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Mana Pools Explorer
Day by Day
Day One to Four - Kanga Camp - Mana Pools National Park
Following your arrival at Victoria Falls Airport you will meet your pilot and be transferred by light air charter to Mana Pools where you will spend three nights at Kanga Camp, exploring the inland river beds, pans and open plains of the National Park by game drives and guided walks with an armed professional guide.
The camp: Kanga Camp has six tents set in the heart of Mana Pools National Park. The main area of the camp is on decking overlooking the Kanga Pan, with a relaxing lounge area under the shade of large trees. There is the choice of taking game drives in open-topped four-wheel drive vehicles or walking with professional guides. The opportunity to leave one's vehicle and track game on foot is an experience rare in the national parks of Africa and in Mana Pools in particular this provides the visitor with the chance to track game in safety with an experienced professional guide. Other activities include canoeing which is organised on request.
The area: Game abounds on the flood plains and in the Mopane woodlands of Mana Pools. Kanga Pan particularly attracts great game in big concentrations as it is the only water found in the floodplain above the river. The predators, including lion, wild dog and leopard are often sighted and large concentrations of buffalo can be found in the Mopane woodland and open plains studded with Ilala Palms. Kudu, zebra, impala and waterbuck can be seen on the surrounding plains. Elephant take advantage of the plentiful "albida" trees in the area. Bird watching is also a great attraction of the area.
Day Four to Seven- Zambezi LifeStyle Camps - Mana Pools National Park
After your last morning activity at Kanga Camp, you will begin your three nights on the Zambezi River in Zambezi Lifestyles Camp.
Come on the adventure of a lifetime for an experience like no other. This safari takes you to several prime spots of this World Heritage site allowing you to explore new territory every day.
The camp: Each night you will end up back at a mobile tented Camp, which is a comfortable camp on the banks of the Zambezi that is set up for the season each year. Each tent is a spacious mini meru-style tent with en-suite bathroom, flush toilet and outdoor bucket shower.
The area: There are plenty of opportunities to walk the famous floodplain of the Zambezi valley, exploring the Mana Pools wilderness areas well off the beaten track. Wildlife to be seen includes hippos, crocodiles, lions, wild dogs, leopard, hyenas, elephant, buffalo, waterbuck and many other antelope.
Activities:Canoeing is an optional activity which allows guests to do light paddling down the Zambezi River with a professional guide canoeing alongside them. The whole trip will be along the shoreline in Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park covering a total distance of about 50 kilometers, where you'll enjoy viewing of wildlife from a totally different perspective.
Day Seven - Mana Pools - Victoria Falls Airport
After your last morning in Mana Pools you will be transferred by light air craft to Victoria Falls Airport and your onward travel arrangements.


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Technological innovations have had a considerable impact on the game of tennis.
This article will summarise how tennis equipment has changed and discuss the latest techniques used in the design and development of tennis equipment.
The modern game evolved from real tennis at the end of the 19th century, which was partly due to the invention of the lawn mower. Popularity and investment grew as the sport become more accessible, leading to improvements in equipment for which materials played a key role. Today, equipment manufacturers continually strive for improvements, while the International Tennis Federation take measures to ensure the nature of the game doesn't change. Early 20th century lawn tennis rackets were key hole shaped and manufactured from a single piece of ash (Figure 1). The ash was boiled to make it pliable and bent into shape whilst still hot. These early rackets had weak throats and were prone to warping when wet; the issues were overcome by using additional materials, such as canvas and metal, to reinforce the problematic areas. As tennis grew in popularity manufacturers began to mass produce their rackets, using the latest materials and production techniques.
1931 saw the introduction of the Dunlop Maxply, a laminated wooden racket famously used by John McEnroe and in production for 50 years (Figure 2). Despite its earlier use in other sports equipment, metal was not seen as a practical alternative to wood until the 1960's. This was due to the difficulty in stringing a metal racket, an issue which was overcome by using grommets. In 1974 Howard Head invented the aluminium Prince Oversize racket (Figure 2). The larger head increased ease of play and the racket had a key role in increasing the popularity of the sport.
Figure 2. 1981 Dunlop MaxPly and 1977 Prince Oversize. Images courtesy of Sheffield Hallam University.
Manufacturers began experimenting with composite materials in the 1970's, mainly due to their higher stiffness to weight ratio in comparison to metals. A significant early composite racket was the Dunlop Max 200G, which was introduced in 1980 and remained in production for 10 years. The Max 200G was manufactured by injection moulding nylon with short carbon fibres. Despite its many production advantages, the manufacturers were unable to use the injection moulding process to produce rackets with the same mass and head size as those produced using composite lay-ups. Currently, the majority of rackets are manufactured from composite lay-ups as this allows materials to be precisely placed for optimum stiffness and weight distribution. Rackets have been developed with complex geometries, which can influence the stiffness and aerodynamics (Figure 3).
Figure 3. O-Port geometry in a Prince tennis racket. Image courtesy of Prince Sports.
Modern composite rackets are around 30% lighter and three times stiffer than their state of the art wooden counterparts (Figure 4). A racket with the lower moment of inertia can be swung faster, whilst stiffness increases impact efficiency; both of these factors allow the player to increase the rebound velocity of the ball. The head size of these modern composite rackets is also around 40% larger, which increases ease of play.
Figure 4. Changes in frequency (stiffness) and mass of tennis rackets since the 1970's. Images from Haake et al. (2007).
Rackets manufacturers are currently applying the latest engineering techniques to the development of tennis rackets. The aims are not only to improve performance but also prevent injury. Finite element analysis is a technique currently used in the development of tennis rackets (Figure 5), which allows new designs to be tested virtually using a computer.
Figure 5. Finite element model of a tennis ball impacting a racket. Images courtesy of Sheffield Hallam University.
This allows engineers to experiment with new geometries and materials, without the need to produce and test numerous prototypes. Another up and coming area is systemic testing on court, through the measurement of ball and racket movements in three-dimensions with high-speed cameras. In future, engineers will use a combination of both techniques, using finite element analysis to predict the effect of new racket designs on actual measured tennis shots.
Dr. Tom Allen is speaker at 'Materials for Winners' – an international conference at Danish Design Center on Thursday, June 21st.
About Tom Allen
Dr Tom Allen is a lecturer in Engineering Design at Sheffield Hallam University, where he leads a BSc (Hons) Sports Technology course.
> More about Tom Allen
About the Hello Materials exhibition
Experience fascinating examples of present and future materials and gain an insight into what they will mean to society and the individual. Visit the exhibition between the 2nd of April and the 10th of June 2012.
> Visit ddc.dk for more information about the Hello Materials exhibition

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our history
The South Side Soup Contest is an annual fundraising event brought to you by the Brashear Association and the South Side Chamber of Commerce. Launched in 2005, The Contest began as a way to showcase all that our community has to offer, generate more foot traffic in local businesses, and serve up delicious soup. Today, it has become a celebrated and eagerly-anticipated event. The reason is as simple and satisfying as a cup of soup: we provide a unique opportunity for attendees to sample an array of delicious soups and exploring neighborhood businesses, while giving back to South Pittsburgh communities in need.
Since our humble beginnings, The South Side Soup Contest has generated the attention and support of Pittsburghers and visitors alike. Over the last 14 years, we've hit major milestones and continue to grow! Take a look at what we've accomplished with our friends and neighbors in the South Side, and what it means to eat soup and make history!
milestones to make you smile!
2005: The South Side Soup Contest launches to a crowd of hungry Pittsburghers and visitors, eager to eat great soup and give back to those in need.
2006 – 2009: During the first few years of The Contest, we got off the ground with a steady stride. Participation from neighborhood restaurants and businesses nearly doubled, as did the number of canned goods we collected and distributed to our neighbors who need them the most.
2010: The sixth annual Contest was a banner year. A total of 1,000 tickets sold out. We launched online ticket sales, making it easier than ever for attendees to get their soup on. And we instituted policies and procedures to become a green event.
2012: Our eighth year ushered in more changes for The Contest. We began text voting and launched the "Best Host Award," to recognize the efforts of our partners.
2013 and beyond: The milestones and fun facts continue!
Selling Out in Record Time: 30 seconds
Highest number of food donations collected: 2,200
Most snowfall: 2014
Sunniest, warmest weather: 2016
Now in our 15th year, we remain committed to an event that merges fun, great food, eco-consciousness, and giving back to Pittsburgh communities in need. Come join us!


