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The murder mystery genre is a popular, and well-trodden path. An unseen villain, a scrutinizing hero, a femme fatale…these are characters we know, and love: characters we have seen hundreds of times. Therefore, the appeal of Murder by the Book, presented by Metro Theatre, comes from the play's ability to adhere to the structure of a classic whodunit, while peppering the plot with sprinkles of absurdity. The result is a fun little show that, while firmly rooted in its genre, has a few twists that keep the audience interested to the end.
The plot follows a small cast of characters, comprised of a dotty secretary (Heather Billington), a vengeful wannabe ex-wife (Emma Greenlagh), a hapless publisher (Michael Jones), a flamboyant fan of mystery novels (Dovreshin MacRae), and a smarmy author (Samuel B. Barnes). The latter has just been killed. It happens in the second scene. We hear the motive, and see the murderer. It seems at first like we already know the end of this story. However, as the play unravels, it soon becomes clear that in this strange world, everyone is two steps ahead of the next person, while the audience is three steps behind them all.
Being a murder mystery with very little murder, and no apparent initial mystery, Murder By The Book is at its funniest when it is at its most subversive. Humour both farcical and deadpan live side by side in this script, which reads like a mashup of Oscar Wilde and Agatha Christie. Upon discovering the corpse, Billington pauses briefly in her hysterics to calmly hang her coat up at the door. A bug-eyed MacRae flips between stoic analysis and histrionic accusations with goofy gusto. These moments provoke honest laughter, as we see the cliches of British melodrama being exaggerated and satirized. Even the old-fashioned jokes and timing resonate well with a modern audience. There are certain "gags" that ring with slight cultural insensitivity, and perhaps should have been cut, but they don't detract too much from the main experience. The rest of the show is a mix of comfortable zaniness: witty patter, complex machinations, snide dramatic irony…All elements that are familiar, yet still very enjoyable.
However, it is only near the end of the show that the charm begins to wear thin. There's a climax of sorts halfway through the second act that has all the characters onstage, where it seems like the true mastermind is revealed. Then the play spins it's wheels for the remaining half hour, launching into a long parade of twists, fake-outs, and double-crosses. It's fun to listen to, but not as fun to watch; one wishes they would simply drink from the poisoned cup, instead of debating each other as to whether or not it is actually poisoned.
All this said, Murder by the Book is a diverting little show, and one that should satisfy any lover of the mystery genre. It's the theatrical experience of listening to an older relative telling the family one of their famous stories: a story that everyone knows well, and yet is being told with a few more flourishes than the last time. Full of dense plotting, hammy performances, and a few splashes of quirky insanity, it is a show that offers a slightly fresh take on a tried and true formula. Just like the murder plots it contains, Murder By The Book is funny, engaging, and (mostly) harmless.
Murder by the Book runs until February 10th at the Metro Theatre. Tickets can be found here.
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Kyoto Yamakazi Village Walking Tour is a 3.7 kilometer moderately trafficked loop trail located near Uji, Kyoto, Japan that offers scenic views and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, and nature trips and is best used from April until September.
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A small village, with a big heart. On June 21st 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide, a retainer of Lord Oda Nobunaga, attacked Nobunaga as he rested and forced him to commit seppuku (a form of Japanese ritual suicide),in what came known as the Battle of Yamazaki (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Tennou).Thirteen days later Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598), a daimyo during the Sengoku Period, avenged his Lords (Nobunaga) death by defeating Mitsuhide and assuming Nobunaga's authority and power for himself. Today, Yamazaki has the atmosphere of a quiet peaceful village and is a popular destination for hikers and those interested in the history of the area.There are Shrines and Temples to visit, where you can take-in the serenity that comes with visiting such complexes. There are two museums, one dedicated to the history of Yamazaki, and the other a Museum of Art. Also there is the Myoki-an (Taian) tea-house,designated as a national treasure.After your days sightseeing, why not relax with a drink and a bite-to-eat at one of the many cafes and restaurants in the area.But, before you leave, wander up to the Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery and take the tour through the factory, taste the whisky and relax in the library sampling some of the 4000 or so Whiskeys.

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Amina is one of the hundreds of students who had to leave Ubari to pursue her studies since most of the schools in the city were severely damaged during the armed conflict. Now she is happy to be back at Alqurania school.
Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) rehabilitated Kikla Sport center, allowing hundreds of young people to rejoin their local sport clubs.
The ambulances provided by SFL transported in one month 90 patients from Ubari, Ghrifa and Bent Baya to Sebha, Murzuq, Ghat and Tripoli.
Ahmed Abou Ouan is a 24-year old physical education's student from Kikla University (150 kilometers south-west Tripoli). He used to attend classes at the Faculty of Education of the Western Mountain University. In October 2014, according to local sources, about 200 young people died when a conflict erupted in the city. Ahmed's college building was severely damaged.
After the assassination of a prominent judge in April 2014, the courthouses in Benghazi closed and the justice sector succumbed to the violence that had plagued the city. For Seraj Younis, an appeals lawyer with 17 years of experience working in this field, this was another blow to the already fragile legal system.
Ibrahim Al-Sherkasi has been an ambulance driver at the Benghazi Psychiatric Hospital for over 13 years. The Stabilization Facility for Libya provided ambulances to the health sector in Benghazi and now Ibrahim could serve better the citizens.
Hala is participating in Operation Pour, an 8-week coding boot camp organized by Tatweer Research in Benghazi. The coding boot camp is taking place at Tatweer Entrepreneurship Campus (TEC), a space built by Tatweer Research as part of a three-year EU-funded initiative implemented by UNDP.
The Strengthening Local Capacity for Resilience and Recovery in Libya project, is helping renovate the clinic by closing cracks and holes and replacing doors and windows.
Led by Tatweer Research and implemented by UNDP with European Union's support Tatweer Entrepreneurship Campus (TEC) aims to improve Libya's entrepreneurial environment. The first step towards this goal is the creation of Entrepreneurs of Libya (EoL), a platform to map and gather information about who are those people in the country that own a business.
The Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL), led by the Government of National Accord and implemented by UNDP rehabilitated the Ubari General Hospital which today is the only public hospital functioning in its full potential in the region.


