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Intel ISEF finalist Evie Sobczak creates viable algae biofuel without using chemicals in processing.
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Wait a minute! She springs from Anglo-Saxon stock (i.e. she's a WASP.)
According to the science fair stereotype, she should have submitted an ant farm while the Japanese American student designed and built a particle accelerator and the European worked on recombinant DNA.
I kid, of course. Seriously, it's a great project and I hope Evie goes on to pursue this kind of thing professionally.
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Fire and animal control officials responded to help a lethargic, dehydrated and probably injured red-tailed hawk on Thursday morning after the bird was spotted on the roof of the Pfizer building on Giralda Farms.
The Madison Fire Department responded with its ladder truck, and an animal control officer from Millburn, which provides animal control services for Madison, climbed the ladder up to the bird.
As the animal control officer got near, the hawk, apparently unable to fly, glided to the ground. Firefighters and the animal control officer put a blanket over the hawk, placed it in a box and the animal control officer took the bird to the Raptor Trust in the Millington section of Long Hill, Fire Chief Lou DeRosa said.
Cathy Malok, senior rehabilitator with the trust, said the hawk was a juvenile and was dehydrated, lethargic and probably has a wing injury. She said the trust will give the bird X-rays after it stabilizes to determine the extent of any injuries. Such problems could develop from an accident, being clipped by a car, or not hunting well enough, she said.
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Fort George G. Meade, Maryland is a high-tech media-savvy military base. It's home to NSA, the new United States Cyber Command, and the largest joint Public Affairs training academy - Defense Information School (DINFOS).Fort Meade is a little brainier than most bases... So, how the hell did this happen?*If you want to see the original advertisement, click here before the Fort Meade official facebook page takes it down.*Mike and Trisha Fox run the website Marriage For Today, and tr … [Read more...]
Facebook super-fail: only Christians survive in a foxhole
Larry M. says I'm a 'dummy' that's going to get 'wacked' (sic) in a foxhole because... I'm not a Christian. He's also grateful that he doesn't have to be the guy who carries my body back to the FOB. Atheists are just too damned heavy!At least he accepts that there are indeed atheists in foxholes. I'm not sure why he sent me a message implying my impending death (because his god wouldn't block the bullets for me.) Oh well... this is progress, people!If you want to communicate with me … [Read more...]
Newt Gingrich's attack on atheism is an extreme math fail
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I used acorn squash instead of butternut & Nature's Seasoning & a tiny bit of Cayenne Pepper instead of S&P... I thought it was REALLY delicious!
Root-Vegetable Gratin
Photo: © John Kernick
Use a mandoline to cut the vegetables into thin slices; they will turn tender when baked with chicken broth and a little cream.
Yield: 8
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled
- 1 butternut squash neck squash, peeled (2 1/4 pounds from a large butternut)
- 1 medium rutabaga peeled and halved lengthwise (2 pounds)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup panko, Japanese bread crumbs
- 1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Preheat the oven to 375°. Using a mandoline, slice the potatoes and squash lengthwise 1/8 inch thick. Slice the rutabaga crosswise 1/8 inch thick.
- Spray an 8-by-12-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange half of the potatoes in the dish, overlapping them slightly; season with salt and pepper. Top with half of the rutabaga and the squash, seasoning each layer. Repeat the layering. Pour the broth over and around the vegetables.
- Cover tightly with foil and bake for 1 hour, until the vegetables are almost tender when pierced. Remove the foil and pour the cream over the gratin. Bake for about 30 minutes longer, until the liquid has thickened.
- Preheat the broiler. Mix the panko with the oil and season with salt and pepper; sprinkle over the gratin. Broil 3 inches from the heat for 2 minutes, until golden, rotating for even browning. Let the gratin stand for 10 minutes, then serve.
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Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing.
Such scams try to trick people into giving away passwords and other personal information by sending emails that look as if they come from a legitimate bank, retailer or other business.
When Bank of America customers see emails that appear to come from the bank, they might click on a link that takes them to a fake site mimicking the real Bank of America's.
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Abstract. A seasonal-trend decomposition technique based on a locally-weighted regression smoothing (Loess) approach has been used to decompose monthly ozone concentrations at Mace Head (Ireland) into trend, seasonal and irregular components. The trend component shows a steady increase from 1990–2004, which is confirmed by statistical testing that shows that ozone concentrations at Mace Head have increased at the p=0.06 level by 0.18±0.04 ppb yr−1. By considering different air mass origins using a trajectory analysis, it has been possible to separate air masses into "polluted" and "unpolluted" origins. The seasonal-trend decomposition technique confirms the different seasonal cycles of these air mass origins with unpolluted air mass maxima in April and polluted air mass maxima in July/August. A detailed consideration of the seasonal component reveals different behaviour depending on the air mass origin. For baseline unpolluted air arriving at Mace Head there has been a gradual increase in the seasonal amplitude, driven by a declining summertime component. The amplitude of the seasonal component of baseline air is controlled by a maximum in April and a minimum in July. For polluted air mass trajectories, there was a substantial reduction in the amplitude of the seasonal component from 1990–1997. However, post-1997 results indicate that the seasonal amplitude in polluted air masses arriving at Mace Head is increasing. Furthermore, there has been a shift in the months controlling the size of the seasonal amplitude in polluted air from a maximum in May and minimum in January in 1990 to a maximum in April and a minimum in July by 2001. These results indicate that the characteristics of baseline air are becoming more important in polluted air masses arriving at this location.
Citation: Carslaw, D. C.: On the changing seasonal cycles and trends of ozone at Mace Head, Ireland, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 5, 5987-6011, doi:10.5194/acpd-5-5987-2005, 2005.


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Black Pepper Sirloin Wrap with Kickin' Chipotle Spread
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Mayonnaise, garlic, and adobo sauce create a spicy, smoky spread well suited for these satisfying steak wraps. To warm the tortillas, stack them together, and cover with a few layers of damp paper towels; then microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until the tortillas are soft and pliable.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 wrap)
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- Calories: 235
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 9.8g
- Saturated fat: 2.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.8g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.7g
- Protein: 18.9g
- Carbohydrate: 17.7g
- Fiber: 2.1g
- Cholesterol: 51mg
- Iron: 3.3mg
- Sodium: 759mg
- Calcium: 22mg
- 1 pound lean boneless sirloin steak (3/4 inch thick)
- 2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
- 6 (7-inch) flour tortillas (such as Mission Carb Balance)
- 4 cups torn mixed salad greens
- 1 cup (3 x 1/4-inch) julienne-cut red bell pepper (about 1 medium)
- Kickin' Chipotle Spread
- 1. Prepare grill.
