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What are the roots of Thailand's first state society? On one of the longest-running archaeological digs in Southeast Asia, Earthwatchers looked for clues.
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Earthwatchers helped excavate the Thai countryside in Non Ban Jaark.
This fascinating site holds clues to how organized society formed in this part of the world. The artifacts at Non Ban Jaark date from the beginning of the AD calendar to about 700 AD. Earthwatch volunteers helped unearth the foundations of what would become Thai society.
Those who joined the team uncovered the remains of towns and early cities. Unlike older settlements, which had structures made of wood that have long since rotted away, the people who built at Non Ban Jaark used clay as a construction material. That means walls and foundations are still there to be excavated and studied.
To unearth these signs of Thailand's rich past, Earthwatchers dug in excavation pits and did very fine, detail-oriented work to extract delicate artifacts. They also cleaned and sorted newly discovered finds and mapped the archaeological features of the site. In their off-hours, they visited the nearby museum founded by these researchers and local community members. In other words, they connected with Thailand's past and present.
Volunteers helped these researchers make the connections between Thailand's prehistoric people and those that founded its first state society.
Earthwatch supported this research for nearly two decades.
When the excavations at Non Ban Jaark began in 2013, they marked the beginning of a new chapter. Before then, Earthwatch teams worked at Ban Non Wat, a nearby site rich in prehistoric artifacts from early hunter-gatherers and rice farmers. The finds at Non Ban Jaark came from a later period, when an organized state society began to emerge in the region.
The recent more work helped fill in details about this period in Thai history. Around the world, state societies first began to form in places where large-scale agriculture had already developed. In some parts of the world, this happened over five thousand years ago. But the transition came much later in Non Ban Jaark—closer to two thousand years ago. This research began exploring why; one theory is that state societies may have developed later in tropical areas because hunter-gatherers found it easier to survive in such climates, and therefore had less motivation to lay the foundations for an organized state. Earthwatchers contributed to the search to understand exactly how that might have happened in Thailand.
Volunteers helped excavate archaeological sites and log artifacts.
Earthwatchers stayed in the town of Phimai, once a major regional capital of the Angkor Empire. The center of the modern town is still dominated by the impressive stone temples and walls of the ancient city.
Rice fields dotted with trees characterize the area outside Phimai. In addition to farming, some people raise Brahman cattle and water buffalo. Domestic elephants and their owners, called "mahouts" often travel through Phimai.
Thailand is a beautiful country to visit. While traveling around the project's region, volunteers visited richly decorated wats (Buddhist temples) and monks on their alms rounds . During January and February, many of the temples have lively festivals. Much activity in Thailand happens around the various markets, and in Phimai, volunteers regularly visited the daily morning market near the hotel and the evening market in the town center, as well as the nearby Monday-night traveling market.
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Earthwatchers spent most of their days excavating archaeological sites and cleaning and sorting artifacts fresh from the soil. When not working with artifacts, they mapped future excavation sites that had not been fully explored. They also contributed to the most important aspects of good research: organizing and entering data. This work helped deepen the understanding of Non Ban Jaark's fascinating past and contributed to the security of its future.
Some volunteers tried making pottery using ancient Thai techniques.
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Earthwatch archaeologist Dr. Nigel Chang of Australia leads the ongoing dig at Ban Non Wat in northern Thailand, exploring the history of an area that once included the seat of the Khmer Empire.
You'll stay at the comfortable Phimai Inn, about 45 minutes away from Non Ban Jaark. The inn offers a large swimming pool, hot showers, conventional Western plumbing, and air-conditioned rooms. Delicious Thai meals will be served under the pavilion next to the swimming pool, and the hotel will provide lunches each day to take to the dig site. The hotel is close to Phimai center, where you can visit the traditional market and a small supermarket that has some Western snacks.
Thai cuisine is often spicy; chilies often take center stage in Thai cooking. The spice level on your meals will be toned down from the local versions, but you can still expect a little fire! You'll enjoy a buffet breakfast each morning. Lunches and dinners will include a wide array of Thai dishes, mainly featuring rice, seafood and meat.
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Mary Belcolore | Tuesday, February 11, 2014
When I saw a huge gecko crawling up the wall of my hotel room my first night, I wondered what the heck I had gotten myself into! But this turned out to be one of the most incredible experiences of my life. To actually work on an archaeological dig, to carefully scrape the dirt, to help put pottery back together, to share in the excitement of the discovery of a burial jar, to see the fruits of years of work exhibited in the local museum, to participate in a local parade and festival, to try to learn some of the language, to try the local food and drink - priceless! If you get the chance to volunteer for this project, take it!
Terry Parsons | Sunday, February 09, 2014
Was great opportunity to observe and participate in various aspects of an archeological dig rather than watching one on TV. Not to be overlooked is the opportunity to meet and work with local villagers as well as working side-by-side with experts in their field.
Jennifer Lauer | Friday, February 07, 2014
I was here in 2007. It was a very well-organized expedition, clearly it had been running for enough years that the kinks were largely worked out. Although there was a lot of excavation in the pit by grad students and local employees, during the team I was on most of the Earthwatchers' work was actually up top, cleaning and reassembling pots that had been excavated from the pit. That was an exercise in 3D puzzle skills, and I got pretty good by the end of figuring out these pots went together and then gluing them back into place.
The food was amazing. The accommodations were good: the hotel we were at had a pool, and that was a huge relief after the really hot days at the site. It was a plus to get an air-conditioned room, which we really appreciated.
Tara Thara | Thursday, February 06, 2014
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Before I start my Tutorial I just want to say this: I am by no means a brilliant programmer. I am however a beginner myself and have worked through a lot of problems that I have faced when attempting to produce working code. This tutorial is to help those starting out with MySql who have no experience with it whatsoever.
The first thing that you will need is to download MySql. I am working with MySql version 5.0. You can download it from their site.
After setting it up you must click Start > All programs > MySql > MySql 5.0 and then MySql command line client.
This will open a window similar to the old DOS command line. You will have to enter your password and hit enter.
All commands in MySql must end with the delimiter ;. This tells the database (DB) to execute your command. MySql syntax doesnt distinguish between upper and lowercase letters so SHOW is the same as show. At the mysql> command prompt type SHOW databases; and hit enter.
This shows all the DB already created, and any new ones will also appear here. In order to use a specific DB simply type USE your database name here;
It will say database changed.
Alright so lets create a new database so that we can test some sql expressions. Type:
CREATE DATABASE myfirstdb; Now type show databases again and you should see your new DB in the list. You can delete this DB by typing DROP DATABASE myfirstdb; but be careful of using this command, especially if you have info in the DB!
A DB is pretty useless with no tables in it, so lets add a couple now. Make sure you type USE myfirstdb; first.
A table is created using the CREATE TABLE statement. MySql will only allow you to create a table if you enter at least 1 or more columns. So here is an example of creating a suppliers table.
Note: You might want to type this into Notepad and then copy and paste into the command line before you execute. This makes it easier to edit, so that you dont have to re-type everything again.
