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Web Page: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BBCSS/DBASSE_177475
(Webcast will be posted in this location prior to March 23, 2017)
When: March 23, 2017 - March 24, 2017 (9:15 AM Eastern)
(The second day, March 24 is a closed session meeting open only to staff and committee members.)
Where: Keck Center (Room 106) • 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001 and Webcast
Topics: Behavioral and Social Sciences; National Security and Defense
Activity: Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Applications to National Security
The first meeting of the Committee on a Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Applications to National Security will be held on March 23-24, 2017, at the National Academies Keck Center, located at 500 5th Street NW, Washington, D.C. The open session will be held in Keck 105 and 106 on March 23 from 9:15 a.m. to approximately 5:15 p.m. The committee members and staff will meet on the second day (March 24, 2017) for a closed session meeting.
Open Session Meeting Objectives (Day One):
• Introduce committee members and sponsor representatives.
• Provide a brief introduction to the National Academies and the study process.
• Gather information through first day presentations from the intelligence community and social and behavioral science researchers.
Statement of Task
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will carry out a decadal survey on the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) in areas relevant to national security. An ad hoc committee will be appointed to conduct the survey with the goal of identifying opportunities that are poised to contribute significantly to the intelligence community's analytic responsibilities. The study will identify opportunities throughout the social sciences (e.g., sociology, demography, political science, economics, anthropology) and from behavioral sciences (e.g. psychology, cognition, neuroscience). The committee will work with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and security community members to understand government needs and expectations. The final consensus report will be based on the committee's consideration of broad national security priorities; relevant capabilities of elements within the security community to support and apply findings from social and behavioral science; cost and technical readiness; likely growth of research programs; emerging data, procedures, personnel, and other resources; and opportunities to leverage related research activities not directly supported by government. The committee will specify a range of relevant work that could be useful to the intelligence community for their consideration in developing future research priorities.
The committee's primary tasks will be:
- Assess progress in addressing selected major social and behavioral scientific challenges that might prove useful to national security. Include discussion of approaches that are gaining strength and those that are losing strength. Where possible, rely on published meta-analyses.
- Identify SBS opportunities that can be used to guide security community investment decisions and application efforts over the next 10 years.
- Specify approaches to facilitate productive interchange between the security community and the external social science research community.
The survey will engage members of the SBS community to generate ideas for research that may benefit national security now and in the ensuing decade. The total project duration will be 36 months from summer 2016 to summer 2019. The committee's final report will be available to the public. All work will be conducted at the unclassified level. The work is overseen by the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS), part of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) of the Academies in collaboration with the newly-forming Intelligence Community Studies Board (ICSB) in the Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

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Can Dan Hendo Make History?
At the ripe old age of 46, Dan Henderson has done a LOT for and in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Saturday October 8th, 2016, he attempts to do three things; win a UFC title at 46, (the oldest for any fighter besting Couture's win at 43), repeat the blockbuster knockout of Michael Bisping, who is coming off wins over Anderson Silva and former champ Luke Rockhold, and retire, on top, gaining belts in the biggest three modern mma organizations, PRIDE, STRIKEFORCE, and the vaunted UFC.
If Dan wins, and that's a BIG if, as he's been on the downhill rapidly as of late since coming off TRT, he'll retire the most decorated champion in MMA modern history, overtaking all others in having won the open Brazil Vale Tudo Tournament in his debut in 1997, defeating Brazilian Vale Tudo legend, Jose Landi-Jons, UFC 17's four man tournament defeating Allan Goes and Carlos Newton in closely contested contests to earn his 2nd MMA tournament championship, the Rings: King of Kings belt in 1999, TWO Pride Belts, in different divisions, Strikeforces belt, and the UFC belt. Having wins over Wanderlei Silva in his Prime, Fedor Emelianenko in Strikeforce while being outweighed by over 30 pounds, and now entering his final bought, for UFC gold in enemy territory.
Look up. See that resume? That is the mark of a warrior, a man who's sporting career has crossed three decades, and began when MMA was a tournament, with bare knuckles, and will end with it being a sport on par with soccer and baseball.
As a fan of MMA, I am not generally over-sentimental, however in the case of this fight, I can cheer both fighters on and hope that Dan "Hendo" Henderson goes out on top, with the title in his hands. It would be a fitting end to an amazing career.
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So pumped for this fight, it's Hendo all the way. Has he slowed down after the TRT days? sure, but how about that Lombard fight!?! I almost lost my mind that night lol. He took Lombard's best shots right on the button, clawed his way back to his feet and flat-lined Lombard.
Bisping better go back to his old style of point fighting if he wants to win this fight. He can run but he can't hide, 25 minutes is a long time to avoid that H-bomb… RIP Bisping.
Great fight last night, all respect to Bisping for taking those shots. Apart from the increased punching power, one thing Bisping has developed is the ability to fight through adversity. Very impressive.
Dude.. epic fight… I had it a draw leaning towards Hendo.. In the end they both fought well and Bisping has evolved into a very durable striker with some KO power.. BUT I think it was the Hendo fight and the "pillow gloves" hazing he has received all these years since that has pushed him to become the fighter he is so ironically it was the man he arguably defeated Saturday that helped him get to his level of ability and to the title in the first place.


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Is Globalization Really Necessary:Points to be known:-
- First of all, when is globalization started? According to world historians, it started when 'Colombus' landed on Americas, while searching for spices in 1492, and the exploration of world by 'Vasco da Gama' for trade.
- But some other historians argue that Globalization exists in the times of Harappan civilization times too. The traces of trade and transportation were found in the excavations.
- We can divide the phenomenon of globalization into three phases. First one is, when it was difficult for states to interact with each other, if they are far from each other as there was no technological advancement in communication sector.
- Second phase starts with the technological advancement. In this phase, countries were communicating with each other easily and the trade between them was also improved.
- The third phase is the current phase, that is interdependence. In present generation, almost every country depending on other countries for resources, skills etc. And in this phase, all countries are mutually effected by each other.
In Favor:-
- Through Globalization developing countries can become developed countries.
- We can share technologies and inventions.
- We can sell our products all over the world. By exporting our products, we can improve our economy.
- India has resources of skilled manpower. So through globalization other countries invests money in India. And by that our economy improves.
- We can share the medicinal knowledge and inventions.
- We can exchange resources such as petrol, coal etc. We can import the things, which are necessary for us but not available here.
- Western countries learned a lot from east. For ex :- Yoga, Martial Arts etc. And eastern countries also learned from west. For ex :- Liberal thoughts, Dignity of labour etc.
- We can exchange fantastic books and knowledge. Thereby we all can improve.
In Against:-
- Country's sovereignty will be at threat. Because to take decisions on trade and food security etc, nation has to face the limitations by World Trade Organization (WTO)'s policies.
- Through globalization, poor becomes poorer. Because poor people can't get the fruits of globalization much. It is the rich, who will be benefited a lot by globalization.
- There is a chance of culture being effected.
- Non-globalized human societies will become extinct species.
- There may be a chance of forgetting their own mother tongue.
- Diseases like swine flu, anthrax etc. are spreading to other countries through the travelers.
- Due to Globalization unemployment may increases. For example, The people of USA are facing unemployment, because so many people of different countries from all over the world are migrating to USA and doing jobs there.
- We are heavily depending on other countries. And if there are any changes in the other countries, we will also get effected. For example, if oil prices increases, we have to pay more money for imports and thereby our economy will be effected.
Obviously, no country can stay isolated in this modern world. For one thing or the other, we all depend on each other for survival and to improve the slandered of living. And the most important thing is we created the borders between the countries. They were not God-given. We shouldn't restrict ourselves to these borders. In today's world Globalization is necessary through which, we all can improve together.


