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I have a set of iPhone Apps that use an RSS feed for news updates for all their different sports. Each app will have many different sports.
What I need is for you to produce an image that I can use in those RSS feeds. Basically it is the background image of the RSS feeds, which will be behind the RSS feed text.
The same image will be used for ALL RSS feeds.
So you are producing one image that will be used on all rows of the table for the rss and all the different tabs in the app itself.
I will need it to look sharp, look 3d, and look shinny. Like the example I sent but I don't like the orange color. It needs to be some neutral color or have a nice graded background or something neat.
Notice there is a date and RSS feed text. Be sure to make the image where the text can be readable when overlaid on top of the image itself. The small image of the sport is something I add, so leave space for it too. Please see images for exactly what I am talking about.
320 x 65 will be the dimensions for each image. Notice you are only making the image for the row, not the whole page. Adding this image you make will automatically add it to the other views and other rows.

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Rugby Ontario is thrilled to release The Rugby Ontario Way. This material builds on the previously available document Rugby Canada's Community and Country to provide players, coaches, parents, officials, club administrators and every other rugby stakeholder in Ontario a clear direction on developing rugby. The Rugby Ontario Way is key to implementing the principles of Long-Term Rugby Development and enhancing each individuals enjoyment of rugby.
The rationale for this document is to clearly outline the developmental needs of athletes at each stage of the LTRD. This is done by defining five specific player capacities:


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Apple will begin selling a 128 gigabyte version of its fourth-generation iPad starting Feb. 5.
The Cupertino, Calif., company announced the new version of its tablet Tuesday, priced at $799 for Wi-Fi only and $929 for a cellular network-connected model.
Currently, Apple's largest storage capacity tablet is a 64 GB iPad, which sells for $699 for Wi-Fi only and $829 for the cellular-enabled version.
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The 128-GB iPad model appears to be a direct shot at Microsoft, which will be releasing its own tablet, the Surface Pro, just a few days later, on Feb. 9.


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The focus of NYU's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program is to recognize the University's goals, identify risks to these goals and work toward mitigating and managing these risks while helping the University to grow as an organization.
The ERM program works to identify risks and consequences and their effect on the University community. Within these risks, we then work closely with the risk owners to assess the likelihood of the risks, the time frame of the consequences, the impact it may have on the University and the preparedness toward the risk. Once these are identified, determining an acceptable tolerable level of the risk is important in building a mitigation strategy.
The risk criteria should be defined by an organization and used to evaluate whether or not something is a risk. The criteria should embody the organizations values and objectives and be aimed at the organizations overall goal. When setting criteria for an organization, some can be easily developed from legal and compliance standards, while other criteria may be based on the type of organization for which your program is developed for. The risk management program should develop from an organization's mission statement. Here at NYU, we are a leading institution of higher education and set high standards for our University community. Our commitment is to creating an environment that is diverse and inclusive, while educating and leading the way in higher education.
While risk has a variety of meanings, within the realm of insurance and risk management, risk is an uncertainty about an outcome an organization takes, whether that outcome is positive or negative. All activities in an organization involve risk.
Risks can be associated in a variety of categories including:
Risks are also categorized throughout many levels at an organization depending upon their impact. These levels may include organization wide risks, project or process specific risks or strategic risks.
Risk management is a defined set of coordinated activities to direct and control an organization with regard to risk. Risk management can be quickly described in three key steps: identify, analyze and treat. Throughout each step of this process, it is important that risk managers work closely with the risk owners to gather accurate information regarding their risks, to appropriately assess the risk and then ensure that the necessary mitigation is being developed. Identifying risks early on allows for the organization to create mitigation strategies and achieve its goals.
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a coordinated set of processes that enables risks to be identified, analyzed and prioritized to meet the university's key objectives. Once prioritization is determined, mitigation is developed, implemented and monitored. When a risk becomes fully mitigated, the mitigation plan is updated to reflect the ongoing monitoring plan.
Data is gathered from a variety of sources – historical data, experience, observation, etc. – which creates a risk database of the best and most detailed information available.
Perhaps the most important aspect of risk management is that it fosters an environment that promotes improvement and growth. Strategies that develop through risk management will enable an organization to mature and grow stronger.
The process of risk management works hard to both create goals and objectives that result in achievements and improved performance.
Risk management assists organizations in making informed decisions and prioritizing those which are most vital to the functioning of the organization.
With the constant change of organizations, the knowledge we have of an organizations risks change as well. Risks can move toward being completely mitigated while at the same time, new risks may appear.
Human and cultural factors are taken into account in order to facilitate the achievement of the organizational goals.
Risk management must be a part of an organizations everyday activities and a daily responsibility of management.
These contributed to the accuracy and efficiency of risk data and results.
Risk management is tailored to fit an organizations needs and risk profile.
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Last week the New York Times reported on the unfortunate rate at which foreign language education programs in schools in the northeast are being cut to help balance budgets. If you've been following my blog, you probably share in my belief that speaking a foreign language is no longer an expendable luxury but an important twenty-first century skill.
The article quotes Marty Abbott, the director of education for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages as saying, "In many cultures, a lot of business does not get done around the business table, it gets done in side conversations and social situations. If you can't participate in those discussions, you get left out."
I'd add to that, that not only is speaking several languages good for business, it is equally important for early childhood brain development and social skills. It has been so exciting creating Little Pim and finding out that many parents out there share my conviction that kids should have access to language lessons as young as possible. We want kids to be introduced to languages at home or in preschool, and to then continue with language classes in elementary school.
If your school is eliminating its language programs, make sure the principal and the district know your views. I'm contacting mine today. I've also written a letter to the editor of the NY Times. Read it below:
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CRESTVIEW � Crestview's newest performance hall has corralled one of country music's hottest touring bands for a one-night performance next Saturday. Mustang Sally, an all-girl band with "one lucky man," as their ads say, will play three 45-minute sets Nov. 16.
CRESTVIEW � Crestview's newest performance hall has corralled one of country music's hottest touring bands for a one-night performance next Saturday.
Mustang Sally, an all-girl band with "one lucky man," as their ads say, will play three 45-minute sets Nov. 16, mingling with fans in between performing a foot-stomping, hand-clapping variety of music.
"Expect anything when it comes to us," lead singer Tobi Lee said in an exclusive interview with the News Bulletin. "We never know what's going to happen in our show. We like spontaneous."
The girls, with Jake Taylor, are the biggest act to hit the two-month-old Azteca Backroom Bar in Crestview.
Mike Stewart, a manager of the showroom, said Mustang Sally's appearance comes after several requests.
"I had some local people ask about the girls because they put on such a good show," Stewart said.
Before the show, Stewart said band members will visit with members of the military, whom they honor in their single, "To the Ones That Got Away."
"It's an absolute honor to come in and play for a big military crowd," Lee said. "We love to do military shows. We don't get to sing if they don't fight for our freedoms."
'Phenomenal musicians'
Lee praised her fellow band members, saying, "You have to kind of take the girl card off the table" and appreciate them as "just a group of phenomenal musicians."
Taylor joined the group after discovering an early shift as a country music radio DJ didn't fit with his late-night performer schedule. He moved to Nashville to become a country musician.
"We heard him downtown," Lee said. "He is a great guy. We thought to ourselves, 'We can always use somebody to carry the heavy suitcases,'" she added jokingly. In fact, Taylor plays multiple string instruments in the band.
Stewart promised a night of great music by a band known for its audience rapport and versatility. Mustang Sally's repertoire includes original music, country covers and even ventures into classic rock.
