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Sycamore Canyon Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness (map) in 1972 and it now has a total of 58,441 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Arizona and is managed by the Forest Service. The Sycamore Canyon Wilderness is bordered by the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness to the east.
DescriptionThis sprawling Arizona Wilderness encompasses all of Sycamore Canyon, from its pine- and fir-forested rim on the Colorado Plateau down through the Mogollon Rim to its desert mouth in the Verde Valley. The canyon winds for over 20 miles along Sycamore Creek, at places stretching seven miles from rim to rim. Carved walls reveal layers of lovely red sandstone, spectacular white limestone, and rugged brown lava. Pinnacles tower above the high, colorful cliffs, and the water of the creek allows a rich habitat to flourish, including sycamores, walnuts, and cottonwoods. It is one of Arizona's most dramatic and beautiful canyons. Many ring-tailed cats, wide-eyed cousins of the raccoon, live here, along with black bears, mountain lions, seasonal elk and deer, rattlesnakes, scorpions, and many smaller animals. Canyon wrens and hermit thrushes send their delightful songs along the trail with you. Although you can choose from several trails, year-round water is limited to the lower reaches of the canyon. Take the 11-mile-long Sycamore Rim Trail Loop for a great look into the canyon. Backpackers should always carry ample water when venturing up the canyon. It's best to avoid the screaming-hot summers. A small portion of the southern end, from a half mile above Parson's Spring, has been closed to overnight camping. The Wilderness lies within three national forests: Coconino, Kaibab, and Prescott.
Planning to Visit the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations, Permits
- Contact the Forest Service
- Visit the National Forest wilderness website
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors


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Summer Calendar Updated - See you around New England for a great show season!
Details on the Schedule page!
Pleased to announce that I'll be continuing my role as a spokesperson for Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution in 2018! I've been a very happy customer and am proud to share the experience through this great partnership!
Don appeared on WCSH6 and WLBZ2 on the show 207 recently with hosts, Rob Caldwell and Caroline Cornish, to discuss his Veterans Appreciation concerts and to perform his original songs,
The Navy Gardener and Veterans Day.
New Merchandise in Store!
The original CD, "The Dust Never Settles" is a new fan favorite! Visit the website store. You can hear a song from the new CD, "Honeymoon Strong" in the Music section of the site. The CD is on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and many other digital music retailers too!
August 31, 2013 - The six piece ensemble had the pleasure of being the featured artist at the 4th Annual Dan Fogelberg Celebration Weekend in Dan's hometown of Peoria, IL. If you'd like to view the concert in its entirety, it's available HERE. Thank you to the Fogelberg Foundation of Peoria for the warm welcome and opportunity.
Thanks to our fantastic friends and fans in Northern New England, "Kites To Fly: Celebrating The Music Of Dan Fogelberg" was the 3rd best selling local CD at Bull Moose stores in the year 2012...and it was only on sale for the last seven weeks of the year! Thanks for the huge support!
Review of Kites To Fly:
Don Campbell offers loving tribute to Dan Fogelberg on double set Kites To Fly By Bill Copeland on March 31, 2013
Don Campbell has named his double disc album tribute to Dan Fogelberg Kites To Fly Celebrating The Music Of Dan Fogelberg. Campbell has said that these treasured songs were like kites he had to fly, things to be put up there and given space to breathe and fly. Kites To Fly allows the Maine singer-songwriter to soar artistically on his personal renditions of Fogelberg classics.
To read the Review, Click HERE.
Dear Friends, We are very proud of Don's double CD, Kites To Fly: Celebrating the Music of Dan Fogelberg! To learn more and/or to place your order, please see the special section of our website STORE. To sample all of the songs, download the entire album or individual songs, please visit our MUSIC page or CD Baby. Or find us on iTunes! Local fans can find Kites To Fly at all Maine & NH Bull Moose stores! THANK YOU FOR HELPING US DEBUT AT #1 AT BULL MOOSE and remain at #1 on the local music chart for the first SIX weeks of release!
"This latest work is absolutely magnificent and monumental. I can hear your love for Dan and his music in every single beautifully-formed note... I have listened to many a tribute recording — some of them wonderfully done. But I think that nothing I have heard matches this one."
- Hugh B.
Nov. 29, 2012 - CD Review: Fogelberg tribute not just a poor attempt to imitate the man
Don Campbell gives a nod to just about every phase of the late artist's career. Brilliant.
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Don Campbell is an adult contemporary/country crossover and folk-rock singer-songwriter whose uniquely clear and well-delivered presentation of music supports the story in the song and welcomes the audience on board for the ride. Often compared to the sounds of Dan Fogelberg, Vince Gill, and Chris Isaak, Don and his ensembles are based out of New England.
Photo: Tim Frechette
Q&A with the Independent Music Awards
12th Annual Independent Music Awards
Q&A with Tribute Album of the Year Nominee, Don Campbell
Home Base: Portland, Maine
Genre: Folk-rock/pop/country crossover
Category Entered: Tribute Album
Work Submitted: Album: Kites To Fly: Celebrating The Music Of Dan Fogelberg
Label: Playbutton Records
Who are your influences?:
I grew up in a musical family. Dad played fiddle, my Mom plays piano. Every weekend around the house you'd hear acoustic guitar, piano, fiddles banjos, harmonicas etc. I was very much inspired by the seventies and eighties singer/songwriters; Dan Fogelberg, Gordon Lightfoot, Jonathan Edwards, David Gates (of Bread), James Taylor and the like. I'm also a big Bluegrass fan.
Describe your nominated work:
I wanted to pay homage to my favorite Singer/Songwriter - Dan Fogelberg. Sadly, Dan passed away in 2007 at the young age of 56 from Prostate Cancer. He inspired me to become a songwriter . I've always considered myself a "student" - if you will, of his work. Dan wrote what he felt and never seemed governed by parameters. From writing classical music arrangements to acoustic folk, to electric guitar driven rock tunes, to bluegrass, Dan did it all. I decided a few years ago that I'd like to pay him back for some of the gifts he unknowingly gave to me - by making a recording of some my Fogelberg favorites. I didn't set out to record a double CD of my favorite Fogelberg songs, but as I got into the project, it was hard to stop. This collection features 23 of my favorite songs from Dan's catalog - from across his career, representing 11 different albums. We are donating a portion of sales to three organizations in his honor: The Prostate Cancer Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund and the Fogelberg Foundation of Peoria.
Did you use any unusual effects or instruments in this recording?:
Yes. On Dan's song "The Reach" - a depiction of life on the Maine Coastline, I recorded a ship's bell. I added the appropriate amount of reverb which created a distance effect - basically, the bell sounds as if you can hear it in the distance - through the fog.
Were there any happy accidents while in the studio, or did everything go as planned?:
Tom Yoder, the violinist on the project, played a few risky notes at the end of the song "Run for The Roses". At first we were like, was that note crazy or did it really sound great? After playing the take back, we were quite happy with the outcome! Moments like that in the studio are always fun.
How did you raise the funds for this project?:
We used a combination of strategies and sources including advance sales of the project and monies earned from gigging and other music sources.
Why did you choose to submit this work to The 12th IMAs?:
I am proud to be an independent artist and I like the integrity, style and people involved with the IMAs program.
What's your definition of success and how will you know when you've achieved it?:
Performing Full-Time, doing what I love to do is how I measure success. That's what i'm doing now.
How will you leverage your IMA honors to achieve your career goals?:
By sharing the success of this Nomination with potential Talent Buyers who might purchase an evening of one of our concerts.
Who's sitting in your audience and what makes your fans unique?:
People I respect and never take for granted. Folks who've paid good money to be entertained by well-rehearsed musicians. People who enjoy going for a musical ride with the performers.
What is your guilty pleasure on the road? Any close calls or mishaps while on tour?:
Joking around with bandmates can make the miles go by a lot faster!
Following a gig in Bar Harbor, Maine last summer, my bandmates and I were on the way back to Portland when a moose crossed our path...at 65 miles per hour. Fortunately, we were fine...our trusty van took the hit but the five us of us were able to walk off shaking glass...the moose was killed instantly. The silver lining was that the game wardens had the moose professionally handled after-the-fact and the meat was used in a local homeless shelter.
Who are your musical heroes & influences?:
I mentioned a few above, but there are many others including Vince Gill, Chris Isaak, the late Brad Delp and Nat king Cole.
Are there any songs you wish you wrote and why?:
I wish I wrote "Happy Birthday" because it's a very happy song and people sing it every day.
What artists are you listening to that would surprise your fans?:
I'm presently doing some woodworking projects and I enjoy listening to orchestral classical music while doing that.
How do you discover new music? Do you buy music or are you content with streaming?:
I like to do both. I buy a lot of music on iTunes, I still buy physical CDs and I also stream a lot.
How will musicians make a living if fans continue to expect music to be free?:
I believe that Musicians need to keep evolving with how they make their living. Some are happy busking and selling CD's where they can. I sell most of my CD's at live shows. Staying as busy as one can is important. Building a following is really critical. Collecting addresses and email addresses and informing folks about upcoming shows is key. Alway perform for the audience, not at them.
What don't fans/audiences understand about the music industry today?:
I think that many people aren't really aware of the costs of recording, mixing, mastering, designing artwork and CD manufacturing. I think some fans would be quite shocked as to how much time and resources are involved from concept to creation.
Are digital singles/EPs vs. full albums the future?:
I am a fan of full albums, and I will continue to release them, but I know that people enjoy options and some people prefer to consume songs one at a time.
Finish this sentence: The music industry is…
Evolving, and made up of different entities and different classes.
What do you have in the works for the upcoming year?:
I have a brand new original music CD coming out in a few months. Very excited about it. We have a very busy touring calendar that includes our own music shows as well as an "Evening of Dan Fogelberg Music" show. We were recently asked to perform as featured artists at the 4th Annual Dan Fogelberg Celebration Weekend in Dan's hometown of Peoria, IL over Labor Day weekend, and we are extremely honored.


