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By Toni Vitanza
As a parent blogger for EP, I've mostly drawn upon my memories of parenting my 15 year old son for material. But a recent post by "Mandy" under the blog about "Bullying and Sportsmanship" made me recall a truly seminal series of events in my childhood. It concerns bullying, group dynamics, school politics and how these things can make our children miserable, but how they can also make them into the kind of adults I think we need more of in this society.
In first grade I self-selected early as the kind of girl we all know…teacher's pet, straight-A, queen of nothing and president of everything, an over-achiever. 'Nuff said? In second grade we had not one, not two, but three different teachers. The first died suddenly (tough on second-graders who all sort of fall in love with the teacher), the second could only accept a brief stint as a substitute before getting married and moving away, the third became terribly ill. Since cursive writing was the crux of learning in second grade back then, we all ended up with horrible handwriting going into third grade, due to the lack of consistent teaching.
I landed in the third-grade classroom of Mrs. D. She seemed, to us, VERY old. Looking back on my second-grade group picture, I realize that even today at my age of nearly 48, I would consider her old — well past what we would consider retirement age now. And I could tell from the get-go, somehow, that she just didn't like me much. I have met retired teachers from that area who remember Mrs. D. well, and I have learned that she was highly involved with a very strict church that has to this day a reputation for being harshly judgmental. My family was not a church-going one, and in the mid-'60s in small-town Texas, this alone was remarkable. Maybe her antipathy toward me was the result of an idea that my parents weren't doing their best by me in terms of religious training. Who knows? But I just knew, in the way nine-year-olds can, that Mrs. D. HATED me. I have often remembered one day when I chose Louisa May Alcott's book Little Women from the bookmobile and Mrs. D. pooh-poohed my selection, telling me it was far beyond my abilities. I kept it, read it, and loved it and re-read it many times, and I don't think I did it out of the need to "show her." (I ended up majoring in literature.)
Alphabetically, I was seated in front of Amy W. Amy had just moved into the school; her mother was a fourth-grade teacher who had decided to exercise her right to have her daughter go to school where she taught rather than to the school in their neighborhood. Amy was an early prototype of the "mean girl" we all hear about more frequently nowadays. But Mrs. D. wasn't much better. Mrs. D. would call me to the front of the class, have me hold up my notebook, and point out to everyone in the class my dreadful handwriting; then she'd have me remove the page and pin it to the bulletin board. She would mock the clothes my mother home-sewed for me, and of which I was terribly proud. Amy would sit behind me and poke me with pencils, write on my collars with ballpoint pens, and even — finally — use a pair of school scissors to cut my hair, all without this teacher saying a word. I felt powerless because I knew Amy's mom was a fourth-grade teacher and figured that Mrs. D. would take Amy's side in any dispute. These were the days when students — even good ones — knew that a teacher's word was respected, and a teacher was always given the benefit of a doubt in any dispute with a student. (My, how times have changed!)
My best friend at the time was, oddly I guess, a boy named Tracey and we enjoyed each other's company tremendously. But no sooner had third grade begun — with Amy soon the head of a circle of acolytes who copied her every fashion and mannerism — than Tracey become the target of the most insidious kind of childish torment I have seen to this date. Amy formed the "Hate Tracey Club" and every girl was in it but me. When I approached Amy to ask why she would pick on Tracey this way, Amy told me, "Because we have to hate SOMEBODY." She couldn't understand why I didn't want to join, and continued her recruitment efforts relentlessly. The point of the group was not just to hate Tracey, but to demonstrate this hatred in all the ways third-graders can figure out how to do this. Third-graders are remarkably inventive in this regard. It was when Amy cut my hair that my mother got involved. Soon enough there was an after-school meeting scheduled with the teacher and I sat at home expecting the sky to open up and swallow someone — me, my mother, Mrs. D., Amy, Amy's mother, Tracey, who knows who else. When my mother finally arrived home I anxiously asked what had happened at the meeting. My mother was nonchalant and flippantly mentioned that our school pictures would be returned in a few days. I was mystified and frustrated and felt somehow let down. I wanted to hear that SOMEONE had been punished, and punished HARD!
(To this day, I have not asked what went on between my mother and Mrs. D. Nothing at school seemed to change significantly, except that perhaps Mrs. D. seemed to ease up just a bit on me. Maybe this blog will prompt me to ask! I'm fascinated by how my mom handled this. She didn't run interference, I suspect, largely because I was not forthcoming about the depth of my misery. Back then we were not taught that our parents' function was to champion us and our causes at all times, we were helped when we ASKED for help, maybe, and not before. The understanding was that teachers' and parents' words would not be questioned unless there was some overwhelming evidence against them. Our parents didn't run around ANTICIPATING our needs or thinking much about what was bothering us — they shrugged their shoulders and said, "Toni's in a phase." Sometimes I wonder if maybe that's a healthier way to be.)
I have since had an occasion to run interference for my child at school; in his case it was with a teacher who had gone too far in enforcing her "zero tolerance" policy and had caused my son and me real anguish (that story is another post). There were no other students involved. But I do realize that in the 1960s, teaching was one of the few professions open to a bright woman and that perhaps my third-grade teacher was angry, frustrated, hostile, manipulative; I wouldn't blame a woman of that period for feeling that way, but I don't think it excuses my experience. I have also thought that perhaps she was mentally ill or on the early side of dementia. By the way, it would of course turn about that I landed in Amy's mother's fourth-grade classroom, and I dreaded the first day of school. My mother — again, in a sign of the times — didn't see any need to run interference and I didn't request it. I just spent the summer, between reading Nancy Drew books and looking out the window, agonizing over what would happen. But Mrs. W. was the antithesis of Mrs. D. and I had a great and supportive experience. She plied me with books and extra writing assignments and generally made me her pet. Her daughter was, for obvious reasons, placed in another class. All the while I was wondering why such a mean girl as Amy could have such a sweet mother.
It is not hard for me to understand why I am fascinated by the Charles Manson murders (they occurred at about this time, with a pathologically attractive person ordering people to do mean things to other people for no apparent reason whatsoever) and by the Jonestown tragedy (which occurred 30 years ago, during my senior year of high school) where a pathologically attractive person orders people to do mean things to their children and then themselves.
My family moved away from the neighborhood at the end of fourth grade. I heard that Amy went on to become a cheerleader at a large local suburban high school and then at a nearby public university. A few years ago I picked up a newspaper from the area and saw a photo of the blossoming trees at a local park, being tended by my long-ago school friend, Tracey. The caption mentioned that Tracey worked maintaining the park all by himself.
Perhaps in part due to these experiences, I have grown up to become a person who is concerned deeply — in ways that consume my time, money and efforts — with issues like social justice, crime, fairness, intolerance for religious difference, group dynamics, education, and equal opportunity. As my mother says, I am often the person saying something on the order of, "That's just not RIGHT!" Go figure.
So my question is, how can we use these experiences our children have — both positive and negative — as a way of helping that child discover just who they are and what they believe as individuals? And do these kinds of experiences make us the people we are? (For example, was my childhood friend Tracey always a loner, or did his bullying experience make him into one?)