"In our show, you never know what we might pull out.We have our originals, of course, but we're not afraid to try anything, that's for sure," Lee said. "Come out and have a good time with us. Laugh and dance and expect anything."
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WHAT: Mustang Sally in concert
WHEN: 8:30 p.m. Nov. 16
WHERE: Azteca Backroom Bar, Northview Plaza, 789 N. Ferdon Blvd., Crestview
TICKETS:$15 at Azteca in advance or at the door, or call 398-0765 or 865-8385
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About RMATRIX
The John A. Burns School of Medicine is one of five U.S. academic institutions funded through the National Institutes of Health's Research Centers in Minority Institutions. That's the "R." MATRIX stands for Multidisciplinary And Translational Research Infrastructure EXpansion. Translational research rapidly transfers research findings to treatment settings to benefit patients. Dr. Jerris Hedges, Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine and lead investigator for the grant, said it builds upon years of successful research at the medical school by scientists in its Department of Native Hawaiian Health and numerous other departments and centers.
The RMATRIX grant is evaluated using logic models that outline our specific aims, the metrics that are used to evaluate progress and performance, and the desired outcomes. Shown below are the Overall Logic Model and the Approach & Governance Logic Model. Logic models for the individual Key Functions can be found on their respective pages. A list of all logic models is included on the Eavaluation Milestones page.
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Got it...thanks. After actually reading it more in depth, I gathered that. Have ppl already started receiving their w-2's?
The 1040 (or 1040A or 1040EZ) is the form that you get as a result of filing your taxes (if you use one of the online services, like taxact.com, it will just spit this form out for you once you give them all your info). So basically to get a 1040, you need to file your taxes.


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by Karin Calloway
Right now the food world is infatuated with cheese. Today, cheese making is an art form, and artisanal cheeses are available at specialty food stores across the country, and can be ordered online with the click of your mouse. Cheeses from France, Italy and many other countries also can be found both locally and by mail order.
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Automation Could Have Saved Fukushima
Liptak Says That If the Fukushima Level Detectors Had Operated Correctly, the Hydrogen Explosions Would Have Been Prevented
In the previous articles of this series, I described how automation could have prevented the Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents. Now I will do the same for Fukushima, but because of the importance of that accident, I will devote more than one article to it. In this first article I will concentrate only on the measurement of the water level in the reactor. This is an important topic, because if the Fukushima level detectors had operated correctly, and if the operators had flooded the reactors as soon as the earthquake was detected (some 40 minutes before the arrival of the tsunami) and would have started the venting of the hydrogen as soon as the fuel rods were uncovered, instead of waiting five or six hours, the hydrogen explosions would have been prevented.
The Traditional Reactor Level Measurement
Figure 1 shows the traditional method used in the majority of nuclear reactors. Here, the cooling water enters a jacket-like space between the shroud and the reactor wall and is pumped downward by a jet dispenser (not shown). It travels down "ex-core" (on the outside of the core) and then rises up "in-core." As it rises, the fuel rods heat it, and the water boils and, therefore, "swells."
In most nuclear power plants, the ex-core level is measured by two differential pressure transmitters (Figure 1). One has a narrow span range (LT-N) and the other a wide one (LT-W). The narrow span transmitter (LT-N) is a better indicator of the surface of the boiling water, while the wide-range transmitter (LT-W) detects the total ex-core hydrostatic head (mass of water) in the reactor (the weight of the "collapsed water column").
See Also: Help for Fukushima?
These level transmitters are installed with condensate pots which connect these reference legs ("wet legs") to the high-pressure side of the d/p cells. These level transmitters are "inverse-acting" (if the level rises, the transmitter output drops), because the hydrostatic head of the condensate in the reference leg is always higher than the weight of the water column inside the reactor. Therefore, the transmitter outputs are zero when the water level is at its maximum, and zero level generates a maximum output signal.
The reliability of this measurement depends on the assumption that the wet leg is full of condensate and that it is at ambient temperature. During an accident, these assumptions can be wrong because the condensate in the reference leg can overheat or drain. Even under normal operating conditions, the more bubbles that form (swelling), the higher will be the apparent actual level, but the lower its density and, therefore, the detectors will under-report the level. Inversely, as the steaming rate drops (shrinking phase), the density increases, and the actual level drops, while the level reported by the transmitters increases. Therefore, these level measurements are either unreliable or useless. The operators, after a while, notice that and start to disregard them or even disconnect the automatic level controllers and try to manipulate the level manually.
The Fukushima Design
In the case of Fukushima the design was even worse, because no transmitters were used at all. Only d/p indicators were provided, and they were located in the control room (Figure 2), requiring long lead lines. One of the lead lines detected the high-pressure reference from the condensate pot.
At Fukushima, soon after the cooling water pumps stopped, the condensate temperature in the uninsulated pot reached boiling point and boiled off. Once the lead line to the high pressure side of the level indicator emptied, the indicator over-reported the water level in the reactors by several meters, which gave the operators a false sense of security.
See Also: The Fukushima Nuclear Accident - Part 1
Reliable Ex-Core Level Measurement
There are at least three ways to eliminate the level measurement error caused by the boiling off of the condensate from the wet legs. These are 1) Use different type level detectors; 2) Move the condensate pot, wet leg and d/p cell outside the primary containment; 3) Keep the existing system, but detect the height of the reference leg and if it drops, compensate for that drop.
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Seems like the cooling water is very important and I'm sure there are backup pumps and all but I wonder how safe are their cooling water supplies as well. After all, if something catastrophic was to happen to the cooling water intake piping the pumps won't do any good.

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Date: August 21, 2008
Description: First Century Bank, N.A.
Fictitious Official Checks of First Century Bank, N.A., Bluefield, WV
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that fictitious official checks, issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 051500601, are being presented nationwide for payment in connection with a variety of international up-front fee scams.
These items are fictitious, as First Century Bank, N.A., does not issue official checks. Checks presented to date have been made payable in varying large dollar amounts and have included a remitter name of "0506/Mill Bore Engineering Inc." or "0506/David Emerson." The fictitious items contain a telephone number of "1 (888) 843-0662," which is not associated with First Century Bank, N.A.
The checks may be distributed as part of various Internet purchase payments in addition to legal representation payments to attorneys, who have seemingly been retained to collect funds from third parties for their "client." Correspondence accompanying the checks may include one of the following letterheads:
Due to possible variations in the appearance of the bank's official items and differing scams associated with the counterfeit or fictitious items, officials of First Century Bank, N.A., suggest they be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's official items if received from an unknown or questionable source.
For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of First Century Bank, N.A.,'s official items, please contact Matthew W. Barnett, Assistant Security Officer, 500 Federal Street, Bluefield, WV 24740, by telephone at (304) 324-3256, by fax at (304) 324-3256, or via e-mail at [firstname.lastname@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 22, 2012) - WCSB Oil & Gas Royalty Income 2010-II Management Corp., the General Partner of WCSB Oil & Gas Royalty Income 2010-II Limited Partnership ("WCSB 2010-II Fund" or the "Partnership") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has declared a special distribution of $9.35 per unit. This distribution is derived from the net proceeds realized from the sale of royalty interests on two producing oil wells (see news release dated November 19, 2012). After this divestiture, the WCSB 2010-II Fund will hold royalty interests on 16 wells, 14 of which were on production at the last reporting date being July 2012.
The record date for this special distribution has been set at November 23, 2012 and the payment of the special distribution is expected to occur on November 30, 2012.
This distribution is in addition to the Partnership's regular monthly distribution, as announced on November 8, 2012, of $0.50 per unit, payable November 30, 2012, to unitholders of record at the close of business on November 23, 2012. Inclusive of this special distribution, total distributions to date will be $38.65 per unit as at November 30, 2012.
