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Changes Are Coming!
Exciting changes lie ahead for the new Girl Scout year; changes that are expanding our capacity to support our girls and families; changes that will help provide volunteers the information and resources they need - when and how they need it; and changes that will help us bring the Girl Scout experience to more girls!
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines is one of nine councils across the country that will launch Girl Scout's new Member Engagement Initiative this year. This exciting initiative consists of four all-new, online tools—membership registration system, website with Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) shared content, Volunteer Toolkit, and Digital Cookie.
Here's a little more about each new tool:
Our new website will launch with a fresh new look, consistent with the Girl Scout brand and align with other councils across the county. The new www.nccoastalpines.org will feature up-to-date information about Girl Scouts provided by GSUSA, in addition to what you need to know about Girl Scouting in central and eastern NC. Important council resources will still be there, right at your fingertips, whether on your computer, tablet, or smartphone! And we can't wait for you to explore the new, user-friendly Calendar of Events.
Volunteer Toolkit
And for our fabulous volunteer leaders, a new online toolkit will be available on your smartphone, tablet or computer through our new website. Leaders will be able to plan and manage troop activities for the year, and have access to important resources to deliver the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
NOTE: The online volunteer toolkit will launch in phases. For 2014-15, the Volunteer Toolkit will feature resource guides for K-5 troop leaders. GSUSA plans to expand the toolkit to include additional resources with future versions.
Digital Cookie 1.0
For the 2015 Cookie Sale, all Girl Scouts will be able sell cookies online in addition to neighborhood and booth sales! With parent approval, girls will have fun using technology to increase their sales, while building the five skills by participating in the Cookie Sale: goal-setting, decision-making, business ethics, money management, and people skills. How cool is that?!
Membership Registration System
From joining and getting oriented, to managing a troop and girl membership – our online experience will be easier, more manageable and more enjoyable. And that's just the start!
Get Ready for Launch!
The new website, K-5 Volunteer Toolkit and membership registration will be available in August.
A few VIPs – "very important posts"
1) C.O.R.E. (Council Online Registration System) will remain the place for program and activity registration and payment during 2014-15. Please retain your C.O.R.E. login and password.
2) New members will register through our new online system, but will still create an account in C.O.R.E. to take advantage of all the fun events and programs planned for this year.
3) For current members, please note that C.O.R.E. will be inaccessible for a brief period prior to launch. We apologize for this inconvenience and encourage you to re-register for the 2014-15 membership now.
4) All registered members will receive a new login and temporary password once the new system launched. You will need these to access your family / troop account information. Where applicable, you will also be able to access the Volunteer Toolkit. Our website will continue to house important members-only information and resources for all troop leaders and volunteers.
As we move forward, we'll keep you posted. We can't wait for our new system to go live and improve our online experience for our members. And most of all, we can't wait to get to kick off the new Girl Scout year!


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There was a brief point in Charles Darwin's publishing life when the old (then young) man got stiffed. Darwin's magisterial contribution to Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of her Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1S26 and 1836…, (published in 1839) appeared in the third volume, (by far and impossibly away the money volume), and was issued without his name on the title page, which as it turns out was okay by the standards of the day. The real oddness turns up in the publisher's ads that appeared in the later issues of those volumes in late 1839 for what would be a separately-issued volume of Darwin's contribution (Journal of Researches into the Geology…), where there was no mention of the author's name. I just don't know what to say. (Captain Fitz-Roy, the man whose name adorned those early volumes, was the Captain of the Beagle a man with problems and some interesting meteorological ideas; but both would be dead to one another soon enough.) The recognition element was dismissed very quickly though when the work was actually published—his name was in the book but not in the advertisements.
This is really just a little fly in the ointment though in the publishing history of major scientific works--anonymous literature (or in the Darwin case, really, seemingly purposely forgotten) isn't that deep and long in the sciences, especially when you excuse ancient and middle-Renaissance period efforts. Certainly the sciences don't compare with other disciplines, where works by anonymous or pseudononymous abound. The history of world literature ancient and modern abounds in silenced or self-silenced authors—there is even a four volume encyclopedia to help you identify the unidentified. . Political and religious work are also particularly heavily laden with unattributed or disguised efforts—the U.S. Constitution and the Federalist Papers are of course both anonymous (and of necessity), as was the most beautiful work of Voltaire. The Declaration of Independence, on the other hand, and also of necessity, was not. What is that they say? Anonymity is the best defense against the tyranny of the majority"? It still feels a little Orwellian to see the unattributed source in the newspaper or read an anonymous editorial. On the other hand Thomas Paine's sublime "On Common Sense" may not have made it into print if its author had been required to identify himself.
Art is perhaps the longest-lived area of anonymous work, the signed canvas being a relatively recent invention. There are thousands of years of unknown hands and eyes represented in millions of works, but really we only get solid confirmation of the intellectual origin of a work through the invention of the ornament of the signature, and this just within the last 500 years. And even after this defacement begins to appear there is still a relatively stout history of semi-anonymous works coming from painting studios doing work "in the manner of ____". Of course there were other considerations at play here, what with guilds and patrons and all—the artist was one person in a lengthy bureaucratic trail of aesthetic production.
Anonymous seems to come more into play in our present culture via the need for a place holder—when tallying and accounting the death of unknown people, for example, the name "John Doe" or "Jane Roe" is used (in the U.S.) to take up the forever empty space calling for The Departed's name. (Our most famous "Jane Roe" is Norma McVorvey of Roe v. Wade; I think the Gary Cooper still ranks the highest for the male equivalent.)
Something has to go there, and so it is. The practice of using such names is actually pretty old, and is practiced worldwide. (see HERE for an entertaining look at multi-cross-cultural "John Doe" equivalents.)
And now that I've had some time to think about non-Darwins examples from the sciences, I'm a little stumped. Robert Boyle is a good example, what with more than a dozen of his works (at least according to John Fulton's bibliography) were published without his name carrying the title page-but these were the philosophical and political works of a great scientist, and not scientific. Same too for Pascal, who wrote his Pensees undercover—and again, not scientific but by a scientist. Isaac Newton published his fabulous Opticks without his name on the title and in fact only used his initials (sort of) in the preface as his personal identifiers. He was though in 1704 when this book was published a decade's-long acknowledged super genius, and I've never been very comfortable with any explanation over this unNewtonesque shyness for his big optics book.
That leads us lastly to Thomas Malthus, who really did publish the first printing of his massively important Essay on Population without his name—it would make an appearance soon after, though, in the second edition of this contentious work making the first edition of this great near-scientific work one of the most influential anonymously published science books of the last 250 years. Laying Malthus aside though and lifting the time-veil for just a peek, the best example in this genre turns out not to be an example at all. Copernicus was the ultimate anonymous author of a scientific work because he didn't publish it—fearing reprisals for his horrifically challenging and revolutionary work, Nicolas waited until he was b asically dead to have his effort put into print. Then, once he was safely assured of his snug bed with the worms, free from fear of all anxiety and moral espionage, did he see the work brought to public display—with his name very boldly displayed on the title page.

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The Online Safety Roadshow
The Online Safety Roadshow is a 45-minute digital citizenship assembly for teens that
strives to be like a Drivers Ed for the web. The presentation covers five key tips to
staying safe and successful on the web.
Tip 2 - Protect Your Stuff
Our second tip, is to protect your stuff.
Most of us have things on the web that we want to keep safe. One of the best ways to keep those things safe is to make sure that you have set strong passwords on your accounts.
Strong passwords are really important. They safeguard your information online. Like the key to your house or the combination to your locker -- they protect things that are of value to you.
And once a strong password has been created, it should not be shared with anyone. Unless it is your parent or a trusted adult.
Protecting your stuff also means locking devices AND your screens. Leaving screens open to anyone means losing your phone or lending it to others, could result in unwanted account hacking.
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The settings on the sites you visit allow you to choose what you share and who you share with.
