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Spark (Bl)
(Drones - Aerial)
Meet Spark, a mini-drone that features all of DJI's signature technologies, allowing you to seize the moment whenever you feel inspired. With intelligent flight control options, a mechanical gimbal, and a camera with incredible image quality, Spark empowers you to push your creative boundaries.Ask an Expert
Quick Launch
With FaceAware, Spark lifts off from your hand by recognizing your face. It takes off and hovers in place within seconds of powering on
Simple Control
Take amazing aerial photos using just hand gestures, without a remote controller or mobile device.
Create With Ease
Intelligent Flight Modes and intuitive controls help you create cinematic aerial videos with just a few taps.
Edit and Share
The DJI GO 4 app features automatic editing templates and an array of filters. Quickly edit videos and share them straight to social media.
Videos With a Tap
Let Spark take professional shots for you. QuickShots help you shoot amazing footage with cinematic composition.
• Rocket Ascend with the camera pointing downward.
• Dronie Fly backward and upward, with the camera locked on your subject.
• Circle Circle around your target.
• HelixFly Upward, spiraling around your subject.
Flight At Your Fingertips
In TapFly mode, just envision your shot and Spark captures it for you. Tap your phone screen and Spark, using vision technology, flies in the direction of your tap or exactly where you tapped while actively sensing obstacles. Capture shot after shot with just your fingertips.
Tap the screen and fly to that spot while maintaining altitude.
Keep flying in the direction you tap on the screen.
Stay on Target
With ActiveTrack, Spark automatically recognizes objects of different shapes and sizes then tracks them according to what they are and how fast they move. This makes tracking much easier and more reliable.
Track your target from in front or behind, or even circle around it.
Follow your subject from a fixed perspective.
Your moments, captured
Deep learning gesture recognition allows you to take selfies with simple hand motions. With PalmControl mode, control Spark's movement by hand.
Raise your arms, wave your hand, or make a frame with your fingers to maneuver Spark and shoot photos.
Palm Control
Spark can follow your hand movements or even take off and land on your palm.
Shake-Free Shots
Spark's 2-axis mechanical gimbal and UltraSmooth technology dramatically reduce shake and rolling shutter effect, keeping shots stable and detailed.
Capture The World
All Spark images are consistently sharp and vivid with very little color aberration and distortion. Spark's camera has an f/2.6 wide-angle lens with a 25 mm equivalent focal length. Five elements are arranged into a single group that fit into a compressed frame.
Record More Details
Small and compact, Spark's camera features a 1/2.3 inch CMOS sensor, allowing you to shoot stabilized video at 1080p and stills at 12 MP. Larger pixels mean Spark is acutely sensitive to light and records colors precisely.
Versatile Photography
Spark adopts all previous DJI drone shooting modes while adding two new modes: Pano and ShallowFocus.
Spark shoots horizontal or vertical panoramas by automatically adjusting its gimbal and heading.
3D vision technology helps capture photos with a shallow depth of field.
Speed and Precision Control
With its aerodynamic, lightweight, and slick design, Spark soars through the air with minimal wind resistance. The gimbal and camera are flush with the aircraft, significantly increasing stability. Powerful propulsion offers steady flight in strong winds at up to 31 mph (50 kph) in Sport Mode. And an advanced flight control system means flying Spark is fun and intuitive.
Fly Farther, See More
Innovative HD Wi-Fi technology allows for 720p real-time video transmission from up to 1.2 mi (2 km) away.
Uncompromised Flight Time
Even with all of Spark's intelligent features, flight time isn't compromised. Fly for up to 16 minutes with a fully-charged battery, capturing more footage.
Aerial Immersion
Switch to Sport Mode and unleash Spark's speed potential. Sport Mode sets the gimbal mode to FPV by default, so the camera moves with you as you fly. For an upgraded FPV experience, pick up a pair of DJI Goggles and see a different world.
Enhanced Awareness
park's FlightAutonomy system includes the main camera, vision positioning system (VPS), 3D sensing system, dual-band GPS, high-precision inertial measurement unit, and 24 powerful computing cores. This allows Spark to hover accurately anywhere with VPS assistance at up to 98 ft (30 m), sense obstacles from up to 16 ft (5 m) away, and land safely.
Worry-Free Flight
Like all recent DJI drones, Spark can return to its home point automatically with sufficient GPS signal. If the battery gets too low, connection is lost, or you hit the Return to Home (RTH) button, Spark flies back to the preset home point while sensing obstacles in its path. Spark's downward-facing camera captures images of the area surrounding the home point and references these images during RTH for a safe landing.
Fly Smarter
DJI's GEO system lets you know where drone flights may raise safety or security concerns, such as near airports or stadiums. This provides the information needed to fly Spark safely and responsibly.
Power and Protection
Spark uses a high energy density LiPo battery for optimal performance. 12 intelligent protection functions help deliver safe flight. Additionally, Spark's battery estimates remaining flight time, letting you know when to land in real time.
• Max Ascent Speed: 9.8 ft/s (3 m/s) in Sport Mode without wind
• Max Descent Speed: 9.8 ft/s (3 m/s) in Auto Landing Mode
• Max Speed: 31 mph (50 kph) in Sport Mode without wind
|2-axis mechanical (pitch, roll)
|Controller Options
• Operating Frequency: 2.412-2.462 GHz; 5.745-5.825 GHz
• Max Transmission Distance: 2.412 - 2.462 GHz (unobstructed, free of interference) / FCC: 1.2 mi (2 km); CE: 0.3 mi (500 m); SRRC: 0.3 mi (500 m) / 5.745 - 5.825 GHz (unobstructed, free of interference) / FCC: 1.2 mi (2 km); CE: 0.18 mi (300 m); SRRC: 0.7 mi (1.2 km)
• Operating Temperature Range: 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C)
• Battery: 2970 mAh
• Transmitter Power (EIRP): 2.4 GHz - FCC: 26 dBm; CE: 18 dBm; SRCC: 18 dBm / 5.8 GHz - FCC: 28 dBm; CE: 14 dBm; SRCC: 26 dBm
• Operating Current/Voltage: 950 mAh @3.7 V
• Supported Mobile Device Size: Thickness range: 6.5-8.5 mm / Max length: 160 mm
|Supplied Accessories
• Propellers (Pair) x1
• Intelligent Flight Battery x1
• Charger x1
• Micro USB Cable x1
• Storage Box x1
• Manuals
|Recording Resolution
|Full HD 1080p
|Video formats
|Still Photo Resolution
|12 megapixels
|Photo Formats
|FOV 81.9° 25 mm (35 mm format equivalent) f/2.6 - (shooting range: 2 m to infinity)
|Additional Information
• Velocity Range: 22.4 mph (36 kph) at 6.6 ft (2 m) above ground
• Altitude Range: 0-26 ft (0 - 8 m)
• Operating Range: 0-98 ft (0 - 30 m)
• Operating Environment: Detects clearly patterned surfaces with adequate lighting (lux 15) and diffuse reflectivity (20%)
• Capacity: 1480 mAh
• Voltage: 11.4 V
• Max Charging Voltage: 13.05 V
• Battery Type: LiPo 3S
• Energy: 16.87 Wh
• Net Weight: Approx. 0.2 lbs (95 g)
• Charging Temperature Range: 41° to 104° F (5° to 40° C)
|Micro SD Card Slot
|Built-in Wi-Fi
|Additional Information
• Obstacle Sensing Range (3D): 1-16 ft (0.2 - 5 m)
• Operating Environment: Detects diffuse reflective surfaces (>20%) larger than 20x20 cm (walls, trees, people, etc.)
