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Welcome CAS-ual Fridays fans. We are thrilled to announce the other 4 designers who are joining the team this next term. Here's a bit about them. Make sure to come back tomorrow for our Happy Hour and then on Friday for a brand new challenge. See you all then!
My name is Irit and I am an Israeli designer and Mixed Media artist. In my " real" life I was a working full time job Dentist for 33 years and last year I decided to retire and to spend more time with my family and my crafty addiction. I am a Mom of 4 grown- ups, three of them are married, a wife of a high police retired officer and a Grandma of 3 adorable little people. I am a very versatile crafter: I scrapbook, make cards, create Mixed Media projects and Out of Page ones.
I am also very versatile on my styles, and they totally depend on the products I use. Sometimes my style is clean and simple; sometimes it can be dark and grungy. In between I do classic scrapbooking pages or lovely shabby home decorations. But in any of my projects and my styles I stamp. During the years I was a Design team member of dozens of manufacturers, but I never designed for a challenge site. So I hope to inspire you with my projects here on CAS- ual Fridays Challenge and I am honored to be on this great team.
I've been a 5th grade teacher for 19 years and plan on retiring after the next school year. I've been married to my husband, Kevin, for 25 years. We have no children, but we do have a sweet English Springer Spaniel named Lizzie. She brings so much joy to our lives! We love to travel and see so many beautiful places in this world.
I've been stamping since about 2001. I started out scrapbooking, then my best friend got me hooked on stamping when she had a stamping party. She left this great hobby behind and I kept going! I've been blogging since 2008 and have been (and still are) on several design teams. I love this craft and have made several friends all over the world! I'm so excited to be part of this very creative and talented team and look forward to the next several months!
Hi all! My name is Angel and I am from Louisiana but live just north of San Antonio, TX with my hubby of over 22 years and the two youngest of our three boys (19, 16, and 13). I started out as a scrapbooker way back in 1998 (decorative-edged scissors, anyone??), then slowly moved over to card making about 11 years ago. I've always said crafting keeps me sane, ha! I am thrilled to be joining The CAS-ual Fridays Inspiration team.
I live in the beautiful four-season state of Michigan with my best friend and husband, Gary. We live on a lake and enjoy spending time together outdoors biking and boating. I have two step-daughters who have families of their own. Between them, we have six beautiful, active grandchildren. Some live in Michigan, not too far away, and the others live way up-north in Alaska. We visit both families often and enjoy many adventures together. Everything from milking goats to mountain biking.
I retired from Hewlett-Packard several years ago where I designed and developed technical training. Many times I was also the person who delivered the training solution developed by the team. After nearly 30 years in the business world, I'm exploring new opportunities. One of those is developing my creative side and along came my blog marciakdesigns.com in October 2016.
I've been making my own cards for years. Some of my first cards were simply pictures adhered to watercolor paper. Pictures taken on vacations and scenery shots. After that I got into scrapbooking. Then scrapbooking morphed into card-making and it was basically love at first stamp. If I'm not biking, paddling, gardening, hiking or reading I'm probably in my craft room.

