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The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has ruled himself out of the campaign for a joint presidential ticket with the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, saying he is not interested in being the president or vice-president of the country.
Besides, the fiery governor also ruled himself out of a senatorial ticket when his tenure expires, noting that the campaign would be an exercise in futility as he would not contest for another position in 2019.
He said he is the most senior and most experienced governor in the country having served during the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor made it clear that he would never support any presidential move by Sheriff, adding that if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman has such dream he should jettisoned it forthwith.
Fayose told those flying the kite of Sheriff/Fayose joint ticket that it will not fly.
"I will not support him now and I will never support him in 2019," he insisted.
Again, Fayose took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he (Buhari) has no capacity to rule the country.
Fayose was also angry at those already campaigning for a second term for the president when he is barely one year into his first tenure to desist from the move as the country is on edge of collapse both political and economically under the president.
He said Buhari is the most unlucky president the nation has ever had as the economy is always performing at its worse each time he comes to power.
He stressed that the president must change his attitude, warning that no investor would come and invest in a nation where the president not only believes that he is the only incorruptible person but calls his citizens corrupt.
Fayose advised the president to stay at home to grapple with the many problems facing the nation instead of jetting out of the country at every opportunity.
He noted that the president was using the opportunity of the office to tour round the world as he never had it in the past.
"Buhari has no luck. The economy may shut down anytime from now because of the inconsistency of the government policy. The president must learn to stay at home," The governor stated.
He lamented that every policy taken by the government in the last one year has been revised, saying such inconsistency has been the bane of the country and the economy.

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Following The Arches' closure Jackie Wylie and Andy Field invited twenty artists to contribute radical ideas to a Glasgow Imaginary Festival. The festival was staged on billboards across Glasgow, performing within the gaps created between the artists' imaginations and those of people walking through Glasgow's streets. DISCOURSE OR INTERCOURSE / TALKING & FUCKING was the contribution made by Robert Softley, creator of the highly-acclaimed If These Spasms Could Speak, which debuted at the 2012 iteration of Arches' BEHAVIOUR Festival. At the first Take Me Somewhere this radical idea has been developed into a live experience, an immersive performance for two audience members that examines the spaces where people with disabilities are both users and creators of pornography.
DISCOURSE OR INTERCOURSE / TALKING & FUCKING is divided across two rooms, an installation and a performance, a binary choice and something more fluid. I and the other audience member are shown into a room. It is a very dark space, save for two pools of light that are emitted from TV screens. The screens are stood back to back, with chairs in front of them and headphones. I sit down in the seat and am placed into a familiar environment – the quality of the glare, the weight of the headphones, the curve of my back leaning into the seat. This is the space in which pornography is most typically consumed – a particular kind of darkness and a particular kind of privacy. In the distance, towards the right-hand side of the room, I hear the sounds of two people fucking. Two voices, two noises, moans collide to an occasional climax, or some peak, and then a lapse into a pause. A shuffling, weights are shifting, re-positioning, and then a building starts again.
On the screen are eight video clips, the four to the left labelled 'DISCOURSE', and the four to the right 'INTERCOURSE'. There is a remote. I scroll through the titles; 'Guy in wheelchair sucks cock', 'Hot teen gets fucked by cripple'. My hands are sweating. I opt for two videos from the left, interviews with academics about "why disabled bodies are desexualised" and "whether pornography is a good measure of social progress". I tell myself that I choose DISCOURSE because I'm conscious of the other person in the room, and feel too awkward to watch pornography in their company. The second video ends and I listen to the sounds of people fucking, they orgasm, or at least come to a rest. A lighted arrow is turned on. The door opens, dispelling the gloom. I and the other audience member leave the space, following the sound of a voice calling us through.
The voice calling us in belongs to Softley, who is showering after filming a porno-scene. Drying himself off, he sits next to us on a black sofa, partially wrapped in a white robe, and delivers a short monologue. He is excellent company, speaking with a warmth and humour about his experiences of making and using pornography, shifting between anecdotes and observations with ease. In detailing his experiences, Softley makes a positive, uplifting and quite surprising argument for the making and consumption of pornography, the claim that people with disabilities have the right to be present themselves sexually and to be sexualised by others. The tensions within the pornography industry are acknowledged, namely of exploitation and the fetishisation of sexualities, ethnicities and body-types. Softley gently sets aside these larger issues to consider for a moment whether the presence of disabled performers in pornography is a measure of social inclusion, and whether the proliferation of means to self-produce pornography might offer a platform for people with disabilities to express themselves sexually, to position themselves to the world in a way able-bodied people might take for granted. Softley puts it best, "What's wrong with wanting to watch normal people, people like you, fucking and being fucked?"
DISCOURSE OR INTERCOURSE / TALKING & FUCKING is a work that gently exposes its audience's attitudes towards people with disabilities, namely a discomfort at, or at the very least ignorance to, the sexualisation of differently abled bodies. Faced with the choice, I make the decision to not watch pornography featuring disabled performers, choosing discourse over intercourse. This decision was made in part because it was 4pm on a Tuesday, yet this specific decision speaks to a more general pattern of behaviour, a decision to not sexualise differently abled bodies when offered the choice. This is a decision that most people will have made many times before, without ever stopping to think about what that means, what boundaries that establishes. Sitting down next to Softley, this ignorance is then not only shone a light on but undermined, such is the intimacy of the encounter. Softley leans over and kisses my cheek, a small moment of intimacy, that activates an arousal in me, a momentary recognition of the sexual nature of the person in front of me.
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Local residents and your local Liberal Democrat Focus Team have secured a concession from Tory-run Kingston Council, allowing volunteers to help feed those in need in Norbiton at Christmas.
Earlier this month, the Council confirmed its intention to close Piper Hall on Cambridge Road Estate for two weeks over the Christmas period. Volunteers have been using the hall as the home of the Tuesday and Thursday Lunch Clubs, offering hot food to homeless and vulnerable people in Kingston.
A petition, which went up online and was offered on local doorsteps by Norbiton's Liberal Democrat team, garnered almost 450 signatures, prompting the council's climbdown this week.
Piper Hall will now remain available to the volunteers for their regular sessions throughout Christmas. Thanks to all of you who signed the petition.


