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Cam Mealeon
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 8
Posted: Dec 17, 2007 10:54 pm
Post subject: Clue - 2007/2008 Winter Cache Finding Event
Greetings! Detective Cam Mealeon here. A heinous crime has been committed. Gnathan Gnome has been found murdered. At this time I'm deputizing all you cachers to help me solve this crime.
Details are sketchy, and right now I don't have much to go on. But as I investigate the various areas of Winnipeg, I will be leaving clues behind in geocaches. When you visit the caches around the city, look for and take one of my business cards. I will give two clues on each of the cards. Use these clues to help me solve the crime.
So far, I have not been able to narrow the crime down to a location, just that it was committed somewhere in the city of Winnipeg. I will be preparing a map divided into 5 sections and posting it soon to help you.
I do have 5 suspects. GG56, OHMIC, grnbrg, *Butterfly*, and TurdleEggs. All shady characters. And all of these people have a known dislike for all Gnomes.
The potential murder weapons are not narrowed down yet, but will be announced soon. Details are coming in often and I am building the case file as quickly as I can.
The Manitoba Geocaching Association has set up a web page
where you can enter your guess as to who committed the crime, where the crime was committed, and with which weapon.
Thank you for your help. I will be checking back soon with more info.
If you need to contact me, my e-mail address is
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Cam Mealeon
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 8
Posted: Dec 17, 2007 11:24 pm
Post subject: UPDATE!
Things are moving quickly! I have worked up profiles on all of the suspects, and cross referenced it to the season, and have come up with 5 potential murder weapons!
1) Ice-Caked Boot
2) Poisoned Food Left in a Cache
3) Ammo Can
4) Ski Pole
Good Luck!
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Cam Mealeon
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 8
Posted: Jan 03, 2008 4:54 am
Post subject: More information
Here is some more information for you. Here is the text from the handout that was given to the attendees of the Flash MOB event:
From the desk of Cam Mealeon.
A crime has been committed. Gnathan the Gnome was thoughtlessly murdered, his body discovered in a snowbank in one of Winnipegs municipal snow dumping areas. All Winnipeg area geocachers are asked to assist in the capture of the perpetrator.
Clues will be given to assist you in your task. Clues will be on the back of my business card that I will leave in caches that I visit while I conduct my investigation. If you wish to assist in the capture of the guilty party, please take one of the cards from the caches and when you log your find on geocaching.com, please mention that you have taken one of the cards. This way, I will know if I need to re-stock the clue cards in any of the caches.
I may also leave clues in my online found it log. Additionally, I may leave details in my profile page, or in the cache logbooks in the field.
There will be enough clues provided on all of the business cards for you to solve the crime. Any other clues you run across will be bonus clues.
As of January 1, there are 3 clue cards out there I will be logging every cache I visit online starting today.
Here is a copy of the Zone Map: (right-click image to save it to your computer)
And here are the free clues:
I have been checking out a few caches in the city. Watch my
Good Luck!
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Cam Mealeon
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 8
Posted: Jan 07, 2008 7:04 pm
Post subject: The tireless search for clues continues
I have been busy scouring the city looking for clues. I have to date left clue cards in 6 caches in the city, and have also handed out 2 clues at the New Years Flash MOB event in Assiniboine Park.
That is 14 clues in total thus far. I hope that has helped some of you come closer to solving the crime.
I have started to look closer at the suspects. I will observe their habits, their movements, their caches. So as not to alarm them, I will not be logging their caches online...not yet.
What I can tell you is that I will be only placing the clues in caches that can fit them, and wherever possible, in winter friendly caches. One of the suspects does not have an active winter friendly caches that will support having the clue cards in it. So some extra investigation may be required here. I'll see what I can do.
I appreciate everyone's help. We are close to an arrest. I can feel it!
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Cam Mealeon
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 8
Posted: Feb 18, 2008 4:52 am
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I followed a solid lead into Zone 4 and narrowed down the search to the University of Manitoba campus. I've left the results of my investigation of the area in a suspect's winter friendly cache on campus.
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Cam Mealeon
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 8
Posted: Feb 22, 2008 5:18 pm
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My gut feeling told me OHMIC did it, so I dragged him in for a late night questioning session under the bright lights of the interrogation room. He might not remember this after all the drugs. After many hours, I've come to the conclusion that he couldn't have done it and eliminated him as a suspect. I'm running out of leads here, I hope you geocachers can solve this soon.
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Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 469
Location: Winnipeg
Posted: Feb 22, 2008 5:46 pm
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I was wondering why my hair was a mess when I woke up this morning...
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Posted: Feb 22, 2008 10:35 pm
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He's guilty! He told me so!
I think Det. Cam is in on it too!
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Cam Mealeon
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 8
Posted: Feb 23, 2008 8:25 pm
Post subject: Investigation completed!
I am wrapping up my investigation. All the clues are in play and waiting for my deputies to go and find. To date there have been no correct guesses submitted to the website (http://www.mbgeocaching.ca/node/328).
I have a few solid suspects and over the next few days I will be pouring over the leads I have gathered. But I NEED YOUR HELP! The caches I have visited that contain clue cards are on my geocaching.com "found caches" list under my profile.
There are also hand written notes in the field logs for:
Snow along the Seine
Hello, Shilo?
Although I felt it cruel to drag cachers all the way to Shilo, so I logged the same clue above. (Ohmic is innocent...)
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Joined: 16 Aug 2007
Posts: 870
Posted: Feb 25, 2008 3:56 am
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Since there is no more information to come, I believe I've solved it.
It was Mr. Green in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe.
(In other words, Lizardo, in his workshop, making another urban hide out of a Lead Pipe.)
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Joined: 07 Sep 2006
Posts: 111
Location: Winnipeg
Posted: Feb 27, 2008 6:26 pm
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To Master Detective Cam Mealeon,
All evidence has been compiled and a report submitted.
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By Alex Labidou
Chelsea veteran Frank Lampard has agreed terms on a move to LA Galaxy at the end of the season, Goal.com understands.
The midfielder has been told by the three-time Premier League champions that he will not be offered an extension on his current £150,000-a-week deal when it expires at the end of the season, bringing an end to a 12-year association with the Stamford Bridge club.
As revealed by Goal.com earlier this month, Manchester United and Arsenal are both monitoring Lampard's situation, while Everton have already had a three-year offer rejected - but the MLS side appear to have won the race.
"It's all but done," a source in the United States told Goal.com.
An LA Galaxy spokesman would not confirm or deny the news, only telling Goal.com that head coach Bruce Arena publicly acknowledged interest in Lampard on Thursday.
"I wouldn't be surprised if over the next week or so, we're going to have some kind of decision we're going to make with a Designated Player," Arena told reporters.
"We wouldn't rule [a move for Lampard] out. It's always a possibility."
Lampard, Chelsea' second-highest all-time goalscorer, was free to sign a pre-contract with a foreign club from the start of January, and is open to a move to the States for personal as well as professional reasons.
During Chelsea's tour in North America last summer, Lampard expressed an interest in playing in MLS but admitted that he would wait to see if Chelsea would extend his contract first.
"I am not sure [about a future in MLS]," Lampard said. "I have another year on my contract at Chelsea and we have a big season ahead of us with the Super Cup and the Club World Cup in December. It's up to Chelsea to speak with me about my future and, at that time, I'll speak with them.
"I wouldn't rule anything out at the moment."
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Cultivating simple pleasures: Wakeman Town Farm shares ever-green traditions
Christina Wickson showed off skills handed down for six generations, Bill Fischer tried to teach children the intricacies of a Maypole dance, and the Westport Woman's Club dedicated a new automated greenhouse, full of seedlings.
It all took place in Mike Aitkenhead's back yard -- also known as Wakeman Town Farm -- Saturday as part of the townwide GreenDay activities organized by Aitkenhead's Staples High School students.
"This is sort of our spring open house, just to get people back out, seeing the farm, hopefully getting them interested in upcoming programs and events," said Aitkenhead, who teaches AP environmental science at the school.
Aitkenhead and his family live on Wakeman Town Farm, where activities have blossomed in the four years since he moved in as the farm steward to regenerate the historic property, according to Christy Colasurdo, a member of the board that oversees the town-owned property.