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DMC Children's Hospital is our primary referral hospital for pediatric specialists. We have had great feedback from parents who have been referred to specialists at Children's Hospital. Even though the hospital is in Detroit, it is very convenient to get to. They even have a concierge who will meet you at the door and walk you to your appointment!
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DMC Huron Valley is located in Commerce and has an excellent birthing center and ER. Our doctors round here as well for newborns and occasionally for pediatric patients.
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St. Mary Mercy is very convenient for a lot of residents in Livonia, Canton and Northville. The ER here is excellent and they send reports to us the next day. However, keep in mind that this hospital does not have pediatric beds. Therefore, if your child needs to be admitted, they will need to be transported by an ambulance to another hospital. A lot of newborns in our practice are born here!
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Distance from Ingram, TX to Baytown, TX
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When you're the two-time defending Ivy League champions, you have to learn to adjust on the fly.
That's just what the Penn volleyball team will try to do after graduating three All-Ivy players.
"Instead of using it as an excuse, I think [the team's inexperience] will work for us. We still don't have a set starting lineup, so we'll be tough to scout. We can use that as versatility instead of inconsistency, until we figure out the best unit who can play together."
Without a doubt, two players who will lead that starting lineup will be juniors Lauren Martin and Amanda Pacheco, who both finished second team All-Ivy last season.
"They're the obvious two people who will make an immediate impact for this team," Carr said.
Meanwhile, sophomore libero Dani Shepherd, who notched a school-record 41 digs against Alabama, has probably cemented her spot as the replacement for Penn's all-time leader in digs, Madison Wojciechowski, who graduated last season.
All three standouts will need to be in top form for the team to be successful this weekend, when the Quakers (2-4) host Rhode Island (5-4), UMBC (8-4) and William & Mary (4-4) for the Crown Plaza Philadelphia West Penn tournament.
The tourney will be the final tune-up before the team officially begins it quest to three-peat as Ivy champions, with conference play commencing next Friday at rival Princeton.
However, the Quakers know that they must face the task at hand before looking to the future.
"It's this year, this game and this weekend … We're not looking past this weekend, but we do know the end goal is to be in top form for Ivy play next Friday," coach Kerry Carr said.
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Greystanes Community Living provides supported living services to people with disability who have significant support needs.
Our Community Living Service assists people with disability who may require significant support in their lives to participate and engage, to communicate, to exercise choice and control and decision-making, and for daily living and good health. Our services operate in strong partnership with the person and their family or guardian, on the basis of a person centred plan and through a Person Centred Active Support framework.
Our community homes are located in ordinary neighbourhoods where people are supported to participate in their local community, to develop relationships and to exercise choice in their daily lives.
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Attendees: Executives from the international IM–Vendor community
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The moderators are very experienced in their topics and are volunteers out of our Docville community. There will be different themed round table & panel discussions running at the same time and depending on the demand, we may even decide to run certain topics more than once. The above is only a preliminary program and will be adjusted to the best interest of all attendees for a maximum of exchange.
The sessions will close with a general Q&A discussion finishing at 6 p.m and attendees will meet for networking drinks and the networking dinner therafter. For those staying overnight, we recommendto use this great opportunity to meet colleagues for breakfast to continue with conversations the next morning. DocVille members can help to facilitate any meetings with other attendees. Depending on the demand we might consider also to organise some matching meeting. The price for the full event including the sessions and the networking dinner is 199€ and does not include the overnight stay at the hotel.The number of registrants is limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis!
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The Department of Sociology at Tufts University invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor specializing in Race and Ethnicity, beginning July 1, 2018. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to connect outside of the department with supportive programs in Africana Studies, Colonialism Studies, Latinx Studies, and/or Asian American Studies. Tufts University is a category I, highly selective research university, located in Boston's vibrant intellectual community. The typical teaching load is two courses per semester.
Qualifications: a Ph.D. in sociology or a related discipline, a demonstrated record of academic research and publication, an active research agenda, excellent teaching skills, and a commitment to teaching highly motivated and diverse undergraduates. Candidates with an interest in and ability to teach quantitative research methods are particularly desirable.
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In the spring I discovered, purely by accident, that there is such a thing as cookie dough dip. And I was intrigued.
Then I found a recipe for Mint chocolate chip cookie dough dip, and I knew I had to make it. I mean, what could be better than a dip that reminds you of cookies that reminds you of ice cream? It's pretty great.
Recipe taken directly from Host the Toast
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-2 teaspoons mint extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup flour
- Milk or greek yogurt, to taste, for thinning to dip consistency
- 6 drops green food coloring
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Chocolate cookies, graham crackers, or brownie bites, for dipping
In a medium sized mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugars with a hand mixer (whisk worked fine) until smooth. Add in the extracts and the salt and mix again.
Keeping the mixer on, slowly sprinkle the flour in and, once thickened, add in milk or greek yogurt, a bit at a time, until you reach your desired consistency. Taste and adjust if necessary.
Mix in the green food coloring and the chocolate chips and serve!
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Oakland Hall is one of Calvert County's newest neighborhoods from Quality Built Homes located in Price Frederick, MD. The neighborhood will boast many features that will help build a sense of community among its owners. Oakland Hall Location: Oakland Hall is located in Prince Frederick, MD 20678. You access the neighborhood from the south bound
Calvert County Neighborhood Guide: Holbrook Estates
Located in Huntingtown, Maryland, Holbrook Estates is a Builtrite Homes neighborhood. The neighborhood has 23 lots and is minutes away from local marinas, Breezy Point Beach, Chesapeake Beach, and local shopping and restaurants. Location: Holbrook Estates is south of the Huntingtown Town Center off of Route 4. Just past Huntingtown Town Center on Route 4,
Calvert County Neighborhood Guide: Chesapeake Village
Located in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, Chesapeake Village is a Quality Built Homes (QBH) neighborhood. The neighborhood had about 222 lots and was completed in 2014. The Chesapeake Beach Water Park, boardwalks, public beaches, and full-service marinas are just minutes away. All these local treasures create endless recreation possibilities. Location: Chesapeake Village is on Rt. 261,
Calvert County Neighborhood Guide: Oak Hill Farm
Oak Hill Farm is located in Saint Leonard, MD 20685. The homes in this finished neighborhood were built in 2006-2010 by Quality Built Homes. It's made up of one street, Toms Lane, which has a cul-de-sac at the end. Oak Hill Farm contains 15 homes. Location: Oak Hill Farm is location in St. Leonard directly
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Directly across from the Park and Ride on Route 2 in Sunderland is Federal Oaks, a secluded upscale community featuring three to eight acre-size lots, some having streams running through them and others ready for horses. Homes: Federal Oaks is a Builtrite Home Developers community, a builder with 30 years and over 1,400 homes worth


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name Wedding Planner developer Template Monster software WordPress themes categories personal wedding, wedding planner price starting at $75 license non-GPL license release date June 2012 reviewed by Renée Klein
Wedding Planner is a responsive wedding WordPress theme created by Amour. It is featured at Template Monster and it stands for a high quality theme you can use for presenting the most important day in your life in great style, and it also perfect as a website theme for wedding planners.
This theme was built upon Bootstrap, a powerful and intuitive front-end framework that promises easy and fast web development. The admin panel is awesome as well, and it allows you to manage your website with ease, without having to mess with the codes.
The colors of the layout are pretty, fresh and bright. The combination of nice pastel colors gives the whole website a nice, romantic look and feel. A big slider is featured at the homepage, and it makes the photo transactions in a nice and interesting way.
Your content can be shown in image, slideshow, video and gallery format and you will be able to feature your most important posts and albums on the homepage, bringing everyone's attention to the most important thing: your beautiful wedding. You will be able to feature various posts on the homepage, no matter if it's a nice welcoming note you want to present to your readers, or simply tell them more about your wedding plans.
The contacts area contains Google Maps integration and you will have a wide map shown on this page with your wedding location marked on it, so everyone can easily get the directions. A nice contact form was added as well so your guests can message you at any time, right there on your wedding site.
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Using telemedicine to improve SNF clinical outcomes
Paul Knight
Many skilled nursing facilities have evolved over the years by expanding post-acute care services. This evolution has required significant enhancements to the SNFs clinical processes to ensure they meet the demand of acute care partners. SNFs are also positioned to meet the regulatory changes that will impact reimbursement in the upcoming years. It's time to consider evaluating the use of telemedicine to help improve clinical outcomes.
Acute care partners are expected to discharge patients quickly without compromising patient well-being or the overall outcome. Acute care partners have elevated the expectations being placed on post-acute partners who they refer patients to, ensuring the care standards they set are followed post discharge from the hospital.
Acute care partners are closely monitoring Return to Hospital, Length of Stay, Patient Education, and ongoing care management. Post-acute care providers are expected to produce weekly\monthly outcomes for all patients the acute care partners refer. Providers are being held accountable.
Current and upcoming regulatory changes have significantly impacted all healthcare providers to demand higher quality of care for less. The Affordable Care Act introduced the Readmissions Reduction Program in 2012 for CMS, which focuses on readmissions to the hospital for the following Diagnosis-Related Groups Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and elective Total Hip\Knee Replacement. CMS defines readmission as "an admission to a subsection(d) hospital within 30 days of a discharge from the same or another subsection(d) hospital."
There are 2,610 hospitals that failed to meet the Readmissions Reduction Program and are estimated to have fines totaling $428 million, which will impact reimbursement on all Medicare claims from October 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016, according to Kaiser Health News. It noted the top ten states with the highest number of hospitals penalized are California, Texas, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
In addition to the Readmission Reduction Program, CMS has announced the "Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014," also known as the IMPACT Act. This act will require SNFs to begin submitting Quality Reporting measures to CMS beginning FY 2018.
The IMPACT Act "requires SNFs that fail to submit required quality data to CMS under the SNF Quality Reporting Program will have their annual updates reduced by two percentage points." One domain in the IMPACT Act is "Skin Integrity and Changes in Skin Integrity," the proposed measure will evaluate "Percent of Residents or Patients with Pressure Ulcers that are New or Worsened (Short-Stay)."
Also included in the IMPACT Act is the "Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program beginning with FY 2019 under which value-based incentive payments are made to SNFs in a fiscal year based on performance." The reduction in readmissions to the hospitals are captured in measures CMS defines as "the Skilled Nursing Facility 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure, (SNFRM) (NQF #2510), as the all-cause, all-condition readmission measure that will be used in of the SNF VBP Program.
The Skilled Nursing Facility 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure estimates the risk-standardized rate of all-cause, unplanned, hospital readmissions for SNF Medicare beneficiaries within 30 days of their prior proximal short-stay acute hospital discharge."
Continuity of care between care settings along with improved care for less, is the future and current demand of healthcare providers. Lexington Health Network, a privately held post-acute network in the Chicagoland suburbs, has utilized the Connected For Care Telemedicine solution over the past 10 months with incredible clinical and financial outcomes. We have seen a reduction in our return to hospital rates, retained 75% of the patients who had a sudden acute change in condition (resulting in over 500 retained patient days), and helped contribute to millions in healthcare savings by eliminating avoidable hospital admissions.
The CARE Telemedicine solution is an advanced clinical assessment tool allowing Post-Acute providers to improve their outcomes and meet the regulatory demands. Our high definition\resolution pan, tilt, zoom camera allows a remote wound specialist to evaluate pressure wounds from anywhere in the world. In rural and urban areas our CARE Telemedicine solution enhances the SNFs' quality of care capabilities.
In addition to remote wound evaluation our telemedicine solution allows access to remote physicians or advanced nurse practitioners to immediately evaluate patients who have a sudden acute change in condition. The CARE Telemedicine solution removes artificial boundaries associated to traditional care delivery model. The CARE Telemedicine solution enables providers to meet the current healthcare demands, contributes to quality of care and deliver improved outcomes.
Paul Knight is the Chief Information Officer at Lexington Health Network. To learn more about Connected for CARE and our CARE Telemedicine solution call 844-U-RETAIN (844-873-8246) by email at email@example.com.


