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The Reverend Martin Niemöller's reconstructed cell in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
Clemens August Graf Von Galen, Catholic bishop in Munster was sent to Sachsenhausen because of his campaign against Nazism
The story of the Rev. Marian Jacek Dabrowski who was sent to Dachau and subjected to malaria experiments.
Antonin Kalina, a Communist political prisoner, was able to protect 1,300 children in Buchenwald.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a patriotic German and theologian, was hanged for his opposition to Nazism.
The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Home Page offers a biography, bibliography, and links to on-line resources.
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Monopods are usually quite handy, but if you're looking to take a self portrait, one leg's not gonna cut it. For that you better grab the Twig Pod, a collapsable monopod that can be used hands-free.
The Twig Pod is just a like a tent pole in the sense that it folds into sections, allowing for easy transportation. A spike on one end is for jamming into soft ground for all those important, pristine self portraits you've been dying to take. If you're not looking to spend $28, you can probably rig something like this up yourself, but don't say I didn't warn you that all your photog friends'll call you cheap. [Photojojo via Gadget Lab]

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SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc unveiled a "Google Fit" platform on Wednesday to help users of its Android mobile software collate and keep track of health and fitness data on smartwatches and other mobile devices.
Fit functions similarly to recently introduced services from Apple and Samsung. The tracking and analysis of health information is expected to be a big driver for smartwatches and other sensor-laden devices this year. (Reuters)


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Last Modified: April 12, 2011
In order to ensure that all users of League of Legends (the "Game") have a fun and safe in-Game experience, Riot Games, Inc. ("Riot Games") has created "The Tribunal", whereby all the users of the Game (the "Community") are empowered to dictate what conduct is considered acceptable within the Game, and what conduct the Community deems inappropriate. Those members of the Community who qualify have the option to participate in The Tribunal by evaluating reports and attached evidence regarding the alleged misconduct of other users. The following Tribunal Policy and Procedure (the "Policy") explains how you as a user might be reported, how The Tribunal works to evaluate those reports, and what happens when The Tribunal chooses to punish a user's actions. This Policy is governed by and should be read in conjunction with Riot Games' Terms of Use, EULA, and Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Riot Games Legal Policies"), and should there be any discrepancy between this Policy and the Riot Games Legal Policies , the terms of the Riot Games Legal Policies shall control and prevail.
At the end of any live Game session (each, a "Game Session"), each user may report any other user participating in that Game Session by clicking the red exclamation mark (!) that appears next to that user's Summoner name. You are free to report any user(s) that you feel has violated the Summoner's Code, Riot Games Legal Policies, or generally displayed unsportsmanlike conduct. After selecting to report a user, you will be asked to choose from one of up to ten pre-selected reasons why that user's actions necessitated filing the report. You will also have the option to provide a short paragraph further describing the reasons for the report. It is these reports that may come before The Tribunal.
Not all reported users will be submitted to The Tribunal, but various factors will be considered for each reported user, including without limitation: (i) the number of times the user has been reported; (ii) the frequency at which the user is reported; (iii) the reason(s) for which the user is reported; (iv) the length of time the user's Game account has been registered (with newer accounts judged more stringently than veterans); and (v) the reputation of the user(s) that are making the reports. This means that, generally, but not necessarily in all cases, you will have to be reported multiple times by multiple users before you face judgment by The Tribunal.
Once a user is reported a sufficient number of times to merit a public posting of reports against that user, the system will automatically create a report page for The Tribunal system, containing the following information (a "Report Page"): (i) the Summoner name of the reported user; (ii) in-Game statistics from the particular Game Session(s) for which the user was reported; (iii) the reason(s) provided by the reporting user(s); (iv) any additional comments provided by the reporting user(s); and (v) the entire in-Game chat log for the Game Session(s). The Report Page will also contain a drop-down menu bar that allows the reviewing Tribunal member to evaluate evidence from each Game Session for which the user was reported (appearing as its own Report Page). A Tribunal member will not be casting a vote on each reported Game Session individually, but will vote on the user based on their general history as provided by The Tribunal, and so reviewing each of the Game Sessions individually will help a Tribunal member to better understand the report history of the offending user and deliver a balanced and accurate decision on disciplinary action. For each case a Tribunal member reviews, The Tribunal member will not be able to vote on such case for sixty (60) seconds to help ensure he or she spends an appropriate amount of time reviewing the evidence before casting a vote.
Private Chat Log Exception: If you are participating in a 3v3 or 5v5 pre-made game in which all of the members on your team are pre-selected (in other words, you have chosen to only play with your friends and are not playing with any strangers on your team), then any chat text that is submitted on team chat (as opposed to public game chat via the "/all" channel) ("Private Chat") will be redacted from the chat log on the Report Page. For clarification purposes, this redaction only happens when the teams are fully pre-made and only applies to Private Chat. Any public or "all" chat content submitted during a Game Session is subject to review by The Tribunal.
The Report Pages are assigned at random in The Tribunal – a Tribunal member cannot pick and choose which cases he or she wants to review. While there is a small chance that a Tribunal member might be assigned a Report Page for a user that he or she reported, no Tribunal member will be allowed to vote on a Report Page created for his or her own account.
Once a Tribunal member has reviewed the Report Page, he or she has an opportunity to vote to "pardon," "punish" or "skip" the case. Each Report Page will be reviewed and voted on by at least twenty (20) different Tribunal members before any action is taken. While this number is subject to change in the sole and absolute discretion of Riot Games, the offending user must always receive an overwhelming majority of "punish" votes to be subject to some form of punishment by Riot Games.
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Calif lawmakers ask for offshore fracking probe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of state lawmakers has asked the federal government to investigate hydraulic fracturing off the California coast where new oil leases have been banned since a disastrous oil spill in 1969.
Fracking has occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel at least 12 times since the late 1990s, and regulators earlier this year approved a new project, according to a recent report by The Associated Press, which obtained well permits and internal emails through the Freedom of Information Act.
The extent of fracking in the Pacific causes "extreme concern," state lawmakers led by Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, said in the letter this week.
Unlike fracking on land, which has spurred efforts to prohibit or curtail the practice, fracking in federal waters is less common and has not received the same attention.
Offshore jobs, which are typically smaller than ones done onshore, involves the pumping of hundreds of thousands of gallons of salt water, sand and a mixture of chemicals beneath the seabed. Most of the efforts to date have yielded mixed success in increasing oil production.
Federal environmental regulators so far have exempted fracking fluids from the nation's clean water laws, allowing companies to flush treated discharges into the sea without a separate environmental review, the AP found.
The California Coastal Commission said it had no idea until recently that ocean fracking was even happening and planned to ask oil companies in the future whether they intend to frack. Since the work occurs in federal waters, oversight falls to agencies in the Interior Department. But state coastal regulators say they have a say if an offshore project affects water quality.
The oil industry insists fracking is safe and does not harm the environment.
Despite the assurances, state lawmakers said they wanted greater scrutiny over the practice. Past fracks have occurred in the vast offshore oil fields of Southern California, site of the 1969 spill that released more than 3 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean, fouling beaches and killing birds and other wildlife.
"We are in the dark. It is very distressing," said state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, who was among the lawmakers who signed the letter addressed to the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency.
On Thursday, Jackson and other state legislators petitioned the coastal commission to take a closer look at past permits and future offshore applications.
Interior Department spokeswoman Jessica Kershaw said the agency has received the letter and was reviewing it. The EPA said it would also review the letter and reiterated that its current permitting process ensures that fluids used in oil drilling and production will not impact water quality.
State Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Monterey Bay, said he favored greater regulation of offshore fracking.
Stone, a former coastal commissioner, said he's less concerned about whether the federal government or state should take charge "so long as the end result is that offshore fracking has appropriate oversight and has rules in place to minimize environmental damage."
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Being a lifeguard means being prepared for any type of emergency. Whether you work at a pool or a beach at a lake or the ocean, it is important to have all the right equipment to deal with any emergency that may come your way. Some of the equipment that is necessary but can be easily overlooked include spineboards, backboards and head immobilizers, all of which are essential if someone is suspected to have a head, neck or spinal injury due to an accident in or around the water.
One of the most important things you will need, whether there is a suspected head, neck or spine injury or the person is simply unconscious, is a spineboard or backboard. These flat boards allow you to easily transport a patient without causing further injury. While it is best to leave a person as you found him until paramedics can arrive, it is important to be able to move someone out of danger if it becomes necessary. In addition to having the right spineboards or backboards on hand to transport patients when needed, it is also important to make sure you have the right straps to secure someone to the board. When you have a board you use, you must inspect the straps on a regular basis and replace them when they wear out to keep everyone safe.
Head Immobilizers
When someone may have a head, neck or spine injury, the best thing you can do is make sure he doesn't move. One way you can ensure the patient doesn't move, especially if you have to move him on a spineboard, is to use a head immobilizer. This apparatus secures around the head and neck to keep the patients neck straight to avoid any further injury. Protecting the patient should be your number one priority. When paramedics finally arrive on the scene, they will be pleased to see you have taken the proper precautions to prevent a more serious injury.
Even if someone isn't as injured as you first suspect, it is important to have the right lifeguard equipment to ensure his safety. This includes having a spineboard or backboard on which to safely transport a patient whenever necessary. In the case of a suspected head, neck or spine injury, having the right head immobilizers is also important to ensure the patient isn't further injured by any movements that occur before the paramedics arrive.


