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Division of Biological Sciences
212 Tucker Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Research Interests
My research focuses on understanding basic ecological and behavioral processes in both natural populations of amphibians and those under varying degrees of disturbance or land use. It is specifically directed at understanding: 1) how land use affects population dynamics, 2) the role of species differences in population persistence, 3) the mechanisms of connectivity and spatial dynamics, and 4) basic principles or tools used to manage and conserve wetland species.
My lab currently has three primary research interests: 1) movement behavior and connectivity among populations, 2) spatial structuring and source-sink dynamics of populations, and 3) sustainable timber harvest and forest management practices such as prescribed fire. We are trying to understand how vital rates of amphibians like growth, reproduction, and survival are altered by disturbance factors and land use. Our studies often compare species in an attempt to understand why species vary in their ability to tolerate disturbance. Our studies range from mechanistic laboratory experiments to large-scale forest or wetland manipulations to computer simulations of individual-based movement and dispersal.
The goal of my research is to understand how populations of amphibians persist and how we can maintain their biodiversity in human dominated landscapes. The ultimate goal is to provide biologically-based principles for amphibian management and conservation to natural resource managers and policy makers.

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Titanic & Olympic Steamships: Marketing brochure (facsimile), 1911
In 1911 the White Star Line issued this fold-out marketing brochure for two of the era's greatest symbols of human power over the elements: the Titanic and its sister ship, the Olympic. The brochure includes a 4-foot-long cutaway view of Titanic, described with Olympic as "the finest steamers in the world." Both ships featured 50,000 horsepower coal-fired steam engines for propulsion and on-board power generation. Various pages of the brochure describe the luxury and sophistication of these floating cities, each of which included room for 2,500 passengers and a crew of 890.


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Happy Easter everyone!
Unfortunately I have no cake or cupcakes to report following the long weekend, however I did manage to make these cute and easy cookies!
To make your own Robin Egg Sugar Cookies, here's what you will need:
- 1 batch of sugar cookies, baked and cooled
- 1 batch of royal icing, divided and tinted
- squeeze bottles (or piping bags)
- brown food colouring
- clean paint brush
- glove (optional, but very helpful!)
After the cookies have baked and cooled, divide and colour your icing. Water the icing down with water, until it is runny, but thick enough to hold its shape when squeezed/piped onto the cookies (this will be pretty obvious…the icing will either maintain a clean edge along the cookie or it will drip off of the side…if it drips, just return it to the bowl and add more icing sugar, until you get the right consistency).
Typical sugar cookie directions online will recommend piping an outline on the cookies first and then flooding with runnier icing…my cookie piping skills are amateur at best, so I just used a squeeze bottle to ice the entire cookie :).
Let the cookies dry for several hours or overnight, and then you can add the speckles! (you probably want to do this next part outside, unless you don't mind brown speckles all over your kitchen).
Mix a small amount of brown food colouring with a small amount of water. Dip the brush in the diluted food colouring, and flick the brush bristles using your index finger (just like the good old days of Kindergarten splatter painting!), until you are happy with the amount of speckle on your eggs. I used a medical glove for this step, so that I didn't have one tanned finger :).
Let the speckles dry and you are ready to eat!


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Reporters take cover as gunfire interrupts peace briefing
South Sudan's president and his political opponent, the first vice-president, take cover when gunfire breaks out as they're briefing reporters on talks to end fighting between rival factions. Diane Hodges reports.
As South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir and First Vice-President Riek Machar (ree-EHK mah-SHAHR) were briefing reporters on their talks to end fighting between rival factions, fresh clashes broke out in the capital, sending everyone scrambling for cover. (nats of gunshots) Officials said on Saturday at least 115 soldiers are dead from both sides in the battles that broke out in the capital, Juba. It's the latest flare-up in a two-year-old civil war which started in December 2013 after Kiir sacked Machar as vice president. A peace agreement last August ended the war, but the two sides have yet to integrate their forces. Thursday and Friday's gunfights were the first major outbreak of violence in Juba since Machar returned to the capital in April after his re-appointment as vice president. Experts warn that the nation risks sliding back into conflict unless the two sides move swiftly to implement the peace plan.


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Tools and Apps
Free Must Have Google Gadgets, Apps and Tools
In no particular order you'll find a list of mostly free Tools & Applications to improve productivity.
Google It
- Google Toolbar – Internet Explorer and Firefox Toolbar with Google search. Additional options include a pop-up blocker and form-filler.
- Google Keyword Tool – Find Keywords for your website and also for your Adwords Campaign.
- Google Search-based Keyword Tool – A fairly new tool from Google that provides keyword ideas, based on actual Google search queries.
- Google Traffic Estimator – Get quick traffic estimates for new keywords without adding them to your website or your Adwords Campaign.
- Google Alerts – Find out who's talking about you, talking about your favorite subjets and people. An easy way to monitor the web.
- Google Gadgets – Find free gadgets for your website, such as calendars, dictionary, news feeds, reminders, horoscopes, etc.
Free and Cost Effective Analytics Tools
- Google Analytics – Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness.
- Clicky – Real time web analytics. Clicky Web Analytics is simply the best way to monitor, analyze, and react to your blog or web site's traffic in real time. 158,912 web sites can't be wrong.
- Hittail – Long Tail keyword tool for SEO, PPC, and blogging. Real-time search traffic reports and keyword suggestions to drive more traffic to your blog or website.
- Woopra – Very Cool! Offers free and real-time web tracking services. Compatible with static and dynamic sites.
- Mint – Mint is an extensible, self-hosted web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity.
When Your on the Go
- Flash drive – A must have for those who are constantly on the go and want to securely transfer files from workstation to workstation.
- Yousendit.com – YouSendIt is the most popular online file sharing software that provides secure file transfer and allows you to easily send large files.
- Filezilla – The free FTP solution. Open Source (GNU/GPL) FTP client for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux.
- txt2day – Send Free Text Messages. Add text messages to your MySpace. Send SMS Text from PC to cell phone or mobile device providers. Stop Paying For Texting!
- Google Voice – Google's approach to phone calls, voicemail, and SMS.
- TweetDeck – is an Adobe AIR desktop Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace application. A simple and fast way to experience Twitter.
Browsers and Add-ons
- Firefox Browser – The Firefox Web Browser is the faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to surf the web.
- Firefox Themes – Download themes for Firefox from the original skins and themes site!
- Firefox Add-ons – Improve your experience with Firefox using add–ons that make many routine tasks easier. Easily improve productivity.
- Opera Browser – Opera offers free and easy to download Web browsers for computers, mobile phones and devices.
- Snagit – Snagit Screen Capture – All the screen capture and image editing functionality you'll ever need, in one simply powerful program.
- Foxit – A more compact and faster PDF Reader, with a great selection of tools to let you perform common tasks with PDF documents.
Free Content Management Systems
- WordPress.org – An open source Blog Tool and Publishing Platform. A semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
- WordPress.com – Free blogs managed by the developers of the WordPress software. Includes custom design templates, integrated statistics, automatic spam protection.
- Joomla! – Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.
- Drupal – Open source content management system that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.
- Typepad –TypePad is for new or experienced bloggers – a simple but robust interface, Free Blogs, Pro Blogs & Business Blogs.


