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What's new - Nov 2003
|A bunch more new images. In the species section, a pic of Leeta has replaced the pic of Ro on the Bajoran species page. There are also new images for the Jem'Hadar and Vorta pages. The Trials and Tribble-ations entry in the Temporal section has all new images. The Klingon SDS has new images, as does the Dax personnel page and the Breen CRM-114 weapon page - the latter has had a new picture added as well. All are taken from the DVD, and are larger and clearer than before.
|A small fix on the Malon ship page, thanks to Jochem van den Berge for that. Thanks also to Jochem for pointing out some broken header graphics which are now fixed, and a couple of mistakes on the Doomsday and Hirogen ship pages. Thanks to Nick Hayes who pointed out that the Swarm ship page had the wrong warp scale on it, to Stephen Stumbke who pointed out a mistaken date on the episode guides, and to Justin Hampton who pointed out that I'd mixed up my quadrants on the Skreean ship entry.
Also thanks to the various people who have pointed out an error in the sizecom section lately. It seems that all the temporal ships had two entries, so they often appeared twice.
|The "Dominion War" battle from A Call To Arms has had all of the images replaced. The new scans are from the DVD so they are larger and higher quality. Mostly they are straight replacements for the older images, but I've added two new images as well.
Also, thanks to Dan for pointing out a broken image on the "Advance on Cardassia" battle page.
|Thanks to several people who pointed out that the Wells class was listed twice on the size comparison images. Andrew was the first a while back so he gets the credit.
|Some broken links here fixed, thanks to Diabolik Gil for pointing this out.
|I've added an entry for the Intrepid as seen in "The Expanse" and "Twilight". There are still some bugs to fix in the system for adding ships - at the moment it's leaving some line breaks where it shouldn't, and has a curious habit of adding / wherever there is an inverted comma. We're working on it...
I've also taken the opportunity to rescale the phase cannon to fit the canonical figures in "Silent Enemy". Which means I also have to rescale the spatial torpedoes because they're now too strong - that's coming soon.
|The Xindi probe from "The Expanse" has been added to the Weaponry list. We're also working on adding a species page on the Xindi, but it's only half finished. We should be able to complete it by tomorrow, but in the meantime don't worry about any errors or unfinished aspects of the pages you find there.
|Thanks to Russell Boltz who pointed out that the captions on the Cardassian Freighter images page were out of order.
|Episode Guides
|The Shipment, North Star and Similitude have been added.
|Various small fixes in this section which are too numerous to mention' thanks to Jordan Rowntree for pointing these out. Several more are thanks to Cristoph Galuschka.
|Jochem van den Berge pointed out a typo on the Borg sphere specs page. Brad pointed out a wrong date on the Polaris page, and Brain Ng pointed out a date mistake on the Preserver Cannon page.
Just think, if the real Daystrom had this many people fixing his mistakes, the M-5 might not have been such a disaster!
|Matt Hackler was first to point out a mistake on the Borg Sphere images page, which showed a Ferengi D'Kora. Thanks to Matt. Dan points out a typo of sorts on the Klingon Tanks and D5 pages, so these are also fixed. Nathan points out a mistake on the Scimitar page - said Valdore when it should have said Norexan.
Also, I finally came across some images for the Polaris class page. These are pictures of a model which Stephen L. has built out of a Constitution kit. Many thanks for his kind permission to use the images on this site. The comments page for the class has also been updated to credit Stephen.
Thanks also go to Jochem van den Berge and John Harrington who both pointed out errors in the strength numbers. Turns out a typo in the database meant it was working the numbers out wrong on many, many pages. Should all be fixed now.
|Ship Images
|Matt Hackler was first to point out a mistake on the Borg Sphere images page, which showed a Ferengi D'Kora. Thanks to Matt.
|John Harrington points out a nit on the Intrepid class page - I had listed some as retired when it's way too early for that to be happening yet. It's now fixed. Anthony Schmitz points out a nit with the size comparison images no the Springfield class - I had them swapped around.
|I've added a new entry to the "I'm a doctor..." list - another Bashir. Amanda Reckonwith pointed this one out. I'm thinking of doing a "He's dead, Jim!" list like this, so let me know if you're interested in seeing this or you have examples!
|The Dominion Dreadnought image has been fixed - it had the wrong image. Several folks pointed this out, but Mitchell Harmon was first so he gets the mention. Also thanks to Jochem van den Berge who pointed out an incorrect caption on the Sovereign class images page, to Robert Spottiswood who spotted a mistaken caption on the Excelsior image page and to Maria Pellegrini who spotted a typo on Regency image page.
Keep 'em coming folks! We do the fixing, you get the credit!
|Another passing...
|Kelly Waymire, who played Lieutenant Elizabeth Cutler on several episodes of Enterprise as well as appearing in a Voyager episode, passed away on Thursday evening. Her death was especially tragic as she was only 35 years old. The DITL sends it's condolences to her family for their tragic loss.
|Thanks to Adam Gilliver who pointed out that the Talarian ships were linked to the wrong pages. This is now fixed. Some mistakes with the Sovereign masses are now fixed thanks to Adam Broughton. John Taylor points out a typo on the Norexan class comments page, and R Matelonek pointed out a nit on the Promellian battlecruiser page which are now both fixed.
|Series Guides
|Reviews of the first six episodes of Season 3 of Enterprise have been added, along with episode 8 - I haven't seen episode 7 yet. The cast, writer, director and all other associated lists and pages have thus all been updated automatically courtesy of the new database system.
|We have now added a min, max and average rating to the Writers, Directors and Cast lists within the list section.
|Ship Specs
|One of the things the database let me do is relate the agility numbers to the size of the ship much better. But a few nits crept in, so some fixes have gone up. Marcus Harbaugh pointed out an error on the D'Deridex page, Miguel Tomma one on the Sovereign page. I fixed the Intrepid class myself. Steve DeNicholas also pointed out that I had my size comparison images for the basic and refitted Constitutions switched, and Morgan Beardsley pointed out a mistake on the Intrepid crew complement. There are doubtless many more like this, so keep 'em coming!
|Other Species
|We've updated about 30 or so of the Other Species images with much larger and better quality captures. We've also added a few new species here - several Delta quadrant ones, plus one or two in the Alpha quadrant.
|We've fixed a few nits with the new system. Thanks to Werner, Christoph Galuschka, and Warren Ayen for pointing out some problems with the species images and text which are now fixed, and to Greg MacDonald for pointing out a mistake on the Scimitar page. Thanks to Matthew Bryson and Null for pointing out broken lists, and Markus Rumpf for pointing out an error in the ship images.