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The Opening of Misty Beethoven - Collector's Edition 2 DVD Set (2012)
"THE BEST FILM OF 1976" - Al Goldstein, Screw Magazine
In his erotic retelling of George Bernard Shaw's classic play Pygmalion, master director Radley Metzger transplants the action to 1970's New York, Rome, and Paris. We follow noted sexologist Dr. Seymour Love (Jamie Gillis) as he sets himself the challenge of transforming lowly streetwalker Misty Beethoven (Constance Money) into the world's greatest lover. With the help of his beautiful friend Geraldine (Jacqueline Beudant), Love devises an erotic training program with the goal of seeing Misty crowned "Goldenrod Girl" at famed publisher Lawrence Layman's next wild party. Along the way, Misty refines her technique by seducing an impotent artist, bringing three uniformed butlers to climax simultaneously, and dallying with a rainbow-ceramic sex toy in one of the most arousing films ever created.
Filmed in 3 countries on 2 continents with many of the most famous golden-age actors (including Gloria Leonard, Ras Kean, Casey Donovan and Terri Hall), featuring a witty and intelligent screenplay, and shot by award-winning cinematographer Paul Glickman, Misty Beethoven is the golden standard by which all other adult films have been measured.
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Becoming a fashion designer is a creative journey in uncovering the student's likes and dislikes. Styles and fads come and go and then come around again. This is true of the fashion design industry also, particularly so! The industry is often influenced by the entertainment industry (television, movies, music, etc.) For example, "That 70′s Show" gave hippie fashion a new comeback chic. This is true of other movies as well. A great example of this would be "Pirates of the Caribbean" that brought about a huge influx of skull and cross bones designs. The typical pirate symbol, more related to a gothic or punk style, became mainstream after the debut of the movies.
This pop culture influence inspires mass market designers. However, couture fashion designers strive to be the source of the inspiration rather than an imitator. The difference between this can be found in the training of the merchandiser versus the designer. Many aspiring fashion designers choose to go into fashion merchandising. However, these two fields require slightly different curriculum. One will focus on sales, marketing, and business where as the other–fashion design–will focus on creativity and imagination in bringing ideas and concepts to life.
Following middle school, students can choose college preparation courses to direct their educational tracks to their own possible careers. For a student wishing to take the path of a designer of any type, art classes are essential to building the basic knowledge and core concepts that they will use.
High school courses should be selected to assist in building a professional portfolio to show to potential design colleges. By starting their educational planning very early, it is possible for students to make the most of their high school years by focusing on extracurricular activities that will add spice to their college applications. For example, potential fashion designers can take classes not only in art but also specialized math and computer classes, multimedia classes, and drama activities that will allow them to explore different aspects of the fashion world. Some high schools even offer classes in small business ownership or entrepreneurial skills.
For students who end up at the college level and wish to break in to the fashion design industry, it is never too late. Courses in drawing, painting, life drawing, and silkscreen, and color theory, fashion and art history are some of the beginning requirements for any fashion design student. Advanced students of fashion design will continue with patternmaking, sewing basics, advanced sewing techniques, and digital designing.
It is crucial for a fashion design student to have access to this type of basic curriculum in college in order to prepare for the true test of their abilities: their internship. Once the student has taken the basic and advanced courses, it is time for them to specialize in some aspect of the fashion industry. When people think of fashion, they think of runway shows and couture collections. There are fashion centers throughout the world, but most people tend to consider New York City the center of all fashion design. If the college student did not choose a college near a fashion design center, it may be possible for them to choose an internship located in that area. Some other possible internship locations would be Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, and other metropolitan areas.
The best source of internship possibilities will be the college faculty and guidance counselors. It is important to do your homework by researching potential internships; but, they can definitely guide the student to someone that they may not have considered.
The fashion world has its niches. Every designer starts somewhere. They do not just graduate from college and poof have their own design house and their own collections. They were mentored by someone in the business. Some of them were self taught and did not have the opportunity to study in a college environment but learned in the school of hard knocks. Whatever the case, if there is a desire to learn the fashion design business, then there is a way to do it.
Consider working at a place that does alterations or tailoring to build up sewing skills. Consider designing your own clothes. Think of functionality, practicality, body type, personal statements, coloring and fabric choice. Study the masters–who is on the edge of fashion now that you want to emulate? Why do you like their style? What IS your style?


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Yes you guessed it another Mini Book. This one is on Alice in Wonderland using Graphic 45's beautiful themed paper. I even pulled out some paint on the weekend (something I do not do often) and injected some colour into the covers. Just dont know if I can stop making these little books, still a few more ideas in my head to make a couple more, so more may be on the way.
Love Sarah
Friday, July 30, 2010
Alice in Wonderland Mini Book
Posted by Sarah at 7:26 PM 34 comments
Little iddy bitty mini book
I have put the jewellery tools down this week and taken up making more little mini books. Not much else to report on, however I do want to say a HUGE thank you to you lovely people who keep returning to see what I have been up to and leaving such lovely warm and encouraging comments. Thank u...
Love Sarah
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Little mini book
Just before I went on hoildays back to Melbourne I made this little mini book for my dear friend Jen for her birthday. I am so glad she liked it. Inside is many pics of some of the wonderful adventures and antics that we have got up to in the past. Now I am all unpacked I am itching to get upstairs and get creating again..
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With the steady stream of retail releases coming out, downloadable games are quickly becoming a beautiful oasis for my ever shrinking wallet. Let's see what affordable titles Nintendo's console has on offer this week.
Brain Challenge (Gameloft, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points)
If you're looking for a cheap alternative to Big Brain Academy on the Wii, Gameloft has the answer with Brain Challenge. Like the plethora of brain training games already available, Brain Challenge features a number of mini-games to test your mental prowess, and then tracks your progress via charts and graphs. It also features multi-player support so you can see how you stack up against friends, as well as Mii support for a little personal touch.
Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam (Virtual Toys, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points)
In what sounds very similar to the Flash game Diner Dash, Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam tasks players with serving food to customers as quickly as possible. Apparently, though, the customers are very impatient. Also, for some reason, your restaurant is packed with insects that need to be avoided. As you progress, you can move from a hot dog stand all the way up a Mexican restaurant, serving the likes of ninjas and vampires along the way.
Virtual Console
Mega Man 3 (Capcom, 1 player, E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points)
If the recent releases of the first two Mega Man games and Mega Man 9 weren't enough to satiate your nostalgic hunger, then you may want to check out Mega Man 3. Though MM2 is widely regarded as the best in the series, this is still a great title, and a must own for fans of the franchise. The game was also the first to introduce the slide mechanic, though whether that is a good or bad thing is debatable.
While the WiiWare selections leave much to be desired, it's hard to complain about Mega Man 3. Everyone who thought that MM9 was too old school should check it out and get their slide on.
It's great to see more Mega Man in the mix, although the WiiWare games seem a little underwhelming today. If only we had demos!


