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Constance Jones joined Local 10 in April 2008.
She came to South Florida from KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City, Okla. Prior to KOCO, she worked as an anchor/reporter at KETK-TV in east Texas. Her career started while she was hosting and producing films at the Educational Video Network.
The Oklahoma National Association of Black Journalist recognized Constance for excellence in news and feature reporting. The Texas Associated Press has also honored her for news reporting.
Constance received her journalism degree from the Dan Rather School of Communications at Sam Houston State University. While in college, she interned at KXAN in Austin, Tex., and KTRK in Houston. She was awarded the Dan Rather internship, which landed her the opportunity to work at CBS News in New York. Through that experience, she was able to spend time at CBS Evening News, BET Nightly News, 48 Hours and MTVu. She also spent time studying in Romania.
Outside the world of television news, Constance has always had an interest for politics. She worked with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee.
Constance was raised in a military family, which sent her traveling throughout the United States and around the world. Her mother is German and her father is a retired Army First Sergeant.
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SoJam is an all-weekend vocal music festival held annually in November in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina. The event was created by Dave Sperandio in 2003 as one of two major initiatives for the Alliance for A Cappella Initiatives (AACI), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of vocal music as an art form and cultural phenomenon. The initial purpose of SoJam was twofold: to bring the best of the a cappella world to the Southeastern and Midatlantic United States and to foster unity and synergy between scholastic and professional groups in these regions.
Over the past years, the festival has grown from a small-scale, local a cappella competition into an international gathering of some of the a cappella community's greatest and most influential artists, producers, and performing groups. Past performances include: Naturally 7, Fork, The House Jacks, Andrew Chaikin (Kid Beyond), and Duwende. SoJam has brought together these incredible acts with high school and collegiate groups and allowed them to share their ideas and experiences in vocal music with one another.
For scholastic groups, the festival provides an opportunity to compete for unique and fantastic prizes; on-site training, information, and instruction for both new and well-established groups; and a mind-blowing, awe-inducing spectacle of professional a cappella talent. For professional groups, SoJam is perhaps the ideal way for talented performers and clinicians to showcase their expertise, both through classroom instruction and on-stage performance. The festival has also drawn in and amazed thousands of people with no prior exposure to a cappella music. Educational, challenging, and inspiring, SoJam is guaranteed to leave a lasting impression upon anyone who attends.
In 2008 the AACI merged with CASA in order to increase both organizations' ability to cultivate growth, unification, and support between a cappella groups from around the world. Be sure to check the event's website (www.sojam.net) for more information on this year's gathering.
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Wild animals in Kenya face extinction by ending up on dinner tables as the worst drought in a generation takes its toll on a people impoverished by years of poor governance, corruption and political sterility.
People have always poached wild animals for meat. It is a carry over from the old days, long before colonialism, when wildlife roamed the land in huge herds. However, our forefathers resorted to eating wild game only in extreme situations. Some tribes, such as the Maasai and the Somali, looked down on people who ate wild game, viewing such persons as too poor to own livestock.
With colonialism and eventual independence, hunting of wild animals for food or, indeed any other purpose, was criminalized. This pushed the trade to the periphery of economic and social activity. Until recently, only a few places along the Nairobi – Mombasa highway and in parts of the Coast and Rift Valley provinces recorded incidences of bush meat trading. In any case, these were places that were in close proximity to wildlife sanctuaries such as the Nairobi, Tsavo, Amboseli, Nakuru and Mt Longonot National Parks.
Today, the situation is different. The country is experiencing a severe drought that has resulted in shortages of maize, wheat, sugar, milk, water, electricity, fruits and other essential commodities. As a result, prices have spiraled upwards in the past two years and made life harder for the majority poor. This explains the desperate situation that is forcing people to resort to bush meat.
Unlike the previous situation when bush meat was relegated to outlaws at the periphery of society, today's bush meat industry is very much a mainstream affair. Unemployed youths in communities living close to national parks have formed underground syndicates where they sneak into parks to hunt wild animals then sell the meat in villages and towns.
The most popular animals for game meat are buffalo, antelope, impala, dik diks and duikers. These type of animals are popular because they resemble domestic animals both in size and flesh. The buffalo has almost similar characteristics as a cow, while antelopes, gazelles and dik dik look and feel like goats. The guinea fowl resembles the domestic chicken while warthog meat reminds one of pork. Other animals being hunted for food include zebra and giraffes.
Drought and poverty have become so bad that people are eating wild animals that were previously banned in traditional culture. Baboons, monkeys, squirrels, rats, hawks and eagles have become part of the people's diet in recent days. This is negatively affecting their numbers. In certain parts of Kenya, monkeys that used to run around freely because nobody would disturb them have retreated in fear deep into the bush. A few weeks ago, a television programme highlighted the plight of villagers who admitted to slaughtering baboons for food.
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has tried its best to cope with the phenomenon but it is difficult to fight a hungry, unemployed and desperate population. Despite the dangers of arrest and prison sentences, more and more people are getting into the bush meat trade for lack of alternatives. The current drought has worsened the situation as many farmers have exhausted their food supplies. Cattle, goats and sheep have died in large numbers and even where they still survive, the production of milk is insufficient for the family's nutritional and financial needs.
People are also lashing out at wildlife, some of which has ventured into human settlements in search for food. Elephants are rampaging through farmland stripping bare any available piece of greenery. In Pokot and Mbeere Districts, homes have been invaded by snakes that are unable to find anything to eat in the bush. This has resulted in an increase in snake bites.
While monkeys and baboons are cowering in fear in certain parts of Kenya, they are very destructive elsewhere. Reports have been made of gangs of primates roaming the landscape in search of food. Nothing can stand in their way as dogs are pounded into mince meat.
Kenya government response to the drought was late and disjointed. Many of the top personalities in government are partly responsible for the current food mess. Post election violence following the disputed 2007 elections severely disrupted farming activity. By the time peace was restored in April 2008, the planting season was all but gone. The maize scandals of late 2008 pointed at a ruling elite greedy enough to make billions of shillings from hungry people. Food prices sky rocketed because cabinet ministers and legislators were buying out government food stocks for export to Southern Sudan where prices were almost three times what they would get in Kenya.
Kenyan leaders continue to engage in a financial orgy of spending. Most of the money is going towards pay hikes, luxury mansions, limousines and extra body guards. The biggest debate in Kenya today is not on how to provide food to the starving masses but on who benefits from political appointments geared towards the next general elections in 2012.
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Welcome! We need an iPhone App Icon designed for one of our apps.
SightSeer is an application where you can view YouTube videos taken on specific points on a map. The goal is to allow a user to "travel" to any country/city/landmark and view YouTube videos that were taken there. This allows them to see the world through the eyes of Youtube.
Your deliverables must strictly meet Apple's requirements as described at http://bit.ly/AppleIconReqs. So, please make sure you read this and understand them clearly. Any submissions that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.
Your design must:
- not include any text on the icon
- look professional, sleek, and modern.
- standout and grab the attention of a user
- color scheme of app is #001A42, but you are not restricted to this
- Must include App Icon artwork in 57x57, 114x114, 72x72 & 512x512
- Must also include App Icon artwork in 29x29, 58x58, 50x50 for "Small Icons" [http://bit.ly/smallIcons]
- Must look great in each resolution - blind resizing might not cut it - Ensure that it looks clear, crisp and professional at 57x57 since the icon will most commonly be displayed at that resolution.


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Summary: New research project on Eucalyptus development under several irrigation regimes Keywords:Eucalyptus, irrigation, field trials Next March, 1995 a new research project will be started in Chile to assess Eucalyptus development under different irrigation regimes (frequencies and water depths applied, as % of ETp). The main objective is oriented to see if we can reduce by a year or two the time span needed from planting to tree maturity (for cellulose pulp production), and to evaluate if irrigated areas closer to pulp mills are suitable for Eucalyptus enhanced growth. We will appreciate information on similar studies carried on in the past or under development now, to share experiences and data, to select appropiate field treatments. I have no previous experience with forest trees, but my main research is related to irrigation and fertigation of fruit orchards and tablegrape plantations under controlled drip irrigation. The possibility to visit research facilities is considered on the budget, and also the visit to Chile of foreing specialists can be arranged. Luis A. Gurovich School of Agronomy and Forestry Universidad Catolica de Chile P. O. Box 306 - 22 Santiago - Chile Telephone 562 552 2375 ext. 4102 Fax: 562 552 6005 e-mail: lgurovic at tronador.puc.cl


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Data8 is the UK's premier data solutions provider with a range of data cleansing, postcode lookup and data validation services to ultimately improve the way businesses communicate with their customers. This API allows users to check that their customers are still at the same address and if they have moved will update the address. The API uses SOAP calls and responses are formatted in XML.


