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Dec 20, 2009
Does Anyone Know Of A Good Social Media Marketing Tracking Tool/device/software?
Posted in Social Media Experts on 20/Dec/2009
I'm looking for a reasonable means of tracking my Social Media Marketing campaigns. So many of them are rather expensive and, at this early stage, would not be feasible for my business.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Formicone, Gabriele
- 1 Arizona State University
- 1 Bakkaloglu, Bertan
- 1 HabibiMehr, Payam
- 1 Kitchen, Jennifer
- 1 Thornton, Trevor John
- 1 Public
- Nanotechnology
- 1 Electrical engineering
- 1 Engineering
- 1 Power Amplifier
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- 1 Trap rich
- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
There is an ever-increasing demand for higher bandwidth and data rate ensuing from exploding number of radio frequency integrated systems and devices. As stated in the Shannon-Hartley theorem, the maximum achievable data rate of a communication channel is linearly proportional to the system bandwidth. This is the main driving force behind pushing wireless systems towards millimeter-wave frequency range, where larger bandwidth is available at a higher carrier frequency. Observing the Moor's law, highly scaled complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technologies provide fast transistors with a high unity power gain frequency which enables operating at millimeter-wave frequency range. CMOS is the compelling choice …
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- HabibiMehr, Payam, Thornton, Trevor John, Bakkaloglu, Bertan, et al.
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Until March 19, you are able to download your baby's development data (last 1 month of data only) directly from the uGrow app and export it into a PDF. After the specified date, Philips will automatically remove all your personal data.
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FocusVenueFinders.UK.com is a company that finds venues for corporate event organizers. They specialize in finding the right venues for conferences, product launches, training, and other similar events.
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Every Major Gotham Villain Ranked From Worst To Best
Batman Who?
Since debuting in 2014, Gotham has lived up to its premise of showcasing how Bruce Wayne was transformed from a millionaire orphan into a hardened crime fighting vigilante.
In addition, the show has found great intrigue in exploring a number of diverse deep characters and arguably the colourful villains themselves are the real stars of the show.
Whether it's their unpredictable taste for violence or committing crime with whimsical glee, the luxury of long-form tv storytelling has allowed much of Gotham's rogues gallery to be explored in far deeper ways than the cinematic films.
Here's the whole of Gotham's most wanted list, ranked from worst to best;
16. Fish Mooney
Most of the criminal elements of the first season initially revolved around mob leader Fish Mooney and her attempting to stage a coup against rival Carmine Falcone. An original character written for the show, Jada Pinkett-Smith truly made the character memorable with plenty of theatricality in her over-the-top performance.
Gotham occasionally feels like a combination of the Adam West Batman series combined with the Hollywood cheese of the Joel Schumacher movies. Fortunately, Fish Mooney plays into that style perfectly.
The crime boss was actually at her best when quietly giving orders and staring down her enemies with a deadly look in her eye. It's those moments of intensity that are fondly remembered rather than the Indian Hill experiment storyline that revived her where it would later all get a bit silly.
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The Plight
September was 'Rhino month', which culminated in the celebration of the third annual World Rhino Day on the 22nd, aimed at celebrating the five sub-species of rhino…forever. I realise of course that I'm late with this post, with my only defence being that I was away on vacation – hard-earned, I might add!
I've considered a post on the subject of rhinos in South Africa for some time; particularly pertinent to this blog, since I elected to move here permanently in 2009 and also as the rhino is one of the elusive animals which I most look forward to seeing on a game drive – second only to leopard. Rhino are one of the African 'Big Five' which national parks and game farm owners announce with much fanfare to ensure tourists receive a 'true' African safari experience (I won't mention that there is also a 'Super Seven'…doh!). SA is home to an estimated 70% of the surviving global rhino population and a prime target for poaching syndicates, due to the relatively large numbers.
In an effort to tackle some of the background on poaching, I scanned through the plethora of rhino society webpages (e.g. Unite Against Poaching.co.za, Stop Rhino Poaching.com and Rhino Conservation.org) which have surfaced to publicise and help curb (stop?) the poaching of rhinos for their horn, as well as a selection of recent online news articles. Some say 'ignorance is bliss', but when dealing such a profoundly sensitive subject (such as this), I thought that it would be wise to sidestep the bliss.
Backtracking slightly, it is the spiked, largely keratin-based protrusion on the animals' noses which makes them such a prevalent target for poachers (estimates of between US$25,000-40,000 per kilo for the 'good stuff' to provide some perspective), and has landed several of the sub-species on the critically endangered listings. Now, here's the science: Keratin, is a protein which is the key structural component of hair and nails and interestingly enough, the outer layer of human skin. It is also the chief component in animal hooves and the actual horn structure has been likened to horse's hooves and turtle beaks.
The Demand
In the not too distant past, I believed (along with many people and media sources out there), that rhino horn was prescribed by traditional Eastern and Far-Eastern medical folk as an aphrodisiac, or as Mr Miyagi's Viagra. All of the awareness campaigns unequivocally quash this rumour, i.e. branding it utter rhino-turd; however, it is an absolute certainty that this superstition and misdirected belief has done more than its fair share of harm to rhino populations; increasing the demand for horns by wealthy ignoramus, who have/had problems in the libido and stiffy departments.
The common ground is that rhino horn is used in traditional medicine techniques, either in a tonic form, grounded/ashed and more often than not mixed with herbs, as a cure for a variety of ailments, with the notion that freshly-killed male rhino horn provides the best 'cut'. Uses include the treatment of fever, typhoid, headache, boils, cancer, delirium, food poisoning, arthritis, rectal bleeding, convulsions, snake bites and devil possession. Incredibly diverse! The misguided people who believe in the power of the rhino horn have probably never heard of Zam-buk, a far cheaper alternative to what effectively boils down to chewing on ones fingernails. Even though the use and trade of rhino horn is illegal in many countries and proven to have no medicinal value, it is still used pervasively in Asia as an alternative to the Westerner's hoodoo-voodoo. Hence the sustained demand and high-levels of rhino poaching today.
Trophy hunting played its part in the quasi-legal export/import of rhino horn. Admittedly, there are genuine hunters who buy legally issued CITES permits in order to obtain the valuable keratin curios for private collections, however the loop-holes which these permits create for smugglers and black market buyers have been well and truly exploited. This was demonstrated in recent years by the sudden appearance of Vietnamese hunting 'clients' in SA during 2003; many capable of paying above-market prices for rhino hunts, whilst having little, or no prior knowledge of how to hunt or handle the guns required to obtain their trophies. Many of these Vietnamese individuals were recurring rhino-hunt offenders, who showed up repeatedly at the same game farms. Bad apples amongst the game farming, professional hunter and wildlife veterinary communities have obviously cottoned on to a chance to make a few bucks, i.e. auctioning off rhino hunting rights to the highest bidder and assisting in an illegal and ethically immoral trade.
A number of high-profile cases have been documented in the South African media, where smugglers, vets and individuals in the poaching arena have received jail time. Many are serial offenders, but have not been condemned to a lion pit for their deeds. Growing up in the Middle East, it was common knowledge that if you were caught stealing, laws based on the Koran dictated that you would lose a hand for thieving (without anaesthetic). This was normally enforced by severing a finger, followed by a hand for repeat offenders. In my mind, rhino poachers should not be allowed to procreate and as such, 'preventative measures' should be considered (baseball bat, or something a little sharper for make).
South Africa has attempted to engage with Vietnamese ministries on the poaching situation and a Memorandum of Understanding was due to be signed at an international biodiversity conference held in Hyderabad, India in September 2012. Strangely enough, such a high-profile plight, did not warrant the attention of the relevant Vietnamese minister and a spokesperson declared him being 'not unavailable' for the signing. A stunning display of uncooperativeness by Vietnam on the international stage – well done them!
The Mutilation
The manner in which many of the rhinos' horns are poached is extremely graphic, in no uncertain terms, extending beyond fathomable reality. Rhino are usually shot and many times left to die following what can only be described as crazed mutilation (by chainsaw), to remove the complete horn. Cuts are usually down to the bone, and many times the animal's sinuses are left visibly exposed to infection and attack by maggots. There is nothing humane about rhino poaching; many of the victims are fatally wounded by their amputations.
A poaching incident at Borakalalo National Park (NW) at the beginning of 2012, has super-glued itself to my grey matter, partly because of the graphic detail and photos accompanying the article and partly due to the rhino having to endure for an entire week following the incident before it had been located by a 'rescue' team. The story is detailed on the 'Stop Rhino Poaching' website and had I been this particular rhino, I would have gladly welcomed the eventual relief (euthanasia) effected by the wildlife vet. He was left to die alone and in agony, with a gunshot wound to his head and breathing through a mass of his own blood and an entire city of maggots, the latter which had taken-up residency in his nasal passageways. He was dehydrated, his upper lip had been paralysed and one eye blinded as a result of the butchering, whilst there was another deep chop through to his spine (seemingly senseless). The team found him with some fresh grass wedged in under his top lip, which he hadn't been able to manipulate into his mouth to feed. It takes a particularly disturbed individual to inflict this level of savagery on an animal.
Poaching of rhinos in South Africa is not only limited to the more remote locations, e.g. the Kruger Park, which are infinitely more difficult to protect due to the vast expanses involved. This was demonstrated in 2010, where two of the ten white rhino living in the Rietvlei Nature Reserve close to Irene (Centurion) and bordering the office park where I work, were killed during a dehorning incident. It is though that the poachers made use of a helicopter to dart the animals before escaping with their horns in broad daylight. These guys either have the cahoonas of a bull elephant during mating season, or are insanely stupid to have attempted something like this so close to civilisation. More notably, the helicopter was operating within the airspace of the largest Air Force base in Gauteng (Waterkloof's ATC tower personal were probably on one of their chai breaks).
The Solution
This is one of those instances where there is no right or wrong solution (and everyone has an opinion). Various members of SA society and forum participants have suggesting manageable ways-forward to protect the rhinoceros species, which include the controlled dehorning of rhino populations and injecting the horns with various substances. The latter can make horns unfit for human consumption, highlight the horns on x-ray machines and others which serve as indelible dyes. Both solutions have merits and disadvantages, although for widespread implementation require swimming pools full of money. In South Africa, where a large percentage of the population are either unemployed and/or living below the breadline, it will be hard to justify widespread and sustained government funding to provide the rhino with a monetary life vest. As we are seeing currently, private organisations are assisting in the provision of equipment, resources (including trained dogs) and financial aid to help fight poaching – proudly leading SA.
Another approach proposes that widespread education is the way forward. In order to educate, educate (and educate), the target audience must display a willingness to listen to scientific fact and reason (which is easier said than done) and could, like many other awareness campaigns (HIV as an example) take umpteen decades to break ground. Education and awareness used in parallel with other solutions is admittedly important, but when faced with the immense eastern and far-eastern populations, with individuals who have an unwavering faith in the medicinal value of rhino horn and coupled by governments who 'selectively' censor information (or display and unwillingness to cooperate), you'd have more luck trying to break through the wall of China using a spoon. Poachers, inevitably damned by their very choice of 'profession', are unlikely to listen to societal pleas when they know that their bounty can fetch such a high prices.
'Flood the market' others have said (with real and fake horn specimens). The market is recognised as being 'large' and growing (particularly in Vietnam), but like the universe, people can only guestimate as to its momentary magnitude. How much 'flood' should one create? If society were to legalise the trade of rhino horn through 'sustainable' farming solutions, or 'fake' horn supplies (e.g. cow and buffalo), with sales ploughed back into the industry, this might take the shine and focus off illegal horn acquisitions through rhino horn syndicates, however it would do little to quench the demand for horn itself.
For the sake of the species' notoriety (and this comment might land me in some hot water with some), the separation of the 'rhino' (Greek for 'nose') from its 'ceros' ('horn') will undoubtedly remove some of the animal's charm and 'wow' factor. I somehow don't think that the rhino's ill-fitting skin would be a substitute for the grandeur of its horn. The rhino's continued existence, 'intact', (in my opinion) should be viewed as the long-term goal.


