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....As the International Sales Manager for Gaynor Minden, I was in touch with Katya Shipulina throughout the tour (she is a Gaynor Minden Artist). ...
Shipulina's heroism in stepping in to dance at the Sunday matinee is to be applauded but it does not take away from the fact that she is a mediocre dancer, compared to most Bolshoi or Mariinsky classical soloists. Only the announcement of the dreaded Alina Somova -- another Gaynor Minden spokesmodel -- as a 'guest Medora' would have been worse. I and the majority of posters here stand by our writings, based on decades of traveling the globe and comparing dancers. Nonetheless, you have a right to defend your spokesmodel - fair enough.
Furthermore, had the Bolshoi planned ahead and brought Zakharova or another Medora -- even if it were someone who could be taught the role for this tour -- we would not have been in this predicament of 'Schipulina Overload.' That is obvious, in reading how much Schipulina had to step in to cover for indisposed dancers throughout the tour.
p.s. The Bolshoi is the largest company on earth in the number of dancers -- 200 plus. How can a company of 200-plus dancers find itself on a major tour, at the Kennedy Center, with only one woman capable of dancing the role of Medora? The Bolshoi managers are trying their best but a class of Strategic Planning 101 may be necessary....also, Negotiations 101, when talking with the presenters (such as Kennedy Center) who will try their best to keep the number of principals to a minimum. The Bolshoi should have insisted in having another Medora flown in, especially when Anna Nikulina was removed from the roster at least amonth ago.


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ACHRI Researchers to Organize Care System for Kids with Special Needs Using $880,000 Grant from Maternal & Child Health Bureau
LITTLE ROCK, AR. (Oct. 7, 2011) - Arkansas children with special heath care needs will benefit from a strengthened system of coordinated care after the Maternal and Child Health Bureau recently awarded the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) more than $880,000 to design the infrastructure.
The grant will allow physicians and other providers, as well as families and payers, to organize what has up to this point been a fragmented system of care. This will include creating easier access to comprehensive medical homes, specialty care services, family support groups and educational resources.
"If a family receives a special needs diagnosis, they should be able to figure out very quickly who their community supporters are, where they need to go for the child's therapies and where they can turn with questions about finances and insurance," said Dennis Kuo, MD, MHS, the project's lead researcher and an assistant professor of Pediatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine. "Everything has to be in one place and accessible, and that's what we'll be developing with this grant."
Over three years, the grant will fund development and maintenance of the statewide consortium and system for children and youth with special needs. It also will organize medical and developmental care services so families and professionals can gain easier access; build direct links to underserved families and those who don't speak English; foster technical assistance and quality improvements to provide medical homes for children with special needs; and develop resources to assist with transitions between pediatric and adult health care.
"We'll be looking at a tremendous network of resources that will be easily accessible for families and providers, and that won't stop when the grant finishes," Kuo said. "This will allow families to spend their time focusing on their child's care, rather than trying to figure out what exactly it is that they need and where to find it."
The project's outcomes will be measured against criteria set forth by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, which is under the Health Resources and Services Administration.
While ACHRI will lead the project, efforts will be supported by partner organizations including Arkansas Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs, the Arkansas chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Arkansas Family-2-Family Health Information Center.
The partners' goal is that by the end of the grant's three-year funding, the system will be sustainable and the activities will continue through the institutions' own budgets and activities.
"The quality of medicine today is benefitting many more babies who are surviving with quality lives. Those children with medically complex diseases who survive need a system of seamless care to help them achieve their maximum productivity and quality of life," said Richard F. Jacobs, MD, FAAP, ACHRI president and the Robert H. Fiser, Jr. MD, Professor and chairman of Pediatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine. "We are very proud of Dr. Kuo and his research that is going to make a difference in these children's lives."
Arkansas Children's Hospital is the only pediatric medical center in Arkansas and one of the largest in the United States serving children. The campus spans 29 city blocks and houses 316 beds, a staff of approximately 500 physicians, 80 residents in pediatrics and pediatric specialties and more than 4,000 employees. The private, nonprofit healthcare facility boasts an internationally renowned reputation for medical breakthroughs and intensive treatments, unique surgical procedures and forward-thinking medical research - all dedicated to fulfilling our mission of enhancing, sustaining and restoring children's health and development. ACH recently ranked No. 75 on FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®. For more information, visit www.archildrens.org.
ACHRI provides a research environment on the ACH campus to meet the needs of the UAMS faculty. Research scientists at ACHRI conduct clinical, basic science, and health services research for the purpose of treating illnesses, preventing disease and improving the health of children everywhere.
UAMS is the state's only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Related Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a statewide network of regional centers; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Translational Research Institute. Named best Little Rock metropolitan area hospital by U.S. News & World Report, it is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has more than 2,800 students and 775 medical residents. It is the state's largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children's Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS' Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or
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Star Trek (2009 Two-Disc DVD Edition) for $3.49 + free shipping
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So, I still haven't seen this one. Should I buy it on blu-ray? Are there enough special effects to justify the price difference? This seems like an amazing price so I'm guessing no...
Read the description. It says this is a digital copy which expired in November. I've never purchased a movie this way, but it appears that the box contains a time sensitive certificate to download a copy of the movie in Apple or Windows format to play on a computer or a device. I'm not sure if this version actually has the movie on the disks. Buyer beware.
@janash: Clearly a "two-disk dvd edition" contains a physical dvd movie...
@janash: It's a 2 disc dvd that also has a digital copy you can download, the download is expired, but you can still watch the dvd's in a dvd player just like any other. They're just normal dvd's.
@joshaw: It's a great movie, and would be a good one to get on blu-ray, but for this price you can't go wrong with the dvd
AND you get a $4 Amazon Instant Video credit when you buy this, so you're essentially getting a 2nd video rental free!
Worth it IMO, but the description is wrong to say 'free shipping', since that requires a $25 purchase or Prime (normally costing $79/year).


