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FY00 Creation and Presentation
Albany Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To Donate Composing the Future: An American Orchestra Building the American Concert Repertoire, the first of a three-year celebration of American composers and their music. During 2000-2001, the Albany Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and two smaller ensembles made up of ASO orchestra musicians will commission, present, and record for national distribution the music of established and emerging American composers, thereby broadening the American symphonic repertoire.
American Composers Orchestra, $45,000
To Donate 20th Century Snapshots, including new music reading sessions for composers, commissioning of a new work by an emerging composer, and performances of significant and rarely performed American works of the late 20th century. During 2000-2001, the Orchestra will mark the new millennium by introducing composers to the orchestral world through a national composition search, theme concerts at Carnegie Hall, and expanded audience development initiatives to document and disseminate the work of American composers.
American Symphony Orchestra, $7,500
To Donate Classics Declassified, a set of concerts in a non-traditional format designed to make classical music accessible to a broad and more diversified public. Presented at Cooper Union, an alternative venue selected for its informal appeal and accessibility in New York City, the American Symphony Orchestra aims to attract new listeners to classical music and to expand audiences for concert performances in 2000 and 2001.
Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, $5,000
To Donate performances, national radio broadcast, and recording of a compact disc of Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo. The performances and recording sessions, on period instruments, are to take place in February 2000 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Consortium), $45,000
To Donate A King Celebration, a consortium project of performances, educational outreach activities, and a national radio broadcast in a tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Consortium members of this 1999-2000 project are: Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center on behalf of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Georgia), Morehouse College (Georgia), and National Public Radio (District of Columbia).
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, $5,000
To Donate an orchestral reading project, Under Construction, affording composers the opportunity to hear their orchestral works performed for the first time. The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will perform these works as they evolve throughout the 1999-2000 year.
Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, $5,000
To Donate the creation and presentation of new orchestral works by two composers, Valerie Budayr and Thomas Porter. The two works will commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806 and their Native American guide Sakakawea in time for the Lewis and Clark bicentennial.
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Tanglewood Music Center), $50,000
To Donate the Festival of Contemporary Music at the Tanglewood Music Center. During August 2000, the week-long Festival will feature up to seven concerts of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and one concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra as part of Tanglewood's 10-week summer festival.
Charleston Symphony Orchestra (Consortium), $32,000
To Donate a consortium project of a concert version of Porgy & Bess by George Gershwin. Together with the College of Charleston School of the Arts and the South Carolina Historical Society, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra will produce the three concert performances in April 2000 at Gaillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston.
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, $35,000
To Donate music concerts featuring principal and section orchestra musicians as soloists with the orchestra and its chamber ensembles. Aimed at raising the esprit de corps and maintaining a high level of interest among the ranks of musicians, these concerts will provide an expanded range of performances available to Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra audiences during 2000-2001.
The Cleveland Orchestra, $175,000
To Donate Bridging the Century, a performance project by The Cleveland Orchestra. In this 1999-2000 initiative, the Orchestra will showcase compositional and cultural styles that have influenced 20th century works for string instruments and preview a new work for strings at the dawn of the 21st century.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, $40,000
To Donate a residency with composer Lowell Liebermann. During 2000-2001, plans include the creation and presentation of four new orchestral works, a recording to be distributed nationally, and radio broadcasts reaching listeners in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, $5,000
To Donate the creation and performance of a new work for orchestra by Steve Heitzeg celebrating the heritage of the family farm, and orchestral concerts featuring all-Mexican repertoire. The commission by Minnesota composer Steve Heitzeg, Symphony to the Prairie Farm, and the two Mexican repertoire concerts will be part of a community festival of Mexican culture.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, $75,000
To Donate a residency with composer Michael Daugherty. Activities will include the creation of two symphonic works, performances and educational activities in Detroit and on a national tour, and performances for national radio broadcasts.
Eugene Symphony Orchestra, $6,500
To Donate the presentation of a commissioned work, The Spirit of Time, by Robert Kyr, the centerpiece concluding a two-year program. The work, to be premiered in November 2000 and broadcast on public radio station KWAX-FM, emphasizes peace and non violence, and includes texts written by Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
Eos Orchestra, $10,000
To Donate Eos Orchestra's festival Celluloid Copland, featuring performances, a recording, and television broadcasts of seldom heard film music of Aaron Copland in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of his birth. The festival concerts will take place in March 2000 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture and at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, along with symposia and film screenings designed to explore and celebrate Copland s contributions to orchestral music.
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, $15,000
To Donate Unplugged, Fort Wayne Philharmonic's informal classical concert series. During 2000-2001, Unplugged concerts will be hosted by a local television personality and feature casually dressed orchestra members under live video images projected on a large screen.
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To Donate performances at the Concerts in the Garden Summer Music Festival by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and guest artists. The 10th annual Festival in the summer of 2000 consists of 18 concerts of music of various cultures performed for audiences of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.
Handel & Haydn Society, $25,000
To Donate concert performances of Mendelssohn's Elijah. This concert will be held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Boston's Symphony Hall, along with public forums, lectures, and school programs.
Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, $5,000
To Donate a residency by the Chester String Quartet with the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra. The ensemble musicians will serve as principals or associate principals for specific concerts to enhance the string sections in the orchestra, participate in outreach services, and perform a chamber series in downtown Lansing.
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To Donate a commissioning and presenting project by the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. The new work by composer Behzad Ranjbaran will be premiered by the Symphony at the Terrace Theater in Long Beach during 1999-2000.
Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, $5,000
To Donate Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra's performances of Baroque music played on period instruments. Entitled Yearning for an Age of Enlightenment, this project will include a guest appearance by countertenor Brian Asawa and performances of a symphony by Joseph Boulogne Saint-Georges.
Los Angeles Philharmonic, $100,000
To Donate a festival by the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrating the music of Igor Stravinsky on the 30th anniversary of the composer's death. The 2001 Stravinsky Festival, under the artistic direction of Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, will present the composer's diverse orchestral and chamber music works in several venues in Los Angeles.
Minnesota Orchestra, $100,000
To Donate up to thirteen major commissions by the Minnesota Orchestra in the first phase of its centennial celebration. During 1999-2001, the Minnesota Orchestra will premiere the new work by eleven selected composers.
National Symphony Orchestra, $35,000
To Donate the National Symphony Orchestra's Piano 2000 Festival. Music Director Leonard Slatkin will lead the Orchestra's celebration of the instrument in a series of performances by the Orchestra and guest pianists at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
New Century Chamber Orchestra, $5,000
To Donate the premiere performances of a string-orchestra transcription of Aaron Jay Kernis 100 Greatest Dance Hits, originally written as a guitar quintet. This year 2000 project will feature guitarist David Tanenbaum and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
New York Philharmonic, $150,000
To Donate One Generation, Three Voices, the New York Philharmonic's presentation of new and recent works by three American composers. This festival will take place during 2001 at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, with national radio broadcasts and a Live From Lincoln Center telecast.
Oakland East Bay Symphony, $12,000
To Donate a commissioning and presenting project by the Oakland East Bay Symphony. Two world premieres and four West Coast premieres will occur during 1999-2000.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc., $20,000
To Donate residencies, concerts, workshops, and symposia by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. During 1999-2000, the Orchestra will share its creative process as a conductorless ensemble with artists, scholars in other disciplines, and businesses, as well as general audiences.
The Philadelphia Orchestra, $100,000
To Donate the production and performances of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder by The Philadelphia Orchestra. Performances will be held during 2000 in Philadelphia's Academy of Music and at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, $20,000
To Donate the presentation of Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen for the opening of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra's 20th season. This English opera, based on William Shakespeare's A Midummer Night's Dream, will be performed on period instruments.
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, $75,000
To Donate the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's performances of new repertoire at new sites. This year 2000 project will include the College Outreach Festival, premieres of works by two, young BBC Masterprize Competition finalists, and world premieres of two symphony commissions.
Portland Symphony Orchestra (Consortium), $15,000
To Donate the Portland Symphony Orchestra's residencies in rural Maine, a consortium project with the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Machias. This six-month project will provide audiences with the opportunity to experience live performances by professional musicians.
