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Hand Held Background and Synopsis
On Christmas Eve 1989, the phone rang at Mike Carroll's house. Mike was a renowned photojournalist. His work appeared in Rolling Stone, People and The New York Times. The caller asked Mike to travel to Romania to document the fall of the communist regime and the assassination of Romanian despot Nicolae Ceausescu. To top it off, he wanted Mike to leave that night. Mike packed his gear and headed for Romania — a place he couldn't find on a map just 24 hours earlier. When he arrived, he walked into one of the most appalling scenes of the 20th century — orphanages packed with the dead and dying victims of a pediatric AIDS crisis. His incredible photographs and heart-wrenching stories of the plight of 400,000 Romanian children ran in The Boston Globe and The New York Times and opened the eyes of the western world to this horrific secret. Carroll was nominated for a Pulitzer prize.
Deeply shaken by his experience, Carroll compulsively returned to Romania with suitcases full of clothes and medication. That single day, that hideous experience in the orphanages and morgues of post-communist Romania, set Carroll on a twenty-year odyssey to bring help to a population of children in need, in a country that he hardly knew.
The sensational stories of the Dickensian orphanages of Bucharest have faded from the news. The gold rush to adopt those stricken children once dominated the headlines is now distant history, but still, Carroll and his small band of disciples labor in obscurity to bring social change to Romania's youth.
Featuring the stunning work of photojournalist Mike Carroll, Hand Held is the new documentary directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Don Hahn. Hahn is best known for his films Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Hahn and Carroll, who had met years earlier, had lunch one day in 2007 to catch up. At the end of the meal, Mike casually mentioned that he was flying to Romania the following week. He recounted to Don the incredible story of his initial trip to Romania and his subsequent visits. Within 24 hours, Don called Mike back. He was taken with Mike's story and was committed to producing a documentary about this extraordinary odyssey. Filming began in the winter of 2007 in Boston. For the next two years, filming continued in Bucharest, Los Angeles, New York and Transylvania. As the story unfolded in front of the cameras, it became clear that this was more than a film about a photographer; it was a movie about social consciousness in America, and how one guy with a camera met thousands of abandoned children in a far off land and changed each other's lives forever.


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The Ascend D1 undoubtedly plays second fiddle to the Ascend P1 S ("world's slimmest") and the Ascend D quad ("world's fastest") but it boasts a spec-sheet that should see it sitting nicely in the middle to upper echelons of the Android table when it launches later this year.
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Measuring 8.9mm thick, it boasts an 8-megapixel BSI rear-facing camera with AF and 1080 Full HD video recording and has a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera with 720p HD video capture as well. Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound is on board and connectivity options are aplenty; 3G HSPA+ 21Mbps/5.76Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0.
Looks-wise, it's not too dissimilar to the D quad - these are handsets clearly separated at birth. It has a nice textured back and the raised section at the bottom make it comfy to hold. Huawei and ZTE are both making big waves at this year's MWC but it's definitely the former of the Chinese duo that seems to have the best design qualities on show.
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Europeans Storm Out As Iranian Call Israel "Racist State"
Regarding those delegates who chose to walk out on Ahmadinejad, Pillay said it would have been better had they stayed and responded to the Iranian leader. "The best riposte to this type of event is to reply, to correct and not to walk away; not to withdraw and boycott the conference. If that happens, who is going to provide a rational response to what had been said?" he wondered.
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HENRY GOMBYA REPORTS FOR THE BLACK STAR NEWS FROM GENEVA—Addressing the opening of the Durban Review Conference on racism Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused uproar when he said the formation of the United Nations and the Security Council were acts of racism.
He said the formation concretized military aggression based on the interests of powerful nations. "Although today many proponents of racism condemn racial discrimination in words and in their slogans, a number of powerful countries have been authorized to decide for other nations based on their interests and at their own discretion," the Iranian said.
At least 23 diplomats representing European countries walked off as Ahmadinejad spoke.
He blamed the Western world for the creation of a "racist country" in Palestine, a reference to Israel. Stopping short of calling for the destruction of Israel, as he has often done in the past, he accused the security council of helping and supporting Israel in the last 60 years, during which time it has given Israel "a free hand to continue their crimes."
Obviously referring to the United States, he said it was regrettable that even such a change in government has not stopped the support for Israel. "So long as a Zionist domination continues, many countries, governments and nations will never be able to enjoy freedom, independence and security," he said.
The Iranian accused western governments and the United States of continuing to support Israel despite acts of "aggression, carnage and other brutalities" against the Palestinian people.
Addressing the press soon after President Ahmadinejad's speech, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon deplored the Iranian leader for using the floor of a UN conference to "accuse, divide and even incite the rest of the world."
Ban Ki-moon added: "This is the opposite of what this conference seeks to achieve." Ban said he regretted that his pleas to the Iranian leader before the conference started, to "look to the future" had not been heeded. Asked whether the Iranian President had sabotaged the conference, Ban said: "It was a very troubling experience for me as the Secretary-General. I have not experienced this kind of destructive proceedings in an assembly, in a conference, by any one Member State. It was a totally unacceptable situation."
He strongly urged Iran to fully respect other members so that they could also express their views.
Ahmadinejad said it was through sheer arrogance that former U.S. President George W. Bush invaded Iraq; he claimed this attack was fuelled mainly by the influence Israel exerts on American politicians. The invasion of both Iraq and Afghanistan, he added, helped eliminate a potential and practical threat of Muslim countries against Israel. It was also influenced by what he called "complicity with the arms manufacturing giants."
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said it was improper for a UN forum to be used for political grandstanding.
"Much of the speech of the President of Iran was clearly beyond the scope of the Conference, which is, as you all know, racism, racial discrimination and action plans to implement the undertakings made by the States eight years ago," Pillay said, referring to Durban, South Africa. "And this is what I would have expected the President of Iran to come and tell us: how he is addressing racial discrimination and intolerances in his country."
Regarding those delegates who chose to walk out on Ahmadinejad, Pillay said it would have been better had they stayed and responded to the Iranian leader.