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Two months have passed since the last news release at the Norwegian Vinmonopolet, and it's time for a new one. The last couple of years many of the importers have marked November as THE month for new releases, something that very much has to do with the Oslo Whiskyfestival – the main Norwegian whisky festival.
A whooping 30 malts (whereof one is Japanese), one Irish whiskey, one Scottish blend and three bourbons gives a total of 35 new whisk(e)ys for the Norwegian market in one go. Six of the malts are available through the normal assortement (available in all the larger stores, can be ordered to the smaller ones at no extra cost), the rest of the malts and the other bottlings might pop up in some stores but normally they have to be ordered in (still at no extra cost).
Due to the amont I'll split the news into a couple of post, this first one will cover the six malts released into the larger stores. As usual I'll also be giving the price in pound sterling (£). Last time the exchange rate was £1=9,84NOK, this has changed due to recent event on the world markets, and the rate as i write this is £1=11,62NOK.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Senior members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) last week pushed back against a study guide recently published by one of its subsidiaries that attacks Zionism (both Christian and Jewish) as the source of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Last month, the Israel Palestine Mission Network, an affiliated non-profit that falls under the PC(USA)'s umbrella, published the study guide "Zionism Unsettled," along with a companion DVD documentary.
The guide attacks Zionism as a supremacist interpretation of the Bible, and accuses mainstream Jewish groups of a conspiracy to silence criticism of Israel. It also chastises Christians for supporting a theology that it says is akin to the Christian beliefs that "contributed to the Nazi Holocaust, the genocide of Native Americans, and countless other instances of tragic brutality."
Needless to say, the publication of "Zionism Unsettled" was deeply concerning for the many Jews who had begun to see Christians as genuine and natural allies, following centuries of overt Christian anti-Semitism.
In a statement released to the media, the leadership of the PC(USA) sought to put those concerns to rest by distancing itself from "Zionism Unsettled," if not from the authors.
"The Israel Palestine Mission Network booklet was neither paid for nor published by the Presbyterian Church (USA)," the statement read.
For some Jewish leaders, that wasn't good enough, since the Israel Palestine Mission Network falls fully under the administrative umbrella of the PC(USA).
But other Presbyterian leaders stepped in to clarify that "Zionism Unsettled" not only doesn't reflect the views of the Church's mainstream membership, it is strongly rejected by those who truly love the Jewish people.
"My first response to my friends in the Jewish community with whom I associate on a monthly basis in a Jewish-Presbyterian dialogue group is to assure them that this does not represent even close to a majority opinion," Rev. Mike Cole, a Houston-area Presbyterian leader, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Rev. Katharine Rhodes Henderson, president of New York's Auburn Theological Seminary, added that "this document purports to be about love, but it actually expresses demonization, distortion and imbalance."
In related news, a delegation of 14 Presbyterian leaders from America were in Israel last week to get to know the Jewish state so as to better relate to the arguments and propaganda surrounding her.
Of note, the Presbyterian delegation visited the SodaStream factory in the Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim that was the focus of so much media attention prior to the Super Bowl.
When SodaStream contracted Hollywood super star Scarlett Johansson as its new spokesperson, anti-Israel groups looking to boycott the Jewish state threw a fit, prompting Johansson to stop her work with one such group in particular - Oxfam.
According to Israel National News, the Presbyterian leaders couldn't see what all the fuss was about, and agreed with Johansson that SodaStream's location in the so-called "West Bank" as an Israeli business providing jobs to hundreds of Palestinians is actually good for peace.
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Mavericker. Do not worry, none taken. However, you're the one who seems to be offended by anime itself. Why did you make this thread in the first place?
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Mavericker. Do not worry, none taken. However, you're the one who seems to be offended by anime itself. Why did you make this thread in the first place?
Het is heerlijk vet! Je most het eten!
Although this has little to do with the topic.
[ - Stop feeding the troll. - ]
That's all.
He'll only continue if you provide your attention.
On this day of days, most epic and prideful, you were born 15 whole American years ago!
Through the odds and by doing the impossible, you beat out hundreds of thousands of siblings in the great sperm race for the coveted egg.
Probably via hax.
Regardless! You won!
So remember, whenever someone picks on you or calls you weak or small.
Just remind them that you beat out a few hundred thousand other wimps.
And the grand prize was not dying!
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That which is; is the truth.
We caught you in your game Mavericker, and the best thing you can do is give up and say your sorry for all the rant threads you made and maybe, just maybe, we will forgive you and give you a second chance. It all depends on if you say sorry now, or wait until its way too late.
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I didn't want to step in. I've been watching, hoping this would go somewhere, but no. It's gone nowhere at all.
I'm bored of this all. Mavericker. You've said your piece, and they've said theirs. What are you really arguing for? You said you're over 30, so I'm assuming you'd be under 40.. Sounds a little young for you to already be a bitter old man, waving your cane at the whippersnappers who listen to their devil music and walk on your lawn.
Everyone else, face it. He has made his choice of what to think, and all the effort in the world to change his mind won't change it.
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m1tch reacted to a post in a topic: DEAD FIESTA 2003 MK6 1.4 HELP ASAP!
It's fixed. It it was a blown fuse after all. Can't believe I didn't see it in the heat of the moment. But it starts and runs fine. I did a voltage check and the battery was12.7v so now I can clean up the car and get it sold. it was fuse f20 not sure what it does but it has a picture of a steering wheel on it. Many thanks for for your help. Im glad it was an easy fix. ryan
What fuse would I have blown. I have taken most of them out under the dash with no success. I'm just popping out to buy a multimeter to check the battery and then if that's dead then I'll put it on charge. I can't think about what else it could be?
Unfortunately I don't have a spare key. I have a code reader on order for the Honda jazz for anything in future. I've got a millimeter so I'll use that tomorrow to see what the voltage is like on it. What would stop the immobiliser from working or stop it flashing? Everything works IE wipers radio exterior lights and fans. I wouldn't of thought they would use much power? What else could I try apart from disconnecting the battery? If I do how long for?
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footfistart posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubEvening all I'm in abit of trouble. I went to part exchange this fiesta in the subjected titled above and went to start it to take it to get new car and went to start the car and NOTHING! Wouldn't even crank. So I thought maybe a light was left on or something so a quick jump start will sort it. Oh no it didn't. So I left my car in the fiesta to try and charge the battery and 15mins later trued cranking and nothing. I've got no interior lights. Radio goes on. Got three lights when you out key in ignition which is oil pressure light, airbag and door open light. The clocks to move or light up. Wipers work. Haven't tried exterior lights. Immobilizer light doesn't flash which is odd. It's like the car is completely dead. The car was driven yesterday which is why I though get maybe a light was left on and flat the battery. I've tried all sorts of fuses to see if any are blown and nothing. Even looked at the bigger ones under the bonnet and nothing there good. I know how an immobilizer works but I don't know how it works on this car and what would stop the car from starting. The battery is good because I've got a brand new set of quite expensive jump leads and they tell you if the battery is good when you have completed the circuit. I went from my car to the fiesta to obviously try and jump it and then went from fiesta back to my car and the leads were saying that the battery is in good shape. I have heard that you can reset the car by disconnecting the battery and leaving it over night which by then should reset the ecu and immobilizer but I don't know what to do. The car locks work when you lock/unlock (keyed entry rather than remote) but no flashing immobilizer. Is there a fuse or something that will knock that off as well as power to the interior? So now I have three cars. Not ideal. I had to push the fiesta to the other side of the car park so I could put the Jazz in its place. I was fuming this morning and still upset now about it. So now I've got to Sorn the car and then sell it privately. I couldn't get break down to come out because after 12noon the jazz took over the insurance and I called just after 12 so the insurance is invalid and no breakdown for it. Typical because no have home assist too. So I'm going to have to wait for my brother inlaw to have a look and see what it could be. It could be a very easy fix which would be good or it could be a scrap yard job :(. I don't have another key or another battery to try. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Ryan
Pipe ordered Ian!! Price was bit steep but as they don't make them and no one breaking any cars I had no choice. But as least it will be brand new. Just over £46 for it and will be here in about a week also. Brakes need replacing so I'll bleed brakes as I don't think they have ever been done since they are a it spongy. Now can someone tell me if I'll need to bleed the clutch on this? I'm not too sure if the clutch and brakes are shared on this system. The car being an automatic makes matters a it more different so I don't know if the gear box will need to relearn as well if you get me? Many thanks. Ryan
Hello there. Sorry I haven't rep,iced. Life has been getting in the way. Can you message me with the details I need that exact pipe work I need. Again sorry for very long delay. All the best Ryan.
Just got off the phone to Ford and they said that that number you gave me doesn't exist or go towards any other fiesta where its manual, auto, petrol or diesel. Where did you get that number from? I thinkin may have to go down the road of performance silicone hoses if I can't get hold of one. Many Thanks for your help. Ryan
Oh right ok then. I'm not going to drive it until it's fixed. I can't find anywhere that has this pipe. everything but which is annoying. Where will you get part number from?
It's undrivable because the pipe has melted and the fear of loosing more fluid. Well I don't want to break the car as its belongs to my wife. Thanks for tpurbhelp in the mean time. Ryan
I have no idea how these auto boxes work. I thought they were torque converters. I can wait until Monday. I just need that pipe off the bottle. It's quite long though. Would it help if I took better pictures to help. Would the clutch have to be bled then. Is there somewhere where I can read up on how it works? Sorry for aaki g questions. Ryan
I used that number at Ford and it doesn't exist. Apparently all p/ns are printed on the piping but from what I can see and rummage about I can't see one without stripping it apart. I don't want to do that as I don't what how the system works. So I'm not sure if it's a different set up to the manual version. I don't know if the system shares other systems. Many Thanks Ryan
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footfistart posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHello there this is my run around car and yesterday it started smoking in the way home. So I nursed it home and waited for engine to cool down so could see what was going on. The item in question has fallen from wherever and touched the lambda sensor causing it to melt and now the car is no longer drivable. From what I can see is a pipe from the brake reservoir? And it runs across the engine bay and then runs down the left side of the engine bay to what I can only assume is the brake servo which is under the ecu. I cannot for the life of me find the pipe I need. I went to Ford with pictures and they couldn't help me. Can someone please tell me what the pipe is called, what it does and where can I get a replacement. Car is due mot very soon which it won't make so this needs doing. Also a part number would be amazing. Here are the pictures for the pipework and where it runs. The car is a 2003 Ford fiesta mk6 1.4 automatic. Many Thanks Ryan
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footfistart replied to footfistart's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubSo flooring it to third will revert the the clutch back to its original position supposedly? Well I'm going to change the battery over today. can't see that's goin g to make a difference if this also resets the car. Might make it run better. So this type of auto box is just an automated manual with all Manuka bits apart from a box which does the changing for you. So a normal auto box in other cars have torque converters then? I'd imagine it will need a clutch at some point. I think I'll wait for that to come a lot closer to failing as its just judering right now and not slipping. The revs don't increase when juders unlike a slipping clutch would so its not that worn. I don't know what driving history it has but we have got this as a run around for shopping, dog walking and the likes. Saves my diesel then :).
Mk6 1.4 Judders When Pull Away (semi Auto Box) In Auto Mode.
footfistart replied to footfistart's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubA hard reset? How would I go about doing that? I'm replacing the battery so will that class as a hard reset if I left the car with no power for about ten minutes? I was also told it could the tourque converter? Ryan