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7 Mar 2013 4:56 PM #1
Unanswered: Combo box with local store
I have some forms that get loaded from a database. The end user clicks on table records and these forms get loaded. Standard stuff. I have one client that is occasionally getting either an empty combo box or a combo box with partial data. The strange part is that these are local store combo box's so there is no database loading. I expect to have the information in those boxes available all the time since they don't need to go back to the database and there shouldn't be time delays or time outs. One of the combo boxes has even loaded one piece of the data array which is odd, so out of a list of 7 days of the week only Thursday is showing for some reason. In all cases they can log out and back in and it is corrected. Just wondering if anyone has seen this behavior before. Thank you!
8 Mar 2013 4:40 AM #2
My guess is that the store is getting filtered. It could be a misconfiguration on the combobox or a shared store problem.
8 Mar 2013 7:39 AM #3
Thank you
I believe you are right. Further investigation show that once those combo boxes are empty or only show parshal records, even changing to other records doesn't reset them. Only a log out and back in (that reloads the code) fixes it. My thought is to reload the combo box's with loadData on every record change, any thoughts on a more efficient solution? You mention filter, I will look at the API, thank you for you feedback.
8 Mar 2013 8:07 AM #4
You need to isolate the bug before hacking in any kind of workaround.
ComboBoxes with local data use filtering internally to restrict the list but that only makes sense in certain cases. It may well be that you have conflicting config options. As you haven't posted any code it's difficult to say.
8 Mar 2013 8:20 AM #5
The form this combo box lives in is getting the following applied every record change to re-setup the form:Code:
contractplaceholderPanel5.getForm().reset(); contractplaceholderPanel5.getForm().setValues(obj);Code:
var stateData = Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', { fields: ['abbr', 'name'], data: [ { "abbr": "AL", "name": "Alabama" }, { "abbr": "AK", "name": "Alaska" }, { "abbr": "AZ", "name": "Arizona" }, { "abbr": "AR", "name": "Arkansas" }, { "abbr": "CA", "name": "California" }, { "abbr": "CO", "name": "Colorado" }, { "abbr": "CT", "name": "Connecticut" }, { "abbr": "DE", "name": "Delaware" }, { "abbr": "DC", "name": "District of Columbia" }, { "abbr": "FL", "name": "Florida" }, { "abbr": "GA", "name": "Georgia" }, { "abbr": "HI", "name": "Hawaii" }, { "abbr": "ID", "name": "Idaho" }, { "abbr": "IL", "name": "Illinois" }, { "abbr": "IN", "name": "Indiana" }, { "abbr": "IA", "name": "Iowa" }, { "abbr": "KS", "name": "Kansas" }, { "abbr": "KY", "name": "Kentucky" }, { "abbr": "LA", "name": "Louisiana" }, { "abbr": "ME", "name": "Maine" }, { "abbr": "MD", "name": "Maryland" }, { "abbr": "MA", "name": "Massachusetts" }, { "abbr": "MI", "name": "Michigan" }, { "abbr": "MN", "name": "Minnesota" }, { "abbr": "MS", "name": "Mississippi" }, { "abbr": "MO", "name": "Missouri" }, { "abbr": "MT", "name": "Montana" }, { "abbr": "NE", "name": "Nebraska" }, { "abbr": "NV", "name": "Nevada" }, { "abbr": "NH", "name": "New Hampshire" }, { "abbr": "NJ", "name": "New Jersey" }, { "abbr": "NM", "name": "New Mexico" }, { "abbr": "NY", "name": "New York" }, { "abbr": "NC", "name": "North Carolina" }, { "abbr": "ND", "name": "North Dakota" }, { "abbr": "OH", "name": "Ohio" }, { "abbr": "OK", "name": "Oklahoma" }, { "abbr": "OR", "name": "Oregon" }, { "abbr": "PA", "name": "Pennsylvania" }, { "abbr": "PR", "name": "Puerto Rico" }, { "abbr": "RI", "name": "Rhode Island" }, { "abbr": "SC", "name": "South Carolina" }, { "abbr": "SD", "name": "South Dakota" }, { "abbr": "TN", "name": "Tennessee" }, { "abbr": "TX", "name": "Texas" }, { "abbr": "UT", "name": "Utah" }, { "abbr": "VT", "name": "Vermont" }, { "abbr": "VA", "name": "Virginia" }, { "abbr": "WA", "name": "Washington" }, { "abbr": "WV", "name": "West Virginia" }, { "abbr": "WI", "name": "Wisconsin" }, { "abbr": "WY", "name": "Wyoming" } ] }); Ext.create('Ext.ux.form.field.BoxSelect', { fieldLabel: 'States Operating In', displayField: 'name', valueField: 'abbr', id: 'statesbox', name: 'statesBox', labelAlign: 'top', emptyText: 'Select a State or States Operating In...', store: stateData, queryMode: 'local', anchor: '50%', columnWidth: .50, listeners: { 'change': function (field, newValue, oldValue) { if (newValue == "") { } else { field.encodeSubmitValue = true; taxcodelistStore.getProxy().extraParams.states = newValue; if (taxentriesGrid.getSelectionModel().hasSelection()) { //console.log('true'); var rec = taxentriesGrid.getSelectionModel().getSelection()[0]; taxcodelistStore.load({ callback: function () { Ext.getCmp('agencystructure').setValue(rec.data.agency + rec.data.structure); } }); } else { taxcodelistStore.load(); } } //console.log(Ext.encode(field.getSubmitData())); }, 'select': function (field, records) { //console.log('[Select event] ' + records.length + ' records selected.'); } } })
8 Mar 2013 8:43 AM #6
Ah, BoxSelect, not ComboBox.
Try it with a normal ComboBox. If you can come up with a test case for that then we can continue digging. If the problem is solely exhibited using a BoxSelect then you'll have to consult the author of that UX.
8 Mar 2013 8:43 AM #7
Found it
Thank you for you time looking at this and your helpful comments. You initial "filter" comment kept me looking and I found my issue. The client is able to go in and "edit" previous entries in a table in this form. When they select from this table I am setting the state for that entry, but never setting the data back so the data is not there for the next record. Now that I can recreate the issue I will be able to fix it. Thanks again for you contribution.


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I was recently told that the following (due to M. Viale) is a nice theorem:
Suppose there are arbitrarily large supercompacts, and $\mathrm{MM}$ holds in $V$. Let $G$ be generic for a proper forcing and $V[G] \vDash \mathrm{MM}$. Then $L(P(\omega_1))^V$ is elementarily equivalent to $L(P(\omega_1))^{V[G]}$.
My question (borne of ignorance, not skepticism) is:
Why is this theorem nice, and how does it fit into the bigger picture?
Some slightly-more-specific questions that refine my main question are: Do the hypotheses of this theorem often come up in natural settings? What's the upshot of the conclusion? Is it that proper forcing which preserves $\mathrm{MM}$, leaves the theory of a small but not-that-small chunk of the universe unchanged?


