting hosed and probably a felon at the same time. And guess what, it's the right thing to do. Too bad the donor base is addicted to tax breaks and crony capitalism instead of the good of the nation.
This is an enormously tough problem with the EITC. I support the idea that our tax code should support low-wage work. But the phase-outs create large income ranges where raising your salary doesn't make you noticeably better off--may even make you worse off. It's sort of a miracle that anyone manages to break through those ranges into higher tax brackets.


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The prophet Samuel named a memorial stone Ebenezer ("stone of help"), saying, "Till now the Lord has helped us" (1 Sam. 7:12). Recently I had an "Ebenezer moment" when a visitor returned after five years to see the work of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Mbale. Through his eyes, I was reminded of the great things that God has done in Mbale, and I was encouraged not only to give praise to the Lord of the harvest for what he has done, but also to focus on the path ahead and what he will do.
Since 2004, we have been able to purchase a piece of property, fence it, and build an access road, a library, a classroom, and a dormitory for Knox Theological College (KTC). The Mbale Station of the Uganda Mission has grown to include three ministers and a deacon. KTC now has its own facility and attracts students from Kenya as well as Uganda. These tangible blessings are reminders of God's kindness over the years, but they only facilitate our ministry. We train indigenous church leaders, with the goal of seeing Christ Jesus build up a Ugandan church that is nurturing disciples, proclaiming his glory, and faithfully shepherding Christ's bride (while continuing to train the faithful shepherds).
We have seen the Lord provide the physical facilities for KTC, teammates who have been an answer to many prayers, and the ordinations of the first two men we have been blessed to train. The Rev. Dr. Brian Wingard has provided wisdom, experience, and a wonderful camaraderie as he has done much of the teaching at KTC. His sweet wife, Dorothy, has poured herself into women's Bible studies in three of our village congregations and has borne much fruit for Christ, becoming involved in the lives of the women there.
The Rev. Thomas Mayville, from the Reformed Church in the United States, arrived on the field just prior to my leaving on furloughgetting thrown in the deep end, as it wereand not only took up the teaching load at KTC, but also expanded its ministry to include brethren from the Free Reformed Church of Kenya. His wonderful helpmeet, Carolyn, opens her home to the students from Kenya, as well as to the expatriate community, for times of prayer, Bible study, and fellowship on Sunday evening and lends her wonderful organizational talents to our monthly mission meetings.
Andrew Dickson, from the Reformed Churches in New Zealand, arrived in September, and has been a wonderful answer to our prayers for a deacon. He has continued to develop the college property, helped other missionaries, and organized diaconal assistance for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Uganda (OPCU). He seeks to promote the future self-sustainability of the church here. Andrew is also working with me on our next phase of the ministry (but more on that later).
What a catalogue of answers to the prayers of so many faithful brothers and sisters in the OPC over the past five years! What a testimony to the giving of individuals and congregations to KTC, both in money to fund construction and in short-term teams to help lay foundations and construct those buildings! What a testimony to the sacrifices of OP ministers and of their congregations who have sent them, in helping to carry the burden of teaching classes for me for a time, so that I could focus on maintaining the village ministry. "Till now the Lord has helped us" sums it up perfectly.
However, we are not ready to sit down and relax. Rather, the reminder of God's help in the past points us forward to future blessings. God has brought the ministry in Mbale a long way, and we are eager to see him take it further still.
With Brian Wingard and Thomas Mayville carrying the bulk of the course load at KTC, we are now ready to take on a challenge that will be every bit as daunting as the challenges in our prior years of ministry. KTC provides us with a wonderful opportunity for intense discipleship and the training of future ministers, but we have been engaging the lay leaders and members of the congregations only peripherally. Our first priority has been, and will remain, the training of undershepherds for Christ's flock. But now that we have the personnel, we can engage in leadership training and congregational development in a more focused manner.
I recently read Simple Church, by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. The book reminds us that when we try to do everything in our ministries, we end up doing nothing. The churches in Uganda have the same distractions as churches in the States, except that they are manifested differently. The "ideal" Ugandan church has a nice brick building, a pastor who has enough income to take care of the widows and orphans in his congregation and who is a community leader, a clinic, an orphanage, a schoolthe list goes on. There is nothing wrong with any of these things, but together they can obscure what the church is called to do: make disciples.
Andrew and I are focusing on one congregation each month, spending significant time throughout the week with the church leadership, and seeking to foster a unity of purpose and vision in that congregation. It is exciting to see the minister, ruling elders, and deacons not only grasping that single purpose of discipleship, but also contributing to a coherent vision of how discipleship can be worked out with unity for worship, Sunday school, Bible studies, diaconal serviceall the various ministries in which the church chooses to engage.
