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New Delhi, 6 June: With some key bills on higher education stuck in Parliament, the government is exploring the possibility of declaring some institutes as off-campuses of statutory institutions to enable students get their degrees.
The government is in the process of declaring School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Bhopal and SPA, Vijayawada as off campuses of SPA, Delhi, which is deemed to be a university.
The measure will help students who have started passing out from the two SPA institutes get their degrees as failure to pass an enabling legislation governing these institutes had left the students stare at an uncertain future, said officials in the HRD Ministry.
Worst affected is IIIT D&M Kancheepuram as inability of the previous government to pass a necessary legislation had affected thousands of students, they said.
The government had to go for the ordinance route keeping the future of 7,000 students in mind. As of now, some 700 students belonging to the three institutes are still affected due to the non-passage of legislations, they said.
The officials said while reviewing the progress of Higher Education Department, HRD Minister Smriti Irani expressed concern over large number of students from SPA Bhopal, SPA Vijayawada and IIIT D&M Kancheepuram not being able to get their degrees.
The bills in this regard, which are ready, could be passed during the ongoing session of Parliament, they said. The UPA government had blamed the BJP-led opposition for the non-passage of the bills due to repeated adjournment of Parliament.
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text: LaLa1116 14 Report post Posted December 30, 2012 Hi Ladies! My wedding isn't until next November, but we had our site visit last month and I wanted to share some info & pics with all of my planning brides-to-be. ENJOY! I was emailing back and forth with our wedding coordinator, Blanca for a few weeks before we left for PV. She has been sooo helpful and responds to emails very promptly! (Meeting her in person was even better! She is so sweet. Girls, we are so lucky to have her on our side helping us plan from afar.) We took a cab to the marina the morning of (there was some confusion at the gate about marina fees - I explained to the best of my ability with the language barrier that our wedding coordinator would arrive shortly and take care of everything.) Blanca arrived minutes later and everything was resolved. The marina is expansive and beautiful. There are small shops near the entrance to grab towels, drinks, sunscreen, etc. I took some Drammine-DEFINITELY recommend this if you get sea sick, because it was VERY rough at times. They provide it on the boat, but it may be too late by then. I plan on giving packets to my guests in their welcome bags (make sure to get non drowsy or you will have a few very sleepy guests. Never a good thing at a wedding ). The entertainment staff on the boat was AMAZING. So much fun! There is open bar on the boat with waitstaff service. The boat ride is scenic and beautiful & pulling up to Las Caletas is indescribable. When you arrive, you are warmly greeted by the staff who remain attentive the entire day. We followed Blanca for a quick tour and then sat down (with cold beers in hand) to discuss details. A lot of brides on here have said how easy going they were when it came to the details...I wish I could say I'm that kind of bride. For all of you that are obsessed with the details like me, rest easy. Every request I had but thought I might have to give up with a destination wedding, was answered with YES, Of course we can do that! Blanca made everything seem so easy. I have every confidence that she will take care of everything exactly the way I have planned. After talking for about 15-20 minutes, she took us up to see the bridal casita. It is so cute. There is a Jacuzzi and hammock in the back and a bed, sofa, private bathroom and vanity area inside. I will say that it is smaller than it looks in pictures. Not a big deal, but something to think about if you have a lot of bridesmaids. The casita is located on the top of a hill near the spa, which my fiancé and I also enjoyed. We booked hour long massages, TOTALLY worth the $50. I paid over $100 at Dreams for a massage the day before but enjoyed the Las Caletas massage more. Definitely recommend it for you and your girls the day of! Bridal Casita We then explored the beach a little before lunch. Las Caletas is a jungle with a lot of cool little romantic spots that I'm sure would make for great photo ops if you are doing a "first look" photo shoot. There is a small bridge and a vine covered tunnel...its spectacular really. It a shame that our guests won't have access to those spots during the wedding. They will be confined to a beach and dining area reserved for weddings, but you can explore with your girls during the day if you get the chance. NOTE: The bathrooms are on a hill also--only lit by candle light, they will get dark quickly. This is a good thing when you consider the fact that ALL toilet paper must be disposed of in the trash can and not flushed. (Just a quick FYI ). The food and service were excellent. Many choices at the buffet, very attentive and friendly service. Beer & drink options are limited but we didn't mind. Once I found a cold jug of Horchata, I was a happy girl. I forgot to grab tip money from our bag and John was still eating, so I ran back to the beach to grab some cash. Everyone must have been eating at the same time, because when I arrived at the beach, I was the only one. I immediately grabbed my Ipod and walked down the "aisle" to time out the ceremony music. Ladies, I cannot begin to describe the feeling of walking on that beach to your music. It was magical. After lunch, we sat on the beach to soak up some sun and enthusiastically talk about the wedding. The beach is a lot smaller than I imagined but I think that just makes your wedding feel more intimate & special. The water is clear and warm. The décor is rustic & natural. Seeing Las Caletas and meeting Blanca made everything seem so real. I can't wait to go back. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I've attached some pictures to give you a better idea of what Las Caletas looks like! I know how much we destination brides rely on pictures. I have a document with more pictures of Las Caletas. If you are interested in seeing it, just PM me. dining area-- short wall on the right is the buffet area with the bar next to it pic to show you how the dining area sits right about the beach overlooking the bay this is the small cliff/ledge overlooking the beach at on the way to the dining area entrance...escort card table will go here. sorry this picture is flipped...this is one of the bathrooms guests will use...they are each small "huts" Those hanging candles & candles on the sink are the only light. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites

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Nokia Releases Nokia Booklet 3G With Windows 7
The Nokia Booklet 3G is right here with a bang. It's all set to debut around the time when Microsoft shall be releasing its new working system, Windows 7. The Nokia Pocket book will come loaded with Windows 7 after the Windows 7 release date i.e. October 22, 2009. It comes at a backed worth, $299 with an added 2 12 months data plan from telecommunication giants, AT & T. Will probably be made out there in any respect Best Purchase shops across the U.S.. This announcement from the Finnish cellphone maker comes with a relief for customers. When the product was first disclosed in September, it was priced at an astonishing $820. This was fairly an exorbitant sum as Notebooks comes for less than $500 these days.
One can also notice that Nokia has a tie-up with AT&T for a two-yr service settlement which provides more feasibility to the subsidized price. There are offers coming from Finest Purchase as well. It plans to come up with the unique 'Stroll Out Working' scheme, which is able to allow the shopper to get his product activated and working before he leaves the store. For anyone who purchases the Booklet 3G, gross sales associates will configure and activate the Notebook. Nokia has saved the screen dimension at 10.1-inch and its Notebook has almost all of the options which might be out there on Notebooks. It has an Atom processor, a built-in GPS, a 12-hour battery life, an aluminum casing, 3G and Wi-Fi wi-fi capability and top and weight specifics of 1 inch and 2.5 pounds.
There are added options on the Pocket book akin to Nokia Music for PC and Nokia's Ovi Suite 2.0. There's also an aggregator coming from the feeds from social networking websites comparable to Twitter, Facebook etc. with its Ovi Maps and Social Hub application. Prospects can also get the pocket book without the option of choosing the 2-12 months service agreement from AT&T. This selection, however, comes for the an unsubsidized value of $599.
