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The San Francisco History Center and Book Arts & Special Collections present an exhibition of haiga by artist John Brandi.
The art of haiga, or "haiku painting," is traditionally a spare, ink-brushed image combined with a calligraphed haiku. For poet John Brandi, the writing of haiku has found a home in northern New Mexico. The form originated in seventeenth-century Japan and was popularized by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), Japan's great haiku master. Like haiku, the world's shortest poems, which depend on seventeen syllables or less to create a picture, haiga rely on minimal brush strokes to invigorate the viewer's imagination. John Brandi's haiga are inspired by Japan's wandering poet-painters and, like theirs, are influenced by journeys on distant roads.
To frame the haiga in this exhibit, curator Tom Leech created specially marbled papers using an eleventh-century Japanese technique known as suminagashi, or "black ink floating." Inherent in the artform is the implication of meandering water, wind-blown clouds and tumultuous topography.
The exhibit is accompanied by a series of photographs. The photographs are from Palace of the Governors Photo Archives. They were taken two centuries after Matsuo Basho set off on his pilgrimages, yet they reveal many details of the landscape and people that inspired him. Walking thousands of miles on five different journeys, Basho recorded his impressions in the haibun form, a mix of poetic prose punctuated by haiku. His most famous journey, in 1689, resulted in Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), one of the great prose works of Japanese literature.
Excerpts accompanying the photographs are from Basho's haibun, written between 1684 and 1690, and translated by David Landis Barnhill (Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Basho).
This exhibition was originally organized by New Mexico's Palace of the Governors and the New Mexico History Museum.


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London 2011, Round 7: Leapfrogging Leaders
Going into the round Hikaru Nakamura enjoyed a two-point lead over Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Luke McShane. Not a bad place to be, and although they had already had their byes and he was about to take his in round 7, you'd still expect him to be in good shape by round's end, right?
Nope! After yet another massacre of the British (McShane counts as an honorary foreigner in this tournament), Nakamura dropped to fourth place with just two rounds to go. Magnus Carlsen was engaged in a tough tussle with Michael Adams, and despite having Black it was Adams who had the initiative much of the way. At some moment, however, Adams' queenside initiative came to an end, and in the meantime he underestimated Carlsen's sneaky threats on the kingside. Ultimately, Adams blundered with 35...Nc4, when 36.Rxd5 basically put an end to the proceedings.
Vladimir Kramnik had his way with David Howell in a QGA sideline. Howell followed theory and made natural moves, but somehow - and even Kramnik wasn't really sure what went wrong - the former world champion had a nice edge. Howell's 19...Bc6 may have been the decisive error, costing him a pawn and eventually the game.
Finally, McShane also won, and unlike his co-leaders he did it with Black. Nigel Short essayed the good old King's Gambit, but at some point got a bit too conservative. The compensation dried up and McShane took his extra material to the bank, eventually winning.
Finally, Levon Aronian failed to get anything from the opening against Viswanathan Anand, and their game was soon drawn.
Standings After Round 7 (on 3-1-0 scoring; note that Adams and Howell have played 7 games; everyone else only 6):
1-3. Carlsen, Kramnik, McShane 12
4. Nakamura 11
5-6. Aronian, Anand 7
7. Short 4
8-9. Adams, Howell 3
Round 8 Pairings:
- Anand - Carlsen (already drawn)
- Howell - Aronian
- McShane - Kramnik
- Nakamura - Short
- Adams - bye
Here's the tournament site for the London Chess Classic, and here are the round 7 games (without notes). Let me recommend ChessBase's report on the round, as it includes videos of the post-game press conferences. (Kramnik's was especially entertaining, and should prove a real eye-opener to fans who think that a super-GM's solidity has anything to do with his ability to imagine and calculate tactics!)
Perhaps even more noteworthy in that report is the brief transcript (and audio clip) of Nakamura answering questions about his working relationship with Garry Kasparov. One doesn't suspect it's going in a fantastic direction - especially after this interview.


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It's Children's Book Week! And with school winding down, here's an important tip—research shows that children who don't read through the summer can lose a month or more of progress made during the school year.
Keep your children's minds sharp with a summer book reading program that offers kid-friendly perks and freebies. There are several to choose from, and your kids can earn prizes like gift cards, movies, books and more.
Here's a list to start with—keep your eyes open for more as summer gets closer.
1. Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program 2013
This year, the Barnes and Noble summer reading program, Imagination's Destination, gives a free book to each child who reads 8 books during the summer. This is most appropriate for kids in grades 1–6. This summer reading program runs May 21 – September 3.
2. Half Price Books Summer Reading Program 2013
Half Price Books awards free gift cards to kids who read books during the summer. When kids read for 300 minutes during both June and July, they'll get a free $5 gift card per month to Half Price Books. One lucky kid in each age group and store will get a $20 gift card. This summer reading program runs June 1 – July 31.
3. TD Bank Summer Reading Program 2013
When your kids complete the TD Bank summer reading program, they'll each get $10. Participants need to read 10 books and have a new or existing Young Savers account at a TD Bank to get this deal. This summer reading program runs May 6 – September 30.
4. Showcase Cinemas Summer Reading Program 2013
For each book that a child reads and writes a book report for, they'll get to see a movie for free at a Showcase Cinemas theater. This summer reading program runs July 10 – August 7.
5. Sylvan's Book Adventure Reading Program
Sylvan's reading program called Book Adventure encourages children to read books and then take online quizzes about the books to earn points. These points can be redeemed for prizes like magazine subscriptions, candy, CDs and games. This reading program is ongoing.
6. Chuck E. Cheese Reading Rewards
Chuck E. Cheese sponsors a reading program where kids can earn free 10 Chuck E. Cheese tokens for reading each day for 2 weeks. This reading program is ongoing. And, of course, don't forget to check your local public or school library—virtually every public library has some type of a summer reading program, and most have rewards, prizes and fun events for kids.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police officers fired nine shots from close range at a knife-wielding Vietnam veteran who had been living for years with mental illness during a rapidly unfolding incident outside a convenience store in the heart of the city, officials said.
At a news conference on Monday, Police Chief Ray Schultz identified the two officers who shot and killed 66-year-old Vincent Wood on Friday as rookie Jeff Bludworth and Katherine Wright, who has been with APD since 2009.
A security guard at a business located near the intersection of San Mateo and Montgomery NE had called 911 at 7:39 p.m., the chief said, to report that a man matching Wood's description had threatened two teenage boys with two "big ol' butcher knives."
The security guard told police dispatchers he had dealt with the man before and that he was both "extremely crazy" and "extremely dangerous."
That information was relayed to the officers.
Preliminary results from an investigation being conducted by APD and several other law enforcement agencies show Wright likely fired first as Wood advanced on Bludworth with two large Bowie-type knives, Schultz said.
He said he didn't know how many times either officer fired, or how many times Wood was struck.
At 7:42 p.m., Bludworth arrived on scene and found Wood, the chief said. The officer saw no weapons in Wood's hands and called him toward his police car.
