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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is a civil rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination against people based on their disabilities in employment, state and local government services, privately operated public accommodations (hotels, restaurants, stores, museums, etc.), transportation, and telecommunications. Great strides have been made in our society, but discrimination still exists. Attitudes, poor enforcement of the law, underfunded programs, and fiscal difficulties in state and local government budgets all contribute to the on-going need to be vigilant advocates for full inclusion and equality.
A person with a disability (as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008) is someone who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (for example sleeping, walking or breathing), or major bodily functions (for example respiratory, neurological or immune function), or a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is regarded as having such an impairment.
The ADA is divided into titles, or sections, that cover discrimination in employment, public services, private entities, transportation, and telecommunications.
Title I of the ADA applies to public and private employers with 15 of more employees. It prohibits discrimination based on disability in recruiting, hiring, promotion, training, pay, and other aspects of employment. For example, employers may not ask about a person's disability before hiring him/her (except federal contractors who must invite applicants and employees to voluntarily self-identify as an individual with a disability.) Employers must provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are qualified for the job (accessible office equipment, for example).
For more information see: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/disability.cfm
Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability against any qualified individual in all services, programs, and activities provided by state and local governments. Individuals with disabilities must be provided an "equally effective opportunity" to participate in or benefit from a public entity's aids, benefits, and services. This means that any program or service run by a state or local government must be accessible to people with disabilities as long as they are eligible for the program or service. Access includes physical access (ramps, accessible bathrooms, accessible parking spaces) and programmatic access (materials in Braille, interpreters). Programs and services must be provided in the most integrated setting appropriate so that people with disabilities can participate and interact with people who do not have disabilities. Transportation falls under title II (as well as title III) of the ADA since state and local governments typically operate transportation systems, including fixed route buses, light and heavy rail systems, paratransit, and over-the-road buses.
For more information see: http://www.ada.gov/q%26aeng02.htm#State11481
Title III of the ADA covers public accommodations which are private entities that own, operate, lease, or leases to a place of public accommodation. Examples of public accommodations include restaurants, hotels, shopping centers, stores, movie theaters, airports, gas stations, libraries, parks, doctors' offices, pharmacies, day care centers, and gyms. Public accommodations must make "reasonable modifications in policies, practices, and procedures that deny equal access to individuals with disabilities, unless a fundamental alteration would result in the nature of the goods and services provided." This means that people with disabilities have the right to go to the movies, go shopping, pump gas into their cars, and stay in a hotel just as people without disabilities do. In some cases, private entities might also need to furnish auxiliary aids (such as interpreters and documents in Braille) "when necessary to ensure effective communication, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result". Private entities must also make sure that any new construction or remodeled buildings are accessible to people with disabilities.
For more information, see: http://www.ada.gov/q%26aeng02.htm#Public
Title IV of the ADA covers telecommunications relay services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals. This title requires telecommunication companies offering telephone service to the general public to have telephone relay service for individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TTY's) or similar devices. It also requires closed captioning of any public service announcement paid for with Federal funds.
For more information see: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/title4.html
Since the ADA was enacted in 1990 it has been further strengthened by several regulations and guidelines as well as a Supreme Court decision and a federal law described below.
In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in its Olmstead v. L.C. decision that unnecessary segregation of individuals with disabilities in institutions is a form of discrimination. The court clearly stated that Title II of the ADA required states to provide services and supports to people with disabilities in "the most integrated setting appropriate." It prohibited states from making funding decisions based on their desire to keep their institutions full. In Olmstead the Court said that people who are living in institutions who could live in more integrated settings must be provided with that choice. The US Department of Justice enforces the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision. To learn more about Olmstead, see: http://www.ada.gov/olmstead/
The ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) was enacted in 2008 to correct the narrowing of the definition of disability by several federal court decisions. For example, a court decided that if a person with epilepsy took medications and successfully controlled his seizures, he was not considered a person with a disability and could not claim employment discrimination under the ADA. This created a "Catch-22" situation - the more successful people were in coping with their disability, the more likely it was that the court would find them not disabled and not covered by the ADA. The ADAAA clarified that the definition of disability should be interpreted broadly and that the focus should be on whether discrimination has occurred. The regulations that implement the ADA list several impairments that would almost always be considered disabilities, such as deafness, blindness, epilepsy, diabetes, autism, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disability. It also states that mitigating measures (something that helps someone cope with or manage their disability, such as medication or assistive technology) should be ignored when deciding if someone has a disability.
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http://www.axnbiz.com is the existing website which as you can see is very dated and old. This is also being revamped as a project on 99designs to be posted shortly. The colour scheme and content will remain but the look and feel will be changed drastically to become much more up to date and modern.
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Federal regulations published in October 2010 required educational institutions to report certain information about programs that meet the federal government's Gainful Employment (GE) Program definition. All programs at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) are designed to lead to employment or transfer; however, the Department of Education requires information on the following GE programs.
To comply with the federal mandate, CCCC is providing this website for prospective students to research GE programs. Programs with fewer than 10 graduates are exempt from median debt amounts and on-time completion rates. CCCC does not provide on-campus living facilities, therefore room and board costs do not apply.


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datatype treeAnd if so, why?
= Nil
| Node of tree * int * tree
fun norm Nil = Nil
| norm (Node (Nil, x, t)) =
Node (Nil, x, norm t)
| norm (Node (Node (t1, x, t2), y, t3)) =
norm (Node (t1, x, (Node (t2, y, t3))))
This came from a post on the Theoretical Computer Science StackExchange asking about the theorem that, if two trees agree on their in-order traversals, then they are equivalent up to rotations. The "simple and intuitive" result mentioned in that post is a constructive proof which relies on the same termination ordering as the norm function. And it's also not terribly difficult to see why the function should terminate - it's a lexicographic termination argument: either the tree loses a node (the second case) or the tree keeps the same number of nodes and the depth of the left-most leaf decreases (the third case).
However, this sort of problem comes up not-terribly-infrequently in settings (like Agda) where termination must be established by structural induction, and the preceding argument is not structurally inductive on trees. Whenever I encounter this it always drives me crazy, so this is something of a note to myself.
The solution that works great for this sort of function in a dependently typed language is to define a judgment over terms that captures precisely the termination ordering that we will want to consider:
data TM {A : Set} : Tree A -> Set where
Done : TM Nil
Recurse : {x : A}{t : Tree A}
-> TM t
-> TM (Node Nil x t)
Rotate : {x y : A}{t1 t2 t3 : Tree A}
-> TM (Node t1 x (Node t2 y t3))
-> TM (Node (Node t1 x t2) y t3)
Then (and this is really the tricky part) we have to write the proof that for every tree t there is a derivaiton of TM t. The key, and the reason that I always have to bend my brain whenever I encounter a termination argument like this one, is the append helper function.
metric : {A : Set} (t : Tree A) -> TM t
metric Nil = Done
metric (Node t1 x t2) = helper t1 (metric t2)
append : {A : Set}{t1 t2 : Tree A} -> TM t1 -> TM t2 -> TM (t1 ++> t2)
append Done t2 = t2
append (Recurse t1) t2 = Recurse (append t1 t2)
append (Rotate t1) t2 = Rotate (append t1 t2)
helper : {A : Set} {x : A}{t2 : Tree A}
(t1 : Tree A)
-> TM t2
-> TM (Node t1 x t2)
helper Nil tt = Recurse tt
helper (Node t1 x t2) tt = Rotate (helper t1 (append (helper t2 Done) tt))
Now it's trivial to write a version of the norm function that Agda will treat as terminating, because I just pass in an extra proof of TM t, and the proof proceeds by trivial structural induction on that proof.
norm : {A : Set} -> Tree A -> Tree A
norm t = helper t (metric t)
helper : {A : Set} -> (t : Tree A) -> TM t -> Tree A
helper Nil Done = Nil
helper (Node Nil x t) (Recurse tm) =
Node Nil x (helper t tm)
helper (Node (Node t1 x t2) y t3) (Rotate tm) =
helper (Node t1 x (Node t2 y t3)) tm
The Agda code for the above is here. Are there other ways of expressing this termination argument in Agda that make as much or more sense? One approach I fiddled with was presenting a tree indexed by (1) the total number of nodes in it and (2) the depth of the left-most leaf:
data ITree (A : Set) : NatT → NatT → Set where
Nil : ITree A Z Z
Node : ∀{total1 total2 left1 left2}
-> ITree A left1 total1
-> ITree A left2 total2
-> ITree A (1 +n left1) (1 +n (total1 +n total2))
However, due to the complexity of the dependent equality reasoning, I couldn't get Agda to believe the intuitive termination argument I presented at the beginning.
Trees have normal forms under rotation
Once the above argument works, it's not difficult to prove the theorem mentioned on TCS StackExchange; here's the Agda proof.
[Update Nov 15, 2010] Over at reddit, Conor McBride says "When someone asks "how do I show this non-structural function terminates?", I always wonder what structurally recursive function I'd write instead." and then proceeds to answer that question by giving the appropriate structurally inductive functions grind and rot. Nice! His proof also introduces me to a new Agda built-in, rewrite, whose existence I was previously unaware of. Oh Agda release announcements, when will I learn to read you?


