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Marie Balet sent this interesting anecdote yesterday about the creation of Amos and the Moon:
Did you know that Jan was going to call it "Peter and the Moon," but there were many books coming out at the time with Peter in it so he changed the name to Amos. We found the "mock-up" of the cover with "Peter and the Moon" as the title.
* Thank you to those who left notes of condolence and appreciation yesterday. Thanks especially to Ward Jenkins for reminding us that he has scans of Jan's 1953 children's book, The Lazy Lion, uploaded to his Flickr - as well as a fabulous Better Homes and Gardens cover.
* My Jan Balet Flickr set.


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Well we got through the dark days of January and here we are in February. Time for a new stash dive. This month I'm going for some colour to brighten up a gloomy time of year. Lets have some drawing fun and have a go with doodles. Dig out some coloured pens and pencils and chill out with some creative scribbling.
How about you, do you doodle? Its very relaxing, as a lot of the time you aren't too focused on where the design is going, just scribble away till you get some thing you like. I used to doodle a lot in my teens but gradually gave it up. When I saw Jenny Doh's book it inspired me to have another go.
Will you be joining me for some arty fun this month? Do you doodle? I'd love to hear what you like to draw the most. Don't let the gloomy weather get you down, why not choose your own colour for your day and wear something bright that makes you happy or create a project with a happy colour.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
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So we're left with watching the LCS series on Fox and TBS. After 5 played games, I have some thoughts.
- To this point Texas is a much better team than New York. Think about this: the Rangers are one bad seven hitter sequence away from leading this series 3-0. I didn't think they'd be up 2-1 at this point, and I suspect most folks didn't either.
- It's funny to see the Yankee series relegated to TBS. And satisfying too; at least now the country will be treated to some of the MLB's other good teams.
- This Phillies/Giants series is going seven. Neither team is hitting much right now anyway, and the pitching both have has been dominant. I just don't see either team pulling away, unless the Giants start to activate and start Barry Zito.
- You think Cody Ross is going to see any more inside fastballs this series?
- The Yankees series hopes rest on AJ Burnett's right arm. Good luck, New York. Although I say that knowing Burnett will probably throw a 2-hitter over 7 innings tonight.


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Here's more information than you probably wanted:
We have had a very rough transition with the Green Ronin online store since the beginning of the year. I believe that Evan has posted elsewhere about the module that self-updated and broke the v4 store. We had already planned a major upgrade for the store this year (call it store v5) and we were forced to make this upgrade under less-than-ideal circumstances when the v4 store broke.
In the process, we ran into two additional problems. One was a (unbeknownst to us) known bug with the PDF delivery module that only happens under certain server configurations. That module broke, was repaired, broke again, and has now been fixed by the developers. Another module, one key to pulling down orders from the server so they can be fulfilled, also broke. I still have an active trouble ticket open on that issue and after dealing with multiple people over several weeks, we're still not able to use that module. Lack of that capability forced us to find another way to get what we need, all at the same time as we were trying to move the fulfillment operations to Indiana.
For the last several years we've had our shipping policy linked to every page in our catalog so people could reference it easily and know what to expect. Since we're changing fulfillment processes, that old policy was removed while the new ones were being worked on. One of the reasons we're changing our fulfillment to happen at the central warehouse location is because Green Ronin only has seven employees. We haven't had a dedicated customer service staff, mail order fulfillment minions, administrative assistants, or a central office and we're trying to improve the service we can offer to our fans and customers. Unfortunately, the transition has been pretty bumpy but we have every reason to believe that everything will be sorted for real very shortly.
New orders with an order number higher than 25282 are being fulfilled through the central warehouse. Orders numbered 25281 or lower have to be hand culled and manually cross-referenced before they can be filled but I believe we're into orders between 3/8 and 3/11 as of yesterday. Anyone waiting on an order from January or earlier should PM me with your name, your account handle in the GR store and your order number so I can cross reference and find the right information. (If I have those three pieces of information to work with, I can eventually find anything.)
I hope that helps you (and anyone else who might have similar questions or concerns).
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Said By Artemis PantharOh, I have a ton XD I watched a whole bunch of cartoons in my youth. Some may be from 2000, I don't remember exact dates.
Bump in the Night
Eek! the Cat
Aahh! Real Monsters
Rocko's Modern Life*
Tiny Toon Adventures
Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
Road Rovers
Bobby's World
Attack of the Killer Tomatos
Jimanji: The Series
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Boy Meets World
Beetlejuice (I actually thought the movie came from the series XD)
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
The Tick
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (mostly just the game show)
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (far superior to Goosebumps)
Eerie, Indiana
Godzilla: the Series
Men in Black: the Series
The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
State of Grace
Mighty Max
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Monster Rancher
Aladdin: the Series
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)
The Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Mega Man
Jungle Cubs
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
101 Dalmatians: the Series
The Mighty Ducks: the Series
Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Darkwing Duck
Doug (both the Nickelodeon and Disney)
Quack Pack
Garfield and Friends
Goof Troop
Hercules: the Series (Disney)
Disney's The Legend of Tarzan
The Little Mermaid: the Series
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Pepper Ann
The Busy World of Richard Scary
Sabrina: the Animated Series
Tale Spin
Timon and Pumbaa
Toad Patrol
Teachers Pet
The Weekenders
Batman Beyond
Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
Pinky & the Brain
The Powerpuff Girls
Dexter's Laboratory
Cow & Chicken
Ed, Edd, & Eddy
I.M. Weasel
Johnny Bravo
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Alvin & the Chipmunks
Baby Blues
Gula Gula Island
Allegra's Window
Eureka's Castle
The Simpsons
Sitting Ducks
The Super Mario Brother's Super Show
The Angry Beavers
Hey Arnold!
Muppet Babies
Legend of the Hidden Temple
Salute Your Shorts
Hey Dude
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Inspector Gadget
And probably more, but that's as much as I can think of (and discussing it with my siblings, checking old lists I've made, etc...)
I really watched way too much television growing up XD
*best cartoon ever
Said By blackwidow47I know Im an ideot but I just proved that some of you are ediots too
Said By Artemiss Panthar*best cartoon ever
Said By blackwidow47I know Im an ideot but I just proved that some of you are ediots too
Said By blackwidow47I know Im an ideot but I just proved that some of you are ediots too
Said By blackwidow47I know Im an ideot but I just proved that some of you are ediots too
Said By Artemis PantharI don't care for the show beyond the first couple seasons...or maybe that's just because I'm bitter about not having any of the newer games and thus not being familiar with the new batch of Pokemon. I like the original seasons, though, very nostalgic.
Said By mamabHas anyone heard of Captain Kangaroo and The Bozo Show, or were those just in the Chicago area? (Did I just date myself?)
I would also add Zoom (which IS still around - different kids) to that list. We used to watch it when we got home from school.
And don't forget Facts of Life. LOL
Said By mamabI don't think I saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the list anywhere, or did I just miss it? My brothers used to make us girls watch that all the time. I just thought it was stupid. LOL
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A South Carolina high school teacher who talked glowingly about the U.S. and the importance of embracing freedom while stomping on an American flag in his classroom has agreed to resign at the end of this school year.
The attorney for Chapin High School teacher Scott Compton and the Lexington-Richland 5 School District released a joint statement Friday announcing Compton's decision.
The district's superintendent recommended that Compton be fired after parents complained about the lesson. But the teacher had been deciding whether to appeal to the school board.
Compton's lawyer says he stomped the flag to show the idea of what America stands for is greater than the material objects like the flag that represent it and that the teacher did not intend to show any disrespect to military members to the country.
Here is the original video report of the stomping incident. The teacher said the flag was just a 'symbol.' Students were stunned


