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Love Your Boat But Hate Your Boat Mattress?Friday, June 29th, 2012
For many, owning a boat is a long awaited dream come true. But once your mattress begins to give out, spending time on your dreamboat can become uncomfortable, or even create problems (a grumpy spouse is no fun!).
There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to purchasing a custom boat mattress and initially the process may seem a little overwhelming. I have made hundreds of custom boat mattresses and therefore have some insight on the process of purchasing a new mattress for your boat!
First, it's important to determine if you could make do with the mattress you already have and simply purchase a mattress topper for added support and comfort. If this is not going to cut it, then it's time to get a new mattress!
Next, you need to consider some technical but important issues when it comes to boat mattresses. These include weight, material that will last in a marine environment, and size.
Weight is important and needs to be taken into consideration when purchasing a mattress for your boat. You will want to figure out the current weight of your mattress and go from there. Since there are many different types of materials and thicknesses in the industry to meet your needs, you will want to consider what the right balance between the weight of the mattress, measured in pounds per cubic foot, and the thickness needed for your support.
You will also want to consider the marine environment your mattress will be living in. Latex can be a great choice because the foam is naturally resistant to mold and mildew and because it breathes very well, which is good because the last thing you want on your boat is a large mildewing mattress. While there are rust resistant innersprings for some mattresses, which do cut down on the deterioration of a mattress, foam mattresses are more porous and can be made with anti-microbial materials. Therefore, memory foam and latex mattresses generally tend to absorb less moisture and are better suited for a damp environment.
When getting a custom cut mattress for your boat, Rocky Mountain Mattress, can customize and cut your mattress to fit any size you need. Visit our site, http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/company/custom-mattress.php, for instructions on how to accurately measure for your new mattress.

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Outlook and Dimensions Festivals: Ticket delivery informationposted by Lucy, 06 Jul 2012
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Casey Anthony opens up to Piers Morgan
Anthony tells CNN host that Caylee was her 'greatest accomplishment'
ORLANDO, Fla. – For the first time, Casey Anthony has broken her silence and answered questions from a journalist.
Anthony spoke to CNN's Piers Morgan by phone for about 10 minutes. Morgan relayed the conversation and had Anthony's attorney, Cheney Mason, as a guest on his show Tuesday evening.
Anthony confronted rumors, explained her own bizarre behavior, and insisted that she was not responsible for her daughter Caylee's death.
"Obviously, I didn't kill my daughter," said Anthony. "There's nothing in this world I've ever been more proud of -- she's my greatest accomplishment."
Anthony was acquitted in July 2011 of killing Caylee.
When asked if Anthony might want to have children again, Mason said he thinks she might want to and said she was a committed and loving mother.
She was convicted of lying to law enforcement.
"I didn't trust law enforcement because of my relationship with my father, who is ex-law enforcement," said Anthony. "In the way that I've come across, it's horrible. It looks absolutely horrible and I'm ashamed in many ways of the person that I was because, even then, that wasn't who I am."
As prosecutors painted her as a bad mother during the trial, Anthony said that "party girl" persona was not her.
"I don't drink now, I've probably had a handful of beers since I've been on probation," said Anthony.
She's currently serving one year of probation on check fraud charges.
There has long been speculation that Anthony plans to sell her story to the highest bidder. Both she and her attorney told Morgan that is not true.
Mason said Anthony spends her days cooking, cleaning, reading books, exercising, and watching movies. A seemingly normal life, although hidden away in a secret location, afraid to go outside.
Concerning rumors that she's gained weight to become unrecognizable or that she's moving Costa Rica, Anthony said neither of those are true.
Anthony also faces defamation charges in a lawsuit against her by Zenaida Gonzalez, who says Anthony ruined her reputation. Gonzalez shares a similar name as a fictitious baby sitter -- Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez -- whom Anthony initially said kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.
At Anthony's murder trial last summer, Anthony's defense claimed Caylee drowned in the family's swimming pool and, therefore, had not been abducted. Caylee's remains were found in December 2008.
The civil trial is slated to start in January 2013. Mason accepted a subpoena for Anthony to appear at trial on Anthony's behalf last month.
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Wendi leads BCG's cutting-edge Innovation Analytics Insight Center, which uses state-of-the-art proprietary technologies to connect clients to external innovation, ideas, technologies, organizations, and talent. Wendi is responsible for the center's team of analysts and for the development of its proprietary visualization tools for networks, analytical models, and methodologies.
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American men 1-2 in halfpipe at freestyle worlds
OSLO, Norway – David-Wise of Reno, Nev., has won his first halfpipe title at the world freestyle skiing championships.
Wise earned 96.2 points on Tuesday from his first run, leading a 1-2 American finish in Oslo, Norway. World Cup leader Torin Yater-Wallace followed with a first run of 95.6 and Thomas Krief of France was third.
"It was one of the most exciting finals we've seen all year! I was going towards the end of the start list and it was so fun to watch everyone drop in and throw down some amazing runs," Wise said.
Wise, a four-time U.S. champion, was fourth in the two previous worlds in 2009 and 2011.
"I set a goal of the run I wanted to do and didn't hold anything back and I am thrilled this all came together for me," Wise said.
Wise's winning run consisted of a leftside cork 900 nose-grab, rightside 720 leading mute-grab, switch double cork 1080, rightside double cork 1260, leftside double cork 1260.
Virginie Faivre of Switzerland has regained the title she won in 2009, rallying from third after the first run.
She passed first-run leader Anais Caradeux of France and Ayana Onozuka of Japan with a total of 83.8 in the second run. Caradeux beat qualifying leader Onozuka by 0.2 points for the silver with 80.6.
Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe did not compete after she sustained a fall in training and didn't feel up to qualifiers.
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Chenin Blanc, Not Your Fathers Wine
Chenin Blanc wines are probably quite familiar to most wine consumers. Since the 11th Century, France's Loire Valley has always produced lovely Chenin Blancs, such those from Savennieres and Vouvray. The French wines have varied from dry to sweet, and both seem to last decades or more. On the other hand, this is usually not the case for Chenin Blancs from the New World. At one time, domestic Chenin Blanc was usually reserved for ½ gallon bottles (aka, Jug Wine), or added to blends of other domestic white grapes. It never really seemed to gain traction as a varietal on its own. Certainly there were plantings in the U.S. and in several Southern Hemisphere countries. But none of them rivaled the original wines from France. Interestingly, that may be changing. South Africa has been growing Chenin Blanc since the Dutch settled there in the 1600s, while creating a trade route to India.
