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Syria's Homs: Evacuee tells of life under siege
BEIRUT (AP) — Weeping children begged for food and women picked grass to eat as hunger gripped rebel-held neighborhoods of the Syrian city of Homs during a nearly two-year military blockade, according to a rare first-hand account by a man evacuated during a truce this week.
It was ultimately that hunger that caused Abu Jalal Tilawi to flee, along with around 1,300 others, mostly women, children and elderly allowed out during the truce.
"They couldn't dislodge us with the missiles they rained down on us," the 64-year-old Tilawi said of besieging government forces. "The hunger defeated us. The hunger, the hunger, the hunger. I left the city where I was born, where my father was born, where my ancestors were born. I was weeping while I was walking."
Tilawi's account in a Skype interview spotlights the suffering experienced by an estimated 250,000 civilians living in over 40 areas across Syria that have been blockaded for months. Most of the sieges are by government forces, aiming to wear down resistance, but rebels have also adopted the tactic in some areas.
Western powers at the U.N. Security Council are trying to push for more sanctions against Syria to punish the government of President Bashar Assad for the blockades, though Russia has vowed to veto a resolution.
"We are facing the worst humanitarian tragedy since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994," France's U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud said Tuesday. "Starvation is used as a weapon by the regime.′
The continuing siege of rebel-held districts in Homs, Syria's third-largest city, is perhaps the longest. But the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Moadamiyah has been under blockade for 15 months. A government siege of Yarmouk, an area on Damascus' southern fringes that is home to some 18,000 people, has been in place for about a year, and activists estimate more than 100 people there have died of hunger-related illnesses and a lack of medical aid.
In the battleground northern city of Aleppo, rebels have blockaded the central prison, with an estimated 4,000 inmates, for almost year. The Syrian Red Crescent delivered food parcels to prisoners, but had to stop this month because of intensified fighting. Rebels say government forces use the prison to launch strikes on rebel-held districts of the city.
"People will suffer inside the prison, but there are ... people who are suffering in Aleppo because of the regime controlling this prison," said Abu Adel, a rebel from the Ansar al-Haq Brigade taking part in the siege. He spoke via Skype on condition he be identified only by his nom de guerre for security reasons.
Syrian government officials similarly say blockades are to prevent rebels from spreading and accuse them of holding residents in besieged areas hostage.
Homs, in central Syria, was one of the first cities to see a major uprising against Assad's rule in early 2011. Government forces managed to regain control of much of the city, but rebel fighters kept their grip on several districts, including Old Homs, the historic Medieval district that is largely a tight network of small alleyways.
In the summer of 2012, government forces clamped down their siege on the district, barring the entry of food, water and medical supplies.
The effect appeared to have been devastating.
Before the evacuation, an estimated 2,500 civilians were trapped in Old Homs. The truce came after a call by U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi and came into effect on Friday, lasting until Wednesday evening. With a few exceptions, the Syrian government barred men considered of fighting age — between 15 and 55 — from leaving.
The truce was shaken by repeated shooting and shelling that prevented many civilians from leaving, killed 11 people, and forced U.N. and Syrian Red Crescent workers to repeatedly halt evacuations and shipments of food into the besieged districts. In the end, around 1,300 made it out — including 500 children, 20 pregnant women and a number of disabled, according to accounts from U.N. and Syrian officials.
Some of those who emerged —though not all — appeared frail and skinny, said Matthew Hollingworth, country director of the World Food Program, speaking from Homs about the evacuees.
"They are physically and mentally exhausted from what they have suffered for 600 days, and they are at their wits end," he said.
A Syrian reporter in Homs said evacuees described scrounging for food sources during the months of siege. Some smuggled in supplies through tunnels connecting with other Homs neighborhoods. Vendors bribed soldiers to let in some food — albeit at radically marked-up prices: $50 for a kilo (2 pounds) of rice cost, $40 for cracked wheat. The reporter spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to foreign media.
Others looted abandoned shops and homes, said Hollingworth.
Tilawi, the evacuee, spoke to AP from the home of one his sons in al-Waar, a rebel-held area across the Orontes River from Homs where many of the evacuees went.
It corresponded with accounts evacuees told to the WFP's Hollingworth, what they told the journalist, as well as with AP interviews with several anti-Assad activists in Homs during the truce period and statements by U.N. and Red Crescent officials who described the emaciated state of evacuees.
Tilawi was trapped in Old Homs with three of his five sons. His wife escaped the siege earlier, moving in with relatives in a nearby town, but he hadn't heard from her in three months and feared she may have been killed in fighting.
It took months for the blockade to bite, he said. But by December, Tilawi said their rations dwindled to pickled olives. In their last weeks, Tilawi said he and his sons were eating a dish called "water soup" — a mix of spices, drops of oil, pomegranate juice syrup and boiling water — sometimes with cracked wheat if they could scrape up enough money.
The poorest women foraged for grass growing in cracks between concrete and bombed buildings, Tilawi said.
"I would see children crying in front of me. They would be on the streets, shaking the men, saying, 'Uncle, I'm hungry, I'm hungry, give me something to eat!'" he recalled, weeping.
Hollingworth, of the WFP, said that even during the evacuation, he saw people pulling weeks out of cracks in the pavement "to augment what is a very meagre diet." He said he was also told by survivors of people making the watery soup and met a man who caught cats to feed his children.
When the truce and evacuation began, Tilawi said he was initially determined to stay. On the second day, he and other residents were told to gather for trucks bringing in food. When two vehicles arrived, he described chaos as desperate residents descended on them.
"Shame on us, if you saw us, fighting over the food. Tens of people, screaming, women, children, everybody," he said. "Then the mortars fell, and people were wounded, and it was a day of hell."
He decided to leave, abandoning his adult sons.
Other families, too, were separated, said Homs-based activist. One elderly man with a heart problem left with his wife and daughter, leaving his 16-year-old son behind. His wife fell down crying and tried to kiss the hands of rebel fighters, begging them to care for her son, said the activist, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
Tilawi walked with dozens of others to reach the evacuation point in an area known as Qarabis. There, aid workers told them to walk between vehicles as cover from continuing fire as they were escorted to safety. They were each given water, an apple, a banana, and a can of Pepsi.
"One of the children asked me what it was. I said, they invented this thing called Pepsi before you were born. The kid had never seen a can of it before," he said.
He has little faith his trials are over. Al-Waar, where he took refuge, has also been under blockade for the past four months.
"We left a blockade, and have come to another one," said Tilawi. "But here, they are still at the beginning, they have food. In three or four months we'll run out, and we'll be hungry again."
AP correspondents Barbara Surk and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed reporting.


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(probably) final post
As you've all probably noticed, I've not written much. Mostly, that's because I quit playing World of Warcraft.
No, it's not a bad game. No, it's not a refutation or a complaint or anything else. I just got tired of playing. In fact the only reason I'd continued was that my daughter was still playing. About a month and a half ago she decided she, too, wasn't having fun and quit.
Will I play another MMORPG? Someday, maybe. I have more projects and things to do than I have time, however. And one of the things I've discovered since quitting is that I'm getting things done – things that were lingering on either my wife's honey-do or my wanna-do list. That's… pretty nice. Do I miss the folk with whom I visited regularly? Some. But most of the ones I really liked? I got their email, and in a couple of cases their phone numbers, and we still visit.
Will I complain of it? Will I call others out for wasting their time? HECK no. If it's fun, keep at it.
It just quit being fun.
I will be leaving this up for quite some time. I figure parts of the blog posts I made will be relevant at least to WoTLK, maybe more. If the hits approach zero, I'll consider dropping the blog entirely.
If you think there's an article or two that should be saved, you're welcome to copy. If you do, please attribute. I'm not going to earn any money, but I do appreciate the credit.
It was a good time, folks, but, well-
Go have fun. I will.
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Good luck with everything!
Adios, Kirk. 😦
Good luck with everything, Kirk, you will be greatly missed!
[…] Kirk, from Priestly Endeavors has officially called it quits. […]
All the best Kirk, your blogging efforts were always seriously appreciated! 🙂
I will miss this blog!
The information it has provided me has been extremely useful, as well as entertaining to read!
Good luck with all the projects!
Your blog is always a top spot on my reader. Its sad to see you go but priorities change.
Here is one priest wishing you good luck in your other endeavors!
Yours was one of the first blogs I ever read, so it'll be sad to see you go, but I can understand where you're coming from.
All the best Kirk, have fun and enjoy life!
[…] On another sad note, long time Priest and Hunter blogger Kirk from Priestly Endeavors has decided to call it. […]
Thanks Kirk, and have fun!
Thanks for all the posts. Here's hoping you find the fun somewhere else.
Thanks Kirk, you will be missed. Good luck.
Yours was one of the first blogs I really read regularly. I found your posts to be very helpful even though I never played a priest. Good Luck man, you'll be missed.
You will be missed…
All the best Kirk & good luck
Definitely one of the best WoW blog around. Good luck with everything !
One of the first Priest Blogs that I ever read, and helped me find Galadria, Matt, and Ego oh so long ago ..
GL with RL mate 8D
GL with RL 😉 I learnt a huge chunk of my game from here!


