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An atheist friend of mine posted this on Facebook saying that she didn't agree with the FFRF trying to get this cross taken down. As a veteran and an atheist, I tend to agree for a couple reasons. First, I see it as simply a memorial to a fallen soldier and no more no less. Secondly, and maybe more importantly, this cross has been there for years and years. Why waste taxpayers dollars on the legal fight... I don't see it hurting anything.. Thoughts?
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It's not offense. (And I wish people would quit saying that that's why they are complaining when interviewed by the media.) There's no right to not be offended, which is a good thing or the Muslims would long since have shut down everything in this country that offends them. (Which would be basically everything worth while.)
It is having it implied that I am not fit to be an American, or at the very least, less of an American, by my own government, not for being hostile to the US but rather for not having the right imaginary friend. It's having my tax money (which was extracted under threat of force--only governments can do that and not have it be called robbery) used, not to protect my rights or anyone else's rights--the proper function of government--but for the petty purpose of propagating a point of view that's not mine.
And all of these monuments, and "In God We Trust" on the money and "So Help Me God" at the end of oaths, nominally voluntary but invariably tacked on, and "Under God" in the pledge, feed the perception that this country is not just full of christians (which, alas, it is), but is founded on Christianity. No it's ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY NOT and I will be boiled alive in raw sewage if I will stand by and let them propagandize for it with MY TAX MONEY.
Yes freedom FROM religion (in government contexts) is important.
It sure felt good. Undoubtedly quite therapeutic. Probably dropped my blood pressure getting that out.
Well, I certainly wouldn't want to see you boiled alive in raw sewage - I'm curious, is there another kind? - but I agree with you completely regarding your stance, in fact, the tax people are still looking for me.
I might add, that I was criticized in a "Private Message" by Nelson, for mentioning my own website, I hope you have better luck!
I agree that freedom from religion is important, but I don't think anything is gained by wasting taxpayer dollars on a court battle and the ensuing removal of this monument. Keeping others from going up is enough for me.
The problem is, the people who want to do it now simply say "well THAT'S been there for ages, why can't we put this one up?" The correct answer to which from said local government would be, "why thank you for bringing that violation of the constitution to our attention. Yeah we shouldn't have done that either. Our apologies, that needs to come down" Of course the government rarely responds that way, it's often some Xian jackass in charge who vows to fight to the end to preserve his pet violation.
It's no more us wasting tax dollars fighting a breach of the constitution than it is spending money investigating a crime and putting the perp away. By your logic, once the crime has been committed and is "standing" we should leave it be and just try to focus on preventing new crimes.
The people morally responsible for the waste of tax money are the ones fighting to continue violating the law, just as a thug is morally responsible for the costs of investigating his crime, apprehending his ass, and throwing him in jail. Rights violations are what a government is supposed to be fighting.
Btw here are the US Department of VA headstones and markers for all different religious symbols. The Atheist one is there too. So as you can it's not fair to just have the Christian symbol up there.
Hmm, so the logo of American Atheists is the symbol for all atheism? What if you aren't a member of American Atheists?
Unfortunately our case is not parallel with some church that can come up with its own logo and its followers want to put that logo on their tombstones. We don't have an organization that automatically represents us as soon as we become atheists. There's nothing to join unless you want to engage in some activism.
Good point. But however I believe it is generally accepted that an Atheist symbol is the one with the atom symbol and the letter "A" in the middle of it.
I'd rather have a tree, but I'm a naturalist... and a hawk.
Everybody living in a christian country is so used to seeing crosses all over the place, until it virtually becomes something, that one doesn't notice anymore.
I say, put up all the other symbols of all the other religions involved, including the Atheist fish, complete with feet of course.
Otherwise, get rid of the cross.
Point of Order...THIS ISN'T A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY!!!


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"The Muppets"
a review by Darby O'Gill
There are a few things that I like to think of as the building blocks of my childhood; The Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, The Three Stooges, and The Little Rascals all played their part, but the one to play the biggest role had to be the Muppets! Allow me to better illustrate my life-long devotion to Jim Henson's Muppets, if you will. My first soundtrack ever was The Muppet Movie, wait for it… on 8-track. Yes, I know I'm old. It was quickly followed by The Great Muppet Caper, also on 8-track. One of the fondest, and most vivid memories I have from my childhood, is the joy and excitement I would get at 7:30pm, once a week as the drum-roll and trumpets would sound over the rotating ITC Entertainment logo. That image and sound is forever etched into my brain. I remember my cousin taking me to see The Muppet Movie in the theater, just the two of us, because she had just gotten her driver's license and she could. And when I got married, and my mother requested Kermit's Rainbow Connection as our mother/son dance, I couldn't have been more touched. As you can tell, the Muppets have played a huge role in my life, and to say the news of a new Muppet movie, back in the hands of Disney no less, made me nervous, would be a huge understatement.
In The Muppets, two brothers, Gary (Jason Segel) and Walter (voiced by Peter Linz), grow-up in a small town called Smalltown; only Gary is a real boy and Walter is, well a Muppet. There's not really a lot of explanation for it, so I'm just going to move on. Walter naturally feels out of place in Smalltown, but that all changes after he sees his first episode of The Muppet Show! So, when Gary and his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) plan a romantic get away to Hollywood, it's only natural that they invite Walter along to take a tour of the Muppet studios. But when they get there, the studio and theatre are in ruins. The Muppets are all but forgotten, as all that seems to remain is a sad little tour. It's on the tour that Walter overhears an oil tycoon's, Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), plan to buy the land and drill for oil. Walter seeks out Kermit the Frog to help him bring the Muppets back together again, and hopefully save the studio in time!
I really wanted to love this movie. I went in with high hopes and wary expectations, but ended up coming out with the same mixed emotions. I really disliked the first half of the film. The thing that makes a good Muppet movie is that the story is being told around the Muppets and their interaction with the people in the real world. The first part of this movie deals with the people and not the Muppets. I understand that that's just how the filmmakers chose to tell the story, but I just didn't like it. I think it's also why The Muppets Take Manhattan is my least favorite of the original movies. Also, the musical numbers are forced and way too over the top. One of the nicest things in the first two movies is the way the music just flows with the story, and sadly that doesn't happen here. This brings us to the second half of the movie, where the Muppets regroup and hold a last-minute telethon to help save the studio. Now this is the movie I wanted to see! The eye to detail, and love and care that went into bringing The Muppet Show back to life is heart-warming. I fell in love with the second half of this movie! I know that Muppet co-creator Frank Oz walked away from this project, because he disagreed with the way some of the characters were being handled, and that the Muppets were never about money. I agree with him, but I'm also guessing that he was referring to the earlier rendition of the script, which was quickly panned by many of those that got to read it. In the final version of the film, I don't really have a problem with it. The Muppets aren't really raising money for themselves, as much as they're doing it to help save their studio. Some people are also complaining that Kermit is depicted as a Hollywood mogul in the movie, but I think they forget that he was in fact the executive producer of The Muppet Show. He ran the show from his little table just off stage, and was in charge of all the guests. I think the movie nailed the spirit of the old show, and hopefully gets a whole new generation to watch them now on DVD. In closing, there were just two things I would have liked to have seen: 1) I would have loved it if they had found a Fraggle hole in the basement of the studio, and 2) If the marketing people would have gotten McDonald's to release a new set of Muppet drinking glasses, that would have been AMAZING!


