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Lady Pender from North Court in Tilmanstone, a former county councillor for Sandwich, had died aged 70.
A Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to the community and was a member of many groups and societies in the county.
Sandwich Rector the Rev Canon Mark Roberts said: "Lady Pender will be remembered with deep affection as she was such a lovely lady.
"Despite her recent illness I was delighted she was able to make it this year to Buckingham Palace to receive her extremely well deserved award of the OBE. She made an outstanding contribution to life in Sandwich and the surrounding communities."
She was a chairman of the governors at Sandwich Technology School and Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich, and a county councillor from 1981 to 1997.
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Lady Pender who died on Thursday at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, leaves a husband Lord Pender and three children, Emma, Mary Anne and Harry.
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Derrick de Kerckhove is former Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology and Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. in French Language and Literature from the University of Toronto in 1975 and a Doctorat du 3e cycle in Sociology of Art from the University of Tours (France) in 1979. He was an associate of the Centre for Culture and Technology from 1972 to 1980 and worked with Marshall McLuhan for over ten years as translator, assistant and co-author. He has worked on two collections of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and biology, namely Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni, 1984). Other publications include The Alphabet and the Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), La civilisation vidéo-chrétienne (Feltrinelli, 1991), both books on the impact of the alphabet on mind and society, research taken further in Brainframes: Technology, Mind and Business (Bosch&Keuning, 1991).The Skin of Culture (Somerville Press, 1995) is a collection of essays on the new electronic reality which stayed on Canadian best-sellers lists for several months. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research on new media and cognition. Both books were translated in a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and Slovenian. The architecture of intelligence was conceived and supported by and for networks (see www.architecture.openflows.org). It was first issued in Dutch in December 2000, and in English (June 2001), Italian and German in September 2001. This book is now being updated under a new title: The Era of the tag (in collaboration with Matteo Ciastellardi and Andrea Cruciani. Two other books were published in Italy: La conquista del Tempo (Editori Riuniti, 2002) presents commissioned essays from many contributors on the management and perception of time in past and present technologies. La Carta di Zurigo discusses space transformed by networks and screens with architects Peter Eisenman and Antonino Saggio. McLuhan for Managers, written in collaboration with Mark Federman, has been published in September 2003. The latest books were both published during the fall of 2008, L'uomo letterato (translated by Antonio Caronia,, Il mulino, October 2008), and Transpolitica (with Vincenzo Susca), Milano: Apogeo, November 2008.
Derrick de Kerckhove has offered Connected Intelligence® workshops worldwide. In the same line, he has contributed to the architecture of Hypersession, a collaborative software developed by Emitting Media and used for various educational and administrative situations. This project has now evolved into Universal Margin, a new publishing concern involving the connection of books to on-line data via mobile phones for pertinent annotations, updating and multimedia referencing.
As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies, Derrick de Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming sessions for the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville, the Canada in Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast Centre for the CBC. He was involved in plans for a major exhibit on Canada and Modernism at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie in Paris for 2003-4 and is working presently on The Global Village Square, a global architecture project proposing a permanent public video-meeting point between Toronto and two Italian cities, Naples and Milan. He was a member of several government task forces on developing a telecommunications policy for Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone community in Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public Hearing Committee on the Information Highway. He also acts as a consultant for The Open University of Barcelona.
A World Economic Forum Fellow, de Kerckhove was decorated by the Government of France with the order of "Les Palmes académiques� and has been a member of the Club of Rome since 1995. In the Fall of 2003, he was appointed co-chair, as the Canadian representative, for ICT trade between Canada and Italy by the Department of External Affairs in Canada and the Ministero delle attivita produttive of the Italian government. Finally, for 2004-6, he has been awarded the Papamarkou Chair in Technology and Education at the Library of Congress in Washington where he ran a series of conferences and seminars on "Managing creativity in the digital context�. This series was covered live by C-Span. He was invited to return to the Library of Congress for a return engagement during the Spring of 2008 where he conducted a new series of lectures and seminars on "Digital Natives�.
Starting in January 2007, he returned to Italy to engage in the last of a three year national Fellowship "Rientro dei cervelli�, at the Faculty of Sociology of the University Federico II in Naples where he is presently Ordinario. He is also appointed by Open University of Barcelona to direct research on digital culture(s) in the spring of 2010.


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I attended a workshop yesterday titled "Targeting Networks" hosted by partner-in-the-making* Basim Mirza, since we had helped him secure DMZ space after his first location fell through. I knew Basim was a good speaker and that he definitely knew a thing or two.
It got me thinking as to how our working relationship came about. I met Basim originally at a Canada Pakistan Professionals Association event, and we soon became Facebook friends after I had asked him to post something on but there was no real engagement after that. A few months passed and he mentioned he had finished writing his book, and I wanted to buy a copy. When we met up so that I could buy the book, Your Naked Brand, we got talking about what we were currently up to in our work.
What is interesting to note:
a) we had not developed a working relationship right away but we had kept in touch loosely, until I had said I wanted to buy his book because...
b) at this point in time then, we both had something to offer each other: I was able to offer SoJo to him as a platform to share his voice while he was able to provide me with content we can use - all of which benefits you, our audience.
This is exactly the win-win-win situation or 1+1 = 3 equation Basim was talking about last night - which is one of the best opportunities one can find when networking.
In addition to hosting his content on SoJo, when Basim's space fell through for the workshop, he called us and presented this as an opportunity for us to be at an event we normally wouldn't be at - and with potential users we may have not met otherwise (especially after that kind introduction!). This additionally has ensured that the efforts are reciprocal in nature... all of which has further fuelled the partnership we're building together.
People now have the tools to maintain loose relationships while seizing opportunities quickly when required, like social media. Often times though, people assume that networking involves meeting new people and continuously adding them to a rolodex or social media accounts - the more, the merrier. But great networking is also about using the networks you already have and building relationships from there, and we did just that.
So tell us in the comments below: what are your top two burning questions for social networking? Tell us and Basim will tailor content specifically to you.
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Updated Spotify Playlist: Southern Hospitality!
This week we present Southern Hospitality… tunes that we encountered in the good ole South. Be it overheard at karaoke in a seedy bar or songs by bands we played with while venturing through the marshes and swamps. We may not have had any gator run ins, but we truly felt the love in the South, and these songs embody that experience.
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// 35 Magnum Photographers Give Their Advice to Aspiring Photographers//
35 Magnum Photographers Give Their Advice to Aspiring Photographersby ERIC KIM on SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
(Above image copyrighted by Alex Majoli) Bill Reeves, a passionate photographer who is fortunate enough to have Magnum photographers Eli Reed and Paolo Pellegrin as his mentors, told me about a blog post that Magnum had a while back regarding advice to young photographers. It was put together by Alec Soth, who has done a series of fascinating projects such as his most popular, "Sleeping by the Missisippi" which was done on a 8×10 view camera. An interesting excerpt that Bill put together about Alec is below:
Alec writes up lists of things to shoot. Some normal objects, like suitcases, and others more weird, like unusually tall people. He would tape this list to his steering wheel, and be reminded to shoot those things when he saw them. When he found someone to shoot, he would talk to them, and from that conversation find the next thing to go looking for. An example is he did a portrait of a guy who built model airplanes, and then a portrait of a hooker. The link? She had airplanes painted on her nails. He then went to photograph Charles Lindberg's childhood home, which led him to photograph Johnny Cash's boyhood home and so on and so forth.I found the advice that these Magnum photographers is golden–and have shared it here to spread the love and knowledge. Keep reading to see their inspirational images and advice. You can alsodownload the free PDF here.
