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As Brad Pitt continued shooting World War Z at Longcross Studios outside London, his love Angelina Jolie found just the thing to keep their six kids happy, entertained...and tuckered out!
On Saturday, Jolie, 36, dazzled her brood -- Maddox, 10, Pax, 7, Zahara, 6, Shiloh, 5, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 3 -- with something special in the garden of their rented home in London's Richmond neighborhood.
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"All of the kids were in the garden to play and she surprised them with a local group of children's entertainers," a source tells Us Weekly of the sunny day.
"Think juggling, game organising, races, that type of thing."
Jolie's treat was just the trick for Shiloh and the gang, the source adds. "The kids laughed and screamed all day. They were exhausted by the time the troupe left!"
PHOTOS: Angie's style evolution
Sounds like Jolie has made peace with her man Pitt's epic shoot in the UK for the zombie flick -- which had her contemplating making a break for it to the U.S. last month.
PHOTOS: Angelina's parallel life with another movie legend
"She's not pleased being at home while he's on set," another source told Us earlier this summer. "These are the longest hours he's spent on a set in a while, so it's just her and the kids with not much to do."
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Los Angeles A moderate earthquake rocked the Los Angeles region late Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of any major injuries or damage.
The magnitude-4.7 quake hit at 8:39 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, near Inglewood, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was followed minutes later by at least three smaller aftershocks, with the largest registering at magnitude-3.1.
The quake jiggled the greater Los Angeles region for about 10 to 15 seconds and was felt as far south as San Diego, said USGS seismologist Susan Hough.
"This was a serious jolt. It was probably felt within 100 miles," Hough said.
The shaking was most intense in the coastal communities south of the Los Angeles International Airport. Some residents said books and other items were knocked off the shelves. However, people who live north of downtown Los Angeles either felt a light shake or nothing at all.
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Usher plays the guitar and slaps Nicki Minaj on her a$$ during VMA performance of She Came To Give it to You. Missed it? Well watch the recap below.
Usher — a true VMA veteran — stirred up anticipation for his upcoming studio album with the third VMA performance of his two-decade career.
This time around, Usher Raymond IV enlisted a fellow superstar to share the spotlight. Nicki Minaj brought some extra swag to the stage as the pair performed the single "She Came To Give It To You."
After a rousing introduction from the stars of Orange Is the New Black, Usher hit the stage, decked out in all white and ready to dance. A similarly-dressed backing band helped the master entertainer strut through the funky new song, though the performance hit its peak when Nicki Minaj took the mic. Usher proved he truly was "all about that bass," doing a little bit of bump 'n grind next to Nicki while he played an actual bass guitar.
For her guest verse, Minaj finally got her wardrobe functioning properly, following a dicey situation as she opened the show alongside Ariana Grande and Jessie J, holding her top together with her hand. But it was smooth sailing through this performance, as Usher truly came to give it to the VMA crowd. Source: www.billboard.com
If you watched the MTV Video Music Awards live on television, you weren't watching them the right way.
MTV ran a handful of live action feeds online during the show that were more entertaining than the broadcast on television.
Audience camera two was a gold mine showing off Taylor Swift and Katy Perry's dance moves, Kim Kardashian's reaction to Jay Pharoah's impression of her husband Kanye West, and other musician's reactions to the performers of the night.
However the best reaction may have to go to Jennifer Lopez who clearly was not feeling Usher's performance at the VMAs.
The singer threw him shade not once, but twice during his performance.
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10 Reasons Star Trek Technology is Superior to Star Wars
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There's something to be said about the aesthetic of the blasters from Star Wars, but the truth is that the phasers of Star Trek are just a lot more useful. For one thing, they have a stun setting, meaning you can use them to apprehend someone without having to kill them. For another, they don't have that weird functionality where minor characters are instantly killed by a graze while heroes important to the story are simply tickled. Blasters are for killin', phasers are really an intergalactic multi-tool.


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More than 1,000 American women have been injured or killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 12 years. At long last, the government is giving them official permission to do so.
The decision by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to lift the ban on women serving in combat roles is the second historic, game-changing shift within the U.S. military in little more than a year. It follows on the heels of the decision to let homosexuals serve their country openly.
"First the gays, and now the broads," exulted one friend of mine, a former Navy officer, on her Facebook feed. "The military is going to hell in a handbasket, and I couldn't be happier."
What this means is that about 250,000 combat jobs that women were officially banned from are now open. And yes, it means that more women will be dying.
The fight for an equal right to serve on the front lines has been supremely righteous struggle. This was not a campaign for the corner office, the country club membership or the keys to the executive washroom. This was an argument to serve with equal risk and to acknowledge that if there is a draft, our moms, daughters, sisters and wives will likely be told to go, too.
And it underscores the idea that a man is no more expendable than a woman.
To understand why women in the military are cheering this move is to comprehend the absolute hypocrisy military women have faced for years.
Army Reserve Col. Ellen Haring, one of the women who filed a lawsuit last spring to open combat jobs to women, made it clear to me that the ban wasn't about protecting sacred XX creatures, givers of life. Her lawsuit amounted to a demand that women be given better odds at surviving combat situations, which they get into quite frequently.
According to a report last April by the Congressional Research Service, about 283,000 women have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. More than 800 have been injured and 139 have been killed.
Haring gave me the example of 1st Lt. Ashley White, a 24-year-old from Ohio who was embedded with an Army Ranger unit in Kandahar province in Afghanistan when she and two Rangers were killed by a roadside bomb.
White was with the unit because she could do things — such as frisk women in burqas — that men couldn't. "Women like her do this all the time," Haring explained, when we talked about her lawsuit on Memorial Day last spring.
And there were women in supply lines, drivers, techs — all killed in combat.
What made Haring furious was that the Army was going around the no-combat rule by attaching women to these units but not giving them the same combat training that men get.
And anyone who dares still to suggest — or even think — that women aren't tough enough for the job is completely delusional.
I was scared to death when I was late for an interview with now retired Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, a surgeon, pilot, wife and mother.
Cornum was sexually abused when she was taken prisoner during the Persian Gulf War. She was shot and captured after her helicopter was gunned down.
Her book, "She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story," recounts how she survived all that and describes how the men she was with all piled on top of her to save her from gunfire, pinning her to the helicopter floor and thus assuring she'd get shot.
Any American soldier would be lucky to have her close by in combat. (And she was pretty nice about me being late, too)
But beyond the practical aspect of Panetta's decision, acknowledging that which has already happened (See: "don't ask, don't tell"), there is the symbolic, final cracking of one of the world's largest glass ceilings and one of the last male bastions. Well, sanctioned ones, at least.
It turns out, the greatest enemy that women face in the military is from within. The nation's three military academies reported in December record numbers of sexual assaults. Air Force officials likened the sexual assaults within their ranks to a "cancer."
And if anyone dare say that this increase is simply because there are now more women serving alongside the men, then we have much bigger problems than we ever imagined.
But then again, maybe that will also change once women get that combat training.
Petula Dvorak writes a column for the Washington Post.


