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These are the most interesting, influential, and important pictures of 2011. There is no ranking, they are all equally worthy of being on this list. Enjoy.
This is "Fearless Cat". It's only appropriate to open this list with a picture of a cat because cat pictures and cat-related humour took off like wildfire over the last few years on the internet. There are entire websites dedicated to it, such as lolcats.com. This picture is just fascinating to look at and is taken in such a way that it warrants a captive audience.
This picture shows a man and wife taking to the dance floor in a banquet hall. The look of romance this man has in his eyes is truly something to be admired, as should always be done with such a wonderful thing. In 2011 our attitudes towards individuals who are disabled (for lack of a much longer, unrecognizable, politically-correct term) still leave a lot to be desired. This picture is important because it shows what we all know but all too often tend to forget; that love supersedes all. Love means acceptance, if acceptance isn't present, it isn't love. This picture says that very well, thus earning its spot on this list.
This is Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. 2011 could very aptly be dubbed 'The Year of Protest'. Thousands of protesters took to the square January 25th 2011, and are still going strong now in December 2011. This wide view shows the magnitude of the protest, with police moving in backed by the local military (bottom left).
This man doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze in Greece, out front of his local bank branch. The man claimed to have been given unfair treatment when the bank set the terms for the repayment of his loans. The fees were enough to make the man ask for a renegotiation but when denied his request he set up with loud speaker, gasoline and a lighter to make his voice heard. The man's protest ended with this picture, snapped just a moment after he ignited himself. This picture was taken by a bystander who worked across the street, not a professional photographer or journalist. The police officer shown was able to extinguish the flames before the man died, but he is said to have suffered severe burns covering most of his body.
Camels crossing the desert. This is just a brilliantly timed and angled shot, and certainly the most creative nature photograph of the year.
This veiled, Afghan woman set herself on fire to attempt suicide, after reportedly suffering years of abuse from her husband. In Afghanistan, women are still viewed as second-class to men, as lesser creatures designed for servitude and male dominance. Examples of this can be seen with female circumcision, which could also accurately be labelled Genital Mutilation (cutting off the females's clitoris at a young age so she never experiences sexual pleasure), marital rape not being considered a crime, and with men being able to beat their wives (often to death) as punishment if they: speak to another man, speak while another man is present, leave the house showing hair or skin, show hair or skin while in their own home while guests are present, show displeasure at their husbands actions, deny their husbands sexual intercourse, ask for divorce from their husbands, leave the home without their husband, seeking permission to do anything, ever, that would in anyway apply that they are independent, self-reliant human beings. It is worse than it sounds, rest assured, the rate of women who kill themselves by lighting themselves on fire in Afghanistan is shockingly high.
Tiffany, 19, turns her back to the camera to show the scar that was left behind after she was a victim of a brutal and near-fatal knife attack in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on March 10th, 2011. Tiffany is a transvestite. This attack was a hate-crime. Tiffany was targeted by locals because they believed her trans-sex operation was a transgression against nature. This picture is important because it reminds us that bigotry and hate are still dominating love and acceptance and only we can make the change. It has to come from within and it starts with being shocked, such as seeing this image of an innocent humans mutilated back.
Shi'ite Muslim men and boys beat their chests as they practice self-flagellation during the religious ritual of Ashura in Delhi, India, earlier this year. Islam is a perfectly normal belief, and certainly a religion of peace, love, and understanding. This picture shows that quite well... This sick display of besotted fanaticism depicts the kind of brainwashing that takes place under extreme religious rule.
After the flooding in Pakistan earlier this year, millions of spiders and other creepier-than-your-worst-nightmares-could-concoct creatures were forced to occupy trees. Thousands of trees just like the ones pictured here became webbed as they were forced to house the spiders who fled the rising waters. The locals nicknamed the trees 'cotton-candy trees'. (I'll never eat cotton-candy again.)
A Japanese girl sits on the remains of a street a midst wreckage from what was her home and neighborhood after the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck off Japan's Pacific coast on Friday, March 11th, 2011. The earthquake was the most powerful ever to hit Japan and is recorded as in the top 5 most powerful earthquakes in history. No picture can be a just summation of the trauma and absolute desolation that Japan experienced, but this picture serves as a stark reminder of the loss of human life that was a result of the earthquake, tsunami and aftershocks.
The Aurora Borealis over Iceland's night sky. This photo became famous after an amateur photographer entered it in a photo contest, and for good reason, won. It's incredible. Who wants to go to Iceland?
This picture was taken moments after a suicide bomber detonated inside Abdul Faz Mosque, Afghanistan, killing 50 people. You can see the bodies (women and children, mostly) clustered together around a survivor crying and pointing at her dead child in the center of the photo. Suicide bombings are a favoured tactic used throughout the Middle East, often with the bombs being strapped to unwilling participants such as special needs individuals, men who are told their families will be financially looked after and protected if the man carries out the suicide bombing, or young boys who are manipulated into thinking they will be eternally rewarded if they sacrifice their own lives in the "Holy War" against the infidels of Islam. Unfortunately there is no eternal reward, and certainly not an earthly one either. There is nothing special about believing in something so strongly you would die to prove it. It takes nothing but an absence of courage, bravery and logical human thought to make such a cowardly exit from Earth.
This is a picture of a malnourished boy in Somalia. Currently 3.7 million Somalis are at-risk for starvation in the two southern regions that are controlled by Islamist Al Shabaab militants. The warlords keep the food for themselves and execute, rape, and oppress the civilians under their control. Somalia has been forgotten about since the United States withdrew their forces from there in the 90's. The people there are suffering everyday and despite the United Nations having all the necessary power to assist, they do not. In 2011, the fighting between militant groups have taken more civilian casualties than before but aside from Human Rights Watch, no one seems to care. The boy in this photograph is dead now, died of malnutrition as a result of extended periods of starvation less than a week after the picture was taken.
A fiery explosion after two cars collide during a race. The flames were recorded to be 40 feet high as first response and firefighter teams sped to pull the two men from each vehicle. Amazingly, both men walked away from the accident and only one needed medical treatment for minor burns on his hands. Hard to believe from this picture though, as one car is almost completely blocked from view as a result of the massive inferno.
This is 'Casual Cop'. Casual Cop became an internet phenomenon after this photo was snapped. The cop is casually spraying mace into the face of a protester who is sitting calmly during a protest at UC Davis. The internet certainly does abhor unexplained dissonance, as Police Lieutenant John Pike now fully understands. His calm, casual stance has been photoshopped and turned into one of the most famous internet memes of 2011.
A picture taken Sept. 11th 2011, of a New York Fire Department firefighter remembering his fallen compatriots on the ten year anniversary. 9/11 will always be a moment in history that people who were old enough to remember will be unable to forget. If you are asked what you were doing that day when you first heard the news of the terrorist attacks you will be able to recall it perfectly, any of us could. This picture sums up the mourning and grief still taking place and being felt worldwide because of the events of that day.
Amputee Soccer players fight over a ball during a game in July of 2011. This picture shows pure determination over physical obstacles. The love these players must have for their game is inspiring. This picture is important because it reminds us of the potency of human will power.
This picture was taken of a bloodied man and a dead child, in front of a building that had just felt the effects of a double suicide bombing that took place earlier this year. The first suicide bomber detonated and injured and killed several people while the other bomber waited nearby. When the police, paramedics and firefighters began to arrive and a large crowd had formed, the second bomber detonated, killing three times the amount of people that the first bomb had killed. There are three pictures related to religious fundamentalism and terrorist suicide bombings on this list because in 2011 religious oppression inspiring terrorism is still running rampant throughout the Middle East. Despite two wars waged by allied forces, two occupied countries, the situation is only getting worse.
This is a fantastic picture of the Milky Way Galaxy, taken from the ground of the Mardi Khola Valley in Himalaya. Not as potent in the same way as some of the other pictures on this list, but certainly one of the most awe-inspiring and beautifully taken pictures from the last year. One glance at this picture and you are instantly infected with the travel bug.
This is a photo of the India-Pakistan border, taken from the International Space Station. It looks shockingly like neurons inside the human brain and being the sci-fi geek that I am, I had to include this stunning view of our tiny speck of dust planet. Even though we have the biggest egos in the universe, we are certainly unimportant, miniature beings of life with the utmost of irrelevancy, and this picture is a fantastical reminder of that fact.
This is an ant. You may notice that it has antler-like fungus protruding from its head. That fungus grows inside the hosts brain, taking control of it completely. It tells it's host to climb as high up as possible in a tree, then it breaks out of the ants head and spreads its spores to the wind, so as to cover and infect as large of an area as possible. So in short, it turns the ants into zombies and then spreads itself to as many other ants as possible to keep its population strong. This picture was taken in Brazil, let's hope the zombie ant army stays there.
Protesters being beaten in Tbilisi, Georgia. The capital of Georgia, Tbilisi has recently become the home to anti-government protesters who are demanding the resignation of the president of their country. Years of oppression and unruly, tyrannical treatment are finally being challenged as the citizens of Georgia were undoubtedly inspired by successful revolutions in other countries worldwide over the past year. This is one photographic example of the police brutality being carried out on demonstrators in Georgia. The government message is clear: silence the protesters; but the demonstrators have a message of their own, and after over 10,000 people have shown up to make their voices heard it is quite clear that their message will not be silenced.
The Year of the Protest certainly echoed strong within North America when a group of university professors, economists and students decided to show up on Wall Street, and not leave. Pictured above is a PhD wielding university professor at George Washington State University, or as the main stream media calls him, "an unemployed bum with nothing better to do". The Occupy Movement simply wanted people to start paying attention to the massive inequality and unfair distribution of wealth within America. Furthermore, to take action against a corporate controlled media and bank system that leaves the majority of the country out in the cold, while a small, elite 1% controls nearly everything you can do, see, read and most importantly, buy. Hence their slogan of "Occupy Wall Street: We are the 99%". The Movement is still going strong, after starting on September 17th, in Zucotti park. The OWS movement was organized by Canadian activist group Adbusters; but what started as a Canadian idea and an American occupation, has since transformed into a worldwide movement with OWS demonstrations taking place in over 82 countries and 1200 events despite massive resistance from police forces.
Earlier in the list the earthquake that rocked Japan was mentioned, but worth a separate mention is the subsequent tsunami. The earthquake and tsunami were responsible for 15,841 deaths, 5,890 injuries, with an additional 3,490 people missing and not yet accounted for. Of those deaths, an estimated 92.5% died from drowning. Entire families, homes, airports, towns, islands, cities were completely swept away with the rising waters that bulldozed through 18 prefectures. Save The Children reports over 100,000 children have been uprooted from their homes, the majority of which were disconnected from their families. The tsunami also disabled the Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima, exposing the nearby city to harmful levels of radiation. Pictured above is a passenger ship left atop an apartment complex. When a tsunami comes to land, it brings ships, buildings and vehicles with it, using them as battering rams to knock down anything in its path that the crushing force of the water doesn't already break down. After the water gets as far inland as it's power will allow it to go, it begins to recede. When it left Japan and went back into the ocean, it carried thousands of human beings out to sea with it, never to be seen again. There are several other powerful pictures of the tsunami's destructive abilities to extinguish life.
This is a boy who fell asleep atop a bull. This picture captures a little piece of humanity, instantly evoking so many distinct emotions. This picture is certainly worth one-thousand words and finishes off this list with a well-rounded close.
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by Geoff on Sep.24, 2010, under Daily Review
This is a collection of short films, tied together with Boris Karloff as compare. Quality and a genius stroke by Mario Bava. This collective showcases the talent and versatility of the director and it's an obvious first stop for the uninitiated as we get to see a sample of subtle styles from the Italian master.
We have an original obscure Tolstoy vampire tale which projects a new spin on an old theme. A father who has been cursed has a vampiric infection in which he can only feed on family and those he loves. It's a twisted idea and most shocking when his god child becomes his first victim. Karloff plays the father with an amazing performance in which he just makes it look so easy, Susy Andersen is also stunningly good. Rich in colour and classic gothic style, it's an ambitious tale and the longest of the three. Another tale tells of a nurse played by Jacqueline Pierreux, who attempts to steal a ring from a dead clairvoyant client but becomes haunted by guilt. A claustrophobic tale of darkness and terror.
The final tale, which slots in between the other two is my favorite of the three. A beautiful woman receives malicious menacing phone calls from who she believes is an exlover, imprisoned. Calling her friend for comfort, the night is about to get a bit crazy. This is more of a crime tale, and a vision of Bava's direction and focus on the Giallo. Michele Mercier who is absolutely stunningly good takes thee lead as Rosy. The tale has a racy lesbian undercurrent with her friend, Mary. Lit with Blue and Red, which became Bava's trademark especially in Blood and Black Lace, also adopted by Argento (Crystal Plumage/Inferno). The Telephone sequence is perfect in pace, style and structure which still looks as fresh and classy as it would have done back in 1964. How amazing it would have looked back then. I would have loved to have seen a reworked version of this, as a full length feature, as it's structure is very much that of a classic situation play. Another final point, the opening sequence was lifted by another very famous American film back in 1996 staring Drew Barrymore. In fact, the whole movie's concept is based on this short. Amazing to witness the comparisons.
This is a great collection. The Telephone stands out for me, but this collection will entertain all; a little something for everyone.


