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Blog entry Spotlight: Hunger Fighter at Headquarters, Faye Kaloudi
Faye Kaloudi is the Freericer extraordinaire who co-runs the Freerice group, Mars Army Against Hunger, which has recruited over 400 people to take up arms against hunger! She recently visited our offices at the United Nations World Food Programme headquarters in Rome, Italy.
Apart from showing her around the headquarters, to give her a better idea of how the rice you raise gets from your computer to the people who need it most, we also took the chance to ask her a few questions:
What's the link between your favourite music band and fighting world hunger?
Our Freerice group is inspired by the band 30 Seconds to Mars. The lead singer, Jared Leto, lived for some years in Haiti during his childhood. After the earthquake in 2010, he spoke out about the emergency and hunger there, inspiring us to take action.
While I've always been interested in social causes like world hunger, linking this with the music I like is the perfect combination!
(The fanbase for 30 Seconds to Mars call themselves "The Echelon" - although they prefer the term "family" to "fanbase". The Echelon have created philanthropic charities around the world based on the band's charitable work for the environment and Haiti.)
One word to describe Freerice?
"Humanitarian" or "easy-way-to-help".
Hunger is...
something that should not exist in the world.
The best thing about Freerice is...
that you can help for free and educate yourself at the same time. Give and take.
What's your favorite subject on Freerice?
I like English vocabulary and the World Capitals subject.
How did you find out about Freerice?
My friend Anna in France created the group Mars Army Against Hunger on Freerice and asked me to join her.
When you tell your friends about Freerice, how do they respond?
Very positively. They're usually astonished at how easy it is to help!
What would you like to see on Freerice that may not be there?
An app to make it easier to play and help out?
(We're working on it Faye!)
A short, inspirational sentence to other hunger fighting Freericers?
As human beings, we should always try to give others what we'd like to have. I try to put myself in other's shoes to understand how I can help them.
The co-creator of their top ranking group, Ana Salem, asked Faye to pass on this message to us during her visit: "You are such an inspiration for me! I just wanted to thank you for thinking about the needy and for making it possible for us to help in this easy way everyone no matter where they are in the world! Echelon are with you :) Xx." Thank you Faye and Ana - you're an inspirations!
Freerice is maintained by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide. To find out more go to WFP.org
Could everyone join the "Sandy Hook Elementary" group to show your support for the kids and their familys
Team Freerice-
Once again I would like to thank Freerice for all the help it is giving worldwide! What a wonderful job!!
But I have noticed that it has been donating to Cambodia for quite a while. When do you have plans to change locations, and to where?
Thanks for all the help.
Purposeful girl! Good for you!
Go girl!
@Monserrat Mella Ocampo-Washburn we'd love to meet you one day. Please feel free to pop in the next time you're in Rome! Thank you for all your doing to make the world a happier place for all!
Everyone. Please join my group...care click rice. We only have 2 members. So who knows you could be the 3rd.
I was just in Rome and if I knew of your headquarters, I would have visited as Faye did. I am teaching at a Catholic university in Queens, NY. It has a branch in Rome that I visited. I recently argued for making games with a social justice component such as WEtopia and freerice admissible as projects worthy to be considered for Academic Service Learning. I was given permission to do so. My main argument were that the students use their time and effort and also that from their computer, they learn to connect to those in need not just in the local community but globally. The world has become smaller that all we have to do is connect to the Internet and we have the world at our fingertips. So I created a group for my students and together we are making a difference in the lives of the poor among us. I have personally been doing this for years and I am glad my students were receptive to the idea.
@Skyedude we think that every Freerice group is important and every bit counts.
We are not affiliated with Faye's group. As with ANY spotlight, you can always highlight one thing (otherwise it becomes a list and not a spotlight). There are SO many Freericers and groups for which we're grateful, and who we feel are heroes. Faye and her group, are just one of many!
However, Faye is great choice for many reasons! Here are just two reasons: she travelled all the way to visit us at our offices here at the WFP headquarters in Rome, Italy (we don't often have the opportunity to meet Freericers) and her group is very vocal on social media raising awareness for Freerice and hunger.
We try every month to spotlight one Freericer, and we will of course highlight other groups and players.
Thank YOU @Skyedude for your help and support!
I was just on the MarsArmy group page and although it has steadily been donating for a while, it doesn't donate that much in a day. How come you choose to advertise for this one group? Is it affiliated with Freerice in any way?
This version of Freerice will be shutting down in July
In July 2019, this version of Freerice will be replaced by the new beta version of Freerice. You need to create a new account to save your rice totals.
To learn about migration options for your rice totals, visit this page and fill out the form.
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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - December 2012
|New titles
|All Pages
DPI/NGO Directory
List of DPI organizations: http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/displayDPISearch.do?method=getAllDPIs&searchType=dpiSearch
Search by names, status, region, country / geographical area, areas of expertise & fields of activity: http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/displayDPISearch.do?method=search&sessionCheck=false
DPI/NGO Relations proactively reaches out to representatives of approximately 1,300 members of civil society who seek information about the UN and look for opportunities to support the Organization at the international, regional, national and community levels.
The Future We Want – Booklet
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - or Rio+20 - took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20-22 June 2012. It resulted in a focused political outcome document - the Future We Want - which contains clear and practical measures for implementing sustainable development.
L'ONU et ses agences sont actives dans le monde entier et agissent dans un grand nombre de domaines. Nous vous proposons ici quelques infographies (au format .pdf) qui présentent visuellement ce travail dans toute sa diversité.
United Nations at a Glance (DPI)
Available in print at: http://www.un.org/publications
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/United-Nations-at-Glance-ebook/dp/B009OU5Y8K/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353696483&sr=1-1
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-united-nations-at-a-glance-united-nations/1108329615?ean=2940015582550
iTunes Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/united-nations-at-a-glance/id569583083?mt=11
Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/United-Nations-at-a-Glance/book-XDQI0AIB6k2GGhzlVom6og/page1.html?s=0YLZwGPmkkuRft1ONaXguA&r=1
A new publication is primarily intended to serve as an educational resource. It contains up-to-date and factual information about the principal organs of the United Nations as well as its specialized agencies, funds, programmes, institutes and other entities. It contains rich statistics, questions and answers, quick references to online resources, information about Member States and UN observances, and United Nations Information Centres.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Fact Sheet: 31 October 2012 (DPI/1634/Rev.138, November 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions – Fact Sheet: 31 October 2012 (DPI/2166/Rev.112, November 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents//ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/documents/ppff.pdf
Global Employment Trends for Women 2012 (ILO / UN Women)
The gender gap in global labour markets showed some convergence in the earlier part of the last decade but increased after the crisis erupted in 2007, according to an ILO report produced in collaboration with UN Women. The picture varies considerably among regions.
Global Wage Report 2012/2013: Wages and Equitable Growth (ILO)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has released a new report that looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It includes global and regional wage trends and statistics, as well as policy recommendations.
Information Economy Report 2012: The Software Industry and Developing Countries (UNCTAD)
Report in English: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ier2012_en.pdf
Overview in English, French & Spanish: http://unctad.org/en/pages/PressRelease.aspx?OriginalVersionID=109&Product_x0020_Taxonomy=1566
Developing countries should seek to expand the creation of software that meets local needs and capabilities as a means of increasing income and addressing broader economic and social development goals. Developing such software locally increases the chances that it will fit the context, culture, and language where it is used.
Networks for Prosperity: Connecting development knowledge beyond 2015 (UNIDO)
The report illustrates the importance of network governance in the context of economic globalization, aid and development. It argues that this is of particular relevance in the context of the current debate on the establishment of a new set of global development goals by 2015. The updated 2012 Connectedness Index, covering 132 countries, shows that many emerging economies – such as Chile, Costa Rica, South Africa and Viet Nam – have systematically improved their connectedness.
Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook (UNEP / SPREP)
Island communities in the Pacific Ocean are facing unprecedented challenges to their economies and environment from the impacts of climate change. Sea level rise, tropical cyclones, floods and drought, combined with pressures from unsustainable fishing practices and coastal development, and consumption and production trends, are rendering the livelihoods of some 10 million people increasingly vulnerable.
Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost (UNEP)
Permafrost covering almost a quarter of the northern hemisphere contains 1,700 gigatonnes of carbon, twice that currently in the atmosphere, and could significantly amplify global warming should thawing accelerate as expected. Warming permafrost can also radically change ecosystems and cause costly infrastructural damage due to increasingly unstable ground.
UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report 2012 "Results 2012"
There were more than 700 000 fewer new HIV infections globally in 2011 than in 2001. Africa has cut AIDS-related deaths by one third in the past six years. Treatment has not yet reached 7 million people. We have three years to eliminate all new HIV infections among children.
Women out loud: How women living with HIV will help the world end AIDS (UNAIDS)
The report explores the impact of HIV on women and the instrumental role women living with the virus are playing to end AIDS. It includes the latest data and commentary from some of the leading advocates on women and HIV.
In this new report UNAIDS explores the impact of HIV on women and the instrumental role women living with the virus are playing to end AIDS. It includes the latest data and commentary from some of the leading advocates on women and HIV. The report includes the voices of some 30 women living with HIV who have given their personal insights into how the epidemic is affecting women and on how women are actively working to reduce the spread and impact of AIDS.
Human Rights: A Media Guide to the New United Nations Independent Experts and Mandates (2012)
English: http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/%28httpNewsByYear_en%29/50EB98E601666F49C1257AD700350174?OpenDocument
French: http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/%28httpNewsByYear_en%29/50EB98E601666F49C1257AD700350174?OpenDocument&cntxt=FC1EF&cookielang=fr
This past year the United Nations Human Rights Council has created new monitoring and reporting mechanisms on the situation of human rights in Syria, Eritrea and Belarus, as well as human rights and the environment, transitional justice and international order. It has also appointed new independent experts for existing mandates. Currently, there are 36 thematic mandates and 12 mandates related to countries and territories, with a total of 72 mandate holders. What are the new mechanisms? Who are the new independent experts? What is their role? And how can you contact hem? Answers can be found in this new media guide published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office on Human Rights Violations Perpetrated by Armed Groups during Attacks on Villages in Ufamandu I and Ii, Nyamaboko I and Ii And Kibabi Groupements, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province, between April and September 2012
A UN investigation into the human rights situation in southern Masisi territory in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has revealed that at least 264 civilians, including 83 children, were arbitrarily executed by armed groups in more than 75 attacks on villages between April and September this year. The UN Joint Human Rights Office in the DR Congo (UNJHRO) had received reports of human rights violations during attacks of ethnic character, part of a conflict with economic and political root causes, targeting mainly civilians in North and South Kivu since the beginning of the year. The attacks intensified from April 2012 in southern Masisi. The UNJHRO led six investigations into these allegations and interviewed more than 160 witnesses as well as local authorities, civil society members, the Congolese national police (PNC) and heath care workers. The investigators uncovered mass killings, mass forced displacement and large scale looting and destruction of private property. The UNJHRO also confirmed four cases of sexual violence involving the rape of 12 women.
The report makes a series of recommendations, including a call for Congolese security forces, with the support of the international community, to restore security in southern Masisi and ensure the protection of civilians. Congolese authorities are also urged to take into account the violations detailed in the report and the responsibility of the alleged perpetrators when considering Security Sector Reform (SSR) measures and verify the human rights records of any members of armed groups seeking integration into the national army.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Original Drafting Materials from UNOG Archives
On the occasion of Human Rights Day (10 December), the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) Archives have completed a digitization project that provides online access to 35 files containing several thousand pages of original and unique materials related to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This material includes drafts of the Declaration, comments from governments, organizations and the general public, and material related to the implementation of the Declaration. Original documents from René Cassin and Eleonor Roosevelt are included in these invaluable records.
Global Appeal 2013 Update (UNHCR)
In 2012 we witnessed a series of refugee crises. More than 700,000 people fled across borders in the first nine months of 2012. This has placed huge demands on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) resources. The report contains valuable reference material for journalists interested in covering refugee and displaced person issues.
Overview of the 2013 Consolidated Appeals and comparable humanitarian action plans (OCHA)
Humanitarian action in 2013 aims to deliver aid to at least 51 million people in 16 countries who desperately need life-saving assistance. Hundreds of international aid organisations and their counterparts in the affected countries have come together to share and analyse information on humanitarian needs, to make a unified strategic response plan, and to organise implementation so as to deliver aid as effectively as possible to those most in need. Delivering emergency aid is a vital contribution of the international humanitarian community in situations where national government capacity is stretched.
Risk Knowledge Fundamentals: Guidelines and Lessons for Establishing and Institutionalizing Disaster Loss Databases (UNDP)
This report documents the experiences of the UNDP Regional Programme on Capacity Building for Sustainable Recovery and Risk Reduction (RP) in implementing disaster loss databases using the DesInventar methodology. The Regional Programme has been established in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and is managed by the UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok's Crisis Prevention and Recovery Team. DesInventar is based on a relational database structure and a disciplined expert assisted structure for data collection and classification that permits the homogeneous capture, analysis and graphic representation of information on disaster occurrences and losses. The findings from this review of database implementation concludes that disaster loss databases with validated data and inventories are essential for identifying and tracking patterns of disaster risk, and that they are a fundamental requirement for implementing efficient and effective DRR policies and programmes.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 155, Block C2,7th and 8th floor, Brussels 1040, Belgium
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NeverDead is a third-person action game set in a fantasy and horror-influenced universe where supernatural battles between humans and extraordinary creatures blanket a vast city landscape. Gamers wield a butterfly design-inspired sword and an arsenal of guns to decimate waves of ungodly enemies in the not-too-distant future.
The game begins in the waking hours of peace and calm, when the world is under threat of being consumed by a demonic plague. Centuries have passed since the world succumbed to an unforeseen shadow of evil, and a hero was made an immortal by demons. These demons have risen once again in the present day causing unrelenting mayhem reinforced by destructible environments within the game. Now using his immortalic regenerative powers re-assembling his own body to evade death, the hero carries out the only salvation the world will know, for he is Never Dead.
Gamers know that when the enemies and bullets get thick, you can't lose your head. Unless of course you're playing as Bryce, the new hero in Konami's just announced debut IP, NeverDead. Bryce can lose his head (and his arms and legs for that matter) and still take on all comers. Read More »
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But day in and day out, I love the coffee that we make at home. In fact, it actually tastes far better than lattes from the cafes and just as good as the authentic Cuban coffee shots in Miami. I estimate that our rich homemade coffee saves us about $1,200 a year and about $3,500 over three years.
Here's how we make great coffee:
The Ingredients
- Whole Beans: Forget the gourmet beans. Eight o' Clock coffee beans are super cheap and earned top marks for flavor in a blind taste test from Consumer Reports.
- Grind the Beans as Needed: Every morning with our bean crusher, we grind coffee beans into a fine powder. The aroma of freshly ground beans creates the ambiance of a cafe. The scent also reminds me of my grandmother, who loved fresh coffee.
- Bean shortcut: When rushed for time we do grind the beans and store them. This shortcut helps on super crazy mornings.
- Water: Filtered tap water makes yummy coffee. This step makes a big difference, especially if the water from your tap has a strong taste.
- Spices: For an extra kick, grind the coffee beans with either a little bit of cardamon, cinnamon or vanilla beans. This adds flavor and it's not hard to throw in a little bit of spice during the grinding process.
- Cream. I love Half-and-Half in my coffee. There are cheaper solutions with fewer calories. But I enjoy this luxury.
The Equipment:
We don't use fancy or expensive equipment. Our low-tech coffee production gear is low-cost, effective and pretty. Experts agree with our strategy.
The Bean Crusher: We spent $20 to $30.
The Plunger Pot also known as a French Press coffee-maker We spent about $14, marked down from $40.
Beautiful mugs. We've spent 50 cents to $10 for mugs.
In the book, The Joy of Coffee, writer Cory Kummer makes a big pitch for elegant, but frugal coffee equipment. In the chapter, "Low-Tech Solution, " the author writes:
"Before you take out a loan, consider the coffee-making method that has been
popular in Italy for more than half a century-- one that will require a layout
of less than $30
He refers to Moka stovetop brewers, which are widely used in Italy.