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Afterschool Educational Enrichment
afterschool programming in Four San francisco schools, k-8
Jamestown's afterschool programs are designed to infuse literacy into subjects as a way of engaging students' diverse interests and learning styles to enhance successful academic development.
Jamestown works in the following schools: Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Longfellow Elementary School, Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Community School, and James Lick Middle School.
The after-school educational enrichment programs include: cooking, media, science, Mariachi, theater, Loco Bloco (dance, drumming, stilt walking), skateboarding, STEM, computer programming and robotics, skateboarding, Girls Got Goals (girls soccer), recreation, painting, Sports & Theory, Friday Clubs, Phoenix Games (math), tutoring, homework support, poetry, music, chess, and sign language.
Tutoring and Homework Support
Our tutoring program focuses on English language acquisition and Social Emotional Learning skills, and our goal is to help English Language Learners achieve reclassification as English language proficient. We provide support to strengthen youth language acquisition through literacy infused enrichment at all our school sites. The goal is to expand this exposure to more youth in our afterschool programs and to provide training to school staff on restorative/transformative justice practices, habits of mind skills, and culturally and language-appropriate interventions.
Si Se Puede (K-2 grade)
Circle Time: After snack and recess, students gather for circle time. Teachers conduct bilingual, age-appropriate discussions that offer rich opportunities for language acquisition. Their teacher will write key words and concepts on a white board and help students decode the words.
Interactive Read-Alouds: this technique of teacher-directed reading, highlighting key words has been proven to advance reading skills.
Homework Help: With 4:1 student:teacher ratio, teachers and assistants provide intensive support to help students complete homework assigned by school-day teachers.
Stations: Students engage in literacy infused educational activities, such as "turn and talks," in which students articulate key concepts to their neighbors.
Closing Circle: Literacy-infused guided discussion, similar to opening circle.
Brain Soup (3-5th grade)
Students choose among electives in science, cooking, media arts, art and drama, electives that infuse literacy, while appealing students' unique interests. For example, the science class emphasizes new word decoding of and lab reports. In cooking class, students read recipes, create cookbooks, and present their cooking skills to their peers. Brain Soup students receive intensive homework support with the same 4:1 ratio.


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In early March, after a collision with Jessie Max started limping and wouldn't weight bear on his left leg.
We tried to let it run its course, there was no pain when articulated and it seemed to all intent and purposes to be a soft tissue injury.
After a couple of days the limp was getting no better, so we took him to the vets. The vet concurred our thoughts and prescribed a course of Meloxidyl anti-inflammatory suspension. Within 12 hours of taking, Max developed diarrhea with traces of blood. We naturally rang the vet and she advised no more medicine to see how things settled.
The following day the limp seemed to have gone and his stomach returned to normal.
Unfortunately after another day, he would not put weight on his leg again.
After a call to the vet she suggested retrying the Meloxidyl. Although it may of been the cause of his upset stomach it had eased the leg. This proved to be a big mistake.
Over the next 3 - 4 days Max became very ill. Even though we had only given him one dose after the advice to retake, it seemed his stomach had not fully recovered from the first dose. The days became long with him needing to toilet every hour, day and night. He was really good and didn't have a single accident in the house. But it wore him (and us) out. Within those days we had a couple of contacts with the vets, the last to administer injections to try and stop the sickness and diarrhea. Fortunately after 4 days, that seemed like a month, he was back to normal but had lost nearly a Kg in weight.
On the plus side, all the inactivity must have helped as he was no longer limping.
|We posted this 15th March on Facebook
Thinking all was well, we slowly started building him back up with food and exercise. All was fine for about 2 weeks, then for no apparent reason he developed a limp in his right leg! Back to the vets. This time we saw a different member of the team who could again could feel no muscular or bone related reason, so prescribed anti-inflammatory tablets, as you can imagine we insisted on a different type, Carprodyl.
These worked miracles and although he had a weeks course the limp stopped in 24 hours.
Following yet another occurrence but back to the left leg, the vet suggested the next step would be to take some X-rays. As he was booked in for castration and X-rays require heavy sedation we agreed we would do some while he was out of it! Of course while we waited for the decided date he didn't limp once!
On the10th of April Max had his boy op and a series of front leg X-rays.
The result, nothing abnormal showed, all joints seemed good.
Relieved we decided to continue building up his stamina.
By the end of may there was no problems and he was coping with walking and running off lead fine.
On evening early June Max started limping on his right leg, wouldn't weight bear. By the next morning all was well. The following week he started limping on his left leg this again was only for 24 hours.
After this second occurrence we decided to go back to the vet. This time ensuring we saw the senior practice owner. The vet was very good and manipulated all the joints. His conclusion is probably one only an older very experienced vet would offer. Its puppy growing limps. Joints not fully formed allow for occasional pulls on muscles and ligaments. No point rushing to pay for more tests. In his experience he would grow out by 13-14 months of age.
He was very reassuring and suggested that there could be a small chance of a loose piece of cartilage impinging, but given the clear X-rays and alternating legs, loose joints was the most obvious cause.
At the time of writing we have been given a small supply of Carprodyl to have in, so we can treat straight away if it happens again.
WHICH is the BAD LEG? its obvious if they hold the paw up but not as easy to tell if they are walking!
If only one forelimb is involved, the head and neck move upward when the affected limb is placed on the ground and drops when the unaffected limb bears weight.
So in the above video max has a RIGHT leg limp.