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Name: Annabelle (6 months)
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This is by far my favorite room in our house. When thinking about the design, I knew that I wanted something bright and cheerful and far from the traditional "girly" pinks and purples.
I started by looking for art on Etsy and settled on some great prints by Sadly Harmless that are whimsical and fun but would still be appealing as Annabelle grew up. Next up was finding the rug — a great graphic black and white chevron that is the perfect canvas for the brights in the room. Everything sort of fell into place from there.
I spent weekends perusing small shops and Etsy for unique art and fabric. I refinished an old dresser in a fun red and swapped in mercury glass knobs to complement the mercury glass mirrors on the art wall. Those will need to be changed to something sturdier once she becomes mobile! Anything basic I purchased was customized a bit to keep from looking too "stock." For example, the basic white storage cubes are backed with a bold graphic paper.
Lastly, I looked for ways to add a little of her dad and I to the room. Many children's rooms have numbers, so I added fabric numbers to some storage baskets, representing my husband's favorite sports figures. I also created some artwork featuring the famous numbers from Lost, one of our all-time favorite shows. All in all I think the room is fun, original, and most importantly, Annabelle loves it!
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Plenty of kickstands available here in the Pacific Northwest. This one appears sturdy enough to hold up two bikes. We made a few pit stops for Ian's Geocache action. Found one cache and planted another. Just another diversion and excuse to play outside.
I installed bar ends on the 29er. I omitted 'em when setting the bike up, but missed 'em while riding. Sure, they may be out of fashion, especially on a (slight) riser bar - so call me Dork Boy. These are carbon fiber bar ends however, so that's Mr. Dork Boy to you buddy.


