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The basic purpose of ABCT's Special Interest Groups Program is to form and maintain forums for open, regular communication among professionals sharing an interest in a particular area of the field. It is ABCT's intent to facilitate the creation and continuation of Groups that, in turn, have as their primary intent the easing of interactive communication and other professional activity among behavior therapy professionals around a particular topic of special interest to the members of the Special Interest Group.
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How does ABCT Help SIGs
Once a Group has earned Special Interest Group status it is afforded several opportunities that are financed by the Association and reserved for Special Interest Groups. The Special Interest Group's name is included in the listing printed in the first annual dues renewal mailing whereby ABCT members can reconfirm their interest to remain a SIG member or to join as many SIGs as they desire. It also is printed in the Special Interest Groups section in the Association's Web site (where the Group Chair's name and address also is listed). In addition, the Group is included in the Special Interest Group notebook shared with prospective members at the ABCT Information Booth during each Annual Convention. Finally, a one-time broadcast email will be sent at the Association's expense for a brief announcement of the Groups formal acceptance as an ABCT Special Interest Group to all members of the Association. Meeting space and time, scheduled by the Program Committee, is provided at the Association's expense during each ABCT Annual Convention. A Special Interest Group Chairs' Meeting is held during the Annual Convention to facilitate the sharing of strategies and concerns. The Association also arranges a Special Interest Group Exposition during the Annual Convention's Friday night Welcoming Cocktail Party. SIGs are encouraged to participate in this event and can present research or information about their particular SIG.
Communications are sent from the Central Office to the individual (usually the Chair) designated as the person to whom Group communications should be sent. These communications highlight both the activities of all Special Interest Groups and announcements of upcoming events and opportunities. Please keep in mind that due to financial restrictions, only one mailing can be sent per Special Interest Group. Advice and consultation is available as needed from the staff at the Central Office for activities such as recruiting new members, maintaining a mailing list, preparing a newsletter, or dues collection.
Special Interest Group Financial Support:
Direct financial support is not provided for the individual Special Interest Group's expenses by ABCT; most Groups finance their activities by collecting small ($3.00 -- $10.00) contributions or dues from their own membership. Dues must be adequate to meet all expenses of the SIG, because ABCT will not be responsible for such expenses.
Special Interest Group Activities
There is a great deal of diversity in the activities of the various Special Interest Groups. The two most common activities, which ABCT urges all Groups to engage in, are holding meetings during each ABCT Annual Convention and distributing semiannual or quarterly newsletters.
Meetings held during the ABCT Annual Convention often have two components: a business meeting (where officers are elected, Group goals are set for the coming year, and Group accomplishments over the past year are reviewed) and a substantive component (where new research or service programs are described, an invited speaker presents an address, or a conversation hour is held).
Special Interest Group meeting contents are determined internally by the membership of the individual Special Interest Groups, as are Special Interest Group contributions to the Special Interest Group Exposition Cocktail Party, held in conjunction with the ABCT Welcoming Cocktail Party. There has also been diversity across Groups' contributions to the latter event: some Groups have prepared displays publicizing the year's activities of their Group, while others have arranged for the presentation of internally solicited and selected research papers. Special Interest Group meeting content descriptions are publicized in the Special Interest Group section of the Convention Program and, when possible, in the Convention issue of the Behavior Therapist; Special Interest Group Exposition contributions are publicized through the Program Addendum that is distributed on-site.
Many Special Interest Groups participate in other aspects of the Annual Convention as well, with symposia, papers, and workshops provided by subsets of their members. These additional activities are not arranged autonomously. They grow out of the collaboration fostered by the communication that the Special Interest Group has arranged; they are submitted to, and reviewed by, the Program Committee, using the same selection/rejection criteria that are used in the case of submissions received from any individual or group of individuals affiliated with the Association. Activities that are submitted and selected in this manner are peer-reviewed Convention components and as such are included as regular entries in the body of the Convention Program.
Newsletters, financed most often by SIG members' contributions and secondarily by subsidies from Group members' employing institutions, are the second most common SIG activity. While newsletter content varies across Groups, it generally includes at least two of the following:
Additional Group activities have included:
Special Interest Group Guidelines
Special Interest Groups, like ABCT, are not certifying bodies. Membership in an ABCT Special Interest Group rests on, and reflects, only having an interest in the Group's identified topical concern. Groups may not establish exclusionary criteria for membership, except that Special Interest Group members must also be members of ABCT.
Special Interest Group Organizational Structures:
There has been, and continues to be, tremendous diversity in the organizational structures observed across Special Interest Groups. Some Groups elect Chairs (or, if the Groups are large and active enough, slates of officers with specific responsibilities, most often including Chair, Newsletter Editor, ABCT Convention Activity Coordinator, and Membership Director) at regular intervals, for specified terms of office, during the business components of their ABCT convention meetings. Others have nominations and elections by mail ballot. Still others have had appointed or self-appointed Chairs with indefinite terms of office.
ABCT recognizes that there are certain constraints that may preclude the use of a fully democratic process in electing Group leaders. Especially if Groups do not charge dues, for instance, it is often critical for the Group Chair to be limited to persons who can arrange access to freely usable duplicating and mailing sources (e.g., at present, universities and institutions often allow such use). In general, however, ABCT encourages building in as much democracy as is functional for a given Group. Where Chairs (or officers) are not elected, it is expected that volunteers interested in Group leadership positions will be publicly invited though announcements in the Behavior Therapist and announcements made during the business portion of the Group's annual meeting at the ABCT Convention. In no event shall one person remain Chair of a Group for a period exceeding three consecutive years.
Special Interest Group Responsibilities
The Special Interest Group Program is maintained by ABCT as a service to the Association's members. Special Interest Groups exist to serve subsets of the Association's members by fostering communication among those who share a specified common interest. Therefore, Special Interest Groups are accountable to their memberships. By virtue of the fact that Special Interest Groups are associated with, and therefore reflect on, ABCT and by virtue of the fact that many Special Interest Group opportunities are financed by monies approved and drawn from general ABCT membership dues, Special Interest Groups are also accountable to the Association.
A Group may be deleted from ABCT's list of Special Interest Groups at the initiation of either the Group or the Association's Board of Directors. Any Group may terminate its relationship with ABCT by a majority vote of its membership, with that vote communicated to the Association by the terminal Chair of the Group.
From the point of view of the Association, to remain an ABCT Special Interest Group individual Groups must meet each of three criteria, all of which are designed to index one of the two areas of the Group's accountability. Failure to meet any criterion for two consecutive years, except under extraordinary or unusual circumstances as evaluated by ABCT's Board of Directors, will result in the Group's deletion from the ABCT Special Interest Group Program.
Because the Special Interest Groups Program is supported by the dues of the general ABCT membership, the first criterion is having a minimum of 20 members, all of whom are current ABCT members. Groups will demonstrate that they meet this criterion by attaching a current list of their Group members, with addresses and ABCT membership status indicated, to their Group's Annual Activity Report.
