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Catholicism Series A series of one-hour DVD presentations on Catholicism, followed by discussion facilitated by Sister Martha Burbulla, CCW, will be held at St. Stephen Catholic Church in the social hall. The sessions will be held Mondays, October 22 and 29, at two different times. They are scheduled for the morning from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and in the evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Participants may attend either session. Father Robert Barron, a priest and seminary profession from Chicago, is the author and host of this pilgrimage to fascinating spiritual places of faith throughout the world. Sister Martha plans to hold five sessions in October and five in the spring. Catholics who wish to learn more about their faith, persons who are interested in Catholicism or those who are just curious are welcome. There is no charge. More information may be obtained by calling 717-485-0661.
Revival Sideling Hill Christian Church, 10424 Sipes Mill Road, Needmore, will hold revival services October 25-28 at 7 p.m. with Rev. Delmas Bard as speaker. All are welcome.
Appreciation Service A service of appreciation will be held for Pastor Betty Secrest at a combined worship service at Center United Methodist Church with Clear Ridge United Methodist Church at 10 a.m. October 28. All are welcome. Covered dish meal inthe adjoining community building at noon.
Bible Study will be held Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for the month of October at the Clear Ridge community building. The last Wednesday of the month a free community meal will be served at 6 p.m. with Bible study following at 7 p.m.
Bible Conference Knobsville Church of the Brethren will hold a Bible conference November 11-14, led by Pastor Fred Thomson of Easley, S.C. The conference is entitled "The Joy Robbers: A Study in Philippians." Conference will be held Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and evenings at 7 p.m. All are invited. More information may be obtained by contacting Pastor Chris Elliot at 717-987-3935.
Christmas Bazaar St.Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 East High Street, Hancock, will hold a Christmas bazaar Saturday, November 3, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crafts, ornaments and gifts, white elephant table, baked goods and soups to go. Also available will be ham potpie, soups, sandwiches, drinks and desserts.
Food Auction Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Co. will sponsor a food auction Saturday, October 27. Kitchen opens at noon and auction begins at 2 p.m. with a variety of items. Mike Sullivan will be the vendor.
New York City Trip Modern Woodmen Youth Group is sponsoring a day "on your own" trip to New York City November 17. Cost is $50 per person. Leave McConnellsburg at 6:15 a.m., pit stop, arrive in NYC around 11:15 a.m., leave NYC at 6:30 p.m. A nonrefundable payment of $50 is due to hold seat and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Cheryl Cutshall at 485-0527 after 4 p.m. for more information.
Trunk or Treat Knobsville United Methodist Church will hold a trunk or treat Saturday, October 27, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the church parking lot. Children will receive candy, hot dogs and other snacks. There is no charge and everyone invited to attend. The church is located on Waterfall Road.
Lanterns & Legends Festival A Lanterns and Legends Festival will be held at Cowans Gap State Park October 27, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fall foliage walk will be held at 1 p.m. with activities including pumpkin carving, seed roasting, apple press and hot apple cider. A Legends of Cowans Gap walk will be held at 7 p.m.
Christmas Bazaar A Christmas bazaar will be held November 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and November 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Pleasant Grove Christian Church Fellowship Hall. All kinds of crafts, gift ideas and food. The church is located three miles west of Needmore. More information may be obtained by calling Mary at 573-2567.
Teen Night Halloween Party A teen night Halloween Party with ghost stories will be held at McConnellsburg library, Friday, October 26, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share. At 5 p.m., ghost stories will be told by professional storyteller Alan Irvine. Please come early as this program will start on time. Costumes encouraged. Bring own pumpkin for carving (optional). Free and all teens welcome. Wii, crafts, board games, movies, books and music available. Enter through community room door.
Senior Center Social Night On October 26 Warfordsburg Senior Center's social night will consist of a Halloween theme. Seniors 60 and over come dressed in costume and enjoy the evening. There will be prizes. Bring a covered dish, meat is furnished. Meal is at 6 pm. Music by DJs Barb & Forrest at 7 p.m. For more information, call 717-294-6020.
Old MHS Haunted School Tour McConnellsburg Alumni & Friends will host a tour of the haunted school at the alumni building in McConnellsburg Thursday, October 25, Friday, October 26, and Saturday, October 27, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Come and see what the downstairs is really like. Donations of candy are needed. Any questions or if you would like to help, please contact Kathy J. Kendall at 485-0221 or 377- 3643.
Halloween Parade McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co. will hold its annual Halloween parade Thursday, October 25 at 7 p.m. The parade will line up on North First Street in the area of Fulton County Library at 6:30 p.m. where numbers will be given out. It will go from North First Street to south Third Street and end at the firehall where prizes will be awarded.
Lanterns & Legends Festival A Lanterns and Legends Festival will be held at Cowans Gap State Park October 27, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fall foliage walk will be held at 1 p.m. with activities including pumpkin carving, seed roasting, apple press and hot apple cider. A Legends of Cowans Gap walk will be held at 7 p.m.
Basketball Registration McConnellsburg Alumni & Friends Association will hold registration for all 4-year-olds through third grade boys and girls who would like to learn how to play basketball Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the alumni community building. Registration is $ 15 and all practices will be in the alumni gym starting in November. If you can not make registration or have questions, please contact Kathy Kendall at 485-0221 or 377- 3643.
SF Musical Advance tickets for the Southern Fulton Junior Senior High School production of the musical "Happy Days" are available by calling the main office at 717-294-3251, Ext. 201, or by visiting Gordon's Cruise-In in Needmore or Dott Store in Dott, Pa. Student tickets are $3 each and adult tickets are $5. Show dates are Friday, October 19, and Saturday, October 20; both evenings the performances begin at 7 p.m. .and the doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The tickets are general admission only. Some may be available at the door, but there are no guarantees.
Christmas Dinner Auction Fulton County Community Christian School will host its annual Christmas dinner auction Saturday, November 10, at Needmore Bible Church. A silent auction will begin at 3:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., followed by the traditional auction at 6:30 p.m. Hundreds of items to bid on ranging from handcrafted furniture and crafts to antiques, guns, hunting and fishing gear and supplies, household decorations, framed prints, jewelry and much more. Dinner reservations are required. Tickets may be obtained by calling 717-573-4400 or 717-485-3496. Donations for the silent and/or traditional auctions are being accepted and appreciated. Items may be dropped at the school or arrangements for pickup can be made.
Bus Trip Modern Woodmen of America Camp 7948 will sponsor a bus trip to New York City Saturday, December 1. The bus departs from McConnellsburg Courthouse at 6 a.m. A stop will be made for breakfast at approximately 8:15 a.m. and arrive in New York City near Macy's at approximately 11:30 a.m. Depart New York City near 9th Ave., between 44th and 45th streets at 6:15 p.m. A stop will be made halfway home for supper. Estimated arrival back in McConnellsburg is 12:15 a.m. Cost for transportation and a buffet breakfsat is $50 per person. Please send money by November 12 to Rick Claar, PO Box 624, Bedford, PA 15522 or call 888-623-6719.
Parents And Family Members Of Addicts Support group to help family members of addicts cope and deal with the one they love who is struggling with addiction. Free. Refreshments provided. Meets every Monday at 6 p.m. at 292 Buchanan Trail. Call Susanne at 717-414-9695 for more information.
Yoga Classes Reaching Wellness yoga classes will be held for all ages every Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., at Community State Bank. Call for cost and to register at 717-485- 4492.
Flu Immunizations Free flu immunizations for Fulton County residents will be held October 30 at Warfordsburg Senior Center, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; October 30 at Hustontown Senior Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; and November 1 at Mc- Connellsburg Senior Center from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Fulton County Medical Center cardiopulmonary rehab gym. The cost is based on insurance. Call Kim or Patti at 717-485- 6149 to see if insurance provider is accepted. Community Wellness is $40/month/person or $70/month/couple.
Zumba Classes Zumba classes will be offered at Mc- Connellsburg Firehall Wednesday evenings at 7:15 p.m. More information may be obtained by contacting Sarah at 814-259- 3667.
Zumba Fitness Reaching Wellness Zumba fitness class will be held for all ages every Friday at 6 p.m., at McConnellsburg Alumni & Friends building. More information may be obtained by calling 717-253-7599 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Addicts Helping Addicts Addicts Helping Addicts meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. This is a peer-led support group for addicts struggling with drug addiction and needing help in their recovery. Admission is free. Refreshments provided. Held at 292 Buchanan Trail. Call Susanne at 717-414-9695 for more information.