Wood took a detour around Bludworth's car, Schultz said, then produced the knives from a satchel he had slung around his shoulder. As he backed away from Wood, Bludworth reached into his holster for his gun and began commanding him to drop the knives.
Wright arrived around that time and, "in fear for officer Bludworth," fired at Wood, Schultz said. Wright believed she may have recognized Wood from a previous encounter.
About a minute passed from the time Bludworth arrived in the parking lot and when Wood was shot, he said.
The chief said Wood had brandished knives at police officers, including APD officers, during previous incidents.
Family criticism
Wood's sister-in-law, Cynthia Allen, questioned why the officers used their guns at all.
"I can understand if this was a man in his prime coming at police officers with knives," Allen said Monday in a telephone interview from her home in Florida. "But why couldn't they use Tasers? Or shoot him in the knee caps? Vincent has come at my husband with a machete before, and he was able to handle the situation without a gun."
Schultz said he "would assume" the officers were carrying electronic stun guns – which APD requires all officers to do – at the time of the shooting. But neither officer used one.
Wood, Schultz said, was between four and eight feet from Bludworth when he was shot.
Both officers had their department-issued lapel cameras turned on during the shooting, and one of the cameras captured video and audio of the shooting, Schultz said.
The video was not shown to reporters at the news conference.
Schultz said Wood has been arrested 14 times since 1998 in New Mexico and Colorado. Only one of those arrests resulted in a conviction.
Wood also has been transported to mental health facilities six times by law enforcement, the chief said, including to the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Albuquerque.
Most recently, in June, he refused to come out of the motel where he was staying after police were called to the area because of a disturbance, Schultz said. Wood was not arrested on that occasion.
Allen said Wood had been hospitalized as recently as a few months ago.
"We've been trying to get him home and in a safe place for the last year," she said. "The VA wouldn't provide any of his information and, even though we knew he was in Albuquerque, we didn't know exactly where he was. The last we heard, he was back on his medication and doing fine. The next thing we know, he's dead."
Michael Allen, Wood's half brother, told the Journal over the weekend that Wood had one grown daughter and had been traveling in the Southwest since his grandmother died in the early 1990s, a death Wood took very hard.
That death, coupled with the post-traumatic stress disorder Wood suffered after serving as an infantryman in Vietnam in the mid-1960s, left Wood drifting, Michael Allen said. Wood had been living in Albuquerque for 10 to 15 years, he said.
Policy change
In the aftermath of a spike in shootings by APD officers that began in 2010 and levelled off last year, department brass implemented several policies in an attempt to slow the rate of deadly police-citizen encounters.
Requiring all officers to use lapel cameras every time they contact a citizen was one such change. Another was requiring supervisors to respond to all scenes that have a high potential for volatility in an effort to slow down such situations.
In the Wood shooting case, the second for APD this year, those "protocols were followed," Schultz said.
A crisis intervention officer had just arrived at the scene as Wood was being shot and a sergeant was en route, he said.
The high number of police shootings, 29 since 2010, and several other excessive force cases prompted the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a sweeping civil rights investigation of APD, which is ongoing.


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Sure thing...what do we do first? **scratches head thoughtfully**
Well...I suppose an idea would help... Hue and the other knights shake their heads in agreement....
what audience are you targeting...what is your objective and where would you like to be a year from now with this book?
**We have the idea: Tales of the Mithril Knights
**Our Target Audience: Fantasy readers…along with wanna-be fantasy readers
**Our objective: to collaborate with the writing team and tell the tales of the Mithril Knights and their history: create a new world.
**A year from now? We'll get back to you on this
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I'm adding the conversations from the other thread of the ideas brought up...and the experience we have with many of the MK Guild members
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San Francisco police are seeking the driver of a black sedan who fled after crashing into a pole and injuring three passengers early Monday morning, a police spokesman said today.
The crash was reported at 2:32 a.m. Monday near Mission Street and Geneva Avenue.
The driver walked away from the crash, which caused life-threatening wounds to a 36-year-old woman in the car and also injured two other passengers in their 20s, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.
The Police Department's hit-and-run unit is investigating the crash, Shyy said.
The vehicle has been impounded and the registered owner has been identified, but police are conducting interviews to determine who was driving the car, Shyy said.
Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the Police Department's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411 with "SFPD" in the message.
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Cancer Support Scotland is a centre that provides emotional and practical support, both on a one-to-one basis and through community-based groups, to anyone affected by cancer, including family, friends and carers.
The charity's main centre is the Calman Cancer Support Centre based within the grounds of Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow and has a number of support groups covering Scotland.
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Senior Football Players Dinnerby Tom Runge • October 24, 2005 Share:
In what will hopefully be restored as a yearly tradition, 16 senior football players and their families gathered at the Crawfordsville Country Club the evening before the Wittenberg game for an informal dinner, relaxation, and a little fun.
The group, totally almost 80, included the players, their families, and most of the coaching staff. The highlight of the evening came after dinner. Several parents and coaches' spouses had prepared funny stories about their sons/husbands. They placed these stories in a big bowl and then people were selected at random to read them. Names were not included so the group had to guess which player or coach the story was about. While I can't divulge the stories or the appropriate players/coaches, I can tell you there were several funny stories about the players and a couple of good ones about the coaches as well! I also can tell you that stories about duct-taped underwear, disco dancing, and county fair pig racing were included!
Many thanks go to Ed Larson and Mary Barkley (Brandon #53) for setting up the dinner and to Steve and Karen Selby (Aaron #38) and Rick and Laura Roop (Brandon #10) for their help in making it a great evening. I certainly hope this is a tradition that finds new life.
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Heh, I voted not at all, just for kicks
But I actually do trust MS pretty well. If I didn't, why would I use MS Windows, MS Office, and MS Visual Studio?
I really wouldn't worry about it. It's just an error report, and they probably get so many each and every day that they won't bother to look at it twice.
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Jonathan Pearl is a Ph.D. candidate in government and politics at the University of Maryland. During 2010-11, he was a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Jen-nings Randolph Peace Scholar at the United States In-stitute of Peace. Mr. Pearl has previously worked at the RAND Corporation, and as a foreign policy advisor to former U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd. In 2008, he was a Nuclear Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and he presently sits on the Board of Advisors for CSIS's Project on Nuclear Issues. Mr. Pearl's current research focuses on nuclear disarmament, proliferation, civil nuclear cooperation, nuclear arms control, and strategic stability. His work has been published by the Council on Foreign Relations, CSIS, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, among other national and international media outlets. He holds an MA in government and politics from the University of Maryland and a BA in music from Florida Atlantic University.
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Forecasting Zero: U.S. Nuclear History and the Low Probability of Disarmament
November 25, 2011
Authored by Mr. Jonathan Pearl.
Should the United States relinquish its nuclear weapons? This monograph discusses both the technical and political factors related to the future of American nuclear weapons.


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The South Korean governing body of baseball has banned scouts from the Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball from attending local games, after the Orioles signed a teenage pitcher in a controversial move.
The Korea Baseball Association announced Thursday it has informed the MLB commissioner's office and the Orioles of its decision, saying scouts from all major league teams in the future signing Korean student athletes not in the final years of their schools will be banned from KBA-sanctioned games. That will include all national high school and university tournaments, often frequented by major league scouts.