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NOS TV Turns to VectorBox for File-based Broadcast Automation
The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) is a public broadcaster for The Netherlands. With over 700 journalists, NOS offers several news and sports programs for the three Dutch public television channels and the Dutch public radio services; NOS Journaal (on radio and television), the NOS Jeugd Journaal, NOS Studio Sport, NOS Den Haag Today, NOS Along the line, NOS Eeye on Tomorrow, The NOS Rradio 1 Journaal, NOS Headlines and various news and sports events.
The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) is a public broadcaster for The Netherlands. With over 700 journalists, NOS offers several news and sports programs for the three Dutch public television channels and the Dutch public radio services; NOS Journaal (on radio and television), the NOS Jeugd Journaal, NOS Studio Sport, NOS Den Haag Today, NOS Along the line, NOS Eeye on Tomorrow, The NOS Rradio 1 Journaal, NOS Headlines and various news and sports events.
NOS Journaal, the most important news program in the Netherlands needed to upgrade their infrastructure to support a tapeless broadcast workflow. The highly rated thematic program is broadcasted 24/7 with special editions of the show aired at 18.00 hrs, 22.00 hrs, as well as 8 to 10 minutes of every hour. The demanding schedule has a constant feed of fresh content and requires a broadcast infrastructure that facilitates media transfers from one step in to the next without human intervention to better meet the demanding program schedule.
Complicating the situation was the broadcast infrastructure upgrade NOS staff wanted to simultaneously make for another important show – Politiek 24.
The new upgrade design called for a broadcast system that would facilitate a mix of live and continuity playout for a wide range of programs and schedules. The playlist manager would need to be dynamic and flexible enough to manage last minute changes, not easy in a large scale operation that is planned to the second. The system would also need to adaptable to various workflows – requiring integration with production systems, archives, and other servers. Most important, because NOS was the preeminent news channel, a failsafe system was the only option. NOS TV could never go off air.
NOS turned to the team of Burst Video B.V. for strategy and infrastructure design assistance.
The VectorBox was selected to provide NOS with a broadcast automation and unique shared, multi-channel redundancy solution. VectorBox consolidates each aspect of the broadcast workflow for NOS, including: ingest, playlist creation, CGs, device control and on air playout into one simple to use solution. While VectorBox provides complete control over each aspect of ingest, playlist creation, and on air broadcast; the technology is fully integrated with the NOS broadcast equipments including switchers, routers, production and archive systems.
"VectorBox provides smart flexible redundancy management capabilities along with in-depth broadcast automation controls necessary to manage large-scale operations like NOS," comments Marijn Bulten, Burst Video. "It was the only system we viewed as reliable enough to broadcast 24/7 NOS' most important programs."
The ingest expertly controls media recording from video servers, VTRs, satellite feeds and any other type of routing systems found in the broadcast operation. The comprehensive feature set ensures broadcasters can manually initiate spur-of-the-moment recording as well as automatically schedule daily jobs.
The built-in VectorBox master control room component offers state-of-the-art automation with extensive capabilities controlling playout, including: early checking of events with configurable horizons, time-stamped "takes", offsets to compensate for any kind of latencies and communication delays, live & time delay events, automatic filling with emergency material, clips categorization, interactive real-time cataloguing, and more. The flexible playlist's user interface not only allows the user to configure columns width and order, but adds the metadata of the clips as new columns.
The VectorBox video server also allows operators to add - on the fly - a wide range of transitions between clips, such as fades, wipes, and fade-to-black, all with corresponding audio control. Deeper feature capabilities include the ability to crop, rotate, adjust color and more. The integrated channel branding feature set makes it easy to create dynamic CG templates for news tickers, titling, clocks, quizzes, "What's up next," and weather graphics using any graphic file format and alphabet. These can be used in combination with effects such as shading, transparencies, and video effects such as zooms and squeeze backs to brilliantly present a creative idea, provide for audience interaction and increase profits through SMS chat or advertising and sponsorships.
For both channels, live news programs studio transmissions are fed to the VectorBox, which automatically ingests and simultaneously plays out the signal with graphics overlays. Operators use templates to define titling, tickers and overlays for the broadcast. The playlist manages the insertion of commercial breaks, and pre-recorded news packages to the second. Late breaking news can be easily updated by manually reconfiguring the playlist to break for a new event. The entire broadcast is then migrated to the NOS archive with full metadata intact.
For program playout, VectorBox provides the full continuity playout capabilities by integrating with a multitude of systems to orchestrate program playout. The playlist can be created manually or fed via MOS protocol by a traffic system to organize program schedule. Media migrations are completely automated. With full metadata tracking, VectorBox automates program playout without human intervention.
Ensuring the health of the system is the Autovia application. Continually monitoring the state of the servers, any sign of a server failure and VectorBox automatically triggers a backup server into play. The automated processes ensures broadcasts run without interruption.
VectorBox flexible architecture enabled NOS to have one server that supplied dual redundancy for both channels optimizing the costs of maintaining the new tapeless infrastructure.
VectorBox provides NOS with a failsafe playout system that incorporates smart redundancy techniques such as shared back up. With the capabilities of a full master control room integrated into one solution, NOS was able to deploy a number of broadcast workflows – live and continuity playout 24/7 using the same system. Fully scalable, VectorBox can scale to meet multiple channels and formats using a single playout server.


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Endurance Atlete / Bikepacking Racer
(35 years - Belgium)
2015: TCR03 - 9th
2016: Tuscany Trail - Winner
2016: French Divide - Winner
2017: Great Divide - 3th
Since I had to stop playing soccer 5 years ago I got addicted to cycling and it became a way of life. In 2014 I decided to try something new, so I started training for my first bikepacking race. A fantastic experience with unexpected result. Since then, my focus is on long distance races and bikepacking events.
Ben ride our Merit Plus gravel bike.
MTB Bikepacking Racer
(Czech Republic)
2010: Loudání - 2nd
2011: 1000 miles - 3th
2014: 1000 miles - Winner
2014: Loudání - 2nd
2016: Italy Divide - 2nd
2016: Loudání - 2nd
2016: 1000 miles - 2nd
2017: Šediváčkuv long - 2nd
2017: Loudání - Winner
2018: Italy Divide - 2nd
2018: Navad1000 - Winner
"Head is fuel, body is machine"
It combines art and sport (especially cycling) through craftsmanship in various projects. Creates among other things, bicycle photography, illustration and promotion of sporting brands. He creates a community of people around bikepacking through various projects.
Štěpán ride our MTB Merit Professor.


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Ohio Northern University's World Student Organization hosted its annual Multicultural Fair in King Horn Sports Center on March 24.
At the conclusion of every week, the Northern Review will recap what happened that week in the world of Ohio Northern athletics, and will also preview the week ahead. Here are this week's headlines:
Richards begins outdoor season by setting another school record
The ONU Problem of the Week is provided by the Ohio Northern University Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
Courtesy of Anthony Labonte
This is the last edition of the Filbert comic strip for the 2016-17 school year. Filbert will return as a weekly comic strip in the fall.
EDIT: Corrected headline (Tues., March 28 @ 3:48 p.m.)
The Northern Review is Ohio Northern University's campus newspaper. As a staff, we work to be a relevant and credible source of information to the student body and campus community. We do our best to exercise our First Amendment right responsibly.
We live in a world of "fake news." Fake news is a type of hoax or deliberate spread of misinformation. In today's political climate, the public is taught to distrust the media. The leader of the free world indignantly opposes its purpose and continues to shame news organizations for truthful, albeit inconvenient, reporting.
March 18 marks the return of the Zeta chapter of the Sigma Pi fraternity at Ohio Northern University. Their recolonization ceremony was held at The Inn where forty-three ONU men became re-founding fathers within the historical fraternity. With the proactive cooperation from various ONU organizations, such as student involvement and the Greek life, Sigma Pi is able and ready to continue their quest for excellence.
Consul General Teuta Sahatqija from Kosovo spoke to a full audience of students and faculty in the Moot Courtroom about the importance of women in transitional states.
Kosovo is a relatively young country, having been officially separated from Serbia in 2008. The latest population figures for Kosovo are just under two million people. Over 140 countries recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state except Serbia, making Kosovo a disputed territory.
Ohio Northern University's Sigma Tau Delta hosted a reading and discussion on influential women writers on March 20. The event shed light on the importance of literary conversations.
Senior chemistry and creative writing major Sofie Moeller shares her backpack with the Northern Review staff.
International Women's Day was held on March 8. Ohio Northern University's Office of Multicultural Development hosted its March Cultural Conversation Hour on March 21 to discuss the social and political issues surrounding women's rights.
Women's tennis sweeps Wittenberg, wins fifth straight
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WR, Georgia Tech
How he fits: Hill has big-time speed and can be a deep threat immediately, but will need a crash course in the nuances of NFL route-running because he comes from a school that exclusively used the run-oriented triple-option offense. His excellent blocking ability will be welcomed by smash-mouth-oriented coach Rex Ryan, who wants to use the Wildcat with Tim Tebow.
When heâll play: The Jets have an opening at No. 2 receiver behind mercurial Santonio Holmes, with second-year pro Jeremy Kerley (already a good slot receiver) and former Oakland Raider Chaz Schilens also candidates. Hill, who turned pro after his junior season, isnât ready to start immediately but the Jets lacked big-play capability last season and certainly will use him for that potential.
âHeâs a tall kid. ⦠He can run, but heâs flexible. He can sink his hips. He can drop his weight and get in and out of routes. ⦠I think his skill set transfers to this level pretty good. ⦠Heâs a unique athlete. He really is.â â" Joey Clinkscales, Jetsâ vice president of college scouting
Stephen Hill gives the Jets' a big play threat for their offense. (AP Photo)
OLB, Arkansas State
How he fits: Davis was a force against the run in college and figures to help the Jets in that area to some extent. He also has the ability to drop into coverage. The Jets also believe he can contribute immediately on special teams, an area that needs help after several stalwarts have departed via free agency in recent years.
When heâll play: Look for him to be used this season a lot on special teams, and for him to ease his way slowly into the rotation at inside linebacker. Bart Scott is in the final season of a four-year contract, and Davis could be his heir apparent. Scott, a hard-hitter and run-stuffer, has struggled at times playing in space, and it appears that is a strength for Davis.
Round-overall: 6-187, 6-202, 6-203, 7-242, 7-244
The Jets believe they improved team speed with each of their first three selections. That was a problem area last season. However, they also stuck to the value of their board, and thus did not address some areas of need. They still need a safety to help them in covering the middle of the field, and they havenât addressed the shaky right tackle position. Unless they can find a late-round gem, it appears veteran Wayne Hunter again will be the starting RT, although he will compete with youngsters Vlad Ducasse and Austin Howard. They also could look for a blocking tight end in the late rounds.