Bloodmobile A blood drive will be held Thursday, October 18, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Presbyterian Faith Center, 12957 Buck Valley Road, Warfordsburg.
Pancake Supper Whips Cove Church pancake supper will be held Saturday, November 3, beginning at 5 p.m. Buckwheat and buttermilk pancakes, eggs, pork pudding, sausage and ham, sausage gravy and drinks. Donations accepted. Located two miles south of Town Hill, I-70 Exit 156 on Route 643. More information may be obtained by calling 717-294- 3229.
Turkey Dinner Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a turkey dinner on Sunday, October 28, beginning at 11 a.m. Meals are available to eat in or to take out. All proceeds benefit Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co.
Spaghetti Dinner An all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be held Saturday, November 3, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Buck Valley Christian Church, 2281 Harmonia Road, Warfordsburg. Cost is adults $5; children 5-12, $3 and 5 and under are free or whole family for $20. Donations benefit Hagerstown Rescue Mission.
Election Day Spaghetti Dinner St. Stephen Catholic Church will hold an Election Day spaghetti dinner Tuesday, November 6. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner is served from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meatball subs will be available also. Cost is $6 for aduts and children 12 and under are $3. Takeouts available.
Potpie Dinner Ham potpie dinner will be held November 10 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Warfordsburg Presbyterian Faith Center. Proceeds benefit local missions. Donations accepted. More information may be obtained by calling 717-294-3028.
Turkey Dinner Shade Gap Area Fire Co. Auxiliary will hold its annual turkey dinner Saturday, November 10, at 4 p.m. at the auxiliary building. Cost is $9 for adults and $4.50 for children 4-12 and under 4 are free. Proceeds benefit Shade Gap Fire Co. Auxiliary.
Ham & Oyster Supper A ham and oyster supper will be held October 27, from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Cove Valley Youth Camp, 5357 Little Cove Road, Mercersburg. Cost for the all-you-can-eat meal is $20 for adults and $5 children 4- 12 years of age. Proceeds benefit the upkeep of the camp and camp ministry.
Turkey Dinner Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a turkey dinner Sunday, October 28, beginning at 11 a.m. Meals are available to eat in or take out. All proceeds benefit the Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co.
Free Meal A free meal will be served the second Tuesday of each month at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 220 North Third Street. Please join in for good fellowship.
Book Signing Author Judy Walter will be at Fulton County Library in McConnellsburg for a book signing on Saturday, October 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. She has written books for both children and adults.
Used Book Sale A used book sale will be held Friday, October 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, October 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fulton County Library. Great bargains. Everything just $3 a bag.
Operation Christmas Child Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, sponsored annually by Samaritan's Purse, will be collected at My Father's House Ministries located at 1635 Lincoln Way West, McConnellsburg, during the week of November 12-19. Following hours for collection: Monday – noon to 3 p.m.; Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday - 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday - 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. More information may be obtained by calling 717-987-9512 or 717-571-0895.
Book Fair A book fair will be held Thursday, October 18, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the lobby of Fulton County Medical Center. The book fair benefits Fulton County Medical Center Auxiliary. A great selection of books and other items for early Christmas shopping.
55-Alive Driving Offer The classroom refresher course for the 55-Alive/Mature Driving will be offered for free to veterans at Warfordsburg Senior Center November 27 and 28. Classes are from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and two days of classes are required. Preregister either in person or by calling the center. All others can call or mail the check payable to AARP for $14 (per person nonmember) or $12 (per person AARP member) to Warfordsburg Senior Center, 209 Long Hollow Road, Warfordsburg, PA 17267. Graduates of the class, age 55 and over, will be eligible for the 3-year auto insurance discounts. Anyone planning on staying for lunch following the class, please be sure to call 294-6020 one day in advance or when registering. There are no tests involved.
Sportsmen's Meeting Fulton County Sportsmen's League will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the stone house at the trout nursery on October 19.
Garden Club Meeting North End Garden Club will meet Tuesday, October 23, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Fulton County Library community room. Lunch and a silent auction will be held. New members and visitors are welcome. More information may be obtained by calling 717-485-5736.
Red Neck Basket Bingo A Red Neck basket bingo will be held Saturday, November 10, at the Alumni Community Building. Proceeds support the building. Sponsors, baskets, door prizes, silent auction, baked goods, water, soda, Gatorade, hotdogs, barbecues, rolls, candy, nachos and cheese are needed. Anyone who can help or donate, please contact Mrs. Kendall at 485-0221 or 377-3643. Doors open at 5:30 and bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $ 25 and includes 20 games plus four specials and door prizes. Baskets filled with goodies. There will be a raffle for a gun and one special will be for a fisherman's combo. King Tut, raffles, jars and 50/50 will be available.
Basket Bingo A Longaberger basket fundraiser, sponsored by Breezewood Fire Co., will be held November 4, 2012. Doors open at 2 p.m., with games starting at 3 p.m. Tickets available at the door at a cost of $20 for 25 games and additional baskets and Longaberger items will be raffled off. All baskets will be filled by local business or friends of the fire company. Baskets are first quality and will include many baskets that are no longer available for purchase. Kitchen will be open. All proceeds benefit Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co.
Bingo McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co. bingo games are held every Monday and Friday evenings. Doors open at 6 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m.
Bingo Bingo will be held November 4 at McConnellsburg VFW. Doors open at noon and bingo starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance (will reserve your seat) and at the door for $25. Proceeds go to Wounded Warrior Foundation. Twenty games, raffles, food and prizes.
Basket Bingo Basket bingo will be held November 4 at Breezewood Fire Co. Doors open at 2 p.m. with games starting at 3 p.m. Tickets availale at the door at a cost of $20 for 25 games and additional baskets and items will be raffled off. Kitchen will be open. All proceeds benefit Breezewood Fire Co. Sponsored by the Longaberger Company.


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After cutting DeSean Jackson, the Eagles may be looking to draft his replacement.
Peter King of TheMMQB.com reports that the Eagles want in on the prime receiver action, and General Manager Howie Roseman is talking to at least two teams in the middle of the first round. The Eagles own the 22nd pick in the first round, and they may have eyes for a receiver who will be gone by then.
King surmises that LSU's Odell Beckham is the receiver Philadelphia is thinking about trading up to draft, and that USC's Marqise Lee would be their fallback option if they can't get Beckham.
The kind of trade it would take to draft Sammy Watkins of Clemson would be too rich for the Eagles' blood, and a trade up for Mike Evans of Texas A&M would likely be too much for Philadelphia as well. But a receiver like Beckham, Lee, Brandin Cooks of Oregon State or Kelvin Benjamin of Florida State would be an option for a team that wants a new threat in the passing game after getting rid of Jackson.

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Saddle bags are a useful accessory but can often ruin the look of a nice bike; a baggy material with velcro straps wrapped around multiple surfaces. The Lezyne Pod Caddy does away with straps and baggyness, creating a saddle rail mounted hard shell case.
In-line with what I've come to expect from Lezyne, it's a stylish and well made bag that will not look out of place on a high value bike. I was looking forward to testing it on my Giant TCR, as with its aero post, fitting a standard saddle bag proved cumbersome and I also wanted something I could easily remove when racing. Unfortunately the Pod didn't fit either: the rail mounting interfered with the seat-post clamp.
Granted the TCR has quite a bulky rail clamp but it is something to consider when buying on of these. I have my saddle on the limit of set-back, offering the maximum amount of rail to the Pod and still couldn't get it on. You need to have a good amount of horizontal rail area for the clamp as you won't be able clip the Pod on if it's on the curve at all.
So, with it not fitting my road bike I mounted it on the mountain bike. I decided it would offer a better test for stability of the Pod anyway, getting rocked around off-road.
With only support from the top, you might be concerned that it would wobble or become loose. Thanks to a well designed and solid support this isn't the case however. Fully loaded with a tube, multi-tool and a few other bits, the Pod is still held fast and was not noticeable during riding. The bag clips into the mount with a confident 'clunk' and isn't come to come out until you want it to. The Pod is a EVA foam moulded construction with Nylon cover and is water resistant, certainly more resistant than most soft material bags but after forgetting to take it off during a bike cleaning I can say that it isn't going to keep things 100% dry.
Onto the main sell of any saddle bag, the Pod's design makes it one of the easiest to load and unload from. A zipper runs around three sides of the case, allowing it to open like a clam shell. You then have full access so you're not removing everything to get the change that has fallen to the bottom at the cafe stop. A netted partition stops things falling out when the lower opens. The zip also features a large finger loop to avoid any fumbling around with cold hands.