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And.... YouTube!?!?!?!?!?! its been 30 min and no link?!?!?
C'mon Josh. it's 84% done. First time uploading, and the video should be of pretty decent quality.
Woot!!! I'm waiting up!
Me too! It's almost past pumpkin time for me truth-be-told.
I'm dyin' here... first it took two hours to upload, now it's Processing? To quote a great sage, "You're killin' me Smalls!"
Ahhhh!!! Stinking YouTube.
http://youtu.be/ktw-baN-sTI Finally!
I plan for my Earl to primarily be for backcountry navigation and a store for reference manuals, but would like to have the amateur radio available for emergencies. I do not intend to use the radio for any other purpose, no chatting with friends or anything, only emergencies. Will I need to present proof of a license in order to get the ungimped version of Earl? I am not currently licensed, but will get that taken care of in time.
Like other bubble-pack radios of the GMRS variety, you'll have to answer a question prior to utilizing the licensed frequencies at that power level. That's what has to be in place so Sqigle covers it hindquarters. Probably going to have a prompt that says something to the effect of: "Unlicensed use of these frequencies, other than for emergency purposes requires an FCC license. If you are licensed for their use, please click agree, otherwise click cancel."
Just guessing about the text of the warning message. You get the idea.
Earl is beautiful. Thank you Todd for pulling this update info.
Just passed my Tech test this weekend....
Gentlehams and Jon, please look into the ANYTONE TERMN-8R which is a GMRS/MURS (Part 95) and Commercial (Part 90) (and of course Part 97 use by Hams) in the same radio!
Jon, you might want to contract with ANYTONE for the EARL 2.0 radio modules. It'd still be missing FRS but it'll be a lot closer to the original design.
...or as an aftermarket upgrade! I'm totally cool with that too!
I just got one of those radios a couple weeks ago. It forces you to turn on in either normal 2m/440cm mode, gmrs mode, or MURS mode. You don't have to "certify" any particular license but the manual has several warnings and cautions about having the appropriate license for the various bands. Of course MURS does not require a license but it does require a part 95b certification for the radio.
When I sent in my order, the VHF/UHF transceiver specifications explicitly covered the 2m and 70cm ham bands. Now the Features & Questions pages mention only GMRS, PMR446, and UHFCB. Does this mean that the new design won't be usable in the ham bands?
I cannot speak to the accuracy of the meetearl.com page, but it does state ... Keeping in touch in the backcountry can be imperative. Earl includes a two-way radio to keep you connected, no matter where you are. Featuring a VHF and UHF transceiver (with support for GMRS, PMR446 and UHFCB), Earl connects to analog and digital radio frequencies up to 20 miles away. Send secure text or voice messages via Walkie-Talkie; even transmit weather, location, and route information. Signal for help, report fires or alert your group to changing conditions.
and ... Specifications: Android 4.4 • Flexible 6" E-ink screen (1024x758) • Sunlight viewable with lunar lantern mode • Glove friendly capacitve touchscreen • Waterproof shell • Solar charging • i.MX 6 DualLite 1GHz Cortex A9 • 1GB ram • 16GB memory + microSD • Wifi b/g/n • BT 4.0 • ANT+ • NFC • VHF/UHF transceiver (GMRS, PMR446, UHFCB) • GPS + GLONASS • Accelerometer • Gyroscope • Magnetometer • Temperature • Barometer • Humidity • AM/FM/SW/LW/WB • 20+ hour battery • 3.5mm TRRS headphone/microphone jack • Micro USB • Military grade secure lanyard • 400 grams (14.1 oz) • 178mm x 125mm x 15mm
And from the August 2014 update ... If the touch panel issues are resolved, we can finally go to certification. Pre-testing is underway, however a few details have presented themselves as we start to define the list of required certifications for each region. Previously we had done our research for the FCC, but since testing each region separately can be costly, we decided to certify all at once. We ran into a couple roadblocks, we decided to pull support for these PMR446 in Europe. CE only allows radios with 0.5w power with an integral antenna, voice only and no data. These requirements sort of kill communication the features of Earl. So for Europe we're still releasing a VHF/UHF (2m/70cm) radio, however take note, users are required to be licensed. For Australia and New Zealand, Earl will be available in two editions, a UHFCB radio, open to anyone without a license as well as the VHF/UHF variant which again would require operators to be licensed. For the USA and Canada we'll be releasing both a Part 90 certified VHF/UHF radio for licensed amateur radio operators as well as a Part 95a GMRS version for the use by the public. Officially, per FCC rules, GMRS does not allow data transmissions. However there has been some adjustments made for existing radios that meet certain requirements and waivers have been granted. Specifically the Rino line of GPS enabled radios by Garmin. GMRS radios that wish to transmit F2D data are limited to text and GPS messages over the 462 mhz bands. Though there is no guarantee that we can receive the same waiver, I spent the last week going back and forth with our testing facility discussing possible options. We plan to test for the MURS frequencies as a backup, that way we can still release a public version of Earl in the USA and Canada.
In the PAST, the VHF/UHF transceiver specifications explicitly included the 2m and 70cm ham bands.
There have been a couple major redesigns since then.
NOW the Features & Questions pages mention only GMRS, PMR446, and UHFCB.
This seems to suggest that the latest design won't be usable in the ham bands.
My main interest in EARL would be for APRS and other forms of digital communication over Ham Radio. Currently we need to combine a tablet (or laptop), radio, adapters, cables, etc. which is very annoying. It would be wonderful to have everything on one convenient package.
Can we get an official statement on whether the current transceiver design will allow operation on the 2m and 70cm ham bands?
Good luck getting an "official" anything...earl has been radio silent for months now
Actually @jwl the chronology is backwards. EARL was originally FRS/GMRS/PMR446/
UHFCB/MURS. But changed once Jon realized that you can't put MURS with any other
service, and FRS couldn't have a removable antenna etc. per the FCC. The main page
still reflects the original design.
Yep VE4JYC here basic with Honours in Canada so have full HF privalleges
Not just hams in the USA are after the earl. I'm VK3AAI, in Australia. I also do 4 wheel driving and bush walking here too, so the earl would be perfect for me.-Murray.