Join us as we talk with Ken Forrester, of Ken Forrester Wines in South Africa. He's an excellent spokesperson for the grape, its history, and for the beautiful wines that can be made from it.
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I'm pretty sure there are at least two dfferent bootloaders for them
So my question is, does anyone have an example project posted?
I'm planning on buying a few next time I make an order
and I'm wondering if they use the internal oscillators or if they are programmed to run an external.
I also found Coding Badly's write up on how to tune an attiny and I'm reading through it
Yup, I downloaded the files and looked through them, I am completely new to all of this(less than a month of arduino experience, which is my only experience with a microprocessor). Is calibrating the attiny really as simple as just running the Save_to_EEProm sketch and following the instructions?
The documentation is great
I ordered a few attiny85s
the 84s had a 20 dollar handling charge from my local(ish) vendor
edit: what terminal program do you favor?
It's the little chip that can.
I assume you mean the datasheet for the attiny85 on the OSCCAL values?
I installed the cores through links to the site from other posts, I didn't realize that was your site.
Installing it all was a breeze
I'm hoping programming the 85 will be as simple
Hopefully I'll get the first done soon and I'll post it up!
I love the 85, so much so I've built an emulator for it. (CB, got PCBs the other day and have half written a monitor program.)
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My name is Quinton, I am 30 years of age and live in Australia. I have been a personal trainer at a gym for 10 years. I have recently decided to step away from the gym and change my business to group outdoor personal training. The reason for this is because i love the outdoors and warm weather. Training people in groups also allows me to positively affect more peoples lives.
There is nothing like breathing the fresh air that my beautiful country has to offer.
I love nothing more than going for a ride on my bike playing basketball with friends and swimming at the beach.
I would say that I'm an energetic person whom likes to share my passion of exercise with others.
I love spending time with my girlfriend, family and friends. I love going to the movies and watching basketball on T.V. I also love action and comedy movies and T.V.
I Live a healthy lifestyle, which includes eating organic food and limiting my exposure to chemicals.
I have decided to challenge myself and go alcohol free for this entire year.
Last year my challenge was not to get overtaken by another rider on my bike ride for the entire year and I managed to achieve this.
My favorite color is blue and I also like red. I like sports cars like lamborghini's and Ferarri's. I love apple products and Nike Shoes. I like nice clothes and like to dress well. I also love going on holidays especially to the U.S.A.
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Morrison Writes a Social Justice Superman in ACTION COMICS
Next week, a new Superman hits the DC Universe in Action Comics #1, the much-hyped relaunch of the long-running series.
Written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Rags Morales, this new version of Action Comics brings a young, bold Clark Kent into a modern Metropolis of 2005. When Clark appears in public as Superman, he's the first superhero the world has ever seen, so he's met by fear and suspicion. He ends up working outside the law, often breaking it and sometimes losing his temper as he fights for what he believes is right.
As Newsarama detailed previously (accompanied by some exclusive preview pages), Morrison thinks this new Superman's outside-the-government approach mirrors the mood of the world today.
"I think right now, we're all feeling that way," he said. "Nobody has much faith in their elected leaders in the same way that they did. We all have a lot more cynicism and a lot more doubt about the people who are running our lives than we did when Superman was a 'boy scout.'"
But Morrison said much more. Here we reveal the full transcript of Newsarama's discussion with Morrison, where the writer also told us more about the new Metropolis, Jimmy Olsen, and how his ideas are linked to the TV series Smallville.
Newsarama: Grant, was it a challenge to re-introduce Superman as a new hero without public support, since he's such an iconic and accepted part of popular culture? How difficult is it to create that world where people don't accept Superman?
Grant Morrison: That was actually the most fun of it, to try to make it seem as if we'd never, ever read a superhero story before. It was really difficult, because obviously everyone's really familiar with this stuff. I guess my idea was to just to treat it more like a science fiction story, which I like to do to get to the roots of these things. And to say, 'here's what it would be like if this guy just appeared in this world.'
There are differences. Metropolis is the 'City of Tomorrow' but it clearly is not our world. It's not New York or Marvel or any of those things. It's very much Metropolis and Gotham, and the DC Universe. The idea was to take the DC Universe and treat it almost as a science fiction playground, and this was the first time this had happened. And to show how it works in Metropolis, a city that has always tried to be the City of Tomorrow, but now it's 2011, or 2005 I guess, since these stories are taking place in the past. But it's slightly run down, you know? The machines don't work. The robot trains are kind of useless. There's graffiti everywhere. And it's kind of like the way New York was in the 1970's, before they cleaned up the place. So the Metropolis we're doing is a lot scarier, it's a lot more urban than I think we've ever seen it before. It's maybe a bit more like Gotham city, but it's not as dark and gothic. But in terms of crime, it's kind of like '70s New York.
That's such a long answer, but I guess I was trying to take a few elements from different places to make Metropolis seem like a real city, more than maybe it's been before.
Then I tried to introduce Superman to that and play with what would happen if it wasn't the character we're familiar with.
And as you see, they don't know who he is. The cops don't know him. They can't trust him. He's willing to break the law. So obviously, people are scared as well, because he's using these incredible powers, and no one quite knows what that means.
Nrama: It's interesting that you compare it to Gotham a bit, because there's been quite a reaction to this idea that Superman is willing the break the law. I think because Superman is so established as the good guy that it's strange to think of him being at odds with the authorities, but I assume he's got a motivation for what he's doing?
Morrison: Oh, always. Superman stands for justice, not necessarily for the law. And I think that's what makes this guy different. But as you know, I'm only taking that aspect of it from the original 1938 version, which was the original Superman. He was very much... you know, those stories were set in a pretty convincing real life world, and Superman was dealing with corruption and the law and the cops and then Congress, as much as he was dealing with just street crime and day-to-day violence.