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The legendary Gregg Allman swings through the area this weekend, performing tonight at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and Saturday at the Lowell Roots Fest. Texas gadfly Kinky Friedman pokes at your preconceptions at Johnny D's. Multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons, who you know as part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, brings his solo tour to the Narrows Center in Fall River. The Manhattans harmonize, through Saturday, at Scullers. Not to be confusing, but Manhattan Transfer is playing at The Wilbur Theater in Boston. Head for the Hingham Shipyard to catch the free concert from 7-9 p.m., this week featuring Danny Klein's Full House doing J.Geils Band hits and more. The Van Burens rock The Beachcomber. Franklin's guitar ace Lydia Warren takes over Smoken' Joe's in Allston. Sumi Kaneko fuses Japanese traditional music with jazz at The RegattaBar. Cynic hits the beat at Brighton Music Hall. Electric Legacy rocks Home Ice. Folkie Liz Longley sings at Club Passim. Hard Case rocks Chilihead BBQ in West Bridgewater. Roomful of Blues holds court at Chan's. Slide guitar master Charlie Keating and his band take over the C-Note in Hull. Jennifer Nettles sings at the South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset.
The Kings of Leon rock the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, and it's a super bill, with Young the Giant, and The Kongos opening. It's a big deal when Jerry Douglas tours, because the dobro virtuoso best known for his work with Allison Krauss & Union Station has a hand in 13 Grammy Awards over the years, and he's at The Narrows Center. Norwell's own Les Sampou brings her blend of roots styles to Tinker's Son. Soulman John Legend croons at The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston. Country dude Lee Brice performs at The South Shore Music Circus. An all-ages rock-out at The Beachcomber from 4-8 p.m., led by Cry Havok. The Dread Sox melt Home Ice. The jazz-funk-world fusion septet Atlas Soul shakes up The RegattaBar. The reunited Mavericks perform a 2 p.m. concert at Indian Ranch in Webster. Hungrytown performs at the 6 p.m. folk music show at the Soule Homestead in Middleboro. Acoustic bluesman Mark T. Small at Chilihead BBQ. Barrence Whitfield comes to Johnny D's with his Grits & Groceries Orchestra (a reference to Little Milton's signature song--"If I don't love you baby, Then grits ain't groceries..." ). The Gallery rocks Church in Boston. Adrianne Lenker won a full scholarship to Berklee College as a vocalist, graduating in 2012, and now she has a new album to celebrate at Club Passim. Always worth hearing Beantown rocker Laurie Sargent, at Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge.
Sunday is loaded with Luke Bryan topping a glittery country bill at Gillette Stadium, with Dierks Bentley among the other acts; The Ryans, famed Irish band, play a 4 p.m. concert at The Beachcomber; while the Mad Decent Block Party brings hip-hoppers like Flosstradamus and Diplo to the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion; Cheesy Chuck Whelan warbles at Paddy Barry's in Quincy; while Brian Mahoney checks into the Hotel California at The Irish Pub in Quincy. Monday night the House of Blues hosts the Summer Nationals Tour, topped by The Offspring and Bad Religion. Tuesday reggae star Beres Hammond plays the Met Cafe; while twangy guitar ace Junior Brown returns to Johnny D's. Was Wednesday declared a holiday while we weren't looking? Wednesday is packed: Gov't Mule jams at The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion; Indigenous rocks at Johnny D's; Jesse McCartney sings at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston; Drivin' & Cryin' takes over Great Scott; Aussie Clairy Browne and her Swingin' Rackettes groove at The Sinclair in Cambridge; The Cult rocks The Wilbur; and Passenger gets the groove at The House of Blues. August 14 is also crowded with options: Ohio rockers Red Wanting Blue at Brighton Music Hall; Bob Weir & Ratdog at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion; Echo & the Bunnymen at The Paradise; The Rebirth Brass Band at The Sinclair; Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun in a jazz trio at Scullers; and Feed Me at the House of Blues. Barefoot Truth takes over The Sinclair August 16-17. Old friend Elan Trotman, the saxman you might've seen with his buddy Bronson Arroyo, brings his jazz sextet to Scullers on August 20. Punk rock titans The Dictators take no prisoners at The Met Cafe on September 6.
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It's not even the start of the ski/snowboard season, but we hear that 48 of 58 year-round employees at the state-owned Belleayre ski center have received notices that they could be laid off at the end of the year.
"That is full-time year-round staff," said one of those affected, explaining that they've heard the state may try to rehire some of the people as seasonal employees in time for the ski season, which will commence as soon as it gets cold enough to make snow and for natural snowfall. They say the area, like other Catskill resorts, is hoping to open around Thanksgiving weekend, weather permitting.
Many of these year-round folks, we hear, run a nearby beach operation during the summer and perform routine maintenance at the ski area in the off season.
We're waiting to hear back from DEC and the state on these layoffs — some of those affected are planning to come to the Capitol on Thursday to press their case.
Update: Just heard back from the state Budget Division's spokesman Erik Kriss who explained the employees are being shifted from full-time to seasonal status but that should result in no interruptions at the ski center or in their employment, at least until the end of the ski season next spring. Whether that means they are, technically, being laid off or not isn't clear, but basically, they will no longer be year-round employees but instead will be considered seasonal employees.


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Each week, we'll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the three most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below.
Deciding factor, KD vs. LBJ | Next step after preps | Remembering Nash
VIDEO: Nash on his career and overcoming injuries
Mike D'Antoni says Steve Nash may be done for the season. He may be done for his career. If so, how will you remember him?
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com: My personal memory of Nash is my first glimpse of him, sitting in the Minnesota Timberwolves' locker room in the spring of 1996 after a draft workout for the team. He looked impossibly young and innocent, all smiles, and he happened to be wasting his time: The Wolves were going to figure out some way to land Stephon Marbury in that draft, either by selection or trade, to team with buddy-at-that-time Kevin Garnett. Never, ever imagined that kid would become a two-time MVP and, as the premier point guard of his generation, a certain Hall of Famer.
Fran Blinebury, NBA.com: Great ball handler, creative passer and sparkplug to those fun to watch run-and-gun Suns teams. But in no sane world should he ever have been a two-time MVP, especially when Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant have only one apiece.
Jeff Caplan, NBA.com: I'll remember Steve Nash in a Suns uniform with his stringy hair bouncing up and down as he dribbles, dribbles, dribbles from the top of the key to the baseline, under the basket, through the trees, out the other side and back into the paint for a fallaway 8-foot floater that tickles the twine.
Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com: As a guy with bad hearing. He didn't listen when most every college in the United States said he wasn't good enough to deserve a scholarship. He didn't listen when NBA people said he was too slow to make it big as a point guard in the pros. He didn't listen when Mark Cuban said Nash wouldn't hold up long enough to earn the kind of contract other teams were willing to offer — before Nash won MVPs in Phoenix. Nash has been a brilliant point guard and one of the best parts of the league for a generation, all while exceeding expectations.
John Schuhmann, NBA.com: I'll remember Nash as a brilliant pick-and-roll point guard, who made creative passes with incredible vision. I'll remember him as the floor general of the league's most efficient offense for nine straight seasons (with two different franchises). And I'll remember him as a funny and thoughtful interview. I hope he's not done.
Sekou Smith, NBA.com: If Nash is done for the season, that's fine. I've said for weeks now that he and Kobe Bryant should spend the rest of this season in designer duds on that Lakers bench and plot their revenge, as Kobe mentioned on radio recently, for the 2014-15 season. I'm conflicted on Nash's career. He was a breath of fresh air when he transitioned from an All-Star point guard in Dallas to an All-Star in Phoenix and helped turn the Suns into one of the most entertaining teams of his generation. A great player? No doubt. An all-time great player? Yup. But a back-to-back MVP during the primes of Kobe, Tim Duncan and Shaq? I've never been able to reconcile that one (let's just say I didn't vote Nash No. 1 on my ballot in either of those seasons). Nash did his thing. He was fantastic. but he didn't vote for himself. The blame should be shouldered by some of the other guys commenting here and the scores of other media types who voted and got caught up in the Suns' narrative, which was no doubt a compelling one. Either way, Nash will be remembered as one of the greats of his era and all time. He's earned that distinction.
Lang Whitaker, NBA.com All Ball blog: Early in Nash's career, I went to Toronto one summer to write a profile of Nash for SLAM magazine. I spent a day with Nash walking all around Toronto, from visits at Much Music to a speech to the kids at Jane & Finch. At the time, Nash was a burgeoning All-Star, and he wasn't recognized that often. A few years later, Nash had become one of the most famous people on the planet. You can debate whether his MVPs were deserved, but the truth is Steve Nash is a two-time MVP who had a huge impact on the game of basketball, both in the NBA and internationally. And maybe that's good enough.
Davide Chinellato, NBA Italia: I still believe Nash's career isn't over. Call me a dreamer, but I think a fighter like him can't accept going down like that. He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer, the best PG of the 2000s and one of the best PGs ever. He deserves a ring. So I still expect to see him with a Laker uniform next season. He probably won't win the title he deserves, but I'm sure he'll give it another shot.
Akshay Manwani, NBA India: Whatever memories I have of Nash, it will be in his Phoenix Suns jersey. Really, as the executor of Mike D'Antoni's' 'Seven Seconds or Less' he played quite a few memorable seasons with the Suns, which earned him MVP honors and in 2005 and '06. But above all, it was the bloodied nose, the swollen eye, the leave-it-all-out-on-the-floor attitude for which Nash will endure in my mind.
Emeka Enyadike, NBA Africa: Steve Nash is the epitome of greatness, and what a career he's had. How I would like to remember him: I think of him every time I see the movie "White Men Can't Jump." Steve went into the court like someone going into his neighborhood courts for a pick-up game. He was always relaxed. 2005 was the year I'll never forget because of how he helped to change the fortunes of the Suns. We also love Steve even more here in Africa because he was born here in Johannesburg. Despite his British and Canadian citizenships, he was our gift to the game.
Selcuk Aytekin, NBA Turkiye: Steve Nash is one of the greatest playmakers and one of the best shooters in league history. His ability and playing style are purely unique. He is only missing a championship ring, but over the course of his time in the NBA, he's put up 17,361 career points and 10,296 assists. Numbers don't lie, and they tell the story of a living legend.