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Zionsville Cleaners Refused to Promote Black Employee Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged
INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Dry Cleaning Services Corporation, doing business as Tuchman Cleaners, failed to promote an employee at the company's Zionsville, Ind., location because he was African-American, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, EEOC v. U.S. Dry Cleaning Services Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-1376-JMS-TAB, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, the employee sought promotion to a vacant assistant manager position in May 2010. The employee was recommended for the promotion by both the store manager at the Zionsville location and the district manager responsible for that store, the EEOC said. The suit goes on to allege that the employee trained for the assistant manager position in the summer of 2010 and, in fact, began successfully performing assistant manager duties that fall. Despite these facts, the EEOC said, Tuchman Cleaners refused to officially promote the employee - or give him a raise to the assistant manager pay rate - because he was black. According to the EEOC, a white employee was later appointed to the position, and when the white employee quit, management continued to refuse to promote the African-American employee to assistant manager.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
"No employer can deny an employee the opportunity to advance his career because of his race," said Laurie A. Young, regional attorney of the EEOC's Indianapolis District Office. "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to protect employees from this exact sort of race-based decision-making, and the EEOC will continue to vigorously prosecute race discrimination claims like this."
The EEOC is seeking compensatory and punitive damages against the company, as well as other relief, including a permanent injunction to prevent the company from engaging in any further employment practice that violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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The 'Cockleshell Heroes' raid is one of those operations that we all like to think we know everything about. Royal Marines, canoes, mines, Bordeaux, escaping. On the face of it, its a very daring escapade. But dig beyond the veneer of Hollywood history, and the story is even more fascinating and inspiring than it first appears.
Of course, being a Portsmouth bloke I've always been well aware of the Cockleshell Heroes. In fact, an ex-Bootneck down my mum and dads road was actually an extra in the film. Ah yes, the film. If you mention the Cockleshell Heroes, people think of a swarthy Mediterranean looking commander, an elderly second in command, and of brawling in Portsmouth pubs. Whilst the broad premise of the film was reasonably accurate, some of the names, personalities and suchlike were badly altered for whatever reason, and the background to the raid was not dealt with virtually at all.
What I found refreshing about this book is that Lyman has focussed more attention on the build up to the raid – its inspiration and genesis, and Hasler's driving force behind it – than the actual raid itself. I think this is a smart move. To be honest – and as Lyman himself admits, C.E. Lucas-Phillips book of the 1950's, written with the collaboration of Major Hasler, pretty much covered the raid itself very well.
The Cockleshell raid was not merely a case of sinking a few ships in occupied Europe. German ships had been attempting to break the Royal Navy's blockade of Nazi-dominated Europe in an attempt to transport scarce raw materials between Germany and Japan and vice versa. Obviously, cutting off these blockade runners would seriously damage the Axis war effort. The Ministry of Economic Warfare targeted Bordeaux, and Combined Operations – led by Lord Louis Mountbatten – planned a daring raid.
One aspect that is often overlooked is how Hasler and Bill Sparks – the two sole survivors of the raid – made their escape from Bordeaux back to Britain. In terms of escape and evasion, the men were badly let down – they were not given the names of any French Resistance contacts, and only told, in the broadest terms, to head for a certain village. As Airey Neave of MI9 conceded after the raid, it was a terrific achievement for the men to make it home at all – via Ruffec, Lyon, Marseille, Barcelona, Madrid and Gibraltar.
Another mistake was the lack of co-ordination between Government and armed forces departments over raids. On the very morning that the limpet mines exploded, SOE operatives were on their way to the docks to plant bombs onboard the very same ships – both organisations were completely unaware of the others plans. If they had been able to work together, the damage might have been even more crippling on Germany.
I also like the manner in which Lyman has dealt with the very sensitive manner in which the remainder of the raiding party were executed by the Germans. In my experience, there is a wealth of documentation in official archives about war crimes, thanks to post-war investigations, and tragically it means that we can tell a lot about men who were killed in cold blood. Whilst writing about them might not be able to change history, at least their experiences might serve to remind us of why exactly they were fighting.
I enjoyed reading this book very much – it helped me through some very long train delays. And far more importantly, it achives the very difficult objective of shedding new light on a very-well known and intensely studied event in history.
Operation Suicide is published by Quercus Books.
Related articles
- Paddy Ashdown: My tribute to the heroic raiders who took on 10,000 Nazis – in a canoe (telegraph.co.uk)


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Jeera prices closed higher by 0.73 per cent on Thursday at the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited as the investors increased their holdings in the commodity in the midst limited arrivals from growing regions. At the NCDEX, jeera futures for December 2015 contract closed at Rs. 14,540 per quintal, up by 0.73 per cent, after opening at Rs. 14,310 against the previous closing price of Rs. 14,435. It touched the intra-day high of Rs. 14,650.
Sentiment improved further as a result of reduced domestic supplies in the physical markets and some export enquiries.
Global output of Jeera is around 2.2 lakh MT per year, of which India produces about 1.5 lakh MT per year. India exports Jeera mainly to the US, UK, UAE, Japan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Singapore and many other countries. Other Major exporters are Syria and Turkey.
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Why Won't Tiger Woods Talk To Cops? He Doesn't Want To End Up Like David Letterman!
Top Florida attorney Roy Black is congratulating golf master Tiger Woods for refusing to speak with police in relation to his much-publicized car accident on Nov. 27.
Black tells Chris Yandek's CYInterview.com, "If Tiger Woods and his wife [Elin] get involved in the court process, every single piece of dirty laundry will be aired." He compares the situation to that of late night host David Letterman.
And some of that dirty laundry could very likely include Rachel Uchitel, the woman who was allegedly involved in a relationship with Tiger. Though she completely denies ever dating the sports superstar, Rachel and Tiger were splashed on the cover of gossip magazines just days before Tiger's bizarre, still unexplained car accident.
Black reveals, "Tiger Woods, quite frankly, has handled this very well … if he had gone and given a statement to the police he'd be regretting it today. Just like David Letterman."
Letterman, as you know, went to police during a recent scandal, when he was being blackmailed by a man who was in love with the married funny man's secret girlfriend.
Black says, "If Letterman had just told the guy, 'Buzz off' … that would've been the end of the matter. But by calling the police and getting entwined into this criminal justice system [the situation escalated]. "
The attorney also points out that, "In Florida it's worse than New York because we allow cameras to film everything in the courtroom. Every document will be available for the press and the public. Nothing is private."


