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Calendar of cultural events in Lithuania. Pažaislis Monastery Music Festival
BNN offers you a selection of cultural events in Lithuania for the week during June 27 to July 3.
June 27- July 3:
Midsummer Vilnius; Courtyard of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (www.valdovurumai.lt/en), Katedros a. 3, Vilnius;
Vilnius will be filled with music throughout the Midsummer Vilnius Festival. During it, not only famous performers of our country, but also world stage stars will perform. «Midsummer Vilnius is a city festival intended for those who search for cultural amusements in the intense summer heat. We rejoice that we succeeded to invite to the festival a world stage star Joss Stone – her strong voice, enchanting musicality and stage passion have already enslaved many music lovers all around the world… » – says festival manager Valdas Petreikis.
June 27- July 3:
Pažaislis Music Festival; Pažaislis Monastery, Kaunas district;
The 20th Pažaislis Music Festival will held 40 concerts where we will have an opportunity to hear the most prominent Lithuanian and foreign musicians. As every year, new concert venues will be introduced: Jonava Joninės Valley, Kelmė Evangelical Reformed Church and Pasvalys St. John the Baptist's Church. Five Lithuanian symphony and chamber orchestras, Kaunas State Choir as well as Chicago Choral Choir and Boys and Youth Choir Dagilėlis will appear with choral music programmes.
June 27- July 3:
Photography Exhibition by Vytautas Draškevičius; Smiltynė Visitor Centre, Smiltynės g. 9, Klaipėda;
The exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of Kuršių Nerija National Reservation reveals the beauty of the sanctuary of wildlife and makes one to give a thought on the future of the planet Earth;
June 27- July 3:
Christopher Summer Festival; various Vilnius venues;
Aside from the traditional organ, piano and musical picnic cycles, there will also be children's concerts. Special programmes have been arranged by the St Christopher Chamber Orchestra (Once Upon a Time…) and the team from the Strazdanėlė early art education school. Young piano stars will shine during the Evening Piano Recitals, while this year especially many of the most prominent organ masters will be appearing as part of the Sacred Music Hours cycle.
June 27- July 3:
Days of Live Archaeology in Kernavė; Cultural Reserve of Kernavė (www.kernave.org), Kerniaus g. 4a, Kernavė, Širvintų district;
Festival of experimental archaeology is dedicated to the commemoration of the Coronation of Mindaugas – the Statehood Day. Just like many centuries ago archers' arrows will fly and many skilled craftsmen will demonstrate their art on the Castle Hill and in the Pajauta valley. The festival introduces the restored crafts of prehistoric and early medieval periods, ancestors' lifestyle. Visitors have an opportunity to strike the flint, throw pottery, mint a coin, and try their hand at archery.
June 27- July 3:
Exhibition «Not only sky»; The Church Heritage Museum (www.bpmuziejus.lt), Šv. Mykolo g. 9, Vilnius;
The Church heritage museum has opened a new exhibition « Not only sky. Creations of the religious part from the collection of Rolandas Valiūnas and law bureau Valiunas Ellex». It is one of the most significant art collections in Lithuania: it contains about 1000 paintings, more than 260 sculptures, folk art, old graphics, maps and books samples. The collection is constantly presented in exhibitions, albums issued in series and Internet; however, secured religious part creations will be presented in the exhibition for the first time.
June 27- July 3:
Summer Festival of Kairėnai; VU Botanical Garden in Kairėnai (www.botanikos-sodas.vu.lt), Kairėnų g. 43. Vilnius district;
The forth Kairėnai summer festival this year invites one to spend summer week-ends with the most beautiful music. Six summer concerts that are organised under the open sky by Geros muzikos ekspertai (Good music experts) and restaurant Aula will present a range of various music genres – from rock to popular music.
June 27- July 3:
Sharon YaÁri Positive Images for Field and Forest; National Gallery of Art (www.ndg.lt/en), Konstitucijos pr. 22, Vilnius;
The National Gallery of Art presents an exceptional 2016 summer event, the exhibition Positive Images for Field and Forest by the contemporary Israeli artist Sharon Yaari. It is one of his biggest personal exhibitions in Europe, and his first in Lithuania.Yaari's exhibition is a unique chance to get to know about a different and little-known photographic tradition. Yaari creates large-format images of condensed content and his photographs lack qualities that are characteristic of documentary photography.
July 2, 5 pm:
Singing Poetry Festival «Akacijų alėja»; Kulautuvos pušynas (pine forest), Kaunas district;
All poetry lovers will swarm the pine forest redolent of resin; over a hundred of poetry singers from all over the country are expected to show up;
July 3, 7 pm:
Symphonic Rock; VU Botanical Garden in Kairėnai (http://www.botanikos-sodas.vu.lt/en), Kairėnų g. 43, Vilnius;
Performers include Dagamba (Latvia/Lithuania/Iran): Valters Puce (cello), Antons Trocjuks (cello), Dainius Tenys (piano), Hamidreza Rahbaralam (percussion), and Vilnius City Municipality's St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra. The international team of four performers Dagamba is often titled as musical hooligans, because they don't fit into the framework of any one genre, style or era. Their virtuosi combination of classical, rock and pop music is topped off with unexpected temperament and doses of humour.
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A great afternoon to end a brilliant week! So many adjectives about this week, but it really has been a fantastic week.
This week we have used so many different skills, pushed ourselves to the limit, performed, explained, learnt and done it all with a fantastic smile! As we said in class, most of us definitely need a well deserved rest this weekend.
Everybody in Mandela class made some sort of effort today – were we the only class of full dressed-up children? Possibly. Well done for:
- All of the challenges you have done.
- Dressing up so well.
- Great involvement with the afternoon.
Also, a big thank you to the Year 5 team for running Children in Need today – in total we raised roughly £1200 – sensational! Official amount to be confirmed.
The class looking great in all of their costumes! Again, great effort by all.
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Monday, 20 February 2012
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Cushion covers to-be; a little light reading; comfortable blankets for a poorly pickle; dress-shaped deliveries; vintage finds; thrifting success; tiny shoes; classic reading; angelic glow; crafting delights; later afternoon winter sun; IKEA; a long-awaited purchase.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
clothes for the day - week 33
Dress: ASOS Maternity // Cardigan: Thrifted // Coat: Thrifted // Bag: Thrifted // Boots: H&M
Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know that I love two things in life (apart from my wonderful family) - crafts and clothes. I've spent most of my life chopping and changing, and experimenting with different styles, I've swapped between eras and taken inspiration from everyone from Kate Moss to the Olsen twins. But during pregnancy, I experience some sort of utter despair with clothes, totally lose my way, and end up wearing jeans (usually fastened below the bump) and t-shirts - I can never find anything that fits properly, and by the last few weeks my dressing time is usually punctuated with, "but I look like a frickin' whale!" Which is why, although I've posted pregnancy photos, I haven't done an outfit post for a very, VERY long time, and I feel like this one should be accompanied by a drum roll.
