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The Church Music Major provides training for students interested in careers in the music ministry in the local church. It is appropriate preparation for graduate study in church music at the seminary/graduate school level.
Degree Requirements
To see the full course listing, click here (pdf).
Career Paths
Church Musician
Music Director
Graduate study in Church Music
Sample Course Offerings
Church Music Education for Children
Church Music Education for Youth and Adults
Foundations of Church Music Ministry
Music Ministry Internship
Music in Worship in the 21st Century
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Nodal Status in the Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma in situ
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
I have a question regarding invasive ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS).
I was first diagnosed with what my physicians assumed was DCIS, after my mammogram showed numerous calcifications. I had a biopsy, decided on a double mastectomy and reconstruction. When they went to do the mastectomy they found an invasive section that measured 0.5cm with clean margins, well differentiated. The part that bothers me is that they did not check the nodes. Assuming it was DCIS and turning out to be Invasive DCIS, should the nodes be checked or left alone? I have had 8 rounds of CMF and am now on Tamoxifen.
What is your opinion on this? Your comment would be appreciated.
Thanks for your help.
Li Liu, MD, OncoLink Editorial Assistant, responds:
Dear L:
Thank you for your interest and question.
Ductal carcinoma in-situ itself is not invasive and therefore the term "invasive ductal carcinoma in-situ" is somewhat inconsistent. It appears you had DCIS on biopsy, but a small area of invasive disease was picked up only after a mastectomy had been performed. If your breast cancer had been found to be invasive prior to the mastectomy, it would have been reasonable to perform an axillary dissection. Axillary dissection in patients with tumors 0.5cm or less (stage T1a) remains controversial. Silverstein MJ, et al. reported positive axillary lymph nodes in only 3 of 96 patients with T1a breast cancer (Cancer 1994; 73:664-667).
Once a simple mastectomy has been performed and invasive disease is discovered incidentally, some physicians may wish to perform additional axillary surgery and others may with to proceed with chemotherapy. Once you have undergone chemotherapy, the utillity of axillary dissection is unknown.
An alternative to complete axillary dissection is a "sentinel node biopsy". A sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node along the route of lymphatic drainage from a primary tumor. Sentinel node biopsy is an investigational technique to determine the status of the axillary lymph nodes without performing a full axillary dissection. However, the accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy varies according to the surgeons and the characteristics of the patients.
It is very important for you to follow up with your doctors on the regular basis.
Best of luck to you.

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About Mission High School
Principal's Welcome
"As the principal of Mission High it is my absolute pleasure to work with our families, youth, and community partners together to support and nurture all of our students."
Dear Families, Students,and Community Partners:
Welcome to Mission High School!
As the oldest comprehensive public school in San Francisco we are deeply proud of our long history of student achievement, inclusive community involvement, and commitment to the academic and social development of all of our students. This beautiful building, itself, stands as a symbol of the pride we take in serving the youth of this city, and of the promise we make to each of our families in partnership to ensure that all of our students walk across the graduation stage prepared and empowered to achieve their dreams and goals, whatever dreams they may be. This is a promise that each member of the MHS staff takes to heart.
With a strong focus on equity, inclusion, and Anti-Racist Teaching to ensure that all of our students are supported to the fullest we have three critical school-wide goals:
- Utilizing student work to drive instruction,inform our teaching practices, and support student achievement at the highest level.
- Emphasis on Post-Secondary Success at all grade levels to ensure that our students are academically prepared, eligible, and have a deep awareness of all post-secondary options upon graduation from high school.
- School wide Family Engagement Plan to create meaningful partnerships, build strong relation-ships, and deepen avenues of communication with all of our families in order to support our students from the moment they enter our front door.
Eric Guthertz, Principal MHS
A Rich History
Mission High School has the distinction of being the first comprehensive high school in San Francisco and the first such school west of the Rocky Mountains. The first building was formally dedicated in 1897.
Mission High School is proud of its rich history and we have our very own museum on campus which takes visitors on a journey through the history of San Francisco as seen from the heart of the city. The museum is maintained by the Alumni Association. Call the main office (415-241-6240) for more information or to schedule a tour.
Mission High School Faculty and Staff
Eric Guthertz
Assistant Principals
Valerie Forero
Pirette McKamey
Main Office: Wendy He
Counseling: Yadira Marta Cabrera
Attendance: Gertrude Colom
Accounting: Mercedes Medina
Parent Liaisons
Benita Varnado
Department Heads
English: Farzaneh Safavi and Max Anders
Mathematics: Margaret Owens and Dechelle Rasheed
Physical Education and Athletics: Cristal Fernandez
Science: Andra Kimball
Social Studies: Robert Roth
Visual and Performing Arts: Shannon Lawson
Learning Services: Trisha Coughlin, Elena Hillard, and Natalie Federico
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INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Rookie Tavon Austin returned a punt for a score and caught two touchdown passes Sunday in the St. Louis Rams' 38-8 rout of Indianapolis.
Austin ran 98 yards for a touchdown and hauled in scoring strikes of 57 and 81 yards, becoming just the third player in NFL history with three touchdowns of 55 yards or more in a game.
Kellen Clemens tossed for 247 yards on 9-of-16 efficiency and Zac Stacy ran for 62 yards with a score on 26 carries for the Rams (4-6), who broke a three-game losing streak.
The AFC South-leading Colts (6-3) were victimized by three interceptions thrown by Andrew Luck, who finished 29-of-47 through the air for 353 yards and a touchdown.
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BEIJING – China is preparing for war against every other nation in the world. They are confident they will be victorious.
China is preparing for conflict "in every direction', the Defense Minister of China, Guang Wan, said on Wednesday in remarks that threaten to overshadow a visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, next month.
"In the coming five years, our military will push forward with military conflict in every strategic direction," said Guang Wan in an interview published in several state-backed newspapers in China. "We are living in peaceful times, but we can never be at peace until we are the dominant country in the world. It is time to bring out the horses and guns," Mr. Wan said.
Yes, the Chinese are planning to battle other armies of the world with only guns and horses. "We have the manpower to overcome any nation and any new technology. Horses, guns and the Chinese desire for a peaceful Chinese world, is enough for us to win the battle," said Chinese Military Commander, Lo Lang.
The Chinese, however, plan to win the war without fighting a battle. "When we send over ten million men on horses with guns into other countries – that should be sufficient to get that nation to surrender. There is no need for bloodshed, no need for war. Once they see our men, all countries will simply surrender to the Chinese way of life, which has be proven for thousands of years to be most superior way," said Lang.
