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Meeting Notes 2011 08 16
The 174th Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: Danny
Moderator: Gavin
Introduction and Names[edit]
- What Noisebridge is about: "Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."
- Round of introductions: What's your name, what do you do, and if you are new, how did you hear about Noisebridge? Start with the moderator and go left.
- A brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you! Only paid-up members can block consensus.
Gavin Tony Gaian Danny Liz -- web developer Ed -- I'm here to help! John -- temporarily conscious Robert - does stuff Mike -- technowander, not stock clerk, don't do large infrastructure Nevada -- just moved here Stephanie -- just moved here, proofreader Ramone - student Duncan -- six weeks, working on wallets
Short Announcements[edit]
Cool new projects? Something you'd like people to know? Say now, but keep it short!
Library was rearranged, could be more efficient Cleaning in main area Church classroom cleaning and front area Miloh + Chris space bridge work, privacy work cubicles Robert (not Robert Chu, Robert Two) - brought in a server rack, which we're thinking of installing Tor Noisebridge project is going ahead
New or Stale Events[edit]
Is there anything new happening at the space?
Is there anything that has stopped happening at the space?
Ruby might be moving, Danny is asking how we can make their lives more awesome here
German class isn't happening right now, because they are all in German spraching deutsch.
Nevada asks when lock picking happening, we all agreed he was now in charge of it.
Robert suggests a weekly Laser Lounge event.
Drupal amateurs group also!
Financial Report[edit]
Funds in bank:
Money is good. Repeat good.
Membership Binder[edit]
- Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Write a check on every open application.
- Anyone up for joining this week (ie have four checks by their name + have two sponsors) should introduce themselves then leave the area in search of gifts (traditionally beer and a lime) for the rest of the group. The rest of the meeting should consense on whether they may join.
Consensus items[edit]
(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.)
Discussion Items[edit]
Charles from KAWL is looking to talk to Noisebridgers!
Tastebridge -- middle of being put together some more. We removed knife racks on the wall, because we're going to put in new dish racks. building a dedicated cutting board table. I also built a media center keyboard for the media center computer that was donated by John McCabe
Ed recently assigned 60 hours community service for defending his dad's honor (long and interesting story), and he'd like to do it with Noisebridge. He's a great cleaner, and pretty good cook (ex-marine, culinary school). He likes driving most.
Danny talks about the SIngapore manned space mission.
Robert says the Singapore people would like to interview people at Noisebridge.
Nevada said over labor day weekend in Seattle, people are organizing the Radical Mycology conference. Two days of workshops, and then a day of bioremediation project.
We suggested putting the flyers for it ON THE MUSHROOMS (or laser engrave it).
Hactus.com -- Alex's friend made it, a really good tech site of current events related to hacker culture.
Hackmeet is coming up in October. Hackmeet, October 15-16: radical activism and tech. Talk to hackmeet.org
We had a big clapping thing from Ramone!
End of Meeting[edit]
- PGP Key Signing could happen now, check the list to see who wants in on the action.
- Put back the membership binder in the black desk.
- Save the meeting notes to the wiki.
- Send a copy of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
- Copy the Meeting Notes Template for next week's agenda and update the main wiki page's link to it.
- Enjoy a cocktail with your fellow hacker or robot.

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text: Teachers Great teaching isn't just respected at Pitt—it's also honored and rewarded. Each year, the University's highest teaching honor, the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, goes to five of Pitt's finest educators. Individual schools and departments also bestow their own teaching awards; for example, the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences honors outstanding teachers with its annual Tina & David Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards. Pitt also honors its outstanding mentors and innovators. Researchers Pitt researchers push the boundaries of knowledge in areas ranging from literary criticism to the quest for quantum computers. They frequently reach across disciplines within Pitt and collaborate with colleagues at other universities and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, as well as with corporate partners. The following stories describe multidisciplinary research areas where Pitt is a current or emerging leader: Focus on Healthy Aging Charting the Future Through Bioengineering Transformational Research Through Modeling and Simulation Top-Notch Researchers Propel Pitt's Drug Discovery Institute Center for Energy at Forefront of Energy Challenges Creating a Healthier World Pitt Redefines the Humanities to Encompass Global Culture International and Global Research and Education at Pitt The Age of Nanoscience and Technology Pitt Researchers Develop New Science of National Preparedness Probing the Brain Power of Pitt Neuroscience Philosophy at Pitt: Three Sites of Inquiry From Lab to Clinic: Multidisciplinary Culture Puts Pitt Ahead of the Game Innovators Innovators From regenerating human tissues to creating a coating that prevents ice buildup on wind turbines, innovations by Pitt professors benefit humankind. In 2013, the University launched the Innovation Institute to advance Pitt's successes in entrepreneurship, commercialization, and economic development. The institute brings together under one umbrella the University's Office of Technology Management, Office of Enterprise Development, and Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Leaders Pitt faculty members are widely recognized as leaders in expanding the boundaries of knowledge. Among the honors they've won are the National Medal of Science (the nation's highest honor for science and engineering), the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grant," and election to the world's most prestigious academic societies, including the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read More »


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Franchise Your Food Truck Business
Do you think your food truck business is unique? Are your friends, family, and, most importantly, your customers telling you that you should franchise your truck?
In general, franchising means the opening of additional trucks through the sale of franchise rights to independent investors (franchisees) who will use your name and business model. The franchisee pays you (the franchisor) an initial franchise fee in return for the rights to open and operate a food truck under your franchise trademark and menu and for training in how to operate the business.
After the start-up period, franchisees may also pay you an ongoing royalty fee (4 to 8 percent of sales) for your continued support and training in advertising, marketing, kitchen guidance, and financial and other services.
Although not entirely accepted by many in the food truck industry (because they feel that the mobile food industry is based on single, solo food trucks, each with their own personal branding and concept), some culinary entrepreneurs are finding that franchising is a way to quickly expand their food truck business with minimal capital and risk.
Franchising offers you a number of advantages over other expansion strategies:
Your business expands by using someone else's money; a franchisee furnishes all the capital required to start the business.
Franchisees are responsible for all hiring, leasing, and opening expenses, thus reducing your risk.
Franchises can open quickly, often getting a new concept out ahead of the competition.
A franchisee assumes the risk of ultimately succeeding or failing.
Some of the disadvantages of franchising include the following:
Franchising is a regulated industry. You need to develop and operate your franchise system to satisfy federal and state franchise laws.
To set up a franchise around your food truck business, you need to invest time and capital, which goes toward regulatory compliance, attorney fees, and the creation of the systems and programs to be provided to franchisees.
After you franchise your business, your role changes from business operator to franchisor. This role change requires the management of your franchise system, respecting franchise sales, advertising, product development, and service development, which takes you away from the day-to-day operations of your own food truck.
To find out more about franchising your business, contact an attorney who specializes in this area. Depending on where your investors plan to operate a franchise, the attorney needs to be knowledgeable of both state and federal guidelines relating to this issue.