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Lovely series. I love this Nokia Booklet 3G. I was in trouble from last 1 year because I am using Windows 7 and I can't use 3G technology with my previous Nokia cell but now I am very happy to see Nokia Booklet 3G.
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text: Bow Barracks Forever is a 2007 Indian film directed by Anjan Dutt about Anglo-Indians and their difficulties in retaining their identity since the end of British India. Directed by Anjan Dutt, Produced by Tapan Biswas, Rangita Pritish Nandy & Bobbie Ghosh... STORY: The film is about the disaster of the human spirit. It is not easy to fight back the march of progress. Progress brings with it change, often painful, that breaks continuity and destroys tradition, history, power and passion of communities that have lived and grown together over decades. Anjan Dutt's film captures the real-life story of a tiny, resolute Anglo-Indian community right in the heart of bustling north Kolkata trying desperately to keep alive its hopes, dreams, aspirations and identity


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This is a digital scrapbook about some of my personal reviews of artefacts regarding to social informatics, and socio-technical concerns related to emerging technologies and the implications for the construction of knowledge. In this scrapbook, 9 artefacts were chosen to analyse their impacts to the social informatics through 3 different aspects – entertainment, communication and technology.
This digital scrapbook is to chose to present in a wordpress blog, the blog can more easily for reader to read and browse through the categories.
Social Informatics
Referring to Kling (1999), the definition of social informatics is described as "the interdisciplinary study of the design, uses and consequences of information technologies that takes into account their interaction with institutional and cultural contexts." From my personal point of view, social informatics is about how people use information tools and communication techniques to achieve whatever they would like to.
The modern society what we are living in is full of information and all the information is well connected by a huge network, with a computer or computerized equipment at the terminals of the network. Therefore, it is important to understand how the information is transferred and acquired by the users, not only through the technological way; it is also important to understand the cultural and social influence of social informatics.
The importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) regarding to social informatics was mentioned by Sawyer and Rosenbaun (2000) as follow – "the last half of the 1900s has been characterized by the increasing importance of information and communication technologies in social and organizational life. Computers, both on the desktop and embedded in automobiles, appliances, cellular phones, and satellite dishes have become part of the fabric of our work and social lives". All of the information is now communicated through networks, which is described by Bill Gates as the "information highway". In which case, the ICT would be the essential service stations along the highway. They provide "information nutrients" to the highway users.
Social informatics was intensively studied by researchers about the social consequences of using ICT, and they are trying to explore how the information users seeking and exploring information, as well as their behaviours, which would help us better understanding social informatics. For example, the investigation of ICT has an "explicit goal of influencing practice by providing empirical evidence illustrating the varied outcomes that occur as people work with ICTs in a wide range of organizational and social contexts" (Sawyer and Rosenbaun, 2000). A studied carried out by Sachs (1995) and others found out that "much of the work in participatory design focuses on identifying the nuance in ways that users come to understand and adapt how they work through complex socio-technical relationships".
Kling (2000) argued "social informatics research has produced some useful ideas and findings that are applicable to many kinds of information technologies and shed interesting light on some facets of Internet use". For example, by studying the concept of computerized information system would help to understand the characters of new electronic information spaces; and it also helps to overcome the limitations in developing new ICT.
Social informatics is important in researching the information users' behaviours and helping to develop new ICT. It is also important, as describe by Kling (1999), in "developing reliable knowledge about information technology and social change, based on systematic empirical research, to inform both public policy debates and professional practice", as well as "investigating intriguing new social phenomena that emerge when people use information technology".
The other contribution of studying social informatics is that "social informatics research provides empirical, rigorous and often critical insight into some of the more important questions regarding ICT use" (Sawyer and Rosenbaun, 2000). Hence it is important in regulating and establishing new policies regarding to ICT users in many different levels.
In this scrapbook, 9 different artefacts among 3 catalogues were chosen to investigate social informatics, and they are listed as followed:
Entertainment – Facebook, Hatsune Miku and Virtual Life
Communication – Mobile network, Brain cell communication, and Remote sensing
Technology – 3D technology, Artificial intelligence, and Future mobile prototype
By analysing social informatics from the above 3 different aspect, the relationship between social information, ICT, and the information users could be well illustrated.
However, in order to better understand the socio-technical concerns related to emerging technologies and the implications for the construction of knowledge, it is necessary to cross-considering between those catalogues; because those 9 chosen artefacts are often in associated with each other. In fact, it is very common in the modern society that ICT is becoming multi-functional and multi-purposes. For example, the legendary Iphone from Apple is a phone itself, but it was full of innovative ideas while it was firstly launched and it was seen as the phone of the future. It is a great combination between the phone and web2.0 handset. As everything (almost) is achievable through technology, it might be possible to have a future mobile prototype that displays 3D images and able to read your mind, in which people can simply dial up a number by just think about the person you would like to call.
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(pamphlet… solar sanity vs lunar lunacy)
91st day info…
Pamphlet by Peter J. Peters, "Solar Sanity -vs.- Lunar Lunacy"
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Passover for 2012 begins noon April 2
Sometimes folks ask when noon begins… since we use clocks that are set to man made times zones. What about daylight saving time?
The solar noon is "local apparent noon". It is the time the sun is highest in the sky wherever you happen to live (assuming you live between the arctic regions). That time will not necessarily be exactly 12 noon on a clock whether you are on your time zone time or daylight saving time. A time zone covers several hundred miles east to west with everyone's clocks set the same in that entire zone, but "local apparent noon" is high noon as it progresses across the region. It is measured on a sundial at the north to south meridian line when the shadow is on that line.
I want to know when high noon is where I am, how can I tell? If you can't see a shadow because the day is overcast then you cannot. If the sun is out and you have a sundial that would work. Don't have a sundial? You could jam two sticks in the ground north to south from each other, noon would be when the shadow is straight north to south.
Personally, I don't worry too much about it because I can tell when it is in the afternoon even when it is overcast. I think most folks can. Ancient people did not have clocks and most did not have sundials either. They had brains.
Days for 2012 thru 2013…
March 20, 2012… new years day, spring equinox, day one of count…
April 2, 2012… 14th day of Abib (Passover, the "thumb day")
June 18, 2012… summer 91st day, day one of next count is June 19th…
September 17, 2012… fall 91st day, day one of next count is September 18th…
December 17, 2012… winter 91st day, day one of next count is December 18th…
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Did You Know: E.T. Is a Creature from the 'Star Wars' Universe?
Though they never made a big deal out of it, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had a friendly alien cameo game that they shared when it came to the characters of E.T. and Yoda. The story goes that when Spielberg inserted a Yoda reference into E.T., Lucas promised an E.T. reference when he got around to making his next Star Wars movie. As such, you can clearly see a trio of creatures that look exactly like the one featured in E.T. during the Galactic Senate scene in Star Wars Episode I.
Neither director ever went out of their way to confirm that, yes, E.T. is a creature from the Star Wars universe, but these images -- coupled with the fact that when E.T. spots a Yoda costume in the film, he immediately starts saying "Home! Home! Home!" -- kinda says it all without actually saying it all. Here's more on the alien, known in the Star Wars universe as "The Children of the Green Planet," from Wookieepedia.
