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KISS offering new perspective with latest band biography
Gene Simmons says "Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS," offers something different from the other books published over the years about his band.
The blood-spitting bassist tells "Rolling Stone" the new book offers another perspective. While Simmons and KISS frontman and co-founder Paul Stanley are listed as authors with writer Ken Sharp, Gene says "Nothin' to Lose" doesn't just tell their version of events.
He explains that it includes "stories and anecdotes from other rock stars and journalists" who share "what they saw, what they heard, and what it was like" to be with KISS at that time.
"Nothin' to Lose" focuses on KISS' formation and early days, covering the years 1972 through '75.
The book is in stores now.

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PHOTO: Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney kiss at Golden Globes bash
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Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney made a rare public appearance together at a Golden Globes after-party on Sunday.
The couple arrived hand-in-hand for NBC's bash at the Beverly Hilton, and weren't shy about being affectionate and kissing in front of the cameras.
Gaga later made her way to the HBO party at the restaurant Circa 55.
Earlier in the night, Kinney presented theSupporting Actor in a TV Series Award with his "Chicago Fire" co-star Jesse Spencer and Kate Beckinsale.
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. Y u no take Hashirama instead?
And no need, I just want you to understand how to utilize the jutsu fully. >.>
Actually, what I was looking for is "punch the little piece of sh*t when angry*. xD jkjk.
(Mokuton: Mokujin) - Wood Style: Wooden Man
Rank: D
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Chakra cost: 10
Damage Points: N/A(+5 for any hits landed by the dummy)
Description: The user creates a training wooden dummy to help him train or to fight against an opponent.
Now, perform the Bird → Dog → Snake handseals and then summon up wood from your body to completely cover you.
Once you do, manipulate every cell and color of that wood to transform into...
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Barack Obama goes shopping for books
Barack Obama and family went book shopping on Saturday in Washington DC. I love how this article comments how both his daughters wore jeans – as if what the president's daughters wear was remotely important.
The Obamas bought the following books:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
Tails by Matthew Van Fleet
Descent into Chaos by Ahmed Rashid
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Zen Shorts by Jon Muth
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a pretty disappointing book in my humble opinion but it won a Pulitzer Prize, so what do I know? The Phantom Tollbooth, on the other hand, is a magnificent book and I hope he reads it aloud to those two girls. It's a beautiful book to read to children as it's so full of word play. My nine-year-old has read The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and she gave it a thumbs up.


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Signal Hill Councilman Ed Wilson is one of several elected officials named a 2012 Healthy Growth Leader by the American Lung Association for his vote on the Sustainable Communities Strategy.
The blueprint for smart growth has been developed under California's Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act, to reduce pollution and provide alternative transportation options for Southern California.
The American Lung Association in California praised officials who have committed to pursue smart growth.
Wilson and other members of the Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council voted on the plan this week, which "lays out a vision for shifting development patterns to follow transit corridors and providing viable alternatives to driving," said Jane Warner, president and CEO of the American Lung Association in California.
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Associate professor Craig Israelsen teaches a family finance course at Brigham Young University and just finished a section on life insurance.
He says his students were pretty glassy-eyed during the discussion.
"It's stunning to them that they need to be in the market for a half-million dollars worth of life insurance," Israelsen said. "When you're young, you have a feeling of being bulletproof."
But in a state where couples marry young and start families shortly thereafter, it's a bit surprising that more Utahns don't invest in life insurance policies. According to a statistical comparison by Bankrate, Inc., Utah has the highest marriage rate in the nation, but ranks 45th when it comes to life insurance policies in force.
Israelsen said he understands the impulse to deny one's mortality and the demands on a growing family's pocketbook, but he says life insurance offers families an important safety net.
"If a 25 year old dies today, that exposes the surviving spouse to 40 to 45 years of unearned income," he said. "A young person, a nonsmoker, could get $1 million of life insurance for about $800 a year. That's about what they're spending on a cell phone."
Life insurance 101 • Life insurance is grounded on the premise that we're all going to die and that if your life is cut short, the policy will help pay the bills for those left behind.
"The trigger to consider life insurance is if you have dependents," Israelsen said. "In the LDS population, marriage and dependents come early. If you're 23 with kids, then you're in the market for life insurance."
Plans fall into two categories: individual policies, which are owned by, of course, an individual; and group life insurance, which is most often tied to employment or a union. And you can buy policies for a period of time (called term insurance) or for your entire life (called a whole life insurance plan), which costs more.
The Bankrate numbers show that of the state's 2.03 million residents older than 15, only 783,000 own individual life insurance policies. Pam Perlich, Senior Research Economist in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah, questioned the analysis.
"Fifteen-year-olds don't buy life insurance," Perlich said. "Because young people are a larger share of our population than any other state and because we have the largest number of kids per household, that skews the data."
Kent Christensen, a Farmer's Insurance agent in Salt Lake City for the past 21 years, also took issue with the Bankrate conclusions, saying that may not reflect those covered by a company life insurance policy. Still, he acknowledges individual life insurance is a tough sell for young adults.
"I've talked with 10 20-somethings in the last four months and they won't sit down and discuss it," said Christensen. "It's 'something I'll buy later' or 'I don't need it' or 'I have some at work.' They just think they're immortal."
But he argues that consumers need to be educated.
"I look at it like a utility bill," Christensen said. "You pay $140 a month on gas to keep the house warm, but you won't spend $100 on life insurance to ensure that your family can stay in that house? I can't figure it out."
How much life insurance do I need? • Christensen said the rule of thumb is your life insurance policy should pay out 10 to 12 times your annual income. He advises conducting a needs analysis to find the amount of coverage that's right for your family, figuring in your mortgage, your student loans, your standard of living.
"If you're paying for your wife's 2007 Lexus now, you better give her enough money to keep paying for it," he said.
BYU's Craig Israelsen best advice: Don't skimp.
"If you're underinsured, it's better than nothing, but not by much," Christensen said. "It's like saying I've got food. If I only have two crackers, it's food, but it won't make a difference."
Twitter: @jnpearce
Shopping for life insurance
When you have dependents (marriage, children), it's time to buy.
Check with a financial adviser (who won't profit from selling the policy) about what type and how much you need.
Buy term life rather than a cash-value or whole life policy.
Shop around using online insurance brokers, such as Accuquote.com, FindMyInsurance.com, and LifeInsure.com.
Source • Bankrate, Consumer Reports


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SA Smarts - August Meeting - Facebook and Twitter and Arts, oh my!
Arts Mall
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM (CDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Please join SA SMARTS on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 for our monthly discussion/sharing about Social Media for the Arts. This month we will delve into the top 2 platforms that Arts Organizations are using to connect via Social Media - Facebook and Twitter. Bring your success stories and your "oops!" moments to share with the group.
This month, thanks to our great sponsor, Akimbo Card, you will have the chance to win $50 at the meeting! You can sign up for your new prepaid Visa card now, or at the event - use promo code: VPSan Antonio when you sign up for your Akimbo Card.
The meeting will take place at Geekdom, on the 10th Floor of the Weston Centre, in downtown San Antonio. Geekdom will validate parking in the Weston Centre garage - enter on Soledad Street.
We'll have some breakfast-y nibbles, coffee, and take a bit of time to network before getting down to business. Here's the agenda:
8-8:30 am – Nibble & Networking
8:30-9:30 am – Introductions, Facebook & Twitter, Topics for Future Meetings
We promise to respect your time, and have you out at 9:30 sharp.
Please RSVP here, so we can plan accordingly. Feel free to invite others that may be interested in SA SMARTS (Social Media Arts Round Table Sessions).
Like what we're doing? Please consider volunteering, joining Arts Mall (organization memberships are only $35), or making a small donation.
Arts Mall – San Antonio is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Arts Mall must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
When & Where
Geekdom - 10th Floor
112 E Pecan St
San Antonio,
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM (CDT)
Add to my calendar
Arts Mall
Arts Mall Productions is creating a community of business-savvy artists and art-savvy consumers/patrons.
Launched in San Antonio in 2013, the Arts Mall invites you to browse the projects that make up this evolving start-up. Arts Mall Productions has its office in Geekdom, San Antonio's premier collaborative coworking space, in the Weston Centre.
Projects like CSA-San Antonio, SA-SMARTS, SA Plays, and the monthly Art-Working Happy Hour make up the initial "tenants" in our virtual mall.
Resources, Workshops, News, Features, Consultations, Memberships, etc. are all "COMING SOON" to a vacant storefront in the Arts Mall, too!


