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2018 Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
Award Winners
—The Very Very Competitive LKSR ACE Champion—
Silver Streak
—ACE Awards—
Silver Streak
Cosmic Cruiser
Where's Waldo
Oh! Snap!
The Lottery
—The Very Competitive Non-Competitive Award of Mediocrity–(Highest award for non-ACE teams)
Lobster Roll
—The Peoples' Choice Award—
Jungle Bike
—The Twisted Sprocket Award—
(Best mud pit performance)
The Lottery
—The Next to Last Award—
Where's Waldo
—The Golden Dinosaur Award—
(The first to breakdown or the most epic breakdown)
Neptune's Whip
—Best Pit Crew—
Squirtle Squad
—Best Costume—
Cosmic Cruiser
—Pilot's Choice Award—
Silver Streak
—Golden Flipper Award—
(Best water performance or the most memorable)
Rolly Polly Fishheads
-The Art Award—
Kerouac Attack Pack
—The Engineering Award—
Oh! Snap!
—The Speed Award—
Jungle Bike
—The Best Bribes Award—
Where's Waldo
—The Mad Marshals Award—
UMass Lowell Rowdy River Rovers
A very special thank you goes to Kim Little, Jay Hungate, Carl Henderson, and Rick Stec for helping to make some of our fabulous awards.
About the Awards
The Very Very Competitive Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race Champion
The Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race Champion must ACE the course. The award is determined by Mysterious Mathematical Means which include a point scoring system based on artistic merit, engineering prowess, and blinding speed of the KS. The KS with the highest average score in art, engineering, and speed is the LKSR Champion. In the case that the LKSR Champion has the highest score in any of the three categories of art, engineering, or speed, then the lesser art, engineering, or speed prize is forfeited in favor of the BIG ONE, to share the Glory, and not hog all the biggest prizes!
The ACE Award
The ACE Award is the most prestigious individual honor a racer or team can garner. This prize is a special hand-made medal (think Congressional Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, and Einstein Genius Knights of the Round Table Award). Many of the machines and pilots that race in other parts of the world do so, only for this award and eschew any other glory or honors. A pilot who obtains this medal has conquered not only a race course, but his machine, and himself. When an ACE pilot enters a room, all must stand to give honor to his or her status and must be addressed as "Most Visionary Professor."
The Very Competitive Non-Competitive Award of Mediocrity
Awarded to the KS finishing in the middle. That is the team that has the best overall points in three categories of a very secret scoring scheme (just a hint-engineering, art, speed).
The Peoples' Choice Award
Voted on by your adoring fans, one of our highest and most coveted awards.
The Twisted Sprocket Award
This award goes to the team with the most epic, jaw dropping mud experience. This Award is being made by the incomparable Jay Hungate of Hungate Studios, a seasoned veteran of the mud pit mayhem.
The Next To Last Award
Awarded to the Sculpture and Pilot finishing, well, next to last. That way the end of the race can get pretty exciting.
Worst Honorable Mention
Lowest Award known to Humankind. This is given to the Sculpture whose half-baked theoretical "engineering" did not deter its Pilots from the challenge of the race.
The Golden Dinosaur Award
Awarded to either the first Sculpture to "breakdown" or the "most memorable breakdown."
Best Pit Crew
Awarded and judged by various Officials, and has no real criteria (which reflects the wisdom of Pilots in choosing a pit crew, or conversely, the wisdom of some Pilots' "friends" in volunteering to be the pit crew.)
Best Costume
Awarded by the The Fashion Police who keep the criteria a closely closeted secret.
Pilots' Choice Award
Awarded to the Pilot receiving the most votes from his/her fellow Pilots.
Golden Flipper Award
Awarded to the Sculpture with the most interesting water entry.
The Art Award
Awarded by the Art Judges. Category includes consideration of color, costumes, two and three dimensional "artistic designs," kinetic motion, humor, theatrical appeal, and mass crowd- and media glory-seeking.
The Engineering Award
Awarded by the Engineering Judges. Category includes consideration of ingenious conquering of course obstacles through Sculpture design as well as any ingenious facet of the design that functions in a truly unique or Glorious Manner.
The Speed Award
Awarded to the Sculpture and Pilot with the fastest elapsed course time after any time-penalty infractions have been added.
The Best Bribes Award
Need we say more? Homemade treats, art or some other giveaway that brings delight to spectators and officials alike will garner this award.
