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Auto Pedestrian Crash
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January 31, 2018
On January 11th, 2018 at around 9:30 A.M., Aurora Police became aware of a Auto vs. Pedestrian crash, which occurred at the intersection of S. Buckley Rd. and E. Quincy Ave.
The preliminary investigation reveals that an adult male was driving a pickup truck and was turning from eastbound Quincy Ave., to southbound Buckley Rd. The truck struck a 16-year-old female who was crossing Buckley Rd. and she became trapped under the vehicle.
Some distance later, the truck stopped and all indications are that the driver was unaware of what had occurred. At this time, the juvenile female was alert and talking to first responders. She was immediately transported to a local hospital to be treated for her injuries.
Tragically, the juvenile female died on January 15, 2018.
The Arapahoe County Coroners Office completed a medical examination of the young lady and results are expected in 4-6 weeks.
No drugs or alcohol on the part of the driver of the truck are suspected. Speed does not appear to be a factor.
The driver of the truck has a valid license, current automobile insurance coverage, and is fully cooperating with the investigation.
The investigation is still open and ongoing, and therefore no further details will be released at this time.
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Fatal Accident - Bicyclist
On January 11th, 2018 at 3:28 am, Aurora Officers arrived at E. Hampden Ave and S. Kalispell St on the report of an accident involving an automobile and a pedestrian. It was determined to be a bicyclist that was struck. The bicyclist was declared deceased on scene. The driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
The identity of the bicyclist is not being released at this time, pending notification of next of kin. This accident is still under investigation.
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Aurora Traffic Section
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Fatal Pedestrian Accident
On January 5th, 2018 at 8:49 pm, Aurora Officers arrived at the 16300 block of E. Arapahoe Road on the report of an accident involving an automobile and a pedestrian. The pedestrian was declared deceased on scene. It appears the pedestrian was attempting to cross the roadway northbound when the accident occurred. The driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
The identity of the pedestrian is not being released at this time, pending identification and notification of next of kin.
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What is the Project Esperanza Boys' Home, School, & Program?
This is a program for Haitian refugee boys who have left their country in order to search for life in the Dominican Republic, their neighboring country. Before entering the home, some live as servants in homes of other Haitian immigrants while others live on their own with friends and sometimes family members. This population is extremely vulnerable as they walk the streets facing a different language, different culture, and discrimination, while trying to earn a living shining shoes or street vending. Therefore, we have created a program that attempts to help these boys find what they came searching for: life.
History of the Boys' Home, School, & Program
Relevant articles & blog posts: Featuring: Willy Denis, Ti Ronal's Journey to the Dominican Republic parts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, Ho Ho What? Santa Claus in Haiti & the DR, and Morality of Profit: Diamonds in the Rough.