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, $6,500
To Donate the commissioning and performances of three new works by Boston area composers Marti Epstein, Michael Gandolfi, and Tison Street. The premiere performances will take place at the Sanders Theatre in Cambridge during the year 2000.
Saint Louis Symphony, $100,000
To Donate a presenting project by the Saint Louis Symphony celebrating composer Kurt Weill's 100th birthday. This 1999-2000 project will include a festival of performances and related activities.
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, $45,000
To Donate performances of twentieth-century American works by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. This 1999-2000 project will include four world premieres of works by Aaron Jay Kernis, Edgar Meyer, Michael Daugherty, and Daniel Godfrey.
San Francisco Symphony, $150,000
To Donate the San Francisco Symphony's An American Retrospective, a festival celebrating innovation in American music over the past one hundred years. This commissioning and presenting project will be directed by Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.
Seattle Symphony, $60,000
To Donate Focus on American Music, a presentation project exploring American, European, and Pacific Rim influences on American music and composers. This 2000-2001 project will culminate in a two-week, Pacific Rim festival of concerts and activities.
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
To Donate a touring project to underserved, rural communities throughout central and northern New York State. The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra's 2000-2001 project will continue to build the Orchestra's regional presence in New York State.
Tuscaloosa Symphony, $5,000
To Donate the U.S. premiere of Russell Smith's Percussion Concerto by the Tuscaloosa Symphony. This 1999-2000 project will feature percussionist Michael Rosen and Music Director and Conductor Louis Lane.
The Women's Philharmonic, $35,000
To Donate the broadcast and dissemination of the American Women Masters Series, a compilation of defining compositions by women composers in the 20th century. The Women's Philharmonic will identify, perform, and broadcast by radio key works by women composers, and generate an archival compilation of the series for inclusion in the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and other appropriate venues.
Related Grants
American Composers Forum, $32,500
To Donate performances, radio broadcasts, commissions, and a compact disc recording of the Sonic Circuits Electronic Music Festival in American Composers Forum (ACF) chapter cities nationwide. During 2000-2001, the Festival will travel via compact disc to the ten chapters of ACF which include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.
Carnegie Hall, $100,000
To Donate the American Project, a showcase of live and television broadcast concerts at Carnegie Hall featuring distinctive American music and distinguished musicians from throughout the United States. The American Project is designed to expose the work and talent of American musicians during 2000-2001 and reflect Andrew Carnegie's vision of excellence on stage.
Concert Artists Guild, $15,000
To Donate national concert presentations of young classical musicians on the Concert Artists Guild roster, and their performances on radio and the World Wide Web. Featuring contemporary music and collaborations between Guild artists during 2000-2001, 100 concerts of soloists and chamber ensembles will be presented in urban, suburban, and rural venues across the country, and in an extensive New York Concert Series.
New Sounds Music (Consortium), $10,000
To Donate a consortium commissioning and presenting project of a new work for saxophone quartet and orchestra by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom. The five consortium partners for this 1999-2001 project are New Sounds Music (the PRISM Quartet) (New York), Chautauqua Institution (New York), Interlochen Center for the Arts (Michigan), Lancaster Festival Orchestra (Ohio), and Orchestra 2001 (Pennsylvania).
Plymouth Music Series, $35,000
To Donate the year 2000 Witness program featuring commissions of new work along with the works of neglected and forgotten composers. This tenth annual program by the Plymouth Music Series ensemble singers, chorus, and orchestra will include educational events for the annual February Witness subscription concert, a young people's concert, a school residency program in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, and regional and national broadcasts on public radio.
WNYC Radio, $25,000
To Donate WNYC Radio's Masterwork Competition, a national composing competition in collaboration with the American Composers Orchestra. During 2000-2001, the work of three semifinalists will be performed in a WNYC/Internet broadcast concert at Carnegie Hall.
Young Concert Artists, $35,000
To Donate the presentation of the Young Artists Series recitals and concerto debuts by young musicians who are winners of the annual Young Concert Artists' Auditions. This 1999-2000 project will feature ten concerts in New York City and four concerts in Washington, D.C.
Cabrillo Guild of Music/Cabrillo Music Festival, $5,000
To Donate the presentation of orchestra programs featuring modern symphonic works by living American composers, with accompanying activities for young audiences during the Cabrillo Music Festival. The year 2000 Festival will include 12 contemporary American symphonic works in four programs with seven American composers participating.
Chinese Cultural Productions, $5,000
To Donate performances by the New Century Chamber Orchestra, the Alexander String Quartet, and erhu instrumentalist Jie-Bing Chen in a full-length concert of string compositions by composer Gang Situ. These concerts, featuring original works that explore contemporary American art, culture, and society, will be held at San Francisco's Herbst Theater in the year 2000.
Early Music Guild of Seattle, $6,000
To Donate a J. S. Bach Festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. The year 2000 Festival will celebrate the opening of a new performance facility in Seattle, and include performances by three early-music ensembles: the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, the Tudor Choir, and Gallery Concerts.
Indiana State University, $5,000
To Donate the 34th Annual Contemporary Music Festival. This three-day festival will bring together composers, the Louisville Orchestra, and a chamber ensemble; and host over ten guest lecturers, open rehearsals, and music seminars.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, $70,000
To Donate Lincoln Center Festival 2000. For three weeks in July 2000, major artists and ensembles from the U.S. and abroad will be presented in concert halls and theaters at Lincoln Center and at neighboring venues.
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (Consortium), $10,000
To Donate a consortium project with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for commissioning a new work by American composer Libby Larsen. The resulting work will be premiered during the Pittsburgh Symphony's 2000-2001 subscription season
Ojai Festivals, $15,000
To Donate the year 2000 Ojai Festival. Directed by conductor Sir Simon Rattle, the Festival will celebrate its 54th anniversary with performances by ensembles, soloists, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
To Donate the 2000 OK Mozart Festival in several locations in the Bartlesville, Oklahoma community. Performances will range from orchestral to chamber music and recitals, and will include the premiere of Ochelata's Wedding, an opera buffa by composer Jean-Michel Damase.


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A Developer.com Site
An Eweek.com Site
Anyone know any URL's to PR_Oxy Avoi_dance websites?
Did you google it???
By PR_Oxy Avoi_dance ???
Is that a new app or something??
What exactly are you trying to do???
How people treat you is their karma- how you react is yours-Wayne Dyer
My best guess is he is trying to find a web based proxy to use to get around a filter, probably at a highschool.
Everyone is going to die, I am just as good of a reason as any.
You thinK???
Highschool eh
Is that where they learn to spell like that?
Boy...have things changed from when I was there...
lol he probably thinks its "leet" to type like that.
lol , and I thought my English was bad ... thought I was learning new words when I read it ;-)
Back when I was a boy, we carved our own IC's out of wood.
meh...having been through the hawaii public school system (grades k-12 im sad to say) I can put the blame on them without any hesitation. My spelling is horrible, but who needs spelling when you have spell check right?(that was the response one of my teachers gave my parents when I was in 5th grade and they questioned why we didnt have spelling tests and what not for our vocabulary lists.)
lol, oh well. I hope this kid isnt trying to get around a school based filter, and he has a legit reason for all of this. maybe he will explain himself.
There was no spell check when I was in highschool....
and I still have problems with spelling....
Then there's my kids...adding misspelt words to the spell checker...
I use an online dictionary...when needed
I didn't have spellchecker in high school. What I did have was an English Major for a Mother and a Journalism Major for a Father.
I remember one summer I sent a letter home from camp - it was returned with spelling and grammatical mark-up's, and a copy of "The Elements of Style".
I was to make use of my summer vacation and learn how to spell and write the English language.
Talk about tough!
[Edit] Your search - PR_Oxy Avoi_dance - did not match any documents.
think we scared FleA808 away???
I went to school in both the US and Canada... spelling errors and grammer differences galore...and at a time when Canada was from going from imperial to metric measurements..oh yeah and the british gallon to us gallon....
