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It used to be on South Broad Street at Hartranft Street to the north of Pattison Avenue, above the naval base, around where the sports complex now stands. The South City Drive-In was opened June 2, 1950. By 1955 the South City Drive-In was operated by Charles Goldfine. It was later renamed South Philadelphia Drive-In and closed in 1966. Demolished soon after to make way for the stadiums.
Here is an interesting view fromn 1963. JFK Stadium is to the south. The drive-in is where Veterans Stadium was before it too was demolished. The Spectrum had not yet been built.
Approx. location for this drive-in was S Broad St & Hartranft St, Philadelphia, PA 19145.
It was demolished to make way for Veterans stadium the Phillies/Eagle stadium shich has since been demolished. It had a huge screen. I remember in 1966 they were playing Elvis Pressley Girl Girls Girls.
Ground breaking for Veterans Stadium was 10 April, 1967 so 1966 would have been the last year for the South City Drive-In.
My first experience with PIX mosquito repellant. The films were “Imitation of Life” with Lana Turner and “Raisin in the Sun” with Sydney Poitier. I mostly slept in the back seat.
All references in Film Daily Yearbook and International Motion Picture Almanac call this South City Drive-In. The grand opening ad indicates it was called South City Drive-In. The signage in the photo uploaded on the photo page also points toward this drive-in being called South City.
I Know that in 64 it was the South Phila Drive In. I remember as it was the only time I was at the theater. It would be interesting to see fi someone can find when it changed names. To my knowledge it was operated by George Hamid who operated all the Atlantic City theaters and built the Stadium theater across the street which is now demolished.
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2019-04-26T04:18:28Z
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http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/19485
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cnet
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Article updated at 4:35 p.m. PT with more information from Google's official announcement.
Starting Thursday, iPhone users surfing to m.google.com/latitude can access Google Latitude, Google's friend-tracking feature. Latitude plots friends' pictures on a Google map when they opt to share their location with you.
Earlier this morning, some CNET employees were able to start experimenting with Google's Web-based Latitude for iPhone ahead of the official announcement.
Once loaded, Latitude becomes a tab on m.google.com, Google's mobile face.
The main interface presents a list of contacts. Clicking on your own icon lets you set your status and edit your privacy settings.
Clicking a contact's icon presents the option to send an e-mail, get directions to the contact's location, and change the precision of location information you'd like to share with the person. The options are "best available location," "only city-level location," and "hide from this friend."
The three privacy options let you set the application to detect your location automatically, to require you to set it manually, and to hide your location altogether.
The Web app integrates with the Gmail contacts list, letting you select contacts you'd like to invite from the list; those who already are Google Latitude users get a special icon to let you know they're signed up already. You also can invite people by their e-mail addresses without using Gmail contacts.
In addition to tracking friends, the menu supplies options to search or clear the map, view traffic, get directions, and see a satellite view.
Before Google announced Latitude for iPhone, we surmised that the Latitude feature is meant as an upgrade--or at least as an alternative--to maps.google.com for iPhone users. In a statement, Google explained that the company worked closely with Apple to create the Latitude experience that works around Apple's inability to run apps--even browser-based--in the background. Google gets around this by updating location when you launch the app, and while it runs in the foreground.
Google's Latitude Web app runs on iPhone operating system 3.0. It is currently available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and in the U.K., and U.S.
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2019-04-23T06:52:25Z
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https://www.cnet.com/news/google-latitude-for-iphone-available-to-some/
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Business
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deviantart
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Wow...such a great moment you've captured. This is where the heart stops because it is soooo amazing!
ooohhh i wanna see how you render that shadow!!
I've been hoarding all your recent art in my inbox for so long now because I just don't want it to go away, but now I felt it was about time to throw a bunch of s your way and actually SAY something: You amaze me. I've always admired you, and as we've both grown as artists over the years, my admiration has only become stronger. You have developed your skills so far since I first encountered your art! Your color and lighting skills are so sofisticated now, I can barely grasp how you make it work. I adore your sense of values and details and composition, your motives and of course that personal something you bring to all the characters you draw that makes them so very recognisable as your work. And the moods you convey and I just agfsgdgdagadgs have no words to properly explain what an inspiration you have been to me all this time. I'll never get tired of seeing your art.
And btw you still amaze me with your drawings all the time, jeez!
You're such an inspiration to me; your drawings are absolutely stunning and give me such a good feeling! amazing work!
I loveee this so much, so much detail!
Wowww there's so much detail on the plants nearest to the viewer. And the shadows look so painterly. They almost look watercolor-y.
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!! How long You draw those trees?! They looks perfectly! Very detailed! And awesome work on shading, anatomy of character and great colors!
This is crazy details and beautiful. That shrub/tree makes me want to die thinking of all the effort!!!
Such incredible detail and lighting!
Such a delightfully charming piece.
Is this a digital drawing?
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2019-04-21T10:42:34Z
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https://www.deviantart.com/bloodlinev/art/The-Neighborhood-Cat-626608730
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wetcanvas
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I feel like I have a good idea where I am going with this.
From this fast sketch, do you know where this is? What country, etc?
What do you think I can add or change before I start my sketch on the canvas and start laying down the color?
My first impression was Venice Italy for obvious reasons (boats, many buildings near or on the water) but I'm not sure the buildings would be that color in Venice. Buildings of that color remind me more of a tropical locale.
Hi Jeff, :wave: and thanks for the comments.
This is whats going on....I basically continued the building colours quickly down past the umbrellas, There is a wooden fence dock like structure behind the boats...separating the waterfront and the sidewalk (but you cant see that.) The boats are leaning up against that brownish fence...The water is not up above the boats..there is a type of little hut on one of the boats ...it is not a good colour so it looks blue like water.
I will post my ref ..picture soon..I just want to see if anyone can guess where this is...If I am on the right track..
Have you finished this work now? I would like to see it. You haven't said where is it from, but when I look at it, I don't no why I think of Oslo.
Is it the view from your studio?
Hi Magda and Kim, Thanks for the comments.
This painting is Nyhavn (NewHarbour) in Copenhagen. A very trendy place here. It is so beautiful in the summer.
And will begin my battle today. Will post soon.
Finally got some work done today. Putting down my charcoal drawing today on the canvas, was quite stressul. :confused: As they are quite messy, my drawings, I went over the rough outline with some diluted paint.
Hi Lisa :clap: I think I see you in the photo - under the white umbrella?
I was going to say that the colors of the buildings in your sketch were too bright and not realistic, but judging from the photo, that's not the case! Neat!
Yeah I did change perspective...The photo way was too hard...I am just sort of doing my own thing now.
Thanks for the advice about shadows and lights.
Hi Jeff, Thanks :) I was aiming for the photo, but heck when it comes to perspective I am off somtimes...It looked quite hard to paint it that way. I will leave that for the more talented. Yes, I am painting the buildings more in my direction. I am glad that you mentioned that my dock and boat angle is correct..That made me feel quite relieved. I was having the most difficulties with those buggers.
I just wondering what would happen if you could adopt the same mindset as when you do the cat paintings. Cares about all sort of correctness seem to fly out of the window and your creative intuition plays out wonderfully for you.
Precisely Mikey, This what I was aiming to do....When I paint from my imagination...or my quick interpertation of something, thye turn out like my cat type whimsical paintings..
Look how those right hand side buildings are in your sketch... see what I mean?
They look better in your sketch.
Must have missed this one Lisa. What a challenge all those buildings ...... can't comment really on buildings finding it hard myself to draw straight lines.
HI Jeff, Thanks so much for pointing that out. I see exactly what you mean. I am going to remove one of the last buildings and make the other building larger, so we dont have that present angle. Tyring to squeeze into many of the building making that part off..
Thanks Gilberte, LOL, I have troubles with the straight lines too.
Thought I would have a chance to work on the paiting this weekend, was too busy. Will try some work today.
Hi, Still in the beginning stages.
Managed to get some more work done today. Just blocking in colour areas, mainly on the buildings.
I am going for a bike ride to get rid of my frustration. ...I cant see it coming together like I was imagining..
well Lisa...a bikeride is always good...enjoy!
Suggestion...throw away the photograph for now.
I once threw one of mine over the balcony! It was really bad :evil: Now I just put them under the bed. That's probably why I have nightmares sometimes!!
I am fussing to much with this, I think I have to sit back and enjoy it and let it happen.
Gals, Here is what I have done now on the first bit.
I need to just work the top part of the first building..A little too dark on top.
Some more light in the doorways, Then I will continue the white along all the windows and then do the roof tops with some nice reds, sienna to warm it up.
Then the fence, and shading in the bottom part of the buildings, and those bugger umbrellas...I think I will not add any people. What do you think about that.
You see I am having my red wine...now...LOL.
Hery Lisa, you are so concerned about the success of this painting you've got too mindy. I do know that the answer is easily said but less easy to do at times.
Bright colored painting this is going to be, and probably will end up not as you thought it would turn out when started reading your commments.
Working with this medium ,on this size canvas, just lets you work at the moment in this way.That's shows your interaction (your art) at the moment.
"The work we make vibrates in harmony with everything we have put into it, or withhold from it.
Look at your work and it tells you how it is when you hold back or when you embrace. When you are lazy, your art is lazy, when you hold back, it holds back, when you hesitate ; it stands there staring , hands in its pockets. But when you commit, it comes on like blazes."
When I read it , I thought it was interesting so I wrote it down, maybe it helps your thinking path.
I love that quote you posted. It really had me reflecting about my different moods when I am painting. It is so true.
Having a bit more fun now..
I need to work more on roof tops, boats and water needs the most work.
I will lighten up the right side under the umbrellas with colours from respective buildings. I think it is a little too dark now. What do you think?
It's a neat, neat painting Lisa ................. Good photograph of the water and it's getting even colder tomorrow !
and in the summer.......do you know how to sail or windsurf?
Yeah, it was sure cold today. Then these weird beautiful sun breaks were going on.
Would love to do it again. Lots of sailboats around, windsurfers and kayakers....Oh, gosh you already have me longing for the summer.
PS how's the weather over in Belgium?
Your painting is looking really good! :clap: My 15 year old son (he paints) has just walked by the computer (while I was looking at your painting) and his comment - " Oh I like that!" (he paints boats too). I wish he could be as enthusiastic about my portraits! :envy: I only ever tried painting boats once and yes it ended up under the bed.!!
Hi Kim, Thanks so much and thanks to your son too...that made me happy.
Hey maybe mom can post ones of his boat paintings...I totally love boat paintings.
Weekend over, my hubby back to work, Lets see if I can finish this one today. I dont get much time to paint on weekends...LOL.
Hi Shirley, :wave: Thanks for your comments..
If it were oil i could just turp them out. I might lay a very quick wash and see, and If I feeel it will be too complicated, I will take them out quickly.
Did lots more work will post some more today. mainly on my boats.
More work since early this morning. Pretty much finished the boats and the water. I am quite happy with the boats.. :) Just need to do the long masts, and a little red relection in the water from the red bouy.
Let me know if there is anything..?
Thanks all for viewing my WIP and all your great feedback, it sure was helpful. It was fun a project.
ps will miss your company in this forum :crying: - please start another WIP real soon!!
Good work Lisa. This is your style, so go for it.
I will start a new WIP soon perhaps...Have a few ideas in my head right now.
Hi Gilberte, Thanks so much for your very kind words and support. Hopefully, I can post it tonight...I am getting kind of tired right now.
Lisa - this turned out great! The people are all inside right now and I love the flags on the building. The boats - and the reflections on them are terrific. Good work! And it wasn't just the wine :angel: !
Hi Everyone, The painting is finsihed today..Hurray. Posted it in the OC.
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2019-04-20T08:59:56Z
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http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-242477.html
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Arts
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Reference
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google
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2006-10-16 Assigned to AVG SOFTWARE, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY reassignment AVG SOFTWARE, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: HANDSIGNAL, INC.
A method and system for pushing information to personal computing and communication devices operated by users in such a way that the users can use and/or act upon the information even when the users are off-network or off-line. The method and system also automatically “provisions” the personal computing and communication devices so that the devices may be used to act upon the information that is pushed to the devices.
The present invention relates to wireless communications. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for automatically pushing wireless messages and other information to personal computing and communication devices such as personal digital assistants.
The market for wireless communication services has grown dramatically in the past few years and is expected to grow at an even faster rate in the future. Many experts predict that wireless communication services will soon surpass traditional “wired” methods of communication. Wireless communication services are no longer limited to voice traffic, but instead now include voice and data traffic so that all types of messages and information can be wirelessly transmitted to and from mobile devices.
Unfortunately, current wireless communication services, as well as conventional wired communication services such as e-mail, voice mail, telephone services, etc., require users to connect to a provider by dialing-in and/or accessing a network before information can be retrieved. This is a problem because users often cannot regularly check for new messages and information and therefore often retrieve time-sensitive information too late.
The above-described problem has been partially remedied by wireless communication services that automatically “push” information to users rather than requiring the users to “pull” the information from a provider. However, such push communication services still require the users to be connected to a service provider to be able to use and act upon the information. Once the users go off-network or off-line, the information cannot be used and/or acted upon. Moreover, existing push types of communication services can only push short messages and are therefore not robust enough for many business applications that require more extensive messages and data to be pushed to users.
The present invention solves the above-described problems and provides a distinct advance in the art of communication methods. More particularly, the present invention provides a method and system for pushing information to personal computing and communication devices operated by users in such a way that the users can use and/or act upon the information even when the users are off-network or off-line. The present invention also provides a method and system for automatically “provisioning” personal computing and communication devices so that the devices may be used to act upon the information that is pushed to the devices.
One preferred embodiment of the present invention is implemented with a computer network that is coupled with at least one wireless communication service provider. The computer network is operated by an administrator or provider that offers push message and information delivery services in accordance with the present invention. Senders of messages and other information may access the computer network and provide information destined for a recipient. The computer network then conditions the information and stores the information in a queue until a computing and communication device operated by the recipient is in communication with a corresponding wireless communication service provider. The computer network then automatically pushes the information to the device once it is in communication with the service provider and automatically loads the information into appropriate databases and/or programs in the device. The device thus receives necessary information without requiring the recipient to request the information or to enter or load the information into the appropriate program or database residing on the device.
The computer network may also provision devices by automatically loading and assembling software applications in the devices wirelessly without input or configuration from users of the device. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, the computer network may push information to a device operated by a recipient as described above. The device may then determine that it does not have the necessary applications and/or software versions to process the information and thus automatically transmits a wireless message back to the computer network with an indication of what applications and/or software versions need to be sent to the device. The computer network then automatically pushes any additional necessary software to the device. This allows all information and necessary programs to be seamlessly pushed to a device without requiring the user of the device to determine which programs are necessary to run the information, request the information, or to load the information and programs into the device.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram depicting computer and communications equipment that may be used to implement certain aspects of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram depicting certain of the components of FIG. 1 in more detail.
The present invention can be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In a preferred embodiment, however, the invention is implemented with one or more computer programs that operate computer and communications equipment broadly referred to by the numeral 10 in FIG. 1. The computer and communications equipment 10 includes a computer network 12, a computer network 14, a wireless communication service provider network 16, and a plurality of computer and communication devices 18. The computer program and equipment 10 illustrated and described herein are merely examples of programs and equipment that may be used to implement preferred embodiments of the present invention and may be replaced with other software and computer equipment without departing from the scope of the present invention.
The computer network 12 is preferably operated by an administrator or provider of the services of the present invention and may include a variety of different conventional computing equipment. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 2, the computer network includes a server gateway computer 20, a web server computer 22, and a communications server 24. Each of the computers 20, 22, 24 may be any computing device such as a network computer running Windows NT, Novell Netware, Unix, or any other network operating system. The computers are preferably coupled to one another and to other equipment such as various databases 26 and computers or terminals 28 by a wireless area network 30 or other conventional network. The web server computer 22 may also be coupled with a hub 32, a firewall 34, another hub 36, and a router 38. The web server computer 22 also includes conventional web hosting operating software, an Internet connection such as a modem, DSL converter or ISDN converter, and is assigned a URL and corresponding domain name so that the web server computer can be accessed via the Internet in a conventional manner.
The computer network 14 represents any number of computer systems that may be operated by persons or entities wishing to send messages and other information to recipients and may include any types of conventional computer equipment. In one preferred embodiment, each computer network 14 is coupled with the computer network 12 via a frame relay or VPN connection 40 and includes one or more server computers 42 and one or more personal computers 44 that may access the server computer 42 via a communications network 46 such as the Internet. In another embodiment of the invention, senders of messages and other information may also access the web server computer 22 of the computer network 12 with one or more personal computers 48 via the Internet 50.
The wireless communications network 16 represents any number of conventional wireless communication provider networks such as PCS, ReFLEX, Advanced Radio Data Network and cellular networks that may be used to implement certain steps of the present invention. Each wireless network includes various computing equipment broadly referred to by the numeral 52 and a plurality of broadcast antennas 54 that serve different cells or coverage areas.
The computing and communication devices 18 are operated by recipients of messages and other information and preferably are handheld personal digital assistants such as those manufactured and sold by Palm, Handspring, RIM, Symbol, and Kyocera. The computing and communication devices 18 may also be personal or laptop computers such as those manufactured and sold by Dell, Compaq, Gateway, or any other computer manufacturer; intelligent mobile phones; pagers; or even Internet appliances that are specifically designed for accessing the Internet. Each computing device 18 includes wireless communications capabilities so that it can send and receive wireless messages and other information.
The computer programs of the present invention are stored in or on computer-readable medium residing on or accessible by the computer network 12 and the devices 18 for instructing the equipment to operate as described herein. Each computer program preferably comprises an ordered listing of executable instructions for implementing logical functions in the computer network 12 and the devices 18. The computer programs can be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, such as a computer-based system, processor-containing system, or other system that can fetch the instructions from the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, and execute the instructions. In the context of this application, a “computer-readable medium” can be any means that can contain, store, communicate, propagate or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The computer-readable medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semi-conductor system, apparatus, device, or propagation medium. More specific, although not inclusive, examples of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable, programmable, read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, and a portable compact disk read-only memory (CDROM). The computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via for instance, optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted, or otherwise processed in a suitable manner, if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.
The computer programs of the present invention preferably include communication and provisioning programs residing on the computer network 12 and communication and provisioning programs as well as custom application programs, form applications, or other interpretive programs residing on each of the devices 18. The functionality and operation of several preferred implementations of these programs are described in more detail below. In this regard, some of the steps discussed below may represent a module segment or portion of code of the computer programs of the present invention which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function or functions. In some alternative implementations, the functions described may occur out of the order described. For example, two functions described as being in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently, or the functions may sometimes be executed in the reverse order depending upon the functionality involved.
In one application of the present invention, the above-described computer and communications equipment 10 and computer programs are used to automatically push dispatch-type information from senders to recipients, request acknowledgment from the recipients, and then transmit task status information from the recipients back to the computer network 12 for delivery to the senders. The senders of the information may include companies such as trucking companies or service companies, and the recipients may include workers of the companies such as truck operators, electricians, plumbers, technicians, or computer service personnel. As used herein, the term “information” is meant to include all types of messages, data, programs, applications, and other information that senders may wish to send to recipients, or vice versa.
A sender that wishes to push information to a recipient first accesses the computer network 12 via one of the computer networks 14 or computers 48 and submits dispatch information to the computer network 12. The dispatch information may include, for example, information relating to a maintenance activity, a load pick-up, a load delivery, or other type of project. Such information may also include task lists, punch lists, parts lists, the address for a pick-up or project start point, the address for a drop-off or project stop point, a date and time for the requested pick-up or drop-off, detailed instructions relating to the tasks to be performed, and other related information. This information may be generated with an Internet-based dispatch application and may involve the use of a database that contains attributes for tracking status information related to the task (i.e. accepted, declined, arrived, finished).
Once the sender submits the above dispatch information to the computer network 12, the computer network 12 conditions or processes the information so that it may be delivered to the intended recipient. The computer network 12 does so by first creating a unique message ID number for the information that is to be sent. The computer network 12 then records the information in a recovery log using the message ID so that it may be later recovered. The information is then moved to a queue in the computer network 12 and stored based on the message type and assigned certain tracking information such as a process code, a format code, and a version number.
The computer network 12 may at this point convert the information to transmittable strings in a compressed, binary, or encrypted mode. The information is then parsed into a series of message packets and then moved to a packet queue. The message packets are next sent from the packet queue to a communication thread of a wireless communication service provider 16 which serves the device 18 for which the information is destined. When the provider 16 acknowledges receipt of the message packets, the computer network 12 updates the status of the information in the recovery log. A record for the information is then moved to a transaction log for record-keeping purposes. Finally, the message packets are delivered to a queue operated by the wireless service provider 16.
The wireless service provider 16 then delivers the message packets to the nearest transmission tower 54 according to the last known position of the device 18 as listed in a home location register (HLR) or visiting location register (VLR) accessible by the provider. Once the device 18 is in range and in communication with the wireless service provider, the message packets are broadcast to the device in a conventional manner.
A communication layer on the device 18 receives and stores the message packets in a packet queue, turns on the device, and activates a communication program residing on the device 18 and configured in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. The communication program processes the message packets by stripping the header from each packet, concatenating the packets in sequence order, converting the strings of information from transmittable strings to the appropriate format for the program or application that will access or run the information (i.e. compressed, binary, or encrypted mode), and inserting the message number, message description, message category, and date into a message manager database. The communication program 18 also runs error tests to ensure integrity of the information, and deletes the packets from the packet queue if the information was received error-free. The communication program then automatically loads the information into the appropriate program or application residing on the device 18 so that the information can be acted upon by the user of the device 18.
A custom dispatch application on the device 18 then receives the message string from the communication program, sounds an alert if the information is marked as urgent, and displays the dispatch information so that the user of the device 18 may accept, decline, or otherwise comment on the dispatch information. Once the recipient accepts or declines, the dispatch application composes an automatic feedback message that is to be transmitted to the computer network 12. The feedback message is then passed to the communication program residing on the device 18.
The communication program residing on the device 18 then processes the feedback message by assigning a message key to the message (if needed), counting the characters in the message, and determining the number of packets required to transmit it. Configuration parameters pertinent to the device 18, the wireless service provider 16, and the computer network 12 are stored on the device 18 in a configuration file to determine optimal packet sizes. The communication program then builds packet headers from the message number and packet sequence numbers and splits the message into a number of packets. The packet headers are then concatenated onto the front of each packet, and the packets are moved to an outgoing queue.
The communication layer on the device 18 then receives and stores the message packets and prepares the device 18 to transmit the packets. The packets are transmitted from the device 18 to the nearest tower 54, which then confirms receipt of the packets. Specifically, the wireless service provider 16 receives the message packets, recognizes the packet identifier and/or address, acknowledges receipt, and moves the message packets to a corresponding queue residing in the computer network 12.
The computer network 12 next processes the incoming feedback message by creating a unique message ID number if the message does not have an existing message ID and then recording the message packets with the message ID in the recovery log. The message packets are then moved to a queue based on the message type. These packets are processed by removing packet headers and concatenating into a single message string in sequence order. The message string is then converted from transmittable characters into appropriate compressed, binary, or encrypted strings. The status of the message in the log is then updated. Finally, the message record is moved to a transaction log for record-keeping and the message string is transmitted to a queue on the sender's computer equipment 14 or 48.
The sender's computer equipment 14 or 48 receives the message from the computer network 12 and acknowledges acceptance. The information is then stored as a record in a task status database associated with the dispatch assignment. Dispatchers may then access the task status database to evaluate which tasks have been assigned, accepted, or declined.
In another application of the present invention, the above-described computer and communications equipment 10 and computer programs are used to automatically provision the devices 18 by sending software upgrades, new applications or programs, or other large binary objects to the devices 18. This allows users of the devices 18 to act upon information that is pushed to the devices 18 even if the devices 18 do not have all necessary applications and/or software.
For example, in one embodiment of the invention, the computer network may push information to a device operated by a recipient as described above. The device may then determine from the information what applications and/or software is needed to act upon the information. The device then automatically generates and transmits a wireless message back to the computer network with an indication of what applications and/or software are needed. The computer network then automatically pushes any necessary software to the device. This allows all information and necessary programs to be seamlessly pushed to a device without requiring the user of then device to determine which programs are necessary to run the information, request the information, or load the information and programs into the device.
For this application, the computer network 12 includes a library that can be populated with various binary objects such as the software upgrades, applications, and other items discussed above. This library also preferably includes a distribution list that lists all recipients that have received each object, a description of each object, a final assembled size of each object, a check sum benchmark to confirm that each object has been assembled in the correct sequence, and a binary copy of each object. Attributes for tracking which recipients have acknowledged receipt of an object may also be stored in or alongside the library.
An object that is to be sent to a device 18 is first passed to the gateway computer 20. The gateway computer 20 then conditions or processes the object so that it may be more easily delivered to the intended recipient. The computer network 12 does so by first creating a unique message ID number for the object. The computer network 12 then records the object in a recovery log using the message ID so that it may be later recovered. The object is then moved to a queue in the computer network 12 and stored based on the message type and assigned certain tracking information such as a process code, a format code, and a version number.
The computer network 12 may at this point convert the object to transmittable strings in a compressed, binary, or encrypted mode. The object is then parsed into a series of message packets and then moved to a packet queue. The message packets are next sent from the packet queue to a communication thread of a wireless communication service provider 16 which serves the device 18 for which the object is destined. When the provider 16 acknowledges receipt of the message packets, the computer network 12 updates the status of the information in the recovery log. A record for the object is then moved to a transaction log for record-keeping purposes. Finally, the message packets are delivered to a queue operated by the wireless service provider 16.
The wireless service provider 16 then delivers the message packets to the nearest transmission tower 54 according to the last known position of the device 18 as listed in an HLR or VLR. Once the device 18 is in range and in communication with the wireless service provider, the message packets are broadcast to the device in a conventional manner.
A communication layer on the device 18 receives and stores the message packets in a packet queue, turns on the device, and activates a communication program residing on the device 18 and configured in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. The communication program processes the message packets by stripping the header from each packet, concatenating the packets in sequence order, converting the strings of information from transmittable strings to the appropriate format for the object, and inserting the message number, message description, message category, and date into a message manager database. The communication program 18 also runs error tests to ensure integrity of the object, and deletes the packets from the packet queue if the object was received error-free.
The communication program passes the assembled object to a provisioning program residing on the device 18. The provisioning program then loads the object string from the communication program and proceeds to assemble and test the object based on certain header information including the check sum for the assembled object, the size of the assembled object, and the creator ID assigned to the object. Once the object has been assembled and confirmed, the provisioning program installs the object on the device and creates a feedback message indicating that the installation has been successful. The feedback message is then transferred to the communication program residing on the device 18.
The communication program processes the feedback message by assigning a message key to the message (if needed), counting the characters in the message, and determining the number of packets required to transmit it. Configuration parameters pertinent to the device 18, the wireless service provider 16, and the computer network 12 are stored on the device 18 in a configuration file to determine optimal packet sizes. The communication program then builds packet headers from the message number and packet sequence numbers and splits the message into a number of packets. The packet headers are then concatenated onto the front of each packet, and the packets are moved to an outgoing queue.
The communication layer then receives and stores the message packets and prepares the device 18 to transmit the packets. The packets are transmitted from the device 18 to the nearest tower 54, which then confirms receipt of the packets. Specifically, the wireless service provider 16 receives the message packets, recognizes the packet identifier and/or address, acknowledges receipt, and moves the message packets to a corresponding queue residing in the computer network 12.
The computer network 12 next processes the incoming feedback message by creating a unique message ID number if the message does not have an existing message ID and then recording the message packets with the message ID in the recovery log. The message packets are then moved to a queue based on the message type and then concatenated into a single message string. The message string is then converted from transmittable characters into appropriate compressed, binary, or encrypted strings. The status of the message in the log is then updated. Finally, the message record is moved to a transaction log for record-keeping and the message string is transmitted to a queue on the sender's computer equipment 14 or 48.
The sender's computer equipment 14 or 48 receives the message from the computer network 12 and acknowledges receipt. Administrators may then access the computer network 12 and see which recipients have received a new object by viewing web pages that access records in the computer network 12.
In another application of the present invention, the above-described computer and communications equipment 10 and computer programs may be used to automatically push calendar information to the devices 18. The calendar information may include, for example, meeting dates, travel schedules, deadlines, etc.
A sender that wishes to push such calendar information to a recipient first accesses the computer network 12 via one of the computer networks 14 or computers 48 and submits the information to the computer network 12. The computer network 12 then conditions or processes the information so that it may be delivered to the intended recipient. The computer network 12 does so by first creating a unique message ID number for the information. The computer network 12 then records the information in a recovery log using the message ID so that it may be later recovered. The information is then moved to a queue in the computer network 12 and stored based on the message type and assigned certain tracking information such as a process code, a format code, and a version number.
A custom calender or scheduling application on the device 18 then receives the message string from the communication program, sounds an alert if the information is marked as urgent, and displays the information so that the user of the device 18 may act upon it. The user may, for example, review proposed meeting dates and times and either accept or decline the proposed times or press a button labeled “Later.” Pressing the Later button causes the display screen to delay requesting this information until the next time the device is turned on. If the recipient accepts or declines, the calender application adds the event to a scheduling program and composes an automatic feedback message that is to be transmitted to the computer network 12. The feedback message is then passed to the communication program residing on the device 18.