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Has anyone used White Labs Pilsner Lager yeast? I have found that this yeast appears to be a top fermenting yeast with a slimy looking head that does not subside but keeps getting bigger and bigger until it overflows into the airlock.
Any body have a similar story on this strain
Any body have a similar story on this strain
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I pitched that yeast about 1 month ago in my latest batch. #WLP800... I didn't have that problem, but after about 3 weeks @ 50 degrees fermentation stopped completly, the S.G. was only 1.025 so I had to pull it out for a couple of days to get it to start back up.
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I'm terribly sorry for the late reply, but it is the WLP800 that I had problems with. I received a reply from Chris White (White Labs) who said that this lager yeast 'appears' to ferment on the top.
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Mexican left proposes weakening oil union power
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's main leftist party said Thursday it is willing to cut back on the enormous power that the country's oil workers' union wields in the state-run oil company, Pemex.
Production has been dropping steadily at Pemex, corruption is rampant within the company and President Enrique Pena Nieto is expected to present a proposal next week to open up the oil company to greater private-sector participation.
While Pena Nieto has not announced details of the plan, the fact that the union is an ally of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party makes it less likely the reform proposal will hit the union hard.
The leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party has opposed any attempt to reform Mexico's constitution to allow concessions, risk contracts or private investment in the oil industry.
But Democratic Revolution leader Jesus Zambrano said his party is willing to change some things, like the five seats the union holds on the company's board of directors. That is about one-third of the board; government and company officials occupy the rest.
Zambrano said some union members might be allowed to say on the board, but not vote. He also called for investigations of how some union leaders have amassed impressive fortunes.
Union boss Carlos Romero Deschamps serves as a senator from Pena Nieto's party. Mexican news media have published reports on his son's million-dollar Ferrari and his daughter's trips to Europe in private jets.


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After the two longest wars in U.S. history, Americans are watching these days as all that was won in Iraq is on the verge of being lost because of a corrupt sectarian leadership we helped to install. And Afghanistan's government seems nearly as unstable, even as U.S. troops are preparing to leave and a second act similar to Iraq's could be in the offering.
It may be a bit of providence that this year is the 100th anniversary of World War I — one of the most futile and disastrous wars in human history, in which little was accomplished except the sowing of seeds for worse horrors to come. With Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, and with Israelis and Palestinians again engaged in mutual hostilities with no hope of victory or defeat, now may be the time to reflect upon the price of war and the challenge of peace.
This week Russell Shaw writes a masterful analysis of "the war to end all wars" (page 9). Shaw looks at World War I both as history and as a spiritual mile marker on the blood-soaked path through the 20th century. Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini all rose from the bloodied muck of Verdun and the Somme, but as Shaw describes, so did a modern disillusionment in both man and God.
The dogs of war, once unleashed, are not easily restrained. It may soon be a bitter irony that in our own day the desire to punish the architects and protectors of the terror unleashed on 9/11 has led to ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the "caliphate" that was Osama bin Laden's ultimate goal. The wars have also led to the de-Christianization of the Holy Land, another casualty of the sectarian strife they've spawned.
That war's consequences are so little in our control is no fault of the brave men and women who sought to serve their country when duty called. But these predictably unpredictable consequences do challenge us to question both the leaders who send our youth into war and we who allow them to do so. As many soldiers have noted when back stateside between multiple tours of duty, the rest of the country — that is, us — went on about our lives for 13 years oblivious to the price a few of us were asked to pay. War did not exact from us even an increase in taxes to pay its $4 trillion in cost, much less any other sacrifice.
Yet those who do fight make great sacrifices. And the price they pay is ongoing. Today we call it names like PTSD. Survivors of World War I paid a similar cost.
One hundred years ago, the English poet Siegfried Sassoon, a survivor of "the great war," wrote in his poem "Repression of War Experience" of a man back home in England who cannot escape the memories: "... they never cease/ Those whispering guns — O Christ, I want to go out/ And screech at them to stop — I'm going crazy;/ I'm going stark, staring mad because of the guns."
Pope Benedict XV was a lonely voice who refused to take sides in World War I and begged, "Surely there are other ways and means ..."
In 2003, at the start of the first Iraq War, Pope St. John Paul II then said: "War is not always inevitable. It is always a defeat for humanity."
The popes of the 20th century and now the 21st have all been stalwart advocates for peace. But while the peacemakers may be blessed, modern history suggests they are also ignored, at least until the history books are written.
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Seton Goddard '15 is spending the summer as a cabin counselor at Culver Woodcraft Camp in Culver, IN.
Student Profile
Name and Class year: Seton Goddard '15
Living unit: Lambda Chi Alpha
Major: Political Science
Campus organizations: Wabash College Democrats, Wabash Conservative Union
Leadership positions held on campus: Public Relations Coordinator, College Democrats
Currently serving as: Vice President of the Student Body & Chairman of the Student Senate, student member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Wabash Men
What made you decide to attend Wabash: I was interested in having the opportunity to learn in a small-classroom, discussion-based environment. I also fell in love with the traditions of the College and all of the excitement that seemed to accompany them!
Favorite course thus far and why: English 350: Masculinities in Literature and Film with Dr. Rosenberg. This course completely changed the way I thought about what it means to "be a man," and it forced me to examine a lot of my own beliefs. While most Wabash classes do this, I think something like "masculinity" isn't as easily understood as most individuals would expect.
Favorite Wabash moment: I still count my ringing in on Freshman Saturday in 2011 as my favorite Wabash moment. It's great to look back at photos from that day and be able to name every single person in the photos, because on that day, they were still new faces and names. It was also one of the few times that my parents, my sister, and I were all together at Wabash, and when we see each other so infrequently, I tend to value things like that quite a bit!
Favorite place on campus: This will seem crazy, but I think the first floor of Lilly Library is my favorite place on campus. That is really the one place on campus where I see students from all over the College intersect, and it provides a relaxed (yet productive!) working environment.
Plans after Wabash: I am hoping to participate in a gap year program that gives me the opportunity to teach and/or work with children. Following that, I would like to pursue a graduate degree that will allow me to work on healthcare policy.
Tell us something very few people know about you: The summer before my eighth grade year, I performed in the Sydney Opera House with the Green Bay Boy Choir.


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Registration is open!
Registration takes place around a roaring fire at the beautiful log lodge at Timber Ridge Resort. The pre race mood is just fun. Usual crowd about 500 entered and 100 rent snowshoes, probably their first time on them, so no excuse, come join us. The learning curve is zero, strap em' on and run.
The course is a super hilly off trail run with plenty of logs to jump and branches to duck, like a leg of Dances with Dirt!
There are a handful of very serious shoers at Bigfoot because it's the Midwest qualifier for the National Championship Snowshoe race coming up in February. A 5 person U.S. Team goes on from that event to compete at the World Snowshoe Championships. Serious stuff!
What if there is no snow??
WHAT? It would be the first time if there wasn't. There will be snow … but, if there isn't, YOU WILL BE PART OF HISTORY, RUNNING A SNOWSHOE RACE IN YOUR RUNNING SHOES. I love this race! I love a winter road trip to Traverse City!
If there's no snow, bring your trail shoes, the race goes on no matter what the conditions! How cool is that!
**There will be an elite corral option at the start for particpants who expect to snowshoe sub 30 minutes in the 5K and sub 60 minutes in the 10K.
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Erlang provides basic, but important ways of manipulating time and dates. erlang:localtime built-in function returns the current time as a tuple of tuples:
The erlang:now built-in function returns the current time as a tuple:
These tuples are based on a platform-specific starting date, or epoch.
Erlang also provides support for date and time manipulation under the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar in this module is extended back to year 0. For a given date, the gregorian days is the number of days up to and including the date specified. Similarly, the gregorian seconds for a given date and time, is the the number of seconds up to and including the specified date and time.
The value of erlang:now increases as time passes (increasing by 1 for each second that passes). Since people are not used to working with seconds (or MegaSeconds for that matter), Erlang provides several convenience functions to convert now formatted time to date-time values: now_to_local_time, which returns the local date and time converted from the return value from erlang:now; now_to_universal_time, which returns UTC time for an erlang:now value; and the now_to_datetime function, which returns a DateTime formatted value.
Erlang also provides a variety of helpful date-specific functions. For example, the built-in-function date provides the current date. So, for instance printing the current year is as simple as:
1> {Year,_,_} = erlang:date(). {2004,8,27} 2> Year. 2004
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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 12 Oct 2012
This week we feature a rare Banded Cucumberfish that was caught at a depth of about 500 m. The species was only scientifically named in 2010. Thank you to Hal Epstein for sending images, then dropping the fish off at the museum. Welcome also to Ghost Flathead researcher Yuki Nagano who is visiting this week.
Banded Cucumberfish, Paraulopus balteatus
Banded Cucumberfish - dorsal fin
Banded Cucumberfish - head
Piedtip Cucumberfish, Paraulopus okamurai
Fringefin Trevally, Pantolabus radiatus
Scissortail, Psenes pellucidus
Shark clasper
Shark claspers
Toothbrush Leatherjacket, Acanthaluteres vittiger
Banded Cucumberfish, Paraulopus balteatus
Whitespotted Dogfish, Squalus acanthias
Fimbriate Moray, Gymnothorax fimbriatus
Greynurse Shark, Carcharias taurus
Mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Yuki Nagano, Banded Cucumberfish,