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Bob Wyman <email@example.com> wrote: > > re: Dave Kristol's Session-ID proposal > > WHEN DOES A SESSION END? > > Your draft says that one of the "key points in the session paradigm" is that > "The session has a beginning and an end." However, in your draft, it isn't > apparent in all cases that both parties (or all parties if a proxies are > involved) can determine when a session ends. Agreed. In fact, either the client or the server can end a session. The client does so by failing to return a Session-ID. Because the session information is opaque, the client can't really determine when the server ends (or changes) a session, except perhaps if the server returns an empty Session-ID or none. In fact, the client is a relatively passive collaborator in this mechanism. > > You insist that "when the client terminates execution, it discards all > Session-ID information." This, I assume, "ends" the session from the point > of view of the client. However, the server will never discover that this has > happened. I'm also assuming that it's not important that the server know this. (See below.) > > Although you don't specify it clearly, the requirement that a client "must > return [the Session-ID] to the server for the next transaction by any method > ..." might be read to imply that the client can end a session by making > another request without sending the Session-ID of the last response (if non- > conformance is an implicit "end".). This would require the server to It isn't non-conformance, really. It grants control to the client to choose how willing it is to identify itself with a session. There has been much discussion about the tradeoff of privacy through "clicktrail" following vs. the usefulness of having stateful sessions. So, yes, a client can end a session as you say. > maintain a list of Session-ID's and the client hosts to which they were > assigned and then doing a lookup in this list on *every* request to > determine if the most recent request should have used a Session-ID. But, > that won't work for clients that are hidden behind proxies or that come from > multi-tasking machines since many clients may appear to be using the same > host name. I disagree. The point of the proposal is that all interesting state should be embedded in the opaque session information. The whole point of the proposal, in fact, is to avoid the server's having to keep any kind of database to keep track of sessions. The state bounces back and forth in Session-ID headers. Firewalls and proxies pose no particular problem, because if your request initiates a new session, your client gets a new set of state information that is unique to the request. The server augments it (perhaps) as it services your request, then returns a revised Session-ID header, which your client saves and returns the next time you make a request to the same server. > > On the server side, you say that the server may send "...a different, or no > Session-ID response header" in response to a request which includes a > Session-ID. Although your draft doesn't explicitly say this, I assume you > intend that when the client receives a Session-ID response which is > different from that transmitted in the corresponding request, that the > client should assume that the old session has ended and a new session may be > starting. However, it is a method whose utility is limited to only those > times when the session's end coincides with an opportunity to send a > response. Another point of my proposal is that the client does not have to be very smart. In particular, its notion of session is limited to the requirement that it return any Session-ID it gets to the server from which it got it. So the client doesn't know or care whether a session has ended and a new one has started. Such information would be embodied in the content that the server returns to the client. > > The fear, of course, is that since there are a number of scenarios in which > the server can't discover that a session has ended, that the server will be > forced to build an ever-growing list of active sessions. This is not good. > One solution to this problem would be to provide for a session expiration > date (either absolute or relative to last response) which would give the > server a mechanism for purging it's Session-ID tables. (Note: Netscape's > "cookie" proposal does something similar although expiring a "cookie" is > somewhat different than expiring a Session-ID since one would assume that a > Session-ID has some level of uniqueness -- not addressed in your draft ---, > while there is no such requirement for a cookie.) Not necessary. As I said, the state is in the opaque session information and passes back and forth between client and server. If a given server wants to put an expiration in that information and act on such an expiration, it is free to do so. Or not. > > WHAT IS A CLIENT? > > As far as I know, there is no formal reference model for the Web, thus, it > is necessary from time to time to ask what people mean when talking about > specific architectural elements. Seeing your requirement that client > "discards all Session-ID information" when it terminates, and that the > "client" must send the Session-ID on the next request I'm worried about > imprecision in defining the client. For instance, if I have a Web browser > that allows me to have two open windows (i.e. Netscape), if I get a Session- > ID as the result of activity in window "A", am I required to send that > Session-ID with requests generated in window "B"? If I close window "A", do > I keep the Session-ID or delete it? Excellent question. I hadn't considered that case. If the two windows can act wholly independently, I would consider them to behave like two separate client programs and act accordingly with respect to Session-ID. > > WHAT IS A SERVER? > > Many of the demands for Session-ids or session-state have been intended to > allow CGI scripts to distinguish between clients and to maintain client- > specific state on the server side. This leads to the question (another > reference model problem): What is the server? Is the session with the HTTP > server or is it with the CGI script? Your draft indicates that you think the > server is identified by "server name (IP address) and port combination." It > seems to me that this means we're going to have to implement some > potentially complex method for letting CGI scripts know the session ids for > the clients they speak to. Choices seem to be: 1) a configuration parameter > that tells the server to always generate Session-ID's when a particular CGI > script is run. The Session-ID would then be given to the CGI in an > environment variable or some simlilar process. 2) An API by which the CGI > can ask the server to provide a Session-ID and tell the CGI script what it > is. Additionally, given that you suggest that Session-ID's can be changed or > eliminated by the server, we'll need a mechanism for CGI scripts and servers > to negotiate and/or inform each other of these changes. Given my earlier remarks about how state resides in the opaque information, it should be clear that the current CGI mechanism is adequate. A CGI can examine the incoming Session-ID, if any, and can generate a new one or repeat an old one. Clearly the content of the opaque information is application-dependent. I won't dispute that things could get messy. I'm trying to propose enabling technology, not solve all the problems. One possible implementation is for the opaque information to refer to a file or database on the server side. The server should be able to collect old (datebase) information and identify stale (opaque) information. > > Whatever the method of telling the CGI what the Session-ID is, unless the > specification states that Session-ID's have some sort of uniqueness to them, > they won't be useful for many of the purposes that CGI scripts would want to > use them. > > My personal preference would be for the CGI to be able to generate its own > Session-ID which addresses whatever it thinks its operational requirements > are. Thus, I would argue that the CGI script is the "server", not the HTTP > daemon. I'm not sure how to respond to these two paragraphs. I'll hope my earlier remarks have done so. From a user's perspective, an HTTP daemon program and a CGI script that it starts are indistinguishable. > > ARE WE DEFINING PROTOCOL OR USER INTERFACE? > > Your requirement that the client discard information when it "terminates > execution" might be a good recommendation, however, it is inappropriate as a > *requirement* of the HTTP Protocol. The protocol should place no constraints > on program execution models -- only on what data flows over the wire. I think there are other, similar, examples (If-Modified-Since) where the protocol specification has to spill over into execution models to be useful. And again, the discarding of Session-IDs is partly a privacy matter, as well as a protocol matter. > > PROBLEMS WITH CACHING > > You state that when a caching proxy gets a Session-ID response header, "it > must not cache that header as part of its cache state." However, you don't > prohibit the caching proxy from caching the body of the response. Thus, it > would appear that a second client could make a request and have that request > satisfied from cache without ever discovering that Session-ID's were > available for the document. This would be a particular problem when a > response came back with both a Session-ID and an Expires: header since the > cache might decide not to do a HEAD, GET, or conditional GET until after or > close to the Expire time. It would seem that the cache should remember that > the Session-ID response header was there (whether or not it caches the > actual Session-ID) and then always do a conditional GET for the document > even if the Expires: time hasn't passed. (NOTE: Of course, you could insist > that the semantics of Expires be changed if found coincident with a Session- > ID in a response. -- the question is whether the "Expires" header is > globally meaningful or meaningful only within the context of the session) Other proposals similar to this one have run into caching problems because the state is somehow embedded in the document or URL. I wanted to avoid that. I'm assuming that the resource content is the same, independent of Session-ID (subject to the same constraints that would apply if there were no Session-ID). Hence the Session-ID gets passed through the proxy in both directions, but the resource content itself can be cached. Given this treatment of Session-ID, it's expected and desirable for a caching proxy to serve out the same content when possible. > > WHAT PROBLEMS ARE BEING SOLVED HERE? > > The draft doesn't really give any information about the specific uses that > are expected for the protocol features defined. This makes it hard to > evaluate. For instance, I can see that what you have defined would be useful > in tracking "clickstreams." However, the problems mentioned above and others > not mentioned make it hard to see how this proposal will help with "shopping > carts" and a variety of other applications identified in the recent www-talk > discussions on this subject. Actually, I had "clickstreams" in mind less than "shopping carts" and library system navigation. Thanks for your extensive comments. I'll try to tweak the proposal to improve it. Dave KristolReceived on Tuesday, 8 August 1995 11:42:48 UTC
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Current and former members of a deeply conservative polygamous sect in Texas whose children have been seized by the state donated their DNA for a genetic database.
ELDORADO, Tex. — Current and former members of a deeply conservative polygamous sect whose children have been seized by the state came to a county office building here on Tuesday to donate their DNA for a genetic database that state officials said could be a step toward the reunification of parents and children.
The collections began even as the first children were sent off under a judge's order into foster care pending an investigation of under-age marriages by the sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or F.L.D.S.
The parents came in ones and twos and groups on a blisteringly hot day, some resigned to the task, others simmering with resentment. Jarring juxtapositions — old ways and new, science and faith, cynicism and hopefulness — were everywhere. Just after lunch, a group of women in pastel prairie dresses climbed down from a late-model S.U.V. with dark-tinted windows like those used by movie stars. But for the West Texas dust, they looked straight from Hollywood central casting.
David Williams, 32, clutching a Book of Mormon and a binder with pictures of his three sons, said he drove 1,200 miles from Nevada "to give all that I have to aid in the return of the children to their parents."
Mr. Williams said that he had left the sect three years ago, but that his three sons had continued to live here at the group's compound, the Yearning for Zion ranch, with their mother. The F.L.D.S. broke off from the mainstream Mormon Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more than a century ago after the Mormons abandoned their traditions of polygamy.
Another DNA donor, who gave only his first name, Rulon, called the raid, and the DNA testing, "an embarrassment for the state."
"We have nothing to hide," he said as he walked back to his car after perhaps an hour in the building where laboratory workers gave him a swab to brush the inside of a cheek to harvest cells for testing.
The gathering drew spectators like Rita McWhorter, an older Eldorado resident who sat on the steps of a Presbyterian church across the street. Ms. McWhorter expressed ambivalence about both the group and the raid.
A mother herself, she said she more than understood the anguish of separation. "We used to have a duck one time," Ms. McWhorter told a reporter. "And a snake was trying to get at her eggs, and she fought it to the death. That's the way I am with my children."
But speaking of the men in the sect, and the reports of marriages between older men and under-age girls that the state said had led to the raid, she had nothing but contempt.
"Perverts," she spat.
In San Angelo, about 45 miles north, laboratory workers continued collecting DNA samples from the 437 children taken in the raid this month. The children are being held in San Angelo pending placement in foster care. A statement from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services said "a more accurate census" had increased the number of children by 21, from the 416 that had been reported by the state for the last few weeks.
A department spokesman, Chris Van Deusen, said the better count emerged "once everybody was in one location." Mr. Van Deusen said that the first 100 children left San Angelo on Tuesday for temporary foster care placement, but that state policy barred him from revealing their destinations.
The raid began April 3 after, state officials said, a girl called a domestic violence shelter from inside the compound asking for help. She said, according to the state's report, that she was 16 and being abused by her 49-year-old husband. But the caller has not been found.


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Swift Current, SK: Swift Current Broncos forward Aleksi Heponiemi was selected in the second round, 40th overall by the Florida Panthers at the 2017 NHL Draft in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday.
Heponiemi broke into the WHL as a rookie this past season and made an immediate impact with the Swift Current Broncos, recording 86 points (28g-58a) en route to winning the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the WHL's Rookie of the Year. The 18-year-old's 58 helpers led all WHL first year skaters as well.
A product of Tampere, Finland, Heponiemi was drafted by the Broncos with the 10th overall pick in the 2016 CHL Import Draft. Furthermore, he notched eight assists in 14 playoff contests during the 2016 WHL Playoffs.
Heponiemi becomes the third Bronco's player to be drafted by the Florida Panthers joining Matt Sommerfeld (2000), and Aaron MacDonald (1995).


