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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 201 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
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Over-the-top bravado was never Darrius Heyward-Bey's style as a Raider.
It remains so as an ex-Raider.
"I have nothing bad to say,'' Heyward-Bey told reporters in Indianapolis regarding the Week 1 matchup with his former team when the Colts host the Raiders Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium.
"It was a good experience,'' Heyward Bey said. "We had a lot of good times and some difficult times. I had a lot of great teammates, great coaches. I learned a lot over there.''
The No. 7 overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft, Heyward-Bey, due $7.7 million in salary, was relased after four seasons during which he caught 140 passes for 2,071 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Instead, he'll make $3 million for one season with the Colts, where he will start opposite Reggie Wayne and have a stable quarterback situation with starter Andrew Luck.
Luck, speaking with Bay Area reporters by conference call, called Heyward-Bey "a really awesome teammate. A tireless worker. It's been very impressive. I think he's going to do great things for us this season.
Colts coach Chuck Pagano agreed.
"He's been outstanding from the first day he walked in the building until this morning's walk-through,'' Pagano said. `He's been unbelievable. He's an extremely hard worker who did not miss a day of our offeseason program.
"I'd be shocked if he doesn't have an outstanding season.''

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Slide (Hardcover)
Balzer + Bray, 9780062077905, 256pp.
Publication Date: March 27, 2012
Other Editions of This Title:
Paperback (2/26/2013)
Paperback (3/1/2012)
Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth—her sister's friend Sophie didn't kill herself. She was murdered.
Vee knows this because she was there. Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn't actually fall asleep during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody else's mind and experiences the world through that person's eyes. She's slid into her sister as she cheated on a math test, into a teacher sneaking a drink before class. She learned the worst about a supposed "friend" when she slid into her during a school dance. But nothing could have prepared Vee for what happens one October night when she slides into the mind of someone holding a bloody knife, standing over Sophie's slashed body.
Vee desperately wishes she could share her secret, but who would believe her? It sounds so crazy that she can't bring herself to tell her best friend, Rollins, let alone the police. Even if she could confide in Rollins, he has been acting distant lately, especially now that she's been spending more time with Zane.
Enmeshed in a terrifying web of secrets, lies, and danger and with no one to turn to, Vee must find a way to unmask the killer before he or she strikes again.
About the Author
Jill Hathaway grew up in Iowa and received her MA in literature from Iowa State University. She is also the author of Slide, the first book about Vee Bell. A high school English teacher, Jill lives with her husband and children in the Des Moines area.
Praise For Slide…
— Laurie Stolarz, bestselling author of BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES and the DEADLY LITTLE LIES series
"Heartbreaking and heart-pounding at the same time! A wonderful, intense story, Slide had me hooked from the first moment Vee slid into someone else's mind."
— Cynthia Hand, author of Unearthly
"Hathaway guides readers through family turmoil, integrating it well with her murder mystery. . . . An intriguing whodunit."
— Kirkus Reviews
"Slide consumed me! Intense and powerful. A mystery filled with romance and raw emotion. Slide is one of those extraordinary reads that stays with you long after you close the book."
— Sophie Jordan, author of Firelight
"Hathaway debuts with a gripping paranormal thriller that takes the concept of 'empathy' to a new level. . . . An emotionally taut mystery with depth."
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Its innovative premise is memorable."
— School Library Journal
"Teenage drama meets Quantum Leap in this exciting debut about secrets and murder. [D]ifficult to put down."
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DENVER -- Most of the stadium lights were already out Sunday night and the parking lots were emptying, but Peyton Manning was back briefly on the sideline in his suit, glancing over his shoulder, watching his son scamper around the end zone.
It has been four long years -- through a crushing Super Bowl loss and an unfathomable first-round playoff exit, through a career-threatening injury and the wrenching departure from the only team he had ever known, through a relocation and, exactly one year ago, an excruciating renewal of his postseason history -- since Manning had been able to revel in even an early playoff victory.
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The yoke of expectation and the burden of disappointment had attached themselves to Manning for years, unfairly in many cases. So there was no missing the significance of Sunday's 24-17 victory over the San Diego Chargers to set up the AFC Championship Game matchup everyone had wanted all along, the 15th renewal of Manning's rivalry with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
It means Manning isn't one-and-done for a ninth time. It means the Broncos will host the conference championship game next Sunday afternoon, an important accomplishment for Denver because Manning and Brady have split the two epic championship games they've played, with the home team winning each and then going on to capture the Super Bowl. It means Manning, in his gray suit, with his family nearby and his young son signaling a touchdown in the end zone a few yards away, has forestalled for at least another week any more questions about the fleeting time he has left to play, about how many more passes he might have to perfectly place to secure a victory, about how many more chances like this he might get.
He might not get many more, and certainly not against his rival and friend Brady. Their meetings have defined their generation of football, and while Manning has been the dominant regular-season player, it is Brady's Super Bowl victories against which Manning has been measured. If that has created undue pressure for Manning, he will not acknowledge it. Last week, Manning said that as he has gotten older, he has tried to enjoy even the grinding preparation for games more. "The light is at the end of the tunnel," he said, conceding that his career is in its latter stages. But Manning has been in good humor, too. And on Sunday night, asked if an upcoming scheduled exam of his neck weighs on his mind, his lighthearted response revealed just how much relief he must have felt that his uncertain future would have to wait.
"What's weighing on my mind is how soon I can get a Bud Light in my mouth," Manning said to laughter. "That's priority number one. It was an intense game and up and down and a lot of emotions. Even the Patriots (game) is (too far) ahead. And that question is way far ahead. I am not there."
Where he is now is back where he wanted to be when he returned from the injury last season: with a chance to win another Super Bowl, on a team that learned from the mistakes of last year's double-overtime loss to the Ravens and finished the job on Sunday.
The Broncos had taken a 24-7 lead with 8:12 remaining on the back of a balanced offensive attack, although they had been less than crisp -- bedeviled by dropped passes, a fumble by Julius Thomas and an end-zone interception. But after Philip Rivers had sliced through the Broncos' defense once, then did it again after San Diego recovered an onside kick, the Broncos were faced with a strikingly similar situation to the one they were in a year ago to the day: trying to preserve a one-touchdown lead with just a few minutes to go.
Last year, the Broncos played conservatively, running the ball to try to run out the clock. The tactic failed miserably, opening the door for Joe Flacco's 70-yard touchdown heave over Rahim Moore's head that sent the game to overtime. This year, there was no such restraint. The game was in the hands it always belonged in, the ones that set the touchdown and passing yards records during the regular season.
And so they threw, as the Broncos had done all year, to set the scoring record and now to save their season. On third-and-17, Manning threw a deep pass on the right sideline, where Julius Thomas dragged his right foot for the first down. Three plays later, he hit Thomas again, this time to the short right side of the field for another first down that allowed the clock to wind down.
This victory was not the product of one of Manning's aerial attacks -- he had just 230 passing yards -- but among the recriminations after the loss to the Ravens, the Broncos' coaching staff had been criticized for how conservatively they had approached that game. Their reservations were gone on Sunday, although coach John Fox would not say that he was more aggressive than last year.
"I'm not going to bite on that one, other than I think you kind of adjust to your football team as you go," he said. "Our guys have proved to be pretty efficient."
That, of course, is a wild understatement, maybe the last one we'll hear in a week that will center on one of the greatest quarterback rivalries in football history.
When the teams played in late November on a cold Foxborough night, the game was noteworthy for the Patriots' second-half comeback from 24 points down at halftime, and for Bill Belichick giving Manning the ball first in overtime, but forcing him to drive into the wind. Manning could not, and the Pats ultimately prevailed, establishing a narrative that Manning chafed at about his perceived frailties in cold and wind.
