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brindle necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 188 design presentati da 57 designer.
We are in need of a professional Logo Design for an exciting company, Zest Corporate Adventures, which offers dynamic Team Building Events and memorable corporate adventures. The logo needs to portray life and energy while also being professional for Business-2-Business marketing.
Zest Corporate Adventures
Desired Color Scheme:
Desired Style:
modern design style, show life and energy but keep business professional
Accepted File Formats:
please provide vector format and standard formats.
The new Logo for Zest Corporate adventures will be used both online and offline so it has to look good in both digital and print. We would like a modern-style logo that represents Zest's energetic events while keeping a professional business grounded look and feel.
We like colours such as yellow, mauves, purples, but are very open to any combination that is lively and sharp while maintaining a professional look.
Zest Corporate Adventures hosts events such as City Wide Scavenger Hunts, Search & Rescue Activities (even using real helicopters!), Go-Kart Racing, Top Secret Mission Impossible themed events and much much more! Our events are remembered for a life-time by participants while also achieving their business objectives to bring business teams together and increase performance.
Here are the names of some of our Team Building events in case it helps: The Pirate Ransom, The Soapbox Grand Prix, Survivor – The Tropics, The Amazing Chase, The Titanium Chef, The Search for Lost Treasure, The City Hunt, The Inventors, Geo Trex, Human Trivia Challenge.
Maggiori informazioni su come funziona un contest di design o sui nostri servizi di design di logo.


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Popular football presenter, Chris Kamara, tweeted a photo of himself that will "put you off Valentine's Day' for life".
The 59 year-old Sky Sports presenter is always up for a laugh and never shies away from engaging with fans on social media.
To mark Valentine's Day, Kamara tweeted a photograph of himself lying in bed wearing a white bath robe and holding a bunch of red roses.
"Happy Valentine's Day to everyone - but here's a pic to put you off Valentine's Day for life ," tweeted Kamara to his 1.7 Twitter followers.
"You're a legend for this one Kammy! Possibly the creepiest Valentine's message ever," replied one person.
"Thought it was Lionel Richie at first glance," added another.

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text: Kilkerran road by Campbeltown Lochs resident Herons. Most times I visit the town I take a wee run down Kilkerran as far as the nato jetty to catch a glimpes of these stature birds going about there business of catching small fish and eels along the shoreline. The poses and shapes they get into when about to strike is amazing. No joy yesterday on catching something as it was to busy watching me.


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Friday, June 11, 2010
Pitchers as different as night and day!
10 comments:
You are AMAAAAZIN'! Your Manuel is dead on! love those. I am glad I saw the Daily news article. I have re-lived the whole season so far in an awesome way. I am a sports artist myself and true appreciator of the craft.. you are great!
keep 'em coming! you can make it this year!
Thanks Chris,ReplyDelete
I really appreciate the kind words. People have been so great to me out here. It's going to be easy to finish this year. It's almost like being part of a team.
Love to see your work.
- AnonymousJune 11, 2010 at 9:13 AM
I know you've heard it before, but your blog has become one of the initial parts of my morning rituals. I'm a 3+ decade Mets fan, who left NYC over 27 years ago. So, your work has provided me with a missing sense of the local Mets vibe.
One thing, and I hate to nit-pick, but, you gave Niese the wrong hat. He was wearing the two-tone (Black crown-blue bill) last night.
Here's hoping you have mostly positive Mets moments to draw for the next nine games.
- AnonymousJune 11, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Anyone else have problems seeing images on Joe's blog? For me, about half of them are fine (and look great, Joe - I love them), but about half of them, including today, I just get an empty placeholder with a red X, as if the browser can't find the image file. I've tried it in different browsers and on different computers with no luck. Any thoughts?ReplyDelete
thanks, Josh
Joe - Any chance you will be selling prints of your sketches at some point? I really dig your work.ReplyDelete
Hey! Any chance you can separate the two sketches into two separate images? Thanks.ReplyDelete
Joe, 1st off once again thanks for sharing these sketches with us and 2nd does your work allow you to get out to a game from time to time and if so have you been able to see Citi Fields yet for a game this year?ReplyDelete
Thanks. Yes I can get to games and have been to a few already. I love Citifield!
Niese-ly done!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 14, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Hey, first off, these drawings are amazin'!!! I would absolutely be interested in buying the finished product at the end of each season, as it would be the perfect memorabelia item. As somebody above said, I hate to nit-pick, but the double off of Niese was in the 3rd inning, not the 2nd!!! (Game 60)ReplyDelete


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Particulate allergens potentiate allergic asthma in mice through sustained IgE-mediated mast cell activation.
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text: Found Spicynodes the other day. It's from the IDEA people. It's an interesting beta project that enables you to build out a radial mind map application that you can use for exploring information. I think it would be great if there was a Joomla extension that simplified the integration within the site... then it would have made this short demo so much easier.


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Cursti necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
I will need a full set of stationary for this project to include bus card ( two sides), letterhead, envelope. In addition i have added an additional task of designing a T-shirt. Long and Short sleeve T-Shirt should include a front , back and side sleeve logo.
Curtis Tree Service
Climb to a whole new experience of service
Desired Color Scheme:
Black and White see attachment for more colors
Desired Style:
very clean design
Accepted File Formats:
psd, ill, jpg
The logo for Curtis Tree Service is very simple. It is a black oval with a "C" in the middle of it. I will upload the logo when i figure out how to do that. You can play with a variant or upgrade but stay within the simple design.
additional color is nessecary
Black & White are the primary colors
The following information is pertinent to this project:
Name of Comapny: Curtis Tree Service
Tagline: climb to a whole new level of service
Town/State: Vernon, Connecticut (CT)
website : http://www.curtistreeservice.com http://www.curtistumpgrinding.com
Descriptive Service Words:
Tree Take-Downs
Tree Removals
Expert Climber
Stump Grinding
Phone Number 860.454.040
Email : email@example.com
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Stationery Design
- Other Design Tasks


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Reds broadcaster Chris Welsh joins Southern Kentucky's only Cincinnati Reds Radio Talk Show. The show airs each Saturday at 9 a.m. central on ESPN 102.7 FM, 1450 AM in Bowling Green, Ky. and 1230 AM in Glasgow, Ky. Also, it streams live at espnky.com/wwku.
Jason Harbison and Todd Smith talk weekly to fans, players, staff and broadcasters about the Reds.