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MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash storage solutions, today announced that Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief executive officer, will address the investment community attending the Credit Suisse 2013 Annual Technology Conference at 11:00 a.m. MT on Tuesday, December 3rd.
The session will be webcast and can be accessed live from the SanDisk Investor Relations website at www.sandisk.com/IR. A replay of the webcast will also be available.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For more than 25 years, SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of storage, providing trusted and innovative products that have transformed the electronics industry. Today, SanDisk's quality, state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smart phones, tablets and PCs. SanDisk's consumer products are available at hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com.
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samueladams13 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Find a New Love
Just two guys who have an idea for an app. Between us we can write and code, but need help with the creative design.
This app should appeal to anyone looking for a new special someone. It's not a traditional dating service, but may appeal to that same audience.
It may skew towards a younger demographic (16-25), but should not be so "teen-focused" as to alienate older users.
It will target both males and females, so should not contain too much pink, red or other "girlie" colors.
The theme should combine "love" (such as a heart) and "secret" (such as a locket, padlock, key, etc.).
The app will initially target iPhones, but will be extended to Android devices at some point.
We need an icon for a mobile app that will be used in a manner similar to a match finder such as Zoosk, though with a much more tasteful approach. The design should feel romantic and sophisticated, with the idea being that the app is used to find that one special person, not a date for Friday night.
There is no color palette defined yet, but the winning selection will likely be used to inform the other collateral.
The final submission should be delivered via .SVG, .AI, or high-resolution .PSD. The dimensions of the icon should be at least 512x512, and still be legible when scaled down to 57x57 (to support the spectrum of iPhone icons).


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Read: Ten Popes Who Shook the World
By Eamon Duffy (Yale University Press, 2011)
Quick, can you name 10 popes off the top of your head? OK, maybe you can, but how about explaining the difference that each one made in the church and in the world? That might be more of a challenge.
Eamon Duffy's Ten Popes Who Shook the World gives readers a brisk overview of the evolution of the papacy, though Duffy admits that the popes in his book aren't necessarily the best of the bunch, or even the most influential. With 262 possible candidates, he could have easily picked 10 different men and given the book the same title. Still the popes he discusses oversaw immense change in the papacy, the church, and the world at large.
Reading Duffy's 10 biographical sketches shows just how big a role happenstance has played in shaping the papacy.For example, we learn that Gregory the Great's disinterest in Greek, necessary to maintain ties with the more powerful and established churches of Asia Minor, was as responsible for the growth of Christianity in Western Europe as any master plan to evangelize the pagan West.
The challenges facing each new pope are strikingly similar to those that came before. Gregory VII sought to enforce strict clerical celibacy, but five centuries later, the issue still challenged Paul III. Faced with the cataclysmic violence of World War II, Pius XII sought to remain neutral, following the model of Benedict XV in World War I. But the times and the nature of violence had changed, and Pius XII's actions remain among the most controversial in church history.
Filled with amusing anecdotes and illustrations, including a charming photo of the future John XXIII looking like a Super Mario brother, the book is a light and entertaining read for anyone with a craving for more papal history. It may not make you an expert, but it's a great way to get beyond the basics of the miter and the Popemobile.
This article appeared in the April 2012 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 77, No. 4, pages 42-43.)


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Nick Rees has successfully established an individual style to his work during a career that has spanned more than 35 years. The Leach tradition has given a clear foundation with technique, form and process learned through working at Muchelney Pottery.
Nick's personal pieces also showcase a subtle and refined approach to shape and design, accentuated through carving, fluting and experimentation with slips and glazes. This surface detail combined with the uniqueness afforded by the wood firing process, allows Nick to produce a range of work that is both distinctive and organic.
1949 - Born on 25 May, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.
1967-70 - Creative Design Teaching course at Loughborough College of Education.
1970-72 - Teaching, woodwork and technical drawing, at Cardinal Wiseman R.C. Boys' Comprehensive School, Coventry.
1972 - Started apprenticeship with John Leach.
1976 - Three months as pottery assistant with Brian and Julia Newman, Aller Pottery, Somerset.
1976 - Returned to Muchelney Pottery as assistant to John Leach
1982 - Elected full Member of Somerset Guild of Craftsmen.
1984 - Study tour of Nigeria with John Leach
1990 - October, first one man exhibition, Bettles Gallery.
1993 - September, 'Key man celebration' - Exhibition and open weekend to commemorate 21 Years at Muchelney Pottery.
1995 - Elected Professional Member of the Craft Potters Association.
1998 - Elected Fellow of Craft Potters Association.
1998 - First firing of new 3-chambered wood-fired kiln at Muchelney.
2002 - Feature article in Ceramic Review, Issue 198, 'The Potters of Muchelney'
2005 - Elected Full Member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen
2008 - Purchase of electric kiln to explore the challenge of oxidised firing and new glaze developments.
1990 - Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hampshire - First solo exhibition.