- 2. Sprinkle both sides of steak with black pepper. Place steak on a grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Let stand 3 minutes before slicing.
- 3. While steak cooks, top tortillas evenly with salad greens and bell pepper. Top with steak slices; drizzle Kickin' Chipotle Spread evenly over steak. Roll up.
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Brain imaging methods, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), provide a unique opportunity to study the neurobiology of human memory. Since these methods can measure most of the brain, it is possible to examine the operations of large-scale neural systems and their relation to cognition. Two neuroimaging studies, one concerning working memory and the other episodic memory retrieval, serve as examples of application of two analytic methods that are optimized for the quantification of neural systems, structural equation modeling and partial least squares. Structural equation modeling was used to explore shifting prefrontal and limbic interactions from the right to the left hemisphere in a delayed match-to-sample task for faces. A feature of the functional network for short delays was strong right hemisphere interactions between hippocampus, inferior prefrontal, and anterior cingulate cortices. At longer delays, these same three areas were strongly linked, but in the left hemisphere, which was interpreted as reflecting change in task strategy from perceptual to elaborate encoding with increasing delay. The primary manipulation in the memory retrieval study was different levels of retrieval success. Partial least squares was used to determine whether the image-wide pattern of covariances of Brodmann areas 10 and 45/47 in right prefrontal cortex (RPFC) and the left hippocampus (LGH) could be mapped on to retrieval levels. Area 10 and LGH showed an opposite pattern of functional connectivity with a large expanse of bilateral limbic cortices that was equivalent for all levels of retrieval as well as the baseline task. However, only during high retrieval area 45/47 was included in this pattern. The results suggest that activ...


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I've switched once, from Alliance to Horde, and since then I've been Horde 4 Life, although I spent an afternoon being Worgen-curious. I was never really comfortable with being social with people when I was Alliance - I joined a guild, but they were just random strangers and they never repaid my generosity with generosity of their own.
I don't know how much of my comfort with Horde has been my super-awesome guild and how much is the faction mindset. I do seem to run into less sexism and homophobia on pickup raids and trade chat on the Horde side, although it's still present and annoying. Not sure if that's my server or my faction; hard to tell.
I doubt there are that many differences between alliance players and horde players. I ended up being alliance because at the time there were no 'attractive' horde races. Hey I like my chars to be pretty! By the time belfs were introduced I was already in a nice guild alliance side and having fun. Had I started playing in BC I might be a hordie. Plenty of my guildies play both sides. I have some horde chars. Is there really a difference?
P.S. I'm glad you found a nice guild :)
"I was never really comfortable with being social with people when I was Alliance"
This seems to be a recurring theme of people I knew who didn't 'fit in' on alliance side and faction changed. Similarly, I have had people come into my guild from Hordeside and say they didn't fit in with them. In my very limited exposure on a horde toon I have found there are nice people on both sides. It seems like on horde though there is always that one guy who goes a little out of his way to be a jackass.
I recently created an alt on Proudmoore, and this is despite the fact that I've always chosen PvP servers. I have to say, it's awesome. There are servers I've played on for years that have never really made me feel this welcome and included in the community.
Too, any jackasses in trade chat are quickly and decisively dealt with. There isn't the rampant homophobia and racist crap on Proudmoore like there are on most.
Although I will say this about any server: I've encountered times in the past where a simple message to a person can inform them that using "gay" as a derogatory term is both offensive and makes them seem ignorant. About half the time the other player simply didn't know better, and about half the time they practically beg me to petition a GM.
I started by playing both sides (different servers back then) and noticed a few differences. These are sweeping generalizations based on my own experiences, so -- grain of salt, there.
Alliance players:
* really believe that they are the good guys
* as result, they can do really nasty things, because... hey, they're good, after all.
* tend to take themselves very seriously
Horde players:
* seem more aware that they're just playing a game
* as a result, there's more tomfoolery and jackassery
* tend to diss each other a lot, but no one seems to care much
TL;DR - playing on an Alliance character always feels like I'm at a church picnic. Playing on a Horde character always makes me feel like I'm hanging out with the stoners I knew in high school. And I'm not judging, criticizing, or ragging on either group - just noting the differences that I experience on my realms.


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Roasted Squash Soup with Maple-Glazed Bananas
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"It smelled like autumn in a bowl," said Gavin Kaysen, the chef at Manhattan's Café Boulud, describing Tim Hollingsworth's fragrant, fabulous soup.
Yield: 8
- 1 2-pound butternut squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1 banana, scooped into balls with a melon baller or sliced 1/2 inch thick
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup crčme fraîche
- pinch of ground cinnamon
- 8 small watercress sprigs
- Preheat the oven to 375°. Butter a medium baking dish. Season the squash with salt and set it cut side down in the baking dish. Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, until the squash is very tender. Let cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, spread the pecans in a pie plate and toast for about 7 minutes, or until fragrant. Let cool, then coarsely chop and transfer to a medium bowl. Add the banana and maple syrup and stir to coat.
- Peel the squash. In a blender, puree the squash, water, crčme fraîche and cinna- mon until very smooth. Transfer to a medium saucepan and warm over low heat. Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with the banana-nut topping and watercress and serve hot or at room temperature.
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Russell says he finally conquered his addiction at the age of 27, the same age Amy was when she passed away. He says he'd known Amy for a long time before he had ever heard her sing ... calling her voice "entirely human yet laced with the divine."
Here's his blog, in its entirety:
For Amy
When you love someone who suffers from the disease of addiction you await the phone call. There will be a phone call. The sincere hope is that the call will be from the addict themselves, telling you they've had enough, that they're ready to stop, ready to try something new. Of course though, you fear the other call, the sad nocturnal chime from a friend or relative telling you it's too late, she's gone.
Frustratingly it's not a call you can ever make it must be received. It is impossible to intervene.