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Samuel Pomeroy Colt courtesy of Boice Lydell
Book and pictures courtesy of Roycroft Historian Boice Lydell.
A Little Journey to the Home of Samuel Pomeroy Colt
by Elbert Hubbard, 1915
The book measures 7 3/4" x 5 3/8" and has 160 pages. The text body is set in Bookman and is printed on the same unidentified soft laid paper without watermark as the 1914 book Poems by Theodora Goujard DeWolf Colt. There is a 3/4 crushed Morocco binding depicted on this site which is a variant that is not listed in McKenna.
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Andrew's Competition #19 - August 6, 2005
I haven't typed anything beforehand as I've been trying to reduce computer time. My hands and wrists have been aching for the last few weeks—one morning I woke up with my right index and middle fingers abnormally tingling for a few hours. As a result my piping practice has been minimal. I've only been on the pipes maybe 4-5 times in the last three weeks and practice chanter time has been limited to a few minutes at a time. Truth is, I probably shouldn't be typing this!
I was up at 6:45 a.m. and out the door at 7:30. I arrived around 8:30, and the weather was nice down in Monterey, clouds here and there which were a blessing, as it can get rather hot some days. It was still pretty warm regardless and I'd forgotten sunscreen! I was a little pinker by the end of the day.
Tom Jenkins, Paul Llewellyn, Mike Lindelsee, Kip Morais (and group) were all there, along with other "regulars." The organizers didn't tell us in advance when we were to play, just that registration began at 8:30, so we were all there really early. I checked in—the registration woman said she'd visited my website—and was provided a kilt number (288) and my times: 10:36 for the 2/4 March and 10:42 for the Slow March. I warmed up a bit about an hour in advance. My chanter seemed to choke easier than normal—perhaps an effect of little recent use—so I had to blow a little harder. I helped Mike tune up a bit early on with the intention of retuning him prior to his event. I tuned up again, about 20 minutes before my first event, then again a few minutes before. My fingers didn't feel quite 100% like normal, a slight bit on the "clunky" side. While I was hoping to do well, my expectations for the day were low given the state of my hands.
The 2/4 March.
The judge for the 2/4 was to be Scott MacDonald, the former pipe major of the L.A. Scots, for whom I played my 2/4 last year at Monterey.
I tuned up and it sounded pretty good, so I turned to the judge and began the tune.
Playing through the tune, I realized it was still a touch faster than I wanted, but not bad, I realized I should be holding the low-A still longer, in the third part I couldn't remember if I'd played the repeat of the part yet! I played it again, and as there was no comment later, I must have done it correctly. I got into the fourth part and somehow messed up around the end of the first line. I was thinking too much about the execution of one bar and not focusing enough on the musicality of the tune, I guess. Drat.
My 2/4 March WUSPBA Adjudication Sheet:
Contest Site: Monterey, Date: 8-6-5, Name: Andrew Lenz,
1/-- Grip to C not solid @ start
2/-- Playing better here
3/-- Burls - Not always clean
4/-- Slip—
Playing well overall—
Points Awarded: 68
Judge's Signature: <Scott MacDonald>
Scott called me over and told me basically what he was going to write on the sheet, that is, overblowing on the top hand which also affected the drones tuning with the chanter, bad grip in the first line (but fine after that one), birls not consistent. I think the overblowing may have been subconscious effort to keep the reed from choking. While I still get a touch nervous—heck, gold medal pipers get nervous—it's not like what it used to be, though that might affect blowing a bit too.
The Slow March.
The judge for the Slow March was PM Sandy Keith, a well known piper and instructor from Florida. I offered to do a final touch up drone tuning for Mike, who was to play immediately before me, but he said they were good. When he was done, I tuned up and started the tune with the drones suddenly out. (Changed blowing pressure. I'll have to play a little bit of a real tune in the future to check the pressure vs. tuning.) I played the tune reasonably well, though the double C was a little overlapping. I had tried to clear that up in my warm up earlier, but to no avail.
My Slow March WUSPBA Adjudication Sheet:
Contest Site: Monterey, Date: 8-6-5, Name: Andrew Lenz,
Tone and Tuning
Points Awarded: 66
Judge's Signature: <A. Keith>
I had a few of pipers say hello, one was Becky, who I met at Pleasanton a year ago. She wasn't sure if I was going to be in Monterey or not, as I didn't have any advance notice on my site—my hands were keeping me off the computer. "Bob" from the MacIntosh Pipe Band commented that he used my bag measurements page for helping his bandmates pick new bags. Another was Jennifer F., who said my competition tips page was a big help when she first started competing a couple of years ago—she's doing well, she took a 1st and 3rd in her leets. Tom took 4th in the 2/4—and he was wondering why the judge just said "nice job" and didn't call him over like most of the other pipers! Paul got a bronze medal for taking 3rd in his slow march leet and moved on to the playoffs with the rest of the final six.
I have to say I'm in a bit of a quandry. Or at least a bit frustrated. I've been coasting a bit, necessarily so in the few weeks due to my wrists/hands, but right now, I want to leap heavily into practicing—but I can't. I have to wait for my body to heal. Grrrr, frustrating. Earlier though, I have to accept responsibility for not taking advantage of the time I did have. Jay Salter, my instructor, had a questioned me a couple times in the last few months which when something like this:
Jay: "So, are you listening to the recordings [competition tunes] every day?"
Coasting. We did record myself at a lesson a few weeks ago and it was an eye-opener. It was obvious what the judges were hearing.
Ok, I have to stop (I typed this in two sessions), my wrists are really bugging me. Best case, I'm 100% in a week and start preparing in earnest. I'm thinking it'll probably be weeks though. Sigh. We'll see what the future holds . . .


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The Magpies manager believes Arsene Wenger would also like to see a calmer game at St James' Park on Saturday and earmarked Yohan Cabaye as a player who supporters will take to
am sorry but I don't see newcastle winning this one.
I can. Arsenal don't have Fabregas, Nasri, Wilshere, Clichy for this game.
Newcastle don't have nolan, barton, enrique and a striker.
With the lack of investment and departure of key players this has all the hallmarks of a classic. NUF3 ARS2
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Note: This article originally appeared on charismamag.com in April 2013.
Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise.
Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren't saying they don't believe in God. They're saying they don't believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church.
This begs the question, "Why are we losing our religion?"
Some may be losing their religion, but I challenge the notion that faith in general is waning.
I believe, instead, the trend of people who don't identify as part of an organized religion speaks to an increasing wariness of labels in our culture. Those labels carry baggage for many who might have been hurt by the church or let down by religion.
You see, religion alone can only take a person so far. Religion can make us nice, but only Christ can make us new. Religion focuses on outward behavior. Relationship is an inward transformation. Religion focuses on what I do, while relationship centers on what Jesus did. Religion is about me. Relationship is about Jesus.
In order to become a new person, we need Christ. Only through an active ongoing relationship with Jesus can we become transformed and overcome the labels that bind us.
In fact, I've struggled with what people think of my label: pastor. For many, this label carries emotional baggage.
When I meet someone new, I get to talk to him or her like a regular person. We joke around, talk about our families, and then the inevitable happens. "What do you do for a living?" When I answer this question, I typically get one of two responses. I either get an onslaught of Christianese phrases—"Oh, praise the Lord! What a blessing, brother Craig!" or I get stonewalled, and the conversation dies as quickly as it started.
One time when this happened, the person I was talking with politely shared that he didn't like religious people. I chimed in that I didn't like religious people either. His mouth nearly dropped to the floor. I explained that religion is about rules, but being a Christian is about relationship.
Now I'm not saying is that religious organizations are useless. Obviously, I'm a part of one. I am the pastor of a church and truly believe what Bill Hybels asserts: "The local church is the hope of the world." But in order to reach the current generation and generations to come, we must change the way we do things. That's why we like to say, "To reach people no one is reaching, we have to do things no one is doing."
As churches, we don't have the liberty to change the message, but we must change the way the message is presented. We have to discover our "altar ego"—and become who God says we are instead of who others say we are.
Peeling off the labels that cling to our reputation brings great freedom for us as individuals and as the global body of believers known as the church. Only when we push past those artificial constraints can we truly become who God created us to be.
For example, many people think churches are "all about money." They think that churches just want people to give to them but that they rarely give back.
Besides investing in our communities and helping the poor, our church moved beyond the labels and status quo to embrace generosity in a way that some have called crazy. We've created and given away millions of YouVersion Bible Apps every month—more than 85 million to date. We give away our weekend teachings to hundreds of churches every week, for free. Rather than selling products our church creates, we give away as much as we can. More than 100,000 pastors and leaders downloaded more than three million resources last year.
Despite the lack of religious affiliation the research shows, the interest in these spiritual resources has never been greater. As a church, we don't see these research trends as a threat, but as an opportunity for us to do more.
Craig Groeschel is the pastor of the nation's second largest church, LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, Okla., and the author of several books. His latest is Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are, which released in February.