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Get Back to the Future in These New 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Clips
We're a mere three weeks away from the debut of X-Men: Days of Future Past, and to celebrate, we've got three clips to share.
Fox is releasing footage left and right, but so far it has done a pretty good job of whetting our appetite without spoiling the main course. That appears to continue in these new videos, which highlight meetings between characters like Beast and Wolverine, young Magneto and Xavier, and Mystique and Bolivar Trask.
If you're a fanboy's fanboy, your head may very well explode while watching our first clip, which features Peter Dinklage's Trask and Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique. It's like Tyrion Lannister squaring off against Katniss Everdeen, only somehow cooler. There's some good action in this encounter, with Mystique laying a beatdown on a whole room of armed men.
Things get a little more dramatic in our second clip, which features the younger Magneto and Xavier having a tense disagreement on an in-flight plane. Fassbender and McAvoy do a nice job of giving it all gravitas – it's easy to imagine scenes like this spiraling off into pure melodrama with lesser actors.
And finally, we end on a lighter note with this snippet featuring the first meeting between Wolverine and Beast. No description beyond that is really necessary, but this is easily the funniest of the new videos. Check it out below.
X-Men: Days of Future Past will try to end the war between humans and mutants on May 23.
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The audience was asked to make no recordings this week of the East Stroudsburg North High School band concert. The material was copyrighted and a professional recording was available to order.
The audience was asked to make no recordings this week of the East Stroudsburg North High School band concert. The material was copyrighted and a professional recording was available to order.
But the rules apparently don't apply to everyone. Plenty in the audience flipped their switches and recorded every bit of the excellent concert anyway.
Parents may think, "You can't tell me not to take video of my child's performance!" Or "There is no way I am paying for a recording!" Or "I need to get this on Facebook tonight!"
I get it, because I am a lifelong shutterbug. That is, someone with a camera always in hand, who bugs people.
The experience at concerts and other big audience events has changed since smartphones put cameras in most pockets.
I first noticed it at the East Stroudsburg North graduation ceremony last year, held at the Mount Laurel Center, where a sea of iPhones were raised in the hands in front of me.
Some folks stood up and kept their arms raised over their heads to get a better view. It was a bit distracting.
Also, they were in my shot.
A few weeks later, a friend scored free tickets to see Melissa Etheridge in Bethlehem.
A throng of smartphone users rushed the stage, and all shot video from roughly the same angle.
I doubt smartphone recording would be ignored by ushers at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in New York, where free cough drops are offered to keep audience distraction to a minimum.
Thoughtful audience members unwrap those suckers in the hallway to avoid paper crinkling during the show.
Photographer pests are looking through the digital view finder, missing the widest angle available, through the human eye.
Photographers are thinking about lighting, zooming and focusing.
They are not thinking about how obnoxious it is to light up a screen and hold it high, especially in a darkened theater.
Who has time to watch all that video? No one.
A while back, I decided to put my camera down and be fully present, soaking in life's big moments to be imprinted only on my memory.
Living in the moment is pretty delicious and its side effects include good manners. If we ignore the no-recording policy at school concerts, our kids will never understand that.


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When Southern corn growers began putting their combines in the field last summer — some for the first time in years, if ever — they quickly realized this wasn't their father's or their grandfather's corn crop.
Instead of 140 to 150 bushels, producers found themselves harvesting 240 to 250 bushels per acre. Dryland corn yields weren't that high but were high enough USDA has been forecasting record yield averages of 155 to 160 bushels per acre in some states.
Recognizing the impetus for higher production both in the traditional Corn Belt and across the Sunbelt, John Deere has introduced a new line of "bullet rotor" STS (single tyne separation) combines and its first new corn header in nearly 30 years.
The new 70 Series combines — the 9570 STS, 9670 STS, 9770 STS and 9870 STS — will replace Deere's 60 Series combines, according to representatives who spoke at a series of field demonstrations held in conjunction with the company's 2007 product introduction in Cincinnati.
"Farmers have grown their crops for five or six months, and they have one opportunity over 10 to 30 days to harvest them," said Grant Tice, division marketing manager, John Deere Harvester Works. "Harvest becomes a very critical time."
The new combines, which are powered with engines ranging from 265 to 440 horsepower, are also aimed at helping farmers cover more ground.
"Large producers are always looking for more productivity, and these new machines cover more acres in less time, deliver ultimate performance during harvest, and offer additional residue-management choices to the producer," says Seth Crawford, marketing manager, John Deere Harvester works.
Whether configured for Deere's new 600C Series corn heads or with platforms for harvesting rice, soybeans or wheat, the new 9870 STS combine features 15 percent more cleaning capacity to help growers handle the increased residues from higher yielding crops, says Tice.
They also are equipped with larger grain tanks, beginning with a 250-bushel tank on the 9570 STS and running up to 300 bushels on the 9770 STS and 9870 STS models.
The 70 Series combines are powered by John Deere PowerTech Plus engines that are cleaner-burning, more fuel-efficient and factory-approved to use up to a B5 biodiesel fuel blend.
"On our largest combine, the 9870 STS, we offer an industry exclusive Intelligent Power Management system," says Crawford. "The horsepower on this combine is automatically increased to 480 hp when matched with the new 612C StalkMaster Chopping Corn Head.
"This system was designed to ensure that operators do not compromise productivity when chopping corn stalks during harvest. Customers with the 9870 STS and 612C StalkMaster package can maintain ground speed while chopping and sizing corn residue at the corn head."
To complement the increased capacity of the 9870 STS Combine and the 612C StalkMaster, Deere is offering a new CommandTouch Multi-Speed Feederhouse drive. This five-speed drive system delivers 45 percent more feederhouse-drive capacity to allow more productivity from the new 600C Corn Heads.
The 9870 STS Combine's DynaFlo II cleaning system is designed to deliver 15 percent more cleaning capacity generated by a longer sieve stroke and a new front-chaffer extension. This new design increases the cleaning capacity and ensures a cleaner crop in the grain tank even with higher-bushel crops.
Clean grain elevator capacities also have been increased on the 9670 STS, 9770 STS and 9870 STS models to enable growers to harvest more bushels per hour in high-yielding fields.
"Another enhancement to all 70 Series STS Combines is the ease of control and access to precise information for the operator while harvesting," says Crawford. "The new CommandCenter display screen, mounted on the armrest, provides important harvesting information that is easily viewed in a user-friendly format."
The CommandCenter display, standard equipment on all combines, provides clear and simple Harvest Monitor yield and moisture information. It also provides text messages from the combine to the operator regarding easy calibration, diagnostics and systems-alert information.
The new 600C corn head is redesigned with higher-speed stalk rolls, larger gathering chains and a more aggressive auger. This translates to greater capacity for handling high-volume crop material, Crawford says. This also keeps more ears in the corn head and more stalks, leaves and trash on the ground. Customers will be able to operate at higher ground speeds with fewer grain losses from the corn head or combine.
"For those growers who want single-pass residue management when harvesting, the StalkMaster chopping corn heads are engineered to meet the demands of tougher corn stalks," he says. "The new high-performance gear cases on the StalkMaster heads are designed to more aggressively chop and size stalks in one pass."
In addition to the StalkMaster residue-management system, customers may also choose the new, more aggressive straight stalk rolls, or redesigned longer-wear knife rolls. These two stalk roll options allow customers to select a residue-management system that meets their crop-handling needs.
The corn head row units also are completely redesigned with increased capacity and durability. Gathering chains on the row units are larger and driven by heavy-duty ductile iron sprockets. The row units are propelled with a new drive system that is built to handle the higher speeds and residue management capacity of the 600C Corn Heads.