Some people are getting problems with 404 errors - your cache is probably trying to find old parts of the site, and you can fix this by either reloading the relevant frames or clearing your cache.
|As you can see, some blank buttons have been added to the top and bottom strips. These are there to fill the gaps that were previously next to the buttons, and as blanks for future expansion.
|Now that Enterprise has been going a while, I've added a new section to the Enterprise Ramblings article. It's taken almost word for word from a post I made to alt.startrek and points out a few things they should have done differently, in my humble opinion.
|And Finally...
|Drumroll please... the new and improved DITL takes off today. You would not BELIEVE how much work this has taken!
What we have done is put much of the site's information into a database format. The htm pages you see when you come here are now generated from this database as you request them. What does this mean for you? Well, here's a list of the things now available to you :
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Making walk to Oceanside synagogue safer
For years we have had problems crossing Oceanside Road to get to our synagogue. Now as we age, with wheelchairs, walkers and canes, we need a pedestrian crossing system that will keep us safe. Please see if you can help us.
-- Marilyn Weissman, Oceanside
Early in the spring Watchdog joined Weissman and a neighbor, Eleanor Frankel, for a stroll to the synagogue, Young Israel. The women have lived in the neighborhood for 55 and 54 years, respectively, and for the past six they've been pleading with officials to make the walk to the synagogue safer.
The synagogue is at Waukena Avenue and Oceanside Road, an intersection with a traffic signal and a crosswalk. A crossing guard is stationed there to assist residents who walk to the synagogue on Saturdays and holidays.
But Weissman and others who live in the blocks south of the synagogue could use help crossing Oceanside Road closer to their homes: That would shorten the distance to the synagogue and address obstacles along the way.
In the block just south of Waukena, bushes extend across the sidewalk. On another block, the path squeezes between a utility pole embedded in one side and a fence. The narrowed space poses a challenge for anyone maneuvering a wheelchair, walker or, for some new families, a baby carriage.
Weissman's efforts to improve the lot of pedestrians began in 2007, when she asked for a lighted overhead sign -- Stop for Pedestrians Crossing. A year later, she submitted a petition filled with neighbors' names. Still, no results.
Now she's asking only for a painted crosswalk and a portable Pedestrian Crossing stanchion on Saturdays and holidays.
Oceanside Road is a Nassau County road, so Watchdog asked the Department of Public Works about the prospects of turning her proposal into reality. Weissman told us that a department representative subsequently visited and took notes. A few days later department spokesman Michael Martino told us the department "will have a traffic engineer investigate and prepare recommendations to improve safety at the site."
For now, Martino said, the county police department's Motor Carrier Safety unit is looking to "increase enforcement of any posted truck restrictions in the area." At least one of the signs that ban commercial trucks was missing, and Weissman said the Public Works representative watched as many, including a cement mixer, rumbled past.
As for the narrowed section of sidewalk: The Long Island Power Authority said the pole meets standards that require an 18-inch setback from the road, and Hempstead Town said the fence meets requirements for enclosing a backyard pool. A guywire from the utility pole poses an obstacle to moving the fence, town spokesman Michael Deery said.
To find guidelines that advocate for pedestrians, we turned to the Federal Highway Administration and Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines: They set a minimum passage width for sidewalks at 32 inches if an obstacle, such as a utility pole, is present.
If that's the standard, the sidewalk between the utility pole and fence doesn't appear to measure up: It comes in at 25 inches.
Weissman has avoided that squeeze by crossing Oceanside Road at one of the side streets south of the synagogue where, she said, "I wait till there's a lull in the traffic."
An elevator that's out of order has put at least one patient's medical care on hold.
The elevator is in an office building in Amityville, one of many structures in the village damaged by the force of superstorm Sandy. And though the building reopened for business, the elevator remained out of service.
Gina Barbara of Wantagh said she had been going to a medical office on the second floor of the building, at 217 Merrick Rd., for a few years for treatment including massage therapy and electrical stimulation.
"I'm really at a loss right now," said Barbara, who has cerebral palsy.
Notices of building code violation were issued to the property owner in January, Amityville building inspector John Lauria told us, and when a deadline for compliance was not met, summonses were served. The case has been on the Village Court schedule and adjourned several times. "Now it's almost July," a frustrated Barbara said last week, eight months after Sandy cut off access to the office.
Lauria told us the case is due back in court this week.
Village prosecutor Glenn Nugent confirmed a Tuesday trial date and said the village has "pushed this matter" in an effort to get a trial scheduled.
He anticipated that the case would be resolved Tuesday without a trial.
"They [the property owners] signed a contract with an elevator repair company," he said late last week, and a copy of the contract was faxed to his office.
Village building code isn't the only set of rules in play: The elevator was an essential element in meeting the guidelines of the Americans With Disabilities Act. "There is an obligation [for the building] to maintain accessibility," said Frank Krotschinsky, director of Suffolk County's Office for People With Disabilities.
Let's see what happens Tuesday.
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I love her haha...she's attitude and fierce...she's the black janelle =)
I find her very rude. Can't stand her.
Quote from: Kristen21 on July 23, 2009, 02:39:05 PMI find her very rude. Can't stand her.She's loud for sure! (Hate her laugh!) :Welcome to RFF Kristen!
She used the "N" word twice last night and after she was scolded she said it again. Kristen21
I wonder why the other houseguest are letting her get away with her racial slurs and everything else she is saying to them.
Quote from: RealityFanWA on July 21, 2009, 02:06:01 AMI love her haha...she's attitude and fierce...she's the black janelle =)Janelle did not ride coatails though she fought her way to the end.
It's going to be great seeing her face when Jeff takes down her nominations.
Jessie is gone....get over it big lips!!! And you are next. ha ha Chima has to be the worst player ever. We have seen the real side to Chima and it's not a Diva....its a bit**. All the sites I'm on hate your attitude and game play....oh and your ugly big lips. Not only have you made our gender look bad but you have disgraced our race with your biggetry.
Chima i wish you luck in your future !!!!! You are a Beautifull, Strong, Inteligent, Black Woman You played the game well until the end!!!! You should have obeyed the rules and then teach Big Brother a lesson !!!! In the future learn to controll your emotions and wait for the right opportunity to present itself and then show what the Beautifull Chima Simone is all about !!!! I love you Chima stay strong !!!!!
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IA Guard Civil Support Team Pulls Poisons From Flood Waters
By Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith
Special to American Forces Press Service
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1, 2008 - Although terrorists are not responsible for the rain waters flooding the Midwest, at least one National Guard counterterrorism unit was wet and waist-deep in a battle here to protect their communities.
Tapping into their emergency support knowledge, the Iowa National Guard's 22 citizen-soldiers and -airmen of the 71st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team have waded through the state's flood waters since June 16 to help officials assess chemicals and other potentially hazardous materials floating through their towns and cities.
Nearly 6,000 National Guard members have assisted civil authorities and responded to callouts by their governors in five states for the destructive and record-setting Midwest floods since early June.