Each limited partner will be required to reduce its Canadian Oil and Gas Property Expense ("CCOGPE") by its share of the partnership's net proceeds of disposition and reduce its Cumulative Canadian Development Expense ("CCDE") by the amount of its CCOGPE reduction. Each limited partner will have an income inclusion to the extent, if any, that its CCDE balance is negative at the end of its taxation year in which the distribution occurs, and be subject to tax accordingly. Each limited partner should consult its own tax advisers to determine the tax consequences of the distribution to it.
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On behalf of the Board of WCSB Royalty Income Investments, CADO Bancorp Ltd. and Brickburn Asset Management Inc.
Shane Doyle, CEO
WCSB Royalty Income Investments
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This is a thread for people who use Linux and are trying to use FreeBSD but can't seem to figure out why some things aren't working the same as they do in Linux.
FreeBSD and Linux are both similar, but that doesn't mean they're exactly the same. Linux is a clone of SunOS written by Linus Torvalds, because as he put it "I wanted a similar environment to the one I had at the University, and I couldn't find anything suitable, but doing computers all my life, I decided I'd write my own".
Sun OS is basically BSD with some other stuff added in but Linux today is a lot more user friendly than Unix was or is now. Most people running Unix on a big server, are NOT running some shiny KDE desktop with 3D FX. They're probably not even running X. And if they are, it's probably either CDE, TWM, or maybe FVWM.
So anyway, there are differences, and what appears to be no good reason as to why something in Linux doesn't work. Well, there is a good reason it's not working; it's not Linux!
FreeBSD:Code:ls --color # Display results of "ls" in color.
------Code:ls -G #Display the results of "ls" in color on FreeBSD.
Linux -
# Update the Database for the "locate" command.Code:updatedb
FreeBSD -
# Update the Database for "locate" in FreeBSDCode:/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
In FreeBSD, Ethernet cards have names that match the device model, like this:
Instead of :
Your HD is more likely /dev/ad10s1″ than /dev/sda1″
The defualt boot isn't going to load any GUI either in FreeBSD, you'll have to do that yourself, like this:
Type this; gdm_enable=YES inside /etc/rc.conf.
You will need to edit ~/.xinitrc and add gnome-session
In Linux, Sound probably already works out of the box. In FreeBSD, no...
You'll have to do something to get sound going. Like for example, this as root:
This takes a minute, and then if you want to add it without typing this all the time:Code:kldload snd_driver
Look for the driver name RIGHT after kld in that line. You're going to add it here:Code:cat /dev/sndstat
Put RIGHTAFTERKLD_load=YES to /boot/loader.conf
What about this update thing? In Linux you have a bunch of utilities to do this, and sometimes don't even need to do anything at all... Well, in FreeBSD the easiest way, if you don't have custom Kernels, is this:
freebsd-update (Which will show a list of command line arguments to run with it) like for example:
And then:Code:freebsd-update fetch
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After our typically never-ending debate, we are finally in the home stretch of this tortuous process of figuring out where our casinos will be built.
But instead of seeing the finish line, we find ourselves in this predicament:
What if we legalized gambling but end up with no casinos?
That could happen.
Our current hand: We have casino companies that have been vetted by the state gaming commission but do not have sites because potential host communities rejected their plans.
We have towns that have approved casinos, but companies' proposals have not been vetted by the commission.
Then we have local politicians who just made it known that billionaire casino moguls aren't welcome in their communities.
What started out as a high-stakes competition for some of the most lucrative gaming rights in the country could be a complete bust. We had the pick of the litter — Caesars, MGM, Mohegan Sun, Wynn Resorts, Hard Rock, Foxwoods.
Could we have crafted a more perfect Massachusetts moment in showing the world just how difficult it is to do business here?
We're now just down to MGM, Wynn, and Foxwoods in the race for two resort licenses, and none of them have yet been approved by the commission. Foxwoods hasn't even held its local vote. Final proposals are due Dec. 31.
The whole process has got to make the remaining contenders nervous about spending upwards of roughly $1 billion in a casino-
resistant state.
"Casinos, they run games in favor of the house. They don't get involved in games they lose," said Vin Narayanan, editor in chief of Casino City, a Newton-based trade publication. "It becomes a real question of whether Massachusetts is worth the trouble."
People like Celeste Myers — a relentless ringleader of the Suffolk Downs opposition group, No Eastie Casino — hope the answer is no. Massachusetts can prosper without casinos.
But can we? The state has built into this year's budget $195 million, which the awarding of two gaming licenses would generate.That will go to fund everything from community colleges to transportation. And if we do end up building gambling palaces here — up to three casinos and one slot parlor — the state gets a cut of the gambling revenues, which could translate into a couple hundred million dollars annually.
Our politicians pushed through gaming during our darkest economic times as a way to create thousands of jobs and feed our starving state budget. The economy is better now, but we still have 250,000 people out of work, and the still-strained budget faces new pressures as federal funding withers.
Wisely, Beacon Hill is probably not betting on Washington getting its act together.
Our aversion to casinos must perplex the oddsmakers in Vegas, because every indication is that we love casinos. We love to gamble. You name it, we bet on it.
Last year, Massachusetts residents dropped about $850 million at casinos in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine, according to the Center for Policy Analysis at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
At the Connecticut casinos, we made up a third of the patrons at Foxwoods and nearly a fifth of the players at Mohegan Sun. In Rhode Island, we made up half of the customers at Twin River.
We spent $4.85 billion on Massachusetts scratch tickets, draw games, and Keno, at an average of $712 per head, the highest per- capita lottery spending in the country.
It's absolutely true that casinos bring their own set of headaches — traffic, crime, and gambling addictions — but all of those slots and blackjack hands also bring in tax money that we are now giving away to other states.
Take a look:
Playing the slots at Twin River and Newport Grand, Massachusetts residents handed a whopping $163.7 million to the treasury of our tiny neighbor Rhode Island last year, according to the Center for Policy Analysis.
All those trips we made to Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods contributed an estimated $76.5 million to the state of Connecticut.
And by rolling the dice at the new Hollywood Casino in Bangor and Oxford Casino, we padded the coffers of Maine and the City of Bangor with over $1 million.
Boy, do we love to gamble.
But I wouldn't bet on a casino being built in our own backyard.Shirley Leung can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @leung.


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Alternative Non-Stuff Gift Ideas For 'No Gifts Please' People
Last year after Christmas I tried to take two Dutch ovens with me on the plane in my carry-on suitcase. One had been a gift, and the other was a purchase, and I thought that putting them in my carry-on would be the safest way to transport them back to New York. This seemed like a good plan until I tried to go through security…
…where I discovered that Dutch ovens are considered potential weapons. "You could throw them at another passenger," the TSA agent told me. I tried to explain that even if I wanted to throw it at someone, it'd take me 15 minutes just to get the suitcase down from the overhead compartment in order to remove the Dutch oven, unwrap it from its three layers of sweaters, empty all the socks and t-shirts stuffed in the cavity, only to then throw it at someone. Did she seriously think I was likely to do that?
Well, apparently she did, because she confiscated both my Dutch ovens.* (To her credit, in that moment I really did want to throw something, so she wasn't completely off base.)