"The best riposte to this type of event is to reply, to correct and not to walk away; not to withdraw and boycott the conference. If that happens, who is going to provide a rational response to what had been said?" he wondered. "There is no room for political posturing by some States because somebody who traditionally makes obnoxious statements has once again done so," Pillay said.
Speaking soon after the Iranian leader, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store accused Iran of steering itself outside the margins of the declaration.
He said that in Ahmadinejad's speech incited hatred and spread policies of fear. He said the declaration of the Review Conference had been carefully negotiated. Its aim was to protect people from racism. Iran's President's statement ran counter to the purpose of the conference.
"Iran has become the odd-man out," Store said. Still, in doing what he did, Store said Ahmadinejad was exercising his right to expression.
Ekmeleddine-Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OICG) said his organization has never lacked the resolve to engage and work with its partners in good faith to reach a consensual outcome.
On behalf of the Africa Group, South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said Africans had firsts hand experience of the impact of slavery, the slave trade, colonialism, apartheid and genocide. She said despite this, racism continues to rear "its ugly head" in many parts of the world. Even with the best intentions, racism and related intolerances continued to be a challenge.
Susan Rice, the US Permanent Representative to the UN personally called High Commissioner Pillay to inform him of the US decision not to attend the conference.
President Obama had said although he had reasons not to participate in the Durban Review Conference, he would be engaging in efforts to address the issue of racism.
As the first African-American to become President of the United States, Obama's decision not to attend has not gone down very well among the many millions of oppressed people worldwide.
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Hello! I'm new to the forum :-)
I've just started outdoor and indoor park skating and I'm loving it! I currently use Moxi skates with the triton plate and moxi gummy wheels they come with and just have a few questions...
I've watched a few park skating videos now and I've noticed a few skaters with a white plastic slider/ grind box on their plate. This really appeals to me and for some reason I've got it in my head that it's more stable. I don't know why but I can't find anywhere in the UK that can make custom ones for you or any video tutorials on making them. I don't know if the plate matters or what for it either.
I also have noticed skaters having skateboard trucks on their skates and I can't find tutorials for this either. This is something else I'm up for trying to come summer next year just to see what it's like but I imagine very strange at first.
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The skateboard trucks give you a wider stance, so if you have the tendency to fall over sideways go for it.
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QuadVert can be very punishing on trucks and axles...I do recommend these are beefed up.
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When I was 12 years old, my parents enrolled me in a summer school woodshop class. While most of the students built cutting boards and skim boards for their class project, I told our instructor I wanted to build a model sailboat. I wanted to build a boat named Kialoa.
My fondest memories of my father are the times we spent walking around different places on Oahu. One of our "hangouts" was the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. On one of our tours, the fleet from the Transpacific Yacht Race was at anchor. Included in the fleet was race winner Kialoa II. In my 8-year-old mind, she seemed the most beautiful thing in the world.
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In 1990, my wife Meg and I started an outrigger canoe paddle business on the backyard lanai of my parents' home. We named the company KIALOA Paddles. In the years since, we have been asked many times if we named the company in reference to the Hawaiian definition for the word Kialoa – swift, fast canoe. The answer is always "no, we named the company after a sailboat own by Jim Kilroy".
I still have the model I built of Kialoa II, and while it is not an accurate replica of its namesake she does feature a cast lead keel so she could carry more sail. This model is the only toy I have kept from my childhood. But when I think about it, the model doesn't matter. Kialoa is really about the time I spent with my father. A time, when he taught me how to dream.
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There's a saying on Wall Street: 'Bull markets don't die of old age.' But with the clock ticking on this current bull market in U.S. stocks " the second-longest period
There's a saying on Wall Street: 'Bull markets don't die of old age.'
But with the clock ticking on this current bull market in U.S. stocks " the second-longest period of persistently rising stock prices since 1928 " some investors worry the end will come sooner than later. And what good times they've been: Since March 2009, the S&P 500 has more than quadrupled.
It's anyone's guess when the good times will end " or what the culprit will be " though the latest concerns include trade spats and fears that the economy is slowing.
If you're worried, you're not alone. Don't give up; instead, consider these investing tips.Don't try to time the market
Successfully timing the market " selling near its peak and buying again near its trough " is incredibly difficult to do, even for professionals. Succumbing to the temptation to try could cost you, both in taxes on sales and lost gains while you sit out.
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'You don't want to be out of the market entirely, but if you don't like the pricing of stocks right now, there's nothing wrong with holding cash until you do,' says Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network, a registered investment adviser. 'Cash buys you some sleep at night, it buys you some optionality. But don't go and bury it in the backyard.'
Open a money market account that pays an attractive rate (several banks currently offer 1.75% APY or higher) and invest in the market over time, McMillan says. This strategy, known as dollar-cost averaging, helps smooth out your purchase price so you don't invest all of your money at the market's peak.Diversify, diversify, diversify
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Bonds are appealing because they can help balance potential losses from stock investments. For example, in the past 10 years, two of BlackRock's biggest exchange-traded funds " one tracking the S&P 500 and the other tracking the total U.S. bond market " have been negatively correlated, meaning they've moved in opposite directions.Buy dividend-paying stocks
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Hey folks, since I have been uploading all cartoon style related lessons on the characters from The Avenges, I thought you folks would like a tut on "how to draw Captain America", step by step in the animated image of Chris Evans. Chris Evans isn't too bad of an actor. I actually liked him in Push along side Dakota Fanning as well as some other flicks I seen him in. Yesterday I watched Thor for the first time and I have to say that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Chris Hemsworth was pretty darn buff in the film and he was also a bit rough looking. Anyways, I haven't seen Captain America yet but I do look forward to it since I was pleasantly surprised with Thor. This lesson on drawing Captain America in the cartoon form of Chris Evans was pretty simple and I know it will be easy to replicate for you all who tackle it. I will be back later with my two lessons left so be sure to stay tuned in to see what they will be. Adios people and like always enjoy!