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Copyright: Alex MajoliWhat advice would you give young photographers? I would advise to read a lot of literature and look as little as possible other photographers. Work everyday even without assignments or money, work, work, work with discipline for yourself and not for editors or awards. And also collaborate with people not necessary photographers but people you admire. The key word to learn is participation! » Alex Majoli's Magnum Portfolio


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The first time I prepared this was for a dinner party on a hot summer evening. It was extremely easy to prepare. Our guests LOVED IT. They all wanted the recipe! Since then, I have also experimented with the "bold" and "spicy" versions of different Bloody Mary mixes with good results. I have also tripled the recipe, added some cooked cocktail shrimp and served it for a Sunday brunch. Outstanding!
Gazpacho Shooters
Photo: Beth Dreiling; Styling: Cari South
Serve this easy, 3-ingredient gazpacho in tall shot glasses garnished with cucumber sticks for an eye-catching appetizer.
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
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- Stir together 1 (16-oz.) container refrigerated mild salsa, 1 cup Bloody Mary mix, 3/4 cup finely chopped seedless cucumber, and 1/2 cup water. Cover and chill until ready to serve. Serve gazpacho in 2- to 4-oz. shot glasses. Garnish with cucumber sticks, if desired.
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- COURSE: Appetizers
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- PUBLICATION: Southern Living
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Because one evening, my parents decided to do a bit of… "procreation" on their own. …You do know what sexual intercourse is, don't you?
But on that previous note, try to understand the position we're in before on a tangent.
Yes, there's a war. Yes, there are casualties. However, you can't stay on the sidelines forever—you have to do what you can, and that's something my parents and I are aware of.
I have comrades out there on the front lines. If joining in means I can protect and do something for those I hold dear, then I need to try for their sakes. That's all there is to it.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11)—LMPD arrested a man for assault after police say he attacked a woman with a hammer.
Police said the victim went to Duwayne Gaither's home to clean it. They said when she attempted to leave, Gaither punched her in the face knocking her unconscious and she fell to the floor.
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Mediterranean Tuna Salad
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- 1 (12-oz.) aluminum foil pouch light tuna chunks in water
- 1 (15-oz.) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1/3 cup chopped pitted kalamata olives
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon drained capers, chopped
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
- 1 to 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Assorted flatbread or pita wedges
- Arugula
- Feta cheese
- 1. Stir together first 12 ingredients in a large bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve. Serve with flatbread, arugula, and feta.
- Note: For testing purposes only, we used StarKist Flavor Fresh Pouch Chunk Light Tuna In Water.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fish
- OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter
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Matt Gubser walks us through the basics of his Circle Boxed set conversions. Having taken a couple of sculpting classes from Matt at KublaCon, we can say, without a doubt, that he's someone you should be paying attention to in this area. ~The BrushThralls
Unlike the occasional 'jackless' army you'll come across, warbeasts are absolutely essential for Hordes and will make up the bulk of most armies. With that in mind, there's a good chance that you will end up with duplicate models on the table. Fortunately the beasts by their nature are full of character and lend themselves to customization and individuality. Unfortunately, you won't be able to get away with rods, tubes, and plasticard when it comes to your beasts.
Whenever converting figures, it's generally best to camouflage the joints between parts by using natural breaks in the details of the figure whenever possible. Natural breaks are any change in the surface details. The end of a sleeve is a natural break. The edges of armor plates are natural breaks. A collar is a natural break. Natural breaks are ideal places to add new parts because the surfaces don't necessarily have to be lined up perfectly.
Making things a little more difficult with the Orboros range are models like the Warpwolf, with large unbroken areas and few breaks where joins can be hidden. But there is hope. Seams between pieces can be covered with added straps, fur, or armor plates for instance.
Cloaks and Straps
Take a firm, flexible plastic sheet, like a card protector, and rub a small amount of Vaseline onto the surface. Wash the excess Vaseline off of your fingers. It's important that the Vaseline doesn't get on anything else, otherwise the strap may not stick to your figure, which pretty much defeats the purpose. Flatten a piece of putty down onto the now lubricated plastic and set it aside for about 40-60 minutes. It's important that the thickness of the putty is relatively uniform. The exact time you'll need to wait will vary depending upon the freshness of your putty, the yellow/blue ratio used, and the temperature and humidity of your working area. The object here is to allow the putty to set up long enough so that it stiffens up enough to retain the shape we're going to cut it into, but not to wait so long that the putty loses its stickiness.
If you have some Brown Stuff sitting around, I recommend adding some in. The reason for the mix is to combine the properties of the two putties. Green stuff always stays a little rubbery, and since you may be putting more layers on top of this one, you'll need a stable platform to work on, hence the addition of the brown. The brown putty is going to add hardness and stiffness once the mix is cured. Straight brown isn't as sticky as green though. The use of green in the mix is to keep the stickiness and also to retain just the smallest amount of give. If you are going to be doing any cutting and scraping on the area once it's cured, the added green will make it a little less brittle.
Once the putty has had time to set, cut it into the desired shape with a lubricated hobby knife. Don't press down too hard or you may slice through the plastic as well. For larger pieces like capes, I recommend leaving a little extra on one end to serve as a handle. The extra material can easily be removed later with a pair of wet clippers when the piece is secure. Gently pry the piece up, starting at the 'handle' and lift the putty off of the plastic. If the plastic has been lubricated properly, it should come up easily. If the putty stretches and does not retain its shape, it's still too fresh. Once it has been removed, the goal is to attach the piece to the figure without putting fingerprints into it or otherwise marring those nice sharp edges.
Place the piece onto the figure. The side that was pressed down against the plastic will be the side that is facing up on the figure. The unlubricated side, which was facing up on the plastic sheet, will be the side adhering to the figure. Once the strip has been placed on the figure, use a sculpting tool to secure it to the figure by gently pressing it in. A Colour or Clay Shaper is invaluable at this point as these tools will leave very minimal impressions compared to steel tools. In this case, I was able to use a hobby knife to pinch off extra material against Kaya's hood.
After the piece is secure, you'll need to gently manipulate it into the desired shape. Wire loops, Colour Shapers, and tweezers are the best tools for this. Be gentle and keep your tools lubricated to minimize tool marks.
When using this technique to sculpt big flowy capes, there can be a problem with support. Any putty will droop if unsupported, especially at the required thinness for a cape. The way around this is to either use a support wire pinned into the main body or arrange the figure in a position where gravity and any hanging cloth are going to be working in the same direction, as the bottom image demonstrates. This wouldn't be something you'd cook though, because the putty softens under heat, making it more likely to lose its shape.
This same technique can be used to create different sized pieces of putty for use as straps, capes, loincloths, or even armor plates.
Short Fur
Fur is a fairly simple process. As with sculpting anything, make sure the area of putty that you're working on is smooth and free of blemishes and seams before you begin to put in details or texture. If you're having trouble with smoothness, a touch of Vaseline makes life with Green Stuff a little easier. I apply the putty to the figure to form the basic shape immediately after mixing. This is when the putty is at its softest, stickiest, and most malleable. Once the shape has been refined, let it firm up for about 20-30 minutes before returning to it to apply the texture. The added stiffness from the additional set-up time will minimize some of the smaller imperfections and generally make the sculpting process a little less painful.
Starting near the bottom, take a needle or thin bladed tool and drag it down towards the bottom. Pull down from what would be the root of the hair out towards the tips. Just next to it, do the same thing. Repeat all the way across. Try not to make the lines or rows too uniform unless you're sculpting show dogs. When one row is finished, move up slightly and repeat the process. The ends of the second row of fur should cover up the 'roots' of the first row. Repeat until the entire area is finished.
