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Through globally focused academic programs and a multicultural learning environment, UB seeks to prepare students for life and work in an interconnected, global society. Coursework at home and opportunities to study overseas enable students to acquire cross-cultural skills and a contextualized understanding of world affairs.
The Global Perspectives Academy is one of three academic living and learning communities that UB undergraduates can join.
Through seminars, shared housing and internationally themed events and activities, students in the Global Perspectives Academy develop an awareness of what it means to be a global citizen in a globalized world.
The academy facilitates encounters with people from different cultures around the world and supports the pursuit of learning experiences outside the United States.
Area studies and language programs enable UB students to immerse themselves in the study of foreign languages and cultures.
These programs leverage the expertise of faculty members in the humanities, social sciences and professional programs to provide students with an education that is both comprehensive and in-depth.
UB offers study abroad opportunities in 30 countries for undergraduate, graduate and professional students. A summer architecture program takes place in the parks, cafés and museums of Barcelona, while a yearlong language program in Kobe, Japan, immerses participants in Japanese language and culture.
UB students can also access more than 550 other SUNY study-abroad programs. Eleven percent of our undergraduates study abroad—five times the national average.


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GP fee: Tony Abbott rejects AMA proposal to exempt pensioners
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has rejected a proposal by doctors to exempt pensioners from a $7 GP fee, but has left open the possibility of negotiating over whether children's visits were charged.
Speaking to reporters in Melbourne on Thursday, Mr Abbott said pensioners already paid about $7 for prescriptions subsidised by the government under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
"I don't think it's unreasonable for a comparable amount to be paid for visits to the GP," he said.
Asked whether he would consider exempting children from the fee, Mr Abbott said sometimes people had to pay for something "to appreciate what you're getting" but that the government was talking to cross-bench senators about the proposed legislation.
His comments coincided with the release of an Australian Medical Association proposal on Thursday that would exempt children under 16 and concession card holders from paying a GP fee.
A GP fee would not apply to certain Medicare items including chronic disease management plans, mental health treatment items and residential aged-care visits under the AMA's proposal.
The AMA proposed a $6.15 payment for other patients. It rejected the government's planned $5 cut to Medicare rebates, which was designed to encourage doctors to charge the $7 fee.
The doctors' association also wants the government to defer fees for pathology and imaging for at least two years to work through details.
Under the government's proposal, announced in the budget, all patients would pay a $7 fee, but concession card holders and children would be bulk-billed after paying the fee 10 times in a year.
Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton rejected the AMA proposal, saying it would deliver "a windfall to doctors by wiping out 97 per cent of the government's estimated savings".
He said he believed most Australians supported a modest GP fee which was needed to ensure the sustainability of the healthcare system into the future.
"I thank the AMA for their honesty in publicly and privately supporting a co-payment in principle," he said.
Labor, the Greens and the Palmer United Party also rejected the AMA plan on Thursday.
The Coalition needs the support of at least one of these parties to pass legislation in the Senate.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Labor would not support a Medicare fee in any form, while Greens Senator Richard Di Natale said "no amount of tinkering or adjustments can save this dog of a policy".
Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer said his party would not support the AMA plan. "It's a dead duck," he said.
Health, welfare and community groups also rejected the plan.
"A co-payment would erect a barrier to primary health care for many thousands of families and individuals who would not qualify for concessions," Consumers Health Forum chief executive Adam Stankevicius said.
Terry Barnes, a former Howard government adviser who placed the issue of fees for GP visits on the political agenda in a submission to the Commission of Audit, said the AMA plan was "a deliberate cash grab for GPs under the guise of fairness to vulnerable patients".
"My original $6 co-payment plan is fairer than both the government's and the AMA's and should be revisited. It better balances savings and fairness," he said.
While the government estimates its own proposal would generate savings of more than $3.5 billion over four years, the health department estimates the AMA proposal would produce savings to the budget of just $66 million over the same period. The department estimates doctors would be $580 million better off over four years by charging the fee to non-concessional patients who are currently bulk-billed.
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Senate debate on renewable energy goes into the night
Another wild day at the state Capitol, in part because Senate Republicans have been debating an energy bill for hours. Lawmakers on Friday usually head home in the early afternoon.
Here's some of what happened:
Home School Day: "What a blessing to see so many future patriots to refresh the tree of liberty," wrote Rep. Lori Saine, R-Dacono.
Another budget battle: The House blew up, again, over the budget. The Associated Press.
College Friday: Lawmakers wore their school colors as part of College in Colorado, as well as honoring Metro's basketball team, which might account for this tweet I received: "Did you know that the Metro mascot is running around in costume trying to find his street clothes?"
Energy: A bill to bolster Colorado's renewable energy standard by requiring an increase in renewable power for rural electric cooperatives was labeled an assault on rural Colorado by Republicans, who debated Senate Bill 252 for hours on Friday. The Denver Post.


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In most common occupations women still make less than men doing the same job for an equal amount of hours, according to new data released on Tuesday.
Overall they earn 77 cents for each dollar made annually by men and in some professions such as financial managers the number drops to 66 cents.
"These gender wage gaps are not about women choosing to work less than men – the analysis is comparing apples to apples, men and women who all work full time – and we see that across 40 common occupations, men nearly always earn more than women," said Ariane Hegewisch, a study director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), a non-profit research organization.
She added that the reasons are varied but discrimination law cases show that women are less likely to be selected for the best jobs, they get hired at a lower rate and don't get equivalent raises to men over the years.
"Discrimination in who gets hired for the best jobs hits all women but particularly black and Hispanic women," Hegewisch explained.
The findings, based on an analysis of earnings data for full-time workers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed that in 2011 the median weekly wage for full-time female workers was $684, compared to $832 per week for men.
In the 20 most common occupations for women in every job, except bookkeeping and auditing clerks, women earned less, according to the report. The same held true for traditional occupations for men, apart from stock clerks and orders fillers.
More than twice as many women, 5.52 million, as men, 2.3 million, work in occupations paying poverty wages for a family of four, along with four out of 10 Hispanic women.
Three women's jobs — cashiers, waitresses and maids — and two men's occupations — cooks and ground maintenance workers — have salaries that put a family of four below the poverty.
"It is shocking that important occupations such as teaching assistants or nurses, psychiatric and home health aides, stressful and responsible jobs that are critical to the well being of our society, are likely to leave a woman unable to support her family even when she works full time and year round," said Dr. Heidi Hartmann, the president of the IWPR.
Hispanic women have the widest gender wage gap, according to the report. Their median weekly wage of $518, is 55 percent of what white men earn, compared to black women whose median earnings are $595, or 64 percent of a white man's wages.