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New for SIGGRAPH 2009
- Beginning in 2009, Art Papers will be published in a special issue of Leonardo, The Journal of the International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology. This issue of Leonardo also documents SIGGRAPH 2009 BioLogic Art.
- Integration of the Sandbox Symposium. Starting in 2009, SIGGRAPH is specifically including contributions from videogame theorists, creators, producers, and players. The Sandbox Symposium is no longer a separate event but is integrated into the main SIGGRAPH conference: SIGGRAPH 2009 includes Game Papers, published in ACM Sandbox 2009 Proceedings, and a Sandbox area where attendees can explore game development and design.
- Real-Time Rendering in the Computer Animation Festival.
- Music & Audio. SIGGRAPH 2009 has a special focus on music and audio, including presentation of content in cooperation with the New Interfaces in Musical Expression (NIME) symposium.
- Visual Music in the Computer Animation Festival.
- Information Aesthetics Showcase. Works that combine information and data visualization with graphic design and media arts.
- Research Challenge. Teams present projects they've worked on to solve an announced challenge problem.
- GameJam!. An intense 24-hour competition in which teams design and implement a video game.
- Collectible Business Card Game. . A social game that helps you build your network, have fun, and learn a little about the game industry.
- Encounter SIGGRAPH. An all-new, high-tech interactive game that reveals all the conference highlights, testing your wits and skill and ensuring that you see SIGGRAPH like you've never seen it before.
And for those who were unable to attend SIGGRAPH 2008, at least three innovations introduced in 2008 are continuing in 2009:
- The curated Design & Computation Gallery. This year's theme is Generative Fabrication.
- A new format for the Computer Animation Festival that features day- and week-long passes to festival screenings and events. Computer Animation Festival passes are included with Full Conference registration, they can be added to other registration categories, and they can be purchased by the general public without registering for SIGGRAPH 2009.
- SpeedLab, a multi-disciplinary competition, in which teams are assigned a problem at the beginning of SIGGRAPH 2009, and they present their solutions to a panel of celebrity judges four days later. The judges select the winning teams and confer fame and prizes..
And we are investigating other new projects as well. Watch this space for updates, or subscribe to our Twitter or RSS feeds.
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iLike this.. might order this one for real!!! until they come with a juice pack that fits iphone5!!!
Just released is the new iPhone 5 case from Roberu. The beautiful leather case is handmade in Japan and features a thick woven elastic strap attached to 2 pockets that hold the phone in snugly. The design allows for complete usability and does not obscure the camera lens or block the headphone jack.
The case comes in 5 different colors and is available now from Roberu.


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Rachel Kurtz
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Major/Minor: Math, Computer Science / Information Systems
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- Varsity Women's Lacrosse, Captain
- Peer Mentor
- Former Secretary of Academics, Student Government Association
- Relay for Life, Fundraising Chair
- Peer Tutor, Quantitative Skills Center
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- Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Honor Society)
- Pi Mu Epsilon (Math Honor Society)
- John S. Toll Mathematics and Science Fellow
- Presidential Fellow
Hometown: Sykesville, MD
High School: McDonogh School
Why did you choose your major? I love solving the challenging puzzles that Math and Computer Science present.
Favorite spot on campus? Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium. From the many hours practicing there to simply cheering on my friends at their games, the stadium has become one of my favorite spots on campus.
Favorite thing to order at the Cove: The Flat Iron!
Favorite way to procrastinate: Binge watching T.V. shows on Netflix
What has been your favorite WC tradition? I love Relay for Life because it brings the entire campus together for one night and shows how much of a community we are.


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CustHost needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 107 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
CustHost is an upcoming hosting company located in Sweden. Our philosophy is to give people a way to customize their hosting according to their needs. We will have a service portfolio ranging from simple virtual private servers to co-location and advanced dedicated services.
This will be the first step in our project to create a new graphical profile. Feel free to experiment and please do not use our current site as inspiration, it's dreadful.
The name comes from an abbreviation of Customized and Hosting and should be read and written as one word.
- Mostly small to medium business and organizations
- Both international and national (swedish) customers
The logo is intended for many different formats. As the logo on our website, printed on business cards, from thumbnails to posters. So the logo shouldn't have alot of elements with small details.
If you feel like using a lot of colors, please make a version of the logo for print with no more than four colors (CMYK).
It's up to you whether you want to use upper or lower case letters in the word "custhost".
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The Mountain Rose Inn
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Historical country elegance in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains! Enjoy the perfect romantic getaway as you step back in time. Nestled along the banks of the Rock Castle Creek, the award-winning Mountain Rose Inn is close to Chateau Morrisette Winery, Floyd, Ferrum and Stuart. The Inn is located 8 miles from Blue Ridge Parkway and 35 miles from I-81. This 1901 Victorian Inn offers 100 private acres complete with hiking trails, hammocks, mountain streams and an in-ground swimming pool. All rooms are charmingly decorated in antiques and include private baths in suite, gas fireplaces, porch access, satellite tv, and AC. An elegant four-course breakfast is served each morning on antique silver and china to the glow of oil lamps. Come visit us and see why we've won many awards, including "Best in the Roanoke VA Area".
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What Are the Best Places for a Wedding or Wedding Reception Near Tri-Cities?
Chances are you know someone planning a wedding right now. What are the best places? My friends suggested Belle Fiori Gardens in Finley, Moore Mansion in Pasco and Stoneridge Event Center. What are we missing? Tell us below:


text: The old 1997 paper by Dietz, Mattox, and Krishnamurthy, "The Aggregate Function API: It's Not Just For PAPERS Anymore", briefly mentions that their AFAPI library also supports, "fully coherent, polyatomic, replicated shared memory". It even gives a little chart showing how many microseconds their s_update() function takes to update that shared memory. That sounds interesting (even given the extremely low bandwith of the PAPERS hardware, etc.), but, no such function exists in the last 1999-12-22 AFAPI release! s_update() just isn't in there at all. Why? Tim M., I know you follow the Beowulf list, so could you fill us in a bit on what what happened there? http://aggregate.org/TechPub/lcpc97.html http://aggregate.org/AFAPI/AFAPI_19991222.tgz While I'm at it I might as well ask this too: That same old PAPERS papers says "UDPAPERS", using Ethernet and UDP, was implemented, but it doesn't seem to be in the AFAPI release either. What happened with that? Did it work? As well as the custom PAPERS hardware? If so, how? Dirt cheap 10/100 cards and UTP cable would certainly be a lot more convenient than custom PAPERS hardware for anyone wanting to experiment with the AFAPI stuff, but I'm confused about what part of the ethernet network could be magically made to act as the NAND gate for the aggregate operations. Did it need to use some particular programmable ethernet switch? Or the aggregate operations were actually done on each of the nodes? -- Andrew Piskorski <atp at piskorski.com> http://www.piskorski.com/


