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Flexibility to alter the assembly floor is a new advancement in automated guided vehicles where in the past they were permanently tied to a physical track within the facility. Now, with smart tape – a series of QR codes which are printed and laid in any formation – the unit uses laser guidance; moving along the pre-determined path set by the tape. This tape can be pulled up with little cost and re-positioned should the needs of the facility's assembly line change. Compared to the costs associated with pulling up a track embedded into the concrete floor, Handling Specialty's technologically superior AGV is the clear choice.
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PARIS (AP) — The Virgin Stores chain in France, which includes the flagship Megastore on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees, plans to file for bankruptcy.
Virgin Stores, which sells music and books, said Tuesday it will make the filing Wednesday. The Tribunal of Commerce will appoint an administrator with 4-6 months to find a solution.
The announcement came after two days of meetings between representatives of the 26-store chain's 1,000 employees and store officials. A representative of the main shareholder, Butler Capital Partners, was present.
Virgin Store spokeswoman Isabelle Clap said the chain had been hurt by a "series of problems that accumulated." As sales of CDs declined, the chain failed to expand in digital markets quickly enough.
Clap confirmed Virgin Megastore hasn't paid rent in 3 months but refused to provide overall debt figures.

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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Merry Harry Anderson Christmas!
I recently acquired a nice stack of old Woman's Home Companion magazines and the good news is it looks like Anderson had a steady account with that publication -- so, to satisfy the many requests I've been getting, you'll soon be seeing more work by the artist.
For now, to all the diehard Harry Anderson fans out there... this post is my Christmas gift to you.
Harry Anderson Flickr set
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I wonder if any of us are as intrigued by the stories that accompany the illustrations as I often am. Shirley Jackson (today's author) spins a good tale, and I'd like to read it all after her promising beginning. No, Lief -- I'm not begging for a literary anthology in addition to the treasure house of images you've given us. Just wondering if anybody else finds him/herself drawn into the yarns.ReplyDelete
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Next to Lovell, nobody does color like Anderson.ReplyDelete
Okay...maybe Sundblom, but nobody else! :)
Leif, your Rockwell/Sundblom merging was spot-on in describing Anderson's amazing work. And that was always my only complaint about Rockwell's phenomenal work is that it lacked painting style and technique and relied almost exclusively on his photo ref'. Rockwell and Sundblom have become household names. Anderson should, too.ReplyDelete


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Wacha-Lackey matchup set for tonight's World Series Game 6The Sports Xchange
October 29. 2013 10:55PM
BOSTON — If you close your eyes and listen to St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny talk, he almost sounds like Clint Eastwood.
With that in mind, it is no surprise he is far from ready to concede the World Series to the Boston Red Sox.
The Cardinals find themselves in a tough spot after losing 3-1 on Monday night in Game 5 at Busch Stadium. St. Louis lost two of three games at home and now trails 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.
If the Cardinals are to become the first team to win three World Series in this century and capture their second title in three years, they will have to beat the Red Sox twice on the road at Fenway Park.
"Our guys have been backed up against the wall before, and this is something that isn't foreign to them," Matheny said. "They know what we have to do. We just play our game. If we go about it the right way, we'll be right where we want to be.
"Now, would it be in a better position if we won tonight? Absolutely. But once again, this isn't some place they haven't been before. Go out and play the game. Try not to make too much of it."
The Cardinals were on the brink of elimination once before in the postseason when it fell behind the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in the best-of-five National League Division Series. However, rookie Michael Wacha took a no-hitter into the eighth inning as he pitched St. Louis to victory in Game 4 at Pittsburgh then the Cardinals won at home in Game 5.
It will be Wacha on the mound for the Cardinals in Game 6 tonight as he faces John Lackey.
Those two also met in Game 2 at Fenway Park with the Cardinals winning 4-2. Wacha gave up two runs and three hits in six innings while Lackey allowed three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Wacha is 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA in four starts in the postseason after going 4-1 with a 2.78 in 15 regular-season games, including nine starts.
"I'm looking forward to it," he said. "The crowd's going to be alive. I'm just going to try not to let the moment get too big, try to stay within myself and just go out there and stay composed on the mound and make some pitches."
Lackey also pitched one scoreless inning of relief in the Red Sox's win in Game 4. He is 2-1 in this postseason with a 3.26 ERA in four games, including three starts, and has a 5-5 lifetime record in the postseason with a 3.14 ERA in 18 games, including 15 starts.
In the regular season, Lackey went 10-13 with a 3.52 ERA in 29 starts.
"The margin for error is really slim this time of year," Lackey said..
Red Sox manager John Farrell said Tuesday that Shane Victorino will return to right field tonight after a two-game absence from the lineup, Jonny Gomes will start in left over Daniel Nava and David Ross will remain behind the plate in place of Jarrod Saltamacchia.


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By BEN GOLLIVER of SI
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is looking to the league office for a little help when it comes to keeping his guys out of harm's way on the sidelines.
During the first quarter of a Thursday game against the Knicks, Spurs forward Stephen Jackson suffered a sprained right ankle when he backpedaled after shooting a jump shot onto a waitress who was kneeling while serving New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who was seated courtside at Madison Square Garden. The injury immediately forced Jackson from action and he did not return. He also did not play against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.
The San Antonio Express-News reports that Popovich referred to the incident as a "Mayoral mishap", calling it "maddening" while making it clear a player should never find himself injured in such circumstances.
"It's an accident waiting to happen."
Popovich expressed confidence the incident would spur the league to better control the sidelines during games.
"After what happened, I have no doubt the league has contacted teams to make sure everybody shores up their discipline in that area," he said. "It's obvious people shouldn't be ordering beers or Cokes or hot dogs when the game is going on."
As noted here at The Point Forward on Thursday, there's just no excuse for this. Hopefully Popovich is correct and the league office has indeed taken steps to explain the appropriate protocol for courtside serving.
Adhering to a "no serving during live action" rule shouldn't be that difficult to stick by, given how much non-live time is built into an NBA game by way of timeouts, television timeouts, quarter breaks, halftime and all the other possible stoppages in play (video reviews, etc.). In bigger markets, the number of celebrities and their demands surely increase. So do the prices, though, which should be sufficient to maintain an appropriate waiter-to-customer ratio that doesn't require cutting corners or taking unnecessary risks.
Given the stakes, it's reasonable to suggest that home teams should be subject to fines if their employees influence live action in this manner, regardless of whether the players impacted are their own players or the opposition. This situation isn't any less serious if it's J.R. Smith being carted off with an ankle injury rather than Jackson. The issue here is player safety and not competitive advantage.
Not to mention, this is just bad business. The Spurs are paying Jackson $10.1 million this season, which equates to roughly $122,000 per game. In other words, the Spurs are on the hook for roughly $214,000 to Jackson for the time (seven-plus quarters) that he wasn't able to play during the Knicks and 76ers games. That's no laughing matter, even if the original incident was ripped from the pages of a television sit com. The NBA can and must do better.
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Ligety of US wins GS for 3rd gold medal at worlds
February 15, 2013
SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Ted Ligety has become the first man in 45 years to earn three gold medals at the skiing world championships by winning the giant slalom in dominating style.
The American can match French great Jean-Claude Killy, who earned four golds in 1968, if he wins the slalom on Sunday.
Defending champion Ligety, who also took the super-G and super-combined titles, built on his large first-run lead to finish in a combined time of 2 minutes, 28.92 seconds.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria was 0.81 behind in second, and Manfred Moelgg of Italy took third, trailing Ligety by 1.75.