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I casually mentioned to Kamron that if we were "good" parents that Miles' "30 minutes of screen time" had been blown for the day. Kamron had no idea what I was talking about. I said, "Well, some people say that kids should have no more than 30 minutes or an hour of screen time a day." We looked at each other for a minute and contemplated what that would look like if that that was a rule in our home and then we nearly died. It wasn't even worth thinking about. He said, "Do real people really do that?" and I went on to tell him about blogs that I read of mom's who do implement that rule. God bless 'em. Truly. I nominate them for sainthood because that would be torturous to ME! I'm just not up for it. I delude myself by saying that there are so many educational shows on TV and so many great apps for kids that it's okay. But really, I don't know why I even bother to justify it- because I am okay with this one (HA!) thing that I do wrong in parenting.
Pshew... that feels good to say. Hello, my name is Megan and I let my kids watch more than 30 minutes of TV a day and I don't care! I don't think they'll grow up to be dumb or be serial killers (I always want to type cereal killer- like they are lucky charms murderers or something) or be juvenile delinquents. In the spirit of confessing and how good it is for the soul- here are a few other winning moves of mine that I should include on my nomination form for mother of the year.
* Sometimes when I walk in the bathroom and one of the boys has peed all over the seat, instead of wiping it up, I just go use the other bathroom.
* I send my son to preschool at least 50% of the time with no underwear on because the sensory fight is not worth it to me. Also- I think there is something freeing about going commando and if that's how he wants to express his five year old self, then I say, let it all hang out (inside his pants of course!)
* Miles never takes naps. I used to let it go and not even try to fight him on it. But lately I make him stay in his room for1 hour every afternoon. I tried to tell myself that it's because he needs some down time but the truth is that I need the down time.
* I make my kids ride the bus because the last thing I want to do with my life is sit in the car rider line at three different schools every single day.
* I don't pack school lunches. Every school year I start out doing it and loose my lunch making mojo around the end of September. My child eats school lunch where they consider pizza a vegetable. I know. I'm crap.
* When I see my children doing something really bizarre or it they are stuck in a weird place (like between the bed and the wall) my first instinct is to take a picture of them and then help them. I may need therapy.
* Every inch of my house (furniture, walls, appliances) is covered in crayon or ink pen and I can't even get mad about it because usually when these incidents occur it is because I am wasting time on the Internet instead of putting on my crayon police hat.
* My children take a bath in a tub with a permanent ring in it. I stand firm that dirt adds character. My husband is the only one who take a shower in the stall shower in our bathroom. That shower may be
* I never put away the clean laundry. I *try* really hard to get better at it, but it just doesn't happen and Mount Clothesmore sits on top of my dryer. So sometimes my kids wear socks that maybe aren't clean to school because digging out clean ones would topple the whole pile. I must get this under control before they get stinky teenager feet. I'm giving myself 5 years to work this one out.
* I answer questions with "because I said so" and sometime I lose my chit when that isn't a good enough answer.
* Until now, I've held firm to the fact that I have never in my whole life, ahem, broken wind. You heard it here first, folks. Sometimes I do aaaaaaand I BLAME IT ON THE KIDS!
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|Lou's finished project - The Princess and the Frog
I have been really wanting to do these story stones since I saw them on Art for Little Hands. I also saw another version of these on Red Ted Art that we will hopefully get to try out soon.
I started by introducing the stones and telling the children that each stone would hold a picture that would be part of a story. I didn't give them any story line to follow, I wanted to see what kind of things they might come up with on their own. They were so excited to begin!
We began by picking out stones from our back yard and washing them. We already had a bunch of crayons without wrappers, but we unwrapped a few more for our project. I placed the clean stones onto a cookie sheet and put them in the oven at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 minutes. Then I turned the oven off and left the stones in the oven.
I carefully took a few stones out at a time with a hot pad and placed them on the table in front of the children for them to work with. I told them that they were hot, so to be careful not to touch them. The learned pretty quickly that, yes, they really were hot. Even my 2 year old understood and it wasn't much of an issue - at least no tears were shed.
Maisy picked her favorite color and just decided to coat her stone with color. I think she really enjoyed seeing the waxy crayon melt onto the rock.
butterfly (on the right) and then decided to coat her second stone with white. She actually made two that were completely white - she tried to add pink polka dots (for Minnie Mouse) but the dots just wouldn't stay where they were supposed to go.
brown to coat her rock - looks like chocolate.
little people on her stones. It was actually quite difficult to do because the melted crayon had a tendency to run. It may have worked better if the stones were a tiny bit cooler. Still, she was happy with what she had created.
my own - it was really fun for me, too! I tried to mix some of my colors, but found out that melted crayon colors do not mix together. Here is our complete collection of stones to use time and time again to play with or to tell stories with.


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I bet you that if you were to drop that in any system against any of the newer competitors it would still hold its own. Okay it doesn't have HDMI, USB inputs for todays computer audio systems but knowing how good their gear is I am sure it still sounds great.
Audio Research DAC1 D/A converter
Just as these units provided stiff competition for previous products, so too will they come under the assault of improving technology. The art of digital processor design is so young that we can continue to expect further improvements coupled with lower prices as designers move up the learning curve.
Despite my high expectations that digital converters would continue to improve dramatically and drop in price, I was nevertheless taken aback by a product I consider to be a quantum leap forward in affordable digital processor musicality: the Audio Research DAC1. Priced at $2995, the solid-state DAC1 in many ways represents a serious challenge to the best digital playback currently availableregardless of price.
The DAC1 is the first digital product from the 20-year-old Minnesota company that has continually pushed the state of the art in music-playback technology, especially in preamplifier design. Audio Research's goal was to build a digital processor that incorporated their thinking in line-stage design and utilized the best digital/analog converter available, while keeping the price low enough to appeal to a wider range of audiophiles.
As we shall see, they have more than fulfilled their vision.
Technical description
The DAC1 is a straightforward unit, both in design and operation. Rather than include lots of features and design techniques that add to the unit's cost, ARC concentrated their build money on the essentials.
The front panel is Audio Research's traditional 19"-wide brushed aluminum with black handles, but sans rack-mounting holes. Three toggle switches are provided in a black recessed central area: one selects between the DAC1's three digital inputs, one inverts absolute polarity, and the third turns the unit on and off. Two green LEDs indicate if power is applied, and when the unit has locked to an incoming digital signal. The DAC1's simplicity and styling make it look very much like an SP-11 power supply.
Like the DAC1's front-panel layout and appearance, the chassis is also unmistakably Audio Research. The black top panel, ventilated by many closely spaced holes, screws into the chassis just like on Audio Research's preamps. The rear panel holds an IEC power-cord jack, a pair of gold-plated analog output jacks, three BNC coaxial input jacks, and a single AT&T STtype glass fiber-optical input. A small toggle switch selects between coaxial and optical on digital input #1. Digital inputs 2 and 3 are coaxial only.
There is a move underway by the Academy for the Advancement of High End Audio (AAHEA) to standardize the optical and coaxial digital interface jacks and signals on digital data sources and outboard decoders. All agree that the industry-standard TOSLINK plastic optical input found on mass-produced equipment is inadequate for high-end applications. However, the AT&T glass fiber interface, first used by Wadia and found on just a few products, is quite expensive, especially for lower-priced high-end products. There is also general agreement that RCA jacks, which were never designed to handle signals in the tens of megahertz region, shouldn't be used for digital data. Getting everyone to agree on a replacement, however, is tricky. BNC jacks seem to be gaining popularity; even if no formal standard is agreed upon, BNCs may become the de facto standard.
Although the DAC1 is a departure for the venerable Minneapolis company in that it's their first digital product, the unit's design and execution reflect Audio Research's 20-year history of component building. The same parts quality, layout, and design emphasis that have made previous ARC products so successful (both musically and commercially) are apparent in the DAC1. These ARC hallmarks include an elaborate and complex power supply, simple audio signal path, all discrete implementation, the finest passive components, and wide printed circuit board traces with careful layout. I find a certain sense of beauty and harmony when looking inside ARC products. They give the impression of being perfectly executed, with no detail left to chance. This meticulous approach is readily apparent in the DAC1.
The power supply comprises three transformers, five discrete regulation stages, and two IC regulation stages. An AC line filter cleans up the incoming AC before the transformers. One transformer supplies the digital input and digital filter, another powers the DAC's ±15V rails, and the third supplies the analog output stage's ±20V rails. The two IC regulation stages supply the less critical digital input stage and output relay muting. The more expensive discrete regulation is reserved for analog output stages and the DAC. Discrete regulation is far more expensive, consumes a greater pcb area, and is much more difficult to implement than a three-pin IC regulator and a couple of caps. This unique topology is an outgrowth of Audio Research's long history of preamplifier circuit design. The discrete regulation is quite elaborate: it takes up nearly a quarter of the pcb area. Further reflecting ARC's emphasis on the importance of the power supply, most caps in the discrete regulation stages are Wima polypropylene types, and resistors are 1% metal film. The analog and DAC power supplies use a newly developed, patent-pending Decoupled Electrolytic Capacitor (DEC) circuit that reportedly enables critical bypass capacitors to operate more effectively in the middle- and high-frequency ranges, where the ear is most sensitive.
Listening to these new digital audio servers and expensive DAC's is like going to a high price steak house and ordering a big 1-1/2" steak made out of Oscar Meyer bologna.
Get thee analog my son!
ARC makes a superb phono preamp use it!


