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Some 55 percent of national information technology agencies would not know who to contact in the event of a European Union cyber attack, according to E.U. cybersecurity agency ENISA.
The criticism was in ENISA's review of the first pan-European simulated cybersecurity exercise. The Cyber Europe 2010 exercise took place on Nov. 4, 2010, and involvd more than 70 experts from the participating public bodies who worked together to counter over 300 simulated hacking attacks aimed at paralyzing the Internet and critical online services across Europe.
According to the ENISA report, 55 percent of E.U. participating countries were not confident they would be able to quickly identify the right contact, even with available directories. The report also highlighted the need for more cooperation with the private sector which, it said, could add an increased level of "realism" to future exercises.
It added that 86 percent of the participants found the dry run either "very" or "extremely" useful. Meanwhile, on an even larger scale, the E.U. and the U. S. have agreed to run a joint E.U.-U.S. cyberincident exercise by the end of 2011. The U.S. has been running cyberwar security exercises for some years, and the E.U. hopes to learn from this experience.
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The World Heritage Committee [12],
1. Notes the results of the UNESCO/IUCN mission to Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (United Kingdom);
2. Acknowledges the additional comments by the authorities on the mission report;
3. Commends the State Party for preparing "The Causeway Coast Area of Natural Beauty (AONB) management plan" as well as for the proposal to develop the World Heritage Property Management Plan by February 2004;
4. Encourages the State Party to work towards a consistent plan in co-operation with all relevant stakeholders;
5. Requests the submission to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2005 of the management plan for the property;
6. Encourages Moyle District Council to ensure that the new visitor centre is in keeping with the needs of the property;, is not intrusive in the landscape and is on the same scale as the previous visitor centre.
7. Requests the authorities to keep the World Heritage Centre and IUCN informed on any further development.
[12] Decision adopted following written amendments proposed by the State Party.

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This Dawn framing camera (FC) image of Vesta shows Laelia crater, which is the crater with dark material inside of it and surrounding it in the bottom center of the image. The dark material inside of Laelia crops out from the rim and then slumps towards the crater's center. The dark material outside of Laelia is dominantly associated with smaller impact craters that are less than 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) in diameter. One spectacular small, dark material crater is located to the bottom right of Laelia and has an impressive pattern of dark material ejecta rays extending from it. More small impact craters with dark material ejecta are located above Laelia crater in this image.
This image is located in Vesta's Sextilia quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere. NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Oct. 13, 2011. This image was taken through the camera's clear filter. The distance to the surface of Vesta is 700 kilometers (435 miles) and the image has a resolution of about 68 meters (223 feet) per pixel. This image was acquired during the HAMO (high-altitude mapping orbit) phase of the mission.
The Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington D.C. UCLA is responsible for overall Dawn mission science. The Dawn framing cameras have been developed and built under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, with significant contributions by DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, and in coordination with the Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering, Braunschweig. The Framing Camera project is funded by the Max Planck Society, DLR, and NASA/JPL.
More information about the Dawn mission is online at http://www.nasa.gov/dawn and http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov.


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How Much Of Your Life Should Government Track?
By TERENCE P. JEFFREY
The zeal and expertise of the federal government in using modern technology is not evenly distributed across all its functions — legitimate and otherwise.
Our government cannot build a web site to efficiently sell insurance to people whom it has compelled by law to buy insurance, but it can collect the domestic phone records of Americans and store them for years in a massive database.
That database is theoretically so efficient — as opposed to the Obamacare web site — that the government can use it to track down terrorists operating clandestinely in the United States.
"Through targeted computerized searches of those metadata records, the NSA tries to discern connections between terrorist organizations and previously unknown terrorist operatives located in the United States," said a federal judge in mid-December, who argued that the NSA's system probably violates the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches.
Yet for all the enthusiasm that the federal government has shown in collecting the metadata records of Americans — ostensibly to protect us from foreign agents operating within our borders — it has not bothered to control our borders themselves.
Presumably, we should be thankful that the unknown foreign nationals who covertly enter our country every day — without being logged into any database whatsoever — can, just like everyone else in the neighborhood, have their cell-phone metadata collected by the NSA once they have moved into suburbs of Washington, D.C.
With the advance of electronics, and their pervasive use, it is not far-fetched to imagine a day in the not-too-distant future when much of a person's life can be tracked — and potentially controlled — by government.
Health records will be electronic, exchangeable by Internet and capable of being loaded into their own massive government database. Automobiles will be fully automated, and quite possibly directed and driven by physical and electronic infrastructures owned and operated by the government. Home air-conditioners and heating systems will be hooked up to an electrical grid that will allow someone outside your home not only to monitor the temperature you have set on your thermostat — but change it if they do not like it.
How will men stay free in such a world?
Electronic devices are tools that can be used for good or evil. What matters is who uses them and for what purpose.
Electronic health records can make it easier for doctors to treat people who are sick and keep people well. Automated vehicles can make it easier, safer, and more enjoyable for people to travel where they want and when they want. An intelligent electrical system could more efficiently deliver power to customers who want to spend their own money to buy it — to keep their home or business as cool or warm as they like it.
Electronic health-care records could also be used in developing and enforcing a governmental system of health-care rationing. Automated vehicles could be used to stop people from going where, or when, the government does not want them to go. Remotely controlled thermostats could be used to stop people from heating or cooling their homes in the interest of, say, preventing "climate change."
The Founding Fathers of this country understood that there are absolute rules of right and wrong that all men and all governments must obey. And that human beings are imperfect and thus constantly tempted to violate these rules.
When the flawed human beings in government are permitted to routinely break the moral rules and violate the rights of the citizens, a nation is on the road to tyranny. Our Founding Fathers wrote a Constitution for a strictly limited government specifically designed to deny human beings in government the authority to violate the rights of citizens or impose inordinate controls on their lives.
In recent decades, many of our political and cultural leaders have proudly denied the basic unchangeable rule of right and wrong. At the same time, politicians and judges have worn down the constitutional limits on the federal government.
Were American politicians obedient to both the moral rules and the constitutional limits on government power, the dawning age of super-electronics would be an age of wonders.
In an era of growing government power and amorality, it could become an age of horrors.
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(Terence P. Jeffrey is the editor in chief of CNSnews.com. Creators Syndicate distributes his column; all rights reserved.)