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- Device won't turn on
- Bad display
- No memory
- Device can't connect to PC/won't transfer data
- Buttons not working
No matter what you do, you can't get your PDA to turn on.
Before you take everything apart, try holding the power button a little longer.
The next thing you can try is replacing your batteries.
If nothing else worked, there's probably a problem with the motherboard.
I think it's on, but I can't see anything...
1. Hold down the power button on the front panel of the PDA.
2. Use a paper clip to press the reset button.
3. You will get a message warning that you are about to erase all the data stored on the PDA, do the following:
- Press the top scroll button on the front panel to complete the hard reset and display the startup screen.
- Do not press any other buttons during the reset.
4. After performing a hard reset the unit will return to the initial factory state. Extra applications will be deleted and the PDA will be restored to factory settings.
In some cases the display is bad and needs to be replaced.
My PDA won't store anything.
1. Make sure you have a memory card in the port.
2. If card is present, make sure all connection pins are lined up correctly.
The memory card may be broken and in need of replacement.
1. Try deleting unnecessary files to create space for future storage.
2. Replace memory card with a new one.
"PC doesn't recognize the external device when plugged in."
1. Make sure the device is securely placed in the dock and that the USB is plugged into the PC.
2. Replace the dock/USB cable.
3. Replace the button pad within the device which also consists of the dock connector.
My keys aren't responding.
If a button is broken or not working, it might need to be replaced.


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Daily Archives: July 6, 2018
Tesco Insurance coverage? Mods Allowed?
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Most insurers will only ask you to declare these alterations or equipment if they had been added after the car's manufacture, but others will contemplate these to be modifications in the event that they weren't a part of the basic specification of the car, i.e. if the producer supplied these as non-compulsory extras when the automobile was purchased.
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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — Forty years ago, in its heyday, the Capitol Theater here was known as a rock stage with great acoustics, a crumbling space where the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Santana and Pink Floyd played memorable concerts. So when Peter Shapiro, a founder of the Brooklyn Bowl, took over the theater last year and announced plans to reopen it as a concert hall next month, he had a heavy reputation to live up to.
Now Mr. Shapiro has unveiled an eclectic lineup for the next four months that he hopes will re-establish the Capitol as an influential spot for live music. My Morning Jacket has agreed to do three nights. The Roots will play four dates, with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead joining them for one night. Others on the fall bill include Fiona Apple, Dirty Projectors and Regina Spektor, as well as older artists, among them Blues Traveler, Indigo Girls, Al Green, the Moody Blues and the Steve Miller Band.
The headliner for the first show on Sept. 4 is to be announced this week. "We are in discussions with an iconic artist who would be a fitting way to welcome live music back to the Capitol Theater," Mr. Shapiro said.
He has spent more than $2 million renovating the 1,800-seat theater, which is 32 miles from Midtown Manhattan. He installed an arena-size lighting system, 10 high-definition projectors and an advanced sound system. The goal, he said, was to create "a psychedelic rock palace" dedicated to live music, rather than theater.
"You can't create a rock palace," said Mr. Shapiro, 39. "You can only reinvent one, and I am fortunate to have one. This is a queen. This is not a princess. That means giving her the best sound available in the world."Continue reading the main story
Mr. Weir said the Cap, as the space was known in the music business, always had superb acoustics, which was why the Grateful Dead played there more than a dozen times in the early 1970s. "The sound was great, and if it sounds good, the band's going to play good," he said. "I remember one 'Not Fade Away' that was remarkable. It was just big and thunderous. It was the first time that it really fell together for us."
On a recent afternoon the theater was alive with the sounds of hammers, drills and saws, as workmen finished installing stage lights suspended from retractable trusses and repairing the baroque decorative molding around the stage. Others were renovating the bathrooms, laying new carpet in the auditorium and recovering the faded, stained seats with red velvet. "Those seats saw Pink Floyd," Mr. Shapiro said, his eyes wide with boyish enthusiasm.
Mr. Shapiro said he is aiming for "the ambience of a small neighborhood bar," combined with light and sound systems worthy of Madison Square Garden. Ticket prices will be comparable to those in Manhattan, ranging from $20 to $200 depending on the show, and seats on the main floor will be removed for most shows for the general admission crowd. The high-definition projectors will send images onto the organ wells, the walls and the dome.
Marc Brickman, a production designer who worked for Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd, has created light shows for the room's ornate dome that will allow it to change color or appear to open up to a night sky. "We want to be theatrical, a little bit of an adult fun house," said Jon Dindas, the production manager for the space.
Mr. Shapiro's vision has the support of local leaders. Dennis Pilla, the mayor of Port Chester, predicted that the influx of concertgoers for 130 events a year would revitalize the village center, driving business to nearby restaurants and taverns. "It's a game changer for the downtown," he said.
Opened as a movie and vaudeville theater in 1926, the Capitol was designed by Thomas W. Lamb. In the late 1960s its owners revamped it as a performance space, and it became one of a handful of midsize stages on the East Coast where top acts regularly performed, along with the Capitol Theater in Passaic, N.J., and the better known Fillmore East in Manhattan. It flourished because it was far enough from the city not to compete with theaters there.
That era ended in 1976, however, after a new village ordinance banned live music after 1 a.m. Left unused, the building decayed, and the roof fell in. In the early 1980s a local developer, Marvin Ravikoff, bought the building and slowly began restoring the auditorium. "It was a derelict building," he said. "It didn't have any occupants except 10 million pigeons."
During the 1980s Mr. Ravikoff rented it out mostly to theater companies for plays and musicals and plowed what little profit it made back into improvements. A few rock concerts were held in the early 1990s, as he booked jam bands like Phish and Blues Traveler. The last major concerts took place in 1997, when David Bowie and the Rolling Stones did special events for MTV there.
Over the last decade, Mr. Ravikoff said, he moved away from public concerts and shifted his business over to private events: fund-raisers, corporate meetings, seminars. He also rented it to bands for rehearsals. In recent years Bob Dylan has used the room for practice, and Simon and Garfunkel has prepared for its tours there.
Two years ago Mr. Shapiro approached Mr. Ravikoff with a proposal to sign a long-term lease and to start booking rock acts again. Mr. Ravikoff, 76, said he was impressed with the younger man's passion and persistence.
"If you work on a theater of any sort, especially a historic building, you get a disease, you become obsessed," Mr. Ravikoff said. "And Peter Shapiro has that disease."
Mr. Shapiro, who started in the music business as the owner of the former Wetlands Preserve club in Manhattan, talks about the Capitol as if it were a sacred obligation. "These theaters don't exist anymore," he said. "My career to date has been training for this moment. This is the baby. This is it."
Jim Glancy, a partner in the Bowery Presents, the company booking the theater in partnership with Mr. Shapiro, said a healthy market has developed for concert spaces that hold fewer than 3,000 people. The only comparable for-profit theater in the New York City suburbs is the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, N.J., which Mr. Glancy's company also books.
Other promoters point out that the Capitol does face competition for bands from smaller, nonprofit performing arts centers like the Tarrytown Music Hall; the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, N.Y.; and the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut.
John Scher, a longtime New York City promoter, said the Capitol was likely to prevail in that competition because "it is a really good-sounding room." But he added that there is a danger the market will become oversaturated, and that it remains to be seen if there is enough demand to make the theater profitable.
Mr. Shapiro said he was betting that the theater's history and its superior acoustics would be enough to attract big-name acts. He also sees its location as an advantage, allowing him to draw from New York City as well as the suburbs. The building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is only a block from the Port Chester train station, a 45-minute ride from Manhattan.
"I'm confident we will be here for a long time," he said. "I'm not thinking about the risks. I only see it working. I can smell the air that was here for Pink Floyd and Janis Joplin."Continue reading the main story


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It's true. If you've ever tried fish with a tamarind sauce you know what I mean. They're meant for each other. So I have some monkfish fillets and am thinking of trying out eitehr a Malay-style tamarind sauce or a Middle Eastern style herby/tamarindy version. Both with rice, of course.
Going to browse some sites and see what I find. Whatever I choose, I will, as is my nature, modify the recipe or idea to suit the ingredients I have to hand, my preferred cooking methods, and my palate. well, my husband's palate too, but he'll pile on extra chilli sauce no matter what. So I mainly think of myself.