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Reading 2: Columbus Park--The Prairie Idealized
During the interval between his jobs with the West Chicago Park System, Jensen began a private landscape design business. He mingled with reformers such as Jane Addams, artists including poet Carl Sandburg, and Prairie School architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Dwight Perkins. Jensen created landscapes on private estates from the Midwest to the East Coast for such famous clients as the Ford, Armour, and Florsheim families. Most importantly, his experimentation with natural-looking features matured into a unique landscape design style known as the Prairie style. Drawing on observations and photographs made during his jaunts to the prairie with his family, Jensen incorporated regional trees and flowers in idealized settings of groves, streams, limestone outcroppings, and flat fields of the Midwest. He explained, "As I made my Sunday excursions to the woods for the purpose of studying the native flora, I came to love the native landscape for its contours and physical aspects as well as for its plant life . . . A landscape architect, like a landscape painter can't photograph; he must idealize the thing he sees. In other words, he must try to portray its soul."1
Jensen had big ideas for improving Chicago's west side. He envisioned a 4,000-acre extension to the existing park system with boulevards, community gardens, and playgrounds, but this project was never undertaken. However, between 1916-1920, Jensen's design for a large, completely new park for Chicago was realized. This was Columbus Park.
The Park Commission had acquired a very interesting property on the western edge of Chicago, a 150-acre farm that included fields, wooded areas, and traces of sand dune. Because of the sandy area, Jensen was convinced that the site was an ancient beach formed by glacial action. He explained:
Columbus Park has special interest . . . because it is situated above and below the beach. The natural topography suggested such a layout.
Incorporating the natural history and topography of the site, Jensen created series of rolling hills, similar to glacial ridges, that encircled the flat, central portion of the park. Within this area, following the traces of the ancient lake beach, Jensen created an artificial prairie river. He included two waterfalls of stratified (layered) rock over which water trickled as if from springs into two brooks meandering and merging into a larger, natural looking lagoon or waterway.
Between the two waterfalls was a sun opening, which was also considered a "clearing." There Jensen placed a "player's green," an area for outdoor theater and music. In another clearing on the perimeter of the park, Jensen designed a children's playground. Instead of filling it with playground equipment, Jensen tried to encourage free play in the open space. He also included a wading pool and a council ring; a circular stone bench for story telling and campfires. He thought it a very American, democratic feature, where everyone could speak on an equal basis. Other features for park programs included a swimming pool with rocky ledges resembling a country swimming hole. It could accommodate 7,000 swimmers.
On the west side of the park, facing the setting sun, Jensen created a flat horizontal meadow. This representation of a natural prairie provided a golf course and ball fields. The area included prairie flowers and shrubs. To simulate forest groves, Jensen used massed elms, ash, maples, hawthorns, and crab apples. Along the brook he planted rushes, cattails, hibiscus, and arrowheads. As he poetically explained in his 1917 report to the Parks Commission:
But in Columbus Park, our meadow with its woodland borders, our river with its dark shaded bluffs, and our groves with their variation of light and shadow, are only a part of the landscape. The sky above, with its fleeting clouds and its star-lit heavens, is an indispensable part of the whole. Looking west from the river bluffs at sundown across a quiet bit of meadow, one sees the prairie reflected in the river below. This gives a feeling of breadth and freedom that only the prairie landscape can give to the human soul.3
Jens Jensen considered Columbus Park his greatest design achievement. With this work he was able to include all of the elements that fully expressed his Prairie style. By using sky, water, land contours, stonework, native plants, clearings, a players green, and a council ring he created a beautiful idealization of the Midwestern landscape. Above all, he created a landscape that was a balm for the human soul, fulfilling his "obligation as a park man to bring this out-of-doors to the city."4
Questions for Reading 2
1. How did Jensen capture the "soul of the landscape" at Columbus Park?
2. What is an example of a design element that was symbolic of the natural landscape and also provided a function for people using the park?
3. Why do you think Jensen considered Columbus Park his greatest design?
4. Do you agree with Jensen that it is necessary to bring the outdoors to people who live in a city? Explain.
Reading 2 was compiled from Malcolm Collier, "Jens Jensen and Columbus Park," Chicago History, no. 4 (Winter, 1975); Robert E. Grese, Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992); Jens Jensen, Siftings (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990); Jens Jensen to the West Park Commission, Forty-ninth Annual Report of the West Chicago Park Commission, 1917; and Jens Jensen and Ragna B. Eskil, "Natural Parks and Gardens," Saturday Evening Post, 202, no. 36 (8 March 1930).
1 Jens Jensen as told to Ragna B. Eskil, "Natural Parks and Gardens," Saturday Evening Post, 8 March 1930, 18-19, 169-170.
1 Jens Jensen as told to Ragna B. Eskil, "Natural Parks and Gardens," Saturday Evening Post, 8 March 1930, 18-19, 169-170.


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Description : The Poeme Collection takes traditional designs and re-invents them in a palette of modern, highly livable colors. Each design is made from premiere hand-spun wool and crafted with precision for the look and feel of a hand-knotted rug, at the more affordable cost of a hand-tufted. Poeme will effortlessly coordinate individual design elements to finish any room.


