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Tanya Stephens hits out at Krystal Tomlinson's critics
Entertainer Tanya Stephens has launched a broadside against persons who have questioned Krystal Tomlinson's judgement on the basis that she is the common-law wife of superstar artiste Beenie Man.
Tomlinson, who has been named by the People's National Party (PNP) as its candidate to face the Jamaica Labour Party's Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn in West Rural St Andrew, has been coming under attack from persons on social media.
But Stephens, who holds no brief for the PNP, asked: "What does her uterus have to do with politics?"
Tomlinson, a graduate of the University of the West Indies who is trained in communication, and Beenie Man welcomed their baby, Xiah Amina, last October. While many have ignored her personal life, detractors have targeted the People's National Party Youth Organisation's president on social media, some hurling nasty insults at her.
In one recent post on Instagram, Tomlinson was referred to as "baby mother #13". Tomlinson responded by saying that she was not afraid of labels and told her detractor that she was prepared to have constructive discussions about policy.
Meanwhile, Tanya Stephens, who is apparently fed up with the nature of the misogynic attacks on Tomlinson, made a post on Facebook in which she urged persons to tackle the issues and not the person.
"Dear Jamaicans who don't like Krystal Tomlinson, is there NO other way to express your objection to her being in representational politics than to dig into her personal life? I can dig you saying you question her judgement based on her personal choices but b!^od*&$at! Some of the comments iyah!," she wrote.
And this is such f@*ki%g hypocrisy because you embrace her child's father, you embrace Bob Marley and all the other serial breeders, but you curse out a woman who has given birth to ONE CHILD," she added.
"If she is not good for the Job tackle on THAT. If she is underqualified
or unqualified kick her to the curb. But for f@*ki%'s sake, what does her uterus have to do with politics??????"


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They starved to death because nurses are apparently "too busy" to feed patients. But hey, Obamacare's going to be way better than the British system, right? Right?
As many as 1,165 people starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years fuelling claims nurses are too busy to feed their patients.
The Department of Health branded the figures 'unacceptable' and said the number of unannounced inspections by the care watchdog will increase.
According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics following a Freedom of Information request, for every patient who dies from malnutrition, four more have dehydration mentioned on their death certificate.
Critics say nurses are too busy to feed patients and often food and drink are placed out of reach of vulnerable people.
In 2011, 43 patients starved to death and 291 died in a state of severe malnutrition, while the number of patients discharged from hospital suffering from malnutrition doubled to 5,558.
via Nearly 1,200 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals because 'nurses are too busy to feed patients' | Mail Online.

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I keep waiting for the happy ending. The triumphant victory of two hard won pink lines that leads to joy with our loved ones and concludes with a gorgeous baby of our own.
It hasn't happened yet.
We are still in the middle. The messy middle of no. The never ending cycle of grief. The countless, inconvenient, and unfeeling visits to the fertility clinic. Almost two years in, and we are still sitting in the waiting room.
So, while the writer part of me thinks this is a good time for the story to wrap up… It just seems to be getting longer. It's becoming a very detailed story with character development, conflict, and plot twists. The story that I never wanted to be our story continues, and I while I want to write the happy ending, I suppose that first, I have to pen the messy middle.
We've just had our fourth failed IUI. That means intrauterine insemination. I don't think I need to give a full run down of the procedure, but it's pretty unglamorous. We tried a few unmedicated cycles to no avail. We stepped it up with more monitoring (read: more uncomfortable visits with the wand. And I don't mean the magic kind.) and medication. The medication made me so exhausted, but I know so many others have had much worse experiences while taking it. I was grateful to just be tired. Then came the trigger shot. Yep, I had to give myself a shot. In the stomach. (I guess I better buckle up because I've got a lot more of that coming my way.) And I won't even tell you what I had to do with the little blue pills to thicken my uterine lining. Our numbers were great. Everything looked so positive. We honestly believed IUI #4 was going to be the one. I even peed on a stick the day before our blood test because I was so hoping to surprise Dan with the news. Nothing about this journey has been the romanticized version of pregnancy you see in the movies or on your Insta feed… we get to have so few "normal" moments in all of this. I was physically shaking by the time the two minutes were up, thinking that this would be the moment I would find out I was a mom. And then I looked at that stupid stick. I was honestly shocked. In the worst possible way. Like I ruined someone's surprise party and everyone decided to just go home. I can literally hear the sound of the balloons being deflated. How can this be?! There is no reason it shouldn't have worked. So, instead of my husband coming home to the card I made him almost two years ago… he came home to me in tears. And then denial – cue up the music for the grief merry go round – as I start googling negative HPT positive Beta. Not to brag, but you get really good at lingo and acronyms in the infertility world. We still had a chance. The home pregnancy tests aren't always accurate. We held on to the tiniest bit of wishful thinking. We decided to go to Disneyland after our Beta test the next morning. It was either going to be a day to celebrate or a day to survive, and Disney is our happy place. But when we got our official no… it was a lot harder to find our own happy surrounded by adorable children when we knew I wasn't carrying one of our own.
You know one of the worst parts about it all? There's no down time. There's no time to grieve and process and decide what to do next. Because, like it or not, my next cycle is here. Time to call the clinic to let them know and set up my first ultrasound of the cycle. Because if I don't, then we miss our opportunity this time around. We've taken a break once before. It was nice. And really needed. But truthfully, I don't have a lot of breaks to take. My doctor discovered early on in our testing that I have low ovarian reserves. Which basically means I have fewer eggs to work with, less time to make this happen. Each cycle counts for me. Each cycle so far has been a dream slipping through my fingers. The picture of our future fading Back to the Future style with each failure. It doesn't matter that I was 27 when we started trying. It doesn't matter when people say, "but you're so young. You have time." Because the scary truth is that I don't. No time to save up money or take time to process. The time is now. Or our baby might be never.
So, here we are. We have two IUI cycles left that are partially paid for by our insurance. Just two. We are giving it all we have. Despite the stress of scheduling and work and money and what if. We are getting aggressive. I'll be taking injectable medication each day and going back to the fertility clinic at least once a week until we are ready to pull the trigger and pray that IUI #5 is the one.
It's so messy, guys. It is hard and painful and every day I wonder if I can keep doing this. Then I force myself to remember that I am not in this alone. I have the world's best husband who is going to be the world's best dad. I have such an amazing support system of friends and family. I have my incredible Infertility Posse. I have the wonderful dreams and plans that have come to me because of infertility. I have a good, good Father who is reminding me daily that He is the author of this story, not me. That His ending will be far sweeter and superior to the one I would have written for myself. I believe Him. So, I'm surrendering the messy middle and trusting that He will weave it into something unspeakably beautiful. And that when He whispers, "surprise!" it will all have been so, so worth it.