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I was now bowling any chance I could get. I loved going down to Sea Bowl and seeing if I could beat my high score. I used a seven-pound house ball and I threw it straight down the middle of the lane. One night I was doing really well, picking up a lot of spares, and I ended up bowling a 146 game, and that was my high score for a while.
As I was bowling one afternoon, my mom walked into the pro shop inside Sea Bowl, which was called Bowlers Connection, and asked the woman working inside if she offered lessons. She said she did, so my mom explained to her how I really loved bowling and wanted to be a pro bowler and my mom asked if she would be willing to watch me bowl and say whether or not I had a chance to be good. The woman said sure and followed my mom out to the lanes where I was bowling, and the woman instantly cringed. What she saw was a little kid who ran up to the lane and slid on his knees instead of his foot!
"So, what do you think?" my mom said. "Can he be good?"
"Only if he starts getting lessons now," the woman replied.
The woman's name was Teresa Fletcher (now Ross), and I started having lessons once a week with her, in addition to bowling in two leagues. The first order of business was not sliding on my knees, and this proved to be fairly difficult. I seem to recall believing that sliding on my knees allowed me to throw the ball faster, and staying on my feet didn't feel as natural. But Teresa pointed to the bruises that were forming on my knees and that was proof enough that things needed to change.


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At Cisper we have a wide range of UHF and HF antennas.
Within our range of UHF RFID antennas you can find antenna's with a very long range called Far-field antennas, we have Near-field antennas to read tags in relatively close proximity to the antenna. Also we have application specific products like Race timing antennas. These are used to enable electronic timing of athletes in sport timing events like marathons.
Our HF RFID antennas can be used in different applications such as rough industrial environments, production control, library management, document identification and more.
RFID Antennas for your application
RFID readers use RFID antennas to enable the communication between an RFID reader and RFID tags.
Which RFID Antenna is suitable for your application, depends on a couple of factors:
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- Orientation of tag
- Environment of antenna (indoor, outdoor, etc).
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We passed along a report this week that 75 former NFL players are suing the league for concealing the risks of concussions, and that one of those players is Ottis "O.J." Anderson. But Anderson, the 1979 Offensive Rookie of the Year and Super Bowl XXV MVP, says that's false.
In an e-mail distributed by the NFL Alumni Association, Anderson said he has nothing to do with the lawsuit.
"I support the NFL and NFL Alumni Association, and as the New York alumni chapter's former president, my concern is with the players. I think there are more constructive ways of finding solutions to the issues we face than litigation," Anderson said.
We have no idea why Anderson's name has been linked to the lawsuit if he's not involved with it, but the lawsuit is still going forward with many other former NFL players. Florio will offer his legal analysis of the case just as soon as the lockout madness calms down.


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AceShowbiz - %cBenedict Cumberbatch% is now a household name thanks to the popular British series, "Sherlock". But the actor has just revealed that he nearly missed a chance to gain worldwide fame as he almost turned down the role.
"My reservation was 'Well, this is a very iconic character, there will be a lot of attention on it,' " he tells Entertainment Weekly. "This was before I had had any significant success [but] I knew there would still be a lot of focus on it. And while I had done work, it wasn't stepping into the populist limelight like playing a character like Holmes. So I did have a pause for thought."
But then he thought, "If I'm going to do this, if I'm going to step into the limelight with a large leading role of iconic status, then I might as well do it these people. They know what they're doing and I completely trust them." He goes on recalling, "I felt like I was being asked to join the family and have some fun. There was nothing businessy about it. And that's how to operate it."
Following his performance as the famous fictional detective, Cumberbatch has snagged roles in big Hollywood films like "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", "Star Trek Into Darkness" as well as the critically-acclaimed "12 Years a Slave". He reprises his role as Sherlock Holmes in the third season of the crime drama series which will premiere in the U.S. on Sunday, January 19.


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The month of October is usually spent in preparation for what lies on its last day; a day of mockery and blatant insensitivity (in all good fun), Halloween. But for millions of others who have hidden behind masks on a day-to-day basis, who share similar stories of abuse, it is also known as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (which was enacted by Mayor Rudoph W. Giuliani on October 1st, 1999).
The Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence opened in the City of New York, November 2001. The vote came about from city residents who chose to vote for the amendment of the City Charter to be replaced with a permanent office instead.
The need for such a change had been advocated for many years prior. Governor George E. Pataki was the first governor to begin a fight for such an office, publicly declaring a plan for funding on December 14, 1996. With the aid of four grants, NYC totaled nearly $1.5 million to combat domestic violence. Administered by the New York State Department of Health, these grants were given to provide families and adolescence with violence prevention and safety.
"Fighting domestic violence takes action on two fronts – law enforcement and services for victims," said Pataki. Seven years later, it all came into fruition. In 2001, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed Yolanda B. Jimenez as the first commissioner to head the new office; a position that she remains today- 8 years later.
This office provides a sense of safety and stability for victims, monitoring the delivery of domestic violence services around the city. They also work within communities to increase awareness, from community leaders to health care providers, city agencies to representatives from the criminal justice system, to insure that batterers are held accountable, assisting with solutions and critical steps that follow for both victim and oppressor.
Since January 2002, the office has helped gain 35% more shelters citywide. Statistics from the 2008 fact sheet states that the Domestic Violence Unit conducted 72,463 home visits (a 93% increase since 2002); that 134,903 calls were answered via the Domestic Violence Hotline, averaging nearly 370 calls per day; and 70 family related homicides were accounted for. (71% of which had no prior police contact, and 93% of which had no current order of protection.)
Services they provide for victims range from the NYPD (response, arrests, follow-up), Legality (connects victims with District Attorneys; restraining orders), Housing (shelters, subsidized permanent housing, etc.), Counseling (for victims and family), and Treatment (healthcare) amongst others.
Earlier today, the Commissioner spoke about the role her office partakes in the prevention and awareness of dometic violence, "Domestic violence does not discriminate, and we continue to seek innovative solutions to help all domestic violence victims achieve safety," said Yolanda B. Jimenez. "Victims do not have to suffer in silence. We provide assistance through the criminal justice, health, and social service systems to all victims and their children."
At this event, Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced the introduction of the Domestic Violence Civil Protection Act. This act was designed to force legislation that would broaden protection for domestic violence victims who are abused by their past or current domestic partners, or live-in boyfriends or girlfriends. Another responsibility of the city, another dash of hope for its victims.


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The Championship is a great opportunity for International and National Dance brands and partnerships to promote their business and products to the spectators and competitors of the 73rd Australian DanceSport Championship.
The Trade village is located in a prime location at the main entrance at the Western –Side entrance to Melbourne Arena.
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Here's a Curveball for you...
Lacey Chabert's "Spring Fling" movie - "Moonlight in Vermont" (the one previously known as "Curveball," which was originally supposed to be a Christmas movie, but was bumped to Spring!) was originally scheduled to air late April, but now it has been moved to early April on the Hallmark Channel - April 8th, 2017 - to be exact! See details below!
Here's the PRESS RELEASE from the Hallmark Channel:
STUDIO CITY, CA – Lacey Chabert ("Party of Five," "Baby Daddy") and Carlo Marks ("Chesapeake Shores," "Pretty Little Liars") star in Hallmark Channel's "Moonlight in Vermont," a Hallmark Channel Original Movie premiering Saturday, April 8, 9 p.m. ET/PT. "Moonlight in Vermont" is part of Hallmark Channel's Spring Fling programming event, featuring movies celebrating the season and springtime romance.
After fast-paced New York City high-end real estate broker Fiona Rangely (Lacey Chabert) gets dumped by her boyfriend, she escapes to her family's quaint Vermont Inn for a few days to slow down and evaluate her life. When her ex-boyfriend Nate shows up at the Inn with a brand new girlfriend, Fiona quickly devises a plan to win him back: pretend the handsome and very laid-back head chef Derek (Carlo Marks) is her new boyfriend! Much to the surprise of Derek -- and to Fiona herself -- in pretending to be in love, Fiona realizes she's been thrown a curveball: her busy and scheduled life may not be what she really wants, discovering that sometimes the best things in life can't be rushed and are worth the wait.
"Moonlight in Vermont" is a Crown Media production. Beth Grossbard is executive producer. Harvey Kahn is producer. Mel Damski directed the movie. Teleplay by Michael Nourse, Brian Sawyer & Gregg Rossen. Story by Angela Ruhinda.
*For even more details and images from the movie - see my post on "Moonlight in Vermont"!
I know all of you Lacey Chabert fans (myself included!)... will be happy to watch her in a Hallmark movie - whatever the season! My absolute favorite of hers now is "All Of My Heart!" How 'bout you? Please share in comments below!