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This weekend dads competed in a Hannah Montana karaoke contest at the Mall of America for two airline tickets and the title of "Mr. Montana."
WCCO in Minneapolis aired video of winner Pat Ebertz dancing in a blond wig and gold jumpsuit on the news. After seeing him explain in the full video that he's willing to make a complete fool of himself for his daughter, we can't help but find his performance a little touching, albeit disturbing. [CBS News]


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Dessert Wars Is Today, February 21st!
Our long awaited battle of the batter, culinary conflict, super sweet skirmish... OK, enough of that... Dessert Wars is today at the Imperial Ballroom at the Amway Grand Plaza from 6pm to 8pm! Come join the Channel 957 staff and sample desserts from a dozen local restaurants and bakeries.
Competitors include:
- Cupcake by Design
- Cygnus 27
- Dreamscape Desserts
- Grand Cakes
- Grand Rapids Cheesecake Company
- FOODesign Catering
- Marge's Donut Den
- The Melting Pot
- Mirabella Confections
- Paris Cafe & Desserts
- Second Floor Bakery
- Rita Girl's Bakery
Admission is just $10 and kids under 9 are just $2! A portion of the proceeds to benefit Kid's Food Basket, working to ensure kids in our community don't go to bed hungry.


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NEWPORT BEACH — Joe Ozaki of Japan played in the first round of the Toshiba Classic on Friday not knowing his family's status after a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit his homeland.
He figured they'd be OK because someone would've gotten in touch with him if there was trouble.
Ozaki, whose home is in Tokyo, spoke with his wife, Yoshie, Friday night, helping him put his mind at ease. It also helped him make a jump from tied for 15th to tied for third after a second-round-best seven-under-par 64 on Saturday at Newport Beach Country Club.
Ozaki's 64 tied three others and put him in contention going into Sunday's final round, as he's tied with two-time major champion Mark O'Meara, who grew up in Orange County.
Nick Price, a three-time major winner who matched a Champions Tour-record 60 on Friday, remains in the lead. He is at three under and has a two-shot lead at 14-under going into the final round.
Mark Wiebe, seeking his first win on the Champions Tour since 2008 and his third victory overall, is in second, two shots back after shooting 65 on Saturday.
Ozaki's bogey-free round on the second shortest course on the Champions Tour (6,584 yards) included seven birdies, five coming on the front nine.
He said he also felt relaxed during his second round because he played with Fuzzy Zoeller. Ozaki, 54, said he likes Zoeller's pace and in the past he had always told Ozaki to relax.
Ozaki, who has yet to win on the Champions Tour, did appear calm. As he should since three of his five best scores on the 50-and-older tour have come at Newport Beach. But the news of the earthquake and tsunami did concern him a bit.
"He lives in Tokyo, so pretty much kind of far away from the main, damaged city," said Yasuko Moore, Ozaki's caddie who interpreted the golfer's answers during an interview. "But they felt the shake, movement, so they were really nervous. His wife got so shaky because of the aftershock, too. They kept coming back, the aftershocks. His family got really nervous with the aftershocks."
Ozaki's wife called him Friday night. Before that he had no way of getting in touch with his family, including his two sons, ages 20 and 12. He has been away from Tokyo for five weeks, but he plans to reunite with them after this tournament ends.
If he can repeat or better his second-round score, he'll have a chance to take a championship with him. He shot a 64 on Saturday because he said he was able to read the greens better and improve on his putting.
Wiebe, the first-round leader last year, putted just fine, matching his 65 from Friday. He collected seven birdies, three in his final five holes. He was happy with that considering he finds the poa annua greens challenging at Newport Beach.
"These greens, you got to pay attention. Just don't have simple putts very often," Wiebe said. "... I'm ready for a cocktail, actually, just about now."
Price, 54, said he played a conservative round Saturday, finishing with four birdies and a bogey.
"I just need play well enough to win," said Price, who had a five-shot lead after the first round. "I did the right thing. I'm not trying to set any records."


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Actress Denise Richards is playing mom to her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's twins with Brooke Mueller for the holidays as their troubled mother continues to battle addiction issues in rehab.
Mueller reportedly asked Richards to help care for her 3-year-old boys Max and Bob before she checked into a treatment facility on Monday to deal with her prescription pill problems, and Richards was happy to oblige.
Sources tell TMZ.com Richards will look after the children for "an indefinite period of time" as Sheen is busy working on his TV sitcom "Anger Management."
Richards has been supporting Mueller through her drug battles and multiple rehab stints in recent years, and previously took care of Sheen's boys while their mom stayed at a wellness center to aid her recovery earlier this year.
Richards has two children of her own with Sheen, daughters Lola and Sam, and she adopted baby girl Eloise last year. The actors split in 2006 and Sheen went on to marry Mueller in 2008. They divorced in 2011.


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science fair-with Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha conference at different level Discussion Sisir Bose | added on Jan 22, 2012 To encourage students and general public about chemistry education and awareness through seminar , lectures ppt etc.
Pilot project called experimental rocketry, is the analysis, design, construction and launch of an experimental rocket fuel solid with a payload in excess of 1000 meters Collaboration Juan carlos Arias cañón | added on Jan 01, 2012 The experimental project called Mission Rocket Pioneers is part of the Space Program Eduacación +14 EEA School conducted by the Colombian Association Astcol Astronautics. It seeks to involve students in the design, analysis, construction, testing and launch of an experimental rocket.
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|students, general public, secondary schools, teachers, scientists, high schools, educators
Chemistry club in every school Collaboration Mohamed wessim Mahouachi | added on Nov 04, 2011 Every child in this earth has the right to know that chemistry is very imporatnt in our daily life and it's very useful
solar spray Discussion Athul A | added on Oct 22, 2011 solar spray, a new way of utilizing the solar energy created by nanotechnology . Using the solar sprays we can create products ranging from solar umbrellas to buildings with all the exterior glass a generating electricity . This technology's end product would more efficient, cleaner, stronger, CHEAPER than traditional panels.
Inauguration of the Marie Skłodowska Curie Conference Centre of ECHA Collaboration Virginia Mercouri | added on Oct 08, 2011 Under the auspices of the Polish Presidency of the European Union and UNESCO
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One Person Can Make A Difference...and every Person should try - JFK! One Earth One Mission: Together we BUILD a B R I G H T E R future!