We dug up both references on YouTube for you to check out for yourself.
E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial (watch for the Yoda cameo at 2:20)
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (watch for the E.T. reference in the left-hand corner of your screen at 1:37)
What do you think? Does it change anything for you knowing E.T. actually exists within the Star Wars universe, or do you only see this as a clever nod to a buddy and not some giant cinematic revelation?
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J.J. Hardy hit a three-run homer and Nolan Reimold added a two-run shot later in the second as the Baltimore Orioles beat Boston 6-3 Tuesday night and pulled within two games of the AL East-leading Red Sox.
Jonathan Schoop added a leadoff homer in the ninth as the Orioles outslugged the Red Sox one night after getting rocked 12-2 in the series opener. With Toronto's 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay, the Orioles pulled even with the Blue Jays for second in the division and tied for the two AL wild-card berths.
Orioles rookie Dylan Bundy (9-5) survived a rocky second inning and pitched into the sixth, holding Boston to three runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings.
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I was busy last week doing a game for a little challenge that took place over the YoYoGames forums. The idea was to create a pseudo 3D game using Game Maker without using any of the d3d functions that the program offers.
So I decided to go with something simple, a raycaster engine in GML, I've done many raycasters previously in JS so I'm very familiar to how it works, since the other participants were doing amazing 3D projects I decided to aim to the "fun" category so I took one of the pieces of my last current project (also in GM) Wraith and did a First Person Shooter / Tower Defense mix.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's high election board has proposed holding a new election on Nov. 1, after efforts to form a government failed.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said the proposal was submitted to representatives of Turkey's four main political parties on Thursday.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu abandoned efforts to build a coalition government on Tuesday, following the failure of talks with the leaders of two smaller parties. The deadline for forming a new government ends this week. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled that he does not plan to give other party leaders the chance to form a government.
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Registration finally opened yesterday to RIM's 1st Annual BlackBerry Developer Conference, being held in Santa Clara, California on October 21st - 22nd. If you plan on attending, the early-bird rate of $799 is good until August 31st. The conference fees jump up from there, so hurry! In case you missed the May press release announcing the conference, here's the 411:
"Based on growing demand from the BlackBerry development community, we are very pleased to announce a new conference focused on developing consumer and business applications for the BlackBerry platform," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. "The new annual BlackBerry Developer Conference in the fall will complement the successful Wireless Enterprise Symposium held each spring and will provide a dedicated forum to help developers keep pace with advances in the latest hardware, software, tools and best practices for developing on the BlackBerry platform.
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Ann Arbor took another step towards encouraging biking as a form of transportation last month, when they installed new bike racks downtown. The three bike racks will be placed on streets in places that had formerly been used as parking for cars.
Each bike rack, which will use one former car parking space, has room for fourteen bicycles. The racks will be placed in Kerrytown (in front of the People's Food Coop), Main Street (in front of the Arbor Brewing Company) and on State Street (in front of Biviouac). The pilot bike-parking program follows a model used successfully in Seattle, a city known for being biker-friendly.
The bike program is meant to encourage using bikes as a method of transportation. "It sends a message that bikes belong on the street," said Nancy Shore, executive director of getDowntown. "They see they will have a premier parking spot next to the businesses they work or shop at."
Ann Arbor is a biker-friendly city, with many miles of paths winding around and through the city. Many residents are choosing to commute by bike from their Ann Arbor home to their job or school, in order to save gas, save on parking fees, and also as a form of exercise. The bike racks downtown will make it even easier to find bike parking throughout the popular downtown area.
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Unless you've recently survived a Jonas Brothers concert or were in attendance last month when the Angels clinched their division, you haven't heard cheering quite as overwhelming as the rapturous response that greeted Kylie Minogue's long-awaited arrival Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl.
Her ecstatic fans –- predominantly but not entirely gay men –- were so frenzied with excitement, they burst out in thunderous applause for little more than the dropping of a curtain as the house lights dimmed. When the pop superstar from Melbourne finally emerged amid eight dancers in Daft Punk gear for her opening number, "Light Years" –- she was regally lowered to the stage atop a giant silver skull, donning a space-age Grace Jones getup wrapped in peach and blue boas and crowned by a headpiece that made it seem like mirror balls were orbiting her brain –- well, it's a wonder scores of admirers didn't faint dead away.
Given such an emotional outpouring, it also was no surprise that Minogue initially didn't know how to respond. "Well, well!" she merely said after concluding a colorful "Come into My World," the third tune of her two-hour, 20-songs-plus spectacle. Then she let out a great scream. "When words fail you, that's a pretty good option, right?"
You have to understand: the internationally beloved dance diva and her minions had waited a very long time for this stateside visit to happen. "Anyone know off the top of their heads how long it's taken me to get here?" Minogue asked a third of the way into her show, garnering intense and indecipherable hollering in response. "When people talk like that, they're talking decades."
Indeed, it's been more than 20 years since Minogue issued her self-titled debut, led by a kitschy remake of Goffin & King's "The Loco-Motion" that made only a minor splash in this part of the world.
Back then, she was just growing out of the child-actress, soap-opera phase of her career. Essentially the Miley Cyrus of Down Under -– Ms. Montana could learn a thing or two by studying Kylie's evolution from squeaky-clean innocent to seductive adult –- Minogue would soon date the late Michael Hutchence (she was the inspiration for INXS' "Suicide Blonde") and front a string of synthetic ditties from the Stock, Aitken & Waterman factory, most of which raced up the charts everywhere … but here.
For years her American visibility outside of dance-club circles remained limited to minor (and mercilessly criticized) movie roles –- alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in Street Fighter, goofing with Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin in Bio-Dome, flitting about the screen oh-so-briefly as the Green Fairy in countryman Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! It wasn't until earlier this decade, in fact, that she finally scored a full-blown global smash (the U.S. included) with the infectious allure of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" –- yet even that track's momentarily ubiquitous presence failed to generate lasting sales here, as have more recent appearances, ranging from a candid chat on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (where she discussed her recovery from breast cancer) to a spotlight on Dancing with the Stars.
All of which has only fed into her fervent stateside cult while simultaneously keeping Kylie from touring North America until this just-begun "micro-tour," as she put it, which kicked off last week in Oakland's Fox Theatre to rave reviews and comes to a close Oct. 12-13 with shows at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom.
Those are considerably smaller locations than the Hollywood Bowl –- Hammerstein, for instance, is about the size of the Hollywood Palladium. That makes her Bowl debut something of a crowning achievement for this outing –- and, when you consider that the venue was half-sold at most (with tall trees blocking off the upper decks), it makes the tremendous roar of Sunday night's crowd all the more startling and heartwarming.
Granted, their heroine worship is akin to what Cher receives -– that is, it's less about what the music says or signifies than how much it matters to these fans to be in the presence of an icon. (It would have been amazing to experience their reaction were Kylie's techno-heavy set to headline, say, the massive Sahara dance tent at Coachella, where she'd kill in an instant.)