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Losing friends and loved ones is one of the most difficult transitions we will encounter in life. I try to meet people where they are in the pain they are dealing with having lost a beloved family member or a cherished friend, coworker, teacher, or fellow student. I walk with people through their grief offering comfort, a listening ear, and support knowing what they are experiencing can be life altering. I help them to be comfortable knowing that healing will be a slow process that is unique to each and every individual.


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After flashing the firmware on my Prism 2.5 based wireless card (Zcomax XI-325), blacklisting the orinoco drivers and enabling the hostap drivers, I am finally able to properly inject!
As of right now, I have injected 430,000+ packets at a average rate of 250 packets per second (using the stock antenna).
Just now, aircrack has found the WEP key! My first successful WEP crack!
Thanks to all the members and their helpful posts on the subjects.


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PHOTO: Lupita Nyong'o Releases Her Second Lancome Ad
Fashion it girl, Lupita Nyong'o, recently shared her latest ad for Lancome on her Instagram. The Oscar winner – who was named a Lancome ambassador in April of this year – looks amazing in this ad as she rocks neutral makeup and trendy white button up.
The ad focuses on the Lancome Nude Miracle foundation which is exclusively available at Sephora (in stores and online). Lupita shared the IG caption, "@lancomeusa secret #2: #NudeMiracle is out exclusively at @Sephora. My shade is 530 Suede C. What's yours?"
Lancome's Nude Miracle is liquid to powder foundation that has a weightless feel and bare matte finish. Sounds like the perfect foundation to rock as summer closes and fall begins. Thanks, Lupita!