Understand and adjust your settings on the sites and apps you use. Adjust settings accordingly so you only share with those people that you want to share with. This means posts, geo-tagging, photo uploading, profiles, etc.
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Know how to identify scams online. Everyone knows you never take candy from a stranger. The same principle applies online.
If someone offers you some new shoes, an iPad or told you that you won a trip to Hawaii - you should be suspicious. This might seem harmless, but these could be very dangerous ways to lure you in and steal your passwords or even your identity.
And sometimes, scammers might try to impersonate someone or something you know. It's called phishing. So if it seems fishy, it probably is.
Tip 5 - Be Positive
Being positive on the web means that you should only post, comment or forward something, if you wouldn't mind someone doing the same to you. Because even small quick actions online can have a lasting impact.
And if you DO see something that is cruel, unkind or offensive - whether it's on your own profile or elsewhere, feel empowered to report it.
All reputable sites online have reporting techniques. Just like you should know where the settings are on sites you use, you should also familiarize yourself with the reporting settings.
But keeping it positive online is a great way to avoid having to use reporting settings, and a great way to encourage others to be kind on the Internet as well.


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Rules of IFAA
The International Field Archery Association (IFAA) sanctions a number of different Regional and World tournaments that are hosted in accordance with its rules . These tournaments all have their own specific rules and guidelines. Also included in the rules is the Constitution of the Association so you the archer will have a one stop rule book to gather and learn the information you need to participate and enjoy the shoots offered by the IFAA whether they are hosted in your country or in any one of our other member countries.
Please note that the English version of the Constitution and Rules are the official rules. All translated versions are for the benefit of archers who are not familiar enough with English to understand the rules.
For you convenience they have been placed on this site to enable you to download them and read or print them out. They are in the PDF format and if you require to have a reader you have two choices available here you can download Adobe PDF reader which is 42 Mb to download or you can download the Foxit Reader which is 3.4Mb download. Both readers will do the job, the choice is yours to the one you use.
To download these rules click you right mouse button on the link for the rules below and "save as" or just left click the link and wait for the document to load in your browser window.
The 2017-2018 IFAA Book of Rules (Constitution) with all changes shown in Italic.
"The IFAA 2017/2018 edition of the "Book of Rules" shows changes to the 2015/2016 edition in Italic text. The new edition will be applied from 01 January 2017!
Archers must be aware that some changes are single words in the old text and they are therefore advised to take great care if these rules and regulations are translated into their home language.
Please make note that only the IFAA English version is the official version and that translated versions are simply to assist local archers to understand the rules better.
The 2017/2018 edition contains various major amendments to the 2015/2016 version, including but not limited to:
- The introduction of the Tradition Recurve Style
- The complete change in the Champion of Nations event, which now also applies to the WBHC.
- The acceptance of the "bubble level" incorporated in the pin guard in the BU and BL shooting styles.
- The complete rewording of the IFAA Official Rounds, including improved graphics, as well as the "rotation rule" for easier understanding. No changes were made in these rules.
· A detailed explanation of the scoring rules under Annexure 3."
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Excitement over the new iPhone is building to a frenzy this week as rumors abound that Apple (AAPL) will unveil upgraded models on September 10.
That would be almost exactly a year after Apple introduced the iPhone 5, which grabbed the title of best selling smart phone model in the world last year.
Apple isn't commenting on new models yet but the September 10 introduction date has been confirmed by major news organizations including the Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD and dedicated Apple bloggers such as Jim Dalrymple.
The rumored new handset, expected to be called the iPhone 5S, will probably look quite similar to the current model 5 but is sure to be lighter and more powerful than ever. It may also be accompanied by a lower-priced, plastic-cased model, dubbed the iPhone "5C" on the Internet.
Pictures leaked onto the Web of the purported lower-priced iPhone show an array of bright colors instead of just the same old black and white models available in recent years. That would make 2013 a banner year for colorful phones, as the new Google (GOOG) Moto X phone arriving in stores in a few weeks is being offered in 18 colors.
A rising share price
And it's not just customers who are excited about a new iPhone. Investors have been driving up Apple's share price — even before billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn tweeted this week that he had bought a large position. After lagging the market for most of the year, Apple shares have gained 17% over the past month.
Apple remains a top player at the high end of the smartphone market, especially in the United States, where most carriers subsidize more than two-thirds of the cost of a new phone for customers who sign a two-year contract.
The lower-priced phone would help Apple better compete for customers who pay month to month and those who live in less-wealthy countries where carriers don't offer subsidies. Apple currently offers older models, such as the 2010 iPhone 4, to those customers. But the older phone still costs $450 without a subsidy and may lack the appeal of more recent models running Google's Android software.
"They've been wickedly profitable but their market share is kind of plateauing," says Ramon Llamas, mobile research manager at IDC. Apple captured 18% of the smartphone market in 2011 and 2012, according to IDC. "A little more attention to emerging markets is warranted."
Competitors with $200 to $300 phones have been growing faster than Apple in many less-wealthy markets, according to data from Gartner. Apple sold 31.9 million phones worldwide in the second quarter, up just 10% from a year earlier, Gartner reported, second to Samsung. But Apple's next three competitors – LG Electronics (066570.KS), Lenovo Group (0992.HK) and ZTE (0763.HK) – sold almost as many, 31.8 million combined, as their sales jumped 93%.
Still, Llamas isn't sure a new lower-priced phone is needed. Lower pricing and greater promotions of older models could work just as well, he argues.
Could the cheap phone move backfire?
And Apple's rumored move to offer lower-priced new iPhones could backfire. Some analysts fear that a portion of wealthy customers will forgo buying more-expensive models in favor of the "5C." That could cut into Apple's revenue and profits. The move could also tarnish Apple's reputation as a leading premium phone maker, particularly if the lower-priced model is seen as chintzy or with key functions crippled.
But if Apple announces a lower-priced model, it is more likely to create a desirable, full-featured product in keeping with the company's premium image, according to John Gruber, who has followed Apple for over a decade at his website, DaringFireball.net.
"The 5C is not about selling a piece of junk to some sort of unwashed masses," Gruber wrote on Tuesday. "It's about continuing to push the price down to expand the iPhone's market without changing what the iPhone brand stands for."
At the high end
Following a pattern Apple has established over several years, the new high-end iPhone is likely to retain the outward appearance of the current iPhone 5. Apple tends to produce a major iPhone overhaul only every other year, in keeping with the two-year contract cycle of many mobile phone subscribers. And pictures floating on the Internet show a rumored new iPhone with a similar shape and upgraded internal components to the current model.
But many analysts expect Apple may incorporate a brand-new feature this year – a fingerprint reader hidden in the iPhone's tiny home button. Apple bought mobile security firm AuthenTec and its fingerprint-scanning technology last year for $356 million. And text contained in beta versions of Apple's new iOS 7 software appears to reference a finger print sensor, too.
"It's a great way to ease the hassle of remembering passwords," says Ken Hyers, senior analyst at Strategy Analytics. "It will be much more reliable than the facial-recognition technology that Samsung first introduced with the Galaxy S3, and easier to use, too."
Combined with several wireless technologies already in the iPhone, the fingerprint scanner could also be part of a new mobile-payments network from Apple. That would be quite different from Google's Google Wallet payment system, which relies on phones that have specialized hardware, known as a Near Field Communications, or NFC, chip. U.S. mobile carriers have blocked Google Wallet apps and are planning to roll out their own NFC-based payment network known as Isis. But neither has caught on yet.
Apple's system, relying on Bluetooth and Wifi standards, could ignore the NFC wars and build off its existing iOS app called Passbook, which currently works for items like travel and entertainment tickets. Apple mobile development chief Craig Federighi made fun of Android's NFC-based file transfer system at the company's developer conference in June. "There's no need to wander around the room bumping your phone," he said, referencing the system featured prominently in Samsung television ads.
Apple fans hoping for a bigger screen are likely to be disappointed. Android phones have featured ever larger screens – the new LG G2 model unveiled August 7 has a 5.2" screen, one of the biggest yet. Google's Moto X phone has a 4.7" screen.