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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Buy Ward 7 and 8 Campaign
I will document my experiences both positive and negative. I will highlight the amenities we have and the ones we lack. I will also keep a running tab on the total amount I spend.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
That just proves my point...
Friday, June 26, 2009
We MUST do better - Part I
Today's post is inspired by the events of the week and oh what a week. First, a Metro train crashes into another one. Then, we lose three people in entertainment of which the death of Michael Jackson had shocked the world. The media loves to interview people to get their account on the events. I really try to not watch local media. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like the local media never fail to find the most unrefined black person possible.
Earlier this week I had tried to listen to witness accounts of the Metro crash. Not a single person interviewed could put together a coherent sentence. Then Mr. Mayor tried to explain the situation, but his speech pattern makes it hard to me to listen to him. I quickly switched to CNN, so I could get the skinny.
To cap off this week, Washingtonpost.com has a 4 minute video on reactions to Michael Jackson's death from a barbershop in DC. Not a single one of these brothers, as my dad would say, "could speak the king's English". One man said (and I kid you not), "he done had so many operations."... I only made it half way through the clip. My ears couldn't take anymore.
Who's at fault? We could blame the media to seeking out these representatives of blacks in our City. However, we should also examine ourselves. I take this moment to thank my dad for stressing the importance of "speaking the king's English". Thanks dad....
Back to my point. I think the schools should not allow students to speak improper English in any class. Jesse Jackson put it best "You can't rise to low expectations." I think as adults, we need to be mindful of our language, especially around young people. Perhaps that's why I'm so hard on Mr. Mayor and how he speaks. Prior to the arrival of President Obama, for many young black kids in DC he was THE black male figure that they were exposed to on a regular basis. Not a day goes by where we don't see our "beloved" Mayor on the local news.
As a culture we need to stop associating speaking proper English with "acting white." Saying things like "He be like..." and "She done did..." makes us sound ignorant. In 2009, ignorance is not acceptable. We have come too far and people have made too many sacrifices for us to think it is okay to split and slice verbs. Like many other young, black professionals, I have mastered the art of articulating and annunciation without losing my own identity.
In addition, we need to correct them when they make mistakes. My Little Sister from the Big Brother/Big Sister program sometimes has to repeat a sentence five times because I make her say it correctly. Here is the real kicker... she knows what the proper sentence should be without me telling her, she just speaks like everyone around her. (ARGH=sound of my frustration). She also has language arts activity workbook that she has to do while we are in the car.
Maybe it's a Utopian dream (after all I am an urban planner), but imagine if the media could only find black people who could articulate a thought in a coherent sentence.... I can dream, can't I?
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I believe the children are our future
While I encourage you to read it for yourself, some of the findings that I found interesting:
- Among 10-24 yr olds, homicide is the leading cause of death for black males and the second cause for Hispanic males
- The absolute and relative number of juvenile arrests have increased in recent years, while those for adults have decreased
- Most of the juvenile violent crime in PSA 606 (where the Village is located) are long the border at Penn Ave SE and the border with PSA 701 and 702, which is around Naylor Road
- No homicides were committed by juveniles in PSA 606, but District 7 has more than their fairshare.
- There are as many as 130 crews and gangs in the City
- 14% of DC high school students have seriously considered suicide
- 12% of District youth attempted suicide as compared to 6.9% nationally
- DC graduation rate is only 43%
- 30% of middle school student experience bullying weekly
- More than 25% of middle school students are threatened with injury weekly
- Highest rates of poverty, single parent headed households, child abuse and neglect, teen pregnancy, unemployment and illiteracy are concentrated in certain neighborhood in DC, especially Ward 7 and 8
I was surprised at the high suicide rates among our youth. I read that section several times just to be sure I read it correctly. Our kids are feeling hopeless and if they are our future then our future looks hopeless. I joined the Big Brother Big Sister of Washington, DC three years ago. My little sister, who will be matched with me 3 years in September, lives in Congress Heights. She is up against every risk factor imaginable. Imagine if ALL the young professionals in Ward 7 and 8 was a mentor to at least one child in Ward 7 or 8, then maybe we can save some of our children. Show them that we love them.I would be remissed if I didn't share what the report had to say about the Fenty Administration. Despite that the best practices state that funding for programs to prevent gang violence should be comprehensive and have sustain funding, it appears our beloved mayor knows "best". To give the mayor some (though little) benefit of the doubt, it doesn't go into full detail of why some programs ended.
- Hot-spots initiative... it was active between 2004 and 2006. It called for the coordination of law enforcement resources and city services to 14 high crime areas
- The Gang Intervention Partnership (GIP) was an intensive and extension police and community partnership. An evaluation of the program showed that violence and homicides were significantly decreased. In 2007, Chief Lanier [Fenty Appointee] disbanded this unit.
- Violence Intervention Partnership operated in Wards 7 and 8 between 2005 and 2008. It focused on systematic issues related to crews, gangs, truancy, and other issues by coordinating enforcement and programs such as conflict resolution. Funding ceased in 2008.
- Second responder was a program targeting youth in Ward 7 and 8 which included family therapy, parent coaching and family meetings. [It's unclear if this program is still going on, but based on the past tense I assume it isn't.]
- Focused Improvement Area Initiative was launched by the Fenty administration in 2007. Funding was cut in 2008 because of City deficit.
There are some programs that still exist that are mention in the report and to be fair to the Fenty Administration there are some new programs in the pipeline. Oh Mr Mayor sir.. and let me spread the accountability to the Council (specifically the 3 Ward 7 members)... if you want to be re-elected you must do better by Ward 7 and 8. WHY would you cease funding a program that has experienced measurable success to replace it with a new program that may or may not work? It seems "re-eventing the wheel" is a waste of time, energy, and money. Can't we build on what has been done?
The report lays out some recommendations. I hope that our elected officials ensure that some of these things come of fruition. I understand that times are hard, but can't we do right by our youth, our future?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
I come home yesterday to find that two big trees in front of my building have been chopped down. The one thing I love about the Village is that we have mature trees that provide ambiance and shade. Now we just have two stumps with dead gress. I didn't get a chance to call DDOT, Urban Forestry Administration today, but I definitely intend to find out when they are going to replace the trees they removed.
My deepest sympathies to the families of the victims of yesterday's crash.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Leaking or Gushing???
- Currently DC residents spend more than $1 billion outside of the District (SAY WHAT???)
- Many parts of the City are under-served in basic services, retail, and dining (no duh)
- There is a mismatch of retail in some areas -- too much of one kind and not enough of others (I wonder what the ratio is of liquor stores to grocery stores... things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm)
- The District is not reaching its potential in capturing resident, daily worker, and visitor expenditures
In thinking of my own expenditures from the calendar year 2008 (estimates of course)...
- Groceries: $3000, which 95% was spent in Alexandria, 5% in Ward 7
- Target: $1000, which 100% was spent in Alexandria
- Movies: $500, which was spent in Alexandria and Chinatown
- Cleaners: $200, which 100% was spent in Arlington
- Dining: $500, NOT A SINGLE PENNY WAS SPENT IN WARD 7 or 8 (ARGH!!!!)
- Gym Membership: $1000, has anyone realize we have no real membership gyms in River East
That comes up to $6,200 of which only $150 stayed in River East. SHAME SHAME SHAME. Now... what does all this mean? If the District is leaking residential expenditures, then Ward 7 and 8 must be gushing dollars out of this area. Oh the humanity... I think R.E.E.L has a an opportunity to be vocal and at the forefront in getting some much needed retail in River East.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Sunny Side of Rain
Based strictly on observation, the rain has kept the riffraff to a minimum in my neighborhood. Usually in April- June when the weather is nice (hot, but not the stifling hot as July and August) it brings the riffraff. Groups of people (maybe 8-12) will congregate all hours of the night on the various street corners. In the wee hours of the morning, they usually walk through the parking lot near my bedroom window talking at the top of their lungs, spewing every cuss word imaginable. While police chases complete with police choppers are rare, they also usually happen during these months.
However, the constant rain has kept the riffraff inside. I get home at all hours of the night because I work two jobs. I feel much comfortable coming home and not having to walk past a group of men just standing outside without a purpose.
Getting Ready for a Fight - Round 1
Over the past three weeks, I have been receiving calls from people asking if someone just called them. When I got the first call, I thought maybe my cellphone dialed the number by accident while in my purse. But then I got a second and third call. All from different people and different parts of the country. I met one woman who said that in addition my number on her called id "Loan Modification" appears.
At first I thought someone had hacked my cellphone or was cloning my number. After extensive review with Verizon Wireless fraud and technology departments, we determined my number hadn't been hacked or cloned. I did an internet search (how did we ever survive before the internet and wikipedia???) and I learned about "Caller ID Spoofing". My cellnumber is an extremely easy number, so it's not inconceivable that my number could be used by a spoofer.
Verizon Wireless offered to change my cell number. I'm still mulling over the offer. Part of my issue is that this has been my number for 12 years and it's really my lifeline. I use this number for everything. It would take me months to get the word out that I changed my number. If I changed it the calls would stop, but I'm only getting one call a day, plus I'm meeting some very interesting people.
However, there is a bigger issue. The issue is that anyone's number can be spoofed. I spoke to the FBI who were of no help. After some more internet research, I learned this falls under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), but not really. The FCC is trying to do what they can, but it takes and act of Congress for the FCC to really go after people who spoof. Congress is stalling on passing legislation (Senate Bill 111-30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009). I decided to fight. I know that this isn't an easy battle... especially since DC has not Senate representation (which is a topic for another day).
First, I need an advocate with deep pockets. I sent an email to Verizon Wireless asking for their assistance. I know I'm going to have to be persistent. I also plan to work my way through the FCC ranks in addition to communicating with Congresswoman Nortons' office.
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Blueprint....
Dear Friends:
On Friday Council Chairman Vincent Gray and Councilmembers Mendelson andEvans joined me to release a blueprint for action on gang violence.
Last year the Council approved funding for the Healthy Families Thriving Communities Collaborative Council to develop a framework that the Council and Mayor can use to develop a citywide, community based strategy to end gang and crew violence.
The blueprint proposes a series of recommendations to be implemented over a120 day period upon passage by the Council. Within the first 90 days, the blueprint recommends --
- The Mayor establish a working group to develop a coordinated response to high profile youth violence cases
- Aligning existing resources to respond to gang and crew related critical incidents
- Identifying the most at risk gang and crew involved youth and connect them to services immediately
- Implementing protocols for street mediation, truces and rumor control,and engaging family members of both perpetrators and victims involved in gang and crew related violence
There is no substitute for police presence and action, but we cannot exclusively arrest our way out of gang violence. These young people need targeted services that address all of their needs. We as a government and as residents need to cooperate. We are tired of seeing these young people being killed in the street. Families are tired of feeling unsafe in their own homes and neighborhoods. I will be working closely with Mayor Fenty and the Council on the next steps to move forward with actions from the blueprint.
The blueprint is available online by clicking this linkhttp://www.grahamwo ne.com/docs/ blueprint. pdf or by copying and pasting it into your Internet browser.
Councilmember Jim Graham
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
River East Emerging Leaders
Additionally, we will be accepting donations to help r.e.e.l. secure its 501 (c)(3) tax exemption status. So come out and learn more about the committees and how signing up will benefit you and the community.
DATE: Thursday, June 18, 2009
TIME: 6:30 pm: Mix & Mingle 7-9 pm: Open House and Committee Presentations
WHERE: Anacostia UPO Center @ 1649 Good Road SE (17th and Good Hope)
For more information, e-mail the organization at email@example.com or call 202.834-0600.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Race for the Cure...
I ran in the Race for the Cure this morning in honor of my paternal grandmother (still living) and maternal great-grandmother (deceased), who are breast cancer survivors. With breast cancer on both sides of my family, I pray that I'll never have to run for myself. It was a great event. There were thousands of people there. BUT....
The one thing that was disappointing was the lack of Black people running. In my best guess we made up about 2% of the runners. The Black people that were there to walk all looked a french fry a way from a heart attack. I think we need more health education in our community. I'm working on a plan... Stay tuned.