China has repeatedly said over the last year, that it is planning a "peaceful rise" but the recent pace and scale of its military modernization has alarmed many of its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific, including Japan which described China's military build-up as a "global concern" this month. The presence of China in South America, Africa, Australia, Europe and in Vatican City has made leaders around the world extremely nervous.
Irish President, William Layman, said that the Irish are ready to fight the Chinese – anywhere, anytime. "Our people have fought on horses with guns for centuries. If they step onto the Emerald Isle, they will be defeated. I, personally, will lead the Irish Army on the battlefield."
German Defense Minister, George Behning, said that the Germans too would "be ready for any Chinese invasion." Unlike President Laymen, Behning will NOT join his troops on the battlefield.
Mr. Wan's remarks come at a time of increasingly difficult relations between the Chinese and US armed forces which a three-day visit by Robert Gates is intended to address. A year ago China froze substantive military relations in protest at US arms sales to Taiwan and relations deteriorated further this summer when China objected to US plans to deploy one of its nuclear supercarriers, the USS George Washington, into the Yellow Sea off the Korean peninsula.
China also announced this month that it was preparing to launch its own aircraft carrier next year in a signal that China is determined to punch its weight as a rising superpower. The news came a year earlier than many US defense analysts had predicted.
China is also has a "carrier-killing" ballistic missile that could sink US carriers from afar, fundamentally reordering the balance of power in a region that has been dominated by the US since the end of the Second World War.


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Kisses, Manuella ♥
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First Monday without school !
Today i`ve had a quick shooting and after it i`ve made some pictures for myself and for you until i will receive the original ones ! And something more to add :D.... I finally finished with my exams and i have to wait for 3 more grades and after i can say that officially the summer break begins!
Have a great week and soon new collaborations will come, and i hope you will enjoy them!
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Bally S/S16 Oblique & SommetCategories:Other Brands
While I'm always on the lookout for something new as far as bags are concerned, it's not getting any easier because after a while, you realise everything on the market is pretty much the same. It's either an adaptation of a style that's been around since bags were regarded as tools, a non-rigid container if you will, to carry berries and grains (says Wikipedia, by the way) from one point to another, or bags that look like someone else's bags.
Then there are bright sparks, bags that come in a unique enough design that are both big on form and function. And for today's post we address two such bags from Bally's S/S16 collection, the Oblique and the Sommet.
Let's start with the Oblique, also known as the bright spark I was talking about earlier. A simple straightforward rectangular shoulder bag which comes with a portion of its flap cut off and replaced with a push-lock clasp, it's a smart looking handbag that will progress easily from day to night. Packed with 2 internal compartments and 3 pockets, it comes in exotic crocodile, grained calfskin and even interesting combos like canvas on leather or pony hair on leather, with prices starting from just SGD2390.
Now for the former, Bally's Sommet. Looks like a bag you've seen before, right? And while you can't quite put your finger on it, my suggestion is this. Instead of getting hung up on what it was or what it could be, let's focus on its merits instead.
For starters, it's a roomy enough tote for the working woman, with the one in Mediummeasuring some 35 cm by 24.5 cm. Topped with 2 short handles, you can wear it with the front flap closed, or completely open and tucked at the back for a different look. Even the sides can be presented differently; the sides can either stick out or tuck in, depending on the amount of space you actually need on any given day. To dress it up, just throw on a bag charm or wrap the handles with a long and thin printed silk and you're good to go.
Besides the ones in exotic crocodile, you can also opt for the ones that come in either grained or smooth calfskin, and apart from the Medium there's also another in Smallwhich measures 28 cm by 20 cm and adorably cute. Prices start from SGD1990 for the small ones in grained leather to SGD2490 for the ones in Medium. Affordable too, right?
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Bally leather weekend bagCategories:Other Brands
Bally is a company with a more than 150 years history. Unlike the most fashion houses specializing in leather shoes and accessories, Bally isn't Italian or French, but a proud Swiss company. And the main core business of Bally is superb quality leather shoes (both for men and women), and quality leather weekend bag. Bally brand sells also clothing and other accessories and the company has expanded internationally with boutique shops and representation worldwide.
Bally started business in 1847 when brothers Carl Franz and Fritz Bally took over their fathers elastic ribbon manufactory.
After a business visit to Paris Carl was fascinated by a beautifully decorated pair of slippers that he brought o his wife. An idea was born and brothers established a company "Bally & Co". Fritz Bally later left the company and Carl established new business under name of "C.F. Bally" and already in 1860 employed more than 500 people in his shoe factory. Bally expanded in other countries as well, and opened branches around the world, from Paris to Buenos Aires, producing shoes for work, leisure activities, as well as sports. This brand's traditions and expertise in luxury handbag manufacturing is absolutely one of the best. This is true quality leather handbag to buy, if you are searching for one. And this quality also means that the fashion bag from this brand will last long in its durability, beauty and functionality.
In 1976 Bally started producing leather weekend bag and other high quality accessories. Today there are 200 single brand stores throughout the world and company promises to open new ones. Bally bags are of superb quality, they are elegant, expensive and luxury.
One of the hottest Baly leather weekend bag is the Bally Jana. Angelina Jollie has been spotted wearing this simple lined beautiful bag. Another interesting additon is the Bally leather weekend bag. It is rather different in its design from the classic Bally leather weekend bag, however might appeal to some handbag hunters. Bally replica bags and accessories are cheap fake Bally knockoffs. Information on Bally sale or Bally discounted products is often available on their website. Bally leather weekend bag are the exquisite craftsmanship – attention is paid to all the smallest details. So if Bally bag sale offers discounted cheaper Bally clutches and bags for smaller price, this is the right time to buy the discounted designer bag. Bally bag will not have the wholesale discount, however you will be able to save money and buy women handbag for smaller price, for example Bally Beeleen.
Bally bags and Bally shoes are very popular and special. But replica Bally bags are the fake Bally purses and totes, as well as Bally replicas, this means that these are fake Bally bags and Bally replicas which are copy leather weekend bag not the real designer purses. Bally replica bags are mere imitations, so check out genuine discounted brand bags that some sites sell. These are discounted designer handbags of previous season that are sold at low prices. Check out the latest bag sale on internet with the lowest prices on women bags. These leather bags are of the top quality, they are original brand bags and made using expert craftsmanship and attention to the smallest detail. These hand bags are truly luxury accessories and they cost the price they deserve. Check out the latest bag sale.


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After last week's Supreme Court decision upholding most of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama declared victory. But there was one major gray cloud -- or silver lining, depending on your point of view -- leaving open the question of Missouri's participation in the expansion of Medicaid envisioned by the federal health care law.
President Obama called the ruling "a victory for people all over this country, whose lives will be more secure because of this law."