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President Obama has been aggressive during his first 100 days, especially concerning the economy. Stimulus packages have been passed, CEOs have been fired, and reforms have either been passed or proposed. The President has set an agenda for the end of the conflict in Iraq and refocused efforts in Pakistan. He has stopped a band of pirates and has met with 90 world leaders.
Now his focus in on a possible pandemic, drug wars south of the U.S border, saving the U.S. auto industry, a new Supreme Court appointment. But this is just the start.
President George W. Bush has cruised through his first 100 days and was moving as if he truly had a mandate from the American people. Then a plane hit one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City at 9:05 am on September 11, 2001. The Bush Presidency was changed forever.
Four years is a long time in political terms, especially serving as President. It will be interesting to see what will be the defining moment of the Obama Presidency.
Speaking about moments and memories, I could not miss this opportunity to talk about two friends of mine who have passed away since the last time I wrote on the blog. The first was a lady named Debra Noble. Debra worked for AT&T for a number of years, but that was not the work that defined her.
Debra was a union leader and a political activist here in Mississippi. A native of Natchez, Debra, along with her union partner Brenda Scott, did more to contribute to the elections of African-Americans than a lot of "political insiders". Debra was a leader in the Communications Workers of America and was instrumental in developing the successful phone bank operations for many union-supported candidates, including myself and President Obama.
More than that Debra had a commodity that very few in Mississippi politics possess: Loyalty. Debra was one of those people that would always show up for the showdown, any time, any place, anywhere. Her love for the union, Mississippi and a good game of Scrabble will be sorely missed.
My other friend that passed on to a better place was the Honorable Charles Young, Sr. Charles and I served together in the Mississippi House of Representatives for nine years. He had been in the House since 1979 representing the city of Meridian and was one of the founders of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, which is now the second largest African-American state delegation in the country.
My nickname for Charles was "the Fox", partly for his charming ways with the ladies even as he advanced in age, but mostly for his keen political instincts and his ability to moderate even the most heated debates. He was a strong businessman, running the family hair products business for years and being the owner of two television stations and two hotels in his lifetime. Charles was also a pioneer, becoming the first African-American to be a member of the Meridian Chamber of Commerce.
He and I would talk a lot during breaks in the session about anything from politics to civil rights history to being a good father to your children. He took pride in his children and his daughter, who is around my age, will probably win his seat in the special election this June, while his son will take over the family business. He treated me as one of his children as well, giving me encouragement and advice when needed, and always with a smile. My last great memory of him was when I last ran for the U.S. Senate, taking the time during the campaign to stop by his office at the E.F. Young Manufacturing Company, and just talk about life in general and how proud he was of me and Obama.
One of the traditions of the House was to have senior members give prayers or speeches on the last day of the session. Aaron Henry had a special Irish prayer he would say, and then when Dr. Henry left, Charles took up the mantle of saying that prayer. As I say goodbye, I feel it is only fitting that I end this entry with that prayer:
"May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand."


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Compulsary Tau Army by AshkoreWD
Bonding Knife Ritual – gives unit Heroic Morale, so long as all models within unit take Bonding Knife Ritual
Supporting Fire – When enemy unit declares a charge, all friendly units with this rule can choose to fire Overwatch as if they were also targets of the charge
Volley Fire – If Cadre Fireblade and every model in unit remains stationary in Movement phase, pulse rifles and pulse carbines each fire an additional shot in Shooting phase
Point Defence Targeting Relay – Van fire Overwatch with weapons of Strength 5 or less. Also gains Supporting Fire special rule
Automated Repair System – At end of each friendly turn, roll a d6 for each vehicle with this battle system that has suffered an immobilised or Weapon Destroyed result. On roll of a 6, one Immobilised or Weapon Destroyed result of the owning player's choice is repaird and no longer has any effect. Does not restore Hull Points.