A Special Interest Group, the membership of which drops below the criterion number, may request, and will automatically be afforded, except under extraordinary and unusual circumstances as determined by the Association's Board of Directors, a one-year Special Status period. During this year, more than the ordinary amount of assistance will be provided to the Group by the national organization, and the Association will send two broadcast emails to a subset of members who specialize in specific areas that are chosen by the Group's Chair.
The second criterion is providing a description of Group activities by returning the Annual Group Activity Report. These report forms will be distributed from the Central Office and must be completed and returned by the specified due date each year. All Special Interest Groups are required to send in a listing of their members at this time.
As you know, liability concerns have greatly altered organizations' services and activities for their memberships. Accordingly, because the activities of individual Special Interest Groups reflect on the Association, the third criterion is engaging in activities that are compatible with the aims, purposes, and practices of the Association. Where there is concern about the appropriateness of a Group's activities, final determination will rest with the Association's Board of Directors.
At the present time no ABCT Special Interest Groups are incorporated. While there are pros and cons for incorporation, it should be noted that if a Special Interest Group is not incorporated, its members or organizing individuals may be held personally liable for torts and contractual obligations of the Special Interest Group they represent. Issues for which a Special Interest Group could be held liable might include a broken hotel contract for meeting space and/or sleeping rooms, an attendee falling at a meeting, or a member not being listed in a Special Interest Group membership list. We recommend at a minimum that each Special Interest Group officer and/or director carry personal liability insurance that covers their professional activities.
ABCT has criteria that each Special Interest Group must comply with on an annual basis:
We believe it is important that you are aware of potential liability issues not only with regard to ABCT, but also with regard to individual groups and the members of their leadership. We will continue to inform you of our findings in this area and we reserve the right to make changes in our Special Interest Groups Program as new information comes to light.
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies is eager to assist individuals and groups interested in developing Special Interest Groups. Please feel invited to contact us to discuss your interest in establishing an ABCT Special Interest Group.


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Aug. 25, 2012 at 3:25 a.m.
Week Ending Aug. 26 .............................122
Week Ending Aug. 19 .............................122
The rig count is provided by the Victoria office of Halliburton, showing the number of active drilling rigs in Victoria, Goliad, Gonzales, Calhoun, Jackson, Bee, Refugio, DeWitt, Lavaca, Wharton, Karnes, Colorado and Matagorda counties.
Week Ending Aug. 26 .........................$96.27
Week Ending Aug. 19 .........................$95.60
Price per barrel figures are provided from New York by the Associated Press and reflect the cash F.O.B. price of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark grade of U.S. crude oil.

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Each day Barbra Gordon (played by Sunny Lane in her last adult performance) watches her beloved Gotham City spiral further down the drain. With crime and sexual deviancy on the ride, Barbra's father, the police commissioner is handcuffed by the corruption of the political system, as well as his hot secretary. Barbra knows in order to save her city, she'll have to maneuver outside the limits of the law. The fiery redhead dons a mask and cape and joins the Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin as Batgirl, their sexiest ally. When Gotham's newest criminal Bianca Steeplechase, aka Joker, breaks into Arkham Asylum and frees Riddler, Harlequin, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, and Catwoman, the crusaders find themselves severely out numbered, but not out sexed. In Batgirl XXX: An Extreme Comixxx Parody, a hero rises to the challenge and uses everything at her disposal to bring the scum of Gotham to its knees.
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Internalizing Team Production Externalities through Delegation: The British Passenger Rail Sector as an Example
We show that in situations of team production, the associated externality between workers can be partially internalized via the delegation of authority of contracting rights, thus improving the overall efficiency of organizations. A delegated structure provides further incentives to individuals in higher tiers of the hierarchy because it makes them residual claimants. Our model sheds light on recent debates about the organization of the British passenger rail sector. Copyright (c) The London School of Economics and Political Science 2009.
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Very much lived up to expectations: Silver Whisper Cruise Review by Evertonian64
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Very much lived up to expectations
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: San Juan
We had the free air from Manchester but as we had a 4 hour wait at Chicago, waiting in immigration, we missed the connecting flight. Despite appealing to both the airport personnel and American Air Express Connection people they basically told us "hard luck" you have to stay in line. So instead of at least trying to fast track those with onward documents they ignored us. We spent the first night in Miami instead of San Juan and we could only find a Days Inn at 1.00AM.
However Silversea in the form of their out of hours reps. Travel Services swiftly arranged for us to be picked up from the Airport etc. Thank you Mona Lisa Torres, you were superb.
After the bad start Silversea Whisper and their staff were brilliant and quickly banished any bad feelings we may have had and Elin(staff) helped refund the missed hotel.
We did anticipate a good cruise but it exceeded our expectations. The food, the cabin, the staff were first class More and we have been to the odd superb hotel in our time. Our butler Danni, who seems to have been mentioned before exemplified all that Silversea are striving for. He produced tea for my wife without being asked and attended to all our needs, sometimes before we knew we needed them! Both he and indeed all the staff we met seemed genuinely pleased to do anything we wanted to make the cruise special.
Just to pick out the Segway on Antigua and the River tubing in Dominica as great fun but they need care as there is the possibility of an accident and whilst serious injury is unlikely cuts and abrasions did happen.
Going home
This was the only minor problem as friends had been told that they were going to a hotel before the flight but when we asked the concierge she said that we were going straight to the airport. In the event we all went to the hotel but some of us would have dressed differently if we had known.One point, as we were going to Manchester via Gatwick the duty free booze we bought in Barbados was confiscated when we went through security at Gatwick to board the Manchester flight because it was not sealed at Barbados. Worth noting.
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Apple Genius Bar Keeps Customers Coming Back for More, Hooks Them on the Brand
Maybe it's iOS, and sure, owning something perceived as a 'hip' device undoubtedly plays a role for some (and perhaps many). But one of the main reasons could actually be the Genius Bar, those spots where Apple "geniuses" help product owners learn about and troubleshoot their iGadgets.
Market research firm NPD Group found that 60 percent of Apple product owners are somewhat or much more likely to make another Apple purchase after dealing with technical support. Nearly 90 percent of Apple device owners who bring their product to a Genius Bar said they were extremely or very satisfied. That's a remarkable statistic. Think about that for a moment -- of those who are in need of technical support, only 1 in 10 are NOT happy with their Genius Bar experience. As we all know, customer support goes a long way in building brand loyalty.
"Tech support is a great service for the consumer, but more importantly it's a brand-building element for the retailer and manufacturer," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD. "People tend to associate any type of tech support as a negative experience, but Apple has demonstrated that those 'negatives' can be turned into positive brand experiences and result in a trip back to the store."
This is something that would be hard to duplicate on the Android side for the very simple fact that there are so many different players. Let's say Samsung implemented something similar -- what happens when an HTC device owner stumbles over and is turned down for tech support? Does he/she sour on HTC? On Samsung? On Android? Regardless of the challenges, however, there's a lesson here for other device makers, and retailers in general.
"Retailers are rediscovering the value that services can offer the consumer," said Baker. "Store foot traffic has declined over the years leaving fewer and fewer in-person interactions. Having a strong tech support in-store model helps fill the transaction void and builds brand awareness and satisfaction."