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Back in Avengers vs. X-Men, we got an early introduction to the Marvel Universe's new Nova, Sam Alexander. With the launch of Nova #1 in February, writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness are gearing up to show off the secret origin of the character and how exactly he fits into the Guardians of the Galaxy and the greater history of the Nova Corps.
Nova #1 is set for release on February 20.
Joey is IGN's Comics Editor and a comic book creator. Follow Joey on Twitter @JoeyEsposito, or find him on IGN at Joey-IGN. He will love Star Wars until he becomes one with the Force, and then he will continue loving it as a blue ghost.

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What is the different between the L3 mobility in ArubaOS 2.5 and 3.0?
What is the different between the L3 mobility in ArubaOS 2.5 and 3.0?
Product and Software: This article applies to all Aruba controllers and ArubaOS 2.5 and 3.0.
The basic architecture on the Aruba controller domain is proxy-mobile-IP, that is, each controller is acting as the home agent, foreign agent, and mobile client.
In ArubaOS 2.5.x, the master controller is the repository of the home agent table/map (HAT). The HAT shows which controller can handle which IP subnet. The master controller pushes the HAT to all local controllers so that every controller has the same view.
In ArubaOS 3.x, each controller has to build its local portion of the HAT and we support the "mobility domain" for subnets. You can then define a controller to participate in some mobility domains to have better control of whether you want roaming between controllers.
When a new user is landing on a controller (roamed from somewhere else), this controller starts processing the IP packets from the client. If the first packet has source IP belonging to the AP GRE tunnel VLAN, then the controller becomes the home agent of this user. On the other hand, if the user is sending a packet with src IP that matches one of the subnets from HAT, this controller becomes the foreign agent for the user and contacts the home agent switch. The foreign agent then captures all the user traffic and sends it across the inter-switch IP-IP tunnel to the home agent switch.
Policy is also handled at the home agent side. If the first packet is DHCP (which does not have valid src IP), this packet is handled by our proxy DHCP on the controller to assist the HAT lookup.
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Top 5 NYC restaurants to celebrate National Cheeseburger Day this Saturday, Sept. 18th!
Where to satisfy that gnawing cheese craving...
Where to celebrate National S'mores Day.
As National Oyster Day approaches this Friday the 5th, there's no better way to celebrate the occasion with some delicious New York oysters! Here is joonbug's guide to the best oysters in the city!
A place where you can Eat- Drink- Mingle this summer
Treat yourself to the trendiest brunch this weekend.
This small plate hotspot's distinct reverence for Galician heritage goes beyond the marquee, translating fluently into each passionately inspired dish.
Embracing fried classics and plush red leather banquettes otherwise reserved to the 3AM locales of a wasted youth, the borough-transcending passion project that is The Regal dares to redefine diner fare with impeccable taste and time-honored motifs.
A tasting and review written by Christell Cherenfant in collaboration with Daniel Walters
Before taking a bite out of The Big Apple, be sure to pick the most appetizing of the bunch by checking out Joonbug's Where To Eat blog for dining news, openings, restaurant reviews, roundups, recommendations and more. Searching to satisfy your craving for premier dining in NYC or browsing for the city's most Instagram-worthy eats, Joonbug serves you the inside scoop on the savory, sweet and everything in between. From the first course to a candy-coated finish, sink your teeth into Where To Eat, a foodie's guide on New York City's finest eateries.


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Piping World On-line
This is a daily piping news magazine with articles, interviews, technical and topical features produced by Piping World, the worlds oldest independent piping publisher, with more that 20 years of publishing and archival material at hand.
The Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario
This organization administers solo and band piping and drumming competitions at 10-15 summer Highland Games in the piping and drumming hotbed that is southern Ontario. They run some winter competitions too at various branches across the province. If you want to compete as a soloist in Ontario, this is the organization to join.
The Captain's Corner
Produced by Ken Eller, one of Canada's great piping ambassadors and most knowledgeable pipe bandsmen and teachers, this site is packed with information, audio files and fascinating facts and photos. Ken also uses this as a teaching medium and you can subscribe to Ken's teaching services.
Bob Dunsire's Discussion Forums
Founded by a Seattle piper and piping enthusiast who sadly passed away in November 2006 this amazing site is now administered by his daughter and moderated by knowledgeable piping and drumming people. It provides the best discussion groups on the Internet for bagpipers of all types, pipe band snare drummers, bass and tenor drummers, drum majors and Highland dancers. It's a great place to ask questions, learn new things, and hobnob with top pipers and drummers.
Andrew Lenz's Bagpipe Journey
For both beginning and advanced pipers, this site features articles that cover a wide range of topics, including a piper's dictionary, how to identify drone reeds, tips for competitors, a 'Who's Who' in piping, maintenance, Andrew's competition journal and more.
The Bagpipe Web Directory
Also founded by the late Bob Dunsire, this site is THE resource to check in order to find virtually anything piping-related on the Internet. It is extensive, well organized and updated regularly.
The Piping Centre, Glasgow
This is a central hub of piping in Glasgow, and many pipers from North America visit the centre for first-class pipe teaching in Scotland. They offer accommodations, lessons, meals, recitals and more.
The Competing Pipers' Association
Any piper wishing to compete in Scotland will want to join this organization, which distributes an annual list of all Scottish Highland Games and also assigns gradings to pipers for use by the major solo competitions in Scotland.
The Piobaireachd Society
'Piobaireachd' (pronounced 'pee-brock') is referred to as the classical music of the bagpipe. Many tunes are hundreds of years old and can last for 20 minutes or more. The best piobaireachd players are considered to be at the top of the piping tree. The Piobaireachd Society has been the caretaker of the Big Music for almost 100 years.
Published in Ontario since 1981, this is a leading piping magazine that in 2006 went completely online. It contains interviews, articles and reviews by premier pipers and drummers, advertising for all the leading products, lots of news and a little gossip. This website is a great source of news and information, and its 'Classifieds' are a great way to sell or buy equipment.
Willie McCallum Piping
This is a fairly new site (2007-08) from a good friend of mine, and one of the greatest competitive pipers in the last 10 years.


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The Eye of the World, Vol. 06Graphic Novel - 2015
The final volume of the authorized, New York Times bestselling graphic novel adaptation of Robert Jordan's New York Times, USA Today , and Toronto Globe and Mail bestseller, The Eye of the World
Well-known comic book writer Chuck Dixon, working closely with the Jordan estate, continues his New York Times bestselling graphic novel adaptation of Robert Jordan's international bestseller, The Eye of the World . Volume Six, which collects issues 31-35 of the Eye of the World comic book, is illustrated by Francis Nuguit.
Rand al'Thor and his companions--his old friends from Emond's Field; the brave warrior Lan Mandragoran; and Moiraine, the mysterious and powerful Aes Sedai--have at last been reunited. Their journey in search of the Eye of the World nears its climax as they dare the otherworldly Ways, guided by an Ogier, Loial, and narrowly escape the menace of the soul-stealing Machin Shin. When the group reaches the realm of the Green Man, they believe themselves safe. But two of the Forsaken are waitingfor them, ready to attack and to guide their dark lord, Ba'alzamon, to the ones he has been seeking!