"It's almost better than what we could have envisioned," Colasurdo said. "We envisioned a community hub. It's exceeded our expectations in that respect. I mean, look around, people of all different ages, all different backgrounds coming together, and it's so simple. It's not like we're doing anything outrageously interesting. People just want to have a simple, old-fashioned time."
Children took a tour with Aitkenhead before watching Wickson expertly shear two sheep -- Daisy and Bailey, also known as Cookies and Cream -- with skills she said were passed down from her great-great-great-grandfather.
Some of the kids took off to pound the drums or swing on the playground's swings, while elders watched the greenhouse dedication. Then people of all ages took Maypole ribbons and tried to figure out how to pass in opposite directions, in what Fischer called a "traffic jam."
First Selectman Jim Marpe said the farm has helped people in Westport understand the importance of sustainable living and has imparted skills to pull that off.
"You see all these children," he said. "Young, young children are understanding what sustainability is all about, and how much fun it is. I mean these kids are having fun, whether it's with the sheep and the goats, the ducks or just the gardens. These things may take generations to change the way we do things, but knowing where our food comes from.
"I am old enough to have grown up near farms," Marpe added. "I didn't grow up on a farm, but I saw farms. We were able to go out and get fresh vegetables, so I understood where food came from. That is harder and harder to understand in our society, so I think this is great. It's easy to see how popular this with all the kids, of all ages."
Board member Annelise McCay said there are 40 children currently learning in classes at the farm, and a three-week summer camp in July will give youngsters an opportunity to make egg salad from eggs laid by the farm's chickens, harvest plants and set up a farmer's market, and learn to make mint lemonade.
Colasurdo said teenagers built the beds for the farm's garden and learned to compost with waste donated by Fresh Market.
"I got involved because there was no place in town for my son, who was interested in farming and sustainable living," Colasurdo said.
Her son, Charlie, a Coleytown Middle School student, walked around the property showing children a duck, and said he now has a flock of ducks at home.
"He learns here, but he does it at home ... It's like a whole educational cycle that you really can't get anywhere else," she said.
Westport Woman's Club members said they were happy to see the greenhouse in operation, one year after they awarded a $5,000 grant for the project.
"The woman's club is just happy to support something that has to do with the environment and the children and the greening of America, all of those things," said Rose Jordan, chairwoman of the Ruegg Grants Committee.
"It's all automated," Aitkenhead said. "Rather than just a shell of glass, it's solar panel, automatic watering, automatic ventilation. I just don't have the time to do what I need to do all day, so it just kind of takes care of that for me."
Marpe said the farm has helped him understand how "relatively easy" it is to get "delicious fresh eggs" by having your own chickens.
"It's also shown me how easy it is to create your own garden at home and to do it in a way that allows you to grow the kinds of vegetables that we want to eat," he said. "To me that's just very exciting."
A future farm-sponsored event is a May 17 tour of local chicken coops. Also planned this summer are cheese making and canning workshops.
For more information about the farm, visit: www.wakemantownfarm.org


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It was just announced that production on the highly anticipated remake of Fantastic Four has wrapped!
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**Sexuality, Health and Human Rights**
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Death penalty for holding Bible?
Christians face the unthinkable at hands of these offenders
Just possessing a Bible still can be cause for a death penalty in North Korea, so it's no surprise that the hermit kingdom remains No. 1 on this year's World Watch List of the world's most notorious persecutors of Christians, a project assembled by Open Doors USA.
Persecution of believers also increased sharply across Africa, eight out of 10 worst offenders are ruled by Muslim theocracy and Egypt, under the Muslim Brotherhood, actually saw its ranking lowered, but not because of any improvement there. It was because of worsening conditions elsewhere, the report said.
In North Korea, a possible lesser penalty for someone having a Bible would be for the offender, and three generations of his or her family, to be sent to prison camps, where at estimated 50,000 to 70,000 people are held.
Open Doors' Senior Communications Specialist Paul Estabrook says the reclusive communist dictatorship earned the ranking based on the group's five criteria for evaluating a country.
"North Korea doesn't allow Christians any freedom in any of the five spheres used in the process," Estabrook said.
"We use five spheres, the private, family, community, congregational, and public. … North Korea doesn't allow Christians any freedom," Estabrook said.
In addition, the dictatorship maintains a gulag, he noted.
"North Korea is known to have somewhere between 50,000 to 70,000 Christians in forced labor camps. And they're there for doing nothing except trying to worship the Lord," Estabrook said.
That aligns with what WND reported in July, that under newly installed leader Kim Jong-un, the enigmatic nation of North Korea still has about 70,000 people in work camps.
Sources confirmed North Korea has eased or lifted a number of restrictions for citizens since Kim Jong-un succeeded his father, Kim Jong-il. Bans have been lifted on Western foods such as pizza and french fries, and restrictions on the number of cell phones have been loosened, for example, according to Ryan Morgan, an analyst with International Christian Concern Asia.
The book of those who gave all for their faith, "Foxe: Voices of the Martyrs."
However, whatever secular benefits may have trickled down to residents of the isolated nation, there is no evidence of any improvement in the condition of the persecuted church there, he said.
"We have not heard any reports of improvement for Christians in the country and have no reason to believe anything has changed," Morgan said. "The regime still has up to 70,000 Christians locked away in virtual concentration camps."
The rest of the top 12 nations on the Open Doors World Watch list, in order, are Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Maldives, Mali, Iran, Yemen, Eritrea, Syria, and Sudan.
Estabrook said Saudi Arabia moved up one to No. 2, but not because they did anything differently.
"Saudi Arabia is at No. 2 this year because, based on the rating spheres, conditions improved slightly in Afghanistan," Estabrook said.
One surprise on the list is Egypt. Even with a Muslim Brotherhood regime and Christians emigrating away, Egypt dropped from 15 to 25.
"Egypt is still a notorious persecutor of Christians. The government's policies, the new Shariah constitution, and church burnings make it bad for Christians," Estabrook said.
"The only reason they dropped is because of the other countries that saw huge increases in persecution in the rating spheres," Estabrook said.
WND reported in September that Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi denied persecution existed for Egypt's Coptic Christians.
In an article in AllAfrica.com, Morsi said, "Persecution does not exist on Egyptian soil. We are all people of the homeland."
An Egyptian citizen who lives in Cairo who asked not to be named for security purposes says the denial is because of how Morsi defines persecution.
"Morsi denies outright the Copts are persecuted in Egypt," the Cairo resident said. "Morsi is not lying because he sincerely believes what he is saying.
"The Western definition of persecution differs to Morsi's understanding of persecution because Morsi is following the Islamic meaning," he explained.
Open Doors said said a number of African countries moved into the upper half of the list this year.
"The number of countries on the African continent sharply increased on the annual list due to the increasing influence of Islam," its report said.
"Mali is a newcomer on the list and holds the No. 7 position. Tanzania is 24, Kenya is 40, Uganda at 47, and Niger at 50 also moved onto the World Watch List and Ethiopia is one of the strongest risers, from number 38 to number 15 on the list," the report said.
"In addition, the small African country of Eritrea made the Top Ten for the first time at No. 10. Libya climbed from No. 26 to No. 17," Open Doors said.
Sudan moved up the list from 16 to 12.
"Sudan went up because of what they did. They've had actual attacks against Christians," Estabrook said.
"Their dictator, Omar al-Bashir, says he wants the country to have one language, Arabic, one culture, and one religion, Islam," Estabrook said.
"The south is mostly Christian and many Christians have fled to the south, but there are those Christians in Sudan who speak Arabic and feel pressure. They don't want to move because they believe God has called them to stay," Estabrook said.
The Second Century Church Father Tertulian is reported to have said, "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church."
Estabrook agrees and says persecution is a "paradox."
"It seems to grow the church in those lands where it is the heaviest. We can protest against it, but we can celebrate it at the same time," Estabrook said.
"However, the church grows and I think it's because of what Jesus said. Jesus said that we are blessed when people persecute us for His name's sake. If this is true, then Jesus puts His blessing on people who are persecuted," Estabrook said.
