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Here at the New Yorker office, we spend lots of time listening to music, but not very much time listening to Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians' hit song "Collegiate." That's easy to explain, since the song was a hit all the way back in 1925. But it's also a shame, in a way: 1925 was the year that The New Yorker published its first issue, and in all the years since, as issue after issue has appeared, more and more songs have been released. This year, as the holiday season approached, we were in a celebratory mood, and I decided to create a playlist for our holiday party composed of one song from every year of the magazine's existence. I started with "Collegiate" and went on from there, with selections from many of the century's giants (Duke Ellington, Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson), and many lesser-known artists (Norman Greenbaum, Gary Numan).
At the party, the mix worked like a charm. Jazz and blues greeted the early arrivals, and as the party picked up, the mood became romantic (thanks to the big-band and vocal recordings of the late thirties and forties), energetic (thanks to early rock and roll like Fats Domino and Jackie Brenston in the early fifties), funky (James Brown in 1973, Stevie Wonder in 1974), and kitschy (the eighties), after which it erupted into a bright riot of contemporary pop and hip-hop (Rihanna! Kanye! M.I.A.! Lil Jon!). It was rumored, though never proven, that party guests were leaving right around the songs that marked their birth years. To celebrate eighty-five years of music that The New Yorker has been pleased to exist alongside of, here's our party playlist.
1925: "Collegiate," by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1926: "Fat Meat and Greens," by Jelly Roll Morton
1927: "Struttin' With Some Barbecue," by Louis Armstrong
1928: "Statesboro Blues," by Blind Willie McTell
1929: "That's How I Feel Today," by The Little Chocolate Dandies
1930: "It Happened in Monterey," by Ruth Etting
1931: "Farewell Blues," by Cab Calloway
1932: "Night And Day," by Fred Astaire
1933: "Tea for Two," by Art Tatum
1934: "Moonglow," by Benny Goodman
1935: "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter," by Fats Waller
1936: "Summertime," by Billie Holiday
1937: "Sweet Home Chicago," by Robert Johnson
1938: "Begin The Beguine," by Artie Shaw
1939: "Moonlight Serenade," by Glenn Miller Orchestra
1940: "New San Antonio Rose," by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
1941: "Jumpin' Punkins," by Duke Ellington
1942: "Sleepy Lagoon," by Harry James
1943: "Paper Doll," by The Mills Brothers
1944: "Swinging on a Star (Single)," by Bing Crosby
1945: "Scorpio," by Mary Lou Williams
1946: "Choo Choo Ch'boogie," by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
1947: "Serenade of the Bells," by Jo Stafford
1948: "Nature Boy," by Nat King Cole
1949: "Just Friends," by Charlie Parker
1950: "The Fat Man," by Fats Domino
1951: "Rocket 88," by Jackie Brenston
1952: "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," by Lloyd Price
1953: "Your Cheatin' Heart," by Hank Williams
1954: "Work With Me Annie," by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
1955: "Folsom Prison Blues," by Johnny Cash
1956: "Strode Rode," by Sonny Rollins
1957: "Mona (I Need You Baby)," by Bo Diddley
1958: "Rock Billy Boogie," by Johnny Burnette
1959: "Along Came Jones," by The Coasters
1960: "Walk Don't Run," by The Ventures
1961: "Shout Bamalama," by Otis Redding
1962: "Return To Sender," by Elvis Presley
1963: "Be My Baby," by The Ronettes
1964: "Nadine (Is It You?)," by Chuck Berry
1965: "I Can't Explain," by The Who
1966: "Day Tripper," by The Beatles
1967: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," by Gladys Knight & The Pips
1968: "White Light / White Heat," by The Velvet Underground
1969: "Israelites," by Desmond Dekker
1970: "Spirit in the Sky," by Norman Greenbaum
1971: "Family Affair," by Sly & The Family Stone
1972: "Superfly," by Curtis Mayfield
1973: "The Payback," by James Brown
1974: "You Haven't Done Nothin'," by Stevie Wonder
1975: "The Ballroom Blitz," by The Sweet
1976: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)," by Parliament
1977: "Got to Give It Up—Pt. 1," by Marvin Gaye
1978: "Miss You," by Rolling Stones
1979: "Rock Lobster," by The B-52's
1980: "Cars," by Gary Numan
1981: "Rapture," by Blondie
1982: "Buffalo Gals," by Malcolm McLaren
1983: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," by Michael Jackson
1984: "Head Over Heels," by The Go-Go's
1985: "Perfect Way," by Scritti Politti
1986: "Walk This Way," by Run-DMC
1987: "Housequake," by Prince
1988: "Express Yourself ," by N.W.A.
1989: "Me Myself and I," by De La Soul
1990: "Love Will Never Do Without You," by Janet Jackson
1991: "Mama Said Knock You Out," by LL Cool J
1992: "Rump Shaker," by Wreckx-N-Effect
1993: "Return of the Crazy One," by Digital Underground
1994: "Whatta Man," by Salt-N-Pepa
1995: "California Love," by 2Pac
1996: "Where It's At," by Beck
1997: "Hypnotize," by The Notorious B.I.G.
1998: "Intergalactic," by Beastie Boys
1999: "Vivrant Thing," by Q-Tip
2000: "Music," by Madonna
2001: "Get Ur Freak On," by Missy Elliot
2002: "Without Me," by Eminem
2003: "Crazy in Love," by Beyonce, featuring Jay-Z
2004: "Yeah," by Usher, featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
2005: "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House," by LCD Soundsystem
2006: "SexyBack," by Justin Timberlake
2007: "Umbrella," by Rihanna
2008: "Paper Planes," by M.I.A.
2009: "Heads Will Roll," by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2010: "Monster," by Kanye West, featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver
UPDATE: Several intrepid readers have created online playlists of most of the songs in the mix. Alexey Grozny's YouTube playlist is probably the most universally accessible of the bunch. Tom Whitwell and ulyssestone both created Spotify playlists (Europe only), and Patrick Filler made an Rdio playlist. See the comments below for more details. Thank you all!