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The declining number of Americans who hold a job or are looking for one has been a hot topic since the end of the recession. What's more to blame: the weak recovery or unavoidable long-term trends such as the retirement of baby boomers?
Economists agree both factors are at work. It's harder to find a job nowadays than in the past, but baby boomers are expected to leave the workforce in greater numbers as more hit retirement age. What's a matter of dispute is how much blame should be placed on one over the other.
A new study by Goldman Sachs doesn't resolve the issue, but it offers some interesting insights. Among them: The firm found that bull and bear markets show a strong link in when older workers choose to retire. So the 30% surge in the S&P 500 index in 2013 could spur a bigger wave of baby-boomer retirements in the next year.
Does that mean the labor-force participation rate, now hovering near a 35-year low of 63%, will fall again in the coming months? Not necessarily. The Goldman study also suggests younger people are likely to enter the workforce in greater numbers as the labor market continues to mend.
The behavior of the oldest and youngest workers, it turns out, move in opposite directions during and after a recession.
Even as the economy was crashing in 2008 and 2009, for example, the number of Americans 55 and older joining the labor force actually rose sharply. How come? They needed the money, especially with retirement age approaching and their stock portfolios in the toilet.
Younger people, on the other hand, saw dim job prospects and decided to go to college or get a second degree. Consider this: From 1990 to 2006, the number of youths pursuing education beyond high school rose an average of 260,000 every year. Yet the number spiked to 850,000 in 2008 and a whopping 1.3 million in 2009, Goldman economists Jari Stehn and Hui Shan found.
What about the next few years? The Goldman economists believe the roles could reverse. The firm's research shows a sizable rise in retirements among workers 55 to 64 when the stock market gains 10%. Last year's 30% advance could spur an even large wave of workforce departures.
Indeed, the shift already appears to be taking place. The percentage of Americans 55 and older in the workplace actually posted the biggest drop in 2013 since 1980. The rate fell to 39.9% from 40.7% last year - and it fell again in January.
The percentage of 16 to 24 year-olds not in the workplace, on the other hand, appears to have stabilized after tumbling from around 60% in early 2007 to just under 55% in 2013.
Many who entered college after the recession have graduated and need to find a job, a process helped in part by a steady pickup in hiring over the past few years. The U.S. has added more than 2 million new jobs for three straight years.
Does that mean good times are just around the corner? Probably not.
The Goldman Sachs study says the surprisingly rapid decline in the U.S. unemployment rate over the past few years still "understates the extent of the slack", or weakness, in the labor market. The jobless rate dropped to 6.6% in January from 7.9% one year earlier, largely because more workers dropped out of the labor force.
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We here at Screen Rant are here to cater to you, the reader. Now, that doesn't mean that I'm going to be bringing over any freshly baked ice cream cone cupcakes (remember those? Awesome.), but that does mean that we like to hear from you about what you like, what you don't, what you watch and what you'd like to see more coverage about.
Over the past few weeks of the fall season premiere, we have played around with reviews and discussions on a variety of television shows - and while some received the expected responses (Stargate, Flashforward, Smallville), others did not (CSI, CSI:NY, Criminal Minds, MythBusters). And then there were some shows that nobody expected to receive the amount of response it did (Ghost Whisperer).
If we went with writing about the top rated shows, we'd be left with this...
NCISDancing with the StarsNCIS: Los AngelesThe MentalistCSIGrey's AnatomyDesperate HoueswivesCSI: MiamiThe Good Wife
While I know a couple Screen Rant writers that just love Dancing with the Stars, we're not sure that you'd want to read about it. I'm not going to lie, we watch our fair share of television and that means we have the ability to cover many of your favorite shows. The only thing is, we don't know what you favorite shows are or if you'd want to read more reviews/recaps/discussions of those shows. So, instead of staying the course and writing about shows that are our favorites, we'd like to know what yours are.
If you could list the top 5 shows you'd like to see recaps and discussions on, what would that be? Now we're not talking about regular news. If James Earl Jones decides to join Cougar Town, you'll probably hear about it.
For all you manly men out there, don't' be afraid to say The Hills or The City. Sure, we'll mock you for it, but this is all about being open and honest and from my experience there's usually fair amount of mocking in being open and honest. Especially when it's about your favorite MTV scripted "realty" TV shows.
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This may require one or two additional players. You will start on the lower level of the big wand (there are three levels) and have a large area to work with. When the fight begins, Crocker will shoot Wish Stars that follow you. It will be easier to defeat Crocker if you have upgraded Danny Phantom's Ghostly Wail to the highest level, as it is the most effective against Crocker. If you are playing with another player, have them use Timmy Turner because of his long range attack. However, make sure that you are always pointing at Crocker or you will lock onto the energy poles. Once you lock on to Crocker with Danny, he will stay locked on as long as you keep the attack held. It is also helpful to have another player there to keep the Grunts you. After you drain Crocker's health, use Timmy's Freeze Glove to freeze an energy pole and use Danny to punch it. If you are fast, you may be able to get two. When you destroy the four poles, you will go up a level and must destroy four more. By this time, Crocker will start using the energy draining Wand Bombs and the Toy Bomb which turns you into a Grunt if you are hit. The last level is smaller than the first two, and the energy poles are harder to reach.
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Artwork shines in healing process
"I was thinking about the atrium in the clinic and using light as a healing force," says San Antonio artist Cathy Cunningham Little, whose "Life in Light" shimmers and dances over the heads of visitors to the lobby of the University Health System's new Robert B. Green Clinical Pavilion, opening this week on the city's West Side.
The sculpture, comprising 4,000 square tiles of colored glass suspended by individual cables from the ceiling, is roughly 12 feet deep by 6 feet wide by 48 feet long. Cunningham Little based her design on intertwining strands of the DNA double helix, emblematic, she says, of the building blocks of life and life's beginnings.
"I installed a strand of cool colors and then a strand of warm colors, and they wrap around each other like the double helix," said the artist. "So there's a real sense of movement to the piece."
Cunningham Little is one of more than 75 artists — and "Life in Light" is one of more than 300 works — at the 269,000 square-foot, six-story Green clinic, which offers primary care for all ages, including family medicine, pediatrics and women's health services, as well as outpatient surgery and imaging centers.
Administrators budgeted $1.2 million for interior and exterior art for the building, designed by RTKL Associates and Overland Partners, and formed the staff-led Design Enhancement Public Art Committee to choose artists, the vast majority of whom are local.
The artworks range from realist scenes of San Antonio on canvas by Ana Fernandez to the monumental "Feather Wall," internationally renowned California sculptor Ned Kahn's exterior system of more than 5,000 tilted aluminum vanes that sway and undulate in the wind.
Other prominent works include Bill Fitzgibbons' "San Antonio Colorline," a site-specific computerized LED light sculpture located on the penthouse crown and the southern side of the clinical pavilion, and several works inside by the late San Antonio artist Chuck Ramirez, including glass wall panels and stainless steel lettering (words such as "Respect") in the lobby's terrazzo floor.
Gary Sweeney's "Word Puzzle," a word search made up of more than 200 custom ceramic tiles, is sure to bring smiles to faces in a children's waiting area, and paintings by mother-daughter artists Terry Gay Puckett and Brook Rosser brighten the women's pavilion, as does a Ramirez wall of photographs of University Health System staffers and patients realized by Debra Sugarman.
Other artists with work in the new medical building include Rudolfo Choperena, Leticia Huerta, Brenda Kingery and Angel Rodriguez Díaz.
Some might believe art to be a superfluous expense for a medical facility. (More than $6 million has been budgeted for art in the new University Health System hospital tower going up in the Medical Center.) A senior staffer says the University Health System's "investment in art" is refreshing.
"I've been here 27 years," said Jacqueline Burandt, senior director of the Center for Learning Excellence, which will train docents for tours of the art collection. "Trust me, we never even considered one painting in the old days."
Although there are plenty of anecdotes about the benefits of art in health care, actual data are hard to come by. A 2009 report by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare shows that programs such as the University Health Systems Salud-Arte: Art of Healing result in patients requiring shorter hospital stays, less medication and having fewer complications — all of which translates to a reduction in health care costs.
A growing body of research connects art to improved quality of care for patients, as well as workplace equanimity for staff. Studies prove that integrating art into medical facilities helps to cultivate a more healing environment and improves workplace satisfaction and employee retention.
As Bill Ivey, director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, put it a few years ago, "When the arts are used in hospitals and palliative care settings, pain and anxiety are reduced for patients, promoting healing. And, as if that weren't enough, the research indicates these same patients have shorter hospital stays, take less medication, and have fewer complications, saving potentially billions of dollars annually."
"People come here in all states of health," said Leni Kirkman, vice-president of Strategic Communications and Patient Relations for University Health System, during a recent tour of the new Green clinic. "Sometimes they spend lots of time awaiting life-changing decisions. We wanted art that would inspire, comfort, soothe. We didn't pick things just because they looked pretty, but to advance the healing process."
Allison Hays Lane, a local art consultant and the Art Program Manager of the Robert B. Green campus, sees art in health care as more than just "positive distraction."
"My philosophy is that art is a great equalizer," she said. "Many people who will never get to the McNay come to Robert B. Green and can see art here. That's why we made quality our top criteria. It's a common denominator, a starting point. And it's a very good reflection of San Antonio."
firstname.lastname@example.com A ribbon-cutting and grand opening for the Robert B. Green Clinical Pavilion, 903 W. Martin, is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Enjoy free parking, health screenings, children's events and refreshments.
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- 2 cups chilled, fresh blueberries (do not substitute unsweetened, frozen blueberries)
- 1/4 cup sugar-free, maple-flavored syrup
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated orange or grapefruit zest
- 1/2 cup nonfat, no-sugar-added vanilla yogurt
Place blueberries in a serving bowl. Add syrup and orange or grapefruit zest. Gently toss to coat blueberries. Fold in yogurt and serve right away.
Yield: 2 1/2 cups.
Serving size: 1/2 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 57 calories, Carbohydrates: 12 g, Protein: 1 g, Fat: <1 g, Sodium: 43 mg, Fiber: 2 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 fruit. Carbohydrate choices: 1.
This recipe was developed by Tami Ross, a Diabetes Nutrition Specialist and Certified Diabetes Educator in Lexington, Kentucky.