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About Kurto
The PR machine would like us to believe that "accurate" and "neutral" are the same thing.
Clearly, an article can be biased and misleading, even if any factual content is entirely accurate. Being selective about what's included is the key - and PR folks are experts at this (well let's face it - this is what their job is)
Ha ha, yes indeed. its been hilarious here in London listening to everyone blaming this that and the other technology for everything!
Thankfully there was at least one sensible police officer on the TV last night pointing out how, rather than blaming twitter etc. for the violence we should actually be embracing it as a tool for the police to track movements and criminal activity.
This actually happened also over here in the UK - Boris Johnson was elected as the joke candidate for Mayor of London!
In all seriousness I'm actually one of Boris's biggest supporters, mainly because he annoys self-righteous types who like to deride him. I think we may see more and more 'alternative' candidates finding electoral success in the coming years. Either as a protest, a backlash or through utter disillusionment. Or, as I do, just for the humour of it in the messed up world we live in. Politicians who take themselves seriously tend to have an inflated view of their own ability, and as such do the most damage (Gordon Brown etc...).
Agreed. This is just professional incompetence - just as if a doctor or accountant doesn't meet professional standards they can be sued.
The dentist himself should be on the hook for the costs relating to the reviewer for deciding to bring the case, but he should be able to reclaim the part awarded to Yelp from his lawyer.
UK judges routinely get "FAIL" for their understanding of internet and technology, so no surprises there. The issue has become a massive joke over here in England.
The thing I can't get my head around is why anyone who has slept with Imogen Thomas would want to cover it up, rather than broadcast it to the world!
Apparently the registration fee is true - in fact ign quotes $75 rather than $70
Well we can hope, but seems unlikely. Always talk of libel reform, but here in the UK we've got used to subsidising frivolous lawsuits.
If Duncan Bannatyne can sue for comments on tripadvisor, there's little hope
http://www.eyefortravel.com/news/europe/duncan-bannatyne-threatens-legal-action-against-tripad visor?
I was under the understanding that non-compete clauses were almost always unenforceable throughout the developed world, (except where very limited restrictions are deemed reasonable) as here in the UK.
Do some states enforce such draconian agreements?
We dont have to go back to the Index Librorum Prohibitorum for historical comparison. Just look at how popular hard rock videos became in the 1980s when MTV bowed to pressure to remove supposedly "inappropriate content" from their channel.
Once it was reavealed that a video had been banned, its popularity shot up. Pretty soon, the worst thing for a rock band was to not have had their video banned from MTV!
"...by someone who feels entitled to something he has no actual legal rights over"
This is the key issue. I'm not sure if it is a misguided sense of entitlement, or just greed - thinking you can get away with a claim.
But Tom, that would still fall under inducing copyright infringement, as the courts currently see it
There simply cannot be a bigger idiot in British politics than Mandelson. Oh wait a minute, there's the Prime Minister...


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MWL notes: Martinez the next Pedro?
Quad Cities hurler draws comparison to future Hall of Famer
By Curt Rallo / Special to MLB.com | June 9, 2011 6:00 AM
"He's electric," Stock said. "He's not the biggest of guys. He's skinny and young. His motion sure doesn't look 100 percent to me, but then the ball comes out and it's in the upper 90s. It's certainly everything that electric would entail."
Martinez is a 6-foot, 165-pound right-hander with a fastball that averages 97 mph and frequently touches 100. The native of Colinas Del Sur, Dominican Republic, dreamed of reaching the Major Leagues as a shortstop, but a $1.5 million signing bonus from the Cardinals changed his path.
"I miss playing shortstop," Martinez said through a translator. "The first time the Cardinals talked to me about being a pitcher, I said I don't want to pitch. I want to be a shortstop. But if being a pitcher is the best way I can make it to the Majors, then I'll work hard at being a pitcher."
Although Martinez can't contain a shy smile at the thought of at least being able to hit as a pitcher in the National League, pitching has been his total focus since he took the mound about a year ago.
"The first time I went to the mound, I felt like a freshman, because it was the first time I was going to pitch. But after that spring, I felt more comfortable," recalled Martinez, who went 3-2 with a 0.76 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 12 starts in the Dominican Summer League last year. "I really have to focus on being a pitcher. I have to forget about being a shortstop and being a hitter. I have to learn a lot, mostly about throwing an out pitch."
Stock said Martinez is making the transition effectively.
"He's learning," Stock said. "It's tough. When you throw it so hard ... I know he wants to develop his curveball and his change-up, but at times, if you're throwing faster than guys can catch up, and then you throw a change-up, you're just helping the batter out. Right now, the biggest thing he's working on is fastball command. Once he gets that, it'll really make his off-speed pitches better."
Martinez is relying on his hitting background.
"It helps having been a hitter, because I know what hitters are looking for," Martinez said. "If it's a 2-2 count, they may be looking for a curveball or another certain pitch, and I know what I have to throw."
According to Cardinals' Minor League pitching coordinator Dyar Miller, the organization has had a lot of success converting position players to pitchers.
"If you have a good arm, it's not a tough transition," Miller said. "In our organization, Jason Motte is a conversion guy. We've had a lot of conversion guys. It's not really that hard.
"Carlos has a special arm," Miller added. "It's quick. The ball flies out of his hand. He's athletic. He has a good future ahead of him. If he stays healthy and continues on the same path, he's going to be a 1-2-3 guy in the rotation in the Majors. He reminds me of Pedro Martinez. He's the same size and has the same type stuff."
Streak buster: Dayton's switch-hitting catcher, Tucker Barnhart, had a 13-game hitting streak come to an end against Beloit on June 2, the second-longest in the Midwest League this season. The 20-year-old Indiana native was 17-for-43 during the span, boosting his batting average from .260 to .310.
Sudden impact: Rico Noel joined the Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore of the California League and smacked three homers among his first nine hits. The 2010 fifth-round pick homered once last season between Eugene and Fort Wayne. Despite the power surge, Noel is hitting .186 with the TinCaps, though he has seven walks and has been hit by a pitch five times since joining the team May 14.
Dazzling debut: Nineteen-year-old Javier Azcona joined West Michigan on Monday from extended spring training and slugged a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to snap a 1-1 tie and give the Whitecaps a 4-1 victory against Peoria in his debut. Azcona, hitless in his first three at-bats, clubbed a full-count, two-out pitch for the homer.
Time warp: Scheduled days off don't seem to agree with Wisconsin. The Timber Rattlers have had three scheduled off days this season -- April 24, May 16 and June 6 -- and the Rattlers have been shut out at home after all three days off (Quad Cities, 5-0; Beloit, 7-0; Lake County, 9-0).
Curt Rallo is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Watch These Adorable Children Reenact the Oscar Best Picture Nominees
There is absolutely nothing cute about The Wolf of Wall Street or any other 2014 Oscar Best Picture nominees. Until now, that is.
Thanks to the folks at CineFix, we now know what it would look like if tiny tots dressed up like Christian Bale in American Hustle or Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips. If the real movies starred these kids, maybe people would actually be excited about the Oscars this year?
Watch and be charmed. And then give that sad little Her child a Best Actor Oscar immediately. And the Best Supporting Actor definitely goes to the little suit in Wolf of Wall Street.


