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Trump Rewrites His Own History
You know that feeling you have after a night of some Olympic-level drinking, when you want to stay in bed but realize that you have to get up and start the day? Your head is pounding and your stomach wants food. The room is moving and your hands are shaking and deep down inside you say to yourself, I will never do this again, but the feeling you get from Donald Trump's words is like a reoccurring hangover.
At a previously planned veteran's action press conference (8-12-2017), President Trump read a short statement about the tragedy and chaos that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. He took no questions and simply left the room after. This drew a tremendously negative response by both Republicans and Democrats. The press and cable news shows had a field day with the omission of any naming of the parties involved, while using the throwaway line, "… on many sides, on many sides."
Donald J. Trump waited until Monday afternoon to set the record straight in what has been mockingly referred to as a "hostage video," where the great Orange Leader finally called out the Neo-Nazis, White Nationalists and KKK by name. That should have, could have, would have been it. However, Trump decided to hold another press conference about, well, we all seem to have forgotten what it was supposed to cover. Once again, our fearless leader took the reporters' bait and swam right into the deep, dark waters of racism.
He was angry and defiant in a non-presidential way. He lashed out at reporters and swatted away their questions with "Excuse me, Excuse me." He tripled-down on his assessment that both sides were to blame and even asserted that the Nazis and KKK were legally protesting because they had a permit, as if that was an excuse for murder.
He claimed that on Friday night the Alt-right group was quietly protesting the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in the local park. In fact, they were carrying tiki torches and chanting extremely racist, Nazi, fascist, anti-Semitic phrases while marching through the streets of Charlottesville. They called the press following the entourage, "Faggots."
Trump's lack of awareness of the true events that took place on Friday night, and his misrepresentation of what happened the next day, was so breathtakingly hurtful, we can only wish someone in the White House will tell him how wrong he was. But they won't. General Kelly may be able to command the troops, but he cannot put lipstick on this pig at the luau.
On Saturday, the protests turned into a riot, which included a White Nationalist Nazi cultist driving his car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters. His terrorist action killed a human being and seriously injured 19 others. While Donald Trump was fumbling, bumbling and trying to win an argument instead of showing true leadership, he added false logic claiming that there was lots of blame to go around.
He rebuked the reporters, claiming they were not reporting the whole story and that he knows more than anyone else about what happened. He pronounced that there are always two sides to every story and proceeded to coddle the Neo-Nazis and KKK by selling them as nice people. "Well, some of them were nice."
It reminded me of an old friend who was complaining about someone using the words, "That guy's a Nazi, and not even a good Nazi." Now, if the President is really saying that people carrying German Swastikas, guns, clubs and torches were there to protect Robert E. Lee from supposed "alt-left" pre-planned violence, then we need a new President.
The idea that one needs a permit to protest is anti-American. Anyone in the United States has the right to peacefully assemble and air their grievances. A notion that any group, no matter who they hate, stands on higher ground because of a permit granting them access to public property is naively marred and diabolically destructive. It's not the "permit," stupid, it's the racism.
While a mother is grieving the loss of her daughter, the President of the United States was on national TV attempting to give evil groups a little love to lower their culpability. He is guilty of obstruction of logic and aiding and abetting the enemy of Democracy.
The Donald thinks he can rewrite history by confusing people, by asking the absurd question of which statues are next to be torn down, George Washington or Thomas Jefferson? As Trump points out, they were slave owners. We know they held slaves, but they weren't the traitors who left the Union to preserve slavery.
One of the things I can never understand about Donald Trump is the dichotomy of his push to always win, but showing admiration for people who lose. The Germans lost both World Wars and the Southern Confederate army lost the Civil War. Why do losers always admire losers?
Trump's blatant whispers demonstrate his lack of moral compass. I once heard a southerner say, "I know Hitler was bad, but he did a lot of great things for Germany." Really? He killed about six million Jews and nine million others. No one precisely knows the number of lives lost. As my father recalled, by the time the war was over, most of Germany was in ruin. What good did Hitler do for anyone?
What a wasted Presidency, and we are only eight months in. If you voted for Trump, you bear part of the blame. If you want to do something good for our country, start to demand that he be removed from office. It's time to tear down that fake president and write him out of history. Let's end this national hateful hangover.


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Myrtle Beach's best entertainment bets for July 17-23
Myrtle Beach's annual JerryFest is next month at the Boathouse, but if you can't wait to satiate your Deadhead desires, then check out the screening of a rare TV performance of the Grateful Dead from 1972 tonight at Cinemark 14 at Coastal Grand Mall. " Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies: Beat Club 4/21/72," features footage from the once-popular German TV show Beat Club, including some of the last known video footage of vocalist/keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan. Show time is 7:30 tonight. Tickets are $10.50-$12.50. Cinemark at Myrtle Beach is at 2100 Coastal Grand Circle, Coastal Grand Mall, Myrtle Beach. For more information, call 839-3225 or visit www.cinemark.com.
The next installment of Myrtle Beach Speedway's new concert series is set for Friday with a performance by country artist David Lee Murphy, best known for the 1995 No. 1 hit "Dust on the Bottle." Murphy has also written songs for some Nashville heavy-hitters, including Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry and Hank Williams, Jr. Gates open at 6 p.m. Friday, the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, available in advance via www.ticketmaster.com. Myrtle Beach Speedway is at 455 Hospitality Lane (off of U.S. 501), Myrtle Beach. For more information, call 704-886-2407 or visit www.myrtlebeachspeedway.com.
The Grand Strand's craft beer revolution rolls on with the third annual Brews-a-Palooza on tap Saturday at The Deck at the House of Blues, where you can sample more than 30 brewskis - sort of like a mini-Beer Fest. The JJ Rupp Band will also perform as you try to impress people with your vast knowledge of barley and hops. It's $5 to get in, which also nets you a sampler glass, and the beers will range from $1-$4 per sample. Brews-a-palooza is from 5-9 p.m. Saturday. The Deck at the House of Blues is at 4640 U.S. 17 S., Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach. Call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com/myrtlebeach.
Meanwhile, over in the House of Blues concert hall, pioneers of the sing-song-y rap technique, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, return on Saturday for an evening of melodically-laced hip-hop. The group is best known for the '90s hits "First of tha Month," "East 1999" and the Grammy-winning "Tha Crossroads." Hmm...wonder if they'll grab a bite at the HOB restaurant...eatin' at the Crossroads...but we digress. CNC is also on the bill. Doors open at 8 p.m. Saturday, the show starts at 9. Tickets are $36. House of Blues is at 4640 U.S. 17 S., Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach. Call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com/myrtlebeach.
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans host a three-game series against Carolina League foe the Carolina Mudcats, kicking off Friday at TicketReturn.com Field. The Pelicans are a High Class A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the Mudcats hope to get promoted to the Mistake by the Lake. The first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. Saturday, 6:05 p.m. Sunday and 7:05 p.m. Monday. There's a post-game fireworks show planned after Sunday's contest. Advance tickets are $8, $11 and $13, available at the stadium box office, online at www.myrtlebeachpelicans.com or by calling 918-6000. TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark is at 1251 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach at the intersection with Robert M. Grissom Parkway, Myrtle Beach.
One of the first bands to successfully fuse alt-rock with hip-hop, funk and reggae, Nebraska's 311 returns to the House of Blues on Wednesday, promoting its independently released album "Stereolithic," which dropped in March. You're sure to hear many of the band's classics, from "Down" to "All Mixed Up" to "Amber" to "Don't Stay Home" to the cover of the Cure's "Love Song." Also on the bill is homegrown Myrtle Beach reggae-rock act Treehouse! Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $55.50, $98.50 and $103.50. House of Blues is at 4640 U.S. 17 S., Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach. Call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com/myrtlebeach.
See page 16 for a conversation with 311's Nick Hexum.
Kent Kimes, Editor
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What Does Population Health Mean for Public Health?
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James W. Buehler, MD
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Buehler, J. W. (2016). Population and Public Health. Philadelphia Medicine(Winter), 6-8.
Dr. James W. Buehler's research interests center on improving public health systems and services, especially the interface between public health and healthcare systems and the shared objective to advance population health.
During the final 18 months of the administration of Mayor Michael Nutter, Dr. Buehler served as the Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia, where he directed the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in achieving its mission "to protect and promote the health of all Philadelphians and to provide a safety net for the most vulnerable."
Dr. Buehler's Forum presentation explained the population health objectives of the Affordable Care Act as well as discussed the ACA's requirements for non-profit hospitals. He also identified the key examples of how quality-of-care monitoring and reporting requirements within the federal program promote the "Meaningful Use" of electronic health records.
Presentation: 54:49
Recommended CitationBuehler, MD, James W., "What Does Population Health Mean for Public Health?" (2016). College of Population Health Forum. Presentation 98.