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Apple Trademarks Apple Store Interior Design
from the oh-for-the-love-of-god dept
Remember when Conan O'Brien joked around with Samsung about their copying the Apple Store look...only for Samsung to open up a store that looked an awful lot like an Apple Store in Australia. Well, that kind of thing ain't going to fly anymore, folks, now that the USPTO has granted Apple a trademark on the design of their retail stores.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple's request last week for trademarks on the minimalist design and layout of its retail outlets, the office's records show. The description of the trademarks includes "a clear glass storefront surrounded by a paneled facade" and, within the store, an "oblong table with stools...set below video screens flush mounted on the back wall."
"The million dollar question in this instance, as in pretty much all trade dress cases, is just how close a competitor can come to the design without infringing," [Christopher] Sprigman said.
Filed Under: apple stores, trademark
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That's a bomb squad officer about to inspect a car suspected of containing a bomb planted by a terrorist group in Thailand. The following images capture the horrible destruction as the car suddenly explodes in front of him.
WARNING: Don't look below if you are too faint of heart. It's disturbing.
There's no news on the state of the bomb squad officer, but seven policemen were wounded as the result of this explosion. [MSNBC and Daily Mail]


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Obviously late minute, but there will be a meeting at the KPEC today at 4:00 to discuss the beginning of a Food Not Bombs chapter in Kirksville.
Food Not Bombs is an international organization dedicated to feeding ALL people, regardless of income, race, or gender; and commits itself to building strong communities.
If you want to be informed of future Food Not Bombs meetings, please contact us.
Tags: Community, equality, food not bombs, homeless, Kirksville


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World grieves Nelson Mandela's death
- Former South African leader passes away at 95
- President Obama%3A %27He achieved more than could be expected of any man.%27
- Mandela spent 27 years behind bars before he was freed in 1990
Nelson Mandela's death prompted an outpouring of grief from world leaders and others who honored the beloved South African leader's life and legacy.
Convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment for leading a campaign of sabotage and conspiracy against the government, Mandela spent 27 years behind bars before he was freed in 1990. Yet he was able to help guide an anti-apartheid crusade smuggling messages from the prison.As time passed — the "long, lonely, wasted years," as he said — international awareness of apartheid grew more acute. By the time Mandela turned 70, he was the world's most famous political prisoner and an icon ofdemocracy, freedom and justice, winning a 1993 Nobel Peace Prize and serving as South Africa's first black president.
SOUTH AFRICA:Great national loss felt
INSPIRATION:15 of Mandela's best quotes
OBITUARY:Nelson Mandela, from prisoner to president
In failing health for years and last seen in public in 2010, his death at age 95 was not unexpected, but saddened many who compared him with other civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and India's Mahatma Gandhi.
President Obama, who drew inspiration from Mandela's life, was effusive in his praise, saying he "could not imagine his own life without the example Mandela set."
"He achieved more than could be expected of any man. We've lost one of the most influential, courageous, profoundly good people to be on this Earth,'' Obama said. "We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again."
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Mandela "a giant for justice" whose "selfless struggle for human dignity, equality and freedom" inspired many people around the world. "No one did more in our time to advance the values and aspirations of the United Nations," Ban Ki-moon said.
Mandela also drew praise from former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. "History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation,'' Clinton said. "We will remember him as a man of uncommon grace and compassion, for whom abandoning bitterness and embracing adversaries was not just a political strategy but a way of life."
Said Bush: "He was a man of tremendous moral courage, who changed the course of history in his country. Barbara and I had great respect for President Mandela, and send our condolences to his family and countrymen."
Andrew Young, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Mandela took on the task of uniting racially torn South Africa. " "He was a phenomenal individual," Young said. "Everything he did was about reconciling differences."
" President Mandela was one of the great forces for freedom and equality of our time,'' former president George W. Bush said. "He bore his burdens with dignity and grace, and our world is better off because of his example. This good man will be missed, but his contributions will live on forever."
NAACP Chairwoman Roslyn Brock said Mandela "embodied the hopes, dreams, aspirations and values of all who seek justice against tremendous odds."
"He responded to unfathomable violence with peace and courage, and in doing so he forever changed the world," Brock said.
Singer and activist Bono, who knew Mandela and with his band, U2, wrote the song Ordinary Love for the just released theatrical release Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, said Mandela made the world is a better place.
"It was as if he was born to teach the age a lesson in humility, in humor and above all else in patience,'' Bono said. " In the end, Nelson Mandela showed us how to love rather than hate, not because he had never surrendered to rage or violence, but because he (learned) that love would do a better job. Mandela played with the highest stakes. He put his family, his country, his time, his life on the line, and he won most of these contests."
Singer Paul Simon, who made a controversial nine-day trip to South Africa in 1985 that some thought violated a United Nations cultural boycott, called Mandela one of the great leaders and teachers of the 20th century. "He conceived a model for mortal enemies to overcome their hatred and find a way through compassion to rebuild a nation based on truth, justice and the power of forgiveness. His passing should reignite a worldwide effort for peace,'' Simon said.
Paying tribute from Britain, the Prince of Wales said: "Mandela was the embodiment of courage and reconciliation. He was also a man of great humour and had a real zest for life. With his passing, there will be an immense void not only in his family's lives, but also in those of all South Africans and the many others whose lives have been changed through his fight for peace, justice and freedom."
Queen Elizabeth II said she was "deeply saddened" at the news of Mandela's death.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called him one of the greatest politicians of our times.
F.W. de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid-era president, said he and Mandela first met each other in 1989 and concluded they could do business with each other as the country embarked on its long-awaited transition to democratic rule.
"Although we were political opponents — and although our relationship was often stormy — we were always able to come together at critical moments to resolve the many crises that arose during the negotiation process," de Klerk said in a statement.
In Detroit, where Mandela had visited years ago, he was lauded for his warmth and dignity.
"When he got off the plane in Detroit, there was a line of dignitaries waiting to greet him,'' said Damon Keith, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. "He walked past the governor, the mayor and many others toward the end of the line where (civil rights activist Rosa) Parks stood. That showed me the impact of the civil rights movement on him and the entire world."
South African President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela would be given a state funeral and ordered all flags in the nation to be lowered to half mast until after the funeral.
The BBC reported that the funeral will be held next Saturday in the Eastern Cape village of Qunu where Mandela was born. It is thought that Mandela's body will lie in state in Pretoria for three days ahead of that.
Contributing: Edna Gundersen, Kim Hjelmgaard, Detroit Free Press and the Associated Press.