For example, the leaders of the congregation of Mazi Masa have been distracted in their ministries. The deacons have been telling the ruling elders to evangelize and to visit congregants, the ruling elders have been telling the deacons to take care of the needy, both groups have been failing to focus on their own area of ministry, and the minister has been preaching a series of disconnected topical sermons. Some of the leaders think the most important thing the church can do is to take care of the needy; others want to see the bulk of the funds going towards putting up a permanent brick building. No one is coordinating the ministryeveryone is focused on what he thinks is importantand so the congregation is not growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ.
As a result of our visits, the church leadership has decided to focus on the fruit of the Spirit as a unifying theme. They have decided to begin with love, and the minister is going to preach a series through 1 John. The Sunday school class will be exploring the theme, and after each service the deacons will announce a project for the weeka way in which the members of the congregation can show love to one another and to those outside the church. This may mean digging in the garden of an infirm widow or taking a literal cup of cold water in Jesus' name to mothers who are waiting in the hot sun at the nearby clinic for their children to be seen. As we gather together in prayer and seek creative ways in which we can grow and demonstrate the love of Christ, the passion for the ministry grows in each of us!
Ebenezer. Thus far the Lord has brought us. But we are not yet home. Pray for the brothers and sisters in the OPCU, as well as for the missionaries here in Mbale, as we encourage one another to press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus!
The author is an OP missionary to Uganda. Reprinted from New Horizons, May 2009.
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Molding Tutorial
1. Piece preparation
One of the most important steps in making a mold is to ensure that your piece is prepared for molding. Newer Lego helmets and hairpieces have thin rings inside them that grip the head "stud". This works great for Lego's high quality plastic injection molding but is poor for resin casting. So, I take some sculpey or Magic Sculpt and fill in the space around the outside. Some pieces you will not have to do this to, lucky you.
On the left, a cone hat that does not need filling, on the right a clone trooper helmet that has already been filled. This is also the time to ensure that your piece has had all sanding and finishing work. Silicone will reproduce every aspect of your master piece, even the undesirable parts like scratches and marks.
2. Building your box
Liquid silicone is very slippery stuff. It will work its way through any crack you give it. So, choose some nice new lego bricks in colors you don't ever want to use again. I suggest large pieces, not a bunch of 2x2s. The less cracks you give it, the less waste of silicone. Also, grouping your boxes together (when making many molds at once) will conserve silicone seepage.
While the picture shows a box with inside dimensions of 5x5, I have found that 4x4 will work just as well for MOST helmets and hairpieces. You be the judge based on your piece, but if you don't need a large block to work with then you will save costly silicone.
Ensure that all of your blocks are tightly assembled. Also, whatever baseplate you use should not be a favorite as residue will remain on it.
3. Placing your "master" piece in the box.
Your master piece has already been partially prepared, but now it needs more. I put a head inside the helmet or hairpiece I'm molding and then make a base of sculpey. Choose some sculpey in a bright color that contrasts with both your silicone and the piece you're molding. That way you can easily find it later on. Pull off a grape sized piece of sculpey from the block and roll one end of it into a tip. Insert the tip into the minifig head and smooth it up to the edge of your master piece. The closer it is to the edge the better results I've gotten. The base should be about ½ inch thick.
Then, place it in the center of your box, but don't smash it in, just enough pressure for it to stick to the baseplate.
4. Prepare the silicone
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAME WITH YOUR RTV SILICONE KIT. Not all molding material has the same instructions and proportions of base and catalyst to mix. The stuff I use is Alumilite's RTV High Strength '3' and is a 1:10 ratio. If you do not get the correct ratio then your silicone could be too tough, or it might never set up properly.
A word on selecting a type of silicone: there are several types that all have different properties. I use the most flexible kind I can find because I need to be able to bend and manipulate it as much as possible. However, this also means it will get more wear and tear and will "break" faster. I can get 20-30 casts per mold. A harder silicone will get more but you cannot work with the silicone as much as I do.
5. First Pouring
It is important that you start pouring into a corner of your mold, SLOWLY, and NOT on top of the piece you are molding.
Pouring it in a corner slowly allows it to flow around the piece and fill all of the little nooks and crannies; this will give you the best reproduction of your piece. If your piece has an open visor or other area that bubbles or trapped air could occur then you can "paint" the area with the silicone. Painting it makes it more likely that the silicone will fully fill that area.
When you are done pouring you should have about ½ inch of silicone on all sides of your piece, including the top. I find that gently tapping the mold on the table will make any air bubbles come to the surface where a toothpick can be used to pop them.
Note in this picture how some silicone has found a few cracks to leak out of. Protect the surface of your workplace.
You will have about 30-60 minutes to work with your silicone before it starts to harden, and will require 24 hours to 'cure' before it can be touched.
