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Melissa Comer
"An added bonus of sharing the Hints about Print interactive is that my students have discovered the wealth of information that is found on the ReadWriteThink site. They routinely surprise and awe me with fantastic lessons and strategies they have created based on inspiration gleaned from the varied material available."
Melissa Comer's Story
Thinking for Themselves: Using the Hints about Print Interactive to Evaluate Sources
As a university professor, I want students to get excited about making new discoveries, to think critically and creatively, and to apply their learning in a classroom setting. One way to accomplish these goals with pre-service and experienced teachers is through the use of the ReadWriteThink website.
Most recently, I have spent a great deal of time analyzing nonfiction documents with my students. Before any analysis can take place, however, I stress the importance of evaluating the source. I want students to question the texts they interact with: Are they valid and reliable? Do they aid in discovery? Do they support learning? Often, when I pose these questions, students struggle with responses. As a lover of learning myself, I want to help them arrive at the answers so I offer a great deal of guidance (lets be honest, I all but tell them what I want them to know which negates the very act of learning and discovery that I so want them to engage in). Redefining my role in the guidance arena has been one that involves trial and error, success and failure.
In the "plus column" of success has been the introduction of ReadWriteThinks interactive research tool, Hints about Print. Through a think-aloud strategy, I complete the Hints about Print on a text that relates to a topic under study. Note: I purposely choose one that I will eventually rate use with caution in order to show that not all texts suit our purposes. Next, I ask students to take part in a think-pair-share activity using a common text. Then, I initiate a class discussion about the entire process; including a dialogue about the Hints about Print tool itself.
As a result, my students are able to think more deeply about the nonfiction print sources they consider using not only in their own learning but also in that of their future students. Ultimately, the pre-service and experienced teachers reach conclusions about the nonfiction sources they select with little guidance from me. Instead, they arrive at the conclusions through their own active learning.
Related Resources
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Inquiry & Analysis
Hints about Print demonstrates the process of evaluating a nonfiction print resource to determine its appropriateness for a research project.
Grades K – 12 | Strategy Guide
Using the Think-Pair-Share Technique
In this strategy guide, you will learn how to organize students and classroom topics to encourage a high degree of classroom participation and assist students in developing a conceptual understanding of a topic through the use of the Think-Pair-Share technique.
Grades K – 12 | Strategy Guide
This strategy guide explains how to use write-aloud (also known as modeled writing) to teach effective writing strategies and improve students' independent writing ability.
|Story Highlights
This Think-Pair-Share is done after a Hints about Print anaylsis of a text.
The Forgotten 12
This is a capzle about the Forgotten 12, created by Comer's students.
Green Macadoo Cultural Center
This capzle was created about the Semionics of the Green Macadoo Cultural Center.
Melissa Comer is an undergraduate and graduate literacy professor at Tennessee Tech University. Her methods courses relate directly to teaching English language arts at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels. As a former middle and high school English teacher, Melissa strives to make learning engaging through authentic practices. She encourages discovery learning, technology integration, standards-based lesson delivery, and time spent with a really good book. Beyond this, she considers herself to be a lifelong learner and feels strongly that teaching is a calling.


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THE SPORTS DOCTOR- Highs, lows: A sports year worth remembering
In keeping with the spirit of the season, I'm pausing to reflect on what's been good about sports this year. I didn't think it would be an easy task, but surprisingly enough, I found a few things for which I'm thankful. Here goes, in no particular order.
The Red Sox Kick Manny Ramirez to the Curb
Hallelujah! Who would have thought that a sports franchise would have the gumption to wave good-bye to a troublemaker? Years of embarrassment, (allegedly) faked injuries, assaults on employees, refusals to play, and disappearances from the field finally proved Manny Ramirez to be a liability. Some would argue that Manny dictated the terms of his trade to the Dodgers, but the fact is, Ramirez was such a disaster that the Red Sox were willing to pay $7 million to get rid of him. They may have been a little slow on the uptake, but bravo to the Red Sox.
The New York Giants Win the Super Bowl
Anybody remember that one? It was so long ago I'd almost forgotten the thrill of watching Bill Belichick get his. Mere months after dismissing "Spygate" as a "mistake," the Patriots' coach and his team of cheaters were humiliated by Eli Manning, of all people. Just a Super Bowl away from only the second perfect season in NFL history, the Patriots got taken to the mattress by football's most disappointing quarterback. Ah, sweet justice.
Barry Bonds Doesn't Play Baseball
I doubt there's been so quick and complete a disappearance since Amelia Earhart, and never has there been a more welcome vanishing act. It was just last year that Bonds set his dubious home-run record, and nary a peep has been heard from him since. I reckon that perjury indictment quelled his lust for TV time– and who among us isn't grateful for that?
Ben Roethlisberger Earns Highest NFL Salary
Aside from saving the world from a killer meteor or running AIG into the ground, no job warrants $27.7 million, yet that's what the Steelers paid Big Ben this year. A travesty of justice? Maybe so, but at least he's not Tony Romo.
John Daly Gets Arrested
A drunk and unconscious John Daly single-handedly reaffirmed that golf is everyman's game. Riddled with gambling debt, excess weight, and a persistent drinking problem, the former PGA and British Open champion manages to remain competitive, most recently winning the 2007 TELUS Skins game. His October arrest outside a Hooters "restaurant" in Winston-Salem proved what everyday golfers already know: any game a drunk can play is a game to be appreciated.
Usain Bolt Runs Away with Gold
Usain Bolt didn't need to humiliate his competition in the 100- and 200-meter races in Beijing, but we can be glad he did. The Jamaican may not serve as proof that the 2008 Olympics were a "BALCO-free" zone, but at the very least, Bolt's performance ensured that Olympic commentators could completely ignore former U. S. track stars Tim Montgomery, Antonio Pettigrew, Justin Gatlin, and Marion Jones. Every gold medal U.S. sprinters don't win is another gold medal they don't have to give back.
Finally, how can I thank UVA football for all its inspiration? Or Brett Favre, for always making my job just a little bit easier?
Where can I find the words to thank Mark Cuban, who was so conveniently accused of insider trading just when his purchase of the Chicago Cubs was almost a foregone conclusion? I can't forget my old pal Bud Selig, who worked diligently to set a new standard in World Series tedium. And I have to give a shout-out to Adam "Pacman" Jones for never failing to provide a story during otherwise slow weeks.
My thanks to everyone who made this year in sports so special. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

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DontToewsMeBro wrote:My God look at all those empty seats. That is embarrassing.
truthfully, with the old arena site now being a huge parking lot its a huge nightmare trying to get out of the parking lots now. doubled the normal time out from before because they trying to let out both lots on 66 blvd now if you are trying to go north. gotta figure out a new exit strategy stat.


