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Modern Holiday Decorations
Thanksgiving is over and it's officially December, which means it's time for the holiday decorations to go up. Whether you're decorating inside or outside, it's important to express yourself in the decorations you choose. If you're a modernist with holiday cheer, you'll be looking for decorations that are a little less traditional than most.
Maybe your modern decorations will be as simple as faux reindeer antlers to hang your guests coats or maybe you'll build a mid-century modern gingerbread house. The sky is the limit and it's up to your personality and imagination!
Here are some of our favorite modern holiday decorations and ideas:
• Canadian House and Home
• 3 Modern Holiday Decorations at Rockett St. George
• Modern Gingerbread House
• David Stark for West Elm
• CB2 Angel Tree
What kind of modern holiday decorations do you use?
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Number 1 is great! I need an old scooter.
Pretty, but far from practical.
Those ribbons are rediculous. The four people at the corners are going to be talking through them all through dinner. I'd be so irritated if I was at a dinner party with something like that in my face. (Nevermind the potential for them getting dragged through food).
The homeowners in the first pic clearly do not have cats. :)
All the pictures but the fourth just look horrible.
The ribbons actually freak me out... it looks like the chandeliers are standing on the table.
I actually kind of like the ribbon idea. If the length in the photo is too long, it can always be adjusted. And if the concept of ribbon hanging down a chandelier is too much to grasp, how about adding ornaments to the ends (similar to past posts from this week about finding creative spaces to hang ornaments).
Check out the cool, modern white wreath I made, for next to nothing, no less. :D
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Glee Creator Rips on Kings of Leon
"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy is still upset with the KINGS OF LEON for turning the show down last year. In a new interview with the "Hollywood Reporter", Murphy said,
"(Eff) you, Kings of Leon. They're self-centered (A-holes), and they missed the big picture. They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument. It's like, OK, hate on arts education. You can make fun of 'Glee' all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music."
But maybe Ryan is overreacting a bit. Kings of Leon turned down an offer to have their music redone on "Glee," but they didn't "make fun" of the show.
Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill seemed STUNNED at Murphy's latest statements. He responded,
"This whole 'Glee' thing is a shock to us. It's gotten out of hand. At the time of the request, we hadn't even seen the show. It came at the end of that record cycle, and we were over promoting ['Use Somebody']. This was never meant as a slap in the face to 'Glee' or to music education or to fans of the show. We're not sure where the anger is coming from."
What do you think? Is Ryan Murphy going to far? Are his comments an overreaction to KOL declining the show? Do you think KOL owes it to "arts education" to allow Glee to use their song?
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The following are summary descriptions of actions taken to date by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and its members, as related to the Climate VISION program and GHG emissions intensity reduction, in general. For more complete information, please visit API's website (www.api.org) and view Climate Challenge:A Progress Report and, for the most recent examples, please see Companies Address Climate Change. (Also please browse API member company websites for additional information on company climate change initiatives.)
API Climate Greenhouse Gas Estimation & Reporting Challenge
API has developed and is distributing accurate greenhouse gas emissions estimating tools via its Compendium of GHG Emissions Methodologies for the Oil and Gas Industry (PDF 14.6 MB). The Compendium implements more robust methods for calculating, reporting, and tracking emissions industry-wide. API is working to get its Compendium adopted worldwide by member companies. As the primary trade association of the industry, API represents about 400 members involved in all aspects of the oil and natural gas industry. Download Acrobat Reader
API Climate Action Challenge
The API Climate Action Challenge focuses on strategies for reducing emissions. Under the Climate Action Challenge, member companies are reducing, sequestering, offsetting, or avoiding their greenhouse gas emissions and are integrating greenhouse gas considerations into operating and capital equipment decision-making. Additionally, API member refineries are making progress toward the goal of improving their energy efficiency by 10 percent by 2012. In 2006, for example, improvements in energy efficiency at API member refineries - compared to the technology used in 2002 - produced energy savings equivalent to taking more than 528,000 cars of the road, or savings equivalent to the electricity used by more than 950,000 homes.
API and IPIECA (International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association) have produced two sets of guidelines to help oil and natural gas companies reduce emissions. The first provides information to help companies evaluate options for reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and registering project-level GHG emission reductions. The second provides information on carbon capture and storage projects. In both cases, the guidance focuses on the technical aspects of reducing GHG emissions separate from policy considerations.
API Climate R&D Challenge
Companies participating in the API Climate R&D Challenge have pledged to integrate climate and greenhouse gas considerations into their R&D decision-making process to impact the trend in the GHG intensity of operations over the long-term. Current areas of effort include energy efficiency, alternative technologies, and carbon capture and sequestration technologies.
Many U.S. oil and natural gas companies are supporting important climate change research programs and promoting the development of technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Below are examples of their efforts:
ExxonMobil has pledged to invest up to $100 million in support on the Global Climate & Energy Project at Stanford University.
BP is involved in partnerships to identify the strategies and technologies needed for lower carbon and renewable energy sources and mitigation of greenhouse gas emission impacts from fossil fuels, including a partnership with the University of California at Berkeley with a pledged investment of $500 million.
ChevronTexaco, Shell, and other energy companies are investing in additional climate change research and new technology projects to reduce the buildup of greenhouse gases.
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API is bringing key elements of industry together to speed exchange of information on successful strategies for estimating GHG emissions, using new technology to reduce emissions, and sharing progress in research and development programs. The API Voluntary Actions Conferences provide a good example of information exchange that has encouraged progress addressing climate change.
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Levine examines how assets should be titled for same-sex couples, the federal benefits that you should receive as a couple after this ruling, and the changes that you should make for income tax planning.
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) singled-out same-sex couples for unequal treatment under federal law.
For example, even if a couple was married in a state that recognized same-sex marriage, this act allowed states that did not recognize their union, as well as the federal government, to ban them from receiving the benefits and protections allowed to all other married couples.
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This was delicious and easy; we've also grilled pineapple spears this way - amazing! Sometimes I use honey in place of the brown sugar. Even without the ice cream it's wonderful as a side dish...
Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream
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This super-simple grilled peaches recipe has only five ingredients, making it perfect for last-minute summer entertaining.