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3311.8 - Demography, Australian Capital Territory, 1999
Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/12/2000
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The changing face of Canberra
The ACT population is growing at less than half the national rate and getting older, says a report released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The ACT population growth rate was 0.5% at 30 June 1999 compared with the national rate of 1.1%. The median age of the population was 32.5 years, up from 32.1 years in 1998 and 29.0 in 1989.
Men who live in the ACT can look forward to the longest expectation of life at birth of all States and Territories (77.9 years), 1.7 years higher than Australia-wide. Women who live in the ACT have the fourth highest expectation of life at birth (81.8 years), equal to the national level.
For the first time in six years the ACT did not have the lowest Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of all States and Territories. The ACT's TFR in 1999 was 1.68 babies per woman compared with the national TFR of 1.75. The age of parents having children in the ACT over the past decade has been steadily increasing. The median age of mothers in the ACT in 1999 was 30.2 years and 32.4 years for fathers (where paternity was acknowledged).
The ACT had the lowest death rate in the country, with a standardised death rate of 5.4 per 1,000 population. The median age at death for males in the ACT were lower than the national median ages at death. The two major causes of death for males and females in the ACT were malignant neoplasms (29.8% of all deaths) and ischaemic heart disease (18.6% of all deaths).
The median ages of grooms (30.4 years) and brides (28.2 years) in the ACT was slightly higher than the national medians. Close to three-quarters of all marriages in the ACT were between partners who were cohabiting before marriage.
Marriages which end in divorce are lasting slightly longer in the ACT than Australia-wide. The median duration of marriage to separation in the ACT was 8.4 years, while Australia-wide it was 7.9 years. Wives are still the main applicant for divorce (49%), followed by husbands (28%) and joint applications (23%).These data are for divorces granted in the ACT, not ACT residents.
ACT net interstate migration recorded a loss of 350 persons and net overseas migration recorded a loss of 850 persons in 1999. However net migration of young people aged 15-19 years recorded a large gain.
More details are in ACT State Demography, (cat. no. 3311.8) available from ABS bookshops. The main features of this publication are available on this site. If you wish to purchase a copy of this publication, contact the ABS Bookshop in your capital city.
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Mount Mat Madness, regarded as one of the top wrestling tournaments in the country until going on a one-year hiatus, is returning this weekend at UMBC with 28 teams from Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
"Usually, when you want to go to a national, super tough tournament, you have to travel," Loyola coach Steve Truitt said. "It's nice to have this one in our own backyard."
A year ago, teams looking for tougher competition had to venture out of the area or start their own event because Neil Adleberg, the originator and chairman of Mount Mat Madness, decided that he needed a rest after eight years of running the tournament.
"It requires more than just putting mats down on a gym floor," he said. "It's a year-long process, and I absolutely needed a break."
But this year, the tournament is back for its ninth edition.
The top 11 teams from two winters ago, including defending champion Wyoming Seminary (Pa.), aren't participating this time, but the event still features several of the state's top squads.
The competing teams include: No. 4 Archbishop Spalding, No. 8 Mount St. Joseph, No. 10 Glenelg and No. 12 Reservoir, as well as Urbana, the reigning Class 4A-3A dual-meet state champion, and DeMatha, the defending Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champion.
"People were saying we really needed a tournament in the area that gave Maryland kids an opportunity to wrestle the tougher regional competition," Adleberg said. "I brought it back for the kids."
In order to get a site for the tournament, which is usually held in January, Adleberg had to schedule this year's event during the holiday break — and in conflict with the McDonogh Holiday Duals and the distinguished Powerade Christmas Tournament in Pennsylvania.
"It's not as prestigious as it was last year because many teams were already in Christmas tournaments," Adleberg said. "It's not a great week for bringing kids in, but we have [28] teams and we're much stronger than we were when we first started the tournament in 2003 with 20 teams and four mats."
Wyoming Seminary is one of those teams lost to the holiday scene.
"We enjoyed attending Mount Mat Madness," Wyoming Seminary coach Scott Green said in an email. "[But] we are locked into a three-year contract with [the Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic], a Flo Major event in the Lehigh Valley over Christmas break."
While Green said the Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic offers his kids a chance to compete against other wrestlers they don't normally see, Adelberg said he expects the strong Pennsylvania team, ranked No. 2 in the latest InterMat national rankings, to return when the tournament goes back to its regular January time period in the future.
Archbishop Spalding, a contender to dethrone No. 1 McDonogh in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association's A Conference, is delighted to participate in Mount Mat Madness for the same reason Green is happy to take Wyoming Seminary to the Lehigh Valley event — unfamiliar competition.
"Mount Mat Madness gives us the opportunity to face different competition and tougher competition," Cavaliers coach Mike Laidley said. "It's also right here and will save us travel expense money and give the coaches more time to spend with their wives over the holidays, which is a good thing. And it allows Maryland to showcase its wrestlers."
Laidley said he hopes to see several of his wrestlers, including senior Michael Still (120 pounds), junior Matt Pente (132), senior Cole Graves (145), junior Logan Breitenbach (152) and junior Zach Abey (195), make strong bids for the top of the winner's podium at UMBC this weekend.
Loyola will feature senior David Mohler (138), junior Walter Johnson (145), senior Conan Schuster (170) and sophomore Jake Nordhausen (182), while Reservoir coach Andy McIntyre expects Gators senior Joe Quattrone (126), junior Mason Kilcarr (132) and junior Michael Sullivan (195) to perform well at the event.
"I'm glad to see this tournament back," McIntyre said. "It will challenge my wrestlers. And it's a chance for my team to push itself and see just what each of our members has to do to improve."
McIntyre and Truitt both hope the tournament will push their wrestlers to the edge.
"As a coach, I try to give my team easy, medium and hard matches," Truitt said. "We need to see tough kids to give my kids tougher challenges. If all the matches are cupcakes, if my kids haven't been tested by being down in a match or by losing, I haven't done my job and they won't be ready [for the postseason tournaments] by the end of the season."
Coaches know the competition won't be what it has been in previous years, but they all see it as a step up from what they face on a daily basis.
"For us, it is probably still a little above where we should be," said Boys' Latin coach Drew Haugh, who has freshman Nick Malinowski (106), junior Anthony Wyler (145) and junior captain Evan Dohler (170) leading the Lakers. "But it will open my team's eyes to what quality wrestling really is. We've got a really young team with four freshmen. I'm looking at it as a wake-up call."
Mount Mat Madness
When: Friday and Saturday
Time: Friday — Session I: 12:30 p.m.; Saturday — Session II: 8:30 a.m. (quarterfinals), noon (semifinals); Session III: 5 p.m. (finals)
Where: UMBC
Cost: $10 per session; $25 for all sessions; free for children under 6
Teams: 28 schools from Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Local teams: No. 4 Archbishop Spalding, Boys' Latin, Broadneck, No. 10 Glenelg, Loyola, No. 8 Mount St. Joseph, No. 12 Reservoir, Severn, Severna Park, St. Mary's
More information: MountMatMadness.com


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Map Out Your New Year
America's Best-Kept Wilderness is Yours to Explore!
story by Jerry Magee & Maya Fuller
photos by Matt Christenson
The BLM proudly protects many of our nation's most treasured landscapes under a system of lands known as the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). Celebrating more than 10 years of managing these conservation areas, the BLM partnered with National Geographic Magazine to produce a map highlighting these amazing open spaces specially designated and intentionally set aside for public use and enjoyment.
Northwest Passage will feature interviews with BLM experts who will offer their insights and recommendations about how to best visit and explore these special places. So print out a copy of your National Geographic NLCS 10th Anniversary Commemorative Map and prepare to witness some of the best locations that America's Great Outdoors has to offer.