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How to reset the number of post to display on the edit.php page please.
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192.168.0.1 wireless network setting and connection wizard
IP address 192.168.0.1 is the address of some home-use broadband router, it's mainly the default value of a variety of D-Link and Netgear routers. And you can change it by using the router management console at any time. 192.168.0.1 is a private IPv4 network address. Home-use routers can be configured to use this address as their default gateway, which also means router login address. In the router, you can access its management console through a web browser at http://192.168.0.1. If routers or any computer of any brand on the local network get some problems, you can login to this address or similar private IPv4 address(eg, 192.168.1.1, 10.0.0.1 or 192.168.2.1) to solve it. It is suggested that only one piece of equipment is allowed to use 192.168.0.1 in the local network in order to avoid address conflicts.
Why can't I get access to 192.168.0.1?
Do you want to get access to your router? If yes, please identify whether your computer's gateway is 192.168.0.1. The step is open CMD and type: ipconfig/all, or use this command: ping 192.168.0.1 -t. If the gateway address is 192.168.0.1 and it still can't display the login window, perhaps it's because the network port is not specified or there is a firewall.
The ping command is a commonly used DOS command and it is used to detect whether the network is connected and the network speed is fast or not.
While in wireless router setup process we often use the ping command. If your router address is 192.168.0.1, click 'Run' (or use the key combination win + r) and enter CMD and then hit OK. Then enter ping 192.168.0.1, if the result returns timeout, it illustrates the network is disconnected or losing packages, it also means your computer can not connect to the router.
Here may be the reasons:
- The router IP address is not 192.168.0.1, or you've mistaken it with 192.168.o.1. Try to find Router's Default IP addresses at this page.
- The router has been shut down, and unable to be connected.
- ICMP packet filtering is set up in the router (like firewall settings).
If you can receive some bytes, it means your network is connected, and you may be able to connect to a wireless router, the step is to enter 192.168.0.1 in your browser to try.
Wireless router has become increasingly popular, most people using laptop or cell phone hopes to connect to the Internet directly using WIFI, it's more convenient and saving network traffic. However, many new to wireless routers do not know how to use a wireless router. Although there are manual books, but they are too brief instructions and really need to spend some time to get understood of how to use a wireless router.
Below we share with you how to set up a wireless router with an example of the most common TP Link wireless router.
1, 192.168.0.1 Wireless Router parameter settings
Use a network cable to connect computer with the wireless router, of course, it can also be directly connected using wireless search, but for a newbie I recommend to use your network cable to connect to it directly. Once connected, open a browser, enter 192.168.0.1 in the address bar to enter the wireless router's setup screen, the default login user name and password are usually 'admin', you can refer to the instructions in manual(the simplest way is to take a look at the shell of your router, there's always an instruction), or you can visit Default Router Username and Password List here.
After successful logged into the interface, the Setup Wizard will automatically pop up by default. Select Setup Wizard, then a window of instructions will pop up, you can set the basic parameters of the router through the wizard, or you can just click 'Next'. Then you can set up your router step by step using the Setup Wizard. Select internet way, usually ADSL users will choose the first PPPoE, if you are using a different network service providers, select the following two according to the actual situation, if you do not know how to choose, choose the automatic option to facilitate the novice to operate, after finished selecting, click Next. Enter your account and password you get from your network service provider, after your finish this, click Next.
2, After the setup is complete, restart wireless router
Next is the wireless settings. Set the SSID name, which by default is your router model, this is the device name when you are search the network, you can change it according to your own preferences and easy to recognize. The rest part can be based on the system default setting options, there's no need to change, but in the network security settings you must set a password to prevent network rubbing. After setting, click Next. At this point, you've done the wireless router settings. Reboot the router and then you can connect it to the Internet with wireless access.
In general, as long as familiar with the steps described above, you have learned how to use a wireless router. At this point, wireless router settings have been completed, the next thing to do of course is to open your wireless device, search WIFI wireless signal and your computer can be directly connected to the Internet.
3, Search wireless signals to connect to the Internet
This step is about some brief wireless search process. Enable your wireless card, search WIFI signal, find your wireless router SSID name, double-click to connect. It will display 'Getting WIFI information to connect to a wireless router', then enter the password you set before. It then displays connecting, after waiting for a while, you are connected to the Internet.
What to do if I don't know 192.168.0.1 password?
A case list below will tell you the solution, it is very simple, just reset the router on the line.
192.168.0.1 password reset:
Usually if we encounter password failure, the first step is have to reset the router settings. Use a toothpick or a needle against the hole on the back of the router, unplug the power of your router at the same time, then connect the network cable connected to the external network to WLAN port on the router, connect your computer to the LAN port on top of the router.
192.168.0.1 router settings:
After the preparation work, we now enter 'http://192.168.0.1' (each router has its original IP and they are not same according to above instructions) on your computer's browser. Then press enter, enter the user name and password, the initial user name is usually admin, 192.168.0.1 initial password is usually admin too(different routers are not the same), then click login, click Next, and now have all the router's settings completed, and the rest is to restart the router.
Router's Default Username and Password List