A scheduling program on the sender's computer equipment 14 or 48 receives the message from the computer network 12 and acknowledges acceptance of the proposed meeting or other event. The information is then stored as a record in a calendering database. Administrators can then access the calendering database to see which recipients have accepted the proposed meeting date.
In another application of the present invention, the above-described computer and communications equipment 10 and computer programs may be used to automatically send to one or more of the devices 18 a request for data matching a particular criteria. The device then fills the request and sends the results back to the computer network 12 for delivery to the requester of the data.
A sender that wishes to request such a data search first accesses the computer network 12 via one of the computer networks 14 or computers 48 and identifies the search criteria and the devices to be searched. The search criteria may be generated with any known data search program or application.
Once the sender submits the above search information to the computer network 12, the computer network 12 conditions or processes the information so that it may be delivered to the intended recipient. The computer network 12 does so by first creating a unique message ID number for the information that is to be sent. The computer network 12 then records the information in a recovery log using the message ID so that it may be later recovered. The information is then moved to a queue in the computer network 12 and stored based on the message type and assigned certain tracking information such as a process code, a format code, and a version number.
A communication layer on the device 18 receives and stores the message packets in a packet queue, turns on the device, and activates a communication program residing on the device 18 and configured in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. The communication program processes the message packets by stripping the header from each packet, concatenating the packets in sequence order, converting the strings of information from transmittable strings to the appropriate format for the program or application that will access or run the information (i.e. compressed, binary, or encrypted mode), and inserting the message number, message description, message category, and date into a message manager database. The communication program 18 also runs error tests to ensure integrity of the information, and deletes the packets from the packet queue if the information was received error-free. The communication program then automatically loads the information into a custom search application residing on the device 18 so that the information can be acted upon by the user of the device 18.
The custom search application on the device 18 then receives the message string from the communication program and initiates a series of find operations on the device to locate all records matching the search criteria. Once the records have been identified, the results are collected and formatted to be transmitted to the computer network 12. The results are then passed to the communication program residing on the device 18.
The communication program then processes the results by assigning a message key to the message (if needed), counting the characters in the message, and determining the number of packets required to transmit it. Configuration parameters pertinent to the device 18, the wireless service provider 16, and the computer network 12 are stored on the device 18 in a configuration file to determine optimal packet sizes. The communication program then builds packet headers from the message number and packet sequence numbers and splits the message into a number of packets. The packet headers are then concatenated onto the front of each packet, and the packets are moved to an outgoing queue.
The computer network 12 next processes the incoming results by creating a unique message ID number if the message does not have an existing message ID and then recording the message packets with the message ID in the recovery log. The message packets are then moved to a queue based on the message type and then concatenated into a single message string. The message string is then converted from transmittable characters into appropriate compressed, binary, or encrypted strings. The status of the message in the log is then updated. Finally, the message record is moved to a transaction log for record-keeping and the message string is transmitted to a queue on the sender's computer equipment 14 or 48.
The sender's computer equipment 14 or 48 receives the results from the computer network 12 and acknowledges acceptance. An information requestor may then access the results to determine what records or data were found that meet the criteria. Alternatively, the above-described data search can be initiated by one of the devices 18 and the results can be sent to the requesting device.
In another application of the present invention, the above-described computer and communications equipment 10 and computer programs may be used to automatically request location information from multiples devices 18 and determine which device 18 is closest to a particular location. Such information may be used for dispatching mobile units to assignments based on location information for the mobile units.
A sender that wishes to push location information to a recipient first accesses the computer network 12 via one of the computer networks 14 or computers 48 and submits such information to the computer network 12. The location information may be generated with any known dispatch application and may also include project information such as an address for a project and a scheduled date and time. The location information requested from the devices 18 is preferably GPS location coordinates generated from GPS receivers located on the devices 18.
Once the sender submits the above location information to the computer network 12, the computer network 12 conditions or processes the information so that it may be delivered to the intended recipient. The computer network 12 does so by first creating a unique message ID number for the information that is to be sent. The computer network 12 then records the information in a recovery log using the message ID so that it may be later recovered. The information is then moved to a queue in the computer network 12 and stored based on the message type and assigned certain tracking information such as a process code, a format code, and a version number.
A communication layer on the device 18 receives and stores the message packets in a packet queue, turns on the device, and activates a communication program residing on the device 18 and configured in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. The communication program processes the message packets by stripping the header from each packet, concatenating the packets in sequence order, converting the strings of information from transmittable strings to the appropriate format for the program or application that will access or run the information. (i.e. compressed, binary, or encrypted mode), and inserting the message number, message description, message category, and date into a message manager database. The communication program 18 also runs error tests to ensure integrity of the information, and deletes the packets from the packet queue if the information was received error-free. The communication program then automatically loads the information into the appropriate program or application residing on the device 18 so that the information can be acted upon by the device 18.
A custom location application on the device 18 then receives the message string from the communication program. The location application then polls a GPS receiver on or coupled with the device 18 through a location communication port. The GPS receiver provides response by providing GPS coordinate readings. The location application formats the GPS coordinates into an automatic feedback message to be sent back to the computer network 12. The feedback message is then passed to the communication program residing on the device 18.
The sender's computer equipment 14 or 48 receives the message from the computer network 12 and acknowledges acceptance. A proximity application on the sender's computer equipment 14 or 48 then reviews all the responses from multiple devices 18 and estimates the distance that each device is from the target location. The nearest device 18 can then be dispatched as described in the dispatch application above.
provisioning the computing and communication device by pushing the information as well as all applications needed to act upon the information to the computing and communication device when the computing and communication device is in communication with the wireless communication service provider so that the recipient may continue to use the information even when the computing and communication device is no longer in communication with the wireless communication service provider.
pushing to the computer and communication device the applications.
3. The method as set forth in claim 1, the information including at least one of the following: dispatch information, calender information, search request, location information software, and software upgrades.
4. The method as set forth in claim 1, the computing and communication device including one of the following: a personal digital assistant, a personal computer, a laptop computer, and an intelligent wireless phone.
5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sender is a company wishing to deliver information to employees, suppliers, or customers.
6. The method as set forth in claim 5, wherein the recipient is an employee, supplier or customer of the company.
7. The method as set forth in claim 1, the provisioning step further including the step of automatically loading the information into appropriate software applications on the computing and communication device.
parsing the information into a series of message packets.
provision the computing and communication device by pushing the information as well as all applications needed to act upon the information to the computing and communication device when the computing and communication device is in communication with the wireless communication service provider so that the recipient may continue to use the information even when the computing and communication device is no longer in communication with the wireless communication service provider.
push to the computer and communication device the applications.
11. The system as set forth in claim 9, the information including at least one of the following: dispatch information, calender information, search request, location information software, and software upgrades.
12. The system as set forth in claim 9, the computing and communication device including one of the following: a personal digital assistant, a personal computer, a laptop computer, and an intelligent wireless phone.
13. The system as set forth in claim 9, wherein the sender is a company wishing to deliver information to employees, suppliers, or customers.
14. The system as set forth in claim 13, wherein the recipient is an employee, supplier or customer of the company.
15. The system as set forth in claim 9, the system being further operable to automatically load the information into appropriate software applications on the computing and communication device.
parse the information into a series of message packets.
provisioning the computing and communications device by pushing the information as well as all applications needed to act upon the information to the computing and communications device when the computing and communications device is in communication with the wireless communication service provider so that the recipient may continue to use the information even when the computing and communications device is no longer in communication with the wireless communication service provider.
pushing the applications to the computing and communications device.
push the applications to the computing and communications device.
21. The method as set forth in claim 1, the information including at least one of the following: calender information, search request, location information software, and software upgrades.
22. The system as set forth in claim 9, the information including at least one of the following: calender information, search request, location information software, and software upgrades.
pushing the applications needed to act upon the information, as determined by the computing and communications device, to the computing and communications device through the service provider.
24. The method as set forth in claim 23, further including the step of conditioning the information so that it can be more easily delivered to the recipient.
25. The method as set forth in claim 23, wherein the wireless communication service provider operates a network selected from the group consisting of a PCS network, a ReFLEX network, an Advanced Radio Data Network, and a cellular network.
26. The method as set forth in claim 23, wherein the computing and communications device is selected from the group consisting of a handheld personal digital assistant, a personal computer, a laptop computer, an intelligent mobile phone, a pager, and an Internet appliance.
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2019-04-25T02:23:09Z
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US6804707B1/en
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Arts
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deviantart
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Inspired by songs of Lake of Tears.
I was very confident to give this work 5 stars on both vision and originality. The moment I saw this I was sure of it. I don't think I've ever seen a fascinating personification of a mushroom such as this (besides Toad from Super Mario--because that's all I can think of!). You chose a common part of nature as a subject and fabricated it into something so extraordinary.
The imagination you have is incredible. You created a natural yet surreal world; something out of a fairytale book. I'm looking at the mushroom character and I see a story, yet untold (which is why your title fits well). You've given the mushroom such a captivating and peaceful visage which makes me appreciate everything around her/him. Everything harmonizes; from the varied, glowing, spheric embers to the silent, purple and hazey world around it.
What's also great about this is not only do I see one world, but two contrasting worlds...uniting in tranquility: the city and the forest. You had a nice idea in including the city in the background--it accentuated your subject's verdant surroundings even more.
I think this is a charming and exquisite piece of work. It was beautifully, intricately well done with some powerful creativity and I enjoyed it!
When I'm watching Your picture, I feel warmth, easiness, and harmony. Your Mushroom Fairy seems to send good vibrations and love. Thank You.
this is so magical... i love it!
wow i absolutely love it!!
Awesome so cool, I love the colors and your idea is very amazing indeed!
Wow it's working pro, this is beautiful!
just saw this. Infected Mushroom [[link] just shared this on their page. absolutely gorgeous.
Oh my gosh, this is so gorgeous.
I love mushrooms, but this is amazing!
I wasn't sure if you had uploaded it there, but someone uploaded this onto Desktop Nexus without your watermark on it. I thought you might like to know, in case it wasn't you.
You're really good and your works seem quite familiar somehow... Have you been featured in the magazine Imagine FX?
compelling use of color, and great environmental detail.
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2019-04-25T05:44:30Z
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https://www.deviantart.com/kir-tat/art/The-Mushroom-s-Tale-136057479
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Arts
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gigmasters
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Dresses, suits, corsages, and boutonnieres. They’re all part of your average prom package. But don’t forget about your transportation there! GigMasters has a variety of Prom Limos providers for you to choose from. Search from the top vendors in the Beresford, SD area now.
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2019-04-23T01:57:24Z
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https://www.gigmasters.com/search/prom-limo-beresford-sd
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A local council in central Turkey has built a morgue with a warning system, in case apparently dead bodies come back to life.
The Turkish Anatolia news agency reported the mortuary's refrigerators are sensitive to movement inside.
A cemetery official said the slightest motion would set off an alarm.
"If the patient, proclaimed dead by doctors, awakens from a state of unconsciousness, then we consider each and every possibility," he said.
The official, Akif Kayadurmus, added that the refrigerator doors were kitted out with internal door handles.
The mortuary in the municipality of Malatya province, has a capacity for 36 bodies.
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2019-04-22T14:23:13Z
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15010888
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More than 20 million people are expected to have tuned in to watch the royal wedding on television in the UK, with early indications suggesting it will be a record for the modern, multi-channel era.
The surge in demand for electricity at the end of the royal wedding was the fourth-highest ever caused by a televised event, meaning that the ratings will likely beat even huge shows such as the finals of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent and big sporting events such as England’s World Cup matches.
National Grid said that, after the couple reached Buckingham Palace after the ceremony at 12.40pm, demand for electricity increased by 2,400MW - the equivalent of nearly a million kettles being turned on at the same time.
The surge was a third higher than that recorded after the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, which registered 1,800MW when 28million people had been watching.
However ratings now tend to be lower than they were in decades gone by when viewers had fewer channels to choose from, and there was no internet or video games.
Electricity demand surges do not directly correlate with TV ratings, because they indicate how many people got up to switch their kettles on - rather than the total number of people watching to begin with.
This surge in demand is beaten only by three other televised events: England’s World Cup semi-final against Germany in 1990 (2,800MW), an episode of The Thorn Birds in 1984 (2,600MW) and England’s World Cup quarter-final against Brazil in 2002 (2,570MW).
National Grid also registered a 1,500MW drop in demand when viewers had their first glimpse of Catherine Middleton’s wedding dress as she got into her car to the abbey - with such a drop (rather than a surge) indicating that people were flocking to their TVs rather than carrying on with more electricity-hungry activities.
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2019-04-24T09:17:55Z
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8484284/Royal-wedding-watched-by-20-million-in-UK-homes.html
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Right at the end of the year comes one of the best books of the year. It's the tale of a great American life: that of George Herriman, who created the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913-44).
Comic strip? Nah: one of the great artworks of the 20th century. Krazy and Ignatz the mouse have ties to Cubism and Chaplin, silent film and surrealism. Krazy Kat is the baby daddy to a line of mice (Mickey, Jerry, Speedy Gonzalez, Maus) and cats (Felix, Tom, Fritz) in pop culture.
Without Herriman, you don't have Schulz, R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Calvin and Hobbes, or Jimmy Corrigan. Its whirling absurdity seems to explain the universe: Ignatz the mouse throws bricks at Krazy - POW! - and Krazy falls . . . in love! It toys with perspective, philosophy, everything, especially language, in the Krazy Kat patois of slang, Shakespeare, ethnic accents, inside jokes, puns - it still vibrates. Krazy (he? she? any?) was the first gender-fluid character in comics. These days, we'd call it "meta": In a vertical strip, Krazy, pointing up (beyond the strip!), asks, "Where was we before we came into that 'first' picture up there?"
This great American life belonged to a man of color who passed for white all his life. Photos show a handsome man with all sorts of antecedents.
It's remarkable to think that out of all his friends and colleagues, no one thought to probe his background. (His newspaper pals thought maybe he was Greek or Jewish.) That background was not publicly known until 1971, decades after his death.
Herriman was born to a Creole family in New Orleans in 1880, just after Reconstruction had been savaged by backlash and Jim Crow. His father, himself a fascinating man (he and his spouse were classified as mulattoes in the 1880 census), moved his family to Los Angeles in 1890, expressly, it seems, so they could live as whites.
Author Michael Tisserand is great on the New Orleans of Herriman's birth. And he wants to tell this life through the lens of race. The book portrays a modest, cautious man who moved among the famous but who always stepped back from the spotlight himself. Herriman wore a hat indoors and out, to hide his tight, curly hair. He went from one coast to the next, settling in California but taking many trips to his beloved Arizona, the surreal background for Ignatz and Krazy.
Yes, race was a central dynamic in Herriman's life, and he played with race in his work.Ignatz is white, and Krazy black - but they trade colors sometimes, with hilarious and profound results. One character is called a poor insurance risk because of his color. Krazy says: "Fency a color makin' a difference in its welue."
But guess what? Krazy Kat transcends all, and Tisserand's book lets go of the race issue after a while - just for the story. It's one of the best true stories told in 2016. As Krazy says, "It's werra werra thrillish."
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2019-04-20T22:48:10Z
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https://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20161218__Krazy___A_great_comic_strip__a_great_American_life.html
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wordpress
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The Lierac Liftissime Nuit moisturizer is a sculpting cream against wrinkles and sagging in the face contour. It sounds like a product for mature skin, or skin on their way to be mature. I am still not there, but it was still interesting to try it out.
The packaging was nice, it opened up evenly allowing the product to flow out without wasting. There was also plenty of sample, which is always good, it means that the sample is fulfilling its purpose: find out if it works out for you!
The product has a very creamy consistency, but thick creamy. That means too thick or too creamy for my taste. This is probably best suited for drier skin than mine, and obviously also more mature. It is a nice product, but I am not really interested.
Would I buy it based on the sample? Not really. It was nice, but it is not something that suits my skin.
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2019-04-25T16:04:37Z
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https://wwallytodoynada.wordpress.com/2017/11/16/7763/
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When a disaster occurs, citizens depend upon local broadcasters for access to lifesaving public safety and emergency announcements. The FCC recognizes the important role of local broadcasters in helping federal, state, and local officials provide the general public with advanced notification of and instruction during disasters and emergencies.
The Bureau reaches out to broadcasters, state broadcast associations, and the National Association of Broadcasters prior to a known threat of an approaching fire, flood, tropical storm, or hurricane to determine the preparedness status of the stations and to exchange important emergency contact information. The Bureau also follows up as appropriate during and after the event has occurred.
In case of a no-notice event, such as a major earthquake or wide spread power outage, the Bureau reaches out to broadcasters in the disaster area as soon as possible after the event has occurred. During major disasters, the Bureau activates its Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) to collect information on the operation of key communications systems, such as broadcast facilities, to supplement the outreach efforts.
The Bureau aids broadcasters needing assistance by coordinating their needs with the state emergency operations center, National Coordinating Center of the National Communications System, and with FEMA officials in the Federal Joint Field Office (JFO) that is established at or near the event. If a state determines it cannot provide the requested assistance or refers the request to FEMA, and the Bureau determines that such assistance is essential, the FCC will request that FEMA issue a mission assignment for Logistical Coordination Assistance (discussed in the next section).
DIRS provides a systematic, automated process for communications providers to report the status of their infrastructures during a disaster. Participation in the DIRS process by broadcasters and other communications providers is voluntary. FEMA and FCC emergency response personnel (ESF-2) supporting restoration efforts use DIRS reports to coordinate needed assistance (e.g., fuel, generators, etc.).
Designate contact: Allows a broadcaster to identify the appropriate contact for his/her station during emergencies; and, in turn, eliminates lost time when trying to identify and coordinate with the federal contacts who can provide immediate assistance.
Receive help: Provides an avenue for broadcasters to restore their operations and receive additional help during emergencies, e.g., securing generators, fuel, etc.
Streamline requests: Reduces the number of requests from various government agencies for status of each station. Other government agencies will rely on the FCC (DIRS) for status of each broadcast station.
Aid your community: Better ensures that broadcasters will be able to serve their communities, providing them with critical updates and risk communications information from reliable and credible sources during emergencies.
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Click "Submit" and record the username and password generated for your account. You can update the username and password once logged in.
The FCC and FEMA have developed a logistical coordination assistance procedure to provide assistance when state aid is not available. Under this procedure, FEMA requests that FCC personnel be deployed to the JFO to provide assistance to communications companies, including broadcasters. FCC personnel coordinate actions with and between other private sector communications companies, and local businesses (e.g., home supply companies, fuel fleet carriers, etc.) to determine who can provide the needed assistance. FCC staff remain in the JFO to continue their coordination efforts on behalf of the broadcasters until coordination is complete.
Certain areas of the country have very few non-English broadcasters. When disasters occur in these areas and large numbers of broadcast facilities are out of service, non-English speaking citizens may not have access to public alert and warning broadcasts in other languages. The FCC, FEMA, and Department of Defense (DoD) have developed an effective procedure to provide the necessary non-English emergency broadcasts. FEMA has prepared a pre-scripted mission assignment for deployment of DoD mobile, self-sustained AM/FM radio stations with multi-lingual broadcast capability during a disaster to provide English and multi-lingual public alert and warning broadcasts when the local broadcast capability has been severely damaged. When a DoD station is deployed, the FCC is charged with authorizing the frequency and power level, and coordinating the operation of the station with federal, state and local emergency operations officials, local broadcasters, and the state broadcasting association.
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2019-04-19T19:11:06Z
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https://www.fcc.gov/general/disaster-support-broadcasters
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Arts
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wordpress
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This entry was posted in 1950's, Film Reviews, Ida Lupino and tagged Cleo Moore, Howard Duff, Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Junaita Moore, Lewis Seiler, Mae Clarke, Phyllis Thaxter, Women's Prison.
what is the name of the actress who played the wise cracking theatrical female inmate who has to imitate Ida Lupino’s voice when the warden calls?
I believe her name is Vivian Marshall. She is the one who also does a Bette Davis imitation.
John, very interesting to read – there was an Australian soap set in a women’s prison called ‘Prisoner: Cell Block H’ which was very popular in the UK in the 1980s – I gather this was also very campy and over the top, though I never watched it, but it must have been part of the trend you write about here. More recently there has been another hit series in the UK, ‘Bad Girls’, which again is a soap and quite over the top, though it has now finished.
Thanks Judy, I don’t think when the film was made it was intended to be so over the top. Frankly, I believe it was just mediocre filmmaking. Still, it has a good cast with Lupino, Sterling, Totter and Cleo Moore, all veterans with tough personas from better films.
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2019-04-25T20:24:56Z
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https://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/womens-prison-1955-lewis-seiler-2/
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Arts
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Arts
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sparknotes
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While Lysistrata awaits the arrival of the women, she is angered because she thinks the women would have arrived sooner if she had announced what event?
With whom does Lysistrata speak, in a dialogue that reveals both Lysistrata’s thoughts and another woman’s reaction to those thoughts?
How does Lysistrata feel about women not coming to talk about war?
What does Kleonike feel to be women’s chief talent?
When the Spartan women arrive, Kleonike and Lysistrata discuss their ___.
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2019-04-25T00:28:27Z
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http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/lysistrata/section1/?quickquiz_id=5206
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indiatimes
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SURAT: BJP’s sitting MP from Surat Lok Sabha seat, Darshana Jardosh has landed in yet another controversy over alleged misuse of funds to the tune of Rs 1.60 crore sanctioned under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). She had got installed more than 4,400 immovable benches in her LS constituency over the past two years.
Based on the complaint filed by an aware citizen, the Surat district collector has admitted the complaint and forwarded it to the concerned department for detailed inquiry on Tuesday.
The complaint was filed by Sanjay Ezhawa, a social activist. He has accused Jardosh of allegedly misusing funds to the tune of over Rs 1.60 crore by using it to install more than 4,400 benches in her constituency during the year 2015-16 and 2016-17. The benches were installed in the residential societies, apartments, commercial buildings and public places by two firms who had won the tender for the supply of benches during the stated period.
The petitioner has demanded that the administrative approval given by the district collector for the installation of such benches under the MPLAD scheme should be cancelled and stringent action should be taken against the approver and Jardosh for misusing the funds belonging to the tax payers.
According to the MPLADS guidelines, the MP has to submit the list of development works to be undertaken during the respective year to the district collector for approval. After the approval is given, the work is distributed to the concerned department for inviting tenders and appointing the agencies for executing the work.
“I have demanded that the MP be asked to repay Rs 1.60 crore used for the the benches,” he added.
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2019-04-18T15:06:37Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/surat-bjp-mp-accused-of-misusing-mplad-fund/articleshow/68587893.cms
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The Times’s Nathaniel Popper discusses Bitcoin, the online currency that has attracted a number of investors, including Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
By Ben Werschkul, Channon Hodge, Pedro Rafael Rosado and Alyssa Kim on Publish Date April 11, 2013. Photo by Agaton Strom for The New York Times.
The Winklevii, as they are known, have amassed since last summer what appears to be one of the single largest portfolios of the digital money, whose wild gyrations have Silicon Valley and Wall Street talking. The twins, the first prominent figures in the largely anonymous bitcoin world to publicly disclose a big stake, say they own nearly $11 million worth.
Or at least $11 million as of Thursday morning — when trading was temporarily suspended after the latest and largest flash crash left a single bitcoin worth about $120 and the whole market worth $1.3 billion. At one point, the price had plummeted 60 percent.
To skeptics, the frenzy over the bitcoin network created by anonymous programmers in 2009 looks more like the mania for Dutch tulip bulbs in the 1600s than the beginnings of an actual currency.
“To say highly speculative would be the understatement of the century,” said Steve Hanke, a professor specializing in alternative currencies at Johns Hopkins University.
Whatever else it is, bitcoin has become the financial phenomenon of the moment.
In addition to the identical twins, Silicon Valley investment firms, while not holding bitcoins, are starting to show interest in the technology.
On Thursday, a group of venture capitalists, including Andreessen Horowitz, announced that they were financing a bitcoin-related company, OpenCoin.
Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesA sticker on the window of a pub in Berlin signifies acceptance of bitcoin for payment. Few places accept the digital currency.
The Winklevosses say this week’s tumult is just growing pains for a digital currency that they believe will become a sort of gold for the technorati.
While little is known about the creator of bitcoin, or if it even was a single person, the work involved serious programming chops, building a system that could live on borrowed computer space around the world. It was determined that only a finite number of bitcoins could be created — the count is currently around 11 million. New coins are “mined” by programmers who solve mathematic riddles and can sell their coins on upstart exchanges.
For now, there are few places where bitcoins can be used. One marketplace is an online bazaar, Silk Road, where narcotics are reportedly the main wares for sale. But bitcoin believers imagine a future where the e-cash can be used at their local Starbucks. The Winklevosses have paid in bitcoin for the services of a Ukrainian computer programmer who has worked on their Web site.
“We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error,” Tyler Winklevoss said.
This is not the brothers’ first gamble on an unproved technology. As students at Harvard, the twins founded a social networking site, ConnectU, and enlisted their schoolmate, Mark Zuckerberg, to help them build the company. After Mr. Zuckerberg went off to start Facebook, the brothers sued him, accusing him of stealing their idea — a story that was dramatized in the movie “The Social Network.” The case was settled with the brothers being given $20 million in cash and Facebook shares that are now worth more than $200 million.
They have parlayed that fortune into Winklevoss Capital. Their first two investments were in Hukkster, a start-up shopping Web site and SumZero, an online community for professional money managers.
The brothers began dabbling in bitcoin last summer when the dollar value of a single coin was still in the single digits. To keep their holdings secure from hackers, they have taken the complex codes that represent their holdings off networked computers and saved them on small flash drives, putting the drives, in turn, in safe deposit boxes at banks in three different cities.
It’s hard to verify how the Winklevoss holdings compare with other bitcoin players, given the anonymity of accounts, and the twins say they believe that some early users of the system probably have holdings that are at least as large.
A Maltese company, Exante, started a hedge fund that the company says has bought up about 82,000 bitcoins — or about $10 million as of Thursday — with money from wealthy investors. A founder of the fund, Anatoli Knyazev, said his main concern was hackers and government regulators, who have so far mostly left the currency alone.
The 6-foot-5 Winklevoss brothers were unfazed. The brothers said they took advantage of the low prices to buy more.
A version of this article appears in print on 04/12/2013, on page A1 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money.
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2019-04-22T19:01:34Z
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https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/as-big-investors-emerge-bitcoin-gets-ready-for-its-close-up/
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Soylent learned the hard way.
Fiji. Naked. Evolution Fresh. Odwalla. Starbucks Frappucino. And now, the meal replacement of the future, Soylent.
They’ve all embraced the same type of bottle for their products. It’s not exactly a square. And it’s not exactly round. “The official term is ‘sqround,'” says John Zelek, Senior Creative at Soylent. The company’s new bottles are shipping now.
Soylent redesigned its own bottle a mere two years after the company launched its first pre-bottled drink. The food startup known for its mixable powder had made the leap to full-fledged, meal replacement beverage, but to do so quickly, Soylent also made a compromise: It used an off-the-shelf bottle its manufacturer had in stock rather than create its own bottle from scratch.
The cylindrical white bottle had a wide mouth and a rounded neck. It was almost–but not quite–as neutral as the Soylent brand itself. Because with an almost art deco flourish, it tapered toward the bottom and had feet at the bottom to add stability.
Part of it was about ensuring competitors couldn’t put their name on bottles that looked just like Soylent’s. But the larger problem was that Soylent had chosen this cylindrical bottle for a product that was shipped in 12-packs straight to consumers, taking the abuse of warehouse pallets and UPS trucks.
Searching for the perfect modified square profile, Soylent looked to the shape of milk bottles from the ’50s and ’60s. “We thought there was a nice parallel to the days you used to get your staple foods delivered, because that’s where we are at again,” says Zelek of the Amazon Prime era of shipping. “I’d say that was the main object for inspiration.” And ultimately, the soft-squared curves of those milk bottles are very similar to what you see in use by beverage companies today.
“The reason ‘sqround’ is a thing is, when you’re manufacturing these bottles, and they’re going down conveyed belts around corners, if they have too sharp of corners, they lock up along each other, and can shut down the line,” says Zelek. “That’s why every square bottle you see is kind of the same shape.” Which is why, even though Soylent came to the conclusion that it needed a rounded, square bottle largely on its own, much of the packaged beverage industry had already landed at the same place first.
“When we pitched it to our manufacturer, they were like, ‘Oh yeah, sqround? We can do that,'” laughs Zelek.
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2019-04-21T00:25:36Z
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https://www.fastcompany.com/90131777/why-are-so-many-bottles-sqround
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The Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) is a 20-year partnership between Princeton University and BP with the goal of finding solutions to the carbon and climate problem.
Our unique approach brings together scientists, engineers, and policy experts to design carbon mitigation strategies that are safe and effective as well as affordable.
