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Taltson Hydro is back in service. Located 64 kilometers north of Fort Smith on the Taltson River in the Northwest Territories, the 18-MW plant with the Northwest Territories Power Corp. provides power to Fort Smith, Hay River, Hay River Reserve, Fort Resolution and Enterprise. Last fall, from Sept. 9 to 18, 2009, Taltson underwent an annual scheduled maintenance shutdown. During start-up testing on Sept. 18, inordinately high bearing temperatures were recorded. The unit was shut down. Further inspection determined the thrust bearing at the head of the turbine (generator) had failed rendering the unit inoperable. The back-up bearing was installed to bring the unit back in service. NTPC staff took many steps over the next several days to bring the unit back to service as quickly as possible. The original equipment manufacturer was flown to site over the weekend to assess the damage and assist in developing a restoration plan. Within 48 hours, the manufacturer had dispatched five staff to remove the bearing. NTPC located and dispatched specialized scaffolding equipment to the site and located an industrial facility that could repair the bearing. They company released a press release saying they were back online at the beginning of November 2009. "A number of people worked day and night until all the resources needed were in place. Their commitment to keep the lights on and keep equipment serving our customers is second to none," said Brian Willows, chief operating officer. Customers were served by diesel generation while repairs took place. www.ntpc.com
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I'm trying to wrap my head around functional dependencies, but I am not getting anywhere on my own. In the paper "Monad Transformers Step by Step", the author gives these two typeclasses definitions:
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What Is A Most Popular Genre Of Music?
If you wish to become a song writer, you must know which music genre is popular. This is important because it would help you to market your music in a better way as you get to know the preference of your audience. When you deal with most popular genre of music, it will help you get huge audience following which literally means good income, better exposure and loads of opportunity in the industry. Even though there are lots of music genres in the present scenario, latest information reveals that country music has surpassed other genres to grab the number one position in the music industry.
Why country music genre holds first position?
Country music is one genre of music that is going strong for more than 300 years
- However it gained popularity only in the 1920s
- The journey of this music began when a team of Irish immigrants who settled in Appalachian mountains
- They brought a long music instruments which they considered as their precious possessions
- The fiddle was one among them that paved way to make country music filled with dynamic sound range
- Be it a joyful music or a sad note ,the Irish fiddle was able to play these notes of country music with great ease
- When this instrument teamed up which instruments like Banjo used by West African's, German's dulcimer and Italian's mandolin, the resulting music was mesmerizing.
- In short the country music features a blend of cultures as you can find some notes influenced by Africans while some influenced by Europeans.
- Later the style of country music began to evolve and grow as people pride to inhibit new elements making it much rich and exciting.
Another stunning aspect of country music apart from the instruments is the lyrics. In olden days the lyrics of the country music were much recognizable and each song would convey a different story that relates to the people's agony, pain, joy or a lesson from life. However the modern trend has replaced it as one cannot find a story telling style in the songs these days. People prefer to hear the commercial type of country songs which have peppy music and matching lyrics.
Apart from these essential elements, another distinguishing feature of country music is that it has a peculiar twang to it that makes it stand a class apart from the rest.


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A business center is on site at this 4-star property. This business-friendly condominium resort also offers a casino, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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I'm going to try and darken this image but in the meantime I wanted to share what is probably my all-time favorite panel from the WJHC series by Jane Fisher. This scene represents the climax of the story "Notes Afloat", with chaos erupting just as a writer and photographer from a well-known magazine show up to write an article on the high school's recently re-built radio station.
This was the last full issue I illustrated and I feel it was my best work of the series. I really love the gag in the upper right hand corner, of the 'giant' character yelling at another. Jane Fisher gave me a lot of freedom to add gags that were not in the script and that was one. Is it wrong to find yourself funny?
Here's a little WJHC factoid: the photographer, seen in the lower left hand corner lifting his camera onto his shoulder, is based on Luke Wilson's character in The Royal Tenenbaum's after he shaves his head.
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The late Ruth Thompson, a cell painter on "Snow White" who later became a multiplane scene planner, recalled: "We tried everything - airbrush, drybrush, even lipstick and rouge, which is perhaps the basis for the legend because we did, in fact, try it. But nothing worked."
The airbrush was difficult to control on such a small area; drybrush was too harsh; lipstick and rouge unwieldy and messy. Everything proved to be impractical and all hope seemed lost to give Snow White her little bit of color when the idea of using a dye was proposed.
Again Ms. Thompson: "Someone suggested a red dye because the blue day we added to give Donald Duck his distinctive sailor-blue never really could be washed off the cell without leaving a bluish stain where the paint had been applied."