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The Integration of Natural Values any Spiritual Truth in Catholic Culture
I have been asked to speak to you to-day on how natural human values are to
be brought into living relation with spiritual reality. This is the key
problem of Catholic culture, For Catholics have always believed that the Catholic
faith is the law of life and that consequently it has a bearing on all human
activities, social as well as individual. In this we differ from the Protestants
(lime Luther above all) who emphasize the contrast between faith and works and
contend that they need have little to do with one another. We believe, on the
contrary, that when the principle of divine faith is introduced into human life,
it must affect everything - more or less - sooner or later. The Catholic tradition
is that of an integrated Christian culture which relates the whole human life
and human society to its divine centre. All that is human is capable or receiving
the influence of divine grace - of being regenerated and restored to its due
place in the divine order which is the Kingdom of Christ.
In fact the Christian theologian agrees with the humanist when he says, "nihil
humanum alienum puto". Here both the Christian and the humanist are at odds
with one of the strongest tendencies in modern technological civilization - that
of specialization - which make the technologist the prisoner of his art - lime the
Slave of the Lamp in the Arabian Nights. For the technologist may become the
servant instead of the master of his Knowledge - so that the nan on top - the
politician or soldier of industrialist, who may not possess much technical
knowledge - has only to mash a button in order to mobilize an army of technologists,
each performing his appointed task without necessarily knowing the purpose for
which his knowledge and specialized activity will he employed.
But this need not be the case. Far there is much in the modern world and in the
tendencies of modern science which points in the opposite direction - towards
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|Astronomers at the Istanbul Observatory
The Islamic calendar is based on visibility of the crescent Moon. This is a very difficult scientific problem. We know perfectly well where the Moon and the Sun are at any given time, but how light must the Moon be and how dark must the sky be before we can see the crescent? And what if the weather is bad?
If you want to get a reasonable estimate for when the Moon will be visible, the are several nice pieces of software available.
HM Nautical Almanac Observatory in the UK makes very nice lunar visibility charts. Global First Sighting of New Crescent Moon information is given for the last couple of years. The charts for the current month are also available at Moon Watch.
For many years I have used MoonCalc, developed by Dr. Monzur Ahmed. Unfortunately it is a DOS program, and the lunar visibility charts are done in DOS graphics full screen, so under Windows XP I can no longer capture screenshots.
The web page of the Islamic Crescents' Observation Project (ICOP) has a number of interesting articles. They also host the software Accurate Times by Mohammad Odeh. It is a Windows program for the Islamic calendar, Qiblah direction, and prayer times. There are samples of the lunar visibility charts on Visibility of Ramadan Crescent.
In spite of the difficulties, some Muslim communities base their calendar on actual Moon sightings. This is done in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the US.
In Saudi Arabia and most of the Gulf countries they have simplified the calendar. They start the lunar month if the Moon sets after the Sun on the 29th day of the previous month, as seen from Mecca. If you don't believe this, please check out The Actual Saudi Dating System discussion on the web site of the Islamic Crescents' Observation Project (ICOP).
In Egypt they require moonset to be at least 5 minutes after sunset.
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Before 1974, the Muslim calendar in Singapore was based on sightings from Sultan Shoal, the southernmost part of Singapore. MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura), the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, then decided that the new month starts if at sunset on the eve of the 29th day the Moon is above the horizon. (The Muslim calendar in Singapore is based on latitude 1 20' 34'' N and longitude 103 51' 08'' E.) In the 80s they decided to follow a variation of the 1978 Istanbul criteria and require that the altitude of the Moon should be more than 5 degrees at sunset. In the 90s they switched to 2 degrees. This was part of an attempt to coordinate the major holidays with Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, which occasionally may lead to different results.
This is part of the MABIMS criteria, which require that
In practice, however, MUIS only looks at the first of the criteria.
MUIS is the sole and final authority on the Muslim calendar in Singapore. It is very convenient that they use predictions and let the public know their criteria. Unfortunately, these criteria are not based on science. The minimum possible values of the three variables in the MABIMS criteria are approximately:
The article Re-evaluation of Hilaal Visibility in Indonesia by Thomas Djamaluddin gives interesting background to the MABIMS criteria. He looks at 38 reported sightings from religious courts. He rejects 27 of them because they claimed to have observed the Moon after the time of moonset or similar problems, but he (somewhat generously in my opinion) gives the remaining 11 the benefit of doubt.
Islamic calendar for Singapore by Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore. MUIS seems to move the location of their calendar around from year to year. If the link doesn't work, go to their homepage and look under "Downloads" or do a search for Takwim (or Taqwim). This will give you MUIS's prediction for first visibility of the lunar crescent. But it is based on a dubious method, so you will often not be able to see the Moon on the day when MUIS claims that you will.
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Eid ul-Fitr (Hari Raya Puasa) was celebrated in Singapore on January 8 2000. To see why this did not correspond to an actual sighting, you can consult Ramadhan & Eid ul-Fitr 1420AH (1999/2000) by Dr. Monzur Ahmed.
Eid ul-Fitr (Hari Raya Puasa) was celebrated in Singapore on 27 December 2000. To see why this did not correspond to an actual sighting, you can consult Ramadhan & Eid ul-Fitr 1421AH (2000CE) by Dr. Monzur Ahmed.
Some sources describe an arithmetical (tabular) Islamic calendar. It is sometimes used for approximate conversions for civil purposes, but is not used for religious purposes by Sunnis or Twelver Shi'ites (Ithna Asharia). However, it is common among Sevener Shi'ites (Isma'ili), including the Bohras (Musta'lis) and Nizaris (Isma'ili Khojas, Aga Khanis). It seems to have been designed to be closer to new Moon than to the first visibility of the lunar crescent, so it often runs a day or two ahead of the regular Islamic calendars. There are currently about one million Bohras and about 15 millions Nizaris, compared to over a billion Sunnis and close to a hundred million Twelver Shi'ites. Both of these groups are today primarily Indian Muslim groups, but they trace their history from the Fatimid Caliphate that ruled Egypt from about 970 to 1171. The calendar was put into practice by Imam al-Hakim (985-1021) and is therefore sometimes referred to as the Fatimid or misr (Egyptian) calendar. The calendar is sometimes attributed to the famous astronomer Al-Battani (850-929) and an alternative version to Ulugh Beg (1393-1449). It is also sometimes referred to as hisabi. It is possibly also used by the Qadianis (Ahmadiyyas), but they also seem to use a solar calendar, and they are not considered Muslims by other Muslims.
The average lunar year is about 354 11/30 days, so you get a reasonable lunar calendar by using a cycle of 11 leap years (kasibah) with 355 days in a 30 year cycle. The odd numbered months have 30 days and the even numbered months have 29 days, except in a leap year when the 12th and final month has 30 days. There are several versions for how to space out the 11 leap years. The most common rule is the one followed by the Nizaris Isma'ili, which uses years 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26, 29, but some replace 16 by 15 and the Bohras replace 7 by 8, 18 by 19 and 26 by 27. Imran Hussain has both a Bohra and a Sunni version of his Islamic Diary. For more information about the different leap year rules, see Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar) by Robert H. van Gent.
Determining the direction to Mecca was together with determining the first visibility of the lunar crescent and computing prayer times one of the central problems in Islamic astronomy. It requires a clear understanding of spherical trigonometry and knowing how to find longitude. However, you would think that at the moment it would be a trivial computation. I was therefore quite surprised when I started to receive e-mails from Muslims in the US and Canada asking me about it. I then realized that it is a major controversy among Muslims in North America.
All the famous Muslim astronomers and mathematicians in the past, like al-Khwarizmi (780-850), al-Battani (858-929) and al-Tusi (1201-1274) agreed that qibla should be measured by great circle. However, some people who are used to looking at Mercator maps and don't understand that lines of sight are represented by great circles argue that you should draw straight lines on a Mercator map, i.e., follow rhumb lines. They strongly attack people who follow the traditional method of great circles. For examples of this, see Direction of Al-Qiblah, Determining the direction of the Qibla and Qiblah.us. For a scientifically correct discussion, please see moonsighting.com, the excellent paper The Correct Qibla by Kamal Abdali or Which Way Is Jerusalem? Which Way Is Mecca? The Direction-Facing Problem in Religion and Geography by Daniel Z. Levina.
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Creating trail map with ShareMap
January 29th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
ShareMap is a online map creation GIS tool to create maps that can be later presented in various formats – as SVG vector graphic, bitmap raster or as interactive web map. The maps are free and licensed with Creative Commons license – it can be used on commercial and non commercial sites. You can use Sharemap to create map for Wikipedia or Wikipedia Commons. It is still in beta phase.
Here are some tutorials by ShareMap.Org:
Creating trail map with ShareMap
In this video you will learn how to create trail map using ShareMap – after creation trail map will be available as both interactive map and static map that can be used in printed leaflets.
The resulting map is available at http://sharemap.org/public/Tanbark%20Trail and the source map is located at http://www.hikinginbigsur.com/tanbarkmap.html .
Google Maps API Street View Service
January 27th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
In this screencast, Andres Ferrate introduces the use of the Street View service in the Google Maps API and describes how to make custom panoramas.
MEGA – Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities
January 26th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
Watch a demonstration of MEGA, an open-source, web-based geographic information system (GIS) developed by the Getty Conservation Institute and The World Monuments Fund to inventory and manage archaeological sites.
This is a brief 5-minute overview of the basic functionality of the system. Tutorial videos are available at megajordan.org.
Read the rest of MEGA – Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities
GIS Land Records Public Access on iPhones, Androids & BlackBerrys
January 25th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Freeance
A demonstration of Freeance Mobile on iPhone and Androids. Freeance Mobile lets you create and manage custom GIS mapping apps for the public on iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys. It lets you create custom forms, map controls and searches. It lets you build different maps and map tools to meet the needs of different user groups. It also lets you build GPS enabled forms for the varied field data collection work in your organization.
Putting Maps to Work for Nonprofits – Webcast by Azavea
January 25th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
This is a webinar by Tamara Manik-Perlman of Azavea. Azavea specializes in the creation of geographic web and mobile software, as well as geospatial analysis services to enhance decision-making. Tamara is a GIS Analyst and Project Manager for the DecisionTree and the Cartography and Analysis teams, performing spatial database development, user interface design, geospatial analysis, cartography, and technical writing and editing. Much of her work, though, boils down to asking the right questions at the right times.
Chances are, your organization possesses a wealth of spatial data and you may not even realize it. This webinar gets you started thinking spatially and will illustrate how maps can be powerful tools for planning programs, demonstrating outcomes, and communicating effectively with funders and policy-makers.
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Pyramid Analytics: OLAP Cube Geospatial and GIS Mapping Demo
January 24th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
A demonstration of the Geospatial Mapping capabilities in the bioXL analytic application. The demonstration covers drilling, slicing and dicing of geospatial data in an OLAP cube from the highest level (country) to a lowest level (street level address).
About Pyramid Analytics Suite
The Pyramid Analytics Suite is a highly scalable, enterprise data analytics application that brings sophistication with simplicity in a synergistic web-based interface for consuming Microsoft Analysis Services OLAP cubes.
Using the Microsoft Office design paradigm, the BI Office or "BIO" suite delivers a desktop experience, designed to provide analytic solutions for all user types: from novice to advanced data user.
The suite currently includes an OLAP cube viewer (bioXL) and a dashboard tool (bioPoint) that both sport crisp graphics and data visualizations coupled with deep analytic capabilities.
Getting started with Styled Maps
January 18th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
Learn how to create stylish maps using the Google Maps API. This video shows you how to create styles, then apply them to new or existing maps.
The De-identification of Longitudinal and Geospatial Data
January 18th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
Khaled El Emam discusses the challenges to de-identify complex data sets such as those containing longitudinal and geospatial information. The seminar begins with an overview of the type of data that we are concerned with and then explained why common de-identification methods will not work on these. This is followed by a demo of PARAT (version 2.3) showing how it can handle this kind of data. Dr. El Emam is a senior scientist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and the founder and CEO of Privacy Analytics Inc.
Georeferencing in ArcMap by UTMLibrary
January 17th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
This video will demonstrate how to georeference a data file that has no spatial information associated with it (such as a jpeg of a satellite image) to have spatial information. This enables the user to add other geospatial layers to the ArcMap project and have all the layers lined up and projected properly. This tutorial will show you how to do so in ArcMap 9.
Starting to use LiDAR Online?
January 15th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
LiDAR-Online.com is a web platform to promote LiDAR data as well as, improving and making easier the access to this type of high accurate data for expert and non-expert users. This website follows a social network model, allowing users and providers to publish, obtain and manage online information, as well as, to interconnect the LiDAR community.
This video tutorial explains how to get ready to obtain benefits from the use of LiDAR on the Internet. This new, cloud-based service is designed to provide organisations with a central location for managing lidar, ortho imagery and geospatial data, while allowing users to view the point cloud data without the need for specialized software and knowledge.