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas legislators need to quickly approve $202 million in new bonds for a new, national biosecurity lab because of the federal government's ongoing budget problems.
Brownback said Friday it's best to get the financing resolved soon for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility planned at Kansas State University.
President Barack Obama's proposed budget includes $714 million for the lab. It would study animal diseases and ways to protect the nation's food supply and replace an aging facility on Plum Island, N.Y.
Kansas already has issued $105 million in bonds, but Obama's budget requires the additional amount. Some GOP state legislators are wary.
Brownback says he understands concerns about debt but doesn't want lingering uncertainty about the project's funding.
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Amazing Tour, highly recommend including this tour as part of your Bangkok itinerary. Our tour guide (Victor) was very knowledgeable. He did an excellent job of keeping the trip organized, educational and on time. I did not realize how much was really included in this trip when we booked it. The day started out being picked up at the hotel. We met up with a larger group and transferred to a Tour Bus. We then traveled to the Bang Pa-In Palace. While there we toured the grounds. I thought the "Elephant Tower" was interesting when considering it purpose and that Elephants would have been roaming that area at one time. We then traveled to Ayutthaya Temples, a must see. We took plenty of pictures of the Ayutthaya Buddha Head. We proceeded to an additional Temple and saw the outdoor Reclining Buddha. The last part of the trip was the Riverboat cruise along the Chao Phraya River with lunch. Also, the temperature and weather were great during this trip, we traveled in late November. Great experience using Viator
Doing what: Thailand's Ayutthaya Temples and River Cruise from Bangkok
An enjoyable tour that run for about 8 hours. After pick up transfer To an air conditioned bus you have a one hour drive to the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace which is stunning with a European feel. You have about 1.5 hours here and you can hire a mini cart for getting around the grounds but I wouldn't recommend it as you miss the guides commentary.
Next is Wat Maha That which is over 600 years old and nearly totally destroyed by war with Burma. Then it is onto Wat Na Phra Mane Temple with golden Buddha. Lastly you visit Wat Lokayasutharam for the reclining Buddha. Note dress appropriately for a visit to temples (cover knees and shoulders).
The cruise down Chao Phraya River. The buffet is extensive and there is a later coffee and biscuit break as well. Ferry is air conditioned inside, okay viewing area outside. Transfer back to hotel worked went well too and I listed a hotel not on the list.
A must to better understand Thailand / Siam history and to get out of Bangkok. Recommend.
Doing what: Thailand's Ayutthaya Temples and River Cruise from Bangkok
A really good experience, with a wide variety to see. The first stop was the Summer Palace at Autthaya - an amazing accumulation of buildings in many architectural styles from the around the world, some of which are still used for visiting dignitaries. Then on to the old temple complex - although it is mostly in ruins, it is still a site to behold, in terms of its size though you do have to imagine it in its glory days. The lying Buddha was smaller than I had expected (I had seen the one in Bangkok previously). Overall, a group of sites we would not have seen without a tour.
The highlight though had to be the river boat cruise back to Bangkok on the Chao Phraya river - I always enjoy boat cruises and this was no exception. It was leisurely and a nice way to see the sites from the river. Actually, it may be nice just to do this.
Our guide, Pan, was very knowledgeable and had so much to share about Thailand, both its history the country today.
Doing what: Thailand's Ayutthaya Temples and River Cruise from Bangkok
Really nice afternoon on the Chao Phraya River. The first part of the trip was on a long, narrow boat and the return was on a rice arge where we dined on a beautiful buffet of exotic fruit. The length of the tour was just perfect and the staff were excellent. I enjoyed feeding fish in front of the temples.
Doing what: Bangkok Rice Barge Afternoon Cruise
This trip took us to an amazing site that was a far distance from Bangkok. There wasn't enough time at the site of Ayrtthaya once we got there. Also, we never approached the largest of the ruins. The boat trip back took a long time, on a very hot day. One could not sit outside the air conditioned boat in order to get great views of the Chao Phraya River banks. Overall, it was a trip worth taking. The ruins are quite impressive.
Doing what: Thailand's Ayutthaya Temples and River Cruise from Bangkok
Luis F Venezuela
The tour was okay, however considering English is not my first language, and the tour guide spoke English in a foreign accent and manner, I lost lots of information. The tour guide was a courteous person. The best part of the tour was the cruise on the Chao Phraya river; the food on board the boat was very good. Also, the sight of Bangkok when approaching the city from the river was amazing.
Doing what: Thailand's Ayutthaya Temples and River Cruise from Bangkok
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A figure stood on the bridge of the droid control ship, he stood tall and proud, yet he seemed heavy in heart, as if weighed down by a great burden. His eyes were hard and stern, yet full of wisdom and kindness, though there was great grieving hidden in the wells of his flurescent eyes. He emmanated an air of forlorning, it was a sad sight to see such a strong willed person stricken with such unknown pain and sorrow.
It had been two long, arduous years of running, after the destruction of Halo. Two long years since the death of Shadow. Cyphon had kept isolated recently, for the last seven months he had kept as alone and away from his many companions, all for various reasons. He could feel the creeping darkness forever growing on his mind, the enemy fleet forever getting closer to avenge the destruction of their comrades.
With the battle between Cyphon and the two, before the events at Halo, aboard the deralict, Cyphon had only intended good to come of it. But with it there was only more strife; Zeryl had not learned anything from the fight. But as for poor Jynn, she became, corrupt, and misled, she had forsaken the teachings of her master, plunging into a slow embrace of darkness. It was a sad sight to see, as her hatred grew, Cyphon became more pained by his actions, they were only intentions of good, yet they brought about such unrest in his companions. He had only wanted peace for Jynn, and understanding for Zeryl, yet it only wrought a path of darkness.
Most would think, why should Cyphon care which path someone follows, he's a Gray Jedi. Cyphon however, knows that darkness is no path to follow, and hatred, no life to live. It had always pained Cyphon, in his long life, to see any person forsake any teachings, or life, someone held dear, for the path of pain and suffering. It pained Cyphon to see Zeryl like this as well, the man was blind, and he wondered in a land of torment, whether he knew it or not, and whether he accepted it or not.
How Cyphon missed his ever cheerful friend, Shadow. Cyphon wished Shadow could aid him in this time where his concentration faded by the day. Just the thought of the last time Cyphon saw Shadow caused Cyphon torment. To see someone torn so far from humanity, to be a freakish hybrid of two other beings, and to have those two evil beings quarrel over his mind and body like a piece of meat, it drove Cyphon to great fatigue thinking about it.
Cyphon sighed again, pressing a comm button on the console. "Jhon, is the construct's corrupted data restored?" He asked with a sad, dry tone.
"Good, have a team meet me on the suface of the planet with it. I need it's knowledge of the area to figure out at least a general perspective of where we are. And if nothing else, then to help us locate a livable world to resupply on," Cyphon replied, his response tired, he sighed once more before saying over-and-out, then switching the comm off.
Cyphon left the bridge, his steps heavy with his burden, and posture, not quite as upright as it once was. He kept going, almost aimlessly, until he finally reached where he was going, the main hangar. There he approached the Nimbus-class starfighter that was already preped for his departure. He took his cloak off, revealing his black, leather-like armor underneath. With this, he put on a spacial combat suit, like the ones the clones and other space soldiers would wear when in low atmosphere, or no atmosphere combat. Stepping into the cockpit, he did a quick once-over, and lowering the hatch, he left the hangar with all the speed he could afford, the small craft descending upon the dusty, red planet below.


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"My grandson is on his second tour of duty in Iraq. So my daughter just wanted to bring awareness so people will support them," Julia Starks says.
Nannette King is taking a unique approach to show support for her son Jeremy Posey.
"I wanted people to be able to put a face to the name for me as well as everyone else. Just to be able to know who our troops are," says King.
So King and her mother put up this banner. It is surrounded by yellow ribbons and American flags. She's also made provisions for when it gets dark outside.
"She has it lit up with flood lights at night and it's very pretty then too," says Stark.
King paid a florist to arrange giant bouquets of red, white, and blue flowers for her front porch, but she says it's worth it.
"Whatever the cost, it wouldn't be too much," explains King.
And they're not just showing support for their soldier overseas. They are taking picture of other area soldiers. In fact, four pictures were brought by Monday. All on display, for those who drive by to see and remember who is serving our country.
"This is my way of doing something for as many as possible," says King.
King says cars driving by her house stop and look.
"Which is wonderful. Because then what I've done serves it's purpose. It introduces our soldiers to the general public," adds King.
And she says people are welcome to park their cars in her driveway to get a better look at the men and women serving the United States from our area.
Nannette King says she will gladly put up photos of any local soldier.
Just bring her the photo and she will scan it into her computer and return it. Her address is:
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At a time when you want to feel close to your partner, you may find that your relationship is changing, and it may be quite fraught with issues. Often men say that their pregnant partners are more sensitive or now react to things differently and that this can be difficult for them to handle.
Your relationship will inevitably change-going through pregnancy together is momentous-but as long as you keep communicating, you will be able to support each other. Being united now will stand you in good stead for the first year of parenting.
During the early stages of pregnancy, your partner may find it hard to relate to the fact that you're expecting a baby; the physical changes to your body won't be that visible at this stage and he is yet to see his baby on a scan. Conversely, you will be very aware of the pregnancy and undergoing many physical and emotional changes.
Your partner may need more time than you to adjust to the idea of becoming a parent. He may be concerned about practical issues, such as the changes to your lifestyle and the financial implications of having a baby. Talking openly to each other can help ease anxieties for you both. Remember, that although many changes are happening to your body, your partner does have feelings and this is a big life change for him too. If you've told your family and close friends about the pregnancy, all the attention may be on you. Your partner may be feeling left out and this is something that often gets worse as the pregnancy progresses and after the baby arrives.
Take time to find out your partner's concerns and look for ways to involve him more in the pregnancy, if that's what he wants. If you have a good support network of friends, encourage him to spend time with male friends who have been through the expectant dad experience.
We started the process but thankfully it fell through since it was proving quite stressful, and it's not advisable to deal with those kinds of pressures while you're pregnant. We stayed in our apartment until our baby was one and it was fine. Remember that small babies have very few needs, other than being fed, loved, changed, and stimulated, and much of the paraphernalia that you think you need is unnecessary. If you have room for a crib, a stroller, a drawer for your baby's clothes, and a corner for toys, you'll be fine in a small space for the time being.
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Many of our Geneseo families, alumni and friends are enduring the devastating outcomes of Hurricane Sandy. The thoughts and prayers of the Geneseo community are with all who are facing the daunting challenge of restoring lives and community, and we are working to aid those affected by the storm.
Kay Fly and Kristen Schwab in the Center for Community (MacVittie 353) are available to meet with students to explore ways in which Livingston CARES may assist students whose families have suffered severe home damage or loss.
Two Livingston County CARES volunteer work trips have been tentatively scheduled for the New York City metropolitan area, one for January 7-11 and the other for Spring Break, March 17-23. If you are interested in participating in either of these projects, please contact Kay Fly or Kristen Schwab in the Center for Community. We will be working with recovery agencies at multiple sites in the metropolitan area both weeks. While the college will not provide transportation to the sites in January, the March week will include bus transportation to and from campus. We anticipate organizing additional trips next summer and in the following several years.
We know that others in our community are doing additional relief work. For example, Joseph Yoon '97 has spearheaded an effort to help ensure that the people of the Rockaways and surrounding NYC areas affected by Hurricane Sandy have hot food. We encourage you to let us know about other students, alumni, parents and friends who are assisting in relief efforts by contacting us at email@example.com .
With nearly 40 percent of our current student body and roughly 20 percent of our alumni from or living in the downstate areas that received the brunt of the hurricane, our thoughts continue to be with those whose lives have been disrupted by the storm, and we look forward to doing all that we can to help the region recover as soon as possible.