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You know the feeling, you've just left the gym and you feel frustrated. Normally when you walk out of there you are on a slight endorphin high, you've worked hard and your muscles have got that pump that lasts all of 40 seconds, by the time you reach your car it has gone, but you don't care.
But today nothing went well, you were tired, had low levels of energy. You were irritable and listening to the guys around you only irritated you further.
None of your lifts were anywhere near their usual levels and from the moment you got in you were clock-watching, waiting for the minimum time that you had to be there for before you could leave.
But what were the reasons why? Was it just one of those sessions? Or could there be some underlying issues that you can address?
This article will look at some of the more common reasons why you had a bad workout, and how you can fix them.
Reason #1. You need more sleep
Sleep is the easiest way to improve your workout performance, just lie in bed with your eyes closed!
Multiple studies have shown that increased sleep leads to raised growth hormone levels [1], whilst a bad night sleep can lower testosterone [2].
Having higher levels of growth hormone and testosterone will improve your strength and training levels.
Another reason to sleep is that it has been shown that sleeping more than average can improve your mood and athletic performance.
A 2008 study found that Collegiate swimmers improved their performance when given an extended sleeping time [3].
So if you have had a bad workout then it could possibly be down to a lack of sleep (whether quantity or quality).
If you have had a bad night's rest then supplementing with caffeine is a good short term solution. Multiple nights of bad sleep will not be fixed by caffeine, but if it is a one-off scenario then caffeine can temporarily mask the effects of fatigue.
A 2012 study by Cook et al found that elite athletes with minor-sleep deprivation were able to outperform the placebo group when they supplemented with high levels of caffeine [4].
Reason #2. You're training at a different time to usual
On a similar note to point 1, training at a different time to when you usually train can also affect your performance.
If you have ever heard of Circadian Rhythms you will already be aware of this, but your body is constantly fluctuating throughout the day. Sometimes you will have more energy and sometimes less.
For men, training around mid-afternoon is supposed to be optimal for performance. But with the way that your body adapts to training, whatever time you usually train will soon become the time that your body performs best at.
Changing times can result in a low-energy workout, interestingly caffeine can again be the solution as studies have shown that it reverses the reduction in power [5].
Reason #3. Your Pre-workout nutrition was poor
Without going in to muscle protein synthesis and its effect on performance, you need protein (and carbs) in your system before you train.
Anyone who is still training 'fasted' in the belief that it will help them lose more fat is deluded.
Brad Schoenfeld addressed this in his journal article "Does cardio after an overnight fast maximise fat loss?" [6], not only does it not do this but the session itself will be poorer due to the lack of energy.
Pre-workout and post-workout nutrition is simple, try to consume a meal (Breakfast or lunch) at least an hour prior to training, and then consume a meal around one hour afterwards (Lunch or Dinner).
If you can't get a meal in, as you are training before breakfast or after dinner then make sure you are at least consuming a high-protein snack or shake.
As mentioned above, consuming caffeine pre-workout can also improve your session quality.
Reason #4. You are overtraining
Some fitness 'experts' claim that there is no such thing as overtraining, but this is obviously not true.
Taking it to an extreme, if you trained for 24 hours straight for 5 days in a row you would have overtrained! Obviously this is not what they mean, rather they claim that most people are not in danger of overtraining.
On this point they are probably correct, but overtraining does exist and it can affect anyone who is training for too long, or too often.
If you are experiencing chronic fatigue (tired all of the time), lower strength levels (not performing as well in the gym as you were a month ago), keep getting ill, or are suffering from depression then you might be overtraining.
Don't jump to this conclusion after one bad workout, but keep it in mind if one bad workout leads into another and another after that.
Give yourself a break from the gym, take a week off and you should come back stronger.
Then look at managing your training so that you get a break every now and again. If the thought of this is stressing you out, then speak to a doctor.
[1] Born, J., Fehm, H. 2000. The neuroendocrine recovery function of sleep. Noise Health 2(7): 25-37
[2] Penev, P. 2007. Association between sleep and morning testosterone levels in older men. Sleep 30(4): 427-32
[3] Mah, C., Mah, K., Dement, W. 2008. Extended Sleep and the Effects on Mood and Athletic Performance in Collegiate Swimmers. Sleep 31[Suppl]
[4] Cook, C., Beaven, C., Kilduff, L., Drawer, S. 2012. Acute caffeine ingestion's increase of voluntarily chosen resistance-training load after limited sleep. International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism 22(3): 157-64
[5] Mora-Rodriguez, R., Pallares, J., Lopez-Samanes, A., Ortega, J., Fernandez-Elias. 2012. Caffeine ingestion reverses the Circadian Rhythm effects on Neuromuscular performance in highly resistance-trained men. PLoS One 7(4): e33807
[6] Schoenfeld, B. (2011) Does Cardio After an Overnight Fast Maximise Fat Loss? Strength & Conditioning Journal 33(1): 23-25