We had both the S and M sizes on test and the difference in size isn't massive but with the M i'd say you can get two road tubes in rather than one (or one MTB tube in my case), along with a tyre lever and multi-tool. It's a good size - not too big to look odd perched under the saddle - and for an extra £2 probably the size I'd go for. We also had both the black and the white colours and I'd say the black is subtle - as you want from a saddle bag - but is purely taste.
I really like the Lezyne Caddy Pod, I've used a few saddle bags in my time and reckon this is the most stylish, whilst remaining practical. That makes it more of shame that I couldn't fit it on my race bike, whether you'll have the saddle rail access is something to consider before buying. The S and M retail at £23.99 and £25.99 respectively and although there are cheaper options I don't feel it over priced for what is a tidier saddle bag option for most that isn't going to cause any paint rub.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Lezyne Pod Caddy M Quick Release
Size tested: Medium, black
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
It's a saddle bag aimed at those who might not otherwise consider a saddle bag I think, with tidy lines it isn't going to ruin the look of a race bike.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
EVA foam shell, Nylon cover, sealed zipper with loophole
Good and solid, it isn't going to wobble around at all.
Nice sturdy zip and riveting to the plastic mount
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Once I had it mounted on a bike it was excellent. No wobble, plenty of easily accessible space and it looked good.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Single supported design that removes the need for any straps that can causing paint rub.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Not being able to fit it on my race bike - a Giant TCR Advanced
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Yes.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
It possible, get one from a shop to check the fit with your bike.
About the tester
Age: 23 Height: 184cm Weight: 66kg
I usually ride: Orbea Onix (Carbon) - Summer, Orbea Asphalt (Alu) - Winter My best bike is: Orbea Alma G10
I've been riding for: Under 5 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Semi pro
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, time trialling, cyclo cross, club rides, mtb,
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hmm - but I have >1 bike!
So, any seat pack which requires mounting a bracket to the rails is a non-starter for me. Most of all when they only give you 1.
Hence velcro.
The best system, IMHO, is the Scott seat pack, which hooks neatly to the rails, but leaves nothing on the bike.


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Antje Dorn | François Perrodin
11. April bis 9. August 2014
Antje Dorn
#22 aus der Serie "Bauten", 2014
50 x 40 cm, Öl auf Leinwand
François Perrodin
"74.14", 2013
27 x 27 x 9 cm, Acryl/Holz
Antje Dorn
#19 aus der Serie "Bauten", 2014
40 x 30 cm, Öl auf Leinwand
François Perrodin
"69.45", 2012
18 x 18 x cm, Acryl/Holz
The exhibition creates a dialogue between Antje Dorn's new painting series, "Bauten," and works by François Perrodin. Galerie m is thus venturing an experimental constellation of two very different work complexes that promises viewers some new and surprising perspectives and insights.
The Berlin artist
Antje Dorn
(b. 1964 in Aachen) avails herself of the creative freedom inherent to painting to develop architectural fantasies in her new series "Bauten". These whimsical structures defy the logic of gravity and seem to float before a monochrome background, held together as if through a gravitational field. The freely invented architectural complexes made up of cuboid volumes and blocks, swimming pools and observation decks, stairs and ramps, seem in their totality to be quite self-contained and balanced. They are sublimely elevated above the landscape, only tenuously connected to a usually barren rocky crag, or even released from it entirely, giving the impression of weightlessness.
Abstraction and figuration intermingle here. Scattered patches of colors defy definition, alluding to the autonomy of painting, which follows its own laws and does not necessarily have to have an illustrative function. The pictures manifest an experimental handling of perspective. The diverging angles that result, together with their bold hues, lend them an animated feel. The images' formal reduction and monochrome surfaces furthermore express a specific understanding of the power of symbols to direct our perception and lend meaning.
As in the landscape series "Milkyway," the absurd turns up here again as a narrative element, when for example ramps rise up as springboards into empty space or individual geometric shapes develop their own independent movement.
The monochrome wall objects by
François Perrodin
(b. 1956 in Guadeloupe, lives and works in Paris) clearly stand out against the white ground, facing off directly with the viewer. While the works are perceived head-on as painted polygonal, angular surfaces, as soon as the viewer moves through the room, their contours begin to change. "The object remains the same of course, but the way we see it is altered by the context," is how the artist himself puts it.
The dark, opaque shades of gray, with which green, blue or violet are intermixed, reveal no brushstrokes. They are designed to invite a play of light and shadow across the surfaces corresponding to the shape of the picture support and hence respond to the surrounding space with its particular lighting conditions. At the same time, the matte and uniform layer of paint absorbs the light, making the object appear massive and heavy – just like the individual elements of the work "76.1." These twelve squares, which differ subtly in size and tonality, are placed on a virtual grid. The regular arrangement and centering on intersection points, as well as the equilibrium of each individual square on its own, stand in apparent contrast to how the whole is perceived by the viewer. Optically, the squares seem to vibrate, conveying a feeling of lightness and movement – a phenomenon that can also be observed when contemplating the works of Antje Dorn. François Perrodin defines criteria for each series with respect to the surface qualities, the proportions, which are based on numerical ratios, and the color values and their interaction. Despite these rational components, however, the perception of his works defies our comprehension. We can only grasp them intuitively, and do so in continually changing ways.
As different as the two artistic approaches on view may be at first glance, it is just as surprising to discover the parallels that are revealed by the juxtaposition of the works of François Perrodin and Antje Dorn. These common threads range from formal considerations to the question of the object and its effect in space. Both bodies of work evoke an interplay between what is rationally verifiable and what can only be sensed intuitively. Perrodin's objects are based on precise definitions, which can be traced and understood theoretically. However, this condition contradicts how we actually perceive them. While the surfaces and forms at first give an impression of stability and quiet immobility, they soon reveal an openness that manifests itself in constant oscillation. Dorn creates in her intuitive and imaginative fashion architectural images that at first seem to satisfy our expectations of balance and coherence. It doesn't seem to matter that the structures defy all physic laws.
In both cases, our impressions turn out to be volatile and unstable. Antje Dorn and François Perrodin confront us with the question of what we are seeing and what it actually is.


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The Virtual Workplace: Lean and Green
Apr 12, 2011 5:00 AM PT
When collaborating with others in the workplace, physically being there is nice. The fact is, though, that one's physical presence almost always leaves an unavoidable carbon footprint -- one that companies focused on going green might want to erase.
As an answer to this dilemma, new and emerging collaborative technologies offer a way to be there in spirit, voice and mind, without having to hop on a plane, take a cab, or print out a document. These technologies are one way that companies can make themselves greener -- limiting the time, money, and carbon output of travel, commuting, sharing, talking and creating.
Meeting Up
Online and mobile platform meetings are increasingly becoming the norm in the business world. Offerings like Citrix Online's GoToMeeting, which was launched in 2004 and has since captured a large share of the online meeting space, offer Web-conferencing, demonstration and collaboration capabilities to those who want to work with colleagues around the world.
"We disrupted the Web-conferencing market with a product that is incredibly simple and easy to use, yet delivered high performance at an affordable price," Citrix Online Vice President Bernardo de Albergaria, general manager, collaboration, told TechNewsWorld. "Businesses of any size are able to quickly adopt, use and benefit from a truly powerful online meeting experience."
GoToMeeting is a quick and secure way to attend small online meetings for up to 25 attendees. It lowers the environmental impact of meetings by reducing the necessity of travel, and it also lowers operational costs, while potentially increasing sales and productivity.
"By being able to participate in meetings remotely through GoToMeeting, the need for travel and commuting is greatly reduced, providing valuable and responsible environmental advantages," explained de Albergaria. "These include the preserving of natural resources through a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions."
Online meeting and collaboration services also allow more employees to work remotely or at home, or what Citrix Online calls "workshifting." If 40 percent of Americans worked from home half time, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 5 million tons -- or the equivalent of taking over 9.6 million cars off the road for one year, according to Citrix Online's report, "Workshifting Benefits: The Bottom Line."
The company practices what it preaches, doing its part to lessen its carbon footprint in a variety of ways.
"Our employees use our products daily to reduce their travel and lower their impact on the planet," said de Albergaria. "About one-third of our workforce is virtual, which has not only helped increase productivity and driven our growth, but has also contributed to environmental benefits."
The Paperless Office: Are We There Yet?