But Apple is trying to avoid further fragmenting its lineup in order to make it easier for developers to write apps that will look good and run smoothly on all iOS hardware. Analysts expect Apple will stick with the 4" screen introduced on last year's iPhone 5. The screen was slightly longer than earlier models but maintained the same width, so apps that weren't updated for the new size could just display a black bar over the extra space.
Some analysts say Apple needs to move to bigger screens to better compete against Android. That probably won't happen until the company's 2014 upgrade cycle.
"It's just like in the movie 'Jaws' – what we need is a bigger boat," says Roger Entner, founder of Recon Analytics. "If you're going to charge a premium and seek to delight your customers, you have to be leading, not following, the trend."
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Secure Folders XP distribution permissions and end-user license agreement
1. This Software License Agreement (the "Agreement") is a legal agreement between you, the end-user ("Licensee"), and Authors of this software ("Authors"). By using this software ("Secure Folders XP") or storing it on a computer hard drive (or other type of media), you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
2. SECURE FOLDERS XP IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE SECURE FOLDERS XP AT YOUR OWN RISK. Everstrike Software hereby disclaims all warranties and guarantees regarding the use, or the results of use, of Secure Folders XP in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise. Everstrike Software will not be responsible for any incidental, consequential, direct or indirect damages, including but not limited to damages for loss of profits, business interruption and loss of information resulting from the correct or otherwise use of Secure Folders XP even if Everstrike Software has been advised of the possibility of such damages. By installing Secure Folders XP you acknowledge that you have read this disclaimer, understood it, and you agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. You also agree that the disclaimer is the complete and exclusive statement of agreement between the parties and supersede all proposals or prior agreements, oral or written, and any other communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of the disclaimer.
3. All copyrights to "Secure Folders XP" are exclusively owned by the authors - Everstrike Software.
4. You are welcome to test the trial version of the program for 30 days. This gives you plenty of time to try out the program on your own system. After you test the trial version, you are required to license this product and discontinue use of the trial version. Only the trial version of Secure Folders XP may be distributed freely on online services, bulletin boards, or other electronic media as long as the files are distributed in their entirety.
5. After purchasing, Everstrike Software grants you a non-exclusive license to use one copy of the software, on one computer, and make one copy of it for archival purposes. For purposes of this section, "use" means loading the software into RAM, as well as installation on a hard disk or other storage device. You may access the software from a hard disk, or any other method you choose, so long as you otherwise comply with this agreement. You may not install the licensed version of the software onto a network server or in any other way make it available to more than one user at a time unless you have arranged in advance for a multi-user license; make copies of the software other than one backup copy solely for archival purposes; sell, furnish, transmit, or give away the software such that the software is exploited in a commercial way; or sublicense, rent, lease, or otherwise market the software. You may permanently transfer the software to another owner only by providing written notice of such transfer to Everstrike Software.
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7. An upgrade replaces a previous version. It does not provide an additional license. When upgrading you must cease using the previous version, and also ensure that it is not used by anybody else.
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An event for perky, prospective brides invited Angela "Big Ang" Raiola as its guest Tuesday night, and the "Mob Wife" injected the proceedings with a healthy dose of reality. "I told them I would never get married again," Ang told us after the First Annual Long Island Bridal Showcase, produced by Butch Yamali's Dover Group. "I'm not takin' care of someone else's [bleep] and washing their clothes." She further advised the future brides: "Always make the guy love you more" and "get a prenup." Romantic.
Big Ang's wedding wisdom
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RVIA, Learning Center Relaunch Tech Program
October 28, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVIA, Learning Center Relaunch Tech Program
A new internet platform and updated curriculum to prepare RV technicians for industry certification and recertification is now available, thanks to the joint efforts of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) and the Mike Molino RV Learning Center.
According to a press release, the new RV Technician Certification Prep program features updated online materials and test preparation resources that reflect the changing needs of the RV industry, which relies on professionally trained and certified technicians to maintain the latest RVs on the road today.
The online program also allows every technician access to individual self-study training and certification preparation for all sections of the RVDA-RVIA RV Certified RV Technician Career Ladder.
The new platform is designed to track, train, and prepare RV technicians at all levels to be able to pass a certification exam or to prepare to be recertified. All content and testing is online and there is no need for other program materials.
"RVIA and RVDA have worked together to develop this new training site for the benefit of all service technicians, dealerships, manufacturers, and suppliers," said Bruce Hopkins, RVIA vice president of standards and education. "This new platform really enhances the accessibility and convenience for techs readying themselves for certification which is vitally important in today's RV market where there never seems to be any down time. As we are all aware, a well-functioning technician training effort is a key element in the overall health of the RV industry."
"Certified technicians are in great demand today and this program is designed to help meet that growing need," said RVDA President Phil Ingrassia. "Our industry is on the rebound and this improved program will help technicians successfully navigate the path to certification."
The goal of the RVDA-RVIA technician certification program is to identify professionals who have demonstrated the knowledge and ability to satisfy established, respected standards on RV diagnostic and repair procedures. Technicians must pass a rigorous testing process designed to measure technical competency and recognize those who meet or exceed industry standards.
To register for RV Tech Cert Prep Courses and industry certification, visit www.rvtechnician.com.


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Leonard Weaver and the Eagles agreed to a three-year deal worth $11 million, with $6.5 million of that guaranteed, according to a league source.
The contract makes Weaver the highest-paid fullback in league history. All that's left is for him to sign the contract.
Weaver's agent, Harold Lewis, confirmed the agreement.
The Eagles made it official this afternoon. A press conference at the NovaCare complex is scheduled for 4 p.m. today.
Both sides negotiated into last night, slept on a few minor, leftover points and hammered out a deal this morning. The multi-year deal means that Weaver is no longer a restricted free agent. The Eagles tendered Weaver at a second-round level last night, but neither side expected for the fullback to test the free agent waters. Weaver, a Pro Bowl starter last season, wanted to stay in Philly and the Eagles wanted him back.
The Eagles signed Weaver to a one-year contract last March. He filled a need and suited the Eagles offense perfectly, running for 323 yards and two touchdowns and catching 15 passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns last season.
After they announced their decision last week to release Brian Westbrook, the Eagles knew they had to secure their backfield. Getting Weaver inked means the team has its top two ballcarriers -- Weaver and running back LeSean McCoy -- signed to long-term deals.
Weaver is considered one of the most likable players in the Eagles' locker room. He should be in there for several more years to come.
Check back for more today with the free agency period now open.
Click here for our report on the Eagles still being in the chase for Julius Peppers.


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Rokita, Phillips provide update on Tippecanoe, Wayne Counties as Vote Center Pilots
Contact: Allison Fore
(Lafayette, IN) – Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita and Tippecanoe County Clerk Linda Phillips updated voters on the progress of Tippecanoe County's municipal election today. Tippecanoe County was one of two vote centers Indiana piloted, the other being Wayne County.
"Tippecanoe and Wayne Counties represent the future of Indiana elections," Rokita said. "The vote center concept means voters no longer have to worry about finding the right precinct, because any center in the county will work. The concept also means savings for taxpayers by significantly reducing the cost of election administration."
For voters, Vote Centers means flexibility in where they cast ballots during the 2007 Primary and General Elections and for taxpayers, Vote Centers mean reducing the cost of running the county's elections. Rokita championed the idea of vote centers before the Indiana General Assembly.
By utilizing technology, Tippecanoe and Wayne County are able to decrease the overall number of polling places and offer the option of voting at the location most convenient for the individual. Centers are located in high-traffic, accessible locations, with preference given to locations along public transit lines, such as libraries and public office buildings. Electronic poll books connected by a secure line to the county election board office are updated in real-time and enable election officials to ensure each person votes only once.
The change translates to taxpayer savings by reducing the number of voting systems needed to run an election, reducing the number of election workers needed to run an election, and eliminating the need for costly printing and storage of poll books.