Physical gifts are wonderful, but sometimes they're just not practical (if you have to transport it long distances) or desired (as some people don't want any more stuff). Gift cards are always an option, but if you want to go above and beyond that, take a cue from these non-stuff gift ideas:
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1. Give the gift of a class. We recently wrote about giving the gift of life skills, and we still think it's one of the best gift ideas. Sign your loved one up for a class in a topic they're interested in. A few ideas: upholstery, photography, sewing/quilting, screen printing, welding, woodworking, glass blowing, cake decorating, cooking or baking, cheese making, flower arranging, beer or kombucha brewing, vermicomposting, dance, or yoga. Check your local botanical garden for classes, as botanical gardens are becoming a great source for visitors' interests in nature, sustainability, cooking, health, family and the arts.
2. Give a subscription service. No, not magazines, and yes, this is stuff-related, but a good subscription service or "of the month" club is more like an experience, a gift that keeps on giving. Check out this Marketplace post for 15 'Of the Month' clubs. A few of our favorite ideas: try a CSA farm-box-of-the-month subscription (find a farm near you through Local Harvest); sustainable Coffee of the Month from Citizen Bean; Jam of the Month club from Etsy seller LemonBird, or an all-natural, handmade Soap of the Month from Etsy seller Sweet Petula. You can even adopt a sheep and receive raw wool from Etsy seller WildWoolFarm. (Check out all of Etsy's 'Of the Month' clubs here.)
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4. Give your time. Did you ever make a coupon book for your parents when you were little? A coupon for a hug, or a coupon to clean the dishes? The ideas still apply. Give your loved one the night off. Offers to cook, clean, babysit, run errands, fix, repair, or build are priceless for busy people.
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Serving Pieces
Almost any item can be Judaica if it is used in conjunction with the performance of a commandment or to perform some ritual in Judaism. However, even mundane objects such as forks, spoons and serving utensils can also be considered Judaica items. Consequently, there are Judaica items that don't appear to be as such. One such item is serving piece sets.
There are some well known serving pieces that are used during Jewish Holidays and Shabbat, such as Challah Knives, the Seder Plate used on Passover and Honey Dishes used on Rosh HaShana. However, also included in this category are simpler items such as forks and salad tongs.
Judaica-themed serving pieces such as forks, spoons and cake cutters are often decorated with common, easily recognized symbols like engravings of Menorahs, Hamsas and Stars of David. Some of the fancier sterling silver serving pieces have their tops molded in the shapes of these same symbols. If you would like a unique piece, consider serving pieces that have Hebrew words cut into them, such as spoons with word "Mazal", Hebrew for "luck", cut into the bowl.
Serving pieces are great gift ideas, especially for weddings. If you would like to personalize your set of cutlery, consider engraving the names of the couple or have a symbol of significance to them on the pieces. If you would like to give a gift of gravy boats or a platter for butter, consider engraving Judaica symbols together with filigree floral patterns.
We at World of Judaica invite you to view our selection of beautiful sterling silver serving pieces. If you would like to learn more about symbols important in Judaism, visit our education pages. If you still have questions or concerns, contact us and a customer service rep will be happy to address any questions you may have.
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Serving pieces are an important part of home fashion. Shabbat and holiday meals are considered all the richer when complemented with fine tableware used to decorate your traditional celebrations.
What are Serving Pieces?
A serving piece is just about any item that can be used to serve your guests at a meal, party, or any other number of special occasions. Serving pieces range from large platters for extreme servings of food, candy bowls, salt shakers, napkin holders, and trivets. These are all very general serving pieces that can be found all over the world in every different culture but they are all available at World of Judaica with the extravagant twists of Israeli artists making them proper products of Judaica art.
Every Judaica artist at World of Judaica has an individual style expressed through their product's materials. Many serving pieces are appropriately made from fine glass gracing home and dinner tables with immense elegance. Trivets, made for hot plates, pots or pans, are commonly made of aluminum while the theme of glass often runs through collections of salt shakers and salt cellars as well as plates, bowls, vases, and napkin holders.
The finest and most popular pieces however, are the wonderfully majestic Judaica serving pieces of silver. These include large trays for serving meals to the entire family and guests. These pieces are often void of design letting their bright silver surfaces reflect back to you the beauty of your home. In this way, although they lack decoration, these serving pieces exaggerate through reflection the true beauty of a celebration with friends and family.
Despite the fine and attractive materials used to make these serving pieces, it is the decorations that truly connect any item to Judaica. All the serving pieces at World of Judaica are made by Israeli artists who share an understanding of Jewish history, culture, and tradition. This shows in the intricate and elegant designs of their various works of art.
Pomegranates are a popular theme used in Judaica serving pieces as in all Judaica, making these pieces perfect for any sort of Jewish get together or celebration. One of the reasons that pomegranates have become such symbols of Jewish Judaica is because of their Star of David shaped blooms.
Hebrew words appropriate for Shabbat are also a rather famous way to decorate Judaica. Such letters are often mixed with floral patterns or even different views of Jerusalem to keep your dinner table as beautiful as possible.
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Heat Advisory for Angelina and Nacogdoches Counties
Venturing outside these days makes it hard to breath. Even walking from the nice, cool office out to the car after work can make a girl sweat. And we don't even want to talk about that temperature inside the car. Ouch! Those seats are sizzlin'.
We probably don't have to tell you that a heat advisory is in effect for much of East Texas, including Angelina and Nacogdoches Counties, through 7pm Thursday. What does that mean exactly?
Air temperature may be a couple of degrees cooler, but the heat index will be over 105 for the next two days at least.
Yesterday I took my 2 and 4 year-old daughters out to the back yard to play kick ball early in the day yesterday, around 10am, and after two kicks the 4-year old said, "Mama, I need a drink of water!" I may have forced the kids outside for a little exercise, but at least I did have ample water supplies handy. And we were playing in the shade, so I'm not a terrible parent, right? After refueling with a little water, Finley said she had "plenty of energy," but that lasted just two more kicks. So much for outdoor activity right now. The heat zaps us in a hurry. We spent the rest of the day inside in the comfort of the AC.
Some of the advice out there to cope with the heat: drink plenty of liquids, wear loose fitting clothing (not easy for fashion-conscious gals), and avoid strenuous work outside.
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The Lost Saint
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Extremly good book! Great follow up to The Dark Divine. Felt that Talbot was was standing in the way of the romance between Daniel and Grace. Cannot wait till the release of the last book in the trilogy!
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Just marvelous! Bree Despain is such a wonderful author with a talent. The Lost Saint was just perfect. It had all the factors you need to make a great novel and more! I have to say for some weird reason I didn't like The Dark Divine as much as I should have but after this, I think it's time to re-read that book with a much more open mind. So without any further ado lets talk about The Lost Saint. Without a doubt this book earns a solid 5 stars from me. I loved everything from the characters to the plot to the writing. Everything! It was a very suspenceful read with lots of twists and turns that just kept me hooked from beginning to end. I really felt for Grace, I understood her and what she was going through. I also really enjoys the more detail about the wolf packs and the demons it was great to learn more about the wonderful world Bree Despain has created in these book. And I am dying to get my hands on the next book thanks to the crazy cliff hanger at the end!!! Definitely check out this book especially to those looking for a good werewolf book! :)
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Members of a local faith-based community group say city, county and state leaders aren�t living up to an agreement that promises jobs for women and minorities in connection with the high-speed rail project.
T. Ray McJunkins, president and co-founder of the Faith Coalition for the Common Good, said that $63.9 million has been allocated for the local section of the rail project, but so far, not a single penny has been set aside for jobs for women and minorities in Springfield. His concerns were included in a six-month report his group released at a news conference Wednesday.