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Homework Assignment No. 4 — Manual Mode, Fill The Frame
The fourth homework assignment I give students in my digital photography class at the Delaware Art Museum is to explore shooting in Manual Mode and to Fill The Frame.
Manual Mode
Many, perhaps most, professional photographers shoot in Manual Mode. While the image-deciphering abilities of digital cameras get better all the time, the camera can seldom guess what you want. If you want to control the exposure, shoot in Manual Mode.
In three other posts, I discuss shooting in Program, Shutter-Priority, and Aperture-Priority Modes. Those are good, but it still leaves it to the camera to decide at least one variable and to decide how light and dark the image will be.
Usually, shooting in Manual Mode means you will use the camera's built-in light meter. That meter can be set to meter the light coming from a point, from the entire scene, or from several key points. You can get the light meter just right by changing the camera's sensitivity to light (ISO), the shutter speed, and the aperture. If you can get the meter to zero, that is a good starting point. But maybe you want it darker or lighter.
To make the image lighter, make the camera more sensitive to light by dialing in a higher ISO setting. Or, make the shutter speed longer. Or, use a lower aperture number.
To make the image darker, make the camera less sensitive to light by choosing a lower ISO setting. Or, make the shutter speed shorter. Or, use a higher aperture number.
Manual Mode Links
Using Manual Mode to Adjust Exposure
A good general discussion of manual settings.
Fill The Frame
Filling the frame is often at odds with the Rule of Third and Lines to Corners. The idea is to leave no wasted space in the image area. When cropping an image, this composition rule often comes into play. This rule is a first cousin to the advice often given to photographers: get closer to your subject!
To get a quick idea of this rule, perform an Internet search for "photography fill the frame" and look at images.


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Australian rapper Iggy Azalea has shared pictures of her new engagement ring with fans following her boyfriend's surprise proposal on Monday night (01Jun15).
The Fancy star's shocked reaction was caught on camera when Los Angeles Lakers player Nick Young got down on one knee to pop the question during his 30th birthday party in Los Angeles.
The video appeared online, and Azalea has now taken to her Instagram.com page to confirm her happy news and share snaps of her new diamond ring, adding in a caption, "Happiest Day #Isaidyes."
She also added pictures of the happy couple hugging and kissing, alongside a tribute to her man which reads, "I'll save the really mushy stuff for inside your birthday card that way you can blackmail me with it later. For now it's just a simple: I looooove (sic) you, I'd do anything for you. Glad you exist etc etc... Ps. If we get old together don't die before me."
Young also shared one of the snaps on his own Instagram.com page, adding, "She said yes. It's over man. I'm getting married!"
The stars have been dating since 2013.


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September Circle Tour
the most interesting part of the tour was the Soo Locks and the Museum at Whitefish Point in Michigan. Mark Sundberg, Elk River, Minnesota
the most interesting part of the tour was the Soo Locks and the Museum at Whitefish Point in Michigan. Mark Sundberg, Elk River, Minnesota
We just got home from completing the Circle Tour. We along with our two best friends decided this would be a great ride on our Gold Wings. The weather was pleasantly chilly which was a change from Arkansas' hot weather. As we were planning for cold we did not even think about mosquitoes. At Whitefish Point, one of our favorite stops, along with staying in a lighthouse, they have man-eating More
I, along with my husband Kurt and two of our friends, rode the Circle Tour on Honda Gold Wing motorcycles. It was a lot of fun, as well as educational! Favorite spots include Whitefish Point, Michigan, which has a still-functioning lighthouse. It is close to the site where the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in a storm on November 10, 1975, with none of the crew surviving. The Great Lakes Shipwreck More
Our favorite stops included Sleeping Giant Provincial Park in Canada (we stayed in a park cabin) and Whitefish Point (and the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum) at Whitefish Point. We used your special magazine tour guide that we purchased at the Tall Ships Festival and it was extremely helpful. Betsey & Dave Pasley, San Antonio, TX
On September the 5th we completed the Lake Superior Circle Tour clockwise from Duluth to Duluth. We took 12 days for our tour and had overnights at: Duluth, MN; Virginia, MN; Grand Marais, MN; Grand Portage, MN; Thunder Bay, ON; Wawa, ON; Strongs, MI; Munising, MI; Hancock, MI; Bayfield, WI; and Duluth, MN. Some of our favorite experiences were: seeing the massive Hull-Rust-Mahoning open pit mine in Hibbing; watching a More
We started at Sault Ste. Marie and went counterclockwise around Lake Superior, Aug. 6-12. We stopped at your store in Duluth MN approximately in the middle of the trip. We enjoyed: Copper Peak Ski Jump Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, WI Hilltop Restaurant in L'Anse, MI – large cinnamon buns – $ 4.59! Record Lake Trout in glass case (61 or 62 lbs!) Porcupine Mountains State Park, MI More
After talking about it for years, my husband, Terry, and I finally decided to do the tour. We started out on Sunday afternoon, June 12, from Duluth, and did the tour clockwise. We ended the tour a week later in Duluth on Sunday, June 19. We followed Midwest Living Magazine's suggested day-by-day route. (We weren't aware of your magazine's publication on the route until we were in Grand Marais a More
We did the Lake Superior Circle Tour from July 3-12, 2015. What an awesome trip! It is so hard to pick favorites. Loved the view of Split Rock Lighthouse from afar. Watching climbers at Palisades Cliffs. Grand Marais was a cute little town (great meal at The Angry Trout). We saw a bear on the Gunflint Trail. High Falls and Kakabeka Falls were just the beginning of many beautiful falls. More
I completed my second Circle Tour of Lake Superior in July of 2015. First time I completed it was in June of 1980. My favorites stops along the way. Duluth MN North Shore — Gooseberry Falls, Split Rock Lighthouse Thunder Bay — Sleeping Giant Provincial Park Tahquamenon Falls, MI Whitefish Bay/Great Lake Shipwreck Museum Bayfield/Gruenke's Inn (especially their whitefish livers – yum!) Gerry Ford, Minneapolis, MN
When did you complete the Circle Tour? June-July 2015. What were your favorite spots and experiences on the Circle Tour? Sleeping Giant – especially the overlook 1,000 feet above Thunder Bay Loved the provincial parks – very helpful, friendly and comfortable – and lovely to stay right on the lake at Neys. Excellent museum at Whitefish Point. Everywhere was so beautiful. Bob Morrin, Portage, WI Andrea Nelson, Madison, WI


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I plan to dive into the heart of Latin America by relocating to Colombia in January 2017. I expect to base myself in Medellin initially in the digital nomad community, before venturing off to the other countries in the region. Many of the countries on the list have been on my radar for a while, with the obvious ones being Peru & Brazil, but I'd love to go right into the heart of the rainforest and also to the southern tip of both Chile & Argentina, possibly working my way round the continent in one giant loop. Time will tell!
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Throughout tranistion fortnight Year 3 have had a wonderful time creating a product to sell at the school carnival. The children researched and designed their own product, before we had a long debate over which item we were going to create, finally the whole class settle for 'Snow Cones'.
During their time in Year 4, the children produced some fantastic writing this included; instructions, persuasive posters and a playscript for a television advert to persuade people to buy snow cones. Within Maths we were able to calculate how much the ingredients would cost for different supermarkets. We were able to find the cheapest product and calculate ways to make a profit.


text: The EMV 101 series provides go-to-resources for those who are interested in learning more about EMV payment technology and EMV migration in the U.S. This is the fourth entry to this series that outlines the timeline for the U.S. EMV migration. As we progress through the series, we will go more in-depth on the EMV technologies and applications that are important for a successful program roll out.Across the globe, there continues to be a push for more secure payment technology. EMV has proven to be an effective technology to reduce fraud for card-present transactions, forcing fraud to migrate to areas that have not adopted a chip-based payment system. After years of push back due to the significant deployment cost, the U.S. issuers are working diligently to roll out EMV as the October 2015 liability shift approaches. As migration begins to take shape in the US, it's important to take a look at how other large economies made the shift, and compare how different migration patterns and policies have affected fraud rates around the world.