The selection of Tippecanoe and Wayne Counties followed an extensive application process in which counties were asked to address questions of technical capability and impact to voters. The law required selection of vote center pilot counties by October 1, 2006, and while Tippecanoe was not the only county to express interest in the pilot program, it was the first to submit a completed application deemed suitable by the Secretary of State's office.
"The vote centers concept will certainly be an important step toward improving elections for all Hoosiers, and I look forward to bringing the idea of expansion to the General Assembly early next year," Rokita said.


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Designed for the music enthusiast and for bass lovers alike, C5 series subwoofers offer the best of both worlds, and will do so from modest sized enclosures. With an innovative voice coil that withstands ultra high temperatures, and a high density high roll foam surround, the C5 woofers will play loud, low and remain cool doing so.
Your bass can only be as strong as its foundation, so with that in mind, the C5 subwoofers features a high tensile strength vented cast aluminum frame with a 100oz motor structure, making sure your bass stays clean and strong. A non pressed paper cone with a composite fiber dust cap was selected for its natural smooth bass reproduction and its ability to provide high output with low distortion even during the most demanding bass notes.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Mar 2008 22:58 UTC, submitted by Julien Danjou
Awesome 2.2 has been released. "Awesome is a floating and tiling window manager initialy based on a dwm code rewriting. It's extremely fast, small, dynamic and awesome. Windows can be managed in several layouts: tiled, maximized, dwindle, spiral, floating... Each layout can be applied on the fly, optimizing the environment for the application in use and the task performed. Managing windows in tiled mode assures that no space will be wasted on your screen. No gaps, no overlap. Other layouts can be used for different purpose. If you do not want to use the tiling management, you can use the floating layout wich will let you organize your windows as you wish, like any other window manager."
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don't see the point
by jadeshade on Mon 24th Mar 2008 01:05 UTC
RE: don't see the point
by dagw on Mon 24th Mar 2008 10:34 in reply to "don't see the point"
it has all of the feature-lightness of dwm,
If you compare features you'll see that Awesome adds features missing in dwm. Basically if you liked dwm, but wished it wasn't quite as feature light as it is then you should probably take a look at Awesome.
What do the guys at suckless think about the fork?
At a guess that it is a huge pile of bloat (I mean adding features...really) written by a complete nood
RE[2]: don't see the point
by MamiyaOtaru on Mon 24th Mar 2008 19:08 in reply to "RE: don't see the point"


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Gender Gabfest: Hot Parenting Topic
When I was looking back at the year's archive of parenting posts one theme kept coming up again and again: gender. Our readers are a pretty progressive bunch and much of the discussion through the year was a reaction against marketing and media images portraying children in stereotypical gender roles. We also talked about breaking out of these stereotypes in our own homes.
• Pink Quandaries: What Color to Paint a Toy Mower?
• Solitary Man: Reflections of a Lone Dad at Playgroup
• LEGO Friends: Yay or Nay?
• Girlie-Girl Culture At Home
• GoldieBlox: Encouraging Girls to Embrace Engineering
• Swedish Toy Catalog Aims for Gender Neutral Imagery
• Happy 40th, Free To Be You And Me!
• Roominate: A Design Toy for Girls
• Children's Design Clichés & Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
• Going Gender Neutral: Kids' Twin Bedding
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A large amount of software is installed on our cluster server. Please look at the ROUS page.
A large amount of software is installed on our cluster server. Please look at the ROUSpage .
== BMC-BCC Pipeline ==
== BMC-BCC Pipeline ==
Revision as of 07:18, 21 August 2013
A large amount of bioinformatic software is available at MIT. This page is meant to summarize some of the most common requests we have. The BioMicro Center collaborates with the Koch Institute Bioinformatics Computing Core and the MIT Libraries to support different packages
Desktop Software
Desktop software is available from our Download Page. Access may be limited to MIT users only. Below is a list of the software available:
- Agilent 2100 Expert This software package is used to control the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer and to perform analysis of the output, including microfluidic and electrophoretic assays for RNA, DNA and proteins, as well as two-color flow cytometry. The software can be installed on your desktop to allow users to do additional analyses.
- SSH This software is what we recommend for UNIX access to rous and for downloading files form our servers
- Spotfire is a widely used data analysis and visualization tool. It can handle a number of clustering functions and statistical tests and has very robust graphical capabilities. The BioMicro Center operates a Spotfire server that is available to anyone at MIT. Licenses for Spotfire are available through the BioMicro Center on a yearly basis.ew
- MATLAB A mathematical programming language used for mathematical modeling, as well as analyzing and visualizing data. Contact Stephen Goldman for access.
- Wafergen Software Software for analyzing your Wafergen data.
- Roche LC480 Software for the Roche LightCyclers.
- Tecan EvoWare Standard This software is available as part of our robotics service. Identical to the software used on the Tecan EVO 150s, the software contains a simulator that can be used to design your robotics experiments at your bench. Note that this software is on a different server.
- COMSOL Multiphysics This software package creates a simulation environment that facilitates all steps in the modeling process.
- MacVector a comprehensive Macintosh application that provides sequence editing, primer design, internet database searching, protein analysis, sequence confirmation, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic reconstruction, coding region analysis, and a wide variety of other functions.
- Lasergene v8.0 A software package that provides sequence assembly including next-generation sequence analysis; simplified primer design, and expanded SNP reporting and management.
Galaxy is a bioinformatics platform that is designed to bring complicated informatics tools to bench scientists. Galaxy allows you to do analyses you cannot do anywhere else without the need to install or download anything. You can analyze multiple alignemnts, compare genomic annotations, profile metagenomic samples and much much more. For many users, the public Galaxy instance at Penn State can provide a very robust tool.
To make things even easier we have created a galaxy server here at MIT. The Galaxy Server acts as a separate head node for ROUS. Users are required to have data storage space on Rowley or BMC-PUB and may be required to purchase a queue on ROUS.
Additional Resources
Software from MIT Libraries
- BioBASE The BIOBASE Knowledge Library (BKL) contains comprehensive sets of protein databases such as HumanPSD, WormPD, GPGR-PD, PombePD, and MycopathPD in addition to analysis tools such as TRANSFAC, TRANSPATH, and ExPlain. BKL brings together curated data, analysis tools, and gene-centered information. BKL is one of the best ways to quickly assess a vast set of protein properties for a given protein or set of proteins.
- GeneGO Metacore GeneGo is a leading provider of data mining & analysis solutions in systems biology. MetaCore, GeneGo's flapship product, is an integrated software suite for functional analysis of experimental data. MetaCore is based on a curated database of human protein-protein, protein-DNA interactions, transcription factors, signaling and metabolic pathways, disease and toxicity, and the effects of bioactive molecules.
- INGENUITY PATHWAY ANALYSIS software that helps researchers model, analyze, and understand complex biological and chemical systems relevant to their experimental data. Researchers can search the scientific literature and find insights most relevant to their experimental data; analyze and build pathway models related to thier experimental data;and share and collaborate with colleagues. IPA is currently licensed through June 2012.
A large amount of software is installed on our cluster server. Please look at the ROUS page .
BMC-BCC Pipeline
The pipeline processes flowcell directories as they are generated by the Illumina sequencer software and postprocesses the output for use in downstream biological analyses. It is intended to be used by core facilities who own and/or operate Illumina sequencers for automation and consistency of processing Illumina data. The pipeline is a collection of command line utilities written primarily in the Python programming language. The commands are tied together using the ruffus pipelining package.
Release Notes 1.0.2 (08/19/2013)
- Switch from Bowtie to BWA for default alignments for generating SAM files.
The BWA version 0.7.5a is used by default for alignment. For Illumina sequence reads up to 70bp, the alignment is done by aln/samse/sampe (the BWA-backtrack algorithm). For longer sequence read > 70bp, the mem subcommand (the BWA-MEM algorithm) is used.