6. Unboxing
After the 24 hours has passed you will need a brick separator to remove all the bricks from your box.
Continue removing bricks until you are left with this:
Trim the excess off and 'square' up your box by cutting off the corners (just a little bit).
7. Head removal
Remove the sculpey and head – ENSURE YOUR MASTER PIECE REMAINS IN THE MOLD. If the head does not want to come out take some of the rubber to rubber mold release and put a few drops in between the helmet and head, then take a torso and use it to remove the head.
Trim around the hole in the mold. A sharp x-acto works best. You don't want any of this first mold part to be covering the second part we're going to pour next. The opening should be wide.
8. Second pouring
Prepare a smaller batch of silicone just as you did for the first pour. BEFORE POURING you will need to liberally brush on some rubber to rubber mold release on all areas of silicone that will be up against this new pour. That means inside the mold and around the rim on the top.
Pouring the second part, start the pour up against the side of the inside and let the silicone flow downward and into the head of the helmet. Tilt the first part of the mold and ensure that there are no bubbles inside. If necessary, brush on some silicone. Continue pouring until it is level with the top.
Again, you will have to wait 24 hours.
9. Second mold part removal
Start off by trying to pull the two parts apart. If you used enough mold release then this should be easy. If you didn't then you will need to 'pick' it apart. This is the importance of mold release.
Because the silicone is so flexible it should be easy to pull apart. Try releasing all the edges of the mold.
When done, you should be able to remove the second mold part and your master piece.
10. Cutting vent holes
You will need to cut vent holes to pour your resin. I have found that the more vent holes the better cast, and that limiting your vents to the head insert (second mold part) will ensure that the outside of your cast is not marred.
Resin casting is gravity fed (unless you're using a vacuum). For this reason, you must carefully select the location for your vents. Remember that air rises so you want your vents to be in locations that will catch this air. That means the highest points in your cast. Once the highest points have been selected be sure to add in some more.
Carefully cut the vents with an x-acto blade. The vents should be large enough to allow resin and air passage, but not so large as to detract and damage the design. About 1-2 millimeters will be fine.
Continue cutting until you have 3-5 vents. You may also want to cut out a reservoir into your first mold part. The reservoir will be the initial pour-in area for your resin.
Brush some baby powder on the entire mold to reduce its stickiness so that the two pieces will easily fit together. Congratulations! Your mold is now completed and ready for resin casting.


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In the past, I would print the "printer friendly" page and take notes from the Image. This gets me to look at the image to gather what I want to capture, but it also lets me look at the whole page, or preceding and following pages for Neighbors.
The spreadsheet does the same for me. I revised it a couple of times until I "got it right" for now at least. But on that spreadsheet I added some other details, that will be used for the Citation.
- NARA File Series
- Series
- Roll
- State
- County
- Description
- Page # A/B
- Filename
Looking at the Image, Recording the data, looking at the neighbors, as usual.
Now to Family Tree Maker.
I am using the Source Template feature in Family Tree Maker. There isn't a set template for the 1940 Census, so for now, I will use the 1930 Template with the Year and Location. All of my Census Templates are in that format. Creating a new Source Template for the County, I paste a "blank" Citation, that will be copied for the remaining Citations for the 1940 Census.
1940 U.S. census, _________ County, _______ [State], [Location], population schedule, enumeration district (ED) _____, page __ [(stamped)] or sheet __ [(handwritten)], dwelling __, family ___, line ____, [Name of Person]; digital image, Archives.gov (http://1940census.archives.gov: accessed ________ [Date]); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll _______
I will then ADD a new Citation for the first family / household and fill in the blanks from the worksheet.
I will switch to the Media Tab, and Add the 'new' Media file to that citation. That's where the Filename come in handy.
So, the Citation screen looks like this:
That top line, on the left, is the "fill in the blanks" citation. I then copied that to the first real Citation, which appears on the Right. The media file has been selected, and I put them into the Media Category of Census - Federal.
So far, not data has been entered, only the Citation has been completed. From here, the data entry will begin, and when an entry has been made, the Link To Existing menu will be used to Link the Fact to this Citation.
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Professor, Medicine (Hematology)
Professor, Cell Biology
Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Director, Einstein Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Stem cell researchBlood-forming stem cellsCell therapy
Dr. Bouhassira's work focuses on prompting human embryonic stem cells to develop into hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells. This work could potentially help patients needing transfusions and save lives by expanding the production of customized cells that could be transplanted without risk of rejection.