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The comedy world is mourning the loss of Phyllis Diller, who passed away August 20 at the age of 95.
Paving the way for generations of female comics including Joan Rivers and Kathy Griffin, Diller -- who was said to be in failing health at the time of her death -- was remembered by her colleagues as a spitfire who wasn't afraid to tell it like it is.
PHOTOS: Us Weekly's tribute to stars we've lost
"I'm beyond saddened by the death of Phyllis Diller. We were friends -- [daughter] Melissa [Rivers] and I had a wonderful time with her at lunch just a month ago," recalled Joan Rivers, 79, via Twitter. "I adored her!"
Griffin, 51, echoed Rivers' sentiments about the woman who rose to fame thanks to a 1958 appearance on Groucho Marx's game show You Bet Your Life. "Please recognize she paved the way, single handedly 4 YEARS 4 us FEMALE comedians. I knew her to be a doll!" Griffin tweeted, along with the hashtag "respect."
PHOTOS: Stars in their golden years
Though she recently suffered a fall, Diller -- who was on hospice care at the time of her death -- kept her sense of humor right up until the end, according to her friend Carol Burnett. "I was with her a few weeks ago, and she had me on the floor with a few choice jokes," Burnett, 79, told Us Weekly. "Funny, charming and loving . . . I'll miss her."
PHOTOS: Celebs' health troubles
Mama's Family's Vicki Lawrence argues that up-and-coming comics can learn a lot by Diller's example. "She is, and forever will be, a genuine, pivotal piece of comedy history," Lawrence, 63, told Us. "Study up youngsters! She was one of a kind!"
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Phyllis Diller Remembered by Joan Rivers, Carol Burnett


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Kantor Pays A Pretty Penny For Gatt
Douglas HarbrechtIt has been almost one year since President Clinton's hard-won victory for NAFTA. Now, he's pulling out all the stops to win passage of the GATT world-trade pact. But he's discovering what a difference a year--and plunging political capital--can make. On Sept. 13, Trade Representative Mickey Kantor was forced to drop renewal of Presidential "fast-track" authority as the price for getting lawmakers to O.K. GATT.
That should clear the way for congressional approval. But it could cripple Clinton's remaining trade agenda--and tie the hands of future Presidents. Under fast track, Congress can only vote yes or no on trade accords--it waives the right to make changes.
With fast track jettisoned, the President and his trade team will go to November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation powwow and other future conferences lacking authority to nail down deals. Worse, Clinton may not be able to win back fast track. Hill critics, who see trade policy as captive of business elites eager to surrender U.S. sovereignty to cash in on a global economy, are itching to limit Clinton's trade powers. With all that at stake, GATT had better be great.


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A Sigourney teenager has died from a moped accident. At 9:25 last night, 15 year old Brian Michael Bird of Sigourney was traveling on a moped southbound on Stuart Street in Sigourney. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Bird drove into the back of a legally parked vehicle.
The Keokuk County Dispatch Center reports Bird was not wearing a helmet. Bird was taken to the Keokuk County Hospital by ambulance and pronounced dead upon arrival. Those responding to the scene were the Iowa State Patrol and Sigourney Police Department.
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Treo Troubles Trigger Palm Plunge
Has Palm (PALM) lost its touch? Its Treo handset is one of the best-selling smart phones of all time, setting the gold standard for ease of use. But on Sept. 7, a day after Palm pre-announced (ahead of official release later this month) that its first-quarter Treo handset sales would fall substantially short of expectations, Wall Street investors ran for the exits, sending the company's shares 8% lower, to $14.30.
Certainly a slew of new competitors are enough to give investors jitters. Rival Research in Motion (RIM) just introduced its new device, the BlackBerry Pearl (see BusinessWeek.com, 8/23/06, "Keeping BlackBerry Juiced"), a sleek handset aimed at grabbing many of the well-heeled consumers who make up the Treo's base. And in the first month following its June 1 debut, Motorola (MOT) sold 150,000 of its superslim Q e-mail gadgets.
The competition has now caused Palm, which had engineered a remarkable turnaround in recent years, to disappoint twice in just more than two months. Back on June 29, the company said its revenues for the quarter would come in between $380 million and $385 million, short of analysts' expectations. Then, in the most recent announcement, Palm said it wouldn't be able to make even its own prior guidance, saying it expects revenues of $354 to $356 million for the quarter ended Sept. 1.
But don't count out Palm just yet. While far smaller than rivals such as Motorola and Nokia (NOK), Palm may know the smart phone business better than anyone else. Handspring, eventually purchased by Palm, unveiled the original Treo 600 in the fall of 2003, and the successor Treo 650 still sells well after debuting in 2004.
Indeed, Palm's biggest problem has been its own success. It has grabbed all the major wireless carriers in the U.S. and is moving to expand its reach overseas. And it has become software-agnostic, offering devices on both the Palm and Microsoft operating systems, as well as BlackBerry Connect and Good Technology e-mail services.
Still, the Treo's design hasn't substantially changed since it was introduced three years ago—close to an eternity in the fad-driven cell-phone business.
Analysts correctly predicted Palm would quickly lose market share as consumers flocked to slimmer designs like the Q and Motorola's hit Razr phone over the bulky Treo. "The big question around the Treo is when will it get a design refresh?" says analyst Cliff Raskind at Strategy Analytics.
Palm Chief Executive Officer Ed Colligan is promising the wait won't be long. "We will soon address the market dynamics responsible for our first-quarter revenue shortfall with two major new product launches, one that improves our pricing position and both which extend our carrier relationships throughout the global markets," Colligan said in a statement.
Will the new products be enough, though? Numerous Web sites have shown pictures of a new Treo 750 using the Windows operating system that appears to merely do away with the vestigial antenna, but which retains the same overall Treo shape. It initially will be sold by Vodafone (VOD) in Europe, but likely will become available this fall to customers of Cingular Wireless, the joint venture between AT&T (T) and BellSouth (BLS).
A second device, however, is expected to sell for a lower price point and could be the most substantial redesign in years, notes Merrill Lynch (MER) analyst Vivek Arya. In a report released before Palm's pre-announcement, the Merrill analyst suggests Palm's stock could see substantial upside on the new devices. "While competition is increasing, we believe Palm's stock…well discounts the risks," Arya said.
Other analysts were not so sure, and Palm faced a number of downgrades after its pre-announcement.
The company still anticipates when it officially reports earnings on Sept. 21 that its per-share profit will meet its expectations, coming in at 13 cents to 14 cents a share. Excluding one-time items, the company continues to project a profit at 18 cents to 19 cents a share. Wall Street analysts had been expecting a profit of 19 cents a share on revenue of $383 million, according to Thomson First Call.