- Bug fix for large SAM/BAM files
When processing large fastq files to generate a sam file, the sam file may be corrupted at the end of the file under certain circumstance if it is larger than 40GB. As a result, the SAM-BAM conversion may get a core dump. This is now fixed.
Release Notes 0.9 (10/18/2011)
Implemented all core functionality:
- setting up and converting qseq files
- qseq to fastq
- fastqc and tag count statistics on flowcell-level sequences
- splitting of barcoded samples into individual directories
- individual fastqc
- genome alignment using bowtie plus statistics
- contamination qc checking
- tag counts
- conversion of alignments from SAM to BAM
- production of bigWig files from SAM alignments
- publishing user data to web directories


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Understanding emission requirements for standby gensets
Engineers should know the current emission regulatory requirements to ensure their designs comply.
To obtain an air emissions permit for facilities that have stationary diesel emergency standby generators, it is necessary to comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and local regulatory requirements. Ensuring that the system design takes into account these regulatory requirements can have a significant impact on overall facility layout and cost.
The EPA's regulations are relatively complex and have been in a state of flux. This article provides an overview of the EPA regulatory framework with a concentration only on those requirements for stationary diesel emergency standby generators that are greater than 500 hp. This size range is commonly encountered in larger data centers, hospitals, and municipal infrastructure. This article also focuses on new installations only; it does not offer insight into the rules that govern existing retrofit installations.
This article also attempts to identify some of the key EPA terminology, such as National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (RICE) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), and Tiers 2, 3, and 4, and put them into a framework that allows critical power engineers to understand the current regulations and how those regulations influence the design of new facilities.
Targeted emissions
A diesel engine generates certain emissions that the EPA considers to be criteria pollutants. Criteria pollutants are deemed to be serious health risks and are measured by the EPA throughout the U.S. in geographic entities called areas. The key criteria pollutants associated with diesel engines are: nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM), and carbon monoxide (CO) (see Figure 1).
Explaining the regulatory environment
The Clean Air Act forms the regulatory basis for all air compliance activity (see Figure 2). It was originally established in the early 1970s. The most important recent major amendments to the Act occurred in 1990. These amendments recognized the need to consider the available technology as a component in determining achievable standards. The EPA terminology for this is maximum achievable control technology (MACT). Cost-effective technology advances in MACT have created the platform for the EPA to look at new emission requirements for diesel engines.
As part of its risk assessment, the EPA allows emergency engines to meet somewhat lower standards than nonemergency units because of the lower annual operating hours. The definition of "emergency" can be relatively complex. Clearly, a utility outage is an emergency condition. There are specific definitions for voltage and frequency variations for electrical reliability that can also constitute an emergency situation. In general, a total of 100 hr/yr is allocated to emergency generators for maintenance and testing. Of these 100 hr, the EPA currently allows up to 50 hr to be used for demand response programs in some jurisdictions. However, this aspect is currently under review and may be removed. There are no restrictions on the number of run hours for the engine when it is being used under emergency conditions.
EPA regulatory framework
The EPA regulatory framework has several components based on the details of implementation. These components include NAAQS; RICE NESHAP; NSPS; and Tiers 2, 3, and 4. They are covered in detail in the following paragraphs.
NAAQS: Maintaining a NAAQS is a fundamental concept of the Clean Air Act. A NAAQS is based on limits that are designed to ensure healthy air quality for all citizens regardless of where in the U.S. they live. As part of a NAAQS, the EPA defines six criteria pollutants. The modern lean-burn diesel engine has improved dramatically in recent years, but can still contribute significantly to three of the criteria pollutants: NO2, PM, and CO.
NO2 is one of the constituents of NOX, the formation of which is largely a function of combustion temperature. Typically, a higher combustion temperature results in a higher level of NOX formation. PM is also a function of combustion temperature. Typically, a higher combustion temperature results in less PM formation. As a result, undesirable NOX and PM formation act in opposing directions when engine designers are investigating combustion temperature. Engine efficiency also typically improves at higher combustion temperatures, which is another important consideration for engine designers. CO is often a reflection of incomplete oxidation of fuel in the combustion chamber. Most major diesel engine manufacturers have optimized their combustion processes to such an extent that often CO regulatory requirements are not an issue.
The required targets and the timetable for NAAQS implementation are always changing and apply to each of the criteria pollutants. The EPA goes through a public consultation process to establish the required NAAQS levels for each criteria pollutant. The U.S. is divided into a set of areas, and the EPA performs measurements of the criteria pollutants in each area. Areas that do not meet the NAAQS targets for criteria pollutants are deemed nonattainment areas. For each nonattainment area, the affected state is required to prepare a state implementation plan (SIP) to resolve the issue and achieve attainment. The U.S. Northeast (Maine to Northern Virginia) is a special case. Because this air shed is highly populated, it has more stringent air quality standards. The EPA calls this area the Ozone Transport Region.
When seeking an air permit for a new diesel emergency generator, if there is a NAAQS issue, it will most likely relate to NO2. In 2010, the EPA proposed limits based on an hourly worst-case scenario of 100 parts per billion. It is not uncommon, during certain times, for background concentrations in nonattainment areas to be high enough that very little NO2 needs to be added to make an installation exceed the limit. Prior to 2010, the NO2 limit was based on a yearly average.
By mid-2013, each state was to have submitted a SIP for its nonattainment areas with respect to NO2. When a major data center, hospital, or other installation installs significant capacity of new diesel standby generators, the typical hourly worst-case scenario occurs during the full load test of the units. Modeling is done of the site, typically using the EPA's atmospheric dispersion modeling (AERMOD) system. AERMOD is a mathematical simulation of how pollutants will disperse into the atmosphere. The modeling takes into account the topography of the site, its major emissions sources, prevailing wind conditions, and other factors that could lead to worst-case conditions.
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KEENE, N.H. – Keene State College scored 1:54 into overtime and turned away a pair of MIT free-position shots to hold on for a 13-12 non-conference women's lacrosse victory on Thursday night. Sophomore Kira Schott (New Canaan, Conn.) led all players with seven goals and added three draw controls for the Engineers, whose ledger lowered to 7-3 on the year.
The Owls generated three goals in the first nine minutes of the game while Schott put MIT on the board 50 seconds later. Keene State increased its margin to 4-1 at the 16:16 mark but the Engineers responded with a 5-1 run to go ahead by a goal at halftime. Schott's free-position marker with 14:38 on the clock started the rally and after some back-and-forth play, freshman Hannah Levy (Yardley, Pa.) ended the stalemate with 5:02 to go.
The Owls quickly found the back of net, moving the score to 5-3. MIT replied with sophomore Kristyn Berretta (San Diego, Calif.), Schott, and sophomore Isabella DiDio (Jenkintown, Pa.) burying free-position goals to take a 6-5 edge with 1:05 left before the intermission. The visitors almost extended their lead but DiDio's free-position attempt with seven ticks remaining was stopped.
The second stanza was closely played as it featured six ties and three lead changes. Keene State scored twice during the first 10 minutes of the frame but Schott converted a free-position shot to even the score at seven midway through the half. The hosts went in front at 14:07; however, the Engineers generated back-to-back goals to go up 9-8 in a span of 3:29. Freshman Keeley Erhardt (Ann Arbor, Mich.) found DiDio for the equalizer while Schott recorded an unassisted marker.
The Owls won the ensuing draw and went directly to net, taking 29 seconds off the clock. MIT then established an 11-9 cushion on the strength of Schott's goals with 8:11 and 6:44 left to play. Keene State matched the scoring effort, creating a deadlock with 3:02 on the clock. Berretta came up with the draw control which resulted in a trio of free-position attempts but two shots were off the mark while the third was saved. The Owls charged down the field, and after a missed free-position bid, they found the back of the net to take a 12-11 lead with 55 seconds to go.