Dr. Bouhassira also studies the molecular mechanisms that regulate DNA replication when stem cells divide. This research may ultimately allow scientists to reprogram stem cells so that they produce cells customized for transplantation into specific patients. Dr. Bouhassira's early research was aimed at finding cures for sickle cell disease. More recently, he helped to discover a blood protein that alleviates thalassemia, a debilitating type of inherited anemia.
Bioinformatics, Embryonic stem cells, Gene therapy, Globin genes, Hematopoiesis, Red blood cells, Sickle cell anemia, Thalassemia, Transcriptional regulation
United Press International (UPI)
Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 718.430.3101


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Magnificent top - fascinating image
A few tips to help you buy a women's top and wear it with pleasure:
1. Choose a model based on the features of the figure. For example, fitted models will look perfect on slim girls, and you can choose a style with a V-neck or large details in the area of the shoulders.
2. Determine in advance where you are going to wear a new thing. So, for business-style clothes, it is better to buy a female top in plain and discreet colors, with a minimum of decorative elements, and purchase bright and extravagant, richly decorated with rhinestones.
3. Choose the "right" fabric. For fitness and everyday wear with casual clothing, give preference to models made of natural "breathable" materials.
Magnificent top - fascinating image


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So, I am in a Java Programming Intro class, and for whatever reason I am just stuck on our final project. Basically I need this to work. It looks exactly as it should so far. We are supposed to use the actionPerformed method to make it work, and make the results show up on a new window, and it's supposed to look like this;
Event: Super Bowl 2011
Issued to: <Name>
Quantity: <NumberOfTickets>
Section: <Whicheveronetheychose>
Ticket Charge: $<Calculated Value>
Delivery Charge: $<10 or zero>
Total Charged: $<Calculated Value>
Here is what I have so far;
So yeah, any help is greatly appreciated.public class TicketApp extends JApplet { private int x; JLabel sbtLabel; JLabel name; JLabel tickets; JLabel section; JTextField nametext; JTextField tickettext; JComboBox sectionbox; JCheckBox express; JButton submit; public void init() { setLayout( new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT)); sbtLabel = new JLabel("Super Bowl Tickets 2011"); name = new JLabel("Enter Name"); nametext = new JTextField(12); tickets = new JLabel("Number of Tickets"); tickettext = new JTextField(4); section = new JLabel("Choose a Section"); sectionbox = new JComboBox(); sectionbox.addItem ("Club Box ($400)"); sectionbox.addItem ("Lower Deck ($200)"); sectionbox.addItem ("Upper Deck ($150)"); express = new JCheckBox("Express Delivery? (add $10)"); submit = new JButton("Submit Order"); add (sbtLabel); add (name); add (nametext); add (tickets); add (tickettext); add (section); add (sectionbox); add (express); add (submit); }
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Photo-Editing Software Firm Aviary Names New CEO
Aviary — the outfit that provides photo-editing software development kits to companies like Twitter, Yahoo and other, smaller, developers — named Tobias Peggs as its new CEO on Monday. Peggs was recently a product manager at Walmart, and before that, was the CEO of OneRiot. He will take over the position from Aviary co-founder Avi Muchnick, who will assume the role of chief product officer.


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On Wednesday, freedom of speech in Europe took a new and devastating turn, as a Dutch appellate court ordered the prosecution of Geert Wilders, parliamentarian and filmmaker, charging him with "inciting hatred and discrimination" against Muslims for his film exposing the threat of radical Islam.
This ruling comes a mere six months after the public prosecutor's office found Wilders' dialogue contributed to the debate on Islam and that he had not committed any criminal offense. Now, curiously, the court has done an about-face and decreed that charges may be brought against the politician, and that prosecuting him is somehow in "the public interest."
The Imams who routinely spout hate speech from the pulpit are never themselves charged with incitement to immediate violence.
After releasing a ten-minute self-produced film entitled "Fitna," Wilders found himself wound up in a litany of "hate speech" litigation, one such suit filed by a radical Imam asking for 55,000 Euros in compensation for his hurt feelings. Ironically, the film's narrative is primarily comprised of quotes from the Koran which incite violence and death to "infidels" as well as scenes of an Imam preaching death to the Jews. Akin to something out of the Twilight Zone, the Imams who routinely spout hate speech from the pulpit and who are instigating these suits are never themselves charged with incitement to immediate violence. Moreover if the film "Fitna," which merely quotes the Koran and depicts angry Imams, is "hate speech," then what is the Koran itself?
Suspiciously, the wording of the appellate court's ruling strongly echoes public criticism made by the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) when the earlier prosecution was dropped, where the OIC censured prosecutors for ignoring the "thin line separating freedom of speech and the instigation of hatred, animosity and discrimination."