So what makes up one of these special landscapes designated under the NLCS? Well, they may be one of a variety of different settings such as wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, national monuments, national conservation areas, and scenic and historic trails, among others. But what do those different names really mean? Not to worry - we've got the answers! Our first issue focuses on the Wilderness Area designation - and to help us understand what it means I spoke with BLM expert Mr. Jerry Magee, the BLM's statewide lead for Wilderness in Oregon and Washington.
So what is a BLM Wilderness Area?
Jerry Magee: Wilderness Areas are set aside by Congress and must meet specific criteria to include at least 5,000 acres in size, no motorized equipment use, have no roads, and possess outstanding opportunities for either solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation.
What does that mean for the average visitor to a Wilderness Area?
Jerry Magee: There are places you can go, for free, to get away from it all and experience a natural environment without the noise or distraction from too many visitors. Yes, Yellowstone National Park is spectacular. But have you ever experienced the untouched natural scenery in central Oregon's Badlands Wilderness? Here you can experience ancient junipers, volcanic vistas, and sand underfoot. You can explore cracked volcanic pressure ridges called tumuli or walk narrow moat-like cracks in the ground. Traces of human history are visible to the careful observer. There are almost 50 miles of trails offering the visitor many opportunities for hiking or horseback riding on loops of various lengths.
Are Wilderness Areas hard to reach? Is there any special equipment required?
Jerry Magee: BLM manages eight wilderness areas in Oregon and one in Washington. Some are found just outside metropolitan areas such as the Table Rock Wilderness which is about an hour's drive from Portland in the Molalla River Watershed. Others such as the Hells Canyon Wilderness on the Oregon/Idaho border are more remote. However, most of the outdoor recreation areas on BLM-managed lands have easily accessible trailheads with adequate parking. Visitors to these lands should plan ahead by consulting a map and talking with a local BLM expert about what to expect. It is always a good idea to cover the basics of survival and be prepared for the unexpected. This includes bringing extra food, clothing, shelter, a first-aid kit, and a compass or GPS unit - and knowing how to use it! (Know your 10 essentials! - Ed.)
Where can I go to learn more about recreation in wilderness areas?
Jerry Magee: I highly recommend educating yourself prior to any trip in the backcountry or wilderness. You should obtain travel maps and current regulations from your local BLM District Office or online. And you may want to consider taking recreation skills classes or hiring an outfitter or guide. And you can also visit www.wilderness.net for specific information.
Lastly, what is your favorite Wilderness Area and why might you recommend this spot to others?
Jerry MageeM: Since my very first trip, I have enjoyed returning to the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Protection Area in southeastern Oregon. This is a breathtaking place. It's a fault-block mountain in the middle of the high desert with glaciated gorges, the meandering wild and scenic Blitzen River, lush meadows, and picturesque aspen groves. Even more appealing is that this rugged and remote area can be accessed from several locations along the highly scenic Steens Loop Road. You won't find a grand lodge or concessionaires nearby. You'll trade some luxuries for solitude and the rare escape from civilization - for the smell of sagebrush, crisp, cold air, and the crackle of your campfire. Wild horses roam the range, wildflowers bloom, and the night sky puts on a display like none other.
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Pythagoras shows us how to find the 3rd side length on a right angled triangle where the two lengths connected by the 90 degrees are known.
Additionally there is a surprisingly short equation that I can't find that gives a third length where any other two lengths are known regardless of the inside angles of the triangles corners. What is this equation?
Is there a similar equation for knowing only the inside angles of two corners and finding the third, if so what is it?
Also are there any other very general, or even more general triangle equations showing relationships between a triangles side lengths and inside angles of the corners given wide ranges of possible just enough information.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dan Utech, a long-time Washington insider on environmental issues, will become President Barack Obama's top adviser on energy and climate change, a White House official said on Friday, a role that will involve tough decisions on power plants and TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline.
The move had been widely expected after the Obama administration said earlier this month that Heather Zichal, who served five years in the position, would step down. Her last day is Friday.
Utech will help Obama implement his climate action plan, which involves limiting carbon emissions from power plants and the pipeline project that would link Canada's oil sands with refineries in Texas.
Obama set a June 2014 deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to propose limits on existing power plants, one of the top U.S. greenhouse gas sources. The rules need to be finalized a year after that.
A decision on the Keystone XL pipeline is expected next year, after the State Department and other agencies weigh in on whether the project is in the national interest. Obama said in August he could not approve the project if it significantly worsened climate change.
Utech, the deputy director for climate at the White House, was also a one-time adviser to former Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Before that he served as an aide in the U.S. Senate for a decade, working on energy and environmental issues.
"Dan Utech is a worthy successor to Heather Zichal," said Daniel Weiss, a senior fellow and director of climate strategy at the Center for American Progress. "He brings keen analytical and political skill to the challenge of making President Obama's Climate Action Plan into reality."
Zichal was "a trusted advisor" and "has been a strong and steady voice for policies that reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, protect public health and our environment, and combat the threat of global climate change," Obama said in a statement.
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Historic artifacts abound inside the White House
The White House was designed by James Hoban, an Irish born architect. He won a competition organized by President George Washington in 1792. The inspiration for the White House was based on a villa in Dublin, Ireland called Leinster House. The building was completed in 1794.
Today, the White House is held as property No. 1 in the National Park Service's hierarchy.
President Thomas Jefferson made changes to the White House when he assumed the presidency. While James Madison was President from 1809 to 1817, the White House was burned by the British during the War of 1812. Hoban was invited to Washington to restore the White House. After this re-construction was complete, the famous building was painted its characteristic white and thereafter referred to as The White House.
Known as the largest house in the land until circa 1865, President Theodore Roosevelt declared the White House unsafe to inhabit in early 1900s. While the residence required much needed attention, the large Roosevelt family famously "shook the walls" with their antics including decorating the state dining room with hunting and gaming trophies (taxidermy deer and bison heads), setting off toy cannons outside of cabinet meetings, and bringing the family pony to the upstairs bedrooms in the service elevator. The Roosevelt kids sure had fun!
In the post-war period, President Harry Truman found the White House renovations dating back to 1814 to be structurally unsound. Swaying chandeliers and unsafe staircases were among the minor problems which prompted Truman to opt to rebuild the White House using structural steel.
Excavation took place on the home's interior during the reconstruction yet Truman insisted that the exterior walls remain in place so as to keep the image of America's home. It was well known that President Truman, his wife Bess, and their daughter Margaret lived nearby in Blair House and spent time during Truman's time in office at The Little White House located in Key West, Florida.
In the early 1960s, the youthful spirit of the Kennedy administration embraced the newly restored White House. John F. Kennedy (in office from 1961-63) and his young family lived in the White House with some famous objects of American history.
The First Lady, assisted by decorators from Bonwit Teller decorated the White House highlighting great American antiques. Jacqueline Kennedy brought many objects, including fine art and antiques, back to the White House which were on loan to historic houses nationwide or in storage. Shortly following the redecoration, a law was enacted which mandated that the White House objects remain in the White House including the famous Resolute desk which was used by President Kennedy and later, by President Bill Clinton.
There were other personal requests made by the residents of the White House during various administrations such as the shower that was installed for President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-69).
Ever the outdoorsman, former actor and President Ronald Reagan (1981-89) kept a stash of acorns in his pants pockets for the squirrels that scurried around the White House lawn. The creatures often waited for him outside the oval office for a midday snack.
When touring the White House, visitors will see the main reception rooms, furnishings, and the famous Presidential china collection. This month, Presidential collectibles will spike in value as Americans take to the polls to vote. Campaign buttons and other collectibles will enjoy an election period spike.
Filled with history, the White House is a regal abode which characterizes the wonder of the American century and highlights the interesting figures that have visited and resided there.


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In 2009, Adam, Albert and Chris helped lead the Cardinals to their fourth NL Central Division title in six seasons. In doing so, Adam captured the Players Choice Award as NL Outstanding Pitcher by leading the National League with 19 wins (19-8), 34 starts and 233 innings pitched. Albert was chosen NL Outstanding Player and Player of the Year after leading the Majors in home runs (47) and by finishing first among all National Leaguers in runs scored (124), on-base percentage (.443) and slugging percentage (.658), second in doubles (45) and third in batting average (.327), RBI (135) and walks (115). Chris was selected as NL Comeback Player for the second time (2004), by finishing with a 17-4 record and leading the NL with a 2.24 ERA, despite starting a total of just four games in the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
This is the first time three players from the same team have captured Players Choice Awards in a single season. Albert has now won eight Players Choice Awards, Chris has won four, while this is Adams first.