The dress is from ASOS Maternity, bought during their sale for a teeny tiny £10 - it's a 60's style shift, and should still look fine after littlest Owl puts in an appearance. The biggest problem I have with buying maternity clothes is that apart from being overpriced, they only fit for a few months - oh, and most of them are incredibly boring, or even worse, just plain ugly. This dress was like a shining beacon of fashion hope, and it really couldn't be more comfortable either. I found the coat in a charity shop, for a mere £6 - it's teal, which has been on my wish list for aaaaages, and also it's a 60's swing style, which will hopefully sit snugly round the baby when she's nestled up against me in her sling.
I'm thirty-three weeks now, and can't help but wish I'd made more of an effort for the rest of this pregnancy, a la the fabulous Miss James of Bleubird Vintage, who I'm sure never set foot outside of the house wearing jeans fastened with a hairband.... Hopefully I'll manage to squeeze in another few outfit posts before baby puts in an appearance - I've got some more thrifted goodies and new shoes to show off, and I don't think I can wait almost seven weeks to do it!
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Friday, 17 February 2012
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This weeks Friday Etsy Love is a round-up of my latest vintage obsession - anything that happens to be, or look like it might be, midcentury modern. Eames, Danish furniture, retro prints, vintage toys... it's all in there. I'm not sure what started drawing me to this era, as when it comes to clothes and shoes, I'm parked pretty much in the 60's and 70's camp - but there's something about the simplicity and cleanliness of the designs that just make me swoon.
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
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If you follow me on Pinterest, you'll know that I recently developed a near obsession with using storage crates rather than shelves on the wall for the Boy's room - it all started pretty innocently, a pin here, a pin there, but then turned into a full blown eBay search where I actually considered paying £15 for an old plywood box. Pinterest, Apartment Therapy - you have a lot to answer for. When I found the image above, it only cemented my longing for box-y wall mounted storage - the stencils on the side, the beautiful paper on the back.....all utterly lush. I'm not sure how easy they are to come across in the US, which is where most of the interiors blogs I read are based, but over here they seem to be harder to find than a needle in a haystack. I tried literally everywhere, and then quite accidentally stumbled across the PRANT box from Ikea (there will be many, many more IKEA related posts coming up - we are absolute converts). Ok, I thought, it's not vintage, and it's not quite as big as I wanted, but it's in stock and it's big enough. Time to make do.
|Please don't judge me on the bathroom floor.... we're renters...
In my over-excitement, I assembled the first one before thinking about the practicalities of a) painting it and b) fixing the paper to the bottom (back?), which meant the whole thing ended up being far more complicated than was necessary. I have to say, though, that I am over the moon with the outcome - the birdy paper is actually scrapbooking sheets from Hobbycraft, at 65p per piece, and the boxes were £6.99 each, so as well as being beeeyoootiful, they didn't break the bank either.
We're currently in the process of redoing bits to every room in the flat before baby puts in an appearance, so there will be big reveal posts coming up - including one showing the boxes in action. I'm now terrified that I'll try to mount them on the wall, and the whole thing will just fall apart in front of me!
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Friday, 10 February 2012
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Record players / vintage linens / beautiful prints / peter pan collars / patterned knitwear / seventies platforms.
It's my birthday next week, and I've been trying to decide what I want more than anything in the world. The husbands (and parents, for that matter) budget won't stretch to a Canon 5D MkII, so I'm opting for a record player, and some money to put towards the post baby wardrobe. Happy Birthday to me!
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Galvanix is quickly becoming a name in the producer circles with recent hit remixes of Frank Ocean's Wiseman, and Seven Lions' track Days To Come that have been featured on Hype Machine, and numerous blogs from around the world. While Galvanix's name is starting to circulate globally for these remixes, people in the EDM scene are already familiar. A staple of the Austin live music scene and member of the Gravitas Recordings crew, Galvanix has given locals a great taste of all different genres of EDM from around the world, right in their hometown.
Without setting a genre-specific sound to his sets, Galvanix delights crowds from all different EDM circles playing to them and their energy and knowing just how to get the party started or keeping it going. This ability to have crowds dancing and raging has made Galvanix a much sought after bill-mate to world renowned acts such as Andy C, Borgore and Downlink, among many others. The fact that Galvanix has been tapped to open for a diverse set of artists illustrates how well his sets fit any crowd or venue. Putting together guest mixes for blogs such as TheWaxhole.com has opened up another avenue for his skills and shows that he can do it all.
While 2012 was an exciting and busy year for Galvanix, expect more from him in 2013 as he delves into more remixes, originals and further honing his skills on the live scene. Galvanix; remember that name, and that hair.
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Flexo Printing
By Steve Katz, Editor | March 13, 2014 (Article sourced from labelandnarrowweb.com)
Components of the label industry's primary print process continue to advance, driving flexo's evolution.
Printing industry historians date the origins of flexography – once called aniline printing – back to 1890, and for half a century the process was widely used in food packaging. But, in the 1940s, when the Food and Drug Administration classified aniline dye inks as being toxic and unsuitable for food, printing sales suffered. A turning point came when the process got its new name, flexography, in 1951, which occurred around the time new and safe inks were developed for its use, and flexo got the go-ahead from the FDA.
Flexo's acceptance coincides with the emergence of the pressure sensitive industry, and today it remains the industry's dominant process. Flexography has history, and recent developments have the process standing toe-to-toe with print methods long considered to have better quality. "Flexo printing really started to evolve in the 1950s for all types of applications – corrugated boxes, other types of packaging, along with labels and tags," explains Deanna Whelan, global marketing manager for Flint Group Narrow Web. "Today, flexo printing has developed to be a viable alternative to offset and gravure techniques, which have long been established as high quality methods."
Flexo is the fastest-growing analog printing process for use in label printing, and is continuing to make inroads. According to Smithers Pira, a market research firm specializing in packaging, paper and print industry supply chains, global demand for flexo printed pressure sensitive labels will rise from 13.3 billion square meters in 2012 to 15.8 billion in 2017. Within these totals, North America and Europe lead the way, with Asia predicted to catch up significantly during this five-year period.
Flexo's growth and success can be attributed to a number of factors, because there are so many elements within the process working in tandem, complementing each other throughout the workflow.
Lee Zerfass, digital business manager for Anderson & Vreeland, emphasizes that today's flexo is about more than press technology. He says, "Flexo printing continues to evolve, capitalizing on the mechanical advances in the presses themselves – makeready requires less time, there is less material waste and coming up to color is much quicker and more predictable. But we're also seeing advances in plate materials, mounting tapes, sleeves, anilox rolls, doctor blades, curing, etc. The quality is improving on every touch point to the press itself."
At the end of the day, advances made by flexo are resulting in labels that appeal to consumers and end users, which is what keeps printers in business. "Flexography is no longer the simplistic process that it used to be," says Emma Schlotthauer, global packaging marketing manager, Kodak. "Major advancements include the adoption of digital flexo plate technology, the widespread growth of UV ink systems, combination presses, press automation, and advancements in servo press technology. All have been necessary to meet the demands of end users for more complex graphics, vibrant colors and eye-catching special effects, and the needs of the printers for shorter set up times, faster press speeds and an overall drive towards a more efficient, cost effect manufacturing process."
Fast, flexible flexo
There is no argument that the inroads made by digital printing technology over the last decade are impressive. However, flexo remains the label industry's primary printing process, due to its speed, versatility and quality.