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At least 57 members of an Islamist sect, including children, have been discovered living underground in the Republic of Tatarstan, according to Russian police.
Many of them have never even seen the sun, authorities said.
The sect members, which includes at least 19 children ages 1 to 17, were freed. They were found August 1 during a police raid performed as part of an ongoing investigation into militant groups in Tatarstan. The bunker, which appeared to be made of decrepit concrete blocks, has multiple levels below ground with tight-quartered cells that have no light, ventilation or heat.
The leader of the sect is reportedly Fayzrahman Satarov, an 83-year-old who pronounced himself a prophet destined to direct a caliphate, according to a report by Russia state TV channel Vesti.
Amid chants of defiance, police detained Satarov and some other members, and they are facing charges.
Russian media reports say his followers lived in isolation, refusing to recognize Russian laws or the authority of mainstream Muslim leaders in Tatastan.
The bunker is located near the city of Kazan in Tatarstan, about 500 miles from Moscow.
Tatarstan is majority Muslim and oil rich.
Shireen T. Hunter is a noted scholar on Islam and Russia, and is the director of the Carnegie Project on Reformist Islam at Georgetown University. She has visited Tatarstan and Kazan several times to do research.
It's important, she said, to keep in mind that little is known about the group and simply because the leader identifies himself as Islamist, there should not be immediate connections drawn between the group and Islam in the area as a whole.
"This could just be some 83-year-old who wants to control people," she said. "This may have nothing at all to do with radical or extreme Islam as we understand it. This man - creating a caliphate? How is he going to do that? This just doesn't seem like the modis operandi of a serious radical cell bent on challenging the government."
Kazan is a pleasant city with coffee and clothing shops, Hunter said. Some women wear hijabs, others don't. Some women work and other choose not to, she said. In recent years, many people have bought villas and other housing in Kazan.
It's conceivable to her that a group could live underground and go unnoticed for years.
"If I decided to live underground in Washington, D.C., I could do that, and so could other people," she said.
Health worker Tatiana Moroz told CNN that the children are in "satisfactory condition" and that they have been fed. Some were sent to the hospital for care.
"Upon receipt from the building, the children were in satisfactory condition," she said. "The children were all fed, although they were dirty. Upon receiving them, we washed them. They have undergone a full examination - all the Russian specialists have examined them, and taken all the analyses. [Friday] the full analyses will be finished and we will give our final conclusion about the condition of their health."
CNN's Matthew Chance contributed to this report.
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Bar report: Soul de Cuba
Left: El Presidente, right: caipiriniha. Photos by Randy Wong.
Soul de Cuba
In Chinatown, 1121 Bethel St., souldecuba.com
For the most part, Soul de Cuba lives up to its name: The Afro-Cuban theme permeates the food, music and decor. It has an interesting rum selection, yet the cocktails leave something to be desired.
The Vibe
Warm, with earthy hues of red, orange, and yellow. The walls are adorned with paintings of Cuban orishas—spirits or deities from the Yoruban religious system—and in the back bar, one can watch concert videos of groups like the Afro-Cuban All Stars.
Soul de Cuba is the second location of the same concept opened by restaurateur Jesus Puerto. (The first is in New Haven, CT.) Opened July 2006, Soul de Cuba is Puerto's vision for a restaurant that educates patrons about Afro-Cuban culture through food, cocktails, music and art. The restaurant keeps a cultural guidebook on hand with introductions to the orishas' mythology, Cuban music, and each of the rums.
The Spirits (the drinkable ones)
Cuba is known for its production of rum, and it's Soul de Cuba's rum list that drew me in. Its list boasts 17 rums, including three from Cuba (of the Ron Matusalem line). Other highlights in the rum category include Rhum Baita, a hard-to-find French-style rhum from Martinique; the sippable Ron Zacapa 23-year, a premium rum from Guatemala; and Pampero Aniversario, an aged Venezuelan rum with notes of toffee, vanilla, and caramel.
Rum flights are available.
The Drink Menu
Soul de Cuba has nine renditions of classic drinks; the majority of them rum based. My favorite was the caipiriniha, made with LeBlon cachaca, a fermented sugarcane spirit from Brazil. The cachaca, lime, and sugar were nicely balanced, and the earthiness of the cachaca was not overpowered.
The El Presidente, however, was a different story. Known as the house cocktail at Club El Chico, a Greenwich Village-spot credited withintroducing the rhumba in 1925, the El Presidente is supposed to be made with white rum, orange curacao, French vermouth, and grenadine, stirred and served 'up' in a chilled cocktail glass. Soul de Cuba's version had rum, pineapple and grenadine—on the rocks. The menu described it as "a pleasingly tart mix," yet the one that I had was nearly candy-sweet.
Soul de Cuba is better known for its food, and rightfully so. Favorites: the beef empanada (puff pastry stuffed with seasoned meat), an aromatic and spicy black bean chili, and fricase de pollo, chicken marinated with Spanish olives and onions. Soul de Cuba has my favorite rice and beans in all of Honolulu, and what better way to wash it down, than with a nice caipiriniha.
Drinks average $10, with rum flights averaging $15. The prices are reasonable, but the drinks are average.
To Be Improved
For a restaurant with a great rum list, I was disappointed to see a drink menu that focuses on white rums, which tend to have little flavor of their own.
Overall, the drinks could be better executed. Fresh citrus is a plus, but some drinks lack balance; measuring ingredients could help.
Cocktail geek Randy Wong is a former bartender and beverage consultant. His cocktails have been cited in many books, including Off The Shelf, Drink & Tell, Food & Wine's Cocktails 2010: Mixologist All-Stars, Beachbum Berry: Remixed, and at the StarChefs International Chefs Congress in NYC. He's known for his expert knowledge on tiki music and cocktails.