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Winter Quarter | January/February
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And as an avid fan of Robin Hanson, I think the best guesses happen when money or something equally important is on the line.
And since we can't change it, our best hope is to box it in.
Like Tomas and Ebba, sometimes the best way to handle the situation is to put your head down and forge ahead.
You know, you set out to do something, and I have achieved what I set out to do to the best of my ability.
The first winner of the best collection award was Thom Gunn, an expat Brit living with his lover, Mike Kitay, in San Francisco.
Then take out the best pieces of giblet, trim them neatly, and set them aside.
Marriage is the best means we've found for perpetuating and improving the race.
"I will do my best, mother dear," said Elsa, with a quick short sigh.
But everyone did his best to contribute to the hilarity of the occasion.
Anybody can see that we're playing all round you simply because we've got the best team.
Old English beste, reduced by assimilation of -t- from earlier Old English betst "best, first, in the best manner," originally superlative of bot "remedy, reparation," the root word now only surviving in to boot (see boot (n.2)), though its comparative, better, and superlative, best, have been transferred to good (and in some cases well). From Proto-Germanic root *bat-, with comparative *batizon and superlative *batistaz (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch best, Old High German bezzist, German best, Old Norse beztr, Gothic batists).
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' menBest-seller as short for "best-selling book" is from 1902, apparently originally in the publishing trade; best friend was in Chaucer (late 14c.). Best girl is first attested 1881, American English; best man is 1814, originally Scottish, replacing groomsman. To be able to do something with the best of them is recorded by 1748.
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
"to get the better of," 1863, from best (adj.). Related: Bested; besting.
c.1200, from best (adj.).
"hole dug for water, spring of water," Old English wielle (West Saxon), welle (Anglian), from wiellan (see well (v.)).
Old English gōd "that which is good, goodness; advantage, benefit; gift; virtue; property;" from good (adj.).
"in a satisfactory manner," Old English wel, common Germanic (cf. Old Saxon wela, Old Norse vel, Old Frisian wel, Dutch wel, Old High German wela, German wohl, Gothic waila "well"), from PIE *wel-, *wol- (cf. Sanskrit prati varam "at will," Old Church Slavonic vole "well," Welsh gwell "better," Latin velle "to wish, will," Old English willan "to wish;" see will (v.)). Also used in Old English as an interjection and an expression of surprise. Well-to-do "prosperous" is recorded from 1825.
"to spring, rise, gush," Old English wiellan (Anglian wællan), causative of weallan "to boil, bubble up" (class VII strong verb; past tense weoll, past participle weallen), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, *wel- "roll" (cf. Old Saxon wallan, Old Norse vella, Old Frisian walla, Old High German wallan, German wallen, Gothic wulan "to bubble, boil"), from PIE root *wel- "to turn, roll" (see volvox), on notion of "roiling or bubbling water."
"hole dug for water, spring of water," Old English wielle (West Saxon), welle (Anglian), from wiellan (see well (v.)).
"to spring, rise, gush," Old English wiellan (Anglian wællan), causative of weallan "to boil, bubble up" (class VII strong verb; past tense weoll, past participle weallen), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, *wel- "roll" (cf. Old Saxon wallan, Old Norse vella, Old Frisian walla, Old High German wallan, German wallen, Gothic wulan "to bubble, boil"), from PIE root *wel- "to turn, roll" (see volvox), on notion of "roiling or bubbling water."
Old English god (with a long "o") "virtuous; desirable; valid; considerable," probably originally "having the right or desirable quality," from Proto-Germanic *gothaz (cf. Old Norse goðr, Dutch goed, Old High German guot, German gut, Gothic goþs), originally "fit, adequate, belonging together," from PIE root *ghedh- "to unite, be associated, suitable" (cf. Old Church Slavonic godu "pleasing time," Russian godnyi "fit, suitable," Old English gædrian "to gather, to take up together"). As an expression of satisfaction, from early 15c.; of children, "well-behaved," by 1690s.
Irregular comparatives (better, best) reflect a widespread pattern, cf. Latin bonus, melior, optimus. Good-for-nothing is from 1711. Good looking is attested from 1780 (good looks by c.1800). Good sport, of persons, is from 1906; good to go is attested from 1989. The good book "the Bible" attested from 1801, originally in missionary literature describing the language of conversion efforts in American Indian tribes.
Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing. ["As You Like It"]
Best (běst), Charles Herbert. 1899-1978.
American-born Canadian physiologist noted for the discovery and successful clinical application of insulin.
American-born Canadian physiologist who assisted Frederick Banting in the discovery of the hormone insulin. In acknowledgment of his work, Banting shared his portion of the 1923 Nobel Prize with Best. In addition to further refining the use of insulin, Best later discovered the vitamin choline and the enzyme histaminase, which breaks down histamine.
A deep hole or shaft sunk into the Earth to tap a liquid or gaseous substance such as water, oil, gas, or brine. If the substance is not under sufficient pressure to flow freely from the well, it must be pumped or raised mechanically to the surface. Water or pressurized gas is sometimes pumped into a nonproducing oil well to push petroleum resources out of underground reservoirs. See also artesian well.
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'"It felt good," Rivet said of his shoulder following practice Monday. "The last week or so I really tried to push hard on it and see kind of where it's at. It has responded real well. Obviously practice is not game-situation, that's something that I will be finding out very soon."'
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- 3D2N stay for 2 for $1,288 (rrp. $2,755)
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10km south of Bali's Denpasar airport lies The Sintesa Jimbaran with its angular roofs and white façade inviting guests to its halls complete with ornate traditional Balinese carvings and colours. The hotel's modern and traditional juxtaposition if further enhanced by its close proximity to Jimbaran beach - Bali's most famous traditional beach, populated with traditional Jukung fishing boats amidst fellow tourists looking for sand and surf. Each of the 206 rooms and suites of The Sintesa Jimbaran sport a modern design with white walls and parquet flooring, accented by modern art fixtures and lights.
- Dine on Asian and Continental cuisine at The Coffee Shop, the hotel's restaurant overlooking the gardens or enjoy a drink over live music at The BARber Shop, the bar donning a 1930's barbershop design.
- Enjoy a pampering session at the Sintesa Wellness Spa, where massages, facials, waxing, manicure, and pedicure services are administered with the help of natural beauty products.
- Keep muscles busy upon parquet floors at the hotel's fitness studio, as well as the swimming pool which features a sunbathing area complete with a fountain.
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- Poolside Bar
- Tours
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- Fitness centre
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Jimbaran, Bali: What to see and do
Jimbaran is located in South Kuta – a 15-minute drive from the airport – and faces Jimbaran Bay to the west and Benoa Bay to the east. The town has a quiet charm passed on from its time as a small fishing village, and you can choose to walk or hire a car to discover its attractions. The beach along Jimbaran Bay remains its main attraction and the calm waters bordered by powdery sand is a great spot for families to spend the day and swim. Along the seafront, there are seafood restaurants that serve up fire-grilled fish, prawns, crabs, and squid, which you can enjoy while seated around tables laid out on the sand as the sun sets over the horizon.
Wake up early in the morning and make your way to the fish market to see the local fishermen haul in the day's catch on brightly-painted longtail boats. Watch the fast-paced action as people haggle over fresh marine produce and if you are quick enough, you may even grab your choice of seafood for dinner later. Pura Ulun Siwi is a Hindu temple that can be found across the morning market, and is considered unusual in terms of its east-facing orientation and architecture, which dates back to the 11th century. The temple guards the welfare of the rice fields, and farmers are often seen praying for a good harvest and collecting water to protect their crop from rodents.
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Root of Evil -MP3-
March 4th 2008
Here's a new mix with the exploits from my latest trip to Ghana. Next week I'm off again to Guinea's forest region and the entire month of April will be spent digging up vinyl in Ghana, Togo and Benin. This means that there probably won't be any new posts until early in May...
The traffic on this blog has increased quite a lot in recent weeks, as a result, my friend Rainer had his site temporarily taken down by his server because all the downloads from this blog were drasticaly exceeding his bandwith limit... due to life saving efforts from Greg and Cyril, everything's up and running again.
I wouldn't be able to post any mixes without the help of my friends!
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02:48 Amoah Azangeo - gbeka sane
05:44 K. Frimpong - me yee owu den
14:54 Destruction Nkengas - jungle beat
21:00 Marijata - we live in peace
25:00 Kelenkye Band - brotherhood of man
29:00 Waza Afriko '76 - ke oda
33:52 Dan Boadi - money - root of evil
44:10 Eddy Pollo - money
50:40 Sidiku Buari - disco soccer
Just two mixes ago, we had Benin's Super Star de Ouidah opening up with their version of "feeling you got". There's also another cover version of this song done by El Rego. On my last trip to Ghana, I finally found the original recording of this track by the Super Eagles. This group from the Gambia recorded a series of 45s on the Ghana Film label in Accra and later on moved to Mali as far as I know. This scorcher of a funky Soul track that was recorded in 1968 reminds me a bit of Dyke & the Blazers. Sorry about all that noise and crackle, this 45 really is in extreme rough shape but the sheer power of those drums and the emotional impact of the vocals still shine through and I won't even hesitate to play this hammered piece of vinyl for a dance floor. But just in case if anybody out there has a clean copy, please get in touch with me, I have loads of stuff for trade!
The next track by Amoah Azangeo on the other hand probably wouldn't be club material. This blistering piece of Afrobeat clearly suffers by the probable fact that it was recorded with only one microphone. This in itself wouldn't necessarily have caused much harm but then someone had the strange idea to place a guy with a shakera right in front of the mic and told him to give it all he's got... after a couple of listens though, I kinda like this recording the way it is. The occasional complete disregard for any conventions is just one of the aspects that make African music so truly amazing.
When I traveled to Kumasi, I met this one record store owner who let me go through his entire stash of a couple of thousand records. The first handful LPs I grabbed contained a copy of the Sweet Talks Kussum Beat album. I pulled out the record only to realize that it's broken. A big chunk of vinyl was missing. This almost brought tears to my eyes. After hours of sifting through stacks and stacks of records, I approached the owner just to hear him say: "Well now let's see which ones of these I can sell...". Almost all of the records were potential doubles for my collection so I figured the damage won't be too big either way until dear Mr. Gyasi decided to not sell me a single one of those records. Goddamn! It all wouldn't have been a big deal if not for this one K. Frimpong LP which I had never seen before and that -as I found out while listening to it on my portable turntable -had one monster Afrobeat track on it. I pleaded with this man for a couple of hours but nothing would convince him, not even the most ridiculous amounts of money offered.
One week later, back in Accra, I visited a man named Kongo who had said he had located a few records for me. I stepped into his house and on the floor in front of me was another copy of the Sweet Talks' Kussum Beat. I was stunned and slowly bent down to pick it up when Komgo said "No, no, that's nothing, that's none of those records I was talking about, -this is just something that has been lying around the house forever". I told him that this was a great, great record and when I lifted it from the floor, I noticed that Kongo had used it to hide a big stash of Ganja from plain view. The Vinyl was in excellent shape and I said "Kongo, this is going to get you some serious cash". I carefully placed the record onto the bed next to us when someone knocked at the door. Kongo opened and in came two kids with a bunch of scratched up, coverless LPs. Mostly western stuff like Michael Jackson and Boney M. (Boney M must have swept the entire planet like a plague, there doesn't seem a single place on earth where you won't find their records, -thank god no-one seems to know that they were from Germany, we're already stigmatized enough...). I was disappointed and explained the kids what kind of stuff I was looking for. They listened carefully and before I could react sat down on the bed. I heard the ugly sound of breaking vinyl and let out a loud scream "Noooo! No! This can't be fucking happening!". Both guys jumped up stunned by my sudden outburst and where the one closest to me had sat, I picked up the Kussum Beat album and pulled the vinyl out of the sleeve only to confirm that it was completely split in two. There is only that much pain a man can bare and I went back to the hotel where I got seriously drunk on way too many Star beers.
The next morning, Kongo called me up to tell me that he had managed to find me another copy of the broken record. I jumped into a cab and arriving at his house was confronted with a big stack of records that not only contained the Sweet Talks LP but also a clean copy of the K.Frimpong record that Mr. Gyasi back in Kumasi had refused to sell me. the third track on this mix, "me yee owu den" is from this record.
I didn't include any tracks from said Sweet Talks LP on this mix although this record has three strong Afrobeat tracks. But one was already included in my mix ""Big Beats, Sweet Talks & Psychedelic Aliens"" and the other two are featured on Soundway Record's Ghana Soundz Compilations Vol1&2. I'm sure you all already own those, right?
"jungle beat" by the Destruction Nkengas comes up next. I think it's the same group as the Ikenga Super Stars who recorded a ton of rather bland Hi-Life records and only one more Afrobeat record also featured on the "feeling you got" mix.
It was also on this last trip that I managed to find another copy of the blue Marijata LP. This one is perfectly clean and unscratched on both sides. I included "we live in peace" on this mix. "no condition is permanent" from Soundways' Ghana Soundz compilation is from this same record along with "break through" which was included on the "this hustling world" making this one of the strongest African Funk records of all time with a total of 3 killer dance floor tracks.
"brotherhood of man" by the Kelenkye Band comes up next. This copy is in better shape than my first one but still quite noisy... sorry!
Waza Afriko '76 brought out an LP that had two editions, each one with an entirely different cover. They managed to fool me, I already had thought I found their second album. Back home I had to realize that this is exactly the same one I already had. "ke oda" is their strongest track. You have to love those banging drums.
Dan Boadis' "money - root of evil" from his (if it's true) in Chicago produced record leads us further into the 70's and Eddy Pollo continues not only the theme about the evils of money but also the trend towards slicker sounding 70's Funk.
Sidiku Buari and his epical "disco soccer" ends this mix. Sidiku wants you to believe that this track was recorded live in NYC. As the football arena like crowd noise and Sidiku's announcements and crowd reactions at the end illustrate, he must have been quite a star in New York. He takes things even further on the cover sleeve where he poses in a phantasy navy uniform carrying a small plastic toy machine squirt gun. The liner notes claim that Janet Jackson did the backing vocals and his bass player Ken Williams is listed under a picture of Carlos Santana... maybe a cameo?
In any case a true piece of art and a prime example for African bullshitting at its best.
Now if I'd only know what Kalabule Medicine is.
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Lady Gaga bares it all again for 'V' Magazine
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If she hasn't made it clear by now, it looks like Lady Gaga's favorite thing to wear - despite her love of fashion and haute couture - is her own skin.
The ARTPOP queen was photographed by Inez & Vinoodh for V Magazine, and now the photos are being revealed!
Recently donning her birthday suit in a video for the Marina Abramovic Institute showcasing the "Abramovic Method," Mother Monster bares it all once again for the magazine.
The four covers are slowly being revealed, featuring Gaga for the most part covers her Lady G parts, aside from one - which she is only clovered by a red sequin jacket. But shots she has shared with her little monsters on her twitter account, of photos inside the issue, are way more revealing. One photo even shows her breasts completely.
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Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving Dinner in Evansville
Thanksgiving...the one holiday were gluttony is accepted form of pleasure followed by watching college football games. Nothing says family like gathering around the dinner table and freebasing on mashed potatoes, turkey and a huge slice of pumpkin pie. As fun as that sounds, there's probably going to be a time in your life where you might not be able to make it a family member's and partake in the activities. So, what's your next best option? Sit your a$% on your couch and gorge yourself on Totino's Pizzas is one option. Another option is head to your favorite restaurant and partake in a nice meal! The only problem is that a number of local restaurants are actually closed on Thanksgiving (wild, right?). Well, we've done the dirty work for you and compiled a list of our favorite restaurants that are open Thanksgiving Day. Different types of restaurants made our list so PREPARE YOURSELF.