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The best hotels and restaurants to go for a truly English afternoon tea
We all need to take a bit of time for ourselves now and again. But, it is sometimes hard to find somewhere calm to collect our thoughts. In my opinion, afternoon tea has to be one of the most pleasant ways to relax. You can snack on delicious morsels of finger sandwiches, scones and sweet treats, and wash it all down with cups of loose leaf tea. Served on silver platters with mini teaspoons and cubes of sugar, nothing is better at helping you to relax and gossip with friends than an English afternoon tea.
Okay, so I may be slightly biased being from England, and the fact that the highlight of my trips to London was afternoon tea with my mother at Harrods (which I highly recommend!). However, trust me. It is well worth it so check out Keep Dining's recommendations for the best teas around.
Fortnum & Masons at The Dubai Mall
Nothing screams English elegance more than Fortnum & Masons; the London store is even where the Queen does her weekly grocery shop (of course not in person). If you head down to the Dubai Mall location you are in for a treat, this beautifully designed tea shop is offering an afternoon tea of Welsh rarebit, fish & chips and sticky toffee pudding all for the price of 235AED per person. A truly luxurious way to spend an afternoon with stunning views over the Dubai fountains.
The Sky View Bar at The Burj al Arab
Enjoy a breathtaking afternoon tea at the Burj Al Arab's Sky View Bar. This sleek and stylish restaurant has panoramic views out over the Arabian Gulf and the beautiful Dubai skyline. Their afternoon tea is a truly classy way to spend a couple of calm hours chatting with your friends over finger sandwiches, pastries and homemade jam. It is a little on the pricey side at 620AED per person (additional 100AED for a window seat), however, it is well worth it for a special occasion! Make sure you book ahead as pre-payment is required.
The Farm at Al Barari
For a spot of High Tea head over to The Farm at Al Barari, even though it is a little out of the city this really is a beautifully situated restaurant. With lush green trees and a small stream trickling through, you and you friends can dine on fresh scones, sandwiches and enjoy a steaming pot of hot tea! The Farm's afternoon tea is designed for 2 people and priced at a very reasonable 175AED. So if you are in need of a peaceful afternoon getaway and a high-class tea then look no further.
TWG Tea at The Dubai Mall
Located just in front of the dramatic Dubai Mall fountain TWG Tea is a quaint traditional teashop. Their shelves are filled with large drums filled with loose-leaf tea from around the world; you can tell that they are experts in their field. Although, they do not have an 'official' afternoon tea we do recommend heading over for their deliciously delicate cakes and experiment with their wide selection of tea from the classic English breakfast to the blooming chrysanthemum teas.
When this Lounge advertises its High Tea it really means it, situated on the 122nd floor of the Burj Khalifa At.mosphere is an afternoon tea of epic proportion. Make sure you book your place ahead of time to guarantee your table, the views are breathtaking and the food is delicious. The afternoon tea is priced at 490AED per person for a window seat and 420AED for a non-window seat. So enjoy your afternoon cuppa from the highest lounge in the world.
Al Bayt, Palace Downtown
Treat yourself to a traditional afternoon tea with stunning views of the Burj Khalifa at Al Bayt in the Palace Downtown. Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday you can enjoy a luxury afternoon filled with rich clotted cream, fresh pastries and delicate finger sandwiches, all paired with a pot of tea in their elegant signature China. Priced at 160AED per person this is the perfect way to spend a relaxed afternoon.
The Scene at Pier 7
If you are looking for more of a low-key and homely afternoon tea, then The Scene at Pier 7 is the place for you. Indulge in steaming pots of tea, fresh strawberries and sweet treats everyday from 12pm until 6pm for the reasonable price of 130AED for 2 people. The selection is fun and unique, you can choose from classic English Breakfast, ginger, mint and many more and if you are in the mood for something with a bit of a kick you can choose their spiked afternoon tea for 220AED for 2 people.
Reform Bar & Grill at The Lakes
The Reform Bar & Grill is an idyllic location for an afternoon tea, situated on the edge of a Lake and surrounded by trees and green you really feel like you are transported to an English country restaurants. They hold a number of afternoon tea experiences (which must be booked with 48hours notice), from their Gentlemen's afternoon tea at 95AED to their Mad Hatter's Afternoon Tea Experience priced at 95AED per person or 145AED with a glass of Prosecco. So book your place for lovely dishes inspired by Alice in Wonderland or with a Gentlemanly twist!
The Lobby Lounge at The Ritz-Carlton, JBR
The Ritz-Carlton's Lobby Lounge is a beautifully designed location for a spot of afternoon tea. With dark wooden beams and luxurious sofas it is the perfect place to spoil yourself a little. Their afternoon tea is very traditional offering loose-leaf teas, scones and rich clotted cream, and then more luxurious choices such as beluga caviar and a glass of Dom Pérignon with their Millionaire Treat, priced at 2,777AED for two people. Their prices range from 190AED for a traditional treat to 295AED for the Gentlemen's treat, there is a little something for everyone!
Vesna at The Conrad Hotel
Vesna is a Slavic-themed restaurant in the Conrad Hotel, and is famous for its beautiful floral theme paired with opulent décor. It is a luxurious restaurant that prides itself on excellent food and giving its guests a fabulous experience. They offer an afternoon tea every Sunday to Thursday from 3pm until 5pm (prices available on arrival), you can be sure that their beautiful China and intriguing sounding tea options are sure to pique your interest. So choose from mango with mint, Sakura or Gunpowder Supriya for an interesting afternoon of conversation and great tea!
Don't miss: Looking for a brunch for all the family? Then check out our top 10 list!


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DogsPosted: February 28, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cats, dogs, horror, I Am Legend, Life, Paranormal Activity 2, pets, Rocky, Terminator, World War Z, zombies Leave a comment
I've always wanted a dog, probably as a result of being having grown up in a house with cats.
You can't have cats and dogs at the same time, it doesn't work. In fact, as anyone who's seen Ghostbusters will know, cats and dogs living together is one of the signs of the apocalypse.
We did try it for a short period, my little sister, Liz, really wanted a dog and after much nagging my parents relented. And so we got a dog, a small, white heinz dog, who Liz named Carrie. Sadly, this turned out to be a good choice of name, as she was a crazy bitch.
You couldn't take her off the lead because she'd go for dogs, any size. She'd lunge at cyclists, bark at anything and generally be a menace to society.
She also tormented our two cats at the time, Tiger and Yoda (guess which one I named), by dragging them around by their necks. Tiger, a soppy git of a cat would allow himself to be dragged about the place without resistance, but Yoda just took to avoiding her, or in a masterful stroke of feline intellegence, finding a spot which drove her nuts. He'd lie down just behind the gate we had on the steps to confine the hellhound to the downstairs, he'd lie just close enough to bask in the sunlight from the window and so Carrie could see him, but far away enough that no matter how much she smacked her head between the bars she couldn't reach him. That is part of the reason why Yoda remains one of my favourite pets of all time, he was a moody git, but for me, that's what a cat should be.
But Carrie went too far and bit my sister. She also went for my other sisters, but never for me or my parents, I think because she'd kind of worked out who the weaker pack members were. My mum decided enough was enough when Liz, who'd wanted a dog for years, began avoiding Carrie and seemed afraid of the beast.
Carrie had to go. And we found her a home without kids where she'd probably get on better, and we all moved on. Although, truth be told while out running a while back a small, white dog made a beeline for me across the park, charging at me and the thought flashed across my mind "Oh, s**t, she's back for revenge!"
Given the lack of success we had, there were no more family dogs. But the run of cats continued.
I don't mind cats, like I said before, I kind of dig their surly nature and the fact you can leave a cat to their own devices. Aside from feeding them there is no effort required, and they reward you by occasionally curling up on your lap as you read and purring away. It makes you feel quite contented, until you need the loo.
Dogs are harder work, but they seem to appreciate it more. Dogs go nuts when you come back, their tails wag with glee and you can play with them. And that's why I want a dog, I quite like the traditional image of man's best friend.
A dog is loyal and dedicated, doesn't matter what goes wrong, the mutt is always with you. You see those homeless people sitting there and right next to them is a scruffy dog, panting away. Its gotta make life on the streets a little easier to have a companion you can trust, also I guess you probably get given more cash by passers by, that being the power of dog.
A cat? A cat will have bailed early, finding some other house who'll feed it. In fact it'll probably ditch you earlier on, as soon as you switch from Whiskas to supermarket own brand catfood it'll probably decide its time to move on.
This is a major part of wanting a dog, I want something that'll watch my back and stick with me, a theory I've compiled mainly from watching movies. Like I Am Legend.
Also, if movies are to be believed dogs are a useful thing to keep around as a warning sign of things going awry. Seriously, think about it- in both The Woman In Black and Paranormal Activity 2the dogs start kicking up a fuss as soon as the ghosts/demons rock up, and try to protect the family.
I can't help thinking a cat would just chose this point to slope off down to the nice old lady at number 12 for some free sardines.
And its not just ghosts and spirits, dogs also know when someone isn't what they seem. In the brilliant World War Z dogs can smell the infected and so can single out who's gonna turn into a zombie early on. And remember in Terminator 2 its the dog barking on the phone that alerts Arnie that its not Connors' foster parents they're talking too.
So I want a dog for three main reasons- companionship, warning against evil and thirdly, I could take it with me for my runs.
Any thoughts? You know what to do. BETEO