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Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables ?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable ). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! ..... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil . In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q : Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans ! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
And remember:
'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
screaming 'WOO HOO, What a Ride'
For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
When I Take a long time to finish,
I am slow,
When my boss takes a long time,
he is thorough
When I don't do it,
I am lazy,
When my boss does not do it,
he is busy,
When I do something without being told,
I am trying to
be smart,
When my boss does the same,
he takes the initiative,
When I please my boss,
I am apple polishing,
When my boss pleases his boss,
he is cooperating,
When I make a mistake,
you're an idiot.
When my boss makes a mistake,
he's only human.
When I am out of the office,
I am wandering around.
When my boss is out of the office,
he's on business.
When I am on a day off sick,
I am always sick.
When my boss is a day off sick,
he must be very ill.
When I apply for leave,
I must be going for an interview
When my boss applies for leave,
it's because he's overworked
When I do good,
my boss never remembers,
When I do wrong,
he never forgets
10. Good sex keeps you healthy. It is the best exercise in the world. Saving you money on medical cost and gym fees.
9. Good sex keeps you from spending money as easily. You want to keep your clothes off. Face it, it is much harder to spend money naked than fully clothed.
8. Good sex makes you want to spend TIME, not money on the one that you want.
7. Good sex makes you crave your partner and not starbucks. You will save a fortune on not splurging on little things that make you happy for a brief moment. The knowledge that your cravings will be filled for hours at home will stop you from spending on little expenses through out the day.
6. Good sex makes you eat less. You will save thousands a year on lower food comsumption bills.
5. Good sex makes you want to plan for your future. It is so much easier to plan for a great future when you know what one aspect of your life will be.
4. Good sex is a great way to cut down on entertainemnt expenses. Do you really need the dinner, movie, and the perfect outfit?
3. Good sex is a vacation everytime. Do you really need to spend thousands seeing Mickey Mouse in his little red button shorts? Or would you rather see your mate without any pants on at all?
2. Great sex saves you hundreds on utility bills. You create your own heat in the winter and ice cubes are now much more exciting in the summer.
1. Great sex puts you in a different frame of mind. Your co-workers wonder if you have successfully gained a new promotion or if you know something that they dont know. It will drive them nuts, putting you in a position to out perform them. They will spend their time worrying, why you have the confidence to get the job done.
Things to Say When You're Losing a Technical Argument
1. That won't scale.
2. That's been proven to be O(N^2) and we need a solution that's O(NlogN).
3. There are, of course, various export limitations on that technology.
4. The syntax is idiosyncratic.
5. Trying to build a team behind that technology would be a staffing nightmare.
6. That can't be generalized to a cross-platform build.
7. Unfortunately, the license would contaminate our product.
8. If we go with that idea, we're going to have Don Marti camped out in the front lobby with 300 angry software jihad supporters.
9. Our support infrastructure simply can't handle the volume that change would involve.
10. I had one of the interns try that approach for another project, and it scrambled the CEO's hard drive. So I think it's going to be a hard sell.
11. Yes, well, that's just not the way things work in the real world.
12. I like your idea. Why don't you write up a white paper and we'll review it at the next staff meeting?
13. Unfortunately, we're an all-FORTH shop. Otherwise, it's a nice idea.
14. I think you need to stop taking this so personally. We need to think about what's best for the project, not about our own little pet theories.
15. Oh, I played with that approach back as an undergrad. Got a D, too.
16. I was reading about that on BugTraq yesterday.
17. Yes, I believe that's the approach Windows NT is taking.
18. That's totally inefficient on modern hardware.
19. Well, yes, but it really reduces to the knapsack problem in that case. Do you have some kind of heuristic, or are we dealing with an NP-complete case?
20. Have you LOOKED at the number of I/O requests that will create?
21. We can't afford the transaction overhead.
22. Yeah, or we could all just plink away on Amigas or something.
23. What? I don't speak your crazy moon-language.
24. Hmm. Didn't they just go bankrupt? It's OK, I guess -- there's some German company who's picked up the existing service contracts.
25. No, no, no. We're really working on an N-TIER architecture, here.
26. No, no, no. It's fairly important that the database be in THIRD NORMAL FORM.
27. No, that would break object encapsulation.
28. I don't think that's altogether clear. Please write it up in UML for me.
29. I think there's a problem with your drive geometry.
30. Can you generate some USE CASES that would justify the change?
31. How is that going to impact the schedule?
32. RAM is cheap and all, but...
33. It would probably be best if we deferred that until version 2.0.
34. I like it, but it is too point-oh for my tastes.
35. If you make this change, I will fork the code.
36. Yes, well, unfortunately the economy is going away from anything remotely like that. Our investors would kill us.
37. Jakob Nielsen wrote an interesting hit piece on that.
38. Yes, yes, we've all read DJB's RFCs on the subject.
39. This is all covered in Knuth, and we don't have time to go over it again.
40. This one is in the FAQ: http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#your_dumb_technology
41. I don't have time for this extropian nonsense.
42. Well, I guess we could start the QA cycles again from square one. That would require a press release, though.
43. You used to program in Pascal, didn't you?
44. Why don't we make a generalized solution including both options, and let the administrator decide with a config-file setting?
45. You've obviously ignored the various namespace issues.
46. I don't think you're considering the performance trade-offs.
47. What kind of benchmarks have you been running?
48. Let's table this for now, and we'll talk about it one-on-one off-line.
49. This really doesn't jibe with our core competency.
50. This sort of thing should really be outsourced.
51. I remember that IBM had a project to do that back in the 70s.
52. Um, hello? We're using VON NEUMANN MACHINES HERE.
53. We need this to fit on a single floppy.
54. Yes, but can this be embedded in a toaster, for example?
55. We need something that my mom can use.
56. Users won't want to click through that many layers of hierarchy.
57. The packaging costs will be prohibitive.
58. OK, but what about internationalization?
59. Look, would you just get off your Be obsession for FIVE MINUTES and talk serious design with us?
60. That's a good idea -- you should do that on your home page.
61. Yeah, Linuxcare tried that with the Sourceror project.
62. Ho, man! Are they still AROUND? That's so cool. I thought that whole idea was discredited years ago.
63. What you're not seeing is the difference between an 'is-a' and a 'has-a' relationship.
64. There is no hope for the widow's son, Boaz.
65. Yes, but we're standardizing on XML.
66. That doesn't fit into the MVC model.
67. Well, that's great if you have an AI running the thing.
68. Well, they're going to do that with the next version of Perl, so we should probably wait.
69. Well, they're going to do that with the next version of OS X, so we should probably wait.
70. I heard that the only real application for that technology was child pornography. How did you hear about it?
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AP Enterprise: Despite murky tie to Agent Orange, diabetes now top disability for Vietnam vetsBy Mike Baker, AP
Monday, August 30, 2010
Diabetes now Vietnam vets' top Agent Orange claim
RALEIGH, N.C. — Vietnam veterans may soon get disability compensation for heart disease because of concerns about the defoliant Agent Orange.
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday it will add heart disease, Parkinson's disease and certain types of leukemia to the list of conditions veterans can claim is tied to Agent Orange. That list is topped by diabetes.
The agency estimates that the proposed changes will cost $42 billion over the next 10 years as Vietnam vets get older. The rule will go into effect in two months unless Congress steps in.
Veterans only need to prove that they were in Vietnam when Agent Orange was used to kill jungle foliage and later got one of the illnesses possibly linked to it. The VA already compensates for some types of cancer and diabetes.
Tags: Asia, Diabetes, Diseases And Conditions, Military Affairs, North America, North Carolina, Raleigh, Southeast Asia, United States, Vietnam


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British Columbia's coastlines are of international importance for waterbirds. In winter, vast numbers of loons, grebes, cormorants, herons, swans, geese, ducks, shorebirds, and gulls can be found feeding and roosting in bays and estuaries, and along the rocky intertidal beaches of the BC coast. With increasing pressure from development and human population expansion, long-term data on the abundance and distribution of waterbird species is required to monitor and track changes in waterbird populations and habitat use.
In 1999 Bird Studies Canada began the BC Coastal Waterbird Survey, which aims to address information gaps and coordinate the efforts of people who care about waterbirds in British Columbia.
The data collected by volunteers helps us meet the following objectives:
This project was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada.
Ce projet a été réalisé avec l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada.


