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1. Off the top, let's head to Denver where coach Josh McDaniels is apparently doing all he can both on and off the field to earn himself a pink slip from owner Pat Bowlen. If losing 16 of his last 21 games weren't bad enough, McDaniels and the Broncos attracted headlines this week when they were each fined for videotaping a portion of the 49ers walkthrough before the teams played against each other in London. The league and the team both wrote off the incident as videotaping by a rogue employee without the consent of McDaniels. However, McDaniels was fined for not immediately reporting the incident, and CBS analyst Bill Cowher chimed in, basically stating that it defied logic for an employee to videotape a walkthrough without being told by someone to do so. There is clearly more to this story than has been told. Bowlen offered a lukewarm endorsement of McDaniels this week while acknowledging the fans' discontent with the team's performance under McDaniels. However, given McDaniels poor performance as both a coach and in the personnel area, if this story has a long shelf life and inflicts more damage on McDaniels than it already has, look for Bowlen to relent to the demands of the Broncos fans and to jettison McDaniels.
2. Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson was visibly frustrated after the loss to the Bears this week in a game in which Jay Cutler became only the second quarterback since 1999 to throw four touchdowns against Philadelphia. It was reported that Jackson had to be consoled by quarterback Michael Vick after head coach Andy Reid ripped Jackson's effort in front of the team after the game. Jackson is undeniably a talented player who deserves to be mentioned when discussing the best young wide receivers in the game, but incidents like this are the reason he fell to the second round of the draft and was taken after several other receivers. It says a lot about a player's maturity when he has to be consoled by someone with Vick's past.
3. Keeping with the Eagles, Vick had his consecutive-passes-without-an-interception streak broken at 240 when he was intercepted by Bears safety Chris Harrison. The streak dated all the way back to the 2006 season.
4. The Rams got over a major hurdle in Week 12, finally breaking through for their first road win in a game in which quarterback Sam Bradford threw for more than 300 yards for the first time his career. The win was a big one for St. Louis, after they blew leads in the final seconds on the road against the Bucs and the 49ers and lost a winnable game in Oakland. The combined margin of victory in those three games was just six points. Bradford won the league's Offensive Rookie of the Month award for the second time and has thrown for 1,307 yards and 11 touchdowns with just one interception over his last six games. If he continues on his current pace, Bradford's rookie season will compare favorably to the production most of the league's top signal callers recorded in their first season as starters.
5. There was a lot of criticism of the league for their handling of the Andre Johnson–Cortland Finnegan fiasco from Week 12, but you won't hear any of it from this corner. Both players were fined $25,000 for their actions. While Johnson was the aggressor and deserved to be fined, the league was in a difficult position, given the number of fines the Titans have received this year and given Finnegan's deserved reputation as a dirty player and his role in instigating Johnson by attacking his helmet with a dirty quick jam during the play in question. Johnson rightly apologized for his actions; but for his part Finnegan claimed innocence, dubiously stating that it wasn't fair that the fines were equal considering that he did not retaliate—which means little since Johnson basically pummeled him, leaving Finnegan no opportunity to retaliate. Finnegan has often been cited as one of the league's dirtiest players, if not its dirtiest, and his four fines this season back that claim up. If anything, Finnegan should have been suspended for his role in provoking the incident and his lengthy history of league punishment.
6. With their loss this week to the Chargers, the Colts fell to 6-5 on the year and are now assured of finishing with under 12 wins in the regular season for the first time since the 2002 season.
7. Sticking with the Colts, you have to go back a long way to remember a time when Peyton Manning struggled as much as he has over the past four games. While his fantasy point total was solid in three of those four games, he has struggled on the field, tossing seven interceptions in his last two games while failing to throw a single touchdown in one of those last two. The Colts have just one win in the last four games, and several pundits have suggested that Manning is suffering due to the team's numerous injuries among their receivers, with starters Dallas Clark and Austin Collie both out with injuries. However, the team's poor play along the offensive line has been an even bigger problem, particularly at guard. The team's run blocking has been poor for several seasons but has reached a new low in 2010, with the team ranked 29th in both rushing offense and yards per carry. This week, right guard Jeff Linkenbach was repeatedly overpowered by Chargers defensive tackle Antonio Garay, and it will be a shock if he is back in the starting lineup in Week 13. Look for Mike Pollak or Jamey Richard to take his place. Both players were benched earlier in the season for their poor play, so the Colts are likely to struggle at the guard position over the balance of the season.
8. We have repeatedly read about the increased risk of injury that players face when they holdout, so it came as no surprise when Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson left his team's win over Indy this week after just a few plays. Jackson had sat out for much of the season in a oft-publicized contract dispute with San Diego before reporting in order to serve a suspension before being eligible to go on the active roster. Sure enough, he suffered what is termed a calf injury, although some are questioning how severe the injury actually is. Either way, the end result was predictable enough. Something to keep in mind when drafting your fantasy squad in future years.
9. Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels has received plenty of criticism for several of his personnel moves, and it appears that the team's decision to trade a fourth-round pick in next year's draft to New England in exchange for running back Laurence Maroney and the Patriots' sixth-round pick will join the list. Maroney has been inactive since Week 6 and has fallen behind Correll Buckhalter and Lance Ball on the team's depth chart at running back. With Ball contributing on special teams, Maroney is unlikely to see the field for the remainder of the season, barring injury to another running back. While Buckhalter seems unlikely to return in 2010, the team will probably bring in another running back to compete with Maroney—given his lackluster performance this season—for the top backup spot behind Knowshon Moreno.
10. Picked in the second round of the 2009 draft, Bills safety Jairus Byrd was a revelation as a rookie, intercepting nine passes in 14 games despite only starting in nine contests. However, his production this season is way off from last year's pace, and he has failed to intercept a pass and has forced just one turnover.
11. Sticking with the Bills, a quick look at their recent selections in the first round provides plenty of proof as to why the organization has struggled for several seasons, failing to reach the playoffs since the 2000 season. This year's selection, running back C.J. Spiller, has failed to make an impact on a Bills team desperate for big plays on offense. Outside linebacker Aaron Maybin (2009) has been a complete bust and stands a good chance of being released in the offseason, though fellow 2009 draft pick Eric Wood looks to be a fixture at guard for years to come. Cornerback Leodis McKelvin (2008) hasn't developed as expected and has been relegated to nickel-back duty for the most part. Running back Marshawn Lynch (2007) courted controversy and provided little production before being dealt to Seattle for a fourth-round draft pick. While Donte Whitner has emerged as a starter at safety, he has not proven worthy of being the eighth player taken in the 2006 draft. And fellow 2006 first-round pick John McCargo has been a bust at defensive tackle. Going further back, there are a number of other players who fit the bust category: quarterback J.P. Losman (2004), tackle Mike Williams (2002), and defensive end Erik Flower (2000).
12. Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson went off on a beat journalist after Arizona's dismal performance on Monday night against the 49ers. When asked why he was smiling on the sideline during the game, Anderson blew up, offering an expletive-laced response. With Anderson performing so poorly, maybe he should take the focus off himself rather than attracting the added publicity his blowup provided.