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Archive for December, 2008
Are you wasting water when you run your dishwasher?Friday, December 26, 2008 6:42 1 Comment
Think back to when you put those dirty dishes from Christmas dinner into the dishwasher… or other recent days you've used the dishwasher. How many dishes did you pre-rinse before putting into the dishwasher. If you rinsed any, you rinsed too many!
Dishwashers today (those manufactured since 1995 or so) are designed to clean dishes even when they haven't been pre-rinsed to "look" clean. Now think about how much water you used to rinse those dishes… that was just wasted water, not to mention how much money that cost you, especially if you are in the habit of pre-rinsing dishes with hot water.
Are you certain that your dishes won't come out looking nearly as clean? Do a test run one evening without rinsing anything, and see the result… chances are pretty good that everything will come out just as sparkly clean as if you pre-rinsed too. And don't forget that many dishwashers also have a "pots and pans" or "heavy duty" cycle… and yes, these cycles will still use less additional water than pre-rinsing would use!
It is also worth hauling out the manual to check and see what the optimum loading instructions are – sometimes dishes that aren't getting cleaned well enough in the dishwasher is simply because the dishes aren't loaded correctly to provide optimum dish cleaning performance. This is especially valuable if you tend to go through a lot of bowls.
Do you not use enough dishes to run a load every day? Check to see if your dishwasher has a "rinse and hold" cycle on it that will do a quick rinse of the dishes without running a regular cycle, giving the dishes a pre-rinse to prevent the dishes from become crusty with dried food.Â
Following these tips will keep you from wasting water when it comes to cleaning your dishes. Try it and become convinced, and stop the extra work pre-rinsing routine today!
This was posted under category: Cleaning tips
Fresh herbs mix for inside your turkeyTuesday, December 23, 2008 23:09 Comments Off on Fresh herbs mix for inside your turkey
Ever since we have been warned against cooking the stuffing inside the turkey, people have been getting creative with what to put inside the cooking bird. There is always the beer can route, ala beer can chicken. Others will stuff the stuffing inside the bird for cooking during the last half hour or so, when the turkey is nearly done, so you can ensure the turkey will be cooked through and the turkey won't be contaminated by raw poultry juices.
But an amazingly easy thing to do is simply stuff your turkey with fresh herbs right when you are preparing it for the oven. The fresh herbs will infuse the flavor right into the turkey as it cooks, leaving a turkey with a uniquely aromatic taste.. and your house will smell wonderful while it cooks!
You can buy fresh herbs at the grocery store, even during winter months. So next time you are at a loss of what to put inside the turkey, consider using this great combination of fresh herbs instead. Or you can adjust some of the herbs that work well with poulty in place of the ones we suggest.
- Thyme
- Rosemary
- Sorrel
- Savory
- Sage
- Dill
- Margoram
You only need a few sprigs of each for an average size turkey, doubling the amount of herbs for a large (25+ lbs) turkey. When the turkey is finished roasting, you can simply discard the herbs, or you can use them in another dish, provided you are certain the turkey has been completely cooked through, so no uncooked juices remain.
This was posted under category: Cooking, Holidays
Easy stove-top recipe to make your house smell like ChristmasTuesday, December 23, 2008 7:09 Comments Off on Easy stove-top recipe to make your house smell like Christmas
Certain smells just make you think of the Christmas season. And something as subtle as the scent in the house can make everyone feel more festive… especially if you have had to cut back this Christmas, or even if you are snowbound!
You need a medium saucepan filled with one quart of water. Then add 3 cinnamon sticks, 1/4 cup whole cloves (buy in bulk to save money), 2 tbsp lemon juice, zest from one orange, 1/2 tsp nutmeg and two bay leaves. Place on the stove and simmer to leave your house smelling like Christmas. If you plan to simmer all day, be sure to check the water level and add more as needed.
You can also adjust the recipe to your own personal preference. Like orange scents? Add zest from two oranges instead of just one. Not a fan of nutmeg? Drop it back to 1/4 tsp instead of the 1/2 tsp the recipe calls for. Love allspice? Add 1/4 or 1/2 tsp of allspice to the pot. It is all about making it smell like Christmas to you, so don't be shy about incorporating coordinating scents into the recipe.
We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and is keeping safe while all these winter storm are hitting just about everywhere. Merry Christmas!
This was posted under category: Holidays
Brand new coupons section on MomsBudgetMonday, December 22, 2008 6:03 Comments Off on Brand new coupons section on MomsBudget
The coupon stash we post has quickly become one of the more popular spots on MomsBudget, and we were quickly getting stashes that were 300-400+ coupons with both US and Canada coupons. So we have decided to place all those fabulous coupons in their own section, which also includes a search function so you can search for specific coupons, as well as browse coupons based on categories (so you can browse just the breakfast product coupons, or even the breakfast product coupons for Canada).
We have a bunch of coupons expiring 12/31/08, so while we normally only allow one coupon for each type, we are lifting the limits on these, great if you plan to grab groceries before ringing in the new year. Our next mail date for coupons is Dec 22, so plenty of time to get them to you before they expire.
We only have about 1/8 to 1/4 of all our coupons online so far (400+ are entered so far), so watch daily (even hourly!) for all the new coupons being added, we have hundreds here waiting to be entered, which we hope to have done in the next few days. But in the meantime, order away
If you are new to our coupon stashes, think of it as a coupon train but with less work… you pick out coupons and we mail them to you, and we ask that you mail back at least the same value in coupons (at least one month prior to the expiration date), so that we can post them and others can get them. We also ask that you recommend it to others, since the more people that use it, the larger number and variety of coupons we will have available. Please remember that if you have received coupons from us previously, you must have sent coupons back before you can place your next order
Go to the MomsBudget coupons here.
There may still be some kinks to work out, so if you notice anything wonky, please make a note of it in your order comments. We are still working on adding all the product photos as well as adding all the companies. So still a WIP we hope will be completed over the next few days
So happy couponing! And watch for some freebies being included to some of the lucky customers along with the fabulous coupons.
This was posted under category: Coupon Stash, Coupons
Inexpensive and super easy Christmas centerpieceThursday, December 18, 2008 4:30 Comments Off on Inexpensive and super easy Christmas centerpiece
Trying to figure out what to do for a centerpiece for Christmas, without spending an arm and a leg, and without having to rush out Christmas Eve to buy a bouquet of holiday flowers that will still look fresh on Christmas Day? Here is a super easy and inexpensive idea to dress up the holiday table. And it is a fantastic way to use cranberries for something other than cranberry sauce
First, you need a clear glass vase. Then, head out to your garden or go for a walk in a park, and pick up small fir branches, holly sprigs, and any other festive-looking greenery. Trim them at home, ready to be placed in the vase.
Fill the vase with fresh water, about half way full. Then add a generous helping of fresh cranberries to the water for decor (about 1 cup or so, you may need more or less depending on the size of the vase). Then add the various holiday greenery to the vase, and you have a great looking centerpiece.
The arrangement will last for days, as long as you change the water daily, and give the cranberries a quick rinse as you do it. This also makes a wonderfully inexpensive hostess gift if you are visiting someone's house over the holiday season.
This was posted under category: Frugal Gifts, Holidays
Buy Christmas presents by redeeming your pointsWednesday, December 17, 2008 7:14 Comments Off on Buy Christmas presents by redeeming your points
When you think of redeeming points, do you automatically think only of air miles? Well, chances are pretty good that you have more than one "points card" that you get for being a frequent shopper at favorite stores. And many of those stores will allow you to redeem those points for free products you can choose from a catalog, discounts on purchases and even exchange for gift cards. But most of these companies don't exactly volunteer that you can exchange those shopping points for anything good, so you need to get on it!
First, go through your wallet and find all those frequent shopper cards you have that track how much you spend (and no, you probably don't want to know how much you have spent on each of them!!!)Â Then, armed with your cards, check out the websites for each company and see what kind of perks you can get with those points you have earned.
If it isn't a card that you receive a statement for, chances are pretty good you have probably racked up a fair bit without even knowing it, especially if it is something you use frequently, such as while grocery shopping. You may need to phone their head office to find out your points balance, if you don't have access to it, then find out what those points are worth. You could be surprised at what you could exchange those points for. Or next time you are in each store, a customer rep can help you find out about what your points balance is, and what you can get for it.
This is a great way to stretch your budget over the holidays, especially since it is essentially "free money". So be sure to take advantage of it, especially if there are people on your gift list you weren't able to afford to buy anything for.
And don't forget, if you are in the giving spirit, most places have charities they work with where you can simply donate all your unused points to charity…. this is what I have done on multiple occassions to support everything from a local children's hospital to the SPCA, and I know the donation is appreciated by all.
This was posted under category: Holidays, Shopping
Host a Christmas gift wrapping partyTuesday, December 16, 2008 4:31 Comments Off on Host a Christmas gift wrapping party
Do you hate Christmas wrapping and tend to put it off til the last moment? Well, instead dreading the yearly holiday chore, invite some girlfriends over for a Christmas wrapping night! Plan a fun night of movies, lots of chatting, and lots of presents wrapped for under the tree.
Now, you don't want to invite too many people so it is chaotic and things are getting mixed up. Instead, think inviting 3-5 guests tops. Ask everyone to bring rolls of tape, a couple rolls of wrapping paper to share, gift tags as well as all the presents they need to wrap. Don;t forget a selection of favorite movies – either chick flicks or holiday movies – that can play in the background as you all catch up on the latest news, because it is a great opportunity to multitask – wrapping AND chit chat!
Everyone will share the wrapping paper so everyone will end up with a variety. So if someone is bringing over a giantic present to wrap, maybe mention beforehand "oh, you better bring an extra roll so we can all help you wrap that one!", especially if wrapping paper budget is an issue. Or get your kids to draw pictures on kraft paper that you can use for original hand drawn wrapping paper.
Once the wrapping starts, have a specific spot designated for each person to put their gifts once they are wrapped and tagged (trust me, sorting through all the presents at the end of the night to see which belongs to who is NO fun!). So you might put yours on the kitchen counter, another person uses the dining room table, and someone else uses the hallway rug space. Just so long as they are easy to gather up without mixing up!
What about food? You can have some light snacks and munchies on hand, you could do it potluck style or you could all chip in and order pizza or Chinese food. You will need to keep the energy up! And don't forget the beverages 😉
Christmas will be here before you know it, so start planning your Christmas gift wrapping party now, so you can avoid those late night wrapping sessions on Christmas Eve!
This was posted under category: Holidays
Make flavored sugar for frugal holiday gift givingMonday, December 15, 2008 7:24 Comments Off on Make flavored sugar for frugal holiday gift giving
Flavored sugar is a very trendy culinary gift to give that hard to buy for person on your list. It is also considered a high end ingredient, but you can make it yourself for barely any cost at all… this is really a great gift you can make for well under $1!
You only need a week or two to make most of these recipes, so you aren't too late to make these for gifts. You might also want to include it with one of our many drink mixes in a jar in a gift basket or bag.
We have five different flavored sugar recipes for you to make.
Vanilla Sugar
This is probably the best known of all the flavored sugars, and is widely used in drinks and in deserts.
Lavender sugar
If you have seen any of those lavendar cookies on sale for an outrageous amount of money in a bakery lately, the secret to them is lavender sugar.
Chocolate sugar
This one is a hit with the adults and the kids! Great in coffee and lattes, and of course, as a delicate desert topping.
Lemon sugar
What would be better to sweeten iced tea with than a spoonful of lemon sugar?
Orange sugar
Another great citrus sugar to enjoy, without the tartness of the lemon sugar.
Feel free to share all your other favorite sugar recipes
This was posted under category: Cooking
Use those KBToys gift cards immediatelySunday, December 14, 2008 17:09 Comments Off on Use those KBToys gift cards immediately
If you haven't heard, KB Toys is going out of business, which means that if you have a KBToys gift card, you will want to use it ASAP. The stores are still accepting gift cards as payment (but are not issuing new ones), which isn't the case for all businesses going bankrupt. But since stores can close their doors at anytime, it is best to use those gift cards NOW!
This was posted under category: Shopping
Turn your backyard into an ice skating rinkSunday, December 14, 2008 4:58 3 Comments
Now that the kids are off school (or just about to be!) the weather is cold enough in most parts of the US and Canada to make a do it yourself ice rink in your backyard! It is actually alot easier than it sounds, as long as you have a flat area to turn into a skating rink and cold enough temperature so it freezes!
And, other than the cost of water, it is a great inexpensive activity that your kids can enjoy as long as the temperature stays below freezing, and that all their friends can enjoy too.
Here are some Backyard Ice Rink Tips and some more backyard ice rink how-tos.
Some quick tips before you get started:
- Wait until the ground is frozen, even though it is tempting once that air temperature hits the freezing mark to get started.
- It's all about location… a spot in the shade is better than where the sun will be if the weather warms up.
- Have fun!
This was posted under category: Gardening & Outdoors