Longer Fur
Longer fur isn't too different from short fur. The primary difference though is that the area can be broken up into smaller, triangular pieces that will represent tufts of hair. Those tufts can be quickly blocked out with a hobby knife and pushed around to appear less uniform and more natural. Once those tufts are defined, drag a needle from the roots towards the end, just like with the short fur, texturing the entire surface.
Spikes are even easier. With a pin-vise, drill into the area of the miniature that you'd like to put a spike and glue a wire in there of the desired length. Green stuff really isn't the best option for sculpting spikes, because it doesn't take too kindly to filing. If you have some miliput, Apoxie sculpt, magicsulp, brown stuff, or Tamiya epoxy, you'd be better off with one of those. Green stuff will do in a pinch though. With your fingers, take a small piece of putty and press it onto the wire and the figure. Lubricate your fingers with a small amount of Vaseline or oil and smooth the putty out, gently pulling the putty out into a taper on the ends. If you have too much material, dip your clippers in water and clip off the excess. Get the spike as perfect as you can initially. Here's another spot where the Colour Shapers come in handy. Once it's dry, hit the spike with a file and/or hobby knife if necessary to refine the shape.


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In case you were wondering, National Fried Chicken Day was Friday. I celebrated with some spicy chicken bites from a fast food chain like the goddamn great American citizen that I am. And you? If you missed your chance to publicly gorge yourself with deep fried poultry in the name of patriotic celebration on Friday, don't worry. If you ask me, every day is National Fried Chicken Day. With that in mind, here are three phenomenal fried chicken recipes and three amazing potato salad recipes that will blow your mustard and mayonnaise loving mind.
What are you waiting for? Get out the frying pan and the potato peeler stat.
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Back To The Drawing Board
By James J. Parziale
Jets Insider.com Staff Writer
August 28th, 2005
Obviously, Pennington is his own man. His own quarterback. Hes successfully taken this team to the playoffs twice and shoulders the expectation of being the best signal-caller in Jets history. But Fridays game gave off indications that his right shoulder is rusty after not having thrown for five months.
He has not played a lot of football since [last] season was over with, head coach Herman Edwards said, and it's a little bit of a new offense [that is] asking to do some things a little different.
Pennington, who had shoulder surgery in February and did not throw a pass until July 29, was atrocious during Fridays 15-14 loss to the Giants. He threw two red zone interceptions and his stat line was shoddier than Giants counterpart Tim Hasselbeck (9 of 17 for 85 yards and a touchdown), a journeyman starting in place of Eli Manning. Pennington was just 5-for-11 and managed just 36 yards through the air.
He threw some bad balls he generally wouldn't throw, Edwards said. I've never seen him throw two interceptions in the red zone. He generally doesn't do that. He's a smart enough guy to throw it away. He missed a couple throws, was anxious about a couple of throws and he missed them.
The Jets' fanbase breathed a collective sigh of relief after Penningtons stellar 9 of 10 performance against the Vikings. After Friday, the red flags are up.
But Pennington, ever the perfectionist, has watched the game film twice and said he needs to work on his footwork. He likened his adjustment to a new offense to correcting a golf swing: each time you go out there its not going to be the same, but you have to try.
The transition from being in a conservative Paul Hackett offense to a more run-and-gun system under Mike Heimerdinger has been the biggest mental factor. On the field Pennington has had to adapt to what Edwards called a three-prong offense based on check-downs to a style that favors reads and man-to-man match-ups.
If a turnover does happen I want it to be because of an errant throw, Pennington said, not because of a bad decision. Theres a difference.
Edwards, known for his motivational tactics, simply tells Pennington to throw the ball and not micromanage.
Hes so hard on himself, Edwards said. Thats whats so great about him. You wish all your guys were like that.
So when can we expect to see Penningtons full potential?
Hell be better in the eight game of the season than Opening Day, Edwards said.
As long as hes not as bad as he was Friday, the Jets should be alright.
GDay Mate: Rookie 31-year-old punter Ben Graham won the starting job after the Jets released Micah Knorr yesterday. Maybe Graham is feeling the heat now because he looked shaky today, capping off a blasé performance with a punt that barely got back to the line of scrimmage. Nevertheless, Edwards feels good about Grahams consistency and the distinct advantage in the way he kicks the ball.
For some reason every time he kicks [opponents] have trouble handling the ball, Edwards said.
-The Jets today released LB Eric Mahl and WR Ralph Brock but added DB Aaron Francisco, who was released Monday by the Arizona Cardinals. As reported yesterday, the team waived RB/KR DeCori Birmingham, Ts Ethan Brooks Henry Tellis, WRs Eddie Jackson and Carl Kearney, P Micah Knorr, and CB Art Thomas were released. The team must release one more player by Tuesday to get to the mandatory roster number of 65 players.
-Edwards was pleased with the way T Adrian Jones handled All-pro DE Michael Strahan of the Giants. I thought he held his own, Edwards said.
S Andre Maddox the 161st selection in Aprils Draft was placed on injured reserve today. WR Harry Williams Jr. practiced today at Hofstra for the first time since injuring his knee on August 15. Williams, was expected to miss two-to-five weeks with a sprained ligament in his right knee, stretched for a pass and landed between two defenders. Today he wore a bandage on his right knee. He is expected to be the No. 5 receiver after the release of Jonathan Carter. QB Jay Fiedler, whose hand was wrapped after the loss to the Giants Friday, looked ok. DT Dewayne Robertson had a cast around his broken right hand and a bandage around his left knee. He left the field early but it is unclear whether he returned to practice; the media is allotted just 30 minutes of viewing.
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Bears softball makes history on first day of DI Independent Tournament
BOX SCORE: vs. Cal State
BOX SCORE: vs. Houston Baptist
GREELEY, Colo. -- Northern Colorado scored three runs in the eighth inning against Houston Baptist on Friday night at Butler-Hancock Softbal Field and held on for a 6-4 victory and a day-one split at this year's NCAA Division I Independent Tournament.
And just like that, the Bears finally ended a six-game losing streak -- extended earlier in the day with a tough-to-swallow 7-6 eight-inning loss to Cal State Bakersifield -- and improved to 17-28 and into the Northern Colorado history books as the winningest Division I team in school history.
The 17 wins of this year's squad eclipses the school record set just one year ago when Jen Schunke's program won 16 games.
The Bears' split Friday, paired with Houston Baptist's 8-3 victory against Cal State Bakersfield in the late game, earned Northern Colorado a second-place Pool B finish and a spot in the first bracket game at noon Saturday against either North Dakota or Seattle, who will start things off Saturday with the final pool-play contest at 9:30 a.m.
"I'm really proud of these girls," Schunke said. "We've been making strides almost every game for the last three years and it's nice to see so much improvement being made on a yearly basis.
"Today, we just really came up big in the second game in some type of spots where we weren't able to capitalize on in the first game. It seemed like we left a ton of people out there against (Cal State) Bakersfield, but we were able to drive some of those in against HBU."
Northern Colorado stranded 20 runners in the two games, but only eight of those came in the nightcap against the Huskies. And although two Bears were left on the bags in the final inning, Northern Colorado was able to plate three runs on two hits when it mattered the most.
Courtney Maihi, running in place of shortstop Jessica McNabb, who started the eighth inning on second base because of tournament extra-inning rules, put Northern Colorado up 4-3 after Hillarie Van Otterloo reached base on a throwing error by HBU's first baseman.