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Spain gives catfish from Vietnam clean bill of health
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [Asia Pulse] Feb 11, 2009 - Spain's food safety watchdog has denied claims of food poisoning related to tra and basa catfish imported from Vietnam, attributing the allegations to 'false information' provided by the European Commission (EC).
Batches of catfish imported into Spain from Vietnam last July tested negative for any toxic substances banned by the EC, said Roberto Sabrido, president of the Spanish Agency for Food Security and Nutrition, at a press briefing at a recent gastronomy and tourism exposition in Ourense.
Last month, Spain's Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs also confirmed that Vietnamese catfish met food safety regulations set by the EU and posed no danger to consumer health.
Spain is one of Vietnam's leading European markets for catfish, importing about 40,000 tonnes per year, according to statistics from a Spanish trade association.


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From left to right; Jennifer Thompson, SSV, Louie Pellegrini Cofounder SAFE,
Bruce Naegel, SSV, Michelle Marin, SSV
Lauren Swezey. Facebook, Cindy Clark, SSV
SAFE stands for Sustainable Alternative Feed Enterprises. So, the SAFE process recycles food scraps and creates products with demand within the US. Unlike other recycling segments, this is a bright spot in the recycling industry. For decades the recycling industry standard practice sends materials to China. Recently, China slowed and nearly stopped importing recycled materials. So, that business model is no longer viable. Recycling food scraps is different becausemarkets are all domestic.
Isn't food scraps recycling old and messy?
First, food scrap recycling has a long history and is successful today. However, other processes are messy and smelly. These processes have a NIMBY factor (Not In My Back Yard). SAFE addresses these problems.
So, what is the SAFE process?
First, the SAFE process includes two pathogen destruction steps. This ensures product Safety. The first uses a time and temperature process. The second is a USDA-recognized mechanical pathogen destruction process This process kills bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. The the SAFE process includes three steps:
Step 1: SAFE Specialized Residential Collection:
The resident receives a garbage container with two compartments. One is for food scraps and the other is for non-recyclable garbage. Food scraps may be placed into standard plastic bags prior to placing the materials into the container. Food scraps include:
- Meats and bones
- Seafood
- Beans and nuts
- Fruits and vegetables
- Bread, pasta, and rice
- Eggs, cheese, and other dairy products
- Coffee grounds/coffee filter and tea leaves/bags
All other non-recyclable waste goes into the garbage side of the container.
The SAFE process also accepts source separated food waste from commercial establishments such as restaurants. Commercial collection uses standard plastic bag. These are much better for holding food scraps. The SAFE separation process removes plastic bags during a screening process.
Step 2: The SAFE process and mash
The SAFE process second step converts food scraps into liquid (mash). Liquid mash can easily be transported by tanker truck. Raw mash also naturally has a very low pH. This prevents odors and degrading the mash.
The SAFE process concentrates the mas compared to the food scraps from the collection trucks. So, one tanker run transports concentrate from many collection trucks. This means each collection truck travels fewer miles. This saves energy, fuel, and cuts pollution.
Step 3: SAFE process Dehydration.
The SAFE process separates the water and FOG (Fats, Oil and Grease) from the solids.
- SAFE discharges the process water into the sanitary sewer. However, the Company is investigating bolt-on technologies to reclaim the water. This water can be used for industrial purposes, such as equipment and facility cleaning. One ton of processed mash yields. 200 gallons of water.
- FOG represents 2 to 4 percent of the food scrap waste. FOG is processed into bio-diesel. It is also an add back for some animal feed formulations.
- The main SAFE process component for sale is the dry meal.
- Sending meal to a landfill has financial benefit. SAFE reduces the volume and stabilizes the content. This reduces the landfill tip fee and extends the life of the landfill.
- A higher benefit product is to convert it to animal feed and sell the FOG to produce bio-diesel. This produces revenue of approximately $500 per ton. Animal feed markets are based on commodities markets. Prices can change daily.
- Pet treats is an even higher value market and is under development. SAFE is exploring this model with pet food manufacturers. Revenues associated with SAFE's pet treat ingredient is projected to generate as much as $2000 per ton. However, this project is still under development.
- SAFE is interested in exploring uses which may include food supplements for people.
What is great about the SAFE process?
- The SAFE process fits in many industrial environments. It has a small equipment footprint. SAFE does not need special permitting and SAFE has a reduced NIMBY factor.
- The SAFE process can be easily placed in urban environments. This reduces transportation time and the associated carbon emissions. In contrast, most composting facilities must be situated in less urban areas. These locations require significant vehicle miles traveled. This results in added air pollution.
- Food for animals and protein supplements will always be in demand.
- SAFE's system creates food for animals. So, SAFE ranks higher on the EPA's food recovery hierarchy than the outputs from anaerobic digestion or composting.
- SAFE process products are only marketed domestically.
- The demand for these products grows as the population grows. There is an increasing worldwide shortage of protein.
- The SAFE process can create high value products like animal treats.
Who is using the SAFE process today?
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Stanford are processing their food scraps with the SAFE process. Other communities and organizations are making inquiries as word gets out.
Who should an organization contact if they want more information on SAFE?
– Who at SAFE do they write to?
Louie Pellegrini, Co-Founder: email@example.com or
Nicole Rinauro, Board Member: email@example.com
Web Site: www.forktofeed.com