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CGC proudly presents the outstanding sets and collectors that helped make the Registry such a great community resource this past year. And as the Registry has expanded, so have our award categories.
We would like to thank all of the participants in the CGC Registry and congratulate everyone on their individual accomplishments in every set.
The CGC Registry has seen incredible growth in the last year. With more than 11,000 registered sets, we can say once again that the number of registered sets has doubled since last awards time. Based on the ever-growing list of new set type requests, it is evident the CGC Registry continues to develop, and we look forward to seeing even more exciting new sets going forward.
Our mission this year was to choose three sets each in five competitive categories: Best Golden Age, Best Silver Age, Best Bronze Age, Best Modern Age, and Best Presented. Additionally, we had the task of choosing three outstanding message board contributors and just one Registry participant for Overall Achievement in Comics Collecting. For the first time ever, we are also presenting an award for Best Magazine set.
Our team of judges reviewed all of the top sets across every category in the Registry and after much consideration, selected the following winners. Congratulations to all!
CGC 2008 Award for Achievement in Comics Collecting
The winner of the CGC 2008 Award for Achievement in Comics Collecting is colmoreman! Thirty-two out of fifty-two of colmoreman's impressive sets are currently ranked #1. Over half of his sets are the top ranked. That is astounding. Equally impressive is that eighteen sets are 100 percent complete. Colmoreman's sets focus mainly on Silver Age and Bronze Age and not just comic books, but comic magazines, too. There are many highlights from his registry, such as high-ranking sets of DC 80 Page Giants, Marvel Annuals, Marvel Giant-Size, Millie the Model, Marvel Magazine 1st Issues, and Sgt. Fury. Every set in his registry displays a fabulous achievement in collecting and shows a true passion for comic books. Congratulations to
colmoreman! View all of these sets and more at colmoreman's homepage.
Best Golden Age Sets
1koko Favourite Pre-Hero Detective Comics
#1-#26Obtaining a complete pre-hero run of Detective Comics is an accomplishment worthy of top billing. Overstreet lists #1 as Scarce, and #2 and #3 as Rare. This set of #1-26 is Very Rare. Well done!
starman221 KILLER BAT'S
Batman #1-#100This is a solid set of Batman with #1-41 complete and a total of 62 issues below #100. Only the hard work and dedication of
a true collector to completing a run can produce results like this. Congrats on the run... only 38 more to go!
4Gemworks Comic Book Emporium 4GEMWORKS CRYPT OF TERROR Tales from the Crypt With only seven books to go to complete this fantastic run, this set contains some of the best stories ever printed in
comics. This set contains many 9.6 copies and is sure to grow into one of the best sets ever assembled.
Best Silver Age Sets
CaptainTripps Canadian Original Owner Collection Journey Into Mystery #83-#125
Four 9.8's, eight 9.4's, and 32 9.6's. Most of them are top census copies. This set has been revised over the last three years, showing a commitment to collecting the best copies.
Bullet123 Bullet's FC's Four Color
(complete)The complete Four Color set is truly an undertaking. Trying to get this set all in 8.0 or better is even more challenging. Out of the 616 books in this set, only about 5 percent of the books are lower than 8.0. High goals and tenacity makes this set great.
Crazy Ed Emerald Insanity Green Lantern (1960) #1-#89While this set is ranked 3rd in its type, the fact that the set is complete and doesn't get most of its points from high-priced books is impressive. Half of this set is 9.0 or higher and 32 issues are 9.4 or better. An honorable collection.
Best Bronze Age Sets
Sullypython Empty Set
Marvel Bronze Age 1st Issues (1970-1982)There are some difficult books present in this set. Some of these are very hard to find in high grade and what is
represented here is very respectful. While this is a set in progress, it is already a set full of gems.
Barry Conner
Barry Conner Green Lantern #90-#200 Green Lantern (1960) #90-#200
Only three measly 9.4's in this complete set, the majority of copies being 9.8. It will be hard for anyone to put together a run that would match this. A great set that was started just a few months ago.
Sterling Comics Dare You Enter... House of Mystery #174-#321This set has been growing since 2006, now it is only 18 issues shy of being complete. Every book, besides being 9.4 or higher, has images and descriptions which really showcase these great books that are surprisingly difficult to find in high grade.
Best Modern Age Sets
worldsbestcomics Xcellence 94-143 X-Men #94-#143This is often considered the most important run in the Modern Age X-Men series. Worldsbestcomics has managed to put together a very impressive set of books. First, the lowest-graded book in this collection is an X-Men #94 at 9.6 and from there it only gets better. Issues #113, #135, and #143 are all graded at 9.9. All of the rest of the books in this collection (including a Giant-Size X-Men #1) are certified 9.8. This makes for a set that should prove very hard for
anyone to surpass.
Darthdiesel Ultimate Variants
Marvel 30 Cent Price Variants30 cent price variants in high grade are a difficult thing to come by. Perhaps it is because Darthdiesel has already found so many of them. This is an exemplary collection of the many different books that went through the 30 cent price variant experiment. There are a few books missing and some lower grades on some issues, but to have so many of the books in this set certified in such high grade is remarkable.
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed...
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born
It is difficult to determine what new comic book series will mange to stay marketable past its initial hype. The Dark Tower series is one that has maintained its popularity. Almost all of theses books are certified 9.8, including two 9.9 books and one 10.0. Many of the books also have signatures from the writers and artists. Armydoc has put together an impressive collection of variant covers and signature series.
Best Presented Sets
Best2u The LL&P Collection - Thrilling Comics Thrilling Comics (1940)
The presentation of this set is unique and exciting, as it exemplifies the passion this collector has for his comics. He gives us insight into his excitement for this series through the use of images where he has zoomed in to specifically depict what is described in the engaging text. Though not a complete set, the time and effort that was put into the comics that are listed is evident through the detailed descriptions.
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Captain America (2005)
This is a smaller set, but has descriptions for all comics and double images for most of the comics. This comprehensive set has a detailed and personalized introduction that clearly displays this collector's enthusiasm for this series. In addition, each comic is accompanied by a brief synopsis as well as details about the graded issue that are pertinent to the collector.
mschmidt m's sandman Sandman (1989)
The introduction gives us some history of the comic and creators, but in such an intriguing way that even the non-collector would be moved to seek out this series. Though not a complete set, each issue registered is accompanied by a succinct summary of the storyline and a scan of the registered book.
Best Magazine Set
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Savage Sword of Conan #1-#100
The lowest grades in this set are 9.4 and there are only two of them. Most every copy is 9.8; which is a difficult task when it comes to magazines. There are holes in this set, but when you have such high collecting standards, it is bound to happen. A great set and one to watch as it continues to fill.
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Just to make sure your Blue WLAN LED is on right?
That gave me some issues while playing around with my eeePC.
I used the shortcut in Windows on the eepc to shutdown WiFi.
Hope thats the issue^^
Good evening. I hate to be a bother but after several long hours of researching the issue I have been left this final option to reach out to those of a higher expertise.
I have installed by ways of infoscramblings' blog an SD persistent settings copy of BT4 pre-final and for the most part it has worked like a charm.
After several uses thereafter the initial setup (as well as installing Gerix-Wifi-Cracker and several non-network based ubuntu apps) wlan0 has ceased to load up.
I have already tried manually loading up "/etc/init.d/networking start" as well as trying to up wlan0 from ifconfig but to no avail.
I was wondering if there is any manual workaround to getting wlan0 back up or more so better - to get ath0 up.
I appreciate the time from those who managed to read this all and not think to themselves: "This fool need'st do moar research" or "FLAME ON!"
Just to make sure your Blue WLAN LED is on right?
That gave me some issues while playing around with my eeePC.
I used the shortcut in Windows on the eepc to shutdown WiFi.
Hope thats the issue^^
as far as I know eee pc came with three chipsets:
- Atheros AR5007EG
- Ralink RT2860
- Realtek RTL8187SE
Supports for both first and second chipset listed should already be included however the support for realtek is very new. A kernel update may help but do not expect anything like monitor or injection.
You are not alone with that issue. Enabled or not, backtrack does not handle the eee's hardware specific features, not surprising though.
And as for your previous post - my EEE has not recognized my net card as ath0 since bt2 final.
Seeing as how my EEE has a label (convenient ) stating that the card is an Atheros AR5BXB63 as well as the fact that my EEE ran bt4 pre-final just fine before hand, I'm sure that it cannot be a compatability issue.
Thanks for the advice regarding shutting wlan out in windows possibly being a problem. I just might run into such a situation down the road. (I have XP on the SSD)
But alas, I have come to the conclusion that troubleshooting one device over a "live-ish" cd is a waste of time so I ran through infoscramblings' blog post again and managed to get it all to work.
Outside of the live cd, I installed and configured only Nessus, Truecrypt, and Gerix-Wifi-Cracker.
It has been stable since (a little slow in boot ) so no complaints.
I appreciate the time and effort of you three to read and respond to my thread.
:request to close before some other dude hijacks this resolved thread?:


