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by Pete Mazzaccaro
It's a scorching hot Friday morning – 95 degrees and climbing by 10 a.m. – and Howard Brosius is preparing his famous veggie sandwiches and apple cookies for a class of 4-year-olds at Mt Airy's Child Space day care at 7500 Germantown Ave.
The sandwiches are all veggie, no bread. There are cucumbers, lettuce, celery, radishes, peppers and tomatoes. There are even Vidalia onions.. They are chopped up and handed out in chips and on romaine leaves. There is Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing to help the vegetarian offering taste even better.
And to the surprise of many, the children each greedily gobble up nearly two pounds of the veggies.
Lorena Barbour, a teacher in the class, said many of the children's parents were suspicious that their child was eating so many vegetables.
"We had to videotape it to prove it to parents, "she said.
Brosius said the children's' age was perfect for getting used to eating veggies.
"Four-year-olds are the best, " he said as he began to serve some fresh basil." I'm developing their palates. Any older and it is difficult. I had a class of fifth grade girls – impossible."
Brosius' Child Space class is just one of many that the former stockbroker works with as part of his nonprofit, Chipping Hill Micro Farms. The organization runs classes all around the Philadelphia area, including upcoming programs for children at Morris Arboretum and the child care program at Christ Ascension Lutheran Church.
His organization is a nonprofit with some funding coming from Chestnut Hill, including the Green Tree Community Health Foundation, which recently granted Brosius $5,000.
Brosius does more, too, than just fed children veggies. He has a 25-part lesson plan that includes books, gardening and the science of farming.
"It's interesting how much botany and genetics a 4-year-old can learn and relate to," he said.
After the veggies feast, Brosius brought the class outside to tend to a micro farm he has provided, containing tomatoes, oregano, beans and peppers that the children have planted. The micro farm is a special box built by Brosius that can be converted into a mini greenhouse in the winter. It extends the growing season, and thus his classes, for months.
The children tug at "Mr. Howard's" pants legs for a chance to plant seeds or to water the tomato plants.
"Bringing him here in the summer has been great," said Child Space Director Edith Appel. He's been doing a wonderful job here.
Brosius didn't stumble into his current occupation. He grew up on a farm in Chester County and even got a degree in agriculture from Penn State. He went on to become a stockbroker, retired and then began volunteering with a nonprofit that would later become Chipping Hill.
"I realized that there were no programs teaching children about agriculture – I had the right skill set," he said.
For more information about Chipping Hill Micro Farms, visit the organization's website at www.chippinghillmicrofarms.org. Brosius is currently offering classes around Philadelphia and Montgomery County.


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I know i just disappeared from Blogosphere since past few days,ya i did missed blogging but then i enjoyed each second with my mom and sis too,they were with me since past 15 days,time just flew and soon it was time to say goodbye to them ,now since they are gone i am missing them more.
Coming back to todays post sharing with you all Shami Kabab platter which i prepared yesterday inspired from Sangeetas blog,the moment i saw the recipe in her blog i knew i would try it,so yesterday night meal was Shami Kabab ,chapati and Bari chutney.
Banaras Ka Khana
Recipe of Bari Chutney mothers recipe
Spiced bari/wadi five
salt as per taste
green chili two
garlic clove two
ginger one fourth inch
mustard oil
heat one fourth tsp of oil
fry the wadis/bari for a minute,keep aside
Mix fried wadis,green chili,garlic,ginger and salt
run through the blender
mix one fouth tsp of mustard oil
serve with kababs.
another bari chutney blogged here
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Thats all guys,wish you all happy week ahead,..-)
take care and happy blogging.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Shami Kabab with Bari Chutney
Posted by Priyanka Srivastava at Monday, September 26, 2011
Labels: awadh cuisine, bari chutney, indian cuisine, kabab platter, kabab recipe, perfect for party recipe, shami kabab, starter, uttar pradesh cuisine, uttar pradesh recipe
11 comments:
- sangeeta said...
Wow loved it...I never tried kababs with this chutney but i remember my dad used to love this chutney. Has been ages i made this.
- September 27, 2011 at 12:38 AM
- divya said...
Wow that's looking too yummy and tasty.
- September 27, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Balakrishna Saraswathy said...
Just mouthwatering...looks so easy to prepare and delicious!
- September 27, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Priya said...
Yumm,makes me hungry..love this kabab very much..
- September 27, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Swati Sapna said...
Nothing to lift up spirits like some kababs! nice recipe... and the bari chutney sounds spicy and delicious!
- September 27, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- Happy Cook / Finla said...
Wish i could have one, they look so so good.
- September 27, 2011 at 9:06 PM
- Usha said...
Yummy kababs!
- September 27, 2011 at 10:04 PM
- RAKS KITCHEN said...
Sounds new to me and awesome with the chutney!
- September 28, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Cham said...
The chutney recipe is simply superb. Should give a try!
- September 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Priti said...
wow you have done this ...cool ..looks yum
- September 28, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- Patricia Torres said...
wow!! those look absolutely yummmmm
- October 3, 2011 at 10:15 PM
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Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2007, 15:40
Post subject: Re: New release of Dragon Puppy
Subject description: Release number 2 ... codename "Junior"
D1G1T wrote:
Dragon puppy 2 - codename "Junior"
Ok I have finished some modifications on Dragon puppy. As I mentioned before. I have done some clean up added pdf reader. Iso size is now 108 MB Many work to do. Still working on that stupid xvesa script. Maybe in next release wil be fixed.
Added new wallpaper. I hope you will like it.
Added startup sound. So when your Dragon puppy boot every in 10m circle will know.
I have done some work on boot so its now faster.
Fixed emblems and some file asociations.
Have to go to work again.
I will download .iso today at evening. Good bye guys. At next release. I think about your ideas. Give some more inspiration.
Can you please resize you screen shots to 800x600.
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Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2007, 15:49
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oldog1984 wrote:
not able to download dragon puppy junior tried it 2 times didnt work any help..thanks maybe a utorrent?
No problem with the link in the first post.
Just select download in the top line menu and follow.
I am downloading right now.
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Posted: Tue 11 Dec 2007, 08:51
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tryed to download again 70% done then it said it was done can someone make a torrent for this it would help i have better luck with them. any help will be good. thanks guys.
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Posted: Tue 11 Dec 2007, 20:23
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how are you downloading? you know wget can resume don't you? ..utorrent are you running windows? transmission is the torrent app in puppy...
if you are running windows google free download manager.... it is now open source and supports torrents and regular downloads...
Taking Puppy Linux to the limit of perfection. meanwhile try "puppy pfix=duct_tape" kernel parem eater.
X86: Sager NP6110 3630QM 16GB ram, Tyan Thunder 2 2x 300Mhz
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Downloaded Dragon Puppy 1 - Started up fine, worked nicely. The only thing that I really noticed was that the Xvesa wizard didn't work. I have to run in Xvesa due to the fact that if I run in Xorg it gives me a block instead of a pointer for my mouse. Is there a way to change this in Xorg or make the Xvesa wizard run in Dragon? I like the fact that it already has the four programs I use the most built in: Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin, and Gimp.
Downloaded Dragon Puppy 2 - Niiice. Cleaned up but still retains the functionality of the original Dragon Puppy. The only bad part is now this one doesn't even have a Xvesa wizard. This begs the question: is there a way to fix the mouse pointer in Xorg mode?