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August 24, 2016
Busy Summer
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This post made me smile SO big.....bigger than Mona Lisa. :) It's so nice that you get to spend so much quality time with your Grandkids. I can only imagine all the lovely memories they'll have with you. My grandparents were awesome, but we never went rock climbing or fishing. LOL!! Congrats on the newest cutie to your bunch!!ReplyDelete
Looks like you all have had a very exciting summer --with the grandchildren--and their parents... Congrats on the newest grand... How adorable....ReplyDelete
Love the wildflowers ---and wasn't it neat for the kids to see a tiny bit of snow left? That is just so special.
How many grands do you have now? Seven?
Hi Janie, such sweet photos of all the young ones, and that last shot of Daddy with baby, very special indeed!!!ReplyDelete
How great to spend time with family including your adorable new granddaughter, congrats! The six cousins on the bridge picture is wonderful. :)ReplyDelete
Oh how fun for you and the kids to play together in this gorgeous landscape. Congrats on the precious new addition.ReplyDelete
Wow, you guys are blessed with some great kids and grandkids.ReplyDelete
What fun to have the cousins together! We loved beach time with the 6 grands. Your wildflowers look gorgeous. That little one is too adorable. Are you already battening down the hatches for winter? I'll be pleased if we have fall first.ReplyDelete


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Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Wikipedia.
scowl at (someone or something)
To contort one's face into an expression of anger, disdain, or disapproval at and because of someone or something. I always make a point of waving to my neighbor each morning, but all he ever does is scowl at me from his porch. The boss scowled at the financial reports for the most recent fiscal quarter.
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scowl at someone or something
to make a frown of disapproval or displeasure at someone or something. Why are you scowling at me? I didn't do anything wrong! Mary scowled at her noisy cat.
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Tel: +971 4 266 4200
Fax: +971 4 266 2960
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The 10 Best Holiday Movies With Explosions
There are only so many times you can hear Ralphie get warned about shooting his eye out before you realize a truly great holiday movie doesn't have warnings, it has actions. From annoying relatives literally blowing sh*t up, to an undisputed classic that might as well be named "A Nakatomi Christmas," here's a ranking of the best holiday movies that feature explosions.
10. Home Alone 2
Joe Pesci kinda blows himself up inside of a house. The only real problem is Macauley Culkin's not vaporized in the explosion.
9. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
There's not much to say, really. The sh*tter was full.
8. Gremlins
They're cute, they're cuddly, and they'll blow the theater to smithereens.
7. Iron Man 3
Really this is an explosions movie with Christmas in it, but who's counting?
6. The Long Kiss Goodnight
Wherein Geena Davis realizes she's a femme fatale around Christmas time, ultimately culminating with a giant fireball at the US-Canadian border.
5. Toys
Robin Williams and LL Cool J team up to fight a delusional relative intent on turning the family toy business into a next-generation defense contractor. For a 1992 movie, it's almost eerie in its prediction of future weapons. That makes the fact that they were defeated by old school windup toys even scarier.
4. Brazil
Easily the all-time deepest and most difficult Christmas movie to follow, Brazil illustrates the absurdity of life as routine conversation carries on in the midst of a terrorist bombing at a restaurant.
3. Batman Returns
It's a film that had Batman, the Penguin, Catwoman, and all the greatness that is Tim Burton. Meow.
2. Lethal Weapon
Admit it: You forgot this was even a Christmas movie, didn't you?
1. Die Hard *
In many homes, watching Die Hard has replaced gathering by the yule log. This is director John McTiernan's opus, and it changed the paradigm of what sort of person could be an action hero. Plus it starts off with Run DMC.
* Yes, we're including Die Hard 2 in this.
Aaron Miller is the Rides editor for Supercompressor, and can be found on Twitter. He'll be watching Die Hard on the eighth night of Hanukkah this year, as always.