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And now I get to reveal a surprise interview that I've been sitting on for months! It's one of my favorite picture books out this year (released next week). "Love, Triangle" by Marcie Colleen is right up there with Tara Lazar's "7 Ate 9" with amazing pun humor and classic long-lasting appeal.
Marcie Colleen is a bubbly, generous and giving soul who is also a very talented and funny writer. I've known Marcie for a little while now, but this last summer in LA we were able to meet in person for the first time. She was my cheerleader when I had to go on stage in front of 1,200 people unexpectedly at the last minute. She was a delight when she signed my books, and she sought me out on the last day there to say goodbye and tell me something that gave me hope and almost made me cry right there on the spot. It is also a memory I will cherish forever. Her Super Party Bears chapter books have already won the hearts of boys and girls everywhere. But you just wait until everyone reads this book! You can learn more about her at her website.
"Love, Triangle" is the story of two best friends who are torn apart by the new kid at school. Rivalry, jealousy and puns galore are just the icing on the cake here. It's a literal love triangle with a triangle at the center of the problem! Hilarious! And even better? It's got illustrations by the brilliant Bob Shea. It's the trifecta of picture book brilliance: great writing, great illustrations, and great humor in both aspects. You've got to read it to see just how great it is.
Welcome Marcie!
Me: "Love, Triangle" is incredibly funny. It is full of great puns and shape jokes. Did you write all of them? Did you choose to put the dialogue fonts in the same colors as the shapes to tell the comments apart or was that an illustration choice? Or a publisher's choice?
Marcie: Thank you! I gotta take credit and say all those puns and shape jokes are totally me. Although I admit that I did spend some time browsing online for geometry idioms and math humor, which I found an abundance of. Those mathematicians love their bad jokes!
As for putting the dialogue in colors that correspond with the color of the character who is speaking, that was a design decision made in-house at HarperCollins. When I submitted the manuscript, the dialogue was written as a script, like so:
Square: Want to share my grilled cheese?
Circle: No, thank you. I'm suddenly craving pizza.
Me: Speaking of the illustrations by Bob Shea, they are hilarious! Was there any collaboration on them? Or was it a surprise to see the results after the book was published?
Marcie: Bob's illustrations are definitely on point! (See what I did there?) It was a joy to see Circle, Square, and Triangle come to life exactly as I had imagined them…but also imagined by Bob Shea. They couldn't be more perfect in my eyes!
As originally submitted, I did include quite a few art notes in the manuscript because I wanted to keep the text spare and allow the illustrations to tell half of the story. For example:
Then bigger things.
(illo: Triangle giving Square a hang-gliding ride.)
SQUARE: You look so small way down there, Circle!
(Illo: Triangle helping Circle study geography in the library, Square looks on)
CIRCLE: I am going to ace this test! Triangle, you are the perfect study buddy.
SQUARE: I thought we…never mind.
Although Bob was shown the illustration notes, he was then told to do his own thing and not be tied to them. I think the result is something that is truly a collaboration we can both feel ownership of.
Me: There are plenty of books about shapes out there, but none quite this clever. So, I have to ask, where did you get this idea from?
Marcie: It's kind of a funny story.
I attended my first ever conference—the Winter 2012 SCBWI conference in New York City. One of the keynotes was given by bestselling author, Cassandra Clare, and titled "Love Triangles and Forbidden Love: Creating and Maintaining Romantic Tension in YA Literature."
Much of what she had to say made me blush. I turned to picture book author, Jodi Moore, who was sitting next to me, and jokingly whispered, "Doubt I will use anything from THIS in a picture book." Jodi responded, "You never know."
That planted the seed. At that moment, I wondered if there was any way I could possibly write a love triangle picture book.
I kept mulling over the idea and, a little over a year later, the premise finally came to me: A Circle and a Square are best friends until a more interesting Triangle shows up.
After lots of encouragement from friends, I sat down and wrote it. Guess you can never predict where inspiration will turn up.
Me: How did writing this picture book differ from writing your chapter books "Super Happy Party Bears"?
Marcie: First off, I had already written and sold two picture books BEFORE the contract to write the Super Happy Party Bears series. And while the picture books I had under contract were 100% my idea, the Party Bears were not.
See, I was approached by Erin Stein, publisher at Imprint/Macmillan with an idea for a chapter book series that she needed an author for. To say I was lucky is an understatement.
I was super nervous. Although I had often thought about delving into chapter books, I didn't know the first thing about writing them. But the concept was so awesome that I couldn't say no.
The pressure was great to bring this world to life, a world that I had not initially conceived. And I was also under contract to write all eight books in a year and a half. So the timeline was super tight. But at least I knew that what I wrote would definitely show up at bookstores. When writing picture books, there is no guarantee that a publisher will want to publish what I create.
Oh, and adjectives. I have trained myself to NEVER use descriptions when writing picture books. Needless to say, most of the editorial notes on the early drafts of the Party Bears say "can you describe this more? I want to know what it looks like."
Me: What is one thing that surprised you in the writing of "Love, Triangle"?
Marcie: Through the process of writing Love, Triangle, I finally embraced my writing process and learned to lean into what works for me and not beat myself up for having a different process than others.
To explain, the first glimmer of inspiration to write a picture book about love triangles came in early 2012, but it took a good two years before I felt like I was ready to write it. These two years were filled with brainstorming, reading, researching, sketching, and more brainstorming. And finally, after all that front work, I was ready to sit down and write a draft of Love, Triangle.
I now know that I am not a writer who gets hit with inspiration on Friday and has a sloppy draft by Monday. Even my sloppy drafts can take a while. I used to get frustrated with myself for this. I used to proclaim, "I am a slow writer." But you know what? I have learned to appreciate the front work. I have learned not to rush out of frustration.
It's my process. And it works!
Me: You create amazing Teachers' Guides for books and this book has amazing potential for teachers to use. Will this book have a Teachers' Guide? Are there any other activities that might be included with it?
Marcie: Thank you! Yes, there is a Teacher's Guide for Love, Triangle which is downloadable from my website. It is cross-curricular, meaning it contains activities for English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
Me: I noticed a funny little inclusion in the illustrations at the end of this book. A new shape on the horizon (a sequel perhaps?). If you had to pick from all the shapes in the world, what would your favorite shape be?
Marcie: Wow. What a great question.
While I was writing Love, Triangle and researching shapes, I came across this shape that looked like Pac-Man. You know, the circle with a pie-slice taken out of its side? The website I found this shape on called it a omnomnomogon. Get it? "Om nom nom" as in eating? I think I would like to be an omnomnomogon just because a) I love to eat, b) I love to chat so I would need a mouth, and c) I love to make people laugh.
LOL! That's the perfect answer. It not only teaches about a new shape, but it's funny. Perfect fit.
Dear readers, be on the lookout for this book when it comes out next week. This is one you will not want to miss.


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It all starts with an empty can - the battery container.
It all starts with an empty can - the battery container.
A cathode mix - finely ground powders of manganese dioxide and conductors carrying a naturally occurring positive electrical charge - is moulded to the inside wall of the empty container.
A separator paper is inserted to keep the cathode from touching the anode.
The anode, which carries a negative electrical charge, and potassium hydroxide electrolyte are then pumped into each container.
The brass pin, which forms the negative current collector, is inserted into the battery, which is then sealed and capped.


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If there are two things you need on the mountain, its fat powder baskets on your poles and a versatile, bomber ski jacket. This North Face Men's Hybrid 3 In 1 Jacket Black is new alpine three-in-one system provides a full-featured waterproof, breathable, fully seam sealed exterior shell jacket and an interior insulated jacket for maximum versatility. Paired as one ski jacket, this North Face Triclimate Jacket insulated, snow-shedding winter warrior keeps you covered while you carve deep powder turns in cold conditions. Premier, rider-specific features throughout.
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
I had 630a chipset and 7050pv it works well.FYI I am trying the wiki about how to update to a new kernel. If it works well I feel the onboard NIC will most like work.I'll let you know
...Also, good luck trying to make the xorg.conf file "stick". I had to manually edit Xconfigure.sh and change the line that says ConfigFile="/etc/X11/xorg.conf"to ConfigFile="/etc/X11/xorg.conf.dummy"That stopped it! Though now I always get a message to regenerate my orbiter screens. Still, at least I made LMCE leave my xorg.conf file alone!


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Carnival rides blur in this long exposure at a country fair.
Texas Gold
The sun rises in Dallas.
...And then they bored me with their bird pictures.
Two egrets converse on pylons near Ocean City, Md.
Monument Valley, Utah
The sun sets over a ridge at Utah's Monument Valley.
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Isle of Wight
The sun sets behind some tall pines on the Isle of Wight in Worcester County, MD.
Palm Sunday
The sun peaks through palm fronds.
Some Beach Some Where
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The Dusty Trail
Horseback riders hit the dusty trail in Monument Valley, Utah.
Eagle hunt.
A bald eagle gets ready to strike a fish at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.
Monument Valley Sunrise
The sun illuminates Monument Valley's "mittens."
An egret flies over a Maryland marsh.
A Movable Feast
Diners enjoy repast on a Paris sidewalk.
Grand Canyon Sunset
The Colorado River cuts through the Grand Canyon.
Moon over Tetons
Moon, mountains, forests. What's not to love?
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The Cody Stampede Rodeo in Cody, WY.
Rodeo Days
A cowboy ropes a calf at the Cody Stampede Rodeo in Cody, WY.
Heading Home
A truck travels a dirt road through Monument Valley.
Purple Mountain Majesties
The Snake River twists by the Grand Tetons at Oxbow Bend.
Grand Teton Sunrise
An early morning sun lights up Moulton Barn and the east side of the Grand Tetons.
On a clear day...
Even statues seem in awe of the Eiffel Tower on a Paris morning.