Ever since the mid 30's when color became the norm for all the cartoons, not just the "Silly Symphonies," all paints and inks were made at the studio. During this period as well cells were routinely reused for economic reasons, thus the need to wash them off. Apparently Donald's special blue color was made with a dye added to the usual powdered pigments. "So we tried that." As the women gathered around in what must have seemed just another dead-end effort, all eyes became fixed on the red dot which soon became a small glow with no perceptible edge. The hushed silence soon gave way to sighs of relief. The method had finally been found. Now the application.
Among the studio's many inkers (an extremely demanding profession), was one young lady whose training and skill was unique: Helen Ogger. Just being an inker placed one within the elite confines of this most "holy of holies" area of the Nunnery, as the Ink and Paint Department was so called (Walt had strict and quite Victorian views that the sexes not mingle at the workplace, allowing no male personnel save the "gofer" boy and the paymaster "Mr." Keener to enter this domain of mostly unmarried women ). But Helen was in addition a very fine cartoonist and one of the few women at Disney's or anywhere else, who could animate.
Such a seemingly insignificant detail (as the cheek colors) might be thought not worthy of special mention (she, as well as the other inkers and painters, was given no screen credit). But when one adds up the number of footage required to be tinted freehand on each individual cell, the hours suddenly turn into weeks and months. In fact, such a treatment was never attempted again on such a scale and even today, the publicity stills from "Snow White," most of which do not have the added blush, bear witness to how that little touch of extra care adds to the vitality we see on the screen.
The work was done on all close-ups, most medium shots, and even on some long shots. The Queen was also similarly tinted. Hundreds of hours were needed to complete this task, arduous, repetitive and, of course, hard on the eyes. Ultimately a handful of other girls were needed to assist Helen as the clocked ticked toward the deadline.
Helen had to place several cells together on an animation board, one atop the other, just like in the process of animation, in order to get the 'registration' right (the spot of red just right in relation to the preceding and following ones) - all of this without any guide. She would work out her own extremes and then 'animate' the blush in inbetweens. Her work deserves admiration and gratitude and it is unfortunate that her contribution has remained unknown and her anonymity unaltered during her lifetime. She was paid, as were the rest of the Inkers, $18 a week, which included a half-day on Saturday and the many, many hours of unpaid overtime "Snow White" would require - all given unstintingly, (by everyone involved, it should be added), to a project whose joy in participating was its own reward.
She eventually became head of Inking and Special Effects and even taught classes in animation at the studio. She left in 1941 (apparently part of the terrible strike that would leave the Disney Studio changed forever), taking her skills with her. She died in Glendale in February of 1980. Perhaps it is safe to say that her departure was critical to the abrupt demise of this now unique effect (it was also used, though on a much smaller scale in both "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia"). None of the other inkers or painters were animators and it is this fact, not just the factor of economy nor the changing tastes, which surely must be considered a reason why such details were never attempted again. The golden age was over.
Also, here's an interesting article about female cel painters at Disney. I am now fascinated by the idea of writing something with a Depression-era cel painter as a protagonist.
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I cannot leave well enough alone. I decided to tweak my Loki drawing. The coloring of the Midgard serpent was bothering me so i decided to make it uniform with the border. I also took out the 'galaxy' in the background and turned the rocks blue.
The bottom drawing is the original.
I think the top drawing looks cleaner and little more reflective of the art nouveau influence.
I think this video might interest you guys.
4 days ago, Olivia Olson confirmed that Marceline and Bonnibel have dated before. The reason it has been confirmed is because the new Adventure Time book coming out soon may have details on their relationship, and their relationship obviously can't be aired on TV because some states of America (and countries in the world) are against same-sex marriage and relationships.
But yeah, they have indeed dated before.
Can we also talk about official Bubbline art drawn by Natasha Allgeri, former character designer and story board artist for Adventure Time, and now Showrunner of Bee and Puppy Cat!?
*internal screaming*
I look forward to the day when we can watch cartoons depicting same-sex relationships on national TV. That day will come. That day is coming…
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Concept art for the cover of WJHC's "Tripwrecked." Ultimately, it was not used because the kids actually travel by bus and it was thought that showing them on a ship did not make sense. Well, I liked the idea…
Another panel from "Note's Afloat." I was always pleased with this page. My drawing style is fairly clean and simple but I always aimed to have a dynamic 'camera': switching frequently between wide, medium, and close-up shots. So even scenes without a lot of action, like this conversation between two lead characters, would still be interesting to look at.
These two drawings represent the rough and clean versions of a panel from another WJHC story called "Notes Afloat", in which an anonymous love letter gets passed around to the wrong people with hilarious results. I always did my rough drawings in small sketchbooks before committing the final product to Strathmore 400 series 11" x 14" paper. The 'lines' you're seeing in the final drawings are from having to scan the artwork piecemeal in order to preserve it digitally.


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What: A primer -- the latest in the IBM Center for the Business of Government's "Using Technology Series" -- that offers executives a high-level explanation of how Agile development works and why more agencies should explore it.