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Election Show 2016
Jet City Improv proudly presents the return of its critically-acclaimed original comedy ELECTION SHOW for a five-week engagement leading up to this year's presidential election with a simple promise to the American people:
Make Elections Fun Again.
The 2016 edition of this long-running satire provides a break from coverage of the real presidential election with the return of the show's traditional non-partisan approach: at ELECTION SHOW, no real politicians or political issues (not even a giant border wall) are allowed.
Instead, every night's skewering of the political process comes with the chance for you to create the platforms of completely fictional candidates – in either the Whig or Bull Moose party – before pitting them against each other in a series of town hall debates, cutthroat pundit roundtables, and outrageous attack ads. The candidate that manages to survive their scandal, select the right running mate from the audience, and secure the most votes at the end of the show is elected President of the United States with a mandate to follow through on the promises that put them in the White House.
Who will be our next president – the upstart challenger or the reigning incumbent? You decide!
The only reference to real-world politics at Election Show comes with the hope of encouraging voter registration and turnout in this year's election: audience members that bring their voter registration card to the show can receive one free popcorn at the concessions stand.
Since its debut 2004, ELECTION SHOW has been selected to comedy festivals in Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Toronto, Miami, Phoenix, as well as local appearances at Bumbershoot and the Seattle Festival of Improv Theater.
What people are saying:
"All of the idiocy and none of the tragedy of our real-life election show. Satire wins big."
– The Seattle P-I, 2004
"Election Show returns with a vengeance… It's a winning formula."
– Seattle Weekly, 2008
"A journey through the absurdity and ridiculousness of the election process in a mere 90 minutes."
– The Seattle Star, 2012
"If only we could dispense with [the real] presidential election so quickly."
– The Stranger, 2012
When can I see it?
Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Oct 6 – Nov 4 2016
Special Election Night event Nov 8, 2016
What does it cost?
Advance tickets are $10 on Thursdays, $12-$15 on Fridays plus a $2 service fee. Tickets at the door are $15-$18. Discounts are available for students (with ID) and seniors over 55 (also with ID), military personnel and TPS members.
Would you like to bring a group? Grab a discount for 10+ people by clicking here.
Age Appropriateness
Pundits and politicians will try to be on their best behavior in order to secure votes so you won't hear any language that could result in a scandal. The satirical nature of this show may lead to attack ads with mildly adult themes, so viewer discretion is only lightly advised.
Created and Directed by John Boyle and Douglas Willott
Technical Improvisers: Michael Draper and Tony Morse
Press and Photos
Election Show 2016 Press Release
Click on photos to enlarge (Candidate headshots by Mandy Price. Production photos from Election Show 2012 by Todd Gardner.)
About Jet City Improv Presents
Election Show is a returning favorite in Jet City Improv's line of improvised plays. Unlike most short-form improv formats that involve improvisers switching from game to game and creating brand new scenes every time, Jet City Improv Presents is an ongoing series of longform improv shows that present one or many stories around one cohesive theme. Improv still lies at the heart of each show, and every story is created based on unique suggestions and input every night. So yes, even though Jet City Improv Presents shows have sets and costumes and some thematic rules, the major role of the audience guarantees that no two performances are ever alike.
Jet City Improv's 25th Anniversary Season is made possible by support from the following:
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Healthy weight-loss diets are becoming more popular. What for?
Many people are starting to realize and learn that they work and that the diets are easier to stick with!
When on a diet of healthy weight loss, you really do not feel like you're on a diet, but rather that you adapt to a new way of eating and make healthier decisions with each meal throughout the year.
When starting out on the path to reducing your weight, it works better when you notate some basic rules on a notepad. You can refer back to them when you go shopping at the supermarket.
How do you achieve weight loss through a healthy diet?
What are the basic principles of your eating habits you want / need to change?
8 Top Tips For Healthy Eating
Drink plenty of water (about 2 liters per day).
The water is kept to eliminate toxins accumulated in your body, and help eliminate stored fat reserves. Drinking plenty of water will help get rid of the restraint, too, because the body does not "cling" to their water more water – lots of things made all the time!
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. They contain lots of vitamins and minerals and help you and your body to keep fit and healthy!
Eat several small meals a day – 3 "main" meals and some healthy snacks between them. The snacks could be dry apricots, a handful of nuts, yogurt, baby carrots, or celery. Additional diet tips can be found on this website: Cooking Light
Stop buying white bread: sliced bread, rolls, french bread, croissants, etc. Eat whole grains, whole wheat, soy and linseed (very tasty!), pumpkin seeds or similar – it really helps digestion by making it harder for your body to digest. Your body needs more energy to deal with unprocessed food, which speeds up your metabolism and weight loss!
Try not to have carbohydrates for dinner, skip that dinner roll.
Carbohydrates in the evening are very bad. Eat vegetables and meat or fish and salad, or something similar. The less carbs you eat, the less you crave, you will notice the difference!
Eat when you are hungry, not because the clock tells you to.
When you wake up in the morning, do not rush to eat breakfast (unless you are hungry). Rather wait until you feel like you can eat something.
And then make the right choice – oatmeal with honey and milk, or just fruit and yogurt are excellent choices. It depends if you want to use skim milk or whole milk. My morning routine is a cup of coffee with skim milk, a banana with some yogurt. I look for low sugar yogurts or plain and add fruit to sweeten it.
Personally, I think the low fat products can increase your cravings and they tend to add more sugar (which can turn into fat) to improve the taste of the low fat product.
Eat Slowly
When you eat, do nothing else. Focus on the foods you eat. Chew your food completely and slowly. Giving your stomach time to stretch and signal you when your full. You notice a lot better when you're full.
It is also called "be aware", and this is very important when it comes to controlling your weight. Because the success of weight loss has a lot to do with your state of mind.
Moderate Exercise
No need to become addicted to the gym,for some people it is enough to start using the stairs more often, park further away from where you want to go, and go for a walk. Start slowly and increase exercise time. Make sure that your heart rate goes up twice a week. Set goals that you can achieve or you will set yourself up for failure shortly after starting. Then you won't feel successful and quit the diet before giving it a good chance.
There you have it – 8 Tips for healthy dieting.
Try it for yourself – and you will see and feel the results over time! None of this will happen instantly.


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Unless you have a background in dealing with contracts, they can be pretty daunting for writers. When my contract came through for my first trilogy it was 75 pages long, (25 pages for each book). Gaah. I was swamped. Luckily I had an agent and handed it over to him. Before this I'd been published with my children's books and short stories and the contracts had been pretty straight forward.
I did have one experience where I signed a contract to deliver 6 children's books, then the editor left the publishing house and the publisher reneged on the contract. In this case I contacted the Australian Society of Authors for advice. (This is where it pays to be a member of a professional body such as the ASA or your State Writers Centre. I'm a member of the Queensland Writers Centre. Here's a list of their resources for writers).
The ASA was able to get me a 'kill fee' on the contract. Of course I would much rather have had the books to add to my CV, but the kill fee was certainly better than nothing.
As a member of the ASA you can take a look at their standard contracts. Non members can purchase these. There are also free how-to-guides for members, which can be purchased by non members. And while I'm talking about writers getting ahead the ASA offers several mentorships each year. This year's mentorships are closed, but watch out for the program, when it opens. Working with a published author as you develop your book is a wonderful opportunity.
While we're talking about opportunities there's the QWC Allen & Unwin Development Program and the Hachette Manuscript Development Program. Both are closed for this year, but watch out for them next year. All of these are great ways to get your manuscript noticed by an editor, develop contacts and polish your writing.
Back to contracts, over on The Pitch University Blog lawyer, Jeffrey V Mhalic, analyses a contract and shows you what to beware of. This is where having an agent is great because they have experience in this field. I have one multi-published author friend who uses Alex Adsett's services. Alex has experience in publishing and contracts. She will go over the contract for you.
So, if you get a contract, don't feel overwhelmed, you have options.


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Community Organizer
Flora Luo is a Community Organizer with Chinese Progressive Association. In her work, Flora engages with limited English speaking community members, cultivating their empowerment to live self-sufficiently with good jobs and adequate housing. Concurrently, she coordinates community events to converse with community members on campaigns and issues that impact their rights and values. She is a founding member of CPA's youth organizing program, Youth Movement of Justice and Organizing (Youth MOJO) Program, which develops leadership skills and empowers youth to make community-based changes. Flora grew up in the Bay Area and has been engaged in youth organizing since high school.