�The report shows that, once again, nothing is being done,� McJunkins said. �Our next steps are to keep the decision-makers� and stakeholders� feet to the fire � to let them know there are eyes on you.�
Springfield Mayor Mike Houston and Sangamon County Board Chairman Andy Van Meter signed the community benefits agreement within the past two years. In addition to the job issue, it addresses safety and relocation assistance for people who will have to move when the 10th Street rail corridor is widened.
According to the report released Wednesday, the community benefits agreement calls upon city, state and local leaders to make an aggressive effort to meet specified job goals.
�Unless strategies change, there may be no new jobs for any minority members of the local community,� the report states.
Irma Wallace, a Faith Coalition member, noted that the east side of Springfield would be disproportionately affected by the rail project due to its proximity to the 10th Street rail corridor.
�The critical message we want to convey is that unless there are new and more genuine efforts to fulfill this agreement, the east-side minority community will again bear the negative consequences while the larger Springfield community receives the benefit,� Wallace said. �The community benefits agreement is designed to address the imbalance.�
McJunkins added that there is still time for the goals of the agreement to be reached.
�I realize this is the beginning of the project,� he said. �The main thing is that we stay ahead of the game. Decisions are being made now for 2015 to 2017.�
Van Meter said he shares the coalition�s concerns.
�The real problem is that these projects move very, very, very slowly,� Van Meter said. �At the moment, we are still in the engineering phase of the first construction project. I�m hopeful that we will have an announcement in the next two weeks aimed at addressing minority opportunities in the planning phase. I�m also confident that as we reach the construction phase, we will be able to respond in additional ways to the coalition�s legitimate concerns.�
According to a Nov. 27 letter from Houston, the city is managing the engineering work for the rail improvement project, and so far, about $1.4 million has been spent, with 86 percent of the work done by local firms.
�Two percent of expenditures to date have been made by disadvantaged business enterprises,� the letter says. �No new jobs have been created by the engineering funding as all work is being done by existing staff of the firms.�
The letter says the city is �committed to continuing our consultation with the Faith Coalition for the Common Good,� noting that the city, county and Hanson Professional Services Inc. are creating a �minority participation� program for the rail and other projects.
The Faith Coalition acknowledged the minority participation plan as a �significant symbolic gesture,� but added that more is needed.
Paris Ervin, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Transportation, said IDOT anticipates that a portion of the work on Third Street will be competitively bid, but it�s too early in the process to determine how many jobs could be generated as a result.
�However, we plan to assign workforce goals on all projects let through the Illinois Department of Transportation to maximize inclusion,� Irvin said. �We will also continue to promote our Highway Construction Careers Training Program to improve access to transportation-related construction training and employment opportunities for minorities, women and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.�
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Just this week I was re-shelving a book at the York County Heritage Trust, when I noticed that the book was about German church records in Baltimore, Maryland. So I went to the index and found who I have been searching for over the past few years! It was just by chance that I took the time to check the index.
This morning, I spent some time researching places in the Baltimore, Maryland area where I can visit and hopefully learn more about my dad's ancestors. While on the German Marylanders' website, I skimmed the timeline and learned the following:
In 1940, Gustav Brunn, a Frankfurt Germany native developed a spice used for crabs. He had arrived a year earlier in Baltimore from Germany. His spice was sold many years later to McCormick. Brunn invented 'Old Bay'. (courtesy of German Marylanders).
I suppose good old Gustav and I have something in common...he created a blend of spices that today is used widely on our favorite seafood, and I accidentally stumbled on relevant data that I considered to be a treasure into my family's past.
P.S. If you are interested in learning where the name 'Old Bay' came from, read more here.
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Love Old Bay! the UTZ Crab Chips I get from home in Pa. I wonder if they use OLD BAY? I'll have to write home for a bag now! Great Post on something us Easterner's love.ReplyDelete
Better late than not...Try Old Bay on ears of corn and with a smear of mayonnaise. My husband learned to eat corn on the cob this way in Mexico. Let me know if you tried it.ReplyDelete
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Ashland, Illinois Although the trial of Shirley Skinner has been postponed a while, accusations are amping up to a fevered pitch. I've never been a fan of using one crime as a platform for political advancement or deterrent, but the residents of Cass County better start asking some tough questions and demanding some form of accountability from those who are sworn to protect and serve. While nothing can bring Steven Watkins back to his family, perhaps justice for him will encompass vast changes in department procedure and oversight. Or perhaps the residents of that small county can continue supporting yahoos who appear to not know their ass from a hole in the ground. (more…)


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SHREVEPORT, La.—Riding a seven-goal opening quarter, the Birmingham-Southern men's lacrosse team dominated just about every statistical category en route to a 16-0 win over Centenary College, Thursday afternoon in Shreveport, La.
The shutout victory evens the Panther's record to 4-4 overall in the non-conference match. Centenary is now 0-6.
BSC fired 32 shots in the match with 22 of them being on goal, as compared to Centenary's 13 and three in the same categories. Sophomore Ryan Sobb paced the Panthers in both categories with seven total shots and three shots on goal. Each of the 16 BSC goals were scored off an assist and the Panthers were led by freshman McHale Schneider with a game-high three assists.
Defensively, the Panthers were just as sharp in their execution as they picked up 34 ground balls to Centenary's 29. Freshman keeper Hank Harris stopped all three shots that came his way.
BSC played an almost clean game with only one penalty called against them, while Centenary was whistled for six penalties. The Panthers used the man advantage from Centenary's final foul of the match to score their only man-up goal, a score by sophomore Gates Gentry from fellow sophomore Evan Lalande.
The Panthers return home for their next three games, starting with hosting Southern Athletic Association rival Rhodes College this Saturday at 3 p.m. on Battle Field at Panther Stadium.


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Spring in the Golan Heights is beautiful. The hills are light yellow-green. The scrawny arms of young cherry trees are covered with small blossoms almost all the way back to their thin trunks.
Apples, from last season, are ridiculously cheap and starting to soften, but if you put your nose close to a bagful and inhale you'll breathe their fragrance. The views are uncluttered by desert dust.
I went to the Golan to see the view of Syria from Israeli-occupied territory. This seems to be a popular pastime. During the hour or so I was at the top of Mount Bental, hundreds of tourists, including school groups and Israeli soldiers in training, climbed around old bunkers and metal cutouts of soldiers in action and snapped photos of the scenery below.
You see farms from here, as well as the 10 windmills Israel set up to explore wind energy. Also visible is the old Circassian-built town of Quinetra, which was captured by the Israeli military in the 1967 Six-Day War, recaptured by Syria briefly in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and is now, still mostly in ruins, in a demilitarized zone.
A new Syrian city with the same name is off in the distance. Low white buildings visible in a different direction house the United Nations force, here since 1974 to observe and enforce the Israel-Syria cease-fire.
Most of the time, there hasn't been much to enforce. An enthusiastic audio recording for tourists at the top of Mount Bental declares this "the quietest border Israel has ever known." Israeli officials describe it the same way.
It's not an internationally recognized border, but an armistice line. Syria insists on getting the Golan Heights back as part of any peace deal with Israel. Israel, in turn, annexed the Golan Heights in 1981, though the move has never been recognized internationally.
Israel Watches Warily
Israel says that since the civil war broke out in Syria about two years ago, artillery fired there has landed in Israel more than 10 times. No one has been hurt. Israel has fired back six times, when the military believed shots were not accidentally going astray but targeting Israeli soldiers. Injured people on the Syrian side have also come to the frontier asking for help, in some cases receiving it.
Israeli military spokesman Col. Peter Lerner says all of Israel's return fire targeted Syrian army units, which the Israelis believed to be the source aiming at them.