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text: Pure Combines SAD Light With a Digital Radio for Edward Cullen-Free "Twilight" LampKat Hannaford11/25/10 5:00amFiled to: Sad lampsPure twilighttwilightpureLampLampsSadSeasonal Affective DisorderRadioRadiosDab radios70EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink As the winter months pull us in, it's that time of the year again when people ponder purchasing a seasonal affective disorder (SAD) lamp. I sprung for a Philips one a few years ago, and never looked back. Advertisement Pure's claiming their Twilight is the first "dawn simulator lamp" combined with a digital radio. Sure beats SAD lamps waking you up with birdsong and other "mother nature" style tones, eh—though the Twilight does have "church bells," "cockerel," "wind chimes," "dawn chorus" and "cicadas" tones, too. There are also tones for the evening too, including "twinkle twinkle," "rock-a-bye baby," and "Brahm's lullaby."And when you've got people 'round for a party, there are numerous colored light settings, including "party," which sets them all off in a colorful strobe effect. Advertisement On sale now in the UK for £130 (the equivalent of $205). [Pure]London, UK, 24th November 2010: PURE, the world-leading radio maker, presents Twilight, the world's first combined dawn simulator lamp and digital radio and the most energy efficient product of its kind on the market.PURE Twilight (SRP £129.99) brings together the best in light therapy and the choice and ease-of-use of digital radio to deliver the ultimate bedside experience. Offering dawn simulation, mood lighting, built-in natural sounds and lullabies as well as a reading light and four independent alarms, Twilight creates the ideal ambience for getting a good night's sleep and waking up revitalised and refreshed.Twilight is the most energy efficient product of its kind on the market thanks to its energy saving LED based light solution, which provides the same light output as a 45W incandescent light bulb for just 5.4W when the lamp is on (Twilight consumes less than 1W in standby).Waking up with PURE Twilight Twilight comes with four sophisticated yet simple independent alarm settings, giving the user the choice of waking to a tone, digital radio, FM, or special alarm tones including 'church bell' and 'cockerel'; or natural sounds including 'wind chimes', 'dawn chorus' and 'cicadas'.All of these alarm sounds can be accompanied by dawn simulation which allows the user to wake up naturally from light on a timer that increases gradually to mimic the rising sun before the user's chosen alarm is activated. Studies have shown that waking up to a dawn simulation is good for health and can combat symptoms associated with SAD (seasonal affective disorder).Going to sleep with PURE Twilight Twilight has a whole host of features to aid a good night sleep. Babies and young children can drift off to sleep listening to lullabies such as 'twinkle, twinkle, little star', 'rock-a-bye baby' or 'Brahm's lullaby' and a nightlight can be set to any colour or brightness.It is also possible to go to sleep listening to a relaxing natural sound and a mood light setting can be selected to accompany the sounds with the light dimming gradually, helping the user to easily drift off to sleep.Adults can use Twilight as a reading light or simply relax with its numerous mood light settings, a combination of mood lighting and natural sounds, or of course a favourite radio station. 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The Windmill Movie
Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until his widow, acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas, commissioned his former student Alexander Olch to make a film out of the pieces. Starting in the Hamptons, in the town of Wainscott, the film weaves Rogers' footage into a journey through childhood memories, a less than encouraging mother, a family background of privilege, and Rogers' persistent, dogged attempts to document his own life. Rogers' friend, actor and writer Wallace Shawn, joins in the process, as the film investigates the differences between documentary and fiction, and tells the tragic story of Rogers' life. [Synopsis courtesy of film's official website]


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With two incredible singles, "Don't Harsh My Mellow" and "Who Do U-Luv," already in rotation, Chicago hip-hop/rock outfit Kids These Days offers a new track—and new perspective—from their upcoming Traphouse Rock LP. "Bud Billiken," like the title suggests, hears frontman MC Vic Mensa reminisce on the teen wonders of discovering God's green plant. The track also sounds to be a loose cover of Crucial Conflict's "Hay" (word to shamz), only with a little more instrumental flavor. Regardless, "Bud Billiken" is a must-have for the smoking playlist.
Traphouse Rock is due out Oct. 30, just before the Kids hit the road with Asher Roth and Chuck Inglish next month. The full tour schedule can be viewed below.
Asher Roth, Chuck Inglish and Kids These Days tour dates:
Thu, Nov. 1: San Diego, CA—Porter's Pub
Fri, Nov. 2: Orange County, CA—Yost Theater
Sat, Nov. 3: Los Angeles, CA—USC
Sun, Nov. 4: Tempe, AZ—Club Red
Mon, Nov. 5: Albuquerque, NM—Launchpad
Wed, Nov. 7: Houston, TX—House of Blues Bronze Peacock
Thu, Nov. 8: Austin, TX—Beauty Ballroom
Fri, Nov. 9: McAllen, TX—Geo's
Sun, Nov. 11: Dallas, TX—Trees
Tue, Nov. 13: Boulder, CO—Fox Theater
Wed, Nov. 14: Denver, CO—Cervante's
Thu, Nov. 15: Lawrence, KS—Granada Theater
Sun, Nov. 18: Minneapolis, MN—Cabooze
Sat, Nov. 24: Chicago, IL—The Vic Theatre (KTD Headlining Show)
Tue, Nov. 27: Syracuse, NY—The Westcott
Wed, Nov. 28: Rochester, NY—WaterStreet Music Hall
Sat, Dec. 1: Danbury, CT—Tuxedo Junction
Sun, Dec. 2: Boston, MA—Brighton Music Hall
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I don't think the Cardinals are in first place because of luck, but I thought that game last night stunk. The go ahead run came off of a ball flying off of the pitcher's foot, barf. Wigginton would not have even been on base if it wasn't for Ankiel wearing a pitcher's glove (this is major league baseball isn't it? why would they play this man when he doesn't have his own equipment with him?) Then Holliday hit a 2 run bomb off of some old dude that looks like a used car salesman.
They brought up somebody from the minors...and he has shut out the Mets for 3 innings. I think it is Red Barrett or Larry Jaster......might as well be anyways since it does not seem to matter.
You are right. And this luck thing. This can apply to the Yankees.
I mean....if there is team I detest it is them. How in the holy heck can they continue winning with what they are trotting out there? Look at the 2nd game of DH and who their lineup had on BR....it is unreal. Hafner reminds me of how Berkman all of a sudden got healthy and decided to get fit....and just like that he is fine. If I was an Angels or Indians fan I would be wondering "Oh Now you want to get in shape and start playing baseball again?"
The Cards rookie pitcher just gave up 4 runs, but the Cards had already scored 9.
Carlos Martinez comes in and strikes out the side, hitting 100 on the gun a couple times. Not often you see a kid throw that hard, but it's not his best pitch.
Not bad for a 21 year old.
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To me, the pleasant surprise of the year for the Cardinals is Matt Carpenter. With Shelby Miller, we knew he had top of the rotation talent. I never in a million years would have thought Matt Carpenter would be leading all 2B in WAR according to fangraphs. I don't see this pace continuing but it still represents more production at 2B than the Cardinals have seen the past couple of years. Certainly better than the .2 WAR Daniel Descalso put up last year.
I agree, even the most optimistic Cardinal fan couldn't have seen the production the team has gotten from MCarp, especially on defense.
I have to admit, I thought putting him at 2B would weaken the bench to the point that the trade off wouldn't be worth it, and that he would keep a seat warm at 2B until Wong arrives.