While the Supreme Court upheld most of the health care law, its ruling gave states the ability to opt out of the expansion of Medicaid – this expansion was the major way Obama's health care law was going to cover people who are too poor to buy insurance.
The ruling leaves a big question mark here in Missouri where many lawmakers are dead-set against all things "Obamacare."
State Representative Ryan Silvey, a Republican who chairs the House Budget Committee, is against expanding Medicaid eligibility: "I can't imagine there's going to be support in the House or the Senate for it, to be honest."
He said the expansion would cost the state more than $100 million a year, starting in 2017. But the federal government would contribute far more -- as much as $10 billion by the end of the decade.
"Unfortunately, some initial reaction is the typical, sort of knee-jerk of, 'We can't afford this,'" said Ryan Barker, with the Missouri Foundation for Health. "Well, my question would be, 'Can we afford not to do this?' Because in the long run, if we keep letting our population get sicker and sicker and not access primary care, it really does just cost us more down the road."
The new Medicaid expansion would go into effect at the beginning of 2014. It would cover people in poverty, up to 133 percent above the Federal Poverty Level. Currently, that would be $30,657 a year for a family of four.


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The best act of the Comedy Festival has been saved for last.
Louis Crimp's satirical depiction of a sad, racist, Southland businessman was note perfect although some of the lines seem to be crimped from Paul Henry's playbook.
He even dropped a few Henryisms during his hilarious mock interview with Campbell Live's Jane Luscombe.
The classic "not real New Zealanders" was there, referring to the kapa haka group who opened the Rugby World Cup.
And there was a lovely rib-tickler about pre-European New Zealand: "There were a few blimmin' savages around." Totally bro!
It seems Crimpy's comedy offensive is all about getting the Act Party to put some muscle behind scrapping the funding of the Maori Language, which Crimp reckons costs $500 million a year.
"If they want to spend all this money on a language that no one else can speak in the world they can pay for it from the billions of dollars they've got out of us taxpayers."
He even joked that he won't give John Banks any more money unless he fronts and helps stamp out this silly Te Reo nonsense. Fat chance. Banks wouldn't even front for Campbell Live.
Jane Luscombe: "He wouldn't comment, in any language."
Jane, by the way, has never had sex up against a tree. Right now you're thinking, 'How do I know Jane Luscombe has never had sex up against a tree?'
The answer is simple, because Louis asked her. "Have you ever had sex up against a tree?" he asked, before blurting out in mock horror: "We're not on tape are we?"
But Jane has some comedic chops too, adding in her voice over: "I presume he didn't mean a native tree but something British, like an oak."
But as any comedian knows, you have to learn how to deal with hecklers. Crimpy has had few, especially after his surreal comedic turn in the Weekend Herald.
He has a plan to deal with the death threats - he's going to buy a gun on his return to Invercargil. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha boom boom!
All in all a great end to a great Comedy Festival.
What: Crimpy's Comedy Catastrophe
Where: Campbell's Comedy Club May 21
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Lyall Bills & Young's Stratford Box Pumping Station in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is at once sculptural, enduring and integrated into the landscape, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Richard Chivers
With increasing specialisation and segregation of roles in the construction industry, the image of the architect as the quintessential uomo universale seems a hazy vestige from the remote past and some are surprised to learn that two of Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture concern hydraulics. Lyall Bills & Young Architects' drainage and sewage infrastructure projects at London's incipient Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park flies in the face of this.
Pudding Mill Lane sewage pumping station (AJ 28.08.10), along with the groundwater pumping station and water recycling plant at Old Ford, saw the practice in the role of infrastructure construction expert, as well as architectural and landscape visionary. Stratford Box Pumping Station, built to relieve groundwater build-up caused by changes in the water table, avoiding flooding of below-grade Eurostar and HS1 lines nearby, completes this jigsaw.
As with John McAslan + Partners' Olympic Energy Centres, process engineers and other technocrats masterminded the station's essential environmental contribution. As well as pumping excess water to the Lea Valley Reservoir, working in conjunction with a nearby balancing pond, which also encourages biodiversity, it generates potable supplies to alleviate shortages. But the architect's knowledge of construction was invaluable at the interface between equipment - the project's most costly element - and the building work that accommodates it. At Pudding Mill Lane, Lyall Bills & Young saved time and money by proposing a superstructure aligned with the cylindrical substructure. This alignment was integral to a convincing architectural concept and won the confidence of the practice's client, the ODA, and operator Thames Water, both involved in Stratford Box and the Old Ford projects.
At Stratford Box, the architect discouraged the project team from pursuing a fully underground option, reducing expenditure on retaining walls and tanking. The practice's understanding of the processes involved, founded on its experience gained on other Thames Water Olympic Park projects, was a further asset.
Other aspects of the station's environmental profile, for example materials specification and features promoting biodiversity, were within Lyall Bills & Young's immediate remit. Brickwork, rather than less durable materials often used in this type of project, was specified for the envelope, expected to last for more than 100 years, reducing life cycle costs. Two types of bird box, with alternate entrance hole shapes and sizes favoured by different species, were built into this brickwork. The cubic form of the station's component volumes is suitable for green roofs, planted with a mix that includes seeds of flowers that will attract butterflies.
As with its other Thames Water projects in the park, Lyall Bills & Young avoided what director John Lyall describes as the default tin-roofed shed option often favoured in engineering-driven projects. It is possible to imagine how large, rectangular volumes might have worked, more flexible and easier to adapt than the tailored configurations that were built, and these could have been designed with imagination and finesse. But the benefits of highly flexible and adaptable options were questionable.
Like Bazalgette's great Victorian sewage infrastructure, which was an inspiration to Lyall Bills & Young, they are durable, long-term projects, unlikely to be converted for alternative uses. The strength of Lyall Bills & Young's strategy of articulating Stratford Box and its Old Ford siblings lay in its consistency and, more critically, in the way it enabled them to be conceived as part of a landscape which is a foil to the venues and other large structures in the park.
The architect analysed the main components - the sub-station, control room, sample room, well shaft and pump chamber - to establish which needed enclosures and also concluded that the site and processes offered an opportunity for a linear grouping of brick volumes with interstitial spaces and setbacks which open up views and enable them to cast dark shadows, emphasising their strong forms. In dialogue with engineering consultants, Lyall Bills & Young manipulated the walls, heights and axes of adjacent blocks and plinths to enhance the station's sculptural qualities.
'One of the nice things about these buildings is that you don't have to be mindful of human comfort,' says director Chris Bills. 'So you can treat them as sculpture.'