"To prevent a further exodus of top prospects, we will limit (major league teams') access to players," the KBA said.
The Orioles in January acquired pitcher Kim Seong-min, a 17-year-old left-hander about to enter his final year in high school and reportedly signed him for $550,000.
Kim became only the second South Korean high school sophomore to join a major league club. The KBA prohibits players from contacting local or foreign baseball teams before their final years of study, either at high school or university, and on Wednesday, banned Kim indefinitely from playing and coaching in South Korea for his violation.
The Orioles' signing also stirred a controversy about major league clubs' poaching of young South Korean players. While major league clubs are free to sign any Korean player they wish within the rules, including undrafted high school students or graduates, baseball officials here have long complained MLB clubs' signing of players can make it difficult for South Korea to develop youth baseball programs.
Separately from the KBA, the Korea Baseball Organization, which runs the nation's top baseball league, has lodged a complaint with MLB over the Orioles' alleged violation of a clause in an agreement between the KBO and MLB.
If a major league club wishes to contact an amateur or professional Korean player who is currently playing or has played in the country, the club must first check the player's status and availability with the KBO.
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This spot is located in "la Paloma", state of "Rocha" it´s the pacific ocean part in uruguay.
DistanceIn the city
WalkShort walk (5-15 mn)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
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Alternative name La Aguada Beach
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceAll surfers
DirectionRight and left
PowerFast, Fun
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast, East
Good wind directionWest, SouthWest, South
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movement
Week crowdCrowded
Week-end crowdCrowded
Punta del Este is more Known but the best waves of uruguay are in Rocha state.
Only in La Paloma you have like 6 beach breaks, 5 point breaks and a few of secret spots, the surfing in uruguay is still in development.
The atmosphere is cool, not very crowded, excellent beach brake, a very fast but hndled wave .
Lot of times, get classic,and tubular, the sharks are not common
Is a great spot to visit, specially in summertime.
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la aguada - -la aguada now, is not as good as 15 years ago..yes the wave is very clean and consistent, but not as hollow and long as yesteryearspalomero is right, only 70 mts or less rides, but perfect ones.those 3 pict are all taked in average days, not medium days like is writed in one...
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MILPITAS, CA, October 24, 2013 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash storage solutions, announced today the pricing of $1.3 billion principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due in 2020 (the "notes"). The size of the offering of the notes was increased from the previously announced aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion. The notes were priced at 100% of the aggregate principal amount and will bear interest at a rate of 0.50% per annum. The Company has granted the initial purchaser for the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $200.0 million principal amount of notes from the Company to cover over-allotments, if any.
The notes are being sold in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The sale of the notes is expected to close on October 29, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.
The notes will be the Company's senior unsecured obligations. The notes will pay interest semiannually in cash on April 15 and October 15 at a rate of 0.50% per year, and will mature on October 15, 2020. The initial conversion rate will be 10.8470 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $92.19 per share). The initial conversion price represents a premium of 35% to the $68.29 per share closing price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 23, 2013. The notes will be convertible beginning on July 15, 2020, or earlier upon the occurrence of certain events. The holders of the notes will have the ability to require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of their notes for cash in the event of certain designated events. In such a case, the repurchase price will be 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be purchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest.
The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $1.28 billion, or approximately $1.48 billion if the initial purchaser exercises its over-allotment option in full, after deducting discounts and estimated offering expenses.
The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to fund the cost of privately negotiated convertible note hedge transactions, which will serve to increase the effective conversion price of the notes. In addition, the Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds to repurchase shares of its common stock from purchasers of the notes in privately negotiated transactions, each as described below. The remaining net proceeds are expected to be used for: (1) the repayment at maturity, or repurchase from time to time, of a portion or all of the Company's currently outstanding indebtedness; (2) potential strategic investments or acquisitions; (3) the repurchase, from time to time, of shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to the Company's existing stock repurchase programs; and (4) other general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures related to manufacturing and technology.
The Company currently intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to fund the cost of privately negotiated convertible note hedge transactions (after taking into account the proceeds to it from warrant transactions) that the Company intends to enter into with the initial purchaser for the offering or other financial institutions (the "dealers"). The convertible note hedge transactions will cover, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, the number of shares of the Company's common stock that will initially underlie the notes. The Company also intends to enter into separate privately negotiated warrant transactions with such dealers or their affiliates, and anticipates that the warrants will have an exercise price that will initially be $122.92 per share, which represents an 80% premium to the closing sale price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 23, 2013. If the initial purchaser exercises its option to purchase additional notes, the Company may use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the additional notes to enter into additional convertible note hedge transactions, and the Company may enter into additional warrant transactions.
These convertible note hedge transactions and warrant transactions are expected to reduce the potential dilution with respect to the Company's common stock upon conversion of the notes; however, the warrant transactions could have a dilutive effect with respect to the Company's common stock to the extent that the market price per share of the Company's common stock exceeds the strike price of the warrants.
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The Company currently intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to repurchase 2,196,514 shares of its common stock from purchasers of the notes in privately negotiated transaction effected through the initial purchaser or another financial institution, as the Company's agent, at a purchase price of $68.29 per share, which is the closing price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 23, 2013.
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Drama for Grades 3-4, Melbourne
Practical skill based learning in the performing arts led by industry experts with a focus on personal and creative development.
Learning framework
Each term we focus on a specific area of performance practice to ensure students have a varied experience and learn a range of essential creative skills.
Students are able to join us at the start of any term during the year.
NIDA Open Drama courses are designed across a four term structure within the following learning framework:
Term one Improvisation and Performance Craft
Term two Voice and Movement
Term three Devising and Contemporary Performance
Term four Script Work and Staging
Term 1, 2019: Rules of Imagination
Warning: imagination knows no rules!! Inspired by the picture book The Oopsatoreum by Shaun Tan, turn your greatest imaginings into wild and wonderful scenarios to tickle and delight your imagination. Using improvisation and contemporary storytelling techniques, turn your wildest inventions into stories for a short live presentation for family and friends. What could go wrong?
Course components
- Craft: Participate in improvised scene work to develop basic acting technique.
- Freeing the Imagination: Develop new stories, ideas and adventures through improvisational exercises and techniques.
- Ensemble: Work as part of a team to achieve a shared goal through performance.
Term 2, 2019: Everyday Stories
Life can be full of ups and downs. Emotions engage our senses, challenge our thinking and demand our attention. Develop your acting, physical and vocal dexterity as you are inspired by the emotional twists and turns of everyday life to develop original scenes and stories. Share your stories with family and friends at the end of the course.
Course components
- Vocal Expression: Learn how the voice works and develop vocal confidence in a live performance setting.
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Stalk the monsters and uncover what lurks in the shadows under your bed! Working with visual storytelling techniques, including puppetry and physical theatre, create suspenseful stories based on urban legend and popular children's mysteries. Devise a presentaion inspired by the most mysterious monsters and curious curiosities.