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With its Distrowatch ranking falling faster than Man Utd now that Sir Alex Ferguson has departed, Ubuntu is no longer the all-conquering force that it was. So what's happened? Has it, in fact, lost it, or is there a more subtle game afoot? We answer this conundrum (sort of) in the latest Linux Format.
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A great fantasy race supplement for Savage Worlds, Dragon Men includes a bunch of new edges and hindrances, a list of race variants (Arcane, Ice, Mountain, Sand, Sea, Swamp, and Viper), stats for Dragon Man Scourge Armor, and a pair of templates for breath weapon. As with all of these Misfit supplements, this one is packed with lots of info, with no wasted space, and excellent full-color fantasy art.
If your Savage Worlds campaign has a place for dragon men, this product will have a wealth of useful material to do so. It provides a number of tools for crafting the specific type of dragon men you need in your campaign world.
Player Races: Dragon Men is a 6-page PDF for the Savage Worlds RPG written by Steven Trustrum and published by Misfit Studios. This is part of Misfit Studio's Officially Licenced Savage Worlds material.
The layout is primary traditional two columns with a few full color illustrations scattered throughout, and everything is clear and easily readable. A separate printer friendly file of the product is provided with all of the art replaced with black and white line art.
Dragon Men begins with an introduction to this product and it intentions, which is to present the dragon men as a playable race for Savage World in a loose format to be easily adapted to most campaign worlds.
The dragon men have a basic type and come in a variety of subtype based on the dragon from other Misfit Studio Monster Briefs but are mostly self explanatory. One new hindrance and a variety of ten 'breeding hindrances' which are more or less specific to the dragon men are provided (and taking at least one of the breeding hindrances is required by the dragon man package). One new combat edge and twenty-three (!) racial edges including breath weapons and more. Lastly there is a new armor type for the dragon men (Dragon Man Scourge armor) and two small cone templates round out the product.
Disclosure: As a featured reviewer for RPGNow/DriveThroughRPG, I received my copy of this product for free from the publisher for the purpose of this review.
Misfit Studios gives us another fantasy race for Savage Worlds. This time we have Dragonmen, humanoid dragons. The document is not large, but does exactly what it needs to do. Description of the race, point values as a race and ways to use them in your game.
Good product for the price.
On one hand, I am not a fan of "dragon men". On the other, this was apparently the runaway winner of a poll on the Misfit Studios blog about what race should get covered next, so there you go.
This is six pages on playing Dragon Men in Savage Worlds, who may or may not be directly descended from dragons.
Dragon Men, by default, gain flight, but they also gain "Breeding Hindrances"...a defect that the Dragon Man is born with. In addition to some of the common Hindrances, this can include having Thin Armor or blunt claws and teeth...or being unable to use their breath weapon without a Vigor roll first.
There are guidelines for Dragon Men variations based off of the dragons that have appeared in previous Misfit Studios Savage Worlds supplements as well.
A whopping 23 new Edges are present, which can tweak the PC's powers and abilities as desired, though some of them are "merely" Improved versions of other Edges.
The Small Cone Template makes an appearance here as a potential template for a Dragon Man's breath weapon (they can take on different shapes and sizes depending on the Edges purchased).
Finally, Dragon Man Scourge Armor is statted up.
I'm still not a HUGE fan of the idea of Dragon Men, but I cannot deny that this is an impressive amount of material, bringing a race in completely from scratch and dropping it alongside other Savage Worlds fantasy races, and still for the same $1.55 price tag.


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text: David Mullens wrote on Wednesday 04/27/94 asking for help on updating his Greek resources. He wants to (1)add to his Dana & Mantey, Machen, and Rienecker/Rogers, (2)know about computer programs, (3)know about Louw-Nida and semantic domains, and (4)about Friberg parsings and lemmas. I'll jump in on some of that, as a fellow Asbury alum! (1) For books to add to your collection: (a)You didn't mention a lexicon. Should I assume you have BAGD? And do you have the key for it that allows you to look up discussions relevant to a passage you are studying? (b)I make frequent use of Dana & Mantey but have supplemented it with James A. Brooks & Carlton L. Winbery (1979) "Syntax of New Testament Greek" University Press of America. Be sure to get the 1988 edition which is typeset; the earlier one is less readable. Be warned: They are also 8 case people. (c)I often read recommendations for James A. Hewett (1986) "New Testament Greek: A Beginning and Intermediate Grammar" from Hendrickson. Hewett says "Students who have already studied Greek for a year or so will find this to be an excellent tool for refurbishing and synthesizing prior knowledge and for acquiring materials ordinarily presented at the intermediate level of language study." I have it on my shelf to work through this year. (d)For a look at a fresh approach to a basic grammar of Greek, and one that may have some hints and helps for all of us whose memories keep slipping, look at William Mounce (1993) "Basics of Biblical Greek" from Zondervan. (e)I am finding greater and greater value in my copy of Wesley J. Perschbacher (1989) "Refresh Your Greek: Practical Helps for Reading the New Testament" from Moody. It's expensive but packed with helpful stuff. The grammar section in the back is a great aid and supplement to D&M (and he's a 5 case man). (f)And get Zerwick's Grammatical Analysis (overlaps somewhat with Rienecker but takes a basically different approach) and use it with his "Biblical Greek." (g)Okay, one more. Get Schmoller's Handkonkordanz (Bible Society). When I travel I take my UBS NT (not edition 4 yet--I can't abide that spidery scrawl!), Rienecker, and Schmoller. It may also be useful to know what to avoid. Don't spend money on Blass-Debrunner-Funk for a grammar. I know we are all supposed to admire it and it probably does have some useful stuff in it, but it is a *weird* book. It looks like a compilation of the random notes swept of someone's desk. (2) Computer stuff? Do you use Windows? If so, wait until Fall when GramCord will release (I hope) their Windows version of GramCord. It should be based on the approach they have taken for aCCordance (spelling?) their version for the Mac. I tried Bible Windows yesterday. It's powerful--and ugly and awkward. I'd avoid it. Check out Bible Works for Windows if you get a chance, but I haven't used it yet. What do others think? I also make regular use of Memcards (remember the fading memory problem?)--a great program. (3) Louw-Nida? I've not used their two volumes yet; someone else can help us there. (4) Barbara and Timothy Friberg produced the "Analytical Greek New Testament" in which each word is "tagged" with a code giving its complete grammatical analysis. And "lemma" seems to be the word used now for what we used to call (wrongly) "the root" or (better) "the dictionary entry" form. It's what you'd find as the entry in a lexicon. So Bible Windows gives a three line interlinear: the Greek text, the grammatical tag, and the lemma. Let's see what others suggest. I need to find more tools useful for students learning Greek via English but for whom English is not their first language. David Housholder, Marietta Georgia. 28 April 1994.