13. Browns coach Eric Mangini came out this week and said that quarterback Jake Delhomme needed to cut back on his mistakes. What prompted Mangini's comment was the interception Delhomme threw to Panthers cornerback Captain Munnerlyn that was returned for a touchdown, but the comment seems ridiculous since the Browns knew how error-prone Delhomme was when they signed him. Counting the Panthers' 2008 playoff loss to Arizona, Delhomme had thrown 23 interceptions in his last 12 games before signing an astronomical two-year, $12.4-million contract with Cleveland that pays him $7 million this season. In three games with the Browns, Delhomme has thrown six picks, continuing the two-interception-per-game performances he's had since his final games in Carolina.
14. If you're looking for a favorite to land the top seed in the NFC, look no further than Atlanta. The Falcons currently sit atop the NFC, and their remaining schedule features three winnable road games (Buccaneers, Panthers, Seahawks) and home games against the Saints and the Panthers. With a 6-0 home record this season and quarterback Matt Ryan sporting a nifty 19-1 record in the Georgia Dome, the Falcons have a decent chance to win all of their remaining games and finish 14-2.


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Karly McKenna Elliott was last seen over three months ago in Corona
Karly McKenna Elliott (pictured) disappeared over three months ago in California
Some reports spell Karly's last name incorrect. According to the missing woman's Facebook profile, her last name is "Elliot"
As of Feb 02, 2013 there has been very little updates regarding this care. I check periodically and will post more information once it comes.
Karly Elliott, born August 7, 1982, is a 30-year-old woman who was last seen at her home one month ago in Corona, California in Riverside County.
Karly was supposed to meet a friend on October 25, 2012 but she never showed up. According to those who know the missing woman, her family spoke to Karly on October 23rd at 7PM. The last time they seen her was later on that night at 11PM, sitting along in her car, a red PT Cruiser which was discovered several days later on October 28th, abandoned. Attempts to contact her failed and by October 25th they noticed her phone was disconnected and contacted police to file a missing persons report.
According to Seeking_TheLost Facebook page, her vehicle was found with the license plates removed.
According to reports, on October 23, 2012 around 4PM Karly had visited her boyfriend. She was then believed to be in the company of 32-year-old Jurupa Valley resident Alejandro Lopez, who is now being named a person-of-interest, according to a Riverside County Sheriff's Department report.
Deputies were called to a home at 3:07 p.m. on Oct. 26 in the 6300 block of Frank Avenue, Jurupa Valley where Elliott's family filed a missing person report stating that the woman had not been seen in three to four days. Her vehicle was discovered abandoned a few days later on October 28, 2012 near Goose Creek Golf Club in Mira Loma. However, Karly remains missing.
A search for the missing woman in the days after her disappearance included the use of police canines and patrol officers across the Jurupa Valley and nearby areas, while relatives passed out fliers and questioned people in north Norco, Mira Loma and Jurupa Valley.
Riverside County Sheriff's Officials said there was evidence of a struggle at the last place she was seen alive.
"During the investigation, it was determined that a struggle had ensued inside of the residence where the missing person was last seen. The Central Homicide Unit was contacted and assumed the investigation," the report said.
It is believed that Elliott may have been a victim of foul-play.
An online-user commented on Missing Persons of America on November 17, 2012 under the username Karen Urgirl saying the following:
update 11-17-12 Karly called her mom the night of her disappearance telling her mom that she is being hld against her will and being beaten (w/a gun) and that felipe said he's going to kill her and dump her body in the desert. It's also being said karly's mom is the trimmer for the guy who's now inarcerated for cultivation of marijuana and (person of interest)karlys mom possibly was stealing from the trees. now its also said that there is a blk man involved in the crop cultivation who also kidnapped her from house on frank ave. and to focus on apts on Iowa ave. n riverside. now its been said that its confirmed that karly s dead . due to the amount of blood (kalys dna) that was found indicates karlys death by gun shot, multiple stab wounds ??? but have no body to prove her to be dead. therefore the search needs to be expanded outside of mira loma. this is some f… up sh.. that happened to Karly and that she died over. alejandro lopez felipe persons of interests. you ever think about what were her lasts thoughts before she died.
Police have labelled her disappearance as 'suspicious' and relatives of the missing woman believe she is being held against her will.
Karly is a trained Esthetician but her license in California has been expired since 2011. She is described as a Caucasian adult female, 5'9" tall, 150 pounds with a fair complexion and blonde hair that is sometimes curled or worn straight.
Karly's Facebook default photo, also one of her most recent photo's
Karly Elliott's Facebook page and although her page is set to private, it does show her hometown as Bullcity, Arizona and her current location set to Corona, CA. It also shows activities she enjoys including the casino, poker, bingo, etc.
The missing woman's family is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts or the arrest of those responsible for her disappearance.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to please contact Investigator Jim Peters of the Central Homicide Unit at 951- 955-2777 or Investigator Roman Pluimer of the Jurupa Valley Station at 951-955-2600.

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Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, graduated from Yale University, and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University where he read Modern History. For four years, he served as an air intelligence officer aboard aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean and the Pacific. His most recent book, Catherine the Great, has been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction by the American Library Association.
Mr. Massie was on the staff of Newsweek from 1959 to 1962, where he was a book reviewer, foreign news writer, and United Nations Bureau Chief. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, and other publications. Over the years, he has been an historical adviser to, and has made frequent appearances on, a number of national television programs and documentaries.
Mr. Massie's interest in the imperial family of Russia (the Romanovs) was triggered by the birth of his oldest son, who was born with hemophilia, a hereditary disease that also afflicted Tsar Nicholas's son, Alexei. His first book, Nicholas and Alexandra (1969), which remained on the New York TimesBestseller List for 46 weeks, was translated into seventeen languages, and made into a film nominated for nine Academy Awards. Over six million copies of this book have been sold around the world. Mr. Massie's next book, Journey, written with his first wife, was an account of their family's experience with hemophilia. Journey was followed by Peter the Great: His Life and World, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Peter the Great became a major network miniseries, winning three Emmy Awards. Mr. Massie then went on to write Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War, The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, and Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.
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Writing macros, a series of lessons (7 of…)
Today, ladies and gentlemen and others, we dip our toes in the pool of scripting.
WAIT! COME BACK! I promise it won't hurt. Heck, I promise to share my recipe for chocolate Cheesecake cups …
oh. my. what attentive, HUNGRY looks. ummm, I'll just share that recipe first, ok? Yes, ummm….
Oven preheated to 300 degrees F
Pans: 6-cup cupcake/muffin tin; cake pan large enough to hold the other pan
Other: 2 cup bowl or measuring cup, microwave safe. 2 qt (or larger) bowl plus electric beaters (unless you need to work out aggression – then just plan on beating a long time with a spoon or whisk.) Six paper cupcake cups. And a pitcher of water. Oh – a spatula and a spoon. Or two spoons if you don't have a spatula. Ummm, and a small towel or washcloth.
1/2 package of graham crackers, crushed into crumbs
4 oz butter, melted
8 oz neufchatel (or cream) cheese.
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/3 bag ( size 8-10 oz, so that's approximately 3 ounces) chocolate chips (semisweet or dark, your preference)
Put the paper cupcake cups into the cupcake pan.
Mix the shell ingredients thoroughly, and divide equally between the cups. Press on bottom and sides so as to form an inner cup – tamp firmly. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven and set aside.