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TUCSON, Ariz. – The New England Revolution maintained its unbeaten preseason record with a 0-0 draw through 90 minutes on Saturday night at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, but the LA Galaxy claimed the title of Desert Diamond Cup champions by emerging victorious in a penalty shootout, 4-2.
It was the final preseason tune-up for the Revs, who finished the preseason 6-0-1 and earned wins over the Galaxy, New York Red Bulls and Real Salt Lake in the group stage of the Desert Diamond Cup. The Revolution opens the regular season next weekend against the San Jose Earthquakes.
New England's second-half substitute Fernando Cardenas came closest to scoring in regular time, hitting the post at the end of a weaving run in the 82nd minute. The title was ultimately decided when Benny Feilhaber's fourth-round penalty attempt was saved by Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Perk and Marcelo Sarvas buried his effort inside the left post.
Both Kevin Alston and A.J. Soares started for the second straight time on the Revolution's backline, while Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph, Kelyn Rowe and Clyde Simms all returned in midfield after being rested during Wednesday night's 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake.
The Galaxy was bright early and twice came close to opening the scoring inside five minutes. Michael Stephens fired just wide of the right post in the third minute, while Chad Barrett whistled a shot wide of the left post two minutes later after being sprung by Todd Dunivant's long diagonal pass. New England responded with a narrow miss of its own just moments later as Feilhaber drilled a shot wide of the left post in the seventh minute.
Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis was put to work in the 30th minute, coming up with a huge kick save on Jack McBean after the Galaxy forward intercepted an errant pass from Feilhaber and raced in alone. Feilhaber was involved at the other end of the field four minutes later, slipping a pass across the face of goal for Blake Brettschneider, who slid in at the near post to direct a shot just wide.
Twice the Revolution forced Perk into smart saves in the early stages of the second half. Rowe cut inside to fire a left-footed shot straight at Perk in the 55th minute, while Saer Sène had his tight-angle drive pushed away two minutes later. The Revs continued to press and in the 63rd minute Joseph directed a header over the crossbar and Sène had another close-range shot denied by Perk.
Cardenas almost found a late game-winner for New England with a bit of magic in the 82nd minute, dancing through the Galaxy's midfield and backline before poking a shot off the inside of the left post. The ball eventually bounced across the face of goal and out for a goal kick.
That effort proved to be the final quality chance of the evening and the teams went directly to penalty kicks at the end of 90 minutes. Both goalkeepers made saves in the early stages of the shootout, but Perk's save on Feilhaber in the fourth round and Sarvas' finish to begin the fifth ultimately proved to be the difference.
With their preseason preparations complete, the Revs will kick off their 2012 regular-season schedule next weekend when they visit the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, March 10. Kickoff from Buck Shaw Stadium is set for 10:30 p.m. ET.
2012 FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup Championship
New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy
March 3, 2012 – Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium (Tucson, Ariz.)
LA Galaxy 0, New England Revolution 0 (LA wins on PKs, 4-2)
Scoring Summary:
Penalty Kick Summary:
LA – Paolo Cardozo – GOAL
NE – Ryan Guy – SAVED
LA – Michael Stephens – SAVED
NE – Matt Reis – GOAL
LA – Hector Jimenez – GOAL
NE – Shalrie Joseph – GOAL
LA – Ken Walker – GOAL
NE – Benny Feilhaber – SAVED
LA – Marcelo Sarvas - GOAL
New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Chris Tierney (Darrius Barnes 46), A.J. Soares (John Lozano 46), Stephen McCarthy, Kevin Alston, Benny Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph ©, Clyde Simms (Austin da Luz 71), Kelyn Rowe (Ryan Guy 79), Blake Brettschneider (Fernando Cardenas 66), Saer Sène
Substitutes Not Used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Tim Murray, Tyler Polak, Diego Fagundez, Zack Schilawski, Ryan Kinne, Michael Roach, Rick Smith, Flo Lechner, Alec Purdie
LA Galaxy: Brian Perk, Todd Dunivant (JT Murray 46), Brian Gaul, Tom Meyer, Dan Keat (Justin Davies 64), Pat Noonan (Paolo Cardozo 66), Marcelo Sarvas, Juninho (Ken Walker 69), Michael Stephens, Jack McBean, Chad Barrett (Hector Jimenez 61)
Substitutes Not Used: Bill Gaudette, Rafael Garcia
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Shalrie Joseph (caution) 45+


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Thanks Ohdee. I'm actually doing very well on that front. I'm hoping to have another baby in the next couple of years so we're actively finding ways to counter it.ODB wrote:Spidey? That was me! I didn't say it to be rude. I wasn't trying to be charming or rude. I've seen LB's picture and she didn't look like the person driving. I was just explaining why I jumped to the conclusion that I thought she was the passenger. Stop trying to make me look like the man in the black hat POT!Potatoe1 wrote:Boy Spidey, quite the charmer....
Kidding of course....
Sorry to hear about the PCOS, hope you get well soon LB!
Pot- I was a little confused with the Spidey comment there because it was ODB who asked me the q. lol Oh well
But like some posters on here..best car I've had that I didn't mind beating up was definitely a Honda Civic from the early 90's. Hatchback, red and so much fun! Human-power steering was so cutting edge!