"Forecasts continue to report 3.8% growth in flexo printing for labels and packaging through 2016," says Mary Sullivan, director of global marketing for flexo press manufacturer Mark Andy. Sullivan says that despite facing some adversity, such as the economic recession, government trends towards sustainability, shorter runs, the technology and process is strong. "One clear trend that continues is in consumer products, and this means packagers and packaging producers are pressured to get products to market even faster. The result is the need for faster and faster turnaround in all phases of product introduction, speeding up the design approval process and, more importantly, the pressure on print-readiness and skilled, efficient prepress and on-press operations to avoid delays and errors," she says.
The flexographic process is aptly named. In addition to speed, its flexibility is one of its hallmarks. "Flexo means versatility," states Steve Leibin, executive VP business development for Matik, Italian press manufacturer Omet's North American distributor. "Flexo represents an inline production method that produces unique, innovative products in a cost effective, single step process. In the past, label printers printed more simplistic pressure sensitive products. Today's label converters print on multiple substrates, building multi-layered and other intricate products on narrow and mid-web presses.
"Packaging is growing and the inline flexo process is growing with it," Leibin adds. "As brand owners continue to look for ways to differentiate their product on the store shelf, label printers will continue to deliver unique and innovative products produced on inline combination printing presses that are based on flexo technology," he says, adding that areas of growth for flexo printers can be found in printed electronics, laminated films for pouches produced inline, and multi-layer coupon labels.
Eric Hoendervangers, commercial director for Dutch press manufacturer MPS, touts flexo's flexibility as well as its efficiency as a one-pass inline process. He says, "Flexo print technology still dominates the label printing industry, and it's for a couple of reasons. First, flexo provides great benefits in flexibility and color opacity. Second, inline-converting is often technically needed or, economically the only answer, and cannot be separated in an offline process."
For Hoendervangers, flexo's benefits can be broken down into five core points. He says, "Flexo printing and press technology meets the five label production parameters the best: flexo prints high quality CMYK; it has excellent and stable color densities; flexo can be easily combined in line with other desired converting technologies; it offers the highest productivity and flexibility; and flexo presses are easy to operate and control. These five parameters are perfect for label manufacturing and guarantee both customer satisfaction and converter profits."
With digital printing proponents trumpeting its sweet spot, short run work, and also no need for plates, Hoendervangers notes that flexo press makers are engineering machinery designed to compete. He adds, "There are some very interesting innovations in new press technologies that are decreasing the running costs per 1,000 labels, thus enabling flexo to compete with digital. And last but not least, increased investments are being made in prepress technology to decrease the cost price of a printing plate."
For Mark Andy's Mary Sullivan, flexo developments are not necessarily responding to digital, but responding to the converter and what drivers are affecting productivity and profitability. She says, "A successful 'print shop of the future' will offer hybrid technology – digital, flexo and other printing and converting processes in highly integrated platforms. These hybrid lines will put a new level of flexibility, configurability, and ultimately more control in the hands of the converter."
Plate advancements
High-definition, or HD Flexo, from prepress equipment and software supplier Esko, has closed the quality gap between flexo and its rivals offset and gravure. HD Flexo is a new process for making digital flexo plates, resulting in improved plates that are higher quality and can print more consistently than standard digital flexo plates.
Platemaking has made strides in the processes of exposing plate material with flat top dots, either in the exposure processes or integrated into the plate material itself. "There are new screening technologies for high definition/high resolution allowing for 4000 to 5080 dpi that have doubled the resolution," says Anderson & Vreeland's Lee Zerfass. "This improves type, drop shadows, highlight and shadow details that now print cleaner. For line work, everything looks sharper, positively effecting nutritional panels and micro-printing. There are CtP devices using higher wattage lasers and advanced optics to ablate the carbon masked plates. In the same pass, an LED exposure head makes the face exposure process. LEDs used in exposing and curing are eco-friendly, and last for thousands of hours while expanding our choice of substrates."
As a plate supplier, Zerfass sees continuous improvements in plate quality, image reproduction via dot shape/structure, ink transfer, and durability. "Plate manufacturers are satisfying the demand for higher resolution/line screen counts while reducing dot gain," he says.
While press manufacturers continue to improve in mechanical print quality and efficiencies, plate manufacturers are refining plate attributes to specific applications. "They're getting really good at identifying raw materials that provide better print quality for different substrates. Increased line screens, higher count anilox cylinders, mounting tape technologies, and curing techniques are all contributing to great consumer products," Zerfass adds.
Jim Krstulic, national account manager for INX International Ink Co., emphasizes improvements in printing plates have contributed greatly to ink's role in the flexo process. "The introduction of core new polymer materials, surface manipulation of the dots, and advancements in software and processing equipment all help to increase the acceptance and transfer of inks to the substrate," he explains.
Inks and anilox rolls
Many variables play a part in the flexo printing process that effect the end result. In addition to presses and plates, inks and anilox rolls play a pivotal role in the final printed product.
"Inks providing far better dot reproduction, anilox rolls designed to control the amount of ink deployment, and recent developments in plate technology which allow ultra fine dots and micro embossed solids, high definition printing via flexo has become a reality," says Deanna Whelan, of Flint Group Narrow Web. "And, those who drive the flexographic industry continue to improve all the moving parts – and, with this, the printed results become better and better."
Known as the "heart of flexo," anilox roll manufacturing has had some key breakthroughs. "In the past three to four years years, flexo printing has evolved more than any other print engine in today's graphic arts industry," notes INX's Jim Krstulic. "New engraving technologies with anilox rolls have played a major role, not only achieving higher count lines, but more importantly, higher cell volumes and cell configurations that help carry and transfer more ink to the plate."
Alex James, director of Harper GraphicSolutions, discusses some of these newer anilox technologies. He explains, "Anilox rolls have evolved by moving to higher engraved cells such as those with engraving rankings from 1200 cpi to 1800 cpi for the narrow web industry. Advancements include improved fiber optics laser technology, which has contributed to the higher engraving cell patterns. Harper Corp. offers XLT-60° Hex cells, 30° channel cells, longer cell patterns and a range of channel engraving cells. Here, the channel engraved cells are used for specialty application demands like glitter, metallics, thermochromic and tactile effects."
Along with the evolution of higher line anilox rolls and new plate technologies, inks have also undergone major advancements. "Inks needed to evolve in several ways," Krstulic says. "First, ink makers look to increase the pigment load as much as possible, grinding that pigment to its smallest possible particle size to capture the ultimate strength and gloss attainable. Next, the resin selection must be such that it provides the ink with exceptional resoluability, transfer and the wetting-out properties on the various porous and non-porous label substrates.
"Tomorrow's inks will need to be stronger and have more solubility for cleaner printing, have better stability on press and will need to have better acceptance and release to the anilox roll, printing plate and substrates used," Krstulic says. "The injection of specific additives such as defoamers, waxes, surfactants and others play an important role in how ink runs on press for any specific label application. New resins and supporting raw materials are constantly being introduced to ink companies for usage consideration."
Flint Group's Deanna Whelan stresses that the single most important development in flexography from an ink maker's perspective is the development of UV flexo ink technology. Though the technology has been around for more then 25 years, it is constantly developing. "With the color density achievable today, UV flexo is far superior compared to the early ink developments," she says. "With today's ink formulations, you can achieve much higher color strength, making it possible to achieve process densities using ultra fine anilox roll cell structures which allows you to run very fine line screen counts, up to 225 lpi, creating the highest possible print quality.