The CMI Science focuses on how terrestrial vegetation and the oceans soak up carbon and thereby determine the fraction of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere that actually stays there (the fraction is about one-half). CMI science increasingly features close collaboration with Princeton’s neighbor, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A recent and growing component of CMI addresses climate variability and departures from the historical frequency of extreme events, such as heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes.
The CMI Technology studies CO2 storage in geological formations with a focus on understanding leakage risks assoicated with old oil and gas wells, and on modelling injection in unconventional reservoirs. A program on advanced batteries is also being pursued within the Technology group.
The CMI Integration introduces new conceptual frameworks that are useful for climate change policy. One effort seeks to make the emerging statistical analyses of extreme events more accessible. A second effort focuses on improving the risk-assessment framework for the current scientific understanding of sea level rise. A third explores the value for climate policy analysis of adding a new component to traditional carbon accounting that tracks “committed emissions,” i.e., the future emissions that are likely to result when a power plant, vehicle, or addition to infrastructure is placed into service.
Led by CMI Co-Directors Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow since its formation in 2000, the group has grown to include over 60 researchers actively engaged in national and international discussions of emissions reduction options.
Together we are building a comprehensive view of the challenges of carbon mitigation - and how they can be overcome.
First row (from bottom left to right): Michael Celia, Kate Baker, Pascale Poussart, Sapna Sarupria, Yang Lui, Jean-Herve Prevost, Catherine Peters, Kenyn Brysse.
Second row: Roberta Hotinski, Gardiner Hill, Robert Socolow, Steve Pacala, Axel Haenssen, Matthias Preisig.
Third row: George Scherer, Ed Matteo, Juan Nogues, Valentina Bosetti, Shoibal Chakravarty.
Fourth row: Bob Williams, Zhong Zheng, Massimo Tavoni, Adam Janzen, Nicolas Lefevre-Marton.
First row (from bottom left to right): Ellen B. Stechel, Robert Socolow, Gardiner Hill.
Second row: Helen Ming, Neil Jones, Robert Williams, Michael Celia, Terry Wood.
Third row: Stephen Pacala, David F. Bradford, Miriam Levon, Chris Mottershead, Jorge Sarmiento, David Chock.
Fourth row: Francois Morel, Emmanuel Haton, Klaus Keller, Andrew Bocarsly, Marty Friedman, Dave Thomas, Paul Rutter, Bernie Bulkin, Tim Wallington.
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2019-04-22T02:22:36Z
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http://cmi.princeton.edu/index.php/about
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The Institute is renowned as one of the world's leading centres of expertise for research and teaching in the fields of Museum Studies, Conservation, Cultural Heritage Studies, and Public Archaeology.
Staff and students working in these areas comprise the Institute’s Heritage Studies section.
This is a strongly interdisciplinary area of study and the section brings together scholars from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, including anthropology, archaeology, conservation, curatorship, heritage management, museum education, and material culture studies. In keeping with other areas of expertise within the Institute, the section promotes a global and cross-cultural perspective, with staff and students currently working in North and West Africa, the Middle East, South America, Central Asia, and the Pacific, as well as in Europe.
The concerns of the Heritage Studies section embrace both issues of professional practice - for example in heritage resource management, conservation science, or museum communication - and critical academic engagement, bridging theory and practice. Thus our work ranges from the ethnographic study of cultural memory and historical consciousness, for example, through to investigations of the social role of museums, the use of heritage in international development, the public interpretation of the past, the ethics of conservation, and the global trade in antiquities.
Working closely with colleagues in the World Archaeology and Archaeological Sciences sections of the Institute, and networked through the UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, UCL Culture and other colleagues and organisations, the Heritage Studies section brings together a vibrant community of researchers, teachers and practitioners.
We also play a significant role in the development of national and international heritage research policy. The section is currently the home of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Heritage Priority Area team, led by Section Co-ordinator Rodney Harrison who was recently appointed AHRC Heritage Priority Area Leadership Fellow. Rodney also directs our AHRC funded Heritage Futures research laboratory, which collaborates with over 25 international partner organisations to undertake comparative research on a range of different heritage practices, and aims to foster innovation through creative cross- and inter-sectoral knowledge exchanges.
Members of the Heritage Studies section supervise a large number of PhD students, and co-ordinate and teach on some of the Institute's most popular MA and MSc programmes, including Museum Studies, Cultural Heritage Studies, Principles of Conservation, Conservation for Archaeology and Museums, Public Archaeology, and Managing Archaeological Sites.
As well as academic research across the social and historical sciences, and the arts and humanities, many section members work closely with colleagues in museums and other cultural organisations, and engage in consultancy and outreach work, contributing to policy-making agendas, with a strong commitment to public engagement and impact.
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/heritage-studies
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Man do you wonder what it would be? <br/>I like the 3 st<i></i>yle fighting engine but if it expands and it gets bigger i would love to see it in the next Mk. <br/>Also i think that if there is a way MK TEAM could make the engine support 4 players game that would be AWESOME. <br/>With that kind of mode MK 7 will be the best FIGHTING GAME. <br/>Imagine 4 players on one SCREEN ... u can play 2 on 2 , 1 on 3 or free for all.NO SPLIT SCREEN. <br/>I think its a perfect idea for Mk.
Man do you wonder what it would be?
I like the 3 style fighting engine but if it expands and it gets bigger i would love to see it in the next Mk.
Also i think that if there is a way MK TEAM could make the engine support 4 players game that would be AWESOME.
With that kind of mode MK 7 will be the best FIGHTING GAME.
Imagine 4 players on one SCREEN ... u can play 2 on 2 , 1 on 3 or free for all.NO SPLIT SCREEN.
I think its a perfect idea for Mk.
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2019-04-23T18:13:35Z
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https://www.mortalkombatonline.com/t/mkx/mortal-kombat-7-fighting-engine/7DWDtLVW1Ev
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© 2018 Urban Affairs Association. We investigate whether rental housing discrimination directed against 2 predominant ethnic minority groups in Sydney, Australia, is more likely to occur in neighborhoods with a particular mix of ethnicities, socioeconomic profiles, or quality of social goods and whether this geographic pattern reinforces spatial disadvantages of these minorities in a way that abets their social exclusion. We construct measures of differential treatment based on in-person paired testing conducted in 2013, with Anglo, Indian, and Muslim Middle Eastern testers. We summarize 4 dimensions of postcode-level social goods using a principal component analysis reflecting school quality, crime rates, resident employment rates, proximate jobs and job growth, and commuting options. Our ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions show that differential treatment in the Sydney rental market is strongly related to a neighborhood’s ethnic composition and 2 aspects of its social goods involving both desirable and undesirable components but is not related to the socioeconomic characteristics of the neighborhood’s population.
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2019-04-21T09:17:56Z
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https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/111714
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I wanted to forward this link to everyone. This video is definitely worth watching and provides a lot of information about the convergence of the end times prophecies and events.
Matthew 24 has never been more prevalent than today.
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2019-04-20T16:20:30Z
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https://joesramble.wordpress.com/2015/09/
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The Laplace transformation method has proven to be very efficient for dealing with parabolic problems whose coefficients are time-independent, and is easily parallelizable. However, it seems problematic to apply the method to any nonlinear or linear problem whose coefficients are time-dependent. The reason is that the Laplace transform of two time-dependent functions leads to a convolution of the Laplace transformed functions in the dual variable.
However, under certain conditions, we can propose a method of Laplace transformation to linear parabolic problems with time-dependent coefficients, which is as efficient as in the time-independent case.
Some numerical results will be presented to demonstrate this claim.
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2019-04-25T04:49:04Z
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https://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/seminars/2013-02/laplace-transform-methods-parabolic-problems-time-dependent-coefficients
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In addition to making enemies stronger and tougher, they drop more souls. Also, items found on corpses reappear and wooden chests reset (metal chests are unaffected). This can be used to attain more Human Effigies from enemies, chests and corpses.
Bonfire Ascetics can also be farmed from enemies in the Dark Chasm of Old.
Once the Bonfire Ascetic is devoured by the flames, its effect can never be reversed. Be prepared before using this perilous ember.
Fire exhibits a connection to the curse, and when the flames grow stronger so does the curse..
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2019-04-23T21:05:42Z
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https://www.ign.com/wikis/dark-souls-2/Bonfire_Ascetic
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greenend
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> http://www.pagers.co.uk/shop/ doesn't look abandoned.
Agreed but try buying one and see how much information they give you in the buying process about costs, network availability etc. Oh and itemised billing is meant to be available but wasn’t on the one I tried to buy.
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2019-04-23T03:06:57Z
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http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/ukcrypto/2014-July/002321.html
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wikipedia
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2019-04-19T18:34:40Z
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https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%AF%E5%8C%96%E9%92%99
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miamiherald
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Campaign manager Omar Khan had built the first sizable field organization of any Democratic gubernatorial campaign, determined to not let weak turnout in heavily populated South Florida counties lose the election as it had for the past four Democratic candidates for governor. On top of that, the climate change activist group NextGen Climate had opened 21 offices across the state and had an aggressive get-out-the-vote campaign.
“I am comfortable with every strategic decision we made,” Khan said Wednesday, still sorting through the results for answers but pointing at the massive, final bout of TV spending by Scott as pivotal.
John Morgan, the personal injury lawyer who backed Crist and the medical marijuana initiative, said he knew Crist would lose by that final weekend.
Even after $100 million in TV ads had already saturated much of Florida, it seems a final blitz of spending can make a difference. Scott’s late decision to put nearly $13 million of his own money into the campaign may have ultimately made the difference.
Scott won the governor’s race four years ago by about 1 percentage point — 61,000 votes — and he won Tuesday by about 1 percentage point — about 66,000 votes. Razor-thin races can be all the more painful to the losing campaigns because it leaves greater room for second-guessing.
That scoreboard also showed that the medical marijuana initiative drew a half million more votes than did Scott.
It wasn’t just weak Democratic turnout in South Florida that delivered Scott another four years. Voters in Orange County and Osceola County — home to a big, liberal-leaning Puerto Rican voting bloc — weren’t motivated to support Crist, either.
The long-standing political axiom that whoever wins the Tampa Bay region wins the state held true, and no area saw more spending on TV ads. Scott spent at least $20 million on Tampa Bay TV ads, much of which trashed the out-funded Crist, who spent about $11 million.
In Southeast Florida, Crist also did better than Sink. Crist won the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area by 28 percentage points, compared to Sink’s 21 points. And Crist carried the Palm Beach market by 12 percentage points, compared to Sink’s 10 in 2010.
Scott outspent Crist in Southeast Florida and was able to virtually own the airwaves in the five media markets of North Florida. As a result, Scott’s margins improved from Jacksonville to Pensacola, compared to 2010. His biggest improvement from four years ago: Panama City, where the Republican racked up a 44-percentage-point margin, compared to 30 points in 2010.
Six of the 10 counties with the lowest turnout in Tuesday night's governor's race went for Charlie Crist, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. These three counties were also where Crist scored his largest vote margins. In 2010, Miami-Dade and Broward were also among the counties with the lowest turnout when, like Crist, Democrat Alex Sink lost a narrow race to Gov. Rick Scott.
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2019-04-21T22:57:29Z
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article3589527.html
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bandmix
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Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Harmonica.
Music major in college,play every form of music including modern rock, alternative, classic rock, indie pop, acoustic rock, Jazz, blues, classical, mallets (yes I read music), pageants, musicals, praise&worship. Looking to play mostly originals with a few covers thrown in the mix. For me it's all about the art form and being original. Love working in the studio recording.Not interested in heavy drinkers or drug users.
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2019-04-21T21:04:26Z
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https://www.bandmix.com/indiedrummer/
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Arts
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Arts
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york
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The agrifood industry is facing growing pressure to produce more food, in a more sustainable way, at a time of significant environmental and regulatory change.
Working with key stakeholders in the agrifood industry, we support interdisciplinary research to design new solutions to improve food security for everyone.
Research in this area aligns to the UN's goal of improving farming practice to ensure security around access to food, as well as the UK Government's focus on food security and the protection of agriculture through the Global Challenges Research Fund.
Sustainable food production – developing resilient crop varieties and low-cost agricultural technologies. Influencing governance, investment patterns, regulation and food policy.
Supply chain resilience – working with stakeholders in food production and distribution to develop models to identify pressure points. Designing solutions to improve food security.
Food and the consumer – evaluating food purchasing behaviour and its effect on health and waste production. Exploring food waste reduction or reuse methods and influencing behaviour.
The IKnowFood project takes an interdisciplinary multi-stakeholder approach to developing a unifying understanding of ‘food system resilience’ using tools and methods to integrate the knowledge of food system actors.
During this project a tweet-mining framework was developed to provide a crisis management tool for academia and practitioners to better understand the changes in consumer opinions.
This project examines the rapidly changing food systems in Northern Thailand, looking at the interlinkages and feedback loops between different components across scales, to identify pathways to transformations that are socially and environmentally resilient and just.
Our researchers have developed commercial varieties of rice carrying different segments of DNA from wild ancestors, and are testing how they perform in real agricultural conditions in the field in India to identify the most drought resistant varieties.
The Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN) is a hub developing new ways to measure the effectiveness of domestic policies on energy, water, environment and food (the ‘nexus’), and how they affect wider society.
This study consisted of a series of experiments in which we tested a variety of earthworm – bacteria – plant – soil present / absent combinations to allow us to suggest changes in land management practises to maximise the natural boost that earthworms give to plant growth.
This two-year programme investigates the mobilisation and practice of sustainable consumption in the Global South through an examination of systems of food provision and regulation, everyday consumer habits, and trends and fashions in food consumption.
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2019-04-19T02:15:58Z
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https://www.york.ac.uk/yesi/research/sustainable-food/
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Arts
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Society
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americancomposers
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EarShot (the National Orchestral Composition Discovery Network) has announced composer Reinaldo Moya as the Audience Choice Award winner of the EarShot Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composers Competition. As the Audience Choice Award winner, Reinaldo will receive $1,000 and his work, Passacaglia for Orchestra [listen], will be performed by the ICO as part of the Indiana State University’s 50th Anniversary Contemporary Music Festival on Thursday, October 27, 2016, in Terre Haute, IN.
The EarShot ICO Composers Competition was designed as an opportunity for emerging composers to develop their works with a professional orchestra. In addition to Reinaldo, the selected composers for these readings, chosen from a national candidate pool, were Karena Ingram, David Jones, Jessica Rudman, and Aaron Severini. Each was represented by a new orchestral work which was workshopped and read by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra at the Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler Arts Center in a free, public concert on September 23, 2016, at 7 PM. The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, led by Music Director Matthew Kraemer, rehearsed and read each composers’ works, allowing the composers the chance to hear their concepts realized, while audiences experienced a peek into the creative process. The composers received feedback and mentoring from principal ICO musicians, and mentor composers Melinda Wagner, Michael Schelle, and American Composers Orchestra’s Artistic Director Laureate Robert Beaser.
This program was the result of the ICO’s new partnership with EarShot, a nationwide network of new music readings and composer-development programs. As the nation’s first ongoing, systematic program for identifying emerging orchestral composers, EarShot provides professional-level working experience with orchestras from every region of the country and increases awareness of these composers and access to their music throughout the industry. The program is administered by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) with partner organizations the American Composers Forum, League of American Orchestras, and New Music USA. The ICO had the distinction of being the first chamber orchestra selected for this project.
In addition to the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, EarShot partnerships have included the New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Pioneer Valley Symphony (MA), New York Youth Symphony, and the San Diego Symphony. To date, more than 50 composers have been selected for New Music Readings with orchestras.
https://www.americancomposers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MOYA_Passacaglia.mp3 Reinaldo Moya’s (b. 1984) music has been performed in Germany, Colombia, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, Venezuela and throughout the U.S. by performers such as the New Jersey Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Attacca Quartet, Zeitgeist, The St. Olaf Orchestra, as well as musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Alarm Will Sound, among others. He is the recipient of the 2015 McKnight Composers Fellowship, the Van Lier Fellowship from Meet the Composer, and the Aaron Copland Award from the Copland House. Reinaldo has been commissioned by the Minnesota Opera to write a new opera as part of Minnesota Opera’s initiative Project Opera. An adaptation of Will Weaver’s book Memory Boy, the opera has a libretto by Mark Campbell and was premiered in the spring of 2016. Excerpts from his opera Generalissimo have been performed at Symphony Space, and Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall. He graduated from The Juilliard School with both Master’s and Doctorate degrees, under the tutelage of Samuel Adler and Robert Beaser. Reinaldo is Assistant Professor of Composition at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, and has served on the faculty at St. Olaf, and Macalester colleges in Minnesota.
Of his new work, Reinaldo says, “I wrote Passacaglia for Orchestra at the request of my good friend William Harvey, the founder and director of Cultures in Harmony, an American cultural diplomacy organization that I am involved with. A passacaglia is a form in which the bass line remains constant, uniting many different variations that arise from it. In a world increasingly driven by misunderstanding, music can remind us of what we share: the fundamental desire to lead our lives in peace and with mutual respect. For its 10th anniversary in 2015, Cultures in Harmony traveled to some of the countries where we have worked in the past 10 years to demonstrate these connections in a project inspired by the musical form of the passacaglia. Just as the variations of a passacaglia change while the bass line, also called the ‘ground’ remains the same, people from all over the world embody a variety of differences yet share common values and aspirations.
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2019-04-22T02:16:21Z
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https://www.americancomposers.org/2016/08/03/reinaldo-moya-wins-earshot/
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Arts
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Arts
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otago
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This thesis aims to reconstruct a map of the world drawn by Eratosthenes of Cyrene (ca. 285 – 205 BC), a Greek polymath of the third century BC. It was during his time as chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt that Eratosthenes wrote a three-volume geographical treatise with an accompanying world map. The map is lost and the treatise is extant only in fragments preserved by later authors, primarily Strabo.
The fragments illustrate that Eratosthenes’ map was a product of its sources, influenced greatly by various published reports of early Hellenistic exploration. The expeditions of Alexander the Great, Pytheas of Massalia, Megasthenes, Patrocles and Timosthenes of Rhodes, to name only a few, introduced an abundance of new geographic, ethnographic and scientific knowledge to the Greek world. The frontiers of the known and inhabited world were empirically investigated, from India in the east to the Iberian Peninsula in the west, and from Ethiopia in the south to Scandinavia in the north.
Eratosthenes extensively utilised the reports of early Hellenistic exploration to inform his mapping of topographic features, geographic regions and cartographic systems. Figuring out the ways in which Eratosthenes took information from these reports and transposed it onto his map of the world will be this thesis’ main concern. A thorough analysis of Eratosthenes’ map in the context of its source material will also elucidate a great deal about the development of Greek cartography in the Hellenistic Age.
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2019-04-25T00:21:21Z
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https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/1713
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Science
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fanpop
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Peyton. . Wallpaper and background images in the Peyton Scott club tagged: peyton sawyer oth.
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2019-04-23T08:21:05Z
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http://ru.fanpop.com/clubs/peyton-scott/images/561951/title/peyton-photo
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Reference
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variety
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Three episodes in and George Lopez is still the only actor in the family-work sitcom "George Lopez" getting the funny lines. In a guest appearance, exec producer Sandra Bullock displays her proficiency at slapstick -- and the bigscreen actress outshines the cast in presence and comic timing.
Three episodes in and George Lopez is still the only actor in the family-work sitcom “George Lopez” getting the funny lines. In a guest appearance, exec producer Sandra Bullock displays her proficiency at slapstick — and the bigscreen actress outshines the cast in presence and comic timing. This is a struggling show trying to find an audience on a night that ABC can’t quite figure out.
Comedian Lopez is the patriarch at home and the newly appointed manager of the assembly area at an aviation company. His mother Benny (Belita Moreno) not only lives next door, she is also one of his employees. She seemingly deprived her son of happiness as a child, and he’s unclear as to how far he should break free from her hold in raising his children, Max (Luis Armand Garcia) and Carmen (Masiela Lopez).
Episode at hand concerns Max’s 10th birthday and whether the parents should throw an elaborate party. Lopez’s jaded attitude toward birthdays stems from mom never giving him one; show’s plot predictably ventures to the point where Lopez is in a no-win situation with his wife and mother, ending up in a spat with his wife (Constance Marie as Angie) and, because she is the wacky neighbor, an oddball exchange with mom.
Bullock plays “Accident” Amy, who has just returned from a recuperation period for her mangled fingers. She threatens Lopez’s shot at a record month of no mishaps and — surprise, surprise — she’s standing on the edge of disaster. She’s quite funny, but then again, so was Charles Sellon playing the blind Mr. Muckle in 1934’s “It’s a Gift” with W.C. Fields. Lopez and Marie are a throwback of sorts, too — straight back to the bluster of Ralph Kramden and his stern yet tolerant wife Alice. Were Marie given a little more material to work with, show could conceivably blossom into more than a drone of setups and punchlines that seem to benefit only Lopez.
ABC, Wed. April 10, 8:30 p.m.
Production: Taped in Los Angeles by Mohawk Prods. and Fortis Films in association with Warner Bros. Television. Executive producers, Bruce Helford, Sandra Bullock, Robert Borden, Deborah Oppenheimer; co-executive producer, Lawrence Broch; producer, Frank Pace; director, Philip Charles MacKenzie; writer, Broch.
Crew: Director of photography, Peter Smokler; art director, John Shaffner; music, W.G. Snuffy Walden; editor, Pam Marshall; casting, Zane/Pillsbury Casting. 30 MIN.
With: Sandra Bullock, Dagney Kerr.
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2019-04-25T12:11:38Z
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https://variety.com/2002/tv/reviews/george-lopez-1200550388/
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Reference
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wiu
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The Western Illinois Student Personnel Association (WISPA) is a graduate student organization that enhances the personal and professional development of students who are interested in pursuing careers in student affairs through social and professional networks, professional preparation workshops and conferences, open forums for issues and ideas, and a sincere commitment to continued education in the profession.
WISPA hosts a series of programs that emphasize professional development, personal growth, cohort bonding and academic excellence. Being a part of this organization during your time in the CSP program will build on all of the knowledge you gain and enhance your overall experience.
College Student Personnel office at (309) 298-2848 or by email at CSP@wiu.edu.
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2019-04-25T07:54:05Z
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http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/csp/sa/sawispa.php
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gutenberg
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Title: How Will The World End?
few bestow much time or thought.
of the universe at large, as well as in our own little corner of it.
new suns and systems will arise to take their places.
any rate, if not probable.
works that are therein, shall be burned up."
end by being consumed with fire.
himself lighting the fires for the suffocation of his progeny.
than 1,000,000,000 tons a year.
sphere, or else give up the habit of breathing altogether.
of the coming "failure" of the air.
free, for it will be manufactured and sold like any other necessary.
clothed in a great air helmet, like a diver of to-day."
not die of suffocation after all.
He suggests that "periodical cessations of organic life on the globe"
but rather from intense cold.
based his assumptions on the learned treatises of Professor J.H.
coloured ball, incapable of supplying light and warmth.
into the bosom of the dying sun.
thousands of years we see the sun ever diminishing in dimensions.
must elapse before our sun will have vanished from the heavens.
planet will assuredly have to pass.
counterbalanced by some restorative forces.
sun and every planet must be slowly yet surely wasting away.
to a conclusion the existence of mankind on earth.
believe that a good deal of alarm was caused by such assertions.
alarmed at the imminent destruction of our planet.
length that they become so attenuated as to be no longer visible.
that any of these may come into contact with the earth?
Such a catastrophe, though possible, is exceedingly remote, however.
dominion! Preposterous! Let us see what science has to say to this.
always hope to have the preeminence?
some land species into dangerous prominence.
and kill and eat every living creature they can capture.
supposing these checks to be removed!
creation is an evolutionary possibility.
human race in a month.
a circumscribed area in the centre of the earth.
limbed, flat-footed, with enormous jaws underlying diminutive skulls.
might find ourselves flying into the unknown regions of space!
draw a drop of liquid oil out of the earth.
and nature of a fish.
depths of despair the cheeriest optimist that ever lived.
not be able to produce enough bread for man's needs.
topic: "Is the world nearing starvation?"
beings must die yearly of hunger.
later, if things go on as they are doing at present.
that starvation may ultimately be turned into plenty."
live in the legendary abundance of the Golden Age."
mortals. Still, one might get used to tablets and pastilles in time.
quantity disappearing. In the past the terrestrial crust, says M.
going on, and is likely to assume greater proportions in the future.
specially absorptive by reason of their metallic composition.
These, then, are some of the predictions as to the end of the world.
Whichever of these may come true, man seems doomed to destruction.
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2019-04-19T17:09:00Z
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http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602211.txt
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Arts
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Science
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rollingstone
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Liz Phair will release 'Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary' box set and an 'Exile in Guyville' reissue this spring.
Liz Phair will mark the 25th anniversary of her seminal debut album, 1993’s Exile in Guyville, with a massive box set and separate remastered double LP and CD reissue. Both will be released on May 4th via Matador.
Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary box set comprises seven LPs, including the remastered double LP Exile in Guyville alongside music from the three Girly-Sound cassettes released prior to her debut album. The cassette material was restored from the original tapes and has never been previously released in its entirety. YO YO BUDDY YUP YUP WORD TO YA MUTHA is a double LP restored from the first cassette, the double LP GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! is culled from Girly-Sound cassette 2 and single LP SOOTY houses cuts from the third cassette.
The box set will come with a book containing essays, interviews and previously unpublished photos and artwork. Music critic Ann Powers contributes the essay Talking Back in Guyville, while the artist herself penned You Might Be a Lucky Star.
The book also includes an oral history, which features contributions from artists and others in the music community that were integral to the album’s genesis, including Chris Brokaw (Come, Codeine), Tae Won Yu (Kicking Giant), Chris Holmes and Urge Overkill’s Nash Kato. There are also interviews with the album’s producer Brad Wood and engineer Casey Rice who both performed on the record along with Tutti Jackson, John Henderson who worked with Phair on early demos, and Matador co-owner Gerard Cosloy.
Phair rereleased the Girly-Sound version of “Divorce Song” to preview the box set.
Touted as a track-by-track response to the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street, Exile in Guyville was assembled like a puzzle, where Phair imagined questions that Mick Jagger would answer. “I was like, ‘Oh that’s what you were doing last night.’ It fit so perfectly with our neighborhood and the age we were. We were living kind of outside of society, me especially,” she told Rolling Stone in 2010.
Phair will embark on a brief tour beginning May 31st in Los Angeles where she will perform songs from this era.
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2019-04-20T00:51:56Z
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/liz-phair-details-massive-exile-in-guyville-25th-anniversary-box-set-197406/
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Arts
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ox
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We produce two publications each year to keep our Alumni in touch with the life of the College.
TW is the annual College magazine, named after our Founder, Sir Thomas White. Alumni news for the next edition is always welcome. If you have news you would like to share with other alumni please do contact us.
Benefactors is our annual donor recognition report and includes stories about how philanthropy has made an impact on the College and our students. The report also includes financial information and the Roll of Benefactors.
Please contact us if you would like to register an interest in an event or if you have any queries.
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2019-04-19T10:26:59Z
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https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/
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Arts
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News
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nbc12
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RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - From debit cards to digital pay apps, the latest generation of kids are growing up using less and less cold-hard cash. There’s little doubt the trend is likely to continue.
But what impacts are digital dollars having on our kids?
When 14-year-old Gabriel Greenbaum got his first electronic cash card, he was ready to get into the financial game.
"It's like you're playing an app,” said Greenbaum. “Once you're broke, you lose."
That’s how it works, but it’s not a game. It’s the basic rule of finance.
Greenbaum, like many of today’s kids, is learning the high-tech way.
"Cashless kids are the wave of the present and the future. It is here," said consumer money expert Jayne Pearle.
Pearle says today’s kids are the first of the “paperless money generation,” often monitoring savings and spending with a simple swipe or click - thanks to cash apps, direct deposit once they work and, perhaps at some point, even cryptocurrency.
Pearle says while there are many potential benefits to digital finances - such as instant transfer of funds or the ability to view balances anytime anywhere - there is a potential downside.
"I think, especially with younger children, they really don't understand what they can't see and touch," said Pearle.
She says it can be tough to get kids to realize numbers on a screen equate to real money. In fact, pulling out the plastic put Greenbaum $200 in debt.
"You don't really know how much money you have, unless you're constantly checking your phone or your account," said Greenbaum.
"The lesson he learned is to just to be on top of that. It's a great lesson," said Greenbaum's dad, Bob Lancer.
Lancer, who is also a parenting expert, says technology is here to stay, so he wants both his kids to be savvy in all forms of finance.
Pearle agrees, but she says it’s critical to make sure your kids know it’s not only easier to lose track of balances, but also incur extra fees. And that’s not all.
"I think there's also a greater chance of identity theft when there's no paper trail...when everything is online or in the cloud."
Greenbaum is most concerned about the debt on his card – making him a little gun-shy about plastic. He says for now, he's going old school.
"I'd rather use cash,” said Greenbaum.
In these changing financial times, experts say, it’s more important than ever that parents teach their kids financial savvy techniques, monitor their spending and model good financial habits themselves.
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2019-04-21T06:06:39Z
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http://www.nbc12.com/2018/09/20/impact-digital-dollars-our-kids/
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Arts
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Kids
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typepad
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Recently created logo for a new spa in Bolton Ma.