text: This has probably been covered already, but what peak HP and Torque values should I expect to see on the VDS and are they accurate? How can I tell if I am getting the best acceleration possible from my Roadster? I have a 2010 Sport. The best I have seen is: 294 ft lb, 272 hp and 0.77 g Other days I have seen: 294 ft lb, 253 hp and 0.76g 294 ft lb, 250 hp and 0.66g 294 ft lb, 267 hp and 0.71g 294 ft lb, 269 hp and 0.68g Should the HP number be higher (299 hp) ? Roadster Features and Specifications | Tesla Motors Most of the runs are in performance mode, with a full standard mode charge. A performance charge doesn't seem to make a difference. Next up I need to try a 0-60 timed run to check if it is making it in 3.7.... I've tried phone apps, but they don't seem to be very accurate. Any way to pull the 0-60 data from the logs? Thanks!


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I Am an Everlasting Element of Nature.
I am part of a magical world filled with exciting opportunities and ideas. I am a force of nature with the ability to influence my circumstances. The world around me is my playground, and I find joy in every experience.
My life is part of an everlasting fabric that connects the world together. I am an eternal being with infinite possibilities surrounding me.
I am pleased to be part of nature. My world is filled with oceans of Love and mountains of Courage. I am part of a beautiful world that welcomes me. I believe in the creative power of nature to transform my life.
My intention is to find the best parts of nature and enjoy them and share their inspiration with everyone within my field of influence. I know the people around me are also magical forces of nature. My life is enriched by their experiences and I am invigorated by our connection.
Understanding and appreciating nature makes me happy.
I have many strengths and talents inspired by nature. Nature helps me understand I am part of an infinite Universe with no end.
Today, I recognize that I am a powerful force of nature. My life is filled with amazing opportunities and inspiring wonders which deepen my connection with Nature. I know that I am an everlasting force and part of a miraculous Universe. I am a strong being with established and emerging abilities and skills. I draw inspiration from Nature and Spirit gives me strength and energy. I enjoy the world around me and I am grateful to be alive!
Self-Reflection Questions:
Why do I feel more alive in nature?
- How can I connect with nature on a daily basis to grow as an individual?
- Why do I feel more alive when I am in nature?
- Am I spending too much time indoors and avoiding nature?
- Why is nature providing me with answers to some of the most important questions in my life?
- How can I help my friends and family understand they are also forces of nature?
- Why is everything in Nature conspiring for my highest good?


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Last weekend my friend Agnes and I headed down to my favorite sinful place in NJ – Atlantic City, of course. These two broads hit up the casinos one night to celebrate my 21st birthday! Okay, who am I kidding, 34th. It's all good. After having a disappointing dinner at Wolfgang Puck's in the Borgata Friday night, Saturday morning we were desperate for a good breakfast. Now, for the most part, breakfast is limited to buffets and the such in AC and they typically, in my experience are not that good. I called my mom who suggested I head over the bridge into Brigantine to Pirate's Den for breakfast.
Since she couldn't tell us exactly where it was, and the fact it was pouring with low visibility, it took us a little while to find this charming little place. It's so small and inconspicouous you can miss it. Despite the heavy rain and lack of beachgoers, there was still a wait to get a table. It's not too small with a good amount of tables, but I can imagine on a sunny summer day, the wait would be more than our ten minutes.
They have your standard breakfast items but also offered up some unique ones as well, such as Bananas Foster French Toast, Eggs Benedict with Crabcakes, and a few smoked salmon choices. Agnes went with the traditional Eggs Benedict and I went with the Smoked Salmon, Tomato, and Red Onion Omelet. I ordered my home fries with onions as well. Portion sizes were huge! We both ended up taking half of our food home. Very good, down home food. Really good. My only complaint was there was tooo much onions in my home fries – the whole top layer was onions. Now I know. Service was quick, friendly, and attentive. Very kitchsy, beachy decor. Reasonable prices as well.
I would most definitely hit this place up again next time I'm in the area. Not sure if they are open in the off-season though. Definitely worth a trip away from the casinos for a great breakfast.
Pirate's Den
1219 E Brigantine Ave
Brigantine, NJ 08203-3201
(609) 266-1927


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The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings (pg. 153) .
This quote makes me think about the interactions between my personal environmental experiences with nature. I grew up in an agricultural surrounding, where both of my parents work in direct contact with the environment. My dads company focuses on the growth of seasonal crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, strawberries, melons, etc. When we were little my dad would take up to the fields where the crops were being planted and maintained and I would be in awe to the care that the workers would put into the growth and development of the crops. It was been about 15 years since the last time I went to my dads job and interacted with the environment in such way as to simply care for the growth of such crop. My dads company focuses on the growth of seasonal crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, strawberries, melons, etc.
The rapidity of change and the speed with which new situations are created follow the impetuous and heedless pace of man rather than the deliberate pace of nature (pg. 154).
This quote makes me think about the technology advances taking place and how the majority of all the stuff that we use in our daily lives are man made rather than environmentally made. For example, the construction of buildings requires for space to build them, where man have to take down trees in oder to make this space available. Carson describes the pace of nature as deliberate rather the man pace is more impulsive. When I think about these two complete different things and the pace that they each work is completely different. Today, I feel as though human beings don't take the time time to understand the way nature works and want nature to revolve around our needs when by all means we revolve around nature.
Discase-carrying insects become important where human beings are crowded together, specially under conditions where sanitation is poor, as in time of natural disaster or war or in situates of extreme poverty and deprivation (pg. 157).
Reading this quote make me think about the natural disasters that have occurred around the world such as the tsunami that killed thousands of families in thailand a couple years ago. After the disaster, many individuals also lost their lives due to disease carry insects that are exposed after such disasters. Last summer, I had the opportunity to go to Mexico where I was able to go to the poorest regions of the country. and many of the individual living in the area had life threatening illnesses. This quote definitely bring awareness of poverty and the need to make a change about it.


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We were surprised at how bright and colorful the pictures looked, especially given the circumstances of that day. Precipitation has been our enemy it seems every time we have something wedding related to do. Hopefully, it's just getting it all over and done with so there is nothing but clear skies on the big day, which is less than a month away (we can hardly believe it). Where did the time go?
At first, we were concerned that any picture taken of us would be staged and feel unnatural. This certainly was NOT the case. You took your time to try and relax us, especially with our apprehension of the weather, and try to get us to focus on each other and what was really important between us and in our new life together. From then on, things got a lot easier (as you said they would). Then the real us started to show through your lens.
In the end, [this one] says it all. It shows the two of us, relaxed, smiling, and in each other's arms; where we always want to be. We couldn't imagine being anywhere else for the rest of our lives.
Thanks again,
Rachel and Tom.
Check out Rachel + Tom engagement session here!