Finishing the top 25 on the World Watch List: Nigeria, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Libya, Laos, Turkmenistan, Qatar, Vietnam, Oman, Mauritania, Tanzania, and Egypt.


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The New York Times interviewed me a few weeks ago for a story about how the fitness industry has changed in the last 25 to 30 years. The reporter's first question was, "Isn't it true that the gyms in the 1970s and 1980s were considered to be more like meat markets than places to work out? Weren't the guys and gals just going to the gyms to meet other guys and gals? Has that changed in the gyms today? How? Why?"
I must admit that I was taken aback. First of all, the word "gym" sounded passé, outdated and somewhat inappropriate for the more sophisticated market in our industry today. I suggested that "health clubs," or "athletic facilities" or "fitness centers" were more accurate descriptions and have taken the place of the word "gyms."
Secondly, I was about to suggest that indeed the culture of our industry has changed 180 degrees from 30 years ago, but ironically, hearing the words "meat market" gave me second thoughts. If you change the spelling of the word "meat" to "meet," the culture of our clubs today are more like meeting places than ever before. And as we look at the changes, we will see why the concept remains the same.
For example, 30 years ago, the majority of our members were between the ages of 18 and 24 years old. They were most likely going to the gym to meet potential dating partners and work out. Today, the average age in most clubs is around 46 years old, and the 55-plus market is growing at a remarkable rate. Health clubs that are embracing this market and realizing its effect on retention and the bottom line are also seeing how important socialization is to them. Therefore, these fitness facilities will actually create chatting spots, group programming, educational classes and periodic luncheons to foster sociability and to make the club their ultimate meeting place.
Clubs that have an area set aside with educational materials, pictures of other members like themselves and articles pertaining to osteoporosis, diabetes, staving off Alzheimer's and combating depression will attract seniors of all ages with common interests and concerns. They will meet and talk together, encourage each other and motivate each other to continue to exercise.Most importantly, they will likely join a class or program at the club — if it's promoted and marketed at this meeting spot — and continue to meet each other in that class on a weekly basis.
A meeting corner or chatting spot can serve as a sign-up area for other programs in the club and for other social programs as well. For example, local physical therapists, pharmacists or group exercise instructors can give a bimonthly luncheon talk or a snack-time series of lectures. Clubs that foster this type of a social environment for their senior membership not only see an increase in participation from their membership but also an increase in members from the outside. Educational lectures and trial classes for non-members have proven to be productive marketing tools. Next to socialization, mind stimulation is a key ingredient to the health and well being of the senior focus.
One of the major barriers to getting the 78 million older adults in our clubs is that they do not have the sense of belonging that a club should offer. Many of our clubs today still market to the younger member looking for a meat market rather than to the majority of the new millennium of people 55 and older looking for a meeting place. Creating a club-within-a-club concept that has built in sociability, mind stimulation and a feeling of camaraderie and familiarity will change this. This small physical change in your club will create a sense of belonging to your senior membership that will result in retention and growth.
Leaders who recognize the importance of a senior meeting place will also use this area to recognize performance, attendance or special achievements as well as for promotions and trainings. Giving awards, praise and recognition to people by the leader and in front of their peers is sure to increase participation and enjoyment in your club.
Don't worry about your younger members. They will find a place to work out in the club, jump from one class to another or try new equipment just for the experience of it. They are comfortable with individual workouts in various areas of the club. Many seniors need a home base, or starting point, to gather together for confidence and a true sense of belonging.
The culture of our industry may have changed a great deal during the last 30 years, but the importance of our members meeting one another in our clubs has not, regardless of their age.
Sandy Coffman is president of Programming For Profit, a training and consulting firm based in Bradenton, FL. Coffman specializes in customer service, programming and retention. She can be reached at 941-756-6921 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Mercurial (commonly referred to as hg) is a distributed version control system written in Python and is similar in many ways to Git, Bazaar and darcs.
Install mercurial, available in the Official repositories.
At the minimum you should configure your username or mercurial will most likely give you an error when trying to commit. Do this by editing
~/.hgrc and adding the following:
username = John Smith
To use the graphical browser hgk aka. hg view, add the following to
~/.hgrc (see forum thread):
You will need to install tk before running hg view to avoid the rather cryptic error message:
/usr/bin/env: wish: No such file or directory
To remove Mercurial warnings of unverified certificate fingerprints, add the following to
~/.hgrc (see Mercurial wiki):
cacerts = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
If you are going to be working with large repositories (e.g. ttf-google-fonts-hgAUR), you may want to enable the progress extension by adding it to your
~/.hgrc file:
progress =
This will show progress bars on longer operations after 3 seconds. If you would like the progress bar to show sooner, you can append the following to your configuration file:
delay = 1.5
All mercurial commands are initiated with the hg prefix. To see a list of some of the common commands, run
$ hg help
You can either work with a pre-existing repository (collection of code or files), or create your own to share.
To work with a pre-existing repository, you must clone it to a directory of your choice:
$ mkdir mercurial
$ cd mercurial
$ hg clone http://hg.serpentine.com/tutorial/
To create you own, change to the directory you wish to share and initiate a mercurial project
$ cd myfiles
$ hg init myfiles
Dotfiles Repo
If you intend on creating a repo of all your
~/. files, you simply initiate the project in your home folder:
$ hg init
It is then just a case of adding the specific files you wish to track:
$ hg add
You can then create a
~/.hgignore to ensure that only the files you wish to include in the repository are tracked by mercurial.
.hgignore file, you can easily exclude groups of files from your repository.
See also
- Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
- hginit.com - a tutorial by Joel Spolsky
- Mercurial Kick-Start one more tutorial by Aragost.
- Bitbucket - free and commercial hosting of mercurial repositories
- Intuxication - free mercurial hosting


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I know... I'm really taking a break and re-evaluaiting what I want to do here on this blog, but something came across my desk today that I did want to share with you.
American Pi is a store in downtown Dayton that specializes in selling only American made products, such as clothing, jewelry, makeup, etc. I love the general message about bringing manufacturing back to the US and supporting both our local and national economy by paying attention to brands and where their product is made.
Fortunately, American Pi is opening a second location in Lebenan, OH. This is great for those of you who live south of Dayton. More importantly, I love to see this store expanding!
Here is the official press release information:
American Pi Opening Second Location in Lebanon, Ohio
Dayton, OH - September 12, 2013
American π (pi symbol), a gift and accessories boutique that specializes in items made in the U.S.A.; including apparel, handbags, greeting cards, accessories, personal care and gourmet food items. Since opening just over a year ago the store has seen phenomenal success. American Pi had started through the Activated Spaces program and just a couple months ago, in July, expanded in downtown Dayton to over 2000 square feet to accommodate American made apparel merchandise.
The family owned business had been very vocal about opening in other locations but never expect to so soon after the expansion. "An amazing opportunity was given to us," says Danielle Fritz, CEO of American Pi Dayton, Inc. "A successful consignment boutique owner, Kelly Gabbard, was ready for the next chapter in her life. While we were not actively looking for another location we could not pass up the opportunity to take over such an amazing space and a boutique with our same 'vibe'." The second location for American Pi will be the former Kelly Lane Resale Boutique, 1875 sq ft, located at 748 E. Columbus Ave., Lebanon, Ohio 45036.
The stores passion for items being made in America will continue. Some products will be exclusive to each location. However, there are plans to keep many of the consigned Kelly Lane artisans at the Lebanon location, such as Serket Jewelry and Reclaimed Luxury.
American Pi Lebanon will open to the public for business on October 8th, 2013 and there are plans for a grand opening party later in October.
American Pi Dayton is located at 41 S. Saint Clair St. in Merchants Row of downtown Dayton.
Check out American Pi Dayton and American Pi Lebanon on Facebook.
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via tn Council 4 political justice
Playing to its fabricated-for-political-purposes victim status, the Tennessee Muslim American Center for Outreach (formerly referred to simply as American Center for Outreach or ACO) and the Muslim Community of Knoxville, will be commemorating Black History month by talking about Muslims.