It's been a dream for the last decade: the paperless office. Increasingly, though, this dream is becoming a nuts-and-bolts daily reality, saving not just paper but the energy it takes to print, ship and share paper documents. Collaborative file-sharing options are another way that offices can save the planet and save money at the same time.
It can be as easy as using Google Docs to share drafts of memos or reports, or as complex has building an entire office around the principle of sharing all files and data electronically.
Companies like Smart Solutions, for instance, offer document and email management, knowledge management, portals and document collaboration.
"[We] reduce the creation, storage and transmittal of physical paper documents in document-intensive organizations," Rajiv Mukerji, Smart Solutions' director of collaborative technology solutions, explained to TechNewsWorld.
Smart Solutions works with education, professional services, and other industries to manage information in electronic form. In some cases, the dream of a paperless office -- in offices that once were drowning in paper -- has become a reality.
"Many law firms have done away with large file rooms entirely," said Mukerji.
Into the Cloud
Other services, like Box.net, provide access to cloud-based computing, storage and management services for 5 million users and 60,000 companies, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
"Since Box is cloud-based, content can be accessed from a desktop, laptop, iPad or even a smartphone," Dan Levin, Box's chief operating officer, told TechNewsWorld. "The company offers a service that is a secure, low cost and user-friendly alternative to traditional enterprise software solutions."
Storing information offsite, in short, can make companies greener, and the economies of scale with those offsite data centers potentially saves energy overall.
"Box requires no hardware or infrastructure investments from its customers, allowing businesses to drastically reduce carbon overhead often associated with an on-premises solution," explained Levin.
Using a service like Box can also facilitate telecommuting and remote working.
"For companies who allow their employees to telecommute, Box is accessible online and via a number of mobile devices," said Levin. "This means that employees no longer have to struggle with accessing content behind a firewall or trying to remotely log in to a VPN."
The Future of Collaboration
The fact is, the more virtual the workplace becomes, the more energy it can potentially save.
"Find a way to do more things virtually," David Coleman, founder of Collaborative Strategies, advises businesses seeking greener territory.
"Knowledge workers -- except in specific circumstances -- do not always need to physically be at a workplace -- they work is where they are," he observed. "Provide your employees with great tools for collaboration and a consistent environment so that they can work from anywhere. There are lots of green benefits to this."
Coleman noted there has been a proliferation of new services and sites: mobile apps that allow for on-the-go collaboration, such as FuzeMeeting; augmented reality services like Layar; online community services like those offered by Jive; and virtual team spaces like those available through Huddle, PBWorks and Central Desktop.
"The focus of evolution of these tools is not so much a focus on content and tool features, but more about people and process," explained Coleman. "Provide your employees with great tools for collaboration and a consistent environment so that they can work from anywhere. There are lots of green benefits to this."


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So "Mr. Disgusting" over at Bloody Disgusting posted an "exclusive" synopsis of the upcoming remake of The Gate: "It revolves around Miles and Terry who live in a typical suburban tract. One day, they discover a mysterious crystalline rock in Miles' backyard, they quickly dig up the lawn in search of more. But instead, they unearth The Gate - the opening to an underground chamber containing terrifying evil. The boys soon realize what they have unleashed, as one dire event follows another. With supernatural fiends invading suburbia, it's up to the kids to find the secret that will lock forever THE GATE...If it is not too late." Exclusive? Really?? Sorry, "Mr. Disgusting", BUT THAT IS THE EXACT SAME PLOT OF THE ORIGINAL GATE!!! Is that really an "exclusive"??? This just in, we here at BGH have an exclusive synopsis about David Cronenberg's remake of The Fly: "A brilliant scientist, creating a teleportation machine, accidentally transports himself and a common housefly in the machine, with horrific chaos ensuing." EXCLUSIVE!!! Just call me "Señor Grotesque"!!!
With Twilight becoming a total pop culture phenomenon, filmmakers are clamoring for anything Stephanie Meyer, so her first, ahem, "adult" novel "The Host" has been optioned. Pandering to the lonely, repressed female sci-fi crowd, "The Host" is a post-apocalyptic novel about, oh, I don't know, mutants that sparkle or something. I don't know. You know what I do know though? I think Stephanie Meyer is really hot. I would love to go on a date with her, pretend to listen to everything she says and then go back to her place and just bang her all night, and by all night, I mean for about an hour, upon which, I'll raid her fridge, which I'm sure is packed, watch some cable and pass out on her couch, only to wake up with her four or five cats sleeping on me. Somehow, she'll see this as a the opening of a meaningful relationship and we'll be together forever, just like Bella and Ricardo. (Ricardo's the dude's name, right?)
According to Variety, Dimension Films has unveiled their upcoming slate, which includes "Scream 4", "Spy Kids 4", "Halloween 3", "Children of the Corn", "Hellraiser", "Short Circuit", "Scanners" and "An American Werewolf in London", half of which will be in 3D. Thanks for running the third dimension into the ground, horror filmmakers! Funny enough, this slate is almost exactly similar to Dimension's slate in the late 90s, the same one that ran them into the ground and caused most of their releases to go direct-to-video. "Phantoms 2", please!


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Winston humbled by Heisman talk, awards attention
The first time Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston ever
thought about winning the Heisman Trophy, he was a 12-year-old kid
playing video games.
"Playing NCAA 2006 was the first time I was aware of the
Heisman," he said Wednesday. "When you could create a player and
do the `Road to Glory' and you could get the Heisman."
Now that road could end with him holding the real thing, and
several other big awards.
Winston is the overwhelming favorite to win the award now that a
sexual assault complaint against him in Tallahassee has been closed
without charges being filed.
Winston enters Thursday's College Football Awards Show at Disney
nominated for two of the night's top awards – the Maxwell Award for
the nation's top player and the Davey O'Brien quarterback award. He
joins Texas A&M quarterback and reigning Heisman winner Johnny
Manziel, as well as Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, who are both
nominated for the same awards.
The now 19-year-old Winston described the week since Florida
State secured its spot in the BCS national championship game as a
whirlwind. But he said he goes into college football's version of
awards season humbled even as a huge Heisman favorite.
"Obviously, all the Heisman stuff, I really admire the people
that have voted for me and all that stuff, Winston said. "So, like
I said, it's overwhelming to me."
Should Winston claim the Heisman, it would be the second
consecutive year that the award went to a freshman.
Though that would also mean his name isn't called, McCarron said
it would be a feat that would be derided by the fifth-year senior,
who just missed a shot at leading Alabama to a third consecutive
national championship.
"It doesn't make me feel any way. I'm happy for those guys,"
he said. "Johnny's one of my good friends. Jameis, I'd be happy
for him, too. I don't have any hatred against anybody, or against
the Heisman committee or whoever votes on it. They're going to vote
how they're going to vote.
"I'm happy, and like I said I go home at night and I can pull
out my three national championship rings and smile pretty big and
be pretty happy. I don't need an individual award to tell me what
I've achieved."
Still, he said the invitation to New York, which will be his
first trip to New York, is something he will savor.
"Of course it made me feel good. I kind of smiled, proved a lot
of people wrong. But I also feel like I earned it and I deserve
it," McCarron said. "I think if you look at…the three years of
me starting, I'd put my numbers up (against) anybody in the
country…What, 13 interceptions my whole three years starting? I
mean, a lot of guys throw that in one year. I feel like I've taken
care of the ball, I've done all the right things on and off the
"So if the award goes by their mission statement, I feel like I
fit it pretty well."
Wednesday's was also a lot more low key this time around for
Manziel, who had his hopes of a Heisman repeat clouded by less than
stellar performances late in the year and four losses by the
Though he's granted a vote this year as a Heisman winner,
Manziel said he was "going to follow the Heisman Trust" and not
reveal his vote. But he said he didn't vote for himself in first or
second place.
"It's a possibility," Manziel said of the chances of seeing
consecutive freshmen win. "I guess we'll find out on Saturday. But
it's crazy to have that long of a barrier and then potentially we
could have two back-to-back. So definitely a neat deal,
While there is lots of intrigue about whether he could enter the
NFL draft after the season ends, Manziel said he will take time
after the season to discuss it with his mentors and coaches.
But he said he likes his readiness.
"In my mind, I feel like I'm playing for the most part at a
high level," he said. "I'm putting the ball where I want it to
be, and I'm throwing it with a lot of velocity. So in my mind, I
think I am."
As for Winston, he said he hasn't started to envision holding
the Heisman at the end of the week.