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September 16 – 18, 2016
Choreography: Carlos Acosta
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Unfinished Utopia: Nowa Huta, Stalinism, and Polish Society, 1949-56, Cornell University Press, 2013.
Unfinished Utopia is a social and cultural history of Nowa Huta, dubbed Poland's "first socialist city" by Communist propaganda of the 1950s. Work began on the new town, located on the banks of the Vistula River just a few miles from the historic city of Kraków, in 1949. By contrast to its older neighbor, Nowa Huta was intended to model a new kind of socialist modernity and to be peopled with "new men," themselves both the builders and the beneficiaries of this project of socialist construction. Nowa Huta was the largest and politically most significant of the socialist cities built in East Central Europe after World War II; home to the massive Lenin Steelworks, it epitomized the Stalinist program of forced industrialization that opened the cities to rural migrants and sought fundamentally to transform the structures of Polish society.
Focusing on Nowa Huta's construction and steel workers, youth brigade volunteers, housewives, activists, and architects, Katherine Lebow explores their various encounters with the ideology and practice of Stalinist mobilization by seeking out their voices in memoirs, oral history interviews, and archival records, juxtaposing these against both the official and unofficial transcripts of Stalinism. Far from the gray and regimented landscape we imagine Stalinism to have been, the fledgling city was a colorful and anarchic place where the formerly disenfranchised (peasants, youth, women) hastened to assert their leading role in "building socialism"—but rarely in ways that authorities had anticipated.
Prizes, reviews, discussions:
- Barbara Jelavich Prize of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (2014)
- Reviewed in: Acta Poloniae Historica, American Historical Review, Austrian History Yearbook, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Dzieje Najnowsze, East Central Europe, H-Poland, Hungarian Historical Review, Journal of Modern History, Kwartalnik Historyczny, Pol-Int, Polish Review, Slavic Review, Slavonic and East European Review, Social Anthropology, Times Literary Supplement, Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
- Featured in: New Books in History (podcast), Second World Urbanity (blog)
Excerpts from reviews:
- "With its monumental architecture and bold layout, Nowa Huta appears to be the quintessence of Communist urban planning. Yet, as Katherine Lebow's rich yet concise study demonstrates, underneath the regimented spaces and ubiquitous concrete lie more complex and nuanced stories. . . . It also provides important general insights into the intricate processes by which modernist urban spaces. Despite their aspiration to control, become powerful sites of negotiation and resistance."—Uilleam Blacker, Times Literary Supplement (27 September 2013)
- "Katherine Lebow has redirected the study of Stalinism in scholarly debates. Unlike practitioners of traditional sovietology—now morphing into victimology, for popular consumption—she seeks out the complexities and ambiguities of Stalinism in eastern Europe . . . This book will appeal to a wide readership across many disciplines. The range is extensive: urban geography, political mobilization, social structure, gender, youth culture, and film studies. It crosses boundaries within Poland and beyond." —Anthony Kemp-Welch, University of East Anglia, Slavic Review (2014)
- "Unfinished Utopia is an extremely interesting and beautifully executed book. . . . This book will appeal to a very wide audience. It will of course interest historians of the Polish postwar first and foremost, but beyond that it will appeal to Eastern Europeanists and, notably, to historians of the Western European postwar as well. The book succeeds on many levels: as Polish history, as a history of postwar European recovery, as a history of Stalinism and of Communist identity formation, and, lastly, as a history of twentieth-century political and social transformations."—Eva Plach, The Journal of Modern History (June 2015)
- "Unfinished Utopia is an impressively researched and beautifully illustrated book that draws on a wide range of archival, primary, and secondary sources. Though rich in detail, Unfinished Utopia never seems cluttered, and the main themes and arguments are always clearly apparent. Katherine Lebow presents a history of the new town and steelworks at Nowa Huta, but she also uses her case study to offer many insights into Stalinism in general and the book presents a fascinating portrait of the lives of Polish peasants in the process of becoming industrial workers."—Slavonic and East European Review
- 20th-century East Central Europe in global perspective
- society, culture, and politics in modern Poland
- autobiography/testimony and the uses of personal narrative in history/social science
Shortly before I embarked upon the study of East Central European history, I had the good luck to spend a year living and working in South Africa – an experience that was quite important, I think, for how I have approached my subsequent research. To begin with, it was clear from the outset that modernity came in many guises and ought not be measured against a single, Northwest European/North American template. So, for example, in South Africa, the almost inconceivably vast disparities in living conditions between cities and rural areas were complicated by highly interpenetrated consumption, labor, and mass-media regimes; thus, South Africa exposed me firsthand to the apparent paradoxes of 'semi-peripheral' or 'uneven' societies, with insights that carried over very suggestively to East Central Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
Similarly, I was struck in South Africa by the high levels (compared to the US or Western Europe) of political mobilization, especially among young people, and more broadly, the widespread sense that politics, history, ideas actually mattered. On the eve of apartheid's collapse, hopes for a better future ran high, just as they did in East Central Europe at Versailles or in the aftermath of World War II. In my research, I have been drawn to historical moments like these, when large numbers of people share a palpable sense of the malleability (for the better) of human institutions, the law, and/or the state. Since then, of course, both South Africa and East Central Europe have been through multiple waves of disenchantment and withdrawal from such aspirations, providing more work for historians.
My first book (Unfinished Utopia: Nowa Huta, Stalinism, and Polish Society, 1949-56, 2013) considered some these themes through the lens of the Stalinist social revolution in post-World War II Poland. My current monograph-in-progress (tentatively: The People Write! Polish Everyman Autobiography from the Great Depression to the Holocaust) reaches back to the decades straddling the war. It focuses on Polish 'social memoir' – autobiographies of ordinary people collected through prize competitions – and the political, literary, legal, and scientific projects in which they were embedded.
My other current projects similarly explore questions of narrative, knowledge, and power in the period ca. 1930-50. These include (with Małgorzata Mazurek and Joanna Wawrzyniak) an attempt to re-write the history of twentieth-century social science from the margins, arguing that East Central European thinkers parlayed local and regional 'epistemologies of in-betweenness' into global social scientific paradigms. Another project, undertaken during a stay at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute, allowed me to think about Holocaust and World War II documentation, including the ramifications of interwar Polish social memoir for the emergence of the new genre of testimony, as well as begin work on translating (with Anna Muller) the wartime chronicle of interwar radical Halina Krahelska.
Making Modern Social Science: The Global Imagination in East Central and Southeastern Europe after Versailles
The Polish Peasant on the Sugar Plantation: Bronisław Malinowski, Feliks Gross, and Józef Obrębski in the New World
Letter from Linz: An Archive Story
Halina Krahelska's Warsaw Chronicle (1941-1943): Documenting the Holocaust on the Other Side of the Wall.
La voix et le regard : les régimes visuels des concours d'autobiographies polonais, 1930-1984
Autobiography as Complaint: Polish Social Memoir between the World Wars
Current DPhil Students
- Mao Mao
I would be happy to hear from potential Dphil students working on modern East Central or Southeastern Europe, Poland, Habsburg history, or international history with an East Central European angle.
I currently teach:
Europe Divided, 1914-1989
|Europe in the Twentieth Century
Global Twentieth Century
1914-1989: National, Transnational, and International Histories
|Disciplines of History
Die Presse on the project, 'The People Write! Polish Everyman Autobiography from the Great Depression to the Holocaust':
Der Standard on the project, 'The People Write! Polish Everyman Autobiography from the Great Depression to the Holocaust':
Profile in Die Zeit: http://www.zeit.de/2015/29/umzug-von-amerika-nach-oesterreich