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Academic Program > Major and Minor Fields of Study > Humanities Division
Humanities Division
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Courses HUM
130 EXPERIENCING THE ARTS - 3 hours
An introduction to various artistic experiences not primarily dependent on words, including art, cinema, music and theatre. The course emphasizes the interrelatedness of the arts and examines art works of various periods, genres and styles. Includes lab for viewing and listening. C-4AR.
210 WOMEN IN THE ARTS - 3 hours
A study of the role of women in the fine arts. Material will be studied from the following areas: selected women composers and artists of the 18th through 20th centuries, the role of women in theatre, film and dance. Prerequisite: HUM 130.
221 PRE-COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATION - 3 hours
Study of the history of Pre-Columbian America, including a trip to archeological sites of the Maya, Inca or other early civilizations. Course will also focus on the interaction between indigenous populations and the European culture now dominant in those countries.


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In April, the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Billings Index marked the first negative month of growth in the demand for architectural design services in nine months. With a national score of 48.6, down more than three full points from March's score of 51.9, the architecture industry is seeing the first significant soft patch, spanning across all regions and industry sectors, in nearly a year. (A score above 50.0 in the index means that demand is increasing; below 50.0 means that demand is contracting.)
The score for project inquiries came in at 59.5, down from 60.1 in March. This means that inquiries are still growing, but it did break a streak of three straight months where the index for project inquiries not only continued to grow, but stayed above 60.
For April, the ABI's data departs a little from the trends seen from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment reports. The BLS reported 165,000 jobs added to the economy in April, which was slightly better than expected, with the architectural and engineering services sector of the economy adding 2,700 jobs in April. This bested the 2,100 architectural and engineering services jobs added in March, and I opined at the time that this would probably add a slight uptick in the ABI for April. (The ABI is released two weeks after the national employment report each month.) Before March, the industry had seen average growth of slightly more than 2,000 jobs per month.
Half of each of the nation's four regions and the industry's four sectors showed growth, while the other half slipped below 50. All except the South came in with a weaker score than it had in March. Those regions and sectors that are still in growth territory are closer to contraction in April than they were in March.
National Highlights:
Billings: At 48.6, down from 51.9, this is the first month of contracting billings after eighth straight month of growth. That streak was the best run of billings growth since January 2008.
Inquiries: At 58.5, down from 60.1, this breaks the streak of three straight months above 60.
Regional Highlights:
Northeast: At 48.2, down from 52.0, this month of contraction breaks a seven-month-long streak above 50, which was the longest positive run for the region since January 2008.
Midwest: At 49.4, down from 51.5, this month of contraction breaks a six-month-long streak above 50, which was the region's longest positive run in two years.
South: At 52.6, even with last month, this is the tenth straight month above 50, the region's best run since January 2008.
West: At 50.7, down from 51.5, this is the ninth straight month above 50, the region's best run since August 2007.
Sector Highlights:
Multifamily Residential: At 52.0, while down from 55.2, this is still the sector's twelth straight month above 50. Consistently the top-performing sector since the construction industry weakened and the financial crisis tanked the economy, this latest string of 50-plus scores is the longest run for the sector since March 2006.
Commercial: At 49.2, down from 50.2, this negative score breaks a six-month string of scores above 50, which was the best run for the sector in a year.
Institutional: At 50.1, down from 50.7, this is the sector's ninth straight month above 50, which is its best run since July 2008.
Mixed Practice: At 48.6, down from 51.6, this negative score breaks a seven-month streak above 50, which was the best run for the sector since December 2007.