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You've always wanted to know what's behind the terms and designations of the audio world? Then take a look at our audio glossary. Here you will find a short and concise explanation of, for example, bi-amping, bi-wiring, impedance and ohms.
You've always wanted to know what's behind the terms and designations of the audio world? Then take a look at our audio glossary. Here you will find a short and concise explanation of, for example, bi-amping, bi-wiring, impedance and ohms.
For many hi-fi fans, the record player and the beloved record collection are still the best means of transmitting analogue music. Even though digital music transmission from streaming services such as Spotify. Tidal or Deezer are becoming increasingly popular, vinyl is still the first choice for audiophile stereo fans. The music world turns at 33 or sometimes 45 revolutions per minute. The increasingly popular vinyl records have meanwhile outlived many other media such as cassettes or audio CDs, and collector's items are sold over the counter at sometimes enormously high prices. You can now enjoy the vinyl stereo feeling with Teufel. Thanks to our cooperation with the renowned manufacturer DUAL, we can also offer complete stereo system solutions (including Bluetooth and DAB+) combined with record players for lovers of the black discs.
Basically, all stereo speakers, music systems with AV receivers, but also active speakers or even soundbars that have a corresponding AUX input for connecting the record player are suitable for playing vinyl. It doesn't matter whether it's a large hi-fi system, compact systems,Radio or active loudspeaker. If the stereo system has an AUX input designated as a phono input, a preamplifier is usually not necessary. If the input is not specifically designated for the connection of a record player, the sound signal must be amplified. In the case of a DUAL record player, this is done by the integrated preamplifier, which can optionally be activated via a slide switch on the back of the unit.
Any current record players, including DUAL models such as the DUAL DT 500 USB and the DUAL DT 250 USB, have an integrated phono equaliser and are therefore, in principle, recommended for all types of amplifiers. The integrated preamplifier can also be deactivated if necessary. If your stereo system has a phono connection, such as our KB 62 CD-RECEIVER from the ULTIMA 40 KOMBO series, you can deactivate the phono preamplifier. If your amplifier does not have a phono connection, you can simply activate the phono equaliser and use a free stereo cinch input (e.g. "AUX IN").
In order for the discs to rotate, the turntable is driven by a motor. The belt drive transmits the rotation with the help of a belt. Therefore, it does not have to be installed directly under the turntable, as is the case with the direct drive, but can also be located somewhere else. The belt, which is usually made of rubber, does not transmit any noise from the motor. Due to the smooth running and the resulting good sound, the belt drive of DUAL record players is ideal for home use, not least because of the good price-performance ratio. However, the belt should be replaced every few years even on the best record player. The counterpart to this are turntables with direct drive, in which the turntable is rotated directly by the motor axle. Direct-drive models have high speed stability and are largely insensitive to manual interventions such as stopping or scratching. Therefore, this mode of operation is particularly popular with DJs and DJanes.
There are many reasons for digitisation. Of course, the original on vinyl is always the most beautiful, but digitalisation is a good option, especially to preserve the sometimes very expensive original recordings.
You can also play your favourite records via the CD player or USB connection in the car radio or on the road via your smartphone, because the data can be burned from records to CD or uploaded to a cloud. The USB record players from DUAL combined with our systems are conveniently designed for this purpose. With their integrated USB connection, they can be quickly connected to a PC or Mac via the USB cable supplied. The audio signals transferred via USB are processed using the corresponding software and can then be burned onto a CD using a CD drive and are then ready for playback on any CD player.
The pick-up is attached to the end of the tone arm. The housing of the pick-up houses the pick-up needle, a needle carrier and a transducer with coils and magnets. The sound information is encoded as indentations in the grooves of the record. As the needle travels along the grooves, it traces the indentations and elevations. From the frequency and amplitude of the needle movements, the transducer generates the transmittable sound signal, which can now be transmitted from the record player - if necessary also amplified via the built-in preamplifier - to the stereo system / music system.
When playing a vinyl record, the needle gradually "moves" from the outer edge to the inner area of the record. This effect can also be called "skating force". Similar to a centrifuge, however, the record needle is also pulled towards the inside of the grooves. This can cause more wear on the grooves or distortions in the sound. To counteract this, you can use the anti-skating setting to keep the tone arm exactly in the middle of the groove. At the same time, you should check the weight of the tonearm so that it rests horizontally and runs as smoothly as possible.
With DUAL turntables, you can give new life to your old record collection and, thanks to the analogue audio playback, you have an authentic sound image with pleasant bass and unadulterated treble. The models are also suitable for beginners and can be connected to any amplifier or active loudspeaker with RCA inputs thanks to the integrated phono equaliser.


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My patient, Pat, has had a difficult year. Her husband's cancer spread and he's getting chemo and radiation. "That sounds rough," I tell her. "It is," she responds. "But not entirely."
She says that Thom's illness has drawn them closer to each other. They're spending much more time together and with their children and grandchildren. Plus, Pat says, "we have also had the joy and pride of knowing how much our children come through in a difficult time." Thom jokes that when he and Pat call, their daughters now pick up the phone right away.
During the recent one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Pat said she identified with the conflicted feelings of survivors who said they wished the attacks had never occurred, yet also cherished the sense of community they'd found with fellow survivors.
Pat reminds me that her family had already experienced the unexpected upside of medical misfortune. One of her grandchildren has autism and is nonverbal. She's told me that there is something about this kid that brings out the best in all the other kids, and the adults, too. Makes them more understanding, more compassionate. Pat recognizes that her granddaughter might be better off without autism, but her family wouldn't necessarily be better off. "She doesn't need to change for us," Pat says.
Not that anyone, including Pat, would want a loved one to have cancer or autism. But the clouds of illness and disability come, not infrequently, with silver linings.
Some people, like Pat and Thom, are optimistic by nature. "We're not cavalier," Pat says. "We just feel the best will happen instead of the worst." Even after learning of his poor prognosis, Pat says of Thom: "His glass isn't half full — it's overflowing." When I ask Pat to describe what she and Thom are going through, she mentions the superb medical care he's gotten, and even expresses gratitude. "Unlike those that are stricken with an unexpected death," Pat says, "we have been able to make plans."
Not everyone can maintain such equanimity, but doing so may have tangible benefits. Several studies, including the Women's Health Initiative, have suggested that people who have positive attitudes have decreased risk of heart disease and tend to live longer.
But it would be inaccurate and unfair to conclude that people who succumb to serious illness lack a healthy mind-set or aren't "fighters." As Columbia psychologist Richard P. Sloan wrote in a 2011 New York Times op-ed, "The incessant pressure to be positive imposes an enormous burden on patients whose course of treatment doesn't go as planned."
For people dealing with a long-term illness or disability, a silver lining may involve more than a positive attitude. What starts out as a calamity becomes woven into a person's identity, and their family's — and sometimes even enriches them.
My colleague Margie, a nurse practitioner, has a sister, Anne, who was born with Down syndrome. Now that Margie's parents have died, she and two of her sisters are Anne's guardians. Margie and these two sisters, who live far apart, regularly drive together for four hours from Boston to the community where Anne lives with others who have Down syndrome. During that drive the siblings have more intimate conversations than in the occasional phone call they'd have shared as more typical adult siblings with busy lives.
"The trust with each other is so great," Margie told me of the effect of this ritual. "The sibling rivalry is gone and it's a wonderful time with one another to talk about spouses, work, and ourselves. It also allows us to sort of empty out ourselves to be ready to focus on Annie once we arrive. And she's so joyous. Huge hugs and smiles."
Lately, since Anne has developed Alzheimer's (a common complication of Down syndrome), Margie and her sisters are thinking about what their relationship would be without Anne. "We talk about what it will be like when she passes away and we don't make these epic car rides, how much we will miss all that takes place during our drive and perhaps we should continue to schedule at least twice a year get-togethers with just us sisters."
I understand how Margie and her sisters feel.
A few years ago, my mother had a small stroke that obliterated her short term memory and affected her speech. Mom had always been a super-organized person — someone once asked her, half-jokingly, if she was the lady who invented Post Its. There were few things she enjoyed more than sitting at her computer, paying bills, tracking investments, and answering e-mails. When she had the stroke, she became incapable of these activities. A great raconteur, Mom now couldn't speak fluently. Our family worried about whether these losses would devastate her.
But a strange thing happened. For several days after the stroke, my mother became extraordinarily calm. She seemed to have no recollection of the computer we thought she'd miss, or of anything other than what was happening in the moment. I have never seen anyone so present.
During this time, I took her to a botanical garden. Mom had always favored the luxuriant English style of plantings but that day, to my surprise, she wanted to linger in the Zen garden: an expanse of tidily raked stones punctuated by a few Bonsai. We sat there under the hot sun for what seemed to me an uncomfortably long while. Then Mom turned to me and said the most consecutive words she'd uttered since her stroke: "Don't spend your life on nonsense," she told me, smiling. "Don't waste your time." Then she turned back to the stones and we sat some more.
I often think of that bright morning in the garden. I think how to make sense of this: One of the most purely wonderful moments I ever shared with my mother was made possible by an event I wish had never happened.
Dr. Suzanne Koven is a primary care internist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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text: For the second part of this three part series of posts touching on DIY/alternative cultural practices in Osaka, Japan, I spoke to artist Kaori Yoshikawa who set up Noooooooooooo Kitty last year with her teammate Snoo. Noooooooooooo Kitty is an artist-run gallery and events space that they opened following the closure of their previous space, named Bar Kitty. The latter was located in the suburbs south of Osaka, while Noooooooooooo Kitty is located in the Baika area in the west (around the corner from Go Tsushima's home/studio, who I interviewed in the first part of this series). Over the past few years Baika and its surroundings have become popular for artists and musicians, and a number of small galleries and live venues are also located there. In this way a certain informal cultural community appears to have developed in this area, which Noooooooooooo Kitty is now part of and benefits from in various ways. In this interview Kaori goes into detail about their motivations for the move to Baika, and how Snoo and her artistic practices are reflected in their plans for Noooooooooooo Kitty.