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As the answers to the meta suite have started pouring in, I've only JUST now noticed that I should've proofread the Tuesday puzzle (6/7) a little better. What you're supposed to extract from that grid is…a little different from the others. This was unintentional, and astute solvers will be able to see exactly where I messed up. 😦
On a lighter note, I guess this means I need to start making more of these mega-metas to sharpen my skills!
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I'll be the first to admit that I have a penchant (Liking) for all things Louis Vuitton. While I havent yet crossed into the realm of hoodrat (i.e. doing shit like buying fake louis Vuitton items or spending rent money on items i truly cannot afford), I cannot honestly say that my obsession is NOT yet a mature one; I havent yet graduated to buying "non-monogrammed or non-Damier Checked" items. What this is saying, essentially, is that yes I want to wear louie...but i want everyone to know that it's louie and I paid good money for this shit.
Tako: First off, you crossed the line into Chickenheaded Hoodrat territory when you tatted the Louie Flowers and the AP on your face. -__-
**Ignores Tako
The underlying question though, is why? Why do I feel the need to validate my swag by wearing overpriced items marketed by a corporate machine and promoting the emasculating style of a white man who could probably give 2 fucks about my decision to spend a weeks paycheck on a belt? I'll tell you why. For the same reason that people take the Nice looking, wholesome girl with the C cups and rainbow outfit over the tatted up girl with the Christian Audiger Hat, blonde highlights , redbottomed heels and vocabulary which only makes sense if you're up on the month's latest slang.
Certain things elude a sense of timelessness. In the same way that Louis Vuitton's Iconic print has never changed, nor gone out of style in our lifetime, Show's like Maury, Cheaters and (unfortunately) the nightly news, show us that the wholesome girls are less likely to be hot flashes in the pan which will eventually burn us and leave our broke, disfigured asses for dead.
Basically, I dont want to spend a lot of money on some shit and have it look stupid in a few months. Think "100 dollar Ed Hardy", "girls with the "Cassie Haircut", "Fake tits."
Tako: Niggas with Tattoos EVERYWHERE.
Show: Fuck up.
Anyways, that brings us to todays topic of styles which has "jumped the shark" so to speak....Trends which should've been stopped before they were started. In an effort to not be racist, I shall tackle each race's indiscretions.
White People--Christian Audigier:
We get it. You watch Jersey Shore, You like to work out...You're jacked. No homo. These shirts, kinda like abercrombie and Hollister, come in athletic cut which means "tight around the shoulders to make you look jacked. It was a good look....key word...WAS. Once Christian Audigier got involved and decided that it was cool to bedazzle Gym T-shirts and provide matching hats, I knew it had gone too far. In the same way the plague of locusts were sent to destroy Egypt upon the Pharaohs not taking God's advice, Mr. Audigier has sent a plague of rhinestones to destroy all things masculine. Stop it fellas.
Black people--Coogi:
The Cosby sweaters were only cool because they were like $500.00 and gave off an aire of exclusivity. The 1990's Hideous Australian sweaters which looked like the inside of a clown tampon were only to be eclipsed in ridiculousness by the re-emergence of the brand in the 2000's and the creation of Jeans and Polos in gigantic sizes, and more ridiculously bright colors that josephine Baker's family portrait! (Google Her.)
Over sized denim with crayola styled pockets. This is like putting lipstick on a sambo right before a watermelon eating contest in 2011. We worked so hard to go from the baggy clothes days of the 1990's to the Jaz-Z inspired "button ups" and we were almost at a point where we were dressing appropriately. Rocawear died (thank god), enyce was purchased by Sean John (someone with an actual sense of grown up style) and we were so close.....and then this. The equivalent of letting us put just the tip in and being forced to deal with the blue balls of a fashion miscarriage.
Latinos...Especially Mexicans ---Aeroposale:
You guys just look silly. I've come to the conclusion, upon conversations with many of my friends who attended different prep schools, that WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A PREPPY MEXICAN. Mexico is divided between the filthy rich and the poor. Rich people would have no need to wear the poor man's Abercrombie and Fitch. Wait, actually, that would be hollister. Aeropostale is the Poor man's Hollister. It's basically the equivalent of wanting a Gordon Gartrel (Cosby Reference) and getting that 1 sleeved longer than the other, silk Pirate shirt theo had....or Rudy's light up shirt with all the burnt out bulbs and 1 sad little blinking fish.
Tako: Somebody watched alot of TV when young.
You look like skinny little mexican backstreet boys. Stop it cinco.
C4: You did not just say that....THIS!!!!
Bright pink shirts with collars popped and puertorican Pauly D haircuts just arent a good look for you. Shouldn't yall be wearing Willie Esco or somethin? LOL.
Wja3: There is seriously something wrong with you...but, I agree for once. All of the aforementioned "styles" and brands border on the absurd. Not only do the brands present portraits of hideous fashion, they are also associated with stereotypes....and by that I mean, the WRONG stereotypes...not like an asian wearing a calculator around his neck stereotype...I'm talking shit that is damaging.
Tako: Damaging? Thats a stretch.
C4: If you want to live in a society with homosexual fist pumping mexican, Glittery roid raged whiteboys and jigaboo clown coons I say go ahead. I applaud you.
Tako: Never mind.
What it comes down to is everyone needing to just be themselves. Take a style and make it your own...stick with a designer if you like his or her products...but if, in the end, you feel the NEED to wear a certain brand religiously, you probably pay to a pagan God and have no semblance of fashion sense anyway. You deserve a lifetime of FUBU, open toed sandals, Mountaingear boots and FJ560 leathers.
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AVGN and Nostalgia Critic Cameo in "The Unlimited: Hyobu Kyosuke"
The Angry Video Game Nerd and the Nostalgia Critic appear in 5th episode cameo
For those of you watching the Zettai Karen Children spinoff The Unlimited: Hyobu Kyosuke, the 5th episode may have given you cause to pause and do a double take, as it seems that the show's producers snuck in a cameo by well-known web television personalities The Nostalgia Critic and Angry Video Game Nerd, who were featured in the foreground during the fifth episode, as seen below.
Apparently, not only are the personalities well known on the English-speaking internet, they have also garnered a cult following among Japanese NicoNico Douga otaku, who take selected reviews from each respective personality and sub them into Japanese in order to better understand their takes on games and film respectively.
As expected, this created quite a stir when it was first pointed out by the Twitter account of OguieManiax scribe @SDshamshel, and his subsequent post on the occurence drew the attention of the Nostalgia Critic himself on his Facebook page.
For all of you reading this, can any of you remember any other anime series in the past or present which inserts obvious cameos to real-life personalities?
(Special thanks to member JoePianist for the heads up)
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Joique Bell to appear in 'Rock of Ages' on Broadway
Just call him Broadway Joique.
Joique Bell, a running back for the Detroit Lions, is going to New York next week to take part in the festivities leading up to the Super Bowl.
He has a small role as a bartender in Wednesday night's performance of the 1980's rock 'n' roll musical "Rock of Ages," which will be playing at the Helen Hayes Theatre, according to Broadway.com.
Green Bay Packers receiver Randall Cobb, retired running back Ahman Green and possibly other NFL players will play the same part that Bell is playing in other Broadway performances next week of the popular show.
Bell has emerged as a versatile complement to Reggie Bush in the Lions' backfield despite not getting drafted coming out of Wayne State University in Detroit in 2010.