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Minister Alan Griffin, General Steve Gower, ladies and gentlemen:
It was a brilliant thought to add to the wonderful World War Two Lancaster G for George exhibition in the Australian War Memorial, this new display of British and German aircraft flown in World War One by airmen of the Royal Flying Corps of Great Britain, the Australian Flying Corps and the German Air Force.
The exhibition adds to the AWM's acknowledgement of the role played by airmen in the conflicts in which Australia has been involved since 1914.
While the five aircraft are the items of display and attention, they are inanimate objects designed to be flown through the air by humans, at the time of World War One, only by men. And so I think it is appropriate that, as we stand here looking at and admiring these aircraft, the forerunners of the fantastic aircraft of today, we think of the valiant aviators who flew them and to those in the Royal Australian Air Force who followed them.
I knew one Australian Flying Corps airman. He was Tommy White, Captain Thomas Walter White DFC in World War One, later Group Captain Sir Thomas White DFC, aviator, author, poet, politician, cabinet minister and Australian High Commissioner in London.
Tommy White was typical of the men, German, British and Australian who jousted in the air above the battlefields of Europe and the Middle East from 1914 to 1918.
White enlisted in the Australian army as a trumpeter in Major John Monash's Garrison Artillery Battery in North Melbourne, progressed through the ranks until as a captain on August 17, 1914, he was selected as one of four officers to be trained as airmen, as 'flying men' as they were picturesquely called in those days, at Point Cook, Victoria. In 1915 White commanded the first half-flight of the Australian Flying Corps, operated constantly against the Turks until being captured by Arabs and incarcerated as a prisoner-of-war. With an English airman he escaped, stowed away on a Ukrainian hospital ship eventually reaching Britain. Post-war, Tommy White married Vera Deakin, daughter of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin (which, no doubt, helped his later political career!), wrote 'Guests of the Unspeakable", the story of his escape and period of imprisonment.
In 1940, White took leave from Parliament to serve in the RAAF during World War Two. As Commanding Officer of the Initial Training School at Somers and later the Personnel Depot in Bournemouth England White mentored and nurtured the thousands of Australian aircrew sent to Britain under the Empire Air Training Scheme, to augment the Royal Air Force squadrons operating against the German and Italian enemy.
While he was in this posting White wrote the epic narrative poem 'Sky Saga" which reflected the lives of aircrew in the early 1940's. One evocative stanza is
Forever young, they flew in far outnumbered fight to the heights of sacrifice
Until the day the many gained the mastery; and thus avenged the few.
They gave their all. We who are left have not
Forget them never; or be yourselves forgot
Those graphic words apply equally to aircrew in both world wars.
The Australian War Memorial is a constant reminder of all the men and women who have served Australia in the armed services.
I have told you of one of them – Tommy White. Now I am going to tell you of six others, six men who served in the Royal Australian Air Force, six men who were typical of all those who flew in conflict whether in the aircraft we are viewing and admiring tonight or in the multitude of bombers, fighters, flying boats.
Bob Nielsen was a clerk in the NSW Water Board before he joined the RAAF. I chose him as my navigator while we were at 27 OTU Litchfield. He was rated exceptional on both 460 Squadron and on 156 Squadron of Pathfinder Force and graduated from a Spec N course the highest test of a navigator in the Royal Air Force. He was always cool, calm and collected even when the clouds prevented him from getting an astro fix or when a change in the wind made his pre-prepared flight-plan useless. When we were in trouble dodging flak or a night fighter, Bob kept his head down. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Medal and commissioned.
Bill Copley, my wireless operator was a cabinet-maker from Perth, rough- hewn, loud-voiced, hard swearing, hard-drinking but skilled in using the communications equipment we had in Wellingtons and Lancasters. Bill was awarded a DFM and commissioned.
Bob, Bill and I stayed together for 15 months of operational flying and the flight out to Australia.
Ed Wertzler, was our first bomb-aimer. I chose Ed because of a mass of co-incidences. Ed came from Regina, Canada. Regina, as all you erudite people know is Latin for Queen. Our aircraft was designated Q for Queenie, Bob Nielsen's mother was named Queenie, my father's office was in Queen Street Melbourne and my parents lived in Queens Road. With Ed coming from Regina, how could we not ask him to join us? His flying career ended when he was wounded in the leg and temporarily blinded while shooting down a JU88 which was paying us too much attention while we were on our way back from Karlsruhe in Germany. Ed recovered from his wounds, was awarded a Distinguished Flying Medal but confined to non-operational Flying.
Ed's place as our bomb-aimer was taken by Alan Ritchie whose sister Judy is with us tonight. Alan was a slow speaking Sydney lawyer, who was meticulous about dropping our markers and bombs in the right place and caused us minutes of concern as he directed me on to the aiming point. Alan was awarded a Distinguished Flying Medal for guiding us out of a maze of searchlights and the perils of anti-aircraft fire as we dodged our way at low level across Germany and Occupied France after have been hit and damaged over Berlin.
We had a series of rear-gunners. Johnny Swain was the first. He stayed with us until we went to Pathfinder Force. Johnny who had done a great job protecting our rear was engaged to be married. Understandably he decided to stay with 460 Squadron and continue flying with the Main Force Instead of coming with us to Pathfinder Force. Regrettably he made the wrong decision and died on his first operation with his new crew. His place was taken by others, the last of whom was Archie Page
Don Delaney, the flight engineer was the oldest member of the crew. He came from Sydney where he was a motor mechanic with the NRMA. He joined the RAAF as a fitter but with an Irishmen's fire in his belly, hankered for something more adventurous. At the age of 44 he volunteered to transfer to aircrew. For us that was a lucky decision as he made sure the ground staff did their job, that the engines, fuselage and instruments in successive Q for Queenies were always in first class condition. Don was Mentioned in Despatches.
When Joe Grose was posted to us as mid-upper gunner he had only 26 hours flying time, had never flown at night and had not been through an Operational Training Unit. However he soon proved his worth. On the first operation he flew with us we were attacked by a German fighter as we crossed the Zuider Zee. Joe, who was violently airsick at the time, overcame his illness sufficiently to open fire and hit the JU 88 which broke off the engagement and dived toward the ground with smoke pouring from the fuselage. Joe was never airsick again.
My crew were an example of the great diversity of Australians and I guess of the Germans too; no different from those who flew the aircraft in this Anzac Hall and in any of the Allied Air Forces. We came from a wide range of callings, social environments and religions. Delaney, the Roman Catholic mechanic, Ritchie, the Anglican lawyer, Grose the Methodist student, Copley the agnostic artisan, Page, the Anglican farmer and Isaacson, the Jewish publisher. Like the flyers in the days of Tommy White and the men who flew the Albatros, the DX11,the SE5A, the Avro504K and the AircoDH displayed in this Anzac Hall, we gave no thought to where the others came from, how they prayed, what school they went to. We lived then, as all people SHOULD live now, in harmony and respect for each other. This exhibition, in fact the whole of the Australian War Memorial, is a symbol of that cause
All those associated with Over the front - The great war in the air – those who conceived it, those who restored the aircraft, the designers and the producers of the multi-media program, the Director and staff of the Australian War Memorial are to be congratulated on the concept and the implementation of this exhibition which I have great pleasure in opening for all Australians to view.
Minister, Director, Ladies and Gentlemen – the Exhibition is now open.


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Kim Dotcom Hires Human Rights Lawyer To Claim MPAA's Chris Dodd Targeted Him In 'Contract Prosecution'
from the seems-like-a-longshot deptLost in all of the hype about the launch of Kim Dotcom's new Mega service was the fact that he's hired a new high profile lawyer, with a different focus. Some of the details were buried in Ars Technica's coverage of the Mega launch party, in which they mention the adding of Robert Amsterdam to the legal team:
This strikes me as a huge longshot for a variety of reasons, but it certainly makes for an interesting storyline to follow. If such an investigation actually does get somewhere, there could actually be blowback for those who led the charge against Dotcom. As it stood, it seemed unlikely that, even if the case fell apart, there would be any ramifications for those who championed the cause in the first place. Again, I find it highly unlikely that this exploration will lead anywhere, but Dotcom's legal team has done amazingly well on a variety of fronts to date, so perhaps they know more than has been made public already about all of this.
Also circling is the latest addition to Dotcom's ever-expanding legal team: Robert Amsterdam of Washington, DC and London-based Amsterdam & Partners. The human rights lawyer says his key work has been in Venezuela, Russia, and Nigeria. Now he's contracted by Kim Dotcom to investigate a possible human rights angle on the Megaupload case—in particular whether one human, former Senator and current MPAA head Christopher Dodd, breached Dotcom's rights by going out of his way to engineer what Amsterdam said could be seen as a "contract prosecution."
Amsterdam agrees his work could help Dotcom seek redress from the US government down the track. But his immediate aim is to publicize Dodd's role. "This prosecution should not be afforded the presumption of regularity," he says. "The way this was done—the helicopters; the rappelling down the buildings [of Dotcom mansion]; the over-reaction—all of these are signs of a classic political prosecution."
Amsterdam will spend the next two days interviewing the Megaupload team as part of his preparations for a "white paper" he will publish in around two months' time.
Filed Under: chris dodd, contract prosecution, human rights, kim dotcom, robert amsterdam
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CP437 / IBM Extended ASCII in OS/X Terminal for BBS's / BitchX / ANSI etc
by admin on Mar.03, 2013, under Cracking, Hacking, How-To, Personal, Software, Tech, Uncategorized
So I will often times use an old-ish IRC program called "BitchX" to chat with friends. BitchX has some built-in ANSI graphics, which use extended ASCII characters. In the default OS/X "terminal" app, these extended ascii characters show up incorrectly, with a block/question mark character, i.e.:
These question mark characters were over time becoming more and more infuriating every time I would launch the app. It seems that the majority of people I found online searching for the same thing were eventually settling on an application called "SyncTerm". SyncTerm is kind of a hokey terminal emulator seemingly meant specifically to connect to BBS's. On the plus side, SyncTerm DID manage to render the extended ASCII characters by default. HOWEVER – it does not support cut-n-paste, or a number of other standard features you would expect out of a terminal application. So this was a no-go for me. SyncTerm DID prove that extended ascii (line drawing) characters were possible to render on OS/X.
Ultimately, I ended up finding a way to get a terminal application called "iTerm" to do the trick. By default, iTerm does NOT render extended ascii. Instead, you have to perform a few steps in order to get it going.
Step 1. Install at least one of the following TrueType fonts below:
Step 2. Install iTerm
Step 3. Open iTerm, change a couple settings.
a. Go into preferences -> Profiles -> Text
Set the font for both "Regular Font" and "Non-ASCII Font" to one of the three fonts I've asked you to install earlier. I am currently using "11pt Perfect DOS VGA 437".
b. Go into preferences -> Profiles -> Terminal
Under "Terminal Emulation" -> "Character Encoding" – change the encoding from the default (Unicode UTF-8) to "Western ASCII".
At this point, my iTerm was rendering the extended ASCII / line drawing characters as expected!
Honorable mentions to a couple interesting projects I discovered during my efforts to resolve this issue go to the "Fink" project, as well as the "DOS Box" project.