"It would be an honor, man," Winston said. "If that happens,
just to look in the stands and see my family, and see my coach, and
say `Hey, I made you happy. I made your proud.' It's not really for
me. It's for my family and my teammates.
"My teammates, they're going to like that, because my teammates
want me to get it and my family, of course they want me to get it.
So it's more about them than me."
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James Tate allowed to go to prom
SHELTON -- Under mounting pressure from around the world, Beth Smith, headmaster of Shelton High School, reluctantly agreed to allow James Tate to go to the Shelton High School prom.
With the mayor, superintendent of schools and much of the school board standing behind her, Smith stood at a small podium in front of the high school and read from a prepared statement. When it was over, she turned and quickly went back inside the school.
Smith lamented the "international notoriety" of her decision to ban Tate from the prom after he and two friends taped a note asking a girl to the prom on the side of the school.
"I never thought this would lead to international notoriety, as I make tough, unpopular decisions on a daily basis. I have considered the effect this incident has had on the individual student, the entire student body and my staff and the Shelton community. ... Throughout the past week, the level of distraction created by this incident has affected the culture of Shelton High School, one that I have worked hard to establish."
But she never actually said that Tate and his two friends, Andrew Boretsky and Christian Lombardi, could go to the prom. That was left to Schools Superintendent Freeman Burr and Mayor Mark Lauretti to do after Smith was gone.
"It's obvious from Dr. Smith's remarks that they can go," Burr said, even though it wasn't to many in attendance. "Yes, they can go," added Lauretti.
Tate and his parents didn't learn of the decision until some hours later when they were told by a reporter and photographer from the Connecticut Post in the driveway of their Waverly Road home.
"I heard there was some kind of decision, but I didn't really know what was happening," said Tate as he kicked a clod of dirt. "I'm feeling great. I'm glad the correct decision was finally made. But I also feel bad that Dr. Smith was put in this position. I understand she has to maintain a position as a disciplinarian. It's not the policy that needs to be changed, it's the punishment."
Asked by his father if his date for the prom, Sonali Rodrigues, was going to be coming over to hear the news, Tate replied: "No, she went to the movies."
As for Tate's next move: "I have one final farewell to say on the `Today' show and then, hey, I'm going to the prom," he added. Next fall he will be attending Syracuse University, his parents' alma mater.
But it is Boretsky, the so-called "ladder man," who suffered the biggest loss in all this.
After he was banned from the prom, he told his date to go with someone else, and now he is dateless.
"I didn't want her to miss the prom because it meant so much to her, so I urged her to go with someone else, and she is," he said. "The guy she is going with is a friend of mine, so I can't break them up. Maybe I will just go with Lombardi."
The high school seniors were banned from the prom for posting a message May 6 on the school building made with cut-out letters, in which Tate asked his friend, Rodrigues, to be his date. Days after that, Tate, Boretsky and Lombardi were suspended for one day and told they could not go to the prom.
But on Saturday, Shelton school officials, who had remained firm on the prom ban, had a change of heart.
In fact, Burr said, "For us gentlemen, James Tate has set for us a new standard for romanticism." He added, "Principals have to make difficult decisions every day. No one could have anticipated this kind of response."
Smith admitted that "international notoriety" on social network sites like Facebook and Twitter caused her to reverse her decision. The headmaster said she never thought that Tate's ban from the prom would cause such a firestorm across the Web. The incident may have also affected Smith personally. Shelton police confirm they have had several officiers guarding the headmaster at school and her home. Sgt. James Millington said Smith had received several calls to her home where the callers mysteriously hung up. He also said police investigated damage on Smith's car tires, but could not determine whether it was an act of vandalism.
"We're just glad this is over," Millington said.
Some of the social media posts had a darker, meaner side. Smith, in particular, was a frequent target, with many calling for her to be held accountable or fired. Another one had a photo of Smith in front of a swastika with a Hitler-like moustache under her nose.
Tracey Tate, the mother of James Tate, said, "We were not told that James would be allowed to go to the prom. We heard there was going to be a press conference, but not what it was about. We just wanted everyone to be reasonable, to have a dialogue."
Members of the Shelton High School track team, who were holding a car wash at Echo Hose Ambulance on Saturday, said they were thrilled by Smith's reversal. "I think she realized that the punishment didn't fit the crime," said sophomore Tyler Chamberland. "He should be allowed to go to the prom, and I'm happy for him.
Added sophomore Patrick Matuska, "he has every right to go to the prom."
School officials met Saturday morning to iron out details on how they intend to reverse the decision to ban Tate from the senior prom. The delicate question was how to allow Tate to attend the prom after school officials were so insistent that he be banned.
"In an effort to maintain focus on teaching and learning," Smith said, "I have decided to implement alternate consequences on case-by-case basis, beginning with James Tate and for other students who received internal suspension after April 1, which would then permit some to attend the prom. This decision will allow Shelton High School to focus our classroom discussions on established curriculum and continue to encourage students to develop to their full potential."
After the Connecticut Post broke the news of the decision, Twitter and Facebook were buzzing. Comments on the "Let James Tate Go to the Prom" page on Facebook celebrated the news.
One post read: "She (Smith) didn't reverse her decision because it was the right thing to do, she caved to the pressure of us, all of us. Have a great time James Tate, Sonali and friends."
Another read, "Congrats to James and your friends so glad you can go to prom!!! I am sure you have a very different feeling about going now but have as much fun as you can! Beth, I am so glad that 196,860 people got to you!"
One post praised James Tate's parents: "Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Tate...your child brought many people together by his sweetness. You should be proud. I also admire your confidence in James. Your words in the TV interview I saw, reflect well why James has the values he has. Parents are indeed their children's first teachers."
While some city officials have weighed in on the issue, missing last week were comments from Board of Education members. Some members said they were not ducking the issue, they just can't say anything in case the issue comes before them.
Many school board members did not return calls seeking comment on the issue. The ones that did said they couldn't discuss it.
Before Saturday's press conference, Burr's only public response was a short email Wednesday in which he acknowledged he was aware of the worldwide outcry over Tate being banned from the prom.
Last week, Lauretti said he didn't think the punishment fit the crime.
He said he was concerned by the lack of comments from Smith and Burr in the days following Tate's suspension.
"They should have been more public with the decision," he said.
Staff writer Anne Amato and Assistant Managing Editor James D. Shay contributed to this report.


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I wrote this for the newsletter of the [Mountain Area Radio Club] in Oakhurst, CA. It has a number of local references that you'll want to change if you reuse it. With an eye towards reuse, I've done minimal wiki markup.
Getting Started with APRS - why and how
Chris Kantarjiev, K6DBG
I originally got my Technician license because I wanted to be able to communicate in the many areas of our 'mountain region' that don't have cell phone coverage. That was a nice start - a 5W HT and good antenna got me to the local repeater without too much trouble.
But not long after getting licensed, I learned about packet, and in particular, APRS. APRS tickled my fancy in a number of ways - it combines computers, cars, radio and GPS! I was hooked. I built a tracker kit, hooked it to my GPS and a recycled HT, rigged up an antenna on my car, and got a kick out of watching my car (and other cars) move around on maps.
Then I learned about the messaging and weather components of APRS, and it started to look useful, not just fun!
Be warned - learning about APRS can be a lot like drinking from a firehose. There are trackers to understand, RF infrastructure to look for or build, an Internet component that vastly extends the RF infrastructure, and lots and lots of websites with often conflicting (or seriously out of date) advice.
The basic things you should know: APRS stations periodically send packets with information about their position or other status. Those packets are (hopefully) heard by digipeaters, which repeat the packets to get them heard over a wider geographic range. APRS stations can be stationary or mobile: hikers, cars, truck, boats, planes, even the International Space Station!
That was the end of the original concept; people hooked up packet stations and watched the activity on their computers and, eventually, on specialized radios like the Kenwood TM-D700 [1], TH-D7 [2], and the HamHUD [3].
Eventually, someone got the idea to connect an APRS packet station to the Internet. That makes it possible to watch, track and communicate with APRS stations pretty much anywhere in the world, not just within a couple of RF hops. (I recently exchanged text message traffic between Fresno Dome and Oslo using my TH-D7 handheld.)
If any of that sounds like fun, then APRS might be for you. If you have an old packet station, you can get started right away. The basics of getting a glimpse of local activity is captured in a very nice article by Richard Parry, W9IF, on the ARRL website [4]. Even if you just have a connection to the Internet, you can get involved.
In addition to the sites and mailing lists mentioned there, you should be aware of http://www.findu.com and http://aprs.fi, which will let you look up individual stations or watch all the activity in an area, without any software except a web browser.