A narrative being shopped by CAIR and other U.S. Islamist organizations is that Muslims were among the slaves brought to the New World by the Europeans. Sharing the slave experience with Muslim and non-Muslim African-Americans, they then bootstrap this to the current U.S. Muslim political narrative of a shared civil rights struggle.
The February 8th speakers panel
Remziya Suleyman, Director of the Muslim American Center for Outreach (MACO), told her audience (around minute 44) this past June that even though she didn't know what sharia was, she was going to defend it. "I never knew the concept of sharia…I called imams across the state and I was like guys what is sharia? I gotta go talk to politicians." She also brought Hamas-linked, unindicted Holy Land Foundation co-conspirator CAIR to Tennessee to assist her.
Imam Rafiq Madhi, a black American convert to Islam who started with the racist and anti-Semitic Nation of Islam completed his Islamic training in Saudi Arabia at the University of Medina. His resume includes serving at what was described as a "small fundamentalist mosque" in Florida, a mosque that also served the needs of Jose Padilla who with ties to al Qaeda, was convicted of planning a "dirty bomb" attack in support of jihad. Imam Madhi believes that "Islam is Islam, and it has been since it was revealed 1400 and some odd years ago, and it is not the right of any individual to take it upon themselves to change it based on their own rationale or want or desire. We want to keep it in the truest form." He claims that most Muslims do not see Hamas as a terrorist organization, and he would like to hear Osama Bin Laden's "side of the story" because he's not convinced he was behind 9/11. In 2002, helped fundraise for the KindHearts Foundation which shut down under suspicion of raising money for Hamas.
Malik Shaw is also a black American convert to Islam. He is currently the Vice Principal at the Muslim Brotherhood Pleasant View School in Memphis discussed in Newsletter #43. Shaw and his wife, also a convert, helped to start the American Muslim Intercultural Network "to address the needs of the Muslims of American heritage." Each month, they host "Convert-sations," in part to remind Americans of their Muslim roots.
The Islamic Slave Trade was REAL and predated the European Slave Trade
Thanks to the Council on Islamic Education (CIE) historical facts about the Islamic slave trade have either been written out or whitewashed in social studies textbooks, so no one should be surprised if the panel speakers are not well informed about this unclaimed part of their history.
Chelby Daigle, a Black Muslim in Canada writing about Black History month for "Muslim Link" states:
I often find it frustrating to be around Muslims during Black History Month. Why? Because, although there is often a celebration of Black converts to Islam, like Malcolm X, and condemnation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade perpetrated by the West, there is little, if any, examination of the history of slavery in Muslim societies or of the persistence of anti-Black racism within these societies as well as within Muslim communities in Canada. The reality is I have faced more blatant anti-Black racism from my fellow Muslims than I ever did growing up in a predominantly White community.
It is important for Muslims to look deeper at their particular societies of origin in order to see how the enslavement of Black peoples in these societies has led to the development of anti-Black racism. For example, the fact that in several Arab dialects the word ʻabd, meaning slave, is used to refer to any Black person demonstrates that in these societies the equation of Black people with slaves still persists.
In 2002, historian Dr. Kwaku Pearson-Lynn, also of African descent, in her piece titled "Christianity, Islam and Slavery" asserts that the Arab invasion of North Africa in the 7th century A.D. to spread Islam also changed the face of slavery in this part of the world. "Afrikans were captured, treated brutally and inhumanely, then shipped off to other Arab countries in Asia, or other parts of Afrika that they controlled. This happened approximately 600 years before the European Christians got involved."
Her academic integrity also addresses the contributions of Christians and Jews to the travesty of the slave trade. HOWEVER, she notes that the slave trading in force today is conducted "still in the name of Islam." Simon Deng, Francis Bok and Charles Jacobs can personally confirm this fact.
Regardless of the Islamist pitch, there is no humanity in slavery regardless of Islam's alleged doctrinal allowances for humane treatment of slaves.
Given that Islam in the Black slave history plays a similar and yet continuing role, why would Black Americans ever convert to Islam? Why embrace a religion and culture whose lexicon denigrates Black humanity in both word and act?
What would happen if Islamist organizations allowed the accurate history of the Islamic slave trade to be taught in schools or even included in textbooks? Do Muslim writers avoid the truth of the Islamic slave trade because it is not safe for them to write about a part of Muslim history that reflects negatively on Islam?
Black American Muslims that the panel may not mention…
Continue reading via Newsletter #59 – Muslim American Center for Outreach appropriates Black History month.
- Terror-linked CAIR hijacks MLK Jr Day, converts to 'Muslims Day'
- Video: Islam's Shame – Modern Day Slave Trading
- The Koranic Sanction of Slavery
- Video: Arab and Islamic slavery alive and well
- Roots of the Arab Slave Trade (video)
- Muslim Genocide on Black Africans (video)
- Sudan: For over 50 years blacks have been victims of brutal, racist Arab Muslim regimes
- Black From Islam: African American Muslim Defectors (video)


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Otero Junior College, in cooperation with the OJC Foundation, has developed a Premier Agriculture Scholarship which is available to incoming OJC freshman and sophomore students entering into one of OJC's agricultural sciences courses of study.
Otero Junior College, in cooperation with the OJC Foundation, has developed a Premier Agriculture Scholarship which is available to incoming OJC freshman and sophomore students entering into one of OJC's agricultural sciences courses of study. Funds for these scholarships were raised at the New Year's Eve Cowboy Gala.
The scholarship will be awarded to at least 5 students at up to $1,500 per student per academic year ($750 per semester). Successful applicants may reapply for a second year of funding if they are still eligible.
Scholarship selection will be based on agricultural involvement, such as previous employment, extra-curricular activities and future aspirations. Applicants meeting all requirements will be asked to take part in a personal interview prior to scholarships being awarded.
While a minimum grade-point average is not required for the scholarship, an applicant's GPA will be considered as a rating factor by the selection committee. Scholarships will be awarded to scholars on a competitive basis.
The application packet must include:
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· Official high school or college transcript
· Two letters of recommendation from instructors, counselors or employers
· An essay (500 word maximum) describing your involvement in agriculture and your future aspirations related to the field
· A list of other scholarships and financial aid applied for, with information regarding those that have been received. The applicant's 2013-14 Expected Family Contribution (EFC) number as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must be included.
Premier Agriculture Scholarship applications are being accepted until the extended deadline of 5 p.m. on April 15, 2013. Completed applications should be returned to Justin Osborne, agriculture sciences faculty, Otero Junior College, 1802 Colorado Ave., La Junta, CO 81050. More information on the agricultural sciences programs at OJC, Contact Justin Osborne at 384-6964.
For more information on available scholarships, contact OJC Financial Aid Director Angela Benfatti at 384-6834 or email@example.com.
Potential applicants can download scholarship applications at: www.ojc.edu/scholarships.aspx.


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The comedic Twitter feed Shit Girls Say is now a web series, starring Graydon Sheppard, who, along with his boyfriend, Kyle Humphrey, came up with the idea for the Twitter account earlier this year. Honestly? Funny because it's true, except for the part where guys dress up as women in order to mock them. That part is tired. But "could you do me a huge favor?," "first of all eww" and bag-rummaging R us. And if we could have lunch with Juliette Lewis, you bet your pita chips there would be some high-pitched squealing. I am not even joking right now.
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We were just lamenting the drift away from useful tips towards comments on AANews articles that now make-up the bulk of our postings. Despite our best efforts to come up with new resources and suggestions for carfree life in Ann Arbor, we're running out of ideas. But in our darkest hour, Ed Vielmetti has picked up the torch, creating a simple flickr post giving estimates for a bunch of bus stops for the Link service.
The comments in his image show his best estimate of Link arrival times by the minute, as well as nearby destinations, parking options, and wireless sources. We have been researching ways to represent this kind of info with map mash-ups or other tricks. While we were pondering and tinkering, Ed made it happen. Thanks, Ed!


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The season just started last night and there's already some drama -- Adam Carolla called one of the "Dancing With the Stars" judges a "bitch" after giving him his pathetic score.