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Some species share the exact same territories, rely on the exact same resources, and are sufficiently closely related that they can easily interbreed. So why don't these just merge into a single population? Because they simply don't want to interbreed.
Our current theories about biodiversity have trouble explaining just how a bunch of very closely related species, such as fish, can all exist in the same small habitat - a lake, say - and yet maintain their biological distinctiveness. After all, biodiversity is primarily driven by the different adaptation required to survive in various ecological niches. But if the habitat itself becomes too uniform, then surely one species will gain an evolutionary advantage and, eventually, drive all the other similar species to extinction.
The fact that that simply isn't the case in many habitats with lots of closely related species drew the attention of researchers at the University of British Columbia. They found that sexual selection - in which females choose which males they do and don't want to mate with - could actually be enough to explain why biodiversity can endure even in such close quarters between species. As long as females are picky about who they want to mate with, the different populations and species can keep co-existing. Leithen M'Gonigle, now at UC Berkeley, explains the two basic ideas at work here:
"Our model shows that species can stably coexist in the same habitat as long as two simple conditions are met. First, the distribution of resources they use must not be uniform, so that groups of females with different mate preferences can occupy different resource hotspots. Second, females must pay a cost for being choosy, through reduced survival or fecundity."
Even areas as seemingly monotonous as lakes or grasslands will have these hotspots, so meeting the first condition isn't a problem. The second is a bit trickier, but the idea is that females typically have to expend energy either to find the mates they want or to avoid those they don't. That tends to keep females from entering the territories populated by what they see as ugly males, which collectively works to maintain the biodiversity of the habitat.
Even though the populations share the same ecological wants and needs, the drive to avoid unattractive potential mates is enough to keep them separated indefinitely. You know, no one ever said evolution was something to be proud of...


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be sorry for (someone)(redirected from am sorry for somebody)
be sorry for (someone)
To empathize with or feel compassion for another person and their sorrows, problems, or plight. It's infuriating that the CEOs swindled the country for millions of dollars, but I'm especially sorry for the thousands of their employees who are now out of a job. I'm so sorry for Johnny—his addiction has gotten completely out of control.
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The week in review
Most new Charlottesvillians: The city wins its challenge of the U.S. Census Bureau[base ']s claim that the city[base ']s population dropped by 3,494 from 2000 to 2004. The Census agrees to increase the number of Charlottesville citizens to 40,745.
Latest proposed Meadowcreek Parkway moniker: The John W. Warner Parkway is former Albemarle supervisor Forrest Marshall's suggestion to honor the U.S. Senator who secured the $27 million funding needed to finally get the long-on-the-books road built, according to Bob Gibson in the Daily Progress.
Latest gig for Ric Barrick: The former weather guy/news director for WCAV and WVAW has been named Charlottesville's interim director of communications, succeeding former TV guy Maurice Jones, who heads to the Miller Center.
Best editorial: "Follow the law, Taliban Bob," courtesy the Waynesboro News Virginian, calls Republican attorney general candidate Bob McDonnell to task for not disclosing anonymous donors to his campaign– while also tossing in the nickname McDonnell earned from his "rigid views on sex."
Worst bounce for Creigh Deeds: The latest Mason Dixon poll shows the Democratic AG candidate down 8-points behind McDonnell, Bob Gibson reports in the DP.
Best news for Deeds: Twenty-four percent of the sampled voters are undecided.
Latest Slutzky endorsement: The Albemarle Political Action Committee for Education recommends Dem David Slutzky in the Rio District Board of Supervisors' race, along with supe incumbents Sally Thomas and Dennis Rooker. David Toscano gets the APACE nod in the 57th District race.
Biggest war chest: Delegate Rob Bell has over $312,000, almost six times what his opponent, Democrat Steve Koleszar, has raised, according to another Gibson story.
Biggest rash: Eleven burglaries have been reported in the Belmont and Rose Hill Drive neighborhoods. One alleged burglar, Robert Neal Jones, is charged October 24 after being found and tackled at a Belmont residence.
Worst peeping problem: As he enters the courthouse October 18 for sentencing on charges of breaking into a house March 13, Frederick Ayers is served with a warrant for peeping, and is cuffed and taken to Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. The latest charge stems from allegedly looking into a JPA residence October 3. Ayers pleaded guilty to peeping in August 2004, Liesel Nowak reports in the Progress.
Latest in the case of the threatening letter writer: Former UVA doctoral student and employee Charles A. Bly, 53, pleads guilty to threatening two professors and attempting to extort money from the school, according to the AP. Bly was arrested in early 2004 after sending a 10-page letter to UVA counsel Paul Forch, along with bullet-ridden targets. Senators John Warner and George Allen and Governor Mark Warner were among the 46 people who received missives from Bly. He'll be sentenced February 6, 2006 and faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
First snow day: All Greene County schools except one close October 25 after a power failure. Allegheny Power blames snow for the blackout that leaves 1,600 customers in the dark, NBC29 reports
First roundabout: The Charlottesville Albemarle Airport opens the county's first traffic circle October 19, which should have been named the Mitch Van Yahres Roundabout, in honor of the delegate and traffic circle enthusiast.
Most likely lemons: The approximately 570,000 vehicles damaged in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita may be flooding the market. The Motor Vehicle Dealer Board warns to beware of "curbstoners"– the unscrupulous individuals who clean up these vehicles and try to resell them.
Best place to find chicks with guns: At an NRA-sponsored shooting clinic called Women on Target at the Rivanna Rifle and Pistol Club October 29.


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This clipping is taken from a more recent issue of my hometown newspaper, the Tracy Press, in Tracy, California. I love that the Tracy Press does a regular "Remember When" series, when they re-tell stories that were local news ten, 25, 50, 75 and even 100 years ago. I don't have the date of this particular issue (drat whoever neglected to make note of that on the clipping), but I'm guessing it's from 2003 since it refers to a photo that was taken in 1903.
See the distinguished looking man seated on the right? That's my great great grandfather, John Bruhns (1848-1934).
German Solo that looks like it might be fun.
This photo, and the story that goes along with it, also makes me wonder if this was strictly a men's game, or if women were ever invited to join in the fun. There's one woman in the photo (Mrs. Prusser, seen peeking over the shoulders of a couple of tall men), but since it was taken at her home, I'm guessing she was being a gracious hostess while the men played their game. I wonder what the other wives were doing while their men were out playing cards. I sure hope they had a fun club of their own that I can tell you about in a future post!


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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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The light enters and I remember who I am; he is there. He begins by telling me his name ( it should now be clear) is mine. On the last flight of stairs I feel him at my side, He is in my foot steps ,in my voice.Down to the last detail,I abhor him.I am in a circular cell and the infinite wall is closing in.