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The Grotesque Overstock.com Story Gets Grotesquer
News emerged today that the California Court of Appeals knocked down Gradient Analytics's effort to toss out Overstock.com's junk lawsuit. No surprise here. Gradient is appealing. No surprise. Overstock will be coming out with a (no doubt suitably juvenile) press release soon. No surprise.
But here's the latest twist from a company that always manages to sink to new lows:
I know that Overstock has an upcoming press release coming down the pike because I read about it on a limited-circulation message board, in an anonymous post.
Here's the post:
This is unsigned, but I know from previous posts that the author of this post is none other than the glassy-eyed individual at the top of this item: Overstock.com's nauseating Director of Communications and resident stalker, Judd Bagley.
Reading atrocities like this makes me wonder: Does the SEC ever plan to do anything about Overstock's constant nose-thumbing at Regulation FD?
The "report abuse" link at the bottom right corner of the post links to the crackerjack management team of Investor Village. Given Overstock's track record, it should take one instead directly to the SEC's Division of Enforcement.
UPDATE: Sure enough, the reigning clown of corporate America issued a press release filled with all kinds of "oh my goodness" shock value. Byrne says he "celebrates" the court ruling, much as he had "celebrated" the SEC subpoena of his company -- the one that came one week before the subpoena of him that he failed to disclose for a year.
Funny how Byrne "celebrates" opportunities for his serial lies, inept performance and misconduct to be subjected to the third degree by hostile attorneys and by the SEC. I haven't seen this much raw, blustering defiance of SEC scrutiny since the days of Bob Brennan of First Jersey Securities.
Herb Greenberg's take on the latest tidings can be found here. Herb notes that the case centers around a character named Dimetrios Anifantis:
Yes, that's the same Dimetrios Anifantis whose declaration -- "under the penalty of perjury" -- inolved an outright disregard for the truth when it came to testimony about yours truly.Let's not forget how Anifantis's Senate testimony was scripted by Overstock.com, in one of the many creepy episodes in this corporate train wreck.
That's right -- they've tried to drag the press into this for daring to raise red flags over the company's precarious prospects. My early writeups included this, which harkens back to the origination of Overstock's fight with Gradient (then Cambelback Research), and this. And if you haven't read my write-ups on Anifantis' antics previously, you can read them here and here and here. If his recollection of the fact and his feeble efforts and inuendo are as bad about everybody else in his line of fire, you have to wonder how credible Anifantis really is as a witness. Could that be one reason the SEC, with its subpoena power, recentlly dropped its case against Gradient?
Thanks to the indulgence of the California courts, this nutty, dangerous, junk lawsuit is being allowed to proceed. But much as I regret the legal bills it is inflicting on the defendants, I look forward to watching this legal circus, and the resultant discovery proceedings, as they progress.
© 2007 Gary Weiss. All rights reserved.
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Like my nails? This polish is from Revlon called Facets of Fushia. I bought it back in the autumn and have just reignited my love for the glittery hue! When I bought this polish back in the winter, the polish retailed at £4.49 at Superdrug.
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Long time no see! Sorry I was away, I was off dealing with, well life. Anywho, I am back with an outfit of the day with one of my favourite dresses. You may remember this outfit from this post. Only difference is that I am rocking my trusty blue suede belt from good 'ol Primark.
I never thought I would fall into the flatform hype,but I did! These shoes were the comfiest pair of wedges I owned. I say "were" as the left one broke with 10 mins! Urgh that is what you get for buying from ebay.. I knew they were too good to be true.
It was Leamen post from www.lealeaho.blogspot.co.uk, that encouraged me to do another blog pot. I need a new header and she is a sick designer, so I thought why not?
So what do you think? fan of the leopard print??
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Path of the Ninja | Training missions NiOh Guide
This chapter describes training missions on the Path of the Ninja. It describes the missions. You will also learn how to benefit from completing their individual stages.
Mission level
Shinobi outfit; Young Ninja Lock of Hair
Even if you hardly ever use ninja techniques, it is a good idea to complete the missions described below because, thanks to completing this stage, you will have access to additional equipment and additionally, you will receive an item that will increase your Ninja skill points by 5.
The tasks below are relatively easy, but in the course of the training, the game provides you with insufficient information on what to do.
After you have collected the items shown in the screenshot, you will have to use it in any way. You can do that from the level of your inventory, or map it to quick shortcuts and use it.
As a result, you will receive several skill points that you have to spend on the Ninja skills tree. For that, access the game menu and select the skills menu. Go to Ninja tab and select the only blue scroll there. After you have done that, you will be able to use several shuriken.
Approach the Shrine and select the only option there. After you have prepared your shuriken, access your inventory and map them onto quick shortcuts.
At this point, the dojo will be attacked by two warriors that you have to deal with using wooden sword and shuriken. Unlike the rest of the opponents that you have so far met, they will not be passive, so do not ignore them.
Eliminating them will be tantamount to completing your training. Use the portal to return to the mission management panel.
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The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute has set its Grand Re-opening for July 4, but since last week, director Michael Conforti and his team have been showing it off to the press, officials of other museums, donors and other powers-that-be. I was there last Friday afternoon, with much of the other press (but I did not stay for the evening festivities or for the Saturday events).
The project started with a master plan in 2001, and involved other openings and changes over the years — which I am not going to relate here. At the moment, the Clark is unveiling its new visitors center, special exhibition galleries, renovation of the original museum building and reinstallation of its permanent collection, a lot of landscaping and more. Tadao Ando was architect of the new building, which beautifully attaches to the original museum, where Annabelle Selldorf did the honors renovating the old museum. Some work, on the Manton Research Center, which used to hold the special exhibition galleries, remains to be completed. You can find out details on the architecture initiatives here.
Interestingly, most of the pictures I've seen are of this view, which is of the new Visitor Center across the new reflecting pool. The old museum is off to the right.
I'm going to give the Clark an A, but not an A-plus. Both Ando and Selldorf did marvelous jobs. The lower-level and ground floor galleries (now filled with "Cast for Eternity" (a show of Chinese bronzes) in the new building are wonderful, and flexible, and the public spaces — cafe, museum store, information areas are all beautiful, functional and mostly welcoming. One slight misfire: the "living room" area joining the old and the new has a cold feel to me — very gray in all aspects (see below) — but I am not sure how I'd warm it up.
Selldorf made the old building better, turning long corridors filled with art into a series of real, nicely-sized and proportioned galleries filled with art. More art is out, including some loans. Someone said the galleries look the same, only better, and that's about right. I love that the first gallery visitors is is filled with paintings by Winslow Homer — they stare right at West Point, Prout's Neck, which is hung in the center of the facing wall. In the last iteration, the first painting visitors saw in the permanent collection was John Singer Sargent's Fumée d'ambre gris (Smoke of Ambergris), which is now in the Academic Gallery (at right).
Plus, the groupings, juxtapositions, revealing viewpoints and dialogues among the paintings make for an excellent hanging (e.g., see the photo below, which I have over-exposed to show how the Renoir nude and the Bougereau nude can be seen and compared from across the gallery).
So what's wrong? While I was talking with Conforti — who is to be congratulated for his vision — he did say one thing that bothered me. That was, the Clark is now a community center, and if people want to come and use the grounds, eat at the cafe, play with the waterfall, shop in the store, etc., that was fine with him. Well, to me, that depends. People have always walked the grounds of the Clark, and that's fine with me too. But if they are coming to the "museum," they ought to see some art, no?
I proposed the addition of one outdoor sculpture, and Conforti conceded that they'd considered it — and may yet do it. So as not to distract from the emphasis on nature at the Clark, I suggested a Roxy Paine. Conforti was right to say that too many other museums have placed a Paine on their grounds. Rather, he considered a bronze tree by Giuseppi Penone, which would be fine by me. James Turrell is also going to visit, and may do a skyspace, and Janet Cardiff was there Friday to scout out a possible sound installation.
But there are plenty of other options. I just want visitors who don't go into the galleries to know that they are at a museum. Always, the art comes first, then the other things.
For those who want more information, here is the Clark Expansion Fact Sheet. And I've posted a few more of my photos from Friday below (from my iPhone, so not always the best quality).
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Cronk wrote:I had the same problem and got it to work finally by copying over a bunch of the custom files to the Core directory.
I spelled it out in the other stickied thread about troubleshooting in this forum. Let me know if you can't find it.
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I recently installed eclipse the manual way. Extracting the file, setting up eclipse.desktop etc. It all works flawlessly. I also know it is possible to install eclipsee using
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eclipse in the terminal, and the program will start.
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Legislative Update
December 2016:
The Levy Cliff: SPS and School Districts statewide are approaching a "levy cliff", an upcoming reduction in how much money school districts can collect through local property tax levies. You may have seen Superintendent Nyland's letter about it. In SPS the levy cliff is projected to mean a budget shortfall of $74 million dollars and has the potential to translate to 440 staff positions cut across our District and 98 schools. If the levy cliff happens, QAE would face a big reduction to next year's school budget.
What can we do?
1. Call our Legislators of the 36th District and Governor Inslee:
Did you know our Legislators do not get calls and emails in volume over the issue of fully funding public education in Washington State? We must send a respectful message that we care about the issue of fully funding public education and request a levy cliff extension for the 2017-2018 school year. Put it on your calendar to call once a week if possible. Speak from the heart. Pass this information along on FB, Twitter, and to other friends you know in the 36th District. 36th District Contact info:
- Governor Inslee: (360) 402-4111
- Senator Reuven Carlyle: (206) 216-3184
- Rep. Noel Frame: (360) 786-7814
- Rep. Gael Tarleton: (360) 786-7860
2. Attend SCPTSA Community Budget Gap Meeting:
Seattle Schools staff will explain the budget numbers. PTA members and the community will have a chance to collaborate on actions we can take together to motivate the Legislature to act.
Meeting Dates:
- Tuesday, December 13 @ Ballard High School 6:30-8 p.m.
- Thursday, December 15 @ South Shore PreK-8 School 6:30-8 p.m.
- Tuesday, January 3 @ Franklin High School 6:30-8 p.m.
3. Attend Focus Day in Olympia:
Washington's Paramount Duty, NAACP, and WEA are co-sponsoring a rally to demand that our state fully fund public education now!
Event Details:
Dr. Martin Luther King Day: Monday January 16, 2017 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Washington State Capital
416 Sid Snyder Ave SW, Olympia, Washington 98504
If you're interested in learning more about the levy cliff situation, check out these articles:
- The Seattle Times: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/seattle-schools-project-74-million-shortfall-next-year-biggest-since-1970s/
- The Olympian: http://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article70974347.html
- The News Tribune: http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article54019170.html
Dear QAE Families,
The 2014 Election is almost upon us. If you haven't voted yet, please do. There are two ballot issues related to education. Like the Seattle Council PTSA, the QAE PTSA has not taken a position on either ballot issue: while each has good ideas, each also has problems. But we do want to be sure you can cast an informed ballot on these important issues.
I-1351-smaller class sizes in K-12: NO POSITION TAKEN BY QAE PTSA. While we support smaller classes sizes, this initiative does not identify funding sources for meeting class size reductions. The McCleary decision already requires some smaller class sizes (particularly in K-3), and the legislature is presently in contempt as they still have not shown real and measurable progress toward meeting the constitutional mandate to amply fund K-12 education. Class size does matter, and the legislature isn't funding the existing mandates. Read more:
Backed by (full list of supporters):
- National and WA Education Association (the largest teacher's union)
- WA State Democrats
- State Superintendent of Instruction, Randy Dorn
- Seattle Education Association
- The Stranger
Support arguments:
- Providing students more attention from their teachers and less chaos in the classroom
- Class size reduction is one of only four, evidence-based reforms proven to increase student achievement.
- Washington State currently ranks 47th in class size in the United States.
- 2012 Washington State Democratic Platform calls for funding for 12 smaller class sizes.
- Initiative 1351 would also provide for additional school counselors, 18 librarians, nurses, teaching assistants and other student support staff.
Opposed by:
- League of Education Voters
- Smarter Government Washington
- High Ranking Democrats (36th District, Senator Jeanne Kohl-Wells (D-Seattle); Representative Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle); State senator Jamie Pedersen (D-43, Capitol Hill)
- The Seattle Times
Opposition arguments:
- Lack of evidence that 1351 would do any good and many other state programs would need to be cut to support.
- Would require more classrooms and staffing, but does not provide a source of funding.
- Office of Financial Management estimates that 1351 could cost the state another $4.7 billion through 2019.
- Washington Research Council estimates that local school districts might have to spend as much as $960 million in costs not paid by the state.
- The state may have to already spend as much as $5.7 B on education through 2019 to comply with the court's McCleary decision (McCleary: 2012 Supreme court ruled WA was not meeting its constitutional obligation to fully fund basic education).
- The state already is on track to reduce class sizes in kindergarten through third grade (part of McCleary) — levels where volumes of research support class sizes make a difference.
- WEA union: For each new teacher hired I-1351's prime sponsor (WEA) would receive about $1,000 a year in mandatory dues transferred from school district payroll accounts (in Washington, teachers must pay the union or be fired).
Proposition 1A/1B-childcare and preschool: NO POSITION TAKEN BY QAE PTSA. We believe in advocating for early childhood education and childcare. However, this ballot measure is challenged by requiring voters to choose between two policies with different approaches and not quite similar objectives. 1A focuses on childcare and providers for all children from birth to 5 in Seattle, and 1B focuses on a small number of the city's 3 and 4 year olds.
Voters are asked to make two votes. First, "Should either of these measures be enacted into law?" Second, regardless of how you voted on the first question, "if one of these measures is enacted, which one should it be?" It's confusing, and as the League of Women Voters has said, based on the way the vote is set up it's unclear what the results will mean.
We had an interesting debate last night on the various options for Propositions 1A & 1B. We were joined by Joanna Cullen, League of Women Voters – Seattle/King County (in favor of voting No and forcing a unified plan), Emerald Walker, Yes for Early Success (in favor of adopting 1A), and Michael DeBell, Seattle School Board, retired (in favor of adopting 1B). If you missed it, the Seattle channel Seattle Speaks: Preschool Politics video provides a comprehensive debate between the two. Read more here:
Why might I want to vote YES on the first question?
If you believe that the plans identified in 1A or 1B definitely should be passed, you might vote YES on the first question. If you believe that it would be better to have either of the plans identified in 1A or 1B rather than working out a compromise or finding another alternative, you might vote YES on the first question.
Why might I want to vote NO on the first question?
From the League of Women Voters – Seattle & King County: "Neither measure meet s the standards set in the LWV-SKC's position on early childhood programs, specifically : (1) that there be adequate, stable, and dependable funding; (2) include educating the public on the social and economic benefits of early learning; (3) promote family involvement; and (4) have community and corporate support. The League recommends that the voters reject both proposals and encourage the proponents to start over and work together."
Read more on Reasons to Vote "NO" on the First Question.
The two proposals are partially defined, and supporters of each disagree on what each plan would cost and how the total cost would be funded. They also disagree on what would be mandated by the plan versus what would be "aspirational." So it is difficult to definitively identify the differences between the two plans, but here is a high-level summary:
Read more about the two plans and why we're being asked to vote in this complicated way.
Read more from supporters of Proposition 1A.
Read more from supporters of Proposition 1B.
Read more from supporters of Proposition 1A.
Read more from supporters of Proposition 1B.
Advocacy Issues (State and Local)
Aside from the ballot measures, there are many places where the Washington State PTSA wants to place emphasis for advocacy with the legislature, and multiple places where we want to place emphasis for advocacy with the Seattle School Board. While we support the state-level issues, we want to be sure to focus on the issues at the local level as well.
State Issues
WSPTA's priorities for the 2015 and 2016 legislative sessions:
Also supported (listed alphabetically)
Aside from the ballot measures, there are many places where the Washington State PTSA wants to place emphasis for advocacy with the legislature, and multiple places where we want to place emphasis for advocacy with the Seattle School Board. While we support the state-level issues, we want to be sure to focus on the issues at the local level as well.
State Issues
WSPTA's priorities for the 2015 and 2016 legislative sessions:
- Funding McCleary Decision
- Create Positive School Climates Through Social Emotional Learning
- Increasing Capital Funding
- Increased Access to Higher Education
- Breakfast After the Bell
Also supported (listed alphabetically)
- Access, Equity & Opportunity for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs
- Closing Opportunity Gaps
- Equal Access for ELL Students
- Family and Community Engagement
- Inclusive Special Education
Thank you for your time and support of Queen Anne Elementary.
Kind regards,
Heath Dixon & Susan Lusty
QAE Co-President / QAE PTSA Legislative Co-Chair
Kind regards,
Heath Dixon & Susan Lusty
QAE Co-President / QAE PTSA Legislative Co-Chair