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Daniel's smile was the ultimate reward
Four-year-old Daniel loves trains. Everyone who knows him can tell you that. It was no surprise then that his one true wish was to have a train in his backyard. Not just a small train set—he already had those—but a real train that he could conduct.
It was a tall order, but one that the staff and volunteers of Make-A-Wish Kansas were excited to deliver. Daniel's imagination was inspiring, and it started a movement of people coming together to share the power of a wish.
After finding a retired Zoo train, Make-A-Wish Kansas called on their friend Lance, who works for CARSTAR in Topeka. Lance is a wish dad, and was eager to engage his fellow employees in the wish experience. CARSTAR employees showed immense service by donating their time to restore the old train to its original glory and make it suitable for Daniel. Ash Davis from Davis Electric donated the electrical work to ensure the train could run safely along the track. Volunteers from the Chi Omega chapter at Kansas University and soldiers from Fort Riley gave their time to move dirt and lay track. Daniel's dad and brothers joined in the efforts by building Daniel a train depot with an antique cash register so that he can sell his passengers tickets before they board! The wish story traveled all the way to Alaska, and when the Alaskan Railroad caught wind of Daniel's wish, they sent him a piece of track from their railroad and promised him a free train ride if he ever visits. Make-A-Wish Kansas is also grateful for the support of Trusted Choice, who underwrote the cost of this wish.
In order to further enhance this wish experience, Make-A-Wish Kansas updated Daniel's existing play set with two inches of soft rubber mulch. Daniel has Osteopenia along with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, leaving his bones susceptible to breakage each time he falls. This new feature will allow Daniel the freedom to play without the fear of falling.
Flash forward several months to June 27th. This Saturday morning started out like any other. But when Daniel walked outside to leave for the park, he was met by nearly seventy-five friends, family, and community members standing in a tunnel and singing a revised version of "I've Been Working on the Railroad." At the end of the human tunnel sat a four-car, fully restored and operational Zamperla Rio Grande train on 100 feet of track. The look on Daniel's face as he rode the train for the first time was all the "thanks" anyone needed. It was worth it. The day was filled with train rides, cake, and lots of smiles. Erin Tomlinson Photography captured some beautiful moments that can be viewed here.
After everyone left and Daniel was being tucked into bed that night, he looked up and asked "Papa, can we go ride the train?" And so, a late-night train ride marked the end of a very special day.
The train before restoration
The train at the CARSTAR shop
Preparing for restoration at CARSTAR
CARSTAR employee giving the train a new look
Starting to look better
An amazing transformation!
A restored car
The surprise is behind the balloons
The tunnel of family, friends, and community members leading to the train
The new mulch, train, and depot
Daniel and Mom
Daniel driving the train
Happy Daniel!
Daniel riding with Isaak, a former wish child and the son of Lance at CARSTAR
The Make-A-Wish Kansas staff enjoying a ride
We changed the words of this famous song to include Daniel's name
The back of the program featuring the names of everyone who contributed to Daniel's wish
This story makes me feel
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Welcome to "EduTips"
Course Architecture
Architecture "the complex or carefully designed structure of something."
You are a master in your discipline and textbook in hand you walk into your classroom a professor! Yet in the online classroom you have a different role and interactions with students. You are expected to master the online course technology, multimedia tools and teach students at a distance. Focusing on each of these four elements of online course architecture will enable you to structure your course in a way that leads toward student success.
- From the student perspective.
- Keep it simple and clean.
- Consider the type of menu (left navigation menu in Blackboard)
The course navigation should create a flow through your online course giving students different pathways to take to essential sections of the course. Students should be lead to the syllabus, course content and assignments by a scent of information. Ponder: make course navigation fun with a theme or scavenger hunt.
Content Organization
- Organizing content by module/unit or weekly folders.
- Keep it simple and clean.
- Provide accessible content.
- Become familiar with content types (links, uploads, embedded, created in Blackboard)
Pause to consider: What might work for you…and your students?
- Remember, first impressions do matter in online courses.
- Model after examples that work for others. Best practices?
- Have a peer or instructional designer take a look at your course.
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The Course Management Control Panel have a "Teaching Style" and "Quick Setup Guide" to use templates for the course navigation, organization and presentation.
- Step back and reflect: does the course content, assessment and activities support the course outcomes?
- Develop unit/module level objectives from course outcomes.
- Consider using the Quality Matters Rubric, Understanding by Design and other resources to guide your course design process.
Academic Innovations & eLearning
- Connect with an instructional designer to work on your online course.
- Attend upcoming workshops: Friday, October 10, Quality Matters Overview; Wednesday, October 15 & Friday, October 24, Course Architecture & Planning.
- Participate in the UAA Commons online learning community for faculty and staff.
- Watch Atomic Learning tutorials.


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What I'm Thankful For
In the past few weeks things have been become a bit more difficult, with drama and the losing of one my closest friend, Claudia. Not in the sense that she past way, more in the sense that that we can no longer just be friends; she wanted more. Sadly, I am in no position to Read More


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In the spirit of farming, Eric E. Anderson describes himself as 'corn-fed'. Originally a Midwesterner, Eric was born and raised in the suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri. After time spent canvassing the Arizona desert and beaches of California, he settled in Brooklyn, New York and began collaborating with FBFA in 2008.
Always with his camera, Eric doesn't miss a moment on the streets of NYC. From architecture and street scenes to candid portraits of fashionable and city-worn New Yorkers, nobody escapes Eric's gaze. His photography has a spacious and breathable quality, as though he might be subtly recreating the vast, pastoral landscapes of his childhood state or time in the desert. There is chaos and clutter, but there is also structure and expanse. Mark Twain once said "Make your mark in New York and you are a made man"; our team thinks Eric has done just that.
"Make your mark in New York and you are a made man" - Mark Twain
"Make your mark in New York and you are a made man" - Mark Twain