I met with Heather Ruthoff a photographer in Hudson MA, to update her logo. We worked on it together and she was very happy with the outcome. We will be working on her Blogsite over the next few weeks.
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2019-04-23T14:42:54Z
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https://ladybugzinc.typepad.com/bostonwebdesign_blog/graphic-design-projects/
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Arts
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Business
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wvtf
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The Centers for Disease Control say, around one in five adults suffers chronic pain. Non-addictive pain killers, known as ‘N-SAIDS, don’t always work. And while opioids often do, they can be addictive if not used properly.
Scientists at Virginia Tech are testing a new potential drug that may hold promise.
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2019-04-20T02:33:09Z
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https://www.wvtf.org/term/n-said
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Arts
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Science
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wordpress
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rlsilverman30 – Hope that you enjoy these snippets about my life, some quite short stories and other observations.
Hope that you enjoy these snippets about my life, some quite short stories and other observations.
I now understand why Quebec City is such a draw for tourists – it’s a taste of old world Europe in North America.
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2019-04-22T05:06:30Z
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https://rlsilverman30.wordpress.com/
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Arts
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Reference
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wordpress
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« From factory to front door!
As the weather improves and we start to put that long winter of rain, snow and wind behind us, orders for our Langley Premium Play range of solid timber play equipment are flooding in!
Offering complete stability and rigidity, as well as a very aesthetically pleasing appearance, the Langley Play Fort is a very popular choice for customers looking for a high quality climbing frame and play structure that doesn’t dominate the garden but will keep the family entertained for years and years with the peace of mind that it is strong enough to cope with all ages. Many customers report their Langley play equipment being used by all members of the family from toddlers to teenagers and grandchildren to grandparents!
It is this peace of mind that encouraged a recent customer of ours to order a Langley Play Fort with slide and sandpit to be installed in the grounds of their holiday cottages business in the New Forest as shown below.
Hucklesbrook Farm New Forest Holiday Cottages (www.newforestholidaycottages.com) are located near Fordingbridge in Hampshire on the edge of the New Forest and have 3 beautifully refurbished holiday cottages available for short breaks or longer holidays with easy access to Salisbury, the beaches of the South Coast and, of course, the New Forest itself. A real favourite with walkers and cyclists, Hucklesbrook Farm is now even more well equipped for family guests as the new Langley Play Fort joins the already very popular Langley Swing Frame in the grounds of the farm and together they will provide plenty of activity for the kids while you put your feet up after a hard days walking!
So, why not treat yourself to a nice break in the stunning New Forest and try out the Langley Play Fort while you’re at it?! If you’d like to see what else we at the Active Toy Company do, have a look at www.activetoy.co.uk or you are very welcome to come to our display site and shop just off the M4 and A34 north of Newbury where we have lots of climbing frames, swings, slides, trampolines, playhouses and much more on display for your children to try out before you buy them! And with our bespoke design service, we can design and build exactly what you want in your garden.
So, after that long, hard winter there is no better way to celebrate the arrival of Spring than a holiday in New Forest at Hucklesbrook Farm followed by adding a Langley Play Fort to your garden to keep the kids active and healthy all year round!
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2019-04-25T12:23:07Z
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https://activetoyco.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/new-forest-holiday-cottages-installation/
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Arts
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Shopping
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oreilly
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You should have some familiarity with entry-level statistics -- means, percentiles, variance, and so on. Other than that, you won't need any specialized technical knowledge to get the most ouf of the talk.
The major arc of the talk will center around some of the common situations we encounter when trying to pick metrics, and how we can ensure that we make the best choices we can.
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2019-04-21T20:11:27Z
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https://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity/devops-web-performance-2015/public/schedule/detail/42340
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Arts
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Reference
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palomar
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1. When are Americans officially assigned to a specific "racial" group?
2. Which group of Americans is more likely to believe that official ethnic/racial classification and life-long tracking is unnecessary?
3. The current official state and national government practice in the U.S. is to force everyone into one of a number of specific "racial" categories for the national census, hiring goals, college admission records, etc. Which of the following statements is true regarding this process?
a) Ultimately, these categories are based on the false assumption that somewhere there are pure "races".
b) There is nothing arbitrary about how we get assigned a specific group identity.
c) The "racial" category that is selected for birth certificates and national census reporting does not change with the social situation or historical changes.
6. In the 2000 U.S. Census, about how many Americans chose to identify themselves as having more than one race?
7. In the past, which of the following groups was sometimes identified as "white" or "European" by American government agencies and other public institutions?
8. Which of the following societies officially used the fewest "racial" categories?
9. Which of the following group identity categories is not broken down into subgroups by the U.S. Census?
This page was last updated on Tuesday, August 02, 2005.
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2019-04-25T15:01:45Z
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https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/ethnicity/quizzes/ethquiz4.htm
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Reference
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wordpress
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Today we celebrate the birthday of an author who has brought so much joy, education, and wonder to many people’s lives. Today we celebrate the gift of imagination and creation in ways that started in the minds of us as children, and who hopefully we have continued to bring to our own children as we grow up and expand our own families.
Today we celebrate the great Theodore Geisel, who we know by his stage name, Dr. Seuss. This man created wonders and worlds for me as I was a child. He is one of three authors that I hold in high regards because of their ability to create complete worlds from nonsense, alongside A. A. Milnes, and Lewis Carroll.
These men generated my imagination, and allowed me to escape to worlds that for some reason made sense to me, worlds that were simple, yet vast, and as imaginative and amazing as they could be. Dr. Seuss, like Charles Schulz and Walt Disney, influenced my childhood in ways that i don’t think I’ve fully understood even yet. As an adult, I still fall back to their works, whether for nostalgia or escape I am not sure, to remember that it is okay to still imagine, to create, and that no matter how old we get, it is that childlike imagination that I think keeps the world moving.
As we get older and stressed with work, bills, and every day stresses, I think we forget these things. We forget how to imagine. We forget to leave the stress behind. We worry more about what people think about us, and what the future holds. Maybe sometimes we need to remember these moments, and forget being an adult for a minute.
Here’s to you Theodore, may your phrases and characters always have us remembering childhood.
I always wanted to stand out. Be extraordinary. Be outside the boxes of our culture. To not be boxed in, or bound by labels or ideas. I wanted to change the way the world viewed things, and not be afraid of the consequences. I wanted to help people see things that they may not have seen otherwise.
That was what I wanted. It’s what I still want sometimes. I think it is what most people my age and younger feel. We are all the generation that was told we could be anything we wanted to be, and do anything we wanted to do. Some of us want fame and fortune, others that great adventurous love that was shown in Disney cartoons, and some wanted to be the next great generation to change the world and make it a better place for everyone in it.
Some of us are doing it. Some of us are making it. They’ve taken chances and made the world a great place, or seen the great places the world has to offer. Others are teetering on the ordinary life that makes each day go, and the extraordinary that makes stories happen. I live on that teeter, a fence that I spend much time on trying to decide what side is best for me. Mostly because I find myself too full of anxiety or fear about what would happen if stepped into the unknown and let chance happen. I’ve taken so many chances in my life, and pushed myself into a career I honestly thought I’d never get into, but I still feel that i’ve done very little or taken so few chances.
I’ve tried to break free from fears. I’ve attempted to recruit help in a way that will one day stick, one day last, and I’ll take adventures similar to those of Cheryl Strayed, or be as carefree as Jack Kerouac, to be my own person with little fear and little hesitation. To walk up to a stranger with the ability to carry on hours of conversation, and not stand like a shy wallflower waiting for the world to happen around me. To see the world, I must start with a step in a new direction, and to find excitement and adventure, I must first be willing to not be afraid of what could happen, and embrace it instead.
If you need some people who took control of their own, here’s a nice little list.
There is a thought that constantly enters my conscious, about how it is that we affect those we interact around. How it is they see us, what it is that we bring into or take from their lives. Much like Jimmy Stewart’s character in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” we don’t see how our character can change the course of those lives we connect with daily, for both the good and the bad.
Do the ones we think we’ve hurt see it the same way? Do those we think love and care for us really feel the same, or is it an illusion that we create in our minds? Would they miss us terribly if we were gone, or would they even notice after a small amount of time? There are moments I wish people would just tell me everything they think about me, as if i’m sitting through my own Wake, having the chance to say the things they never go to beforehand. I realize the morbidity in these statements, but there are moments when I need to hear those words, and yet, at the same time, terrified the perceptions will be so different from what I assume, that I cannot bridge that gap.
Are we the person we think we are? Or are we seen as someone completely different? I’ve heard people talk about how much good they do, or try to put into the world, but the world only sees them as selfish or misunderstood. Others who assume they are worthless and a burden to all who are around them, but are seen as a kindhearted person who everyone wants to be around.
Our perceptions of ourselves and the perceptions of everyone else are often so different. The shy person gets called hateful or stuck up because they don’t talk in crowds, the social butterfly a player or flighty because they must work the room.
Perceptions are our own. Sometimes they are correct, others completely wrong. What the mirror shows, and how the others see the mirror are often different. Welcome to the funhouse guys. Let’s see what mirror we all stand in front of.
Over the past few months, I’ve been tasked with reexamining what it is to be in different types of relationships. I’ve always observe how we interact, who it is we become attached to, and why some go by the way side, while others we will fight tooth and nail to keep the relationship going.
I’ve always been a loner. Not that I haven’t had people around me, I’ve just always been guarded as to keep from getting hurt. I found that by not letting people in, and only allowing them to see the softer sides, then I would be fine and make it through. As time moved forward I found that there’s a longing for something real, something deeper. Growing up I was always fascinated with the relationship between Cory Matthews and Shawn Hunter on Boy Meets World. I found it intriguing to see two people so intertwined into each others lives that to not have them there would almost tear them apart.
I’ve always been scared of relationships of any kind. I’m an interesting personality. I think that I”m someone who, although people think I’m an open book, is hard to get to know. I hide parts of myself as to not offend, but I’m also terribly blunt in cases that I shouldn’t be, and find that I often find it very easy to offend people and push them away. When people get close, I expose the darkest parts of my personality, almost in an effort to see who will stay, and who will leave.
This year, I have reexamined so many types of relationships. I’ve realized who I let in close and who I don’t. I don’t throw the phrase Best Friend around to everyone I know. Three people hold that title in my life currently. Maybe these people change as we change. They come and go in life, as we move and life changes. There is always the hope that several stay no matter what. And I’ve now realized there are people who I want to spend the rest of my life with. I want them to be a part of everything in my life, who i share every laughter and tear with, and who I grow old with. They may not be the future spouse, or the person who you ever have romantic feelings toward. These I call “Soul Mates.” They’ve become the people who know me intimately on a soul level, who knows what I need when I need it, and hopefully are there for me in the same capacity I am for them. These are the people I want in my life more of, and to stop pouring myself into people who don’t seem to matter.
I’m learning in 2015 to be happier with myself. To be with the people who matter, and be around the people who appreciate me for me, and I them. In essence, I don’t fully know what that will look like, but I believe that it will be a better year if I do so. That doesn’t mean I’m rebooting everyone. There are people so close to me they could crush me if they wanted to, and they know that.
Lately, i’ve found myself pondering and wondering. Much like Winnie-the–Pooh, I find myself thinking “thoughts of the day.” Yet, unlike our dear friend Pooh, I overthink each action I live out, each person I encounter. I live inside a world of what-ifs that often take over my brain. The thoughts press together so compactly that they often begin to merge into others, blurring the lines of which thought was original, and which even has ties to reality. Much more complicated that a bear who’s head is filled with fluff and stuff.
I find myself questioning choices made. Choices in my career, choices in who I spend time with, in how I’ve spent my time in general. I find myself itching to travel because I’ve done so little of it (mostly because I hate traveling alone, and fear spending the money to do so). I don’t like doing much alone. It’s part of the extrovert in me. I’m a quiet extrovert. A shy socialite. I don’t do well being alone. I need to be around people to feel energized, to keep the anxiety at bay. But, I feel a recent calling to do more of that lately. To quiet the noises around me, and focus on the ones that I truly need to hear.
I used to think I was consistently looked over. It seems to carry shadows of itself throughout my life. In college I called these Shadows, ATMS Disease (Afraid to miss something). I always felt that I was missing out on something amazing, that when the rest of the world was off having fun, I was stuck at home forgotten. I would hear about these great stories or adventures other people where having in their lives, and I found my own life to be less than par, to be boring or adrift. Even today, I find myself occasionally feeling the same. My mind and body itch for adventures, something outside of the norm, to throw caution to the wind, jump on a flight, land somewhere new, and take on the world around me. Instead, I stand still, afraid to take a step alone and find something. I don’t want to live a life of adventure alone with no one to share it with. Instead, I yearn to have experiences with others, to share in the joy. I don’t enjoy stories that don’t involve other characters. I find that by adding more characters, the story lives longer, the details get forgotten less easily, and the plots become more elaborate. TV Shows do better when there is an ensemble cast, not a solo character.
There is a plague I see grow. It is a plague that quarantines the individual, isolates them into a cage where they cannot be helped. And they put themselves in this situation.
This plague I’m referring to is victimization. You are always the victim; you are always the one wronged; you are always the person everyone picks on and takes advantage of. It never ends. It is a ferris wheel ride that keeps turning, and the victim just keep riding around, and around, and around, and around. The victims never take blame for their actions, instead finding ways to excuse them away, whether true or not. There are countless ways for the stories to be weaved where no one knows who is in the fault anymore.
I’ve fallen to this disease, like everyone else a time or two. Convinced I was wronged, kept from achieving goals I felt that I deserved, pushed out of the way by people who thought they were better than me, and struggled to find a footing with people I thought i needed to be around. Then I stopped feeling sorry for myself so much. I woke up to realize the truth in the world that there is not a power struggle against you and everyone else. I began to see what I wanted in this world and worked toward it. I pushed beyond my physical or unskilled limits, and began to work for what I wanted. And I did not let some one make a victim out of me. When I fell, I got back up and tried again, harder. When I was told I couldn’t make it, I evaluated the situations to see if the were right or not, and how badly I wanted it, and decided whether to continue fighting, or choose a different path that would be better.
Somewhere in the birth of GenX and beyond, we were told we could do anything, and the world was ours. We were all given a trophy for showing up to a sport and sit on a bench. Some where told they’re rambunctious life was a result of a defective brain that made them hyperactive and were put on medicine. We were told we were stupid if we did not understand traditional learning. We are convinced the world revolves around us and our needs, and when we aren’t given what we deserved, we are being wronged. When we don’t get the promotion we deserve, we attack our bosses. When we don’t make our dream job by 30, we think the world has held us back.
This is a plague we much vaccinate. We must stop its spread. It will always exist, but we much contain it as best we can. It begins with small changes. It begins by standing up for what you want and who you are. Stand up for what you believe this world can do. Stop finding fault in everyone around you in an efforts to cut them down, and stop treating every encounter as an attack. Find your strengths and build them. Work hard. Be nice. Find something in life you enjoy.
So, victim, go live. Live with passion, and fight for you passions. You’ve got this, and when you stop and look, you’ll realize others have you too.
Last April (2013), I walked into a Crossfit Box close to my house, signed up, scared out of my mind, and joined the ranks of a fitness revolution. Or cult, as how many people not involved refer to it.
I did not grow up working out, trying to stay fit, or lose weight. Naturally lean, I just lived an active lifestyle, moved with the speed of any ADHD teenager, and played games like Ultimate Frisbee and tennis for hours. As I approached 30 though, I realized I’ve never like the way I looked. I always felt too thin, too scrawny, and no matter what I did to try fixing it, I couldn’t get the results I wanted. Granted, walking into a gym I was intimidated, nervous of making a fool of myself, and terribly uneducated in what needed to happen. I’d put it off for years because of fear and intimidation. Go into any gym, and you’ll see the oversized gym rats, way more fit than I’ll ever look, and even though they aren’t there to judge you, you feel in your soul they are. When you try to obtain information, whether through friends or online, you get bombarded with an array of information. Some of it great, much of it terrible. And it’s your choice to choose, unknowing, which will be best for you, and what won’t kill you.
After learning about CrossFit from a coworker, I looked into it. It terrified me. But also intrigued me enough to spend a year preparing myself for what i thought it would be like. I was wrong on every account. Spending a year lifting weights, running, and thinking I was getting myself in condition for CrossFit was a waste, because once you walk into that box, and you hear “ 3-2-1 Go”, you’ll realize where how weak you are. You’ll be driven to your knees from exhaustion, out of breathe, and look like you are about to see your last meal again.
And I wouldn’t do a work out any other way. Twelve months. That’s all I’ve done in this box, and it wasn’t easy. I wanted to quit, I wanted to stop going because I felt weak, I felt unconnected with these people I worked out with. I felt I wasn’t progressing any better than I did at the YMCA.
Then I watched a local competition. At that moment it all changed. I realized what a body can do. I realized that to do this takes time, patience, practice, and effort. You realize to listen to the right voices in you head, and shut the bad ones up. I leaned what I was capable of mental and physically.
You care less about what your body looks like, and more about what your body can do. It becomes less about the weight on the scale, and more about the weight on the bar. I pulled myself into a community of people who encourage you beyond what you think you’re body can do, and force you to go one rep more than you think you can, or 10 pounds heavier than the last one. We see the potential in each other, not just in how much better we can lift, but in how much better a person we can be. It becomes a starting point for being a better you. It became a starting point for me to be a better me. I went in wanting to look better and feel better about myself. Instead I found out more of what I was made of. I found myself at the bar.
Am I where I want to be? Not by a long shot. But am I better than I was? Completely.
In the past 12 months, I’ve switched careers, worked a reality show, did a CrossFit Competition, Completed a Spartan Race (4+ miles, 15 obstacles), accomplished the CrossFit Open WODs and survived, and I’m still going. I need to get stronger, I want to be stronger. And I’ll get there. Mentally, spiritually, and physically. I stepped into a box to change what I didn’t like about me. Instead I found out more of what I was made of. I found myself at the bar. And I lifted it.
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2019-04-22T06:49:42Z
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https://chadray.wordpress.com/page/2/
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Arts
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Recreation
| 0.154051 |
beadage
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This piece is made of natural, non-viable seeds from the Amazon, fresh water pearls, sterling silver charms, chain and findings. The seeds are attached with head pins to a thick chain to form this unique charm bracelet. Inspired by the Guarasavusu bird of the Amazon rainforest that has brown, yellow, and white feathers.
This charm bracelet reminds me of those beautiful blue and white China plates, the ones with the images of arched bridges, gardens and Willow trees. The bracelet consists of porcelain charms, lampwork beads, crazy blue and white striped Czech seed beads, rounded chunky brass chain, aged brass charms, and a toggle closure in hammered brass.
When I was a child in New Jersey my mother went through a phase where everything in our home was electric blue and chartreuse. This bracelet really brings me back to those times! The handmade glass beads are complimented nicely by the bright sterling silver chain, bells and clasps.
This watch bracelet is made with assorted glass beads and a Geneva watch attached to 1mm clear elastic bead cord. Each bead is separated by silver beads, silver flower spacers, a variety of glass beads and charms. The elastic lets it fit many size wrists.
This piece is made with silver-plated chain featuring blue Swarovski crystals, metal charms, and faux pearls. Bracelet is 7 1/2 inches long and finished with a toggle clasp.
This bracelet is 7 1/2″ and strung on 5mm clear stretch cord. It consists of antique gold medallion charms, metal antiqued green long beads, tortoise shell glass beads, small round wooden beads, square antique gold spacer beads.
I was feeling summery and wanted to make something to suit my mood. I came up with this bracelet which is made of vintage Lucite flower charms in various pastel shades. The charms are wire wrapped onto a silver plated chain. I have finished the bracelet with a classic silver plated heart toggle clasp.
Irredescent green and blue silver snowflake charm bracelet.
EASTER SALE Lampwork Charm Bracelet in Baby Blue, Pink Cherry Quartz and Pearl. Handmade Jewelry.
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2019-04-20T22:52:31Z
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https://beadage.net/ideas/charm-bracelets/
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Arts
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Arts
| 0.25211 |
theatlantic
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BENIGN OPENING: "After a spirited torch relay ignited pride in every corner of the country, the Olympic Games began and quickly galvanized the nation."
SURPRISE REVELATION 4 SENTENCES LATER: Lebreton wasn't talking about Vancouver. He was talking about "the 1936 Berlin Olympics"--held while Adolf Hitler was in power.
AS DISPLAYED IN: "Canadian flags," "people in sweatshirts and jerseys adorned with Canadian maple leafs," lusty "cheering for Canadian athletes"
POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CHAUVINISM: "Had the classic Canadian inferiority complex finally decided to bite back? Or was this a dark consequence of the Own the Podium program?"
HOW NON-CANADIANS WERE TREATED AT THE GAMES: Like "drink coasters"
EVIDENCED BY: The fact that "South Korean Kim Yu-Na's dazzling gold-medal performance in women's figure skating" was "overwhelmed here by the attention given to Quebec's Joannie Rochette, whose mother tragically died."
MISLEADING STATISTIC: "China sold 6.8 million tickets to its 2008 Summer Olympics. Vancouver only made 1.6 million available." Beijing '08 had 302 events, while Vancounter '10 had 86.
AND ANOTHER THING: "One thing I never saw: a simple flag or shirt with the five Olympic rings."
WHICH REMINDS HIM: "I didn't attend the '36 Olympics, but I've seen the pictures. Swastikas everywhere."
IT'S OK TO SAY THAT BECAUSE: "No political reference is meant, just an Olympic one."
GRATUITOUS FINAL LINE: "Nice party. But so 1936."
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2019-04-25T15:55:58Z
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https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/03/vancouver-2010-much-like-berlin-1936/341259/
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Arts
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Sports
| 0.490355 |
theatlantic
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As a break from political drear, a festival of news from the skies.
1) Good news: Solar Impulse. Last year the completely solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse, had to interrupt its planned around-the-world zero-emissions flight because of various repair issues. They’re back in business now, having successfully crossed the Pacific and crossed the Rockies and reached, for now, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Well done.
3) Idealistic news. Lilium aviation, a German company, offers you this. We’ll see!
4) Informative news: “Future Tense” A week ago, just off a very long airline flight from Australia, I was part of a very interesting New America Foundation / Arizona State / Slate / “Future Tense” session on the future of commercial airline travel.
The session, which you can see below, begins with Andres Martinez, of New America and ASU, presenting a very droll video about how glamorous the Jet Age seemed back in the Mad Men era. After that you’ll hear a really interesting range of panelists talk about what can and cannot change. They’re from NASA and the Air Force, the FAA and a variety of established and start-up companies, all arguing in different ways that better air-travel days are ahead. I learned a lot, and recommend it.
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2019-04-22T04:38:12Z
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https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/05/solar-power-plane-crosses-the-pacific-and-other-news-from-the-skies/483066/
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Arts
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News
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espace
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so I need some advice!...thanks!
it for me? i will be very appreciate if u do so.
> to help you to open the essay for reading.
> Enjoy and please feel free to give me some comments back!
Sorry about so many people can not read the essay!
month, it will extend the time for sending it again.
Can anyone support me or they want to quit the essay?Please let me know.
mandarin speaking guys. :p you might have difficulty understanding it.
>>> officer. He does not speak English well and knows nothing about Canada.
>>> Officer: Do you know who the first primeminister of Canada is?
>>> do you usually go if you want to eat hamburger?
>>> Man: (answered to the officer) Oh..... McDonald.
>>> Officer: Could you tell me which province you're living now?
>>> What is the dirtiest thing in your nose?
>>> Officer: Do you know what your privilege is when you become Canadian?
>>> sounds like when a dog barking?
>>> Man: (demonstrated the sound to the officer).. Woe, Woe.
>>> him that he passed the interview.
>>> Q.1. The first priminister of Canada is Sr. John MacDonald.
>>> Q.2. This man lives in British Columbia (usually called B.C.).
>>> Q.3. One of the privilege of Canadian is the right to vote.
"** Start Hitting Spacebar Now **", start hitting the spacebar slowly.
>mandarin speaking guys. :p you might have difficulty understanding it.
>>>> officer. He does not speak English well and knows nothing about Canada.
>>>> Officer: Do you know who the first primeminister of Canada is?
>>>> do you usually go if you want to eat hamburger?
>>>> Man: (answered to the officer) Oh..... McDonald.
>>>> Officer: Could you tell me which province you're living now?
>>>> What is the dirtiest thing in your nose?
>>>> Officer: Do you know what your privilege is when you become Canadian?
>>>> sounds like when a dog barking?
>>>> Man: (demonstrated the sound to the officer).. Woe, Woe.
>>>> him that he passed the interview.
>>>> Q.1. The first priminister of Canada is Sr. John MacDonald.
>>>> Q.2. This man lives in British Columbia (usually called B.C.).
>>>> Q.3. One of the privilege of Canadian is the right to vote.
>not have to get that mess.
week and didn't have the time to check my email.
Subject: A real good song.
one of the song (´¢áNÛk´£Á^is really good. Hope you will like it too!
If you have the album, listen to it again. Refresh your memory!
Which side track do u like most? Let's share to all in 'e list!
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only for timing purpose. It is no way related to her skill.
best director award from the film festival, oh god...!
so high award from other country!!! It must be very upset!!!
she really put effort on the movie, but now... oooh!
>best director award from the film festival, oh god...!
>so high award from other country!!! It must be very upset!!!
>she really put effort on the movie, but now... oooh!
folks only know Wong and Rosanna Kwan. It's totally unfair!
shall take considerable action on it.
Playoff season is here. De-fense!! De-fense!!
Okay... My pager number is 76587041. Give me a call when you are back!
she will leave us some words...!!
It's offical -- 1997 NBA Finals will be Bulls vs. Jazz.
103-100 and win the series 4-2. They will facing Chicago Bulls in the Finals.
>the above to make the list look like busy!!
>Suggest you send "your offical news" to some sport newsgroup.
Netscape 3 and IE 3 to view it.
> It's offical -- 1997 NBA Finals will be Bulls vs. Jazz.
> 103-100 and win the series 4-2. They will facing Chicago Bulls in the Finals.
> Playoff season is here. De-fense!! De-fense!!
the above to make the list look like busy!!
Suggest you send "your offical news" to some sport newsgroup.
>It's offical -- 1997 NBA Finals will be Bulls vs. Jazz.
>Playoff season is here. De-fense!! De-fense!!
What's wrong with you ar??
Here is not the "NBA list"!!! Are you post to wrong newsgroup???
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2019-04-23T11:27:33Z
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http://espace.org/guest/larchive/list0597.html
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Arts
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Health
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rollingstone
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OK, so there was also a street fight. But it’s been 40 years since Golden State won an NBA championship – what did you expect?
Golden State Warriors fans celebrate their team's first NBA title in 40 years.
It’s been a long time since Golden State Warriors fans saw their team hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy – so long, in fact, that the last time they did it, it wasn’t even called the Larry O’Brien Trophy. So you can understand why the city of Oakland was anticipating rambunctious celebrations following the Dubs’ NBA Finals win last night.
Before Game 6, the Oakland Police Department deployed officers in several popular locations throughout the city to prepare themselves for any outbreaks of over-enthusiasm (or, you know, property destruction). The hope: Avoid anything close to what happened in wake of the Giants’ World Series win last year, when violent celebrations led to shootings, a stabbing and 40 arrests.
So, how did one of the rowdiest fanbases in the NBA celebrate their team’s first championship in 40 years? Well, one dude decided to climb a street sign then dive like Matthew Dellavedova trying to take out Draymond Green’s knees. Let’s go Dubs!
Across the Bay in San Francisco, rowdy crowds responded to police orders to disperse by throwing tortillas, which is incredibly dangerous given how sharp the corners of those chips can be.
Unfortunately, there was also some unrest. According to the San Francisco Business Times, one fan was arrested for vandalism after they scribbled “Warriors” on the street, and some fights broke out for reasons entirely unknown.
Other than that, though, the celebrations in Oakland were reportedly under control. Once the crowds dispersed at 1 a.m., only two people had been arrested and there were no reports of serious violence. By all accounts, it was one of the least destructive celebrations in recent memory.
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2019-04-22T16:30:15Z
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https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/warriors-fans-celebrate-nba-title-by-tossing-tortillas-35722/
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Arts
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Sports
| 0.760762 |
interweave
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Easily wear this crocheted cowl long or wrapped around your neck a few times. The fashion statements are endless and this cowl will easily become you're new favorite accessory to wear.
Mix and match shades of pink, white, and dark brown, and you get a piece that really knocks your socks off! Create a lovely chevron look without being actual chevrons by using the stitch pattern. Wear this long or wrapped around your neck a few times either way; it will be a staple in your wardrobe.
10" (25.5 cm) wide and 56" (142 cm) in circumference after blocking.
Cream (A), #875 Feather Grey (B), #910a Winter White (C), #901 Cotton Candy (D), and #1913 Jet (E), 1 skein each.