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In a sense what we are concerned with is the (potential) history classroom of the future. A laptop classroom means that each student owns a portable processor that they bring to school in the morning and take home to work on in the evening. This portable is replaced and updated every 18 months and is equipped with industry standard software. In school, students are taught in classrooms where everyone has network access to high-speed internet/intranet resources and lots of personal and shared storage space. Each classroom also has a beamer (a video/multimedia projector) and a range of essential peripherals for printing, scanning, burning etc. Digital still/video cameras are readily available for students and teachers to use. Other specialist resources are available in designated areas of the school for design, music, art or other multimedia work. Ok, so thats the laptop classroom, now what do you do with it?
After about 6 months of working in this hi-tech environment, I wrote an article for the European Virtual School History Department about how the nature of teaching and learning was changing in my classroom. Although the article strikes me as rather wide eyed and breathless today, there are a number of conclusions I made then, which have been borne out by later experience. As I said at the time, how laptops make a difference becomes obvious when we consider what laptops replace. Doing well in history is still largely calculated by how well the student performs within the artificial constraints of the lines of the traditional exercise book. Replace the exercise book with a laptop and you open the way to a much more flexible, multi-media, multi-intelligence based learning. Howard Gardner himself recognised this possibility when he wrote, as early as 1984, that:
' the potential utility of computers in the process of matching individuals to modes of instruction is substantial the computer can be a vital facilitator in the actual process of instruction, helping individuals to negotiate sequences at their preferred pace by using a variety of educational techniques ' Frames of Mind (1993) p.391
The laptop on its own does nothing but facilitate; it is the resources (software, websites etc) that the students are able to access and process that make the difference. At the moment a student relies on those things physically in the classroom with them at that time: a teacher, textbook, and other students. With a laptop, students have access to other teachers, other students, and a choice of different resources all available at times not constrained by classroom bells. Our recent experiments in the Student Forum suggest some interesting future possibilities for this type of learning. Access to web resources that teach through empathetic simulation and decision-making I find particularly valuable. My current favourite is this BBC simulation of an archaeological excavation. In addition, a laptop can help scaffold student learning by helping them overcome difficulty with lower order skills and the tyranny of the blank page, allowing them to concentrate on the historical skills that matter. In this I have been impressed by the electronic writing frames used by Andrew Field and others (see Nazi Germany example), that allow students to produce well-ordered notes or essay plans in manageable steps. For the brightest, a hypertext curriculum will always offer extension activities and links to pursue something that may have caught the students interest. (See my Year 9 or GCSE examples)
But what has impressed me most over the last few years is how the laptops can be used as multimedia portfolios for the students as producers. This is where the advantage of the laptop over the exercise book becomes clear. An exercise book of handwritten words is a (closed) written dialogue between teacher and pupil. A student who expresses their learning through a website or multimedia presentation is no longer necessarily bound by the limitations of their linguistic intelligence and is engaged in an open dialogue with anyone in the world who cares to listen. In addition, apart from memories that soon fade, what record of their learning does a student in a traditional classroom take away with them at the end of the year? A laptop allows the student to record in a transferable format, evidence of a wide range of different learning successes; this means pretty much anything that can be produced electronically or captured on digital still/video camera: board games, role plays, speeches, debates, re-enactments, simulations, class teaching, movies or of course, websites etc.
Let me use just one example to illustrate my point. Since I started teaching in the early 90s, I have done a Nazi propaganda activity with my Y10 GCSE class. It started with students in groups producing scenarios, posters and dialogue etc. for the movie that they would then try to persuade Goebbels to fund. Last year I resurrected the activity in a laptop classroom with the students producing promotional websites. The difference in quality and student motivation was marked. Students were able to use digital video editing to actually make a scene from the film and integrate it within the website. Most interesting of all, the students who achieved the commendation awards from their peers were not my A* students. Careful editing of digital images, acting, web design and artwork are not the preserve of traditionally strong history students, but they can be used to express good historical understanding. (see work here)
There is one final important characteristic about a laptop classroom. Unlike the exercise book classroom, a laptop classroom resembles the multimedia real world our students inhabit and will be employed by when they leave school. There is a very apt quotation in a John Simkins article, taken from Dale Spenders book Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace, that highlights what is now the central problem of the traditional exercise book classroom:
'It's a teaching/learning model that is out of synch with the rest of the world. Many of today's students can tell you in no uncertain terms just how unreal (and boring, and silly) the educational context is. Traditional educational theory, practice and organisation are each day becoming more irrelevant and unworkable: just as the scribal model became obsolete after print was invented.'
Richard Jones-Nerzic
International School of Toulouse, June 18, 2003.
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At 10:40 in the morning on November 15th, uniformed and armed police from a neighboring town broke into community station Radio Damasco. No arrests were made, but the police confiscated the station's transmitter, computer, two microphones, and one console, for a total of about $6,300 dollars in equipment. Radio station director Victor Angel reported that fortunately, the station was unoccupied at the time of the break in, as an hour long program had been automated for broadcast.
This comes as the third raid of a community radio station in Guatemala since right-wing political party Patriota has taken office in January.
Indigenous Peoples' right to their own media is guaranteed in article 16 of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and was promised in the 1996 Peace Accords that ended the Guatemalan civil war. Despite these promises, the Guatemalan telecommunications law does not allow licenses for nonprofit community radio; only commercial radio and government-run radio are allowed to operate legally.
Stations are occasionally raided by police without warning to discourage their broadcasting over frequencies for which they do not own a license.
Ironically, police local to communities are often guests on the air at community radio stations across the country. In nearby San Jose Caben, San Marcos, local police officers recently visited the station to host a program on crime prevention. "We really value the community radio's role in the community here," reported Inspector Monzon Aguilar. "They serve as a source of information for us, and to educate and inform the neighbors of the community."
Alberto Recinos, president of the community radio association Mujb'ab'l Yol has reiterated grassroots leaders' commitment to fight for the legalization: "They can steal the equipment from community radio stations, but they will never be able to silence the voice of the children, youth, men, women, and elders who urge this movement forward. No one is giving up."
The network of Guatemalan community radio stations have responded to the raids on their local programming, calling the raids a violation of their rights to freedom of expression. "The media monopoly, with their economic power, continues to trample our right to freedom of expression.... They want to shut down the voices of vast majority in our country." They call for an end to the persecution and criminalization of community radio in Guatemala, and they urge the Guatemalan Congress to pass Initiative 4087, the "Community Media Bill" that would create legal authorization for non-profit community radio.
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On May 13th 2016 experts of the National Land Service (NLS) attended the international research-based conference "Baltic Surveying – 2016", which was arranged and hosted by Aleksandras Stulginskis University in Kaunas.
At one of the conference workshops held in the premises of Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture representatives of the National Land Service informed the attendees on the structure of the institution, its functions, organizational principles and the legislative basis. They also presented information on how the state executes control over land use, the principles of control legislation and its practical implementation.
The attention of the participants was particularly focused on Land-use Planning Documentation Information system (ŽPDRIS) and the principles of its operation. The system has been developed and installed by the National Land Service.
Furthermore, during the conference the experts of NLS demonstrated state georeferenced data packages whose formation is one of the duties of the Institution.
The international scientific conference "Baltic Surveying ("Baltic land") has been organized since as early as 1992 at the initiative of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian universities educating land-use planning, surveying and cadastral experts. This year the Conference marked its 25th anniversary.
In the course of the three-day conference at the Aleksandras Stulginskis University and other agricultural institutions the participants from Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian universities and the national land services of the Baltic states were able to interchange their knowledge and expertise in the fields of real estate cadastre, land measurement and administration. This year the Conference was joined by land administration and surveying experts from Russia and Kazakhstan who demonstrated keen attention on recent land administration developments in the aforementioned countries.
Among the main issues of the conference "Baltic Surveying – 2016 was the support of public institutions in the Baltic countries and cooperation between universities. Apart from this, the advancing knowledge of land measurement and administration was included into the Conference agenda.
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OGUNQUIT, Maine — Stephen Kellogg will be arriving to the state of Maine on Sunday, Dec. 30 for a year-end concert at Jonathan's Ogunquit.
Kellogg is a product of pure American ingenuity, blending the classic folk-rock tradition exemplified by Fleetwood Mac and Van Morrison with the modern-rock chops of the Counting Crows and the showmanship familiar to hard rock (or, on a good night, even stand-up comedy).
Kellogg's musical interests were piqued at a young age by his sisters' Mötley Crüe records, but took more realistic focus under the guidance of his parents' folk-oriented collection. Nevertheless, this juxtaposition of unabashed showmanship and heartfelt songwriting has gone on to inform Kellogg's unique take on modern rock.
Normally playing with his band based out of Massachusetts, the Sixers, this time Stephen will be featuring a Solo acoustic performance.
"Native Run" will be opening for Stephen Kellogg's performance on Sunday, Dec. 30.
Tickets start at $25, $28 day of show. Tickets are available on line at www.jonathansrestaurant.com or by calling 207-646-4777. Jonathan's is located just around the corner from the Ogunquit Playhouse.