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RAW Driver is a program to display Sony RAW data (ARW/SR2/SRF files) on Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10.
By installing this program, you can display the RAW data on Explorer or Photo Gallery in Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 in the same way as JPEG files.
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Book News: Harper Lee Says Literary Agent Exploited Her Health
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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.
- Harper Lee is suing to recover royalties from her former literary agent, Samuel Pinkus, who she claims tricked her into signing over the copyright to her novel To Kill A Mockingbird while she was recovering from a stroke in an assisted-living facility. The 87-year-old author regained the rights in 2012, but says Pinkus has still been collecting royalties. Cue the where's-Atticus-Finch-when-you-need-him jokes.
- Harvard historian Niall Ferguson has apologized after suggesting that John Maynard Keynes' economic theories were influenced by the fact that he was gay and childless, and therefore was unconcerned with the welfare of future generations. He wrote, "First, it is obvious that people who do not have children also care about future generations. Second, I had forgotten that Keynes's wife Lydia miscarried." Ferguson tends to court controversy — his 2012 book Civilization: The West and the Rest was widely seen as an apology for Western colonialism.
- "The discerning reader has long grown weary of dead and dying stereotypes of the modern African novel: Civil wars. Black magic. Vulture-stalked refugees." --Nigerian author A. Igoni Barrett, writing for NPR.org, on why Ahmadou Kourouma's novel Allah Is Not Obliged defies stereotypes.
- The late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda had advanced prostate cancer, according to a preliminary forensic test. Neruda's body was exhumed last month to determine whether he died from natural causes or, as has been alleged, was poisoned after a 1973 coup that overthrew his friend and ally, President Salvador Allende. More tests will be required to determine the actual cause of death.
The Best Books Coming Out This Week:
- In Ben Percy's Red Moon, the U.S. government comes into conflict with a repressed minority — the "lycans" (werewolves, essentially) — in a muddled metaphor for the U.S.'s fraught relationship with Arab-Americans, gays and blacks. Ultimately, Red Moon is an excellent monster novel, but a just-OK piece of social commentary.
- Janet Malcolm's latest collection of essays, Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers, includes, among more "serious" works, her great piece on the subtle brilliance of the "strange, complicated" and "transgressive" Gossip Girl books (like several other essays in the collection, you can also read it at The New Yorker).


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Update: LISP solves the problem from client to server, IE Ingress Path Optimization. FHRP solves the problem from server to client, IE Egress Path Optimization. You can check out Egress Path Optimization here.
We recently published a Data Center Interconnect -- DCI- related document on cisco.com and I wanted to get it in front of you. Locator/Identifier Separator Protoc0l -- LISP -- provides the path optimization technology to forward transactions via the most direct path, ultimately meaning better application performance. The link for the LISP Virtual Machine Mobility paper is below.
As a side note, LISP can be used many other ways and here's a pointer to one of our LISP pages.
For our purposes in DCI, we use LISP for path optimization and we can see here why the need arises. The box on the left shows an existing transaction that looks pretty direct. The middle box shows the workload is now in a new data center but the transaction is suboptimal, it still goes through the firsts data center. The box on the right shows the desired path, the direct path from user to workload withouth going through the first data center. It's pretty easy to see the need here for path optimization and the desire to have the direct path to the new data center location as shown on the far right box.
LISP provides dynamic tunnel encapsulation between the two locations and this allows the ability to direct traffic to the desired location. Let's look at another set of pictures.
On the left we see a LISP session from the client to data center Alpha. On the right we see a LISP session from the client to data center Beta. The LISP session redirects to data center Beta *automatically* so this is all transparent and without operational intervention. Pretty cool! The details of this are in the link below.
In our workload mobility environment, there are two LISP "modes" to think about. LISP ASM refers to "Across Subnet Mode" and that's where you have a Layer 3 network between the two data centers. Clearly, this is pretty common and LISP ASM can be used in cases where you spin-up, instantiate, a new workload in the new data center, as part of a Disaster Recovery plan and strategy, or for non-live workload mobility requirements.
LISP ESM refers to "Extended Subnet Mode" and refers to when you have a Layer 2 extension between data centers. Layer 2 extensions includes technologies like VPLS, OTV, FabricPaht/Trill, etc and enables live workoad mobility between data centers, among others.
Here's the link to the LISP Virtual Machine Mobility Solution. Enjoy !
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Khloé Kardashian's Divorce Sparks Sadness Among Readers
Plus: Readers love that a Boston marathon bombing victim proposed to his rehab nurse
It was a week of romantic highs and lows.
The story of a Boston marathon bombing victim's proposal to the nurse who cared for him during his darkest hours warmed PEOPLE.com readers' hearts.
But many were deeply saddened by the official news that, after months of speculation, Khloé Kardashian had filed for divorce.
Here are the five stories that sparked the strongest reactions from PEOPLE.com readers this week, from happy, sad, laugh out loud, and angry – to wow.
To let us know what you think of what's going on in the news, click on the appropriate icon appearing at the bottom of every story.
Boston Marathon bombing victim James Costello entered Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and found care and a fiancée: his nurse, Krista D'Agostino.
Chemo patient Jessie Rees, 11, was inspired to start her own worldwide foundation for sick children, which has so far affected more than 80,000 kids.
Former Lostprophets lead singer Ian Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in jail for attempted rape of a baby and making child pornography.
Khloé Kardashian, 29, finally pulled the plug on her four-year marriage to basketball pro Lamar Odom.
Readers found it funny that at the ripe age of 19 Justin Bieber had announced his retirement, even though he was only joking.
Check back again next week for another must-read roundup. Until then, see what readers are reacting to every day by clicking here.


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Hi,my name is Oliver Conlon from Ireland and this is my tribute song I wrote about my love for the Toyota Corolla AE86/ aka GT Twincam . It is on You Tube a month and currently has 52,000 views and top song on CD baby downloads. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiHPeIOgHj0
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Haha awesome song, we shared it on our Facebook page a few weeks back.
Welcome and thanks for make it, bought a few chuckles to us all