Mad Marshals' Award
They keep an eye on those hooligan racers throughout the day while spreading smiles and good fortune to all of our spectators. Now they have an award, so teams be nice and make sure to bribe them (wink wink, nudge nudge).


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18 September 2012
Cathy Wield, medic and author
Cathy Wield is a retired medic and author. This year, she participated in the multimedia campaign to draw attention to World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th. Cathy married midway through her training at St George's Medical School and had their first baby during her final year. Following eight years bringing up their four children she swapped roles and started work as a medic.
Cathy loves writing and her passion is to bring mental illness out into the open, from behind closed doors.
As a child what did you want to be when you grew up?
I have always wanted to be a doctor!
How did you end up in healthcare?
Initially I thought I would become a GP, but then an opening came up for me to train part-time in Accident & Emergency and that's what I started to do. I loved my job as doctor, just as I loved my job as mother and wife.
Why did you choose to become a staff grade psychiatrist?
My husband Phil was made redundant and was looking for work around our home town of Southampton, but to no avail. We both heard God whisper to us, Scotland, and this was confirmed in a number of ways. Phil successfully applied for a job in Aberdeen and I could join him as I was working part-time as a specialist registrar in emergency medicine (A&E). I was struggling however with my shift pattern when I saw the advert for a staff grade in psychiatry, and felt God was telling me to apply. I must admit I was still surprised when I got the job. I had spent time in hospital with depression and I wanted to 'give something back' and learn more about psychiatry, so this seemed perfect.
How has mental illness shaped your life?
When I was 34, working in A&E, I suddenly became seriously depressed and suicidal. I was admitted to hospital and then spent the next 7 years living a nightmare with this awful illness, sometimes at home, much of the time in hospital. As a 'mental patient' I found the way I was treated by society and even by some members of the hospital staff very belittling.
When I recovered I decided to speak out about my illness and fight against stigma. I had self-harmed, attempted suicide, been severely ill with a prognosis that I would die, yet had survived.
I wrote my first book Life after darkness when I was working back in A&E. I made mental health, self-harm and suicide my special interests and taught about them within the departments where I worked. I tried to spread the word that anyone suffering from mental distress deserved to be treated with respect and empathy rather than a punitive or dismissive attitude.
I wrote my second book A thorn in my mind to address the stigma that unfortunately still exists within the church, and now with my husband, a counsellor, run workshops on depression for churches and other organsisations.
What makes you happy?
My family and friends, particularly my husband and grown-up children and seeing my grandchildren. I am also really happy when I see stigma breaking down especially within the church.
I love good wine, food and fellowship and also being able to sit and read a good book!
What is the most important lesson you've learned so far in life?
To never give up. During my bouts of depression, everything is despair and darkness but in fact it has lifted despite my believing it never would. I need to keep going, never lose hope and always trust in God.
Has the national campaign raising awareness about suicide born fruit?
I do not have the statistics to be able to answer this question. The suicide rates for the UK remain relatively stable, with a slight downward trend. There are three times the number of suicides in men than women. However these deaths are potentially preventable and it is of paramount importance that we as a society tackle the stigma surrounding the subject. The church needs to lead the way rather than lag behind.
What biblical text or personality inspires your work?
Isaiah 61:1-4, as I wrote in the introduction to A thorn in my mind: This passage is utterly inspirational, fulfilled by the coming of Jesus (Luke 4:18–21) and a prophetic mandate to release those who are held captive by darkness in one form or another.
I have been broken-hearted, a captive, a prisoner to mental illness . I have mourned as one who has lost and I have grieved yet all the while being a Christian – one who is 'in Zion', but I have also been given a crown of beauty, the oil of gladness and a garment of praise. Even more exciting as the passage goes on, it says that those who have been released will become the new builders who will 'restore the places long devastated' and 'they will renew the ruined cities'. So I see the future for those who have long been held captive to mental illness as much as captive to anything else.
What's the best and worst thing about retirement?
The best thing is being able to choose what I can spend my time doing and the worst thing is missing A&E, with all the requirements for decision making, diagnosis and direct treatment of patients.
What's your hope for the NHS?
That it remains free at the point of care and that everyone who works in it will see that mental health is as important as physical health, so that it is prioritised in terms of resources not just in mental health services but all across the board.
Tell us a joke
How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Only one but the lightbulb has to want to change!