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Healthy Green Fun Idea #5
To wrap up this series, I am going to focus on learning because I love to learn. I love a great book. I love new facts. I love being motivated and inspired to change because of the work an author has done to research, document, edit and share their thoughts and ideas. Here are some of my "most favorite" books about living healthy and green.
1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver Barbara's year living locally explained in a clear, high educational and yet highly entertaining way what being a locavore was all about and why it mattered.
2. Sleeping Naked Is Green, by Vanessa Farquharson Vanessa made me laugh out loud on numerous occasions as she took steps, every day for a year, to live healthier and greener. She proved that there will always be one more thing you can try and that yes, Sleeping Naked IS green.
3. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman A passionate call to reinvigorate the United States place of leadership in this world through leading, rather than following, the green movement. Friedman's work showed me that yes, all these changes can and do matter. A lot. Petro-dictatorship's might be my new favorite concept in foreign policy.
4. The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick – And What We Can Do About It, by Robyn O'Brien An allergy mom like me, Robyn does ground-breaking research into what has changed about our food system and why it's making our kids sick. Her research, in particular around GMO's (Genetic Modified Organisms), was a major eye-opener for me.
5. Slow Death by Rubber Duck, by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie Two of Canada's leading environmentalists ingest and expose themselves to everyday toxins and then measure their blood. If you are concerned about toxin exposure, particularly for children, read this book. It is as empowering as it is scary.
6. Raising Baby Green, by Alan Greene, M.D. The book I recommend the MOST when I'm out speaking to new parents is Raising Baby Green. Dr. Greene's guide to every question that a parent has about healthy green living is simply spectacular.
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While most of us can say we lack a fondness for Chicago's intersections, that isn't the case for Seattle-based artist Peter Gorman.
When Gorman took a year-long, 11,000-mile bike ride around the United States in 2014 he was inspired by the different, and sometimes frustrating, intersections he encountered on his trip. While making a map of the weird intersections in Seattle, he realized they each had a unique look.
Chicago was one of the most requested cities and he's finally come out with print detailing 20 of the most interesting intersections. He's created intersection maps for other cities including Portland, LA, San Francisco and Seattle.
Gorman began his BarelyMaps Etsy shop on a whim and ended up getting a lot of great feedback. The designs he's now created for Chicago make some of the grueling streets into personable characters—some look like bursts of popcorn, maybe snowflakes or crystalline forms. There are a couple that even look like they're ready to break dance.
"Chicago was one of the most memorable grids I bike through on my trip. I still remember biking these long straight lines to get from Oak Park to downtown. Even with a grid system, there are still these diagonals that make jumbled up intersections," said Gorman.
To create the map he started researching the city's most notorious intersections—one being Wicker Park's Milwaukee, Damen and North intersection. He did find it interesting that Chicago has worked to redesign some of the traffic-clogged points, noting that no other city he's drawn a map for has done that.
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Nicholas Spitzer and Davide Dulcis felt for people in higher latitudes whose attitudes soured in the shorter daylight hours of winter.
The neuroscientists, who work in balmy San Diego, wondered whether summer was a bummer for rats. They're nocturnal, after all.
That thought experiment has led the researchers to discover that an adult mammal's brain can "rewire" itself in response to light by recruiting brain cells to change the signaling chemical they ordinarily produce.
Their research, published Thursday in the journal Science, offers hints toward new avenues of research into Parkinson's disease, stroke, addiction and depression.
Dulcis and Spitzer had already tinkered lower in the evolutionary ladder, showing that neurons in frogs switched transmitters - including one that determined pigment.
This time, they spent weeks subjecting rats to varied durations of sunlight. Then they put them in a maze and swimming pool to see whether different daylight hours changed how stressed they were about making decisions, and how quickly they gave up trying to get out of the water.
"We strongly suspected we would see the same sorts of things" as humans exhibited, Spitzer said.
The rats did not disappoint them. The two were surprised, however, when they took a close look at the rats' hypothalamus, a region of the brain that regulates the body's limbic system, the center of our instinctive behaviors.
In areas of the hypothalamus, the number of neurons producing dopamine and somatostatin (important regulators of learning and emotion) varied like a see-saw. So did the number of receptors. It appeared that other neurons had been enlisted to help out their dopamine-dispensing compatriots. The adult brain circuitry was more flexible, and neurons were not fated to produce just one neurotransmitter, the two concluded.
"We realized light must be doing something to the brain," Dulcis said. "We didn't expect depression to be related to dopamine."
The two then cut off these new neuronal recruits to see whether behaviors changed. The mice responded as if their daylight hours had been altered. When the mice were returned to light therapy, their behavior reverted.
"Not only do you see these anatomical structures, but you see changes in behavior," Spitzer said. "We're not talking about a developing mammal. We're talking about an adult brain."
The two identified an enzyme linked with the switching, but the mechanism for how that chain of events begins remains a mystery.
"Even if we don't know the mechanism, in reality the brain knows how to work the engine and make the switch," Dulcis said. "This concept of switching and replenishing is a new one."
The researchers hope to shift colleagues away from the mainstream approach of "tweaking" numbers and strength of neurons and synapses.
Neuronal switching, they suggest, may one day lead to a therapy that incorporates new circuitry in the brains of patients suffering from the dopamine depletion of Parkinson's disease. The same neurotransmitter, which regulates reward-based learning, is implicated in addiction. And there could be other undiscovered switching relationships that could steer research into depression or post-traumatic stress, Spitzer said.
Other scientists who have done similar research are listening.
"In science, there are many dogmas and one of them is that the neuronal identity is fated even before the neuron is born," said Laura Borodinsky, a UC Davis neuroscientist. "The authors of this study make a remarkable contribution to prove this dogma wrong."


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In fightiing, playing, or BDSM sex play, to use your foot to push another person face first down into mud, muck or whatever. Of course, before you can bootplant, you have to get the other person in a face first lying or kneeling position.
AFter kicking him in the nuts, he fell to his knees. I kicked his back to make him fall forward and then did a bootplant on him in the cowshit.
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Spring has arrived, although it has not really felt like it. The birds at my house act like it is the middle of winter. They are going through a lot of sunflower seeds.
Spring has arrived, although it has not really felt like it. The birds at my house act like it is the middle of winter. They are going through a lot of sunflower seeds.
We have come to expect raccoons or opossums as nightly visitors to our back porch. No cat chow or table scraps ever go to waste at our house. Recently a very old looking, battle scarred raccoon has been coming in the early evening, eating his fill, then taking a nap in the cat bed on the porch. When it gets good and dark, he wakes up and goes about doing whatever raccoons do at night. We decided he is coming for the senior buffet since he is earlier than our other nightly visitors. Husband Gray has named him Lucky, and he looks like he is lucky to be alive with all his scars.
I am looking forward to dying Easter eggs with grandsons Carter and Grayson. We usually make some Star Wars eggs. Darth Vader is my specialty. Usually my fingers are green, blue and purple for quite a while afterwards.
Civitan groups hold joint meeting
The Welcome Civitan Club met on March 21 at North Davidson High School, for a joint meeting with the North Davidson High School Junior Civitan Club. The Junior Civitans prepared the meal for the Senior Club and also presented a program of skits depicting the Junior Club's assistance to the Senior Club's fundraising project at the Davidson County Agricultural Fair.
On March 24 the Welcome Club helped sponsor the annual Welcome Easter Parade. Longtime member Bud Hayes served as the grand marshall of this year's edition of the parade.
The community is reminded of the Welcome Club's annual fundraiser of the dinner/raffle to be held at North Davidson High School on May 11. The grand prize will be $3,000, and 20 $50 prizes will be given away along with other prizes. Tickets are $100 per couple and may be purchased from any club member.
The club also notes, with great sadness, the death of longtime member J.W. Leonard on March 25. He had served as president, longtime chairman of the club's Special Olympic committee, and was a faithful member of the club until a week before his death. Condolences go to Libby and all the Leonard family.
Welcome Lions will host dinner
Now is the time to get your tickets for the Welcome Lions country style steak dinner. The dinner is from 5 until 7 p.m. April 13 at Center United Methodist Church in Welcome. Tickets are $10. All tickets are pre-sold and are available from any member, New Bridge Bank in Welcome or Bank of North Carolina in Welcome. The dinner will be at Center United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 186 Center Church Road in Welcome.
Welcome Lions are also working on a golf tournament at Lexington Municipal Golf Course on May 10. Members are looking for hole sponsors, teams and door prizes. There will be a "tournament within a tournament" for teams with two Lions members. Contact Vaughn Black at 731-8729 for more information. All funds raised from the public go to help with needs of the blind and of the community.
Scouts help others 'bridge over'
Troop 238 Boy Scouts Andrew Coppley, Brett Dorwart, Corey Crotts, Garret Richardson, Joey White, Mason Hamilton, Samuel Wooten and Taylor Aldridge assisted Pack 238 Cub Scouts with its annual Blue and Gold Banquet on March 2. They were there to bridge over the Webelos II boys from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts.
Troop 238 Boy Scouts Brett Dorwart, Christopher Bryan, Cole Howard, Dalton Byrd, Eric McCrary and Sam Wooten attended the Charlotte Checkers' Ice Hockey game on March 9.
Bethesda UMC plans sunrise service
Bethesda United Methodist Church will have Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday with breakfast to follow. Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m., and the worship service will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center.
The church is having a youth concert on April 19. Christian recording artist and inspirational speaker "Crucial" will be performing at Bethesda UMC, located at 2922 Bethesda Road. Doors open at 7:30, and the show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Easter services are plentiful in community
Beulah United Church of Christ will have an Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday. The sunrise service will be held at 7 a.m. Sunday followed by breakfast in the fellowship hall. The Easter worship service will be held at 10:45 a.m.
Center UMC will have the Easter sun rise service at 6:45 a.m. Sunday in the out-of-doors chapel behind the fellowship hall. A continental breakfast will be served by the United Methodist Men at 7:15 a.m., following the service. The Easter worship service will be at 10:55 a.m. in the CFC.
The congregation of Pilgrim Reformed would like to wish a happy Easter to the community. The church will have the Good Friday service at 7 tonight. This will be a time of remembrance of Jesus' death at Calvary. The Sunday morning sunrise service will begin at 7 in the sanctuary with breakfast to follow in the fellowship hall.
The youth group will have a yard sale on April 20, and they would like for the congregation to start gathering items for them to sell. Please price all items before bringing them. More information will be provided in the April 12 column.
The Rev. Kent leads a prayer group in the church parlor at noon each Monday. Everyone is invited to bring your concerns or praises and join in prayer, or just ask that others pray for you while you sit silently.