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News From The Workbench
I am happy to announce the completion of the newly developed integral peg box and using gold leaf as a surface treatment. Now I am ready to begin shaping and veneering the neck, and fitting the tuning pegs. You can find out more about these features here.
NYC Presentation scheduled for October 2014
I am currently preparing to present some of my work and research at the Centre for Transformative Media, at Parsons the New School for Design in New York. The presentation is scheduled for late October. The exact date and time will be published here as soon as they are made public.
My presentation is planned to revolve around my "radikal" and 3D-CT research work. Lately, I have been working on a complete overhaul of my Fusion Guitar; and despite much experimentation and many exciting modifications I have only very few pictures to post here at this point. Once the new neck is nearing completion, I will definitely post some pictures here. The same goes for the new top and membrane revisions. For the current status please check out the Rebuild 2.0.


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English beach
English and Beach are two words that do not match in my head, up until today. It is actually possible, to have a nice time at the beach... in England! Crazy right? I even got a little glow from all this sun! I had such a relaxing day, it actually just hit me that summer is just around the corner! We grabbed lunch from M&S and took a mini road trip to this lovely beach. It was just us and the seagulls. One in particular was overly friendly in my opinion, trying to steal our Pringles. I just need to mention that we did NOT swim. I mean we're in England after all, you can't have it all! We are definitely doing this again very soon, the weather forecast says the sun is here to stay until the end of the week!
Ps: I know I'm extremely late with this, but I started reading the Hunger Games!! I am hooked already, only read 3 chapters! All I want to do is snuggle up in bed with my book... but I have some end of exams party to attend. I know, the hard life.


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Some days back, Katherine Center, a writer friend, sent me the link to a book trailer she had created for her new novel, Everyone is Beautiful: http://katherinecenter.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/the-awesomest-thing-ever-ever-ever/, and of course, when I saw it, I wanted one, too--for both Palace of Illusions and for my new children's fantasy novel, to be born in a week: Shadowland.
I wanted to find out what's involved, time, effort and money wise, and so I (what else!) googled the term and came up with all kinds of contradictory advice! Some say book trailers are amazing and attract readers like flies to sticky tape. Others say no one watches them except other writers who are planning to make their own book trailers.
In case you're an author considering making your own book trailer,
here's a good link: http://brendacoulter.blogspot.com/2007/06/promoting-your-novel-how-to-make-book.html
And if, like me, you are short on time and technological talent, here are two companies that I found that make book trailers for a good price:
http://www.cosproductions.com/ (starts at $300)
http://booktrailers.ning.com/profile/GhostwriterExtraordinaire (starts at $150)
Some of the trailers are for books that appear more commercial than literary, but I think if an author requested a more serious treatment, the companies could provide it.
So I wanted to ask you, dear readers: what are your experiences with book trailers? Have you watched any? Did they inspire you to find out more about the book? Do you think they are the up and coming thing for book promotion? Should I go for it?
I'd love to hear your opinion.If you've come across any good book trailers, I'd love to know of them.
Here are 2 book trailers I found on Youtube that I was intrigued by. The second one, particularly, created an atmosphere that I enjoyed.The third is of another writer friend, Abraham Verghese's wonderful new book, Cutting for Stone.


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I discovered this video clip through Rob and Laura, friends we met in Puglia. They're from Holland so are familiar with Riccardo Chailly who was the chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. I had the privilege of working with Chailly for two weeks when I was nineteen, and then for a month when I was twenty-one, in a festival in Montepuliciano, in Tuscany. He was the most inspiring conductor I ever experienced, and at that stage he was in his early to mid twenties.
In the clip, as Pires realises that she's prepared the wrong Mozart concerto, the two have a conversation over the music. Two things strike me. Firstly, Chailly's 'non-anxious presence'. This scenario could be absolutely disastrous, artistically and professionally, but he continues as if there's nothing wrong and importantly inspires confidence in Pires that 'I'm sure you'll do that - you know it too well!'. And second, that despite Pires' obvious anxious presence, when she makes her entry it's heartbreakingly beautiful and perfect. She is the consummate professional, not allowing the anxiety to drown her and drawing on her vast reservoir of skill, experience, and preternatural talent. Enjoy!
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oops! - Chailly and Pires
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This scene is at the same touching and impressive, ultimate professionalism but above all a worldclass demonstration of leadership by inspiring confidence. you will have noted that Chailly takes absolutely no credit for his role in this rebirth and leaves all the credit to the piano. unforgettable. firstname.lastname@example.com;
- 1 January 2012 at 13:15
- Geoff Colmer said...
Thank you for your appreciative and perceptive comments on this gem of a video clip. I received for Christmas Chailly's Beethoven Symphonies - wonderful!
- 1 January 2012 at 13:25
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Hearing On Assessing Veterans' Charities -- Part II"
"Hearing to Examine Mortgage CEO Severance Packages"
"Investigation Into EPA's Denial Of State Greenhouse Gas Regulations Advances"
My friends, the preceding agenda is why members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform spent the day talking to George Mitchell, Bud Selig and Don Fehr about performance-enhancing drugs. Talking about sports is fun. Talking about sports is different. Much different from their usual agenda, which you can see from above.
But today was a waste of time. Why?
Because this committee should be spending their days doing the boring -- frankly, more important--stuff. Not only is it good for them to explore recent topics like "Pakistani Elections: Will They Be Free and Fair or Fundamentally Flawed?" and "Will Increased Postal Rates Put Mailers Out Of Business?" but I'm sure they can do a better job talking about these topics.
I'm at least relieved by the fact that most of the representatives did very little background work for today. Judging from the questions of most, not only did they fail to read most of the Mitchell Report, but they also appear not to have been briefed by their aides. How do you possibly read the report and still ask the question, "How would characterize how much the players cooperated here?"
And while we're at it:
It's pronounced "See-leg," not "Sell-Iig"
It's pronounced "Fear," not "Fer."
It's pronounced "Say-Gee," not "See-Gee"
It's pronounced "Tay-hada," not "Ta-Heda"
I'll admit, it's going to be fun watching the players -- especially Roger Clemens -- deal with Congress next month. But given the fact that fans have voted with their wallets and they clearly don't care (see a record 79.5 million fans this year attending games), I really know that this committee should get back to topics like "Assessing the state of Iraqi corruption" and "FEMA preparedness in 2007 and beyond."
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In the News:
- People to Watch in 2018: Julie Wollman, Widener University – Philadelphia Business Journal (12/20 – Widener president Julie Wollman is named one of the "People to Watch" in 2018 for her innovative leadership pointing to the Common Ground initiative as an example)
- Delicate Balancing Act – Delaware Lawyer (12/20 – Delaware Law professor Alan Garfield authors a feature article beginning on page 12 that discusses the delicate balance of copyright laws)
- Myers Receives Leadership Certificate – Town Lively (12/20 – This article features Savannah Myers, Widener undergraduate and nursing major, as one of 49 students who recently received a leadership certificate from the Oskin Leadership Institute. Recipients of the leadership awards are also mentioned in NewsEdge.)
Alumni News:
- Editorial: He put the 'just' in Delco justice – Delaware County Daily Times (12/21 – An editorial piece featured in today's print edition recaps the career of Delaware Law School graduate Peter P. Tozer, a Magisterial District Judge who is retiring this month)
- Judge Walsh calls stint on Montgomery County bench 'amazing' – The Reporter (12/20 – Story features Widener School of Law graduate Joseph P. Walsh, a Montgomery County Judge who will step down from the bench next month and return to private practice)
- Testa joins Gunnip & Company – Hockessin Community News (12/20 – Widener School of Law graduate Anthony J. Testa Jr. joins the Wilmington based law firm)
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The reality is, for many athletes, the peak performance era in competitive sports is sometimes ended sooner than expected. Whether that be a career-ending injury, repeat injuries that eventually make a comeback next to impossible, a new medical diagnosis, or a series of concussions that threaten to impact long-term brain health, being forced out of a competitive sport due to medical reasons can be devastating. More than "losing your sport" at this point, you may feel like you've also been stripped of your identity. Somehow, you need to make a mental shift and create a new identity. Granted, this can be extremely difficult and can take years. However, there are many ways to make this transition easier. One specific way is to retain your physicality.Read More
Insightful articles for helping permanently-sidelined athletes find a meaningful way forward.
Sometimes difficult transitions can make treating yourself kindly even more challenging. Evaluating emotional responses and internal dialogues while proceeding to implement change can be a tiresome task, as discussed in our previous articles here and here. Despite its potential difficulty, the exercise of evaluating internal dialogues can impact powerful change. Once you have learned to "mind your mind" and create more healthy internal dialogues, you are ready to start rebuilding what was lost.Read More
Being forced to retire from competing in a sport that you love is objectively heartbreaking. You're allowed (even encouraged) to let yourself feel every negative emotion that comes with grieving the loss of a really important aspect of your life and identity. What remains important throughout this process though, is that you treat yourself with kindness and patience. You owe it to yourself to alter any internal-dialogues which threaten to convince you that these circumstances are more disastrous than you are strong.
As we begin to analyze our internal dialogues, we should be wary of unhelpful thought patterns that have manifested themselves so deeply that they impact our entire perception of the world, our experiences, and ourselves. These thoughts are not reality-based and overtime they are reinforced, resulting in biases, irrational thoughts, and groundless beliefs.Read More
When we witness the likes of LeBron James compete at highest level of play, when we watch in awe at the power behind one of Serena Williams' serves, or when we behold the command of Clayton Kershaw's fastball: what factors do we immediately contribute their success to?
As fans (or haters) we can speculate advantages or debate statistics, but few would dare to argue that these dominating athletes have not worked tirelessly to achieve success. What is less often considered, is the work these athletes have done within the confines of their own mind. As anyone who has competed in any arena can attest to; change, improvement, and success take hard work. If we were able to work as hard on our minds as we do in our work, sports, and relationships, we would see big change in many facets of life.Read More