Now it looks like Wong might be looking for a utility roster spot or staying in Memphis a bit longer. Speaking of Memphis, I like what I'm seeing from Jackson so far (.372 after tonight).
We can share the women, we can share the wine.
^Has this become a Cards board? Why do we have game run downs going on here? I dont mind Cards fans here and discussing baseball in general, an outside view at times, but geez, do we need play by pay?
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Could the cards success be because of a well run organization and not luck? Hmmm? Maybe if we as reds fans would be secure and confident enough in our team and not start how lucky the Cards are threads we wouldn't be subject to so much cards talk.
Agreed, it's obnoxious. My favorites are the discussions about how amazing Shelby Miller and Trevor Rosenthal are.
Also: Pete Kozma has a slightly better WAR through 40 games so he is a more talented player.
Maybe we should just get it over with and make a Cardinals sub-forum ON A CINCINNATI REDS MESSAGE BOARD!!!!
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To get a clear view of infrared emissions from celestial objects, the Spitzer Space Telescope has been cryogenically cooled—and what sights it has seen
Michael Werner
In astrophysical observations, more is more—imaging across multiple wavelengths leads to richer information. One electromagnetic band in which most celestial bodies radiate is the infrared: Objects ranging in location from the chilly fringes of our Solar System to the dust-enshrouded nuclei of distant galaxies radiate entirely or predominantly in this band. Thus, astrophysicists require good visualization of these wavelengths. The problem, however, is that Earth is a very hostile environment for infrared exploration of space, as the atmosphere also emits in the infrared spectrum and additionally absorbs much of the incoming signal. Even heat produced by a telescope itself can degrade its own clarity.
Starting at the end of the 1950s, a number of pioneering groups confronted this challenge and carried out increasingly exciting infrared investigations from ground-based, airborne and balloon-borne observatories. This work continues in parallel with space-based exploration; infrared capabilities form an integral component of current and planned ground-based telescopes with apertures of 10 to 30 meters in diameter.
But the best solution is to send into space a telescope that's cooled by liquid helium to temperatures just a few degrees above absolute zero. NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) was proposed in the early 1970s and finally launched in August 2003. It was renamed the Spitzer Space Telescope in honor of the late Lyman Spitzer, Jr., an astrophysicist who was one of the first to propose the idea of placing a large telescope in space, and was also the driving force behind the Hubble Space Telescope. Therefore it's very appropriate that Spitzer is a member of NASA's multi-spectral family of Great Observatories satellites, which also includes Hubble, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the recently launched Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
The Spitzer Space Telescope, about 4.5 meters tall and 2 meters in diameter, weighed 861 kilograms at launch. It is in orbit around the Sun, allowing its solar panels to always face their energy source while simultaneously shielding the craft from the Sun's heat. Behind its solar array, a passive radiative-cooling system of reflective and emitting shells and shields allows the telescope's outer shell to cool to about 34 kelvins. Onboard, helium vapor does the rest of the job of getting the payload down to about 5 kelvins or less, just slightly above absolute zero.
Spitzer is not the first cryogenically cooled infrared observatory in space, but it goes beyond its two successful and pioneering predecessors, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) that lasted for 10 months in 1983, and the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) that operated from 1995 to 1998. For one thing, Spitzer uses a new generation of infrared detectors comprised of large arrays of sensors, whereas the previous missions used single detectors or small arrays. The quality of Spitzer's arrays and its slightly larger aperture give it typically about 10 to 100 times the sensitivity of these earlier observatories. In addition, Spitzer's arrays have 10 to 100 times more pixels than previously available on a cryogenic telescope in space.
Since its launch, Spitzer has provided the scientific community the most powerful tool yet available for astronomical explorations at wavelengths between 3.6 and 160 micrometers, known as mid-to-far infrared. The telescope uses an 85-centimeter primary mirror to direct infrared radiation to three main instruments: a short-wavelength infrared array camera, a long-wavelength multiband imaging photometer (which, like the camera, measures the intensity and spatial distrubution of radiation) and an infrared spectrograph (which can identify the type and amount of chemical compounds present by the specific spectrum they emit).
A cooled telescope reduces the background infrared brightness of the sky by about six orders of magnitude; this is about the factor by which the sky brightness at visible wavelengths drops from high noon on a sunny day to midnight on a moonless night. The effects of the background reduction are so powerful that Spitzer, with its relatively small mirror, is more sensitive for many infrared observations than even the largest ground-based telescopes.
Although infrared wavelengths are invisible to human eyes and instead we perceive them as heat, it is ironically the colder objects, too frigid and with too little energy to glow visibly, that emit primarily in the infrared. And happily, infrared signals can be seen through much of the dust that enshrouds objects of interest, such as stellar nurseries and very energetic galactic nuclei. Spitzer has made remarkable progress in studying such objects, and also has been incredibly successful at directly measuring light from exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars) for the first time.
The first phase of Spitzer's rich scientific life came to an end as the last milligrams of its onboard liquid helium evaporated into space on May 15, 2009—several years beyond the contractually required end of the cryogenic mission, as the onboard cooling system's efficiency exceeded expectation. But there are still great prospects for the telescope's rebirth as the Warm Spitzer mission; it may now be limited by heat, but it still has powerful capabilities for continuing exploration of the universe.
With 40,000 hours of observations already under its belt, resulting so far in well over 1,500 published research papers from astronomy teams all over the world, Spitzer's scientific returns already go far beyond what can be discussed in a single article. But even just a few examples of Spitzer's most significant results are illustrative of the range of science that the telescope has produced.
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This update reports DoD contractor personnel numbers in theater and outlines DoD efforts to improve management of contractors accompanying U.S. forces. It covers DoD contractor personnel deployed in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Iraq, and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR).
In 4th quarter FY 2012, USCENTCOM reported approximately 137,000 contractor personnel working for the DoD in the USCENTCOM AOR. This total reflects no change from the previous quarter. The number of contractors outside of Afghanistan and Iraq make up about 13.7% of the total contractor population in the USCENTCOM AOR. A breakdown of DoD contractor personnel is provided below:
A breakdown of DoD contractor personnel is provided below:
DoD Contractor Personnel in the USCENTCOM AOR
Total Contractors | U.S. Citizens | Third Country Nationals | Local & Host Country Nationals | |
Afghanistan Only | 109, 564 | 31,814 | 39,480 | 38,270 |
Iraq Only* | 9,000 | 2,314 | 4,621 | 2,065 |
Other USCENTCOM Locations | 18,843 | 8,764 | 9,297 | 782 |
*Includes DoD contractors supporting U.S. Mission Iraq and/or Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq
Afghanistan Summary
The distribution of contractors in Afghanistan by contracting activity are:
Theater Support – Afghanistan: | 16,973 | (15%) |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: | 7,647 | (7%) |
Other:* | 44,393 | (41%) |
Total: | 113,736 | |
*Includes Defense Logistics Agency, Army Materiel Command, Air Force External and Systems Support contracts, Special Operations Command and INSCOM. |
OEF Contractor Posture Highlights:
There are currently approximately 109.5K DoD contractors in Afghanistan. The overall contractor footprint has decreased 3.7% from the 3rd quarter FY12.