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Time and Again reflects upon human conditions and humanity. We imagine what our collective future will look like in a thousand years.
The multimedia production will include short film, interactive visual art, dance and original music / soundtrack (including recorded speaking voices from youths). The projects embraces humanities at its best and its worst, while drawing inspiration from youths today for a future that we want to preserve for them. We also want to inspire our audience to remember the resilience, innocence, faith and love that are innate to humanity.
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" We need to tend to the internalized oppression. We need to tend to all of the garbage that we've absorbed since the time we were born. We need to tend to our inner life and we need to bring in whether it's joy, love, connection and to feel full to do this. Otherwise, how can we be effective instruments?"
This conversation is one of my absolute favorites. As someone who is constantly looking for ways to cultivate more joy AND more social change, these two are fostering a community that fosters a space to breed just that in a FUN and INTENTIONAL way. And I can't wait to introduce you to this badass duo who are making waves.
Melanie C. Klein, M.A., is an empowerment coach, thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. She is also a successful writer, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women's Studies. Her areas of interest and specialty include media literacy education, body image, and the intersectional analysis of systems of power and privilege. She is the co-editor of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery + Loving Your Body (Llewellyn, 2014) with Anna Guest-Jelley, a contributor in 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics and Practice (Horton & Harvey, 2012), is featured in Conversations with Modern Yogis (Shroff, 2014), a featured writer in Llewellyn's Complete Book of Mindful Living (Llewellyn, 2016), co-editor of Yoga, the Body and Embodied Social Change: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis with Dr. Beth Berila and Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016) as well as the editor of the new anthology, Yoga Rising: 30 Empowering Stories from Yoga Renegades for Every Body. She co-founded the Yoga and Body Image Coalition in 2014. She has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1996 and currently lives in Santa Monica, CA.
Marc Cordon, MPH, is a positive psychology coach, professional speaker, and author of the book "Beyond Resilient: The Coach's Guide to Ecstatic Growth." He has received coaching accolades from the Institute for Professional and Excellence in Coaching including an Energy Leadership Index - Master Practitioner, Certified Professional Coach, and specialties in transitions, leadership, performance, and wellbeing. Before co-founding the Joy Revolution, Marc served as the Associate Directors of the Office of Health Promotion and the Office of Multicultural Programs & Services at Emory University where he developed programs and curriculum on social justice, positive psychology and community engagement. He also received a BS in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and a Masters in Public Health in Policy & Management. For over two decades, he has assisted countless people in self-development through speaking engagements, retreats, mini-courses, and 1-on-1 advising and mentoring.
Things we discuss in today's episode:
Shiny penny syndrome
The importance of practicing what we preach
Simple tangible ways of experiencing true joy
Hedonic happiness
What the Joy Revolution is all about
Using personal narrative as a form of empowerment
Legacy in today's day and age being all about our own agenda and far removed from true social movement
Fostering a collective for joy & change
Self care as an act of political warfare
Using social media for social good
Positive psychology, intersectional feminism, legacy and beyond
And…a shit ton of poop references…'cause would you expect anything BUT that?
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In March, the European Union afforded a wide range of protection for an adidas sneaker design, holding that the 2-stripe sneaker design created by Belgian footwear company, Shoe Branding Europe BVBA is confusingly similar to adidas' 3-stripe design. The European Court of Justice held that the difference between 2 and 3 stripes, and other minor design differences, were insufficient to affect the similarities between the two sneaker designs under European trademark law.
From adidas' point of view, the widespread association of its brand with striped sneaker designs may make this result seem like a no-brainer. But what if the number of stripes between plaintiff and defendant differed in a U.S. case? Would the case be more challenging, particularly if the overall look of the respective shoe designs are different? To determine whether the offending product infringes adidas' trademarks and product designs, a U.S. court would have to assess whether the stripes, in light of the overall product design, are likely to cause consumer confusion.
While stripes and other shapes may seem commonplace for fashion products, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has held multiple times that adidas' 3-stripe design is a famous trademark. Therefore, adidas likely enjoys a wider range of legal protection, particularly against sneaker designs bearing parallel stripes on the side of the product. Thus, a small difference between the number of stripes, whether it be 2 stripes, or even 4 stripes, may have little bearing on the infringement analysis, especially if the overall sneaker design looks similar to an adidas product.