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BOWLING GREEN, KY. (Nov. 16, 2013) – With hopes of breaking through with its first victory of the 2013-14 season, the ETSU men's basketball team will travel to take on former Ohio Valley Conference rival and current Sun Belt Conference foe Western Kentucky Saturday night.
Tip is set for 8 p.m. (EST) inside the E.A. Diddle Arena, and fans can listen live on the Buccaneer Sports Network's family of radio stations or by clicking on the live audio link at ETSUBucs.com.
The Bucs (0-2) could easily be undefeated this season, having lost two hard-fought contests against Charlotte and Morehead State. A win at Western Kentucky – a perennially strong basketball program – could be a huge boost for the Bucs, especially considering the team will play seven of its next 10 games at home following the trip to WKU.
For more on Saturday evening's matchup, read the game notes below or click the game note link to the right. For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the 2013-14 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.
Game Notes
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
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The ETSU men's basketball program was glad to see the 2012-13 campaign come to an end, following a season which saw the team face multiple obstacles and challenges -- such as a brutal schedule that featured the likes of North Carolina, Arizona,
Ole Miss,
Virginia Tech, Georgia and Hawaii ... Other issues for the team included senior post Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) missing the
season with
ankle injury that he suffered in
the preseason, senior guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) being academically ineligible for the first two months of the year, and two other senior guards who were expected to be major contributors were dismissed from the team in early November for violations of team rules … This left head coach Murry Bartow and his coaching staff with a young, inexperienced group of underclassmen, several true freshmen, one redshirt freshman and a pair of junior college transfers … Those obstacles proved to be tough to overcome, as the Buccaneers posted a 10-22 record and finished 8-10 in Atlantic Sun Conference play … It was the toughest campaign in Bartow's 10 seasons at ETSU, a tenure that has produced many championships, postseason tournament appearances and 20-win campaigns … In all, Bartow's teams have earned three NCAA Tournament invitations (2004, 2009 and 2010), one NIT appearance (2007), and one CIT berth (2011), and the Bucs have eclipsed 20 wins five times. … This year, the Bucs will once again take to the floor with a young squad made up of several new faces … In fact, despite the return of the 6-fooot-9 Poderis, the Bucs have just five players back this season who played significant minutes a year ago.
The series vs. Western Kentucky
Despite having a long history against the Hilltoppers, ETSU men's basketball has not played Western Kentucky since 1980 ... WKU leads the all-time series 36-11, and the Bucs lost that last meeting 71-59 back on Jan. 7, 1980.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 12, 2013) – Despite a 17-0 offensive run in the first half and leading midway through the second half, the ETSU men's basketball team was unable to hold off Morehead State as the Eagles crashed the Buccaneers' regular season home opener with 71-63 victory inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Morehead State's key to victory came on the inside, where they out-rebounded the Bucs 45-30 overall, and held a 20-7 advantage on the offensive end of the floor. With the loss, ETSU drops to 0-2 on the season, while the Eagles improved to 2-0. ... Despite holding the Eagles to just 37 percent shooting from the floor and forcing 15 turnovers, the Bucs slowly relinquished their 31-25 halftime lead and fell behind for good when Morehead State's Angelo Warner sank a 3-pointer with 8:28 left in the game to make it 52-51. ... Warner finished the contest with a game-high 25 points, while teammates Brent Arrington and Drew Kelly pitched in 15 and 11, respectively. For the Bucs, junior guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa, Fla.) scored a team-high and career-best 21 points, while sophomore forward Lester Wilson (Knoxville) pitched in 13, and freshman guard A.J. Merriweather (Jackson) added 12. ... The Bucs trailed 10-4 in the early going, but exploded on a 17-0 run to take a 21-10 lead with 7:04 left in the first half. From there, Morehead State managed to slowly pull closer and ultimately trailed by six at the break. ... In the second half, the Bucs actually got to within two points at 62-60 with 4:59 left, but another Warner 3-pointer extended the Eagles' lead to 65-60 and ETSU was unable to make another significant challenge the rest of the way. ... ETSU shot 42 percent from the floor for the game, but just 21 percent from beyond the 3-point arc and 68 percent from the charity stripe.
Merriweather continues to shine, posts double-double
Freshman guard A.J. Merriweather (Jackson, Tenn.) has certainly made an impression in the early going this season, and he continued to make more news against Morehead State (11/12) ... The 6-2 guard collected his first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds, to go along with a pair of assists, a block and a steal in 35 minutes of play ... His current team ranks are first in rebounding (9.0 rpg) and steals (4.0 spg), fourth in scoring (11.0 ppg), and second in minutes played (32.0).
Bucs improve defensively, but inside game struggling
A year ago, ETSU allowed teams to shoot a high percentrage from the field and from the 3-point line ... This year, ETSU's defensive efforts have paid off as the Bucs have held teams to just 38 percent shooting from the field and 26 percent from 3-point range ... However, as the Bucs have improved on the perimeter, the team has struggled in the paint ... Currently, ETSU's rebound margin is -12.5, and the Bucs have been out-rebounded by a total of 90-65 ... Those numbers have led to more second chance points for opponents and the reason for two close losses for the team.
KGG, Merriweather enjoy strong debuts at Charlotte
With his career-high, 31-point effort in the loss at Charlotte (11/8), senior forward Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) certainly made an impression on those inside Halton Arena. ... Along with KGG's showing, freshman A.J. Merriweather (Jackson, Tenn.) did not shy away from the challenge of his first college game and the assignment of defending Charlotte guard Pierria Henry ... While KGG finished with career bests for points (31), field goals made (10) and 3-pointers made (4), Merriweather finished with 10 points to go along with team highs for rebounds (7) and steals (3) in 29 minutes of play.
Young Bucs still face obstacles with experience
The last two seasons, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow has faced the challenge of developing a roster with minimal experience ... As the 2013-14 Buccaneers begin play, Bartow is once again looking at a team with several new faces and limited playing time ... In all, the Bucs return just six players who saw time on the floor last sesaon, while there are a total of seven newcomers to the program ... When counting the entire 15-man roster, the Bucs have a total of just 11 varsity seasons between the team for an average of less than a season per player ... The most experienced player on the team is fifth-year senior Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.), but he is returning from an injury which made him miss the entire 2012-13 campaign.
Merriweather, Riley and Harris standout in exhibition games
Freshmen A.J. Merriweather (Jackson, Tenn.) and Devin Harris (Tampa, Fla.), along with JuCo transfer Jalen Riley (Racine, Wisc.) made significant impressions during the Bucs' two exhibition games ... Merriweather's numbers were the most guady, as he averaged 22 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals in just 21 minutes per game ... Meanwhile, Harris averaged 7.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the games against Milligan (10/29) and Mars Hill (11/2), while Riley finished with 12.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per contest.
Rembert hoping to stay hot as 2013-14 season begins
Junior guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa) has made the most of his increased playing time over the last two seasons, having made a 3-pointer in 30 straight games dating back to last season ... Last season, Rembert ranked fourth in the A-Sun in 3-point field goal percentage at 39.7 percent for the year. ... This year, Rembert has shown signs of expanding his offensive productivity, as he averaged 21.0 points per game in the Bucs' exhibitions against Milligan (10/29) and Mars Hill (11/2) ... In fact, he put up a stunning 33 points on nine made 3-pointers in the win over Milligan.
Bucs have tradition of postseason appearances, success
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... It was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
Shuffling starters the "new normal" for Bucs
Last season, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow used 17 different starting lineups in the team's 32 games ... Injuries and dismissals left the ETSU's coaches searching for the right combination all season. ... Bartow hopes to find more stability with his rotation in 2013-14.
Three-point streak for Bucs dates back nearly 20 years
Since Feb. 16, 1987 in a game against Davidson, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 796 consecutive games. ... ETSU was 0-for-8 in that 1987 game.
ESPN names Wilson to nation's Top 25 freshmen list
While circumstances forced the ETSU men's basketball team to struggle last season, talented redshirt freshman forward Lester Wilson (Knoxville) gave the Buccaneers reason for hope. ... Wilson, who is averaged 13.0 points per game, was listed as one of the Top 25 freshmen in college basketball by ESPN hoops writer John Gasaway. The list – which included players such as UNLV's Anthony Bennett, UCLA's Jordan Adams, Michigan's Nik Stauskas and Duke's Rasheed Sulaimon – had Wilson ranked at No. 25. ... Wilson has posted six 20-plus point games so far this season.