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For the fourth year in a row, Portland State University has made it into The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges.
Presented in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, the 2013 Guide to Green Colleges features 322 environmentally responsible schools from the U.S. and Canada.
More than 800 schools were scored on a scale of 60-99, and 322 schools made the 2013 list. PSU scored an 86 on the scale, but schools listed in the guide are ranked by alphabetical order, not by score.
PSU's respectable score is due in part to the efforts of the PSU Campus Sustainability Office.
"We continue to ramp up our sustainability efforts at PSU—we're working to institutionalize materials management programs and reduce our carbon footprint though energy efficiency, responsible purchasing, and sustainable design and construction," said Jenny McNamara, campus sustainability manager.
The guide features basic information about each institution—facts and stats on school demographics, admission, financial aid—plus profiles of the schools' sustainability efforts and initiatives.
Highlights of PSU include the campus' eight LEED certified buildings, emphasis on alternative transportation, and neighborhood-scale sustainability efforts as part of the SoMa EcoDistrict.
"We are truly pleased to recommend Portland State University along with all of the fine schools in this book to the many students seeking colleges that practice and promote environmentally responsible choices," said Robert Franek, senior vice president and publisher of The Princeton Review.
In a recent survey by The Princeton Review of nearly 10,000 college applicants, 62 percent said that having information about a school's commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply or attend that school.
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The only things that are keeping me from completely drowning right now are my cute lil' pumpkin's face
and all things school related! School is one of the best distractions for me. It gives me focus. I am ever so grateful to have a job that I love. I'm creating new things for the end of the year, working on wrapping up the end of year with a bang with my Kinder-Hoppers, and also, thinking about all the new and fun things that I will implement next year!
I believe that once upon a time I had said I would post what I do for homework in my classroom, so today is the day! I begin sending homework home in September. It's a HUGE packet for the entire month.
Here is the explanation of homework that I send at the beginning of the year.
The Homelinks are part of Everyday Mathematics. I cannot post the Homelinks, please do not ask me to post them or send them to you. They are copyright protected. Beginning in October, I have students practice writing a letter each week. I send the practice sheets home attached to the homework calendar. We use Zaner-Bloser Handwriting. These are also copyright protected, but I am sure you could find practice pages to use.
I've gotten LOADS of questions about how to get parents/students on board with completing their homework packets, and unfortunately, I have no miracle for you. I will tell you that each year is different. Some years I have wonderful participation and others are not so great. I give a very lengthy talk at Kindergarten Orientation about why homework benefits our kiddos and my expectations. I also give students incentives to complete their packets. If they return the calendar with 5 initialed assignments a week, they get stickers stapled to their calendar. When they turn in their family project, I usually will give them one Smartie (that's right...a single Smartie, lol, it does the trick). Their Book It count is also on the bottom of the calendar, which is a motivator, as well. I really try to make a big deal out of homework that is returned, but to be honest, I do not make a big deal out of homework that is not returned. I just don't believe that holding a five or six year old completely accountable is appropriate for my classroom dynamic.
Here are the calendars for next year, yipee! One thing I can cross off for next year, exciting!! I have attached the games and such that I have, some I haven't had the chance to adjust yet or create yet. I hope you find something that you can use for your classroom. I don't mind if you change them or just use pieces to suit your needs, but please, please, please, give credit when it is due and do not sell or post them as your own.
I love all the comments and emails, you all make me feel so loved. I truly appreciate it! If you download or use anything, please leave a comment. Thanks so much!
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Ben's Best was founded by Parker's father, Benjamin Parker. "I would work for my father on weekends and ran the franks and knishes grill," said the younger Parker.
Parker, 62, is now the third generation of his family to work in the kosher deli business. His grandfather owned a Hebrew National deli on 163rd Street and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.
Despite the disappearance of classic neighborhood delis, Parker, who took over the business in 1984, values tradition while maintaining his faith in the future.
"All neighborhoods change, but we looked far ahead," he said. "There is only one reason for success, but thousands for failure. You have to fertilize the soil you are growing on."
Parker took Ben's Best in the direction of private and corporate catering for events of all sizes, created an online presence, and processes orders from anywhere in the United States.
"We have 250 corporate accounts that we service all the time," said Parker, who added that Ben's Best even provided food on Air Force One under the Clinton Administration.
Parker takes pride in his commitment to the business.
"It has been my life," he said. "I met my wife and closest friends here. Customers have been here for 40 years, and when they come back, they pick up the conversation from where they left off."
Parker says he tries to foster new relationships daily.
"I have an obligation to keep the community strong," said Parker, who has proudly served the Rego Park-Forest Hills Lions Club, Rego Park Merchants Association, and was past president of the Rego Park Jewish Center.
Another key ingredient is tradition.
"Seventy years ago you walked through the door, and you got the same product you will get today," said Parker. "Consistency is the word," said Parker. "You won't get a pastrami sandwich with sprouts and sun-dried tomatoes anytime soon. Corned beef should be corned beef. A little mustard and cole slaw, and we're good."
Ben's Best was a favorite stop for Jerry Lewis, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Senator Jacob Javits, Governor Pataki, and Mayor Ed Koch. It was in an episode of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" and will be featured in Deli Man, a documentary by Erik Greenberg Anjou that chronicles deli owners across the country who maintain the tradition.
While perusing an old menu insert dating to the Lindsay Administration that boasted a 99-cent Friday lunch special, Parker said, "Every day is a challenge to get better than the day before. Whatever you learned on Monday, you bring to work on Tuesday and add to it. Now I am focused on the next 70 years."