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Tune-up your acting skills and develop stage craft technique to give your live performance the 'wow' factor. Rehearse scripted scenes from plays written especially for young people then showcase your skills as you present your scenes at the end of the course.
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Lafayette Sheppard's Portrait Photograph of Unidentified Infant, 1888
Photographer: Lafayette Sheppard (b. 1852 Ohio, d. 1940 Inglewood, California)
Active in Petaluma: 1888
Biographical Note: Sheppard arrived in California by 1880 and was employed in various occupations in various cities throughout the state. In 1888 he was listed as a photographer in Petaluma and he produced many fine cabinet card portraits during his stay.
Bibliography: Mautz, pg. 140.
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Description: Cabinet card of an infant sitting on a studio prop sofa. He is wearing a striped gown and is holding something, a toy perhaps, in his hand.
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Date: 1888
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Monique Jacot
Monique Jacot was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1934. She studied photography at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Vevey. In 1956, she began work as a freelance photojournalist, completing assignments for magazines and newspapers in France and Switzerland. Throughout her career, Ms Jacot travelled extensively and her work has appeared in numerous publications as well as on television. Among other prizes, she has received the Grand Prix de la Photographie from the Fondation vaudoise pour la Culture.
Ms Jacot created her first photo story for WHO in 1963. She worked on assignment for WHO for nearly 10 years, travelling to Russia, Asia, Africa and the United States. She photographed a wide variety of topics from nursing to urbanization to sexual education. Her work was published in the World Health magazine on a number of occasions.
Nurse in Niger: Niger, 1969
Monique Jacot travelled to Niger in 1969 to photograph the Ecole Nationale d'Infirmières in the capital city of Niamey. She covered the courses offered at the school, a mandatory internship for students in a bush village and a rural sanitary education campaign. The images from Ms Jacot's report appeared in the World Health magazine in 1969 in an article profiling a nurse from the school.
Soviet doctors, close to the worker: Russia, 1968
In 1968, Monique Jacot went on a photographic assignment to the former Soviet Union. Visiting what is now the Russian Federation, she photographed subjects including nutrition, urbanization, profiles of healthcare professionals, and occupational health conditions. Ms Jacot's photographs were published in a special issue of the World Health magazine in March 1969 entitled Health, Labour and Productivity.


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At Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio, we envision a world where people are connecting across differences and resolving conflict nonviolently and collaboratively - not through the use of violence, force or coercion, but instead by connecting with our common humanity and engaging our compassionate nature.
A world, where people find creative and interactive ways to transform their conflicts through a process of communication that connects us across differences in gender, age, race, sexual orientation, religion and political beliefs. A world where peace, mutual respect and compassionate relationships are the norm.
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Last week I dressed up in all white (as was requested) and went to a fabulous press event in Bridgehampton for the opening of Holiday House Hamptons. Celeb designers were there, everyone in white, and it was a perfect summer day. Following are images of the kitchen and breakfast room, designed by Jennifer Duneier.
As a kitchen designer, I like to point out pros and cons and anyone is welcome to discuss, agree, disagree, etc. so please do! Here's my take on this kitchen.
It's eye catching! There's a sort of "no fear" approach in terms of bold color. At the same time, there is restraint by only using two main color-colors, each of which allows the other to be a visual player.
The softer color of the backsplash, bold in its pattern, yet softer in tone, supports the brighter colors in the kitchen to make them be the stars. The backsplash is a supporting role, yet it's not. It works because the wall is otherwise uncluttered, given the bold pattern, let me put it that way-it's a good thing! I'll also say that I was initially struck by color, not pattern when I first saw the kitchen, but that's just me and is not a positive or a negative.
I'm not sure I would have added the vertical metal stripes on the hood, but there is interest in lines and circles used near one another, allowing for another focal point on that wall, and it is simple in its execution. And, classic.
The marble works well and adds to the cool/warm design. It was smart not to add the strong tile on to the other walls.
Now to the cabinetry
I have a few issues here. The door design is absolutely fantastic - stunningly different, interesting, original. Love it.
Personally, I would not have wrapped the cabinetry around on to the range wall. I'm more conservative with cabinetry and don't like to fill all spaces in with cabinetry. There are other alternatives.
I would also have done something more interesting to the right of the refrigerator. My guess is that the designer wanted to keep things simple and have the cabinetry be sort of cohesive "blocks" in a sense. I think there would have been other opportunities, lots of them, to add interest, but not clutter, on this wall.
One thing that could have been done is to use fewer cabinets but have them float on the wall, allowing for about 15-18" or so of wall space on either side of the cabinets. That would still be simple and they would appear more "dressed", less utilitarian.
One could also put up simple but industrial stainless steel shelving which could tie in the appliances and strong hardware, as long as there were few, but properly proportioned items on the shelves. Or span a stainless shelf in between 2 cabinets. There are lots of other things that could have been done on this wall.
I'm not sure the island had to be that long - it is definitely an obstacle to the refrigerator. Making it a little shorter at the range end would help immensely in traffic, especially as people are walking back and forth in real life. It's always a challenge when there are windows and doors and room connections going on, to find places for appliances, so I understand why the refrigerator is placed there.
That said, which way should the refrigerator be hinged? Given the location of the sink and range, possibly the other way.
I may have added a cabinet that sits ON the counter to the far right of the sink which would also be more of a furniture look than what appears to me to be too large (wide) of a cabinet in that location. Given the elegance of the kitchen and breakfast room, to my point of view, that cabinet just appears to have too much of a "box" look. It's subjective, for sure.
Very cool lighting and love the turquoise ceiling! It was a fantastic event. What do you think of this kitchen? Would you change anything?


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Creatures of Habit
Shopping for dish soap at the City Line Target, I pick a bottle of Palmolive marked two for five dollars. My mom puts it back in favor of Dawn. "Brand loyalty," she says.
My aunt and grandma wait in the car, feeding the dog avocados. They've flown three thousand miles to help me unpack. I wish they hadn't have bothered.
They want to know if I've made progress since last night. Only the posters are up. Klimt's "The Kiss" hangs above my bed. Grams wonders why I'd ever want a painting of a naked white woman.
"Do you like men?" she asks. I remind her about my boyfriend.
"Is he black?"
The widow and her two discarded daughters resent me, the "Taken Woman." The one who jumped the velvet rope as they rotted in line. Every night, they pray for strong, black men. I tell them to branch out, to ask for "strong men," or, better yet, "vulnerable people." But they won't. For them, it's all about brand loyalty.
I'm more of a comparative shopper.
I used to buy my family's every word. I didn't trust generic brands. Now I know that not all tissues are Kleenex. They like to point out all the ways I've changed. They ask, "What happened to "our Lauren"?
To them, I'd like to say this:
Some days, I curse like a sailor. I put walnuts in my brownies, not pecans. I haven't done my own laundry since August. I bought Egyptian cotton sheets, the ones you said were too "nice" for me. I got tired of the Jersey ones you picked coming off with every kick. I have two tattoos and counting. I am a budding Buddhist. My spirit animal is Bill Cosby. I'm a writer and anti-hipster. I don't live ironically, or to piss you off. I'm no hypocrite for changing my mind.