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Google Glass Killer Boasts HD Display, Runs Full Android OS
Google Glass is looking weaker all the time. At CES 2014, Taiwanese ODM ChipSiP showed a prototype of its Smart Glass solution that puts Google's wearable to shame with a sharp HD screen, support for 1080p video capture and the full Android 4.2 operating system. The smart glasses also pack a RockChip 1.2-Ghz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage along with a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass and light sensor. In development right now, ChipSiP expects one or more of its partners to ship the product under their brands and bring it to the U.S. market by middle to late 2014 for under $1,000.
We had a chance to play with a prototype of the ChipSiP Smart Glass and were excited by its robust Android experience, attractive design and sharp screen. The product has come a long way since we saw a very raw early demo unit at Computex 2013.
The biggest difference between Google's Glass and the ChipSip Smart Glass is the latter's superior 720p display. When we held the glasses above our eye (the unit we tested was one half of a frame, but the final product will be part of a full frame), we could easily see the stock Android home screen with shortcut icons lining the right edge and a clock and weather widget in the middle. Image quality was sharp and colors were brighter than what we've seen on Google Glass so far, although it did take some squinting to properly focus on the small graphics.
MORE: Beyond Google Glass: 5 Unique Wearable Tech Concepts
Navigating the Android OS on this prototype is similar to how you would on Glass. The prototype we saw had a large textured touchpad on its side and physical buttons for volume controls. A ChipSiP rep told us that the company expects to add Google Now voice controls to the product, and create a wearable-friendly UI to go on top of Android. It was a little difficult to use the touchpad to control a cursor on the glass since the overall interface is squeezed into a little screen above your eye, but we expect the custom UI to make controlling the watch easier.
Physically, the headset bears a striking resemblance to Glass. It has the same small glass cube above your eye on a similar plastic frame, but the model we played with was significantly chunkier. It also sports a microUSB charging port and audio jack at the bottom and curves to cup your ear. ChipSiP said it is refining the physical design so we can expect the final product to be smaller and lighter. The prototype, which has been ceded to developers, is available in several fashion colors including black and orange.
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Pupil A had issues with attendance and presented with a range of social, emotional and behavioural barriers to learning. He was provided with regular support from a Learning Mentor in order to support him emotionally and his class teachers worked hard to engage him in learning, including through additional tuition and group work. At the end of KS2 his attainment was significantly higher than the national average, with high scaled scores of 110 in reading; 110 in grammar, punctuation and spelling; and 109 in maths. He was also supported with transition arrangements and felt confident about leaving Blenheim and being ready for secondary school.
Pupil B has made good progress this year due to the support put in place. She attended a weekly maths group, which was designed to address gaps in her knowledge around the four operations and rapid recall of times tables; this allowed her to prove to herself that she is capable of reaching new heights and she thrived in a small-group environment! Her times-table knowledge at the start of the year was poor but she is now able to answer all times tables up to 12 x 12 rapidly and has the confidence to answer questions in class. In addition, through daily spelling interventions focusing on the Y3/4 spelling rules from Appendix 2 of the 2014 National Curriculum for English document, she has excelled in her weekly spelling tests and is now comfortably learning her 5/6 common exception words. This has improved her confidence when writing and she is striving to be the best writer that she can be at all times.
Reading was a huge challenge for Pupil C. From the outset he was well aware that he experienced difficulty and that in his eyes, he was not successful. He had little confidence and self-belief and appeared acutely aware of his limitations. During initial assessments he commented, "I'm not good at reading. I get a bit muddly." Here was a five year old boy with no self-esteem, no confidence or belief in his reading ability. If Pupil C was to succeed, it was of paramount importance to get him to believe that he could do it; building his confidence, concentration and application were key factors, but reading also needed to be fun. Working on a one-to-one with Pupil C every day, he began to make small steps, until one day, the breakthrough finally came. He was beginning to make connections independently. He started to use the different strategies to process information from the text. He was taking control and ownership of his reading by monitoring, cross checking and self-correcting. At last he could see for himself that he was succeeding. He began to enjoy reading and became more confident. At the end of one lesson he commented,
"Is that the lesson done? I want to do more reading!"
He made excellent progress through Reading Recovery and scored 37/40 in the Year 1 phonics screening check. He can now apply strategies with confidence when confronted with unfamiliar words. He can monitor his own reading, enabling him to problem solve and cross check on information, and can self-correct when applicable. He uses all sources of information (meaning, structure and visual) in order to read texts independently with fluency and accuracy. He has had opportunities to read with our reading dog, Leo, too and is always asking if he can come and read, which speaks for itself in terms of his confidence and enjoyment of reading.
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Box Hill Senior truly celebrates and values diversity.
Box Hill students have gone on to study medicine, law, engineering and commerce.
Others have become chefs and builders.
Some have established their own businesses or become artists or musicians.
A number have been drafted to play AFL football and some have accepted scholarships to US colleges and schools to study as well as play basketball or tennis.
At Box Hill what matters is not just HOW GOOD a student you are but HOW GOOD A PERSON you are and how hard you are prepared to work.
The College has worked with leading educators to establish a code of teaching.
The Code is based around five key areas:
Existing knowledge - teachers will identify what students already know about a topic.
Challenges - There will be a targeted learning challenges in ALL classes on a regular basis.
Planning learning - Students will regularly think about what they are likely to learn in particular class or activity or while completing homework.
Strategies - Students will be assisted to develop strategies for working effectively in all situations -- writing an essay, solving a maths problem, learning lines for a play or learning a piece of music, conducting a materials test, doing an exam question and so on;
Reflection - Students will regularly review what has been learnt during a class or activity.
Box Hill Senior has no uniform or school bells but it DOES have high expectations.
We expect ALL members of our community (students AND staff) to perform at the highest possible standard.
The relationships at Box Hill Senior are outstanding and students are treated fairly, with respect and as adults.
To help get the best out of students, Box Hill Senior has put in place a number of unique support systems.
First up is the school's mentoring program. Over the year students regularly meet one-on-one with their mentor and one of their key teachers. At these sessions students discuss whether they're achieving at the level that THEY expected and are provided with strategies and support to get where they want to go.
Mentoring is supported and informed by the use of specialist software that helps develop a unique pathways plan to assist students as they move through school to work or further study.
Specialist mentoring support with time management and study skills is provided when needed.