But the biggest worry Israelis see as they look at their neighbor in chaos is Islamist extremists among the Syrian rebels.
Kobi Marom, a retired Israeli colonel, says it's "just a question of time" before these fighters turn their sights on Israel. He expects that to happen as soon as Syrian President Bashar Assad falls, if not before.
Israel Builds A New Fence
Marom commanded troops along this line for two years in the 1990s and now lives high in these hills, close to Israel's only ski resort. He takes me to a spot on the armistice line where a new fence Israel started building earlier this year is just steps from the back patio of a home on the Israeli side.
The fence is 30 feet tall and topped with barbed wire. There is an open area next to it on the Israeli side, then a paved road, then another, lower fence.
Two years ago, a group of Palestinian refugees living in Syria came to this spot to protest against Israel. Several hundred broke through an old fence — much lower than this new one.
At least four people were killed when Israeli troops opened fire. The demonstration, coordinated with other Palestinian protests elsewhere, wasn't a spillover of Syria's civil war, and it wasn't viewed here as a direct a flare-up of the long-quiet Syrian-Israeli conflict. Still, Israel saw it as a warning.
"It was like a wake-up call," says Lerner, "saying your border isn't capable to prevent even this type of demonstration of people coming in throwing stones. What will happen if they come with armored personnel carriers?"
That is a big if. But Israel doesn't dismiss risks lightly. In recent months reserve Israeli soldiers in the Golan have been replaced with professional troops, now always on alert.
There is some concern the U.N. troops might pull out because of risks they face. Twenty-one Filipinos serving in the observer force were briefly kidnapped by Syrian rebels last month. And while on the Israeli side life generally goes on as usual, there is a sense of heightened concern that shows up in small ways.
One example is a task local resident Nadav Katz has added to his spring cleaning this year: make sure the bomb shelters on the kibbutz where he lives are clear, clean and ready for anything.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got a view of the Syrian border this week, its southern border, where the civil war has sometimes spilled over into Israel. Hagel was on a helicopter tour with the Israeli defense minister. NPR's Emily Harris recently travelled to Israel's frontier with Syria and sent this report on Israel's assessment of the conflict next door.
EMILY HARRIS, BYLINE: The wind whips up fast on Mount Bental, a high spot in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights with sweeping views into Syria.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Shalom, and welcome to the Bental lookout.
HARRIS: An audio recording tells the many tourists who come here about the lush fruit orchards and vineyards in the Golan Heights and about the military history of this region - two wars between Israel and Syria in 1967 and 1973.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Since signing the disengagement agreement in 1974, this border has been the quietest border that Israel has ever known with any of its neighbors.
HARRIS: It's gotten a bit noisier recently because of Syria's civil war.
NADAV KATZ: Beyond the fields, there are Syrian villages.
HARRIS: Local resident, Nadav Katz, points out places in Syria where Israelis have seen fighting between army forces and rebels. He turns and points toward places in Israel where Syria's civil war has spilled over.
KATZ: South of us, there is a village where a number of mortars have fallen. Soldiers in that part have been fired at. To the north of us is Kibbuz El-Rom. In their orchards a number of mortars have fallen.
HARRIS: The Israeli military counts more than 10 times that mortars, rockets or bullets have been fired in Syria and landed in Israeli territory. Israeli troops have fired back six times, when they believed they were targeted or when shells landed in civilian areas. All returned fire has been at the Syrian army.
Colonel Peter Lerner is an Israeli military spokesman. He says Israeli reserve troops in this area have been replaced by professional soldiers. They're always on alert now, because anything could happen.
COLONEL PETER LERNER: Along all of our borders, the biggest question mark is the Syrian border. Everything seems to be breaking down there. On one side, you have the military where there is no or very little chain of command. On the other side, you have numerous different types of armed groups from Al-Qaida to people who are just fighting for their own freedom within their country. It could develop into various different scenarios.
HARRIS: Retired Israeli Colonel Kobi Marom imagines a few scenarios as he looks across a new fence Israel has almost finished building along the entire Syrian-Israeli line. It's 30 feet high and topped with barbed wire. A Syrian military post on the hill across the fence is so close that we can squint and see people moving around inside. There's a United Nations observer post there, too. Syrian rebels kidnapped nearly two dozen U.N. soldiers in this area last month, increasing the Israeli sense of destabilization.
Colonel Marom believes that Islamist extremists among Syrian rebels will become a real threat to Israel.
COLONEL KOBI MAROM: It's just a question of time because the day after Assad is going to fall, they're going to start - in my point of view - attacking Israeli targets. And that's one of the major Israeli concerns that this border that used to be quietest border that we have for the last four decades, will be very unstable and very escalated. Israel must be prepared for that.
HARRIS: Some Israeli analysts suggest a new government in Damascus could eventually be an improvement, if it were less friendly to Iran and Hezbollah than President Assad has been. Eyal Zisser teaches at Tel Aviv University. He says the most important thing for Israel strategically is that chaos is contained.
EYAL ZISSER: I think that Israel is interested in a stable regime, strong enough to force itself upon its population and is committed to the cease fire agreement, hopefully to a peace agreement.
KATZ: This is a bomb shelter.
HARRIS: Back in the Golan Heights, Nadav Katz has been cleaning out the bomb shelter on his kibbutz.
HARRIS: He flips on lights and leads the way underground. In a square concrete room painted white, there is a large water jug and two weaving looms. Even though shelters here are always ready to use, sometimes they are used for a little storage. Katz says given the uncertainty in Syria, he and other kibbutz residents have been double-checking that shelters are clear and everything is up to snuff.
KATZ: It's primarily state of mind of being prepared for various events that might come along. The idea is to defend ourselves as much as we possibly can.
HARRIS: Including, if need be, from Syria.
Emily Harris, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a suspected heart attack while on board a cruise ship.
A family statement said he had been giving a speech aboard the Queen Elizabeth on Saturday night.
Sir David's career spanned journalism, comedy writing and daytime television presenting, including The Frost Report.
Internationally, he will be remembered for his revealing interviews with former US President Richard Nixon.
The BBC's Barney Jones, who edited his Breakfast with Frost programme on the BBC for more than 10 years, said: "David loved broadcasting, did it brilliantly for more than 50 years and was eagerly looking forward to a host of projects - including interviewing the prime minister next week - before his sudden and tragic death. We will all miss him enormously."
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There is a fallacy that I hear repeated without fail every year during budget time. Actually, it isn't really a fallacy. It's more of a half-truth. Every year at least one person, who is speaking before the supervisors urging them to raise taxes, will say that the tax rate was higher at some point in the past decade.
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Just as we have done each of the last four years, the House of Representatives approved an annual budget focused on setting a course for our nation and its future. The Path to Prosperity budget puts us on a path to fiscal sustainability so we can preserve the promise of this great country for our children and grandchildren.
Each year, families across Virginia set a household budget. Businesses in the Commonwealth, both large and small, do the same. This week, the House of Representatives acted on a budget plan for Fiscal Year 2015, which begins on October 1, 2014. In addition to laying out a blueprint for federal spending, the budget process is also an opportunity to strengthen programs like Medicare and Social Security and expand pro-growth economic reforms like tax reform, domestic energy production, and regulatory reform.
Talk about audacious!
Or, perhaps "clueless" is the better descriptor.
Jim Moran, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, recently complained that he and his colleagues are underpaid.
The Virginia Democrat, whose 8th district abuts Washington, D.C., made his gripe in a recent interview with CQ Roll Call.
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In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Brown v. Board of Education, that segregated schools were unconstitutional, that it was a violation of the rights of black children to be forced, only because of race, to attend schools that were inferior to those of whites.