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 fresh peaches
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- vanilla ice cream
- In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut peaches along the seam all the way around and twist halves off the pit. Brush cut sides with grapeseed oil or vegetable oil. Cook, cut side down, on a hot grill until fruit has grill marks, 3 to 4 minutes. Brush tops with oil, turn over, and move to indirect heat. Sprinkle cut sides with cinnamon sugar. Cover grill and cook until sugar is melted and fruit is tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream (sprinkle on extra cinnamon sugar if you like).
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The Metropolitan Opera Has Solved Its Labor Crisis, But There Are Still Rumblings in Valhalla
Now that the Met's next few seasons are assured, Peter Gelb can get back to making sure that opera matters.
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Now that the Met's next few seasons are assured, Peter Gelb can get back to making sure that opera matters.
A Holocaust opera at the Armory.
It's offensive, but apparently not that offensive.
It's not the singer in the title role.
Noseda's opening night in New York felt more gloriously Russian than Putin's in Sochi.
"As if Britten had cast a spell on the physical world and turned it into a topography of sound."
A twentieth-century setting for the ages.
"After all, opera is not just entertainment."
"I discovered that the company was in much worse shape than I had understood."
"The American idioms appear to have sprung from a phrase book edited on another planet."
As the opera Anna Nicole makes its first trip to New York, its composer is having second thoughts.
It's like the theme song to Home Improvement. Just ... opera!
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Jon and Al Kaplan turn the lowest-brow tenant of pop culture into a highbrow pursuit.
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Check In on the State of the Economy
This interesting chart from Russel Investments shows the current state of the economy and what it typically is according to seven key indicators such as credit risk, corporate debt, and market volatility. The blue bars provide a "typical" range, and the orange pointers show the current values. Above each orange pointer is an arrow that indicates whether we're trending towards or away from the typical.
So for example, corporate debt is much higher than usual and it's trending towards typical. Mortgage delinquencies, however, are trending away from the typical. Scary. The chart is updated once a month. Hopefully all those arrows are pointing towards blue soon.
[Thanks, Max]
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Cool graphic, but where is the bar for public debt? I should think it would be heading way, way out from the typical. I'm also wondering where the current account deficit is, budget deficit, or even inflation?
I really enjoy the succinctness of this chart.
Alex, I'm not sure inflation would have a typical level, because it trends rather than cycles. Debt too, in the US. Well, perhaps rate of change could be shown…
I like this aswell, though I wish I knew what or when defined the boundries of the extreme ends. Like, when was the TED spread 3.19, or when was economic expansion 17? If the extremes are based on data that's pre-1930's, I don't know how useful it would be.
Very Nice – only change I would make is that I would line up all the blue bars vertically and base the blue bar ranges on some +/- sigma value and the end points on either a larger +/- sigma or min/max value for each indicator.
Agree with @Frank A. The relative locations and sizes of the blue bars seems to imply something, but what it implies is not obvious. Also the same holds true for the range/scale of the x axes. One needs to be very careful not to let these implicit pieces of info distort the chart – unless that is what you intend ;)
A simple questions – I have seen many charts on this website – just wondering in you opinion all of them are created using Adobe illustrator or there are other pre-package graphical software?
I have shared these type of chart with my business ppl but at the end question comes back to me we can't install Adobe illustrator on everyone's desk and nor we can tech this software to everyone. So, we end up using Microsoft Excel to create chart (which looks ugly compare the one shown here – 2008 version has some improvements but still not up to par)
Are there any tool available (prefer open-source) that a non-designer can use and product high quality and visually appealing charts?
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Mome Vol. 11 - Summer 2008
Vol. 11 of our acclaimed anthology series welcomes Killoffer, the acclaimed French cartoonist whose work has previously only been seen in the acclaimed collection 176 Apparitions of Killoffer. Killoffer delivers a new 12-page comic as well as front and back covers. MOME also features returning regulars Al Columbia, Kurt Wolfgang, Ray Fenwick, Eleanor Davis, Dash Shaw, John Hankiewicz, Emile Bravo, Andrice Arp, Tom Kaczynski, and Paul Hornschemeier. Plus, newcomers Conor O'Keefe and Nate Neal, as well as an interview with Ray Fenwick by Gary Groth.
120-page color/b&w 7" x 9" softcover • $14.99
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A couple of rejected panels by Al Columbia:
A 1997 WonderCon jam sketch by Jaime Hernandez and Daniel Clowes:
Another 1997 WonderCon jam sketch pencilled by Gilbert Hernandez & inked by me:
A 1991 convention sketch I obtained from Dan Clowes while I was in college, three years before working at Fanta:
A 2004 wedding present from Chris & Marnie Ware:
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A beautiful Chuckling Whatsit pin-up scored at APE several years ago from Richard Sala:
More goodness from my Sanctum Santorum...
A gift from Johnny Ryan, patterned after a parody from the back cover of Angry Youth Comix #1:
Two business card drawings I picked up at a con a few years ago for a couple of bucks each. I know nothing about either cartoonist, but I've always wanted to know what a little baby who looks ready to fight has to do with a strip called "Off the Record":
Here's a Dan Clowes drawing of Richie Rich's nemesis that graced a package he sent me many years ago:
And a gorgeous Al Columbia panel that Al gave me years ago:
"5:45 A.M." by Al Columbia. I am a happy editor. Here's the first panel, which only hints at the rest:
MOME Winter/Spring 2008 (Vol. 10)
By various artists; edited by Gary Groth & Eric Reynolds
Critically acclaimed for its compilation of dynamic young cartoonists, this volume of Mome showcases the vibrant newbies and a few of the more established artistes. Mome Vol. 10 features the 20 page conclusion to the Jim Woodring graphic novella, "The Lute String." This story, previously published only in Japan, features Woodring's signature characters — Frank, Pupshaw, and Pushpaw — in a universe-bending saga that finds the trio in a very unexpected world of flying, shrieking demons and bulbous-faced monsters. Also featuring the work of Tom Kaczynski (and an interview with him with Gary Groth), Robert Goodin, Dash Shaw, Ray Fenwick, John Hankiewicz, Sophie Crumb, Tim Hensley, and Jonathan Bennett, plus a surprise Mome debut from Jeremy Eaton. The reclusive Al Columbia emerges once again, this time providing the cover.