Kailee Vessey then followed with a single to second, and Katelyn Landorf broke out of a hitting slump with a perfectly placed single to right that scored Van Otterloo and moved Vessey to third.
Erin Geddis then reached on an error by the Huskies' shortstop, scoring Vessey and giving Northern Colorado all the runs it would need.
It all served as a perfect exclamation point on the comeback staged by Northern Colorado, which found itself down 3-0 in the first inning almost before it could blink after an ineffective start in the circle from Van Otterloo, who gave up four hits in her third of an inning.
But Jamie Juelfs came on to relieve Van Otterloo and pitched one of her best games of the season, holding Houston Baptist to three hits and one run (none earned) in seven and two-thirds innings.
Juelfs' work out of the pen allowed Northern Colorado to slowly chip away at the Huskies' advantage and eventually pull away in extra innings and make some program history.
"Jamie Juelfs pitched about as well tonight as I've ever seen her pitch," Schunke said. "I don't know if I've ever seen her that in the zone or that locked in as I saw her here against HBU. She was really good for us and obviously gave us a chance to get the bats working."
Game 1 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Van Otterloo's two-run home run in the top of the seventh earlier Friday put Northern Colorado up 5-3 against the Roadrunners and sent the home crowd into walk-off mode.
But a coin flip prior to the game put Cal State Bakersfield as the home team, meaning they got a chance to answer in their half of the seventh.
And answer they did.
The Roadrunners scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at five and, following a single run from the Bears in the eighth, got two more in their half of the eighth to get the win.
Kelli Henderson started in the circle for the Bears and took the loss after allowing seven runs (five earned) on 11 hits in seven and two-thirds. It was the second-longest outing of the season for Henderson, who pitched into the ninth in a nip-and-tuck affair against Colorado State a couple weeks ago.


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The Sandwich Shop Ninja: Day of the Ninja 2006 Special
It's December 5th! Happy Day of the Ninja!
The Sandwich Shop Ninja has to deal with customers on a daily basis. However, not all customers are pleasant to be around.
www. thesandwichshopninja.com
Rated 5 / 5 stars March 20, 2010
slow ehh
its to slow i will have a bam XD nice 1
Rated 5 / 5 stars July 4, 2009
Great second episode.
I'm happy to see another episode of the Sandwich Shop Ninja and it has been improved a good deal though it was much shorter than the previous episode,i'm happy to see there is voice acting and the end was very funny as well,overall i liked this episode a whole lot more than the first episode though it was very short.
Rated 5 / 5 stars May 9, 2009
screw what everyone else says!
i'm giving you a 10 it doens matter that it short it was funny it got a point across. dont be a dick to the people who make your food !
Rated 1.5 / 5 stars April 1, 2008
people can say this review is useless but... the rating i have gave is still very generous, after watching the firsy episode i expected this on to have some storyline or something... like man this was just a really cheap laugh and it could be so gd and so funny if u put a lot more effort into the length, if the length wasnt an issue this would easily be a 10/10
I completely understand. Considering that I had made this in the time-span of five days so that I could have something up for the December 5th "Day of the Ninja" thing, it really is nothing more than a cheap laugh. The next one will actually be a longer episode, around 5 minutes in length.
Rated 0 / 5 stars November 21, 2007
The first 1 was better becuse this was to short
The first 1 was better becuse this was to short


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Aziz Ansari & Donald Glover To Be Honored In Montreal
NBC comedy stars Aziz Ansari and Donald Glover are set to be honored at a comedy festival in Montreal next month.
Aziz, who stars in "Parks and Recreation," will be awarded the Breakout Comedy Star of the Year Award, while Donald, from "Community" is being given the Rising Comedy Star Award at Just For Laughs, an annual comedy festival held in Montreal.
Aziz's award is meant to honor a star who has gone from talented "to super-stardom," the festival said in a release. Donald, a writer, actor and comedian, is being given his honor for being what the festival considers his status as the next big thing.
"Glee" writers Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk collectively will receive the Comedy Write of the Year Award.
In addition to the awards, the festival will be filled with a host of discussions and seminars featuring stars like Kevin Smith and Lewis Black. The Just for Laughs Comedy Conference runs from July 14-17.
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You want a credible website. And you're a Grok reader, which puts you much closer to your goal. ; )
So you checked out Stanford University's Persuasive Technology Lab slide show, and were careful to note the beginning explanation, where credibility was broken down into two components: (1) Trustworthiness, and (2) Expertise. (And boy, did those look familiar. Sort of… )
Where had you seen them before?
Being a good student of rhetoric, it hits you: Stanford got it wrong! There's more than two components of credibility; there are three (at least according to Aristotle).
1.) Virtue
2.) Practical Wisdom
3.) Disinterested Good Will (toward the audience)
Maybe the Persuasive Technology Lab placed "virtue" and "goodwill" in the same category. At least all of their guidelines for website credibility neatly divide into the three components:
VIRTUE — Guidelines 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 each describe various ways of proving or demonstrating your organization's overall virtue. In rhetoric, virtue is relative: It generally means the audience believes you share, and live, their values. Obviously, values vary with audiences — but start with typical work ethics and you won't go wrong too often. With that in mind, is it any wonder that a Virtuous website is one that…
Heck, that's just good old fashion takin'-care-of-business. Of course, the "varies by audience" bit applies to what qualifies as "professional looking" and what types of employees qualify as "stand-up/credible." Obviously, a surf school and an accounting firm would want different looking websites, highlighting different staff credentials.
PRACTICAL WISDOM – It's not enough to be virtuous. You also need job-related skills and experience (i.e., the actual know-how required for the situation at hand). To paraphrase a modern day rhetorician: I may count my priest as a virtuous man, but that still doesn't mean I'd want him performing my heart surgery.
Guidelines 2 and 4 provide ways for your Website to demonstrate or display your organization's practical wisdom by:
DISINTERESTED GOOD WILL – Even if you're generally a virtuous person with outstanding expertise in a given area, I might not find your advice credible if you have an obvious bias or vested interest that's potentially in conflict with your audience. (I don't care how honest a man or how fabulous a lawyer your father-in-law might be; he's probably not who you want to take legal advice from when you're divorcing his daughter.)
Business executives and salespeople often have a hard time with this one because, well, they DO stand to benefit from their audience's purchasing decisions. Progressive Insurance will tell you when they're not your best deal. Why? Because that move violates their own self-interest in favor of yours — which buys them huge credibility for the times when they tell you that they are the best deal!
So, how do you translate this onto the web? Well, I've got plenty of techniques for doing this with your copy (more on this in the next post), but the Persuasive Technology Lab's Guideline 6, 7, and 9 suggest that credible websites should…
Well, that covers all ten guidelines. But now that you understand how each of them is merely a facet of Aristotle's famous triad, you're ready for more advanced credibility-building techniques. (Hint: A lot of them come from Persuasion Architecture™ methodology).
And you might be surprised to learn that a recent MacArthur Foundation "genius" has written some of the most compelling advice I've ever found on the subject. First it's Stanford, now it's a MacArthur Fellow. Holy high-brow, Batman!
(Don't worry, it leads to some incredibly doable, practical stuff. Tune in next week… )
Very cool trick Jeff. Posting a presentation and making us draw our conclusions, then putting your own thoughts online is a great way to get maximum viewership. I went back and viewed the slide show once again in the context of your commentary.
May be many readers will do that. And quite a few who did not bother or could not make time will now watch it. This is a cool marketing trick you used. May I use this technique in my marketing too?