Protecting American citizens from terrorist threats both at home and abroad is a fundamental role of the federal government. However, despite Libya's long history of unrest and ongoing terrorist threats coming from the country, the Executive Branch has proposed reversing a longstanding prohibition against Libyans entering the United States to work in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or to study or train in nuclear-related fields. This shift in policy is misguided and ignores reality.
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The first quarter of the year has been extremely busy for Forest Fire Department.
March brought 53 calls for service, the largest being a 25 acre brush fire on Old Cifax Road. First Quarter totals for calls were 139, up 21 calls from the first quarter last year.
Members logged over 5,500 man hours this quarter responding to calls, training, public education, maintenance, fundraising, and administrative duties.
Those who would deny climate change – or "global warming" as it's sometimes called – already have a tough job, but it just got harder with the release of a new United Nations report.
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has won the Nobel Prize for its previous work. "Things are worse than we had predicted," said a co-author of the report, referring to the group's work in 2007.
I'm always amazed when President Barack Obama actually does something right. It's so out of character for him. I guess even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then, and maybe that's what President Obama has done in the midst of an otherwise incompetent, blundering foreign policy. Anyway, I have to give him credit for handling this situation well.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Separation Anxiety
Sorry about the gore... I tried to keep it subtle, but it had to be there.
Acrylic on text (from a 1901 Young People's Natural History) on canvas, 5x4". Click for a closer view.
This was my first painting using Golden's Open Acrylics. Wow, they are fun! Go get some! What's really cool is that they mix with their standard acrylics, so you don't need to start with a huge palette.
Edit: Rima's comment made me realize I didn't explain what was different about the Open Acrylics. The difference is that they are much slower to dry, so they can be worked much longer. Yet they are somewhat faster drying than oils, thin & clean with water, & can be mixed with regular acrylics or Open media to tweak drying time in either direction. Paint on the palette stays workable for an amazingly long time, so it's much easier to keep a mixed color consistent over several working days. I've tried water soluble oils & I like these better. In fact I like them so much that I'm thinking right now that I've found my dream paints. I'm working on a portrait of my Dad right now & they are bliss for portraits.
41 comments:
- lhenderson said...
Leah, thanks for stopping by my blog and also for the nice comment. Always fun comming to new blogs and seeing stuff you've not run across before. you work is really fun...I'll be back!
- August 18, 2008 at 3:16 PM
i love your style! this is so cute! i especially like the lettering and color scheme!
- August 18, 2008 at 5:30 PM
- Roberta said...
Wonderful work....as always!
- August 18, 2008 at 5:31 PM
So sad! I see what you mean about the gore: it might be too sweet/sad without it.
- August 18, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- Valerie Jeanne said...
Well done! Such adorable animals!
Now I want to try the open acrylics too.
- August 18, 2008 at 7:12 PM
- Emily said...
oh dear! how unfortunate about the arms! do they grow back?
you really nailed the expressions!
- August 18, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- Nicola said...
I am so inspired by your miniature paintings; there is something so deeply intriguing.
I once went to a "miniature painting" exhibition (primarily from India) in London. But that "small" exhibit left a huge impression. In fact, it is the main one my mind travels to when I recall all those London shows.
- August 18, 2008 at 8:45 PM
- Flying Colors said...
Absolutely precious... Stunning work!
- August 18, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- Juan said...
Excellent work Leah... as allways!
- August 18, 2008 at 11:22 PM
- Asja said...
great work! i like their big, expressive eyes.
- August 19, 2008 at 4:28 AM
- dani torrent said...
Hi, this is my first time in your blog and won't be the last one. I like your work very much! I'll put your blog in my favorites so that I can come back easily.
And thanks for your comments.
- August 19, 2008 at 5:56 AM
- Rima said...
This is great Leah, I wonder what is different about these Open Acrylics?
- August 19, 2008 at 7:23 AM
- Rima said...
Oo thanks for this Leah.. I think they sound like my dream paints too.. acrylics have always seemed way too fast drying for me, I'm a slow painter. And I've thought of trying water based oils to avoid using white spirit. Might have to try these open acrylics out :)
- August 19, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
My daughter and I have this. Even the look on the baby's face. What great illustration work. Very nicely done! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I know how busy it gets and I really do appreciate you taking time to do so.
- August 19, 2008 at 5:17 PM
- Mam'zelle Roüge said...
Fabulous work !
- August 19, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- kslaughter said...
I always love to see what you post! This is gorgeous---the colors and richness and the book page--perfect!
- August 20, 2008 at 3:26 PM
- *daisy said...
Lovely work! Great colors and really enjoy the choice of background media... great to know about the Open Acrylics- makes me really want to try them out now!! thanks for describing them!
- August 21, 2008 at 3:11 PM
- Mark Cavell said...
Stunning! You produce incredible work, fantastic paintings and great ideas. I am in awe.
- August 22, 2008 at 3:23 AM
- steve said...
Wonderful work! Really, it's not that gory that all. It's been ages since i've used acrylics. I should try it again sometime soon!
- August 22, 2008 at 5:05 PM
- lil kim said...
beautiful illo - i love your work so have given you an award! Check my blog :-)
- August 22, 2008 at 9:15 PM
- Rachel said...
I have to hear more from you about the Open Acrylics!! I need a dream paint. Your work is so rich, and I adore your use of the the written word as the texture. Very appropriate for an illustrator. I will be adding you to my favorites!!
- August 24, 2008 at 6:32 PM
- johanna said...
yeah separations are always painful :-( this illustrates that feeling wonderfully
you've made me interested in those open acrylics! i hope i can try using those soon :-)
- August 26, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Pamela Terry and Edward said...
Wow, what a great site you have here! Edward is particulary fond of the flea painting, although he is happy to report that Advantix works for him!
- August 28, 2008 at 11:22 PM
- Lisa Evans said...
Stunning image Leah! The emotion is beautiful and I love your characters.
- August 29, 2008 at 6:27 AM
- Lisa Evans said...
Stunning image Leah! The emotion is beautiful and I love your characters.
- August 29, 2008 at 6:27 AM
- Lisa Evans said...
Hey Leah, I checked out that Kwoon video and it brought a tear to my eye! It's beautiful. Please thank whoever sent it to you from me too : )
I also noticed you like to listen to Tom Waits' 'Alice' when you are painting - I also love that song and the album. 'I'm still here' is my favorite.
Lisa : )
ps..I hope you don't mind but I would like to put a link to the kwoon video o my blog?
- August 30, 2008 at 8:08 AM
- Curious Art said...
I finally figured out it was Cryptia who introduced me to Kwoon. Thank you Cryptia!!!
- August 30, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- Tiddly Inks said...
Just lovely and adorable work. I have been wanting some Open Acrylics...thanks for the reminder! :D
- August 30, 2008 at 11:44 AM
- Ellis Nadler said...
How do they differ from just adding retardant to normal acrylics?
- August 30, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- Mim said...
Your stuff is amazing! Just found your like thru Ellis Nadler's blog - love the Pickleface.
- August 31, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- Mim said...
Thanks for the book recommendation - sounds good for me, Mim
- August 31, 2008 at 10:25 AM
maravilloso !
- September 1, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- Elissambura said...
Hi Leah, thanks for your comment in my blogg. you work is wonderfull!
excellent colors, textures, images and fantasy in your paints.
Sorry but my english isn´t good.
- September 1, 2008 at 8:09 PM
- Pamela Terry and Edward said...
Thanks for visiting and leaving your comment about your sister's abilities with four-leaf clovers! It's so nice to know about a fellow strangeling!