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The shift in seasons is nature's way of ringing in neighborhood block parties. Whether they're a mere social obligation or something that you earnestly enjoy, you're going to want some sort of musical ambience. The Bose SoundLink Color II has an on-the-nose address for this need with "Party Mode," but is it good enough to make your gathering the talk of the town?
Who's it for?
- Outdoor listening: Its IPX4 rating and manageable 1.2-pound weight makes it a great option for local park gatherings.
- Hosts: "Party Mode" syncs up two speakers, making for a more versatile, louder experience. Plus, no need to worry about kids spilling on them, since they can take a few splashes.
- Students: Despite its Napoleonic size, the speaker packs a loud punch. When your only option is to live in a dorm or a cereal box-sized apartment, then every bit of space counts.
How's it built?
Like a little teapot, this speaker is short and stout. It takes up less space than the Beats Studio 3, which is good since portability is a recurring theme in Bose's ad campaign. Music brings us together, and Bose wants to facilitate these gatherings anytime, anywhere. A silicone covering makes the speaker easy to hold, even when wet. That's right. The IPX4-certification protects this speaker from splashes. Though, it can't be submerged. If you're looking for something fully water-proofed, click on over to our Best Waterproof Bluetooth Speakers list.
Beneath the silicone sheath, dual-opposing, passive radiators create a loud sound while keeping surface vibrations to a minimum. Reflecting back on my time with the Bose SoundLink Color II, this hardware was severely under appreciated. Switching back to my outdated Klipsch iGroove compelled me to break out the Richter magnitude scale.
Music brings us together, and Bose wants to facilitate these gatherings.
Users can alternate between source devices, access virtual assistants, and control playback functions from the six-button panel. Oddly enough, Google Assistant relays responses almost inaudibly. To hear it, I have to place the speaker next to my ear, which is as awkward as you'd imagine. Generally speaking, the Bose Connect app is a nice idea; yet, it seems to derive pleasure from frustrating users and crashes often.
Party Mode
The Bose SoundLink Color II has an optional "Party Mode" (page 25). Sadly, no, this doesn't mean that John Travolta—circa 1977's Saturday Night Fever—can be summoned at-will, but it does double volume output while offering flexible placement options. Additionally, the app automatically updates the unit's firmware (Ed. note: This works with other products, such as the SoundSport Free.) Though Bluetooth codec support isn't explicitly stated, latency issues are virtually non-existent. Now you can laze around, endlessly watching YouTube videos without being forced to lip-read.
Don't want to talk to friends, that's okay. Talk to Siri instead.
Virtual assistant-access is compatible with Siri and Google. By depressing the multi-function button for two seconds, the respective assistant is ready to answer all of your ridiculous and revealing questions. The microphone is appropriately placed on the top panel and easily picks up voice commands. If only it iterated responses just as well.
Why does IPX4-certification matter… and what is it?
All that you really need to know is that the Bose SoundLink Color II can take more than a few splashes, but don't try to skip it like a rock. You'll be left with a water-logged paperweight.
- IP ratings denote if and to what degree a product is water-resistant or waterproof. The "IP" stand for Ingress Protection and while the "X" that often sits between the numeric ratings (e.g. IPX7) is just a place holder, meaning that the product has yet to receive an official dust-resistant rating.
- Here's the important split seen audio products:
|Can withstand
|Not water-resistant
|Dripping water (1 mm/min)
Limit: vertical drips only
|Dripping water (3 mm/min)
Limit: Device max tilt of 15° from drips
Limit: Device max tilt of 60° from sprays
|Splashes, omnidirectional
|Water jets (12.5 L/min)
Example: Squirt guns
|Strong water jets (100 L/min)
Example: Powerful water guns
|Complete submersion
Limit: 1 m. for 30 min
|Complete submersion
Limit: 3 m. for 30 min
Connect to two devices simultaneously
MultiConnect is as easy as the initial pairing process, and it's a feature that I took advantage of more than I was expecting. All you have to do is hold the Bluetooth button down until a voice informs you that it's "ready to pair another device." Being able to swap from a phone-streamed podcast to a laptop-streamed episode of Bates Motel made my dependent tethering to the digital world that much easier to maintain.
In order for optimal playback, Bose says to keep your phone within nine meters—30 feet—of the speaker. This works for downloaded media, but most of us use streaming services. With my phone placed just four meters from the speaker, Spotify streaming quality is degraded. (WiFi speed oscillates from 36-48 mbps.) If streaming stability is paramount, you can use the auxiliary input—assuming that your phone supports it.
On a more positive note, the speaker fabulously maintains dual-connectivity. Switching between devices is easy, as the speaker recognizes them automatically. And, initial pairing is hassle-free and reconnecting is a simple matter of powering your phone and the speaker on. Though I mentioned how voice commands are relayed quietly, the act of making those commands is an immediate process. Though Bose doesn't explicitly state compatible Bluetooth codecs, there's no lag-time between depressing the multi-function button and the speaker's response.
Charging and playback time
Charging from zero to 100 takes just under three hours with a recommended 1000 mA power source, and playing the speakers at 50% volume provides seven hours and 15 minutes of playback. For parties and outdoor activities, volume will likely be cranked to 60 percent, if not more, resulting in a greater dip in battery life. In all fairness, the speakers get awfully loud for their size. For personal use, there's no need to push volume beyond 30 percent, unless you're avoiding conversation. At that point, forget Bose; instead, go with the Marshall Stanmore, and crank it up to 11.
How does it sound?
This speaker gets loud. When playing these on my balcony, I clearly heard songs over the neighboring construction. To meet the bass emphasis that most listeners are accustomed to, volume needs to be set at 75 percent. Pro tip: for optimal bass performance, position the Bose SoundLink Color II so that the back is a foot from a wall. Also, elevate the speaker to improve sound projection.
The Bose Connect app is a nice idea; yet, it seems to derive pleasure from frustrating users and crashes often.
When taking the speaker outside, the mids get lost due to auditory masking. Environmental noises skew our perception of sound. Since the human brain has limited auditory bandwidth, it lops off seemingly imperceptible information. Though this is important for survival reasons, it's not great for the speaker's perceived sound quality.
Him & I, an autobiographical radio hit by G-Eazy and Halsey, recounts the artists' romantic relationship and uses a powerful beat to accentuate their defiant, rebellious natures, which are even more pronounced when the two are coupled. The sub-bass reproduction is tenuous compared to the upper-bass. This is most obvious during the verses, when the vocals divert attention from the lows.
G-Eazy's spoken vocals are clearly separated above the low-end. Though vocal fry is a polarizing topic, it's impressive that the SoundLink Color II reproduces this facet of Halsey's timbre clearly. This is especially apparent when Halsey sings the hook of chorus, "in the end, it's him and I." Her pitch lowers ever so slightly as she sings, "I," and the speaker conveys this subtle change.
Bringing out the highs gives the product leeway to falter in other areas, because it seems more detailed.
Switching gears to Cold War Kids' Tell Me In The Morning, it's clear that the treble receives extra processing, which manifests as overemphasis of the highs. During the verses, the tambourine is too forward. As a result, the treble inappropriately overshadows the mids throughout the song.
Bose didn't go so far as to make the treble sibilant, but its exaggeration is obvious. This isn't automatically a strike against the overall sound, as many consumers favor this kind of emphasis. Bringing out the highs gives the product leeway to falter in other areas, because it seems more detailed and clear, relative to baseline products.
Should you buy it?
If you're already devoted to the Bose ecosystem, absolutely; the Bose SoundLink Color II will be worth your while. Plus, the ability to sync-up two speakers is great for small to medium gatherings and gives hosts flexibility when it comes to sound placement. Though still costly, the $129 isn't going to break the bank like the Tivoli Audio Model One Digital. This little speaker has great functionality; plus, being able to update the firmware via the app, gives me hope that connection issues will be resolved.
Related: Best Bose speakers
Now, if you want to save a couple bucks on a comparable speaker, mosey on over to our review of the JBL Charge 3. The black model currently goes for $119.95, is IPX7-rated, and lasts 20 hours, instead of the Bose SoundLink Color II's seven-ish hours.


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A dentist and founder of Swollfest, a nonprofit fishing rodeo that fundraises for charity, Nick Rauber, DDS provides quality treatment to people impacted by dental emergencies and other oral health issues at his Baton Rouge, Louisiana, based private office. Dr. Nicholas Rauber, an alumni of the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry (LSUSD), sits on the LSUSD Curriculum and Admission Committees.
Lost teeth and trauma are not the only dental emergencies, however. Sometimes, infection sets in and progresses to a dangerous extent. Called an abscess, such infection can spread from teeth into the surrounding tissue and, if not treated, can spread throughout the body.
An abscess may present as swelling in the gums caused by pus. Patients with abscess symptoms should see their dentists as soon as possible.


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If you are an emotional eater, then diets are a "doughnut truth."
The writer, Vladimir Nabokov coined the term doughnut truth to mean "only the truth, and the whole truth, with a hole in the truth."
What diets can offer to an emotional eater is no more than that – a truth with a hole in the middle, a big hole.
What they say isn't wrong, exactly, but it is massively incomplete.
To be healthy, you DO have to find a way to eat less, and exercise more. But you also have to find a way to manage your emotions that are driving the overeating.
If you don't learn to manage your emotions, then you just keep doing the same things over and over again. If losing weight is as simple as "eat less, exercise more," then why isn't anyone able to do it?
Many people WANT to be told what to do, at least at first. "Just tell me what to do and I'll do it," you plead. But the problem comes when you can't actually follow the plan that is laid out by the diet books.
Emotional eaters need more guidance. They need to master the art of managing emotions without reaching for food. It's a simple set of emotional skills, but it takes practice.
And the missing information is critically important if you are going to stop yo-yo ing. There's nothing worse than having to start over with weight loss time and time again.
If you want to lose weight easily and comfortably, learn to manage your emotions first, before you start any new diet or food plan. It will make this whole issue of weight loss work so much better for you.
Yes, it is possible and doable to lose weight in an easy and comfortable way. Just make sure you aren't taken in by a doughnut truth.
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Students at New Jersey colleges carry some of the highest debt burden in the nation, according to data released Thursday.
The average loan debt for students at colleges in New Jersey totaled almost $31,000 per borrower last year, and close to two-thirds of all students had taken out at least one loan to pay for their education, as indicated by LendEDU, a marketplace for student loans and refinancing. That ranked the state's college students ninth most-indebted in the nation. Connecticut college students held the largest burden, at close to $37,000 per borrower, although a smaller percentage of all students had loans, 59 percent.
In New Jersey, 14 percent of college students hold loans. New Hampshire and South Dakota each had 73 percent of college students in debt. Utah had the lowest rate, with just under four in 10 students using loans to pay for college. Students in Utah also carried the smallest debt burden — an average of less than $19,000 per borrower.
The new data is timely, since two state Senate committees held a hearing Monday on troubling accusations of aggressive and predatory lending by the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. Testimony from students, graduates, and parents prompted two state senators to call for scrapping the agency, though officials said high college costs that force students and their parents to take out loans are a major problem.
"This is a serious national problem," said Sen. Robert Gordon (D-Bergen) and chair of the Senate Oversight Committee that held the hearing in conjunction with the Senate Higher Education Committee.
LendEDU's data show wide variations in debt among the state's colleges.
Princeton University had the smallest percentage of students in debt — 16 percent — and the lowest amount of loans, $8,577 per borrower. The university has the fourth-largest endowment of U.S. colleges and provides students with significant amounts of need-based aid.
Students attending Stevens Institute of Technology, a private college in Hoboken, had the highest debt burden: $48,244 per borrower, with three-quarters of students taking out loans.
According to the data, the U.S. school where students had the most debt was Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts, with an average debt burden of $86,262, though only 10 percent of students graduated with loans. On the other hand, students at Dalton State College in Georgia averaged only $3,000 per borrower, with a third of students in debt.
Nationally, LendEDU said, the Class of 2016 is the most indebted in history. More than 43 million Americans have student debt and the amount of debt held by graduates rose by more than twice the rate of inflation over the past decade.
"Student debt is an important issue," said LendEDU CEO/Cofounder Nate Matherson. "We hope our report and rankings help students and families make educated decisions when it comes to student debt. And, we hope that our data inspires educators and policymakers to concentrate on this issue."