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Clarissa Sanders, July 10th , 2020.
The dining room seems to be where all the entertaining happens. Whether it is for the immediate family, holiday dinners or intimate romantic dinners, the dining room is a special room. When decorating your dining room, we often forget about the flooring and the area rug that goes under the table. Believe it or not, the perfect area rug can make your room feel casual or formal, just by changing the rug. Here are tips for choosing the right one for your home.
In some dining rooms the area rug serves as a floor covering that feels good underfoot and is meant for function and not décor. While other dining rooms keep a simple table and chairs, and then have the area rug take command of the room. If you choose the more bold approach, choose a few colors from the carpet and bring them into the wall color and fabrics of the room. This will unite the room and keep it from looking too busy for the eye.
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New for 2020 –
Tauck introduces not 1, but 3 riverboat cruises
on Portugal's Douro River –
and a new ship, the ms Andorinha,
just for the Portugal itineraries.
The three new cruises include:
- the travel industry's first-ever family river cruise on the Douro, 'Douro Discovery: A Family River Cruise in Portugal,'
and two adult cruises:
- the 8-day, cruise-only 'Villages & Vintages: Cruising the Douro River Valley' and
- the 12-day 'Exploring the Douro, Plus Lisbon & Madrid.', combining a 7-night Douro cruise with a two-night, pre-cruise hotel stay in Lisbon and a two-night, post-cruise hotel stay in Madrid, both with included Tauck sightseeing and other activities.
All aboard a new, 84-guest riverboat
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Sailings April – October 2020
All-inclusive Tauck luxury!
Prices include
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- all gratuities,
- all beer, wine and spirits,
- airport transfers,
- luggage handling,
and much more.
From $4,290 ($5,570 CAD) per person, plus airfare
'Douro Discovery: A Family River Cruise in Portugal' begins in Lisbon with an included transfer from Lisbon Airport to the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon, where families will enjoy a two-night stay as they explore the Portuguese capital on guided excursions. Activities in Lisbon include a tour, reception and welcome dinner inside the 18th-century National Palace of Queluz, a tram ride through the bohemian Bairro Alto enclave and a guided walking tour of the city's Alfama neighborhood. Guests will also enjoy free time for independent exploration, and a guided visit to Portugal's National Maritime Museum. The following day, families will enjoy a walking tour of the medieval city of Coimbra before traveling to Porto to embark the ms Andorinha.
The ensuing five-night Douro cruise will be highlighted by guided sightseeing in Porto, a visit to the Museo do Douro in Peso da Régua, and a walking tour in the village of Pinhao. Guests will also have a choice of a hike through hilltop vineyards in Pinhao or a kayaking excursion on the Douro. Guests will also enjoy a choice of activities the following day, when they can discover the medieval city of Guimaraes, or participate in a cycling excursion that concludes in the picturesque town of Amarante.
'Douro Discovery: A Family River Cruise in Portugal' is the sixth river cruise included in the Tauck Bridges collection of journeys designed specifically for families.
8-days from $4,190 per person ($5,440 CAD), plus airfare
Tauck's cruise-only itinerary 'Villages & Vintages: Cruising the Douro River Valley begins with a choice of walking tours in Porto exploring either the town's historic center or its Ribeira riverfront district. Subsequent days are highlighted by a private dinner with wine pairings at the family-run wine estate Quinta do Portal, an exploration of the medieval town of Guimaraes, and a visit to a port wine 'cave' in Vila Nova de Gaia for a tour and tasting. Other days offer a choice of excursions, including either a visit to Museo do Douro in Peso da Régua or a port cocktail-making workshop, and either a visit to the medieval hilltop village of Castelo Rodrigo or a tour of the Museu do Côa to explore the region's Paleolithic history. Additional choices on other days include a walking tour of Pinhao or a hike among hilltop vineyards, and a visit to 18th-century Mateus Palace in Vila Real or a cycling excursion through the Vinho Verde wine region.
12-days from $6,490 per person ($8,440 CAD), plus airfare
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Organic Consumers Association wants to
The European Union has so far rejected U.S.-raised beef from factory farms where growth hormones are used to fatten up cattle. But U.S. corporations are pushing to open European markets to hormone-tainted beef, via an international trade agreement that is being negotiated behind closed doors. If the Obama Administration gets its way, that trade agreement—the Trans-Atlantic Trade and…
First the good news: the fair trade marketplace is growing! Never before have there been more fair trade products at your supermarket, co-op, and online. Now the bad news: the US is currently negotiating two so-called "free trade" agreements – the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), which if implemented will seriously harm farmers and…
Tell President Obama and U.S. Trade Rep. Michael Froman: Trade Agreements Shouldn't Be Secret!
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public…Read More
U.S. government joined at the hip with Monsanto to force dangerous genetically engineered crops on countries that don't want them...
Sweeping Trade deals with long names no one can remember like the TheTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) calls for the…Read More
This wil affect Australia and many other countries too.
We must protect our food sovereignty to protect our family owned primary producers. They and our nations leaders can protect our food from GMO's and pesticides that will cause our food, land, us and our children harm.
This will also affect…Read More
Sign please its vital
I was on @Thom Hartmann's @The Big Picture with Patty Lovera of @Food & Water Watch to talk about the trade deal Thom calls SHAFTA.


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Don Powell biography: Don's bio so far: "In 2006 Don Powell asked me to write his biography and back then I thought it would be a 2 year project like any other of my books. Today I'..."
It's great to know there will soon be something new to fill the void. Lise has been promising us this book for quite some time and there were times when it seemed like it would never happen. Now there is light at the end of the tunnel. This year, for the first time since childhood, I will look to Xmas with an air of optimism and excitement.
"Are you hanging up your stocking on the wall...."