I've known Amy Winehouse for years. When I first met her around Camden she was just some twit in a pink satin jacket shuffling round bars with mutual friends, most of whom were in cool Indie bands or peripheral Camden figures Withnail-ing their way through life on impotent charisma. Carl Barrat told me that "Winehouse" (which I usually called her and got a kick out of cos it's kind of funny to call a girl by her surname) was a jazz singer, which struck me as a bizarrely anomalous in that crowd. To me with my limited musical knowledge this information placed Amy beyond an invisible boundary of relevance; "Jazz singer? She must be some kind of eccentric" I thought. I chatted to her anyway though, she was after all, a girl, and she was sweet and peculiar but most of all vulnerable.
I was myself at that time barely out of rehab and was thirstily seeking less complicated women so I barely reflected on the now glaringly obvious fact that Winehouse and I shared an affliction, the disease of addiction. All addicts, regardless of the substance or their social status share a consistent and obvious symptom; they're not quite present when you talk to them. They communicate to you through a barely discernible but un-ignorable veil. Whether a homeless smack head troubling you for 50p for a cup of tea or a coked-up, pinstriped exec foaming off about his "speedboat" there is a toxic aura that prevents connection. They have about them the air of elsewhere, that they're looking through you to somewhere else they'd rather be. And of course they are. The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of the day with some purchased relief.
From time to time I'd bump into Amy she had good banter so we could chat a bit and have a laugh, she was "a character" but that world was riddled with half cut, doped up chancers, I was one of them, even in early recovery I was kept afloat only by clinging to the bodies of strangers so Winehouse, but for her gentle quirks didn't especially register.
Then she became massively famous and I was pleased to see her acknowledged but mostly baffled because I'd not experienced her work and this not being the 1950's I wondered how a "jazz singer" had achieved such cultural prominence. I wasn't curious enough to do anything so extreme as listen to her music or go to one of her gigs, I was becoming famous myself at the time and that was an all consuming experience. It was only by chance that I attended a Paul Weller gig at the Roundhouse that I ever saw her live.
I arrived late and as I made my way to the audience through the plastic smiles and plastic cups I heard the rolling, wondrous resonance of a female vocal. Entering the space I saw Amy on stage with Weller and his band; and then the awe. The awe that envelops when witnessing a genius. From her oddly dainty presence that voice, a voice that seemed not to come from her but from somewhere beyond even Billie and Ella, from the font of all greatness. A voice that was filled with such power and pain that it was at once entirely human yet laced with the divine. My ears, my mouth, my heart and mind all instantly opened. Winehouse. Winehouse? Winehouse! That twerp, all eyeliner and lager dithering up Chalk Farm Road under a back-combed barnet, the lips that I'd only seen clenching a fishwife fag and dribbling curses now a portal for this holy sound. So now I knew. She wasn't just some hapless wannabe, yet another pissed up nit who was never gonna make it, nor was she even a ten-a-penny-chanteuse enjoying her fifteen minutes. She was a f**king genius.
Shallow fool that I am I now regarded her in a different light, the light that blazed down from heaven when she sang. That lit her up now and a new phase in our friendship began. She came on a few of my TV and radio shows, I still saw her about but now attended to her with a little more interest. Publicly though, Amy increasingly became defined by her addiction. Our media though is more interested in tragedy than talent, so the ink began to defect from praising her gift to chronicling her downfall. The destructive personal relationships, the blood soaked ballet slippers, the aborted shows, that youtube madness with the baby mice. In the public perception this ephemeral tittle-tattle replaced her timeless talent. This and her manner in our occasional meetings brought home to me the severity of her condition. Addiction is a serious disease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or death. I was 27 years old when through the friendship and help of Chip Somers of the treatment centre, Focus12 I found recovery, through Focus I was introduced to support fellowships for alcoholics and drug addicts which are very easy to find and open to anybody with a desire to stop drinking and without which I would not be alive.
Now Amy Winehouse is dead, like many others whose unnecessary deaths have been retrospectively romanticised, at 27 years old. Whether this tragedy was preventable or not is now irrelevant. It is not preventable today. We have lost a beautiful and talented woman to this disease. Not all addicts have Amy's incredible talent. Or Kurt's or Jimi's or Janis's, some people just get the affliction. All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill. We need to review the way society treats addicts, not as criminals but as sick people in need of care. We need to look at the way our government funds rehabilitation. It is cheaper to rehabilitate an addict than to send them to prison, so criminalisation doesn't even make economic sense. Not all of us know someone with the incredible talent that Amy had but we all know drunks and junkies and they all need help and the help is out there. All they have to do is pick up the phone and make the call. Or not. Either way, there will be a phone call.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Russell Brand wrote an excellent blog post about Amy Winehouse
7 comments:
- Amusing Bunni said...
Brand gives a very articulate tribute to Amy. He is quite intelligent. He should know about addiction, glad he kicked it. I don't know much of Amy's music myself, not really my cuppa, but you couldn't help but follow her mishaps in the tabloids.
It still is a shame that a talent has to be taken so young, and it was an OD, that will be proven.
I hope she RIP.
- July 25, 2011 at 5:14 PM
- Just a conservative girl said...
I had always hoped that someone with a talent as amazing as hers would find real treatment. It is a shame and what a waste. Tragic for her family and the people who loved her.
- July 25, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- Slamdunk said...
I read Brand's article earlier today, and agree that it is a thought-provoking piece. It is always difficult to see folks unable to break a poor cycle.
- July 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- darlin said...
The sad truth about addiction. Thank you for posting this Opus. I'd like for my colleagues to read this, we're not taught nearly enough about addiction in my opinion, yet most of our clients (70-80%) will be affected in some way, shape, or form by addiction.
- July 25, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- LL said...
Legalizing drugs won't impact this sort of human tragedy one iota.
Sadly, neither will increased enforcement efforts.
It all comes with choices made at a very young age when what your friends think seems to be a lot more important than what your parents hope for you.
- July 25, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- They Say/We Say said...
The Left try to tell us that the talented rises to the top when involved in this state (drug use).
It is so sad.
- July 25, 2011 at 11:01 PM
- Doom said...
I didn't read his stuff, won't. He looks way too much like Manson, of the Charles varietal.