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SUPERIOR, WI (WTAQ) - A 77-year-old man was killed Wednesday, after his car collided with a cement truck near Superior.
Raymond Cload of Solon Springs died at the scene.
Douglas County authorities said his car failed to yield to the cement truck coming from his left, and they collided at County Trunks "E" and "Z."
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Do you think it's a question of how much you balance that drive to achieve with being present and enjoying the moment?
You know, it's funny because I frequently get emails from young people starting out and asking, "How do I make a successful website or start my own thing?" And, very often, it's tied to some measure of success that's audience-based or reach-based. "How do you build up to seven million readers a month or two million Facebook fans?" But the work is not how to get that size of an audience or those numbers. That's just the byproduct of what Lewis Hyde calls "creative labor," which is really our inner drive. The real work is how not to hang your self-worth, your sense of success and merits, the fullness of your heart, and the stability of your soul on those numbers—on that constant positive reinforcement and external validation. That's the only real work, and the irony is that the more "successful" you get, by either by your own standards or external standards, the harder it is to decouple all of those inner values from your work. I think we often confuse the doing for the being.
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World Wetlands Day 2000: South Pacific
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For immediate release - 2 February, 2000
Ponds, swamps, marshes and river lands which are essential to the supply of clean, fresh water in the Pacific and around the world are being increasingly converted for agriculture, mining and housing, WWF has warned today, World Wetlands Day.
In an issues paper to mark World Wetlands Day (an initiative of the international Ramsar Convention on Wetlands) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has documented evidence to show that half of the worlds wetlands have already been lost.
The issues paper warns of a looming global freshwater crisis as more and more wetlands are damaged by human intervention. The threats to the Pacifics important wetlands include the use of rivers for mining waste disposal; the siltation of rivers and streams caused by destructive logging practices; and the arrival of invasive species such as carp and weeds like water lily and water hyacinth.
WWF estimates that within 25 years, two in three people around the world could face drastically low water supplies. Of the worlds six billion people, more than a billion already lack access to safe drinking water, while almost half lack adequate sanitation.
In Fiji, WWF is documenting the countrys important watersheds and river systems to build a more accurate picture of the extent of human activities such as mining, agriculture and logging that are affecting river health. Last year, WWF carried out an inventory of all the wetlands in Fiji where the weaving plant, kuta, grows. In Vanua Levu, kuta growing areas have been found to have been severely affected by decades of land clearing for housing and sugar cane farming.
In Papua New Guinea, WWF is working closely with communities to help protect the vast Sepik River one of the worlds most significant wetlands. Among the threats to the relatively unspoilt Sepik catchment is a plan for a copper and gold mine on the Frieda River which flows into the Sepik. The mining company behind the Frieda mine, has not made known its plans for how it will dispose of the mines wastes but the most likely scenario is to dump the tailings into the river or pipe them to the coast.
Elsewhere in PNG, the mining industry has caused severe damage to wetlands such as the Ok Tedi and Fly Rivers where local communities can no longer drink the water or catch fish.
In Solomon Islands, crucial wetlands such as those of Vella Lavella island have been severely affected by the oxygen choking water hyacinth weed. WWF is working with communities to find solutions to the weed problem.
WWF is urging governments around the world to give greater legal protection to wetlands and ensure that the people who depend for their survival upon rivers, streams and wetlands are involved in all decision-making about their future use.
For more information, contact: Elisabeth Mealey at WWF South Pacific Program. Phone: 679-315533 or email: email@example.com


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Amprenavir (By mouth)
How to Store and Dispose of This Medicine
- Store the medicine at room temperature, away from heat and direct light. Do not freeze or refrigerate.
- Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
- Keep all medicine away from children and never share your medicine with anyone.
Amprenavir (am-PREN-a-vir)
Treats human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. HIV causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Amprenavir does not cure HIV or AIDS, but combinations of drugs including amprenavir may slow the progress of the disease. This medicine was withdrawn from the US market in October 2007 because better medicines are now available.
Brand Name(s)There may be other brand names for this medicine.
When This Medicine Should Not Be UsedYou should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to amprenavir, or if you are also using dihydroergotamine, ergotamine, ergonovine, methylergonovine, midazolam, triazolam, pimozide, or cisapride. Amprenavir oral liquid should not be used by children under the age of 4, pregnant women, or people who have liver or kidney failure or who are also using disulfiram (Antabuse®) or metronidazole (Flagyl®). If you are using this medicine with ritonavir, you should not use the heart drugs Tambocor® or Rythmol®.
How to Use This Medicine
Liquid Filled Capsule, Liquid
- This medicine comes with patient instructions. Read and follow these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
- Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to use and how often. Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to. Do not stop using this medicine or change your dose without asking your doctor. Do not change from the capsule form of this medicine to the oral liquid without asking your doctor.
- You may take this medicine with or without food, but do not take with a high-fat meal.
- Measure the oral liquid medicine with a marked measuring spoon, oral syringe, or medicine cup.
- Amprenavir is used with other medicines to treat HIV infection. Take all other medicines your doctor has prescribed as part of your combination treatment.
If a dose is missed:
- If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, take it as soon as you can. If you are more than 4 hours late in taking your medicine, skip the missed dose and take the next dose at your regular time. Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.
Drugs and Foods to Avoid
Ask your doctor or pharmacist before using any other medicine, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.
- There are many other medicines that you should not use together with amprenavir. This includes nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Make sure your doctor knows about all other medicines you are using. This includes St. John's wort, rifampin, delavirdine, Viagra®, vitamin E, methadone, antibiotics, blood thinners, birth control pills, steroids, or other HIV/AIDS medicines. Make sure your doctor knows if you are using a medicine for your immune system, blood pressure, heart rhythm problems, seizures, depression, or to lower cholesterol. Ask your doctor before you use any other medicine with amprenavir.
- If you are using the amprenavir oral liquid, you should not use the liquid form of ritonavir (Norvir®). They contain similar ingredients that could be harmful if used together.
- Do not drink alcohol if you are using the oral liquid form of this medicine.
- If you are also using antacids or buffered didanosine, take amprenavir at least 1 hour before, or 1 hour after using these other medicines. Do not use them at the same time.