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St. Pete IndyCar: Bourdais steals win after Wickens and Rossi clash
Sebastien Bourdais scored the 37th win of his Indy car career and his second in a row at St. Petersburg, after Alexander Rossi took a huge chance on the final restart and wiped out long-time leader Robert Wickens.
Two series veterans suffered on Lap 1, as Ryan Hunter-Reay immediately dropped into the pits for an ECU reboot from the Andretti Autosport-Honda team while Will Power spun his Penske-Chevrolet at Turn 2 as he ran out of room and went up on the curb to avoid clattering Schmidt Peterson Motorsports' polesitter Wickens. Power's spin sent him rear-first backed it into the wall on the exit.
Further around the lap Tony Kanaan was sent nose-first into a wall after a collision with Zach Veach, while Charlie Kimball spinning and stalling his Carlin entry in what was deemed a dangerous place brought out the full course yellow.
As soon as the pits were open, Power was in for a replacement rear wing and a new set of tires, and Hunter-Reay came for a fuel top-up.
The restart saw three rookies – Wickens, Jordan King (Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet) and AJ Foyt Racing's Matheus Leist – lead the charge to the green, but King passed Wickens for P1. All seemed in order until the following lap when Rahal and Pigot came together at Turn 1. Pigot stalled, bringing out another yellow. Race Control decided no action should be taken for the clash.
For the next restart, King and Wickens led Rossi, Leist, Hinchcliffe, Sato, Pagenaud, Dixon, Chaves and Newgarden. However, King ran wide on the restart allowing Wickens back in front while Leist grabbed third from Rossi, and Dixon and Chaves demoted Pagenaud.
It was only a temporary setback for Rossi who was back up to second on Lap 12, albeit 3sec behind Wickens. Two laps later, that gap was down to two seconds and King was 3sec down on the leader. Sadly, Leist was stuck in fourth and cruising to the pits, promoting Sato, Hinchcliffe, Dixon, Chaves, Pagenaud, Andretti and Kanaan.
Having climbed back to 16th, Power pitted on Lap 18 for black primary tires, with Hunter-Reay pursuing a similar tactic, and Ed Jones stopping his Ganassi #10 soon after.
Wickens and Rossi, 1.3sec apart, were in a race of their own, 6sec up on King, while from the lower reaches of the top six, Hinchcliffe and Dixon stopped on Lap 20. Pagenaud appeared to stall in his first stop and fell behind the Jones, Newgarden, Power, Hunter-Reay battle.
Rossi managed to make his red tires last until lap 23 before pitting for blacks, while King went a lap longer, and Wickens a lap longer still, leaving 2017 St. Pete winner Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing-Honda) up front having stopped under caution on Lap 4 for a flat tire.
Wickens rejoined with three cars between himself and Rossi, and thus comfortably held his lead. Fellow rookie Leist suffered a sad demise a few laps later. After going 12 laps down while his electronics were fixed he was released from pitlane with fuel equipment attached, returned to pitlane for a drive-through and then shunted on the exit of Turn 3.
Power passed Newgarden and Jones for 14th but Newgarden fought back just before the yellows flew for Leist's shunt.
The restart was clean but tight, but next time by, Dixon dived down the inside of Hinchcliffe and shunted into the back of Sato. The Ganassi car broke a front wing, and the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda had a right-rear puncture, and the pair limped to the pits under caution.
Dixon was sent to the rear of the field for avoidable contact, while King chose this opportunity to pit as he was suffering a deflating tire.
For the next restart, Bourdais led Wickens, Rossi, Dale Coyne Racing's second car, driven by Zachary Claman de Melo, Jack Harvey in the third SPM car, Marco Andretti, Rahal, Hinchcliffe, Newgarden and Power.
The Lap 39 restart saw Wickens slice up the inside of Bourdais to grab the lead – it seemed nothing could intimidate him. Rossi and Andretti did likewise to demote Bourdais to fourth.
But it was Team Penske president Tim Cindric who appeared to pull a masterstroke, pulling Newgarden into the pits just before the full course yellows flew for a fifth time – on this occasion for Jack Harvey's damaged car down at the Turn 14 hairpin.
Newgarden was able to rejoin with a full tank of fuel and at the back of the field, waiting for everyone else to make their second stops – or third, in some cases. But when the pits opened again, Newgarden returned to the pits for another top-up. Bourdais, meanwhile, pitted and resumed 14th, with De Melo also stopping.
The Lap 45 restart saw Wickens, Rossi, Andretti (on reds), Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay, Pigot (reds), Kanaan, Power, Chaves and Pagenaud as the top 10, and for once they stayed in this order for a lap, although Andretti did have a long look at Rossi. On failing to get through, he would swiftly drop 5sec behind the 2016 Indy 500 champion, and he'd have to work hard to hold off Hinchcliffe.
Andretti stopped on Lap 53 for his first set of black primary tires of the day, and Pagenaud and Sato dropped out of the top dozen to do the same.
On Lap 54, Kanaan and Power pitted from a close sixth and seventh, and they emerged with Power narrowly ahead, but they were now down in 15th and 16th.
Up front at the halfway point, meanwhile, Wickens was driving like a series veteran – in fact, way better than most of the veterans who had blundered at some point during the race. Wickens stopped on Lap 60 for more blacks, allowing Rossi in front, as Hinchcliffe followed his SPM teammate in, while Rossi also grabbed fresh blacks but one lap later.
However, the Andretti driver emerged four seconds down on the flying Wickens, and although the Canadian was caught up behind Rahal who was due a stop, he disposed of him at the start of Lap 65 and closed in on leader Bourdais, who tried to respond with his fastest lap of the race.
Hinchcliffe was keeping the second SPM car in the mix too, passing Ed Jones for fifth on Lap 68 to try and close down on Rossi who was only inching up on Rahal's third-place car.
Andretti got back into the Top 10 with a pass on Claman De Melo's Coyne car, while Rossi passed Rahal for third on Lap 75, and started trying to carve into Bourdais' lead. Bourdais pitted on Lap 77, as did Rahal, Jones, Dixon, Newgarden, and De Melo.
Dixon's day went from bad to worse when he got a drive-through penalty for a pit speed violation. Andretti stopped on Lap 79, then Wickens, Hinchcliffe and Power pitted on 81, with Rossi hitting pitlane on Lap 83.
Briefly Hunter-Reay took the lead but all eyes were on the Wickens vs Rossi vs Bourdais battle for what would effectively be the lead when RHR pitted on Lap 85. Wickens was 2.9sec ahead of Rossi who in turn had 4.3sec on Bourdais.