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This video just may explain why the US Postal Service doesn't have the greatest reputation.
This prank video captures a fake postal worker very publicly discarding mail he deems irrelevant and ultimately getting into a fight with his boss in front of a crowd.
Let's hope this isn't what's going on with the post office these days, because it'd be a first-class mess.
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My First Blog from Abroad!
After 2 weeks of travelling throughout mainly southern China, I can FINALLY blog freely! Unfortunately, I forget one minor detail about China…most blogs are blocked; therefore, I was unable to blog about anything from China. Believe me, I had a lot to blog about.
I am not going to bore you with an entry about all my blog-worthy thoughts from my China experiences. Instead, I will give you a crash course on what I learned during my sixth and most recent adventure to China. Although I have traveled to China several times, I always have something new to learn and gain from my experiences. I hope that some of the following bullet points can help you in some way or another if you are to ever to travel to China. =)
– A four-star hotel in the mountainous vacation regions in China means no elevators in high elevation, a shower head but no bathtub, and a wake-up call consisting of 3 pounds on your door and a loud shriek.
– China makes it seem that all Tibetans apparently know how to dance, sing in Chinese and Tibetan, and love to wear Tibetan garments for tourism purposes.
– You can book a cheap hotel with complimentary rides to and from the airport right after you retreive your baggage. And if you strategize your conversation carefully, you will not get ripped off but pay an extremely decent price for a nice hotel.
– According to my uncle, it is perfectly fine to park on the freeway to gaze at the scenery. That's because there is no sign indicated that you CAN'T park on the freeway.
– It is also ok to walk on the freeway with your wooden carts.
– Another freeway fact: If traveling in a large group with multiple cars, it is perfectly fine to wait for the other vehicles in your traveling group to arrive on the side of the freeway by the tollbooths.
– People of "ethnic minority" descent in China are permitted to have more than one child if, and ONLY if, they live in the countryside and are married to someone of the same ethnic descent. Go figure…
– Chinese like U.S. cars because they are heavier and because they are heavier than Japanese cars, they must be safer.
-Britney Spears would not have been criticized for this in China. It is perfectly fine to carry a child on your lap in the front seat, or while driving.
– You can leave your 2-year-old in your car by him or herself…at night….with the keys in the ignition.
– Your Mandarin will not improve if you listen to two different southern Chinese dialects for two weeks. In fact, your Mandarin will because tonally impaired.
– You can strike a deal with anyone about almost anything in China, including overweight baggage fees at the airport.
– A foreigner can get away with living in a no-star hotel for the best deal possible if you initiate conversation in somewhat decent Mandarin and if you look somewhat Asian.
Update: I really need a good night's sleep. I arrived in Japan yesterday morning and I realized that I have flown a total of 9 times in the past 2 weeks…
1) September 18: San Francisco to Tokyo-Narita
2) September 19: Tokyo-Narita to Guangzhou
3) September 20: Guangzhou to Chengdu, Sichuan
4) September 22: Chengdu, Sichuan to Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan
5) September 24: Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan back to Chengdu, Sichuan
6) September 25: Chengdu, Sichuan to Guiyang, Guizhou
7) September 29: Guiyang, Guizhou to Changsha, Hunan
8) October 2: Changsha, Hunan to Shanghai [by myself!]
9) October 3: Shanghai to Tokyo-Haneda [by myself!]
I am pooped. Oyasumi nasai! Good night!
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For shareholders, like pension funds, have generally done very well, with many privatizations – particularly the 12 RECs – heavily outperforming the FTSE 100. Privatized water stocks, too, have powered ahead. There are a few notable exceptions to this, such as Railtrack, British Energy and British Telecom.
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Yonz had two of the best rounds of his career on his biggest stage, taking 14th at the NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional. Yonz carded a career-low 69 in the opening round, followed by a 76 in round two. Then, the junior jumped 30 spots by posting another career low 68 in round three, finishing even par at 213.
The tournament ended the 2009-10 season for the Bobcats, one featuring three tournament wins, including the 2010 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships. Senior Francisco Bide (Buenos Aires, Argentina) was chosen PBC Player of the Year, with Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden), Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) and Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.) also taking all-conference honors.
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Perfect for a wintery January post, this cover was done for The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. The only prompt they gave me was to make an image about Autopsies and the secrets a body holds after death. Art Director, Emma Dalby was great- the content was so open ended and they were looking for something expressive, personal and metaphorical.
A few of you asked about my process for creating this idea... so I thought I'd put up some of my rough thumbnails, which show the visual thread of my thinking.
There are very few of these thoughts that come be useful in the final art, but they are not wasted effort. For me, ideas develop not from careful thought, but from the actual process of drawing.
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Here, final art as it will appear on the magazine itself.
Here is a shot of the drawing on my desk, in progress... with my color comp and ice reference.