CREATE TABLE suppliers ( SupplierID SMALLINT UNSIGNED ZEROFILL NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, SupplierName VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL, Phone VARCHAR(14) NOT NULL, Email VARCHAR(60) NULL, PRIMARY KEY (SupplierID) );
Dont forget the delimiter ;!
Right, so what does all of this mean?
The line CREATE TABLE suppliers creates a table named suppliers you could name it whatever you want.
The case of the table name doesnt matter either it will always display as lowercase anyway.
The contents of the bracket stipulate the names of each of the columns that will be in your table, as well as the type of info that it will contain, how many characters and whether that value can be null (empty) or not.
Eg: SupplierID SMALLINT UNSIGNED ZEROFILL NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT The name of the column is SupplierID. The type of the column is SMALLINT. It is UNISIGNED which means it starts at 0. ZEROFILL means that if the number is 1 the spaces before the 1 will be filled with zeros, eg: 0001 The column is NOT NULL meaning it must be given a value it cannot be left empty. AUTO_INCREMENT tells MySql to automatically assign a value to it and increment it according to the last value in the DB. This is good for an ID because it ensures uniqueness.
The last line PRIMARY KEY (SupplierID) indicates that the identifying key for this table is SupplierID.
If you want to delete a table DROP TABLE suppliers will do it. (But don't do it now )
To list our tables in our new DB type:SHOW TABLES;
If you would like to see all the columns in your table type DESCRIBE suppliers;
The Supplier table will be our Parent Table in our first DB. The Child Table will be the Products table you cant have a product without a supplier. Our child table Products will rely on a Supplier parent being present to supply said product. This is where we use a Foreign Key relationship.
CREATE TABLE Products ( ProductID SMALLINT UNSIGNED ZEROFILL NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, SupplierID SMALLINT UNSIGNED ZEROFILL NOT NULL, ProductName VARchAR(40) NOT NULL, UnitPrice DECIMAL(10,2) NULL, PRIMARY KEY (ProductID) );
Our Primary Key on our Products table is ProductID. This identifies the unique product. Notice that there is also a SupplierID in our Products table. This will be our Foreign Key back to the suppliers table identifying which supplier supplies this product.
So lets add our Foreign Key to our products table:
ALTER TABLE Products ADD FOREIGN KEY (SupplierID) REFERENCES Suppliers (SupplierID);
Our Foreign Key is on SupplierID in the Products table and relates to (or references) the SuppliersID column in the Suppliers table. Note that the type of the Foreign Key column must match the type of the Primary Key column in the other table that it relates to. The ALTER TABLE command enables you to change your tables once youve created them. If you want to see how a table was created use SHOW CREATE TABLE products;
So now we are ready to insert some values into our tables.
INSERT INTO suppliers (SupplierName, Phone, Email) VALUE (ABCSupplier,1122334455,[email protected]);
This inserts the values specified in between the into each column specified. We ignore the SupplierID because that is set to auto increment. To query the info out of the DB use a Select statement. Eg:SELECT * FROM suppliers; * stands for all info in the table. (Check out no2pencils tutorial on the use of SELECT )
Lets insert a product that ABCSupplier supplies. To do that we need to first have a supplier ID. From our select statement we can see that ABCSuppliers SupplierID = 1. So our Product insert will look like this:
INSERT INTO products (SupplierID, ProductName, UnitPrice) VALUE (1,Chocolates,10.50);
Again we let MySql auto generate the ProductID (primary key) but we insert ABCSuppliers's ID in for the SupplierID. SELECT * FROM products; will show us our entry.
Ok let's test the Foreign Key now.
Lets try enter another product insert this time entering a SupplierID of 2.
INSERT INTO products (SupplierID, ProductName, UnitPrice) VALUE (2,Beads,5);
The insert fails. This is good! It fails because of the Foreign Key constraint SupplierID in the table Products. This constraint ensures that there must be a supplier (with corresponding SupplierID) for the product to be inserted. Since we have only inserted one supplier so far there cannot be a product with a SupplierID of 2 until we insert a second supplier.
Thats it for this intro into MySql.
- Creating a database
- Creating tables & columns
- Using Primary Keys
- Using Foreign Keys.
I hope it helps some of you get started with your databases.
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Hello Dr. Muthen,
I have a rather basic question. I have a data-set with three time-points and I used cross-lagged analysis to capture direction of effects and LGCM to capture correlated change. For the cross-lagged analyses, I used SEM controlling for all stability and within-time correlations. I found that variable X at times 1 and 2 did not predict variable Y at times 2 and 3, respectively. Similarly, variable Y at times 1 and 2 did not predict variable X at times 2 and 3, respectively. So the cross-lagged analyses could not substantiate any causal links between both variables in either direction.
The LGCM analyses, however, indicated that the slopes of both variables were significantly related. How exactly must I explain this combination of findings because a reviewer stated that these findings are rather incompatible? I know that both analyses capture different phenomena but I have difficulty puting this into words. Also, do you know any articles or chapters that clearly explain the difference between both sets of analyses and how they complement one another?
Many thanks!
posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 8:37 am
I can see a couple of reasons for the contradictory results. First, your growth model for the 2 processes may be misfitting - for example if the 2 outcomes are allowed to correlate only via their growth factors and not through direct residual correlation at each time point, too much correlation is channeled through the growth factors. Second, the growth model is concerned with slopes, while the cross-lagged model is concerned with each time point.
Somewhat related literature included writings on hybrids of growth and auto-regressive modeling by McArdle, and by Bollen and Curran.
Koen Luyckx
posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:55 am
Many thanks for the suggestions, Dr. Muthen.
So, if I understand it correctly, you would change the default of m-plus and let the residuals of both variables correlate at each time-point and then see if the same significant correlations among the slopes would still pop up?
Thanks for any addditional comments.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 5:34 am
Yes, that is what Bengt means.
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NBC's David Gregory won't be charged for displaying a high-capacity ammunition magazine on Meet the Press in December, the District of Columbia's top prosecutor said Friday.
In a letter to NBC, which The Washington Post reported, D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan wrote that although the magazine "meets the definition" of the criminal statute, prosecuting him "would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes its trust."
But Nathan did say that Gregory could have used other methods to make his point.
D.C. police forwarded their investigation to Nathan three days ago, but it has not been made public.
Possessing an ammunition magazine that can hold 10 or more rounds, even if empty, is a misdemeanor in D.C. Conviction can result in a $1,000 fine or up to a year in jail.
In a statement, Meet the Press said:
"We displayed the empty magazine solely for journalistic purposes to help illustrate an important issue for our viewers. We accept the District of Columbia Attorney General's admonishment, respect his decision and will have no further comment on this matter."
The Post posted Nathan's three-page letter, which says, in part:
We have a history of aggressively prosecuting violations of this statute where the circumstances warrant. There is no doubt of the gravity ofthe illegal conduct in this matter, especially in a city and a nation that have been plagued by carnage from gun violence. Of course, the recent tragic, heart-breaking events, particularly at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, which appear to have led to the program in question, also underscore our belief in the vigorous enforcement of such laws.
Having carefully reviewed all of the facts and circumstances of this matter, as it does in every case involving firearms-related offenses or any other potential violation of D.C. law within our criminal jurisdiction, OAG has determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory, who has no criminal record, or any other NBC employee based on the events associated with the December 23, 2012 broadcast.
Gregory displayed the empty 30-round magazine and a five-to-10-round magazine while interviewing the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre.


