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State Coat of Arms and Motto
The committee to design a Coat of Arms was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and the design proposed by that committee was accepted and became the official Coat of Arms. The committee recommended for the Coat of Arms a "Shield in color blue, with an eagle upon it with extended pinions, holding in the right talon a palm branch and a bundle of arrows in the left talon, with the word "Mississippi" above the eagle; the lettering on the shield and the eagle to be in gold; below the shield two branches of the cotton stalk, saltierwise, as in submitted design, and a scroll below extending upward and one each side three-fourths of the length of the shield; upon the scroll, which is to be red, the motto be printed in gold letters upon white spaces, as in design accompanying, the motto to be –VIRTUTE et ARMIS" which means by valor and arms.
The State Bird
Found in all sections of Mississippi, the cheerful Mockingbird was selected as the official State Bird by the Women's Federated Clubs and by the State Legislature in 1944. The mockingbird can mimic the sounds of other birds and animals and can sing loudly for hours.
The State Flower and Tree
An election was held in November 1900 to select a state flower. Votes were submitted by 23,278 school children. The magnolia received 12,745 votes; the cotton blossom 4,171; and the cape jasmine 2,484. There were a few votes for other flowers. The magnolia was officially designated as the State Flower by the 1952 Legislature. In 1935, the Director of Forestry started a movement by which to select a State Tree for Mississippi, to be selected by nomination and election by the school children of the State. Four nominations were made–the magnolia, oak, pine and dogwood. The magnolia received by far the largest majority. On April 1, 1938, the Mississippi Legislature officially designated the magnolia as the State Tree.
The State Flag
The committee to design a state flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag. The committee recommended for the flag "one with width two-thirds of its length; with the union square, in width two-thirds of the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be red and a broad blue saltier thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with thirteen (13) mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding with the number of the original States of the Union; the field to be divided into three bars of equal width, the upper one blue, the center one white, and the lower one extending the whole length of the flag, red--the national colors; the staff surmounted with a spear-head and a battle-axe below; the flag to be fringed with gold, and the staff gilded with gold."
The State Waterfowl
The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) was designated the state waterfowl of Mississippi, Chapter 551, General Laws of Mississippi of 1974. Mississippi boasts more than a million acres of prime game habitat in 36 State Wildlife Management areas and National Wildlife Refuges open for public hunting, including marshy waterfowl havens. For information about hunting in Mississippi, call (601) 362-9212 or (toll free in-state only) 1-800-628-7852. You may purchase a hunting or fishing license online, or you can call 1-800-5GO-HUNT.
The State Fish
The Largemouth or Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides) was designated the state fish of Mississippi, Chapter 551, General Laws of Mississippi of 1974. Call 1-800-ASK-FISH for weekly fishing reports. Check out the MS Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks site for more information about fishing in Mississippi.
The State Insect
The Honeybee (Apis mellifera) was designated the state insect of Mississippi, Chapter 317, General Laws of Mississippi of 1980. The common Honeybee is one of the most celebrated insects throughout history due to the thick liquid they create-honey! Honey is harvested throughout Mississippi and is often sold at farmers markets and produce stands. Check out the Mississippi Beekeepers Association website for more information.
The State Shell
An act designating the Oyster Shell (Crassostrea virginica) as the state shell was approved April 12, 1974, Chapter 551, General Laws of Mississippi of 1974. The American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is one of the more valuable resources of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Find out more about oystering at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources website.
The State Water Mammal
An act designating the Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), commonly called the Porpoise, as the state water mammal was approved April 12, 1974, Chapter 551, General Laws of Mississippi of 1974. Commonly seen along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Bottlenosed Dolphins are intelligent and gregarious creatures and are often the subject of movies and TV shows, such as Flipper. In 2008, the Mississippi State Tax Commission approved a new "Protect Dolphins" license plate that will benefit the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS), a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization. The plates are currently available at your local county tax collector's office.
The State Song
Go, Mississippi - Words and Music by Houston Davis
States may sing their songs of praise
With waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,
Let cymbals crash and let bells ring
'Cause here's one song I'm proud to sing.
Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along,
Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,
Go, Mississippi, we're singing your song,
Go, Mississippi, you're on the right track,
Go, Mississippi, and this is a fact,
Go, Mississippi, you'll never look back,
Go, Mississippi, straight down the line,
Go, Mississippi, ev'rything's fine,
Go, Mississippi, it's your state and mine,
Go, Mississippi, continue to roll,
Go, Mississippi, the top is the goal,
Go, Mississippi, you'll have and you'll hold,
Go, Mississippi, get up and go,
Go, Mississippi, let the world know,
That our Mississippi is leading the show,
The State Fossil
A Senate Concurrent Resolution, designating the prehistoric whale as the state fossil, was adopted March 26, 1981.
The State Stone
A Senate Concurrent Resolution, designating petrified wood as the state stone, was adopted May 14, 1976. The Mississippi Petrified Forest is a privately operated park and museum located at 124 Forest Park Road, Flora, Mississippi. For more information call (601) 879-8189.
The State Beverage
Milk was designated the official state beverage of Mississippi in 1984. Milk has been called a nearly perfect food – a source of protein, calcium, and several other important nutrients.


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Last weekend's California Republican Party state convention showed the extent to which the party activists are out of touch with the state and its pressing needs.
By taking a firm stand against allowing the public to decide on whether to adopt Democratic Governor Jerry Brown's proposal to continue temporary tax increases, the Republican Party further isolated itself from mainstream California. In the process, the convention mandate has left precious little room for Republican legislators to maneuver their way to common ground with the Democratic majority.
Republican activists aren't alone in being out of touch with the mainstream. A recent statewide poll finds that both major parties are more extreme than California voters, the lion's share of whom are moderates. But Democrats have two factors in their favor that the Republicans don't: a sizable majority in the legislature and the projection of compassion for those suffering in the state.
Now, with only 31 percent of the state self-identifying as Republicans, the party runs the risk of being marginalized to the point of political irrelevance in the nation's most populous state.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Republicans will succeed only if they embrace the state's evolving demography. Historically, the party has played to a conservative, upper middle class White base. That worked reasonably well during '60s, '70s, '80s and even '90s, but it doesn't work today. And the base is eroding quickly.
In the 2010 November election, non-Latino whites were 42 percent of the state's population and 65 percent of the voters.
Those numbers declined from 2000, when non-Latino Whites accounted for 50 percent of the state's population and 72 percent of the voters.
Bottom line: California is changing fast and the Republicans have their heads in the sand.
What to do?
Republicans need to reach out meaningfully to Latinos and Asians, whose numbers in the state grew by 28 percent and 32 percent respectively over the past decade. The party needs to find issues that these groups care about -- and there are plenty such as public education, job training, and immigration-related concerns such as driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.
As the party of a "free economy," Republicans can do these things without giving up their traditional position on low taxes, but it has to be done in a thoughtful, caring way along the lines that George W. Bush used in 2000 when he won as a "compassionate conservative."
Democrats have had a field day because they have tapped into minority groups without any challenge from Republicans. As such, minorities have supported Democrats in overwhelming numbers, putting the Republicans in jeopardy.
The next few days will tell us much about the future of the state's Republican Party. If Republicans in the legislature use their skills wisely, they will find a way to permit the public to vote on the tax proposals whose revenues are desperately needed to maintain important programs for Californians, particularly minorities.
If they don't, Republicans increasingly will look not only as the party of "no," but the party of the past.

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Geisinger-Community Medical Center (G-CMC), Scranton, Pa., is seeking a BC/BE Trauma Surgeon to join a growing surgical critical care team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a future expansion project that will include new operating rooms and additional critical care beds. This busy Level II trauma center has 41,000 ED visits per year, 12 ORs and 17 critical care beds. G-CMC, licensed for 200 beds, sees an average of 1,400 trauma visits per year.