Lyall Bills & Young imaginatively conceived the station as an archaeological find with subterranean layers of Piranesian construction also exercising characteristic flair in the subtle choice of delicious, refreshing colours, specifying turquoise pipework and yellow, green and pink door linings. The bricks, which register human scale, have distinctive Continental proportions, 490mm long and 50mm high, with glazed and semi-matt finishes arranged in dappled, graduating patterns.
As observed by former ODA principal design adviser Kay Hughes, the station belongs to a family of heterogeneous but complementary utilities forming a coherent public realm. Together with its Cor-ten, gabion and larch-clad siblings, and digitally-generated patterns, it forms part of a diverse and fanciful landscape of architectural ideas. 'People don't have to know what it's about,' says Lyle.
Hopefully, the public will one day have access to the station, as originally envisaged, rather than only being able to view it from afar.
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While Marvel and DC grab headlines - world building and looking for new ways to tell Batman's story - in an effort to stack humongous TV universes on top of existing or developing film universes, one has to wonder if audiences could start to show signs of fatigue for cape and cowl story lines as the number of super-powered shows continues to grow.
If that ever does happen, though, there are plenty of other rich and unexplored concepts in the slightly less heavily trafficked section of the comic book shop that could follow in the footsteps of NBC's freshly announced Constantine series, AMC's developing Preacher concept, and perhaps AMC's wildly successful zombie drama, The Walking Dead.
Below is a look at nine comic books that lend themselves to that process. The characters in these books may not be as deeply ingrained in our consciousness as Wonder Woman or Spider-Man, but they resonate with both fans and critics and they have been created by some of the boldest minds in comics.
More than that, though, the following comic books all have a demonstrated taste for risk taking and doing unconventional things within somewhat conventional genres; an asset that many great shows have as well.
Y: The Last Man
Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man comic turns the last man on earth trope on its ear. Slacker magician (Yorick Brown) turns into humanity's last hope and a moving target, while making his way across the country beside his mysterious handler (Agent 355), a geneticist with a guilty conscience (Dr. Allison Mann), and his monkey (Ampersand). Together they dodge cults and Israeli military extremists while trying to figure out why the male half of mankind (and other species) has ceased to be, tossing the world into chaos.
Vaughan's penchant for idiosyncratic dialogue puts a clever tongue in the mouths of all of his characters, but there is also real heart behind Yorick's search for a girlfriend (Beth) that is a continent away and possibly dead. Add that to the ample action and the unraveling mystery, and though it's cliche to say it, this book really does have the a diverse set of elements that make it accessible to all kinds of fans.
Though the concept is still slowly crawling toward becoming a feature, it could certainly work as a TV show if that falls apart, and as a former writer/producer on Lost and as executive producer/showrunner on Under the Dome, Vaughan could certainly be an asset to the process - though his dance card is already pretty full with Dome and his award-winning comic, Saga.
Speaking of Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples have constructed an uncommonly imaginative story about star-crossed lovers on the run in the middle of a galactic civil war, with a comic that feels like an ever-evolving collage of science fiction elements and visuals that feel both familiar and not.
Despite its position as one of the more acclaimed and fiscally-successful comics on the market (the latest issue ranked 29th among all individual comic sales for the month of December, outselling Superman, The X-Men, and Iron Man), adapting Saga could prove challenging.
To construct the world that has fallen out of Vaughan and Staples' head, such a project would require a large cast, well-rendered planets, and a ton of either CG or Henson-esque (think Farscape) creations to nail the epic space opera feel of the book. That's an undertaking that could be prohibitively expensive, but if the book keeps selling and growing, it might force that uphill climb.
Between The Walking Dead, its upcoming spin-off, and The CW's potential iZombie series, TV probably doesn't need another zombie show, but an adaptation of Revival wouldn't exactly be that. Instead, the show would focus on the way that a town copes with the influx of dead people returning as themselves. It's something that resembles the premise of Resurrection (a mid-season replacement for ABC) so closely, that when the previously attempted Revival show got passed over, it prompted writer Tim Seeley to tell Bleeding Cool:
It's an unfortunate thing for us, as we had worked with some very talented people to get Revival on the small screen, and we were completely unaware that this novel/script existed. But, I choose to believe that these things just happen some times, and we plucked a low hanging fruit, or simply fell upon a concept that was "in the air."
Does the presence of Resurrection mean a Revival show will never be? Not necessarily. Remember, while Resurrection was inspired by a novel, Seeley and artist Mike Norton are still unraveling Revival's story and all the mysteries therein.
Sex Criminals
Despite it's less-than-mainstream name, mature content, and the scarlet letter of an IOS ban for issue #2 and #3, Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky are actually unraveling a smart and sweet love story with a bit about awkward sexual discovery thrown in for good measure. Also, the main characters freeze time when they make love, allowing them to rob banks.
That concept is probably a little too goofy for television presently, but there is a larger mystery behind the dual protagonist's special skill set that might help ground the story in a more serious place.
This one is more "one to watch" than some of the other comic series on this list right now, but Matt Fraction is one of the best writers in comics and this book is too clever to not mention as something that could work as a sexy and fun adventure series for the right pay-cable network.
The Wake
Thanks to writer Scott Snyder, artist Sean Gordon Murphy, and colorist Matt Hollingsworth, The Wake is presented as a murky and moody underwater horror story that makes you reminisce about The Thing and the psychological horror aspects and claustrophobia of Event Horizon while it eyeballs a much grander story.
In the book - which also reaches into the long ago past and the far away future - a small team of scientists assemble for a secret research mission deep beneath the frozen middle of nowhere to un-spool a terrifying tale of nature striking back against humanity's relentless probing, in the form of a sea-borne monster that may or may not be our genetic cousin.
The hindrance to making this particular IP into something that would fit onto the small screen is the same as it is for Saga - scope and budget - but it could make a terrific event series with the right partner and a smart and innovative creator that knows how to use resources effectively. Essentially, this is Deep Blue Sea with much more ambition and less camp.
Ten Grand
Like Revival, a Ten Grand adaptation could be hindered by the presence of a doppelganger - in this case, NBC's upcoming Constantine series - but there is something unique about veteran TV and comic writer J. Michael Straczynski's pulp-y dark and grimy noir book and Ben Templesmith's dreamy water-colored visuals from the first four issues.
Unfortunately, Templesmith fell off the project - which seems fated for cult reverence and not mainstream success - but the colorful and thematically dark dance between heaven and hell - and the presence of a deeply flawed anti-hero who died and came back to earth to clean up messes and chase the ghost of his lost love - still resonates in the latest issue.
A Ten Grand series would have to follow this same path to stand out and appeal to fans of Supernatural who want to spend their time watching something that goes even further into the dark.