I was\am very confused...thank god for computers...spell check and google
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UK mobile operator O2 has announced on Twitter that the Lumia 620 will be on sale tomorrow, for one day only to celebrate Valentine's Day. The company asked its Facebook audience which mobile device they'd love the most and the Windows Phone received the most "likes". Should you be looking at getting the handset on O2 (for yourself or a loved one), it'll be priced at £119 tomorrow without a contract.
This provides a superb opportunity for those looking to take out a new plan, as well as consumers already with O2 and still locked in a contract. It's a cheap option to upgrade and purchase a Windows Phone 8 device to enjoy the new experience. It's also interesting to see a Windows Phone selected by consumers as the mobile phone they'd like to see put on offer.
The Nokia Lumia 620 was 'Liked' the most. So tomorrow - for one day only - we're lowering it from £149.99 to £119.99: o2lin.kr/Nokia620— O2 in the UK (@O2) February 12, 2013
£119 for a latest Windows Phone 8 smartphone is an incredibly low price. O2 is the UK premier partner for Windows Phone and stocks a number of units from the major OEM partners. The Lumia 620 is no slouch either. Sporting a 1GHz dual-core CPU, 8GB storage with SD support, 3.8" display (800x480), 5MP camera (with FFC), and a 1300mAh battery. Not bad at all.
Be sure to check out the Lumia 620 over at the O2 online store. What's more is you'll also be eligible for a free shell too, with the selection of five colours to choose from: green, blue, white and O2 exclusives yellow and orange. Read the full terms and conditions for the shell offer. With £30 off, we strongly recommend checking out this offer.
Source: Twitter (O2)
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Vietnamese Grilled Shrimp Summer Rolls Recipe
Fire up your grill and get ready for some serious smoke.
Lettuce, cilantro, and mint give these marinated shrimp summer rolls a light, fresh flavor that gets a tangy and crunchy contrast from quick pickled cucumbers, daikon, and carrots.
Why this recipe works:
- A fish sauce, sugar, and garlic marinade adds a sweet and salty flavor to the shrimp
- Quick pickled cucumber, carrot, and daikon give these rolls a tangy crunch
- Lettuce, mint, and cilantro provide a contrasting freshness to the shrimp and pickles
Read more: Vietnamese Grilled Shrimp Summer Rolls
- Yield:serves 8
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:2 hours
- Rated:
- For the Quick Pickles
- 1 cup rice vinegar
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 hothouse cucumber, julienned
- 1 medium carrot, julienned
- 1 small daikon, julienned
- For the Marinade
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly minced garlic, about 2 medium cloves
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 24 medium shrimp (about 2/3 lb), shelled, deveined, and tails removed
- 4 oz rice vermicelli
- 8 8-inch rIce spring roll wrappers
- 1 large bunch fresh mint, washed and dried
- 1 large bunch fresh cilantro, washed and dried
- 1 head Bibb lettuce, washed and dried
- 8 wooden skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes prior to use
- Type of fire: Direct
- Grill heat: medium-high
To make the pickles: Whisk together vinegar and sugar in a small bowl. Place cucumber, carrot, daikon in a jar or container. Pour in enough vinegar and sugar mixture to fully submerge vegetables. Cover and let stand for at least one hour, or transfer to refrigerator for up to a week.
To make the marinade: Whisk together fish sauce, water, sugar, garlic, and black pepper in a small bowl. Place shrimp in a resealable plastic bag and pour in marinade. Seal bag and place in refrigerator while preparing vermicelli and grill.
Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add in vermicelli and cook for 3 minutes. Drain in colander and run under cold water. Set aside.
Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and spread the coals evenly over entire surface of coal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate. Skewer shrimp and place on grill. Grill skewered shrimp over direct heat until shrimp are opaque and cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer shrimp to platter and remove from skewers.
Fill a large, shallow bowl with hot water. Place 1 spring roll wrapper in water and let soak until soft and pliable, about 15 seconds. Transfer wrapper to a work surface. Place 3 shrimp in center of wrapper and top with lettuce, vermicelli, pickles, a few mint leaves, and a few sprigs of cilantro. Fold bottom of wrapper over filling, fold over sides around filling, then roll wrapper shut. Repeat with remaining 7 wrappers. Serve immediately.
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Mexican Pork
Mexican Pork
I have no idea why we made this dish or how it came about. I am thinking we were watching something with Mexican food involved and then we just had to have something Mexican. I think other than Italian food Mexican is my all time favorite cuisine. I am not this kind of a chef but I do love anything Mexican or even close to being Mexican cuisine. Other than going out to eat, making new things that I have found on the Internet has been a lot of fun.
I had a recipe in mind and DH found it on the Internet. This site had some good recipes and this one was a great one!
Pork Chimichurri Recipe (Mexican Pork)
1 pound pork tenderloin, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
4 TBS olive oil
2 TBS each crumbled oregano and chopped fresh parsley
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp each crushed red pepper flakes, ground black pepper and white pepper.
Combine all ingredients together well in a plastic zip bag and refrigerate 4-24 hours. Prepare hot grill and remove pork from marinade. Toss remaining marinade. Skewer cubes and grill to cook evenly. Serve with sweet potato pieces and Plano peppers alongside rice and black beans.
Serves 4
We didn't exactly follow the directions the way it said. We did manage to marinate the pork for about 6 hours, but we have a nice grill skillet and we used that instead of the skewers. It worked very well and the pork was very tender.
I didn't have any sweet potatoes or poblano peppers but I did make black beans and rice and we ate the pork over that. It truly was yummy and not your typical taco or burrito sort of food. This is a keeper that I think we will eat again and again!


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- Why People Really Love Technology: An Interview with Genevieve Bell: "We had this fascination with… this notion that technology was being used by men. The data just didn't reflect that. When you look the globe over, women are 44 to 45 percent of the world's Internet users. They spend more time online than men–17 percent more a month."
- Fem-Tech Edit-a-thon sparks discussions about Wikipedia gender gap: "Wikipedia's dogged insistence on 'objectivity' and 'neutrality' – something that all Wikipedians know cannot be achieved anyway – reinforces what many feminists would argue is a masculine way of seeing the world. Rejecting the lived, personal experience of women and the ways in which they tell their stories can thus be seen as a rejection of feminism."
- #1ReasonWhy: Female Game Devs Speak About Marginalization in the Industry: "Yesterday, a Twitter user asking that tired question of "why aren't there more female game creators?" launched the hashtag #1ReasonWhy, which quickly grew as women and men in the game industry shared stories of sexism and marginalization-reasons there aren't more female game developers."
- too many reasons why: "I've been watching the #1reasonwhy hashtag on Twitter with an anxious kind of understanding. Like, part of me wants to jump right in and post a dozen of my own experiences, but I've also learned what happens if you say that shit publicly: you're berated, blamed, dismissed. I've been there. But why the fuck should I have to fear posting this? I've been quiet on Twitter and Facebook lately, for many reasons, but you know what? I think I'll make my own list of Reasons Why right here:"
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Just One Thing (25 April 2019)Apr. 25th, 2019 08:52 am
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Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
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• RIM to hit multiple price points with range of BlackBerry 10 devices – For now, RIM has only talked about two new BlackBerry 10 devices, handsets that the company hopes will restore it to relevance. However, more are planned, and at many different prices. And Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to offer BlackBerry 10 devices at launch
• Surface Pro: an in-depth look at Microsoft's super tablet – The Verge gets a hands-on look at Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet, which uses the full version of Windows 8. Most interesting: It comes with a stylus and, while it does require fans for cooling, they're silent.
• The Lesson Of 3D TV: For 4K TV, The Key Is The Implementation – 4K TV, which has has four times the resolution of current HDTVs, is all the rage at CES. But there's not much content that takes advantage of it now, and it raises the price significantly. Will 4K TV suffer the same fate as 3D TV? (At least you don't need silly glasses with it.)
• Samsung flexible OLED phone prototype (hands-on) – The edges curve downward, allowing for a ticker that shows notifications and other information. But it is only a prototype, with no indication of when something like this could actually be available.