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BEDFORD, England - As part of the trip overseas for the Transatlantic Series, the University of Pennsylvania track and field team's competed at England's U-20 and U-23 Championships on Saturday and Sunday.
Rising sophomore Noah Kennedy-White won the U-20 title in the men's discus and Cleo Whiting and Elyssa Gensib each cracked Penn's all-time top 10 in the women's 1,500 meters to highlight the weekendat Bedford International Stadium.
The Quakers are spending two weeks in England for the Transatlantic Seriesand are keeping a daily travel log detailing their trip, which you can find here.
Kennedy-White had a winning toss of 55.23 meters (181 feet, 2 inches). The throw came with a junior discus, but otherwise would have marked just the fourth time a Penn man surpassed the 180-foot mark in the event. Since Chuck Hinton did so in 1994, rising juniorSam Mattis-- the school record holder -- is the only Quakers to surpass 180 feet in the discus. The only other Quaker to reach that mark was Ken Dietz, who's career-best toss measured 181 feet, 8 inches, and stood as the school record for 25 years.
Gensib and Whiting also posted personal bests at England's national meet. The duo each finished among the top 10 in the U-23 final as Whiting was eighth overall and Gensib was 10th. They also earned their way into Penn's all-time top 10. Whiting finished in 4:28.33 and became just the seventh woman in program history to break 4:30 in the event. She is now sixth all-time at Penn with that finish. Gensib's time of 4:30.65 ranks eighth all-time at Penn.
Rising sophomore and Penn Relays heptathlon champion Noel Jancewicz finished third in the high jump with a clearance of 1.65 meters. Senior Jake Brenzaand rising junior Kelsey Hay also earned a top three finishes. Brenza did so with a toss of 16.86 meters in the U-23 men's shot put and Hay was the runner-up in the U-23 women's javelin at 49.51 meters.
Other top finishes for the Quakers included Thomas Pitt's fourth-place performance in the men's high jump with a clearance of 2.06 meters, Tom Timmins' sixth-place finish in the men's 400-meter hurdles at 52.29, Ben Bowers' sixth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles at 14.84 and Drew Magaha's seventh-place showing in the 800 meters with a preliminary mark of 1:51.48 and finals finish of 1:57.07.
On the women's side, Serena Graf finished sixth with a toss of 45.67 meters in the hammer, Nailah Hill was seventh in the U-20 discus at 42.05 meters and Amaris Kobolak was seventh in the U-20 long jump with a leap of 5.49 meters.
PennAthletics.com will continue to have full coverage of the team's trip.


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With tax time shedding light on dollars in and dollars out, we deem it appropriate to provide an overview of hotel and restaurant technology budgets for the year ahead. Overall, hotel and restaurant IT budgets are on an upswing as recession-era belt tightening comes to an end.
According to the 2012 Restaurant Technology Study, approximately one-third of restaurant companies will spend more than $300,000 on technology this year; another third will spend between $75,000 and $300,000, and the remaining third will spend less than $75,000. The greatest portion of tech dollars will go to hardware (30%), followed by software (20%), and internal personnel (18%).
In hotels, calculations from the 2012 Lodging Technology Study show that luxury hotel companies have an average IT budget of $1.6 million, and both midscale and economy hotel companies spend approximately $800,000 on technology annually. The biggest chunk of hotel tech budgets will go towards guest-room technologies (20%), followed closely by property management systems (18%) and networking (13%).
Perhaps the greatest insight we have into our industry's technology spending comes in understanding what business objectives both hotels and restaurants are trying to meet. In 2012, the most important business goal impacting tech spending is the need to drive greater revenue (67%), followed by enhancing guest services (52%). In restaurants, productivity and efficiency reign as the most important business goal for technology projects (at 66%), followed by guest services (53%).
While both hotels and restaurants are focusing their tech spending on revenue/productivity-enhancing projects, serving the guest is a close second, and will likely become even more important as consumer-facing technologies continue to evolve and become a critical component of hotel and restaurant guests' experiences.


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School cafeteria employees aren't generally known for their attention to ambiance.
But Lynette Rock, food services director of the Torrance Unified School District, is an exception.
When she took the reins six years ago, the school cafeterias at Torrance's four high schools - North, South, West and Torrance - left much to be desired.
"They weren't inviting places to be," she said, sitting in the recently renovated cafeteria at West High just before students began streaming in for lunch. "They had ugly white walls. There were bulletin boards with nothing on them."
The cafeterias were thus neglected spaces, sparsely populated by a misfit here or a shy kid there while the vast majority of students chowed down outside in the commons areas or near their lockers - anywhere but inside the cafeteria.
These days, the cafeterias are boisterous centers of lunchtime activity. The arrangement has been a major boon for school cafeteria food in Torrance, as well as a bane to fast-food vendors selling their fare on the campuses.
To draw the customers, Rock has paid special attention to presentation. Going at a rate of one high school per summer, she renovated the cafeterias to make them more inviting, finishing the last high school - South - this past summer. Now she's attacking the middle schools.
The final say on how, specifically, to spruce up the dining halls goes not to Rock or the Torrance school board, but kids.
The process generally begins with Rock soliciting proposals from design companies, each of which drafts a concept.
Rather than going to the lowest bidder, jobs are awarded to the companies most pleasing to the eyes of the voting members of the student government. Each high school worked with a set budget of $250,000 - every penny of which was generated from food-service sales at Torrance Unified.
Now, the walls of the cafeterias in Torrance's four high schools are painted brightly or warmly, depending on student preference, and are adorned with lively murals or school-spirit motifs.
At West, one of its two cafeterias was designed to channel the soothing aura of a Starbucks establishment - the walls are painted the color of hot chocolate and adorned with impressionistic, splashy murals in vibrant colors depicting Southern California themes: skateboarding, surfing, palm trees, sunshine. The other, seeking to evoke the livelier vibe of the Pinkberry brand, is painted hot pink.
The tables and chairs are new throughout the high schools are new. And the cafeteria workers sport uniforms.
"If you walked into McDonald's, you wouldn't find people wearing regular clothing," said Rock, who is also the vice president and president-elect of the California School Nutrition Association.
The ultimate goal is to drum up more business, and it appears to be working. In six years, the average number of cafeteria lunches served daily at each high school has more than doubled, to between 300 and 500. The average number of breakfasts served has increased by a factor of six.
Meanwhile, the school-cafeteria boom has eaten away profits from the fast-food and snack vendors selling their sustenance from red push carts occupying strategic corners of campus. Business for these vendors - such as Chick-fil-A, Domino's and Taco Bell - is about a third of what it was six years ago, Rock says. Some, such as Wrap-Orient, have recently canceled their contracts with the school district altogether.
That wasn't the intent; after all, the school district profits from those sales, too.
"My real drive is I felt the students deserved more than they were getting," Rock said.
On a recent day, West High students approached by a reporter in the jam-packed cafeterias didn't always give rave reviews of the food.
"It's nasty - I don't like it at all," said Sean Nogules, while picking at a burger.
Others were more forgiving.
"I think it's good on some days," said Robert Bull as he worked on a chicken sandwich and fries. "It's hard to screw up fries."
Rock isn't disheartened by the lukewarm reviews; school cafeteria food tends to get a bad rap. The real reviews are in the size of the revenues, which have been increasing year by year.
"The students are wise enough to realize there's a real bargain," she said. "You can get a complete lunch for $3.75 - that gets you an entree, side dish and a beverage."
The menu items have been tweaked to appeal more to kids, even while adhering to strict federal nutrition standards. For instance, the cafeterias are serving more food in a bowl, catering to students' desire to eat as they walk.
Last but not least is the concept of an appetizing tray presentation.
"My big push is eye appeal," she said. "Does it look good. Why stack food on top of food? What does your customer want?"
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Did you know that the average human eyeball is two and a half centimeters wide, by two and a half centimeters deep, by a fraction over two centimeters tall.  Now that's not the kind of information you're gonna need every day, unless of course, you make them for a living.
This medical laboratory has been producing artificial eyes since World War 1.  Back then, they were known as the army spectacle depot, but they've come a long way since then.  Now they look after over 40,000 patients and they make over 6,000 eyes a year.
Every single eye is made by hand to an exact order.  A wax pattern of the patient's eye socket is sent here to the lab in Blackpool and a plaster of Paris cast is made.  This produces a mould that is the exact shape of the eye that they're going to manufacture.
The iris --  or coloured part of the eye -- is painted onto a flat plastic disc which is measured to the size of the patient's remaining Iris.  Each Iris is hand-painted using oil-based paints and the technicians work from either a digital photo or a previously painted eye to make sure that it will match the other eye.
After 18 hours, the Iris paint is dry and it gets pressed into a button-shaped disc.  This puts a curve on top of the Iris so that it will be flush on top of the round eye.
The Iris is placed upside down in a mould and the white of the eye is made.  It's made out of polymethyl methacrylate; a medical grade acrylic plastic similar to the material that's used to make false teeth.
Once prepared, it's squashed down into the cast of the top of Iris, and the whole mould goes into an oven for two and a half hours. The eye is now starting to take shape.  The excess acrylic material is trimmed away on a grinding wheel and the eye gets stained and veined.
The average human eye isn't snow white, so a bit of watercolour paint is dabbed around the edges depending on the patient's natural colour.
This embroidery silk is used to replicate the veins of the eye.  The thread is separated into individual fibres and applied with an acrylic varnish.  Just 1 centimeter of this thread will provide enough fibres to make over 100 eyes.
A coat of clear acrylic varnish is applied over the top of the eye and It gets oven cured to seal it.  Finally, a buff and polish gives it a nice glossy finish and the appearance of a living eye.
The expected lifespan of an artificial eye is around 6 years, as long as it gets looked after properly.  And the end result is pretty amazing.  Meet Pavel, he's been wearing an artificial eye since an accident when he was 15.  Can you tell which one it is?  Are you looking hard?  No I can't tell either. Ok, it's actually the one on the right of the frame.  Thanks Pav.