Our Coffee-Making Steps:
- Boil about a teapot full of filtered tap water.
- Crush about two fist fulls of coffee beans,** include powdered cinnamon or cardamon beans.
- Place the ground coffee into the Plunger Pot.
- Fill the pot with 16 to 18 ounces of boiled water. Let the hot mixture sit for five minutes.
- Press the plunger down, a simple motion that filters the coffee and separates the grinds.
- Serve coffee in ceramic mugs with cream, sugar or other spices.
** Kummer recommends:
1/4 cup of ground coffee (two scoops) for a single six-ounce serving of brewed coffee
3/4 cup of ground coffee (6 scoops) for 3 cups of brewed coffee (24 oz)
I need coffee is a site with excellent information, recipes and tips about coffee.


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CIO…the Patriot LeaguePosted by Brian Goodman on January 11th, 2013
Mitch Goldich is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League. You can find more of his work online at The Huffington Post. Follow him on Twitter at @mitchgoldich for more updates.
Looking Back
- Lehigh Loses McCollum: Lehigh's Pre-Season All-America guard, CJ McCollum, suffered a broken fifth metatarsal in his foot during Saturday's nationally televised game at VCU. More than 30 NBA scouts came to watch him in person, but he went down midway through the first half. This injury is a real shame, not just for Lehigh but for the whole league. The Patriot League has received unprecedented levels of press so far this season because of McCollum and the anticipated exciting battle between Lehigh and Bucknell for the league title. Now, much of the buzz may dissipate before conference play even starts. McCollum has already undergone surgery, and early diagnoses had him out 8-10 weeks. The Patriot League Tournament falls right in that stretch, so it's unknown if he'll make it back out on the court again this season. Even if he does rush back, it may take him longer to return to 100 percent. The Patriot League's all-time scoring leader will now fall short of Daren Queenan's school record, which was set before Lehigh joined the conference. While he is fiercely dedicated to his team's success this year, nobody would expect him to do anything foolish with his body while he still projects to be a first round pick in next summer's NBA Draft.
- Bucknell Keeps Building a Resume: The Bison came heartbreakingly close to beating Missouri in their most difficult non-conference game of the season, dropping a 66-64 contest in Columbia. Still, Bucknell is establishing itself as one of the top mid-major teams in the country. The Bison are ranked fourth in the latest College Insider Mid-Major Top 25. They come in at #36 at kenpom.com and #38 in the RPI. Bucknell has escaped the non-conference portion of its season with a league record 13 wins, and it's now safe to say that an at-large bid is officially in play. McCollum's injury makes them the favorite to win the Patriot League Tournament, whether he returns for the tournament or not, but a strong regular season and a tournament upset could land Bucknell in the Big Dance anyway.
- Wrapping Up the Non-Conference Season: The performance of the league slipped a bit over the last two weeks, dropping the conference's cumulative record to 62-62 with just one non-conference game remaining (Colgate plays the New Jersey Institute of Technology in February). Some of those wins came against competition below the Division I level, but the eight schools have combined to go 56-41 against D-I teams outside of the six power conferences. The teams are an impressive 48-29 against the A-10, America East, CAA, Ivy, MAAC, NEC and MEAC. Those marks are good enough to hold steady at #16 out of 33 in the conference ratings on Ken Pomeroy's website. Last year the Patriot League finished at #22.
Power Rankings
- Bucknell (13-3) – Seemingly every other game, Mike Muscala puts forth an effort described as his best game of the season. If he hadn't had his coming out party yet, it was definitely against Missouri last Saturday. Muscala put up 25 points and 14 rebounds against a nationally ranked team loaded with talent. The Bison led at halftime and outrebounded the Tigers, but fell just short. Muscala stepped on the base line with 4.1 seconds left in a one-point game, with Bucknell in position to take the lead. Though Muscala currently leads ESPN.com's Player Efficiency Ratings, this is not a one-man team. Cameron Ayers, son of former Ohio State and NBA coach Randy Ayers, has scored in double figures in six straight games and Bryson Johnson is shooting 43 percent from beyond the arc. Read the rest of this entry »


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The lunch has been excellent though. Right down the street from my office is a salad bar place called "Suppe y Salate" where one can find pumpkin and pear chunks, fresh walnuts, and diced rainbow paprika among other toppings for a salad. When I'm not in the mood for that, I go for a falafel wrap at this AMAZING place Gyros Sofra around the corner where they make their own fluffy bread right in front of you, then fill it with homemade falafel, red pepper paste, hummus and tahini sauce. It's so good that I actually went there 4 times in one week but I decided to give them a break in case they think I'm weird. (Although let's be real: I'm going today.)
|Plus the guys that work there are cute Palestinians
Anyways, although I don't usually splash out for dinner, this weekend was different. Instead of my usual bumbling around Belgrade, this weekend I stayed in to work the whole time. As a reward for staying inside despite the gorgeous weather, I decided to make something rich and delicious for Sunday dinner. Thus my creation: Tempeh and vegetables with strawberry-balsamic-mustard sauce and polenta with [not sure what kind of green this is].
|Don't be fooled by the crappy Instagram photo, this was good.
For the sauce, I sauteed thinly sliced onion until almost caramelized. Then I added in a ton of garlic (like 4 cloves) and cooked for a minute more before de-glazing with a few splashes of balsamic vinegar. Next I added in a tablespoon each of mustard and strawberry preserves, and a tablespoon or two of water. Then I added back in the cooked tempeh and vegetables, seasoned with salt and pepper, and cooked until each piece was coated in the sauce and heated through. (Just a few minutes.)
The polenta was merely prepared according to instruction (+ a bit of nooch and soymilk) and then I swirled in this green, which is maybe bok choy, but who can say for sure?
The sauce was thick and sweet and sour and very tasty with the crunchy tempeh and browned veggies. It tasted very sophisticated with the polenta, but I must say that I gobbled it all down in about 20 seconds. Oh well. :)
It definitely spiced up a weekend in Konjarnik which was otherwise dominated by Turkish soap operas and Dutch civil law.
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I'm blown away by Lori Nix's post-Apocalyptic diorama photographs. (Her "Unnatural History" series, which shows a natural history museum askew, is also fabulous.) She builds each diorama from scratch over about seven months and then spends up to three weeks perfecting the lighting and placement of the props. I love this quote from her FAQ: "I have miniature power tools throughout the apartment, a chop saw under the kitchen table, a miniature table saw on top." (Via Flavorwire.)
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Get New Metal Roofing To Increase Your Property Value
An Overview Of Metal Roofing
Most people understand that metal roofing is a viable way to protect your home but do not take into account the effect it has upon your property, specifically, the way it increases the value of your home. Metal has become an extremely popular choice for Australian home owners. The cost of steel and metal products is becoming extremely cost effective and the durability and design options are a clear strong selling point. Not the mention the fact that metal roofing can last up and an in excess of 25 years. There are many Brisbane metal roofing companies like Pro Build Roofing Brisbane who can install a metal roof to homes and commercial property.
Metal and Steel Roofing has a number of advantages over traditional tiles or asphalt products. The following is a list of the benefits of using this method.
1. Resistance to Hazards:
It is no surprise that metal roofing is more fire retardant than traditional, tiled roofing but what most people do not know is that the level of fire hazard which your home presents is taken into account when evaluating the entire worth of a given property. In addition to being unable to catch fire and, in many cases, repel the danger entirely, shingle roofing is prone to collapse inwards when there is a fire from below. This occurs due to the fact that there is far less tensile strength in tiles, firstly because they are made of much less sturdy material and, secondly, because shingle roofing is made up of many, small individual pieces, further reducing the overall strength of your roof. By stark contrast a metal roof is made of very few pieces and is, obviously, much stronger than shingling, this means that is far less likely to fall in upon you in the case of a in-house fire or similar hazard.
2. Walking Ability
A traditional tiled roof is very dangerous to walk around on, especially if steep or when wet, just go and ask any roofer that has experience on walking over tiles and they will tell you. In contrast a metal roof will allow you to move about the top of your building with far greater ease and is much less likely to collapse beneath you while doing so, as might a shingle roof. Shingled roofing may also come loose if old or improperly nailed when you are walking upon them which can lead to you tumbling off of the house – this is not a problem that metal roofing suffers from.