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About: Like my Vine Monograms, Roman Monograms began with a request and were inspired by machine "pantograph" engraving. Unlike most of the other monogram fonts, these letters do not overlap or even touch; the fonts can even be used as matching text fonts too. I completely redrew each letter (and number) and developed a series of related fonts that can be used to create 8 distinctive styles.
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I opened the trunk of my car and there they were, wedged between a basketball and some motor oil: three "GO PATS!" placards that I'd been given on the streets of Indianapolis in the hours prior to the Super Bowl.
I opened the trunk of my car and there they were, wedged between a basketball and some motor oil: three "GO PATS!" placards that I'd been given on the streets of Indianapolis in the hours prior to the Super Bowl.
I remember that as the guy distributing them walked away, I regretted not taking a few extras — they'd be nice souvenirs to give to Patriots fans back home.
Little did I know they'd be little more than painful reminders of what might have been.
It's been over a month since the Patriots and the Giants "� well, you know "� and in that time the 2011 season has been pretty much been put in the recycle bin by most NFL fans.
But not the fans here.
The heartache hangover is pretty obvious around these parts, and Patriots Nation is clearly following the offseason a bit more philosophically than usual. A signing? Ho hum. Draft talk? Maybe tomorrow. Peyton Manning signed with Denver? He's playing in Foxboro this year? Great. See ya then.
Part of this attitude is surely a response to the Super Bowl defeat, which still has shock value weeks later. Part of it is timing, with the Bruins and Celtics preparing for the postseason and the Bobby V. era drawing eyes to Florida.
But I'd also like to think another part of the passivity comes because New England fans must surely know by now that their future is in good hands, better than most, if not as exciting as most.
The team braintrust is plugging forward, as it always does, doing their due diligence. Bill Belichick's strengths are many, and one of the best is his ability to put the past behind and focus on the now.
They've signed nine players who played elsewhere last year, most of whom are coming off down seasons, some of whom won't make the team at all. The addition of Brandon Lloyd as the new No. 2 receiver was enough to get some excitement going, and for good reason. He is the best talent outside of Randy Moss to play wide receiver here since Irving Fryar, although that talent has only once translated to top-level production.
Assuming he's healthy, Lloyd is a big upgrade over Deion Branch, who was already in line to get bumped last year in favor of the failed Chad Ochocinco experiment.
The rest of the signings range from solid (defensive tackle Jonathan Fanene) to hopeful (safety Steve Gregory and offensive lineman Robert Gallery) to puzzling (underwhelming tight end Daniel Fells, washout WRs Anthony Gonzalez and Donte' Stallworth).
Key contributors like center Dan Connolly and special teamers Tracy White and Matthew Slater have resigned, and not a single Patriot from the 2011 team has signed elsewhere — another sign of organizational health. Guys like Benjarvus Green-Ellis, Dan Koppen, James Ihedigbo, Mark Anderson and Andre Carter have all stated their love for the way things are done here, and are all considering a return if the Patriots will have them.
Add to this mix extra picks in the first and second round of the April draft, and a proven record of finding real gems in August and even September (Pro Bowler Brian Waters last year), and things are in fine working order. Even with Mr. Manning in Denver and the twin terrors of the AFC North in Pittsburgh and Baltimore, this team will, yet again, be on the short list of contenders. As I say every year to those who worry: Is Tom Brady healthy? Is Bill Belichick still on the sidelines? They've got a shot at the Super Bowl.
Ugh. The Super Bowl.
Here come the flashbacks again "� it's a safety! "� 12 men on the field, Giants retain possession! "� touchdown, Woodhead, and the Patriots take the lead! ... the Patriots are a drive away from history! "� oh no, Wes Welker can't hang on! "� what a catch by Manningham! "� the Hail Mary pass is up, into the end zone, batted around, INCOMPLETE! ... GAME OVER! GIANTS WIN!
It's a reminder that getting worked up about football in March is a futile activity; that after 10 more months of passion and pain for the team and their fans, it can all end up the way the 2011 season did: reduced to a folded-up square of cardboard in the corner of a crowded trunk.
But the chase is always worth it, and will be again.
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I'm getting very slow OpenGL performance and I'm looking to see why. I got OpenGL Extensions Viewer 4.04 to see what I could learn. When I run it the SUMMARY shows I'm running DirectX version 9 Shader model: vs_3_0,ps_3_0. Some time ago I updated to DirectX 11.
Running dxdiag shows I have DirectX 11.
I've recently update the nVidia 560Ti to driver 296.10. OpenGL Viewer shows it correctly and OpenGL 4.2.
Is the OpenGL viewer out of data and not capable of showing DirectX 11?
If it is capable, does this indicate a problem?
How do I know which DirectX OpenGL is using?
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The current OpenGL driver doesn't expose the SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows (NT)/CurrentVersion/OpenGLDrivers registry entry. Unable to detect the driver version, driver revision name and filename.