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This week I'm recommending you five books that are releasing in December! Some of them are already published, others very soon!
PS: All covers are linked to Goodreads.
Suspicion by Alexandra Monir
Genre: young adult, romance, thriller, retelling, fantasy.
Release date: December 9th 2014
A modern-day twist on the classic thriller, Rebecca, with a dash of the supernatural, a powerful romance, and a deadly family mystery.
"There's something hidden in the maze."
Seventeen-year-old Imogen Rockford has never forgotten the last words her father said to her, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her family's English country manor.
For seven years, images of her parents' death have haunted Imogen's dreams. In an effort to escape the past, she leaves Rockford Manor and moves to New York City with her new guardians. But some attachments prove impossible to shake—including her love for her handsome neighbor Sebastian Stanhope.
Then a life-altering letter arrives that forces Imogen to return to the manor in England, where she quickly learns that dark secrets lurk behind Rockford's aristocratic exterior. At their center is Imogen herself—and Sebastian, the boy she never stopped loving.
Combining spine-tingling mystery, romance, and unforgettable characters, Suspicion is an action-packed thrill ride.
Lies Unspoken by Lisa De Jong
Series: Flawed Love #1
Genre: new adult, romance, contemporary
Release date: December 14th 2014
I tried hard not to fall for the bad guy.
My new roommate, Blake, is a jerk—an unemployed artist with a chip on his shoulder. I can't stand him unless his hands are on me. He makes me desperate for him, and everything he makes me feel.
And then there's my new boss, Pierce--successful, charming, and extremely good-looking. He goes after what he wants, but what does he see in me?
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Series: Promises #1
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Then, in an afternoon, the bottom drops out of her family's world—and Amber is faced with an impossible choice between her promise as an artist and the people she loves. Amber always thought she knew what a good girl would do. But between "right" and "wrong," there's a whole world of possibilities.
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Brad Friedel 90 in Aston Villa's 3-2 win at Everton
Tim Howard 90 in Everton's 3-2 loss to Aston Villa
Marcus Hahnemann 90 in Reading's 1-0 win at Barnsley
Luis Robles 90 minutes in Kaiserslautern's 0-0 tie at Duisburg
Oguchi Onyewu 90 in Standard Liege's 2-1 loss to Zulte-Waregem
Carlos Bocanegra 90 in Rennes' 1-1 tie at Caen
Neven Subotic 90 in Borussia Dortmund's 0-0 tie at Bielefeld
Frank Simek 90 in Sheffield Wednesday's 1-1 tie at Southampton
Gregg Berhalter 90 in 1860 Munich's 2-0 loss at Aachen
Danny Califf 79 in Midtjylland's 1-1 tie at Sonderjyske
Jay DeMerit (groin) not in 18 for Watford's 3-2 loss at Birmingham
Steve Cherundolo (injury) not in 18 in Hanover's 2-1 loss at Wolfsburg
Heath Pearce and Hansa Rostock today at Nuremburg
Clint Dempsey 90 in Fulham's 1-1 tie with Manchester City
DaMarcus Beasley 79 in Rangers' 7-1 win over Hamilton
Michael Bradley 27 in Moenchengladbach's 3-1 loss to Leverkusen
Danny Szetela not in the 18 for Brescia's 1-0 win over Albinoleffe
Maurice Edu did not play in Rangers' 7-1 win over Hamilton
Jozy Altidore 90 in Villarreal's 3-3 tie with Getafe
Matt Taylor 90 in Koblenz's 3-2 loss at St. Pauli
Freddy Adu 9 minutes in Monaco's 1-1 tie with Sochaux
Eddie Johnson not in the 18 for Cardiff's 2-0 win over Preston
Jeremiah White and Aarhus today vs. Nordsjaelland
Steve Goff
December 7, 2008; 11:45 PM ET
Categories: U.S. men's national team
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I believe EJ was actually injured for this one.
Posted by: Wendell_Gee | December 8, 2008 9:17 AM | Report abuse
Thanks for the updates on our boys around the globe.
Question: Jozy seems to have found a good spot and is improving his play at Villarreal. But, I'm more than concerned about what's going on with Freddy, Edu, and DaMarcus.
What's going on in France and Scotland and why aren't these guys getting the minutes that many of us would like to see or think they may deserve ( or at least hope they deserve ).
Posted by: VirginiaBlueBlood | December 8, 2008 11:03 AM | Report abuse
Good to see a few non-GK, non-D Americans go the full 90 for their clubs. May I use "full 90" or is that elitist soccer speak like "nil." -)
Posted by: I-270Exit1 | December 8, 2008 12:07 PM | Report abuse
Santos' New Mexico-born and raised (but Mexico-capped) Edgar Castillo scored a big goal yesterday in the Mexican semifinals at Toluca. The goal opened the score and ended a record goal-less streak which was over 700 minutes for Toluca's keeper Cristante and his defense. Unfortunately for Santos their lead only lasted about 2 minutes before Toluca scored off short corner kick and then scored another to win 2-1 and face Cruz Azul in the liguilla finals.
The highlight doesn't show the whole sequence but Castillo made a nice run/dribble in from the left flank before the wall pass combo with Luduena:
It's the first goal in the right hand column.
Posted by: Joel_M_Lane | December 8, 2008 12:39 PM | Report abuse
What's going on in France and Scotland and why aren't these guys getting the minutes that many of us would like to see or think they may deserve ( or at least hope they deserve ).
The comment I saw on this weekend's 7-1 thrashing of Hamilton was something along the lines of "The ineffective Beasley was substituted after 72 minutes..." (paraphrased, ignore the # of minutes). Being described as ineffective in a game your side won by six goals is less than flattering--Beasley just isn't impressing over there right now.
Posted by: glfrazier | December 8, 2008 1:32 PM | Report abuse
Nope I-270 you gotta use the Nike trademarked Total 90 to keep yourself out of my eurosnob book.
I like saying zip. It's more UhhhmeriCan.
Posted by: DadRyan | December 8, 2008 2:46 PM | Report abuse
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The Test FAQ is targeted to anyone who develops tests or is putting together a testing effort. Additional audience include: a) those developing specifications, so that the specs are written to enable test development, b) testing services and c) users The purpose is to provide baseline information regarding what does it mean to create tests, how to get started, what is involved, etc. Much of the FAQ documents what is already the 'norm' or considered good practices. It is also envisioned that this would be used by someone new to testing to get a quick understanding as well as someone experienced in testing as a 'sanity' check. So, yes, it would support the development of future testing efforts - but not from the viewpoint of providing explicit requirements for what must be in a test case or what tests to build, or how to build a test, etc. --lynne At 02:34 PM 12/20/2004, Tim Boland wrote: >What is the purpose of the Test FAQ? Is it to document existing practices >in the WGs, or to support the development of future testing efforts? If >the former, I can report on some existing efforts (both WCAG and CSS have >devoted some attention to test case authoring "guidelines").. >Also, who is the audience for this document (the same as for SpecGL or >different)? > > >Received on Tuesday, 21 December 2004 14:10:45 UTC
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28 November 1952 633 BREVITIES THE total of international airline traffic transactions put through the I.A.T.A. Clearing House in London during September was $21,060,000 (over ^7.5m)—representing a slight increase on the previous monthly record, established in July. * * * Skyways, Ltd., announce their acquisition of the five Yorks formerly operated by Eagle Aviation, Ltd., bringing the former company's York fleet to 295 the expansion strengthens Skyways' claim to being the largest European independent operator. Eagle Aviation will continue to operate their twin-engined fleet of three Dakotas and three Vikings, and to develop their maintenance and repair service (Eagle recently purchased Aviation Servicing, Ltd., at Blackbushe); they will, it is stated, also retain their interest in the possibility of flying-boat operations. * * * The amount of freight (10,210 tons) carried by K.L.M. during the first nine months of this year was 10 per cent more than during the same period of 1951. All-freight services by K.L.M. Skymasters are operated between Amsterdam and Montreal (weekly), New York (three times weekly), Curacao, Johannesburg, Tehran and Bangkok (all fortnightly). * * * It was stated in the Libyan Parliament recently that Silver City Airways had been granted concessions to operate certain internal services in Libya; the company itself has declined to comment on the statement "for the present." The main traffic-centres in the Libyan kingdom are Tripoli and Benghazi, which lie 400 miles apart. * * * The first Lockheed Super Constellation powered by 3,250 h.p. Wright compound engines made a successful maiden flight, lasting just over two hours, on November 12th. The aircraft, designated R7V1, is a military transport version for the U.S. Navy capable of carrying 106 passengers; delivery of the civil Model 1049C is not due to begin until next year. K.L.M. occupy first place on the list of prospective customers. * * * Mr. A. J. Henderson, formerly of Airwork, Ltd., takes up a new appointment on December 15th as secretary to Skyways, Ltd., and Lancashire Aircraft Corporation, Ltd. He takes over these VISCOUNT 724s FOR CANADA (continued) ... Regarding Viscount orders, the total is now 78, three more (from an undisclosed operator) having been added last week. Of these, 63 can be named as follows:—B.E.A. 26, Air France 12, Aer Lingus 4, T.A.A. 6, T.C.A. 15. Mr. Edwards revealed that there were serious enquiries, in some instances amounting to preliminary negotiations, from operators on all six continents, counting South America. It is interesting to note that B.E.A.