Warnings While Using This Medicine
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant, or if you have diabetes, liver disease, kidney disease, hemophilia, or a sulfa drug allergy.
- Women of all races and people who are Asian, Eskimo, or Native American may have a higher risk of side effects from amprenavir oral liquid. Talk with your doctor before using this form of amprenavir.
- This medicine will not keep you from giving HIV to your partner during sex. Make sure you understand and practice safe sex, even if your partner also has HIV. Do not share needles with anyone.
- Your doctor will need to check your blood at regular visits while you are using this medicine. Be sure to keep all appointments.
- You should not breastfeed if you have HIV or AIDS, because you might give the infection to your baby through your breast milk.
Possible Side Effects While Using This Medicine
Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
- Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing
- Blistering, peeling, red skin rash.
- Decrease in how much or how often you urinate.
- Extreme weakness, tiredness, or confusion.
- Fast heartbeat or fast, shallow breathing.
- Lightheadedness or fainting.
- Numbness, tingling, or burning pain in your hands, arms, legs, or feet.
- Seizures.
- Unusual bleeding, bruising, or weakness.
If you notice these less serious side effects, talk with your doctor:
- Change in taste.
- Depression, or other changes in your mood.
- Gaining weight around your neck, upper back, breast, face, or waist.
- Loss of fat from your arms, legs, or face.
- Mild nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or stomach pain.
- Mild skin rash.
- Numbness or tingling around your mouth.
If you notice other side effects that you think are caused by this medicine, tell your doctor
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What is Light Therapy?
Light therapy was the first treatment used to treat the first patient of SAD, and to this day a better one has yet to be found. Over the years, better kinds of light and better ways of getting the light absorbed by SAD patients have been developed, but the light box continues to be the greatest innovation in treating Seasonal Affective Disorder.
HenryWard Beecher once commented,"I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more." Perhaps sunlight can't replace so much as half the doctors, but certainly sunlight, and man-made light, have been shown to treat everything from skin disorders to depression. Several kinds of depression outside SAD have shown good responses to regular light exposure, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and postpartum depression.
Light therapy has also been used repeatedly to help with sleep disorders. It has also helped people who suffer insomnia and sleep troubles as a result of working late- night shifts, and even for jet lag!
As you can see, sunlight is a powerful tool in fighting both depression and sleep problems, and as the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder contain elements of both, it's small wonder that light therapy has done so much for people who have seasonal problems.
Though light therapy is very simple to administer, there are some basic guidelines to follow in order to get the most out of it.There are also a few precautions to take. Some light sources, for example, can be harmful to your eyes or skin, so it's best to go with a quality light box specifically designed for light therapy treatment.
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Does the light therapy work best to help people with SAD when it shines directly on the face?
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Could someone buy one of those dawn/dusk simulators but only turn it on when they wake up? I am interested in the lamps, but I want something that can sit on the table without looking like a lamp.
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All of the wake up lights can be used as a radio, alarm clock with or without the light, or as a lamp. Some also have dusk simulation to reduce light intensity and turn off the radio when you go to bed. If you choose to use it only to illuminate on the alarm setting, then you'd simply leave it turned off at all other times.


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Around 275 pupils from local schools took part in a wide range of activities offered by Lancaster University's Science and Technology departments as part of National Science and Engineering Week 2010.
The week began with a session all about maths and magic where pupils were shown how probability and maths shaped the world of magic tricks. The presenter, Adam Boddison (Further Maths Network), even managed to predict the lottery numbers!
A Biology session, Have you ever wondered what is in blood?, gave pupils the opportunity to find out about the different kinds of cells in sheep blood and what they do. Attendees investigated the structure of the heart and saw some abnormal blood smears which could be interpreted by hospital scientists to diagnose disease.
An emergency response activity from LEC set pupils the challenge of dealing with an oil tanker fire in the local area. As the students mobilised to calculate weather conditions, potential road cordons and the chemical composition of the spillage, the clock was ticking.
With communication via walkie talkies and written emails the Silver Control team were able to control the situation and ensure the public were made aware of the incident and potential threat. The pupils involved rose to the challenge to avert the danger and enjoyed a fun-packed session that demonstrated real life issues.
Three schools took part in this year's Rocket Challenge day (Engineering and Physics) with a team representing Kirkbie Kendal School finishing the day as winners. In windy conditions their rocket flew well over the 50m mark and after scoring well in a dragons den style interview and on their design, they were well deserved winners.
On Thursday pupils from Lancaster Girls Grammar school had the opportunity to find out about new technologies and novel mobile phone games when spending the day with Computing and Communication Systems. The students took part in a digital treasure hunt using GPS signals to locate the various clues and were able to see the latest research including a multi touch interactive table.
The final offering of the week saw students from Carnforth High school learning all about Psychology. They had the chance to talk to University researchers and looked at the scientific study of the mind, brain and behaviour in small groups.
Electric Earth Lecture
Following on from a successful debut at the Big Bang Festival, Dr Jim Wild presented his Electric Earth lecture to around 150 pupils on Friday afternoon. Through a series of demonstrations and examples Jim showed the students that the earth is alive with electricity; from the Northern lights to a glowing gherkin!
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In what came as no surprise to the football world, the St. Louis Rams have
Signed 2nd overall pick OT Jason Smith to a contract. Although the official terms of the contract have not been revealed to the public, I would expect the deal to be somewhere in the 6 year, $60 million area given the last few contracts signed by other 2nd overall draft choices:
2008: Chris Long (6 year, $56.5 million)
2007: Calvin Johnson (6 year, $64 million)
2006: Reggie Bush (6 year, $51 million)
The signing also means that St. Louis now has all seven draft choices under contract, giving the Rams the pleasure of entering camp with zero holdouts whether it be veterans or rookies. The contract also helps QB Marc Bulger breathe a little easier knowing that the Rams are slowly putting together the puzzle that is their offensive line. Over the last couple seasons Bulger has been one of the most sacked quarterbacks in the NFL thanks to an offensive line that rotates more than the merry go round at your local playground. Over the past two seasons alone Bulger has seen a fair amount of names along the offensive line. While most quarterbacks have the privilege of seeing the same five to seven names a season as they scan their offensive line, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to say that Bulger may have went into games with no clue who would be playing where along his line. As any Rams fan will tell you, this caused Bulger to shy away from setting his feet during throws and ultimately turned him into a very timid QB; nothing like the Bulger that threw for 24 TDs and 4301 Yds in 2006. And with the huge 6 year, $65 million deal that he signed in July 2007, Rams fans couldn't be any more eager to see the old Bulger back.