The contractor to military ratio in Afghanistan is 1.13 to 1 (based on 84.2K military).
Local Nationals make up 34.9% of the DoD contracted workforce in Afghanistan.
Iraq Summary
Contractor Posture Highlights:
The total number of contractors supporting the U.S. Government in Iraq (DoD+DoS) is now approximately 13.5K, which meets the USG goal of reducing the contractor population at the end of FY 2012.
The Department of Defense and Department of State continue to refine the requirements for contract support. Some contractor personnel employed under DoD contracts are supporting State Department and other civilian activities under the Chief of Mission, Iraq. These DoD contractors are provided on a reimbursable basis.
General Data on DoD Private Security Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan
USCENTCOM reports, as of 4th quarter FY 2012, the following distribution of private security contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq:
Total* | U.S. Citizens | Third Country National | Local & Host Country National | |
DoD PSCs in Afghanistan | 18,914 | 2,014 | 1,437 | 15,413 |
DoD PSCs in Iraq | 2,116 | 102 | 1,873 | 191 |
*These numbers include most subcontractors and service contractors hired by prime contractors under DoD contracts. They include both armed and unarmed contractors. They do not include PSCs working under DoS and USAID contracts.


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César E. Chávez came to Oxnard, California, in 1958, twenty years after he lived briefly in the city as a child with his migrant farmworker family during the Great Depression. This time Chávez returned as the organizer of the Community Service Organization to support the unionization campaign of the United Packinghouse Workers of America. Together the two groups challenged the agricultural industry's use of braceros (imported contract laborers) who displaced resident farmworkers.
The Mexican and Mexican American populations in Oxnard were involved in cultural struggles and negotiations long before Chávez led them in marches and active protests. Curious Unions explores the ways in which the Mexican community forged intriguing partnerships with other ethnic groups within Oxnard in the first half of the twentieth century and the resulting economic exchanges, cultural practices, and labor and community activism. Frank P. Barajas examines how the Oxnard ethnic Mexican population exercised its agency in alliance with other groups and organizations to meet their needs before large-scale protests and labor unions were engaged. Curious Unions charts how the cultural negotiations that took place in the Oxnard ethnic Mexican community helped shape and empower farm labor organizing.


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Another Aussie Ripoff
Search eBay for "jeep plastic rivets" and you get "adelaideparts" selling one, that is one rivet, for $5 plus $9 postage. I asked the question and the seller confirmed that the price is for one rivet only. From ClipsAndFasteners.com one can get a pack of 25 for $5.33 plus $9.34 postage from the States. This guy makes Chrysler Aust. look good.
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Hey Bob,
Dump the rivets and use fasteners as Donsteph has over in the WK2 SRT forum. Check it out here ... http://www.jeepgarage.org/f162/bumpe...tml#post688952 Much better for future removal of flares and trim. clipsandfasteners are probably still the best bet for price, though I think using screws is better than using rivets. |
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Actually, while $5 per rivet is terrible, that is what the dealerships in the US are selling them for as well (at least mine). Luckily, another post on this forum sent me to Harbor Freight for the kit for under $20.
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Technology giants are making a big push to bring more hand-held devices to consumers at a faster pace, creating fresh ammunition in the cutthroat gadget wars. Apple, long seen as the innovator in smartphones, has been wrestling with an image problem lately. Samsung Electronics, meanwhile, is trying to sustain its momentum with the coming release of its next Galaxy phone.
By Matthew Lynley
Facebook sent out an announcement last night, teasing an event to come see its "new home on Android."
As Evelyn Rusli and Amir Efrati reported on Digits, Facebook is expected to unveil what could essentially be dubbed the "Facebook Phone." But instead of being a Facebook-built device, it looks like it is actually a phone built by HTC with a version of Android that is heavily integrated with Facebook.
Facebook's move is designed to increase the amount of time people spend on its service and thereby boost potential revenue from advertising, according to the report.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said over and over that Facebook has no interest in building a phone, rather opting to integrate deeply with existing platforms. He said building Facebook's own mobile phone is "so clearly the wrong strategy for us" during a keynote conversation in September last year. Facebook already does so with the iPhone, but on Apple's terms within the iPhone operating system.
But for the hacker culture of Facebook, Android could be even more tantalizing. It's more open and more customizable than the iPhone, in which most of the user experience is kept locked down and controlled by Apple. Android phones, for example, let you modify the keyboard, while Apple believes this wouldn't end up with a good experience for end-users.
Facebook has already been assembling the bits and pieces of the Facebook phone for the past several quarters. Here's what we have so far:
It certainly sounds like what is coming is a roll-up of all of that with more prominent home screen play, per an earlier report:
The social network has been developing new software for mobile devices powered by Google 's Android operating system that displays content from users' Facebook accounts on a smartphone's home screen–the first screen visible when they turn on the device, people familiar with the situation said. Facebook will initially demonstrate the capability on smartphones from HTC, these people said, but has been working to reach similar arrangements with other device makers.
Facebook also plans on making the "app" broadly available to all Android users, and it's also talking to other manufacturers.
So it might not be the "phone" everyone was expecting — but then again, most of what we'll probably see will end up being features that already exist in some form among Facebook's other array of apps.


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Intel has eased the migration to a single network infrastructure throughout data centers by introducing Open FCOE, a free software stack for Fibre Channel Over Ethernet.
The software stack had been in testing and development for some time, but on Thursday it was formally introduced after being qualified for Microsoft Windows, Red Hat and SUSE Linux, and EMC and NetApp storage platforms. It has also been qualified for use with Cisco Systems and Brocade Communications switches. Open FCOE is being offered as a free upgrade to the Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter X520 family, the company announced at a press event in San Francisco.
FCOE is an advanced form of Ethernet that is designed to bring the reliability of traditional Fibre Channel to the nearly ubiquitous infrastructure of Ethernet. Fibre Channel remains the connection to many enterprise storage platforms even as Ethernet forms the foundation of both LANs and other storage technologies, such as NAS (network-attached storage) and iSCSI (Internet SCSI). With Ethernet providing both computing and storage connections, IT departments can have more flexibility to provision and modify their data centers, according to backers of the so-called unified fabric.
One of those backers is Cisco, which has been shipping FCOE products since June 2008. Open FCOE will be available to all its 10-Gigabit Ethernet customers, said Soni Jiandani, vice president of marketing for Cisco's Server Access Virtualization Business Unit.
"Customers will no longer have to differentiate between, 'Can I mount storage on my servers that supports NAS, ISCSI, or Fibre Channel?' It brings forth the notion of, 'Wire once, and mount any type of storage on your computing infrastructure,'" Jiandani said. This type of flexibility is key to making the most of computing and storage virtualization, she said.