Reduce heat to 250 degrees F
Put cheese into bowl. Add sugar and cream it. (For you non-cooks, just work it all together using a lower speed on your blender till it's smooth.) Add the egg, and mix thoroughly.
Now put the chocolate chips into your smaller bowl/measuring cup, and melt it in the microwave. That means: 10 seconds, stir, 10 seconds, stir… till it's melted. Beats the heck out of a double boiler. Where was I…
Temper the chocoloate and return to the batter. (Again, for you non-cooks. Add two or three large spoons full of batter to the chocolate and stir, then put this back in the main bowl. This will allow the chocolate to get stirred into the batter with re-solidifying into chunks OR cooking little chunks of batter too early.) Stir thoroughly.
Divide the batter between the cups. (That means pour equal amounts into each cup. Each is going to end up half to 2/3 full.)
Put your small towel or washcloth into the cake pan. Put the cupcake pan into the cake pan next. Put the pan into the oven, and then pour water from the pitcher into the cake pan, being careful not to pour any into the batter. You want to add enough that it comes up about equal to the height of the batter in the cups. This needs explanation, bear with me…
What you're doing is a trick to help your batter cook evenly. The water forms a thermal blanket for the batter – the towel is allowing the blanket to be under as well as beside the batter.
Bake for 20 minutes. Turn off oven and set timer for another 30 minutes. THEN remove pans from oven. (HINT: remove cupcake pan from cakepan instead of trying to carry both at once. This will prevent hot water splashing you or the cakes.) You can eat it now, or you can move the individual cups to the refrigerator – depends on your willpower, I suppose.
Two minor variations. 1) beat the batter on high for 3-5 minutes and it'll add air which will make your cheesecake less dense. 2) Use sour cream instead of chocolate. If doing this, cheat — put a tablespoon of preserves (of your preference) in the bottom of each cup before baking the cups – the heat will also melt this so it's an even layer.
Go ahead. Cook, eat, I'll wait…
There. Now you're bribed, er, calmed, er… yes. (grin) Seriously, consider that a gift. Now we're going to look at scripting. But today it's only an introduction. Just like macros, if we take it in little bits your head won't explode. And just like macros, we're going to start by talking ABOUT it instead of actually DOING it.
Let's begin by answering the Question of Dread – "Isn't scripting Programming?"
The blunt answer is yes. (heh – I can hear the Real Programmers ™ screaming from here.) The more complete answer is "Yes, sort of. So is writing a macro." (And that popping sound you're now hearing is the heads of the Real Programmers ™ exploding.) Sorry, I couldn't resist – especially as it's true.
Here's the deal. A program is a set of instructions to tell the computer to do something. The classic introductory program for just about every computer is the hello world program. OK:
/s Hello world.
There, so much for the Real Programmers ™. And more importantly, for you. We've been programming for six lessons now. All we're doing with scripting is digging a little deeper. Which brings the next question – not so much dread this time, but important nonetheless.
What's the difference between macros and scripting, then? Using an analogy, using the macro language (a better phraseology) is programming with training wheels. There are some safeties and restrictions that help you do things, but without quite so many bloody noses and skinned knees (or exploding brains…)
OK, then… is there a difference between writing a script (notice the change in terminology – same thing, but cleaner for understanding) and writing a program? Yes, but only sort of. Now, the following differentiation is only applicable to World of Warcraft, because in other computer venues the answer is usually "no." In WoW, there are two aspects that differentiate a script from a program (which is, in WoW, pretty much always an addon.) First, the script is limited to 255 characters. (er, with the recognition that we can still sneak in a /click – see the previous lesson.) Second, the script is loaded on demand while the addon is – at least partially – preloaded. To make that more clear… The script, like the macro, doesn't run at all unless you say "Run This" (by clicking the icon/button). The addon runs all the time – at a minimum there's a portion running that monitors, and loads the rest when you call for it.
sigh – the preceding is not quite true. See, not so long ago Blizzard 'nerfed' scripting, making a third difference. Basically, there are things you can do if you bring it in as an addon which you cannot do from a script. In that way, then, scripting and programming addons are also not the same. The good news, however, is that this means we really are still working our way upwards. We don't have to learn about the various requirements of an addon, and it reduces how much stuff buries us.
There are actually a few more things about addons that we might get into – depends on whether I can keep up with you all. But that's a ways beyond where we all are right now, so just like we've done before, know it's there and ignore it for now. For now, there's only one common element between the two of which we need to be aware.
All user programming for WoW, other than macros, is done in Lua. (Lua? Wha….?)
Go back to the first couple of lessons. Remember how we discussed how with macros you could only use certain words, and how they had to be in a particular order (syntax)? Well, all a programming language is, is a list of words and a syntax. A bunch of words and the order(s) in which they can be put together so the computer does what you want it to do. Yep, back to washing hands. (See the earlier lessons if you missed that callback.) Now, macros were really, really close to plain english. Lua – like most programming languages – can get convoluted enough it appears to be Greek. Or Russian or Mandarin or some language of which your knowledge is absolutely zero. Because of that, we're going to go REAL SLOW. Remember, I want brains expanded, not exploded (setting aside the fun of watching Real Programmer(tm) explosions).
So all we're going to do to finish today is the simplest possible exercise – how do I get my script to run? You have two choices: /script, and /run. Since /run is three characters shorter than /script, guess which one I recommend? (grin).
Seriously… you can — in many ways WILL — fit a script into a macro. You can also write one on the fly. (I won't, thank you very much.) It's just one more line – with all the rules of independent lines and other macro rules still applying. In fact, you're going to find several things you already know showing up. I'm sneaky that way – and it helps that macros are scripts with training wheels.
Now, I'm getting close to the end of today's lesson, but have a couple more points to bring up. First and most important, it's worth remembering that sometimes using a script is doing things the hard way. Remember you're missing a bunch of assumptions – the training wheels. And to get the effect under some circumstances you can work HARDER to pull off the same trick – like staying upright while not moving forward. To demonstrate this… remember the first macro I demonstrated – near the top of lesson two?
Here's a script based macro to do the same thing.
/run DoEmote("oom")
Yes, I can make it even longer. But I think it shows the point – sometimes the heavy tools are not the best choice. (Sometimes they are, or we wouldn't be doing this. We'll be coming back to the previous lesson's long macro as a case in point. Just not today.)
I want to emphasize my last point for the day. Scripting – using Lua – is harder than 'just' macros. But it's a tradeoff. It's harder because it lets you do more things. The more choices you have, the more you can do. The more you can do, the more confusing it can be. Just remember — you went from level 1 to whatever level you are now (for most, level 70). Level 1 was easy. Level XX is, well, harder, because you've got a HECK of a lot more spells and talents and other skills in your inventory. But you've got it in hand, right? This, too, will fall into your grasp. You just have to nibble off what you can handle, learn it, and then nibble a bit more.
Go have fun. And don't eat all the cheesecake at once.
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It's Always A Conspiracy, Natural Gas Edition
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama said that his administration "will take every possible action to safely develop" America's reserves of natural gas, and that the "development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper, proving that we don't have to choose between our environment and our economy." The next day, in Las Vegas, the president talked about "an America where more cars and trucks are running on domestic natural gas than on foreign oil. Think about an America where our companies are leading the world in developing natural gas technology and creating a generation of new energy jobs; where our natural gas resources are helping make our manufacturers more competitive for decades."