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Yes, it's official... My kids have turned my brain to mush! I have actually been AHEAD of schedule recently, so apparently my brain doesn't quite know how to react :-). My original schedule included Angel's Requiem by Kate Kindle as a feature on August 18-19, but I had everything ready a week early. Since I am currently out of town, I had scheduled the post to go up automatically. So, everyone got the review a week early!
Per Kate's request, however, we will be keeping her interview and giveaway on the 19th. I will link back to my review, so I will just keep that up this week. I just wanted everyone to know that I will be putting up something different this week :-)!
I will be going ahead with C.S. Splitter's feature. My review of The Reluctant will be going up momentarily! Thanks for sticking with me despite my many flaws... Ha! :-)
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No matter where you are travelling in Europe, Europcar is always there for you. Spain is a popular destination for any world traveller and Europcar's Malaga Airport cheap car hire station can handle all of your transport needs.
Whether visiting for work or fun, don't forget to contact the Malaga Airport car rental centre to ensure a comfortable and convenient trip. Make sure to book ahead so Europcar can facilitate all your diverse specifications.
For a map of the airport's rental location and further details, make a point of checking out Europcar's website.
Here are just a few reasons why Europcar should be the car hire service for you:
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We have seen 3D Printed experiments in variable structures in concrete and the potential it has for creating intelligent structures for architecture. Netfabb have recently uploaded a really simple, interesting video of the capillary effects of 3D Printed structures.
There is massive unrealized potential with 3D Printing to make the materials function in much more intelligent ways than they are currently being used. There are two main factors that contribute to the current underuse of the materials and processes.
The first is the capacity of the human mind to understand the true potential of a new material. When we are given a new material we often use it in the same way, or as a direct replacement for an existing material. As we did with Bakelite to plastics and now with 3D Printing. As we begin to better understand the materials and processes we start to use them in more sophisticated ways until we make the most of their potential, using them for their unique material properties.
The second is the tools we use to design and fabricate the materials. From hand tools to power tools and now the 3D modeling tools, we are limited by the forms that the software will allow us to create. With tools within 3D modeling software like Grasshopper, Netfabb or those being developed and used by Nervous System we are starting to see the very tip of the iceberg of intelligent tools to design for digital fabrication.
We will start to see 3D printed forms being innovative not just in the external forms as we currently see in the Shapeways galleries but also in their internal structure. The structure of the materials will start to be optimized for strength, weight, porosity, flexibility, impact, abrasiveness, friction and many more factors through data input, not just manual crunching of CAD. We have seen it start to happen in the arts with form such as Joris Laarman's Bone Chair and Bridge Table and in medicine with porous ceramic structures used to aid in bone grafts but it will eventually be a standard practice in design to enter requirements to define both material structure and form for digital fabrication.
Hopefully Netfabb's simple video will act as inspiration for us all to start think of digital fabrication in this way.


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What Good Samaritans Do
Good Samaritans seek to help crime victims who are less able to help themselves and not likely to be served by other victim assistance organizations, such as a domestic violence shelter or a rape crisis center. Good Samaritans are trained to know about these and other community resources, however, and to refer victims to the most appropriate services for their needs.
Whether providing direct service, emotional support, or referral to other community resources, Good Samaritans are attuned to victim needs. They
Focus on Vulnerable Crime Victims
Even repairing a broken lock can be beyond the capability of a vulnerable crime victim with no family living nearby. A stolen Social Security check could mean the difference between life and death. Navigating the court system can be bewildering and frightening.
Provide Direct Services
Volunteers receive specific training on how to provide certain direct services, such as
- Making repairs to a home after a break-in.
- Conducting home safety inspections to prevent revictimization.
- Accompanying victims to court.
- Supplying "victim care kits" or other support.
Give Information and Referral
Victims in crisis need information about services available to them and may need assistance in setting priorities. Good Samaritans volunteers are trained in how to communicate effectively with victims in crisis and how to help them access community resources.
Provide Reassurance Visits or Calls
Followup is a key component of both professional and volunteer victim assistance. Good Samaritans make sure that victims continue to have access to support and services after the crime, as needed or desired.
Show Commitment
Volunteers must be willing to work within a team, undergo criminal background checks, and complete basic training. These core elements ensure victim and volunteer safety at a crime scene and equip volunteers with essential skills for providing appropriate services to victims in crisis.
Volunteers must also commit to adequate time and availability, so that when a victim needs help, a capable volunteer will be available to serve.
Volunteers serving on the "hammer and nails" repair teams must also agree to be on call for specific periods of time and remain reachable by pager or cell phone.
Module 4's Sample Job Descriptions page provides more detailed descriptions of what Good Samaritans volunteers do and the procedures they should follow.


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Blog Guy, I've been a real fan of Williams-Sonoma, that shop for pretentious foodies, ever since I first read about it here. Is their Summer Cookout Catalog out yet?
Blog Guy, I've been a real fan of Williams-Sonoma, that shop for pretentious foodies, ever since I first read about it here. Is their Summer Cookout Catalog out yet?
It's time to reveal this blog's 10 most popular items for the month of March.
Okay designers, you know the problem. Despite the incredible popularity of computers, a high percentage of men aren't learning to use a keyboard properly.
Every so often an idea comes along that is so awful it deserves a place in the Bad Idea Hall of Fame. Like there was the toilet timer that made sure workers don't spend too much time in the bathroom, and of course there was that hotel bed-warming service.
Lamar, where the heck are you? I told you to meet me at the Motor Show.
I'm here, Boss. I'll find you in a few minutes. I stopped in the men's room by the Renault display.
Blog Guy, I'm a high school student doing a report, and I need your help.
Oh sure, I'm always eager to help with homework assignments. Do you want it single-spaced or double-spaced? You want me to misspell some words to make it look real?
Blog Guy, apart from writing textbooks and making airplanes, what do you do with your time?
I love this story. It seems some Mexican smugglers were planning to hurl drugs across the border, using an actual catapult. The Mexican military seized 45 pounds of marijuana and a metal-framed catapult, just south of the Arizona border.
Dammit Lamar, you're hopeless!
What is it this time, Boss?
We're supposed to be the best event planners in the area, and this is our biggest job yet, doing the 2011 convention for the International Stilts Association.
Blog Guy, I know you're a serious foodie, and I have a kitchen appliance question.


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Here is a very nice slide show of the birth of Brooklyn's new Pétanque piste. As you can see in the video, NYPC all worked very hard and hands on to create a beautiful space, reminiscent of the communal spaces found all over France. A big round of applause and a 'cheers' to all that made it possible.....and a big thanks to Thierry Julliard for putting the images together.
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PIN-UP | Cremone handle
Classic style brass Cremone handle
Who would have thought that a brand wound become an everyday object? Yet in the case of Pin-up, that is what happened.
Maybe not everyone noticed, but an observant eye will in fact have realized that the Pin-up brass handle is merely the pictogram of the Linea Calì logo.
Pin-up is characterised by a tapered form and an elusive handgrip, shaped to accommodate the hand; it is made complete by the stem that narrows to enhance the sensation of softness, the first thing that comes to mind when holding this handle.
A simple design which is also practical and above all, beautiful. Pin-up is the result of a major exercise in style performed several years ago, to be precise in 1999, when the Linea Calì designers conceived its innovative silhouette.
The Pin-up brass handle for doors and windows is available in six different finishes. The possibility of fitting the invisible anti-intrusion SmartBlock system allows us to decorate tastefully and at the same time make our homes safer.
Available models
- handle with or without rose
- handle with plate
- cremone bolt
- handle for DK window
- handle for window with SmartBlock invisible anti-intrusion system
Available finishes
- polished chrome
- satin chrome
- satin nickel
- polished brass
- satin brass
- titanium
The shapes of the Linea Calì logo come to life and are transformed into an elegant and discreet collection of brass handles, drawing upon their extreme simplicity.