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The only glitch I ran into was, iTunes wouldn't do the download+update in one step. I had to choose the Download-only option, then update. Of course I backed up first on iTunes. I also have the Cydia app PKGBackup installed, so I used that too to save all my Cydia apps and settings.
After that the evasi0n jailbreak was easy and I first restored PKGBackup, then recovered all previous Cydia apps. To my surprise I didn't even have to provide any passwords again and everything, including my prior jailbreak icon configuration, was restored. So it was as easy as could be but still took a couple of hours waiting for the iTunes download, synching, backup, restore, etc. but well worth it to patch this serious security hole. Damn good thing this was fixed now and not in 7.1.
I updated as soon as I got the time to. I hate starting over (unless it's for an x.0 beta), but with this, I totally did it. I advise everyone to get this update and then maybe a VPN like Cloak or something for public wifi.
It takes a whole day to transfer everything back to my 64GB iPhone. I'm really not looking forward to this update. Likewise on my 64GB iPad, but I can live without that for a day.
Is this really worth all the trouble of backing up data, restoring, updating, and re-jailbreaking? Can't i just use a VPN for SSL Connections?
Ugh I really don't want to unjailbreak and rejailbreak but sounds like it would be wise to so guess I will start the process
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Innovative early-career engineering faculty selected to participate in NAE's FIRST Frontiers of Engineering education symposium
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 7, 2009 – Jen Schneider, assistant professor in Colorado School of Mines' Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies, has been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) first Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium.
Schneider — one of 49 of the nation's brightest young engineering researchers and educators chosen to participate — will share ideas, learn from research and best practice in education, and leave with a charter to bring about improvement at Mines.
Symposium participants are engineering faculty members in the first half of their careers who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of disciplines. They were nominated by fellow engineers or deans and chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants.
The program will focus on effective ways to ensure that students learn the engineering fundamentals, the expanding knowledge base of new technology, and the skills necessary to be an effective engineer or engineering researcher.
Barbara Olds, associate vice president for Educational Innovation and Mines professor, served on the 2009 planning committee.
The symposium will be held Nov. 15-18 in Herndon, Va., and is sponsored by the O'Donnell Foundation.
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Dr. Day provides in The Book on Clouds a quick ready photographic reference on clouds. Clouds are defined as a collection of visible ice crystals or water droplets. He explains cloud composition, how clouds form, affect the planet and how weather can be predicted by observing them.
Dr. Day held a PH.D in cloud physics. He was a retired professor at Linfield College in Oregon who taught physics and meteorology. Dr. Day passed away on June 21, 2008 at the age of 95. His website www.cloudman.com lists the books he has written which include: The Science of Weather, Climate and Weather, Field Guide to the Atmosphere, and First Guide to Clouds and Weather.
There is a chart that includes color photos of clouds placed into six groups based on their type and elevation. The clouds' names and their corresponding page numbers are listed.
The main body of the book contains color photos of various cloud types. Next to the photos are listed their group, name, elevation, stability, buoyancy, moisture content, temperature, lift ability and precipitation type.
Some types of clouds included are: cumulus, stratus which can form fog, mist that forms over water is referred to as sea smoke, and cirrus is wispy. Precipitation clouds include: stratocumulus, alto stratocumulus, altocumulus and cumulonimbus. Day describes mist, drizzle and hail. Day discusses optical cloud effects such as rainbows, halos, sundogs, sun pillars, coronas, rays, aurora borealis, flashes, sunrises and sunsets.
A modest historical background of Luke Howard the man who named the clouds is included along with how the clouds came to be classified.
Storm clouds are discussed as well as types of storms including thunder and hail, tornadoes and tropical storms. Weather prediction is explained involving the sun, land, and sea and how they affect one another and interact. Day mentions ten cloud conditions used to predict the weather.
The book contains a glossary and an index but not a bibliography. The book has attractive color photos and is a manageable size. The Book of Clouds serves as a quick ready reference for the adult lay person including teens and tweens to identify and look at clouds to view for pleasure and to learn to predict the weather. This book may peak someone's interest to further study clouds and meteorology.
Similar books may include:
Peterson's First Guide to Clouds and Weather by John A. Day, Vincent J. Schaefer c 1991
The cloudspotter's guide : the science, history and culture of clouds by Gavin Pretor-Pinney ; chapter illustrations by Bill Sanderson c 2006
The cloud book : how to understand the skies by Richard Hamblyn c 2008 - MA