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Kentucky State Police are investigating a body found in rural Barren County.
Just after 10:30 Thursday morning Kentucky State Police say they were called to a cornfield off of Brock Lane. The body of an unidentified female was found approxmately 500 yards into the corn field.
KSP says they are looking in to any possible missing person cases in the area but the investigation continues.
"We are working an unidentifed body at this point so as far as who she could possibly be we are just going to have to wait at this point," says Trooper Jonathan Biven.
Due to the ongoing investigation police could not comment on who found the body.
We will continue to follow this developing story and have more information as it becomes available.


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By EARL COX
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If spring and baseball are among your favorite things, you have come to the right place.
All of the major league teams are now hard at work either in Florida or Arizona. It's still early which means that most players will devote their mornings to baseball and their afternoons to golf.
Things you will have to get used to:
• Not seeing Chipper Jones in the Atlanta Braves lineup. It may be hard to get used to, but it's a fact: Their All-Star third baseman has retired after 34 years. At least he and his manager, Bobby Cox, didn't retire the same year. No more "Come on, Chipper!" from Bobby. No manager and player have ever been closer, unless it was Sparky Anderson and Pete Rose.
• It won't be a mistake when you see that Houston is now in the American League. The Astros are now in the AL's West, which is much too strong for Houston.
• Art Moreno, Mr. Money Bags from Mexico who owns the Los Angeles Angels, has opened the purse strings one more time. He added power-hitting Josh Hamilton to make the Angels even more potent. He joins Albert Pujols.
• The Cincinnati Reds, the closest team to us, once more are trying fireballer Aroldis Chapman in a starting role. If he can be persistent in hitting the strike zone, he could be the difference for the Reds. But Cincy promises even more. Hurt last year by lack of hitting from various leadoff men, the Reds acquired Shin-Soo Choo. He is a speedster who also will play centerfield.
As usual fans in Louisville will get to see a lot of Reds in Bats' uniforms for short stays either to work out the kinks or to get well from injuries.


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More on Catholics and Muslims
A short piece by Scott Appleby and myself on the mosque controversy.....I see now that we've been thinking along similar lines as Mollie O. and Paul Moses.
About the Author
John T. McGreevy is the I.A. O'Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.
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While I agree with the sentiments expressed in this article, I do not believe that one can be an accommodationist when it comes to terrorism and terrorist groups like hamas. One cannot be seeking Peace and Respecting Religious Liberty while refusing to condemn terrorism, simultaneously.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3QukhG78Ms&feature=player_embedded
From the folks @ Christianity Today --- http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/augustweb-only/44-51.0.htmlAre Muslims the Enemy?Some activists argue that the proposed mosque in New York City should move because Muslims remind us of terrorists. Tobin Grant, posted 8/27/2010 (snip)" For whatever reason, liberals don't regard Islam, yet, as much of a threat. I'm not so sure they're accurate in that, but they don't think of it as the enemy. I think a lot of times they think of conservative Christianity as something we have got to clamp down on because rights come from the Creator according to these peoplealso according to the Declaration of Independenceand liberals like to have rights come from government, from them, said (Tom) Minnery.Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law & Justice said the problem is not a mosque per se. He said this building would be built by 'radical Islam.'I reject the argument that those against this mosque are anti-Islam or against religious freedom. We fight against this mosque because of what it represents. This is a $100 million dollar monument to radical Islam at the heart of Ground Zero, said Sekulow.And this lovely bit ---BreakPoint columnist Stan Guthrie called the building an insensitive religious response to a religiously motivated atrocity.In the name of tolerance, [Muslims] are demanding the right to build a monument to their faith on the site of the carnage, said Guthrie. He said just as Christians are judged by the Crusades, Muslims should be judged by 9-11 and other atrocities committed in the name of Islam.
Of course, I don't really understand why there was/is a "battle royale" within Catholicism in America, or within America regarding Catholicism, since there is no conflict in being a Catholic American who respects our fundamental Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness that has been endowed to us from God.
John, that's a fine piece, very helpful in laying out the parallels. A question: I've lately been recalling an observation that Jose Casanova made in this vein, at a Fordham event on secularism organized by the Steinfels Dynamic Duo a couple years back. He noted, as you and Scott Appleby do, that Catholics in America, by becoming good Americans, in turn repatriated some of that thinking to an extent to Rome and helped promote the reforms of the 20th century. Of course, that was a battle royale within Catholicism in America, and with Rome, and that legacy is now much contested as some argue that American Catholics have become too accommodationist. But how much do you think the American experience and habituation of Catholics here affected the push for reform in the wider church? Murray is the most frequently-cited example, and I think that's not in dispute. Are there others ways? I'm not an expert in Vatican 2 and the movements leading up to it, but France's theological currents and leaders clearly had a major part -- which grew out of what? The experience of the Enlightenment, as the US experience? Anyway, this is an ambitious question. Obviously, I think the parallel with a possible similar reform within Islam is very interesting, but I wouldn't want to be too prescriptive. I'm always amused at pundits (usually Tom Friedman) who want Islam to have a Reformation and a Pope and an Enlightenment, without realizing how they can conflict, and how problematic all those movements/structures have been at various points.
Nancy --There was a battle royale between Catholics Americans and non-Catholics because, among other reasons, the teaching of Pius IX against modernism attacked the intellectual foundations of the Constitution of the U. S. that you and the rest of us value so highly. Many Americans assumed that the American Catholics would support Pius IX's teachings. Fortunately, they did not, even though many biased non-Catholics in effect persecuted them.. Specifically, Pius IX attacked the notion of the right to freedom of religion. Fortunately, as McGreevy and Appleby point out, the Americans by their support of both the Faith and the Constitution helped to reverse the teaching of the Vatican on that matter. Do read the article again. YEs, it's another example of the Vatican changing its teaching, this time by Vatican II's support of religious freedom.
John and Scott--thank you so much. This is but one example of how the History Department at ND is such a resource to the broader debate on religion and public life in the US.
Bravo! Wonder if TD has a subscription?
Cathy -- thanks!Peggy -- no idea!David: it's an interesting question. With the exception of the issue of religious freedom American Catholics were very minor players in the lead-up to Vatican II as theologians or major intellectual forces. But there were American versions of the liturgical movement, biblical scholarship and other shifts that presage the change in view and orientation evident at the Council. More generally, French Catholic intellectuals, in particular, but others as well, were deeply impressed with the piety and energy of American Catholics in the 1950s, the scope of the educational effort and the Mass attendance. This lended heft to the argument of the American bishops that Catholicism could thrive under a neutral State.
No doubt, Catholicism can thrive in a State that is One Nation under the capital G God.
Good article thanks. The Thomas Nast cartoon is telling of mainline opinion of those days.In addition to other good efforts by Catholics, (e.g. hospitals, schools, etc.) as US Catholics more or less proved their loyalty as good Americans with their military services (including Catholic chaplains) during the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and WW-1 and WW-2, this helped the decline of anti-Catholicism as well. By 1960 when Kennedy was elected president, anti-Catholicism, while not gone, as compared to earlier decades, was very much on the wane.
I can't help but wonder if Islam should be encouraged to assimilate by empathetic Catholics, or whether it needs to slapped silly until it does.
Nancy --Do you think we should have a state religions? Do you think that Catholicism should be a privileged religion in the U. S.?
Michael: how long did it take Catholicism to assimilate in the US? If it hadn't been for WWII and the subsequent GI Bill, would we still be hoping for it to happen?
Nancy said: "I dont really understand why there was/is a battle royale within Catholicism in America, or within America regarding Catholicism."Do youself a favor and read "American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church" by Charles R. Morris. The Protestant establishment was given AMPLE reason to distrust Catholicism in the 1800s and early 1900s by the ecclesiastical triumphalism, duplicity, internecine Catholic wars, and outright lying by some of the premier Archbishops of the day.