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Ticket #7844 (closed defect: worksforme)
/etc/default/virtualbox usage gives "Wrong owner of /tmp/.vbox-*-ipc"
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|VirtualBox 3.2.12
|/etc/default/virtualbox, rc.vboxdrv, shutdown
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Description (last modified by frank) (diff)
Hello :)
After creating /etc/default/virtualbox to shut down any VMs still running during host shutdown, these error messages appear during shutdown if a VM has been started and shutdown before shutting down the host:
Sending ACPI power button event to remaining VMsWrong owner (1000) of '/tmp/.vbox-c-ipc'. Wrong owner (1000) of '/tmp/.vbox-c-ipc'. ERROR: failed to create the VirtualBox object! ERROR: code NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED (0x80040154) - Class not registered (extended info not available) Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or failed to start. Wrong owner (1000) of '/tmp/.vbox-c-ipc'. [Repeated from "Wrong owner ..." ~40 times] ...done. Waiting for 30 seconds for VM shutdown ...done
This use of /etc/default/virtualbox is not documented in the 3.2.12 User Manual which only mentions using the file during automated installations. The source of information was the comment before the shudown_vms function in /etc/rc.d/rc.virtualbox shown below. The full function is shown because of its possibly relevant comment, # don't create the ipcd directory with wrong permissions!
# enter the following variables in /etc/default/virtualbox: # SHUTDOWN_USERS="foo bar" # check for running VMs of user foo and user bar # SHUTDOWN=poweroff # SHUTDOWN=acpibutton # SHUTDOWN=savestate # select one of these shutdown methods for running VMs stop_vms() { wait=0 for i in $SHUTDOWN_USERS; do # don't create the ipcd directory with wrong permissions! if [ -d /tmp/.vbox-$i-ipc ]; then export VBOX_IPC_SOCKETID="$i" VMS=`$VBOXMANAGE --nologo list runningvms | sed -e 's/^".*".*{\(.*\)}/\1/' 2>/dev/null` if [ -n "$VMS" ]; then if [ "$SHUTDOWN" = "poweroff" ]; then begin_msg "Powering off remaining VMs" for v in $VMS; do $VBOXMANAGE --nologo controlvm $v poweroff done succ_msg elif [ "$SHUTDOWN" = "acpibutton" ]; then begin_msg "Sending ACPI power button event to remaining VMs" for v in $VMS; do $VBOXMANAGE --nologo controlvm $v acpipowerbutton wait=30 done succ_msg elif [ "$SHUTDOWN" = "savestate" ]; then begin_msg "Saving state of remaining VMs" for v in $VMS; do $VBOXMANAGE --nologo controlvm $v savestate done succ_msg fi fi fi done # wait for some seconds when doing ACPI shutdown if [ "$wait" -ne 0 ]; then begin_msg "Waiting for $wait seconds for VM shutdown" sleep $wait succ_msg fi
My /etc/default/virtualbox looks like this
# /etc/default/virtualbox # Configuration file for /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv # 5dec10 Charles # * Created, based on comment in /etc/default/virtualbox: # Check for running VMs of user c SHUTDOWN_USERS="c" # Shutdown method to use on any running VMs SHUTDOWN=acpibutton
Searching for "wrong owner of" finds only 6 pages, none of which are about VirtualBox.
Versions: the host is Slackware64 13.1 running VirtualBox PUEL 3.2.12 (first encountered running 3.2.8), used by user c. The guest is Windows XP.
This problem was reported at here which did not get any replies. The same problem is discussed (Debian? Ubuntu?) here.
Change History
comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by catkin
This was posted around 3 months ago; should I have expected any response yet?
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Sorry, there is no guaranteed response time for non-paying customers. Note that there are a lot of other tickets open.
Re your problem: I cannot reproduce it. I've just tried it out, works fine here. The comment about wrong permissions for /tmp/.vbox-ipc-xyz is there because if that directory still does not exist, the script must not call VBoxManage, otherwise it would create this directory with the wrong permissions and the user would not be able to start his VM next time. The script also presumes that it is executed by root (which is normally the case because this script is executed during shutdown).