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A federal judge on Friday certified a lawsuit challenging Virginia's ban on same-sex marriages as a class action.
U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski ruled in a lawsuit brought last summer by two couples against the state's 2006 constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
By granting class action, the plaintiffs in the Harrisonburg case will be representing all same-sex couples who want to get married and those who have already been married in other jurisdictions.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs estimate there are more than 15,000 same-sex households in Virginia.
The Harrisonburg lawsuit is one of two challenging the state prohibition of same-sex marriage. The state's new attorney general, Mark R. Herring, has informed judges in both cases he will not defend the state ban and will join the couples challenging it.
A hearing in the other lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, is scheduled for Tuesday.
Attorneys for the Harrisonburg plaintiffs said Urbanski's ruling means every same-sex couple in the state has "become part of the fight against the state's discriminatory constitutional and statutory marriage bans.''
Advocates of same-sex marriage celebrated Herring's decision last week as a significant step in the conservative South and that the class action certification adds more heft to the Virginia challenges.
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia now allow gay marriage, most of them clustered in the Northeast.
In recent weeks, federal judges struck down gay marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma. Those rulings are on hold while they are appealed.
In Virginia, the American Civil Liberties Union said it is now "fighting for families across the state'' with Urbanki's certification.
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Gallery 1988 is loading up the ECTO-1 with tons of awesome artwork and hitting the road! First stop is New York City, home to the infamous Ghostbusters. The Gallery is really close to the Firestation Ray, Egon, Peter, and Winston called home.
Seeing Ghostbusters is one of my earliest memories from my childhood. I had all the toys, the proton pack that didn't look anything like the one in the movie, but my brother and I felt like we were actually busting ghosts. I'm super excited to be a part of this show, I believe this film is partially responsible (along with the Christopher Walken film "Communion") for my obsessive interest in the paranormal and all things ghosts. I guess also growing up in a haunted house that had a permanent (and often times friendly) ghostly presence probably helped add to that... I'm super excited to be a part of this show, here's my work for the Official Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Show at Gallery 1988:
Prints will be available through the gallery, and I've also created a framed album, with the official Ghostbusters Soundtrack vinyl LP included!:
Bustin' makes me feel good
I've added a custom record label to the record!
Here are the dates of the cities it will be visiting, for more info please visit http://www.ghostbusters30th.com
New York City: April 19-26
Los Angeles: May 17-June 1st
Chicago: June 20-22
San Diego: Comic-Con (if you don't know when that is... it's too late to get tickets, so don't bother!)
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Trenton, NJ – Hurricane Sandy has greatly damaged NJ TRANSIT's infrastructure across the state.
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The simplest way of creating an EntityManagerFactory in a J2SE environment is as follows
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory; import javax.persistence.Persistence; ... EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(persistenceUnitName);
So you simply provide the name of the persistence-unit which defines the properties, classes, metadata etc to be used. An alternative is to specify the properties to use along with the persistence-unit name. In that case the passed properties will override any that are specified for the persistence unit itself.
An EntityManagerFactory is designed to be thread-safe. An EntityManager is not
DataNucleus provides many properties to extend the control that JPA gives you. These can be used alongside the above standard JPA properties, but will only work with DataNucleus. Please consult the Persistence Properties Guide for full details. In addition we have the following properties explicitly for JPA.