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It looked as if the Wildcats were going to break out of their season opening losing streak but the Bullpups spoiled that thought in their last at bats of the first game and the momentum carried into the second game as McPherson went on to sweep the Wildcats.
The Wildcats lost the first game 6-5 and the second game 5-3 to fall to 0-6 to start this season.
El Dorado took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning with two runs and were three outs away from their first victory of the season.
McPherson scored two runs off of Aaron Riffel in the top of the seventh and the Wildcats could not match in the bottom half of the inning and were beaten.
El Dorado shortstop Trevor Crain was 3-3 from the plate with two doubles, a rbi and a run scored . Kyle Macy was 2-4 with 2 rbi's and a stolen base. Tyson Jones was 2-4 with a triple, a rbi and a run scored. Quinton Morgan was 2-3 and Gage Armstrong was 1-4 with a rbi.
Starter Easton Smith went 4 innings allowing 6 hits and 3 earned runs while only walking one. Macy went 1.2 innings with three strike outs. Riffel took the loss in the blown save.
El Dorado outhit McPherson in the first game 14 to 11.
The Wildcats could not take advantage of a solid pitching performance from starter Quinton Morgan who went 6.2 innings allowing 8 hits and only two earned runs while striking out 4 and walking 3 Bullpups.
Crain had another solid game at the plate going 2-4 with two more doubles and a rbi. Morgan went 1-3 at the plate with a walk and two runs scored. Jones was 1-3 with a double and a rbi. Armstong was 1-4 with a rbi and Macy was 0-1 with three walks and a stolen base.
Again the Bullpups scored in their final at bat to snatch victory away from the Wildcats with two runs in the top of the seventh.
El Dorado was outhit 9-7 by McPherson in the second game. The Wildcats had two errors in the game.
El Dorado will be back at McDonald Stadium today as they host Winfield with game one beginning at 4 p.m.
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6 Bizarre Origins of Famous Companies
When it comes to corporations, we all have a pretty short memory -- nobody even remembers that Hugo Boss made Nazi uniforms. And that's a good thing for the companies who make the things you use every day, because almost all of them have completely reinvented themselves at some point.
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#6. Monsanto Made Agent Orange for the U.S. Military
The Company You Know
The $20 billion potentially evil genetic engineering conglomerate that probably supplied the seeds for several things you have eaten today.
"DDT, part of a balanced breakfast!"
How It Got Started
The jungle-killing warfare chemical Agent Orange.
Concerned citizens from all over the political spectrum have long been wary of biotech firm Monsanto, the closest thing to an evil mad science organization that we have, and the one thing that conspiracy theorists might actually be right about. Monsanto mostly controls the corn supply of Earth, and has come under criticism for its genetic manipulation of nature so as to obtain corporate ownership of the actual concept of corn. But whatever evil Monsanto gets up to these days is just old habits dying hard.
"We convinced our legal team to stop eating orphans, but not to stop hunting them for sport."
The officially sanctioned history of Monsanto clarifies that they only "share the name and history of a company that was founded in 1901," which is kind of like saying that the only things you share with the person who wore your trousers yesterday are the same name, memories and identity. The timeline begins with the company's invention of saccharine in 1901, then leaps bafflingly over the entire 20th century until the '90s, when they invented Frankencorn.
Obviously, despite what they'd like you to think, they didn't just save up their meager saccharine royalties until they owned most of the planet. During the 20th century, Monsanto was a herbicide manufacturer, and their most successful product is known to this day only by its code name, Agent Orange. Yes, that Agent Orange (not the one from Reservoir Dogs). During the Vietnam War, the U.S. government decided that the best way to drive Viet Cong militants out of their forest hiding spots was to kill all of the forests in Vietnam. To find out how, they asked Monsanto, who simply tented their fingers and hissed "leave it to us."
"We do not tolerate failure."
To call Agent Orange a herbicide is of course to give it too little credit, as Monsanto achieved their goal of "killing all the plants" by inventing a chemical that would kill every life form that touched it or saw it or thought about it too hard.
Since then, Monsanto has been the target of endless lawsuits from families of the million-odd people who were killed or deformed by Agent Orange, but Monsanto's stock response has always been "We were forced to do it. Also, Agent Orange is harmless." Lately, this has been followed by "Buy our corn."
#5. NASCAR Was Started by Bootleggers
The Company You Know
Coordinator of the largest gatherings of rednecks outside Civil War re-enactments. And something about car racing.
How It Got Started
Like all good things in life (organized crime, the Kennedys, etc.), NASCAR has its roots in Prohibition. Following the horrors of World War I, the United States really needed a drink. At that exact moment, the government decided they couldn't have one and passed the 18th Amendment, banning the sale of alcohol. Organized crime decided to fill the demand by making their own booze, which was transported by the 1920s equivalent of Jason Statham -- recklessly ballsy men insecurely fastened to steel boxes powered by explosions.
"This is my co-driver, Leo. He makes sure I don't fall asleep from boredom."
When strapping themselves to coffins on wheels and running from the cops no longer proved thrilling (people got bored easily in those days), they decided to start racing each other, because if there's anything that could be added to the harrowing experience of barely controlling your fire-breathing demon steed as it rockets down the cheapest roads money could buy, it's doing that in close proximity to bystanders. One of the biggest races took place in Daytona Beach, and a perennial fan by the name of Bill France thought that other people would enjoy watching the mechanical carnage.
There were a few problems with early racing. The first was that races weren't really so much scheduled as coalesced when enough drivers happened to congregate in the same area. There were no consistent rules between the races, which we're sure led to some heated debates over the legality of banana peels and turtle shells.
Fucking blue shells.
Bill France wanted to fix all that by uniting all the races under a single governing body for the enjoyment of the fans and the profit of the drivers. France gathered promoters and drivers together in a hotel bar and figured out the rules and regulations for his new sport, probably much in the same way that Delta Tau Chi chose pledges. Three months later, the first NASCAR race was held, and the rest is history.
#4. Silverware Maker Oneida Funded a Sex Cult
The Company You Know
One of the world's largest silverware manufacturers. Your grandmother's good dinnerware that only gets used on Thanksgiving probably has Oneida silverware with it.
"These are specially made for tossing salads!"
How It Got Started
A freaking sex colony.
In 1848, John Humphrey Noyes had a dream, one that many of us have to this day. Noyes' dream was for people to be able to bang whomever they wanted, consequence-free. But more importantly, he wanted them to bone in the name of Jesus. So Noyes formed a splinter faction of Christianity that believed that Jesus had already returned to Earth in 70 (not 1770 or 1670, just 70), and therefore his followers were able to bring about paradise on this mortal coil and achieve perfection by screwing the bejesus out of each other. He and his Humpayoo tribe decided to settle their den of divine inequity in Oneida, New York.
"Right here looks good!"
Even though our fantasy involves us being able to orgy it up all day without ever having to work, Noyes still lived in reality and needed a way to pay the bills. Since this was the 1800s, there were no university research grants they could take advantage of, so they set up a number of different businesses to help facilitate their extracurriculars. For a while, life was good. The businesses were thriving, the sex was plentiful and the people were happy, even though Noyes decreed that men were not permitted to ejaculate.
In 1879, Noyes was tipped off that the local police were coming to arrest him (turns out the older members had a thing for sexing underage girls), so Noyes fled to Canada, never to return. He eventually wrote to his followers and said they should go back to monogamy. Presumably after a massive "last hurrah" orgy, the community disbanded. A number of the members split off into monogamous pairs and decided to remain in Oneida. They sold off all the businesses except the most profitable one: silverware manufacturing. They incorporated their community and have been banging it out ever since.
"Hell yeah we have."
Silverware, that is.