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Being a jazz lover I have listened to Charlie Parker since I "got into it". Indeed I'd go as far as say that it was Parker who "got [me] into it" in the first place (Album: Charlie Parker: Compact Jazz. Track: My Little Suede Shoes. It blew me away – still does).
|My copy - The real Bird.
I don't have everything he did – but I do have a sizable "chunk" of his all-too-short output.
The largest part of his output is covered by the fantastic 10cd box set "Now's The Time". And a genuine bargin at £10 (or thereabouts). It's on the "Documents" label.
I got my box set a couple of years ago.. It was a pretty basic affair. The packaging and design were "OK", but no great shakes – it wasn't going to win any awards. But it was acceptable.
|New version - an actor.
But they've gone and changed it. Oh, dear Christ, What on earth are they thinking?
They've gone and replaced the picture of Bird with a picture from "Bird" (i.e. the film by Clint Eastwood).
That's Forest-bloody-Whitaker on the cover! It's akin to marketing a Glen Miller record with a picture of James Stewart on the cover!
Shame on them.


text: As I've been telling you, Prince Po and Oh No are dropping a collaborative album titled Animal Serum, but this has to be the most exciting track to drop from this project thus far. Why? Well, Pharaohe Moth lands on this thing, which essentially makes this track a bit of an Organized Konfusion reunion, right? With contributions from O.C. and a tight, horn-heavy beat, "Smash" is gritty barnburner. Enjoy, and grab a copy of this album here.