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Hawkeye Politicians Finally See Some Opportunity in 2014 | Farm Team
Open congressional seats don't come around often in Iowa.
So when Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced his decision to retire in 2014 after five terms, patient members of the Hawkeye State's farm team unleashed their ambitions.
Four Republicans jumped into the contest, including David Young, chief of staff to Iowa Republican Sen. Charles E. Grassley; conservative radio talk show host Sam Clovis; former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker; and attorney Paul Lundby. Another Republican is also considering entering the race: state Sen. Joni Ernst, who Republicans say would like a shot as the first female member from Iowa.
For the Democrats, Rep. Bruce Braley announced early that he would leave the 1st District to seek Harkin's seat. His Senate bid presents another rare opportunity for movement on the Hawkeye State's political bench.
So far, two Democrats have announced they will run for Braley's House seat: state Rep. Patrick Murphy, who served as state speaker from 2007 to 2011, and Monica Vernon, a city councilwoman from Cedar Rapids.
But local Democrats say several others are considering bids in the 1st District, one of the strongest parts of the state for the party. Other potential Democratic candidates include:
• State Senate President Pam Jochum.
• State Rep. Anesa Kajtazovic, a Bosnian immigrant who fled the war-torn country at the age of 10. Local Democrats called Kajtazovic a "remarkable" woman whose compelling life story and ambition make her a strong candidate if she decides to run.
• State Rep. Tyler Olson, who Democrats say is also considering a run for governor.
For Iowans, these two open seats seem like a lot of opportunity. But it pales in comparison to the political pandemonium that could have happened this cycle.
Both GOP Reps. Tom Latham and Steve King toyed with seeking Harkin's seat, and some local GOP operatives believed both might run. As a result, three of Iowa's four House districts could have hosted open-seat races in 2014.
But both Latham and King declined bids for Senate, halting the ambitions of local Republicans eyeing their seats.
"Those dominoes were set up," one Republican operative said. "All King or Latham had to do was ping the first one, and the floodgates would have opened."
There might be more opportunity in 2016, when Grassley will decide whether to seek re-election or retire after six terms. Latham or King would be top candidates for Grassley's seat if he retires.
Local Republicans named several politicians who might eye their House seats in that case.
These Republicans could run in Latham's 3rd District:
• Former Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn, also a former chief of staff to Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.
• State Rep. Peter Cownie from Polk County.
• State Sen. Jack Whitver, a former starter on Iowa State University's football team.
These Republicans could run in the 4th District:
• State Rep. Chip Baltimore, who one Republican operative said had met with the National Republican Congressional Committee before King declined a Senate bid.
• State Sen. Bill Anderson, a former King and Grassley staffer who was also planning to run had King sought the Senate seat.
• State Sen. Randy Feenstra, who is from the most conservative part of the district.
On the Democratic side, operatives said former governor and current Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack might eye Grassley's seat in 2016, regardless of whether the senator tries for another term.
Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, was also mentioned as a potential candidate for Senate if Grassley leaves. Whenever Loebsack leaves the 2nd District, Democrats described former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack as an obvious contender for his seat.
Vilsack unsuccessfully challenged King in the redrawn 4th District last cycle, but she hails from the 2nd District. Operatives said she could clear a primary field if she were to decide to run.
Democratic operatives also touted former state Sen. Staci Appel in the 3rd District.
In any case, Democrats hope the women on their bench ascend to Congress either this cycle or next.
"We've got this horrendous record of not electing a woman as governor or in Congress," said Sue Dvorsky, former chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party. "It's only us and Mississippi who hold that distinction, and it's disturbing for us on multiple levels."
Farm Team is a state-by-state look at the up-and-coming politicos who may eventually run for Congress. The column runs on Thursdays.


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Mark Suster keeps knocking the cover off the ball with his posts about the startup ecosystem. Here's a key passage from his latest:
The fact is that most people lack the willingness, ability or nerve to start a company from the very beginning with just an idea or a desire to start a company. These same people will join you and your one other co-founder (maximum) 6 months later when you've established the company, done your Powerpoint deck, built a prototype or product and started fund raising discussions. They'll happily join for 5% or less and they'll have options and not stock. That's the difference between a founder and a non-founder. You're the one who gets paid extra rewards for taking the extra risk and more importantly taking the initiative.
As I've remarked before, being a founder generally adds an extra zero to your shareholdings. They key is your own risk perception and tolerance.
If you think starting a company from scratch is really hard, you're unlikely to take the leap, regardless of the rewards. Thanks to a decade of experience as a founder, I view starting a company as a relatively low-risk process. Remember, focus on what's easy for you, but hard for others. Either that, or I'm just pathologically optimistic (also a good possibility).
When I start a company, my internal calculation is as follows:
1) Going without salary for 6 months
2) Working A LOT
1) 10X as much stock
2) Getting to tell people that you're a founder (sounds great at parties!)
Bottom line, if you have low expenses and you like to work, being a founder is a pretty compelling deal.*
* Note that I ignored my own advice to join PBworks. In that case, I saw a unique opportunity to work with old friends on both the management and VC side, and the chance to bringing in a number of other old friends to beef up the management team. Sometimes, the chance to have fun and work with great people (while tackling a billion-dollar idea in a hot space) is enough to override the usual considerations.


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John Bulunbulun
Born: Maningrida, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia 1946
Died: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia 18 Apr 2010
Language group: Ganalbingu, Arnhem region
'These paintings are my Dreaming, and all the animals here are part of my Dreaming. There is the long-neck turtle … He is the most important one because it was him who made my country and my people.'
John Bulunbulun lived with his wife's family at Wurdeja, not far from the Blyth River in the Northern Territory. He was a member of the Ganalbingu clan, and one of the most important singers and ceremonial men in the northern part of central Arnhem Land. His traditional homeland lies in the Arafura Swamp area. Taught painting by his father, Bulunbulun painted continuously since 1970, having his first solo exhibition at the Hogarth Galleries, Sydney in 1981. He received considerable publicity in 1989 when he took successful action against a Queensland T-shirt maker for illegally reproducing one of his works,a landmark case in Aboriginal intellectual property rights.
Guwaynang, the long-necked freshwater turtle, is an especially important animal in the cosmology of Bulunbulun's home-land and was the artist's own spiritual emblem. Journey of the Guwaynang, 2000, depicts three guwaynang travelling across their country. These animals have a number of simultaneous identities: in different stories, they are male, female or sisters. The Guwaynang story is also analogous to the more widely known ancestral history of the two Djang'kawu Sisters, who created much of the landscape in eastern Arnhem Land.
In Journey of the Guwaynang, Bulunbulun refers to the ancestral sisters travelling through country that contains two water-holes, shown as black circles. The bottom half of the painting refers to Bulunbulun's own Ganalbingu country, where the sisters began their journey. The thin yellow bar across the lower section represents a log at a place called Junggibarparnyamurru, which the Ganalbingu people consider to be extremely sacred. One of the sisters, shown as the yellow turtle, went on to create the country belonging to other Ganalbingu-speaking clans; the other sister created the Wurlaki-speaking clans and their country. The differences in colour and pattern of the three turtles reflect the changes in language that the Sisters instigated, and the black lines framing each turtle refer to their tracks. The turtles are depicted against a background of crosshatching and fine stripes, both wavy and straight, representing water grass. This painting displays Bulunbulun's distinctive use of white pigment and his individual style of crosshatching, which creates an overall shimmering effect.
Steven Miller in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2014