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Her inspiration for her forms comes from living in South Devon and time spent on the coast collecting smooth pebbles and shells from the beach. These Naked Clay forms then become a blank canvas for the smoke to decorate.
Presently her work is influenced by Ferns and plants that grow near her home in Bovey Tracey on the edge of Dartmoor.
The forms evolve into various objects – Simply sculptural; candle pods; clocks and Garden pods. She also makes tiles to create wonderful Smokey tiled mirrors.
White stoneware and 'T' material, hand-built and smoke fired.
Bridget also collaborates with Artist/Blacksmith Spencer Larcombe, who makes wonderful stands for her eggs and Spheres to nestle in. These vary from small tabletop ones and wall hangings to larger more dramatic pieces.
The Mirrors shown above are Bridget's latest creations, Hand made ceramic tiles are water etched to give texture then smoke fired in wood shavings. The tiles are mounted around a removable mirror and the wood has been burnt to enhance the smoky appearance.
Inspiration for the water etched texture comes from Nature, the marks left in the sand when the tide retreats and ripples in water.
Work generally available from:
Contemporary Studio Pottery
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9AF
The Mythic Garden, Stone Farm Chagford, TQ13 8JU - Garden Sculpture
Church House Designs, Congresbury, Bristol, North Somerset BS49 5DG
The Biscuit Factory, 16 Stoddart Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1AN
The Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Kingsley Road, Bideford, N. Devon EX39 2QQ
Wave 7 Gallery, Plain Street, Trelights, Port Isaac, Cornwall PL29 3TW
and directly by contacting the potter.
Other Information:
Available for Demonstrations and workshops.
Teaching Oualifications - Bridget has a certificate in education to teach post 16, for which she teaches day courses in Smoke firing Ceramics and Adult Education Classes. She also teaches for `Big Hand Little Hand' a Devon Guild Education department initiative, RAMM and other organisations.
She also teaches Silk Painting to adults, as well as having run day courses for DAISI and independently in other Primary schools.
She is always open to talking about residencies for schools and commissions of her work and can be contacted via her website or email.
Bisque fired in an electric kiln to 980deg. C. then smoke fired in wood shavings. All work is burnished, some is water etched, other are left and resist decorated before smoke firing.
1979-1980 South Devon College, Foundation Course in Art
1993-1994 Arts Access Course, Estover Community College, Plymouth, A Level GCSE, Arts and Crafts Grade B
1994-1997 BA Hons, Art and Design with Recreation Studies, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth 2:1
1997-1999 Adult Education Teaching Certificate City and Guilds Stage 1 & 2 at Sealey College, Kingsteignton in partnership with Exeter College
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Startup Weekend Gov seeks participant to build apps using government data
The first Startup Weekend aimed at connecting local application developers, entrepreneurs and community members with online government data will take place this weekend, April 27, 28 and 29, in Seattle City Hall.
Startup Weekend Gov seeks participant to build apps using government data
Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, community members and government to mash up data and ideas this weekend in City Hall
The first Startup Weekend aimed at connecting local application developers, entrepreneurs and community members with online government data will take place this weekend, April 27, 28 and 29, in Seattle City Hall.
"We're asking the technology and start-up communities to help us find new ways to use government data. Startup Weekend Gov is a great opportunity to come build an application and make a difference in your community," said Mayor Mike McGinn. "More than 125 people came to city hall last week to learn more about building government apps and I'm excited to see them back in City Hall on April 27 for the weekend."
Startup Weekend Gov offers a 54-hour work session that begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 27. Developers will use data posted by the City of Seattle, King County and the State of Washington to create new mobile apps and business ideas that make government services more accessible and relevant to residents and businesses. It's not too late to register and participate at http://seattlegov.startupweekend.org. Data sets can be found at
City of Seattle: http://data.seattle.gov
King County: https://data.kingcounty.gov
Washington State: http://data.wa.gov
"Startup Weekend is a great illustration of community members, local software developers, and government staff working together to build effective apps for the community to use. I hope to see some exciting and practical public safety apps. When the Council set forth the Open Data Initiative and Apps contest a few years ago, the City embraced crowdsourcing and transparency to engage citizens directly in the decision-making process," said Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology committee. "Thank you to everyone for participating at Startup Weekend this week."
"I am excited to participate in this experiment. Participants have the opportunity to creatively change the way services based on Government data can reach citizens," said Washington State's Chief Information Officer Bharat Shyam. "I will try hard to support any reasonable requests for data sources in order to bring your ideas into existence."
Projects like OneBusAway and Seattle Rain Watch have come from using government data in new ways. The Green Lake Park Tree Walk Map is an example of using data to enhance our lives. An app may involve anything government does, from recycling to parks to public safety, neighborhoods, energy, or helping people in need.
"With Startup Weekend Gov only days away we are looking forward to this unique opportunity to collaborate with our community, data owners, and developers to create sustainable applications that will help make government services more accessible in our region," said King County Chief Information Officer Bill Kehoe. "Providing our open datasets in conjunction with city and state data is a powerful starting point for those interested in putting government data to work".
Learn more and get involved:
· Share your ideas at https://opennw.ideascale.com
· Register for Startup Weekend Gov at http://seattlegov.startupweekend.org
Startup Weekend is a non-profit, community-building event that brings together entrepreneurs of all backgrounds including software developers, marketers, designers, and other enthusiasts to pitch ideas, form teams and start companies in just 54 hours. The participants that attend have 60 seconds to make a pitch (optional), the pitches are whittled down to the top ideas, and then teams form around the ideas to come out with several developed companies or projects. Finally, the weekend culminates with demonstrations in front of an audience of judges and potential investors.
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The Army has added the Interceptor Optical Network SecuritySystem to its Information Assurance Approved Product List. Armyunits and installations worldwide will be able to use Interceptorto protect command and control, intelligence, surveillance andreconnaissance networks, and SCIF facilities.
The new fiber-optic protection technology from Network Integrity Systems monitors fiberswithin the cable being protected to detect handling, and can beused in support of the Army's initiative to deploy SIPRNet toeach Brigade Combat Team and to enable network-centric warfarethrough the Army's Area Processing Centers.
Networks carrying sensitive or classified government informationrely on encryption, hardening or intrusion detection alarms toprotect the information from breaches. Unlike traditional intrusionalarms, Interceptor doesn't rely on an extra optical fiber tosense vibrations. Instead, the system monitors the lit or darkfibers in a network's fiber cables to detect motion of thecables themselves.
The technology works with any optical cable type and iscompatible with all Ethernet standards including 10 Gigabit. Becauseit is a physical layer device and does not touch the data, unlikeencryption, Interceptor does not create any bandwidth bottlenecks.The Interceptor can work with existing networks and newinstallations.
Interceptor also eliminates the costs associated with hardening' the installation of concrete encasements in the outsideplant and rigid metallic carrier inside the building. Additionally,periodic visual inspections, required daily for hardened carriersystems, are eliminated, along with the potential for human erroror oversight.
Interceptor has been used across the Defense, Justice andHomeland Security departments.
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The Lord needs valiant servants,To do his work in the latter day,Who follow the teachings of JesusAnd serve his people in a loving way.I will be his servantAnd keep my cov'nants valiantly.I'll stand for truth. I'll stand for right.The Lord can depend on me.
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Cross-sectional team Application Optimization
The cross-sectional team "Application Optimization" is responsible for the optimization and petascaling of applications in terms of performance, efficiency and parallel I/O. We provide users with knowledge and proper tools sets for their work on the Jülich HPC systems. We strongly interact with the Simulation Laboratories as well as the Cross-sectional teams "Methods and Algorithms" and "Performance Analysis".
Know-How and Focal Points
We are experienced in parallelisation libraries like MPI and OpenMP and are also investigation PGAS languages. We know about specialities of the local HPC systems and this makes it possible for us to guide the users in optimization strategies on the Jülich systems, e.g. for compiler and memory usage, task mapping, and I/O.
We collaborate with users in the need of on-demand support, but we also offer close long-term collaborations with user projects to optimize their applications on the Jülich HPC systems, e.g. to implement parallel I/O or a hybrid parallelisation.
We focus on assisting users to choose optimal parameters for their simulations, this leads to our interest in benchmarking:
- We monitor and benchmark standard simulation software packages.
- We perform evaluations and parameter studies of selected user applications.
- We benchmark new architectures and develop system benchmarks.
With this work we also assist the system administrators in evaluating the system behaviour.
We emphasize on equipping users with knowledge for their usage of HPC systems:
- We provide courses in MPI, OpenMP, and Parallel I/O.
- We organize the bi-yearly introductory course to the Jülich supercomputer systems.
- We collaborate in the Extreme Scaling Workshops as well as in PATC Training Events (e.g. PRACE Spring and Autumn School).
Research and Development
Our main research interest is the optimization of parallel I/O, this has led to the library SIONlib, which implements efficient parallel I/O of task-local data from massively parallel applications.
In addition, we have a strong interest in tool development with focus on application monitoring, optimization and benchmarking. We are currently working on the following projects:
Due to our benchmarking activities we also develop system benchmarks:
- Scalable MPI point-to-point benchmark Linktest
Collaborations with EU and national funded projects
- PRACE - Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe
- EIC - Exascale Innovation Centre
- DEEP-Projects - Dynamic Exascale Entry Platform
- EoCoE - Energy Oriented Centre of Excellence
- BEAM-ME - Implementation of acceleration strategies from mathematics and computational sciences for optimizing energy system models
Industry Collaborations
- TenneT - Design and implementation of a specialised cluster system in context of electric energy distribution: Press release