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Social engineering, in the context of security, is understood to mean the art of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information.While it is similar to a confidence trick or simple fraud, it is typically trickery or deception for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or computer system access; in most cases the attacker never comes face-to-face with the victims.
The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) is specifically designed to perform advanced attacks against the human element. in this type of attack human behaviour is exploited. i found some of the best video demo of this tool.
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Delcor needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 38 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
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α35 DSLR
Making its debut on the α35 camera, Tele-zoom High Speed Shooting magnifies a central portion of the image area providing an effective 1.4x magnification (appx) while shooting at up to 7 fps. Providing continuous tracking autofocus of still or moving objects, this feature is ideal for capturing fast-moving sports. There's also an up to5.5 fps drive mode that offers full-resolution continuous shooting with tracking AF.
With a resolution of 16.2 effective megapixels, the Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor delivers detailed still and HD video images. Complementing the sensor's high resolution and sensitivity, the camera's powerful BIONZ processor optimizes image data. A maximum sensitivity of ISO 12800 and extension to ISO 25600 makes it possible to capture natural still images and HD video in low light.
Advanced Quick AF Live View continuously displays a real-time output from the main image sensor during still or Full HD video shooting. Light is partially directed from the translucent mirror to an AF sensor to permit non-stop precision TTL phase-detection autofocus – a benefit not possible with traditional DSLR cameras.
Shooting stills or AVCHD video, users can enjoy a detailed view on the 3-inch Xtra Fine LCD display.
The high-resolution Tru-Finder display offers a precision alternative to framing shots on the camera's LCD. Offering a detailed image with full 100% field coverage, it's ideal for live preview of picture effects and exposure adjustments.
The α35 model offers a new in-camera 'Picture Effect' setting that lets users add extra impact to stills or Full HD video during shooting, without the worry of editing images afterwards. Effects can be previewed on the camera screen, allowing photographers to see the result of a chosen effect instantly rather than post-shooting. The palette of artistic treatments includes Retro Photo, High-key, Toy Camera and Posterization.
Reductions in power consumption boost the camera's battery life to 440 still shots (approx. when using the rear LCD panel) between battery charges – a 30 percent increase over its predecessor.
The α35 model is compatible with the full range of 32 A-mount interchangeable lenses that includes six Carl Zeiss lenses, as well as the full range of alpha accessories including flashes, carrying cases, LCD monitors and more.
The new camera is compatible with Sony's full line of SD memory cards, including the newest Class 10 versions, as well as the Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX series.
The new α35 interchangeable lens camera will be available this August with an 18-55mm kit zoom lens (model SEL1855) for about $700. It will also be offered as a body-only (without kit lens) for about $600.
Offered in a range of stylish colors, the NEX-C3 features a new body design that combines a satisfyingly solid metal top casing with a streamlined grip shape. Reducing the size of its internal circuitry visibly shrinks the camera's size and achieves a body weight of just 225g (approximately 8 ounces) – nearly six percent lighter than its predecessor, the NEX-3 camera.
The resolution of the camera's large Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor is boosted to 16.2 effective megapixels, capturing stills and 720p HD video. The DSLR-sized sensor also lets users produce pro-quality background defocus effects, whether shooting HD video or stills.
The Photo Creativity interface on the NEX-C3 camera puts controls within easy reach, whether users are shooting stills or HD Video. Technical terms like 'aperture', 'exposure value' and 'white balance' are replaced with the friendlier 'background defocus', 'brightness' and 'color.' A traditional interface with Aperture/Shutter Priority, Manual and custom functions is always available for experienced users.
The camera also features the 'Picture Effect,' a 3-inch (measured diagonally) Xtra Fine LCD and a battery life of 400 still shots per charge.
3D Sweep Panorama mode captures extra-wide images that can be viewed in 3D on a 3D television with compatible 3D glasses. Auto HDR "stacks" a high-speed burst of three successive exposures to capture extreme shadow and highlight details in a single frame. Similarly, Handheld Twilight and Anti-Motion Blur modes automatically combine six exposures to capture smooth, low-noise images. This avoids hand-blur and subject-blur when shooting in available light.
Joining the range of E-mount interchangeable lenses, the SEL30M35 is currently the world's lightest life-size macro lens (approx 4.9 ounces) for interchangeable-lens cameras. This 30mm F3.5 macro lens features a 1:1 magnification ratio and minimum working distance of just 0.95 inches (2.4 cm). Despite its compact size, the SEL30M35 employs one ED glass and three aspherical lens elements for excellent optical performance, with minimized aberration and very high edge-to-edge sharpness and contrast. The macro lens is supplied with a matching lens hood.
Also available as an option, the new HVL-F20S is a style-matching flash that clips onto the Smart Accessory Terminal of NEX-C3 and other E-mount cameras. Powered directly by the camera, the flash requires no batteries, making it ultra-compact and light weight for travelling. With a GN20 (50mm, at ISO 100, m) flash power rating and adjustable head, it's ideal for creating natural fill-in and bounce flash effects with portraits and everyday shooting subjects.
The new camera is also compatible with Sony's full line of SD memory cards, including the newest Class 10 versions, as well as the Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX series.
The new NEX-C3 ultra-compact digital camera will be available this August in silver, black and pink with an 18-55mm kit zoom lens (model SEL1855) and will cost about $650. It will also be offered in black only with a 16mm lens (model SEL16F28) for about $600.
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Gov. Rick Snyder proposed an ambitious budget Thursday that asks Michigan drivers to pay higher taxes and fees to fix bad roads, expands Medicaid to uninsured adults and socks away more money for a rainy day.
Snyder's $50.9 billion spending plan, which needs approval from the GOP-led Legislature, also calls for a bigger state police force, more spots in preschool for at-risk kids and a modest funding boost for public education.
He said it is a responsible, balanced budget that reflects Michigan is "turning the corner" after a decade of job losses. He cautioned that the state is not out of the woods given fiscal problems in Washington and in some struggling Michigan cities and schools.
"We're building a long-term path to financial stability and success," Snyder told lawmakers who sit on House and Senate budget committees. "Too often when we tend to come out of a recession, it's easy to go back to old habits."
Most of the increase over the current $48.2 billion budget is in two areas: transportation and Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor and disabled.
Snyder proposed increasing the 19-cents-per-gallon state gasoline tax and 15-cents-per-gallon diesel tax to the equivalent of 33 cents for both — a more detailed plan than announced in his January State of the State address. After two years, the fuel tax would begin fluctuating depending on fuel consumption and construction.
Annual registration fees would rise 60 percent for cars and SUVs and 25 percent for big trucks and trailers. The typical family would pay $120 per vehicle more each year in gas taxes and vehicle fees, a tough sell even if people recognize roads are in bad shape.
Snyder said Michigan will be stuck with a much larger bill in the future if lawmakers do not act. He cited repair-shop bills associated with driving on pothole-ridden roads that are dangerous for motorists and said spending more on transportation would create jobs.
"This is common sense to me," he said.
Snyder also formally recommended making 320,000 more residents eligible for Medicaid in 2014, a move he said would initially save $200 million a year because people who receive care from state-funded programs would instead be covered with federal money. That was met with skepticism by Republican legislators who worry the federal government will renege on a promise to cover much the cost after 2017.
"Whenever you get their money, we lose any control over what we do and what our recipients get," said Sen. Mike Green, R-Mayville, who questioned taking the dollars as Washington grapples with deficits and debt.
To head off those kinds of concerns, Snyder called for setting aside $100 million a year of savings from Medicaid expansion so Michigan can pay a portion of the cost once the U.S. government stops covering 100 percent.
"The bottom line is better care at a lower cost. This is not about taking money and spending money from Washington. I don't believe in that," said Snyder, adding the biggest factor in his Medicaid decision was uninsured patients visiting emergency rooms because they do not have health insurance. "They're classified as uncompensated care. They're still real people."
Democrats, who are outnumbered in the Capitol, applauded Snyder for his Medicaid position but faulted his school budget and said his early childhood initiative does not go far enough.
"Are we going to try to address the fact that we are in a deficit when it comes to quality education in our state?" said Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.
Public schools, universities and community colleges would get 2 percent more overall funding in the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. The proposal requires universities to hold tuition and fee increases below 4 percent or lose part of their state aid.
Snyder asked lawmakers to double enrollment of 4-year-olds in a preschool program for kids at risk of failing. Over two years, the number of participants in the Great Start Readiness Program would rise from 32,000 to 66,000.
K-12 districts that now get the minimum amount of aid would receive $34 more per student this fall, with the minimum grant being raised to $7,000. Mid-level and wealthier districts would not get the extra money but could qualify for additional funding if they meet performance benchmarks (up to $100 per pupil) or "best practices" ($16 per student).
Though the focus traditionally has been on per-pupil funding levels, Nixon said that is not the best gauge of spending because of a change in paying for retirement benefits for school employees. A 2012 law limits the portion of districts' payroll required to go toward the retirement system, so Snyder is budgeting to spend $430 million for excess liabilities —the equivalent of $250 per student.
He also called for higher hunting and fishing license fees, $25 million in tax incentives for movie makers — half what is allocated in the current budget — and hiring a net 107 more state troopers and more conservation officers.
He proposed putting $75 million more in the rainy day fund, which would total $580 million. It was near empty when Snyder took office.
Snyder wants to raise gas tax, expand Medicaid
Gov. Rick Snyder proposed an ambitious budget Thursday that asks Michigan drivers to pay higher taxes and fees to fix bad roads, expands Medicaid to uninsured adults and socks away more money for a rainy day.