"UV LED ink and lamp technology is truly a game-changer," Whelan adds. "Inks have been specifically designed for use with UV LED lamps – conventional UV inks cannot cure using UV LED lamps – specific formulations are needed to address the narrow and targeted wavelength area typical for UV LED lamp output. UV LED will increase press uptime – instant on/instant off technology, lower maintenance lamps, and deeper curing inks play a part in this. UV LED is safer and environmentally friendly – there is no hazardous mercury and ozone. And, with this technology, printers will realize a significant reduction in energy – 50 to 80% reductions are possible."
Another flexo ink advancement relates to food packaging – high quality low migration inks. "As the need for low migration inks for food packaging and labels have led to many breakthroughs in ink technology, the industry now has low migration UV flexo, UV offset, and UV flexo metallic inks. Inks are readily available all around the world to support these applications and the sometimes very strict regional regulations," says Whelan.
With so many forces and moving parts at play, all of flexo's components must not only work together but also advance together. Take for instance the development of UV LED – the partnership was between inks, lamps, and the printing press. "The right combination and development of all three were integral to the success of the final result," Whelan says.
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Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode numbers work by assigning a meaning to each of a series of twelve numbers, according to HowStuffWorks. UPC barcodes are derived from the Uniform Code Council, the company that operates the UPC system.Continue Reading
A manufacturer applies to the Uniform Code Council to enter the UPC system and pays an annual fee to use it. The UCC provides a six-digit manufacturer identification number and guidelines for using the system. This six-digit manufacturer identification number is the first half of the UPC barcode number.
The next five digits of the barcode number represent the item number. The manufacturer's UPC coordinator assigns numbers to products, assigning a different number to each item sold by that manufacturer. Different item numbers are assigned to each size packaging and to every repackaging of a product. An 8-ounce can of Folger's coffee, for example, has a different item number than a 16-ounce can.
The final digit of a UPC barcode is called the check digit, which allows the scanner to determine if it scanned the barcode number correctly. The check number is calculated by adding the digits in odd positions on the barcode, multiplying that sum by 3, and adding that number to the sum of the digits in even positions on the barcode. By determining the number that needs to be added to this value to create a multiple of 10, the check digit is formulated. This calculation is performed every time a UPC scanner scans a UPC barcode. If the calculated digit is different than the check digit, the item must be rescanned.Learn more about Business Resources


text: First of all, on this record you get 4 new tracks from Pittsburgh's mighty Eel. It's funny, I'm not really into too much noise-core and Eel's whole aesthetic makes you think that you're going to be in for some straight up budget Confuse worship, but they're SO much more than that... there is a lot of that really fast pogo beat that so many noisecore bands use, but Eel has RIFFS, and that's what makes all the difference when you're playing any kind of hardcore. They also have a few other tricks up their sleeve like the scorching Japanese hardcore-style lead on "Pacifism Won't Win Fight." As for Nashville's Pissbath, they hold a little closer to the noisecore template, but as with Eel it's the weirder moments that make them stick out (well, that and the dead on Chaos UK / Disorder bass tone). I don't know if this split 7" is going to convert anyone to being a noize believer, but it definitely gets my fist pumping.


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Smartphone Software - eFile Pro for BlackBerry
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eFile for Blackberry by Dynoplex
by Michael E. Callahan aka Dr. File Finder
Note: Since by definition "smartphones" are phones that are also PDA's, the software reviewed here should work with personal digital assistants that are not "smartphones". Check the operating system because we'll be reviewing software for both Pocket PC and Palm devices. -- Editor
I've had a variety of smartphones including Palm, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices. In every case, however, there was one type of software that I looked for right away. A file manager. To me it does me no good to have a 2 gigabyte storage card in my smartphone if I don't have a smart way to work with those files. On the Blackberry I've discovered eFile by Dynoplex. This is a full-featured file manager that lets you move files, delete files, rename files, and even make directories or folders. There's a free version of eFile, but I'm going to talk about the features in the full version eFile Pro. The interface is somewhat similar to Windows Explorer. It's quite intuitive and easy-to-use and that's really nice when you're talking about working on a smartphone. The program even has a tiny arrow cursor that you move around as you would a mouse. This makes it easy to navigate around files and folders. eFile Pro gives you the ability to easily store files on whatever type of storage card your device uses. So, when you get an email with an attachment you can easily save it to storage and later move it to your PC. Another feature of eFile Pro is unlimited online storage. That's right, when you buy eFile Pro you get a free account where you can store as much as you want. You can backup the contents of your data card to this online area or save your attachments there. The site is really secure because it uses your Blackberry PIN for authorization in addition to a user name and password. Your data is also encrypted. The storage is a terrific feature to have because you can keep data there and then access it from anywhere. eFile Pro is solid and very easy-to-use, perfect for all users. If you have a BlackBerry device and want a way to work with files this is your solution. Give it a try, I recommend it.
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Marlboro County High School's own Chandler Herndon is the recipient for the "National High School Spirit of Sport Award," which is conferred to eight section winners as well as one national winner. Through this award, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) seeks to recognize those individuals who exemplify the ideals of the positive spirit of sport that represent the core mission of education-based athletics. Chandler fits that bill perfectly.
Chandler is a highly skilled, yet slightly challenged, junior at MCHS. Born three months early and then diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of two, Chandler has had to overcome more obstacles than the average person, but that has not stopped him from striving to reach his goals. He consistently goes above and beyond expectations and supersedes requirements, shocking everyone who knows him.
Chandler is currently the Junior Class President, after serving in the same position during his freshman and sophomore years. Throughout his high school career, he has also been active in many school organizations, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society, National Beta Club, Interact Club, and Honors Chorus. Chandler is the public address announcer for all Marlboro County High School baseball games, the radio spotter for all football games, and producer/editor for the entire ODK (offense-defense- special teams) for MCHS Huddle.
Chandler is also involved with many other activities outside of the school setting. He coaches four church-league basketball teams, is a member of the Miracle Baseball League, and hosts his own sports webcast, "910 Sports." He is also well known in the community as a March of Dimes contributor, raising over $93,000 through his organization, Chandler's Chain Gang. He does all this while also working on his Eagle Scout membership.
These accomplishments aside, there are many other reasons Chandler deserves the National High School Spirit of Sport Award. Chandler's selfless actions while working in the Marlboro County High School Athletic Department deem him worthy of this award. He has never allowed his physical handicap to hinder him in any way. He embodies the true "spirit of sport" all year long, for every sport and organization at Marlboro County High School. He does not just show up; he works the events with a hearty smile on his face and the eagerness necessary for a successful, smooth evening of athletic activity. It is a struggle for him even to enter most press boxes during athletic events, but he always finds a way—breaking boundaries on many levels. Chandler delivers many motivational speeches to athletic teams throughout the school year, and students and coaches alike admire his passion and desire for high school academics and athletics. Chandler will do anything possible to help Marlboro County High School flourish, particularly the athletic teams. We are better due to his presence, and we are proud to have him as a Bulldog!