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President Barack Obama and leaders of the world's largest industrialized countries expelled Russia from the group until it "changes course" in Ukraine and formally canceled plans to attend an economic summit in Russia in June.
The move was aimed at Russian President Vladmir Putin's plan to host the G-8 group of economic powers at Sochi, Russia, which would have been its second starring role on the world stage after this winter's Olympics.
Instead, the G-7 leaders will meet in Brussels without Putin. At the same time, the group said it would not send its foreign ministers to a planned G-8 meeting in Moscow next month.
Though largely symbolic and falling short of new sanctions against Russia, the statement from the G-7 leaders pledged that they "remain ready" to intensify sanctions if Russia takes further action in Ukraine.
"This group came together because of shared beliefs and shared responsibilities. Russia's actions in recent weeks are not consistent with them," the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States said in what they called "The Hague Declaration."
The president of the European Council and the president of the European Commission also signed the statement.
The leaders met at Obama's urging at The Hague while attending a nuclear security summit.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russia's expulsion from the G-8 would be no "great tragedy," Voice of Russia reported.
"If our Western partners think that this format has outlived itself, then so be it," Lavrov told reporters after holding his first talks since the annexation with Andriy Deshchytsya, Ukraine's interim foreign minister.
"At the very least, we are not trying to hold on to this format, and we see no great tragedy if it (the G-8) does not meet," said Lavrov, who also met separately with Secretary of State John Kerry.
The move is symbolic but still important, Michael McFaul, a Stanford University-based Russia specialist who until recently was U.S. ambassador to Moscow, told reporters on a conference call.
McFaul said he believes Putin understands that he's growing isolated and is bracing for a possible military engagement with NATO forces at some point.
"Right now I think he's focused on consolidating and digging in for confrontation with the West," McFaul said. "They fully expect it and that's what they're doing."
The U.S. last week expanded a round of economic sanctions against Putin's allies, but Obama is under pressure on the trip to convince European allies to step up their response. Many analysts say the sanctions won't have much bite without Europe's involvement, but many leaders there are leery, given Europe's trade and energy reliance on Russia.
The statement from the leaders also notes that they've directed the G-7's energy ministers to meet "to discuss ways to strengthen our collective energy security."
And it warned that the leaders "remain ready to intensify actions including coordinated sectoral sanctions that will have an increasingly significant impact on the Russian economy, if Russia continues to escalate this situation."
Obama, who has ruled out U.S. military intervention in Ukraine, spoke briefly to reporters earlier in the day after meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. He said Europe and the U.S. are "united" in supporting the Ukrainian government .
And he added, "We are united in imposing a cost on Russia for its actions so far."
The Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, which carried an interview with Obama ahead of the visit, noted that Rutte has been among the leaders "reluctant to impose harsh actions" on Russia.
Rutte said the two condemned what he called a "flagrant breach of international law."
Obama argued in the newspaper that there needs to be a cost to Russia.
"These aren't easy choices," he said. "We would have preferred it not come to this. But Russia's actions are simply unacceptable. There have to be consequences. And if Russia continues to escalate the situation, we need to be prepared to impose a greater cost."
Obama also met with President Xi Jinping of China – whose country is considered an ally of Russia _ at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Amsterdam. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said Obama told Xi that although Beijing is unlikely to endorse sanctions, "China's interest should be in working with us to de-escalate the situation in a way that respects Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. "
Xi did say that China wants to see a "political resolution to the conflict," Rhodes said, and the U.S. considers it "constructive" that China has refrained from supporting Russia's move. China last week abstained from voting for a United Nations' resolution criticizing Russia.
Before the meeting, Obama said the two leaders were able to work through "frictions" such as China's human rights record and conflict over the South China Sea "in a way that's constructive and hopefully will lead to resolutions and improved solutions for all parties concerned."
Xi thanked Obama for calling to express sympathy over missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 _ two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese _ and for instructing U.S. agencies to join the search for the missing plane, which Malaysia's prime minister said Monday had gone down in the southern Indian Ocean. Xi also prompted laughter when he noted he had a message from Michelle Obama, whom he and his wife met while the first lady was visiting China with her mother, Marian Robinson, and the Obamas' daughters, Malia and Sasha.
"When I was bidding farewell to Michelle in Beijing, she asked me to formally convey to you her best regards," Xi said.
Hannah Allam of McClatchy's Washington Bureau contributed to this report.


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Here it is folks, the other chibi character I said I was going to submit. I wanted to make a cute version of the very popular figure from Adventure Time with Finn and Jake because a member asked me to and I thought it was a good idea. Here is "how to draw chibi Marceline", step by step. As you know Marceline is a vampire that is on Finn and Jake's good side as well as friend. In the beginning though Marceline and Finn weren't friends. But time healed that wound because they soon became friends. I love Marcelines look as well as her personality and humor. She is a one thousand plus year old vampire queen that rules the night everyday. I have always been fond of her, so drawing chibi Marceline was a real treat for me. I love the way her small form came out, making this one of my favorite chibis to date. Well I hope you enjoy this lesson folks, it's all you thought a chibi character from Adventure Time would be. Peace!
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Day 1 - Friday, July 15, 2011
What better timing to participate in the Land Records and Genealogy Symposium in Beatrice, Nebraska than on the eve of the Homestead Act of 1862.The 150th anniversary of this legislation is coming up next year. Millions of homestead record images are being digitized that will eventually be made available to the public. With my roots firmly set in Nebraska soil, I feel extremely fortunate that the Nebraska homestead records are the first to be digitized and will be completed before the project moves on to other states. This is definitely going to be a landmark research base for genealogists who are tracking ancestors through their westward move.
|Homestead National Monument of America
display at the Land Records and Genealogy Symposium
July 2011
The past two days have been a whirlwind of activities in conjunction with the Land Records and Genealogy Symposium. I've been looking forward to the symposium for months - not only as an attendee, but because I was one of the speakers at the event. This was my first presentation at a major genealogy conference, so I was extremely honored and humbled that the organizers asked me to participate.
This symposium is held every two years and this year's event attracted nearly 100 people from Nebraska, several surrounding states and as far away as Massachusetts and California.
Friday began with me meeting the Genealogy Ninja, Thomas MacEntee, at the Lincoln airport. Those of you who know Thomas know that it's always great to get together with him. We arrived in Beatrice in time for lunch. Unfortunately, that meant that we were not able to hear the first two presentations by Sylvia Murray on Genealogy: You Can Do This and Carla Anders on Introduction to Land Platting.
Fortunately for me, I sat next to Carla during the conference and I'm certain that a new genealogy friendship was born. A lot of business cards and email addresses were exchanged! Carla operates Collecting Missing Ancestors and is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. She has a wealth of experience in Midwest research.
During lunch, we were entertained by Chris Sayre, a native Lincolnite known for his dedication to traditional and contemporary folk music. Chris' CDs are available here.
After lunch, we were treated to two fantastic sessions on Land Records presented by Gail Blankenau. Gail and I live in the same city, have been Facebook friends for a while, but this was the first time we met in person. Gail really knows her stuff when it comes to land records! She is an outstanding and knowledgeable presenter. Gail is also a member of APG and the Genealogical Speaker's Guild. I enjoyed getting acquainted with Gail and hope we can "do coffee" every once in a while.
The afternoon ended with an excellent session on Finding Women Homesteaders by Sylvia Murray. Her stories and photographs of these exceptional women were very interesting and inspirational. It makes you wonder if you could have done the same thing under those circumstances. Sylvia is also a member of APG and the Genealogical Speaker's Guild.
Homestead National Monument of America
After the close of the presentations, Thomas and I went in search of the coolest place in Beatrice. I don't mean "cool" as in "hip" - but literally, cool. The Nebraska temperature exceeded 100 degrees this weekend. We went to the visitor center at the Homestead National Monument of America. [Photo] The monument is operated by the National Park Service. The land is exactly the size of the original homesteads - 160 acres. We explored the museum and decided we needed to find an even cooler spot in Beatrice!
It was on to the Education Center down the road. This was the coolest place in Beatrice, so Thomas and I found a couple chairs and talked shop until it was time for the special dinner event. We were treated to a nice dinner, more music from Chris Sayre and learned more about the Homestead Act and the homestead records digitization project.
Learn more about the Land Records Project.
Other useful Homestead Records links:
About Nebraska Homestead Records - Footnote.com
Search the Nebraska Homestead Records on Footnote.com
Read about Day 2 of the Symposium >