I forgot to throw in that I do the video-wizard on the command line, it tells me that permission denied. Is there a way to fix this?
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This is a very nice offering. Xfce is well-received. SAM Linux (PCLinuxOS derivative) is also worth a look, although much bigger, of course. Since you're actively developing this one, it might be a great opportunity to tidy up a whole bunch of stuff (eg double entry for US k/b, etc - but there's much more) as BK clearly isn't going to get around to detail with so much on his plate. I would dump Thunderbird (clumsy) in favour of Sylpheed, which is adequate. If you like MeanPup, you'll see why substituting Opera for Firefox has fantastic advantages, even if some folks have problems clicking 'I agree' or running through the extensive settings and add-ons. Both of these are likely to be space saving which will please. I'm sure you'll have a very long list of additional suggestions. The trick is to slim your product - world + dog has been creating bloat for too long. Xfce should help?
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Posted: Sun 16 Dec 2007, 21:22
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Anyone figure out the Xvesa script yet? Or are we still waiting on the next release to get it to work?
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Posted: Thu 20 Dec 2007, 01:02
Post subject: what's the MD5 checksum for Dragon junior?
what's the MD5 checksum for Dragon junior? I just downloaded it and want to make sure it's not corrupted.
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Posted: Wed 26 Dec 2007, 11:26
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Is this anything to do with http://dragonlinux.sourceforge.net/
Is this anything to do with the 50Mb distro thats appeared on Mini Linux on Wikipedia?
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Posted: Tue 15 Jan 2008, 17:43
Post subject: Network Problems
Hello; I have tried both versions 1 and 2 of Dragon puppy and like it a lot, but have encountered a very odd failure which is present in both versions.
If I boot from the live CD then things are fine, but if I do a frugal install and then boot from it the network wizard finds no network interface. There should be 2 (eth0 for wired and eth1 for wireless) and i know the proper modules to load, namely b44 and ipw3945. However the network wizard won't even load them when specified.
Whatever might have caused this? And how can it be remedied?
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Posted: Tue 15 Jan 2008, 18:33
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have you copied zdrv_301.sfs, too?
It includes the drivers (in Puppy, I did not try Dragonpuppy yet).
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Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2008, 10:26
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have you copied zdrv_301.sfs, too? Mark
Thanks Mark but I sure did.
In fact, I actually copied rather more than necessary by mounting the iso image, selecting
the files and copying them into a new directory. I then set the GRUB entries to use that directory and it boots up fine.
I did that "belt and braces" approach for the 2nd try (wih Dragonpuppy v2) after my first atempt (with v1) gave this error when I had only copied just the necessary files - including zdrv.
I have also tried to hack it by copying and renaming a zdrv from another Puppy 3 (Muppy008) - having first renamed the original zdrv. I have no clear idea whether that was a good idea, but it seemed worth a try. But that has exactly the same problem.
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Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2008, 11:27
Post subject: mail handlers
I want to echo what Sage said about mail. Thunderbird is big and clumsy. On a slow machine you think twice about dashing off a message. Sylpheed has been remarkably fast, usable and stable. I tried Claws Mail, but decided I wasn't using the extra features, and found the interface and documentation less to my liking than Sylpheed. By using an old hack of defining the external editor as a terminal running aspell, I have been able to get spellchecking I can live with.
rxvt -e aspell -e -c '%s'
(I intended to recompile Sylpheed with support for the gtkspell interface, but never got around to it. Maybe someone who wants to smooth out this wrinkle will do it. It's been done, just not for Puppy.) This gives you a tiny mail program, without wasted space for a dictionary many people never use. (If they want it, they can install the aspell and language pets.) And, did I say it was fast?
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Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2008, 13:44
Post subject: xvesa wizard fix
TNTtrev wrote:
Anyone figure out the Xvesa script yet? Or are we still waiting on the next release to get it to work?
If you try to use the video-wizard and it won't run again here is the fix
this is for all versions of 3.00 and 3.01 for puppylinux and all derivatives
below is a simple script to fix the xvesa video wizard
##fix for xvesa by big bass.The xvesa video-wizard in version 3.00 and 3.01 won't let you restart the video-wizard if /etc/xextraoptions does not have this line that says -shadow without this value the script is broken and won't run.This is the patch to make it work again
looks simple but it took me a long time to solve it you only really need to copy and paste at console the
line of code below for it to work again
echo '-shadow' > /etc/xextraoptions
I updated this with a script to make it easier for those who need it
P.S looks good I'll download your iso today . I have been working on fat-free "Vintage" (my love for the older kernel 18.104.22.168) it has been done for a few weeks just running the usual tests before I upload it
preserve the vintage puppy versions
build what you want /have fun doing it
restarts xvesa
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Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2008, 19:42
Post subject: boot time params?
Hi D1G1T,
This is a great little pup. I just downloaded (using wget) and burned Dragon Pup "Junior" and I am posting from it now. Sometime back (a year, two?) I got a custom gentoo system built with XFCE and Gimp, Firefox, etc. and managed to keep it small. Installing systems on anyone else's computer was just too much work. (I hadn't found Puppy then.) Now, you've done more than I ever attempted and kept it even smaller. Bravo!
Naturally, there have to be some problems. When I booted this on my laptop I didn't get a pause where I could press a key to stop boot up and enter parameters, even a half second would have been enough. The second problem stems from the first, I didn't have the chance to type "pfix=ram", so it tried to use Puppy files for a 3.01 version it found from a frugal hard disk install. (This is not peculiar to your version.) What still bothers me is that it never completed boot up before I shut it down, yet still altered hard disk files. I used ctrl-alt-del because I was afraid a power off would corrupt files being accessed. It looks like I would have been better off allowing it to complete boot and then, when the disk stopped activity, turning power off.
The pause during boot is trivial. As for how best to stop a runaway boot, someone else can advise me. At the moment I am where I should have been when I started testing - on a machine with the hard drive disconnected.
Still discovering good things about the junior dragon.
edit: a tip for those, like myself, who spend most of their time thinking about software: if you disconnect the internal hard drive, to test an experimental system, remember to disconnect unused IDE cables from the motherboard, otherwise the unterminated cable makes a great antenna in a very noisy electrical environment. I was thinking I had a motherboard problem when I remembered this.
You may not have to use VESA. Have you tried editing the X11 conf, (after choosing the tweak button in the xorgwizard script,) and uncommenting and setting the HW_cursor option to "false"? I'm working from memory on a different machine, so you should check the exact syntax, capitalization, etc.
Added: Just tested TinyMe-test7. This is a good effort, (even if they consider 200 MB tiny.) It is slower than Puppy, but much, much faster than PCLinuxOS, whose libraries it uses. The reason for mentioning this here is the choice of applications for a tiny distro. They use the Opera browser and Sylpheed for mail. Their version of Sylpheed is very slick and was compiled with the built-in spellchecking option I want. In general this group is good at fixing bugs, and their choices reflect those you make when you want a small memory footprint. Because they can upgrade to current PCLinuxOS applications using Synaptic they have a huge selection of applications available in repositories. In general, this is *not* binary compatible with Puppy, but, for people who can compile from source this is an excellent starting point. You just have to be careful about pulling in dependencies which bloat your system. http://www.mypclinuxos.com/doku.php/tinyme:home
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Take the Quiz: If These Pumpkins Were Designers, Who Would They Be?