This of course, is where Smith comes in. Smith brings a very athletic and energetic presence to an offensive line that has been the exact opposite lately. He comes with an almost unfair expectation (that being filling the shoes of Orlando Pace), but if any rookie could do it, I believe it is this kid. However, the Pace comparisons will have to wait awhile, because it appears the Rams will be starting out Smith at RT and moving Alex Barron over to LT to block Bulger's blindside. Only time will tell if the Rams are on their way to solidifying their offensive line.
Update 4:39 P.M. :I have heard that the deal will reach a maximum of $62 million with around $33 million in guaranteed money.


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Woodworker's Journal
In 1976, after building a bookcase for himself and his wife, Andy decided he really loved woodworking and that it was "something I'd like to do the rest of my life" -- and began to plan accordingly. "From that point on, I was learning about woodworking and collecting tools."
After retiring from the Navy in 2002 as a captain, he built his own workshop, went through the legal necessities "to call myself a business," and started doing craft fairs and farmers' markets, and joining organizations to get his name out there.
At first, "I started out building pieces very square: tables with right angles, and so forth. Then something happened -- I'm not sure what -- and I started thinking more in curves."
For instance, a rolltop desk he built several years ago for an architect is "very rectilinear," Andy said. His first successful piece after his migration toward curves, the "Chest Sans Sides" -- in which the drawers are the sides of the chest -- is "curved and graceful. I got into bent laminations and complex joinery. I rarely do straight anymore," he said.
For the most part, however, Andy focuses on collaboration with the clients for his pieces. "What really drives me is what the client wants. I consider myself as the guy who can make it happen," he said.
Part of his collaboration sometimes involves helping the client figure out what it is they do want -- as was the case two years ago, with clients who had a large persimmon tree on their property that needed to come down. "We were able to get 14" wide planks out of it," Andy said. "It's unusual for a persimmon to get that large." The clients knew they wanted something built from the wood, but weren't sure what.
"It turned out that what they could use was a large shelf unit to display some pottery, with some drawers, to go on a large wall space where a grand piano used to be." By resawing poplar into 1/8-inch strips to build up a core, then veneering the persimmon to the outside, Andy was able to create a bookcase type unit with curved sides -- and a height dimension of 72 inches.
Andy owns a WoodMizer LT15 sawmill and a solar kiln, which allow him to create and dry lumber from trees on clients' property. "I like to use clients' trees," he said. People call him if they are building a house and a tree needs to come down, or if a tree is dying. And, despite forestry being one of the main industries in his area of Virginia, "I don't cut down any trees just to make lumber. I don't have to.
"I live in Virginia along the Chesapeake Bay. A lot of hurricanes and Nor'Easters come through, and constantly blow trees over. People know I have a sawmill, and they
call me; if it sounds like good furniture wood, I take it."
One client's wood is still in the drying process, but it has an interesting story. The walnut tree came down during the building of an addition onto a house that had been in the family of Chesapeake Bay watermen for generations. As Andy was milling the wood, "I heard the pitch of the saw blade change. It wasn't steel -- I recognize the sound of a nail. I lifted the plank off, and it looked like someone had used red caulk to caulk up the tree. I'd never seen that.
"It turns out it wasn't caulk; it was Grandpa's boots" - the red rubber boots worn when pulling oysters. "When he finally retired, he left 'em in the crotch of the tree, which is where he left them every night to dry out. The tree grew up around them, andI was cutting through them."
It's likely Andy will try to incorporate that "red caulk" into whatever the final destination of the walnut turns out to be. "I always try to do a new technique and a new challenge with every piece," he said. He has experimented with ebonizing, on pieces like a "Shadows of the Night" chest with cattails and dragonfly, and has also been putting carvings into his pieces lately.
In fact, shortly after he'd taken a class on carving at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship from British carver Chris Pye, a church in New Jersey contacted Andy with a request for him to make a Paschal Candle Stand with carvings on four sides.
The stand needs to support a candle that's over 30 inches tall and usually about 2 inches in diameter, used at times like Easter, Christmas and other special days in the church. The carvings on all four side panels of the Candle Stand for the New Jersey church were favorite motifs of the people for whom it was a memorial. Andy has done Paschal Candle Stands for other churches as well, including his own, and says he enjoys doing such liturgical work.
Of course, he's also still coming up with other ideas. He's a member of the Furniture Society, which Andy touts as a great way to network and, during the 2006 annual conference in Indianapolis, he participated in a bus trip excursion to Columbus, Indiana -- a town, where, in the mid-20th century, the leaders of local business Cummins Engine led the push to make the city a showcase of architecture. One of the sights on that bus tour was the Interstate 65 Gateway Bridge, "and someone on the bus said, 'Someone's going to build a table that looks like that bridge.'"
Andy, in fact, built two of them: one from ash, cherry and red oak; the other from cherry, holly and red oak.
"The artistic part is what I try to put into the project," Andy said. "I don't try to gravitate toward any one thing."


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For the topping, in a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon. Using a pastry cutter or your finger, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Refrigerate until ready to use.
For the cake; in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, ginger and salt. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer on medium speed. Add the sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Alternately beat in the flour mixture and the milk until just combined.
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(WMC-TV) - A controversial bill is on the table in the Tennessee State House of Representatives, it links temporary benefits to your children's grades in school.
Families that qualify can get about $50 a month.
There could be more pressure on some children as those benefits may be connected to their performance in school.
A year ago he sponsored a bill to drug test those who apply for state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits.
Now, Knoxville Republican Senator Stacey Campfield is sponsoring a bill that requires a reduction in TANF benefits for parents or caregivers whose children "fail to maintain satisfactory progress in school."
"A lot of times what we're seeing is generational poverty. And parents who care very little if their kid shows up or goes to school or doesn't go to school. We can't have that," said Campfield.
Campfield suggests the bill would encourage parents to encourage their children to do well in school, and in situations where neither would be inclined to do either.