For example, start with http://map.findu.com/okhrst or http://aprs.fi/okhrst to get a peek at what's going on with APRS around Oakhurst. (You'll want to click on "stop tracking" in the aprs.fi popup box.) Those two websites will provide you hours of fun just by clicking around. (If you use dialup, you may find these a bit challenging.)
Those sites, as well as programs like Xastir [5], UI-View [6], WinAPRS [7] and many others [8] will let you see what activity is being reported via the APRS-IS system [9] - that is, the Internet side of APRS. If you add a TNC and radio to your computer, you can watch the RF activity as well - some of it probably doesn't make it to APRS-IS. If you're in a good location, you can help fill in a coverage gap with the same software!
However, if you look at the local activity, you'll see that there isn't much. That's partially because, until recently, there has been no APRS infrastructure (no digipeaters) around Oakhurst. Jeff KF6CNV and Chris K6DBG have been working to change that - there is now pretty good coverage along 41 and 49 through our valley, and more to come[10]. Now that packets are getting out, we hope to attract some users.
Which leads back to "why?". It's kind of fun to put a tracker in your vehicle, at least if you're of a certain bent. It might let your OM or XYL know where you are when you're out of repeater/cell phone range. As you drive around, a rig like the TM-D700 or HamHUD will let you see what other APRS activity is nearby, including what repeaters are good to use nearby. SAR teams use trackers and APRS to manage rescue efforts[11]. If you carry a TH-D7 with you while hiking or climbing, you can get local weather information and send email!
People continue to come up with new uses: high altitude balloon projects use APRS for tracking and recovery. Distant repeaters can transmit telemetry and receive control commands. Many government agencies post earthquake, flood and severe weather alerts via APRS objects.
But a great place to start is the way many people seem to: connect an OpenTracker [12] or TinyTrak [13], a GPS and a 5W HT to a mag-mount antenna on top of your car or truck, and drive around with it for a while. See if it's useful or at least fun, and then decide if you'd like to go farther with this aspect of the hobby.
73 de chris K6DBG
P.S.: W9IF's article, as on the website, has a number of small typos that will cause you frustration if you try to use them. For example, the APRSSIG mailing list at TAPR is best reached at https://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig. You might also be interested in an APRS mailing list that is focused on APRS in California: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ca_aprs/?yguid=5641433. http://info.aprs.net/ is a recent effort to gather current APRS information in one common place.
- http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1118
- http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1332
- http://www.hamhud.net/
- http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/aprs/pos-reporting.html
- http://www.xastir.org/
- http://www.ui-view.org/
- http://www.winaprs.com
- http://www.eskimo.com/~archer/aprs_capabilities.html
- http://www.aprs-is.net/
- If you'd like to help by providing a site, let me know!
- http://wetnet.net/~we7u/search_and_rescue.html
- http://n1vg.net/opentracker/
- http://byonics.com/tinytrak/


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BriceM needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 9 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
Based in College Station, Texas, JBMJBM, LLC is an individually owned LLC founded in 2009 by Brice Milliorn for the sole purpose of creating iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android Applications.
We need an Update Animated GIF for our Website (http://www.jbmjbm.com)
I have an animated gif graphic on my website at the top left corner that I need updated (http://www.jbmjbm.com).
We offer more devices now, so I will need to add devices in addition to the iPhone device, an iPad, an Android device, and a Mac. I have attached samples of these images to the bid.
I want an animated graphic gif and one that only shows all the devices we offer products for. It also must be customized a bit with my logo etc. Must also have a nice transition between devices and must show all devices.
The size must be VERY minimal, current is 1.1 mb I believe.
It also MUST fit into this size constraints, 512 x 896.


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Mysterious Elf Caught In Revealing Photo!
Move over The Elf On The Shelf!
Make way for The Elphf On A Shelf!
This holiday season she is wrecking havoc wherever she goes, and then tells her bff Santa all about it when you go to sleep. She is cranky, mischievous, and will sometimes leave a little poo on your Christmas tree!


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Here are my choices for 8 of the best local search engine optimization posts for 2009. What do you think? Do these local sem posts cut the mustard?
Framework for Local Search by David Mihmorandum
Local Search Ranking Factors 2009 by Andrew Shotland
Aleyda Solis has a fabulous post which is phenomenal in its coverage of local seo ranking factors and small business marketing.
How to Do Local SEO for Your Website in Five Minutes or So by Tad Chef on Andrew Shotland's Local SEO blog has great tips for web video.
Matt McGee's post about Launching a New Small Business Website on an affordable budget of $3000 is quite good. (I think he should have added some wise caveats about pay per click marketing and management, but otherwise a fantastic article on small business marketing and social media strategy) Lisa Barone has similar, but not as specific advise at Outspoken Media.
61 Pre-SEO Campaign Questions is pretty extensive (I think I would cull it down, but is helpful for those thinking about the pros and cons of outsourcing SEO work)
This post by Bill Slawski at SEO by the Sea about small business marketing is entertaining as he wraps it around his passion for blues music.
I would also check out Matt McGee's favorite search engine optimization blog posts of April 2009, which includes Blumentals explanation of tracking results for local SEO campaigns with Google analytics.
As an Oldie but Goodie Bonus: My earlier comprehensive post aboutlocal seo tips and tactics is quite extensive and a virtual checklist of web citations to pursue.
Do you have a favorite local SEO, big brand SEO, or social media optimization post from 2009?
If you would like to contact Creative Fusion Media, contact us at (615) 974-9662 or via email.


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The first thing I apparently needed was a toffee shimmer oil and chocolate bubble bath, of course.
The scents won me over, both of them are by N-spa which I think is exclusive to Asda. The toffee shimmer body oil has a sheer tint and tiny flecks of shimmer, once applied it gives a 'healthy' finish and smells of caramel and fruits. I have tried N-Spa's shower gels in the past too, and the vanilla one is my favourite.
Here's the lot I came home with.
- Ambre Solaire - Dry face mist self tan. £7.50
- N Spa - Toffee shimmer body oil £3.98
- N Spa - Loving chocolate bubbly bath (Limited Edition) £1
- Montagne Jeunesse - Chocolate masque 97p
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On an extra note, I flat ironed / straightened my hair for the first time since I got it cut. It looks like the layers have done a runner, but I assure you they are there. I am also liking the colour of my hair, it's gone a lot lighter from when I had it dyed.
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Author Notes: Quince jam is what makes this apple pie different from all the others. It's got a unique taste and I usually make a batch to have all year round for tarts or even serve with a roasted pork loin or cheese. This recipe also uses pre-cooked pecan crust pie cases and pre-cooked apples so it's very easy to make ahead - you can freeze your pastry cases, have the quince jam in your pantry and just make the apples before serving and you are ready to go. —Maria Teresa Jorge
Serves: 8
Quince Jam
pounds quince, peeled and cored
3 3/4
cups sugar
cup water
Pie Crust
tablespoons butter, very cold and cut in pieces
1 1/4
cups flour
cup pecans
teaspoon salt
tablespoons water very cold
teaspoons lemon juice
lemon - just the rind
In This Recipe
Quince Jam
- Wash, peel and core the quinces, cut them up in pieces. In a pot add the water first, then the sugar and the quince. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar and cook over low heat covered with a lid for 45 to 60 minutes or until quince is very soft.
- Remove from heat and drain the cooking liquid. In the same pot add half the cooking liquid to the quince and with a hand held blender purée the quince. Keep adding cooking liquid and pureeing until you have the consistency of a soft jam.
- Fill clean glass jars, put the lid on and let cool. Store in a cool dark cupboard. If serving with savoury dishes like loin of pork or with cheese, add some mustard to the quince jam - it's a perfect combination.
Pie Crust
- In your food processor add the flour, salt and pecans and pulse until the pecans are totally ground. Add the lemon rind, butter in pieces and pulse about 10 times. Add the water and lemon juice and pulse until just incorporated, about 8 times. Empty the ingredients onto a table top and quickly press together with your hands tto form a round disk. Put in a plastic bag and leave in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Prepare a 9" diameter pie pan with removable bottom. Roll out the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper to 1/8 inch thick. Transfer to the pie pan and trim the edges of excess pastry and pinch the sides to decorate. Prick the pastry base with a fork and refrigerate for 1 hour or freeze for 15 minutes. At this point you can totally freeze the pie crust in a plastic bag and keep for 1 month. Bake directly from the freezer when you need the pie crust.