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The following table shows which undergraduate courses are Required, and which are selective for the common Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and for the 3 concentration areas: CSO – the Computer Systems Concentration, HCC – the Human-Centered Computing Concentration, and SE – the Software Engineering Concentration.
100 level courses
3 Hours. No graduation credit for students enrolled in a major offered by the Departments of Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering. Introduction to computing; the Internet; Web; file systems; electronic mail; basic tools (such as editors, databases); programming concepts; computer ethics; security and privacy. Computer lab. Prerequisite: NONE
CS 101 Introduction to Computing
3 Hours. Introduction to computing resources and tools. Computer access, security, and responsibility. Navigation and communication. Networks; Internet resources. Applications. Programming languages, concepts and practice. Programming exercises. Prerequisite: NONE
CS 102 Introduction to Programming
3 Hours. Programming languages and program design; data types and operators, expressions, control structures, procedures and modularity. Language definition and programming laboratory. Prerequisite:CS 101 or consent of the instructor and credit or concurrent registration in Math 180.
CS 107 Introduction to Computing and Programming
4 Hours. Credit is not given for CS 107 if the student has credit in CS 101 or CS 102. Access and use of computing resources. Programming and program design. Problem solving. Data types, control structures, modularity, information hiding. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in Math 180.
CS 108 FORTRAN Programming for Engineers
3 Hours. Program design using FORTRAN: data types and operators; control structures; subprograms, file I/O; common storage. Engineering applications: matrix representations and operations; equation solutions Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in Math 180.
CS 109 C/C ++ Programming for Engineers with MatLab
3 Hours. Program design using C/C++: Data types and operators, control structures, functions, file I/O, arrays and structures. Engineering applications: Matrices, equation solution, MatLab. Programming assignments. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in Math 180.
200 level courses
CS 201 Data Structures and Discrete Mathematics I
4 Hours. Credit is not given for CS 201 if the student has credit in MCS 261. Lists, stacks, queues, sets, hash tables, introduction to trees and graphs. Algorithm correctness and complexity, inductive proofs, logic. Programming projects. Prerequisite: Math 180 and a grade of C or better in CS 102 or inCS 107
CS 202 Data Structures and Discrete Mathematics II
3 Hours. Combinatorics; complex data structures: trees, heaps, and graphs. Sorting and searching algorithms. Programming projects. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 201
CS 266 Computer Architecture I: Logic and Computer Structures
4 Hours. Credit is not given for CS 266 if the student has credit in ECE 265 or ECE 267 or ECE 366. Architecture from gate level up. Combinational and sequential logic. Logical minimization. Integer number systems, arithmetic. Datapath design. Finite state machines. Register-based architecture. Memory technologies. Prerequisite: CS 102
300 level courses
3 Hours. Regular sets and finite automata. Context-free languages and push-down automata. Parsing. Computability theory including Turing machines and decidability. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better inCS 201 and credit or concurrent registration in CS 202
2 Hours. Ethical, societal and environmental issues for computer professionals. Professional ethics, software ownership, unreliability, responsibility, privacy, computer crime, veracity, expert systems, workplace and health issues. Prerequisite: CS 202
4 Hours. Programming language semantics, scope, overloading, data abstraction, constructors. Procedural and object-oriented design, programming tools and environments. Interactive application structure and interface, windows, events, widgets. Prerequisite:CS 202
CS 366 Computer Architecture II: Hardware-Software Interface
4 Hours. Credit is not given for CS 366 if the student has credit in ECE 265 or ECE 267 or ECE 366. A continuation of CS 266. Control-unit and I/O design; assembly language and machine programming; hardware control and I/O; memory hierarchy and caching. Prerequisite: CS 266
CS 376 Practicum in Computer Science Presentations
1 Hours. Techniques for effective presentation of computer science topics: terminology, organization, visual aides and delivery of technical talks; presentations and presentation evaluation required. Prerequisite: Engl 161 and CS 102
CS 385 Operating Systems Concepts and Design
4 Hours. Operating systems issues, operations. Process execution, scheduling; memory management, virtual memory design; concurrent process coordination, properties: deadlock, mutual exclusion synchronization primitives; distributed systems issues; network design. Prerequisite: CS 201 and eitherCS 366 or ECE 267
CS 398 Undergraduate Design/Research
3 Hours. Undergraduate Design/Research Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
400 level courses
3 Hours. Same as Mathematical Computer Science 401. Design and analysis of computer algorithms. Divide-and-conquer, dynamic programming, greedy method, backtracking. Algorithms for sorting, searching, graph computations, pattern matching, NP-complete problems. Prerequisite: Grades of C or better in Stat 381 and MCS 360; or CS 202
CS 411 Artificial Intelligence I
3 Hours. Problem representation; rule-based problem-solving methods; heuristic search techniques. Application to expert systems, theorem proving, language understanding. Individual projects. Prerequisite: CS 202
3 Hours. Computer vision system design. Segmentation and representation of regions and boundaries; image filtering; object recognition; advanced topics (examples: texture, stereo, color); applications. Programming assignments. Prerequisite: CS 202 or MCS 360 or consent of the instructor
CS 421 Natural Language Processing
3 Hours. Design of natural language processing systems; part-of speech tagging, statistical and symbolic parsers; semantic interpretation; discourse and dialogue processing; natural language generation; applications. Prerequisite: CS 301 or MCS 441
CS 422 User Interface Design and Programming
3 Hours. course website. User interface design, implementation, and evaluation; user-centered design methodologies, windowing systems, I/O devices and techniques, event-loop programming, user studies. Programming projects. Prerequisite: CS 340
CS 424 Visualization and Visual Analytics
3 Hours. course website . Geospatial visualization, scientific visualization, medical visualization, information visualization, and social network visualization, interaction, data analysis, human factors, dynamic data, privacy, uncertainty, data transforms. Programming projects. Prerequisite: CS 202
CS 426 Video Game Design and Development
3 Hours. Interdisciplinary teams will design, develop and demonstrate real-time interactive applications such as video games and computer-based museum installations. Topics will focus on emerging computer science techniques that are relevant to the development of these types of environments. Prerequisite: CS 107 and CS 201
CS 440 Introduction to Software Engineering
3 Hours. Software life-cycle model, requirement specification techniques, large-scale software design techniques and tools, implementation issues, testing and debugging techniques, software maintenance. Prerequisite: CS 340
CS 441 Distributed Object Programming Using Middleware
3 Hours. Extensive computer use required. Design and implementation of distributed object programs using middleware software standards; interface definition languages and programming language mappings; static and dynamic object communication mechanisms. Prerequisite: CS 340 and CS 385
CS 442 Software Engineering II
3 Hours. Advanced concepts in software development: requirements engineering, cost estimation, risk analysis, extreme programming, regression test case selection, and design patterns. Software lab assignments required. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: CS 440
CS 450 Introduction to Networking
3 Hours. Course Wiki. Credit is not given for CS 450 if the student has credit in ECE 433. Network protocols, algorithms, and software issues. Topics include the open systems interconnect model, data link, network and transport layers, TCP/IP, ATM, mobile networks. Prerequisite: CS 202 and CS 385, and either Stat 381 or Stat 401 or IE 342
CS 455 Design and Implementation of Network Protocols
3 Hours. Network protocols and their software. Examines OS network interface through network layers. Topics include routing, congestion control, fault tolerance, security, name servers, multicast, and performance. Prerequisite: CS 340 andCS 450
CS 466 Advanced Computer Architecture
3 Hours. Credit is not given for CS 466 if the student has credit in ECE 466. Design of high performance computer architecture. Cost-performance; instruction sets; pipelining; memory hierarchy; I/O. Prerequisite: CS 366
CS 469 Computer Systems Design
3 Hours. Credit is not given for CS 469 if the student has credit in ECE 368 or ECE 469. Analysis and modeling of digital systems; hardware description languages; CAD tools for simulation, synthesis, and verification of computer systems. Project: a simple processor design. Prerequisite: CS 366
3 Hours. Same as Mathematical Computer Science 411. Language translation: lexical analysis, parsing schemes, symbol table management, syntax and semantic error detection, and code generation. Development of fully-functional compiler. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in either CS 301 or MCS 441, and in either CS 202 or MCS 360 and CS 266
CS 474 Object-Oriented Languages and Environments
3 Hours. Data abstraction, classes and objects, messages and methods, polymorphism and dynamic binding, inheritance. Object-oriented design. Pure and hybrid object-oriented languages. Prerequisite:CS 340
CS 476 Programming Language Design
3 Hours. Same as Mathematical Computer Science 415. Definition, design and implementation of programming languages. Syntactic and semantic description; variable bindings, control and data structures; parsing, code generation, optimization; exception handling; data abstraction. Prerequisite: MCS 261 and MCS 275; or CS 340
3 Hours. Database design, logical design, physical design. Relational, hierarchical and network databases. Recovery, concurrency control. Normalization. Prerequisite: CS 202
CS 485 Networked Operating Systems Programming
4 Hours. Concepts, design, and programming of multi-process and distributed systems; inter-process communications; fault tolerance; distributed programming semantics. Programming assignments and project required. Prerequisite: CS 385
CS 487 Building Trustworthy Computing Systems
3 Hours. Introduction to computer security. Techniques for secure programming of systems (avoiding stack smashing attacks, race conditions). Security and privacy issues in existing host systems including viruses, worms, sandboxing. Network security including TCP/IP security, firewalls and intrusion detection. Prerequisite: CS 385; CS 450 Recommended
3 Hours. Same as Art and Design 488. Principles of interactive computer graphics. Raster and vector display, techniques and hardware considerations. Introduction to two-dimensional and three dimensional rendering. Laboratory. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in CS 340
4 Hours. May be repeated for credit. Topics of mutual interest to a faculty member and a group of students. Offered as announced by department bulletin or the Timetable Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
4 Hours. No graduate credit for computer science majors. Special problems or reading by special arrangement with the faculty. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
500 level courses
4 Hours. Same as MCS 501. Continuation of CS 401 (same as MCS 401). Advanced topics in algorithms. Lower bounds. Union-find problems. Fast Fourier transform. Complexity of arithmetic, polynomial, and matrix calculations. Approximation algorithms. Parallel algorithms. Prerequisite: CS 401
CS 502 Design and Analysis of Efficient Algorithms in Computational Biology
4 Hours. Sequence alignment, motifs, RNA structure and protein secondary structure from sequence, phylogeny reconstruction, haplotype problem, gene expression, biological networks, pedigree and kinship reconstruction. Prerequisite: CS 401
4 Hours. Paths, circuits, trees, cutsets, planarity, duarity, matrices and vector space of graphs, directed graphs, coloring, covering, matching and applications to switching networks and computer science. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
4 Hours. Turing machines, undecidability, Rice's theorem, recursively enumerable sets, complexity theory, hierarchy theorems, alternation, parallel complexity classes, complete problems. Prerequisite:CS 301
CS 511 Artificial Intelligence II
4 Hours. Predicate logic and resolution strategies, reasoning under uncertainty, incomplete information reasoning, state and change, planning, temporal reasoning knowledge representation, learning, advanced search techniques and current topics. Prerequisite:CS 411
4 Hours. Logic programming theory and its application to databases, knowledge representation and knowledge bases. Prerequisite:CS 480 or CS 411 or consent of the instructor
4 Hours. Anatomy of expert systems, types of expert systems, architecture of an expert system, expert system tools, building an expert system; expert systems in the marketplace. Prerequisite: CS 411
CS 515 Advanced Computer Vision
4 Hours. Analysis of 3-D scene images. Shape from shading, texture, line drawings, and surface orientation. Surface representation methods and reconstruction of 3-D scenes. Design of knowledge-based vision systems and 3-D applications in robotics and industrial environments. Prerequisite: CS 415
CS 521 Statistical Natural Language Processing
4 Hours. Statistical techniques for Natural Language Processing, including maximum likelihood estimation, Hidden Markov Models, and probabilistic grammars; and their applications, including parsing, semantic inference, dialogue processing and summarization. Prerequisite: CS 421; or consent of the instructor.
CS 522 Human-Computer Interaction
4 Hours. The computer-user interface: media, languages, interaction techniques, user modeling. Human factors in software development. Theory, experimental methods, evaluation, tools. Project required. Prerequisite: CS 422
4 Hours. Principles of multi-media interface design for computer applications. Multi-disciplinary approaches to integrating text, still images, animation, and sound into human-computer interfaces. Prerequisite: CS 422 or consent of the instructor.
CS 524 Visualization and Visual Analytics II
4 Hours.course website.Current topics in scientific visualization, medical visualization, information visualization, volume rendering, isosurfaces. Project required. Prerequisite: CS 488 or CS 424 or consent of the instructor
CS 525 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Programming
4 Hours. course website. Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Programming languages, vertex shaders, fragment shaders, general purpose computing on GPUs. Prerequisite: CS 488 or consent of the instructor.
4 Hours. course website. Same as AD 588. State of the art in computer graphics, visualization, and interactive techniques. Prerequisite:CS 488 or consent of the instructor.
4 Hours. course website. Theoretical and practical aspects of computer animation: keyframing, kinematics, simulation, and motion capture. Prerequisite: CS 488 or consent of the instructor.
4 Hours. course website. Principles of virtual reality and virtual environments: hardware, software, input and control devices, design issues, quantitative assessment of user performance. Prerequisite:CS 488 or consent of the instructor.
CS 540 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering
4 Hours. Formal methods; requirements and specification languages; program flow analysis; validation and verification; software metrics; program representations; software tools; software testing; software process. Prerequisite: CS 440 or consent of the instructor
CS 541 Software Engineering Environments
4 Hours. Software configuration management; software quality assurance; software engineering economics; software factory; software reuse; computer-aided software engineering; software prototyping. Prerequisite: CS 540 or consent of the instructor
CS 542 Distributed Software Engineering
4 Hours. Fundamental concepts of distributed software. Task allocation algorithms, language concepts for concurrency and communication, analysis methods and tools, and formal models. Prerequisite: CS 440
CS 545 Formal Methods In Concurrent and Distributed Systems
4 Hours. Formal methods in concurrent and distributed systems, particularly temporal logic and automata for specifying and reasoning about security properties and real-time properties. Automated and manual techniques for checking correctness. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
CS 553 Distributed Computing Systems
4 Hours. Distributed computing systems terminology and design issues. Data communications protocols; distributed operating systems, resource management, and synchronization; security; database systems. Prerequisite: CS 366 and CS 385
CS 554 Concurrent Computing Systems
4 Hours. Petri nets, methods and their applications to concurrent, distributed, parallel, and data-flow systems; logic programming and rule-based systems. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
4 Hours. Artificial neural networks for parallel computing including perceptrons, backpropagation and Kohonen nets, statistical methods in neural computing, Hopfield nets, associative memories, cognition and neocognition. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
CS 565 Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design
4 Hours. Computer-aided physical design of integrated circuits; circuit partitioning and placement; floorplanning; global and detailed routing; timing optimization; general optimization tools: local search, constraint relaxation. Prerequisite: CS 401 andCS 466
4 Hours. Parallel processing from the computer science perspective. Includes architecture (bus based, lockstep, SIMD), programming languages (functional, traditional and extensions), compilers, interconnection networks, and algorithms. Prerequisite: CS 466
CS 567 Principles of Computational Transportation Science
4 Hours. Builds on the fundamentals of transportation science and emphasizes its high-level computational aspects. Topics covered include database design and theory, spatial and temporal information systems issues and travel modeling. Same as CME 567 and UPP 567. Grade of B or better or concurrent registration in UPP 560. Open only to Ph.D. students; or consent of the instructor.
CS 569 High Performance Processors and Systems
4 Hours. Instruction-level parallelism, multiple-instruction issue, branch prediction, instruction and data prefetching, novel cache and DRAM organization, high-performance interconnect, compilation issues, case studies. Prerequisite: CS 466
4 Hours. Use, design, and implementation of object stores. An object store enables object-oriented programming to be extended by storing objects on disk and communicating objects between processes. Prerequisite: CS 385, CS 480 and knowledge of C++, or consent of the instructor.
CS 580 Query Processing in Database Systems
4 Hours. Same as IDS 511. Query processing in deductive databases and in distributed/parallel databases systems. Prerequisite:CS 480
CS 581 Database Management Systems
4 Hours. Concurrency control; reliability, recovery, data integrity, database machines and current topics. Prerequisite: CS 480
4 Hours. Document retrieval, office automation. Optimal retrieval, relevance feedback, clustered search, construction of clusters, model of term weighting, thesaurus construction, multimedia data, handling of audio and video. Prerequisite: CS 480
CS 583 Data Mining and Text Mining
4 Hours. Provide students with a sound knowledge in data and text mining tasks and techniques, as well as, ensure students ability to use this technology. Prerequisite: CS 401. Recommended background: Algorithm Probability.
4 Hours. Data modeling and semantics; knowledge representation, querying, and reasoning for the semantic web; metadata; data integration and interoperation; web services; applications. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: CS 480
CS 587 Computer Systems Security
4 Hours. Security of computer systems, including security definitions, models, and properties; structure of computer systems and its interaction with computer security; authentication; errant programs; access control models; and covert channels. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
CS 588 Security and Privacy in Networked and Distributed Systems
4 Hours. Security and privacy in networked and distributed systems including applied cryptography; network security protocols for authentication, confidentiality and integrity; distributed denial of service attacks and defenses; distributed authentication architectures; and privacy and anonymity. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
4 Hours. May be repeated for credit. Students may register for more than one section per term. Subject matter varies from term to term and section to section, depending on the specialties of the instructor. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
0 Hours. May be repeated. S/U grade only. Seminar by faculty and invited speakers. Prerequisite: NONE
4 Hours. S/U grade only. May be repeated for credit. Students may register for more than one section per term. Individual study or research under close supervision of a faculty member. For CS majors only. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
9 Hours. S/U grade only. Students may register for more than one section per term. For CS majors only. A research design or reading project approved by the committee appointed by the director of graduate studies. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
16 Hours. S/U grade only. May be repeated for credit. Students may register for more than one section per term. For CS majors only. MS thesis work under the supervision of a graduate advisor. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
16 Hours. S/U grade only. May be repeated for credit. Students may register for more than one section per term. For CS majors only.PhD thesis work under supervision of a graduate advisor. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
IT courses
IT 101 Java Programming for Information Technology
3 Hours. Elementary data types, arithmetic & logical operations, control structures & error handling, methods & functions, introduction to object-oriented programming design & implementation. Emphasis is placed on the development of problem-solving skills. Prerequisite: NONE
IT 201 Introduction to Computer Configuration and Operating System Software
3 Hours. Introduction to concepts of computer configuration, and OSS. Comparisons of commercially available CPU families, peripherals, system performance and evaluation. Discussions of technological developments and commercially available systems. Prerequisite: NONE
IT 202 Web and Multimedia Programming
3 Hours. Introduction to internet, multimedia concepts, protocols, and tools. HTML document markup language. Web site design. Script programming for interactive web pages. Creating, editing images, video, and audio for internet use. Programming exercises. Prerequisite: NONE
IT 301 Networks and Distributed Computing
3 Hours. Introduction to the use of computers on a network. Installation and configuring of networking components: Firewalls, nameserver and gateways. Use of both wired and wireless networks. Prerequisite: NONE
IT 302 Database Administration and Installation
3 Hours. A study of the use of existing databases (bibliographic and non-bibliographic formats), their data structure, processing and retrieval data, integrity and security, and interface design issues. Prerequisite: NONE