Do any of these remind you of someone? Perhaps a certain stylish person whose interiors or home goods you admire? Here are ten decorated pumpkins, along a list of well-known designers. Take a look at them all, and see if you can match up the image with the correct name. You ready?
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Here are the pumpkins, with a short description of their/the designers' style:
- Playfully tongue-in-cheek and a happily modern design.
- Unique curiosities, found objects, and idiosyncratic home goods.
- Luxe drama with a hint of punk.
- Signature multi-colored chevron stripes.
- Electric pops of color against inky, dark backdrops.
- Soft, feminine tones with a relaxed Victorian vibe.
- Stark, modern design often pairing white with bright colors.
- Stylish and tailored, paired with personal objects from around the globe.
- Geometric and trellis patterns in bright, graphic colors.
- Modern baroque with dramatic oversized pattern and stripes.
A. Missoni B. Kelly Wearstler C. Abigail Ahern D. Rachel Ashwell E. Dorothy Draper F. Karim Rashid G. David Hicks H. Jonathan Adler I. John Derian J. Nate Berkus
And bonus question: If YOU and your style were a pumpkin, what would you look like?
(Images: 1. Jaime Rose; 2. The Junk Haus; 3. Jaime Rose; 4. Alisa Burke; 5. Chatelaine; 6. Country Living, via Babble; 7. A Night Owl; 8. Just The Bees Knees; 9. In My Own Style; and Brit.co.)
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Technological innovations from space exploration will help agriculture create a better understanding of global water supplies and irrigation efficiency while helping producers determine threats to plant health sooner.
Charles Elachi, director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., says current and future satellites in orbit around the Earth, plus rovers and other equipment examining other planets, will provide tools to help water organizations better predict and utilize water supplies and help farmers more efficiently manage water use on the farm.
JPL is a federally-funded research- and development-facility managed by the California Institute of Technology (CIT) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Elachi serves as CIT's vice-president.
"Technology developed by NASA could help monitor water tables worldwide within one-quarter of an inch, including water discharge (snow melt) from the Sierra Nevada and Rocky mountains into major rivers," Elachi says.
Elachi discussed space exploration technology and its future benefits for agriculture during the 2012 Western Growers annual meeting held in Scottsdale, Ariz., in November.
"In a few years, we'll be able to learn how much snow is in the Sierra Nevada on a weekly basis, how much dust is discharged in different drainage areas, and how much water exists in the water table in the Central Valley," Elachi said.
JPL is developing a satellite which can monitor current water levels in reservoirs and lakes worldwide within a fraction of an inch.
"I envision these capabilities from the technology we're developing for space exploration would be available for use in agriculture in the next five to 10 years," Elachi predicted.
JPL has 24 spacecraft and 10 instruments which conduct active missions to explore the Earth, the solar system, and the universe.
In fact, satellites now allow experts to examine water levees for structural risks.
Elachi is one of the preeminent rocket scientists in the world. He has led an international team of scientists to develop roadmaps for the exploration of our solar system and neighboring systems.
The JPL leader is the author of more than 230 publications.
When the space program develops technology, Elachi says private enterprise can fine-tune advancements for specific businesses including agriculture.
"We developed an instrument to analyze soil and the rock," Elachi explained. "I envision the instrument could become affordable. Entrepreneurs could apply the technology, for example, to (farm) fields to determine the carbon level and soil composition."
Imaging spectrometers which currently help fly spacecraft could help producers identify plant health issues earlier. For example, the technology could help the U.S. citrus industry against its greatest threat — the bacteria-caused Huanglongbing disease in citrus trees.
Every HLB-infected tree eventually dies from the disease or a related problem.
Currently, a citrus producer cannot see HLB symptoms in a tree until several years after the initial infection. Technology aboard satellites and airplanes could detect emissions from HLB-infected citrus leaves through early patterns and color changes in leaves, currently invisible to the human eye.
"The accuracy rate on this technology is about 90 percent," Elachi said. "This could be very helpful to many producers in agriculture."
Curiosity and Mars success
Elachi spent much of his keynote address discussing NASA's latest success story — the heart-pounding, pitch-perfect Aug. 5 landing of the rover Curiosity on the planet Mars in the Gale Crater.
Elachi described the landing as "seven minutes of terror." The rover capsule entered the Mars atmosphere travelling at 27,000 miles an hour. Elachi characterized the difficult landing to the equivalence of landing the rover in Seat 10F at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena while the seat moved at a high rate of speed.
The successful landing was watched live by 50 million Americans. The JPL website received 1.8 billion hits within 24-hours of the landing.
Curiosity mission costs are pegged at about $7 per American citizen. The rover is 100 percent 'Made in the USA,' Elachi boasted.
"For thousands of years people have looked to the sky and asked about Mars — the little red planet," Elachi said. "Now we can say our generation put a rover on Mars. This will shape a lot of young people's inspiration that anything is possible."
The purpose of the two-year Curiosity mission is to find out if Mars has ever hosted life. Geologically, Mars is very similar to Earth with soil and rock chemistry very similar to the Earth.
Mars is about one-third the size of Earth and had polar ice caps. Like the Earth, Mars has a type of "grand canyon" which is about 10 times wider than the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The Mars' canyon would stretch from the U.S. West to East coasts.
Elachi posed this question - why is Mars so dry today when the Earth has abundant life and ocean water? Evidence on Mars' surface suggests a history of oceans. The next question was could life have started on Mars and ended?
Elachi said, "The answer in part will be found in the rocks on Mars examined by Curiosity."
About 13 billion years ago, a Big Bang occurred where particles formed galaxies. Today, billions of galaxies are located across the universe.
Scientists do not fully understand why the Big Bang occurred and remain unsure whether life is common, uncommon, or different across the universe.
Stars continually are born and then die, Elachi says. Eventually our solar system including the sun, its eight planets, and moons will cease to exist.
"Our sun will eventually blow up but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. This will occur in about 3 billion years," Elachi laughed.
As part of the Curiosity mission, the rover will climb up a mountain consisting of sedimentary rock, most likely deposited in an alluvial environment. Elachi says the rocks are very similar to those found in California's Central Valley.


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Most of us likely take paid sick leave for granted. It accumulates over time, and we dip into the account when there's an injury or illness that prevents us from going to work, whether for a day or, as in the case of a serious malady, for much longer. Workers benefit most directly, but it also allows employers to attract the best and brightest workers and spares their co-workers and customers from coming into contact with a potentially contagious disease.
But what so many have come to expect as a minimum standard of full-time employment, many others have never experienced first-hand. In the most recent federal labor statistics report, researchers found that nearly 40 percent of Americans employed in the private sector do not receive paid sick leave. In the lower-paid professions, such as in the hotel and fast-food restaurant industries, the number without sick leave runs closer to 80 percent.
That's troubling, and under such circumstances it's not surprising that some advocacy groups are now stepping forward in support of a law to mandate paid sick leave in Maryland. While the specifics of the proposal aren't yet available, it's likely to require private employers to offer workers the chance to accumulate sick leave, perhaps five to nine days a year, although small mom-and-pop shops might be exempted altogether.