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December 30, 2010
Vote for The Legal Satyricon in the ABA Blawg 100--or we'll pull the trigger.
Rags the Dog this morning in Salzburg, Austria.
You've only a few hours left. Same for Rags. So Vote Here Now.
Yeah, you know us--and we'll do it. In previous posts, we've written about Marc Randazza and his The Legal Satyricon because we admire his Brains, Moxie, Lawyerness and his flat-out king-hell expert's-refined respect for the First Amendment. We are also a little afraid of Marc--for reasons we can't go into right now, and are only marginally related to the fact that we've met with him in San Diego several times, know him personally pretty well and suspect he's at least part Italian--and do not wish to incur his ire. We strive, always, to please him. We do hedge our bets.
But Rags the Dog is way more afraid; he knows he'll go down and decorate a nice Austrian hotel room if there's not a big win today for LS in the ABA Blawg 100 category for IMHO. Voting ends close-of-business today (for us Dorks that's 6:00 ET). Holden Oliver, who cares little for canine life, has Rags right now in an undisclosed Salzburg inn in the old part of the city up against that big-ass cliff near St. Peter's cemetery. Once given an order, Holden cannot be expected to alter his course. For Rags, please vote now.
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Conference Papers
- D. Hodo, J.Y. Hung, D.M. Bevly, S. Millhouse, "Linear Analysis of Trailer Lateral Error with Sensor Noise for a Mobile Robot-Trailer System." Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. Vigo, Spain.
- D. Hodo, J.Y. Hung, D.M. Bevly, S. Millhouse. "Effects of sensor placement and errors on path following control of a mobile robot-trailer system." Proceedings of the 26th American Controls Conference. 2007, NewYork, NY
- W. Travis, D. Hodo, D.M. Bevly, and J.Y. Hung. "UGV Trailer Position Estimation Using a Dynamic Base RTK System." Proceedings of the 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. Honolulu, HI
- N. Harrison, B. Selfridge, M. Root, C. Murray, D. Hodo, D.S. Millhouse, "Self-Guiding Robotic System Surveying and Comparison to Traditional Survey Methods." Proceedings of the UXO/Countermine/Range Forum 2009™, Orlando, FL.
- D.W. Hodo, D.M Bevly, J.Y. Hung, S. Millhouse, B. Selfridge, "Optimal Path Planning with Obstacle Avoidance for Autonomous Surveying." Accepted to the 36th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Pheonix, AZ, November 2010.
- N. Harrison, B. Selfridge, C. Murray, D. Hodo, "Self-Guiding Robotic Geophysical Surveying for Shallow Objects in Comparison to Traditional Survey Methods." Presented at the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP), Keystone, Colorado. April 2010.
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- D. Hodo. "Ch. 6 Vehicle Control." GNSS for Vehicle Control. Ed. D. Bevly and S. Cobb. Artech House: Boston, 2010.
- D. Hodo. Development of an Autonomous Mobile Robot-Trailer System for UXO Detection. Master's Thesis, Auburn University, AL. August 2007.
Journal Articles
- W. Travis, S.M. Martin, D.W. Hodo, D. Bevly, "Non-Line of Sight Automated Vehicle Following Using a Dynamic Base RTK System." Submitted to Navigation: Journal of the Institute of Navigation.


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The title of this post might be a little misleading, yes there will be news, however, I am not too sure about the schmooze and blues. It just seemed like a good idea as it kind of rhymed, plus my head is slightly frazzled after far too much alcohol abuse, so it's the bst you're going to get from me today I am afraid...
First off, I have a wee reminder that this Thursday we are putting on our third live Peenko Session at the Hidden Lane Tea Room with Randolph's Leap, I Build Collapsible Mountains and all the way from the US of A, we have Daniel G Harmann, who is over here on a tour of the UK. Regular visitors will have heard me banging on about Randolph's Leap and I Build Collapsible Mountains for a while now, having put out records with both artists it made sense to me to ask them to come along and record a session. If anyone is interested in coming along for the evening, then let me know asap as we still a handful of spaces left, you could still pre-book a space here.
It's been a while since weve heard anything from the Lava Experiments, or at least it's been a while since I mentioned them on the blog. They've been busy working away on their new EP, 'Love Lust and Loss' which comes out tomorrow (30th May), to celebrate it's release they're having a launch night at the Captains Rest this coming Saturday, the 4th of June. As wee teaser the band have let me give away one of the new songs from the EP which you can stream/download below.
The Lava Experiments - Time to Forget
Over The Wall finally come to the end of their 'Around the Isle's in 80 days tour' next weekend with shows in Edinburgh and Glasgow. On Friday 3rd June, they're playing at Nice N Sleazy's in Glasgow with support from John Knox Sex Club, then on Saturday (4th) they're through in Edinburgh at the Cabaret Voltaire, with Cancel The Astronauts and Washington Irving doing the honours . Tickets for both gigs are just £5 and doors are at 7pm. The boys round up the tour with a gig at in their own flat, which will be available to stream thanks courtesy of the awesome folk at Glasgow Podcart.
Over The Wall-History Of British Welfarism 1945-1984 (Vic Galloway Session)
The renowned music charity Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland and Creative Scotland have teamed up to launch a once in a lifetime opportunity for new and emerging Scottish bands to win The Big Apple Award, which will see the winner playing at the prestigious Scottish Music Awards held annually in Glasgow this November, and in New York City with the American-Scottish Foundation during Scotland Week 2012. Bands that enter will be short listed by a panel of music industry experts over the summer before the top five are selected to play their own gig at the Garage in Glasgow. The winner will then be revealed at this years, The Scottish Music Awards – The Tartan Clefs which take place this November. The winning band will then be given the opportunity to show off their skills In New York as part of Scotland Week 2012
The competition is being promoted in association with News of the World's A-Listed magazine and is open to Scottish bands only. Artists should send demos along with any pictures into the A-Listed magazine office as follows:
The Big Apple Award Entry A-LISTED - Scottish News of the World, 6th Floor, Guild Hall, 57 Queen Street, Glasgow G1 3EN
Next weekend sees the return of the annual Edinburgh Meadows festival, which boasts an array of local talent including Foxgang, Jesus H. Foxx, Stagger Rats and the The Pineapple Chunks. Further details on times and who else is playing can be found here.
I'll finish this wee post off with a video from Glasgow folk four-piece, The Porch Song Anthology. Who released their new EP The Late Mournings a few weeks back, but I only just got round to watching it, my bad, they're good though...


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Beach, Sand and Shakespeare Combine in TCC's Updated Production of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"
Guest Director Rena Cook assembles a young and talented cast of TCC theatre majors for this whimsical spin on Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona." Cook is also a Voice and Diction Professor at TCC.
"We thought a little sand with our Shakespeare would be fun for this updated production. The cast and crew are hungry to learn and the rehearsal process has been joyful, which is not always the case with the long hours," said Cook. "I know people will be entertained with this production, whether they think they like Shakespeare or not."
Performances are 8 p.m., November 11, 12, 17, 18 & 19 and 2 p.m., November 13 & 20 at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education Studio Theatre, 10300 E. 81st Street on the TCC Southeast Campus.
Tickets for all performances are $10 adults, $8 seniors, and $6 students and can be purchased at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education (PACE) ticket office. Student rush tickets are available one hour before performance for $3.
For information on the 2016-2017 TCC Theatre season, go to www.tulsacc.edu or call (918) 595-7777.


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Sweet Sketch Wednesday
Sponsor: Bugaboo Stamps
Isn't this the most adorable watermelon ant you have ever seen? I used my oval nesti and SU Crystal Effects. I wished I had purchased the ant brads at the Scrapbook USA show last Spring when I went with Arlana and Nancy! I looked all over Tacoma for black ants to use where I have the three brads but I finally gave up. Then I thought black ant stickers would have worked. But no luck! Hope you enjoy my summer picnic card!
This week our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps. They are offering a very sweet prize of 7 digis valued at $21. Boy, you could have a lot of fun choosing from Jodie's awesome collection! Go ahead...look around and see all the fun digis you can't do without!
A Closer View of this sweet Watermelon Ant
Image: Bugaboo Stamps Pant Watermelon
Papers: SU Melon Mambo, American Crafts Backyard Chomp, Green Swirl?
Ink: Copics, SU Green Gable
Tools and Embellishments: Nestabilities Large Oval, Ribbon, Flowers, Brads, Cyrstal Effects
I do want to say goodbye to a few of our SSW DT members,
Kym, Lisa and Terry!
You will be greatly missed!