He has chafed no less at the idea that he has not risen to the biggest moments in his career. He will have another one this Sunday, the next on a list that shortens with the inevitability of that light he sees at the end of the tunnel, facing the one player of his era against whom he can be fairly measured.
But for a little bit, as the shadows crept across the field and the workers began scrubbing clean the luxury boxes above him, Manning lived up to one expectation he has put on himself -- to enjoy these moments, however few of them remain.
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012
Wielding the ANU Quantum Random Number Generator
Last week Science Daily published an article that caught my attention titled 'Sounds of Silence' Proving a Hit: World's Fastest Random Number Generator. The tl;dr is that researchers at the ANU ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology created a blazing fast random number generator based on quantum fluctuations in a vacuum. Thankfully, these awesome scientists are giving their data away for free, and they even provide a JSON API.
In an effort to make it simple to leverage this data, I created a new project: quantumrandom.
It provides a
qrandom command-line tool, a Python API, and
also a
/dev/qrandom Linux character device.
$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip install quantumrandom
Using the command-line tool
$ qrandom --int --min 5 --max 15
$ qrandom --binary
$ qrandom --hex
Creating /dev/qrandom
quantumrandom comes equipped with a multi-threaded character device in userspace. When read from, this device fires up a bunch of threads to fetch data. Not only can you utilize this as a rng, but you can also feed this data back into your system's entropy pool.
In order to build it's dependencies, you'll need the following packages installed:
svn gcc-c++ fuse-devel gccxml libattr-devel. On Fedora 17 and
newer, you'll also need the
kernel-modules-extra package installed
for the
cuse module.
By default it will use 3 threads, which can be changed by passing '
pip install ctypeslib hg+https://cusepy.googlecode.com/hg
sudo modprobe cuse
sudo chmod 666 /dev/cuse
qrandom-dev -v
sudo chmod 666 /dev/qrandom
-t #' into the
Testing the randomness for FIPS 140-2 compliance
$ cat /dev/qrandom | rngtest --blockcount=1000
rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032
rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 1000
rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 0
rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 0
rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 0
rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 0
rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 0
rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 0
rngtest: input channel speed: (min=17.696; avg=386.711; max=4882812.500)Kibits/s
rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=10.949; avg=94.538; max=161.640)Mibits/s
rngtest: Program run time: 50708319 microseconds
Adding entropy to the Linux random number generator
sudo rngd --rng-device=/dev/qrandom --random-device=/dev/random --timeout=5 --foreground
Monitoring your available entropy levels
watch -n 1 cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
Python API
The quantumrandom Python module contains a low-level
function, which is modelled after the ANU Quantum Random Number Generator's JSON
API. It returns variable-length lists of either
uint16 or
hex16 data.
>>> quantumrandom.get_data(data_type='uint16', array_length=5)
[42796, 32457, 9242, 11316, 21078]
>>> quantumrandom.get_data(data_type='hex16', array_length=5, block_size=2)
['f1d5', '0eb3', '1119', '7cfd', '64ce']
Based on this
get_data function, quantumrandom also provides a
bunch of higher-level helper functions that make easy to perform a variety of
>>> quantumrandom.randint(0, 20)
>>> quantumrandom.hex()[:10]
>>> quantumrandom.binary()[0]
>>> len(quantumrandom.binary())
>>> quantumrandom.uint16()
numpy.array([24094, 13944, 22109, 22908, 34878, 33797, 47221, 21485, 37930, ...], dtype=numpy.uint16)
>>> quantumrandom.uint16().data[:10]
Follow quantumrandom on GitHub: https://github.com/lmacken/quantumrandom
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Posted by Kashyap Chamarthy at Sun Apr 22 05:04:45 2012
Excellent, Luke. When you post a SPEC file, I'd be glad to review :)
Posted by Benjamin at Tue Apr 24 22:21:16 2012
Just don't use this for anything security related as the random data is sent as plaintext over the 'net.
Posted by Luke at Wed Apr 25 02:07:08 2012
@Benjamin: Right, this is mentioned in the README on github. I spoke with the researchers at ANU and they are going to consider supporting SSL in a future version.
Posted by Luke at Fri May 4 04:01:11 2012
As of version 1.7, quantumrandom now uses SSL/TLS :)
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On Sunday, Nigeria won the CAF Africa Cup of Nations for the third time in their history after Sunday Mba's goal five minutes before the break gave the Super Eagles a 1-0 victory against Burkina Faso. In an exclusive interview, Celtic defender Efe Ambrose, who was named in CAF's team of the tournament, tells FIFA.com that the side came to the finals as underdogs, but are leaving as giants.
FIFA.com: Before the tournament, everybody was talking about Côte d'Ivoire, did that help take some of the pressure off your side?
Efe Ambrose:Yes, we came here as an underdog. Nobody gave us a chance because of the calibre of players we have. People were saying we have inexperienced players, but they don't know football. Football these days is not about experience, it is all about determination, hard work and preparation. So, we proved them wrong, that is the most important thing.
How important was your coach Stephen Keshi to this success?
The coach had trust and confidence in the players. That matters the most, for without that, you cannot succeed. But he believed in us and that we could do it. From the start he told us that when we were here, there was nothing that could stop us from winning this cup. He said, even before we came here, that his aim was not only to win the cup, but to go to the Confederations Cup. The Confederations Cup is bigger than what we were playing for in South Africa. With his dream, it helped us a lot to know that we had a bigger thing ahead of us. Nobody gave Nigeria the chance because last year we did not even qualify for the finals, so everybody wrote us off. But this made us more determined to work hard, train more and prove people wrong. We wanted to make sure that we are a giant of African football, and we wanted to bring back the glory of the past to the present.
What will it mean for the Super Eagles to play at the Confederations Cup?
It is a big thing, and we are all looking forward to going to Brazil. And we will not only be going there to play for Nigeria, but we will go there to make Africa proud.
We will not only be going there (Brazil 2013) to play for Nigeria, but we will go there to make Africa proud.
What does winning the title mean for you personally?
This is my biggest achievement that I have had to date. Before this, it was the Olympic silver medal from Beijing. But this is the biggest, so this is one of the greatest moments of my life. It was always my dream to play in the Nations Cup, but I would have never thought of winning it. So now I just have to thank God and all Nigerians, from the President to the last person in Nigeria for their belief. It is no longer about us on the pitch, it is all about team effort and we are one, because football unites us and I know people at Celtic and back home in Nigeria will be celebrating for us and waiting for the cup to be paraded in Nigeria.
What are your immediate plans?
I can only decide after I speak to my coach at Celtic because we have the Champions League game with Juventus coming up in a few days. So I have to speak to my coach first to be sure if he will allow me to go to Nigeria. But if he does not, I will accept it because it is my club, so they come first. When my club needs me, I just have to go there and help and see what we can do in the Champions League.
What do you think was the key to Nigeria's success?
We worked very hard and trained hard. It is not easy to achieve this, and it is due to the hard work and dedication which we put in place every day. We sacrificed so many things to be where we are now. But to win was always going to be a great sacrifice.
In 1996, Nigeria did not come to South Africa to defend their trophy. Was this like a belated vindication?
Yes, it was as if we came to defend our cup, which we were supposed to do then, but due to politics and other things, we could not defend it. It was also good to see that football brought us and South Africa together again. You could see the locals were cheering for us. When South Africa could no longer win, they were not happy, but we have made them happy by winning this cup.


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New Jersey residents receiving Medicaid benefits may find it easier to get care at home rather than move into a nursing home, under changes state officials are planning since getting federal approval to make them.
State Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez announced Thursday the federal government approved the state's request from last year to ignore several rules of the state-federal program for low-income patients for five years and try a state approach.