The situation swiftly changed. Bourdais had nothing for the leading pair, and Rossi chiseled the lead down to six tenths of a second on Lap 90. Further back, a red-tired Dixon demoted Newgarden to ninth and moved onto the tail of Jones, who he passed at the start of Lap 97.
However, the Ganassi pair were now 11sec behind Hunter-Reay, who was trying to make the Rahal-Hinchcliffe battle for fourth into a trio.
With 12 laps to go, the leading pair came up to lap Kimball and Claman De Melo, and Kimball made it easy, but Rossi slid wide and dropped to 3sec behind the leader.
But within a couple of laps of what looked like a damning sentence came Fate's reprieve – debutant Rene Binder slid into the tire wall at Turn 10, the cautions flew, and the field bunched. There were four laps left by the time the green flag flew.
The restart was clean until Chilton spun and stalled, bringing out a yellow. Then there was two laps to go at the final green, and that restart turned to soup.
Rossi dived down the inside of Wickens but his tail was already swinging out wide under hard braking before the apex, and it struck the Schmidt Peterson car, sending Wickens into the tire wall.
That slowed Rossi enough to allowing Bourdais through to his second successive St. Petersburg victory and the 37th win of his Indy car career, and Rahal into an unlikely second place, up from the back of the grid. No action was taken over Rossi's indiscretion, so he got to keep third place.
Hinchcliffe was fourth – small consolation for Schmidt Peterson – ahead of Hunter-Reay and Dixon.
Newgarden made a strong final restart to grab seventh from Jones, while Andretti did enough to push Power down to 10th, ahead of Kanaan, Pagenaud, Chaves, Pigot and Veach.
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, race results:
|Sébastien Bourdais
|Dale Coyne Racing
|Graham Rahal
|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
|Alexander Rossi
|Andretti Autosport
|James Hinchcliffe
|Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
|Ryan Hunter-Reay
|Andretti Autosport
|Scott Dixon
|Chip Ganassi Racing
|Josef Newgarden
|Team Penske
|Ed Jones
|Chip Ganassi Racing
|Marco Andretti
|Andretti Herta Autosport
|Will Power
|Team Penske
|Tony Kanaan
|AJ Foyt Enterprises
|Takuma Sato
|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
|Simon Pagenaud
|Team Penske
|Gabby Chaves
|Harding Racing
|Spencer Pigot
|Ed Carpenter Racing
|1 lap
|Zach Veach
|Andretti Autosport
|1 lap
|Zachary Claman DeMelo
|Dale Coyne Racing
|1 lap
|Robert Wickens
|Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
|2 laps
|Max Chilton
|2 laps
|Charlie Kimball
|3 laps
|Jordan King
|Ed Carpenter Racing
|3 laps
|Rene Binder
|Juncos Racing
|10 laps
|Jack Harvey
|Michael Shank Racing with SPM
|72 laps
|Matheus Leist
|AJ Foyt Enterprises
|94 laps
Lap leaders:
|Laps Led
|1 - 5
|Robert Wickens
|6 - 10
|Jordan King
|11 - 24
|Robert Wickens
|25 - 38
|Sébastien Bourdais
|39 - 59
|Robert Wickens
|60 - 62
|Alexander Rossi
|63 - 76
|Sébastien Bourdais
|77 - 81
|Robert Wickens
|82 - 83
|Alexander Rossi
|Ryan Hunter-Reay
|85 - 108
|Robert Wickens
|109 - 110
|Sébastien Bourdais
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fabric pages:
(includes cotton, rayon,
and man-made fibers)
Corset stays
Books, odds and esoteric stuff
non-store stuff
About Class Act Fabrics
contact me at:
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PENNSIC 37 in 2011
PENNSIC CLASS presented yearly at the Pennsic War at Cooper's Lake campground
also available to be taught at collegiums, gathers, market days, or museum activities.
Fabric 101 will be continued to be presented with the fees at $3.00. This class runs over an hour....allow an hour and a half in order to not have to run to the next class.
This class is for those who want to know more about fabric, whether in reference to historical clothing making or just in general, and end up with a swatch sample book and printed information.
Beginners, intermediates, totally confused, slightly curious, completely inexperienced to somewhat experienced... if you think you may learn something new, this class is for you. Fabric and fibers is where the basic t-tunic or the grandest court garb starts. If you understand the basics the rest makes sense.
Things to bring to class: a pencil to take notes would be helpful. I have some scissors to cut chunks for the burn test but if you have your own pair it might be easier for you.
To be covered in the class:
mundane fabric store psychology and economics (brief)
layout of floor and fabric placement
fabric markup: amount of, reasoning/economics,
chain store vs. small independent store
appropriate behavior as a customer
appropriate behavior of clerks/ manager/ owner
dealing/bartering in a store and who it is done with
characteristics of natural and manmade fiber
fabric structure: types of weaves
fabric content: fibers in the threads used
terminology: hand, drape, etc
what affects fabric characteristics
characteristics of individual fibers:
strength, water wicking, dye absorption, dirt release,
surface appearance
comparing characteristics to desired performance
burn-testing samples of known fiber content
using candles (with candle holders)
safe procedures in burn-testing fibers
selectively testing fibers
testing the fabric swatches (see "fees", above)
chemical testing
safe procedures in chemical testing
participant question and answer
Any questions concerning swatches provided, fabrics in general, and information presented, will be answered during the presentation or after a section presentation. Question and answer session at the end of the class as time allows. There is no such thing as a dumb question... only unanswered ones. BE WARNED.... once you start me you may have a hard time shutting me up.
There are many ways to teach any subject. I have been a
professional teacher for many years; about 20 in the public schools, 6 in the military
reserves, and more in my mundane store. I have taught everything from basic art;
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Warfare Defense; basic to intermediate sewing; costuming;
advanced drawing , and bits and pieces of other stuff. I've even taught running 35mm movie
projection equipment to anyone who visited my projection booth at the Dietrich Theater and
would hold still long enough.
As I always told my sewing and drawing students, there are many ways to do a task...and everyone who teaches it will tell you a different way to do it. Learn it the way the teacher shows you and then pick which way is best for you afterwards.
I have my own way of teaching fabric 101.... if you consider yourself an expert in this subject, please teach your own class and allow me to teach mine in my own way. If you would like to critique my class and, after the class, talk with me, you may certainly do so.