- July 26, 2011 at 11:05 PM


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Some of you may know about the Minerva KAL and running low on available yarn (Soli fingering weight). I've learned that I can give yarn estimates to the mill and order larger quantities of my base yarns just for me to have ready at certain times that align with the knit-alongs I'm hosting.
So, what I want your opinion on is this: timing. The Minerva KAL covers the month of May. At what point after that would you start considering ordering yarn for another KAL? This is nothing I'm going to hold you to and you don't need to join another KAL of mine. It's just so I can get a feel for when I should start reserving yarn for and when to open orders to the public. If you finish one KAL in the end of May would you consider another starting, say, August 1? With yarn orders opening in June? Or would you want more time, like yarn orders opening in August and cast on in October/November?
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I'm one of those people that's never really satisfied unless I'm busy lol So doing 2 KALs is awesome for me, but I don't want to overload you guys!
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Springbok fly-half Morné Steyn could miss Sunday's Test against Scotland at Murrayfield due to a back injury.
Steyn went off in the 18th minute of Saturday's victory over Wales in Cardiff due to the pain of a back spasm.
Springbok boss Heyneke Meyer revealed that Steyn actually suffered the spasm shortly before the kick-off and played through the pain until he could no longer run.
"I was worried about him," Meyer revealed.
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Meyer was hopeful Steyn would recover in time for Sunday's Test but said they would know more on the seriousness of the injury after tests on Monday.
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Even if you do not own a gun, there's a good chance that your children will encounter one someday. Your children's friends might live in homes with guns, or your children might find one that a criminal has discarded.
To prepare for this, the Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program suggests you teach your children these steps to follow when encountering a gun:
Eddie Eagle instructional materials are made available to schools, law enforcement agencies, and affiliated groups free of charge. For more information about the Eddie Eagle program, call (800) 231-0752.
These rules are valid whether you are hunting deer, practicing your target shooting, or confronting an intruder
Now lets elaborate on the (5) basic rules listed above.
This means you should NEVER relax the amount of care with which you handle a gun just because it's not loaded. Always handle an empty gun with as much care as a loaded one.
There are three reasons for this rule. First, you could be wrong. The gun could be loaded. Maybe you just forgot to unload it, or maybe you forgot that you loaded it. Maybe you missed one of the cartridges when unloading. Maybe someone else handled the gun and you are not aware of it. Maybe you've picked up the wrong gun. There are lots of ways that the gun could be loaded without your knowing it.
Second, unsafe handling is a bad habit. Once you begin to do something unsafe with an empty gun, you will eventually do it with a loaded gun.
Third, people around you won't know the gun is unloaded. In fact, if they know to treat all guns as if loaded, they will naturally assume yours is loaded. At the very least, you will frighten them or cause an undesirable reaction to your pointing a gun at them. At worst, they could do something drastic in reaction to a perceived life-threatening situation .
Violations of this rule have lead to many of the most tragic and avoidable gun accidents.
Although there are lots of things that you probably don't want to destroy---walls, windows, furniture, appliances, pets---the most important is that you shouldn't aim your gun at people. Don't point your gun in the general direction of people. Don't point your gun at objects with people in or behind them. Keep the gun pointed in a safe direction (usually straight up or straight down) at all times.
Aside from the obvious danger of an accident, pointing your gun at someone is rude, dangerous, and often a crime. K.S.A. 21-3408 ASSAULT-Assault is intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm. K.S.A. 21-3410 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT--Aggravated assault is an assault as defined in K.S.A. 21-3408 and amendments thereto, committed (a) with a deadly weapon; (b) while disguised in any manner designed to conceal identity; or (c) with intent to commit any felony.
Obviously, in a self defense situation, you might end up pointing your gun at a person; but you should do so only if that person's destruction is a consequence you are willing to face.
Note: In some circumstances, particularly in urban settings, there are no safe directions. Don't handle guns in those situations.
The trigger is for firing the gun, not for resting your trigger finger between shots. You can rest your finger on the trigger guard or on the body of the gun just above the trigger---this is known as the "index position."
If your finger is resting on the trigger, it's too easy to fire the gun accidentally. A sudden loud noise could startle you, or you could trip and fall, causing the gun to discharge.
If you don't know what your bullet will be hitting, don't pull the trigger.
Keep in mind that your bullet may miss or pass through your intended target and hit another one. Also, watch out for ricochets off of hard, flat surfaces or even off of the flat surface of a pool of water. (Bullets will skip off of water just like a stone does.)
If you hunt, make sure you can see the animal in your sites when you shoot. A rustling in the bushes is not good enough, it could be anything from a fellow hunter to a couple of kids making out. This is especially tricky when your brain is telling you you're seeing more than you really are. If you see a deer dart into some bushes, your brain will match the rustling of the leaves with the deer's last visible motion and tell you where the deer is, almost as if you could see it. The problem is that you can't tell what else is in the bushes.
In a defense situation, the same rule applies. Shooting through doors or at shadows and sounds is a good way to hit an innocent person. You wouldn't want to shoot your child for sneaking into the house after being out too late, or your spouse for eating a midnight snack. Always identify your target.
This usually means keeping your gun unloaded when you're not using it. Obviously, if you expect trouble at any moment, your gun should be loaded and ready. On the other hand, you shouldn't leave a loaded gun around the house if it isn't for self defense.
If you're at the shooting range, keep the action open until just before you start shooting so other shooters can clearly see that your gun is safe.
If you're out hunting, keep the gun unloaded until you get to the hunting area. Keep the firing chamber empty until you need to load it, and the action open until you're ready to shoot. (Obviously, for some types of game, the gun has to be ready at all times).
A gun in your hand is your responsibility. Never take someone else's word that it's unloaded (or loaded).
On a revolver, simply pop out the cylinder. If it's loaded, just eject the cartridges. This is a little trickier on a magazine-fed gun. If the magazine is removable, take it out. If the magazine is fixed, check it and empty it. Then open the action to empty the firing chamber. (Some revolvers don't have a cylinder that pops out, so you have to unload the gun through a loading gate.)
If someone offers you a gun that you are unfamiliar with, don't be afraid to ask how it works.