The state plans to save money with the changes, although it is not clear yet how much, to make it easier for older residents and people with physical and developmental disabilities to stay at home rather than move into nursing homes or other institutions for care, and to reward hospitals that improve care.
The state will receive the same amount of money from the federal Medicaid program _ more than $5 billion per year.
"For New Jersey, it's very positive, very exciting," Velez said.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rejected other requests Gov. Chris Christie's administration made, including eliminating retroactive Medicaid eligibility and reimbursing the state $107 million for Medicare-covered services wrongly billed to Medicaid.
Velez and state Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd said on a conference call that they have been working with the groups that will be affected and expect changes to be swift, but do not have a precise timeline.
With the changes, people receiving Medicaid will be moved to a new managed-care system.
Velez said one major benefit for recipients is that the new system will not have a bias toward institutionalization.
She said that means Medicaid money could be used to provide at-home services that are now available only in nursing homes. While it will likely delay people's moves to nursing homes, she said, the program will not mean moving frail people out of the homes.
Similar changes are also in store for children and adults diagnosed with developmental disabilities.
The plan also would change the way hospitals receive part of their federal subsidies. O'Dowd said the federal government intended to stop giving the state about $128 million annually in matching money for hospital subsidies. Under the new program, the state will continue to receive the money but will award it differently. Hospitals will receive the money as rewards for improving goals that they set rather than simply for seeing patients.
O'Dowd said Texas and California are taking similar approaches.
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There's been a lot of great Star Wars LEGO over the years, but these two new sets, both based on the opening of Return of the Jedi, are my new favourites.
The first set is Jabba's Palace ($120). It not only has a moving throne platform, for trapping Luke beneath while he sticks bones in a stupid animal's mouth, but also a carbonite-frozen Han Solo (who can pop out and become Blind Han Solo) and even a minifig of one of the coolest characters in the entire Star Wars universe, a B'omarr Monk.
The second set is called "Desert Skiff" ($25), an exercise in understatement if ever I've seen it, because the star is really the LEGO Sarlacc pit, which can gobble up the little Boba Fett that comes with it.
Both sets will be out in September.
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This should go without saying, but if not, Spoiler Alert if you still haven't gotten around to seeing Fight Club. This article addresses the ending of the film!
There are certain movies that offer a twist so drastic, when it's revealed, we find ourselves wanting to re-watch the entire movie to see just how much of the truth of the situation was staring us in the face the entire time. Fight Club probably qualifies as one of those movies, as David Fincher's film, which is based on Chuck Palahniuk's novel, throws a pretty drastic curveball at us near the final act.
Chuck Palahniuk gave this video his stamp of approval (Correction: this was posted by Palahniuk's official fan site), citing Reddit, where the video was posted. From what the site says, it seems like they expected this video to happen sooner or later. "This is one of those things where I wonder why it took someone so long to do it," the site notes. "And now that I see it, it's pretty awesome."
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In an annual pilgrimage visit to 13 different churches around the Golden Triangle on Good Friday, March 29, members of the Knights of Columbus subgroup Knights on Bikes shared a meal and prayer as well as reflected on the Stations of the Cross — moments associated with the historical and Biblical accounts of the trial, condemnation, punishment and death of Jesus. Members of different Councils of the Knights of Columbus who are motorcycle enthusiasts rode from church to church on their motorcycles and then assembled at the Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas Hospitality Center in Port Arthur. The Knights on Bikes shared the standard lunch for center guests that day, a meal that the Knights of Columbus donated. This year a total of 28 people participated in the event, with 21 motorcycles involved. Participants included one priest and two deacons.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits tumbled to a five-year low last week, a hopeful sign for the sluggish labor market.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 335,000, the lowest level since January 2008, the Labor Department said on Thursday. It was the largest weekly drop since February 2010.
The prior week's claims figure was revised to show 1,000 more applications than previously reported.
While last week's decline ended four straight weeks of increases, it is probably not the start of a new trend or a sign of a material shift in labor market conditions as claims tend to be very volatile around this time of the year.
This is because of large swings in the model used by the department to iron out seasonal fluctuations.
More:Sign Up For AOL Jobs' NewsletterA Labor Department analyst said the model had expected a large increase in claims last week, but the actual number of filings only showed a modest increase, leading to a big decline in the seasonally adjusted figure.
He said there was nothing unusual in the state level data and that no states had been estimated.
The four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of labor market trends, fell 6,750 to 359,250, suggesting some improvement in underlying labor market conditions.
More:Don't Move Here: 5 Cities With The Highest UnemploymentThe claims data covered the survey week for January's nonfarm payrolls. Job growth has been gradual, with employers adding 155,000 new positions in December. The unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent last month.
Job gains averaged 153,000 jobs per month in 2012, little changed from 2011. The sluggish labor market and subdued inflation pressures are likely to keep the Federal Reserve on its ultra easy monetary policy course.
The claims report showed the number of people still receiving benefits under regular state programs after an initial week of aid increased 87,000 to 3.21 million in the week ended Jan. 5.
The four-week average of the so-called continuing claims was the lowest since July 2008.
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City keen to keep momentum going
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is determined to not let the momentum slip after securing a third impressive win in the space of a week.
City followed up their opening Champions League win over Viktoria Plzen and Sunday's stunning derby demolition of Manchester United by thrashing Championship Wigan 5-0 in the Capital One Cup third round.
Stevan Jovetic struck twice while Edin Dzeko, Yaya Toure and Jesus Navas were also on target at the Etihad Stadium as City, despite 10 changes, took their goal tally in those three games to 12.
Pellegrini said: "I spoke with the players before we started the game, telling them we must always try to play the same way.
"We can change names but for me it was very important to see the same team we saw last Sunday, the same philosophy of football and the same high performance."
Summer signing Jovetic had struggled before bundling in his first City goal on the hour but grew in confidence and added a second from close range after 83 minutes.
Pellegrini said: "I think it is very important for Stevan.
"He wasn't playing normally because he had some physical problems but the last two weeks he has been working hard and I am sure he is going to be a really important player for us."
Toure's goal, the third of the night, was his fifth of the season and his third direct from a free-kick after similar efforts against Newcastle and Hull.
Pellegrini said of Toure, who came on for the second half: "He is an excellent player and if he adds goals from free-kicks - last Sunday he scored again - he is a player who can always improve more and Yaya is trying to do it."
Playmaker David Silva missed his fourth successive game with a thigh injury and could again be doubtful for Saturday's trip to Aston Villa.
Pellegrini said: "I think maybe for next Saturday I don't think he can play but maybe for the next game of Champions League, I think he could be fit."
Wigan boss Owen Coyle accepted the gulf in class between the two sides.
Coyle said: "We worked ever so hard, playing against one of the elite clubs of world football, let alone English football.
"They made 10 changes and their team was probably worth about £200million.
"There is no getting away from it, we knew it was a tough ask.
"As if their starting line up wasn't enough, I think the three subs they brought on probably added another £100million to the tally, but I am disappointed to lose by any margin of goals.
"We gave away really soft goals. We can learn from that. It was important we got through unscathed in terms of injury and hopefully we have."


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Aperture – The Photobook Review, issue 003
"The PhotoBook Review issue 003 is now available! Included in this issue is the announcement of the shortlisted books for the first Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. Issue 003, guest edited by Joan Fontcuberta, also includes a profile of Yolanda Cuomo (who designed Diane Arbus's Revelations, among other noteworthy publications), an interview with Dutch photographer Rob Hornstra, a feature on the Argentine-publishers behind La Azotea, and reviews of over ten new photobooks from 2011 and 2012."