Come back anytime!
- September 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
- steve said...
Hey Leah,
Got your package! Thanks so much -- the work is gorgeous!!
Cheers, Steve
- September 17, 2008 at 7:10 AM
- Josh (musarter) said...
Yes, I am impressed. Yes, I am adding you to my link list so I can keep coming back.
- September 18, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- piero said...
nice work!!! thax for your comment in SFG.I like your tecnique,very nice.
- September 22, 2008 at 7:40 AM
- flossy-p said...
Wow, this is really amazing. It's so cute, but so profound at the same time, and the little bit of gore totally makes it!
p.s. sorry for the late reply, but you asked where I got the wooden hoop frames... Believe it or not they're from on of the big chain fabric/haberdashery stores: Spotlight. They're actually made of rubber, and look like wood, so kitsch! :)
- September 22, 2008 at 11:36 PM
this work of yours made me cry... I really feel that sadness, I 'm a daughter who is sorry for leaving the marsupial several years ago... now that I grew up, I feel a profound loneliness...
a hug from portugal
- October 15, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- Malachi Ward said...
I've been wondering about these open acrylics since I saw them in an art store. After your endorsement I'm certainly going to buy a few colors.
- October 26, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Nguyen Duc said...
This is just great Leah! I love the whimsy, and delicate look of your ink work in this piece. Lots of nifty detail to enjoy as well.
Hope you get some rain soon (you can have some of ours),
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At what temperature do you use your bivvy overwrap and whether I should waste my money on one.
At what temperature do you use your bivvy overwrap and whether I should waste my money on one.
Dunno about temperature...as i use my tempest brolly in minus temps.
But i would say to use a wrap it would have to be very cold /wet / windy for me to get mine out.
Never use the wrap unless im doing minimum 2 nights anyway...so i basically dont use it !
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Any temp you want, i use one in the summer sometimes, to keep the heat down
I had one with my old armo, only use i got out of it was to keep it waterproof after the wear and tear of years of use. Now i use a brolly there's no point either as the skins touch negating any benefits of two skins ,other than extra waterproofing. The only type of twin skin that ever worked for insulation for me was the clip in type that gave a good area of air between the two skins, with a sewn in groundsheet.
No set temperature - I continue using my Tempest or Supa brolly all through winter, but a long session in one spot, or a long spell of wet weather might see me adding the full overwrap - as much for the protection from rain as anything else.
Never used one load of old nonsense!
I use overwrap and groundsheet all year round but i am 82 this year!lol
Your not wrong....proper getting on now mr t....but still enjoying it bud.
Lol...glad your enjoying it bud.
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In the short time since Arizona passed SB 1070 into law, it has become one of the strongest and most controversial symbols of our nation's debate on immigration. SB 1070 requires the police to stop anyone that has a "reasonable suspicion" of being undocumented but once enacted, it is believed that may well lead to unconstitutional racial profiling and a breakdown of trust between police and the communities they protect. But SB 1070 is also emblematic of the frustration that many have with our broken immigration system, a sign that states have decided to take immigration into their own hands as Congress remains in a deadlock over immigration reform. The latest catalyst for this debate - a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice brought against the state of Arizona and SB1070 on July 6th, 2010.
Analysis over the implications of the lawsuit are rife in the media. Many are looking at the lawsuit and its potential for setting a new precedent with regards to the tussle between the federal government and state laws around immigration. Previous precedent shows a tendency for federal courts to side with the federal government on cases when states and cities pass laws that conflict with federal immigration law. An article in the Wall Street Journal traces this precedent back to laws in the 1880s aimed at limiting Chinese immigration. While the dispute could go either way, some analysts hold that that the federal court could only block sections of the law, while allowing some others to be enforced.
By bringing a lawsuit against the state of Arizona, the Obama administration (via the Justice Department) has taken a strong stand against the law. But an article in the Washington Post discusses further implications of this stand. The article quotes the Democratic strategist who spoke about the implications of the lawsuit for the Democrat party -
There is probably some short term pain politically given how popular the law is…But considering the demographic changes the country is undergoing, long term, there is a lot of upside in advocating for Latinos and comprehensive immigration reform.
While the Obama administration is advocating for comprehensive immigration reform, the Democrat party has continued to play safe so as not to alienate the large electoral base that supports the Arizona law and other enforcement heavy approaches to immigration. On the other hand, many Republicans, who support the law and an enforcement heavy approach, continue to emphasize a secure border-then reform approach, a rhetoric that leads to little progress on the issue. Republicans such as Senator John McCain,who previously argued for comprehensive reform, have abandoned their support of an immigration overhaul in the face of resentment and anger from within the party as well as from anti-immigrant groups such as the Tea Party Movement.
In the midst of all these actions are ordinary people suffering disruptions to their everyday lives on account of an immigration system that remains unjust and broken.
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A blogger's use of a photo of the target of her posts has prompted a copyright infringement lawsuit from the person she writes about – and leads to some interesting questions about fair use of copyrighted material.
Irina Chevaldina maintains a blog styled "RK Associates" whose sole purpose seems to be criticize the business dealings of Miami-area businessman Ranaan Katz. The blog intro says:
This blog presents publicly available information about RK Centers (former RK Associates), including court records, media publications and opinions. Raanan Katz is the owner of RK Associates (Centers). Raanan Katz is a minor owner of Miami Heat.
The offending picture of Katz is a head shot apparently taken courtside (by someone other than Katz) at a basketball game in Israel. The picture appears in several posts, recently with the message "He ripped off special needs little Jewish girl" superimposed over his chest.
Here's where it starts to get interesting: Katz apparently bought certain rights to the photo, in the interest of bringing a copyright infringement suit against Chevaldina, which he then did in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Her lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss the case. In it, Chevaldina's lawyers correctly point out that Katz cannot make any claim of infringement occurring before he bought the rights on May 29, 2012, absent any evidence that he bought the right to sue for past infringement.
The other claims in the trial motion – at Defendant's Second Motion to Dismiss, Katz v. Chevaldina, No. 1:12-CV-22211-JLK, 2012 WL 4504086 – lay out the battleground for the brewing legal fight.
The lawyers lead with the argument that Chevaldina can successfully raise a fair-use defense under the Copyright Act:
When determining the fair use of copyrighted materials for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research, courts look to the following factors:
1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
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No one factor in the fair use analysis is dispositive, and they must be weighed together.
Now, Chevaldina's lawyers seem to say that because Chevaldina wants to criticize Katz the businessman, it is OK for her to use a copyrighted picture of Katz the basketball fan to do so. Criticism in the Copyright Act sense more typically references criticism of the copyrighted work itself (think of book or movie reviews, analyses of museum exhibits, and the like).
So it will be interesting to see how that part of the case develops.
Chevaldina's lawyers also correctly point out that courts value news uses of copyrighted works in the fair-use analysis:
In assessing the components of the four factor test, the Court is mindful that, while § 107 does not accord the statutory factors any particular weight in relation to one another, the characterization of defendant's use as news related carries great weight in the analysis of fair use.
They further assert that Chevaldina's use is a news use. Their brief lacks any exposition on this point, though.
Chevaldina's lawyers also contend that her use of the photo is transformative, another key element in a Copyright Act fair-use defense:
The transformative nature of copyrighted material's use is determined by whether the use adds something new to the copyrighted work, altering the first with a new expression, meaning or message; the more transformative the work, the less will be the significance of other factors potentially weighing against fair use.
Of course, the use in question does not have to transform the photo itself to be a transformative use.
So, again, it will be interesting to see how this all plays out as the case moves forward.


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