Chandler was honored during the Winter Sports Pep Rally at MCHS on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Pictured are MCHS Principal Dr. Mark Bunch, Chandler, family members and Superintendent Dr. Helena Tillar.


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In the middle of a bay.
Figured I may as well go out to look at the bay, in case it would still be ice covered.
A hashpoint in my home town! And it's in the middle of a bay. Hoping for persistent ice in the bay, I set out and took a look towards it, but the mild weather had already opened up the bay fully. No hashpoint for me, all I could was to stand at the shore and look longingly at it.


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Particles: Nuclear Power After Fukushima
A one-year anniversary special examining the future of nuclear power after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. Some scientists believe the accident was a significant setback for nuclear in the U.S. But climate concerns are a factor — 70% of carbon-free energy comes from nuclear power, with more than 60 nuclear reactors under construction worldwide.
What have we learned from Japan … and now what?
Among many stories, Alex Chadwick conducts an exclusive interview with an American nuclear technician who was working inside the Daiichi plant when the earthquake and tsunami struck. You will also hear tape recordings from inside the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center, as it struggled to shape America's response to the Fukushima disaster. Chadwick speaks with PBS Newshour's Miles O'Brien, just back from Japan, about recovery efforts. Chadwick also profiles Greg Hardy, a Los Angeles-based engineer who has spent much of his career examining the vulnerability of nuclear plants to earthquakes. And you'll hear a story about the next generation of nuclear reactors, so small they can fit on flatbed trucks.
Listen to the BURN Radio Special
Full Broadcast (54 minutes in three segments)
Segment A
Part 1: Fukushima Witness
Alex speaks with Carl Pillitteri, an American nuclear technician who was working inside Fukushima Daiichi when the earthquake and tsunami hit. A Burn exclusive interview.
|Alex Chadwick
|Carl Pillitteri
|Alex interviews Carl
|Alex interviews Carl
|Carl outside the Ikoi eatery he frequented
|Earthquake aftermath inside Ikoi
For more on Carl Pillitteri's experience
- WATCH: the exclusive video interview with Alex on PBS NEWSHOUR
- READ: a profile of Carl Pillitteri in The Japan Times
Part 2: Nuclear Regulatory Commission reaction
Hear tape recordings from inside the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center, as it struggled to shape America's response to the Fukushima disaster.
|Aerial view of the meltdown
|Aftermath at Fukushima Daiichi
|The NRC office
For more on the NRC's reaction
- LISTEN: Audio clips from inside NRC
Part 3: PBS NEWSHOUR
PBS Newshour's Miles O'Brien, recently back from Japan, says Japanese government under political pressure to clean up 20K exclusion zone around the Fukusima Daiichi plant.
|PBS NEWSHOUR's Miles O'Brien suits up to go inside the hot zone at Fukushima
|The evacuated Manami Elementary School in Narahan, inside the 20km hot zone
|Hitomi Uchimi, principal at Manami Elementary
|The footprint of cesium-137 fallout …
|… does not match the neat circles of the evacuation zones
|Miles takes a reading 1Km from the Fukushima site
|Biological samples stored in liquid nitrogen and 65 deep freezers
|Researchers analyze stem cells and abnormal chromosomes
|Looking for signs of damage
For more
- WATCH: PBS NEWSHOUR: Near Fukushima, a Big 'Guessing Game' Over Radiation's Long-Term Risks
Segment B
Part 1: Greg and Luann Hardy
Hardy and his wife live between nuclear plants along California's coast. He's a structural engineer specializing in nuclear plant design and seismic risk who feels safe even as she doesn't.
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For more
- READ: NY Times: Article about assessing earthquake risk
Part 2: Gorleben Salt Dome
Germany has been considering the Gorleban salt dome as a permanent resting place for nuclear waste. Residents have resisted for more than thirty years.
|Gartow, Germany
|Cori Princell
|Klaus Pohlandt
|Peter Ward
|Gorleben Salt Dome
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|Examining a new measuring system for hydrocarbons
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For more on storing nuclear waste
- READ (below): Akiro Tokuhiro Nuclear Storage Explainer
QUESTION: How long does radioactive waste have to be managed and stored for it not to be dangerous?
ANSWER: This depends on the chemical element of isotope (also called radioisotope, radionuclide).
There is a prescriptive level under which the waste can be declassified from being radioactive waste to perhaps just (non-radioactive) waste.
For long-lived plutonium isotope, this is a VERY long time.
For strontium and cesium isotopes of concern, the half-life is approximately 30 years.
After 90 years, the radioactivity is down to about 5% (95% decayed away) of the original activity. But activity is only part of the story. One has to also consider that mass (amount) of waste that needs to be managed.
Example: The smell of cow dung dissipates over time but the amount of cow dung is also a waste management issue; that is, both the smell and amount of dung have to be considered in waste management planning.~ Akira Tokuhiro, PhD.
Segment C
Part 1: Eunice, New Mexico
Eunice is an oil town whose residents are also proud to host a nuclear enrichment plant.
Eunice City sign
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New Mexico discovery well
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Part 2: Small Scale Reactor
Alex speaks with Jose Reyes, an Oregon State University nuclear engineer who is developing small scale nuclear reactors.
Alex and Jose Reyes
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NuScale Test Reactor
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Part 3: Alex's Essay
With the writing style and vocal delivery that has won him fans across the country, BURN's host describes the blue glow of nuclear reactors.
|The Cerenkov Effect
- WATCH: Cool video of Cerenkov Blue
- LISTEN: Hiroshima Peace Institute's Robert Jacobs says Japanese survivors of WWII nuclear blasts suffer discrimination
- LISTEN: Richard Lester, chair of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at M.I.T., says nuclear reactors will look very different in a few decades, just as today's cars have developed since the 1950's
Next Story >> BURN Radio Special #2: The Hunt for Oil: Risks and Rewards


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President Obama and Mitt Romney Trade Jokes and Jabs at Fundraiser
President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney put their differences aside on Thursday for a night of fun at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in NYC.
Addressing the PBS controversy from the first debate, Mitt explained, "Big Bird didn't even see it coming."
Obama had the crowd laughing when he asked the guests to "please take your seats, otherwise Clint Eastwood will yell at them."
He went on to touch on Tuesday night's debate, saying he "felt really well-rested after the nice long nap I had in the first debate."
The POTUS continued, "I particularly want to apologize to (MSNBC's) Chris Matthews. Four years ago I gave him a thrill up his leg; this time around I gave him a stroke."
Taking a jab at Romney, Obama reminded the crowd of how he was criticized over his "celebrity" status and popularity with overseas allies after a trip in 2008. "I have to say I'm impressed with how Governor Romney has avoided that problem."
The annual dinner helps raise money for the children of the Archdiocese of New York.


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Biz for most pics, whether wide studio holdovers or Oscar hopefuls, went slip-sliding away over the Super Bowl weekend as ticket sales dropped sharply from the same frame a year ago.
After winning the past six straight Super Bowl weekends at the B.O. by rolling out horror and genre fare, Sony succeeded again with the same strategy, taking the No. 1 spot with supernatural pic "The Messengers."