Why: Agile development is the default for most Silicon Valley tech firms, but the approach -- which emphasizes iterative and collaborative coding over detailed requirements, documentation and "final release" deliverables -- is often at odds with government regulations, procurement processes and agency cultures. This report, which builds on previous IBM Center research and the Government Accountability Office's 2012 study of Agile within agencies, identifies 10 critical success factors -- and also notes situations where popular Agile methods alone may not be sufficient.
Verbatim: "Acquiring Agile solution delivery with partners requires more than adding a bullet such as 'The contractor will use an Agile method' to the standard ... RFP template that contains traditional phases, gates, deliverables, and roles and responsibilities.
"Agile requires a change in how work is procured, executed, and monitored. Proposal and contract language needs to be adapted to enable partners to deliver with lighter deliverables, fixed resources, fixed time, and variable scope. Mission leadership and subject matter experts (from both parties, government and contractors) must be committed to participate directly in the Agile approach."
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Over the numbers of runway 12R. Flight WN293 ABQ - HOU.
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The Bluebonnet Belle in front of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby. Many thanks to the volunteers there for making this shot possible.
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Texas Raiders rolls out after a ride during the 1940 Air Terminal Museum's Wings and Wheels.
The Bluebonnet Belle in front of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby. Two beauties in the same image!
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Recently, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has opened up two top-rate funding opportunities for young, emerging clean energy companies in Massachusetts. Aimed primarily at university researchers and early-stage companies based in Massachusetts, the Catalyst Program and the InnovateMass Program are meant to fill the funding and opportunity gaps not addressed by private markets and set blossoming clean energy enterprises on a path to successful commercialization.
ML Strategies Energy and Environment Update: Week of 10/20/2014Posted in Energy Technology News, Federal Policy, Legislative Updates
With just over two weeks until election day, Congress is preparing for a brief but intense Lame Duck session, while continuing final campaign pushes. With several races still in the too-close-to-call column, the Senate's balance of power remains uncertain, though Republicans will retain control of the House.
In the meantime, climate negotiators will spend the week in Bonn, Germany, with the last United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summit prior to the annual international climate negotiation this December in Lima, Peru.
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With a little over three weeks to go before the elections, and just a bit more than that until the next round of international climate negotiations, the United States is trying to determine how, and how much, to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade.
Whether and how Congress addresses climate and energy legislation in the coming two, four, or more years will become slightly clearer three weeks from now, when either Democrats retain control of the Senate, or the balance of power flips in favor of Republican leadership. Though the majority will be slim, the focus issues could be different, particularly if Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) campaign prevails, Republicans take control of the upper chamber, and he becomes Majority Leader. Whether or not he becomes Majority Leader, Senator McConnell has promised to continue his battle against Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations. Should Democrats retain control of the Senate, Congress is likely to continue in much the same vein for the next several years: unable to pass comprehensive climate or energy legislation, and facing difficult battles even on much smaller measures.
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On October 1st, Mintz Levin, New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), and Grant Thornton hosted "On Your Mark, Get Set, IPO," a panel discussion concerning recent trends in the public offering market for cleantech growth companies. Industry veterans John Fairbanks (Aspen Aerogels), Mark Marano (Canaccord Genuity), Steven Berkenfeld (Barclays), David Lewandoski (Grant Thornton), and Sahir Surmeli (Mintz Levin) provided insight on the public offering process to help attendees determine whether their company is indeed ready to go public.
Worried that you missed out on this important event? Don't be! You can see video highlights here. In addition, here are 10 key takeaways from the IPO panel discussion:
ML Strategies Energy & Environment Update: Week of 10/6/2014Posted in Energy Financing, Energy Technology News, Wind
The fifth annual United States-India Energy Partnership summit took place in Washington last week. The United States and India created the Clean Energy Finance Forum September 30 after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with President Obama in Washington for the first time since his election in the spring. The forum will bring together public and private sector officials to consider ways to mobilize financing for India's expanding renewable energy market. The two countries also announced a $1 billion financing deal between the U.S. Export-Import Bank and India's Renewable Energy Development Agency to help increase U.S. renewable energy exports to India and help India transition to a low-carbon economy. In the last four years, India's solar market has grown more than a hundredfold to reach more than 2.5 GW of grid-connected installed solar energy. India is the world's fifth largest wind energy producer, with 20 GW of installed wind capacity.
ML Strategies Energy & Environment Update: Week of 9/29/2014Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy Financing, Energy Technology News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, more than 162 government representatives, including 126 heads of state and government, and leaders in the business and finance sectors convened a Climate Summit in New York City September 23. Though not an official international negotiation conference, the summit was the largest international climate change meeting since the 2009 Copenhagen Summit, and it aimed to advance the development of an international agreement to address climate change before the United Nations Climate Change Conference of 2015 in Paris, France.