So he always had that social justice, and we're just taking it back. I think right now, we're all feeling that way. Nobody has much faith in their elected leaders in the same way that they did. We all have a lot more cynicism and a lot more doubt about the people who are running our lives than we did when Superman was a 'Boy Scout.' So we're taking him back to the '30s, when people did have that doubt, and a lot of people were losing their jobs and losing their livelihood, and a lot of people were realizing there was corruption in high places.
I think we're at that time again, a very cynical, very doubting time. Superman's more the hero for that than he was for, say, the patriotic hero that he was in the '40s, or the domestic dad hero that he was in the '50s.
Nrama: But you said Superman is still about justice, so is his attitude less cynical and anti-establishment than it is focused on changing that establishment for the better?
Morrison: It's not just the establishment. He's against everything he sees that's wrong. He's against crime. He's against wife-beaters. He's against people who kick dogs and cats, as much as he's against the evil Congressman or big business.
Superman is just a guy who is very young at this point, and he has big ideas about what is right and wrong. And he has the power to implement those ideas. Certainly, he stands up for the common man and for poor people and the dispossessed and the downtrodden. That's really what it's all about. If anyone in the world's been bullied, then Superman exists to take out the bully, no matter how big or smart or armed that bully might be.
Nrama: What was behind the decision to have him unable to fly at this point? Was that just to align him with how he was first introduced?
Morrison: A little bit of that. But mostly to kind of bring him down to our level finally. A lot of people had been complaining. Part of the loss of Superman's popularity in the comics has been because he's not been much like us.
Obviously, in the TV show Smallville, he's been a lot more like us. And that's actually been the most popular version of Superman probably for the last 15 years. So even though I haven't seen a single episode of Smallville, I know what it's about. And I wanted to do a Superman who could almost be traced to those roots. And a Superman who was a little younger, who wasn't as completely powered up as he is in the current continuity, and who can be hurt. His nose can be bloodied, he can have his ribs broken, and although they may heal very quickly, it takes a little bit of effort to do the feats that he does.
I wanted to see him sweat a little and to bleed a little, and to restore him to a kind of humanity that we could all understand before moving him on.
So yeah, it's all about grounding him so he can be a bit more like us, 'cause I felt that was the best way of then re-introducing the powers, as he starts to get stronger. The longer he spends under Earth's sun, the more exponentially stronger and powerful he becomes, and we'll see that Superman in the current day.
Nrama: And Lois and Clark aren't married in this version, and we've heard that Lois even has a boyfriend. The new readers you're targeting may have never been aware of their marriage. But how would you describe their relationship now, in this new comic, and how important a role will it play in the story?
Morrison: In Action, the first six issues, they barely know one another. Lois is sort of a girl about town, a rising reporter. And Clark Kent works for the rival newspaper. In my first six issues, he doesn't even work for The Daily Planet, but Lois and Jimmy do. And Clark works for The Daily Star. So they're kind of rivals. And she doesn't even have the thing about Superman yet. Superman's only just come on the scene. She gave him the name. And she's obviously fascinated by him. But there's a lot more to Lois than that.
So I'm just exploring the whole 'army-brat-becomes-a-crusading-journalist' arc, which is very strange, that she's General Lane's daughter and he's very deep in the military establishment, yet at the same time, she's an investigative journalist. So there's a lot of friction there.
It's just a whole new kind of set-up for Lois and Clark.
When it comes up to the current day, I'm not quite sure. I'm taking my cues from Geoff Johns and George Pérez, and how they're playing it in the present day. And I know things are quite different again.
The fun has been kind of messing up the relationship and allowing both characters to maybe see other people. And to know there is a love affair there, but we're watching it grow and develop rather than is handed to us on a plate.
Nrama: Is Jimmy different in this world?
Morrison: Yeah, I mean, I like a capable Jimmy, from the start, rather than a buffoon. So there's a bit of that. Again, he's a young guy.
The way I'm playing it is that rather than him being 'Superman's friend,' which never seemed to make a lot of sense, he's Clark Kent's friend. And the two of them get on because they're a couple of really smart geeks. They're into everything from astronomy to zombies, and they love hanging out and talking.
So Jimmy becomes Superman's friend eventually because Jimmy started out as Clark's best friend. He was the first person he knew when he came to the big city. It's much more about the two friends on that level, which I think is a different, slightly warmer, more believable dynamic between the two characters.
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#2 cover.Nrama: How significant is the change from being able to go home and be able to see Mom and Dad on the Kent farm to the way you have it now, where he doesn't have that support system?
Morrison: No, he doesn't, and I kind of like that. It means that he can maybe go a little too far. Part of what we're exploring, as well, is that this guy can go a little too far. There's nobody really holding him back. And luckily for us, he has a very strong morality and sense of justice. But at the same time, some things you can push a little too far.
And you can see that in Clark as well. Clark is much more proactive. He's an investigative journalist, and he's very serious about it. He exposes all kinds of corruption that gets him into all kinds of trouble.
He kind of likes the idea that there's no way of getting to him and no one who can harm him. As Superman and as Clark, he's working as a superhero on both fronts.
So to a certain extent, he enjoys being on his own because no one can get hurt and it's all down to him. But at the same time, that means there's no limit on him as he loses his temper.
It allows us to play with different things that maybe open up new, and more interesting avenues that the character may go down.
Because what happens when there's no Ma and Pa Kent to say slow down or stop it? And he wants to change the world overnight?
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#3 cover.Nrama: But you mentioned that he has a sense of justice. Does that come from having been raised by the Kents?
Morrison: Absolutely. And it also comes from the fact that he's the son of a couple of super-logical scientists. So he has a certain way of looking at the world that could have been quite cold. But at the same time, he was raised by these two kind of humble, hard-working people who had a very specific and basic morality. So yeah, he's learned from that. And he has more to learn, because those two people who lived in the heartland of America only knew so much.
So again, the whole thing we're doing in this new Superman is to watch him learn and grow and progress, and I find that's what makes the big difference.
The guy we had before was in his prime. He was eternally in his prime, and everything he did was going to work out. And the only way to deal with that was to make him a wimp, in a lot of cases.
So what we're trying to do is bring back that proactive Superman, but also allow him to change and to make these mistakes and to get beaten up a bit, and to have to come back and rethink his mission.