Movie — from the studio's genre arm, Screen Gems, and production banner Ghost House — led a soft frame at the movies overall.
"Messengers" scared up $14.5 million off 2,528 engagements for a per-location average of $5,736. A year ago, the studio's "When a Stranger Calls" dialed up $21 million-plus over the same frame.
Hoping to continue its scary winning streak, Sony has already slated slasher pic "Prom Night" for next year's Super Bowl frame.
While many Oscar films saw respectable drops in the 30% range, none were igniting the B.O. at a time of year when distributors really look to build biz for such pics.
A year ago, the gay-themed "Brokeback Mountain" roped in $6 million in its ninth frame during Super Bowl weekend. This weekend's best-performing Oscar hopeful was urban musical "Dreamgirls," which took in an estimated $4 million in its eighth frame.
One bright spot came for foreign-language fare: The distribs behind "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Volver" all had reasons to cheer as Warner Bros.' "Letters" expanded with a slight drop and the other two pics earned their way into the B.O. record books.
Picturehouse's "Labyrinth" became the highest-grossing Spanish-language film released in the U.S., passing "Like Water for Chocolate" with a cume of $21.7 million.
Pic landed in the No. 8 spot after expanding to become the distrib's widest rollout ever, at 1,082, and reeling in $3.6 million.
And Sony Classics' "Volver," from Spanish helmer Pedro Almodovar, became the helmer's top-grossing film, taking in $885,012 off 587 screens to bring cume to $10.2 million, passing that of "Talk to Her."
Marquee titles
Trailing in second place was Universal's counterprogrammer "Because I Said So." Multigenerational chick pic, starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, picked up $13 million off 2,526, scoring $5,155 per engagement.
"Messengers" and "Said So" repped the frame's only new wide releases.
Fox's "Epic Movie" — last frame's No. 1 — landed in third in its second frame, with $8.2 million off 2,840. Spoof of movies dropped 56% from its opening weekend and has cumed $29.3 million to date.
Studio's "Night at the Museum" stayed strong in fourth to bring cume to $225.3 million. Supernatural sensation, starring Ben Stiller, has been in theaters for seven weeks.
Overall, ticket sales dipped almost a full $10 million from a year ago among the frame's top 10 titles, down to $66.5 million.
Kudo contenders
Among best pic nominees, Warner Bros. war epic "Iwo Jima" expanded to 720 theaters and fired up $1.74 million to raise cume to $7.5 million. Per-location average was $2,423, down 6.6% from the previous frame.
Studio's "The Departed," which it relaunched last frame as a wide release, slipped almost 31% over Super Bowl weekend, with a per-playdate average of just $1,600 off 1,453.
Paramount Vantage's "Babel" dropped 32% from last weekend, taking in an estimated $1.7 million in its 15th week of release. Per-location average, from 1,090, hit $1,587.
And Miramax's "The Queen" was down 32% after 19 weeks but managed to stay in the top 10. Pic has cumed $45.5 million.
Sony's inspirational drama "The Pursuit of Happyness" was off 38% after eight weeks. Will Smith starrer has played to $157.3 million domestically.
Paramount and DreamWorks' "Dreamgirls" dipped 40% in its eighth week of release to take in $4 million, lifting its cume to $92 million.
Fox Searchlight's "The Last King of Scotland," Oscar-nominated for lead actor Forest Whitaker, dipped 23% from the previous frame. Pic has taken in $9.6 million after 19 weeks and expanded to 528 locations.
Searchlight's "Notes on a Scandal" dropped 32% from last weekend, taking in $1.7 million to raise cume to $11.7 after six weekends.
Not all current releases in the Oscar ring dipped; some made modest gains in limited release.
Miramax's "Venus," with a best actor nom for Peter O'Toole, moved up 10.5%, taking in $380,000 off 96 in its platform release. Pic has been in theaters for seven weeks.
New Line's "Little Children" saw biz bump slightly to $244,000 from $207,349 the previous frame. Cume is $4.4 million after 18 weeks.
And don't forget…
Away from the Oscar race, U's shoot-'em-up "Smokin' Aces" dipped 57% in its second frame, taking in $6.3 million to raise cume to almost $25 million and landing in the fifth spot.
MGM's newly bowed "Factory Girl" had a strong play in just three engagements. Pic drew up $95,291 for a per-screen average of $31,764.
"Girl," from the Weinstein Co., stars Sienna Miller as Andy Warhol's ill-fated cohort Edie Sedgwick.
Some studio holdovers, meanwhile, had a tough time clinging on at all.
Up against the female-skewing "Said So," Sony's Jennifer Garner starrer "Catch and Release" slid a steep 65%, right off the top 10 charts.
And trying to bite into "Messengers," MGM's werewolf pic "Blood and Chocolate's" life ended with a whimper: In its second frame, biz dropped more than 70% for an anemic $509 per-playdate average off 1,200.


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Yes I know and they have a tendency to breed.
If you love America neuter a conservative.
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She does not deserve even the attention this thread has garnered her...
The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced. It should not be confused, but often is, with the Equal Time rule. The Fairness Doctrine deals with matters of public importance; the Equal Time rule only deals with political candidates.
The Fairness Doctrine had two basic elements: It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Stations were given wide latitude as to how to provide contrasting views: It could be done through news segments, public affairs shows or editorials. The doctrine did not require equal time for opposing views but required that contrasting viewpoints be presented.


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If you were a breathing human person who was alive within the past week, you've heard of Pokémon Go. The 90s game made its big mobile comeback last week, and it's already more popular than apps like Tinder (but like Tinder, it's inspiring love connections). Essentially, it uses your phone's GPS location to help you go out into the world and find Pokémon characters.
If you're like this author, the moment you figured out the game forces you to leave your home, you deleted it. #SayNoToUnnecessaryCardio
But it turns out there are a whole slew of other reasons to delete the app, besides the possibility of finding a dead body. Here's a roundup of all the
paranoid legitimate reasons why you should delete Pokémon Go.
1. Pokémon Go Has Boundary Issues.
Just like when you're dating someone and they come on too strong, friending all your Facebook friends after only a week, Pokémon just can't respect your safe space.
You see, when you download the app, you're basically giving it permission to access all your other apps (especially Google). Its privacy policy reads...
"...aggregated information and non-identifying information with third parties for research and analysis, demographic profiling, and other similar purposes..."
So basically, your location data will get sent right back to Google.
2. It's Reading Your Emails
If you chose to use your Google Account to register with the game, then Pokémon Go knows all about that money you sent to that Nigerian prince.
It turns out there's a fault in the registration process where you, dear user, give permission to Pokémon Go to read and even send emails from your account.
So if you'd rather not have a Japanese game character know about your erectile dysfunction, think before downloading.
3. Pokémon Go Inspires CHEATERS!
Nobody likes a cheater. Which is why reports of rampant Pokémon Go cheating are so upsetting. Is nothing sacred?
The worst is this dude. He posted to Reddit a picture of his rigged up drone—yes, drone. Instead of walking, which is the point of the game, he flew, covering more ground than any person could, and thus getting all the Pokémon. What a human turd.
4. It's Forcing Old Police Dudes to Use Words Like "Pokestop"
Police in O'Fallon, Missouri issued a statement on Facebook warning residents about the game. They said...