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OK somebody soothe me
A Rodgers QB
LeSean McCoy RB
DeMarco Murray RB
Jordan Howard (flex)
Cameron Brate TE
KC Defense
Janikowski K
I feel pretty good about this group, although I did dump Jordan Reed for Brate.
WR is where I feel like I am going to blow it.
Julio Jones is this a decoy week or is he back?
Larry Fitzgerald playing our beloved Seahawks will he draw Sherm?
Emmanuel Sanders
Dontrelle Inman very intriguing
Kenny Britt well he has been better then Diggs recently so I picked him up
My gut says start Julio and Inman.
Last time I will bother you all


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Letter to the House of Representatives opposing the Kingston amendment
August 2, 2007
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we urge you to vote NO on an amendment to be offered today by Representative Kingston (R-GA) to the Agriculture Appropriations bill that would strike language regarding importation of prescription drugs. Votes associated with this issue may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 110th Congress.
Current federal law prohibits consumers in the United States from taking advantage of the global marketplace to purchase affordable prescription drugs. In fact, Americans pay the highest prices in the world for the same medicines available at a fraction of the price to citizens in other industrialized nations. As a result, millions of senior citizens and individuals with disabilities, many of them retired educators living on fixed incomes, in addition to those without health insurance, face escalating medication costs. They are some of the many Americans living on fixed incomes who must often choose between buying prescription drugs or paying for food and rent.
The Kingston amendment would strike language from the Agriculture Appropriations bill that prohibits the use of funds to prevent importation of prescription drugs. Striking this language would undermine efforts to allow consumers to purchase safe, affordable prescription drugs from other industrialized nations.
We urge your opposition to the Kingston amendment.
Diane Shust, Director of Government Relations
Randall Moody, Manager of Federal Advocacy


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wash (someone's) mouth out (with soap)
To punish someone for using rude, vulgar, or obscene language by cleaning their mouth with soap (usually used merely as a threat). If you kids don't stop cussing in this house, I'm going to wash your mouths out with soap!
wash your mouth out
An admonishment for using profanity. Used especially by parents (or other adults) to children. Used (figuatively) as an imperative. Wash your mouth out! What would your mother think if she heard you using that language!


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Message from the Director
At the Stanford Center for Biomedical Research (BMIR) we develop cutting-edge ways to acquire, represent, and process information about human health. Our work enables the Institute of Medicine's vision for a Learning Health System by translating biomedical data into actionable insights for decision making. Our research advances the state of the art in semantic technology, biostatistics, and the modeling of biomedical systems to benefit clinical and translational research as well as patient care.
BMIR Colloquia and Research in Progress typically occur on Thursdays from 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm during the academic year, in Room X275 of the Medical School Office Building, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA.
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The Protégé project represents an effort within BMIR that has run continuously for more than 25 years. Protégé provides a development environment for authoring ontologies and electronic knowledge bases, either via a comprehensive desktop client or via a Web interface that makes the infrastructure needed for creating an ontology as simple as that needed for creating a Google doc. With more than 225,000 registered users, Protégé is the most widely adopted ontology-engineering system in the world. In BMIR, we use Protégé for many of our internal projects in the area of ontology and terminology engineering, decision support, and knowledge-based pattern detection. Ongoing research in the Center explores methods to enhance collaboration among groups of distributed developers who may use Protégé, and to mine usage data collected during ontology editing to simplify future editing operations for Protégé users.
BMIR has been designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization (WHO). In this role, we are adapting and disseminating technology developed within BMIR to drive the authoring, deployment, and evaluation of terminological classifications and ontologies developed by the WHO for use in the member states of the United Nations. These ontologies include the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), the International Classification of Traditional Medicine (ICTM), and several others. BMIR's Protégé ontology-engineering environment provides the basis of a special tool that our group has developed for the WHO to support the construction of ICD-11, a process that involves scores of expert developers located across the globe. BMIR also provides guidance to the WHO regarding the modeling of medical concepts and the mapping of WHO terminologies to other classification systems.
The National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO) is one of the National Centers for Biomedical Computingsupported by the National Institutes of Health. NCBO brings together scientists from BMIR and from several other international institutions to address the challenge of applying semantic technologies to problems such as creating metadata to annotate large data sets, integrating data from heterogeneous sources, driving natural language processing, and facilitating the creation of electronic knowledge bases to drive decision support. The NBCO maintains the largest repository of biomedical ontologies in the world in its BioPortal resource, which also allows users to visualize these ontologies and to explore how their terms relate to one another. The NCBO Resource Index uses the terms in the BioPortal ontology collection to index a large assortment of biomedical data sets. NCBO supports vigorous dissemination and outreach activities. The Center collaborates actively with a wide range of biomedical scientists, and eagerly solicits new collaborations.
Protégé team receives "Ten Year Award" from Semantic Web Science Association for most influential paper published in ISWC 2004
At this year's International Semantic Web Conference in Riva del Garda Italy (ISWC 2014), the Semantic Web Science Association presented the Protégé team with an award for the paper published in the Proceedings of ISWC 2004 judged to have the greatest impact on the field.
Mark Musen receives NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Center of Excellence grant
The Center for Expanded Data Annotation and Retrieval (CEDAR) is a newly funded Center of Excellence supported by the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. CEDAR is based organizationally at Stanford University, with key collaborators at the University of Oxford, Yale University, and Northrup Grumman Corporation.


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Faith, Hope, Love Wall Hanging Pattern
Celebrate your belief in faith, hope and love with this simple wall hanging.
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Wonderful pattern. I made one which is now hanging in the Sunday School room at the UMC Church in Belen Costa Rica.........
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Very easy to make and the result is beautiful.
April 26, 2015
I have made several of these, a couple for church. They are well admired.
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I have made several of these ... wonderful!
December 31, 2013
I love making this wall hanging. It was easy and quick. It was a great project for a beginner which I am a beginner quilter and I love to applique.


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Small businesses want to expand Iowa's middle class by attracting and retaining the best workers. Providing good health care benefits is one way to do that.
Unfortunately, health care is the fastest-growing expense for small business owners. On average, small businesses pay 18 percent more than large businesses for the same coverage, and health insurance premiums have gone up three times faster than wages in the last 10 years.
To ease this financial burden on our small businesses, the Senate passed Senate File 449 with bipartisan support. This bill builds on a federal tax credit through the Affordable Care Act for businesses with fewer than 25 full-time employees. The federal tax credit equals 35 percent of the cost of providing health care to employees through 2013 and 50 percent starting in 2014.
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Senate File 449 would benefit more than 73,000 Iowa businesses by providing a state tax credit worth 25 percent of the federal credit. For example, a company that spends $50,000 a year providing health care benefits would receive a 35 percent federal credit of $17,500. The proposed Iowa state credit would add an extra $4,375. The net cost of providing $50,000 in employee health insurance would be reduced by $21,875.
This tax credit is another step in our efforts to reduce health care costs and make affordable health care available to all Iowans.