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Two suspected armed robbers and one resident were killed following an armed robbery attack on Tandama village of Danja Local Government Area of Katsina state, northwest Nigeria.
According to eyewitness whose brother was killed by the suspected armed robbers, at about 1:15 am Wednesday morning, some men in military uniform armed with AK 47 rifles stormed the house of one Abdullahi Tandama and Sufyanu.
However, collective resistance by community members led to the death of two of the gunmen after they killed one of the residents.
"My brother and few others were sleeping outside our main house but the hail of gunfire woke them up to assist but they later got killed, although we do not have guns, we outnumbered them with bow and arrows, we killed two of them before they eventually retreated on hearing the arrival of the police".
Meanwhile, the Katsina state police command in a press statement said the suspected armed robbers engaged the police in gun duel which resulted in the death of two of them.
"Our rapid response team was able to recover one AK 47 rifle with breach number 197797754 alongside double magazine containing ten rounds of live ammunition".
The command also confirmed that special anti-robbery squad unit is currently on the trail of the fleeing suspects.


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After a season of shade throwing, heated arguments, plenty of side-eyes and rumors that not everyone would be back for another round of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, E! News is reporting that Porsha Williams, Kenya Moore, Phaedra Parks, Cynthia Bailey, Kandi Burruss and NeNe Leakes are allegedly set to return to the explosive reality show.
Following the big blowout fight on the reunion show, it was unclear if everyone, especially Porshia Williams would return; however a source says that Porsha and Kenya are currently finalizing their contracts.
Rumors also surfaced that Housewives veteran NeNe Leakes was contemplating cutting her ties after she shared her likes and dislikes about being on the show saying, "For me, It's like a blessing and a curse. It has definitely opened up so many doors and opportunities for me. I have been able to do some of everything just from being on this platform. But at the same time, it can be very negative and very draining and all of things."
The rumors have proven to be false, as Leakes is among the cast members also finalizing their contracts.
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Collard Leaves Make Great Wraps.
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Recipe ~ Collard Leaves Make Great Wraps
Collard Wraps with Pecans and Avocado Recipe
~ by Christine Salus
I LOVE collard leaves.
They are super nutrient dense and make great wraps.
The possibilities are endless!
4 large collard leaves
1 red bell pepper
1 avocado
2-3 ounces alfalfa sprouts
½ lime
1 cup raw pecans
1 tablespoon tamari (gluten-free soy sauce)
1 teaspoon cumin (or ½ teaspoon minced garlic and ½ teaspoon grated ginger)
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
To prepare collard leaves wash leaves, cut off white stem at the bottom that has no leaves and place them in a bath of warm water with juice of half a lemon. Let soak for 10 minutes. Dry the leaves off with paper towels and using a knife thinly slice down the central root (to make it easier to bend the leaves for wrapping).
Slice avocado and pepper.
In a food processor combine pecans, tamari, cumin (or garlic ginger mix) and olive oil. Pulse until combined and mixture clumps together.
Place a collard leaf in front of you and layer nut mix, red pepper slices, avocado slices, a drizzle of lime juice and alfalfa sprouts. Fold over the top and bottom and then wrap up the sides. Slice in half and serve.


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EKU IT will be deploying the Microsoft Account Recovery tool for faculty, staff, and students on Wednesday, May 29. This will allow users who have forgotten their email/Microsoft Azure account (OWA, SharePoint, Google Drive, etc.) password to gain access to their account and reset their password.
Users will need a working phone number or working [non-EKU] email account that you can access so we can send you information about your request. If you don't have another email account you can create a Gmail account quickly here: https://mail.google.com
On the morning of Wednesday, May 29 all users will be prompted to set up the recovery tool on their account when trying to access any systems that uses your Microsoft Azure account such as OWA, SharePoint, Google Drive, etc. You will not be permitted to use the system until the recovery tool is set up and cannot stop the setup process once it has started.
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One of the ways that a California driver convicted of driving under the influence can avoid jail time is if they agree to participate in probation. Probation means that they must follow rules and regulations they otherwise would not have followed. If the driver does not comply by the terms of their probation, they may find themselves behind bars as a result.
Informal Probation Stemming From DUI Conviction
Depending on the seriousness of the DUI conviction, the person may face either a formal or informal probation. While a formal probation means that an individual must make frequent visits with a probation officer, an informal probation trusts that the person will agree with the terms without needing to check in with an officer.
An informal probation will generally require that the driver is not involved in any criminal activity, including driving under the influence, for a period of three to five years. During that time, they must submit to a BAC test if they are pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving and will break their prohibition if any alcohol is found in their system when driving.
California's Zero Tolerance Laws prohibit any driver convicted of a DUI from consuming alcohol and driving while they are on probation, regardless of whether or not they are legally drunk. If a driver is caught violating their probation, they may go to jail and face a one year suspension of their driving privileges.
Depending on where the driver lives in California, even a first time conviction can require that an ignition interlock device be installed on their vehicle. This will store BAC levels when the car is started and will prevent the engine from starting if the person's BAC is over a certain percentage.
If a driver is on probation, the best advice is for them to avoid getting into any trouble with the law during this time. The Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry, Inc. knows that mistakes happen. If you are on probation and have been stopped on suspicion of DUI, contact our firm immediately before you lose your right to drive in California.


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Sir Adrian Montague calls for evidence on barriers to institutional investment in private rented homes
Sir Adrian Montague today (21 February 2012) issued a call for evidence for his review of how to encourage greater investment in privately rented…
Sir Adrian Montague today (21 February 2012) issued a call for evidence for his review of how to encourage greater investment in privately rented properties. (See link, top right.)
The review is part of the Government's Housing Strategy, and will examine how to boost investment in rental properties - helping support the rapid growth of the private rented sector by increasing the supply of affordable homes.
Launching the call for evidence, Sir Adrian said:
I want to focus on two fundamental questions. Will the changes that the Government has introduced go far enough to generate significant new flows of investment? And, if not, what can be done to accelerate things?
The review builds on previous work undertaken by the Government including changing the stamp duty on bulk purchases, reforms to residential Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United Kingdom and the Homes and Communities Agency's private rented sector initiative. So the emphasis is very much on new evidence and fresh thinking.
Sir Adrian is supported in the review by an expert reference group consisting of Vidhya Alakeson (Resolution Foundation), Graham Burnett (Universities Superannuation Scheme), Tim Brown (De Montfort University), Ian Fletcher (British Property Federation), Nick Jopling (Grainger plc), Victoria Mitchell (Savills), Martin Moore (Prudential Property Investment), Nick Salisbury (Consultant), and Peter Vernon (Grosvenor Ltd).
Submissions are sought by 31 March and Sir Adrian plans to report his findings and possible recommendations to Ministers in June 2012.
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The independent review of barriers to institutional investment in private rented homes was announced in the Government's Housing Strategy published in November 2011. Sir Adrian Montague was appointed to lead the review on 23 December 2011. Terms of reference for the review can be found at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/pdf/2057113.pdf
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The number of thrift stores in the Netherlands increased by 7 percent last year - the third year in a row that this industry grew. Retail turnover increased by 4 percent last year, and the amount of items collected increased by 5 percent , according to the sector association for thrift companies BKN, NU.nl reports.
The Christmas holidays last year in particular were "unprecedentedly busy" for thrift stores, according to BKN. The association attributes this to the VPRO television series Het succes van de kringloopwinkel.
A shortage of employees is threatening to slow the growth of thrift stores, the association said. "We calculated that the average thrift store has four vacancies", BKN director Leonie Reinders said to the newspaper. There are shortages in both paid and voluntary positions.
The BKN calls on employment agencies to send vulnerable groups their way. "As a sector we have decades of experience with all sorts of people's limitations. Many people who end up in thrift, are thriving", Reinders said.
Reinders expects that the sector will keep growing. According to her, consumers are increasingly conscious of the environment and the circular economy. It also helps that vintage is very popular at this time.