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It is still very cold in these parts (there was another extreme cold alert last night, this sort of declaration opens extra shelter spaces and warming centres). As of Sunday night, Toronto has been under an extreme cold alert for 26 days this winter. I was longing for some sort of promise of spring, so I bundled up the girls and we headed to the Allan Gardens conservatory to see the spring bulbs on display. The conservatory is very warm and we were able to remove our outerwear. I thought I would share a few photos here in case you need a spring pick-me-up (albeit the greenhouse variety!).
Above: Lily's bunny sweater was a very awesome find from the Salvation Army Thrift Shop (at $2.99). I did a little surfing an came across the vintage Patons pattern at Busy Beaver Boutique's Etsy shop (I also saw a listing at Kenyon Books).
Below is a photo of the Amorphophallus, that "emits a smell resembling a dead animal to attract insects for pollination."
Spring is coming…that's a promise.
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The Irvington Farmer's market is back and under new management.
There will be local music and live entertainment each week with food demonstrations, family fun, health and nutrition programming, and lots of neighborly community content for all. Each Sunday the "Artisan Corner" will host rotating local artists, crafts, handmade items, pet supplies, and services. There will be many more vendors than in the past with a greater emphasis on local produce.
The market, a non-profit, will implement a new token program and will accept EBT, Oregon Trail Cards, credit/debit, PayPal, Oregon farm direct vouchers, and WIC benefits.
For more information, or if you want to volunteer, donate or sponsor, contact: Wendy Jo Downing at email@example.com.
The website is: www.irvingtonfarmersmarket.org
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How to Make Roman Shades
Roman shades pull up in sections with the help of a traverse cord or Roman shade cord (both available at a crafts store). Roman shades look elegant and streamlined in either the up or down position.
You've probably seen Roman shades starting at $65 or $75 apiece in window treatment catalogs. By following these instructions, you can create a Roman shade without most of the characteristic hassle (and for much less of the cost). This shade mounts above the top of the trim mold and descends to the windowsill, so keep this in mind when planning and measuring.
You need the following supplies to make these shades:
A piece of fabric that is about 4 inches wider than your window, and 16 inches longer
7 yards of traverse cord or Roman shade cord
You'll need to divide your cord in two. One piece should measure the height of your window plus the top length plus a few inches, because you'll be threading that piece of cord up the left side and over the top to meet the other cord on the top-right side of the shade. The other piece should measure the height of your window, plus a few inches.
Five 30-inch wooden dowels
One piece of 1-x-2-inch wood
The length of the wood needs to be the same as your window's width.
14 1/4-inch screw eyes
1 cleat (a metal device for tying up your shade cord)
Hammer and screwdriver
Iron and ironing board
Screws or nails (for attaching the shade)
Sewing machine and appropriate color heavy-duty thread
Staple gun with 3/8-inch staples
To create your shades, follow these steps:
Cut your fabric to the appropriate size.
For a 30-x-60-inch window, use a 32-x-76-inch piece of fabric.
Hem the sides of your shade fabric by pressing the fabric on each side 1/2 inch and folding in another 1/2 inch, and then sewing along the edges.
Hem the bottom of your shade by pressing the fabric 1/2 inch and folding up 2 inches, and then sewing along the edge.
From the bottom finished hem of your shade fabric, chalk lines across the front; measure up 10 inches and mark, and then measure another 2 inches and mark. Continue this pattern to the top.
You have five sets of lines that are 2 inches apart.
With your sewing machine, stitch the lines that are 2 inches apart together, creating small sleeves in the back of your shade.
With a hammer and nails or screws, attach your 1 x 2 board above your window.
On the underside of the board, attach four screw eyes, allowing for 10 inches between each one, regardless of your window size.
Using your staple gun, attach the top of your shade to the top of the 30-inch board.
Make sure that you fold the fabric under at the top, and check that the shade reaches the bottom of your window.
Attach screw eyes to the ends of each dowel.
Insert the dowels into each sleeve.
On the left side of your shade, tie your cord to the bottom screw eye and then weave the cord through the screw eyes along that edge.
Thread it up through the four screw eyes above it and through the screw eye at the bottom of the mounted board, bringing the cord to the right side.
Repeat on the right side, threading through the screw eyes in the dowel rods, and attach the cord from the left side to the cord from the right side and knot well.
Now attach the cleat to the wall on the right side of the shade so that when you draw the Roman shades, you can wrap the cords around the cleat to keep it in place.


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The Pagani Huayra will sell for more than €1,000,000. And that's the base price. If you check off enough option boxes, it'll easily crack the €2,000,000 mark. And these are options like paint. Or wheels.
This options list was first picked up by The Supercar Kids, and it sure is a doozy. Want your Huayra without any paint so you can see the bare carbon fiber? Yeah, that's €112,500, or about $150,000. Want wheels similar to what was on the Zonda R? That's €5,900 or about $8,100. Even the luggage is €14,950.
What else is crazy? A rearview camera is €4,900. A stone chip guard is €4,500. Premium leather is €7,900.
If you're buying a Huayra, chances are none of this is a surprise and you aren't collecting unemployment checks or working a job where you need to worry about spending $150,000 for someone to not paint your car.
I sent my contact at Pagani an email to see if all of this shizzle is true. I don't really see a reason to doubt it. Update: Pagani have confirmed that all of this pricing is indeed correct.


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And if that weren't enough, the brains that brought you the outstanding three-color collection have upped their game and expanded their product line to include… collegiate licensed Snuggies!
If you haven't seen them in their full glory, take a gander:
Picture Source: Blanket Wars (Even better, this picture is from a blog post entitled "OU Will Choke Versus Texas.")
Though I'm not (yet) a member of the cult of the Snuggie, I understand why people would buy them. Who doesn't like being warm? And being able to eat whilst wearing a blanket? Or the ability to change channels without exposing bare arms to the draft of a room?
I also understand why people would want collegiate Snuggies in particular. Every sports fan relishes the opportunity to show off a little team spirit. I mean, if I got a Snuggie, you'd be darn sure I'd get a college team one. (Looks like I'd have to get Texas though, because the makers of Snuggie don't offer a UVA one. Good research on that one, I must admit. They know their audience, and UVA alums likely wouldn't bother with a Snuggie: it would clash with their ties or pearls.)
Well, instead of continuing to mock Snuggie, I've decided to turn over a new leaf and offer a design suggestion: K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple, stupid.) Good design should be minimalist, simple and straightforward. Not cluttered.
How should Snuggie go about this? Pretend to make team sweatshirts, just with tons more fabric. Like this:
How would you redesign the collegiate Snuggie? Would you make them like replica jerseys with the ability to personalize a name and number on the back? Add a belt in a contrasting color? Build in a foam finger at the end of one sleeve? Share your ideas in the comments section!


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Exactly what is happening at findmypast? The last couple of years have seen huge growth in multiple directions – in records from Australia and New Zealand, Ireland, America, in the original UK site itself and the launch of the British Newspaper Archives by brightsolid. All this means much better access to records for local and family historians and is very exciting to see. Where to now?
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The act of innovation and the results thereby are always by accident. And, that's when they are the sweetest.
Innovation is the after effect, the result of creativity. And when is creativity at its best?
Well, there are two schools of thought. One believes that you need to have experienced certain hardship, been under pressure or difficult circumstances and as you toil to get out of this situation, you innovate. You think and act in creative ways to solve the issue at hand and come up with some very novel ways of doing so.
Another school of thought believes that true innovation, for that matter quality innovation happens in an environment that helps nurture creativity. True breeding grounds of creativity need to be established and encouraged where an issue to be solved is first recognized; then, those enlisted to act on solving the issue are freed up of any other responsibilities and are charged with focusing on this one thing.
More often that not, history has shown us that true innovation happens under pressure, when you are trying to solve an issue you are struggling with. However, the latter is true as well, but what happens there is not creative innovation to solve an issue, but more of solution enhancement and optimization; albeit creative.
Let me enumerate through some examples.