In fact, in 2008, an Oregon jury found that U.S retailer Payless willfully infringed adidas' 3-stripe registered trademark and various adidas product designs, by selling sneakers bearing 2 and 4 stripes. According to adidas in its complaint, Payless' sneakers not only contained 2 or 4 parallel stripes on the sides of Payless' products, but many of Payless' sneakers looked very similar to certain adidas designs. The jury awarded adidas over $300 million in damages, later reduced to $65 million.
Like Payless, Shoe Branding's sneaker design arguably bears a similar shape and look to adidas' sneaker design. Therefore, it is entirely possible that a U.S. court would have reached the same decision as the European court did against Shoe Branding. And thus, it is worth noting that as adidas continues to file an increasing number of trademark-related lawsuits and garner victories, minor differences in the number of stripes are not enough to avoid consumer confusion.
NATASHA REED is a Counsel in Foley Hoag's Intellectual Property practice, resident in the firm's New York office. Her practice covers all aspects of trademark and copyright law with an emphasis on global protection for multinational businesses.


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Quickies: KDE Unrealness, Qt Bits, FreeBSD Packages
Joup notes that the KDE on FreeBSD team is busy
Evan Leibovitch points us to his Banks 'n' Browsers webpage. He surveys 300 banks in 30 countries but needs updates for KDE3. We also reported on this issue a while back.
Guillaume Laurent wrote in some time ago
On a Qt-related note, check out Guillaume's interesting article on Qt vs gtkmm. If you want to see Qt Unicode in action, Martin Gruner points us to BibleTime's awesome gallery. Finally, Mark Cox brings the
Fulgore wrote in to point out that the UnitedLinux
We failed to trumpet it at the time, but it seems that KDE has been awarded the prestigious title of "Open Source Project of the Year" and KDevelop was named "Best Development Tool" by Linux Format Magazine. Check out the scans: award1.jpg & award0.jpg. I dare say KDE3, too, has been extremely well received so far.
Finally, for something seriously cool, Oblom points out this screenshot of Unreal II which brings a glimpse of KDE
KDE FreeBSD packages.
Please don't take this is as destructive criticism, but....
whenever I've tried KDE FreeBSD packages, they have always required higher version numbers of everything than are in the ports or packages collection. Releasing KDE FreeBSD packages is cool and everything, but what's the point if we'll need to compile everything else manually to get it to work? Just a thought.
By Urugern at Mon, 2002/06/03 - 5:00am
Re: KDE FreeBSD packages.
Are you sure you are using the STABLE packages instead of the CURRENT packages? I know, it can be confusing...
By ac at Mon, 2002/06/03 - 5:00am
Re: KDE FreeBSD packages.
I'm not sure what you are talking about? With the kde 3 releases, packages for Every dependency were publicly available on ftp.kde.org.
By blashyrkh at Mon, 2002/06/03 - 5:00am
Re: KDE FreeBSD packages.
All the dependencies are also on mango.firepipe.net. If you follow the instructions, i.e. setenv PACKAGESITE to the right place, and then "pkg_add -r kde", all your dependencies would be updated along with all of KDE.
You don't need to compile *anything* manually, we use a currently cvsup'ed copy of the ports tree, the only thing newer in this set than you would normally have, is KDE itself.
By Lauri Watts at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Congratulations on your awards
By Per at Mon, 2002/06/03 - 5:00am
Unicode fonts
What is the recommended Unicode font for KDE? The BibleTime people have CODE2000 linked, but it's not free or Free. Any hints?
By wilco at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Unicode fonts
CODE2000 is free for download.
By ac at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Unicode fonts
Indeed, Code 2000 is freeware. The only other reasonably complete Unicode fonts are Arial Unicode MS (which is from MS and is only available as a Win32 self-installer, though you can copy it from an existing Win32 install over to Linux) and Bitstream Cyberbit (which is commercial, albeit free to download).
Fonts are a tough issue in free software. Good fonts cost money. Free fonts tend to be of very poor quality (often just bitmap fonts) or very incomplete from a Unicode perspective (though it's certainly not a requirement that Unicode fonts should contain the whole BMP like some of these attempt to do).
I think in the future, you will find BibleTime supporting different fonts for different modules so that, e.g., a Syriac module only needs a font with good Syriac support and a Tamil module only needs a font with Tamil codepoints. This should solve some of the problem since there are a number of good free fonts that cover smaller ranges at least.