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Firefall beta trailer is full of air supremacy
Firefall developer Red 5 Studios is taking open beta registrations now, and has released a new trailer for its MMO shooter. The clip shows many humans using their rocket boots to swoop and twirl in the air, as they slaughter savage beasts with massive firearms. It's all a bit poetic.
Firefall adds Twitch broadcast, chat integration
The Firefall community has purchased enough Founder's Packs to unlock Red 5 Studios' final stretch goal – the addition of integrated Twitch.TV to the free-to-play shooter. As well as quick and easy broadcasting, the in-client tools allow for chatting with viewers; all part of Firefall's eSports push. Now that the Founding Members program is complete, […]
Firefall milestones published, many changes to come
Red 5 Studios has released a list of its development plans and initiatives for Firefall. The developer has a number of priorities for the shooter MMO, ranging from improved matchmaking to better new user experiences to making the Chosen more fun. A free-to-play affair, Firefall is currently in closed beta but hosts regular open tests.Thanks, […]
Firefall to separate PvE and PvP Battleframes
Firefall is changing the way equipment works so that it can provide a "balanced and entertaining" experience for both PvE and PvP.
Firefall to hold public beta this weekend
Firefall will open its doors to all comers on Friday, hosting a number of special events.
Firefall Europen servers added for this weekend's beta event
European servers have been added to Firefall in anticipation of this weekend's beta test. Last week, Red 5 Studios performed a dark launch for the servers, and found them to be stable enough to put live this weekend as part a stress test. While there will still be a few "kinks," the firm said the […]
Firefall beta weekends dated, sign ups now open
Firefall developer Red 5 has opened up beta registrations for its MMOFPS, as well as dating its beta weekends. Find out when you can get involved below.
Firefall progression system overhauled to allow specialisation
Red 5 recently rejigged Firefall's progression system, switching up a previously linear system to something a little more flexible. The new skill trees allow players to specialise and diversify, which should mean players at every tier can create something pretty powerful with any battleframe at their command. Lead class designer Daniel Williams goes into some […]
Firefall founder's packages and PAX plans announced by Red 5 Studios
Firefall will be at PAX Prime this weekend, and if that wasn't enough of an announcement from Red 5 Studios, the playable version at the event will include the in-game store and its largest update ever, the Tribe. On top of that, a new limited edition Founders Packages will go on sale this Friday, August […]
Firefall ditches traditional MMO levelling as it was too slow
Firefall developer Red 5 Studios has scrapped its traditional levelling format of hitting numbered ranks in favour of a tier-based progression system. The reasoning is that while beta players sped through early levels, but the later ones turned the game into a grind.
Firefall summer crunch led to Red 5 hiring former BioWare and 38 Studio employees
Staff for Red 5 Studios' PC shooter Firefall has been beefed up with employees gained from layoffs at 38 Studios and BioWare Austin.
Firefall eSports toolkit adds broadcasting, spectator options
Red 5 has added a bevy of spectator and broadcaster options to Firefall in a bid to capture a slice of the eSports market – and to help it grow.
Firefall gets massive patch, Biotech class added
Red 5 Studios has provided the details for Firefall's "biggest patch ever," which can be played by the free-to-play first-person shooter's beta participants right this second.
Firefall Beta Tournament being held at gamescom, grand prize is €10,000
Red 5 Studios has announced a Firefall Beta Tournament will take place at gamescom, where €10,000 will be handed out to the grand prize winner. The tournament is co-sponsored by the Electronic Sports League, and attendees can register and participate in a qualifying rounds on August 16 -17 at the ESL Arena. On Saturday, August […]
'Sony and Microsoft aren't embracing change' - Firefall dev
OUYA backer and developer of Firefall Red5 studios has called out Sony and Microsoft's lack of willingness to embrace new ideas and change in the industry. The studio also thinks you are paying too much for new games.
Firefall patch preview takes in Engineer tweaks
Red 5 is prepping a major patch for Firefall, with big changes coming to the free-to-play shooter. We've already had a peek at what's going on with the Assault class; now check out what's in store for the Engineer.
Assault changes coming to Firefall later this summer
Red-5 Studios have released a developer update video where the combat designers discuss upcoming changes to the Assault battle-frame in Firefall, coming later this summer. The firm is calling it the "biggest patch in Firefall history." Last month it was revealed the F2P sci-fi shooter had over 500,000 registers users participating in the beta, which […]
Firefall beta saw 500,000 registered users, system requirements released
Red 5 Studios has announced the system requirements for its MMO shooter Firefall, now that 500,000 people have registered for the game's first beta testing.
Firefall dev diary talks sweeping gameplay changes, removal of levels
Red5 Studios has released a brand new developer diary for Firefall, talking up the massive gameplay changes being brought into the F2P third-person shooter, including the removal of levels from the game and how some of the game's hardcore community members gave feedback. Video's after the break.
Red 5 boss calls console model "broken", "dead"
Mark Kern, the former World of Warcraft designer now heading up Firefall developer Red 5, is ready to suit up and attend a funeral for consoles.
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Firefall beta saw 500,000 registered users, system requirements released
Firefall dev diary talks sweeping gameplay changes, removal of levels
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Recessionista is the new BoHo, as funemployed is the new investmenet banker. As underground eateries become the new Babo/Momofuku, we all find ourselves around a new table. Here in San Francisco, they are larger tables, perhaps viking length tables in warehourses, carpets in our parents' houses, parks. We are not eating in pairs or three, but in tens and twenties.
We are all underground restaurants, cooking a select menu of 5-6 dishes for our masses. We are pooling resources to remain eaters of good food without waste and considerable spend. We remain people who can focus on how we feed ourselves and how we prefer to eat. Hopefully, some really interesting stuff is happening here.
A couple weeks ago my friends and I came together in a Herculean effort to fill a table with tomato lamb curry, chicken tikka masala, samosas, chicken vindaloo, vegetarian curries, chutneys, naan, and malai kofta. We brought what we had: nuggets of experience, bastions of inexperience, optimism, sweat, fenugreek leaves.
And we created a kitchen table. We got comments like, "fucking better than going to a restaurant". The food we devoured without looking up, but moreover, the time we spent together, the excitement that we had, the "holy shit, things are burning -- fuck it" attitude we shared made us owners of our meal.
I made Malai Kofta, a vegetarian "meatball" in tomato sauce. Basically, a ball of mashed potatoes and purple yams, filled with paneer, coconut and spices, which is then fried and topped with a sauce. The sauce contains poppy seeds, nuts, onion, tomatoes, and more spices.
My sister snatched this recipe through her travels in India. She tried to annotate and translate a woman's movement into metrics. But how do you translate handfuls and glassfuls into replicable instruction?
And how do I, by secondary association, visualize my movements? Blind-folded.
I attempted what few instructions my sister scribbled in her journal and document it here. I did this because, these scribblings are the drop off into which recipes by word of mouth or proxy can be lost.
There is so much to learn in time spent evoking this dish.
This recipe is a culmination of what I want out of a day. Running around to Indian bazaars, asking advice from strangers who are holding the same ingredient I am holding, banging things in my mortar and pestle, making cheese, shaping balls, guessing, editing, drinking, enlisting help. Watching a day come together in a succinct dish.
In the end, I loved my output. Though I stand by my interpretation of this recipe, it did come out like an appetizer rather than a main dish. The sauce was thick and chunky when it should've run thinner, like a marinara sauce.
I have made some changes to the original dish, so it is aspirational. If you have a day to putz in the kitchen, make these meatballs. In additional tasting like a win, they have a really delicate sweet flavor. Spices are not too strong, and moreso harmonious.
MALAI KOFTA (Makes a number of balls - easily serves 10) Total time - 6 hours, active time - 6 hours
SUMMARY Much of what you do you can do ahead of time. You make a set of pastes (onion, and white paste), you pound a small pot of spices, you boil potatoes and mash them, you peel tomatoes and puree them, you make cheese and place it in a bowl. Two hours before eating, you form little balls of potato with filled in side. You fry meatballs, make your sauce by cooking up some paste, and you end up with fried balls in sauce. The following diagram may be more helpful.
- 1/3 lb Paneer, crumbled - I made my own- 1/4 c raisins or currants- 1/2 raw cashews, chopped- 3 T coconut milk- 1/2 t "kinnamon", recipe follows- 4 Medium russet potatoes- 2 purple yams- 1 Heaping T cornstarch- water- oil for frying
- 2 small onions, chopped- 2 T raw cashews- 2 T pumpkin seeds- 2 T white poppyseeds (look in your local Indian bazaar, but I used black and it was just fine)- 4 large tomatoes- 1 t "kinnamon", recipe follows- 1 T oil- 1/2 t meat masala- 1 t garam masala- 1 large fenugreek leaf (very fragrant - look in your local Indian bazaar)- 1 c milk
Kinnamon spice blend
- 2 parts cinnamon- 2 part cardamon- 1 part cloves
PART 1 - Building the components together. These can happen in no particular order. I have not numbered them so do them at your leisure. They are categorized as for the 'dumpling' or for the 'sauce'.
Potatoes - Dumpling
Peel potatoes and purple yam. Put in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to boil on the stove. Cover and reduce flame to low. Cook until tender, roughly 20-30 minutes. Depending on the size of your potato. Mash together with cornstarch and a splash of water! The texture should be such that you can form it into little amoebas or faces. Salt to taste.
Make the "kinnamon" spice blend - Dumpling
In a mortar and pestle, pound together the cinnamon, cardamon, and clove until finely ground. You will be eating this, so please do not leave chunks. Don't be lazy - or use a spice grinder.
Prepare the filling - Dumpling
Crumble the paneer in a bowl. Add currants/raisins, coconut milk, 1 t kinnamon, and cashews. Salt to taste.
Make Onion Paste - Sauce
Saute the onions in some clarified butter or oil on medium until soft. Pour a glass of 1/4 c water on top and continue to cook on medium covered for 10 minutes. Blend into a paste. If too thick, add some water.
Make White Paste
Boil some water. Pour over a boil containing poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, and cashews until just covered. Let sit half an hour.
Strain through a fine strainer and transfer to a mortar and pestle. Pound until it forms a paste. Alternatively you can use a blender, which is must faster, but less rewarding.
A white paste will form. (Yours will be whiter when you use the white poppy seeds.)
Tomato Puree - Sauce
Peel tomatoes by scoring them at the top and blanching for 30 seconds to a minute. Puree.
Part 2 - Shaping the Kofta
Take a golf ball size of potato, roll into a ball, and poke a hole in the middle. Fill with paneer mixture (just a bit or it will overflow). Close the ball up by pulling the potato over the filling.
Repeat until you are able to pawn it off on somebody else... Thanks to Kasia for making all these balls.
1. In a large wok, heat your onion paste in a bit of oil. Saute for 3-5 minutes on medium.
(Heat another wok full of oil for frying. Get to a sustained 350F.)
2. Add the white paste to the onion mixture and continue to saute. Add meat masala, garam masala and 1/2 t kinnamon. Crumble in the fenugreek leaf. Saute for 5 more minutes.
3. Pour in the tomato puree, bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Fry the balls until crispy and brown on the outside.
5. Right before serving, pour the milk into the sauce, bring to a boil, simmer for a couple minutes.
To serve. Scoop some loveballs up can cover with the sauce! Trust me. These balls are delicious. They are extremely balanced in texture and flavor. Delicate balls, with a slightly sweet inside. Crispy, and extremely flavorful sauce.
ps. My hair smells like spices.