The invention of the round wheel was innovation that happened to fulfill a need, transport; the improvisation of the wheel to make it last longer, go faster, adapt to different vehicles, etc. falls under solution enhancement.
Connecting people through e-mail and Facebook during this Internet age was innovation addressing a need, social connectivity. Twitter, chat and the different facelifts we see of Facebook are improvisation and solution enhancement.
Generally speaking, the birth of innovation to solve an issue happens purely due to the urge to solve the issue; there is not much needed in terms of money and establishments to do that for its entirely based on frugality and the excitement to see something new. What follows after that, demands a lot more in terms of money and material to improvise and scale.
Not to say that one is righteous than the other, we all know that the world needs both.
Creativity, whether in profession or hobby is the spark that makes what you do purposeful. Where do you find your fulfillment? In the former or the latter? Once you can answer that, you will know where your passion, your heart lies and where you can prosper and thrive.


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I think it's only fair if we discuss our failures as well as our successes, our dislikes as well as our likes. I encountered the former in both instances when attempting to read Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Neil McDonough. I gave it a valiant effort, in my opinion, and made it through over 250 pages of the 786 pages in two months. While struggling with this one book, I read about 20 others in that two months, but Shakey got the best of me.
McDonough spent a painful yet fruitful decade of researching, interviewing, and general worming his way into the life of Neil Young (and the life of anyone who knew him or worked with him or once listened to a record of his), but McDonough's writing style leaves something to be desired. This decade culminated in a hodgepodge of often marginally relevant (or occasionally completely irrelevant) details of Young's life and career delivered in an oscillating tone of cynicism and reverence that is peppered with clichés. At least that's my impression of the first third of the book…
The best aspect of Shakey is, not surprisingly, the music. I confess that I've never been a Neil Young fan, mostly out of ignorance rather than criticism. I was positive that I had never listened to Buffalo Springfield until I heard "For What It's Worth" again. The discussion of songs and albums is too interesting to not seek them out. Even more fascinating for me was taking music recommendations from Young himself as he discussed artists and bands that he was inspired by or looked up to, such as Roy Orbison and The Byrds.
But while I can be fascinated by the music, I just couldn't relate to the need to know Neil Young. I don't need to "get" every lyric, to know which woman inspired which song, to know how his parents' divorce affected his career and to know how his epilepsy affected his songwriting. But maybe you're a more dedicated fan than I am; I wouldn't deny that.
**Neil Young fun fact: Young once played in a band with Rick James before either of them were famous. They were recording an album in Motown when their band was ripped apart after Rick James was arrested for draft dodging.**


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I add the recommended amount of Wyeast yeast nutrient in the boil and call it a day. I haven't really considered adding separate Zinc, since I'm making the assumption that yeast nutrient has what I need.
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HARTFORD — A day after announcing his plans to leave soon, state Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor addressed superintendents at their annual back-to-school meeting Tuesday, pointing to progress made during his watch and urging them to go forward with controversial education reforms.
"You are on the right track," Pryor told the more than 125 superintendents and school leaders at the Legislative Office Building. "Despite the anxiety and the controversy, the debates and the distractions, you are getting the job done."
He urged them to "stay at it … stick with it" and not to "settle for good enough when true excellence is possible."
In a brief interview before the meeting started, Pryor said his decision to leave by Janurary was his own and not in any way influenced by the upcoming election, which is predicted to be a difficult one for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Republican legislators — and even some Democrarts — have said that Pryor had become a liability for the Democratic governor, who is trying to win back support from teachers, many of whom he alienated in 2012 when he said that teachers "basically" only have to "show up" for four years to get tenure.
As Pryor implements Malloy's vision for educational reform in Connecticut, he has become a lightning rod for criticism from teachers, parents and some legislators, who have said that too much change has been made too quickly.
A recent scandal involving the operations of the Hartford-based Jumoke Academy charter schools and FUSE charter management group further rocked the education reform landscape.
Pryor had been a strong supporter of Jumoke and the Family Urban Schools of Excellence, or FUSE, until The Courant disclosed that FUSE CEO Michael M. Sharpe was a convicted felon who lied about having a doctoral degree. Sharpe resigned after the disclosures.
A federal grand jury is investigating FUSE and issued a subpoena to the state Department of Education a month ago seeking Pryor's emails since 2012 related to Sharpe, to the heavily state-financed Jumoke Academy, and to Hartford's Milner School.
Pryor said Tuesday that the end of the governor's first term is "a natural point at which to transition" and he wanted to pursue new professional opportunities.
"Word often gets out when you start to have such conversations," Pryor said. "So my goal was to express my plans proactively and we accomplished that."
At Tuesday's meeting, Pryor and his staff reported on progress made in key reform areas, including a new teacher evaluation system and a new set of academic goals called the Common Core State Standards.
Pryor said that last year at this time, there was "understandable anxiety" about the new teacher evaluation system. "Educators justifiably cautioned against it becoming a gotcha game."
But now, he said, he hears about "professional dialogue that's occurring and the professional growth that's possible."
And, he said, teachers are beginning to take to the new academic standards known as the Common Core State Standards — "not universally, but increasingly."
Tuesday's meeting also was a moment for state education leaders to acknowledge Pryor's contributions since he arrived in September 2011.
State Education Board Chairman Allan Taylor told the group that he is "very much saddened" by Pryor's decision to leave, but said he has "left us positioned to keep that work going, which is important to all of us."
Taylor said he admired Pryor's work ethic, which he said "borders on the insane" with 80-hour work weeks all year long, and his "passionate dedication to what is good for the students of Connecticut."
Robert Rader, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, said Pryor had to take "some of the toughest issues we've seen in public education in many years and wrestle with them. The discussions on many of these issues were difficult ... the people in the room unruly and unrulable. I think we did some great things, and I thank you."
Pryor said he isn't certain whether he will stay in education or go into a different field.
A graduate of Yale and Yale Law, Pryor helped found a charter school, Amistad Academy in New Haven in the late 1990s. Prior to joining Malloy's administration, Pryor worked in economic development —— as deputy mayor for economic development in Newark for five years, and as president of the Lower Manhattan Development Council, created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attack.
"I've had the good fortune in the course of my career to have a series of high-impact, high-opportunity jobs," Pryor said. "…I couldn't say whether the next job will be in education or whether I'll return to another field that I've pursued in the past."
He said he does not think the FUSE scandal will affect the progress of the education reform movement in Connecticut. "These reforms taken together are moving forward effectively and are making a positive difference... I believe we've made the right investment across a series of reforms and that they are working," Pryor said. "So that's good for now."
Mark Benigni, Meriden superintendent, said Pryor has been "extremely helpful" and that "parts of this reform work" are "paying huge dividends for our students and families."
Fran Rabinowitz, interim superintendent in Bridgeport, said, "We haven't always agreed on things, but he's been open and understanding with me and has granted me waivers and let me move ahead."
But, Rabinowitz added, she hopes the next commissioner will come from an education background. "I mean no disrespect," she said, but "the head of a medical profession would certainly be a doctor, and the head of a legal profession would certainly be an attorney."


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Lothman, Gibbons and Madden all played an integral role in Harvard's 3-1 victory over Cal Baptist on Weds. night. (Gil Talbot)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –The Harvard men's volleyball team extended its winning streak to five games, claiming a 3-1 victory over Cal Baptist at the Malkin Athletic Center Wednesday night. Thanks to the offense of senior Matt Jones and freshman DJ White, Harvard upped its record to 5-0, its best start since the 1993 season where it went 12-0 to begin the campaign.