ETSU picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
In the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball – marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 – the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors … The Bucs -- who have enjoyed nine NCAA trips, one NIT and one CIT berth, 14 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85 -- ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun team, as well as former SoCon rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, at that time the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as programs such as Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson and Fla. State.


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By Larry Brogan
Courtesy of Tattoo Road Trip: Most tattoo artists are already familiar with the idea of tracing stencil images, where you lay a piece of tracing paper over the original image and sketch out a line drawing. Many times the image you are tracing is very detailed or quite dark, making it difficult to render an accurate image because of the semi-translucent nature of the tracing paper or velum that you are using. This is where a light table or lightbox comes in very handy.
Typically, this is simply a sheet of glass or plastic, with a light behind it, that illuminates up through the paper image you are tracing, making for a clear, discernible image, which enables you to pull out more detail and create a much more accurate line drawing as well as save you time in the process.
Light boxes can be purchased from art and tattoo supply companies, and vary a in size, shape and cost, or they can be easily built by anyone with a little handyman skills. Most light tables utilize fluorescent light bulbs due to the cool nature of these bulbs as opposed to the high heat generated from incandescent or halogen lights. There are also light boxes that use LED lights and are, thus, able to be slimmer and more portable than the traditional fluorescent bulb boxes. I prefer the light from fluorescent bulbs over LED lights, but either can work well.
Large-scale drawing tables that double as light boxes can be found at art stores, or you can do what I did and build your own. I incorporated a two-foot by four-foot light table with a small desk that I built from two-by-fours and a two-by-four-foot Troffer fluorescent fixture (typically used in drop ceilings or as shop lights) and a piece of tempered glass. I used tempered glass, due to its inherent strength and the lessened likelihood of breakage over non-tempered glass. The glass was sandblasted on one side, in order to create a frosted translucent glass, instead of clear, and makes for a much more even light displacement and hides the light fixture underneath. You can also use a thick sheet of white Plexiglas, but that can be more prone to scratching and flexing, when you rest your arms on the table.
Tattoo artists who work tattoo conventions would benefit from the use of a light box but while traveling, but you can only bring so much with you. A very simple light box can be made from a clear clipboard (found at any office supply store) positioned over a bright light source. But be careful that you do not get too close to an incandescent bulb or else the plastic will warp. A fluorescent bulb gives off far less heat, with less chance of warping your clipboard. If it is daylight and you are near an outside window, just tape your design and tracing paper to the window for a quick light box solution. You can even utilize your computer's monitor or laptop screen as a light box, in a pinch, especially if you are not able to print out an image.
(Larry can be found at Tattoo City Skin Art Studio in Lockport, IL.)


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One of the best ways to get fellow students involved in your effort to change your campus speech codes is to write op-eds and letters-to-the-editor in your campus paper. Using this method, you can reach students, staff, faculty, parents and even the outside community with one article. While not all students read the campus papers, the ones that do are likely to be among the most involved on campus. Since engaged students are your target audience anyway, an op-ed can often be an effective tool. The other benefit is that alumni often stay in touch with their alma mater through the student newspaper, so an article on your school's polices might be their only way of finding out that something is amiss at your school. Also, writing a short piece for your campus newspaper shows that you are exercising your freedom of speech—all while allowing you to explain a particular speech code or issue on your campus.
Most campuses have at least one campus newspaper, typically with both a print and online edition. Also check out alternative campus publications that might be interested in publishing your article.
Things to keep in mind while writing your article:
Know your paper
It is important that you understand the style and typical content of the paper when writing your op-ed. Get to know your paper's guidelines, word limits and editorial preferences. Also, check the archives to see if other articles have been written on your topic and what views were taken — and make sure to reference them in your op-ed.
Be concise
When in doubt, write less. This cannot be stressed enough — students are so busy with homework, sports, jobs and extracurricular activities that they often do not have time for a lengthy explanation of why a particular college policy is worth fighting. Make your letter brief and to the point and it will have a much better chance of being read.
Understand the policy
Make sure that you really understand why the free speech zone or harassment policy you are referencing is problematic. You don't want to misstate the case against the policy; you will look uninformed and it will hurt your effort to change the policy. Don't hesitate to ask FIRE for help identifying which policies are most problematic at your school and explaining why.
Use examples
To highlight a particularly egregious problem on your campus, it is often helpful to show examples of how similar cases have gone awry at other campuses. Satire is a useful tool. By making light of the policies, you can help people realize how ridiculously dangerous these policies really are to free speech. Craft an "imagine if …" narrative for your readers to explain how the policy could go wrong. If your school's policy bans "offensive or insulting jokes," then you could point out that many common jokes would be outlawed, and explain that while a sharply worded "yo mamma" joke might be offensive, that does not mean students should be banned from telling them. Or in the case of a restrictive "free speech zone" which requires 48 hours notice before any protest can be held, you could use the example of September 11th. Imagine, you might write, that students wanted to hold a campus memorial or rally on that day. Under a prior approval policy with no exceptions for spontaneous speech, such an act would have been effectively impossible. If you need help coming up with examples, contact FIRE and we may be able to provide a few from previous FIRE cases.
Your article is not a research paper, but you should still include one or two citations that back up your argument. If you use statistics for examples, it is especially important to cite your source for credibility. You can also direct readers to the FIRE website (www.thefire.org) and explain how they can find your school's Spotlight page and past cases.
Make it personal
The more you can make the issue hit home for the reader, the better. You don't want to spend time crafting this letter and have students brush it off or not understand how the issue impacts them. Make sure you explain how terrible it would be to be investigated under an unconstitutional sexual harassment code for protected speech or have no way to demonstrate for a cause that means a lot to them because of a restrictive free speech zone.
Inspire action
Considering how busy most students are, it is important not to leave them without an outlet once they are convinced by your excellent op-ed arguments! Be sure to close your letter with some ideas on what they can do to help out. Depending on the type of people on your campus (and you know your classmates best) you can suggest things like writing letters to the college president or board of trustees, encourage them to join a Facebook group or email list-serv to discuss the issue in more depth, or invite them to a protest you are holding.
Also, your community paper may be interested in stories about your campus. That said, depending on the community and the size of the paper, it may be more difficult to get local papers to publish your letter. Even if you cannot get your letter to the editor published, however, you can always inform the local media of any events you are hosting on campus, such as a lecture or a protest, with a press release. (Visit our speaker's page to learn more about hosting a FIRE speaker on your campus.)


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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Learning To Spin: Part One
OK, so I've got the good luck bunniepants on:
I've got the roving:
And you know that Lily is standing by patiently:
Having about sixteen minutes spare in my schedule, I decided the time was nigh to learn to spin.
I, of course, didn't oil the wheel and took only the most cursory glance at an instruction page before diving right in, so eager was I to prove to myself and the world that I would, indeed, be a master spinner before the night was out.
All was going well until ...
This didn't seem quite right, but it wasn't until I got a Memo from the Desk of W.T. Fuck:
that I realized that there was a little more to this than just enthusiastically pounding on the treadle.
Projects for this week:
a) oil the wheel
b) tighten the drive belt thingie
c) get a grip
Here we have my first few yards of what may, by the very charitable, loosely be called yarn.
And I couldn't be prouder than if I'd grown the fleece myself.
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Try treadling a little more slowly--it looks like you managed to overtwist by a good amount! Don't worry, We all did it on our learning curves!
Yup. Looks like yarn to me. Hey, I'm impressed that its twisted and wound on the bobbin. Slowing down rather than treadling furiously might help, as Cathy said.
Increasing the tension may also help--I had the same problem when learning to spin and discovered that my tension knob was in fact missing and that's why the yarn wasn't getting wound onto the bobbin!
I'm so impressed that you just sat down and went for it. I have no tech-nit-chal assvice, as I do not know how to do that spinning thing. Well done, you.
But dude, those jammies...my eyes, my eyes.