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Our website will be realtybythebay.com. We own a number of domains ending in ....bythebay.com. We would like to be able to change out the "realty" text for another related words. For example, change realty to blog for blogbythebay.com. (We will need a .psd file in order to be able to change out the text if needed)
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Weberwoman's Wrevenge
Weberwoman's Wrevenge was an Australian science fiction fandom and literary zine by Jean Weber.
It was published from 1981 till 2000.
Art work was contributed by Sheryl Birkhead, Tom Cardy, Jerry Collins, Terry Collister, Kevin Dillon, Richard Faulder (Xenophilia), Ken Fletcher, Steven Fox, Alexis Gilliland, Roelof Goudriaan, Craig Hilton, Peter Lempert, Adrienne Losin, Mike McGann, John Packer, Bill Rotsler, Margaret Sanders, Jane Taubman, Arthur Thomson (The ATom Anthology), Julie Vaux, Sam Wagar, and Mel White.
Written contributions were by Andy Andruschek, Chris Callahan, Glen Crawford, Stephen Dedman, David Evans, Terry Frost, Irwin Hirsh (Thyme), Paula Johanson (The Central Ganglion), E.B. Klassen (The Central Ganglion), Dave Locke (Time and Again) Lyn McConchie, Ellie Miller, Marc Ortlieb (Q36, Tigger, The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet), Pete Presford, Charlotte Proctor (Anvil), Julie Vaux, Sam Wagar, and Joy Window.
Letters came from Christine Ashby, Linda Blanchard, Pamela Boal, Avedon Carol (Pulp, Chuch), Bev Clark, Buck Coulson (Yandro), Leanne Frahm, Mary Gentle, Judith Hanna (Fuck The Tories), Jack Herman (WAHF-full), Joy Hibbert, Ben Indick (Ibid), Terry Jeeves (ERG), Eric Mayer (E-Ditto), Eunice Pearson (Calaban), Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Windhaven), Paul Skelton (Small Friendly Dog), Garth Spencer (The Royal Swiss Navy Gazette), and Sue Thomason.


text: Nifty niftyompi Mitch wrote: >> I've gotten a lot of response to my IB questions that I posed to the >> list. Thanks for all your help. All of my questions have been answered. >> It turns out, as some as you pointed out, that my switch will have a >> built-in subnet manager, so I won't need to run one on a node. >> > > I should add that a built in subnet manager is extra $$. Also they tend > to run on a modest dedicated processor card. The modest dedicated card > solutions have limited RAM and will not support a gonzo big fabric. > A rule of thumb, depending on the subnet manager on the card the run out of memory > recources trip point is about 144 ports. > > The richer the statistics gathered and retained the larger the footprint is. > > Large fabrics will need a host based subnet manager. Thanks my cluster is only 64 nodes, so that shouldn't be a problem. -- Prentice