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Transylvania. The name itself is enough to send an icy chill down the spine of even the most fearless adventurer. Now imagine being there, in person, when the clock clangs midnight… on Halloween! At odds with its creeptacular reputation, Romania ranks as one of Europe's most charming and underexplored regions, beguiling visitors with its stunning Gothic architecture, enveloping forests and friendly people. But as idyllic as it is by day, the real fun happens at night—particularly Halloween, when we'll treat you to a costume party in an authentic castle. Think you're not afraid of the dark? You will be.
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
Day 1
Arrive at any time. As your fellow travellers are arriving throughout the day, there are no planned activities until your Group Meeting this evening, so check-in to the hotel (check-in time is approx 3pm) and enjoy the city.
Check the notice boards or ask at reception for the exact time and location of the group meeting, which usually starts between 6 and 7pm. After the meeting, you may like to head out for a meal at a local restaurant with your group and leader.
Romania's capital city is also its largest with 2 million people, a cosmopolitan mixture of Romanians, Gypsies, Turks, Arabs, Africans and Chinese. Among the most popular of the tourist attractions is the Palace of Parliament, built in the 1980s during the reign of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. It takes the prize for being the world's largest civilian building and was meant to be the seat of political and administrative power.
Bucharest's National Art Museum is worthwhile to check out, especially its Romanian medieval art collection. If you're interested in learning more about traditional culture, the open-air Village Museum has a collection of over 250 dwellings, workshops, churches, windmills and other structures from every corner of the country, demonstrating the diversity of Romania's folk architecture. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant houses a variety of textiles, ceramics and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life and is one of Europe's leading museums of popular arts and traditions.
Day 2
Travel by bus into the Transylvania region of Romania, stopping off at the ruins of the Poienari Castle, once one of Vlad III the Impaler's main fortresses. Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, was also known as Dracula and spent much of his ruling years campaigning against the expansion of the Ottoman Empire and is known for being particularly cruel, impaling his enemies. He is estimated to have killed over 10,000 enemies.
The only way to reach the castle is to walk up over 1400 steps. A third of the castle collapsed down the mountainside in 1888, but the walls and two towers still remain, one of which is said to be where Vlad's first wife threw herself from in order to avoid being captured by the Turks.
After visiting the castle, continue on to the city of Sibiu, where you'll have an orientation walk. The city of Sibiu has played an important role in Romania's history and was the site of the first hospital, school, pharmacy, and paper mill, to name a few important milestones. It still retains its medieval charms in the historic centre, and you're able to explore the old city walls, defense towers, old squares and churches.
The Brukenthal Museum is the country's oldest, and it houses the art collection of Baron Samuel von Brukenthal, once governor of Transylvania, including 15th and 16th century Transylvanian wooden religious sculptures and 18th century Romanian icons.
If you'd prefer to head out of town, there's an excellent open-air Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization set against a mountain backdrop. It includes authentic wooden houses and churches, offering great insight into Romanian rural life.
Estimated Travel Time: 3 hours
Day 3
Hunedoara (1L)
Travel by van to further west into Transylvania. Head to Hunyad's Castle for a halloween party you will not soon forget. Come in costume (or else!) and the guest with the best costume is awarded a special prize. You're invited to Count Dracula's spooktacular wedding at midnight; after the wedding, the party continues well into the night. Hunyad's Castle, the venue of the party, is rumoured to be one of the most haunted places in Europe. Do you dare to celebrate this macabre fest with the spirits that roam its halls?
Estimated Travel Time: 2 hours
Day 4
We'll have a later departure time today so you can be sure to rid yourself of all of the Halloween demons you may have picked up at the haunted Hunyad castle.
Upon arrival to Sighisoara, enjoy an orientation walk to get your bearings in the birthplace of Vlad "The Impaler"—the man known to many as Dracula. The town was founded in the 13th century by the Saxons of Transylvania who were German craftsmen and merchants.
The small, fortified medieval historic centre has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site and is composed of a fortified site spread over a sloping plateau and dominated by the silhouette of battlements and needle spires.
If you're interested in the town's past, visit the history museum. There are a number of old churches scattered throughout the historic centre as well, along with a Saxon cemetery. The ground floor of the birthplace of Vlad "The Impaler" has been converted into a restaurant, and the upper floor is home to a museum of medieval weapons.
Estimated Travel Time: 3 hours
Day 5
En route to the city of Brasov, stop off to visit the Prejmer Fortress, a fortified church built by the Teutonic knights church dating back to the 13th century and containing double walls and dungeons. Each family in the village had its own room in the fortress in case of attack.
Later in the day, explore the Bran Castle, sometimes called "Dracula's Castle", which served as a defense point to protect the border between Transylvania and Wallachia. The imposing castle is perched on a rocky bluff high above the town of Bran. Rumours abound regarding Vlad the Impaler's interaction with the castle. You'll have to visit to find out the truth.
After arriving to Brasov, cruise around town on an orientation walk with your Chief Experience Officer. The old part of town has a strong Baroque influence and is lined with beautiful red-roofed merchant houses. Of the many attractions, there is the large Gothic-style Black Church which houses the richest collection of Anatolian carpets in all of Europe and also a beautiful large square that is the heart of medieval Brasov.
Estimated Travel Time: 2 hours
Day 6
Head back to the capital and visit the famous Neo-Renaissance Peles Castle en route. Sometimes called the most beautiful castle in all of Romania with its fairytale turrets and expansive surrounding green lawns, it was built in the late 19th century and is exquisitely decorated with statues, ceramics, porcelain, and stained-glass windows.
Enjoy an orientation walk upon arrival back to Bucharest to get a better feel for the sprawling city. Here you'll have free time to explore Bucharest's many attractions.
Estimated Travel Time: 5 hours
Day 7
Depart at any time.
What's Included?
Trip Type — Small Group
Group trips average 12 travellers per departure, depending on the adventure. The maximum is usually no more than 16, but some can be smaller or bigger, depending on the trip. Check individual trips for details.
Physical Grading — 2
There'll be some light walking and hiking. Suitable for most fitness levels. Nothing too challenging.
Departure Dates
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Melges, Buddy - 2011 Hall of Fame
Harry C.
"Buddy" Melges, Jr.
"The best helmsmen are the ones who can keep the most channels open."
January 26, 1930 -
Birthplace: Zenda, Wisconsin
The little town of Zenda, Wisconsin (population: 100), is famous for two things: an eight pound meteorite that was once found there, and Buddy Melges, who has long been known as "The Wizard of Zenda." From his home waters on nearby Lake Geneva, where he has been equally adept in both scows and ice boats, Melges has become one of the more successful and acclaimed racing skippers in the world. He has two Olympic medals; world championships in Stars (2), 5.5 Metres (3), E-Scows (5), and Skeeter Ice Boats (7); and an America's Cup win as co-helmsman. He is a three-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. Those are just the highlights of a stunning career on the water.
The gregarious, self-effacing Melges has attracted the world's best sailors to Zenda to sail his beloved scows and be thrilled by 100 mph dashes across the frozen lake in the big ice boats, to hunt ducks (his other passion), and to discuss the shapes of hulls, sails, and appendages in colloquial turns of phrase that are all his own. He'll often speak of the need to sail "a little bit quicklier." On board, he discourages "chin music," non race-related chatter.
Thanks to a reliable set of sound, basic observations, Melges is one of the few seat-of-the-pants skippers who flourished beyond sailing's high tech revolution. "Instruments are great," he once remarked, "but you have to look at the water, present the boat for Mother Nature."
In 2010, at the age of 80, Melges won the A-Scow Inland Yachting Association Championship.
- Roger Vaughan
Links of Interest:
"Super Sailor And A Soup Tureen" - Aug. 27, 1962 Sports Illustrated
Bio of Buddy Melges on Melges.com
"The Buddy Melges Story" - published in Starlights, Feb., 1983 (starclass.org)