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Democratic News
Feb 04 2013
Wyden Announces Hearing on Natural Gas Issues
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, February 12, the full Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold its first hearing under Chairman Wyden's leadership. The committee will consider issues surrounding natural gas, including environmental implications, exports and impacts on the economy.
Preceding the hearing, the committee will meet to organize the subcommittees for the 113th Congress. (Dirksen 366 at 10 a.m.)
The title of the hearing is, "Opportunities and Challenges for Natural Gas." Witnesses will be announced when available.


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Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey is at practice today, though only as a spectator. He is wearing his No. 85 jersey and a baseball cap, while chatting with coaches and teammates.
Heyward-Bey, of course, suffered a concussion and neck strain against the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday, when he at the receiving end of a helmet-to-helmet hit by Steelers safety Ryan Mundy early in the fourth quarter.
Raiders coach Dennis Allen said Heyward-Bey still hasn't passed the concussion-related tests mandated by the league. Heyward-Bey can't play in a game or take part in contact at practice until he passes all the tests.
Therefore, there's no way that Heyward-Bey will play Sunday against the Denver Broncos. For now, it appears as if Derek Hagan is going to get the starting nod opposite Denarius Moore.
Rookies Juron Criner and Rod Streater figure to get plenty of playing time, with no other receivers on the roster. It's conceivable that the Raiders will sign Travionte Session or Tori Gurley from the practice squad.
However, the Raiders have had only four healthy wide receivers for each of their first three games, so that seems to be a long-shot.
— Right offensive tackle Khalif Barnes (groin) and cornerback Shawntae Spencer (foot) are not practicing today. That makes three straight missed practices this week.
So, you can expect Willie Smith to make his second straight start at right tackle and Michael Huff at left cornerback on Sunday.
— Many people seem worried about running back Darren McFadden appearing on the injury report with a bruised shoulder.
Coach Allen and McFadden aren't among those worried about McFadden's status for Sunday's game, even though McFadden is listed as questionable.
McFadden finished the game against the Steelers with the injury, and he figures to hold up just fine against the Broncos.


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Belief & Betrayal (PC) review
"Belief & Betrayal is the latest adventure title from Italian developer Artematica Interactive, the company behind such horrors as the horrible Druuna game from 2001. Seven years later, and things haven't moved on all that much. The back-story and introduction are essentially made up of badly paced, unconvincing and uninteresting drivel. The blokes at Artematica seem to have tried reeling in the 'Da Vinci Code' crowd with an entirely unimaginative narrative centred around conspiracies within the Catholic Church, but the plot lacks so much conviction that it was always going to be impossible to pull off."
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Video: Experts connect animal law to critical social issues
November 05, 2009
The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS), in partnership with the Animal League Defense Fund, hosted the 17th annual Animal Law Conference October 16-18. With nearly 300 people in attendance, the conference is the largest, longest-running conference devoted to animal law in the world.
In this video, CALS organizers and conference speakers talk about work in their specific field and why animal law is relevant to society at large.
The conference is largely organized by law students from the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at Lewis & Clark Law School and more than half of the attendees were law students from across the country.
This year legal scholars, advocates and professionals from a variety of disciplines addressed the link between animal law and other social issues such as domestic violence, climate change, international trade, religion, and social justice movements.
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Tooling Article
New s to Use FEA Data
Isatec Technical Center, the captive tooling operation for Com-Corp Industries, employs finite-element analysis in what it calls an 'incremental application' to ensure high-quality surface finishes on automotive bulb shields.
What Strazzanti refers to are the lesser known secondary FEA applications and services typically not offered in the die-design industry. One of them, the simulation and prediction of surface-finish quality, Strazzanti and his company developed themselves.
Surface Quality Vital in Bulb-Shield Production
Among other parts, Isatec produces bulb shields—bullet-nosed chrome-plated sheetmetal parts suspended in front of the bulb in an automotive headlight assembly. They're designed to protect a person's eyes from the direct rays of the light source and to control the photometric output of the headlamp. While functional in their origin, the shields also contribute to the aesthetics of the headlight assembly as well as the entire automobile. Therefore, Isatec customers are sensitive to the surface quality of these parts.
Sometimes a customer looks for a gleaming part, or the next step up—dazzling. Other times it's looking for just the right matte finish with a high-tech overtone. But difficulty arises in dealing with customer requests regarding tool design, stamping production and chrome plating. These challenges spurred the Isatec staff to develop its first incremental application for the prediction of surface-finish quality of chrome-plated parts.
Using FEA to Predict Surface-Finish Quality
"Many factors contribute to the surface roughness of a part and, therefore, its surface quality," reports Strazzanti. "These factors include the material, its grain size and uniformity, forming properties, and strain distributions that occur during manufacturing. Because we operate in a deep-draw progressive-die environment, we deal in cup sequences followed by multiple form stations."
The 16-station progressive die rendered here produces the bulb shield illustrated at left and was the subject of Isatec's unique FEA efforts.
Isatec personnel realized that most of the variables contributing to surface roughness were already available for analysis within the company's Dyna-form die-simulation system, from ETA Corp., Troy MI, and purchased from Compass Technologies, a reseller of computer software for toolmakers located in North Olmsted, OH. They wondered if an application could be built to predict finish quality from this data. After all, for insurance reasons, the company already was performing die simulation in the design phase of every die it built to ensure proper tool performance.
"Dynaform presents a wealth of data," says Strazzanti, "such as material thinning, major and minor axis strain, and work hardening. We theorized that we could use this data to determine a material's surface roughness. We felt that if we could do that then we also could map the results in a surface simulation of the subsequent nickel-chrome plating process. Once completed, only one more puzzle piece remained: the generation of computer graphics showing surface smoothness so that our client could see its part in virtual reality."
Isatec underwent an 18-month R&D project to develop the new application with positive results. Now, in its quoting operation Isatec can show its clients graphic renderings of finished parts. Though Isatec's application for creating the graphics is patented and proprietary, the results are not, as shown in the graphics accompanying this article. Animated files (view some samples at www.isateceng.com/quotations) also communicate surface quality.
"Our new application has taken most of the guess work out of surface-quality specifications for bulb shields, and our customers are delighted," says Strazzanti. "And we're able to do a better job of negotiating the true costs of production into our contracts because part material and the amount of chrome plating are quantifiable in both their cost and effect."
|This rendering depicts a computer simulation at Isatec where reflection plates are used to test the reflectance of a bulb shield. Note the sharper reflections on the rendering on the right, signifying higher surface-finish quality of the shield.
Isatec Finds Other Uses for FEA
Besides simulating surface-finish quality, Isatec employs FEA in another incremental application: analyses of customer parts in their applications. Though such a service is provided by many tool suppliers, Isatec goes further by including manufacturing-process factors such as thinning and work hardening.
An analysis performed with typical CAD data where sheetmetal thickness remains constant throughout the part may show no problem with a part design. But including manufacturing data from an incremental analysis, data derived from the drawing and stretching of the sheetmetal through cup sequences and form stations, provides clues to part-design flaws.
Isatec uses ETA's Virtual Proving Ground (VPG), a sister application to Dynaform, to perform FEA on customer parts in their applications. These types of analyses can include statics, dynamics, vibration, fatigue and thermal. Prompting Isatec to adopt VPG was a job involving a bulb shield, suspended on the end of a long mounting arm. Analysis showed that it would begin vibrating at a harmonic frequency of road noise. This prompted further fatigue analysis that showed the arms would fail in time. This would have resulted in replacement—under warranty—of the entire headlight assembly. Catching such problems before a product hits the market is imperative.
"Certain VPG system modules were built specifically for the auto industry," says Arthur Tang, ETA managing partner. "For example, one includes a complete FEA model of a typical automobile where almost all of the components are represented by 'sticks.' A user simply replaces the stick that represents his part. Then he can rerun as much of the entire vehicle analysis model as he chooses."
Leverage the Data You Already Have
Incremental analysis as part of FEA should be a goal of every die-design business, according to Strazzanti.
"Including incremental analysis data in our FEA analysis is not particularly new in the industry," he says. "But what is surprising to me is how few companies actually do it. I believe that the real competitive edge of a company is in its ability to run faster than its competitors, to capture the data it already has and owns, and to leverage it forward into incremental value (via incremental analysis) for its customer." MF
See also: ETA Dynaform, Compass Technologies
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By Kevin Murphy
(Reuters) - The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday indefinitely suspended the law license of former state Attorney General Phill Kline for violating 11 rules of professional conduct in connection with his prosecution of abortion providers.
In a 154-page report, the seven-member court unanimously found that Kline failed to recognize the line between "overzealous advocacy" and operating within the limits of the law and his professional obligations.
"The violations we have found are significant and numerous, and Kline's inability or refusal to acknowledge or address their significance is particularly troubling in light of his service as the chief prosecuting attorney for this state and its most populous county," the court wrote.
Kline, 53, will have to wait three years to re-apply for his license.
A Republican, Kline was attorney general from 2003 to 2007. He later worked as a district attorney in Johnson County, Kansas, and is now a law professor at Liberty University in Virginia. He did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
An outspoken foe of abortion, Kline had clashed with abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood for years on whether they were abiding by all abortion laws. He prosecuted cases involving Planned Parenthood and George Tiller, a Wichita-based doctor who provided abortions before being murdered in 2009.
Two years ago, the Kansas Board of Discipline for Attorneys recommended a suspension of Kline's license indefinitely for "ethical misconduct."
In upholding the board's decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Kline committed professional misconduct when he ordered his attorney general office staff to attach sealed documents to a public brief, and when he later directed staff to file a pleading with the court that contained misleading information. The court also found that, as district attorney, Kline gave false court testimony about patient medical records his office obtained in a criminal probe of abortion providers.
In a hearing before the Supreme Court, the state's disciplinary administrator requested that Kline be disbarred, but the Supreme Court said Kline's actions failed to reach the "intent" threshold that would merit disbarment.
"We conclude indefinite suspension is the appropriate discipline," the court stated, specifying three reasons: . "Kline's selfish motive; his pattern of misconduct; and his refusal to acknowledge the wrongful nature of any of his misconduct."
Kline has insisted he committed no violations. He had already lost his license for not paying an annual registration fee, but he said in an interview after the Board of Discipline ruling that a suspension could hurt his ability to teach or practice law anywhere.
At the time, he said in a news release that his mistake was his willingness to investigate powerful people no matter where the evidence would lead.
Five of the seven Supreme Court justices who made the ruling Friday were appointed to take the place of five members who recused themselves.
(Reporting By Kevin Murphy; Editing by Greg McCune and Gunna Dickson)