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Business Briefs
Area chambers set schedules Job fair deadline looming King's Inn hosts gift workshops Canned food drive events planned
Seniors rise to the occasion for 'Nutcracker' performance
Surrounded by sparkling costumes, magical sets and increasingly difficult choreography, four high school seniors take to the Mariner Theatre stage for the last time as dancers in the annual holiday production of "The Nutcracker."
Tale ties travel, romance
The Yukon River is huge, scenic and full of historic and economic significance. But it is so remote and daunting that few travelers ever see much of it.
What's Happening
Best Bet Events and Exhibits Entertainment Upcoming events Films Down the Road Anchorage events
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Stained glass classes offered Dance club seeks members Victorian Carolers set to sing Theater offering gallery space Storytellers wanted Quilting contest honors Arctic Winter Games Arts educator grants offered
Reader appreciates coverage
I would like to thank your paper and the reporter Hal Spence for the fine articles on Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor John Williams, in your paper over the last three days (Nov. 23-25).
Illinois students seeking help
Dear readers, We're a class of third-grade students in Gages Lake, Ill. We hope you will help us with our studies this year and send us a postcard from your town.
Spooky event a hit with kids
I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to the generosity of our community.
PTA sings praises of helpers
We, at Sterling Elementary, are amazed at the local support we have received from Sterling businesses helping us raise money for our future climbing wall.
War not fault of protesters or soldiers
A letter in the Nov. 18 Clarion criticizes the display of 2,000 small yellow (not green) flags at the Soldotna Park Strip on the Sunday following the 2,000th American servicemen (and women) killed in action in Iraq. The writer calls it "anti-war/anti-American pacifist protest." She states she cannot understand the slogan, "Support the troops, not the war."
Businesses team up for scholarship
On Nov. 12, the Kenai River Campus Student Union, in collaboration with Aspen Hotel, held a Halo 2 tournament. This event raised $307 that will be put toward a scholarship to be given to a student attending the Kenai River Campus of Kenai Peninsula College.
Volunteers, sponsors give clinic shot in the arm
We would like to thank the volunteers for their help at the free rabies clinic held Nov. 5. in Soldotna. Thanks go to the city of Soldotna, Twin Cities Veterinary Clinic and Dr. Earl Ellingson, Soldotna Animal Hospital and Dr. Tim Bowser, Marianne Clark, Cyndy Laramee, Sharen Sleater, Ed Sleater, Anna Johnson and Trina Sanford.
Group seeks clarification in inlet jurisdiction
An Alaska environmental group wants three federal agencies to clarify which is in charge of permitting for industrial activities in Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf.
Tax on oil tankers sunk
A proposal to increase revenue by changing the way the Kenai Peninsula Borough taxes visiting oil tankers fell in defeat Tuesday night, much to the pleasure of Anchorage oil executives who testified against the measure.
Man killed in crash identified
The Eagle River man killed in a motor-vehicle accident on the Sterling Highway on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Robert Howard, 28.
State economic forecast looking up
Slow, steady and sustainable growth is on the economic horizon in Alaska and will be for many years to come, the state's top economist said Wednesday.
Photo feature: A ways to go
Cross-country skiers are dwarfed by their surroundings as they head into the Kenai Mountains in Turnagain Pass for a day of winter fun last weekend.
National group encourages fishermen
Fishermen from all over the United States are uniting to create the first national organization devoted to commercial fishermen's interests in more than 25 years, an effort that is drawing cautious, but mostly supportive, responses from Alaskan fishermen.
Eagle River man dies in crash
A 28-year-old Eagle River man died and another man was injured Tuesday afternoon in a head-on collision on the Sterling Highway between Cooper Landing and Sterling.
Photo feature: Under-cover work
Mary Goggia updates holiday information on a sign in front of Kenaitze Cuya Qyut' anen Head Start on Wednesday afternoon in Kenai. The sign's cover kept Goggia away from the day's steady rain.
School board faces crowd
It isn't often all the chairs are filled at a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education. But they were Monday as administrators, teachers, students, parents of students and community members filled the assembly chambers, eager to demonstrate their successes and testify about their concerns.
Proposed river guide changes draw crowd
Fishermen from both sides of the Kenai River gathered at a public hearing Monday to cast their views on possible regulatory changes that would require sportfishing guides in the Kenai River Special Management Area to attend and pay for a college course to receive a permit.
Marlyn J. 'Mel' Fullerton
Former Soldotna resident Marlyn J. "Mel" Fullerton died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, after a longtime battle with lymphatic-leukemia. He was 66.
Around the Peninsula
Pet photos wanted! CPR classes slated Community holiday activities set Genealogical group plans to look back Concert to herald in holidays Seniors cooking up buffet Meeting focuses on Lewises' expedition Photo guild open to new view
Around the Peninsula
Pet photos wanted! Fine arts exhibit opens Thursday College council meeting scheduled Coalition going into action Soldotna set to light up the holidays Craft fairs vendors sought
'Tis the season of giving
One of the messages of the holiday season is to be compassionate toward fellow human beings, and it's a lesson that certainly is not lost on students at Kenai Peninsula schools.
University of Alaska leaders to visit Kenai Peninsula
University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton and University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Elaine Maimon will visit the Kenai Peninsula on Monday and Tuesday. While here, they will visit the Kenai River and Kachemak Bay campuses of Kenai Peninsula College, speak at the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce lunch Tuesday and visit with Skyview and Soldotna high school students.
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June 13, 2008
Benjamin Steel Workers Get Help With Weight Loss
By Kevin Lamb, Dayton Daily News, Ohio
Jun. 13--SPRINGFIELD -- Community Mercy Health Partners will help employees at the Benjamin Steel Co. lose weight with $25,000 from the Foundation for Healthy Communities, one of five "Hospitals for Healthier Workforces" grants.With 86 percent of its work force overweight, Benjamin Steel far exceeds the estimated 70 percent of manufacturing workers nationally. Two-thirds of its 220 employees are expected to participate, and can earn credits against future scheduled in health insurance premiums.
The project will use the 12-week Body for Life program of regular exercise and healthy eating, tracking progress in daily food and exercise journals. Three-employee teams will compete for the greatest reduction in body-mass index.
The foundation, an arm of the Ohio Hospital Association, has awarded more than $1.4 million in grants to 121 Ohio hospitals since its creation in 1994. More info: www.HealthyCommunitiesOhio.org
Other recipients of the $100,000 in total grants are Memorial Hospital of Union County in Marysville, Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Salem Community Hospital and Twin City Hospital in Dennison.
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New Web Drama 'Children's Hospital' Like 'Patch Adams' With More Sex
The Daily Show's Rob Corddry created a new web series for TheWB.com (it lives! Online! So there, The CW) called Children's Hospital. We find it hard to believe they're actually producing this thing, but we've been assured by reps from Warners' online arm Studio 2.0 that about a dozen episodes are on the way. Based on the trailer above—packed with an impressively pedigreed cast including The State's Ken Marino and David Wain, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms and Megan Mullally—this thing might actually be worth sneaking in before lunch while your boss isn't looking.After all, any project that manages to squeeze the two lines "50 kids! Badly injured! Broken bones! Some of them retarded, and they're coming here!" and a "I'm challenging you to a Healing Power of Laughter-Off" into one 90-second trailer is worth a shot. And premiering the show on the web provides the added benefit of giving representatives from the American Association of People with Disabilities no specific geographic location at which to stage their angry, R-word protests.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating allegations that a number of municipal police officers from western Pennsylvania cheated on recent exams.
State police spokespeople didn't release details on Monday afternoon, but say anyone caught cheating on the annual recertification tests could face sanctions ranging from suspension to de-certification. The tests of local law enforcement are administered by the Harrisburg-based Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission.
In 2011 the training commission stripped the certifications of 15 Delaware County officers who had been caught cheating. Most were reinstated in 2013 after they passed written tests and other reviews.
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I have basically the same frame as 3DR, but just 3cm longer and little bit thinner arms,
rctimer/jdrones 2836-9 880kv motors + 12x45 props, rctimer/jdrones 30A ESC, 2650mAh 30C 3S battery, apm1 atmega2560 (arducopter v2.4.1) with oilpan, gps, magnetometer, xbee 2.4ghz.
When i level the quad (throttle down and left +15 sec) or from mission planner and try to fly, it leans heavily and i need to manually hold pitch/roll stick to hold it level on my turnigy 9x (er9x) with frsky djt transmitter and d8r II receiver.
But when i do the auto-level thingie it flies level just fine, but the horizon (roll,pitch values) is totally off.
See video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_g2s8o05i0
How can this be so and what might be wrong with apm?
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I would greatly appreciate if someone even could point me in a general direction to where the problem might lie.
let try to do level in CLI or in setup
have tried it - then it won't be level when i want to fly, it has roll ~13deg and pitch ~6deg so it will fly away unless i compensate with my rc remote.
Okey i finally cracked my strange roll problem. And the winner is bent EPP 12x4.5 prop.
Damn these cheap props have given me so much headache. Most of them are so badly balanced that i had to sand off like a kilometer of material to get them in balance.
Little demo showing how a bent prop might look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRYevxSbc7g
Going to buy APC props from now on ..
What are you trying to show in the video? all props will do that as the trailing edge of the prop sits lower than the hub.
Glad you got your problem sorted.