What they responded to was gloriously inch-deep and superficial, gleeful neo-disco taken to dizzyingly glitzy heights, whether Minogue was seen slinking about in a mini-dress and thigh-high boots for a medley of some of her biggest hits ("Shocked," "What Do I Have to Do?," "Spinning Around"), or if she surrounded herself with homoerotic imagery and a skin-tight cat-suit for "Red Blooded Woman," or transformed "The Loco-Motion" into a brassy stripper anthem straight out of Fosse's Sweet Charity.
It was all increasingly dazzling yet also musically one-dimensional, even when the pace eventually slowed for a finely detailed old-Hollywood pastiche (blending together the songs "White Diamond," "Confide in Me" and "I Believe in You") that had the star lounging like Garbo or Harlow on a retro velvet couch adorned by golden lions. It was fitting, too, that such a glamorous sequence was followed by an homage to Madonna –- an interlude that remixed "Burning Up" and ended with Kylie reciting the strike-a-pose rap from "Vogue" –- as all night it had been hard to shake comparisons with the grande dame of dance-pop.
To me, Minogue, now 41, is what Madonna would have been had she stopped progressing after Erotica and instead got permanently bogged down in titillation –- no strides toward deeper Ray of Light significance, just a leap ahead to the electro revival of her latest work. Some prefer that Kylie doesn't strive for weightier themes, even in light of her battle against cancer; Rufus Wainwright, already a gay icon himself, has dubbed her "the anti-Madonna. … She is what she is and there is no attempt to make quasi-intellectual statements to substantiate it."
Which is why it almost seems cruel to be critical of her after such a long-overdue celebration of the plastic joy she represents.
Yet Kylie is at a disadvantage for having taken so long to perform here. We are so accustomed to pop spectacles that have some bite –- whether it's Madge's ongoing spiritual and sociopolitical performance art or, most recently, Pink's autobiographical funhouse at Staples Center and Lady Gaga's outrageous outfits and antics –- that a show as unvaried and predictable as Kylie's, no matter how grandiose and eye-popping, nonetheless starts to seem rote after an hour or so. She simply doesn't have as many tricks up her sleeve; she's Madonna without meat.
That hardly means she fails to provide jubilant entertainment. I'm tickled to have finally seen what has made salivating Aussies and Brits go mad all these years. But I'm also starting to understand why it is Kylie Minogue will only ever be as popular as, oh, Pet Shop Boys ever were over here.
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IRENE PEPPERBERG holds a tray full of children's toys before her best student, Alex.
The colorful jumble of items would dazzle the eyes of anyone with a sense of play: an orange paper square, a yellow metal key, a blue plastic key, a five-cornered green wood slice, a red wool-fuzz ball, a black toy truck, and a purple plastic letter "R."
"What is rose [red-colored]?" she asks her charge.
And with a quick cock of his head, Alex responds correctly, "Wool!"
With an approving nuzzle from his teacher, Alex is rewarded with the red wool-fuzz ball. But that reward is destined not for the fat little hands of a child. Instead, it goes to the hard beak of an African Grey parrot who has learned to speak - not simply parrot - a very basic form of English.
Skeptics may roll their eyes. But anyone visiting Dr. Pepperberg's University of Arizona laboratory to watch Alex work cannot deny that something very unusual is happening.
Indeed, Pepperberg's 15 years of research with Alex is now beginning to gain recognition in many disciplines from conservation science to medicine and among educators looking for new training techniques for the developmentally disabled.
With his vocabulary of 90-plus words, Alex can label items by color, shape, and material. He can distinguish quantities of items up to six. When considering two objects, he can tell whether one object is bigger or smaller than another and what attribute is the same or different.
And, in his latest amazing accomplishment, Alex is learning to recognize the sounds of some letters of the alphabet and is beginning to, when shown these letters together, sound out words like a child learning to read.
"Nobody thought that a parrot could really learn to label an object," Pepperberg says. "Everybody knew that parrots could mimic sound, but to make that association between sound and an object.... Only people who had the birds as pets made such claims, there was no scientific evidence.
"On the tests that we've given him, he's performed at the same level as dolphins and chimpanzees," she says.
A skeptical visitor asks if this couldn't just be a sophisticated form of memorization. Pepperberg points to many bins of Alex's playthings and asks, "How could he memorize all this?"
So the visitor taps Alex's beak with a pen cap he's never seen before. "What color?" he's asked. "Blue," he croaks correctly from his perch on the back of a folding chair.
Raking through Alex's toys with her hand, Pepperberg explains that any one of these items can be the subject of queries about shape, color, size, and material. Memorization would not explain why Alex can correctly categorize them with an average accuracy of 80 percent.
Pepperberg's studies conclude that, in some limited way, Alex must be understanding questions put to him and offering answers that mean the same to him as they do to people.
Pepperberg's work "changes the whole way we think about parrots and other animals. It's very important," observes Donald R. Griffin, a professor emeritus at Rockefeller University in New York City and author of textbooks on animal thinking.
"Here's a bird that has learned to use English words in relatively meaningful ways. He seems to mean what he says ... and that is a real revolution, [because] there's a whole 20th-century tradition of minimizing animal thinking or fitting it into rather narrow mental categories like conditioning," he says.
Pepperberg says many scientists "go ballistic" over suggestions that there is anything more to the bird's cognitive abilities than the research shows. "Consciousness," for example, is something she steers clear of discussing.
"It's a real source of debate," Pepperberg says. "There are people who claim that `yes, the only way animals could do these types of tasks is if they were consciously thinking.' Other people say, `Well, yes, after you learn how to do multiplication tables you don't think about it, you just do it and maybe they're using some kind of process like that.' "
This kind of debate kept Pepperberg's research from wide acclaim until recently, when the growing body of her difficult-to-dispute findings became more widely known.
Indeed, Pepperberg's work had unconventional beginnings. As a Harvard chemical-physics doctoral student in the early 1970s, she saw three successive segments of the Nova television program dealing with animal communication and felt a "click" of intrigue that theoretical chemistry had never sparked.
So while finishing the chemistry degree she would never use, she started attending courses on animal behavior and studied the few research projects that dealt with parrot communication. She found nothing but failure in teaching the birds to truly communicate.
Perhaps because she came to the field of animal behavior fresh, without the traditional prejudices of psychology and ethology, she found the success that eluded others, say colleagues.
For $600, she bought Alex as a one-year-old in 1976 at a pet store and began her research, using a new training technique.
"Our techniques are based on what these birds probably do in the wild," Pepperberg says. "It's most likely that they learn their vocalizations from watching their peers and their parents." She teaches Alex by letting him watch her "teach" a person as his model for learning.
For example, with Alex in the room, the trainer will teach the other person the word for an object and praise and scold him for success or failure. Then, turning to Alex, the trainer will attempt to teach the same word, using praise or scolding in the same way.
Similarly, Alex is now being used as the model to train one of two new young African Grey parrots that have joined the research.
Further, she explains, to reinforce the meaning of what the bird is doing, she does not use food rewards. For example, when a bird learns to label an object, that object - not a peanut - is used as the reward.
Does it matter if a beautiful bird from the African rain forest can think at some level and speak?
"This is just the tip of the iceberg," says Charles Munn, a research zoologist with Wildlife Conservation International, a division of the New York Zoological Society. "I don't think Alex is special. He's just a run-of the-mill African Grey someone happened to pick up at random."