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In hot water?Solar thermal hot water is the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly solar energy technology. Solar thermal can supply most of your hot water needs and can even be used to heat your home. Increasing the amount of clean renewable energy is a critical component of the Berkeley community efforts to reduce green house gases.
Types of solar thermal hot water systemsSolar water heating systems use relatively simple technology, including a storage tank and a solar collector. There are two types of solar water heating systems: active, which have forced circulating pumps and controls, and passive which do not. Additionally, you can choose between indirect or direct circulating systems for active solar thermal systems. Nearly all solar water heating systems require a back-up system for cloudy days and times of increased demand.
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Nearest Town: WendellSite Size: 976 acres
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Year-round. Access free of charge.
Directions: I-84 Exit #157; zero odometer; S on Rex Leland Hwy (Orchard Valley Rd/1950 E); at 6.5 mi rd veers L (E) and descends into gorge; R (S) into WMA's entrance at mi 7; another access point is 0.8 mi farther E.
Description: The combination of mild winter weather and open water draws waterfowl to the WMA. Over 5,000 ducks and several hundred Canada Geese winter along this portion of the Snake River annually. Spring nesting waterfowl include Canada Goose, Green-winged and Cinnamon Teal, Mallard, and Wood Duck. Upland gamebirds include Ring-necked Pheasant, California Quail, and Chukar. Great Blue Heron roost on boulders to the east. Rangeland habitats are occupied by Horned Lark, White-crowned Sparrow, and Sage Thrasher. Warblers and buntings inhabit the windbreaks, while wrens and swallows stake their claim on the rock ledges and talus slopes of the canyon rim.
More Information: IDFG (208) 324-4359Jerome Chamber of Commerce (208) 324-2711 fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/wildlife/wma/niagara/
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I now have two new additions to my RBR collection, loose glitter pigment in Spun From Sunny Seawater and Eaten All The Cherries. So far these are the best loose eyeshadows I have ever tried. I don't get fall out and they adhere well to the skin and last all day, not to mention the fact that the colours are gorgeous.
Eaten All The Cherries is a shimmery golden pink and Spun From Sunny Seawater is a shimmery blue almost teal. Don't be put off by the use of "glitter" in the name (as I was at first) these are more shimmery iridescent colours and I don't think they look glittery.
I've taken pictures/swatches of all the ones I have, please click to enlarge.
Swatches L-R:Wishing for wings, Spun From Sunny Seawater, Sleeping Under a Mandarin Tree, Eaten All The Cherries
Picture L-R:Eaten All The Cherries, Sleeping Under a Mandarin Tree, Spun From Sunny Seawater, Wishing for wings.
They cost £24 each and I bought mine from Zuneta.com, who stock them exclusively; they do international shipping for those outside the UK.
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Hello dear Replica and Happy New Year! These are all so lovely, I nearly bought Spun from Sunny Seawater recently, but as a couple of the other items I wanted were out of stock I ended up not buying anything! When everything is back in stock I'll def pick one of these glitters up, though now that I see your great swatches I find myself attracted to all of them! Greedy, I know! xxReplyDelete
Happy New Year Anna, can't believe how quickly time goes!ReplyDelete
I must be more greedy as I still want the one I haven't got :)
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The Dallas Arts District and the Dallas Center for Architecture are proud to present an architecture walking tour of the largest urban arts district in the United States.
The Arts District has been a thirty year plan in the making and now boasts buildings by four Pritzker Prize-winning architects within a span of several blocks. The District's architectural richness extends beyond that, however, with examples of buildings present at the turn of the 19th century when the neighborhood was the poshest residential district in town on one end and a vibrant African-American settlement on the other.
Our 90-minute architecture walking tour is led by a trained tour guide and will examine buildings from the 1890's to the present day. You will explore the architectural detail of the District as well as the institutions, individuals and visionaries who are a part of this fascinating story.
Tours are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the ceremonial entrance to the Dallas Museum of Art (Flora and Harwood). The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and is held rain or shine.
Reservations and payment must be made in advance. Due to the necessity of scheduling docents, we are unfortunately unable to accommodate walk-ups.
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1540 Farmers Call Center
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The currently available "1540" services are:
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The Flag of the United States of America
The DAR promotes and encourages a strong patriotic feeling and respect for The Flag of the United States of America. The principal objectives are to:
- Keep the Flag flying
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- Educate children and adults about the authorized rules of the Flag Code adopted by the United States Congress.
The DAR publishes a leaflet about the U.S. Flag Code which can be distributed to institutions, businesses and individuals. DAR Flag materials can be useful when students are studying the history and importance of the U.S. Flag
DAR members present American Flags to new citizens at naturalization ceremonies, schools, youth organizations, historical sites, museums, veterans' homes, and hospitals. Braille Flags are also given to schools and institutions for the blind.
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#EdTechBridge is all about collaboration. The notion behind the community is to develop authentic relationships that are mutually beneficial to developers and end users. As #EdTechBridge evolved it became clear that most developers do understand the value and were looking for opportunities to create these relationships.
A few weeks back, Katya asked if BrainPOP could do some software testing with my game design students as well as Matt Farber's (@MatthewFarber) Social Studies students. For my students, this is a great opportunity as one of the key elements of my course is iterative design (the process of designing, beginning development, product testing, receiving feedback, and continuing development based on tester feedback). It is also important for my students to understand the importance of peer testing. The visit from BrainPOP was incredibly valuable for my students and an authentic testing environment for BrainPOP. This is what #EdTechBridge is all about.
Katya, Scott, and Will came to visit two of my classes yesterday. Katya is the lead on user testing, Scott is a project manager for in house games developed by BrainPOP and Will is one of the game designers.
One class was my 8th grade video game design and development class. They worked with paper prototypes of the game. There were two variations of the prototype to test certain mechanics that brainpop is considering for the game. It was great to see students make comments playing one version that affirmed the value of the added mechanic of the other version. This whole exercise was especially valuable for me as a teacher and a learner. Prototyping is an important part of the design process. My students create design documents and sketches of levels, but rarely create and test games with a true paper prototype. It was great for me to see the process. Likewise, it was great for my students to experience and served as a natural springboard to discuss the process as it relates to their games.
My seventh grade game design and digital storytelling students played a digital version of the game. This group will be going through their first iteration of peer testing soon so it was great for them to experience the process and provide valuable feedback. There is no doubt that their experience with peer testing will be enhanced from having had this experience. Observing the students playing the games and commenting on the game mechanics, periodic glitches, etc. was great. I think they were able to understand the true value of their contribution.
Matt Farber teaches middle school social studies. He uses games and simulations to authentically model real world events. His students entire school year has been framed by the Game Theory BrainPOP video, in which Tim and Moby explained how rational people make important decisions—just like in a game.
Farber uses digital and tabletop games to support his project-based curriculum. His students have playtested games from GlassLab (SimCityEDU, Argubot Academy) and E-Line Media (Historia)—both companies that also playtest with teachers and students. In mid-November, Farber's class tested two versions of a new BrainPOP game: two variations of a paper prototype and one version of it digitized. Both were multiplayer games. Like GlassLab and E-Line, BrainPOP brings in teachers and students early on in the design process. Because students knew that their input mattered, the BrainPOP playtest gave everyone an increased degree of engagement
Aside from resolving technical glitches, the iterative design process helps designers create fun and meaningful experiences. Playtesting with intended users sheds light on issues that designers may have overlooked. For example, one of Farber's students pointed out that when she dragged a digital object onto a part of the screen, a box with a red outline appeared. The student informed the design team that the color red looked as if she was doing something wrong—even though her action was correct. This detail would not have been noticed if BrainPOP did not playtest with student users.