3. Durability
A metal roof will last far longer than tiles which is a big wallet saver as a tiled roof will need regular maintenance which will depend greatly on climate and the help involved in the last coating of shingles. Often there can be a vicious circle with cheap roofing – you will pay low cost labor to put up bad shingling which will then fall off very quickly and you will have to call the same people again because you do not have the money to hire out the more top tier roofing companies. If this is the case for you then it is almost always better to just make one big investment that will, in not much time, make a huge return on investment. This pertains not just to the cost of repairs but also to the overall value of your home should you choose to sell.
4. Metal is Green & Environmentally Friendly
This may seem strange, to say that metal is environmentally friendly, but it is true. The reason for this is that metal roofing is almost always created from recycled materials, such as tin and aluminum. Also, tile tar and tar waste generally have a bad effect on the ecosystem. All quality metal roofing, (such as the range from Colorbond) is recycled so this is the winner for environmentally friendly materials.
5. Is a Better Insulator
Tiles are good insulators but metal roofing is far superior. This probably sounds a little counter intuitive, since when most people thing of metals and temperature changes they think of sticking one's tongue to a flagpole and being unable to remove it or holding a poker in the fire too long and getting burnt from the heat traveling up the red-hot handle. This is not the case with metal roofing since it can be lined with a wide variety of quality insulators, this is not true of shingles which do not have as much room because they need a larger support structure than metal.
So all in all metal roofing is the way to go whether you have found your dream home or whether your residence is only temporary and you plan on selling it off and moving sometime in the future. Having a new roof can add value to your property and added appeal to interested buyers. here is also the element that is, perhaps, the most questionable and subjective, the aesthetic appeal, or repulsion, of metal roofing. When one thinks of a metal roof over a house the image in one's head is likely ugly and awkward, a hard, single sheet of thick metal with bolts all over the place. This image is so popular because there are very few houses with full metal roofing, only about ten percent of all housing is metal, the rest is shingle or something else. But metal roofing can be applied in wide variety of ways.
- Wavy Sheet: The wavy sheet type of metal roofing is one of the most popular, is light weight and very durable.
- Steel Sheets: This type of metal roofing looks very similar to traditional tiled roofing for a better physical appearance.
- Canopy: This is similar to a tile canopy but is made of metal and looks very rustic and old fashioned.
These are just a few examples of metal roofing that will protect and increase the value of your home without compromising the visual allure of your property.


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Newborn Manatee
Posted 07 March 2008 - 03:57 AM
I know that Carol is in touch with various manatess experts and researchers and I am sure that there is much more interesting information to come. So I have started this thread so she can share it with us! Come on, Carol. I want to see more photos!
Just to set the scene in Carol's own words:
âIt was Friday, Feb 29th, 2008 â an extra âleap yearâ day and unbeknownst to me a very rare encounter was just around the bend. Upon arriving that cold morning, I noticed manatee kicking up the bottom out front of the sanctuary at Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida; I thought they were âcavortingâ when I saw something small, black and wriggling! My heart was racing, as I knew a wild manatee birth had never been documented and even newborn manatee encounters underwater were almost un-heard-of.â
Riding on a Femaleâs Back (not his mother) Helping, Curiosity or âKidnappingâ?
Carol first sent the images to Bob Bonde (USGS Sirenia Project, author and manatee researcher) who said after looking at them: âI am certain it is a newborn male calf probably born during the night. Photos of newborns underwater in the wild exist but are rare. Most are of calves that died and were examined at necropsy. Your pictures therefore are quite remarkable.â
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D850 (Subal housing). Olympus EM10-Mk3 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 07 March 2008 - 04:25 AM
Cheers, Simon
Posted 07 March 2008 - 04:59 AM
I will echo the fine words Alex wrote in the article on the front of WP
I am very happy for her that her many hours in the water there have been rewarded with such a wonderful moment.
Posted 07 March 2008 - 05:19 AM
Jose Alejandro
Posted 07 March 2008 - 05:27 AM
This little guy is amazing!
Posted 07 March 2008 - 05:35 AM
all photographs posted © Todd C Mintz
Posted 07 March 2008 - 05:45 AM
Nikon D200, Aquatica AD200
Posted 07 March 2008 - 07:24 AM
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Posted 07 March 2008 - 07:26 AM
Ahem !!! yeah amazing shot Carol... Kudos
Dive safe
Dean(not soft really)B
P.s do other Mother/female Manatee's baby-sit newbies ????
NOW ON SKYPE !!! ... deanb69
Posted 07 March 2008 - 07:27 AM
Posted 07 March 2008 - 07:49 AM
Time in the water and watching has rewarded you with a once in a lifetime encounter. Thanks for sharing!
Major Major Kudos
Posted 07 March 2008 - 10:19 AM
I know Alex and Co. are "tapping their toes" for more photos (it is just like the in-laws to act like that you know...... ) - yes I'll get a couple posted soon but realize too some are going to be in print and I have to keep something fresh to surprise everyone!!
Yes, as I told Bob Bonde at first that this was the best thing I've ever witnessed underwater by far, I was so excited and exhilarated..... But his initial answer tempered my enthusiasm and I began to worry as I became very "attached" to "Angel". As with with many things in nature there are two sides to this story (and probably more)...., but the good news is that in this case the mother and calf did bond and all is well - keep your fingers crossed!! More data in answer to Dean's ? below:
P.s do other Mother/female Manatee's baby-sit newbies ????
You know Dean that is what I first thought when I saw this. I thought those were sort of "mid-wives" helping, "baby-sitters", etc. And while this probably does occur in manatee society, well here again is Bob Bonde on the subject:
"I think the behavior you observed does not constitute midwife activities, but more a form of curiosity. Unfortunately, this type of possible interference may be deliberate and could lead to calf/cow separation. This has been demonstrated in other mammal populations, but is rare in manatees as late pregnant females will generally seek out quiet areas where the chances of disturbance are minimized. We have observed what you watched with a couple of our pregnant radio tagged manatees after giving successful birth on the Atlantic coast. The good news is that the moms were determined enough (or lucky?) to retain the bond. Only time will tell here."
But just to interject my observation - the way I see it manatee have almost none, if any aggressive tendencies. Even during mating there is a lot of activity and males are persistent and lots of jostling occurs, etc, but there are no injuries and such. If these manatee were "curious" about the baby it is possible that manatee are also so "enamored" with a new baby that they "lose their heads" (much like people do sometimes around manatee..... ). This is just another viewpoint, strictly from my observational standpoint but of course Bob has a much more broad and factual view of the situation with his 25 years + of manatee research.
Interesting thing was I observed a young male manatee separating the newborn from its mother, and I even photoed what looked like the calf trying to nurse on the younger male. So this brings to light the serious consequences that can "innocently" or "not so innocently" occur if the newborn cannot bond with its own mother during all the "hubbub" and the calf does not survive. Thus Bob's comment above about how manatee moms usually seek out remote areas to give birth. Why didn't that happen in this case? First of all the weather was very cold, 32 degrees that am and the Three Sister's area is the warmest place at Crystal River. Plus the tide and wind created a very low water level and it is possible that the manatee mother had to "give birth in the back of the cab" so to speak........ I found the afterbirth on the shallow substrate right outside the sanctuary. Yes it was probably scraped off there but it does give clues as to the birth area.
Also I have just learned from Cathy Beck at USGS (United States Geological Survey), Bob Bonde's associate who is in charge of IDing all the manatees that this mother was probably a first-time mom. Ah the pieces of the puzzle start to fit....... Again in Cathy Beck's own words (in response to 130 photos I sent the USGS of the event):
"Thanks so much for sending us the link to view your beautiful images of this newborn calf and the adults with her. Sorry it's taken us a few days to match the mom of this newborn. We have photo-documented her only twice, both times in the Homosassa, in March 2005 and Jan 2006. In 2005 she was considered a subadult, so I suspect this might be her first calf. The manatee close-by, with the left tail mutilation is also a female (image #42). There are a few other known manatees in the group - one in particular is CR485 (white scar, mid-tail, seen on image #57), another young female, first seen while still a dependent calf in early 2001. We're still working on more details, but just wanted to get back to you with what we had so far. Also, one of our biologists, Susan Butler, was at 3 Sisters this morning and reported that the mom and calf were both in the sanctuary!"