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DJI Inspire 3.0, what do we need?
Dream list of the main changes to dream of on the new version of the DJI Inspire.
Software Application DJI GO
I would love to get a landscape photo preset; Something like 6 or 9 HDR photo of a dedicated area and surrounding. I can for example, put my main subject in the center of the screen, press the landscape preset and the head is automatically moving up and down, right and left to be able to get a patchwork of the surrounding in hdr mode. As this, it will be a amazing tools to create high resolution picture of a large building or area in just one click. Later, it will be very easy to assemble them in Photoshop.


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As I sit writing this post - the wind and rain is battering off the window behind me. I am back to work tonight but when I finish in the morning I am on 1 week's annual leave. I should have planned that a bit better and arranged for tonight off. A late request for a day's leave was knocked back - it seems my managers check the weather too and cited the predicted bad weather would mean a repeat performance of Christmas Eve when we finished almost 3 hours later than usual! Therefore, request denied!!
|Shed has been moved
However, my mind keeps going back over my wish for a tree - a real proper tree - one with a trunk. Now I can get under those telephone lines - I need to measure and do some proper research. Many of you made some great suggestions at the time of posting and I will look into those too.
I've a bit of clearing up to do - there is gravel that need lifting, I'll bag that off until I find something to do with it and there are a few 3x2 concrete slabs that need lifting. The builder that did my kitchen extension will take them off my hands but he is currently vacationing in sunnier climes. He will collect them when he returns. I've not been idle though, the trellis that presently tops the fence down the entire length of the garden (you can just make out on the left of picture) has now been raised - I managed to do this on the days the winds were not so high. Of course, mother (who stays with me) has managed to comment on more than one occasion that she suggested using the full height when I put them in. Yes, yes, mother always know best! I have had to admit that she is right way too many times! 2 new panels await better weather in the shed, those need painting first, I stupidly forgot to buy the paint when I was at the DIY store. I'll make the trip there over the weekend. I can paint them under cover in the shed and finish the fence when the opportunity presents itself.
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One issue I am currently experiencing in my garden is the issue of privacy. Until recently this has never been a problem. We have new neighbours in the property on the other side of the back fence. The shed being moved onto the deck has helped a bit but has not blocked out their view from any of their windows. Their property is situated slightly higher than ours and they have the perfect view right through my French doors into the kitchen/dining room. It matters not what time of day we are in the kitchen - they always seem to be there looking in! I've already commented today on Kris's blog, it's probably all in my head but I just can't shift it. I'm finding it a very uncomfortable feeling and I don't like feeling like this in my own home. Perhaps they feel the same way as I do - I don't know. Thus far, my attempts at being welcoming, albeit through a fence, has not gone down well.
I intend not to let it eat at me - I've got plans. I've marked on the picture below of the garden on how I think I can address the situation. I will let the Holly Hedge grow taller, it does not help that I removed the middle section that was dead and replanted a while back. The replacement plants will take a while to grow. I plan to choose a tall growing evergreen to grow directly in front of the deck. A conifer of sorts would be the most likely candidate but the trouble with those is that those that are fast growing are too fast growing and buying a mature slow growing type will cost me more than I'd care to part with. So I need to find a happy medium - suggestions welcome. I will also divide the garden with 6ft trellis panels running across the entire width of the garden with the rose arch creating a way 'through'. As I have now sacrificed our outdoor entertaining area - I intend to put in a small patio on the gravelled area. I can see it all in my head and have a rough sketch drawn out on a scrap piece of paper but I want to see the arch in first before it's written in stone.
So as you can see I really am chomping at the bit - I just need a couple of wind free days to get things started, then there really will be no holding me back. Providing the snow stays away that is!
Are you ending/beginning the year with garden overhaul plans? I'd love to hear what they are.


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Fred Grimm
Fred Grimm: It's sink or swim time for hall of fame
Only me. Only visitor in sight. Couldn't even find someone to take my $8 admission fee before setting off among the yellowing wax effigies of Johnny Weissmuller, Duke Kahanamoku, Mark Spitz, past the black swim trunks of Greg Louganis, onto an exhibit of exceedingly modest swim wear once forced on American women. The 1915 Sports Illustrated swim suit issue would not have been so very titillating.
The display of antique swim wear, women in long black woolies, only added to a sense that the International Swimming Hall of Fame was mired in 1965 museum sensibilities, a place OK for Tarzan-to-be Olympians like Johnny and Buster Crabbe, but Michael Phelps seemed utterly out of place. Nor did diver James Foley's century-old swim trunks cheer up the place. He wore them on his last fatal 100-foot plunge into a five-foot-deep vat of water.
The museum, stuck like an afterthought in the back of its namesake pool complex on Fort Lauderdale Beach, only draws 12,000 visitors a year. Standing there alone amid the clutter of exhibits on Friday afternoon, I wondered if ISHOF had had to pad attendance stats just to reach 12,000.
It's a forlorn space. And likely it's leaving Fort Lauderdale.
Blame it on timing. Blame it on the Miami Marlins stadium fiasco. The International Swimming Hall of Fame has become another casualty of Jeffrey Loria Syndrome. Thanks to the Marlins' machinations, as the Miami Dolphins' Stephen Ross can attest, 2013 has not been a good year for sports enterprises to ask for a boost from local government.
Not that the International Swimming Hall of Fame's putting the squeeze on Fort Lauderdale for great gobs of money. The museum just wants something grander than the piddling 10,000 square feet of space offered in the on-the-cheap renovation job planned for the city's aging aquatic swim complex.
A $70 million project, with a hotel and restaurant and a wave pool, has been pared to an unremarkable $32.4 million re-do with a Ron Jon Surf Shop across the street in Alexander Park, in case tourists run low on tank tops, flip flops and Mr. Zogs Sex Wax.
Meanwhile, Santa Clara, Calif. has been wooing the hall of fame with the promise of $10 million upfront and a $2 million endowment. Santa Clara, obviously immune to Loria Syndrome, wants to put the museum next to the 49ers' new $916 million stadium (47 percent of that paid with public money).
The International Swimming Hall of Fame, stuck behind a 1965 swimming complex, has been threatening to strike out for new digs for years. There were threats of absconding to Hollywood, Deerfield Beach, Daytona Beach and as the sweetener in a very dubious condo deal a developer tried to pull off in Pompano Beach. But this time, the suitors include former FaceBook CFO Gideon Yu, who also happens to be president of the 49ers. And Fort Lauderdale seems resigned to losing one of its few iconic institutions.
The once grand pool complex had been an obvious choice for the hall of fame back in the day, given that so many Olympians trained and competed in those blue waters. But all those medals and historic swim gear and posters and videos and mannequins seem destined for California.
It didn't have to be. In 2001, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission, by a 3-2 vote, turned down an offer from a developer to build a $44 million HOK retro-design International Swimming Hall of Fame with swimming and diving and training pools, a modern interactive electronic museum, a library and hall of fame headquarters, with a 742-space municipal parking garage. The five-story Mediterranean-Italian design was meant to recall the famed saltwater casino pool built on the Fort Lauderdale beachfront in 1928. It promised to fill 100,000 hotel rooms a year.
The project, to be built on city-owned land at the Intracoastal Waterway and the Las Olas Boulevard Bridge, would have cost taxpayers nothing in construction costs after a land-swap with a condo developer. But the three dissenting commissioners held out for another plan that promised to fill that same parking lot with condo towers and a supermarket.
That bridge-side lot, by the way, has remained empty. The commissioners traded a new world-class aquatic complex and hall of fame for a supermarket that never happened. And now we'll have a cheapo replacement with an empty museum hall.
Perhaps, in tune with the new Ron Jon, the city should reach back into the city's most notable contribution to American culture and convert that abandoned space to a Spring Break Hall of Fame. After all, legendary intercollegiate competitions were held at the Button and the Candy Store. World records were undoubted set along the rowdy Lauderdale strip in beer chugging and teeny bikini and wet T-shirt contests.
Nostalgic parents could bring their children to the International Spring Break Hall of Fame and show them photos and news clipping and videos and police arrest records from the Easter weekend when Momma bared it all and daddy chugged a beer in four seconds, all for their respective alma maters.
Fill the room with authentic, 1978 kegs and beer huggies. Build a replica of the old wooden bar at the Button.
Feature a dank Lauderdale beach hotel room with eight kids sharing two double beds.
I can tell you this, the wax figures adorned with an historic 1980 bikini exhibition will be a hell of the lot more alluring than that sad mannequins of Johnny Weissmuller.
I can guarantee, the ISBHOF will bust the ISHOF's 12,000 annual attendance record, no sweat, and no need to pad the stats.