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The head of the International Monetary Fund says she expects Ukraine and the IMF to finish a short-term financing plan within "days," The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Speaking in Beijing, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said such a plan is needed to stabilize Ukraine's economy, but didn't give details about either the package's size or what conditions the IMF may demand.
Lagarde made the comments in response to questions from students at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Meanwhile, U.S. aid to Ukraine is high on the congressional agenda when lawmakers return to Washington Monday. Separate Senate and House bills both back $1 billion in loan guarantees for Ukraine, but lawmakers are divided over including IMF reforms in the aid package.
The White House has been urging Congress to approve a shift of $63 billion from an IMF crisis fund to the institution's general accounts, which would make good on a commitment from 2010. Senate Democrats support that move, but some Republicans say the IMF changes cost too much. House Speaker John Boehner has said the money for the IMF isn't necessary to help Ukraine.
The Senate plans to hold a procedural vote on Monday on the Ukraine aid legislation, including the IMF funding.
-- Robert Schroeder
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If the Chinese news clip below is to be believed, the driver of this Cadillac CTS is one of the most excellent human beings alive. Thrills, spills, chills, hoonage, petty theft, and security-camera footage? What's not to love?
That said, the whole thing seems a bit staged, a bit too perfect. Anyone speak Chinese? Is this real, or is it just pirated footage from Rush Hour 12: Enter the Rise of the Dragon Fist Brothers: The Hoonening?
(Hat tip to laughing_guitarist!)


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Refer to U.S. Taxpayers Residing in the United States and the related FAQs for updated Streamlined Domestic Offshore procedures that impact the information below (as of October 2014).
- One of the risk factors listed in the Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures for Non-Resident, Non-Filer Taxpayers Questionnaire is a tax liability below $1,500 for each of the three years submitted under the Streamlined Procedures. If my tax liability exceeds $1,500 for any of the three years, am I ineligible?
No. The $1,500 per year tax limit will not disqualify you from admission to the Streamlined Procedures, but exceeding that limit may result in your submission being treated as higher risk. The instructions for the Streamlined Procedures state that low risk will be predicated on simple returns with little or no U.S. tax due. Submissions with tax due of $1,500 or less will be considered low risk absent any risk factors. Submissions with tax due in excess of $1,500 or the presence of other risk factors may be treated as higher risk.
- If I submit a return with tax in excess of $1,500 and I am determined to be higher risk, what are the consequences?
Submissions determined to be higher risk due to tax amounts over $1,500 or the presence of other risk factors may be subject to applicable penalties. Submissions determined to be higher risk may also be subject to an examination. If you have a submission presenting higher risk, you may consider filing under the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program.
- If I have already been accepted into the 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative but I qualify for the Streamlined Procedures, can I request the Streamlined Procedures?
Yes. If you qualify for the Streamlined Procedures but have been accepted into one of the offshore voluntary disclosure programs prior to September 1, 2012, you may opt out of the offshore voluntary disclosure program and request the Streamlined Procedures. To opt out, you need to inform the examiner of your decision in writing. This is an irrevocable election and you will receive a notification letter stating this fact. The examiner assigned to your case will then be able to make a risk determination of your submission and close your case according to the Streamlined Procedures. If all submission items for the voluntary disclosure program have already been submitted to the IRS, you will not be required to make a second submission for the Streamlined Procedures.
- If I elect to opt out of one of the offshore voluntary disclosure programs for the Streamlined Procedures, how will my submission be considered?
Under the offshore voluntary disclosure programs, you were required to submit tax and information returns for a period of years. If you qualify for the Streamlined Procedures, the IRS will review all of the returns that you previously submitted through one of the programs. If your submission is determined to be low risk, you will not be subject to any applicable penalties. However, if your submission is determined to be higher risk, you may be subject to applicable penalties and your returns may be subject to examination.
- If I qualify for the Streamlined Procedures, but I previously participated in one of the offshore voluntary disclosure programs and entered into a closing agreement, can I now have my case reconsidered under the Streamlined Procedures?
Taxpayers who participated in one of the offshore voluntary disclosure programs whose cases have been resolved and closed with a Form 906 closing agreement and who believe the facts of their case qualify them for the Streamlined Procedures should provide a statement to this effect, including all pertinent contact information (name, address, SSN, home/cell phone numbers), the name of the Revenue Agent assigned to their case, and a copy of their closing agreement. This information should be sent to:
Internal Revenue Service
3651 S. I H 35 Stop 4301 AUSC
Austin, TX 78741
Attn: Streamlined Redetermination
Upon receipt of this information, the case will be assigned to an examiner to review and make a determination whether the case should be reconsidered, based on all the facts and circumstances.
- To submit complete and accurate tax returns under the Streamlined Procedures, what income tax return form should I use?
Taxpayers should use Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, except that taxpayers who are submitting amended returns for the sole purpose of submitting late-filed Forms 8891 should use Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. Use of any other forms (for example, Form 1040NR, U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return, when the taxpayer is not a nonresident alien) may result in significant delays or exclusion from the Streamlined Procedures.