You want to know what happened to "your Lauren"? She grew up. Now, I'm my own "Lauren." I'm not saying it's better or worse, just, please, stop trying to change me.
Since leaving home, I haven't used Lever 2000 soap, Bounty paper towels, or Mrs. Butterworth's syrup. This doesn't mean that I don't bathe, wipe my counters, or eat pancakes.
The next time I need dish soap, I'll buy whatever brand's on sale. This time it was Palmolive, but maybe next time it will be Dawn.


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The tiny town of Millville was going green.
It all began with Mr. Radcliffe, the high school science teacher. Mr. Radcliffe, or Super Rad, as many of his students had begun to call him, was quite a character. He had a big mop of curly grey hair atop his head, big "bottle can" glasses, and always wore bright neon ties. And he was always eating little Andes mints. There was a big jar of them in his desk, and he often gave them out to students who raised their hands and answered questions correctly.
Mr. Super Rad was quite a well-known character around town, and everywhere he went, he never missed an opportunity to talk about the importance of recycling. "After all," he would say as he happily sorted through people's piles of old newspapers and bottles, "what could be more important than saving the earth?" In his classroom, there were 4 bins: one for all trash, one for paper, one for plastic, and one just for the wrappers from his Andes candies.
"Someday, I'll find a use for these," he would mutter to himself as he tossed one in from his desk.
The people of Millville began to listen to his advice about the environment, and soon the results were evident. Recycling bins next to every trash can. More people riding bicycles than ever before. An organic farmers market every Saturday at the park. They even began planning for a "Go Green" party at the town hall. Immediately, they decided that the guest of honor would be Mr. Fabio Radcliffe, and the theme would be of his favorite treat: candy.
In addition to plentiful piles of little Andes mints, the party decorations included hanging green M&Ms tins and Green Swirl Lollipops on the wall. Mr. Radcliffe was truly touched, but it was his students' surprise project, presented at the end of the night, that nearly brought him to tears.
It was a complete candy eco-system. Green rock candy formed the ground; gummy frogs jumped across a lake of liquid candy. And in the background, a landscape of snowy mountains formed from hundreds of the Andes chocolate wrappers from Mr. Radcliffe's bin.
"This is…super rad!" he exclaimed with delight.


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Larry Page on privacy
Google CEO Larry Page on privacy issues: I'm not trying to minimize the issues. For me, I'm so excited about the possibilities to improve things for people, my worry would be the opposite. We get so worried about these things that we don't get the benefits. I think that's what's happened in health care. We've decided, through regulation largely, that data is so locked up that it can't be used to benefit people very well. Right now we don't data-mine health care data. If we did we'd probably save 100,000 lives next year. I'm very worried that the media and governments will try to stoke the people's fears and we'll end up in a state where we could benefit a lot of people but we re not able to do that. That's the likely outcome. The problem is not that people aren't open to the possible benefits from information gleamed from large piles of data. No, the problem is that both governments and companies alike have a history of abusing and/or leaking this data. In other words, the people's skepticism is entirely the industry's own fault. Introspection, Mr. Page.
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Cornerbacks Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner complete their first week of organized team activities in New England. Both are looking forward to the 2014 season with their new team.
FOXBORO – Darrelle Revis will turn 29 in July.
Brandon Browner will hit the big three-oh in August.
Signed by the Patriots in the opening week of free agency in March (after Aqib Talib left for Denver), the two cornerbacks are entering new phases, fresh starts if you will, in their NFL careers.
"Last year, it was a tough year," Revis said at the conclusion of Friday's organized team activity on the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium. "When I played in Tampa Bay, it was tough coming off the ACL (left knee tear while playing for the New York Jets in September 2012) and everything, so it was a long year for me personally, just trying to recover.
"So now I'm ready to go," said Revis, "and I'm just trying to sit here and absorb everything in and just trying to enjoy my time and get ready for the season."
While he picked up a Super Bowl ring with the Seattle Seahawks, Browner had his own issues last year, the carryover effect being that he must sit out the first four games of this season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.
Saying his "situation last year was unfortunate," Browner painted a bright picture of what awaits him in New England.
"I'm on a great team," said Browner. "I'm fortunate to be here with these guys. I look forward to playing."
Signed to a three-year contract worth up to $16.8 million, Browner – who at 6-foot-4 and 221 pounds is a physical presence on the corner – spent three seasons as a member of Seattle's "Legion of Boom," earning a Pro Bowl berth in 2011 when he intercepted six passes.
Considered by many the best in the game, Revis' resume is the greater of the two, of course, highlighted by five Pro Bowl berths in seven seasons (six with the Jets, last year with Tampa Bay) and 21 interceptions in 95 games.
In the aftermath of his third OTA with his third team in as many years, Revis – signed to what is essentially a one-year, $12-million contract (don't expect the team to pick up the option on his $20 million deal for 2015) – sounded more like a rookie than an established vet, twice stressing "I've got a lot of stuff on my plate.
"I'm just trying to take this time to get to know the guys and for them to know me as well," the 5-foot-11, 198-pounder said. "I'm not trying to come in here and step on anybody's toes. I'm just trying to come in here and learn as much as I can and improve and get this defensive scheme down and just keep on working."
Asked about the Patriots' secondary, Revis sounded an air of caution.
"We're just trying to get better every day, and when the preseason comes and all of that, and the season comes, I think we'll be ready to go," he said.
Browner's tone was more confident as he said, "I have a good feeling about this group.
"I think we've got a great group here with the addition of Revis," said Browner. "(Safety Devin) McCourty's a great football player and (with) the young guys we've got here, man, we should be good."
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Moderator: Bill Glasheen
Instead of apologizing to these idiots, we should be telling them to grow up. Christians have endured a century of mockery, seen Jesus depicted upside down in a glass of urine, Mary smeared with elephant dung, and both defiled in countless other ways. No one would excuse a horde of Christians stampeding a government facility and slaughtering the occupants. The U.S. government wouldn't be apologizing for anything, either.
Wouldn't it be shocking to the Muslim world if every democratic country in the world unleashed a coordinated, fact-based assessment of their precious prophet? You can't wage a holy war against the entire world. Even the most ignorant zealot could understand that. If they can't get around to a Reformation, maybe it's time the world pushed them into one.
Valkenar wrote:I'm not totally sure what you guys are referring to in terms of leadership apologizing. You do know that Romney's accusation was nonsense, right? Do you have a quote you can share that constitutes some kind of apology for the first amendment?
Posted on Sat, Sep. 15, 2012 04:00 PM
The Cairo embassy statement was fair game
By E. THOMAS McCLANAHAN
The Kansas City Star
For Republican Mitt Romney, it must have seemed a clear shot: A mob storming the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, and a limp embassy statement apologizing for an anti-Islam YouTube film produced in the U.S.
"The Embassy of the United States," the statement said, "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions."
Romney quickly put out a news release highlighting the misplaced emphasis on Muslim feelings, but it was badly worded and he would have been better advised to wait. He had a valid point to make, but in his haste he unwittingly triggered a media bonfire.