Geisinger-Community Medical Center (G-CMC), Scranton, Pa., offers a complete continuum of educational, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services and programs. G-CMC is home to Lackawanna County's only Level II Trauma Center and Scranton's only adult, in-patient behavioral health unit. Other programs G-CMC provides include: a comprehensive cardiac service line including open heart surgery; orthopaedic services including the NewSteps joint replacement center; and a broad range of other surgical services and radiological services for men and women. Geisinger Health System is an integrated health services organization widely recognized for its innovative use of the electronic health record, and the development of innovative care models such as ProvenHealth Navigator® and ProvenCare®. As one of the nation's largest rural health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 3 million residents throughout 48 counties in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania. The physician-led system is comprised of approximately 23,500 employees, including a 1,200-member multi-specialty group practice, nine hospital campuses, two research centers and a 467,000-member health plan, all of which leverage an estimated $7.7 billion positive impact on the Pennsylvania economy. The health system and the health plan have repeatedly garnered national accolades for integration, quality and service. In addition to fulfilling its patient care mission, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to medical education, research and community service.
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Center for Law and History
Washington and Lee University is the natural home for an interdisciplinary center bringing together the fields of law and history. Combining a prestigious liberal arts college with a highly-ranked law school, Washington and Lee University is particularly poised to foster the study of law within its broader humanistic and historical context.
The university has nearly twenty professors with sustained scholarly interests in the intersection of law and history, in the departments of art, classics, English, history, philosophy, religion, Romance languages, sociology, and law.
Additionally the library of the Washington and Lee University School of Law contains rich primary materials for the writing of legal history, including the public and private papers of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (B.A. 1929, LL.B. 1931), and the archives of the college, as well as the School of Law, which was founded in 1849 and incorporated within the university in 1866.


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RPM & Speed Measurement
Engine Tachometers
RPM Detectors
VP-201 - Magneto type Vibration Detector
The VP-201/202 and VP-1210/1220 are electro-dynamic vibration detectors designed for gasoline and diesel engine measurement. By mounting them on the cylinder head or an engine etc, they detect rotation vibration at the time of combustion. It is easy to use due to a small, light weight, and magnetic mounting by means of a built-in magnet on the bottom surface. The detector and the cable are reliable with heat-resistant structure so you can use it in an engine room. These detectors are used in combination with Ono Sokkis engine tachometers (AR-7240B, CT-6520B, SE-1620, SE-2500A, FT-2500, FT-7200). The VP-201/1210 are mini-plug output type, and VP-202/1220 are BNC output type with high sensitivity useful for small vibration measurement.
Operating temperature 32° to 212° F / 0° to 100° C
2.9 meter directly attached signal cable
Measuring Range : 500 - 10,000 r / min
Easy to use
Highly environmental resistance, rigidity, and durability
Easy mounting to a cylinder head bolt by a magnet built-in a detector.
Magneto type Vibration Detector
Compatible Tachometers
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CT-6520B - Universal Engine Tachometer
SE-2400 - Discontinued, replaced / upgraded with the SE-2500A engine tachometer
SE-2500A - Engine Tachometer, SE-2400 replacement
VP-1210 - Magneto type Vibration Detector
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Supermicro scale-out storage R-Series are a series of storage clusters designed and optimized for Red Hat Storage, a powerful, open software-defined storage solution (GlusterFS). Built with enterprise class hardware, Supermicro scale-out storage platform delivers unified file and object storage with high performance, high scalability and high availability. Supermicro scale-out storage platform is ideal for a broad range of applications such as Cloud, virtualization, content distribution, data archiving, Big Data analytics and Hadoop application. Supermicro scale-out storage platform is a fully integrated solution that includes all hardware components from server to networking, cabinet and power distribution unit. It is fully tested and certified by Redhat Storage.
Supermicro scale-out storage R-Series is a reference architecture proven by extensive lab testing as well as production deployments. Supermicro worked closely with software partners to define and validate the most optimized hardware configuration with real application workloads. It takes the guess work out of designing and deploying a truly scalable storage solution that meets the most demanding enterprise IT and data center environments. Supermicro resellers and channel partners can take advantage of the reference design and deploy large scale storage for the customers very efficiently.