[...] persuasive ethos and credibility? Create thumos through your web copy. (In my last article, The Aristotle Code, I warned you that I was on a high-brow kick, so bear with me. This is actionable [...]
[...] confidence. Once you've taken a look at that, I humbly suggest you look at my series on Inspiring Online [...]
The presentation was good to go through. Even though some of these everyone follows but still was great to go through them again as it is also easy to forget sometimes about very basic things.
I would be using some of above tips on my small website. I somehow stumbled across your website and I think for small business like mine there is lot of valuable information here. Even though mine is not ecommerce website still I can pick few important pointers such as "Make it easy for visitors to contact you" I was not earlier using contact info in header now I have put phone etc in header of website.
[...] more than just personal experience with a given product. It requires the listener or reader to have faith in the person's overall judgement and in their field-specific [...]


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A particulate sampling probe comprising an L-shaped protective tube of cilar cross-section, and an intermediate tube and an inner collecting tube both of circular cross-section and concentrically disposed therein. The protective tube has an opening in one end permitting the entry of particulates into the collecting tube which communicates with the opening. A suction pump pulls particulates into the collecting tube. Exhaust from the collecting tube passes through a particulate collector, the pump, and a gas meter. Cooling air is introduced into the space between the protective tube and the intermediate tube near the collector, and exits from the protective tube from orifices near the opening in the protective tube. After a test, the preweighed collecting tube is removed from the protective tube and weighed. The difference between the pretest and post-test weights of the collecting tube and collector is a measure of the amount of particulates that has been sampled.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to gas sampling devices, and more particularly to probes for use in sampling particulates in air. In sampling engine exhaust, such as aircraft turbine engine exhaust, for the purpose of determining the particulate concentration in the exhaust, exhaust samples have been drawn through a hollow probe, whose upper portion has been bent at a right angle, to a particulate collector. A flexible line connects the probe to the particulate collector. Under test, a continuous sample of the exhaust is taken for a fixed period of time, such as an hour. During this time, an unknown amount of particulate material adheres to the inner walls of the probe and the flexible line. After the test, when the engine is shut down, the probe and line are removed from the engine along with the particulate collector. The particulate material should be removed as completely as possible from the inside of the probe and line, in order to obtain uniform results in successive measurements and prevent interference by particulates left over from previous tests with intake and passage of particulates in a subsequent test. Also, particulates in the exhaust sample which are deposited in the sampling probe will not be accounted for by the particulate collector, although these particulates were in the exhaust sample taken. Removal of the particulate material residue in the sample line can be accomplished by pouring small amounts of a solvent such as chloroform into one end of the probe and line and swirling it back and forth therein. The solvent is then poured into a clean glass or plastic bottle. This procedure is repeated until the solvent appears clean after the probe and line, usually requiring several washings. In the laboratory the probe and line washings are poured into a preweighed clean glass beaker. Additional chloroform is used to wash out the inside of the sample bottle. The solvent is then allowed to evaporate, after which the beaker and residue are weighed. The difference between tare and gross weight of the beaker indicates the amount of material accumulation in the probe and sample line. This process requires that the probe and line be completely removed from the engine and taken to an area where they can be washed out. Furthermore, a quantity of chloroform or other solvent must be available at the test site to wash out the probe and line. Chloroform in particular should be used only if there is adequate ventilation to avoid prolonged inhalation of its vapor. It is also highly flammable. Also, during the probe and line washing procedure, spillage of the solvent/particulate solution is a possibility, as is the uncertainty of removing all particulate material from inside the probe and line. Either possibility could compromise the validity of the final weight of the collected particulate material. In addition, 2 to 3 days are required for the solvent to completely evaporate, after which the beaker must be weighed again. Thus, the entire procedure requires a substantial amount of time. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is a general purpose of the present invention to provide a particulate sampling probe which is capable of channeling a sample of emissions or other gas to a particulate collector for the purpose of determining the particulate concentration of the gas. Other objects of the present invention are to provide a particulate sampling probe which is simple to use, enables accurate particulate measurement, and minimizes sample handling induced measurement errors such as inaccuracies due to spillage and loss of particulates or of particulate-bearing solvent. Further objects of the present invention are to provide a particulate sampling probe whose particulate test residue can be readily, quickly and accurately measured. Still further objects of the present invention are to provide a particulate sampling probe which eliminates the need for having chloroform or other solvent at the test site, need not be completely disassembled after test so that the amount of particulate residue therein can be determined, and can be used with any emission source or particulate collector. Briefly, these and other objects of the invention are accomplished by a particulate sampling probe which can be used for sampling exhaust gas produced by engines such as aircraft turbine engines. This probe includes an L-shaped protective tube of circular cross-section having an orifice for intake of engine exhaust, and an intermediate tube and an inner collecting tube also of circular cross-section and concentrically disposed within the protective tube. Cooling air is supplied by a separate line to the space between the protective and intermediate tubing and exits from a plurality of holes in the protective tubing near the orifice thereof. In use, the collecting tube is first weighed before insertion into the probe. The collecting tube communicates with the orifice in the protective tube, and exhaust samples are drawn through the collecting tube and then through a particulate collector by a suction pump. A gas meter indicates the volume of gas passed through the probe and collector during a test. After a test has been completed, the collecting tube is removed from the probe and again weighed. Another collecting tube is then inserted in the probe. The weight change of the collecting tube following the test, together with that of the particulate collector, gives an indication of the amount of particulates present in the engine exhaust. The gas meter can be used to determine the amount of particulates per unit volume present in the exhaust. Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a side elevation of a preferred embodiment of a particulate sampling probe according to the present invention installed in a jet engine with a particulate collector and other equipment, with a portion of the jet engine being cut away to show the position of the probe within the engine; FIG. 2 is a portion of the probe of FIG. 1 shown in a quarter-sectional side view; and FIG. 3 is another portion of the probe of FIG. 1 shown in a quarter-sectional side view. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, there is shown in FIG. 1 an arrangement of a conventional jet engine 10 and the particulate sampling probe 12 of the present invention positioned behind the engine for sampling the exhaust of the engine for particulates and other substances while the engine is operating. Probe 12 is connected by bulkhead fitting 14 to a conventional particulate collector 16. Vacuum pump 18 draws an exhaust sample through probe 12 and collector 16. Gas meter 20 which is connected to vacuum pump 18 measures the volume of gas in the sample. Cooling air is supplied to probe 12 via line 22. Probe 12 includes probe tip 24 connected by compression-type tube fitting 26 to curved outer protective tubing 28. Tubing 28 is connected by compression-type tube fitting 30 to straight outer protective tubing 32 with which cooling air line 22 communicates. The base of probe 12 is connected by bulkhead fitting 14 to particulate collector 16. A portion of engine 10 has been cut away to better show the position of probe tip 24 therein for exhaust sampling.