The Iowa Guard's federally funded civil support team normally responds to events known or suspected to involve the use of chemical, biological or radiological agents. But the team members used their hazardous materials expertise, as well as their communication systems and their relationship with state and federal agencies, to identify and secure more than 130 hazardous substances dislodged by the flood in unmarked containers, gas cans, barrels and thousand-gallon chemical tanks.
"Customarily, we train and function in the counterterrorism role," Army Lt. Col. Timothy Glynn, CST commander, said.
But in Iowa, more than 45,000 people were displaced by at least 600 miles of rivers overflowing their banks. Glynn said the flood challenged his specialized response team to find a productive role to assist civil authorities, aside from its standard role in WMD events.
"We had to figure out what our place was," he said. "It's too easy to suddenly think, 'Let's go fill sandbags,' when you have a highly specialized group of trained individuals."
Oddly, protecting the public and the environment from dangerous substances crossed over from a terror response role to a natural disaster response role for the CST.
Fifty-eight Iowa counties came under federal disaster declaration. With thousands of unknown, dangerous substances literally floating away from garages and industrial sites, officials said, the state faced a major challenge locating and identifying its hazardous materials to protect the public.
The CST decided to help the state's department of natural resources set up a command center for their hazardous materials response, which provided data and voice communications. The team also established contacts with hazardous materials storage sites to see if they had any problems, on behalf of the state. They even sent out survey teams in trucks and boats to locate and identify hazardous items along rivers near Des Moines, Iowa City, Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids.
Glynn said the team joined with conservation agents to recover more than 5,700 suspected containers. From them, they identified 58 hazardous materials containers found on land and 69 found in the water. They also found and identified 15 hazardous materials containers through aerial reconnaissance missions with the Civil Air Patrol.
"It worked well," Glynn said. He explained that a short disaster response period affected the amount of state and federal infrastructure and personnel in place for the floods. Some agencies, he explained, did not have full response teams available for two weeks, so the CST filled the gaps until civil authorities could take over.
Glynn said he would hand off the CST mission to Environmental Protection Agency officials next week.
"As the National Guard, we're ready to help and respond ... to plug a gap that exists with the civil authorities, and that's what we did," Glynn said. "As soon as they are able to ramp up, then we graciously back out."
The National Guard operates 55 weapons of mass destruction civil support teams, including one in each of the 54 states and territories, with two CSTs in California. The nation's first CST was certified and fully operational in August 2001. The Iowa Guard's 71st CST was certified and fully operational in January 2002.
(Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith serves with the National Guard Bureau.)
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Prairie Dog State Park Cabin Dedication Oct. 15
Event spotlights latest state park cabins.
TOPEKA, KS –-(Ammoland.com)- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) will dedicate two new cabins at Prairie Dog State Park at 1 p.m. on Oct. 15. Park fees will be waived from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. while the cabins are open for public tours.
"These modern cabins will be a tremendous asset to the area," says Mike Hayden, KDWP secretary. "I hope the public takes advantage of them and the surrounding natural resources available in Prairie Dog State Park."
The deluxe cabins provide comfortable and affordable camping facilities without the inconveniences of tent camping or campers. Prairie Dog State Park manager Toby Kuhn believes the cabins to be a popular attraction. "There is a great deal of community interest in spending time outdoors without the hassle of tents or expense of campers," says Kuhn.
The cabins have been named Prairie Dog and Eagle's View. In addition to filling a recreational need, the cabins were built as a result of a multi-agency collaboration involving KDWP, Greenbush Southeast Kansas Education Service Center, the Kansas Department of Corrections, and the Kansas Wildscape Foundation. Inmates at the Norton Correctional Facility built the cabins through an educational program administered by Greenbush. The Kansas Wildscape Foundation provided funding for the cabins. KDWP provides a location for the cabins and operates and maintains the structures.
Mark Stock, KDWP cabin program administrator, says the cabin program is a success story about multiple partners working together to benefit the public: "The cabin program's success is a direct result of each partner stepping up to the table and providing its expertise. Each agency's contribution is critical for the overall program's success."
Prairie Dog State Park cabin reservations can be made starting Oct. 15, with the first night of occupancy beginning Nov, 1. For more information about these cabins, phone 785-620-877-2953 or go online to reserve.ksoutdoors.com.


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Hartsburg-Emden to provide early childhood screening April 22
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EMDEN — Hartsburg-Emden CUSD 21,
in cooperation with the Tri-County Special Education Association,
will conduct early childhood screening on April 22 from 2 to 6 p.m.
at the elementary school. This service is free.
screening process will observe 3- to 4-year-old children's fine and
gross motor skills (hop, skip, jump, etc.); conceptual development
skills (color, numbers, etc.); and communication skills (speech,
language, problem-solving, etc.). The screening process for both
birth-3 and the 3- and 4-year-olds will give parents and the school
district an indication if children are functioning at appropriate
age levels in the above areas. Parents will be informed of problem
areas as well as areas of acceptable performance.
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Children 3-5 years old with potential learning difficulties
discovered by the screening may require further assessment from the
school psychologist, school social worker or speech language
pathologist. Should potential learning problems be revealed through
further evaluation, the child may become eligible for an early
childhood program in the fall.
Parents with questions about the birth to 3 screening or the 3-
to 4-year-old screening should contact Ashley Aper, special
education administrator, at 217-871-5454 or
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Spencer Hall at Every Day Should Be Saturday has published his annual ode to college football, and this one's a haunted, Tom Waits-y doozy, in accordance with the NCAA's summer of scandal.
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You will first have to accept that this breaks your heart. You will have to accept that this is in some part a scam. You will have to accept that you are bad firewood walking: wooden, a puppet guided by strings pulling you in directions you can't always understand or accept. You'll have to accept, in one form or another, that God's away on business, and you will have to take care of this yourself no matter how long you have to run. You have to accept that the only redemption for the large, cheap machinations of life is the redemption of experience, the only thing you can control.
You will have to accept that any fraud can be redeemed with work, and the long determination to get things right.
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Article Index
Acupuncture and
Scope of Practice
John A. Amaro D.C., FIAMA, Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM)
Recently, as I was
deciding where I would be conducting my seminars on Asian healing, I began
to browse through a book which clearly spelled out each individual state's
scope of practice. What I learned was nauseating.
But the worst part of the scope of practice decrees I discovered was the vast number of states which hold the the use of venipuncture as "against the law." It is a pathetic state of affairs when we refer to ourselves as "physicians" in so many states and "doctors" in all of the others yet are forbidden by law to perform venipuncture.
The good news is that acupuncture is alive and well and may be practiced by a variety of non-invasive techniques as successfully as those who choose to puncture with a needle. In fact, in many instances, non-needle acupuncture is truly more beneficial as it is safer, faster, as effective, and more apt to produce referrals, as many people don't like the thought of needles stuck in them.
If your state allows for physiotherapy and you are a faithful reader of this column, then you owe it to yourself and your patients to begin using some of the points and techniques which I share with you through Dynamic Chiropractic.