By Chris Little at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Unicode fonts
Try http://www.ccss.de/slovo/unifonts.htm for a list of more or less free Unicode fonts.
By Martin Gruner at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Unreal 2 sshot
Are you sure it's kde? it looks more like gnome to me...and we can easily recognize wmaker and mc
By dob at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Unreal 2 sshot
There are two screens shown on this screenshot
By Bert at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Unreal 2 sshot
You have to remember it is a game. It definitly does have Kicker with the K button, but I think there may be elements of other GUIs as well.
A similar example would be in the (hilarious) movie Office Space the computer shots are mostly Mac, but at one point he quits to a dos prompt and another point (while in the Mac GUI) he downloads a virsus from the floppy A:\ drive.
By Ian Monroe at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
soundgarden looks very nice now.. is is almost done now?
By fault at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: wow
I suppose you mean "Rosegarden", if so thanks for your appreciation, and no, although it's already useable for basic composition, it's far from done. You're very much welcome to try it, though.
By Guillaume Laurent at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: wow
> I suppose you mean "Rosegarden",
Oops.. this is what happens when you type things while you are half-awake :)
By fault at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Java equivalent to Signals and Slots?
Guillaume wrote on his page regarding Signals and Slots:"Why do you think all newly created languages like Java or C# have this same kind of flexibility ?"
What I am missing until now in Java is something as nice as Qt Signals and Slot. Maybe I missed it, when I learned Java. I normally register Listeners (which always have to be of a certain type) and then I have to generate Events (or catch them).
By ac at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Java equivalent to Signals and Slots?
I assume when you write Java that you mean AWT/Swing. AFAIK there is no Slot/Signal analog in AWT/Swing. However, there is a nice Java wrapper for QT/KDE written/maintained by Richard Dale, which of course mirrors the C++ QT/KDE APIs. It is part of the kdebindings module.
By AdHoc at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Java equivalent to Signals and Slots?
Actually I was referring to the type-unsafety of the slot and signals (as opposed to libsig++ type-safety). Java doesn't have the equivalent of slot and signals, also implementing them would be quite doable.
By Guillaume Laurent at Tue, 2002/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Java equivalent to Signals and Slots?
The closest java equivalent would be the JMS Messaging API provided in J2EE.
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Mnemba Island is a single small island located about 2 km off the northeast coast of Unguja, the largest island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania, opposite Matemwe Beach. It is roughly triangular in shape, about 500 m in diameter and about 1.5 km in circumference. It is surrounded by an oval reef seven by four kilometres in extent. These reefs have been declared a Marine Conservation area. Mnemba Island and its reef are sometimes called Mnemba Atoll which is incorrect because an atoll is an island that encircles a lagoon, which is not the case for Mnemba Island.
Mnemba Island is a popular scuba diving site, with a wide variety of corals and associated species, as well as occasional sightings of larger species such as turtles and dolphins. Calm conditions are most frequent in September and October, though visibility is at its optimum in January. The island itself is privately owned and can be visited only as a guest of the Mnemba Island Lodge, at a price of 1155 - 1500 US$ per person per night (2011 rates). At these prices, the average Zanzibar citizen would have to work 4-6 years to spend one night on this island. If -not being a guest- you accidentally set foot on the island you pay a hefty fine and are then told to leave. When people snorkeling approach within a 200 meter zone around the island they will be driven back by Mnemba staff in boats.
Mnemba Island is a 90 minute drive from Stone Town across the main Zanzibar Island, before a twenty minute boat crossing.
The marine reserve comprises four distinct habitats which are home to a diverse array of Indian Ocean wildlife, i.a.:
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Humpback whales (July to September)
Three species of dolphin
Whale sharks (the world's largest fish)
Migratory and resident shore birds feed and roost on the Island
Approximately 600 species of coral reef fish.
Green Sea Turtles can be seen laying their eggs on the beaches between December and May.


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After pledging not to buy, borrow or accept another book until my new year reading pile settled down…I broke down and purchased Ryan Holiday's 'The Daily Stoic' today. I just couldn't resist. I love books like this. The problem is that now I have three excellent daily books to read. Where do you find the time? At this rate I'll be getting up a 6am, reading late into the night, reading at work lunchtimes, etc. to squeeze them all in. Here are my favourite three page-a-day books and a loose plan of how I'm going to fit them into my daily schedule this year!