TV's present hunger for event series' could be easily satiated by Trillium, Jeff Lemire's epic romantic sci-fi limited series from Vertigo. Set in both 1921 and the year 3797, the stories converge as a shell-shocked explorer (William Pike) and a stubborn scientist (Dr. Nika Temsmith) meet by way of a mysterious temple that seemingly exists both in the Amazon and on Atabithi, a small planet that houses the last members of the human race.
Atabithi also holds an abundance of trillium, a rare flower that can thwart The Caul, a sentient virus that is pursuing mankind; and the Atabithians, a native race that watches over the flower. As you can imagine, the humans and the Atabithians come into conflict, setting off a chain of events that threatens to rip the universe apart.
If carefully adapted, Trillium could reach a broad audience thanks to its hard sci-fi grandeur and a love story that spans across time and space.
Mind MGMT
It's been three years since it went off the air, but networks are still hunting for the next Lost. Enter Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT, a mind-twisting comic about a struggling novelist, a mysterious plane whose passengers all suffer from amnesia, a rogue agent who psychically coerced a city into a blood-soaked murderous rage, and the shadowy government agency (and its many mind-freak operatives) that he is trying to take down.
Kindt's story is about a third of the way through, but he already has a clear blueprint for the future that he shared with Ridley Scott's Scott Free productions for a planned theatrical adaptation. These deals fall apart all the time, though, and if Mind MGMT ever comes back out in the open, it could make for an addictive, frustrating, and amazing serialized drama.
The Manhattan Projects
The Manhattan Projects is a seductively bizarre and otherworldly alternative take on scientists Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Harry Daghlian and others who were a part of The Manhattan Project.
Written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Nick Pitarra and occasionally Ryan Browne, the book features inter-dimensional travel, aliens, a shotgun wielding Einstein, a man-eating Oppenheimer, and a talking Cosmonaut dog with back-mounted machine gun, making it both one of the most unique books on the market and virtually un-filmable, but who needs film?
The success of Axe Cop as a part of FOX's ADHD lineup should open the door for more animated, adult-themed comic conversions, and with the free-range madness going on throughout the pages of The Manhattan Projects and the importance of Pitarra's Moebius-inspired art style on the soul of the story, an adaptation has to occur via a boundless medium like animation, lest it be an insult to the source material.
These comics and several others embrace a bold type of storytelling with a broad set of characters that can appeal to the kind of wide audience that is needed to succeed in television.
Every network is clamoring to uncover the next big thing, but to do that, networks, broadcasters, and web programmers like Netflix and Amazon have to dig and ably forecast. Remember, The Walking Dead wasn't a world beater in terms of sales when AMC took a chance on it, so it's worth remembering that while success breeds interest, a little risk can breed success.


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"1. The Biblical maxim to 'love your neighbor' and the Libertarian principle of non-aggression are essentially synonymous.
2. With the exception of defensive wars in the case of attack, war is an evil that plagues humanity; Christians are to be peacemakers and together with Libertarians should oppose national aggression."
And proceeds beautifully. Indeed there is no contradiction in being a devout, confessing Christian and a libertarian.
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As a fan of comic books and their movie adaptations (well, some more than others) I've kind of wondered what Captain America would drive. The dude missed out on 70 years of cars because he was a frozen Cap-sicle. He'd have a lot to catch up on, right?
Well now it looks like Cap might get his turn in the new Corvette Stingray, which I think is extremely fitting for a guy whose work uniform is the American flag.
This video shows us the set of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which is currently filming in Washington D.C. You can see Chris Evans walking near the car, and apparently, Scarlett Johansson is the driver. I'm kind of hoping Captain America will get behind the wheel as well.
Already, this movie looks like it will have better cars than all those doofy Acuras in The Avengers.
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My name is Payton, I'm 9 years old and I'm going into the fourth grade – and I'd like to share what I did over the summer.
I know summer is supposed to be about relaxing and sleeping in, but that just wasn't the way it worked out. In June, my mom wanted to go jogging and asked me if I wanted to come along. I don't really like running but thought it might be fun for us to go together.
We jogged around Fountain Valley, walking when we needed to, trying to run as much as possible. As we ran, we talked about our day, planned my birthday party and even got to pet some dogs along the way – it was actually pretty fun!
By the end of our run, my mom asked if I wanted to run 100 miles by the end of the summer. I thought she was a little crazy. Then she promised to jump into the pool with her clothes on the day we reached our goal. I thought that would be hilarious, so I agreed.
My mom created a Facebook page called "Payton Runs 100." We logged in each time we went on a run, posted pictures and used a running app to keep track of our mileage and time.
One day while we were running, I asked my mom how I could become skinnier and if running would help. I could tell she didn't know how to respond, and got quiet. She asked me, "Payton, do you think you need to lose weight?"
"I want to be skinnier," I said.
My mom answered, "Let's not focus on being skinny. It is much more important to be healthy, and healthy comes in many different shapes and sizes."
I wanted to believe her, but I couldn't.
Last year, a few people at school called me fat. It is the worst thing anyone could ever say to me because until then, I was fine with the way I looked. I never really thought I was fat until they said those words, and ever since, I've felt like my body doesn't look like it should.
I think sometimes people say things and don't know how their words can affect others. I've forgiven them for saying those things, but the words have stuck with me. They affected how I see myself, and I'm working on changing that.
My mom's favorite quote is: "Words are like toothpaste. Once you squeeze it out, it's impossible to get back in." She's right.
Part of the reason I agreed to run 100 miles was to try to lose weight. I wasn't sure if it was going to change how I looked but thought it couldn't hurt.
My mom told me the point of running wasn't to change my body but to stay healthy and to accomplish a goal. We ran about 7 to 9 miles per week. We would talk about what it meant to be healthy. My mom told me when she was younger, her body would go through weird stages and how she felt self-conscious. She also said everyone feels that way sometimes.
By mid-August, we had run 90 miles. My mom made us matching T-shirts that said "Payton Runs 100" and hats with the number "100" on the front.
On Aug. 24, we ran our 100th mile, while on vacation in San Diego. To celebrate, we jumped into the hotel pool with our clothes on! I couldn't believe we did it. My dad got some balloons and decorated the pool chairs. We played in the pool all day, then went out to a fancy dinner that night.
I still get self-conscious about my body sometimes, but I also know no one is perfect. I'm trying to be happy with my body and will keep doing things to stay strong, healthy and fit.
I'll never forget the words that hurt me, but I'll also never forget the summer I ran 100 miles.
If my body is strong enough to do that, it must be just fine the way it is.
– Payton Moore lives in Fountain Valley.