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Troubleshoot mobile hotspot
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You may have mobile hotspot issues if you:
These steps help identify and resolve the underlying cause. After completing each step, test to see if the issue is fixed. If not, continue to the next step.
Verify you've enabled and set up mobile hotspot on your LG Viper 4G LTE.
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I think the main emphasis in my blog will be on food. Because who doesn't like food? The easiest, most fun way to experience another culture. And another culture I do have. Because I was born and lived most of my life in Russia, I still cook a lot of Russian dishes. I don't see much information in the English language sources about the modern Russian cuisine. So I think it will be interesting to write about what Russians actually eat today and offer the recipes that have been tested here in my Texas kitchen and will work with the ingredients that are available in the US.
But because I have lived in the US for quite a while, I naturally cook a lot of American dishes, with Tex-Mex being one of my favorites. Chocolate chip cookies! I never knew them growing up. Cheesecake! Fajitas! Cream pies! Should I continue?
I will start with a pastry that is common to both Russian and American cuisine. Cinnamon rolls, made with yeast, are something that is popular both here and there. My grandmother used to make them, and I still remember those late nights when I was allowed to stay up keeping her company while Grandma would knead the dough, let it rise and shape it in these snail shapes.
Powdered sugar glaze is something that I borrow from the American cooking; grandmother didn't use it, but it makes the rolls so much better!
By the way, the rolls freeze well, even covered with glaze. They can then be warmed up in the microwave.
Cinnamon and Cardamom Rolls
For the dough:
1 1/2 teaspoons dry east
3 1/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoons salt
4 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons powdered milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup water or milk
For the filling:
4 tablespoons butter, melted
6 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon powdered cardamom
1 cup walnuts, chopped
For egg wash (if desired): whisk 1 egg with 2 tablespoons water
For glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
2 or 3 tablespoons milk
Place the dough ingredients in the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select the "dough" cycle.
In a small bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon and cardamom for the filling.
Once the dough is ready, roll it out into a 8X16 in rectangle. Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with the sugar mixture, then with the walnuts. Roll it up, pitch the seam closed and cut the roll into pieces about 1 in thick.
Place the rolls cut side down on a greased cookie sheet at lease 2 inches apart, cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place about 45 minutes.
In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350F. If desired, brush the rolls with the egg wash (to give them shine). Bake until golden, about 30 minutes.
Make the sugar glaze: add milk to powdered sugar one tablespoon at a time, mixing after each addition (be careful as the glaze can get too runny very quickly).


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How do children with autism differ from those without the disorder? Social behaviors, mostly - things like avoiding eye contact or ignoring tone of voice. But recent research has shed light on a more subtle difference - facial features. Scientists at the University of Missouri found that children with autism share certain facial features that distinguish them from other children. At left is an example of a face study author and anatomy professor Dr. Kristina Aldrige mapped with 17 points to calculate facial traits.
What are these distinguishing features? Keep clicking to see images used in the study and compare them with photos of children with autism courtesy of the Autism Society...
Credit: University of Missouri
Researchers used a camera system that simultaneously captured four images to create a 3-D model of each child
The study found that children with autism have an unusually broad upper face, including wide-set eyes. They also have a shorter middle region of the face, including the cheeks and nose.
Children with autism have a broader or wider mouth and philtrum - the groove below the nose, above the top lip.
This photo of a young boy with autism was not used in the study. But Dr. Aldridge notes that he has the characteristic wide eyes and wide forehead.
Credit: Autism Society
This little girl shows the shorter midface region, in the area between the eyes and upper lip, says Dr. Aldridge.
This boy has a wide mouth and forehead, characteristic of boys with autism, says Dr. Aldrige.
This little boy shows a wide forehead and smaller midface, says Dr. Aldrige.
This little boy has a wide forehead and wide eyes, says Dr. Aldrige.
This boy has autism, but Dr. Aldridge says that with the funny facial expression and angle at which this photo was taken, it's hard to tell that he has the distinguishing facial characteristics. This is evidence that while children with autism share similar facial features, they don't look drastically different from those without the disorder.