• Samsung announces 8-core Exynos 5 Octa mobile processor – It switches clusters of cores based on need and power requirements. And Samsung wants to replace Apple as a customer with upstart Chinese smartphone producers
• President Clinton at CES: The World Needs More Smartphones (And Fewer Guns)
• Polaroid's Jelly Bean tablets could give Google a run for its money – Polaroid's 7-inch tablet will be $129; a 10-inch model will sell for $229. Both will be released in the spring.
• Dell creates sub-$500 Latitude 10 essentials Windows 8 slate – It challenges the Surface RT, but runs the full version of Windows 8.
• The Pebble smartwatch keeps it simple (hands-on) – The highly anticipated smartwatch, brought to life via Kickstarter, interacts with iPhones and Android smartphones and uses an e-Paper display.
• Redbox Instant by Verizon launching out of beta in March
• FCC working to expand WiFi spectrum, wants to avoid wireless 'traffic jam' – The FCC wants to use 5 GHz spectrum currently used by broadcasters to provide more room for Wi-Fi.
Other tech
• Amazon to launch auto rip, an effort to sex up CDs – When you buy a music CD from Amazon.com, the company plans to automatically put digital copies of the songs in your online locker. And it may do this for CDs you've purchased in the past.
• Google's Schmidt presses North Korean officials for open Web – Eric Schmidt says he told North Korean officials they must open up to the Web to help improve that nation's economy.
• Apple Now Locking Screenshots for Submitted Apps, Shutting Down Popular Scam Tactic – Developers won't be able to swap out screenshots once apps are approved and posted.
• A more complete picture of the iTunes economy – Asymco puts together details from the numbers Apple periodically releases on app store sales to come up with an intriguing picture of the money that flows through it.
• Apple slashes price on Thunderbolt cable, releases additional shorter model – The 2-meter cable was $49; now it's $39.
• Foxconn Confirms Bribery Investigation After Chinese Authorities Detain Employee – The allegations involve illegal payments from supply chain partners.
• Online radio will start serving ads based on your web browsing – The ads you hear on Pandora may soon be affected by the sites you just visited on the Web.


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Drew Hobbs
Class of 2015
Major/Minor: Environmental Studies / Chemistry, Computer Science
Campus Involvement
- Peer Mentor
- Kappa Alpha Order – Recording Secretary, Brother
- Course Mentor – CSI 100 Basics of Compuing
- Course Mentor – MAT 109 Statistics
- Student Worker – Central Services
- American Chemical Society – Member
- Presidential Fellow
- John S. Toll Science Fellow
- Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
- Kappa Alpha Omicron Environmental Science & Studies Honor Society
- Order of Omega Leadership Honor Society
Hometown: Hampstead, MD
High School: North Carroll High School
What do you do for a campus job or work study?
I work for Central Services (mail room) where I deliver packages and mail to students, professors, and staff. I also work as a Course Mentor and a Peer Mentor.
What are you up to this summer? And what are you most looking forward to?
I will be staying on campus this summer to conduct research on the Chester River. I will be helping Dr. Krahforst to develop a method to trace barium within the water in order to determine how much groundwater is flowing into the Chester River. I am really looking forward to traveling on the water to collect the samples necessary for the research. I am also looking forward to working in the Biogeochemistry lab and learning how to use the equipment within it.
How has WC changed your life? Or, what does WC mean to you?
I have made some incredible friends thanks to WAC, and I have had more fun than I ever would have imagined. I have been given opportunities that I never thought I would have because WAC and all of its hard working professors and staff.
What so far has been your favorite tradition or memory at WC?
May Day is without a doubt my favorite WAC tradition. I think it's great that people can participate in an event such as May Day and it brings a unique aspect and energy to our school that no other college has.
What is your favorite quote?
"He who says he can, and he who says he can't are both usually right."


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My organ is finished but I have no monkey! I searched online for the perfect mechanical monkey and came across a toy that was made in the 50's and 60's. The toy was rusted and broken. I replaced a broken motor and sewed a new pair of pants. The monkey interacts with the organ because of an Arduino microcontroller. I also used the guts of an old voice changer toy. The mic from the toy is now used as a sensor to detect a certain level of sound, which
activates the monkey to turn on. Everything is nicely fitted into a small canvas backpack I made. I am excited to test this guy out!!


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Date: 12/5/2018
Start Time: 5:00 PM
End Time: 6:00 PM
Community Tutoring is located in the Community Tutoring Room, located on the second floor of Lincoln Library. Provided in partnership with the Springfield Literacy Project, for adult learners and volunteers. Show up to receive assistance or offer to help.Library: Lincoln Library, The Public Library of Springfield, IL Find Lincoln Library
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February 08, 2002
On the evening of Friday, Feb. 8, while much of the world focused its attention on the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics, friends, colleagues and former students of UCLA Anderson gathered with Dean Bruce Willison at The Regency Club to honor someone they consider an "Olympian." For the past six decades, J. Fred Weston has demonstrated a dedication to scholarly study and teaching that has immeasurably influenced the world of finance.
An expert in the areas of corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions and restructuring, Professor Weston is well-known in management education circles for his now-classic book, Managerial Finance (Dryden Press, 1962), which revolutionized teaching in this field. Weston has published numerous books and more than 100 articles, and he says it would be impossible to separate his research from his teaching.
After completing doctoral studies at The University of Chicago, Professor Weston began teaching at UCLA in 1949. He led the school's finance area or business economics area for 28 years, from the late 1950s to the mid 1980s. Professor Weston has been chairman of doctoral committees for 32 Ph.D. students — a role he considers one of the most rewarding aspects of his academic career. Most of his Ph.D.s became tenured professors within five years after graduation. A number of them have become distinguished, with one of them, William Sharpe, winning the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science.
Weston also served as director of UCLA Anderson's Research Program in Competition and Business Policy, which developed 192 publications and gave financial support to 39 students who completed their Ph.D. degree programs. This program developed models and empirical studies demonstrating that large firms were consistent with competition. In the early 1970s, the Research Program was among the first to publish research on the implications of the globalization of markets. In connection with these scholarly endeavors, Professor Weston was invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and related Congressional Committees at least once a year from 1953 through 1980.
Weston has been active in scholarly associations, having served as president of the American Finance Association, Western Economics Association, and the Financial Management Association. He served on the American Economics Association Consensus Advisory Committee during the 1970s. He has also been active in the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), of which he is a Fellow. NABE also honored Weston in 1991 with The Abramson Award, which is given in recognition of the best article published in the Association's journal, Business Economics.
In his teaching, Weston has emphasized theoretical concepts to guide managerial decisions. He has been interested in the total development of his MBA students, as well as his Ph.D. students. Some of his MBAs from the early 1950s have been making scholarship grants to The Anderson School's MBA Program citing Weston's impact on them during their studies. Professor Weston received a campus-wide award as an Outstanding Teacher in 1978.
After his retirement in 1986, Weston was recalled to teach primarily the course on mergers and acquisitions. His ratings as an instructor were superior, as noted in letters from the finance department chair, and Weston was recognized with a Dean's Award for Outstanding Instruction in UCLA Anderson.
In recent years, Professor Weston has concentrated his interests in the mergers and acquisitions area, as it represents a major force in the economy and an intellectual challenge to understand its pervasive impact.


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How Are Federal Resumes Different?
Monster Federal Career Coach by Kathryn Troutman
March 03, 2008
How are Federal Government resumes different then your usual job resume? We've got the answers for you.
Monster member twilliams 406 asks: I have a private-sector resume that I think looks pretty good; can I keep anything from it when I write my federal resume, or is it better to start from scratch?
The Federal Career Coach responds: You might be able to keep some of the language, but chances are you'll need to build and add more content to your resume for it to match government vacancy announcements as well as make the most of your federal job search. If you find two or three jobs that look interesting, look at the language that outlines the duties and try to use some of those words as resume keywords.
Submitting a private-industry resume is a common error. The job seeker knows he's qualified ou'll have to describe your work in more detail. The one-line bullet point that you might have used in your private-sector resume will become four or six lines or four sentences.