By providing its Open FCOE stack to operating system vendors, Intel is making it possible to place most of the processing for FCOE connections on servers CPUs instead of specialized processors on the adapters. This keeps the door open to performance improvements in the future as Intel's server processors get faster, said Tom Swinford, vice president and general manager of the data center group in Intel's LAN Access Division. In tests, the CPU load from Open FCOE processing never exceeded 5 percent, Swinford said.
EMC has qualified the Open FCOE software for use with its EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX storage platforms. EMC has been working for years with Intel, OS providers and switch vendors to harden the FCOE software and make sure it works with many Intel-based servers and with other network components, said Paul Brown, vice president and general manager of EMC's storage networking business.
Adoption of FCOE is more than doubling every year, according to Crehan Research analyst Seamus Crehan. There were about 300,000 FCOE switch ports and 500,000 adapter ports shipped worldwide in 2010, Crehan said. That's still a tiny share of the approximately 29 million total Ethernet ports of all speeds that were shipped in adapters and LAN-on-motherboard systems. Enterprises have been cautious in implementing FCOE because it is a new technology and is designed for the most mission-critical parts of IT infrastructure, which are often under disclosure regulations, Crehan said. It also requires a jump to expensive 10-Gigabit Ethernet from the Gigabit Ethernet links used for most server connections today.
Having the free, qualified Open FCOE stack available may make it easier to adopt FCOE, because once an enterprise makes the decision to invest in 10-Gigabit Ethernet it can always implement FCOE in the future, Crehan said.
Stephen Lawson covers mobile, storage and networking technologies for The IDG News Service. Follow Stephen on Twitter at @sdlawsonmedia. Stephen's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com


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Ray tracing showing how light is reflected through Proba-V's Vegetation instrument. Its mirrors are arranged within a compact 'three-mirror anastigmat' (TMA) design, but need to be curved in just the right 'aspherical' shape. Achieving this required a manufacturing technique of nanometre-scale precision known as 'single-point diamond turning' by Belgium-based specialist AMOS. Whether it could be achieved at all was initially uncertain. In 2009 a prototype TMA telescope was produced through ESA's General Support Technology Programme (GSTP), which helps to develop space hardware to flight readiness.
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If you see smoke or fire in your first escape route, use your second way out. If you must exit through smoke, crawl low under the smoke to your exit.
If you are escaping through a closed door, feel the door before opening it. If it is warm, use your second way out. If smoke, heat or flames block your exit routes and you cannot escape through a window, stay in the room with the door closed. Signal for help using a brightly colored cloth at the window. If there is a phone in the room, call 911 and tell dispatchers where you are.
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We each have ideas about customizing our bikes. My wife, is an avid and very skilled knitter. She makes fisherman's sweaters, felted handbags and such. She found this doily seat cover pattern in a knitting magazine and made it last night. This morning it was on her Gitane mixte city bike.
I think this is a joke. Or is this a new Velo Orange product? Feedback is always welcome.
On another note, the Velo Orange flashlight holders will be made next week by an old and respected manufacturer of sailing and yachting hardware. They will be available for C-cell, and AA-cell sizes. The material is 304 electro-polished stainless steel with a soft leather lining. $12.
13 April, 2006
Bike Candy?
Posted by Velo Orange at 8:33:00 AM
9 comments:
- Everett Volk said...
Chris, over on the boblist you mentioned the outrageous price that Brooks is charging for their leather mudflaps. I also notice that you seem adept at making bicycle-related parts. Combine those two facts, and your answer is clear: make your own leather mudflaps! I've got a nice pattern that I designed, and there's a leather shop in Maine that sells THICK, oiled leather scraps for cheap, cheap, cheap. You could probably make some great flaps for yourself and sell a few if you had the desire. Email me and I can send you my pattern.
Cheers! - 4/13/06, 9:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oh my! Your poor wife must not have much of a life to actually devote time to this monstrosity. Surely she was egged on by you to produce it....
- Chris Kulczycki said...
You're not anonymous ;<)
- Anonymous said...
That's pretty bad. Is it designed to keep the seat warm, or your arse warm, or your tea pot warm when you get to a cafe?
- Patrick Murphy said...
Well I think knitted seat covers are cute. Who woudda thunk it? They look good on a mixte or women's frame bike. I wish I had one in blue for my wife's Raleigh Sport but that got stolen.:(
One question, though. Are they all wool or just nylon/polyester? - 4/13/06, 4:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
The seat cover as shown is 100% acrylic. The "doilettes" are 100% cotton. Therefore you could never wash it without destroying it.
However awful I truly think it is, I keep toying in my head with a felted version, which would be 100% wool and sans doilettes (thereby being perfect for the tea pot warmer mentioned above by Anonymous #2, who really said it best..) I should just do it and get it out of my system once and for all.
Chris's Wife - 4/13/06, 5:27 PM
- Beth H. said...
Gorgeous work. I'm an avid crocheter myself and this is lovely stuff. Only practical for show bikes and in the dry season, which in Portland is less than half the year.
Beth - 4/14/06, 6:45 PM
- Clay Fong said...
Chris - I have one of your mudflaps on order off ebay, and I'm looking forward to getting it. I'm wondering if you've considered making a leather strap to attach a frame pump to the top tube. It looks like all the available options are nylon/velcro and I would definitely buy something in a more organic material (unless there's velcro trees) to attach my slightly shifty Silca pump to my Kogswell.
Clay - 4/23/06, 1:35 AM
- orodwen said...
i'm diggin' those seat covers. i keep wanting to snag some fun looking oilcloth & stitch a "slipcover" for my pure white seat. seeing something knitted is a great idea, imo. 8^)


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Justice minister Ivo Opstelten on Tuesday refused to comment on claims the Dutch security service AIVD works together with the US secret services in collecting information from email and social media traffic.Some pretty dramatic claims are being made:
Dutch security service AIVD has also received information on email and social media traffic via US spy system PRISM, the Telegraaf reports on Tuesday.
If the AIVD lists an American address as suspicious, it is supplied all the information within five minutes, a source told the paper. The source worked for the department which monitored potential Dutch Muslim extremists, the paper said.There are a few points to note here. First, this is a report about a story in the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf, which draws on unnamed sources. So the chain of information is quite long, and it's likely that details have been lost or mischaracterized along the way. It's also worth noting that PRISM is not the only system mentioned here for gleaning information about people. That's probably muddying the waters yet more, as sources reveal tantalizing information about other spying initiatives that then get subsumed under the general heading of PRISM, simply because it's in the headlines at the moment.
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>.< I don't want to go dps, NO NO NO NO NO!
And then... The RL will call out for healing, and I can't get it stuck into his head...
More likely some go-go-Gadget-hands! So I can grab their hand and move it to the lightwell...
>.< I don't want to go dps, NO NO NO NO NO!
And then... The RL will call out for healing, and I can't get it stuck into his head...
More likely some go-go-Gadget-hands! So I can grab their hand and move it to the lightwell...
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Of the times I see Lightwell used it is placed in some ridiculous position like far enough behind everyone they cannot see it to click if they were planning to. Fights that involve a lot of movement can both make Lightwell access easier or harder depending on the situation.