At least, that's what has been done in a handful of jurisdictions in the U.S., starting with San Francisco, the first city to adopt such a standard, in 2006 (and joined by Washington, D.C. two years later). That makes it a relatively new requirement, and its full impact is difficult to gauge. Connecticut is the only state to pass such a law (which went into effect Jan. 1). Some believe it's been a win-win for workers and employers, but there's also been evidence that it has raised costs for businesses and hampered job creation.
All of which suggests that lawmakers in Annapolis should be reluctant to force this mandate on employers at a time when the emphasis should be on creating jobs. Maryland may be faring better than most states in this challenging economy, but unemployment remains high, and even if President Barack Obama and members of Congress take action to prevent the looming "fiscal cliff," federal spending is still likely to drop considerably — and that's destined to have an adverse effect on the national capital region.
Maryland business groups often complain about the state's "business climate." While their concerns are sometimes overstated, this represents one instance where the state should refrain from piling additional regulations on employers, many of whom are already facing added burdens over the next two years from the Affordable Care Act and the rising cost of health insurance. As much as we welcome that federally mandated expansion of health insurance coverage, we must also acknowledge that it will put stress on some businesses.
That's not to suggest that it isn't ultimately in the best interest of employers to offer sick leave. Polls show Americans overwhelmingly favor it, including those who identify themselves as political conservatives. But a potentially inflexible government mandate is something else. That raises a fundamental question of cost and benefits. One study has estimated that paid sick leave adds just 23 cents per hour to the cost of an employee. Others have suggested that too many Americans go to work sick — including an estimated 8 million during the peak of the H1N1 flu virus outbreak several years ago, despite a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stay home.
The concept of a sick leave mandate is so new, however, that it's difficult to know exactly how it would translate in Maryland. That alone should cause lawmakers to go slow. Under the circumstances, it's far more prudent to let other states take the plunge and serve as test cases. If the proposal is the win-win that supporters claim, then Gov. Martin O'Malley and the General Assembly can learn from the experience of others and approve a similar law here.
In the meantime, it would be most helpful if elected officials focused more on ways to support small businesses and encourage job creation — at least beyond the expanded gambling approved at the ballot box — than on new regulations. Democrats in Annapolis may want to demonstrate that Republicans aren't the only ones looking to foster private-sector growth. Otherwise, critics of Maryland's business climate may come down with a serious, and possibly voter-infecting, case of "I-told-you-so's."


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The Dolphins family, which stretches from the old-timers such as Don Shula to, um, the old-timers like Bill Parcells and Dan Henning, normally shares a common bond to which they stick like Super Glue: Everyone wants today's Dolphins to win. Everyone wants other teams to lose so no one matche the Perfect Dolphins' undefeated mark.
But this weekend that bond is stretched just a tad. While everyone undoubtedly wants the Dolphins to continue winning, there could be a bit of a difference of opinion over the New Orleans vs. New England game.
Oldtime Dolphins, the crew from the 1972 perfect season, are likely rooting for the Patriots to knock off the 10-0 Saints from the ranks of the unbeatens. Simply, it might be the last game New Orleans is seriously threatened this regular season.
The current Dolphins? They don't have any hesitation telling you they want New Orleans to win, perfection and all that other stuff be darned, because they have their own interests riding on the game.
"We would like New England to lose because obviously it would help our efforts," guard Justin Smiley said earlier this week. "That's what the game's about, two great teams going against each other. It's going to be fun to watch."
I remind Smiley that his desires might clash with those of past Dolphins such as Mercury Morris or other greats that often talk to the team before home games and serve as honorary captains. Those guys understandably want to remain the only team in NFL history to go undefeated.
"We have a ton of respect for the guys who paved the way, don't get me wrong on that," Smiley said. "But this is a new era and a new team and we need some things to happen for us. Those guys went undefeated and won Super Bowls and stuff like that. We're trying to get to the playoffs. I'm sure they'll understand."
Here's an irony everyone will understand if either the Colts or Saints go undefeated.
Unlike the 1985 Dolphins that defeated the Chicago Bears to prevent that team from posting a 19-0 record and surpassing the 17-0 mark of the 1972-73 Dolphins, this 2009 Miami team hasn't quite stepped up to defend the franchise legacy.
This year the Dolphins had a chance to hang an L on both the Saints and the Colts and failed to do so both times.
So if either the Saints or the Colts go undefeated, the old timers can look no further than this year's Miami team to lament what might have been.
And so now I ask you, Dolphins Globe, where your allegiances stand this weekend. You obviously are proud the Dolphins so far are the only NFL team to ever go undefeated. So you obviously want to see New Orleans lose.
You also want your current team to have a chance at sharing the AFC East lead. If the Pats lose to New Orleans this weekend and then lose to Miami at Land Shark Stadium next weekend, Miami is tied for the AFC East lead.
So where are your allegiances this weekend?
(And don't tell me, you want the Saints to win this weekend and then lose a game after that. You ride the fence, you end up speaking with a very squeeky voice, if you know what I mean.)


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Budget €30-250 EUR
You'll get images and fully written specs from designer. A previous developer tried to finalize the website but he was missing some basic skills.
1) You'll get the website and have to finalize it pixel perfect according to the specs.
2) You'll have to implement the animations for this website (also specs are ready)
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Week 29: Water. Do you have any memories of the sea or another body of water? Did you live there or just visit? What did you do there? You can also describe a body of water by which you live or visit in the present day.
Water and I have a mixed history.
Living in Minnesota, you're never far from water of some sort. Summer weekends are frequently spent going to the lake, whether to a cabin, or just to a beach for swimming. My family never owned lakefront property, but we did go fairly often to swim at any of several nearby lakes. Of course, being Minnesota, the water is pretty cold until high summer. I'm not one of those crazies who do the polar bear thing, cutting holes in the ice for a quick icy dip in the winter!
When I was young, my mother took me to swimming lessons like many kids. I had a traumatic experience once during a lesson. I got away from the side of the pool, in water that was a little over my head, and I was not yet able to swim. I panicked. It put me off swimming for a long time, and I never became a strong swimmer. Now, I'll go to the lake occasionally, maybe a couple or three times in a summer, or I'll swim in a pool if I travel and stay in a hotel that has one, but I don't go out of my way to find a swimming hole. I'll boat, or go fishing on occasion, but I'm not big into either of those activities, either.
When I was older, I enlisted in the Navy. We're talking a whole new level of involvement with water, here. Everyone in the Navy must be able to pass a swim test. Fortunately, I was able to pass the minimums sufficiently that I did not need remedial swim lessons. I got assigned to a fighter squadron, which deployed on an aircraft carrier. I went to sea numerous times. My Sea Duty counter ended up at over 11 months during the 3.5 years I was assigned to sea duty in that squadron. The longest deployment was when I made a Mediterranean Cruise, a 6-month plus deployment. I passed over a lot of water on that ship.
While I was enlisted, I lived a couple of miles from the Atlantic Ocean shore at Virginia Beach, VA. As a pointer to my previous indifference to water, I may have gone to the beach a dozen times in the almost six years I lived there. I found that I liked body surfing in the small waves there, but the abrasions from running into the beach sand were annoying. I don't care for the way salt water gets everywhere, making everything taste salty. And there were a lot of small jellyfish in that area. Not enough to really hurt, just really itchy-annoying.