Take a formal class in its use and begin to employ it with non-invasive techniques such as a non-piercing teishein or piezo electric stimulator, both of which are priced at under or at the cost of one adjustment in most parts of the country.
Continue to read this column and clip what appeals to you for further reference. Even if your "not into" acupuncture, you're "into" helping sick people regain their health.
I assure you that you will not be disappointed.


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X-Ray Reveals Nail in Man's Brain
(CHICAGO) -- Thirty-two-year-old Dante Autullo was working with a nail gun at his home in suburban Chicago when he misfired, causing a nail to go whizzing past his head, or so he thought. Mr. Autullo had actually just shot himself in the head with a 3 1/2 inch nail, he just didn't realize it. Autullo proceeded to continue working, spending more than a day with the nail stuck in his brain.
After experiencing nausea and headaches the next day, Mr. Autullo went to the hospital, where an X-ray uncovered the nail. Both Mr. Autullo and his family were flabbergasted. "Un-freaking-believable," his fiancee Gail Glaenzer said to the Naperville Sun.
"They were shocked because he was walking and talking, and he had it in for 36 hours," Autullo's mother, Jerri Autullo told the Sun. "I hoped that it wasn't going to be as bad as it looked."
Autullo was taken to Christ Medical Center, where he had surgery Thursday morning. He's recovering there today, eager to get back to work.
"He's in the darn hospital yelling that there's a big snowstorm tomorrow and how's he going to plow?" Glaenzer told the Sun. "This is from a guy who just got his brain cut open."
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Cabinet under 'gag order' on sequester
It's no accident that the fight over multibillion-dollar cuts to every government agency sounds a lot like cuts hitting one agency — the Pentagon.
The reason: It hasn't been a fair fight.
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Top officials at three domestic agencies say they were instructed by the White House not to talk about the looming sequester cuts unless their talking points were first cleared by the Office of Management and Budget.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama sequester plan already DOA)
The direction from the White House so infuriated Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski that she's planning a hearing next Thursday to give domestic agencies a chance to make their case by inviting officials from OMB, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education, Housing and Urban Development and Homeland Security.
"It's been under a gag order," the Maryland Democrat said of President Barack Obama's Cabinet to POLITICO. "I'm against gag rules."
A White House aide said the Cabinet has been central in the sequestration debate, from Education Secretary Arne Duncan's testimony before a Senate panel last summer to an OMB report spelling out programs that would be hit by the across-the-board cuts.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's fill-in-the-blank sales pitch)
But White House officials have also told the Cabinet that it was taking the lead in message operations on sequestration, according to three senior Obama administration officials. Yes, the agencies have a green light to talk about the spending cuts. But they must go through the OMB for coordination to avoid "causing mass confusion" for millions of federal employees.
"You don't want to send mixed messages," said one senior aide.
There's also been a limit on what's said from the Cabinet because of concern that the Obama officials could end up drawing more attacks from congressional Republicans who have shown they are determined to cut spending across the board, even at the once-sacrosanct Pentagon.
( Also on POLITICO: Boehner tries to hold sequester line)
When administration officials have spoken about sequestration, the message has had a predictable rhythm, criticizing the cuts as "bad policy." Agency heads say their departments will be able to function, but early plans for dealing with a decade of mandatory across-the-board spending cuts also would start with furloughs, hiring freezes and canceling travel and conferences.
The message from the nondefense Cabinet stands in stark contrast with the Pentagon, which has been out in force ever since the idea of the automatic cuts surfaced during Obama's showdown with House Republicans in 2011.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has led the P.R. offensive, calling sequester cuts a "doomsday machine." Military brass fanned out on the Hill to seek a reprieve. Defense industry bosses played up talk of layoffs.
It's also been tough for the other agencies to compete with the flag-draped warnings of doom and gloom that Pentagon officials can offer, but it's not just that. The Pentagon's press machine has few equals in Washington, not to mention constituencies across the country that would feel the pain of budget cuts at local bases and defense factories.
So as the fight over cuts comes down to the wire — House Republicans rejected Obama's latest idea for a short-term deal Tuesday — news is bad for both sides of the equation.
The defense budget is primed to take about half of all the cuts in the first year — or about $43 billion. The non-defense discretionary budget will include cuts of about $6.6 billion from Health and Human Services and nearly $3.7 billion each from Homeland Security, Education and Housing and Urban Development. The departments of State and Energy also face cuts of about $2.5 billion each.


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Swagged Up
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Artist: 2GU
Released: October 13th, 2008
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All Too Easy
In the Twittersphere, we at RSBS have a reputation for taking cheap shots at Prince Fielder's… er… um… corpulence (good word, interns!). While we do a good job of avoiding the F-word (no, the OTHER F-word, silly), we cannot help but point out the absurdity that is Prince Fielder's physique.
Dude is big, as in I's hongry big. He does not have an athletic body. Yet he's just as athletic an athlete as you're apt to find these days when it comes to production.
Prince is an anomaly though. An anachronism, even. He's the digital watch in Glory in that HE SHOULDN'T BE WHERE HE IS.
Except he is.
How did he get here?
I call McDonald's' bluff. If it were really that easy — to just stuff one's face full of awful simulated food product — then nearly all of US America would be getting paid by a Big League club right now.
In Prince's case, I gotta think it's the genes that make it all too easy.
Don't hate me. 'Cuz I'm right.


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Hurdler Liu XIang, China's most prominent and popular Olympian, failed to overcome the first hurdle in his 110m heat this morning in London, bringing an end to his Olympics just as his attempt to reclaim his 2004 gold began.
Liu dropped out of his medal defense in Beijing with an achilles injury, and it appears a leg injury was to blame for his faltering in today's hurdles heat. His importance to the nation of China cannot be overstated; he's one of the most commercially successful athletes in that country, and is ever-present on billboards and advertisements in China. Our own Tom Scocca's book Beijing Welcomes You remarked on the athlete's transcendence there as sporting and marketing icon; now he's done, again.
Liu ran a wind-aided 12.87 (which is the current world record) earlier this year, so his chances at recovering gold were solid. Instead, fellow competitors helped the hurdler to a wheelchair after Liu limped to kiss the race's final hurdle. [Watch the video here.]


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
The St. Louis District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has internship opportunities available for upper-level undergraduate (juniors and seniors) and graduate students. The EEOC is the federal agency charged with enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Equal Pay Act.
Interns will analyze case files for compliance with federal employment discrimination laws. Interns will also conduct interviews of employers and of individuals who have filed employment discrimination complaints.
Applicants should have strong analytical, communication, research and writing skills. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
Interns should expect to work 20 hours per week. EEOC internships are unpaid; however, interns may receive academic credit. The EEOC is an equal opportunity employer.