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Unmanned Ships – Are We There Yet?
Mr. Levander speaks about the current state of play with regard to the development of unamnned ships.→
Term of the Day: Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA)
A Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) is usually reached between various partners within a shipping consortium who agree ...read more →
Maersk Line, DB Schenker to Reduce CO2 Footprint
Frankfurt-based transportation and logistics provider DB Schenker Logistics and Danish Maersk Line have signed a ...read more →
WSS, Solstad Sign Global Agency Agreement
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) and Solstad Shipping have entered into a two year global agency agreement with a two ...read more →
Panama Canal Preps for LNG Carriers
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) signed a cooperation agreement with the Port of Lake Charles in Louisiana earlier ...read more →
ADT Finds Funding for Khalifa Port Development
Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) has signed a AED 300 million (USD 81.7m) financing agreement with Abu Dhabi Commercial ...read more →
FMC Commissioner Says Hanjin Can Join Ocean Three
The U.S. Commissioner William P. Doyle voted for the Federal Maritime Commission to take no further action on the ...read more →
Hyundai Heavy, Labor Union Reach Tentative Agreement
South Korea's shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has reached a tentative agreement with the ...read more →
Golar LNG Moves forward with Second FLNGV Conversion
Norway's liquefied natural gas shipping company Golar LNG Limited has executed and made effective agreements ...read more →
MOL, Reliance Pen Ship Management Agreement
Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has signed an agreement to manage six Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC) being ...read more →
Shell to Put Teekay's LNG Newbuildings to Work
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. and Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) have entered into time-charter contracts for five ...read more →
Let the Norwegian Cruise Line Roll
Officials with Norwegian Cruise Line and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans signed a new ...read more →
Port Hedland Tug Engineers Approve Enterprise Agreement
Operations at Port Hedland, Australia's largest bulk export terminal, will resume uninterrupted after the ...read more →
Skangass Strikes LNG Supply Deal with Eni
Skangass has signed a two year agreement with Eni for supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The LNG will be ...read more →
China Shipping Teams Up with China Merchants
Chinese shipping conglomerates China Shipping Group (CSG) and China Merchants Group signed a strategic cooperation ...read more →
Horizon Lines Looking to Sell
The U.S. ocean cargo carrier Horizon Lines has entered into definitive agreements for a series of transactions that ...read more →
Drewry, CargoSmart Deepen Cooperation
Shipping consultancy Drewry and shipment management software solutions provider CargoSmart have expanded their ...read more →
Mitsubishi Propellers to Be Produced in China
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME) has concluded a ...read more →
Panama Canal Pilots Not Renegotiating Bargaining Agreement
The Panama Canal Pilots' Union, a labor organization representing 256 professional pilots, has decided not to ...read more →
Crowley and Seaboard Marine Start New VSA
Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group and Seaboard Marine Ltd., have entered into a new vessel ...read more →
Chevron Buys Suezmax Triplet
Chevron Transport Corporation Ltd. has decided to cut short the bareboat charters signed with California Petroleum ...read more →
ECSA, ETF Tackling EU Labour Law Loopholes
European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) and European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) have ...read more →


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If there would be a Nobel Prize for Philosophers who would get it? That is the question Brian Leiter asked on his blog. The cause of this fancy poll is the just to Charles Taylor awarded Berggruen Prize, which is worth 1 million $. Leiter critisized the choice of Charles Taylor and I can totally understand it.
Now he has startet a poll where you can vote for your favorite philosopher. Up until now Saul Kripke is the number 1. Not a bad choice I think.
Get here to the poll of Brian Leiter.
My number 1 was Daniel Dennett. Even though there are other great names on the list like Kripke, Fodor, Searle etc. Dennett is just a great philosopher in two ways: First, he is aware of the problems of academic philosophy. Second, he knows not only how to bring forward professional arguments for professional philosophers. He…
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"I don't think anyone is being responsible if they look at the science and say, 'sorry, not for me buddy' – it's just there, it stares you in the face."Behold, the science! Now let's see how Kevin goes on the geography.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The face of climate change
Quote of the day from Kevin Rudd on climate change:
Posted by Margo's Maid at 8:57 AM
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I think he means "the evidence," not "the science."
But I seriously doubt he's done much more than watch "An Inconvenient Truth."
- July 15, 2008 at 9:22 AM
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text: Enclosure assembly for the Hands-Free Vehicle Kit (GCK-1410) protects the antenna from exposure to hostile environmental conditions, including excessive moisture or salt-water mist. The white industrial quality PVC casing, combined with the stainless steal base, make the enclosure assembly attractive, rugged, and easy to install. Antenna enclosure assembly can be adapted for non-maritime applications. Globalstar's Hands-Free Vehicle Kit (GCK-1410) is sold separately.


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Citrix Mobility story, takes the next step with the release of XenMobile 8.5, and with this release, also comes the latest and the greatest of NetScaler Gateway – 10.1.118.7 Release.
Some quick points about this release:
- NetScaler Gateway is the rebranded Access Gateway product. Given that we have consolidated all our earlier Access Gateway product lines (yes we had multiple) into a single Gateway, based on NetScaler, we are now calling it NetScaler Gateway. Makes it easier to identify what this Gateway is… right.
- 10.1.118.7 Release removes the TechPreview tag from NetScaler Gateway 10.1. We have had the Gateway available as a Tech Preview for a month now. This release is no longer a Tech preview, and can be actively deployed for Production use.
- This release can be used across the following deployments / use cases
- XenMobile
- XenDesktop / XenApp
NOTE: This is the recommended release for the latest XenMobile 8.5 release and contains some necessary infrastructure changes for mobility.
Now lets get to what's new and exciting with this new Release. Let's get started.
- Windows 8 support: NetScaler Gateway 10.1 now supports Windows 8 platform for all use cases, including SSL VPN. What this means is that we support all the popular browsers for ICA access, as well as the fact that the new NetScaler Gateway plug-in runs great on Windows 8.
- Simplified UI: We have gone to great lengths, to really simplify your experience with NetScaler Gateway, as you configure it to setup remote access to your Citrix infrastructure. We have a great new experience that lets you create new vServers, monitor them, edit them… from a very simple and intuitive UI. There is also a great FTU experience built in,
- IPv6 support: Yes, NetScaler Gateway is now IPv6 ready, for all your IPv6 ICA deployments. If you are using the latest Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop deployments, and have already moved your enterprise network to the IPv6, NetScaler Gateway is up to the task. Now you can set up an IPv6 VIP, and have v6 clients talk to a v6 Citrix backend.
- SAML 2.0 SP support: NetScaler Gateway also introduces support for SAML 2.0, as a Service Provider. What that means is that you can now seamlessly deploy NetScaler Gateway in your secure infrastructure, without any need of modifying your well-established authentication infrastructure. As long as you have a SAML IdP, NetScaler Gateway can be configured to work as a Service Provider and provide SSO from your IdP to NetScaler Gateway, and further to your Citrix backend.
- AppFlow for HDX: You have certainly heard of HDX Insight. If you haven't, check it out here. Essentially the idea is that this tool is able to parse HDX traffic passing through NetScaler Gateway, and provide you great visibility at both application and networking level. This requires AppFlow Auditing support on NetScaler Gateway, which has been built as part of this release.
- XenMobile Integration: With every subsequent release, we build better and better integration with XenMobile product line, and this release builds on the same concept. This release has core infrastructure support for the new Worx Store, as well as seamless ShareFile support.
In addition to the above list of great new features, there are loads of quality improvements and bug fixes that get packaged in. The new NetScaler Gateway 10.1.118.7 is a major release and is highly recommended for all XenMobile / XenApp / XenDesktop & SSL VPN deployments.
The new release can be found here.