So you see why my encounter was so rare, even in such a populated area. And it is good that it is rare and I actually hope the actual "birth-moment" is never recorded in the wild as it has been documented in captivity so that is all we need to know. For the good of the new mother/calf privacy is important and I'm proud to say that the only people that showed up to witness the event were extremely polite and understanding of the situation (that I of course clued them into). But the other manatee involved were not as understanding as the polite people for sure! Still my feeling is that it was all quite "innocent" amongst a few over-excited manatees.
Still it looks like Angel's survival instincts are strong and he and his mom are together and doing well at Crystal River right now!! It won't hurt for everyone to send their good thoughts though....... GO ANGEL!!!!!!!
Thanks Everyone, Again It Was Just Amazing - it is what we spend all that time planning and being underwater for - moments like this............... Carol
Edited by seagrant, 07 March 2008 - 10:47 AM.
Posted 07 March 2008 - 11:19 AM
Fantastic! Congratulations on capturing the magic!
Nothing scary about that, eh Dean
Edited by kriptap, 07 March 2008 - 11:19 AM.
Posted 07 March 2008 - 04:35 PM
Posted 07 March 2008 - 11:09 PM
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Posted 08 March 2008 - 05:15 AM
Quite a few friends of mine from the UK have been there this week (when they should be sitting through the sessions of the Ocean Sciences meeting in Orlando) and they said that there were two young babies there on Weds/Thurs. Sounds exciting. Although they are all seeing manatees for the first time so they may not be the most reliable sources of information.
I believe it Alex. One was most certainly "Angel" as he was documented at 3 sisters, in the sanctuary on Thursday.
And a week ago - Thursday, I saw another female, again a younger pregnant one (probably another first-time mom) who looked about to "pop". So I'm not surprised and I believe their reports are accurate. (Unfortunately I couldn't go this last week because I had to get over a little "flu" that I caught because I spent too much time being cold myself....., but it was worth it!!!!.... )
Interestingly enough Bob Bonde also told me that he is always concerned (he sounds like an expectant father you know...... ..); anyway he is concerned that with the manatee gestation period at around 12 months - with our mild Winter that warmed up early last year - the females that got pregnant then ('07) could be being forced into giving birth now, during these rather intense (but short) cold snaps we have been getting late this Winter season. The hurdles faced for them include being forced to calve while being nutritionally challenged after the Winter season (as there is not as much nutritional food in the fresh water spring areas) and being forced to give birth with lots of other manatee crowded around the warm spots.
So we need to be cognizant of this and all the more thankful that manatee are intelligent and resourceful creatures and mother manatee especially I'm finding out!!!!
Send lots of well-wishes to the manatee moms right now as we have had some more severe late Winter weather here in Florida. It is a volatile time for them for sure and our understanding and compassion for them should just grow during this time.
Edited by seagrant, 08 March 2008 - 05:16 AM.
Posted 09 March 2008 - 12:43 AM
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Posted 10 March 2008 - 02:57 PM
We saw Angel today and he is 10 days old!!!! He is learning buoyancy and swimming like a champ and is about the cutest thing you have ever seen. Viz wasn't as good today but I'll look through my pics soon and post updates....... (I know everyone wants baby pics...)
Interesting thing is everyone -- the manatee with the "split-tail" in the photo where Angel is riding on mom is still hanging around the mom/calf now even 10 days later. In fact today she had Angel for extended periods of time and took him out by herself for little swim "jaunts". Then mom would take Angel out, or both of those females would.
I'm not so sure Bob Bonde had this one pegged totally or at least maybe some of the manatee were distracting or too-curious about the infant but possibly one or more of the female manatees was actually in some way "helping" the mother with Angel as a newborn, 10 days ago? Or maybe Bob is right and the female manatee with the "split-tail" is like the "guest who would never leave" - or something of the sort........
I don't know but it is really fascinating. Angel definitely has "two moms" - perhaps one is a "grandmother"??
Pics to follow soon, Best Carol
Edited by seagrant, 10 March 2008 - 03:00 PM.
Posted 10 March 2008 - 09:11 PM
A couple of photos:
Posted 12 March 2008 - 12:43 AM
I've just posted a new blog entry/update on my site regarding Angel and his eventful life so far, all 10 days or so of it! B)
Here are a couple of photographs from Monday and I'll past the blog copy as I do sometimes just to be polite (and save everyone a "click")..., don't expect all the links to work right though...
Angel the 10 day old manatee peeking over his mom here - they are just about to be interrupted.....
Angel's "second mom" making her presence known
Copy from my site:
Angelâ update - is this âThe Guest That Would Never Leave?â
Yes, Iâve been anxiously awaiting the moment when I could catch a âglimpseâ of Angel - the newborn manatee again. You may recall I was privileged to have the rare opportunity to photograph him within hours after he was born about 10 days ago. Monday he was 10 days old!!! Bring out the cake and candles - I feel like a proud âmomâ!
So Monday, fellow underwater photographer extraordinaire - Eric Cheng and his friend Don Kehoe came to see manatees and maybe catch a glimpse of âAngelâ for themselves before the end of the manatee season at Crystal River (which by the way is winding down very soon). I was glad they came but even more pleased that both got to see little Angel and were able to get a little more than a âglimpseâ to boot. Eric has written a short log about the experience with pics in his journal here.
Referring back to my first photographs of Angel, 10 days ago, you may recall I photoed a few manatee that were very interested in little Angel. One was a female with a âsplitâ tail (a tail injury to the left - it is sad but most manatee are IDed by markings from injuries, most inflicted by boats). Manatee researcher Bob Bonde answered me when I asked him if there were possibly âmidwifeâ activities going on in some of my photographs. He said he didnât think so and felt it was a form of âcuriosityâ, about the infant Angel. But looking at my photographs here taken on Monday, this female with the left split in her tail is still hanging around Angel and his mom! In fact she is not only hanging around but regularly takes Angel out for little âswimsâ with or without his mom coming along. But Angel only nurses off his mother....., so the question is - Who is the other female and what is her role with Angel? Is she still just curious and has she been granted additional privileges by Angelâs mom? Is the female an âescortâ - as Eric called her, a relative, perhaps even âgrandmotherâ? Or there is one additional theory presented to me by Rudi, one of the captains from Birdâs Underwater , Crystal River that possibly the additional female âescortâ is like âThe Guest Who Would Never Leave...â? (For you youngsters that is a classic Saturday Night Live skit - as I recall it had Jane Curtain with Jim Belushi as âThe Guest Who Would Never Leaveâ....) You can thank Rudi from Birdâs for that enlightening bit of humorous trivia - he and I both smiled widely when he suggested that scenario. :-)
Seriously though, manatee infants must bond with their mothers, ideally without interference, so they can begin to nurse right away, recognize each otherâs vocalizations, etc. In this case it looks like Angel and his mom bonded well despite all the excited manatee around at the time. But as the photos here document there is still one female manatee that seems to have placed a huge stake in Angel and his future. Is she a concerned manatee âbabysitterâ, a relative, or is she truly âThe Guest Who Would Never Leave....?â Carol :-)
PS - as a side note, I also like these two photographs because they illustrate what makes photography at the springs so incredible and so unpredictable/maddening at the same time. Viz wasnât good on Monday but it did clear a bit and you can see in these photos the spring water is beginning to make a dent on the right portion of the photograph - whereas in the left part the greenish water is still predominating. Fascinating!
Edited by seagrant, 12 March 2008 - 07:13 AM.


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Hello all, I would like to start by saying that the old SWCA baggie guide is excellent & I use it myself frequently, this guide is not done to undermine the old guide in any way shape or form, it is aimed at complimenting it & as a bit of an update with a few revisions & alterations as well as more info on previously unclassified or miss-classified baggie types, also a more in depth look at some of the font types & with luck in time also heat seals.