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ML Strategies Energy & Environment Update: Week of 9/22/2014Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy Financing, Energy Technology News, Federal Policy, Legislative Updates, Solar, Wind
Congress has recessed until after the November elections, and we turn our attention this week to energy and climate issues on the Administration and international fronts.
The House approved the continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 124) last week, keeping the government open through December 11, and the Senate's approval followed shortly thereafter. The House also passed an energy package, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act (H.R. 2) September 18. The measure, consisting of 13 already-House-approved bills, would approve the Keystone XL pipeline (H.R. 3, H.R. 3301), limit environmental regulations (H.R. 1582, H.R. 3826), and open federal lands to energy extraction (H.R. 4899). The House also approved a tax and deregulatory package, the Jobs for America Act (H.R. 4). The White House announced last week that the president would veto both the energy and tax packages if they came to his desk. The Senate will not act on the measures, but they afford a preview of the issues the upper chamber would consider if Republicans assume control of the Senate in 2015.
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On Tuesday, September 9, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power discussed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule at a hearing titled "State Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan." The Clean Power Plan, proposed by the EPA in early June of this year, implements a series of measures aimed to cut carbon pollution from the power sector by 30 percent from 2005 levels.
ML Strategies Energy & Environment Update: Week of 9/15/2014Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy Financing, Energy Technology News, Federal Policy, Legislative Updates, Water, Wind
Congress is in Washington this week for an intense few days before recessing until after the November elections.
The House will vote September 17 on the continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 124). Currently, the measure continues a policy provision that overrides Administration guidance limiting the Export-Import Bank from financing overseas coal-fired power projects. The continuing resolution, which would fund the government through December 11, extends the bank's charter, which expires September 30, until the end of next June. The House had planned to pass the continuing resolution last week, but postponed the vote after President Obama requested approval of authority for aid to Syrian rebels. The chamber is still weighing whether to attach the president's request to the continuing resolution or to take it up separately. The measure also includes funds to address the Ebola virus and would extend to December 11 a moratorium on taxing Internet access that is scheduled to expire November 1. The Senate will take up the measure shortly thereafter.


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If the WWDC 06 tension is becoming too much to bear, TUAW reader Gernot Poetsch probably isn't helping anything, as he sent a link to his Flickr account with a pic of some more banners in Moscone hall. If you check out his larger copy at Flickr, you can (almost) clearly see the banner at the top of the image says, and I quote: "Introducing Vista 2.0"; an attitude that clearly reflects just a slight bit of confidence on Apple's part in light of what is now four years of Vista setbacks.
Another image in Gernot's photostream is titled Hasta la Vista. Vista, and while it isn't a clear shot of the banner, it doesn't sound far-fetched from all the other marketing previews we've been graced with so far.
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Paris St.Germain, who have spent big in recent seasons to help the club become a dominant force in France and become one of the contenders to win the Champions League, are also understood to have breached UEFA's rules, with a final decision over sanctions expected on Thursday, when its club financial control board hold a meeting.
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Endependence Day
Instead of the usual 16th of September celebrated in most Mexican American communities, MEChA students at California State University at Northridge hold an "Endependence Day." The event has the blaring of the mariachis, the jarabe tapatio, and gritos, but in the center stage are speeches and poetry readings calling for ending dependence and achieving the unfulfilled dream of the Mexican Independence.
The atmosphere is festive dominated by the aroma of traditional food and aguas (fruit drinks); missing is the scent of alcohol and forced merriment encouraged by the stupor of beer and the illusion that this is a special day.
History has not been kind to the descendants of Padres Miguel Hidalgo,Vicente Guerrero and the rag tag Indian armies or, for that matter, to the Mexican nation. It has been harshest on Mexico's indio people whose proportion of the nation's total population has shifted from 60 percent at the time of Independence to 30 percent.
Things are even worse for native people in the United States. The CIA FactBook lists them as "Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%." On both sides of the border those who escape into the middle class are dependent on a paycheck or the whim of banks to pay the almighty mortgage.
Our entire society has become dependent on stimulants to fan the illusion of independence. We drink not for the sake of relaxation but to escape. Alcohol along with Viagra have become the American energy boost drink.
Criticism of our dependence on alcohol is not new. I don't advocate prohibition but there is a reason why The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) became so powerful and led to prohibition. Early unionist recognized that alcohol was the enemy of the working people and that it created an illusion that diverted the worker from ending dependence.
One of the first national labor unions in the 1870s and through the 1890s, the Knights of Labor "was not limited to wage earners; it was open to farmers and small business people-everybody, that is, except lawyers, bankers, stockbrokers, professional gamblers and anyone involved in the sale of alcoholic beverages."
Looking back into history, during colonial times, alcohol was used in New Spain (Mexico) to control of the indigenous peoples. Before the conquest Natives drank pulque which was low in alcoholic content and rich in vitamins, and used it for religious purposes. The Spaniards introduced distilled alcohol, which was addictive and produced severe behavioral problems increasing dependence.