Mr. Munn, who has learned to understand the meanings behind some of the most common vocalizations of Amazon parrots in the South American wild, says Pepperberg's "work is putting parrots on the map, making people realize these birds are exciting."
When dolphins, chimpanzees, and whales became known for being sentient, they became popular theme animals for environmentalism. So too could parrots help sensitize the public to the twin threats that could make them extinct: deforestation and their capture for sale as pets.
Further, a Fresno, Calif., school for developmentally delayed children has adopted Pepperberg's modeling technique, seeing hope in her success in teaching a simple form of English to a bird that does not normally learn any form of human language and does not learn to use it easily.


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BMC Launches New Data Management Solutions for IBM DB2 11 and IMS 13,Provides "Day One" Support for the Industry's Powerhouse Database Servers
Maker of the "Ultimate Driving Machine" Chooses BMC Data Management Solutions
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC Software, the global leader in IT management solutions, today announced that renowned automaker BMW is implementing the new BMC Data Management solutions for IBM DB2® 11 on z/OS®. The BMC solutions were launched today in support of the general availability of IBM DB2® 11and IMS™13.
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"Day One" support is critical for the world's largest IT departments, a great many of which rely heavily on BMC Data Management solutions. BMC works to ensure that its solutions are available, tested, and production-ready when customers need them. An early collaboration between BMC and BMW ensured the auto giant was ready to go day one to take full advantage of the new Data Management and DB2 features.
Large companies like BMW often find that upgrades to existing products impact numerous components of their global operations. The BMC commitment to customer satisfaction throughout the rigorous development process -- combined with constant innovation -- results in uninterrupted service to the BMC global customer base. The Data Management solutions are the 7th mainframe innovation from BMC in the last year.
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- In a recent customer survey, 99 percent of BMC Data Management customers state that the solutions generate value for their businesses. The early support for IBM DB2 11 and IMS 13 extends the value that customers have come to expect from BMC mainframe IT solutions.
- The new BMC Data Management solutions deliver early support for enhanced continuous availability, scalability, and security, as well as lower CPU consumption and sophisticated business analytics capabilities for the IBM DB2 11 and IMS 13 products.
- BMC Data Management solutions for DB2 and IMS deliver cost optimization and high availability for mainframe database environments.
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- BMC Data Management for DB2 and IMS are industry-leading database management offerings that provide a 2X performance boost at half the resource cost of alternative mainframe solutions. The BMC solutions are fully validated for the latest IBM database releases, enabling customers to quickly reduce costs and increase performance and agility through dramatically enhanced performance management, database administration, and backup and recovery capabilities.
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"There's a reason why BMC Software is the global leader in value optimization for the mainframe. We have a long track-record of helping customers solve IT's toughest challenges with a wide array of innovative, powerful solutions. The rigorous development process at BMC ensures day one delivery of products that customers can count on to support their critical business applications."
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Starcom Sports Marketing is merging, through a strategic alliance, with St. Louis event-marketing company J.C. Dolan & Associates to establish a full-service sports, sponsorship and event-marketing company called Relay, which will operate as a Starcom MediaVest shop.
The arrangement does not mean the Bcom3 Group agency has bought Dolan. "We are not acquiring the company," said Wally Hayward, who was VP of Starcom Sports Marketing and now becomes CEO of Relay. "We set up an exclusive alliance with them." Mr. Hayward, 33, who spearheaded the venture, said Starcom MediaVest worked with Dolan for a year on a project basis and the new partnership formalizes the relationship. Terms were not disclosed.
John Dolan, president of J.C. Dolan, said the agreement will last indefinitely, but also said no formal contract was signed. His company will continue to exist independently of Relay, with its own name and client list, which includes Meredith Corp.'s Better Homes and Gardens, Anheuser-Busch Cos. and General Motors Corp.
For Mr. Dolan, the deal gives him "the ability to pursue a vast new client list," principally clients of Bcom3 Group, including the U.S. Army, Hallmark, McDonald Corp.'s regional franchisee business, Delta Air Lines, Nintendo and Procter & Gamble Co. For Starcom MediaVest, working with Dolan gives it a company that can execute its marketing ideas.
"We go to Nascar races and put up interactive areas for the U.S. Army," Mr. Dolan said of a project it did this year with the agency.
Relay expects to open headquarters in Chicago and will open satellites in Miami, Toronto and in Mexico City, as well as in Europe and Asia. In most cases, Relay will work out of existing offices of worldwide Bcom3 shops. Billings are estimated at $30 million.
According to the most recent IEG Sponsorship Report, U.S. advertisers spent $9.53 billion on sponsorships last year, of which 69% were sports related while 9% were entertainment based.
"Relay represents our commitment to experiential marketing," said Nick Brien, president-U.S., SMG New Ventures and Mr. Hayward's immediate boss. "This is an incredibly vital area. As traditional media declines in importance, brands will be built through experiences."
Mr. Brien, who joined SMG earlier this year from Leo Burnett, London, has now overseen three launches in his quest to revitalize and integrate offerings at the media giant. The new ventures group recently created Halogen, a direct response agency, and Tapestry, a multicultural media communications company.
"It's part of our commitment to become a communications architect for our clients," Mr. Brien said. "We're starting to build up the armaments. I'm just making sure the arsenal is full."
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Does your grocery bill make it difficult to stay within your budget 8 Easy Steps for Building Better Money Habits 8 Easy Steps for Building Better Money Habits Building better money habits is hard, but these eight principles will help you stick to your new routines and meet your financial goals. Read More ? Do you find yourself spending more than seems reasonable on food?
It's easy to do — but it's also an easy problem to solve. These five tips and tricks will help keep your food bill down so you can spend your extra money on something useful (or fun).
1. Create a List and Stick to It
When you head to the grocery store, do you make a list Going Grocery Shopping? Top 5 Android Shopping List Apps Going Grocery Shopping? Top 5 Android Shopping List Apps Check out these awesome grocery shopping list apps to help you stay organized! Read More or just wing it? If you're only running out for a few things, you probably don't bother with a shopping list. But regardless if you're buying a little or a lot, having a list and sticking to it can save you money.
Stores want you to impulse buy. They hope you notice the snacks in the bakery, catch sight of the sale signs, and grab some goodies in the checkout line. However, if you purchase those impulse items that aren't on your list, you'll spend more than expected.
Grocery iQ is a great way to make lists on your phone. You can create multiple lists and add items quickly by typing a few letters and selecting from the suggestions. You can also add items to your list by scanning a bar code or using the built-in microphone.
If you enable your location, you can check out nearby stores. Plus you'll see and be able to clip coupons for the items on your list.
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2. Plan Shopping Around Flyers
Another great way to save money at the supermarket is to plan your trips around flyers for local stores. It's always wise to review the deals for items you already plan to buy.
If you don't get these circulars physically, there are other ways to do so. Flipp is a terrific app for checking out weekly circulars from your favorite stores. They currently have flyers for over 200 retailers, including grocery stores, pharmacies, and discount centers. You can browse by circular, coupon type, loyalty card, or category.