Nrama: Is there added weight on your shoulders because this is Action Comics #1? Does the significance of that resonate with you as you approach this?
Morrison: Oh, very much! I was totally panicking!
For the first time in my life, I thought, wow, I have to really make this count.
So yeah, I was very aware of it.
Now, I'm much further into it. I'm writing Issue #5 right now. That milestone has been forgotten, and I'm on my roller coaster now, so I don't feel quite so bad. But certainly, approaching that first issue was quite daunting. I hope people like it. I looks pretty good, because Rags Morales has done an amazing job on it. I think it's turned out as a beautiful looking book. His version of Clark Kent's amazing, this kind of weird Harry Potter version of Clark Kent. It's brilliant.
Nrama; Are you having fun with this?
Morrison: Oh yeah! Especially now that I'm into it a little bit, and I've worked out the story for 16 issues. Once I've got the big, overarching plan, it all starts to get a lot more exciting. So yeah, I'm having a great time on Superman, because I've been able to come at it from a different angle.
Nrama: As long as I've got you on the phone Grant, can you just give us an update on Multiversity and your Batman work?
Morrison: Batman Incorporated, I know Chris is about halfway through the last issue, issue #10. So although that's late, it will be out soon. And then the Leviathan book will be scheduled to come out, I think, at the start of the year. Again, we want to keep that one monthly. So the idea is to get a little bit ahead and not have the problems we had on Batman Incorporated.
But yeah, that's all going. And Multiversity is going great. Frank Quitely is working on his pages right now. Nobody else has started, because we got Frank started first. But he's already going with his stuff. So all that stuff's going well.
Mutliversity is a lot more along the lines of the feel of Seven Soldiers, I think. I'm very pleased with it. I took a lot of time with it. And I think it's the best thing I've ever, ever done. If I stop after Multiversity, that will be good enough.More from Newsarama on Action Comics and Superman:
- DC's New Superman Is a Modern, Cynical Superhero
- Exclusive Action Comics #1 Preview
- Superman Secrets: 10 Things You Didn't Know
- 25 Most Iconic Superman Images
- 10 Things We Want in Superman Movie Reboot MAN OF STEEL


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Ohio 2012 could look a lot like Florida 2000
Final vote count might not be known for weeks
Officials in Hamilton County are preparing for a long wait to learn the outcome of the tightening presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
With a razor-thin margin and an expected large number of provisional ballots to consider, it's possible that the winner won't be declared for days or even weeks.
"Delaying the answer of whose going to be our next president for the next four years would just frustrate people even more," said Colleen Reynolds, a Xavier University student and Obama campaign volunteer.
Drew Dziedzic, also a Xavier sophomore and a Romney campaign volunteer, said he was 8 years old during the Florida recount following the 2000 Bush-Gore election.
"I still remember, like, the next day waking up, on the "Today" show Katie Couric and Matt Lauer were saying, 'Well, we still don't actually know who the winner of the election is yet,'" Dziedzic said.
About 25,000 of the requested early vote ballots have not yet arrived in Hamilton County, and hundreds of thousands haven't been returned yet statewide.
Voters who receive early vote ballots but decide to vote at their polling places will be given provisional ballots.
If the result comes down to provisional ballots, the outcome might not be decided until mid-November.
"The nation would have to wait for Ohio to count those ballots and, by law, we can't count those ballots for 10 days," said Tim Burke, chairman of the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
Bipartisan election teams would check each provisional ballot to make sure it's valid – and that could trigger some worrisome memories for many Americans.
"If you want to know what that would be like, think of Florida 2000," said Patrick Miller, assistant professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati.
Miller believes the level of scrutiny would be off the chart.
"The parties will go into the minutiae of electoral law to find any reason to support or disqualify a ballot," Miller said.
If the final vote is close enough to trigger a recount, the final results might not be known until December.
"The ballots that we count after Election Day can have an impact, especially in close races," said Sally Krisel, deputy director of the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
Voters who cast their ballots by mail must ensure those are received by the Board of Elections by the end of the day Monday for those votes to count.


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It's been incredibly busy over here lately! We've been homeschooling, doing a little fall cleaning, and participating in various activities, like our new homeschool co-op! Also, my first season as a rostered skater with Upstate Roller Girl Evolution just ended Saturday. I wrote on the URGE blog yesterday about getting back into running. Other than that, we've been decorating for Halloween! We're having our yearly Halloween party soon, so there are a lot of decorations going up right now. I thought I'd share about one idea I tested out tonight.
I got a couple of rolls of black crepe paper, stuck a skeleton on like so...
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How to Use the Images
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Drawing 1: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.
Saint-Gaudens made extensive changes to both the house, which was in a dilapidated condition when he first moved in, and the landscape.
Questions for Drawing 1
1. What are your first impressions of the site?
2. Describe the landscape of the grounds and the surrounding region.
3. Locate the main house. Why do you think Saint-Gaudens named the house "Aspet"? (You may need to refer back to Reading 1.)
4. Locate the Little Studio that Saint-Gaudens converted from an old barn. By 1902 he had constructed a larger studio that no longer stands, but was located near the site of the present day New Gallery. Why might Saint-Gaudens have needed more than one studio?
5. Does this look like a summer home? What do you think the site reveals about the lifestyle of the Saint-Gaudenses?
* The drawing on this screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of Drawing 1, but be aware that the file will take as much as 40 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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Most Content
The first sections of the attached diagram which pertain to Digital Services are delineated in Preparing_Collections_on_the_S_Drive_for_Online_Delivery_and_Storage.
Here's the steps for creating derivatives and moving content off the share drive:
Preliminary steps on the server
- make sure that the Windows share is mounted: type into the ssh window on libcontent1: `ls /cifs-mount` -- if no listing appears, or the window hangs up, you need to mount the share drive. Otherwise, proceed to getting content from the share drive...
- To mount the Windows drive, type this in on the commandline on libcontent1: `sudo mount -t cifs -o username=jjcolonnaromano,domain=lib //libfs1.lib.ua-net.ua.edu/share/Digital\ Projects/ /cifs-mount` and use the password for share for Jeremiah. If successful, the command in the last step will show you the directories within the Digital Projects folder on Share.