Probe tip 24 and other portions of probe 12 adjacent thereto are shown in greater detail in FIG. 2. In fitting 26, nut 34 threadingly engages outer tubing 28 and urges back ferrule 36 and front ferrule 38 against outer tubing 28 to connect probe tip 24 to outer tubing 28. Tip screw 40 disposed within probe tip 24 is hollow, includes at one end a threaded portion 42 which threadingly engages probe tip 24, and at its opposite end engages flexible collecting tube 44. Flexible collecting tube 44 can be fluoroelastomeric tubing, or alternatively can be flexible steel tubing. Collecting tube 44 extends continuously from tip screw 40 to particulate collector 16. Flexible tubing 44 is enclosed by flexible steel intermediate tubing 46 which in turn is enclosed by flexible metal hose connector 48. Connector 48 includes a braided wire sheath 50 enclosing flexible tubing 46 and a fitting 52 connected to compression-type reducer fitting 54 which engages tip screw 40. As shown in FIG. 3, straight outer tubing 32 is connected to curved outer tubing 28 by fitting 30 wherein nut 56 threadingly engages tubing 28. Compression-type fitting 58 of connector 48 connects connecter 48 and flexible intermediate tubing 46 to rigid intermediate tubing 60. Flexible collecting tube 44 passes within flexible intermediate tubing 46 and rigid intermediate tubing 60 to particulate collector 16. Compression-type fittings 30, 52, 54, and 58 are similar in construction and operation to fitting 30. The operation of particulate sampling probe 12 is as follows. Probe 12 is used to channel a sample of exhaust gas into a particulate collector 16 or other measuring device for the purpose of determining the particulate concentration in the engine 10 exhaust. Tip screw 40 and flexible collecting tube 44 are weighed before placement in probe 12 for sampling. During tests, engine 10 is operating and producing exhaust gas. For sampling engine 10 exhaust, probe 12 is positioned in the rear of engine 10 as shown in FIG. 1 so that probe tip 24 is positioned parallel to the direction of exhaust flow and tip screw 40 opens directly into the exhaust flow. Exhaust gas from engine 10 enters probe tip 24 through tip screw 40. The exhaust gas is drawn from tip screw 40 through flexible collecting tube 44 into particulate collector 16 by vacuum pump 18. Particulates still in the gas sample which have not adhered to the inside of tip screw 40 of collecting tube 44 are removed and collected in particulate collector 16. For example, particulate collector 16 can be a filter which is weighed before and after sampling to determine the weight of particulates collected during sampling. The gas then passes from particulate collector 16 through pump 18 to gas meter 20, which measures the volume of gas in the sample. From gas meter 20, the gas is then discharged into the open air. After the sample has been taken, such as by continuous sampling over a fixed period of time such as one hour, engine 10 is shut down and nut 56 is loosened to permit the portion of probe 12 above nut 56 to swivel away from engine 10. Nut 34 is then unscrewed from tubing 28, and probe tip 24 is unscrewed from tip screw 40 and removed from probe 12. Reducer 54 and fitting 52 are then unscrewed, and tip screw 40 and collecting tube 44 are then pulled out of probe 12 and weighed again. A new clean pre-weighed collecting tube 44 and tip screw 42 are then inserted in probe 12. Fitting 52 and reducer 54 are then retightened, probe tip 24 is threaded onto tip screw 40, and nut 34 is retightened on tubing 28. Probe 12 is then properly positioned in engine 10 and nut 56 is tightened, after which probe 12 is again ready for use. The difference between gross weight and tare weight of the tip screw 40 and collecting tube 44 indicates the amount of material accumulation in the tip screw 40 and in the collecting tube 44, and together with the amount of particulates collected by particulate collector 16 during sampling gives the total amount of particulates in the sample of exhaust gas taken. To prevent overheating of and damage to collecting tube 44 by engine 10 and its exhaust, cooling air is supplied to probe 12 by line 22. Cooling air from line 22 enters straight outer protective tubing 32, but not rigid intermediate tubing 60 which line 22 does not penetrate. The cooling air travels in the space between outer tubing 32 and intermediate tubing 60 upwards into the space between outer tubing 28 and intermediate tubing 46 and therethrough to the space between probe tip 24 and tip screw 40. Cooling air exits probe 12 from a plurality of orifices 62 in probe tip 24. Pressurized air can be used as cooling air for probe 12. However, to keep the pre-weighed collecting tube 44 and tip screw 40 clean and free from contamination that may be carried by the cooling air, it is necessary to keep cooling air away from them. Intermediate tubing 46 and 60 are used for this purpose. Tip screw 40, probe tip 24, fittings 14, 26, 30, 52, 54 and 58, and tubing 28, 32 and 60 can be constructed from high-temperature material such as stainless steel. Tip screw 40 is a hollow rigid tube having threads 42 at one end for engaging probe tip 24 collecting tube 44 can be linked with particulate collector 16 for the introduction of particulate-bearing gas from tube to collector, by an adapter or any other conventional means. It should be understood that, if high-grade nitrogen or bottled air were used for cooling, the intermediate tubing would not be needed to protect the collecting tube. Also, the size of the orifice or opening in the probe tip and tip screw through which the sample of exhaust gas must first enter the particulate sampling probe can be selected as desired or as required by various standards or governmental laws or regulations. In addition, the particulate sampling probe can be utilized to sample exhaust from any engine, to sample other emissions, and to sample ambient air. Furthermore, the particulate sampling probe can be used with any particulate collectors or other measuring device. Also, any type of airtight tube fitting can be used in the particulate sampling probe. For example, any compression-type or flare-end fittings could be used. In addition, the need for cooling air can be eliminated by using flexible steel tubing instead of fluoroelastomeric tubing for the collecting tube, provided that the other parts of the particulate sampling probe are made from high-temperature steel. Furthermore, any flexible tubing material which can withstand high temperatures and which will not be degraded by jet engine exhaust can be used instead of fluoroelastomeric tubing for the collecting tube. Thus there has been provided a novel particulate sampling probe which is capable of channeling a sample of emissions or other gas into a particulate collector for the purpose of determining the particulate concentration of the gas. This particulate sampling probe can be used for sampling emissions or other gas for purposes other than measurement of particulate content, such as measurement of hydrocarbon content. The particulate test residue in the particulate sampling probe can be readily, quickly and accurately measured, without requiring a substantial amount of time for such measurement. Also, the particulate sampling probe is simple to use, enables accurate measurement of particulates in a gas sample, and minimizes sample handling induced measurement errors such as inaccuracies due to spillage and loss of particulates or of particulate-bearing solvent. In addition, the particulate sampling probe eliminates the need for having chloroform or other solvent at the test site, and need not be completely disassembled after test so that the amount of particulate residue therein can be determined. Obviously, many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.


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Speed is a populated place located in Roane County at latitude 38.734 and longitude -81.378.
The elevation is 807 feet. Speed appears on the Walton U.S. Geological Survey Map. Roane County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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Teach Your Kids to Hunt ... for Healthy Foods!
You can make grocery shopping easier, more fun -- and teach your kids about nutrition while you're at it!
Haylie Pomroy: I don't have many friends that like to grocery shop -- though I do have one that makes her lists and delegates each kid to find or hunt down items to return to the cart. When I heard about this idea, I decided to take it and turn our grocery adventures into a hunt for healthy foods.
On the drive to the store, I will ask my kids questions like: Did you know the higher up the ingredient list an item is, the more of it there is in a product? So for example, if you are comparing two loaves of bread and both contain the word "sugar" in the ingredient list, the one that has "sugar" lower down the list would be the better choice.
Or I will do things like ask: Who wants to pick what veggie we are having for dinner or what fruit we are having for dessert?
Now my oldest is 11, and I actually give him a mini grocery list and have him venture out into the store to find items to return to our basket. My little one stays in the same aisle for her safety and the sanity of others. Both, however, since a very young age have been on the "hunt" for very healthy foods.
Four healthy things to have an older child hunt for:
1) Ask them to find a loaf of bread that does NOT have the word "enriched flour" in the ingredient list.
2) Ask them to get 1 dozen eggs that are not cracked and are grade A, large brown, and organic.
3) Ask them to find an apple sauce that does NOT have the word "sugar" in the ingredient list.