When the three young men left Emond's Field, they were untried blades. Their long journey has stolen much of their innocence and made them seasoned warriors, given them powers and gifts they did not seek and are still learning how to use. But not until the final moments are they sure which of them the Dark One intends to claim...and whether that one is strong enough to fight back and survive.
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Below is an interesting British Trade Dollar 1911B silver dollar coin auctioned at e-bay using BUY IT NOW at Rm200 ,encapsulated and graded by ANACS as AU-55.
Let's see what it means by AU-55:
AU-55 (Good About Uncirculated) – Sharp legends and devices show only a hint of wear on the high points. Remaining mint luster must be at least half; great eye appeal.
If we looked closely, we see:
- Two or more large digs mark on the Britania's right shoulder,
- Stratches on the coin especially at the breast and middle part of the legs,
- The strikes seems to be light and crude on both sides of the coin
- There are many nicks at the edges.
- There is also the China-Great Britain description on the top of the encapsulated coin.
Sound suspicious? Should we buy now as it is so-called chopped/certified by ANACS??
Not sure, perhaps it is more towards the term "caveat emptor"- lets the buyer beware!!


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Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 230pgs
The Story
When Eddie Reeves's father commits suicide, her life is consumed by the nagging question of why? Why when he was a legendary photographer and a brilliant teacher? Why when he seemed to find inspiration in everything he saw? And, most important, why when he had a daughter who loved him more than anyone else in the world? When she meets Culler Evans, a former student of her father's and a photographer himself, an instant and dangerous attraction begins. Culler seems to know more about her father than she does and could possibly hold the key to the mystery surrounding his death. But Eddie's vulnerability has weakened her, and Culler is getting too close. Her need for the truth keeps her hanging on . . . but are some questions better left unanswered?
The Review
Courtney Summers became a favourite YA author of mine when I read Some Girls Are and while that book remains a top favourite, but FALL FOR ANYTHING is something a little lighter (I don't know if that's the right word for it) for readers to still enjoy. But I have to admit, her books aren't for everyone's tastes!
Like the plot mentioned above, Eddie's father committed suicide and she's left with the question of "Why?" With her family life going a bit out of control - what with her zombie mother and her crazy mother's best friend who would peeve off everyone if they met her in real life - Eddie wants to know the answers to her father's death. Wouldn't anyone? Especially since her father was so successful in his photography career and seemed pretty normal before his death. Problem is, the why question makes Eddie even more paranoid than she should be.
As we walk in Eddie's shoes, I have to admit . . . I found it hard at first as it was a slow beginning and it didn't interest me as much as Summers other books. But once you hit the halfway mark and begin to unravel some of the secrets about her father . . . it became quite an interesting read. While Eddie wasn't a favourite character of mine and the same goes for this mysterious-creepy-a-little-weird Culler, I did however LOVE Eddie's best friend, Milo. He's the best friend everyone would want to hang around with and support you. He has put up a lot with Eddie's depression but the thing I loved most about him, was that he cared for her so much! He never gave up on her whereas a lot of people would have in his position. I think he was the stronger voice than Eddie was, but maybe that's just me. Nonetheless, each and every character in this book had a purpose to the story, and I'm glad to have read this one.
Without revealing spoilers since it's a much shorter book, all I can say is that Courtney Summers is a very strong writer when it comes to emotions and real life situations. She's gets what's going inside a teenagers head and knows how to tackle the tough issues that are perhaps quite relatable to a lot of kids. Even though this may not be my favourite Summers book so far, but FALL FOR ANYTHING is definitely the book you should read if you too are a fan of her previous books. It's quite a journey of grief, questions, and answers that you didn't see coming. But most of all, like each Courtney Summers book, there's a powerful message and it's up to you to decide what that is.
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Robust fully welded stainless steel construction and quality sanitary finish, Inox pressure manways are an alternative to imported pressure manways that often do not conform to Australian standards and require additional modification to meet these standards.
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text: One of the constants throughout my time in LIS education -- I began teaching in 1975 -- has been the arguments about theory versus practice. I have concluded that the debate is, in the main, a refuge for educators who don't have the skills to do the work for which their students are preparing. Programs that focus on cultivating useful skills in the context of the basic bibliothecal enterprise do their students a genuine service, however high or low the price may be, by making them employable and providing a tactile understanding of what the information professions require. Programs that don't do so place their students at a decided disadvantage, both intellectually and practically. The intellectual disadvantage? In library and information science, an emphasis on "theory" typically entails the presentation of vague, ill-conceived, and often misleading ideas about cause and effect. The practical disadvantage is that the commitment to "theory" effectively precludes a larger commitment to the development of professional skills, technical and otherwise, and tends to produce graduates not prepared to compete for or engage in productive work. So, one of my main goals in teaching is to create courses that produce skills and insights into the work that librarians and other information professionals do, with special emphasis on the knowledge and skills that are required to provide effective and imaginative service in digital environments.


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Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on Thursday, December 4, at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Gary Andrew Poole, Liz Robbins, Nathaniel Friedman, Jacob Weinstein, and Jesse Einhorn will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Poole is the author of a biography of the legendary football star Red Grange. Robbins is a New York Times sportswriter and author of a book about her city's greatest day, the marathon. And Einhorn, Friedman, and Weinstein are authors of the offbeat NBA blog Free Darko, and a book spinoff that catalogs the league's biggest and most-colorful stars. (See photos and videos from the event.)
Event Details:
Happy Ending Lounge (official site, CitySearch, MySpace)
302 Broome St.
(between Forsyth and Eldridge)
J/M/Z/F to Delancey
B/D to Grand Street
Look for the hot-pink awning with the words "Health Club" on it.
Doors open at 7:30.
Readings start at 8 sharp.
More on this month's authors:
•Gary Andrew Poole is the author of The Galloping Ghost: Red Grange, an American Football Legend (Gelf's interview with Poole)
•Liz Robbins is the author of A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York (Gelf's interview with Robbins)
•Nathaniel Friedman (aka Bethlehem Shoals), Jacob Weinstein (aka Big Baby Belafonte), and Jesse Einhorn (aka Silverbird5000) are editors of Free Darko and authors of The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game (Gelf's interview with Friedman)
Copies of the books will be available for sale, courtesy Mobile Libris. Questions? Suggestions for future readings? Email email@example.com.
Upcoming Varsity Letters
January 9, 2009:
•John Capouya, author of Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture
•George Kimball, author of Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing
•ESPN writer Seth Wickersham, whose NFL articles have examined violence in the sport, players' affinity for guns, and the art of selecting good college quarterbacks.
February 5, 2009:
•Will Leitch, author of God Save the Fan: How Preening Sportscasters, Athletes Who Speak in the Third Person, and the Occasional Convicted Quarterback Have Taken the Fun Out of Sports (And How We Can Get It Back) (and a Varsity Letters guest in March 2007 and January 2008)
•Jon Wertheim, author of Blood in the Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC (and a Varsity Letters guest in September 2007)
•Another author TBA.