|5.63 inch(es) / 14.3 cm
|2.17 inch(es) / 5.5 cm
|5.63 inch(es) / 14.3 cm
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Arsenal Transfer News: Major Signings Targeted by Arsene Wenger This SummerMay 25, 2014
Arsenal will look to counterbalance the departure of certain figures this summer with the acquisition of fresh, new talent, having lifted a heavy burden from their shoulders thanks to the FA Cup triumph over Hull City earlier this month.
With that trophy in tow, the club will now seek to overcome bigger and more illustrious hurdles, an endeavour to which the securing of summer reinforcements will be paramount.
Arsene Wenger's side have taken no time in storming the headlines, becoming linked with a raft of star talents in recent days, with updates on a select few major names detailed ahead.
Serge Aurier, Toulouse
The impending exit of Bacary Sagna to Manchester City provides Arsenal with one space in their squad that's in need of filling as soon as possible, which is alleged to have led the North Londoners to Toulouse's Serge Aurier.
Sky Sports quote the right-back as being favourable toward the switch, too, with Aurier noting it would be difficult to turn Arsenal away:
It is true that I would be a bit disappointed to stay in Toulouse after a season like this one. I want to try something else. I have never prioritised a club in England as even the promoted clubs are respectable, so I would take the opportunity for the one that will show the most interest in me, that will give me the most game time.
After that, you can't really say no to Arsenal. It is a club with history, with a French manager, who has welcomed many France players. Plus, Arsenal are always thereabouts when it comes to trophies and a club that plays in the Champions League.
With Paris Saint-Germain interested, ESPN FC's Ligue 1 expert Jonathan Johnson even goes as far to suggest that Aurier would be a better long-term project than Barcelona's Dani Alves.
Sagna's absence promises to be telling, but could it be the Ivorian dynamo who's added to the club's roster in the hopes of achieving superior success?
Cesc Fabregas, Barcelona
For the second time in his career, Cesc Fabregas could move from Catalonia to North London, according to the Telegraph's Jeremy Wilson.
The English giants have first option to buy the midfielder back, but Norwegian pundit Jan Aage Fjortoft insists that he is not what the club need right now:
Luis Enrique has just been appointed Barca manager and upon being quizzed about Fabregas' fate stated, per the Telegraph's Matt Law: "We shouldn't make any decisions. There is time for everything."
Sami Khedira, Real Madrid
The Gunners will be looking to add players of a certain calibre to their ranks first and foremost this summer, a box that Sami Khedira may tick after earning his Champions League winners' medal on Saturday.
The Mirror's Steve Stammers writes that the German international could be considered as an alternative to Fabregas, and he could be available to Arsenal for just £15 million with just one year remaining on his contract at the Bernabeu.
Khedira was among the less impressive players in Saturday's European Cup final in Lisbon, but OptaFranz points out just how special the achievement is for Joachim Low's World Cup squad member:
Arsenal director Lord Harris of Peckham this week commented on his club's eagerness to spend this summer, per Sky Sports, saying: "We will support Arsene with the players he wants to buy. He has always been encouraged to spend."

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The Honorable John Sullivan
United States House of Representatives
434 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representative Sullivan:
On behalf of the 362,000 members of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), I write in support of H.R. 1023, your "Federal Agency Program Realignment and Closure Act" (FAPRAC). This bill would launch a bipartisan commission composed of members of both the public and private sectors that would systematically address and eliminate the staggering waste in our federal budget. In a time when millions of Americans are tightening their belts due to a slowing economy, Congress should begin tightening the federal government's belt as well by trimming back on bloated spending. H.R. 1023 would begin to do that with less of the political rancor associated with budget battles.
FAPRAC would operate in a manner similar to the military's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission, which puts together a list of recommendations for base closures on which Congress must vote up or down. Because Congress must vote on the entire package, BRAC has been successful in reducing the influence of parochial interests on the realignment process and taxpayers have benefited as a result. H.R. 1023 would offer the same benefits by attacking wasteful spending and inefficient or duplicative programs without allowing special interest groups to derail the process.
NTU believes that any spending commission should be established in permanent law and should operate on a regular basis, rather than dissolving after just one report. Further, the process of overriding commission recommendations should be subject to a supermajority requirement to prevent a majority party from protecting its pet projects. H.R. 1023 is a good start down that road to a strong, permanent commission to protect taxpayers and their hard-earned dollars.
In economic times like these, millions of hard-working Americans are sitting around their kitchen tables and exploring ways to trim back unnecessary spending in order to manage their family budgets. Congress has spent decades heaping on unnecessary and wasteful projects, and FAPRAC gives them a chance to address them in a bipartisan and fair way. NTU supports H.R. 1023 and any roll call votes on the bill will be significantly weighted in our annual Rating of Congress.
Andrew Moylan
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LONDON (AP) — The British government says it believes terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Somalia and urged U.K. nationals to leave the country.
The Foreign Office already advises against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland, where it says there is a specific threat to Westerners.
It said Saturday it had revised its travel advice to reflect concerns that terrorists are in the final stages of plotting attacks in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
Britain has no diplomatic representation in Somalia and is unable to provide consular assistance in the country.


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Time to handicap the SEC Tournament this week at Nashville.
These teams have absolutely no shotAuburn:
John Calipari swears Tony Barbee is a great coach. Tell that to the few basketball fans who actually exist in Auburn, Alabama. They're waiting on evidence.
Mississippi State: Hats off to first-year coach Rick Ray, whose undermanned team played hard. After all his bad luck this season, Ray deserves good fortune in the future. But the future isn't now.
South Carolina: The Gamecocks will play in Nashville, but will Frank Martin coach in Nashville? Or will he sit and watch as he did in Lexington? Depends on the view.
Texas A&M: We know, Connecticut won five straight games to win the Big East tourney title in 2011. We know, Elston Turner is capable of a massive scoring roll. But Kemba Walker he's not.
Won't win it, but you don't want to play themGeorgia:
Play the Bulldogs, expect a close game. Ten of Georgia's final 13 league games were decided by single digits or overtime. Mark Fox would like to borrow your fingernails.