Please note that this guide is for documenting / reference ONLY no discussion please so it remains an easy to navigate guide for all.
For discussion regarding the items on this thread & any help in construction of the guide please may I ask that you post in the thread linked below thank you -
& for further more comprehensive details on all baggies including non Kenner issued ones, please check the main guide here -
Previous kenner baggie guide (SWCA) here -
http://theswca.com/images-speci/baggief ... ature.html
I hope to make a little headway on a rather (to date) elusive subject matter, that being minor font variations & sub-classing them- wish me luck on that one though.
I will be breaking this up in to a few categories as follows -
Star Wars era baggies
Empire Strikes back era baggies
Return Of The Jedi era baggies
POTF era Baggie(s)
& possibly a further section to cover oddities like ESB-h baggie variations of which there are many - not yet confirmed or decided fully (bear with me)
I will be adding further info to this post & the following sections below as & when time permits, I would appreciate your patience whilst the guide is being constructed.


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United Credit Union Breaks Ground for Moberly Facility
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, United Credit Union broke ground for their newest branch location at 1791 East Outer Road (next to Lowe's behind the Moberly Inn). The land was purchased from Orscheln Properties and the construction project will be managed by L&J Construction out of Moberly. Architectural services are being provided by Steve Nuhn, also of Moberly.
Branch manager, Kim Coughenour, has been with United since opening the branch in Moberly.
The current Moberly location is just one of six branches United Credit Union currently has in mid- Missouri. UCU has been in business since 1935. It currently serves nearly 19,000 members with branches in Mexico, Vandalia, Troy, Columbia and Fulton. There has been a branch in Moberly since 1990 when United Credit Union merged with Orscheln Federal Credit Union. UCU offers a wide range of financial products including mortgage loans, vehicle loans, savings, checking and more.
Plans are to open the new office and host a grand opening celebration in the fall of this year. In the meantime, member-owners and potential member-owners are encouraged to continue doing business at the current location at 1024 North Morley.
Pictured are those who attended the groundbreaking.
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This weekend I had about 4 hours to work on my genealogy stuff. I was going through some online rootsweb files and I saw that someone had posted information that I had provided to her and did not acknowledge my work. She posted that Nathan Godwin was the father of Elijah Godwin of North Carolina. There are many descendants working on this line and none of them have ever tried to look past Elijah to find his parents. I've been working for 2 years on trying to prove who his parents were. And I've shared information on the Godwin-Whitlow myfamily.com website hoping to get feedback from folks. Unfortunately, even though the owner of the site has explicitly reminded people NOT to post other people's information without their permission first, I'm still finding my information posted to the world. I'm not ready to have this information posted and even if I were, I would want to post it myself. So I spent this weekend updating my files, trying to get them presentable to post to the rootsweb worldconnect project for others to view. I like that people are able to post their family trees and that they are backed up on a secure server, but many people don't put their sources up and that's frustrating. What good is having the information if you can't back it up with sources? And then on top of all this, she didn't even acknowledge my work!
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MIDDLEBURY –– Hazel Devino was born the year Fenway Park was built — 1912. It seems she was destined to be a big Red Sox fan.
"I love it when the Yankees get beat," she said in an interview last Friday.
Devino watched the ballpark's 100th anniversary ceremony on TV and enjoys watching the games.
"I watched that celebration a couple weeks ago," she said. "Oh, it was something, wasn't it?"
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ORWELL –– When Rhianna Carr, 12, learned that she won a Boston Red Sox Kid Nation community service contest, she couldn't believe it.
"I was so happy I started crying and I was just jumping," she said. "I almost passed out when I found out, I was so happy."
Carr, an Orwell resident and big Sox fan, entered a contest run by Kids Nation, the Red Sox youth fan group.
BRISTOL — Every Valentine's Day since 1999, the halls of Mount Abraham Union Middle and High School have resonated with love songs. The Mount Abe a cappella singing group has turned the day of love into a playful tradition of surprising, embarrassing and tickling their fellow students with tunes from the heart.
MIDDLEBURY — Frances Boardman was in charge of baking the cake for just about every one of her family members' birthdays until a fall — ironically, in the kitchen — forced her to retire her pots and pans around two years ago.
Well, Boardman will be celebrating her own birthday on Monday, Nov. 14, and someone else is in charge of the cake.
And they'd better bring a lot of candles.
VERMONT — Running 200 miles alone is a feat that only a select number of ultra-endurance athletes can accomplish. As a group of Addison County women found out on June 18, tackling the distance as a team still offers a significant challenge, but also leads to a fun, exciting and rewarding weekend — especially when the course runs right through the heart of Vermont.
MIDDLEBURY — Born in one of the world's poorest countries, Peter Garang Deng, 25, was an orphan by the time he was 5 years old. To make matters worse, his native land, Sudan, was consumed by civil war and the family who took him in beat and starved him, he said.
But the Burlington resident managed to flee his country, get an education and come to Vermont to start a new life.
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We've discovered that Stone (foster pit) has limited vision...and last night in the light, we could see cataracts. He's not even a year old yet...so I'm guessing they're juvenile cataracts. I've contacted the rescue, because his litter was adopted out totally by the rescue...so some others may have problems too.
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Iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter Slash will release his second solo album, "Apocalyptic Love", on May 22 via Slash's own label Dik Hayd International distributed through EMI. To reflect singer Myles Kennedy's (ALTER BRIDGE) increased contributions to the new CD, "Apocalyptic Love" is being made available under the name "Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the CONSPIRATORS." The disc will follow Slash's 2010 debut album, "Slash", and his November 2011 first-ever live solo album, the two-CD/DVD set "Made In Stoke 24/7/11". Notably, the "Slash" album debuted on The Billboard 200 chart at #3 (#1 on the Rock chart, #1 on the Independent chart, and #1 on the Hard Music chart). Digitally, the album also became the #1 overall digital album and hit #1 on iTunes in 13 countries. Internationally, the disc achieved Top 5 chart positions in over a dozen major territories, hitting #1 in both Japan and New Zealand.
In the U.K., "Apocalyptic Love" will be released on May 21 in exclusive Classic Rock Fan Pack form — providing a unique collectable package containing the studio album with bonus tracks alongside a specially created magazine with unseen behind-the-scenes content put together by Classic Rock. The Fan Pack format will also come with free gifts, including a pin badge and artwork poster and will be available to buy via more than 2000 retail outlets on newsstands nationally as well as the traditional high street and online music retailers. Roadrunner Records will simultaneously release the record digitally. The standard physical release of the Slash album will follow through Roadrunner Records on June 18.
For the new album, Slash — along with and his bandmates Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums) and Todd Kerns (bass) — teamed with producer Eric Valentine, who also produced the "Slash" disc. All the songs were written together by Slash and Kennedy, and cameras have been rolling throughout the entire making of the album.
Commented Kerns on his official blog: "A few weeks back we finished recording the new Slash album that has since been titled 'Apocalyptic Love' after the lead-off track, which is earth-shattering!
"We finished up recording at Barefoot Recording with [producer] Eric Valentine and the very next day we were shooting an in the studio performance for Mativision. We performed all 13 songs from 'Apocalyptic Love' for the Mativision cameras. The cool thing is that while watching it on your computer, you'll be able to select what you wanna look at and switch around 360 degrees all over the place. It is totally mind-blowing. Crazy. I have no idea what format that's coming out in, but it is to be part of some fancy release of the album.
"In the CONSPIRATORS, we have a new face in the fold. Our brother in arms of the past couple of years, Bobby Schneck [guitar], has moved on and I wish him all the best in the world. Bobby is an amazing guy, a great talent and a great friend.
"The newest Conspirator is none other than Frankie Sidoris. Look out! We got some young blood in the band. Gonna have to step up my game now! Frankie comes from Las Vegas' own THE CAB. Fitz and I jammed with a lot of people to find this kid and he's gonna be a monster. In the future when you're all clamouring about how wonderful Frankie is, remember it was us who found him!"