It's not hard to understand why the embassy statement cried out for a retort.
Obama began his administration with what many have dubbed an "apology" tour, including a speech in Cairo in which he sought to ingratiate himself with the Muslim world and contrast his administration with that of George W. Bush.
And few could forget Obama's creepy habit of bowing to various foreign leaders, or his inability to articulate the concept of American exceptionalism. Or his administration's laughable attempt to rebrand war as "overseas contingency operations" and terrorist attacks as "man-caused disasters."
The Obama administration was and is vulnerable to accusations of insufficient vigor in defending U.S. interests and values, and Obama's "lead from behind" approach has arguably contributed to the spectacle of a Middle East in flames.
But Romney's initial statement was marred. Its key passage said the Obama administration's "first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks."
That made it sound as if he was accusing the administration of sympathizing not only with the attackers in Cairo but those in Libya, where a coordinated assault by terrorists resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. personnel.
Yet in his statement the next day, Romney made it clear that his "sympathize" remark had applied only to Cairo. The administration, he said, "was wrong to stand by a statement sympathizing with those who had breached our embassy in Egypt, instead of condemning their actions."
Many in the media worked themselves into a how-dare-you-lather, arguing that Romney had been too hasty (agreed), and claiming the Cairo statement wasn't fair game (absurd).
It turns out that administration officials in Washington also saw the Cairo release as appalling.
Josh Rogin of Foreign Policy magazine reported that the embassy official who put out the "feelings of Muslims" statement first sent it to Washington and was told not to release it without revisions.
It went out anyway, angering top people at the White House and State Department, according to Rogin. Rogin's source told him officials in Washington found the statement "tone deaf." That's putting it mildly, which explains why it was later disavowed.
A subsequent statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."
In other words, she put in what Romney said the Cairo statement had left out.
Romney was also assailed for "conflating" the embassy statement with administration policy, which strikes me as weird. How was he to know the Cairo official was a loose cannon? Don't U.S. embassies represent the U.S. government?
And yet, had Romney waited a few hours he might have avoided a good bit of this muddle, leaving his main point clear.
As is evident from this — as well as the antagonistic coverage of his foreign trip during the summer — Romney is facing an extremely hostile press, and he will have to learn to manage that problem more adroitly.
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The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.
Bill Glasheen wrote:Sorry, Justin, but I have to call you on this. I came into this impartial with respect to parties, and you're now coming in as an Obama apologist.
The embassy statement was an apology. If you can't acknowledge that, I can't help you. We should NOT be apologizing for our First Amendment. It exists for this very situation, Justin. Do a little research.
What Muslims have done to Coptic Christians...
Then come back and tell me why our Embassy needed to talk about the "hurt religious feelings" of ethnic cleansers and barbarians. And remember it was they - and not the US - who violated international law by storming our embassy.
By the way... Why didn't you comment on the author and editorial writer I posted about above?
Steve Hatfield wrote:Just curious. If the statement put out by the Embassy was benign and not apologetic in "nature", then why would the Administration come out and say it was not an authorized, nor agreed with statement? There must have been something about that statement that the Administration did not want to be tied to??
"People at the highest levels both at the State Department and at the White House were not happy with the way the statement went down. There was a lot of anger both about the process and the content," the official said. "Frankly, people here did not understand it. The statement was just tone deaf. It didn't provide adequate balance. We thought the references to the 9/11 attacks were inappropriate, and we strongly advised against the kind of language that talked about 'continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims.'"
Valkenar wrote:For example, conservatives are now twisting it into an apology for free speech.
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This week the PGA Tour travels to Marana, Ariz., for the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain. We caught up with PGA Head Professional Jeff McCormick for some Local Knowledge.
McCormick provided some great insight into the course, explaining why it's such a great fit for match play and also told us about a darkhorse to keep our eyes on this week.
The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain is the venue for this week's World Golf Championship event. Have you played it? If so, click on its name to write a review of your experience. Also, be sure to check out our PGA.com Course Guide to review all the courses you've played and to find the perfect course for your next round.
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PGA.com: Thanks for joining us, Jeff. First off, what makes the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club course so good for match play?
McCormick: Thanks for the opportunity, T.J.
The landing areas and fairways are generous at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, which allows the opportunity to hit driver on almost every par 4 and par 5. The design of the greens forces players to make some dicey 3 and 4-foot putts, which will not be conceded too often over the next few days. Match play lends itself to a bit more risk-taking than stroke play, and this course sets up perfectly for this format.
PGA.com: There's been quite a shift in the World Rankings these past 12 months with loads of Europeans cracking the top 10. Is there a particular European in the current top 10 who impresses you more than any of the others? Not to sway your opinion, but I think of Rory McIlroy, currently No. 7, who made his PGA Tour debut at your tournament two years ago. Look how far he's come along in that short period of time. Or Martin Kaymer, or Paul Casey, who nearly won last year, or Graeme McDowell... the list goes on!
McCormick: I agree with the McIlroy pick as he is one of the most exciting players right now. The fluidity of his golf swing is certainly fun to watch.
It's hard to discount Paul Casey, who has been in the finals the last two years and makes his home here in the desert. He is obviously comfortable on this golf course and should do very well again this year.
My personal favorite is Charl Schwartzel. He burst onto the scene last year and played pretty well in the match play event. He has one of the most fundamentally sound golf swings and possesses that stoic South African demeanor. I think he is a good fit for this format and could do very well this week.
PGA.com: What's the single most important part of a player's game that needs to be spot on in order to have success at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club?
McCormick: If you look at the last two champions, it's the short game. The ability to get the ball up and down from some of these green surrounds will be the determining factor this week. Ian Poulter was masterful last year at being creative around the greens and made nearly every one of those 5 to 6-foot putts that you need to stay ahead or put away the match.
PGA.com: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were both missing from the field last year. This year, they're back. You always possess an amazing field as it is, but is there an added level of excitement knowing Tiger and Phil are both there this time around?
McCormick: Of course. This is such a strong International field, but it's hosted in the United States where Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have been crowd favorites for nearly 15 years. Two of the largest galleries on Wednesday will be following both of those matches.
PGA.com: Can you talk a little about your defending champion, Ian Poulter? He might be overlooked at times because of his style of clothing, but man, that guy can play.
McCormick: Agreed. Ian Poulter's performance in a losing effort at Valhalla in 2008 was nothing short of spectacular. Under the pressure of the Ryder Cup and on foreign soil, Ian continued to hit shot after shot and made birdie after birdie. We are very proud to have him as our defending champion. He has a flare that the gallery can get behind and really support which I think will help him this week.
PGA.com: Last thing, Jeff. Last year, you told us that the thing you most look forward to when hosting a World Golf Championship event is the feedback you get from the players. What has that feedback been like?
McCormick: It has been tremendous so far this year. Match play is such a unique format, and there are players that are here for the third year and may have only played two competitive rounds at the Club. I believe that the more the players are able to compete on this golf course, the more they will appreciate the nuances and intricacy of the design by Jack Nicklaus. Aaron Thomas, Director of Golf Grounds, and his team have the golf course in magnificent condition and the forecast looks great for the week.