Interested students should send a letter of interest, resume, transcript, and brief writing sample to:
Sylvia Smith
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
St. Louis District Office
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For more information, go to The EEOC St. Louis District Office.


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Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics | Cornell University
- The Royal Society
August 27, 2019
- Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences News
March 5, 2019
- Cornell Chronicle
May 23, 2018
- Quanta Magazine
March 1, 2018
- Cornell Chronicle
June 12, 2017
- Cornell Daily Sun
March 29, 2017
- Nature
March 6, 2017
- Cornell Chronicle
February 9, 2017
- Technology Review
January 13, 2017
- Business Insider
June 8, 2016
The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species' long effort to tame infinity.
- The New York Times
March 14, 2019
The stunning success of AlphaZero, a deep-learning algorithm, heralds a new age of insight—one that, for humans, may not last long.
- The New York Times
December 26, 2018
A panel discussion about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the nature of mathematical genius, and the film "The Man Who Knew Infinity."
- World Science Festival
March 11, 2016
Einstein's boyhood proof of the Pythagorean theorem foreshadows the scientist he later became.
- The New Yorker
November 19, 2015
On Science Friday at the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival, Jordan Ellenberg, Jo Boaler and Steven Strogatz fielded questions from host Ira Flatow and posed brainteasers to the live audience. (Photo Credit: Olivier Douliery)
- Aspen Institute
July 3, 2015
Rockefeller University awarded the 2015 Lewis Thomas Prize, which "honors the scientist as poet," to Ian Stewart and Steven Strogatz. Alan Alda kept the audience in stitches.
- Rockefeller University
March 30, 2015
Why do mathematicians care so much about pi? Strogatz came out of his burrow long enough to write about it for The New Yorker on "Pi Day of the Century," 3.14.15.
- The New Yorker
March 14, 2015
Strogatz was honored with Alan Alda at the 2014 MoMath Gala for "contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of mathematics."
- Museum of Math
October 14, 2014
Strogatz shares what worked—and what didn't—in his efforts to democratize math through a regular New York Times column.
- Public Lecture at the Santa Fe Institute
August 6, 2014
Strogatz discusses his lecture, "The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math" with Mary-Charlotte Domandi
- Santa Fe Radio Cafe
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A blend of natural cotton and technical Coolmax® polyester, Jeans are a fast-drying, lightweight, comfortable and practical alternative to regular denim jeans.Read more…
No one's 100% sure who invented jeans. But one thing's for certain. They never set out to make anything 'cool'.
They were made out of tent fabric and designed to do one thing: work.
Over the years, though, they've become rather popular. And, as it happens, they've turned out to be kind of cool too. Worn by just about everyone, they look great – pretty much anywhere.
When Rohan set out to make jeans, we knew we had to make them better. The question was: how do you improve the 'unimprovable'?
The answer, though, was fairly simple: innovative fabric technology.
Regular denim jeans look great. But they're heavy, uncomfortable, too hot for travel and take an age to dry after washing. Rohan Jeans, by contrast, are made from Denim Plus™, a sophisticated fusion of cotton and advanced modern synthetics.
The results are remarkable. Because around a third of the fabric is CoolMax® polyester, they're much faster drying than regular jeans – in practical terms, they dry overnight. So you can travel with only one pair. Which is quite an advantage.
They also offer a very good (UPF40+)* level of protection from the harmful effects of UV radiation.
And, unless you're an absolute stickler, they don't really require any ironing – although you'll find the lightest, briefest touch from a warm iron will create an effortlessly smart appearance.
Designed to sit just below the natural waist, our jeans our designed in a classic style – with a couple of practical Rohan twists. Our slim leg jeans are a slightly trimmer fit than our straight leg jeans, without being too skinny. Perfect for a smart and modern look.
They feature plenty of pockets - two hand pockets, one of which has a zipped pocket hidden inside, a coin pocket, two rear patch pockets, and a discrete zipped pocket in the rear yoke.
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Dry grapes and leaves due to lack of rain. If temperatures increase beyond 2°C, France will be faced with a runaway geographical displacement of both its natural and cultivated ecosystems, and the effects on the sustainability of wine production will be catastrophic for the local industry. In 2003, many French vineyards experienced changes and the grapes produced had undesirable characteristics. Scientists predict that at the end of this century half of all summers could be like the summer of 2003.
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While I was stocking up the freezer, I cooked a few whole chickens in the slow cooker. One of those times, I combined some of the shredded chicken with a can of Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies, some frozen corn, black beans and ground cumin.
Mix. And Freeze.
Thaw. And Warm.
So simple…I love it!
I found some tortilla chips in the pantry. You see. My Dad was here recently visiting Tyler, and well, he has a *thang* for chips and salsa! And by *thang*, I mean that he eats them practically daily. So we're using up the leftover chips here!
Pile the Chicken Taco mixture on top of some tortilla chips and melt some cheese over the top. That'll do!
Chicken Taco Bake over Chips
Yield – 6 servings
Preparation Time – 5 minutes
Cooking Time – 10 minutes
- 2 cups shredded chicken ($1.50)
- 1 can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies (free from a coupon)
- 2 cups frozen corn ($.67)
- 2 cups cooked black beans ($.20)
- 1-2 tsp ground cumin ($.05)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Tortilla chips ($1)
- 1-2 cups shredded cheddar or Monterrey Jack cheese ($.75)
- 2 broccoli heads ($.82)
- Combine shredded chicken, Rotel tomatoes, corn, beans with the ground cumin, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Pile on top of tortilla chips and top with shredded cheese. Microwave to melt cheese. Omit cheese if dairy-free!
- Steam broccoli in stovetop steamer for 4-5 minutes.
- Serve Chicken Taco Bake over Chips with Broccoli.
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San Miguel market
Contact details
Plaza de San Miguel s/n
28005 Madrid (Madrid Region)
Tel.:+34 915424936
- Autonomous region: Madrid Region
- Province/Island: Madrid
Located in the heart of the tourist centre of Madrid, this emblematic building is actually a traditional market (the only iron structured market surviving to the present day) which has today been reinvented as a totally modern venue supplying a range of premium food products. It offers a whole host of options: you can do your daily shopping, take part in activities and exhibitions, taste the various products, browse, enjoy a snack or a drink…
The San Miguel market has a stylish decoration and contains 33 stalls featuring a whole host of delicacies and carefully selected raw ingredients. It aims to reflect the multifaceted nature of Spanish gastronomy, and to assume the role of a Centre for Culinary Culture, also hosting courses, launches, fairs… Thanks to its long opening hours, it make an ideal place for leisure both during the day and by night, as it also has wine bars and bars serving delicious tapas. Other venues include a gastronomic library, a florist's shop and a design shop. It is classified as a Property of Cultural Interest in the Monument category. Its construction, under the direction of Alfonso Dubé y Díez, was completed in 1916. What's more, it is located in the Plaza de San Miguel square (beside the Plaza Mayor ), in one of the liveliest parts of Madrid.