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While intervening in 3rd party disputes is a risky move, it's pretty safe to assume who the bad guy is when you see a uniformed cop on the ground being beaten by a non-uniformed man.
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OpenXava 4.2.3 released
NaviOX 2013v2 released
September 18, 2013
NaviOX 2013v2 has the next new features:
- The user can change his own password.
- It's possible to define the order for modules and subfolders in the hierarchical menu.
- LDAP support (tested with Active Directory).
- Autologin using autologinUser and autologinPassword in naviox.properties.
- It's needed to type the password twice when adding a new user or modifying his password.
- Users can be activated and deactivated.
- Start button is not shown when there are not available modules.
- First steps documentation improved.
The user can change his own password
There is a new module in the Admin folder to change the password of the logged user:
This module is allowed for the user role by default, although ChangePassword can be removed from the modules allowed to the user role, in this way the regular users cannot change their own password.
Modules and folders order
Now you can determine the order of modules and folders in the menu using the Folders module:
LDAP support
NaviOX allows the users to be authenticated via LDAP. To configure LDAP edit the naviox.properties file and add the next entries:
# LDAP Config ldapHost=192.168.0.0 ldapDomain=XX ldapDN=DC=XX,DC=XX,DC=XX ldapPort=389
By default all the users are authenticated using NaviOX stored passwords. To enable LDAP you have to select the users and check Authenticate with LDAP option:
Autologin allows to use a NaviOX application without sign in. It is activated adding the next entries to naviox.properties:
# Autologin autologinUser=admin autologinPassword=admin
Now, everybody can use the application without login, they will be automatically logged as admin (or whatever other user you choose). Autologin is useful for testing or for unrestricted public applications.


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The governor is a supporter of the wine and grape industry, the state industry leader says.
Jim Trezise, president of the New York Wine and Grape Foundation, responded to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's pledge Wednesday in the State of the State address to hold summits boosting various industries.
"Governor Cuomo's strong support of home-grown industries like wine and spirits industry is helping to create jobs, expand opportunities and make personal dreams come true. Why? Great leaders empower communities by bringing people together to solve issues that they might not otherwise be able to do so on their own. These summits not only generate business, they bring people together to spark collaboration and new ideas on how entrepreneurs and small businesses can succeed in these emerging marketplaces," stated Trezise.


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hayama art festival
hayama art festival has started yesterday!
it's a unique festival that local artists, shops are opening up their place to public doing exhibit, workshop, music shows, selling thier goods and etc...
im doing workshop and open little patapri shop in my living room.
4 kids and their moms came for screen printing workshop, and i had so much fun printing together!


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No, the title isn't a typo. UK retailer Littlewoods has the Samsung ATIV S listed for £699. That's over $1100 should you be reading this article from across the pond. Now, it's understandable that hardware (particularly the latest smartphones) can sometimes cost an arm and a leg. But for a well known and sizeable retailer to charge £700 for a mobile phone is slightly baffling.
This is merely a heads up that there are cheaper sources out there, including the likes of Clove and Expansys who have the Windows Phone listed around the £450 ($730) marker unlocked. So should you be shopping for a new Windows Phone this holiday season, don't always go for the first price you see, do shop around as there are some good deals out there.
As for Littlewoods, while it's known for the company to be on the expensive side, we wish them all the luck in the world to try and shift units at that price. It's positive to see the device listed though. Do note that if you go ahead and place an order through the UK retailer, the expected delivery is January 8th.
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Easy Being Green: Florida Man Creates Electric C3 Corvette
by Steve Burns
Corvette Blogger
Wow. That's all we could say when we first arrived at the Gearbox Magazine showcasing Keith Stegath's crazy C3 project. What started life as a basic 1976 Corvette is in the process of being converted into an electric powered street machine.
Stegath moved to Florida after spending 40-some years in the working in the auto industry outside metro Detroit. Keith holds a Bachelor of Science degree as well as a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. We can't think of a better way to research battery and electric technology than to build an all-electric classic Corvette.
Keith had a 1976 Corvette a sitting around which he had been restoring and personalizing. After about 10 years of collecting dust he was preparing to part it out when he a better idea – create a battery powered C3. His decision to make an EV simply had to do with quality and making one of the best cars out there. According to Keith, ??the challenge is making a quality conversion that is on par with a well designed a new car. A quality conversion does not have wires strewn around in a rat's nest? A quality conversion does not use wood 2x4s. So I decided to build a quality electric car.? Take a look at the photos below and you can see Keith's attention to detail, especially on the motor's cross member. Also check out how he packaged the 1,200lbs of batteries in a tight C3 body.
In addition to the obvious drivetrain mods, Keith has added aluminum coil overs, tubular control arms, LED gauge lighting, and a LCD touch screen system monitor. Other modifications are just way too numerous to list them all here, but you can check them all out here.
Performance-wise, Keith estimates that he can get 50-60 miles per charge if he takes it easy on the loud pedal (pun intended!). Runs down the quarter mile should take less than 15 seconds thanks to the 5,000 rpm NetGain WarP 11 series wound DC motor. Follow the progress of this amazing build at Advanced Electric Vehicles.
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- Did you have a favorite season? If yes, which?
- What color are your eyes and hair?
- Did you spin wool, weave cloth, and/or sew clothes? Did you quilt?
- Were you apprehensive to travel from England to America?
- How did you meet Grampa Henry Meinzen?
- What was your favorite food? Did you make it often?
- Were there any traditions in your family when you were growing up or when you were a mother? If so, what were they?
- What was the hardest thing about being a mother?
- What invention during your lifetime helped make your life easier?
Genealogy Questions
- Was your mother Eliza Hartley? When did she die? Where is she buried?
- Who were your grandparents on both sides? Did you know them and spend time with them?
- You were only 12 when you left England. Did you have to work during your childhood? If so, what did you do?
That's enough questions for now, especially because I know I won't find answers, at least to any of the personal/family history questions.
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As a fellow foot sweater, I hear you concerning Goretex in boots. Not to mention many boot manufacturers think that if they throw Goretex in their boots they can then do poor shoddy boot construction meaning that when the Goretex wears out after 100 miles of walking due to rubbing against it, that the boot now leaks.
I wear plastic bags when on snow/ice. Sock/Bag/Sock. Works like a charm. Wear the socks that literally "glue" to your feet from Columbia. Titanium brand??? Even with trail runners though not all that great on soft snow. For that reason have searched out "hikers" that have stiffer soles and go with goretex gaiters. Liberally smeared with beeswax/oils you name it.
As for your crampon problem, your problem resides in the rigid crampon. From what you have described there is NO reason to have a rigid crampon on your foot. If you really want the rigid crampon option, as others have said get a crampon with a flexible bar one can take out for a rigid one for anything OTHER THAN 50 degree plus ice. There is no real reason for a rigid crampon under 50 degree ice. Add in such sections even of 60 degrees are VERY short and the "need" for rigid in the alpine environment except in extreme situations never dictates rigid crampons to begin with. Unless you are purposefully searching out bullet hard ice col's. =)


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DOVER — The New Hampshire Supreme Court is upholding the conviction of a Dover woman who is charged with paying her ex-husband to kill her boyfriend in 2008.
The court rejected the appeal of 44-year-old Dianna Saunders on Friday, who claimed she did not consent to a search of her home and vehicles after David King's body was found in the basement of the home they shared.
It is said that Saunders hired her ex-husband, Roy Saunders, to kill King. Roy then hired his son, Derek Saunders, as well as Derek's roommate, Scott Mazzone, to commit the murder. In a plea deal, Derek Saunders and Mazzone admitted to killing King and Derek admitted to having competed a "dry run" of their actions the day before the murder.
The Dover Police Department investigated the murder beginning in Aug. 2008 when King was found dead in the basement of Saunders Old Dover Point Road home with a slit throat and bullet in his head.
Saunders was not home at the time her boyfriend was killed. Instead, according to a Foster's article dated March 8, 2011, phone records show that she remained in touch with Derek and Mazzine throughout the day to ensure King was home and she was not.
She is currently serving a life sentence after a jury of 12 convicted her in March 2011 on two counts of theft, conspiracy to commit murder and being an accomplice to murder. That sentence also required Saunders to pay the cost of funeral services for King and restitution of the $350,000 she stole from her former real estate partner Dr. William Meredith.
According to the same Foster's article, Saunders took $350,000 from a joint bank account between October 2007 and January 2008 that she held with Meredith and placed the money into at least six different bank accounts in her name only, using the money to purchase a new home in Texas and to pay the mortgage of a Dover home she was supposed to be renovating on Broadway. The proceeds of selling the home were to be given to Meredith, but the property was illegally sold in a short sale, the article states.
Defense lawyers argued during the trial Saunder's ex-husband arranged the killing on his own, out of jealousy. Juror's deliberated for nearly four and a half days.
N.H. Supreme Court upholds Dover woman's murder conviction
DOVER — The New Hampshire Supreme Court is upholding the conviction of a Dover woman who is charged with paying her ex-husband to kill her boyfriend in 2008.