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Luiz Antonio was born in Tatui in the state of São Paulo and was in such bands as Pigalle, Som Okey 5 and Biriba Boys. Most notably, in 1972, he left for Barcelona and cut the immortal 'Brasil Aquarius y Luiz Antonio' LP. It was there in 1974, he met Rio born singer Rolando Faria, at that time in the group 'Ronie & Central do Brasil' (already posted on this blog).
France became their home and together they toured as Les Étoiles, adopting transvestite personas on stage as they brought Brasilian music to European concert-goers. From the 3 studio albums they recorded in France - this is their debut and what a belter.
Lots of great party-driven samba inflected tunes - the funky 'Chica-Chica-Boom-Chic' and 'Alô, Alô' were lifted for the single and amply demonstrate this. Other highlights for me include their beautiful harmonising on 'Você' and a killer rendition of Joyce's 'Nacional Kid'.
1) Chica-Chica-Boom-Chic
2) Você
3) Viola-Violar
4) Côco Verde
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6) Antes Que Eu Volte A Ser Nada
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Being positive and staying strong. (Or as the Beatles once put it "All you need is love")
Immediately after writing blog 1 a Twitter friend sent me this tweet "Can you write a Blog on how to handle the emotion of it all. The gun to your head, how do you deal with it positively." This is a big area to cover and quite a dark subject as it's very close to the question "what's it like to have Cancer and know you are not overly long for this world but still try to carry on living?". Well, I'll give it a go.
The first thing to explain is the "gun to your head" reference. I've used this analogy before. Imagine someone standing at the side of you just out of eye sight pointing a gun at your head, they are saying nothing. How long does the feeling of terror last, the numbness, the blind Panic. If after 10 minutes the person and the gun are still there what do you do? Regardless of the impossibility of it all you come to realize that if you're not going to be shot there and then (inspite of the presence of a loaded gun) life carries on. You're not happy about it, your new companion is forever in your mind, you are often scared sometimes crippled with fear, the life you had before seems distant as if it belonged to someone else, but for now at least you carry on.
So this is me, thinking about me. It's when you start thinking about those around you that more problems start because you suffer an illogical guilt for several reasons. Firstly there's the upset you are causing those around you. They are in pain and it's your fault. Now obviously it isn't anything like as simple as that and if you don't have Cancer yourself you will probably be thinking "That's just plain daft". Well it is of cause but it's also very real to some people with the disease and explains a lot of strange behaviour. People tell me of loved one who are ill and how frustrating it is that they won't talk about it. Well there's no training for having this condition (a bit of an obvious statement but bare with me) so not only do people not know how to talk about it, they think the people around them have suffered enough, so they simply stay quiet.
Then there is the equally illogical guilt due to still being alive, I suffer from this quite a bit. Reading that sentence back it probably needs a moment to sink in. I think it's linked to something called "survivor guilt" where people feel guilty when they survive a terrible event and others don't. Since I've been on this journey a number of people I know have died with less aggressive Cancers than I have, often being diagnosed after I was, and I'm just left thinking why them and not me.
So you have a gun pointed at your head, you're in constant emotional pain due to the upset you are creating for those you love and you feel guilty for still being alive. Then of course you have the actually physical medical problems and treatment side affects to deal with on top of that. So without going into too much detail, that my dear friends is what it can be like to have Cancer with on possibility of getting better.
So how on earth is it possible to stay strong and remain positive with that lot going on? Well I can only tell you how we have managed it and manage it we have I think. Firstly if you look at life in general (without serious illness) it is full of light and shade, happiness and sorrow, good and bad. So our approach is very simple; having Cancer and being terminally ill is enough bad for an entire life time so we just address the balance and fill our lives with good things. We'll never really balance those scales of course which is why my wife Sep calls the things we do feathers. Lovely wonderful things but compared with the weight of our diagnoses they are simply very light!
We are lucky in many ways particularly due to being supported so well by my employer meaning we now don't really have any money worries and that is a big thing. But even so I think it is a state of mind, we are simply not interested in negative things and everyone around us seems to get, it which is nice. This now brings me nicely on to being strong, because we simply get than from other people. I'll explain.
I have mentioned many times the importance of friends and family. I think this is relevant to everyone's journey, because I simply have no idea how I would manage this lot by myself. The analogy is simple. Imagine my diagnosis being a sack full of weights. You have to carry it with you everywhere but it's so heavy you can't move it, so you just stay put, go nowhere, do nothing and remain the very definition of the phrase "unhappy bunny". Well all I've done is taken the weights and shared them amongst my friends and family. Some days they are more aware of having them than others but they all go about their lives and me, I just wonder around with an empty sack. Friends always say "if there is anything I can do to help", well that's what they do for me, make life worth living and in doing so effectively keep me alive.
You see, many people are terminally ill and far too many people have cancer, our journey by no stretch of the imagination is unique and we are far luckier than may others. But what perhaps does make our journey different is the amount of love that we have around us and now with our extended Twitter family it seems to be worldwide, we never expected that!
When I was near to leaving a couple of weeks back I sent a text to my close friendship circle (still 200 people!!!!!) saying quite simply that "the team will now gather". These are friends who will stay particularly close during the final stage of our journey (for however long it lasts) and then be there for Sep and the girls when I've gone quiet. I've never spoken to specific people with regard to who is in this team but I knew who they were and so did they, as they all came. Every person I thought would come did, travelling from all over the country without any thought of distance or Hospital visiting times which was a nightmare for sister! After one particularly busy day for visiting I overheard a Nurse (outside by room) saying to sister "he has a lot of visitors, they come from miles away, is he famous?." Sister thought for a second and replied "no, but some of his visitors are!!" So if you think what that was like for the family to witness and what it must have felt like for me it's not difficult to see where our strength comes from. If I'm that important to so many people how can I not fight with every ounce of my being to stay strong. Staying alive is another thing and mostly in the hands of others, but being strong that just comes from all of you my friends. Thank you sincerely for being there because without you all I probably wouldn't be here or anywhere else for that matter.
Steve Evans. 20 October 2013.


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Bruce C. Brown Releases IF YOU THINK SOMEBODY'S OUT TO GET YOU
Richard Logan is a man with a complicated past. A retired journalist, Logan spends his days penning historical novels and raising flowers on the beautiful island of Maui, but he battles PTSD acquired during a rough time in Baja, Calif. Logan does his best to keep to himself in this new thriller, but trouble always has a way of finding him no matter how low his profile. Despite his extreme distaste for the airport, Logan agrees to pick up his friend Lester, and when the two men stop to check on the empty property Lester manages, they find the homeowner and his escort brutally murdered. When other bodies turn up on the usually peaceful island, the state police use Logan's name as bait by releasing his name to the public as a witness to the murders.