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A File System Change Logger© Amit Singh. All Rights Reserved. Written in May 2005
Spotlight was a highly anticipated feature of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger". From a technical standpoint, you could think of Spotlight as roughly encompassing the following:
- An in-kernel notification mechanism that can inform user-space "subscribers" of file system changes as they happen.
- A database of various types of file-related information, in particular, of harvested metadata.
- A suite of programs for receiving change notifications, harvesting metadata, updating the database, and so on.
- The end-user and programmer interfaces.
This discussion involves accessing and demonstrating the lowest-level building block, the change notification mechanism.
Although this is a wild guess, and I could be entirely wrong, the Spotlight project might have been an 18-month to 2-year project from conception to release.
I was once (mid 2003-2004) involved in a conceptually very similar, but less consequential endeavor as Spotlight, the details of which I am unable to discuss. Consequently, I was very interested in Spotlight since I first heard about it. Even though it may be easy to explain or understand what Spotlight is, implementing the technology, especially in a commercial end-user system, is a monumental task in my opinion. I think Apple engineers have done a very admirable job with Spotlight, making pragmatic choices that work well.
fslogger is a user-space program that subscribes to the same file system event notification mechanism as the Spotlight metadata server.
Note that fslogger does not use the Spotlight APIs. It uses the mechanism underlying to Spotlight.
fslogger's mode of operation is very simple. The following points are particularly noteworthy:
- It must be run as root, for example, via the
sudocommand. This is so because subscribing to the kernel's file system change notification service requires super-user privileges.
- It takes no useful arguments. You can, however, pass in arbitrary arguments that will result in an informational message.
- It does not interfere with the working of Spotlight, since the kernel supports multiple such subscribers.
- It will not run on any Mac OS X version older than 10.4.
Once active, fslogger will wait for change notifications to arrive from the file system layer in the kernel. The various file system operations that are communicated to fslogger (and other subscribers such as Spotlight, specifically the metadata server) include:
- File creation
- Folder creation
- File or folder deletion
- Changes to the
statstructure (for example, a permission change)
- Renaming of a file or a folder
- Content modification
- Content exchange between two files
- Finder information changes
- Change of ownership
The "exchange" operation on HFS Plus is used to exchange fork data of two files by simply swapping certain information in the Catalog file, thus preserving the file ID when updating an existing file.
fslogger receives and displays the aforementioned events practically instantly, courtesy of the kernel's support. An event notification contains details of the file system object(s) on which the event happened. fslogger processes this information, enhancing it marginally (for example, by determining human-friendly names corresponding to process, user, and group identifiers). The information displayed by fslogger for a typical file system event includes:
- The type of event (such as file creation or deletion)
- The process ID of the process responsible for the event, and if possible, the program name. Note that if the process has already exited, the corresponding program name may no longer be available. fslogger displays the word "exited?" in such cases.
- The path name of the file system object.
- The device number of the volume containing the file system object.
- The "inode number" of the file system object.
- The mode of the file system object, including its vnode type (for example,
VREGfor a regular file,
VDIRfor a folder, and so on).
- The user and group identifiers owning the file system object.
In its current version, fslogger uses a relatively small queue for holding change notifications. Under heavy file system activity, the queue may become full, and the kernel may have to drop an event, an action which itself is an event, and is reported as such by fslogger.
Microsoft Windows
It must be noted that certain versions of Microsoft Windows already provide analogous features, with some differing aspects. The NTFS Change Journal provides a persistent file system change log. When file system objects are added, deleted, or modified, the change is recorded in a per-volume journal.
The Change Journal is useful for file system replicators and indexers, incremental backup applications, virus and security-related scanners, and so on. In particular, Microsoft uses this mechanism for implementing the Indexing Service feature of Windows XP Professional.
Windows provides another related feature, the
ReadDirectoryChangesW function, which retrieves directory-specific change information.
A sample output from fslogger is shown below.
$ sudo ./fslogger
fslogger ready
=> received 164 bytes
# Event
type = CREATE FILE
pid = 286 (zsh)
# Details
# type len data
VNODE 28 path = /Users/amit/Desktop/foo.txt
DEVICE 4 dev = 0xe000002 (major 14, minor 2)
INODE 4 ino = 808517
MODE 4 mode = -rw-r--r-- (0x0081a4, vnode type VREG)
UID 4 uid = 501 (amit)
GID 4 gid = 501 (amit)
DONE (0xb33f)
=> received 84 bytes
# Event
type = CONTENT MODIFIED
pid = 79 (Finder)
# Details
# type len data
VNODE 30 path = /Users/amit/Desktop/.DS_Store
DEVICE 4 dev = 0xe000002 (major 14, minor 2)
INODE 4 ino = 235865
MODE 4 mode = -rw------- (0x008180, vnode type VREG)
UID 4 uid = 501 (amit)
GID 4 gid = 501 (amit)
DONE (0xb33f)
=> received 88 bytes
# Event
type = CONTENT MODIFIED
pid = 3571 (mdimport)
# Details
# type len data
VNODE 34 path = /private/tmp/objc_sharing_ppc_501
DEVICE 4 dev = 0xe000002 (major 14, minor 2)
INODE 4 ino = 801404
MODE 4 mode = -rw------- (0x008180, vnode type VREG)
UID 4 uid = 501 (amit)
GID 4 gid = 0 (wheel)
DONE (0xb33f)
Apple's existing use of this notification support in Spotlight is a good demonstration of its utility and power. fslogger aims to further demonstrate the flexibility of this feature. Consider some scenarios in which fslogger (or more appropriately, a custom program that uses this feature) could be useful. Note that these are merely aloud thoughts, and may vary greatly in feasibility or utility.
- Monitoring and analyzing file system activity, perhaps for the purpose of better understanding the functioning of a running system, if nothing else. In general, watching "almost exactly what's changing" on your volume can be an interesting experience in itself. For example, one can wonder on academic grounds about the number of file system objects that change in a given time interval during typical use.
- Tracking what file system objects are being added, removed, or modified during installation of some software.
- Implementing your own file "management" schemes, perhaps for experimental purposes. Thus, you could write your own version of Spotlight, although it will be rather hard to justify in light of what Apple provides!