LSU: If you disregard that 0-4 league start — feeling their way under new coach Johnny Jones — the Tigers don't have a bad loss. That double-digit defeat by Ole Miss in Baton Rouge last Saturday was disturbing, but LSU should make any opponent nervous.
Vanderbilt: The site is Nashville, but the Commodores won't own the home-court advantage. That aside, Kevin Stallings' squad is playing its best basketball of the season, winning four of its last five. It can't win four here, however.
Might win it if it were playing at homeArkansas:
In Fayetteville, the Razorbacks could beat the Miami Heat. Outside of Fayetteville, it couldn't beat Grambling State (0-27). Unless Mike Anderson could win a last-second change of venue, the Hogs are bacon.too maddening to win it
Mississippi: If Marshall Henderson shoots the lights out in Music City, Andy Kennedy will lift the SEC Tournament trophy above his bald head come Sunday. If Marshall Henderson shoots the Rebels out of the tournament, Kennedy might have his brazen bomber's head come Sunday.
They could win it, but they won'tMissouri:
The Tigers are skilled enough to join Texas A&M's women as the new kids voted homecoming queen and king. But just when you are ready to crown it tourney favorite, Mizzou stubbed its toe yet again, losing by a bucket Saturday at Tennessee. Maybe Frank Haith's team is just good enough to get beat.
Alabama: Anthony Grant is a good coach, but there is more to the Tide than Grant is getting. Bama should not have lost at LSU (bad finish) but did. It should not have lost at Ole Miss (bad start) but did. This is another team with the talent to win three straight, but won't.
Kentucky: If UK's court advantage matches its crowd advantage, John Calipari can start cutting down the nets right now. These Cats are too flawed to win three straight, but a trip to the finals would surely convince the NCAA Selection Committee they deserve a spot in the field.
Should win it but won'tFlorida:
The record shows the Gators are league's best, but Florida's deadly deficiency was on full display the final 7:32 Saturday at Kentucky when it failed to score a single point. Billy Donovan doesn't have a go-to guy he can count on to make a shot when the throat gets a little tight.
Will win itTennessee:
The Vols won eight of their last nine, taking a lone finger in the eye at Georgia (losing by 10), but UT was due a bad outing after six straight wins. It has the point guard (Trae Golden), the scorer (Jordan McRae), the glass-eater (Jarnell Stokes), the coach (Cuonzo Martin) and the motivation (NCAA bubblicious) to snatch the scissors on Sunday.


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Preview: Xavier at DePaul
Streaking Xavier seeks its 10th victory in the last 11 games when it visits DePaul on Monday. The Musketeers haven't played since Wednesday when they scored the final 16 points of the game to rally to an 80-67 victory over Georgetown to remain with just one loss in Big East play. DePaul has lost five of its last eight games and was routed 88-62 by first-place Villanova on Saturday.


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How Can I Prepare for a Winter Storm in Texas?
Compared to what northern cities like Minneapolis, MN or Chicago, IL experience, Texas winters are mild. Much of the state usually enjoys winter daytime highs in the 50°F range (or higher!) with night time lows only reaching freezing temperatures on occasion. And that doesn't even account for the warmer temperatures you'll find in Houston, San Antonio, and South Texas.
That doesn't mean the occasional snow and ice storm don't hit the Lone Star State. They do! As the recent January 2017 ice storm in the Panhandle showed, heavy ice can break power lines, leaving thousands of households without electricity or heat. And even though the cold weather usually leaves in 48 hours, freezing conditions can linger in Texas as far south as Houston for several days.
The best way to get through a winter storm is to prepare for it ahead of time. If your home is equipped with a generator, simply make sure you have enough fuel on hand, and you'll be set. If you don't, you need to know what to expect so you and your family can react appropriately (and safely!) if you have a power outage.
Make a Plan
Before a winter storm is even forecast, make a plan that fits your situation, This will help determine whether you can shelter in place or need to evacuate, whether to a community shelter or a warmer climate. In your plan, you must account for the following:
1) How well your home retains heat. Many well-insulated homes can retain heat for 8 to 12 hours. If there are drafts, take steps to block these up and also look for ways to air seal your home.
2) The status of your emergency preparedness kit. If you don't have one already, just build one!
- One gallon of drinking water per person per day for at least three days (and don't forget your pets)
- At least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
- A box containing kitchen and eating utensils and a manual can opener
- Flashlights, electric lanterns, radio, and plenty of fresh batteries
- Food for pets
- Adequate stock of your prescriptions and other medications
3) How to drive in bad conditions. As in, DON'T! Most fatalities during severe winter weather come from driving accidents in snowy and icy conditions. But if a storm is coming, make sure your vehicle is fueled and equipped with gloves and mittens for the riders, blankets, a shovel, car ice scraper, winter-grade windshield washer fluid, and a bag of sand (for traction) in case you need to evacuate your home. To learn more about driving in treacherous winter conditions in Texas, please read this post from the Texas Department of Transportation.
4) Check that your emergency garage door release works. Most automatic garage doors have one of these in case the power goes out. Look for a red cord with an attached handle.
5) The condition of the infants under one year old and elderly adults in your home. These folks lose body heat rapidly, and once body temperature falls below 95°F, they can develop hypothermia. If first aid is required, cover them with blankets, keep them warm, and provide them with warm, non-alcoholic, non-caffeinated beverages. If circumstances become such that you are worried about keeping them warm, immediately evacuate them to a place they can stay warm such as a community shelter.
6) Assess the status of your electronics. Be sure to charge any technology to capacity – cell phones, tablets, laptops, or basically anything that can keep you informed about weather conditions (and also summon help if you need it).
Sheltering in Place
If you choose to stay in your home in case a winter storm causes a power outage in your area, your first order of business MUST be to conserve heat. A properly sealed and insulated home will retain heat at a comfortable level for 8 to 12 hours.
As the house begins to get colder and less comfortable:
- Have everyone put on warmer clothing such as sweaters, long pants, and thick socks.
- Close off upstairs rooms as well as rooms far from the center of the house. At night, distribute blankets, and keep everyone in the center areas of the home where the bulk of house's heat is retained. Humans put out a lot of heat, so by concentrating your family together in a small and central part of your home, you can stay more comfortable longer.
- Hang spare blankets over windows and entrances to slow the loss of heat.
- In case municipal or home well pumps may lose power, Fill several buckets of water for washing dishes and for sanitation.
If conditions make it difficult to keep warm (such as your home's temperature falls below 45 °F and stays there), then move to a community shelter. Use your hurricane evacuation kit in this situation, and add warm clothing.
Food and the Fridge
If a power outage occurs, the food in your fridge will begin to warm to the ambient temperature of your house. Even in winter, you need to monitor the food's temperature and avoid opening the fridge door. If foods like meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and leftovers warms up to 40°F for more than two hours, you should throw them out. Fortunately, if it's cold outside, you can take advantage of this by packing these perishable foods into sealable coolers and placing them on your deck / patio or inside your garage (as long as the temperature is below 40°F)
It's also important to stay nourished and remain active, as this will help circulated your blood and keep you warm. Avoid getting overheated outside, because sweating can quickly lead to hypothermia. To stay dry, dress in layers, wear a warm hat, and wear clothing that wicks moisture from your skin.