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If you're new to dirt riding, we're glad to welcome you to the family of off-road riders. Having fun is your top priority, and to ensure you get the most out of your ride you need to know how to ride responsibly. Land closures are a reality of off-road recreation, so everyone needs to do their part to minimize the impact on the environment, and help keep riding areas open. One way to do that is to tread lightly.
If you're an ATV rider and also a tech junkie, the Honda Rancher AT may well be your ride of choice. Or maybe you're just one of the millions of Americans who consistently choose a truck or auto equipped with an automatic transmission—that's about 90 percent of the population in the USA. Either way, the Rancher AT and its Honda automatic five-speed transmission is a popular choice for good reason.
Since its debut in the 2002 Supercross season, Honda's CRF450R four-stroke race bike has built an impressive reputation for winning races and championships at the highest levels of pro competition. And the notion that racing improves the breed certainly applies here: current racing rules require that motorcycles be closely based on production machines.
Over the years, Honda's liquid-cooled fuel-injected 420cc FourTrax® Rancher® ATV series has built a huge number of loyal followers—and for good reason. Whether the day calls for multiple tasks on a job site, chores around the homestead or a ride in the woods just for fun, the Rancher formula really hits a sweet spot by combining hard-working full-size ATV capabilities in a package with manageable dimensions. These are incredibly versatile machines packed full of Honda quality and reliability, and the Rancher's pricing makes each model a real value in today's market.
The process of creating a new Honda model or a major redesign is a laborious task. There is no "magic formula;" literally thousands of decisions must be made to arrive at the final product. In the case of the Honda Rancher and Foreman ATVs, that process was especially challenging: How do you improve some of the most popular ATV designs? To find out, we queried the people responsible for this remarkable new design, the Honda Development Team at Honda R&D Americas, in Ohio.
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Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who jeered were engulfed by what they mocked. (Qur'an, 6:10)
Caricatures in cartoons recently published in Denmark and some other western countries have caused great distress in the Muslim world. However, it is all too obvious that the figures pictured in these caricatures are the artists themselves.
A number of caricatures reflecting the dark mindsets that support violence, drawn by artists with Darwinist and materialist views, have been published by a joint decision of the British and French Masonic Lodges' Supreme Councils.
Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who jeered were engulfed by what they mocked. (Qur'an, 6:10)
". . . One who strove to convey his superior traits and impressive qualities simply confessed his impotence and incompetence in describing him by stating that he has never before him or after him seen anyone comparable to him. May God's salat (prayer, prayer made to our Prophet, asking God for forgiveness, God's mercy, establishing prayer) and peace be upon him."
2. The Beauty of Our Prophet (saas)
"The Prophet (saas) had a most handsome constitution. Some likened the beauty of his smile to that of the full moon . . . His nose was thin . . . His face was smooth . . . His beard was thick . . . His neck was most beautiful . . . If the rays of the Sun fell on his neck, it appeared like a cup of silver mixed with gold . . . The expanse between his shoulders was wide."
3. The Majesty of Our Prophet (saas)
"Our Messenger of God was, by nature, imposing and magnificent."
"The Prophet (saas) was neither tall nor short. He was handsome. His hair was neither delicate nor curly. On the other hand, the color the face of Mubarak (upon whom Divine goodness is bestowed, one who is given abundantly, the Beneficial, the Auspicious), was of a splendorous white."
5. The Powerful Body of Our Prophet (saas)"His neck was most beautiful, neither long, nor short. If the rays of the Sun fell on his neck, it appeared like a cup of silver mixed with gold. His chest was broad. It was even like a mirror and white like the moonlight… His shoulders were wide. His palms were softer than wool."
6. The Stature of Our Prophet (saas):
Baraa bin Aazib (ra) relates:
"I never saw someone more handsome than the Messenger of God. His hair reached his shoulders. The portion between his two shoulders was wide. He was neither very tall nor very short."
7. The Beautiful Eyes of Our Prophet (saas):
Abu Huraira (ra) describes him:
"His forehead was wide, and the place between his eyebrows was bright like pure silver, and his eyes were very beautiful and his eyes' pupils were black. The hairs of his eyelashes were profuse . . . "
8. The Complexion of Our Prophet (saas):
Abu Huraira (ra) reports:
"He was reddish-white . . ."
9. The Hair of Our Prophet (saas):
Aisha (ra) reports:
"The blessed hair of The Messenger of God (saas) was longer than those that reached the earlobes, and shorter than those that reached the shoulders."
10. The Beard of Our Prophet (saas):
"He had a thick, dense beard."
11. The Beautiful Mouth of Our Prophet (saas):
"His teeth were as white as pearls and bright, and the light gleamed from his front teeth as he spoke. When he laughed, it was as if his mouth gave off rays like soft lightning . . ."
12. The Manner of Dress of Our Prophet (saas):
Jundub ibn Makith (ra) said:
"Whenever a delegation came to meet the Messenger of God, he would wear his best clothes and order his leading companions to do likewise."
Another hadith relates:
"You are going to visit your brothers, so repair your saddles and make sure that you are dressed well."
13. The Manner of Sitting of Our Prophet (saas):
Qaylah bint Makhramah (ra) reports:
"I saw the Messenger of God (saas) in the mosque (in a very humble posture) sitting. Due to his awe-inspiring personality, I began shivering."
14. The Manner of Speaking of Our Prophet (saas):
"The Prophet (saas) was the greatest of the Arabs in oratory and beauty of speech. He said: 'I am the greatest orator among the Arabs.'"
15. The Smiling Face of Our Prophet (saas):
As recalled by Ali:
"The Messenger of God (saas)… was the one who smiled the most and the most joyful of all."
16. The Glances of Our Prophet (saas):
Hasan, the grandson of our Prophet (saas), described the way he looked at things as follows:
"The way he looked was extremely expressive . . ."
17. The Pleasant Scent of Our Prophet (saas):
Jaabir bin Samura (ra) states:"Whenever the Holy Prophet tread on any path, when someone passed by later, they could recognize that the prophet had passed by there because they could smell the fragrance of his body."
18. The Affection for Others of Our Prophet (saas)Anas bin Malik (ra) relates: "I remained in the service of the Messenger of God (saas) for ten years. He never once told me 'Ugh.' When I did something, he never asked me, 'Why did you do so?' When I failed to do a certain task, he never asked me why I did not do it."
19. The Superior Moral Values of Our Prophet (saas):
"God's Messenger (saas). When he shook hands with anyone, he did not withdraw his hands till the other man withdrew his. Similarly, he did not turn away his face from anyone till that man turned his face to the other side. And he was never seen to put forward his knees in front of one with whom he was sitting."
". . . He used to call his companions by their surnames with honor and he used to give one surname who had no surname."20. The Modesty of Our Prophet (saas):". . . Everyone thought that the Prophet honored him more. Whoever came to him could see his face . . . Yes, the way he sat, listened, his words, graceful jests and attention were always for those with him. Besides, the meetings he held with friends was marked by decency, modesty and security."