- Make sure content is in the Completed directory, and that all quality control scripts have been run, and all corrections made.
- Create the MODS from the exported text spreadsheet (Making_MODS), and place them in a MODS directory within the Metadata directory.
- Log onto libcontent1 and change into the UploadArea/scripts directory. (see Command-line_Work_on_Linux_Server)
- Type in 'makeJpegs' and answer the questions that arise. If errors appear on the commandline or in the output file, repair them. The output file will be located in the UploadArea/output directory, and the script will tell you its name, which is timestamped. Script here: (File:MakeJpegs.txt)
- The makeJpegs script will do some minor QC, including checking to see if there is a MODS for each item-level object and an object for each item-level MODS.
- If there are no problems, it will copy the MODS files to the UploadArea/MODS directory on the server, copy the transcripts to the UploadArea/transcripts directory on the server, and will generate JPEG derivatives (a thumb ending in _128.jpg and a large image ending in _2048.jpg) and place them in the UploadArea/jpegs directory on the server.
- If you provide an ocrList.txt file in the Admin directory which contains a list of item numbers to be OCR'd (each to be OCR'd is followed by a tab and then a one ("1"), with one item number per line (those followed with zeros will be ignored) -- then the selected items and their child files will be OCR'd. If any on that list are already online, the script will look for the tiffs in the archive, look for existing text files in Acumen - and if it finds the former and not the latter, it will OCR the tiff and place it in Acumen. For the content in the ocrList which is currently being uploaded, the OCR will be placed in the UploadArea/ocr directory. For content not found, there will be a list of the unlocated TIFFs in the output file.
- Note: ocrList.txt files must be prefaced with the collection number, followed by a dot.
- ex: u0003_0001577.ocrList.txt
- If you select to OCR all content, it will OCR every TIFF you are uploading; by default it will OCR all transcript tiffs unless a corresponding text file exists in the upload directory (indicating a corrected transcript). You may also select to OCR all of this collection, including what is already online. (See previous entry for how it will handle this.)
- If there were no errors on the command line, check the output file in a few hours to verify that the script completed these tasks; and check the results on the server in the above-named directories. If all is well, proceed to the next step.
- In the UploadArea/scripts directory, type in 'relocate_all' (File:Relocate all.txt. This script will move all the content just uploaded into the correct directories in Acumen. If anything remains in the above-mentioned directories after the script has completed, there's a problem which must be repaired. One thing to check, if there's no errors in the output, is Server Permissions.
- In the scripts directory (on the same level as the UploadArea, AUDIO and CABANISS directories, run 'findMissing'. This script will hunt through Acumen to make sure there is a MODS file for every item, and at least one derivative for each MODS file. Any errors will be found in the output file written to the scripts/output directory. If errors are found, regenerate those MODS and/or JPEGs/MP3s and rerun relocate_all. Then run this script again to ensure all errors have been remedied. (Script here: File:FindMissing.txt)
- Check the indexing of the uploaded content after about 24 - 30 hours to verify. Once the content appears online in Acumen, it is safe to do the next step for new collections; for ongoing collections that already have a listing on the collection page, you may proceed to the next step without waiting. (We don't want to create dead links in the collection list, by adding listings before the content is findable in Acumen.) The collection list can be viewed here: Collection List Online.
The moveContent script (File:MoveContent.txt) will move content to the deposits directory on the storage server, where it will be prepared for archiving at a later date.
Additionally, it will check the collection-level xml file (in the Admin directory), then add it to the online database which feeds the collection list online. Thus, this script should NOT be run for new collections until the content is indexed (as described in the previous section); otherwise, the link from the collection listing will be dead.
After making the copy, it will verify that each file copied without alteration, and then delete the copy on the share drive.
If any files remain in the directories on the share drive, they did NOT copy to the server!! Run the script again, as there may have been a failure of the copy across the network. If this fails, the file will need to be moved manually, and the problem encountered by the script must be resolved.
- In the UploadArea/scripts directory, run 'moveContent.' (Again, if this is a new collection, wait until the files have been indexed and content is viewable online, so there will not be a dead link in the collection list.) This script will:
- check the database for existing info about this collection, and provide you with whatever we already know, so you can correct it with your collection xml file,
- update our database and online collection xml file, if yours is new or changed -- adding the online link to the collection if new
- update or add the icon image if you are providing it for a collection thumbnail
- copy the archival content to the deposits/content directory on the server, for processing into the archive
- compare the copied content with what you have on the share drive; if it uploaded okay, it will delete it on the share drive
- output errors into a file in the output directory
- Check back after a few hours and look at the output file to verify that there were no problems and that the script completed. If you want, you can watch the files being uploaded in the deposits/content directory on libcontent1. :-)
- Check the share drive directories for any files that still remain. If any archival files are still there, rerun moveContent. There may have been a failure in the network connection between the servers. If the files still remain, notify Jody.
- If no files remain in the directory on the share drive, delete this directory.
- Exit out of secure shell. Good work!!
Archiving content
See lines 9-25 and 31-33 on this page: Moving_Content_To_Long-Term_Storage
The movement of metadata is spelled out in Metadata_Movement and the process for uploading MODS is in Uploading_MODS.
We have yet to determine at what point MODS are ready for archiving, but that will be sorted out soon.


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Pictured: Joshua Tchan
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MONTGOMERY, Ala.- The Harvard men's tennis team bowed to No. 16 Texas Tech, the top-seeded team in the tournament in the opening round of the Blue Gray Classic, 4-0. The Crimson dips to 7-5 on the year after coming into the event on a three-match winning streak The Red Raiders pick up their 11th consecutive victory to improve to 13-1 this season.
For just the third time this year, the Crimson drops the doubles point by being swept in pairs play for the first time in 2010. The Red Raiders claimed the score with 8-3 victories at all three positions. Harvard is 1-1 in matches where it does not clinch the doubles point.
Texas Tech captured three wins in singles action to claim the victory. The Red Raiders won at the top three singles slots in straight sets. The No. 4, 5 and 6 matches were unfinished. Sophomore Alistair Felton was in line to win the second set to even the No. 4 match. Joshua Tchan took the first set 6-4 and dropped the second set 6-2 at the fifth spot.