—to whom great credit is due for early recognition of the Viscount's virtues—ordered 701s when the all-up weight was quoted as only 50,000 lb and, incidentally, when no one else was very interested. Last week a C. of A. was granted for the first Discwerv-class machine at 56,000 lb, and during 19S3 the weight will be increased further to 58,500 lb. T.C.A.'s Viscounts will thus be delivered with a C. of A. for the new a.u.w. The whole of their extra 8,500 lb will not be given over to payload, however, because a few hundred pounds of extra weight will be entailed by the cold-weather modifications. Vickers have already worked out figures for a "long-range version" capable of taking full advantage of the ultimate all-up weight (58,500 lb). Carrying a payload of 8,700 lb (equivalent to 43* passengers and their baggage) plus average fuel-reserves, it will cope with block distances of 1,700 statute miles. This version, carrying extra tanks but not the cold-weather equipment in T.C.A.'s machines, should be ready in 1955. To date the prototype 630 has completed 1,090 hours, the first larger Viscount, 893, and B.E.A.'s first Discovery-class, 117. Both types have carried out successful tropical, high-altitude, and de-icing trials, and it will be remembered that the 630 made several trial passeneer-carrying flights for B.E.A. during 1950. B.E.A.'s second machine is practically ready for delivery. Mr. Edwards hones that Viscounts will be adopted to replace the Vikings of the Queen's Right. Until now B.E.A. have been the most northerly operators of Viscount customers. Among the special needs now named by T.C.A. are extra internal heating for outside ground-level tem peratures down to —do deg. C—this simply means larger internal aircraft heaters; modifications to counter the ice which bombards the undersides of the aircraft on take-off and landing. This results from the slush tlirown up from the runway freezing ARRIVAL FROM THE ARCTIC: The scene at Kastrup, Copenhagen, on the evening of November 20th; S.A.S. DC-6B "Arild ViUng" has just completed its pioneer flight from Los Angeles by way of Greenland— arriving 12 m:n ahead of schedule. The journey, accomplished in less than 23 hr flying time, is recorded on page 681. duties from Mr. E. Barker, who remains secretary of Eric Rylands, Ltd., and Samlesbury Engineering, Ltd. The appointment is also announced of Mr. K. H. Blackham, formerly airport manager at Dusseldorf, Koln, Wahn and Hamburg, as Skyways' manager at Hamburg. * * * Operations by Trans-Australian Airlines during the financial year ended June 30th resulted in a loss of £A74,438 (£59,550 sterling) compared with a profit of ^204,799 (£164,639 sterling) for the previous year. The number of passengers carried, 670,406, was 10 per cent more than the previous year's figure, and the number of passenger-miles flown rose from 289.4m to 318.9m. The airline reported that a 13 per cent rise in revenue to £A5.6m had not been sufficient to offset rising costs. * * * Publication is announced by I.C.A.O. of a book which sets out the most efficient and economical way of organizing search and rescue operations and of establishing the necessary organizations. The need for uniformity of procedure is underlined by the fact that such operations may take place in widely varying conditions, and may involve aircraft and ground parties from three or four nations. Copies of the Search and Rescue Manual, which is available in English, French and Spanish, may be obtained at a cost of 7s. from H.M. Stationery Office. immediately as it passes through the air. Provision is also required for increased electrical loadings. The only modification required to the Dart turboprops is the fitting of an increased-capacity alternator. On the next 150-hour development run a routine check will be made of the appropriate auxiliary drive. Tests are also being made with a synthetic lubricant which is thinner than natural oil under Arctic conditions and gives better lubrication for extremely cold starting. This will also be the subject of a test run under A.R.B. supervision. The Darts will have Rotol airscrews, and so far reversible pitch has not been considered necessary. Anti-skid brakes are expected to be adequate on ice-covered runways. Mr. Roberts stated on behalf of T.C.A. that his company did not under-estimate the difficulties of introducing a completely new type of aircraft on Canadian routes, nor did they under estimate the advantages of having two years' experience by B.F.A. to draw upon by the time they introduced their Viscounts. The Canadian operators are, of course, conversant with Folls-Foyce engines and service through the Merlins of their North Stars. The particular Darts concerned in the T.C.A. order are known either as RDa3s, or Rolls-Rovce 505s. No increase in p°wer figures is expected during the further development of these units, but the overhaul times are expected to go up considerably. VICKERS VISCOUNT 724: LATEST OPERATING DATA (Four Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops of 1,530 e.h.p.) Developed gross a.u.w. 58,500 1b Maximum payload 13,100 lb Maximum continuous cruising speed at 23,000ft (mean weight, 47,000 lb) 336 m.p.h. - Recommended economical cruising speed ... ... ... 307 m.p.h. Take-off distance to clear 50ft at sea level 4,800ft Landing distance at 52.000 lb 2,640f Fuel consumption at 307 m.p.h 244 imp. gall/hr TYPICAL PERFORMANCE:* Cost per Cost per Pavload Range passenger-mile ton-mile (lb) (st. m) (48 seats) (pence) pence) 13.000 350 1.40 11.45 13,000 750 1.27 10.40 9,700 1,250 3 13.7 •Allowance is made for cruising speed of 301 m.p.h. (13,300 r.p.m.), with fuel reserves for 45 min stand-off at 10,000ft with one engire stopped, ard for a 230>mile diversion to an alternative \irport. Costs are based on 2,000 hours' annual utilization and fuel cost (kerosine) of 1s. 10d. per imp. gall.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Emeritus Faculty
We in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have a long tradition of outstanding faculty members. While our emeritus faculty may be retired, many remain involved in the department. All have left a legacy of outstanding research and teaching.
Our emeritus faculty include
Echol E. Cook
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1970; Environmental Engineering.
Philip K. Davis
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1963; Fluid Mechanics.
James L. Evers
Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Alabama, 1969; Fluid Mechanics.
C. Raymond Nowacki
Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1965; Structural Engineering.
Bill T. Ray
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(Given the recent Brexit developments, including the European Council summit and Theresa May's Brussels dinner, I thought to share a summary of the last Brexit talks' presser.)
Speaking after four days of negotiations, the Chief Negotiator for the EU, Michel Barnier, said the EU and the UK are in "deadlock" over the UK's financial commitments, but progress could be made by Christmas.
Mr Barnier said the EU and the UK share the same objectives: protecting rights of EU citizens, safeguarding the peace process in Northern Ireland and getting a financial settlement.
Regarding citizens' rights, he said there were two common aims: ensuring the withdrawal agreement has direct effect, and ensuring the interpretation of these rights is "consistent" between the EU and the UK. Both sides were working on this, and it would involve the European Court of Justice.
On the issue of the island of Ireland, Mr Barnier said the EU and the UK reached an agreement on the Common Travel Area (CTA). "Intensive work" had been taken on the Irish question, with more work to come. Both sides were examining North/South co-operation.
Mr Barnier said that on the issue of the UK's financial commitments, both sides had reached "deadlock" which he described as "very disturbing". With the UK still not ready to outline its commitments, he added this meant not enough progress had been made in the negotiations. Concluding his remarks, Mr Barnier said with political will, "decisive progress is within our grasp over the next two months".
Following the EU's Chief Negotiator, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, David Davis, said whilst there was still a lot of work to do, they have come a long way.
On citizens' rights, they focused on ensuring how rights could be guaranteed in a fair way. The UK and the EU had not yet reached an agreement on how to enforce these rights, but various options were being examined and both sides were confident a deal would be reached.
Mr Davis said that with regards to the Irish question, more work was required but further progress had been made. Both sides have agreed to start working on common undertakings to protect the Good Friday agreement.
On the financial settlement, Mr Davis said that would be a "political issue". Concluding his remarks, he stressed that both sides must discuss the future relationship, and expressed a hope that the European Council will allow Mr Barnier to let talks progress to discussing a future trade relationship.
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Susan Legêne, Serge ter Braake, Antske Fokkens, Niels Ockeloen -VU University Amsterdam
BiographyNet: historical queries, text analysis and visualization
The Biography Portal of the Netherlands hosts over 125,000 biographies on over 76,000 individuals from the present day Netherlands. A wide variety of biographical dictionaries, from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century, containing these biographies is included in the Portal. The Portal therefore hosts a rich potential for historical research. At the moment however, it is not much more than a handy reference work for historians and other humanities scholars. The BiographyNet team at the VU, in collaboration with Huygens ING and the eScience Center, aims at creating a tool to intelligently query the data for historical research.
There are several challenges which have to be faced when creating such a tool. What kind of historical questions can or cannot be (fully) answered with the help of computational methods? How do you create a complex tool that still provides the historian insight into how it works? How can you break up complex historical questions into software interpretable queries? What kind of precision and recall can we achieve in unstructured text from different centuries? How do we deal with archiving queries and provenance of the data and manipulation of the data? What kind of interface can we create that inspires historians without limiting them to a few basic research questions? The lecture will present these issues for a discussion at the intersection of historical theory, computational linguistics and computer science.