"We need parents to say, 'Hey, it's important that my kid gets up and goes to school. It's important that my kid is prepared for class. It's important that my kid studies and stays and doesn't quit school,'" said Campfield.
Memphis Democrat Antonio Parkinson said he's all for having a discussion about education, but doubts withholding benefits is the best way to encourage children.
"I think there would be some unintended consequences that hit the rest of the family, even smaller children, or even those dependent. (Or) that were dependent on the money, and it's not a lot of money," he said.
Parkinson suggests there is a bigger issue that Campfield's bill does not address.
"There's a root cause to these children either being low in attendance, or you know making bad grades and the important thing is that we find the root cause and we go after the root of that issue," said Parkinson.
But Campfield said he believes family members often are the root cause.
"Doesn't matter the race, the income, the location, the school. Parents who care about their child's education usually have children who succeed in education," said Campfield.
There is no legislative schedule or accompanying house bill at this point.
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It's a great thing, the past. We're younger back there. Thinner. More/less hair, depending upon the age (and gender, let's be honest). Few of us can look back without soft strains of retrospection, and even in this business - the business of high-octane, high-impact and high-definition balls-to-the-wall interactive entertainment - it's hard not to glance back and chuckle fondly about dem good 'ole days.Take Killzone for example. Sony's flagship shooter hit the PlayStation 2 in 2004 (eight years today [2 November], as it happens) and spawned a generation of sharp, intelligent shooters. With its embroidered backstory, (then) cutting-edge graphics and oh-so-iconic bad guys, it brought the genre not only new realism, but also a new maturity.
It was the shooter to play before any of us knew of - or cared about - multiplayer maps, zombie modes and gritty advertising campaigns, and it left a powerful legacy in its wake.
Emphasis on that little word "was".To the nostalgic eye, this is a careful, considerate remodeling of Guerrilla Games' classic. Breathing hi-def life into ageing animation, this remake is heavy in memory and precedence. But in a shooter-soaked 2012 where our standards have very much changed, can Killzone HD expect to still measure up to the franchises of today?The story itself, naturally, hasn't changed. You play through as one of four leads, each with their own individual combat class which, in practice, actually aren't all that individual (only weapons specialist Rico brings a meaningful difference, and that's only because his difference is a big-ass gun.)
The Helghast - human hybrids with a scathing hatred for their human counterparts - have waged war, and it's up to the Interplanetary Strategic Alliance (ISA) to put an end to the conflict. Jan Templar - your unlocked starter lead with boy-band good looks and dreamy hair - heads up the fray.Whilst considered by some to be a masterpiece in 2004, by today's standards Killzone's story is sloppy and slow, chopped up into bite-sized chunks that are delivered by so-bad-it's-good voice work and over-exaggerated cut-scenes. We can't say it's bad because it's not, but quite frankly it's not all that good either, and the memory of the game from almost a decade ago now is distinctly more enjoyable than the reality we're chugging through today. That said, battle sequences - while repetitive - are enjoyable enough, providing you don't mind the rinse-repeat action of mowing down wave after wave of enemies.
Gunfire feels heavy and meaty, with spiraling recoil and stroke-inducingly slow reloading that adds a raw edge of anxiety to gameplay, particularly as the environments relinquish little opportunity for cover, escape or strategic retreat. It feels cold there. Sad. Men are dying, and the corpses don't disappear in a puff of smoke when the battle moves on. Reach the end of a chapter, and the sound of bullets will still ricochet in your ears.Trouble is, the games of yesteryear were made in yesteryear, and whilst you might think that you're immune to the Hollywoodesque gloss of a triple-A blockbuster, you're probably not. Whilst achingly faithful to its 2004 form, it may be that our memory is more forgiving than our current-gen standards.
The controls - crass, clunky and wholly counter-intuitive - inhibit your instinctive trigger finger, so it's just as well you're able to remap to a more 2012-friendly configuration. And while the endearingly over-the-top voice talent bruises dull, monochromatic environments that hold no interest or character, sometimes it's hard to keep enthused. Sure, war isn't pretty; but it also shouldn't be against a backdrop of bland, splintered nothingness, either.
Mission objectives are confusing, the directives of your comrades often lost under the tat-tat-tat of gunfire and rarely repeated. Even pulling up weapons from the ground can be a mind-numbingly frustrating affair.


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WIXOM (WKZO) -- Officials say say over two-thousand tips have been phoned in to a task force made up of federal, state and local police agencies created to find the person responsible for at least two dozen shootings along roadways from Oakland to Ingham counties.
Earlier this week, the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect was increased to 102-thousand dollars. During a news conference Wednesday, police said they have been able to link nine shootings to the same weapon, and that they still believe the incidents are the work of one person.
Authorities are stressing that although three of the shootings happened along Interstate 96, the freeway is safe to travel, but are asking drivers to be vigilant and report anything unusual to police.


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1. Introduction
Machines registered for TSM backup as servers benefit from a higher daily limit than desktop/laptop accounts, and have automatic scheduled backups six days a week. Before you register a TSM node for server backup, please ensure that the server conforms on the following points.
2. Account owner must be ITSS
Owners of server accounts must be registered as University of Oxford IT Support Staff (ITSS). If you have a server to register for backup but you are not ITSS-registered, ask your local IT to register the server for you and to put your name as contact e-mail for the account.
3. Server data should be a shared resource
TSM server nodes are intended to be used to back up data that is in use by a group of people. Please do not register a machine for server backup if it does not provide shared resources or data.
4. Minimise large-scale changes to your data
TSM works on the principle of incremental forever, only sending new or changed data to the HFS. However, if a folder is moved or renamed then all the data below that level will be regarded as new, and will be resent to the HFS. Similarly, permissions changes usually occasion a data resend.
If your data is in need of rearrangement, we therefore request that you perform this work before your initial backup. Thereafter, it is best to keep large-scale changes to a minimum. On this subject please see further the section on our best practice page which details the changes that cause TSM to resend data to the HFS.
5. Keep partitions to a reasonable size
TSM processes data one partition at a time. If, therefore, you have a very large amount of data to back up - say, several terabytes - then TSM may find it difficult to process. This is especially noticeable if there is a large number of files in one partition - more than a few million - even if the quantity of data is low.