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TMC wrote:bada wrote:Anyone have any thoughts on "Cloud Gaming"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gad ... tml?hpt=C1
Certainly SaaS (software as a service) has had a huge impact in the business world and in my opinion is a great model. Wonder if people as a whole can get their head around moving away from consols
I can see how it works pretty well for a business point of view, but I just can't see it for the gaming community unless it's enforced by game developers. Most people I know that (have time to) play games want to have the physical thing above any other option, even if it means waiting a few months to get it til the price drops a bit.
I don't see it changing, unless, as I said, it's enforced by developers.
I agree...............this is just typical developers and itchy feet guys wanting the "big next step".
What are we talking about there?...............being able to play all games/some games on youre iPad or youre portable device.............what? a phone?
If it means PC's/Laptops/Macs...............then you can already play and buy basically every game you can on a console.
And why the F would I want to cram an epic game like Call of Duty into the much smaller screen of a portable device?..............how would I control/play the game? would I have a portable controller with me at all times? or would it all be touch sensitive?
Bull sh*t...............whats the point of being able to do all this when I could sit in my gamer chair in the comfort of my own home, at an appropriate time, on a 50 inch screen with surround sound, playing with a purpose built controller...............how this an alternative/better option for gamers than that?
Also, where would this be appropriate and of use? I mean yeah, I wouldnt have minded bringing my Xbox with me on our America trip, of course I could of so this being the argument for me having this crap instead..............but what kind of fun would that of been? I would have wanted to play it, and I probably would of (making Jen want to kill me)..............instead I talked to people and did things, had fun in the real world, walked around!!! God forbid we are not all glued to our f*cking portable devices at all times.
Making this kind of thing portable is asking for a world of trouble when thinking about how much certain people would do it eventually and the impact that would have socially.
I dont think it will take off at all...............but as TMC says, Im sure they will enforce it because who WOULDNT want to play Call of Duty on their f*cking iPad???
F*ck this world and its never ending need to change sh*t that works perfectly and then ruin it.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
You took four snapshots of some geometric shapes that you saw on your train trip around a circular track. You dropped the pictures and got them mixed up, and now you must imagine your trip to put them back in order.
Study inscribed angles in semicircles and quarter-circles. What conjectures can you make about the measure of an inscribed angle in semi- or quarter-circles? View non-Flash version.
A limerick is a very funny piece of nonsense verse with its own special pattern of rhyme and rhythm. Use this tool to choose phrases to create your own limerick that follows the pattern.
Create line plots that have a mean of 5 but different deviations from the mean. Notice that the total deviation above the mean must equal the total deviation below the mean.
Practice creating a line plot. Use raisin counts for 17 boxes of raisins to graph the distribution of raisins per box.
A line plot may not be a useful graph for investigating variation so we must come up with a new representation based on groups of data. Construct a stem and leaf plot from a set of 26 data values.
A tree diagram is a helpful tool for determining theoretical or mathematical probabilities. Toss a coin and watch as branches represent a toss of either head or tails.
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Does the ratio of height to distance and the angle of elevation change as you move a ladder? Identify any patterns that exist between the height-to-distance ratios and the angles.
Determine the median of eleven noodles. Consider what you would or would not be able to tell about the other noodles if you could only see the median noodle.
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Area models can be used for many types of multiplication problems. Work with manipulatives to create area models for some multi-digit multiplication.
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Chart graphs of three equations. State whether each graph is quadratic, exponential or linear and explain your reasoning.
Use the set of three triangles to build each of the outlined polygons. Then use the triangles to determine the area and perimeter of each polygon.
Strengthen your understanding of place value by looking at systems based on numbers other than 10. Work with manipulatives to calculate base four addition and subtraction problems.
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Maze cartoon of whispers in the dark about bombing Iran.
Maze cartoon of one person whispering to the other, "PSSST, Carl, I think they are going to hit Iran."
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The somber, heavy-browed Austrian, who left Nazi-dominated Europe in 1938, stated that the two things he hated most in this world were Hitler and the sun. He was able to flee the Anschluss, but what nearly did him in was Southern California weather. Exposed to its relentless rays, Zeisl's pale skin broke out in a rash. In photographs he peers out from under sombreros and parasols -- looking mightily displeased.
Despite the climate, Zeisl remained in L.A. and in 1954 the University of Judaism commissioned him to create a biblically themed ballet, "Jacob and Rachel," in collaboration with UJ dance and drama director, choreographer Benjamin Zemach. But Zeisl's requirement for a full orchestra broke the budget, and the project went unproduced. On Tuesday at the Wadsworth Theatre in Westwood, "Jacob and Rachel" will enjoy its premiere, half a century late.
This archaeological dig into rich L.A. cultural history is being staged by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and the dance troupe Body Traffic. In a local rarity, the event presents modern dance accompanied by live orchestra, as Zeisl originally intended. The full-evening program, " Ernest Bloch and Eric Zeisl: Fifty Years Later," marks the 50th anniversary of Zeisl's death at age 53 in L.A. It also honors the Swiss-born Bloch, a fellow Jewish émigré represented by "Suite Modale for Flute and Strings" (1956), one of his final works before his death, in Oregon, also in 1959.
The production of "Jacob and Rachel" advances a promising new repertory dance ensemble spearheaded by Lillian Barbeito, a Juilliard-trained modern dancer, and Tina Berkett, a founding member of Mikhail Baryshnikov's Hell's Kitchen Dance. Body Traffic's highly successful prior collaboration with LAJS -- an interpretation of Arnold Schoenberg's string sextet "Verklärte Nacht" staged at Sinai Temple in Westwood -- raised critical interest in the group.
E. Randol Schoenberg is the patron behind the Zeisl project. In 2006 the attorney prevailed in an eight-year quest to wrest Nazi-looted art from the Austrian government and restore it to rightful owner Maria V. Altmann in Los Angeles. LACMA's subsequent display of Gustav Klimt paintings, including the Austrian painter's dazzling golden masterpiece "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" focused the eyes of the art world on L.A. for a joyous -- if bittersweet -- cultural moment.
The 42-year-old Schoenberg's drive to memorialize the city's role as a wartime safe haven for displaced Jewish artists extends to securing a proper legacy for his two grandfathers. On his mother's side, he descends from Zeisl. His father's father was composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Zeisl was born in 1905 to a middle-class family in Vienna. His parents discouraged an arts career, despite his interest in composing and two brothers who were singers. The headstrong Zeisl rebelled, selling his stamp collection to pay tuition for the Vienna State Academy, which he entered at age 14.
Zeisl's career suffered from bad timing. When Arnold Schoenberg arrived in Los Angeles in 1934, he was already a well-known composer and academic. But Zeisl, 30 years his junior, encountered the era's most virulent anti-Semitism in full force. When he left the Continent at age 33, he was still unestablished. After stopovers in Paris and New York, Zeisl settled in West Hollywood. He cobbled together a living teaching at Southern California School of Music and Los Angeles City College, imparting composition theory to the likes of Pasadena-born film-television composer Jerry Goldsmith.
Zeisl wrote for film as well. Though his work was largely uncredited, he contributed to 24 movie scores, notably "Bataan" (1943), "Lassie Come Home" (1943), "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946) and even "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (1951). Toward the end of his life, he wrote for early television.
Zeisl kvetched that film scoring required a tailor and not a composer. But he wasn't totally slumming in Hollywood. According to his grandson, he secretly enjoyed his assignments. "Unlike Arnold Schoenberg, Zeisl wrote tonal melodies decorated by soaring crescendos, trills and cadenzas. His sound was rich and descriptive, with a strong narrative thrust. He had a knack for writing a good chase scene," Schoenberg says. "What he did not enjoy was studio politics."
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the Czech-born maestro of swashbuckling film scores, intervened to secure a gig with full screen credit for Zeisl at Universal. Korngold railed that if Zeisl went unhired, it would be "over my dead body." Zeisl signed a contract in 1957 to score the film version of Erich Maria Remarque's novel "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" (directed by Douglas Sirk in 1958). But before work had begun, Universal replaced Zeisl with Miklós Rózsa. The Hungarian's contacts were higher up the studio food chain -- plus, he had won Oscars. Two weeks later, Korngold died of a heart attack. Zeisl's contract was paid out, but he felt humiliated.
Instead, he wrote volumes of serious music: choral, chamber and symphonic works, ballets and operas. "My grandfather never gave up. Of course he felt frustrated that he never achieved significant recognition. And he could be melancholy over the hand that life had dealt him. But he also had optimism. He composed nonstop, even without the possibility of an audience," says Schoenberg.
Zeisl's "Jacob and Rachel" recounts the journey of Jacob told in Exodus. Fleeing the wrath of his brother, Esau, Jacob encounters the shepherdess Rachel. It's love at first sight. After working seven years to win her hand in marriage, Jacob is hoodwinked by Rachel's father, Laban, who swaps the bride at the altar. Jacob unwittingly marries Leah, Rachel's older sister. Jacob must toil an additional seven years to get the right girl.
Is this a fable about the triumph of love, or about a 3,000-year-old dysfunctional family? Both, according to David Wolpe, author of "Why Faith Matters" and rabbi of Sinai Temple in Westwood. Rabbi Wolpe acted as impresario for the Zeisl project, introducing Randol Schoenberg to the Body Traffic dancers. All are congregation members.
"How could Jacob think Leah was Rachel?" Wolpe muses. "The Bible teaches us here, on a mythic level, that in marriage you go to bed with one person and you wake up with another. It is a constant compromise between what you hope for and what you get."
Body Traffic co-artistic directors Barbeito and Berkett commissioned three prominent Jewish female dance makers to choreograph the vexing narrative. Laura Gorenstein Miller of Helios Dance Theater was assigned Jacob's first encounter with Rachel. Film and music video choreographer and director Sarah Elgart depicts Leah's jealous rage over her sister's betrothal to Jacob. And Andrea Miller, whose company Gallim Dance is based in New York, tackles the bitter betrayal of Jacob.
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony was familiar with Zeisl, having performed one of his orchestral works in its 1994 debut season.
Noreen Green, the symphony's artistic director, said Schoenberg, who sits on the orchestra's board, had always wanted to revive one of his grandfather's ballet scores and that the dance troupe thought "Jacob and Rachel" would work best for modern dance.
"The score builds on very clear and descriptive leitmotifs for each character, like in a Wagner opera. In the wedding scene, you hear Rachel's angst and her scream as Laban puts Leah into the bridal veil. Of course you'll hear it better when you see the dance," she says with a smile.
"The family still had the rehearsal tapes Zeisl created for the UJ production in 1954," Green says. "Zeisl was a pianist. He recorded a keyboard version of his own symphonic score. That is an invaluable resource for a conductor. The three choreographers and the dancers used the tapes as well."