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I'm looking for an elegant yet 'active' logo for a site I'm launching - Senior Golf Central. The site will focus on the active senior lifestyle centering on golf travel and vacations, golf fitness, and golf equipment. Please read the description for more details.
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While the target audience is the affluent Baby Boomer group (50+), I don't want the brand to feel 'stuffy'. I want the site to have a 'cool' vibe combined with classiness. I will be building the site out in WordPress using a custom theme that can be seen at:
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Dear Glenn Beck: It's Not Conspiracy, It's Courage
Glenn Beck has made a startling discovery. People are working together to make change!
Beck used my recent article, "Wisconsin: First Step in an American Uprising?" as a backdrop during his Wednesday show on Fox News, where he talked in dark, hushed tones about the spread of the UK Uncut movement to the United States. "A coincidence?" he asked. Is it a coincidence that citizens of both countries are holding protests in multiple locations on February 26?
Hardly! Organizers of US Uncut have made no secret of the fact that they were inspired by the British upstart group. UK Uncut started when 12 people meeting at a London pub decided they were fed up waiting for "someone to do something" about the fact that, in response to budget shortfalls caused by the financial crisis, the government was planning drastic cuts to public services while big businesses were raking in record profits. "Why don't we just start?" they wondered. "If we do it, maybe everybody will stop asking why it isn't happening and join in."
They sat down in front of a retail outlet of a major cell phone company that was $6 billion behind in its taxes. If that company paid up, they argued, all those cuts—to libraries, schools, health benefits, pensions—wouldn't be needed. The protests spread, eventually shutting down retail stores and banks across the country.
Unlike the Tea Party movement that Beck likes so well, they didn't have billionaire money behind them. The oil tycoon Koch brothers didn't bankroll a front group to train and fund them and give them talking points. No, UK Uncut is made up of ordinary people, using social media to coordinate their actions, getting their voice heard in spite of being off the message that the Murdoch media would like us to hear. When news of their success spread to the U.S.—primarily via an article in The Nation by British columnist Johann Hari (reposted here)—Americans with the same concerns were quick to take up the idea, and dozens of decentralized US Uncut groups quickly formed.
Now, MoveOn.org and Van Jones are teaming up in a call for rallies on the same day to protect the American Dream. And the United States Student Association and Jobs with Justice are collaborating (there's that word again!) on a call to defend public benefits.
These sorts of collaborations are not new, and they're not secret. If Beck had been reading YES! Magazine, for example, he would have seen hundreds of examples of groups that form from the bottom up, that work for the benefit of ordinary people, and that collaborate in lots of creative ways.
Which we think is a good thing. That collaboration is urgently needed at a time when the power balance in the United States is leaning dangerously toward large corporations and Wall Street banks. Because these institutions are formed to increase the wealth of those who already have it, any other goal we might have for our communities, our families, and our future easily gets pushed aside.
It's very clear what happens when corporate power and the fixation on short-term profits get too strong. Taxes on corporations and the wealthy get cut, and so money for infrastructure goes away, and our roads, bridges, schools, and universities decline. The pay and benefits of ordinary workers get cut, and they can no longer afford homes, education for their children, or health care. Environmental protection is put on the back burner or simply gutted, and our mountaintops are blown apart (including sites that could be ideal for wind farms that could supply energy for centuries to come). The climate crisis disrupts agriculture, causes floods and droughts, and brings extreme weather events, yet corporations prevent action. Our local economies are sapped of their strength, and regulation that could prevent some of the worst abuses goes away. That leaves us vulnerable to the sort of global economic meltdown that happened in 2008, and that continues to undermine economies everywhere. And the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling is just the latest in a cascading series of events that adds still more power to the corporate side of the scale.
This lopsided power makes the events in Wisconsin (and now Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and many other states) all the more important. Ordinary people still have power, but only when we talk together and work together.
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Video: Meet the people making history in Wisconsin.
Beck would like to shift the conversation to one of conspiracies and fear—frankly, I'm not not sure what he's so afraid of, but it seems to be a rotating list that includes communists, the United Nations, and Muslims. Oh, and our president.
But in Wisconsin, firefighters, teachers, nurses, sanitation workers, and students are rediscovering courage. Look at their faces, and you see fatigue, but also joy. No longer isolated and afraid, standing up for what they believe in, and, yes, collaborating, these people know they have power. And so do the rest of us.
How to get involved:
US Uncut actions targeting Bank of America and others will happen in more than 50 American cities on February 26. Here's where you can find the one near to you, or organize a new action.
Van Jones and MoveOn.org are organizing a February 26 "Rally to Save the American Dream" at noon at state capitals and major cities around the country. Wear Wisconsin colors, red and white.
Student Labor Action Project, a collaboration of United States Student Association and Jobs with Justice, is calling for a national day of action to defend the public sector on March 2nd.
The article that caught Glenn Beck's attention.
What the privatization of public spaces has to do with our likelihood of taking to the streets.
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WATERFORD, Conn. – The UMass Boston men's and women's cross country teams returned the trails Saturday afternoon at Harkness Memorial Park as part of the2012 Connecticut College Invitational. The men's squad recorded a 20th place finish, while the women's team had one representative competing for UMB.
The lone women's competitor was Nicole Sidiropoulos (Carver, Mass.). The senior runner posted a final time of 25:27 to finish in 146th place on the 5K course.
For the men's squad senior Jake Kerin (Quincy, Mass.) led UMB with a time of 27:51 to finish in 105th place overall. Behind him was Tad Delaney (Halifax, Mass.) in 118 place this his final mark of 28:41. Joe Miller (Hull, Mass.) posted the third fasted time for the Beacons as he crossed the finish line with a time of 31:03.
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Wright's Farm is a five generation family run farm located in Gardiner NY. Our 453 acre farm produces 100,000 bushels of apples annually. In addition to apples, we also grow cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, berries, tomatoes, pumpkins, squash, and more. Our roadside farm market is open year round and carries a huge selection of homemade baked goods, including pies, cookies, fruit breads, and our famous apple cider donuts. Through out the season we are canning jams, jellies, pickles, and apple sauces with the freshest local ingredients available, "farm to jar" so to speak. During September and October join us for Pick Your Own Apples and Pumpkins. So, stop on by the farm and say hello or visit us at a farmers market near you.
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We are soon releasing 3 video gamers' community websites.
Our platform can be defined as Video Gamers' Cloud Services.
We focus on community, social, competition and entertainment aspect of video games.
Our target audience are video gamers, games developer and publishers, consoles and PC components manufacturers, graphic designers interested in gaming. Basically the video game community at large.
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Braun's Name Written Down Again, EVERYBODY PANIC!
Following Ryan Braun's statement today at Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix, Arizona as he reported to camp, one may have had cause to hope that we were at least somewhat moving past this whole Biogenesis thing.
Then, because timing is everything, ESPN's Outside The Lines published a report claiming that they obtained another document with Ryan Braun's name on it. Despite the document supposedly being written in Tony Bosch's handwriting, and Tony Bosch himself being quoted in the report saying that the allegations against him are "bulls—" and "all wrong", ESPN talked to a "source familiar with the documents" who sad that there's "no other reason" to be on that list unless you received PEDs from Bosch because that list is, the "source familiar" said, a list for players who received PEDs from Bosch.
Oh, and the piece of paper lists a plus sign and "1500" next to Ryan Braun's name. That's certainly convenient because of the earlier declarations that "RB 20-30 K" was too high to be an amount owed for PEDs. Now all of the sudden we have another piece of paper with a smaller amount written on it.
Martin Singer, an attorney who represents Braun, was quoted in the article with the following response to this new piece of paper and insinuation by ESPN:
"My client confirmed last week that there was an alleged claim for money owed to Mr. Bosch because he had been used as a consultant by my client's attorneys in his successful appeal with MLB last year. Several witnesses can corroborate how Mr. Bosch requested over thousands of dollars for his consulting with my client's attorneys last year. My client has no relationship with Tony Bosch, and the only relationship Mr. Bosch had was with my client's attorneys as a consultant."
Singer, the report states, said that if Braun's name appears in the documents it is only because Bosch was trying to get whatever money he could from Braun from the consulting arrangement. "It is clear that this is all false," Singer said.
The ESPN report then states that Singer "threatened legal action against ESPN if it aired or published this report."
Nothing like a good old fashioned lack of actionable evidence to prompt an ESPN report about how Braun likely took PEDs.
To be fair, the article does implicitly state:
"The list is not definitive proof that Braun either received or used PEDs — either would be a suspendable offense under Major League Baseball policy — but may draw him more squarely into the spotlight as the league investigates the scandal and tries to draw the interest of law enforcement."
But then goes on for roughly 1000 words to connect the dots for readers whether they're there or not.
Note: For what it's worth, I don't normally editorialize directly in posts where I relay the news items themselves, but at this point I wanted to.