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Puppy, designed by Eero Aarnio for Magis, is 100% classic Aarnio – precise and functional but far from straight-faced. Shaped like a small dog, Puppy is a sculpture, a toy as well as a small stool, whatever your imagination wants it to be. Besides the children's room, Puppy brings joy in other rooms of the house, too. Puppy is part of Magis' Me Too collection consisting of furniture and accessories that inspire children's imagination and creativity. Made of durable polyethylene, Puppy is suitable also for outdoor plays.
The Christmas edition Puppy is a special release for the 2022 holiday season. Decorated with red splashes, this festive Puppy is available for a limited time only.


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The Sustainable Forest Development Minor Subdivision received final plat approval Tuesday afternoon, further paving the way for Renewable Forest Energy, LLC to develop the site near the airport.
The "green light" needed for RFE to develop the site came in two decisions at Tuesday's meeting of the Archuleta County Board of County commissioners.
The first of those decisions granted the project the variance needed to subdivide the 37-acre parcel into three, smaller lots.
Because the property is zoned Agricultural Ranching, the minimum lot size in the county's land use code is 35 acres.
The second decision subdivided the 37-acre lot into the smaller lots, in the form of the final plat for the Sustainable Forest Development Minor Subdivision.
In discussing the requests, County Planner Cindy Schultz said there were two options for creating the smaller lots — the variance or rezoning the property to industrial.
Because the property's anticipated forestry uses (a sawmill and biomass gasification plant, for example) are consistent with the existing agricultural zoning and because the neighboring properties are primarily large-tract residential, Schultz said staff supported the variance as the preferred alternative.
In a later interview, owner J.R. Ford said the sawmill is currently being shipped to the site, though some permits and final approval have yet to be obtained.
Ford anticipates the sawmill will be functional by the end of the year.
As far as the biomass gasification power plant is concerned, Ford said he is still in negotiations for the plant and a best-case scenario would see the plant on site by the end of 2013, with a more likely timeline falling in mid 2014.
But, while there may only be piles of wood chips at the site, ready to fuel the gasification plant, the project is not sitting idle.
Ford said logging to remove root-rot trees at Williams Campground began last week and a Chris Mountain Stewardship Project is expected to be underway in mid to late October.


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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.
- Celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina comes out as gay in a new essay that he refers to as a "lost chapter" of his 2011 memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place. In Kenya, sex between men is punishable by up to 14 years in prison, though some gay-rights advocates say the law is rarely enforced. In the autobiographical story, Wainaina imagines telling his mother that he is gay. He writes, "I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five." In a video released Tuesday, he says he came out as gay because of the death of a gay friend whose family was kicked out of their church while trying to hold a memorial service for him. Wainaina told Global Post that he was also inspired by recent anti-gay legislation in Nigeria and Uganda: "There was the anti-gay bill in Uganda first, but the Nigeria one! Nigeria is a country I go to — I was there three times last year — it is a place I love, it's like a second home to me." Wainaina is the founder of the literary journal Kwani? and the winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing.
- Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea, who fell from grace after parts of the book turned out to be fabricated, talked to the Today Show's Tom Brokaw in an interview broadcast Tuesday. Mortenson told Brokaw, "I stand by the stories. The stories happened, but ... not in the sequence or the timing." He added, "I always have operated from my heart. I'm not a really head person. And I really didn't factor in the very important things of accountability, transparency."
- Six finalists for the Costa short story award were chosen from more than 1,400 stories, which the judges read without knowing the identity of the authors. The writers Angela Readman and Sheila Llewellyn have both been chosen for the second year running. The other finalists are Tony Bagley, Clare Chandler, Erin Soros and Kit de Waal.
- The Believer interviews Sudanese writer and editor Mamoun Eltlib, who says the repression of Sudanese artists and writers has destroyed the country's Arabic literature: "You don't feel it's a living language; you just feel it's like a dead language, a bloody language."
- Tom Rachman reports on the evolution of Oxford English Dictionary. He quotes associate editor Peter Gilliver ("who once spent nine months revising definitions for the word "run"), who says that with the advent of the Internet, "we can hear everything that's going on in the world of English for the last 500 years, and it's deafening."
- Ben Marcus tells The Atlantic about his love for Kafka: "I read, and as I read I find myself rearranged and transported and moved, as if I've swallowed a little pill. I love sentences that instantly hit my bloodstream and derange me."
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.


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Contestants must answer questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine that releases tokens worth thousands of pounds. Dropping the tokens down a choice of four shoots, they hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf - and the more they collect, the greater the prize fund. The player who has won the least amount of money is then eliminated, and this continues round by round, until only one player remains. When only one player is remaining, the player is given a special coin which is dropped into the machine. The aim is to get the coin back out of the machine in order to win £10,000. Any coins which drop in the process of trying to get the special coin out are counted, as before, as £50 apiece and should the player not manage to remove the special coin, they will be able to choose whether to keep the money they have accumulated or gamble in order to try three more times to remove...
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Welcome Tashi Delek!
A genuine smile brings joy!
ENERABLE LAMA LOSANG SAMTEN has been sharing teachings of loving-kindness, joy and compassion, as well as the path to enlightenment for almost 30 years. Losang lived and studied over 20 years in the Namgyal Monastery (the monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) earning the highest degree attainable at the monastery, equivalent to a doctoral degree in the West. He also became a Master of Ritual Dance and Sand Mandalas and was the Personal Attendant to His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama prior to moving to the United States in 1988. Ven. Losang Samten is one of the Mandala Masters who created the first public sand mandala in the West in 1988. He is the spiritual director of several Buddhist Centers in North America, with a home base currently in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – the City of Brotherly Love.
Ven. Losang Samten has led an illustrious career creating sacred sand mandalas that follow the ancient Buddhist tradition. These have been created in museums, universities, schools, community centers, and galleries throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Losang has received the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a PEW Fellowship, and two honorary doctoral degrees from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Maine College of Art. Losang played the role of the attendant to the young Dalai Lama in Martin Scorsese's film Kundun, where he also served as the religious technical advisor and sand mandala supervisor. Losang has written two books, one in Tibetan on the history of the Monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and one in English, Ancient Teachings in Modern Times: Buddhism in the 21st Century.
Losang embodies the qualities of loving-kindness, patience, and joy, which have touched the hearts of all those whom he meets.
Ancient Teachings in Modern Times: Buddhism in the 21st Century
by Ven. Losang Samten
When I first sat down to write I was only planning to draft a few pages to share at retreats in the United States and Canada. I am amazed that this simple idea developed into this lovely book that offers the essence of the teachings of the Buddha relevant to everyday life in the 21st century. Writing this book is a wonderful opportunity to share what I have learned from growing up in a Buddhist family, studying for 20 years in a monastery, and living for over 20 years and teaching in the West. Go here for more information and to buy this book.
The History of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Summer Residence, Leh Ladakh
This is a brief history of the summer residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: 'Garden of Peace'. The English translation begins on page 62. The book is best viewed on a desktop computer, or phone in horizontal mode.
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To follow Losang's travels and to see photos of his work, like him on his Facebook page.