Water in Minnesota lakes is usually clear to a muddy green/brown. Our lakes are known for being a bit murky. It's hard to find that murky water beautiful. Water close to shore even on the oceans is usually more of a greenish or brownish color due to all of the junk we dispose of, and algae and other sea life. When you get really out to sea, however, the water is the most beautiful blue color that is most of what you see in pictures of Earth from space.
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Benares – eaten and reviewed
Once in a while everyone should give himself or herself a little treat. With it being my birthday (20th July for anyone interested for next year) I though the time was right for one of my little treats by heading off to my favourite restaurant, Benares in Berkeley Square.
Since my last visit (same time last year) the restaurant has achieved a Michelin star; I would like to think my review from last year helped it on its way, there is no evidence to prove for or against this argument so I'm going to stick with it. Would gaining this award (the second of head chef Atul Kochhar's career) have lead to complacency?!?! Read more


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Announcing: Our New Sky Is Rising Report!
from the digging-in dept
This year, we're back with our second edition of the report, The Sky is Rising Two, once again, kindly sponsored by CCIA. This time around, we focused much more specifically on a few key countries in Europe: Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Russia and Spain. After the first report, we received some very reasonable questions about whether or not the global data reflected the situation across every country, or if one or two places (such as the US) might dominate and distort the picture in other countries. We chose to look at six of the larger economies in Europe individually, to see what we might find, and that's the focus of the second report. Once again, we've got a nice infographic that summarizes many of the findings:
Of course, the same caveats that we saw last year still apply. There is more competition, and the path to success may be less clear. So for individual creators, it may seem like a much greater struggle -- though their overall slate of opportunities continues to increase. Similarly, with new services and new opportunities, there remain challenges for the legacy players (especially if they had gatekeeper roles) to remain relevant. Please check out the full report below:


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A TALENTED piper from Cookstown will play at the Ulster Hall alongside a renowned Gaelic musician for a special Burns night celebration.
Emmett Conway is teaming up with the Ulster Orchestra and singing star Karen Matheson in 'My Heart is in the Highlands' on 25th January. They will also play the Millennium Forum in Derry city on January 26th.
Emmett is an accomplished solo and band piper who has played with a wide variety of musicians including the Fred Morrison Band and, just last week, with Phil Coulter at the opening concert of the Derry/Londonderry City of Culture 2013 celebrations.
Emmett, who has represented Ireland in France for the MacCrimmon trophy, plays with the eight-time piping world champions, Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, winning the world title with them for the last two years in a row.
An electrician by day, Emmett is a true music enthusiast by night and recently formed a quartet of pipers to take part in the Gig'n the Bann festival - he ended up winning first prize in the event's Young Musician of the Year category.
Emmett's piping will follow some lively and varied dancing by the Markethill Ulster-Scots Dancer (Armagh) and some spectacular solos by Gaelic legend Karen Matheson.
Karen began her singing career in Taynuilt's local village hall on the West coast of Scotland and now, 40 years on, she is an internationally recognised vocalist, the proud owner of an OBE and has sold over a million albums across the globe.
Karen is best known for her haunting vocals as the lead singer of Celtic group Capercaillie, described as 'the most exciting and vibrant band in the field of Celtic music today' (Billboard), but has since launched an incredibly successful solo career; Sean Connery famously described her as having 'a throat surely touched by the hand of God'.
Join the Ulster Orchestra this January for a lively and varied evening of singing, dancing and piping for the most memorable Burns night to date.
The Ulster Hall gig will begin at 7.45pm on January 25th, and again the following evening in Derry/Londonderry's Millennium Forum
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Guybrush wrote:aussiebiedrins wrote:Guybrush wrote:Aussie, tomorrow is our day. Looking forward talking to you after/during the match if we're online.
I don't understand how you guys only just beat Germany. But having said that, I don't understand how we only just beat Jordan. I mean, Jordan!
Anyway, if we lose, I'm already using Bogut as an excuse. But I do like our size. Any Patty Mills is having a great tourney.
How much will Kristic's return help you guys?
We actually lost to Germany by one point after 2 overtimes. We had a bad shooting game, and they were wuite lucky considering some shots that got in for them. So, it was one of those games that rarely anyhting goes well. What more to say when Kosta Perovic scored the most points (20). But, we also missed two best players. You could have seen how much better offense looks like when Teodosic throws his passes and assists around. With him, I could score 30 points a game.
You have "our" guy in Alex Maric as well. You're lucky he couldn't play for Serbia now, he's a real good center. That's where Krstic will automatically help. Perovic, you all know what kind of a player he is. He's just too slow, he can do something good, but he can't be in for the most of the game. Macvan (3rd center) is just too small, he's more of a PF, he's build reminds me a bit of Kevin Love.
Teodosic improved offense a lot (miles better than it was), and Krstic will help mostly in rebounding (defesively mostly), he will be a first option below the basket, and he's quite good in defense as well, being a big guy that is quite mobile as well. He's a team captain also, so he means a lot. I think we'll take this one, we already lost one we shouldn't have, so I don't think we will allow ourselves same mistake again.
Though, I wish you the best of luck, and let the best team win.
Sorry, massive brainfart on my part. I meant to write, I don't know how you guys lost to Germany. Don't know what I was thinking there.
The Australian team is interesting. There are only two players on the squad from the local Australian league (the NBL). The rest are all either NBA or Europe. Shows the quality of our league here. But I do like that we end up with players like Alex Maric on our team
It should be a great game. I feel both teams used their first games as a way of easing into the tournament, and the results from the Jordan/Germany wins are much more indicative of each team's potential and ability.
I do worry about the Serbians though. Teodosic certainly likes to throw the ball around, almost as much as Kristic likes to throw chairs around
Anyway, good luck too, and definitely, may the best team win!


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Events recorders for power, automation systems
Cyber Sciences has announced new capabilities to its line of CyTime Sequence of Events Recorders, model SER-3200, for power and automation systems. The version 1.10 update, available for free download by existing customers, adds automatic time sync with an NTP network time server, as well as several other enhancements requested by customers. The CyTime features 32 high-speed digital inputs to monitor the status of a variety of key power system elements, such as breaker and switch status, generator operation, UPS and battery readiness, and relay alarms. In addition, any event can be activated to trigger a coincident waveform-capture by a compatible power meter.
Up until now, the CyTime has reportedly been used in large critical-power facilities such as hospitals, data centers, and refineries, as it required an IRIG-B GPS input for its precision time reference. With the new NTP option, the CyTime becomes a stand-alone "forensics tool" for facility managers of smaller data centers, server rooms, or other installations with complex power networks and alternate power sources. The CyTime event recorder's integral web server presents the status of all monitored equipment at a glance, as well as a detailed record of all events time-stamped to 1-millisecond resolution—all over an Ethernet network using a standard web browser. The event log reveals what happened and when, providing valuable insight into an incident's root cause, or advance warning of potential problems before they cause an outage. Whether used as a stand-alone event recorder, or part of a complete sequence of events recording system, the CyTime enables new visibility into power system operations.
Cyber Sciences Inc.
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Eleanor Put Your Boots On by Franz Ferdinand
Like this band so much!
- and your photos, too (;
greetings from Germany xoxo Cocorama
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i love franz ferdinand! but not this particular song ._.ReplyDelete
Franz Ferdinand is one of my favorite bands, love this song.