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From reading some of my other posts, you can see that most of the information available
on ClickOnce is about the deployment features -- generally skimming right over the
security features. I'd like to point out one of the security features of ClickOnce
-- permission elevation.
Permission elevation allows a ClickOnce application to specify that it would like
to run with a specified set of permissions, and it can be granted these permissions
without the need to have the user modify their policy. For instance, if I wrote
an RSS aggregator, it would need to have permission to contact multiple websites.
Under .Net version 1.1, if this application was run off of my website, it would not
have enough permission to do this, and would be a relatively useless application.
The only options I would have would be to provide explicit instructions for the user
to modify their security policy (not very user-friendly), provide a .msi file with
a modified security policy allowing my app to run (bad user experience, and could
be wiped-out by other policy .msi installs), or write an installer to copy my program
to their local drive (making updates difficult).
Enter ClickOnce. Once I finish my project in Visual Studio, I can right click
on it in the Solution Explorer, and choose the Publish menu option, which starts a
wizard to publish my newsreader as a ClickOnce application. I can choose to
publish it directly to my website, and Visual Studio will go ahead and copy the necessary
files there, as well as create two manifest files, one ending with .deploy the other
with .manifest. Inside .manifest file (which is just an XML file), there is
a TrustInfo section, which contains the permission set that my application would like
to run under. This permission set is an XML permission set, the same that is
used throughout the .Net framework. By modifying this permission set, I can
change which permissions my application needs to run, so in this instance, I might
create a permission set with UI permissions, NetPermission, and maybe some File IO
permissions. On my website itself, I provide a link to the .deploy file, which
the user can click to install my application.
Once the user clicks on this .deploy file, the security system sees that my application
is requesting more permissions than a normal application from the InternetZone would
receive. It then invokes a trust manager to determine if this application should be
allowed to have this extra level of trust.
The trust manager is a pluggable piece of this system. It implements the ITrustManager
interface, which is responsible for determining if ClickOnce applications
should be allowed to receive these elevated permissions. The trust manager for
the system is chosen in the %WINDIR%\Micrsoft.Net\Framework\<version>\config\applicationtrust.config
file. The trust manager is what users will perceive as the UI portion of the ClickOnce
install -- We will be shipping a default implementation in Whidbey (System.Security.Policy.TrustManager
in System.Windows.Forms.dll), which most users will never have changed on them.
Once a trust decision is made by the trust manager, it is stored in a trust decision
cache. Each user sees two of these caches, there is one for the entire machine,
and one for each user. This allows a computer administrator to install an application
for everyone to use (placing the trust decision in the per-machine cache), while each
individual user can make trust decisions about applications independently.
When the user tries to run the RSS aggregator, the security system still has to provide
the extra permissions that the application requested. This is implemented
through the use of a new code group that has been added to the default security
policy, the ApplicationSecurityManagerCodeGroup. Basically this code group checks
to see if an assembly is part of an application, looks in the trust cache for a decision
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
On September 10, 1981, Pablo Picasso's masterpiece Guernica (above) finally returned to Spanish soil after more than 40 years of exile. Commissioned by the Spanish Republican Government in 1937 to create a mural for the upcoming World's Fair, Picasso chose the subject of the bombing of the small town of Guernica by the Nazi war machine as Blitzkrieg "practice" for the approaching World War II. After the World's Fair in Paris, Picasso's mural traveled around Europe before finally landing in America in 1938. Picasso asked the MOMA to safeguard his work during the war. Later, Picasso stipulated that Guernica could not return to Spain until it was a free republic once again. Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco clamored for its return as Picasso's reputation and the painting's fame loomed over Spain. When Picasso died in 1973 and Franco followed in 1975 (and, according to latest reports, is still dead), many thought that the rise of a democratic constitutional monarchy in Spain would allow for Guernica's return. The MOMA and Picasso's descendants, however, felt otherwise. After years of negotiation and pressure, Guernica returned to Spanish soil in 1981. Sadly, the years of travel took their toll on the work and have rendered it too unstable to travel again. Picasso's Guernica, however, stands as one of those landmark cultural works beyond time, nationality, or place, reminding us of the cost of war and pleading with us to follow the path of peace. Paired so closely to the infamous date of September 11th, the return of Guernica on September 10, 1981 stands as an example of the power of art to express the seemingly inexpressible and to transform even the most senseless slaughter of innocents into an opportunity not for vengeance and retribution but for peace and understanding.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
I'm very lucky that one of my best friends works in fashion - as a stylist for one of the biggest high street stores she spends her days travelling between the different retail centres around the country, and when she's not working is checking out competitor stores and their collections, keeping me updated! She often spies things she knows I'll like or mentally bookmarks clothes for me for when we meet at the weekends...She happened to be first on the heels of those queuing in South King Street's H & M last week for their new exclusive Garden Collection. This latest limited edition collection from H & M is a bold and bright offering of 'chlorophyll garden greens' and inspired by sun drenched landscapes with burnt oranges and electric pink hues.
The range is head to toe colour, incorporating the season's flower trend throughout as well, with delicate applique flowers on colour block dresses, romantic roses and chiffon covered in ditzy prints. Lucky for me, when the collection hit the shelves my friend kindly picked up this dress I had spotted in Vogue.. Knowing my love for mixing florals with 'tougher' elements ( flower power has over taken my wardrobe in recent months but always played down with neutral greys, nudes and black tights)..she snared this dress at the bargain price of €20..most definitely a recession friendly price! I'm not sure about the sleeves and may have them altered as they're a little bit 'hippy chic' for my liking..but then again, that might just work perfectly for my holiday in June..
Many of the pieces have already sold out..Oh and I must mention that the Garden Collection is indeed garden friendly - all of the clothes are made from 100% organic or recycled materials! Available while stock lasts at South King Street branch in Dublin..
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Today was the first day that signalled summer is on the way..ok it's still very cold out but the clear blue skies and glaring sunshine hinted at longer days and warm evenings ahead..this perfect Sunday weather has me day dreaming about floaty dresses, gladiator sandals and straw hats by the beach!
If I'm honest, I actually prefer the colder weather where fashion is concerned - boots, black tights, great structured coats and knitted scarfs. No pasty pins, sweating red faces or frizzy over heated hair to worry about either!
Every year however, about now, I forget how an Irish summer usually equates to over heating in a sticky office or sloshing around town in rain sodden flip flops and I imagine perfect days sunning myself like these ladies who 'do' summer so well. I'm off to Greece in June so until then will have great fun thinking and planning how many pairs of Penneys flip-flops I will fit into my suitcase for two weeks of style in the sun..
..and by the end of my holiday I'll have tired once more of summer's frivolous fashion for another year, two weeks is just enough for me!
2nd and 3rd pics from Elle.com
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I haven't done my homework. I dont know if what the sender says is really the law in Canada but the next time I am into a 1-800 call and I am having difficulty understanding the agent, I will try out what the sender suggests.
However, I still have some misgivings in what was written, the biggest of which is this: many Canadians speak with accents, some of which I cannot understand no matter how hard I try. So what do I say to those spokespersons?
The sender's message has some real merit when one considers the job loss angle. Yes, Canadians lose job opportunities whenever a company chooses to go off-shore with any of its labour force. I completely agree that we need to consider how we can protect our own workers here in Canada.
However, I am as guilty as many others are in giving company agents from call centres short shrift in dealing with them. Simply put, I have little patience with accented communication when I eagerly trying to get an answer to a problem I am trying to solve, fast. So, there is no fault with the agent with whom I am interacting. I recognize it simply is a case of my own lack of patience.
Recognizing that, recognizing that I am short on the patience distribution, I reassert my efforts at trying to be patient. I will force myself to count…1, 2, 3…when it gets tough…1, 2, 3, 4, 5,…when it gets toughers…you get the idea. Then, my next strategy is to ask the agent to speak slower. I may even explain that I am finding the accent difficult to deal with, but I try to emphasize that I do not want to quit, or cut the call off. I recognize that the person at the other end is simply doing their job and more importantly, they likely have been hired to do that job because their accent is less than their fellow job applicants.
Secondly, I recognize that the agent is trying to do a job, not trying to baffle me. More importantly, this is not a dumb person because they speak with an accent. My parents spoke with an accent all their lives in Canada. They weren't dumb. My in-laws had atrociously strong accents to their last days, but they were very intelligent people. My best friend, a man in his mid 40's, educated, intelligent and knowledgeable, has an accent that would spice up the most spicy of tomato sauces.
My message sender did not intend to be racist or bigoted in any way. However, I felt that this message required a gut level response as we all have been in the linguistic quagmire.
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The 43rd edition of the 'International Film Festival of India' commences next week. The prestigious film festival is scheduled to take place between 20th and 30th November, 2012 in the beautiful seaside city of Goa.
The first edition of IFFI was organized by the Films Division of the Government of India, way back in 1952. Held in Mumbai from 24 January to 1 February 1952, the first ever IFFI was inaugurated by then Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 21 February 1952.
IFFI 2012, on centre-stage will be a section celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema. Says a representative, "IFFI is all set to celebrate the spirit of cinema and entertainment with a different perspective."
The festival's director, Shankar Mohan reiterated, "100 years of Indian Cinema will be our major focus this year. Altogether 25 feature films and 56 documentaries will be screened during the festival. A special centenary award will also be presented to a chosen film which will carry a cash prize of 10 lakh."
The section titled 'Indian Panorama', showcases a selection of hand-picked feature and non-feature cinema. This array of films best reflects the essence of India, while presenting stories which showcase the country's cultural diversity.
The jury for the feature section selected various films from across the country. The list of films includes the Marathi film 'Deool', directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and the Byari language film 'Byari', directed by Suveeran; which won the Best Feature Film shared award at the recent 59th National Film Awards for the year 2011, as direct entrants into the feature section of the Panorama.
Also included in the list of hand-picked films are 'Baandhon', directed by veteran filmmaker Jahnu Barua; 'Celluloid Man', directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, 'And We Play On', directed by Parmod Purswane.
Every year IFFI's 'Country Focus' section aims to create greater understanding of other nations. This year's 'Country Focus' films have been chosen from Turkey.
The Turkish films which were chosen are extraordinary films, which serve as a mirror for the socio-political scenario in the country today, and touch upon the burning issues of modern Turkey.
The collection of eight films being screened from Turkey, which are handpicked to represent the culture and society of the country, include: 'Do Not Forget Me Istanbul', 'Hidden Lives', 'Love and Revolution', 'The Son', 'The Stranger', 'Trace', 'Voice of My Father' and 'Where the Fire Burns'. These films are considered a true representation of the life and times of the Turkish people.
Selected films are works by some of the most acclaimed cinema directors of the country namely – Aida Begic, Eric Nazarian, Hany Abu-Assad, Josefina Markarian, Omar Shargawi, Stefan Arsenijevic, Stergios Niziris, A. Haluk Ünal, F. Serkan Acar, Attila Cengiz, Filiz Alpgezmen, Tayfur Aydın, Orhan Eskiköy and İsmail Güneş.
Overall, among the most eagerly awaited international films are: Oscar Award winner director Ang Lee's latest directorial venture 'Life of Pi', which will be the opening film of the festival.
'Life of Pi' which is based on an adapted screenplay of a novel by the same name by Yann Martel, will be a 3D adventure film from Ang Lee, famous for his Academy award winner movies 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Brokeback Mountain'.
The closing film at IFFI, is Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. The film is a screen adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel of the same name. The film set to release in early 2013 has received rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival.
About the "India connection" of both the opening and closing film of IFFI, Festival director Shankar Mohan said, "The IFFI opening and closing movies this year have a deep India connection. The opening film 'Life of Pi' has been shot in Pondicherry and the closing film 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' has been made by Indian filmmaker Mira Nair, who will also be attending the screening of the film."
With such a feast of wonderful films on offer, delegates at the IFFI will be spoilt for choice. The festival will see film lovers from around the world; descend upon the sandy beaches of Goa, to soak in the ambience and spectacular films' screenings.
There will be something to please even the most discerning cinema aficionado's palate at the upcoming International Film Festival of India.