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Maytag® Introduces New Brand Character, the Maytag Man
09 Jan, 2014, 09:21 ET
09 Jan, 2014, 09:21 ET
Advertising Icon Evolves into New Role as a Machine, Brings New Meaning to Dependability
TORONTO, Jan. 9, 2014 /CNW/ - Today, appliance manufacturer Maytag® launched an integrated marketing campaign introducing the new face of the brand, the Maytag Man. A transformation of the widely known and iconic Maytag Repairman, the Maytag Man now has a brand new role as the machine. He will greet consumers as a Maytag® appliance, the human embodiment of the brand's core values of reliability, durability and power.
"No longer is our brand character sitting idle, lamenting his boredom due to Maytag brand's legendary inability to breakdown," said James Oh, vice president of marketing at Whirlpool Canada. "The Maytag Man is now the actual machine, symbolizing the reliability, durability and power that Maytag® appliances are known for."
While the iconic blue suit and hat remain, the Maytag Man has an entirely new purpose. He is the machine - nestled in the kitchen baking a turkey, potatoes and mini cupcakes to perfection as a large-capacity double oven. He is tucked under the counter, cutting through hard-to-scrub grease as a Maytag® Jetclean® dishwasher with PowerBlast™ cycle and the most powerful motor on the market.*
Outside of the kitchen, the Maytag Man is eliminating tough stains with Maytag brand's PowerWash® high-efficiency system, providing the best cleaning in the industry.** He performs each task that an appliance would perform - cleaning and washing with the diligent focus, effort and dependability that a Maytag® appliance employs.
"The Maytag Man is a creative interpretation of our motto, 'What's Inside Matters®,' illustrating all the human and relatable virtues that exist inside appliances - performance, dependability, power," said Oh. "We want to recognize and draw a connection to individuals who work with strength, resilience and persistence, just like our appliances, to get the job done."
The character will come to life through a series of videos that depict him as the machine, performing the duties that any dependable Maytag® machine would to keep a household running smoothly. The videos portray the Maytag Man physically representing and speaking as the appliances - from holding a variety of foods and "running" in place as a refrigerator to scrubbing dirty dishes, crouched where a dishwasher would typically reside. The character's matter-of-fact helpfulness, humourous quips and dependable, machine-like behavior aim to depict Maytag brand's key attributes of reliability, durability and power.
As part of the multi-million dollar campaign across North America that will support current and new product launches for 2014 kitchen and laundry appliances, people across the country will be introduced to this new character in a variety of ways during the year. The Maytag Man will be featured in a Canadian national television advertisement launching mid-April, and viewable online beginning January 23 on YouTube and on www.Maytag.ca.
He'll also be promoted through interactive digital elements and support with the Maytag Canada Facebook page and Twitter presence beginning January 23 at www.facebook.com/MaytagCanada and @Maytag_CA respectively. In addition to interacting with fans via the brand's Canadian Facebook page, he'll be reaching them in stores nationwide beginning June 2014.
For more information on the Maytag Man and all of Maytag brand's appliances, please visit www.Maytag.ca.
*Among leading brands
**Based on a 20 lb. load, among leading front load brands, PowerWash® cycle vs. comparable cycles and default settings
About Maytag Brand
For more than a century, Maytag brand appliances have been synonymous with dependability and durability. Through the commitment of Whirlpool Corporation, Maytag brand's enduring tradition of quality production and performance continues to thrive. Exceptionally durable, commercial-grade components are found in many Maytag brand appliances - including Maytag® Maxima® front-load and Maytag® Bravos® top-load washers and dryers. Maytag brand is part of the Whirlpool Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of approximately $18 billion in 2010, 71,000 employees, and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. For more information on any Maytag brand appliance, visit www.Maytag.ca
Image with caption: "Maytag introduces the new Maytag Man bringing "What's Inside Matters" motto to life. Iconic figure embodies brand pillars of dependability, reliability, and power. (CNW Group/Maytag)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20140109_C7727_PHOTO_EN_35405.jpg
SOURCE: Maytag
For further information:
Talina Titizian
Maytag Brand
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Cassie Prosper
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How to Set Featured Image in WordPress 3.5 or Later
Setting the featured image changed just a bit with the upgrade to 3.5 and later. I've gotten several questions about how to set the featured image in WordPress 3.5 so I'm sharing for all in 3 Easy Steps.
1. Edit Your Post
Edit your post and on the bottom right there should be a link to "Set Featured Image". (see below).
2. Choose Your Image
Usually, the featured image you want to use will already have been uploaded to the page. So select "Uploaded to this Post". If no images are uploaded yet, you can use the next screen to upload as well.
Once You have found your image or uploaded it. Select it with a click and then click "Set Featured Image". (see below).
3. Save Your Changes
Don't forget to click update when you are back on the edit post page to save your changes.
That's' it!


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Athens, Ga. – Ten University of Georgia students and alumni received graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation to conduct research while working on their master's and doctoral degrees. The awards provide students with up to $126,000 during a five-year period to conduct research in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Eleven students and alumni also received honorable mentions.
This year's Fellows include:
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Cameron Brown, of Savannah, Ga., earned a bachelor of science in chemistry from UGA. He is now a doctoral candidate at Duke University, where he is working in the emerging field of mechanochemistry. Brown's research looks to use nanotechnology and chemical science to develop materials that strengthen under stress.
With an undergraduate degree in psychology from UGA, Kao-Wie Chua is now in his second year of the doctoral program in cognition and cognitive neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. The Johnson City, Tenn. native studies how people recognize and remember faces. His work has applications for the treatment of autism and other disorders.
Caitlin Elizabeth Conn, of Port Royal, Penn., earned a bachelor of science in biology at Penn State. While there, she co-authored a paper in a refereed journal that described a new skink species found living in the Caribbean. Now pursuing a doctoral degree in genetics at UGA, she studies how parasitic plants perceive their proximity to a host. Her research may be useful in combatting plants that attack various crop species around the world.
Chelsea Cunard, of Warren, R.I., earned her bachelor's degree in ecology at the University of New Hampshire. Now working in UGA's department of plant biology, she is investigating if and how invasive plants, particularly Japanese stiltgrass, gradually integrate with native species. The research could point to strategies to protect ecosystems threatened by invasive species.
Caitlin Ishibashi, of Camarillo, Calif., earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Pepperdine University. At UGA she studies sunflower leaf trait evolution and plans to use genetics and physiology to discover potential tradeoffs in plant performance-in particular, why some plants are slow growing and long-lived, while others are fast-growing but short-lived.
Uma Jyothi Nagendra, of New Orleans, La., double-majored in biology and comparative literature at Swarthmore College. She is now pursuing a doctoral degree at UGA in plant biology. A UGA Presidential Graduate Fellow, she is studying how tornadoes affect soil organisms in Southern Appalachian forests. Her research will help land managers better understand the potential long-term effects of increased occurrences of tornadoes and other types of severe storms.
Odum School of Ecology
Before coming to UGA, Daniel Joseph Becker, of West Chester, Penn., earned a bachelor of art in anthropology at Bard College and worked at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the New York Academy of Sciences. At UGA he is examining how human activities such as farming and road construction in the Peruvian Amazon region affect the transmission of the rabies virus in vampire bats.
Doug Booher, of Dalton, Ga., earned a bachelor's degree in ecology at UGA and is now pursuing a doctorate at the University of California Los Angeles. Booher worked for 12 years running a company that salvaged architectural wood material for re-use, and implemented an outreach program for children through the Georgia Museum of Natural History. He is studying the ecology of North American dacetine ants.
Robert Daniel Harris, of the Drumkeerin area in County Leitrim, Ireland, majored in geology at the National University of Ireland Galway. At UGA he is looking at interactions between oysters and Spartina marsh grass, two species that benefit the environment through improving water quality and stabilizing shorelines. His research will help scientists predict future habitat changes engineered by these species, and aid in restoration efforts in coastal Georgia and neighboring states.
Carly Phillips, of Columbus, Ohio, earned a bachelor of science in biology at Occidental College. As a doctoral candidate at UGA, she studies the effects of shrub expansion across arctic tundra in order to learn how the interplay between plants and soil microbes affect the storage or release of carbon. Her research could help the scientific community better gauge the impact of climate change.
Honorable Mention
Honorable mention recipients do not get a stipend, but may conduct research for a full year using the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, the world's largest connected group of high-performance computers. Franklin College students awarded honorable mentions include: Donald Fischer and Melody Rhine, chemistry; Jonathan Hallemeier, anthropology; Arlana Henry, sociology; Karolina Heyduk, David Higgins and Laura Levin, plant biology; David Reynolds, biochemistry and molecular biology; and Kathleen Pieper, genetics.
Honorable mention students who earned bachelor degrees at UGA and are earning graduate degrees elsewhere are: Samuel Bryson, microbiology, Oregon State University; and Erin Giglio, evolutionary biology, University of Texas at Austin.