Size J-10/5.5mm hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
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2019-04-18T22:55:58Z
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https://www.interweave.com/store/crochet/crochet-patterns/pretty-in-pink-infinity-cowl-crochet-pattern-download
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Arts
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Reference
| 0.593408 |
army
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In the spring of 1903, Douglas MacArthur graduated at the top of his class from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. To commemorate the occasion, his proud family presented him with 14-karat gold castle insignia as a graduation gift. MacArthur wore the castles as a young engineer officer and later carried them with him during his career as a commander in World War I, Army Chief of Staff, and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific in World War II.
Thirty years later, on May 2, 1975, Major General Sverdrup attended the engineer dinner at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, marking the Corps’ 200th anniversary. In a quiet corner before the banquet, Sverdrup presented the castles privately to Lieutenant General Gribble, then Chief of Engineers.
When General Gribble retired on 25 June 1976, he handed the coveted insignia over to his successor, Lt. Gen. John W. Morris. The castles, Gribble said in his departing remarks, epitomized Esprit de Corps—the spirit of the Corps. Since then, all chiefs have received MacArthur’s gold castles upon assuming command and have proudly worn them as unique symbols of the spirit of the Engineer Regiment.
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2019-04-19T17:00:09Z
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https://www.usace.army.mil/About/History/Historical-Vignettes/Chief-Of-Engineers/089-Gold-Castles/
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Arts
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Reference
| 0.202304 |
teenreads
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R. L. Stine, often called the Stephen King of children’s literature, has called upon the best and brightest young adult authors to contribute to FEAR. With stories by Meg Cabot, Heather Brewer and others, FEAR is sure to have you begging for a nightlight and checking under the bed, twice, before you even think of closing your eyes. Thirteen original stories await that will keep you turning pages and looking over your shoulder.
What if shadows came to life? Heather Brewer explores this question in “Shadow Children.” Dax was convinced that his little brother, Jon, was overreacting when he begged for his nightlight. Jon insisted that the shadows would get him, and Dax didn’t believe him until he saw Jon being pulled through the closet floor by shadow people. Dax and Jon were quickly sucked into a large cavern where a horrible truth awaited. The shadow children informed the brothers that they tired of the darkness and wanted to live where normal humans live --- by feeding on human souls. Filled with horror, Dax and Jon desperately try to find their way back home before it’s too late.
Jennifer Allison puts an interesting spin on good old-fashioned babysitting in “The Perfects.” Hannah is new to Entrails, Michigan, and is surprised that she is offered a babysitting job right away from her neighbors next door, the Perfect family. Hannah has spied the two children and baby in the backyard and thinks she can handle them. Most kids like Hannah, after all. Upon her arrival, Hannah is confused when Mrs. Perfect tells her there is no baby, just the two children. She is even more perplexed when the youngsters insist on watching surgeries and other television programs that deal with the carving and cutting of the human body. What sends Hannah off the deep end, though, is when she hears a baby crying and tries to find her. She soon discovers that the Perfect family likes their babysitters --- for dinner!
Wilbur’s dreams come to life in “Jeepers Peepers”by Ryan Brown. Elizabeth Nolan is disgusted to find that her latest babysitting job is located in the swamp. She’s even more put off when she learns that the boy she’s babysitting, Wilbur, wakes up with horrible nightmares. As Elizabeth tries to calm Wilbur by having him talk about his dream, he loses control and imagines the creepers. And once he starts to imagine things, they come to life. Soon the creepers come knocking --- and they won’t leave!
Other stories look at the complex relationship between werewolves and vampires, the supernatural power associated with ancient symbols, and a kidnapping rescue by a rather extraordinary caped crusader. Some of the tales aren’t for the faint of heart, some deal with the intricacies of what science can do, and some are just plain creepy. Whatever your preference is for thrills and chills, FEAR has something for everyone. Before you read, I suggest you make sure your front door is locked, you leave some lights on, and check the phone line. FEAR will get to you!
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2019-04-18T18:53:36Z
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https://www.teenreads.com/reviews/fear-13-stories-of-suspense-and-horror
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Arts
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Kids
| 0.964845 |
wedj
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(Host) Former Brattleboro Representative Tom Costello defeated Northfield businessman Nate Freeman to win the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor in yesterday’s primary election.
Costello garnered roughly 60 percent of the vote in this race and he says he believes voters responded strongly to his call for new leadership in the Lieutenant Governor’s office.
(Kinzel) Costello has served in the Legislature on two separate occasions. He represented Rutland in the Vermont House in the late 1970s and in 1994 he was elected to the first of 3 terms from Brattleboro.
During his second stint in the Legislature, he chaired the House Judiciary committee and the House General Affairs Committee.
(Costello) "I heard today a commitment and desire from the people that they wanted a Lt. Governor who is committed to this job a Lt. Governor who had a record of solving problems a Lt. Governor who had a dream and the courage to fulfill it and I think it’s those elements that I heard today and a expression of which I’m very grateful."
(Costello) "And the issues that I have been talking to them about the lack of leadership over a period of 6 years with no plan for the future to deal with energy health care costs, the cost of living wages seem to the people I talked to to be meaningful."
(Kinzel) In the only other statewide primary contest yesterday, incumbent Democratic Congressman Peter Welch easily turned away a challenge from former Green Party U.S. House candidate Craig Hill of Montpelier.
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Embodiments of a pad assembly for processing a substrate are provided. The pad assembly includes a plurality of discrete members and a plurality of apertures. Each of the plurality of discrete members include a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, with an isolation layer therebetween, and a recess for byproduct accumulation. The second conductive layer comprises a plurality of reaction surfaces that are orthogonal to the upper and lower surfaces of the pad assembly.
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a processing apparatus for planarizing or polishing a substrate. More particularly, the invention relates to polishing pad design for planarizing or polishing a semiconductor wafer by electrochemical mechanical planarization.
In the fabrication of integrated circuits and other electronic devices on substrates, multiple layers of conductive, semiconductive, and dielectric materials are deposited on or removed from a substrate, such as a semi conductor wafer. As layers of materials are sequentially deposited and removed, the substrate may become non-planar and require planarization, in which previously deposited material is removed from the substrate to form a generally even, planar or level surface. The process is useful in removing undesired surface topography and surface defects, such as rough surfaces, agglomerated materials, crystal lattice damage and scratches. The planarization process is also useful in forming features on the substrate by removing excess deposited material used to fill the features and to provide an even or level surface for subsequent deposition and processing.
Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization (ECMP) is one exemplary process which is used to remove materials from the substrate. ECMP typically uses a pad having conductive properties and combines physical abrasion with electrochemical activity that enhances the removal of materials. The pad is attached to an apparatus having a rotating platen assembly that is adapted to couple the pad to a power source. The apparatus also has a substrate carrier, such as a polishing head, that is mounted on a carrier assembly above the pad that holds a substrate. The polishing head places the substrate in contact with the pad and is adapted to provide downward pressure, controllably urging the substrate against the pad. The pad is moved relative to the substrate by an external driving force and the polishing head typically moves relative to the moving pad. A chemical composition, such as an electrolyte, is typically provided to the surface of the pad which enhances electrochemical activity between the pad and the substrate. The ECMP apparatus may effect abrasive and/or polishing activity from frictional movement while the electrolyte combined with the conductive properties of the pad selectively removes material from the substrate.
Although ECMP has produced good results in recent years, there is an ongoing effort to develop pads with improved polishing qualities combined with optimal electrical properties that will not degrade over time and require less conditioning, thus providing extended periods of use with less downtime for replacement. Inherent in this challenge is the difficulty in producing a pad that will not react with process chemistry, which may cause degradation, or require excessive conditioning.
Maintenance of localized electrical contact to the deposit receiving side of the substrate creates challenges in polarization, especially during residual material removal. Additionally, byproducts of the ECMP process affect the electrochemical reaction surface, which may increase process time and degradation of the pad.
Therefore, there exists a need in the art for a processing article or pad that is adapted for the removal of conductive materials and other materials from the substrate and is designed to overcome these challenges.
In one embodiment, a pad assembly for processing a substrate is described. The pad assembly includes a first conductive layer having an upper surface adapted to contact the substrate, a conductive carrier coupled to and disposed below the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed below the conductive carrier with an isolation layer therebetween, wherein the second conductive layer includes a plurality of reaction surfaces that are orthogonal to the upper surface, and a plurality of recesses formed below the second conductive layer.
In another embodiment, a pad assembly for processing a substrate is described having a plurality of discrete members coupled to a base defining a plurality of functional cells therebetween, and a bonding layer to adhere the second conductive layer to the base to define a recess above the base, wherein each of the plurality of discrete members include a first conductive layer adapted to contact the substrate and a second conductive layer separated by an isolation layer with a plurality of recesses formed below the second conductive layer.
In another embodiment, a pad assembly for polishing a substrate is described having a processing surface adapted to contact the substrate. The processing surface includes a plurality of discrete members defining a plurality of functional cells therebetween, wherein each of the plurality of discrete members include a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer with an isolation layer therebetween, and wherein the second conductive layer is comprises a plurality of reaction surfaces that are orthogonal to the processing surface.
In another embodiment, a method of extending electrochemical activity in a processing pad assembly is described. The method includes providing a pad assembly having a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a plurality of functional cells, and providing a recess below the second conductive layer for by-product accumulation from a polishing process.
FIG. 1 is a top view of one embodiment of a processing system.
FIG. 2A is a sectional view of an exemplary ECMP station.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a portion of one embodiment of a pad assembly.
FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a portion of another embodiment of a pad assembly.
FIG. 5A is a top view of another embodiment of a pad assembly.
FIG. 5B is an exploded view of a portion of the processing surface of the pad assembly shown in FIG. 5A.
FIG. 6A is a top view of another embodiment of a pad assembly.
FIG. 6B is an exploded view of a portion of the processing surface of the pad assembly shown in FIG. 6A.
The words and phrases used in the present invention should be given their ordinary and customary meaning in the art by one skilled in the art unless otherwise further defined. The embodiments described herein may relate to removing material from a substrate, but may be equally effective for electroplating a substrate by adjusting the polarity of an electrical source. Common reference numerals may be used in the Figures, where possible, to denote similar elements depicted in the Figures.
FIG. 1 is a top view of a processing system 100 having a planarizing module 105 that is suitable for electrochemical mechanical polishing and chemical mechanical polishing. The planarizing module 105 includes at least a first electrochemical mechanical planarization (ECMP) station 102, and optionally, at least one conventional chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) station 106 disposed in an environmentally controlled enclosure 188. An example of a processing system 100 that may be adapted to practice the invention is the REFLEXION LK Ecmp™ system available from Applied Materials, Inc. located in Santa Clara, Calif. Other planarizing modules commonly used in the art may also be adapted to practice the invention.
The planarizing module 105 shown in FIG. 1 includes a first ECMP station 102, a second ECMP station 103, and one CMP station 106. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to this configuration and that all of the stations 102, 103, and 106 may be adapted to use an ECMP process to remove various layers deposited on the substrate. Alternatively, the planarizing module 105 may include two stations that are adapted to perform a CMP process while another station may perform an ECMP process. In one exemplary process, a substrate having feature definitions lined with a barrier layer and filled with a conductive material disposed over the barrier layer may have the conductive material removed in two steps in the two ECMP stations 102, 103, with the barrier layer processed in the conventional CMP station 106 to form a planarized surface on the substrate. It is to be noted that the stations 102, 103, and 106 in any of the combinations mentioned above may also be adapted to deposit a material on a substrate by an electrochemical and/or an electrochemical mechanical plating process.
The exemplary system 100 generally includes a base 108 that supports one or more ECMP stations 102, 103, one or more CMP stations 106, a transfer station 110, conditioning devices 182, and a carousel 112. The transfer station 110 generally facilitates transfer of substrates 114 to and from the system 100 via a loading robot 116. The loading robot 116 typically transfers substrates 114 between the transfer station 110 and an interface 120 that may include a cleaning module 122, a metrology device 104 and one or more substrate storage cassettes 118.
The transfer station 110 comprises at least an input buffer station 124, an output buffer station 126, a transfer robot 132, and a load cup assembly 128. The loading robot 116 places the substrate 114 onto the input buffer station 124. The transfer robot 132 has two gripper assemblies, each having pneumatic gripper fingers that hold the substrate 114 by the substrate's edge. The transfer robot 132 lifts the substrate 114 from the input buffer station 124 and rotates the gripper and substrate 114 to position the substrate 114 over the load cup assembly 128, then places the substrate 114 down onto the load cup assembly 128. An example of a transfer station that may be used is described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,156,124, issued Dec. 5, 2000, entitled “Wafer Transfer Station for a Chemical Mechanical Polisher,” incorporated herein by reference to the extent it is not inconsistent with this application.
The carousel 112 generally supports a plurality of carrier heads 186, each of which retains one substrate 114 during processing. The carousel 112 moves the carrier heads 186 between the transfer station 110 and stations 102, 103 and 106. One carousel that may used is generally described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,804,507, issued Sep. 8, 1998, entitled “Radially Oscillating Carousel Processing System for Chemical Mechanical Polishing,” which is hereby incorporated by reference to the extent it is not inconsistent with this application.
The carousel 112 is centrally disposed on the base 108. The carousel 112 typically includes a plurality of arms 138 and each arm 138 generally supports one of the carrier heads 186. Two of the arms 138 depicted in FIG. 1 are shown in phantom so that the transfer station 110 and a processing surface 125 of ECMP station 102 may be seen. The carousel 112 is indexable such that the carrier head 186 may be moved between stations 102, 103, 106 and the transfer station 110 in a sequence defined by the user.
Generally the carrier head 186 retains the substrate 114 while the substrate 114 is disposed in the ECMP stations 102, 103 or CMP station 106. The arrangement of the ECMP stations 102, 103 and polishing stations 106 on the system 100 allow for the substrate 114 to be sequentially processed by moving the substrate between stations while being retained in the same carrier head 186.
To facilitate control of the polishing system 100 and processes performed thereon, a controller 140 comprising a central processing unit (CPU) 142, memory 144 and support circuits 146 is connected to the polishing system 100. The CPU 142 may be one of any form of computer processor that can be used in an industrial setting for controlling various drives and pressures. The memory 144 is connected to the CPU 142. The memory 144, or computer-readable medium, may be one or more of readily available memory such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), floppy disk, hard disk, or any other form of digital storage, local or remote. The support circuits 146 are connected to the CPU 142 for supporting the processor in a conventional manner. These circuits include cache, power supplies, clock circuits, input/output circuitry, subsystems, and the like.
Power to operate the polishing system 100 and/or the controller 140 is provided by a power supply 150. Illustratively, the power supply 150 is shown connected to multiple components of the polishing system 100, including the transfer station 110, the factory interface 120, the loading robot 116 and the controller 140.
FIG. 2A depicts a sectional view of an exemplary ECMP station 102 depicting a carrier head assembly 152 positioned over a platen assembly 230. The carrier head assembly 152 generally comprises a drive system 202 coupled to a carrier head 186. The drive system 202 may be coupled to the controller 140 (FIG. 1) that provides a signal to the drive system 202 for controlling the rotational speed and direction of the carrier head 186. A processing pad assembly 222 is shown coupled to the platen assembly 230. The processing pad assembly 222 is configured to receive an electrical bias to perform a plating process and/or an electrochemical mechanical polishing/planarizing process. The drive system 202 generally provides at least rotational motion to the carrier head 186 and additionally may be actuated toward the ECMP station 102 such that a deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114, retained in the carrier head 186, may be disposed against the pad assembly 222 of the ECMP station 102 during processing. Typically, the substrate 114 and processing pad assembly 222 are rotated relative to one another in an ECMP process to remove material from the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114. Depending on process parameters, the carrier head 186 is rotated at a rotational speed greater than, less than, or equal to, the rotational speed of the platen assembly 230. The carrier head assembly 152 is also capable of remaining fixed and may move in a path indicated by arrow 107 in FIG. 1 during processing. The carrier head assembly 152 may also provide an orbital or a sweeping motion across the processing surface 125 during processing.
In one embodiment, the processing pad assembly 222 may be adapted to releasably couple to an upper surface 260 of the platen assembly 230. The pad assembly 222 may be bound to the upper surface 260 by the use of pressure and/or temperature sensitive adhesives, allowing replacement of the pad assembly 222 by peeling the pad assembly from the upper surface 260 and applying fresh adhesive prior to placement of a new pad assembly 222. In another embodiment, the upper surface 260 of the platen assembly 230, having the processing pad assembly 222 coupled thereto, may be adapted to releasably couple to the platen assembly 230 via fasteners, such as screws.
The platen assembly 230 is typically rotationally disposed on a base 108 and is typically supported above the base 108 by a bearing 238 so that the platen assembly 230 may be rotated relative to the base 108. The platen assembly 230 may be fabricated from a rigid material, such as a metal or rigid plastic, and in one embodiment the platen assembly 230 has an upper surface 260 that is fabricated from or coated with a dielectric material, such as CPVC. The platen assembly 230 may have a circular, rectangular or other plane form and the upper surface 260 may resemble that plane form.
Electrolyte may be provided from the source 248, through appropriate plumbing and controls, such as conduit 241, to nozzle 255 above the processing pad assembly 222 of the ECMP station 102. Optionally, a plenum 206 may be defined in the platen assembly 230 for containing an electrolyte and facilitating ingress and egress of the electrolyte to the pad assembly 222. A detailed description of an exemplary planarizing assembly suitable for using the present invention can be found in United States Patent Publication No. 2004/0163946 (Attorney Docket No. 004100.P10), entitled “Pad Assembly for Electrochemical Mechanical Processing,” filed Dec. 23, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference to the extent it is not inconsistent with this application.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2A, an electrolyte 204 is provided from a nozzle 255. The electrolyte 204 may form a bath that is bounded by a platen lip 258 adapted to contain a suitable processing level of electrolyte 204 while rotating. Alternatively, the electrolyte may be provided by the nozzle 255 continuously or at intervals to maintain a suitable level of electrolyte in the processing pad assembly 222. After the electrolyte has reached its processing capacity and is ready for replacement, the platen assembly 230 may be rotated at a higher rotational speed and the spent electrolyte 311 is released by the action of centrifugal force over the platen lip 258. In another embodiment, the platen assembly 230 is rotated at a higher rotational speed the spent electrolyte is released through perforations in the platen lip 258 that may be opened and closed by an operator or controlled by rotational speed. Alternatively or additionally, spent electrolyte may be released through at least one perforation performing as a drain formed through various layers of the pad assembly 222 and the platen assembly 230.
FIG. 2B is an exploded view of a portion of the pad assembly 222 shown in FIG. 2A. The pad assembly 222 generally includes a plurality of posts or discrete members 205, coupled to a pad base 210. The plurality of discrete members 205 may take the form of posts or extensions extending upward from the pad base 210 and generally include a first conductive layer 211 and a second conductive layer 212 with an isolation layer 214 therebetween to electrically isolate the first and second conductive layers 211, 212.
The discrete members 205 may include any geometrical shape, such as ovals, rectangles, triangles, hexagons, octagons, or combinations thereof. A processing surface 125 is generally defined by an upper portion of each of the discrete members 205 and a plurality of apertures 209. The plurality of apertures 209 are generally defined by the open areas between the plurality of discrete members 205 and each of the plurality of apertures 209 define a functional cell 207 which is configured to receive an electrolyte. Each of the functional cells 207 are adapted to perform as an electrochemical cell when the electrolyte 204 is provided to the pad assembly 222, and a differential electrical bias is applied to the first conductive layer 211 and the second conductive layer 212. In one embodiment, the plurality of apertures 209, or the plurality of functional cells 207, define an open area between about 5 percent to about 90 percent, for example, between about 20 percent to about 70 percent.
The isolation layer 214 may be made of a soft material that is configured to provide compressibility to the pad assembly 222. The isolation layer may be made of a polymer material, such as an open cell foamed polymers, closed cell foamed polymers, a MYLAR® material, heat activated adhesives, or combinations thereof. The isolation layer 214 may have a hardness of about 60 Shore A to about 100 Shore A.
The pad assembly 222 may be formed by compression molding, male/female punch/die, or other methods known in the art to form the plurality of apertures 209 and the plurality of discrete members 205. Each of the plurality of apertures 209 may be formed at least to the upper surface of the pad base 210. In this embodiment, the pad base 210 is solid and configured to retain the electrolyte until released. Alternatively or additionally, at least one of the plurality of apertures 209 may be extended through the pad base 210 and the upper surface 260 (not shown) of the platen assembly 230 to allow electrolyte to be in communication with the plenum 206. In another embodiment, the plurality of discrete members 205 and the plurality of apertures 207 may be formed at least to the pad base 210, and the processing surface 125 may be embossed to form an irregular surface on the upper surface of the plurality of discrete members 205. Patterns of channels or grooves may be formed in the upper surface of the plurality of discrete members 205 to aid in electrolyte transportation along the processing surface 125 and facilitate polishing of the substrate 114. Other patterns may include a plurality of small protrusions adjacent shallow depressions in the processing surface 125. The protrusions may take any geometrical form, such as ovals, circles, rectangles, hexagons, octagons, triangles, or combinations thereof and may be formed by compression molding and/or embossment of the processing surface 125. Alternatively, the upper surfaces of each of the plurality of discrete members 205 may be substantially flat or planar having negligible raised or lowered portions on the processing surface 125.
The upper surface of each of the plurality of discrete members 205 are made from a conductive material configured to communicate an electrical bias from an upper portion of the pad assembly 222 to the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114 during processing. In one embodiment, the upper surface of each of the plurality of discrete members 205 may be fabricated from a conventional polishing material, such as polymer based pad materials compatible with the process chemistry, examples of which include polyurethane, polycarbonate, fluoropolymers, PTFE, PTFA, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), or combinations thereof. The conventional polishing material may be coated, doped, or impregnated with a process compatible conductive material and/or particles. Alternatively, the conductive material may be a conductive polymer, such as a conductive or dielectric filler material disposed in a conductive polymer matrix or a conductive fabric. In one embodiment, the conductive material is a polymer matrix having a plurality of conductive particles disposed therein. The conductive particles may be particles made of copper, tin, nickel, gold, silver, or combinations thereof. The conductive particles may exhibit a hardness less than, greater than, or equal to that of the conductive material on the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114. Alternatively or additionally, abrasive particles may be interspersed within the conductive or dielectric polymer materials to enhance removal of conductive and residual material from the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114. Examples of abrasive particles that may be used are conductive metals and/or ceramic materials, such as aluminum, ceria, oxides thereof and derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.
In one embodiment, the pad base 210 may be an article support layer that provides additional rigidity to the pad assembly 222. The pad base 210 may be fabricated from polymeric materials, for example, polyurethane and polyurethane mixed with fillers, polycarbonate, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), ethylene-propylene-diene-methylene (EPDM), TEFLON® polymers, or combinations thereof, and other polishing materials used in polishing substrate surfaces, such as open or closed-cell foamed polymer, elastomers, felt, impregnated felt, plastics, and like materials compatible with the processing chemistries. In one embodiment, the pad base 210 is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material, and derivatives thereof, such as a MYLAR® polymer sheet. The PET material has a density between about 1.25 grams/cm2 to about 1.45 grams/cm2 and a modulus of elasticity between about 700,000 psi to about 760,000 psi. The pad base 210 material may have a hardness of about 30 Shore A to about 90 Shore A, and is typically harder than the isolation layer 214.
In a typical ECMP process, the substrate 114 is controllably urged against the processing surface 125 of the pad assembly 222, and a potential difference or bias is applied between the second conductive layer 212, performing as a cathode, and the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114, which acts as the anode when in contact with the first conductive layer 211. The application of the bias allows removal of conductive and other materials, such as copper-containing materials and tungsten-containing materials, from the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114. Examples of suitable parameters for ECMP that may be used are disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2004/0020789 (Attorney Docket No. 003100.P5), entitled “Conductive Polishing Article for Electrochemical Mechanical Polishing,” filed Jun. 6, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference to the extent the application is not inconsistent with this application.
It can be appreciated by those skilled in the art that polarity could be altered and material could be deposited on the deposit receiving side 115. For example, the deposit receiving side 115 could be biased by the first conductive layer 211 to perform as a cathode, and the second conductive layer 212 could perform as an anode, and a plating solution could be delivered to the pad assembly 222.
As the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114 may contain conductive material to be removed from the substrate 114, fewer biasing contacts for biasing the deposit receiving side 115 are required. As the conductive material to be removed from the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114 comprises isolated islands of conductive material disposed on the deposit receiving side 115, more biasing contacts for biasing the deposit receiving side 115 are required. Embodiments of the processing pad assembly 222 suitable for residual removal of material from the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114 may generally include a processing surface 125 that is substantially conductive. In one embodiment, excess conductive material is removed from the deposit receiving side 115 of the substrate 114 wherein a conductive, abrasive-free processing surface 125 provides a suitable array and distribution of biasing contacts, and the residual material is removed by an electrochemical mechanical removal process provided by the conductive processing surface 125. In another embodiment, the processing surface 125 may further include abrasive particles as described herein to enhance mechanical material removal.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a portion of one embodiment of a pad assembly 222. The pad assembly 222 comprises a processing surface 125, which includes a plurality of apertures 309 adjacent a plurality of discrete members 305 coupled to an upper surface of a pad base 310. Each of the plurality of discrete members 305 comprise a first conductive layer 311, a second conductive layer 312, with an isolation layer 314 therebetween. The second conductive layer 312 is coupled to a pad base 310 by a binding layer 322 which is an adhesive that is compatible with process chemistry, such as heat and/or pressure sensitive adhesives known in the art. Other layers of the pad assembly 222 may be coupled by a suitable adhesive. The pad assembly 222 is releasably coupled to the upper surface 260 of the platen assembly by a coupling layer 334 between the upper surface 260 and the lower surface of the pad base 310. The coupling layer 334 may be an adhesive, a hook and loop connector, or any other binder known in the art configured to provide static placement and facilitate replacement of the pad assembly 222.
The pad assembly 222 also includes a plurality of reaction surfaces 332 comprising the exposed sidewalls of the second conductive layer 312 in the plurality of apertures 309. Each of the reaction surfaces 332 are orthogonal to the pad base 310 and the upper surface of the pad assembly 222, and are configured to provide expanded electrochemical activity in each of the plurality of functional cells 307. A plurality of recesses 328 are defined by the area between the upper surface of the pad base 310 and the lower surfaces of each of the plurality of reaction surfaces 332 (generally shown as a dashed line).
In a typical ECMP polishing process, byproducts, such as materials removed from the deposit receiving side of the substrate and/or materials that are removed from the pad assembly 222 by contact with the substrate, tend to accumulate in a lower portion of the pad assembly 222. These byproducts may accumulate on or near the conductive layer performing as the cathode in the ECMP process, thus decreasing electrochemical activity and material removal from the substrate. It has been found that positioning the second conductive layer 312 in a spaced-apart relationship from the portions of the pad base 310 in the functional cells 307, may extend electrochemical activity by creating an area below the reaction surfaces 332 for byproduct accumulation. Each recess 328 may facilitate prolonged electrochemical activity in the functional cells 307 by allowing byproducts to accumulate away from the reaction surfaces 332, thus maintaining more stabile electrochemical activity within each of the plurality of functional cells 307. This consistent electrochemical activity may provide a higher removal rate, and/or an improved consistency in the removal rate, thus decreasing process time and increasing throughput.
FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a portion of another embodiment of a pad assembly 222. The pad assembly 222 of FIG. 4 is similar to the pad assembly 222 depicted in FIG. 3 with the exception of a different placement of the second conductive layer. The pad assembly 222 of FIG. 4 comprises a processing surface 125, which includes a plurality of apertures 309 adjacent a plurality of discrete members 305 coupled to an upper surface of a pad base 310. The pad assembly 222 is releasably coupled to the upper surface 260 of the platen assembly by a coupling layer 334 between the upper surface 260 and the lower surface of the pad base 310. Each of the plurality of discrete members 305 comprise a first conductive layer 311, a first isolation layer 414 a, a second conductive layer 312, and a second isolation layer 414 b. The second isolation layer 414 b is coupled to the pad base 310 by a binding layer 322 which is an adhesive that is compatible with process chemistry. Other layers of the pad assembly 222 may be coupled by a suitable adhesive. The pad assembly 222 of FIG. 4 also includes a plurality of reaction surfaces 332 comprising the exposed sidewalls of the second conductive layer 312 in the plurality of apertures 309. Each of the reaction surfaces 332 are orthogonal to a pad base 310 and the upper surface of the pad assembly 222, and are configured to provide expanded electrochemical activity in each of the plurality of functional cells 307. A plurality of recesses 428 are defined by the area between the upper surface of the pad base 310 and the lower surfaces of each of the plurality of reaction surfaces 332 (generally shown as a dashed line).
In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the size of each of the plurality of recesses 328 may be varied. For example, the height of each recess 328 of the pad assembly 222 of FIG. 3 may be varied according to the thickness of the binding layer 322. The binding layer 322 is a pressure and/or temperature sensitive adhesive that is compatible with process chemistry and may be applied at a desired thickness. Alternatively, the aforementioned adhesive may be applied at a suitable thickness and allowed to cure before another suitable thickness is applied. In this manner, the binding layer 322 may be formed to a desired thickness that defines the height of the recesses 328. Similarly, in FIG. 4, the height of each recess 328 may be varied by the thickness of the second isolation layer 414 b and/or the thickness of the binding layer 322 as in FIG. 3. In one embodiment, the plurality of recesses 328 are configured to facilitate stability and prolonged maintenance of electrochemical activity in each of the plurality of functional cells 307, by providing a plurality of functional cells 307 that resist deteriorated electrochemical activity from byproduct accumulation.