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Taliban impede anti-polio vaccination campaign in Paktika
Taliban impede anti-polio vaccination campaign in Paktika
SHARANA (Pajhwok): The Taliban militants impede anti-polio vaccination campaign in the districts and capital of southeastern Paktika province, health official said on Wednesday.
Wali Gul Kahroti, provincial public health director, said Taliban militants were not allowing an anti-polio drive prepared for launch in the province.
"Taliban banned the drive for unknown reasons and for and uncertain time." He said, adding they would talk with local tribal elders to mediate and help the problem resolved.
Khudai Dad, a resident of the area said, militants had warned the people not to vaccinate their children. He requested the Taliban to allow the vaccination campaign for the sake of their children's health.
However, a Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the claims and said they had no problem with the vaccination campaign. "People themselves oppose the vaccination campaign in some areas, but we are trying to convince them,"
According to Kharoti, about 217,000 children should be vaccinated in Paktika province. Two days ago, a three-day anti-polio campaign started nationwide.
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Obama: 15,083 miles in 32 hours
It wasn't your typical Memorial Day weekend trip.
President Obama returned to the White House at around 7 a.m. Monday, wrapping up a trip to Afghanistan that covered 15,083 miles in 32 hours.
Obama, who left the White House late Saturday night, spent about four hours on the ground at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
The commander-in-chief addressed the troops, received a briefing from on-site commanders and visited wounded warriors at the hospital.
Obama -- who presumably slept aboard Air Force One on the way back -- still has Memorial Day duties to perform.
First, he is scheduled to host a breakfast with veteran and military family service organizations, as well as members of the military leadership.
Late Monday morning, the president and first lady Michelle Obama travel to Arlington National Cemetery for traditional Memorial Day events.
Obama will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and deliver remarks.


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Interested in Language
1. Are these sentences correctly written?
2. Are these sentences written correctly?
Are both sentences correct?
Thanks in advance.
1 is also OK, though 2 would be more common.
True; the second sentence would seem more commonly said/spoken/stated, but both sentences seem fine to me.
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It doesn't work for me. I'd say 'You can earn good money'.
Interested in Language
Is it possible to say:
"You can earn satisfying money"
It doesn't work for me. I'd say 'You can earn good money'.
It doesn't work for me either but it doesn't mean it isn't acceptable :)
I would go for "good money", too.
Still, I would like to see a native speaker's opinion.
The money might be "satisfactory."
But "satisfactory money" would be just "good enough money", right?
Is it better to say "earn good money" when I mean "earn a lot of money" than to say "earn satisfactory money"?
You might use it sarcastically if you wanted to avoid answering a question about your salary with an actual figure.
- How much do you earn?
- Oh, let's just say my salary is perfectly satisfactory, thank you. (Maybe with a little nod and a wink!)
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Thank you.:)
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Susie Thomas necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 128 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
I will choose a logo by Thursday morning 4/16. Thank you for the submissions!!
I am looking for a logo that is more business-like than academic. Nothing glittery or "blingy." Simple. Clean. Smart. Warm. Friendly. Welcoming.
The school is meant to be a reliable resource for actors and parents of actors. Our goal is to create long-term relationships with students, parents, agents, photographers, and the community.
Actors Atelier
Brand new school in LA seeking logo. It's called Actors' Atelier. Atelier means workshop in French. We offer a breadth of classes for all ages and levels. We have 3 types of classes: 8-week term classes (scene study, Meisner, Shakespeare, Commercials, etc), one-day seminars on the business (SAG rules, finance for actors, how to be a good stage mom, etc) and on-going classes for the professional actor (come when you can). Our aim is not necessarily to make people famous, but to offer people the skill-set needed to make a living as an actor. Think of the school as not only a launching pad and safe place for beginners but as a place for skilled, working actors to challenge themselves and perfect their talents.
- Item 1...no pastels please. I like olive green, brick red, burnt yellow.
- More on the feminine side than the masculine side, but not too girlie. Professional.
- Item 1...Prefer NOT to have any typical theatrical images; comedy/drama masks, spotlight, film strip, etc
- Not sure that I want any images, but am not completely closed off to "dressing up" the name with some sort of flourishes.
- Please do not use typical college/academic fonts. Play around with cursive letters, but cursives are not a must-have.
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I got a story.... It happened in the distant land of SW.
So i know most of you are 70s or other high lvls, so you haven't done the stockades in a long time. To refresh your memory there is a boss who uses fear (i forgot name dextren ward or something) he is in his own little room with a few guards. NO BIGGIE. however, there are 2 more rooms full of other mobs. to be honest (and brag a bit) I am a healing priest, and a damn good one, so i typically am called in to help fellow guildies in lowbie instances. The hunter who called me there knew that and made me the leader. It was ok from the beginning besides a worthless mage, and a stupid agro-ing pet, but it was within tolerable ranges.
and now the good part
we got to the area with the boss and i warned everyone about his fear and that we should attack his room last. so everyone was on the same page i put a skull over his head and said DO NOT ATTACK SKULL. It had to be a split second after i put the skull up when out of the corner of my eye i see our druid turn into bear form and charge. as quickly as i could i cast fear ward on him, but of course i was too late. He feared into both mob rooms and agro-ed every last living thing in the stocks. now would be the time i would like to say that I was able to save everyone, but alas twas keyboard turning carnage. I kept him alive as long as i could only cause i thought it was hilarious to watch him run all over yelling for healing. within 20 seconds we were all dead.
as we re-entered the instance i only said one thing. "I'll tank from now on"
we finished up the stocks with the healer tanking.
now a smart person would take a note of that druid's name... but I guess I am not smart person.
I ran into him one more time at BFD.
i thought something was fishy about him when i checked out his gear and found most of it to be 10 lvls too low, but i am too trusting and didn't give it a second thought. At the second to last boss when you light the fires one at a time to release mobs, it suddenly dawned on me who this druid was when he lit all 4 fires at the same time (he claimed he thought there was loot in there). Because this time the group was mostly my guild, i didn't bother healing the druid and focused everything i had on the remaining members of the party. Eventually we all died, but i told everyone to wait and i would rez them... i may have just forgotten to rez the bloodied mass that was once a druid in the corner. oops!


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In case you needed more evidence of the mysterious connection between dieting and budgeting… I've been chatting with friends about some neat DIY food tricks that save calories—and cash.
#1: Why buy overpriced microwave popcorn when you can throw some kernels in a paper bag and zap it. Cost: pennies.
#2: Peel & freeze a bunch of bananas. When you're craving soft serve, whirl one up in the blender and top with a spoonful of chocolate chips. Cost: 25¢.
#3:Spare yourself the expense (and fat) of certain fast-food breakfasts by scrambling an egg in a mug, nuking it, and slipping it into a pita. Cost: 50¢, maybe.
#4: Make insta-soup from wilted veggies and a Parmesan rind. Throw in the carcass of a picked-over roasted chicken and Grandma will applaud. Cost: a buck.