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• Asian American Association
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• Daughters of Isabella
• Filipino Student Association
• Hispanic American Leadership Organization
• Hindu Students Community
• Interfaith Alliance
• Indian Student Association
• International Student Federation
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• Italian Club
• Just Earth!
• Keep A Child Alive
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• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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• Rainbow Alliance
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The 31 Diversity and Social Justice Organizations of SLU are all represented by Diversity Leadership Cabinet (DLC), an organization that serves as the voice on legislative issues related to diversity and social justice. DLC also promotes inclusion by collaborating between all of the above organizations in order to program, "Live the Oath," events throughout the year. If you are interested in getting involved with DLC, contact email@example.com today!
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1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon- One Of A Kind, One More TimeWritten by on August 12, 2008 Contributors: Randy Lorentzen Jim Bernhardt's Enigmatic '57 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon
A few years back, Orange, California, resident Jim Bernhardt was perusing the aisles of the Pomona Swap Meet looking for a prospective buy that would "give him something to do." A swimming pool technician by trade, Jim always had a knack when it came to tinkering with cars, ever since his early high school days when he was introduced to hot rods by the older kids in the neighborhood. His father was also quite handy in the garage, so between these two influences, it was destined that Jim would eventually fall prey to the hot rodding hobby. And fall prey he has. Jim tells us he and a few old friends tried to figure out how many cars they had each respectively owned in their day, and Jim reports the number was more than 100. Not too shabby.
Given that kind of history, it's not surprising that Jim would turn out such a fine car as his latest, this '57 Ford two-door Ranch Wagon. What's interesting, though, is that Jim had no intention of ever building that particular car; he just happened to bump into it back at the Pomona Swap Meet. Thinking about all the Nomads and other wagons he'd seen at the local cruise nights and rod runs, and remembering how pleased he was owning one of the only '50 Buick sedanettes in the area, got the gears turning in his head. Jim knew there weren't too many '57 Ford Ranch Wagons running around, and he'd definitely be the only dog on the block if he did something fun like, say, drop a 392ci Hemi under the hood. And, that's just what he did.
The original A-arm and front crossmember assembly proved to be a problem when Jim initially attempted to shoehorn the big Chrysler in the Ford. He contacted Al Simon, and the two decided to install a complete '76 Torino subframe that was not only slightly wider in the engine compartment area, but would also upgrade the frontend to disc brakes and a more contemporary front suspension design-two birds with one stone. From there, the Hemi fit like a glove, and it and a Turbo 400 trans were dropped into place. Out back, a 9-inch Ford rearend was slung on a pair of new leaf springs. There was a hang-up, though, and that was getting the right wheel size to fit under the fenders and clear all the new Torino assembly. Jim gave Pro Wheels a call to see if the crew could help him figure out a way to solve his dilemma. They quickly sorted out a set of 17-inchers with the proper backspacing the wagon needed.
While the drivetrain was sent over to CARS in Santa Ana, California, so Art Chrisman could work his magic on the engine and transmission, the rest of the car was being knocked straight as an arrow so Glenn at Orange Body & Paint could apply the Sikkens Black. From there, it went to Fountain Valley, California, where Pat Moynagh tackled the final fit and finish.
Art finished up the engine work, and the massive Hemi was once again placed between the wagon's framerails as Pat wired the entire car. Upon completion, it headed over to Fallbrook, California, where Jim Bailey stretched, rolled, and pleated German vinyl over the stock bench seats and fabricated and stitched up the various panels, carpet, and sprawling headliner.
The car has been finished for a few years now, and Jim reports he's just starting to get a chance to get out and enjoy the little Ranch Wagon. It's only showing slightly more than 1,000 miles on the speedo, but Jim promises that will change this year. And, we're hoping he's telling the truth, because there just ain't enough of these cars around, let alone one this nice, to keep them hidden from public view.
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As a result, this year's festival offering will be a special 1994 distillery bottling at full cask strength (non chill filtered of course). The good news for those of you who cannot come to the island is that we will put aside some of these bottles so that you can buy them online. I will give you more details when we have bottled the nectar!