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Red Bull apologises to Vettel for turbo issue
Red Bull has apologised to Sebastian Vettel for the turbo failure that brought his Monaco Grand Prix to a premature end.
Vettel was running third after the first corner, but his car developed an issue with its turbo during the early safety car period. It was the latest car issue to blight Vettel's title defence, and Red Bull boss Christian Horner felt the need to apologise.
"We have to apologise to Sebastian for an issue with his power unit," he said. "It's frustrating that, after making a good start, his race came to a very premature end."
Vettel added: "It's disappointing. I had a good start and then we lost boost pressure from the turbo, so I had no power and had to retire. The team did everything they could. I felt quite helpless in the car, so I was asking for an answer of what we could do, but there wasn't anything at that stage. We fixed some problems yesterday with the ERS, but some more came today with the turbo, but we will move forwards and it will be good for us soon."
Renault's Thierry Salvi said the engine manufacturer would look into the reasons for the issue.
"For Seb he had a disaster today as he suffered a reliability failure from the power unit. We tried different settings to fix the problem but ultimately we had to retire. We'll look into the causes tonight and in the coming days to fully understand what happened."


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A national charity that helps missing people and their loved ones reconnect has received £59,519 of Scottish Government funding to offer a different kind of help.
There are around 100 reports of missing people in Scotland every day – and many of these relate to a person who has been missing before.
The new cash will be used to help the charity Missing People to provide free training, across the country, with the aim of stopping people fall into a pattern of returning home, only to go missing again soon after.
The charity, which runs a free and confidential helpline to provide 24/7 support to missing children, adults, and their families, says the free one-day training course will help people offer appropriate intervention and support to those who have returned.
Becca Padbury, of Missing People, said: "By delivering this training for free, the charity is committed to supporting more vulnerable children and adults who go missing across Scotland.
"We encourage anyone from local authorities, police forces, health and educational service and the third sector to attend these training sessions."
Missing People will work with Shelter Scotland, Barnardo's Scotland and the University of Glasgow to deliver the training.
Ruth Robin, operations manager at Shelter Scotland, said: "We know from our experience that for some, going missing is an intentional act which is a key indication that something isn't right.
"We work hard to understand why, with the aim of reducing risk and preventing future episodes.
"Often, multiple and complex issues will lead to a person going missing, and these issues may continue long after that person returns home.
"Talking to that person and providing them with a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space to discuss their experience can help prevent them oing missing again."
For more information or to register, visit www.missingpeople.org.uk/scotlandtraining.