- Implementing your own arbitrarily complex (or arbitrarily "meta") file system event handlers. In a pinch, do "something" when "something" happens in a file system.
- Implementing an implicit or automatic file versioning system.
- Maintaining a "work log", that attempts to determine how much you "work" based on the number of file system objects, or perhaps even the amount of file data that you change during a given time. An overwhelming amount of web-browsing-related activity could be a suitable indicator of, well, something!
- Implementing custom logging schemes, such as ones that could tell you "what you were working on" on a given date.
- Using this feature along with others such as Automator or Dashboard to create something more useful.
The interface that fslogger uses is private to Apple. Currently, there is a caveat regarding the use of this interface by third parties (including fslogger). While the change notification interface supports multiple clients, there is a single kernel buffer for holding events that are to be delivered to one or more subscribers, with the primary subscriber being Spotlight. Now, the kernel must hold events until it has notified all subscribers that are interested in them. Since there is a single buffer, a slow subscriber can cause it to overflow. If this happens, events will be dropped — for all subscribers, including Spotlight. Consequently, Spotlight may need to look at the entire volume to determine "what changed".
fslogger is meant to be a learning tool. If you use it, you must understand the aforementioned caveat. If you cause heavy enough file system activity (what's "heavy" will vary greatly, depending on your system and its currently available resources), both fslogger and Spotlight may miss events, causing Spotlight to spend some extra time looking at your volume. Note that Spotlight will not reindex the entire volume — it will only look for the changes that it missed.
An example of a typically heavy file system activity (that may quite possibly cause events to be dropped) is unpacking a giant tarball. Finally, if events are missed, fslogger will indicate that event (missing events is an event itself).
FSLogger-1.1.dmg (only for Mac OS X 10.4.x "Tiger")
FSLogger-2.1.dmg (only for Mac OS X 10.5.x "Leopard")
FSLogger Source Code


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Dr. Kimberly Theidon (Harvard) was awarded a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (1998), a Post-Phd Research Grant (2004), and a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006) to support her research projects on trauma, sexual violence, memory, and transitional justice and reconciliation in Peru.
The 2010 Oscar contender for Best Foreign Film, The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada), directed by Claudia Llosa, is inspired by the ethnographic research and testimonials contained in Dr. Theidon's first book documenting women and their experience of sexual violence in the Andean highlands in the 1980s. The book, Entre Prójimos: El conflicto armado interno y la política de la reconciliación en el Perú (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2004) draws upon extensive qualitative research on political violence, trauma, religious movements and transitional justice in post-war Peru. Entre Prójimos was awarded the 2006 Premio Iberoamericano Book Award Honorable Mention for outstanding book in the social sciences by the Latin American Studies Association.
Dr. Kimberly Theidon is a medical anthropologist focusing on Latin America. Her research interests include critical theory applied to medicine, psychology and anthropology; gender studies; domestic, structural and political violence; theories and forms of subjectivity; human rights and international humanitarian law; truth commissions, transitional justice and reconciliation; the politics of post-war reparations; comparative peace processes; disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs for ex-combatants; anthropology of development; and US counter-narcotics policy.
The Wenner-Gren Foundation sends all of our best wishes for Claudia Llhosa and Dr. Theidon and hopes that the film continues its success on Oscar night, the 7th of March. The Foundation is delighted to see the various (and sometimes unexpected!) innovative ways that anthropology can contribute to public debates.
For more on the film and the Oscars please click here
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A former Census Bureau employee speaks out…Sunday, July 18th, 2010
A letter from the Lake County Record-Bee has drawn our attention. A former enumerator writes:
Hello, I am (or was) a census enumerator and wrote a letter to Dr. Groves, The chief director of the 2010 Census, however I am unable to find his address or e-mail address, so I wanted to share my thoughts with others. It's about my recent experience with working for the census bureau.
If I could reach Dr. Groves I would tell him the following: Hello, Dr. Groves, this is enumerator No. 3749397 coming to you out of area No. 2714. CL No. 0504.
I have been searching for someone who could address my concerns regarding the way the completion of NRFU was handled; the employment status of most of us enumerators.
It would seem a majority of us were told we would be participating in the completion of what my crew leader called "phase two" and would not be out of a job come July 22. I myself even received an extension of said temporary employment in my mailbox just a few days thereafter, and therefore remained unconcerned with procuring another job, career or any such form of income, assuming I would be continuing onto the next phase of the census and would be rather busy in the following months.
Now, personally, I have not received any further communication from office No. 2714 in regards to my continued or discontinued employment, and have made several attempts to contact them, in which case they have simply told me to ask my crew leader, who did not have any information at all."…."I have just called my crew leader worried, as my last check will be coming in the mail this Wednesday and it will simply not be enough to get us through the month, and she informed me that if I was not called on Friday I would not be working Monday. It appears the bureau had called and selected workers completely at random, much like some sort of sick lottery and I was simply unlucky. Despite receiving an extension and the assurance of my crew leader, and others, despite being a hard and dependable worker most unlike the rest of my team and despite pushing and waiting for some form of contact from the Census Bureau, I am now unemployed and yet, technically employed until Aug. 22 thanks to your worthless extension."


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In 2007, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced an emergency closure of motorized access to a five-mile ATV trail located in Recapture Canyon, east of Blanding.
The emergency closure came without warning or public discussion. After an administrative trial, two Blanding residents were fined $35,000 for creating an unauthorized trail.
The BLM said that the trail was closed to protect Native American artifacts that are strewn along the canyon. BLM archeologists concluded that the ATV's posed risks to the artifacts in the canyon.
San Juan County wished to gain control of the trail so the County Commission filed for a Title V application with the BLM in 2007. The application, if approved, would grant San Juan County responsibility for the trail.
Over the subsequent seven years, the BLM has not made a decision on the Title V application. The lack of decision has further frustrated San Juan County officials.
County Commissioner Bruce Adams mentioned at the May 12 Commission meeting that some Title V applications have a very quick response from the BLM, while others, such as the Recapture Canyon application, have taken a long time.