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S01:E12 - Wannabe (Aka Friends 4Ever)
22 min
Paige decides to start a Spirit Squad and Manny can't wait to try out.
Season 1
S01:E01 - Mother and Child Reunion, Pt. 1
Emma plans to meet up with an online friend; a reunion is planned.
S01:E02 - Mother and Child Reunion, Pt. 2
Emma's e-mail flirtation takes a dangerous turn; a Degrassi alumni reunion.
S01:E03 - Family Politics
Ashley plans to run for school president; Emma and Manny deal with hazing.
S01:E04 - Eye of the Beholder
Terri tries too hard to attract Spinner; Toby cruises an Internet porn site.
S01:E05 - Parent's Day
Toby is worried about how his divorced parents will act at parents night; Emma writes an editorial.
S01:E06 - The Mating Game
Ashley and Jimmy celebrate an anniversary; Toby is interested in Emma.
S01:E07 - Basketball Diaries
Jimmy takes desperate measures to make the basketball team; Liberty wants to read the announcements.
S01:E08 - Secrets & Lies
Ashley discovers a secret about her father; Liberty has a crush on JT.
S01:E09 - Coming of Age
Jimmy adopts Ashley's family as his own; Emma must stand up for herself.
S01:E10 - Rumours and Reputations
Liberty tries to hide her learning disorder; Spinner finds a bug in his school lunch.
S01:E11 - Friday Night
Sean asks Emma on a date; Spinner and Jimmy's practical jokes backfire.
S01:E12 - Wannabe (Aka Friends 4Ever)
Paige decides to start a Spirit Squad and Manny can't wait to try out.
S01:E13 - Cabaret
Ashley is convinced that she and Terri are going to be the stars of the school talent show.
S01:E14 - Under Pressure
Sean is pressured to pass Grade 7 his second time around; Spinner hopes to get sick.
S01:E15 - Jagged Little Pill
Ashley has company while her parents are away for the weekend.
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Camp Fire programs, especially those at our Summer Camps, help kids find their "spark". Our goal is to introduce a variety of different activities to help them learn their passions. Here's what kids will experience at camp:
Archery: We use the Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) program offered by USA archery to teach archery to young people. Our staff are certified level 1 and level 2 instructors, who help campers set and reach goals in recreational and competitive archery. The program allows participants to learn range safety, proper shooting form and develop the discipline needed to earn achievement awards.
STEM: Being one with nature at camp allows kids to see how science, technology, engineering, and math are important parts of the world around them, and not just elements at school. Age appropriate activities encourage kids to explore animals, bridges, germs, rockets, solar systems, plant life, etc.
Fishing: Kids learn water safety as it relates to fishing. They also learn about different species of fish native to our waters, how to catch each kind, the importance of catch and release, as well as how to clean and cook fish.
Forestry: The best place to learn about the forest is at camp! Campers of all ages learn about insects, soil, tree species, how to identify a tree's age, deforestation, and the importance of forest management. As campers learn about nature, they grow to appreciate it and take ownership of it. Emphasis is placed on the importance of minimum impact camping.
Outdoor Skills: We teach all kids the proper way to build a safe, minimum impact campfire. Kids also learn how to cook meals over a fire using a variety of methods including using a stick, foil, reflector over, Dutch oven and planking.
Challenge Course: Both of our camps feature low ropes courses. Camp Sweyolakan also has a high ropes challenge course. Our challenge courses teach team building which helps kids learn to support and encourage one another, go out of their comfort zones and push their limits. Our counselors are trained to facilitate these elements to get the most positive outcomes and success for campers.
Water Safety: We also offer American Red Cross Swim lessons on the lake at Camp Sweyolakan and at the pool complex at Camp Dart-Lo. Waterfront programs at both camps teach safety and skills for boating in funyaks, kayaks, canoes, and rowboats.
Other Activities: Handcrafts help foster that creative spark. Time is also spent reading and writing letters.
Family and Community: Our camps foster a "family" feel. Each of our camper groups are set at the beginning of the week and are assigned a counselor who stays with the group for the week. Camper groups move around to activities together, plan together, sleep together, and thrive together. They form a bond that can foster lifelong friendships. At Camp Sweyolakan Overnight Camp, most of our meals are served "family style" where the entire camp sits down in mixed groups to eat together, discuss their day and practice good etiquette.


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Wonders abound down here in "Lizard Holler." One wonder is the beautiful choral melodies of the coyotes harmonizing high on the far ridge. There is no rhyme or reason to when the music might begin, or how long a particular session might last. When the coyotes start howling it is one of those rare pleasures of living way out here in the Boston Mountains. We have noticed that the beginning of a distant choral work generally begins with a solo performer howling with a painfully lonesome melody. After the solo is over, then comes the ensuing full chorus. Most mountain folk find the coyote a real nuisance. Maggie and I always try to find the "good" in everything that happens around us. With this in mind we find the howling chorus a rare, unblemished gem in the creeping darkness near sunset.
Everything has its place in the natural world around us. The coyotes howling chorus might be a frightening and eerie sound to others, but we find it as yet another fringe benefit to living here in the deep woods of western Arkansas.
I wrote a haiku last year I want to share.
Winter madrigals Coyotes harmonizing High on the far ridge


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Robert Pugh has been cast as Craster in Game of Thrones, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Craster is a shaky ally to the Night's Watch and the master of Craster's Keep, which lies beyond the Wall. He is also known for his oppressive relationships with his 19 wives and many daughters, including Gilly, to be played by Hannah Murray on the show.
HBO's Game of Thrones finds its Gilly, Hallyne
Pugh's credits include The Ghost Writer and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
The actor is the latest to join the large and impressive guest cast for Season 2 of the HBO fantasy drama. The additions of Murray and Roy Dotrice broke earlier this week. Also in the cast: Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth, Stephen Dillane as Stannis, Carice van Houten as Melisandre, Gwendoline Christie as Brienne, and The Tudors's Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell.
Will he make a good Caster?