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Looking back in horror, writer Glenn Whipp has delved into the legacy (both real and imagined) of "The Blair Witch Project," which surged out of the Maryland woods 10 years ago this summer.
Ten summers ago, a group of independent filmmakers came up with a Web-based, viral marketing campaign that proved so effective — and influential — in creating buzz and audience anticipation that it overshadowed the very movie it was designed to promote.
These guys were never heard from again — but their promotional savvy lives on.
That's the conventional wisdom about the no-budget, exercise-in-imagination horror flick "The Blair Witch Project." But like most things surrounding a movie that trafficked heavily in mythology, the truth is a bit more complicated, not to mention happier (at least for some of the principals involved).
When it opened on 27 screens in mid-July 1999, "Blair" found an eager audience that had been primed for months through the film's innovative website and the free publicity it garnered at overflow screenings at Sundance and Cannes. Many at the early screenings believed that the film's novel premise — three student filmmakers disappear in the woods while shooting a documentary about the legend of a local witch and their footage is found a year later — contained some grain of truth.
"The blurb on the poster said this was 'found footage,' and there was nothing in the marketing to lead you to believe it was anything but that," says "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" director Scott Derrickson, who saw "Blair" on its opening day at the Nuart.
That perception was reinforced by the movie's clever website, launched before Sundance, which expanded the "Blair" lore with bogus news reports, historical timelines and video interviews. At a time when the Internet was still but a toddler, the website catered to a small, but very influential group of fans.
"Did the marketing overshadow the movie? Yeah, in some respects," "Blair" co-director Eduardo Sánchez says. "But since we created 90% of the marketing, I never had a problem with that."
"Blair" holds up as a nifty exercise in terror but its relevance extends far beyond its artistic merit, even as its "Cops"-inspired, hand-held aesthetic has become ingrained in the film fabric, integral in such outings as last year's "Cloverfield" and even in big-budget, whiplash-inducing movies such as J.J. Abrams' recent "Star Trek."
The movie's "reality" may have been manufactured, but it set the template for such television shows as "Survivor" and "Fear Factor" that arrived in its wake, programs in which producers put their "characters" through deprivation and punishment in the name of entertainment. And, really, in terms of authenticity, what Sanchez and co-director Daniel Myrick inflicted upon their actors in the Maryland woods wasn't much more staged than the maneuverings of a Mark Burnett reality production.
Another "Blair" reality had an even greater reach. Made for $35,000 and taking in nearly $250 million worldwide, "Blair" inspired a gold rush of do-it-yourself filmmakers to run to the local electronics store, pick up a Hi8 camera and make their own movies.
— Glenn Whipp
Maggots, vomit and mud: Sam Raimi dragged his new star through hell
'Exorcist' director William Friedkin lists the 13 scariest movies ever
Wes Craven on the 'inheritance of violence'
Jackie Earl Haley is the new Freddy Krueger
'Black Lagoon' and 'Frankenstein' among 13 planned remakes
Looking back in horror: a Lon Chaney video retrospective
Forrest J. Ackerman remembered (and the auction that followed)
Top photo: "Blair Witch Project." Credit: Artisan Entertainment.
Bottom photo: Sam Raimi. Credit: Ann Johansson / For The Times


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Case Number: 2:2012md02323
Filed: January 31, 2012
Court: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
Office: Philadelphia Office
County: Outside the State of PA.
Presiding Judge: ANITA B. BRODY
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
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On April 15, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the "Safe Chemicals Act of 2010" in the United States Senate. On the same day, Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL) released a discussion draft of a similar bill in the House. These bills present an important and much needed modernization to the management and regulation of chemical hazards in the United States.
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the regulation designed to protect Americans and their environment from chemical hazards, has not had its core provisions significantly amended since its enactment in 1976. However, in recent years, there has been increased pressure on lawmakers to rethink the government's approach to the hazards that arise during the lifecycle of chemical production and use.
There are several drivers for action on chemicals management legislation including (1) recent concerns on the part of nongovernmental organizations and the public about particular chemical hazards (BPA, phthalates, etc…), (2) strict state level chemical regulations, and (3) the enactment of a comprehensive chemical regulation program by the European Community known as Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH). Further, in 2009, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson laid out the Obama Administration's key priorities for TSCA reform (1). This was accompanied by similar proposals from industry and the NGO communities indicating a desire to update TSCA.
Many of the provisions included in the recently proposed legislation, such as shifting the burden of data provision from the EPA to industry, are widely supported. Other elements, such as what data should be provided, how chemicals will be prioritized, the scope of EPA's authority to take action, and whether it is feasible to "prove" the safety of a chemical have emerged as topics for vigorous debate.
Among the many elements in the current bills, there is one provision, "Green Chemistry", that has the potential, in the long term, to drastically change the paradigm of the chemical enterprise. Green chemistry, simply defined, is "the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances" (2). Based on 12 Principles (2), Green Chemistry is a systems-based approach for reduced hazard across the entire life cycle of chemicals, from design, manufacture, and use to end of life. It integrates knowledge from across chemistry, engineering, environmental science, and toxicology to reduce, and ideally, eliminate, adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
Both versions of the bill, picking up on Administrator Jackson's call for green chemistry to be a core element in TSCA reform, explicitly mention the need to "spur innovation in green chemistry". They address this with a series of proposals under the title of "Safer Alternatives and Green Chemistry and Engineering". The programs included in this section are laudable. They would provide incentives for the creation of greener, less hazardous alternatives through research funding, expedited review processes, awards, labeling programs, and the creation of four national green chemistry and engineering research centers.
While these provisions are clear signals to the chemical enterprise representing a strong beginning for enhancing green chemistry innovation, there are additional activities and strategies that can and should be advanced. Green chemistry is about more than developing safer alternatives. It is fundamentally a series of guidelines to designing chemicals to reduce, and ideally eliminate, hazard. Green chemistry is a preventive approach based on innovation that improves technical performance, profits, and social benefit. It takes into account long-term, life-cycle thinking.
Green chemistry is at its most powerful as a tool for the development of the next generation of chemical innovations. For new chemicals and materials, it is much more efficient if they are as safe as possible from the outset, eliminating the need to develop alternatives in the future. If the principles of green chemistry were broadly implemented, both in the scientific research community and in industry, they would be a powerful, market-oriented, economically favorable approach to protecting human health and the environment from any potential adverse impacts before they could be manifested.