In their honor, the Major League Baseball Players Trust will award grants totaling $110,000 to charities chosen by tonights Award recipients. Adam has selected the Catch-A-Dream Foundation (Mississippi) and Fellowship of Christian Athletes to receive $10,000 each, while Chris has selected Kristens Fund (Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - Lebanon, N.H.) to receive a $20,000 grant. The Players Trust will contribute an additional $70,000 to the charity, or charities, selected by Albert. 2009 Players Choice Award winners in all categories will designate charities to receive grants totaling $260,000 from the Players Trust. Since 1992, the Players Trust has recognized the outstanding on-field and off-field performances of Players Choice Awards winners by contributing nearly $3 million to charities around the world.
Through the Players Trust, Major Leaguers contribute their time, money and celebrity to call attention to important causes affecting the needy and to help encourage others to get involved in their own communities. In partnership with Volunteers of America, the national human service organization, the Players Trust administers the Action Team, a national youth volunteer program currently inspiring the next generation of volunteers in more than 150 high schools in cities throughout the United States. For more information on the Major League Baseball Players Trust, please visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com and http://www.youtube.com/mlbplayerstrust.
The Players Choice Awards winners (Outstanding Pitchers, Rookies, Comeback Players, Player of the Year and the Marvin Miller Man of the Year) were selected by secret ballot of all Major League baseball players, under the supervision of accounting firm KPMG.
The 2009 Players Choice Awards finalists are [winners in bold & underlined]:
American League:
Outstanding Rookie: Elvis Andrus (Texas), Gordon Beckham (Chicago White Sox), Jeff Niemann (Tampa Bay)
Comeback Player: Russell Branyan (Seattle), Aaron Hill (Toronto), Scott Podsednik (Chicago White Sox)
Outstanding Pitcher: Roy Halladay (Toronto), Zack Greinke (Kansas City), C.C. Sabathia (NY Yankees)
Outstanding Player: Derek Jeter (NY Yankees), Joe Mauer (Minnesota), Kendry Morales (LA Angels of Anaheim)
National League:
Outstanding Rookie: Chris Coghlan (Florida), Tommy Hanson (Atlanta), J.A. Happ (Philadelphia)
Comeback Player: Aaron Boone (Houston), Chris Carpenter (St. Louis), Nick Johnson (Florida)
Outstanding Pitcher: Chris Carpenter (St. Louis), Tim Lincecum (San Francisco), Adam Wainwright (St. Louis)
Outstanding Player: Prince Fielder (Milwaukee), Albert Pujols (St. Louis), Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
Either league:
Man of the Year: Curtis Granderson (Detroit), Torii Hunter (LA Angeles of Anaheim), Albert Pujols (St. Louis)
Player of Year: Joe Mauer (Minnesota), Albert Pujols (St. Louis), Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
For year-by-year Players Choice Awards results, please visit: http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/programs/choice_winners.jsp.
The Major League Baseball Players Association (www.MLBPLAYERS.com) is the collective bargaining representative for all professional baseball players of the 30 Major League Baseball teams and serves as the exclusive group licensing agent for commercial and licensing activities involving active Major League baseball players. On behalf of its members, it operates the Players Choice licensing program and Players Choice Awards, which benefit the needy through the Major League Baseball Players Trust, a charitable foundation established and run entirely by Major League baseball players. Please visit the Players Trust Channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/mlbplayerstrust.


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Archive for August, 2007
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My beloved Comet -- two 450 outrunners turning 6x4 props
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Props don't look quite right, but boy does this thing fly and eat up sky!
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RIP. Sooooo many hours building. Lost to sudden deacceleration syndrome and parking lot poisoning before I could even finish the markings. Was flying on a pair of 5-turn Mega inrunners on 9x5 props. I will build another!
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The big Beau. Just enough motor -- two 450 3D outrunner jobs -- for scale flight on 10x7 SF props.
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This is my blog, so let's start with my fleet. At a big warbird event it's always good to have one fool with a bunch of little e-power stuff for balance!
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IAR-80 from warbirdkits.com
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MiG-3 from warbirdkits.com
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Fairey Firefly from warbirdkits.com
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Hornet from warbirdkits.com
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This is a beautiful Yellow Aircraft Spitfire (not mine) that had several great flights through the day. The owner reports it to be an old workhorse he still loves. Fantastic in the air!
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Close-up shot
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Each flight featured a few looooooowwww passes. On the final one it was too low. The plane hit hard, ripping off the scoops, radiator, guns, etc. -- and the ends of the prop!!! It bounced back into the air and through a skillful recovery did a long slo
A Hornet that became a Phoenix
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3S 2100 Li-ion on fire does some serious damage. The pilot figure never had a chance to bail out! Had this been a traditionally covered airframe, I doubt even this much would be left. Fiberglass over balsa saved the day! Or, somewhat...
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Major damage to the wing front mount and entire nose section weakened. Man this thing still stinks of burning electronics to this day.
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Center of wing also compromised. The repair here is easy, scrape it all down and layer some .5 ounce fiberglass with finishing resin. All wiring had to be replaced, lost the receiver and elevator servo too. All cooked well-done.
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After coating the weakest interior sections with finishing resin to stabilize them, time for some new wood sistered in by cutting back until there was some solid structure to marry to.
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Interior sections completed
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New firewall needs to be secure and align with the existing wing structure
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After one layer of .5 glass and finishing resin, a base coat of silver was topped with the first finish coat. Some quick strikes with 300 grit paper exposes some of the silver below for a nice "used" appearance.
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Retailer Gilt Sees iPad App Driving Fashion Sales
Executives at Gilt Groupe, the fashion retailer known for its online-only sales of high-end items, had expected to do well with their iPad app, but they were surprised by some of the results after the device was introduced.
On April 4, a day after the device debuted, 2.4 percent of Gilt's sales came from the iPad, a higher portion than expected, said Gilt founder and chairman Kevin Ryan and Chief Executive Susan Lyne in an interview. The company also said that although women comprise its core constituency, iPad users seem to be mostly men. Within the first 10 days, sales of men's products drove 63 percent of iPad-generated revenue, the company said.
The free "Gilt for iPad" app, one of five that were highlighted in Apple's (AAPL) app store, has high-resolution images of products with "pinch and zoom" technology, quick navigation, and an easy shopping cart drag-and-drop feature.


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I first encountered Swoon peering out at me from a black doorway near the corner of Chambers Street and West Broadway during my senior year of high school (2005) on the way to my afterschool job. It was a print of a thin man who sort of stared out at the street from the corner of his eyes; a man who looked as if he were simultaneously emerging from and receding into the doorway. Amid the pedestrian traffic, I stopped and stepped closer. Even more impressive, I was delighted to discover, was the intricate level of detail in the print: a Chinese imperial roofed building had been integrated into his shoulder, and opened up further down into a street scene with dozens of people where his torso and legs should have been. The detail was stunning and the piece poignantly echoed the Chinatown community less than a mile away. Every day for about a week, I would cast admiring glances in its direction, stopping to look more closely if I had a few minutes to spare. Part of me hoped that other pedestrians would see me stopped and take a few moments themselves to look at this work of art (but aside from a few rather suspicious sideways glances, that never happened).
The paste-up became more and more ragged until one day, some thoughtless tagger scrawled a red mark across the man's face and chest, completely blocking the intricate details that I had fallen in love with. I was almost relieved when, two days later, natural conditions left it in tatters and barely recognizable as the work it once was. After four years, I still couldn't stop thinking about that man in the doorway. And so, during my senior year of university four years later (2009), for my Folk and Outsider Art History Seminar, I decided to finally figure out who the mysterious figure in the doorway was, and that I would do my research paper on his equally mysterious creator.