- Type of place: Market
Practical information
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday From 10:00 to 00:00
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43 Sewer
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The City of Thibodaux's Sewage Treatment Plant
is an innovative experimental plant using natural processes to
treat sewage. In 1992 the plant was adapted so that adjacent
wetlands could be used for tertiary treatment. The plant guide
will lead nt. The plant guide will lead you past a series of
outdoor open treatment tanks, including the aerated lagoon, the
primary clarifier, the biological rock filter, and the final
clarifier. From here you will see the ultraviolet light
treatment chamber, and the control room. You will also see the
sludge drying beds, with sewage sludge in various stages of
composting. Next, you will drive to the levee separating the
swamp from pastureland. Here you will see the spillway, where
every 50 feet, effluent (liquid discharge) is released into a
beautiful cypress-tupelo swamp for tertiary treatment. This
swamp had formerly been cut off from its supply of fresh water,
and was in danger of dying. Now it is receiving fresh water from
the sewage treatment plant and is thriving. Wetlands areas such
as this act as biological filters for pollutants including
nitrogen wastes from sewage pollutants and nutrients which are
trapped in the soils where they are taken up by the roots of
There are several features which make this plant a unique
experiment. One is the recharging of a freshwater swamp with the
effluent. This plant also uses ultraviolet light as a
disinfectant, rather than chlorine. Chlorine forms toxic
compounds, and, therefore, in traditional plants which use
chlorine as a disinfectant, both a chlorination and a
dechlorination process must take place.
(See Louisiana Environmentalist July/August 1993 for an
article on the Crowley, LA "Innovative Wastewater
Treatment" which is similar to that in Thibodaux)


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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day.
•At least one of the six umpires was actually paying attention, but bad calls wouldn't have made a difference anyway. Cliff Lee was nigh unhittable, and Philadelphia takes the opener.
•Had your fill of high-and-mighty Pennsylvanians yet? Sidney Crosby had a hat trick by the second intermission, and the Penguins have the best record in the east. But don't expect to hear about it from the fans; they can't hop on while their Steelers bandwagon is still moving.
•The Chiefs suspend Larry Johnson for two weeks, which is really just one game and the bye week. Normally teams are loathe to lose the production from their star, but I'm not sure they'll notice his 2.7 yards per carry when it's missing.
•Maybe it's foolish to panic after two games, but...maybe LeBron should start panicking after two games. His triple-double goes for naught as Toronto sends the Cavs to their first 0-2 start since his second season.
•Orlando Thomas: not dead! Which is good. He's still battling ALS though, which isn't good.
•The Buccaneers name first round pick Josh Freeman their starter, because what's the point of benching your talented young QB when you're not winning anyway? Apparently the Titans also have a young rookie they should be starting, one Vince Young. Haven't heard much about him.
•Finally, it's been making the rounds all day: the behind-the-back touchdown pass.


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Time travel has been a super popular theme in movies, books and games ever since the first time machine was invented in the year of our Lord Zenithox 33270XX, so naturally there have been plenty of virtual heroes zipping through the space-time continuum. Even with so many cool games featuring time travel, these eighteen veteran characters stand out for going the distance in the past, present and future. Their heroic chrono-adventures have taught us all that no matter how far into the past or future we go, bad guys and logic puzzles span across all history.
Way back in an earlier epoch VH-1 historians now refer to as "the early '90s", the forward-looking game scientists at LucasArts developed Day of the Tentacle. The point-and-click adventure game followed a guy, a girl, and another guy in their efforts to foil a sentient purple tentacle's plot to take over the world. The course of human and tentacle events leads to each character being stranded in the mansion at a different period of time. The game played around with the unique temporal level structure, allowing the player to eventually switch between the three time periods, trade items, and show how the effects of a change to one period could have puzzle-solving consequences in future areas. The game's quirky sense of humor and cartoony visuals masked an educational journey, as the kids playing learned more about the Founding Fathers than they ever would have at school. For instance, did you know that John Hancock made the first bad Woody Allen impression in recorded history in Maniac Mansion over 200 years ago? Knowledge.
Sadly, the untimely demise of LucasArts means that this series is likely...history. More time-travel wordplay to follow.
In the immortal words of Joss Whedon when discussing the impetus behind Cabin in the Woods, "Why do these bad things keep happening to these blonde girls?" Well, in Clock Tower 3 one of them takes a trip into the past to find out and mostly has bad things happen to her. Your character, Alyssa, a spunky young schoolgirl, embarks on a quest to help the souls of those murdered by demon-possessed serial killers wielding huge weapons, because a 14-year-old can do anything if she puts her mind to it. To defeat the killers, Alyssa travels back in time to WW2 London and other ages of history, using items found around the crime scene to put victims' souls to rest. Why are these things happening? In answer to Joss' question: Magic. For a game populated by such uncanny monsters and spiritual powers, your character's primary response to danger - running and hiding like the scared little schoolgirl she literally is - is depressingly true to life. Sure, if a guy with a massive pair of bloody pruning shears was actually chasing me down I would probably run around screaming and throwing holy water about too, but not too many people actually enjoy playing as a horror film's Axe Victim #4. Why Scotland Yard wasn't able to track down a giant patchwork monster with the spiked sledgehammer murdering child piano prodigies also remains unexplained, though the answer is likely the same as the answer to any question you have about Clock Tower 3: Because magic, that's why.
What could be more perfect for a list on time travelers than a game called "Time Traveler"? (Don't answer that). This game really had it all: time-warping cowboy, galactic princess, and even a mad scientist turned evil overlord. The only thing missing was fun. Gamers followed Old West hero Marshal Graham as he crossed several periods of history, battling an array of extras from Roger Corman movie sets to prevent Vulcron from transforming backgrounds throughout time into the same shitty green screen effect of floating geometric shapes... or something like that. The game was more of a choose-your-own-adventure style film, with the Marshal either progressing or getting his head bashed open in the next scene - depending on the player's ability to match a specific sequence of button-pushing and joystick, er, sticking? The unforgiving trial-by-error, and error, and error gameplay was pretty monotonous, though the cool arcade cabinet, flashing lights and awesome background green screen floating geometric shapes effects were enough to keep at least one 7-year-old repeatedly coming back for more punishment.


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Sales Tax Hike Proposed for Missouri Highways
OSAGE COUNTY - Legislators from both parties filed a bill Tuesday that would fund transportation infrastructure using a temporary sales tax hike.
Bill co-sponsor Sen. Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, said the measure would increase sales tax by one cent for 10 years if voters approved it. The tax would be set aside specifically for transportation funding and would not apply to groceries, medications or gasoline. If the bill passes the legislature, he said the people of MIssouri will then get to vote on it.