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New Graves in Manson Case -- Can You Dig It?
Charlie Manson and his hypnotized hippies have been locked up for decades, but there's a pretty shocking new development -- with the help of an eccentric prospector, authorities may have found hidden gravesites with other victims.
Location: Barker Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, CA, one of the secret places the Manson Family hid out during the late 60's. The prospector, Emmett Harder, who had dinner with Manson and the girls from time to time, led the search for graves. He guided lab researchers, an anthropologist and a cadaver-seeking dog to detect chemical markers of human remains.
Why the Big Deal: While awaiting trial, Family chick Susan Atkins told her cell mate there were "three people out in the desert that they done in." There were always rumors that the killing clan did in hitchhikers and runaways, none of whom were ever found.
What They Found: During the hunt, the dog suddenly laid down, quivered with his ears upright and began whining. One of the investigators used an instrument that can chemically detect buried human remains -- it began beeping at regular intervals, and as it approached the ground the beeping became a steady stream of sound. Authorities say they need to do more testing, but they may have found two grave sites and possibly an additional one.
Implications for Charlie and the Chicks (and Tex): Even if there are bodies, it's gonna be hard to pin it on the Family and particularly specific members. But you never know, especially if someone rats someone else out. With parole a possibility, it's not just at theoretical proposition.
Stay tuned.


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By Frederick William Thomas
"I was intimate with Poe's brother in Baltimore during the year 1828. He was a slim, feeble young man, with dark inexpressive eyes, and his forehead had nothing like the expansion of his brother's. His manners were fastidious. We visited lady acquaintances together, and he wrote Byron poetry in albums, which had little originality. He recited in private and was proud of his oratorical powers. He often deplored the early death of his mother, but pretended not to know what had become of his father. I was told by a lawyer intimate with the family that his father had deserted his mother in New York. Both his parents had visited Baltimore when he was a child, and they sent money from Boston to pay for his support."
[. . .]
"Henry Poe visited his brother in Richmond twice, the last time in 1825. He said Edgar had quarrelled with Mr. Allan after coming from college, about the small allowance of money he was receiving, and left him. He worked his own passage abroad in a vessel, reaching the metropolis of England after a rough voyage. There he met with disappointment in finding employment, and his funds being low proceeded to Paris, still hoping to find work. What money he had left was taken from him, with the exception of a sum sufficient to pay his passage back to London. Thus left without money and without friends he hurried back to England, where he took passage in a vessel for America, bound for a New England port."
[. . .]
"I removed to the country in 1829 and lost sight of Poe's brother. In 1831 I emigrated to Cincinnati, and for some years afterwards travelled through the West, along the Ohio and Mississippi. On one of these trips of pleasure from Pittsburg to New Orleans in a first-rate steamer, I made the acquaintance of an interesting character named James Tuhey, belonging to the steamer's crew. He possessed more than ordinary musical ability and was especially proficient with the flute. I would sit with him for hours in a quiet corner and listen to his sailor lore. He observed my manuscript as I was writing to a Cincinnati newspaper and wanted to know if I was writing poetry. I told him no. He replied that so much manuscript reminded him of a Baltimore acquaintance named Poe. I thought at once that he had reference to Henry Poe, but soon found that it was Edgar A. Poe he knew. I also learned that Tuhey lived at Fells Point in Baltimore, when I left there, and had only recently come out to the West. He was a native of Ireland. In Baltimore he had an acquaintance with a family named Cairnes. They were some connection of Poe's. At their house he often met Poe.
"Tuhey spoke of him as stopping alternately with one relative, and then another, but later on spending all his time with the widow, Mrs. Clemm. He wrote for the newspapers, but earned small pay. While living with the Cairnes, Poe made the acquaintance of Miss Deveraux, a dark-eyed beauty, whose parents came from Ireland. The family lived near the Cairnes residence and were intimate. They were often seen together and Poe wanted her to marry him at once. She was young and told her parents, who, with the Cairnes, interfered and broke off the affair. Poe became despondent after this and went with Tuhey in a sailing vessel to the coast of Wexford, Ireland, and back. It was on this trip that Tuhey had seen Poe's manuscript, which mine had recalled to his memory. Before leaving Baltimore in 1834, Tuhey said that he often met Poe at a house on Caroline Street near Wilkes, Fells Point. There Poe would sit in silence for hours listening to sailor stories of the sea, the only interruption being now and then a tune from Tuhey's musical flute."
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"I met Poe in Philadelphia during September, 1842. He lived in a rural home on the outskirts of the city. His house was small, but comfortable inside for one of the kind. The rooms looked neat and orderly, but everything about the place wore an air of pecuniary want. Although I arrived late in the morning Mrs. Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law, was busy preparing for his breakfast. My presence possibly caused some confusion, but I noticed that there was delay and evident difficulty in procuring the meal. His wife entertained me. Her manners were agreeable and graceful. She had well formed, regular features, with the most expressive and intelligent eyes I ever beheld. Her pale complexion, the deep lines in her face and a consumptive cough made me regard her as the victim for an early grave. She and her mother showed much concern about Eddie, as they called Poe, and were anxious to have him secure work. I afterwards learned from Poe that he had been to New York in search of employment and had also made effort to get out an edition of his tales, but was unsuccessful.
"When Poe appeared his dark hair hung carelessly over his high forehead, and his dress was a little slovenly. He met me cordially, but was reserved, and complained of feeling unwell. His pathetic tenderness and loving manners towards his wife greatly impressed me. I was not long in observing with deep regret that he had fallen again into habits of intemperance. I ventured to remonstrate with him. He admitted yielding to temptation to drink while in New York and turned the subject off by telling an amusing dialogue of Lucian, the Greek writer. We visited the city together and had an engagement for the following day. I left him sober, but he did not keep the engagement and wrote me that he was ill."
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"Poe kept up a continuous warfare upon Griswold in the Museum, poking fun at him, and alluding to him as Mr. Driswold of Graham's Magazine, in childish humor."
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"Poe sent me the notes for the Museum biography, but I evaded writing them. I told him afterwards that I knew more of his history than he had sent me. He was amused, and laughed the matter off by confessing that the story was intended to help the magazine project. I was confined to my room by sickness when Poe came to Washington early in 1843. He was sober when I saw him, but afterward in the company of old friends he drank to excess. My physician attended him for several days, and he suffered much from his indiscretion."
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"Poe stated that 'The Raven' was written in a day. The idea of having it appear anonymously was a whim of his, like Coleridge's publication of his 'Raven.' He afterwards thought it a mistake, and conceived the idea of having it introduced in Willis's paper with his name. Poe read all the older English poets with fondness, and his name of Quarles merely had reference in his mind to the old English poet."
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F. W. Thomas, who was conversant with many of Poe's as well as Mrs. Clemm's affairs, states that "Poe was never paid for the poem ["The Bells"] by Sartain's Union Magazine."
These recollections were intended for a volume of Poe's poems. Text taken from Whitty, 1911, pp. xxi, xxxi-xxxii, xxxiii-xxxv, xliii-xliv, xlv, xlvii, xlviii) [see also pp. 183, 195, 196, 209, 232, 233-234, 243] the notes are presumably from 1864-1866 since Whitty states that Thomas's death ended the projected edition and Thomas died in 1866.)
[S:0 - Whitty, 1911] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - A Poe Bookshelf - Recollections of Edgar A. Poe (F. W. Thomas, 1911)