In FIGS. 3 and 4, the first conductive layer 311 comprises a conductive material 315 coupled to a conductive carrier 321. The conductive carrier 321 comprises a conductive material, such as stainless steel, aluminum, gold, silver, copper, tin, nickel, among others. For example, the conductive carrier 321 may be a metal foil, a mesh made of metal wire or metal-coated wire, or a laminated metal layer on a polymer material compatible with the electrolyte, such as a polyimide, polyester, fluoroethylene, polypropylene, or polyethylene sheet.
The conductive material 315 may comprise a conductive polymer material as described herein. In one embodiment, the conductive material 315 comprises a conventional polishing material, such as polymer based pad materials compatible with the process chemistry, examples of which include polyurethane, polycarbonate, fluoropolymers, PTFE, PTFA, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), or combinations thereof. The conventional polishing material may be coated, doped, or impregnated with a process compatible conductive material and/or particles. Alternatively, the conductive material 315 may be a conductive polymer, such as a conductive filler material disposed in a conductive polymer matrix, such as fine tin particles in a polyurethane binder, or a conductive fabric, such as carbon fibers in a polyurethane binder.
In one embodiment, the conductive material 315 comprises removal particles 326 adapted to facilitate material removal from the deposit receiving side of the substrate. In one embodiment, the removal particles 326 are conductive particles, such as particles of tin, copper, nickel, silver, gold, or combinations thereof, in a conductive polymer matrix. In another embodiment, the removal particles 326 are abrasive particles, such as aluminum, ceria, oxides thereof and derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof, in a conductive polymer matrix. In yet another embodiment, the removal particles 326 are a combination of abrasive and conductive particles as described herein and are interspersed within the conductive material 315. The conductive material 315 may further include an edge region 336 on at least one side of the upper portion of the first conductive layer 311. The edge region 336 may be a chamfer, a bevel, a square groove, or combinations thereof, and are adapted to facilitate electrolyte and polishing byproduct transportation.
The conductive carrier 321 and the second conductive layer 312 are electrically isolated from each other by a dielectric isolation layer 314 and 414 a. As seen in FIG. 4, the pad assembly 222 has two isolation layers 414 a and 414 b. The isolation layers depicted in FIGS. 3 and 4 may have a hardness of about 20 Shore A to about 90 Shore A and may be fabricated from polymeric materials, such as polyurethane and polyurethane mixed with fillers, polycarbonate, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), ethylene-propylene-diene-methylene (EPDM), Teflon™ polymers, or combinations thereof, and other polishing materials used in polishing substrate surfaces, such as open or closed-cell foamed polymers, elastomers, felt, impregnated felt, plastics, and like materials compatible with the processing chemistries. In one embodiment, the isolation layers comprise open cell foam to enhance electrolyte retention, such as a urethane material sold under the trade name PORON®, which is available from the Rogers Corporation. In another embodiment in reference to FIG. 4, the first isolation layer 414 a may be a softer, more compliant material, while the second isolation layer 414 b may be harder to provide additional support, or vice versa.
The second conductive layer 312 may be fabricated from a conductive material, such as stainless steel, aluminum, gold, silver, copper, tin, nickel, among others. For example, the second conductive layer 312 may be a metal foil, a mesh made of metal wire or metal-coated wire, or a laminated metal layer on a polymer material compatible with the electrolyte, such as a polyimide, polyester, flouroethylene, polypropylene, or polyethylene sheet. In one embodiment, the second conductive layer 312 is configured to provide conformity and sufficient stiffness to allow the pad assembly to remain substantially flat alone, or in combination with the pad base 310. Each of the first and second conductive layers 311, 312 include at least one connector 360, 362 respectively, for coupling to one or more power sources adapted to supply a differential electrical signal to each of the first and second conductive layers. Each of the at least one connectors 360, 362 may be made of a conductive material and coupled to the pad assembly 222 by any methods known in the art, such as soldering, adhesives, or combinations thereof, or integrally formed on the pad assembly. For example, a first connector 360 may be coupled to the pad assembly by a conductive adhesive, while a second connector 362 is integrally formed on the second conductive layer 312. Each of the at least one connectors 360, 362 may be made from nickel, copper, tin, stainless steel, platinum, gold, silver, or combinations thereof.
In one embodiment, each of the first and second conductive layers 311, 312 are adapted to couple to a power source 342 that is adapted to supply different electrical voltages to each of the first and second conductive layers. The second conductive layer 312 may provide one electrical signal that is distributed globally within the respective layer, or may comprise multiple independent electrical zones isolated from each other. The independent zones receive separate and independent voltages and adjacent zones are insulated from each other in order to provide varying voltages to specific portions of the respective layer.
The pad base 310 facilitates support of the pad assembly 222 and is typically made of a material harder or denser relative to other layers of the pad assembly 222. The pad base 310 may exhibit a stiffness high enough to allow the pad assembly 222 to remain substantially flat and low enough to ensure conformability of other layers of the pad assembly. The pad base 310 may be made of a sheet or film of a polyurethane, polycarbonate, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), ethylene-propylene-diene-methylene (EPDM), TEFLON® polymers, or combinations thereof, and other polymer materials compatible with the processing chemistries. In one embodiment, the pad base 310 is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material, or derivatives thereof, such as a MYLAR® polymer. The PET material has a density between about 1.25 grams/cm2 to about 1.45 grams/cm2 and a modulus of elasticity between about 700,000 psi to about 760,000 psi. The pad base 310 material may have a hardness of about 30 Shore A to about 90 Shore A, and is typically harder than the isolation layers. The pad base 310 may be fabricated in any geometrical form, such as rectangular or circular, in order to facilitate coupling to the upper surface 260 of the platen assembly.
FIG. 5A is a top view of another embodiment of a pad assembly 222. The pad assembly 222 is exemplarily shown here as circular and comprises a processing surface 125. The processing surface 125 includes a plurality of discrete members 505 adjacent a plurality of apertures 509. Each of the discrete members 505 are made of a conductive material 515 as described herein. Also shown is a first connector 560 coupled to the first conductive layer 511 and a second connector 562 coupled to the second conductive layer (not visible in this view). The first and second connectors 560, 562 include a hole 561, 563 respectively, for coupling to a mating electrical connection on the platen assembly (not shown) and may also facilitate coupling of the pad assembly 222 to the platen assembly.
FIG. 5B is an exploded view of a portion of the processing surface 125 of the pad assembly 222 shown in FIG. 5A. A plurality of apertures 509 are interspersed within a plurality of discrete members 505. Each of the plurality of apertures 509 comprise a functional cell 507 as described herein. Each of the plurality of apertures 509 are surrounded by a plurality of channels 552. In one embodiment, the plurality of channels 552 are formed from the edge regions 336 (FIGS. 3 and 4). In another embodiment, the plurality of channels 552 may be formed in the conductive material 515 by such methods as embossing or compression molding. The channels 552 may be formed of and comprised solely of the conductive material 515, or the channels 552 may be formed down to the conductive carrier (not shown), thereby exposing the upper surface of the conductive carrier.
FIG. 6A is a top view of another embodiment of a pad assembly 222. The pad assembly 222 is exemplarily shown here as circular and comprises a processing surface 125. The processing surface 125 includes a plurality of discrete members 605 adjacent a plurality of apertures 609. The surface area occupied by each of the plurality of apertures 609 may be greater than, less than, or equal to the surface area of each of the plurality of discrete members 605. Each of the discrete members 605 are made of a conductive material 615 as described herein. Also shown is a first connector 660 coupled to the first conductive layer 611 and a second connector 662 coupled to the second conductive layer (not visible in this view). The first and second connectors 660, 662 include a hole 661, 663 respectively, for coupling to a mating electrical connection on the platen assembly (not shown) and may also facilitate coupling of the pad assembly 222 to the platen assembly.
FIG. 6B is an exploded view of a portion of the processing surface 125 of the pad assembly 222 shown in FIG. 6A. A plurality of apertures 609 are interspersed within a plurality of discrete members 605. Each of the plurality of apertures 609 comprise a functional cell 607 as described herein. Each of the plurality of apertures 609 are surrounded by a plurality of channels 652. The pattern of channels 652 and discrete members 605 is an x-y pattern in this embodiment, but other patterns may be formed. In one embodiment, the channels 352 are formed from the edge regions 336 (FIGS. 3 and 4). In another embodiment, the channels 652 may be formed in the conductive material 615 by such methods as embossing or compression molding. The channels 652 may be formed of and comprised solely of the conductive material 615, or the channels 652 may be formed down to the conductive carrier (not shown), thereby exposing the upper surface of the conductive carrier.
a plurality of recesses formed below the second conductive layer.
a pad base disposed below the second conductive layer with a binding layer therebetween.
3. The pad assembly of claim 1, wherein the first conductive layer further comprises a plurality of removal particles.
4. The pad assembly of claim 3, wherein the plurality of removal particles are conductive metal particles.
5. The pad assembly of claim 3, wherein the plurality of removal particles are abrasive particles.
6. The pad assembly of claim 1, wherein the pad assembly has a plurality of functional cells.
7. The pad assembly of claim 6, wherein the plurality of functional cells define an open area of between about 10 to about 90 percent.
8. The pad assembly of claim 1, wherein the second conductive layer is made of copper, titanium, tin, nickel, or stainless steel.
9. The pad assembly of claim 2, wherein the one of the pad base or the second conductive layer has a stiffness low enough to ensure conformability and remain substantially flat.
10. The pad assembly of claim 1, wherein one or both of the conductive carrier and the second conductive layer is made of a metal foil.
11. The pad assembly of claim 1, wherein one or both of the conductive carrier and the second conductive layer is made of a mesh comprised of metal wire or metal-coated wire.
a bonding layer to adhere a second conductive layer to the base to define a recess above the base, wherein each of the plurality of discrete members include a first conductive layer adapted to contact the substrate and the second conductive layer separated by an isolation layer with a plurality of recesses formed below the second conductive layer.
13. The pad assembly of claim 12, wherein the second conductive layer includes a plurality of reaction surfaces.
14. The pad assembly of claim 12, wherein the plurality of reaction surfaces are orthogonal to the base.
a conductive composite coupled to a conductive carrier.
16. The pad assembly of claim 15, wherein the conductive composite includes a plurality of removal particles and the plurality of removal particles are abrasive particles, conductive particles, or combinations thereof.
17. The pad assembly of claim 15, wherein the conductive composite includes a plurality of intersecting channels.
a plurality of discrete members defining a plurality of functional cells therebetween; wherein each of the plurality of discrete members include a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer with an isolation layer therebetween, and wherein the second conductive layer comprises a plurality of reaction surfaces that are orthogonal to the processing surface.
19. The pad assembly of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of discrete members are coupled to a pad base and a recess for byproduct accumulation is formed above the pad base.
at least one connector coupled to the pad assembly.
providing a recess below the second conductive layer for by-product accumulation from a polishing process.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the second conductive layer includes a plurality of reaction surfaces within the functional cells.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the recess is below each reaction surface.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein the polishing by-products accumulate below the second conductive layer allowing each reaction surface to remain substantially free from the polishing by-products.
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2019-04-25T02:03:35Z
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070153453A1/en
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ANAHEIM – Jobs are key to solving the city’s homeless issue, Mayor Tom Tait said, proposing Better Way Anaheim, an initiative for giving people opportunities to work while improving the community.
Speaking at the City National Grove on Tuesday in front of about 800 people, Tait laid out his vision in his annual State of the City address.
The homeless population in and around Anaheim is estimated at 800 – about a fifth of Orange County’s homeless population of 4,000. Many live along the Santa Ana River, across the street from Angel Stadium.
Since 2015, Albuquerque’s Solid Waste Department has worked in partnership with local nonprofits to use one of its vans to drive around homeless areas to pick up people interested in working a day job to improve and beautify the city’s landscape and pick up litter. Workers receive a $9 hourly wage and lunch. And once work is completed, the people are offered a place overnight in an emergency shelter.
Since starting the program, Albuquerque reported nearly 1,700 jobs have been provided and more than 117,000 pounds of litter and weeds have been removed from 398 city blocks.
“I want to see Better Way Anaheim up and running this year,” Tait said.
He wasn’t clear how alike Better Way Anaheim would be to Albuquerque’s program, but he said he’s already identified the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Chrysalis as a possible partner. The city is in discussions with the nonprofit, which provides life skills, job preparedness and long-term housing for the homeless. The city can’t directly pay homeless people, so a partner would have to operate any programs.
Lyster said the initiative fits into the city’s ongoing effort to curb its homeless situation. Anaheim has contributed $500,000 to the county toward opening a 200-bed, year-round shelter within the city. A partnership with the nonprofit CityNet, launched in 2014, has resulted in 688 people finding stable housing or being reconnected with loved ones, and the city is looking at using shipping containers to create more housing, as has been done with the Potter’s Lane project in Midway City.
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2019-04-24T01:55:49Z
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https://www.ocregister.com/2017/02/08/anaheim-mayor-tom-tait-proposes-jobs-for-homeless-in-state-of-the-city/
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Sir Thomas Beecham was known for his practical jokes, but when Arthur Rubinstein played one on him, the celebrated conductor was not amused.
One hot morning, as they rehearsed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto in G in the Hollywood Bowl, both Beecham and Rubinstein were in a bad mood. The piano was at the edge of the shell, and after playing the opening phrase of the concerto, Rubinstein settled in for the duration of the long orchestral section to follow. Beecham became increasingly impatient with the orchestra, stopped them after every bar, and singled out one musician after another for criticism, making them play the same passages over and over again.
He more or less forgot about Rubinstein sitting there in his short-sleeved shirt, broiling in the hot sun.
By the time he finally got to play again, Rubinstein was “pretty boiled up in every way.” For the rest of the rehearsal, he and Beecham said little as they pressed on, openly hostile toward each other.
When it was finally over, and a sunburned Rubinstein was in the parking lot settling into his new Fleetwood Cadillac, Beecham appeared out of nowhere and asked for a lift. Rubinstein put on a friendly demeanor and said, “Certainly, Sir Thomas.” As they headed into the streets of Los Angeles, Rubinstein said that it would be an honor to give Beecham a ride because he had gotten his license that very morning.
As Beecham blanched and shrank into the seat, Rubinstein made a point of becoming more and more nervous and inept.
The lover of practical jokes had become the victim of one. Rubinstein had been driving for two years.
Beecham reacted to another joke at his expense in a more convivial way. That story on September 23.
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2019-04-23T16:46:33Z
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https://www.wpr.org/driving-each-other-crazy-0?qt-popularity=2
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Doctors & Medical Staff - You can now see your patients remotely through a private and secure audio/video call, place prescription and lab orders, all from the convenience of your phone. It's an easy, convenient, and flexible option to provide timely care.
Receive appointment requests and get a better picture of your patient's overall health by viewing their vitals such as temperature, weight, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
You can use the archived video and transcribed text from the encounter to aid in better documentation.
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2019-04-23T02:06:30Z
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/telehealer-pro/id1437700284
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Unlike most undergraduate students who go to the Colorado River during the summer to camp or enjoy whitewater rafting, Alexandra Gutierrez, a biology major at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), spent much of that time processing soil samples harvested in the shallows of the river in search of Archaea microorganisms.
Funded by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Robert Noyce Scholars and the STEM Teacher and Research (STAR) programs, Gutierrez—an avid environmentalist—was tasked with searching for more diverse families of the microbe during her internship at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), along with working on campus at Stanford in the Green Earth Sciences Laboratory.
The nine-week STAR program provides K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers with opportunities to do hands-on research while helping them translate their research experience into classroom practice. STAR is offered to undergraduates on a teaching path, STEM undergraduates seriously considering a career in teaching, and credential candidates aspiring to work with cutting edge researchers.
“The microbes we were studying are among the very first ever found, and they tell us about the beginning of the Earth. Microbes teach us what helps life survive—what is currently forming, and possibly what formed before humans inhabited those regions,” said Gutierrez, who received a $6,500 stipend to offset the cost of living while completing her research.
Archaea (a domain and kingdom of single-celled microorganisms) are found in “extreme habitats,” and are difficult to grow in a laboratory, according to Gutierrez.
The research Gutierrez and the scientists at SLAC are conducting on Archaea will provide vital information regarding California’s water supply, and how buildings and human presence impact natural resources, and how it could in the future. Her environmental data also offers a better understanding of how to prepare or help preserve natural resources.
Passionate about teaching, Gutierrez works with special education students during the day when back home. She also teaches an after school class at Environmental Charter Middle School in Inglewood through the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program. The MESA program is run the University of Southern California and provides academic support to students with educationally disadvantaged backgrounds.
After completing the SLAC experience, Gutierrez was required to create a lesson plan, and she will present a research poster about her work is September 2017 at the NASA Ames Research Center. She will earn her bachelor’s degree in biology in spring 2018, and looks forward to teaching when she completes her credential, but her passion for research will never subside.
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2019-04-23T10:43:25Z
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https://news.csudh.edu/alexandra-gutierrez/
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VISITORS to Gayle Mill, near Hawes in Wensleydale, are in for a rare treat this summer. On Sunday (7th June), and on the first Sunday of each month until October, there are two special sessions when the Victorian machinery is to be brought back to life and used to make a variety of products such as would have been made at the Mill in its heyday.
TWO years after it was abandoned, the benefits to wildlife of the EU’s controversial land set-aside scheme has finally been recognised – and three different English countryside organisations are asking that some sort of substitute scheme is put in place.
PEREGRINE falcons nesting in Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park are a real crowd puller – and that’s official.
HUNDREDS of farmers throughout England will throw open their gates this Sunday (June 7) so that town’s folk – and children in particular – can see what actually happens down on the farm.
PEOPLE tempted by the fine weather to start outdoor DIY projects are being asked to hold back until September – to protect bird chicks which might till be in their nests in buildings or nearby trees and bushes.
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2019-04-21T02:45:05Z
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http://www.daelnet.co.uk/news/roundup_20090605.cfm
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people you hurt; your friends, your family, and most importantly...... me.
was ripped out the womb.
This is dark. But very well written. You may wanna go through and edit a few of the grammatical errors and typos though.
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2019-04-21T02:58:49Z
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http://tornadoandsaq.weebly.com/saq/crimson-shame
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Made of Q-Tips, this craft goes far beyond a miniature garland or cake topper. The light strand also looks cute as a bracelet, necklace, package decoration, or decoration for a miniature Christmas tree or dollhouse.
Set up an area to work in, on top of a piece of waxed paper. Place a little bit of each paint color in its own bottle cap or other small container.
One by one, dip the ends of the Q-tips in the paint. To avoid drips, scrape the end of the Q-tip on the edge of the bottle cap. Make sure the whole tip is covered in paint.
Repeat step 2 until you have as many "lights" as you want. Let them dry.
Cut a piece of string the length that you want your garland to be. Tape the ends of the string down to the waxed paper to keep it taut.
After the Q-tips are dry, use scissors (if you need something stronger, use a wire cutter) and cut the tips off. To keep them from flying all over the room, cut them into a jar.
Glue the individual pieces onto the string by dipping the end of each "light" into a little glue; we put the glue in a bottle cap for easier accessibility. Stick the "lights" onto the string and let them dry.
Once it's dry, peel any leftover globs of glue off of the wax paper and take off the pieces of tape keeping the strand in place.
The best part is deciding what to use them for! Happy holidays.
Cassi Griffin is the creator of The Crafty Crow, one of the best collection of children's arts and crafts on the Internet. She is also a craft designer and has contributed designs to many books and national magazines. When she is not blogging and crafting, she is homeschooling her three amazing kids in the beautiful mountains of Idaho and trying to find balance in life as a single mom.
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2019-04-26T02:56:29Z
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http://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/mini-christmas-lights/
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clir
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Copublished by the Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress.
Copyright 2005 in compilation by the Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transcribed in any form without permission of the publishers. Requests for reproduction or other uses or questions pertaining to permissions should be submitted in writing to the Director of Communications at the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Copyright © 2005 June M. Besek, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School. Many thanks to Robert Clarida, Jane Ginsburg, Fred Koenigsberg and Eric Schwartz for their helpful comments and suggestions on drafts of this report. Research assistance from Zainab Ahmad, Tom Paskowitz, Rupa Rao, Mark Rasmussen and Maria Termini, all members of the Columbia Law School class of 2005, is gratefully acknowledged.
The National Recording Preservation Board was established at the Library of Congress by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000. Among the provisions of the law are a directive to the Board to study and report on the state of sound recording preservation in the United States. More information about the National Recording Preservation Board can be found at http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/.
4.1.1 What Is a “Reasonable” Effort?
4.1.2 When Is an Existing Format “Obsolete”?
4.1.3 May Libraries Rely on Others to Make Digital Copies?
4.1.4 Are Collaborative Digital Preservation Projects Permissible?
June M. Besek is executive director of the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School, where she conducts research on copyright law, particularly as it relates to new technologies. She also teaches seminars on Authors, Artists and Performers and on Advanced Topics in Copyright. She is the author of many articles on copyright law issues. Ms. Besek serves as a consultant to the Library of Congress in connection with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) initiative, and as a member of the Section 108 Study Group, convened by the Library of Congress to reexamine existing library privileges under the Copyright Act and consider what amendments may be appropriate in light of the changes wrought by digital media. Ms. Besek holds a law degree from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in economics from Yale University.
Enactment of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 came at an auspicious time for the Library of Congress and other sound recording archives and libraries. The U.S. Congress recognized that preservation responsibilities of institutions holding audio collections were increasing as collections grew, and that authoritative information was required by archives to assure the survival of their collections. When Congress created the National Recording Preservation Board in this law, it charged the Board with conducting a study of the state of audio preservation in the United States. The law also directed the Library of Congress to create a comprehensive national plan for audio preservation. The findings of this study will inform that preservation plan.
The preservation study, of which this publication is the second installment, is examining a range of issues identified by Congress in the Recording Preservation legislation: the emergence of standards for digital preservation; guidelines for reformatting at-risk recordings; U.S. copyright laws that affect audio preservation; and how scholars and the public might access historical recordings legally.
Congress specifically mandated that the study examine “copyright and other laws applicable to the preservation of sound recordings.” Presently, the relation of federal copyright law to recorded sound is receiving a great deal of attention. Laws are scrutinized, challenged, and revised in response to the ease with which digital recordings can be duplicated. Yet, sound recordings produced in the United States prior to 1972-over 80 years of recorded sound history-are not protected by federal copyright law. Rather, they are protected by a combination of state copyright laws and federal laws that govern the musical or other works performed on the recordings.
June Besek’s study lucidly summarizes how audio preservation is affected by state and other laws. A number of laws impact how we may preserve recordings and what we may do with the copies we create. This work examines these laws within the context of preservation and provides an analysis that will be useful to the legal community as well as to archivists.
The laws governing sound recordings made before 1972 are not simple and, as this study implies, some may in fact impede effective preservation. Without this work we would not be aware of the challenges implicit in the laws and understand their full impact. This report will be of great value in creating a national preservation plan. We are grateful to Congress for supporting this significant work and to June Besek for bringing light and clarity to a complex topic.
Since the beginning of commercial sound recording in the 1890s, Americans have been enthusiastic creators and prolific consumers of recordings. Almost every form of sound has been captured-from musical performances and whale songs to political addresses and oral histories. Entrepreneurs of the late nineteenth century created a consumer market for recordings, and the commercial sector has played a significant role in the growth of the recording industry and the innovation of recording technologies. Despite the popularity of sound, however, federal copyright was not extended to sound recordings until 1972. State laws protect all recordings produced before that date.
It is those state laws that libraries and archives must follow when making decisions about copying their fragile historical recordings in order to preserve them. Sophisticated tools for rerecording offer a means to copy fragile wax cylinders or lacquer discs once and forever. As a result, many libraries today can retire original copies from use and, at the same time, broaden access to these valued materials through the use of digital surrogates. But do these laws allow them to do that?
This report by June Besek addresses the question of what libraries and archives are legally empowered to do to preserve and make accessible for research their holdings of pre-1972 commercial recordings, the large aural legacy that is not protected by federal copyright. The report is one of a series of studies undertaken by the National Recording Preservation Board, under the auspices of the Library of Congress, to “maintain and preserve sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant,” as directed by Congress in the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 [Public Law 106-474]. The act specifically requires the conduct of a study of “[c]urrent laws and restrictions regarding the use of archives of sound recordings, including recommendations for changes in such laws and restrictions to enable the Library of Congress and other nonprofit institutions in the field of sound recording preservation to make their collections available to researchers in a digital format” and of “[c]opyright and other laws applicable to the preservation of sound recordings.” Ms. Besek’s study, together with a forthcoming second study, which will focus on the rights associated with unpublished recordings, will provide essential information to the Library of Congress when it develops its national plan for preserving sound recordings, as the law provides.
As the first in-depth analysis by a nationally known expert in copyright law, this report will also be a timely and authoritative aid to the many librarians and archivists who face decisions daily about how to establish priorities for sound preservation. This report not only provides clear evidence of the need for updating copyright law to take advantage of digital technologies to preserve and to make accessible the full range of our sound heritage, but also demonstrates what preserving institutions can do to ensure access to our past aural landscape into the future.
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2019-04-22T08:26:37Z
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https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub135/contents/
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harvard
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Equally at home in economic theory and political philosophy, John Roemer has written a unique book that critiques economists’ conceptions of justice from a philosophical perspective and philosophical theories of distributive justice from an economic one. He unites the economist’s skill in constructing precise, axiomatic models with the philosopher’s in exploring the assumptions of those models. His synthesis will enable philosophers and economists to engage each other’s ideas more fruitfully.
Roemer first shows how economists’ understanding of the fairness of various resource allocation mechanisms can be enriched. He extends the economic theory of social choice to show how individual preferences can be aggregated into social preferences over various alternatives. He critiques the standard applications of axiomatic bargaining theory to distributive justice, showing that they ignore information on available resources and preference orderings. He puts these variables in the models, which enable him to generate resource allocation mechanisms that are more consonant with our intuitions about distributive justice. He then critiques economists’ theories of utilitarianism and examines the question of the optimal population size in a world of finite resources.
Roemer explores the major new philosophical concepts of the theory of distributive justice—primary goods, functionings and capability, responsibility in its various forms, procedural versus outcome justice, midfare—and shows how they can be sharpened and clarified with the aid of economic analysis. He critiques and extends the ideas of major contemporary theories of distributive justice, including those of Rawls, Sen, Nozick, and Dworkin. Beginning from the recent theories of Arneson and G. A. Cohen, he constructs a theory of equality of opportunity. Theories of Distributive Justice contains important and original results, and it can also be used as a graduate-level text in economics and philosophy.
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2019-04-25T23:14:50Z
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http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674879201
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Arts
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Reference
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A list of contents for each of the 39 volumes of Unknown can be found at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
Over the course of a career lasting four decades, John W. Campbell was one of the leading forces behind the increasing popularity of science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science-Fiction (later Analog Science Fact & Fiction) from 1938 until his death in 1971, he is widely credited with launching the genre’s Golden Age. From 1939 to 1943, he also published Unknown (later Unknown Worlds), a magazine specializing in fantasy, but the magazine was forced to end its brief run after thirty-nine issues because of the lack of paper during the war.
Unknown’s legacy far exceeds its brief duration; The Encyclopedia of Fantasy says, “Along with Weird Tales, this was one of the most influential of all fantasy magazines, and in content superior to its rival.” The contributors included a number of science-fiction authors from Astounding willing to try their hand at horror-fantasy crossover—writers such as Robert Heinlein, A. E. van Vogt, Theodore Sturgeon, and Jack Williamson. One of Raymond Chandler’s last pulp stories (“The Bronze Door”) and Fritz Leiber’s debut (“Two Sought Adventure”) also appeared in its pages. The rigorous naturalism favored by Campbell, often using everyday settings and infusing the fiction with droll or dark humor, overturned the traditional boundaries of the genre.
Campbell was a pioneer in another way: he introduced to readers a number of women writers during an era when they were not very commonly found in the pulps. In 1942, according to Eric Leif Davin in Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction/, Ursula Kroeber was encouraged enough to send Campbell her first science-fiction story—which he rejected, “but no doubt this was only because Ursula K. Le Guin was just twelve years old at the time and the story needed a lot of work.” One author who did pass Campbell’s editorial muster was Jane Rice, whose career began at Unknown, which published several of her stories. This week’s selection, “The Refugee,” appeared in the very last issue of the magazine. A playful mix of comedy and the macabre, the story portrays an American woman stuck in France during the war, enduring the discomforts of rationing and the boredom of isolation, when an extraordinarily handsome—and entirely naked—young man appears in her garden.