Google led me to Swoon, an artist who had moved to New York City for art school, and had become inspired by the rich street art scene. Her objection to the sedentary, institutionalized, and archival nature of academic art fueled her decision to create art using non-archival materials within a context that not only promoted the decay of the piece but allowed it to interact with its environment and reflect its community. Since 1999, Swoon has been a prolific street artist, and her wheatpaste newspaper prints and intricate paper cutouts could be found in various corners of New York City, as well as in Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Cuba, London, Berlin, and a number of other European cities. Swoon has worked with various artist groups and collectives including Toy Shop, Glowlab, Black Label, Change Agent, the Madagascar Institute, the Barnstormers, Justseeds, and is a founding member of Miss Rockaway Armada.
In the summer of 2005, Swoon was granted her first solo exhibition at Deitch Projects, where she installed her collection of wheatpaste prints and cutouts and transformed the façade of the building into a sprawling cityscape. Since then, she has shown internationally, both inside the institution and out on the street, and has become widely recognized as one of the foremost female influences in the international street art scene. More recently, her 2008 exhibition of paper cutouts called "Portrait of Sylvia Elena" in alternative Chelsea exhibition area Honey Space memorialized one of the first victims in the widespread killings of young women in Juárez, Mexico. Aside from her prints and cutouts, she has taken part in several homemade flotilla projects, including "Swimming Cities of Serenissima" in 2007 down the Mississippi; "Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea" in 2008 down the Hudson River and up the East River from Troy to Deitch Studios (at which she had an accompanying installation); and "the Clutchess of Cuckoo" in 2009 from Slovenia (in boats made of New York City garbage) to crash the Vienna Biennale. But most recently, Swoon has returned to her roots in street art by posting up her wheatpaste cutouts on the streets of northern Philadelphia for Philagrafika 2010, a printmaking festival.
Her recent publication Swoon (released May 2010 with an accompanying exhibition at Urban Art Projects in Brooklyn), which documents her prints as a street artist, finally revealed her real name to the world (it's Caledonia "Callie" Dance Curry). Additionally, several of her pieces have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York City. But throughout her success, her mission remains to make her art available to the public and to create a community in which its occupants are in constant dialogue with one another, or at least taking an active interest in their public spaces.
Although she has partaken in numerous projects since her arrival on the street art scene, it is her life-sized wheatpaste newspaper prints and intricate cutouts that initially gained the attention of the art world. Swoon's prints can most frequently be found in the forgotten corners of otherwise obvious public spaces. Despite this, she picks her spots carefully, exploring neglected space and walls with interesting textures. Her backdrops include abandoned buildings, rundown warehouses, and broken-looking walls. Because she is interested in the history and texture of the wall, this feature is not hidden, but rather enhanced by the thin newsprint paper. Also, with her cutouts, the figures are intricately cut to reveal the wall that they rest on. This opens up a dialogue between the artwork and the wall, as it works to reveal the wall's material and history (previous tags and works).
When she first began creating her block print posters, Swoon was heavily influenced by Gordon Matta-Clark, an American artist best known for his temporary site-specific works, specifically his "building cuts," a series of for which he removed various sections of floors, ceilings, and walls in abandoned buildings in the 1970s. Because these buildings were slated for demolition, only a limited number of people would be able to see it. Similarly, Swoon's wheatstarch newspaper prints can only survive for a relatively brief period, as they are exposed to the elements. Swoon understands that because of the fragility of her materials and the exposure to weather conditions, the pieces will soon disappear completely from the wall space.
The classification of Swoon's art by its materials (newspaper and wheatstarch paste) are of particular importance because they stress the temporary quality of the work. She does not consider what she is doing illegal, and instead pastes her prints up unabashedly, sometimes in the middle of the day, which allows passersby to interact with her as she is hanging them, inviting a performance aspect to her piece. In spite of this impermanent aspect of her work, is it classified under the same category as permanent defacement of property.
But for the brief time that the print does remain, Swoon wants them to become part of the space they inhabit, and to interact with its community in "a human way." And so, these life-size prints of people work to reclaim the visual landscape and to create dialogue and interest in the community through their presence. Additionally, because the works are based on snapshots of everyday city life, they create a dialogue between the viewer and the happenings of the city around them. For example, one piece with the man sitting on the box is based on a time that Swoon saw a man ticketed for the illegal use of a milk crate, which he was sitting on in the middle of the street. Swoon thought this was ridiculous, because people should be able to use the streets as public spaces. This, she feels, is equivalent to encouraging the people to not use the streets as public spaces. With this in mind, she immediately went to work pasting up men on milkcrates around the city.
It has been argued that community has been a casualty of the contemporary urban lifestyle. In urban settings, most people live without any sense of rootedness or belonging. Therefore, many cities seem not to be communities at all, but mere agglomerations of transient strangers. As with prison populations, those of us who live in cities have perfected the art of minding our own business, being disinterested, not making a fuss, and not maintaining eye contact for long. This disassociation is reflected in our lack of use and care of our public spaces.
Street art works to defy this mentality that we've created for ourselves. It challenges us to take back our space and become active participants in the public realm. It challenges us to stop and stare. Swoon has long been one of my favorite street artists because she uses her paper people to revitalize the communities that they inhabit. Through her artistic vision and expression, Swoon attempts to create a dialogue among community members about urban living, space, life, and meaning. Through the dynamic materiality of her life-sized subjects, she creates a dialogue between herself and her audience, and between her audience and her works. In this way, Swoon transforms disassociated and ignored public spaces into places and increases interaction with aspects of the urban landscape which would otherwise go unnoticed. By adding a temporary character to places we otherwise might have overlooked, she simultaneously reminds us to not take our surroundings for granted and that we have the right to enjoy our public spaces.
I haven't provided many links to particular sites because Swoon's been pretty widely written about. There are tons of photologs, articles, and interviews out there, so if you're interested, get Googling!


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Corinne Olympios broke her silence days after production on "Bachelor in Paradise" was suddenly halted over allegations of misconduct on set and an internal investigation was launched by Warner Bros.
"I am a victim and have spent the last week trying to make sense of what happened the night of June 4," the 24-year-old Miami native shared in a statement released to E! News. "Although I have little memory of that night, something bad obviously took place, which I understand is why production on the show has now been suspended and a producer on the show has filed a complaint against the production."
Olympios continues, "As a woman, this is my worst nightmare and it has now become my reality. As I pursue the details and facts surrounding that night and the immediate days after, I have retained a group of professionals to ensure that what happened on June 4 comes to light and I can continue my life, including hiring an attorney to obtain justice and seeking therapy to begin dealing with the physical and emotional trauma stemming from that evening."
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TMZ reports Olympios has hired high-powered attorney Marty Singer in the matter. E! News has reached out to the Hollywood lawyer for comment.
The incident revolves around allegations made by a producer who filed a complaint questioning whether Olympios was able to give consent for a sexual encounter with fellow contestant DeMario Jackson.
In their statement on Sunday after news broke, Warner Bros. said, "We have become aware of allegations of misconduct on the set of "Bachelor in Paradise" in Mexico. We have suspended production and we are conducting a thorough investigation of these allegations. Once the investigation is complete, we will take appropriate responsive action."
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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the small number of people who can say that they've won a game with a buzzer-beating, put-back slam dunk. That usually makes a good story.
The Atlanta Hawks clinched a playoff birth last night, when they beat potential postseason opponent Orlando on a last-second shot. Well, the shot was actually an off-balance buzzer beater by Joe Johnson that clanged off the rim. Then Josh Smith came flying in, untouched, and threw it back down before that red box behind the backboard did whatever it does. Neat.
The Hawks are now tied for third place in the conference—three games behind Orlando for No. 2—and Josh Smith has a yarn to bore his grandkids with at Thanksgiving. They can never take that away from you, buddy! You, and every member of the SlamBall Hall of Fame.
UPDATE: This is actually the second time Smith has done this, this season. There were still 0.7 seconds left when he dunked one home against Houston in November, but still ... someone get a body on this guy.


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In 1918 Gabriel Fauré, then 73 years old, received a commission from Prince Albert I of Monaco to write stage music invoking the atmosphere of the commedia dell'arte. The four-movement orchestral suite Op.112, consisting of Ouverture, Menuet, Gavotte and Pastorale, combines previously unpublished parts of this stage music. The Pastorale of 1919 was Fauré's last composition for orchestra, the Ouverture originated in a piece of 1864 for piano duet and the original version of the Gavotte was written for piano as early as 1869. The Op.112 orchestral suite demonstrates how the composer, now older and more experienced, reworked and improved his earlier music.