This is a very good habit to get into. Get religious about it. Check every time you pick up a gun, every time you hand a gun to someone else, and every time someone hands you a gun. Check even if you see the other person check it first. Don't worry that the other person will feel insulted: Experienced shooters will appreciate that you are concerned with safety---both yours and theirs.
Most firing ranges have a rule against handing a loaded gun to another person. It's a good rule to follow at any time. The polite way to hand a gun to another person is unloaded, with the action open, barrel pointed down and trigger towards them.
It's hard to use a gun safely if you don't know to use it at all. If you don't know how a particular gun works, read the manual, ask the person you got it from, write the manufacturer for a manual, or seek the advice of an expert.
Most gun manufacturers will be delighted to send you a free manual for your gun .
Regular cleaning and proper storage are necessary for safe operation. If you are unsure about a gun, have it inspected by a gunsmith.
The wrong type of ammunition can cause all kinds of problems, some of them fatal. Just because the ammunition fits in the gun doesn't mean it's right for the gun. Ammunition with extra powder can damage the gun. Ammunition that is too small can result in the cartridge sliding out of the firing chamber and into the barrel. If a correct round is then loaded and fired, the obstructed barrel could blow up the gun.
The correct type of ammunition is usually printed on the side of the gun. You can also get this information from the manual, from the manufacturer, or from a gun dealer.
Always store ammunition in the original boxes, because it's hard to tell the cartridges apart once they're out of the box. Also, don't carry more than one type of ammunition, especially if they look enough alike that you could easily confuse them.
Gunfire always involves fire and smoke, which can harm the eyes. In addition, automatics are auto-ejecting, and the ejected casings can bounce back into your eyes. Finally, a shot into a nearby object can produce splinters and other flying debris.
It's important to wear glasses that wrap around the sides or have protective side pieces. You should also wear a hat with a brim that comes down to the top of your glasses to prevent flying shell casings from lodging behind them and damaging your eyes.
Hearing damage is cumulative. Firing a few shots without ear protection probably won't hurt you, but continual exposure to gunfire will eventually cause nerve damage and deafness.
Hearing protection comes in two general forms: exterior (muffs) and interior (plugs). Plugs may be adequate for outdoor ranges. Muffs are essential at indoor ranges. Indoors, the overpressure from firing the gun has nowhere to go and is reflected back at you from the walls. It can be conducted to your inner ear and do damage even though you don't feel anything. You should probably use both muffs and plugs simultaneously and always get the highest rated ones you can find.
If you pull the trigger and the gun doesn't fire, there could be several reasons. It may not be loaded, or it may not have fed the ammunition from the magazine after the last shot. If the cartridge is loaded okay, it might simply be a bad round that doesn't fire---a misfire. Finally, it could be a hang fire, a round that fires slow.
Since you can't tell without examining the round, and since a hang fire going off while you're looking at it would be dangerous, it's best to just hold the gun pointing at the target for at least 30 seconds. If it doesn't go off, you can begin to investigate.
A squib round is one that has a weak powder charge. The bullet could easily get stuck in the barrel. If this happens, the report will be quiet and the recoil will feel funny. You should immediately unload the gun and inspect the barrel and firing chamber(s) for a stuck bullet. You may want to have a gunsmith examine the gun before you begin firing again.
A magazine-fed pistol, rifle, or shotgun loads the firing chamber from the magazine every time the bolt, slide or pump mechanism is operated. If you're not paying attention, you could accidentally load the chamber. An autoloader requires even more care because it will keep the chamber continuously loaded until the weapon runs out of ammunition---you don't have to do anything.
This can present a hazard when you try to unload the gun. Simply removing the magazine (or unloading a non-removable magazine) is not good enough because there could be a round in the firing chamber. You have to cycle the loading mechanism to get it out of there. However, if you cycle the mechanism before removing (or unloading) the magazine, you will simply load another round to replace the one you ejected.
The solution is to remove (or empty) the magazine first, then cycle the loading mechanism to eject the loaded round. With no cartridges in the magazine, the firing chamber will not be reloaded.
Accidentally loading the chamber is probably the single most common cause of accidental discharges: You want to show someone your gun, or you want to check the trigger pull to see if it's smooth enough, so you cycle the slide to eject the round from the chamber, then remove the magazine. Now you check the trigger with a careful tug and you accidentally discharge the gun. Where did that round come from. You accidentally loaded the gun when you forgot to remove the magazine. ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE!! In law enforcement circles there is no such thing as an accidental discharge. If all rules are followed and your gun still discharges, it is not accidental it is carelessness on your part.
DO NOT HANDLE/SHOOT A GUN WHILE DRINKING or IMMEDIATELY AFTER DRINKING!!
A "safety" is a mechanism on a gun designed to prevent the gun from firing. Since keeping your finger off the trigger also prevents the gun from firing, safeties are mostly intended to prevent accidents if the gun is dropped or snagged on something.
In gun training classes the subject of safeties is a bit controversial. Instructors are concerned that students may attempt to use the safety as a substitute for safe handling practices. Consequently, many safety courses never even mention them.
The consensus seems to be that if your gun has safety mechanisms, you should learn how they work, and you should use them whenever possible, in keeping with the idea of minimal readiness.
However, a safety is a mechanical device and any mechanical device can fail. Use them, but never depend on them.
Keep in mind that even the best safety mechanism is not as safe as unloading the gun; and since you shouldn't relax your safe handling with an unloaded gun you certainly shouldn't be any less careful with a loaded gun that has the safety on. In particular, don't assume that it's okay to pull the trigger or violate any of the other safety rules just because the safety is on.
Air guns, paint guns, and dart guns aren't firearms, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't follow the safety rules with them too.
First of all, they do fire projectiles which could hurt people under the wrong circumstances.
Second, some of these guns look enough like real firearms to frighten people into thinking you are dangerous. This is definitely rude, possibly illegal, and sometimes dangerous.
Third, you can pick up bad habits this way.
Obviously, you have to make adjustments. For example, the whole point of having paint guns is that you and your friends can play with them and shoot each other. Still, it's good practice to treat these guns like real firearms by following all the safety rules (finger off the trigger, muzzle pointed in a safe direction, unload when not in use, etc.) except when it is necessary to shoot a participant in the game.
It is your responsibility to learn these rules.