As discussion of these bills moves forward, stakeholders involved in the process should think more creatively about how the tools of green chemistry can be incorporated throughout the reformed TSCA regulatory process. This means thinking not just about alternatives to chemicals already in commerce, but also about ways to develop and disseminate the knowledge so that new innovations are progressively safer and greener. There are a variety of approaches that should be explored including:
1. Make use of the power of public reporting, and familiarize firms with including Green Chemistry Principles and accounting in their statements:
a. Grant the EPA the authority to include green chemistry metrics in the data that it can require manufacturers to submit as part of their data sets. This could include information such as E-factor (a measure of the efficiency of production), use or generation of hazardous substances based on those chemicals currently listed, and use of renewable energy or material feedstocks.
b. Have the EPA work with NGOs, academia, and industry to create a template for a green chemistry "scorecard" for chemicals and mixtures. Provide incentives for manufacturers who voluntarily submit green chemistry "scorecards" on their products.
c. Make green chemistry information on chemicals publicly available, to spur public awareness and empower consumers.
2. Take advantage of the large quantity of data that will be submitted to develop new tools to make it easier for firms to incorporate green chemistry in their processes:
a. Environmental and toxicological data on existing chemicals could be used to help develop tools, such as molecular design guidelines, that would allow chemical firms to more easily integrate green chemistry into their product development.
3. Support forward-looking research and innovation:
a. Extend research support beyond existing alternatives identification to include development of new chemical products and processes; also identify key challenges and emerging technologies as priority areas for investment in Green Chemistry and Engineering (GC&E) research
4. Foster collaborations:
a. Create programs that allow the government to incentivize collaboration between industry and academia to develop and implement GC&E based technologies.
b. Establish an interagency green chemistry forum to identify and prioritize key areas of GC&E R&D, and mechanisms for integration into various agency programs.
These are just a few of the ways green chemistry could be integrated into a reformed TSCA in a more holistic manner. Green chemistry does not need to be a separate program, but can be woven in throughout the regulation. Instead of relying on a reactive approach, a reformed TSCA presents the opportunity to simultaneously foster a proactive approach. According to both of the proposed bills, the policy of the United States will be "to protect the health of children, workers, consumers, and the public, and to protect the environment from adverse effects of exposures to chemicals" (3). If it is included more broadly throughout this regulatory framework, green chemistry can play an important role in creating a trajectory of chemical innovation that reduces hazards from the outset, which is the most effective and efficient way to protect Americans and their environment.
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The Board of Directors is a LP album recorded at the A & R Recording Studios in New York City on November 20–21, 1967 and released in 1968, featuring the Mills Brothers with Count Basie and orchestra.[1][2] The arrangements and conducting were by Dick Hyman, and the sound engineer was Phil Ramone.
The theme of the title was taken from the Basie band album recorded in April 1958, Chairman of the Board (reissued 1970 by Roulette Records). It was resumed in 1968 in the follow-up album The Board of Directors Annual Report, also with the Mills Brothers (Dot Records).
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- "Up a Lazy River"
- "I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful" (Frank Foster solo)
- "Release Me"
- "I Want to Be Happy" (Eric Dixon flute solo)
- "Down-Down-Down"
- "The Whiffenpoof Song"
- "I Dig Rock and Roll Music"
- "Tiny Bubbles"
- "December"
- "Let Me Dream"
- "April in Paris"
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- Frank Foster (tenor sax)
- Bobby Plater (alto sax)
- Marshal Royal (alto sax)
- Eric Dixon (tenor sax)
- Charles Fowlkes (baritone sax)
- Nat Pavone (trumpet) (20 November only)
- Snookie Young (trumpet) (21 November only)
- Al Aarons (trumpet)
- Gene Goe (trumpet)
- Ernie Royal (trumpet)
- Bill Hughes (trombone)
- Grover Mitchell (trombone)
- Dick Boone (trombone)
- Harlen Floyd (trombone)
- Count Basie (piano)
- Freddie Green (guitar)
- Norman Brown (guitar)
- Norman Keenan (bass)
- Sol Gubin (drums
- ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015
- ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Dot Album Discography, Part 4: LPs 25501-25852, accessed November 16, 2015


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Two years ago, as Israeli Arab demonstrations in solidarity with the intifada uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip spread into the port city of Haifa, tragedy seemed imminent.
Protests and stonethrowing picked up momentum at the edge of the Arab Wadi Nisnas neighborhood, near the waterfront. Police gunfire appeared inevitable. But the town's Jewish mayor, Amram Mitzna, a former general, intervened.
"To Mitzna's credit, he stood in the middle of the demonstrators and asked the police not to shoot," recalled Ayman Odeh, a Haifa city councillor. "And no one can ever take that action away from him." Unlike the rest of Israel, where 13 Arabs died, prompting a state commission of inquiry into police behavior, no one was hurt in Haifa. And Mr. Mitzna, Arab residents recall, kept a promise to gain release from prison of Arabs who were arrested that day.
Having won control of the Labor Party in his first foray into national politics, Mitzna is running for prime minister after serving as Haifa's mayor for nine years. And he is stressing the relatively harmonious relations of Jews and Arabs in Haifa as one of his major accomplishments. Since he has no previous experience in national politics, his policies in Haifa may offer a window into his views on Israel's relations with its Arab minority and the Arab world.
"I won't be changing my world view," he said in this week's Ha'aretz magazine. "My worldview is crystallized and the way it has been expressed in the Haifa municipality will be the way it will be expressed in the government."
Mitzna's depiction of his hilly, picturesque city, which has an Arab minority of about 10 percent of its 270,000 residents, is seen by many as an idealization, or at least a campaign spin. There have been two suicide bombings here and Israeli army actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have angered Arab residents. Distrust among the communities runs high. But most people think it would be worse if not for Mitzna.
"There is a consensus that Mitzna has done more for coexistence than any mayor before him, but even during Mitzna's time there has not been complete equality," says Mr. Odeh, the city councillor whose Hadash party is part of Mitzna's coalition. Its participation, which includes a deputy mayor, is in itself a rarity in Israeli politics, where Arab-oriented parties are usually shunned by Jewish politicians.
Moti Peri, director of the municipality-funded Bet HaGefen Arab-Jewish Center, who works with the mayor on projects, says that Mitzna has put great stress on "symbolic politics" in his relations with Arabs.
Yesterday, in one of his first acts at the helm of Labor, Mitzna sent lawmaker Yossi Katz to Cairo for talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher. And in 1996, when the mayor of another town, Safed, declared Abu Mazen, a senior PLO official born in Safed, to be unwelcome there, Mitzna issued a public invitation for him to visit Haifa, Mr. Peri recalls. And until the peace process collapsed in 2000, the mayor also sponsored Arab cultural festivals including representatives from the Gaza Strip, who marched down a major street with a Palestinian flag, he adds. In the practical realm, Mitzna broke ground by appointing Arabs to senior positions in the municipality, including its treasurer, Jacky Wakeem, says Peri.
In Peri's view, Mitzna believes in coexistence and was not simply courting Arab voters. "I think that Mitzna became more humane because of his army experience," he says, referring to Mitzna's service as commander of the West Bank during the intifada uprising.
During that period, Palestinians considered him tough for overseeing house demolitions and collective punishments, but he was also disliked by Jewish settlers. Critics say that even under Mitzna, Arabs continue to be discriminated against when it comes to funding for education and social services. He takes pride in building Haifa's first modern public high school for Arab pupils, the Shizaf School, but it is not nearly enough and still leaves the Arab community lagging in educational facilities, says Suha Sibany, an activist on educational issues.