"It's not MoDOT's roads, it's the people's roads," Kehoe said.
The potential funding of safety improvements is a personal issue for co-sponsor Sen. Ryan McKenna, D-Crystal City, who said a friend of his died on a stretch of road his neighbors called "blood alley" years ago.
"We don't want any more blood alleys," McKenna said.
Jeanette Mott Oxford, a former St. Louis representative and now the executive director of the Missouri Association for Social Welfare, said the tax would disproportionately affect the poor even with grocery exemptions. Oxford said those with the lowest 20 percent of incomes pay almost 6 percent of their income in sales and excise taxes. She said a better idea would be to increase the income tax and dedicate that money to highways.
"The poor still have to pay for essentials like school supplies and furniture," Oxford said.
Kehoe said if the measure passes the legislature, Missouri voters would most likely decide on it in November 2014, although he said the governor could choose to move the election up. He said he does not expect his bill to conflict with the proposed bond issue because "this deals with horizontal infrastructure and the fifth state bonding issue deals with vertical infrastructure."


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Congregational church expresses God's joy
If I were to the mention the word "Puritan" or "Pilgrim" to you, is the first mental image you get some kind of visual cliche from an old Thanksgiving card -- joyless, straight-laced individuals dressed all in black, with buckled hats, clutching their muskets? And are they going into one of New England's historic Congregational meetinghouses, preparing to sit through a mind-numbing three-hour church service?
If so, you might have wondered as you've wandered past lovely Connecticut town greens if those ancient white churches labeled "Congregational" are still that way.
My church here in Danbury, First Congregational Church (United Church of Christ), is a downtown landmark, with its gleaming, exuberant white-and-gold tower that was just repainted last year. Looking at that, you probably wouldn't connect our building with anything puritanical or prudish. And you know? You'd be right.
First Congregational Church of Danbury, just across from City Hall, is anything but prudish. Our beautiful tower is a symbol of what's going on inside, both with the building and the people who care for it. You see, everything old is new again.
We believe that what's going on inside the building and the people is joy. We're joyful because we're old -- the oldest church congregation in Danbury, first gathered in 1696. We're also joyful because we're new.
We believe we've found new ways to bring God's love to growing numbers of children and families -- through trips that connect nature with its Creator and its kids, and through Sunday morning Bible magic that helps youngsters see Scripture for the first time in a way that makes sense for them -- and injects some fun.
Congregationalists are "back to basics" kinds of Christians -- evoking those first-century communities of believers where just listening to the word of God was at the center of their worship. We believe that hearing God doesn't require a hierarchy of bishops to tell people how to do it -- that every believer can feel the presence of the Spirit lighting up one's heart.
We believe it's the people in a church who help create the community of believers, who are on an equal footing with their minister, who is their teacher. The power of decisions rests in the people. Congregationalists believe that God is involved in every aspect of life, that God is not somewhere way "out there," but "in here," among human beings.
One of the greatest minds of Congregationalism was the 18th century's "New Light" minister, Jonathan Edwards. He described God's indwelling presence in the hearts of believers, illuminating each person with God's love and created beauty. This inner light fills the individual as the music, the scripture and the message come together inside.
Every faith community, regardless of denomination, has its symbols that point us toward God's presence. And at First Church, we have our own.
Our church tower is a symbol, with its pineapple-shaped finials, symbols of hospitality beckoning all inside. We have a tradition at our church of inviting anyone to arrange to honor the memory of a loved one or a special anniversary by lighting the tower to shine over Danbury in the evening. The homeless shelter in our basement is also a part of our tradition of hospitality to our wider community.
One of the oldest and most important symbols of our faith and connectedness as a community is our baptismal bowl, the Comfort Starr bowl, over which every person at First Church has been baptized since 1753. The bowl was a gift from Mr. Starr in 1753 after the tragic deaths of some of his children. On Mother's Day, Sunday, another little baby girl will be baptized over that sacred bowl. And so it remains a symbol of faith, renewal, and everlasting community.
Finally, something new -- the future. At the heart of every faith's journey toward God is a sense of profound mystery. God, Jonathan Edwards said, is meant to be deeply felt. Edwards particularly noted how young people were softened by their encounters with God.
Children love a mystery. For the last year we have chosen to use Christ-centered Bible magic's mystery most Sundays before church school to illustrate for our children the meaning and power of the Gospel -- a moment enjoyed as well by the "Big Kids" in the pews. At First Church, that's what we believe it's all about -- putting God's joy into the way life is lived.
Rev. Pat Kriss is pastor of First Congregational Church of Danbury, 164 Deer Hill Ave. She can be reached at 203-744-6177 or email@example.com. Visit www.danburychurch.org.


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think23 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 175 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
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My style for shooting people is photojournalistic. I have a eye for getting special moments or expressions with kids and the photos tell a story whether a portrait session or event.
I need to appeal to both individuals hiring me to shoot pictures of their families (in other words, friendly, competent, easy to work with, good with kids) and event production companies, marketing departments of event space, professionals seeking headshots, etc. (meaning professional, progressive, thorough, no drama)
Use the name: yasmeen photo
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I am a very energetic person and my logo should represent my energy and professionalism. I would like to see some ideas that are simple and clean but energetic.
You can approach the logo either with an icon or without but please no stock icons or clipart. Really seeking unique, creative approach.
*Nothing too girly, flowery or frilly
*Nothing too overly masculine, a nice balance of approachable and friendly but professional and clean.
*Think sleek and modern
Type treatment:
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*No calligraphy looking fonts or fonts that look like handwriting
If Icon:
*No stock icons or clipart
*I was considering maybe something circular that could represent a lens without actually looking like a lens or camera body. Very abstract so you almost can't tell.
*Or, use my first initial Y and create an icon out of that.
You can get creative with colors. Some colors I have considered are some sort of fresh(but not electric) green, or a slate blue. I'm open to suggestions, just not pink or anything too feminine.
I would like to see b&w version as well as color version.
I will want the illustrator file, or whatever it is created in.
I'm really looking forward to seeing your awesome creative work! Thanks for reading my brief. Let's see what you got! : )
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Kentucky Family History Research
This entry was originally written by Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA, for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
History of Kentucky
Few American settlers had moved into the region of present-day Kentucky prior to the completion of the western portion of the border survey between Virginia and North Carolina in 1748. When the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) ended, the Ohio River was designated as the boundary between settlers and native inhabitants. Kentucky came under the jurisdiction of Augusta County, Virginia. Fincastle County, Virginia, was organized in 1772 to include all of present-day Kentucky with Harrodsburg designated the county seat. The following year the McAfee brothers and others surveyed land along the Salt River. In 1774, James Harrod founded Harrodsburg as the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky by a group that arrived via the Ohio River.