So Obama supports the development of natural gas. And conservatives think they have figured out the reason why: George Soros.
Lachlan Markay, of the Heritage Foundation, wrote yesterday:
George Soros, a billionaire investor and major backer of President Obama, stands to reap a windfall from legislation promoting natural gas-powered vehicles. The White House unveiled a proposal on Thursday that would do just that.
One company that stands to benefit handsomely from the president's proposal is Westport Innovations. The company converts diesel engines to be fueled by natural gas. Wall Street analysts predicted a boom for the company if the NAT GAS Act were passed.
If Westport reaps the predicted windfall, one of the chief beneficiaries will be George Soros, a major Obama donor and supporter. Soros's hedge fund holds 3,160,063 company shares (as of its last SEC filing).
Hot Air's Tina Korbe credited Markay for uncovering "a potentially key motivation for the president's recent proposal to offer incentives to companies to buy and use trucks powered by natural gas." Korbe added with an air of wildly unsupported certainty that this is an example of "the president's perpetual crony capitalism."
The Daily Caller also got in on the fun:
President Barack Obama, at a Las Vegas UPS facility Thursday, pitched a plan to boost the American use of natural gas, a plan that would not only benefit long-time natural gas proponent billionaire T. Boone Pickens, but also long-time Obama supporter, billionaire investor and progressive philanthropist George Soros.
So did the president craft a national energy policy based largely on how it would benefit George Soros' investment portfolio? It certainly seems likely, assuming you've been conditioned to believe that Soros is secretly pulling the strings at the White House, in which case the mere fact of Soros' connection to the natural gas industry is evidence enough to convict.
You just have to disregard the fact that the many millions of dollars in political donations made by the oil and gas industry and the natural gas pipeline industry -- which would also stand to benefit handsomely from expanded use of natural gas vehicles -- have overwhelmingly gone to Republicans. There's also the inconvenient presence of billionaire T. Boone Pickens. who cut checks to George W. Bush, funded the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth, and, as noted by the Daily Caller, would make some serious bank with accelerated development of natural gas.
So if Obama's goal was to line the already well-lined pockets of one of his prominent supporters, he's also throwing vast sums at the people and industries who have bitterly opposed him and are likely to continue doing so in the future.
But hey, it's a conspiracy! It doesn't need logic, it just needs selectively reported facts and the thinnest patina of plausibility.
(Full disclosure: Soros has donated to Media Matters)


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The master of light - better video, better pictures and a lot of fun
We designed the Kick to help you take better pictures, make better videos and have fun doing it.
We think this is the new generation of lights for photo and video, and you can control it from your iPhone!
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Have fun with video
Kick excels at animated light. Pick one of the cool built-in effects like Rainbow, Strobe, or Mood. Or, something more dramatic like Fire, Lightning Storm and Cannon shots. It is all there and more...
With the Kick and the Kick App you can also sample light effects from any video stored on your iPhone. Or simply sample light straight from the iPhone camera, while you use it. Just point the iPhone towards the light effect you want the Kick to recreate, tap the screen - and the Kick will emit that light! It's automatically stored in the effects library for use later on. If you haven't already watched the video at the top of this page, you should do it now. The video demos some cool effects.
Simple light for photo or video
At it's most basic the Kick can emit straight white light, when you just need a little extra light. Then it allows you to adjust the color temperature – how warm or cold the light looks. A little warmth can do wonders for skin tones as the image below demonstrates
Fancy colors
In addition to white, you have access to all the colors of the rainbow and any color in between. Via the App's color picker you choose the color you want and the Kick will emit the light instantly. You can even create animated colors from static images by swiping your finger across the image and the app will record that as a stream and send it to the light... recreate the effect of clouds rolling across a summer sky by dragging your finger across a yellow & dark grey image!
Works with your iPhone ...
The free Kick App gives you full control over the Kick. Change color and brightness, run any of the built-in light effects and take pictures or record video. All from within the same app.
... or any other camera device
Just to be clear: you can use the Kick with any camera – it is not only for smartphones. If you prefer to use your DSLR or compact camera, you can use the Kick standalone – as an independent light source with amazing creative features. Your iPhone then works as a remote control for one or more Kick lights.
Sampling of light and effects
With the Kick and the App you can create your own light effects by sampling light from any video, or directly from the iPhone camera itself – even while you are using it.
This is how it works: From within the App you can open and run any video. Move the cursor over the light effect you want to sample and it will stream it directly to the Kick. Thus, you can recreate candle flicker without lighting any candles, simulate the glow from a television screen without one to hand. The possibilities are endless.
Would you like the Kick to enhance the natural light, or light up your subject from a different angle? Kick can stream light directly from your iPhone camera, while you use it. Just point your camera and tap the screen. And the Kick will emit that light.
It is like sampling audio, except you sample light! The ability to capture a stream of light from a video or create a stream from a picture has us really excited. We can't wait to see the creative uses people put it to.
Take it everywhere
The Kick is small, about the size of an iPhone. It does not weigh much either. Kick is easy to take along, and you will always have a bit of extra light handy.
Where are we at?
The Kick is a real working prototype. Over the last 2.5 years we have developed, refined, miniaturized, and then developed, refined, and miniaturized some more. And then some. I believe we are at the 6th iteration. What started out as a professional effects light has been shrunk in size and in cost – but not so much in features – to an awesome pocket-sized light with a lot of built-in features.
We are about ready to enter into manufacturing, but we need your help to fund production tooling and volume component orders. The only way to make the Kick a reality at this price is to manufacture it in volume.
What is the difference between the Kick Basic and the Kick Plus?
The full version of the Kick – Kick Plus – has everything: built-in WiFi, white and colored light, built-in effects, and you can control it from your iPhone using the Kick App.
The Kick Basic is the little brother of Kick Plus and it is great for people who just want a small and simple portable white light. It does not have WiFi, but you can adjust brightness and color temperature with buttons on the device. With Kick Basic you don't get colored light, or animated effects, and since there is no WiFi, it can't be controlled from the iPhone app.
$99 Kick Basic. Basic version without WiFi.
$139 Kick Plus EARLY BIRD. Full version: WiFi, iPhone app, the works.
$149 Kick Plus. Full version: WiFi, iPhone app, the works.
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(After Kickstarter the Kick Basic will retail for $129 or more and the Kick Plus for $179 or more)Developers
If you are a developer and you want to control the Kick from any app or device with WiFi access, you can get access to the Kick API from our website. The API will be avaible when we get closer to shipping. (You won't be able to do much with the API until you have a Kick to connect to.)
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The Harvard Art Museums draw from their comprehensive collections to advance teaching, learning, and research for Harvard students and faculty, visiting scholars and artists, and local community members of all ages.
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WASHINGTON — Immigrants who are legally in the United States need not be automatically deported for minor drug offenses, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a unanimous decision.
Lower courts had said that Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo, a permanent resident of the United States who had lived here since 1983, when he was 5, was subject to mandatory deportation for a second drug offense, this one involving possession of single tablet of a prescription drug.
The question in the case was whether that second offense amounted to an "aggravated felony." If it did, the government had no choice but to deport him under the immigration laws. If it did not, the attorney general had the discretion to show leniency.