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290-page resource book on women's health needs and problems in Africa. Designed for use by health workers and others who provide information and counseling to women at the community level. It addresses reproduction and sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth, adolescent health, menopause, gender issues, and social and cultural determinants of women's health. Written in non-technical language. Contains dozens of illustrations and graphics. English (1995), French (1998).
This publication is available for download:
Part 1: Table of contents and Preface (1.3 MB PDF)
Part 2: Women's Health (2 MB PDF)
Part 3: Pregnancy (4.2 MB PDF)
Part 4: Childbirth and Postpartum (3.3 MB PDF)
Part 5: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Contraception, and Adolescent Health (4.1 MB PDF)
Part 6: Index and Glossary
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Interested in Santa Clara apartments? As a serious technology hub with a breezy California feel, Santa Clara appeals to those looking for that perfect balance between work and play.
If adventure calls you to venture outside your Santa Clara apartments, you must be hearing the voice of Great America, a theme park with a complete water park inside. In addition to its nationally renowned roller coaster rides, Great America boasts the most children's rides and water rides in Northern California.
At Great America, you'll probably run into a host of Santa Clara University students looking for a break, as the university is a few miles southeast of the theme park. Santa Clara University, California's oldest operating higher education institution, is a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university that offers its 8,000 students the pursuit of degrees in arts, sciences, business and engineering. Search for apartments in downtown or east Santa Clara to be close to campus.
If you're out of school and are looking for apartments in Santa Clara, you're probably employed with one of the area's multiple high-tech industries. Located in the middle of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara is home to the Intel Corporation, Applied Materials, Sun Microsystems, NVIDIA and Agilent Technologies. All are located on the north side of Santa Clara except for Agilent, which is on the south side.
Right around the corner from the Intel Corporation is the Intel Museum, which features more than 30 interactive exhibits, education programs, tours and family activities. Here, explore what it's like inside a silicon chip fabrication facility, learn about Intel's first microprocessor, write your name in binary code and create a digital postcard to share with family and friends.
For more traditional fun outside your Santa Clara apartment, visit the Winchester Mystery House, the architectural brainchild of a wealthy south Santa Clara widow. This 160-room house took 38 years to build and cost $5,500,000 in 1932. It has stairs that lead up to the ceiling, 950 doors, 6 kitchens and two basements. Only two miles northwest from the house, visit the locally revered Santa Clara Art and Wine Festival. This two-day festival in September features international foods, fine wines, microbrewed beer, live entertainment on three stages and a Kids Kingdom.
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LAFAYETTE, IN -- Students at Ivy Tech Community College-Lafayette will be able to work out at the Lafayette Family YMCA at a reduced rate as a result of a partnership between the two entities.
Ivy Tech officials say they hope the Y access will help the school reduce its dropout rate and enhance student life. The agreement allows students to pay a $102.40 recreation fee for a four-month semester, a 25 percent savings over the Y's normal single adult membership rate. The Y's $50 joining fee also will be waived for students.
Ivy Tech and the Y will share the cost of hiring an employee to oversee intramural programs both on campus and at the Y.
"Combining the strengths and needs of the YMCA with our campus has made it possible to provide benefits to both organizations that otherwise would not be possible," Andrew Antonio, executive director of diversity and engagement at Ivy Tech Community College, said in a statement.
Officials say the partnership is a first step toward relocating the Y to a new location near Ivy Tech's campus.
Students will have access to the Y's weight room, cardio center, adult aerobics classes, indoor pool, open gym, pickup basketball, game room and more. Students also will be able to use the Y's drop-off child care center.
Ivy Tech officials say they hope the child care option will reduce the school's dropout rate, which averages 800 students per semester.
"Not having child care is a major reason we see students completely withdraw from classes," David Bathe, Ivy Tech chancellor, said at a press conference.
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HOUSTON (AP) - Officials say a Houston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death with a stiletto high heel told police she was trying to protect herself.
Officials with the Harris County District Attorney's Office tell the Houston Chronicle that 44-year-old Ana Lilia Trujillo told investigators the man was attacking her and she acted in self-defense.
Trujillo was charged with murder in the stabbing death Sunday morning of a 59-year-old man at a luxury high-rise condominium. His name has not been released.
Police say officers responding to a call about an assault in progress found the man's body lying on the floor. He had more than one stab wound to the head.
Trujillo remained jailed Monday on $100,000 bond. Court records did not list an attorney for her.
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- Ferrari news
Ferrari identifies reason for Alonso's DRS fault
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- Stefano Domenicali
- Teams:
- Ferrari
Ferrari has pinpointed the reason for Fernando Alonso's DRS failure at the Bahrain Grand Prix and has vowed to work harder on reliability issues ahead of the coming races.
The team indentified the problem as a "breakage of a mechanical component within the system" that was "the first problem of its kind on this system seen in the three years during which it has been used". The breakage caused Alonso's DRS to remain open after it had been activated, significantly reducing his downforce level.
The issue ruined the Ferrari driver's race as he had to pit twice to fix it early in the race and then battled back up to eighth place without the use of the overtaking aid.
"It's hard to recall a race where so many things went wrong," team principal Stefano Domenicali said. "The DRS failure prevented Fernando, who yet again produced a great performance, from fighting Vettel for the win.
"Then for Felipe, there were the two tyre related problems that pushed him out of the points and prevented from getting the top five finish that was within his grasp. We had the potential to get these results, but we were unable to do so, partly because of external influences."
Domenicali said his team would redouble its efforts in order to prevent other reliability problems causing further issues.
"We must work with renewed attention on this front," he said. "We must also continue to develop the car and increase our understanding of the tyres, which is more crucial than ever this year.
"In these first four races of the season, we have not managed, for various reasons, to bring home the points that were within our grasp. That's why the gap to the top in both classifications seems quite large, but we must not be discouraged by this, quite the contrary, because we have seen so often, both in our favour and against, how things can change in a hurry.
"We believe in our ability to be in the fight for the titles right to the end and this time, we have been in that fight since the start, which has not been the case for a while. At the same time, we must be aware that in order to achieve our objectives, we have to be perfect in every area."


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By Jennifer Whitlock and Rebekah L. Myers
Title: Miller House and Garden Collection, 1953-2009
Primary Creator: Irwin Management Company Inc.
Other Creators: Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin) (1909-2004), Miller, Xenia S. (Xenia Simons) (1918-2008)
Extent: 335.0 Linear Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged in five series: I. Files, II. Photographs, III. Drawings, IV. Material Samples, and V. Non-Miller House and Garden materials.
Date Acquired: 09/11/2009
Subjects: Eero Saarinen & Associates, Girard, Alexander Hayden (1907-1993), Kiley, Dan Urban (1912-2004), Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin) (1909-2004), Miller, Xenia S. (1917-2008), Miller House (Columbus, Ind.), Roche, Kevin (1922-), Saarinen, Eero (1910-1961), Taylor Bros. Construction Co.
Forms of Material: architectural drawings (visual works), blueline prints, blueprints (reprographic copies), brochures, brownline prints, checklists, clippings (information artifacts), contracts documents, correspondence, financial records, inventories, invoices, marble (rock), memorandums, negatives (photographic), notes, photo CDs, photographs, slides (photographs), textiles, trade catalogs, VHS (TM)
Languages: English
NOTE: Due to a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), this collection is being digitized and will be available in early 2015. Until then, please follow along on our blog where we feature highlights from the collection: Documenting Modern Living: Digitizing the Miller House and Garden Collection http://www.imamuseum.org/digitizingmillerhouseandgarden
The Miller House and Garden Collection contains material documenting the design, construction, history, and maintenance of the residence over a period of over 50 years from 1953-2009. The materials reflect the design work of Eero Saarinen [1910-1961], Dan Kiley [1912-2004], and Alexander Girard [1907-1993], and also the involvement of J. Irwin Miller [1917-2008] and his wife Xenia Simons Miller [1917-2008] in shaping their home and garden. The collection includes four categories of materials: documents, drawings, photographs, and materials samples.
A large portion of the collection consists of the file folders of paper documents. The files include receipts, invoices, notes, lists, and inventories relating to every aspect of the property. The Millers consulted with the designers over the years as their needs changed and as the house required updating.
The collection also includes a large quantity of photographs. Many are copies from professional and nationally renowned architectural photographers such as Balthazar Korab. Some images document renovations, repairs, and other changes to the house and garden.
The architectural drawings consist of 1950s blueprints of the original house and gardens, as well as plans related to renovations and repairs through 2009. Many of the Millers' blueprinted plans have hand written annotations from the designers. The documentation also includes some original sketches of the home and garden. Many of Girard's original drawings for rugs, textiles, and other interior design elements are also housed in the collection.
The collection contains many textile samples related to the interior design and décor of the home. In the collection are samples from the original 1950s upholstery, rugs, and other materials used to decorate the interior. Many were specifically designed by or chosen by Alexander Girard. Some small samples are attached to pages of paper with detailed notes. Also included are three-dimensional objects such as samples of marble for the table tops and the interior walls.
The Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana, is one of the country's most highly regarded examples of mid-century Modernist residences. The Miller House was designed by Eero Saarinen (1910-1961), with interiors by Alexander Girard (1907-1993), and landscape design by Daniel Urban Kiley (1912-2004).
Commissioned by industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller (1909-2004) and his wife Xenia Simons Miller (1917-2008) in 1953, the Miller House and Garden was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000. The house expands upon a design approach developed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe—epitomizing the international Modernist aesthetic—with an open and flowing layout, flat roof, and vast walls of glass and stone. The interiors, configured beneath a grid pattern of skylights supported by cruciform steel columns, are filled with strong colors and playful patterns.
The Miller House and Garden is part of a Modern design legacy that extends throughout the city of Columbus, Indiana, due to the architectural patronage and civic involvement of J. Irwin Miller. As a way to attract outstanding architectural talent to design public buildings in Columbus, Miller created the Architectural Program within the Cummins Engine Foundation, which funded excellent design for public buildings. Columbus boasts more than 70 buildings by noted Modern architects—such as Richard Meier, I. M. Pei, Cesar Pelli, Robert Venturi, John Carl Warnecke and Harry Weese—as well as public art works by internationally renowned architects and artists. The Miller House and Garden is among six National Historic Landmarks in the city.
The Miller House and Garden was the first National Historic Landmark designated with a still-living landscape architect that also was still occupied by its original owners. Also in 2000, it was included in the multiple property designation titled "Modern Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Bartholomew County, 1942-1999." The multiple property designation also included Saarinen's and Kiley's nearby work at Irwin Union Bank and Trust and the North Christian Church.
Eero Saarinen was one of the leading architects of the twentieth century, whose buildings help define the extent and meaning of American Modernism. They range from extensive campuses for some of America's largest corporations to the soaring monumentality of the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Saarinen's work subordinated architectural style to achieving the most satisfactory solution to a given architectural problem; his malleable approach to Modernism yielded both variations on orthodox Modernism such as the Miller House and strongly sculptural and expressive structures such as the TWA Terminal and the Ingalls Hockey Rink at Yale University. For all his fame and popularity, Saarinen's domestic commissions were extremely few in number, and the Miller House is undoubtedly the most significant, elegantly and thoughtfully resolving an ambitious program and a complex structure into a magical, light-filled space that opens on multiple sides to Dan Kiley's landscape.
Alexander Girard, though perhaps best known today for his work as a textile and interior designer (he became director of design for the textile division of Herman Miller in 1952), was also an architect and an important contributor to the design of the Miller House from the very beginning of the process. Indeed, the further illumination of Girard's career and design approach may be one of the most significant outcomes of this project. Within his interiors, Girard's style combined vivid color, a strong graphic sensibility, and an affinity for decorative materials gathered from cultures around the globe. All these elements are present in the Miller House, from the bold colors used in the conversation pit, to the designs Girard executed for floor coverings, to the artifacts that enlivened the storage wall that defines the east side of the main living area. Alexander Girard speaks to Modern living in the house in a letter dated May 12, 1953 to the Millers. Girard writes: "I will certainly be most interested in doing work anywhere in this country…where there would be a chance to contribute to the advancement of living. I would count a house for you and Xenia definitely in this realm."
Daniel Urban Kiley was noted for his seminal impact on twentieth century landscape design. In his work for the Millers, Kiley created one of the first and most important Modernist designs in residential landscape architecture on their 15-acre property. Its gridded layout expands upon the geometric order of the house, relying on plantings to form multiple overlapping planes and volumes. Kiley envisioned this series of green rooms as "pin wheeling spaces" expanding out from the residence. Based on classical design principles while fully embracing a Modern spatial sensibility inspired by Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and the De Stijl movement, Kiley's design for the Miller gardens harmoniously integrates the indoor and outdoor environments with a Mondrian-like, asymmetrical plan that features allées, lawns, paths, hedges, and orchards concentrated in a 4.5-acre square surrounding the residence. The Cultural Landscape Foundation hails the Miller garden as "perhaps the most important postwar garden in the United States." The 1955 design is widely considered one of Kiley's masterworks, and Kiley himself suggested to homeowner Xenia Miller that he believed the landscape to be his finest work.
Eero Saarinen & Associates
Girard, Alexander Hayden (1907-1993)
Kiley, Dan Urban (1912-2004)
Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin) (1909-2004)
Miller, Xenia S. (1917-2008)
Miller House (Columbus, Ind.)
Roche, Kevin (1922-)
Saarinen, Eero (1910-1961)
Taylor Bros. Construction Co.
Repository: Indianapolis Museum of Art Archives
Alternate Extent Statement: 335 linear feet: 54 boxes of files, photographs, samples, and drawings; 2 card file boxes; 12 oversize flat boxes of photographs and materials samples; and 40 flat files of architectural plans.
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions: Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Please contact the Archivist for more information.
Acquisition Source: Irwin Management Company Inc.
Acquisition Method: Gift
Preferred Citation: [Title of item], [date], [Container information], Miller House and Garden Collection (M003], IMA Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN.
Other URL: http://www.imamuseum.org/sites/default/files/attachments/archives-M003.pdf