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Cricket Web - World Cup 2011 HQ: The World Cup 2011 Dream Team As Picked By You!
We have queried the Fantasy Cricket World Cup competition to find the most selected players by you the visitor and bring to you a combined 11.
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"Ben Stokes, that most unlikely saint, worked the second of the two miracles he needs for his canonisation." - The Guardian's Andy Bell on the England all-rounder's Headingley ton
Just a quick question, do players values change throughout the tournament?
This will impact on when/how I make my changes.
Clearly plenty of agreement with me that YKP and Trott are two of the cheapest deals.
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Just realised we have a buttload (200) modifications available..Quick question, is a general tactic to switch around players every other game to gain maximum points? Because I don't think I'll be able to follow for the entire duration of the tournament anymore if thats the case
there are 31 days in which matches are being played in the group stages
that equates to 6 changes with 14 changes left over for the QFs onwards
All this is provided that you don't change your captain
I ended up 4th/4000+ people without even checking my progress, unfortunately the Batting Gloves I was promised as a reward never showed up
Is there a mistake with J Kallis' fantasy cricket points or is there something I'm not seeing here?
He is down as -5 but I calculate it as -1
catch = +10
4 runs = +4
economy rate of 7 = -15
total = -1
also, is this the correct place to post this? didn't seem like it was worth a whole thread
Best to log a helpdesk ticket through the Fantasy Cricket section for a fast response
Yes there was a mistake in the points being applied this morning. Its been corrected now.
Is there a thread for the forumers fantasy scores and discussion?
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Maine state trooper injured in Presque Isle crash; police dog unharmed
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) � A Maine state trooper has been flown to a Bangor hospital after his cruiser was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Presque Isle.
Police say Trooper Shawn Whalen sustained a hip injury in the crash on Route 1 at about 4:20 p.m. on Monday.
Whalen was driving south when he attempted to turn around in the roadway to reverse direction.
Police say his cruiser was struck by a car driven by 49-year-old Eric Rosten of Presque Isle. Rosten suffered a minor hand injury but did not go to a hospital.
Whalen's police dog was in his cruiser but was unhurt.
Both vehicles were total losses.
The crash remains under investigation.


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I need help with setting up a web service (using JBOSS along with MySQL) call that allows users to login/register. Also, how do you validate the parameters received from a web service routine, e.g. do u have use JAXB to validate against the XML schema or if there is simpler way to do that ?
My web service call is and its a top down web service application.
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That meant that "Bruce Bucco," the name given to original Buccaneers logo shown to the left, never really had a chance. If the Bucs had gone 14-0, ol' Bruce would look a lot different. More like a Pirate superhero instead of an extra from the musical "Yaaar! The Pirates Who Prance A Lot." No, with his Errol Flynn sass and Pixie Stick orange, Bruce has always reeked of futility and shame. If you look long enough, you can almost hear him say, "They made me wear this earring and bite this letter opener, but the wink – that was my idea."
But unlike the expansion Bucs of 1976, the Detroit Lions have been around since 1930. You'd think that an organization with 78 years of experience would be operating like a badass Ford F-150, not a Ford POS. At 15 losses, the Lions have already surpassed the Bucs and on Sunday at Lambeau, they have a chance to make history by losing their 16th. If that happens, they will earn the title of "The Suckiest Bunch of Sucks That Ever Sucked."
With my season Packer predictions at 5-10 (shocking), I won't go so far as to say the Packers will win this one. I'll only go so far as to say we'll put up 23 points. If the Lions can top that, it could prove a capstone to the 2008 season of tough losses for the Packers as well.