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Nowadays, you can see stargazer lily tattoos that are commonly embedded on women's arms, lower backs, feet, necks and shoulder blades. You can also find these tat designs in creating bracelet and ankle. There are also women who have decided to ink stargazer tats on their rib cage. For your awareness, these tattoos symbolize western divinity.
This flower's bloom is inspirational because there will be flowers and blossoms all over the whole area. The blooming moments may symbolize "new hope" or the human spirit's opening to the divine's wish.
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Meanings of Stargazer Lily Tattoos
Symbol of Sexuality
Lilies that are created in the form of body art have been common during 1580 BC. Different cultures around the world have their meanings associated to stargazer lilies. In ancient Greece, lilies, as well as rose flower, were considered as the symbol of sexuality. They were used to determine the gender of a baby inside a mother's womb whether a boy or a girl.
Virtue and Chastity
In the case of white lilies tattoos, they are known to signify virtue and chastity. In fact, some images of Mother Mary with a lily in hand were designed and minted in some ancient coins which were treated as an emblem of Mother Mary's purity. Because of their connection with Mother Mary, the flower of lilies became very relevant to Easter.
Do you know that the white lily represents cleanliness of thought and actions as well as absolute innocence? Based on the ancient Egyptian culture, the image of a lily flower represented fertility.
Lucky Charm
On the other hand, this flower was considered as a lucky charm in China. Moreover, it signifies prosperity and abundance according to the Chinese FengShui, the ancient art of harmonizing the environment.
While pink lily tattoos are marks of incredible wealth and good luck, the white-colored stargazer lily signifies purity and peace. For many people, they consider this image as a representation of youthful innocence. For other tat enthusiasts, it is known for purity and majesty for being closely linked with Mother Mary.
Aside from being associated with resurrection, they also symbolize erotic love, procreation, and fertility. Some female tat lovers want to have these kinds of tats because they are significant marks of a feminine deity. However, in the passage of time, the real meanings of these popular tats have been changed a lot.
Tattooing Ideas
- In the modern world, the absolute significance of stargazer lily flower pertains to women's sensuality. Usually, stargazer lily tats are created with simple, colorful designs. On the other hand, some people have applied their creativity and were able to come-up with interesting patterns that are not colorful. A good example of these is the image flowers that are woven together with the aim of forming a Celtic heart or knot.
- With the use of these flowers, you can create a simple work of scroll pattern that is unique and attractive. You can also draw a bunch of flowers with colors white, gray or black. You can accomplish great things with these tats depending on your creativity as well as that of your tat artist. Both of you will decide on the outcome of your stargazer lily design to make them perfect.
- To portray a lily in colors that are lifelike, the tattoo artist has to be professional enough and skillful in using colors. The mixture of inks alongside comparing colors in lighter and intense colors could be used to bring out the great thing about the lily.
- To provide an enchanting hint to the tattoo, try to make it shaded in pink. The romance feel is what the pink stargazer lilies are connected with. You could also get a matching stargazer lily tattoos inked to depict the bond of love involving you and your loved one. It is also possible to join along with other layouts and this lovely flower together to make your design more unique and creative.
Best Tattoo Placements
There are several perfect stargazer lily tattoo placements; it ranges from the arms as well as the feet to the shoulder along with the tummy region.
- Shoulder blade
- Lower back
- Neck
- Arm
- Hip
- Stomach
- Feet
- Ankle
- Hip
Due to the feminine feels in nature for such flower tattoo, The sensual body parts are the best tattoo placement for this kind of sexy, yet lovely stargazer tattoo designs.


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Carrie Fisher's late Star Wars arrival
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'Star Wars' veterans Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill led the famous faces at the world premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'
Carrie Fisher was late to the premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' on Monday night (14.12.15).
The 59-year-old actress reprises her role as Leia in the upcoming latest installment of the world famous movie franchise.
But the high security at the world premiere in Los Angeles caused Carrie to make a late arrival onto the red carpet at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
The Hollywood veteran kept fans updated about her progress on her social network pages.
Posting a picture from her vehicle, Carrie wrote on Twitter: "We probably'll be stuck in traffic thru first hour of film..bomb dogs currently sniffing the car-almost there (sic)."
Carrie eventually made it to the event, and walked the red carpet alongside her daughter Billie Lourd.
She had earlier shared a picture of herself and Billie getting ready for the event in their dressing gowns, writing: "Check out pre premiere Robe Warriors!"
Carrie was joined at the world premiere by Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill, who starred with her in the original films.
The trio showed red carpet newbies Daisy Ridley and John Boyega just how to do it as they strutted their stuff in front of the world's media.
Security was tight at the premiere as bosses battled to keep details of the film under wraps.
Journalists and guests had to hand their mobile phones in before entering the three different screens at which the movie was screened.
However, reviews for the film quickly began trickling onto the internet after the premiere.
Initial responses appear to be positive, with actress Geena Davis leading the way with a very vocal reaction to the movie.
Sititng in the second row at the screening, Geena whooped at the end of the film, telling the rest of the audience: "I loved everything about it!"


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I am pleased to announce the official launch and book signing of Physicians' Untold Stories will be hosted by Northwestern Medicine at Central DuPage Hospital on September 22, 2016. The open house will take place between 3:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. in conference rooms 1 and 2 just off the main entrance facing Winfield Road. Awards and the introduction of the physician contributors will take place at 6:30 pm.
All proceeds from the launch will be donated to the Pediatric Family Assistance Fund at CDH and Delnor Hospital. This fund will help so many of our pediatric families during their greatest time of need including those staying at the Ronald McDonald House near CDH.
Come meet Dr. Kolbaba's family and many of the doctor contributors at this special celebration. Refreshments will be available and there will be drawings for free signed books.