The app also includes a convenient shopping list and, with your location enabled, you'll see local deals instantly. The website and mobile apps are extremely easy to use, making Flipp a great way to shop for sales.
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3. Bring a Bag Lunch
Whether you head to work or school each morning, you likely plan on a lunch break. And eating out can be expensive, especially if you do it five days a week. Instead, consider bringing a bag lunch with you.
You may not love bologna sandwiches, leafy salads, or fruity yogurts. But there are many other options to try. And there are no better brown-bag recipes that the ones provided by Martha Stewart.
Her almost 50 recipes range from classic to modern. Try the tuna salad, tofu sandwich, Mediterranean chicken, or spinach and artichoke wrap. Each recipe provides the ingredients and directions, but also a cool option to see which items are on sale near your location.
4. Eat Up Your Leftovers
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Signing up for a basic account with BigOven is free and allows you to save favorites, recipes you want to try, and dishes you've made. There are also paid plans available which let you save unlimited recipes, add private notes, and view nutritional facts.
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5. Make Snacks for Road Trips
Whether you're preparing for a three-hour drive to a theme park or a 20-hour trip across the country, bringing your own snacks can save you a bundle.
The easiest thing to do on a road trip is to stop at a fast food place on the way. But by making your own snacks and packing them in the car, you can avoid those fast food temptations along the highway.
Allrecipes has a subcategory for road trip snacks on their website. You can check out yummy recipes for Cinnamon Snack Mix, Taco in a Bag, or Spicy Bagel Bites.
Whether you want simple finger foods or something that you can enjoy at a rest area on your drive, Allrecipes gives you plenty of delicious options. And they won't break the bank.
To access the subcategory on the website, go to Home > Recipes > Everyday Cooking > On The Go Recipes.
What Are Your Secrets to Saving on Food?
You should never have to sacrifice good food to save a few bucks. Whether you use all of these tips and tools or just one, you can still enjoy the foods you love while staying within your budget.
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1. Many stores (chains or not) will price-match the competition if you show them the flyer
2. Loyalty programs: why not take advantage? Yes, you 'pay' with your buying habits becoming part of big data, but then you need to eat anyway, so why not turn the tables? Found in my case that many a time, the offers repeat themselves. I just disregards the other 'specials' that I don't ever buy
3. Lists: be organized - finished an item? Immediately add it to the list, so even if you have a spare/extra, you are now immune to 'begging the neighbour for a cup of sugar'
4. The recommendations are logical, but then every sensible shopper is already doing them
I cannot see any unique advice in this article. The first suggestion about sticking to a list is ridiculous. It is very easy to forget something and a need to tack it on to a shopping list. Or sometimes you see an item that gives you an idea on how to supplement a bit of leftover so that is can become a meal- not tacking such an item on results in spending more for an entire new meal. Every other suggestion not eating broth with a fork.
Great advise. I would add
Never , ever buy groceries when you are hungry! Eating first will make sticking to the list a lot easier.
When flyer shopping: vehicle costs and your time are both shopping expenses. Driving to four different stores to save about 8 dollars total may cost more than you saved.
Be vigilant while you shop, as there are misleading price tags everywhere now. Retailers will show the price in large print, but have the price conditions or restrictions (eg: price applies for lots of 4 only" or 'first 2 only at this price) in very tiny print.
Check product expiry dates. Retailers will often cut prices at or near the expiry date on foodstuffs. You may get a great deal, but only if you plan on using the product soon.
Store or generic brands may be less expensive than name brands. Be sure to compare volumes before purchasing to ensure you are getting the same amount of product, and be aware the taste and/or quality of some generic/store brands may be substandard.
Product placement matters. Cheaper priced goods are often put on the very bottom or very top shelf. Middle shelves are reserved for products with the best mark-up, or for producers/manufacturers/wholesalers who have paid for the spot. Either way, you may pay extra based on where the product sits on the shelf.
A favorite ploy of manufacturers and producers is less product in the same packaging, at the same price. Instead of a price increase (never popular) they give you less, knowing most people won't check, especially for products bought on a regular basis. Always check the package, even if you have purchased the same product forever.
Pay attention to prices over time. Until you have a grasp of this pay no attention to sale prices or specials.
Pay attention to price per unit, this is really the only way to know how much you are paying.
Stay away from pre-prepared food and the like,
In a supermarket the best food is the fresh food then the staples and last is everything else.
The "everything else" category is high in sugars, high in salt, high in fat and the least sustaining. Packeted cereals are often a disaster (sugar), most sauces, food bases etc can be easily made at home and are better made by you.
Where possible and having done the arithmetic buy staples in bulk. Rice, pasta, sugar, salt, oil, butter, pepper corns, dried spices, flour, etc. These all have very long shelf life. If they are really on sale buy them even if you have enough.
(Never buy the latest cleaning liquids, sprays etc. They don't work and are pollutants. Water is very effective, bicarb of soda is brilliant for a million purposes and the cheapest bleach/disinfectant is just as good as and just as effective as the most expensive..


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The Disparities Solutions Center is dedicated to the development and implementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care. The Disparities Solutions Center will achieve this mission by:
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The Disparities Solutions Center is the first center of its kind in the United States. While other disparities centers exist, The Disparities Solutions Center is the first to be based in a hospital, which supports its practical focus on moving the issue of disparities in health care beyond research and into the arenas of policy and practice.
The Center will serve as a national, regional, and local resource for hospitals, physician practices, community health centers, medical schools, other health professions schools, health plans and insurers, consumer organizations, and state and local governments.
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Nocturne is probably my favorite champion to come out for a long time, and for obvious reason. He's built for one purpose: to kill enemy champions. And he is quite successful to this end.
I use marks of alacrity to help is passive, seals of evasion for easier jungling, cdr glyphs for more spell spamming, and quints of desolation for easier jungling.
I recommend the standard 21-0-9 jungling masteries. Keep the damage up and experience flowing in.
The items I've suggested help both with jungling and for ganking. Nocturne will be fast, bursty, and capable of lifesteal and slow.
Skill Sequence
This skill is your bread. Spread on some butter (your e) and you can get anyone.
Summoner Spells
Smite is an absolute necessity for jungling. Nocturne has a tough time till he gets Madred's Razor.
Ghost can be swapped out for flash or exhaust, whatever you prefer for ganking. Exhaust combines well with your ult.


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Niklas Laustiola
'Feeder', 'Await Turn', 'Faceless'
by Cerise
June 14, 2004 -- Robin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place, London
Snappy titles and unfathomably ambiguous advertising imagery go a long way in the arts, but then when the audience turns up, you have to do more than just stand and deliver. Especially if your product is a contemporary dance performance.
Starting with "Feeder", Niklas Laustiola dances a heterosexual relationship with co-performer Joanna Cansell. The 'emotional power struggle' mentioned in the programme notes is plainly portrayed without too much deviation from clichés. Initially, Cansell seems to be making somewhat of a fool of herself, dancing and weaving around the stage with verve and precision. She's wearing only hotpants and a see-through black lacy vest. Laustiola is watching on, long-trousered, unstirred and unappreciative until he eventually steps forward to start a tussling dialogue with her, but without passion or tenderness. They move together in close proximity, but the co-dependency is emotionally stunted, limbs tangle awkwardly and attempts at harmonious manoeuvres are luke-warm. Perhaps we are supposed to perceive subtle emotional tones, as intimated by the shifting colourless lighting, but, like the visual effect, this only comes across as different shades of grey. Laustiola breaks free to dance solo. Her back is turned, and when he tires of his freedom and moves towards her as though to embrace her or ask a question, she turns and walks off stage, leaving a cold and slightly depressing atmosphere.