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Hong Kong fears 'Michelin curse'
A Michelin star is one of the most sought-after accolades in the restaurant business, and is usually accompanied by a surge of new customers.
But some cheaper restaurants in Hong Kong that have been named in the latest Michelin guide are worried it could be a curse.
Pang Pak Sheung, owner of Pang's Kitchen, for example, is concerned his landlord may use his newly-found recognition as an excuse to increase his rent.
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Getting the FQDN using Net::Domainby nickolsen (Initiate)
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wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Dear fellow monks,
I have a question regarding the Net::Domain-Module:
The sub _hostdomain() tries to look up the hostdomain by searching for the strings "domain" or "search" in /etc/resolv.conf, if the domainname is not already defined or returned by
The comment says, that trying to look up the domainname in /etc/resolv.conf is done to
... eliminate(s) calls to gethostbyname, and therefore DNS lookups. ...Why not just ask "gethostbyname" (or, as the man-page [0] recommends: a non-obsolete variant) and leave it to the user to configure their name resolution the best possible way?
But back to the module:
If I get it correctly the module prefers the first entry of the last line starting with "domain" or "search".
Say we have a resolv.conf looking like this:
the module would say, that the hostdomain is "internal.example.org" though the real hostdomain was e.g. "example.org".
The resolv.conf (5) manpage [1] states:
...So if I see that correctly, relying on an entry in the "search" block is a bit risky, isn't it?
Thank you for reading all this and I'd be very happy if someone could give me a hint, why the module behaves this way (or corrects me if I got anything wrong ;-))?
[0]: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/gethostbyaddr.3.html
[1]: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man5/resolv.conf.5.html
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ACKCSC Rescue
The American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club (ACKCSC) is the AKC Parent Club for the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in the USA.
Things you can do to help
Rescue Coordinator
Carol Hallows
Transport dogs to or from foster or adoptive homes, or help coordinate transportation in your area.
Provide foster care. This is essential for the success of the program and foster homes are always needed. We need a place for the dog to be evaluated and made ready for a permanent home.
Make a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donation. Rescue has changed and we are seeing dogs with more issues requiring veterinary care to make them adoptable and give them a chance for a happy life. We are no longer dealing with just a re-homing here and there! We are a 100% volunteer-run, non-profit organization.
You can help without fostering!
Evaluate dogs coming into rescue for purebred status. Many shelters call us thinking they have a Cavalier when it really is a Cocker or another breed.
Educating Prospective Adopters. We have an opportunity to educate the uninformed and clear up misconceptions about Cavaliers and the rescue program. This is often a great opportunity to explain why buying from a reputable breeder is preferable to all other resources.
Preliminary Screening. Applicants should be prescreened through telephone interviews, and veterinarians should be contacted to verify up-to-date care for current and/or past pets, if applicable.
Educate others by visiting local shelters, vet offices, pet stores, training centers, and animal control officers. We are available to help in evaluating Cavaliers' unique medical needs. We are also available to help find understanding and caring homes.
Provide transportation for part of the rescue's journey to foster homes. Many of our areas are large geographically and your help could make a real difference.


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Queen Mary University of London
Course Introduction
Geographers and environmental scientists in the School of Geography at Queen Mary are at the cutting edge of their discipline. We are recognised as one of the top departments nationally for research and each year we host international scholars who want to come and work with us. If you choose to study here you will not only be taught by academics who are regarded as expert in their fields, but also by people who are committed to making a difference; for example, by addressing the marginalisation of immigrant communities in London and overseas, contributing to the cultural economy through our close ties with nationally and internationally significant museums and improving the quality of urban rivers in Britain and Europe. The School's contribution to shaping understanding and promoting real change is not limited to research, our staff act as advisers to local, national and international organizations: from the Greater London Authority, the Department of Health, the Environment Agency and Natural England to UNESCO, UN'Habitat and the World Bank. Significantly for you, we recognise that in order to make a difference in the longer term we need to ensure that our students get the opportunity to engage with some of these organisations too. Our work helping Citizens UK rebuild civil society and participatory democracy in Britain is one such example, which also allows students to develop key transferable skills. Our staff are successful and engaged, as well as accessible, friendly and welcoming. You will also have the opportunity to study on one of our exciting field trip modules, current destinations include: Belfast, Boston, Dublin, Florida, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Mumbai and New Zealand. Queen Mary has a study abroad exchange programme with universities in Australia and North America and is also a part of the EU's Erasmus scheme.
Course Modules
Year 1: Core units: Global environmental issues; environmental research methods; introduction to environmental ideas and practice; Earth (portrait of a planet); options include: ecology and evolution; people and the environment; animals and plant physiology; microbes to multicells; introductory chemistry. Year 2: Core units: Research strategies in physical environments; options include: environmental change; hazards; geomorphological and hydrological processes; palaeoecology; coastal processes and management; environmental pollution; community ecology; conservation and natural resource management; estuarine and coastal biology; environment and civilisation; limnology; geography of population; environmental law. Year 3: Core units: Project in environmental science; environmental management; options include: water and catchment management; geohazards; freshwater ecology; behavioural ecology; ocean biology; turtles, seals, whales, and dolphins; aquatic pollution and management; cold environments; quaternary environmental change; population geography II; politics of development; theory and practice in environmental politics.
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Here is a prayer for God's blessing on you today.
May God pour out His Holy Spirit into your life as you ask Jesus Christ to be your Savior; and may His love cover you and heal all your diseases and pardon all your sins; and may you know that you have a future in heaven with God Who loves you with an everlasting love.
In Jesus' name, Amen.