In 2004, Mr. Carachuri-Rosendo was sentenced by a Texas state court judge to 20 days in jail for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana. The next year, he was sentenced to 10 days in jail for having a single tablet of Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug, without a prescription.
Those were both misdemeanors under state law. But federal authorities argued that a second drug offense counted as an aggravated felony under federal law, making Mr. Carachuri-Rosendo ineligible for discretionary relief from deportation.Continue reading the main story
Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for seven justices, said the interactions of the various state and federal laws in the case required analysis of a "maze of statutory cross-references" and a 2006 decision, Lopez v. Gonzales, that rooted the definition of "aggravated felony" in federal law even when state offenses were involved.
At bottom, Justice Stevens wrote, "a 10-day sentence for the unauthorized possession of a trivial amount of a prescription drug" is at odds with the ordinary meaning of "aggravated felony," even if federal prosecutors could, in theory, have sought a two-year sentence in federal court for the second drug offense.
"Carachuri-Rosendo, and others in his position, may now seek cancellation of removal and thereby avoid the harsh consequence of mandatory removal," Justice Stevens wrote. But "any relief he may obtain depends upon the discretion of the attorney general."
Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, in separate concurrences, voted with the majority but declined to adopt its reasoning in the case, Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, No. 09-60.
Capital Punishment
A death-row inmate in Florida was given a second chance to argue that an otherwise strict one-year filing deadline should not apply to him, in light of his lawyer's inaccessibility and incompetence. The vote was 7 to 2.
The case concerned an unusually diligent and savvy inmate, Albert Holland, and an uncommunicative lawyer, Bradley Collins, who was appointed to handle Mr. Holland's habeas corpus challenges to his murder conviction and death sentence.
Mr. Holland complained to the Florida Supreme Court in June 2004 of "a complete breakdown in communications," saying he had not seen or spoken to his lawyer in 14 months and felt abandoned. He asked for a new lawyer.
Florida prosecutors responded that Mr. Holland was not allowed to communicate with the court directly because he was represented by counsel, an argument accepted by the court. In a concurrence on Monday, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called that ruling perverse.
Over the years, Mr. Holland peppered his lawyer with letters reminding him of a tight filing deadline in federal court that would follow a decision by the State Supreme Court. He wrote to his lawyer to explain the relevant procedures. ("Holland was right about the law," Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote in Monday's majority decision.)
Nonetheless, Mr. Collins neither informed his client when the state court ruled against him nor filed the required papers in time to seek review in federal court.
When Mr. Holland learned independently of the state court decision in the prison library, he immediately filed his own paperwork, but it was too late.
In a rare response to a letter from Mr. Holland, Mr. Collins said that the relevant deadlines had passed by the time he was appointed to the case. ("Collins was wrong about the law," Justice Breyer wrote.)
The question in the case was whether Mr. Collins's conduct was sufficient to suspend a deadline in a 1996 law limiting death penalty litigation. The court did not decide that question, but it said the appeals court had used too narrow a standard in saying that a lawyer's negligence was never enough.
Justice Breyer's opinion was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Stevens, Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor.
Justice Alito largely agreed but said the majority had not laid down a clear standard of its own. He suggested that the salient facts in the case, Holland v. Florida, No. 09-5327, were Mr. Collins's apparent abandonment of his client and prosecutors' insistence that only Mr. Collins could speak for Mr. Holland.
Justice Scalia, joined by Justice Thomas, dissented. He said the court was powerless under the Constitution to rewrite the law.
"The court's impulse to intervene when a litigant's lawyer has made mistakes is understandable; the temptation to tinker with the technical rules to achieve what appears a just result is often strong, especially when the client faces a capital sentence," Justice Scalia said. But he added that "unelected judges" must resist such impulses.
California Prisons
The court agreed to hear arguments over whether a special panel of federal judges in California was authorized to order the release of 40,000 inmates from state prisons to relieve overcrowding. The case is Schwarzenegger v. Plata, No. 09-1233.
The court declined to hear an appeal from Maher Arar, a Canadian who says American officials sent him to Syria to be tortured. The federal appeals court in New York ruled last year that Mr. Arar could not sue for damages because Congress had not authorized such suits.
The Supreme Court gave no reasons for its decision, and there were no noted dissents. Justice Sotomayor, who had participated in the appeals court argument, disqualified herself from the case, Arar v. Ashcroft, No. 09-923.Continue reading the main story


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Lowell Neighborhood Fresno - Community Partnership Project is a cooperative effort between California State University, Fresno and the City of Fresno Downtown Community Revitalization Department.
They have come together in an effort to improve the environment of a neighborhood that contains a high concentration of poverty.
The Project is in line with the mission and vision of California State University, Fresno, which seeks to be an institution fully engaged with our community. Committed people provide the inspiration, motivation, and manpower; their relationships and networking efforts are helping to bring in resources to sustain the project.


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MONDAY, June 1, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- One-third of children in the United States live more than an hour away by ground or air transport from a pediatric trauma center, an amount of time that could prove deadly in the event of a serious injury, researchers say.
In the United States, more children aged 1-14 die of injuries than of all other causes. Trauma centers improve the chances of survival for severely injured children, according to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team who calculated access to trauma centers among children younger than 15.
They found that the United States has 170 verified pediatric trauma centers in 41 states (including the District of Columbia) and that 71.5 percent of children younger than 15 are within an hour of one of the centers by ground or air transport, while 43 percent could reach a trauma center within an hour by ground transport. However, about 17.4 million children couldn't reach a trauma center within an hour.
"Access ranged from 22.9 percent of the population in most rural areas of the United States to 93.5 percent in the most urban," wrote Dr. Michael L. Nance and colleagues. Among states, access ranged from more than 90 percent of children in 11 states to less than 25 percent in 12 states.
The findings appear in the June issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
"While this study does not directly address outcome from injury as it relates to pediatric trauma care access, it stands to reason that limited access may equate to suboptimal trauma care and a lower likelihood of survival," the researchers wrote.
"Several authors have demonstrated superior outcomes for children treated in designated pediatric trauma centers," they added.
The researchers noted that many injured children are treated at adult-focused trauma centers, which may lack child-specific personnel and equipment.
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The results of a survey given to 450 members of the National eHealth Collaborative on July 16th were released. The goal of the survey was to "build an understanding of consumer engagement strategies currently underway and planned for the future," according to a press release. There were many interesting findings from this survey. The primary goals for consumer engagement with health IT included the following:
- 68% – improve health outcomes
- 66% – deliver information to patients
- 59% – enable consumers to take more responsibility for their health
- 59% – reduce healthcare costs
- 57% – improve consumers' experience in interacting with our organization
Along the same lines, those surveyed were asked what their definition of consumer engagement was. There were quite a few answers, but the top three were:
- Patient uses electronic educational material or online resources to learn about better health or their own health conditions (74%)
- Patient refills prescriptions or accesses lab results or other personal health data online (72%)
- Patient engages with provider through electronic means (e.g. telemedicine) (71%)
Kate Berry, CEO of NeHC, commented on the survey:
Effectively leveraging health IT to engage with patients and consumers will lead to better healthcare outcomes. Our surveyshows that a majority of organizations believe in the strategic importance of consumer engagement yet their strategies are understandably nascent. NeHC's Consumer Consortium on eHealth and HIE Learning Network can serve as forums for sharing consumer engagement lessons learned to help accelerate progress.