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Mountlake Terrace homeowners and business/property owners are responsible for clearing snow and ice off driveways and sidewalks near their property, including the ridge of snow left along the edge of driveways by the snowplow. The city will not plow driveways.
Homeowners and business/property owners that plow snow or have it removed from their property shall not place the snow in the public right-of-way. This is not permitted and can lead to hazardous conditions for the traveling public. Homeowners and business/property owners must accommodate removed snow on their own property or make arrangements to have the snow removed to another location.
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I am a big fan of the Palm Springs Photo Festival. I love the fact that no matter how you choose to spend your days, be it attending a workshop, having your portfolio reviewed, listening to a lecture or panel discussion, talking to tech/publishing experts in the sponsor booths or making pictures in the area, we all come together for a shared evening experience, one that we can all discuss together later that evening, at breakfast, the next day – and, the next night's presentations stretches our imagination further. At the beginning of each evening, something special happens: 4 of the 16 finalists for the PSPF Slide Show Competition are shown on the big screen at the Palm Springs Art Museum, to the wonderfully diverse audience representing all aspects of the photography industry. I can tell you – we aren't late – no one wants to miss these fantastic presentations, stills set to music in slide show format. I have been introduced to wonderful new work; the winner is announced the last evening. The Slide Show evening presentations are something I truly look forward to within the PSPF programming.
Now is the time to get serious about your entry! There is NO FEE TO ENTER, a rare thing these days.
Below are the details. I look forward to seeing your work on the big screen in Palm Springs!
From the PSPF website:
EXTENDED DEADLINE to MARCH 5th!
"Each evening of the festival we present the work of 4 finalists, 16 in total. Your work could be seen by the participants and attendees of the PSPF on the large screen in the Annenberg Theater of the Palm Springs Art Museum. In addition, finalists' entries will be posted on our website for at least one full year!
Brad Moore was the winner of the 2009 Palm Springs Photo Festival No fee Slide Show Contest.
Enter our Slide Show Contest and have a chance to win a CANON Professional Pixma Printer (Grand Prize) plus a $300 Gift Certificate from Samy's Camera, a great camera backpack from Tenba and other prizes. The winner from each of the four nightly finalists will receive cool gifts from our sponsors, a $50 gift certificate from Samy's Camera, software from our Sponsors, camera backpack or belly-pack from Lowepro and more! All of the finalist's names will be posted on our website prior to the festival.
To get details on how to enter click here.
The Palm Springs Photo Festival takes place from March 28- April 2, 2010, it is an intense week-long event for Professional, Emerging and Serious Advanced Amateur Photographers. We are dedicated to providing a rich program intended to inspire, educate and instill or reignite passion for the art and commerce of photography. Attendees are encouraged to arrive on Sunday, March 28 in order to enjoy our Open Portfolio Review and Opening Reception.
Connect 2010 offers the opportunity to MEET top photographers, curators, art directors, editors, gallery directors, ad agency creatives, educators and industry leaders in the spectacular desert environment of Palm Springs, California for this year's Palm Springs Photo Festival. SHOW your portfolios, STUDY with legendary photographers, ATTEND cutting-edge seminars / symposiums and ENJOY evening projections by world famous image-makers. NETWORK with the master photographers, industry insiders and your contemporaries at several great evening parties and enjoy the warm Palm Springs weather. Most importantly, we promise you won't have more FUN at any other photo event. Walk away with a RENEWED PASSION for the art of image making."
Don't miss your opportunity to CONNECT!


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OK, yeah, we're giggling at every single one of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's quips right now. Maybe celebrating Bryan Cranston's and Breaking Bad's wins. But we also can't stop buzzing about what just went down on the carpet.
In short, what'd we take away? Wet hair, (roughly 50 shades of) red, boobs and some seriously sexy back. Our thoughts, below.
So long, Old Hollywood curls. And hello, sleek, slicked-back, almost wet-looking hair. Hayden Panettiere rocked the modern look with her geometric black-and-white Tom Ford gown along with Mila Kunis, Emma Roberts, Jessica Chastain, Zoe Saldana and Elisabeth Moss. (Yay for her win, BTW.) Yes it's severe and yes it's different, but whether you love it or hate it -- definitely can't say it's boring, right? If you wanna toe dip into the trend without going all out, try our guide to getting a super-shiny mane.
Our eyes are still burning from all that red -- and we mean the dresses, the lips and, of course, the carpet. With stars like Julia Louis Dreyfus, Julie Delpy and Taylor Swift all rocking ruby shades, it was Lupita Nyongo who we think "won" the carpet with her Globes look. The 12 Years a Slave star looked uh-freaking-mazing in a futuristic-yet-elegant Ralph Lauren gown-and-cape style. We dig that her dress was super tight-fitting, but not too tight, you know? And we couldn't help but notice how practically every single star painted her lips some scarlet shade. Wanna try it tomorrow? Here's your guide to finding your perfect red.
You all know we love us some legs here at SELF. But was anyone else psyched that we saw a whole lot of classy cleavage in some v-necks (OK, deep v-necks) on the carpet? Obviously Sofia Vergara brought her girls out. But also joining her were Amy Adams (Totally having an "I love showing my boobs!" moment in her career, FTR, and also a winner!), Reese Witherspoon, Julianna Marguilies and red-carpet newbie Margot Robbie.
The stars brought sexy back, too. LOVE a good backless gown. Did you guys see that queen of acting and everything polished, Cate Blanchett's back was so backless, she allllmost showed just a teensy touch of crack? Even if she did, it'd be the fanciest, most civilized one you'd ever see. Also showing some skin from behind were stars like Emma Watson, Reese Witherspoon and Amy Adams. Now if these ladies aren't bring sexy back, we're not really sure anyone is -- Justin Timberlake included.
So you've heard our take. What are you buzzing about? Tweet us @jackierisser and @SELFMagazine!
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Have you ever wondered how to create a class in your favorite programming language, not by writing a class definition, but by running some code? Some languages allow that by simple API calls. The API behind it is called the Meta-Object Protocol, short MOP.
Perl 6 has a MOP, and it allows you to create classes, roles and grammars, add methods and attributes, and to introspect classes. For example we can use calls to the MOP in Rakudo to find out how the
Rat type (rational numbers) is implemented. Calls to methods of the MOP generally start with
.^ instead of just
$ perl6 > say join ', ', Rat.^attributes $!numerator, $!denominator > # the list of all methods is a bit long, > # so here is a random selection > say join ', ', Rat.^methods(:local).pick(5) unpolar, ceiling, reals, Str, round > say Rat.^methods(:local).grep('log').[0].signature.perl :(Numeric $x: Numeric $base = { ... };; *%_)
Most of these lines should be fairly self-explanatory: objects of class Rat has two attributes,
$!numerator and
$!denominator, as well as many methods. The
log method takes a
Numeric value as invocant (marked by the colon after the parameter name), and an optional second parameter called
$base, which has a default value (but which Rakudo can't show you. It's Euler's number).
A nice use case comes from the Perl 6 database interface. It has the option to log calls on an object, and to restrict this to only log methods from a certain role (for example only a role related to connection management, or related to data retrieval). Here is the example, and a possible way to call it:
sub log-calls($obj, Role $r) { my $wrapper = RoleHOW.new; for $r.^methods -> $m { $wrapper.^add_method($m.name, method (|$c) { # print logging information # note() writes to standard error note ">> $m"; # call the next method of the same name, # with the same arguments nextsame; }); } $wrapper.^compose(); # the 'does' operator works just like 'but', but # only modifies a copy of the object $obj does $wrapper; }
role Greet { method greet($x) { say "hello, $x"; } }
class SomeGreeter does Greet { method LOLGREET($x) { say "OH HAI "~ uc $x; } }
my $o = log-calls(SomeGreeter.new, Greet); # logged, since provided by role Greet $o.greet('you'); # not logged, because not provided by the role $o.LOLGREET('u');
>> greet hello, you OH HAI U
So with a Meta-Object Protocol, classes, roles and grammars are not just accessible by special syntax, but can be accessed as a normal API. This gives new flexibility to object oriented code, and allows easy introspection and modification of objects.


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What would you do with a Roasted Chicken, a few grapes, spinach, pears, almonds, and horseradish? The most creative use of these ingredients posted back to Bill Marriott's blog by August 15th will be the Challenge winner, and recieve a personal call from Mr. Marriott.
This all started with our European Marriott Hotels Black Box Challenge. Teams from each of the Marriott Hotels throughout all of Europe competed in a friendly but serious competition to see which hotel could produce a themed dinner from a basket of mystery ingredients. Over the course of a year and in each major city throughout the continent, teams competed until one hotel was crowned the winner. That team was the Marriott Forest of Arden.
Earlier this year, we brought the team in Washington and cooked with them as they recreated their winning dishes. Some of the members had never been to the US, so in true Chesapeake fashion we not only cooked in the test kitchen, but brought them to a true Baltimore Crab House for Old Bay Steamed Crabs. I have alwaye felt that the best travel experiences are built around the food of the area. Nothing speaks to the US Mid-Atlantic like a pile of steamed Blue Crabs on a paper lined table with nothing but a wooden mallet to get to the tender crab meat under the hard shell. After two hours of cracking and picking, our British chefs became bona fide experts on the art of crab bashing.
Friendly competition is a great thing. We have seen a great deal of interest in this type of activity, especially with groups coming to our hotels as part of larger meetings. Have you ever cooked competively? Try your hand at it by sending Bill Marriott your ideas!
What's on YOUR plate today?