Mitzna also allocated funds to start a local Arab theatre, al-Midan, and raised money for Bet HaGefen to open a library with computer facilities. But by far Mitzna's most visible actions have been in Wadi Nisnas, where the municipality holds the "holiday of holidays festival." The festival, which this year begins Saturday, draws on Hanukkah, Christmas and Ramadan, turning the neighborhood's streets into a carnival and attracting Arab and Jewish artists from all over the country.
"The problem is that all of this is really for the tourists, it did not offer any social services to the people living in the wadi,"says Ms. Sibany. She adds that the city is planning to tear down a large number of buildings in the neighborhood to widen streets, a move she says will displace elderly people. "Haifa is not the best model for anything," she says.
Sammy Smooha, a Haifa University sociologist, says the mayor worked hard to keep Jewish shoppers going to Wadi Nisnas after the intifada started, and credits him with "acting as a pacifier, a coordinator, a person who earned the trust and support of both sides. He recognized the Arab community as an entity to talk to, to negotiate with. He didn't try to dominate or ignore it."
But Mr. Smooha stresses that Mitzna's success was facilitated by the facts that Haifa's Arabs come from a better socioeconomic background, are predominantly Christian, and make up less of the overall population than in other mixed cities. "Mitzna used a model of power-sharing. But it would be hard to apply this model to the mixed cities where Jews feel very insecure. There a model of domination is used."
Odeh, the city councillor, says the main reason Arabs are interested in Mitzna's success is not his record in Haifa but that he favors a return to negotiations with the Palestinians. "The key problem is the occupation. Our people are at war with our state. To speak of equality without solving the Palestinian problem is superficial. I am pinning my hopes on Mitzna. I want him to be prime minister."


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There has been some criticism of Studio 60 that perhaps it wasn't quite worthy of a television series. Some of that criticism has been delivered from this very page. In "The Long Lead Story" Sorkin addresses this charge directly, almost turning to the camera to make his case. At the top of the show, Christine Lahti, as reporter Martha O'Dell, says "I think what happens here is important. I think popular culture in general, and this show in particular, are important&#Array;" And while this is punctuated with Nate Corddry coming into the scene wearing a ridiculous lobster costume, the gauntlet is thrown. Sorkin is declaring his thesis statement and is asking the audience to hear the argument.
Like The West Wing in its first season, Studio 60 is finding its balance. Whereas this show is lacking when compared to West Wing's "gravitas", that show was sometimes considered self important and humorless in comparison to Sports Night. This time, the sweet spot is found somewhere in the middle. Regardless of tone, Sorkin's material always works best once the characters are fully formed - which is why Studio 60 is getting better, and deserves a full season to achieve its potential.
In this episode Sarah Paulson is finally able to take Harriet beyond "the token Christian." Harriet felt like a disingenuous effort from Sorkin to play devil's advocate. He so clearly wants to take on the Christian right that it seemed prudent to have one of his own characters present a religious fervor more palatable to the secular left (to which Sorkin clearly belongs). This felt a bit mawkish in the first episodes, and will only work if Harriet becomes a fully realized character. Harriet needs to be a living breathing person and not a pedantic counter argument that says "see, you can believe in God and not be annoying!" In this episode, we see her becoming fully formed, and we also see exactly why Paulson - perhaps the least known of the cast - got the job.
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Eurus Energy, a joint venture between Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Tokyo Electric Power Company, is Japan's leading renewable energy company involved in the development of wind power projects throughout the world, including the United States, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Norway, Japan, South Korea and Australia. YARD ENERGY is founded in the Netherlands and engaged in the development and management of wind power projects located in Northern Europe, including the Netherlands, Finland and Poland.
With the acquisition of the wind farm portfolio in the Netherlands and Finland, Eurus Energy expands its global operational renewable projects portfolio by 100 MW.
The Dutch portfolio consists of 9 existing wind farm projects at locations across the Netherlands aggregating to a total capacity of 72.5 MW. Windpark Netterden (12 MW) is the latest project developed by YARD ENERGY and is operational since the third quarter of 2016. The other 8 wind farm projects are operational since 2011-2013.
The Finnish wind farm portfolio consist of 2 projects ("Kankaanpäänmäki" and "Mustaisneva") combining a total capacity of 27.5 MW. These projects are realized on a turnkey basis by a joint venture between YARD and Maas Capital Renewables. As part of this transaction, Maas Capital Renewables also sold its stake in these projects.
By acquiring YARD ENERGY's wind farm projects, Eurus Energy sets foot in the Dutch and Finnish wind energy market for the first time. The newly established partnership between Eurus Energy and YARD ENERGY contributes to both companies' ambition to expand and strengthen their business in Europe.


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Here's five games you're going to want to get your grubby thumbs on this week.
Picking up the special edition tomorrow
Aren't all first print runs the "special edition" though? Anyways, that article picture and the box art of the game... Is that a major spoiler in any way? The main character is in the middle, and there are two guys are in different groups. From the trailers, they seem to be friends with the main character, but here, the guy on the right looks evil, and on the Lucifer side. While the guy on the right (Jonathan was it?) is with the Angels, possibly with God. If you've already played the Japanese version, can you tell me if it's a major spoiler or not?
The digital version doesn't come will all stuff. So that's why I said picking up the special edition.
The evil looking one is Walter, and the guy with the 80's hairstyle is Jonathan. It's not really spoilerish, from what I remember in strange journey there was a guy (Jimenez) who represented chaos and a lady (Zelenin) who represented Law. That concept pretty much applies to the mainline SMT games. All I gotta say is that expect to see lucifer in this game...just not in his original design.
Damn the Dynasty Warriors never ends
Super excited for SMT4. Just finished up a playthrough of Devil Survivor Overclocked on 3DS (yes, I'm aware it's a spin-off) and now I'm ready for more SMT!
I've been stuck with DSO for over a year now. I think the final part of the game, where you had to climb up the tower to fight Amane's dad who becomes a demon (I don't think that's a spoiler, since the first time he shows up, you know he wants to summon the demon god). I just don't know what to do. I'm already Lv 60 with everyone (that is the 3 main characters, the busty teacher or nurse, and the annoying girl who likes to cosplay). I keep replaying the one Hard mission available, but it takes way too much time. What were your team like, what level were you, and what moves did you have?
I was around lvl 65 for my main character and 60 for everyone else. An attack that always works really well for me is Drain, because the special attack plus enemies always healing eachother is what screws you. Drain their mana, get demons with physical resistance, and it's a cakewalk.
Are you on the 8th day? The reason I ask is because I did Naoya's path (badass ending by the way) and I didn't feel like doing 8th day because I was burned out from all the grinding. Just wait till you reach the final boss(es) if you haven't already. Let's just say on my first attempt I was like WHAT THE HELL??!!?...but I came back on the second attempt and kicked their asses >:)
@ Eazy-Eman Yeah, I finished the 8th day.