But dude, those jammies...my eyes, my eyes.
you do realize that we all pay high dollar for novelty thick and thin yarn like that. you are on your way to millions, woman (as long as it's not millions of dishcloths made from green cotton)Post a Comment
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Doctor Says A Carbon Fiber Bike Is No Quicker Than Steel
In the British Medical Journal a doctor reports that his 27-mile commute is not speeded up by his more expensive carbon race bike.
Dr. Jeremy Groves rode his 20.9 lb. carbon framed bicycle over the same commuting route as his 29.75 lb. steel bicycle from January through July 2010. He found that the average difference in travel time was a little over 30 seconds.
Please note this was not meant to be a serious report. This is the light-hearted Christmas edition of the BMJ and, while the papers published in this edition are scientifically sound, the subject matter tends to be less-than-serious. Previous Christmas BMJs have tried determining the speed of Santa's sleigh.
Dr Groves told BikeBiz:
"I should emphasise, and this has been lost in some of the reporting by the larger news organisations, the study relates to my commuting journey and to generalise this to all trips (especially competitive cycling) on light weight bicycles is taking the study a bit far!
"I do think the point holds though, when commuting there are other influences (particularly the weather, road conditions and fitness of the rider etc) that will have a far greater impact on journey time that the weight or specification of the bicycle."
Which do I enjoy riding most? Well, after the trial I have to go for the steel bike. I get there as quickly, and it is more comfortable, better value, and has more "character."
Which we must add, "More people should listen to their doctors."
More commentary available at Bike Biz and EcoVelo. Full test report here.
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Switched at Birth As Toby and Nikki (Lucas Grabeel, Cassi Thomson) get ready for their wedding, John and Kathryn (D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson) try to decide whether to tell him how they really feel about his decision. Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Blair Redford and Constance Marie also star in the season finale. 8 and 10 p.m. ABC Family
Get Out Alive With Bear Grylls Bear puts the four remaining teams on ice, when a helicopter takes them to the top of a glacier, and they must complete their challenges while navigating dangerous crevasses, cold temperatures and other hazards in this new episode. 9 p.m. NBC
Breaking Pointe Upcoming contract renewals spark the rivalry between Ian and Zach in this new episode. 9 p.m. KTLA
The Glades A ranch hand is found dead between the properties of two ranching families who have long been feuding, and Jim (Matt Passmore) gets roped into the conflict when he investigates the death. Kiele Sanchez also stars in this new episode. 9 p.m. A&E
Major Crimes As the team scrambles to stop a killer on a spree, Raydor (Mary McDonnell) faces a major decision. Graham Patrick Martin and G.W. Bailey also star in this new episode. 9 p.m. TNT
Under the Dome A mysterious woman named Maxine (Natalie Zea) shows up and is linked to Big Jim and Barbie (Dean Norris, Mike Vogel). Rachelle Lefevre and Alex Koch also star in this new episode. 10 p.m. CBS
POV In the new episode "The Law in These Parts," Israeli filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz spotlights the system of military justice that his homeland developed to administer its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 10 p.m. KOCE
Longmire Vic (Katee Sackhoff) confides in Walt (Robert Taylor) about her suspicions that she is being stalked in this new episode. 10 p.m. A&E
CBS This Morning Photographer Nick Nichols; videographer Nathan Williamson. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
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The Dr. Oz Show Recharging one's body to become younger, smarter and faster; boosting energy. 2 p.m. KABC
Dr. Phil A woman says her father molested her for 10 years as a child, and her mother did nothing to stop it. 3 p.m. KCBS
Katie Howard Stern and wife, Beth. 3 p.m. KABC
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Woman Responds To Anti-Gay Complaints w/ Gay Pride Christmas Lights Display
Dr. Mary Pham, a single straight mom in Irvine, California and an LGBT ally, has already received complaints from neighbors for her proud display of the rainbow flag.
Well, the doctor upped the ante this Christmas when she decked her whole house out in rainbow colored lights!
According to SheWired:
Pham raised her pride flag last spring as her neighbors were raising seasonal and sports flags. A friend had warned her against the rainbow flag saying, "Not in Irvine, Mary," but Pham hung her flag despite the protestation, according to our friends at the Pleasure Chest.
"Look, either you know what it is or you don't," Pham said in response. "Either it's a pride flag, or it's just a rainbow flag. And if it's a pride flag, and you notice, either you like it or you hate it. And if you hate it then you're just a jerk."
That's the spirit, Mary!
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You bleft out the most important part about this scanner .... does it have the digital card ?
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The of the best designs for a traveling solar cooker might be the Seven Panel Cooker by Barbara Kerr. It folds flat like a notebook. When it is set up to cook, the panels make angles that efficiently reflect the sun's rays onto the cooking pot. The seventh panel is positioned to reflect light directly toward the center of the cooker, where the cooking pots are located in oven bags. Since this cooker is lightweight, it is vulnerable to wind. Therefore, a solid backing and rocks placed on the panels may be necessary.
Five of the seven panels are of heavy cardboard. Two panels are thinner and lighter weight allowing them to slide under the center bottom panel. This design is also relatively easy to make. The only tricky part is connecting the panels so that they fold together into a flat unit. Luckily detailed instructions are available. The Seven Panel Cooker comes as part of the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center "Preparedness Kitchen."
The entire kitchen fits into an apple box, the bottom half of which turns into a Reflective Open Box Solar Cooker. The box contains cooking pots, oven bags, hot pads, eating utensils, a solar-charged light and a small rocket stove.


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nbtboj wrote
"Thats the worst use of logic I have ever heard. First of all, how do you think He helped them? They are just giving praise when they were blessed."
The part about "being blessed" obviously refers to winning the Superbowl, and if it is god who gives them the blessing (the win), then obviously in some way god helped them win the game. The way you're interpreting it is as if god had nothing at all to do with the outcome of the game, but somehow after they won he gave them an annointing (like when the commish presents them with the trophy, after they'd already won the game). So in your world god is like the commisioner. But while the actual presentation of the trophy does have ritual significance, it matters very little who actually does the presenting. Likewise it would seem it matters very little who gets to give the blessing, it's just a ritual that practically anyone could give. In fact I could say I blessed the Colts (I obviously had nothing to do with them winning the game)! That sort of logic is so screwy it doesn't even register on the intelligence meter.
I think the Infidel Guy did a pod cast on exactly this topic…. :?
[quote author="nothingbutthebloodofjesus"]And to answer the question of "What if they were praying to Allah?" Of course I would disagree with the fundamental belief system they prescribe to
Ahhh. . . so now you know how an atheist feels about your religion.
[quote author="nothingbutthebloodofjesus"]but there is something moving about an entire group or sect of people coming together to give glory to someone else, not just themselves.
By "someone" do you mean God? God is not a "someone" in the Christian theology. But if you don't mean God, then please clarify who this "someone" could be.
does anyone else find it a bit pathetic and ridiculous when you see some of these athletes talking about the glory of god in their lives, etc. etc. while showing off their iced out 5billion carrot crucifix on their chest and their 40 cars and mega mansions, not to mention some of these athletes are first class assholes.
For all the ballyhoo about prayer, it is interesting to note that the christian diety NEVER answers prayers where there is no possibility of coincidence. For instance, there has never been a case of an amputee's limb(s) being regenerated by prayer.
Could it possibly be that ALL claims about the efficacy of prayer are mistaken and were only coincidences? Until such time as some unambiguous case comes along that could not have been coincidence, an intelligent person would conclude so.
If I had the word 'dung' in my name I'd be praying too.
Nothingbutthebloodofjesus has left the building.
Dungy has been lauded by nbtboj for praising god for a superbowl win.
nbtboj clearly represents many theists mindset in that if they earn some reward in finances, social status or prestige, god is the author of it. As if a god really is involved with the outcome of a game. As if a god favors one team over another.
oh mah god I just won the superbowl! Thankyoujesus thank you thank you god thank you lord!!!
why? why talk like this? what is the point really? I mean, it's a game of statistical finaggling where two equally matched teams go at it and only one can come out the victor. How is a god involved in this outcome? Why would a god be involved? If you were god would you cause one team to win over another? If any one football team wins the superbowl, do we now assume this is "god's team"?? Is this team's win a sign from god that he exists?