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The Harwood Union softball team has started their season in fine fashion winning all eight of their games thus far. On Thursday, May 7, they traveled to Vergennes to face the Lady Commodores. Harwood came away with a 22-6 victory.
It did not take long for the Lady Highlanders to rally against their hosts, pushing seven runs across in the second inning. It began when Hannah Lovely and Morgan Lamson both got on via errors. Lovely scored from third on a passed ball. Chelsea Delphia popped a single to left, driving home Lamson.
Delphia then scored on Sarah Danaher's single to right. Danaher stole second and then advanced to the plate on successive passed balls. Katelyn Durfee and Sam Winters both bunted their way to first base. Both runners scored via the passed ball as well. Hanna Martini took an inside pitch off her torso and was granted first base. Martini advanced to third on passed balls and scored when Lovely, batting for the second time in the frame, stroked a single to left.
In the third inning, Harwood catcher Jess Jones reached base via an error and proceeded to steal second. Jones moved to third on a ground out and scored when Winters dropped a bunt single in front of the plate and beat the throw to first base. Winters scored three pitches later as she advanced with a steal and a pair of passed balls.
In the fourth, the Highlanders notched three more runs as Lovely reached on a fielder's choice and Lamson bunted her way to first. A ground out scored Lovely and Lamson scampered home on a passed ball. Charlotte Thompson poked a single to left and scored three pitches later due to a steal and a pair of passed balls.
In the sixth inning, Harwood put the game well out of reach, taking advantage of more errors by their opponent, scoring 10 more times.
Harwood's offense knocked out a dozen hits and was led by Delphia's two hits and three RBI. Winters recorded three bunt singles and two RBI. Jones had a RBI double during the sixth inning.
Lamson struck out nine batters, walked four and gave up just four hits en route to her third pitching victory. The Highlanders next play at Lamoille on Thursday, May 14, and they host U32 on May 19.


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BLINEMEDIA necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 107 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
A logo that incorporates a powerful and BOLD iconic design using strong colors.
Who we are: An internet advertising company servicing publishers (website owners, bloggers), advertisers (businesses), and networks Our purpose is to attract these three groups. Information about our business for better understanding to use for logo design. WEBSITE OWNERS AND BLOGGERS - they can make money(monetize their sites) by choosing and incorporating ads from our network that we offer. They then put banners on their site, and get paid when their cliental clicks to use that advertiser. ADVERTISERS (businesses) demonstrate to big-name advertisers that we are a recognized internet marketing firm that maximizes their ROI (return on investment.) We create ad campaigns (advertisements) that will gain them many new customers through our own network and our wide-ranging affiliates. NETWORKS (ad agencies) these are other ad networks that will be partnering with us to pull campaigns from our network for their own, thus creating a win-win situation.
Design, must be BOLD to make a statement of professionalism, and business success. The logo you create will set the tone for our next project which will be the design of our website. FINISHED PRODUCT TO BE DELIVERED IN VECTOR, PSD AND JPEG FORMATS.
No light colors or white.
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TNC 128 – The Compact Straight-Cut Control for Milling, Drilling and Boring Machines
The TNC 128 is a compact but versatile straight-cut control for three servo axes and servo spindle. A further servo axis is an option. Thanks to its simple operation and scope of features, it is especially well suited for use on universal milling, drilling and boring machines for
- series and single-part production,
- machine building,
- prototypes and pilot plants,
- repair departments, and
- training and education facilities
Workshop-oriented programming
Workshop-oriented programming is an important attribute of the TNC 128, particularly since the TNC controls are rooted in the workshop.
In the past years, machining processes have become more complex, and the machines themselves more powerful. Throughout, the basic operation of the TNC controls has remained the same despite their continued development and improvement.
The proven operation is also the basis for the user-friendly programming of the TNC 128, since it assists you during program creation with help graphics, practical prompts, machining cycles and cycles for coordinate transformation.
Simple operation
For simple work, such as face milling, you need not write a program on the TNC 128. It is just as easy to operate the machine manually by pressing the axis keys or—for maximum sensitivity—using the electronic handwheel.
Offline program creation
The TNC 128 can be programmed remotely just as well. Your Fast Ethernet interface guarantees very short transfer times, even of long programs


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Pralls Island
Prall's Island
The origin of the name Prall's Island, located in the Arthur Kill, is uncertain. It was named either for Arent Jansen Van Naerden Prall (1698-Α), who purchased the island after arriving from Amsterdam in the mid-1700s, or for Abraham Prall (1706-1775), a prominent Staten Island farmer. It was originally known as Dongan's Island, after New York Governor Thomas Dongan (1634-1715), who took the office in 1688. The name was later corrupted to Duncan's Island. Prall's Island did not take hold until the late 19th century.
Although its only current permanent inhabitants are birds, Prall's Island was once a major farming center. The island was used primarily to grow salt hay (spartina patens), a cash crop used as farm feed. In the 1930s, Prall's Island was expanded to its current size when dredged material from the Arthur Kill Channel was deposited there. However, the island saw little activity, except during the world wars, when the military anchored surplus ships off its shores.
During the late 1970s, development ideas were proposed for the island, including a bus depot and a waste removal site. However, bird watchers had begun to recognize the significance of Prall's Island as a bird sanctuary. After a number of herons were seen on the island, further studies revealed that several species of birds, including egrets and ibis, were breeding in the area. These discoveries put an end to any discussion of developing the island.
The island was assigned to Parks by the Department of General Services in 1984, to be preserved as a wildlife refuge. The New York Audubon Society has a 30 year lease, which dates back to 1985, allowing it to use Prall's Island for educational and scientific purposes. A study of avian life is being conducted by the Audubon Society and the Manomet Observatory in Massachusetts. Scientists are monitoring nesting sites and studying the habits and diets of migratory birds.
The Audubon Society has documented 400 pairs of nesting birds on the island. Species include the glossy ibis, the black-crowned night heron, the little blue heron, the snowy egret, the cattle egret, and the great egret. Although these species are not rare or endangered, their presence in an urban area in such large numbers is unusual.
A minor catastrophe took place in 1990 when an oil spill occurred in the Arthur Kill near Prall's Island, and about 700 birds died. Many birds, however, were saved by environmentalists and Staten Island's bird lovers.