Senior Erin Kenney (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) secured the ball after the draw leading to a shot by Schott that was stopped with 25 seconds on the clock. During Keene State's clearing attempt, MIT's defense stopped the ball at midfield and pushed it back into a corner where freshman Tate DeWeese (Towson, Md.) came up with the groundball. A foul resulted in a free-position attempt for Berretta with 14 seconds remaining but her bid was saved. In her pursuit of the loose ball, she was awarded another free-position shot which she converted with three seconds left and sent the game into overtime.
The Owls gained possession at the beginning of the extra session and put up two shots before registering what proved to be the game-winning goal at the 4:06 mark. Keene State almost increased its cushion a minute later but junior goalie Candice Kaplan (Arlington, Va.) came up with the save. After changing ends, Schott saw her free-position attempt get denied with 2:12 to go. A turnover by the Owls gave the Engineers one more chance to extend the game; however, Schott's free-position shot with 18 seconds remaining was saved.
DiDio finished with two goals, four draw controls, and two groundballs as Berretta posted two goals, two draw controls, and a caused turnover. Sophomore Christine Jiang (Canton, Mich.) tacked on two draw controls while Kaplan tallied nine saves.
Next up for MIT will be a home game against NEWMAC rival Smith College on Saturday, April 5.


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Acer America today announces the newest model in its home entertainment projector line, the Acer® H6500. Acer's latest DLP projector offers 1080p Full HD projection with exceptional color fidelity even in environments with bright ambient light.
It can display true 24fps 1080p video content from a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player via its HDMI interface, making it the perfect projector for showcasing widescreen movies created in the HDTV and Blu-ray Disc formats. With 1080p Full HD and an image projection of up to 300 inches, film viewing in the home is close to seeing it in a commercial movie theater.
The new projector provides crisp, rich visuals with brightness up to 2,100 ANSI lumens, which can be dimmed to 1,680 to save power. Leveraging Acer's eColor Boost II+ technology and wall-color compensation, the Acer® H6500 makes colors pop on any surface, even tinted walls. Plus, ColorSafe II prevents color decay by using DLP technology, which provides picture integrity even with prolonged use. Images are displayed in the native 16:9 aspect ratio, which can be adjusted to 4:3. The 10,000:1 contrast ratio means deeper darks and brighter whites, while maintaining crisp images.
"The Acer® H6500 projector is an excellent choice for the home with its ability to showcase Full HD 1080p video and superior color performance even in areas with bright ambient light," said Chris White, senior director of product marketing, Acer America. "Home theater enthusiasts can now enjoy film quality viewing outdoors at night or indoors without having to close the shades or turn out all the lights. Plus, the projector is easy to set up and use and is earth-friendly, since the power consumption can be reduced up to 70 percent."
The Acer® H6500 features a sleek, intuitive design with a control pad conveniently located on top. An aesthetically-pleasing look and feel includes a white and gray matte finish and rounded contours. It's also easy to transport, weighing just 5.6 pounds and measuring 10.6-inches (L) by 8.1-inches (W) by 3.3-inches (H). A range of outputs provide users with several options for accessing content. These include composite, component, USB, D-Sub and HDMI. With multiple-PC source input, several PCs can be connected to the projector at the same time.
Simple Set Up; Easy to Use Handy utilities make set up easy. With the installation menu, signal input from a notebook is no longer required to enable the on-screen display (OSD) menu, making projector installation on the ceiling quicker and easier.
The IR remote control features the Acer Empowering Technology key, which provides instant access to all Acer projector technologies that include ePower Management, eTimer Management, eView Management and eOpening Management. With Acer eView Management, adjusting projector settings to suit any environment and content is fast. eOpening Management allows users to easily create a customized start-up screen for their projector, which can include favorite photos. This model also comes with Acer SmartFormat Technology, which supports comprehensive wide-format PC signals, so there is no need to change the resolution of a wide-format notebook and wrestle with "signal not supported" issues.
An Instant Resume feature enables the projector to resume projection immediately after it has been turned off. The power can be turned on and off at any time during the two-minute shutdown process. There's no need to wait for the device to cool off before resuming projection.
Long Lamp Life – Power Savings The Acer® H6500's long lamp life reduces replacement costs and ensures long-term, dependable projector use. It provides up to 3,500 hours of standard lamp life, 5,000 hours in ECO mode and as long as 6,000 hours in ExtremeECO mode.(1) With ExtremeECO, the power consumption of the projector can be reduced up to 70 percent and the lamp life can be extended as well. The projector will automatically enter ExtremeECO mode for saving power if there is no signal input.
Price, Availability and Warranty The Acer® H6500 home theater projector is available now for customers in the United States at leading VARs and retailers for a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $899.99. It is backed by a one-year warranty.(2)
About Acer
Since its founding in 1976, Acer has achieved the goal of breaking the barriers between people and technology. Globally, Acer ranks No. 2 for notebook PCs.(3) A profitable and sustainable Channel Business Model is instrumental to the company's continuing growth, while its multi-brand approach integrates Acer, Gateway, Packard Bell, and eMachines brands in worldwide markets. Acer designs environmentally friendly products and has established a green supply chain through collaboration with suppliers. Acer is proud to be a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Movement, including supporting the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and London 2012 Olympic Games. The Acer Group employs 8,000 people worldwide. Revenues for 2011 reached US$15.7 billion. Visit www.acer-group.com for more information.
© 2012 Acer America Corp. All rights reserved. Acer and the Acer logo are registered trademarks of Acer Inc. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, and/or service marks, indicated or otherwise, are the property of their respective owners. All offers subject to change without notice or obligation and may not be available through all sales channels. Prices listed are manufacturer suggested retail prices and may vary by location. Applicable sales tax extra.
1 Lamp-life depends on a variety of factors including brightness and can be maximized via Acer EcoProjection Technology, which allows the user to customize power-savings configuration.
2 Limited warranties and service agreements apply. May not be available in all locations. Availability varies. Other conditions apply.
3 Source: Gartner data FY 2011


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The Least Developed Countries Report 2013: Growth with employment for inclusive and sustainable development
The Least Developed Countries Report 2013: Growth with employment for inclusive and sustainable development will be presented to the Board.
This year, the report will review the recent economic performance of the least developed countries (LDCs) and examine the employment challenge in these countries. Approximately 130 million people in LDCs will be entering the labour force until 2020, while the total until 2040 is expected to be around 450 million. Thus, creating sufficient and decent employment opportunities for all is a real challenge. Unfortunately, recent experience shows that the link between growth and employment in LDCs is not automatic.
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Hi everyone!
Summer time here, yay! That means… my kids are home 24-7… trying to keep the girls busy and entertained is driving this mama crazy ;)
Oh well… I am trying to enjoy the vacations too (ahahah, *lol*)… not much time/subject for blogging…
Aren´t these two friends lovely? I crafted them for a very sweet friend of mine (and her BFF <3). The big teddy bear is crocheted with my own pattern and I added a little Swarovski heart crystal pendant to his ribbon lace. The little buddy was needle felted with wool felt and I built a little charm from it (and forgot to take a picture!).
Must say… I was obsessed with needle felting a month ago after making my daughter´s preschool staff thank-you gifts. The results are always so fuzzy! Uncontrollable wool wanting to go against the shape I want! Grrrrrrr.
(Little thank-you gifts: mobile charm with bear faces)
I was very happy to create all of these and it was double joyful to hear my sweet friend liked the teddy bear I sent her :).
(wish I could be as tall as you!! =^o^= )
Hope you are having happy Summer days!
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Bento box food play set – Bento4Japan auction
April 15, 2011
Update on 27.04.2011: The box has been sold for $107,50! I am so happy it reached such price :). Thank you very much for everyone who got interested about it and specially, to the auction winner! The set is already on its way to WA ^_^!
As I posted here before, a group of bento lovers across the globe got together to raise funds for Japan. My fabulous fellow bento bloggers have been working hard keeping the Bento4Japan alive and at full steam.
The charity auctions on eBay have been terrific! Lots of bento boxes and gear had found new owners and I can only thank to the beautiful people´s generosity.