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A burglary occurs every 14.6 seconds.
Do you want to leave the fate of your business or home in the hands of numbers like that?
Savvy Clarkstown residents rely on ADT's automation services and products to ensure the highest level of surveillance, security, and control. And with ADT Pulse, owners can check in, adjust, automate, and monitor their security and appliance settings on the go, any time.
Whether you're miles down the road or across the country, use ADT Pulse on your web-enabled device to take care of those security concerns you might have overlooked while heading out, including:
- Reviewing live and/or recorded video surveillance footage
- Turn on security lighting around the perimeter of your business
- Automatically locking or unlocking specific areas for employees
- Arming your system or disarming it for a scheduled visitor
Our Business Automation Products
ADT offers the latest in security technology, including:
ADT Pulse Mobile App
Clarkstown business owners use their ADT Pulse mobile app to manage their business automation on the go, from electricity and utility usage to video surveillance and security system control.
Surveillance Cameras
You want to know who's entering and exiting your business, especially when you're not in office. Place ADT's surveillance cameras around the inside and outside of your business and then review live and/or recorded high-quality videos on any of your web-enabled devices.
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ADT's touchscreen provides a clean, intuitive portal for you to manage your entire business from the inside.
Light Control
Customize then remotely manage your building's indoor lighting and outdoor security lighting. An excellent way for Clarkstown businesses to save energy and cut costs, too.
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Once you and your employees are out of the building for the day, night, or week, remotely automate, schedule, adjust, and monitor your business's temperature setting no matter what season it is in New York.
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- Clarkstown gets 46.9 inches of annual rainfall and rests at an elevation of 212 feet above sea level.
- The average age of homes in Clarkstown is 33 years old, with 0.00% of those homes being occupied by renters.
- The property tax rate for homes in Clarkstown is $23.68 per $1,000 of value.
- The average commute time for those that live in Clarkstown is 31.59 minutes, and 3.93% of the total population there works at home.
- Clarkstown has a population of 82,586 with 80.15% of residents who own homes and the average home value of $395,800 .