If your guild continually will not use the well, respec and and spec out of it, buff your active healing talents and don't waste your time on the well, its not worth it. Its not a super heal anyway, but yes every bit helps, but it isnt helping anything if it isnt used.
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Now to some issues with "Lightwell Casters" I am not saying this is you, but many a LFD run or trade pug the Holy Priest specced into Ligthwell will drop it and say click it, while in the meantime during the fight barely healing a smidge and claiming the lightwell was there. Putting down a lightwell is not an excuse not to heal if that is what you are there to do. Any competent player knowing they need to stay alive will click a well if it is accessible, dps loss or not. So those of you that do, Stop using lightwell as an excuse to not do anything....its lazy, if you dont want to heal, don't queue as a healer.
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Tell them who doesn't get X amount of healing from the lightwell in a firelands clear gets a 50dkp minus! (or ep/has to pay gold/whatever)
Short of attaching real life shock collars to each of your raid members and triggering it when they don't use lightwell, the only way to get them to change is through a combination of repetition and humiliation.
- Assuming you have raid lead or assist, you can put a raid target on a lightwell.
- Make an annoying /say /raid /party announce macro when you drop lightwell. Perhaps something along the lines of "Click lightwell if you want to live" or "Only idiots don't use lightwell". This can also be spammed during predictable incoming aoe damage of a fight.
- Link recount after fights showing how frequently (or infrequently) lightwell was used. Emphasize that fact especially if someone died during the encounter. Follow up with a "hey dumb ass, use lightwell next time" in vent.
- If you have an especially dense dps who likes to stand in fire, stand by your lightwell and life grip him to it. Don't give him any other heals.
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Majority of time I see priests pop a Lighwell they put it on top of boss/tank/thamselves/any other barely possible to click place, so instead of paying attention to encounter I'd have to hunt for few pixels window where Lightwell is possible to be clicked. But - if I really wanted to play targeting game with my mouse I'd play Counterstrike or something.
Last edited by Rilch; 2011-09-13 at 01:33 PM.
Sometimes I'd drop a lightwell and it'd be gone instantly.
Made me feel good.
No reason for this not to happen.
You and the other guy both missed what he was saying. He means he hates it when someone is standing near or on top of the lightwell, because instead of clicking the well he targets the person standing there, thus losing DPS time because he has to re-target the boss before he can continue DPSing.
I've found it's easier to get effective use out of it by treating it as a raid cooldown. In 10 mans say during scorpion domo phase, I'll chuck a light well just outside the stack and say "everyone click it when the next slash hits". The extra ~22k healing on everyone for the cost of 1 GCD is amazing.
Blizzard should add a small buff that lets you know that you are standing within range of a lightwell.
Then it would be super easy to write a macro that popped up a raid warning that says click lightwell when HP below a certain percentage and you are in range of a lightwell. The problem is there is no way to really know a lightwell is around unless you pay attention to it.
I agree though that people just need to pay more attention.
We just wait till the entire raid takes a bunch of damage then the RL and me tell everyone to "Click the Lightwell". It gets used real fast that way. >.>
i use a really good addon called lightwell buddy. helps a lot. people feel special when they get a message from me thanking them for using my lightwell every time
Guild leader here (non-Priest) and I am constantly reminding people to use Lightwell....and honestly it gets used often when placed wisely.
I find that it is used left often for general healing but on fights where there is repeated and predictable damage it's like crack (Major Domo for example).
My only issue with lightwell really is when the priest decides to put it too close to the boss or almost on top of the DPS pack in the midst of 1001 other sparklies and random spell effects...I usually just ignore it and make him Oom as payback.
Sing a short Lightwell song on vent/mumble every time you use it.
You might try talking with your raid leader outside of a raid setting. If he wants the raids to go better, having a group that knows that they can help healers out by clicking the lightwell is great. Our priest (who switches between holy and disc) has an addon that lets everyone know that lightwell is down. He has an addon that announces who has clicked the lightwell and how many charges are remaining. It can be a great tool for aoe damage and single-player damage. Your raid leader needs to be bugging the rest of the raid, not you.
lightwell is just annoying, on some fights its pretty hard to see the lightwell and find it to click it. the increased range helped a lot, but it still needs changing big time.
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This attitude is toxic. There is no single skill that can compete with raid synergy. This just makes you the asshole that doesn't speak up for causing the wipe.
OP is correct, people should use what's available especially if they still aren't downing whatever the end-game boss is currently. If you and the other holy are dropping the lightwells every chance you can, your next task is to lean heavily on your guild heirarchy. Some may find it useful to send a tell to the loot council. Some may just need an officer's help. Others will go right to the guild or raid leader. If you can prove that your hot ticks are the difference, people will step in line.
Alternatively, you could join another guild.
"Well, Qbn, your statements don't really say much, and they are pretty confusing..."
I am an officer myself and it's not that they undermine my authority by not clicking it, they are just plain too busy on their tunneling...
I am using the addon that announces whoever clicks it, and most of the time it's just me...
Again, I'm not being irrational and expecting them to use it every single time, but there's times when using it makes the difference between a kill and a wipe.
Edit: And guess what, do they spam the crap out of its charges after we downed the boss or even before combat starts?.........


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Earth Day has been a serious event for Zion United Church of Christ of Taborton in Sand Lake, N.Y., since the Rev. Robert Loesch joined the congregation seven years ago. This year, with Earth Day falling right in the middle of Mission 4/1 Earth, the group is particularly excited. The church's location, on a wooded mountaintop near the banks of the Hudson River, reminds most members of Zion UCC to be respectful of the natural beauty that surrounds them and mindful of the need to protect it. So the extra efforts of the UCC's 50-day earth care initiative are really just an extension of their everyday lifestyles.
"When I came here, I decided to work with the congregation to raise awareness about the area's natural resources, but also tie them to national environmental issues," said Loesch. "When Mission 4/1 Earth came along, I thought it fit in perfectly with what we're already doing."
Zion UCC's Earth Day celebration on April 21 will begin with an environmental worship service and a blessing of pets and all of nature's animals. Following that will be a highway litter cleanup, promotion of the congregation's year-round comprehensive recycling program, and the presentation of educational displays from more than 30 local and regional environmental organizations and church groups.
But one of the highlights of the annual event is the opportunity for people to take time and enjoy the nature around them. Several church members will bring their kayaks, provide lessons, and allow participants to paddle around Little Bowman Pond. One member who is an environmentalist will offer casting lessons, and novice and experienced fishermen alike can fish off the docks. A local environmental alliance will lead hikes through the woods and identify different plants and wildlife along the way. Loesch plans to find an expert to demonstrate water sampling and discuss the quality of the pond and the different insects and organisms that inhabit it.
"What we try to do is have a variety of activities," Loesch said. "Most of the activities are educational, spiritual, scientific and recreational."
Loesch believes that knowing how to enjoy nature is almost as important as knowing how to care for it. Living among the woods, lakes and mountains, most of Zion's members already participate in activities like hunting and fishing. But Loesch likes to use this event to introduce its nearly 300 attendees to new ways of enjoying the outdoors with the hopes that they also will want to embrace and protect our planet Earth.
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