In today's Independence celebrations the stain of Budweiser, Coors, Tecate and the rest of the drug merchants drive and pay for the celebrations and the illusion that we are free.
That is why the students celebrate "Endependence Day" as a way to separate reality from illusion, and illusion from politics.
The consumption of alcohol should be social and separated from the political and above all not used to escape and as in the case of food added to enhance taste.
However, alcohol has invaded Mexicans and Latinos with disastrous social, political and economic consequences. It is a direct cause of child abuse, spousal abuse, divorce and economic deprivation. Alcoholism inflicted my family – forced my maternal grandparents to migrate to Tucson and Los Angeles. It caused poverty and eventually anemia that blinded my mother by the age of 5.
My uncles were drunks; they weren't alcoholics. As Robert Wuhl differentiates, "drunks don't have to go to meetings." They cost us a lot of turmoil and grief.
My cousin who I loved dearly after he had a few would always tell me how much he loved his kids. I got tired of it and responded, "Then stop drinking and send them support payments."
I have the same impatience for those who say "I love my people," but follow it up with a toke.
But, you know, I am not pointing a finger. We are all complicit – myself included. I am a reformed drunk who had to choose between irresponsibility and responsibility. Was I willing to put aside fleeting pleasures for reality? Was my choice the illusion of independence or would I help to endependence?
It is not easy. Mexican songs are full of allusions to drink. "Estoy en el rincón de una cantina." The guy is in the corner of a bar all impassioned over a woman he probably lost because he mistreated or neglected her because of drink. The song does not tell us that he is probably slobbering and pissing in his pants.
In "Volver, Volver." (Return, Return), the guy has lost his wife or sweetheart because he has been a schmuck but he is going to return to her arms once again. In the bars he is rooted on by dozens of other drunks who are on the verge of a similar experience.
I prefer the response of Lupita D' Alessio in "Juro Que No Volvere" (I swear that I won't return). She is not going take it anymore and vows never to take the loser back.
Before you can achieve endependence you have to deal with reality whether it is in your personal or political life. Political change requires discipline.
When someone says that you have to get your shit together, what does that mean? An organizer has to see reality and not the illusion. Politics pass through a process similar to your personal life.
Organizing and alcohol do not mix. It is not the sixties when the guys could gather in a bar and think that they were solving the problems of the world. The enemy is much larger and better financed.
Today there is a new gender reality. In many of the state universities that educate the majority of Latinos the ratio between females and males is as high as 70/30. College graduation rates are reflecting this reality.
Latinas are surpassing Latinos and comprising higher proportions of those with some college/ associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees. This is especially true in the second and third generations.
The increase in bachelor's degrees conferred on Latinas outstrips those of U.S. women that increased by 35 percent from 1976 to 2000. The number of bachelor's degrees earned by Latina women grew by 430 percent during this period.
Latinas surpassed Latinos in graduate school enrollment and in 2000; over 60 percent of Latinos enrolled in graduate education were Latinas.
In civic participation 83 percent of the registered Latinas voted in the 2004 presidential elections. They have made significant strides in higher level and better-paying jobs. Just look around and the most involved sector of our community are women.
Changes are also taking place in the social structure: In 1975, only 34.3 percent of mothers with children under age 3 were in the labor force versus 60.5 percent in 2002. While Latinas are having more babies than white women, they are having much less than ten years ago.
As their children age, women's participation in the labor force tends to increase. In 2002, the percentage of mothers with children between the ages of 6 and 17 in the labor force was 78.6 percent.
It is reasonable to conclude that the Latin leadership of the future will be Latina. In my opinion it would be pretty tacky to invite them to the local cantina to organize. The culture of the movement will therefore change.
Organizing is not social it is 90 percent political and we must constantly reassess strategies and tactics. Outcome is the product of discipline.
Those in power continuously and purposely distract us. Modern life is a distraction that purposely seeks to make us more dependent.
But there are little things we can do such as to recognize our complicity when we say, "Hey, compadre, I know you say you're an alcoholic, but have one last one for your godson."
In order to Endependence we have to start with the basics. No one asked us to lead. More often the social and the political mix like oil and water. The outcome is about focus and control – about discipline. So if we say that we love our community, we must act like it and endependence.
RODOLFO ACUÑA, a professor emeritus at California State University Northridge, has published 20 books and over 200 public and scholarly articles. He is the founding chair of the first Chicano Studies Dept which today offers 166 sections per semester in Chicano Studies. His history book Occupied America has been banned in Arizona. In solidarity with Mexican Americans in Tucson, he has organized fundraisers and support groups to ground zero and written over two dozen articles exposing efforts there to nullify the U.S. Constitution.


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I'm assuming you don't drink milk either.