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Cross-posted from the White House Blog by Valerie Jarrett
As we implement the Affordable Care Act, we continue listening to the needs of the business community. Based on our many conversations with leaders of our nation's businesses, large and small, today we are launching Business.USA.gov/healthcare, a one-stop-shop where employers of all sizes can go for information on the Affordable Care Act.
The new site includes a web-based tool that allows employers to get tailored information on how the health law may affect them based on their business' size, location, and plans for offering health benefits to their workers next year. From tax credits for small businesses to help make coverage affordable, to measures to help slow the growth of health care costs, there are a variety of ways that the Affordable Care Act can help businesses expand health care coverage and compete.
The site leverages the resources of our partners across the federal government to ensure that business owners get comprehensive health care information and easy-to-use tools, such as a timeline of key implementation dates; information about the SHOP Marketplaces and small business tax credits; and resources to help calculate a firm's number of full-time equivalent employees or determine if the coverage they already offer meets the law's minimum value standards.
The administration is working with the employer community to ensure the site continues to be a helpful resource for businesses and their employees, including updating the site with additional, timely information, so stay tuned.
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So when I was in first grade or so (that's when teeth start falling out, right?) I had a wiggly tooth. It was one of the front ones - I'm not sure which one... I'm not sure if I could give you the name of it even if I did know which one... I know teeth have names: canines, incisors, eye teeth, etc... but I'm a bit fuzzy on which is which, except the molars... it wasn't a molar, that much I know. Anyhoo, I know some of you come from homes where your precious, doting parents had no problem letting loose teeth become more and more wobbly until they are hanging by a thread (a thread of what I don't even want to know) and eventually fall out on their own... Please take a moment right now and thank God in heaven for blessing you so richly... Alas, I did not grow up in such a home. As a child I remember being afraid to admit to my parents that I had a wiggly tooth - at the first mention they would make an "appt" with me (typically immediately following dinner and right before bed THAT VERY NIGHT) to YANK the poor tooth right out of my face.
On this particular day, I did NOT, I repeat, I did NOT admit that my tooth was wiggly. Somehow, my clever parents figured it out on their own - (perhaps I shouldn't have moved it back and forth with my tongue throughout supper)... "Fred, It looks like you'll need to pull Carla's tooth tonight," my mom said. "Noooooooooooo!!!!!" I shrieked. I knew it was going to hurt. I KNEW it was going to hurt. I was horrified that my parents would willingly CHOOSE to hurt their only daughter, their precious little girl! Savages! (Note to my parents who may be reading this blog now or in the future: I don't really think you are savages... I love you... you are wonderful parents... just go with me on this and we'll all have a good laugh in the end.)
Finally the time for my appointment with my father came. He met me in my parent's bathroom. I was already in tears. He didn't waste time on reassuring words... just reached in, grabbed my tooth and yanked. I gasped, and then, realizing that the tooth didn't come out, began to cry anew, knowing he'd have to do it all over again. He tried a couple more times (with the same result and the same reaction from me) then got a piece of toilet paper and dried the tooth off, trying to get a better grip.. YANK... no luck. That tooth was still there. At this point - I think most rational, adoring, devoted parents would have said, "Hmmm, perhaps that tooth just isn't ready to come out yet. Let's give it another day or two." Not my Dad. This had become a challenge! You see, my Dad is a fixer. When things went wrong with one of our cars - my Dad fixed it. When something broke at home - my Dad fixed it. My Dad would lay underneath the sink grunting and sweating and yelling at the pipes ("You sorry sapsucker!"), but he would eventually fix it. And NOTHING waited until tomorrow. If it was broken now it needed to be fixed now. So, you see, my poor tooth didn't stand a chance. It needed to come out NOW!
I squirmed as I sat on the toilet seat watching and waiting as the wheels spun in my Dad's head and he plotted his next move. The next thing I knew he was pulling out the dental floss from one of the bathroom drawers. WHAT!?! He tied one end of the length of floss around my tooth and wrapped the other end around his middle finger, as I wimpered and my eyes became as big as saucers... YANK... no luck.
"Humpf," my Dad said. I suppose he decided that he hadn't used enough force or perhaps didn't have the right angle or leverage... because the next thing he did - brace yourselves - was to tighten the floss on my tooth and then tie the other end to the doorknob on the bathroom door!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did I mention that this is a TRUE STORY?!?
What a sight we must have been at that moment... my Dad with a maniacal gleam in his eye, not ready to be shown up by a measly baby tooth, me - tear stained face, eyes bugging out, backside barely touching the toilet seat lid while my toes gripped the carpet (why oh why do they put carpet in bathrooms?) and my torso leaned as far forward as it would go (the length of floss my Dad used wasn't quite long enough for me to sit up straight and remain connected to the door - waste not, want not after all), my wobbly tooth tied with floss attached to the doorknob, vanity mirror capturing this ridiculous scene and, in affect, doubling it all.
Finally, my Dad stepped outside the door, counted to three (why is it always three?) and SLAMMED THE DOOR. What happened next is all a blur. I tentatively reached up with the tip of my tongue PRAYING that the tooth was gone so that the carnage could end... Thank You God! My Dad opened the door, looked in my mouth, and triumphantly declared, "GOT IT!" Then he turned around to retrieve my tooth from the limp piece of floss hanging from the doorknob. A second later he turned back around to me and said, "Where is it?" I was shocked. "I don't know," I said. Bewildered, we both began a thorough search of the tiny bathroom... it wasn't on the floor, in the sink, in the bathtub, in or on the toilet... it was gone. "It must have gone down the drain," my Dad deduced, then reassured me that the tooth fairy would come anyway... we would simply put an IOU under my pillow instead. (They may have been savages (not really Mom and Dad), but my parents were not cheapskates when it came to tooth fairy money... then again, perhaps it was just hush money - in which case, writing about it in this blog may be a breach of contract... I think I'll risk it.) Relieved that the whole ordeal was over and satisfied that I would, in fact, receive my just reward... I took a bath, put on my jammies, brushed my remaining teeth, said my prayers, put the IOU under my pillow and went to bed. I laid there for awhile, tossing and turning and listening to the faint sounds of the TV show my parents were watching at the other end of the house... then, my nose began to itch... I rubbed the outside a few times, but eventually that wasn't sufficient... and as all 6 year olds have been known to do, I took matters into my own hands, er, pointer finger... and out came my tooth... right out of my nose! I'm not making this stuff up, folks! I wasn't a physics major, so I can't explain to you how that tooth ended up in my nose... something to do with torque, velocity, force, e=mc squared, etc. I suppose, but that is where it ended up. Somehow, I doubt there is another child on the planet who has had the unique, disturbing, wonderful experience of finding their lost tooth in their very own nostril! (I always knew I was special.)
Normally, getting out of bed after one has been put to bed at the Anderson house would have been a "spanking offense," so believe me, I weighed my decision VERY CAREFULLY before climbing out of bed and heading down the hall to show off my discovery...I decided that this was, in fact, a unique situation. Now I know that since that moment, my parents have had occasions where they laughed just as hard as they did when I showed them my tooth and explained the situation to them, I just can't think of one of those occasions at the moment. =o)
And now you know...
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Carla, this story was AMAZING. Oh, my goodness. I've been thinking of designing a little anthology containing some of my work and a lot of my friends' writings. If I ever do it, can I include this story? :D
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Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he takes his seat to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst. Image may be subject to copyright.
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Former spokesman, Spanish Congress of Deputies and 2015-2016 European Young Leader (EYL40)
María is a Spanish politician who formerly served as a Member of the Congress of Deputies for the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). María's background is in biochemistry, having earned a degree in the subject with research experience in molecular genetics. She entered politics at an early age, becoming Secretary-General of the Young Socialists for the Region of Murcia in 2003, and was appointed Secretary for Housing and Quality of Life in the Federal Executive Committee of the party in 2007 when she was elected as Member of the Regional Assembly of Murcia. In the 2011 general election, María was elected to the Congress of Deputies, working as Secretary of Innovation and New Technologies in the PSOE Federal Executive.