Lighting and Heating Dangers
- Battery-powered flashlights and lamps are the safest way to light your home. New LED equipped lamps are inexpensive, use little electricity, and many can be recharged by the sun.
- Candles and oil lamps are less safe to use. They should never be left burning unattended or in a room where someone is sleeping. Make sure everyone knows where the fire extinguishers is located.
- NEVER use an outdoor propane or charcoal grill to heat the inside of your home. In addition to producing sparks and other fire hazards, the carbon monoxide gas produced is highly lethal.
- DO NOT try to heat your home with with a gas range or oven, as they pose a threat for fire or explosion.
- If you use a kerosene heater, be sure to know how to use it safely and provide it with proper ventilation. ONLY USE 1-K grade kerosene fuel since using or mixing other fuels with kerosene increases the chance for explosion and fire.
For more information on how to stay safe this and every winter, check out NOAA's "Winter Storm Safety Tips and Resources" page.
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The chicken do piazza is one of the sumptuous Indian recipe which is served as curry. Cooked in oil and with the addition of spices this, dish would certainly be a finger licker. So, here's how you will make this dish in the easiest possible way.
Your chicken do piazza is ready. Serve it in glass serving plates to enhance the aesthetic quotient and the taste


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Bumblebees were told that scientifically they couldn't fly but they be like "I don't care, see ya!".
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Eudora Welty closed her best-selling autobiography, One Writer's Beginnings, with the words: As you have seen, I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring one as well. For all serious daring comes from within.
Originally opposed to the idea of a biography, toward the end of her life Welty gave Suzanne Marrs, her best friend for 18 years, permission to write my own account of her life. Marrs, who had already written two works on the author's lifeOne Writer's Imagination: The Fiction of Eudora Welty and The Welty Collectionhad access to most of Welty's papers (some have been sealed to preserve the privacy of family members) and Welty's inner circle of family and friends. Currently a professor of English at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., Welty's birthplace and home base, Marrs is to be commended for her impeccable research into this sheltered and daring existence; her biography is likely to become the touchstone for all scholarly discussion of Welty's work and life.
The image many readers will have of Welty, who was much beloved during her lifetime (1909-2001), comes from interviews with Dick Cavett, Diane Sawyer, Charles Kuralt and others, or from literary events like the Southern Literary Festival where Welty, who was fond of her native region of the South, celebrated various milestones. While destroying the image of Welty as provincial, Marrs's Eudora Welty: A Biography re-enforces the image of Welty as a proud Southerner who influenced many other Southern writers.
By local standards, the Weltys were affluent. Chris Welty, Eudora's father, joined the newly established Lamar Life Insurance Company during a time when Jackson was booming. The Weltys were able to build their first home within two blocks of the state capitol. Welty's childhood was well documented with photographs taken by her father and placed in albums by her mother, who wrote anecdotal captions. Eudora's parents had lost an earlier child and were very protective of their daughter. There were books in every room of the house, and Chessie, Welty's mother, read to her any time of day. Welty fell in love with words as a child and began writing during high school.
Despite her affection for her native Mississippi, Welty attended college at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, and then moved to New York. Filled with conflicting desires to be both a part of the bigger world and to fulfill familial duties, Welty struggled with the news, less than six months after her move to New York, that her father was dying. Watching him die, and watching her mother experience her own inability to save him, the young woman began to find her voice amid the love, grief, separation and loss that she felt and witnessed. Almost 50 years later, she wrote, I never doubted...that imagining yourself into other people's lives is exactly what writing fiction is.
Shortly thereafter, Welty returned to the South and settled into a routine of caring for her mother and writing. Welty's responsibilities as her mother's caregiver bound her to Mississippi at a time of turmoil associated with the civil rights movement. Always liberal politically, she supported candidates who believed in equal rights. Yearning to be more vocal, she often felt silenced by the need to ensure her mother's privacy and health care.
Yet she was always connected to the larger world. Robert Penn Warren, Cleanth Brooks and Katherine Anne Porter were early supporters of Welty's fiction, offering encouragement, help with publication, introductions and letters of recommendation. And just as her literary elders (including William Faulkner) served as her mentors, she in turn gave her time to younger writers, including Reynolds Price, Willie Morris, Barry Hannah, James Whitehead, Ellen Gilchrist and Richard Ford.
Once Welty's literary reputation was established, accolades and awards followed, including a Guggenheim, election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, a Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal for Fiction, the National Medal for the Arts and a Pulitzer Prize. Over the course of her lifetime, she received almost 40 honorary degrees. Her path would cross with many of the country's best-known writers, critics and publishers. Her own remarkable oeuvre includes novels, novellas, essays, poetry and short stories.
But literary reputations have a tendency to wax and wane. Eudora Welty: A Biography is cause to reread Welty's fiction, with an eye toward the ways in which Welty influenced Southern writing and the use of the first-person narrator. We might also wish to review what Welty had to say about racism and the relationships between blacks and whites in light of Mississippi's successful efforts to right decades-old injustices. Toni Morrison once commented on Welty's willingness to write about black people in a way that few white men have ever been able to write. It's not patronizing, not romanticizingit's the way they should be written about.


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Summer Activity at Miss Nancy Piano Studio
Summer has been a whirlwind of activity for Miss Nancy. In June I had the privilege of attending a rehearsal for bell ringers in the tower at the National Cathedral. Beth Sinclair, their coordinator, gave me the grand tour of the tower, including climbing the steep spiral stairs to watch members unmute the bells after rehearsal so that their ringing could be heard throughout the DC area. Members also explained the art of change ringing, an exciting mathematical group of exercises for bells used especially in England for centuries. I hope to introduce this technique of bell ringing to my handbell group at Friends Church, Friendswood.
Speaking of bell ringing, Victoria Katei, piano and organ student, has joined our bell group and is also interning as an organist for church service. Preparing for university next year, Victoria will be able to earn volunteer hours this way before high school graduation.
Summer piano lessons continue until the first day of school, August 24. Please contact me to arrange some relaxed vacation lessons, and prepare for the new school year! Also, send me some summer photos, especially involving musical activities, so I can post them on this blog!


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To learn more about Givenchy, be sure to check out our friend (and fellow PAWS volunteer) Maggie's awesome blog post HERE.
November 6, 2012
Tabby Tuesday - Election Day Edition
To learn more about Givenchy, be sure to check out our friend (and fellow PAWS volunteer) Maggie's awesome blog post HERE.