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I'm assuming you don't drink milk either.
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Being a Type 1 myself, these things interest me as well. The FDA has a nice write-up on it:
"The manufacturing of beef insulin for human use in the U.S. was discontinued in 1998. In 2006, the manufacturing of pork insulin (Iletin II) for human use was discontinued."
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Please think of the bacteria!
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I remember hearing that couples who lived together before they got married were more likely to get divorced. That never made sense to me, but new research suggest that it's actually not true:
FWIW, my wife and I have been married for ten years and we didn't live together before then.
Re:Performance (283 comments)
Ditto here. I've raced both electric and nitro RC cars for about 27 years, and I choose electric hands-down.
That's not to say that each has pros and cons. Nitro cars tend to have impressive top speeds, and since they can make pit-stops to refuel, races can last as long as half an hour (I've seen some that last as much as an hour). Electrics have short range, and almost all races I've been in tend to last 5-10 minutes. I've never been in a race where pit-stops are made for battery changes, but I've seen them before and it gets pretty frantic with stops being made every 5-10 minutes. Batteries have come a long way though, with Li-Po having better range and power than the NiCad and Ni-mH we used to have back in the day.
On the other hand, nitro cars are a maintenance nightmare, and trying to start them up after the engine dies is pretty much a write-off in the middle of a race (which happens often after a rollover). The two-stroke engines have low torque, and gearing is problematic (some have automatic transmissions, like my Losi XXL-2). Electrics will jump all over a nitro car off the line every time, maintenance is pretty simple, and I don't have to "restart" the car after a rollover.
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Not to mention they gave the same prize to Arafat, but not to Gandhi.
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So if the father didn't want the baby, but the woman did, he shouldn't have to pay child support, right?
Re:The Conservative Option (487 comments)
Good point, that didn't cross my mind
Re:The Conservative Option (487 comments)
I propose a document that a person is required to have when traveling overseas that records what countries they have traveled to recently......It shouldn't be hard to make it a requirement when entering the borders of a neighboring country. We could call this document a "Passport".
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$100k? Try $10k.
Re:Harley-Davidson laid off 125 Americans. (293 comments)
Is this what you're referring too?
In all fairness, these weren't Harley employees, but worked for a contracting firm that did IT for Harley (according to the link). Harley then decided to outsource their IT to Infosys (which I don't see as a smart move regardless).
It looks like this took place two years ago.....I don't remember seeing anything about it when it happened.
Pics (274 comments)
I've said it before and I'll say it again....Pics or it didn't happen.
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It could be worse, you could have a dozen different McKesson applications that use different platforms (some
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"but the high end is being too greedy"
So that confirms what everyone here has been saying all along.....that it's not because of a job shortage, it's because H1B's are being used to drive down wages.
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Unfortunately (er, fortunately?) the Soviets put the same laser reflectors on their unmanned rovers. Conspiracy theorist offer this as "proof" that the reflectors used during the Apollo missions were actually placed there by unmanned missions.
Re:Details (294 comments)
Oh I see it now. Shame on Ars for not mentioning the initial 381
Re:Details (294 comments)
So this is crazy....from Ars:
"the team got seven healthy volunteers to start consuming high levels of saccharin (the FDA's recommended maximum daily dose). At the end of a week, four of them ended up with a reduced insulin response."
from cbc.ca:
"gut bacteria were analyzed from 381 non-diabetics averaging age 43"
So which one is correct? Does anybody have the data from the actual Nature publication? It's paywalled on their site.
Re:More details (294 comments)
That's something I wondered as well. I find this intriguing:
"Sucrazit (5% saccharin, 95% glucose), Sucralite (5% Sucralose), Sweet'n Low Gold (4% Aspartame)."
So what are the other ingredients in Sucralite and Sweet' n Low Gold?
Details (294 comments)
I read up on this yesterday when it was posted to ArsTechnica. I'm a type 1 diabetic so studies like this catch my interest. The interesting part is that the mice that were given artificial sweetners had higher glucose levels than those with regular sucrose diets. The theory is that the artificial sweetners are affecting the bacteria in the gut of the mice, which is affecting how glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream.
One should not though that the human trial only included 7 volunteers, which is hardly enough for a good sample. I'm interested to see the findings of a test conducted on a larger sample group.
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Morgan Spurlock is the muckraker (or Mac-raker) behind 2004's Oscar-nominated "Super Size Me," in which he personally absorbed the effects of an all-McDonald's diet, and 2011's "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," an expose of product placement that was financed partly by product placement.
Spurlock's latest movie might be his cheekiest yet: the unabashedly commercial, 3-D concert documentary "One Direction: This Is Us," which follows the phenomenally popular boy band One Direction on tour.