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Im gonna go out soon to track down Vos and the ARC Pack. How is that Obi-Wan for those of you who have found him?
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An inspirational quote from The Office's Michael Scott:
When I retire, I don't want to just move to some island somewhere. I want to be the guy who gives it all back. I want it to be like:
'Hey… who donated that hospital wing that's saving so many lives?'
'I don't know. It was anonymous.'
'Well, guess what. It was Michael Scott.'
'But how do you know? It was anonymous.'
'Because I'm him.'
Every year when I set goals at New Year's, I always include a goal of giving to a charity whose cause I sympathize with. And almost every year, it doesn't happen. I get caught up in other stuff, that goal takes a backseat, and by the end of the year I find myself in no position to make the donation I had hoped to make.
This year, it will be different.
I set the goal of giving 1000 dollars this year to help animals, and to make sure it happens, I've decided to give all advertising revenue that I earn from this blog's pageviews in 2010 to [UPDATE: I had to delete the name after they asked me to, saying it was a legal issue and would require too much paperwork to comply with the laws]. That means that every time you load a page on No Meat Athlete, you will have helped protect animals just a little bit.
At this blog's current readership levels, 1000 dollars is about what it earns from ad revenue in a year. If the amount falls short at the end of the year, I'll make up the difference. On the other hand, if the amount exceeds 1000 dollars, which I fully expect it to as the blog continues to grow, I will donate that entire amount. So there's potential for it to go way beyond 1000 dollars!
I realize that there's a difference between public giving (i.e. announcing it on your blog) and private giving, the latter being the more clearly altruistic and noble of the two. But this isn't about being the best person I can, it's about donating as much as possible this year to help make sure animals are treated the way they deserve to be. And by making it known that this blog's pageviews help that cause, I believe I will generate more such pageviews than if I kept it a secret. Ergo, more more money to help animals. Making it public also makes it impossible for me to procrastinate on the goal since I'll have hundreds of readers to hold me accountable. (Telling other people about any type of goal, by the way, is a great way to make sure you keep it.)
So that's the plan, and I can't tell you how great I feel about it. Putting my donation resolution first is something I should have done all along, rather than waiting until I was in a financial position to do so (which, as a grad student, I won't be for a while!). But I can imagine it's very easy to rationalize, no matter your financial situation, waiting until you are just a little better off before start giving. And then it never happens.
In the next few days, I'll try to find some way of keeping track, on the site, of how much we have raised, so that you can see the good that your reading No Meat Athlete is doing. And I'll make sure I find a good way to prove to you that the money is not being deposited in the jar marked "Matt's post-run beer fund."
Please let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas to make this even better. And thank you for reading my blog and making this possible. Any other bloggers want to join me?
P.S. Since this post has nothing to do with running, check out my new post on Running Shorts about "Fat Ass" races, like the one I just ran.


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The academic program at Suffolk University Madrid Campus centers on the liberal arts philosophy of education. Courses are offered in art history, business, communication, computer science, English, government, history, science, sociology, Spanish and general education requirements. Classes are small (average 15-25 students per class), so students receive considerable personal attention and are challenged to push themselves to grow academically. Suffolk University in Boston offers bachelor's degrees in more than 50 areas of specialization.
Our academic program fulfills the requirements for the first two years of degree work in almost any of the majors in Suffolk's College of Arts and Science and the Sawyer Business School. Freshman students can complete up to two years of study in Madrid before making the internal transition to the Suffolk University main campus in Boston or transferring to another American university to complete their degree. In addition, students studying a concentration in International Relations in our Government Department can complete all four years of undergraduate study at the Madrid Campus.Studying at Suffolk Madrid will allow you to:
- Prepare for your future in a global economy with an international perspective
- Become more independent, confident and aware of your world
- Immerse yourself in the Spanish language and lifestyle beyond the classroom
- Gain unique insights as you earn an education that spans two continents.
The language of instruction in all classes is English, except for courses in the Spanish Department.
All non-native English speakers are required to demonstrate proficiency in English as part of the application process. No minimum level of Spanish is required for admission.
Fully accredited learning
The academic program meets the exacting standards necessary for the Campus to be accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. in the USA and is officially authorized by the relevant Spanish educational authority.
The Madrid Campus offers a selection of business courses from Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School. Its accreditations include AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Visit our accreditation page for a full disclosure of our authorizations and accreditations.


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Moving up the property ladder is always exciting, but that excitement is doubled when you're bidding on a new build. With no previous owners, you have the chance to start from scratch, really putting your stamp on the place.
Buying a brand new home isn't quite the same as buying an old one. Here, we look over nine things you absolutely have to know before you take the plunge.
1. Know the area
Location is one of the most important elements of a property, so it's important that you know the area well. Scout out the schools and social spaces, as well as doing your research on similar properties nearby.
2. Know the development
If the house you're buying is part of a development, you're in a strong position as a home buyer. You should be able to get an idea of what similar properties are selling for, and how the buying process pans out for your new neighbours.
3. Know what's included
New builds are often kitted out with everything from furniture to decorations, particularly when they're being used as show homes. Before putting in an offer, it's absolutely essential that you find out which items are included. If it's your first home, those white goods could definitely come in handy.
4. Know what decisions are yours
Often when a company builds a house, they'll market it before its completion. If you show interest in a property before it's finished, you could have the chance to make some major decisions when it comes to things like bathrooms and kitchens.
5. Know that you have the upper hand on your sale
Looking at homes for sale which aren't yet complete gives you some power when it comes to selling your existing home. With plenty of time, buyers will know that you aren't under pressure to make a deal. This will prevent them making low offers and could help you secure a better deal.
6. Know about incentives
Sometimes when developers build a house they'll look to offer certain incentives to buyers. These could be particularly attractive if you're looking to buy your first home. Common examples include offering to cover a deposit on a mortgage, or covering the stamp duty.
7. Know what style you want
A new home may be a blank canvas, but that's not to say that its style isn't important. Be sure to match the architectural style with the interior design that you have in mind.
8. Know the schedule
House building can take several months, which means there could be some leeway on your move-in date. As the home buyer, you should speak to the builders regularly to get an accurate idea of the schedule. This will make life easier for you selling your home.
9. Know the exact dimensions
One of the most exciting parts of being a home buyer is planning furnishings, particularly if it's your first home. The key here is to know the precise dimensions of your rooms – and don't forget the doorways either!
Engel & Völkers has an intimate knowledge of property markets around the world. Whether you want to build a house or purchase one, be sure to speak to our experienced team to work out what's best for you.


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Music in the Park tradition returns
BLACKFOOT — "Music in the Park," a summertime tradition of free concerts started by Blackfoot's late city councilman Butch Hulse, will continue this summer. Local musician Doug Wareing, who directs "Jazz House Big Band"has taken over the concert series, carrying on the tradition that Hulse started four years ago. "The BinghamMemorial Hospitalboard of directors and administrators have graciously stepped up again this year as the major sponsor of the event," Wareing said. As in years past, the
outdoor concerts will be held at Blackfoot's Courtyard Square Park across the street from Hawker Funeral Home on Judicial and Shilling Streets. The concerts will run every other Wednesday beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting until approximately 8:30 p.m. or until it gets too dark to see. The first in the series of concerts will start on June 26 with the band "Electric Connection." Other groups on the "Music in the Park" concert schedule include: July 10 - "Under the Western Sky;" July 24 - Mike Bankf; Aug. 14 - Jazz House Big Band; and Aug. 28 - Lyle Albertson. "I hope everyone will
come and show their support once again for this year's concerts," Wareing said.


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Big seventh inning salvages win
The Clippers awoke from a three-day offensive slumber in the seventh inning today and pulled out a 3-0 winin the finale of a four-game series withthe Buffalo Bisons in Coca-Cola Field.
Beau Mills opened the seventh with a solo home run against Buffalo relief pitcher Chuck James to break up a scoreless tie. Michel Hernandez and Ezquiel Carrera then sandwiched singles around a Gregorio Petit strikeout to cause a pitching change.
Pedro Beato entered and Jason Donald touched him for an RBI double that scored Hernandez and sent Carrera to third base. Beato intentionally walked Cord Phelps to load the bases. A fielder's choice grounder by Matt LaPorta drove in Carrera with the third run of the biggest inning for the Clippers in the four games.
T.J. McFarland made his first triple-A start for the Clippers and kept the Bisons off the scoreboard for 5 2/3 innings of three-hit baseball. Frank Herrmann (2-1) relieved in the sixth and worked 2 1/3 hitless innings to earn the win. Chris Ray held the shutout in the ninth and picked up his eighth save.
For the first six innings, Buffalo starter Chris Young handcuffed the Clippers on two hits - singles by Chad Huffman and LaPorta. The home run by Mills in the seventh was only the fifth run of the series scored by Columbus in what had been a frustrating series.
The Clippers begin a four-game series at Rochester at 7:05 p.m. Friday.