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Timor-Leste: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- Oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea
- Supported by the Community of Portuguese-speaking countries
- Attractive tourist destination (protected natural sites, rich cultural heritage)
- Vulnerable to natural disasters (landslides, typhoons, floods)
- Underdeveloped infrastructure
- Human capital deficit
- Very heavily dependent on oil income (98% of exports)
- Almost half the population lives below the poverty threshold
- High unemployment among young people (40%)
- Weak bank intermediation
Current Trends
Public Investments Support Growth and Economic Diversification
In 2018, non-oil economic activity is expected to accelerate after slowing slightly in 2017. Growth will be driven by domestic demand and in particular by public investment. This is because the country is switching to a more diversified economy against a background of lower hydrocarbon production and reserves. This diversification takes place in the context of the Strategic Development Plan (2011-2030) built around four main pillars, namely health, infrastructure (telecommunications, energy, water supply, and treatment), the high growth potential sectors (agriculture, tourism, and petrochemicals) and the institutional framework so as to improve governance. The tourism sector has great potential in this country, endowed as it is with protected natural sites. Nonetheless, infrastructure shortcomings are still adversely impacting tourist visits. In this regard, the country can rely on its large oil fund (USD 16.9 billion in 2017). Moreover, these public funds are expected to stimulate a quasi-non-existent private sector, which is struggling to develop in a country where public spending represents almost 60% of GDP. The government is also seeking to attract foreign capital, as with the country's first public/private partnership in June 2016 (construction of the new Tibar Bay port). Private consumption will be sustained by infrastructure development, which should help create jobs in construction, with 65% of the workforce depending on the agricultural sector (27% of GDP). Meanwhile, inflation is historically volatile in Timor-Leste, because of the country's exposure to changes in food and oil prices. It is expected to rise in 2018, because of momentum in domestic demand and the modest rise in the oil price.
Large Twin Deficits
The 2017 fiscal balance was in positive territory due to a correction to the 2016 budget, to which a certain number of infrastructure investments were allocated. However, the fiscal deficit is expected to be very significant in 2018 as a result of the fall in oil revenues, as well as new massive public investments, especially in roads and other transport infrastructure (40% of total budget). As a result, withdrawals of capital from the oil fund are expected to increase, taking the fund from USD 17 billion in 2017 (four times GDP) down to 4 billion in 2021. The main risk is the wasteful funding of "white elephants" as with the new port now under construction. Meanwhile, the spending allocated to health and education (15% of the budget) and to welfare (14% of the budget) is not expected to increase substantially.
The current account balance is expected to show a large deficit linked to the deepening deficit in goods and services. Exports of goods, mainly coffee, and remittances from expatriates are expected to edge upwards in 2018, while imports are expected to grow strongly because of needs relating to infrastructure spending. In order to finance the current account deficit, the country is expected to continue drawing on its oil fund and benefitting from FDI flows.
A Fragile Government Coalition Facing a Maritime Dispute with Australia
The July 2017 parliamentary elections put the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) ahead with 29.7% of the votes, followed closely by the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) with 29.5%. This narrow victory resulted in the CNRT refusing to join a government led by the Fretilin, although a government coalition had been in place since 2015. An agreement with the Democratic Party helped to form a minority government led by Mari Alkatiri, already Prime Minister from 2002 to 2006. Nevertheless, the new government is facing stiff opposition to its investment programme (2017-2022) and could be toppled if its programme is rejected a second time, thus triggering early elections or the formation of a government by the CNRT. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of the government's actions is regularly challenged by the population, and poverty continues to be very significant. While the vast majority of Timorese still live in rural areas and depend on agriculture, the government has not succeeded in stimulating the private sector.
Externally, the country's relations with Australia are tense, because of the dispute over the maritime border in the Timor Sea. The previous agreement, which dates back to 2006 (valid for 50 years) was terminated in January 2017 by Timor-Leste, on grounds that the agreement on sharing the offshore oil fields was unfair. A more advantageous agreement could help delay the shortages the country will be facing and increase the country's oil fund revenues. While the two parties have come to an agreement in principle in September 2017, the outlines of this arrangement could take longer to negotiate.


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Vision During Crisis: Reinventing Neighborhood Revitalization
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch
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Los Angeles, CA 90015
Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the University of Southern California
There is a historic convergence of funding threats to federal, state and local jurisdictions at a time when communities have the greatest need. A strategic response is required. This meeting is a call to action for principal stakeholders to create new approaches to neighborhood revitalization based on stabilizing the single-family foreclosure crisis. The goal is to create a catalyst for job creation and the development of sustainable practices. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the University of Southern California Center for Economic Development invite participants to reflect upon and define the new paradigm for neighborhood revitalization. The focus of this discussion will be rethinking the disposition policies of REO's and the roles and priorities of traditional and non-traditional funding mechanisms.
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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Within hours of Brad Penny's release, the list of teams interested in the veteran right-hander's services was already starting to take shape. The Denver Post reported early on Thursday morning that the Rockies — who have questions in the back end of their starting rotation — have expressed interest, and The Miami Herald later said that the Marlins — who could use a veteran starter to give them a boost in the National League playoff chase — are also among the teams intrigued. According to The Herald, the White Sox, Rays and Rangers are also in play. ESPN.com says the Giants have interest, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune indicates the Twins are intrigued and the New York Post reports the Yankees are in the mix.
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The Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox also could be potential suitors.
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Harvard women's water polo head coach Ted Minnis, fourth from the left, poses with award winners, from left, Elise Molnar, Aisha Price, Victoria Frager, Jelena Cyr and Yoshi Andersen (OAC).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's water polo team officially concluded its 2013 season with the team's annual awards banquet Monday night inside the Murr Center's Lee Family Hall of History.
Senior co-captains Aisha Price and Elise Molnar, junior Jelena Cyr, sophomore Victoria Frager and freshman Yoshi Andersen were all honored at the banquet. Price was named the Most Valuable Player, Molnar received the Peter Hursh '74 Memorial Award, Cyr garnered the Most Improved Player award, Victoria Frager was the Coaches' Award recipient and Yoshi Andersen was named Rookie of the Year.
Price received the team's MVP award after topping the Crimson in every statistical category. She totaled 79 goals, 45 assists and 72 steals to earn Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division first-team honors. She also earned two CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week nods and was named to the CWPA Eastern Championships second team.
Molnar is the second women's recipient of the Peter Hursh '74 Memorial Award, which is given annually to the Harvard water polo senior who embodies the spirit and tenacity of the award's namesake. Molnar, who earned two CWPA Divisional second-team awards during her career, totaled 32 scores, 27 helpers and 35 thefts this year.
A junior, Cyr, posted her best season to date to pick up the Most Improved award for the second straight year. She established new career-highs in all three statistical categories with 18 goals, 11 assists and 18 steals.
In her second season as a member of the Crimson, Frager continued to blossom to pick up the Coaches' Award, recording 30 goals, 37 assists and 43 steals.
Andersen received the Rookie of the Year nod after a stellar inaugural collegiate campaign. She was twice named the CWPA Southern Division Rookie of the Week and also earned second team All-CWPA Southern Division honors after tallying 61 goals, 42 assists and 54 steals.
The Crimson went 18-16 in 2013, placing third in the CWPA Southern Division during the regular season and the postseason tournament. Harvard advanced to the CWPA Eastern Championships and placed sixth, tied for the fifth-best finish in program history.


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Lol. I'm the nana of a beautiful baby girl and from day 1 she loved for me to rock her to sleep.
Well I would sit on the side of the bed and rock her using only my stomach muscles and believe
Me after 24 years and having 4 kids, I had some baby fat that had never gone away.
Well after rocking my g-daughter for a few months it was all gone plus a lot more and I had toned up so many muscles that I never even new I had to start with.
My daughter is about to have her second baby and I intend to keep up the tradition with this lil guy, yes this one is a boy. Yay!!!
Correction to my statement above: I am now 50 years old not 24 years old my daughter was 24 when she had my granddaughter lol


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Sand Spring, Mississippi
November 5th 1863
Much Respected Brother, As Sis Sallie is writing to you today, I thought I would whisper a few words in your ear. I justly owe you a letter – I would have responded to it long long ago, but had no paper and now since I have got paper I have no pen, but you know how hard it is to get pens or anything else in this hard country. The whole neighborhood is now gone to Memphis. Brother Barry Sloan got from there yesterday. Sis Sallie will tell you who is gone. I have not sent off any cotton yet, but perhaps will as soon as we get the wheat sowed. Brother Watson did you know Wm. was out in the army. Yes he and John Robinson was called out in July, Wm was gone 7 weeks and I never seen him for that length of time. I would go perfectly crazy if I did not get to see Wm for 9 months like Sarah Ann. I would like very much to see you, but Sis Sallie would give a fortune nearly to see you.