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"Trust, but Verify" Confidence and Distrust from Détente to the End of the Cold War
Webcast Recap
Podcast (Audio only)
The History and Public Policy Program co-hosted "Trust, but Verify" -- Confidence and Distrust from Détente to the End of the Cold War with the German Historical Institute (GHI) on November 7-9, 2011. The conference was convened by Martin Klimke (GHI), Reinhild Kreis (University of Augsburg), Sonya Michel (Wilson Center) and Christian Ostermann (Wilson Center).
Monday, November 7
Location: German Historical Institute
(Please note, a webcast is not available for Panel 1 and the Keynote on Monday, November 7.)
4:15 – 5:30 pm PANEL 1: The Personal Factor
Chair: Andreas Daum (University of Buffalo, SUNY)
Patrick Vaughan (Jagiellonian University), Zbigniew Brzezinski as Mediator between the U.S., Poland, and Solidarity in the 1980s Soviet-Chinese Dimension
presented by: Laura Considine, Nicholas Wheeler
J. Simon Rofe (University of Leicester), Trust between Adversaries and Allies: President George H.W. Bush, Trust, and the End of the Cold War
presented by: Joseph P. Harahan
6:00 – 7:15 pm Keynote Address
Ute Frevert (Max Planck Institute for Human Development), Emotions in History
Tuesday, November 8
Location: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
9:00 – 10:30 am Keynote Address
Deborah Welch Larson (UCLA), Trust and Mistrust during the Cold War
11:00 – 12:00 am PANEL 2: Framing Trust: The Blocs at the Negotiating Table
Chair: Reinhild Kreis (University of Augsburg)
Michael Cotey Morgan (University of Toronto), The Closed Society and Its Enemies: Confidence and Distrust at the CSCE, 1969-1975
presented by: Arvid Schors
Sarah Snyder (University College London), No Crowing: Reagan, Trust, and Human Rights
presented by: Rinna Elina Kullaa
2:00 – 3:00 pm PANEL 3: Inside the Blocs: East and West I
Chair: Sonya Michel (Woodrow Wilson Center)
Jens Gieseke (Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam), Whom Did East Germans Trust? Popular Opinion on Threats of War, Confrontation, and Détente in the GDR, 1968-1989
presented by: Aryo Makko
Jens Boysen (GHI Warsaw), "Brothers in Arms," But Not Quite: East Germany and People's Poland between Mutual Dependency and Mutual Distrust, 1975-1990
presented by: Martin Klimke
3:30 – 4:30 pm PANEL 4: Inside the Blocs: East and West II
Chair: Christian Ostermann (Woodrow Wilson Center)
Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol (University of Glasgow), Institutionalizing Trust? Regular Summitry (G7s and European Councils) from the Mid-1970s until the Late 1980s
presented by: Patrick Vaughan
Noel Bonhomme (Université Paris, Sorbonne), Summitry and (Mis)trust: The Case of the G7 Summits, 1975-1990
presented by: J. Simon Rofe
5:00 – 6:30 pm PANEL 5: On the Sidelines or in the Middle? Small and Neutral States
Chair: Bernd Schäfer (Woodrow Wilson Center)
Effie G. H. Pedaliu (University of the West of England), "Footnotes" as an Expression of Distrust? The U.S. and the NATO "Flanks" in the Last Two Decades of the Cold War
presented by: Michael Cotey Morgan
Aryo Makko (University of Oxford), A Neutral Trust Regime? Sweden and the Cold War, 1969-1991
presented by: Sarah Snyder
Rinna Elina Kullaa (University of Jyväskylä), Foreign Policy of Neutralism as a Trust-Building Mechanism: Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United States, 1961-1975
presented by: Jens Gieseke
Wednesday, November 9
Location: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
9:00 – 10:30 am PANEL 6: Implementation and Verification
Chair: Jan Logemann (GHI)
Arvid Schors (University of Freiburg), Substituting Trust to Convince Doubting Thomases: Trust and Mistrust and the Verification of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in the 1970s
presented by: Jens Boysen
Laura Considine, Nicholas Wheeler (Aberystwyth University), Reagan May Have Had Trust in Gorbachev, but the United States Demanded Verification of the Soviet Union: Lessons from the Making of the INF Treaty
presented by: Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol
Joseph P. Harahan (U.S. Department of Defense), Building Confidence and Trust between the United States and the Soviet Union during Implementation of the INF Treaty
presented by: Noel Bonhomme
11:00 – 12:00 pm Concluding Discussion
Chair: Martin Klimke (GHI)
Andreas DaumUniversity of Buffalo, SUNY
Patrick VaughanShort-Term ScholarProfessor, Institute for American Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
J. Simon RofeUniversity of Leicester
Ute FrevertMax Planck Institute for Human Development
Deborah Welch LarsonUCLA
Reinhild KreisUniversity of Augsburg
Michael Cotey MorganAssistant Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina
Sarah B. SnyderAssistant Professor, School of International Service, American University
Sonya MichelSenior ScholarProfessor of History, University of Maryland, College Park
Jens GiesekeCentre for Contemporary History, Potsdam
Jens BoysenGHI Warsaw
Christian F. OstermannDirector, History and Public Policy Program; Cold War International History Project; North Korea Documentation Project; Nuclear Proliferation International History ProjectWoodrow Wilson Center
Emmanuel Mourlon-DruolUniversity of Glasgow
Noel BonhommeUniversité Paris, Sorbonne
Bernd SchaeferGlobal Fellow, Former Senior ScholarProfessional Lecturer, The George Washington University
Effie G. H. PedaliuUniversity of the West of England
Aryo MakkoUniversity of Oxford
Rinna KullaaAssociate Professor of Modern European History and International Relations, University of Jyvaskyla
Jan LogemannGerman Historical Institute
Arvid SchorsUniversity of Freiburg
Laura ConsidineAberystwyth University
Nicholas WheelerShort-Term GrantPh.D.candidate, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
Joseph P HarahanFellowSenior Historian, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Department of Defense
Martin KlimkeGerman Historical Institute