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The Slytherin family was a pure-blood family with several notable members, particularly Salazar Slytherin, one of the four original founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who lived over one-thousand years ago and is the earliest known member of Slytherin house[1]. Not much is known about this family, but it is possible that they, like their relations, the Gaunts, and several other pure-blood families, had a tendency of marrying their cousins to keep their blood pure and to retain the traits of their ancestors (most notably, the ability to speak Parseltongue[2]). Many Dark wizards and witches came from this family, including Salazar Slytherin himself, and Lord Voldemort, whose death on 2 May, 1998 marked the end of the line[3].
Early historyEdit
The Slytherin family was a prominent one in the wizarding world, as demonstrated by their famous ancestor, although over time their gene pool became unstable due to a habit of inbreeding. They slowly squandered their wealth, which was completely non-existent by the time their last descendants, the House of Gaunt, came to be[2].
Recent historyEdit
By the early twentieth century, when the family was extinct in the male line, Marvolo Gaunt, one of the last direct descendants, had only two children, Merope and her brother Morfin. While Morfin regularly used magic to terrorize Muggles and spoke almost exclusively in Parseltongue, his sister exhibited no dark qualities and was in fact so traumatized by emotional abuse inflicted upon her by her father and brother, that she was barely able to use magic and often presumed to be a squib.
Merope later ended the pure-blood line of her family by marrying a Muggle from a nearby town, Little Hangleton, and having a half-blood son, Tom Riddle, who later became the infamous Dark Wizard, Lord Voldemort[2]. The female line of the Slytherin family continued for several years, ending with the death of Riddle, who neither produced any children or had any known siblings or cousins[3].
Slytherin family treeEdit
Cadmus Peverell Salazar Slytherin | | | | -------------------------------- | | Corvinus Gaunt | | Marvolo Gaunt | --------------------- | | Morfin Gaunt Merope Gaunt + Tom Riddle Sr. | Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)
Salazar SlytherinEdit
Professor Salazar Slytherin was a great wizard of Medieval times. He was a Parselmouth (a wizard with the rare ability to speak with snakes), and skilled at Legilimency. He was one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he didn't trust Muggle-born students, he expressed his opinion against accepting them at Hogwarts. However, when the other founders didn't agree, Slytherin left the school and did not return. It is unknown when he died. Salazar Slytherin's portrait still remains at Hogwarts.
Tom RiddleEdit
Tom Marvolo Riddle (31 December 1926 - 2 May 1998), later known as Lord Voldemort, was the most powerful Dark Wizard in the history of the wizarding world. He was born to Tom Riddle Sr., a wealthy Muggle who abandoned his wife and unborn child, and Merope Gaunt, a pure-blood witch descended from Salazar Slytherin who died shortly after childbirth. Riddle died by the conclusion of the Battle of Hogwarts at age 71, which led to the Slytherin family, as well as the Riddle family and Gaunt family, to become extinct.
Other familiesEdit
- "The pure-blood families are all interrelated. If you're only going to let your sons and daughters marry pure-bloods your choice is very limited; there are hardly any of us left."
- —Sirius Black[src]
The Slytherin family, like many of the pure-blood families, had some relation to many other families in the wizarding world. The Peverells, Gaunts, Blacks, Malfoys, Potters, Weasleys, Prewetts, and other families are all linked to one another through bloodlines and intermarriage.
The only known direct descendants from Salazar Slytherin were the Gaunts, who for the most part shared their ancestor's beliefs in the purity of wizard blood. They also spoke in Parseltongue between themselves. Tom Marvolo Riddle was the last descendant of the Gaunt family and spoke Parseltongue as well.
The Gaunt family was also descended from the Peverells, although it is unknown if one of the two infamous bloodlines preceded the other or if they simply merged at some prior point.
The family held onto Salazar Slytherin's Locket for many generations, and in later years Marvolo Gaunt was in possession of a signet ring passed on from his Peverell ancestors. However, the locket left the family when Merope sold it to Borgin and Burkes in order to support herself while she was pregnant. It later came into the possession of Hepzibah Smith, whom a teenage Tom Marvolo Riddle killed and stole the locket from. Riddle eventually turned both artefacts into horcruxes; the locket was stolen from its hiding place by Regulus Black and later destroyed by Ron Weasley, while the ring was destroyed by Albus Dumbledore with Godric Gryffindor's Sword. The ring also contained the Resurrection Stone.
Slytherin may refer to the words "sly" as well as "slithering", which is the form of locomotion of snakes, possibly referring to their rare ability to talk to snakes called parseltongue.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First identified as Slytherin family)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
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Now that summer in Northern Michigan has kicked into full gear I felt it was important to enhance my local restaurant Allergy Friendly Dining List. Most restaurants below come highly recommended by myself, my husband and most importantly, our two food allergic boys. I've added a new category this year which includes grocery stores that carry several dairy, nut, and egg free items (gluten free also.) Please use your own discretion as these reviews are purely based on my opinion and personal experiences.
The reviews below are based on accommodating life-threatening multiple allergies to: dairy, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts. Please note that most of these restaurants are also more than capable of accommodating gluten, wheat, sesame, soy, and corn allergies. Please ALWAYS remember to call in advance and ask to speak to the chef or restaurant manager to determine if the particular restaurant can accommodate your special dietary needs. Additionally, I always provide our server with our 3 x 5 pink restaurant Chef Card that lists all of my boy's food allergies. This is an excellent tool to use, as restaurants are very busy during the tourist season/summer months, and verbal allergy communications can get lost in translation between your server and the kitchen staff.
I have tried my best to add these recommendations to the Allergy Eats App, which is not very thorough in Northern Michigan…this is still a work in progress for me however. Thank you for your patience and Happy Summer! Whether vacationing in Northern Michigan this summer or if you are a year long resident, I hope this list helps you and your food allergic family enjoy a more pleasurable and safe dining experience.
Here's the list:
Downtown Petoskey:
1. Chandler's A Restaurant – The Chef and staff is very knowledgeable and they get it! Very accommodating!
2. City Park Grill – We dine here all of the time and they are amazing and understand the seriousness! I commend the staff for always ensuring the food they prep is safe for our boys. They even bake the chicken fingers for our boys now instead of putting them into the deep fryer. Steer clear of the delicious biscuits however as they have butter and buttermilk I believe. My children always ask for a cracker basket with oyster and soda crackers.
3. Twisted Olive Café – Chef Lee is wonderful and has been preparing food for our boys at various restaurants for over 6 yrs! My boys love the mussels and fish entrees!
4. The Grain Train Natural Food Co-Operative – Lots of Allergen-free options/ready made in food cooler although cross-contam may be present in their prep kitchen
Restaurants to Avoid w/Food Allergies in Petoskey:
1.Mitchell Street Pub – Although this pub has wonderful food, unfortunately they still allow their patrons to throw peanut shells on the floor throughout the entire restaurant. AVOID at all costs if someone in your family has a PEANUT or TREE NUT ALLERGY. SCARY!
2. Eagles Club (private club) – We are members at the Eagles club in town. Many of the chefs have told me over the years that their kitchen suppliers/distributors of food change often to keep food costs low. They cannot guarantee any safety. I'm glad they are always honest and they allow us to bring in food for our boys. Although we rarely go here. If you're a member in a different town you can come in as a guest and it's the best view in town, not to mention, right on the bike path. Food is marginal at best but cheap drinks and food!
3.Kilwin's Ice Cream/Fudge Shop– DO NOT EVEN STEP IN if you have a nut allergy!
4. Murdick's Fudge– Same as above unfortunately
Harbor Springs Area:
1. New York – Chef Matt, and his entire staff are wonderful. Jerry, a senior server with the New York is amazing. Nancy too! Our boys can even eat the bread here safely. Chef Matt and his staff are extremely knowledgeable about how to safely prepare food-allergy friendly delicious meals! We love this restaurant and it is a place we frequent with our boys. The food is always delicious and service goes above and beyond!