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Flowers, mushrooms, or something else? This mosaic abstract art will remain many questions unanswered. But at least, it will add a modern flair into your space and train your imagination.
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Step 3. Gently place the mosaic and use the flat end of the grout float to ensure the mosaic is perfectly flat and well adhered to the surface. Remove any excess of mortar with a damp cloth.
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"Clustering of hemodynamic response functions from fMRI-data of a starling", 13th European Microscopy Congress, Antwerp, Belgium, January, 2004.
"Functional Magnetic resonance Imaging meets animal vocal learner", Third One-Day Symposium of Young Belgian Magnetic Resonance Scientists, Brussels, Belgium, November, 2004.
"General and Efficient Super-Resolution method for Multi-Slice MRI", Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, vol. 13, issue 1, pp. 615-622, 2010. Download paper (229.84 KB)
"In vivo neuroanatomy of the songbird brain, visualized through diffusion tensor imaging", 21th Annual Scientific Meeting - European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 161, 2004.
"In Vivo Visualization of the Neuroanatomy and Brain Connectivity of Starling Brain Through Diffusion Tensor Imaging", 6th Bi-Annual Meeting – Belgian Society for Neuroscience, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.
"In vivo visualization of the neuroanatomy and brain connectivity of starling brain through diffusion tensor imaging", 34rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA, 2004.
"Statistical shape and position analysis on 3D structural MRI data of a motor region involved in vocal behavior of songbirds", Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Berlin, Germany, pp. 431, 2007. Full text (122.28 KB)
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"In vivo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of brain subdivisions and vocal pathways in songbirds", NeuroImage, vol. 29, pp. 754-763, 2006.
"Spatiotemporal properties of the BOLD response in the songbirds auditory circuit during a variety of listening tasks", NeuroImage, vol. 25, pp. 1242-1255, 2005.


text: "Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz CollectionThe contemporary art world has been challenged and invigorated by outsider art-works by self-taught practitioners who, by definition, have little to do with mainstream art production, but are nonetheless actively engaged with the visual culture of their time and place. This is the first book to explore the collection of Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, one of the finest private collections of American outsider art. Twenty-seven artists are included in the selection published here, among them Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, William Edmondson, Howard Finster, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Martin Ramirez, and Bill Traylor. The book presents short biographies of the artists and essays by major scholars that examine the work from both theoretical and historical perspectives, with a particular focus on the relationship of contemporary art to outsider art and how the latter has been critically appropriated into postmodern discourse. Renowned artist Francesco Clemente's fascinating essay places these so-called outsiders in the mystical tradition of Jacob Boehme, Emanuel Swedenborg, and William Blake. Edited by Ann Percy with Cara Zimmerman; With contributions by Francesco Clemente, Lynne Cooke, Joanne Cubbs, Bernard L. Herman, Ann Percy, Colin Rhodes and Cara Zimmerman. Ann Percy is curator of drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Cara Zimmerman is executive director of the Foundation for Self-Taught Artists in Philadelphia. Purchase Online


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Kid's movies list--all of the best films for children that were ever made, including classics like E.T. and more recent kid's movies like Finding Nemo. Find out which of your favorite kid and family-friendly movies are currently streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
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These are the best children's movies of all time!
These are the top films in the children's genre. You know, movies for kids, or "children's cinema." "Children's Cinema" is made up. Totally not a real thing.
This list contains movies like The Secret Life of Pets, The Lion King, and Finding Nemo.
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Children\'s movies have been directed by some pretty famous names, including Danny DeVito and Robert Rodriguez.


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Yesterday, New Yorkers lined up to get lucky. Trojan — a company best known for condoms — was doing a giveaway; pushcarts were set up and free vibrators were being distributed. Unfortunately,
the sexy promotion drew big crowds, and the endeavor was shut down by City Hall. The good news? The punny writers at the New York Post were able to satisfy their needs:
They must have rubbed Mayor Bloomberg the wrong way…
Trojan sent tingles of excitement across the city…
But instead of climaxing in a successful giveaway…
…A dark-suited representative put the squeeze on Trojan
And, of course, the pushcarts had to "prematurely evacuate."
The stunt worked, though: Free publicity all over the damn place. Trojan is supposedly working on getting proper permits. Which means, oh, wow, they're gonna come again.
City officials pull the plug on vibrator giveaway, leaving thousands dissatisfied [NY Post]
City Shuts Down Trojan's Free Vibrator Cart Near The Flatiron Building [Business Insider]
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April 18, 2013 Update
- Added support and compatibility for upcoming content, includingcharacter customizations unlocked by playing Poker Night 2.
- Fixed an issue where bank and stash capacity could be exceeded. This change prevents additional items from being added to stash / bank until capacity is below the maximum -- it does not forcibly remove or delete any items.
- Added a preview of available premium customizations when using a customization station so that players can see what a purchased head or skin would look like before buying.
- Fixed an exploit where players could become invincible occasionally through the Siren's Res skill.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from choosing a new customization from SHiFT when creating a character immediately after redeeming a customization code.
- Fixed an exploit that could allow players to access unlicensed content.
- Fixed an issue causing non-English languages to display English names for premium customizations.
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- (Captain Scarlett DLC) Fixed an issue that could cause Scarlett to not drop Scarlett's Greed in the fight with Roscoe.
- Fixed a bug that caused the player's grenade count to not be saved properly if they were using a Grenadier class mod.
- Fixed a bug causing Seraph items of the day to incorrectly be capped at level 55.
- Rebalanced the Gunzerker's Titan class mod to be more in line other Gunzerker class mods.
- Fixed an issue where the Evolution shield could incorrectly list a Recharge Delay of 0.00 seconds.
- Fixed audio from Impact shields not playing when connected to another player.
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Holy Hell, Rocks Are Now Spontaneously Exploding in People's Pockets
A 43-year-old woman in California suffered third-degree burns last Saturday after two rocks she'd collected at the beach SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED while she was standing in her kitchen, causing her shorts to catch fire. (The rocks were in her pocket).
The Orange County Register reports that the woman tried to stop, drop, and roll (good thinking – good for her) to put out the flames. It didn't help (wait, does that not work?).
Eventually, she and her husband were able to pull the shorts off.
But listen to what happened next:
The rocks, described as small, the size of a hamburger patty, smooth and orange and green in color, fell from the shorts onto the floor and continued to burn the wood floorand fill the house with smoke.
According to Orange County Fire Authority Captain Marc Stone, "The rocks were still smoking when firefighters took them to the hospital."
What the hell kind of devil rocks are these?
The rocks, which are clearly either alien lifeforms or were forged in the Mines of Moria, are currently being tested by the Orange County Public Health department to determine why they exploded out of nowhere.
Captain Stone thinks the culprit might be phosphorous.
"There is phosphorous that naturally occurs on the sand at the beach, but no one has ever heard of pants catching fire."
Sounds like he's callin' her a liar.
Until they know for sure, nobody touch any rocks or anything at all. Just stay where you are and don't move and hope nothing around you spontaneously explodes.