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In a totally unexpected move, Iman Sarofim, the Coptic woman from the village of Gabal al-Teir in Minya, Upper Egypt who had gone missing since some three weeks ago, returned to her family. The 39 year-old mother of five called her husband from Suez and said that she had fled her captors. Her family rushed to bring her back and she was welcomed in the village with joyful celebration.
Ms Sarofim claims that she was seduced by their family friend, [the Muslim] Samy Ahmed al-Gilfi who took her out of the village and travelled to Suez. She says he had three men with him. Today, Friday 26 September, when the men left the apartment for Friday noon prayers, she escaped and called her family who rushed to her rescue. Ms Sarofim denies she ever converted to Islam as claimed by Interior Minister Muhammad Ibrahim who said a conversion certificate had been issued by al-Azhar.
Lawyer and activist Ihab Ramzy told Watani that the missing woman's ID may have been used by her captors to fake a conversion. In such cases, Mr Ramzy says, a face-veiled woman goes to impersonate her.
Police raid
The story goes back to some three weeks ago when Ms Sarofim disappeared. Since the woman is no minor, it is impossible for the police to force her back home. Sarofim's family and their neighbours and friends in Gabal al-Teir saw this as police failure and demonstrated in front of the police station. The protest turned violent when the Copts attacked the station with stones and Molotov cocktails, damaging two police trucks. Nine men were injured, among them three policemen. The police used tear gas to disperse the protestors.
In the late evening, the police broke into the homes of villagers suspected of the morning attack. They avenged themselves brutally by breaking furniture, robbing belongings, terrorising women and children, and leading the men out tied with ropes and pulled through the village streets as though they were beasts of burden. To say nothing of the horrible insults and abuse they used against the villagers. Some 35 men were caught, but 23 were directly released and 12 detained. The 12 were released last Tuesday.
The senior police officers attempted to contain the crisis generated by the junior policemen by charging the detainees with "attack against policemen" instead of the actual "attack against a police station" since the latter falls under terrorist acts and warrants a harsh penalty. But none of the policemen was charged with any violation till last Wednesday when the prosecution ordered an investigation into the matter.
Watani International
26 September 2014


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text: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Efficacy refers to the producing a result. Within Reformed theology, Christ's atonement was efficacious. It produced the result of forgiveness of sins for the elect. The atonement is efficacious grace in action.


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It's the morning after yet another in an seemingly endless line of big primaries. Time for a little break from the campaign.
What if Saul Bass, the famous film graphic designer, had created the opening titles for "Star Wars?" It might have looked something like this:
Bass radically changed the look of movie title sequences, making them into mini-masterpieces. You can find other examples of his work here.
Or, go to YouTube.com and search for "Saul Bass." You'll find a number of his title sequences there.
My favorite is "Around the World in Eighty Days," where the credits are all at the end of the movie. Bass manages to not only introduce the cast but to retell the entire plot during the title sequence. The last title card? The name of the movie. Sweet!


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Were they ever away?
Well, they certainly lost their mojo and pioneering spirit. But their recent launch including a new laptop, tablet and mobile devices has seen them change direction. How does that effect us as customers?
Whilst the Surface Pro 4 is an evolution from previous models, the new Surface Book laptop is a gesture of serious intent by Microsoft. By becoming a manufacturer, they are directly competing with not only Apple, but with the companies they normally supply Operating Systems to: Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer etc.
On top of the Windows 8 / 10, these companies use Microsoft's software: Office, Outlook, OneDrive etc, and are now direct competitors. With flagship stores being opened in New York and Sydney, with more promised, this is a business model with similarities.


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Here's what U.S. President Barack Obama didn't say in Thursday's widely anticipated national security speech: What happens to Guantanamo detainees who will not be released or tried?
Obama recognized the challenge of dealing with "those Gitmo detainees who we know have participated in dangerous plots or attacks but who cannot be prosecuted . . . because the evidence against them has been compromised or is inadmissible in a court of law."
But he offered no hints on an alternative to their indefinite detention, saying only, "I am confident this legacy problem can be resolved."
Significantly, Obama did lift a ban against returning detainees to Yemen, which means 56 prisoners who are cleared for transfer will have their files reviewed on a "case-by-case basis."
But what about another 30 detainees who have also been cleared for transfer — some of whom have been waiting since the Bush administration — including many who cannot return to their birth countries for fear they will be tortured or killed?
For this task, Obama said he will appoint a senior envoy at the State Department and Defense Department who will search for countries offering refuge. But no names were offered and there is concern as to whether the envoy will have the political backing needed to swing these diplomatic deals.
Daniel Fried was Obama's former Guantanamo Czar and regarded around Washington as a good fit for the job due to his foreign connections and diplomatic record. But by the end of his term, Guantanamo had fallen off the administration's agenda, making his job nearly impossible.
On the issue of drones, Obama said he had established a clear framework with guidelines and oversight that was "codified in Presidential Policy Guidance" that he signed Wednesday.
What is left unclear is exactly what this means. Does this — as his wording seems to suggest — end so-called "signature strikes" that target suspect groups of men in specific regions, rather than individual targets? This has been one of the most controversial practices due to the high number of civilian casualties it has caused.
He also left open the question of who will be in charge of the program. Administration officials indicated Wednesday that the program would shift from the CIA to the military.
But will the CIA cede control completely?
Obama didn't say.


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Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot
So, after 3.5 years of slacking on my running, I have finally decided to dedicate myself to picking it up again. On Thanksgiving morning, with Jana and Bethany, we will be running the 5K Turkey Trot while the boys play the annual Turkey Bowl. (Gotta do something to prepare for all those starches.)
My last run was a 10K with Bethany in New Jersey 3.5 years ago. I was running 4 miles a day. At point, I had even started training for a marathon and got up to 9 miles. We then ran the 10K, and I lost the drive. Very sad, I know
So as of last night, I am very happy to say that after 3 weeks of training, I am back up to 3 miles.
Now all I have to do is find a 10K this winter.
Wish me luck!


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Pacifica Cafe at Embassy Suites Hotel. Seaside,Ca.Posted by KB
Sep 21
Embassy Suites Hotel. Seaside, Ca. Pacifica Cafe
We had a little time to kill and was looking for a quick local meal and did a web search. We ended up at the Pacifica Cafe for an early dinner be fore running off to see a show.
We ordered the calamari , that the menu said was with tempura, but showed up with a seasoned breading with jalapenos ????. We also had the lettuce wedge with the blue cheese. It was good but the blue cheese was a little weak.
For dinner we ordered one serving of the halibut. Our server had the chef split it on 2 plates so we both enjoyed it with the carrots, asparagus, and broccoli. Very tasty and the fish was nice and flaky.
Didn't have time for dessert, but menu items looked good.
Was a sleepy Wednesday night in Monterey bay.
Enjoyed our last minute meal. Our server was very attentive .
4 stars