Something much different, however, on returning for the second half of the programme. Piercing through the auditorium "Await Turn" opens with rock concert chords from a fully amped electric guitar played onstage and dancers linked in a chain of spasmodic, stuttering, snapshot poses. Harsh bright lights and loud noise confuse the senses, so that as Joanna Cansell's proceeds to her solo, I'm distracted by questions such as 'Is that a wig she's wearing?' and 'Is he really playing that electric guitar?' Having established that the answer is yes to both, I turn my attention to trying to make sense of the dance/film scenario.
There's a female dancer in a red dress - this seems to be a compulsory ingredient at The Place performances, or maybe it's just me - Cansell. She's all sultry and flouncy, one bent arm thrown behind her head intermittently. The tall female in a black dress is Walker/Park dancer Catherine Bennett, who's all skittery and wiry. Rugged, languorous and gorgeous, Ben Wright, seems to be dancing as himself. And then there's another guy, Damien Stirk, who's camp as Butlins, a bit Michael Clark-esque, and is inexplicably wearing either his pants or a skullcap on his head, ears protruding. At first, I think that the back projection film is filling in the cavernous gaps in my comprehension of the piece as the onstage characters are shown interacting in outdoor locations. Then other people appear in the film. A bloke in a red dressing gown looms large on the back wall and proceeds to don mascara, lipstick, the afore-mentioned wig and then a short black dress. My mistake. There is no plot. This is postmodern, stream-of-madness, with only a tiny shred of irony. If this is humour, it has been out in the sun too long, and become dried and shrivelled and warped around the edges.
"Faceless", a solo work for Laustiola - with others featuring in the accompanying video and spoken soundtrack – fluctuates between being dark and sinister, and mildly irritating, which is in itself an impressive feat. During this final piece, I reluctantly thaw to Laustiola's impenetrable oddness. His complete absence of self-irony is in itself almost ironic, and perhaps I have again mis-judged the intentions of this oblique portrayal of social disguises. He dances a series of episodes as a successive development of new ways of moving. There's something boyish about his genuine game of exploration, and the moments when he gives over to unabashed exhibitionism are ingratiating. How many are able to tune in to this niche wavelength, though? The End. Oh, sorry. Not the end yet: I'm still dancing. There, I've really finished now. Lights dim. Applause.
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text: Ive been looking into this recently and I'm not having much luck, so I'm hoping somebody here is able to help. I have a 27" Imac (2010 MODEL) which i want to be able to play my ps3 through instead of having it run on the tele. 1) Is this possible? 2) How 3) How much will it cost? I've so far only found a few possible solutions to which cost well over £100, but I'm hoping/wanting to know if there is a cheaper alternative that will do the same thing? On a few of the devices i have found that will achieve this, I have noticed that the resolution is affected when running the ps3 through the Imac screen due to resolution differences, but is there any way this can be avoided? I'm looking for a reasonably cheap yet effective way of doing this, so any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!


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Is What You See or is it Seeing What You Are Told You See
The Evening News
I am sure every watches at least the high lights of the evening news, maybe while sitting and eating your take out or frank and beans, scenes flash before your eyes painting the pictures for you, going into great depths explaining, as to just what it is that you are seeing, with that sincere look that also is so authoritative.
So your attention has been grabbed, and now you wait for that segment of the news that you wished to see. That item on the plight of the homeless man who died at crowded restaurant.
After watching the entire news with all the murders and mayhem, both local and overseas, you are finally, after the advert break going to see what interested your social conscience or appealed to your sentiment, that in today's society that this can happen Why do people not care for who are suffering.
The Next Day
This photo had now hit the morning news in another state, and the covering story had been slightly changed to that this poor destitute had been turned out of the shelter that he had been in for the past ten years. This is not an uncommon practis and socail welfare are now looking into not only this but all other shelters and places of safety.
A state spokesperson had announced, "No destitute person should want in our affluent society."
In Another State
In a broadsheet produced for local distribution to Chapter members, the following caption was placed under this same photograph.
"White gunned down in a viscous drive by shooting on Saturday, this is another blatant attack on us. We must take up arms and defend ourselves"
What Was It
What had happened is that the stills photographer had seen this old man sitting there oblivous to the happenings around him, liked the contrasts and took a shot of it, processed and did several prints and took them home, one of the prints slipped into hostage file
They were at a hostage scene at the bank across the road where this old guy was having a nap, probably sleeping off a night on the town.
As there was no lead or caption attached it became an ad lib situation, no body even noticed it in the greater scheme of things.
Training Camp for Terrorists
This photo was smuggled through from the northern territories, outside Rwandas borders. It shows the hundreds upon hundreds of troops that are about to over run villages along there way South!
Bosh this was taken at a police training session, where they put on there display every weekend,
However we could also stretch the truth and state that they were on their way to rape the nuns at a nearby missionary station,
It is easy to add words to a photograph, to bend the truth, dramatize a situation, inflame people.
There is a word for that - PROPOGANDA
I would prefer to coin a name for a Goebelism. Goebels was the master of propaganda and disinformation getting people and there emotions to work for your and your paymasters best interests.
Show the illusion of facts and every one will believe it, well almost every one will believe, becouse they want to believe in it.
Disinformation is practiced by each and Evey country in the world and also within various departments and compartments within the hierarchy of those governments.
A shoplifter caught at a local flea market, nicked a jacket and walked down a couple of stall and put it on with label still attached.
When i took this photo some female commented to everyone who could hear, 'That I was goingto send it overseas to blacken South Africans name'.
By changing the contrast and intensifying the darker part, the photo is a bit more sinister!
You may well believe the caption.
Security Police arrest suspect in a crowded street.
Not so !!!!!!!!


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The Hills series finale
The Hills is signing off with their July 13 series finale. Peace out, LC. Word to your mother, Brody. Don't let the door hit you in your surgically sculpted booty on your way out, Heidi.
Six seasons after spinning off from MTV's OC-reality show, Laguna Beach, The Hillssings its swan song tonight, bringing to an end the reign of the dead eyes of Audrina Patridge and the mascara tears of Lauren Conrad.
After innumerable inane, forced conversations about life and love ("Like, ya know, I totally like him, but, like, I don't know if he, like, likes me? Ya know?"), The Hills made Conrad a household name, spun off once more into Whitney Port's MTV show, The City, and inspired an ungodly amount of poorly advised plastic surgery.
We all know about Heidi Montag's ridiculous ten surgeries in one day, but let's not forget about Audrina's bulbous fake boobs, Brody's ex-girlfriend Jayde Nicole and her nose, lips, breasts and, some say, eyes, and Stephanie Pratt's nose, lips and facial sculpting. What is MTV doing to these poor women? None of them are over the age of 25 and they're hacking themselves up!