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Most times it's infuriating when old-fogey bands hawk new albums, ripping off what they've been led to believe are the "hot new sounds" of the minute, going way back to when Rolling Stones decided they needed to stop everything and become the Bee Gees. In this case, however, Radiohead have gone the extra mile, reaching that rare point where they're ripping off bands whose core vibe was actually stolen from their own, this all subject to whether or not you believe Animal Collective's mainframe-blooping fractal-techno (if you're old, we're essentially talking about stuff that sounds like Pink Floyd's "On the Run") was inspired by Radiohead's own OK Computer and whatnot. Past all that, though, and as much as it would please skinny-jean wonks to say it, Radiohead aren't a bunch of dummies, thus this LP goes beyond the notion of "we'll show Animal Collective a thing or three" into the territory of "well I'll be damned, Yorke actually listens to Aphex Twin and enjoys it." But what does that really mean, aside from ensuring that a few ridiculously burnt-out critics punctuate their snark with knowing smiles? My inner pragmatist recognizes that Radiohead has great taste in ambient techno, and admits they've hereby mopped the floor with Animal Collective, but must insist that this is seriously not the reinvention of the G clef (nor of Radiohead; "Codex" is from the same old pit of eye-rollingly mournful slowbie-slug nonsense in which they traditionally wallow).
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 no.10 Cape Town oct. 2010
Gvt crafts its own hospital quality standards, sans world-class local body
Beleaguered public hospitals and clinics, due for a quality assurance 'make-over' and continual monitoring in advance of the much-vaunted National Health Insurance (NHI), may emerge little better in spite of strenuous government efforts.
The pivotal Office of Standards Compliance (OSC), tasked with drafting and monitoring minimum health care standards nation-wide, has parted ways with the local leaders in the field and could be headed for dysfunction, some experts believe.
After intermittent OSC consultation with, and several last-minute appeals for help from the local NGO with the strongest track record, the two bodies have reached a stand-off, neither talking to the other after disagreement on several issues. Several consultants to the OSC also believe that its failure to fully incorporate the best local advice and keep its top local advisor on board has led to poorly developed measurement standards, a dangerously accelerated process and deeply flawed pilot studies. The OSC denies this, claiming to have obtained 'enormous buy-in' from provincial teams and other stakeholders and to be on track with 'reliable, flexible and validated' measurement tools.
The 15-year-old, not-for-profit NGO - the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA) - has already independently assessed, monitored and accredited 55 public and 25 private sector local hospitals, based on essential performance indicators. It has more sets of standards accredited by the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) than any other health care accrediting body in the world and advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on patient safety and quality issues. Its quality assurance methods and protocols are the gold standard in Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho and the City of Cape Town (clinics and community health centres), and are also in use to varying degrees at private and public hospitals in Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania and Rwanda.
A full quarter (28) of all hospices in South Africa are fully accredited by COHSASA with 97 headed towards full accreditation, hugely elevating their credibility and opening international funding doors, the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa told Izindaba.
In spite of this, the OSC is now using a British-based company, the Care Quality Commission, to audit the tools and processes it has developed, citing important similarities with the proposed local NHI funding model. South Africa's impending NHI system rests on hospitals and clinics in the private and public sector being gradually and incrementally accredited according to a set of minimum health care delivery standards. The systematic 'upgrade' of the larger public sector via preparatory quality assurance and monitoring has been touted by leading NHI architect, Dr Olive Shisana, and various health ministers as a vital rehabilitation tool and a pre-requisite for effective NHI functioning. Accreditation of any health care facility will allow it to access treatment funds from a several billion rands-strong central NHI coffer.
Were they pushed or did they jump?
The OSC/COHSASA collaboration ended this March after two years of ad hoc consultation in which the relationship grew increasingly strained over COHSASA CEO Professor Stuart Whittaker's insistence on specific standards of measurement and training. He and his staff spent an 'inordinate amount' of time commuting between Cape Town and Pretoria, staying in hotels and serving on pivotal OSC advisory committees, making themselves available to answer queries and giving advice, much of it last-minute. One source claimed COHSASA spent R250 000, but Whittaker declined to confirm this, saying only that an 'out of pocket' figure existed.
His counterpart, OSC director, Dr Carol Marshal, admitted that 'they put in resources' but strongly denied any imputation that COHSASA was 'ditched'.
'They excluded themselves because they felt we should be using their product. There are products on the market for which one goes through normal tender procedures. The NGO model is not the only one out there. We ran a very open, participative process,' she asserted. Marshal added, 'It's a great pity. I think they made a decision that they would never be listened to. If you're going to be in on a process as an expert, you must be careful not to be a salesman.' She said she believes health minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, 'feels that something as fundamental as quality assurance needs to be under the control of the government'.
Each side complained to Izindaba that the other wanted to be 'both player and referee'. The OSC feels vulnerable at the prospect of paying for both standards development and ongoing monitoring, yet is arrogating that dual role to itself.
Down the line, the OSC is envisaged as independent of the health department, accountable directly to parliament. Debate looms over financing after officials confided that in the present economic climate, the best the OSC can hope for is seed funding. They claim their objectivity would be enhanced by rotating surveyors (whose quality COHSASA is severely sceptical about) through the provinces.
In February this year, after three months of little or no contact with COHSASA, the OSC suddenly asked it to pilot OSC standards at two hospitals, one community health centre and several clinics per province. Whittaker declined, reiterating reservations over time frames and a lack of proper measurement tools inherent in OSC standards.
OSC 'reinventing the wheel' - experts
A theme of 're-inventing the wheel' emerged during Izindaba's survey of experts in quality assurance-related fields, most of them involved with the OSC process. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one top provincial health official said: 'I would have thought that the national approach would be to try and avoid reinventing the wheel. COHSASA has already developed internationally accredited standards that are in place in many provinces and in other countries. It would have been easier as an approach to ask whether we cannot start with what we have and then develop it to suit the needs of the entire country and where we're trying to get to with the NHI. Instead we have this parallel process. At this stage it's not even clear what it will mean if you comply with the OSC's core standards. This just meets the bare minimum, never mind where we should be for the NHI.' Another provincial official, a protagonist of the OSC model, claimed that COHSASA interventions seldom built ongoing capacity and that facilities often 'slipped back'.
A benefit and risk manager in private sector funding suggested using all quality assurance bodies with a local track record to implement OSC standards on the same basis that agencies do Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) accreditation. Marshal acknowledged this but said it would depend on 'how costs play out - things are pretty tight right now'. The risk manager added, 'Why reinvent the wheel when all the OSC need do is accredit programmes? These guys (like COHSASA) have the standards going and the track record.'
Sharon Slabbert, Executive Officer for Health Service Delivery at the Hospitals Association of South Africa (HASA), said it was 'sad that people like COHSASA are being ignored by people who are trying to set standards for our country for something as important as the NHI. It's also crazy that the OSC has been given such a short time to implement such a complicated thing. Rather wait and do it properly. We'll be stuck with this.'
Hospital accreditation target creates pressure
With national health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi having set the health facility accreditation bar at 20% of the country's 3 716 hospitals and clinics by July next year, Marshal and her staff are under huge pressure to deliver. She said the OSC standards had already been disseminated to hospitals and clinics which were doing self-assessments against them. 'We piloted the standards in all provinces in March and got their input. As a result there was a fair amount of technical work which we tried to do on a shoestring basis. But there was enormous buy-in from provincial teams to make standards reflect their reality and what they felt would be most useful.'
She denied that the resultant working group had failed to consider measurement tools and added: 'We feel we've validated and tested for reliability and made it quite flexible'. She explained 'flexibility' as one province perhaps being more interested in infrastructure and another in mother and child health, adding: 'It's pretty robust'.
COHSASA successes graphically illustrate the potential for reducing the country's tragically high and avoidable infant mortality rates and addressing the overall parlous state of public health care delivery - when quality assurance is properly implemented. (South Africa is one of only 12 countries in which mortality rates for children have increased since the 1990 baseline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)).
A national sample study of COHSASA-linked hospitals by Professor Bob Pattinson, one of South Africa's top neonatal and maternity experts, shows that the higher their levels of standards compliance, the lower their infant mortality rates. Using COHSASA scores as the gold standard, he identified public hospitals that also used the Perinatal Problem Identification Programme (a perinatal care audit system). Pattinson found that at district hospitals, the better the standard of care (COHSASA score), the lower the perinatal mortality rate and the neonatal death rate.1 He told Izindaba that South Africa had 'pretty good' health coverage, 'but it's the quality of care where we fall down'.
This August, the Eastern Cape's Health MEC, Phumulo Masualle, conceded after an internal probe that 'a significant percentage' of the 100 premature baby deaths at Mthatha's Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital since January this year were due to 'clinical, administrative and infrastructural factors'. Pattinson's research indicates that patient referrals are a strong contributory factor to negative outcomes at tertiary hospitals. The Mthatha deaths follow multiple avoidable baby deaths at Mt Frere and Cecilia Makiwane district hospitals in that province three years ago amid outrage by the then deputy health minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, who was subsequently fired.
Praise song from the grave
The late deputy health minister, Dr Molefi Sefularo, embraced the expertise of COHSASA in correspondence which Izindaba has seen, and was a champion of the quality assurance process. In a letter dated 11 February, less than two months before his death in a car accident this year, Sefularo describes COHSASA's role as a member of one of the OSC's technical quality improvement working groups as 'critical'.
'The areas identified for fast-track quality improvement, namely strengthening our commitment to our core values, ensuring facilities are clean, reducing waiting times, improving patient safety, strengthening the control of healthcare-acquired infections and ensuring the availability of essential medicines and supplies lie at the centre of our commitment to better services. Our staff will be in touch with you in the near future with respect to the work to be done,' he promised.
Observers of and participants in drawing up the much revised standards compliance framework say this was done without any 'attested instruments' to measure facility performance over time and without adequately prepared evaluators.
Says Professor Whittaker: 'We've expressed our ongoing willingness to assist but we're concerned about the processes used, in particular the lack of consultation with the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa and other academic bodies. We're also worried that the approach of the International Society for Quality in Health Care in developing accreditation standards has not been followed to any substantial degree'.
Whittaker said that development and acceptance of standards by all role players was 'but the first step' in bringing about the accreditation of a health care facility. Before the accreditation of a facility, 'evaluative instruments' should be developed and surveyors trained to provide assessments. Once this was done, problems identified in facilities by the standards needed to be corrected before accreditation could be awarded. He said that, in his view, the OSC process was neither appropriate nor adequate.
COHSASA takes six months to a year to train facility assessors (OSC training is by comparison a crash course), followed by the painstaking enrolment of staff at hospital and clinics to 'secure their buy in'. Whittaker said it took a special kind of skill to persuade overworked nurses, doctors and administrative staff to shoulder the extra burden of, among other things, adverse event reporting and continuous monitoring. This, and the diligence required to scientifically validate quality improvement to enable full accreditation could take up to two years. He added that several public sector facilities that had failed to maintain COHSASA's required level of standards compliance had lost their accreditation status and would only regain it once they were back up to standard.
Marshal said core standards and quality assurance on their own would not cure the public health care sector's ills. 'They have to be part of a much bigger effort.' She said she was contemplating calling Whittaker to ask 'if he won't reconsider' (his role as a consultant). One observer quipped: 'I wouldn't hold my breath'.
Chris Bateman
1. Pattinson R. Director MRC Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research Unit, Dept O&G, University of Pretoria. Unpublished abstract presented at the International Stillbirth Alliance meeting in Oslo, Norway in 2008 and an unpublished poster presented at the March 2010 Goudini Spa, Local Priorities in Perinatal Care conference. [ Links ]


text: New Fishing Pier To Be Built On Chattahoochee River WorldFishingNetwork.com Staff New Fishing Pier To Be Built On Chattahoochee River Anglers who frequent the Morgan Falls Dam portion of the Chattahoochee River should be excited to learn about the construction of a new fishing pier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division. The pier, being built by Georgia Power as a recreational improvement for Morgan Falls Dam, will provide great additional angler access below the dam. Completion is anticipated by mid-February 2011.As a side effect of construction, public access to the parking lot, shoreline and DNR boat ramp on the Fulton County side of the river (just below the dam) will be unavailable for most of November 2010 and January 2011. There is a public boat ramp a short distance downstream at Johnson Ferry Road that can accommodate boat access to that portion of the river.While the project poses a temporary inconvenience, "it should be a net positive moving forward," said WRD Fisheries Management Region Supervisor Chris Martin. The construction will be in two phases. The first phase is scheduled to begin Oct. 25, 2010, resulting in the area being unavailable the remainder of October and most of November. The area is scheduled to re-open Nov. 23, 2010, and remain open through Jan. 3, 2011. Beginning Jan. 4, 2011, the area will be closed for four additional weeks, with plans to open back up in early February.Visitors should check area signs for any change in this schedule.For more information on fishing in Georgia, visit www.georgiawildlife.com.