If you're thinking of mixing children and guns in the same household, there are a few things you should know.
Hiding your gun is a good idea, but not good enough. Kids like to explore and find new things, so hiding your gun is of limited benefit. A child may very well go through all of the drawers and cabinets in the house. Putting the gun out of reach only works until your kid learns to climb or use a ladder or stepping-stool. Lock your gun up!!
Don't make the mistake of thinking your child is too weak to use the gun. Large auto loading pistols will have strong slide springs that even many adults find difficult to work, so you may be tempted to leave the chamber of a gun empty on the assumption that your child won't be able to load it. Also, there are gun locks that use a strong spring or rubber band to hold the gun, on the theory that only adults will be strong enough to release the gun. Both these methods are insecure against any child larger than an infant. Your child can probably find some way to put his entire weight on the slide or the lock, usually by carrying it to a stair step and standing on it. Lock your gun up!!
Basically, if your child-proofing mechanism depends on your child's lack of height, strength, or intellect and your child is beyond infancy, it's not good enough. Children spend many years being small and weak, and they learn lots of ways to compensate. They also have a lot of spare time to figure things out. Your children can probably defeat any mechanism you can. Thus, the only effective child-proofing methods are those that also work against unauthorized adults. You need real security. Lock your gun up!!
Gun stores and gun magazines have lots of useful security products for sale. A trigger lock will be good enough for most people (but never use one on a loaded gun). There are also locks which extend a long rod down the barrel or which go through the action. One of those plastic-coated bicycle locking cables can be threaded through the receiver and out the ejection port of many magazine-fed guns. You could even take the gun apart and put a padlock through a hole in one of the important pieces to prevent reassembly.
If you want protection from damage during transportation, you should purchase a lockable gun case. You could also invest in a gun safe. This would offer protection against theft, and it would allow you to store a self-defense gun loaded and ready.
Lock your gun(s) away so that unauthorized persons cannot get to it. Ask your gun dealer for some ideas on how to properly lock and secure your guns.
One weakness in this whole approach is that it only keeps your children from mishandling your guns. If your child finds a gun on the street, or discovers one at a friends house, all of your gun locks won't help. A different approach must be used. You need to "gun-proof" your child.
The idea is similar to the approach many parents use when they are concerned about their children's exposure to sex, AIDS, drugs, or any other issue with an important moral dimension. Children have a better chance of getting it right if their parents teach them than if they learn from television or from their peers. You need to talk to your children about what's important, about your values.
When your children are young, teach them what to do when they encounter a gun: Stop! Don't touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult.
If your children play with toy guns, begin teaching them the safety rules right from the start. If they learn to handle the toys safely, they'll be less likely to do something disastrous when they get their hands on the real thing. Help them form good gun safety habits.
When your children get a little older, they may become curious about real guns, especially if they've seen you with one. Answer your child's questions about guns. When you're watching television, point out unsafe gun handling and other mistakes.
It would be best if you satisfied their curiosity before they try to satisfy it themselves. Unload the gun and let them handle it. Remind them of the safety rules. Show them how it works. Just make it clear that they're not to touch the guns without your supervision.
Try taking them shooting. Even a very young child can shoot safely if you are always standing right behind him or her. It's not too unusual to see 7-year-old children shooting with their parents. Again, make sure they follow the rules and show them proper shooting behavior. You might want to find a place where you can shoot up a few melons or gallon water jugs. It's fun, and it's a graphic illustration of why guns are not toys.
There's always the chance that shooting will turn into a fun family hobby. Chances are, however, that your children---especially if young---will find shooting to be loud and scary, or more likely, loud and boring. Oh well, at least you've got a child who knows about gun safety, who isn't dangerously curious about guns, and who isn't likely to do something stupid.
If you don't feel comfortable training your own kids to shoot contact Gun dealers in your area and ask if they could provide a list of reputable instructors. If there are none available try contacting your law enforcement professionals for assistance.


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So here is the deal, my chickadees: you're not pure, I'm not pure. None of us are outside of kyriarchy, none.
All that fucked up shit that's been flung at you? That's inside of you too, just waiting to come out, just waiting for you to reach out to grab it when you feel righteously angry enough. Because our culture teaches us to hate each other, and it gives us fucked-up tools to do so so effectively.
And sometimes, as with those radfems who are transphobic, you don't even realise that you ARE using the same tools. Because you feel so, so right, so so justified.
And you are not alone; the history of human evil is not really of evil, but horrific and dehumanising things done in the name of good.
And we have this idea of complete innocence, ontological identity innocence, which is why we play this Oppression Olympics game so hard, jostling for the right *to* be righteously angry, to gain the only bit of power we can in a world which often robs of self-determination and the ability to thrive.
Almost every one has the power to hurt someone, in some fashion, whether it be by words, violence or pulling what societal levers you *can* access. There's always someone to kick across, or down.
And so few of us are really willing to look in the mirror and say, yes I have that potential–let alone yes, I have done that or am doing that. True culpability is a hard thing, because it demands responsibility to one another. Even – especially! – those strange people who you don't like or understand very much, who feel like they threaten your world, just by existing.
So yes. It's liberating for marginalised people who've had to suppress their anger (cis and trans women alike), being righteous and angry. It is. Sometimes you have to scream out your anger, because if you can't change a situation at least you can get your voice out.
But if you think that is *all* that I have had to say, here and elsewhere, then you are not really listening, anyway.
I hope that one day you will, though.
My friend, Emily Manuel, wrote an amazing poem about being a trans woman in the world, which she published at Tiger Beatdown. It discusses violence against her, emotional and physical distress/abuse against her, and how painful it is when people one would expect to be inclusive - namely, feminists - turn away or, worse, are actively transphobic.
The comments on the poem range from amazing to disgusting radfem transphobia.
The quote above is Emmy's response to the transphobic hate in the comments.
If you want to fight for full reproductive rights, if you are truly interested in REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE and BODILY AUTONOMY, you cannot be transphobic. You cannot actively exclude trans* people from the movement. You cannot deny their lived experiences, question their authenticity, or see them as less than.
As another of my Tiger Beatdown friends, Flavia Dzodan, has written: My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit.