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< Back to Theatre
One Night Only @ The London Palladium
In aid of breast cancer charity "The Haven" registered charity number 1061726.
Former professional dancer Deana Morgan celebrated her half century last yearby staging a charity variety night as the beautiful Alhambra Theatre, Bradford. Such was the success of the event that she has decided to do it again at the iconic London Palladium! Everyone is welcome to join the celebration and on this occasion she has assembled a cast of talented younger dancers from around the UK and also a host of professionals from the entertainment world with whom Deana has performed in the past. and lots more.
Show Information
Sunday, 25th May 2014
Sunday, 25th May 2014
Venue Information
London Palladium
8 Argyll Street
Map | Seating Plan
(2mins) Exit 8 from the tube goes out onto Argyll Street (opposite the large Topshop). The theatre is 100 metres down the road.


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Chennai, formally called Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It is situated on the south eastern coast of India, which is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal. Traditional music and dance forms are the most popular in the city. In comparison to the hectic life of other cities like Mumbai and Delhi, Chennai tops the list of cities that is famous for its history, culture and tradition.
Budget Hotels in Chennai
There are several star rated and budget hotels in Chennai. Some of them are Mallika Residency (Tariff – Rs 350), Raj Residency (Tariff – Rs.900), Samco Hotel (Tariff – Rs 1725) and Hotel The Orchid Inns (Tariff – Rs.1265).
The official language of Chennai is Tamil . The languages spoken by others who have made Chennai their home include Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Telugu.
Events in Chennai
Pongal (January), Natyanjali Dance Festivals (February) and Ganesh Chaturthi (August) are important festivals of this metropolis.
Places to See in Chennai
Travelers can take pleasure in exploring the historical spots and major landmarks of the city. They areMarina Beach(15kms from bus stand), Crocodile Park (1.7kms from nearest bus stand), Elliot's Beach(7kms from bus stand), Parthasarathy Temple(2km from bus stand), Kapaleeswarar Temple(1.2km from bus stand), Ashtalakshmi Temple(2kms from Besant Nagar bus stand), andThousand Lights mosque(2.5km from Cathedral bus stand).
How to Get There
Chennai International Airport is located along Meenambakkam and Tirusulam, 7 km from the south of Chennai.
Chennai Central also fondly called Madras Central is a major railway hub in the city. It is positioned right adjacent to the headquarters of the Southern Railway, as well as the Ripon Building. The other busy railway terminus includes Chennai Egmore and Tambaram.
Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus or CMBT is a major hub of activity that is located Koyambedu. Some of the best bus operators that offer exceptional experience for passengers include Palraj bus operator, Wahaan Tours & bus operator and KNP Tours bus operator. Log on to bus ticket online booking sites like Ticketgoose and book your tickets without any hassle.


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Within months of his label's launch, Thakoon Panichgul was the talk of New York fashion circles. The buzz reached fever pitch when Michelle Obama donned one of his printed dresses. Expect simple shapes impeccably upgraded with fine prints, delicate embroidery and bold leather panels.


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I recently ran Lenovo's update tool on a Windows 7 Home Premium T430, where one of the updates was a BIOS update.
The update tool downloaded and installed most of the routine updates and then prompted me letting me know I was about to update the BIOS so I should save work, close applications, etc. It also gave me the option to "change model number" or "update BIOS." The default selection was update BIOS, so I chose that, closed my applications, etc, and continued.
A command line window popped up for a second, and then the computer seemed to shut down, with a "Shutting down..." screen and everything, but now it appears to be in some sort of sleep/hibernate/broken state. It's unclear to me whether or not the BIOS update ever occurred or was attempted and failed or anything. The power button is slowly blinking like normal sleep, but won't wake up with a key press or mouse click. I'm afraid to press the power button to try and wake it in case something is still happening with the BIOS and I kill it by powering it off.
Should I just try the power button and see if it leaps back to life? Is there some back-door recovery that I should be trying to use? Should I wait? It's been hanging there about 30 minutes now, and a BIOS update shouldn't take that long.
In this case, the T430 BIOS update actually doesn't happen until after the system reboots. It does not sound like the system fully rebooted so it seems likely in this situation that the BIOS update never happened. You should be safe to power the system off and turn it back on.
Check what happens if the power button is depressed - if the system beeps and the power LED continues to blink slowly, uplug the power cord and remove the battery, then reinsert the battery and power up your system.
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Received message from Lenovo to update bios on T430. I followed all of the directions, but the updated killed my motherboard. What are the options? No warrenty.
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OK, with the addition of a Grand Trunk Double, I thought that I'd do a brief review of these three hammocks. All were purchased new by me.
The ENO double lists for about $65. The Grand Trunk double lists for about $65. Both of these are available from retail stores and the internet. The Kammock Roo lists for $99 and is only available through their website at this time.
I found that the carabiners on the ENO double were identical to those spec'd on the Grand Trunk Parachute double. Both were basically steel with a coating. The coating tarnished in the wet weather and wore through quickly on my first ENO. On the other hand, the Kammok came with aluminum wiregate carabiners. Not quite as large or hefty as the other two. Rather light and strong; in other words, a definite upgrade!
The whipped ends of all three had various pieces of heavy rope to hold them shut, which I promptly changed out for whoopies. However, when I went to switch out the Kammok one, I found that they had actually sewn the double loop around the biner closed, so that it wouldn't come apart. I had to cut this heavy thread to undo it. This showed a lot more attention to detail on this part by Kammok.
The next thing that I checked was the stitching. All three hammocks had a central panel color with bands sewn along the outside edges. All three hammock manufacturers put a triple stitch in to bond the outside fabric edges to the inside panel fabric.
I found that the ENO and GT both had a single stitch line sewing up the outside edge of the additional fabric. It was folded over twice with a single stitch put in. On the other hand, Kammok went and did a heavy duty triple stitch along the outside edge of the outside fabric.
According to factory specs, the ENO Double was 9'4" by 6'8"; the GT Double was 10'6" by 6'6"; the Kammok was said to be 10' by 5'7". When I put up the three hammocks together in various ways, I found that the ENO double proved to be the shortest. The GT Double was the next longest. The Kammok was longer than the other two, despite the manufacturers specs. I believe that this is due to GT including their rope in the overall length calculation. Checking the width, I found the Kammok was the narrowest. The ENO double was about 6" wider and the GT double was about another 6" wider than the ENO.
The three manufacturers all had bags with the hammocks. The GT was a basic stuff sack with a draw string. The ENO was a stuff sack with draw string and it had a quick connect buckle that synched down to compress the bag. The Kammok had a stuff sack with a draw string. Above that was a roll top closure which then tucked down into two quick connects that synched down to compress the bag. I'm not sure if it had a DWR, but it didn't feel like silnylon.
Finally, the biggest difference was the fabric. Both the ENO and the GT come in a range of color combinations. The Kammok was available in only one color; however, I see that they now offer a total of four colors. The ENO has a very soft nylon material. The GT has a similar material, which does not feel as soft as the ENO's. The Kammok has a nylon ripstop material, which appears heavier duty than the other two. It actually has a rather unique triangle shaped ripstop fabric.
On the scale with the carabiners removed and the ends switched out for identical whoopies, I found that the ENO came out at roughly 17.5 oz, the GT was about 18.5 oz and the Kammok was about 20.5 oz.
On a side note, the ENO came with no straps. Their nylon Slap Strap Pros are infamous for stretching during use. The GT came with ropes; however, I immediately put them aside. The Kammok came with no straps, either. However, I purchased the poly "Python" straps ($30). They were basically a poly strap folded in half and sewn every 6". They cost about $5 more than the ENO Slap Straps Pro. I found the Kammok Python straps to be too heavy for backpacking (hence, switching out to whoopies), but they are perfect for car camping. Very easy to use, adjustable, and they don't stretch.
In use, I found that the width of the hammock didn't matter as much as the effect that the length had. To me, the Kammok allowed the best diagonal lay & most comfort. This was followed up by the GT and then the ENO.
All three hammocks are nice in use. I would not have a problem purchasing any of the three again. But, given the details listed above, if I was in the market for only ONE hammock, it would be the Kammok, despite the extra $34 cost. The stitching was higher quality all the way around, the fabric was more comfortable feeling and cooler looking, the carabiners were of a higher quality, and the stuff sack was nicer. Above all, I found the comfort of the Kammok superior to the other two.