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Formed in the fall of 2016, Vassar College's Spud Cannon originally came together as a group of complete strangers. Setting out to make their own brand of "music you could dance to at a dormitory basement party," they quickly developed a repertoire of original material and began playing house parties.
After winning Vassar College's Battle of the Bands, the band flew out to Los Angeles to cut their debut record in 7 days in guitarist Jackson Lewis's basement. Their debut album Next Time Read the Fine Print was self-released on October 21st 2017, and became a surprise DIY sleeper hit on the college radio circuit, peaking at #24 in the North American College Radio top 200.
Following their national 'All You Can Eat' U.S. tour the band holed up to record their sophomore album. Entitled Squeeze, it was released on November 27th, 2018, and went on to become #3 in the North American College Radio top 200.


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I'm trying to do a simple CRS.decode to lookup a CoordinateReference system:
E.g. CoordinateReferenceSystem target_crs = CRS.decode("EPSG:4326");
However this fails with a reference to the Citations.HTTP_URI_OGC field, and an invalid field error. According to the documentation this field is introduced in v9?
Anyone else experienced this, or got an idea of what I'm doing wrong?
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But I need to get multiple posts. For example with ID 153 and 154. How would I do that with a string as a parameter?
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I love to see Corky in Cincinnati. It's good to see him get big league time after years of service and dedication to the club in the minors. But I have to ask myself, if hanigans injury is prolonged, how long do the reds go with corky as the backup? As much as I like the guy he's not major league caliber at the plate and it looked like the cubs ran all over him on defense. If hanigan is out longer than expected does anyone think Barnhart may get a call up? I've heard his D is near major league ready.


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Jennifer Lopez Admits She Was Depressed After Marc Anthony Split
What the world thought was a clean break from ex-husband Marc Anthony, has turned into something much deeper and darker for triple threat Jennifer Lopez.
The singer-dancer-actress told Page Six of the New York Post that during filming of her new movie 'Parker,' she suffered from depression, something she had been suffering from since her split from Anthony back in 2011.
"It was so hard to get out of bed to go to the set. I was going through one of the hardest moments of my life with my separation and with the kids and everything," she said to the paper.
Lopez, who plays a divorced real estate agent named Leslie Rogers in the film, managed to find quite the parallel between her faux life in 'Parker,' and her real life as a newly divorced mother of two.
"It was very difficult. In front of the kids and at work you have to be so professional and so up for your children in that moment," continued the star. "I was lucky to be in front of the cameras and act exactly how I felt."
While the role as agent Rogers may have allowed Lopez to act precisely how she wanted based on her at-home issues, she unfortunately won't be getting much praise for her part.
'Parker,' which opened in theaters on Jan. 25, has received only mixed reviews from critics and only managed to score 35% positive reviews online.
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The escape of a high-profile royal casts an uncomfortable glare on women's rights in the Gulf Arab monarchies amid a stream of runaway cases and asylum bids
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A lot of design retrospectives are tedious books with tons of interesting information presented in a very uninteresting way. It's the antithesis of design. Audi has taken a different approach, and instead brought design to the design retrospective. Clever.
The 28 page graphic novel shows off Audi's long history in a more minimalist, Frank Miller-esque style, and it works.
Instead of the story of how 'quattro' was created, we get three men just saying 'quattro.' Sure, historians won't love it, but design fans will eat this up.


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Svbyrne necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 42 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
My wife is a florist and I am setting up a new Ecommerce site for her.
We have a real bricks and mortar florist shop in Canberra City, Australia. We already have an existing and successful website (different brand) and this is a new venture.
I want to improve on my previous website http://www.embassyflorist.com.au. The new brand is canberracityflowers.com.au and I recently ran a logo contest here.
Online flower buyers looking for a genuine Canberra florist (as opposed to the relay networks) to purchase and have flowers delivered in the Canberra region. This is not a discount site.
I want the site to appeal to buyers looking for a real local shop. Many of our customers are interstate or overseas buying flowers for their loved ones back in Canberra. I would like bright, colorful, airy and cheerful.
The URL currently points to our existing Embassy florist site. Please don't use it for design guidance, I am looking for something new. However, it gives you an idea how the site structure is to work.
Key requirements -
Think Classy, modern, premium - not discount.
"Don't make Customers Think!" - It is essential that the site is easy to use. Everything must be clear and obvious.
The main content will be fixed width at 975 pixels wide.
Search will be at the top right
Logo top left
It will have defined areas - That is, categories etc down the left with different colour background, menu across top, dynamic content generated by the CMS in the middle (which you don't have to worry about).
Links should be obvious .
It must have - "Add to Cart", "Proceed to Checkout", and "Submit my Order" buttons. These are used throughout the site, they are not part of the basic page.
I don't need to display "Items in your cart" like most Ecommerce sites do. Flower buyers are directed to a view cart page after selecting a product.
I want all 6 products to be "above the fold". Therefore your design can't take too much vertical space.
No Flash.
Must have our phone number 02 6249 1400.
Don't use the photo of the girl hugging flowers as part of your core design.
This page is the basic framework of the site. The content in the middle is changed by the CMS (which is on white). The content that you design is the header, left, footer, background (either side of the main information area) as well as the buttons described above.
Logo is uploaded.
If you want to see how the CMS would work with your design, go to my existing site http://www.embassyflorist.com.au and have a look around.
I've done a basic mockup here:
Everything down the left is required, as is the menu across the top. You can use the products in your mockup.
I want it to look much more professional, classier.
Sorry...I haven't seen an example of a florist site that I like.