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The Lego Movie Videogame expands on entertaining movie's plot (review)
It's a Lego game about The Lego Movie about the Lego universe. There's definitely an Xzibit Yo Dawg meme in there somewhere.
Wrapped in humor and coated with Lego's entertaining brand of gameplay, The Lego Movie Videogame is a fun-filled extension of its cinematic counterpart.
The game — just like the movie — follows the story of Emmet Brickowski, an ordinary construction worker who wants nothing more in life than following the instructions and simply fitting in with his peers. He gets thrusted into an extraordinary situation when he falls down a hole and is named the "special," the one who will save the Lego world.


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Rookie Doug Martin broke through a few holes early only to stumble after a short gain on what he felt should have been big gainers.
A small tweak to his style at the suggestion of coach Greg Schiano proved to be just the trick to give Martin a record-setting day.
Martin rushed for a franchise-record 251 yards and four touchdowns, and Ahmad Black intercepted a Carson Palmer pass after Oakland had cut an 18-point deficit to three late in the fourth quarter as the Bucs beat the Raiders 42-32 Sunday.
"A few of those I got through the line and kind of stumbled and my head went down. Coach kept telling me, 'Get your head up, get your head up,' because that will increase your balance," Martin said. "So after that I kept my head up and kept my balance and I was on to the races."
Was he ever.
Martin, who was born in Oakland and went to high school in nearby Stockton, had a memorable return home for the Bucs (4-4) by scoring on runs of 1, 45, 67 and 70 yards in front of more than 60 friends and family members.
"Everybody was there. It was awesome," he said. "It's surreal right now. I'm just doing my job out there. I'm honored."
Martin, the 31st pick in April out of Boise State, became the first back since at least 1940 to score on three TD runs of at least 45 yards in one game, according to STATS LLC.
He finished 45 yards shy of tying Adrian Peterson's single game record of 296 set in his rookie season in 2007 and joined Denver's Mike Anderson as the only backs with at least 250 yards rushing and four TDs in a single game.
"The way Doug is breaking tackles and having that top-end speed to make people miss and outrun people to the end zone, it's exceptional," quarterback Josh Freeman said. "It's all about preparation with him. Doug doesn't get in the game and when the moment's not too big, he gets in the game, he knows what he's got to do."
But Tampa Bay still struggled to hold onto an 18-point, fourth-quarter lead against an Oakland team that lost star running back Darren McFadden to an ankle injury late in the first half.
Palmer threw for 414 yards and had three of his four touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Oakland cut the Bucs' lead to 35-32 with 3:51 to go.
The Raiders then got a defensive stop and took over at their 38 with 2:42 to play. But on second down, Palmer threw off-target down the left sideline and Black came up with the second of Palmer's three interceptions.
"I can't throw that ball," Palmer said. "You just need to take a sack sometimes if things are off of the same page and come back the next play."
Martin then ran three straight times to score his fourth touchdown and put the game away.
Freeman threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns as Tampa Bay won for the third time in four games. The Bucs are averaging 477 yards and 36 points per game over the past four contests.
"We have a lot of different weapons," said receiver Vincent Jackson, who scored Tampa's first touchdown. "The coaches do a great job of just giving teams different looks, spreading the ball around. ... It's fun to play in an offense like this that can be very explosive.
The Raiders, coming off two straight victories against one-win Jacksonville and Kansas City, had no answers for Martin and the Bucs, allowing the three long runs in the second half when Martin gained 220 of his yards.
"I really think we have to take this extremely seriously," linebacker Miles Burris said. "For something like this to happen, it's not OK."
Along with the loss, the Raiders had to deal with another injury to McFadden, who left in the second quarter because of his ankle. X-rays were negative, but McFadden did not return and his status was unknown. He missed 19 games in his first four seasons with foot, toe, shoulder, knee and hamstring injuries.
But McFadden would have been no help trying to stop Martin, who broke the franchise record of 219 yards James Wilder set in 1983 despite the absence of All Pro guard Carl Nicks, who was placed on injured reserve last week with a left toe injury.
Martin helped break open what had been a close game with his huge second half. He gave Tampa Bay the lead for good with a 45-yard TD run on the first possession of the second quarter and then added the two other long runs as he continually faked out the Raiders' front seven and outran their usually speedy secondary.
"He's turned into a heck of a player here these last two weeks," Bucs safety Ronde Barber said. "He's really jumped onto the scene, just the way he's handled the pressure that he's had to be the main guy here in our offense these past couple of weeks. It's impressive, man."
NOTES: Oakland DE Lamarr Houston blocked a 35-yard field goal attempt by Connor Barth in the first quarter to set up an Oakland field goal. ... Seattle's Shaun Alexander has the most yards rushing against Raiders, gaining 266 in in 2001.
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Personalized Photo Postcards
Share your favorite photos with your loved ones in the form of personalized postcards. It will impress everyone on your mailing list and give you something fun and different to do with your top shots. But, before you create your own you should be aware of the rules and guidelines pertaining to postcards, which have been set by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Here are some of the set postcard regulations:
1. Your postcards need to be printed on heavy-weight paper, such as cardstock.
2. The length must be between 5-6 inches, and the width must be between 3 1/2-4 1/4 inches.
3. The back of your postcard should be divided approximately in half, with the right side containing only the postage and the recipient's address.
4. Leave the bottom 5/8" empty for postal markings and barcode information, which will be added by the postal service.
Good news! According to these rules, a quality 4" x 6" photo meets the USPS requirements, so you can let the creativity begin.
Create your own one-of-a-kind postcards to send to friends and family this summer. Here are a few online resources that make this quick, easy, and fun:
* Snapfish
Peel-and-stick your way to professional looking postcards at home with self-adhesive postcard backings from the2buds.com.
Let the digital-photography fun continue with ideas for sharing your favorite digi photos, as well as a free CD label download that is sure to make backing up your special pictures all the more entertaining. Find our list of photo-sharing websites here, and get your free CD label here.
To learn more about how to make the most of your digital photos, check out the July/August 2010 "Tips & Tricks" column found in Creating Keepsakes magazine.
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We are gonna have some fun today!" I say, as we begin math. "Do you remember how we practiced ways to make 2, 3, 4, 5 "Flip Over! Flip Over!" (A few kiddos begin singing our little song.) "Do you remember 6 & 7…Number 8?"
"Jake's parking lot!" a kiddo blurts.
"Yes! Exactly! And the Engine, Engine Number 9 for ways to make 9?!" I continue.
Kiddos are nodding and saying "Yes," "Oh yeah!" and "Uh huh!" We are on the same track—that's a good thing. Also, that was a quick tap in to prior learning, making sure that we are still somewhat familiar with the concept of decomposing numbers. So far, so good!
I show an old 10-Frame Mat on the "big screen." One of my kiddos who loves to comment on… everything, all the time, announces, "We used that a long time ago!"
"Yes, we did!" I affirm.
"Well, to make 10, we will need to be sure that we always have all 10 squares in the 10-frame filled. When you get your 10-frame and counters please make sure you have exactly 1 counter on each circle."
As my helper of the day and I distribute supplies, kiddos start setting them out on the 10-frames. It's important to establish 1 counter per square before we start working with the 10-frames, so that the process will be faster and we can focus on the combinations that make 10… not where we are putting counters!
"Okay," I tell the students. "This is my favorite part. We will shake, shake, our counters, and then we will set them out on them out—after they get shaken. Now… can we flip them over to get colors that we pick?"
"Students say, "Nooo," very seriously. Then I go one further, (Other teachers may not have to resort to this, but with my turkeys, I need to be sure that we are clear on rules and expectations. Any doubt will result in chaos.) I pause to make sure the kiddos are watching me on the "big screen," and I slowly, deliberately, flip a counter over.
"Mr. Velli!" My little buddy who butchers my name announces, "You can't do that!"
"Hmm?" I pretend to act confused. "What can't I do?"
A sea of voices announces, "You can't do the flip that over!"
"Oh… so no flipping. I can't flip them over… and you can't, either." I reiterate with a smile.