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Abstract—The immediate assessment of learner is a fundamental stage in the training in order to detect advance and the gaps of learner and consequently the teacher will be able to take the necessary measures in order to catch up with the situation. In the e-Learning platforms the immediate assessment of learner is limited for traditional exercises in the form of QCM and the other cases oblige the immobilization of the teacher. Our objective is to integrate a Tester agent responsible for the immediate assessment of the exercises of each teaching domain and respecting a number of rules in an existing platform e-Learning based Multi-agent Systems [1]. For this reason we will adopt the O-MaSE methodology /agentTool III to conceive and model the under system of validation.
Index Terms—AgentTool III, e-Learning, Multi-agent Systems, O-MaSE.
Jamal Berrich, Toumi Bouchentouf are with Department of Computer Science, National School of Applied Sciences, Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com).
Abdelhamid Benazzi is with Department of Computer Science, High School of Technology, Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco (e-mail: email@example.com).
Cite: Jamal Berrich, Toumi Bouchentouf, and Abdelhamid Benazzi, "Integration of a Multi-Agent Systems Based on Organization to Validate the Exercises Realized by Learnerin an e-Learning Platform," International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 177-180, 2012.


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From the designer.
I am showing a collection of porcelain lighting, which exploits the traditional and mysterious technique of lithophanes. The lights are realised using 3D printing technologies, the latest LED and lighting controls. They explore urban scenes contrasting current social, environmental, and aesthetic scenes with those of the romantic landscapes featured on 19th Century industrially produced domestic ceramics.
Lithophanes were a 19th Century passion and were used with an internal light source diffusing through the porcelain creating a gentle play of shadows exposing beautiful, delicate and sculptural images. The widespread emergence of printed landscape patterns on industrial ceramics was driven by the fashion for Chinese and Japanese porcelain, decorated with idyllic and picturesque landscapes. It was in effect a rural nostalgia, the result of a confluence of technological development and urbanisation. My work, in turn, examines our intense urban landscapes though the elegiac atmosphere lithophanes create.
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The Fifth element – Science Tecnology and Process in Design – 30 cutting edge projects.
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Librarians Across CT Attend MakerSpace Symposium
Nearly 80 librarians from public, academic and school libraries in Connecticut attended a day-long symposium October 1 at The Westport Library to learn about the trend towards implementing makerspaces in libraries and expanding library services to include hands-on participatory learning experiences for people of all ages. The Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC), partnering with The Westport Library and Central Connecticut State University, sponsored the event.
"People are learning differently now from in the past; they're learning with each other," said keynote speaker Pam Berger, director of the Southern Westchester BOCES School Library System. She cited a ninth grader who had published essays and short stories, saying that said had learned how to write by collaborating with others through an online forum. "This is what modern libraries are," she said. "Libraries have always been learning communities, but they are more so now. The Maker Movement is intrinsically library related."
Jeanine Esposito of Westport-based SPARK!Consulting conducted an innovation seminar for the group before they split up into a series of workshops including a Tech Petting Zoo, a tour of the Library's MakerSpace, a soldering workshop and a discussion featuring video clips from individual experiences in the MakerSpace.
"We have the power to get out of our comfort zones, and do something different," said CLC Executive Director Jennifer Keohane. "Now is the time for us to absorb new ideas, try new things, play, compare experiences, ask questions, generate ideas and have fun."


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Best Rich Chocolate Fudge Recipe
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My grandmother originally saw this recipe in a local newspaper, but the original source has been lost. It is the best fudge I have ever tasted, so I wanted to share the recipe for other fudge-lovers to enjoy for years to come!
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 1 tall can evaporated milk, (12 oz can)
- 2 pounds granulated sugar
- 1/2 pound marshmallows, (32 jumbo)
- 2 ounces baking chocolate
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate pieces, (chocolate chips)
- 13 ounces sweet milk chocolate, (I prefer Hershey's)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- OPTIONAL: 2 cups chopped nuts
Fudge Cooling in Glass Pans
Recipe and Tips
- Prepare lightly greased serving dishes to hold the finished fudge. I prefer glass/Pyrex, and a 13x9 rectangular combined with an 8x8 square (or equivalent) should do.
- Prepare the ingredients and separate the amounts, particularly the chocolate, as you will need to work fast adding them as you go.
- Combine margarine/butter, evaporated milk, and sugar in a large saucepan. I recommend using a stainless saucepan with a hefty wooden mixing spoon as you will need to do a lot of stirring, which will get more demanding toward the end.
- Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Bring to boil, cover, and boil for 5 minutes while keeping an eye on it.
- Turn off the heat. For this next part, you will need to work fast. The more the fudge cools, the harder it will be to stir!
- Add marshmallows and stir until dissolved.
- Add the three kinds of chocolate one at a time. Stir after each chocolate portion has been added until completely melted before adding the next. Try to work fast as the fudge will be getting harder to stir as it cools and thickens with the added chocolate.
- Add vanilla (and optional nuts) and mix together.
- Immediately pour into lightly greased serving dishes and smooth evenly.
- Allow to cool completely before cutting, then store finished product in the refrigerator if not consuming right away. If you remove the cut squares and stack in another container, place a piece of wax paper in between the stacks to keep everything from sticking together. Important: Cut the fudge into squares before refrigerating as it will become much harder to cut afterwards!
- Tip: This recipe makes a lot of fudge, but you can always store part of it in the freezer in containers or freezer Ziploc bags to save for a later time.
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Maintenance Mechanic III, Preventive Maintenance - Facilities Management
- Employer
- Georgetown University
- Location
- Washington D.C.
- Posted
- Oct 04, 2018
- Closes
- Apr 05, 2019
- Industry
- Automotive, Specialty Trades
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Maintenance Mechanic III, Preventive Maintenance - Facilities Management
Shift: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30 pm - 7:00 am
The Maintenance Mechanic III affects building occupants and visitors of campus facilities by supporting the operations of a 24-7 building maintenance and response team coverage and emergency response. S/he works on A/C, heating, and ventilation repairs, plumbing equipment with associated leaks and floods, and electrical repairs - for example, fire alarms, lock outs, and electrical outages. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Performs technical trades work to maintain heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment.
- Assists other trade shops with basic electrical and plumbing system maintenance and repair work.
- Completes repairs /maintenance of HVAC and refrigeration systems and components in accordance with DDC control logic.
- Inspects, adjusts, calibrates and installs pneumatic and mechanical devices, using associated test instruments and diagnostic tools.
- Maintains working order of the pneumatic air compressor, air lines, actuators, dampers, valves, thermostats, end devices, and pneumatic-electronic (PE) switches.
- Performs master mechanic level maintenance and repairs in accordance with industry/trade practices.
- Provides daily maintenance support on assigned shift to building users, responding to calls for service, and completes scheduled preventive maintenance inspections and work orders.
- Performs scheduled preventive maintenance and unscheduled or special work such as overhauls, repairs, replacements, surveys, and similar projects.
- Uses all standard tools, equipment, materials, and supplies of the trade.
- Observes all safety rules, regulations, and precautions in performing all duties.
- High school diploma or certified equivalency
- Journeyman's license AND 4 to 5 years of experience under a MM supervision required - preference for Master Mechanic License
- Knowledge of building automation systems; specifically, DDC system and computer controls and a good working knowledge of pneumatic controls.
- Computer literacy
- A valid driver license, and, if hired, qualify for certification as an authorized University driver
The Maintenance Mechanic III is an emergency position that requires the incumbent to report to work during inclement weather at the regularly scheduled time, regardless of whether the University is closed, opening late, or closing early.
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If you currently work at Georgetown University, please exit this website and login to GMS (gms.georgetown.edu) using your Net ID and password. Then select the Career worklet on your GMS Home dashboard to view Jobs at Georgetown.
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I want to upload the regular-size DVD cover of the Disney version of My Neighbor Totoro, There is one for the slim DVD case, but not for the standard DVD case.) The movie was released in 1988, and Fox came out with a VHS and full-screen DVD after it was released. Disney came out with a different version (with different actors and sound effects) in 2010. Which year should I use in the title of the Disney version, My Neighbor Totoro (YYYY) WS R1? 1988 or 2010?
Which year to use for DVD-cover titles?
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Posted 21 November 2015 - 05:57 PM
How is that version listed on iMDB? That's the final authority, when there are multiple instances.
I just look at the pictures.
Posted 21 November 2015 - 08:55 PM
Many thanks for pointing me to iMDB, Fogdude. They list the year as 1988. So that's what I'll go with. Interestingly, iMDB lists the cast members of all versions of this film.