The Daily Stoic (Ryan Holiday)
This book claims to be the 'secret weapon of history's great figures' and is packed full of 'philosophy for doers.' Just a flick through the pages shows a wealth of quotes and knowledge from some of the greatest Greek philosophers up to and including Roman emperors such as Marcus Aurelius. Importantly, each day's entry is very short and easy to read so I think that this book will be my morning read.
365 Tao: Daily Meditations (Deng Ming-Dao)
This book is my go-to book for spiritual guidance and contemplation. It was Bruce Lee who pointed me in the direction of Taoist writings and I have not regretted getting this book at all. In fact, I have both several copies for family, friends and neighbours and all of them have loved it. This book demands some quiet time and reflection so even though I think that it is a great morning read over breakfast, I am going to have to bump it up to an afternoon read to unwind after the day's activities.
A Poem For Every Night Of The Year (Allie Esiri)
I love this book so much and it gives me my daily poetry buzz. It has a fantastic mix of poems and never fails to surprise me. Many of you are fed up listening to me go on about how great this book is so if you haven't heard about it already read my full review here and then go buy a copy! This book actually fits in very well with teaching so maybe I need to use it at work more, either for myself as a quick breather or as a full blown lesson plan. It's a win-win really!
How do you fit in your little daily ritual reads or activities? Do you get up earlier or completely unwind like clockwork in the evenings? I'd love to hear some tips and advice. Post a comment below.


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Hip-hop and R&B fans won't want to miss this weekend's Jazz in the Gardens, where Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J and Kelly Rowland will headline a bill filled with younger artists and local bands.
Saturday's lineup includes performances by the Uniir Band, Jay Jones, Boney James, Mint Condition, Rowland, Trey Songz and Foxx. On Sunday, LL Cool J will perform along with Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, Anthony Hamilton, Stanley Clarke, Rachelle Ferrell and Melton Mustafa Jr.
Comedian D.L. Hughley, one of the "The Original Kings of Comedy," will host the event. So along with the cool tunes, expect to hear some jokes, too.
Although the bigger acts tend to go onstage in the evening (Foxx is slated to perform at 10:30 p.m. Saturday), the festival, which is in its ninth year, tends to be an all-day affair. Many people bring lawn chairs, umbrellas and blankets to secure a good spot on the grass. Doors will open at 3 p.m.
Bring an appetite, as there will be more than 50 food stations including chefs from Reed and Sons, Kingston Delight, CuzN Tim's Seafood Shack, and Randy's BBQ. They'll be cooking everything from conch salad to spicy jerk chicken.
Over the years, the festival has brought in some big-name musicians, many of who don't often tour. Last year, Babyface, New Edition and Fantasia were among the headliners.
This year's biggest surprise may come during the performance by the Academy Award- and Grammy-winning Jamie Foxx. Will he rap? Play piano (a la Ray Charles)? Sing? Make us laugh? All the above? Foxx is known for bringing pretty girls onstage with him, so if you fit the bill, try to secure a spot close to the stage.
Rowland, of Destiny's Child fame, has had her share of hit singles sans Beyonce. Expect to hear the former "X Factor" judge sing her hits "Motivation," "Dilemma" and "Dirty Laundry."
It's hard to believe that LL Cool J released his debut album, "Radio," 28 years ago. The rapper and actor, known for songs such as "Mama Said Knock You Out" and "I Need Love," can still put on a show without having to use fancy props or Auto-Tune, proving that ladies still love "Cool James."
Sexy R&B singer Trey Songz, who is fond of performing shirtless, is expected to perform an hour-long set. He's known for his top-charting songs "Bottoms Up," "Heart Attack" and "Can't Be Friends." The weather forecast calls for a high in the 70s. Here's hoping his six-pack abs make an appearance.
The festival will kick off on 9 p.m Friday with a party starring Doug E. Fresh at the Turf Club inside the Calder Racetrack and Casino, 21001 NW 27th Ave., in Miami Gardens. Tickets cost $45-$55.
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Jazz in the Gardens
When: 3 p.m. Saturday, March 15, and Sunday, March 16
Where: Sun Life Stadium, 2269 NW 199th St., Miami Gardens
Cost: Tickets start at $50.
Contact: JazzInTheGardens.com


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Forest School
Forest School 2016
Forest School 2015
A group of nine children from Year 3 to Year 5 attended the Forest School at Bestwood Country Park on a Friday afternoon for 5 weeks.