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Harvey Jaffer, 72, of Bonita Springs, FL and formerly of Shelton, CT, passed away peacefully on Sunday June 14th, 2015.
Harvey was born on September 5, 1942 in St. Louis, MO to the late Nat and Katherine Jaffer.
Harvey leaves behind his beloved wife of 32 years, Margaret; his 3 children, Tara Grenier and her husband Bob of Gilbert, AZ, Nathan Jaffer and his wife Theresa of North Grafton, MA, and Katelyn Jaffer of Shelton, CT; and his 4 cherished grandsons, Tyler & Trevor Grenier, and Eliot and Nicholas Jaffer. He leaves his sister Doreen Polunsky of Dallas, TX, his brother Maury Jaffer of Dallas, TX; and many nieces and nephews.
After graduating from Hillcrest High School in Dallas, TX, Harvey joined the United States Marine Corps. After completing his duty he went on to graduate from the University of North Texas.
Harvey had a long, successful career and retired as Vice President of Sales for United States Tobacco Co. (UST) after 30 years of doing a job he loved.
In addition to being his kids' #1 fan at all times, Harvey could be found on the dance floor with his dancing partner for life, Margaret, whittling something amazing out of a block of wood, or puttering around his workshop doing projects around the house. Harvey also loved all things outdoors whether it was playing a round of golf, hunting with his favorite hunting buddy, Nate, or even working in the yard. Harvey lived his life to the fullest with no regrets and he has passed that legacy on to his family and friends.
The Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home has been entrusted with the care of Harvey.
Condolences may be left to the family at www.fortmyersmemorial.com.