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About LHHS Band
Information and about the staff, band parents and the over all band program.
LH Band Staff
Drill Designer - Craig Armstrong
Craig Armstrong is a Florida native and graduate of the University of Florida. While in college he performed in the UF wind ensemble, the Cadets of Bergen County, and also Walt Disney as a musician. Craig has written drill for numerous bands, most notably the 2009 FMBC State Champion Winter Park Sound of the Wildcats Marching Band. He also has had success in the indoor percussion arena with Infinity2, the "A" class state champion during their inaugural year in 2013. Craig has instructed several BOA regional and national finalist bands and several finalist drum corps.
Visual Instructor - Jeremy Goldberg
Jeremy Goldberg has been involved as a performer or as an educator in the marching arts since 1996. Jeremy is a graduate of Lake Howell High School receiving the Louis Armstrong award as well as performing as the Principal Trumpet for the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra. After high school he performed in the Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps for the 2000 and 2001 season. Jeremy also was a Lead Trumpet in the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps in 2002 in addition to performing as a Fanfare Trumpet at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom from 2000-2004.
Jeremy has taught a variety of activities within the marching arts including Lake Howell's Holiday Band which performed in Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parties. He has taught music and visual in programs such as Lake Howell High School, Tavares High School, Oviedo High School, Winter Park High School, Seminole High School, Santa Fe High School, Timber Creek High School, and the 2011 FMBA 5A State Champion Hagerty High School. Jeremy was a color guard instructor for Oviedo's Winter Guard when they received the Gold Medal in AAA Class in FFCC. Jeremy was also a visual instructor for Timber Creek Independent Indoor Percussion Ensemble and in 2014 was the Visual Caption Head for Infinity II who was the FFCC Open Class Indoor Percussion Champion. Jeremy has written drill for Hagerty High School as well as program designed for this and other programs in 2012 and 2013.
Jeremy, being a graduate of Lake Howell High School, is very excited to return to his alma mater for his ninth marching season with The Silver Regiment. Jeremy will be the Visual Caption Head for Lake Howell this year as well as assist with music instruction to continue to develop and strengthen the talent of Lake Howell's Band Program.
Color Guard Instructor - Jarret Thompson, Ariel Rodriguez, and Jonathon Owen
Jonathon Owen is currently attending the University of Central Florida where he is majoring in Hospitality. Jonathon graduated from Park Vista high school in 2014 after performing with the Park Vista Striking Cobra Marching Band for 4 years. His first two years (2011-2012)he was a part of the horn line as trombone and baritone player. His junior and senior years (2013-2014) he switched over to the Colorguard where he spun rifle and sabre and flag. Right after graduating he joined the 2014 Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corp performing in the Colorguard. He joined the Vanguard in the 2015 season as well. This past winter guard season (2015) Jonathon was a part of the UCF Pegasus World Guard. This was UCF Pegasus' first year competing in world class and the guard was able to make it to world class finals in Dayton, Ohio. An accomplishment that not a lot of world guards are able to accomplish their first year.
Band Camp Staff - Felix Padilla & Andres Padilla
Felix Padilla began playing trombone his fourth-grade year in Long Island, New York. Even as a young musician, his elementary school music teacher noticed a lot of potential in him, once telling his parents, "As long as he has music in his life, he'll be just fine". After a move to Orlando, Florida, he studied trombone with Orlando Philharmonic/Brevard Symphony Orchestra trombonist Joseph Vascik. While a student at Lake Howell HS, he continued on to make the top placements in All-County and All-State Honor Bands.
Felix is now a graduate student at the New England Conservatory of Music located in Boston, MA, and will study trombone performance under James Markey (Bass Trombonist of Boston Symphony). He earned his bachelor's degree in music performance from Columbus State University May 2017. He studied trombone pedagogy and technique with Dr. Bradley Palmer (Principal Trombonist of LaGrange Symphony). While studying in Columbus, GA, he performed with the CSU Philharmonic Orchestra, CSU Wind Ensemble, CSU Wind Orchestra, Schwob Jazz Orchestra, 9th Street Brass Sextet (founding member), Trombone Choir and Trombone Octet.
Felix was selected as a Division II finalist for the American Trombone Workshop International Solo Competition located in Washington, D.C., and competed March 2017. He has performed with the CSU Trombone Ensemble at the Southeast Trombone Symposium hosted in Columbus, GA, and the International Trombone Festival at the University of Redlands in Redlands, CA, both in July 2017. During his earlier years of undergraduate education, he performed internationally with the CSU Trombone Octet at the 2014 Slider Asia Trombone Festival in Hong Kong, China. In the summer of 2015, He earned the Drum Corps International Bronze medal as a member of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps.
Felix appears on a newly released CD by the CSU Trombone Studio entitled "Full Tilt" as an ensemble member on various tracks, including solo performance on Brad Edwards' "Memories of the Spirit". In addition, he can also be heard on James Markey's (Bass Trombonist of Boston Symphony) album "Psychedelia" as an ensemble member on John Stevens' "The Chief".
Andres Padilla began playing Tuba in his seventh-grade year at Tuskawilla Middle School. He always had special interest towards music but wasn't until his junior year in high school at Lake Howell High School when his skills really began to grow. This occurred mostly because he started taking private lessons, first with Joseph Vascik, Orlando Philharmonic/ Brevard Symphony Orchestra Trombonist and then with Claude Kasnig, Brevard Orchestra Tubist. While attending Lake Howell High School, Andres made All-County and All-State Honor bands.
Andres is currently attending Columbus State University in Columbus, GA where he studied with Professor Andrew Miller, Alabama Symphony, and now will be studying under Professor Bernard Flythe. While at Columbus he plays in the prestigious Schwob School of Music's Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Jamie Nix.
Andres was name a finalist for SERTEC 2017 Young Artists solo competition and plans to keep competing in the future.
The Lake Howell Band Boosters Association, Inc., (LHBBA), is a non-profit organization comprised of parents of the Lake Howell Band Program members, whose goal is to provide financial and moral support to the band program through a variety of activities.
All parents are encouraged to attend monthly band parent meetings. These meetings provide information about band activities as well as an open forum for parents to voice concerns or opinions regarding the band program.
The Band Boosters provide support in many ways, ranging from fund-raising activities and organizing events to chaperoning field trips, competitions, and tours.
Members of the Band Booster Association work directly with Jose Eslava, Director of Bands, and the band staff to offer exceptional opportunities to our children.
The Silver Regiment is a high school band located in Winter Park, FL. Currently under the direction of Trey Harris,the 150-member ensemble consists of a Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Color Guard, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, Brass chamber groups, and Woodwind chamber grou
In the beginning...
The original Lake Howell finished construction 38 years ago and at the time the band program was much different than that of today. Under the direction of Roland Castro (1974-1981) the band wore white 'space marching' uniforms, and had many different traditions, but nevertheless was the foundation for the future.
The late 70's and 80's…
A few years later the band program began to take shape and received the name "The Silver Regiment" and a logo. At this time they shaped the band program after Drum Corps International, particularly the Blue Devils. So much so that the new uniforms were identical to that of the Blue Devils! The band program was quite prosperous during the 80's. Under the direction of Greg Martin (1981-1986); Phil Jennings (1986-1987); Doug Stoun (1987-1989) and Ernie Lombardi (1989-1991) the band received many awards from all over the state and country.
Tug was born...
There was an idea born in the ranks of the Band Boosters Association at this time that led to the creation of the Silver Regiments own mascot. The late Gary Berns, a founding member of the Lake Howell Band Boosters Association, had adapted the then-popular newspaper cartoon figure of "Ziggy" and made him into a band member with his ownuniform. But this figure needed a name, as "Ziggy" was already the name of Tom Wilson's nationally syndicate newspaper character, and not exactly appropriate for a marching band.
It was also during these times that the band had a special phrase that was bestowed upon them by early band directors after an outstanding performance. That phrase was "thumbs up guys!" As the band traveled throughout the state, participating in dozens of adjudicated marching band events, quite often it became difficult to tell how well our band performed against some very close competition. It was not unusual to have judging delayed for hours, with everyone waiting anxiously for the results. During an afternoon at one such event, our band parents kept score as the competition progressed. The Lake Howell band parents united and suddenly, in that crowded stadium, about 50 of them stood up and shouted as one: "THUMBS UP, GUYS!" The band, seated across the field recognized the meaning of the signal. The other bands, their directors, and audience did not understand why they were the only group making noise at the time, since no scores were officially announced yet. Later, as about 20 bands were assembled on the field to learn their scores, each band reacted with a loud cheer, many hugs, and excitedly jumping around as their names were announced. But, as The Silver Regiment was announced as the Overall Winner, the band simply came to attention, and a salute from the Drum Majors was the only reaction from the entire band. They had already known that they had done well enough to make the finals by the band parents' "Thumbs Up, Guys" signal earlier. The crowd was stunned by The Silver Regiment's silent but dignified reaction to their success. And so the phrase "Thumbs Up, Guys" was shortened to merely T.U.G; and the mascot had a name.
The 90's and beyond…
Under the direction of Charles Watford (1992-2000) and Todd Leighton (2000-2009) the band continued to grow and prosper into a highly recognized marching music ensemble with a very strong tradition.
In 2010, with the introduction of a new band director, Francis Franqui (2009-2011), came a new band logo. This marked the beginning of a new era for the Silver Regiment. The change was embraced and in 2010 the Silver Regiment finished 2nd in their class at State Finals, ranking 6th overall.
The Silver Regiment Today…
Still today the Silver Regiment consists of a Marching Music ensemble comprised of Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion and Color Guard and are highly recognized as an exceptional band on and off the field.
Many of the traditions are still in place. The band still stands silently at attention after receiving an award. And on Premier Night, Senior Night and at the Band Banquet, the band gathers in a huge circle with an inner senior circle and sings the song "The Greatest Love of All".
Over the years the band students, the instructors and the logos have changed, but the love and dedication from the band members, parents and instructors are stronger than ever.
A key ingredient to having such a successful band program is the dedicated students, volunteers, parents, friends and alumni and the countless hours of time donated to the band.
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"Because of the power of the Baldrige Model and the support provided by the Quality Texas Foundation, The Alamo College's Board of Trustees adopted the Baldrige Model as policy. As a result, all five of the Alamo Colleges and the District Operations are individually pursuing performance excellence, three of our six units have achieved the TAPE award and the other three making great strides to this end. We are now pursuing the National Baldrige Award as an entire system. The outcome has been increased achievement of our students, moving the Alamo Colleges from being the lowest producer of degrees to becoming the largest producer of degrees among community colleges in Texas, substantial improvement in our efficiencies due to continuous improvements throughout our complex system, providing a better experience for students and millions of dollars in cost savings."
Dr. Bruce Leslie, Former Chancellor
The Alamo Colleges District
"Radiation Detection Company (RDC) has, for more than the last decade received highest technical marks from the biannual audits of our regulatory agency, NVLAP, a department of NIST; and from ISO of documentary performance. However, with a relatively short experience (1.5 years) using the Baldrige criteria, it is no overstatement to say that our organization has been transformed over that period of time. Within a few months we secured the Progress Level award at the 2017 QTF Annual Conference. At the end of last year, we submitted our application for the TAPE Award and await the results shortly. Of particular note, we have seen a tremendous uptick in our employees' engagement with the Vision, Mission and Values of RDC. We are committed to a lifelong culture of continuous improvement regardless of any awards. We have seen our access to customers heretofore closed to us, increase even with the Progress Level Award."
Barrie A. Laing
President and General Counsel
Radiation Detection Company, Inc.
"From the early stages of our journey, Quality Texas Foundation was instrumental in preparing our team for the MBNQA site visits that we eventually received. Their level of attentiveness provided the direction and incentive we needed to refine and improve our processes across the hospital. The encouragement of QTF became a key to our ability to stay the course and remain optimistic through the ups and downs."
Greg Haralson
CEO, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
"Texas Nameplate as an organization and me personally were both confused and lacked a strategic direction almost to a point of bankruptcy until we got involved with Quality Texas back in 1994. Since then, a greatest transformation took place in my personal life as well as the sustainability and future of my organization Texas Nameplate. We were Quality Texas Award Recipients and were also National Baldrige Recipients twice. I personally owe the Quality Texas Foundation, its criteria, and desire to help others for who I am and what Texas Nameplate is today"
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EnRoute to a natural running stride. The feedback received and sales numbers achieved during the 2017 launch season has proven that what we aimed for in the development process - an icon - is becoming a reality. EnRoute has established itself at the top of the competition and its place as a proven classic road running shoe seems inevitable. The backbone of the EnRoute is our Natural Running Support System which facilitates for every runner to find and stay in their natural running stride. If there is a running shoe for everyone - EnRoute is it!
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The ExoSkeleton design keeps the foot in place and stabilizes the foot in lateral movements relieveing pressure at the MTP joints (Metatarsophalangeal joints). When we refer to the Fully Integrated ExoSkeleton it is part of the lacing construction - a solid fully integrated construction that is part of a Wrap Around Design concept created to provide that snug comfortable first feel with a great fit and breathability.
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Typological Encoding of Chinese: Characters, Not Glyphs
Richard Cook - STEDT Project, Linguistics Department University of California, Berkeley
Statement of Purpose:
This presentation is concerned with examining the relation between the following two points:
Paper Description:
The enormous (even "open-ended") unified CJKV character set, encoding at present more than 71,000 characters, perfectly illustrates the limitations of the "Characters, Not Glyphs" distinction drawn in the Unicode Standard (v. 3.0, e.g. p. 13).
Unicode's CJKV encoding is at present typologized only insofar as it is unified, which is to say that a given encoded character serves to typify an abstract character form which may be realized (as glyph) in a particular script (Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese) according to the stylistic traditions of that script.
CJKV typologization could however be taken much further, and in fact arguably should be taken much further, if CJKV scripts would be held to the same standards that other scripts (e.g. Arabic, Myanmar, Tibetan ...) have been.
How and why have the CJKV characters not been held to the same standards, and what problems does this present? How might Unicode implementers benefit from componential data being added to the Unihan database, and what might such data look like? How do the Ideographic Description Characters (IDC) and Ideographic Description Sequences (IDS) relate to this?
This paper explores these questions, and in illustrating the componential nature of CJKV characters, demonstrates a method for determining (on the basis of the present CJKV character set) a base extensible component set for generating and encoding infinite CJKV characters. It is shown that this framework permits closer adherence to the spirit of the "Characters, Not Glyphs" distinction.
It is argued that adequate historical typologization of the Chinese script can only be accomplished with reference to specific texts and inscriptions, and this is what I mean when I refer to a "Text-based" or "Source-based" encoding. These encodings may also be termed "Contextual" in that they seek to document the historical context whence the glyph usage derives. The written sources of ancient Chinese are many and varied, and each offers stylistic peculiarities and mapping challenges. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Bronze Inscriptions, Stone and Earthenware Inscriptions ... all of these contain vital historical information which only a typological system can address.
A typologization adequate for Chinese purposes would be rather simple in some respects. First, it should characterize aspects of glyph shape, and second, it should characterize aspects of glyph usage. One may however complicate and broaden this scheme in many ways, for example with script-specific issues of componential encoding. It seems that distinctions adequate for the handling of the Chinese script must have implications for the encoding of other scripts.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rosie O'Donnell's & Kelli Carpenter's Marriage Over For Good
Rosie O'Donnell and partner Kelli Carpenter have admitted to currently going through a rough patch in their relationship at the moment. A friend of the couple tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that despite their efforts, their marriage has reached it's end.
Rosie O'Donnell's Marriage Crumbling
When asked about "Carpenter O'Donnell" the friend made the telling reference: "soon to be just Kelli Carpenter again."
The friend added, "They're definitely separated and this has been going on for quite some time. It's never easy when you're in the public eye and trying to go through something as private as a divorce."
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Currently, the couple is "just really struggling right now. The kids are their number one priority and they're doing everything they can to protect them." O'Donnell and Carpenter have four children: Parker, 14, Chelsea, 12 and Blake, 9 are adopted while Vivienne, 6, was conceived through a sperm donation and born to Carpenter.
Despite statements from their rep saying the two were "working through their issues" RadarOnline.com confirmed Wednesday that Carpenter had already moved out of their Manhattan condo months ago.
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Carpenter in particular is hoping they can resolve their disputes quickly and quietly.
"Kelli's relationship before Rosie ended terribly and she doesn't want that to happen again."