4) Ask them to find a peanut butter that only has peanuts, oil, and salt in the ingredient list.
Five healthy things to have a younger child hunt for:
1) Ask them to find their most favorite fruit in the whole world.
2) Ask them to now find that favorite fruit that is ripe and ready to eat today.
3) Ask them to now find that favorite fruit that is not quite ripe so they can eat it in a few days.
4) Ask them to find their most favorite vegetable in the whole world.
5) Ask them to find a vegetable that their most favorite animal in the whole world might like to eat. Ask them if they might like to pretend to be that animal and eat it too.
I know that grocery shopping can be a chore, and with kids in tow, it can even be very stressful. Getting kids fired up about eating healthy foods and making good food choices is a gift that you can give them that will carry through their whole lives. In my family, we don't shop, we "hunt" down healthy food!
|Haylie Pomroy provides nutritional counseling and wellness consulting for clients who wish to actively enhance their health. She is an accomplished practitioner, speaker, writer, consultant, product developer, and researcher who has been featured several times on national television. Haylie practices in CA and CO and resides in Los Angeles with her two beautiful children. Haylie proudly works with the East West Essentials line of doctor's wellness products. For additional nutrition tips and recipes, become a fan of Haylie on Facebook. HayliePomroy.com
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Uly September 16, 2009, 11:05 PM
"3) Ask them to find an apple sauce that does NOT have the word "sugar" in the ingredient list." Sugar doesn't bother me. Corn syrup does.
Debi Miller September 19, 2009, 10:02 AM
I loved the idea of getting the kids involved with learning the labeled ingredients! Good job Haylie!


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10 HOURS REMAIN Can't wait to see everyone at Ida tonight. It's going to be PACKED!
Here's just a taste of what last year was like for all you first-year Scavvies.
Meet the MacPierce Judges: ADAM C
Adam "Adam B" Coleman will be welcoming you to Scav Hunt 2012 tomorrow evening. Get excited everyone! Here's a bit about him —
What's your first Scav-related memory?
My AP Chem teacher junior year in high school telling us about the breeder reactor they built. Also UC sending out postcards with items from previous lists to try and get me to come here. They included a quiet riot, deaf leopard, and slithy toves.
Favorite item from last year?
I really liked the time-lapse video of your HQ item. From the ones I worked on though the machine that drops quarters from 3+ft heads up every time. Just about everyone on the team seemed to have an idea about how to make the thing, so Brian R. and I screwed together some wood just to make a stand to run trials off of at 3am Saturday night and magically (accidentally) discovered that the contraption actually dropped quarters heads every time. It would fall off and then roll dramatically for about 20-30 feet before falling heads up every time. The judge was about as completely baffled as we were and even called other judges over to watch. Full points!
I also should give a shout out to the display your team's logo at the highest possible altitude next to an altimeter for proof. My dad who is a commercial airline pilot happily helped us out on this one and even took his (fully loaded with people) plane an additional couple thousand feet up to ~42,000ft. Then, before his next flight someone from Max P. came up to him and asked for the same item, only he took the picture at ~20,000ft instead! It also turns out that you can just type in whatever altitude you want on an altimeter, so we could have put in 100,000ft while simply sitting on the tarmac. Who knew.
What's your favorite classic arcade game?
Pong. Brilliantly simple. Also a great way to get through agonizing math/physics classes when you have it programmed into your calculator.
Inky, Blinky, Pinky or Clyde?
I'm pretty indifferent on this one. In fact, I did not even know those guys had names. I have always been partially to blue one though, so I guess I have to go with Inky.
Scav is this week! Here are the currently registered teams, for your amusement.
Can't wait to get this party started — see you all on Wednesday NIGHT.
COUNTDOWN: MacPierce Scav 2009
So many BOWIES.
COUNTDOWN: MacPierce Scav 2009
Personally, one of my favorite years. Bowies, bowies, and more bowies!
Excellent roadtrip outfitting, including a gigantic pegasus head for one of our roadtrip crew made out of chicken wire, duct tape and squishy eyeballs (we got a box of these from one of our sponsors — and we use every part of the sponsor).
Captains had to dress like David Bowie, and at least once during the hunt transform into another incarnation of David Bowie — so Ziggy Stardust to Labyrinth Bowie. Or, the best thing ever!
Earlier in the FOURDAYS an item called for Moai statues to rise from the dew on the quads, our Moai statue — affectionately called David Mowai rose to the challenge. And then, when we realized we still needed to make a functioning vending machine for Showcase, we put it INSIDE the Moai statue. And it worked.
Robert Pape the friendly Muppet. A classroom-interruption item (the best!) called for a muppet to replace one of your professors before class. Needless to say, Muppet Pape got a fantastic response from the class, his doppleganger, and remained a beloved mascot for the remained of Scav.
Camp Scavvahunta: skits, ghost stories and camping on the quads Friday night.
Scavagon trail. Ford the MIDWAY! And make sure your 8-bit oregon trail theme plays all the way back to Headquarters. Dun doot doot doot.
Have your own Scav stories to add? Submit them here.
COUNTDOWN: MacPierce Scav 2008
The year the tartan came out.
Strong start with a roadtrip out to OZ. To prep our roadtrip car, we figured we ought not only have Dorothy's house land on top of the vehicle — but that house's cardboard chimney should also have smoke coming out of it. A small fire emergency really makes a morning lively.
An incredible year for Scav Olympics. ORCSA somehow approved students swinging raw poultry with knives tied to it at other students ("Two chickens enter, one chicken leaves!") AND we got to experience Battleship in person by lobbing waterballons over a low wall at students strategically placed on the other side — the best.
A pie fight. A glorious pie fight.
The last year of the Friday night Scav party. Nautical theme edition. Hard tack, fake harpoons, a whale tail, and some casual rickrolling are what a night in the late aughts should be all about.
Have your own Scav stories to add? Submit them here.
COUNTDOWN: MacPierce Scav 2007
An exciting year for MacPierce, the team on the verge of making it big!
The theme song 'Heck no! (I'll never listen to techno)' coursed through our brains, and birthed a dancing robot.
Great successes at Scav Olympics, where our favorite mustachioed plumber won a skateboard & plunger based race to the finish line. And who could forget the RPS-15 tournament? DRAGON beats GUN!
The strandbeest, an elegant machine built out of PVC pipe, marched triumphantly down Woodlawn to Judgement where it dwarfed the competition. After all was said and done, confused Hyde Park residents could still find it parallel parked on 55th street.
Stand-outs at Judement: our trampoline version of Simon and all of the TERRIFYING clown beds ("Can't sleep clowns will eat me") which some sleepy Scavvies definitely took advantage of.
Have your own Scav stories to add? Submit them here.
To get everyone excited for SCAV 2012 we'll be going through and posting some of our very favorite memories of Scavenger Hunts past on the MacPierce Tumblr — starting way back in the year 2007, running through four years of glorious fourth place, and celebrating last year — when we finally reached the promised-land of THIRD PLACE.
Have some photos to add? Submit them here.
The Scav Hunt is a brilliant example of the entrepreneurial and improvisational spirit typical of our students—a spirit that they take from the University as a whole and, even more important, a spirit that their Scav Hunt—their irony, wit, playfulness, curiosity, risk-taking, self-reliance, and open-mindedness—sustains for the whole community.
John W. Boyer, Dean of the College of the University of Chicago
MacPierce will always be John Boyer's Science Warriors
Scav Hunt starts this week. The madness starts Wednesday night and runs through Sunday. How are you getting ready?