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SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ) - The director of the Sheboygan County Humane Society is accused of falsely identifying herself as a veterinary technician, to get medicines for her relatives' animals.
59-year-old Eilene Ribbens of Elkhart Lake is free on a signature bond, after appearing in court Wednesday on a felony charge of possessing illegal prescriptions and a misdemeanor count of obtaining drugs by fraud.
She's due back in court next Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.
According to prosecutors, a Humane Society veterinarian caught Ribbens ordering large amounts of prescriptions from a pharmacy in New Jersey last year. The medicines were Tramadol and potassium bromide – and officials say they remain unaccounted for.
Another employee quoted Ribbens as saying she used her position to buy the drugs for relatives who couldn't afford medicines for their animals – and she was doing it, "out of the kindness of her heart."


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Solving gun violence in the US in today's insane political climate requires a solution that makes it painless for everyone.
First that this idea even needs to be broached in the first place is ridiculous especially given the lack of clarity in the second amendment (eg it does not specify types of arms so that should be handled by laws not as a "do what you will free for all").
That said it seems there are some major elements that would be necessary to reduce gun deaths in the US and there are some obfuscating interests embodied in the NRA that must be sidestepped or accommodated in the solution.
Four main areas of focus jump out to reduce gun deaths:
1) "mass killings" (included in this would be the 2 or 3 person shootings as well as as Newtown or Aurora types)
2) Accidental shootings
3) Non-owner shootings (eg the shooter is not the owner of the gun)
4) "black market" trading
Added to these I would say the parameter that makes gun control legislation difficult is gun manufacturer revenue stream protection using the second amendment as a shill.
So what are the necessary parameters to make something happen vs. the absurdity of what is going to happen over the next few months in Washington:
1) Figure out a way that shifting policy creates more revenue for gun manufacturers so they get the NRA on board
2) Make sure that guns cannot be used in public places or by someone other than their owner
The Idea - Mandatory gun locks and universal kill switches.
On locks, all responsible gun owners have gun safes. Why not move the lock to the gun's trigger mechanism either with a combination code or biometric locks. That would prevent unauthorized use of the gun by anyone but the owner.
On kill switches, in the same locking mechanism put a chip and actuator that freezes the locking mechanism mentioned above when it receives a certain modulated radio signal.
If mandatory then all existing guns will have to be refitted with the new bolt mechanism creating revenue streams for the gun manufacturers and on all new guns they can charge more creating more revenue.
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Jan 18 2013: Solve the political problems like poverty, slavery, inequality and eliminate the causes and reasons for crime, corruption and greed, and many of the other problems will disappear.
Those in the U.S. keep going about trying to fix the wrong things all the time. No wonder they don't go away.
Educate children in how to change their country, their governance and the things I listed along with the causes.
Instead they are educated in how to try and become successful in a system that is unjust, won't work, is failing and survives on violence, corruption, deceit and cowadism in the general population.
Violence is a way of solving a problem. So is suicide.
Get rid of the real reasons for crying out loud.
Oh, but that just doesn't make any sense now does it?
No it doesn't make sense because it cannot make sense to people who are seriously mentally ill or insane.
And I am not talking about those who have shot people.
I am referring to those who keep talking about more laws, more restrictions, less freedom, less country, less America, and more insanity that they apply, thinking it is rational, reasonable thought.
Jan 18 2013: "I am referring to those who keep talking about more laws, more restrictions, less freedom, less country, less America, and more insanity that they apply, thinking it is rational, reasonable thought"
our and every society has as its most basic component laws and regulations. That is the main thrust of western civilization, eg societies based on the rule of law that supercedes station or political position. what you are talking about is the degree not the fact. rational and reasonable thought, as you put it, understands this, and that with each evolution in technology laws and regulations must address the new landscape and ramifications of the technology.
based on your comments and most of those that want to do away with "restrictions and laws" or have "their freedom" which basically looks to me more like a narcisssitic love of their own desires and opinions rather than a rational discussion with their fellow citizens, have a basic misunderstanding of what both what the constitution is and the foundation of American society.
None of the mass shooters were poor as evidenced by the equipment they were using costing >$10K. Accidental shootings are not associated with low socio-economic status.
if you do not deal with the reality of the actual situation on the ground and irrationally focus on these type of abstractions nothing ever happens.
let's even give you that you are right and those are the problems, so your solution to solving this problem is to try and tackle one about 10x the size? what is your short, mid, long term strategy?
poverty and inequality are solved by raising the standard of living. they are a function of how our financial system works and the lack of willingness to fund the government to address these issues. Since this has been going on for most of the US's history, it is suddenly going away? how?
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Tales of hope and despair from Mexico to Mongolia at DIFF
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Director Sebastian Hiriart's debut feature, 'A Stone's Throw Away' is an imaginative reflection on the desire and need of so many Mexicans to find their way, whatever the obstacles, to the promised land of the United States. Jacinto Medina, a 21-year old shepherd in the north of Mexico, is profoundly bored by his uneventful life and lack of opportunity. One day he stumbles upon a keychain lying on the ground engraved with an image of Sprague River, Oregon and, seeing it as a sign, sets out to return it to its owner. The trials and hazards of such a journey are realistically portrayed but Hiriart's use of dreams and fantasy in this spectacular film, screening at 12.45 pm at Cinestar 8, the Mall of the Emirates (MoE).
'The Dead Sea,' another Mexican film by director Ignacio Ortiz Cruz, is shot in a grainy, noir style and is a powerful contemporary commentary on the age old concepts of sin, transgression and redemption. The lights have gone out in Mexico City. An old hotel receptionist is threading a strand of yarn into a needle. In the hotel lobby are Maria and Magdalena , two sisters who are prostitutes. It is time for them to ply their trade and they set off into the unlit streets unaware that during this night murder and transgression will forever change their lives and those of the men they encounter. The film will screen at 4 pm at Cinestar 11.
In 'The Qandil Mountains,' Iranian director Taha Karimi sets his first, beautifully filmed, dramatic feature against the violent yet stunning backdrop of the mountains, casting veteran stage and screen actor Ghotbedin Sadeghi with a set of younger actors playing the sons and daughters of the conflict, attempting to draw on the common concerns that link Arabs with Kurds, Turkmen with Persians. The film will screen at 3.15 pm at Cinestar 6.