For example, on a private-sector resume, you might have a bullet that says: "Led a team of 12 project coordinators, writers and editors." On your federal resume, you can say: "Led a team of 12, delegated tasks to the various team members, planned agendas for meetings, reviewed work, trained staff in carrying out project loads, resolved problems, prepared briefings for senior officials based on project deadlines, established benchmarks."
It almost sounds like your federal resume should sound like what you would say in a private-sector interview, where someone reads a bullet point on your resume and says, "Could you explain this?"
That's a very good point. It's more of an expanded written/verbal resume. In fact, a government resume is considered to be the application, an examination, because they examine the resume to ensure you're qualified. And sometimes government hiring managers don't interview — they hire based on what they see on the resume.


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CHICAGO -- This is not ideal, not easy, and most definitely not healthy -- for them or you -- but this is what the Red Sox know, and that, it seems, is where their hope and faith lie.
Down two games to none to Cleveland in the 1999 Division Series. Down two games to none to Oakland in the 2003 Division Series. Down three games to none to the Yankees in the 2004 Championship Series. Revived, and resplendent, in all three.
''We've been down this road," the composed spokesman, Johnny Damon, said last night in the visiting clubhouse at US Cellular Field, where his teammates quietly ate after allowing five unanswered runs in a demoralizing 5-4 Game 2 loss to Chicago in this American League Division Series. ''There will be no finger pointing. We go to bat for each other. We know how hard it is."
The task, again, is enormous: Beat the AL's best regular-season team, on three consecutive days, twice at Fenway, then once back here, where Chicago has clubbed a team record six home runs (in just two games) in the postseason and have outscored the Red Sox, 19-6.
Rookie Tadahito Iguchi delivered the only homer last night, with two outs in the fifth, uncoiling on a 1-and-1 David Wells curveball that sailed high and deep into the Chicago night. And that made for one lonely second baseman.
Already, there should have been three outs. The Red Sox should have finished that inning ahead, 4-2. Tony Graffanino should have caught the ball. That slow roller that slipped, yes, between his legs.
''He didn't hit it that well," Graffanino said. ''I didn't get a good read on it. I rushed it to try to get [a double play]. I just missed it."
Wells entered the fifth inning ahead, 4-0, but allowed Chicago to halve the gap on an Aaron Rowand no-out, run-scoring double, and a Joe Crede RBI single up the middle.
Juan Uribe then locked into a lengthy battle with Wells. Weak knubber foul. Strike looking. Smoked foul ball. Foul back. Ball up and in. Foul off to the side. And then, a snapping Wells curveball that Uribe weakly grounded at Graffanino. The second baseman moved in position to field the ball and shuffle it to Edgar Renteria all in one motion, for a sure force play at second, and a possible, but unlikely double play.
Instead, he attempted to flip to Renteria before picking up the ball. It skipped through his legs into the outfield. Graffanino walked to the mound.
''I told him [Wells], 'My bad,' " Graffanino said. ''And I asked him to get me out of the inning."
Wells recorded another out but couldn't handle Iguchi, the 30-year-old rookie whom the Sox worked out in January in San Diego before he signed with the White Sox. (Boston passed because they envisioned Iguchi at shortstop, and he showed limited range at the position).
With one swing, the Chicago second baseman brought his team all the way back, and he joined Hideki Matsui as the only Japanese players to homer in the postseason.
''I've made that play a million times," Graffanino said. ''The one time I missed it, it cost us the game.
''I've replayed it in my head a hundred times. I don't need to watch it on video. Completely my fault."
Wells: ''I blame myself more because I hung a curveball. When you hang a pitch you have to expect to get hit. I'm not going to show him up. He's played great for us."
Indeed. In 52 games with the Sox, Graffanino had made just three errors.
''To state the obvious," general manager Theo Epstein said, ''we don't make the playoffs without Tony Graffanino."
The same goes for Wells, who entered the game with a .769 career postseason winning percentage, third best of any pitcher with at least 15 postseason starts. He received a 2-0 lead after the first inning (Manny Ramirez's two-run single) and 4-0 lead after the third, when the Red Sox sent eight men to the plate against Mark Buehrle.
Wells had pitched 113 1/3 career postseason innings compared with Buehrle's one-third of an inning before last night, and through three innings, Buehrle was in danger, having allowed four runs on six hits.
''To get four runs off Buehrle, you've got to feel pretty happy about that," Damon said.
But, the 26-year-old lefthander set down 12 of 13 Red Sox beginning with the final out of the third inning and ending with Renteria's two-out single in the seventh. Buehrle lasted seven innings for his first postseason win before handing the ball to 270-pound, 24-year-old closer Bobby Jenks, who was making his first postseason appearance.
Jenks, who recorded a two-inning save, was bringing it -- his 2-and-2 pitch Ramirez smoked to center field for an out to begin the eighth inning registered at 100 miles per hour on the outfield scoreboard. Jenks allowed a two-out walk in that inning but got Bill Mueller (0 for 8 in the series) to ground out to end the inning.
Graffanino found himself in a redemptive spot, batting with one out in the ninth. He doubled, but Damon, on a full-count, popped up a 97-m.p.h. fastball to catcher A.J. Pierzynski just behind home plate. Renteria, up next, offered at the first pitch, a 98-m.p.h. fastball, and grounded to short.
''Guy's pretty amazing," Damon said of Jenks. ''I think he throws harder than it actually registers. He's got a real live fastball, and I couldn't catch up to it tonight. Hopefully, we won't be in that situation where he comes in to pitch, but hopefully I know him now."
Wells, meanwhile, allowed only two earned runs and suffered only his fourth postseason loss (10-4, 3.15 ERA) in 26 appearances (16 starts). For four-plus innings, he pitched like the center-stage performer he fashions himself.
He retired nine of 10 to begin the game. The only batter who reached in that span was Carl Everett, with a one-out single in the second, but the next batter, Rowand, grounded into an inning-ending double play.
But, Wells's defense let him down. And, when it was time for him to go, with two outs in the seventh, he wasn't having it, turning his back to his manager coming for the ball.
''I wanted to kill him to be honest with you," Wells said.
And that, really, encapsulated the emotional brutality of this night. There is a day off today, and another game tomorrow, perhaps the 165th and last of this season. Or, perhaps the beginning of something special. The Sox, you know, are 8-1 in elimination games the last two postseasons, 11-2 dating to 1999.
''They took advantage of these first two games," Damon said. ''They blew us out [Tuesday], took advantage of a mistake [last night]. We were a team put together to win every single game. And we're going to have to do that."


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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Academy of Pediatrics have joined with the best-selling children's book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, to help families learn about healthy eating habits at home. More than 17,500 pediatrician offices will receive free copies of special edition The Very Hungry Caterpillar books, growth charts and parent handouts to encourage doctors and parents to have meaningful conversations about the importance of healthy eating.
Parents: Be sure to visit the nutrition area of HealthyChildren.org for more information on nutrition and your child's health. Also, visit Penguin Young Readers Group for activity sheets, videos, and more information about The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Visit the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to learn how you can make healthy changes at home, in your child's school and in your community.
Healthcare Professionals: Looking for more materials? Download additional printable growth charts and parent handouts to distribute in your offices.
Read the press release about the campaign here.
About the Alliance for a Healthier GenerationThe Alliance for a Healthier Generation works to address one of the nation's leading public health threats – childhood obesity. The goal of the Alliance is to reduce the nationwide prevalence of childhood obesity by 2015, and to empower kids to make healthy lifestyle choices. Founded in 2005 by the American Heart Association and William J. Clinton Foundation, the Alliance works to positively affect the places that can make a difference to a child's health: homes, schools, doctor's offices and communities. To learn more about the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, visit www.HealthierGeneration.org
About the American Academy of PediatricsThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of 66,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
HealthyChildren.org is the official web site for parents from the AAP. Whether you're looking for general information related to child health or for more specific guidance on parenting issues, you've come to the right place. Here, you'll find information regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics many programs and activities, our policies and guidelines, our publications and other child health resources, as well as much, much more. Best of all, you can rest assured that the information comes from the nation's leading child health experts and that we have scientific research supporting our recommendations.