The photograph, like all of your photographs has a subtle melancholy to it, which I simply adore.
Love your style and your aspect on art, fashion etc.
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Looooooove the song, the band and your look, even I would have liked it better if you had worn those victorian-looking boots of yours ;)ReplyDelete
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This sounds like The Beatles!
I love it and I love your photos too!
Daphné, xox
I like your blog. I'm following it.
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I looove this song, it was the first I'd ever heard from them!=))ReplyDelete
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5 stories you may have missed: Memorial Day weekend edition
05/27/2014 6:40amHere are five stories you may have missed this Memorial Day weekend, along with a bonus story (since it was a three- day holiday).
Tips to get teens reading during summer break
05/27/2014 7:08amRecent reports show that interest in reading has been steadily declining over the years. But, librarians say there are some good ways to get teens interested in books over the summer.
Mexican man, once world's heaviest, dies at 48
05/27/2014 7:44amA Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48.
U. football player surprised to be mentioned in killer's manifesto
05/27/2014 8:29amA University of Utah football player was surprised to learn he was mentioned in a 140-page manifesto by the man suspected of fatally shooting and stabbing six University of California, Santa Barbara students last week.
Tornado hits North Dakota oil workers camp, 9 hurt
05/27/2014 9:11amA tornado struck a workers camp in North Dakota's oil patch on Monday, injuring nine people — one critically — and destroying at least eight trailers where workers had been living, an emergency management official said.
Growing up digital: How digital culture is changing the way kids play
05/27/2014 9:29amMore technical toys and apps are popular among parents who want to give their kids that digital edge, but is it good for kids?
7 questions to ask your homebuilder
05/27/2014 10:00amBuilding a new home? Be sure you ask the vital questions.
Study says just talking about alcohol causes aggression
05/27/2014 10:01amA group of researchers from California State University at Long Beach, the University of Kent and the University of Missouri worked together to determine how alcohol can enhance aggressive behavior.
A look at the No. 5 pick in NBA draft history
05/27/2014 10:21amDespite the optimism going into the lottery selection last week, the Utah Jazz fell one spot in the draft order to the No. 5 overall pick. The Jazz will have several options heading into the draft at the end of June — trading picks or assets — but will likely stay at the No. 5 spot.
Diet soda helps weight loss, industry-funded study finds
05/27/2014 10:48amMost people choose artificially-sweetened soda over regular soda to avoid packing on extra pounds. But what if you already choose diet? Would it be helpful to quit that too? A new study funded by the American Beverage Association says no.
Father stops gun-wielding men from threatening daughter, police say
05/27/2014 11:54amTwo men were arrested after threatening a homeowner's daughter and breaking into their house Sunday, police said.
5 moments that made someone's day
05/27/2014 11:59amEach week, we hope to share moments from our readers' lives that made their days great. Whether it is a sweet note from a loved one, an act of kindness or a person with an inspiring attitude, we want to hear about it.
Impasse in rescue of Nigerian girls
05/27/2014 12:21pmNigeria's military chiefs and the president are apparently split over how to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists, with the military saying use of force endangers the hostages and the president reportedly ruling out a prisoner-hostage swap.
Why you should hike to Bells Canyon reservoir, waterfall
05/27/2014 12:30pmUtah has a variety of beautiful mountain ranges and hills that make for a great pastime. If hiking is your thing, check KSL.com each week for the "Hike of the Week" to get new ideas of where you can go exploring.
Hunter confesses that Bigfoot body is a fake — again
05/27/2014 12:45pmRick Dyer has been touring the nation with what he claimed was the real-life body of a Bigfoot. Now he's come clean, admitting that the body is a fake. But he's not through making ludicrous claims about his Bigfoot research.
Have You Seen This? Bottle 'Flight of the Bumblebee'
05/27/2014 1:15pmA rainy night mixed with musical inclination and 101 glass bottles led to perhaps the most fun version of "Flight of the Bumblebee" you've ever heard.
5 of Disney's most evil villains
05/27/2014 2:02pmIn preparation for this weekend's "Maleficent," we've put together a list of the five most evil villains in Disney history.
Summer Pregnancy 101: Beat the Heat and Keep Your Baby Healthy
05/27/2014 2:16pmPregnancies are already uncomfortable. Add in the summer heat and they're even worse. Here's how to beat the heat this summer and stay healthy.
9 out of 10 Wikipedia health entries are inaccurate, study says
05/27/2014 3:43pmPeople will often use Wikipedia as a starting point for research, but that might not a good idea when it comes to medical topics, according to a new study.
Withdrawal: Obama charts end to Afghan war by 2016
05/27/2014 4:11pmCharting an end to America's longest war, President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday for keeping nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year but then withdrawing virtually all by the close of 2016 and the conclusion of his presidency.
Malaysia releases jet data after long wait
05/27/2014 4:23pmClose to three months after the Malaysian jetliner disappeared, the government on Tuesday released reams of raw satellite data it used to determine that the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean, a step long demanded by the families of some of the passengers on board.
Officers rescue dog from river, reunite with owner
05/27/2014 4:33pmPolice officers and search and rescue volunteers were able to rescue a dog from a swift-moving river Sunday.
Oil contaminated soil from leak in Green River
05/27/2014 5:09pmFederal officials say Friday rainstorms pushed some oil and contaminated soil from a nearby well leak into the Green River in southeast Utah.
'Pregnant Buffalo' rock art in Nine Mile Canyon vandalized
05/27/2014 5:33pmAuthorities are trying to find whoever is responsible for vandalizing a popular rock art panel northeast of Price.
Draper parents blast Canyons School District in open letter
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Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Posts: 143
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:10 pm
Post subject: Wow - Ye Olde Epcot modeling portfolio
In my endless scouring of the net for all-things-Epcot i ran across the online portfolio of one of the people who was a model maker for Horizons movie sequences.
A) I dearly wish i was that talented.
B) Are attractions really that intricate and intensive anymore?
It's kind of ironic, it's something I really admire, think should be the norm in the industry, but i'm not sure i'd ever be physically capable of doing it.
*le sigh*
What do you guys think?
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Posts: 165
Location: Virginia
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:12 pm
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Very cool!!
I also wish I was that talented. Heck, I'm all proud of myself for fixing a fixture in the bathroom all by myself!
I didn't drop the insanely tiny screw down the air vent.
I never saw Horizons, and this makes me wish I had. What'd I miss?
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:55 pm
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I only saw it once before it was closed. I thought it was top notch attraction. In fact, the rumor was it was only closed because Nestle withdrew their sponsorship and they were unable to find another one. Too bad. Soarin' is cool, but Horizons was really great too. On par with Spaceship Earth.
The basic ride system was an Omni-mover (think Haunted Mansion, Buzz Lightyear, etc..) but the ride vehicles were afixed to the wall. The ride vehicles skirted the outside walls of the ride building with the show sets in the center. Very novel concept and I'm glad I got the chance to experience it.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:36 am
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Some clarification...
Horizons was where Mission: SPACE currently is. The entire show building was torn down, very publicly. Typically Epcot re-uses the show buildings.
General Electric sponsored the attraction. It was the sequel to the Carousel of Progress. It closed shortly after losing sponsorship.
The ride system was attached to the track above the vehicle - behind it was a walkway for evacuation. The rear of the vehicles opened via a special hatch.