Set against the magnificent backdrop of the Mongolian landscape, Byamba Sakhya's 'Passion' is a fascinating look at Mongolian film history. He follows Binder Jigjid, son of the legendary Mongolian director Jigjid Dejid, as he takes his films from village to village trying to eke out an existence. 'Passion' tells the compelling story of a complex relationship between artists and the system and the impact of social and political transition on individual destiny. The film will screen at 3.30 pm at Cinestar 5.
In director Jillali Ferhati's 'At Dawn,' Keltoum and her husband, Omar, live in a village in the heart of the Moroccan mountains. They are both actors, but do not have much work and have been dreaming of staging a play for years. Keltoum is sick and Omar takes her regularly to Tangiers to be treated. While there, he searches for a theatre for their play and also visits his daughter. Starting at dawn, 'At Dawn' portrays one of these trips, in which we meet the characters in the morning and meet up with them again in the afternoon on their way back home. The film screens today at 7 pm at Cinestar 12, and at Dec. 17, 3 pm at Cinestar 5.
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Quebec Student Strike: Police attack demonstration in Montreal, student "may lose the use of an eye" after flashbang fired into his face
Montreal police will investigate after a 22-year-old man said his eye was badly injured by the blast of a police stun grenade during Wednesday's student protest over tuition fee hikes.
Francis Grenier, a student at Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, told CBC News from his hospital bed that he doesn't know if he'll regain vision in his right eye.
Student movement leaders are calling him a victim of police brutality and are accusing riot squad officers of overreacting after snowballs were launched during the afternoon protest on Sherbrooke Street.
Grenier said he was in front of the Loto-Québec headquarters Wednesday afternoon playing the harmonica when an officer told him to leave.
TVA also reports that apparently after Grenier ran from the scene badly injured to find help from a police officer, the officer refused to help him or to call him an ambulance. He was eventually helped to the hospital by fellow students.
Concordia votes to join Quebec provincial student strike; as much as 150,000 students across the province on strike starting March 15th
The vote of whether or not to call for a general strike, passing with 1152 votes in favour and 557 against, was a first in the University's history. The vote will be renewed every week to decide how long the strike should go. Many departments are already on strike; this vote gives a mandate to the entire undergraduate organization to do the same.
Occupy Wall Street and their far-flung allies might as well give up on addressing their demands to the government, at least for the time being. The slogan ought to be something like "We're tired of being pawned off on the help; from now on, we insist on dealing directly with the masters."
And the plan should be to spend the next several months developing, articulating, and organizing toward a major national mortgage and student-loan strike. Such a loan strike would begin—provided enough people sign on in advance (and I'm talking hundreds of thousands), and unless a concrete set of intervening demands is squarely met in the meantime—on, say, October 1, 2012, right in the middle of the next presidential campaign…
The Occupy movement could enlist the advice of sympathetic economists and loan experts to craft the precise terms of the demand. In addition to the alleviation of tremendous amounts of individual and family anxiety and suffering, the more generalized goal of the reset—and incidentally, why is it that up till now in this crisis only the improvident banks and investment houses have been allowed to reset the terms of their deals, without any penalty, whereas none of the rest of us have been accorded similarly revivifying largesse?—would be to free up all sorts of spending money at the lower reaches of the economy where it might actually do some good.


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City engineers with Toledo's Division of Engineering Services will host a series of forums beginning Tuesday to review future street projects.
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Administrators will be on hand to work with residents in small groups, answering questions and gathering feedback. They will use that information to prioritize projects and create recommendations for the 2014 street program planning.
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Album Review: Mondo by Electric Guest
Posted by Brittany Barth on 10/09 at 02:01 AM
After discovering how infatuated I became with Lana Del Rey's music, I set out to find artists similar to her.
Naturally, I looked to the Spotify Radio App to guide me in my quest (it's always been reliable in the past and once again it didn't fail me). The app introduced me to the band, Electric Guest, who has since become my new obsession.
The LA-based duo consists of Asa Taccone on vocals and Mathew Compton on drums. When the band tours, however, E.G. becomes a foursome, with Todd and Tory Dahlhoff on keyboards and bass. Together, they form Electric Guest, who created a debut album, Mondo, so impressive they made "MTV's 11 Artists to Watch In 2012." the album also features Lana Del Rey, Avicii and Fun..
Spotify featured E.G.'s song "The Bait" which lured me, reeled me in, and left me wanting more of this feel-good music which I couldn't help but have a solo-dance session to. It led me listen to the rest of Mondo, a record which is psychedelic, soulful and funky and who could resist that combination?
The first single off of the album is entitled, "This Head I Hold" which perfectly illustrates the band's funkier side. It's a song that's guaranteed to get you up, moving and grooving. And while "This Head I Hold" is one of my favorites off of Mondo, the first track "Holes" has my heart. The song, which is the only ballad on the album, is sexy and intimate. You feel yourself drifting away while listening to the music as well as being entranced by Taccone's soulful vocals. "Holes" is almost reminiscent of R&B, definitely not what you would expect from an indie rock album. However unexpected the sound of the song may be, though, it's not unwelcome. It is Mondo's most unique feature, the most memorable song on the album, and an inclination as to how multidimensional Electric Guest can be.
"American Daydream" is the band's second single which, like "Holes," is another unexpected surprise for listeners. It relinquishes the electrified sound that occupies a majority of the album and replaces it with what resembles gospel. It is perhaps the most emotional song to be found on Mondo, and it incorporates a small, but soulful chorus backing Taccone's lyrics. The song creates an interesting juxtaposition against the band's first single, which reinforces how much variety Electric Guest provides within their songs.
Other songs on the album include "Amber" which incorporates the same sexiness that "Holes" provides. If you're looking for some songs on the album to chill to, then "Control" and "Trouble Man" will put you at ease. If you're looking to get geared up for your day (or your night) turn to "Waves" and "The Bait". If "American Daydream" made you interested in getting more in touch with your soulful side, then skip right to "Under The Gun."
Mondo is a superb debut album that showcases exactly what Electric Guest is made of, as well as how much variety the band can provide within their music. They are most definitely a band that is soon to become one of your favorites.
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