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My human likes to vote in person and is really looking forward to casting her ballot today!ReplyDelete
Such a lovely girl!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh.. she's so emphatic... I... have to vote!! Even though I already did by absnetee... I'll obey though! MOLReplyDelete
Such a pretty face!ReplyDelete
Love that second pic :DReplyDelete
Okay Givenchy, we'll make sure Mom and Dad vote! They like to vote on election day like Sparkle's human.ReplyDelete
We hope you get a forever home soon!!
The Florida Furkids
Givenchy, what a pretty lady you are and that is such a good message to tell everyone. Hope you find your forever home really soon. Take care.ReplyDelete
You are lovely Givenchy but could you meow a bit louder please as we think we might be a bit deaf!!ReplyDelete
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Givenchy makes a very good spokescat- she wins my vote for "most adoptable."ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking to my post. With both of us showing Givenchy, maybe we can get help find her a home faster.
Sending love and purrs for Givenchy! xxReplyDelete
Beautiful Givenchy!ReplyDelete
Givenchy means BUSINESS!!!ReplyDelete
Love her...
; ) Katie & Glogirluy
I vote you get a purrfect home really soon pretty girl!ReplyDelete
HA!!! I did!!! And I LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
And vote for the right person !ReplyDelete
You are very beautiful, Givenchy. Your face with your message cracked me up. Sorry, the message is wonderful, but your face...oh you are so cute!ReplyDelete
Okay, ladybug..you twisted my paw..I'll vote..wait a minute, I'm a cat!ReplyDelete
Anyway, all of us here are rooting for mom's choices.
Hope you find a home soon!
Tom, Mom Julie, Mitty, Tinker & Anastasia
Oh, yes, indeed, Givenchy! We're on it! Purrs for a forever home soon!ReplyDelete
What a sweet girl you are! Lots of purrs coming your way for you to find a loving forever home shortly.ReplyDelete
Givenchy you are a very pretty lady !ReplyDelete
Here in Sweden it´s not time to vote until 2014
I hope my face isn't expressing the same look as Givenchy's come the morning about results. xoxoxoReplyDelete
Givenchy is very smart to encourage the vote!ReplyDelete
My mom person did her's first thing this morning.
Nubbin wiggles,
Mieow Givenchy, Fankz fur da reminder ^.,^ da beanz voted early Absente...., good thin dey did ^..^ReplyDelete
We hopez you getz your Furefur home Really soon ^.,^ you such a Beauty ♥♥♥♥xoxoxo
mol! our mom heard you over here in California, Givenchy, and went out and voted :)ReplyDelete
Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, HOllie
We love the expression on Givenchy's face! So cute :) xxReplyDelete
That's right! Yous tells the humans!ReplyDelete
Thems that don't votes, can't complain!
Way ta go Givenchy! You tell 'em girlfriend!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Givenchy! Our Mom voted...we wanted to, but Mom said no cats allowed. We need to fight for kitties' rights to vote!ReplyDelete
Purrs from Rudy, Buster, Sam and Mom Cindy
I voted. I'll do whatever my feline friends tell me to do.ReplyDelete
I know who won! LOL. Givenchy, we would definitely vote with the way you are trying to out on us!ReplyDelete
Mr. K, I am glad you like. It's a nice read.
Huggies and Cheese,
what a lovely kitty with a lovely name.ReplyDelete
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New York-based interior designer/architect Steven Gambrel is a favorite designer amongst bloggers. From urbane uptown pads to chic country cottages and Hamptons hideaways, his style is classic with a modern twist.
Steven Gambrel established his New York-based design firm, S. R. Gambrel Incorporated, in 1995, only three years after earning an architecture degree at the University of Virginia. He has a passion for timeless, comfortable houses as you can see in all of his work. He has been celebrated in many magazines and newspapers, including House & Garden, Elle Décor, Interior Design, Departures, New York Times, and New York Magazine.
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On Thursday an article was published on MSNBC called "Pet insurance: A good deal? Or a rip off?" The author of the article is Herb Weisbaum, a Seattle reporter for KOMO News who writes a column called ConsumerMan where he digs into issues and answers questions about topics important to consumers.
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Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen has sparked rumors she is dating Paul Weller's son Natt after they were spotted together at a London music festival.
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Ken Griffey Jr. Played an All-Time Classic Prank on Rookie Alex Rodriguez
The history of professional sports is filled with stories of amazing pranks played on poor unsuspecting rookies. However, none of them were as perfect as the one Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. played on Alex Rodriguez back in 1994 during his rookie season in Seattle.
Griffey told the story to Sports Illustrated's Ben Stein for his "Where Are They Now" series. Check it out:
The year before, he'd pulled a subtler prank on another teammate: Alex Rodriguez, then an 18-year-old rookie shortstop who, like Griffey, had been the top pick in the draft. Griffey enlisted Seattle's trainer, Rick Griffin, to convince Rodriguez that the club's stars—including Buhner and Randy Johnson—were involved in a scheme to sell their sperm to the highest bidder, as if they were thoroughbred stallions, and that Rodriguez might himself attract an appreciable stud fee. He brought in a fake doctor. "Dude, you got great genes," Griffey told the rookie. The callow Rodriguez was skeptical at first. Then he started to come around. "How much money do you think we could make?" he asked. Griffey, mercifully, pulled the plug before donations were to be harvested. "Everybody has rookie hazing," he says. "That was his."
Of course, Griffey had no way of knowing at the time how vein A-Rod would become. This was long before the photos of A-Rod kissing himself in a mirror, or the urban legend about the painting of A-Rod as a centaur hanging above his bed. But in hindsight, what better prank than convincing the guy that people were willing to get into a bidding war for his perfect genes?
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"There is no fear in freedom" My daughter has this quote posted on her wall in college.
You know when we are afraid to move forward, to expand an idea or just better ourselves; we will find ourselves in bondage to either to those who have no fear or a system of mediocrity.
When we choose fear, we limit ourselves to achieve greatness.
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What a great month! May of 2012 has been the single largest SALES month in GSI history. We give God all the glory for the skills and talents we have been given to achieve this milestone. He is truly our provider. However, it comes with a great many challenges that we have had to overcome and still need to manage to insure that we have many great "profitable"days ahead. Together as employees of GSI we want to thank our customers and vendors who have helped build this business.
Thank you again and may God bless each of you.
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HA NOI — Shares opened yesterday's session in the green after the three-day national holiday.
The total social investment capital in the first quarter hit VND197.7 trillion (US$9.4 billion), up 12.8 per cent against the same period last year but declined 2.7 per cent if the price factor is excluded.
"Thus, the reduction in investment has affected GDP growth in the quarter," said Cao Tan Phat, ACB Securities Co analyst. "It is understandable as high lending interest rates have adversely affected domestic investment."
Phat said he expected slowing inflation to boost domestic consumption and investment this quarter.
He estimated GDP growth would be about 5.4 per cent, which he said was a reasonable figure.
However, his market forecast was not positive.
"Although there was a rally, the market will possibly decline again," Phat said.