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1: Spruce Street School | "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box."
2: So Many Books, So Little Time
3: Back To School!
8: "Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
10: "The influence of a good teacher can never be erased."
11: "Imagination is more important than knowledge..." Albert Einstein
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Flag us for delay of game. We won't stomp around like Ndamukong Suh (whose name, while not NOTY worthy, does mean "house of spears" in the dialect of his father's ancestral tribe, which is pretty cool). We will accept our five yards with humility and a pledge to do better next year, meaning this year.
Introducing your 2011 Name of the Year finalists...
Out of the Bulltron Region, he was arrested in November 2010 in connection with a string of bank robberies around Orlando, just 19 years old, standing five feet ten (in one sock) and weighing 155 pounds, according to his mug shot, from Leesburg, Fla., a No. 2 seed, Courvoisier Winetavius "Crime Tyme" Richardson.
And from the Netherlands, more specifically the Department of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration (GUIDE), Groningen, The Netherlands, or at least at the time of publication of "The impact of antihypertensive drug groups on urinary albumin excretion in a non-diabetic population" by the British Pharmacological Society, or maybe he's now at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark, with whom he was affiliated at the time of publication of "Antidepressants and risk of first-time hospitalization for myocardial infarction: A population-based case-control study," he's also a No. 2 seed, out of the Dragonwagon Region, his name might be "perfectly normal" in Dutch, but we're not Dutch, Taco B.M. Monster.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Reviving Genealogical Societies
6 comments:
- geneabloggers said...
An excellent post. This is my perspective: just as in our own lives, we need to challenge ourselves to go outside our "safe zone" and learn new things every day. What fun in there in doing the same thing over and over? Genealogical societies are the same way - it doesn't mean we have to embrace everything new, but we can be selective and incorporate what works for us as a society.
- January 13, 2011 at 7:09 AM
- Brenda Joyce Jerome said...
You are absolutely correct, Thomas. It is easy to blame internet for the demise of societies, but in many cases it was actually neglect by the society itself.
- January 13, 2011 at 7:45 AM
- Lisa Swanson Ellam said...
I feel so strongly about this topic that I am choosing your blog as my Follow Friday post. You will see my strong feelings coming through. Thank you so much for bringing this issue to everyone's attention.
- January 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Brenda Joyce Jerome said...
Thank you, Lisa.
- January 13, 2011 at 6:17 PM
- • Elizabeth• said...
Wonderful points, all. I particularly vote for embracing online payment systems if at all possible. I bet a lot of memberships are lost when a viewer scrolls through an otherwise excellent site page and finds a P.O. Box instead of a PayPal button. It's just life.
- January 17, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- Jasia said...
Amen! I couldn't have said it better myself. You've written a great article and I applaud you for having the guts to say publicly what many people are thinking privately. "Change" is the word of the day!
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WATSONVILLE — Zach Friend is preparing to make the leap from crime analyst to elected official after winning the 2nd District seat on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
Friend, 33, collected 5,097 votes or 57 percent, more than twice that of his nearest rival and well above the majority he needed to avoid a November runoff election.
"I plan on spending the next few months listening and learning," Friend said in an e-mail Wednesday. "It"s important to come in with a strong background of the county budget, programs and objectives. I"m a strong believer that the beginning of any endeavor should be spent listening, so that when I do offer something it will be informed and helpful."
Friend was the favorite in a field of five candidates.
He favors Highway 1 expansion to ease the pain of Mid- and South County commuters who sit stalled in traffic daily. He also pledged to push to improve the condition of county roads. He opposes a plan to double the size of the Safeway at the Rancho Del Mar shopping center in Aptos, saying it is out of scale for the neighborhood.
Incumbent Ellen Pirie, who is stepping down after three terms, backed him, as did many of the county"s political elite. He served six years as chairman of county Democrats and previously worked with Rep. Sam Farr and on the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
By contrast, Antonio Rivas, 65, was the only other candidate with a significant political background. He served eight years on the Watsonville City Council before being termed out in 2010, but he was unable to gain much traction even among Democratic leaders in the city and finished with 764 votes, less than 10 percent of the total.
Corralitos contractor Daniel Beckett, 48, blanketed the Pajaro Valley with signs, making for a visible if ultimately unsuccessful campaign. He came closest to Friend, capturing 1,827 votes, or about 20 percent.
Two other candidates, water activist Doug Deitch and tavern owner Rich McInnis, finished with single-digit percentages.
Friend works for the Santa Cruz Police Department. He has a bachelor"s degree from UC Santa Cruz and a master"s degree from Georgetown. He is married to Tina Shull, Santa Cruz assistant city manager.
Follow Sentinel reporter Donna Jones on Twitter: @DonnaJonesSCS
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My first assignment with Wired just came out in the December issue. You can see the online article with my pictures of Dan Kaminsky and Paul Vixie here. It's a great story, and worth a read, even if you aren't interested in secret meetings at Microsoft, and a big security flaw in the Internet. This was my second time photographing Dan Kaminsky, the hacker who discovered the hole in the Internet. It was fun to work with more familiarity than I usually get with a subject. I also flew down to San Francisco and photographed Paul Vixie at his Redwood City office. Paul is considered to be the "Godfather of DNS".
*Update* David Hobby at Strobist interviewed me about my lighting technique for this assignment and my other shoot with Dan. He wrote a really nice article, and you can read it (here).


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DWTS Tristan MacManus And Lacey Schwimmer To Teach And Dance In Florida
Just a little update on Tristan MacManus and Lacey Schwimmer!! According to Tristan MacManus Fans at Facebook (be sure you "like" this page if you are a fan), Tristan and Lacey will be teaching at the Fred Astaire Studio in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida on Jan. 26th and 27th. They will also do a show on Jan. 28th. Watch this site closely for more details for how you can attend if interested or write them at their contact link.
Then the following week as we reported to you in an earlier posting, Tristan will be in Minnesota for two dance gigs with Peta Murgatroyd, Karina Smirnoff, and Mark Ballas. Note: Kym Johnson will not be in attendance or replacing Karina like rumored. For ticket information for the Minnesota gigs, go to MarkBallas.com.
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Recently two rape cases occurred in Pakistan. A five year old girl was raped by five men in Lahore and a thirteen year old girl was left dead after being raped in Karachi. These incidents ran over children rights as well as human rights tragically. Incidents that disgraced dignity of women in the global society. This wildish act ruined the future of like child whose whole lives were ahead to live.Government is acting against criminals and I hope they will be punished according the very law. Criminals may be treated in the way that no one in the future dares to act this kind of wildish act.
Apart from the law, we still need to make our societies better and stronger. We must secure our societies having no risk of such incidents. We must make our people stronger enough to resist these accidents. People can be made guided in the way that can help them in securing their families. Women dignity can be sustained and raised on that level where it should be.
What I am trying to convey are some basic steps that can reduce such incidents if followed by people. The main theme is "Don't Let Them Be Alone". A brief description is below that must assured by people.
ü Never leave children alone outside home.
ü Always a male family member should be with females when they are outside .
ü After sunset children under 18 must be with family.
ü Children must avoid unknown contact.
ü Women/Girls who are students must leave for institute with a male family member and they must be received by a male when back to home .
ü Women and girls having jobs should leave home with a family member to bus stops and family member must receive her on relevant stop and bring her to home.
ü Women/girls must travel in groups mostly with known ones e.g. friends, town fellows ,class fellows, colleague and neighbors etc.
ü Females leaving for shopping must be in groups or with males.
We can reduce rape cases if we make people fallow these simple steps. These steps are actually our duties but we have a loose grip on these rules. We just need to ensure them in our societies. These rules can be applied on every society because these are attached to every culture.
The places on earth where rape cases have increased such as India today, we can make people aware that they can protect their as well other families. We can save society and we can raise the dignity of women on earth.
One of the main and important thing is that we can save a large amount of economy that is supposed to be spent on police and other security services in an attempt to stop these cases. This large amount of money can be spent on other problem such as poverty, education and health. That attempt may no longer more useful if people don't participate. So let us make the people ready to resist this crime and build a strong world where women's dignity and status will be ensured.