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Suffield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It had once been within the boundaries of Massachusetts. The town is located in the Connecticut River Valley with the town of Enfield neighboring to the east. In 1900, 3,521 people lived in Suffield; as of the 2010 census, the population was 15,735. The town center is a census-designated place listed as Suffield Depot in U.S. Census records.
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Shoe Carnival, New Bern�s newest retail shoe store, will have a grand opening Saturday with prizes, reward cards and $1,000 drawing.
Shoe Carnival, New Bern�s newest retail shoe store, will have a grand opening Saturday with prizes, reward cards and $1,000 drawing.
The family footwear retail store opened July 15 in Rivertowne Square near Walmart.
Jessica Wilbeman, promotion coordinator for Shoe Carnival, said the 9,950-sqaure-foot store will carry a wide variety of shoes for infants to adults and many brand names, including Converse, Nike, Reebok and Sperry.
The New Bern store will be the third Shoe Carnival in Eastern North Carolina. Jacksonville and Greenville also have Shoe Carnival stores, Wilbeman said.
�To cover the area of Eastern North Carolina, we felt a need for a store in New Bern,� she said.
The New Bern Shoe Carnival created 20 jobs, six full-time, Wilbeman said.
�We are excited to open this new store and partner with the community here in New Bern,� she said.
Todd Beurman, senior vice president of marketing, said everyone at Shoe Carnival was thrilled with the New Bern store.
�We are excited to be opening a new store location bringing our customers a new spacious and inviting Shoe Carnival shopping experience,� Beurman said in a statement. �At Shoe Carnival, we strive to give our customers a family-friendly shopping experience with great deals on name brand shoes for the whole family.�
The grand opening starts at 9 a.m. Saturday. The first 100 customers to arrive will receive a $10 reward card to use toward anything in the store. Other special events during the day will include a drawing at 10 a.m. for free shoes for a year; a drawing at 11 a.m. for $1,000 cash, courtesy of Skechers; door buster deals from 9 a.m. to noon; and prizes and giveaways all weekend long.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. is one of the nation�s largest family footwear retailers, with more than 364 stores in 32 states and Puerto Rico as well as online. The store offers a broad assortment of moderately priced dress, casual and athletic footwear for the whole family with emphasis on national and regional name brands.


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May 30, 2013
An Orphaned Antique Photo Album Comes Home With Me
Maude M. Kirby
Of course I couldn't leave it in the antique store so it came home with me. This morning I started documenting and archiving.
It's a large album, 8 1/2x12 inches. I haven't counted the pages or the photos yet but it's 2" thick.
Archiving and documenting takes me a long time. I start with taking camera photos of every page. Then I upload them to Dropbox (cloud storage) so I have an immediate backup.
After I have taken pictures of all the pages as they are, I start to record each page. I do that by slowly and carefully removing the photo(s) on each page and writing down all the information found - photographer's name and location, type of photo (CDV, Cabinet Card, tintype, etc) If there is any handwritten notation on the photo I record that too.
Then I assign a number to each photo. That goes along with whatever name I give the album, in this case, KIRBY. I shorten this to 3 letters for my inventory/naming system. So the first photo in this album will be KIR-1 and I record this lightly in pencil on the reverse of the photo.
As an added surprise several of the photos had other photos tucked underneath. While I still have much to do on this album before the archiving and documentation is complete, I hope to find enough identifying information to research the individuals in the album.
This album appears to have been used by one family over more than one generation. Some of the Cartes de Visite are from the 1860s while other photos are dated 1920.
After I remove all the photos from the album I take another camera picture of each one, front and verso (back). This allows me to easily and quickly zoom in on anything I wish to inspect for clues to the individuals or locations of each photo.
Then I use my wonderful Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner to create a quick but top quality scan of each photo. I'll be documenting the album here on my Olive Tree Genealogy blog in hopes a descendant spots the names or photos and recognizes them.
Meantime it seems many of the photos were taken in Yorkshire England but I did spot one that was from a Brantford Ontario Canada photographer. I am sure there are many more surprises to be found as I continue removing the photos and checking the backs.
5 comments:
- Celia Lewis said...
Wonderful find, Lorine - and you didn't have enough to do, did you! Hope relatives turn up eventually. These look quite beautiful.
- kitkat9 said...
What you are doing is such a loving and kind project. I have great admiration for what you can see and understand about the importance of a family album lost to a family. I wish you the best of luck finding a home where it belongs.
- kitkat9 said...
You are doing something brilliant, loving and kind. Bless you for seeing and understanding the importance of this family album lost to its family. Good luck in finding its home and returning what was lost.
My paternal grandfather's sister was Maude Kirby, b 1887. She was born in NC and later lived in TX.
Glad you are preserving this album and hope some of the family can identify it!
- Sonja Hunter said...
What a beautiful album! Good luck finding family.