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How to Record Your Screen up to 4K
In recent times, the 4k technology is gaining more attention than its counterpart 1080P HD video quality. What is 4k technology and when you search for a 4k screen recorder, what are you actually searching for?
The 4k refers to the Ultra High Definition horizontal dimension of the screen. It is regarded as 4000 pixels approximately with 2160 pixels vertical dimension, which is more than 1080P vertical dimensions of the HD quality.
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How to Record PC Screen Using Filmora scrn at 4k Resolution
The 4k screen recorder video quality is becoming the most preferred choice. Now, a 4k camera's requirement can be worked out with the Filmora scrn, as the users can record PC screen video for up to 4k resolution, using this software. Let's learn…
STEP 1- Filmora Scrn Installation
This 4k screen recorder installation is quick and easy. You have two options. Opt for the free trial version of the software or you may purchase the licensed Filmora scrn software to download it.
Next, hit the blue coloured box with the instruction "install" which further takes you to another page with the instruction "start now" to run the software for the first time users and complete the process of installing the software.
STEP 2- How to Get Started
As you complete installing Filmora scrn software, you come to the welcome page with the instruction "get started". Along with, "Get Started" button in blue, you are offered with two more option just below the get started button, namely "quick capture" and "video editor".
Each of the 3 commands in the welcome page has three different functions.
Get Started option lets you decide which online activity you want the 4k screen recorder to record and thus, makes it the best option to start in order to explore every single feature.
Quick Capture button starts recording immediately whichever online activity you last save on the PC.
Video Editor option enables you to open the already recorded activities on the PC to edit.
STEP 3- Setting-up the 4k screen recorder
You can view 4 options on the left of the "Set up" page- screen, audio, camera, and advanced. These are the option to be selected on the same page but I have shown it as steps for you to understand better.
The screen tab allows you to select the existing online activity or any game you wish to record in 4k and then lets you select the frame rate for the video. The 4k screen recorder enables you to record video at up to 120fps.
Next, the audio tab is optional. If you want to record audio, you must select the source if it's microphone or computer and then check the drop down menu.
The camera tab helps you to select the video source like a webcam or any other secondary source; you wish to add to your 4k screen recording. You can set the frame rates and resolution too.
The last advanced tab helps you to set up the hot keys in order to quickly capture directly from the keyboard. Full screen recording can be set by using SHIFT+F, to start and pause the 4k screen recorder F9 is used, and for start and end F10 key on the keyboard is used.
Once all the 4 tabs are satisfactorily SET-UP, then you may move forward to click the "Capture" button in blue at the lower right corner of the page Set-up.
STEP 4- Recording Panel
The recording panel allows you to view all the available selections on the page. Before recording the 4k screen you may adjust the size and resolution of the screen and volume of the microphone in the recording panel. If the resolution of the user's screen is 4K, then the parameter will automatically be adjusted to 4k. If not, the user can change the resolution to 4K from the Editor Screen page. We will come to that in next few steps.
STEP 5- Your Clips Page
Next, once you stop the 4k screen recorder hitting the F10 hot key on the keyboard, press the same key once again to view the "your clips" page. Then, from the drop down menu at the right hand side down corner, you may export your chosen clips or export them as local files to the Editor Screen, pressing the blue coloured "Go" button beside.
STEP 6- Editor Screen
Click the "File" option at the top of the Editor Screen to record the 4k screen . Then, from the File drop down menu click on the "Project Settings" option. The Project Setting Popup page appears.
This enables you to change your screen to "3840X2160" from the "Preset" drop-down option in the Project Settings pop-up page and press "OK" from the right down corner to make your video 4k.
You also have other options like de-noising, rotating, deleting, resizing, cutting, etc. to enhance your recorded audio and video. Cursor effects and annotations can also be added to your 4k screen recorder from the Editor Screen.
STEP 7- Export
Now, you have come to the final step of this process. Click on the "Export" button at the lower right corner of the Editor Screen page and you are directed to the Export page. You have to select the format .MOV, .MP4, .MP3 and GIF given at the left side of the page in order to save your 4k screen recorder video in any one of the supported file formats. The bit rate, encoding, frame rate, and resolution for each file type can also be adjusted here. Then click "Export"
One thing must be remembered while recording on 4k screen recorder is that the device's configuration must be high; otherwise, the exported video may collapse. Other than that, Filmora scrn, as 4k screen recorder is unmatched. You can achieve the most desired high-quality, crystal clarity video recordings in no time with this 4k screen recorder.
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Does this mean it RECORDS in 4K? or does it mean that it will EXPORT in 4k? I'm trying to change the definition and it won't let me.