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December 7, 2018 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Every Friday night, we fill the store with Magic: the Gathering, including a variety of different events. It's Friday Night Magic!
We have 8-player booster drafts running throughout the night, beginning as they fill. Sign-ups are open from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Most drafts follow the current official format, but occasionally we offer a Masters Set or other surprise option. Entry fee for special drafts may vary.
For regular-format drafts, you get a booster pack of the latest set for each match you win. The overall winner after 3 rounds also gets some store credit and the current FNM promo foil. Other draft formats may have varying prize structure.
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Arabesque — Private View
Arabesque — Private View at Naked Tea & Coffee
Photos taken by the lovely Sam Thomas
Thanks to Angie, Lucy, Fiona & Sam for helping with set-up.
'Arabesque' is a series of dance portraits, exploring motion and printed on silk. It is showing at Naked Tea & Coffee in the South Laines til 18th Nov, part of Brighton Photo Fringe.
Please touch the fabric, feel the movement and chill out with some chai.
For more information inc pricing of 'Arabesque' click here.


text: Photography Photography is all about an art of capturing expressions, situations and of course surroundings. However, there is an enormous factor that cannot be ignored, that is Light. Light plays a major part in all kinds of photography. Nevertheless of what kind of photography you may have expertise is in, light is everything of this furnished art. Assume a freelance photographer who is looking for a successful career, it is not just to find a good model or finding a right place to shoot, but it is all about how effectively they can capture the light! Many had faced difficulties in lighting. Of course, all have their own ideas, vision and inspirations. However, to create a good photo, theproper use of light is always needed. Some of my photos became ruined due to ineffective use of light regardless of composition, angles and surroundings. That was my first lesson from photography. If one can use the light and shading effectively, then no matter the surroundings, or models that is being used. That is what my experience so far! When it comes to fashion photography, it may be devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Over times, fashion photography has developed its own aesthetics in which the clothes and fashions enhanced by the presence of exotic locations or accessories. Light plays a gigantic part here. However, the presence of such exotic locations or accessories, light is an obligation to feel the exposure and hence it gets attracted. Fashion photographers must utilize the lighting in full extreme to make a remarkable portrait. Light and colors are the parameters used to expose an object from other objects in a frame. Professional photographers always have a great edge on the lighting. Obviously, a successful photographer is a scientist who always digs more about light and effect in frames. That is the reason; young photographers usually go to Art Schools and focus on photography, not only to learn about composition and angles but also to become experts in lighting. It is very difficult to grab the natural light and shadows and applying right combination of both into a portrait. Bottom line is this, your lighting is a direct factor of your success in photography. About the Author: 相关的主题文章:


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If you're looking for an outdoor ceremony site in Philadelphia, options are few and far between. However, you can find a number of outdoor venues just an hour outside of the city.
Elizabeth and Frederick (left) wanted an outdoor venue that "would feel worlds away from our everyday city life," says Elizabeth. They searched throughout Bucks County until they found Bridgetown Mill House Inn in Langhorne, PA. View more photos of Elizabeth and Fredericks' wedding here.
Kieran and James (right) planned a wedding that was inspired by the natural, antique look of The Secret Garden. The couple was wed outside of a refurbished barn at HollyHedge Estate in New Hope, PA. "The vibrant greens and the dampness in the air almost made it feel like Ireland," says Kieran. View more photos of Kieran and James' wedding here.
Garden wedding not your thing? Click here to browse all Philadelphia-area wedding venues. —Allison Bean