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I am listening all the time to prof. Daitz's recordings of Ancient Greek and I am completely under the spell of the powerful and highly musical sound of the language as reconstructed by that American scholar.
Do you think this reconstruction is accurate? I have read very unfavorable comments on the Web (from Greeks !) who say that Sydney Allen and Stephen Daitz relied too heavily on clues provided by the Latin transcription of Greek words. They allude to ancient coins from Asia that supposedly show a different pronunciation for the upsilon.


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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Forestry says the last fire season was the most costly in history.
Spokesman Dan Postrel says the department spent $122 million fighting fires that scorched more than 100,000 acres — more than 156 square miles — the most in 60 years.
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/gSfm3E ) state forester Doug Decker reports Thursday to the Ways and Means Natural Resources Subcommittee. He'll ask for $2 million in special funds, $40 million from the general fund, and authorization to obtain $134 million in federal reimbursement money.
The agency battled 1,140 fires. The 10-year average is 920.


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It was Phoenix House, not a cell, that elevated me out of my old life.
Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 05, 2014
Phoenix House California, the state's leading nonprofit substance abuse services organization, gathered Los Angeles entertainment and business leaders at the Beverly Hills Hotel on April 28 for its eleventh annual Triumph For Teens Awards gala. The event raised more than $350,000 to support Phoenix House's teen residential treatment centers, family therapy, and prevention programs, and featured special tributes to this year's honorees—the cast and producers of the CBS television series "Elementary," Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and Hall of Fame Award-winning songwriter Paul Williams, and AEG, a leading global sports, entertainment and facilities organization.
"The presence of so many friends and gracious supporters who care deeply about our youth was indeed a humbling experience," said Pouria Abbassi, P.E., Senior Vice President & Regional Director of Phoenix House California. "The future of our state is unequivocally tied to the level of our care and compassion for those who need our help the most, especially our youth. This evening clearly demonstrated that there is much hope and promise for our great state."
The 2014 Phoenix Rising Award was presented to CBS' modern-day drama "Elementary" for being an outstanding television series of distinction that captures the struggles faced by those in Phoenix House's care. Writers Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Jeff Paul King received the award on behalf of the show's cast and producers. Actor Daniel Roebuck, who presented the award, noted that "few television series have incorporated the theme of addiction into its storyline and characters as effectively 'Elementary.'"
Paul Williams was honored with the 2014 Achievement Award for his personal accomplishments and advocacy for treatment, which he regards as his number one passion. Tracey Jackson, co-author of Williams' recent book, "Gratitude and Trust: Recovery is Not Just for Addicts," presented the award to Williams after recounting stories about his generosity of time to help others in need. Williams chronicled his work in recovery in the acclaimed documentary, "Paul Williams Still Alive," for which he wrote the title track. He considers his book the greatest opportunity of his lifetime to carry the message to the masses that "recovery works for all."
Giselle Fernandez, managing director of Creative World Talent Management, presented the 2014 Public Service Award to Martha Saucedo, executive vice president of External Affairs for AEG, in tribute to the company's solid commitment to enriching the lives of children and families in need. AEG's focus on public service initiatives, community outreach, and volunteerism has resulted in more than $65 million in direct financial and in-kind support of charitable, community and civic programs, with tens of millions more raised at affiliated venues and companies.
More than 250 attended this year's gala, which featured a reception, a dinner, a special musical performance by actress/singer Lauren Mayhew, and inspiring presentations about the life-changing impact of Phoenix House programs on teens in treatment. In one presentation, actor/director Sky Soleil shared his personal story leading up to his addiction as a teen and how Phoenix House changed his life, saying, "It was Phoenix House, not a cell, that elevated me out of my old life."
Phoenix House's annual Triumph for Teens Awards gala celebrates the victories of young people over substance abuse. It is an evening of recognition for adolescents who have learned the lessons of honesty, responsibility, and concern for others on their road to recovery. This year's Leadership Sponsor was Mary Hayley & Selim Zilkha. Other major sponsors included Timothy J. Noonan of Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC and John W. Carson Foundation as Benefactors.
Previous honorees have included Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky; Los Angeles Police Department Chief William J. Bratton; Los Angeles Juvenile Court Judge Michael Nash; Dr. Charles Sophy, medical director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS); Sergeant Larry Martinez of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD); Phoenix House Founder Mitchell S. Rosenthal, M.D.; Timothy J. Noonan, president and CEO of Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC; Lynn Pike, COO of CapitalOne; Leigh Steinberg, sports agent and lawyer, Steinberg Sports & Entertainment; David E.I. Pyott, chairman of the board, president & CEO, Allergan, Inc.; Grammy-nominated, 2007 BMI pop songwriter of the year Kara DioGuardi; television anchor, legal analyst, trial attorney, and best-selling author Rikki Klieman; actress and advocate Lorna Luft; film directors Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) and Betty Thomas (28 Days); as well as Paramount Pictures' "Freedom Writers" and seven outstanding television shows: Fox's "Bones," ABC's "Brothers and Sisters," "The Middle," and "George Lopez," Fox's "House," CBS' "Joan of Arcadia," the WB series "7th Heaven," and Lifetime Television's "The Division."
About Phoenix House
For more than 30 years, Phoenix House has been a beacon of hope for the most vulnerable men, women, and teens in Southern California, rebuilding lives, reuniting families, and creating stronger communities. Today, Phoenix House California serves more than 3,500 individuals and their families a year, and reaches more than 30,000 members of the community through outreach, volunteerism, and prevention education services.


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By Husmukh Kerai at Stamford Bridge
Rafa Benitez was supposed to be pummelled with abuse from the stands as Chelsea took to the pitch against West Brom on Saturday. Ranting against dissatisfied supporters was supposed to be the final nail in his coffin. Yet, come kick-off, that torrent of hate failed to fully materialise.
The Spaniard would have visualised emerging from the tunnel before the game into a cauldron of abuse but, in reality, it was all much more understated than anyone would have imagined. Yes, the 53-year-old was on the receiving end of some boos, but no more than that to which he has already become accustomed in his short spell at Stamford Bridge.
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Chelsea bossed the Baggies for 75 minutes and deservedly took the lead through Demba Ba before the break, in a match which many saw as the Spaniard's last chance. Steve Clarke's side did put up a very late fight and could have snatched a point but, when the final whistle blew, it was a job well done for Benitez and his men. The 53-year-old deserves credit for his afternoon's work considering the circumstances.
He faced the media after the game with a smile on his face as he took to his seat in front of a packed press room. After witnessing that face slowly melt in front of the cameras during a testing week, it was refreshing to see the Spaniard in good spirit. He described his mood as being back to "normal" and answered questions on the fans' reaction before they had even been asked.
Despite chants of "Stand up if you hate Rafa" and "Jose Mourinho" the former Liverpool boss immediately praised the Chelsea supporters and the effect that they had on his players: "What I could see was the players playing with more confidence and the fans being behind the team.
"It's about the team," he repeated and, judging by their behaviour, sections of the Blues' supporters are now beginning to understand what he is saying. Like him or not, the Spaniard is in charge with Chelsea embroiled in a three-way scrap for two lucrative spots in the Champions League.
For all his troubles in the past seven days, to anyone without an emotional investment in Chelsea, Rafa Benitez is arguably more popular than ever.
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His comments on Wednesday, though, were delivered in a more eloquent and calculated manner. He chose his words carefully and highlighted a problem within the club's fanbase which the majority of football fans across the country would agree is best removed from the game.
Chelsea are in third place in the league, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and into the last 16 of the Europa League. Anyone who had seen what the 53-year-old has had to endure recently would think the club in turmoil and, while at times it may seem that way, with some perspective you can see that all is not lost for the Blues this season.
From the infamous rant against Ferguson to lifting the Champions League in the most dramatic circumstances with Liverpool, the Spaniard has experienced some of the highest highs and the lowest lows in front of our eyes.
He deserves credit for his latest venture, negotiating the political minefield that is the modern Chelsea. His lack of authority and control at the club at which he is supposed to be the manager is nothing short of scandalous at times, but he has still managed to steady the ship in the most difficult of circumstances and put the Blues in a position from which they can move forward.
Benitez was booed before Chelsea had even kicked a ball under his management. For dealing with that and everything that has come with it, he merits praise.
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These are the remainings of an old spanish jesuit reduction in southern Brazil. Spanish jesuits used to christianize the indigenous populations until hell broke loose and a big war put an end to it all. This photograph is a panorama created by 5 shots stitched together using Photoshop's photomerge function. I used the panorama to achieve a never before seen composition, putting these rocks in front and creating a link to the ruins on the back. The sunset light gave a special color to the sandstone rocks.
Nice image and ligh, thanks for sharing.I seems to me that the very same compositon could be achieved with just about any camera though. In terms of crop, a 6x12 film back on a 4x5 camera would be the easiest way to have the same crop without loosing too much image information, but you could just crop a 35 mm Velvia to achieve the exact same result if the print size if limited...Cheers,Bernard
I'm with Bernard one this one.... I don't understand why this is a never before composition because you used photomerge. Couldn't you just get this from standing further back or with a wider lens?the image itself looks good, however. looks like something off of a calendar, or in a local guidebook to ruins
Thank you Russ.That corner where the tree is located is indeed very bright, but it looks a lot stronger on the computer screen than on paper. I made a large print on Epson's Velvet fine art paper and that bright spot behind the tree was reduced significantly to the point where it's not bothering me anymore. The Epson printer did a great job on the orange walls and they became so vivid that there's no doubt that the ruins are the main subject of the composition. I loved this new printer with the orange ink cartridge BTW, I visited your website and loved your pictures, specially the ones from Japan.Regards,Luis