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Interested teams can now order the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The gullwing model for the racetrack is being delivered on time for the coming motorsport season, starting in February 2011. The sales price is €334,000(net) / €397,460 (incl. 19% VAT). Developed in accordance with the GT3 regulations of the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile), the SLS AMG GT3 is designed as a customer sports car for sprint and endurance races. These races for GT cars which are similar to their roadgoing counter-parts have diversified starting fields and are always filled with excitement. They are becoming increasingly important on the world stage, not least thanks to their relatively inexpensive cost structure. The development and testing programme for the SLS AMG GT3 is proceeding as planned. Bernd Schneider, who has been a Mercedes-Benz works driver for many years and has won more DTM championship titles than any other driver, is at the wheel for the bulk of the test drives, which started in June. The first competitive action for the car, as part of the testing programme, will be in the VLN race at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife (North Loop) at the end of September.
Mercedes-Benz motorsport chief Norbert Haug:
"The Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 marks the beginning of a new era in Mercedes-Benz customer motorsport. This is an exciting and spectacular sports car for dedicated private teams and talented private drivers. AMG will work together with our tried-and-trusted sports and touring car partner HWA to put in place a motorsport customer department which will guarantee its motorsport customers hallmark Mercedes service."
Haug adds:
"I am very pleased that the demand for this new and unique competition car is so great – there are many more enquiries for orders than can initially be dealt with. But, have no fear, the production curve will be ramped up step by step so that all interested parties who are serious about the SLS AMG GT3 can be served successively."
The new SLS AMG GT3 is an emphatic continuation of AMG's commitment to motorsport. AMG has been a pioneer in the motorsport world ever since its foundation in 1967. Ola Källenius, Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-AMG GmbH:
"With the SLS AMG GT3, AMG is once again showing its vast experience gained in over 40 years of motorsport and its high expertise when it comes to developing unique, high-performance vehicles."
The new racing version of the SLS AMG is developed and produced by AMG in close cooperation with HWA AG. HWA is responsible for the development and deployment of the AMG-Mercedes DTM racing team on behalf of and in constant consultation with Mercedes-Benz Motorsport. The HWA team is one of the most successful in international motorsport, as proved by nine driver championships in the DTM and ITC, as well as two championship titles in the FIA GT series.No other brand has won nearly as many DTM races and DTM-titles as AMG‑Mercedes.
Interested racing teams can use the new SLS AMG GT3 in all race series in accordance with the FIA GT3 regulations, for example the FIA GT3 European Championship, the ADAC GT-Masters and the endurance championship organised by the VLN (Association of Nürburgring Endurance Cup Organisers, with 10 motorsport clubs) as well as the 24-hour races at the Nürburgring or Spa‑Francorchamps (Belgium).
Spectacular racing-car looks
The GT3 variant marks a further enhancement of the puristic design of the SLS AMG with its long bonnet, a flat greenhouse positioned a long way back and a short rear end. Body modifications make the gullwing model even more spectacular. Here the focus was on aerodynamic performance – as is seen not only in the new front apron with a splitter, the bonnet with its central cooling air vent and the wider front and rear wings, but also in the side wheel arch air vents, the sideskirts with cooling ducts for the rear brakes, the smooth underbody with a rear diffuser and the adjustable rear aerofoil. All these features ensure a low drag coefficient and excellent aerodynamic efficiency – while guaranteeing effective cooling of the thermally highly stressed components. The C-pillars accommodate the standardised filler pipes for the fast-refuel system.
The FIA will determine the maximum output of the AMG 6.3-litre V8 front-mid engine with dry sump lubrication on the "Balance of Performance" principle. This is intended to ensure that all the racing cars taking part have an equal chance. The classification process, during which the kerb weight is also determined, will be completed in spring 2011. Power transmission in the GT3 variant is by a sequential six-speed racing transmission with steering wheel shift paddles, an integrated multi-disc locking differential and traction control. As in the standard SLS AMG, the transmission is located at the rear axle: the engine and transmission are connected by a torque tube within which a carbon-fibre shaft rotates at the engine speed, as in the roadgoing version. The transaxle design ensures favourable weight distribution as well as optimising handling and traction.
In a system that is largely the same as the one used in the roadgoing cars, the wheels are located by a double-wishbone suspension of forged aluminium at the front and rear. Adjustment facilities for the springs and shock absorbers, the suspension height, the stabilisers, the track width and camber allow an individual setup for the racetrack. Rack-and-pinion steering with a more direct ratio and servo assistance make for extremely agile handling. Behind the central-locking AMG 18-inch light-alloy wheels, a steel racing braking system with racing ABS ensures outstanding deceleration. The airjack system integrated in the underbody allows fast wheel changes.
Functional racing car atmosphere, exemplary safety level
A functional racing car atmosphere dominates the interior of the SLS AMG GT3: like the standard-production gullwing model, the racing version features a dashboard in the shape of a powerful wing section to give the impression of width. The steel roll cage offers a high level of safety for the driver as well as further stiffening the aluminium spaceframe.
In a set-up similar to that of the Mercedes-Benz DTM vehicles, the seat shell is located in a high-strength carbon-fibre (CFRP) safety cell. Thanks to its special form, the safety cell, which is bolted to the roll cage and the aluminium spaceframe, offers far greater protection for the driver's shoulders, hips and legs. The seat shell is individually foam-padded, features the HANS (Head and Neck Support) system, and is equipped with a six-point seat belt, thus maximising occupant safety. In conjunction with the 120-litre CFRP safety tank with inner bladder positioned on the rear axle and the optimised fire extinguisher system, the SLS AMG GT3 provides an exemplary level of safety that is unmatched by any other current GT3 car.
The central display is ideally positioned within the driver's field of vision and provides all the relevant information such as track speed, engine rpm, operating temperatures, lap times and gear selection. The racing steering wheel with shift paddles for gear changes allows perfect control of the vehicle. Additional controls are located on the centre console. Here the driver can start the AMG V8 engine and adjust the traction control as well as engage reverse gear or – if the worst comes to the worst – activate the integrated fire extinguisher system. Brake balance adjustment is also possible.
Testing programme with Bernd Schneider started in June 2010
Development of the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 is proceeding on schedule; the testing programme began on the Lausitz Eurospeedway in June 2010. Bernd Schneider (46) – who has been a Mercedes-Benz works driver for many years and is also an AMG brand ambassador – and Thomas Jäger (33) were brought on board as test drivers. With five DTM titles, one ITC championship and one FIA GT championship to his name, Bernd Schneider is one of the most successful German racing drivers. Thomas Jäger is the reigning Porsche Carrera Cup (Germany) champion, and drove in DTM for Mercedes-Benz between 2000 and 2003. This season he is lining up in the ADAC GT-Masters (Germany).
For Bernd Schneider, who will be doing the bulk of the test driving, developing a basic setup is a top priority.
"The SLS AMG has excellent genes for being successful in motor racing. Even on my first fast laps at the Lausitz Eurospeedway, it was obvious that the GT3 version of the gullwing model has just what it takes to be a big hit on the racetrack. The combination of optimum weight distribution, a low centre of gravity, a powerful AMG V8 engine and efficient aerodynamics already indicates that the SLS AMG GT3 will be very competitive."
First competitive action in the VLN race on the Nürburgring Nordschleife
As well as being tried out at the Lausitz Eurospeedway and the Sachsenring circuit, the SLS AMG GT3 is also being tested on the Nürburgring Nordschleife – under realistic racing conditions. On top of the pure testing and tuning drives, the gullwing model will taking part in its first races in the VLN endurance championship later this year.
The extensive development and testing program focuses on various suspension settings, engine mappings, tyre mixes and aerodynamics configurations. In addition to this, the complete package has to prove its durability and serviceability. At the same time, the AMG 6.3-litre V8 engine and the six-speed racing transmission with sequential gearshift are being run on the test stations at HWA AG. Plus the entire vehicle is being tested on a driving-dynamics test station.
Teams can count on service and replacement parts
Mercedes-AMG and HWA will also be assisting the teams with service and replacement parts within Europe. The concept for the 2011 European motorsport season envisages offering comprehensive support in the three key championships and the major 24-hour races involving the SLS AMG GT3. A 24-hour replacement-part service and a technical hotline will be available for all other races and test drives.