It was a close contest in the beginning of the first set with the score sitting at 7-7, as the two teams evened the score five times through the first 14 points. Harvard gained a little breathing room with the score 10-10 as it received back to back points off a Kristopher Johnson service error and a service ace by sophomore Nick Madden. The Crimson reached the 20-point plateau off a White kill making the score 20-17. Harvard closed out the set on a 6-3 run which was capped off by back to back kills from Madden and Jones to take a 1-0 lead in the match, recording a 25-20 win.
Harvard looked to make a statement in the third set as it recorded four straight points to open up, with sophomore Will Chambers and Jones recording kills, followed by two service aces making it 4-0. A Kevin Kustra kill and attack error by Jones cut into the Harvard lead, putting the score at 10-8 Crimson. The Lancers kept the pressure on recording four–straight points, as Daniel Frietas and Aaron McCalmont recorded kills to make the score 15-15. Harvard's resiliency showed through scoring three of the next four points, to retake the lead, 18-16, and the Crimson didn't look back as it scored seven of the next 14 points to slip by with the set win, 25-23.
Jones was once led the team with 22 kills and a hitting percentage of .500. White was second on the team registering 12. Freshman Caleb Zimmick and Jones paced the Crimson in blocks with six apiece and Lothman recorded 44 total assists to end his evening.
Harvard will enter conference play this weekend as it hosts EIVA rivals George Mason and Princeton on Friday and Saturday. Friday's match is slated for 7 p.m. while Saturday's contest will begin at 1 p.m.


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Illinois Budget 9.30.09
Here are the top Illinois stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at www.gatehousenewsservice.com. Please check www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/news in the evening for changes to story lineup, including breaking news.
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Pubs go pink for breast cancer awareness
Lunch Gang blog a hit for the Galesburg Register-Mail
Chicago 2016 would be 'dream come true' for archer Wunderle
PEORIA – Mason City native Vic Wunderle's career as a competitive archer has taken him to all the cities bidding for the 2016 Olympics. But there's no question where his allegiance lies. "For me, that would be a dream come true, to have (the Olympics) in Chicago," Wunderle said. "There's still a reasonable chance I could make that team. That would really be something special, to compete that close to home." By Jeff Lampe of the Peoria Journal Star.
State Briefs. News from around the state.
ATV attack prompts calls for stronger laws
ROCKFORD – Jerry Haiman had had enough of the noise and the blatant disregard for neighborhood safety when he marched across his front yard to confront a trio of all-terrain vehicle riders tearing up a block of Rockford's Seventh Street on Saturday afternoon. What had been a neighborhood nuisance quickly became something else: One of the riders ran the 50-year-old Haiman down in his yard, breaking his left knee. By Jeff Kolkey of the Rockford Register Star. To localize: How do law enforcement agencies in your area deal with ATV riders?
Rockford company seeks approval for TMJD device
ROCKFORD – Those looking to relieve the pain of temporomandibular joint disorder, commonly known as TMJD, soon might have a new tool at their disposal. Officials of Rockford-based Ascentia Health Inc. hope they are just weeks away from receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to begin marketing their Clayton Intra-Aural Device, or CID, an in-ear support that its inventor, audiologist Larry Clayton, hopes will create a major shift in how locking and malfunction of the jaw joint and its surrounding muscles is treated. By Mike DeDoncker of the Rockford Register Star.
Spicing up fall containers adds year-round color to homes
PEORIA – Both Linda Quiram Negley and Lori Waughop know how to put the aesthetic essence of gardens into a pot to create container gardens for all seasons. For both designers, the best container gardens include diverse shapes, sizes, textures and colors reflective of the diversity in nature. Ornamental grasses add motion that strengthens the aesthetic experience. By Clare Howard of the Peoria Journal Star.
Youths that have seen wrong side of law working on new 'Armadillo' police vehicle
PEKIN – Youths working at Glory to Glory Customs already have experienced the wrong side of the law. So it was an intriguing pairing when the Peoria Police Department recently awarded Glory to Glory the $7,500 contract to convert a donated Brinks armored truck into a second Armadillo, or nuisance abatement surveillance vehicle. By Ryan Ori of the Peoria Journal Star.
Dave Bakke: Mysterious note leads to dig for treasure
SPRINGFIELD – Patty Henken thought she was just buying an antique chair at an auction in New Berlin. She got the chair, all right -- and a hunt for buried treasure in the bargain. While refurbishing the chair, Patty discovered a slip of paper with a mysterious message that led her to Springfield in search of a mysterious chest.
BRITT: Toon on House Speaker Mike Madigan getting involved in the high-speed rail dispute.
Phil Luciano: Hard to believe song sparked gang fight
Let's get this straight: A party at an apartment complex for Illinois Central College students explodes into chaos that includes upward of 400 people, seven police agencies, multiple accounts of gunplay, unconfirmed reports of gunshot wounds, four bullet-damaged vehicles, two injured cops, four hospitalizations, three arrests ... and all of it triggered by a rap song? Seriously?
Editorial: Can't blame racism, 'trash talk' for discord
Many decades from now, when historians try to assess the political mood of America in 2009, their research may turn up a couple of key articles from the past few weeks. One would be coverage of Jimmy Carter's statement that he believes the animosity toward President Barack Obama is rooted in racism. Another involves U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's statements last week that the "trash talk" of conservative radio and TV shows was preventing serious discussion of serious issues. An editorial from the State Journal-Register.
Editorial: Gangs, guns a cancer that must not metastasize
It's not exactly an unfamiliar scenario anymore: Young people gather after word gets out that something's happening somewhere, tempers flare over something stupid, fists fly or somebody grabs the first thing they can find for a weapon or pulls a gun, people panic and run for their lives, some of them get hurt. An editorial from the Peoria Journal Star.
Matt Trowbridge of the Rockford Register Star will be writing a mainbar and notes from Halas Hall.
SMALL WORLD: Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark heard the criticism following the Nittany Lions' loss at home last weekend to Iowa. If there's anybody who would understand, it's Illinois QB Juice Williams. They talked with each other on the phone later Saturday about bouncing back this week. Illinois plays Penn State Saturday. By John Supinie.
HEAD SURGERY: The official basketball recruiting visits of three committed prep seniors are delayed because of season-ending knee surgery for guard Crandall Head. By John Supinie.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
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In the video for this session, Dr. Jeanne R. Paratore presents research-based principles that support the use of a flexible grouping model for literacy instruction. She reviews basic formats for flexible grouping, and applies the research to effective teaching practices and routines that advance all students' reading development. The workshop participants watch classroom excerpts illustrating instruction in different grouping formats. They then relate the classroom practices to their own teaching.
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24 Kan. App. 2d 822
No. 77,908
STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, Appellee, and CHIMANE D. RENO, the mother; L.M. and C.M., minor children by and through CHIMANE D. RENO, next friend, Appellants, v. LONNIE E. MILLER, Defendant.
1. Interpretation of a statute is a question of law over which an appellate court has unlimited review.
2. Before an appellate court can undertake the task of construing and interpreting an ambiguous statute, the court must find that the statute is ambiguous and, thus, justify the construction and interpretation of the statute.
3. When a mother has assigned her support rights for her child under K.S.A. 39-709 and has been joined as a party under K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1117(a), the mother is not entitled to the separate notice provided for under that statute.
4. When a child is born out of wedlock and no credible evidence exists that the child has a presumed father, as set out under K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1114, the trial court may order genetic testing in a paternity action without first conducting a Ross hearing, which is described in In re Marriage of Ross, 245 Kan. 591, 598-602, 783 P.2d 331 (1989), to determine whether the testing would be in the best interests of the child.
Appeal from Wyandotte District Court; THOMAS L. BOEDING, judge. Opinion filed February 6, 1998. Affirmed.
James E. Carpenter, of Wyandotte-Leavenworth Legal Services, of Kansas City, for appellants.
Randy M. Barker, of Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, for appellee.