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Ubuntu was running fairly fine on the Aspire One, except for the fact that Firefox - as it turns out - is not really good when it comes to solid state drives. The SSD in the Acer is the bottleneck of the device, so any application that frequently does small write operations to the hard disk can seriously bog down the entire operating system. As it turns out, Firefox does a lot of writes, so it frequently hangs and hick-ups.
The reasons I had to switch to Windows XP are twofold. First, the wireless network on my university uses a lot of weird security fluff and certificates and other crazy stuff that doesn't work on Linux - even on Windows it's a major pain to set up, but at least Windows is supported and there's a comprehensive guide. Mac OS X also works, but it also involves a lot of guess work. I need to be able to walk up to the university's IT department, and show them my laptop whenever the wireless network doesn't work. I can't do that if it's running Linux. A sad state of affairs at the university where MINIX was born (and which is still home to Andy Tanenbaum), but that's the way it is.
The second reason has to do with 3G networking. One of the uses of the netbook is to order a 3G USB modem with a monthly subscription (very cheap in The Netherlands, no data limit) so I can visit teh internets whenever and wherever I am. The problem is that these 3G modems are generally quite hard to get to work properly on Linux. Windows and Mac OS X are supported, of course, so the choice to go with Windows XP made sense.
Getting Windows XP installed, however, does not. I do not have an external CD/DVD reader (I'm the world's worst geek, I collect old, outdated computer peripherals, not new ones that would actually be useful), so I needed to install Windows XP using an USB stick. You'd think that in 2008 this would be trivial, but apparently, it's not, for some mysterious reason. I like to think it's that same reason that supposedly explains why Vista's Mobile Device Center doesn't sync Windows Mobile devices with Vista's Contacts, Mail, and Calendar applications.
Creating a bootable Windows XP USB stick is tricky, but not impossible. The surge in popularity of netbooks has created a lot of attention on this subject, meaning there are a lot of guides out there. This one worked for me, but your mileage may vary. Once you've booted off the USB stick, be wary when you come to the step where you create and format the system partition, because you have to make sure the system partition is the
c: one, or else the system will not boot. This may mean that you need to reboot into the text installation after creating the system partition just to be sure it's mounted as the
c: drive. And yes, it's not you, it's still 2008. Be sure to format the partition with fat32, as that greatly improves the speed of the system.
Installation takes a while, but not nearly as much as I thought it would. First boot is quick, and installing all the drivers isn't a problem either seeing Acer has them all together on their ftp site. The problems begin as soon as you start updating Windows XP. A piece of advice? Slipstream everything onto the USB stick. You really don't want to find out how long it takes to move from Windows XP SP1 to Windows XP SP3, including all the updates in between and after.
The next step is tweaking XP to perform well. The problem isn't the processor, the RAM or the video card: it's the SSD. Tweaking is simple: try and make sure that XP does as little hard disk writing as possible. This means disabling paging, prefetch, and write-caching. On top of that, it really pays off to sift through
services.msc and disable any service you don't need. Big gains can be made by disabling things like the indexing service.
The final step for me, apart from installing some of my favourite programs like Miranda, VLC, WinPatrol, and Chrome, is installing an office suite. The best option is to download something called Tiny Office 2003. It's a version of Office 2003 that's completely stripped of stuff you don't need, and comes in a 70MB installation package. The applications it installs literally load instantly (as in, less than a second!), but of course, this is not exactly legal in a lot of jurisdictions. It is legal in mine, and to make everyone happy, I have a legitimate Office 2003 license, so I'm in the clear.
After all this hard work, you are rewarded with a very fast installation of Windows XP, that actually outperforms Ubuntu in day-to-day tasks. Sleep and wake cycle is faster, it boots faster, applications load faster, and it leaves more memory for applications (with no applications running, over 300MB of the 512MB are free). I never could have imagined Windows XP running better than Linux on this netbook. I have really proven myself wrong.
It was a lot more work than installing and tweaking Ubuntu, but now that I'm done, I'm extremely happy that I did. My netbook is more functional, faster, more responsive, and has less hickups and stutters than while running Linux. I know this is something some of you might not like to hear, but it is a fact for me. Of course, as always, your mileage may very, especially on other types of netbooks with different specifications.


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Road Rally: Rally North America's Rocky Mountain Rally 2012 (Aug 20-22)
Hello everyone,
I am the owner of Rally North America, and we host multi-state charity road rallies all over the United States and Canada. We have been operating now for three years and have raised over $75,000 that has gone directly charity.
This year we branched out to run two rallies, Rally Dixie 2012 and Rocky Mountain Rally 2012.
The best thing about Rally North America is we don't charge a huge entry fee. The cost for this event is $175.00 with a mandatory $25 donation to our charity the Acclerated Cure Project for MS. www.acceleratedcure.org.
We have 40 slots, and we have about 10 remaining, so if your interested please follow the link below to sign up.
The plan of events is:
August 19th Pre- Rally Party and registration in Colorado Springs, CO at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Registration will begin at 3PM and end at 6PM. There is a pool and a bar on site.
Pre-Rally driver's meeting is @ 7PM have at least one member of your team present at this meeting.
We will be staying in Colorado Springs the night before.
August 20th Starting Line: Pike's Peak International Raceway in Fountain, CO at 8AM. Media will be there to cover the rally. Teams will do a paced lap of the raceway before departing at 9AM. We will have local law enforcement helping direct traffic and block off streets for our exit.
Finish Line: Glenwood Springs, CO.
August 21st Starting Line: Ramada Hotel in Glenwood Springs, CO
Lineup is at 7:30AM, departure is 8AM (this is a long day)
Finish Line: Salina, UT
August 22nd Starting Line: Downtown Main Street Salina, UT
Lineup 8AM, departure 9AM.
To sign up for the event please follow this link:
Also the overall cost for the event will be under $500.00. The hotel costs are $251.00.
We will be staying at nice hotels and ending in Las Vegas... at the Main Street Station Hotel/Brewery.
How the event works.
Basically we show up at the hotel the night before the rally, and have a party.. and a drivers meeting. We get up the next morning and head to the start line. We hand you a route card with clues on places that your team must navigate to, and take your picture with the item on the card and move on. The team with the best time closest to our time, wins that day. Note. THIS IS NOT A RACE... we are on the road with other cars. Also there are awards for Spirit of the Rally, Long Distance, Hard Luck and Best Costume. There is a little more to the rally but with out giving away too much info, that is the basics.
If you have any questions please email me at email@example.com or reply to this thread. We are on Facebook: RallyNorthAmerica and we are on the web @ www.rallynorthamerica.com
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Veteran Falcons Have High Hopes for 2011
NEWPORT–The North Country field hockey team has potential. They have fourteen seniors returning in 2011, and they have set some high goals for themselves."The girls are really excited," said returning coach Chantelle Bouchard, "I think they will do well, and their goal is the states."It is a lofty goal, but not one that is unobtainable.What must occur in order for this to happen will be the emergence of players that are ready to take their game to the next level in order to fill some pretty important shoes that were vacated by last years' departing seniors.Only five girls were lost to graduation, but those five logged a lot of minutes, and were the heart and soul of the Falcons in 2010.Starting from the back and moving forward, one of the toughest holes to fill will be that of departing goaltender Emma Ste. Marie. Junior Danielle Gabucci will get the nod from Coach Bouchard to take over in the nets this season, and although a veteran in the program, there are a few kinks that still need to be worked out."She's not new (to field hockey) but she is new to playing at the varsity level. She gets a little nervous, and we have to work on that, but she can definitely stop the ball."On defense, the twin towers of Jane Foster and Katelyn Degesse will sorely be missed."It will be hard (playing without these two), but I have seen some potential, but they are definitely going to be missed, especially Katie's drives," " said the coach.With these two gone, Allie Punt and Sam Collins are now brought to the forefront as the top defenders with the most varsity experience. Collins, who finished last year with her hand in a cast, will get a chance to showcase how well she can perform with two good hands when the season opens up next month.The Falcons will use a 4/3 line to mount their offensive attack this season. On the wings, Lindsey Cotnoir, who as the coach puts it, "has speed to burn" , along with Melina LeMay, a senior who took last season off, will be asked to get the ball into the middle of the field to generate scoring chances. In the middle, Kelsey O'Donnell and Molly Manning are the ones who are going to have to get the ball past opposing goalkeepers if North Country wants to be competitive, and their growth as players has not been lost on Bouchard."It has really been exciting watching them improve."Finally as the Falcons get ready for next Tuesday's season opener at Rice, Bouchard believes that the maturity of a senior laden class will help them adjust and be ready for 2011."It will be a lot different. We are an older team, much more seasoned, and they know how to play the game."After starting their season on the road, North Country will open the home part of their season on September 14th at 4:00 against Lyndon Institute.