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May 5, 2007
Box Score - Game 1
Box Score - Game 2
Courtesy Williams Sports Information
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - MIT baseball heads toward the home stretch of the 2007 season looking for its fourth consecutive winning season. With two game scheduled on the slate, including a home tilt against Suffolk on Sunday, The Engineers (16-16) are in prime position to do just that after splitting a doubeheader against region power Williams College (22-8) on Saturday.
In game one, the Ephs had a 6-2 lead after four innings but could not hold MIT off as the Engineers used timely hitting and took advantage of walks and Eph defensive miscues to post a 12-7 win.
The Ephs enjoyed a big inning in the third inning after they tallied four runs to grab a 6-1 lead. Chris Kenney doubled to right and Paul Morgan followed with a cloud scraping double off the right field fence that held Kenney at third. A ground out to second by Sean Gleeson plated Kenney. Junior Max Pinto then stroked a line drive homerun over the right field fence to bring in Morgan. Zach Stone ripped a single to left and he scored when Chad Brown followed with a booming double over the left fielder's head.
Brown's blast brought MIT head coach Andy Barlow to the mound for a change and after junior lefty Mike Vasquez entered the game, he immediately cooled off the Eph bats by allowing just two hits over the final 4.2 innings. Vazquez did not strike out a batter but he was effective in spotting his pitches as he walked one and allowed one earned run en route to the win.
Junior Kevin Wheeler struck the big blow for the Engineers in the opener when he highlighted their six-run fifth inning with a bases clearing double that pushed MIT in front, 7-6. Wheeler was 2-for-4 on the day with four runs batted in. Rookie shortstop Stewart Park was the only other MIT player with more than one hit as he finished 2-for-3 with a stolen base and three runs scored.
In game two, the Ephs got a stellar relief effort from senior Cory Catelli and defeated MIT 6-3 to split the doubleheader with the Engineers. MIT scored one run in each of the first three innings and held a 3-2 lead on the Ephs until the bottom of the fifth inning when the Eph offense put three runs on the board against MIT starter Jason Witzberger.
The Eph rally was started with two outs. Trey Pendery tripled down the right field line to start the attack, while Chris Kenney knocked in Pendery with a double tying the score at three. Senior shortstop Paul Morgan then put the Ephs on top 5-3 when he scorched a sinking liner into centerfield that skipped past the MIT centerfielder and rolled all the way to the fence allowing Morgan to touch all of the bases.
Junior righty Matt Gustafson started on the hill for the Ephs and pitched the first four innings allowing six hits and three runs. Catelli then fashioned three strong innings in relief where he allowed just one hit. Catelli fanned five and walked one in collecting the win. Senior lefty Ryan Fote hurled a scoreless eighth and ninth to record a save.
Witzberger was charged with the loss as he allowed five hits and five runs in five innings. Matt Loper relieved Witzberger and pitched three innings, allowing four hits and one run.
Witzberger was one of two MIT players to have more than one hit in the game as he stroked a single and a double and scored two runs in four trips to the plate. Thomas Phillips was the other Engineer with more than one hit as he had two singles in three at bats and drove in one run.