On the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN-Index retreated for several minutes but eventually rallied by more than 1 per cent, reaching 445.77 points. Meanwhile, the VN30 rose 1.14 per cent to 505.77 points.
The value of trades, however, slid 5.9 per cent compared to last Friday's bull trap to VND830.76 billion ($39.5 million). Trading volume reached about 59.8 million shares.
Of the 30 shares tracked by the VN30, only four stocks tumbled, losing between 0.8-3.6 per cent. Meanwhile, five others hit their ceiling prices, including property developers Dic Corp (DIG) and Quoc Cuong Gia Lai, PetroVietnam Finance (PVF), Refrigeration Electrical Engineering (REE) and Sai Gon Securities Inc (SSI).
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index gained nearly 3.2 per cent to reach 74.49 points with over half of all listed codes posting gains. Market value reached only 93.5 per cent of last Friday's close, totalling VND623.5 billion ($29.7 million) on a volume of 66.7 million shares.
Earlier on Monday, US hedge fund Elliott Advisers LP dropped a lawsuit against the State-owned shipbuilder Vinashin, the Wall Street Journal reported. Elliott sued Vinashin in the British High Court in December for its investment in a $600 million syndicated loan that Vinashin defaulted on in December 2010. Vinashin initially offered repayment of 35 cents on the dollar to bondholders before Elliott filed that suit, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Elliott was suing for par value of its debt along with unpaid interest and default interest, totaling $13.2 million, according to a filing made to the court seen by the Wall Street Journal. — VNS


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WILMINGTON, Del. - March 23, 2013 --Two men are hospitalized in critical condition after gunfire erupted outside a motorcycle club in Wilmington, Delaware early Saturday morning.
It was around 4:00 a.m. when authorities responded to the clubhouse of The Thunderbirds Motorcycle Club, located in the 2800 block of North East Boulevard.
The investigation revealed that a fight inside of the club spilled outside where at least one person opened fire, striking two men multiple times.
One of the men sustained a gunshot wound to the torso and was taken by ambulance to Christiana Hospital.
The second victim, who suffered wounds to his upper and lower body, was transported by private vehicle to Wilmington Hospital. He was then transported by ambulance to Christiana Hospital.
Both men, said to be 25-years-old, are listed in critical condition.
So far, no arrests have been made.


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Marks and Spencer are having a good season, you know this to be the case when you see blogs full of M&S wishlists and girls who usually stick to 'younger' high street stores popping into M&S to get that must have item. I usually only visit M&S for underwear, cardigans and food (three things they do better than most I must add) It was on a trip looking for some navy tights that I spotted these red boots. I had been looking for some red flats to wear with this Abigail dress with no avail so couldn't believe my luck when I spotted these. I thought red boots would be a bit garish but boy was I wrong. They are so bloody comfy too and come in black if you don't want your boots to be so in your face. My love of these boots combined with the blog posts popping up all over the place got me to looking through the rest of the collection which is when I decided I also needed the tartan flight bag. And it is a beauty I am sure you will agree. It has a cross over strap too but I have been happy swinging it around the last couple of days. I am keeping my eye on the new arrivals section to see if there are any more must have items.
I will share this dress with you again soon, it is pretty cute but I am not sure it's worth the price tag if I am absolutely honest. It's only really in this post as I didn't want a dress that would distract from the boots and bag and it wouldn't have been a good move to be in my bra and pants. Ha! I couldn't get this dress out of my head so went ahead and ordered it. I needed a dress the night it arrived so it got worn, if I hadn't it might have been a return. Don't get me wrong I do like it and it is a pretty good staple but I could have got a few dresses for the same price and may have loved them more. I am resisting the urge to buy so many boots at the moment! Rosie has a pair of cut out boots from New Look that I think I need in my life, I love so many of their current leather Chelsea boot designs too.
I hope you all had a good weekend, I had a lovely relaxing one. I was good and didn't treat myself to any further dresses even though the temptation was high! I did treat Gray to some jeans from Intro Clothing though, think that is my way of easing my spending guilt! We helped my parents buy themselves an iMac too and that has now made me want an iPad mini so much! I have an original iPad but don't make much use of it as it doesn't fit easily into most of my bags but the mini would. Hurry up and release the next model please Apple!
What are your must have items from M&S this season?


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A criminalist (aka crime scene technician, examiner, or investigator) is a person who searches for, collects, and preserves physical evidence in the investigation of crime and suspected criminals [see job description]. They typically work in city or regional crime labs and are expected to do more than the forensic scientists and crime lab technicians there.
They are expected to be on call 24 hours a day to go out to crime scenes, frankly when and where detectives are stumped. Some jurisdictions require the presence of a criminalist at all major crime scenes. The services of a criminalist are used at the beginning of a case. By contrast, the services of a forensic scientist are primarily used at the end, or courtroom testimony phase, of a case. All crime lab employees must be ready to offer expert testimony in court, however.
Criminalists usually get called to testify about matters of contamination, cross-contamination, and chain of custody, but many of them (senior criminalists) have developed an interpretive expertise, for example, in blood spatter analysis, trace evidence, impression evidence, or drug identification, as well as skills at crime reconstruction and sometimes profiling (Levinson & Almog 1989).
The term criminalistics (Kriminalistik) was first used by Hans Gross in 1891
But the term was mostly forgotten until the 1960s when a series of cooperative movements took place between police agencies and criminal justice or criminology departments to establish criminalistics (Univ. of California) and forensic science (Michigan State) college programs. Professors Paul Kirk in California and Ralph Turner in Michigan (among many others) were pioneers in those movements.
As Osterburg and Ward (2000) imply, criminalistics programs (available at forty-one community colleges and only one four-year college) followed the police science model to record, identify, and interpret the minutia (minute details) of physical evidence, and forensic science (available at fourteen four-year colleges and nine master's degree programs) followed the medical science model to apply generally accepted principles of established disciplines (like pathology, serology, toxicology, odontology, and psychiatry) to the scientific examination of physical evidence.
Forensic science is the broader term because criminalistics is a branch of forensic science. «Forensic» is simply an adjective that can be put in front of any science applied to answering legal questions. The American Academy of Forensic Sciences web site highlights about twenty various degree programs that relate to some aspect of criminalistics or forensic science education. The world's first crime laboratory was established by Edmond Locard in Lyon, France during 1910.
The famous Locard Exchange Principle that «every contact leaves a trace» is named for him, after Locard solved a strangling case by using fingernail scrapings. In America, a few major cities and the FBI obtained crime labs during the 1930s, and by the mid-1970's (the birth of criminal justice), 47 states had crime labs. A few criminal justice programs that existed prior to the explosion of the field in 1974 offered a criminalistics or forensic science concentration, but today, most criminal justice programs only have one course in criminal investigation.
Post-1975, the criminal justice model became an attempt to make sense of whole systems of justice, and the criminology model, dominated heavily by sociology until about 1990, became theory, research, and policy-driven. Many criminalists consider themselves (professional) criminologists, but few criminologists consider themselves criminalists.