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text: Alternate headline: Bats! Bats! Oh God So Many Bats! Exterminators say they'll have the situation under control by the start of Spring Training games, but their solution amounts to building a big house just for the bats just outside the stadium. I hope they release the bats for game-winning home runs, an update of Bill Veeck's exploding scoreboard. [WFTS, via Big League Stew]


text: Hiring cute children as on-air talent is no longer a meme. It's an affliction. The innocently invasive questions. The gnat-like attention spans. We should be sick of it. But, hell, this little feller the Chicago Blackhawks have working the locker room is still fairly adorable as he talks to players about girls and interrogates forward Patrick Sharp about being "beautiful" enough to appear on the cover of Chicago magazine. Awwww. It's Joey the Junior Reporter...complete with Facebook page and, we can only imagine, lurking talent agent.


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Daily log, May 4
Tiffin reports
A caller at Miami and Scott streets reported Friday evening someone put sugar in her gas tank.
A fire on the back porch of a home in the 200 block of West Market Street was reported Saturday morning. the report indicated the fire was out within minutes of the initial call.
Drug activity was reported Saturday afternoon in the 200 block of Third Avenue.
Shirley Hill, 68, of Tiffin, was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence Saturday.
Devaun Churchya, 19, of Fremont, Alexander Rentz, 20, of Westerville, and a Bucyrus juvenile were charged Saturday with underage possession/consumption after a traffic stop early Saturday morning.
A 17-year-old Tiffin male juenvile was charged with juvenile delinquency and theft after a shoplifting incident was reported at Walmart, 2801 W. SR 18.
County reports
A caller in the 3000 block of West TR 158 reported Friday afternoon a driver might have stolen a 2007 Black Freightliner.
A person requested to speak to a deputy Friday evening regarding a threat.
A caller reported early Saturday morning two subjects dressed in black were trying to take an air conditioning from a window in the 2000 block of West US 224.
Fostoria reports
A caller in the 500 block of Stearns Road reported Friday afternoon her state tax refund was stolen and cashed. The incident was under investigation.
A caller in the 100 block of East Crocker reported early Saturday morning a downstairs neighbor struck her fianc multiple times. According to the report, an investigation was pending.
A caller from CSX reported Saturday morning an engineer saw what appeared to be marijuana behind a building by the tracks.
Tiffin accidents
A driver was cited with failure to yield after a stop sign Friday afternoon after a car reportedly hit a pole at West Market and Benner streets.
A non-injury accident was reported Friday evening at Wentz St. and Allen St.
Fostoria accidents
An accident was reported Friday in the 1100 block of North Countyline. A citation was issued for failure to yield.
An accident was reported Friday afternoon at South US 23 and East Lytle.
An accident between a semi truck and another vehicle was reported Saturday morning. According to the report, a citation was issued for improper backing, and there were no injuries.
A person was at the station Saturday to report he struck a person while backing up his vehicle. According to the report, the victim refused treatment.
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Here's the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
State of Nuclear Politics in Japan
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, a Diet panel investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, announced that it will interview former TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu, who was overseeing the Fukushima Daiichi plant as during last year's nuclear crisis. The panel had previously said that it would wrap up its work following an interview with former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who testified last week, but considerable controversy has arisen regarding whether or not TEPCO planned to abandon the plant as the disaster was unfolding. Government officials, including Yukio Edano, the head of METI, and former Prime Minister Kan insist that Shimizu made that request. If all workers had evacuated, the effects of the disaster would have been far more catastrophic.
International nuclear experts are criticizing efforts by the Japanese nuclear industry to stockpile surplus plutonium for use in reactors using MOX (mixed-oxide) fuel, a combination of plutonium and uranium. The MOX plan was a key component of the Japanese nuclear cycle and was supposed to allow reuse of spent fuel, resulting in a self-contained cycle. However, reprocessing has turned out to be more expensive than simply disposing of spent fuel by burying it, and the process itself has encountered numerous technical difficulties and public opposition. Japan currently has 35 tons of plutonium stored worldwide, and hopes to produce another half ton within the next nine months, raising global concerns that terrorists might obtain some of it and produce nuclear bombs. Experts point out that the industry has missed its own deadlines for how and when it will use the plutonium it's already set aside. Frank Von Hippel, a Princeton University Professor and former Assistant Director for National Security at the White House, expressed alarm. "It's crazy. There is absolutely no reason to [produce more]. There really is a credibility problem here. They keep making up these schedules, which are never realized. I think the ship is sinking beneath them."
Documents obtained by the Asahi Shimbun reveal that three academicians appointed to a Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) expert panel studying the safety of the Monju fast-breeder reactor project received 16.1 million yen in payments from the nuclear industry between 2006 and 2010. JAEA said it does not examine conflicts of interest in donations made to its experts, but is investigating the issue. The incident further reveals the heavy influence of the nuclear power industry on Japan's universities and the research sector at large.
Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) has admitted that one of its working groups advised nuclear power operators to "write a composition" on why dealing with total power loss at nuclear plants was unnecessary. The working group later produced a report that did not address loss of cooling functions. TEPCO's failure to plan for loss of power and cooling led to a triple nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant last March, following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
Shikoku Electric is working to restart nuclear reactors at its Ikata power plant in Ehime Prefecture. However, those efforts have stalled while members of the Diet continue to debate the best way to establish a new nuclear regulatory agency, after the Fukushima nuclear crisis exposed Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency's (NISA) inadequacies and conflicts of interest as a regulator under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), which works to promote nuclear power. The new agency was originally scheduled to begin operation on April 1, but deliberations became stalled in the Diet. In the current debate, opposition parties are pushing for legally guaranteed independence, including control over personnel and budgetary decisions. The government is advocating for control of the entity by the Environment Ministry.
In an effort to promote energy-saving awareness, Japan's Environment Ministry has launched a new service advising homeowners on how to conserve power. Residents can submit a questionnaire summarizing their daily electricity use to one of 42 centers located across the country. Experts will compare their power usage to that of other families, and suggest ways to conserve power. Home consultations are also available.
TEPCO has obtained permission from approximately 83% of its employees to reduce pension payments, in an effort to cut personnel costs as the utility requests permission to enact a significant rate hike on households. The new plan, which will go into effect in October, will guarantee retirees a 2.5% minimum yield, down from the current range of 3.5% - 6.5%.
Analysts are criticizing TEPCO's recent "peak shift" power rate proposal, which provides different rates depending on the time of day. Experts say that few households will save money, and although TEPCO hopes to have 150,000 subscribers to the new plan by August (which is still only 1% of its 20 million residential consumers), only 130 households have signed up so far. Company officials admitted they have not adequately advertised the new option. One expert noted, "The new rate seems to be just a way for TEPCO to dodge public criticism over planned rate hikes by showing their efforts to alleviate the burden."
Efforts to Restart Oi Reactors
Toru Hashimoto, the politically powerful Mayor of Osaka, has suddenly rescinded his objections to restarting the Oi nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture, after a long and vocal fight against the restarts. His efforts included threats to topple the Noda administration's government, which is led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). On the evening of May 30, Hashimoto was still saying that he was "fundamentally opposed" to the restarts, but suddenly did an about-face the next morning with little explanation. "I am, in effect, approving [restarting the reactors]," he said. Recently, Hashimoto had softened his stance and suggested that the reactors be temporarily restarted just for three months, to deal with a power crunch predicted by Kansai Electric, operator of the Oi reactors. Kansai's estimates have not been independently verified by any third-party experts. In addition, Hashimoto retracted his remarks about taking over the government from the DPJ. The Governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, also vehemently opposed the restarts but is now indicating she may grant approval.
Hashimoto admitted that his decision was politically motivated, and amazingly, acknowledged that safety is no longer even a consideration. "It is not politically realistic to stick to the argument that nuclear reactors should not be restarted unless their safety is fully ensured." He had been heavily lobbied by the nuclear industry, including Kansai Electric Chairman Shosuke Mori, as well as central government officials.