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Looking for a new car for the New Year? You can take advantage of the large year-end incentives being offered by most of the car companies.
2013 is coming to an end quickly, so what does that mean for car companies? They are practically giving their vehicles away! Many of us already know that the end of the year is one of the best times to buy a new vehicle because the dealerships start offering incentives to get rid of their inventory before the 2014 models arrive – and also to meet their yearly quota – but nobody expected the deals to be this good.
When a customer walks into a dealership, it's usually he/she that has the rapid heartbeat and nervousness to see what kind of interest rate they are going to be offered, but this year it's the salesmen that have fast beating hearts. With so many of the cars, trucks, and SUVs on their lots qualifying for 0% financing, they could be losing a lot of money with each customer that crosses their path.
With that being said, investors of the Big Three, (Ford, GM, and Chrysler), are also wiping sweat from their brow. Not only are these companies offering 0% interest rates on many of their models, but they are also offering cash back incentives which can severely hurt their profit for the fourth quarter. The manufacturers have their backs against a wall at this point and realize that this is the only way they will be able to sell the over-abundance of 2013 vehicles that are still on their lot to make room for the new models.
Which Cars to Keep an Eye Out For
All manufacturers are offering these crazy low interest rates and cash incentives, but Ford, GM, and Chrysler seem to be taking the biggest hit so far. If you're looking to buy an American-made vehicle before the year ends, you will do good to keep your eyes peeled for the following:
- Chrysler
- 2013 Chrysler 300 is being offered with a 0% APR for up to 72 months (only on certain trim levels, though)
- 2013 Chrysler Town and Country also has 0% APR for up to 72 months with possible cash back to qualified applicants
- Ford
- 2013 F-150 XLT SuperCrew or SuperCab 5.0L w Luxury Package for 0% APR for 60 months, and you can also save up to $8,000 on the purchase.
- Chevrolet
- Chevy has not released any word on the interest rate incentives they will be offering this month, but they did say that they expect their pick-up and SUV sales to climb
- The 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban, and Avalanche all are offering a $2,000 cash back incentive for qualified buyers
- The 2013 Silverado 2500 and 3500 have a $3,000 cash allowance for qualified buyers
- Cadillac
- The luxury brand of General Motors is getting in on the action with a $3,000 cash allowance on three versions of the 2013 Cadillac Escalade
- $5,000 cash allowance on the 2013 Sierra 1500 Crew Cab
- $5,500 cash allowance on the 2013 Sierra 1500 Extended Cab
Incentives this steep and attractive means the car companies to could be eating a large chunk of profit that they would otherwise get, but they say they aren't too worried because they believe they will be able to make up the loss next year.
Are you a Qualified Buyer?
When the companies states that these incentives are only available to qualified buyers, they are generally talking about borrowers with a good credit score above a certain number. That number is not concrete and each company will have their own opinion of what a 'good' score is. The best thing for you to do before you walk into your local dealerships is to pull your free credit report online to see where you stand. If you believe your score is good enough to qualify for the incentives offered, you can work with almost any dealership. If your score is pretty low – chances are you can't just waltz into any dealership on the street.
No, that doesn't mean you won't be able to get one of these new vehicles, it just means you will need to work with a bad credit car dealership to do so. The dealerships that Auto Credit Express is partnered with are able to get you approved for an auto loan on any of these cars on the list. While you may not qualify for the 0% being offered, you can still qualify for a lower rate than you would qualify for at any other time of these cars on the list. While you may not qualify for the 0% being offered, you can still qualify for a lower rate than you would qualify for at any other time of the year.
As We See It
I don't know about you, but now seems like the perfect time to break down and trade in that old junker you're driving around in and buy the brand new car you've had your eyes on. Even if you have bad credit scores – or even no credit – you can still get a new vehicle at an affordable price and skip the buyer's remorse and feel good about your purchase.
To get started today, fill out our online car loan application, and we will be able to get you in touch with the nearest dealership to you that can help you drive away in your new car today.


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Bloomberg is reporting that Palm is seeking bidders and is working with Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer.
Lenovo of China and HTC of Taiwan are among the companies that have taken a look at Palm, sources told Bloomberg. Huawai and ZTE may also be interested in Palm.
Despite launching a well-received webOS operating system on the Palm Pre and Pixi last year, the Sunnyvale company has struggled to compete in the hyper-competitive smart phone market. With iPhone and BlackBerry sales soaring and a fast-growing Android operating system grabbing more and more market share, Palm has had a hard time moving units, especially after starting sales on third-place carrier Sprint.
The company sold just 960,000 units in its most recent quarter. Apple, meanwhile, sold 8.7 million iPhones in its December quarter.
It's unclear what exact value Palm might provide a company. It could help an up and coming cellular company get a foothold in the smart phone business or it could be a way for a computer company to ramp up its smart phone business in a hurry.
A company like HTC could use Palm's many patents to help fend off its lawsuit with Apple. Or another company could come in and just drop Palm's hardware and try to license the webOS operating system to others.
These rumors have been going on for a while now and Palm's stock has jumped around with the attendant speculation. It would be great if Palm could stick it out in the smart phone race but it's tough for a small shop like Palm to compete with the big boys.


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Mini-Zabuton Cushions
These beautiful Japanese cushions, or zabuton, are brilliant examples of how Japanese turn ordinary household items into things of beauty.
Zabuton are cushions primarily used in the home in rooms with tatami flooring.
Zen, practitioners meditate on top of zabuton. In sumo, fans will throw their zabuton into the ring after a particularly good bout.
Zabuton come in many styles and patterns, and are very comfortable to sit on.
These handmade mini-cushions are perfect as decorative item or to place a vase or other art work on.
Six inches by six inches.
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Linux Teleconferencing: Improving the Wireless Network
A stated goal of the Third Generation cellular standards bodies (3G) is for the wireless network to function as a seamless extension to the Internet and other IP-based packet network services. The brunt of the ground-breaking work we still await has been passed from companies to standards bodies to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). IP transparency extends a plethora of services to the mobile devices already available to those with a wire line to the Internet, as well as simplicity and ease of adding new and more creative services explicitly designed to enhance wireless experience. An obvious result is an increase in the demand for wireless minutes by customers of the 3G carrier members.
The bandwidth available for broadband data transmission is both restricted and costly. Licenses for the frequency spectrum needed to support 3G services have been auctioned to network operators in the UK for $36 billion. More recently the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raised a net $17 billion in a similar auction to US-based operators. This prompts carriers to improve the efficiency with which they employ the spectrum. The use of IP as a transport mechanism for voice (e.g., VoIP) requires the wireless network to carry real-time multimedia, even as it struggles to do non-real-time multimedia. For example, a full rate voice encoder like the G721.1 used by GSM-type networks generates 30ms (milliseconds) of payload, straddled with 40 bytes of a combined IP, UDP and real-time protocol (RTP) header as prescribed in the H.323 International Telecommunications Union (ITU) protocol for the delivery of multimedia. The 30ms of speech payload typically translates to 20 bytes, thereby giving us an efficiency of only 33%.
Header compression algorithms proposed to the IETF reduce the header down to one byte in steady state but have varying degrees of hobbling complexity. The header compression algorithm is required to present both bit-exact payload and an encapsulating IP protocol header to the mobile device. This is referred to as loss-less compression.
The benefits presented by header compression prove to be an imperative measure in increasing the spectral efficiency of multimedia communications, particularly since CRTP, proposed in the late 1990s by Cisco, is deemed insufficient, or not robust enough, by the involved steering committees of the IETF, as well as the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The details of which header compression algorithm the IETF will choose have not been fully determined. Nonetheless, the requirements have been hammered out and are summarized in Table 1. In fact, the current proposals meet many of the requirements but are peppered with intellectual property rights—something that defeats the objective of the IETF. A second round of proposals are under consideration so that different methodologies may be solicited. The current algorithms exploit the nature of the IP/UDP/RTP streams. Tables 3, 4 and 5 classify the nature of the header field for each protocol IP, UDP and RTP respectively. Table 2 defines the classifications.
Table 2. Header Field Classifications
Table 3. IP Header Fields and Classifications
Table 4. UDP Header Fields and Classifications
The essences of these algorithms are the strategies borne from these classifications. They are "never send", "communicate at least once", "communicate at least once or update", "communicate update and/or refresh frequently", "guarantee continuous robustness", "communicate as is in all packets and establish" and "be prepared to update delta".
Telecommunications companies that have pursued this approach to compress packet headers range from Nokia, Matsushita and Cisco to, most notably, Ericsson, for their heavyweight effort. The full details of their proposed algorithm have been submitted in IETF draft form and can be found at http://www.dmn.tzi.org.org/ietf/rohc/.
Re: Kernel Korner: Linux Teleconferencing: Improving the Wireles
Anyone else totally annoyed by this article? I mean what was the point of this thing and how did it relate to the kernel? If the point was to show how a nifty Perl module can manipulate raw sockets then I could have done without all the 'Deep Fade' and '3G wideband code-division multiple access modulating channel model's and a whole lot more of why I should care as a Linux user/admin/enthusiast/developer.