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Hungary's largest church and the seat of the Catholic Church inHungary. The Classicist basilica houses a Renaissance masterpiece, the Bakócz Chapel. The Treasury's collection is extremely rich. The basilica is 118 metres long, 49 meteres wide, and 100 metres in height. Arches connect the two 57-metre towers on the left and right of the tympanum at the main entrance.
Opening hours: Mon-Sun 10 am- 4 pm (except during the Services)
Distance from Budapest: 50 km North from Budapest center
Esztergom Christian Museum
2500 Esztergom, Mindszenty tér 2.
The Christian Museum is the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary, conserving European and Hungarian works of art of several centuries. On account of its Hungarian, Italian, Netherlandish, German and Austrian paintings, it is the third most significant picture gallery in Hungary, closely following the Museum of Fine Arts and the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest.
Opening hours: 01 Mar – 31 Oct: 10 am - 5 pm
Website: www.keresztenymuzeum.hu
Esztergom Festival
The Festive Games series of events stand out among the summer cultural programmes which have been organised in Esztergom since 2002. The open-air events are held during July and August in Watertown (Víziváros), one of the oldest districts of the historic episcopal seat.


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Robber makes off with cash from Orange Co. bank
No one injured during incident
Robber makes off with cash from Orange Co. bank
No one injured during incident
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
Orange County deputies are looking for the man responsible for robbing a Chase Bank Tuesday.
Officials said they received a call at about 1 p.m. in reference to a robbery at the bank on South Orange Blossom Trail.
Witnesses said a black man standing about 6 feet 2 inches tall walked into the bank and demanded money through a note passed to a teller, a released.
Authorities said the robber left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
The robber was wearing a red long-sleeved shirt, dark pants, glasses and a red, yellow and green beanie-style hat during the incident.
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HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude-4.5 earthquake has rattled Hawaii's Big Island, as two hurricanes rumbled toward the islands.
The temblor struck on the north tip of the Big Island, about 7 miles from Waimea at 6:24 a.m. local time.
The U.S. Geological Survey initially announced the quake was magnitude-4.3 and quickly upgraded it.
Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira says there haven't been any reports of damage. He said a moderate quake is "not uncommon" for Hawaii.
A Waimea grocery store employee said the quake didn't cause any apparent damage in the building and didn't knock anything off shelves.
Hurricane Iselle was on course to hit the Big Island Thursday night, and was being tailed by Hurricane Julio, which strengthened early Thursday into a Category 2 storm.


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Re: Lucky at last
(order now and get it just in time for St. Patty's Day with smartpost! :P)
Re: Dream Job
Reworked this design. Purrrs!
Re: I'm Stuck on You
Stuck on you
I've got this feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't lose
Guess I'm on my way
Needed a friend
And the way I feel now I guess I'll be with you 'til the end
Guess I'm on my way
Mighty glad you stayed
Re: Loose Ends
"Loose Ends"
After my design for the last derby, which was so cutesy it made ME almost want to gouge out my eyes, I thought I'd go a different route this time.
Click for a bigger look!
Thank you and remember to feed your cat or this will absolutely 100% happen every time you leave the house.
Re: Catbox condos
Cats <3 boxes.
Thanks to all for the preferences in the pre-derby thread!
Re: Breakfast is ready
Re: Babou
Tribute the "loveable" ocleot from the show Archer.
Re: sword of meowmens
Hopefully this reads well... guess I'll find out soon :|
Re: Breading those Cats
Yes, I'm going after a new internet meme. But it should be in stark contrast to all the inevitable gaming and sci fi memes.
Re: don't mess with ralph
He's a scary cat!
Oh, and the cat is my cat, and from a photo I took myself.
Re: Rescue
6 colors on blue. I don't know the specifics of the story here, but I really like the idea of a robot rescuing a cat at night.
BTW, I want to give a shout-out to Odysseyroc, who gave me some neat pointers about highlights for this design. Thanks, dude!
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(order now and get it just in time for St. Patty's Day with smartpost! :P)
What am I supposed to do with it the rest of the year?
Re: Pac-Cat Has 9 Lives
Nine. That's a lot.
Re: Nyan Meow
First photoshop entry, hope you like it! Thank you for looking!
Re: Breading Champion
Forget planking. All the cool kids are putting their cats in bread and taking pictures of them looking like little yeasty lions.
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Re: Dreams of Fish
Nice. I like what you did with the constellation.
Re: Cave of Cuteness
Wow... I just watched this light night...
Alright! A Robbie Lee robot! I did like the collab you did with Edgar, but this one feels a bit cleaner to me.
Re: The Artist
This is why I don't allow my cats around open paint cans.
Re: CupCats
curli76 wrote:What am I supposed to do with it the rest of the year?
Continue to wear it if you think it's cute? The idea of the shirt isn't just St. Patrick's Day related, it's about changing your luck. It doesn't hurt to have something ready to wear though . Do you only wear green shirts once a year?
Re: Darth Meow
Thought this would make a great companion shirt to the Boba Fetch one I did. Closest I've had to a sequel shirt. Next up will be Clone Trooper Sheep...
Hope you all like it!
Re: Dandy Lion
Been a while since I've done anything, but I couldn't resist a cat derby.
Re: Follow the Rainbow
Yay, I followed the rainbow to the pot of gold...what's this cat doing here?
I'll post some details of the halftones after work. Thanks for looking
I hope you all enjoy my tribute to Totoro. I'm still new at this; this is only my thrid Derby entry! I would love any positive tips, critiques, etc. Thanks!
And then nobody was scared of touching the treasure anymore because d'aaaw.
Hope you like!!
Re: Last FeLine of Defense
Based on a true story...
Proof that everybody loves cheese puffs. This is so so cute!
Re: Cat's Game
This is great! and perfect that the cat actually wins when it's a "cat's game"!
Re: Asian Companion
It's nice to take a good rest with your favorite toy.
Re: Here Kitty Kitty
This is one I'd started working up in the RPG Derby, but never finished until last night.
wirdou wrote:Hope you like!!
Clever. Are those 8 skulls on him?
Haha this is so good, I always look forward to your entries. Love the disdainful look.
Re: Who's Gonna Let Him Out?
This one I'd started on in the Winter Derby, but my dog looked awful, so I scrapped the dog and worked on mice (which made more sense...)
Re: I Haz Portalz
Kitty Glados falling inside a Portal!
6 colors on Asphalt
Re: Meowssion Impossible
very cute!
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NZRL in worse financial woes than feared
Chairman Ray Haffenden has confirmed New Zealand Rugby League's (NZRL) 2007 financial result was worse than expected.
He said the final audit had established the NZRL had incurred an operational loss of $NZ1.7 million ($A1.46 million) for the year ending December 31, 2007.
"We were forecasting a $NZ1.25 million ($A1.08 million) loss so this is obviously considerably more than we had expected or wanted," he said in a statement.
"The fact is we find ourselves operating in a sporting landscape that is presenting enormous financial challenges not just for the NZRL but for a lot of organisations.
"We face an uphill battle to recover lost ground but we believe we have systems in place that will enable us to improve our performance."
Haffenden said there were several reasons for the scale of the operating loss.
"As we indicated in December, there was a significant shortfall in gaming grant revenue and in our expectations from the centenary Test in Wellington," he said.
"We can confirm we were $NZ800,000 ($A689,000) short in the funding area and $NZ400,000 ($A344,515) under budget for the centenary Test.
"The budgeted surplus of $NZ300,000 ($A258,386) from the tour to the United Kingdom wasn't realised, mainly due to poor support for the game between the All Golds and the Northern Union.
"There were also substantial one-off costs as a result of the reforms we have made constitutionally and commercially.
"The majority of these reforms were committed to in 2006 but the costs were paid in our 2007 financial year."
In addition to the operating loss, Haffenden said the NZRL had written off $NZ1.04 million ($A895,741) as the final balance owing from Rugby League NZ Limited (RLNZ), a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of NZRL.
The NZRL received a significant payment as part of the Super League settlement in the late 1990s.
This money was loaned to RLNZ to invest in activities that would generate independent revenue streams to underwrite NZRL operations.
This adjustment reflects the realisable value of the investments as at December 31, 2007.
Haffenden said more detail about the financial result would be made available to stakeholders at the NZRL's annual meeting in Auckland on March 29.