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With the exception of Thor, Marvel in-house productions have dealt with comic book characters rooted in the sci-fi, not fantasy, genre. However, now that the studio is reportedly moving ahead with a Dr. Strange movie, it is going to become near impossible to avoid introducing overt supernatural elements into the Marvel movie universe.
The magically-empowered Stephen Strange is not one of the more mainstream characters in the Marvel catalogue. Even so, it now appears that he could be one of the first non-Avengers characters to make the jump to the big screen.
Screenwriting duo Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (the upcoming Conan the Barbarian rebooot) were reportedly hired last year to draft a script for the Dr. Strange movie. The project will be live-action and not a computer-animated film by Pixar, as was previously rumored.
According to Twitch, Donnelly and Oppenheimer have turned in their Dr. Strange script and Marvel is forwarding their draft to an undisclosed shortlist of directors "to try and sign someone up to 'oversee continued development'" of the project.
Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 have already been scheduled for release in Summer 2013, so it seems unlikely that Dr. Strange will make the jump to the big screen before 2014 - perhaps, even around the same time that Edgar Wright's Ant-Man movie finally arrives.
Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko co-created Dr. Strange back in 1963. The character began as a highly-respected and arrogant surgeon whose career came to an abrupt end after his hands were irreparably damaged in a car accident. He would eventually go on to become "Sorcerer Supreme" after saving the life of "The Ancient One" and subsequently being gifted with powerful magical abilities as a reward. In terms of appearance, Dr. Strange can be identified by his dark hair with graying temples, a thin mustache-goatee, and his trademark blue garbs, yellow gloves, and flowing red cloak. While self-appointed candidate Patrick Dempsey would actually be a decent fit for the character, someone like Liam Neeson admittedly bears a stronger physical resemblance.
A couple of the items glimpsed in Odin's Vault in Thor do pave the way for an eventual movie based on the Dr. Strange comic, which has historically boasted some of the more surreal and bizarre imagery in the Marvel universe (Ditko's illustrations have often been compared to the collective work of Salvador Dali). In the hands of a director with great visual prowess, a Dr. Strange movie could easily look unlike any other comic book adaptation out there.
While a Dr. Strange movie penned solely by Donnelly and Oppenheimer - whose resume includes Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, A Sound of Thunder, and Sahara - sounds less appetizing, it's possible that several other writers will eventually be brought onboard to rework and polish off their draft before the day is out (case in point: some half a dozen different writers worked on Iron Man).
We'll keep you posted on the status of the Dr. Strange movie as more information is released.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
7 Ways to Keep Those Little Scraps of Paper in Plain Sight
Are you one of those people who needs to keep a few pieces of paper in front of you at all times — not files, but individual little notes? Is a wall-mounted bulletin board not going to work for you? The perhaps one of these desktop products will suit your needs.
Let's start with the Morris memo holder, available in five colors and sold many places, including here and here.
Oversized paper clip memo holders have been around for a while - but they don't usually look as beautiful as the hand-carved ones from DA Woodworks, which sells them on Etsy. Update on Dec. 12, 2012: DA Woodworks still has a store on Etsy, but doesn't seem to be active there any more.
And then there are the clip-style holders. Some of them are sort of cheesy looking, but this pewter armadillo memo clip looks pretty wonderful. Update on Dec. 12, 2012: Sadly, I'm no longer finding this product.
Magnetic Desk Dots are another idea — but not if you have small children around. I found them through the always-interesting Uncommon Goods. Update on Dec. 12, 2012: This is a discontinued product — so if you want some, get them now while some vendors still have them in stock.
Ballard Designs has a tabletop message board. Update on Dec. 12, 2012: Ballard Designs no longer carrries this product.
Desktop business card holders could also be used to hold other small pieces of paper.
And for those with somewhat larger papers to keep handy, a repurposed toast rack — available in many styles — can work well, too. They don't have to be anywhere near as expensive as this lovely sterling silver toast rack.
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6 comments:
- Rozhmaizite said...
nice! so many ideas!
- August 31, 2011 at 5:33:00 AM PDT
- Rachel said...
Great post Jeri. Just this last weekend, I went to a vintage/antique market and got a little wooden box that used to hold slabs of butter. It's perfect for holding all those little scraps near the phone!
- August 31, 2011 at 8:57:00 AM PDT
- Marcie Lovett said...
Another great selection, Jeri. Even though I encourage clients to dump the scraps, there are always one or two notes that need to hang around for a little while. The Morris is so cute, I might have to get it for myself!
And trust Ballard Designs to have the classiest answer with that double-sided tabletop board.
I used to use a toast rack to hold bills, until I went digital. I still think it's a pretty way to contain paper.
Thanks for keeping the ideas coming!
- August 31, 2011 at 3:16:00 PM PDT
- Cynthia Friedlob said...
So many good ideas, but I'm going for the toast rack! There is simply no way for me to be paperless -- although I finally have eliminated sticky notes on my computer by using a program that allows you to put digital sticky notes on your desktop! Every little bit helps.
- September 1, 2011 at 11:09:00 PM PDT
- The English Organizer said...
Love those magnetic desk dots and of course the armadillo is in a class of his own.
I did bring back a toast rack with me from England last year, with the plan of putting kitchen coupons in it. It's become a bit of a catch-all but looks nice enough.
- September 3, 2011 at 4:10:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
I'm glad so many of you enjoyed this collection. Thanks for all your comments - it's always interesting to hear which items people like the most.
Rachel, I'd never heard of the old wooden butter boxes, so thanks for introducing me to them. (Once I knew they existed, I could Google them.)
Marcie, I agree - let's be realistic and acknowledge that many people will have a few notes hanging around, at least for the short term.
The English Organizer, how smart to bring a toast rack back with you. I'd never seen one until I visited England and stayed at a B&B. And who knows how its use will evolve over time.
- September 4, 2011 at 9:45:00 AM PDT


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The Americans have their Pot Pies, the British have Steak Pies. There's also English and Irish Shepard's Pie and Cottage Pie. And then there are Australian Meat Pies, to which New Zealand also stakes a popularity claim. For the record, South Africans have traditional pies, too, and variations exist throughout other parts of Africa and the Middle-East.
The concept is similar, regardless of the accent of the eater: A pastry (or even potato) crust and a savory filling. The sizes vary greatly, too. From the U.S., I'm familiar with medium-sized pot pies. In England and Ireland, I've usually only seen larger pies. And for whatever reason, the traditional steak pies and meat pies of that continent down under are much smaller. They fit in your hand, can be eaten in a few ambitious bites, and are immensely popular for take-out. Or is it take-away? Aye, mate – Let's not get lost in semantics before the baking even begins!


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Southeast Texas anglers win big time
The winners of the 2012 CCA STAR fishing tournament have been announced, and Southeast Texas anglers dominated the scoreboard and prizes.
The winner of the STAR upper coast big trout division is Sour Lake angler Michael Fesco. His winning trout weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces and was weighed in at the SGS Causeway store in Port Arthur. The winning trout for the middle coast division weighed 9-8; heaviest from the lower coast weighed 9-7. Fesco won a 22-foot Shoalwater Legend with a Mercury 150 and McClain Trailer.
In the tagged redfish division, six were caught overall. Of those, three did not qualify.
Bridge City angler Dylan Collazo, 10, won the STAR 6-10 year old gafftop division and a $50,000 college scholarship. His winning catch weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces. It was weighed in at the Sportsman's Supply in Sabine.
Finishing second in the 6-10 year old bracket was Anthony Bellanger of Orange with a gafftop that weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces. In third was 8-year-old Nederland angler Tristan Brown, 6-10; fourth was Joshua Nguyen, 9, of Bridge City, 6-2.
Winning the Starteens 11 to 17 year old bracket in the gafftop division is 11-year-old Ky Terrell of Orange. His winning catch weighed 6-9 and was worth a $20,000 scholarship.
In the adult gafftop division, Nederland angler Chris Brown took first place with a 7 pound, 11 ounce catch. He won a Bluewave 180 V-Bay with a Mercury 90 and McClain Trailer.
Sabine Lake trout and reds are excellent under the birds
Fishing on Sabine Lake is about as good as it gets and will remain that way for the next several weeks. Right now big numbers of trout and reds are under the birds, and catching them is simply a matter of fishing a jig under a flock of gulls.
Guide Jerry Norris says he's been doing best by fishing 3-1/2 inch Egret Wedgetails under small groups of birds on the upper end of the lake. His best colors are white or white with a chartreuse tail.
"Reds are mixed in with the specks and sand trout," said Norris. "We're catching the better trout while fishing jigs on bottom. If you fish 'em just below the surface, you'll likely catch nothing but 12 to 14 inchers."
Each front that moves through is perking up the action under the birds. As the water temperature drops, shrimp, mullet and shad will move out of the marsh and into the lake on their migration to the Gulf. The action under the birds should stretch into the November.
Operation Game Thief tips can now be sent by text
Just in time for fall hunting seasons, the Operation Game Thief wildlife crime stoppers program has a new tool expected to increase the number of tips received as well as game law violation convictions.
Effective immediately, in addition to calling the OGT 24-hour tip hotline at (800) 792-4263 (GAME), anyone wishing to report a possible game law violation will be able to provide information via texting and could still qualify for a possible cash reward.
Called Tip411, the new program will give the public the option to text information directly to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department communication operators.
This is how the new system works:
- • From your cell phone, enter 847411 in the "To:" box
- • Then enter tpwd (not case specific) in the message box, followed by a space
- • Type a message and send
- • The dispatcher will then be able to communicate with the complainant if further information is needed
All standard text message charges still apply.
OGT will be keeping records and monitoring how well this new technology works for improving public reporting. The new application has been tested with several different devices, including iPhones, Blackberries and regular cell phones with texting capabilities and is now up and running.
OGT averages 1,500 calls a year, many resulting in the filing of game law violation cases and some of them leading to arrests for felony crimes. This new technology is expected to increase the number of citizen calls received.
Begun in 1981 as a result of laws passed by the 67th Legislature to help curtail poaching, the OGT program offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction for a wildlife crime. OGT is a function of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Law Enforcement division and has been responsible for the payment of more than $200,000 in rewards and the assessment of well over $1 million in fines.
Robert Sloan can be reached by e-mail at sloan288 [at] aol [dot] com.