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"Vegetable gardening offers many benefits, including sun, fresh air, exercise, mental therapy, nutritious fresh vegetables, and economic savings. Vegetables can be grown year-round in Florida if you pay attention to the appropriate planting dates." Check out UF's IFAS Extension for more gardening info.
Here's what we've been doing in our garden for the last month…
In September we started seeds for the vegetable beds… beans, collards, radishes, carrots, onions, and lettuce.
My oldest wanted to start the seeds in the playhouse and pretend it was her greenhouse. I think the protection of the playhouse was great for the seedlings.
We have been getting lot of rain here in the past month. The preserve behind our home is turning into a swamp and the mosquitos have been fierce. However, there are beautiful mushrooms everywhere.
Monarch butterflies are back in the garden.
The aphids are back too…
Our pineapple crop survived the transplant and is looking healthy!
Our avocado tree we started from a seed, survived the fungus it got and is looking good and healthy again!
Fall is a great time for bulking up your compost. We're feature on EcoEtsy discussing tips for fall composting! Check it out.
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|(NewsUSA) – The "Hollywood heart attack" — the one in which victims grab their chests, gasp and fall to the floor — is not always the way real people experience a coronary episode. In fact, doctors often struggle to diagnose whether a heart attack has even occurred.
Many patients have symptoms that mimic other conditions, and a quarter of heart attack patients have no chest pain. Many patients even have normal EKG readings. This is especially true for women, who often exhibit different heart attack symptoms than men.
So, how can physicians diagnose a real heart attack? Some of the most important tools are inexpensive cardiac lab tests that can be done quickly with a blood sample. The tests measure substances, which are released into the bloodstream, and signal cardiac stress or damage.
One of these cardiac markers is troponin. It enters the bloodstream within hours of a heart attack and remains there for as long as a week or two. Thus, doctors can diagnose the heart attack well after it has happened.
More accurate diagnosis can result in faster, better care. Patients with a confirmed diagnosis can be treated promptly — reducing the likelihood of death or disability. Better diagnosis also increases the chances that patients with atypical symptoms will not be sent home incorrectly. In fact, about 2 percent to 10 percent of patients who are actually experiencing a heart attack are sent home from emergency rooms. According to the journal Academic Emergency Medicine, the chance of dying from a heart attack is doubled for a person who is sent home from the hospital because his or her symptoms are atypical or do not register on an EKG.
At the same time, when the tests show that patients have not had a heart attack, the patients can avoid unneeded unnecessary treatment and can be sent home sooner. Some $12 billion is spent every year on inappropriately hospitalizing patients who are not actually having a heart attack.
For more information about lab tests and their benefits in diagnosing heart attacks, visit www.labresultsforlife.org.
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Wedding day: Oct. 14, 2012
Her story: Lauren Webb, 26, grew up in Glen Burnie. She is the grants manager for Young Audiences Arts for Learning Maryland. Her father, Gary Webb, works for Verizon, and her mother, Renee Webb, is a neonatal nurse at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
His story: Brennan Tolstoi, 29, grew up in Gaithersburg. He is an assistant branch manager for M&T; Bank. His father, Joel Tolstoi, owns Oval Office Supply, and his mother, Deborah Tolstoi, works for the family company as a bookkeeper/office manager.
Their story: Lauren and Brennan met on the first day of their Introduction to Shakespeare class at the University of Maryland, College Park. Brennan was a junior and Lauren was a sophomore.
"I thought it'd be a nice way to meet girls," Brennan says. "And I may or may not have picked her out to be in my discussion group."
The couple started dating the Sunday after Thanksgiving that year. In January 2012, Brennan popped the question before Lauren left for a black-tie gala in New York for work.
"I gave her the ring and told her she should wear this," he says.
Lauren and Brennan picked out the setting for the engagement ring together. They bought the setting at a jewelry show and had Morstein's Jewelers in Federal Hill customize the ring to fit the princess-cut diamond.
The place: About 115 guests attended the wedding at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore's Waterfowl Lake Pavilion. The reception took place at the Mansion House. During the ceremony, Brennan's younger sister recited Shakespeare's Sonnet 116.
YouTube moment: "When it came time for the best man to hand the rings off, Lauren's wedding band got loose in the box and fell in the lake," says Brennan. "So we ended up rallying, and I pulled off her engagement ring and gave it back to her. People thought it was a joke."
Luckily, the best man was later able to retrieve the ring, using a cane borrowed from a wedding guest.
Special touch: As part of the wedding package, the couple selected two animal ambassadors to participate in the festivities. Lauren chose a penguin, while Brennan selected a Chinese alligator.
"We got some great photos with the animals," Lauren says. "It was really fun, and I feel like the adults liked it more than the kids."
Her dress: Lauren wore a strapless fit-and-flare lace gown with a sweetheart neckline and sash from Priscilla of Boston. To fit the zoo theme, she wore leopard print Manolo Blahnik shoes she purchased online.
"Since we were at the zoo, I wanted to go with the look of the event," she says. "The shoes were my favorite part!"
Bridesmaids' dresses: Lauren asked her bridesmaids to select their own gowns in shades of reddish orange, and they wore neutral shoes.
Men's apparel: The groom and groomsmen wore suits from Jos. A. Bank with ties and pocket squares from TieBar.com.
Music: Invitation, a band based in Silver Spring, entertained guests throughout the night.
"They were ridiculously good," says Brennan. "The only thing I cared about was the food, booze and music — and all those things were good."
Dessert: Because Lauren has celiac disease, the couple served gluten-free cupcakes from Sweet 27 in Baltimore.
"We had pumpkin cream cheese, Key lime — which is my favorite — chocolate-vanilla buttercream and chocolate peanut butter," says Lauren. "They were fantastic!"
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Piltogg is the name of the minifig Emperor of Akkadia, the Human leader of the Minnesota Gamers Guild (MNGG), and for the metric unit of manliness. These are all basically the same thing.
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The Paladin of Purity
Self-portrait of Piltogg, self-appointed Paladin of Purity. Piltogg's inability to get into art school is often cited as a primary source of his frustration.
Piltogg gets bored a lot and then does stupid things without thinking about the consequences. Most observers agree that this is awesome, with some exceptions - notably Blitzen, thanks to his predilection horrendous spelling and grammar. He has a strong distaste for anything not yellow and pure, and leads genocidal campaigns against the NegaVerse and Peach forces.
Piltogg claims that he is the Paladin of Purity, and was once the third-highest-ranking prophet of the Great Builder. (His job was to rid the universe of all things that the Great Builder had created but no longer wanted around.) However, he turned against his former master after the Bayounikal Revolution, as it showed him that half of all the Great Builder's MOCs were built with P.O.O.P., just like in the NegaVerse. He took it upon himself to destroy the Great Builder, so that all of his creations could be destroyed. After completing the destruction of the Great Creator's silly idea of a BrikVerse, Piltogg planned to reshape it in his own refined image so that his eternal labor would end and minifigs would be at peace with all their fellow minifigs just like the Great Creator had originally intended.
The Artifax of Pre-Creation
Piltogg and twins, from Warhead's Warriors, Entry Four
He was eventually able to confront the Nega-BlokTrix herself, and their battle lasted four months. On the 121st day of the battle, the Nega-BlokTrix surrendered her mightiest weapon so that her race might be saved from extinction. That is how Piltogg gained the Sword of Inhuman Strength, the first of the nine Artifax of Pre-Creation. With it, he gets a +1 bonus to all rolls he makes for every living thing that he has slain, although even its power doesn't protect him from the occasional Critical Failure. Now, after years of slaughter, all his rolls are so great that even when he is hit by a car (a very common death among minifigs), he escapes unscathed and the car is obliterated.
With the power of the Sword, Piltogg became a fast-rising Hero of the Akkadian Empire of Ultra-Badassery, and was eventually crowned Emperor. Of course, power corrupts, and Piltogg's desire to undo the Great Builder's work had never lessened. He became obsessed with gathering all nine of the Artifax, and in R. 2,010 he embarked on a massive quest to collect them all, becoming the very best like no one ever was. This became known as the Quest of Piltogg, and is currently ongoing.
Allies and Enemies
An Akkadian Kommand Squad, lead by Piltogg
Following his rise to power in Akkadia, he also began accepting bribes the DarkTron anonymocracy, who wanted to use his powers for evil (obviously). Piltogg had no problems with this alliance because the DarkTrons also wished to promote universal domination.
Piltogg has gathered several significant allies on his Quest, including the Akkadian hero Vas Kallas. Moronstudios, Lord Von Krus, and Ross Varn also joined his party following a cowardly ambush by two Noobs, Brik-Hed and the Man in the Top Hat, but he also gained an additional enemy in the deadly sniper Cpl. Halan.
During the battle for the Hammer of Discipline, Piltogg used an inspirational speech to gain the personal allegiance of all soldiers in the VladTron Empire, although not that of Lord VladTron himself, who was reported to be less than pleased about this development.


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Down by three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Horizon Hawks baseball team had a last-ditch rally that put Stanfield/Echo unexpectedly on their heels Tuesday evening at Collins Field.
After trailing the entire game and struggling to gain any significant offensive momentum, Horizon's Sam Anthony stepped up to bat and smashed a lead off home run over the left field fence. A formidable rally ensued, and the Hawks quickly loaded the bases with singles from Mitch Engel, Jeff Wilkins and Max Totaro, putting the winning run at bat with only one out.
A strikeout and a pop-fly put a disappointing, albeit exciting, end to the comeback attempt.
With the win, Stanfield/Echo secured a state playoff berth and a shot at the league title against Weston-McEwen High School this weekend. The 5-2 loss does not put an end to Horizon's season; instead the Hawks, 14-10 overall and 9-5 league, move onto a play-in game Saturday against the winner of Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii and Dufur. If the Hawks win that game, they'll claim the district's third position and a line on the state championship bracket; if they lose the season's over.
"It all comes back to practicing hard and having the confidence when it counts," Anthony said after the game. "We definitely didn't play our best; we had a few unfortunate plays and didn't really pick it up at bat until the last inning."
Earning the News' Player of the Game honors, Anthony pitched five innings, tallying several strikeouts before moving to shortstop and turning over the mound to Mitch Engel.
"We seem to play a lot better as the season goes on," Anthony said. "Hopefully that means we'll eliminate the mistakes, come out with confidence and play our best on Saturday. If we do that, I think we'll win."
"At this time of the year, when teams are playing at a high level, two plays, or even one play, often makes the difference in games," Coach Joe Petshow said after the game. "We had a couple of defensive mistakes that Stanfield took advantage of. On the other hand, Stanfield made the plays it had to, when it had to.
"I don't know what it is, but we've played some of our best baseball when our backs have been to the wall. We got off to a slow start and almost played our way out of the (district) playoffs before the season was half over. But we hung in there and kept battling. I think we'll do the same in Pendleton."
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska If not for flooding at a remote creek, Chuck and Sally Heath might have found out by radio that their daughter, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had been picked by John McCain to be his GOP running mate.
High water Thursday kept the Heaths from reaching their gold mine, which they use as a camp to hunt caribou.
They returned home, intending to drop in Friday at the Alaska State Fair, where their daughter was scheduled to take part in the ceremonial launch of the Alaska commemorative quarter with the assistant director of the U.S. Mint.
Those plans went out the window with the announcement that Palin, a first-term governor, social conservative and new mother, had been thrust into the national spotlight by McCain.
"Holy cow. I'm just kind of speechless on the whole thing," said Chuck Heath, a former elementary school teacher, told The Associated Press.
In hindsight, he said Friday morning, he should have known something was up.
Alaska's first gentleman, Todd Palin, called him as he and Sally Heath drove to the remote camp behind Gunsight Mountain, 56 miles northeast of Palmer, which is far from a cell phone connection.
"He didn't know we were going hunting," Heath said.
Todd Palin told him to listen to the radio.
"He said, 'Make sure you listen to the news from hunting camp.' I should have put two and two together," Heath said, because he knew McCain was going to make an announcement.
When they couldn't cross Caribou Creek on four-wheelers, they headed back to Wasilla and reached their home at midnight.
The phone rang at 4 a.m. Friday. A friend from Atlanta was on the line, noting the buzz that Palin was McCain's likely vice presidential pick.
Heath said he tried Palin's various phone numbers and could not reach his daughter. That was a clear signal she had flown to Ohio to meet McCain.
"I would bet she's back there," Heath said before the announcement.
With only a few hours sleep, and with the phone ringing constantly at his home, he remained bemused by the commotion.
"I'd rather go moose hunting than be involved with politics," he said, but he supports his daughter.