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Ashley Olsen, Chloe Moretz and Emma Roberts were among the guests last night in Paris as H&M presented its first ever catwalk show during Fashion Week. H&M's Autumn 2013 Collection was unveiled to guests in a specially designed space within the grounds of the Musée Rodin, which was broadcast live at hm.com. The catwalk show combined tailored shapes with delicate dresses to create an edgy tomboy feel, and gave the audience the chance to see H&M's new collection in tune with the international fashion schedule. The collection will be available in around 200 stores worldwide on September 5, 2013.
"I loved seeing our Autumn Collection on the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week. It brought to life the spirit of the clothes, and illustrated how you can mix together different styles to create your own personal look. Key pieces like the wool overcoat, the tails and the sequined dresses are going to give you real attitude this autumn," says Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M's Head of Design.
"It is such an exciting step for H&M's Autumn Collection to be presented in Paris. The event was magical, staged in a chic environment full of atmosphere. It was great to see fashion that's accessible to everyone presented in one of the world's most important fashion capitals," says Margareta van den Bosch, H&M's Creative Advisor.
Created by H&M's design team, the Autumn Collection is a playful mix of styles that combines dramatic silhouettes with more decorative pieces. In addition to cropped tails and a masculine overcoat, other versatile outerwear pieces such as a boho jacket, a double-breasted leather jacket and a wide-cut ceremonial jacket make their appearance. Delicacy and a sense of faded grandeur is found in pieces such as an open-backed sequin dress or an embellished and fringed shoulder piece, while knitwear is key, especially with an intricate cable knit sweater.
H&M's first-ever catwalk show at Paris Fashion Week was styled by George Cortina, where H&M presented its major collection for the season in a whole new light, on models such as Cara Delevingne, Isabeli Fontana and Arizona Muse. The mood of the collection was reflected in the specially constructed venue in the garden of the Musée Rodin, decorated like a dream apartment full of the party elegance of '70s Paris. After the catwalk show, guests celebrated with performances by the French artist Owlle, as well as 2 Many DJ's.
"I'm so excited to be here right now. I think that H&M doing this show during Paris Fashion Week puts H&M in a whole new light," says Chloe Moretz.
"I loved the fashion show, and I love H&M. I wear it all the time, it's so wearable and easy to mix. The show was so cool," says Emma Roberts.
"It was such a good show. I felt like I was in the H&M house, and it was also my house. I had so much fun," says Cara Delevingne.


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Well, this is a new one.
I have been 'tagged.' Yes, that's right....I said, 'tagged.'
No, I was not outside with the boys playing a game when this happened. I was actually sitting here at my computer, reading my friend Julie's blog. Someone 'tagged' her. I thought it was funny....till I scrolled down and realized, "She's gonna tag me next."
I could just feel it. And sure enough.....there was my name. And now, here we sit.
I didn't even know about this sort of thing, but it seemed humorous to me. I'm always up for humor. So I decided to participate.
The instructions are as follows:
We are going to see what kinds of books you all have lying close by. Here's what you have to do...
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages.)
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Link back to the person who tagged you.
6. Tag five people.
#1. Pick up the nearest book. Well, my computer is in my office, and all my books are out in my bookshelves in the living room....so that meant I didn't exactly have a book lying "close by." I already can't do this right. This does not bode well for me.....I sigh, get up, and walk to the living room to my bookshelves (and cheat a little--I didn't exactly pick the nearest book, I picked one that I thought would have something worthwhile in it.) I figured, if I am already doing this wrong, what's it matter?
I picked "Couplehood" by Paul Reiser. Have you read this one? Funny, funny stuff.
#2. Open to page 123. Funny thing.....This book actually starts on page 145. No kidding. Paul did this on purpose. Here are his actual words on the 'Authors Warning' page of the book:
You will notice in just a second that this book actually begins on page 145. Don't be alarmed--this is not a mistake. Don't try to get your money back. You didn't miss anything.
It's just that I know that when I'm reading, I love being smack in the middle of the book. Pages behind me, pages ahead of me. It's too overwhleming to know there's so much left and you're only on page 8.
This way, you can read the book for two minutes, and if anybody asks you how far along you are, you can say, "I'm on 151--and it's really flying. It just sails, baby."
You'll feel like you're accomplishing something, and I get credit for writing bigger book. Everybody wins, and it costs us nothing." --P.R.
So, for number 2, I actually had to turn to page 268. :-)
#3. Find the 5th sentence. Got it.
#4. Post the next three sentences.
I like the combination products. Things that you probably already have, but not in this particular combination. "It's a sweater vest and a bottle opener!"
#5. Link back to the person who tagged you. As previously mentioned, I was tagged by Julie. (BTW, Ethan could sooooo take the Jib--HaHa!!)
#6. Tag FIVE new people.
Okay. So, I tag (and you all seriously better do this too....)
Aimee (cause she has nothing better to do than chase a 15-month-old around and care for a 6-week-old)
Karie (cause I love both of my sisters-in-law, DUH)
Kara (cause we have so much in common)
Jill (cause she has the most adorable little girl)
Steph (cause she's a reader like me)
And for all five of them--because I'm interested in what you will have to say!