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2014. Wow. Just looking at that number in print can be astounding for many. For me truthfully it makes me both excited and just really really tired.
I want to start this new year off right. I owe it to myself, my husband and my kids that we have a great year. I am truly thankful for the support and adjunct services we receive through AIDS Project Los Angeles, UCLA Care Clinic, Project Chicken Soup, Project Angel Food and Access Paratransit. At this point I'm not sure how we lived before without all of that. I really don't remember.
Just last week while I was having a follow-up at my HIV specialist's office, she wrote a prescription for safety bars and a shower bench to be installed in our bath/shower tub due to my recent "almost" falls in a few different predicaments. However, I was hesitant to take that prescription to a medical supply store. Just knowing that it was recommended was enough to make me feel not only a lot older but also a bigger burden on my family. It is true that my walking has gotten cumbersome. It's true that I lag behind everyone even on my best days. It's true that even lately with my best efforts I still am off balance and trip over my own two feet -- not to mention uneven curbs, walkways or items like stairs or stadium benches or bleachers that require depth perception. It is really very true that walking up and down stairs gives me a lot of problems no matter where I go, inside or out. But I just wasn't completely sold on the whole shower safety line of thinking.
But then about 5 days later ... I fell. Now I didn't fall in or out of the tub. I fell publicly getting out of an Access sedan. I was mortified. Somehow my legs got twisted under me and I missed the gap between the car and the curb and landed face down on a very busy sidewalk. To get up I had to get on all fours and by that time multiple people were offering assistance and I was even more embarrassed. Eventually I did get up and brushed myself off and aside from some nasty bruises luckily I wasn't badly injured. I guess that was God's way of telling me to quit being vain -- go get the shower safety bars and bench installed -- we all fall, we all get up. Some of us just need a little more help from time to time.
I needed that lesson especially as we start this new year. I need to remember that it's perfectly OK to ask for help. It's perfectly OK to receive that help graciously in the most generous manner it is being given. Having a long-term illness like HIV/AIDS can wear you out both mentally and physically. It wears out my husband and children as well. I'm tired. They are all tired. Tired of playing host to the monster of a virus that in my case with drug-resistant HIV just doesn't want to go away. It still likes to hang around and cause havoc every now and then, just to remind all of us that it's still here.
Someday, hopefully soon, this blog will be about the year that I see a cure for HIV. The year that I get to say good-bye to my long-attached virus. It will get to go away just like it is when I finish a treatment or when a new drug fails. It will go far away and become only a distant memory, never to be spoken of again in the present tense.
Until that day, as in this new year, this new 2014, I resolve to accept all the help being offered to me and my family. I resolve to listen to the suggestions to help make this better and to continue to be an active participant in my own care. I resolve to maintain a positive outlook and keep my dreams alive. Finally, I resolve to remember that if I am tired of dealing with this nasty virus then so too are my husband and children. Together we must not let AIDS come between us and exhaust us of our love, patience, hope and desires.
Until Next Time ...
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Dr. Boyce: 5 Questions Dr. King Might Ask About His Memorial
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It only makes sense that we show respect for those who have chosen to participate in the Martin Luther King Memorial Dedication ceremonies this week. Millions of Americans truly appreciate the legacy of Dr. King, and their involvement in the ceremony is reflective of this sentiment. So, my desire not to participate in the commemoration… [Continue Reading]


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Ann Romney 'thrilled' by Rafalca
LONDON (AP) — Ann Romney, the wife of the U.S. Republican presidential candidate, says she was "thrilled do death" by the performance her horse Rafalca turned in at the Olympics dressage competition.
Romney, who is part-owner of Rafalca, tells The Associated Press: "She was consistent and elegant. She did not disappoint. She thrilled me to death."
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The 15-year-old, German-bred mare has been the source of political jokes and Democratic ads questioning how the Republican presidential candidate can presume to know the problems of ordinary Americans when he inhabits the rarefied world of dressage.
Ann Romney watched Rafalca and rider Jan Ebeling bring in a score of 70.213 Thursday.
She rides as part of her therapy for multiple sclerosis.


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A Rotorua nudist is calling for a campground in the city where like-minded naturists can hang out together.
Andrew Valk runs Rotorua Naturally - a group that regularly gets together, strips off and enjoys each others' company.
The group gathers at his house - a place where like-minded people enjoy the freedom of being naked while doing everyday activities such as watching movies, sunbathing, playing games, reading books, enjoying pot-luck dinners and having cups of tea.
While he doesn't mind that people from Rotorua and outside the region come to his home and spend time - sometimes spending the night if they are from out of town - he said it would be nice if there was a place where people could come from anywhere and stay in campervans, tents or cabins and have the space to do activities.
"We get people from all over," Mr Valk said.
"We need a camping ground."
Mr Valk said there was a demand for a nudist-type retreat or campground in Rotorua, especially given the city was a tourist city.
"I'd like to see something where we can accommodate motorhomes, caravans, one or two cottages, chalets ... my first goal is to find somebody that's prepared to give us land with a dwelling on it, somewhere near a lake or hot spring would be ideal."
He would also like nudity to become more acceptable, which he was already noticing, he said.
When the Rotorua Naturally members went for naked bushwalks, people who weren't members and came across them also stripped off and walked with them, he said.
"It's amazing how many people join in."
He said his home in Pukehangi was by no means private but his neighbours didn't mind that he, his wife and the group preferred to spend their days naked.
He said they provided a relaxed venue for the weekly gatherings. "It's not about sex and it's not about swinging parties. It's just a social group that we have here, we open our home and veg out.
"It's just about being free."
The family-oriented group was set up about 18 months ago because there wasn't a place for naturists to get together in the city.