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Looking for something fun and free to do in NYC? Stop by Dell's Create Work Inspire pop up, a creative destination at Openhouse Gallery 19 Kenmare. The pop up features Dell's new XPS 14z laptop as well as big touch-screen desktops with some unheard of mouse designs. Dell built their pop up with walls on wheels meaning the design won't stay the same from day to day. What will be consistent is Dell's outdoor seating area for crisp work weather and their stream of creatives coming through Openhouse Gallery.
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[Here's the quick solution if you can't be bothered to read this whole post: stick a border on the div that's causing the 1px rounding error].
Now let me elaborate, because there's actually a bit more to it than that...
We (like many other web design companies) generally design our websites as fixed-width, centered in the browser window, and optimised to 1024px wide with no horizontal scrolling at 1024. When you take the vertical scrollbar into account that means the maximum width for the outer container div is 1004px.
Sue likes to design websites with quite substantial dropshadows on either side of the outer container, which makes the whole graphic wider than 1004px. No problem - I just create the dropshadow as a single graphic which I style as a background image on the body tag in the CSS, centered in the browser window by setting the width of the graphic to 50% - like this:
body {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 62.5%;
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
color: #595959;
background: #009ec7 url(../img/bg-page.jpg) no-repeat 50% 0;
#container {
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
padding: 0 0 10px 0;
text-align: left;
background-color: #fff;
The example above is for a site where the shadow starts off fairly narrow at the top, gets a lot fatter for a couple of hundred pixels, then gradually gets narrower again until it disappears altogether. It makes the page look like it's rising off the background for a while near the top of the browser window.
Here's the shadow graphic (click to enlarge):
With a design where the shadow is a consistent width all the way down the page, you would take a narrow strip of shadow and save that as a vertically-tiled background image instead - and the CSS would look like this:
background: #009ec7 url(../img/bg-page.jpg) repeat-y 50% 0;
The problem with this solution (whether you use a single or a tiled background image) is the mixing of the fixed-width #container div together with a percentage-positioned background graphic. Exact pixel widths don't play well with percentages in CSS, and the combination of the two is likely to create a 1px rounding error in many situations. It's why we generally stick to one or the other and don't use both together unless we absolutely have to.
In my example, this is what you get when you view the site in Opera or Safari on my Mac (click to enlarge image).
This is a screenshot of the right-hand side of the page within the browser window. You can clearly see a 1px-wide white "border" to the right of the light blue header, and you can also see a distinct "step" further down the page, which marks the bottom of the dropshadow background image on the body tag.
Interestingly enough, the 1px rounding error on this site only showed up in Safari on my Mac and Opera on Mac and PC. Firefox was fine (of course) and amazingly enough, IE6 and IE7 on my test PC also handled it just fine - not a rounding error in sight!
But that's not good enough. My sites get tested in IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera and Safari (at a minimum), and if it's not perfect in all browsers on all platforms I'm going to do my damnedest to try and fix it.
The 1px rounding error is one of the few bugs that gurus such as Holly and Big John at Position is Everything have reluctantly assigned to the "annoying bugs that can't be fixed" basket, but because I initially didn't recognise my bug as a 1px rounding error, I tried to fix it myself.
...and found a workaround for this particular example that works pretty well...
It took me ages to figure out that the "step" was actually the bottom of the background graphic in the body tag. It didn't seem to match up with any of my divs on the actual page when I tested it with Firebug, and for a while there I was completely stumped. What's causing this step???? Arrrrgggghhhh.
I tried a bunch of things to get rid of that nasty little white line to the right of the light blue header. Maybe the white is showing through from the white background on the #container div that's wrapped around the header div? Could I add a light blue background to the top of #container so the line is light blue (matching the header) instead of white? Nope. Doesn't work. And even if I had been able to fix the header issue using that kind of solution, the step would still have been visible lower down the page.
Think again.
The fact that the white line appeared to be behaving more like a 1px-wide border than a background showing through a 1px-wide gap (because I couldn't fix it by adding a coloured background to #container) made me wonder what would happen if I tried adding a border of my own to #container instead.
Here's my first test - a variation on the classic "border: 1px solid red" that I use whenever I'm bug-fixing to identify the div I'm working on (click image to enlarge).
This example uses "border-right: 1px solid red;" on the #container div.
Awesome! The step is gone! How crazy is that?
Now we have a consistent red border all the way down the right-hand side of the #container div, instead of the bug-created white border-like line that only goes down as far as the bottom of the page background graphic.
From this point, it's easy to see how to make the border almost disappear - to a point where I can live with it as a "quick fix", anyway...
By selecting the hex value of the light blue header background at its farthest-right point (which in this case is #b2e2ee) and applying it to #container div instead of the red border, like this:
#container {
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
padding: 0 0 10px 0;
text-align: left;
background-color: #fff;
border-right: 1px solid #b2e2ee; /* fix for 1px rounding error bug */
...I get this result (click image to enlarge).
Now the right border blends seamlessly into the light blue header to its left at the top of the page, and further down the page it blends nicely into the darker blue page background to its right.
It's a bit of an optical illusion, because if you look very very closely where the light blue header meets the white content area of the page, you can see the light blue bleeding into the white, but hey - I can live with that. It's much better than a white border and a white step, anyway.
Wait, I can't live with it! That bit of bleeding blue's annoying me. Yes I know I've already delivered this particular website to the client, but I can always get them to tweak the stylesheet for me...
Here's an even better colour choice for the border:
Grab a representative darker shade of blue page background from your photoshop file. I've used #00a1ce. Use that instead. This what you get (click image to enlarge).
OK, this optical illusion is better than the last one. No bleeding blue, because we're not using a colour that appears in part of the actual page (the light blue) and then stops (where the white content area begins).
By choosing a colour that matches the page background, rather than part of the page itself, the border blends outwards rather than inwards, and the edge of the page appears to be completely uniform. If you have a shaded background like in this design, just pick any pixel from close-in to where the background meets the page, and you should be fine with whatever shade of blue you end up with. It's an optical illusion, after all.
To achieve the neatest possible result, it's probably a good idea to replicate your border on both sides of the #container div:
#container {
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
padding: 0 0 10px 0;
text-align: left;
background-color: #fff;
border-right: 1px solid #00a1ce; /* fix for 1px rounding error bug */
border-left: 1px solid #00a1ce; /* fix for 1px rounding error bug */
In Sue's design for this particular site, the header starts off white on the far left-hand side and gradually shades to light blue as you move right. My original light-blue border fix wouldn't work on the left of the container, as it contrasted with the white header on that side, but having the blue match the darker blue page background works fine, because the background is consistent on both sides.
This solution can also be adapted for a design where the background color changes dramatically as you progess down the page. A background colour that fades vertically into white or another colour entirely, for example. Or a drop shadow at the top of a white background that fades away as you scroll down the page until it eventually disappears into the white.
All you need to do is experiment with the colour of the border until you find one that both you and the designer can live with. It might be white, giving you a 1px white frame on both sides of the page, between the container and the dropshadow. It could be a shade of grey, as long as your designer can live with their fading dropshadow eventually becoming a 1px grey border instead of disappearing completely into white. Whatever works for your particular design.
Yes, I know this means you may have to go back and get the designer to tweak their design because you can't make it work (which is pretty much always a no-no as far as I'm concerned), but we are dealing with the dreaded 1px rounding error here, and even Holly 'n' John haven't found a complete fix for it...
Yes, it's a workaround rather than a complete fix - in that it doesn't remove the 1px line, it simply overwrites it and then disguises it - but I reckon it's a good solution to the particular visual problem we had in our design - and one which I think might be useful to other designers and developers out there.
It even provides a fix for Big John's Rounding error test page, without breaking the layout - even in IE6 - which is rather amusing, because if anything's guaranteed to break an IE6 layout it's adding a border to a percentage div where all your combined percentages already add up to 100%...
Change John's style from
#wrapper div {
position: absolute;
background: black;
width: 20%;
height: 20%;
#wrapper div {
position: absolute;
background: black;
width: 20%;
height: 20%;
border-right: 1px solid black;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
...and you'll see what I mean.
The reason why the 1px border fix doesn't break John's example layout, even in IE6, is because the divs have space in which to spread out - they're free to sit nicely next to each other because they're absolutely positioned which takes them out of the flow - rather than being floated. In John's example, if I float the divs by changing his styling to:
#wrapper div {
float: left;
background: black;
width: 20%;
height: 20%;
border-right: 1px solid red;
border-bottom: 1px solid red;
...the placement of the divs breaks and the last div ends up in a new row (I've coloured the borders red so you can see 'em - click image to enlarge). This is because the addition of the 1px right borders means that the total width of all the divs in a row is now more than 100% - and with floated divs this matters. It breaks in all browsers, including compliant ones like Firefox.
John's original example (without my borders) also breaks in IE6 and IE7 if you float the divs instead of absolutely positioning them (although it looks fine in Firefox). This is because the 1px rounding error also adds additional width to the divs, making them too wide for their container. In the case of IE6 and I7 this results in a horrible break/not break bounce to the page as you slowly increase or decrease the browser window width and as the rounding error comes and goes. This is presumably why he decided to build his example as a series of absolutely positioned divs instead of floated ones :)
The reason why my 1px border solution doesn't break our website in IE6 and IE7 is because of the way in which the website is built. The #container div is the outermost div on my page, and although it isn't absolutely positioned (or floated, for that matter) there are no other divs wrapped around it to constrain its size in any way. This means that adding a 1px border on either side (so increasing its overall width by 2px) isn't going to break anything by making it too wide. It just spreads out a bit, ending up 2px wider than the original page design.
The only time this would be an issue is if your design is already 1004px wide, which is the maximum it can be to avoid a horizontal scrollbar at 1024 on pages that have a vertical scrollbar. In this instance you would have to decrease your page width by 2px in order to stay within the maximum once you add the 1px border on either side.
So - to summarise:
If your div structure will allow you to do this without breaking it, a fix for the 1px rounding error is to add a 1px right border to the div where the rounding error is occurring, and colour it to match whatever colour you've got wrapping around that div. The border will overwrite the rounding error and the colour will camouflage it to match its wrapper so that it becomes virtually invisible.
By careful selection of your border colour, and by tweaking any wrapper div widths to allow for the width of the border without breaking the layout, this solution will work with a range of layouts, providing you with a controllable border instead of an uncontrollable 1px error which, in older browsers like IE6 and IE7, comes and goes as you increase and decrease the browser window width.
I was pretty thrilled to stumble upon this solution, and I hope it's of use to someone out there. I know it's not the perfect answer in all situations, but hopefully it's flexible enough to help in a variety of layouts - and in a wide range of browsers. It works in IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Safari and Opera. I haven't tested it in earlier IEs or any other browsers - let me know what happens if you do.
Let me know how you get on!
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
A quick fix for the 1px rounding error
[Here's the quick solution if you can't be bothered to read this whole post: stick a border on the div that's causing the 1px rounding error].
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I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm a human being with concerns about what we were told about 9/11
Jon Gold
This is my first article in a while so please bare with me.
I did a lot of fighting trying to deal with attackers from within the "9/11 Truth Movement," from Republicans," and from "debunkers."
All of which acted the same way. They would present what are called "Straw Man" arguments in order to make my arguments for me (as if to be easily knocked down). I received multiple death threats from people. I and my family received crank phone calls. I and people like me were pounded with negative publicity from what people call the "Mainstream Media (which is literally an arm of the Government and its allies. They answer to the White House, the Pentagon, and the CIA, as well as their advertisers). I spent 53 hours in the dungeons of D.C. for doing what I believed (civil disobedience, and still do) was right. I was acquitted at trial because of protections from the first Amendment.
I was just like most other people on 9/11. I wanted revenge, I wanted to carpet bomb the Middle East and make it into a parking lot. I have since learned that everyone is basically the same. We all have families and friends we care about, we all have hobbies, (jobs hopefully), and things that are important to us.
I spent years writing article after article to try and get people's attention. I've made 1000's of informational videos for people to watch so maybe that would cause people to ask questions. I've written two free books, and gave them the money they needed to finish the invaluable films "9/11: Press For Truth," and its sequel "In Their Own Words: The Untold Stories of the 9/11 Families." I've been to rally after rally, even on Saturdays when the buildings we wanted to get our attention, were closed. I started my own website, and collected 1000's of articles from the "mainstream media" to prove my point. Sometimes, they will report on stories but not give them the attention that they deserve. Like Britney Spears haircut, Michael Jackson's death, or even COVID.
I worked with the families responsible for the creation of the 9/11 Commission. Many don't remember them or know of them today, but they were referred to as the "Jersey Girls/September Eleventh Advocates." Nothing about them appears in the 9/11 Memorial Museum. They were part of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee which monitored the 9/11 Commission, which worked with staffers of the 9/11 Commission, which supplied 100's of well researched questions for the 9/11 Commission to answer. In other words, people who KNOW what the hell they're talking about when it comes to 9/11. The 9/11 Commission would not have existed if not for them. As horribly corrupt and compromised as it was, we wouldn't even have had that if not for them.
I held the first fund-raiser for 9/11 responders, then the second, then the third, and then people across the country started holding fund raisers, all of which went to the FealGood Foundation. One could argue I helped to put them on the map. They were the same organization that accompanied Jon Stewart to Washington D.C. to fight for healthcare. The Government lied and said that the air was safe to breathe and the water was safe to drink. Responders were asked not to wear respirators because they didn't want to alarm the public. As a result, 1000's got sick, and 1000's have died, and it took more than 15 years to finally get them the healthcare that they absolutely deserved and required. All because they wanted to reopen Wall Street.
How many media pundits and "debunkers" have done ANY of that I wonder?
I have seen 9/11 used to inflict fear in the public, with the color coded alert system (which Keith Olbermann (not a fan anymore) exposed as being used for political gain). I have seen 9/11 used to take away our civil liberties. I have seen 9/11 used to go to war in MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. Wars we are told are over, neglecting to mention the amount of mercenaries we left behind. How many did we murder that had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with 9/11?
People have been trained to hear the phrase "Conspiracy Theorist" and define it to themselves as a "made up fairy tale." "Conspiracies" happen all of the time. Just read the news about a trial and you will often see the phrase "Conspiracy to commit..." If police are investigating a conspiracy, and they have an idea as to how it was done (a theory), then aren't they conspiracy theorists as well? They would never be able to figure out crimes otherwise. A Conspiracy is no more than more than one person committing a crime. BY DEFINITION, 9/11 was a conspiracy. You either agree with the Government's account or you don't. Because of everything I've seen, I don't.
The phrase "Conspiracy Theorist" has been used to discredit people over the years and to quiet dissent. Let me tell you something...
I am a simple human being. I saw something terribly wrong taking place, and I tried to do something about it. I have a good moral compass as well as a desire to help people.
The "debunkers" and corporate news like to focus on whether or not the buildings came down by "Controlled Demolition" or whether or not a missile hit the Pentagon (WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS).
What about the 1000's of other problems with the official account? If you are a journalist, have you ever taken the time to look into those things? I'm guessing not. For that, I say shame on you. There are adjectives I could use against you that are WAY WORSE THAN "CONSPIRACY THEORIST," but I digress. I just challenge you to do your jobs for once with regard to this issue.
That day is still affecting us today. It is all of our responsibility to call out wrong doing when we see it. As human beings trying to do the right thing. Not that other phrase that has been placed on us. Human beings...
I am not a "Conspiracy Theorist," and guess what? Neither are the 9/11 Family Members seeking truth, accountability and justice. They are just victims' family members who want to know who, how and why their loved ones were murdered. A more credible explanation that doesn't come from the famously compromised and corrupt 9/11 Commission.
Thank you for your time, and I hope maybe you learned a little something. Don't ever let someone silence you by calling you a name. One they don't even understand.