We pick up our counters and shake them in our hands. I kind of dance around the meeting spot area while I'm shaking the counters in my hands. Students get a little silly about shaking, too, which is just great, as long as they are serious during our work time.
Now, when the counters fall, I have another stipulation: the red must be first. We go over the "Top-to-Bottom. Left –to-Right" rule, and I demonstrate sliding the red counters into the first spots in the 10-Frame. We do this several times, sliding the reds into the first positions, and I circulate around the room, helping the kids visualize that "first" place, remembering the upper left hand corner as the first "spot." (Keeping the red first helps visualize the groups within the 10 and minimizes the temptation to turn the activity into a pattering activity or to "forget" one of the counters of a certain color. When counters are altogether, it is much easier to see the numbers within the 10.)
A few turkeys try to flip a counter or a few, and I swoop right in, playfully reminding them of our "No flipping!" rule. I keep it light, but they get the message: we move the counters by sliding them, and the way they fall is the way they fall. We can't change them on our own.
Now, my class is the Guided Practice Kindergarten of America. (I gave us that title.) Any time—EVERY TIME I try to cut our structured, supervised practice short, we have disastrous results. (Okay, sometimes it's just mildly disastrous, but now that we have officially started our 102nd day of kindergarten, I have come to accept this requirement with this class.
As we are practicing our shaking, spilling, and moving our counters, I am sure to have kiddos tell me their number combinations as I move all over the room. I'll stop at one table and have a girl tell me "2 and 8 is 10" and then I'm on my way to another table, where a boy says, "4 + 6 = 10," and so on, touching base all over the room, and giving every student that opportunity to articulate combinations of numbers to make 10.
After we have had our requisite TONS of Guided Practice, we move on to recording groups of 10 on record sheets. We still shake, spill, and slide our counters on our 10-frames, but we use the recording sheet to color the circles and writing number combinations to go with the combinations.
I keep moving all over the room, sometimes lingering by kiddos who all of a sudden forget the slide the reds to the first spot when we have crayons added, asking questions and providing specific feedback to get and keep them "on track."
A couple times, I notice a kiddo who verbally told me the numbers "5 and 5 make 10," but when he records it on his sheet, he has "10 and 10" Ugh! It's easy to get discouraged, but instead I ask questions, "So, buddy, how may read counters do you have right there?"
He answers, "5."
I don't tell him he's wrong, but I quietly say, "Hmm… is that what you wrote?" pointing to his "10" that he wrote.
"Oh, no! " He says, beginning to erase with a smile.
After a 2-minute warning, we wrap up the activity. I place bins in the middle of the tables for students to easily (& quickly) place their counters. Before papers are collected, I ask for student feedback on the lesson. Of course they're kindergartners and they do tend to love everything, but it's fun to hear the specifics each day. They tell me they liked the counters and they liked coloring.
I ask if there's anything they would change, and a little boy says, "Yeah, make math longer." Ah, something is working right!
I get specific, really wanting them to focus on the concept. I remind them that we were making a number with different smaller numbers. Then I open it up… totally on purpose, of course. "Who can tell me more?"
"We made 10," a quiet girl says.
"Yes, we made 10 a lot! Several times!" I affirm.
"Uh, we shaked and spilled…?" another kiddo adds tentatively.
"Yes, we shook our 2-color counters to get different combinations for 10! Who can tell me number pair that makes 10?" Students are a little nervous about this request, so I go to one of the "quick study" kiddos that usually has to wait until other kids don't know or don't have anything to contribute. (I want us on track and energized!)
He kind of falters, "Um… 7 + 3?"
"Absolutely! Let's hear another combination!" Now they get it! Other kids begin referring to their recording sheets and share number pairs to make 10. Awesome! We talk about the different number combinations, and that 5 + 5 and 4 + 6 came up more often than some other numbers. Oh, this conversation could go on forever, but we have to go to P.E. It's so exciting to see what knowledge kids can create when we have good conversation!


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Pakistani group banned after Mumbai attack found operating openly
Pakistan's government appears to have relaxed its enforcement of a 5-year-old United Nations ban on the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organization, which incurred the sanctions because of its militants' alleged involvement in the November 2008 rampage in Mumbai, India, that killed 166 people.
Two of Lashkar's front organizations openly raised money this week as the Muslim festival of Eid al Adha got underway. No authorities made any effort to stop them – not a surprise, perhaps, because the groups have been known to work with the government when natural disaster strikes.
But the Pakistani military's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate has kept a tight leash on Lashkar-e-Taiba, which the U.S. has labeled a terrorist organization, since Pakistan told the United Nations it would enforce a ban on the group and its affiliates after the Mumbai assault. The attack destroyed the significant progress the two countries had made in settling the feud that had led to two wars and four localized conflicts since the nations were created when Britain ended its colonial rule in 1947.
Lashkar's public resurgence follows the end in August of a decade-long cease-fire between Pakistani and Indian forces along the disputed border of the mountainous Kashmir state. Since then, Lashkar and other Pakistani militant groups with a history of terrorist activity in India have made a rapid comeback.
It wasn't difficult for McClatchy to find them in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, on Wednesday, the first day of Eid al Adha, which commemorates the biblical tale of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son upon God's command. Abraham's hand was stayed by the angel Gabriel at the last moment and he was instructed to sacrifice a ram instead. Muslims who can afford to now mark the celebration with the slaughter of a ram or sheep.
Lashkar's black-and-white striped flag was clearly displayed on banners flying just 200 yards outside the residential suburb of Korang Town. Emblazoned across the banners were the addresses and phone numbers of mosques affiliated with Lashkar's Jama'at-ud-Da'wah proselytizing sister organization. The U.N. banned the Jama'at, too, after the Mumbai attacks, and Pakistan took similar action that same day, Dec. 11, 2008.
The banners advertised a timely service: animals for sacrifice at a price much lower than one would find in local livestock markets. Goats, Pakistan's favorite source of meat, were available for 13,000 rupees – about $124 – about half the market price.
There was, however, a catch.
The animal's purchaser would retain one-third of the meat, per Islamic custom, while Lashkar's charitable organization, the Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, or Humanitarian Welfare Foundation, would assume responsibility for distributing the remainder to victims of natural disasters in Pakistan. It also would retain the animal hides, presumably for sale to tanneries, netting a share of the estimated 13 billion-rupee ($124 million) leather trade tied to Eid al Adha.
The banners led to an adjacent suburb built for employees of the government's Public Works Department, where a senior Jama'at-ud-Da'wah activist, Hafiz Mohammed Iqbal, oversaw several teams of butchers outside the Jamia Mohammedi mosque.
India has frequently accused Pakistan of using Lashkar-e-Taiba as a proxy warrior against it, particularly during the 1990s, when a militant insurgency in India-administered Kashmir prompted the deployment of half a million Indian troops.
Repeated attempts by Pakistan to restart the peace dialogue have failed because of India's insistence that it hand over four activists from Jama'at-ud-Da'wah that it said had masterminded the Mumbai attack along with two retired ISI operatives.
India is furious that the founder of Lashkar and head of Jama'at, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, is free to preach and move around Pakistan after a high court acquitted him of involvement in the attacks.
Enforcement of the U.N. ban also was absent at the Jama'at-ud-Da'wah-affiliated Quba'a mosque in a residential Islamabad neighborhood known by its designation in the capital's grid organizational scheme as Sector I-8. The Quba'a mosque is Jama'at's largest facility in the capital, and it was conducting roaring business Wednesday. Notably, it's opposite an unmarked housing colony for ISI operatives and their families.
Government offices were closed for the holiday, and no one was available to comment on Jama'at's open operations.
Islamabad and its twin city, Rawalpindi, are relatively fresh territory for Lashkar. Its base of public support is largely in the eastern city of Lahore and Lahore's satellite industrial cities of Gujranwala, Sialkot and Kasur. They all border India, house large communities of Kashmiri Muslim exiles and are home to businessmen who follow Lashkar's ultra-orthodox interpretation of Islam and provide generous funding.
In Model Town, a Lahore suburb that for decades was home to the family of Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's prime minister – of Kashmiri migrant stock himself – Lashkar affiliates provided the same animal-sacrifice support services. They also advertised the forthcoming launch of a free public-transport service and called for donated vehicles to make it happen. The route is likely to service patients going for treatment at a local charitable hospital set up by Sharif's late father.