Everyone knows that I wanted to offer something to be auctioned for the cause. The problem is that I really can't find anything suitable for the theme where I live. Bento gear is rare, most of my personal purchases were made online.
It is true I selected stuff from my own collection to offer in the Bento4Japan raffle (by the way! The winners had been picked already, just give us a little more time and we will announce them :). My contribution is already traveling to the lucky one!).
So I thought… would it be bad to offer something handmade? Inspired by my friends who always support and keep me going ahead, I decided to craft my offering for Bento4Japan ^__^.
Bento box food play set – eBay auction
I handcrafted this lovely take away style bento box meal, perfect for pretended play or for display. The items are about life-sized and hand stitched with love and care for details.
I really try my best to make things in a way they last but felt and yarn creations are not as plastic ones, they won´t probably last as much as they would have been made from another "long lasting" material.
This set will be a joy for your little one to serve you obento anytime! (And you can also sneak to the play and practice making your bento too ;))
Most of the items which belong to the box were featured in my previous post , with addition of these little ones:
So… without further ado, what is inside the box!
- 1 lettuce leaf
- 2 onigiris (rice balls)
- 1 shiozake piece (salted salmon)
- 1 lotus root (renkon) slice
- 1 kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) wedge
- 1 broccoli floret
- 1 shiitake mushroom
- 2 tamagoyaki (omelet) slices: spinach and traditional
- 1 carrot flower
- 1 edamame pod
- 1 cherry tomato with wooden pick
- 1 usagi ringo (apple bunny)
- 2 grapes
- 1 strawberry
- 1 orange slice
- 2 food cups (paper and felt polka dot)
- 1 pair of bamboo chopsticks – not disposable type
- 1 origami chopstick "envelope"
The full description of the materials and other important information can be read in the auction page for the bento box.
I hope this can raise some money. Remember, 100% of the proceeds will go to to GlobalGiving's Japan Relief fund. If you win, be sure you are getting something made from the heart.
Please take a look, this is the auction page! Check out the other Bento4Japan auctions too ;).
This post was written by karaimame exclusively for Acquiring Taste. All writing, images and other materials in this blog remain the property of Acquiring Taste and cannot be used without permission.
News from the felt food kitchen! (or where my time has gone)
April 13, 2011
Yes… I know, I haven't posted in this blog for about a week. It hasn't been intentional, but I have been lacking time to do so…
But hey! I am still here ;)
Aside from the normal chores… Today I show you what I've been doing lately, on late nights, children´s nap times and squeezed times of freedom: crafting… and creating. It is just madness, ideas keep popping in my mind all the time and I can't keep on with them in normal levels.
Crafting what? Toy food! I must admit there´s a reason behind these … and I've been working on the items for about 2 weeks already.
Many alpha versions got kidnapped by my girls (also some beta ones…). I needed to repeat doing same stuff many times until I got a result that I found acceptable (HAHAHA, am I this weird).
Just to mention… my girls really adore when I make toy food. They kept asking me every second "is it ready?" " can we take it now" "are you going to end the onigiri today". To the extreme they arranged a little box and left it by my side, demanding "here mama, you can put the ready ones".
….wondering if they are spoiled little ladies… >_<
You will notice that most of the foods have a Japanese-style tendency (*hint* *hint*)…
Japanese nimono anyone?
Lotus root, carrots, shiitake, broccoli…
Steamed kabocha
Pan fried shiozake (salted salmon)
Traditional tamagoyaki and spinach filled one
Little fruit cup
Apple bunny (usagi ringo), grapes, strawberry and an orange wedge
These were really fun to craft ( ok.. ok.. I had some nervous breakdowns during the process :P ). I liked the results… there´s room for improvement but I am very happy anyways :).
(Hope you like them too!)
This post was written by karaimame exclusively for Acquiring Taste. All writing, images and other materials in this blog remain the property of Acquiring Taste and cannot be used without permission.
Amigurumi bear and his taiyaki
March 15, 2011
It has been hard not to think all the time about the tragedy that struck Japan. I´ve been following the news since Friday, glued to the computer screen. I watch the NHK streaming online but my Japanese language skills are limited to understand everything (wishing I could be with my mother and my father, they would help me out with that)
So I kept my streaming on and read @makiwi updates on twitter to know the news. Makiko Itoh is the owner of Just Bento and Just Hungry, an extraordinary person who has been translating non-stop the Japanese news for us. She says doing that helps her to cope with the situation, but I say, her efforts help us in another bigger dimension we wouldn't be capable to describe and to thank her in any way.
In my previous post, I put some links of where you could donate to help Japan in Finland (Punainen Risti and online donation). Head to Maki´s blog for other ways to donate. Please do it.
My warm thoughts are still for people in Japan. Be brave. It will be a long journey to rebuild the country and heal the deep wounds. We are still thinking of you. Friends, hang in there, know we wish you the best, from our ♥'s.
I´ve been trying to write a post about subjects this blog is about. It doesn't feel right somehow. It doesn't feel right to mention we are sick here for almost three weeks in a row (3yo, 5yo and I with flu, fever and cough). It is so small problem, can´t be compared to what´s going on.
I had a long talk with my mother yesterday. Seeing her (via skype) and chatting with her brought peace to my heart. She also reaffirmed our relatives are fine and safe in Japan. She made me see how blessed we are and how we must value the precious things in life, no matter how smallest they might look like.
Quite comforting and cheering up thoughts .
So.. there is one thing I want to share today. It is small. But it cheered me up and brought me a smile.
I got a message on Friday from a friend who lives in Brazil. She wanted to let me know that at least one thing was good amongst that chaotic sad day: a gift I sent her far ago finally reached the destination.
It was a handmade gift, with a story. Last year I sent this friend a package of goodies, including an amigurumi bear. I crafted it thinking about her, a big fan of Japanese sweets.
Anyways, this exact bear never arrived there. My package did… very spoiled. It was a rainy season in Brazil and there were floods here and there. Still, can't justify the condition the package was delivered her: wet, full of mold, with worms. Sealed in a
trash plastic bag. Yes, to cry. I got extremely sad. Some things could be saved but she never found the bear I made her.
I promised myself I would craft a copy of that bear and send it again. It was taking long to hear from her about the mail. I can't be that unlucky, can I?
So there he is, the bear. Actually, it is the bear I made the first time. I made pictures of the new one, but I forgot to put memory in my camera when doing so. Yes, laugh, I can be absentminded sometimes too. :/
The new bear was assembled as a keychain. This one, was a mobile charm. I tried to make them exactly the same, so there aren't much differences from this one in the picture.
I know is silly it enlightened my day.
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Bunny friends and an octopus out of water
February 12, 2011
Last year a sweet friend of mine asked me if i could craft a small charm to a little dude she knows that is fanatic for anything octopus. She saw one felt octopus in my Flickr sets and requested if I could create something similar.
I tried to make a little tako (that´s what I call him :), octopus in Japanese) using the crochet amigurumi technique. I think he became really cute ^_^.
And for some extra treats, I also crafted two bunnies (celebrating 2011, the year of the Rabbit) to my friend´s lovely daughter and her best friend. I hope they enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making the little buddies!
It took a while for these little dudes to arrive to their destination. But I am very glad they finally made it :).
Please check out my friend´s lovely blog too! Chantale writes about the adventures of her sweet daughter as well as darling discoveries in the world of childhood and design. It is pure delight !
Handmade finger puppets – Animal stories and a Finnish book
January 3, 2011
Hello everyone!
New Year, new post! Yay!
I will start this year by sharing what I've crafted for the girls as their Christmas gifts ^_^. I think it was a bit mad project once I decided to make it at the last responsible moment. Yep, the idea was in my mind for long but I only started making it couple of days before Christmas (ahahaha, didn't I tell you I am _that_ type of lazy person?)