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I get asked certain questions a lot (whether through Twitter, TumblrFacebook, or while streaming) so I decided doing a full FAQ would be nice. You can also find a mini FAQ on my Twitch page–though, some of those questions may be featured below as well. If you'd like to ask a question, feel free to use any of the ways linked and I may even add it here! If you have a business inquiry, please use the contact form.
What kind of content do you do?
Pretty much any hobby I have has a chance to show up here. Stuff I like collecting, games, plushies, Baking/Cooking, Traveling, etc.
Can I add you to my friends list?
It depends where! For the 3DS, I unfortunately do not have space to permanently add anyone. I have temporary slots I keep on hold for trading or ones where I am waiting for friends to get new 3DS'. I may eventually add people temporarily, but I haven't decided just yet.
For most MMOs/Online games, feel free. For Steam or Game consoles, I'd rather only add friends.
Can I have your Mii's QR Code/your Mii's Tomodachi Life QR Code?
At the moment, my QR code is only available to friends ^^; I may put it up eventually. If I do, you will be able to find it on the QR Code Page. You can also find questions on some other QR codes not added at the bottom of that page.
What games do you have?
A lot, honestly. While not tons, it's still quite a large amount that not only would it be hard for me to list them all, it'd be hard for me to keep this updated. Your best bet is to just ask. I'll also post and write quite a bit whenever I get a new game. You can also keep an eye on the Upcoming Games and Backlog lists. If a game is removed and not put on the backlog, we most likely picked it up so…
Will you get/play *insertgamehere*?
In general, if I like a game I'm probably planning to get it… if not, it either hasn't been announced for North America or I just don't have an interest in it. I also won't play any Horror games and am not fond of RTS games or MOBAs. That said, I'll at least try almost any game I'm given it on Steam–the only ones I won't is if they are in any of those three genres. I may make a slight exception for the latter two if something catches my interest, but no horror games. Ever.
So, what are your hobbies?
I have a lot :P Off the top of my head, I really enjoy baking, playing video games, making websites, doing arts & crafts, playing the piano, traveling, and collecting things.
What do you like to collect?
Various Cards (I have the first several sets of Pokemon Cards and a set of Beanie Baby Cards–I eventually lessened the Pokemon Cards to just Promo Cards, but even that had to end when competitions became bigger… I now just collect a few cards I really like or through the Pokemon TCG Online game), Rocks, Seashells, Sand, Various Trinkets (Random jewelry, old music boxes, fountains, etc. I like antiques), Dolls, and Plushies (I'm especially fond of teddy bears and anything super soft and fluffy). I also collect some figures and statues as well (Usually of characters I really like–it's rare I go for full sets).
Dream goal?
I'd really like to learn as many languages I can and travel everywhere at least once and just write about everything I'd get to experience. In general, just being able to talk about my hobbies for fun is a lot to me, but traveling is something I've always wanted to do since I was little so it's definitely one of the higher up ones. Unfortunately, it's not cheap so…
How long have you been together with your husband?
A long time now! We've been married since 2015. He has his own site over here.
What's your all-time favorite game?
I actually don't have one! My favorite types of games are simulation games, platformers, and puzzles. A game that has some or all of those aspects plus customization and collecting tend to really grab my attention.
Favorite 3DS feature?
StreetPass. Hands down. I even wrote an article about it. I wish more people seemed to care for it–nothing is more disappointing then passing someone with a 3DS and not getting them because they don't really understand how it works or don't care enough to clear it. Even worse is when they have a game you really want StreetPasses for and don't have it set up yet :(
When do you tend to Stream?
At the moment, I do not have a Streaming schedule. I'd like to set one up eventually though. In general I tend to stream much more when a new game comes out as I tend to play nearly non-stop.
So, is your name Crystal?
Nope! It's Jennifer.
Then why Crystal Dreams?
It's actually a name from an old layout I stumbled upon when I was about 7 or 8 and wanted to not have this giant page filled with gifs and pictures as was the tendency in the 90s. It featured a Precious Moments (or maybe it was an anime-styled character) character praying and looking out a window and had these lovely pastels and said "Crystal Dreams" at the top. I immediately decided to use it for my site and when my friend could no longer host me, I used it from my very first domain name. The rest is history. But yes, Crystal is an adjective–not a noun in the name!
Why don't you speak in most of your videos?
I'm really shy and don't feel comfortable doing so.
What anime is the character in your banner from?
She isn't from an Anime! She is a anime-styled caricature of myself that I commissioned from Nekoshiei.