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A native plant of Utah's foothills and rangeland, wavyleaf thistle should not be confused with the noxious Canada thistle that invades our farmland, gardens and disturbed areas. This thistle is usually found growing on dry open soil from British Columbia to Texas and as high as 9,500 ft in elevation.
This member of the Asteraceae family bears rose-purple flower heads that can be well over two inches wide and contrast nicely with the whitish-gray stems and leaves.
The generic name comes from the Greek cirsos, meaning "a swollen vein" for which early herbalists thought the thistle was a remedy. The specific name, undulatum refers to the wavy leaf margins. This species was named by the German botanist Curt Sprengel (1766 - 1833). Look for this native beauty growing throughout the natural area at Red Butte and on your next trip to Utah's public lands.


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Earlier, I wrote about the sampling issues with the WaPo/ABC poll, and the new Politico/GWU Battleground poll has its issues there, too, if less pronounced. However, the poll shows a topline edge for Barack Obama, by one point nationally, but Mitt Romney up two points in the swing states. More interestingly — and perhaps more worrisome for Team Obama — this poll also shows that voters are deciding that Romney isn't the murderous vampire capitalist as the President's campaign had painted him:
A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll of likely voters puts Obama ahead of Romney 49 percent to 48 percent, a statistical tie and the same as the week before. Across the 10 states identified by POLITICO as competitive, Romney leads 50 percent to 48 percent.
Even as the head-to-head number held stubbornly steady for the past month, Romney improved his likability numbers. A slim majority, 51 percent, now views Romney favorably as a person, while 44 percent view him unfavorably.
The former Massachusetts governor had been underwater on this measure. In mid-September, 49 percent of respondents viewed him unfavorably. Going into the first presidential debate in Denver on Oct. 3, the electorate was evenly split 47 percent to 47 percent on what to make of Mitt.
Usually, favorability numbers for an opponent only have an indirect impact on a candidate. Favorability is not necessarily a zero-sum game; both candidates can be likable to a voter, even when he chooses one over the other. In this case, though, Team Obama has made Romney's likability an overt strategy in this election. They spent all summer painting him as a Richie Rich who couldn't possibly care about the middle class, a man who caused cancer and ate American jobs for breakfast while off-shoring them as a mid-afternoon snack.
That created a credibility risk for Obama, especially in the first debate. As soon as voters found out that Romney wasn't the boogeyman that Team Obama had built up in their campaign, the obvious conclusion is that Team Obama had lied about him. That's the risk of going so personal in a campaign, and it's coming back to bite the Hope And Change candidate.
The internals are poor for Obama, too, especially with independents. His job approval is -6 among unaffiliated voters, 45/51. It'ss -16 among "ticket splitters," 40/56. On the re-elect numbers, the overall gender gap is, pardon the expression, neutered: Obama has a +11 among women at 54/43, and Romney has a +11 among men with the same split. Romney has an eight-point lead among independents, 49/41, and among "ticket splitters," it goes to a +11, 50/39. Romney also has a huge lead among seniors at 57/40 and a ten point lead among middle-aged voters (45-64) at 54/44.
The sample in this poll isn't nearly as bad as the WaPo/ABC poll, but it's still a little low on Republicans. The D/R/I is 36/32/30, for a D+4, a defensible turnout model for the election. It assumes that relative Democratic turnout will be slightly higher than 2010's 35%, which is also defensible, but that relative Republican turnout will be the same as in 2008 at 32% — and that doesn't seem likely, especially with the enthusiasm numbers we're seeing from pollsters over the last couple of months.
Bottom line: if Romney's winning seniors by 17 and independents by eight, he's
got more than a one-point lead in better position than one point down nationally.
Update: I misread the poll and initially had Romney up one in the headline and first paragraph. I've corrected it, thanks to Justin Higgins in the comments.


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It's a scene that happens hundreds of thousands of times a day around the world: Two people meet in an elevator, greet each other and begin to chat about work and life.
The twist in this particular story, though, is that the elevator is in Monte Carlo. The two men are residents in the same apartment building, separated by little more than a few floors, and both have written their own chapters in the very exclusive Grand Prix racing history of Mercedes-Benz.
Mika Häkkinen was the first Mercedes-Benz world champion of the modern era. He was a two-time title winner in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren Mercedes, while Nico Rosberg is the first man to win a Grand Prix at the wheel of a Silver Arrow since the great Juan Manuel Fangio, in the third season of the return of the Silver Arrows.
On the eve of Sunday's Formula One race around their home streets, the two men met to discuss their experiences as part of one of the most spectacular events in world sport.
"I had some great victories in my career, but Monaco was something special," said Häkkinen. "I have lived here for 20 years, and the thing you realize is that the people who work on the racetrack are also the people who live and work in Monaco. In everyday life, these are the guys you see in the street and they say 'hi' as you walk past. To win in Monaco is like winning in your home streets, and you recognize faces all through the weekend."
"It's home for me too, of course," said Rosberg. "I've grown up here, all my friends are here and my family; I know everybody and it's very special to race here. Mentally, it's quite a demanding weekend. You have a lot going on, a lot of PR events and appointments. Plus on track, too, it's a bit more intense--but not so much. You need to be super concentrated at every circuit."


text: I have been successful in installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on128gb usb3.0 flash drive. The problem happens once I attempt to run it.. The splash screen comes up and the drivers begin to install, once I get to 100% I get an error. Due to hardware on this computer setup cannot be completed. It basically reboots and starts the process over again with the same result.. I know that Windows 7 has issues with USB 3.0 so I have tried installing and running in a USB2.0 slot using the USB 3.0 flash drive with no luck. I even tried using my Windows 8.1 OS but I get a spinning wheel on boot that doesn't go away it seems. Any help is appreciated.


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UPI: Fixing the Iranian economy is moving to the top of the political agenda as presidential hopefuls develop campaign platforms, candidates said. United Press International
TEHRAN, April 25 (UPI) — Fixing the Iranian economy is moving to the top of the political agenda as presidential hopefuls develop campaign platforms, candidates said.
Officials said they are looking to move the Iranian economy away from oil. Iran's currency devalued substantially in part because of economic sanctions targeting its energy sector.
Presidential hopeful Mostafa Kavakebian, a reformist leader, told state-funded broadcaster Press TV he was developing an economic platform ahead of the elections.
"In our campaign slogan, the first letter stands for creating a strong economy," he said. "I promise to lower inflation to below 20 percent and unemployment to below 10 percent."
Presumptive candidate Ali Akbar Velayati, a former foreign minister and senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said he'd move the economy more toward the industrial and agricultural sectors.
Candidates can register formally for the presidential race May 7. Elections are scheduled for June 14.
Two-term Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a high voter turnout would send a message of strength to Iran's adversaries. He's ineligible to run again because of term limits.
Iranians elect president for a four-year term. Candidates are vetted by the 12-member consultative Guardian Council.