Rice went on to write for other magazines in the 1950s and 1960s, sometimes as “Allison Rice” (a name used for her collaborations with Ruth Allison). Just before her death in 2003 at the age of ninety in Greensboro, North Carolina, she gathered her fiction, including her 1995 novelette “The Sixth Dog,” in The Idol of the Flies and Other Stories, a 500-copy limited-edition hardcover collection that she unfortunately did not live to see published. The book is now very hard to find.
Notes: Milli quotes from two poems during the story. “The curfew tolls the knell of the parting day” (p. 42) is the opening line of “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” by Thomas Gray (1716–71). “The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas” (p. 47) is from “The Highwayman,” by Alfred Noyes (1880–1958).
The trouble with the war, Milli Cushman thought as she stared sulkily through streaming French windows into her rain-drenched garden, was that it was so frightfully boring. There weren’t any men, any more. Interesting ones, that is. Or parties. Or little pink cocktails. Or café royale. Or long-stemmed roses wrapped in crackly green wax paper. There wasn’t even a decent hairdresser left. . . . If you don't see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
Werewolves, cannibalism--yawn--but Rice's descriptive paragraph (top of p.43) about the expatriate protagonist's rented garden after an early autumn rain is delicious and exact, giving a reader a seductive vicarious experience of that familiar beauty and showing that she could have written something worth our while and hers.
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2019-04-25T20:11:58Z
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http://storyoftheweek.loa.org/2011/03/refugee.html
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News
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depaul
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Steece-Collier K, Rademacher DJ, Soderstrom KE. 2012. Anatomy of graft-induced dyskinesias: circuit remodeling in the parkinsonian striatum. Basal Ganglia, 2(1): 15-30.
Soderstrom KE, O'Malley JA, Levine ND, Sortwell CE, Collier TJ, Steece-Collier K. 2010. Impact of dendritic spine preservation in medium spiny neurons on dopamine graft efficacy and the expression of dyskinesias in parkinsonian rats. European Journal of Neuroscience, 31(3): 478-490.
Soderstrom KE, Baum G, Kordower JH. 2009. Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease. In: Squire LR (ed.) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume 1, pp. 455-463. Oxford: Academic Press.
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https://csh.depaul.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/biological-sciences/katherine-soderstrom.aspx
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Vinson enters his fourth season as assistant coach after beginning his stint as an assistant coach for New Orleans on August 4, 2010. Vinson, a Georgia Tech graduate, had previously been an assistant for the L.A. Clippers since 2007.
Vinson, while an assistant for the L.A. Clippers, also served as the Director of Player Programs in those years, mentoring younger players to ease their transition in life in the NBA.
Born on Jan. 28, 1971, Vinson played parts of the 1994-95 and 1999-2000 seasons with the Atlanta Hawks and Seattle SuperSonics, tallying career averages of 1.3 points and 5.2 minutes per game. Vinson also averaged 3.3 points per game for the Clippers during the 2005-06 NBA preseason.
Vinson was also a member of the 2002-03 CBA champion Yakima Sun Kings, coached by former Portland Trail Blazer coach Bill Bayno. He also played for SLUC Nancy, in Nancy, France during the 2003-04 season.
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2019-04-20T06:30:13Z
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https://www.nba.com/coachfile/fred_vinson/?nav=page
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ຜູ້ຄົນພາກັນຖ່າຍຮູບເອົາ ຕາເວັນຕົກດິນ ຢູ່ສົ້ນນຶ່ງຂອງຮ່ອມຖະໜົນ ທີ 42 ໃນນະຄອນນິວຢອກ, ວັນພຸດທີ 29 ພຶດສະພາ, ຊື່ງເປັນປາກົດການທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ "Manhattanhenge" ທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນສອງປີເທື່ອນຶ່ງ ເວລາຕາເວັນຢູ່ຊື່ກັບຖະໜົນຕ່າງໆ ທີ່ເນ່ງຈາກ ຕາເວັນອອກຫາຕາເວັນຕົກ ໃນ Manhattan.
An 80-year-old Japanese man has become the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain.
ໝອກໜາຕຶບ ປົກຄຸມໄປທົ່ວ ນະຄອນຊິດນີ ປະເທດອອສເຕຣເລຍ ໃນວັນພຸດ ທີ 29 ພຶດສະພາ ມື້ນີ້ ຈົນເກືອບເບິ່ງບໍ່ເຫັນ ຂົວຂ້າມອ່າວຊິດນີ ຫລື Sydney Harbor Bridge.
Photographs from the war-torn country of Syria.
President Barack Obama joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to see the state's recovery from Hurricane Sandy and visit the Jersey Shore.
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2019-04-26T06:19:19Z
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https://lao.voanews.com/z/2361/2013/6/1
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Free public domain archives of Victorian, Edwardian, and American Civil War era clipart.
Offers free graphics, clip art, and animated gifs, for Christmas and most major holidays, as well as fantasy themes.
Hundreds of royalty free digital maps in fully editable, Adobe Illustrator and PDF vector formats. Instant download for use in your print, web and multimedia projects.
All original seamless tiling patterns, free to use for digital or print projects.
Your one-stop source for Disney info includes clipart, forums, Disney Song Lyrics & more!
Maniactive home of the "Free PowerPoint Templates"
Free PowerPoint templates, backgrounds, photography, and other presentation resources are available for download.
Editable map clip art of world, globe and city vector maps for designers of print, multimedia and Web graphics applications.
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2019-04-23T10:56:34Z
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https://www.artweblinks.com/wdirc620019650
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Martha MacCallum, host of The Story on the FOX News Channel, sits down with a major newsmaker each week to get their "Untold Story." Martha's guests share inspiring stories of perseverance, positivity and more.
Always enjoy watching Martha on tv when she’s interviewing a guest. She seems to ask the questions that i am thinking as i watch and listen. After listening to this podcast I know i will enjoy more of her interviews with newsmakers from around the world.
Martha, I love your show of FNC and I’m in love with your podcast. Keep up the good work and keep those untold stories coming!
It’s fascinating to hear these personal stories. I always learn something new and am inspired by both Martha and her guests every time I listen. I look forward to a new one every Monday! Thanks, Martha!
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2019-04-26T00:26:00Z
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1446630562
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Giles Deacon was spotted lunching with a table full of Ungaro executives just last week and Estrella Archs, the Spanish unknown brought on to design with Lindsay Lohan left the company the next day.
It's official Giles Deacon is in at Ungaro.
Giles marks the fifth designer for the troubled house in as many years, following Giambattista Valli, Peter Dundas, Vincent Darre, Esteban Cortazar and then Lindsay and Estrella. Asim Abdullah, Ungaro's owner, hopes to make the label sustainable (and profitable) by 2011.
We're sure Giles will do a brilliant job, but it is reassuring to know that he can't possibly make things worse.
It's been about a year and a half since Giles Deacon replaced, um, Lindsay Lohan as creative director at Ungaro. His first collection showed at Paris Fashion Week spring 2011 and today, with the spring 2012 show imminent, Ungaro and Deacon have announced that their collaboration has come to an end. WWD reports that both parties are calling it a mutual decision rather than a firing, and we're not entirely surprised. The fashion house has seen a revolving door of creative directors over the past few years. Giambattista Valli, Peter Dundas, Vincent Darre, Esteban Cortazar and then Lindsay and Estrella Archs all passed through before Deacon, and none of them lasted more than a couple of seasons. The troubled brand also hired a new CEO this year, Jeffry Aronsson, who previously held chief executive positions at Donna Karan International, Marc Jacobs International and Oscar de la Renta and is expected to turn the brand around.
Giles Deacon has officially confirmed his new post as creative director at Emanuel Ungaro. "Various things have happened at the house recently which for legal reasons the company can't comment on - but I like to think of the bigger picture," Deacon told Vogue UK early this morning. "The house and its legacy have a lot more to them than that - and there will be announcements over the coming weeks about the business. I can't talk about them yet but various changes are being put in place."
2012 is shaping up to be a year of (attempted) revival for fashion brands. The latest? Ungaro. Almost exactly a year after it was announced that Giles Deacon, Ungaro's most recent short-lived creative director, had left the company, followed by CEO Jeffrey Aronsson and other advisors, WWD reports that a new team has taken the reigns with plans to return the label to the runway next season. The new creative director?
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2019-04-25T02:30:16Z
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https://fashionista.com/2010/04/giles-deacons-officially-in-at-ungaro
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The ideas in THE BRAND GAP are like a group of islands whose foundations extend below the surface of the page: What you see are only the peaks. Yet I hope I’ve roused your sense of adventure enough so you’ll dive deeper into brand and its five disciplines. Here are a few titles I’ve found rewarding and true, together with brief descriptions.
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2019-04-24T05:29:03Z
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https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-brand-gap/0321348109/bi01.html
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I had to share it. The photos and captions below are from Gideon’s “I’ve Pet That Dog!” account on Instagram. You can find him on Twitter too (with over 206,000 followers). He’s 10 years old. I’m jealous.
Ooops! I just read this again and should have said him. Sorry Gideon!
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2019-04-23T00:34:14Z
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https://sundayisforlovers.wordpress.com/2019/03/24/ive-pet-that-dog/
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Leukemia. 2016 May;30(5):1094-102. doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.361. Epub 2015 Dec 29.
Single-cell analysis of targeted transcriptome predicts drug sensitivity of single cells within human myeloma tumors.
Mitra AK1, Mukherjee UK2, Harding T1, Jang JS3, Stessman H1, Li Y4, Abyzov A4, Jen J3, Kumar S5, Rajkumar V5, Van Ness B1.
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Medical Genome Facility Genome Analysis Core, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by significant genetic diversity at subclonal levels that have a defining role in the heterogeneity of tumor progression, clinical aggressiveness and drug sensitivity. Although genome profiling studies have demonstrated heterogeneity in subclonal architecture that may ultimately lead to relapse, a gene expression-based prediction program that can identify, distinguish and quantify drug response in sub-populations within a bulk population of myeloma cells is lacking. In this study, we performed targeted transcriptome analysis on 528 pre-treatment single cells from 11 myeloma cell lines and 418 single cells from 8 drug-naïve MM patients, followed by intensive bioinformatics and statistical analysis for prediction of proteasome inhibitor sensitivity in individual cells. Using our previously reported drug response gene expression profile signature at the single-cell level, we developed an R Statistical analysis package available at https://github.com/bvnlabSCATTome, SCATTome (single-cell analysis of targeted transcriptome), that restructures the data obtained from Fluidigm single-cell quantitative real-time-PCR analysis run, filters missing data, performs scaling of filtered data, builds classification models and predicts drug response of individual cells based on targeted transcriptome using an assortment of machine learning methods. Application of SCATT should contribute to clinically relevant analysis of intratumor heterogeneity, and better inform drug choices based on subclonal cellular responses.
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2019-04-24T01:59:56Z
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26710886
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Karen Zuckerman and daughter Amanda searched high and low for fashionable dorm décor when Amanda started her freshman year at Washington University in St. Louis in 2009, making many, many store visits to compensate for a void in the marketplace.
That sparked an idea: why not create their own line of chic options that make it easy and fun to style a small space?
The ability to segment contacts based on interests, behavior and location has transformed the company’s marketing efforts, which previously included sending mass emails several times a week. “We see heightened impact over time if you’re selective with what you send and how often,” said Nicole. Dormify’s email audience now converts almost two times the site average.
The Engagement Cloud for Magento connector has empowered Dormify’s small yet savvy team to find clever ways to engage its customers and deliver the personalized, relevant experience they expect.
Automated campaigns and triggered programs, which leverage everything from behavioral to transactional data, have been a winner for Dormify. “We’re able to automate aspects of the process, like generating dynamic coupon codes and shopping cart abandonment behavior within Magento and into Engagement Cloud,” said Nicole. Triggered emails now account for 27% of Dormify’s total email revenue.
Dormify strives to include a human component in every aspect of the customer experience. One of the ways it does this is through its welcome series, which promotes things like social channels and other ways to connect with the brand.
The first includes a dynamic coupon code and a general welcome message, with tailored content depending on where the subscriber signs up. The second tells more about the company, and the third serves as a reminder and follow-up that includes a social call to action.
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2019-04-26T06:35:23Z
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https://learning.dotdigital.com/case-studies/dormify/
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Nine students from RCSA Innovation had the opportunity to travel to Puerto Rico to create a documentary about the closure of 280 schools on the island.
Once they arrived, they began with initial interviews and prep.
They then met with and interviewed Father Canice Njoku in Canovanas. He shared with them his experience staying on the island through Irma and Maria, and his journey to help rebuild his community. Both hurricanes left this area of Puerto Rico completely flooded and destroyed; some families still without water and electricity.
They also met with and interviewed teacher and coffee shop owner, Mercedita Ferrero, in Ciales. Mercedita detailed her experiences before, during and after Hurricane Maria, highlighting her perspective on the economic and political needs of the island and how they have contributed to school closures.
After that, the students in Puerto Rico had a busy day traveling across the western coast of the island, meeting with parents, teachers, and students, and learning about the intricate politics surrounding the last and recent school closures.
Despite the political and infrastructure damages inflicted on Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, the island remains a beautiful and enchanting place. The students were able to enjoy some amazing scenery!
Thank you to all of the supporters and donors that helped make this trip possible!
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2019-04-26T11:37:45Z
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https://rivercityscienceblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/14/students-travel-to-puerto-rico-to-film-documentary/
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This one was located next to a small village in the Müritz landscape. The village was accessible via a narrow single lane paved road. As it turned out, the hash lay in a sheep pasture right at the edge of the village - this one actually featuring sheep. As he had had his share of adventures, and would not want to scare the sheep in circles, relet decided to stay on the road. He took some photos from the hash from afar, and from the readings of his GPS and drove on.
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2019-04-24T13:52:58Z
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http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/2008-08-16_53_12
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This module has two key segments. In the morning, two topics will be discussed that have broad implications in the design and analysis of clinical trials: the role of biomarkers as replacement (i.e., surrogate) endpoints, and the interpretability of confirmatory vs. exploratory analyses. In the afternoon, attention will be given to a topic having broad implications in the conduct of clinical trials: the role of Data Monitoring Committees and current challenges in their implementation.
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2019-04-25T18:42:32Z
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http://www.biostat.washington.edu/suminst/archives/SISCR2017/CR1718
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On April 1, the US Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) began accepting applications for H-1B visas for skilled workers. The number of applications will reveal US employers’ current appetite for overseas workers.
Because of the recession, the overall volume of applications is expected to be down from the previous two years, in which the offices were instantly flooded with applications from tech companies, outsourcing firms, school districts, and a variety of other employers.
Still, it’s widely believed that the 85,000 visas available under the cap will be used before the fiscal year begins on Oct. 1. That’s because there is some pent-up demand from 2008 applicants who didn’t receive visas, and because employers say there are positions they can’t fill with U.S. labor, even as unemployment rises.
Akshay: He should be more sensible before doing such weird “unbutton” act during the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai.
You are currently browsing the Free to share your thoughts blog archives for the day Friday, April 3rd, 2009.
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2019-04-23T04:54:32Z
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https://abhishekkatiyar.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/
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Crop insurance is important for U.S. cotton producers. However, crop insurance does not provide adequate protection for multi-year price declines.
Crop insurance is important for U.S. cotton producers. However, crop insurance does not provide adequate protection for multi-year price declines. In addition, it does not adequately compensate producers for quality losses. In 2015, cotton acreage was down about 20 percent. That’s the lowest area we’ve had in the United States since 1983. As a result, we are seeing a reduction in the number of gins and cotton warehouses, and the ripple effect of declining cotton production can be felt in rural economies throughout the 17 cotton-producing states. Dr. Jody Campiche, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, joins us to explain the issues affecting U.S. cotton and its position in the global market.
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2019-04-19T07:05:33Z
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http://foundation.cotton.org/news/av/newsline160323.cfm
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Last night Steve, Adagio, and I participated in the most entertaining field trip ever. Along with more than a dozen other older pups and their raisers, we gathered at Lindbergh’s Terminal 1, where we practiced going on a plane flight.
Service dogs need to be able to travel by air, and some CCI puppy-raisers take their charges to the skies as part of their formative training experiences. Not all airlines allow pups-in-training in the cabin, but many do, and in 2015 Southwest for the first time opened its cabins to CCI trainees. Still, Steve and I have always quailed at the thought of trying to get one of our puppies to board and behave impeccably in any airliner’s cramped quarters, even for a short excursion.
I did happily participate in a group practice session at the airport three years ago with Kyndall (our trainee at the time). Our group went through the security screening, strolled the terminals, visited the doggy “relief station,” and happily interacted with members of the traveling public. But we didn’t get near any actual planes.
Last night was different. After years of laying the groundwork, veteran puppy-raiser Marilyn Fullen managed to get permission for our group to board one of Southwest’s working 737s (furloughed in San Diego for the night). Here’s a glimpse into how the adventure unfolded.
Armed with our special gate passes and caped companions, we lined up for the routine security inspection.
The humans had to take off their shoes, but the puppies got to keep their capes on.
Once through security, our group climbed the steps and found Gate 4, where we lined up just as if we were ready for boarding.
The wait at the cabin door was brief, as no one had any carry-ons (other than leashes).
Adagio’s sister, Apple, was the model canine traveler. Positioned perfectly under the seat in front of Cyndy, a middle-seat passenger might never notice her.
But Adagio, half again her size, simply wouldn’t fit.
This is about as good as we got.
Some of other puppy-raisers and one of the Southwest representatives assured us that, should we ever need to fly with a puppy, we could get access to bulkhead seats, where even dogs as big as Adagio do fine.
I think Adagio probably learned something about good comportment from the whole exercise. And Steve and I can better imagine how flying with a pup could work out well. We’re still not ready to try it any time soon. But it was fun to come close to experiencing it.
If you think Dean Ornish is a stickler about weight, you should see our overseers at CCI. They don’t care how much we (the puppy raisers) weigh, but they take a dim view of any dog who packs on extra pounds. The logic behind this is understandable. Labradors, a mainstay of the program’s breeding stock, have a genetic disposition toward plumpness. Moreover it’s the destiny of many successful program graduates to be matched with handlers whose mobility is impaired, making it harder for them to get a lot of exercise. Keeping the animals at a healthy weight when they’re young sets them up for a healthier life in service, or so the thinking goes.
But what’s a healthy weight? That’s where things can get murky. Over the years, Steve and I at times have heard our vet declare our current pup’s weight to be ideal, only then to be told by the CCI staff that he or she should be leaner. I’ve learned a catchphrase from my fellow raisers: “CCI Skinny” and have come to equate it with a level of thinness that in a human might be considered borderline anorexic.
Still, we want to be good, conscientious puppy raisers, so we adhere closely to the feeding guidelines: one cup of Eukanuba Large Breed Puppy Chow three times a day until the puppy is six months old, then a cup and a half of the puppy chow twice daily, switching to a cup and a half of twice-daily lower-calorie adult dog food after that. But we also use treats as a training adjunct (with CCI’s blessing), and once again, that’s where things can get a bit fuzzy. Some folks dole out pieces of puppy chow kibble as the treats. But this can leave you with no kibble left over at mealtime, if you train and treat enough, which feels downright cruel to Steve and me. So we use Charlie Bears or Costco beef jerky treat bits or other tasty morsels to encourage correct behavior. Recently, we’ve been enjoying great success at getting Adagio to ignore other dogs by having little slices of all-beef hotdogs close at hand.
With some trepidation, we tried to position Adagio in a similar pose, captured the following pictures, and sent them back.
We’re kind of dreading the advent of fig season this summer, when those succulent balls of sugary goodness drop from our tree like manna. We’ll have to rake them up morning and night and ramp up Adagio’s exercise, as best we can. Because come August 9, he’ll face the fat police in person.
Given Adagio’s obedience and docility, I am surprised to report he has come up with a novel form of bad behavior — a sin none of his seven CCI puppy predecessors ever committed: stealing our avocados.
The tree from which Adagio is stealing is more than 40 years old; Steve and I planted it as a sapling. It grew into a great robust engine of guacamole glory. At times we ate its fruit throughout most of the year. But over the last decade, it hasn’t fared well. Recent crops have ranged from minimal to non-existent. Then about a year ago, Steve finally took action to try to revitalize it: removing salt from the soil, watering the tree more, and pruning it heavily. This work has paid off in a bountiful crop of avocados that are delicious (although very small).
They started dropping off the tree a month or two ago. That’s when Adagio discovered them. We got suspicious when we spotted him snorfling around in the compost around the trunk base, and when we caught him in the act of savoring one of the little emerald gems (skin and all) our worst fears were confirmed.
Years ago, we grew accustomed to our puppies gorging on fallen figs. Steve and I can only consume a small fraction of what our massive old fig tree produces every summer; I don’t even like figs much. But I adore avocados, and they can cost $1 or more apiece from the store. So around our house, avocado thievery is a criminal offense.
We’re hoping he’s too virtuous to even think of that.
We had our first doggy funeral last week. It was for Tucker, whom we ushered into the Great Beyond a few days before Christmas. We had him cremated then after being euthanized and for almost six weeks kept the cardboard box filled with his ashes on Steve’s work bench in the garage. Last week we buried it up in Julian.
This was a novel experience for us. Over the years, Steve and I have had five pet dogs (in addition to the seven puppies we’ve raised for CCI; Tucker was both, a trainee turned permanent member of the family). All our pet dogs were big animals: a golden retriever and four labradors (one with a dash of Dalmatian). Their bodies seemed too unwieldy for us to consider digging holes in our back yard that would contain them securely over the years. We had nightmare visions of some successor canine digging up one of his or her predecessors. Instead we had our vet dispose of each beloved pet in turn. This didn’t bother us. They were dogs.
I don’t know if we’re getting old and mushy-headed or if it was just that Julian seemed such a perfect final stop for this particular dog. Since 2003, we’ve gathered in Julian every year with a close group of friends at the home of one the couples, and for 13 of those occasions Tucker accompanied us. Each has been a joyful interlude both for us humans, and for Tucker, who adored the woodsy deer-drenched smells of the surrounding hillsides. One year he ran off in the middle of the night into the forest, wild and free, with our then-current CCI puppy in tow. Somehow they found their way back to us. Wes and Jenny said they would welcome him to their property, for his final resting place, when the time came. So when we gathered in Julian this time, Steve picked out a spot, and Wes dug the hole. Steve positioned the box, while Adagio looked on (apprehensively?) Near the surface, Steve placed the little heart-shaped packet of wild flowers provided by the cremation company… …and finally, a simple marker. We didn’t pray or sing or anything like that, just admired the way the grave blended into its surroundings.
It would be nice if the wildflowers would bloom. Even if they don’t, though, and even when the sign disappears, we’ll never walk those woods again without thinking of our old buddy.
Steve and I raised one puppy who was a glutton for affection from her earliest months. Darby loved being cuddled and petted as much as she loved chasing the ball and eating her kibble and swimming (she was our only CCI pup so far to be entranced by water). Far more commonly, however, our trainees have warmed to physical affection more gradually.
We’ve been seeing such a change in Adagio in recent months; he’s more apt to approach one of us when we’re seated on a chair or couch and seek out petting. And he’s enjoying such interactions with other humans in a more obvious way.
I saw more evidence of this on Wednesday, when Adagio and I volunteered at a CCI fundraising event inspired by Valentine’s Day. An employee at Intuit (the financial software giant with a big presence in San Diego) has organized a “Cupids and Canines” celebration for several years, but this was the first time a puppy and I participated. An area within the spiffy company cafeteria was cordoned off, and Adagio and I settled down within it with five other teams for three hours. Intuit employees who were willing to make a contribution to CCI could enter to receive some quality puppy-snuggling time.
But more folks seemed to prefer one-on-one cuddles (often experienced in serial fashion with the dogs). Adagio reveled in it.
By the end of our stint, I was worried his tail might be exhausted, from wagging so much.
We heard that close to $4000 had been contributed during that day’s event, and another group would repeat the exercise on Valentine’s Day itself. It seemed like a particularly appropriate activity for the holiday of love.
I’ve enjoyed Adagio ever since we got him (a little over a year ago), but in recent weeks my affection for him has been building. Maybe part of it is losing Tucker. But Adagio also has reached a stage where he’s almost pure pleasure to live with. He wakes up in the morning bursting with happiness; happy to go for a walk or (if he’s very lucky) run around the nearby field for a short spell. Then he settles down, mostly snoozing throughout the day but ready to venture out if an opportunity arises. He does almost nothing wrong. We have a few things to work on to prepare him for a life of service — getting him to better ignore other dogs on the street; extending the time when he reliably stays down on command. But we’ve been relishing the thought of having until November 1 to work on these things.
At a couple of gatherings with other puppy-raisers, I soon learned that Adagio was not the only puppy who’s been moved up. His sister, Apple, has too, along with two other dogs close to Adagio’s age. Most of their puppy-raisers seemed more blasé about the news than us; they’d been half-expecting it. But Steve and I felt crushed to have three months less of life with Adagio. We love him!
Those are the mangled fragments of a set of earphones. Happily, Adagio found them in Steve’s garbage can. They’d stopped working, and Steve had discarded them. So no real harm was done. Still, the difference between stealing earphones from the trash or stealing something like that from a desk is close enough to remind us we’re not done with the task of civilizing him. We just have three months less to do it.
Have you seen this puppy?
I’ve long said that the very worst moment in Steve’s and my puppy-raising careers came the night Tucker ran off into the woods in the middle of one winter night up in Julian — with our CCI trainee at the time (Darby) in tow. Now we have a contender for second worst experience.
The incident in question happened Saturday afternoon, after Steve and Adagio had returned from a long grocery-shopping expedition. Because Steve had items to stow in our street-facing “bike garage,” he parked in front of our house, instead of in the big garage out back. He brought in Adagio and most of the groceries. I petted Adagio and walked into another room to do something else. It was several long minutes later when Steve asked, “Where’s Adagio.” I called him using my piercing “Here!” command, to which he usually comes running.
But he didn’t come. We looked out in the yard. No Adagio. We checked my office, then the garages. Increasingly incredulous, we went through every room in the house, even the closets — twice. But he was clearly missing from ALL the premises.
Feeling panicky, I raced out the front door and across the street to scan the elementary school playground/field where Adagio enviously stares at the dogs running free there. But I could see no large black dog romping among them. Our neighbor across the street, noticing my distress, asked what was wrong and offered to drive around looking for our missing pooch.
I wanted to check the alley behind our house first, but found no sign of him there. Two more neighbors volunteered to start a search. By this point I was nearly incoherent with not just fear but also disbelief. Adagio has NEVER bolted out the front door (which we figured Steve must have inadvertently left open for a minute or two.) On a leash, he waits patiently until we give him a command to venture out. I ran out the door again and then went down onto the field. I crossed it and scanned the streets on the other side (our regular path to the coffee shop). Again: nothing. With tears in my eyes, I raced back to the house and prepared to jump in our car and start driving, when my cell phone rang.
It was Jodie next door. “Have you lost your black lab?” she asked. In what seemed like two seconds later, I was at her door. Adagio wagged his tail in greeting.
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2019-04-25T22:25:53Z
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https://apupwithapurpose.wordpress.com/
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The last two months have been bizarre. On the one hand, my bike fitness has gone from strength to strength. On the other hand, my run fitness has completely dissolved!
The catalyst for this seven weeks ago, when I tore my calf (again!). I still can’t run and whenever I’ve tried, the calf gets stroppy, FAST! But I’ve been able to ride my bike. Oddly, I don’t even feel my calf during, or after, steep hilly rides.
So I can ride, and I’ve just ridden more and more, to beat the despair of not being able to run. I’ve taken some of my own advice and ride with the local tri club for two bunch rides a week. And then I throw in a mountain bike ride (or 3!). My power numbers are slowly rising, and I’m enjoying myself. You bewdy!
I’m well ahead of my stated Noosa bike CTL goal of 35. At last check it’s up to 41 and the race is still three weeks away.
But I still can’t run. Today the physio said I need yet another week off running. This calf injury is proving stubborn! I’ll be lucky to be running at all in three weeks. And I will not turn up to the race unless I can run.
In Jan 2010 I DNFed the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman because I’d torn my calf just before the race. The lead-in to the race was pretty negative knowing I wouldn’t be able to run. I vowed that I’d pull out next time if the same situation arose.
So I will pull out. Of Noosa. Sadly.
That leaves my race calendar wide open. I’ve no triathlons locked in, and I think I’ll leave it that way until I can train without niggles for a few months. To be honest, I’ve really been enjoying the training lately. The races are just getting in the way! And, when I can run again, I’ll be even happier!
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2019-04-19T19:12:30Z
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https://jontsnz.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/a-tale-of-two-sports/
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No, Liquipel is not simply a case for your iPhone. It is a patent-pending process of coating a device inside and out with a "nano" coating that is impervious to moisture. No, I wouldn't take your iPhone SCUBA diving or anything, but if you're accident prone, this may be just the thing to save yourself another embarrassing trip to the Apple Store.
The process apparently has no effect on features such as battery charging or network strength. It also does not seem to affect the look or feel of your treated device.
One downside is that you have to send your phone off to have the process done, though turnaround time is a mere 1-2 days. It costs $59 and works for all types of electronic devices.
This actually isn't the first time we've seen waterproof nanotech coatings for phones; late last year, HzO demonstrated a similar water-tight seal. iPhone in the bath tub anyone? Use the Comments!