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Stalking is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear (National Center for Victims of Crime Stalking Resource Center). A stalker can be someone you know well or not at all. Most have dated or been involved with the people they stalk. Most stalking cases involve men stalking women, but men do stalk men, women do stalk women, and women do stalk men.
Stalking is serious, often violent, and can escalate over time.
Some things stalkers do:
- Follow you and show up wherever you are.
- Send unwanted gifts, letters, cards, or e-mails.
- Damage your home, car, or other property.
- Monitor your phone calls or computer use.
- Use technology, like hidden cameras or global positioning systems (GPS), to track where you go.
- Drive by or hang out at your home, school, or work.
- Threaten to hurt you, your family, friends, or pets.
- Find out about you by using public records or online search services, hiring investigators, going through your garbage, or contacting friends, family, neighbors, or co-workers.
- Posting information or spreading rumors about you on the Internet, in a public place, or by word of mouth.
- Other actions that control, track, or frighten you.
You are not to blame for a stalker's behavior.
If you are being stalked, you may:
- Feel fear of what the stalker will do.
- Feel vulnerable, unsafe, and not know who to trust.
- Feel anxious, irritable, impatient, or on edge.
- Feel depressed, hopeless, overwhelmed, tearful, or angry.
- Feel stressed, including having trouble concentrating, sleeping, or remembering things.
- Have eating problems, such as appetite loss, forgetting to eat, or overeating.
- Have flashbacks, disturbing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
- Feel confused, frustrated, or isolated because other people don't understand why you are afraid.
These are common reactions to being stalked.
If someone you know is being stalked:
Listen. Show support. Don't blame the victim for the crime. Remember that every situation is different, and allow the person being stalked to make choices about how to handle it. Find someone you can talk to about the situation. Take steps to ensure your own safety.
Stalking is unpredictable and dangerous. No two stalking situations are alike. There are no guarantees that what works for one person will work for another, yet you can take steps to increase your safety.
- If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
- Trust your instincts. Don't downplay the danger. If you feel you are unsafe, you probably are.
- Take threats seriously. Danger generally is higher when the stalker talks about suicide or murder, or when a victim tries to leave or end the relationship.
- Contact a crisis hotline, victim services agency, or a domestic violence or rape crisis program. They can help you devise a safety plan, give you information about local laws, weigh options such as seeking a protection order, and refer you to other services.
- Develop a safety plan, including things like changing your routine, arranging a place to stay, and having a friend or relative go places with you. Also, decide in advance what to do if the stalker shows up at your home, work, school, or somewhere else. Tell people how they can help you. Click here to learn more about safety plans.
- Don't communicate with the stalker or respond to attempts to contact you. with the stalker or respond to attempts to contact you.
- Keep evidence of the stalking. When the stalker follows you or contacts you, write down the time, date, and place. Keep emails, text messages, phone messages, letters, or notes. Photograph anything of yours the stalker damages and any injuries the stalker causes. Ask witnesses to write down what they saw. Click here to download a stalking incident and behavior log.
- Contact the police. Every state has stalking laws. The stalker may also have broken other laws by doing things like assaulting you or stealing or destroying your property.
- Consider getting a court order that tells the stalker to stay away from you.
- Tell family, friends, roommates, and co-workers about the stalking and seek their support. Tell security staff at your job or school. Ask them to help watch out for your safety.
National Stalking Awareness Month
The History of National Stalking Awareness Month
In January 2004, the National Center for Victims of Crime launched National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM) to increase the public's understanding of the crime of stalking. NSAM emerged from the work of the Stalking Resource Center, a National Center program funded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, to raise awareness about stalking and help develop and implement multidisciplinary responses to the crime.
NSAM began in response to a 2003 call to the Stalking Resource Center from Debbie Riddle, the sister of murdered stalking victim Peggy Klinke. Riddle wanted to transform her family's painful tragedy into a force for good - and to help improve law enforcement's response to stalking and save lives. Riddle's call led to a concurrent Congressional resolution on Stalking, a national program on Lifetime Television, hosted by Erin Brockovich, featuring Peggy Klinke's story and a Lifetime video, "Stalking: Real Fear, Real Crime," to train law enforcement about the crime. In July 2003, the National Center for Victims of Crime, in partnership with Representative Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Lifetime Television, told Peggy's story at a Congressional briefing on Capitol Hill, which focused on strengthening law enforcement's response to the crime.
That same day, Representative Wilson introduced a Congressional resolution to support National Stalking Awareness Month. The following January, the National Center for Victims of Crime launched the first observance of National Stalking Awareness Month and supported communities across the nation in planning the event.
In 2011, the White House issued the first Presidential Proclamation on National Stalking Awareness Month. President Obama's proclamation stressed the millions affected by the crime, the often devastating consequences, the difficulty of identifying and investigating the crime, and the federal government's strong commitment to combating stalking. The 2012 proclamation elaborated on the dangers of stalking, and the importance of NSAM in building awareness about the crime.
In 2012, during National Stalking Awareness Month, the White House convened its first-ever National Roundtable on Stalking, bringing together survivors, law enforcement officers, victim advocates, and researchers, to advance knowledge of the crime and help the federal government combat the crime.
The National Stalking Awareness Month website (www.stalkingawarenessmonth.org), launched in January 2009, provides a wealth of information about the crime and about the nationwide observance. Information about NSAM is also available on Facebook(https://www.facebook.com/pages/National- Stalking-Awareness-Month/112815125149) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/SRC_NCVC). Both sites have generated great interest and sharing about how communities throughout the country observe NSAM.


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Which locations are for just the rhythm and lead, I want to keep the clean channel as is.
e.g. are R1 and R11 for the clean?
From reading the description I'd just do step 8 and 9 first, see how you like it and if needed play around with step 10 for a bit.
This would leave the clean unchanged and increase gain on rhythm and lead.
Any clips or mod info with the head units?
i'd like some clips too if anyone has some. just picked up a GP3 and like it with a boost pedal in the lead channel and dont want to have to use one if I dont have to.
Just did the high gain mod on the lead channel only. Holy fucknuts it rips now
Pittbull G100UL
Deliverance 60
Fatbottom 2x12
I'd like to know - what is the High Gain mod where the resistor and the cap is replaced for the lead channel actually doing? Is is altering plate voltages? Increasing the range of input signal voltage possible through the gain pot or something else?
Steve Fryette or anyone else if you can shed some light on this it'd be great.
Pittbull G100UL
Deliverance 60
Fatbottom 2x12
I doubt Steve will respond, did you read the very first post about this?
Other than that i have zero idea...lol, sorry.
Sig X
Fat Bottom 4x12
Valvulator I
Yeah I read that, I haven't contacted him about it so in leiu of that thought I'd ask on here instead.
Pittbull G100UL
Deliverance 60
Fatbottom 2x12
On the lead channel when you replace the 475K resistor with a lower value to increase gain - how low can you go with this resistor?
Would values between say 10K and 50K be acceptable for use?
UPDATE - added another 100K resistor in parallel to the existing 100K - now I do not need a boost pedal of any kind and I get none of the compression that brings. Sounds f'n amazing with gain dimed and power amp cranked up. What a beast of a preamp this is
Will replace tomorrow with single 50K for a clean mod unless someone from support informs me 50K there is unhealthy for it.
Tube rolled for a couple of hours tonight and ended up with the following:
V1: Sovtek WB
V2: Ruby (Shuguang)
V3: Ruby (Shuguang)
V4: Ruby (Shuguang)
V5: Tung-Sol
V6: Sovtek WB
I originally had the Sovtek WB's in V1 and V2 but swapping V6 with V2 and adding the Tung Sol in V5 added a touch more gain without being too upper mid peaky (I tried all Tung Sols and didn't like the cleans at all).
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Deliverance 60
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doing for him is work-for-hire. In the agreement you give the publisher full ownership and
control of the material. You would not be allowed to sell reprints or to use the same content at any time in the future. This is different from all rights in that with all rights, the rights will automatically revert to you after 35 years. Not so with work for hire. If you are selling a piece to a publication as a freelance writer, that does not qualify as a work for hire. Typically, writing can be considered work for hire when it has been created as part of the job you do for your employer. What you write in that situation belongs to the employer.
However, there are a few legitimate situations in which you may be asked to sign a work-for-hire agreement in connection with a writing assignment you are given. One example might be if you write Sunday school curriculum. Because such material is used in multi-year cycles, the publisher needs to be able to reuse it in the future without having to go back to the writers for permission. In such a case, signing the work-for-hire contract is legitimate—especially since it is not something you could sell elsewhere anyway.
If a publisher asks you to sign a work-for-hire contract on a piece you submit, or even one you write on assignment, you need to challenge them. In most cases, if challenged, they will back down.
To see a sample of a work-for-hire agreement, go to: http://www.vlaa.org/assets/documents/Sample%20Work-For-Hire%20Agreement.pdf.