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Homophobia and HIV Risk: What's Family Got to Do With It? Part Two
June 14, 2011
It's a familiar and haunting refrain: People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) are systematically rejected by their families. And given the norms of many cultures, staying connected to your family is expected. But to maintain these familial bonds, LGBT folks usually don't have the most empowering options. They can either hide their sexual identity from their loved ones by pretending to be heterosexual; or be open with their sexual orientation and endure dismissiveness and disrespect. In some instances, they may choose to cut ties to their family altogether and create new families within queer-affirming communities.
In all these scenarios, not only is the onus on the LGBTQ family member to endure hardship, discomfort and isolation; but there is no accountability placed on the family for their own ill behavior. Moreover, there is no faith put in that fact that perhaps the family members can change or heal from their own biases.
This familial homophobia and rejection not only deeply impact LGBT people's mental health, but their overall health -- especially their sexual health. Data collected by the Family Acceptance Project highlights clear connections between family rejection and risky behavior. Lifetime suicide attempt rates for LGBTQ folks from highly rejecting families are 8 times as high as for those reared in "low-rejection" families; and LGBTQ youth from highly rejecting families are more than 3 times as likely to use illegal drugs, and to be at high risk for HIV and other STDs.
Participating in this discussion are: Sarah Schulman, longtime activist, Distinguished Professor of English at the City University of New York and author of Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences; Darnell L. Moore, Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University, and Project Manager for the forthcoming Sakia Gunn High School for Civic Engagement in Newark, N.J.; and Kara Tucina Olidge, Ph.D., Director of HMI To Go: Newark, a program of the New York-based Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI).
This is part two of a two-part discussion; you can read part one here.
Olivia Ford: Even though young gay men account for a very small percentage of the youth population in the U.S., more than half of HIV/AIDS cases among youth between the ages of 13 and 24 were young men who have sex with men. I could quote a dozen sources connecting the failure of HIV prevention strategies with the lack of value society holds for LGBTQ people -- even CDC gives a nod to that connection. I'm attracted to the notion of addressing familial homophobia because it really gets to a potential source of trauma and devaluation that we all kind of dance around, and that really can't be reached with traditional prevention interventions. So how can we start to address homophobia within the institution of the family? How might other institutions be compelled to intervene in instances of familial homophobia, for example on a policy level, through faith community avenues or through schools?
Kara Tucina Olidge, Ph.D., Director of HMI To Go: Newark, Hetrick-Martin Institute
Kara Olidge: I really believe it's a policy issue. As you all are speaking about familial homophobia, I'm reminded of policies around literacy: When we talk about literacy, we talk about competencies. There's money for early childhood education, pre-kindergarten, to work with children and families to make sure the literacy piece is in place so that the child is ready for school.
I think where we could do a lot more work on the policy level is to really look at health literacy: What level of education is being placed within these programs that are dealing with families? That's still a gray area when it comes to health literacy. In the trainings and information that are provided to care providers working with families and guardians, there needs to be a subject line that deals with HIV/AIDS and with identities. There should be some way, on a policy level, where we can impact that. Being able to talk about sexuality should be a major part of what we define as a healthy home environment -- where families are also prepared. Family should be prepared for this, and oftentimes they aren't. They're not informed about identity. Most of the information they get may come from popular culture, or they have fear-based information about HIV/AIDS. I think this is one place to work on a policy level: making sure there's some educational line within the frame of health literacy.
Olivia Ford: I'm glad these connections are being made: There are steps between youth experiencing rejection within their families and their engaging in behavior that puts them at risk for HIV; but people within families don't necessarily recognize that the behavior they're exhibiting is directly connected to community health, public health, their own child or family member's wellbeing.
Sarah Schulman, Professor of English, City University of New York and author of Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences
Sarah Schulman: Because they're reflecting the social value that the lives of young gay men don't matter. And then the families repeat that. But if they got a social value that the lives of young gay men are very precious to all Americans, then the family would change their behavior, for the most part.
Darnell Moore: Another issue is that, beyond the notion of sexual identity: In a lot of our families, sex and sexuality in general is such a taboo area, one that we just have not come out of our Victorian closets to learn how to talk about. If we can't even talk about and address the fact that our youth are having sex, that they're masturbating, that their bodies are changing and growing, that young women are growing breasts, it makes it even more difficult to talk about sexual identity -- which, for many people, is even more complex.
I think on some level you're right, Kara: The notion of health literacy, and pointing out what it is that we need to begin advocating to have happen behind the walls of the home is really pivotal.
We talked earlier about socialization; but what we have yet to talk about is: What modalities are doing the socializing? What about the religious communities' impact upon these things? What about the faith traditions that create this Cartesian split between what the mind and body should be doing? Like all of these other matters, it becomes a conversation that has to be intersectional. We can't talk about families and their ability to have the cadence to be able to talk about issues of sex and sexuality if we don't then talk about where they're getting the information they do know: popular culture, the religious institutions, the communities that they exist in.
Darnell L. Moore, Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University, and Project Manager, Sakia Gunn High School for Civic Engagement
We tend to employ the model used in the world of medicine, where we fix the issues as they come to the doctor's office, outside of the realm of the personal home space. But we need to get back into the home space, or at least begin to encourage individuals to open up, and tear down the four walls of their homes, and begin to have these types of conversations there.
Olivia Ford: Faith community is certainly an example of an institution with close ties to families. People within faith communities are likely to grant a religious leader greater access to their family's "business" than they necessarily would give to the agents of other institutions -- officials of their child's school, for instance. What could it look like to have anti-homophobic interventions directed toward families come from faith leaders? If any of you actually have examples of this happening, please, by all means, put them on the table. Readers and listeners may not know it's even possible, but if it's happened once, it could happen again.
Darnell Moore: First, let me just please say that I think that's hard work. It's hard work to reconstruct theology. Folks do not abandon their theological systems so easily that one can walk into a church and convince people to abandon everything that has defined their understanding of God and the world and themselves, which has been grounded over time.
We're in kind of a post-religious moment, where we tend to be so high in theory that sometimes we look down on the power of religiosity -- but it is often the very thing that shapes the way we come to understand the world, even if we're not religious. I think there's a need to integrate into our public policy conversations, and into conversations like this, the reality of the power of religiosity in the lives of those that we serve.
For example, I've been part of a group that was brought together by a large grant. Joretta Marshall and Duane Bidwell, who are pastoral theologians, brought together 13 scholars, theologians, who do this type of work. The name of the project is "Beyond Apologetics." No longer are these pastoral care workers interested in engaging the "yes, I'm actually a child of God so I'm right" argument. They're developing research that takes as truth the notion that individuals who are non-heterosexual are created in the image of God. They're saying, "We're going to forget trying to have the theological/Biblical argument with you. We're going to try to create tools that can help people to live, in spite of that."
If we try not engaging in the diatribe and the back-and-forth arguments and debates about if I'm right or wrong as a queer person, and instead try to find common ground, what we find is that each of these systems is concerned with individuals. We care about our youth thriving and surviving in the world. Figuring out our common ground, and holding each other accountable to that common ground, is a place where the conversation in the policy world could start, I believe. But it is worthwhile not to discount religious communities from the conversations we're trying to have -- and not just attack them, but include them at the table.
Kara Olidge: It's also important to recognize the work that religious leaders are actually employing with their communities. I went to a church in South Orange, New Jersey, with my sister. In their service there's a litany of prayers, and one prayer is for families. I was amazed to find that the rector there has included, in the litany, a prayer for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families. In the service program, it simply says something to the effect of: "We understand that not all families are the same. So we will be a church that will be inclusive; and when we focus on families, we include this." The congregation has to repeat this. I was awed by it.
As a lesbian who considers herself to be very spiritual, to this date, I have not found a spiritual space to be in -- not only for myself, but as I plan a family, I always have this in mind.
We talked about pulling religious leaders into the conversation, but there are leaders that are already taking the lead within their own religious communities, and it could be valuable to work with them, to understand, to get underneath the issues, and have some activism and leadership take place within religious communities as well.
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PPS: We've also been doing some experiments with putting OpenSolaris+ZFS on some of our generic (Supermicro + Areca) 16-disk RAID systems, which were originally intended to run Linux. On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Xavier Canehan wrote: > Bruce Allen wrote: >> Hi Loic, >> > Hello, > > As I am one of Loic's collegue and in charge of Thumpers, I'm answering > there. > >> (I'm picking up a 6-month old thread.) >> >> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Loic Tortay wrote: >> >>> As of today we have 112 X4500, 112U are almost 3 racks which is quite >>> a lot due to our floor space constraints. >> >> We're now doing the comissioning of our new cluster which includes about >> 30 Linux storage server boxes of ~10TB each and (only!) 12 Sun X4500. >> > We now have 146 X4500. 3 machines are the spare/developpement kit, 2 are > running Linux (Scientific Linux 4.5 x64), the remainder is running Solaris > 10 (Update 3 with a recent patch level). > >> We have cloning scripts set up (Debian FAI) to automatically build the >> Linux boxes, but are less familiar with cloning in a Solaris >> environment. What method do you use to install and OS and patches onto >> your X4500s and ensure a homogenous environment. If it's Sun's >> Jumpstart, would it be possible to see the config and Jumpstart file(s) >> that you use for this? >> > We use JumpStart for the system installation with several custom scripts > launched automatically after the "post_install" (which does as little as > possible). > > Everything (OS patches, software installation & patches, storage > configuration, system services configuration) is done automatically except > the actual storage applications (dCache, Xrootd, SRB or HPSS) installation > and configuration which are left to the applications administrators. > > The system configuration is homogenous simply because the installation is > done with the same set of scripts for all Solaris installations (with > machine, service & hardware specific configuration files). > We only have ~2 Solaris admins (< 1 FTE), things have to be kept simple. > >> Since stock Solaris can not boot from ZFS, I'm a bit reluctant to throw >> away drives and storage space to host the OS separately on each X4500. >> One attractive alterative is to NFS-boot the Thumpers from a single >> central OS image. Have you tried this yourself? Where do you boot your >> X4500 systems from? >> > We still use two of the internal disks for the system (in software RAID-1). > This served us once in less than 40 hardware incidents. > > We have not tried to NFS-boot the X4500 for daily operation (only for > install and once for rescue). > >> I'd be grateful for any advice, anecdotes, war stories, etc. >> > The Marvell SATA controllers in the X4500s are much more reliable than we > initially expected (one failure in 876 controllers over 18 months). So there > is no need to be over-cautious and configure the zpools as we first did > (i.e. in the Sun default configuration with 8 security disks). > We now use a configuration with only 6 security disks which gives an extra > terabyte. > > The war story is still raging. > The (Linux based) service processor firmware in the X4500s (and apparently > other Sun X4x00 servers) may become unusable after some time. > This is an issue because when the service processor becomes unusable, IPMI > no longer works (no serial-over-lan console, no ipmitool, etc.) > At that point, more often than not, the OS eventually becomes (very) > unresponsive. The only solution is then to unplug all power supplies (!) > The current Sun supported work-around is to reboot the SP every 30 days, > 60 at most. This should not be a big deal but sometimes it triggered a > reboot > of the X4500 as well. As This Should Not Happen, Sun is actively > investigating, > suspecting a related but different issue. > There is supposedly a corrected firmware for this but it's scheduled to be > released "sometime" in the future (current version is 22.214.171.124). > > As for anecdotes, the X4500s we have survived to two catastrophic power > failures (all machine room instantly quiet): once due to a human error and > once to an almost melting/melted power generator after a power cut. > First one stroke as 46 machines were in production: we lost only one hard > drive over 2208. Last one passed almost unnoticed. Almost. > > Good point for support which training is now perfect. We do not encounter > people asking to check the Hitachi Disk Array connected to the Sun server. > > Most of the issues we've had with the X4500 have been forwarded to Sun > engineering and it seems that several of these remarks were taken into > account for the next generation of X4500 (of course, several other X4500 > users provided input too). > > > We are planning to set up a tender to get at least this volume of usable > storage this year. Thumpers may be good candidates. > > > X. > -- > | Xavier Canehan <Xavier.Canehan at in2p3.fr <tortay at cc.in2p3.fr>> - IN2P3 > Computing Centre | >