Nuclear Crisis Minister Goshi Hosono said he plans to visit Fukui Prefecture to consult with Governor Issei Nishikawa, but delayed the trip from Saturday, when it was originally scheduled. Nishikawa indicated he did not want to meet with him until the government responds to his proposal that the restarts be limited to three months, in an effort to deal with supposed power shortages this summer.
Nishikawa has requested that Noda appeal directly to the Japanese public, in light of increasing opposition to reactivating the reactors. In a poll conducted by the Mainichi Daily News between June 2 and 3, 71% of respondents urged the government not to rush reactivating the Oi reactors.
In addition, Nishikawa said that high-ranking government personnel need to be stationed near the reactors, the government should establish a new nuclear regulatory agency, and the nuclear industry must determine how it will dispose of highly radioactive spent fuel. Nuclear Crisis Minister Goshi Hosono said he would consider the requests.
Concerns about safety remain very high in the public consciousness, and this weekend, an editorial in widely read newspaper The Japan Times strongly criticized the government's actions, pointing out that the stress tests used to determine safety at the Oi plant are merely computer simulations whose effectiveness has not been verified by third-party experts. In February, the Chairman of the NSC, Haruki Madarame, asserted that stress tests were not an adequate means of determining reactor safety. "If the central government decides to restart the Oi reactors, it will be clear that it has not given serious thought to the nuclear catastrophe at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant," the editorial stated.
Yukio Edano, the head of METI, said this week that if the Oi reactors are restarted, they will not operate at full power until at least mid-July, because it takes six weeks to bring them completely online. Accordingly, Japan will enact a voluntary power saving initiative beginning July 2 and running through September 28, and may institute rolling blackouts in the Kansai region, served by Hokkaido Electric, KEPCO, Kyushu Electric, and Shikoku Electric, for approximately two hours a day. Those operators provide power for 40 million people. The power saving initiative encourages residents to reduce power use by between 7% and 15% over the course of the summer. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who has vowed to take "ultimate responsibility" for deciding whether or not to restart the Oi reactors, is scheduled to meet with Edano, Nuclear Crisis Minister Goshi Hosono, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura as early as this week to make a final decision.
The Union of Kansai Governments, which includes leaders from Osaka, Hyoko, Kyoto, Shiga, Wakayama, Tottori, and Tokushima Prefectures, as well as Osaka and Sakai Cities, released a statement this week that read in part, "The judgment on the issue [of restarting the Oi reactors] is only provisional and we strongly request [that the central government] make its decision on the premise that the reactivation will be limited." However, the Noda administration has so far refused to consider only a temporary restart, and is now announcing that it has obtained "understanding from affected areas."
A year after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan continues to struggle with an estimated four million tons of radioactive debris, which resulted from last year's earthquake and tsunami and was subsequently contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Over 90% of that debris is still waiting to be disposed of, because many cities and towns refuse to accept it out of fear of spreading contamination. Last week, protestors in Kita Kyushu City blocked trucks carrying debris from Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures for over eight hours. Before the nuclear crisis, the government-imposed limit of radioactive cesium in debris destined to be buried in landfills was 100 Bq/kg. Post-Fukushima, that limit has been raised to 80 times the original limit, or 8,000 Bq/kg.
Other Nuclear News
A former General Manager of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), as well as former head of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and California Power Authority (SPA) is speaking out about the dangers of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California. S. David Freeman submitted an op-ed piece to the Sacramento Bee this week, in which he said that both the SONGS facility and Diablo Canyon need to be shut down immediately. Freeman wrote, "San Onofre and Diablo Canyon are both disasters waiting to happen: aging, unreliable reactors sitting near earthquake fault zones on the fragile Pacific Coast, with millions or hundreds of thousands of Californians living nearby. Does that sound alarmist? I've been in the utility industry for 40 years, and I have come to realize that you have to be blind not to be an alarmist about nuclear power…It's time to look beyond the failed experiment with nuclear power and look to the future [of renewable energy]." He added, "Anyone who says last year's catastrophe at Fukushima was an aberration is literally whistling past the graveyard. The risks are real, and it's time to get rid of these time bombs before they go off."
Staff from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have submitted draft safety recommendations for American nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The document, referred to as an "interim safety guidance" (ISG), is available for public comment through the month of July. Nuclear operators have until December 31, 2016 to comply with the safety recommendations—possibly leaving reactors vulnerable until then—but only if they choose to do so: the ISG is not mandatory, and operators are not required to comply.
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Pro-nuclear Yomiuri amazingly titles "Toshiba upbeat on N-plant business": after a few "old news", at the bottom of the article th...
Pro-nuclear Yomiuri amazingly titles "Toshiba upbeat on N-plant business": after a few "old news", at the bottom of the article the reader finds out that Toshiba is so upbeat on the nuclear business that it is planning to sell part of its stake in Westinghouse!
Source: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T120603001596.htm
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I realize that cities and towns invested heavily in nuclear power and may go bankrupt if nuclear power is not continued. It would be great if it were ...
I realize that cities and towns invested heavily in nuclear power and may go bankrupt if nuclear power is not continued. It would be great if it were not for future earthquakes in Japan and California which will happen sooner or later. The choice will be to save lives without nuclear power or try to save community investments using nuclear power. A no brainer don't you think. Thank you Greenpeace for all the great information.
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Somerset communities are currently suffering epidemics of excess cancers, cardiovascular and central nervous system illnesses and premature deaths. Th...
Somerset communities are currently suffering epidemics of excess cancers, cardiovascular and central nervous system illnesses and premature deaths. This dates from the 2006 installation of roof vents into the two defueled Magnox nuclear reactors on the Hinkley Point site, compounded by the imminent core collapse of the two Hinkley Point AGR reactors from the cracked, misaligned and crumbling graphite bricks. The Office for Nuclear Regulation refuses to order the resealing of the Magnox roofs, refuses to shut down the AGRs and the Health Protection Agency, Environment Agency and all other supposed nuclear regulators do nothing but pass the explosive nuclear parcel round among themselves. Meanwhile, the SW Public Health Observatory records unprecedented rises in perinatal mortality also dating from 2006.
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According to NHK news yesterday Kansai Electric is seeking goverment approval to extend the operative life of the Mihama nuclear reactor 2 by 10 years...
According to NHK news yesterday Kansai Electric is seeking goverment approval to extend the operative life of the Mihama nuclear reactor 2 by 10 years, on top of the 40 it has been operating already. Nuclear reactors are usually designed to last 40 years only.
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Update: the nearly defunct nuclear safety commission, also known for its cozy ties with the nuclear industry, approves Kansai Electric request to oper...
Update: the nearly defunct nuclear safety commission, also known for its cozy ties with the nuclear industry, approves Kansai Electric request to operate Mihama plant reactor 2 for 10 years beyond the 40 years life usually allowed by law in Japan and other countries.
Source in Japanese http://k.nhk.jp/knews/20120606/k10015651361000.html
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Recriticality at Fukushima seems almost certain. If Tepco can't keep a pump operating continuously now how will they do after the next great quak...
Recriticality at Fukushima seems almost certain. If Tepco can't keep a pump operating continuously now how will they do after the next great quake.
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The federal Workforce Investment Act funds investment in local workforce areas, primarily through worker training and employment programs. For Lincoln, the local workforce area includes Lancaster and Saunders Counties.
- Worker training and employment programs are delivered through the American Job Center — a single location where almost all worker services are available.
- A local board, the Greater Lincoln Workforce Development Board, guides and oversees job center operations.
The overall purpose of both the American Job Center and the Board is to help participating workers get and keep good jobs and to help businesses get and keep good workers. To accomplish that purpose, the Job Center and the Board use the Greater Lincoln Workforce Investment Plan as their blueprint for action.