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As writer/entrepreneur, Joe Konrath, stated in a recent posting, Amazon's Kindle Worlds allows writers to create stories in another author's world. I was one of a handful of writers fortunate enough to be invited to submit a story for the opening of Konrath's World. A summary of my tale can be found at the end of this post. First, though, I would like to discuss a much larger issue that could greatly benefit readers and writers alike.
Joe is serious about his craft and incredibly generous to those of us willing to learn from his experiences. For years he's passed on knowledge gleaned from being traditionally published and later from his success as an indie author. Over the years, he's learned, grown, and rapidly adapted as e-books became a disruptive technology and turned legacy publishing on its head.
Those who follow the news regularly are aware that leaders from around the globe are becoming more vocal about establishing a world currency, something I believe will become a reality one day. And with a single currency, it's only a matter of time before all nations are united under one leader. If this should come to pass, why not be proactive and choose a benevolent dictator – someone like Joe.
Every potential leader needs a platform, and since Joe's a forward thinker, I don't believe the current system of getting elected as a senator or governor of Illinois, then toiling away at being elected President of the United States would work for him. My understanding is that he's a Libertarian and by the look and feel of the citizenry, the country isn't ready to embrace a third party political candidate.
Joe's way will more than likely involve becoming President of the United Nations Security Council and rule from there as Secretary-General. The exact steps necessary to achieve this will be released at a future date. Today, your help is needed to plant the seeds for a grassroots movement. In addition, he needs time to decide on a new name for the U.N. Security Council. Something cool, like Guardians of the Galaxy (this particular name is currently controlled by Marvel Comics, but Joe's laying the groundwork to update current copyright laws or at least get a good licensing deal).
"Okay Keith," some of you may be thinking. "I'm in. How can I help?" For starters, you can buy as many of Joe's books as possible. After familiarizing yourself with the Jack Daniels and Associates stories, you can write your own and post them on Kindle Worlds. Be sure to follow the guidelines and after they go live, tell as many people as possible via word-of-mouth and social media. Once world domination has been achieved, Joe will reward those who helped him along the way with cool stuff to be named later. Think of this as a Konrath Kickstarter campaign.
My own modest contribution starts with a short story entitled "The Last Taboo." The description is as follows:
Army Investigator, Alan Johnson, has been called on to look into the disappearance of 25-year-old Ian Harris. Ian's father is contemplating a Senate bid and wants his son found, but without fanfare or the attention of the local media. Yet, what seems like a simple case soon turns menacing. Meanwhile, a Chicago psychopath has arrived in Austin, TX, to indulge in a macabre hobby and practice for a trial run of something much larger in scope in the near future. Several off-the-grid people have already disappeared and none of his victims will ever be the same. The Last Taboo is a 7,000 word Fangora-ish short story (about 23 pages long). Those who've read Konrath's Bloody Mary will better understand the ending.
In addition, I also have several short stories published under secret pen names you may enjoy (shhh - please don't tell anyone who actually wrote them since it's, you know, a secret). Purchases will count towards your overall placement in the New World Order. Or get you a guest spot on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, whichever you prefer.
Dead Corpse - Dallas Worth, aka Stanley Bupkis, has become the second convict mistakenly released by the Nevada Department of Corrections for the year. Wishing to lay low before fleeing the state and in need of cash, he agrees to look into a matter for a woman involving the death of her husband. Before it's all over, he'll cross paths with an individual who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of fame – including turning Dallas into his next victim.
Carl Hiaasen has been quoted as stating that his stories are populated with slightly altered true tales from Florida since truth is indeed stranger than fiction. In that vein, Dead Corpse is a 20,000-word thinly-disguised narrative of several real-life events that were widely reported on during the wild, free-wheeling, anything goes '90s decade in Clark County where the author once lived.
Zombie Cat - Burrtail used to have plenty to eat, a comfortable place to sleep, and a family that loved him. But everything has changed and the young feline is now hungry, alone and confused. His family disappeared days ago and he's not sure what to do.
He sets off seeking help from a friend, a smart and feisty she-cat who lives nearby, to get things sorted out and make sense of the strange and mysterious changes that have occurred. Not everyone he encounters during his quest is helpful, however, including a self-appointed leader bent on imposing his will on others.
Zombie Cat is a sad and scary story about felines, the undead, and abandonment. It's also a tale about faith, hope, and healing.
That's it for now. I'm currently working on Konrath's inauguration theme party which will include zombies, scantily-clad women, and high quality beer. After that, I'm back to finishing up my low-budget horror script I hope to make into a full-blown movie in time for the World Domination after-party (no zombies, but it does have a really cool demon. Almost as cool as Bub from Origin. Shh – another secret).
As others before me have said – It's a great time to be a writer.
Joe sez: Thanks, Keith. However, my plans for world domination don't involved actually ruling. That seems like a lot of work. But in the US I do want to legalize drugs, gambling, and prostitution, pass the Equal Rights Amendment, make income tax into a flat tax, yes to universal healthcare, go back to isolationism except when the UN votes for our military intervention, yes to gay marriage, yes to abortion rights, no to torture, tax churches, yes to guns, yes to smaller government, yes to personal privacy, cut military spending, increase education spending, stop the war on terror, reform welfare, yes to net neutrality, yes to stem cell research, and open the boarders and grant every alien citizenship if they pass the USCIS test.
Did I miss any hot button issues?