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Paralegals are the bridge between the law office and the courtroom. They perform a great deal of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into preparing and presenting cases, including research, fact-checking, preparing arguments, interviewing witnesses, and helping to manage the office.
Paralegal degree programs cover much the same ground as law school, but they are not as rigorous and demanding.
Paralegal graduates have a lot of the same knowledge and skills as law school graduates, but they can't sit for the bar exam. They are not lawyers, and as such cannot give legal advice or defend cases in the courtroom. However, they are in all other ways equal to lawyers, and lawyers depend a great deal on their paralegal and legal secretary teams.
Knowledge Required
Paralegals need to have strong computer skills, since so much of the research for and preparation of cases is done on computers. They also have to write a lot of legal documents. And finally, paralegals need a good grasp of legal theory, legal history, and current and upcoming court decisions -- it's absolutely imperative that they present factual information to their bosses.
On The Job
A job in the field is fast-paced, exciting, and ever-evolving. It's also constantly stressful.
Successful paralegals are able to juggle several tasks at once, effectively delegate responsibility, communicate with others, and stay organized.
Most paralegals are required to take continuing education courses. They are also responsible for keeping the law office's library and software programs up to date.


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David Sedaris
American author
David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American essayist and radio contributor.
- "I love things made out of animals," Sedaris says, holding a knife with a hoof for a handle. "It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer.'"
- Interview with Robert David Sullivan[specific citation needed]
- Shit is the tofu of cursing.
- Reading at George Washington University in Washington, DC. 4 April 2005.[specific citation needed]
Naked (1997)Edit
- My hands tend to be full enough dealing with people who hate me for who I am. Concentrate too hard on the millions of people who hate you for what you are and you're likely to turn into one of those unkempt, sloppy dressers who sag beneath the weight of the two hundred political buttons they wear pinned to their coats and knapsacks.
- I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.
- "You kids think you invented sex," my mother was fond of saying. But hadn't we? With no instruction manual or federally enforced training period, didn't we all come away feeling we'd discovered something unspeakably modern? What produced in others a feeling of exhilaration left Jason and me with a mortifying feeling of guilt. We fled the room as if, in our fumblings, we had uncapped some virus we still might escape if we ran fast enough. Had one of the counselors not caught me scaling the fence, I felt certain I could have made it back to Raleigh by morning, skittering across the surface of the ocean like one of those lizards often featured on television wildlife programs.
Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000)Edit
- They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgeable in the fields of plumbing and electricity.
- on genders of nouns: Why refer to Lady Crack Pipe or Good Sir Dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied?
- After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of the these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.
- For the first twenty years of my life I rocked myself to sleep. It was a harmless enough hobby, but eventually I had to give it up. Throughout the next twenty-two years I lay still and discovered that after a few minutes I could drop off with no problem. Follow seven beers with a couple of scotches and a thimble of good marijuana, and it's funny how sleep just sort of comes on its own. Often I never even make it to bed. I'd squat down to pet the cat and wake up on the floor eight hours later, having lost a perfectly good excuse to change my clothes. I'm now told that this is not called "going to sleep" but rather "passing out," a phrase that carries a distinct hint of judgment.
- Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.
- In other parts of the country people tried to stay together for the sake of the children. In New York they tried to work things out for the sake of the apartment.
- If cooking is an art, I think we're in our Dada phase.
- Because I'm both a glutton and a masochist, my standard complaint, "That was so bad", is always followed by "And there was so little of it!"
- Friends always say, "How can you eat those? I read in the paper that they're made from hog's lips."
"And hearts and eyelids."
- The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing. No credit is given for distinguishing between these two very different emotions.
- Quoting his brother Paul
- You can't kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up a little sometimes, but you can't kill him.
- I ain't seen pussy in so long I'd throw stones at it.[1][2]
- from "You Can't Kill The Rooster"
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)Edit
- If finding an apartment is like falling in love, buying one is like proposing on your first date and agreeing not to see each other until the wedding.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008)Edit
- ... name association was big, as were my presumed interests in vaudeville and politics. In St. Louis the Bow tie was characterized as "very Charlie McCarthy", while in Chicago a young man defined it as "the pierced eyebrow of the Republican party".
- On stereotypes of bowtie wearers, Sedaris, David (2008). "Buddy, Can You Spare a Tie?". When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0316143472.


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The Land of Iron (鉄の国, Tetsu no Kuni) is an icy, snow-covered country. It is politically unusual in that it has remained neutral and never been involved in the ninja wars. In fact, the shinobi have a rule since long ago that they would not meddle with the land. Despite this, it is said to have an incredibly strong military which is manned by samurai, instead of ninja. When the Fourth Shinobi World War began, the Land of Iron joined the Shinobi Alliance and is fully prepared to participate in the war against Akatsuki's Eye of the Moon Plan. It is located among three mountains called the Three Wolves (三狼, Sanrō). Its leader is Mifune, the general of the country.
The Kage Summit took place in the Land of Iron due to its security and neutrality, which it has prepared for by strengthening its guard. According to the Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, it has its own distinct culture, and there is "nothing fun about" meeting there. When Sasuke Uchiha attacked the summit, he was declared an international criminal for challenging the five great ninja villages and for meddling with the neutral Land of Iron.
Samurai Bridge
This unnamed bridge is located in the Land of Iron. It is built out of blue stones and features a large gate at one end, somewhat resembling a torii, emblazoned with the kanji for samurai (侍). On top of the gate is a large, stone statue of a sheathed sword with weights hanging on both ends.


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Music is what connects all of us together. Music Lyrics are one of the most searched items on the Internet and one would expect that the Lyrics data would be accessible via one or more APIs. We list 8 Lyrics APIs in our directory but in the past this has got into trouble over copyright issues. The MusixMatch API wishes to change all of that by giving you access to 5 million officially licensed lyrics.
We recently covered two excellent instant mashups, Jiffy Lyrics and instaLyrics, that help search lyrics. And guess what? Both of them used the MusixMatch API. Visit the Developer Portal to get started with the MusixMatch API. You need to sign up to get an API Key that is needed while invoking its API.
The API is REST based and returns data in either JSON(default), XML or JSONP. The API is nicely designed and at most you need to invoke the track.search method first to retrieve any tracks that were found with the words that you want to seach for either artist, lyrics or track. Then for any of the matching results, you can retrieve the lyrics by invoking the track.lyrics.get method. There are several other methods and developers can look them up in the API Wiki. The API is hosted at: http://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1
For example, I searched for "We are the champions" by Queen via a call to track.search first:
This returns back a TrackID, that you can then use to get the lyrics via the track.lyrics.get method.
The music industry is complex and copyright issues abound. MusixMatch API aims to address that by giving you an API that steers clear of issues and lets you focus on your application that needs music lyrics. So if you are looking to integrate music lyrics into your application, musixMatch API could be music to your ears.