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Jermain Defoe is convinced Tottenham will be able to cope without Gareth Bale for the next two weeks after the Tottenham winger suffered a hamstring injury in yesterday's 3-0 win over Fulham.
Tottenham moved level with third-placed Chelsea thanks to an impressive victory, which came courtesy of two goals from Defoe and another from Sandro.
But the gloss was taken off the win – Tottenham's third in a row – due to hamstring injuries to Bale and captain Michael Dawson.
Dawson lasted just 15 minutes before pulling up and Bale had to come off in the second half after he stretched while shooting at goal.
Bale is expected to miss Tottenham's next two games, but Dawson could be back for next weekend's Barclays Premier League clash at Everton.
Defoe was impressed with how his team recovered from losing two of their key players, giving him hope Spurs can continue their winning streak.
"Obviously losing Gaz is a massive blow for the team," Defoe told Absolute Radio.
"Because of the way he plays you can't really replace a player like that, but at the same time I think someone else can come in.
"We're lucky because we've got some great players that can come in, play out of position, adapt and do a job for the team.
"When Gaz went off the pitch Clint Dempsey went over to the left-hand side and did well. I think we will be okay."
Yesterday's derby was billed as a chance for Dimitar Berbatov to shine against his former club, but Defoe upstaged the Bulgarian with a typically ruthless second-half brace.
The England striker picked up a pass from Gylfi Sigurdsson to double Tottenham's lead after 72 minutes and a short time later he killed off the match by latching on to Dempsey's through-ball and beating Mark Schwarzer.
Defoe was overlooked by Harry Redknapp for the majority of last season, but has found a new lease of life under Andre Villas-Boas, scoring 12 goals to put him on course to beat his record of 24 goals in a campaign.
"When you're scoring goals, you're buzzing. You just can't wait for the next game because you've got that belief," Defoe said.
"You always feel like you're going to score every game you go in to, because you're scoring goals.
"You know you're going to play, you know you're going to stay on the pitch, so I just stayed focused and took the chances when they came."
Fulham are now going through their worst period of the season.
The Cottagers have not won in their last seven games and have failed to score in their last three.
Berbatov showed occasional flashes of brilliance yesterday, but the team lacked the cutting edge provided to them by Dempsey and Mousa Dembele last term.
Manager Martin Jol is refusing to panic, however, and is sure his team will improve when Brede Hangeland and Bryan Ruiz return from suspension and injury respectively.
"We're still only three points away from 20 and there are still three games to go before we've even reached the halfway point of the league program," Jol said.
"Our target is always – like 10 or 12 other teams – to get to 40 points, so I'm not worried.
"Hangeland is coming back, Bryan Ruiz is coming back, so hopefully if everyone is on the board we can try to get back on the winning track."


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If that's true, I'll be buying a bottle of bourbon and driving to Beaumont to baptize my liver. Then maybe over to St. Charles for some gambling and strippers.Originally Posted by DA
If that's true, I'll be buying a bottle of bourbon and driving to Beaumont to baptize my liver. Then maybe over to St. Charles for some gambling and strippers.Originally Posted by DA
The McKay-Sim OEG trial in Brisbane, Australia will finish up late this year or early the next. I'm not sure if anything's planned after that.
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http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/d...=1152254829000Originally Posted by Schmeky
In pre-clinical studies Cordaneurin® has already demonstrated its high efficacy in extensive recovery of sensory and motor function. Cordaneurin® will enter clinical trials in 2006. As a second application Neuraxo will take up the challenge to develop a therapy also for chronic injured patients. This cure called CordaChronTM will include additional components to Cordaneurin® such as the patent protected nerve growth stimulating factor, the chemokine SDF-1gamma. First clinical trials with CordaChronTM are expected in 2008.
Maybe another list that could have been as useful could have been "basic research 2007"?
Leif,Originally Posted by Leif
The reality is that's where the state of chronic SCI research is. At least there is research taking place. There is still a long way to go.
This post is very inspiring to me, I didn't realize that there were so many clinical trials already running and starting this soon. Especially because some are going into 2nd and 3rd generation. I wish there were more targeting chronics. I was under the impression that we would not get to this point for 4-5 years. I'm glad we are further along than I thought.
Right, my question was basically, how come you have clinical trials for us without basic research (and don't reply this long way to go all the time )?... Don't we (chronics) need basic research first? How loooong is your basic research list?Originally Posted by Schmeky
y is that? isnt the therapy the same through all the phases? do tharapies make it past first gen if the results are limited?Originally Posted by DA
I got an email today from the British Neurological Research Trust and they state that there are no plans for a clinical trial on spinal cord injury and that there is not sufficient information to justify one. They may carry out a pilot safety study on OECs in fresh brachial plexus injuries next year, depending on accumulating sufficient data on these cells before they start.
So, strike Raisman off the list it seems.