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Fall 2018 Tuition Schedule
The rates listed below are Wisconsin resident tuition rates. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.
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Fight this Hate shows a small selection of hate crimes and/or harassment that has taken place recently in the United States. Southern Poverty Law Center keeps detailed accounts of hate crimes. Colorlines tracks all manner of topics related to race and publishes them daily. The following incidents are only a small sample, and each includes a form of direct action.
Missing Black Girls
In social media and in Washington, DC, there's a public outcry about a lack of attention to a large number of missing black girls. The growing call for action came after DC police began a new practice of publicizing missing person fliers on Twitter in hopes they could be located faster.
Police have tweeted 22 missing person fliers between March 19 and March 24 (11 of which are for minors), which led many to believe the number of missing persons had dramatically increased — however, DC police told NBC Washington this is not true.
"We've just been posting them on social media more often," Rachel Reid, a spokesperson for the DC Metro Police Department, said.
DC police told USA Today that an average of 200 total people has been reported missing each month for the past five years. This year, the average number of cases per month has been 190.
So far, there have been 501 missing children cases in 2017. All but 22 have been solved as of Friday, according to NBC Washington.
Officials said 99% of missing person cases from 2012 and 2016 have been closed, leaving just 16 of 19,000 total cases open.
Unfortunately, a false tweet went viral and created upset with its misinformation. The false information got shared – and then re-shared – many times. As noted by BuzzFeed, a tweet has been circulating the internet that wrongly states that 14 girls went missing in D.C. within 24 hours. The tweet sparked online outrage that such a fact was being underreported by the media. The upside is the tweet has raised awareness about missing black girls.
The bottom line is that it remains essential for people to advocate for missing young people of color; studies have shown that 36.7% of all missing persons under the age of 17 are black. And, as Shaun King in the New York Daily News points out in his article on the topic, "the stories of young black girls and women who are missing don't get the Elizabeth Smart or Natalee Holloway treatment." This makes online awareness that much more essential – and effective.
Donate to the Black and Missing Foundation. They track statistics, create public awareness, and provide support.
Hate Crimes are not resulting in convictions
In 2009, President Obama signed a measure into law to help prevent hate crimes.
Despite fears that the hate crime law would be overused, prosecutions under Obama's administration were relatively few. An Associated Press analysis using data gathered by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University show that 47 people nationwide have been prosecuted using the law, with 37 convictions.
Another 300 people were referred for prosecution, but hate crimes charges were never filed. In at least half those cases, there wasn't enough evidence or prosecutors couldn't prove intent, a key threshold.
Even though we are not getting the prosecutions and convictions — yet — we should, it is critical to continue to report hate crimes. We can change the conviction statistics by resisting the status quo.
Report. If you or someone you know has been a victim of a hate crime, here's how to report.
Good News
A Los Angeles company is hoping to start a nationwide movement to help families in need brighten up their neglected homes. The program, called "Paint it Forward," transforms lives. To learn more, read this article from the Good News Network.
If you want to nominate a home, or participate in any way, go to this website.
Sandra de Helen, author of the lesbian thriller Till Darkness Comes also pens the Shirley Combs/Dr. Mary Watson series. She is a poet, journalist, and a playwright. Her plays have been produced in the Philippines, Ireland and Canada, Chicago, New York City, and in thirteen states. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Dramatists Guild. Her books are available online, at Another Read Through Bookstore in Portland, Oregon, and Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego. Samples of her work are available on her website.


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Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Invites LOIs for Research Grants
The Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) is committed to improving outcomes and quality of life for children with all forms of cardiomyopathy. CCF's research grant program aims to advance medical knowledge on the causes and mechanism of pediatric cardiomyopathy and to develop diagnostic guidelines and targeted therapies.
CCF offers funding for basic science, clinical, population/epidemiologic and translational research on cardiomyopathies affecting children aged 18 years and younger. This includes support for studies focused on the causes, evaluation or treatment of dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular, and left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy as it relates to the pediatric population. View past grant awards
CCF offers two research grant programs through the Foundation and the American Heart Association.
SOURCE: Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letters of Intent must be received no later than 6/12/16. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a complete application by 9/9/16.
$ AVAILABLE: Grants of up to $50,000.
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible, principal investigators must hold an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree and reside in the United States or Canada. In addition, the PI must have a faculty appointment at an accredited U.S. or Canadian medical institution and have the ability to conduct independent research with publications in established peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals.
PURPOSE: The Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation is accepting Letters of Intent from investigators for basic science, clinical, population/epidemiologic, and translational research on cardiomyopathies affecting children age 18 and younger.
Grants will be awarded in support of studies focused on the causes, diagnosis, or treatment of dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular, and left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy. The grants are intended to provide seed funding to investigators for the testing of initial hypotheses and collection of preliminary data that will help them secure long-term funding by the National Institutes of Health and/or other major granting institutions.
CONTACT: Please see URL for contact information. For more information see http://www.childrenscardiomyopathy.org/site/grants.php
From The Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin email, 4/15/16
Subject(s) cardiovascular/heart disease, children's health, medical research


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January 2017
January Updates
- New web design for 2017
- All Tumblr themes code have been moved to GitHub and adf.ly links deleted, the pages will be moved soon after I finally finish my exams
- Fixed some bugs on the website
- New website: infinitize
- That's all T_T
2017 Wishes/Plan
Time has always gone so fast and before I know it, now it's already 2017. There are times when I still think that it's still 2013, but in reality, now I am already starting my twenties, already starting to face the real world. Nowadays I start to realize that I have waste a lot of time, realizing that I have failed to use my time to learn more about the things I thought I was passionate about. So now I finally found a resolution for 2017: to learn more about web development. I have learned how to use CodeIgniter and Laravel for 2016, so now I want to learn more about stuffs such as Vue.js, Angular.js, and many more. I also want to learn about webGL, feeling interested to use it for my thesis, if it's possible.
Talking about university, I am currently feeling lost. It's only one year before I have to graduate and I need to rush to repeat the classes that I failed in. At this moment I really regrets taking double degrees because turns out I am really weak in Mathematics, and my grade is Math subjects really dampens my GPA. I am doing just good in the Computer Science subjects, but my grades in Math subjects suck. Well, for now I am trying to have more work experience so at least there is something to cover my low GPA, trying to study more about the things I am actually passionate about.
In one month it will be a year since I started to work, and I have learned quite a lot from my experience. Now I can code in ASP.net and C#, while also understanding how json works. I am still a part-timer right now, but hopefully in March I will officially become a full time Junior Programmer! At least despite my academics dilemma, I am quite assured that this is the field I want to work in, that I have a vision about what I want to do. Considering that there are still a lot of fellow students who aren't quite assured about what they want to do, I am in a better place, even if it's not much.
I still want to write more on the blog even though I keep failing because I have no desire to write T_T But maybe I will post reviews of some Korean dramas I watched, or books. I still can form words to judge a drama/movie/book, but when it comes to music I can only say that I love it or dislike it.
Music: Lasse Lindh - Hush
Cover Photo: Tim Trad on Unsplash


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I'll tell you a tale if you lend me an ear, I rode a horse through many a town
«The sun was rising in the east and the sky was turning grey. Hartwell mounted Phyllis, nearly fell off the other side, kept his balance. He gave the mare a satisfied pat.
"See you soon, Hartley" he said, and galloped off…»
Hartwell riding Phyllis, #INKtober illustration for The Dog Princess – a fairy tale by Giulia Blasi.


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Earlham is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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|Motto: "Plant roots. See them grow."[1]
Location of Earlham, Iowa
Earlham was laid out in 1869 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named after Earlham College, a Quaker college in Richmond, Indiana. Earlham was incorporated on April 26, 1870
Earlham is located at 41°29′35″N 94°7′25″W (41.493137, -94.123661).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.97 square miles (2.51 km2), all of it land


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JAMIE Carragher hopes he's earned another chance in England's revamped midfield after excelling in the 3-1 win over Hungary last night.
The Liverpool man caught the eye as both anchorman and right back at Old Trafford.
Carragher earned mostly positive reviews for his midfield role, although inevitably, the pro-Michael Carrick alliance are already calling for the Spurs midfielder to replace the Anfield star against Jamaica on Saturday.
"I was made up the opportunity was given to me and I was happy with how it went," said Carragher.
"The only disappointment was I didn't get a bit longer in there, but that couldn't be helped because of the injury to Gary Neville. It would be nice to have another go in there, but I think Neville's got a bit of a knock so maybe I'll be back at right back over the weekend.
"Midfield is a position I've not played for a while, but the manager used me there in training a day before the game and it went well. I've played with Didi Hamann for years now and he's a master in the position, so I've learnt a lot from him.
"I actually spoke to Didi an hour before last night's game and I'll be on the phone all the time to him in Germany. There would be no-one better to get advice from on playing holding midfield than him.
"I know there are others who can play the position and the English press can be very influential when it comes to deciding who should play there. But I'm not worried what they're saying about who should be there. I'm just concerned about doing my best for the side and the manager.
"I thought it worked well with Stevie pushing further forward. He was excellent last night, scoring and winning a pen."
Both Gerrard and Peter Crouch were on the mark for Sven Goran Eriksson's men, and Carragher couldn't resist poking fun at the Anfield striker's robotic dance celebration.
"I told Crouchy if he scored he had to do the dance from Beckham's party," said Carragher.
"He's had plenty of stick from all the lads over it."