The complete results of the survey can be found here.


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By By Keith Cianfrani | October 1, 2013
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As pilots and safety professionals, we see the acronym IHST all the time, but do we really know what it represents? Some of us actually know what it means and what they do, but not everyone is are aware of the mandate the International Helicopter Safety Team has within the rotary wing community.
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Fred Brisbois, co-chair of IHST's U.S Safety Implementation Team regarding the organization's mission, goals and safety initiatives. Let's first look at how IHST was formed.
Long-term helicopter accident rates remained unacceptably high and trends had not shown significant improvement when the first International Helicopter Safety Symposium (IHSS) was held in Montreal, Canada in September 2005. The American Helicopter Society (AHS) hosted the event with Helicopter Association International (HAI). Participants included operators, manufacturers, maintenance organizations, regulatory agencies, accident investigators, professional associations and press from 13 countries representing five continents.
IHST started in 2006 when a group of safety professionals joined forces to reduce helicopter accidents. The team regards every accident as their accident. It hurts us all in the aviation-helicopter community. The intent was to be global, even though a large majority of the commercial helicopter fleet is in the United States. As part of an effort to reduce these accidents, a Joint Safety Implementation Team (JHSIT), a specific part of IHST, addresses helicopter safety within the United States. Their website is scheduled be operational by the end of this year. JHSIT has formed work groups specializing in SMS, Training, Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM), Maintenance and Infrastructure.
The mission of IHST is to establish international partnerships in countries with significant helicopter operations and encourage development and implementation of safety interventions by sharing lessons learned through accident analysis. Unrealistic as it may seem, the group sets a high standard – its vision is to achieve an international civil helicopter community with zero accidents.
IHST goals are to have zero tolerance, which equals zero accidents, reduce the international civil helicopter accident rate 80 percent by 2016, reverse any negative trend and improve safety culture in the helicopter industry worldwide. The last goal is to promote IHST safety publications and toolkits to operators worldwide for maximum awareness of the team's message.
There are many challenges in striving to achieve their goals. It is difficult to collect data in the industry and difficult to measure progress. The intent was not to improve safety through regulation but through awareness and cooperation. IHST agreed to develop and implement a data-driven, benefit-focused safety program designed to continuously reduce the risk of helicopter accidents. The group chartered a Joint Helicopter Safety Analysis Team (JHSAT) to develop data-driven safety recommendations in pursuit of the goal to reduce the accident rate and fatality risk. JHSAT membership consisted of key stakeholders in the helicopter design, manufacture, operation, training and regulatory communities.
IHST works with HAI and its Safety Committee to promote safety through national workshops throughout the year. Government and industry leaders formed standards to address the factors affecting an unacceptable international civil helicopter accident rate. Bristow Helicopters is just one of these industry leaders, contributing much to the promotion of helicopter safety. Four common themes were found in the U.S., Canadian and European analysis (Intervention Recommendations):
• Implement (SMS) safety management systems.
• Improve training (including simulator/flight training device utilization, and aeronautical decision-making).
• Improve maintenance practices.
• Leverage new technologies though new systems and equipment.
IHST is working with global partners and regional safety teams to develop strategies to move in concert on common themes, with the greatest impact in the personal flying and training segments. Extensive analysis has identified that the groups most likely to have a helicopter accident are general aviation pilots, trainees, and small operators. IHST is also working with regional teams to develop complimentary products for use worldwide, address unique regional needs locally, and implement a plan to share these products worldwide. One of these methods was the recent release of "The Helicopter Pilot Code of Conduct." Social media strategies have been developed to reach more individuals and operators. Look for a smart phone application in the near future.
Current strategies include efforts to:
• Educate target audiences about the condition of helicopter safety and reasons behind helicopter accidents.
• Convey to audiences a sense of what progress is being made toward the IHST goal.
• Convey to audiences information about the worldwide partnership effort within the IHST.
• Raise the awareness that IHST "tools" can improve helicopter safety, especially in social media areas.
Nearly 40 countries currently support the efforts of IHST and global growth continues every day. In addition to the United States, safety teams have been established in Canada, Europe, Brazil, India, Japan, Middle East-North Africa, and expansion efforts in Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South America continue.
Major industry participants include AgustaWestland, the American Helicopter Society International, Bell Helicopter, Bristow, CHC, Eurocopter, Flight Safety Foundation, the Helicopter Association of Canada, HAI, Shell Aircraft, and Sikorsky Aircraft.
Much media attention is given to medevac (HEMS) accidents, but in reality, HEMS accidents account for only 8 percent of helicopter accidents and rank fourth behind personal/private, instructional/training, and aerial application, respectively. Every accident is a tragedy and a "miss." At some point in the accident chain, there was probably someone that could have influenced the pilot and prevented a wrong decision. If we look at the causes of HEMS accidents, we see the same contributing factors that are present in other helicopter accidents such as "get-there-itis," scud running, continuing visual flight rules into instrument conditions, responding to peer pressure, mental expectancy, getting behind the aircraft, loss of positional/situational awareness, operating without adequate fuel reserves, descent below the minimum enroute altitude, flying outside the envelope, and neglect of flight planning, preflight inspections, checklists, etc. Basically, pilots are repeating the same mistakes in all areas of rotary wing aviation, not just HEMS.
Working to eliminate "Groundhog Day" situations, IHST promotes SMS to include developing a "Just Culture" environment, integrating a SMS into the operation, developing objective risk assessment, providing specialized training in aeronautical decision making, and providing frequent simulator training in all industry/mission type flying.
IHST's HEMS Tool has been specially designed to meet the needs of low-altitude VFR emergency first responders. It runs as a desktop application on your computer for maximum performance. The tool has high-resolution base maps, including streets, hospitals, and heliports for the entire United States. More detail is revealed as you zoom in.
The HEMS Tool can overlay multiple fields of interest: ceiling, visibility, flight category, winds, relative humidity, temperature, radar (base and composite reflectivity), AIRMETs and SIGMETs, METARs, TAFs, and PIREPs.
Other tools available to assist in avoiding these accidents are readily available from IHST and include an SMS toolkit, Training toolkit, Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring toolkit, and a Maintenance toolkit. Other areas we can look at to reduce accidents are improving autorotation training, adding advanced maneuvers to simulator training, emphasizing critical issues awareness in training, enhancing aircraft performance and limitations training, strengthening emergency procedures training, implementing a personal risk management program, and establishing a mission-specific risk management program.
The IHST is looking for ways to expand its presence and increase utilization of its safety tools and methods in the helicopter community worldwide. More expansive marketing and communications aimed at the "grassroots" of the helicopter industry may help to improve safety awareness. One way is to reach younger pilots is through social media. Reaching out to the entire community is a task that the government can participate in, but cannot shoulder itself.
Regulatory actions should not be the answer. When the global helicopter community steps up to voluntarily address safety, everyone benefits and the marketplace will thrive. I strongly recommend all pilots and operators visit IHST's website (www.ihst.org) to further their pursuit of safety excellence.