The way we believe it was used is you can add a beacon to a pokestop to lure more players. Apparently they were using the app to locate ppl standing around in the middle of a parking lot or whatever other location they were in.
5. It's Putting Our Troops in Danger
Louis Park, stationed just out Mosul in Northern Iraq, is taunting ISIS to play him.
Sure, it's all fun and games until ISIS gets involved!
There is one potential upside to playing Pokémon Go. Maybe people will finally realize that being outdoors sucks.


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All too often the beauty and fervor of cycling at a local level is eclipsed by abhorrent design. Badly designed or painfully generic kits have become the norm. Take your team, club or charity ride out of the despicable realm of the stale.
We are a team of passionate, obsessive designers who happen to love cycling. We bring over 25 years of combined experience in the sports, apparel and entertainment industry. We have worked for and with some of the biggest companies in the world, including adidas, Nike, Reebok, the NFL, MLS, WWE, Sony Music and many others.
We design cycling jerseys and kits. You don't have to settle generic and horrible "semi-custom" kits or jerseys designed using MS Paint. We can also design logos, promotional materials and event graphics.
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David King Dunaway
David King Dunaway is Professor of English at the University of New Mexico and Distinguished Professor of Broadcasting and Documentary Studies, San Francisco State University (2009-2015).[1] He is a national radio producer/podcaster, biographer, and an international expert in American studies specializing in oral history, folk music, and Route 66.
David Dunaway's first book, How Can I Keep From Singing, the first biography of folk musician and social activist Pete Seeger, was based on his doctoral dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley, and first released in 1981. Since then, it has been translated into Japanese and Spanish and been through six printings. Working with Seeger, Dunaway completed a revised, updated version of the biography in 2008 from Villard Books/Random House.
In addition, Dunaway is also the editor of Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology (with Willa Baum; second edition, Rowman & Littlefield, 1996), and the author of Huxley in Hollywood (Harper Collins, 1990), Writing the Southwest (with Sarah Spurgeon; revised edition, University of New Mexico Press, 2003), Aldous Huxley Recollected (AltaMira/Rowman & Littlefield, 1998), Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story (previously printed), and Oral History on Route 66: A Manual (National Park Service, 2005). His most recent works are Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals (with Molly Beer; Oxford, 2010), A Pete Seeger Discography (Scarecrow Press/Rowman, 2011), and A Route 66 Companion (University of Texas Press, 2012) .
Radio series[edit]
Dunaway has been active in radio since 1972, when he produced "Midnight Country" for KPFA-FM in Berkeley. Four of his radio documentary series were developed in conjunction with his books – "Writing the Southwest" (1995) with funding from the NEH and the Humanities Endowments in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico; "Aldous Huxley's Brave New Worlds" (1998) funded by the California and New Mexico Endowments for the Humanities and Public Radio International; and "Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story" (2001) which received awards from the International Radio Festival, the Associated Press, and a Silver Reel. In 2008-9, he produced "Pete Seeger" on PRI, three, one-hour documentaries airing on more than 300 stations and winning Best of Show: Audio from the Broadcast Education Association. He is currently a DJ for KUNM-FM in Albuquerque, NM.
Magazine and journal articles[edit]
Dunaway has written extensively for the popular media, with articles on music, social activism, and oral history appearing in venues from Mother Jones to the Village Voice and the New York Times. In 2004, his writing on the Danish government's efforts to derail the world's oldest experiment in anarchy, Christiania, was carried by the San Francisco Chronicle and National Public Radio's Morning Edition.
Dunaway also writes extensively for academic audiences, contributing articles to scholarly journals such as the Oral History Review and The Public Historian, the Journal of American Folklore, Southwestern American Literature, and New Media and Society.
Current projects[edit]
Dunaway works with the National Park Service's Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program. After a three-year research project locating, identifying, and cataloguing archives on Route 66, with a particular focus on oral history collections, he's now interviewing Route 66's historians and planning a nationwide project to interpret Route 66, including his anthology, A Route 66 Companion. Currently, he's writing the first book on the experience of wearing glasses, Four Eyes (www.glassers.us)
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External links[edit]
- David King Dunaway
- Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing? A Radio Documentary Series
- Official Random House page for How Can I Keep From Singing: The Ballad of Pete Seeger
- The Dunaway Collection of Interviews with Pete Seeger and his Contemporaries - The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- David Dunaway - University of New Mexico Faculty Page
- Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story
- Writing the Southwest: A Radio Documentary Series
- Aldous Huxley in Hollywood
- Glassers - a home for the forthcoming book, Four Eyes, about the experience of wearing lenses


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The MG15CFXMS is a 15 Watt Microstack mini guitar stack. It comes 4 programmable channels, FX settings and an MP3 input.
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Ruby is the most valuable variety of the corundum mineral species, which also includes sapphire. Rubies can command the highest per-carat price of any colored stone. This makes ruby one of the most important gems in the colored stone market. In its purest form, the mineral corundum is colorless. Trace elements that become part of the mineral's crystal structure cause variations in its color. Chromium is the trace element that causes ruby's red, which ranges from an orangy red to a purplish red. The name ruby comes from the Latin word ruber, which means "red." The glowing red of ruby suggested an inextinguishable flame burning in the stone, even shining through clothing and able to boil water. The most renowned rubies, like those from Myanmar, the Himalayas, and northern Vietnam, typically form in marble. They're found in layers that are distributed irregularly within the surrounding marble. In other locations, rubies can be found in basalt rocks. Rubies from these sources can have higher iron content, which can make the rubies darker and less intense in color.
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Ruby is one of the most historically significant colored stones. Rubies are mentioned four times in the Bible, in association with attributes like beauty and wisdom. In the ancient language of Sanskrit, ruby is called ratnaraj, or "king of precious stones." Ruby retained its importance with the birth of the western world and became one of the most sought-after gems of European royalty and the upper classes. Many medieval Europeans wore rubies to guarantee health, wealth, wisdom, and success in love. Desire for ruby is just as great today as it always has been. As a symbol of passion, ruby makes an ideal romantic gift. Consumers are drawn to the lush color because it also signifies wealth and success.
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I have recently ditch Tab Mix Plus add-on for webextentions alternatives, as it relies on legacy add-on technology, but one of the features that I frequently used has not been implemented by any webext add-ons yet. It is double clicking empty space on the tab bar to open a new tab. In default settings, double clicking empty space on the tab bar resizes the window instead of adding a new tab in Firefox 55.0.3 on Windows 10.
Two workarounds have been suggested in other threads in this forum.
1) Edit userchrome and userstyles files. However, neither is working anymore. This is the old thread, circa 2011: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2138639
2) Set browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar to false to enable Title Bar, which does not fit Firefox's new design logic and takes up an unnecessary screen real estate that otherwise could be used for browsing.
There are several other threads in this forum asking for the same question, which was often replied with a link to Tab Mix Plus that will soon be obsolete.