What Emmy writes in this quote is SO important. It's not about perfection or always doing the right thing (there is no way that you will always do the right thing - ever). We are ALL mired in the shit of kyriachy, patriarchy, heteronormativity, cis-normativity, racism, sexism, etc. It's about trying to fight against our inclinations. It's about what you do when you realize that you have fucked up, that you have participated in the kyriarchy you are trying to take down.
As the comments on Emmy's poem show and as Emmy makes clear in this comment:
BEING INCLUSIVE, THAT is what is TRULY RADICAL.
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For two years, Eddie Tiffany served in the U.S. Navy on board the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. Tiffany says there were times when it was fun. "It's back when the F-14's were around so it was pretty fun."
Then he ran into a series of legal troubles. Finding a job after that has not been easy. Finding a home of his own has also been difficult. "I was pretty much house hopping with family members and stuff."
Tiffany did not enjoy relying on family members for shelter for his wife and three children. "It was pretty tough, it was pretty tough. Especially when you've got your family members trying to tell you how to live your life and how to raise your kids."
Tiffany says he was homeless. "You can't consider yourself non-homeless if you don't have a place of your own."
This week the Homeless Coalition will be counting people like Eddie Tiffany and his family as part of a homeless survey. The survey is conducted every two years to count people living on the street, and those who are doubled up in family homes like Eddie Tiffany.
In 2011, the survey counted 17,755 homeless people living in Hillsborough County. 7,336 were living on the street. 10,419 were living doubled up with family or friends. Of those, twenty three percent were children. Thirty five percent were female.
Lesa Weikel of the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County says the count is important. "We get information such as age, race, do they work? Do they have income? How long have they been homeless? Were they living in our community when they became homeless the first time? We want to get all of that information so we can implement new programs to meet their needs."
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Center for the Arts in Society (CAS)
www.hss.cmu.edu/cas/The Center for the Arts in Society is dedicated to energizing research and teaching that links the College of Humanities and Social Sciences with the College of Fine Arts. The Center supports graduate and undergraduate courses, faculty and student research projects, and collaborations with arts institutions in the Pittsburgh community. Members of the Center explore pressing issues such as cultural production and social responsibility, as well as developing new disciplinary approaches - visual anthropology, public arts policy, statistical graphics, and more.
Center for Iranian Music (CFIM)
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traditional music (the Dastgâh System), folk music (regional music of Iran), contemporary
music, and commemorative and religious music. The Music of Iran fall course 57-430 is
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Entertainment Technology Center (ETC)
The mission of the ETC is to foster leadership in education and research that combines technology and fine arts to create new processes, tools, and vision for storytelling and entertainment. The ETC offers a two-year Master of Entertainment Technology degree, jointly conferred by the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. The high concept behind both the Center and the Masters program is having technologists and fine artists work together on projects that produce artifacts that are intended to entertain, inform, inspire, or otherwise affect an audience/guest/player/participant. Because the larger challenge faced in authoring in new media is bringing together different disciplines, the ETC degree program is driven by trying to do this most effectively.
Master of Arts Management (MAM)
The MAM degree program unites the management and technology training of the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management with the fine arts focus of the College of Fine Arts, to provide the combination of knowledge and skills that arts managers need to lead their organizations to success. BXA students who have an interest in arts management and wish to go on for an advanced degree may choose to apply for the MAM Accelerated Master's Program. In this program students take both graduate and undergraduate courses in the senior year, earn a BXA degree, and continue on for an additional year to complete the work for the Master of Arts Management (MAM) degree.
Miller Gallery
Located in the new Purnell Center for the Arts on the Carnegie Mellon University campus, the Miller Gallery is a non-collecting university gallery named for Regina Gouger Miller, alumna of the School of Art and principal donor for the 9000-square foot building. The public exhibitions and programs replace the Hewlett Gallery and feature the diverse viewpoints of the university community, as well as artists working locally, nationally and abroad. Just as Carnegie Mellon University continues to successfully push the frontiers of science, humanities and the arts, the Miller Gallery presents art that is contemporary and courageous. Its mission is to offer thought-provoking programs that push the envelope of art, architecture and design.
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Crime in Berkeley was down in 2010
What with the rash or armed robberies that occured last fall, including one that ended in the death of a 35-year-old man walking home on Adeline Street, one would have been forgiven for thinking that Berkeley was witnessing a surge in violent crime last year.
However, according to newly released figures, violent crime was down 13% in 2010 and crime overall saw an 8.8% decline compared to the previous year.
In its report citing the statistics, the Berkeley Police Department said this is the largest decrease in crime the city has seen for more than a decade — and it is in line with the department's goal of reducing crime by 10% in 2011. … Continue reading »
Say 'adieu' to the North and Claremont branch libraries
Even though no firm date has been set for the closure of the Claremont and North Branch libraries, Berkeley is throwing a bon voyage party for the two buildings.
Library patrons and residents are invited to say goodbye (albeit temporarily) to the structures as they are shuttered and extensively remodeled. The party for North Branch is Saturday March 5 from 2 to 5 pm and the party for the Claremont Branch is Saturday March 19 at the same time.
"We are doing a small closing event just to celebrate the next step," said Suzanne Olawski, the library's neighborhood services manger.
She has invited the mayor and city council members to the celebrations, she said. There will music and some activities geared for children. … Continue reading »
The days of waiting for many hours to voice one's opinions to the Berkeley City Council may soon be over if a suggestion being put forward by Councilmembers Kriss Worthington and Jesse Arreguin is adopted. The agenda item, which will be heard at the Council's March 8 meeting, proposes starting public hearings at City Council meetings at a set time — most probably 8pm. Councilmembers Worthington and Arreguin suggest establishing a six-month trial period to test out the idea. The set time would apply to items heard on appeal to decide whether or not to have a public hearing, as well as hearings that are already on the schedule. As it stands, public hearings occur in tandem with the time of the agenda item. For members of the public wishing to speak about an issue, this can sometimes mean having to be present in Council chambers for many hours, sometimes late into the night or early morning.