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Buckle Dem Chinstraps Primadonnas!
In Minnesota, they use axes to chop wood, and they use the handles to measure the width of women's derrieres.
I once had a janitor job. In Malibu. Puts a whole new spin on it.
"I suggest a new strategy Artoo...Let the Wookie win..."
Greg was just the odd man out. The development of Hartline and the trade for Marshall left him forth on the depth chart, which he was also being pushed for by Turner. I doubt the Dolphins were planning on running many four receiver sets, so his skills would've mostly gone unused. This tells me more that Will Allen isn't near 100%, Jason Allen can't be trusted even as a nickel corner, and rookie Nolan Carroll isn't ready yet.
I am going to try and snag Camarillo in the late rounds of FFL. I picked him up a couple of years ago as a bye week replacement and he more than held his own for a few weeks. Now he has Favre throwing him the ball, I think he has a pretty good year. Worth a shot anyway.


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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Gauchos finished the Loyola Marymount Tournament with a 2-1 record after falling in straight sets to the UConn Huskies before sweeping the host Lions to close out the tournament.
With their 2-1 record, UCSB tied with Loyola Marymount for the best record in the tournament.
Junior outside hitter Leah Sully led the way for the Gauchos in the nightcap. Sully recorded a match-high 14 kills, and considerably improved on her attacking from the morning match, when she recorded a .000 hitting percentage.
Junior middle blocker Jenna Wilson found a groove in the night match, picking up a match-high eight blocks.
Freshman libero Taylor Formico paced the Gauchos with 26 digs and was flawless in her serve reception.
UCSB held Loyola Marymount to a lowly .067 en route to their straight sets victory.
There were less positives to be taken away from the morning game against the Huskies. The Gauchos hit just .039 as a team and had no players over seven kills.
In the loss, Leah Sully accrued a career-high 30 digs and picked up a pair of service aces.
For UConn, Mattison Quayle dominated the match to the tune of 20 kills and 11 digs. Madeline Kuppe chipped in 14 kills of her own.
Following the last match, both Leah Sully and Taylor Formico were named to the All-Tournament team for their efforts.
The rest of the All-Tournament team included Loyola Marymount's Betsi Metter and Kat Luft, Iona's Caris Myles and Catrina Warren, and UConn's Mattison Quayle and Jackie Wattles.
Next weekend, the Gauchos will open up the Thunderdome to host the UCSB Invitational. Participating schools include Idaho, Northeastern, and UCLA. Matches will take place on Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sep. 1.
Ticket information for the tournament can be found here. The entire Women's Volleyball schedule can be found at this link.


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The Cincinnati Bengals not only lost their game to the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night, it appears they've lost their All-Pro defensive tackle for the season as well.
Bengals' head coach Marvin Lewis confirmed after the 22-20 defeat to the Dolphins that Geno Atkins has suffered an ACL injury. It was first reported by Mike Silver of the NFL Network.
Atkins went down in the second quarter. His right knee twisted as he collapsed to the turf. Atkins needed assistance as he walked off the field and was put on a cart and taken to the locker room.
Atkins has been a dominant force along the interior of the Bengals' defensive line. He signed a five-year, $55 million contract extension with the Bengals in September and his loss will be a massive blow to Cincinnati's defense.


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Flu drug research takes Intel STS top honors
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WASHINGTON — A teenager's computer analyses that identified six potential new flu-fighting compounds claimed first place March 11 at the awards gala for the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search.
Eric Chen, 17, of San Diego won the $100,000 by using supercomputers to analyze molecules that might block activity of an enzyme that all flu viruses use to reproduce. From a database of more than 450,000 compounds, he narrowed the list to 237. Lab studies identified six potent antiflu agents. The research may lead to medicines that could work during a flu outbreak while new vaccines are developed.
"I didn't expect this at all," Chen said. "All the other students are so amazing."
Chen's winning effort beat the research presented by 39 other Intel STS finalists (SN: 2/8/14, p. 26), who had been winnowed from 1,794 entrants representing 45 states, the


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Big events like the Rugby World Cup do not make the host countries richer, independent economic research group NZIER said.
NZIER said major international events tended to "suck in" visitors from before and after the time they are held, creating a displacement effect. It said most event analysis doesn't stack up because it missed the displacement effects.
"It means the benefits are often far smaller than people think," NZIER said in a report.
The displacement effect meant the net number of visitors an event generates is much lower than the visitors to the event, and NZIER said the Rugby World Cup 2011 was a good example of this.
"We estimate there was little overall boost to visitor arrivals because there were fewer visitors before and after the 133,000 international visitors that came to New Zealand for the tournament," it said.
"Crucially, domestic tourism is displaced expenditure that would occur elsewhere in the economy. This significantly reduces the overall benefit from the events. "Simply put, major domestic events do not make New Zealanders any wealthier," it said.
Increased spending at the major event is mostly offset by reduced spending elsewhere. This might take the form of reductions in other holidays, spending on takeaways and eating out, or spending on household items such as TVs.
NZIER said most event analyses used multipliers to capture second rounds of spending from the profits and wages captured by local events.
But the multipliers used to capture second round spending also needed to be applied to the reduction in spending that cannot now occur elsewhere in the economy.
"Regional events are more likely to only reallocate spending across regions. They are likely to benefit the region, but at a national level let's be clear - little additional income is generated by these events," it said.
NZIER conceded that large international events like the Rugby World Cup and the Olympics left the host region with better facilities and sometimes upgraded transport links.
"But infrastructure is expensive, and the costs are largely borne by local residents once tourism displacement is considered," it said. 'In addition, the costs of major events typically blow out."
Research by the Said Business School at Oxford University showed that every Olympics since 1960 averaged a cost overrun of 179 per cent. Event analysis needed to consider who pays for the infrastructure, and any likely cost overruns.
For the large costs to stack up economically, the infrastructure needs to deliver lasting dividends long after the major event is finished, NZIER said.
NZIER - established in 1958 as the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research Inc - is a non-profit incorporated society based in Wellington. Its team of economists is one of the largest in New Zealand outside government.
ASB Bank chief economist Nick Tufley said NZIER had made some good points about the displacement costs of events.
But he said there was a risk the loss of visitors due to the Canterbury earthquakes was counted as visitor displacement ahead of the Rugby World Cup because visitor numbers were hit hard in early 2011 and only started to recover from about July.
"The decline was particularly acute within Asia, but key markets such as United Kingdom, Europe, the United States were clearly affected by the earthquakes," he said.
At last year's Rugby World Cup, one of the major sponsors, MasterCard, said the event could generate $782.5 million for the local economy.
Martin Snedden, who headed up the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and who this year was appointed chief executive of the Tourism Industry Association, said it was important processes were in place to assess the benefits of major events.
In 2005, during the Rugby World Cup bidding process, cup visitors were estimated at 65-70,000.
The Department of Statistics, from July 2011, put a question on the immigration card asking whether the visitor was here for the cup and about about 133,000 people said yes.
"After the event and in early 2012, there were plenty talking about displacement," Snedden said in an email to APNZ.
"As 2012 has gone on, and the 2012 comparative figures have come out, that conversation has changed very significantly, with many now able to see that Rugby World Cup was very helpful in what was otherwise a very difficult year," he said.
Snedden said that just about every way, economic and otherwise, the Rugby World Cup delivered "everything that was promised and, in many instances, far exceeded those promises".