With federal police agencies, two organizations stand out above the rest, the FBI and ATF, mainly because their crime labs are pretty much considered the tops in the field and a model for elsewhere.
FBI crime lab has 4 sections: Scientific analysis (DNA, Firearms-toolmarks, Hairs and Fibers, Materials Analysis, Chemistry and Toxicology, Questioned Documents; Special Projects (film, photography, composites, art, computer design); Fingerprinting (some 200 million records); Investigative Operations and Support (grew out of Questioned Documents unit and includes lie detection of various sorts). The FBI lab only handles violent crime, works exclusively for the prosecution, and is considered the world's largest lab.
ATF crime lab handles Explosives, bombs, arsons (and does it well); Trace evidence and deciphering firearms ownership and usage; Disaster response teams (kind of like FEMA); Field support; and some Gang intelligence record keeping. ATF labs are typically very high-tech and have always been accredited.
It's typical for a Crime Lab to have 4 divisions under a Director's Office: a section dealing with anything pertaining to fluids, this being called a Serology Division; a section dealing with unknown substances, drugs, or poisons, this being called a Chemistry or Toxicology Division; a section dealing with anything so small, like hairs or fibers, that they need to be looked at under a microscope, this being called a Trace Evidence, Biology, or Microscopy Division; and a section dealing with guns, weapons, instrumentation, or whatever, this being called a Ballistics, Firearms, or Fingerprinting (Dusting and Lifting) Division (where Interns usually work). There are about 350 crime laboratories in the U.S. and at least 80% of them are affiliated with a police agency (where they typically hold bureau status in the organization). The rest are located in the private sector and some of these are exemplary and known for a particular specialty: Cellmark Diagnostics (for DNA), Battelle Corp. (for arson cases), and Sirchie Corp. (for fingerprinting and trace evidence collection), to name a few. There is a shortage of DNA laboratories since only 120 labs are set up to do DNA testing (Steadman 2002). Almost all labs in existence are forensic labs, where «forensic» means the experts there are available to give courtroom opinions, but when a lab is set up to receive evidence from ongoing criminal investigations, this is called casework, and the lab is referred to as a casework lab.
Before any laboratory work is done, it must be ensured that the workplace is clean and contamination free. Then, the evidence is visually inspected and properly described to document its condition. Often, it will be photographed, weighed, and sketched. Then, the laboratory worker (criminalist, crime lab technician, or forensic scientist) will have to figure out what tests are appropriate, if sufficient amounts of the evidence exist, properly dissect the portion to be tested, and properly prepare the testing material (which might include the delicate mixing of numerous chemical compounds), all the while continuing to document each step.
Only then does any testing begin. Some tests include as many as five or six separate procedures, each of which must be properly performed and documented, the evidence properly repackaged and relabeled, and once again transported to storage. Only then does the lab worker engage in the process of interpreting what the experiments have disclosed.
A report is prepared and the contents of that report must be precisely correct. At the prosecutor's discretion, the evidence has to make it back to the police evidence room, where it will be stored until he/she decides they want to use it or want more testing performed, in which case it goes back to the crime lab. It should be fairly evident that all this transportation of evidence gives rise to numerous possibilities for error in the form of destruction, mishandling, and contamination.
Generally, whenever a lab applies for accreditation, it has to meet certain minimum requirements which include, among other things, the development and publication of:
- 1) a Quality Control Manual,
- 2) a Quality Assurance Manual,
- 3) a Lab Testing Protocol, and
- 4) a program for proficiency testing. Quality control refers to measures that are taken to ensure that the product, for example a DNA-typing result and its interpretation, meets a specified standard of quality.
Quality assurance refers to measures that are taken by a laboratory to monitor, verify, and document its performance. A basic business principle is that QA serves as a check on QC. Protocols consist of a few hundred pages of highly technical manuals and should include such things as «validation studies» which the lab performed itself to make it capable of performing tests in any particular discipline. Proficiency testing determines if the lab workers individually, and the laboratories as institutions, are performing up to the standards of the profession.
In these tests, samples to be examined are given to a laboratory or particular worker, but the results are already known by a test giver. There are two methods employed in administering these tests, blind and known. In the blind test, the lab worker doesn't know that a test is taking place; they think the evidence sample they are working on is just another case. The open proficiency test is like an open book exam. In addition, individual lab workers join associations to beef up their resumes. The two main ones are the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), the American Board of Criminalistics (ABC).
Physical evidence is part of the «holy trinity» for solving crimes — physical evidence, witnesses, and confessions. Without one of the first two, there is little chance of even finding a suspect. In homicide and sexual assault cases, physical evidence is the number one determinant of guilt or innocence.
Physical evidence is also the number one provider of extraordinary clearances, where police can link different offenses at different times and places with the same offender. Working with physical evidence means being aware at all times of what the prosecutor needs to win the case in court. This means knowing the Types of Evidence and the Laws of Evidence.
Without doubt, the most important concept in criminalistics is identification, or what Paul Kirk called individualization (Kirk 1936). Identification produces unequivocal (certain) interpretation. An equivocal crime scene, by comparison, yields physical evidence subject to different interpretation (and is the basis for crime reconstruction and profiling).
When a number of details are put together (as in points of comparison), so that they constitute a class of one (by itself), they are said to establish an identity, also called individual characteristics, or entities in a class by itself. At this point, if there are similarities between evidence from the crime scene and evidence from a suspect, the expert can say, without a doubt, that identity has been individualized.
It is important to clearly understand the concepts of identity, match, class and individual characteristics. Identity is a set of characteristics (combinations of class characteristics or combinations of class and individual characteristics) by which a thing is recognizable or known. Identity is the same as pattern. A pattern is established, for example, when a particular piece of class evidence like fiber (for which there are large quantities in the population) is put together with another piece of class evidence like red hair (which usually only exists in the subpopulation of white people).
It cannot be said the investigator has «individualized» anything at this point, but the red hair in this example can be considered enough of an individual characteristic which combines with the class characteristic to establish identity. At this point, if there is a «match» between the fibers and hair from the crime scene with a suspect, the examiner can say the crime scene (unknown or questioned) sample «may have come from the same source» as the suspect's (known or exemplar) sample, which is sufficient for probable cause.
Identity can also be used to conclusively eliminate people as suspects. Class characteristics alone do not allow matches with a single suspect. Matches for evidence with individual characteristics do allow pinpointing a particular suspect. Matches at the individual level are called similarities, because in theory, there's no such thing as a perfect match. An example of a similarity, or match in individual characteristics, would be a number of comparable points of comparison between the friction ridge lines on a latent (crime scene) fingerprint with the fingerprints of a particular suspect.