Even more disturbing is that the State of Jordan, most likely acting as a stalking horse for the OIC, has issued a request for Wilders' extradition to stand trial in Jordan for blasphemy of Islam, a crime for which Shari'a law declares the penalty to be death. The Dutch parliament has taken the extradition request very seriously, and has shut out Wilders from all multi-lateral negotiations. As a precaution, Wilders no longer travels abroad unless he can obtain a diplomatic letter from the destination state promising he won't be extradited. For years now, Wilders has lived under looming death threats complemented by the threat that any day, Interpol might issue a warrant for his arrest at Jordan's behest.
Mistakenly, Wilders had thought that his own country remained true to democratic ideals, despite cases such as that of the cartoonist Gregorious Nekschot, who was arrested on May 13, 2008, by Dutch police for the criminal offense of "publishing cartoons which are discriminating for Muslims and people with dark skin."
The very notion that a judge could weigh a man's freedom of speech against what the court construed as "one-sided generalizations" is an absurd and dangerous misrepresentation of the very concept of free speech. However, that pales in comparison to the fact that a democratically elected and sitting member of government is going to be prosecuted for a thought crime for speaking to his constituents about matters of national security. In Iran dissidents are routinely arrested for holding opposing political views. Now we are seeing the same tactics being employed in Europe, but this time, enacted by Western governments at the behest of Islamist groups and against their own citizens.
If Geert Wilders is tried and sentenced, it will establish the precedent Islamists have been striving for.
Wilders' "crime" is what the OIC has been working to criminalize on a global level through the United Nations, while advocating the punishment of Westerners who speak out against radical Islam, terrorism, and its sources of financing. It is clear that the OIC's successes in the United Nations -- where the General Assembly passed its "Combating Defamation of Religions" resolution last year -- are already resulting in direct action.
This is no victory for the Netherlands, or for anyone -- save the OIC and Islamo-fascists. The damage being done to free speech, however, is a defeat that will be felt everywhere. When members of a democratic country's legislature can be arrested and tried for expressing ideas that some find objectionable, that country's status as a free and fair democracy is in serious doubt. But while the Dutch will have to come to grips with their government's abject failure to uphold basic principles of human rights, the leaders of other nations must take notice as well.
The OIC has power and influence, and "hate speech" laws provide an extremely malleable tool to silence critics of radical Islam -- even if you are a member of a parliament, or indeed, perhaps, eventually, a member of Congress. Whatever pressure may be brought on the Netherlands to counteract the OIC's influence must be brought to bear. For if Geert Wilders is tried and sentenced, it will establish the precedent Islamists have been striving for -- and one day, none of us will be free to speak out against them.
This article originally appeared in the American Spectator.


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Every Wednesday the "2-Hour Fast" jam meets from 7 until 9 pm in north Cambridge. Each week we play through as many songs as we can from the following list: Whiskey Before Breakfast (in D), Nine Pound Hammer (in A), Cherokee Shuffle (in A), Clinch Mountain Backstep (in A), Little Maggie (in A), Wayfaring Stranger (in Em), I am a Pilgrim (in G), and possibly Red Haired Boy (in A) time permitting. These are my fastest teacher-directed jams, and some might argue we play some of these songs too fast.
The jams are held in north Cambridge, about a half mile from where Rt. 2 hits Cambridge at the Alewife T station. This location is one block from the intersection of Rt. 16 and Mass. Ave., near the Cambridge/Arlington border. There is plenty of meter-free, permit-free parking on Mass. Ave., and the location is only a 10-minute walk from Alewife and 15 minutes from Davis Sq.


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Former WWE Star Trasher joined Kayfabe Wrestling Radio for a nearly 30 minute interview. Here are some highlights.
How he and Chaz got together and if the Headbangers were originally formed in the WWF/E: "We actually got together, I was the head trainer for the world famous Monster Factory Wrestling School in New Jersey; which was owned by 'Prett Boy' Larry Sharp, and I was the head trainer there. I trained Chaz (Headbanger Mosh), D-Lo Brown, the Big Show among others, and me and Chaz just really hit it off and we jumped in the car and headed out on the road. We did our round in Memphis, we did our round for Smokey Mountain Wrestling where we actually became the Headbangers; Jim Cornette gave us the name 'The Headbangers' and when Smokey Mountain was closing, that when Cornette was trying to get all of his guys from Smokey Mountain into WWE/WWF. At that time, they were doing the part-time contracts and we were hired, just for TV, on a part-time basis. So we came into WWF as the Headbangers; that wasn't a Vince McMahon made gimmick or anything else, and frankly, it's not really a gimmick. That's how we are, we've always had the tattoos, the piercings and everything else; I just don't walk around my house in a skirt."