Commissioner Phil Lyman said that the lack of a clear decision, one way or the other, helped lead to the current situation.
Lance Porter, the District manager for the BLM, said that since he became the District manager in the past year, the BLM has made significant progress on the application in the past six months.
"San Juan County has made several changes in the application over the years," said Porter. "There has been lots of behind-the-scenes work on the application and we signed a programmatic agreement in November, 2013."
In a letter to Lyman dated April 28, 2014, Porter asked that the protest ride not take place and stated, "The proposed ride will very likely hinder and possibly delay our ability to complete this process."
Lyman has said that frustration with the lack of decision led to his decision to sponsor the ATV protest ride into the canyon. The county and the commission were not a sponsor of Lyman's protest.
As the protest grew near, Lyman proposed that the county withdraw the Title V application in order to apply more pressure on the BLM to make a decision on trail jurisdiction.
Commissioner Adams proposed an alternative route that the county keep the application and use it as evidence for a legal battle.
The commission did not reach a decision in their April 28 meeting, and Lyman pressed forward with plans to carry out the protest ride.
The protest began to gain national attention, due to another federal protest against the government that occurred just a few weeks prior.
In April, BLM officials began gathering cattle as payment for millions of dollars in un-paid grazing fees owed by the Bundy Ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada. Guns were brandished on both sides of the protest, leading to a tense confrontation that ended with the BLM surrendering the cattle.
For many people concerned about the BLM, the ATV ride was viewed as a similar issue of federal involvement in public lands. The local ATV protest eventually grew in profile as protesters from across the country were invited to show up.
BLM officials urged Lyman not to go through with the protest and warned that the BLM "will seek all appropriate civil and criminal penalties."
Worries of further potentially violent standoffs caught media attention. Utah Governor Gary Herbert made a statement opposing the protest.
Said Lyman of the event "I know it was my event and I take responsibility for it."


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Digital items from the University of Virginia will be available at the first nationwide online public library, an ambitious new venture that provides a single point of access to digital materials from some of the best libraries in the country.
The Digital Public Library of America, or DPLA, officially launches April 18 and is a one-stop shop for digital collections from numerous public and university libraries, as well as federal organizations such as the National Archives and the Smithsonian
Initially, the U.Va. Library will contribute the Holsinger Studio Collection, a photographic record of life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that consists of more than 10,400 images.
For U.Va., sharing resources with the new digital library is an opportunity to spread awareness of U.Va.'s digital collections and expand the potential audience of scholars, students and other users who could benefit from them, said Bradley Daigle, U.Va.'s director of digital curation services
"We're a state public institution and we have a mandate to share our content," Daigle said. "The library decided that this would be a good opportunity for us to share content more broadly."Watch for additional announcements in the next few weeks and as the DPLA goes online.


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The first time most Americans discovered French actress Marion Cotillard was when she played Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, a performance that took her all the way to Oscar night where she won the Oscar, making her the first French actress to do so in nearly 50 years. Cotillard went on to appear in fantastic films like Christopher Nolan's Inception and Steven Soderbergh's Contagion.
After starring in Nolan's finale to the "Dark Knight Trilogy" earlier this year, Cotillard delivers another astounding performance in French auteur Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone as Stéphanie, a killer whale trainer who loses her legs in a horrifying accident and is forced to rely on the generosity and compassion of a bouncer and underground fighter, played by Matthias Schoenaerts, who starred in the Oscar-nominated Bullhead.
We've grown accustomed to Cotillard delivering exemplary dramatic performances that often move us and make us cry, but her role in Audiard's film is one that's so challenging and daring it really elevates the actress to another level. We don't want to go into too much more detail about it, since it potentially could ruin the experience, but let's just say that her performance is one that has to be seen to be truly believed as well as one of the best of the year.
ComingSoon.net had a chance to sit down with Ms. Cotillard for a rare interview last week, meeting up in a downtown hotel room where Cotillard was comfortably wrapped in a blanket as she carefully pondered each of our questions before responding.
ComingSoon.net: It's interesting that you've continued to do French films, bouncing back and forth, after you started doing Hollywood movies, which is great since Jacques Audiard is one of France's great filmmakers. How did he approach you about it? Did he have a script already?
Marion Cotillard: Yeah, yeah, he had a script and we met, because we didn't know each other, and he wanted me to read the script, and I read it and I loved it. I expected a very special story, because all his movies are very special stories. What I didn't expect though was that he'd film a love story and I thought it was very exciting to be in one of his movies with something he had never done before.
CS: I feel like it goes back to "Read My Lips" which wasn't a love story so much, but it was two people from different backgrounds meeting. What's your reaction when you read a script which has killer whales and no legs and all these other elements. Do you wonder, "How is he going to do this? How is this possible?"
Cotillard: No, I think nothing is impossible when it has to be made. No, before I read the script, I knew that my character was losing legs and that she was working in Marineland with orcas, but that was the only information I had.
CS: What questions did you have for him after reading the screenplay and deciding to do it? Were you curious about what you'd need to do as far as training?
Cotillard: Yeah, we talked about it after I read the script, Jacques and Thomas Bidegain, they originally wrote the script before the San Diego accident. I think there were like two accidents the same year and before those accidents, the trainers, they would be in the water with the whales. I can not really remember but I think when I read the script the first time, yeah, it was like that in the first draft I read, so the accident was totally different than it was in the movie because in the process of rewriting, they were told that trainers were not allowed to go into the water anymore, so we talked about it because they had to think about how they would do it with me out of the water.
CS: The whole movie's like a magic trick. I've seen it a couple times and I'm still not sure how you've done some of the things like having no legs and the prosthetics. What was it like shooting those scenes and did you have to work with physical trainers to make it so authentic?
Cotillard: No, I knew that I had to have a specific position with my legs so they could erase them, but my physical training because I was not a very good swimmer and I had to be a better swimmer. I had to gain muscles to be able to have the specific positions but that's it. I didn't have a training for the physicality with no legs so no I didn't do that.
CS: Did you have to learn how to swim just with your arms for those scenes? That must have been tough.