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DeVos Childrens Hospital
Looks like we have another national landmark to be proud of. We toured the new Helen DeVos
Children's Hospital Sunday. Very impressive. Loved the attention paid to creating a "softer" looking place for kids. Those of us who have spent time in the hospital with kids know it can be a very scary place. Various parts of the hospital will be accepting patients of the next few weeks. Congrats to all who are a part of it.


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I am the owner of The Canopy Crew. I moved to the Red River Gorge when I was nineteen to pursue rock climbing. I built a treehouse 45-feet up that I lived in for three years. Life was simple, and I was content. As I lived there I saw how my tree house inspired people. It reminded my friends to not let their dreams be dreams. I realized that I needed to share the canopy experience, with everyone, and at this time I decided to start The Canopy Crew. Since that day I have been dedicated to life in the trees. With custom treehouses and treehouse rental, my goal is to get you into the canopy.
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WATCH: White House press secretary Sean Spicer said during during today's news briefing that President Donald Trump has "grave concern" about the release of classified material and believes the systems at the CIA are outdated. http://to.pbs.org/2mosFj8
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer says President Donald Trump has "grave concern" about the release of classified material and believes the systems at the CIA are outdated.
Spicer was responding Thursday to questions during a news briefing about WikiLeaks' disclosure of thousands of documents that it says reveals details of the CIA's cyberespionage toolkit.
The disclosure by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to be discussed at the president's meeting later Thursday with CIA Director Mike Pompeo (pahm-PAY'-oh).
Spicer wouldn't comment on the documents released, but he says Trump thinks the CIA's systems need updating.
Spicer also denounced Assange for his previous release of classified material, saying he has undermined U.S. national security in the past. Spicer says he leaves it to the Justice Department to comment on its "disposition of him."
He also discussed Congress' efforts to pass health care legislation.
"He has compromised, in the past, and undermined our national security," Spicer said about Assange, who held his own online press briefing earlier in the day on the release of CIA documents.
On Congress' overnight sessions on the health care bill and how some lawmakers are still opposed to the administration's proposal, Spicer said, "We believe that the more we talk about the comprehensive three-pronged approach … is going to bring people on board."
The White House also said President Donald Trump was unaware that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was being paid to act on behalf of a foreign government when he was chosen for his key post in January.
Spicer said Trump had no knowledge Flynn lobbied for a company with ties to Turkey's government.
READ MORE: Former Trump aide Flynn says lobbying may have helped Turkey
Trump fired Flynn last month for misleading administration officials about his conversations with Russian officials.
Flynn filed paperwork Tuesday identifying himself as a foreign agent with the Justice Department, acknowledging that his work for the Dutch-based firm Inovo BV could have aided Turkey's government.
In the filings, Flynn acknowledged meeting with Turkey's foreign minister and other officials.