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WASHINGTON, DC -- The number of states with an adult obesity rate of at least 30 percent doubled from four to eight in the past year, and several states are not too far behind.
Mississippi, for the sixth consecutive year, has the highest adult obesity rate at 33.8 percent, according to the recently released "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2010" report. Alabama and Tennessee are tied for second at 31.6 percent, followed by West Virginia (31.3 percent), Louisiana (31.2 percent), Oklahoma (30.6 percent), Kentucky (30.5 percent) and Arkansas (30.1 percent).
Six states have at least a 29 percent adult obesity rate: South Carolina, Michigan, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio and Texas. Overall, adult obesity rates increased in 28 states in the past year and decreased only in the District of Columbia (DC).
Colorado, for the seventh consecutive year, has the lowest adult obesity rate at 19.1 percent, yet its rate has increased each year since 2004. Colorado also is the only state with a rate below 20 percent for the fourth consecutive year.
Obesity rates are troubling for blacks, Latinos and lower-income adults, according to the report. Adult obesity rates for blacks topped 40 percent in nine states, 35 percent in 34 states and 30 percent in 43 states and DC. Rates for Latino adults were 35 percent in two states and at least 30 percent in 19 states. Also, 35.3 percent of adults earning less than $15,000 a year were obese compared to 24.5 percent of adults who earn $50,000 or more a year.
"Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges the country has ever faced, and troubling disparities exist based on race, ethnicity, region, and income," says Jeffrey Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health, which published the report along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "This report shows that the country has taken bold steps to address the obesity crisis in recent years, but the nation's response has yet to fully match the magnitude of the problem. Millions of Americans still face barriers—like the high cost of healthy foods and lack of access to safe places to be physically active—that make healthy choices challenging."
The report also includes obesity rates among youths ages 10-17 and the results of a new poll on childhood obesity conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and American Viewpoint. The poll shows that 80 percent of Americans recognize that childhood obesity is a significant and growing challenge for the country, and 50 percent of Americans believe childhood obesity is such an important issue that Americans need to invest more to prevent it immediately. The survey also found that 84 percent of parents believe their children are at a healthy weight, but research shows nearly one-third of children and teens are obese or overweight.
The "F as in Fat" report even has a new name this year. The 2009 report was subtitled: "How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America."
Other findings from this year's report include:
- The new health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, has the potential to address the obesity epidemic through a number of prevention and wellness provisions, expand coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and create a reliable funding stream through the creation of the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
- Community Transformation grants have the potential to help leverage the success of existing evidence-based disease prevention programs.
- President Barack Obama created a White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, which issued a new national obesity strategy that contained concrete measures and roles for every agency in the federal government.
- First lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move initiative to solve childhood obesity within a generation.
- Twenty states and DC set nutritional standards for school lunches, breakfasts and snacks that are stricter than current U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements. Five years ago, only four states had legislation requiring stricter standards.
- Twenty-eight states and DC have nutritional standards for competitive foods sold in schools on à la carte lines, in vending machines, in school stores or through school bake sales. Five years ago, only six states had nutritional standards for competitive foods.
- Every state has some form of physical education requirement for schools, but these requirements are often limited, not enforced or do not meet adequate quality standards.
- Twenty states have passed requirements for body mass index screenings of children and adolescents or have passed legislation requiring other forms of weight and/or fitness related assessments in schools. Five years ago, only four states had passed screening requirements.
Recommendations outlined in the report to enhance the prevention of obesity and related diseases include:
- Support obesity- and disease-prevention programs through the new health reform law's Prevention and Public Health Fund, which provides $15 billion in mandatory appropriations for public health and prevention programs over the next 10 years.
- Align federal policies and legislation with the goals of the forthcoming National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy. Opportunities to do this can be found through key pieces of federal legislation that are up for reauthorization in the next few years, including the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Surface Transportation Authorization Act.
- Expand the commitment to community-based prevention programs initiated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 through new provisions in the health reform law, such as Community Transformation grants and the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
- Continue to invest in research and evaluation on nutrition, physical activity, obesity and obesity-related health outcomes and associated interventions.
States with the highest adult obesity ranking:
1. Mississippi (33.8 percent)
2. (tie) Alabama and Tennessee (31.6 percent)
4. West Virginia (31.3 percent)
5. Louisiana (31.2 percent)
6. Oklahoma (30.6 percent)
7. Kentucky (30.5 percent)
8. Arkansas (30.1 percent)
9. South Carolina (29.9 percent)
10. (tie) Michigan and North Carolina (29.4 percent)