Cotillard: Yeah, well it was not that tough because legs are very tricky in swimming, but I learned how to swim better with my whole body and we dropped the legs. There's a lot you can do in CG but not erasing little waves on the water. It would have been too difficult, so I had to swim without my legs.
CS: I haven't had a chance to speak with Jacques, so were they able to do some of the visual FX while you were shooting so you could see what it would look like?
Cotillard: When we started shooting, I think it was one of the first scenes with the CGI was the first time she walks with the prosthetics and she shows her prosthetics underneath her pants, that was the first thing they did and it was actually pretty amazing. I think that was the first thing we saw and that was pretty amazing. We really worked with amazing CGI people. They were very discreet on set. They were very fast and actually the fact I had legs never got in our way.
CS: I'm surprised you didn't have much swimming experience because I remembered in "Little White Lies" that you did a bit of water skiing.
Cotillard: I can swim but my swimming was not perfect and those people who train orcas and who work in the water, they're very good swimmers. I just had to improve my swimming.
CS: To make it look more real and convincing.
Cotillard: Yeah.
CS: What was it like actually being with the killer whales and working with them? How was Jacques able to convince Marineland to shoot a movie there? Or is that a question for him as well?
Cotillard: Yeah, I don't know how to answer that actually. We went there for four days for me to learn all the gestures and choreography for the show to meet with the orcas and to get familiar with them and to be realistic as an orca trainer. We actually shot the scene of the show in the real show with the real audience and I just replaced the leader of the trainers.
CS: Did you get the impression that the orcas knew you or recognized you as you worked with them? I would think the scene with you and the orca behind glass couldn't have been done otherwise.
Cotillard: Yeah, well they told me I had a special connection with the orca I was working with. I think that if I was not giving him fish, he would have this very special connection, but when we rehearsed that scene behind the glass on the second day of my training, that was really strong, because that was all improvisation because I knew the gesture and that was all improvisation so it was different than the show, which was choreographed and that was a very powerful moment.
CS: Matthias is a pretty amazing actor. I've seen "Bullhead" but nothing else he's done, so were you familiar with his work?
Cotillard: No, I didn't know him at all. I hadn't seen "Bullhead"–I saw it after we shot Jacques movie–but I met him, we had a reading at Jacques house and I met him there for the first time, and right away I felt like it would be an amazing journey with him, because he's hard to read and you know right away when an actor's good and you know when an actor's great and he was great.
CS: I feel like he brings out a different side of you than we've seen, because Stephanie's very feisty and he's brought that out because he's such a force and it feels like she had to be aggressive with him.
Cotillard: Yeah, well, both of them are kind of aggressive.
CS: Sure, but it feels as if you really had to step up to match his.
Cotillard: Well, it's not a question that when you work with someone and you do a scene, the energy is shared so there's no level you have to reach. It's an exchange.
CS: You've worked with so many great directors, so what's it like working with Jacques as a director. I've always been impressed with the performances he's gotten out of actors who don't have as much as experience. What does he bring and give you as an actor?
Cotillard: He explores a lot on set. We could do a version of a scene, and then do a total different and opposite version of the same scene, and also, he really seeks for authenticity. There were two scenes that I shot twice on a different set with different characters, so that was very unusual. I had never done that before and actually I think those two scenes are totally gone. Yeah.
CS: Does that help with the authenticity when you as an actor have prepared for certain things and you show up and things have changed?
Cotillard: Oh, I love that, yeah, especially when you trust a director 100%. Yeah, the unknown and the unexpected is something that I really enjoy, and it brings unusual situations, unusual feelings.
CS: But when you make movies with Christopher Nolan, those movies are so big that there must be a lot of preparation and set-up so everyone knows exactly what needs to get done on any day, so is it easy to jump back and forth from those kinds of movies to these?
Cotillard: Oh, yeah. Having very different experiences with amazing directors is something very inspiring.
CS: Last night when I saw the clip reel at the Gothams, I forgot you were in "Love Me If You Dare" opposite Guillaume Canet, who is now your boyfriend. You've also worked with him a few times as a director, so I was curious about that relationship and how you decide what you're going to do in his movies?
Cotillard: Well, that's a question for him. I don't know, but I love working with him. Already on "Love Me If You Dare," we had a great connection and sometimes, the director, it was his first movie, and an actor is a very special animal. Sometimes, he didn't really know how to deal with us, but then that created between Guillaume and I a very strong work relationship. I really admire him as a director. I think he's one of the greatest directors and I would love to work with him again.
CS: Do you have any idea what you might do next? I know you have another movie with Guillame done and "Nightingale" with James Gray.
Cotillard: No, I don't know yet. I needed to take some time off because I worked a lot, and I'm kind of very excited by what's going to be next because I don't know and I'm looking forward to have this feeling when I will read a script and I will feel that I belong to the story, so that's kind of exciting.
CS: A lot of the movies you've done recently–"Inception," "Contagion" and "Little White Lies" for instance–you've been a part of an ensemble cast, so it's nice seeing you in a role like this where it's just you and Matthias. How has the Oscar season been so far for you compared to when you were doing this for "La Vie en Rose"?
Cotillard: Well, you know the most important thing for me is to have the opportunity to share this movie outside of our country. It's really something we enjoy, that's what's important for me right now.
CS: But do you feel like you're coming into doing press for the movie different from when you were here for "La Vie en Rose"?
Cotillard: It is different because five years ago, I was opening the door of the unknown, but what's the same is that I'm very excited to show a movie I'm very proud of and a French movie.
CS: Is it nice to have a movie like this where you don't have to be sworn to secrecy like you were with Christopher Nolan's movies? It must be a strange thing to be asked about a movie you can't say anything about.
Cotillard: Yeah, I kind of like it.
CS: Have you been in touch with him at all and do you think he'll do a Bond movie and have you be one of his Bond girls?
Cotillard: I don't know. I have no idea.
Rust and Bone is now playing in New York City and it will open in Los Angeles on Friday, December 7 and other cities over the course of December and January.