How much was already scripted for the Headbangers and how much was just them: "Probably about 90% of it was 'Hey guys, go out there and be yourself'. So, I'd have to say at that time, in that era and stuff, it was about characters and it was about being how you are and stuff like that; not everyone tried to go out there and be Stone Cold Steve Austin. We had colorful characters that people could get emotionally attached to and plainly I think that's what's missing from Today's wrestling."
Would he and Mosh have liked to have social media back when they were with WWF: "It's funny because we've talked about this; I like it now because I love, and everyone knows that, on Twitter and stuff like that, if you follow me, then I'm going to follow you; If you ask me a question, I'm going to answer you. Sometimes, it might take me a little bit, I'm actually going to get to it sooner or later. But it's funny because me and Chaz have always talked about it; we said if he'd had the access of Facebook and Twitter and all of that stuff, back then as we do now, yeah, I don't know how many people would still be free. I think there would be some who would be incarcerated right now, I think. Because, you end up having to find ways to, when you're out on the road, to find ways to entertain yourself and a lot of times, they might not be lawful. So, I'm actually glad we didn't have it back then, because I'm free today.
Performing during the Monday Night Wars: "It was a really good atmosphere. You had guys competing against the other company at that same timeslot; so if you were the first match on RAW, you wanted to outdo the first match on Nitro. It was a head-to-head, really and not too far-fetched from being a real competition. I mean, you wanted to have your ratings be better for that segment than Nitro's. So, it was a lot of fun back then because on Tuesday, you'd run up there and see what the ratings were and everything else and be like 'Oh, man. We almost had them.' or 'Oh, man. We got them this week!' It was a lot of fun. Now, I always tell people 'Why didn't you like WWF back then, because you didn't like WCW? Why do you like WWE now?'; because there's nothing else to watch. Mark my words, TNA is up-and-coming and I can see them, in the next two years, rivaling WWE for ratings. I absolutely love what TNA is doing now, more so that what WWE is doing."
Being 'ribbed' by Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith: "It was funny, because Owen used to do fully, silly stuff where the rib would last two days. I can remember him being in the locker room and taking someone's wrestling bag and taking a padlock and padlocking it to a chair, just a steel chair. Or he take two guys bags; he did that to me and Chaz, he took a padlock and locked our two bags together and we were just like; we walk in and catch the end of it. We're like 'Oh, hey. What are you doing?' and he's like 'Oh, your bags are locked together. I don't know who did that; I just came over and saw it.' We knew who did it, because it was just Owen. Just to see what would happen tomorrow, is what he would do. Me and Chaz, we lived in the same hotel room, so the bags went together. We played along with it and lasted until Tuesday when we came to do TV and when we got there, we'd break the lock open.
"It was harmless stuff but it was just so funny and it happened so often. One time, when Mark Henry first started wrestling, he broke his ankle or his leg. So, we're in the arena and Davey takes his crutches because he was sitting down. So he steals the crutches without Mark Henry even knowing and then Owen comes up to Mark and say 'Hey, Vince wants you and he's on the other side of the arena.' So, Mark is looking around and going 'Oh my god' and can't find his crutches. So, Mark Henry gets up and he starts hopping, on one leg, all the way across the arena and no Vince McMahon. It was things like that and once you know it was a joke, it was so funny."


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Buyers Response,…Are You Receiving What You Asked For From Your Inquiry?
Did You Ever Inquire About A Property On An internet Listing, A Home, A Property Being Offered, Had A Couple Of Questions And You Received A Generic, Automated Response Similar To This?
"Hello, thank you for inquiring about this home. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a showing, just let me know. Your inquiry is very important to me."
Mr./Mrs. Agent
….Or, Would You Prefer To Receive Something Like The Following:
(>: Dear Mrs. Gorman:
As a precursor to the overview I normally provide, I will forgo the write-up on the home for the moment and address the questions from your inquiry. Kindly allow me to provide the following, with an eye toward enabling you to make an informed decision, as to whether or not your potential interest remains. Please review the enclosed details, pertaining to the home you viewed from my home search website, your questions.
You are correct, this home had been on the market previously, the price-point was never reduced. Actually, it was originally listed at $499K, since that time, it re-listed at $499.9K, actually increased by $900.00, so to your point, this is normally not a sign of a motivated Seller. As indicated on the listing, the home does offers oil-heat, which some Buyers are opposed to.
In back checking the history on the property, the home was Under Contract (August 2012), now day 2 into the re-list, stills shows as $499.9K. As you are aware, you received this listing through my update campaign due to a status change/market update, the home going from "Under Contract" to "Active". This is a service I provide as often times, Buyers want to know if a home of their interest, has had any pending/accepted offers or in Real Estate terms BOM (back on market). Perhaps in this case, the potential Buyer did not find out about the "exempt" area until the title work came through and were not comfortable moving forward…anyone's guess.