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Not only was the Sierra Designs XT4 picked for a Backpacker Editor's Choice award, it was also chosen as an MPGear Friday photo winner.
Bill sent this photo of his Lightning XT4, pictured here on Mt. Diablo, just outside of Clayton CA, and boy what a scenic view.
Bill is this weeks Photo Friday Winner and will receive a $25 MPGear gift certificate. Enter those MPGear photos and you may be a winner too.


text: Nancy Jane White (Brugel), age 51, of Greenville, MI went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 17, 2011. Nancy was born in Albuquerque, NM, October 30, 1959. She graduated from Cedar Springs High School. She is survived by her husband Steven White; her loving children, Jason, Cyndi, Korey, andy Karissa; and six grandchildren. Also surviving is her grandmother, Jane (Maurice) Murray of Cedar Springs; her father, Ronald (Sandra) Brugel of Howard City; brother and sisters and spouses, Patti & Jeff Harter of Jacksonville, NC, Bonnie & Matthew Dozier of Loveland, CO, Steven & Cheryl Brugel of Wyoming, MI, Susan Suuta of Grand Rapids, Brenda & David Gross of Sand Lake, Lisa & Chris Cooper of San Rafael, CA, Annette Lamica of Grand Rapids, and Christina & Brad Perkins of Hastings, MI; and many nieces and nephews and wonderful friends. Nancy will be remembered for her love for her friends, family, and children. She loved to shop and work and was known as, "the pug lady". Nancy was loved by so many and will be greatly missed. Visitation was be held Tuesday, April 19, 2011 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Hurst Funeral Home in Greenville, MI. Funeral services and luncheon were held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Spencer Mills Church in Gowen, MI. Rev. Dale Dalman served as officiant. Memorial contributions may be made to the Thorton and Naumes House Fund (Attention: Christina O'Rourke), the International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital (75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115), or to the charity of one's choice, and online messages of condolence may be sent via www.hurstfuneralhome.com.


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Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska
Located on Baranof Island on the outer coast of southeast Alaska's famed Inside Passage, Sitka National Historical Park rests in the heart of North America's only temperate rainforest. The park is lush with Sitka spruce and western hemlock trees towering over a verdant undergrowth of berry bushes, mosses, and fern. The waters of adjacent Sitka Sound are alive with salmon, harbor seals, sea lions, porpoises, and whales.
The Native Tlingit people occupied this portion of Alaska's panhandle for centuries before Danish-born Vitus Bering mapped the west coast of Alaska for Russia in 1741. In 1799, the Russians returned to trade tobacco, sugar, firearms and other European goods with the Tlingit in exchange for their hunting skills and labor. Unwilling to submit to Russian demands, including allegiance to the tsar, Tlingit warriors battled unsuccessfully to retain their homeland. Eventually, the Tlingit returned and settled into a restive peace with the Russians. The 1804 Battle of Sitka, known locally as "Daawootl Tlein," marked a watershed event in the history of the North Pacific. President Benjamin A. Harrison initially reserved 50 acres near the mouth of Indian River as a public park in 1890 to preserve the scenic landscape in the vicinity of the battleground.
In 1910, President William Howard Taft invoked the Antiquities Act of 1906 to further protect the area as a national monument for "the decisive battleground of the Russian conquest of Alaska in 1804, and ... the site of the former village of the Kit-Siti tribe, the most warlike of the Alaskan Indians ... and ... the graves of a Russian midshipman and six sailors, killed in the conflict, and numerous totem poles constructed by the Indians, which record the genealogical history of their several clans" (Proc. No. 959). The proclamation included the Tlingit village, believed burial sites of Russian seamen lost in the battle, and totem poles brought from other southeast Alaskan sites. In February 1952, the monument's size increased to 54.33 acres with the addition of private property adjacent to the park.
The Russian Bishop's house, the Old School, and the Priest's Quarters were added, and the park became Sitka National Historical Park in 1972. The Russian Bishop's House, once home to Ioann Veniaminov, regarded as the most famous Russian Orthodox clergyman to work in Alaska, is a National Historic Landmark and one of the only remaining examples of Russian log architecture in the Western Hemisphere.
Archeological discoveries at the Bishop's House yielded ancient artifacts, such as stone tools and what might be a Tlingit lip ornament, but most of the materials recovered, such as glass, ceramics, copper nails, clothing, and shoe fragments date to the 1860s. These artifacts are displayed in the park's visitor center. One hundred years after its designation as a national monument, the park is now undertaking its first comprehensive archeological survey of the land near the battle site. Items located to date, including Russian cannon balls, grapeshot, and metal implements, are providing a richer, more complete historical account of the 1804 conflict.
Today, Sitka Natural Historical Park encompasses 113 acres. Sitka's visitors are attracted by more than 2 miles of hiking and walking trails through the park. One trail is lined by a collection of 15 totem poles, each ornately carved with traditional formline figures that tell stories of a family or commemorate a person or a place. Visitors can picnic and play games on the banks of the Indian River, fish, or just observe the richly varied plant and animal life.
The park's visitor center houses striking historical Tlinget items, including house posts, house screens, and original totem poles. Many of these are on loan to the National Park Service from local clans that periodically remove them for traditional ceremonies. Continued use of these precious objects underscores their ongoing cultural importance. The visitor center also contains the Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center where visitors can observe and interact with Native Alaskan artists who share their culture while creating traditional Northwest Coast art and handicrafts.
In 2004 and 2005, visitors to Sitka National Historical park responded to the question, "In your opinion, what is the national significance of this park?" Their comments include:


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The humble SIM card has finally been hacked: Billions of phones at risk of data theft, premium rate scams
It took a long time, but the humble SIM card that sits within your phone, and seven billion others, has finally been hacked. Of the seven billion modern SIM cards in circulation, hundreds of millions are estimated to be susceptible. The hacks allow a would-be attacker to infect your SIM with a virus that sends premium text messages, or records your phone calls -- and, in some cases, access the secure, sandboxed details stored on your SIM by mobile payment apps, giving a hacker access to your bank and credit card details. Now that a proof of concept has been demonstrated, we wouldn't be surprised if billions of other SIM cards are also vulnerable to other attack vectors.


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The Kevin Kouzmanoff jersey is laid out, the Sharpies are lined up, the camera is charged, and the tickets are ready to go.
It's gameday.
Yes, sir, today is a very special day because I am going to my first Padres game of the year. I'M SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!
Going out to the ballpark is a very special thing. Baseball is a great game, and can be enjoyed in any form, but hands down the best way to experience it is at the ballpark. There's nothing like being right there, watching the action unfold in front of your eyes. I'll have to check, but I think this will be my 14th or 15th game that I've ever been too. Each one has many, many memories: not just of the amazing baseball that I've seen, but also interacting with friends and fellow fans there. There is nothing like it.
I'm really excited to get autographs and watch some great baseball. I know that yesterday's game was not so great, but today's a new day and I think we'll do wonderful. Plus, there's the fact that in the five games I attended last year, my boys won each one of them. I have a feeling that that streak's going to keep going into this year 😉
I get to go to the game with one of my closest friends, and we're planning to eat lots of candy and get super hyper. I always get totally hyper when I'm at the ballpark anyway, but add the sugar factor and it's going to be a crazy night!
I'm also really excited to see how different things are from last year. I'm thrilled that I get to pick up my first copy of the Padres Blueprint. I'm really, really sad that the 5-for-$5 deal is no longer going, though. 5-for-$5, you will be sorely missed. – Moment of silence –
It's going to be a GREAT night out at the ballpark. Two and a half hours until we leave and counting…
Let's get a win, boys.