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Opinion: Big Labor v. Immigrants
Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on Big Labor's roadblock to immigration reform.
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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel have more on gay marriage in a second ... but for now editorial page editor Paul GBO is going to stay with us now ... to talk about immigration reform another hot button issue on Capitol Hill ... which seems to be stock ... on the issue of the guest worker program all ... I'm and give us an update where is the candidates and a decree on this guest worker cheaply made a lot of progress on ... across the board wanted to ditch these issues in a very close but the bigger sticking points merges this guest worker program and that's because the AFL CIO ... doesn't want to much of anything to be allowed for workers coming in the search workers who would come in for temporary visa ... I can make anything but not agriculture and height non hike tax so much address to the economy hospitality Hotels construction ... all kinds of things work which is really the app and the reasons that so many people do sneak in illegally ... you wanna have a guest worker program that allows them to come in legally depending on the economy go back and forth ... meet labor needs ... and the AFL sealed doesn't want that a once a limit to Visa's its first offer was only ten thousand visas for the entire ... American economy now they've ... been told the senators agreed on twenty thousand as a starting point ... maximum of two hundred thousand in to get between twenty ... and two thousand ... years ago through a complex formula ... that would be probably more complicated than many employers who've won when one is too weak governance program to war ... for this year he ... will be based on a complicated formula several different ... factors ... the commission would be one of them to ... politicize up a commission that would have appointees from labor and business and government ... and of likely be governed by politics not by what you need in this case which is the marketplace right you one and quarter to say ... it is I gotta hide or five people how can I get a ... kink in American's ok come on over the border you can be I need him for my construction project come I will work ... I and and that's with the AFL CIO has led to this is really a source of contention um I fear ... that Republicans are going to concede too much to the tothe to the tothe flavor that will has the White House when an all ... this discussion ... the White House so I issued its talking points its principles remember those were leaked ... but its bill while back they did include a guest worker program at all ... and that hurt the the the negotiator Schwab one ... this skill ... the entire deal ... well I think the cooler ... probably not in the Senate because what I'm told is there are some of the Republican senators hear a particular the ones negotiating ... they won a bill so badly ... because they view it as a rebranding exercise ... that they're willing to make enormous concessions to look for ... just for the sake of the deal ... so this that but but I think it would have to be selfish and housing that could


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I love that you can see the cookies through the scalloped window of the box, and that the kinkle helps cushion the cookies to keep them from breaking. Wouldn't it make a great gift for teachers, neighbors or a party?
(The last day to order Halloween Products is this Wednesday.)
Products for Packaging Cookies:
- Kraft Cookie Boxes (with Scalloped Window), $12 for 10
- Kraft Krinkle, $4
- Halloween Tags, $6
Products for Baking Cookies :
- Parchment Sheet Pan Liners
- Disposable Pastry Bags
My rule of thumb is to mute the colors I'm mixing slightly by adding a touch of the opposite color. For instance, here I am mixing a pale orange to match the heirloom pumpkin.
1 drop red
1 drop yellow
1/2 drop green
The green helps to mute the orange so it is not as bright and a little more natural looking.
Recipes : My Favorite Sugar Cookie (made with powdered sugar) & Royal Icing.
I made a pale brown to match the stem color.
1/2 drop of red
1 drop of yellow
1/2 drop of blue
1/4 drop of black
Then I created a brighter orange to match the squash by adding more red.
Next, I made acorns and oak leafs.
The oak leaves are a great mustard yellow with dark brown stems.
The acorns are two different tones of brown. I wish I'd had brown sprinkles for the tops!
Here are the cookies boxed up. You can see how the krinkle helps hold them in place and protect them... too much work to have them break.
Sweet little hands helping tie (ok, untie) bows.
- Happy Halloween
- BOO! Happy Halloween
- Trick or Treat
Again, the last day to order Halloween products is this Wednesday to receive them by October 29th (at the latest).
Here are more of the Halloween Cookies we decorated and packaged in Cello Bags.
These Ina's Orange candles would also be great for a spooky Halloween treat. I'm planning to put these on top of cupcakes with black sprinkles for our Pumpkin Carving Party this weekend.
They come in 15" tall & 6" candles, $15/$7