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Yttrium Orthosilicate is a monoclinic biaxial crystal belonging to the C2/c (C6 2h) space group. Rare earth ions substitute for the Y3+ ions which occupy two crystallographic sites of C1 symmetry. Emission and absorption spectra for rare earth dopants are polarized and generally have higher cross-sections when compared to YAG.
Crystals of Y2SiO5 are available with a variety of dopant ions including Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Tm:Ho, and Cr.
Eu3+ and Er3+ activated YSO exhibit very narrow homogeneously broadened absorption line widths (sub kHz), embedded within a broader (∼GHz) inhomogeneously broadened line, when cooled to cryogenic temperatures. Er3+:YSO was shown to have a homogeneous optical resonance width of only 73 Hz, the narrowest atomic resonance observed in any solid state material[1].
Rare-earth activated YSO materials are of significant interest to applications including:
In general, Y2SiO5 is not as robust a material as YAG but is 10-20‰ stronger than YLF. It has a damage threshold of > 10 J/cm2 for 10 ns pulses at 10 Hz which is comparable to that of YAG. The thermophysical properties of Y2SiO5 have been studied by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory[8]. Because of its natural birefringence, Y2SiO5 does not exhibit thermally induced stress birefringence.
Note that SM uses the coordinate axis naming convention described in[9], where b, D1 and D2 describe the 3 principle axis of polarization. Other references (3 for example) use an x, y, z coordinate system, corresponding to the b, D1 and D2 axis respectively.
Contact us with your specific requirements or for availability and pricing of currently stocked compositions and concentrations.
|Coefficient of Thermal Expansion [8]
|7.4 x 10-6 ϒC-1 (a)
|7.4 x 10-6 ϒC-1 (b)
|5.2 x 10-6 ϒC-1 (c)
|Thermal Diffusivity[8]
|0.030 cm2 s-2
|Thermal Conductivity [8]
|4.49 W m-1 K-1 (a)
|4.60 W m-1 K-1 (b)
|4.08 W m-1 K-1 (c)
|Specific Heat (Cp) [8]
|0.646 J g-1 K-1
|Thermal Shock Resistant
|Refractive Index @ 632.8 nm
|Molecular Weight
|2.85.9 g mol-1
|Melting Point
|4.44 g cm-3
|Crystal Structure
|Standard Orientation
|D1, D2, or b-axis
|Y3+ Site Symmetry
|Two Sites - C1
|Lattice Constant
|a=12.50 Å
|a=6.73 Å
|a=10.42 Å
1) T. Bottger, et al., Phys. Rev. B 79, 115104 (2009), and for similar work in Eu:YSO see R.W. Equall, et. al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 2179 (1994)
2) Thomas Bõttger, et al., Proceedings of SPIE , Vol. 4988, 51-61 (2003).
3) Lauritzen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080502 (2010).
4) Z. Cole, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 3525-3527 (2002).
5) B. Comaskey, et al., "Flashlamp Pumped Laser Operation of Nd:Y2SiO5 at 1.074 Microns", Opt. Lett. 18, 2029 (1993).
6) R. Beach, M. D. Shinn, L. Davis, R. W. Solarz and W. F. Krupke, Optical Absorption and Stimulated Emission of Neodymium in Yttrium Orthosilicate, IEE J. Quantum Electron. 26, 1405 (1990).
7) C. Li, R. Moncorge, J. C. Souriau, and Ch. Wyon, Efficient 2.05 ?m Room Temperature Y2SiO5:Tm3+ cw laser, Opt. Comm. 101, 356 (1993).
8) 8 J. Marion and R. Beach, Thermophysical Properties of Y2SiO5 (YOS), LRD 90-038, (1990).
9) C. Li, Ch. Wyon, R. Moncorge, "Spectroscopic properties and Fluorescence Dynamics of Er3+ and Yb3+ in Y2SiO5", IEEE JQE 28, 1209 (1992).
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27º ~ all is covered with a thin sheen of ice, trees stripped bare except for the sweetgum still clinging to 20% of its leaves and the infernal privets that never lose a leaf
Well, friends, I had the great disappointment of being iced in this weekend and having to cancel my trip to Benedictine University at Springfield. This meant canceling my appearance on The Midwest Radio Show and at the reading at The Dana House with Chad Simpson and Monica Berlin. And, I was especially looking forward to meeting Justin Hamm in person after years of an online friendship. Alas, I'm a good Midwestern girl who knows better than to try and beat the weather at its own game. And, let me tell you, when the ice comes down in Arkansas, it means business. This is not like driving in snow, not at all.
On the flip side, you can catch me on Thursday night (the 12th) on Ustream for the Hayden's Ferry Review 21st Century Reading for issue 53! So cool! Contributors from issue 53 will be reading from all over the country. As someone who doesn't have the financial wherewithal to jaunt about to different reading venues, I see great things for this type of reading in the future. Plus, I can wear my sweats!
We aren't supposed to share the link to the reading until the night of the event, so be sure to friend me on Facebook for the link that night OR send me an email with a request for the link and I'll send it to you on Thursday night. At the moment, I'm scheduled to read at 8:10 CENTRAL time. The full reading will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. central standard time, and you can pop in and out as your schedule allows. Each reader gets 10 minutes, and I'll be reading the two fever poems that appear in HFR Issue 53: "Left a Refugee Here in a Sterile Country" and "I Have Gone Shimmering into Ungentle Sleep." I'll probably have time for one or two more poems and will read some others from the sickly speaker.
In the meantime, I'm trying to drum up motivation to grade and grade and grade and grade. Yes, I know the end is in sight. Yes, I know that the sooner I finish the grading, the sooner I can begin to write again, and collage. However, all I seem capable of during these days of gray and ice is sleep, eat, Law&Order on Netflix, sleep, eat, repeat. I can't even focus on reading, and I've tried! Brain = an icy mush.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Canceled Events and an Online Reading on December 12th!
Posted by Sandy Longhorn at 12:22 PM
4 comments:
- Shawnte said...
That internet reading sounds intriguing. I'm going to try to catch some of that, if the time zone thing doesn't confuse me too much (we don't adjust our clocks here in Arizona, so I can never keep track of the rest of the country).
- December 8, 2013 at 3:18 PM
- Sandy Longhorn said...
Thanks, Shawnte! Sorry about the time confusion! Watch Facebook, and I'll announce a 10-minute lead time or something.
- December 8, 2013 at 3:27 PM
- Kathleen said...
Congrats on the upcoming online event! Sorry about the disappointment. Stay warm.
- December 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM
- Sandy Longhorn said...
Thanks, Kathleen!
- December 8, 2013 at 5:04 PM
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo late Wednesday reversing humane drug policies of his predecessors, instantly re-escalating the War on Drugs.
The memo (which you can read in full) was sent to thousand of assistant U.S. attorneys, ordering prosecutors to "charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense."
The move is a stark reversal of policies put in place by former A.G. Eric Holder in 2013. Holder had instructed prosecutors to strategically avoid triggering mandatory minimum life sentences for some convictions, including for nonviolent drug crimes (typically when the offender had to ties to cartels, gangs, or organized crime).
Holder's policies were praised by civil rights groups as "appropriately merciful" and drove down incarceration rates.
"It's really ironic," Molly Gill, the director of federal legislative affairs for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, told The LA Times. "Jeff Sessions touts himself as a champion of public safety, and they want to waste taxpayers' money on people who aren't that much of a threat."


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Good Morning and welcome to Jobs Day in America.
Via Dave Lutz at JonesTrading, here are four things that traders are looking at ahead of the jobs report:
Some Fun facts about the payroll # today:
- The January payroll change is tricky, because there are sizable movements occurring beneath the surface. In a typical year, there are substantial layoffs of holiday-related seasonal hires as well as diminished outdoor economic activity in sectors such as construction - The Bureau of Labor Statistics accounts for this in the January seasonal adjustment factors, which are equally large. These are by far the largest adjustments applied to any month of the year. (Here's Jim O'Sullivan of High Frequency economics on this trend.)
- Bloomberg notes in nine of the past 10 years, the government's initial print for January was lower than the median forecast by an average of 57,000.The biggest miss was in 2011, when the median called for a 146,000 increase and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 36,000 jobs were added. (Here's Business Insider's Sam Ro on past January misses.)
- If expectations are met it will mean the US labour market has generated 200,000 or more jobs for the 12th month in a row, the best such run since 1994, according to Reuters.
- Focus is on wage growth- Average earnings are forecast to have grown 0.3% month-on-month, rebounding from a 0.2% contraction in December. A miss will be viewed dovish. (Here's Deutsche Bank's Joe LaVorgna on wage growth.)


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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Art: Hachikuji
Click for bigger. I don't really know what compelled me to do this. I may do something similar for the other characters if I have time.
Comic Update: Super Star
Original Post In retrospect, I probably should have drawn a subtle stain over all of the girls' crotches, but alas, it is now too late. This comic was meant to come out a week after the last one, but some … Continue reading
I honestly do not think she is all that cute
Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai is one of those shows that's really trying to hit it out of the park. They're trying really hard, and I suppose it's working, as I'm under the impression that … Continue reading
VISUALIZED: Bakemonogatari 15 (PART II: Abstraction and Expressions)
It's been a while, but since posts don't write themselves, I'm going look even further into Bakemonogatari episode 15! As anyone who's watched the show will know, Bakemonogatari uses symbols, photography, typography, and alternative imagery quite often. The use of … Continue reading
Art: Hazuki and Arte
Click for a bigger version. This is a parody/homage/ripoff of Pizzicato Five's Kanashii Uta/Triste video. I like Tsukuyomi, and I like the vibe of this video, so I decided to mix them up for some reason that I have long … Continue reading
Comic Update: I'm a Believer
Original Post News of the Strike Witches movie prompted this comic. It got me thinking of what kind of Strike Witches movie I'd really like to see (as opposed to what will actually get made, which will probably own anyways) … Continue reading
The Sound of Silence
Alright guys, it's no surprise that things have a been bit quiet here on the home front. I hate to drop the "I'm busy" excuse, but it's true. That said, it's like 3:30 right now, I'm not super tired, so … Continue reading


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Military Jets Escort U.S. Flights
On the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, military jets were called to escort two commercial flights to New York and Detroit after passengers reported suspicious bathroom activity. On an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York, three passengers—two Israelis and one Russian—aroused suspicion for making repeated bathroom trips; earlier, on a Denver-to-Detroit Frontier Airlines flight, two people spent "an extraordinarily long time" in the bathroom, according to an airline spokesman. The FBI said it sent the fighter escorts "out of an abundance of caution."