When the woman hired to perform the hits on the first two people checks into Richard Logan, she learns that there is a hit out on him. Interested in the $250,000 fee, she decides to take care of it herself; however, she's not the only party eager to end Logan's life. This race to kill Logan leads to a series of harrowing adventures that endanger not only Logan, but Kelly, the nurse with whom Richard Logan has tentatively started a romance. Will the mysterious woman manage to complete her mission, or will one of the other unsavory characters beat her to the punch? Can Richard Logan escape the many people out for his blood?
If You Think Somebody's Out To Get You is a masterful thriller, and Richard Logan is a beautifully flawed protagonist whose complex personal issues that only add to his allure. In this, the third novel featuring Richard Logan, author Bruce Brown manages to balance thrills with laughs, leaving readers on The Edge of their seats as they make their way to the thrilling climax. Brown studied Asian history at the University of Southern CaliforniA. Brown is an avid surfer, diver, sailor and rower, and he was the West Coast editor of Sailing World magazine. This is Brown's third novel.
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Hillary Clinton is the "dark secret" of Wall Street Republicans, Politico writes Monday morning. If Jeb Bush doesn't run for president in 2016, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie can't recover politically and no other Republican establishment favorite is nominated, Clinton would be the "consolation candidate" for GOP donors and financial executives. More from the piece:
The darkest secret in the big money world of the Republican coastal elite is that the most palatable alternative to a nominee such as Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas or Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky would be Clinton, a familiar face on Wall Street following her tenure as a New York senator with relatively moderate views on taxation and financial regulation.
What do strip malls and fast-food restaurants have in common? Places like those have seen the strongest employment growth during the U.S.'s sluggish recovery, the New York Times writes. The deep recession wiped out primarily high-wage and middle-wage jobs, the Times writes. But in essence, the poor economy has replaced good jobs with bad ones, according to a new report from the National Employment Law Project written about by the Times.
Maybe immigration reform isn't so hard for House Republicans after all. The chamber's No. 4 Republican, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, says lawmakers could come up with a bill to overhaul the immigration system by August. The Hill has more about the comments from McMorris-Rodgers. Last week, House Speaker John Boehner mocked his fellow Republicans for failing to move on immigration.
"Unspeakable" is the latest word in the verbal war involving North and South Korea and the U.S. That's what South Korea called North Korea's labeling of South Korean President Park Geun-hye as a "comfort woman." The term refers to sex slaves during World War Two. North Korea accused Park of pandering to her "pimp," President Barack Obama, who visited South Korea last week. Read more from the BBC.
North Korea's term for President Obama is obviously an insult. But how about "Aptostichus barackobamai"? That's an honor. It's a name for a spider, coined by an Auburn University professor. The Washington Post has more things named after Obama, including a fungus and an extinct lizard.
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Our list of the Best PC Games that are highly recommended for their gameplay, graphics and experience. Click on the individual Best Computer Games listed to read detailed reviews and know more about them. This is a list of the Greatest PC Games of All Time as listed in the PC Gamer. Note that one of the criteria is that the game is still fun to play today.


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My grandmother gave me this Bulova watch about 30 years ago. It was old when she gave it to me. I am having trouble dating it. I found it again in my jewelry box and wound it up and lo and behold it works and keeps great time. I'd love to know the year it was made. The back says 10k and I'm assuming the number on the back is the serial number is Y093832.


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Passenger airline service to Canyonlands Field Airport ended abruptly last week, after Great Lakes Airlines informed the facility that it no longer has enough pilots or crewmembers to serve the community.
Airport officials said they're disappointed by the temporary loss of service. But they noted that the timing could be worse: SkyWest Airlines, the airport's new Essential Air Service carrier, is scheduled to begin passenger flights between Canyonlands Field and Salt Lake City International Airport on March 2.
The St. George company is still training its employees and putting its local infrastructure in place, so it won't be prepared to start before that date, according to Canyonlands Field Airport Manager Kelly Braun. But SkyWest representatives told Braun that they will be ready, willing and able to offer reliable service when March 2 rolls around.
SkyWest Corporate Communications Manager Wes Horrocks said the airline remains committed to that starting date.
"We have several teams who are working to get people and equipment in place to ensure a smooth start to our Moab service," Horrocks said in an email toThe Times-Independent. "We know how important reliable air service is to help drive economic development in communities like Moab and look forward to the first SkyWest flights taking off on March 2."
The weeks between mid-January and early March are typically a slow time of year at the airport, Braun said, adding that he expects only a small number of passengers will be affected by the interruption of service.
As for those who were planning to fly to or from Canyonlands Field in late January or February, Braun advises them to book their flights through Walker Field in Grand Junction or the Salt Lake City International Airport.
"Those options are understandably not the most ideal because they involve lengthy ground transport, but until scheduled service is restored by SkyWest in March those are the only options currently available," he said in an email toThe Times-Independent.
Great Lakes Airlines initially planned to continue its service until SkyWest was ready to take over in March. But Great Lakes CEO Chuck Howell informed Braun on Jan. 15 that the company is reeling from two recently enacted federal regulations that created a "severe shortage" of pilots.
The first congressionally mandated regulation, which took effect last August, requires co-pilots to have at least 1,500 hours of experience as pilots before they can serve passenger airlines.
Since that time, Howell said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented additional flight duty and time rules that hampered its service even further.
According to Howell, Great Lakes employed 304 pilots one year ago. But as of this month, just 100 or so Great Lakes pilots were still on the job, and the company has only managed to hire four qualified employees since last summer, according to Howell.
"This is a national crisis and we are being affected foremost," he said in an email to Braun.
Howell acknowledged that service to Canyonlands Field has suffered in recent months, noting that Great Lakes was unable to perform a majority of its flights.
"We sincerely apologize that it has gotten to this point and we would not have envisioned it ending this way but we can no longer disservice (sic) our customers and your community," he wrote.
Grand County Airport Board chairman Bill Groff said he accepts Howell's explanation regarding the termination of service.
Although SkyWest already complies with the new federal rules, the regulations appear to be crippling the region's airline industry as a whole, Groff said.
"Everybody is hurting now, except for SkyWest," he said.
For more information about future SkyWest service, go to: www.skywest.com. The carrier is planning to offer two daily nonstop flights between Canyonlands Field and Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursdays through Mondays. One daily roundtrip flight will be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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Tehran | A group of Russian archeologists working on a dig site in western Iran has made what could be the greatest discovery in decades. They have unearthed a total of six humanoid skeletons belonging to individuals that seem to each have measured more than 5 meters high.
The scientists responsible for the discovery have not yet pronounced themselves about whether these were the remains of excessively gigantic and oversized homo sapiens, or the first specimens ever discovered of a brand new species of proto-humans that could have coexisted with our ancestors.