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HIRE TRAINING FOR SUPERVISORS January 11, 2011 10:00 am – 12:00 pm; CG1-2126 Facilitator: Nancy Wade, HR Learn UCAR's Staffing Process; Employment Laws, Policies and Procedures and OpenHIRE System. Required for all hiring supervisors
Drupal for Web Developers Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:00 am-4:00 pm CG2-CTTC Trainer: Greg Knaddison, Growing Ventures Solutions Learn to use the Drupal Content Managing System (CMS) to build dynamic, interactive web sites. A CMS requires you to think differently about how you build a website. In this full-day class, you'll dive into the tools Drupal provides to web developers to build the design, structure, and functionality of a website as well as how it enables content creation for a broader variety of non-technical staff. Drupal is highly extensible via a vast offering of modules and we'll cover some of the most useful ones. Each class participant will have their own Drupal server in this class and will get hands-on experience creating content types, views, menus, blocks, sections, as well as customizing a theme. At the end of this class, you will have the knowledge you need to begin building a website in Drupal. Target audience: Web developers and designers. Prerequisite: Knowledge of HTML and CSS.
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4 LEVEL 1 January 13, 2011; 8:30 am – 4:30 pm; CG2-CTTC Facilitator: New Horizon Trainer This course teaches fundamental concepts for working with Illustrator to create artwork for print and web.
TIME AND PRIORITY MANAGEMENT: Taking Control of Your Workday January 19, 2011 9:00 am – 2:00 pm; FL2-1003 Facilitator: Doug Gertner, Emu Consulting Learn to recognize where time goes, identify time wasters that consume your day and affect your performance, develop strategies to quickly prioritize tasks and activities, and learn new tools for improved organization skills..
LEGAL ISSUES IN MANAGING EMPLOYEES January 19, 2011 9:00 am – 12:00 pm; ML Main Seminar Room Facilitator: Michelle Darveau, HR Review and discuss UCAR polices, laws and regulations relating to the management of employees. Wage and Hour Practices; Affirmative Action; Leave Policies; Working Arrangements; Conflict of Interest; Employment Discrimination; Discipline Policy; Problem Resolution Policies; Termination Policy, and resources for supervisors.
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Agent M in the hoooouse.
When the fine folks at ThinkGeek asked me to write a guest blog for them, I had a few immediate ideas for the piece:
- Make it nothing but animated gifs.
- Write 4,000 words on why M.O.D.O.K. is the greatest character in all of fiction.
- Devise a series of haiku based on the Infinity Gauntlet comics.
- Talk about some of my experiences visiting the set of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" film.
While the first three options were pretty great, I'm going with the giving the ThinkGeek Nation (is that a thing? If not, I declare it a thing!) some of my patented #seeeekrits.
First, you all saw Guardians of the Galaxy already, right? It's the number one movie in the galaxy, and everyone has a favorite character, moment, and song. Rocket, Ronan's turn against Thanos, and Cherry Bomb, respectfully for me. If you haven't seen it yet, sorry for spoiling things, and go get your tickets!
Time for me to dig into my trusty Twitter notebook, and pull some details I scribbled down while on the set in September of 2013. I had to steal some tape from the set to keep said notebook in one piece, so that's authentic Guardians of the Galaxy tape right there.
As soon as I got to the set, I spent some time with Guardians producer Jonathan Schwartz, who walked me through the war room--a room filled with concept art and models and other planning info that breaks the film down from beginning to end. You can hear my podcast with Jonathan here, but suffice to say it was pretty cool. I even learned that Cosmo, the awesome Russian canine cosmonaut, made it into the film.
I walked around the Dark Aster set, which was still being built. It's Ronan's massive ship in the film, and super cool and creepy. And then, I got to see some of the Milano--Star-Lord's sleek ship. Both were impressive in the level of detail and attention given to their construction.
The Collector's lab was elsewhere, and I arrived on set just a few days before Benicio Del Toro. Bummed I didn't get to see him in full garb. But I did get to walk around the lab, as the crew finished construction. We only catch a few quick glimpses of Taneleer's collection in the film, but I spotted: some slithery slug creatures; a weird fin with a skeleton; a giant butterfly; a cocoon; lots of digital screens; a live dark elf; the pink girl; a 2-headed raccoon; some sort of dissected creature; and much more.
In the film, The Collector's base of operations is on Knowhere, the enormous severed head of an ancient Celestial being, and I got to walk around the dirty streets of the mining colony a bit. The outdoor set was very industrial, with big structures and a general layer of grit and grime. There were many signs posted across Knowhere, in what seemed to be a variety of alien languages. I also have a note here about looking inside a really cool junk shop vendor, and seeing some skulls and pyramids. So many small details!
The establishment in which Drax, Groot and Rocket do some gambling, some drinking, and some fighting was a very cool club set. It had a sort of metal/industrial vibe, but with a bit of a Middle Eastern feel. There are numerous rooms and alcoves in that set that you don't even get to see in Guardians.
I also got to chat with cast and crew while there. You can listen to my interviews with Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and James Gunn on the This Week in Marvel podcast. I will say that all four of them were super friendly and obviously having fun. Long days, lots of makeup and things to do--but they were all having a blast.
I need to sign off and do some Marvel work, but maybe next May you'll read something like this when I recount my time visiting the Avengers: Age of Ultron set.
Your Spy Inside the House of Ideas,
Agent M aka Ryan Penagos
Ryan Penagos is Marvel's Executive Editorial Director for digital media. That's a silly title which basically means he has the coolest job. Seriously. He (and his desk) were in the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game. He gets to tweet about Marvel all day long and get paid for it. He knows all the secrets about Marvel's upcoming movies and TV and comics, and won't tell you anything even if you offer him all the tacos in the world. He also does actual work, but that's no fun to talk about in a bio. Find him on Twitter--@AgentM!


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I wonder what the real summers would be like here in the capital city.It looks like Winters vanished,spring season skipped and summers are already here.I am talking about my favorite lipstick for spring & summers this year.It was my first MAC lipstick of the year 2015 making a whole 10 of my MAC collection.
It is Flat Out Fabulous from the New Retro Matte Collection.Its described as a bright plum matte.Its a fuchsia shade.
Retro matte is none other than some new lipsticks added into the same Matte line.Yes you can say they are super matte.
As you can see its more of a pink/purple shade,Its very dry in consistency.One can feel the dryness tug at the lips while applying.So one have to apply a lip balm before putting on this lipstick.Once you have applied it carefully lined with a pink lipliner it stays on your lips forever!
It doesn't transfer with food.But due to the usual habit of freshening up my lipstick after dinner I would also freshen this up no matter if its still there.Some habits die hard !
The packaging is same as all usual mac lipsticks.The signature black shiny bullet.The name and finish is printed at the bottom of the bullet.Its scent is also the same as the typical Mac lipsticks.A lovely light vanilla smell.
Here is a comparison swatch between Candy Yum Yum,Flat Out Fabulous & Girl About Town.
Candy Yum Yum is the bright pink whereas Flat out fabulous is the bright plum.Flat out fabulous is the matte version of Girl About Town which is of Amplified Creme version.
Mac has done a great job with this color as it is definitely a beauty in its own.
I have always got compliments whenever I have worn this one.
Sharing some photos of me and Flat Out Fabulous
So Girls what do you say?
Have you got a favorite for the season?
If you want to see how many MAC lipsticks I had 1 and half years ago check this post
If you want to read more details about the pretty pink Candy Yum Yum chek this post
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