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Sonya Isaacs
For people who do not know the depth of Sonya Isaacs talent and experience as a singer and songwriter, the question might be, can she make a successful transition from bluegrass / gospel to country music? After one listen to her new, self-titled album for Lyric Street Records, the answer to that question is a resounding yes.
Actually the word transition is not appropriate. Isaacs simply opened the door to a musical place she already knew well and had longed to be in order to take her music to a wider audience. Her doorman was a man that had made a similar journey from bluegrass to country years earlier, and producer of seven of the songs on her debut album, Vince Gill. Five additional tracks were produced by Shelby Kennedy (Lyric Streets A&R Director) and Mike Clute. The result of the collaboration is a remarkably strong, consistent, and unique-sounding collection of songs that immediately establish Sonyas own country personality. I just hope that people can listen to this and say she is true to her heart and true to her musical roots and shes different. She fits in but shes different, Isaacs declares. Some people are scared that because Im from a bluegrass background that its going to be too bluegrassy. Its not bluegrassy at all. Its not cookie cutter. It doesnt sound like I cut the record just so I could be played on radio. Yet I did keep in mind the format of today and record things that people would like and that I liked, she confirms.
The first event that helped Isaacs open the door to a country recording career occurred in 1994. Thats when artist manager and publisher, Mark Ketchem, heard her voice come on the radio while he was driving through Nashville. She was singing a gospel hit called, I Have a Father Who Can, and the power and purity of her acappella vocal delivery grabbed Ketchems attention. It was the best thing I had ever heard and I just had to find out who she was. I had to talk to her, says Ketchem.
A few days later he found her and found out that she was the lead singer for a popular family bluegrass / gospel act out if LaFollette, TN, called the Isaacs. The groups principles were Sonya; he father, Joe; mother, Lily; older brother, Ben and younger sister, Becky. It was in this family circle where Sonya Isaacs had made music since she was three years old, where the learned harmony singing and mandolin and where he talent was so great, she became one of the lead singers and stars of the show. It was her emotionally charged vocals on the gospel hit, From the Depths of My Heart that helped turn the Isaacs into a top gospel act.
Ketchem called Sonya and convinced her to come to Nashville by asking her to sing some country demos for his publishing company. I was thrilled, says Sonya, Id never sung country. I always liked it and listened to it, but never had sung it professionally. Once Ketchem got her into the studio, her vocals sounded like she had been singing country all her life. As he pitched the songs she had demoed for him to A&R departments, all they wanted to know is, Whos the singer? Sonya was thrilled, I never planned a solo career. I always dreamed that I would one day, but I never knew how.
Through 1996 and 1997, Isaacs began talks with several record companies while she continued to tour 260 days a year with the Isaacs. The family made several appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and it was there that another of Sonyas dreams was realized she met Vince Gill. I can remember saying two years before, Im going to sing with Vince Gill one of these days. I met him first and then he met the family, Sonya recalls, Vince likes bluegrass and we bonded. Vince would call her out on the Opry stage to sing with him on Go Rest High on that Mountain and Real Ladies Man. She didnt know it at the time, but Sonya Isaacs had just met one of the producers of her first country album.
During this period, Isaacs negotiated patiently with record companies in search of the situation that felt just right to her. That did not dampen her desire to go forward with a solo album. She began recording an independent country crossover album and invited Gill to sing with her on a tune called The Battlefield (now included on her debut Lyric Street album). That independent album was never released because Sonya began talking seriously with Lyric Street Records and eventually signed a contract with them in 1998.
Meanwhile, Gill asked Sonya to return the favor and sing on his new album. He honored her by asking her to sing on Let Her In and Lived to Tell it All, a song, which they had collaborated on writing that, made it to his album as well. Sonya felt so comfortable with Gill that she brought up the idea of having him produce her debut album, Vince called me at home to thank me for singing on his record, and I asked him what he thought about the idea of producing me. To her delight, Gill agreed to do it.
Taking time off from the Isaacs family act was not an easy decision. But the family gave their blessing, and Lyric Street happily agreed to allow Sonya to appear with the Isaacs on stage and on records whenever possible.
During the summer of 1998, Gill invited Sonya to become part of his concert tour and country fans got their first look at this confident, experienced artist. She added acoustic guitar and mandolin to the show, and her background harmonies were perfect as she joined in on Gill classics like When I Call Your Name or I Will Always Love You. Her performance was riveting when she stepped up front for a solo spot.
Joining Gill on the road turned out to be an inspired decision because it was on the road together that Gill and Isaacs were able to begin pre-production on the album. Gill had time to learn about her as an artist, while she built even more trust in him. They were able to listen to songs together, some of which Gill tried out on her during sound checks. In retrospect it was the only way they could have completed an album of such high quality during the fall of 1998. We went into the studio in October and finished the album in the middle of November. It was completely mixed by the end of November, Isaacs relates. It was very quick and Vince was great. We had fun on the road and fun working on the album. There were just a few times that we bumped heads but thats expected when you get two people with totally strong opinions, she recalls. After a delay in the album release, producers Shelby Kennedy and Mike Clute were brought in to cut new material to be mixed in with the initial Gill-produced tracks, resulting in an exciting balance that shows how Sonya has evolved as a vocalist and mandolin player. The existing album is fresh and works commercially but still maintains the initial essence and magic that Vince captured in Sonya which is the heart and soul of the project.
In addition to Gill contributing his exquisite background vocals on various songs, Isaacs album includes some impressive guest vocalists; Dolly Parton, Steve Wariner, Jason Sellers, Joe Diffie, Ben Isaacs and Becky Bowman. According to Sonya, it impressed her that Dolly didnt just come over to sing with her because her friend Vince asked her to. Dolly requested a tape of the song (Healing Hands) so she could hear it; she had to see if she liked it enough to sing on it, Isaacs explains. Dolly went in and had already memorized the song and knew her part. [Dolly was in the house] and she was a blast. She started at ten oclock and was finished by eleven, the whole thing. Parton didnt say so to Sonya at the time, but she was obviously impressed by her talent. While Dolly was in the studio, her two assistants came in and they told me that on the way over Dolly had said to them, If Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt had a daughter, she would sound just like Sonya! Coming from Dolly Parton and being compared to those two artists, that was a huge compliment. Steve Wariner delivered his opinion directly to Isaacs when he said, Your voice is like butter. Wariner sings along with Jason Sellers on the ethereal track, On My Way To You. Almost two years later, Dolly contacted Sonya and her sister Becky to sing harmonies on her acoustic album. Its one thing to have her sing on my album, says Sonya, but it was the biggest honor in the world to be asked to sing on hers.
Sonya Isaacs voice like butter isnt the whole story about the album. Her song writing ability, already honed by years of writing hits for her family act, is the rest of the story with Isaacs co-writing five of the songs on this powerful 12-song collection. In addition to On My Way to Your, she wrote Just Go, Ive Forgotten How You Feel, Healing Hands and Two Badly Broken Hearts. In short, the album Sonya Isaacs is a complete creative experience from a complete artist and fulfilled human being.
For Sonya Isaacs, her ultimate reason for wanting a solo career in secular music comes down to her outlook on life. I realize life is short, she says. Thats why I sometimes wear a little hourglass on a chain around my neck. It reminds me that life is short and you can only have an impact on so many people each day. This is an opportunity for me to reach so many people with my music. I feel that opportunity has just knocked on my door and Ive opened it. Sonya has now walked through that door bearing gifts 12 uniquely wonderful songs on a superb debut country album from a bluegrass / gospel star that sounds like she was born to sing country music.


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Saturday 1 January 2005
April 06, 2004
Rwanda: 10 Years Later, Genocide Survivor Reflects On 'Collective Madness' (Part 2)
Rwanda's genocide erupted 10 years ago, with a savagery and thoroughness that shocked the international community. In just 100 days, an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 Tutsis were killed. The killing was particularly efficient in the remote western province of Kibuye, where 22-year-old Immaculee Ilibagiza lived with her Tutsi family. Now a UN employee in New York, Ilibagiza shares with RFE/RL a personal tale about the genocide.