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2013 looks good at NH's Pease International Tradeport
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) � Officials at New Hampshire's Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth say 2013 looks like it's going to be a banner year.
There are at least five different construction projects slated to get under way in 2013 as well as a $3.5 million renovation project at the golf course.
Pease Development Authority Executive Director David Mullen says one major project that's been approved and is ready to begin is phase one of a project that will build a 40,320-square-foot office building.
Another project under way involves the construction of a 17,385-square-foot building that will serve as the new emergency operations center for the NextEra Energy Seabrook nuclear power station.
Mullen tells the Portsmouth Herald (http://bit.ly/UCl7qF ) that when activity at the tradeport is picking up it's a sign the economy is picking up.
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Bluefin Highlights a Colorful Array of Unique Gift Ideas for Anime Fans and J-Collectors this Holiday Season
Leading Collectibles And Hobby Distributor Delights Collectors With GUNPLA IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Model Kits, Exclusive STUDIO GHIBLI Décor Products And Colorful SAILOR MOON Cosplay Accessories And Stationary Sets
Irvine, CA, November 3, 2015 – Bluefin, the leading North American distributor of toys, collectibles, and hobby merchandise from Japan, Hong Kong and more, spotlights collectibles for the Holidays from its Bandai Gunpla Iron-Blooded Orphans model line, as well as a colorful array of premium Sailor Moon props and cosplay accessories from PROPLICA along with other Sailor Moon stationary and products. The company also highlights several exclusive Studio Ghibli products that includes music boxes, picture frames, calendars and other décor items inspired by popular anime films such as Kiki's Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro.
Anime Expo 2015 Report
I find it to be a most interesting feeling to know when I'm almost done with something. I can't really describe it to anyone, but a sinking anticipation is the best I can give. Like a countdown to something unknowable that you cannot stop...and at some point, you're not even sure you want to. Anime Expo is rapidly reaching the point where it may have to be put paid, or it may have already reached that point...the next few months will tell me that. I get ahead of myself, however.
As it has been the past few years, and for the next five years at least (since they've signed a new contract with the venue), Anime Expo has taken place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and surrounding venues. This year it played host to over 90,000 attendees, which is an unreal amount of people, and one I truly believe if trying to get through its dealer's hall was any indication of those numbers. I'm reminded a great deal of the final couple of years I went to Comic Con, what I experienced there, and how it felt. Very much like now, to be honest. Up to and including the way you could almost not even move in some places there were so many.
ACEN 2015 Pics Up
Back from ACEN, and noting I'm not 21 anymore...and can't party all night and shrug it off like I used to. Regardless, we have pics for you to fawn over. As is usual, if you're one of the cosplayers and see your pic in there, drop me a line if you wish, and I'll make them available.
Anime Conji 2015 Movies Now Up For Streaming and Torrent
So, at this Anime Conji I managed to record far more video than last convention, which is good; though I did manage to get kicked out of the Improv Masquerade, but more on that in the convention report. I should note that the FAKKU panels did have material that most would consider explicit in nature. Viewer discretion is advised. And by that, I mean, if you're under 18, you don't watch this. Suffice it to say you can find the Improv Masquerade and FAKKU panels on Youtube and Vimeo respectively:
Don't think I've forgotten you who like your torrents. You can find all the Anime Conji 2015 Movies at Nyaa Torrents, as always. And as always, enjoy!
Anime Conji 2015 Pics Now Up On TFA Cosplay!
With a little love, and some tenderness; we'll walk upon the water...well, maybe not, but I was listening to Hootie and the Blowfish while editing this last convention of Anime Conji 2015's pictures. There were other, higher profile conventions going on this past weekend, but there's much to be said about a smaller one with a lot less running around and stress. It's also a lot more personable, since you tend to run into the same people a lot. I doubt you want to hear me ramble on, so check out the pics. As is usual, if you see your pic and you want a larger/unedited and/or raw copy, drop me a line and let me know. And as always, have fun!
Sac Anime Summer 2014 Report Up And Vimeo
Okay, a bit of procrastination aside, we now have the Sac Anime Summer 2014 report up. I'm not the only one going to be doing one, or so I hope, so expect at least one more. I found this event to be pretty much stress free and generally fun; so why not check it out how I lived it?
Also you can check out the videos embedded in the report, including the Masquerade that is hosted at our new Vimeo channel (not sure if it'll last, but we'll see).
Anime Expo 2014 Report Now Up
I've procrastinated long enough on this one. At great personal expense in the lack of sleep department, I have finally completed one of my longest reports, the one for Anime Expo 2014. In it I talk about the convention, its main events, and its triumphs and tragedies. I share news, photo, and video all done with my own personal brand of Gonzo Journalism which is not for the faint of heart, but is at least truthful...from my own perspective anyway. But why waste time? Why not head over there now and take a look? I'm sure you can find some useful tidbits in there and perhaps a bit of entertainment...or so I hope. Enjoy!
Anime Expo 2014 Movies Now Available
Truly I have been a terrible terrible procrastinator when it comes to these movies. I have no excuses, but I do now have said movies torrents available. So without further ado, here are the Anime Expo 2014's Masquerade, Danny Choo Press Panel, and Myth: Legends of Burlesque and Magic movies that I managed to record this year as hosted by Nyaa Torrents or you can click the attachment to this news item below. I thought it was a good year for all of the above, and I only wish I could have done more were it not for circumstances out of my control unfortunately. Still, what I did get I hope does not disappoint. And aside from certain countries, Youtube's content management did not unilaterally make the videos unwatchable this time, and so you can watch them there too.
Anime Expo 2014 Pics Are Now Up At TFA Cosplay
Yet again, in an effort to be more responsible, I've gotten the pics for Anime Expo 2014 up. Unlike previous year's this will unfortunately be all the pics for this year given I was the only one of the DA and TFA crew to be able to make it. Regardless, I hope you all enjoy them. For all those cosplayers that gave me cards of some sort, I'll be emailing notices in a few days...unless you're already here and have what you want, heh. However, as is usual for all cosplayers, if you see your picture and want larger and/or raw photos of let me know and I'll make them available. Enjoy!
The Fanime 2014 Report Is Up
After a few weeks of procrastination, we finally have the Fanime 2014 Report up. What to say about this year? A lot better than last year, let me tell you. Though I think we need a lot more participation from our fellow journalists than simply walking around and taking pictures, like providing some feedback and participating a bit more in the events other than just showing up thinking everything will be ready for whatever...we need to get in there and take a bit more of a part of production so we can all do our jobs better and not step on each other's toes. Honestly, though, that's more of a personal anecdote. Read on to see more about what the convention was about and how well they did this year.


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Forget everything you know about the Ojai Music Festival.
While that may be difficult to do, given the backdrop of timeless beauty that has graced the Ojai Music Festival for the past 67 years, the underpinnings of classical music for which the Festival is so rightly known are changing. Perhaps the venerable presence of the avant-garde all these years has been the spirit under which advance technology has been ushered into the Festival — this May, the online initiative called OjaiU was launched.
Its stated intention: For audiences to "listen smarter and gain deeper insights into music." On its surface, this might be in keeping with the perceived snobbiness of classical music, but in fact it is a way to mesh the technological with the organic; the movers and minds behind the festival discuss and investigate the concept of listening itself.
These ruminations on "how to listen," something much more involved than simply pricking up one's ears, are available on the Ojai Music Festival website. Much like the music, these seminars are available in perpetuity, which makes perfect sense given the fact that concepts of listening and hearing evolve alongside the actual physical capacity to hear. The 18-year-old you will hear music much differently than the 50-year-old you.
"Festivals are more than just a bunch of concerts stacked in a row," promises OjaiU course leader and ArtsJournal.com editor Douglas McLennan. This is an important distinction made clearer by the advent of YouTube, through which the OjaiU content is hosted. Other guest instructors making appearances for the ages include artistic director Thomas W. Morris and 2013 music director Mark Morris, composer John Luther Adams, pianist Jeremy Denk, critics such as John Rockwell and L.A. Times classical music critic Mark Swed, and even filmmaker Eva Soltes, in a nod to the inescapable intertwining of sound and vision that comes with cinema.
The classes — "Ideas and the Power of Music," "Music in its Place" and "Dance and Music, a Love Story" — are divided into eight to nine video talks and exercises by instructors. They can be experienced in any order. One of the hallmarks of the Festival has always been the avant-garde's willful casting-off of the status quo. It's a way to experience the essence of the Festival for years to come, years that will doubtless see the reflections of the commentators being improved upon and further evolved in time.
The effect of the videos isn't so much that of a teacher talking to a bored class as it is that of a learned friend imparting wisdom that you can think about over days or a lifetime. The ideas imparted are important without ever being self-important, and while the philosophy can come off as a bit touchy-feely, it's in keeping with the freedom of art and its creation and, admittedly, the essence of Ojai, which has always been a bit touchy and feely.
Director Morris, who speaks of the world "Beyond the Notes," brings the Festival into historical perspective by showing how the music reflects the tenor of its time, while Swed gives a primer on composer Lou Harrison immediately preceding a recording of Harrison's intricate, otherworldly gamelan performances.
Showing and telling. That's what OjaiU does incredibly well, acting as both a primer for the sights and sounds encountered during the Festival as well as a time capsule for audience emotions and experiences at the Festival they attended. By bringing people closer to the Festival even though they may be thousands of miles away, the merging of knowledge and understanding courtesy of OjaiU might be one of the most underrated creative triumphs yet from the Ojai Music Festival.
Press play Online courses at OjauU give festival attendees new ways to appreciate and understand classical music.
The 67th Annual Ojai Music Festival, Thursday, June 6, through Sunday, June 9. Classical concerts, dance, film screenings, talks and more. Live streaming of the event will also be available through the Festival website. Tickets to individual concerts are $50-$120, and most concerts take place at Libbey Bowl. For more information about the festival and OjaiU, visit ojaifestival.org or call 646-2053.