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Can Pantry Moths Make Me Sick?
Discovering a pantry moth infestation in your kitchen can be a bit of a shock. What's worse than that? Finding out that these bugs have been laying eggs in your food, and then realizing you may have eaten some of them while enjoying a snack of cheese and crackers.
That's right. Pantry moths lay eggs directly on their food source, which can include:
- Bread
- Candy
- Cereals
- Crackers
- Dried fruit
- Dried herbs
- Flour
- Grains
- Nuts
- Pasta
- Powdered milk
- Rice
- Also: Bird seed and dry pet food
That means that until you discovered the infestation, you could have eaten a live moth, its eggs or its larvae. Equally concerning is that it is also possible you consumed their refuse, including their waste material or skin cast-off during molting.
So that begs the question: If I eat a pantry moth, will it make me sick?
Will Eating Pantry Moths or Their Eggs or Larvae Make Me Sick?
Pantry moths, also known as Indian Meal Moths, are the most common moth to infest food in North American homes. Their wings are multi-colored – reddish brown on the tips and pale gray near the base. Larvae are about a ½-inch long and can be yellow, pink, green or brown. Eggs can take anywhere from 30 to 275 days to hatch, depending on environmental conditions.
Aside from the insects themselves, food infested by pantry moths may also have silk webbing present on the surface.
So will pantry moths or their larvae, eggs and webbing make you sick if you accidentally eat them? The experts say no. So, if you ingest them, don't panic. Indian meal moths are not known to spread any known diseases, parasites or pathogens. Despite that reassurance, it's still quite gross to think about.
Discovering an infestation should prompt you to consider how these insects got into your food in the first place. First, the food may have been left exposed to these pests at some time during the production or packaging process. This may also make you wonder what else got into the food. Further, an infestation means your food is probably far from fresh — after all, the pantry moths had enough time to go through their reproductive life cycle while inside the package. Both of these thoughts are understandably unsettling.
Defending Your Kitchen Against Pantry Moths
The unfortunate thing about a pantry moth infestation is that you usually only discover it after it is already occurring. To avert this issue, you should take steps to safeguard your food before using it.
Some things you can do to curb your chances of a pantry moth infestation:
- At the store: Inspect food packaging for holes and broken seals. Alert the store manager or take it to the returns counter if you discover this kind of damage. Also check the "Best By" date – remember, older products give eggs trapped inside more time to hatch.
- Bringing it home: Check internal packaging (such as the bag inside a box of cereal) for any holes or damage as soon as you get home.
- Monitor and trap pantry moths: Safer® Brand Pantry Pest Traps are sticky traps baited with a pheromone to attract male pantry moths and interrupt the breeding cycle. Place these in out-of-the-way areas of your kitchen or pantry and check them regularly for catches.
- Store it: After opening a package, whether it's a pound of flour or a sleeve of crackers, seal it tightly in a plastic container or Ziploc bag.
- Toss it: If you've discovered some infested food, seal it up in a recycled grocery bag and immediately deposit in an outdoor trash can. Tossing it in the kitchen wastebasket can give moths an opportunity to find a new food source.
- Treat it: While it's best to dispose of the food you think is contaminated, you can also opt to treat it. Putting the food in a freezer for a week will kill off any adult pantry moths, their offspring and eggs. Microwaving on high for 5 minutes is another option. You can also bake the food on a shallow pan for at least a half-hour at 130° F or higher.
Fighting Pantry Moths
Did you discover pantry moths in your kitchen? Let us know about it in the comments below. You can also ask us questions about these pests and the pheromone moth traps used to catch them when you visit Safer® Brand on Facebook. For more ideas on battling household pests and to get alerts about Safer® Brand products, sign up for our E-Newsletter!