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Industry Insights
Upstream Internet of Things
Last week we installed our very own tropical aquarium in the office and this week we chose our first group of fish!
To begin with we've picked two groups of platies, orange and black with silver spots, but in the near future we intend to add to the aquarium.
As big proponents of the Internet of Things, and because our Product Director, Ken Miller, loves his gadgets, we're going to be monitoring the health of the fish.
Using an in-tank sensor system, we'll be monitoring the temperature, pH of the water, and the lighting, to make sure the fish have the perfect environment. We will then input this data into the dashboard and create a series of charts to monitor all aspects of the aquarium over time.
The sensor can also send real-time alerts via email or SMS, making it a proactive device.


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How Much Does a Tankless Water Heater Cost?
Posted on December 17, 2013 by noritz
You (and your wallet) may be pleasantly surprised.
Your water heater may not be an appliance that you keep top of mind. In fact, you may not think about it at all – until it fails. When the time comes it's important to weigh your options on whether a tankless water heater is right for you. Although initial costs can be higher at times than a regular tank water heater, thinking "long term" will have you realizing the savings when it comes to tankless.
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text: American Architecture is astonishingly varied. From Indian sites in New Mexico and Arizona, and the ancient earthworks of the Mississippi Valley, to the most fashionable contemporary buildings of Chicago and New York, the United States boasts three thousand years of architectural history. It is characterized by the diversity of its builders and consumers who include Native American men and women, African, Asian, and European immigrants, as well as renownedprofessional architects and urban planners. Dell Upton's revolutionizing interpretation examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. In giving particular attention to indigenous, folk, ethnic and popular architectures like Chaco Canyon, Brooklyn suspension bridge, and native American houses, as well as to the great monuments of traditional histories such as Jefferson's Monticello and Wright's Fallingwater, Architecture in the United States reveals the dazzling richnessof America's human landscape. From the pre-publication reviews: Dell Upton: Architecture in the United States - Reviews 'In Architecture in the United States Dell Upton essentially reinvents American architectural history. Employing a series of cultural, economic, and political contexts, his incisive and entertaining narrative examines some 3,000 years of human intervention in the natural landscape, contrasting, comparing and interweaving an astounding range of built forms. This ingenious approach focuses our attention on both the commonality anddiversity of human experiences that have shaped this country. Upton's book should be read by everyone with an interest in America's cultural landscape. They will never look at it in the same way again.' Professor Kenneth A. Breisch Southern California Institute of Architecture 'In Architecture in the United States Dell Upton has dismantled the typical chronological history of American architecture and reconceived it as a thematic history, organized according to the compelling themes of "Community", "Nature", "Technology", "Money", and "Art". Upton's very broad definitions of architecture includes traditional high-art monuments like Thomas Jefferson's Monticello or Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water, alongside Native American houses and earthworks, typical courthousesquares, recent planned suburbs, bridges, world's fair pavilions, office buildings, and other categories of building that gives the book its freshness and forces readers to reconsider received ideas about American architecture. The book begins with a tour-de-force chapter on Monticello in which allthe themes are brought to bear in explaining the meanings embodied in this one site. Upton's inclusive analysis delivers sharp insights about buildings that are so familiar one would have thought there was nothing more to be said. His method invites us to move beyond the limits of aesthetics, and to take more risks to ask more wide-ranging questions about the architecture we inhabit and study.' Professor Elizabeth Cromley Northeastern University 'Dell Upton has written an extraordinarily illuminating book that is a pleasure to read. It synthesizes the existing literature on American architecture while critically exploring fundamental questions about the nature and meaning of architectural, urban, and landscape design. There is a refreshing inclusiveness here about the meaning of both America and its architecture. The book's thematic structure reveals rich new possibilities for understanding American society and culture byscrutinizing its architecture. By-passing conventional chronologies Upton represents cutting-edge historiographical methods but without the cant and jargon of contemporary theory. This important book will usefully transform our historical understanding of American architecture.' Professor Daniel Bluestone University of Virginia 'The originality of Upton's conceptual framework makes everything he considers new, profound, and convincing. We see public and private space, social and individual effort, in a shifting dialectic resolvable into no stable patter. This Is architecture in motion. And at last we understand malls.' Professor Garry Wills Northwestern University 'The organization of the material that the author chose is very intriguing and successfully communicates his ideas' Rebecca L. Binder, FAIA Architect


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You should delete your temp files so your cache is not hogged up.
How do I do that?
Go to C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Local\Temp and delete those files.
Okay. Let me try that.
OMG! I deleted my C: drive.
What!!! Is your computer still working?
Yes. Everything is working fine. All my programs are open. But I can't see my C: drive!!! OH NO!!! What do I do?
...Genster...if you deleted your C: drive, your computer would not be working fine. Did you accidentally hide it? You have to unhide it.
...how do I unhide it?


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"We are talking about an animal that eats 250kg of food a day", says Mike Chase. The Founder of Elephants without Borders is trying to drive home his point: Botswana has been mobbed by giant gluttons, eating us out of house and home. Well, maybe not exactly eating us out of house and home, but Botswana's huge elephant population is decimating the country vegetation, destroying crop fields and escalating conflicts with communities of Northern Botswana.
Not once, however, does the phrase elephant cull come up during the interview as he explained how the problem can be resolved once and for all. In Chase's vocabulary, "cull" is a four letter word. In fact, in his vulgar-o-meter, culling probably ranks up there with poaching and other forms of slaughter.
Chase who has been studying the ecology of elephants in Botswana for nearly 15 years has a simple solution: Resolve political conflicts in Africa and deal decisively with poaching. With poachers and guerillas' guns finally quite [sic\, Botswana's elephant overpopulation problem will fizzle away with the smell of gun powder. These are not crazy rumblings of a tree hugging zealot, far from it. In fact, Chase who in 2007 became the first Motswana to read for a doctorate specifically in elephant ecology, has been continuously searching for novel and creative ideas for progressive research, which will impact conservation in a timely and meaningful way. In the process, he has created a body of knowledge on how poaching and civil wars impact elephants' migrations and populations.
By his account, Botswana is "bearing the brunt of poaching in Africa. 40% of our elephants, about 80 000 are political refugees."
Angola's intermittent 27-year civil war decimated wildlife populations. During the 1980s, African elephants in Angola drew international alarm with reports of 100,000 elephants killed. Luiana Partial Reserve (PR), a conservation area in south-east Angola, was the military operations centre for UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), which used elephant ivory to pay for arms and meat to feed the troops.
Following the end of the civil war in 2002, aerial surveys of Luiana PR indicated that elephant numbers were increasing rapidly, from 366 in January 2004 to 1827 in November 2005, and expanding their range in the Reserve. Concurrently, elephants tagged with satellite collars in northern Botswana and the Caprivi Strip, Namibia, moved into Luiana PR. The animals were returning in ever-growing numbers to the vast south-east Angolan landscape in which thousands were massacred during the country's protracted conflict and only some were able to escape into Botswana and Namibia. Since the end of the civil war, it seems that the elephants had begun to sense that it was safe enough to go back to the Luiana Partial Reserve that takes up a major portion of Angola's sparsely populated 199 049 square-kilometer Cuando Cubango province that borders southwest Zambia and Namibia's Caprivl. Arial surveys also showed a corresponding decline in Botswana elephant populations. More....


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A favorite around the valley, Venezia's Pizzeria is a local, multi-location, family-owned and -operated pizzeria that was first started by husband and wife, Frank and Clara Montanile. The two first met while learning to speak English during their evening class in the Bronx in 1965. In 1978, they moved to an emerging Italian neighborhood in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, where they opened the original Venezia's Pizzeria. Twenty years later, their son Domenick and his wife Jaime opened their very first location in Arizona. Now with five locations around the Valley, Venezia's Pizzeria is proud to adhere to the same true Italian family standards they first started with: tomatoes shipped straight from Italy, homemade recipes, and the freshest ingredients. From classics like Baked Ziti and Hot Heros, to new and innovative menu items like Low-Carb Pizza Bowls, Gluten-Free Wraps and Mac & Cheese Bites, Venezia's has something for everyone. "Venezia's is very proud to have a partner like MASK," says owner Domenick Montanile. "Kimberly Cabral and her organization have done an amazing job of spreading community awareness about the dangers that lie within our schools and society at-large, and more importantly in guiding parents and guardians to work toward prevention."
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News and information service for Banaban Network Worldwide!
FIJI TIMES ONLINE Luke Rawalai Saturday, June 01, 2013
COMMUNITY and group representatives participating in a three-week training workshop at the Mua Wholenut Processing Center on Taveuni are learning to produce charcoal from coconut shells.
Acting agricultural officer at the Mua Research Center Susana Yalikanacea said there were many uses for charcoal including medicinal purposes.
Mrs Yalikanacea said the best provider of these fine charcoals were those made from burnt coconut shells.
"The by-product of coconuts that we use for virgin coconut oil production at the processing centre are therefore fully utilised in this way," she said.
"The burnt coconut shells are pounded to fine powder and sieved so that we can get the finest charcoal powder.
"The medicinal value of charcoal is being recognised globally and is being included in the various detox programs carried out locally."
Mrs Yalikanacea said centre participants were being taught how to produce charcoal to generate income.
"Charcoal is even incorporated into other products such as soap for medicinal bath soaps.
"Participants of the workshop will learn to use other parts of the coconut and the plant to generate income.
"The demand for charcoal as a medicine is slowly building and with it the market. So we are training participants to be knowledgeable in producing these forms of produce in their own backyards."
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