Mike Keller is PCWorld's resident iOS Developer nerd. Catch Diary of a Developer every Tuesday here at GeekTech.
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2019-04-22T22:42:35Z
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https://www.pcworld.com/article/247784/make_your_iphone_waterproof_with_liquipel.html
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I still get giggles when I think about my toddler riding the “Flying Fiddler” ride the first few times. He called it the “Crab Ride.” We called it hysterical. While not too brave on some of the faster rides, little Daniel laughed and grinned as the crab went up, up, up in the air and… whoosh, let him drop. It only goes up to maybe 20 feet, but to a three-footer (children under 42″ may ride with an accompanying adult) it’s HUGE!
Daniel’s riding “evolution” took many twists and turns. First he was enthralled with it, if not a tiny bit frightened. Scary can be fun, seemed to be his first thoughts of the ride. Then we went through the “oh, no, I didn’t ride on THAT” phase where he could remember himself being on it (and saw the YouTube videos), but couldn’t quite gather the strength to ride. Now we’re again on the “Let’s GO!” phase.
I’ve had a lot of reason to research a child’s life phases the past few weeks. He’s right on par. One day up, one day down. Just like the ride. Children, especially toddlers, are volatile, adorable, exciting, exasperating, all within the span of a few moments. They are still learning about the world around them, and it is up to the adults in his/her world to be the safety harness… especially mom and dad.
I have to remind myself when I am on one of my “don’t want to ride it” phases, that my child is a work in progress. When he’s crabby, I must love him. For one day he’ll be flying solo… without me.
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2019-04-25T04:10:22Z
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https://seaworldmommy.wordpress.com/tag/seaworld-cares/
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Better yet purchase a Gift Certificate in any amount and Dad can visit the store personally and make his own selection.
Thank you to one of our new customers for their large order of fudge purchased from us for National Fudge Day.
We celebrate Delicious Fudge everyday by carrying three varieties of the finest fudge in Indiana. Keep checking with us as we add more varieties.
Empty Buckets of Ice Cream!
We have gone through our first buckets of ice cream!
The first one was Mint Chocolate Chip, Chocolate then Turtle Sundae!
What do you think will be the next one?
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2019-04-26T06:39:19Z
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https://hoosiercupboardcandy.weebly.com/blog/archives/06-2015
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Uncategorized | iRead n Write!
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2019-04-18T12:27:06Z
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Backdrop for feature film: “My Teacher’s Wife”.
“Radioland Murders”, Feature Film by George Lucas. Revolving stage, main set. Execution of painted motorcar and backings for Gavin Bocquet, Production Designer.
rave scene. John D. Kretschmer, Production Designer.
Hoochie-ChooHoochie tent signboards for Michael Paul Clausen, Production Designer.
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2019-04-20T02:46:19Z
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https://newmexicostoryboards.wordpress.com/page-1-backdrops-backings-art-for-camera/
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Minicon 26 was held 29–31 March 1991 at the Radisson Hotel South (Bloomington). Guests of honor were George Alec Effinger (author), David Cherry (artist), Al Kuhfeld, Ph.D. (science), Suzanne V. Tompkins and Jerry Kaufman (fans), and Jon Singer (lunch).
The total membership numbered 2299, with 2150 warm bodies. 170 were at the door, and 2080 pre-reg. 70 people were comped. 150 pre-registered members did not attend. No, those numbers don't quite add up, but that's what it says on this scrap of paper found in the archives!
The executive committee was Kay Drache, Karen Cooper, Karen Johnson, Lynn Litterer, and Polly Jo Peterson.
Here is the program book in PDF (95 MB), or the same, but lower quality and a much smaller download (4 MB).
Components of the Minicon 26 Program Book by Fred A Levy Haskell (photo), Jeff Schalles (text), and Stu Shiffman (art) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Advertisements are copyrighted if so marked.
Here's a mailer sent out (not called a progress report) (our scanning copy is water (coffee?) stained): as a PDF or individual page images: Outside, page of text, more text, forms.
For somewhat higher video quality, you can also download all of the files needed to make yourself a copy of the DVD that the above file was extracted from.
The Minicon 26 Masquerade Video, by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
The WWW had been invented by Minicon 26, but no web servers were live on the public Internet yet, so we're sure it didn't have a web site.
Here is a piece, mirrored from Gabe Helou, describing some public discussion after Minicon 25 (and hence related to planning Minicon 26).
Back to Minicon 25! | On to Minicon 27!
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2019-04-22T00:11:48Z
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http://mnstf.org/minicon26/
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Queen duvet cover (88" x 88") featuring the image "Koala" by Tim Hester. Our soft microfiber duvet covers are hand sewn and include a hidden zipper for easy washing and assembly. Your selected image is printed on the top surface with a soft white surface underneath. All duvet covers are machine washable with cold water and a mild detergent.
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2019-04-26T04:29:33Z
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The Mets have more competition in their managerial search.
John Farrell’s ouster as Red Sox manager on Wednesday has left a high-profile opening in Boston that may include the pursuit of Brad Ausmus or Alex Cora, both of whom have attracted the attention of Mets officials.
The Mets recently reached out to Ausmus regarding their opening, and Cora has been among a group of potential candidates for the vacancy created by Terry Collins’ recent resignation. Team officials have begun interviews, according to a source, but are not publicly acknowledging the names of the candidates.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told The Post earlier this week he expects to interview a “half-dozen or so” individuals for the vacancy. Robin Ventura, Joe McEwing, Kevin Long, Bob Geren, Chip Hale and Sandy Alomar Jr. are among the other known potential candidates.
Farrell likely will not be considered for the Mets’ opening, according to a source. But the Mets have discussed Joe Girardi, who is unsigned beyond this season. Though the Mets expect Girardi back with the Yankees, team officials are keeping surveillance on the situation in the event Girardi’s decade-long tenure in the Bronx concludes. Alderson, according to a source, would be open to the idea of Girardi, who fits the GM’s criteria of presenting strong leadership skills.
Ausmus, a Cheshire, Conn., native was fired as Tigers manager last month after four seasons in the position. The Tigers finished 64-98 in 2017 for a third straight season removed from the playoffs.
Ausmus could be the favorite in Boston because of his ties to the team’s president of baseball operations, Dave Dombrowski, who hired Ausmus with the Tigers.
But Cora’s name has also been floated in Boston as a potential replacement for Farrell. Cora, the Astros bench coach, could also be a candidate for the openings in Detroit and Philadelphia.
Long, currently the Mets hitting coach, is highly regarded within the organization for his communication skills and the relationships he’s built in the clubhouse. Though Long has never managed above the Single-A level, team officials see him as capable of making the leap.
Geren spent four seasons as the Mets bench coach before spending the last two seasons in the same capacity with the Dodgers. Team officials were high on Geren during his Mets tenure — he has a firm grasp of analytics — and his last two seasons in a winning culture with the Dodgers has only enhanced his credentials.
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2019-04-21T23:12:57Z
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https://nypost.com/2017/10/11/why-john-farrells-firing-could-be-bad-news-for-mets/
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EAST STROUDSBURG - For 30 minutes, the Kutztown men's basketball team stood toe-to-toe with East Stroudsburg on its home floor.
For 30 minutes, the Golden Bears had every answer to the Warriors trapping defense and their balanced offense and were in a tie game.
Then they suddenly wilted in the face of that pressure at both ends of the court.
"It seemed like we were getting tired because they were subbing five guys and five guys out," Kutztown senior Anthony Lee said. "We got into foul trouble. We didn't have enough subs. It was just a tiring game. They knew that. They saw that."
Jakwan Jones scored 29 points and Ryan Smith had 16 as East Stroudsburg turned back the Bears 92-79 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference quarterfinal Wednesday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.
The Warriors (21-6), the PSAC East champions, advanced to the semifinals Saturday and will play Mercyhurst at 1 p.m. at IUP. In the other semifinal, West Chester will take on the host Crimson Hawks.
Kutztown (16-14) ended its season, but not before knocking off Millersville on the road in the first round and then staying with East Stroudsburg for most of the night after losing to the Warriors by 20 last week.
"They amped up the pressure a little bit and we got out of what we were supposed to do," Bears coach Bernie Driscoll said. "Hopefully some of the young guys will take this as a real good learning experience and realize we have to have discipline for more than 30 minutes."
Da'Quan Granberry, one of four Kutztown freshmen to see action, scored on a break to tie it 63-63 with 11:39 to go. But over the next eight minutes, the Warriors went on a game-changing 18-4 run that made it 81-67. The Bears scored just one field goal in that stretch and turned it over five times.
"Sometimes we just lost the ball on our own," Lee said. "There was miscommunication. We made a lot of mistakes."
Kutztown committed 20 turnovers, many of them self-inflicted.
"I'll bet eight of them were unforced," Driscoll said. "We got out of position in our fullcourt offense. It's maddening. It's frustrating. It's a whole lot. Then we start dribbling, which is what East Stroudsburg wants you to do."
In the first half, the Bears overcame 10 turnovers with torrid 17-for-25 shooting. Freshman Austin Laughlin scored 15 of his team-high 24 points in the first half and Josh Townsend had nine of his 14.
Kutztown took a 46-39 lead, its largest of the night, when Laughlin hit a jumper from the wing. But Shamir Jones buried a 3-pointer and Smith made two free throws to cut it to two at halftime.
The game remained tight until the Bears had six consecutive empty possessions in the second half.
"Our rotations got slow," Driscoll said. "Some guys got tired. Give them a ton of credit. They kept the pressure up. Jeff (Warriors coach Jeff Wilson) made a couple switches defensively, which kept us off-balance. I thought they did a nice job on Anthony and I'll leave it at that."
In the final game of his brilliant career, Lee finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, the Bears' first triple-double since Stephen Dennis had one in 2010. He ended his career with 2,292 points, fourth-highest in PSAC history.
"It's a fitting way to end his career," Driscoll said. "It's a testament to what his career was. He was great in all aspects. Look at tonight. He scored 21 points and only took 13 shots. That's pretty damn good."
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2019-04-21T19:06:19Z
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https://www.readingeagle.com/sports/article/mens-basketball-kutztown-cant-keep-up-with-east-stroudsburg
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YANKTON, S.D. — South Dakota authorities have released the names of five people killed in a crash after a driver failed to stop for police and hit another vehicle.
Authorities say the accident happened Wednesday when a Yankton police officer tried to stop an Acura Integra on Highway 50 near Yankton when its headlights shut off. The Acura crossed into oncoming lanes, hitting a Nissan.
The Highway Patrol says two Sioux Falls men were in the Acura. The driver, 29-year-old Michael Worlie, and the passenger, Joshua Odens, 27, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Three people in the Nissan also died. The patrol identified them as 40-year-old Tawna Lichty-Reineke, 43-year-old Chad Reineke, and 10-year-old Janicka Luschen.
The Highway Patrol says a 12-year-old girl also suffered life-threatening injuries.
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2019-04-26T14:25:27Z
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https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/authorities-identify-5-people-killed-south-dakota-car-crash
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Prayer and meditation are our principal means of conscious contact with God. We A's are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along. So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. To be sure, we feel it is something that might help us to meet an occasional emergency, but at first many of us are apt to regard it as a somewhat mysterious skill of clergymen, from which we may hope to get a secondhand benefit. Or perhaps we don't believe in these things at all. To certain newcomers and to those one-time agnostics who still cling to the A.A. group as their higher power, claims for the power of prayer may, despite all the logic and experience in proof of it, still be unconvincing or quite objectionable. Those of us who once felt this way can certainly understand and sympathize. We well remember how something deep inside us kept rebelling against the idea of bowing before any God. Many of us had strong logic, too, which "proved" there was no God whatever. What about all the accidents, sickness, cruelty, and injustice in the world? What about all those unhappy lives which were the direct result of unfortunate birth and uncontrollable circumstances? Surely there could be no justice in this scheme of things, and therefore no god at all. Sometimes we took a slightly different tack. Sure, we said to ourselves, the hen probably did come before the egg. No doubt the universe had a "first cause" of some sort, the god of the Atom, maybe, hot and cold by turns. But certainly there wasn't any evidence of a God who know or cared about human beings. We liked A.A. all right, and were quick to say that it had done miracles. But we recoiled from meditation and prayer as obstinately as the scientist who refused to perform a certain experiment lest it prove his pet theory wrong. Of course we finally did experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were sold on meditation and prayer. And that, we have found, can happen to anybody who tries. It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer ate those who never tried it enough." Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support. As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul. We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace. To an amazing extent the facts of A.A. life confirm this ageless truth. There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit. But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundations for life. Now and then we may be granted a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God's kingdom. And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator. As we have seen, self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. It is a step in the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God's help. Yet it is only a step. We will want to go further. We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow. Most certainly we shall need bracing air and an abundance of food. But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun. How, then, shall we meditate? The actual experience of meditation and prayer across the centuries is, of course, immense. The world's libraries and places of worship are a treasure trove for all seekers. It is to be hoped that every A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation will return to the practice of that devotion as never before. But what about the rest of us who, less fortunate, don't even know how to begin? Well, we might start like this. First let's look at a really good prayer. We won't have far to seek; the great men and women of all religions have left us a wonderful supply. Here let us consider one that is a classic. Its author was a man who for several hundred years now has been rated as a saint. We won't be biased or scared off by the fact, because although he was not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer. And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become: "Lord, make me a channel of they peace--that where there is hatred, I may bring love--that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness--that where there is discord, I may bring harmony--that where there is error, I may bring truth--that where there is doubt, I may bring faith--that where there is despair, I may bring hope, that where there are shadows, I may bring light--that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted--to understand, than to understood--to live, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakes to External Life. Amen." As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea. It will help if we can drop all resistance to what our friend says. For in meditation, debate has no place. We rest quietly with the thoughts of someone who knows, so that we may experience and learn. As though lying upon a sunlit beach, let us relax and breathe deeply of the spiritual atmosphere with which the grace of this prayer surround us. Let us become willing to partake and be strengthened and lifted up by the sheer spiritual power, beauty, and love of which these magnificent words are the carriers. Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what is mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen. "Shucks!" says somebody. "This is nonsense. It isn't practical." When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried to create reality out of bottles. Yes, we reveled in that sort of thinking, didn't we? And though sober nowadays, don't we often try to do much the same thing? Perhaps our trouble was not that we used our imagination. Perhaps the real trouble was our almost total inability to point imagination toward the right objectives. There's nothing the matter with constructive imagination; all sound achievement rests upon it. After all, no man can build a house until he first envisions a plan for it. Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual objective before we try to move toward it. So let's get back to that sunlit beach--or to the plains or to the mountains, if you prefer. When, by such simple devices, we have placed ourselves in a mood in which we can focus undisturbed on constructive imagination, we might proceed like this: One more we read our prayer, and again try to see what its inner essence is. We'll think now about the man who first uttered the prayer. First of all, he wanted to become a "channel." Then he asked for the grace to bring love, forgiveness, harmony, truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could. Next came the expression of an aspiration and a hope for himself. He hoped, God willing, that he might be able to find some of these treasures, too. This he would tr to do by what he called self-forgetting. What did he mean by "self-forgetting," and how did he propose to accomplish that? He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it' better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven. This much could be a fragment of what is called meditation, perhaps our very first attempt at a mood, a flier into the realm of spirit, if you like. It ought to be followed by a good look at where we stand now, and further look at what might happen in our lives were we able to move closer to the ideal we have been trying to glimpse. Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with god, with His grace, wisdom, and love. And let's always remember that meditation is in reality intensely practical. One of its first fruits is emotional balance. With it we can broaden and deepen the channel between ourselves and God as we understand Him. Now, what of prayer? Prayer is the raising of the heart and mind to god--and in this sense it includes meditation. How may we go about it? And how does it fit in with meditation? Prayer, as commonly understood, is a petition to God. Having opened our channel as best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and others are in the greatest need. And we think that the whole range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says:". . . knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." A request for this fits in any part of our day. In the morning we think of the hours to come. Perhaps we think of our day's work and the chances it may afford us to be useful and helpful, or of some special problem that it may bring. Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday. Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems, and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should be helped. In that case, we are asking god to do it our way. Therefore, we ought to consider each request carefully to see what its real merit is. Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification:". . .if it be Thy will." We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out. As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done." If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer of phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation. Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all--our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress. At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven. Of course, it is reasonable and understandable that the question is often asked: "Why can't we take a specific and troubling dilemma straight to God, and prayer secure from Him sure and definite answers to our requests?" This can be done, but it has hazards. We have seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way form shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness. Quite often, however, the thoughts that seem to come from God are not answers at all. Thy prove to be well-intentioned unconscious rationalizations. The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kid of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual. To any questioning or criticism of his actions he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all matters great or small. He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance. With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction. Under such an illusion, he can of course create great havoc without in the least intending it. We also fall into another similar temptation. We form ideas as to what we think God's will is for other people. We say to ourselves, "This one ought to be cured of his fatal malady, " or "That one ought to be relieved of his emotional pain," and we pray for these specific things. Such prayers, of course, are fundamentally good acts, but often they are based upon a supposition that we know god's will for the person for whom we pray. This means that side by side with an earnest prayer there can be a certain amount of presumption and conceit in us. It is A.A.'s experience that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as for ourselves. In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances. We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve is conscious contact with God. He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction. All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will. Occasionally we go even further than this. We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us. Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. We no longer live in a completely hostile world. We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless. The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs. We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter.
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2019-04-22T22:14:00Z
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http://blueshadowsmom.tripod.com/recovery/index12.html
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Arts
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uiowa
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The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics at the University of Iowa is committed to education and lifelong learning for our medical students, residents, fellows and faculty. We have a large faculty representing subspecialties, which bring a rich and diverse pediatric culture to the program, and who have been recruited from some of the best universities across the nation. The success of students, residents and fellows is among the highest priorities of the faculty.
Our faculty are dynamic and enthusiastic in their dedication to teaching. If you are looking for a program where expectations are high, patient volume and diversity are excellent, and a multitude of didactic and bedside teaching opportunities are provided, then you've come to the right place.
Our overall educational mission is to provide a solid foundation in pediatrics upon young physicians can build their career, regardless of what direction they take.
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2019-04-23T21:06:36Z
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https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pediatrics/education
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Arts
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Health
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wou
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You may have noticed a lot of ebooks popping up in the library’s catalog–we have over 80,000 now! While they are often convenient and just what you need, other times you really want the printed material.
Now find the Book editions (meaning it’s a physical item, not digital). Choose the one from the Summit collection if possible.
Continue by using the or the buttons, and signing in. Before completing the request, make sure to indicate that you want only this edition. This confirms to library staff that you have seen the ebook we have and you want the physical copy.
Do you live or visit close to another college or university? If its library is a Summit member, you can have your materials sent there instead of to Hamersly.
Maybe you live in Salem and you always have to rush back after your WOU classes. To get set up, take your WOU ID card to the library at Willamette University (or maybe Chemeketa Community College). The library will “adopt” you as a Summit patron. Then, when you order your Summit materials, select Willamette as your institution and sign in. Complete your request. Just as if you had it sent to Hamersly, you’ll be notified by email when your item is ready to pick up. Remember to take your WOU ID again to check it out!
You can always return any Summit item to any Summit library. However, it’s best if you hand the item to staff and note that it’s Summit, so it’s sure to be sent and not accidentally shelved there.
You can also borrow material in person from Summit libraries.
Review what you have currently checked out, including due dates. This includes Summit and Interlibrary Loan items in your possession as well as Hamersly-owned items.
Renew items of Hamersly-owned items (when renewal is allowable) and see the new due dates.
Place holds on Hamersly-owned items. Use the Request button and we’ll retrieve and hold the item for you at the Checkout Desk.
Connect to Summit Requests to review the status of your requests.
Connect to Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Requests to a) review the status of your requests, b) request a renewal from the lending library, and c) get a blank request form rather than requesting via a database.
Go to My Reading History, the record of Hamersly-owned items that you checked out in the past. Please note that you must opt-in for the history to start accumulating; for privacy reasons we have the library system set to not retain checkout records once items are returned. If you choose to opt-in, you can always delete individual items from your history.
Rate library items (whether or not you’ve ever checked them out) in a five-star system, and review your ratings The item’s catalog record will include your anonymous rating averaged with any other ratings it’s received by other library patrons. The catalog’s rating system is not connected to any outside service.
Set or modify your “preferred searches.” Preferred searches are really handy if you have a favorite author or subject, or if you’ve developed an advanced search you don’t want to remember and rekey several months later. You can rerun the search manually, or the catalog can email you when the library adds new items that meet your search criteria.
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2019-04-23T15:53:05Z
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http://www.wou.edu/wp/library/category/instruction/
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Arts
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Reference
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wordpress
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Here is a fairly substantial list of book contests and book fairs in which you can enter your fiction/nonfiction and self-published/traditionally published books. We will make every effort to update it periodically.
Beware the deadlines. Please be sure to read all the entry rules in detail. Some of the contests have somewhat hefty entry fees; others have nominal fees; a few are free to enter. One contest is exclusively for audiobooks, one is exclusively for eBooks, and another is for book design.
The final entry is a link to a site that allows you to enter up to 17 book fairs with one submission form, at $50 per book fair. It’s quite a setup. If you think your book’s got game, why not submit it? Add contests to your marketing budget, and if you win, you could see some great PR, and perhaps even interest from a publisher or two.
All links were functional as of publication of this page on 28 April 2014.
Publishers must complete the online entry form and submit payment for the National Book Award by May 15, 2014. Learn how to submit your book here: http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html.
Entries for the Pulitzer Prize in Letters are accepted twice a year. Books published between January 1 and June 14, 2014 should be submitted by June 15, 2015. Books published the latter half of the year should be submitted by October 1, 2015. Books published after the October 1 deadline should be submitted in galley or page-proof form by October 1, 2014. See this page for info about how to enter: mhttp://www.pulitzer.org/how_to_enter.
Glad you found the list useful, Geraldine!
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2019-04-19T13:07:28Z
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https://marciebrockbookmarketingmaven.wordpress.com/writing-contestsbook-fairs/
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Arts
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Arts
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prnewswire
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PHILADELPHIA, April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goldman Scarlato & Penny investor rights lawyers have filed claims in arbitration on behalf of a former client of New York state registered representative Mark Kolta for alleged unsuitable investments.
The claims were filed against an independent broker-dealer firm that employed Kolta as its agent at the time of the alleged conduct. According to the Statement of Claims, filed in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's ("FINRA") arbitration forum, Kolta improperly invested his former client's money including by purchasing an untraded, illiquid real estate investment trust ("REIT") that was unsuitable given her investment profile and age. The Statement of Claims further alleges that transactions involving such inappropriate and illiquid investments should have been flagged by the broker-dealer firm.
Attorney Alan Rosca and his colleagues have filed claims on behalf of Kolta's former customer seeking compensation for her losses from the stockbrokerage firm that employed Kolta and had a duty to supervise his securities-related activities. Kolta already has multiple customer complaints listed in his BrokerCheck report, available to the public at brokercheck.finra.org.
The Goldman Scarlato & Penny investor rights lawyers are continuing their investigation into this matter. Former customers of Kolta who have concerns about their investments may contact attorney Rosca or his colleagues to provide useful information or with any questions about such investments.
If you lost money through your investments with Mark Kolta, you should call the Goldman Scarlato & Penny attorneys Alan Rosca, Paul Scarlato, or Doug Bench, to provide useful information or for a free, no-obligation evaluation of your legal options.
The Goldman Scarlato & Penny law firm represents investors who lose money as a result of investment-related misconduct. The firm takes most cases of this type on a contingency fee basis and advances the case costs. There are no fees or costs if no recovery.
Kolta investors may contact attorney Alan Rosca for a free no-obligation evaluation of their recovery options, at 888-998-0530, via email at rosca@lawgsp.com.
For more information about the Goldman Scarlato & Penny firm and attorneys, including their areas of practice and admissions, visit https://investorlawyers.org/ . Attorney advertising. © Goldman Scarlato & Penny PC 2019.
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2019-04-19T07:30:55Z
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mark-kolta-investor-represented-by-goldman-scarlato--penny-securities-lawyers-files-arbitration-claims-to-seek-compensation-for-alleged-losses-300833331.html
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Arts
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Business
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vai
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Amazing and top live performance as always!
Great setlist, great sound. I think this band is the best lineup ever. Everything sounded very tight from start to end. I was on 4th row at the center so the live experience was awesome. A funny thing was that while Steve was requesting for some folks to come up onstage for the "Build Me A Song" section, he looked at me but I was too overwhelmed so I could barely raise my hand, the guy in front of me at the 2nd row did it so he got onstage! LOL I guess I was too nervous to do it! Anyway I had a great time and I hope to see Steve and the guys on Mexico again really soon. My very first time seeing Vai live was on December 2000 in the same venue, but this time the show was way more emotive and powerful I think. The songs of the new album sounded big!
So see you guys next time and I wish you all the success for the remaining shows in South America.
Mexico will always welcome you.
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2019-04-21T09:00:54Z
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http://www.vai.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33312
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Arts
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News
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pcworld
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Microsoft credited its Windows overhaul for a boost in quarterly sales when it announced earnings Thursday, as new software and hardware tied to the Windows 8 launch helped the company enjoy higher revenue in its September-to-December quarter.
Though Microsoft’s second-fiscal-quarter profit declined, revenue increased, helped by the company’s Windows division, where sales shot up more than 20 percent year on year.
Microsoft revenue increased 2.7 percent to $21.46 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012.
Net income shrunk to $6.38 billion, or 76 cents per share, from $6.62 billion, or 78 cents per share, in 2011’s second fiscal quarter, the company said on Thursday.
Steve Ballmer helped launch Windows 8 in October. The revamped OS helped boost Microsoft’s sales in the December quarter.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement that the company’s “big, bold ambition to reimagine Windows,” along with other initiatives like its Surface tablet device and the new Windows Phone 8 OS, are paying off with customers, partners and developers.
The Windows Division generated revenue of $5.88 billion, up 24 percent year on year. However, on a pro forma basis, revenue was up 11 percent to $5.26 billion when factoring in a net deferral of revenue for the Windows Upgrade Offer and the recognition of previously deferred revenue from Windows 8 pre-sales.
The Server & Tools business, which includes products like SQL Server and System Center, posted revenue growth of 9 percent to $5.19 billion.
The Business Division, which includes the Office suite, had $5.69 billion in revenue, down 10 percent. But when adjusted for the impact of the Office Upgrade Offer and pre-sales, pro-forma revenue rose 3 percent. Revenue from server software including Lync, SharePoint and Exchange hit “double-digit percentage growth.” Microsoft is expected to ship a new version of the Office suite this quarter.
The Entertainment and Devices Division, which includes the Xbox products, saw revenue decline 11 percent to $3.77 billion.
Windows 8 sports a radically redesigned user interface based on tile icons that is optimized for touchscreens found primarily in tablets but also in newer “hybrid” laptops and some desktop PCs, like all-in-one systems.
The new OS started shipping in October, and Microsoft has said it is satisfied with the product’s sales, a message that is at odds with skeptical views from market researchers like NPD Group and IDC, as well as financial analysts from Morgan Stanley.
In November and again in January, Microsoft said that Windows 8 shipments were “roughly” in line with Windows 7 shipments at the same stage of the sales cycle three years prior.
About a week later, Morgan Stanley financial analysts downgraded the firm’s recommendation on Microsoft’s stock from Overweight—the equivalent of “buy”—to Equal Weight, the equivalent of “hold,” citing concerns over Windows 8 sales and over the PC market dynamics.
Even while expressing satisfaction with Windows 8 sales, Tami Reller, CFO and chief marketing officer of the Windows Division, acknowledged in January that OEM partners hadn’t made enough Windows 8 touch devices to meet the high demand for that type of computer.
“Frankly, the supply was too short,” she said then at an event held at the CES show in Las Vegas where she answered questions from a JP Morgan analyst.
“There was some misalignment between where products were distributed and where the demand was,” she added.
Some tablets running Windows RT—the Windows 8 version for ARM chips—didn’t get the type of distribution “that would have been ideal,” she said.
Microsoft is counting on Windows 8 to help improve the operating system’s minuscule share in the white-hot tablet OS market, where it lags significantly behind iOS and Android. Meanwhile, the PC market, where Windows has historically been the dominant OS, is shrinking.
Last year, Gartner forecast that worldwide media tablet sales to end users would total 119 million units in 2012, up 98 percent compared with 2011, and that Apple’s iOS would continue its dominance with a projected share of over 61 percent. Windows tablet shipments were expected to be only 4.8 million in 2012.
One special offer lets people upgrade an existing Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 PC and lets them acquire Windows 8 Pro for $39.99 via Windows.com download or $69.99 from a retail store DVD. The other offer, priced at $14.99, is for consumers upgrading a new Windows 7 PC bought between June 2 of last year and Jan. 31—they have until Feb. 28 to register for the special upgrade price.
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2019-04-19T13:23:36Z
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https://www.pcworld.com/article/2026211/windows-sales-boost-microsoft-revenue-but-profit-declines.html
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Arts
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Business
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