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Michael Burke of Waltham, a 2014 graduate of Boston College High School and a member of the Boston College High School Concert/Chamber Choir, returned recently from a concert tour in Ireland.
While in Ireland, the boys visited Trinity College and the famous Book of Kells Exhibition, the exhibit of medieval and Viking Dublin, the Powerscourt House and Gardens, and Croke Park Stadium. Among others, they sang Caccini's "Ave Maria," "Pie Jesu," "Danny Boy," "Hallelujah," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and the Irish National Anthem ("A Soldier's Song").
The singing adventure started at Logan Airport to the delight of other travelers in Terminal E.
While in Dublin, the choir gave concerts in St. Canice�s Cathedral, the city of Kilkenny, St. Patrick�s Cathedral, Dublin, and the Easter Liturgy service in St. Kevin�s Parish Church at Glendalough. The group finished its trip with a friendship concert at Sandford Park School, Dublin.
The overall experience traveling as a group united in song is what these students remember most, according to the school.
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I love Digital Photography School. It has a variety of tips and interviews and challenges. Beginners and pros alike should check it out.
For lighting, Strobist is a must-read. Check out Lighting 101 series for introduction into off-camera flash, and then Lighting 102 with detailed overview of properties of various properties and ways you can alter them. There's also an index of all the entries.
Count me in as another Thom Hogan fan. I also like Ken Rockwell's blog/site. They are both fairly Nikon focused, though Ken does some Canon reviews.
For camera/lens reviews, I also like http://dpreview.com/, which also has pretty decent forums.
Personally, I read PhotoFocus at http://photofocus.com/
He also publishes a podcast (same URL), which I also enjoy. The podcast is all Q&A, often with famous photographers as guests.
Luminous Landscape (http://luminous-landscape.com/). As the name suggests - strong orientation towards landscape photography and also equipment.
One of my favorites is The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.com/
I'm also a big fan of Thom Hogan, though his site isn't exactly a blog. He does tweet occasionally, though. He has a strong Nikon focus. http://bythom.com/
When I was a brand new photographer, Cambridge In Color was extremely helpful. Great articles, not too long, and not too technical (but they do cover technical concepts.)
Another great site, although much more loaded with content and a little harder to find specifics, is Digital Photography School. Beautifully designed site (as an ex graphic designer, I find this site a wonderful piece of work), it has plenty of information for any photographer.
As a nature photographer, I have always found NatureScapes.net's articles to be helpful. I am not sure if nature photography is an interest for you, but there is still a lot of useful general photography information in some of their articles.
Another great site, although again more geared towards nature, is ND Magazine. One of the main editors is one of my favorite photographers, Andy Mumford. It was after reading some of his articles on this site that I started following his work. Some excellent tips here on how to be an excellent photographer.
Another site that I frequently use is The Digital Picture. This site has EXCELLENT lens reviews. It was primarily a Canon site, but the author has started reviewing Nikon gear as well. Brand and off-brand lenses are covered in great detail by someone who has had extensive use of all the equipment reviewed.
Scott Kelby
I also follow Scott Kelby at http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/
I find that (apart from promoting his own training and books - which is not a bad thing) Scott gives a good load of news, and has a weekly guest blogger section, where another famous photographer writes an entry. These can be very thought-provoking and inspirational.
Chase Jarvis is an excellent resource for pro behind-the-scenes stuff, lots of excellent material available as a podcast.
I would also recommend The Art of Adventure Photography, Bruce Percy is a marvellous photographer with an amazing way of capturing the light.
Martin Bailey is an amazingly dedicated blogger and podcaster who is also worth checking out.
DIY Photography
If you enjoy Strobist then you might also enjoy DIY Photography at http://www.diyphotography.net/
I find it's a bit varied, but there are some total gems when it comes to home-made photo gear and accessories.
Strobist is a great resource for all things flash-related. In addition to their excellent 101 series, they have great anecdotes and tips to help with tricky lighting situations.
Check out photo.net. It's probably among the oldest photography sites on the web. I've learned plenty from visiting it.
This Week in Photography is a weekly podcast discussing all things photo-related with a number of regular and guest professional and serious-amateur photographers, mainly from the US. Their new website, http://www.thisweekinphoto.com/, contains show-notes from all of the episodes they've recorded, plus articles written by the hosts on a range of photographical topics.
Nick Miners.com
Nick is a friend of mine who posts articles on his blog covering a range of photography topics. All posts are photography related, and cover a range of subjects, from beginner's-guide style overviews of the zonal system, to comments on new versions of software.
I really love Petavoxel. He uses his extensive knowledge of physics and photography to explain in very clear language how different camera manufacturer's choices lead to better or worse photographs. In particular, he specializes in myth-busting. For example, "back side illumination" isn't all that it's cracked up to be. And he's constantly focusing on sensor size and light sensitivity.
I have been blogging photography tips for 3 years or so, much of it is aimed at true beginners who are using Auto mode or just beginning to learn about manual controls, but other topics like image editing with Gimp are covered as well: http://blog.muddyboots.org/
If you're a Canon shooter interested in small flashes, then Syl Arena's speedliting.com is a good resource. It's fairly new, and still in development, but the "how to" section contains blog-like articles, and the "gear" section contains articles on choosing what gear to use.
There is also Syl's personal blog, pixsylated, although this is not purely photography focussed, but does include photography posts that aren't speedlite related (Topics covered include, for example, colour management).
I am surprised that Petapixel has not been suggested yet
Here is a bundle from Google Reader that I follow:
I will try to compile another one with any others that look interesting from answeres.
I would recommend:
I have enjoyed Tangents by Neil van Niekirk for its articles on lighting, especially about using on-camera flash for getting good light fast (essential on indoor events).
The "Digital Rev TV" Youtube Channel is always worth a visit. Not so much for technical advice, although they are testing gear all the time (admittedly in their own way). This one is rather for remembering what photography should be foremost, beginners in particular: A bucket full of fun!
Not a blog, but a mailing list: Photography Beginners. They've been around since 2001, and provide a good environment for folks just learning about photography, composition, and the nuts and bolts of their cameras.
My site has more than 3000 quotations about photography - http://www.PhotoQuotes.com - you can learn a lot by reading those quotes.
http://goingpro2010.com is an awesome resource as well, not so much for photography tips per say, but more for what you'd need to do to make money from photography, and what to do when you've got people asking you to take their pictures for some occasion or another.
Jonathan Cherry "Mull It Over". Every week or so, he interviews an emerging photographer and links to his/her gallery. A great way to discover new talents. At the end of the day, the path to be a better photographer goes through watching A LOT of other people pictures.
Don't forget to subscribe to the D-Town TV podcast as well.
It's not much of a blog, but National Geographic has some truly inspirational photos worth watching.
Photo equipment distributor Manfrotto has what they call an "on-line school", the Manfrotto School of Excellence. This has a series of articles from professional photographers and writers, including Michael Freeman, and apparently Scott Kelby is signed up for 2011. There's several sections of the site; some are overtly related to Manfrotto products and promotion, but others are general-interest photography. Particularly interesting sections are:
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Art in Motion will present Stogie Kenyatta's acclaimed traveling one-man show, "The World is My Home ― the Story of Paul Robeson," at 7 p.m. June 1 and 4 p.m. June 2 at the Leavenworth Virtual School, 1003 Third Ave. in Leavenworth. All tickets are $25, which includes a pre-show performance by AIM members and area youth and a question and answer session following the performance. AIM leaders are asking for ticket reservations to be made before May 15. For more information, call Joyce Williams at 913-727-3085.
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I will tell you the whole story,one night when i was using KDE on Ubuntu 10.10 Kwin crashed then i shut down the os next day when i booted it the display came completely garbled and i went to safe graphics mode ,it worked and in reinstalled the Nvidia drivers and then restarted .Then immediatly, It said
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then I thought ill do a fresh install I inserted the ubuntu cd provided to me by Canonical.When i pressed 'try ubuntu without installing' instead of the graphic boot screen i saw.Ubuntu 10.10 in regular text and a progress bar few seconds after that the screen was flooded with error messages first alot of white then red.I then went to my win7 installation and saw a website which told me to find a Ext3 reader and format the ubuntu partition and the swap.I did that and when i restarted.
GRUB configuration not found
Then it took my win 7 ERD and restored 7's bootloder Xp and 7 were working i put in the livecd again,Same error,Now usin my seven,Please help geeks,Ive even tried Knoppix,Fedora,Debiane.t.c they wont boot and i want to retain my win 7 and winxp partitions,I really miss linux.
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Feb. 10, 2009 -- More than 1,800 peanut products have been recalled in the wake of the salmonella outbreak linked to the Peanut Corporation of America's Blakely, Ga., plant.
The FDA is maintaining a searchable list of peanut product recalls. Major national brands of jarred peanut butter found in grocery stores aren't linked to the outbreak and haven't been recalled.
At least 600 people in 44 states and one person in Canada have been sickened by the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, and the outbreak may have contributed to at least eight deaths, according to the CDC. The CDC notes that cases appear to have peaked in December, but it's too early to say that the outbreak is over because it can take two to three weeks for cases to be reported to the CDC.
When the outbreak began, it was linked to Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) products that were distributed to institutions, not stores. But the PCA recently issued a news release listing several brands that it formerly sold directly to consumers at retail stores.
The PCA says it hasn't sold any brands directly to consumers in stores since 2007, but the PCA says in case anyone still has those products on hand, those brands are Casey's, Parnell's Pride, Reggie, and Robinson Crusoe, which PCA sold to 99 Cent Stuff, 99 Cents Only Stores, Dollar General, and Dollar Tree stores.
Recent peanut-related recalls by other companies include:
- Trader Joe's has expanded its recall to include its Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies and Vegan Trail Mix Cookies and Frozen Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookie Dough.
- Kmart is recalling certain Super Kmart bakery goods that contain granulated peanut products.
- Rite Aid is recalling its Rite Aid Chocolate Peanuts and Rite Aid Bridge Mix.
The Peanut Corporation of America's subsidiary, Plainview Peanut Company, has suspended operation of its processing plant in Plainview, Texas, while the FDA and state health officials investigate the plant. According to a statement posted on the web site of the Texas Department of State Health Services, a private lab under contract with the PCA indicated the possible presence of salmonella in some product samples from the plant.
Texas health officials state that "it does not appear that any of the implicated products -- peanut meal, granulated peanuts and dry-roasted peanuts -- have reached consumers," and that they're not aware of any illnesses linked to the PCA products made at that Texas facility.
The FBI is helping with the FDA's investigation of the PCA's Blakely, Ga., plant. FDA officials announced on Jan. 30 that the FDA and the Department of Justice are conducting a criminal investigation of the PCA.
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Psalm 133:1 KJV
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Psalm 133:1 GW
See how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters live together in harmony!
Are we just talking about males?
In Hebrew and other Semitic languages, it is standard for a group of males and females (even if there is only one male and the rest females) to be referred to by a masculine-gendered noun or pronoun. The Hebrew word is אַחִים (achim) in Psalms 133:1, meaning "brothers," but this is not necessarily to the exclusion of females, due to the rule mentioned above.