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McDonald's Student Athletes of the Week for Jan. 11
St. Henry's Wolfer, Bessler share this week's honor
Congratulations to St. Henry seniors Daniel Wolfer and Abbey Bessler, who were named the McDonald's Student Athletes of the Week for Jan. 11.
Wolfer is a member of the cross-country and track teams. In 2012, he was named first team all-state and all-region in cross-country. He also earned academic all-state honors. Wolfer is also the senior class president. He has been on the honor roll every year since 2009, and has recorded perfect attendance since 2010. Wolfer's grade-point average is 4.08.
Bessler is a member of the volleyball team. Last year, she was named the All "A" Classic state tournament most valuable player. She was also named the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association Region 9 player of the year. Bessler is also a member of the National Honor Society, Crusaders for Life and Catholics in Action. She'll attend Xavier University in the fall. Bessler has a GPA of 4.2.


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Practical Cabin GJ-9 Concept, Adaptable to Various Natural Settings
Norway based Gudmundur Jonsson Arkitektkontor designed the project entitled Cabin GJ-9 and consisting of a contemporary small home prototype, easily adaptable to a variety of settings. Especially developed for mass distribution, the concept of Cabin GJ-9 is highly practical and versatile. Located in Bjergøy, Norway, the cabin below displays an inspiring exterior defined by wood, glass and stone, camouflaged in its natural surrounding. Two volumes make up the small, but welcoming home, one of them accommodating the private area, and the other the service zones. Connecting the two, there is a glazed pavilion containing the living and dining space. The interior atmosphere stays true to a cottage-like feel: wood is present throughout, while a stone fireplace and inviting seating units inspire relaxation. Enjoy the photo-tour below and tell us what you think!


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The Ghosts of Wyoming
With the recent Obamamania invasion of the state of Wyoming,most of us only recently remembered that it was indeed part of this
nation. For those of you who don't know,
this typically Red State who's largest city boasts a population of 53,000
people, is a sparsely populated range of wilderness that is home to many a
gun-totin' conservative, bible-thumpin' cowboys, and yes, even a minor league
baseball team.
The Casper Ghosts of the Pioneer League call Casper, Wyoming (population 49,644) home. Besides the obviously tired pun of their
name, the Ghosts of Wyoming are known as "the only team in minor league
baseball to wear glow-in-the-dark caps"! Yay for them! What a rudimentary
gimmick to get fans to come to the ballpark! Oh, but wait, that's not all…
In fact, if you manage to finish your homework assignment on
why Creationism trumps factual science, your mom and dad might let you go to a
game. And if you're really good and don't curse or say 'kill the umpire', you might
just come home with one of these:
Of course, I am all for baseball anywhere in this world,
even in Lord Cheney's home state. So if
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could run across the field.
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right…
P.S. I can't wait for
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Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood, officially Jamiat al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun [Arab.,=Society of Muslim Brothers], religious and political organization founded (1928) in Egypt by Hasan al-Banna. Early opposed to secular tendencies in Islamic nations and also anti-British and anti-Zionist, the organization has sought to foster a return to the original precepts of the Qur'an. It grew rapidly, establishing an educational, economic, military, and political infrastructure. Threatened by the group's popularity and its bombings and other politically motivated violence, Egypt's government twice banned (1948, 1954) the organization. It subsequently existed largely as a clandestine but often militant group, marked by its rejection of Western influences. The Muslim Brotherhood remains strong in Egypt, Syria, Sudan, and other Arab countries, and has organizations in most Islamic nations.
The group was permitted to operate openly in Egypt in the late 1980s and early 90s after disavowing violence in the 1970s, but the government again moved against the group beginning in the mid-1990s. Members were elected to Egypt's parliament as independents, and in 2005 candidates linked to the group won a fifth of the seats in parliament, a record. Egypt subsequently mounted a new crackdown on the group, beginning in late 2006, and in 2007 the nation's constitution was amended to ban religious-based political parties.
Candidates linked to the group won almost no seats in 2010 amid government efforts to exclude them from the parliament. The group joined in the 2011 protests that led to President Mubarak's ouster. It subsequently established the Freedom and Justice party (FJP), which aligned itself with other opposition groups. The FJP won the largest bloc of parliamentary seats in the 2011–12 elections, but the parliament was dissolved by the supreme court for election violations in mid-2012. Mohamed Morsi, the FJP presidential candidate, won the June, 2012, runoff election, becoming Egypt's first democratically elected president. He was overthrown a year later amid increasing unrest. The Brotherhood was again banned and then declared a terrorist group, and the FJP was later ordered dissolved by the courts. Many of its leaders and supporters were arrested or went into exile, and later (2014–15) some of those arrested were sentenced to death or life imprisonment in mass trials. Hundreds of its supporters also were killed (Aug., 2013) when protests were crushed.
The Syrian branch of the group sought to drive Hafez al-Assad from power through a terror campaign and insurgency in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which culminated in the government's 1982 massacre in Hama. In Jordan the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, the Islamic Action Front, is an important opposition party. The Muslim Brotherhood also has given rise to a number of more militant and violent organizations, such as Hamas, Gama'a al-Islamiya, and Islamic Jihad.
See studies by B. Rubin (2010) and C. R. Wickham (2013).


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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has firmly denied Conservative claims that Labour is planning a "death tax" to pay for care of the elderly or a penny on national insurance for the NHS if it wins power.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Balls insisted that he would prefer "all tax rates to be lower", pointing to Labour plans to reintroduce the 10p starting rate of income tax for the lowest earners.
He said approval given by Labour's recent policy forum for plans to stick to government spending proposals in 2015-16, to bring in a surplus on the current budget, and to reduce the national debt in the next parliament, showed "the Labour Party has shown it has grown up on fiscal policy".
Labour was accused of planning a "death tax" after reports that shadow health secretary Andy Burnham had voiced support for a levy on the estates of people to pay for care of the elderly.
Balls said: "The idea of this charge is not on the agenda. It is not Labour policy. It was not only not agreed at our national policy forum, it was not raised or proposed. The Conservative party is desperate to put this on our agenda, and it is not on our agenda."
And asked about a rumoured proposal for a 1p national insurance hike for health, Balls responded: "People feel they are paying too much tax already. We have got to get the balance right between balancing the budget and making sure the NHS continues to deliver for people."
Balls also took a tough line on immigration, making clear he would like to see restrictions on EU citizens' rights to move to the UK tightened further. "We have lots of rules that fetter movement. We think you should toughen up those rules," he said. "You shouldn't be free to work in Britain and send back tax credits. You shouldn't be free to come to Britain and be unemployed. You shouldn't be free to come to Britain as soon as your country joins the EU.
"There will be people who say … that freedom of movement is good for the economy. But that is not the consensus of the vast majority … who don't say either [that we should] shut the borders. What I want is fair movement, not free movement. It needs to be fair to people who come and work here and fair to people in this country."