So then, the losers of the superbowl are less favored by god? What? I mean, why thank god when you win a game?
If god is really involved in the outcomes of sporting events, to the point where an athlete bows down in the end zone and thanks god for helping him catch a ball.. what does it really mean?
Does it mean that god is involved in the outcome of the craps table? Horse racing? board games? Is it about money? People need money and so when they find some or come of some money when they really need it they tend to thank a god. What about the "evil" professions. Like prostitution. God hates it. But say a hooker really needs a score so she goes out and walks the streets. Say 4 hours go by and she is so hungry. Another hour goes by and it's 12:30. Finally, she finds a target and gets paid, is she entitled to thank god? I mean, if she was good looking enough the stats show that sooner or later she would get picked up. What if she does thank god? If god has nothing to do with the hooker getting paid, then… how is it any different for athletes.
And yet others thank god for outcomes that will happen one way or another (superbowl wins and losses) either way.
And in more realistic frame of reference: Is god then responsible for any given person getting that really great job? I mean, you either have the skills and personality and work ethic or you do not. If it is down to two or three equally talented candidates and the employer is pulling out his hair trying to decide and so, unbeknown to the three candidates, he throws a dart on a board with their picture on it and chooses thus…. is this god??
What have humans reduced god down to then?
btw, hiring people using the dart board method… does that make the dart thrower god like? or at least an instrument in god's hand when the lucky individual thanks his god that the dart thrower's dart "chose" his picture?)
this might be more appropriate on Noggin's joke thread but I can't resist it in view of the topic of this thread.
Two Americans (let's say baptist ) are visiting in Rome and standing in the Vatican square with thousands of people when the Pope appears on the balcony.
the first guy asks: "Who it that?"
second quy responds "don't be stupid, that's the Pope
the Pope make the sign of the cross.
First guy: "What's he doing now?"
Second guy: "You are so stupid. He's going to shoot a foul shot."


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Silt washes into the Atlantic Ocean from rivers in Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West Africa, in this false-color composite image from the Landsat 7 satellite.
You're excused if this picture triggers a flashback to a trippy "Space" jam at a Grateful Dead show, but chill out: It's just an image of Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West Africa, made by the Landsat 7 satellite as it peered down at Earth from its 438-mile-high orbit.
The patterns in the country's shallow coastal waters are created by silt that's been carried by the Geba River and other streams into the Atlantic Ocean. However, this isn't what the country looks like to the naked eye in outer space. Instead, the color-coded image was produced using infrared, red, and blue filters to bring out details in the silt. This online tutorial explains more about the trippy color scheme.
Click through this year's "Earth as Art" slideshow for more out-of-this-world Earth imagery.
This picture of Guinea-Bissau serves as one of the final visual treats in our Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar. For additional views of Earth from space, check out these past offerings. We've also included links to other online Advent calendars that have been serving up space images daily since the beginning of the month:
- The Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar so far
- Door 1 for Dec. 1: Shuttle in spotlight
- Door 2 for Dec. 2: 'Alien' lake seen from space
- Door 3 for Dec. 3: Egypt's river of light
- Door 4 for Dec. 4: Tallest building reaches for the sky
- Door 5 for Dec. 5: Russia's dazzling delta
- Door 6 for Dec. 6: Space skipper vs. the world
- Door 7 for Dec. 7: Pearl Harbor from the heavens
- Door 8 for Dec. 8: Listening for E.T.
- Door 9 for Dec. 9: Blast from the past
- Door 10 for Dec. 10: Volcano caught in the act
- Door 11 for Dec. 11: Chronicling climate change
- Door 12 for Dec. 12: Happy St. Lucy's Day
- Door 13 for Dec. 13: Viva Las Vegas
- Door 14 for Dec. 14: Don't wake the volcanoes
- Door 15 for Dec. 15: Stairways to heaven
- Door 16 for Dec. 16: White Christmas in the Midwest
- Door 17 for Dec. 17: Tracks in the sky
- Door 18 for Dec. 18: Amelia Earhart's final resting place?
- Door 19 for Dec. 19: Lunar eclipse as seen from space
- Door 20 for Dec. 20: Our pale blue dot
- Door 21 for Dec. 21: Celebrate the longest night
- The Big Picture at Boston.com: Hubble Advent calendar
- Planetary Society: Solar system Advent calendar
- Zooniverse Advent calendar
Connect with the Cosmic Log community by hitting the "like" button on the Cosmic Log Facebook page or following msnbc.com's science editor, Alan Boyle, on Twitter (@b0yle).


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The 2001 GMC and Chevy heavy-duty pickups take aim at Ford.
General Motors, riding a 1_1/2-year wave of sales success since it redesigned its medium-duty GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado trucks, hopes to extend this streak into heavy-duty (HD) trucks beginning this fall.
How does it plan to steal the full-size pickup truck sales crown owned by Ford for the past two decades? "By 2001, we'll be the leader in this market because we've made an unprecedented investment to know the customer and then deliver heavy-duty trucks that boast more powerful diesel and gas engines, more capable transmissions and segment-leading tow/haul ratings, creating a new benchmark for full-sized trucks," says Gary White, vehicle line executive.
Similar design. The HD models continue the theme of the current Silverado and Sierra designs, with some design tweaks on front grills and hoods to further differentiate Chevy from GMC. The company plans to add more differentiation in the future, especially since it is striving to make the GMC brand its work truck.
The cab interior of the trucks is similar to that of their respective half-ton models. Brand differentiation is not apparent here: The Chevy and the GMC seem practically identical in appearance. Both brands will offer a choice of regular cab, 4-door extended cab, crew cab and chassis-cab models.
Better powertrain. It is here where GM claims to overtake the competition. Both brands will offer a choice of three engines for 2001: the new Duramax Diesel 6600, the new Vortec 8100 and the standard Vortec 6000.
Because diesel engines power 50% of HD trucks, GM got together with Isuzu to design and build the most powerful diesel in the segment specifically for its 2001 models. GM claims that the new Duramax Diesel 6600 has segment-leading power ratings by delivering 300 hp at 3,100 rpm and 520 lbs. ft. of torque at 1,800 rpm, while setting new benchmarks for controlling diesel noise, vibration and harshness. In fact it's so quiet, GM claims, that people even try to start it when it's already running.
The 6600 is a totally new, 90 degrees, direct-injection, overhead valve (4-cyl.) turbocharged diesel V8 with aluminum high swirl cylinder heads and significantly improved cooling characteristics. Fuel economy is improved by 15 to 20% over previous GM diesels, and the engine has a long targeted operating life of at least 200,000 miles without major component failure.
If it's gas power you want, GM has an all-new big block Vortec 8100 V8, which it claims will out-power and out-torque the competition's largest power plants (even the V10s) with 340 hp at 4,200 rpm and 455 lbs. ft. of torque at 3,200 rpm. It too is designed to run 200,000 miles.
The third option, the standard Vortec 6000 used in the half-ton models, has been improved with 70 more horsepower (325 hp at 5,000 rpm) and 40 more lbs. ft. of torque (370 lbs. ft. at 4,000 rpm) over the 5.7-liter it replaces.
Allison tranny. To leverage this full power and torque, GM is matching the two larger engines with the 1000 series Allison 5-speed automatic transmission or the new ZF-S6-650 6-speed manual tranny.
The Allison features a commercial-class level of performance, according to GM, handling gross vehicle weights (gvw) of 19,850 lbs. and gross combination weights (gcw) of 26,000 lbs. Features include electronic controls to manage shift timing, a tow/haul mode that avoids heat buildup that an unlocked torque converter can generate under heavy loads, and automatic engine braking and shift stabilization to better handle hilly terrain under load.
Underneath the trucks, a torsion bar front suspension provides higher gvw ratings and load-carrying abilities. And when it comes to trailering, it'll tow 12,000 lbs. with a factory-installed weight-distributing hitch, or up to 16,000 lbs. with a gooseneck hitch.
To check out these new heavyweights, see your dealer this fall.