I just got DSO and i'm in the second day and so far, I love it! I can't wait to get the sequel! Question, is Devil Survivor 2 Break Record coming to the states any time soon or will I have to get the original DS version?
If I were you I'd wait till break record is announced for the states buddy!It's worth the wait because of the extras and the new content they will undoubtedly add **assuming you are a U.S. citizen. If you are european just get devil survivor 2
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This summer marks thirty years of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and according to the SF Chronicle, more than 28,840 San Franciscans have been diagnosed with AIDS, and it has claimed the lives of more than 19,000 San Franciscans.
Although our local community is strong and learning how to thrive and live within this epidemic we still need to walk to raise awareness, walk to celebrate those who live with the disease, walk to remember those whom we have lost and walk to find a cure.
This summer our Jewish Community AIDS Walk Team, organized by the San Francisco based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, was just one of the nearly 1,000 teams that helped raise over $3 million for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Together our Jewish Community team was able to raise over $3,000. Our collective donation will be dispersed by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation as grants to strengthen HIV prevention efforts as well as for advocacy, medical care, housing and social services programs for people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.
Thank you to those who were able to show up this year and spend a wonderful day in the sun for a good cause! I received a commitment from the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund to help organize our Jewish community to walk together again in 2012 (details) so save the date to join us again.
In the meantime, take a look at more of our photos on facebook and take a look at our video of the great time we had together:
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Whenever you're happily setting up your new Ubuntu system (or Linux in general, for that matter), one of the things you'll probably think about the least is getting the correct fonts installed. If you're a bit confused about why I mentioned fonts, it's because most distributions (or at least those who'd like to remain legal) only use free, or "libre", fonts. While there's absolutely nothing wrong with using these fonts, there will most likely be multiple cases where you'll be required to have certain fonts, such as writing papers for school.
Therefore, it's important to get these fonts installed so you can continue your life without having to think twice.
Why Aren't They Already Included?
As I just mentioned, most distributions do not automatically include these fonts because they want to remain legal. The fonts that we're accustomed to are owned by their respective companies, and everyone who uses them is essentially using them via a license. Those Linux distributions can't include them without asking you to accept the license, so they don't include them.
However, if you install them manually, you'll be accepting the respective license, which therefore makes it legal to use them. You accept the license by either a specific dialog which appears asking you to accept, or by the sheer act of installing them.
Microsoft Fonts
Installation of the Microsoft / Windows fonts, which include Arial and Times New Roman, is actually extremely easy. Simply open up the Ubuntu Software Center, and then search for :
Once found, hit the Install button and let it download. Once it begins installing, you'll be asked to accept Microsoft's license on the fonts. Afterwards, it'll continue installing the fonts, and you'll be set as soon as it completes. If you wish, you can also open up a terminal and run the command :
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
Again, after it downloads the necessary files, you'll be asked to accept the license (by hitting enter), and it'll finish with the installation.
Mac OS X Fonts
For some of the popular fonts that ship with Mac OS X, you'll have to go through a somewhat more complex process to install them. Please note that for educational and professional environments (minus graphic design and similar fields), you will more than likely not need these fonts, as much of the world depends on Microsoft's fonts, specifically Times New Roman. However if you would like to have these on your Ubuntu system, you'll need to open up your terminal and enter in the following commands:
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26209128/mac_fonts.tar.gz
tar zxvf mac_fonts.tar.gz
sudo mv fonts /usr/share/fonts/
sudo fc-cache -f -v
These commands do the following:
- Download a .tar package with the fonts.
- "Unzips" the .tar package.
- Moves the unzipped font files into the system's fonts folder.
- Updates the font cache.
After completing this process, you should have the Mac fonts ready to go. Essentially, it's as easy as copy and paste. Please note that if the very first command doesn't work, then the link is most likely broken. If that is the case, you'll need to find another Mac fonts .tar package online and download it, then continue.
Installing Other Fonts
Since we're on the topic of fonts, installing fonts which you find online and aren't associated with Microsoft or Apple can be easily installed as well. After you download a font file from a website such as dafont.com, you can simply double-click on the file. A window will appear which shows examples of the font in use, and offers an Install button. Clicking this will do all the work necessary to successfully install the font on your system, which makes it painless.
Thankfully, getting the fonts that we want installed on our Ubuntu systems isn't too hard to accomplish, especially with instructions like these in hand. Plus, it's something you only have to do once, which is great for those who don't do a clean upgrade with each new Ubuntu release. However, I'm sure a script could be written which can do everything for you automatically.
Do you think it's a burden that Linux distributions cannot include such fonts? Which fonts do you need the most or prefer the most? Let us know in the comments.
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Nice my dear!
thinks for this.
Thanks! It worked even for me
Font has always been a problem for me. THX!!
Already installed <:
thanks for the sharing
If you are dual-booting, or networked to a Windows install, you can copy the fonts directly from Windows. Your article is much better:)
linux is just fun.... crazy of linux...
Even you can download fonts from dafont.com of your choice...Linux is fun for customising
thanks for the amazing article !
I'm okay. I just need the Microsoft core fonts since they're de facto standard fonts for formal uses (Writing contest mostly ask for Times New Roman 12 or Arial 11, for example). The rest is painless since I keep my font collection and can install them anytime if I need to.
Perfect, now I can have Comic Sans on all my computers!
I see people at hatecomicsans.com are all wincing :)
Nice article. Bookmarked !
I see you include command to reload fonts there, many websites which featured similiar article, didn't include this command though. Nice !


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The Return of Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
BOOM! Studios has followed up on their insanely good Darkwing Duck comic book series with another old school Disney Afternoon favorite. In celebration of such a release here's a favorite Rescue Rangers episode from 1989.
BOOM! Studios is bringing the geeky side of Disney back to the forefront with the return of the Rescue Rangers and their successful ongoing run of Darkwing Duck. With titles like "The Muppet Show" and Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," this studio is opening a new niche for comic lovers. It may be impossible to fund a return to television for new-vintage Disney fare without risk of hideously bastardizing the original product, but whoever decided to really start using comics for the "If Only..." set, nailed a niche right on the head. There are a lot of us out there wanting to make malleable the original media that shaped us, and BOOM! is a shining example that this can be done, and it can be done well.
It's like—a cartoon like the following PROBABLY wouldn't appeal to today's youth, but then again this episode is basically a slightly askew parallel to the South Park episode about Scientology. Judge for yourself.
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Bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) is a simple method for determining the lean body mass. It involves
electrodes placed on the right hand and foot. The change in voltage between electrodes is measured.
The person's body fat percentage is then calculated from the results of the BIA.
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No eating or drinking within 4 hours of the test
No exercise within 12 hours of the test
No alcohol or caffeine consumption within 24 hours of the test
Do not be tested if you may be pregnant or have a pacemaker
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Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) measures the impedance or opposition to the flow of an electric current through the body fluids contained mainly in the lean and fat tissue. Impedance is low in lean tissue, where intracellular and extracellular fluid and electrolytes are primarily contained, but high in fat tissue. Impedance is thus proportional to body water volume (TBW). In practice, a small constant current, typically 400 uA at a fixed or multi frequencies are passed between electrodes spanning the body, and the voltage drop between electrodes provides a measure of impedance. Prediction equations, previously generated by correlating impedance measured against an independent estimate of TBW, may be used subsequently to convert a measured impedance to a corresponding estimate of TBW. Lean body mass is then calculated from this estimate using an assumed hydration fraction for lean tissue (NOTE: Bodystat is unique in using their own regression equation for this calculation and not the assumed 73.2% used by other manufacturers). Fat mass is calculated as the difference between body weight and lean body mass.