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Wagons have a bad stigma that they don't deserve. They are a symbol of giving up in life. Our parents never fondly looked back on the wagons that our siblings and we forced them to drive. The vehicles our parents loved were the cool little cars they had in their pre-wagon days. This has scarred our image of wagons to the point we will only drive SUVs or crossovers. So, when Toyota wanted to add more utility to the Corolla, they didn't call it the Corolla Wagon, they called it the Matrix.
The Corolla feeling is not an accident and is not a problem. The 2009 Corolla we had in our test fleet was frugal friend, and our Matrix XRS has a larger engine and a sport-tuned suspension. So, it was no surprise that the Matrix won over some staff members as a desirable everyday car.
The Matrix shares a strong resemblance with its Corolla sibling. Many bits are instantly recognizable as Corolla: the front doors and door handles; the slope of the hood line; and the bug-eye headlights that stick out from the bodywork. But it is the sum of all the parts make a distinct car.
This is more that just a Corolla with a body kit and a hunchback. Toyota took the Corolla's lines and made them more aggressive. The car has a smooth and stretched look that shows Toyota is going after a younger market. The doorline rises as it moves down the car while the roofline slopes downward. The overall effect is a performance look that Toyota hopes will bring in younger customers.
The interior is what truly sets the Matrix apart from the Corolla. It is still made up of instantly recognizable Corolla bits, but they are arranged in a different places. The neat and clean center stack of the Corolla is replaced by a sensible, but stereo oriented set-up in the Matrix. A convenient and youth oriented touch is the standard 12-volt power outlet that can power anything from an iPod to a guitar amp.
The ergonomics is a great improvement over the already competent Corolla. The same three-spoke sport steering wheel from the Corolla feels much more at home in the sport-minded Matrix. Even more surprising is that the gearshift leaver looks like it is in an odd place sticking out far from a panel in dashboard. But when you sit down, your hand rests very comfortably on the leaver (elbow is on the center armrest.) Because of this placement, The Matrix really encourages the use of the sport shift mode of our automatic transmission.
The best part of the interior is also what makes the fundamental difference between Corolla and Matrix: the wagon back end. The flat-folding back seats and front passenger front seat, plus the extra clearance of the hatchback, provides real utility. This is the Corolla that can hold your skis or surfboard, which makes it very youth friendly.
Test Drive
The Matrix drives like a more aggressive Corolla. We were not disappointed with the performance of our test Corolla, but we also had no plans to take it rallying. The Matrix helps to rectify that.
Our Matrix's stiffer ride was not jarring, but it did offer an extra feeling of the road — that's something we really like. It probably didn't hurt that we have the XRS model, which comes with a Corolla XRS-sourced 2.4-liter engine that makes 152 horses (a 26 hp gain over the 1.8-liter standard engine.) Another necessary part of the XRS package was an upgrade to disk brakes on all four wheels.
The Matrix is quick and sure-footed. It can't the quickest or nimblest machine in its segment, but it does everything well. The Matrix gives a feeling of value/security by driving like solid car. There are no squeaks, rattles or plastic flexing sounds when the Matrix goes over the bumps.
The driving impression gives the Matrix the feeling of a weekend warrior car. It is nimble, small and quick for the weekday use in an urban setting, and it is also as feels as reliable as washing machine. But when the weekend comes, the Matrix is quick, nimble and large enough to hold whatever are the weekend's activities. Not bad from a car that starts at under $21,000.
The Matrix is not a sports car, but it is a car for sports. This car offers the everyday reliability of the Corolla, but it can now fit a lot more.
It's lively; it's fun; and it can hold plenty of sports equipment. That's exactly how Toyota wants people to see the car. But a little secret for the older Toyota fans, the Matrix is as reliable as the Corolla, and it will also fit a lot more treasures found antiquing.


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The Informal Economy, Insecurity and Social Cohesion in Latin America
Tokman, Víctor E., International Labour Review
Most Latin American countries adopted the welfare state as a model, though developing it in very different ways and, often, imperfectly because of structural differences between them and the industrialized countries. Social protection coverage is still patchy, with many informal-sector workers not covered and widespread public feelings of insecurity. The author examines the complicated structural and labour situation and the latest ideas in Latin America and the European Union to strengthen social cohesion. He analyses approaches to incorporating the informal sector into the modern sector, addressing social exclusion, combining flexibility for employers with security for workers, and achieving near-universal social protection.
Social cohesion is an attribute of countries which have successfully achieved economic progress and redistributed the fruits of that growth to the whole of society. Thus, social cohesion helps ensure fairer development and involve all the population in efforts to achieve that growth, each according to his/her skills. The welfare state laid down the bases of post-war economic expansion in a social system that included all social classes and provided levels of security and stability enabling a systemic approach to the problems of vulnerable groups. Integration and security were achieved through full employment, the protection of the labour force and solidarity throughout the whole social system.
The welfare state model served as a guide for the policies adopted by most countries in Latin America, though it was implemented to varying degrees, and often imperfectly, given the structural differences distinguishing these countries from developed countries. Social protection is still limited and the needs of nonwage earning groups are inadequately provided for (Tokman, 2006, pp. 10-17).
A recent study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) defined social cohesion as the dialectical relationship between mechanisms of social inclusion/exclusion and people's reactions, perceptions and attitudes to the ways in which these mechanisms operate in producing a sense of belonging to society (ECLAC, 2007a). Social cohesion provides the causal link between mechanisms of integration and well-being and individuals' feeling of belonging to society. With this approach as its starting point, this article will focus on the analysis of labour market participation, social protection and public perceptions of the effectiveness of existing instruments. In developing countries, notably those of Latin America, the degree of labour market integration varies very considerably, and is linked to marked disparities in productivity and the presence of a large informal economy, where the majority of the active labour force works.
The first part of this article briefly considers the main consequences of economic liberalization for labour. Then, the problems presented by the informal economy and by precarious employment generally are examined. The third part focuses on social cohesion strategies to address precarious forms of labour market participation. The last part deals with the "flexicurity" approach, that is, attempts to combine enterprise flexibility and worker security.
Open markets and their impact on labour
Changes in the macroeconomic regime within which countries operate as a result of the opening-up of markets and the liberalization of trade have meant that employment is more closely linked to external demand and that the scope for expanding internal demand or increasing wages above productivity levels is limited. The international economy is more integrated, the financial aspects have become more important, and information technologies are changing fast. As a result, the benefits of these developments have an immediate effect - but so do their disadvantages.
Long-term instability in Latin America, expressed in terms of the volatility of gross domestic product, is twice that of an industrialized country and higher than that of the countries of South-East Asia. …


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More than 2,500 men, women and children have died from Ebola and the World Health Organisation has said that the outbreak is "unparalleled in modern times." Families travel for miles and end up sitting outside overwhelmed clinics, waiting to die, because there is no room inside. Nothing could be more wrong.
This disease can be stopped. We know what to do. We've just got to step up, act faster, and do more. Personnel, materials and international coordination are urgently needed for all countries affected by the outbreak.
The UN estimates that current efforts also need donors to step up with $1 billion, and that could rise.
World leaders are gathering NEXT WEEK for emergency Ebola meetings at the United Nations. But we need them to do more than just talk at these meetings. We need them to take action.
Urge UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - who is hosting these meetings - to push these leaders to step up and act on Ebola now.
We need an urgent action plan with detailed and firm commitments made by everyone. By stepping up and taking action, countless lives will be changed for the better.
We're counting on you to pressure world leaders to quickly make bold commitments and help end the Ebola epidemic now.