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If one was never circumcised can they be called up to the Torah for their bar-mitzvah?
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As with all questions of practical halachah, CYLOR (especially since there may be public policy issues involved). However:
Responsa Hillel Omer (Yoreh De'ah 144) addresses such a case. He says that the boy is certainly allowed to have an aliyah, considering that it's not his fault that he is uncircumcised; at that age the responsibility still rests on his father to arrange it.
In a different context, R. Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe, Orach Chaim 2:32:2) states that an uncircumcised kohen should still be called up first to the Torah, since after all he is a full-fledged Jew and kohen.
Naturally, considering that a bar mitzvah is supposed to be a celebration of the boy's responsibility for and acceptance of mitzvos, then if a bris can be arranged before the bar mitzvah - obviously, assuming that it is medically possible (that the boy isn't a hemophiliac or the like) - then so much the better; make it double celebration!


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Your specific teen program may require additional forms to be filled out. Please check with your teen development leader at the program's site to ensure all of the necessary paperwork that is needed for you to participate.
- Mountain Fest Waiver (PDF)
Download, and print the waiver out in order to participate!
- Travel and Overnight Participant form (B-50) (PDF)
This is required for programs and events that involve overnight lodging and travel.
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For all youth that would like to participate in a variety of water activities facilitated by our boating centers.
- Permission form (E-13) (PDF)
Transportation permission for field trips within the city of Seattle for recreational activities.
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This form is necessary in order to qualify for water activity.
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This form is necessary for participation in the O2 outdoor programs.
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Permission for youth to be photographed and help Seattle Parks showcase youth programs.
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For youth who would like to join in on the yearly Wild Waves trip.
- Vertical World Waiver (PDF)
Acknowledgement of risks and release form for participation in Vertical World activities.
Welcome to Seattle Parks - Information web page. Find the latest info about all of Seattle Parks Teens programs, events and activities. Including Late Night, O2 outdoor education, the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, service learning hours and more.


text: Here is a cute little critter that lives in the ocean. I wanted to make a shellfish species that I am absolutley craving for as a meal. Summer is almost here which means I will be longing for seafood of all different kinds. Some of my favorite seafood is crabs (either rock or sand), lobster, clams, steamers, quahogs, scallops, shrimp, octopus, squid, and much, much more. I guess you could say that one of the parts of my heritage gets the best of me when it comes to loving seafood. Here is a lesson for all you seafood lovers too. How about learning the task of drawing a lobster for kids. I'm putting this lobster in the 'for kids' section because it is a very simple tutorial that anyone can tackle. I hope you have fun with it, and maybe after you draw it out you won't have the urge to go out and buy one...than again maybe not. Have fun folks and enjoy your drawing day!


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Could someone recommend a db management tool that supports SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and is web-based? By 'web-based' I just mean it can be run in a browser locally or remotely.
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Could someone recommend a db management tool that supports SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and is web-based?
If a remote desktop is an acceptable web-based solution, you could have Navicat Premium on a remote server that way you don't need the tool locally (premium is the cross-databases edition of the tool: it has
But you would find cheaper/free if you simply install a tool per database type (e.g. phpMyAdmin, Chive, phpPgAdmin, SQLiteManager).
While not truly web based, you can start the dbWatch interface from a java webstart session. You can test this on our webpage (http://www.dbwatch.com/). It supports Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL and Ingres. Other platforms will be supported in the future.
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Christian Wiman: Hammer is the Faith
Last night, the poet Christian Wiman gave the 10th annual Commonweal Lecture at Fairfield University. The talk was entitled "Hammer Is the Faith: Radical Doubt, Realistic Faith."
Among other things, Wiman exhorted his listeners to memorize poetry ("it can be a bulwark against all the cant that surrounds us," he said); quoted from A . R. Ammons, Gerard Manley Hopkins, George Herbert, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, W. B. Yeats ... the list goes on; and talked about the apparent--but ultimately illusory--pull between life and art: the sense, that is, that one can live happily and well OR create art but not both.
Most memorably, for me at least, he spoke of those Wordsworthian "spots of time" where we seem not just touched but called from something that exceeds us. We can feel these in our experience with nature (seeing a sublime waterfall) or in our experience with art (feeling wonder at the beauty of a line of poetry) or in our experience with people (being scoured and born anew in our love for another).
Religious faith, Wiman declared, is ultimately faith to these moments--a cherishing and honoring of the experiences when we felt, deep within our bones, an unexplained surplus of being.
If this all sounds intriguing, then you should buy Wiman's latest book, My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer. Here is a link.
And here is a link to Wiman reading from his poem "From a Window," which describes the wonder the speaker felt after a flock of birds flew up from a tree and ends like this:
Of course that old tree stood
exactly as it had and would
(but why should it seem fuller now?)
and though a man's mind might endow
even a tree with some excess
of life to which a man seems witness,
that life is not the life of men.
And that is where the joy came in.
About the Author
Anthony Domestico is an assistant professor of literature at Purchase College, SUNY. His book on poetry and theology in the modernist period is forthcoming from Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Anthony, thank you for reporting on this. Will the full text be available? Will a video be available?
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How is Mr. Wiman feeling?
Paul, I was only there as a listener and so don't know if the text or video will be made available. Here's a link to another address he gave, at Santa Clara in 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDUxY6I_9Y
Ann, he made it clear that he wanted the discussion to be about poetry and faith last night and not about his health. But he appears to be doing well--he's teaching at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale, writing reviews, etc.
Thanks, Anthony. Glad to hear it.
I love "an unexplained surplus of being". Wonderful.
. . . and by all means read his latest poetry collection, Every Rven Thing. It is as brilliant as it is beautful. I find that his ways with language, imagery, insight, spiritual depth are truly remarkable.
The experience of an" excess of life" that i' feel in the presence of a tree or any outdoor encounter with nature, is not experienced usually for me as a sheer joy but more as a sense of longing ; an evokiing, a pointing to, a portense? of ,even more life. It's a glimpse ,a taste of the peace and joy of God but it's not quite that,it stirs me but does not fill me.Though once i did experience the sheer pure joy of nature when out on a farm i unexpectedly came across a hothouse and not expecting anything as i'd never been in one, i entered and was overwhelmed with the beauty,the green lushness, the colorful brightnes of all these plants and flowers ,this sheer teeming of life all around me. i felt at home ,I felt pure joy and understood why paradise is depicted as a garden. Nature also sirred me to my core when once when in my 20's i was on a bus going to India. The bus was traveling trough Turkey or Iran,I don't remember where we were exactly and I was looking out the window and suddenly the empty landscape before me; all brown mountains, not a speck of green,not a speck of life anywhere,just brown mountains,barren of life yet strangely peaceful; in their emptyness and the light and shadow hitting them,suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks .It was not sad or earlie this barren place but quiet, without distraction and the brown barren mountain ranges evoking emptyness and vastness suddenly just filled with a longing a deep longing for God.that was more then a longing,I wanted to yell to stop the bus so i could get out and prostrate myself on the ground-I felt overwhelmed with a longing that was also a beckoning.This landscape brought me out of myself and the world and made me aware of God as Spirit.I did not say anything to anyone and did not return to the church till much later but that experience of nature evoking ,speaking of the immenseness of God of Spirit remained. Now even when looking at buildings ,i'm reminded of that .


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Pretty blond shopowner Luvi Wheelock threw open the doors to her newly relocated sister boutiques during a pair of grand-reopening celebrations. At the new, larger location of her Casa de Novia Bridal Couture, in River Oaks Shopping Center, guests sipped bubbly courtesy of Cha Champagne & Wine Bar and nibbled bites from Petite Sweets while perusing gowns by designers like Vera Wang and Junko Yoshioka. ... And at next-door Atrium Ready-to-Wear, shoppers admired the chic accents, like the giant crystal chandelier, and mingled with New York designer Sally LaPointe, who made a guest appearance at the fash bash. Photography by Julian Bajsel and Anthony A. Hynes Photography