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to sell at the highest competitive bid the trust allotment numbered 983 of Robert Henry, deceased Winnebago allottee, described as the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 23, township 26 north, range 6 east, sixth principal meridian, Thurston County, Nebraska, containing forty acres, conveyance to be made by deed or the issuance of a patent in fee to the purchaser and to disburse the proceeds of such sale to the several heirs for their benefit.
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Regular-season games in the MHL (Maritime Junior Hockey League) will now take on added importance.
A new playoff format, which eliminates the mini series between the fourth- and fifth-place teams in the Eastlink Division, was approved during the league's annual general meeting at the Quality Inn in Summerside on Friday morning. Now the top four teams in the Roger Meek Division and Eastlink Division will advance to play for the Kent Cup.
The addition of the St. Stephen County Aces brings the league up to 12 teams – six in each division – for the 2014-15 season.
"St. Stephen provided a very comprehensive presentation to the board," said MHL president and Kinkora native Derryl Smith. "Last year, they had to go back to secure some sponsorships as requested by the board of governors.
"They came back to the table again, and it was unanimous to accept them in. They did a great job.
"I said to the boys this morning (Friday), 'If they do as good a job preparing their team as they did preparing their proposal to become an expansion team, they will become successful.'"
A busy week, which included an expansion draft for the Aces on Tuesday, will conclude on Saturday. The QMJHL draft will begin at 9 a.m., and the annual draft will get underway at Credit Union Place at 1 p.m.
The annual draft is open to the public, and the coach of year, executive of year and Maurice Bent builder of the year awards will be presented just before the Aces make the first overall pick.
MHL vice-president Cecil Taylor of Charlottetown explained the QMJHL draft is for 17-, 18- and 19-year-old players.
"We have a list of eligible players we have developed," explained Taylor. "These are players who are not on any of our 45-player protected lists, and they have to be North American kids.
"Each team maintains a list of 10 players that they have exclusive rights to talk to should the kid be leaving the Q for whatever reason."
Visit KingsCountyNews.ca for updates on the Valley Wildcats draft picks.
Pleased with direction
Smith, who is in his eighth season as MHL president, is pleased with the direction of the league.
"We have rebranded the league, and we've been able to use that to do better marketing with the MHL versus the MJHL," said Smith. "The code of discipline and Cecil Taylor constantly updating the constitution with the board are two things that give us a strong foundation.
"It's pretty easy to build up when you have that. Having said that, the MHL is in a good place."


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California Initiative to Enact a 9/11 Truth Commission Law
No Lies Radio will be live video-casting Sen. Mike Gravel's speech in Sacramento Monday evening 7:30pm Pacific as he kicks off the campaign to put an initiative for a 9/11 Truth Commission on the California Ballot. Details here. Click here to watch Sen. Gravel's remarks at the "How the World Changed After 9/11" conference held in New York City on 9/11/10.
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Senator Gravel read the "Pentagon Papers" into the Senate record in 1971, and thus helped bring an end to the Viet Nam war. Currently, over 1300 architects and engineers are calling for a new investigation of 9/11 (see http://ae911truth.org). Senator Gravel and concerned citizens are joining together to raise funds to file an initiative in California to enact a 9/11 Truth Commission law. The goal is a new commission untainted by politics and with subpoena powers.
The senator's talk will focus on the 9/11 initiative, but he will also speak on other topics and will take questions.
When: Monday, October 11, 2010 7:30PM
Where: 909 12th Street (in the conference room), Sacramento, CA 95814
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New FedRooms Contract Builds on Past Success
June 11, 2009
Contact: Judy Boysha, (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service again awarded its FedRooms contract to Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
FedRooms is the largest managed hotel program in the world, offering federal travelers low-cost accommodations and close proximity to more than 7,000 hotels in prime locations.
"Since its creation in 2004, FedRooms has evolved into a more customer-focused program," said James A. Williams, Commissioner of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service. "The number of participating hotels has increased an average of 40 percent per year, offering federal travelers unparalleled lodging options at or below per diem rates."
FedRooms is an example of GSA leveraging the federal government's buying power to provide customers with the most innovative and best-value service. In 2008, FedRooms' rates for the largest U.S. cities were 31 percent below the Business Travel News' corporate rates.
In fiscal year 2008, FedRooms sales were $38.3 million, a 250 percent increase from the year before.
Carlson Wagonlit has provided GSA with support on this innovative solution since the program's creation in 2004.
"We are looking forward to taking advantage of Carlson Wagonlit's wide industry knowledge to help increase customer awareness and use of FedRooms, making it the lodging program of choice for federal travelers," said Tim Burke, Director of the Office of Travel and Transportation Services.
For more information, visit www.gsa.gov/fedrooms or www.fedrooms.gov.
GSA provides a centralized delivery system of products and services to the federal government, leveraging its enormous buying power to get the best value for taxpayers.
• Founded in 1949, GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 213,000 vehicles.
• GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 480 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services.
• GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
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It's not about the gold earpods. It's about raising money for Africa. Bono is in on the cause.
I realize it's about the cause so why don't they just donate the money they spent on making this garbage.
It's never made sense to me why celebrities/organizations spend tons of money hosting fundraisers that sell ridiculously priced items. It cost a bunch of money to make these 'rare' items and to organize the fundraisers, only to get other rich people to haphazardly spend a bunch of money. All these funds could've been donated to the original cause without making such a public spectacle of it. To me...it's almost worse to do these type of things cuz it just shows the poverty stricken people that they're poor and the rich people are rich. "Here, have some of our scraps."
Does that make sense?
So let me get this straight...
All of you think that spending tens of thousands of dollars hosting a party that's geared towards rich people, who they already know will donate to this cause, is an ideal way of spending money?
Or...could they have skipped the party, skipped making these earbuds, and skipped all the publicity around it AND simply called their 'invitees' and asked for a donation?
Which makes more sense?!?!
So of course, if it will be a win/win for the company, they'll be a part of it. Why do we expect more from our companies when their sole purpose for existing is "making" money? Those that are going to be affected by the proceeds of this event probably aren't complaining about why the money is being raised, they're just happy it's being done.
Okay, sorry all, I'm stepping down from my soapbox. LOL!
Ok, now I'm done!
My family and children donate their time, weekly, to a facility that provides supplies to the needy. They get to engage w/ them and show that people care without expecting anything in return. We will make food for them and show love to them knowing it doesn't benefit us one bit. And we don't boast about it cuz we don't care about people's approval! Granted, it's not money but we are investing in the person.
But are they covered by AppleCare?
Hate to break it to you guys but charities ,like all other businesses, are about the money.
The whole party will be a huge tax write off since it's for charity. They look at it is win win. They get a fancy party, excellent press for their philanthropy, and less tax liability.
Often times many CEO's wives will head these foundations. Therefore, even though these are 'not for profit' foundations, the employees still draw a salary and get to keep even more of their money in the family.
The money would be more effective if simply donated, but not as advantageous to the donators.


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Today we have a special bonus give-a-thon prize package with two really useful products! First is the Smart Cat Box, one of my preferred litter boxes. This special system uses a two-part box. The top portion has slots in the floor that allow liquids to drain into a covered tray below. Simply scoop solids from the top and empty the tray as needed. The Smart Cat Box uses natural safflower seeds as the litter, a completely biodegradable and renewable resource. This system is excellent for cats with health issues that may require frequent urine testing. I have one cat who uses this box exclusively.
The second part of this prize package is a new find, the Ant Free Pet Bowl. If you have ever had problems with ants, especially if you feed feral cats outdoors, then you know that creating a water moat can be a solution, since ants can't crawl across water, but this can get messy if food falls into the water. The Ant Free Pet Bowl has a large upper lip that helps prevent food from getting into the water below. The heavy weight high quality porcelain keeps the bowl in place, plus it's non-porous, non-toxic, and dishwasher-safe. There are two sizes to choose from.
The winner of this give-a-thon will get a Smart Cat Box Starter Kit plus either a small or large Ant Free Pet Bowl, plus the same will be sent to the winner's charity of choice. To enter, please leave a comment on this post with the name of the charity you'd donate the second set to. The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve along with all the other give-a-thon winners.
Smart Cat Box is offering 20% off all purchases for a limited time. Just enter discount code MC2010 at checkout when placing your order at www.SmartCatBox.com