It had complex massive sets (think SSE show scenes, but bigger) and huge projection sequences. It was all about the future in Mesa Verde (the desert), Bravo Centuri (space), and Sea Castle (underwater) and the technology to make those place hospitable.
Bio-engineering of fruits and veggies to grow in the dessert, harvesting sea weed as a fuel source, and growing crystals in outer space.
You met different family members who lived in the various locations and who communicated via video phone. That's how the scenes were linked. The narrators (male a female) were the older heads of the family. It also opened with a "look back on the future" at whimsical sci-fi and jules verne versions of the future.
It traveled through a pair of omnimax theaters (think big massive imax style screens) and showed the wonders of bleeding edge technology (shuttle launch, microprocessors, advanced scuba, etc) before going into the "real future" in the 3 biomes.
For the finale, you chose a way to get back home - desert, space, sea - and as you moved along the projection tracked with your vehicle in synch.
The artist i linked to above made the stop-motion fly through and sets for the end sequences.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:39 am
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Oh, and to tie the whole thing together, all those people/relative talking on the video phones come together at the end for a holographic appearance at a birthday party for a kid in the family. Very charming. A very nice way to make the future more warm and less cold technology. It was really about how we lived in the future - not how technology worked in the future.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:11 am
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Im loving the set peices in this! Love the attention to detail.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:59 pm
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You're right Rob (Loric) ... you have me busted on my sketchy EPCOT details. Thanks for the corrections!
Speaking of Universal Creative, when I was there in 2004 I met the chief model maker for WDI on the EPCOT project. He had some great stories of Roy Disney coming in the door and all the great things they did on that project. If I see him again I'll get his name and try to get an interview or something.
Okay, that was a tangent... back on track people!
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Location: Virginia
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:45 pm
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Is there any way to train yourself to make models? Preferably a way that isn't expensive or messy? (Which probably doesn't exist, right?
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Location: Orlando, FL
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:05 am
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Here is a really good video of the attraction (3 parts):
Here are some other belated and beloved old Epcot rides:
World of Motion
Journey to Imagination (3 parts)
Here is another ride many people may have missed... Delta Dreamflight! Even though it was a big commercial and didn't really fit into Tomorrowland, I still liked it when I was a kid...
I really miss these rides with "epic" sets and detail... These were what Disney meant to me when I was younger -- because you couldn't get that same ride experience anywhere else... Whenever I go to Epcot, I ride Spaceship Earth, because it is nearly the only ride of that breed left... With the new version, the ending doesn't seem as hopeful or dreaming... but they kept with the idea of it.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:37 am
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I just ran across those videos about 5 mins ago and rushed here to post them.
I swear, we live strange parallel lives
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:38 am
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Also, about Spaceship Earth..
It closes for a week prior to its grand reopening and i've heard the powers that be aren't happy with it right now either. So, there's hope.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:46 am
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Oh.. wow..
I just watched the first video (I had started with the middle one) and the CM who is loading people onto the ride is someone I used to work with when I worked in Future World East.
That's.. wow.. I dunno what to think. The people I worked with talked about how great to work at Horizons and be behind the giant screens with the points of light shining through (the big screens were like metal mesh with pin holes).
Just never really occured to me that i might see one of them actually working it. Like it was the good old days, but of legend and story, not reality. It's weird to know something is gone... Like how i'm sure i'm in plenty of people's videos of Body Wars.
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Location: the Netherlands
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:20 am
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Typical that a ride is so dependent on it's sponsoring. Is there really that much money involved in sponsorships?
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:32 pm
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[quote="DancinBelle"]Is there any way to train yourself to make models? Preferably a way that isn't expensive or messy? (Which probably doesn't exist, right?
I don't think there is a way that's not messy, but that's half the fun! You can practice with anything you can get your hands on - empty packaging, modelling clay, papier mache, etc. I sometimes buy cheap toys and modify them - modelling kits are also a good way to learn how to get to grips with glueing and painting. But mainly, experiment and have fun!
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Interesting facts from the Vietnam War Memorial: a little history most people will never know.
There are 58,267 names engraved on the wall.
Those names were arranged in the order in which they died, by date. Within each date the names were alphabetized.
The first known casualty was Richard Fitzgibbon of North Waymouth, Mass. Listed by the Department of Defense as killed June 8, 1956. His name is listed with that of his son, Lance Cpl. Richard Fitzgibbon III, killed Sept. 7, 1965.
There are three sets of fathers and sons listed on the wall.
A total 39,996 were aged 22 or younger when they died.
The largest group by age, 33,103, were 18 when they died.
Twelve service members on the wall were only 17.
Five were only 16.
One, PFC Dan Bullock, was killed at age 15.
A total of 997 were killed on their first day in Vietnam.
Another 1,448 were killed on their last day of combat.
There are 31 sets of brothers; 31 sets of parents lost both of their sons.
Those on the wall included 54 killed from one high school: Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia.
The names of eight women are on the wall, all killed while nursing the wounded.
Of the total 244 recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the wall includes 153.
Bealsville, Ohio, population 475, lost six of her sons in Vietnam.
West Virginia, with 711 dead, had the greatest loss per capita of any state.
The most casualties for a single day: 245 on Jan. 31, 1968.
The most casualties for single month: 2,414 in May 1968.
Most Americans who read this will only see the numbers the Vietnam War created. To those of us who served and survived, and to the families of those who didn't, we see the faces; we feel the pain that these numbers represent. Until we too pass away, we will be haunted by these numbers because they represent our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters.
There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.


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The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which supports the volunteers who create and edit the site, Monday took the unusual step of speaking out about an investigation into suspicious articles on organizations and products that may have been edited by people with conflicts of interest.
The foundation's announcement came after volunteer Wikipedia investigators said several hundred accounts may have been used as so-called "sockpuppets" to deceive other editors about their true identities. Top editors have banned more than 250 editor accounts and identified dozens of articles that might have been tainted, on topics ranging from entrepreneurs to dot-com businesses. Few of the articles identified so far relate to household corporate names.
"It looks like it is manipulation on a scale and a level that we haven't seen before in the encyclopedia," said Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's executive director. "There has never been an investigation of this scope, scale, duration and seriousness."
The Foundation has yet to decide what steps, if any, it will take, Gardner said.
On their long-term abuse webpage, the Wikipedia volunteer investigators themselves said that the edits come from "a group of hired writers who collaborate without ever using talk pages to communicate with each other." For example, Wikipedia editors twice deleted articles about the company Investment Underground. The first time, in October 2010, the editors said the article contained "unambiguous advertising or promotion"; then in August of 2013, they deleted a new version of article because it had been created by "Morning277," one of the accounts suspected of being behind several hundred deceptive editors. Attempts to reach Investment Underground for comment weren't successful.
In its own investigation, the website Daily Dot reported that the suspicious activity appears linked to a public relations firm called Wiki-PR.
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"We do paid editing and not paid advocacy," French wrote. "Our primary goal is to improve Wikipedia."
Asked if the editor "Morning277" had worked for Wiki-PR, French declined to comment.
Gardner declined to comment on Wiki-PR, citing the ongoing investigation.
While it is largely invisible to readers, Wikipedia's community of editors regularly investigates and vets contributions, sometimes causing conflicts with users who violate – intentionally or unintentionally – the site's rules regarding neutrality.