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- Getting Started with the Arduino
- When: July 23rd during our Open House
- One class will be 11am to noon and one class will be 2pm - 3pm.
- Classes are limited to six people each. These are first come, first serve and there will be a sign up sheet in the space on the day of the open house. Make sure to get there early to get a seat in the class.
- Who should attend: People who want to learn how to get started using the arduino board. Attendees will learn
- How to get the arduino software
- Where to order a board
- How to connect the board to the computer
- How to connect LEDs to the board
- The very basics of programming to write a small program to flash the LEDs.
- The class attendees will be using a computer so basic knowledge of Windows and typing skills would be required. Kids are welcome but they should be at least 10 years old.
- Attendees are not required to bring anything and will leave with a hand out of material of the class.
- Questions? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com
- 4th of July parade float
- Suggestions:
- Air cannons: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000076
- Build some kinda of twinkie launching device.
- Build a ride-able beetlebot.
Jenett has 2 large DC motors that would easily move a person.Dosman found an electric wheelchair that will serve as the motors and chassis! A charger has been acquired and it works. Joe suggests we steer by grabbing the antennas.
- Build an IR LED wall that can only be view with cameras
- Build a strandbeest: http://www.strandbeest.com/
- Marching band of hacked instruments
- Float of some kind
- Nathan's truck with the Bloominglabs banners down the side
- Suggestions:
Participate in the discussion and contribute your ideas at the 4th Of July Project page.
- GeoCaching Boxes
- Kevin Makice has a project page about this at http://www.wisdomofplay.com/toy-boxes
- Need to be built by May 1st
- Please go to the link above and submit your ideas by Apr 8th!
- Indiana LinuxFest Hardware Hacking Village
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The provincial government announced more than $17 million in contracts related to the development of the new regional hospital and long-term care facility in Corner Brook on Thursday morning.
Premier Tom Marshall said the announcement marks another important step in development of the facility.
"Progress is now moving along, we're back on track," he said during the announcement at his office in the Sir Richard Squires Building.
"This is a major undertaking," said Marshall and added "the scale and complexities of hospital construction require a tremendous amount of detailing and design."
It was the detail and design that was the main focus of the announcement.
A consortium of companies known as the Corner Brook Care Team was awarded a $10.7-million contract for the design of the facility.
The team will use the functional program, which outlines the operational design, programming and project scope, to begin the detailed design of the five buildings that will comprise the health-care complex," said a press release issued at the announcement.
"The design team includes architects, engineers and construction experts who will turn the functional program into design plans and specifications for the many building systems required in a modern health-care facility."
The work they will do will result in two design packages, one for the long-term care and central utility services buildings and one for the acute care hospital, administration, and hostel facilities. These will be used as the technical requirements for the construction of the health-care facilities.
It was noted at the announcement that construction of the long-term care facility will begin in 2015 and construction of the acute care hospital in 2016.
The Corner Brook Care Team is a joint venture of B+H, Montgomery Sisam Architects, PCL Construction and Marco Construction.
In addition to the design contract two other contracts were awarded that will result in work at the site this summer.
Marine Contractors of Pasadena was awarded a $3.9 million contract for site excavation and grading and the underground concrete water reservoir will be completed by Brook Construction of Corner Brook at a value of $2.9 million.
The hospital was first announced in 2007.


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A Mississippi conference for agritourism entrepreneurs and those thinking about opening an agritourism business has been scheduled for Feb. 21 at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum in Jackson, Miss.
The conference will include six educational sessions, opportunities to network with other entrepreneurs, and a catered meal.
"This conference will be a valuable resource for farmers who want to explore what it takes to set up an agritourism operation and what types of ventures are successful," said Jo Lynn Mitchell, president of the Mississippi Agritourism Association. "They will hear firsthand from experienced successful agritourism operators who are willing to share their ideas."
Among the speakers are: Daryl Jones and Wes Neal, Mississippi State University Wildlife and Fisheries specialists who will talk on fee fishing and hunting opportunities; Dan Franklin, owner, Buffalo Park, Tupelo, Miss., Jackie Tate, Tate Farms, Cotton Pickin' Pumpkins, Meridianville, Ala., and Michael May, Lazy Acres Plantation, LLC, Chunky, Miss., all successful agritourism operators; and Stanley Wise, Mississippi State University Extension county director and owner of Wise Farms, New Albany, Miss., who will explain what it takes to get started in the agritourism business.
At the close of the conference there will be a short meeting of the Mississippi Agritourism Association.
The $25 registration fee for each attendee includes all sessions, all materials, lunch and snacks during the conference.
To register, send registration fee and contact information to Charlotte Adkins, Treasurer, MAA, 373 Highway 364, Booneville, MS 38829, by Feb. 14.
For more information, contact Jo Lynn Mitchell, MAA president, at (601) 606-0762.


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Sunday shows: Colbert to 'Press'
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• Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R)
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• Comedian Stephen Colbert
• Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (D)
• Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D)
• Alex Castellanos, Republican strategist
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• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
• Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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• Newt Gingrich, former House speaker and Republican presidential candidate
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Ancestry.co.uk announces promotional partnership with Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the hit novel and theatrical production
Ancestry.co.uk, the UK's favourite family history website, announces its promotional partnership with DreamWorks Pictures' War Horse, the much-anticipated film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel, which is scheduled for its UK theatrical release on 13th January 2012.
Produced by DreamWorks Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures, UK through the Touchstone Pictures banner, it is directed by Stephen Spielberg.
DreamWorks Pictures' War Horse, director Steven Spielberg's epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land.
The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. War Horse is one of the great stories of friendship and war— a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is currently on Broadway and in the West End. It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.
Reality was equally tragic. When the war began in 1914, the British army had just 25,000 horses and the War Office was tasked to recruit more, which were needed to pull heavy guns, transport weapons and supplies, carry the wounded to hospital and to mount cavalry charges.
During the first year of conflict the countryside was emptied of shire horses and riding ponies, which was agonising for farming families who often had already said goodbye to a family member. In total one million horses were sent to the Western Front during the war, but only around 67,000 returned home.
War Horse will shine light on the story of the million brave horses that served in the War, which is highlighted further through the partnership with Ancestry.co.uk. It includes TV and print advertising, a dedicated competition webpage on www.ancestry.co.uk/warhorse with exclusive content and a co-branded Facebook presence with various to-be-revealed promotional elements.
Ancestry.co.uk International Commerce and Business Development Director Angela Crouch comments: "Our members will absolutely love this film and the war-related theme fits perfectly with our unrivalled historical collections, which document the human heroes of so many historic conflicts. They will also have the chance to win prizes and get access to film footage through our dedicated competition webpage."
For those researching any war hero ancestor, Ancestry.co.uk has the most comprehensive collection of WWI military records available online, including British Army WWI Service and Pension Records and WWI Medal Index cards.
(With thanks to Adrian at Ancestry)


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The stars of "Divergent" took a break from factional feuding in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi film currently shooting in Chicago to have dinner together Sunday at Girl and the Goat in the West Loop.
Shailene Woodley, whose character leaves the "faction" she was born into for another (in the story, society is divided into five different factions), was joined at the restaurant by Miles Teller, her jealous rival in the film, and co-stars Zoe Kravitz, Theo James, Jai Courtney, Ben Lamb, Ben Lloyd Hughes, Christian Madsen (son of Chicago native Michael Madsen) and Chicago actress Amy Newbold.
Kate Winslet, Mekhi Phifer and recent addition Ashley Judd also star in the movie but were not on hand for the cast dinner.
"Divergent" began filming April 8 at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios on the West Side. Gov. Pat Quinn claimed the movie, currently filming under the alias "Catbird," will create 1,000 jobs and contribute $30 million to the local economy. "Divergent" is based on the young adult novels by Chicago author Veronica Roth.
"It still seems so unreal to me that any of this is happening," wrote Roth on her blog April 8. "Every time I experience something that makes it feel more real, I go through this period of shock like I'm the kid in that David After Dentist video."
Also filming in Chicago last week was NBC's "Chicago Fire," which returned to shoot Friday at Lottie's Pub in the Bucktown neighborhood, and the independent film "Open Tables," which stars Joel Murray and filmed Thursday at The Goddess and Grocer, also in Bucktown.
Heads up: The first annual Woody's Wiffle Ball Classic — hosted by retired Cub Kerry Wood — is set for Aug. 10 and will feature a wiffle ball tournament and celebrity home run derby at Wrigley Field (with Wood pitching, no less), as well as an after-party at nearby John Barleycorn. The fundraiser for the Wood Family Foundation will replace the annual Strike Zone Celebrity Bowling Tournament.
Help wanted: The producers of Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club" will hold an open casting call Saturday at Bar Louie in the South Loop. For details, go to bunim-murray.com.
Sightings: Rapper Q-Tip DJed Friday at the Hennessy Black-sponsored "Downtown 88" art show, which featured work by Chicago artist Hebru Brantley, at Lacuna Artist Loft Studios. … Gary Sinise ("CSI: NY") had lunch Tuesday at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in the Gold Coast. Rapper B.o.B dined there April 4. … Carla Gugino ("Spy Kids") dined at Paris club April 1 and 6 while in town to film the ABC pilot "Doubt." … Debi Mazar ("Entourage") and Little Big Town singer Kimberly Schlapman stayed at The Wit hotel Tuesday through Thursday. They were in town for the Scripps Networks upfront event at the Chicago Theatre. … Eamonn Walker ("Chicago Fire") hung out Friday at Drumbar in the Raffaello hotel. … Singer Tristan Prettyman had dinner Friday at Nellcote. … The Bulls' Jimmy Butler, White Sox executive vice president Kenny Williams and TNT basketball personality Mike Fratello were spotted, separately, Wednesday at Tavern on Rush. … The Blackhawks' Patrick Kane hung out Tuesday at Board Room. Teammate Dave Bolland dined on April 5 at Roka Akor. … The Bears' Matt Forte appeared at the Macy's on State Street Thursday to kick off the Men's Style Event.