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Let's use these data from Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem as an example.
For simplicity I share the 2010-2014 data in the R code below, recreating the right 5 columns of the original chart. I selected similar colors from this Chart of R Colors.Help Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem improve his stacked bar chart! https://t.co/4oAqm87mkx pic.twitter.com/qqhjeJcdf6— Data and Data Viz (@DataAndDataViz) January 29, 2016
div <- matrix(
c(182, 20, 30, 76, 107, 52, 64, 128, 1, 0, 0, 0, 23,
0, 60, 30, 97, 90, 74, 65, 64, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0,
215, 59, 90, 108, 94, 92, 86, 83, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0,
325, 98, 112, 135, 95, 0, 87, 71, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0,
362, 117, 113, 139, 83, 48, 89, 32, 5, 1, 0, 0, 0),
dimnames = list(
c("Gasunie", "Tennet", "UCN", "Schiphol", "Staatsloterij",
"Nederlandse Spoorwegen", "Havenbedrijf Rotterdam", "BNG Bank", "FMO",
"De Munt", "COVRA", "Holland Casino", "NWB Bank"),
c("2010", "2011", "2012", "2013", "2014")))
orig.col <- colors()[c(518, 558, 477, 430, 11, 131, 652, 477, 459, 153, 456,
148, 92)]
par(mar=c(4, 4, 2, 12), yaxs="i", las=1)
barplot(div, ylim=1.05*c(0, max(apply(div, 2, sum))),
ylab="Dividends (in millions of Euros)",
col=orig.col, border=NA, legend.text=TRUE,
args.legend=list(x="right", inset=-0.55, border=NA, bty="n"))
Note that the dividends reported for Havenbedrijf Rotterdam (yellow) were greater than Nederlandse Spoorwegen (midnight blue) in 2014, although this does not agree with the chart shown in the tweet above.
The three main decisions in creating a stacked bar chart are (1) the order of the columns, (2) the order of the stacks, and (3) the color of the stacks.
Order of the Columns
In this case, ordering the columns is easy, because year is ordinal. If this were not the case, you might want to order the columns by the totals, or some other metric important to the story you're telling with the chart.
Order of the Stacks
It's not clear to me how the companies (stacks) were ordered in the original chart. It's not alphabetical, and it's not the average annual dividend. What is it?
I contend that it's good practice to place the least variable stacks at the bottom of the column. That way, the ups and downs of the more variable stacks do not disrupt the pattern of the less variable stacks.
In order to place those companies with the least variable dividends on the bottom of the bar chart, I ordered the rows by their variance and removed any rows with all zero dividends.
rowvar <- apply(div, 1, var)
div2 <- div[order(rowvar), ]
div3 <- div2[apply(div2, 1, sum)>0, ]
Color of the Stacks
It's good practice to assign colors in a meaningful way whenever possible, delivering more information than simply a random collection of colors. Color could be used to identify the age, location, or product type of the companies, for example. It depends on what's important to the story you are telling with the chart.
I thought it would be interesting and informative to define colors for the companies based on whether their dividends increased or decreased over time, on average. So, I calculated the average annual change in dividends and assigned ordered positive changes to the "YlOrRd" (yellow-orange-red) color set using the R package RColorBrewer and ordered negative changes to the "Blues".
change <- apply(div3, 1, function(y) lsfit(1:dim(div3)[2], y)$coef[2])
new.col <- rep(NA, length(change))
sel <- change > 0
new.col[sel] <- brewer.pal(sum(sel), name="YlOrRd")[rank(change[sel],
new.col[!sel] <- brewer.pal(sum(!sel), name="Blues")[rank(-change[!sel],
par(mar=c(4, 4, 2, 12), yaxs="i", las=1)
barplot(div3, ylim=1.05*c(0, max(apply(div3, 2, sum))),
xlab="Year", ylab="Dividends (in millions of Euros)",
main="Companies Partially Owned by the Netherlands",
col=new.col, border=NA, legend.text=TRUE,
args.legend=list(x="right", inset=-0.55, border=NA, bty="n"))
What a difference it makes to have the company with the most variable dividends, Gasunie, at the top of the stack rather than at the bottom. It makes it much easier to see that the dividends of the other companies were relatively consistent during 2010-2014.
And using color to identify which companies had increasing and decreasing dividends is also very informative. It makes it easy to see that the dividends of Gasunie increased more and those of BNG Bank declined more than the other companies during 2010-2014.


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*I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review*
Scott Tyler is not like other teenagers. With a single thought he can alter reality around him. And he can stop anyone else from doing the same.That's why he's so important to ARES, the secret government agency that regulates other kids like him: Shifters.They've sent him on a mission. To track down the enigmatic Frank Anderson. An ex-Shifter who runs a project for unusual kids - as if the ability to change your every decision wasn't unusual enough. But Anderson and the kids have a dark secret. One that Scott is determined to discover.As his obsession with discovering the truth takes him further away from anyone he cares about, his grip on reality starts to weaken. Scott realises if he can't control his choices, they'll control him.
Control starts off a couple of months after Shift. Scott is now a full agent at ARES. Together with his partner and girlfriend Aubrey he has to find new Shifters. Still the last events from the previous book have left a mark on Scott, making him doubt every decision he has ever made. With the ability to remember every choice, that is quite a lot.
His task for the past six months has been tracking down the other adults with the shifting ability. Which has all been going pretty well, except those few times he's been stabbed. Now there is only one person left, Frank Anderson.
Meanwhile there are some other strange things going on. Someone is shifting major decisions, suddenly there is a new Prime Minister, children of important people are getting murdered, then they are alive again... Scott is going nuts with all these changing realities. He is having a hard time figuring out what has changed, what is still the same and why someone would do those things.
Since he is actually the only one who knows something has changed, it is up to him to figure out who is doing this. While trying to figure out what is going on, he starts alienating the one closest to him. Not on purpose, but his quest for the truth becomes so consuming, he starts pushing the limits of their trust in him.
Overall Scott is a very dutiful guy, does what he is supposed to do and tries to go by the rules. Unfortunately that does not always work out the way he wants to. Still his intentions are good.
I also like that dual part of Scott. On the one hand he's a regular teenage boy, trying to get through puberty without making to much of a fool of himself. On the other hand he has this power and with that comes certain responsibilities. So when he gets mad or hurt, he can become very scary. He changes. He's no longer himself and his powers give him the chance to undo all if he wants. It's up to him then to make the right choice.
I liked Control a bit more than Shift, because there is more action and Scott is now growing into his responsibilities and natural leadership qualities. Also there are some major plot twists that I did not see coming. The overall tone of the book becomes a bit more darker and the complexity of shifting becomes more clear. The effect of changing your choices might be greater than you thought.
Ooh and that cliffhanger!!! It's going to be a long wait for the third book to come out!


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Brilliant! These are real photographs, well observed and captured. All I managed in my time was tourist shots of the Eiffel Tower and Place du Concorde.
thanks! but in my opinion i didn't get so many great pictures, too ..it was just not enough time, but i liked it anyway there, as usual


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At the Abbey School in Reading they`ve started introducing 3D-image technology. This innovation has already received a lot of recommendations.
Introduction of a new technology for educational purposes is taking place at biology lessons or, rather, at anatomy ones. Computer anatomic model images are painted in 3D. Students put on 3D-glasses as they do at the cinema and watch models in all three dimensions.
It must be pointed out that they are shown not just static models, but dynamics and functioning of human organs.
At present, the experiment is held not only in England but in other six European countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Swiss and Turkey. All together, 740 pupils take part in this project.
As first results show, 92% of students in 3D classes listen to teacher`s explanations attentively in comparison with 46% of them in traditional classes. There is an increase in progress. Now 86% of students demonstrate good results while in common classes - only 52%.


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Its December, and it means gifts gifts gifts! I assumed there would be some great gifts out there this month, but I never imagined there would be 100 gifts from one store alone. But there is!
JeSyLiLo is celebrating their time in SL by giving away the gifts throughout the year and more! There are about 100 gifts (or exactly 100 - I was so excited I just started scooping them up!) under and around the two Christmas trees in the JeSyLiLo store. They are filled with lots of different things - skins, clothes, shoes, and things for men and women both!
I also stopped by Analog Dog and snagged some "new to me" free hair in the freebie balls there. I don't know when she changed them, but it was a nice surprise to get a few of the newer release hair for free!
The location today Spain - The District - a beach hangout with club and shops! This place is gorgeous, and although I don't speak Spanish very well (or really at all without my translator) they were really nice and friendly! If you're looking for a bit of a different experience or some culture, stop by! Its also voice enabled if you can speak the language (Or if you prefer drooling on the sidelines... oh my!).
¿Es hora de siesta ahora? ¿Dónde está mi mimosa?
The Look:
Hair: Analog Dog - ging - paprika (Free in the Freebie Balls)
Eyes: *JeSyLiLO*:::KatyEyes:::*AutumanGreen (Free for JeSyLiLo Christmas!)
Skin: *JeSyLiLO*:::DIMH3Hunt:::*LightSkin* (Free for JeSyLiLo Christmas!)
Dress: *JeSyLiLO*:::KNH:::*Dress* (Free for JeSyLiLo Christmas!)
Pose: Bounce This Poses Seductive 6
Boots: A&Y Bunker Cybershop - Deuz Boots Metallic - Black
Location: Spain - The District


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A few words to say how pleased I was to spend these 5 ½ months in Perth. At first, I did General English, for 2 ½ months. I didn't know anything about the Cambridge Exams yet, but as soon as I heard about them, I decided to try. I'm very happy with my decision because these lessons were a very good level of teaching, and I enjoyed the fact that we were 'pushed' to improve ourselves. In Belgium, I don't think it's very important to have the FCE in order to find a job. But I did this exam mostly for myself, because I thought I could improve faster and better. And yes, I did! So I really recommend these lessons to anybody who would really like to work hard in lessons and make lots of progress.
Clelia, Belgium
I have never had such a good school experience like here. You have opened new doors for me and encouraged me to go further with learning English. I liked to come to school everyday. I liked the atmosphere in the school and how we were encouraged by all the teachers. I hope really that I can once repeat this experience. Thanks for all what you have given to me
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We get enough practice in all four examination areas of IELTS Test: listening, reading, writing and speaking. We are constantly learning with experienced teachers who give us specific exercises and supplementary materials and, as a consequence of this, we can notice our progress during the length of the course.
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I was really happy meeting and studying with students from so many different countries. PICE has many good teachers who really take care of every student. Everyone here is so friendly and helpful. PICE helped me to improve my English. Now I can speak and listen to native speakers much easier.
If you want to study English, please come here, it's FANTASTIC!
Mod, Thailand
I think PICE has a very warm atmosphere. All the teachers want to help the students. The students are very friendly and open.
The break times are good, I have enough time for everything.
PICE organises a variety of activities.
Elena, Russia
PICE is great. It has a lot of different cultures and the teachers are nice. I meet a lot of new people here, from all over the world. The school has different levels of English classes so everybody can improve their English. There are cooking facilities, as well as vending machines and nice lounges to sit on in break-time.
Shalini, Switzerland
This college helped me build confidence as well as develop my character and what I was capable of through believing in myself. The college is an adult college and treated me with respect and dignity. The team building with other professionals instilled confidence and pride, and helped me believe that any goal is achievable.
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