Update, 19:10: Kriss Worthington tells us that he introduced this idea as part of the Sunshine Ordinance but it didn't make it into that legislation, so he is bringing it to Council as an autonomous agenda item. "It is the number one, simplest step we could take to stop driving people crazy," he tells Berkeleyside.Worthington concedes the proposal could be controversial. "There are those who will worry that public hearings could push other important items off the agenda, but that's why I changed the suggested time from 7:30pm to 8:00pm so that there is time before the hearing to consider the important item," he says. He adds that if there are multiple public hearings he believes they should be allocated a night each, "even if it means scheduling a special meeting". "The system is very dysfunctional now and this would be more friendly to the public," he concludes.
Berkeley filmmaker wins Academy Award for "Inside Job"
When Berkeley resident Charles Ferguson walked onto the stage last night to accept an Academy Award for his documentary Inside Job, he used the limelight to castigate those who fostered the 2008 economic collapse.
"Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that's wrong," Ferguson told the millions of people tuned into the Oscars broadcast.
That … Continue reading »
Film about father of conservation to be shown in Berkeley
When the famed conservationist Aldo Leopold was a young ranger in the early part of the 20th century, he and some friends came upon a pack of wolves crossing a river. It was an era when killing wildlife was routine, and the group whipped out their shotguns and sent a fusillade of bullets at the wolves.
When Leopold climbed down the craggy cliff to claim his trophy, he watched a "fierce green fire" dying in the wolf's eyes.
"I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes—something known only to her and to the mountain," Leopold would later write in his landmark 1948 book Sand Country Almanac. "I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view." … Continue reading »


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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - Friday, the Lubbock County Commissioners will meet to discuss replacing Sheriff David Gutierrez, who resigned Monday to pursue an opportunity with the state. Whoever they choose will have a lot on their plate running a large department and trying to get the already behind new jail back on track.
"Those are going to be some tough shoes to fill," said Chief Deputy Kelley Rowe. He says one of the biggest challenges facing the new Sheriff will be the new jail, which should have already opened. "Obviously we've got to get this project completed," said Rowe.
Originally, the sheriff's office said it would start operating in April of 2008. Now, they hope to open in December of 2009. While building costs are still on budget, it is costing tax payers to house inmates out of the county. Rowe, who runs the jail, says it costs about $3 million-4 million a year to house inmates outside the county. Those costs are offset somewhat by $4,000 a day in liquidated damages from the contractor since they have not completed the project.
Now, the county is testing alarms in the facility. "It's security electronics, fire control systems. They're numerous and many. We've got a lot of them to get in, and we've got to make sure they're operating like they're supposed to and tested properly," said Rowe.
Last week Sheriff Gutierrez told NewsChannel 11 the hold up on the jail is one reason he decided to demote Don Carter from Major to Deputy, but he did not discipline Rowe who is in charge of jail operations. Later, Gutierrez said Carter is a man of integrity who is welcome to come back up the ranks. "I think the issue of the jail was probably in reference to the fact that that's one of several big things we have going on and a very large agency of almost 500 employees," said Rowe about the sheriff's comment.
NewsChannel 11 tried to contact Gutierrez for further comment, but he was unavailable.
Now, the County Commissioners hope to find someone who can follow through with the plans laid out for the jail, sooner rather than later. "We don't know when the jail will open, but we're hoping to have it open by now so it's a very interesting year. Everything is going on at once," said Commissioner Mark Heinrich.
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A collection of tutorials written for digital humanities novices. Got a favorite tool? Submit your tutorial! Created by Quinn Warnick Assistant professor of digital rhetoric at Virginia Tech.
Still Playing Catch-Up
"Still Playing Catch-Up" is an insightful bit of research by Cameron Blevins featuring a masterful use of digital humanities tools posted to his blog, Historying: Thoughts on Scholarship and History in the Digital Age. Read and comment all you historians!
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This is wonderful news for those of us who are dedicated to integrating Digital Humanities theory and methods into discipline-based graduate curricula. Congratulations USC!
The Greatest Machine That Never Was
The computer was invented in the 30s: not the 1930s, but the 1830s. British mathematician Charles Babbage designed and prototyped a fully functional mechanical computer he called the Analytical Engine, but it was never completed. Now a team in Britain plans to build the machine for display at London's Science Museum before the 2030s come around.
Lecturing on "A Brief History of Computing" today and have to tell the sad story of this mistreated man. Read on and celebrate his genius!
Building Babbage's Analytical Engine
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sorry to you guys for having to keep changing your domain..but congrats on being able to stay open...
the new layout is great..very orginazed..but one problem..when i log on to the site on my iphone..it only sends me to the ipod section..i have to come out of MMI on iphone and then click on the iphone part..and even when i click on the yellow banner on the iphone section..it still sends me back to ipod...just letting you guys know about this bug
I think I'll get in the queue for this answer too. :P
dtunes!!!!!!!! lol i need yoooooooouuuuuuu, please gimme a link or something! a sign of life lol reeeeepppppooooooooooooo
ModMyiProducts Maybe?
Wonder if Apple will ever kill off the i.
the iphone version of the website looks great but whenn ever i click to go to the next page it returns to normal, dunno what that is but yea, and i cant stay loggined in , i have to log in er then that, two times to make a post...other then that, this is my home with no rent
what a bunch of Bull from Apple.First u can't use the word Apple (hello an apple is a fruit!) then u can't use the work iphone (ifone is only a fonetic version so nothing to do with!) and this could go on forever, waht if one day they make something they call fork or house or chair,? u won't be able to use those anymore eirther.
COME ON APLLE. JOBS and the rest, snap OUT OF IT and STOP beeing full of youselvse.
apple never let go of their "product". even in the 80's, they never backed down to microsoft. they never standardized their product for the PC.
didn't Linksys/Cisco had a phone called "iPhone" that uses the internet to make calls??? what's up with that? it's not just phonetically sounded, but its the friggin same spelling!
The new repo will be pushed out as an update in Cydia as soon as Saurik wakes up. He's got email from me, and we had previously discussed the move - so once he's up, it'll be out.
I'll look into the iPhone version of the site. Same with the moving of stuff out of News as time goes by (not sure my thoughts yet on this).
I love the new site.. especially the expansion on apple products. Also, glad the lawsuit is officially impossible..
Great job!
Also just a thought , personalization! Each user here has his/her icon, away, signature, and such info. But what other types of personal options can one get so that when he makes a post and new people come, the get to know people more personal. I'm not talking like a myspace profile , but small things like mood status etc