- Pre-heat the oven to 350º F.
- Wash, core and cut the apples in halves and peel them. Put the apple cut side down and cut in thin slices crosswise. Lightly press the palm of your hand on the the sliced half apple to make the slices slightly lean. Dust with icing sugar and transfer with a spatula to a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Cook in the oven until they start to get golden.
- Put the oven up to 400º F.
- Cut a 12 inch diameter piece of parchment paper, put on top of the pastry and fill with dry beans or ceramic pie weights. Pre-cook in the oven until the edges are lightly brown. Remove paper with weights and cook a few more minutes to cook the base as well. Remove from oven.
- Lower the oven temperature to 350ºF.
- Fill the bottom of the pie with quince jam, transfer the sliced pre-cooked half apples, decorating the top of the pie. Fill the middle with slices of apple in a circular format. Bake in the oven for another 15 minutes. Let cool and serve dusted with icing sugar.
- The photo shows induvidual pies but the recipe is exactly the same, it's just a question of choice.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Open House Dish
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Apple Cake
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The ACGME-accredited fellowship program in adult endocrinology at the Massachusetts General Hospital prepares trainees for independent careers in academic endocrinology. Our three-year program builds on an initial year of intensive clinical training in endocrinology; the subsequent two years provide in-depth training and experience in a mentor-based, basic and/or clinical research environment.
The program is staffed by the collaborating faculties of our subspecialty units including:
- Diabetes Unit
- Endocrine Unit (including Thyroid Associates)
- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology
- Lipid Metabolism Unit
- Neuroendocrine Unit
- Reproductive Endocrine Unit
An Engaged Clinical and Research Faculty
A faculty committed to teaching and mentoring provides a depth of experience in a wide variety of endocrine subspecialties. Over 35 faculty serve as clinical teachers on rounds and in clinics. Over 40 basic and clinical research mentors provide a breadth of research opportunities across five research units. The long tradition of excellence in endocrine patient care, teaching and research combined with the considerable strengths in investigative endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital afford a unique environment for clinical training and participation in exciting advances in basic and clinical research.
Endocrinology fellowships are offered to MDs who have completed at least two years of post-graduate training in internal medicine. All applicants are expected to be board eligible in internal medicine when beginning the fellowship. This means that a physician must have completed the requisite predoctoral medical education, met the postdoctoral training requirements, and demonstrated clinical competence in the care of patients. It is expected that all Endocrinology Fellows will have passed USMLE I, II and III as requirements of training.
Due to restrictions in our funding, we can only consider applicants who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Two years of fellowship (one clinical and one research year) are required for board certification, and fellows may take the board certification examination after two years of fellowship. However, the NIH-sponsored training program requires a three year fellowship with two years of research training (a second and third year of fellowship). In addition to the first clinical year, it is expected that fellows will spend two additional years in clinical or laboratory research to develop their scientific skills.
Clinical Experience
The first year is devoted to an intensive clinical experience in the hospital and subspecialty endocrine clinics. Fellows participate in extensive consultative activities on the inpatient services at Mass General. Inpatient endocrine consultations are seen by the endocrine fellows and are reviewed with staff physicians. Visit rounds, attended by all of the fellows along with medical residents and students on rotation and two attending physicians, are held four mornings each week. These are considered a highlight of the first year of fellowship and allow the fellows to learn from the cases seen by the other fellows. Over 30 faculty attending physicians with expertise in the subspecialties of endocrinology rotate through the Visit Rounds in pairs over the year, providing extraordinary depth in teaching.
Outpatient Experience
Fellows are exposed to extensive outpatient experience in endocrinology. Pediatric endocrine experience is also available as an elective. Patients are seen with staff supervision by faculty who are expert in that particular endocrine subspecialty in each of these practices.
Fellows see patients weekly at the following subspecialty practices:
- Diabetes Clinical Center
- Endocrine and Osteoporosis Associates
- Lipid Associates
- Neuroendocrine Clinical Center
- Reproductive Endocrine Associates
- Thyroid Associates
First-year fellows attend and participate in formal teaching conferences. In July, a series of clinically oriented core lectures are provided as a part of fellowship orientation. In August, an introduction to research available throughout the division is provided to familiarize fellows with the choice of research areas for the subsequent two research years. During the year, Fellows make presentations at didactic conferences listed below, giving them experience in organizing and leading a conference. In addition, the fellows gain teaching experience by playing a major role in the clinical teaching of medical students and residents on the endocrine elective.
Didactic Conferences
- Endocrine Grand Rounds | weekly
- Calcium Rounds | weekly
- Diabetes/Thyroid/Neuroendocrine Conference | weekly
- Reproductive Endocrine Conference | weekly
Research Experience
The research years provide intensive experience in basic and/or clinical investigation. The research faculty of our subunits collaborate closely. The research training program draws on the expertise of the Endocrine Faculty as well as that of our postgraduate trainees. Each second-year fellow works specifically on one or more projects selected from one of the collaborating units.
Research training includes:
- Weekly research conferences involving members of the training faculty and guest speakers;
- Journal clubs held each week, involving members of the cooperating units and the trainees;
- Intensive mentor-based instruction and guidance in individual research projects chosen by the trainees and supervised by individual faculty members. These projects are designed to lead to independence in research and serve as a transition to investigator-initiated programs.
The Second Fellowship Year
Second-year fellows write a grant appropriate for their level of training and experience under supervision of a research mentor. There is no requirement that the grant be funded as there is training support for two years of research for all accepted fellows. The purpose of the requirement is to prepare trainees to be independent investigators.
How to Apply
The Massachusetts General Hospital Endocrinology Fellowship Program processes applications through the Electronic Residency Application (ERAS) Fellowships system and offers up to four fellowship positions through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) each year. Four fellowship positions are available each year.
Due to restrictions in our funding, we can only consider applicants who are US citizens or permanent residents.
Applications are processed through ERAS and must include:
- ERAS application
- Personal statement
- Three letters of recommendation
- Photo (optional)
Please find instructions for applying to our program via ERAS on the AAMC website. We are able to view applications in July of each year.
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On the August 2 edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country, MSNBC terrorism analyst Steve Emerson -- who has been discredited by Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) -- stated that there are "radical groups that have met with Congress or that have been embraced by political officials, but that have a jihadist agenda," and singled out House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who met two weeks ago with representatives of the controversial group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and with leaders of other American Muslim groups.
What Emerson failed to mention is that on June 17, Secretary of State Colin Powell also met with CAIR executive director Nihad Awad, and other Muslim groups, according to Frank J. Gaffney Jr. in his June 22 Washington Times column. In addition, Salon.com reported on September 26, 2001, that "[l]ess than a week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush appeared at the Islamic Center in Washington, standing with various leaders of Muslim groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the American Muslim Council (AMC)." The American Muslim Political Coordinating Council Political Action Committee, of which the CAIR is a member, endorsed George W. Bush for president in 2000.
From the August 2 edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country:
EMERSON: As I look back on that [9-11 Commission] report now, having had the time to digest it, it did not deal at all with the whole issue of how these radical groups have hidden under false veneer, under charitable conduits, under -- quote -- "civil rights groups." It didn't deal with the political agenda here of radical groups that have met with Congress or that have been embraced by political officials, but that have a jihadist agenda.
SCARBOROUGH: Name some of those groups and what political officials are embracing them.
EMERSON: Well, for example, two weeks ago, the senior Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, had a meeting with several radical Islamic groups. And, of course, they contend that they were -- quote -- "civil rights groups," but they were jihadist groups.
SCARBOROUGH: Which groups?
EMERSON: The Council on American-Islamic Relations was the primary group that met with her. And it's a group that has had its seed money, some of it come from Saudi Arabia, as well as the Holy Land Foundation, which was indicted last week.
According to a 1999 FAIR report titled "Steve Emerson's Crusade," Emerson's "priority is not so much news as it is an unrelenting attack against Arabs and Muslims," and he has a history of peddling misinformation:
Emerson's willingness to push an extremely thin story--with potentially explosive consequences--is also consistent with the lengthy list of mistakes and distortions that mar his credentials as an expert on terrorism. ... A New York Times review (5/19/91) of his 1991 book Terrorist chided that it was "marred by factual errors...and by a pervasive anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian bias." His 1994 PBS video, Jihad in America (11/94), was faulted for bigotry and misrepresentations -- veteran reporter Robert Friedman (The Nation, 5/15/95) accused Emerson of "creating mass hysteria against American Arabs. ... Emerson's most notorious gaffe was his claim that the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing showed "a Middle Eastern trait" because it "was done with the intent to inflict as many casualties as possible." (CBS News, 4/19/95) Afterward, news organizations appeared less interested in Emerson's pronouncements. A CBS contract expired and wasn't renewed. Emerson had been a regular source and occasional writer for the Washington Post; his name doesn't turn up once in Post archives after Jan. 1, 1996. USA Today mentioned Emerson a dozen times before September 1996, none after. "He's poison," says investigative author Seymour Hersh, when asked about how Emerson is perceived by fellow journalists."