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Honor God with Your Family This Thanksgiving
- Gwen Ellis Author, Simply Fun for Families
- 2011 3 Nov
There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you (Deuteronomy 12:7, NIV).
You work hard. Whether you are the breadwinner and go to a job every day or the one who keeps the home fires burning, you are fully occupied in providing for your family. You contribute finances, whether by earning them or saving them. You labor physically, whether by sitting at a desk plugging away or carrying laundry up and down the stairs. You are continually improving your investments, whether you are putting money into an account that grows or improving your house and yard. All work is good, and it should bring a great deal of satisfaction as you care for your home and family. But there needs to be a time for rewards.
Family celebrations are one of the rewards of faithful services. More than trophies that only collect dust, more than monetary rewards that are soon spent, family celebrations are rewards that will be remembered for a lifetime. So celebrate. Celebrate everything -- birthdays, special occasions, anniversaries, beginnings and endings. Enjoy life, enjoy your family, and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Family celebrations are one more time to teach your kids your values and help them understand they are part of a larger plan. Your children are pieces of a family that has a great history and far-reaching possibilities for the future. Teach your kids that they are an important link in the chain of life and of your family. They are the hope for the future of your family.
Make family celebrations your very own. Don't be sucked into doing it the way others in your family have done it or the way some television personality says you should celebrate. When a couple marries, the two individuals will bring traditions from their families.
Make those traditions the starting point for building your own family unit. Included in building your own traditions is permission not to spend every holiday at someone else's house. Your kids need to spend time with you in your own home. So stay home with your children and enjoy them. They will be gone before you know it.
A little more than three hundred years ago, our forefathers stood on the shores of a new land and gave thanks to God for keeping them through the previous year.
Consider all that has happened in the three hundred years since then. Today our land is teeming with people, industry, health facilities, automobiles, homes and thousands of wonderful things. We have much to thank God for. We should value God's good gifts to us in America. We should teach our children to value them as well. Thanksgiving is a time to do that.
Here are a few celebration ideas.
• Review the story of the Pilgrims by reading a storybook from the library.
• A delightful film available on video is An American Tail, which tells the story of a Russian mouse family that immigrates to America. At one point, all the mice are pouring onto Ellis Island. In the background, a song can be heard with the words that are engraved on the Statue of Liberty:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
~ Emma Lazarus
Although An American Tail is a fantasy and not about people, it may help your children understand what it was like for immigrants to come to this country from poverty, oppression and fear. Talk about it and lead your children in giving thanks for this great land.
• Invite a great-grandparent or a friend who immigrated to the United States to share his or her story with your family. Each person you talk to will have a unique view on what the experience was like.
• Many churches and civic organizations have programs in which volunteers cook and serve dinner to the needy. What a great learning experience it would be for your whole family to be a part of serving the hungry together. Your children will see firsthand that you value people and generosity.
• Invite those who have no place to go for Thanksgiving. Every person who sits at your table brings a new insight about life.
• Whatever you do, make giving thanks a part of your celebration. If your church has a Thanksgiving Day service, attend it with your children. Talk afterward about how to give thanks to God. Pray together and, by your example, teach your children to offer prayers of thanksgiving to God.
Adapted from Simply Fun for Families by Gwen Ellis. Used by permission of Fleming H. Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2005. All rights to this material are reserved. Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published in other media, or mirrored at other sites without written permission from Baker Publishing Group. www.BakerPublishingGroup.com.
Gwen Ellis lives in California, where after retiring she started her own business, Seaside Creative Services. Gwen writes, speaks and consults with publishing companies. Learn more at www.seasidecreativeservices.com.
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Speaking at the annual summer conference of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association at Franklin, Tenn., he said the "wild card" is consumption – how much and where it will occur.
"We now know how many acres there are in most of the world, and July-November weather will determine what the final production numbers will be."
Jernigan, chairman and chief executive officer of Globecot, which provides information and analyses to the fiber/textile industry and handles cotton futures trading worldwide, said China, Pakistan, and Turkey will be the three most influential countries affecting consumption.
"China is the real star, with consumption projected by USDA at a record 25.75 million bales" (he thinks it could top 26 million bales, while the rest of Asia is basically stagnant).
China is quickly moving toward status as the largest supplier of textiles/apparel to the U.S. market, he said. "They're rapidly taking market share away from all cotton-producing countries as a result of increases allowed through their membership in the World Trade Organization."
China's exports to the U.S. are up more than 70 percent in volume, Jernigan said. At the same time, its domestic consumption will be robust – "higher than anyone has forecast."
Additionally, a more competitive currency situation than other countries vis-a-vis the dollar, abundant cheap labor, political stability, and reliable shipping will help make China a formidable competitor for the lucrative U.S. market. "They've quickly learned to become the Wal-Mart of the textile/apparel business."
Turkey, which continues to dominate in sales to the European Union, is trying to join the EU, Jernigan said, but is having problems with its currency, which "has weakened dramatically."
Consumption is expected to be down sharply in the EU - from 20 percent to 50percent - and "there's not much potential" for the U.S. to compete with Turkey in that market.
Pakistan is significantly boosting its yarn exports to China and other countries, including increases in the U.S. market. The remaining cut-and-sew operations in the U.S. "are operating almost at capacity, he said, "and a lot of their yarn is coming from Pakistan."
The much-vaunted Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) is "seeing its influence waning" in terms of cotton use, "with little room to grow," Jernigan said. Mexico, too, holds little growth potential for U.S. cotton.
Russia, on the other hand, "shows surprising potential for expanding usage." Consumption is increasing, the country has made new investment in textile manufacturing facilities, with fabric output up by 24 percent, "and they pay on time."
The outlook for world ending stocks for the 2002/3 marketing period "looks a lot more promising than for the past two years," Jernigan said. Projections are that they carryover will be 41.182 million bales compared to 47.056 last season.
Factors influencing the outlook are reduced production in the U.S. (17.5 million bales versus 20.3 million last year) and China (20.4 million versus 24.4 million), expected reductions in India's crop due to lack of monsoon rains, and potentially greater consumption in China, Turkey, and Pakistan.
Member ginners from Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi attended the SCGA conference.