About the Pearson Foundation Pearson, the international education and information company, is Sponsor and Founding Partner of Jumpstart's Read for the Record. The Pearson Foundation extends Pearson's commitment to education by partnering with leading nonprofit, civic, and business organizations to provide financial, organizational, and publishing assistance across the globe. The Foundation aims to make a difference by sponsoring innovative educational programs and extending its educational expertise to help in classrooms and in local communities. For more information, visit www.pearsonfoundation.org.
About We Give Books We Give Books is a digital reading initiative from Penguin and the Pearson Foundation that helps children become lifelong readers and givers. Together, Penguin and the Pearson Foundation support literacy by working around the world through programs including Booktime and Jumpstart's Read for the Record, engaging thousands of communities and touching millions of lives. For more information about We Give Books, visit www.wegivebooks.org.
Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into 50 languages and sold over 30 million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 100 million copies of his books have sold around the world. March 20th has been designated as "The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day." On this first day of spring, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and fans of the book around the country are encouraged to read and celebrate the metamorphosis of this eager, insatiable caterpillar, whose mystical transformation has entertained and enchanted generation after generation of young readers.
Penguin Young Readers Group is one of the leading children's book publishers in the United States. The company owns a wide range of imprints and trademarks including Dial Books, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Philomel, Puffin, Speak, Firebird, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Viking, Razorbill, and Frederick Warne. These imprints are home to such award-winning, New York Times- bestselling authors as Laurie Halse Anderson, Jay Asher, Judy Blume, Jan Brett, Eric Carle, Roald Dahl, Tomie dePaola, Sarah Dessen, John Green, Eric Hill, Anthony Horowitz, Brian Jacques, Mike Lupica, Richelle Mead, Richard Peck, Patricia Polacco, and dozens of other popular authors. Penguin Young Readers Group is also the proud publisher of perennial brand franchises such as The Little Engine That Could, the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, Peter Rabbit, Spot, the Classic Winnie the Pooh, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Strega Nona, Madeline, Mad Libs, Alex Rider, the Rangers Apprentice, Skippyjon Jones, Flower Fairies, and Pippi Longstocking, among many others. Penguin Young Readers Group is a division of Penguin Group (USA), the U.S. member of the internationally renowned Penguin Group, one of the largest English-language trade book publishers in the world. The Penguin Group is owned by Pearson plc, the international media group.
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Obama Victory Proof that the Sleeping Latino Giant is Wide Awake
The record, double-digit turnout by Latino voters on Tuesday – seen by experts as tipping the election in favor of President Barack Obama – shows that the long-dubbed Sleeping Giant is wide awake.
"It's unequivocally clear now that the road to the White House goes through Hispanic neighborhoods," said Clarissa Martinez, director of civic engagement and immigration at the National council of La Raza, or NCLR, the nation's largest Hispanic civil right group.
"Our community cares deeply about restoring the American Dream for all, expanding economic opportunity, and resolving immigration once and for all. The real work on common sense solutions begins now, and Latinos will be a powerful ally in moving the nation forward together."
Roughly 50 percent of Latino voters cast their ballots, comprising 10 percent of Tuesday's turnout. That exceeded the record set in 2008, when Latinos made up a record 9 percent of all voters.
Exit polls show that 71 percent of Latino voters chose Obama, compared with just 27 percent who picked his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. That marks the widest gap in Latino support between two presidential candidates.
"The most historic thing in this election is that for the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin," said Gary Segura, professor of American Politics and Chair of Chicano/a Studies at Stanford University and Principal at Latino Decisions. "That means that if Latinos had evenly divided their vote between both candidates, the outcomes would be reversed."
A record 24 million Latinos are eligible to vote; 12 million are believed to have gone to the polls.
Latinos were not blindly enthralled with Obama during his first term.
It's unequivocally clear now that the road to the White House goes through Hispanic neighborhoods.
At one point, some political observers and Latino leaders wondered if, like other Americans, Latinos would be less inclined to turn out at the polls this year because of the absence of the 2008 excitement over electing the nation's first African-American president, combined with disappointment over the slow economic recovery and lack of progress on immigration reform.
But hard-line stances by Republicans, and Romney himself, about issues such as immigration, government assistance programs and affordable healthcare became a rallying point for Latino leaders and the Obama campaign, who warned that a Romney presidency would create hardship for Latinos and fuel hostility against them.
And pressure mounted on Obama to address the growing Latino skepticism of him. Obama had courted Latinos in 2008 with a promise to reform immigration in his first term, but never seemed to fight for it like he did for an overhaul of healthcare. What is more, more immigrants – about 400,000 a year -- were deported under his watch than under any other president.
So in June, the Obama administration announced that it would suspend deportations for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as minors, and who meet a strict set of criteria. The initiative also called for giving those who qualify for the reprieve work permits. The move, polls showed afterward, raised his popularity among Latinos.
At the same time, Romney, when pressed, said that if he became president, he would discontinue the initiative, though he was unclear about what, exactly, he would do with the nearly 1 million people who are expected to benefit from it.
But Romney never really gained the confidence of most Latinos – who saw him as someone who did not respect them, and someone who was unsympathetic to the struggles of many in their community.
GOP efforts to send messages, and envoys, to reach out to Latinos did not lessen the feelings ranging from doubt to anger among Latinos that followed such things as the Republican party's platform adopted at the Republican National Convention in August that called for a hard line on immigration, as well as a nearly all-white convention hall of delegates that stood in contrast to the diverse speakers on the stage.
"Strident and extreme positions and the lack of support for legislation promoting public education, affordable health care and economic policies that increase opportunities for Latino communities did not go unnoticed," said Ben Monterroso, national executive director for Mi Familia Vota Education Fund.
"The Latino vote has demonstrated its essential role in local, state and presidential elections and the 2012 election will be remembered as the cycle that showed just how critical it is to understand the issues that affect the Hispanic community."
Many Latino organizations launched highly publicized voter registration drives, with some of them signing up tens of thousands of new voters.
It is the kind of growing political power Latino leaders expect to continue, given that some 900,000 Latinos each year turn 18 years old. Latinos between 18 and 29 years old were the most supportive of Obama, with 74 percent voting for him, compared with 23 percent who voted for Romney.
Also, Latinos are active users of social media, an increasingly influential dimension of politics. Many used Twitter and Facebook to encourage others to vote.
"This is a sign that if invited and if informed, Latinos will participate in our democratic process, making them a core-voting bloc of the American electorate," said Monterroso. "The 2012 election is a story of the Latino arrival; an optimistic group of voters who are playing a key role in rebuilding this country and trusting government to play a role."
Undocumented immigrants, in their own way, had an influence.
So-called DREAMers, brought to the United States as minors, came out of the shadows, and held press conferences and rallies and even took their demonstrations right to the presidential candidates.
For the first time ever, an undocumented immigrant -- Benita Veliz, a 27-year-old from San Antonio -- was a primetime speaker at a presidential national convention. She appealed to Americans to re-elect Obama so that the flawed immigration system could be reformed to provide a pathway to legalization.
"It was a sign of acceptance for DREAMers at the highest political levels that would have been unthinkable even three years ago," said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, which advocates for legislation to give legal status to undocumented immigrant, in a New York Times article. "The president leaned in to the issue instead of steering clear of it, and it is putting a lot of pressure on Republicans who labeled these immigrants as criminals in their platform."
Latino Republican organizations expressed frustration over the defeat of Romney, as well as over what they said were concerns about the continuing alienation between Republicans and Latinos.
"When Newt dropped out of the race and Mitt Romney became the nominee, we decided to support Mitt Romney," said a statement by Café Con Leche, a Republican organization that favors comprehensive immigration reform. "Numerous attempts to connect with the Romney campaign's Hispanic outreach proved fruitless. In our one year of existence, we've also had just one conversation with the RNC's Latino outreach, and were left with the impression the RNC wasn't interested in working with us due to our pro-immigration focus."