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Thoughts about teaching and learning from an online instructor at the University of Oklahoma. :-)
July 02, 2007
Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura
I'm carrying on, as in the previous few days, with Latin words formed with the -ura suffix. So far we have had pictura, "painting" from the verb pingere (participle pictus), mixtura, "mixture" from the verb miscere (participle mixtus) and iactura, "throwing away, loss" from the verb iacere (participle iactus).
Today's saying features sepultura, "burial" from the verb sepelire (participle sepultus).
The saying comes from the philosopher and writer, Seneca, in one of his letters to Lucilius. You can also find it occasionally cited in this form: vita sine litteris mors est, "Life without literature is death," with the word vita, "life," in place of otium, "leisure." This version, with vita, turns up as the motto of the Derby School. It is also part of the school seal of Adelphi University.
Although the version with vita has a nice ring to it, Seneca's own statement about otium is much more relevant to the cultural context of this dilemma. For the Romans, there was something awkward and even shameful about otium. The goal was always negotium, literally nec-otium, "not-leisure," keeping busy and doing business.
Seneca, however, was a writer in the Silver Age of Latin literature living under the capricious emperor Nero. By this time the claims of public life had changed from the days of the old Roman Republic. So, in Seneca's way of thinking, after a man had earned enough money to retire and secured his public reputation, it was appropriate to retire into private life and enjoy his otium - but it was not appropriate to fritter the time away with foolishness.
What then was a man to do with his leisure time in order to redeem it? For Seneca, the answer was study and writing, litterae. I agree: I am always delighted when summertime arrives, when I can read lots of books and try to write one myself!
So, hoping you are enjoying some literary leisure time this summer, here is today's proverb read out loud:
360. Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura.
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3 comments:
- Cialis Online said...
It is an amazing band, Sepultura of course, specially the Max Cavalera days.
- David Langford said...
Could someone explain the grammar of the second bit of the quote to me? I don't understand the case of "hominis"; why is it in the genitive - surely it should be dative?
- Laura Gibbs said...
Both genitive and dative are used for possession, reference, verbal complements, etc. It's very idiomatic, both in English (for, of, etc.) and in Latin. In English you could just as well translate it as "it is the burial of a man while he is still alive," giving more force to the surprising vivi: the death of a person who is alive, the burial of a living person. But don't worry about the English translation. If you can see how the genitive works here, then you are good: sepultura est. cuius sepultura? sepultura hominis vivi!


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No Stadium in Chinatown, 2000
In the spring of 2000, a shock hit residents of Philadelphia's Chinatown when the city announced Chinatown as the intended site for a new $600+ million baseball stadium. The project was announced without any communication to the Chinatown community (nor would any communication be granted during the course of the struggle). In sharp contrast, the city held meetings with two other neighborhoods that had earlier been considered as possible stadium sites.
In response, the Chinatown community came together to fight the project – a fight the likes of which hadn't been seen since the mid-'70s. After three decades of city construction that threatened to suffocate Chinatown residents were unanimous in their beliefs that the stadium deal must not go through. Youth and elders, progressives and conservatives, immigrant and U.S.-born organized and fought using tactics ranging all the way up to a Chinatown-wide general strike. AAU joined this broad array of forces in the struggle.
During the next seven months, the Chinatown stadium struggle became a national issue for Asian American communities struggling to save their ethnic enclaves. Community protests of the exorbitant price tag weighed against other city responsibilities drew national attention to Philadelphia's skewed priorities. After months of marches and protests, media campaigns and organizing, the City announced the whole stadium mess would move to South Philly.
Youth organizers continued to organize against the stadium deal, testifying at the City Council meetings to oppose public financing. In doing so, the youth broadened the fight beyond Chinatown, to fundamentally ask how we as a city are to set our priorities.
While the stadium no longer looms over Chinatown, much work lies ahead to preserve this 130-year-old community.


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Auto-Lid Sanitary Disposal
We are all aware that infections are spread from person to person simply by touching. Once germs are on your hands they can get inside your body through a wound, your eyes, nose or mouth. Most common infections are spread through touching. That is why Sanokil are proud to introduce the first product in our Prestige range – the Auto-Lid Sanitary Disposal unit.
The Auto-lid bin is a slim line attractive sanitary unit that fits neatly alongside the toilet without causing any inconvenience.
It is a battery operated system that allows the user to avoid all physical contact which in turn reduces cross infection as the unit opens just by passing your hand over the sensor.
The Auto-Lid Sanitary Disposal units contain extra strong fresh granules, so when sanitary napkins and tampons are disposed of they are enveloped in a powerful sterilising vapour that destroys infectious germs and eliminates unpleasant odours.
They contain a modesty tray so waste is not visible.
Sanokil's professional staff collect our auto-lid sanitary bin at regular intervals to suit your needs, replacing them with freshly sanitised sanitary bins.


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Monthly Archives: August 2016
What's In A Lead-time?
The latest blog by Double Glazing Blogger entitled 'How's Your Leadtime Looking?' has inspired me to look at the implications on the product supply chain in further detail. While PVCu window manufacturing is generally highly automated in this industry, conversely at Universal Arches each of our complex shapes is manufactured by hand, much like the skills employed in the timber joinery sector. Given the fact that we supply the vast majority of both fabricators and installers with products, with literally …Read More


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Sometimes I see in magazines I scan interesting pictures or articles not linked with Lantelme destiny or people she knew. I think I'll also show these pictures in my blog because I don't want to create additional blogs for them 🙂
Here are few scans from a French family magazine called "La Vie Heureuse" (A Happy Life).
5 dresses by Paul Poiret. Scans from "La Vie Heureuse", March 1911.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, his wife and children in Belvedere palace, Vienna. Scans from "La Vie Heureuse", September 1910.


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NEW YORK — It's a controversial ruling in Montreal that has some dog owners outraged.
A law was passed this week that will ban residents from adopting pit bulls, also adding restrictions to those who already own them.
Despite the outcry, it just wasn't enough to convince the city who overwhelmingly voted to pass the new law.
The deadly mauling of a woman earlier this year ignited the call for regulation.
Restrictions for those who already own a pit include keeping the dogs muzzled and on a short leash in public and a criminal background check for owners.
Punishment for breaking the rules could lead to an order to euthanize the dog.
"It's opening up a door to a very uncomfortable place," Robert Haussman, a certified professional dog trainer based in Brooklyn, told PIX11 News.
According to Haussman, the Montreal ban will do more damage than good.
"You're diverting resources from the real problem," he explained. "If you have the opportunity to take those resources to educate the public on how to properly bring up a dog, how to properly raise a puppy [instead], that would be much more progressive."
Haussman, whose majority of clients have pit bulls, said the breed doesn't determine the dog's bad temperament.
It's more about if the dog has a bad owner.
"If you have an under-socialized golden retriever, lab, Chihuahua, whatever — it's going to be a pain in the neck."
Breed-specific legislation similar to the one that passed in Montreal is common across the U.S.
While no statewide ban on pit bulls exists in New York, the New York City Housing Authority does ban pits as well as Dobermans and Rottweilers in any housing under its control.
Several efforts are now underway to save those pit bulls from being euthanized in Montreal shelters including an online petition.
Local rescues here in the tri-state are also doing their part before October 3 — when the ban goes into place.
Find out how you can help.