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Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, EUCCC-AmCham lunch event
20 March 2012
Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Ladies and gentlemen,
I am very pleased to be with you today and thank the leadership of the European and American Chambers of Commerce – EUCCC and AmCham – for their invitation.
The dialogue with business leaders is of great importance to the OECD. BIAC, the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, is a key partner of the OECD, providing valuable inputs to our analysis and policy recommendations. Our meeting today is a great opportunity to continue on this path.
I wish to start our exchange with a few words about the world economy and then turn to the challenges of China's transition to a more balanced, harmonious and sustainable growth.
The global economic outlook is improving but remains uncertain.
There are some encouraging signs for the global economy. Activity seems to be picking up in earnest in the United States and a recovery appears to be taking hold in Japan. However, Europe remains the key weak spot, in spite of good progress with the second financial support package for Greece and in securing the participation of the private sector creditors in its sovereign debt restructuring programme.
More nevertheless remains to be done to reform the Greek and other euro area economies and to rebuild the trust of markets, businesses and households. The highly uncertain global economic context calls for decisive action and strong commitment to implement politically difficult reforms.
Against this backdrop, China is making an important contribution to the world economy. It has been a source of dynamism in a very weak and hesitant global recovery. If growth has slowed recently, this cooling is welcome, as it has helped bring inflation down to a more comfortable level. The fundamentals of the Chinese economy remain strong and, importantly, there is room to ease monetary policy and implement fiscal measures to support domestic demand, if necessary.
Today I am very pleased to launch our latest publication on China: "China in Focus: Lessons and Challenges". It shows that the key challenges facing China increasingly mirror those of OECD member countries. Let me now touch upon some of the key messages of this volume.
The first big challenge for China is to continue moving up the value chain.
However you look at it, China has re-emerged as a major global economic power. It is the second largest economy in the world and one of the largest manufacturing and trading nations. China has also become enmeshed in global trade networks and global value chains, developing strong links with its East Asian neighbours, but also with the wider world. Almost half of the final products assembled in China are now exported to Europe and the United States. Multinational companies are key actors in this process.
China's role in the world economy also continues to evolve. China is now not only a key destination of foreign investment, but Chinese companies have themselves also become major international investors. The numbers speak for themselves: China is now the fourth largest source of international mergers and acquisitions, accounting for around 7% of the world's total. Key emerging economies, such as in Latin America, are becoming important destinations for Chinese firms investing abroad.
Promoting the development of a dynamic export base has indeed been a hallmark of China's development strategy. Successive waves of reforms have enhanced the importance of the private sector in the Chinese economy. Access to sectors such as financial services, infrastructure and utilities has been gradually improved and the competition framework has been brought into closer alignment with international best practice. Reform, however, is a never ending process and there is much more to do.
While China's import tariffs are not in general high on average, significant trade barriers remain in some sectors, including motor vehicles and selected agricultural and energy sectors. Reducing these barriers would benefit Chinese consumers and generate efficiency gains for the economy at large. In addition, the productivity of state-owned enterprises remains low and many continue to make losses. Further regulatory reform and FDI liberalisation can do much to create an even more competitive economy.
But in addition to becoming more efficient and competitive, China needs to increase its strategic efforts to become a truly knowledge-based economy. Progress has been impressive in many areas; for example, spending on research and development (R&D) surged by nearly 22% last year to 1.8% of GDP, making China the second country in the world by total R&D spending. But government policies need to be comprehensive and stretch beyond R&D.
To reap the full potential of innovation for growth and jobs, China's efforts to promote R&D need to be mirrored by reforms to enhance technology standards and support the enforcement of intellectual property rights protection. The promotion of better corporate governance and more R&D in state-controlled enterprises should also be among the top priorities of Chinese policy makers.
Another key challenge is to tackle inequality and improve health care.
The substantial rise in the standards of living of hundreds of millions of Chinese and the sharp reduction of severe poverty are among the greatest economic success stories in modern times. Let's be clear: just three decades ago, almost 40% of the Chinese population lived below the international poverty line; by 2010, this figure had fallen to just 6% in rural areas. This is a remarkable transformation – for China and for the world.
However, the benefits of strong growth have not trickled down, despite widespread poverty reduction, and inequality has risen significantly during this same period. Many factors contributed to this trend, including gaps in access to health insurance and education, as well as barriers to employment and career progression for some groups, particularly rural migrants.
To address this problem and make growth more inclusive, the Chinese authorities have invested heavily in expanding access to essential social services, notably health care and education. They have also taken important steps to improve the social safety net: in the last five years, social spending almost tripled in real terms, to nearly 8% of GDP. It now exceeds the levels of many other emerging economies. And these efforts seem to be paying off: inequality has stopped rising, and may have even begun to decline.
Delivering better social services and enhancing opportunities for all will help China fulfil its goal of becoming a harmonious and prosperous society. The clearest example is education policy. Human capital development not only has a significant effect on productivity growth, but it also helps people find better-paid and secure jobs. Another promising avenue is to reduce labour market dualism and to ensure a better protection of vulnerable workers in the informal sector.
Delivering better social services is not necessarily about spending more, it is about achieving better outcomes for the Chinese people. This is especially so in the area of health care. Recent reforms have paved the way for achieving universal access to health insurance in the near future.
This is an important achievement, but China also faces new challenges. Non-communicable diseases now account for well over half of all deaths. To tackle this problem, China needs to invest more in cost-effective prevention policies and implement hospital reforms, including through innovative managerial and payment practices, to develop e-Health approaches and to improve the quality of care. These are all important initiatives that will need to be taken to improve the health status of the Chinese population.
Green growth policies are essential for addressing the environmental challenge.
Let me conclude with a few remarks on another major challenge facing China, and the rest of the world: shifting towards more environmentally sustainable patterns of consumption and production.
China faces a number of environmental challenges, many of which have both a domestic and international dimension. The commitment to reducing pollution in the 12th Five Year Plan is a testimony to the farsighted approach the Chinese government is taking in this area. But to ensure that "green" and "growth" go together, China needs to deploy a wide range of policy tools and approaches.
The OECD Green Growth Strategy has much to offer in this area. It provides evidence-based analysis and guidance on the policy levers, measurement and monitoring approaches that could support such efforts. It focuses on mutually reinforcing aspects of economic and environmental policy, emphasising the importance of investment, innovation and jobs. In a nutshell, it is a comprehensive approach to green our growth policies.
Ladies and gentlemen,
China and the OECD countries face increasingly similar challenges. We need to deepen our policy exchanges to share our expertise and accumulated experiences, to learn from one another, and to build cooperative solutions at the global level. Only together we will be able to build better policies for better lives.
The international business community has an important role to play in supporting China's transition to a more modern, inclusive and dynamic economy. In the current challenging times, business organisations need to work hand-in-hand with the government and the civil society. This is the case in China, in the OECD countries and at a global level. Your wisdom and resilience, your energy, and your pioneering spirit are one of the engines of the lasting recovery we all need.
Thank you for your attention.
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Faye Copeland, a convicted killer who was once the oldest woman on death row in America, died of natural causes on Dec. 30 at a Missouri nursing home where she had been released on medical parole. She was 82.
In the late 1980s, Ray and Faye Copeland used drifters in a scheme to buy cattle with bad checks. The transients were then shot in the back of the head and buried in shallow graves near the Copeland farm, north of Kansas City.
At trial, Faye's defense was that her husband had committed the killings without her knowledge, claiming she was both a bystander and a victim of battered woman syndrome. As evidence of her guilt, prosecutors presented a list, written in her hand, that included at least five of the victims' names. She also stitched a quilt made from the clothing of the murdered men. In 1990, the jury found her guilty of five counts of first degree murder.
Copeland and her husband were sentenced to death by lethal injection. She was the oldest woman on death row until a federal court commuted her sentence in 1999 to life in prison. While awaiting execution, Ray Copeland died at the Potosi Correctional Center in Missouri in 1993. He was 73.