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California's Silicon Valley, known as the global center of high-tech innovation, is also a showcase for immigrant success stories. VOA Khmer's Seoung Sophat narrates.
Guide Insider was one of 10 projects awarded by the Cambodians in Tech (CIT) event in Phnom Penh last month.
Analysts say the measures may impact political debate ahead of national elections due late next year.
Allen Dodgson Tan discusses STEM Cambodia's strategy, its annual science and tech festival, the factors holding back Cambodia's innovation, and the unique role of Cambodian-Americans in helping transfer tech skills to Cambodia.
Social media such as Facebook and Twitter have become key battlegrounds in elections and a forum for debate and propaganda.
Silicon Valley is the fast-paced technology capital of the world. Not many Cambodians have made it here. But for those who have, their stories are as unexpected as the valley itself.
In its first attempt to create a direct link between Silicon Valley and Cambodia, CiT is organizing a hackathon #SVtoPP from November 26 - 27 in Phnom Penh.
The doctors and health professionals are in nearly two dozen countries, most of the procedures are for patients in Kenya, Tanzania, Guatemala, Nepal and Cambodia.
The FBI has raised another alarm about the security of the U.S. election system. VOA Khmer's Chhim Sumedh narrates.
Honeybees are in danger worldwide. Causes for the so-called Colony Collapse Disorder range from pesticides and loss of habitat to infections from harmful microorganisms. VOA Khmer's Seoung Sophat narrates.
At this year's international airshow in Farnborough, England, one of the stars proved to be the U.S. Johnny-come-lately fighter plane with its advanced engine, touted as the most powerful in the world. VOA Khmer's Hong Chenda narrates.
Many experts say self-driving cars are just around the corner, but just how far that corner is nobody knows. VOA Khmer's Hong Chenda narrates.
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Lid lifted on Bush's theology
US president George Bush gets his early morning inspiration from the writings of a Scottish Evangelist from the last century, according the The Times newspaper.
Every morning when President Bush wakes up he reads a daily devotional from the book ìMy Utmost for His Highestî, written by the Scottish preacher, Oswald Chambers.
Chambers brought the Gospel to Australian and New Zealand troops in 1917 and according to the newspaper, ìnow fills Mr Bush with the conviction that an Iraqi war would simply be a battle between good and evil.î
Recently the US President has come under fire for his ìbad theologyî. On his recent visit to the UK Jim Wallis, executive director of the Sojourners community in Washington DC, pointed out that Bushís tendency to divide the world into ìgoodî and ìbadî was not a sound theological idea.
The church leaders who came with Wallis from the USA to meet with Tony Blair, also lamented Bushís ìmessianic complexî and his refusal to meet with any church leaders who didnít support his position on the war.
Mr Bush, who rediscovered God 17 years ago when he gave up heavy drinking to help his marriage, is a President whose faith allegedly ìpermeates the White Houseî and underscores all his policies. This includes his approach to the War on Terror and to Iraq.
In Saddam, the President has said, America is simply ìencountering evilî.


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BERRY, Ga. - After a 'false start' of postponing the first meet of the season, the Georgia College & State University cross country squads travelled to Berry College to start the 2009 season today (Sept. 12). The women's team took sixth of the 20-team field on the 5K race.
Georgia College placed third among the Division II schools in the event. The Bobcats had just 153 points, a paltry three behind fifth place University of West Georgia. Host Berry bested the field with 56 points, Shorter College was second, Lee University third and Peach Belt Conference (PBC) opponent Columbus State University earned the fourth spot.
Seniors provided the leadership for Georgia College, taking the top two finishes on the team. Heather Raines (Lawrenceville, Ga.) was 21st overall at 20:37. She ran in a pack of Bobcats, aided by classmate Virginia Balkcom (Fayetteville, Ga.) in 22nd at 20:39 and sophomore Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.) in 23rd at 20:41.
Former All-PBC honoree junior Dani Destiche (Snellville, Ga.) was 42nd in 21:19, with sophomore Sarah Balkcom (Fayetteville, Ga.) just three slots behind in 21:25 to round out the Bobcat top-five.
Senior Caroline Rentz (Columbus, Ga.) recorded a personal best at 21:51, good for 59th.
Shorter's Justyna Mudy took individual medalist honors in 18:31, bettering the field in the form of Berry's Courtney Cooper by a full 48 seconds.
The Bobcats are back in action Friday, Sept. 18 at the Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas Classic, hosted by the University of Texas-San Antonio.


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I had so much fun with you guys yesterday in Livestream. The chibi figure I drew came out so awesome, everyone wanted me to make a tutorial out of it. So that is what I will be doing for you guys today. We will be drawing chibi Piccolo, step by step and I think you'll find that he is completely adorable. I honestly wish that all by chibi Dragon Ball characters would come out the way that chibi Piccolo did. He is actually not going to be that hard to draw because he is such a small figure. The only complicated part of the lesson you may run into is his clothing or cape I should say. Other than that, anybody should be able to tackle this tutorial on "how to draw chibi Piccolo" and walk away with an awesome sketch. As you know Piccolo plays a big role in the Dragon Ball saga, and he is definitely one of my favorite characters. If you would like to see another DBZ figure in chibi form be sure to let me know because I would be more than happy to fulfill your request. Other than that, I will leave you now so you can get busy with drawing your own chibi Piccolo so you can tackle something else. Adios peeps, and enjoy the rest of your drawing day!
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They work pretty good in my 7.62 rifles. Never had any malfunctions with mine. I use them as range mags to save the wear and tear on my steelies.
I don't think I would want to depend on them in a serious situation since they don't have any steel reinforcements like the circle tens and military poly mags but they are quality mags for what they are.
In fact I wish tapco would make 5.56 mags to work in the SLR bulgy rifles


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The Infrastructure team is responsible for the management and day-to-day system administration and operation of the various hardware that runs the above services. They are also responsible for approving the installation of a new system or software on the ASF machines.
We deploy in production a number of Apache softwares, including HTTP Server (httpd), Subversion, SpamAssassin, Tomcat, Traffic Server, mod_perl, RAT (incubating), Gump and Continuum, Steve, mod_mbox, Pulse and Orthrus (see labs), Solr, Directory Studio, a selection of in-house projects (including the committers index and the committers URL Shortener), and the Apache CMS.
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Test scores at this school fall far below the state average. This suggests that students at this school are likely not performing at grade level.
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Students at this school are making average academic progress from one grade to the next compared to students at other schools in the state.
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Hyperion entertainment announced the immediate availability of an update to the recently released Workbench 3.1 (40.43) to address a few reported issues. Registered customers can download the free update from the restricted download area on the Hyperion Entertainment website, new customers will automatically get the fixed version via our fulfillment partner avangate.
- FIXED: The Workbench disk image was not bootable
- FIXED: The installation script could wrongly copy the contents of the Install disk into FONTS:


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Lost Hath No Fury
David Fury, perhaps the best writer on the staff of Lost (he wrote the Emmy-nominated "Walkabout"), has left. Reports claim he's saying the producers are making it up as they go along. While I'm sure this is an exaggeration, I'm also sure there's a lot of give in the show, particularly since they don't know how long it'll run.
I think most Lost viewers are patient. Nevertheless, if they ever suspect there's no controlling vision, and they're just being jerked around, they will abandon the show in droves.