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Lenelle Moïse stopped by the City Lights office shortly before her reading at the bookstore. She sat down and talked about her new book Haiti Glass as well as how she wrote the book, how she came to know the Sister Spit group, and more.
Praise for Haiti Glass:
"Haiti Glass is a magnificent collection of poetry and prose. Part mantra, part lamentation, part prayer, this incredible book puts us wholly in the presence of an extraordinary and brave talent, whose voice will linger in your heart and mind long after you read the last word of this book."—Edwidge Danticat


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Back when I started blogging in February, my first post was for chocolate chip cookies. I am sure most of you did not see it unless you happen to be my Mom. Anyway- in that first blog post, I thought I had it all figured out when it came to Chocolate Chip cookies. In fact- that was one of the few recipes that I thought I had perfected. I was SO wrong. There is no way those were anything close to the perfect chocolate chip cookies because THESE are. They so are. They have the perfect taste, consistency and look. They are chewy, the edges are crispy, they are melt-in-your-mouth. Everyone that tasted one was amazed they were homemade…the list goes on and on. These are simply the best. This recipe has definitely made the rounds on the food blogs. And though chances are you've seen it, it is too good not share in case you haven't.
This recipe uses melted butter which sounded so wrong to me at first! I always thought the key to good Chocolate Chippers was to use perfectly room temperature butter. In fact- when people used to ask me my secret I always just told them room temperature butter was it! Well- I stand corrected- and from now on this will always be my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe. They are just that good.
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I am posting this for a good friend of mine Mr. DeStefano who is an active modeller/flyer and in his 80's. He has a passion for scale model aviation and full size alike that has been with him his entire life. A former Piper employee and then retired shop teacher, his building techniques of scale model airplanes is hard to beat. With patience, a pencil in his hand, measuring and straight lines, making it all look so easy and clean. Building in a small shop surrounded by Giant Scale Golden Age biplanes and gliders, all are of museum quality with rib stitch and pinking. His models also have competed in local flying events and all are built to fly with excellent mechanics and results.
Up for sale is his recently built Balsa USA 1/3 scale "Ercoupe". This is alot of airplane which is hard for him to move around. It was completed a couple of years ago and took 2nd place in civilian scale only to another outstanding model at the WRAM show. The Ercoupe is kit built light, straight and strong for a scale model of this size with alot of 1/64 ply replicating aluminum sheet. Cabin side windows go up and down in tracks with accurate panel lines and rivets. Natural solartex used to cover wings, Doped for tightning, primed and sprayed PPG Arcrilic lacquer. Wing is also a 3 piece. Center section hold mains and outer panels slide on by way of square aluminum tube. Accurate, functional oleo landing gear came with this this exclusive kit which made it an ideal candidate for him. Fiberglass cowling houses a dependable Zenoah G-62 and has been run up in the airplane. Radio gear are high output Hitec/JR analogue servo's all which are new. Ercoupe has been balanced, but will come without reciever or battery pack understandably. Will fit in a Minivan on it's gear with outer panels aside. Amazingly this airplane has never flown. It was only taken out to the field and had it's engine run up. Other circumstances had come up in Mr.DeStefano's life since and is know building and flying 1/4 size or smaller only. Currently a 1/4 sc. IKON N' WEST "Mr. Mulligan" (see pic).
$3200.00 for this Large 1/3 size model that is a turn key airplane and is ready for flight after reciever and pack are installed. This Ercoupe is as fresh as they come since the day it was completed without any hanger rash. It is being offered for Local pickup, Delivery up to 100 mile radius after payment, or will custom build a shipping container (see pic) with all secured and insured UPS for an additional $400.00 to continental U.S. Please email with questions. Must sell. Thankyou


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Sneaker is a sad pet shop snake until bright-eyed, freckle-faced Pete adopts him. "Sneaker liked his new home," writes Heilbroner (Robert the Rose Horse), as Lemaitre (Artist Ted) shows the new BFFs making the most of Pete's imagination and Sneaker's slithery gifts: "He had fun with Pete. He played I Am a Necktie, I am a Hat, and I Am Handcuffs." From there, it's one sweet, goofy thing after another, with the sunny, color-saturated drawings driving the action of Heilbroner's first book in 20 years. Sneaker wins over Pete's squeamish classmates and learns to read and write his name (his penmanship is impressive considering he holds the pencil in his tail). By the end of the story, Sneaker has even found meaningful work as a lifeguard at a local pool-proof positive that nice snakes finish first. Told with easygoing assurance, marvelous economy, and goodhearted humor by two pros, this Beginner Book should sneak its way into the heart of early readers. Or as Sneaker would say, "Yesssssssssssssssssss!" Ages 5-8. Agent: Julie Just, Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Illustrator's agent: Holly McGhee, Pippin Properties. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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In the tradition of misunderstood animals who just want a place to call home, meet Sneaker the snake. After being passed over at the pet store for cuter, cuddlier pets, Sneaker is finally adopted by a boy named Pete. When Sneaker sneaks into Pete's backpack and accompanies the boy to school, he makes new friends and learns to read. A story with a communicative snake would be expected to provide ample opportunity for hissing text, but there is no such wordplay, as Sneaker only utters a single word, twice, in this Beginner Book: Yessssss. Instead, Sneaker lets his actions do the talking as he proves that snakes are not gross and slimy but friendly and helpful. Emerging readers may very well be encouraged by Sneaker's classroom example as they practice their own reading skills alongside him. Lemaitre's illustrations are reminiscent of Bernard Wabar's style, and Sneaker is as winning a reptile as Lyle the Crocodile was before him.--Dean, Kara Copyright 2010 Booklist
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PreS-Gr 1-Sneaker lives in a pet store and can't seem to find a home no matter how many visitors stop by. Apparently, no one wants to buy a snake, until a boy named Pete takes him home and plays with him and shares snacks and surprises. When Pete goes to school, Sneaker sneaks into his backpack and tags along. He's a big hit with the kids and proves to be a good student, going back day after day. As summer approaches, Pete takes his pet to the local pool where he ends up saving a little boy from drowning. Sneaker soon becomes a local hero and also gets a new career as the pool lifeguard. The vivid drawings and clear cartoon illustrations provide beginning readers with picture clues to help decode the story. A winning addition for most easy-reader collections.-Melissa Smith, Royal Oak Public Library, MI (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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Dog Runs
Browse a wide selection of Dog Exercise Runs & Pens
Ideas-4-Pets have a selection of dog runs for sale to keep your dog safe and secure outside. The runs can be very large for people with big gardens - the bigger pens go up to 15ft by 5ft with an option of having the area roofed. Choose from either a mesh dog run with an optional waterproof gable roof or if the size doesn't suit your requirements, look at our galvanised panels which can be purchased to build a dog run to your own specification. The manufacturer Brunswick offers particularly good depth in galvanised dog run panels and come with a 10 year guarantee. The galvanised dog run panels are available in several widths and can be in dog mesh or bars with 5cm spacings or 8cm spacings dependent upon the type of dog you own. We also have dog play pens for indoor use to keep your dog secure through the day or night.
Assembly and maintenance
If you are going to purchase an outdoor dog run then keeping it clean is a must in order to keep your dog in good health. Remember that grass or gravel surfaces can quickly become muddy and soiled and are difficult to keep clean, meaning that your dog could suffer poor health as a consequence. Ideally, you should assemble the dog run on a flat surface without any gaps such as a solid concrete base or concrete paving slabs. Remember to properly point the gaps in between the slabs with cement to prevent them from trapping any dirt. If you build the base about 6 inches larger than the dog run, then the run will sit easily on to it instead of at the edge, which could cause cracking.
Making your dog run bespoke
By adding a dog kennel or a dog cabin, your dog can be contained safely and securely with access to his own "den" when he wants to sleep. You might also want to consider some feeding & drinking bowls to the dog run to ensure your dog is kept fed and watered whilst you are at work.