Companies engaged in self-promotion on Wikipedia have faced scrutiny in the past. In 2007, a researcher created a service called WikiScanner that unveiled the purported real identities of many Wikipedia editors, revealing many cases in which editors were contributing to articles on themselves or their employers.
Many marketing firms and corporate PR departments have learned how to influence Wikipedia articles without upsetting the site's volunteer editors. Such steps can include posting a note on the discussion page for an article suggesting that someone else make a correction or addition. The Chartered Institute for Public Relations created a guide for PR people on how to improve articles.
At issue in the current controversy are questions about the limits of paying editors to edit articles on Wikipedia. While the encyclopedia has been open to experts such as university professors editing articles in their area of research, it frowns on paid editing for promotional purposes, which it calls "paid advocacy editing." Gardner said that such "black hat" editing violates Wikipedia's core principles, and could undermine reader trust in the site.
Even if Wikipedia doesn't ban paid editing, some of the people involved in the current investigation say tactics they have linked with Wiki-PR break Wikipedia's rules. "Wiki-PR's practices are not within our community standards, are not ethical, and are not tolerated," wrote editor Kevin Gorman in an email, adding that he can't speak for the community as a whole.
He continued: "Wikipedia uses consensus-based decision-making, so a full response to Wiki-PR won't happen instantly -- but I would be surprised if many of their content 'contributions' are still intact a month from now."
Here is the full text of the email from Wiki-PR CEO French:
Hi Geoff,
Thank you. We're as boring as any other research firm. The "PR" in Wiki-PR is a misnomer-- we're a research and writing firm. We counsel our clients on how to adhere to Wikipedia's rules. We research the subject and write in an accurate and properly referenced way about it, filling a hole at Wikipedia for many subjects--concepts, companies, people-- even astronomy-- in which other editors lack an interest. Our people do a lot of work for free on Wikipedia, just because it's interesting and helpful to the Wikipedia community.
Rules at Wikipedia exist to thwart promotionalism and advertising and we follow those rules. If we don't, the material promptly gets removed and we see a "promotionalism" or "advertising" flag at the top. The system works efficiently. Most big PR firms have an agenda to get their clients ROI. Most big PR firms are also expensive. They don't know the rules as well because they do PR work, broadly, and try to promote. We don't have those incentives. Most of our arrangements are for Wikipedia consulting at an hourly or flat-fee rate for a period of time. To be fair, regular editors on Wikipedia do a stellar job. It's usually unregistered IPs that go on to Wikipedia to attack companies and people with views and ideologies they want to advance. What we do is get Wikipedia to enforce the rules so our clients are presented accurately.
We do paid editing and not paid advocacy. Our primary goal is to improve Wikipedia. We're part of the fabric of Wikipedia-- an integral part-- and useful where volunteers don't want to or cannot put in the time to understand a subject, find sources, code, upload, and professionally monitor a page. We say "no" to clients frequently-- in a rigid effort to avoid promoting or advertising. We routinely temper client expectations on promotionalism and advertising and spend boundless time explaining Wikipedia's editorial standards to those who might not be familiar with them. We're part of the solution and not the problem. And I'll be the first to admit that we've made bad calls on "notability", which just means whether a subject has enough news coverage to support a Wikipedia page. We're always monitoring Wikipedia's official policies to ensure compliance.
Senior Wikipedia administrators closed the sockpuppet investigation after concluding that we were paid editors paying other editors. Volumes of Wikipedia pages we didn't work on were wrongly swept into that investigation. We do pay hundreds of other editors for their work-- they're real people and not sockpuppets.
There is a rather silent majority on Wikipedia that supports paid editing. What we do isn't magic. Our singular mission is to respect other editors and follow the rules. Some rules overlap and conflict, but that's part of the process with any open-source project like Wikipedia. Designing a market and eco-system can be very difficult, though Wikipedia's leadership has done a pretty good job.


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Choosing the Right Law School / Re: Go Thomas Jefferson School of Law! On the Rise... :)« on: March 27, 2009, 12:05:49 AM »
The only number that matters is 38%... the amount of 1Ls no longer with the class at graduation. 89 students and only 28 were transfers.
The San Diego Local Pre-Law Perspective: TJSL is a solid, up-in coming school, especially in comparison to the other two law schools in town. Ive noticed how most of these assessments of Thomas J are only taking things at face value. Ive got a few misunderstandings that I feel obligated to clarify, but ill start off with TJ TROLLs because its the most recent, and easier one that I can warm up on
If we look solely look at the stats from LSAC (ABA Approved Law Schools):
Thomas J
After 1L
~4% (20 people) forced to leave due to academic reasons
~6% (30 people) left for other reasons
After 2L & 3L
5 people leave due to academics
34 people leave for other reasons
*So the reason why you are coming up with 38% of students not finishing, is because you have more than 30% leaving for other reasons other than academics after the three years. Im not sure if you have checked the profile of the school, but a good number of students at TJSL are parents, working professionals, and others who have multiple obligations to juggle with in addition to Law School. After the first and most challenging year, only 4% of students were forced to leave because they couldnt make the grades. In comparison, thats not half bad. USD is 3%, and Cal Western is 12%.
(if you would like to know my math, feel free to check)
TJSL: -20(academic) -30(other)= -50 (11% out) 4% Academic Attrition
Cal W: -39(academic) -60(other)= -99 (30%out) ..12% Academic Attrition
USD: -9(academic) -29(other)= -38 (11%out) .3% Academic Attrition
Cal Western:http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA4802.pdf
USD: http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA4849.pdf


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Researchers working under the direction of Dr. Sarah Romans of the University of Otago in New Zealand asserted that the correlation between an impending menstrual cycle and symptoms such as mood swings is far more tenuous than previously stated, according to Time Health & Family.
"The human menstrual cycle … has historically been the focus of myth and misinformation, leading to ideas that constrain women's activities," authors of the study wrote. "We wished to examine one pervasive idea, that the [menstrual cycle] is a cause of negative mood, by studying the scientific literature as a whole. We briefly reviewed the history of the idea of premenstrual syndrome and undertook a systematic review of quality studies."
A reported 47 studies were examined in the process, each of which tracked the moods of women throughout the course of their respective menstrual cycles. Of those studies, only 15 percent found that women experienced PMS.
According to the magazine, 38 percent of the studies found that PMS persisted into the onset of menstruation and beyond. Additionally, another 38 percent found no relationship between menstruation and moods.
The remaining 9 percent of studies allegedly claimed women experienced the worst moods while not in a premenstrual phase.
In short, 85 percent of the studies did not observe what is classically known as PMS, and just over half off the studies found menstruation and mood to be related at all.
The study distinguished between PMS and another disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a severe form of the syndrome, according to the magazine.
Women suffering from other menstrual disorders such as menorrhagia – which is described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta as "menstrual bleeding that lasts more than 7 days" – were also reportedly omitted from the investigation, as researchers wished to work with a pool of healthy women.
"Taken together, these studies failed to provide clear evidence in support of the existence of a specific premenstrual negative mood syndrome in the general population," the study concluded, according to its abstract summary in Gender Medicine. "This puzzlingly widespread belief needs challenging, as it perpetuates negative concepts linking female reproduction with negative emotionality."


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