This kind of (true) match allows the examiner to say that, because the similarities outweigh any dissimilarities, the crime scene (unknown or questioned) sample «did come from the same source» as the suspect's (known or exemplar) sample, which is sufficient, most of time, for proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Reliability and integrity are enhanced if the examiner has conducted tests on standards using controls. A standard is the opposite of exemplar.
An exemplar always comes from a suspect or something representing a known modus operandi or signature. Standards consist of simultaneous tests done on items taken from the «background» or nearby the crime scene (control sample), items similar to one the suspect used, such as test firings of a similar weapon (standard sample), or items used for calibration purposes kept in stock at the lab (reference sample). The astute student may notice that the word «match» is used a couple of different ways in criminalistics.
Nobody uses the phrase (true) match, for example, like I have used in my explanations above. Some people prefer the term «matching» (Ramsland 2001). Abuse of the term «match» is even worse in forensic science, which allows different disciplines to set their own criteria and standards. To wrap things up, let's conclude with an interesting topic — the points of comparison method — and then attempt to present a table which classifies evidence by their class and individual characteristics.


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Everybody says it, so I'm not going to. I'm not going to apologize or make excuses as to why I haven't been keeping up with posting new bits of information or progress on my assignments, I'm just going to try to do it better. Where is the source of this enlightenment coming from you ask? One of the teachers at VFS introduced me to stretchdaily.com, a website created by a VFS grad with the goal to post something new every day.
So to begin my own quest in regular posts, I'm going to start with a list of other sites that have been noted as noteworthy by classmates and Brett as sources of news, information and examples of what you can do in interactive design.
Kuler – a website to create perfect colour harmonies for every project
Wired – a news site for the latest technology
Smashing Magazine – a design site for mostly web, but some other areas of design as well
Photoshop Tutorials
Design Meltdown – design elements, trends and problems in web design
Yugop – an interesting interactive piece
blprnt blog – the blog of Jer thorpe, a software artist, writer, and educator
Motionographer – a blog community built to showcase and discuss inspiring and outstanding motion design, graphic design, animation, and visual effects
Flight 404 – Vimeo account of cool stuff he's done and experimenting with
Web typography – the elements of typography applied to the web
Colour lovers – colour inspiration
Interface Lift – some beautiful photography in the form of wallpapers for your computer or phone
ffffound– an eclectic mix of inspirational images
Logo Pond – identity inspiration
Style Boost – a showcase of the most beautiful sites on the web
CSS Beauty– news, jobs, and community for the web developer/designer
FWA– a myriad of award winning sites that will keep you surfing the net for hours
The World is my Canvas– position art
Soytuaire Labuat- not in English, and it take a little wait to load, but it's totally worth it. Just drag your mouse around the screen and enjoy!
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BERKELEY HEIGHTS — The weekend of Oct. 26, Berkeley Light Opera Company (BLOC) will launch its inaugural season with "A Night at the Light Opera." The evening will feature two one-act musical farces, "Cox and Box" by F.C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan and "The Racketeers" by David Claypoole and John Centenaro.
The company aims to produce creative and inspiring productions of light operas and classic musicals, while promoting music education in the community through its association with and support of Judith G. Wharton Music Center.
"Cox and Box" is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by F.C. Burnand and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, based on the 1847 farce "Box and Cox." The piece concerns a landlord who lets a room to two lodgers, one who works at night and one who works during the day. When one of them has the day off, they meet each other in the room and antics ensue. The piece was given its first professional production in 1869 and became popular, running for 264 performances and enjoying many revivals thereafter.
The score contains the lovely tunes and upbeat patter Sullivan later became famous for in his collaborations with W.S. Gilbert. The Berkeley Light Opera Company production is very possibly the first "pants-ed" production of the piece, featuring women dressed as men and playing roles written for men. "Cox and Box" is directed by Vincent J. Balzano and musically directed by Heath Weisberg, with a cast featuring Ryan Cahill, Carol Ciancia, and Sara Noble.
"The Racketeers," with a libretto by David Claypoole and music by John Centenaro, is a madcap romp involving a surprise IRS audit of a crime boss and his son. John Centenaro's bouncy score fuses elements of Light and Italian Opera and sounds as if it could have been written by the off-spring of Arthur Sullivan and Gioachino Rossini. The piece premiered in January 1979 and has enjoyed many revivals in the 30 years since its creation, most recently in June 2011 at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival's Fringe in Gettysburg.
For the Berkeley Light Opera Company production the piece has been revised and contains additional music, which will be receiving it debut during the course of the run. "The Racketeers" is directed by David Claypoole, musically directed by John Centenaro, and choreographed by Grace Minerva-Buneo, with a cast of seasoned light opera performers, including Fred Bernardi, Mark V. Buneo, Carol Ciancia, Danielle Marchand, and Sam Shaw.
Performances will be held at Wharton Music Center located at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. from Oct. 26-Nov. 4. Tickets will be $20/$15 for students and seniors and can be bought online at http://bloc.ticketleap.com/. Proceeds will benefit Wharton Music Center.
Wharton Music Center, located at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights, provides music, theater, and dance instruction, educational programs, and performances for children, teens, and adults. In addition to instruction in all instruments and voice, WMC offers classes in musical theater, dance, drama, choral music, vocal music, music theory, audio recording, early childhood music, and music for children with special needs. Offering a range of musical genres including classical, rock, jazz, and blues, WMC is one of New Jersey's largest independent non-profit community music centers serving students in Berkeley Heights, Summit, Chatham, New Providence, Long Hill, Warren, Basking Ridge, Short Hills, Millburn, Livingston, Westfield, Scotch Plains, and other surrounding communities. For more information, visit www.WhartonMusicCenter.org . Wharton Music Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
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What is the ruling on renting out halls when some of the parties will not follow the rulings of sharee'ah?.
It is not permissible to rent out halls to those who will hold parties that involve sinful things, such as mixing between men and women, or haraam music and other sins, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment"
[al-Maa'idah 5:2]
The scholars (may Allaah have mercy on them) stated that it is haraam to rent out a house to one who is going to use it in disobedience of Allaah.
It says in Mataalib Ooli al-Nuha (3/607): It is not valid to rent out a house to be used as a church, synagogue, monastic cell, house of fire for Magian worship, for selling alcohol or gambling, because that is helping in sin and Allaah says "do not help one another in sin and transgression". (And it is not valid) to rent the house out for music or anything else that the Lawgiver has forbidden. End quote.
It says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (8/228): Because the purpose of the rental contract is to sell use of the house for a specific period, the same stipulation is made concerning its use as is made in a contract of sale, which is that there should be no shar'i impediment to the use made of it such as it being haraam, as in the case of alcohol, musical instruments and pork. According to the majority of fuqaha' it is not permissible to rent out a house for purposes that are not acceptable according to sharee'ah, such as if the renter is going to use it as a place for drinking alcohol or gambling, or he is going to use it as a church or place of idol-worship. In that case it is haraam to take the rent just as it is haraam to give it, because that is helping in sin. End quote.
And Allaah knows best.