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Leonard Cohen Fans Say 'Hallelujah' To Upcoming Concert in KC
By TIMOTHY FINN
The Kansas City Star
Leonard Cohen's mix of musical styles has endeared him to fans worldwide. Here he performs at a recent concert in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sports Arena in Hungary.
Devoted followers of Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, 75, consider his work elemental to the world of music. He has been called "King of the Melancholy Poets."
The first time I heard a Leonard Cohen song, I was 15 or so. My older brother's music tastes had graduated from Bob Dylan and John Prine to other master songwriters like Randy Newman, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen and his album "Songs From a Room."
I was too naïve to appreciate the finer points of some of Cohen's lyrics, but I noticed that grainy black-and-white photograph on the back of the smiling, bare-shouldered blonde, sitting at a typewriter in the corner of a room (his girlfriend, poet Marianne Ihlen). My ears homed in on certain lines: "Sometimes I see her undressing for me/ She's the soft naked lady love meant her to be … "
And then there was that voice. Deep and deadpan and usually off-pitch, it colored his melancholy and despair in various shades of blue. His music was mysterious and hypnotic, void of humor and light but rife with seduction, heartache and intimacy, a place where love never lasts and lust never sleeps. It wasn't exactly unique, but it was unlike anything I'd ever heard.
I'd figure out in the ensuing years that the music of Leonard Cohen isn't for everyone. He doesn't write songs as much as he composes evocative poems and sets them to pop melodies and folk arrangements whose sweetness often betrays their dark moods and brooding messages.
You don't play "Songs From a Room" at a party, unless you want people to leave the room; nor are you inclined to drop one or two of his songs into the middle of a party mix. "Its uses are limited," critic Robert Christgau wrote. "Best for late nights alone."
"It's the soundtrack to a lonely whiskey drunk," said Christian Hankel of the local band Alacartoona.
Monday night, Cohen, 75, will perform at the Midland theater. It will be his first concert in Kansas City, which is grand news to a lot of his diehard fans around here, many of whom will be seeing him for the first time. Though he is an acquired taste, to many of his loyalists, he is as elemental to the world of music and songwriting as Dylan or Hank Williams. Asked to explain their fondness for Cohen, several local musicians and music fans (via Facebook) expressed several reasons.
"I had read him as a poet before I heard his first album, so I knew he had the goods," said Barry Lee, host of "Signal to Noise" on KKFI (90.1 FM). "There was something dark and mysterious about that first album that marked him different from Dylan, but no less profound."
That first album was "The Songs of Leonard Cohen," released in 1967, and it included many of Cohen's most beloved songs: "Sisters of Mercy," "So Long, Marianne" and "Suzanne." Two years later, he released "Songs From a Room." In 1971, he released "Songs of Love." That same year, three songs from that album made the soundtrack to the classic Robert Altman film "McCabe and Mrs. Miller."
By then, Cohen had established himself as the master of his own voice and techniques. In his review of "Love and Hate," Christgau wrote, "There are plenty of songwriters both naïve and arty (as well as page poets) with a fresher sense of language. But the poets can't read like Cohen, the songwriters rarely combine his craft and maturity, and the man can really project."
In his review of the just-released DVD "Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970" at HuffingtonPost.com, critic Mike Ragogna distilled Cohen's rise to cult and college-dorm hero: "New York City intellectuals and all of the folky singer-songwriters — including the Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, and Joan Baez trifecta — idolized him. By his second or third album, he was all but crowned King of the Melancholy Poets, sedately letting the wild rumpus begin in every one of his Songs of ... series that contained some of the best poetic pop any singer-songwriter previously had cognized."


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To anyone clicking through from Salon.com, welcome. Snoop through the cabinets and make yourselves comfortable.
On Tuesday, I had the honor of joining Salon's witty New York editorial team for its summer-cocktail contest. You'd search long to find a finer group of raconteurs and bon vivants. Sarah Karnasiewicz and her colleagues welcomed me not just to taste but to mix up a couple of batches as well, and I quickly felt like part of the team, even though I had just met everyone. My only regret is that I had to leave shortly after we finished the mixing and judging.
Sarah has posted the results of the contest, so pop over and find a new favorite! I'm a big fan of LUPEC Boston's Irma le Douce, but I'll have to alter it for home use since Mrs. Bitters is allergic to grapefruit.


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Martyr Dorotheus of Nicomedia
Saint Dorotheus suffered with the Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, during the persecution against Christians under the emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311). The persecution became particularly intense after a fire at the imperial court at Nicomedia. The pagans accused the Christians of setting the fire and reacted against them with terrible ferocity.
In Nicomedia alone, on the day of the Nativity of Christ, as many as twenty thousand Christians were burned inside a church. However, this monstrous inhumanity did not frighten the Christians, who firmly confessed their faith and endured martyrdom for Christ.
Sts Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter, Indes and Gorgonius died during this period. One of them was beheaded by the sword, others perished by burning, or being buried alive, or by drowning in the sea.