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The U.S. Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that it has chosen the Terminal Annex Federal Building as the site for its Dallas-Fort Worth regional satellite office. The Terminal Annex Federal Building is located along the southern edge of Dealey Plaza in Dallas and is close to public transportation. The office will operate as a place for small businesses and entrepreneurs to navigate the patent process, meet with examiners, and access USPTO's comprehensive search databases. The office will also support job creation and stimulate the local economy.
In July, the USPTO announced plans to open a regional office in the Dallas area, along with satellite offices in Denver, and the Silicon Valley region of California. The satellite offices are part of an ongoing effort to create new economic opportunities and to serve regional entrepreneurs more efficiently by getting them the patents they need to attract capital, activate their business plans, and help create more good-paying jobs.
"The Dallas-Fort Worth area is exceedingly rich in engineering talent, patent applicants, and patent grants, and boasts an above average population of potential Veteran employees. This office location positions us well to serve the broad innovation community throughout the Central time zone and the South," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos. "We are already underway identifying leadership who know the unique contours of the business landscape to staff the new satellite offices. The USPTO is committed to making certain that American businesses and entrepreneurs have all of the resources they need to grow, create jobs and compete globally."
The USPTO worked with the General Services Administration (GSA) to select a location in the Dallas-Fort Worth region that is centrally located, affordable, and well suited to the agency's needs. It also needed to have a strong economic impact on the region, be the best fit for the community, be the most cost-effective, and provide a great place to work for employees, while helping the USPTO fulfill its core mission. The Terminal Annex Federal Building was not only the most affordable, but met all federal regulations for leasing space, while providing the agency flexibility on a move-in date. The building will be leased at a rate well below market price, and the USPTO will partner with GSA to construct its space in the building as quickly as possible.
The Dallas-Fort Worth office will be modeled after the USPTO's first satellite office in Detroit, which opened in July and is on pace to have more than 100 patent examiners and 20 administrative patent judges on board by the end of its first year of operation. Also in July, the USPTO announced that its Denver office will be located in the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in central Denver.
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011, signed into law by President Obama in September, requires the USPTO to establish at least three regional satellite locations by September 2014 as part of a larger effort to modernize the U.S. patent system.
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You would think the Pet Detective would have had his fill of non-human co-stars.
At the titular (human) character in "Mr. Popper's Penguins," the film adaptation of the classic 1938 children's book, Jim Carrey admits that even after two "Ace Ventura" films, he's more than happy to share the screen again with animal actors – particularly the six Gentoo penguins who headline alongside him.
"I loved working with the real penguins," says Carrey, who plays a divorced dad whose life is upended when he inherits the Antarctic birds. "Animatronic penguins were a little issue, because everybody has a cell phone or some kind of plate in their head or whatever these days. Some kind of electronic gizmo, iPads and things coming out of everywhere, and so you get guys on joysticks going, 'Is that you? It's not me. Is that you?' You know kind of, 'Why is his arm moving?' So we opted for a lot of CG stuff. But most of it is real penguins, because I love working with animals. I kind of like to join their energy."
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"Often times we'd come in on the set and they wouldn't be there," he says of his half-dozen co-stars. "We'd be ready to work with the Xs on the floor or the little tennis balls or whatever it is, and you'd hear them off in the distance in their habitat. They'd be interrupting the dialogue anyway, so I'd go, 'They might as well all be here – bring them on in!' And a lot of times we did that at the last minute."
Carrey discovered an affinity for the furred and feathered early in his life. "I wanted to be a veterinarian for about a week of my life when I was a kid," he says, "but then I found out about the whole euthanasia thing. I said, 'Can't commit to that. Sorry. Can't do it.' But really since the very beginning I looked at my father and he was commanding the room. Every time we had people over he stood in the middle of the room and people were just astounded at his creativity and his animation when he told a story. And there was no choice for me. I was just like, 'That's how I'm going to get over in the world. I want to be that guy.'"
The actor eventually chose an even bigger room to work, gravitating to standup comedy and honing the free-form improv ability that would inform so much of his most enduring film work – and prep him early on for sharing scenes with penguins.
"It certainly makes you more comfortable with yourself and comfortable being creative in the moment," he says. "Working with the penguins you can have a plan, but they're going to do what they're going to do and you have to be kind of on your feet. So it's all great training. When I used to go up and do standup, I would think of it as training, going out night after night without a plan at the Comedy Store. And two-thirds of the time people would throw chairs at me. And a third of the time it would be a flow that was really kind of God-given, kind of like you felt lucky to be part of, and that made me comfortable."
Carrey revisits some of the rubber-faced dynamics that fueled his early career in the film, though he admits the mechanics are sometimes as awkward-looking as those errant animatronic birds. "My face kind of operates on its own nowadays," he says. "It just kind of does what it wants to do. Sometimes it's appropriate and sometimes it's not. And sometimes in the editing room we'll go like, 'That's not human. We'll wanna take that out.' 'Wait a second – eyebrows aren't supposed to be able to do that! That's going to distract people.' But I find I'm still doing little tricks and fun things that I created when I was ten years old. All of it comes into play. And the play you do when you're a kid is so super-important. I'm so lucky that my life didn't get turned upside down until I was 11, because I had a lot of great play and a lot of creativity that still comes into play for me."
Still, while he had a nice professional rapport with his penguin colleagues, he laments that the friendship hasn't endured since the film wrapped. "Still they don't call me," he sighs. "I don't know what it is. I mean, I gave them the number."


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Internship Policies
The Career Center has developed these policies to ensure that UT Dallas students are afforded with the best internship experiences possible. It is important for employers to understand that any position posted as an internship must have a learning component and must not be considered a "business opportunity".
"Business opportunities" are defined as positions that are paid strictly on commission, require an initial investment or cash deposit, or require that inventory or product must be purchased for resale.
An internship position:
- Provides supervision for students on a regular, in-person basis.
- Provides valid learning opportunities, with no more than 20% of the job duties including repetitive or clerical work.
- Is located in a commercial setting and not in a private residence or home office. No virtual or remote internships are permitted.
- Does not require students to make investments or initial cash deposits.
- Does not involve students purchasing inventory or product for resale.
- Is not structured so that students have financial liability for the work of others.
- Is not paid strictly on commission; however, in cases where commission is involved, there must be additional compensation and a structured learning component.
- Is not an independent contractor position on 1099.
- Is at least 8 hours per week.
If an employer has a position to post that does not follow the policies outlined above, the position may be posted as a part-time or full-time job opportunity instead. Please contact us.


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Conservation and Environment in South Africa: Monthly Updates
Monthly Updates from 2013
Continued observations at the 4 mammal census sites around the property have shown 11 mammal species in the vicinity of the water points. 4 species were recorded drinking from the water sources at the census sites. The most prolific species was Impala (Aepycerosmelampus) recorded on 12 separate occasions with a total of 84 animals observed over the 2 months.
Further erosion control work has been carried out on the heavily eroded areas in the north of the property, which showed very little growth during the last year, indicating poor soil conditions. The hope is that by limiting further erosion and creating banks of fertile soil behind vegetation barriers that the seeds of grasses and other plants will be left in the area after rain. These will then be to germinate in situ rather than being washed out into the rivers.
In preparation for the summer rains our erosion control work has continued across the property. We have finished our work along the river with most of the small gullies protected by vegetation barriers aimed at slowing the speed of run-off water across the surface, thus preventing excessive top soil loss during rainfall.
Projects started last year have continued and we have introduced some new activities and courses. All our volunteers have participated with eagerness and have contributed to the on-going research that we are doing on the Reserve as well as having experienced some really fun activities as well.


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