"Harsh rhetoric on immigration coupled with lack of adequate engagement with Latinos and race baiting by Democrats has resulted in very low GOP support among Latinos, and we ignore this at our own political peril."


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Happy July People!
Tis been a while since I did a proper post, but you know, I have had a huge list of things to take care of and no broadband connection so I have had to use an extremely slowwwww dial up mobile dongle thing. (Work has been nuts – home keeping, so many projects, looking after the felines, being snotty all the time…)
The man in the shop said it would last three months cos we paid £100 for it. One week later I was happily surfing Adambeauty and OFF it goes. 'Sorry you have used up all your credit'. NOOOOOOOOO! I haven't had the same feeling since I used up all my mobile pay as you go credit on texting Ronan Keating – or at least they said it was Ronan Keating on the back of Smash Hits….
Otherwise, I have spent a month just chasing people up. It's amazing how people won't do anything untill you threaten them with legal action isn't it?
Ooh I had a terrible experience (worse than usual) with a company called Badprint (change the Bad to its antonym). Had some business cards done. Big lines down the side of both. Hello? First thing I did was check myself. I double checked myself. I double checked at the time anyway, but I did it again. I zoomed in over and over.
Emailed them – Hello! I double checked my image – no smudge lines. Why are there smudgelines?
Them – Its all your fault. But you can have a discount if you reorder!
Me – But your website is always offering discounts – do you sell anything full price? Bsides thats not the point – there were no lines on my preview. So there.
Them – Our print room says there was so there.
Me – Your tone is unhelpful and rude. I am telling you there is nothing on my design.
Them – Well there is.
Me – No there isn't.
Them – Yes there is.
Me – Ok fine. Nevermind. I'll throw these cards in the bin and whilst you have earnt £20 I will never shop with you again and tell everyone else not to use you either. Bye!
Them – Whatever, You don't know what you are talking about and we don't need customers like you.
Me – What returning customers. Bye.
So there you have it kids. Customer service is really like that in the UK – they take your money then you are on your own. Only a few companies adopt the US style of accepting returns and sending replacements when items are faulty or just plain awful. I used to work in retail and the company I worked for relished in the 7 day refund threshold. People would turn up all the time on day 8, not realising we have a shorter than average return period, and BOOM! Your stuck with your rather pricey piece of steel tat. Did they shop with us again? Of course not! And I don't blame them.
Ok random haul pics.
Lunasol EX01:
Lunasol Green Coral (love this!):
Lunasol Eye Base:
Lunasol Light Green & Gold Liner:
RMK Metallic Eyes Creamy (free gift):
Coffret D'or EX01 Lipstick:
Banila Co Highlight and Shade:
Banila Co Eye Primer:
Givenchy Palette:
RMK Haul:
Two Eye Crayons in Lavender and Gold:
Glittery Swatches:
My two freebies – Lipstick B in Lavender Blue and Coral Lip and Cheek Cream:
I bought some drugstore stuff too. Max Factor Miracle Touch in Golden, which is not golden at all:
Mac Factor mascara – good stuff but makes lashes flop:
Skinfood Blemish Balm Cream in 02. too pale for me NC35 but nice stuff:
Skinfood Candy Moist Lipstick in Orange:
My Nars Multiple Project!
They are supposed to be handy but they are a bit chunky aren't they? So I decided to castrate them and store them into these dust attracting Bobbi Brown Palettes £12 each. I did a bronze palette and a pinks one.
Empty Palettes:
You only need a shaving:
Whoops. I used a butter knife:
Melt over a candle. Not just any candle and Aveda one:
Oh. Before you do all the above, label! Doesn't this make you feel like Bobbi?
Fill it! Don't knock it or like me you'll end up scraping it all out with a toothpick and melting it again. Don't forget to stir it well to mix up the particles an all…
Ta-Da! Finished articles:
I figured if I carry these two small palettes in bronzes and pinks they should cover many lip and cheek looks.
You like?!
Ppssstttt. Moving home soon – no not THAT home, been there, done it. Moving internet home! Stay tuned!


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Alabama to stop segregating HIV-positive inmates
State officials say they'll no longer segregate HIV-positive prison inmates from the general population.
Department of Corrections Commissioner Kim Thomas told AL.com Wednesday that the department has stopped segregating inmates at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women and plans to do the same with male inmates in 2014.
The shift comes after HIV-positive inmates sued in 2011 saying the policy violated their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case went to trial last fall and a U.S. District Court judge ruled in favor of the inmates.
According to court documents, the Department of Corrections will keep identities of HIV-positive prisoners confidential and will have a zero-tolerance policy for threats or abuse directed toward the inmates.
Mandatory staff and inmate HIV education sessions will also be required.


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We brought you some celebrity car news earlier today with Bristol Palin's Dodge Challenger apparently being for sale, but this piece of news offers a much higher quality of both car and celebrity.
It seems that Paul McCartney's sexy navy blue 1964 Aston Martin DB5 recently sold for auction in London for £307,000, which is about $490,000 in 'Murrican money, according to this report in CarsUK.net. It's a great time to unload such a car, considering the fact that the original DB5 is apparently making a comeback in the new 007 film "Skyfall."
Of course, McCartney's former whip is loaded with all the accoutrements you'd expect from one of the world's biggest rock stars. It has a leather interior with music notes stitched in, a Motorola radio and a built-in record player that could spin 45s. (I wonder why in-car vinyl hasn't made a comeback, especially among the hipster crowd.)
This Aston's pretty hot. How much would you pay for one?
Photo credit CarsUK.net
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Israel's escalating battle with pro-Palestinian hackers is about to get much more serious as prominent international "hacktivist" group Anonymous enters the fray on the side of Israel's enemies.
In a video posted to YouTube on Thursday, Anonymous accused Israel of "crimes against humanity" and vowed to launch a "crusade" against the Jewish state.
"Your Zionist bigotry has displaced and killed a great many," the group claimed in the video. "As the world weeps, you laugh while planning your next attack."
Turning to Israel's ongoing debate over whether or not a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities in necessary, Anonymous vowed, "We will not allow you to attack a sovereign country based upon a campaign of lies."
The video concludes that Israel "is unworthy to exist in your current form, and will therefore face the wrath of Anonymous."
The threatened cyber "crusade" will come in three phases, as outlined by Anonymous:
Reports on other Internet security sites suggested that Anonymous had already infected hundreds and perhaps thousands of Israeli servers with a virus programmed to go active on February 14, Valentine's Day.
Our own website at Israel Today was knocked offline earlier this week as a result of a denial-of-service attack on our domain, though the perpetrator of that attack, which affected hundreds of Israeli websites, remains unidentified.
Israel is widely regarded as one of the most advanced countries in terms of Internet and network security, and various teams of capable Israeli hackers have been successfully countering the many Arab hacker attacks in recent months. But the full entry of Anonymous into the battle against Israel marks a significant escalation, and will present Israel with by far its most serious cyber security test to date.
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"The Dream Box" is made in a repurposed Upper Cut cigar box. I used leather, brass, different foam boards, and cardstock to build the inside and outside. The handle is made from a wire clothes hanger. There is woodburning done on the front, and it's glossed over with ModgePodge. This box is the beginning of something I have always wanted to make: to have someone name any card, then to turn a handle on a box, and have that card appear. Watch the video, and let me know what you think! I'm curious to know how this holds up before I really start trying to perform it.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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WTF: Turkish Anchor Reports On Barack Obama In A Black Face! (Language Is In Turkish)
A Turkish news anchor wore dark face paint while he reported on President Obama's trip to the country. A rough translation: "Welcome, Mr. Obama. You took our hearts with your hospitality. We appreciate your kindness. We will do whatever America asks of us, as friends. Now, we ask the same of you."
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NYC vs. DC: Pedestrian Showdown
Do pedestrians have more time to cross the street in DC than in NYC? It depends. Both cities have rapidly implemented "countdown" pedestrian signals to give pedestrians a better estimate of how much time they have to cross. This is particularly useful for those who may walk a bit slower than the "average" pedestrian, such as the elderly and disabled.