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The Task Force on the Environment of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (TFOE-SRRT) wants conference goers to bring their favorite traveling mugs and water bottles in support of efforts encouraging the American Library Association (ALA) to reduce its carbon footprint. TFOE will launch this event at the upcoming ALA 2008 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia from January 11-14, 2008. The title of this campaign is "Cup by Cup for a Greener ALA."
The campaign will show that ALA members are ready to make lifestyle changes for sustainable conferences and to protect the health of the Earth.
The math is simple. A typical ALA Midwinter draws over 10,000 librarians to its 2000+ business meetings, discussion groups, programs, and events. If every librarian attending Midwinter brought their own coffee cup more than 10,000 paper or Styrofoam cups would not enter already over-flowing landfills.
Friday, January 11
Advocacy Institute
8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., salon g
Marriott Philadelphia
Open to all library advocates, the institute will focus on message development and coalition building and will feature afternoon breakout sessions on making budget presentations, crisis communications, and passing bond issues and referenda. Onsite registration is $75. For more information, visit www.ala.org/ advocacyinstitute/.
Coordinated by the Office for Library Advocacy and the Advocacy Institute Task Force of the ALA Public Awareness Committee, in cooper-ation with the Public Information Office, the Association for Library Trustees and Advocates, the Chapter Relations Office, the Committee on Legislation, and Friends of Libraries USA.
YALSA's Gaming Extravaganza
8–10 p.m., millennium hall
Loews Philadelphia
Experienced gamers, beginners, and everyone in between will find something new in the world of online, video, and tabletop games, while enjoying refreshments,
Tickets are $40. Winners of YALSA's "Create Your Own Avatar Contest" (AL, Dec., p. 14) will be announced. For more information, visit www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/.
Saturday, January 12
Washington Office Update Session
8–10:a.m., room 108 A
Bassem Youssef, the highest ranking Arab-American agent employed by the FBI, will speak about his experience with the bureau's counter-terrorism surveillance activities, including National Security Letters.
Breakout Sessions
The Washington Office will host three breakout sessions following the main update session:
1. ALA OITP Director Alan Inouye will lead a discussion on "All (Telecom) Politics is Local: What the FCC is up to and what it has to do with your library," including discussion of the February 17, 2009, Digital Television Transition, in which libraries are set to play a big role. Location: PCC 108A.
2. The ALA Government Documents Round Table will features representatives of the Library of Congress, the Federal Depository Library Program, and Indiana University, who will discuss a wide range of topics from digitization to an intergovernmental search engine. Location: PCC 107B.
3. The third breakout discussion will be an exploration of how crucial libraries are to E-government. Location: PCC 105B.
Nuts and Bolts workshop
10:30 a.m.–noon, Washington Room
Four Seasons Philadelphia
Library Friends, volunteers, and staff are invited to share best practices and hear from experts on membership and board development, fundraising, advocacy, and strategic planning. Roundtable discussions will be moderated by Friend of Libraries USA board members. Conference registration is not required to participate in this program. Sponsored by FOLUSA.
Tag You're It: A revolution in Patron-Library Interaction
10:30 a.m. - noon, Room 201 B/C
Joint MARS Hot Topics and Products & Services Discussion Forum on using Web 2.0 social tagging technologies to increase patron interaction with the library and its resources. Three speakers will lead the discussion. Jennifer Sweda, Cataloging Librarian for University of Pennsylvania Libraries will speak about the well-know PennTags project, which allows readers to tag catalogued items and works as a social bookmarking tool for locating, organizing, and sharing favorite resources. Lauren Stokes, Virtual Library Manager at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District will speak about how her library system is enabling the community to add reviews to resources in their catalog. Kate Sheehan, Coordinator of Library Automation at Danbury Public Library, will discuss how they have implemented LibraryThing.
White Privilege
1:30–3:30 pm, Lescaze Room
Loews Philadelphia
The Diversity Discussion Group will uncover how white privilege has evolved, how it is perpetuated today, and what librarians can do in their roles to unhinge its power. Sponsored by the Office for Diversity.
Spotlight on Adult Literature
2–4 p.m., Exhibit Hall
Participating publishers will feature book signings and some will give away free books or galleys. Register at the FOLUSA booth (#611) for prizes.
Conference registration or an exhibits
only pass is required to participate
in this program.
"Working with the FaceBook Generation: Engaging Student Views on Access to Scholarship"
4–6 p.m., Room 204 A/B
The forum will feature Andre Brown, doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, and coblogger for Biocurious; Kimberly Douglas, university librarian, California Institute of Technology; Nelson Pavlosky, law student, George Mason University and cofounder of Students for Freeculture; and Stephanie Wang, graduate student at Princeton University and former National Coordinating Committee member, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines.
The first Sparky Award winners
for the best short videos on the value
of information sharing will be
The ACRL Scholarly Communication
Discussion Group will continue
the forum discussion January 14 from
4 to 6 p.m., Franklin 11 Room, Marriott
Sponsored by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition and the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Sunday, January 13
Diversity Research Tea/Poster Session
4–6 p.m., Adams Room
Four Seasons Philadelphia
The Diversity Research Grant program, sponsored by the Office for Diversity, addresses critical gaps in the knowledge of diversity issues within library and information science. Topics for 2008 grant applications will be announced and attendees will have the chance to review poster sessions by past recipients.
Monday, January 14
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Sunrise Observance
6:30–7:30 a.m., Room 113
Speaker Ganga Dakshinamurti will share her perspective on the connections between Dr. King and Mahatma Gandhi in a presentation titled "A Challenging Inspiration Lighting Our Way: From Gandhi to King Jr. to Us."
Dakshinamurti, librarian
at the Albert Cohen
Management Library,
Asper School of Business
at the University of Manitoba, is past
president of ALA's Asian/Pacific
American Librarians Association.
Hear selected quotes from Dr.
King's writings and speeches, as well
as music from a local choir, and enjoy
light refreshments.
Sponsored by Black Caucus of the
American Library Association, the
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Task Force, and ALA's Social Responsibilities
"New Roles for Acquisitions: Selecting and Harvesting for Institutional Repositories"
1:30– 3 p.m., Room 204C
The forum will address the latest transformational change that has taken place in research libraries— the development of institutional repositories.
Karl Debus-López of the National
Agricultural Library and Trisha Davis
of Ohio State University will give presentations
on how they have restructured
their acquisitions operations to
manage the selection and harvesting
of content for their institutions' digital
repositories. Sponsored by the ALCTS
Acquisitions Section Forum.
Round Table.
Author Tea
2–4 p.m., Symphony room
Authors Barbara Taylor Bradford, Russell Banks, Ann Hood, Sue Miller, and Meg Rosoff will be featured.
Attendees will enjoy a selection of
desserts and finger sandwiches,
along with coffee and tea. A book
signing will follow the author presentations.
Some books will be given
away free and others will be
available for purchase at a generous
Tickets are $35 in advance ($30
for FOLUSA members) or $45 onsite.
Advance tickets are available
online at www.folusa.org or by calling
800-936-5872 through January
8. Tickets will be available, while
supplies last, at booth 611 in the Exhibit
Hall during all exhibit hours
and just prior to the event at the
"Anthony Lewis on the First Amendment"
6:30 p.m., Grand hall Overlook
National Constitution Center,
525 Arch St., Independence Mall
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Lewis will be discussing his new book, Freedom for the Thought That We Hate, with Chris Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and trustee for ALA's Freedom To Read Foundation. He will discuss how our First Amendment rights were created and reveal a story of hard choices surrounding one of American's great founding ideas. A book signing follows.