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Shaw McKean won his first match of the season Friday (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – All nine Harvard men's squash players in action swept opponents from New York University, as the No. 5-ranked Crimson easily defeated the visiting Bobcats, 9-0, Dec. 2. It was the first of six matches scheduled for Harvard this weekend.
Harvard used a mixed lineup compared to its regular top-nine. All nine starters appeared in their respective positions for the first time this season and five Crimson student-athletes made their season debuts.
Nigel Koh, Zeke Scherl, Julian Kirby and Alexander Ma played in the No. 1-4 slots and each improved to 4-0 on the young season. Will Ahmed, Charles Cabot, Seth Neel, Shaw McKean and Asfyander Nadeem dominated the No. 5-9 spots. The last five in the lineup, who each made their first appearance this season, combined to win 165-of-177 points against their NYU opponents.
Harvard will complete a rare feat tomorrow, playing a home (Amherst, 11 a.m.), away (at MIT, 2 p.m.) and neutral site match (vs. Boston College at MIT, 4:30 p.m.) in the same day, before finishing with two more matches on Sunday.
Harvard 9, NYU 0
No. 1 Nigel Koh (H) def. James Hill (N) 3-0: 11-8, 11-9, 13-11
No. 2 Zeke Scherl (H) def. Yale Kim (N) 3-0: 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
No. 3 Julian Kirby (H) def. Zeke Hirschberg (N) 3-0: 11-2, 11-0, 11-5
No. 4 Alexander Ma (H) def. Aakash Shah (N) 3-0: 11-5, 11-3, 11-2
No. 5 Will Ahmed (H) def. Samuel Chappelle (N) 3-0: 11-0, 11-0, 11-2
No. 6 Charles Cabot (H) def. Sauel Cadman (N) 3-0: 11-0, 11-3, 11-0
No. 7 Seth Neel (H) def. Somesh Batra (N) 3-0: 11-1, 11-1, 11-1
No. 8 Shaw McKean (H) def. James Chien-Hao Fan (N) 3-0: 11-1, 11-1, 11-0
No. 9 Asfyander Nadeem (H) def. Sarang Paraskar (N) 3-0: 11-1, 11-1, 11-0


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Cameron Bright gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
The director and the screening
Twilight cast and crew were over Vancouver yesterday (Thursday) – Dakota Fanning arrived and did some shopping downtown and her onscreen vampire bff and local BC boy Cameron Bright was also spotted heading out of a White Spot. Full Story
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Yesterday in Vancouver, Vampires everywhere: Dakota Fanning signing autographs for fans. Jamie Campbell Bower and Cameron Bright hanging out downtown, and Ashley Greene grabbing street meat! Her stock just went up. Sigh. I miss street meat. My stomach was stronger back in the day. I could go for street meat any time. Full Story


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Nah! Tucson is no hotter than its ever been. However, FEEnix is not much different than Death Valley up there! Those overheated peeps have to go all the way up to Flagstaff or Show Low, before they can get any relief from the summer desert sun. Tucson has Mt Lemmon just 26 miles away!
Now this, OTOH, is funny. Clownstein agrees.
Idiotic pap like this makes me glad this is only a weekly. Hungry, Mosier? Eat your RSS feed.
Actually, the benefits are the main reason most of the employees stay there!
...at least it's fresh!
Our boy seems to be suffering lately . . . he has me concerned
Good reason to secure your wireless, right there!
This started about 25-30 years ago and has just gotten worse every year. It's not just watches either, George Foreman grills, Jack LaLaine juicers etc etc. Who makes them?
Why does K.Rat hate America?
And it's legal to do it while driving and drinking a beer.
This is a vicious slur against Charlie Brown.
How did he manage to paint so many mailboxes without getting caught?
You're fucking up the master plan! You rat!
In Soviet Russia, rats do experiments on YOU!
If Rat had paid da money what he owes, he wouldn't need no cane.
This is an EXCELLENT example of the problem. We keep drugs illegal in this country, which keeps the price high, while we allow drugs to flow into the country, which keeps the sales high. We keep immigration illegal, which keeps the wages low, while we allow illegals to flow into the country, which keeps the workforce high.
Ironically, the thing they have in common is that they both come across our southern border illegally.


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A couple of New York City bobos who dream of buying the apartment next door so they can expand their home, but must wait for the cranky old broad who owns it to die? Wasn't this movie terrible when it was called "Duplex"?
Let's hope that "Please Give," which Sony Pictures Classic has scheduled for an April 23 release, does a better job with the plot device. The film will be making its premiere at Sundance on Jan. 21.
This new film stars Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt and Amanda Peet, so there's no shortage of talent on board. And writer/director Nicole Holofcener has a good track record working with Keener on films like "Friends With Money" and "Walking and Talking," so we're willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) has received a strong response from park model builders it invited recently to join its ranks as part of a consolidation pact between RVIA and the Recreational Park Trailer Industry Association (RPTIA), which has been "mothballed" as part of a two-year trial period stipulated in an agreement between the two trade groups.
Sixteen long-standing RPTIA members representing more than 90% of annual park model shipments are now members of RVIA.
Matt Wald, an eight-year RVIA staffer tabbed recently as the association's new park trailer executive director, told the board at its June meeting during RVIA Committee Week in Washington D.C. that the association has been making substantial headway in integrating shipment tracking, public relations, standards, government affairs, show-exhibiting formats and other functions for the co-mingled trade groups.
"The park trailer industry is excited to be back in the RVIA fold," declared John Soard, chairman of the newly formed RVIA Recreational Park Trailer Committee and general manager for Fairmont Park Trailers, a division of Fairmont Homes in Nappanee, Ind., in a June RVIA press release.
Yet, that still leaves about 20 park trailer builders who have declined to join RVIA essentially unaffiliated with any active trade group — at least for the time being since RPTIA's board voted earlier this year to shelve the association and encourage its members to join RVIA. In return, RVIA agreed to provide former RPTIA members with programs and some additional services as well.
Technically speaking, RPTIA, which formally closed its Newnan, Ga., office on June 29 and parted company with longtime exec William "Bill" Garpow, still exists on paper as a legal entity and its officers and directors have retained their titles while the association's assets remain under the authority of the board and its website is still "live," according to Curt Yoder, vice president and co-owner of Goshen, Ind.-based Kropf Industries Inc.
However, RPTIA retains the right to reactivate after the two-year trail period, should that become necessary, says Yoder, who was appointed to RVIA's board at its June session along with current RPTIA President Dick Grymonprez, vice president of sales and marketing for Athens Park Homes LLC, Athens, Texas.
"We have the option to reopen RPTIA," explained Yoder.
"At this juncture our hope is that things will go well with RVIA. There have been no red flags thrown that say that won't happen. I think everyone who has joined is happy with it.
"Our hope is that once everyone sees the benefits of joining RVIA, everyone (else) will come on board. As time goes on, they'll see the move was made for the better," he said, noting that those who remain with RPTIA do so in name only because "they have no association to support them."
Yoder said a third-party inspection process for those who join RVIA is now provided through RVIA, and that RPTIA members who opt not to join RVIA may have to find their own inspectors, as that service is no longer available through RPTIA. Nor is RPTIA still issuing seals.
Meanwhile, Wald reported that he was working in mid-July with three additional park trailer manufacturers considering RVIA affiliation. "Some have called this an experiment or trial marriage to see how well this works," he said, recalling events some years ago when the RPTIA was first formed after builders split from the RVIA.