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Massachusetts State Police Detective Christopher J. Dumont stood on the tarmac at Logan International Airport when the news broke over the scanner that MIT Police Officer Sean Collier had been shot.
It was 10:36 p.m. on April 18, about a half-hour before his shift was scheduled to end. Dumont, 36, a homicide investigator for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, had just worked a security detail escorting President Barack Obama, who had traveled to Boston for a prayer service to honor the marathon bombing victims.
Massachusetts State Police Detective Christopher J. Dumont stood on the tarmac at Logan International Airport when the news broke over the scanner that MIT Police Officer Sean Collier had been shot.
It was 10:36 p.m. on April 18, about a half-hour before his shift was scheduled to end. Dumont, 36, a homicide investigator for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, had just worked a security detail escorting President Barack Obama, who had traveled to Boston for a prayer service to honor the marathon bombing victims.
However, Dumont got in his cruiser, and drove to the scene of Collier's shooting. Within minutes, he was back in his cruiser, headed to the Watertown residential neighborhood, less than a mile away, where Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the bombing suspects, were engaging police officers in a gunfight.
At one intersection, Dumont, got out of his cruiser, smelled gunpowder and heard gunshots. He then followed another responding Watertown police cruiser to the scene.
"You never know what you're going to run into in a situation like that. I knew I was going into a live situation," said Dumont, who had to seek cover from the heavy gunfire and explosions.
"I assumed they had to be the marathon bombers, just based on the explosions themselves," said Dumont. who returned fire during the shootout.
Moments after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev managed to flee the scene in an SUV, Dumont heard several police officers yelling from across the street. He turned his head and saw MBTA Transit Officer Richard Donohue lying in a driveway, in a pool of his own blood. Donohue, 33, had been shot in the left leg. A bullet pierced his femoral artery and two veins.
"He was just lifeless, very gray. He had no pulse," said Dumont, a certified paramedic for 11 years. Dumont grabbed his trauma medical bag from his cruiser, and helped perform first aid on Donohue. Dumont and the officers moved Donohue onto an ambulance, and Dumont stayed with Donohue for the two-mile drive to Mt. Auburn Hospital.
Donohue, who lost more than half of his blood, survived, and has since appeared with Dumont at several awards ceremonies across the state, including a Sept. 19 event at the State House in Boston where Dumont — an Acushnet resident and married father of three young daughters — was presented the Medal of Honor, the highest award given by the Massachusetts State Police.
"It's nice to be recognized for doing what you're trained to do," Dumont said this past Friday in Fall River Superior Court, where he was observing a trial for a 2010 Fall River murder case he helped investigate.
Dumont, a New Bedford native, became a State Police Trooper in 2005 after serving six years with the New Bedford Police Department. In 2005, he was assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney's State Police Detective Unit, which investigates homicides.
Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter congratulated Dumont on his Twitter feed this week, adding that the detective's actions deserved "thanks and gratitude."
"Trooper Dumont's actions to help save the life of a fellow officer in Watertown on the night of April 19 were truly heroic," Sutter said.
Dumont credited his training as a police officer and paramedic for helping him operate in what was an intense and chaotic situation.
"We all realized after the fact that any of us could have been Richard Donohue. It was an eye-opening experience," Dumont said.
Dumont rode in the ambulance with two EMTs performing CPR on Donohue, who had no pulse and continued to bleed. Police officers had applied a tourniquet, but that did not stem the bleeding. Donohue's pants leg filled with blood.
"We knew it was dire. We knew we could do little but get him to the hospital," said Dumont, who recalled the ambulance having to swerve around several police cruisers in the streets.
When they reached the hospital, Emergency Room personnel immediately began infusing blood into Donohue and prepared him for surgery. Dumont saw a doctor putting her knee into Donohue's wound, to keep pressure on it, while they wheeled him into the operating room.
Despite losing a significant amount of blood, Donohue survived, and began gaining consciousness just a few days after nearly dying.
"It's truly a miracle," Dumont said. "I've never seen people lose that much blood, and survive. It's almost unheard of. Clearly, he had a will to survive."
Several police officers and paramedics from across the country have since called Dumont to ask how he and the other officers saved Donohue's life. Dumont said it was the entire chain of officers and emergency medical personnel from several agencies who orked together to bring Donohue to the hospital just in time.
Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Paul Baker, Dumont's supervisor in the district attorney's investigative unit, wrote in an employee observation report that Dumont displayed "calm under fire, the ability to take decisive action, and unwavering dedication to duty in the face of overwhelming firepower."
"Trooper Dumont committed selfless acts of courage and bravery in an ongoing gun battle and rendered aid to his fellow officer in a time of need," Baker wrote. "Without the acts committed by Trooper Dumont, the outcome for MBTA Officer Richard Donohue may have been different."


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Yes, it might sound a bit melodramatic, but even when you factor in the natural teething problems at the beginning of a new manager's tenure, surely Man Utd's fall from grace, particularly at home, is putting the pressure on David Moyes.
With retention of the Premier League title pretty much out of the question, the FA Cup could have provided the Red Devils with a bit of glory this season. However, another limp performance on Sunday saw Swansea winning 2-1, courtesy of a late Wilfried Bony goal. That makes it five defeats at Old Trafford this season for Moyes, including four of United's last six home fixtures. Surely this is simply not good enough? Or maybe I'm totally wrong (it happens often!) and Moyes simply needs a lot more time and a whole bag of money for transfers. Thoughts?
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A woman's umbrella mimicked the movement of dancers' arms as she walked at Tremont and Stuart streets during a snow storm on March 7.
Medical bandages were used during reconstruction of the nose and lips on the 13-foot-tall statue of the goddess Juno at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Mary Dunne and Malcolm Astley of Wayland faced the press after the guilty verdict was read in court against Nathaniel Fujita for the murder of their daughter, Lauren Astley.
Two women hugged after leaving a hearing in Roxbury District Court for two men suspected of shooting to death a man on the platform of the Dudley Square bus platform.
Children playing British soldiers and rebellious Bostonians clashed during a re-enactment of the Boston Massacre in front of the Old State House.
A baby zebra named Nemo, born on Feb. 9 at the Franklin Park Zoo during the blizzard named Nemo, appeared outdoors for the first time on March 5.
Wind and waves in Scituate during the coastal storm on March 7.
Pounding surf whipped up by a strong ocean storm ripped a home from its foundations on Plum Island on March 8.
More winter misery made a long commute for some. Sidewalks were not an option on Washington Street, so pedestrians shared the road with cars.
Fred Butler, age 106, received his long-delayed high school diploma. Beverly's oldest living resident, a World War II veteran who left school early to help his mother raise his five siblings, was honored at the high school.
Coxswain Erika Tore from Burlington High School in Vermont directed the Harvest Moon's crew during the annual Hull Lifesaving Museum's Snow Row.
Boston Ballet dancer Kathleen Breen Combs rehearsed "Tar and Feathers," part of a three-dance program called "All Kyli n," which will be performed March 7-17.
Figure skaters Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir trained at the Skating Club of Boston for the upcoming world championships in Ottawa.
North Quincy guard Daniel Gould (5) leaped and yelled in celebration as the final horn sounded in his team's victory as teammate Efthim Butka (31) joined in. Newton North and North Quincy met in a Division One South boy's basketball tournament game held at the Clark Center on the campus of UMass Boston.
Montreal's Brendan Gallagher (center) triedto control the puck in between Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask and sprawling Boston defenseman Adam McQuaid (54) in first period action at the TD Garden.
The Bruins' Adam McQuaid fought with Toronto's Mark Fraser in the first period on March 7.
Boston Celtics power forward Jeff Green (8) knocked the ball free from Golden State Warriors point guard Jarrett Jack (2) during the third quarter at TD Garden.
Boston Celtics power forward Chris Wilcox (44) took to the air as he tried for the steal on Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry (30) during the first quarter at TD Garden.