Before PIERRON, P.J., GREEN and MARQUARDT, JJ.
GREEN, J.: This is an appeal by Chimane D. Reno from a judgment dismissing a paternity suit against the putative father of her two children. On appeal, Reno contends the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enter an order requiring genetic testing of her, her children, and the putative father of the two children. Additionally, Reno contends that the trial court improperly ordered genetic testing of the parties before determining whether the tests were in the best interests of the children. We disagree and affirm.
In the summer of 1996, the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) filed a paternity action against Lonnie E. Miller. The petition joined Reno, the mother, and L.M. and C.M., the minor children, as co-plaintiffs. The petition for paternity alleged that Miller was the father of both L.M. and C.M.
The trial court ordered genetic testing of Miller, Reno, L.M., and C.M. According to the order compelling genetic testing, SRS was the party that moved for the testing and was the only party present for the hearing. Although Miller was not present, he demonstrated his approval of the order by having signed it earlier. When the genetic testing revealed that Miller was not the biological father of L.M. and C.M., the trial court dismissed the paternity action against him.
Reno first argues that because she was not given notice of the action, the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to make any rulings in the case. To address this issue, we must consider K.S.A. 38-1116. K.S.A. 38-1116(a) states that the trial court will have jurisdiction when an action is brought under the Kansas Parentage Act (KPA), K.S.A. 38-1110 et seq. The petition for paternity clearly states that this action was filed under K.S.A. 38-1110 et seq., K.S.A. 39-709, K.S.A. 39-718b, K.S.A. 39-755, and K.S.A. 39-756. Therefore, under K.S.A. 38-1116, if this action was properly brought under the KPA, the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction.
According to the petition, and undisputed by Reno, Reno assigned her support rights to SRS. Under K.S.A. 39-755(a), "[i]n cases where [SRS] is deemed to have an assignment of support rights . . . [SRS] is authorized to bring a civil action in the name of the state of Kansas or of the obligee whose support rights are assigned . . . ." SRS brought such an action and named Reno as a party to the suit.
Reno does not contend that SRS lacked authority to bring the suit; rather, Reno argues that under K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1117(a), she was entitled to notice in addition to being joined as a necessary party.
"Interpretation of a statute is a question of law, and our review is unlimited." In re Tax Appeal of Boeing Co., 261 Kan. 508, Syl. ¶ 1, 930 P.2d 1366 (1997). Additionally, "[w]hen a statute is plain and unambiguous, the appellate courts will not speculate as to the legislative intent behind it and will not read such a statute so as to add something not readily found in the statute." State v. Alires, 21 Kan. App. 2d 139, Syl. ¶ 2, 895 P.2d 1267 (1995).
K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1117(a) states:
|"[T]he child, the mother, each man presumed to be the father under K.S.A. 38-1114 and amendments thereto and each man alleged to be the father shall be made parties or, if not subject to the jurisdiction of the court, shall be given notice of the action in a manner prescribed by the court and shall be afforded the opportunity to be heard." (Emphasis added.)
K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1117(a) clearly uses the word "or" rather than "and" when setting forth the joinder and notice requirements to the child, the mother, and the fathers. The result is that the plain language of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1117(a) states that the child, the mother, the presumed fathers, and the alleged fathers shall be made parties to the suit; however, if the aforementioned individuals are not made parties to the suit, then they shall be given notice of the action.
In this case, Reno was joined as a party to the action as a co-plaintiff. Under K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1117(a), the trial court was not required to give Reno notice of the action. Therefore, the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction over this action.
Reno next argues that the trial court erred in not holding an evidentiary hearing to determine whether paternity testing was in the best interests of the children. Reno chiefly relies upon the Kansas cases of In re Marriage of Ross, 245 Kan. 591, 783 P.2d 331 (1989), and Florida Dept. of HRS v. Breeden, 21 Kan. App. 2d 490, 901 P.2d 1357 (1995), to make her argument.
The Kansas Supreme Court held that in some parentage actions an evidentiary hearing on the best interests of the child must precede an order for paternity testing. Ross, 245 Kan. at 602. This type of hearing is now commonly referred to as a Ross hearing.
In Ross, R.A.R. was born during the marriage of Sylvia and Robert Ross. Two years after R.A.R. was born, Robert and Sylvia divorced. Sylvia was given primary custody of R.A.R., and Robert was granted visitation rights and ordered to pay child support. One year later, Robert was granted joint custody of R.A.R. Two years after Robert was granted joint custody, Sylvia filed a petition, pursuant to the KPA, alleging Charles Austin was the biological father of R.A.R., requesting a guardian ad litem be appointed for R.A.R., and requesting that all parties submit to paternity blood testing.
Upon the guardian ad litem's recommendation, a blood test was ordered. Subsequently, Charles filed a "'motion to dismiss the paternity action for failure of the court to determine the best interests of the child.'" 245 Kan. at 593. The trial court denied the motion, stating that "'it had previously been determined it was in R.A.R.'s best interests for his biological father to be determined.'" 245 Kan. at 593. The trial court further ruled that testimony would be limited to the determination of biological parentage, and Robert and Charles would not be permitted to introduce evidence of R.A.R.'s best interests.
As a result of the paternity test, Charles was found to be R.A.R.'s biological father. The trial court ordered Charles to pay child support to Sylvia and ordered R.A.R.'s visitation schedule with Robert to remain unchanged.
In reversing the trial court's order for paternity testing, the Kansas Supreme Court stated:
|"When a marital relationship has been terminated, children of the marriage need for the court to provide stability in their lives, to acknowledge that their perception of time is different from that of an adult, and to take into consideration their past relationship with their parents. Prior to ordering a blood test to determine whether the presumed parent is the biological parent, the district court must consider the best interests of the child, including physical, mental, and emotional needs. The shifting of paternity from the presumed father to the biological father could easily be detrimental to the emotional and physical well-being of any child." 245 Kan. at 602.
This court considered the Ross decision in Breeden. In Breeden, Valarie Petit, the mother of F.E.P., made an assignment of her rights to child support to Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (FHRS). FHRS and Valarie filed a petition alleging that at the time of F.E.P.'s birth, Valarie Petit was married to Patrick Petit. Under Kansas law, Patrick is the child's presumed father. However, in the petition, FHRS and Valarie alleged that Steven Breeden, a Kansas resident, was the biological father of F.E.P.
In comparing the facts of Breeden to Ross, this court stated:
"In a case brought under K.S.A. 38-1115(b), the ultimate issue involved is support, not
custody or
visitation. The KPA contains no mandate that the best interests of the child be the criteria used
determine initial support.
"However, and most importantly for the child's benefit, the Ross court also relied on the effect of a paternity determination on the existing relationship with the presumed father as a justification for requiring a best interests of the child hearing. The Ross court chastened: 'The court has not only bastardized the child and relieved the presumed father of all necessity of support, but it has placed the obligation to support the child on the biological father, who has never had a bonding relationship with the child.'" 21 Kan. App. 2d at 501-02.
Based upon the public policy that courts must "'act in the best interests of the child when imposing legal obligations or conferring legal rights on the . . . father/child relationship,'" the Breeden court held that "a trial court is required to have a Ross hearing before ordering blood tests in a paternity proceeding pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1115(b)." 21 Kan. App. 2d at 503 (quoting Ross, 245 Kan. at 597).
Unlike Ross and Breeden, the children in this case were not born to a marriage. Furthermore, no evidence exists in the record that Miller was the presumed father of the two children. See K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 38-1114. Finally, Miller was the only alleged father involved in this action. Because these distinguishing factors were not present in either Ross or Breeden, the trial court was not required to conduct a Ross hearing before ordering genetic testing in this matter.