Harvard moves to the consolation bracket where it will face Penn State in a match slated for a 5:30 p.m. start time.
No. 1 Caravalho (TT) def. Chijoff-Evans (Harv), 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Escobar (TT) def. Omodele-Lucien (Harv), 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 Garcia (TT) def. Nguyen (Harv), 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 Stabile (TT) vs. Felton (Harv), 7-6, 1-4, DNF
No. 5 Manzini (TT) vs. Tchan (Harv), 4-6, 6-2, DNF
No. 6 Phister (TT) vs. Schultz (Harv), 6-1, 5-4, DNF
No. 1 Carvalho/Garcia (TT) def. Felton/Nguyen (Harv) 8-3
No. 2 Escobar/Stabile (TT) def. Omodele-Lucien/Schultz, 8-3
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A winner was selected from 3 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
I need a cartoon-esc piece of artwork depicting some hobbies of the groomsmen in my wedding. I'm planning on having these made into cardboard coasters that they can stock in their bars at home.
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A combination of the following characters:
1. A hasidic jewish man flying in a cessna 172 airplane
2. A Homer-simpson type character in overalls with a John Deere combine
3. A bald dude with in a paramedic uniform standing, or inside an Ambulance
4. A shirtless guy on a "Crownline" i/o type boat, who is trying to suck-in his gut and puff out his chest.
5. A sort of portly guy who is proud of a brand new '07 Subaru WRX.
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AROUND AND ABOUT MUSIC: Berkeley Symphony Opens With Dresher, Beethoven and Ives
By Ken Bullock
Friday September 28, 2012 - 03:26:00 PM
Berkeley Symphony will open its new season next Thursday, October 4, at 7 in Zellerbach Hall with Joana Carneiro conducting the premiere of noted Berkeley composer Paul Dresher's Concerto for Quadrachord and Orchestra, featuring his invention, a stringed instrument that can be plucked or bowed; Beethoven's 7th Symphony (1813) and Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question (1946)--as so often with Joana, a mix of the Romantic, the Modern and the contemporary. The Symphony's celebratory season opening dinner with Carneiro and Dresher will follow the concert.
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BOULDER, CO - May 5, 2010
Webroot, a leading provider of Internet security for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Visionaries" quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Secure E-Mail Gateways" report published on April 27, 2010 by Peter Firstbrook and Eric Ouellet.
According to Gartner Analyst Matthew W. Cain, "Many organizations are considering changes to their e-mail and calendaring strategies. …Demand for e-mail services is strong and overall message volumes continue to climb, to the point where users are struggling with overload issues, and legal and compliance issues are of paramount importance." According to Cain, "The major storyline in the e-mail market is a shift to the SaaS model."*
Webroot® Email Security Service delivers enterprise-class security with better manageability, better value and better protection than on-premise email security solutions. Webroot Email Security Service protects against spam, viruses and data leakage, along with additional compliance, archiving and business email management features.
"We believe Gartner's positioning of Webroot Email Security Service in the Visionaries is further testament to our success in delivering better security, manageability and value to customers via a cloud-based security solution," said Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technology officer, Webroot. "As the threat landscape continually evolves to include new blended threats and increasing volumes of spam, our security-as-a-service offerings are well positioned to meet customer demands."
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* Source: Gartner, Inc. "MarketScope for E-mail Systems," Matthew W. Cain, May 15, 2009


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Tentative openings in the general political environment—including parliamentary elections held in November 2010, the emergence of a functioning legislature and nominally civilian government, the election of former general Thein Sein as president in March 2011, and increased space for political parties to operate—also led to changes in the media landscape in Burma during 2011. Positive developments included the release of imprisoned bloggers, a softening of official censorship, fewer reports of harassment and attacks against journalists, and an increase in the number of private media outlets, which led to somewhat more diversity of content and less self-censorship. In addition, a number of exiled journalists were able to return to the country. But despite greater journalistic freedom and access to news and information, Burma remained one of the most repressive countries in Asia.
The 2008 Burmese constitution provides for freedom of expression and of the press, but these rights are not respected in practice, and many draconian laws still stand as impediments to media freedom. The 2004 Electronics Transactions Law prohibits any individual or group from sending electronically information regarding government issues, national security, or any message of a cultural or economic nature. In addition, Section 22 of the Penal Code of Burma 1957 outlaws criticism of the government or state in any media publication or broadcast. In the second half of 2011, the Burmese media began reporting on a purported draft of a new media law being readied by the government. By all accounts, the law remains "problematic." As written, it suggests the state would allow greater tolerance for private media, but it would not necessarily give up its control of all forms of mass media. The Ministry of Information only issues licenses to private publishers if they print government-approved material exclusively, and the Press Scrutiny and Registration Department can suspend licenses of publications that print objectionable material. Publications regularly face suspension if they run afoul of the authorities.
While there was some improvement in the extent of official censorship, the majority of private periodicals remain subject to prepublication censorship under the 1962 Printers and Publishers Registration Act, which requires that all content be approved by the authorities. Under censorship rules announced in 2005, media outlets are allowed to offer "constructive" criticism of government projects and report on sensitive issues such as natural disasters and poverty, provided the coverage does not affect the national interest. In March 2011, the authorities announced that censorship policies would be relaxed when the new government took office. This change took effect in June when 178 journals and magazines—mostly those that cover subjects including sports, health, children, and technology—were given permission to publish without prior approval, though the censorship board issued warnings to some newspapers and magazines because they were thought to have published culturally inappropriate material. Nevertheless, an attempt by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to publish an article in August faced potential cuts by the censorship board, and it was withdrawn.
Though self-censorship remains widespread, the Burmese press continued to push the envelope in 2011. As well as covering social issues such as health, education, and the environment, some media outlets became increasingly assertive in their coverage of political news, addressing topics that have in the past been considered off limits, including the activities of Suu Kyi and the conduct of the new parliament. Throughout the year, foreign embassies and international media development organizations hosted training sessions, seminars, and forums. Foreign journalists also found it much easier to obtain entry visas. In addition, given the changes in the country, several exiled media organizations sent representatives back home to explore the possibility of reopening media outlets based in Burma. A number of prominent media groups also found that government officials have been more accessible than in the past.