Countdown Pedestrian Signals in DC display the full cycle length. Source: Eric Fischer, Creative Commons / Flickr
At first glance, it may seem like pedestrians have longer to cross in DC, but here's the secret: in the District, pedestrians are given the countdown of the full cycle length, whereas NYC pedestrians are only given the countdown for time just before the "don't walk" phase (the blinking red light or the "clearance phase").
Countdown Pedestrian Signals in NYC follow the MUTCD and only display "clearance times." Source: Eric Fischer, Creative Commons/Flickr
Why does this difference exist? According to the signal bible, the Manual on Uniform Control Devices (MUTCD) published by the Federal Highway Administration, pedestrian signals should look like the ones in NYC. But wouldn't you want to know how much time you have total? Not just the "clearance time"?
Are government officials in DC a bunch of rule breakers? Actually, DC was a trial city for implementation of full countdown clocks, but the results of this "test" have yet to be released.
In general, the length of signals for pedestrians depends on volumes of people and traffic on the street. DC usually uses 100-second signal cycles (for all intersection movements) during peak hours, and 80-second signal cycles on nights and weekends. NYC varies much more, with cycle lengths between 45 and 120 seconds.
Sources: Sam Zimbabwe and George Branyan, DDOT; NYCDOT website


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Unitrends Adds Linux Hot Snapshotting To Appliance-Based Rapid Recovery
Rapid Recovery No Longer a Luxury
One certainty in IT is that there will be problems which you need to recover from--fast.
Servers crash. Hard drives die. Users delete files they want back. OS patches don't work. It's possible to recover ... if you've got the right files, the right spare hardware, enough time, and enough knowledge. Sometimes it may be a quick simple fix. But in the extreme case, what's needed is a full "Bare Metal Restore," meaning "to a machine with a cherry hard drive that may not even be formatted and partitioned."
Of course, doing a re-install and rebuild can take time--hours, even days, if you have to start by retrieving full and incremental backup tapes--which may be off-site--and finding and configuring hardware.
Meanwhile, while you're working to get things back together, there's a lot of angry yelling and screaming, because in today's 7x24x365 e-world, even one hour of downtime is a lot. This is being called "Business Systems Continuity." Hence the need for what's being called "rapid recovery."
This narrowing downtime window also means it's getting harder to schedule the downtime to do full system snapshots, along with the data backup, for every server and desktop and storage device in your organization. Ideally, systems should be able to stay up, even if with slightly lesser performance, rather than go completely unavailable.
There's no shortage of programs for doing full, incremental, and differential backups, and system images and snapshots. Companies like Acronis, EMC Dantz, Symantec, and Veritas offer software for snapshotting and/or continuous data backup. There are application-specific packages, like Mimosa Nearpoint, for Microsoft Exchange, and email archiving appliances, such as the Sony AIT Intradyn.
But most IT staff in today's small-to-medium businesses doesn't have the time to install, configure, and run system snapshotting and data saves for each machine, and deal with a range of platforms, even just several versions of Windows, a Linux or two, plus a few or more Macs.
One company working to address these challenges is Unitrends Software Corp., Rapid Recovery System, introduced in December 2005, to allow small through medium sizes businesses (SMBs), small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and regional and division branches of Fortune 500 companies to recover individual files as well as entire systems.
The system consists of one or more Unitrends Rapid Recovery Appliances--Data Protection Units (DPUs) for onsite, and Data Protection Vaults (DPVs) for off-site--plus a lightweight CP client module for server and desktop systems. The DPU appliances are based on Unitrends' internal Linux distro, based on the 2.6 kernel.
According to Unitrends, their DPUs "provide complete on-site backup and Rapid Recovery capabilities from a single appliance." A DPU can provide "BareMetal and file-level backups on any number of clients, and for 24+ operating systems." Supported operating systems include major Linux distros, along with VAX VMS, AS/400, Novell, HP/UX, and several versions of Microsoft Windows. Each company defines how many days worth of data--the "Recovery Window"--it wants a DPU to keep for each protected system.
Earlier this week, Unitrends announced enhancements and new features for its Rapid Recovery System, including Hot BareMetal capabilities for Linux. This lets Linux users (including SUSE/Novell, Red Hat, Debian, Gentoo) to capture an image of the OS without interrupting operations or shutting the server application down.
A "Cold BareMetal' save, says Mark Phillippi, VP, Product Engineering, Unitrends, "means we can, for any operating system on an x86 platform, bring the box down, capture a snapshot, and then reboot. This typically takes fifteen to twenty minutes.
"Hot BareMetal," according to Phillippi, "lets you schedule a bare metal capture without having to stop current applications or bring the box down--without having to stop production work." Unitrends already supported Hot BareMetal saves for Solaris, SCO, and other versions of Unix. With the addition of Linux in this new version, "We can do this for just about every OS except Novell."
Other enhancements and new feature Unitrends announced for its Rapid Recovery System include:
- The ability to conduct a Windows-based BareMetal recovery to recover key data to heterogeneous hardware.
- Expansion of the Continuous Exchange Protection (CEP) providing message-level recovery capabilities;
- Improvements in SQL Server backup and restore options, providing a simple and non-intrusive testing for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery purposes;
- Additional support for Windows Active Directory, featuring single file registry backup,
- An upgraded version of the company's RX9 hardware-based data compression, giving Rapid Recovery appliances the ability to stream information at a sustained rate of more than 12 gigabytes per minute.
The new features are also available as free upgrades to existing customers with current maintenance agreements.
The base price for a Unitrends system starts at around $5,000, for a VCR-sized non-rack-mount appliance with about 500GB of storage; outboard storage, including NAS or SAN, can also be added. "We have customers with up to 100TB of storage," Phillippi notes. The licensing costs are based on the amount of data being protected, rather than the number of systems or of types of systems.
One or more DPUs are connected to the network, and has network-attached clients (servers and/or desktops) assigned to them, to create what Unitrends calls a Rapid Recovery System.
Unitrends' software then starts taking snapshots of systems' OSs, including passwords, permissions and settings, at defined intervals. These snapshots are saved to the DPUs, and, optionally, changes can be sent to an offsite DPV. The DPU also makes backup copies of data, including email, and keeps data live on-line, going back in time as specified by each Recovery Window. (Older data should be archived, of course.)
A web-based GUI lets administrators and authorized users recover data and files that have been saved, which can be individual email messages or files which have been deleted, lost, or overwritten. or a complete system, either the most current save, or a previous version, e.g., before a virus or spyware infestation.
Unitrends also generates bootable Recovery CDs (which can be made in advance for each type of system). This allows the crashed systems to be brought back up on the network even after hard drive failures, and have a saved snapshot and data restored from a DPU (to a working disk, of course). "We can restore at a sector/track level without any preparation, and restore the specified amount of data, as long as the BIOS can see the hard drive," says Phillippi. An InfoPro study reports that 80% of companies want 45 or more days of data recovered rapidly, according to Phillippi.
According to Unitrends, a crashed server can be recovered from a DPU "in as little as 30 minutes or less." For comparison, "A 100GB Microsoft Exchange server would typically require 12 to 20 hours to restore from scratch using tape-based backup, our DPU can Restore the same 100GB server in about one hour," says Phillippi.
In cases where replacement hardware isn't immediately available, Unitrends can run the system image inside a DPU, as a virtual machine. While the VM may not offer the same performance as the original hardware, this allows IT to restore at least some service quickly.
Currently, Unitrends is not aware of any comparable backup and recovery solutions that are appliances and support a range of OSs and applications. "This is a one-box appliance solution, good for companies with limited IT resources," says Phillippi.
"Unitrends has done one of the best jobs I know of in covering the range of platforms, operating systems, and environments," says Arun Taneja, Founder and Consulting Analyst, the Taneja Group. "EMC Dantz is the most closely competitive in terms of style, with SMB orientation and focus on ease of use, and wide territory of platforms and OSs supported." And, Taneja points out, although Dantz has been a software solution, its recent acquisition by EMC could lead to an appliance version.
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