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Sage Francis Adds to his "Sick of..." Series
Hip hop rabble-rouser href="http://www.myspace.com/sagefrancis">Sage Francis is set to add to his underground popularity with the release of the Sick of Wasting mixtape on June 16th. Part of his hilarious, creative and popular "Sick of..." series -- which began in 1999 and has also included Sick of Waiting Tables and Sick of Waging War, among others - Sick of Wasting will be available for free on various on-line portals including Anti.com and Francis' own record label href="http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/">Strange Famous.
Download the first track, "Strange Fame" href="http://download.epitaph.com/index.php?file=\web\strange_fame.mp3">here>.
Sick of Wasting tracklist: 1) Strange Fame (2009) 2) S.A.G.E. Bastard (prod. by Buck 65, 2009) 3) I Trusted You (beat by Buck 65, 2009) 4) Needle (beat and scratches by Buddy Peace, 2009) 5) House of Bees (feat. B. Dolan, beat by Buck 65, 2009) 6) Jaw of Steel (beat and scratches by Reanimator, 2009) 7) If I Go To Hell (demo, 1997) 8. Conspiracy to Riot (beat & scratches by Reanimator, 2008) 9) Be a Star (beat by Buck 65, 2007) 10) Sea Legs (feat. B. Dolan & Sleep. Scratches by Buddy Peace. Additional vocals by Jared Paul and Curtis Plum. Beat by Aupheus, 2009.) 11) Flashback 96 (home recording, 1996) 12) Masturbate Your Brain (AOI demo, 1997) 13) SFR Pays Dues (feat. B. Dolan & Prolyphic, 2008) 14) Pump (beat and scratches by Buddy Peace & Reanimator, 2009) 15) Revenge of the Ogre (interlude w/ Trinity) 16) Who Farted? prt 1 (courtesy of XAUL ZAN)


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Coming the second week in March from chef Michael Kornick and David Morton (DMK Burger Bar, Fish Bar, pictured) is Ada Street, a neighborhood tavern with a focus on both after-work drinks and the late-night crowd. (Perhaps from the neighboring music venue Hideout?)
"It's really not even a restaurant; it's more of a tavern," said Kornick in an audio clip offering his comments on the concept. While Kornick's other "little joints" -- Fish Bar and DMK -- focus heavily on beer, he says the cocktail menu at Ada Street will highlight wine and spirits, with former Drawing Room mixologist Tim Lacey at the helm.
Pull up a chair at the 16-seat bar and order the Felonious Monk with Plymouth gin, yellow chartreuse, Benedictine, angostura bitters, egg white and Belgian Abbey ale or an All Tomorrow's Parties with the Italian liqueur Fernet Branca, ginger beer and crushed ice.
Nestled in the North Side's off-the-beaten-path steel district, it wouldn't be a Michael Kornick concept without killer food. On the menu there will be plenty of "small bar" fare from chef Zoe Schor, who hails from Los Angeles. Dishes include salmon tartare with salmon caviar, salmon bacon and smoked bacon, or chicken-fried quail with braised escarole and bacon gravy. Unique sides include polenta fries with tobacco mash aioli sauce.
As for the space itself, expect exposed brick, modern light fixtures and long banquettes covered with authentic U.S. Army blankets. Other design highlights include a floor-to-ceiling liquor storage case and a cabinet full of vinyl records that guests can select as the soundtrack to their dining or drinking experience.
Outside, there's an enclosed private garden patio, which will be an extension of the dining room when a garage door opens up during summer months. Expect seasonal events such as movie nights, with food and beverages created around those occasions.
Ada Street will be open from 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Sunday and Wednesday-Thursday as well as 6 p.m.-2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. It is closed Monday and Tuesday.


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To launch its new store in Chicago, Puma commissioned British design duo The Wilson Brothers to create a life-size Formula One car out of shoe boxes. Time lapse video of the build below.
Puma sponsors both the Ferrari and Red Bull teams in Formula One, so this seems to make sense from a cross-promotional level. Especially given the shoe box car appears to be loosely based on the current Ferrari F10. This isn't the first time Puma's had an F1 car built out of its products, it previously converted a big pile of its tacky Ferrari-branded shoes and shirts into another replica.
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Wabash Symphony Performs Sundayby Wade Coggeshall of the Journal Review • December 4, 2005 Share:
Alfred Abel has a long and impressive background in classical music. Perhaps it's his work with the Wabash College Chamber Orchestra that, while not as high-profile, is the most gratifying.
The orchestra, comprised of Wabash students, faculty and community members, will perform their fall concert 7 p.m. Sunday in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center. Under Abel's direction, the group will perform Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 1 in C Major"; Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1" (Morning Mood, Ase's Death, Anitra's Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King); and John Corigliano's "Elegy for Orchestra." The event is free and open to the public.
With two undergraduate degrees in classics and violin performance and graduate studies from Indiana University, Abel has been concertmaster of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra since 1986 and a member of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra since its founding in 1985.
It was five years ago when the Trio Amabile — in which he plays violin, his wife Colette plays viola and Margot Marlatt plays cello — performed at Wabash College. Afterwards the chairman of the music department asked him if he would teach violin and viola as an adjunct professor. After one year of that, Abel was asked to conduct the college's orchestra. Having experience leading two Indianapolis youth symphonies and the Lafayette-based Wabash Valley Youth Symphony, he accepted the offer.
"When I first came to conduct the orchestra, it was a relatively small group that wasn't doing much in the years immediately preceding my coming on," Abel said. "I think they played one concert a year. Because the numbers were small, the type of repertoire they could play was very limited. I think it was also somewhat helpful that I played violin and viola because there are far more violins in an orchestra than any other single instrument."
By Abel's second year instructing the orchestra, the program started performing one concert per semester. The music itself also has become more sophisticated.
"In the years I've been there, the group has grown in size and quality, and accordingly the type of music we're able to play has also gotten more interesting and difficult," Abel said, citing Beethoven's first symphony as something that "would've been a huge step up a year ago, but I think the group is actually very ready to handle that now."
It helps that there's community involvement in the orchestra. Abel estimates there are between six and 10 citizens regularly involved with the program.
"We have some people who've been coming for years and years," Abel said. "I'm very happy to have them. I think it's nice for them to interact with the young men from the college, and I think the guys from the college enjoy working with the community members as well. And we couldn't do it without them."
The Wabash Chamber Orchestra may not be Abel's most financially rewarding job, or the most prestigious. But he's found the relationship fulfilling in other ways.
"I like to see things grow; I'm a gardener," Abel said. "I'm much more interested in the process of growth than I am with ready-made blooms. To see a group like the Wabash Chamber Orchestra grow and improve gives me a lot of satisfaction. I also think it's an essential part of training for the students there that I teach, that they have a quality orchestra experience. I feel the whole Wabash music program, in some ways, benefits if there's a strong orchestra program to serve as sort of a magnet to attract students from around the country to come."
Dan Gillespie, a sophomore violin player in the orchestra, finds Abel's direction worthwhile.
"He really connects with the students and cares about this orchestra," Gillespie said. "He puts forth a lot of challenges for us, but at the same time it makes us want to try harder."
As long as the symbiotic relationship between Abel and Wabash College remains copacetic, he has no plans to leave the program he's done so much to improve.
"It hasn't grown old for me yet," Abel said. "I feel the experience so far has been a mutually agreeable one. I've learned and been able to grow as a musician by doing this. I think the orchestra itself has improved a lot since I've been there."
Wade Coggeshall covers the Wabash College beat for the Journal Review.