With The Hills final bow tonight, the question is -- what's next for the cast now that their gravy train has run out of steam?
Lauren Conrad is off having books ghostwritten for her and clothing lines designed with her name on them. She'll be just fine, thank you very much.
Audrina Patridge was going to have her own Mark Burnett-produced reality show but MTV put the kibosh on that. Now she's only got her new role of Bongo spokesmodel to keep her warm at night.
Kristin Cavallari will go back to being an out of work actress and devout party girl.
Stephanie Pratt is angling for a role on The City to extend her fifteen minutes.
Brody Jenner is dating Avril Lavigne and living his lovely life of leisure, as always.
Heidi and Spencer Pratt were written off the show after repeated run-ins with producers. After filing for their latest publicity stunt…err, we mean, divorce, Heidi Pratt started designing handbags and filmed a cameo in a new Adam Sandler flick, while Spencer, who allegedly threatened the life of a producer and was suspended from filming, says he's launching his own paparazzi agency and announced on Twitter that he'll be trying to crash the finale party at the Roosevelt Hotel tonight. Way to keep it classy, Speidi.
Bon voyage, The Hills. We, like, totally, will do a kamikaze shot in your honor tonight. Ummm, yeah.
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Inspired by a true story, C.W. Ducey's new novel, Stained Glass, tells the story of a successful abstract painter in London attempting to reconcile with an abusive and painful past. Lucas de Moraes grows in small-town Brazil in the 1970s, where he lives in poverty and suffers abuse at the hand of his father and brothers. Despite the darkness that stains his everyday life, Lucas's spirit remains as vibrant and fierce as the colors that paint his daily struggles.
Through a series of immense hardships and suffering, Lucas escapes his destructive home in Brazil and builds a new life in contemporary London. As Lucas struggles to embrace his newfound life, he realizes that he must make peace with his past in order to truly move on and heal.


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Book Juggling!5 comments Posted by Allison at 3/23/2010 03:09:00 am
I am currently reading all of the following...
A Time to Kill
The Far Pavilions
Wives and Daughters
Its a strange place I find myself in. Usually I can't stand to read more than one book at a time. So how did I get to FOUR? I couldn't tell you. But it made me think about how interesting and varied everyone's different reading habits are. How many books do you guys usually try to read at once?
(Note: I didn't make The Far Pavilions picture bigger on purpose, but so far it is my favorite of the four...and possibly my favorite of the year so far. We'll call it a fortunate mistake.)
BookMooch4 comments Posted by Fiona at 3/18/2010 06:25:00 pm
Dangerous Times
I used to be a member of BookMooch a long time ago but all that sending books out all over the world started to make my bank account look a little unhealthy so I donated all my points to some charity and quit my account for good!
Well, I have returned to the addiction, put up 14 books tenderly selecting the option that people ask me if they are from abroad. Naturally putting up 14 books all at once is a mistake, I knew it was of course but I'm as addicted to giving books away as I am acquiring them. I already have 8 points. I need to go down the post office tomorrow and mail off some books then wait until I have some more cash to mail off some more.
Oh dear.
My Top 55 comments Posted by Allison at 3/10/2010 05:26:00 am
1. Harry Potter series
Seriously. I know they're everyone's favorite books...but its because they're AWESOME. I could probably spend like 3 days just talking about all the ways these books are wonderful and all the reasons I love them. If you haven't read them...you're stupid. If you have, then you understand.
2. Anne of Green Gables series
Such gorgeous books. Anne was my first book love, and she continues her reign at the top. I love her so much. I read these books over and over again and love them just as much every single time. Also, don't tell Fiona, but Anne could kick Cassandra's (from I Capture the Castle) boo-tay.
3. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
A beautiful love story with a fast-paced and interesting historical fiction plot. I think this book has something for everyone, and it is one of my favorite books to push on unsuspecting victims. Of course the series is still continuing and is now ridiculously long...who cares. This one stands alone pretty well, you don't have to commit yourself to all 5 years of Outlander series reading time at once.
4. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
I list this in my top 5 because A) I need a classic in here so I don't look like a dummy B) I like it better than Pride and Prejudice and I love telling people about how Mr. Thornton could take Mr. Darcy in a sexy hero competition any day (bring it on!) and C) it just really is darn good.
5. A 3-way fantasy tie between The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, the first 3 books in the Kushiel trilogy by Jacqueline Carey and the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
They are all fantastic, brilliant, and epic. They're all monumentally different from each other. I have a gargantuan author crush on Patrick Rothfuss (ask anyone), the Kushiel trilogy is radically different then anything else I've ever read, and Brandon Sanderson has already pretty much set himself up as an all time great epic fantasy author.
I have read so much good stuff in the past year though...I always want to add them to the list. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Soulless by Gail Carriger, and Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost all get Honorable Mentions.
Smurf's Poetry Corner1 comments Posted by Ceil Alexander at 3/08/2010 04:57:00 pm
I sincerely love and admire Edgar A. Guest and shall share a poem of his with you this lovely Monday.
Ballad of Woman's Lot
These are matters of mome small:
Whether the soup be burned or no,
Hair in papers when visitors call,
Bills too high and the purse too low,
Is it for children a proper show?
How can steak for the meal be got?
What to do for a stone-bruised toe?
Yet all are part of a woman's lot!
Man would flee from these troubles all:
Wehre do the new baked cookies go?
Thumb prints smeared on the parlor wall,
Stockings to mend and buttons to sew,
What of the clock, is it fast or slow?
A new cloth spoiled by an inky spot,
A baseball knocked where the zinnias grow,
Yet all are part of a woman's lot!
Into a megrim a man would fall
If he had worries like these to know:
Roller skates left in the dim-lit hall,
Books to be placed in a perfect row,
Birthday and wedding gifts to bestow,
Care of platter and pan and pot,
A victory garden to water and hoe!
Yet all are part of a woman's Lot!
Prince, the braggarts who loudest blow
Would faint through weather be cold or hot
Were life such troubles at them to throw
Yet all are part of a woman's lot!


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Cleveland police had to break up a "near riot" in front of the House of Blues last night, that ended with Buffalo Bills defensive back Donte Whitner on the wrong end of a taser.
Whitner and Ginn (who currently plays for the Dolphins) were teammates at both Glenville High School in Cleveland and at Ohio State, and both were in town for Ginn's birthday bash. At some point, several fights broke in the street in front of the club and that's when things got a little nutty.
Officers denied Whitner access to the area when he attempted to force his way past the officers in an aggressive manner, police said.
"Whitner began swinging his arms in a violent manner and, when restrained by officers, he broke free and took a fighting stance. An officer then deployed his Taser on Whitner, debilitating him enough that officers were able to place him in handcuffs," police stated.
Ahh, yes. Swinging your arms violently at cops always ends well. Whitner is currently enjoying his stay at the Cleveland City Jail on aggravated disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges. Yet another reason to never go to the House of Blues, ever.
Donte Whitner jailed after 'near riot' in Cleveland [Buffalo News]
Former Ohio State football star Donte Whitner arrested in Cleveland [Cleveland Plain Dealer]