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Crossroads House will provide each resident with a loving, warm home and excellent care and support. We look at the family's ability to give adequate 24-hour care, whether their needs are physical, emotional or spiritual. We will provide care to those dying individuals with a prognosis occurring from within a few days to three months. The resident will be provided with personalized care free of charge.
We offer a comfort ministry to no more than two residents at a time, along with their family members. Crossroads House will provide family conferences every two weeks or as needed to keep the family or primary caregiver updated on residents and assess the family or primary caregiver coping abilities and provide guidance as necessary.
For Crossroads House Families
Crossroads House is a unique "Comfort Home for the Dying" dedicated to providing support and care for a person in the last phase of a life-limiting illness. We serve as an alternative living arrangement for those who are no longer able to be cared for in there own home and offer quality time with each resident. We desire the family's involvement and support in order to be fully effective in this unique ministry.
Comfort care does not cure, or change the course of the terminal illness. We do not use intravenous fluids, feeding tubes or resuscitation. The family and resident need to agree that they desire only pain management and symptom control.
Ours is a community outreach ministry, which provides palliative (comfort) care for those beyond curative or aggressive treatment. The resident maintains control and is assisted through this time of transition. We are there to support, so as to decrease the stress and anxiety of the residents and their families.
Crossroads House is a short-term program, normally three months or less. If a remission in the terminal nature of the disease should occur, the resident will be re-evaluated as to their need for continued comfort care at Crossroads House. At that time we may request that you seek other suitable long-term placement.
Staff is composed of End of Life Caregivers, aides and trained volunteers. There is always an End of Life Caregiver on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It takes approximately 60 volunteers a week to fill the schedule. They are men and women from the community who are expected to do the types of things you, the family, might do to assist with care of your loved one. (Prepare simple meals, change linens, chat and provide companionship, bathing, oral care, administering medications, etc.) They are not nursing personnel, but are dedicated selfless volunteers trained to ensure a quality of life for your loved one.
Because Crossroads House is a respite for the terminally ill, we encourage open conversation about the condition of the resident and encourage the family to participate in dialogue so they know that their loved one's needs and wishes are met.
Expectations for the Family
Crossroads House expects the family to provide food for the resident, either in the form of the food or funds with which our volunteers may shop for the resident. Crossroads may ask family to pick up medication for your loved one from the pharmacy. In rare instances due to circumstances beyond our control (weather, sickness, holidays, etc.) Crossroads may not be able to provide the second volunteer for a four hour shift. At this time we will need the family to provide care for your loved one for that particular time period.
It is our hope that as we walk with you during this part of life's journey, the stress and anxiety for the whole family can be diminished. Life is precious to us and we appreciate your trust in us as we care for you as a family.


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2018 Mazda CX-3 Scranton, PA
A subcompact is an odd duck of the car market, and yet a successful one for many reasons. Essentially a mini SUV, the subcompact takes the wide, powerful, and solid build of an SUV's and shrinks it to a very manageable and maneuverable size without reducing its image and entertaining spectacle.
As a compact, the Mazda CX-3 is designed to function for all situations. Its SUV components still allow it plenty of power and ability to haul a good deal of weight, yet its size gives it improved fuel economy and a far more reliable drive with a greater ability of control. Let's take a look to see what else the amazing new Mazda CX-3 has to offer to the automotive market.
Welcome the Mazda CX-3's new addition: the SKYACTIV® G-Vectoring Control system that helps influence your steering and throttle, smoothing out acceleration, braking, and turns to create a fluid and prideful ride. This helpful add-on helps maintain the Mazda CX-3's 2 L inline-4 engine that already gives out a great equal balance of horsepower and torque, with both measured at 146. Not to be outdone, the 2018 Mazda CX-3's also has a solid fuel economy for its size with 29 and 34 in the city and highway respectively.
Image is everything, and the 2018 Mazda CX-3 gives you plenty to look at and love. While the front of the 2018 Mazda CX-3 is elegantly curved to evoke its connection to more contemporary passenger vehicles, the rest of the body and frame is solid and big for the seating and space of an SUV. All of this in combination gives the Mazda CX-3 a feeling and look of sophistication mixed with a solid, demanding presence. All topped off with Mazda's unique KODO design and signature elements from its grille and bumper to its stylized alloy wheels, the 2018 Mazda CX-3 is a lovely piece of work that a pleasing look for any critic.
The 2018 Mazda CX-3 is nothing if not improved. What would be the point of purchase if this new 2018 subcompact didn't come with enough new features to justify your purchase? Fear not, as the 2018 Mazda CX-3 now has i-ACTIV® all-wheel drive for tough terrain, a heated steering wheel and seats for incredible comfort, and voice control over your entire Mazda Connect™ infotainment system to manage all of your entertainment and driving assistance features with ultimate ease.
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The new iteration of the Mazda CX-3 is out now. You can find it in stock at your nearest Mazda dealer. Here at Kelly Mazda, we encourage those in and around Scranton, Pennsylvania, to gives us a call or stop in to learn more. We're ready to help you navigate all of your Mazda needs!


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Spring Fashion Trends in Florida
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Check out a few of the hottest 2017 spring fashion trends and how to compliment them with jewelry from The Knotted Stone.
While the rest of the country enjoys the typical four season year, Florida is lucky to bypass those colder months in exchange for an extended spring and summer. How does that affect fashion trends on the beach? For most, it means taking advantage of spring and summer styles throughout the whole year.
Bathing suits and flip flops in December? Why not! Though we do get a shot of cold every once in a while, it's never enough to deter the bravest of us to don our short shorts and tank tops. Below are a few of the hottest 2017 fashion trends and how to compliment them with jewelry from The Knotted Stone.
An obvious choice would be anything with crochet detailing, such as a swim suit or cover up. Scrolling through Pinterest, crochet cover ups and maxi dresses with crochet detailing were among the top pinned items for this season. Whether it's a night on the town or a casual get together after a full day at the beach, pairing up a few Sanibel bracelets with your crochet-inspired look will make you feel complete.
This spring, bright pinks and yellows are all the rage on the runway. Not together, of course, but no matter how you wear it, a bright color certainly makes a statement. That's why a piece like the Bungalow is perfect: a simple statement piece to compliment a bold color choice. Imagine wearing a bright yellow maxi dress with a metallic octopus adorned natural-corded bracelet. It's a conversation starter for sure!
Prints are also big this season, with many designers turning to florals for inspiration. Recently thought of as something only Laura Ashley fans would wear, floral designs of all sizes are making their voices heard. Why not grab that cute floral romper or two-piece short set and crop top on a weekend trip to the keys? Don't forget to add a couple strands of the Jetty to make the outfit pop!
One look that never seems to be out of style is the laid-back feel of boho chic, especially in Florida. This is another expected look that pairs with any of our jewelry, but finding the perfect combination will catch the eye of even the most attuned stylist. Add our Sandpiper bracelet with metal beads for that upscale bohemian outfit, or black cord with topaz beading to accentuate a more casual boho look.
This year's hottest swimsuits took their cue from recent red carpet winners, using cut-outs and straps to lean towards an even sexier style. While they might not help with a sun tan, they certainly will make people stop and notice. Our Captiva bracelet is a seamless match, no matter which way you decide to go, and will make for a stunning vision.
Stripes are never far from the runway, so it's no surprise to see them on trend again this year. While nautical stripes may seem like overkill while on a boat, it's still a fun look to play with, especially when adding our jewelry. Don't forget other colors too, as it seems stripes with every color of the rainbow made an appearance during fashion week this year. Try a few gold Cabana bracelets with that nautical look, or mix and match a few different colors to add depth to the overall ensemble.
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Drawing People in Situations
Now it is time to take your drawing and visual thinking skills to the next level.
Take your sketchbook and draw 3 situations of your colleagues and/or customers.
This can be...
- The customer is always right
- Closing a deal
- We are pioneers
- Office christmas party
- Customer life cycle
- Onboarding a new employee
- Motivating my team
- Show & Tell
...or any other situation that you want to visualise or that might be useful in your context.
Make sure you save these little scenes for future visualisations. And don't forget to upload them to your journal!
I'm a Ninja!
This reminds me a lot of my animation classes, back we had to do a lot of poses, and try to exaggerate them as much as possible.
I drew using simple lines and circles I used back then.
Nothing out of the ordinary, a simple HB pencil. Did not want to go into B's if I needed to erase something.
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