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Why 2012 Ghana Movie Awards maybe a 'Mr. Bean' concert
Awards season is one of the most exciting times of the year, especially for those who make it their business to follow celebrities and the entertainment culture.
Each year, the Ghana Movie Awards trots out its most significant productions and its biggest stars to celebrate the movies that made the biggest critical and commercial impact over the preceding twelve months.
Let's make this short and simple as we have been made to know that this year's Ghana Movie Awards will come up on the 2nd of December 2012, that's few days from now, at the Accra International Conference Centre. The organizers are so well organized that they are making it known to the public now (no pun intended).
The organizers have their thoroughly done best to come out with thirty-one (31) categories with which from the brochure given to press men and women at the press launch we attended, our Entertainment Desk pinched out clumsiness, maybe they are saving the best for the last. At least they have previously fumbled and this year's will not be any case study to deal with.
With our gathered information, the Kumawood team has decided to snub the awards and therefore we once again feel it will be an all-Accra festival. This year's awards have no jury and if there is then why were we not hinted at the soiree?
The popular parlance which says, se agro be so a, efiri anopa, seems not to be in the dictionary of the organizers who would as well have taken their money to either delve into a pool party show since they want to do something.
We must be plain here that we really didn't see the essence of the press conference with just less than one week to the event. Someone may argue that they were doing their homework underground, well good luck to them because last year's event was done openly and yet so many blunders occurred, how much less doing 'underground' works?
Organizers have described the nominations as 'fair and devoid' of the controversies, yet let's get into some ahead of the whole pending sarcasm: Yet to be released movie, Joni Waka from the stables of Sky Orange owned by Van Vicker gave the actor the chance to compete in the Best Actor In A Lead Role category alongside John Dumelo in Queen Latifa, Prince David Osei in Off the Hook, Kofi Adjorlolo in Wipe My Tears and Ekow Blankson in Secret Burden.
Single & Married topped the list with 10 nominations. Followed closely is Grooms Bride with 8 nominations. Kobi Rana's Hotel Babylon obtained the third highest nominations with 6. 'Queen Latifa', 'Secret Burden' and 'Wanna Be' got 4 nominations each.
Joni Waka also obtained two other nominations in the Best Cinematography and Best Picture categories. Son of the former Ghana President, Edward Agyekum Kufuor who has become an actor now grabbed a nomination in the Best Actor In A Support Role with his role in 'Tears of a smile'.
We wonder how events are shabbily organized by those we have faith in and thus, they lead us astray all in the name of trying to prove a point. But the issue before us isn't a 'trying to prove a point' matter, but GHANA MOVIE AWARDS. The name 'Ghana' is in context here and thus, we smell a rat knowing very well that this year's event maybe a 'Mr. Bean' show.
We may be wrong with our opinion, but we shall all wait and see the outcome of 2nd of December. It is in our own interest that media guys must critically say it as it is, less they pretend that all is well and in that case lead the organizers astray.
What is worth doing is worth doing well. Albeit, my candid advice to the organizers is that for an awards show of this magnitude, it only requires effective advance planning and some creativity.
Below are full list of nominations:
BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE Van Vicker – Joni Waka John Dumelo – Queen Latifa Prince David Osei – Off The Hook Kofi Adjorlolo – Wipe My Tears Ekow Blankson – Secret Burden
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE Yvonne Nelson – Single & Married Martha Ankomah – Tears Of A Smile Jackie Appiah – Grooms Bride Nana Akua Addo – Wanna Be Yvonne Okoro – 3 Some Nadia Buari – Rain
BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE Akwesi Boadi – Osofa Mafia Farida Mohammed – Gobana Kofi Adu – Agya Koo Trotro Driver Isaac Amoako – Saman Mogya Kwaku Manu – Area Boys
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE Nana Ama Mcbrown - Nyankonton Vivian Jill – My Story Linda Abbey – Saman Mogya Tracy Boakye – Oh Vera Mercy Asiedu – Baby Face
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORT ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE Adjetey Annan – Rain Majid Michel – Grooms Bride Rahim Banda – Wipe My Tears Edward Agyekum Kufuor – Tears Of A Smile Frank Artus – The Game Chris Attoh – Single & Married
BEST ACTRESS IN THE SUPPORT ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE Kalsum Sinare – 3 Some Anita Erskine – Single & Married Linda Awuku – Wanna Be Lydia Forson – In The Cupboard Christabel Ekeh – Wrong Target Nikki Samonas – Queen Latifa
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORT ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE Apostle John Prah – Osofo Mafia Kojo Nkansah – Kweku Saman Samuel Ofori – Oh Vera Bernard Opoku – Police Officer Ebenezer Donkoh – B14
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORT ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE Naana Hayford – Odo Ntentan Fatima Osman – Gobana Rose Mensah – Fathia Fata Nkrumah Emelia Brobbey – My Story Matilda Asare – Ghana Police Ellen White – Saman Mogya
BEST ACTOR – AFRICAN COLLABORATION Kalu Keagwu – Shadow In The Dark Ramsey Nouah – Hotel Babylon Alex Usifo - Off The Hook Uti Nwachukwu – In The Cupboard Yemi Blaq – The Search Alex Ekubo – Lovelorn
BEST ACTRESS – AFRICAN COLLABORATION Ini Edo – In The Cupboard Patience Ozorkor – Untamed Rukky Sandra – The Search Nse Ikpe Etim – The Search Tonto Dikeh – Lovelorn Mercy Johnson – Wild Targer
BEST PICTURE – AFRICAN COLLABORATION Desmond Elliot & Caroline Danjuma – In The Cupboard Yvonne Nelson – Single & Married Abdul Sallam – Grooms Bride Andy Boyo – Untamed Kobi Rana – Hotel Babylon
BEST PICTURE Joni Waka – Van Vicker & Dr. Clarice Kulah-Ford Grooms Bride – Abdul Sallam Single & Married – Yvonne Nelson Trap In The Game – Frank Rajah Arase Ghana Police – Eugene Morrat Hotel Babylon – Kori Rana Secret Burden – Sellasie Ibrahim Wanna Be – Edmund Quarshie & Michael Odeka
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Single & Married – Kwame Awuah Hotel Babylon – Kobi Rana Joni Waka – Van Vicker Area Boys – Kwame Agyeman Grooms Bride – Adams Umar
BEST EDITING Grooms Bride – Enoch Opoku Hotel Babylon – Kobi Rana Single & Married – Ebenezer Sowatey B14 – Ninja Wanna Be – Afra Marley
BEST CUSTOME AND WARDROBE Queen Latifa – Mabel Germain Ghana Police – Monica Agboli & Nicolas Nsiah Return Of The Bukom Lion – De She Collections Fathia Fata Nkrumah – George Atobrah Grooms Bride – Samira Yakubu Secret Burden – Smarttys Management
Return Of The Bukom Lion Production Design: SHE Quartey Set Decoration: Richard Quartey
Fathia Fata Nkrumah Production Design: Jude Odoh Set Decoration: Bismark Gyamera
Rain Production Design: DJ Varga Set Decoration: DJ Varga
Ghana Police Production Design: Jones Agyeman Set Decoration: James Akwasi Wiafe
Single & Married Production Design: Pascal Amanfo Set Decoration: Bismark Nii Odoi
Secret Burden Production Design: John Izedonmi Set Decoration: Fusani Mamudu
BEST MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG Azonto Ghost – Bessa Destiny's Child – Wilhelmina Abu Andani (Mimi) Single & Married – Abraham Affaine Wrong Target – Samuel Sarpong Fathia Fata Nkrumah – Adu Patrick
BEST DIRECTING – ENGLISH LANGUAGE Single & Married – Pascal Amanfo Grooms Bride – Frank Rajah Arase Queen Latifa – Kensteve Anuka In The Cupboard – Desmond Elliot Hotel Babylon – Kobi Rana