The movie charts the rise of band members Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles. The five singers started as individual British "X Factor" aspirants, were united in boy bandom by "X Factor" czar and marketing genius Simon Cowell, and have achieved global fame and fortune via their music and by hawking Pepsi Cola and their own One Direction perfume.
Made for TriStar Pictures, which exists under the same corporate umbrella as the band's record label, Columbia, "This Is Us" travels with One Direction to Japan and to Mexico, where the band's young female fans speak the international language of shriek-and-swoon. It also goes behind the scenes to show the band members' reunions, during brief breaks from the road, with the working-class British parents who miss them terribly.
It does not, however, get into the boys' dating lives. So there are no juicy details about Styles' short-term romance with Taylor Swift.
Spurlock, a 42-year-old New Yorker and the divorced father of a 6-year-old boy who Spurlock said is "so not in the demographic" for One Direction, discussed his up-close time with 1D by phone during a recent publicity stop in San Francisco.
How did the "Super Size Me" guy make a One Direction movie?
I got a call from the studio to come in and talk about this band. ... I had been called (previously) to meet with Paramount about both the Justin Bieber and Katy Perry (3-D concert) movies, and I couldn't do either (because of other commitments). When this one came along, we were in between productions, and I was like, "We can't let another opportunity like this pass us by." As a documentary filmmaker, movies of this scale and this global appeal are few and far between.
"Super Size Me" and "Greatest Movie Ever Sold" question corporations' hold on Americans and on popular entertainment. How do you reconcile that work with this highly commercial endeavor?
I think if you look at "Comic Con Episode IV" (Spurlock's 2011 documentary about the annual San Diego convention), it is a film about fandom and people who love comic books and who love genre movies. There is not a cynical piece in that film. ... I think that is one of the reasons why I got this movie, because we made a film that kind of respected the passion of fans in a really deep way. Just because somebody likes it doesn't make it wrong, or make it something that other people shouldn't have the right to enjoy.
I think with this movie, it's the same thing. This is a band of mass global commercial appeal who have a huge fan base. The question the films asks, and I think answers really well, is why them? Why have they become so incredibly successful when other bands haven't? When you watch the film, you realize it all comes down to these five guys and how charming they are, and how normal they are, and the families they came from. I think the film does kind of reconcile a lot of those points.
Still, it seems a big departure for you.
I don't want to just make "Super Size Me" for the rest of my life. ... That's not really the way to grow as an artist or as a filmmaker. I think if you really want to tell stories, you need to stretch yourself and expand ... into genres and places that kind of push your creative boundaries and make you flex different muscles, and this is one of them. To come in and not only make a film in 3-D about this band -- a subject that has such mass appeal -- but to tell a coherent, cohesive, engaging story, is an exciting challenge.
You mentioned the Katy Perry and Justin Bieber movies. There seems to be a formula to these concert films. Did you have wiggle room within it?
I think this film is very different from Katy Perry or the Justin Bieber film because you really feel like you have access to these five guys. In this movie, you feel like you actually are getting to know their lives and go into their homes and know what they think. ... I feel like it creates a much deeper level of intimacy. ... And the 3-D is infinitely better. I think it's some of the best 3-D that's ever been done.
This is your first time working with 3-D. How did you feel about it?
It was amazing. I think for me it was also (about) having incredible people around to help us and navigate the process. Tom Krueger, who was the (director of photography) on this, was the DP on "U2 3D," which I think prior to this was probably the best 3-D concert film ever. I think that he really outdid himself with the way this film looks and feels.
"This Is Us" has a big payoff that happens offstage -- it's the Elvis-and-his-mama moment when Zayn Malik buys his mom a house.
These kids ... they come from good stock. They come from great families. The fact they want to take care of their families and friends really is lovely. They are not going out and buying 17 Lamborghinis or solid-gold toilets like MC Hammer did. They are being very wise and frugal.
In the movie, it seems like the band members are handling their fame rather well. But are they aware of the pitfalls of so much attention, so soon? As you watch the film, you think of all the young celebrities who have struggled publicly, like Justin Bieber.
I think what keeps (One Direction) incredibly grounded is the fact they are not doing it alone. Each of these guys has four other guys who know exactly what (he is) going through, that knows exactly that stress and that pressure. If they were having to go down this road alone, there might be some kind of Bieber-esque moments.
Is it true the band members would eat McDonald's in front of you?
Yes. Just to laugh, and then make fun of me. In Japan, they ordered a trolley full of McDonald's up to the (hotel) room that was brought up by the security guys. Like literally a luggage trolley of McDonald's.
You didn't have any, did you?
Of course not. Which is why they do it. They do it like, "You sure you don't want some of this, Spurlock?" I'm like, "No, I'm all right."
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Ash Creek School will be closed today, September 18, due to the weather. Absences will be excused.