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Simple Gifts, Easy Harp Solo
By Joseph Brackett, Jr.
Harp - Digital Download
Composed by Joseph Brackett, Jr. Arranged by Cindy Blevins. Folk. Performance. Published by Cindy Blevins (S0.232377).
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Social media and B2C are a match made in heaven. Consumer-facing companies can engage directly with their customers, branding, marketing, selling and servicing -- often for a lower cost than through traditional channels. But what about social and B2B?
Although many have pooh-poohed the place of social in the business-to-business world, there are several ways in which social networking products and practices are being used to develop relationships with existing and potential customers. The trick is to not simply duplicate what's done in the B2C space.
1. Thought Leadership.
Most B2B product categories are crowded. Especially if your company shares space with a giant in the field, it can be difficult to be thought of seriously -- or thought of at all. This is where content comes in.
Just as crowded spaces are challenging for the companies competing in them, it can be difficult for corporate buyers to make decisions amid all the noise. They are hungry for content that will help them keep up with constant changes and make informed decisions. It's not easy to develop videos, whitepapers, blog posts and the like that provide relevant, meaningful content and at the same time get your company's message across without beating people over the head with it. But if you can strike that balance, they will come.
2. Lead Generation.
People who engage with all of this great content -- say, by downloading a gated whitepaper -- are potential leads. Lead generation via social networks will become increasingly important as corporate buyers' time shifts to social media outlets from other channels.
3. Community.
Unlike with most consumer products, the lifecycles of B2B products and services is long -- at least, that's the hope. The companies that use your products and the people who implement and manage them will need ongoing service, support and insight. When it comes to the latter, there's nothing like the insight of peers. Smart B2B companies are creating spaces on social networks, such as groups on LinkedIn and Google+, within which corporate users and buyers can safely and privately discuss issues and share experiences. Several vertical social networks are popping up that also provide focused work and community spaces.
4. Recruitment.
Good employees are hard to find, but it's a little easier with social networks. Using social networks, companies can proactively identify the people they want on their teams. Conversely, a company that is active -- in a relevant, useful sort of way -- on social networks will attract job seekers, especially younger workers, who likely have the expectation that if you're a company doing business you're doing some of that business on social networks.
5. Intelligence.
Although there is much more chatter on social networks about consumer-oriented products and issues, people are talking about business. They're talking about your space, your category, your competitors, your company and maybe even your company's products and level of service. You want to make sure that you are listening for these discussions, then collecting and analyzing the resulting data to make business decisions moving forward.
Originally posted on The BrainYard by Deb Donston-Miller on January 24,2013.


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So, it turns out that there was no misprint on the press release. Samsung Galaxy S II LTE is, in fact, both bigger and better than the plain old Samsung Galaxy S II.
Placing our trusty, old, first flush SII next to the newcomer at IFA 2011, it all became perfectly clear. We all knew that the processor had taken a slight clock speed jump up from a dual-core 1.2 GHz unit to a dual-core 1.5GHz, but there are also certain elements of design that Samsung has thrown in. The shape of the phone is different - not by much, but different it is.
It's something like the kind of difference between the iPhone 3GS compared to the iPhone 4 only not as pronounced. The square shape of the original SGS2 has had its corners softened a touch and, in general, chassis-wise, the LTE version is almost a halfway house between that and the Nexus S. It's also marginally thicker with the chin on the reverse much closer to the overall profile of the rest of the phone.
On the rear, the camera has also been re-jigged slightly and the textured back-cover smoothed out. Where the flash on the device used to sit lateral compared to the camera lens, it's now one on top of the other. All the same, the actual imaging system, and specs thereof, remain the same.
The change you'll most notice though, is the size of the screen. What the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE offers is a pretty hefty 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and somehow that extra 0.2 inches on the diagonal does make a difference. It takes it from a big phone across that threshold to a massive one. Samsung hasn't said whether it's upped the resolution to match but we certainly didn't see any degradation in quality with our hands-on.
Last of all, of course, the LTE version is, yes, LTE-enabled but seeing as the UK's mobile infrastructure isn't, it could be quite some time before we get the new Samsung Galaxy S 2 over here at all.


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Tune-Up Café
Culinary crossroads follows its own path
Tune-Up is also where the tourists go, especially the ones who watch the Food Channel, which has taken a liking to the place. The "Triple D fans" (named after "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives") might not have the same hip-factor, but they're just as content to be there—even if they had to park their RVs around the corner.
Outside of my own kitchen, it's rare to find eggs that are so perfectly done.
The café is filled with a glow. People-friendly touches include kids' books, good music and lighting, and a long mirror that lets wall-facing diners feel like they're a part of the room. Meanwhile, the food manages to be a lot of things without following any one path. It's not a burger joint, but the burgers are good. It's not New Mexican, but Tune-Up serves chile rellenos and huevos rancheros and green chile. On paper, its most unique influence is from El Salvador, but you could eat there many times and not even notice.
This place is an embodiment of their histories and techniques. There are shades of Pasqual's Latin funkiness in the decor and dishes. Charlotte's native Louisiana shines through—in a swampy, voodoo way—via the dark wood and bright spirit. There are relatives in the kitchen from Jesus' home country, El Salvador.
Dishes like the Salvadoran tamale (wrapped in banana leaf) and pupusas share rarefied New Mexico air with Albuquerque's Pupuseria y Restaurant Salvadoreño. The huevos El Salvadoreños I ordered were a moist, fluffy pile of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and green onions. Outside of my own kitchen, it's rare to find eggs that are so perfectly done. The eggs came with fried plantain, refried beans, crema, corn tortillas and some pronounced cumin. Consider ordering a side of meat with this one.
A New York strip on the specials board, advertised as local and organic, was an absolutely amazing steak. I ordered it slightly more rare than I wanted, and it came out perfect, drenched in an herbed Zinfandel-shallot sauce that bridged the juicy steak and a side of garlic mashed potatoes. I would eat an old milk cow with that sauce.
The Tune-Up Café is an ace in the hole for Santa Fe restaurant recommendations, especially if you're planning a meal for picky eaters. With so much variety on the menu and skill in the kitchen, most anyone would be happy here. Except, perhaps, that fur coat in the BMW by the Plaza.


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This article was published by Jennifer Kaye in FeatureShoot. Check out also the feature by My Modern Met.
Robin Moore is no stranger to wildlife. The Scottish-born photographer's work has graced the pages of National Geographic Traveler and TIME and he is an associate fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
Moore's latest efforts brought him just outside of Nairobi, Kenya to Giraffe Manor, famous for its resident herd of endangered Rothschild Giraffes. There are actually six species of this long-necked creature, with wild Rothschilds numbering in the low hundreds. The Manor offers the unique experience of rubbing shoulders with the giants as they peek their heads into the hotel dining room to share breakfast with guests.
"… East Africa is my favorite place to shoot on account of the wildlife, the landscapes, and the people," said Moore. "This seemed to provide an exceptional opportunity to get up close with an endangered species and capture its interaction with people."
As Moore was shooting the manor for promotional purposes, he made three visits over the course of a year, spending several nights each time. "I tried to capture the Manor 'as is' and therefore these were not set up specifically, I merely documented what was happening around me," said Moore.
It's common to assume these giants are gentle, as they approach people through the windows of the hotel quite casually. But if the barrier of the hotel walls are removed, guests are advised to proceed with caution as the giraffes can play rough. "They are fairly well habituated to people," said Moore, "but you have to respect them as wild animals." Moore pushed the limits a few times to get a shot, and was chased around a tree and nearly head-butted. "It was only funny because he missed," said Moore.