Despite fewer reports of harassment and attacks, instances of retribution against journalists remained a problem in 2011. Before the new government took office, a local video journalist was sentenced in February to 13 years in prison for violating the Electronics Act. The year did see the release of a number of journalists from prison, including five reporters in May. In October, Maung Thura, a blogger and comedian popularly known as Zarganar, was released from prison along with dozens of other political prisoners. He had originally been sentenced in 2008 to 59 years behind bars for violating the Electronics Transactions Law by publicly castigating the military regime for their delayed response to Cyclone Nargis, which claimed the lives of over 100,000 people. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), even after the release of Maung, Burma remained the fourth-worst jailer of journalists in the world, with 12 still behind bars at year's end.
Media concentration remains high, even though a number of formerly exiled media organizations have begun opening outlets in the country. The government owns or controls all domestic broadcast media and daily newspapers, and exercises tight control over a growing number of privately owned weekly and monthly publications. In February 2011, the government took control of the Myanmar Times and arrested its Australian editor and part-owner, Ross Dunkley, who was first charged with immigration violations but was later accused of attacking and drugging a supposed prostitute. However, the charges came amid a series of disputes among the owners of the paper; Dunkley also had a history of tense relations with the Burmese authorities due to the paper's coverage of certain topics.
Authorities restrict the importation of foreign news periodicals. Due to high levels of poverty and illiteracy, as well as poor infrastructure and distribution networks, print media are accessible mainly in urban areas and broadcast outlets are the main source of news for most citizens. Although some people have access to international shortwave radio or satellite television, those caught accessing foreign broadcasts can be arrested. Nevertheless, as the only source of uncensored information, foreign radio programs produced by the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia, and Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) are very popular. The monthly subscription fees to access satellite channels are high, so most Burmese viewers install the receivers illegally.
Access to the internet is expensive, tightly regulated, and censored, with the government controlling all of the several dozen domestic internet service providers. In addition to the poor infrastructure in the country, these factors mean that only 1 percent of the population accessed the internet in 2011. While there are no existing laws on monitoring internet communication, the government tracks internet activity and blocks certain websites, including some foreign news sources and foreign-hosted email services. However, in September, Reporters Without Borders confirmed that access to a number of previously banned foreign news websites—including the British Broadcasting Corporation, Reuters, the Bangkok Post, the Straits Times, Radio Free Asia, Irrawaddy, DVB, and the VOA Burmese service—had been unblocked, although internet connections continued to be very slow. In addition, a range of e-mail, blog, and social-media sites, including Gmail, Facebook, and YouTube, were unblocked. The government also remains wary of mobile communications. SIM cards for mobile phones in Burma remain the most expensive in Asia, and complicated schemes for pre- and post-paid services make short-message service (SMS) either out of reach or politically risky for those Burmese who sought to use them as another platform for news, information, or mobilization.


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Maurice G. Kellogg Science Education Center
Welcome to the Maurice G. Kellogg Science Education Center
Since the 1970's the WIU Science Education Center has been a component of the WIU College of Education and Human Services and the WIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction (formerly the Department of Elementary Education and Reading). The members of the Department's Science Education Faculty comprise the staff of the Science Education Center. In addition to providing instruction to WIU undergraduate and graduate students the Science Center provides outreach programs both locally and throughout Illinois.
Two of the Science Education Center outreach programs include the Annual PreK-8 Science Update Conference and the Regional Competition of the Illinois Science Olympiad. Other forms of outreach have included numerous professional development inservices for educators in all parts of Illinois.
The Science Education Center has written and delivered as well as collaborated with other agencies in delivering a number of grants such as The Young Scholars Program; Teacher-to-Teacher Grant; Improving Scores in Mathematics and Science; and Northwest Illinois Mathematics & Science Partnership.
For many years the Science Education Center has delivered Project Wild, Project Wild Aquatics, Project WET, and Project Learning Tree every semester to WIU undergraduate students. Recently, a STARLAB Planetarium program has been added to their list of offerings.
In the Spring of 2005 the Science Education Center was renamed the Maurice G. Kellogg Science Education Center in recognition of Dr. Maurice Kellogg's leadership in science both at WIU and throughout Illinois.
Past members of the Science Education Center include Drs. John Beaver*, Kevin Finson, Don Hamilton*, Maurie Kellogg*, Don Nelson*, Barbara Sandall*, Donald Powers* John Shaver*, and Don Troyer*. (* emeritus faculty)
Science Education Center Faculty
Sebastian Szyjka, Abha Singh, Don Powers (faculty emeritus) & LaVerne Logan
Maurice G. Kellogg Excellence in Science Teaching Award
The Maurice G. Kellogg is awarded to an outstanding science teacher in recognition of their dedication in the field of science education. Each awardee is recognized at the Annual PreK-8 Science Update Conference. Past recipients include:
- 2003 - Elizabeth Burton
- 2004 - Carol Van DeWalle
- 2005 - Greg Van Vleet
- 2006 - Steve Hoffman
- 2007 - Kent Buckrop
- 2008 - Tracy Trimpe
- 2009 - Mary McMahon
- 2010 - Judy Witten
- 2011 - Julie Ann Bice
- 2012 - Lisa Maxwell
- 2014 - Maria Montalvo


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd, the world's leading gaming company by machines sold, said it will post an operating loss for a second straight year as the sales of its Wii U, successor to the 100-million selling Wii, faltered.
The company caught investors off guard by predicting a loss of $220 million in the year to March 31, reversing a profit forecast for the same amount, putting its new guidance well short of a consensus estimate of 12.1 billion yen ($133.48 million) profit from 19 analysts.
The grim outlook came even as a weaker yen provides a boost for a company that sells almost three quarters of its products outside Japan.
"It was a somewhat negative surprise," said Yasuo Sakuma, portfolio manager at Bayview Asset Management.
Nintendo, which began by making playing cards in the late 19th century, is counting on the Wii U to revive its fortunes as sales of the six year-old Wii slacken.
The latest offering from the creator of Super Mario faces competition from Apple Inc and other makers of mobile phones and tablet PCs that are attracting gamers with cheap or free games.
"The sales of Wii U were smooth at the beginning but since the turn of the year they have been losing momentum," Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka after revealing the loss forecast. He blamed the lacklustre performance on a dearth of games titles to woo players back.