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First of all thank you to EVERYONE who linked up with us at our first ever linky party. Our goal was to hit 50!! We hit 64.. What an awesome FIRST LINKY party!! Thank you so much. Be on the lookout for our feature blog coming soon! We had soo many awesome ideas linked up, it is going to be tough!!
We have been having SO much fun doing Valentine Day activities and crafts!
The kids in my daycare are getting into a routine now and it is just fantastic. I love my life! I love watching these kids learn and grow. They love to sing, dance, and do arts and crafts. I want to share a few of the activities and crafts that we have been doing in daycare.
Below you see our Valentine Sensory Bottle. They had a ton of fun making a huge mess getting this organized. I gave each kid an empty bottle of baby food that had been washed and dried. Of course I let them play with the bottle for a little bit while I prepped the rest of the supplies.
It is so fun to watch what they do!
I gave them a handful of the conversational hearts and they began putting them in the bottle.
After they had some of the hearts in the bottle they began getting some of our colored rice to put in it. Most kids used their hands.... but my little guy wanted a 'fwork'... :) Needless to say, he ended up using his hands and making a huge mess! I love it.
We also did some blotch painting. I let them paint their hearts as they wanted. They are so cute and it was so fun. After they finished we folded the hearts in half and made blots on each side. It is really cool how blotting them makes them look so cool. The kids loved it.
Of course we had to use our homemade glitter. The kids love to use glue and put it down... and loove using our bottles to put the glitter down. They spent about 20 minutes doing this. It was so cute watching them .. just a little less fun cleaning up their mess! :)
This might be my favorite. We have been studying hearts so I made a color pallet matching game using hearts. It was interesting to watch the kids. One knew exactly what she was doing. Two halfway understood, and one did not have a clue. We are using these again tomorrow.
While I was cleaning up their mess from the sensory bottles I told them all to sit down and shake their bottles. It was so cute seeing all of them lined up against my couch, shaking, shaking shaking. The love their sensory bottles.
We also just did free art on hearts. I gave them kids lots of art supplies and they went to town. I had hoped to have the kids put the yarn through the holes. That was a bit too challenging for them. The rest of their art is completely on their own.
I looooove seeing what everyone has to offer for daycares. It is even more fun when it is a holiday theme. I love themes. I can't wait for tomorrow because we have more fun things planned... including making M&M Cookies!
Happy Friday!
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Young Diplomats of Canada (YDC) is proud to announce that Donovan Taplin, a YDC alumnus and 2016 Youth 7 (Y7) delegate, has been invited to join the inaugural group of young Canadian leaders comprising the Prime Minister's Youth Council. Aiming to leverage the diverse perspectives and skillsets of young Canadians, the Council will directly advise the Prime Minister on a range of issues from climate change to unemployment.
Donovan Taplin indicated that representing the Young Diplomats of Canada at the Y7 Summit in Japan catalyzed his capacity as an effective change agent and helped him develop a competitive application for the Council. He adds: "The stories of my experience with YDC were fundamental to my success in applying to the Prime Minister's Youth Council. As a youth adviser to Prime Minister Trudeau, I hope to embody many of YDC's values: cooperation, collaboration, and continued investment in Canada's greatest renewable resource - it's young people!"
YDC welcomes the emergence of new means for Canadian youth to better engage decision-makers and looks forward to coordinating with Prime Minister's Youth Council in the years ahead.
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Live music, craft beer, growler fills and good times
We offer free live music at least once a week. On Wednesday evenings, we welcome an open bluegrass jam wich has a loyal following week after week. Thursday nights from 7 to 9 (and sometimes beyond) we host a wide variety of professional musicians from around town and around the country. The music we book reaches a common ground in style so that everyone can come together and be a part of the community that is Waltz Brewing.
Growler fills (32oz and 64oz) are available for all Waltz beers and for most of our guest taps. Prices vary $13 and up.
We do not have food service here at the taproom, but patrons and guests are always welcome to bring any food in with them. We are happy to provide a list of local restaurants and phone numbers with takeout and delivery options in the area.
Our annual food drive is every December with multiple artists and bands participating, including a silent auction for the original framed event poster. We take monetary and canned food donations, all of which goes to the Washington County Food Bank. Last year we raised over $1,400 dollars and two full 55-gallon drums of canned food!


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Stream Watchu Mean , the newest drop from Turk which features Louisiana Cash. The cut was released on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013. Turk continues to impress with each new leak, and Watchu Mean is no exception. It's strengthens Turk's already impressive body of work, which has seen positive change over the years. We're most definitely anticipating Turk's next offering.
Hear more of Turk on Intro. If you're down, make sure to visit Turk's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Follow Turk on Twitter, if you aren't already.
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Punk rocker Joe Keithley to run in Burnaby election race
VICTORIA — The race to represent Burnaby-Lougheed in the legislature is getting another high-profile entertainment personality, as the B.C. Greens have named punk rocker Joe Keithley as their candidate for the May provincial election.
Keithley, whose on-stage antics as frontman for well-known band D.O.A. earned him the nickname Joey Shithead, will fight for votes against the comparatively strait-laced and affable former Global B.C. TV host Steve Darling, who is representing the BC Liberals.
Burnaby school trustee Katrina Chen is running for the NDP.
"It's my community," said Keithley. "I know the area really well. Steve may have worked at the (Global BC) studio in Burnaby, but you know what, I grew up here."
Keithley said he's been a community activist and business owner of his own record label for more than 20 years. He ran for the B.C. Greens in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain byelection earlier this year, and tried unsuccessfully to secure the NDP's nomination in the 2013 election.
Darling also appears to have a sizeable fan base from his time on television, before he was laid off by Global during restructuring last month. Darling doesn't live in the riding but worked there for 18 years at Global's studio.
Premier Christy Clark is looking to tap into Darling's high profile and mellow disposition to appeal to voters. Keithley is bringing an edge to the role, saying most voters consider politicians full of "a lot of B.S." and that one of his top priorities would be to use every tool possible to fight against the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline through the riding.
"I think we have a pretty decent chance and I'm going to work my ass off," he said.
Burnaby-Lougheed is a considered a potential swing riding. The Liberals held it in 2009 under Harry Bloy, but the NDP's Jane Shin took the riding by 743 votes in 2013.
Chen is hoping to hold the riding for the New Democrats. In addition to being a Burnaby school trustee, the Taiwan-born Chen has served as an assistant to NDP MP Peter Julian and NDP MLA Raj Chouhan.
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Thank you for visiting Calvary Missionary Baptist Church's website! We hope that your experience on our site is helpful as you seek to discover more about our Church.
There are many churches to choose from in our area, but we contend that Calvary is a special and unique assembly of believers. Our uniqueness can be seen in things like our uncompromising commitment to God's Word, our traditional worship, and our deep desire to be faithful to the Great Commission.
Overarchingly, we believe and seek to live by the scriptural truth that "the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." We believe that the way this is accomplished is through making much of Jesus, His Son. Therefore, we seek to be Christ-centered in our worship, preaching and teaching of the Word, community, prayer, missions, discipleship, serving, and in every other way that we function.
Our Vision Statement is as follows: "Calvary Missionary Baptist Church for Christ- His Glory, His Word, His Body, and His Mission!"
Though we are imperfect, like every church, we are seeking to be a church that is faithful to Christ in all that we do. We are seeking to keep His command to make disciples of all nations, starting right here in Henderson, KY.
We would love for you to visit us if you haven't already. It is our hope that you will find Calvary to be a place to make your church home. We pray for you as you consider this possibility.