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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Around the Blogosphere: September 4, 2011
Summer activities have made it difficult to keep up with all of the genealogy blogs, but here are a few of my favorite posts from recent blogs:
The story of Sarah Alexander Lawton from On the Trail of Hillhouse by Jan Eloise Morris. I'll admit I'm a bit prejudiced since Jan is a long time friend, but a new blogger. She's a gifted writer and photographer who melds the two into fascinating pictorial essays about her family.
Greta Koehl always manages to bring a smile to my face. She does it again with Things I Don't Care About in Genealogy on Greta's Genealogy Blog. I can also relate to Greta's post Sometimes You Just Need to Clean House.
Hmm. . . is a theme emerging from the posts I've bookmarked as favorites? James Tanner of Genealogy's Star writes about Dealing With the Piles and Boxes - Genealogy in Quantity.
Apparently, I'm in the mood for humor as I also loved Amy Coffin's take on If Genealogists Were in the Tabloids on her We Tree blog.
I posted this link to Facebook, and it bears repeating here. This is a nice video about memories of the North Platte (Nebraska) canteen during World War II - from the Nebraska Outback blog.
Barbara Poole from Life From the Roots has a knack for seeing things through her camera lens. I love the way she shared a painting done by her grandfather at age 80, along with a photograph of the subject of the painting. You must take a look!
I also suggest you take a look at another new blog by a new friend (and potential cousin) of mine, Evelyn Pecht. Evelyn is off to great start in her geneablogging career at IowaGirlMemories. If you're at least my age, you'll appreciate her story about the outhouse!
And . . . the post that has become my Favorite Blog Post of the Year: All I Really Need to Know About Genealogy I Learned in Kindergarten by Elizabeth O'Neal on Little Bytes of Life. This is one I know that I will re-read several times and have it permanently marked as a keeper.
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First, thank you Susan for the mention of my small piece. To be included in your list of some of the best blogs in a long time is heartwarming.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the mention, Susan. I'm glad you enjoyed my post. Seems like everyone needed a little humor this week. Glad it helped. :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for mentioning my post, Susan - I knew genealogy people would understand!ReplyDelete
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Hertz Furniture CEO Appears on Lifetime TV's The Balancing Act
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Hertz Furniture CEO Saul Wagner, an authority on educational ergonomics and classroom design, and John Musso, Executive Director of the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) appeared on Lifetime Television's popular morning show, The Balancing Act on January 17th.


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Auburn's Onterio McCalebb is the fastest running back at this year's Scouting Combine, but Chris Johnson is still the record holder for the fastest 40-yard dash in Combine history.
McCalebb, who ran a 40 in an unofficial time of 4.21 seconds, wasn't quite so fast when the official times came out: McCalebb's official time was 4.34 seconds, a full tenth of a second off Johnson's Combine record of 4.24 seconds.
Still, McCalebb has the best straight-line speed of any running back in this year's class, and the only other running back who was even close is Knile Davis of Arkansas, who ran his 40 in 4.37 seconds.
After McCalebb and Davis, the next-fastest 40 times were turned in by Utah State's Kerwynn Williams (4.48 seconds), UCLA's Johnathan Franklin (4.49 seconds) and LSU's Michael Ford (4.50 seconds.)


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I first have been trying the latest version of Magic Lantern V2.3 on the 5D2 for a week before delivering it to its new owner and it has impressed me. All the features I wish I had on the 5D2 is now in this firmware, including the intervalometer, zebra, focus peaking and HDR mode. While the sensor performance doesn't even get close to the 5D3, it does certainly breath new life into the 5D2 (which is discontinued) and other Canon DSLR. Best of all, many of these new functions can be used in Photo mode as well, displaying it after the pic is taken.
The one feature I most look forward to using is the intervalometer, which Nikon users have. There's an exposure ramping mode where the timelapse will correct for exposure without turning night into day due to metering issues and there're even sunset/rise modes. Here's an example:
Another tool is the automatic HDR bracketing, which I'll just show the video below, what is possible:
I didn't have too much time but I can't wait for the 5D3 firmware to be available. I may just go get a 60D just to start shooting! Remember, this is still a hack so understand the risks! Enjoy


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Special Knots, and Advanced Knots, for Wolf, Bear, Webelos, Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class.
Chain Hitch (Marline Hitch)
Carrick Bend (Double Carrick Bend)
Overhand Bow or Water Knot
Running Knot or Slip Knot
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- Animated Knots: Basic Scout Knots - Forty Scout knots - Special Knots - Sailing knots - Fishing knots - Folsoms Knots - Animatedknots.com - Great Animations - More Animated Knots - More great Animated Knots - Still more - Knot Videos - Basics Videos - Basics2
- Other Knot Links: Advanced knots - Ropers Knots Page - Climbing Knots - Fishing knots - Knots Index
- Notable knot Index - shows quick method of tying
- Step-By-Step knots : 11 Basic knots fit on the front and back of one page.
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The biosphere- that part of Earth's land, water and atmosphere that supports life- is the focus of this GLOBE eTraining program module. Protocols for classifying land cover, performing biometric field studies and measuring green-up and green-down... (View More) are explained. In addition, each protocol module includes interactive digital field and lab experiences along with online assessments. Instructions for uploading observations to the GLOBE database as well as for using the GLOBE visualization system are provided. GLOBE eTraining provides the opportunity for new and experienced GLOBE users to complete science protocol training online. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on, K-12 school-based science education program. (View Less)
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This article discusses the challenges facing a species of lemur in Madagascar. Due to atypical rain patterns resulting from climate change, the survival rate of the offspring of these lemurs is decreasing. The Climate Kids website is a NASA... (View More) education resource featuring articles, videos, images and games focused on the science of climate change. (View Less)
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This interactive is a graphical introduction to geospatial images from NASA Earth science satellites and encourages exploration of the interconnected nature of Earth's system by students and the public alike. Explore 25 different Earth images and... (View More) learn key features behind each data set, learn more about the satellite mission that collected the data, and find links to related NASA resources, including multimedia and data. See supplemental links for a link to a poster version of the interactive. The backside of the poster includes information on how and why NASA maps the world, a student section with tools and resources for them to explore and create their own maps, and more. (View Less)
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Water is essential to Earth's living system, the biosphere. In this lesson, students determine the types of living things within an outdoor study site, use a taxonomic key to determine the predominant land cover type of their site, then predict the... (View More) amount of water present. Data collection is based on protocols from the GLOBE program. This activity uses the 5E instructional model and is part of the "Survivor Earth" series of one-hour lessons. (View Less)
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The Picture Post Network involves individuals, schools, organizations and communities in a systematic monitoring project of their local environment, especially vegetation health. Digital photographs - taken from the same location and positioned in... (View More) the same direction and orientation - allow individuals, schools, organizations, communities and scientists to monitor a variety of environmental parameters, including plant health, growth, and phenology; erosion and deposition; water levels; and cloud and canopy cover. Participants study change over time in their local area, view NASA satellite imagery on the same days as the pictures, and contribute towards improving their own communities. The website provides instructions for participating, including planning and installing a picture post, monitoring projects, and taking and uploading pictures, and a repository of images. Picture Posts may be added by anyone interested in monitoring a particular location. Currently, Picture Posts sites are active at science centers, schoolyards and gardens, local parks, and nature reserves. (View Less)
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