That same year Richard Henderson purchased from the Native Americans all land lying between the Ohio, Kentucky, and Cumberland rivers for his Transylvania Company. John Finley's stories of Kentucky land precipitated Daniel Boone's subsequent exploration. Boone blazed the trail from the Cumberland Gap (at the junction of present-day Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) to the interior. This path between the Cumberland Gap and central Kentucky became known, through the Transylvania Company's publicity, as the Wilderness Road. In 1775 the Transylvania Company established Boonesborough as its headquarters.
During the Revolutionary War, the Virginia government virtually ignored the settlements in Kentucky. The resulting lack of military assistance and isolation from the eastern portion of Virginia led to troubles with native tribes and precipitated a desire among the settlers for Kentucky to achieve statehood. Between 1784 and 1790, nine conventions met at Danville demanding separation from Virginia; however, none of these attained success in gaining a division.
Congress admitted the Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Union as the fifteenth state on 1 June 1792 after the first constitution was drafted on 3 April of that year. Established as a commonwealth state, Danville became its first capital. Early settlers included Revolutionary War veterans staking claims to bounty-land grants. Scots-Irish, German, and English individuals and families from Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee soon joined the veterans in Kentucky.
The disputed southern boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee remained unsettled until 1820 when Kentucky accepted the faulty Walker Line, drawn too far north of 36° 30', between the Cumberland Gap and the western Tennessee River. Several sections of the Line remained questionable until surveyors conducted another survey in 1859. Since families who lived in the disputed area did not know in which state they resided, records are frequently located in both states. Due to changing county boundaries and divisions, Kentucky counties affected include (west to east) Trigg, Christian, Todd, Logan, Simpson, Allen, Monroe, Cumberland, Clinton, Wayne, McCreary, Whitley, Knox, and Bell.
Ideology over the slave issue divided the populace before and during the Civil War. Many large landowners supported slavery, but the small farmers and mountain families did not. Officially, Kentucky, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, was neutral during the Civil War only until September 1861, when it actively began support of the Union, even though the Confederate States continued to act as if Kentucky were one of theirs.
Following the Civil War, tobacco and coal became leading commodities in Kentucky's economy. Kentucky's bluegrass pastures have produced an exceptional number of thoroughbred horses, leading to worldwide recognition in horse racing. Fort Knox, originally Camp Knox, began as a permanent military post and later became an official U.S. gold depository. In the twentieth century Fort Campbell served as a major training center for military recruits.
Genealogical research in the state is aided by excellent research facilities and printed materials on Kentucky's early settlement.
A source for legal issues is J. Barbour and John D. Carroll. The Kentucky Statutes: Containing All General Laws Including Those Passed at Session of 1894 available from Google Books. Louisville: Courier-Journal Job Printing, 1894. It is a must for understanding early regulations for land and taxation.
Lewis Collins' History of Kentucky is available at Ancestry.com.


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Twisted Truth
Durham man convicted of rape to get new hearing, could get new trial
A convicted rapist is asking for a second chance, saying his lawyer and the jury that convicted him in 2000 couldn't see or hear evidence a prosecutor kept hidden.
A judge on Friday heeded David Yearwood's plea, in part, granting an evidentiary hearing this summer, after which he'll decide if Yearwood is due a new trial.
An attorney for Yearwood says evidence not provided to him until 2011 gives a smattering of clues and contradictions that undermine the claims against him. Heather Rattelade says former Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline intentionally withheld evidence in 1999 and 2000, when she was an assistant district attorney.
Yearwood, 45, was convicted of raping a 12-year-old Durham girl whose family lived near him. He has insisted he was innocent since his arrest, but in 2000, a jury convicted Yearwood and sent him to prison for at least 25 years.
Yearwood's case was featured in a 2011 N&O series, "Twisted Truth: A Prosecutor Under Fire," which highlighted problems in Cline's cases.
Cline was removed from office in March 2012 after a judge determined her behavior in numerous court filings critical of Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson were "prejudicial to the administration of justice" and brought her office of district attorney into "disrepute." Appelate courts have upheld her removal.
Cline has sued the newspaper for libel.
Among the items that Rattelade argues Cline never provided to Lawrence Campbell, Yearwood's original attorney:
Rattelade said in a motion that Cline specifically directed her office not to provide the notes from the neighbor interview; an inventory of items has the words "not this" scribbled next to the interview notes regarding the neighbor's testimony, Rattelade said.
"What is obvious from her own note in the file is that the prosecutor intentionally withheld that interview," Rattelade said in her motion asking for a new trial.
In 2000, state law did not require prosecutors to share all of their evidence with attorneys for defendants, but federal law required them to turn over any evidence of innocence. Cline repeatedly told Yearwood's attorney and a judge in the case that she had provided everything she had to Yearwood's attorney, Rattelade said.
Battle over evidence
Rattelade secured a judge's order in 2011 granting direct access to Cline's file. Campbell, Yearwood's attorney at his 2000 trial, said he did not receive vital pieces of information. With them, he said, he might have convinced a jury that Yearwood was innocent.
Two jurors from that trial signed affidavits filed Friday that say they wouldn't have voted to find Yearwood guilty had they heard some of the information now available.
Cynthia Kenney, an assistant Durham District Attorney, said the court has nothing but the memory of Campbell to suggest Cline failed to provide evidence. Kenney also said that there's nothing new that wasn't known or couldn't have been known.
"If you look at material she had, and compare it to the trial transcript, there's nothing materially new or different that causes you to look at this and say it wasn't a fair trial," Kenney said.
Prior abuse allegations
Rattelade also argues that Yearwood is due a new trial because Betty Phillips, the child's therapist, allegedly misrepresented her knowledge of the child's prior sexual abuse at trial.
Phillips wrote to the N&O in 2011 that she had some knowledge of the child's past. During a hearing at the time of the trial, she said that she only knew of the sexual assault the child alleged against Yearwood, though she was aware of issues with the family from treating another relative.
Kenney told the judge that none of the newly discovered pieces of evidence were intentionally withheld, nor did they have any bearing on defendant's guilt. Campbell argued to a jury in 2000 that investigators had no physical evidence linking Yearwood to the crime or victim.
"This is all about him still complaining about trial strategy," Kenney told the judge.
Rattelade countered: "The issue here isn't about trial strategy, it's about the strategy he was prevented from executing."
Superior Court Judge Edwin Wilson has set an evidentiary hearing for Aug. 12. Rattelade said she intends to call Cline as a witness.
Focus on Cline
Cline was not in court Friday, and she could not be reached for comment. But during the hearing, Cline's recent troubles were front and center.
"This motion is capitalizing on problems in Durham County. When you strip it down, none of that has anything to do with the facts of this case," Kenney told Wilson.
Wilson pressed Kenney: "That may be, and if that's the case, wouldn't a full evidentiary hearing be to the benefit of the district attorney? I know you've got cases to try and you're busy. It seems to be a full hearing is in the interest of justice."