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- Concentration: Accounting
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On Being A Peer Mentor
Any time you are forced into a new environment, it is never a comfortable transition. However, it can be much easier and smoother depending upon the people and environment around you. When I was getting ready to move into Washington College as a freshman I was pretty much a nervous wreck. I didn't know a single person who was moving on campus with me and there were so many unknowns about college life and academics. It can be a very intimidating experience going from your life of having a ton of friends in high school to immediately not knowing anybody in college. That is the thing I most enjoy about being a peer mentor. You can visibly see at times how uncomfortable new students can be and it feels great to just sit down with them at times and hang out. And sometimes the best moments are not one-on-one; you can invite a couple of the guys over to play a pick-up game of football or basketball. The best part of being a peer mentor is just being around the freshmen on campus and simply "being one of the guys."
Students definitely go through many challenges during their first year but the greatest challenge is probably time management. Especially during the first few weeks of school, there is so much swirling around the heads of freshmen with studying, athletics, clubs, and parties that it can be overwhelming at first. But on a campus like ours, it is definitely possible to do all of these activities as long as you plan out your schedule well. A college student's worst enemy is wasting time, like simply playing video games with his roommate during the scheduled "study slot" in his schedule. As long as you manage your time well, you can have plenty of spare time to have fun while getting good grades at Washington College.
Hometown? Bear, DE
High School? Salesianum
Favorite Class at WC? Intro to Microeconomics
Recommended Professor? Prof Scott / He makes a class with very boring material a lot less boring. Plus he's a really nice professor who cares about the students in his class
Most Memorable Experience as a First-Year Student? Birthday Ball without a doubt. Overall, it was an amazing time that lasts into the early hours of the morning. Its also really fun to see all of your friends dressed up for a change.
If I could be an animal? I would be a dog. Who doesn't love dogs?
One Thing You Shouldn't Forget to Pack? A little rug to place next to your bed. The tile floor can get REALLY cold on your feet when you're changing in the mornings. Also, people tend to forget an air freshener. Living with another boy can be hazardous to the smell of your room.


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At a time when it has become fashionable for players to gripe about Commissioner Roger Goodell, Browns cornerback Joe Haden has a different view.
We know that because he shared it with Pro Football Talk on Friday.
"I would say for me I would give him an A, just 'cause I'm doing my thing, making my checks, playing the sport that I love, and everything's going pretty good for me," Haden said.
Not a bad assessment from a guy who was suspended four games last season, reportedly for taking Adderall.
Haden realizes that other players have concerns about the Commissioner, such as Haden's teammate, Scott Fujita, but Haden's focus for now is on his own backyard, where things are pretty good especially in light of the fact that he was a top-seven pick in 2010, the year before the labor deal restricted the money paid out at the top of the draft.
It's not uncommon for young players to feel that way. Or, in the NFL's case, for most veteran players to feel that way. Still, Haden's views on Goodell depart from those of most of his peers.This video is no longer available. Click here to watch more NBC Sports videos!


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Norway, the nation that inspired the animated setting for Disney's "Frozen," is looking to Iceland as a potential model for boosting its appeal to foreigners aiming to make films and TV productions that require real people and physical assets.
A government commissioned report, issued this week, said if Norway wants to lure crews to shoot productions on the scale of "Game of Thrones" – some of which is filmed in nearby Iceland – it needs to make use of its vast pile of local currency, or kroner, to emulate Iceland's financial incentives. Iceland in recent years has provided spectacular scenery for HBO's "Game of Thrones," Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" and the biblical thriller "Noah."
Iceland, hit by financial crisis in 2008, has been helped by a relatively weak krona, nearly around-the-clock summer light, and generous tax rebates that equaled a billion Icelandic krona ($9 million) in 2012. Norway shares Iceland's ultra-bright summers, but its economy – bolstered by vast oil and gas wealth – is much stronger and the nation has yet to launch a large-scale movie incentive program.
In Norway, the krone is strong and, when combined with high costs and rapid wage growth it makes its spectacular nature less attractive to foreign film and TV crews.
The Nordic oil sheikhs are thinking about changing that, and in the process potentially launching a "game ofkrones" with its Mid-Atlantic neighbors in order to attract Hollywood's attention. The salvo would come at a time when Icelanders have been concerned about the longevity of their own incentive scheme.
"We want to look more closely at how we best can facilitate the production of foreign movies in Norway," Thorhild Widwey, Norway's Minister of Culture, said as she received a government-commissioned report from independent advisor Oslo Economics this week.
If Norway introduced Iceland-style production incentives, it could potentially nearly double the number of foreign film and TV productions on its soil to between 15 and 20 a year, from currently about 10 a year, according to the report.
Such incentives could also counter the current trend of domestic productions moving abroad to save cash, the report said. Several recent productions, including the Oscar-nominated 2012 movie "Kon-Tiki" and the 2011 movie "Headhunters," based on a Jo Nesbø thriller, were partly recorded abroad.
Forty countries around the world have introduced some form of subsidies for film and TV production, including 16 European countries, Oslo Economics said. For instance, Ireland has a 28% tax rebate, and Iceland has a 20% tax rebate.
If Norway decides that it wants to attract Hollywood, it should echo the Icelandic system, which is very simple, and has already been approved by the authorities that monitor Norway and Iceland's trade agreements with the European Union, Oslo Economics recommended.
But, Oslo Economics warned, there would have to be surplus capacity in the Norwegian film and TV sector for the incentives to be profitable for the overall society. Norway has no net debt and very low unemployment, and the competition for skilled workers is already tough.
Subsidizing film and TV comes with both costs and benefits, the report said. For instance, the number of productions in Ireland had increased to about 60 a year from about 40 a year after incentives were introduced in 2008, but the incentives cost the country about $167 million a year.
"To increase the number of productions, such incentives are effective, at least in the short term," Oslo Economics analyst Ove Skaug Halsos told the NTB news agency. But, he warned, increased competition to attract productions may lead to a "race to the bottom" where countries have to constantly improve incentives to get the upper hand.
The Norwegian Parliament is expected to decide whether to subsidize foreign movies and TV series in early 2015.


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EU's new sanctions target Putin inner circle
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's new sanctions announced Friday will hit the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin, including a deputy prime minister, two presidential advisers and the speakers of both houses of parliament.
Still, the list of individuals is not as high-powered as the one the United States is targeting.
EU leaders added 12 people to their list of 21 officials they are hitting with visa bans and asset freezes to punish Russia for its takeover of the Crimean Peninsula. It includes Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and three others who already made it onto a U.S. list of targets this week.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, smiles while he waits for Russian President Vladimir Putin to address the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The United States and its European allies stepped up their pressure on Russia to end its intervention in Ukraine by imposing the most comprehensive sanctions against Russian officials since the Cold War. Rogozin is on the list. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
It also includes television anchor Dmitry Kiselyov, described as "the central figure of the government propaganda supporting the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraine."
Also on the list are high-ranking military officials, including two deputy commanders of the Black Sea Fleet, which is based on the Crimean Peninsula.
Russia has already hit back at the United States by announcing it would impose asset freezes on a number of high-ranking U.S. officials. But it has yet to take retaliatory action against the EU.
Beyond targeting officials linked to the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, the EU leaders also decided at their summit to prepare economic sanctions in case Russia expands its intervention beyond Crimea into eastern Ukraine. The EU leaders also scrapped a scheduled EU-Russia summit as part of the intensifying standoff over Ukraine, which has turned into one of the biggest political battlegrounds in Europe since the end of the Cold War.
Beyond punishing Russia, the EU leaders also showed backing for Ukraine, which lost Crimea to Moscow on Tuesday, by signing a political cooperation agreement.
EU President Herman Van Rompuy said that signing Friday's deal with Ukraine, "is a sign of our solidarity with the people of Ukraine, of our support for their aspirations and their thirst for change."
Vladimir Isachenkov contributed from Moscow.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House may soon propose the biggest change in U.S. food aid since the programs were created during the Cold War - donating cash for hunger relief instead of shipping American-grown food thousands of miles to global trouble spots, say farm groups and charities.
Reformers have argued for years that cash donations, the method used by most nations, are more efficient and speedier. But food donation has been the favored U.S. approach since the Food for Peace program was enacted in 1954.
Groups on both sides of the issue said on Monday that the Obama administration, when it unveils its budget for the fiscal year opening October 1, may endorse cash donations and propose fewer food donations.