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As far as job adverts go, it doesn't get much better than this. Originally featured in a 1967 issue of Scientific American, the full-page ad by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory resonates perfectly with something Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioned in an interview with io9 back in July: "Good science fiction inspires people to pursue science every time."
And for those of you hankering for an updated version, here's a photoshopped variation on the advert featuring a little more "mohawk guy" Bobak Ferdowsi, courtesy of boingboing reader William Jaspers:
And for more inspiring words on the ongoing dance between science and science fiction, check out this moving message from Carl Sagan to the future explorers of Mars.
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White House responds to petition, says cell phone unlocking should be legalized
Posted by Jason Diaz Categories: Smartphones
It started as a petition needing only 100,000 signatures requesting that the White House make an official response to the right of cellphone owners to lawfully unlock their cellphones. The Library Of Congress deemed unlocking one's cellphone illegal in October 2012; a ruling that would take affect in the new year. Now, the White House has officially announced that they too agree with the 114K petitioners. It recommends that cellphones be unlocked as long as the customers first meet their carrier's contractual agreement. The White House has even included tablets to the list of devices. Consequently, the Library of Congress has agreed and support the review their policy, which was strongly urged by the FCC.
"The White House agrees with the 114,000+ of you who believe that consumers should be able to unlock their cell phones without risking criminal or other penalties. In fact, we believe the same principle should also apply to tablets, which are increasingly similar to smart phones. And if you have paid for your mobile device, and aren't bound by a service agreement or other obligation, you should be able to use it on another network. It's common sense, crucial for protecting consumer choice, and important for ensuring we continue to have the vibrant, competitive wireless market that delivers innovative products and solid service to meet consumers' needs." - White House Administration
"Both the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights value our colleagues in the administration and the thoughtful discussions we have had with them on this issue. We also agree with the administration that the question of locked cell phones has implications for telecommunications policy and that it would benefit from review and resolution in that context." - Library of Congress
"The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress recently reversed its longstanding position and stated it is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for consumers to unlock new mobile phones, even those outside of contract periods, without their wireless providers' permission, and that consumers are subject to criminal penalties if they do. From a communications policy perspective, this raises serious competition and innovation concerns, and for wireless consumers, it doesn't pass the common sense test. The FCC is examining this issue, looking into whether the agency, wireless providers, or others should take action to preserve consumers' ability to unlock their mobile phones. I also encourage Congress to take a close look and consider a legislative solution." - Julius Genachowski FCC Chairman
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I've been working on a number of my other sites lately, bringing them back from a dusty, dark, demise. I might have to come to a point of deciding which to keep and which to drop… or merge with another. I created them all with a reason but for reasons beyond my control wasn't able to keep actively posing on them.
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The new school year is quickly approaching. Many of you are already sitting through professional development sessions or readying your classrooms for the arrival of young minds ready for molding.
This week's links are here to help you get ready for your new school year…
There are two educational technology experts everyone should follow. The first is David Warlick and his incredibly thought-provoking blog 2¢ Worth. In this blog, David likes to describe his travels as he works with teachers all over the country. Within those narratives, themes and invaluable insight are shared. The other blog to follow is the new Tumblr by Will Richardson. Richardson, like Warlick takes on the many issues teachers face in reaching the student of the 21st century. Both blogs give plenty to think about and inspire new approaches to teaching with each new post.
With each new year, we find that our equipment and software are also a year older. Technology that worked well five years ago has suddenly started to show its age. On top of that, there just isn't the staff or resources to upgrade technology in your school or district. In Edgalaxy's letter of the week, plenty of practical solutions for refreshing the technology in your district are offered. Following their tips, one can see the light of the end of the tunnel that is a long school year with outdated technology.
Also from Edgalaxy, there are several good suggestions for calculator games. Want to get students acquainted with the calculators they'll be using throughout the year? Check out the aforementioned calculator games to break the ice a bit in your math class. (BTW, I love how the other English-speaking nations call it "Maths.")
Over at School Library Journal, there's an interesting take on fair use and copyright. It seems that as long as materials are used in a transformative manner, educators are generally protected from coyright laws. for example, using a television ad to study body images in the media is an acceptable use. Read the rest of the piece to get a full picture of what the author is saying on this hot-button topic. Copyright and fair use are certainly important considerations as one begins to choose the media he or she will use this school year.
Looking for some new lesson plans to spice up your 2011-2012 class? Look no further than the lesson plans provided by The New York Times. There are lesson plans for all subjects across the curriculum available for your perusial. Most, if not all of the lessons tie in the country's most read newspaper so that you can make those real-world connections with your students.
That should be enought to get you started for the year. What are you reading to get you inspired? What new tools or resources have you discovered that you're willing to try this school year?
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The Utah County Sheriff's Office K-9 Team consists of a Sergeant and seven deputy handlers that provide canine support to Patrol, Investigations, Search and Rescue, and Corrections. The K-9 Team has been in existence for well over 20 years. Our K-9 team is a resource for all agencies and cities in Utah County, and surrounding areas. The deputies and their canine partners have coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Why do we need dogs in police work? Simply put, they can do things that their human partners can't. By use of their keen senses, they are able to sense what people cannot. Due to their keen sense of smell, sight, agility and other abilities, they are a very valuable tool in police work. Dogs can be trained to find people, both those that are hiding from various law enforcement agencies to avoid being taken into custody, as well as those individuals that have become lost or are missing. Dogs can also be trained to detect various narcotics and explosives. By training with actual narcotics and chemicals used in explosives, the dogs are able to smell the very distinct odors given off from these items. Most of our dogs are also trained in handler protection. Unfortunately, many times a K-9 Deputy, or handler, will be called on to help apprehend a violent person. These dogs are trained to find and apprehend the individual that has presented themselves as a threat to our community. They are also trained to help defend officers that are attacked by a violent person.
Five of our K-9's are dual-purpose dogs that are trained to locate narcotics such as Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine, as well as search for and apprehend high-risk criminals who have fled from law enforcement and/or concealed themselves to avoid capture. We use Belgian Malinois and German Shepherds for this type of work. These dogs have been through extensive training courses and are certified through Utah POST. Once this initial training and certification has been completed, the Utah County K-9 Team continues to train with these dogs almost daily to enable these valuable tools to keep their skills up.