The programme is designed to:
• Increase learner's confidence, independence and initiative
• Provide a supportive learning environment to suit individual's needs and learning styles
• Increase individual appreciation and understanding of the natural world
• Build and develop group work and co-operation skills
The children thoroughly enjoyed activities such as den building, making wooden mallets, cooking sweet bread on the camp fire and using the mud kitchen.
The children's favourite activities were playing hide and seek in the woods which involved leaving arrows using natural materials for the other children to follow and getting messy in the mud kitchen.
"We loved exploring the woods, making fires and sawing logs. We loved basically everything!"
Matthew Y4
"It was great to get messy in the muddy kitchen!"
Dominika Y4


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Artisanal products are coming from all over the US and enrich our lives with flavor, texture and memories of traditions and old recipes. Our American Classic Artisanal Gift Baskets contains the following products:
Mt Tam - an elegant, handcrafted 8 oz. triple-cream cheese from California; a smooth, creamy cheese with a thick, snow-white bloomy rind, that you can eat.
Grafton Village Two Year Aged Cheddar - (8 oz.) is aged for about 2 years. The extra-high butterfat milk of the Jersey cow has a creaminess that offsets the sharpness caused by the lactic acid in the cheese.
Cranberry Cinnamon Goat Log - (4 oz.) handcrafted from fresh prime quality milk, creating a soft cheese with a smooth texture and a mild and fresh tangy flavor; the cranberry and cinnamon makes it ready to spread and eat.
Cilantro Pesto - (6.3 oz.) hearty and full of flavor; organic cilantro, non-GMO and extra virgin olive oil blend, Pecorino Romano cheese and garlic.
Black and Blue Conserve - (9 oz.) blueberries, blackberries and bourbon are a match made in heaven.
Wild Boar Salami - (7 oz.) made with a mixture of field harvested Texas wild boar and all natural Duroc pork belly, and seasoned with wine-soaked cloves and juniper berries.
Beecher's Original Crackers - (5 oz.) are rich and buttery with a nutty sweetness and an excellent crunch.
Please note that we will substitute any item that is temporarily out of stock with a similar item of equal or greater value.


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NetApp Says Sales Growth Driven by Indirect Channel
One driver behind NetApp Inc.'s 33 percent jump in revenue to $1.17 billion in its recently completed fiscal fourth quarter is the continued growth of its indirect channel, which the vendor says is growing at a noticeably faster clip than its direct sales.
The enterprise storage and data management vendor said that revenue generated from the channel accounted for 71 percent of its sales, a 19 percent increase quarter-over-quarter and a whopping 40 percent jump from the same period last year.
By comparison, NetApp's direct sales showed a 10 percent sequential uptick and a 19 percent jump year-over-year.
Among NetApp's channel partners, Arrow Electronics Inc.'s Enterprise Computing Solutions distribution arm is the current heavyweight, accounting for some 16 percent of indirect sales in Q4 with Avnet Inc. generating about 11 percent, a 1 percent dip from the prior quarter.
NetApp said that its top 100 accounts contributed about 42 percent of the company's revenue for the fourth quarter, matching the level of the previous fiscal period.
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Quarantines / Voluntary Isolation / Civil Rights• http://www.dailypaul.com, by fishyculture
It finally hit me that we are using the word "quarantine" all the time, when the first level of quarantine is actually called "voluntary isolation." The nurse who is so upset really ought to be in voluntary isolation. We do seem to have a serious problem with medical personnel who do not understand standard protocols for infectious disease. If I were returning from a time in an ebola clinic, I would have stayed in a hotel in Africa for three weeks before I came home. Then I would have stayed in my home with no visitors for three weeks when I got here. I would not have needed cajoled into this, and would have done it without anyone ordering me to. I would be THAT careful about not giving it to my family. Maybe today's healthcare professionals can learn a little from zoologists?
"Keepers should care only for quarantined animals or if necessary, attend quarantined animals only after fulfilling responsibilities for non-quarantined species."
I brought this quote forward because there is a conference call of nurses blowing whistles, and one of them tells of the nurses going in, treating Duncan, then going


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When our sons begin to grow into men, fathers come face to face with the enormity of the undertaking of being a father, along with how much we may have failed to prepare them for the challenges of being a man of substance. I know I have been feeling this, as I have been watching two of my boys turn 16 (yes, twins) and trying to find ways to help them make the transition to men in a modern world. I sedond guess myself, wondering if I should have put more emphasis on this or that, berating myself for the choices that I made (or didn't make) and bemoaning the lost hours when they were little.