Andrei Asimov, professor of archeology and paleoanthropology at the University of St-Petersburg and researcher in charge of the excavation site, explains that this discovery could explain many stories that were until now dismissed by historians as simply mythological.
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USDA Farm Service Agency Acting Administrator Val Dolcini has announced the deadline for project area proposals for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP).
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BCAP was authorized in the 2008 farm bill and provides incentives to eligible farmers, ranchers and forest landowners for the establishment and production of biomass crops for heat, power, bio-based products and biofuels. BCAP project areas are specific geographic areas where producers grow eligible biomass crops. Producers then receive annual payments for growing those crops.
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Apple has released Safari 5.0.1, turning on Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery. Apple introduced extensions support in Safari 5 in June so developers could begin creating extensions with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript web standards. With Safari Extensions Gallery, users can quickly find extensions that add powerful new features to Safari, from toolbars that display live web feeds to sophisticated programs that filter web content. Safari 5.0.1 allows users to download and install extensions either from the Safari Extensions Gallery or directly from a developer's site.
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Most technologists have heard about software containers (or simply "containers") – a technology that became popularized by Docker, which is an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications through containers. Containers use shared operating systems to create a capsule, of sorts, to contain your application.
They are increasingly popular, but are not the panacea able to solve all the new challenges cloud computing presents. Problems mainly pertaining to security tend to hinder this technology. However, a new technology on the rise — unikernels — holds great promise for the next generation of cloud infrastructure.
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Habitation, International Journal for Human Support Research, is designed to meet the needs of an emerging field of study necessitated by the need to develop new technologies to support human activities within controlled environments.
As mankind stretches the limits of environmental understanding in space, under the sea, and other harsh Earth environments, new lessons are leaned that affect our daily lives. Small spacecraft and submarines have used physical/chemical measures to recycle clean air and fresh water, and the principles of these small, unforgiving systems are directly applicable to understanding life support on Earth. As plants are added and systems become larger and more complex, basic concepts of cycling of elements and the importance of biodiversity have direct implications for issues of global warming, the protection of endangered species, and clean water requirements.
Habitation provides a peer-reviewed forum for sharing these concepts among diverse groups. The journal will meet the needs of collaborating scientists, interested in the development of advanced habitation systems for humans living in isolated and extreme environments.
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|Anandakumar, G., 149
Ang, C., 173
Aydogan, S., 87*
Banks, M. K., 89, 95
Clancey, W. J., 27
Davies, Jr., F., 49
El-Mohandes, M. A., 85*
Ferl, R. J., 1
Goran, W., 225
Hays, C., 85*
|Jackson, W. A., 139, 203
Janes, H., 209
Kim, C.-S., 5
Lacey, R. E., 49
Maislin, G., 86*
Nagle, H. T., 5
Orcun, S., 87*
|Packard, K., 63
Pacumbaba, R. P., 133
Paul, A.-L., 1
Pekny, J. F., 87
Perchonok, M. H., 123
Porterfield, D. M., 5
Preston, K. T., 225
Ramirez-Perez, J. C., 105, 163
Sathyan, S., 5
Tako, Y., 69
Van Dongen, H., 86*
Yih, Y., 173
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Subject Index
|Acceptability, 123
Advanced life support (ALS) system, 49, 105, 163, 173
Advanced Life Support System (ALSS) test bed, 69
Air treatment, 95
Ammonia loading rates, 203
Apogee wheat, 185
Apogee whole wheat flour, 123
Bacterial adhesion, 89
Degradation, 89
|Enclosed composting system, 105
Equivalent system mass (ESM), 173
Ethnographic study, 27
Ethylene, 49
Extravehicular activity (EVA), 63
Fines generation, 149
Granular activated alumina, 149
Hollow fiber membrane reactor, 203
Inedible crop residue, 133
Low pressure, 49
Mars Desert Research Station, 27
Nitrification, 203
|Partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) and carbon dioxide (pCO2), 49
Participant observation, 27
Physiologically designed EVA garment, 15
Physiologically designed EVA gloves, 15
Phytotoxicity, 163
Plant nutrient delivery system, 5
Plant nutrient recovery, 163
Polyimide, 5
Porous tube, 5
Productivity, 27
Recycling, 105
Seed germination index, 163
Thermal monitoring indices, 15
Urea hydrolysis, 139
Wastewater treatment, 95
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Interstate 80 will become a six-lane highway in its most congested sections if the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has its way.
Interstate 80 will become a six-lane highway in its most congested sections if the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has its way.
But don't get too excited — if it does happen, it will take at least 11 years.
PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch has proposed a $221 million widening of the interstate from just east of Bartonsville (Exit 302) to just west of East Stroudsburg (Exit 308).
The project is part of a larger $609 million "Decade of Investment" program. It overlaps the same time frame as the agency's separate 12-year Transportation Improvement Program.
"These are proposed projects that will progress forward if the governor's transportation funding plan is passed by the Legislature," PennDOT spokesman Ron Young said.
The I-80 project is the largest among all projects in PennDOT District 5, which includes Monroe County and extends to the Lehigh Valley.
Under the I-80 expansion, existing interchanges would be upgraded or replaced. That might include the white-knuckle entrance to I-80 West at Broad Street, Stroudsburg (Exit 307).
The six-mile span of the proposed construction encompasses a stretch of winding road near Stroudsburg where several serious tractor-trailer crashes have occurred over the past year.
During a design phase, engineers would study the possibility of widening the highway, taking into consideration environmental impacts, right of way acquisitions and impacts, and costs, Young said.
"If it is feasible, then widening would occur," he said. "If widening is not feasible, then a full reconstruction of the existing highway would occur and would include rehabilitating or reconstructing the interchanges."
The plan has to go through some major hurdles before becoming a reality, not the least of which is state legislative funding for the secretary's proposals.
"Preliminary plans are one thing. Getting it funded is another thing," said Bob Becker, chairman of the Safe 80 Task Force, a volunteer group exploring ways to promote safety on the highway.
Although the road widening may give state police an extra lane to keep traffic moving during a crash, it doesn't address the root of the problem, Becker said.
"I really want to look more closely to see if they actually funded the widening of the bridges that would be required — that's always been the boondoggle," he said.
Not that the Safe 80 task force is against the lane expansion idea.
It's long been said that getting three lanes between Marshalls Creek through the Stroudsburgs to Bartonsville would help a lot. But more is needed.
"We need to somehow ease some of the crowding for the on and off exits and the local traffic. And until speeds come down through these winding turns, or they can straighten it out in some way, you will continue to have accidents that are going to hold up traffic and affect us not only economically but safety-wise depending on what they are sending through town when one route does get blocked," Becker said.