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Charter Oak Beer Co. Variety Pack NV
Charter Oak Winery:
Charter Oak: The Next Cult Zin? (By Jim White, founder, ilovenapa.com) If you buy enough wine, we throw in a will!" jokes the exuberant, 47-year-old lawyer-by-day, winemaker-by-night, Rob Fanucci, hinting that if you buy a few cases of his family wine, he'll throw in some discounted legal services. Which, of course, isn't true. But Fanucci's a colorful speaker. Fanucci is sitting in his... Read more
Charter Oak: The Next Cult Zin? (By Jim White, founder, ilovenapa.com) If you buy enough wine, we throw in a will!" jokes the exuberant, 47-year-old lawyer-by-day, winemaker-by-night, Rob Fanucci, hinting that if you buy a few cases of his family wine, he'll throw in some discounted legal services. Which, of course, isn't true. But Fanucci's a colorful speaker. Fanucci is sitting in his law office in St. Helena. From this vantage point, he consults to many high profile Napa Valley wineries. And it is from some of them that he gets gorgeous, ripe, black fruit to make sumptuous, elegant, age-worthy Zinfandels under his Charter Oak label. Fanucci's family history is the kind of material that books are written about. And after tasting his wines, it's obvious that his future that will be covered in print, too - though in wine journals. Charter Oak wines are destined for high demand. Fanucci's Italian-born grandfather, Guido Ragghianti, a one-time chef in the Italian army, turned up in San Francisco with two brothers in the early 1920s to pursue a career in woodworking. The brothers made friends with another immigrant family, the Guidis, and en masse, they moved north to the sleepy, pastoral town of St. Helena, Napa Valley, much closer to the lifestyle they'd known back home in Lucca. The brothers bought a one-acre plot, built a small cabin and Guido planted mostly white grapes for grappa. During his last harvest, granddaddy Guido passed his knowledge and secrets on to the young and impressionable Fanucci, who says, "from that moment onward, I knew that I wanted to make wine." After Guido died in 1986, Fanucci replanted the St. Helena patch 'o brown with Primativo, Zinfandel and Petite Sirah. The vineyard is on Charter Oak Street, just beyond Tra Vigne restaurant. At crush each fall, Fanucci honors Guido by using the handmade punch down tool that his grandfather shaped to push down the cap of berries and seeds that rise to the top of his open-air fermenters. The wines that Fanucci makes are unfined, unfiltered, and, until now, unfamous. But once word gets out about these extraordinary wines, they will only be two of these three. Think Turley. Think Martinelli Jackass Vineyard. Think Biale in the same breath because Fanucci's Charter Oak Zinfandels can keep up. Even better, they're not as hot or alcoholic. Fanucci says of his Napa Valley Zinfandel, "It's a Zin that a Cabernet Sauvignon drinker would like." Until this year, Fanucci has made two core wines Ñ a Zinfandel from the famed Monte Rosso vineyard owned by Martini (now Gallo) in Sonoma, and a Napa Valley Zin that is a blend of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah from vines on the Charter Oak estate blended with old-vine fruit from Calistoga. Going forward, it appears Rob will no longer have access to the Monte Rosso fruit. Never mind; the grapes he is picking in Napa Valley are from equally legendary vineyards. All Fanucci's wines are made with naturally occurring yeasts Ñ whatever's in the air of the 100-year-old farmyard. As it happens, the place is a living junkyard of memory; granddad Guido's rusting old green Ford pickup truck sits in the middle of the yard as a salute to the now fallen wine idol. Fanucci's wines are - in contemporary buzzwords - "made in a non-interventionist style." In Fanucci's case what this really means is "primitive." Fanucci's winemaking efforts look more like those of a Middle Age (think era, not Rob!) alchemist trying to coax gold out of a stone. Friends come to pick and crush during harvest; over the course of several weeks, the fermenting wine is punched down by hand. There are no machines, no big pipes, tubes, or conveyor belts. Fermented wine is moved about the farmyard in small, five-gallon pails. It's pressed in Guido's original, near-100-year-old basket press, which sits in a leaning, wood-slatted, abandoned chicken coop. It gently squeezes the fermented juice, separating must from what will be future lust. The wine is then aged in a combination of new/used oak barrels that are stored in a rickety-staired, low-ceilinged, limestone cellar. (I've now banged my head so many times on the low-ceiling beams that I can't even remember to duck the next time I reenter the cellar because I've already lost too many brain cells from whacking my head on the beams.) Fanucci's wife, Layla, who teaches guitar and who has, until now, only been in touch with her musical brain, recently decided to get in touch with the "other artist inside." So she took up painting in oils. Fully self-taught, Layla has produced a dozen canvasses this year. One that hangs in the couple's dining room portrays Rob, the winemaker, in his cellar. And it's accurate right down to the often-undone shoelace in one of his shoes. (Anyone interested in seeing more of Layla's art can reach her at 707-963-2298 and arrange a showing.) But back to Charter Oak wine. Ambrosial stuff. I rated the 2000 Napa Valley Zinfandel 92 points. The 2000 Charter Oak Monte Rosso is a no-fail, 93 pointer (descriptions of both below). And if you are a Fanucci Fan of the Future, mark your calendars for the release of the 2001s. Displaying ethereal levels of chocolate and cocoa on the end palate, I rated a barrel sample a smokin' 96 points and scribbled this note in the margin of my notepad page: "Best Zin I've had all year." We'll see what aging and bottling do to the wine, but, at present, Fanucci is on his way to the Pantheon of Wine Pleasure. Read less
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Putting things in their mouths is one of the ways that babies and small children explore their worlds. Choking is usually caused by food, toys, and other small objects that can easily lodge in a child's small airway — anything that fits can be a danger.
Pay special attention to the following to protect your kids from choking:
These soft foods, except caramels, can be served if they're chopped into small pieces or peeled if they have skin. Spoonfuls of peanut butter and chewing gum also should be regarded as potential choking hazards.
If you're expecting a baby or already have a child, it's a good idea to:
To check your childproofing efforts, get down on your hands and knees in every room of your home for a kid's-eye view. Be aware of your child's surroundings and what could be dangerous.
Completely childproofing your home can be difficult. If you can't childproof the entire house, you can shut the doors (and install doorknob covers) to any room a child shouldn't enter to prevent wandering into places that haven't been properly childproofed. Doorknob covers and childproof locks for sliding doors are also great for keeping little ones from leaving your home.
Of course, how much or how little you childproof your home is up to you. Keeping a close eye on kids is the very best way to protect them from injuries.
Whether you have a baby, toddler, or school-age child, your home should be a safe place for your little one to explore. After all, touching, holding, climbing, and exploring are the activities that develop your child's body and mind.
Reviewed by: Rupal Christine Gupta, MD
Date Reviewed: 01-10-2016


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Stack them and mix n' match them all you want, because we are loving a great big stack of bangles that are sure to complement your new fairweather wardrobe of light, airy dresses and strappy sandals. This season, these pretty little pieces have appeared in all shapes and sizes, from chunky wood bracelets to delicate singletons in simple silvers and rose golds. We've scouted out heap of charming bangles that you should be stacking on your wrists right now.
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Julie Christie wins Golden Globe for "Away From Her"
Academy Award winner Julie Christie has now added a Golden Globe win to her list of accolades. Christie won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) for her work in "Away From Her."
The film, directed by actress Sarah Polley, stars Christie as a woman slipping away to Alzheimer's and deals with how the disease impacts the relationship with her husband of almost 50 years (Gordon Pinset). "Away From Her" is based on a story by acclaimed novelist Alice Munro.