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There are two stages to making anything happen: getting something moving, and keeping something moving. Of the two, the 'activation' stage is the hardest. If you've ever driven into a ditch and tried to get unstuck, you know that to be true. Just getting something in motion can take a substantial amount of teeth-clenching grit. But once you do, the force of the motion, momentum, starts doing part of the work for you and it's easier.
As a personal development coach, I work a lot with people who are stuck. Some people get stuck for a short period of time, others for longer. I've noticed a few characteristics of those who stay stuck for a while.
1) They spend time and energy focussing on how unfair it is that they're in the ditch.
2) They beat themselves (or others) up for getting stuck.
3) They focus on the repercussions of being stuck—how it's going to make them late, what their significant might say, etc.
All of these responses will just get your covered in more mud. And they'll drain your energy and make it harder to do the one thing you need to do: get on the road again.
At times like this, visualization can be a veritable tow-truck.
People often underestimate the power of visualizaton for getting unstuck. But visualization gets you to focus on what you want, not on what you don't want and this will catalyze new solutions to flood into your mind. It will make you feel hopeful and more energetic for taking action. Lastly, because we live in a "Like attracts Like" universe, (that's why people tend to return your smile when you give them one and stop complimenting you if you reject their positive compliments) visualization will prompt the Universe to get busy matching your vision.
Are you convinced yet? Start using it and see what happens. For greatest impact, it's best to lay down the energetic foundation of what you want to create as clearly as you can. So, when you do a visualization, make it as vivid as possible. Using the car in the ditch example, imagine the feeling of the gas pedal on the ball of your right foot, the sound of the car engine as it speeds down the road, the satisfied feeling you'll have in your belly when you're driving away. Because soon you will be. And when you are, you won't be drained by letting the rats of negative thinking feed on your energy field.
Visualization is one of many tools I discuss in my new book, Find Your Inner Gold, 21 Powerful Tools to Bring Back Your Shine. I wrote the book because I wanted to offer more people the tools I use in my coaching practice. My vision is to teach people how to self-modulate and become more self-empowered to create soul-satisfying lives.
The book is getting great reviews, but one I particularly liked this week was:
"Pure gold. It's more than a 'must-read', it's an eternal read, a loving resource book and a joyous gift to the soul." Nancy Falconer.
To get the first 3 chapters for free, click HERE. If you want to order the book, click HERE.


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[via Sadagopan] TIME lists 100 people who are shaping our world. Two Indians in the list: Nandan Nilekani and Vikram Akula. More on Vikram Akula:
Vikram Akula is using advanced technologysmart cardsto make venture capital available to more of the 800 million people in India who live on less than $2 a day. In the hinterland, where there are few landlines, let alone ATMs, the founder of SKS Microfinance is starting to dispense loans, typically $116, on smart cards, which its loan officers had been using to record repayments electronically. The plastic approach intrigued Visa International, which is now pairing SKS with cell phone-based card readers. The cash-free system is more efficient and safer too. As Visa's emerging-markets chief, Debbie Arnold, put it, a cash-laden loan officer "might as well carry a big bull's-eye on his back." Akula, 37, has already made SKS one of the fastest-growing microlenders, having dispensed $52 million to 221,000 clients since 1998. SKS keeps its default rate below 2% by using software that provides real-time data. When he spots a red flag, he says, "we're on it like a swat team." Such transparency has attracted Silicon Valley types, with David Schappell of Unitus, a nonprofit venture-capital firm devoted to microfinance, likening SKS to the little coffee shop that became Starbucks.


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Micah Taylor
Research interests:
Interactive sound propagation : Realtime ray tracing : Visibility & rendering : Parallel & high performance computing
- PhD - Computer Science, May 2014
"Interactive Sound Propagation for Massive Multi-user and Dynamic Virtual Environments"
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- MS - Computer Science, 2012
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- BS - Computer Science, 2004
Technical Translator in German, 2004
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Invented and supervised creation of an Auditory Display Headset capable of creating audio landscapes from real world objects.
- Created libchb, a library to display images with Unicode characters and ANSI color codes in text mode terminals.
- Designed and developed CourseUp, a domain specific language for defining courses in a flexible and intuitive format.
- Implemented platform independent realtime ray tracer. Supports multiple hierarchy structures, split-selectors, shaders, and post-processing.
- Designed and implemented fast motion blur effects using sample reprojection. Generates similar results to stochastic motion blur at a fraction of the cost.
- Maintain and host my personal webpage. Custom code and design with database backend and light frontend.
- Programming
C, C++, Javascript, PHP, Bash, MIPS32, Verilog, and more
- APIs & Tools
OpenGL, OpenMP, CUDA, SFML, SDL, Blender, Linux, Final Cut, Audacity, Apache, Git, GDB, MSVS, and more
Work experience:
- Volition - Champaign, IL, 2019-present
Engine Programmer
- Worked on upcoming Saints Row title
- Designed new and exciting rendering and simulation features
- Kixor Technologies - Terre Haute, IN, 2018-present
- Designed Markdown/LaTeX based course description language
- Invented and developed auditory display headset
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Terre Haute, IN, 2012-2019
Associate Professor with Tenure
- Taught 9 introductory and elective courses per year
- Served as academic adviser to 25 CS/SE students per year
- Managed over 100 student projects, including custom CPUs, realtime ray tracers, and automatic parallelization
- Developed private git repository system with mass populate and pull capabilities
- Green Hills Software - Santa Barbara, CA, 2018 Summer
Software Engineer
- Investigated and documented advanced debugging techniques
- Designed undergraduate course on robust and repeatable debugging processes
- Impulsonic (now Valve) - Carrboro, NC, 2016 Summer
Senior Researcher
- Developed proprietary acoustic algorithms for game middleware
- Developed software with team in-office and remotely
- Dolby - San Francisco, CA, 2010 Summer
Research Intern
- Designed fast GPU and CPU based audio rendering system
- Collaborated with senior researchers on large scale acoustic rendering systems
- University of North Carolina, Gamma group - Chapel Hill, NC, 2007-2012
Research Assistant
- Created interactive GPU based sound propagation system for early specular reflection and diffraction
- Designed interactive acoustic simulation with diffuse, specular, and diffraction components
- Developed diffraction tracing using real-time ray frustum tracer
- Baker Hill - Carmel, IN, 2004-2007
Software Engineer
- Served as lead designer on critical path projects for major loan origination products
- Developed tools to automate refactoring of over 50,000 lines of code
- Designed and implemented automatic build and deploy process across multiple platforms and devices
Teaching experience:
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Terre Haute, IN, 2012-2019
Associate Professor with Tenure
- Taught over 1000 students in small face-to-face classes (<25 students per class) at the top undergraduate engineering school in the US
- Iteratively improved weak intro sequence, resulting in large improvements in student learning (from 3.2 to 4.3 out of 5)
- Served on institute committees including Dean's task force on Creating a Culture of Integrity, Quality of Education, and International Programs
- Courses taught:
CSSE232 Computer Architecture - 21
CSSE132 Introduction to Computer Systems - 14
CSSE351 Computer Graphics - 6
CSSE451 Advanced Computer Graphics - 4
CSSE220 Object-Oriented Software Development - 1
CSSE230 Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis - 1
CSSE490 The Art and Science of Debugging - 1
CSSE491 Independent study - 6 advised
CSSE497 Senior thesis - 3 advised
- Students appreciate my enthusiastic teaching style and I consistently receive high student evaluation ratings (4.7/5). Some students comments:
"Micah is a very approachable and intelligent teacher, he genuinely wants his students to perform and makes the class's learning environment both interesting and fun through his personality."
"Micah was a very knowledgeable and interesting professor. His quirky mannerisms made it easy to pay attention in class, but his teaching was serious and easy to understand."
Connecting with Code - Terre Haute, IN, 2019 Summer
- Taught beginner Scratch and Microbit coding
- Created lessons suited for 6-8 year old students
- Helped classroom of 10 students create fun games in half-day camp setting
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC, 2011 Fall
Instructor - COMP575 Introduction to Computer Graphics
- Full responsibility for course, including structure and lectures
- Designed homeworks, quizzes, and programming assignments
- Held office hours and graded assignments
Undergraduate theses:
- Splashes and Water Wave Packets, Xingfang Yuan, 2018
Winner of best thesis award
- Automatic Parallelism in Javascript, Rose Reatherford, 2016
- VR Cultural Heritage Sites, Si Faye Li, 2016
Independent studies
- Proprietary High Performance Shortest Euclidean Path, Charles Horton, Xingfang Yuan, 2017
- Bluetooth Driver for XBOX 360 Controllers, Josh Maurer, 2016
- VGA Driver for Spartan 6 FPGA, Jake Whiteley, 2016
- Web Based Acoustic Simulator, Xianbo 'Francis' Meng, 2015
Journals and conferences
- Micah Taylor. CourseUp: Human readable course language, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 2018
- Micah Taylor, Sid Stamm, and Christine Taylor. The impact of changing homework frequency in a computer architecture course, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 2018
- Micah Taylor and Francis Meng. Web-based geometric acoustic simulator, 23rd International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology 2018
- Micah Taylor, Anish Chandak, Qi Mo, Christian Lauterbach, Carl Schissler, and Dinesh Manocha. Guided Multiview Ray Tracing for Fast Auralization, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2012 (26%)
- Lakulish Antani, Anish Chandak, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha. Direct-to-Indirect Acoustic Radiance Transfer, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2012 (26%)
- Lakulish Antani, Anish Chandak, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha. Efficient finite-edge diffraction using conservative from-region visibility, Applied Acoustics 2011 (43%)
- Anish Chandak, Lakulish Antani, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha. Fast and Accurate Geometric Sound Propagation using Visibility Computations, International Symposium on Room Acoustics 2010
- Micah Taylor, Anish Chandak, Lakulish Antani, Dinesh Manocha. RESound: Interactive Sound Rendering for Dynamic Virtual Environments, 17th International ACM Conference on Multimedia 2009 (16%)
- Anish Chandak, Lakulish Antani, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha. FastV: From-point Visibility Culling on Complex Models, 20th Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2009 (29%)
- Micah Taylor, Anish Chandak, Zhimin Ren, Christian Lauterbach, Dinesh Manocha. Fast Edge-Diffraction for Sound Propagation in Complex Virtual Environments, EAA Symposium on Auralization 2009
- Anish Chandak, Christian Lauterbach, Micah Taylor, Zhimin Ren, Dinesh Manocha. AD-Frustum: Adaptive Frustum Tracing for Interactive Sound Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2008 (26%)
Technical reports
- Micah Taylor, Nicolas Tsingos, Dinesh Manocha. Rendering environmental voice reverberation for large-scale distributed virtual worlds, 2014
- Lakulish Antani, Anish Chandak, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha. Direct-to-Indirect Acoustic Radiance Transfer, 2010
- Lakulish Antani, Anish Chandak, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha. Fast Geometric Sound Propagation with Finite Edge Diffraction, 2010
- US 8995675 Methods and systems for direct-to-indirect acoustic radiance transfer, Anish Chandak, Lakulish Antani, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha
- US 8958567 Method and system for split client-server reverberation processing, Nicolas Tsingos, Micah Taylor
- US 8847695 Methods, systems, and computer readable media for fast geometric sound propagation using visibility computations, Anish Chandak, Lakulish Antani, Micah Taylor, Dinesh Manocha
- Micah Taylor, Anish Chandak, Lakulish Antani, Dinesh Manocha, Interactive geometric sound propagation, EE Times, 2010
- Micah Taylor, Anish Chandak, Lakulish Antani, Dinesh Manocha, Interactive Geometric Sound Propagation and Rendering, Intel Academic Spotlight, 2010
- Micah Taylor, Anish Chandak, Zhimin Ren, Christian Lauterbach, Dinesh Manocha. Fast edge diffraction for sound propagation in complex virtual environments, Acoustical Society of America's North Carolina Chapter (Best presentation award), 2009