In cross-referencing the details, the home is estimated at 2,285 sq/ft (municipal records), the rest of the information provided appears accurate, current with the exception of the missing room sizes. If allowed, I would measure the rooms and forward the measurements to you accordingly.
Additionally, in checking the assessor's map, there appears to be some type of Township Exempt Area, in looking at the home, a 25ft. area along the left side of the property (see enclosed map). This designated area progresses, gets larger as it moves through the neighborhood. Other than the term "exempt" there is no clarification, indication as to what this is or means.
I suggest depending on your interest in the home, I may want to reach out to a title company or visit the town municipal offices, try to get an explanation.
Regarding your question, my feelings about the public schools, kindly refer to the provided link for the Middletown school district. Simply cross-reference those schools indicated on the listing to those offered on the school report. As opinions are always subjective, I would prefer to defer to the information provide here:
Search Monmouth County Vocational Schools Here
Lastly, the home is in close proximity to the commuter railroad tracks, the train station. In having shown this home several times, some Buyers have had issue in hearing the whistle at the Church Street crossing. As for what the area is like? What's there to do? As I have many clients from out of the area, I've constructed a library of local imagery for just such occasions. Kindly visit www.MonmouthCountyPhotoGallery.com Many of my clients, past and present, find it insightful enjoyable, I'm sure you will too.
Kindly let me know if your interest remains, if you would like me to look into things further. You'll find my contact information on the listing or you can always find me here: www.MonmouthCountyRealEstateAgent.com I will then do my best to provide more details for your review. If you have any additional questions, needs or would like to preview this home, feel free to contact me at any time.
My best wishes to you & Steve,….thank you for courtesy, your consideration.
Enjoy you're the upcoming weekend!
Edward Vivona :<)
I've provided this letter as an example of what I offer for the privilege of your interest, so that you, as a Buyer, can make an informed decision before you venture down the path,…invest your time, your money, preview a home that's not entirely what you had hoped for…this is not good information or bad information,…it's simply information. How I will customarily respond to your interest. While you're thinking about that next home, assume nothing. Take a moment to read, view the content, the imagery I've provided on restrictions, an introduction to what you may want to know before considering a particular home.


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A land of magic, wonder, mystery, mayhem; a land where good defends Castle Greyskull and the Secrets of the Universe from evil, in an ancient battle that has lasted millenia - perhaps even aeons.
The Cosmic Enforcer Zodac flies through space, from planet to planet, ensuring that no idea becomes too powerful, no person nor group can tip the balance, no weapon too destructive - in essence, he maintains this unending battle between those who aid the Sorceress and those whose desire ultimate power for themselves...
But unbeknownst to Zodac, indeed to anyone, there is another extremely powerful figure lurking in the shadows of history. No, it isn't King Greyskull, nor He-Ro, nor Eldor, nor Scrollos, nor Councils of Elders, Wise or Trollans. Ultimate power lies with the traveller of time itself! He is known as:
Somewhere upon a lonely, windswept plain....
"Ugh..." A strange, purple figure clutches his head for a moment, thinking to himself. Time travel is hard on a person. Even with this special suit, I can't help but feel nauseated sometimes.
Spector turns his masked head to and fro and checks his watch. "This is the place..." he murmers to himself, well aware that if he is overheard, it won't matter. He is here - in a time before humanity existed, before any living thing could even speak a language. Out over the prehistoric plain he sees a herd of strange creatures - monsterous & ponderous. Beyond them, a vast mountain range billowing fire.
For a moment, he feels a strange pang. Here, he is truly alone. He is a million years away from anyone, anything that remotely resembles humanity. It is a strange existence.
Near his feet, Spector sees what he has travelled so far into the past for, and takes a step towards his goal. Crouching down, he inspects a small strange plant upon which a delicate & colorful insect has alighted.
This is why I am here, thinks the lonliest man in the Universe.
Deliberately & with great care, the Mighty Spector rises himself up to his fall height, lifts his mighty boot, & carefully drops it down upon the fluttering insect, crushing it utterly.
"That should do it," he mutters.
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Kicking off the new year with a bang, Milpitas-based FireEye announced it had bought another Internet security company, Mandiant, for nearly $1 billion.
The combination of FireEye's threat-detection technology and Mandiant's ability to react to breaches "allows us to go from alert to fix, almost immediately," FireEye CEO Dave DeWalt said in an interview.
The combined companies have nearly 2,000 employees and boasted more than $100 million in sales last year, DeWalt said.
Mandiant was founded in Alexandria, Va., but in 2012 opened a 10,000-square-foot security operations center in Redwood City. It had raised a reported $70 million in backing from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and JPMorgan Chase.