"This is a very serious proposal," said Eric Munoz of Oxfam, the international development group. "We think the intent is there" for reform.
Oxfam and allies such as American Jewish World Service point to a 2012 Cornell University study as support for the idea that cash, used to buy local food near the recipients' area, is more efficient than sending bags of flour or rice, bottles of vegetable oil, dried milk and other aid.
The study said local purchase "can often afford valuable cost and times savings," as much as 50 percent in the cost of grain. Processed foods sometimes cost more locally or offered smaller savings.
As a rule, at least 75 percent of all U.S. food aid must travel on U.S.-flagged vessels, which also drives up the cost.
The White House and U.S. Agriculture Department declined to comment to Reuters about a possible cash proposal.
Farm groups and agribusinesses said they opposed dramatic cuts or the elimination of Food for Peace.
Steep cuts will undermine "one of our most effective, lowest-cost national security tools" that builds good will overseas, they said in a letter last week to senators who oversee food aid programs.
The United States is the world's largest food aid donor, providing nearly $2 billion a year in aid. Food for Peace, devoted to hunger relief and local food security, is the largest of the aid programs with $1.47 billion in funding this year.
Food donation also has strong support on Capitol Hill. The chairwomen of the Senate Appropriations and Agriculture committees were among the 21 signers of a Feb 20 letter calling for continued funding of Food for Peace.
The letter, first reported by The Hagstrom Report, an agricultural newsletter, opened the public scuffle over cash donation vs food donation.
Food aid groups planned to circulate on Tuesday a statement calling for the White House to support "bold reform" that includes local purchase of food and an end to the practice known as monetization. In it, the United States gives food to groups that sell it so they can operate programs to help poor people in targeted nations.
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Renée Loth Hon. BSA is editor of ArchitectureBoston magazine, the quarterly "ideas'' publication of the Boston Society of Architects. She is also a regular oped columnist for The Boston Globe. Before coming to ArchitectureBoston she was editor of the editorial page at the Globe -- the highest-ranking woman at the newspaper. She is also a frequent contributor to national and local news panels on public radio. She has twice served as a judge for the Pulitzer prizes in journalism.
Renée has lived in Boston since coming to Boston University as a journalism student in the 1970s. Today she lives in Brighton with her husband, the jazz pianist Bert Seager.
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Dave Bing and Billy Cunningham may not mind at all. Bill Walton, Dave Cowens and James Worthy stay pretty busy and might not have time to worry about it. A few others – Dave DeBusschere, Pete Maravich, Bill Sharman – are peacefully past the point of fretting.
None of which means the Boston Globe will get no grief from the family, friends and fans of the former NBA players it is hypothetically ousting from the NBA's well-known 50 Greatest Players list. The Globe, and specifically columnist and longtime NBA writer Gary Washburn, became the latest outlet this weekend to "revisit" the better-than-Hall-of-Fame fraternity put together by the NBA in 1996-97 to celebrate the league's 50th anniversary.
In updating and accounting for players whose careers continued past or have unspooled entirely since that season, the Globe identified 13 current or more recent greats to add. Which, of course, meant shedding an equal number to maintain that magic number of 50. In addition to the fellows mentioned above, these five were unceremoniously dumped by the Boston newspaper: Sam Jones, Earl Monroe, Willis Reed, Nate Thurmond and Wes Unseld.
That's a tough purge.
In truth, obviously, there really was nothing magical about 50. It offered a nifty 50-for-50 hook for the exercise, same as the league's "silver anniversary" announced in 1971 produced a roster of 25 legends. The most logical way to update the list of 50 would be to wait for the next notable anniversary – say, the 75th in 2021-22 – and bump the number of honorees by 25.
That way, even with a few revisions and (ahem) dis-invitations, there would be plenty of room for newbies such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant Kevin Durant, Allen Iverson and Kevin Garnett without requiring a whole squad of Hall of Famers to head to the lifeboats.
Then again, no one attempts a re-visit like this without understanding the consequences, in terms of Web site comments, nasty emails and wholesale second-guessing and even mockery. Washburn and the Globe seemed to anticipate as much in laying out the parameters for what might seem to some to be shameless click-bait but is hard to resist for hardcore NBA fans:
It was not easy. Some Hall of Famers had to be removed to make room for new players. Production in one era had to be compared with production in another. Players who accumulated great individual statistics had to be compared with those who were great winners and had more team success.
In addition, the Globe did what the NBA didn't do 19 years ago: We ranked the players, 1 to 50, which should prompt even more debate.
This was an even more arduous task.
Where do you rank someone such as George Mikan, the first dominant center? Do you rank one player over another because he won more championships? Where do you place those whose careers were shortened by injury or who decided to retire in their prime?
Hopefully, this exercise will offer an opportunity to appreciate the greats of the past as well as acknowledge the current players who have achieved greatness.
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Here's a little Q&A with TG on MattyCollector:
http://forums.mattycollector.com/eve...6&r=1311060646Q: Galactimytes and Gleanons from NA had prototypes...
'In legal limbo' (like Mara) or 'Possible'?
'On the masterplan list on TG's wall' or 'Maybe after 2016'?
TG: Honestly, I have not really looked into these guys. They are a bit obscure and would take a lot of tooling. If it is something fans really want to see I'd be happy to see if we have access.
I mean...really?!
For those of you who have never watched NA, you obviously don't know who these guys are, and that's okay. I'll educate:
The Gleanons and Galactimytes are two separate races, who are at war. The Gleanons are evil and Crita became their Queen. Mara became the Galactimytes "Ambassador" or something. The fighting between these two races was heavily featured in all of season two of NA. It basically WAS season two of NA.
It would be like if in the 80's cartoon of MOTU, Trollans and the Konseals (Loo-Kee's race) battled it out for 10 episodes and were called "obscure."
I think this has REALLY shown how much of an interest Mattel really has with NA as a whole, when a major part of it is "obscure." I'm pretty sure characters appearing in cameos ONLY in maybe 3-5 episodes would be obscure (Chief Carnivus), concepts that never appeared in any media (Gygor and Vikor), possible 80's knock-off toys (Fuerza-T and Wun-Dar) or only appeared once (Green Goddess and Preternia He-Man) are obscure. Not a grouping of 50+ characters on a TV show seen worldwide by millions, that had their own story arch and toy prototypes shown in a magazine and online for all to see! Grrr...
From a 1991 Mattel catalogue (and Mattel did have their names copywritten in 1990).


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School was a failure, but later on learning the joys and hazards of life during five war years in the RAF was a good grounding…but for what? Was it for serenading ladies on their balconies in Italy with a guitar? Or making his first appearance on TV in 1946 playing a home-made pipe? Or addressing an audience of 5000 at the Albert Hall? Perhaps for meeting and shaking hands with Sir Winston Churchill, Noel Coward, King George VI and Roy Rogers. Or having his first sex in a whorehouse in Georgia with a College girl for $2.00? … No no, that was part of the training! Being the skipper of a 50ft sailing trimaran on charter… Or being the guest on 'In Town Tonight' in Johannesburg? Being presented with Dick Van Dyke's own chromatic harmonica when he explained that he couldn't cope with it. Becoming the Master of Ceremonies at the biggest strip club in Denver, Colorado? Driving alone through four countries in Africa in a two-stroke motorcar or having 'Alf Garnet' for dinner and agreeing with him on most points… Offering his wife's recipe for watercress soup as requested by Jack Heinz in exchange for his recipe for baked beans… Renting his school bus to Charles Manson? After being shot down in a Spitfire and later shot up by a firing squad, he is still walking around with a bullet in the back. It constantly reminds him of why we all went to war…to save our country from an invasion and to maintain 'This Happy Breed'…as Noel Coward would have said. Returning to England after 37 years to find much of it is like a foreign country, he wonders did the politicians mess it up all by themselves? Was keeping their seats, their salaries and their power so important that they would sacrifice our country and sell us out for a few extra votes? As a pilot, he would say that they have put us into a spin from which it will be difficult to recover. 'God Save the Queen' and 'hats off' to the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles who occasionally say what they are thinking!
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