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1. Polly and Her Pals - IDW will be publishing Polly and Her Pals: The Complete Sundays, 1925-1927 in a massive $75 hardcover through their excellent Library of American Comics imprint. The classic strip by Cliff Sterrett will be in stores August 2010.
2. The Comics Journal restructures - The Comics Journal is changing their publishing up a bit to make it as vital as it's been in the past, which is difficult for a magazine with the internet around. So, after the next issue, the magazine will only be published twice a year in print form (but extra big), and will now have a much heavier on-line presence.
3. Astro Boy in theaters - The CGI animated film of Astro Boy has hit theaters (with less than stellar box office receipts), prompting plenty of kids to come into my store, excited to see books based on the character. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm looking forward to it despite some mixed reviews.
4. Daybreakers theatrical trailer - Daybreakers is a film that takes place in a world where the majority of the people populating it are vampires, with few humans left that are hunted and harvested for their blood. It stars Ethan Hawke, Willen Dafoe and Sam Neill, and you can watch the trailer here.
5. Ponyo on DVD - Hayao Miyazaki's latest animation masterpiece, Ponyo, has a DVD release date of March 2nd, and will be available in a limited edition two-disc set that comes with an adorable Ponyo plush! Ham!!!


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18 May Kickstart Monday: Village Initiative Tackles Student Loans Through Crowdfunding
The Village Initiative is an early-stage startup that will be a community-based crowdfunding platform which allows individuals to become members, tell their stories behind their student loan debt, and allow their own "villages" or network, contribute to their campaign.
Co-founders Jason Hilliard and Randon Knighten are alumni of University of North Texas and secured student loans to finance their education so the creation of The Village Initiative is very personal. The goal is to build an online community of individuals that have the commonality of student loan debt. The founders are looking to raise funds via crowdfunding through Indiegogo to assist with various costs associated with creating The Village Initiative.
With student loan debt currently at $1.2 trillion dollars—outpacing credit card debt for millennials, one of the main goals of The Village Initiative is to positively affect the economy by helping individuals to decrease or eliminate their student loan debt. Co-Founder Jason Hilliard states, "As we gain traction and grow, The Village Initiative will hold a monthly drawing where a random member will receive $5,000 towards the balance of their student loan."
The Village Initiative is targeting the over 30 million individuals that currently have student loans and also has their sights on creating educational software aimed at colleges, school districts, parents, and students that will guide them through the financial aid process and educate them on other aspects of college and career options.


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If you're interested in Top Programming Languages in 2020. Check this Article.
I still remember that day back in 2013 when I decided to learn programming and that was one of the best decision I took in my life. But before start learning, I asked myself.
What Programming language should I learn first?
As we advance to 2019, it's a good time to reflect on our top learning priorities for 2019. Before start talking about Programming Languages let me clarify:
- I'm not arguing that any language is objectively better than any other.
- I agree that developers should eventually learn more than one language.
Let's dive right in with the first Programming Language:
1. Python
Python has been a growing programming language and it shows no signs of disappearing. You'll find it in web applications, desktop apps, network servers, machine learning, media tools and more.
You might find Python useful for back-end services and API's, if you're in security or Site Reliability Engineering. Python-based web development framework like
Pyramid and
Turbo Gear have found more and more popularity.
In the end, it's a good choice for beginner developers to learn
Python, as it's high-level and easy to read and comprehend language.
Python stats according to PYPL site. There's a great aricle on courses for ethical hackers for programming language. Go and check it out.
2. JavaScript
JavaScript is the most popular language according to Stack OverFlow. More than half of all developers use
JavaScript. It's vital to front-end development and increasingly relevant to back-end development. And it's rapidly expanding into areas like game development and the (IOT) Internet of things.
JavaScript stats according to Stack OverFlow survey for 2018.
JavaScript allows you to build interactive websites, and it's truly an essential web tool technology alongside
HTML and
CSS, and because most browsers in some way implement
JavaScript. It's crucial for getting into web-development and learning this language but it's generally easier to pick and do something tangible with, in part because of all accessible UI.
3. Rust
If you haven't heard Rust before, it's a new system-level programming language that is changing the way we think about programming.
Rust came in first place in the 2018 Stack OverFlow Developer survey for developer most loved and wanted language.
Rust language originally developed by Mozilla Foundation and it operates as a low-level language, suited for performance critical code.
Rust is created with the purpose of avoiding the dangling pointers, buffer overflows or any other kind of memory errors.
For a beginner,
Rust might be a bit of a struggle to pick up as it insists on various rules to achieve memory safety. However, experienced developers love it, and it's quite possible that in the next few years
Rust will be in very high demand.
4. Go
Go is a minimal language like
Python. Since it is developed by Google, who are also
Python lovers, they came up a language which is simple to write like
Python but more efficient like
Go provides better features to write concurrent programs. In the era when multi-core apps are being written,
Go addresses the need quite well and also there's built-in support of concurrency in it.
Combining the best aspects of functional and object-oriented programming, as well as featuring a valuable set of inbuilt development tools. Some good and famous projects are using it, for instance, kubernetes and Ethereum Cryptozoic Project are based on
5. Swift
If you want to get into IOS mobile development, you should definitely consider Swift as a high-paid career path.
Swift is a relatively new programming language released in 2014. It's Apple's new language options for programming native IOS and Mac-OS applications. Native apps have been found to outperform hybrid apps, and Sprite-Kit makes it even easier to build 2D games. It is considered an improvement in terms of usability and performance compared to Objective-C.
Swift is a statically typed language means that XCode checks your error for you, so your errors are easier to track down, and further, it operates faster. By the way, XCode is the editor for the
Swift language.
6. Kotlin
Kotlin is the second most loved and wanted a programming language in 2018 Stack OverFlow survey.
Kotlin language is originally developed by JetBrains. It is fully inter-operable with
Java and comes with no limitations. It can be used almost everywhere
Java is used today: for server-side development, Android Apps, and much more.
Android developer has also been using
Kotlin language from some time and loved the most. In 2017 Google announced that,
Kotlin is now the official language for Android development.
Kotlin works great with all existing
Java libraries and frameworks and runs with same level of performance as with
C++ is a highly efficient and flexible language, first created back in 1985. It has remained in high demand due to high performance, reliability, and variety of contexts you can use it in. Microsoft Windows and Google Chrome are the two of the most well-known projects created with
C++, and indeed most of Amazon's website are written in
A career with
C++ involves developing desktop applications, especially performance-intensive tasks. You'll find
C++ in a wide range of applications– from GUI application to 3D graphics for a game to real-time mathematical solutions.
8. TypeScript
TypeScript is a programming language designed for large-scale
JavaScript application development. In 2018
TypeScript capture the imagination of wider developer community. This language is not just for a front-end developer, it is now used to power back-ends, create hybrid mobile applications, architect cloud solutions, design neural networks and even control robots.
It's no surprise that
TypeScript is now fundamental to core
JavaScript frameworks – even Google decided to use it in Angular.
9. Java
Java is arguably the most popular programming language you've ever heard. It is a language created by mighty James Gosling from Sun MicroSystems in 1991. There's a great saying "write once run everywhere" capture one of the keys that make
Java so valuable. It's powerful JVM (Java Virtual Machine) which makes it cross-platform compatible.
There are so many Gurus and Pandits saying that the
Java will be forgotten after the
Kotlin language introduced. Java has died and resurrected more times than we can count and it is still right here. According to the latest 2018 Stack OverFlow survey
Java is still on number fifth in Programming & Markup Languages section.
F# is originally developed by F# Software Foundation. There was a time nothing much happening in Web regarding of
F# but according to the latest survey,
F# ranks in highest salary comparative to other programming languages.
F# is most often used as a crossed-platform Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) language, but it can also generate
JavaScript and GPU code. The following shows the
F# salary comparison:
That concludes the list of top ten programming languages you should consider learning in 2019. If you like what you read, share your knowledge with the community.
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Popular American blogger and TV personality Perez Hilton has found a new object for his love: Swedish Tove Lo.
In a recent blog post, he calls Tove Los song Habits (Stay High): Pure pop bliss!!!!!, super melodic, and refers to the production as fresh as Downy. This Swede's breakout song is about drugs, but it's secretly about love. And it's not so secretly insanely addictive!
Born Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson in 1987, Tove Lo is a Swedish indie pop and indie rock singer, songwriter, and musician, living in Stockholm. She released her debut EP album Truth Serum just last month, in March. She has also written songs for a number of artists including notably the Swedish duo Icona Pop. Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High) on youtube