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IF YOU THOUGHT THE TERM 'GOING in circles' meant spinning your wheels and not making any progress, when it comes to the landscape profession, you couldn't be more wrong. If your goal is to cut more lawns, cleaner, faster and with more precision, driving a zeroturn radius mower is precisely how you're going to get there.
The term 'zero-turn' (ZT) refers to a lawnmower's turning radius being, essentially, zero inches. This enables the mower to spin around in place without leaving any grass uncut, and obtain a close and uniform cut in a fraction of the time it used to take with a tractor.
The first zero-turn mower was developed in 1963 by John Regier of Moundridge, Kansas. He adapted a design for a steering system and transmission first used on haying equipment a decade earlier. He named his invention the "Workhorse," quit his day job and began work on putting his zero-turn mower into production. Regier built 24 mowers, renaming them "Hustler," and eventually sold his patent to Excel, who recognized the potential for this t y p e o f mower in the commercial landscape market.
The first Excel Hustler that rolled off the assembly line had a 65-inch cutting deck behind a 12hp engine. The mower's ease of handling and increased speed was greeted with great enthusiasm by landscape professionals, who could immediately see how the mower could increase their company's productivity. It wasn't long before other mower manufacturers jumped on the ZT bandwagon. Grasshopper introduced its first commercially-viable ZT mower in 1969. In 1974, Dixon coined the term zero-turn radius (ZTR), and other companies soon followed.
With the benefit of large manufacturers behind them, it wasn't long before ZT mowers were making their way onto every landscape equipment showroom floor. In an industry where time is money, ZT mowers offered a speed of cutting heretofore unknown. Now, in one fell swoop, a single crew person, sitting on a riding mower with the ability to turn, literally, on a dime, was able to cut large areas as well as smaller areas to perfection, in record time. And with the maneuverability around flower beds, hardscapes and other obstacles, the need for hand trimming was totally eliminated. ZT mowers revolutionized the landscape market like nothing before.
Once a company tries a ZT, they're hooked. Just ask Paul Hurlock, fleet manager at Artistree Landscape Maintenance & Design in Venice, Florida, who has been in the landscape business for more than two decades.
"When I started in the business, we were using ride-behind sulkies and walk-behinds on every job. Then, about 17 years ago, we started buying zero-turns, and now our entire fleet of 64 mowers is all ZTs. It wasn't that difficult for the crews to go from a steering wheel to a different control system, especially since the manufacturers have made everything so easy."
As Hurlock pointed out, the controls on a ZT mower operate very differently from a conventional steering wheel you'd find on a tractor or in your car. Levers on either side of the driver control the direction and speed of the mower.
"Pushing both levers forward causes the mower to move forward, while pulling them back causes it to reverse," says Scott Wozniak, senior marketing manager with The Toro Company, Bloomington, Minnesota. "The farther you push in either direction, the faster you go," Wozniak explains. "Each rear wheel on a ZT is operated independently. To curve right, you push the left handle farther forward than the right handle, and vice versa if you want to curve left. If you want to make a swinging turn—which leaves no grass uncut and sets you up that much faster for your next pass down the yard— simply push the appropriate handle forward while keeping the other one in neutral, causing the mower to pivot around the stationary wheel."
The ZT transmission is also quite different from a traditional lawn mower's. Because they operate independently, each rear wheel is connected to a hydrostatic transmission system that turns the wheel using pressurized fluid.
"When the steering/speed lever is moved, it controls the flow of fluid through the transmission and the rotational speed or the forward/reverse direction of a drive wheel," Wozniak adds. "Maximum lever movement means maximum fluid flow, which translates into a rapidly turning wheel. If one drive wheel turns more rapidly than the other, the machine moves along a curved path. If both wheels turn at the same speed, the machine follows a straight path. If one wheel stops and the other turns, or if the wheels turn in opposite directions, the mower's turning ratio is literally zero, hence the name zero-turn."
Although the basic design of the ZT mower has remained the same, there are some distinct differences, especially in the placement of the cutting deck. Some manufacturers mount the deck in the center, underneath the operator, while others place it in the front, with the operator sitting behind. In the late '70s, Walker
Mowers, Fort Collins, Colorado, introduced a front cut design, with interchangeable decks.
"The Walker ZTM decks allow the machine to be used for a variety of different functions," says Tim Cromley, sales and marketing manager for Walker Mowers. "They're available in different sizes and, depending on the operator's preference, the clippings can be discharged from the side or the rear. There is also a mulching deck and a number of attachments, like a blade edger or boom sprayer."
Manufacturers are continuing to explore improvements in the cutting deck area, much to the delight of landscape contractors who have to deal with difficult terrain.
"Here in Florida, most of our jobs are located close to the beach, and the sand and soil we mow over was eating up our decks long before the mower gave out. So we constantly had to replace the decks and also replace the blades a lot more quickly," Hurlock said. "But the newer machines are being manufactured with a higher quality of materials, so now we're able to keep our mowers going for close to four years without having to scrap a single one."
Deck height adjustment is also a key factor if you have multiple products on the same fleet, or if you're using two mowers on the same property. You obviously want all the grass set at the same height. On a large property where more than one mower is used, a difference of even an eighth of an inch b e t w e e n t h e heighto f - c u t of the d e c k s can ruin the entire look of the lawn. While speed is definitely a plus in getting the job done, what the client wants when you're finished—no matter how much time it takes—is a perfectly manicured lawn.
Even with two machines that are each set at 4" height-of-cut settings, a problem can arise. Much like purchasing a size 36" x 34" pair of pants from one store that may not fit the same as a 36" x 34" pair from another, a 4" height measurement on one machine isn't necessarily the same as 4" on another machine. If they're from different manufacturers, the cutting height can be off by as much as ¼-inch.
"ZTMs do go faster than traditional mowers," says Wozniak, "but sometimes it can be difficult to cut the grass as accurately if you're going eight mph than you would if you were only going two mph. Fortunately, newer technologies can fine-tune the mowers to a specific height, not just a specific number, so you're able to get the same height-of-cut going at faster speeds, even with different mowers. On earlier models, you wouldn't be able to do that."
Problems with the hydraulic transmission systems have also been corrected. One of the biggest service issues manufacturers have seen in the past are the multiple leak points from separate wheel pumps and motors, which require fixing hydraulic hoses and fittings. In some cases, there are up to sixteen different connection points, all of which had the potential for some kind of fracture.
"To correct this problem," explains Ross Hawley, product manager with Exmark Manufacturing, "Exmark developed an integrated hydraulic transmission, combining all of the traditional hydraulic components into a single, integrated drive system, so there's a lot less maintenance and a lot less downtime."
One of the biggest changes overall to the entire mower industry is the introduction of a l t e r n a t i v e - f u e l engines. With the increase in fuel efficiency and emission standards, ZT engines have gone from gasoline to diesel and back, while other fuel sources—such as propane and natural gas—are increasing in popularity.
"The size of the engines has improved dramatically," says Hurlock. "Four years ago, we were using diesel, but now all our ZTs are air-cooled gasoline engines, mostly because of the cost of the fuel. Also, with larger fuel tanks, our crews don't have to fill up as often, which saves time, or carry an extra gasoline can, which increases safety."
Sean Dwyer, global product manager at Husqvarna, Charlotte, North Carolina, says their company introduced a propane model which is having a measured amount of success, but the majority of their ZTs are still gasoline powered.
While the mowers themselves are constantly being modified for optimum performance, another area that manufacturers are paying particular attention to is operator comfort. Ergonomics, the science of designing the workplace environment to fit the user, is increasingly becoming part of the design, especially of the seating area. Everything from the seat cushion to the distance from the foot pedal to the spine of the operator is being carefully calculated to provide the worker with optimum comfort.
"Our seat is mounted using 3D isolation," says Hawley. "The technology reduces accelerations in all 360° of motion leading to less operator fatigue at the end of the work day. The control arms have very thick padding and we've paid particular attention to details like where the operator puts his feet, how the seat adjusts—things like that to make the operator's environment comfortable."
A comfortable employee is a productive employee. A productive employee means a happy client, and a happy client means a profitable company. What better way to provide all three than with a fleet of zero-turn mowers?