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There's very little I miss about Page, Arizona, but the landscape is one. Well, the only. I still get nostalgic when I stumble across it.
And then Garry at Geotripper has to go and publish a post on the Horseshoe Bend.
This is one of those places the locals, geologists and photographers know well, and strangers almost never see. And it's one of the places I took John from New Zealand to.
I've mentioned John before, in connection to kittens named Jesus. I thought I'd told the story of how we met, but I can't find it. So I'll bloody well tell it again. If you've heard it, just head over to Garry's place now.
I went through a rare phase of getting up early in the morning. I'd spend an hour or so in the local coffee shop, scribbling and having a coffee, before heading in to work at the bookstore a few doors down. I'd learned to tune Dave, the owner's brother, out. It wasn't easy. He had a boisterous Boston voice and was always saying something whacky. I particularly enjoyed the day he expounded upon statistics. "Every family," he said, "has 2.5 children and .5 dogs." He vanished into the storeroom, and came out with his hands behind his back. "This," he said, and whipped out a coyote skull he'd found in the desert with a flourish, "is my point-five of a dog."
That was Dave. We gave him endless crap over his Boston accent and loved him immensely. But when you're writing, you try to ignore distractions like Dave.
But there was a morning I couldn't ignore him, because his voice, rising above the general chatter, clink of cups and hiss of espresso machines, had just said, "Oh, yeah, Dana's from the area. She can show you around."
I threw down my pen and gave him a Look. He was at the bar, talking to someone I'd never seen. "What did you just volunteer me for?"
"John here wants to see the Horseshoe Bend," he said cheerfully. He went on to introduce John, who was from New Zealand, as I went through several calculations, among which was the likelihood I could trust Dave's friends.
I pulled Dave aside. "Do you know John?"
"No, just met him this morning. He's a nice guy."
John, in fact, was dressed as a serial killer. He was wearing perfectly ordinary clothing. Rather nice clothing, by Page standards. And he looked nice. Ordinary. Just like serial killers.
Horseshoe Bend is in the middle of nowhere, for all intents and purposes. It's not that far outside of town, but it's not exactly a heavily-frequented spot, and it's a drive down a dirt – well, sand – road, and then a long walk over sand to get there. You could be hours without seeing a soul. Still. I was in the midst of reclaiming my ability to trust people after having been raped, and this seemed like a good opportunity to work on that. Take a perfect stranger out to the middle of nowhere, in my car, and walk further into the middle of nowhere with him, with no one but Dave knowing where we were, all in order to build confidence again. Genius.
I wasn't terribly worried, actually. If John got dangerous, I figured, there was a convenient 1,000 drop to tip him over. No problemo.
So I stuffed John in the car, and off we went to Horseshoe Bend. On the way, John told me he was a PhD student in anthropology, seeing America before headed off to the wilds of South America. He had a lovely accent, and was appropriately awed by the desert landscape, and I began to quite like him. And I'd been wanting to see Horseshoe Bend again anyway.
As far as entrenched meanders go, this one's world class. Photographers scream in delight when the light hits it just so. And the look on John's face when we reached it made the slight risk of sightseeing with a serial killer worth it. So worth it. He looked down, and down, and down, and made the kinds of noises people make when they're staring at a river a thousand feet below, winding through the desert around a pillar of sandstone. I made the noises locals make when they're proudly showing off the local attractions. And then we stood in silence for a bit, as the sun and shadows picked out all of the textures left by millions of years of uplift and erosion of lithified red dunes.
We ended up going out to Chin Lee afterward, on the Navajo reservation, through a lot of nowhere, so I could show him the traditional weavers, and we went over Glen Canyon Dam, and ate the local Mexican food (which horrified him, because he knew what the real stuff should taste like). I brought him home for fajitas that night, and he told me and my friend Janhavi the story of Jesus, and I'll tell you something: it was one of the best days of my young life. I'll never forget John. I'll always be fond of Dave, even after being so clueless as to volunteer me to drive a perfect stranger around. And I will always adore Horseshoe Bend for having the cliffs that gave me the courage to risk it.


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