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Defiant Boyz
Defiant Boyz brings hot skaters, twinks and straight guys going gay for the first time.
The Manhub Review of Defiant Boyz
First Impression
There's something about skater boys that I totally get. Not, like, the compliant and polite Tony Hawk types (though I'd totally do him), but the punk-y, rude, Public-Enemy-Number-1 types. They're just hot. I don't know if it's the "I don't care" attitude, or the fact that more often than not they have surprisingly tight bodies under all those baggy clothes, but I'd totally pop an ollie on that kind of boy. Defiant Boyz seems to promise something like that. The visitor's homepage is decked out in brick with skater tags graffitied onto it, with a header (giggle!) full of hot, tattooed twink-y type boys. The website offers a codicil at the beginning: this is where you'll find the best amateur gay porn, full of skaters, twinks and straight boys; it's 100% exclusive and offers more than 600 videos. I love when the site does my job for me.
Logging in, the site design stays the same. Where this is usually a detriment at other sites, it works for Defiant Boyz because the site finds the way it works: with a busy background, the design in the foreground is minimal, featuring video updates on a deep red background bordered in light brown. It doesn't sound like much, but the updates don't get lost and everything blends together well. The only critique I have for the site design is the bulky "Recent News and Updates" section at the top of the members area. It takes up too much space and is just something of an eyesore. The site would do well to restructure this or eliminate it entirely.
Navigating to different sections of the site is easy enough, but navigating within the sections is a bit of a hassle. Clicking on the videos, I'm greeted with the members top three rated videos (which is definitely nice; I want to know what everyone else thinks is hot, because it's usually true). Below that, though, are video updates as well as 94 numbered links to 94 different pages of video updates. Like the "Recent News and Updates" section, this is a bit bulky and unnecessary. Work in a drop down menu or streamline this somehow. Otherwise it's just annoying.
Formats in which to watch the videos are pretty limited. While there is a nice array of topics (normal videos; cumshot collections, something I really like because, well...I like cumshots, I think they're hot...don't judge me, you're reading a porn review to decide what pay sites to subscribe to; and finally interviews, which I think is a bit superfluous because who goes to a paysite to watch porn stars talk?), there aren't a whole helluva lot of ways to watch them. You can stream them online using Windows Media Player or you can download them in high definition or iPod format. This is yet another hassle. What about those Mac users who don't want to download the video and would prefer to stream it online? Flash is much more universal. As far as photo content, there are screenshots of each video as well as some original photos. The screenshots can only be viewed and downloaded one-by-one, but the original photos can also be downloaded in a zip file. I'm surprised that the set is as forward thinking on the photo content formatting, but not the video content. Then again, those who can't do, critique.
Guys And Sex
The guys are surprisingly average looking, but in a really attractive way. I know that's a bit oxymoronic, but it's the only way I can really describe them. Standing on their own merits, they're pretty average. However, within the context of being skater boys, their attraction skyrockets. Seeing these tattooed fuckers (occasionally literally) is hot. The majority of videos are of these punks masturbating, which is okay. These videos are best when the masturbators are self-suckers, or end their session by busting a nut on their own faces. The full-out fucking videos are occasionally surprisingly hot. The surprise comes from the tender moments. I know that sounds weird, but somehow the soft moments, like in Rock & Tek Scene 5 where the two take a few moments just to make out, make the hard moments that much better. Not all the sex is a hit, but more often than not I found myself standing a little bit more at attention, if you catch my drift. And if you don't catch my drift, I mean I had a boner.
Added value at Defiant Boyz is a little quirky. It has some more of the traditional added value that you might expect: membership at Defiant Boyz gives you access to the full CJXXX network of porn, including Bareback Twinkz, Str8 Boyz Seduced, Brazilian Studz, Spunk Starz, Gay Asian Twinkz and Laughing Asians (which cracks me up, so I guess...mission accomplished?). There are also video feeds to check out as well. What makes the added value at Defiant Boyz is the...Flash Games? Yes, that's right. At Defiant Boys, you can play old-school arcade games that have been porned out. Instead of Asteroids? There's Assteroids. Instead of Spaced Invaders? There's Ass Invaders. It's all pretty awesome.
Bottom Line
Defiant Boyz is more hit than miss, but to be a top paysite contender, it's got some changes to make. Still, there's plenty of material to sit down and pop shove-it (Yes, I looked up skater terminology).
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André Borschberg dodged thunderstorms, overflew the Atlas Mountains, and made his way from Quarzazate to Rabat, Morocco, reversing the course he took last week to the interior of this desert country.
While there, he had a week of celebrations and ceremonial gatherings in honor of what will be the world's largest solar-thermal power plant. The presence of Solar Impulse, the gigantic, sun-borne aircraft undoubtedly served as a reminder of what such technology can accomplish.
Taking off at 7:33 a. m. local time from Quarzazate, Borschberg held course toward Marrakesh on the coast. Afternoon brought thunderstorms, heavy winds, and thermals. To avoid a landing in such conditions, the pilot flew a holding pattern between Marrakesh and Rabat and waited for sunset. Ending his 14 hour, 49 minute flight, he landed at 10:22 p. m. local time.
The flight averaged 64.82 kilometers per hour (40.19 mph) at an average altitude of 4,000 meters (13,132 feet) on its 457 kilometer (283.3 miles) flight (projected distance – actual flight time and distance covering much more ground). Compared to the tense, all hands on deck atmosphere of the two flights (the first failing to reach its destination) to Quarzazate, the return seemed more relaxed, with fewer, happier personnel in the Payerne, Switzerland control room.
HB-SIA will stay in Rabat for its 50-hour checkup, then will fly to Madrid and then back to its home base at Payerne, where a more advanced HB-SIB is taking shape to take on even bigger challenges.
The Solar Impulse press release explains the importance of this mission. "Ouarzazate is the construction site of what will be the world's largest thermo-solar power plant, expected to produce 160 megawatts during its first phase and 500MW by 2015. The plant is based on concentrating solar power (CSP) technology using parabolic trough solar collectors with heat storage; it will be the largest of its kind. The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen) and Solar Impulse share a common message, which is why Ouarzazate had always been the desired destination of the 2012 Crossing Frontiers mission. Both are engaged to invest in innovative projects today for job creation and sustainable growth while also protecting the environment. Just after take-off, André Borschberg made a loop around the construction site as a way to honor Morocco's innovative project and give one last farewell before returning to the country's capital city."