Hubs and I bought a very nice Finnish Animals Stories book and … I wanted to make finger puppets from the main characters (the brown bear and the fox) to be given together with it. I also crafted some other characters, inspired by books we had already. Girls could use the tales they've heard previously in addition to the new ones (or invent their own ^_^)
Introducing my finger puppets, I made a short comic page from three stories. :)
…And how the bear lost its tail
Original title of the story "Karhun kalanpyynti" (The bear went fishing) – from the book "Suomen Lasten Eläinsadut" (Finnish Children´s Animal stories).
Waking up from its winter sleep, the bear came by a fox eating some fishes. The hungry bear asked:
– Oh wow, you have plenty of fish! I can eat some of yours if you don't mind! Where did you get them?
The fox, annoyed by the fact the bear was big and afraid it would eat all the fishes quickly answered:
– I went fishing in the farmer´s ice hole (avanto in Finnish). I used my tail as fishing equipment and because the sky was so clear and full of stars, the fishes were enough hungry they just bit my beautiful tail fur and in the morning, I had fishes all over it!
The bear believed in the story (it still had a long tail) and headed to the ice hole on the frozen lake. He sat by the hole and put his tail in it, according to what the fox instructed.The sky was all clear and the cold weather, very severe.
After a while, the bear felt some pinching in its tail. The surface of the hole was getting all frozen but the bear was happy believing it was the fishes grabbing his tail.
In the morning, the deceiving fox went to sneak a look at the bear sitting on the lake. "Yes, he is stuck!" and rushed to the farmer´s house screaming "There´s a bear messing your ice hole, ohoi! A bear is messing your ice hole!"
Meanwhile, the bear was getting bored about sitting on the lake. He tried to move the tail but it was so numb it felt very heavy. "I must sit a bit more, my catch is indeed big!"
Suddenly some huge noise could be heard from the lake shore. The farmer and his family, carrying huge sticks started to beat the bear out from their avanto. The bear tried hard to pull itself free, so hard its tail snapped and remained in the frozen ice hole. The terrified bear ran to the forest but his tail stayed behind.
Since then, the bear doesn't have tail at all ^_^.
The bear tail is attached to the bear with magnets :).
Three wishes (Kolme toivomusta)
From the book "Iloiset eläinsadut" (original book "Richard Scarry´s Animal Nursery Tales"). The original story is also known as "The Sausage nose"
Once upon a time there was a very poor woodcutter. He lived with his wife in a very humble cottage in the woods.
One day while working, he whined how nice it would be if he could have anything he wanted, once he had nothing at all.
A fairy, listening to that, appeared to the man and granted him three wishes.
– I make three wishes come true! But use them wisely or you end up a fool!
Happily, the man hurried home to tell the news to his wife. They couldn't think what they could wish first so they decided to have supper and think better later.
Seeing not much to eat on the table besides soup, the man sighed "Wish we could have a big fat sausage for dinner instead". In a blink of an eye, the sausage appeared on their dinner table.
His wife got really angry: "You foolish man! Look now! Our first wish gone because of a stupid sausage!"
The man, annoyed by all the nagging shouted "Wish that sausage was stuck to your nose!". And the sausage got stuck to his wife´s nose and they couldn´t get it off…
"We still have one wish to make… we need to think wise".
"There´s no thinking here! I don´t want to live with the sausage on my nose forever!"
So the man wished the sausage to be gone from his wife´s nose.
The sausage was gone, so their three wishes.
The sausage is removable with the help of magnets too.
The Gingerbread Man
Because it was Christmas and my girls like this tale a lot, I made characters for this story too.
I think most of you know how the tale goes, if not check here. However, this version in my comics is based from the short story included in "Iloiset eläinsadut" (original book "Richard Scarry´s Animal Nursery Tales").
In the very end, when the gingerbread man is running away from the city people, he ends up by the riverbank, where a fox offers help as a ferry to cross the river. After tricking the gingerbread "not to get wet" by getting him nearer and nearer his mouth, the gingerbread man finds himself eaten mid-stream. ^_^
The girls didn't give much attention to my present during the Christmas gift sharing but in the same night, before going to bed, they played with the finger puppets and created their "own" stories. ^_^
*Happy mom*
Have a great year my friends!


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What all of this means is, frankly, nothing. But it's a handsome nothing, at least until you get sick of the screaming. The best thing about "The Rambler" is that the first 20 minutes where newly released Mulroney attempts to adjust to life outside of prison play like a deadpan redneck drama (it did, after all, premiere at Sundance), which makes it possible to trick your dad on Father's Day into thinking you've taken him to a normal movie. Once the first head explodes, you can snicker at his shock and then make it up to him afterward with a beer.
— Amy Nicholson
'The Rambler'
MPAA rating: R for disturbing gory violence, strong language including sexual references and for brief nudity.
Running time: 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Playing: At the Downtown Independent, Los Angeles.


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Consensus Report
National Capacity in Forestry Research (2002)Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Topics: Natural Resources and Ecology Agriculture Terrestrial Ecology Ecosystems Forestry Ecological Research Biodiversity/Conservation Ecological Studies, Environmental Impact Forestry
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
This study, which included a one and one-half day workshop, conducted, and reviewed the expertise, capacity, and future needs of forestry research organizations and current approaches and capacity of natural resource education to meet challenges of the next 10 to 15 years.
Key Messages
- Important foundation forestry research needs are biology, ecology, and silviculture; forest genetics; forest management, economics, and policy; and wood and materials science.
- Recent budget cuts in all states in the 2000s, however, suggest that stable academic research and education support is likely to be at risk as well now.
- The effects of reduced research and education capacity have been the largest with the USDA Forest Service research branch, but extend to the forest products sector and most state forestry research organizations as well.
- The scientific capacity in forestry research and education in the United States is at risk. This report identifies many encouraging facts regarding the extent and diversity of forestry research capacity.


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Buttermilk Spiced Onion Rings
You can't have too many versions of fried onion rings. Always a favorite appetizer, this recipe has a good blend of spices and a great dipping sauce.
1 cup buttermilk
1 1⁄2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 1⁄2 tsp. salt
1⁄2 tsp. black pepper
1⁄4 tsp. oregano
1⁄8 tsp. thyme
1⁄8 tsp. cumin seed, crushed
1 large sweet onion, ends removed, peeled and thickly sliced
Seasoned flour
Oil for frying
Dipping sauce (see note), as desired
NOTE: For dipping sauce, combine 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise with 2 tsp. each ketchup and horseradish; season to taste with paprika, oregano, salt, and pepper.
1. Combine buttermilk with cayenne, salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, and cumin; mix well. Soak onion in
buttermilk mixture; remove and dredge in seasoned flour. Refrigerate to set.
2. Fry onions in 350°-375°F oil until crisp and golden brown. Drain and serve immediately with dipping sauce.


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The following is the longer version of the vital prayer composed by Pope Leo XIII in 1888 after his startling vision as to the future of the Church. This prayer was dedicated for the Feast of St. Michael 1448 years from the date of the election of the first Leo - Pope Saint Leo the Great. Everyone is familiar with the first prayer below which was mandated by His Holiness as part of the Leonine Prayers after Low Mass. Below are both the short and longer versions of this poignant prayer which should never be forgotten.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray, and do thou, O heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.
O glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil. Fight this day the battle of our Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in heaven. That cruel, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the Name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay, and cast into eternal perdition, souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. That wicked dragon pours out. as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity. These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on Her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck the sheep may be scattered. Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious powers of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the Lord; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.
R: The Lion of the Tribe of Juda has conquered the root of David.
V: Let Thy mercies be upon us, O Lord.
R: As we have hoped in Thee.
V: O Lord hear my prayer.
R: And let my cry come unto Thee.
V: Let us pray. O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as suppliants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin, immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of our souls. Amen.
Look down upon me, O good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment; the while I contemplate with great love and tender pity Thy five most precious wounds, pondering over them within me, calling to mind the words which David Thy prophet said of Thee, my good Jesus: "They have pierced My hands and My feet; they have numbered all My bones."
Soul of Christ, sanctify me.