2. Crow's Nest – Chef Bob has been preparing allergen-friendly food for our boys for the last 5 years. Folks HE GETS IT! The food is amazing and Chef Bob and his cooks will even use a different flour dusting on his famous pan sautéed perch for our boys. They cannot have the "Drake's" batter which contains casein and he will lightly coast the perch in a flour mixture and then sauté it to perfection. The staff is extremely knowledgeable about food allergies and it is always a pleasant dining experience without worry.
3. Bar Harbor – Although our boys cannot eat the cheese on their burgers the chef and staff understand cross-contamination and always allow me to read ingredient labels. We bring our own Daiya cheese and my boys LOVE their burgers. They cannot have the fries due to what goes into the deep fryer but the chips are safe!
4. The Fish – The restaurant owner and staff is very accommodating and have gone out of the way to make delicious healthy food for our kiddos.
5. Country Club of Boyne Seminole Pub – Chef Dean Grill is new to the Country Club of Boyne Team this season. He is from LA and has quite an outstanding culinary resume! Both Chef Dean and General Manager Claire are very educated on food allergies and cross-contamination. There are wonderful! I have met with Chef several times and he personally ALWAYS cooks my boy's food. The fries and homemade potato chips are safe and delicious. My children have been able to enjoy cheese burgers here that are safe and delicious. I just bring my own Daiya cheese and buns. They go the extra mile!
6. Nob's Nob Cafeteria – We are season pass holders at the Nub's Nob Ski Resort and every fall the wonderful chef reviews the menu with me. They are so incredibly accommodating and even take me back into their walk in freezer so I can review ingredients listings. My children can enjoy the curly and straight French fries there which are popular items, hot dogs, hamburgers, grilled chicken and fruit. Please always double check with the line chefs to make sure they change their gloves after touching cheese. Also, double check the buns they use as I believe some of the buns my not be ok.
7. We dined here several times over the winter with our boys. The 1st time we ate here with our boys we showed our server, who has been with Teddy's for over 15 year, our Restaurant Chef Card, and she assured us Teddy's could safely accommodate multiple food allergies. Allergy Eats has ONE bad review for this restaurant and we have NEVER had a problem. We know the owners and staff and they always accommodate us safely!
Bay Harbor:
1. Bay Harbor Yacht Club (Private Club) – The level of service and accommodations are incredible. They exceed my expectations for safety, allergy safe options, quality of food and level of service. Bravo!
Restaurants to Avoid w/Food Allergies in Bay Harbor:
2.The Original Pancake House – Unfortunately this restaurant cooks just about everything in PEANUT OIL! Yes, you heard me- PEANUT OIL. Perhaps their supplier is the same at Chic-fil-A's??? I don't care how refined the oil may be, I'm not testing in with my anaphylactic peanut/tree nut allergic son! Apparently peanut oil has a higher boiling point and is cheaper than most oils in a restaurant setting. This restaurant even told me a few years ago that there is possibly peanut oil in the toasters because some of the bread may get brushed with it. A child went into anaphylactic shock here a few years back before they had the peanut oil allergy statement on their menu. Now they have allergy statements on every menu I believe. AVOID AT ALL COSTS IF YOU HAVE A NUT ALLERGY
Boyne City:
1. Café Sante – Amazing and the really get cross-contamination and food allergies! We dine here regularly & one of the restaurant manager's worked for Disney in which they had several levels of food allergy education that were necessary for all employees. During our most recent dining experience our server explained to us that the staff had just been trained extensively on food allergies and cross-contamination. The serving staff here is even required to add food allergies into their computer system upon originally greeting their guests. Thank you to the new Michigan Restaurant Law! My youngest son LOVES the mules! My boys can eat their homemade bread safely also which is amazing, safe and usually not the case in most restaurants. The owners, managers and chefs here GET IT! Thank you!
Boyne Falls:
1. Mountain Grand Lodge – Although we did not dine here during our last visit I inquired with the restaurant manager and they suggested they were fully capable of accommodating multiple food allergies to ensure the safety of our children.
Charlevoix (We have not explored too many restaurants here with our boys)
1. Terry's Place – We attempted to eat here with our boys on the way home from the Traverse City airport during May 2016. I called and spoke to the gatekeeper who answered the telephone. I mentioned that our 2 boys have life-threatening food allergies to dairy, eggs, peanuts & tree nuts. She stated that "It would be very difficult to accommodate you here because we use peanut oil to sautee all of our fish in and there is dairy in many of the entrée sauces." She did state that their sister restaurant next door (The Villager Pub) could prepare our boy's food and run it over. I asked if the chef could simply prepare fish (ie white fish or salmon) for our boys and she said it would not be possible to bake, broil or grill it safely with olive oil as a substitute for the peanut oil. This is really too bad they cannot accommodate food allergies at all. Perhaps the person I spoke with was not educated well on how to accommodate all customers with special diets. Oh, and did I mention this was a Sunday night during April, which is the off season in Charlevoix? A perfect evening to try a new restaurant because the town was literally dead! Eat here at your own risk!
Traverse City & Surrounding Area:
1. Siren Hall (Elk Rapids) – We recently had a late lunch here with our boys. We sat at the bar and requested the bar tender review our Chef Allergy Card with the chef and offer recommendations. Our boys decided on the grilled chicken with broccolini and muscles in a white wine, garlic and tomato broth. Both were delicious and our boys were happy. They have root beer on tap too which made the stop especially worthwhile because our boys love root beer!
2. Red Ginger (downtown Traverse City) – This is a family favorite in our house. If we're in Traverse City with our boys we have to dine here according to them! When you make a reservation the host will make a note in their computer system of your allergies. The head chef here has a son who is on a strict gluten-free diet. He completely understands the concept of safety and avoiding cross-contamination. My children usually order vegetable sushi rolls and the chef prepares delicious panko crusted chicken fingers for them with a side of steamed green vegetables. The food is delicious and their sushi is fresh and yummy! This is definitely one of our favorite Northern Michigan restaurants and I hope you will try it also! Thanks Red Ginger!
3.Great Wolf Lodge Traverse City– we did a staycation here with our boys last fall and I have to say their main restaurant is very accommodating for food allergies. The manager and chef both came to our table and assured us they would make a safe amazing meal for our boys. They completely DELIVERED and the chef brought the food to the table. It was made separately, delicious and healthy!
4.Poppycocks (downtown Traverse City)- We ate here with our boys during the Film Festival a few summers ago and they did an amazing job accommodating us. I think my boys had broiled whitefish and grilled chicken. They each loved their entrees!
Local Grocery Stores with Allergen Friendly Foods:
1.Grain Train Petoskey/Boyne City- Both have many GF, DF & EF items…a little light on the nut free items. No soynut butter of sunflower see butter options here but you can find these items: Daiya, Daiya pizza, Veganaise, Just Mayo, Earth Balance Cheesy Puffs, Dairy free milks, Follow Your Heart, Everything is also Cert Organic etc.
2.Meijer Lears Rd- They have a HUGE selection of allergen friendly items, they DO carry Soynut butter and Sunflower seed butter. They also carry NadaMoo Dairy, Nut and Egg free ice cream in multiple flavors! Additionally, they carry the SoDelicious brand! They also have the largest selection of non-dairy milks, ie. soy, pea protein (Ripple our fav!), rice, etc.
3.Aldi's in Petoskey
4. Family Fare in Petoskey- they have the largest selection of non-dairy cheeses, salad dressings, Tofutti cream cheese, etc…located in the cooler by the organic foods. They also sell Enjoy Life Products (including their chocolate bars which are excellent for making summertime s'mores!), Sunbutter and sunflower seed butter. Plus, they carry sustainable seafood and organic meats.
5.Walmart- believe it or not, they have a huge selection of Allergen Friendly items in the Gluten Free Aisle…they also carry Enjoy Life
6. Meijer and Oryana Organic Co-Op (both in Traverse City)
Please remember these comments are based solely on our personal experiences and are opinion based. Feel free to message me if you have additional questions/comments regarding any of the restaurants mentioned above.


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