text: Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, sited in a meander of the River Irwell, which forms in part its boundary with the city of Manchester to the east. The Salford wards of Broughton and Kersal are on the other side of the river. Together with its neighbouring towns to the west, Salford forms the local government district of the City of Salford, which is administered from Swinton. The former County Borough of Salford, which included Broughton, Pendleton and Kersal, was granted honorific city status in 1926; it has a resident population of 72,750


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VNA Care Network and Hospice, a nonprofit home health care, hospice and wellness provider, hosts free Keep Well clinics where local residents may have their blood pressure checked and learn about health concerns. Blood sugar, weight monitoring and other health assessments are also available at most locations. Clinics are open to residents age 60 and older, unless otherwise noted.
The Sterling Council on Aging, Butterick Building, will hold a clinic 12-2 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 16 and March 15.
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Journalist Demands Google Give Up Its 'Fair Share' To Newspapers
from the this-again? deptI have to admit that it's been really kind of sad to watch journalists with little understanding of economics or business flail around blaming the likes of Craigslist and Google (especially Google) for their own failure in building better business models. The latest is a well-written, but poorly thought-out and argued, piece by Peter Osnos, the Vice-Chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review, suggesting reasons why Google needs to pay up its "fair share" to newspapers. There are numerous problems with the logic in the piece, but they can be summarized in two basic camps: a misunderstanding of the internet and a misunderstanding of economics.
The great thing, by the way, is that the comments on the article highlight pretty much every mistake that Osnos makes -- and, of course, as is oh-so-typical in these situations, Osnos does nothing at all to engage or respond to the comments that call out his mistakes. You want to know why newspapers are failing? It's not because of Google, it's because of this viewpoint that some journalists still hold that they're the masters of the truth, handing it out from on high, wanting nothing at all to do with the riff raff in the comments.
So, what's wrong specifically with the article? Well, he uses as his basis the idea that cable companies (and their subscribers, really) pay TV networks to be carried in cable packages, and suggests that Google should be doing the same thing -- paying newspapers as if they were networks. Of course, there are a few problems there. Television is a broadcast medium with a limit on what can be provided. The economics are entirely different than a communications medium with unlimited "space" for content. Suggesting the two are the same is simply wrong. The economics are entirely different. In one case, you have significant scarcities in terms of what gets "offered." That's not the case with the internet. Ignoring that destroys Osnos' entire argument.
Even more to the point, as one of the commenters to Osnos, Kimota, notes: "It's interesting that cable television was held up as a good example of how to extract subscription fees for content. The American Customer Satisfaction Index from the University of Michigan said in 2007 that cable and satellite TV suffered 'the lowest level of customer satisfaction among all industries covered.'" When your idea of how to save the newspaper business is to take a model mostly beloved by consumers and ask it to mimic a model almost universally hated... that's a problem, right?
The second big problem with Osnos' analysis is that he doesn't appear to understand how Google makes its money. He simply looks at the fact that it's making a ton of money, while newspapers are not, and assumes that Google's actions draw in the money that should have gone to newspapers (hence the "unfairness"). But as Scott Rosenberg notes in the comments again, this is a fundamental misunderstanding of how Google makes its money, which has little to nothing to do with news, but in targeted advertisements on transactional searches (searches where people are looking to buy something):
Google makes its money mostly from targeted advertising on product searches and other narrow, directed searches. The advertising on news-related searches is not nearly as valuable. Google could remove all newspapers and journalism content from its Web search catalog tomorrow and lose very little of its revenue. The links to news it provides are valuable to its users but not terribly valuable to its advertisers.Finally, Osnos makes another big mistake, common among newspaper folks, that whoever breaks the news is obviously the most valuable source. Yet, as we were just discussing, being first doesn't always mean that you have the most useful information. Related to this, Osnos complains specifically about how Sports Illustrated broke a story, but Google News pointed more people to the Huffington Post coverage of that particular story, stating:
Most galling was that The Huffington Post's use of an Associated Press version of SI's report was initially tops on Google, which meant that it, and not SI.com, tended to be the place readers clicking through to get the gist of the breaking scandal would land.... Why did The Huffington Post come up ahead of SI.com? Because, even Google insiders concede, Huffington is effective at implementing search optimization techniques, which means that its manipulation of keywords, search terms, and the dynamics of Web protocol give it an advantage over others scrambling to be the place readers are sent by search engines. What angered the people at Sports Illustrated and Time Inc. is that Google, acting as traffic conductor, seemed unmoved by their grievance over what had happened to their ownership of the story. An SI editor quoted to me Time Inc's editor-in-chief, John Huey, noting crisply that, "talking to Google is like trying to talk to a television."This, of course, is a gross distortion of reality, and implies totally incorrectly that somehow the Huffington Post has some power over Google that SI.com could not replicate. The fact that Sports Illustrated and other publications have made bad decisions in optimizing their content isn't Google's fault. It's their own fault. Here, let me put this in terms that old "paper" folks might get: If more people go to my store than your store because I put a better ad in the Yellow pages, it's not the fault of the Yellow pages publisher. It's your fault for having a crappy ad. By doing a better job optimizing its content, the Huffington Post effectively better "advertised" itself to Google.
Of course, old school publications like Sports Illustrated could just as easily do the same thing themselves, but they haven't. On top of that, they could offer more useful features and services that attract more people such that they specifically seek out SI's coverage. But, instead, they treat the community the same way Osnos seems to: the riff raff can comment, but they aren't a part of the "real conversation" that occurs outside of the community.
Osnos wants fairness, but the system is amazingly fair. Much more fair than it ever was in the past, in fact. The problem isn't about "fairness." It's about Osnos being upset that in a level playing field pretty much everyone but the newspapers have figured out how to play the game better. What's fair is that the newspapers haven't been able to adjust and their revenue and readership is reflecting that.
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Yesterday's election results here.
Assassination plot #587 against Afghan President Hamid Karzai foiled.
Some good news for Democrats.
Can having incompetent lawyers invalidate your death-penalty sentence? I'm asking for a friend.
House Republicans triple the budget to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
Anonymous may or may not attack the New York Stock Exchange.
Bad news for fans of blowjobs.
Andrew Breibart tries to link President Obama to the New Black Panther Party.
Nazis are being hunted again in Germany.
Astronomers use science the test the legend of Frankenstein's birth.
Israeli scientists win the chemistry Nobel prize for the discovery of quasicrystals.
Apple announced an updated iPhone yesterday, but I'm more interested in this 24-year-old video that foretells many of the new phone's features.
Meet Sesame Street's new food insecure muppet.
Disney will be releasing more animated classics as 3D re-releases.
NBA preseason is cancelled as labor talks put the rest of the regular season is in jeopardy.
I thought this was a crazy fever-dream, but Popeye's is introducing scoop-shaped chicken nuggets.
Ten classic books that were originally rejected by publishers.
It turns out buying groceries at a drug store is a bad deal.
This year's 20 best microphotos.
Are your Facebook statuses interesting?
WIll this current season be the last for The Simpsons?
Two restaurants frequented by my creepy uncle are locked in a legal battle.
Hey Emily, did you see the Coen brothers are making a TV show?