We have one single purpose dog, a Labrador, that is trained in narcotic detection. This dog has also been through an extensive training course and is certified through Utah POST.
We also have a dual-purpose dog that is trained to indicate on explosives and also assists with tracking and finding any individual that may be lost in remote areas. This dog has also been through an extensive training course and is certified through Utah POST. This dog is constantly being trained in detection of actual chemical substances commonly used in various explosives.
The K-9 Team also provides canine demonstrations throughout the year for school programs, scout groups, community activities, businesses, and special interest groups. These demonstrations provide an excellent opportunity to promote a greater understanding of how and why canines benefit law enforcement and citizens in their efforts to keep our communities safe. Due to budget constraints, we try and schedule these demonstrations on Wednesdays, our normal team training day. If you would like to schedule a K-9 demonstration, please contact the Sheriffs Office to have one arranged.
All of our Belgian Malinois and German Shepherds are specially bred for police work. These dogs are very expensive to purchase, over $10,000, but the reward far out-weighs the cost. These dogs are bred in Europe and then sold to a contractor in the United States where we purchase the dog. They are usually around two years old at the time we purchase them. After the initial purchase, and training put in to keep the dog at a high level of performance, the value of each of these dogs are well over $20,000 making them a very valuable tool in police work and in keeping our community safe! Like every other group, our K-9 team suffers from a very tight budget. We rely on local businesses and individuals for financial aid. If you would like to donate to the Utah County Sheriffs Office K-9 Team, please contact us.


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Grace Cottage opts out of assisted-suicide law -- for now
TOWNSHEND -- Vermont's smallest hospital has become the latest medical facility to opt out of the state's new aid-in-dying law.
But the decision, rendered by the Grace Cottage Hospital board of trustees on Friday, was deemed "temporary."
Hospital administrators expect to revisit the matter in no more than 90 days, and in the meantime they'll work out the complex details of accommodating terminally ill patients who request lethal doses of medication.
"Opting out doesn't mean that we are not going to implement the law," Dr. Maurice Geurts, Grace Cottage medical staff president, said in a statement issued after the vote.
"We just need to take time to make sure that our employees, medical staff, board and patients understand all aspects of this law," Geurts said. "We want to have a clear plan for education and communication as we develop policies and procedures for how to handle these situations."
State lawmakers approved the controversial legislation as the 2013 session ended last month, and Gov. Peter Shumlin signed it into law on May 20.
It allows doctors to legally prescribe lethal medication to Vermont residents who are suffering from terminal disease. And it took effect immediately, leaving hospital administrators across the state scrambling to decide how to comply.
There is a provision, however, that allows hospitals to restrict the prescription of lethal medication in some instances. A health-care facility "may prohibit a physician from writing a prescription for a dose of medication intended to be lethal for a patient who is a resident in its facility and intends to use the medication on the facility's premises," the law says.
So Grace Cottage's decision to opt out means doctors cannot write a lethal prescription for a hospital patient who wants to take the medication on site.
It comes less than two weeks after Brattleboro Memorial Hospital's board of directors also opted out after what was called a "thoughtful and contentious discussion."
"The staff thinks the hospital is a facility people come to for healing, and the intent of the law is not to make the hospital a place where people come to die," Dr. Kathleen McGraw, BMH chief medical officer, said of the June 11 vote.
Vermont's largest hospital, Fletcher Allen in Burlington, also has opted out. But in a June 5 post on the hospital's website, Fletcher Allen Chief Medical Officer Stephen M. Leffler said the exemption was enacted "on an interim basis" to give administrators the opportunity to "develop a thoughtful, compassionate policy that will respect our patients and providers."
Grace Cottage administrators are following a similar path.
"We want to make sure not only that we make the right decision, but that we put into place the policies, procedures, protocols, education and communication for all of our constituencies," said Jeffrey White, Grace Cottage interim chief executive officer.
In other words, White said, "we're wanting to take the time to do this right."
He acknowledged that, in spite of the board's opt-out decision, there is "gray area" that would allow a Grace Cottage physician to prescribe lethal medication to be taken off hospital grounds.
Nonetheless, White said, "the spirit of our medical-staff decision is, we want to have policies and procedures in place" before such prescriptions are written.
Even after those policies are developed, however, it is not a given that Grace Cottage will opt into the law.
"It's still ultimately a board decision," White said.
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text: Rob Figee was born in Germany, but lived most of his life in the Netherlands. He studied at the Art Academies of Antwerp and Rotterdam. he contributed to several alternative (comic) publications of the 1970s, such as Joost Swarte's Modern Papier, Stripje, De Havenloods and Metronoom. Among his creations are 'Sofgeensof' in Modern Papier and 'Waldo' in Stripje. He also contributed to the sole issue of Dick Maas' Formule S. His comics mainly dealt with social issues. In later years, he focused on architectural illustration.


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Don't ask me how a paper pot can be used to boil water and cook pasta and make noodles but this paper pot, the Hexa Pot, can. IT'S MADE OF PAPER. The Hexa Pot isn't real yet (it's a Kickstarter) but it's the perfect pot for the outdoors. And the perfect pot for lazy people like me who hate to do dishes.
The Hexa Pot is made of "special non-toxic waterproofing multi-ply paper material" that's biodegradable and folds flat so you can easily store it wherever you want, in your camping backpack, next to your printer, etc. and is designed with a 'lip-pour spout' so you can easily transfer whatever you're cooking into whatever you're eating out of. You just put it on a stove, and fire it up like a normal pot. The great thing, of course, is that you can just toss the pot after you're done and never have to worry about doing the dishes again.
The folks at Hexa Pot say the post is meant to cook liquid food such as water, coffee, milk, hot chocolate, tea, etc. and also pasta, soup, chilli, shabu shabu, ramen noodles, etc. as long as there is liquid inside the pot. Help make this crazy paper pot a reality, people! [Kickstarter via TechCrunch]


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