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Sex case witnesses depict Lackland trainer as a true friend
If not for him, one testifies, she would have quit.
An Air Force instructor facing up to 13 years in prison for having sex with two women in San Antonio was described Thursday as a true friend in a time of crisis.
Testifying at an evidentiary hearing, one of the women she said she sent a text message to Staff Sgt. Christopher T. Jackson after having problems in technical training.
"He was easy to talk to, and at the time I didn't have anybody else to talk to," said the woman, now in the Air Force Reserve.
Jackson is one of 25 basic training instructors from a number of squadrons at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland under investigation on allegations of misconduct with 49 female trainees. He is charged with having sex with the women while they were in technical training school, as well as having improper intimate relationships with them.
The Air Force also charged Jackson with obstruction after authorities said he asked one of the airmen to lie if investigators asked questions, a charge that carries a maximum five-year sentence.
He is one of nine instructors from Lackland's 331st Training Squadron who have been charged or are under investigation in the scandal, the Air Force's training command said.
Both women testified in an Article 32 hearing that could lead to a court-martial. Under military rules, the investigating officer, Maj. Robert Anderson, will issue a report that will help settle the matter.
Jackson didn't take the stand and his attorney, Capt. Matthew Deacon, put on no witnesses. Both women, testifying for the prosecution, described their sexual relationships with him as consensual.
One of them, an airman first class on active duty at a military installation in Georgia, described having a casual sexual encounter with Jackson in his home. The reservist, now a university student in Georgia, said he was first a mentor and friend, and later a lover.
Like many of the other relationships described in past hearings and trials, those involving Jackson and the women started with text messages, which are prohibited under Air Force guidelines.
The reservist said she initiated her text conversation after graduating from basic training in June 2011. He called her the next day. While the nature of her troubles was never stated in court, the woman testified that he counseled her to tough out her training at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.
Jackson, her instructor in basic training, was unlike others at Fort Sam, she said, calling her chats with him "more like an escape, me being back at home with friends." If not for him, she added, "I would have quit."
They texted and talked on the phone every few days and began going out that July. On weekends, they dined at local restaurants. Finally, their friendship morphed into romance with a kiss in his car.
Asked by Deacon, the defense attorney, if she was in control of the relationship, the reservist replied, "Yes," and smiled broadly.
The reservist conceded that she repeatedly lied to Air Force investigators about the relationship. She only told the truth when they threatened to lodge charges of lying on a government document, an action she feared could cause her to be separated from her 3-year-old son.
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Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Corker moved to Tennessee at the age of 11. He graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1970. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1974. Corker is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He and his wife Elizabeth, whom he married on May 18, 1987, have two daughters. The family's permanent residence is at the Anne Haven mansion built by Coca-Cola Bottling Company heirs Anne Lupton and Frank Harrison.
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OTTAWA — The federal government is pledging to close tax loopholes and crack down on international tax evasion with a series of new measures — including cash rewards to whistleblowers — that it expects will save the government and taxpayers potentially billions of dollars a year.
The Conservative government, in its federal budget tabled Thursday, will also eliminate some business tax breaks while extending others, as it looks to rein in a deficit currently estimated at nearly $26 billion and balance the books by 2015-16.
With international pressure mounting for countries to combat offshore tax evasion, the Conservative government is vowing to do more to collect the tax revenue it's owed and track down tax cheats. But it's promising to do so while chopping $61 million a year by 2015-16 from the Canada Revenue Agency's operations.
The government says the CRA will overhaul its enforcement programs by targeting non-compliance in the highest-risk areas — including deploying teams of specialists to pursue tax evaders — vowing it will "improve effectiveness and help to preserve the integrity of the tax system."
The Harper government expects the new compliance measures will generate an additional $550 million in annual tax revenue by 2014-15.
The CRA will also launch the Stop International Tax Evasion Program aimed at reducing international tax evasion and avoidance.
Under the program, the agency will pay rewards to whistleblowers, of up to 15 per cent of the federal tax collected, for information leading to tax assessments exceeding $100,000.
"What we're after is people hiding their money offshore," Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters Thursday.
The rewards will only be paid where the questionable activity involves foreign property, or property located or transferred outside Canada, or transactions conducted partially or entirely outside Canada. However, reward payments will be subject to income tax.
Individuals convicted of tax evasion in connection with the non-compliance will not be eligible to collect rewards.
"We're not looking for rogues to turn in other rogues," Flaherty said.
A number of other countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Germany already provide rewards for information on tax evasion.
Other measures include improving the process for the CRA to obtain information concerning unnamed persons from third parties such as banks, and requiring some financial intermediaries – including banks – to report international electronic fund transfers of $10,000 or more.
The Harper government is also promising to close dozens of corporate and personal tax loopholes, and improve the overall fairness of the tax system — measures it expects will save more than $300 million in 2013-14 and nearly $1 billion by 2015-16.
Flaherty said some of the tax loopholes the government is closing are "very sophisticated . . . but they result in tax consequences that are not good in terms of revenue."
Changes to the dividend tax credit are expected to save the government more than $500 million annually by next year, and is one of the biggest loopholes being closed.
The credit — which provides preferential tax treatment to Canadians receiving dividend income from some corporations, rather than if the individual had earned the income directly — is expected to affect a number of small firms.
"Some small businesses will react to that, there's no question," said Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
The CFIB, however, is hoping the government will compensate for the move by lowering the 11 per cent small business tax rate once the budget is balanced.
"It makes it a lot easier to swallow a dividend tax credit change when the actual rate is coming down," Kelly said.
The larger issue of tax evasion, both at home and abroad, is stealing potentially tens of billions of dollars in revenue from federal coffers and ultimately sapping money out of taxpayers' pockets.
Canadians for Tax Fairness, a domestic advocacy group, says international tax havens alone are costing Canada potentially $7.8 billion annually.
Dennis Howlett, executive director of Canadians for Tax Fairness, said his group wanted to see a sizeable funding injection for the CRA's international compliance division. Instead, the agency is facing broader funding cuts.
The government "could be talking about tens of billions of dollars of additional revenue" if it took more aggressive action on closing loopholes and fighting tax evasion, he said.
"It's a good start," Howlett said. "They need to do more."
Tax evasion is one of the main themes to be discussed when leaders from the Group of Eight's large industrialized nations — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — meet in June at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
Domestically, the federal auditor general warned last year that the Canada Revenue Agency was unable to adequately assess and track tax cheats across the country due to limited resources and weak oversight and enforcement practices.