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On 18 September Marceline Loridan-Ivens (19 March 1928, Epinal) passed away in Paris. She was born in a family originating from Lodz (Poland), which emigrated to France due to anti-semitism. During her working career she was pollster, filmmaker, producer and writer. She was the fourth and last wife of Joris Ivens, whom she first met in 1963. The couple married officially in 1977. Her life was marked by wars.
On Monday May 28th the VietNam Film Institute presented a new documentary film about Ivens in VietNam at the occassion of a ceremony in Nijmegen celebrating 50 years of solidarity between Nijmegen and VietNam. Mrs. Ngo Thi Hoa, Ambassador of VietNam in The Hague, Mr. Hubert Bruls, mayor of Nijmegen, and activists from the 1960s and 70s supporting VietNam, attended this meeting. The theme 'Looking back for a better future' was illustrated with specialists presenting innovative technologies from Nijmegen in nowadays projects in Viet ...
Chris Marker (1921-2012) is one of the finest examples of an essay-filmmaker. TheCinémathèque Française shows the exhibition 'Chris Markers and the 7 Lives of a Cineaste' (until 29 July) and an almost complete retrospective including the films to which he contributed as a friend and collaborator of Joris Ivens …à Valparaiso (commentary), Rotterdam Europort (commentary) and the collective film Loin de Vietnam (producer). Only Le ciel, la terre is lacking (commentary).
The International Documentary Festival in Paris, Cinéma du reel, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a retrospective 'What is real? 40 years of thinking'. One of the films is Cinemafia. Rencontre 1. Jean Rouch parle avec Joris Ivens et Henri Storck shot on the beach of the Dutch village Katwijk in 1980. Also the competition for 'Prix Joris Ivens' (the Joris Ivens/Cnap Award of 7.500 euro) for first films will be presented.
The DEFA Foundation in Berlin released a new German DVD with Ivens-films in conjunction with the book Günter Jordan published about these films. DEFA already had launched a DVD with Song of the Rivers in and now presents The Wind Rose, Friendship Will Win and The Peace Cycle Tour Warsaw-Berlin-Prague 1952.
The long awaited book (in German) about Ivens and his East-German films, written by thé specialist in this field, Günter Jordan, has been published by the DEFA Foundation. This beautiful book describes in 680 pages the triumph in the 1950's, the condemnation at the end of the 1960's when Ivens became persona non grata in the GDR, until the resurrection of Ivens' DEFA-films.
Chiara Bonfiglioli recently published her splendid book chapter about the DEFA filmproduction Die Windrose (1957, The Compass Rose) of which Joris Ivens was supervisor. 'Die Windrose is a significant example of cross-border cooperation and provides important insights on the internationalists networks that developed after 1945 between Western-Europe, the Soviet Union and the Third World.'
Award winning Canadian documentary filmmaker Peter Davis presented his documentary Digging the Spanish Earth. Thanks to his interviews with Joris Ivens, Martha Gellhorn, Helen van Dongen and George Seldes, this film is of historical importance itself. Peter Davis also revisited locations in Madrid and Fuentedueña de Tajo where The Spanish Earth was shot in spring 1937.
Since six years Tian Wang (1976, Tongxiang 桐乡), is doing research for a dissertation about Joris Ivens and Modern China between 1938 and 1988. It was Régis Debray who advised her to study Ivens' films in the framework of the theories of French historian Marc Ferro 'Le film, l'agent et produit de l'Histoire'. For Tian Wang it is essential not only to study paper documents, but especially to meet and speak the people involved, both in China and the West.
Prof. Ariel Heryanto from Monash University in Melbourne lectured about Joris Ivens and Indonesia Calling in Djakarta. In his vivid presentation in Bahasa Indonesia (also a version with English subtitles is available) he discussed the tensed relationships between Indonesia, Australia and The Netherlands both back then and now. The opening sequence of Ivens' film showing an Australian society with diversity could be a model for their relationships. Since 22 October, when this film made by Jakarticus, was put on-line then thous ...
On 19 October a special ceremony at the Vietnam Film Institute (VFI) celibrated the transfer of solidarity films from The Netherlands to Vietnam. The films derive from the collections of the Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam and the Ivens Foundation. The ceremony, about which an item was broadcasted by national TV News, had been attended by Mr. Vuong Duy Bien, Vice Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Mrs. Nienke Trooster, Ambassador of the Netherlands in Vietnam, Mr. Vu Nguyen Hung, Director of Vietnam Film Institute, ...
On 19 October the Vietnam Film Institute (VFI) in Hanoi is organizing a ceremony of the transfer of solidarity films from the Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV) and the European Foundation Joris Ivens. Representatives of the Dutch Embassy, of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, the director of the VFI , the director of the MCNV and the representative of the Ivens Foundation will be present when the 45 films will be handed over to the national film iinstute. Afterwards a study meeting will take place for ...
On 28 March the Award Ceremony of The Society of Cinema and Media Studies, the world's largest organisation devoted to the scholarly study of film and media, paid tribute to the best film scholarship of the previous year. Prof. Thomas Waugh received the best book award for his outstanding book about the complete film oeuvre of Joris Ivens. Maryse Elliott (Amsterdam University Press) and Giovanna Fossati (EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam), editors of the Framing Film series, attended the presentation.
NAMU in Prague, the publishing house of the Academy of Arts, presented the Czech translation of André Stufkens book Joris Ivens. Filmmaker of the World (518 pages). This Czech book explores the content, production, meaning and reception of 21 Ivens films and was first published in Dutch and German in 2008 and 2009 as part of the DVD box. Especially a chapter about the relationship between Joris Ivens and the Czech Republic has been added, focussing on the documentary The First Years.