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Mid-Riot Make Out Couple Discovered
CBC tracked down the couple in the now-famous photo of two people apparently making out in the middle of Wednesday night's hockey riots in Vancouver. They were not, as it turns out, making out. But neither was the photo staged for the camera!
Canadian student Alex Thomas and her boyfriend, an Australian comedian and bartender named Scott Jones, were trying to leave downtown to get away from the riots when Thomas was apparently pushed to the ground by rioters. Next thing they knew, they were overrun by riot police:
"They started beating us with the shields, like trying to get us to move," Jones told CBC News in an exclusive television interview Friday.
"We weren't being aggressive towards [police] or anything like that. But eventually they passed over us. And that's when we were on the ground. She was a bit hysterical afterwards, obviously, and I was just trying to calm her down," said Jones, 29, an Australian who's been in Canada for six months.
So, there you have it. Jones and Thomas are apparently headed to California to travel.


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For the past year the Estes Valley Partners for Commerce Economic Development Task Force has been at work building a community-wide consensus about the need for a comprehensive and carefully designed economic development initiative for the Estes Valley. The initiative calls for the establishment of a staffed, non-profit economic development organization. The Task Force is now completing its work by asking a number of key taxing entities, organizations, businesses, and individuals to step forward as investors to fund the organization. These investors include both Larimer County and the Town of Estes Park.
On the evening of Tuesday, June 25, the town board will be formally asked to make a funding commitment. This is a crucial moment. The experience of other well-established economic development efforts, both here in Colorado and across the nation, tells us that local government alone cannot and should not be the sole driver of economic development. But they also tell that without the enthusiastic participation of local government such efforts are likely to fail. Unless local elected officials demonstrate their commitment and leadership there is little incentive for others to invest in the undertaking.
The Task Force's goals are clear and well focused: The retention and expansion of businesses for which Estes Park is currently home and the attraction to our community of new businesses which provide for new well-paying Primary Jobs. The mechanism to be used to achieve these goals has been made equally clear.
The Task Force's expectations are realistic. There are no quick fixes for economic problems and issues decades in the making. This is also the message of John Cody, President of the Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC), cited in a recent Trail-Gazette article. While any economic development initiative must have clearly articulated goals and outcomes, they must be tempered by realism. They must be commensurate with the resources available. They must also be based on factors that we as a local community can reasonably expect to influence and control. In other words, "control what you can, and improve what you can" but realize that there are national and regional trends and conditions that you can neither influence nor control. Cody also reminds us that the task of producing and implementing the right strategic economic development plan for the Estes Valley—one that respects and preserves its defining values and qualities and achieves a qualitative and quantitative return to the community—will not only be challenging but will take time.
There is, of course, no way to make up for the lost opportunities of the past decade and more. Nor can we weigh their cost to our community. But we now have the chance to make certain that the groundwork so carefully laid by the Task Force is not remembered at some future date as having been yet another opportunity lost.
The Task Force has done its work well. Its members deserve our thanks for their commitment and their investment. Now is the time for the key governmental entities, organizations, businesses, and individuals of our community who over the past year have verbally endorsed the need for a comprehensive economic development effort to step up and join the new Estes Valley Economic Development Council and to make the financial commitment necessary for its success. The time to invest in the economic future of Estes Park is now.


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startupfreedom necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Startup Freedom - StartupFreedom.com
First of all, this is a blind contest to protect origional designs and to encourage unique ideas. But I will be communicating frequently with every designer to let them know my likes / dislikes / requirements via PMs and the contest brief! :)
StartupFreedom.com is the free email newsletter delivering simple advice from successful internet business owners on how to start an internet business and make money online.
On the site and in the email newsletter you will find step-by-step "how to" articles and video interviews with entrepreneurs covering the different aspects of starting online:
- business ideas & research
- driving traffic
- staying motivated
- websites & tech
- useful tools & resources
Our site, http://www.StartupFreedom.com is being re-designed and we will need a new logo. The new site design will have a more professional business feel. It will be less "work from the beach" blog and more business advice newsletter.
The growth we have experienced so far is incredible! The logo chosen will be seen by millions of visitors each month!
Anyone that:
- is seeking information on how to start an internet business.
- recently started an internet business.
- needs to make money online (not in a get rich quick way).
They are:
- Mostly males
- 65% USA, the rest world-wide
- They are very confused about how to start
- Overwhelmed with information and options
- Don't know where to look
- Need to make money to pay bills / debts
A clean and professional but friendly logo that instantly tells visitors what we do.
For "startup" this may be a lightbulb or another image that means starting a business. For Freedom this is money, or a laptop and money.
Important Details:
- The logo needs to be simple.
- It needs to feel like we are the AUTHORITY while still being friendly
- The words "Startup Freedom" need to make up the majority of the logo.
- The colors we are looking for are green and blue.
- More bold and rounded font than sharp and crisp.
- Thicker fonts are better!
Please Do Not Include:
- Cheesy dollar bills, or anything else associated with "get rich quick".
- Arrows. Its easy to draw an arrow on the word "up" and call it a logo but that's not what we're looking for!
- Birds or anything else "Freedom" related. Freedom for our visitors means making money from their laptop.
- The logo should be the "Startup Freedom" and the associated images. Not just the words "startup freedom" in white text on a coloured background!
Industry Examples:
- http://thinktraffic.net/ - The closest to what I would like. Its simple. I like the font. Most importantly it tells you what the site is about instantly.
- http://www.tastingtable.com/ - The new design of our site will be laid out the same as this (just less food and more business feel).
…so the logo should be wider than it is tall.
We will require the logo in small, medium and large JPGs as well as a layered PSD file.
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Topic Overview
Topical products, such as creams or gels, are sometimes used to treat cold sores . Many are prescription medicines that may slightly shorten the duration of cold sores, usually by just 1 to 2 days. footnote 1
Some experts find that even when nonprescription topical products are used frequently-every 2 hours while a person is awake-at the first sign of an outbreak, they may only speed recovery time by a few hours or a day. footnote 2
Prescription creams and ointments
Penciclovir cream (Denavir) is an antiviral cream that may reduce healing time by 1 to 2 days, especially if the cold sore was triggered by sunlight exposure. It also reduces the pain, itching, burning, and tenderness of cold sores. footnote 1
Penciclovir cream may cause side effects such as mild pain or stinging when it is applied. It is possible, although rare, that the cream may also cause a skin rash or headache.
Acyclovir ointment or cream works best if it is used at the first sign of cold sore symptoms. Side effects of the ointment may include mild pain or stinging at the site where it is applied.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved acyclovir cream to treat recurrent cold sores in people older than age 12. The cream can improve healing time by up to half a day. The cream may cause temporary skin irritation.
Nonprescription creams and ointments
Topical pain medicines can relieve the pain and itching of cold sores. Some examples are benzocaine (Anbesol, Orajel) and camphorated phenol (Campho-Phenique). Be safe with medicines. Follow the directions on the package. Do not use benzocaine for children younger than 2. It can harm your child.
Docosanol 10% (Abreva) should be applied at the first signs of a cold sore outbreak. It is the first nonprescription cold sore medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to shorten healing time and the duration of symptoms.
Benzyl alcohol (Zilactin-L) is a gel that relieves the pain of cold sores and may help shorten healing time, especially if it is used as soon as a cold sore begins to form.
Dimethicone with sunscreen (Herpecin-L) is a product that moisturizes your lips and protects them from the sun. This can help reduce the pain and itching of cold sores. It may also help prevent cold sores from returning.
Cold sores usually heal on their own without prescription medicines or complementary therapies.
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- Habif TP (2010). Warts, herpes simplex, and other viral infections. In Clinical Dermatology, A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy, 5th ed., pp. 454-490. Edinburgh: Mosby Elsevier.
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My favorite games are the Doom and Quake series. Played Morrowind too, also a nice game .
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