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Clermont County CVB reports record 2015!
Area hotels have a record year
By Megan Alley
Sun staff
Representatives from the Clermont County Convention and Visitors Bureau announced the organization had a record year last year.
In 2015, Clermont County hotels logged a record number of rooms booked, hotel occupancies and revenues generated per room.
The information was released in a recent report from Smith Travel Research, a company that tracks supply and demand metrics for the hotel industry.
The county's 12 hotels generated a total of approximately $23 million in revenue, according to Mark Calitri, president of the CVB.
This total represents a growth in revenues generated per room of 10.9 percent over 2014, according to the report.
The county's growth in revenues generated per room leads the region, which includes Northern Kentucky and Butler, Hamilton and Warren Counties, according to Calitri.
"We're excited, and it creates momentum going into 2016," Calitri said.
The CVB attributes the county's successful year to outstanding sales and event levels, according to a press release.
"We've had a well-rounded approach," Calitri added.
In 2015, the CVB helped bring a number of sporting events to the county, including various regional baseball and golf tournaments, and the USRowing 2015 Club National Championship, according to Calitri.
"One of the county's biggest assets is the great outdoors," Calitri said. "We have numerous hike/bike trails and East Fork State Park."
The CVB also attributes the county's success to the establishment of many public/private partnerships, including the Clermont Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, hotels, retail establishments and local government leaders, according to a press release.
"The ability of the Clermont County Convention and Visitors Bureau to bring a record number of visitors and events into our community means more sales tax, lodging tax and gas tax collections," said County Commissioner David Uible in a press release. "This results in more resources for our county while lessening the need to increase taxes and fees on local citizens."
Calitri said he's looking forward to another busy year at the CVB, including a six-week bowling tournament later this month and a geocaching competition in April.
"The more visitors we have means the more money being spent in the local business," he added.


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Extraordinary Member
I have a new Windows 7 Pro 64x system and I decided not to use UAC so I set the slider to the lowest setting and rebooted. All worked well for a while but it appears that occasionally, when I reboot, UAC is reset to the highest value. I cannot find an event that causes this and I have not been able to find much information about it. I have been using PCs for many years and I fully understand the purpose of UAC. I don't need it and Microsoft provided a way to turn it off. My problem is that something is causing it to turn on again. Even if I set UAC at one of the intermediate levels, it randomly resets to the highest level.


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Samba is the most famous music and dance in brasil, but notice Fogo Sambajo means: sun & fun absolutely hot multiculture being happy and athmosphere unbelievable.
Our history starts in 1983 in Ostermundigen (Berne), when the musician and drumplayer Marquinho was asked from the youth counselist Urs, if he would create a "hot and spirited music" for the childrens parade of carneval. This samba was that great and powerful, that a new sambaschool grow up. 1990 was given the name "Fogo Sambajo". Fogo means hot/on fire, Sambajo is a wordplay from Samba and Bahia. This means the great feeling of life during playing the brasilian drumstile.
Our internetplatform is www.sambafieber.ch. Our rehearshals are in Berne at the conservatory of music, Kramgasse 36.
Sambafans are welcome. We play on original isntruments from brasil following styles: Batucada, Sambareggae, Maracatu. Our 1. CD "Vermelho" was born an 2010! "festa, latina, samba, musica, dançar...aii….
Next events:
27.-29. Februar 2020 Berner Fasnacht.pdf


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Announcing the publication of How We Do Both: Art and Motherhood distributed by Secretary Press.
A diverse collection of honest responses from contemporary artists who have walked—and are still walking—the tenuous tight rope of motherhood and making art (not necessarily in that order).
Contributors: Marina Berio, Katharina Bosse, Susan Bright, Moyra Davey, Joanne Leonard, Joelle Jensen, Justine Kurland, Wangechi Mutu, Rachelle Mozman, Penelope Umbrico, Eti Wade and Deborah Willis.
Edited by Michi Jigarjian and Qiana Mestrich
Book on sale September 28-30, 2012 at the ICP-Bard MFA booth at the NY Art Book Fair happening at PS1 MOMA in NYC.