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Anya Klein. Kitchen design ideas. August 29th , 2018.
The color scheme makes or breaks an interior design. Rustic kitchen signature color schemes are comprised of shades of red, orange and gold. Orange color is said to be the appetite stimulant and comfort maker. The floor should be distinguished with hard wood and metallic copper shades to give it a Mediterranean feel. Wall painting must illustrate the rustic design feeling.Home owners can try orange, red, shades of gold, olive green and darkest shades of Tuscan style furniture.
The kitchen is like any other room but needs the most attention. You can either make a simple streamlined kitchen with everything planned for and very practical in its layout, or indulge in some art décor and decorate it. Markets are filled with options to help make it more personal.
If you want more space to move around with while working you may add and assign extra space for a work area like chopping, slicing and dicing area especially for times when your kitchen will be very busy. This also proves helpful so you will have a view of where to place electrical outlets, as commonly is the overlooked aspect. You may also wish to provide a room for a separate pantry and an area dedicated for office work. Ensure also the lighting design especially your work areas. Take note of the appliances that you will be using and have the correct measurement of each including your cabinets. To give you ease and accuracy in planning your kitchen, try using a kitchen design software. There are various templates of designs that help you to create your dream kitchen.
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Greatest Game Art Ever (This Week): Malthael, Kratos, Pokemon + More
In this installment of the Greatest Game Art Ever (This Week), we've got a number of pieces from some of the latest releases. As you can see up there, we've found an awesome bit of fan art starring Malthael, the Big Bad in the first expansion for Diablo 3, called Reaper of Souls. There's also some love for Delsin, the protagonist of Infamous 2: Second Son and some fan-favorite Pokemon. It's amazing how fast artists can turn a new or upcoming release into a work of art, fueled by their excitement. View the gallery below to appreciate these new pieces.
We're dying to see all the art you've come across or created in honor of your favorite games. If you have an artist or portfolio you'd like us to check out, please submit a link to John-at-ArcadeSushi.com. Additionally, if there are any artists that we've highlighted that wish their works to be removed, please reach out to let us know. Where possible, please visit these artists' websites to see more of their work, buy their products or commission an original piece.
FALLOUT: The Burned Man by Ruekara
Uncharted 2 by patryk-garrett
Infamous Second Son by PatrickBrown
He... is... The GOD KILLAH! by OTKMan1995
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm - Zerg's Resurrection by VitoSs
Beauty of Skyrim by MuuseDesign
Shadow of the Colossus by edsfox
Mario War by Goretoon
Pokemon: Lost in Lumoise by Sa-Dui
Burial at Sea by sapphire-feather
Malthael - Reaper of Souls by ArisT0te
Sakura by NathanDupouy
Hearthstone - Secretkeeper by GENZOMAN
Zed - League of Legends by yinyuming
Tifa Lockhart: Evanescence by Toshimay
Fan Art World of Warcraft IX by ArtByAntera
Persona 4 - SMB Chie Satonaka by Diamond4444
TITANFALL - Titans Dropping by mdk7
Ken - Street Fighter by ChekydotStudio
Skulltula by Asashi-Kami


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Back in July, I had the opportunity of attending a press screening of a film that I had never heard of before: SARS Zombies. The debut film of director, producer, scriptwriter, action director, special makeup artist, and actor Samuel Leong, SARS Zombies is quite possibly the very first serious homegrown Hong Kong zombie flick (at least in the Romero sense of the term). I recently interview Sam for SCREAM magazine, and the issue is available now! For now, here is the synopsis from my article, a trailer, and info on the screenings in Hong Kong taking place this weekend!
"The story begins 10 years after the 2003 outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in Hong Kong. A gang of thieves has decided to raid a jewelry dealer situated in a large industrial building, and after a heated face-off between the gang leader (also played by director Sam Leong) and the security guards on duty, it seems that the felons have achieved their purpose. While they search the premises, however, they accidentally stumble into another flat inhabited by a man and his young daughter. It turns out that the man is a doctor who, driven to insanity by the loss of his wife to the first SARS outbreak, has been working ceaselessly to find a cure ever since. Engaging in increasingly questionable experiments, the man eventually resorted to testing on cadavers and even his own daughter, who became the host of a mutant strain of the SARS virus, this time standing for "Sudden Aggressive Reanimation Syndrome."
Of course, it isn't long before the girl bites one of the gangsters as he attempts to force her out of the flat. In the inevitable mayhem that ensues, the robbers and hostages are progressively infected, with the entire building eventually becoming a hive of the undead. The film climaxes in a high-kicking, bone-crunching, head-drilling last stand against the living dead, finally revealing a twist that drives home some of the more subtle commentary that director Sam Leong has attempted to infuse within his neoteric effort at zombie cinema."
SHOW DATE: October 25, 26, and 27, 2013
VENUE: Causeway Bay (Windsor UA Cinema)


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You are poetry
Shattered skull, fingers brushed against jaw-bone
legs tangle-gether
rhythmic bone bone bone
crippled in
piling calcium crush.
Your rhyming poses –
arched backs, stacked femurs
your ribs are beat.
You'd clatter if you could move.
I see myself in its decay
recognise time passing outside my body.
Collapsing roof
blown out windows
vines run me over
I am suffocated. Reclaimed.
I am the big-hit search term
'ruin porn'.
I am a bridge built but never used,
an overpass to nowhere.
But you, lovers.
You are swept away on nothing
like words from mouths,
like been-said, like breath.
My body is abandonment, but
you are poetry.
Your rhyming poses
swept away by six thousand years of
My wish for erasure
stands solid among
the rubble.
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Police: Sioux Falls Man Threatened Landlord With Bow & Arrow
Police say a Sioux Falls man who was being evicted pulled a bow and arrow on his landlord Thursday afternoon.
It happened just after 5pm in the 500 block of South Spring Avenue, where Officer Sam Clemens says the landlord had gone to see if the man was leaving.
Clemens says the man would not let people into the building. He says the landlord had been getting complaints in recent days from people who said the man had been threatening them with a knife and shooting arrows into the ground.
Clemens says the landlord had issued an eviction notice and was stopping by to see if the man had gone, but he arrived to find the man on the porch.
Clemens says when the man aimed the bow and arrow at the landlord, the landlord left and called police.
Clemens says police arrived to find 29-year-old Christopher Halsey with not only a bow and arrow, but also another arrow, a jousting sword with an 18-inch blade and a fixed-blade knife with a six-inch blade that was out of the sheath.
No one was injured, and Halsey was arrested on an aggravated assault charge.


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Butterfly Net
Robert R. Goodman 3/30/2012 7:17:18 AMHi Cyn,she sure is beautiful my friend.Wonderful capture and great soft lighting.Our grandaughter is comming over tonight to visit us!!!!! #1453217
Jeff Robinson 3/30/2012 10:30:56 AMA Wonderful portrait Cyn!! #10067263
Cyn Valentine 3/30/2012 11:49:19 AMThank you Bobby and Jeff..lucky you Bobby.. I have to fly 5 hours to see mine #10067417
David Phalen 3/30/2012 12:05:32 PMA beautiful portrait of a beautiful young lady!! #10067457
Kay E. Mahoney 3/30/2012 3:41:17 PMVery very cute. She is adorable. Love the butterflies. #10067741
Cyn Valentine 3/30/2012 5:06:53 PMThank you Dave and Kay!! #10067858
Joannie Bertucci 5/1/2012 9:24:32 PMSuch a beautiful, precious composition with outstanding lighting and presentation! Your granddaughter is a true beauty! My new subject arrived yesterday...great-grandson! :-) #10117241
Mariann Kovats 5/1/2012 9:39:11 PMBeautiful capture, congrats on your wonderful finalist, Cyn! #10117253
Mary Timman 5/2/2012 4:18:36 AMCongratulations on your great finalist! She really is just beautiful! #10117791
Robert R. Goodman 5/2/2012 5:09:37 AMA big Congratulations on this beautiful finalist,Cyn!!!! #10117986
JO ANN CLEVELAND 5/2/2012 7:38:17 AMWhat an amazing Finalist , big congrats!
Emile Abbott 5/2/2012 7:42:17 AMLove those eyes Cyn. Congrats on a stunning finalist. #10118569
Cyn Valentine 5/2/2012 7:50:21 AMThank you Joannie (Big Congrats!)Mariann Mary Bobby Jo Ann and Emile!! #10118596
Eivor Kuchta 5/2/2012 8:48:21 AMHow cute! Congratulations on your finalist, Cyn! #10118840
Carol Eade 5/2/2012 5:34:07 PMA precious finalist, congratulations! #10119777
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 5/2/2012 5:34:57 PMCongratulations Cyn, she is gorgeous and so is your image! #10119782
ALLEN O. HOWARD 5/2/2012 10:16:47 PMVery nice Cyn! Congratulations! #10120255
Cyn Valentine 5/3/2012 8:20:10 PMThank you Eivor Carol Donna and Allen!! #10121807
Merna L. Nobile 5/4/2012 1:56:44 PMWell here we are, through thick and thin. It is a joy to be able to be supportive and to congratulate each other for another month of magnificent photographs during May, 2012. I send all of you my very best, Merna Nobile #10122893
My little granddaughter Brookie
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