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There are 46 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Experimental probability, you may find related items under Probability.Broad Topics > Probability > Experimental probability
In this follow-up to the problem Odds and Evens, we invite you to analyse a probability situation in order to find the general solution for a fair game.
What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?
What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
Is the regularity shown in this encoded message noise or structure?
How is the length of time between the birth of an animal and the birth of its great great ... great grandparent distributed?
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
This interactivity invites you to make conjectures and explore probabilities of outcomes related to two independent events.
Is the age of this very old man statistically believable?
Kaia is sure that her father has worn a particular tie twice a week in at least five of the last ten weeks, but her father disagrees. Who do you think is right?
Six balls of various colours are randomly shaken into a trianglular arrangement. What is the probability of having at least one red in the corner?
7 balls are shaken in a container. You win if the two blue balls touch. What is the probability of winning?
Are these domino games fair? Can you explain why or why not?
Is this a fair game? How many ways are there of creating a fair game by adding odd and even numbers?
Identical discs are flipped in the air. You win if all of the faces show the same colour. Can you calculate the probability of winning with n discs?
Use the interactivity or play this dice game yourself. How could you make it fair?
Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more likely to win?
Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possible answers?
A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at. . . .
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
When two closely matched teams play each other, what is the most likely result?
Use this animation to experiment with lotteries. Choose how many balls to match, how many are in the carousel, and how many draws to make at once.
Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.
You'll need to work in a group for this problem. The idea is to decide, as a group, whether you agree or disagree with each statement.
Try out the lottery that is played in a far-away land. What is the chance of winning?
Can you work out the probability of winning the Mathsland National Lottery? Try our simulator to test out your ideas.
If everyone in your class picked a number from 1 to 225, do you think any two people would pick the same number?
Imagine a room full of people who keep flipping coins until they get a tail. Will anyone get six heads in a row?
Move your counters through this snake of cards and see how far you can go. Are you surprised by where you end up?
Calculate probabilities associated with the Derren Brown coin scam in which he flipped 10 heads in a row.
Explore these X-dice with numbers other than 1 to 6 on their faces. Which one is best?
By tossing a coin one of three princes is chosen to be the next King of Randomia. Does each prince have an equal chance of taking the throne?
Which of these ideas about randomness are actually correct?
Can you generate a set of random results? Can you fool the random simulator?
Think that a coin toss is 50-50 heads or tails? Read on to appreciate the ever-changing and random nature of the world in which we live.
This article, for students and teachers, is mainly about probability, the mathematical way of looking at random chance and is a shorter version of Taking Chances Extended.
This article, for students and teachers, is mainly about probability, the mathematical way of looking at random chance.
Terry and Ali are playing a game with three balls. Is it fair that Terry wins when the middle ball is red?
Charlie thinks that a six comes up less often than the other numbers on the dice. Have a look at the results of the test his class did to see if he was right.
In this game you throw two dice and find their total, then move the appropriate counter to the right. Which counter reaches the purple box first?
Edward Wallace based his A Level Statistics Project on The Mean Game. Each picks 2 numbers. The winner is the player who picks a number closest to the mean of all the numbers picked.
This is a game for two players. You will need some small-square grid paper, a die and two felt-tip pens or highlighters. Players take turns to roll the die, then move that number of squares in. . . .
All you need for this game is a pack of cards. While you play the game, think about strategies that will increase your chances of winning.
A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.
A counter is placed in the bottom right hand corner of a grid. You toss a coin and move the star according to the following rules: ... What is the probability that you end up in the top left-hand. . . .
A gambler bets half the money in his pocket on the toss of a coin, winning an equal amount for a head and losing his money if the result is a tail. After 2n plays he has won exactly n times. Has. . . .
You and I play a game involving successive throws of a fair coin. Suppose I pick HH and you pick TH. The coin is thrown repeatedly until we see either two heads in a row (I win) or a tail followed by. . . .