Living History Project Funded
We are happy to announce that the Arizona Commission on the Arts has awarded Ash Creek School a grant that will help fund our Living History Project. During the project, storyteller Glenda Bonin will work with Ash Creek students of all ages to develop a storytelling performance that brings local history to life. Students will research local history through published sources and interviews with elders. Glenda will help students transform their research into a public performance to be given in mid-February.
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Metamorphosis Mania!
It all started when Ms. Marvick found some colorful larva in her vegetable garden. She brought them to the classroom and put them in a mesh habitat with parsley to eat and a few dead branches. Her class fed the larva and observed them until they turned into pupa, hanging from the branches in the habitat. Butterfly emergence countdown began, and 14 days later–the same day that Arizona Republic reporters visited the school–beautiful blue and back swallowtail butterflies began to emerge from the pupas. Ms. Marvick's class invited Ms. Corley's students to join them, and kept watch on the habitat for much of the morning, oohing and ahhing over each new arrival. Even Ms. Lind's students got into the act when they arrived for Writing class. Ms. Marvick's class put what they had learned about metamorphosis to use later when they created their play with Mr. Paul Fisher, titled The Pollinators.
For more photos of butterfly emergence day, see Metamorphosis Mania! in the Slideshow section of the website.
Ash Creek Students Receive Victory Garden Grant Award
In an award ceremony held at Sierra Vista Public Library, Ash Creek students Brandon Martinez, Ryann Marx, Sienna Martinez, Cyrrah Beaver, Samantha Toumey, and Lexie Simmons and teacher Vicki Marvick accepted a grant award from the Cochise Community Foundation. The grant will fund the expansion of a small experimental vegetable garden into a 280 square foot vegetable garden. The project, called the Ash Creek Victory Garden, is part of Ash Creek School's hands-on approach to science learning. It is expected to provide a source of fresh organic produce for the school cafeteria as well as integrated science, math, and social studies lessons for students.
Mr. Fisher Drama Residency
We are thrilled to host Mr. Paul Fisher of Thinking Theater for a month-long drama residency at Ash Creek. Mr. Fisher will be working with all our students from K – 8th grade. Join us for the drama culmination, a performance and potluck on October 3rd at 6:30 pm.
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We are now accepting applications for Open-Enrollment for students outside of the district for the upcoming school year.
Ash Creek Elementary uses Arts Integration as an educational foundation, and teachers routinely integrate drama, music, dance and visual arts into academic units. We also host teaching artists throughout the year.
Ash Creek has small class sizes, and low teacher-student ratios.
We will be hosting a pre-registration event at the Quality Inn conference room in Willcox, 1100 W. Rex Allen Drive. Drop by any time between 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Thursday July 26, 2012 to talk to our staff and principal. For more information call 520-824-3340.
Open Enrollment
We are now accepting applications for Open Enrollment for students outside of the district for the 2012-2013 school year. Please stop by the office Monday-Thursday 9:00-1:00 to pick up an application, or call 520-824-3340 for more information.
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Austin may not be New York City or even Houston, but for a casual town known primarily for its nightclub music scene, it has one of the most renowned opera companies anywhere in America. Many credit the success of the Austin Lyric Opera to maestro Richard Buckley, an internationally acclaimed conductor who was wooed to Austin's opera company a decade ago and continues to draw some of the biggest talent in the singing world. Austin Lyric Opera puts on lush, fully realized interpretations of classics from Verdi, Mozart and Puccini, as well as a slew of more modern operas. The company also hosts a range of education and community programs, providing a rich blend of high art and accessibility in the city of Austin.
The U.S. All Star Federation, a committee that regulates competitive dance and cheer, has stamped its seal of approval on Spring Creek Athletics, one of the elite gyms to have earned USASF certification. That's probably because Spring Creek's coaches have led their all-star cheer team, the Spring Creek Spinners, to national victory. Despite these intimidating credentials, the athletic complex still welcomes pupils of all ages and abilities to enjoy the health-boosting benefits of tumbling, cheerleading, hip-hop dancing, and break dancing, and it runs camps to introduce novices to the spirited world of athletics.
Arthur Murray has been a leading name in franchise dance since 1912, when the entrepreneur began selling mail-order dance lessons. Expanding his reach, he enlisted teachers to spread his signature dance lessons on first-class steamships and skyrocketed to fame in the '30s after introducing the public to such dances as the Lambeth Walk and the Big Apple. By the 1950s, Arthur and his wife, Kathryn, were hosting their own highly popular TV show on ABC, the Arthur Murray Dance Party, which ran for 12 years. Today, Arthur Murray's team prepares students for rug cutting at special events and weekend nightclub jaunts. Clients who arrive to lessons partnerless will be paired up with other classmates as the instructors assess their current skill level and make recommendations on the most appropriate program. Throughout lessons, instructors teach the foundations of two to four dances from a long list of styles that range from Latin to country-western, helping students to learn basic step patterns, timing, and the ability to lead or follow.
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