Tickets are $12 for Constitution
Center members, $15 for nonmembers,
and $6 for K–12 students and
teachers. Reservations are required.
For more information, visit
firstname.lastname@example.com or
call 215-409-6700.
Sponsored by the National Constitution Center and the Freedom to Read Foundation.


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DII Flames get balanced scoring in MACH rout of Blue Hens
February 14, 2014 | Abingdon, Md.
In the first round of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey playoffs, South Division top-seeded Liberty University's ACHA Division II men's hockey team dominated fourth-seeded Delaware University, winning by a 7-1 count Friday at IceWorld in Abingdon, Md.
The Flames (24-6-1) got goal production from all four of their lines and netted four goals in the second period in one of their most complete performances of the season, outshooting the Blue Hens, 43-22.
"We played good, everything clicked," Liberty Head Coach Chris Lowes said. "(Goalie) Cary (Byron) made some good saves. It was a good team effort top to bottom. We're really happy. We played a good team game Hopefully, the momentum will carry through the rest of this weekend and into next weekend."
When they host the ACHA DII South Regional Tournament Feb. 22-23 at the LaHaye Ice Center, the Flames will face the Blue Hens again in the first round.
On Friday, Liberty's Bobby Cervone scored first off an assist from behind the net from fellow senior forward Brad Docksteader midway through the first period. Jeff Boschman then received a cycled pass from fellow sophomore forward Eric Burke and carried it off the boards before lifting it top shelf with a wrist shot for a 2-0 advantage early in the second period.
Sophomore forward Paul Ingles extended the lead to 3-0 with an unassisted goal after streaking down the right side and depositing a wrist shot into the five-hole before sophomore defenseman Nat Arbour made it 4-0 off a feed from behind the net from freshman forward Ben Freymond. Freshman defenseman Ryan Sidun capped the second-period scoring off an assist from freshman forward Devon Docksteader.
Burke scored the Flames' first third-period goal on a breakaway before Arbour netted his second, off a rebound of shots by freshman defenseman Bannon Lynott and sophomore defenseman Parker McIntire. That padded the advantage to 7-0 before Delaware finally got a goal with five minutes left to end the shutout.
The Flames will face the winner of Friday's late game between second-seeded Virginia Tech and third-seeded University of Maryland Baltimore County in Saturday's semifinals set for 5:30 p.m.


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Learning From Experience (A Cautionary Customer Sevice Tale)
As an individual who has grown up in the Body Modification community; I always considered myself to be pretty knowledgeable about what to look for when dealing with the experience of going to a new piercing (or tattoo) studio. Looking for certification, cleanliness of the environment, and etcetera. I often inquire about the years of experience the individual professional has had, how many years their studio has been in operation - so on and so forth. However, for once in my life - all my prior knowledge and experience failed me when I decided to journey into "Grand Island Ink".
I made the hour-long car ride one evening to have my ear lobes stretched from 7/16" - 1/2", I ready to stretch - the surgical stainless steel eyelet plugs that I had been wearing had been in my ears for over 4 months at this point. They were constantly falling out of my lobes with the slightest of touch; such is the benefit of slowly stretching and keeping my ears clean.
Initially, when I spoke to "Joel" (the owner of this aforementioned studio) - he asked me to provide the jewelery myself. This was fine, as I had previously ordered the newest set of jewelery from Body Art Forms (they were surgical stainless steel eyelets). During our conversation; I was to learn that Joel had been piercing for roughly 11 years at that point and was (seemingly) very knowledgeable about stretching technique. (Although as any modern individual will note, one can learn almost anything from the Internet).
When I arrived at Grand Island Ink, I ascertained information about his certification (which was proudly displayed in his intimate, individual piercing room). Joel seemed like a nice enough guy; he washed his hands, wore clean latex-alternative gloves, cleaned and disinfected the surfaces that his tapers (and my jewelery) were placed upon. Again, everything seemed on the up-and-up until he proceeded to start stretching.
Immediately I noticed the size of his tapers were not long enough to provide an efficient stretch, but I was also cognizant of the fact that different piercers use different (although still healthy) techniques. I allowed this to slide; however Joel didn't follow the taper through, he simply allowed the heavy equipment to rest in my ears until they "fell through". Again, I let this slide (which, in hindsight, I shouldn't have) and he began to struggle with my newest pair of eyelets (they were double-flared). He began attempting to use extreme force - complaining that they weren't the correct size for this stretch. I noticed immediately that Joel had used the wrong sized taper to complete my stretch; and commented that he should attempt stretching them with the correct taper. This is when Joel's approach to "customer service" began to fall apart.
I should probably mention that Joel is in his late fifties (not that I have anything against older piercers), however I noticed he was constantly staring at my chest while he was shakily setting the tapers in place. He commented that if, "I was only forty years younger, I might try and grab them" - he kept asking me about whether or not I had any genital or nipple piercings. I was alarmed by this behavior and told him immediately that I would report him for sexual harassment (if these comments had been made by my former piercer or tattooist - I would have no problem, seeing as we are very close friends). He told me that I didn't know what I was talking about, or how to take care of my piercings, and I noticed that he put his tapers back in a dirty fabric case.
I am quite thankful that I haven't had any medical issues with my ears, considering the way that they were cared for by this "professional" (a term I use extremely loosely) - I haven't had any tears or blow-outs, and I have continued keeping them extremely clean as well as watching for any irregular healing. Following this "incident" my ears were extremely sore, and I was grateful that I hadn't experienced any bleeding - unfortunately, this means I will be waiting ever-longer to complete my next stretch. (My goal, currently, is to reach a full inch).
I have learned from this experience that I will never return to Grand Island Ink - that I will stick with studios that have received excellent recommendations by my friends and body modification family. Perhaps the biggest reason that I am re-telling this story, is to prevent other individuals from having to deal with such ludicrous behavior. I hope that there is something to be learned from my experience, to go with your gut instinct and if something seems off (with regards to your piercers technique or behavior) to begin with - you probably shouldn't continue to allow them to "finish the job".
submitted by: AMFemmeFlesh
on: 21 Dec. 2009
in Ear Piercing
Artist: Joel%2FJoe+%28Owner%29
Studio: GI+%28Grand+Island%29+Ink
Location: Grand+Island%2C+NE


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For some reason the taqueria where we typically get Tuesday night dinner (Taco Tuesday!) never seems to have the non-diet version of Root Beer. Tonight, for the first time in the 5 years we've been going there, they finally had it. Woo!
Anyway, it's appropriate, as I'm skipping the booze for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
I was a bit disappointed to see that while Stewart's does use natural cane sugar as a sweetener, they still use "natural and artificial flavors".
It's a pretty good Root Beer all the same. Could be a bit spicier for me. Still, not as syrupy as some. Carbonation a bit harsher than I'm used to. But, then, I almost never drink carbonated beverages other than beer.
The usual Papalote dinner for me. Chile Verde burrito with pinto beans and guacamole. Of special note is their delicious salsa. It is made with roasted tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, and, I believe, Chile d'Arbol. Spicylicious.