Under terms of the deal, Mandiant shareholders will receive 21.5 million shares and options of FireEye stock — about 13 percent of the company's total shares, DeWalt said.
Those shares closed Thursday at $41.13, down $2.48, but were up more than 20 percent in after-hours trading. FireEye — which saw its stock price more than double at its September IPO — also will kick in $106.5 million in cash.
Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia — who founded the company in 2004 after cutting his cybersecurity teeth with the U.S. Air Force — will become FireEye's chief operating officer.
He landed on the cover of Fortune last summer after Mandiant revealed that a unit of the Chinese military had been behind cyberattacks on U.S. companies and government agencies. DeWalt called him "probably the biggest name in all of cybersecurity."
Mandiant board member Ted Schlein, the resident security expert at Kleiner Perkins, jokingly likened the combination of Mandia and DeWalt, who had previously headed anti-virus pioneer McAfee, to "one of those all-star rock bands." But he played down any concerns that the CEOs would not be able to mesh egos.
"These are two guys who really know each other's strengths and weaknesses," he said. DeWalt was previously on Mandiant's board, though he rolled off before last summer's IPO, and the companies have partnered for the past several years.
DeWalt, in fact, said customers had clamored for the two to integrate even more closely — or perhaps merge.
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority announced Tuesday that last week's One Spark festival was a tremendous success for Skyway ridership.
There were 44,282 Skyway boardings that took place during the inaugural crowd-sourcing event, marking a 129-percent increase in weekday ridership.
Average weekday ridership grew from roughly 4,500 passengers per day to 10,289 passengers per day, as downtown residents, employees and festivalgoers took advantage of the free-to-ride system. The Skyway, typically closed on weekends, remained open through Sunday and offered departures every three to six minutes.
"We are thrilled to have played a role in this exciting event by helping people move around downtown Jacksonville safely and efficiently," said JTA Executive Director and CEO Nathaniel "Nat" Ford Sr. "These ridership numbers demonstrate that the Skyway is a convenient and viable means of transportation. I anticipate that these positive trends will continue even after One Spark."
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December 5, 2011
NEWPORT CITY – Last Thursday, about two dozen Newport area residents met at the Emory State Office Building to discuss community needs. Similar meetings have taken place elsewhere in the state. Eventually members of the groups will bring their message to the State House.
Put People First, part of the Vermont Workers' Center, organized Thursday's meeting. Members are particularly concerned about what will happen to public assistance programs. They also feel everyone has a right to housing, education and dignified work.
"People are definitely ready to have a voice," said Vermont Workers' Center staff organizer Sarah Weintraub.
During the meeting, each person had an opportunity to discuss his or her concerns.
Joe Patrissi, from Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA), said heating is one of the biggest challenges for many Vermonters. "I can't imagine how people are going to make it," said Patrissi.
He said that the average heating assistance benefit is $470 for the season. "I can't imagine what will happen if the state or federal government doesn't step up to the plate.... I've never seen anybody in state leadership program let its people go cold. This year, I don't hear it yet. I am not confident yet," he said.
Transportation is a big issue for Travis Baraw from NEKCA's Parent Child Center North.
Housing, healthcare, childcare issues and livable wages were other issues expressed at the meeting.
Stories about families having their homes foreclosed on or not able to buy heat are seldom told, Weintraub said. However, on Thursday, those stories came across loud and clear.
One of those stories came from Penny Wilson from the Lyndon Children's Center. The center is facing barriers like the ability to remain open. One of the biggest problems is the high unemployment rate, which means fewer people need childcare services.
Wilson said that, for some families, rent is what they make a month.
A person at the meeting, identified as Mark, said he would be lonely and lost if there are cuts to his benefits. He said people may end up taking advantage of him and he may end up living on the street.
A 21-year-old restaurant worker said the economy makes it difficult for her to work enough hours to earn a livable wage. She said there are times when she needs to find someone to take care of her child because she often works when her daycare is closed. She said she earns $8.60 an hour and pays $5 an hour for a babysitter.
She loses opportunities to work more hours at other places because she can't afford to get her car fixed. She said food assistance only goes so far. She said she gets frustrated when some people complain that they can't afford to heat their driveway.
"If I could make more an hour, I could make my bills and I would not be so dependent on the state," she said.
The people who attended the meeting are not alone. According to 2010 figures, over 15% of Americans are living in poverty, the highest figure since 1993, and one in three children in America live in poverty.
Poverty thresholds in the United States are as follows: For a single person under 65 years of age, $11,344; for a single person 65 or older, $10,458. For a single parent with one child, the poverty level is $15,030; with two children, $17,568. For two adults, the poverty level if they have no children is $14,602; one child, $17,552; two children, $22,113; and three children, $26,023. (http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/)