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CATS Eastside Week 3: North Bend (Strenuous)
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Join us for the 2014 Cascade Advanced Training Series (CATS), Eastside edition. This is a series for experienced riders building to a successful one-day STP, a strong RAMROD finish--or both! Saturdays from April 5th through July 5th, rides typically depart from points around the Eastside, building from 55-130 miles. Please read through the CATS Eastside Rider Guide for a full schedule and details about how we roll.
If this is your first one-day STP, or you're looking to improve arrive in Portland before the beer runs out, finishing CATS Eastside every weekend will help. You'll enter the summer a stronger, more prepared rider. You'll meet new friends looking to achieve similar goals. You'll learn tips and techniques for a strong double century ride from other riders who have done it before.
Choose your pace from the three offered: Brisk, Strenuous, or the special 'Goldilocks' pace in between the two. These are 'stay-together' rides, emphasizing team cohesion and higher-speed group riding skills.
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Have you ever considered being an entrepreneur but have hesitated about taking the next steps?
This session will provide you with all of the critical considerations before making the leap.
Find out about:
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Rand Paul Reaches Out to Black Voters at Howard University
(WASHINGTON) -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul conceded he had a "daunting task" Wednesday when he set out to woo black students at Howard University, and proceeded to tell them that the Republican Party was the party of the civil rights movement.
He won few converts, but he won some respect.
"How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African-American congressmen become a party that now loses 95 percent of the black vote?" Paul asked the Howard students. "How did the Republican Party, the party of the Great Emancipator, lose the trust and faith of an entire race? From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, for a century, most black Americans voted Republican. How did we lose that vote?"
Paul said the story of the "modern civil rights era" is the "history of the Republican Party," launching into the history of the Republican Party and African-Americans, something specifically suggested in last month's Republican National Committee "autopsy" report.
Paul is widely believed to be eying a presidential run in 2016. Outreach like the speech at Howard, as well as his embrace of comprehensive immigration reform, only fuels the speculation. He acknowledged that many believe "Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights" and he wants to change that.
The last Republican to speak at the school, according to the university, was former RNC chairman Michael Steele in 2009, and before that, in 2004, then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist received an honorary degree. In 1994, Colin Powell gave Howard University's commencement address. In 2000 George W. Bush declined the invitation to speak and Al Gore spoke instead.
Although the crowd was mostly respectful, with almost everyone thanking Paul for coming during the question-and-answer portion, they were clearly resistant to Paul's message. Toward the beginning of his remarks, a protester tried to unfurl a banner that read "Howard University Doesn't Support White Supremacy," and an awkward moment ensued during the question-and-answer portion when the senator seemed to be giving a history lesson to the students. He asked the group if they knew that the founders of the NAACP were Republicans. The crowd seemed taken aback, with one student even yelling, "We know our history."
Paul said he didn't "mean to be insulting," adding, "I don't know what you know" and "I'm trying to find out."
He said he still didn't think the "general public" knew that fact, and it was up to the GOP to make that argument. Paul noted that it is an "uphill battle for me to try and convince you that we have changed," but said that's what he is "trying to do."
Paul acknowledged his own history with the Civil Rights Act, saying, "Here I am, a guy who once presumed to discuss a section of the Civil Rights Act." He appeared to be referring to comments he made when he was running for Senate in 2010. During that campaign he did at least two interviews where he said he was against discrimination, but suggested that private businesses should not be forced to abide by the Civil Rights Act. He clarified afterwards that he would not want the act repealed, but he was heavily criticized at the time and the issue would definitely come up again if he were to run in 2016.
Paul emphasized Thursday that, "No Republican questions or disputes civil rights," adding, "I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the Civil Rights Act."
Paul continued his push to broaden his party, telling the audience that the difference between the two parties is, "Democrats promise equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance," while his party offers "something that seemed less tangible, the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets."
"The Democrat promise is tangible and puts food on the table, but too often doesn't lead to jobs or meaningful success," Paul said. He said the country's current economic troubles including gas prices and the national debt is disproportionately hurting minorities and the poor.
Mitt Romney only received 6 percent of the African-American vote, but he too tried to reach out to black voters, although unsuccessfully. During the 2012 campaign he spoke at the NAACP convention, but he was booed when he said he wanted to repeal President Obama's health care law.
Paul got a better reception when he spoke about school choice and repealing mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders.
He said "there are countless examples of the benefits of school choice" where children have been able to turn "their lives completely around."
"Maybe it's about time we all reassess blind allegiance to ideas that are failing our children," Paul said. "Republicans are often miscast as uncaring or condemning of kids who make bad choices. I, for one, plan to change that."
He noted his work on the issue of drug sentences, saying, "We should not take away anyone's future over one mistake."
Paul told a "tale of two young men" from different economic and racial background who both used drugs, before revealing that the story was about former president George W. Bush and President Obama.
"Barack Obama and George Bush were lucky," Paul said, adding that if either of them had been arrested "neither one of them would have been employable, much less electable."
He ended his address with a pitch saying he hopes some in the audience "will be open to the Republican message."
Talking to students after the event revealed some audience members who were pleased that he came to Howard, but reflected the steep climb Rand Paul and the GOP has with African-Americans and other minority voters.
Howard student John Crawford said Paul's explanation of why black voters historically should be Republicans was "some revisionist history going on," but he said he does think he will be able to woo some voters "just because he had the courage and integrity to come here."
"I just hope the next school or conference he goes to, he doesn't pull a Mitt Romney (and say), 'If you want free stuff or if you want makers or takers vote for Democrats,' because I feel like that's what Mitt Romney did ..and I hope Rand Paul doesn't pull that because all of the good will Rand Paul got from coming here will be gone."
Crawford is referring to Romney's "47 percent" video where he was secretly recorded at a private fundraiser saying 47 percent of Americans are "dependent on the government," as well as Romney blaming his loss on "gifts" President Obama and Democrats gave to minority voters on a conference call after the election.
Kwanda Trice, a Howard graduate student from Paul's native Kentucky, asked a question during the event about drug sentences and state hemp laws. She said although she didn't get a full answer to her question she said she has "to give him props" for coming to Howard.
"This was a hard crowd, but he decided to come here and basically bridge the gap between African Americans and the Republican Party and that says a lot," Trice said. "To come here to Howard University where students are progressive, they are educated, they know the issues and they know the policies back and forth and to be able to actually face them head on I have to commend him for that."
Trice added, "Going forward we will see what his actions are."
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The U.S. Forest Service has designated national forestlands in Central Oregon and elsewhere that are prone to insect infestation, disease outbreaks and massive wildfires, a move that could speed up projects aimed at improving forest health.
"If there is a project that is (focused on) a growing concern, this could expedite that and help the work get done on the ground," said Dan Postrel, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Gov. John Kitzhaber requested the designation in April and the agency approved the request in May. Congressional lawmakers made tweaks to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 in passing this year's farm bill. The changes allow governors to call for the forest designations, which speeds up environmental review of some projects.
"Insect and disease activity is a natural part of forest succession," Kitzhaber wrote in his request letter. "But when epidemic levels are reached or outbreaks are no longer isolated, the issue becomes symptomatic of larger forest health concerns."
He wrote that treatment projects should improve forest resilience to insects, disease and fire.
"These are not currently healthy forests," Postrel said.
In his request, Kitzhaber commended the ongoing work of forest groups collaborating around the state and said he hopes the designation doesn't undermine their efforts. The groups bring together diverse stakeholders to help guide the management of national forestland.
People involved in such collaboratives are studying the new designation and trying to determine how it relates to their projects, said Phil Chang, program administrator at the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and a member of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project.
So far it looks like the biggest change brought by the designation is that small projects, covering about 3,000 acres, could move faster through the federal environmental review . Chang said current projects cover 20,000 to 30,000 acres so an unanswered question is whether it would be worth it to divide them into smaller projects or keep the plans as they are.
"I think it remains to be seen whether this new opportunity has much utility or not," Chang said.
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Last Discords - Playing The Castle
Last Discords - Playing The Castle
Playing The Castle
François Houle - clarinets
Kim Cunio - recording engineer/remix/mash up
Oliver Bown - Zamyatin software designer
Britt Hatzius - image
recorded in Sydney, Australia on February 6, 2014
I met and performed with Oliver Bown in 2013 in Vancouver, when he was visiting and working at Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts. Oliver invited to play with his interactive software system, called "Zamyatin", a highly developed program that learns to recognize a performer's musical gestures. We did a recording session at Kim Cunio's house on a beautiful morning. Kim graciously offered to take all the recorded material and re-organize it as a comprehensive set of music. Playing the Castle is the first time I have ever collaborated with two other musician at the post-production level, where the raw material is reshaped, redefined to accentuate some of our personal idiosyncrasies.