#5: Why buy pricey pre-frozen fruit? Just wash, bag, and freeze your own for smoothies, yogurts, muffins, and breads. Cost: priceless!


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The Above link is to an NDE that mirrors the teachings of Abraham-Hicks' Law of Attraction. Unrelated sources pointing to the same basic function of being. Below is a couple of quotes from the account.
"As to what this is all about, you are in a physical body to learn to care about others, and to acquire knowledge. That is the sum totality of physical life." I said, "I saw that many of my thoughts became actual physical things. How is this possible?" They said, "Thoughts ARE things. What you image with emotion is what we must give you in order for you to learn to become us. When you learn to generate a stable image, coupled with firm emotion, we are bound to bring it into being. But remember, there are issues to having this thing." I said, "Such as?" They replied "Such as, do you have the means to support keeping the item now that you have it? Do you actually, truly want it now that you have it? For example, you cannot image intangible things. Can you image acceptance, or can you only feel it? Can you image love, or can you only experience it?"
There is more in the full account and is worth the short read. Enjoy."Here is all you have to remember. What you think with emotion is what you will get. It doesn't matter the thought or the emotion. If the thought is beneficial, and the emotion is non-beneficial, the results will be scattered, but you will get it. If the thought is beneficial, and the emotion is beneficial, you will get it. If the thought is non-beneficial, and the emotion is non-beneficial, you will get it. Again, what you think with emotion is what you get."


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Posted by Olivia on Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
We love making pastas in the summertime that can be enjoyed either warm, straight from the stovetop, or chilled alongside other picnic foods. This recipe is exactly that kind of dish. Served immediately, it's a comforting meal that's great for a summer dinner. But it's just as delicious served cold at your next outdoor BBQ.
Like most other great pasta recipes, this one has a simple formula that lets the freshness of the ingredients speak for themselves. Seasonal corn, fresh from the cob, along with tender arugula leaves and sun-dried tomatoes, make for a colorful and veggie-packed pasta. All it takes is a bit of our spicy Italian Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil and peppy White Balsamic Vinegar (along with basil and feta cheese!) to carry the flavors of this delightful dish.


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Hall family - Auckland New Zealand - The Bombay
I have now traced my maternal grandmother's family back to the UK. Her name was Elizabeth Margaret Hall (later Tunstall). Her parents were Amy (nee Robinson) and Samuel Hall. Samuel, at age 13 years, accompanied his parents and older siblings to New Zealand on The Bombay.
I have found the site of the New Zealand Geneology Society extremely useful.
Tunstall family of Rainford Lancashire
I've been pleased to be able to trace my maternal grandfather's family back through a couple of generations.
He was William Tunstall born Crosspit Lane, Rainford, Lancs.16th August 1868. His parents were John and Margaret (nee Owen), they were married on August 6th 1855 in Rainford, Lancs. They had two children who I can trace - William (my grandfather) and an older brother by 5 yrars, John. John Snrs parents were Peter and Sarah. I have Sarah's birth year as 1803.
I contacted the local historical society in Lancashire and they kindly sent me a copy of John and Margaret's marriage registration.
COTTERELL - England 1816
Mary Cotterell born in Enford UK on 1816 married William Rawlins in Enford UK on 4th June 1838. They came to Australia in 1845. Had 10 children. She died on 2nd March 1888 in Steelton South Australia.
RAWLINS England - Australia 1845
My ancestor, William Rawlins c1814-1890, came from England and settled initially in South Australia in 1845.
He married Mary Cotterell on 4th June 1838 in ENford UK (she was born in 1816 and died 2nd March 1888 in SOuth Australia. She was the daughter of a Stephen Cotterell. She had 10 children.
I am happy for anyone to look at my Tree.
Baguley - New Zealand
My great-aunt was Ellen Lydia Baguley (nee Hall). She had two children: Thomas Hall Baguley - B: 20th July 1908 D: 1984; Howard John Baguley - B: 13th April 1910 D: 1975.
William Tunstall
My maternal grandfather was William Tunstall. Born 16th August 1868 in Crosspit Lane, Rainford, County of Lancaster, England to John Tunstall and Margaret Tunstall (nee Owen).
William died in Melbourne on 7th April 1961.
William married Elizabeth Margaret Hall on 1st December 1920. Elizabeth Hall was from New Zealand.
At some stage in his life he changed his name to Westwell-Tunstall (we believe before he came to Australia).
William claimed to have two daughters from a previous marriage - our only names are Mrs. V.A.Kermish, Derby Castle Avenue, Douglas, Isle of Man and Mrs. C.E. Kermode, 11 Victoria Parade, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Hall family - Palmerston North New Zealand
My grandmother, Elizabeth Margaret Hall, was born in New Zealand in 1878. Her father was Samuel and her mother, Amy.
Amy died when Grandma (Elizabeth) was about 5.
Samuel re-married.
Elizabeth came to Australia around the turn of the century and never returned to New Zealand. She lived in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. She had siblings and I would like to find some of the family descendants.
She married William Westwell-Tunstall and had one child, Aimee Margaret(my mother).
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MattRobinson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
I am a consultant and speaker within the death care industry. My brand is FuneralFuturist and I am seen as an expert on funeral-related technologies. I get asked about other technologies such as computer hardware, software, hosting etc, so I want to create a new brand away from my FuneralFuturist brand that is more consulting focused, and use FuneralGeeks for some of the computer, electronic commodities that the funeral industry are looking for.
Small business owners within my industry. Decision makers are 30 - 50 yrs old. 60% male / 40% female. Target area is North America. Although my focus is technologies, they are not the most tech savvy people so the logo .
The character should be Cool, a bit Geeky, and still look like a funeral director. Male, with dark suit, suit jacket on or off - but be creative - you are the expert in that field.
Although the character doesn't have to resemble me, you can use me as a guide. Here is a link to my photos:
Logo cannot contain any funeral merchandise or objects like caskets, urns, hearses.
Please create one sample with the character by himself, the matching color scheme for the "words only" URL and the character and URL together.
No specific color choices, that's up to you.
NOTE: The URL is live (http://funeralgeeks.com/) and you can look at it to see the different categories, but don't worry about the chrome-looking theme - its only temporary.
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After months of false starts, Marc finally tracks down his old friend Louis CK and it's more than one episode can hold. Louis is at the top of his game today, but he and Marc recall the days when they were both struggling young comics in Boston, when Louis was getting rejected by SNL, and when his movie was being taken away from him by a Hollywood studio. Oh yeah, and when Louis bought a trumpet.
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LightBox presents our monthly round-up of the best books, exhibitions and ways to experience photography beyond the web—from New York to Tokyo, Auckland to Istanbul.
'The Guide' on LightBox publishes monthly. If you have submissions or suggestions for upcoming round-ups of the best books and exhibitions, feel free to pass them along via email before September 15. We'll also be updating this gallery throughout the month.
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Synthetic Biology and the Body
May 28, 2008
I've been revisiting some of the images I created in 2006 envisioning potential convergences of bio and nanotechnology and there combination with the body. I will be posting some of these again along with new proposals.
Image from Nanotopia, 2006. Michael Burton