"Due to delays in software development, we had to postpone sales of software products we had planned to (release) early this year, which is interrupting our sales," he said.
Nintendo lowered its sales forecast for the Wii U, launched in the U.S. in November, to 4 million consoles by the end of March from a pre-launch estimate of 5.5 million, and cut the sales outlook for its handheld 3DS by 2.5 million machines to 15 million.
In November it launched the Wii U, its first console in 16 years to come with a dedicated Super Mario game title.
The performance of the Wii U, which features a "Gamepad" controller that functions like a tablet, and a social gaming network dubbed "Miiverse", will be closely watched by XBox maker Microsoft Corp and Playstation maker Sony Corp as both mull plans for updated versions of their consoles, say analysts.
As Nintendo's hardware business suffers, software sales are also dragging. The company slashed the annual sales forecast of Wii U software by 33 percent to 24 million units and that of 3DS software by 29 percent to 70 million units.
"We have been prepared to see weak sales forecast for Wii U as its sales performances in various regions have been widely reported. But it was negative to see a lower forecast for 3DS software as it is one of the company's main sales drivers," said Sakuma at Bayview Asset Management.
Nintendo has so far resisted offering Super Mario and its other iconic games on tablets, smartphones or other platforms.
Iwata indicated that Nintendo will stick with its in-house strategy. The company, he said, aims to return to operating profit of more than 100 billion yen in the next business year with a splurge of new software titles.
Before the earnings announcement, Nintendo's shares fell 2.1 percent to 9,350 yen, edging back toward the decade low of 8,500 yen touched early this month.
($1 = 90.6500 Japanese yen)
Reporting by Tim Kelly and Hideyuki Sano; Additional reporting by Yoshiyuki Osada and Ayai Tomisawa; Editing by Daniel Magnowski


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ActionAid research released this Tuesday shows that 98 of the FTSE 100 companies have subsidiaries located in tax havens. While the convoluted financial dealings of firms in the City of London might seem a world away from the poor communities that ActionAid works with in Nigeria, the sad reality is that multinational companies that use tax havens could be costing Nigerians dearly.
New research shows that SABMiller, for example, has three subsidiary companies registered in Nigeria, compared with 108 in jurisdictions classed as tax havens. But this pales in significance compared with the use of tax havens by the big oil companies operating in the country.
Shell, with its massive interests in the Niger Delta, has 18 subsidiary companies located in Nigeria, but 455 in tax havens around the world. BP has six companies in Nigeria, but 537 registered in tax havens.
While this research does not prove tax avoidance in itself, multinationals need to explain why they have so many subsidiaries registered in tax havens. There are great challenges with getting accurate data on how much countries actually lose due to tax avoidance and the financial secrecy that tax havens create makes the task even more difficult. Despite this, it is suspected that the amounts lost would be enough to solve many of the country's development challenges.
Primary education in most of rural Nigeria is still conducted in child-unfriendly environments, sometimes in dilapidated buildings and occasionally even under trees. Widespread underfunding of public schools, blamed on limited resources, has grossly affected the quality of education in the country that was previously the best in the region.
Research suggests that poor and middle-class Nigerians pay proportionally more in taxes than the rich and big corporations. Urgent action is needed from the Nigerian government and the international community to change this unsustainable situation.
Greater transparency is vital both in Nigeria and internationally, so civil society can hold companies and governments to account. Many multinationals deliberately exploit the system by registering multiple companies in Nigeria. Most of the times, it is hard to know which of these registered entities have genuine operations in the country.
ActionAid and many other organisations in Nigeria are working hard to monitor government spending to make sure the poorest communities benefit and revenues are not lost to corruption along the way. However, if a blind eye continues to be turned to the huge amounts of money that could be siphoned into tax havens before it ever reaches government coffers, Nigeria will remain mired in poverty.
All of the current development challenges in the nation, which accounts for a quarter of Africa's population, are traceable to a lack of adequate resources. These resources for development could easily be generated if the attitudes of multinationals towards paying their taxes changed.
Nigerians need to play their part by demanding greater transparency and accountability in our country. But when we are dealing with multinationals listed in the FTSE 100, decisive action from the UK government and the G20 leaders also needs to be urgently taken.
• Tunde Aremu is policy and campaigns co-ordinator at ActionAid Nigeria


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The 16th annual Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences (DUCURS), hosted by the Drake Undergraduate Science Collaborative Institute (DUSCI) will be held on Thursday, April 11, 2019 in the Olmsted Center; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Conference will feature student oral presentations and poster presentations on current research projects by students and faculty. Poster presentations will take place in the conference rooms across from Parents Hall, and oral presentations will take place in Parents Hall South. Following the presentations, awards will be given to the top presenters. All participants and attendees will be eligible to win door prizes! Big prizes!
The following Departments and Programs will participate in this event:
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Arthur Beaumont (1890-1978)...Born: Norwich, England
Studied: Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (San Francisco), Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles), Los Angeles School of Art, Slade School of Art (London), Acade'mie Julian (Paris)
Member: New York Water Color Club, American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Arthur Beaumont grew up in England then immigrated to America via Canada when he was nineteen years old. He studied art with Stanton MacDonald-Wright in Los Angeles, William Russell Flint and Frank Brangwyn in London and jean-Paul Laurens in Paris. In the late 1920s, Arthur taught at the Chouinard Art Institute and operated a freelance commercial art business. In the 1930s, Beaumont became a Lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve and began producing the first of many watercolors depicting battle ships and other naval subjects.
During World War 11, Arthur Beaumont was a war artist, documenting naval battles. A series of these works were published in National Geographic magazine. After the war Beaumont continued producing watercolors of naval activities in China, Japan, Guam, Vietnam and the Antarctic. Although Arthur painted depictions of landscape and figurative subjects and worked as a commissioned portrait artist, Beaumont is best known for his watercolors of ships and harbor scenes.
Throughout his career, he exhibited in California on a regular basis. His works were very popular, especially in the 1940s and 1950s, with articles about his works appearing in many newspapers and magazines. In 1989, a book titled Arthur Beaumont, Naval Artist, which documented his life and art, was published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum.
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