The impedance of a biological tissue comprises two components, the resistance and the reactance. The conductive characteristics of body fluids provide the resistive component, whereas the cell membranes, acting as imperfect capacitors, contribute a frequency-dependent reactive component. By measuring the impedance at 50 kHz and 200 kHz and by applying predictive equations, it is possible to estimate both extra-cellular water (ECW) and TBW respectively and by deduction, intra-cellular water (ICW). ECW can be related to extra-cellular mass (ECM) and ICW to body cell mass (BCM).
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StudioLAX deliver fun, engaging and educational film making and video production workshops all over the UK with strong learning and interpersonal outcomes.
We have facilitated courses in varying settings and lengths from half day classroom to week long residential courses which have resulted in a variety of projects including documentary films and short narrative films.
We have a huge amount of experience devising and facilitating filmmaking workshops for young people, below are a couple of examples of the projects we've been involved in.
Ardingly Artsfest 2016
Short sci-fi film produced by pupils from Ardingly College in Sussex.
Ardingly Artsfest 2015
Documentary produced by pupils from Ardingly College.
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Cassandra Barrett shares Synthetic Biology with high school ambassadors for STEM
Cassandra Barrett, a Biodesign graduate student in the Haynes lab, led a session on synthetic biology design for students from Arizona's Chief Science Officer (CSO) Program on Wednesday, July 19, 2018. The event was hosted by the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
News: Haynes lab grad student Alyssa Henning gets creative with science outreach
Haynes lab PhD student Alyssa Henning (Biological Design) recently participated in local Comic Con and cultural events in Phoenix. The first event was Phoenix Comic Con on May 25 – 28 where she was invited to talk about real-life science as a panelist. At a Japanese pop culture event called Saboten Con (September 4), Alyssa and the Sun Devil Taiko club (of which she is an officer) won an award for their musical performance.
Sun Devil Taiko also performed at Culture Fest on Tuesday, August 15th. You can watch a recorded performance of Ogi Matsuri and Taiko Bayashi online.
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- 05.24.17. Faller, MB. ASU Now: Sun Devil Life. ASU Experts Bring Real-Life Science to Phoenix Comicon.
- 05.28.17. Reiser, L. AZ Family. ASU Student Looks at Science of Comicon.
Dr. Haynes Invited to "aGEM" Workshop in Canada
Dr. Haynes has been invited to Alberta, Canada to evaluate and offer guidance for several student synthetic biology projects at the aGEM workshop, organized by Alberta Innovates Technology Futures. The workshop prepares Canadian high school and college teams for the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition in October. "aGEM" (Alberta's own mini-iGEM) is presented by MindFuel and the GeekStarter program, which helps the next generation of scientists innovate new technologies. Student teams apply to the program in order to receive funding and access to GeekStarter events. The aGEM workshop takes place at the University of Calgary, Foothills Campus on September 17 – 18, 2016.
ASU Brings Syn Bio to 5th Graders
On Thursday, October 22, 2016, Haynes Lab PhD student Cassandra Barrett and ASU Professor Michael Caplan presented a hands-on lesson about synthetic biology to a classroom of fifth graders at Phoenix Country Day School. More details to follow.
ASU Homecoming DNA Booth
Students from synthetic biology labs at ASU organized a booth for the Engineering section of the annual ASU homecoming block party, which received thousands of visitors on Saturday afternoon. The "Machines for Visualizing DNA" booth was organized by Haynes lab PhD student Rene Davis.
New Frontiers in Medical Science: From Copying Life to Building Life
Dr. Karmella Haynes will present "Synthetic Biology: From Copying Life to Building Life" at the Arizona Science Center on Sunday, March 10, 2013. Visit http://azscience.org/who_are_you/new_frontiers_in_medical_science for details on the event.
Promise of stem cell research focus of Arizona Science Center talk
J. Kullman, 10.16.2012, ASU News: Haynes, whose work focuses on synthetic biology, will talk about what advances in stem cell research promise for the future at 7 p.m., Nov. 2, at the Arizona Science Center.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday issued 2013 payment and policy guidelines for U.S. health insurers that participate in the Medicare Advantage program, saying the proposed changes would bring lower premiums and stable or improved benefits.
But the documents did not include an official preliminary estimate for the net average percentage change in reimbursements, leaving insurers and financial markets in the dark about the guidelines' potential impact on the industry.
Analysts said unofficial estimates suggested a possible all-in gain of 2.3 percent, far better than market expectations that had ranged from no change to a decline of 5 percent.
A year ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated a 1.6 percent net all-in rise for 2012 but later reduced that to 0.4 percent.
CMS, which oversees the federal healthcare program for the elderly, said on Friday that the 2013 guidelines point to an overall annual growth rate of 2.47 percent and a 2.3 percent per capita growth rate next year. But those figures do not take into account variables such as geographic location.
CMS officials said a net all-in figure for 2013 could be released among final rates due to be published on April 2.
"This positive growth trend will help ensure that beneficiaries maintain a choice of plans without significant increases in premiums or decreases in benefits," the agency said in a statement.
Medicare Advantage allows the program's 48 million beneficiaries to purchase private insurance instead of receiving
traditional Part A hospital coverage and Part B physician coverage. Critics say it pays too much to private insurers.
About 25 percent of beneficiaries participate in Medicare Advantage.
Analysts were upbeat about the guidelines.
Ipsita Smolinski, a healthcare analyst with Capitol Street, cited the guidelines' 2.3 percent national per capita growth as a positive sign for insurers given that Medicare providers are scheduled to receive reimbursement cuts as a result of deficit reduction talks in Congress last year.
Ana Gupte, analyst for Sanford Bernstein, added: It should be good for the health insurers and specifically for the Medicare Advantaged leveraged health insurers."
Humana Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. are the biggest providers of Medicare Advantage plans and the most exposed. Other providers include Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., Coventry Health Care Inc., Health Net Inc. and WellPoint Inc..
Analysts believe Medicare Advantage will expand as the Baby Boom generation leaves the workforce and younger retirees opt for private coverage instead of traditional Medicare.
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Toby Boothman is a British painter taking a modern approach to Renaissance style with his hyperreal nautical scenes. Boothman's dynamic depictions feature bodies and boats at sea with remarkable accuracy.
Toby was born in Bristol in 1973, and began training under Master Patrick Betaudier in Monflanquin, France at the Atelier Neo Medici in 1994. Since then his career has flourished both in the UK and wider Europe, with his residence and studio based in the South of France. Boothman's love for the open water emanates from his work, reflecting his beautiful daily surroundings.