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June 1991By Glenn N. Schram
Glenn N. Schram, a Lutheran, taught political science at Marquette University, and now lives in Hammond, Indiana, and devotes all his time to research and writing in the area of political philosophy. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Politics, Comparative Politics, and other academic journals.
Essays 1966-1985. By Eric Voegelin. Louisiana State University Press. 416. $32.50.
What Is History? And Other Late Unpublished Writings. By Eric Voegelin. Louisiana State University Press. 256. $22.50.
Eric Voegelin's future reputation will rest on his recovery of certain spiritual truths of the Old Testament and of Plato and Aristotle and on his critique of the "spiritual disorder" at the root of much modern thought. This disorder became progressively worse until it finally led to the rise of totalitarian states in the present century. Plato and Aristotle, as well as modern thought, receive a great deal of attention in these two books, whereas Voegelin's discussion of the Old Testament is largely confined to the previously published Volume I of his five-volume Order and History.
The books under review here are the first to appear in the publisher's projected 34-volume set of Voegelin's collected works, which will include Voegelin's hitherto largely unpublished history of political thought and a reissue of Order and History. Of the books under review, the second contains previously unpublished material and reveals the depth of Voegelin's animus toward the churches and doctrinal Christianity.
In the two books Voegelin comes back repeatedly to Plato's idea of the metaxy, the "In-Between" in which man experiences a tension between human and divine "poles" in his consciousness. Voegelin tried to elicit in the reader an experience of "erotic tension" toward the divine pole. In speaking of this pole, Voegelin prefers the term "divine reality" to "the God of the Creed" because he opposes the "reification" or "hypostatization" of the components of the metaxy. In other words, he opposes their being treated as things in the world about us.
Here many Christians will be troubled, for Voegelin's warnings against reification and hypostatization boil down to an assertion that God is "nonexistent reality," that He exists only "by courtesy of analogy." One must not ascribe properties to God, even the property of existence, for in doing so one becomes involved in propositional metaphysics, which Voegelin holds to be almost as great an evil as doctrinal theology.
For Voegelin, God "is not a spatially distant thing," an "object of cognition," but a presence in the human soul. In a previously unpublished paper, he says that the soul "is the sensorium for divine reality and the site of its luminous presence." He might of course mean that it has a nonluminous presence outside the soul, but I see no evidence for such an interpretation.
Instead, in the same paper he renounces his earlier reference to God as "transcendent reality," a term suggesting that He is "out there" (my term, not Voegelin's) he denies that the world was created "in time" and thus denies the existence of a Creator God in the usual sense of the term; he says that the cosmos is permeated, not by God, but merely by "the divine mystery of its existence"; and he is troubled by Plato's idea of a "surplus of divine reality" which is not exhausted by the human experience of the divine pole of the metaxy.
God is restricted to the soul for Voegelin because he says he wants to go behind two millennia of propositional metaphysics and doctrinal theology, and recover the spiritual experiences which engendered the metaphysics and theology in the first place. This procedure means making as clear as possible what Plato and Aristotle, especially Plato, really said about "man's consciousness of tension toward the divine ground of his existence." This last quotation is Voegelin's definition of reason. Voegelin accepts in principle the distinction between reason and revelation, and he is more at home with the spiritual experiences of the Greek philosophers, which we ordinarily identify with reason, than he is with the spiritual experiences of the Hebrew prophets, which we ordinarily identify with revelation. But he insists that the traditional sharp distinction between reason and revelation (and between philosophy and religion) is invalid, in part because the divine pole of the metaxy exerts a revelatory pull to which reason responds.
As for Christianity in particular, an appendix to the volume of previously unpublished writings contains correspondence between Voegelin and Louisiana State University Press over the years showing his frequent changes in plans for Order and History. Hannah Arendt once said that he could not complete the work as originally planned because he did not know what to do with Christianity. I suspect she was right.
In the books under review, Voegelin shows himself to be of a mixed mind about Christianity. For example, while he praises the Gospel for the "noetic core"-- the core of reason -- which it contains despite its strongly revelatory nature, he attacks the churches and their doctrines in another previously unpublished paper. He speaks of the "perversion of transcendence through the fundamentalism of ecclesiastic Christianity" and charges this "perversion" with having lost the "ground of existence," or God. By "fundamentalism" Voegelin means here, not just scriptural literalism, but all belief in doctrine; he refers to doctrinal belief as a "disorder." The reason for such language becomes clear in an autobiographical note shortly afterwards where Voegelin says, "There were a great number of people for whom the Churches lost their faith...." Because he could accept few if any teachings of any church, he turned to Greek philosophy.
On what from an orthodox Christian perspective is a more agreeable note, Voegelin continues in the books under review the critique of modern thought that he began in his 1952 masterpiece of political philosophy, The New Science of Politics. There he defined the essence of modernity as the growth of gnosticism, or the belief that it is possible to create a state of earthly bliss by remaking man in one or another image of moral perfection; he defined totalitarianism as the final, most extreme form of gnosticism.
Later he explored the consciousness of gnostic thinkers, arguing that they suffered from "spiritual disorder" and were rebels against the "order of being" and ultimately against God as the "origin" of this order. A doctrinal theologian might formulate the problem by saying that because of original sin men cannot be made perfect, and that, when they try to perfect their own kind, they are guilty of the sin of pride.
In the books under review, Voegelin advances our understanding of gnosticism in four ways:
(1) He interprets the tragic character of the governess in Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw as having a soul demonically closed to God and as seeking salvation in the manner of gnostic intellectuals -- i.e., entirely through her own devices. In the process Voegelin elaborates on the idea of John Milton as gnostic, which he introduced in The New Science of Politics.
(2) He stresses the "eclipse" of divine reality begun by the gnostics of the 18th-century Enlightenment through rebellion against ecclesiastic "fundamentalism" and consummated by l9th-century gnostics such as Hegel, Comte, Marx, and Nietzsche, at whose hands occurred the "death of God" from which gnostic and other intellectuals tend to suffer to this day.
(3) He elaborates on the "magic" nature of gnosticism and is especially concerned to reveal Hegel to be a "sorcerer." According to Voegelin, Hegel was faced in his day with the hypostatization and separation of the poles of the metaxy and sought to restore their relationship by collapsing them into the fictitious consciousness of the "man-god," who was Hegel himself. The result was the "death of God" -- not in fact, but in the minds of many gnostic thinkers.
(4) He continues the discussion, begun in The New Science of Politics, of anxiety as the source of gnosticism, paying special attention to philosophical "systems" such as Hegel's. Voegelin writes, "The system is the assuaging device, developed as a response to anxiety, when man in revolt has sunk...into spiritual impotence." A more satisfactory assuaging device would be the "search of order" in the soul through attunement to God.
Growing out of Voegelin's critique of gnosticism is social criticism which, with one exception, is scattered throughout the two books and tends to focus on the preponderance, in European and American universities, of "epigones" of the major gnostic thinkers of the past. His remarks are always incisive, at times witty, and usually harsh.
The exception is an entire chapter devoted to the German university, including the Nazi experience. Voegelin, who was a professor at the University of Munich from 1958 to 1969, may be right when he says that the task of the German university is, among other things, "to close men off narcissistically," "to rob them of their spiritual orientation," and "to make them unfit for public life." But, in discussing the Nazi experience, Voegelin goes too far in attacking Pastor Martin Niemoeller and Fr. Alfred Delp, S.J., for being exclusively concerned for the Christian victims of the regime. Both men opposed the regime when it took great courage to do go, and Voegelin should not try to deprive present-day German Christians of two of the few men from the Nazi period with whom they can identify.
In conclusion, I wish to say a word about the future of doctrinal Christianity in light of Voegelin's work. If, as Voegelin once said, totalitarianism is the end form of gnostic civilization, and if gnosticism is still very much with us in the forms of positivism, scientism, various liberationisms, and so on, then a renaissance of non-gnostic religion, especially among the intellectual elite, where the leading gnostics are concentrated, would seem to be desirable. The doctrinal Christianity of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds is most definitely non-gnostic. A renaissance of such religion would, therefore, seem to be desirable, even though Voegelin himself could not believe in it.