I can't get them back.
I can't hit rewind.
I won't get a do-over.
But I can take a road trip!
Road trips are part and parcel of life in America. A car, some gas, a destination, and snacks, and you have the makings of an adventure worthy of a novel, or at least a post in an obscure blog.
My son and I took my 97 Sebring convertible (not a midlife crisis car, but fun, none-the-less) and filled it with gas and gummi worms and pretzels and headed for Vegas. No, I wasn't planning that kind of trip! It just so happened that Vegas was hosting the NHRA event on this particular weekend, and my son and I are both into that kind of thing.
Before I say anything about the trip, it is important to remember that the point of a road trip is the adventure. Sure, we started with a loose plan, but the goal of the experience was just, well, going. We went. It was a blast!
It was not without challenges, including a break down, repairing a car in a parking lot of an auto parts store in North Las Vegas with a mobile mechanic who spoke no English. Sleep deprivation was part of the equation, as was sunburn on the first day and blizzard conditions on the drive back home.
The whole trip took less than 48 hours, but the memories will, I hope, live much longer.
During the road trip, we talked. We talked about cars, about faith, about family, about the beauty of the world around us and sometimes about nothing.
We took a few moments out of both of our busy lives and just hung out, being together, having a wonderful time.
I got a new patch for my jacket, he got signatures from racers on his hat, and we made memories that, I hope will last a lifetime.
Guys, you take time to do road trips with your buddies. Don't forget to take time to do them with your sons. Because in those quiet moments, bonds are forged that become more powerful than time or distance.
We're already planning the next road trip. . .


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Photos: Refused, Deftones @ Arrow Hall
Sacramento's Deftones are currently on tour supporting their eighth studio record entitled Gore, which brought the band to Mississauga's International Centre (Arrow Hall) on August 13th, 2016. The tour's main support was Swedish hardcore/punk legends Refused, helping to dial up the tour's dose of high gain and added political prowess.
I had the opportunity to photograph the set thanks to Blare, which is a long time coming for me when it comes to Deftones. I've shot them before but only during the day at a festival in Detroit. Since then I've been hoping to get the chance to shoot their headline show in a proper venue space. Needless to say, I'm stoked about these photos you'll see below. Don't get me wrong, I'm amped about the Refused photos as well but you can't really beat capturing their massive comeback that happened 2012 at Toronto's Sound Academy (yup, I was there).
Check out all the photos from the night below and share the hell out of them.
Words / Photography by: Steve St. Jean


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BACKSTAGE| Ziad Ghanem FEB'13
They're creating more than just looks backstage ahead of the Ziad Ghanem Feb '13 show; characters come to life whilst hair and make-up is prepped and primed. Everything already looks like it's coming together as the busy work room starts to buzz with the anticipation. Models painted with colours of fantasy, it's clear to see that anything goes with looks that challenge the imagination. Models backstage twirl and pose with Ziad Ghanem's creative energy resonates throughout the room. Classic styles are being reinvented with bursts of colour and an interesting play with materials.
Ziad Ghanem takes a hands-on approach to this upcoming show, Fashion Scout takes a moment to chat with the designer as he styles one of his models for the show.
You have such interesting characters in this collection, what is the story behind this show?
It is about people changing their appearance to fit into society and how they disguise themselves, it's a celebration of the old couturiers like Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior.
How do you keep the excitement in your shows season after season?
Because I get bored looking at other designers!
What do you think of Fashion Scout as a platform for your work?
I think it's amazing! It's beautiful here, they're very nice and they give chances to creative designers like me.
What's next for you with the Ziad Ghanem brand?
I just love it! So, I'm just going to carry on doing the same thing that I do.
By Vanessa Omoregie (@wewearblack)
Images by Bex Day (@Rebecca_Day)


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I have a set of x,y, z coordinates and want to plot a smooth line through them rather than just straight lines between and cant seem to find how. Does anybody know if this is possible in Mathematica. Any advice on how I might accheive this using something other than Mathematica would also be appreciated.
To give some detail - there are anywhere between 1000 and 100,000 points and each point also has a rgb value associated with it which is used to colour the line between it and the next point. (see http://nicksoph.wixsite.com/spotline for examples in 2d)