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jenn (Benton, United States) Nov 17 2013, 10:39 pm#11
Can anyone out there tell me where to start with pushpin?? I got court paper's today to go to court in another state . It for some thing I don't even have . I have 2 small kids there is no way I can just up and go to another stateCaller Name: jennCaller Type: Scam Call
sharon (Ringgold, United States) Oct 4 2011, 11:25 pm#10
I don't owe them anything! The contract signed by you has 3 more pages that you weren't given. If you got a CC machine you got ripped off. Ask them to send you a copy of the whole contract you signed. All 4 paqes. Check out Class Action Law Suit that was won against them. SUE THEM!Caller Name: gogetumCaller Type: Scam Call
- Guest (Wolfeboro, United States) 2013-10-03 10:55 pm#1
There is a clause that said they have to proceed with collections within one year... Mine was dated 12/03. I am going to ignore them and hope they take me to Court.
Louise (Roseburg, United States) Jan 19 2013, 3:26 am#9
I received a letter on January 16th saying i owed them $1726.57 for my lease. I closed my store in 2001 and this is 12 years later. Really? I may be dumb but I am not stupid. Then today after I talked to him on the phone it dropped down to $526.70. Oh I don't think so. I sent the machine back to the company in 2001 and they found someone else to take over my lease. This is the first time I have heard anything from them. This screamed of scam the minute I opened the letter. It really upsets me that people have to take advantage of people to make a living. they sure woul;d nt like it if it happened to them. Pay back time!!!!Caller Name: Louis ReinaCaller Type: Debt Collector
- Guest (Wolfeboro, United States) 2013-10-03 10:52 pm#1
Just received a similar letter, business closed in 12/03, statue of limitation expired. My question is do you respond or ignore these scammers??? I would love to go before a judge and see how they handle that...
Kathy (United States) Jun 24 2013, 3:52 pm#8
I also received letters from Pushpin LLC back April 3rd,2012. The last letter dated Feb 7,2013 and a demand threat phone call june 21,2013. We filed bankruptsy back in 2001 due to the business . The statute of Limitation has run out per our attorney, so dont pay it . It will open a can of worms. Believe Pushpin said they bought the debit from Leasing Finance Grp or bought out the company.
I have written a letter to our Attorney Genrals Offc her in California but dont know if they can help or not. Do I need to write to the Federal Trades Comission also ?Caller Type: Debt Collector
Guest (Austin, United States) Jun 20 2013, 9:19 pm#7
SCAM. This is the return number that Pushpin Holdings called me on. They say they will take me to court if I don't pay what I owe. Since my debt is $0, they can just go pound sandCaller Name: pushpin HoldingsCaller Type: Debt Collector
Guest (United States) Feb 28 2013, 11:28 pm#6
2/28/13-North Carolina
I received a call from Pushpin Holdings 3 time the week of 2/25/13. I received a bogus lawsuit letter from them. They claim they were taking me to court. I called them and agreed to pay $1750. It was originally $3000. I had the machine in 2002. The collector asked me to pay 1500 in Jan 2013, I did and pay 250 by end of Feb. I mailed $250 on 2/25 (postmarked and all). I received a call on 2/28 after hours from a collector saying that contract was null and void, now I owe an additional $250. After I received a contract from them an additional $250, all because I called the collector "inconsiderate". He got mad at me and told me I had to pay an additional $250. That's crazy. I said ok, I will make payment over the phone and stop payment on the check I mailed. He said its too late my accountants have left for the day. I stated, why did you wait to call me at 5:36pm and you know your accountants leave at 4pm. He did not have anything to say. Pushpin are crooks. I hope the rot and the company fail and they close down. Something needs to be done about this company. I am in NC, they are in NY.
jonathan (Des Moines, United States) Jul 20 2012, 11:25 pm#5
i have gotten two to fron pushpin holdings. if i remember right they got sue over this and had to pay everybody back . the ftc sue them back around 2004 and now they say i own them. even if i did, which i do not i think time has ran out after seven years you can not sue , and they know that to.scam,scam,scam just like the frist time all over again. so if you want to play with me i will see you in court. trying to call them now is just like the last time ,.i could never get somebody on the phone and they never call back . i could go on and on about now bad there are........................................................................................................................................lolCaller Name: pushpin holdings
Amanda (Albuquerque, United States) Jul 20 2012, 1:02 am#4
I received two letters on the same day! One to my business (which has been closed for two years) and my business name was misspelled, and one to my maiden name that I haven't used in 8 years. They did not tell me what it was for, but demanded that I send over 2,000 dollars to them via Western Union, or they will sue me. I reported them to the BBB.Caller Name: PushPin Holdings Inc.Caller Type: Debt Collector
Sharon (Ringgold, United States) Apr 10 2012, 8:16 pm#3
I have also received letters from Pushpin and I had returned the machine with Delivery Confirmation shortly after receiving it because I couldn't use it in the building we were in. Didn't hear anymore from them for about 3 years then they had debited my bank acct over $2,000. I caught it in time to stop payment. That was Lease Finance who have now turned it over to Pushpin. I don't know if they sold it as a debt or are part of Lease Finance. Since both are Scams they probably are in it together. What FTC do you report too? Can another Lawsuit be started. Would be willing to be included. Do they actually follow thru with their threats to take you to court? Check the BBB for both Lease Finance and Pushpin. Lease Finance has an F score and Pushpin has a D. It's got to be really bad to even get the D. I'm angry and ready to make them pay me!
Sondra (Apache Junction, United States) Dec 30 2011, 5:12 pm#2
I, too, have received two letters from PUSHPIN HOLDINGS LLC. I have never had a CC machine from them (or any other lease equipment company). I see there's a lot of info on the web about them. The contact info I have is the 888-271-4480 number. The account manager is Carol Henry. Guess I need to learn more about how to deal with scammers.


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Faith: Protestant
"We must return to the values that made the black church a true success," says Rev. Mark Whitlock, director of community initiatives at USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture, where a mentoring program trains African-American clergy in community organizing, economic development, and church leadership strategies.
Florida megachurch pastor Joel Hunter says evangelicalism is changing, strong interfaith relationships are important, and faith communities should support a broad public policy agenda.
"People think the church can save the country, when really some types of political responsibility can save the church," says megachurch pastor Joel Hunter
We're segregated in housing. The job market is segregated, and we end up going to churches with people who look like us. Experts say US churches are ten times less diverse than the neighborhoods they sit in.
Watch additional excerpts from our interview about same-sex marriage with Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, an advocacy group that supports conservative positions within mainline denominations.
Watch more of our interview about same-sex marriage and mainline Protestant denominations with Rev. Jennifer Wegter-McNelly, interim minister of the Church of the Covenant. More
Watch additional excerpts from our interview with Reverend Mary Holder Naegeli, who is among those urging the Presbyterian Church (USA) to resist changing its policies on same-sex marriage. "Homosexual practice is not God's design for humanity," she says.
Watch additional excerpts from our interview about same-sex marriage with Reverend Pam Werntz of Boston's Emmanuel Episcopal Church. More
Read more of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly's July 1, 2009 interview in New York City with Riverside Church senior minister, the Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton, who resigned two months after his installation.
The head of the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba says Cuban churches are playing a greater role in their society and need stronger ties with US Christians. Watch excerpts from a recent interview with Rev. Francisco Marrero Gutierrez.