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As much fun as I poke at the Cowboys, I have to admit the latest
controversy surrounding the Superbowl XXX champs seems like a bum rap.
When I first heard about it, I was inclined to think and say, "what a
bunch of perverts," but as the story progressed, I really had to eat my
words and thoughts.
I'm not crazy about Michael Irvin, and I haven't given Erik Williams
much thought, but the charges pending against them seem to be based on
some pretty thin evidence.
I constantly hear that disgruntled family members of persons arrested
for one crime or another wish that we print a story when charges against
their relative are dropped. I would, but it's not my beat, so I rarely
hear about such cases.
In this case I, like Irvin, hope the media really attack a story about
the misappropriated, or rather unfounded charges, if any, as,
"intensely," as they did when they were first filed.
I've heard news broadcasters describe Irvin as being bad before the
Cowboys recruited him and still bad.
I'm constantly rebuked by Cowboy fans when I voice my disappointment
with the Cowboys allowing Irvin to continue playing with the team. I'm
told often that it goes on in every sports league and with hundreds,
maybe thousands of athletes.
I can understand that, but Irvin got caught and should know when to
step down. After all, there are a good number of children that hold the
Cowboys to heroic standards and what message does this send to them.
Wire photos that we recieved here at the office during Irvin's previous
misfortunes with the law sketched the Cowboy reciever as a pimp. A
Fedora and calf-length fur coat. Pleeeeeeeese.
I feel the same about Roberto Alamar of the Baltimore Orioles, who
promoted lack of respect to game officials and endorsed insolence when
he spat in an umpire's face.
Old news, I know, but worth mentioning.
There are enough talented athletes out there to invoke the attitude
that, "we're not going to put up with this."
Bad example athletes should be expendable, not commendable.
That's how I see it.
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about all the cowboys who rode, roped and herded cattle along the Pecos
River from northern New Mexico to the Rio Grande during the late 1880s
and early 1990s.
"He rode hell-bent-for-leather along a Southwest river likened to hell
and entered the myth of the West.
"He was a cowboy of the Pecos," the 252-page non-fiction paperback
"With skills tailored to the river's unique demands and with chracter
honed by a no-man's-land in which `pecos' also meant murder and `pecos
swap,' theft, he was a breed of cowhand unlike any other," Dearden
While land along the Pecos was called cowboy's paradise, the Pecos
River was so treacherous it was known as the "graveyard of the cowman's
Dearden skillfully captures the essence of the old West from the first
Goodnight-Loving trail drive to the 1920s when cattle trucks and pickups
snatched away the last hope for the cowboys way of life.
Vintage photographs, some from the Barney Hubbs and West of the Museum
collections, support the well-documented true stories.
Midlander Patrick Dearen has written three previous books of Pecos
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Giving county employees two days off for Thanksgiving and Christmas -
and closing the courthouse for business - is stretching it. But when
they take off three days, closing the courthouse to business for five
days in a row, that is completely out of bounds.
During the two weekdays - and workdays for most - immediately after
Christmas, we noticed numerous people going to the locked door of the
courthouse. And two of those visitors were from out of town, doing
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Courthouses and their employees are there to serve the people. Let your
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Every faith needs its defender, and no other filmmaker has championed middle-class mediocrity with the religious zeal of Paul Mazursky. Often mistaken for a liberal humanist, Mazursky habitually drops his bourgeois characters into a countercultural fishbowl and then celebrates their inevitable efforts to come up for air. His is the most ideologically conservative body of work ever dedicated to the activity of hippies, dropouts, polygamists, feminists, homosexuals, Hasidim, pedophiles, abortionists, prostitutes, primal scream therapists and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.
"If you don't know about [my films]," the Brooklyn-born actor-turned-director stated in a Lincoln Center press release, "then you don't know much about the movie business." He may have a point. The Film Society of Lincoln Center's new retrospective, which is unimaginatively titled "The Magic of Paul Mazursky" and runs from May 4 through May 10, proves that a pedestrian director can sustain a lengthy (and not uninteresting) Hollywood career by catering to a middlebrow discomfort with social progress. Cosmopolitan enough for Lincoln Center and old-fashioned enough for Peoria, Mazursky's 15 features are case studies in how to exploit the most alluring elements of radicalism without making anybody uneasy.
If there is magic to the Mazursky process, it's in his unfailing empathy for middle-class malaise. At times, an inflated self-interest seems the only requisite for a Mazursky hero. In his risible take on Shakespeare's "The Tempest," Prospero is just another wealthy Manhattanite suffering a midlife crisis. And while "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" sounds like a harmlessly ironic title, it actually typifies the existential quandary of almost every Mazursky comedy: Why is it so hard to be comfortable with our comfort?
Consider his directorial debut, 1969's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," in which a weekend at an Esalen-like institute leads a newly open-minded, haute bourgeois married couple (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) to temporarily join the sexual revolution. They invite their comparably repressed friends (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon) into the bedroom for a climactic kick of social liberation, but prudishness regains its sway before any damage is done. Instead, the foursome marches outside in a conga line to the strains of "What the World Needs Now Is Love." It's a remarkably provocative ending, because you're not quite sure if the film is glorifying their defection or mocking it.
In 1973's "Blume in Love," Mazursky extends his superhuman empathy to a titular divorce lawyer (George Segal) who becomes infatuated with the ex-wife he compulsively cheated on (Susan Anspach). Brooding over espresso in a Venetian café, our hero plots his way across the globe and back into the heart of his former partner, now shacked up with an unemployed — but friendly — hippie songwriter (Kris Kristofferson) in Venice, Calif. She seems comfortable in her liberated incarnation, but Blume ain't buying it. In an astonishing feat of moral relativism that should have made the film notorious, a frenzied Blume rapes his ex-wife, and she soon decides to take him back for good.
In his review of the film, Roger Ebert — a consistent Mazursky booster in the 1970s and '80s — refers to the scene in question without even mentioning the rape, and then (perhaps in defense) calls the characters "real people with real desperations." Is that the magic of Mazursky? (At least one other person noticed the film's inherent creepiness: Director Stanley Kubrick conspicuously displays "Blume in Love" on a TV screen during a scene in his "Eyes Wide Shut.")
The three films that Mazursky made for 20th Century Fox between 1974 and 1978 provide the best possible justification for Lincoln Center's retrospective. "Next Stop, Greenwich Village," screening in a brand-new print, is the director's semi-autobiographical account of leaving a comically overbearing Jewish mother (a scary Shelley Winters) to begin life anew as a 1950s Village thespian. It's at once Mazursky's humblest and most affectionate film, showcasing what should have been a star-making turn for Lenny Baker, who died of AIDS a few years later. With "An Unmarried Woman," the filmmaker brings watered-down feminism (and a lot of therapy) to a spurned housewife (Jill Clayburgh) on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Both a proto-"Sex and the City" and an assault on male inadequacy — take that, Blume the rapist — the film feels considerably dated, but it still provides a 1970s-savvy update on the classic Hollywood "women's picture." Best of all is "Harry and Tonto," an unabashedly schmaltzy chronicle of a free-spirited septuagenarian (Art Carney, who won an Oscar for his performance) and his cat going westward ho after the senior man is forcibly evicted from his Upper West Side apartment.
In the past, this Jewish filmmaker's body of work has remained obstinately secular, with the exception of 1989's "Enemies, A Love Story," an Isaac Bashevis Singer adaptation that is in many respects Mazursky's richest film (and one that perhaps deserves a separate essay). But after a 10-year hiatus from filmmaking — precipitated by a significant drop-off in his work's quality and relevance — he has returned with "Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy," a documentary about the Hasidic Breslov sect. In the film, which I have not seen, Mazursky visits Rabbi Nachman's burial place in Uman (along with 25,000 Jews, most of them Hasidic) to catalog a different sort of love-in. Those who want to see if the filmmaker returns home with his ideology intact can attend the New York premiere at Lincoln Center, where Mazursky will introduce the film in person.
Ultimately, Paul Mazursky is less a cinematic aesthete than a Strasberg-trained director of actors, and as such, even his best work lacks the formal elegance and tragicomic bite of films by contemporaries Woody Allen and Albert Brooks. But even if Mazursky's films are too unadventurous to ever return to fashion, one could argue that the beleaguered bourgeoisie still needs its bard, the man who dares to commemorate those who can look in the mirror and repeat after Blume: "I do the best I can. I eat. I sleep. I worry."
Akiva Gottlieb's essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and The Village Voice.
This story "Paul Mazursky: Middle-class Champion" was written by Akiva Gottlieb.


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Baroque nightingales and cuckoo sonatas!
Composers of all ages have been inspired by birdsong - and the 18th century is no exception. The trills of the nightingale, the cuckoo and the finch were turned into beautiful sonatas, cantatas and arias. Don't miss this charming Early Music LIVE! concert with works by Handel, Rameau, Mozart and Couperin, performed by visiting French ensemble La Simphonie du Marais.
Welcome to Stockholm's oldest, and newest, concert hall on Nybrokajen 11, Saturday 5 March, 3 pm to listen to Les Oiseaux - The Birds.
Tickets are available through www.ticnet.se or Nybrokajen 11, + 46 8 407 17 00