Supermicro Scale-Out Storage R-Series Reference Configurations
Product Models
14U Mobile/POC Cluster with 2U 12Bay SSG
42U Capacity Optimized Storage Cluster w/ 4U 36bay SSG
42U Performance Optimized Storage Cluster w/ 2U 12Bay SSG
Total Storage Nodes
Total Data Drives
Max. Capacity(w/ 4TB drives)
Processors Per Node
Dual Xeon® E5-2660
Memory Per Node
Max. Memory Per Node
HDD Bays Per Node
12x 3.5"
36x 3.5"
Supported HDD
Supported Protocol
GlusterFS, NFS, CIFS
GbE, 10GbE
SAS Controller
Broadcom 2108 HW RAID
Networking Switches
1x 24-port GbE +1x 24-port 10GbE
1x 48-port GbE +1x 24-port 10GbE
1x 48-port GbE +2x 24-port 10GbE
Cabinet Dimensions(H x W x D)
14U(30.6" x 21.7" x 37.4")
42U(82.4" x 23.5" x 48")
Power Distribution Unit
Single Phase 30A,L6-30P
4x Single Phase 30A,L6-30P
The Supermicro Scale-Out Storage Platform is fully tested and certified by Red Hat. Red Hat Storage (RHS) is a software-only, open source scale-out solution, designed to meet unstructured, semi-structure, and big data storage requirements. Red Hat Storage based on GlusterFS technology is a distributed file system built on top of XFS as its local file system. GlusterFS takes a layered approach to the file system, where features are added / removed as per the requirement. This modular architecture allows users to create multiple volumes with different characteristics like distribute/replicate with differing performance requirements.


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Just in Time!
An American youngster who spent a couple of years studying in a Jerusalem yeshiva for foreign students returned home to get married. Neither his family nor that of his kalla had sufficient funds to make a respectable wedding or to get the couple started with basic necessities.
The community to which they belonged pitched in to help them. The local synagogue offered free use of its social hall and a caterer agreed to provide the meal at cost. But with so many startup expenses looming in the very near future there was room for concern.
Two days before the wedding the chatan received the good news that the ticket he bought in the raffle sponsored by his former yeshiva as a fundraising effort won the first prize of ten thousand dollars.
Not a bad wedding gift after all!


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Building Findable Websites: Web Standards SEO and Beyond
Aarron Walter
Peachpit, 2008
240 pp., $39.99
Whether a website's mission is to attract advertising dollars or simply to share information on something the owner is passionate about, a lot of time and effort goes into developing online marketing strategies and devising ways to make pages "sticky." This usually involves the "look" and "feel" of the site more than what's under the hood. Aarron Walter's Building Findable Websites: Web Standards SEO and Beyond branches off in a new direction. Its central theme is the importance of organizing and labeling information so that searchers and spiders can find it and put your link in front of the person who wants to see it. This isn't done by making the colors more eye-catching, but by optimizing the website under the skin...where developers live and spiders crawl.
Aaron Walter's goal is to get developers to take a hard look at how their source code and site layout affects the way search engines see their sites. In a time when more and more sites are putting Flash graphics up front and burying the words, this is an important message for anyone involved in web development. It also turns out to be a boon in terms of good e-citizenship, because the way search engines see the world--by reading text instead of seeing pictures -- also happens to be the way visually impaired people access the Internet.
Like any good author, Walter starts out by defining his terms. "Findablility," the author explains, "is the broader (than Search Engine Optimization) discipline that unites all strategies to help your audience find what they seek." This is an interdisciplinary skill that has implications for project managers, who needs to explain findablility to the client, and information architects, who need to develop keyword strategies and use them to label site sections to drive traffic internally. It also impacts the designer, who needs to highlight opportunities for user interaction such as signups and mailing lists, and the copywriter, who needs to create content that contains the desired keywords.
At the end of the day, however, it's the developer who has to draw all these aspects together to create a structure on the web that presents all these elements to search engines and users alike. This is often tedious, exacting work that goes unseen by the client and project manager, and hence falls out of the spotlight. The developers, therefore, need to be proficient not only in web standards and best practices, such as using alt text for images and separating content from style elements, but also in articulating the value of these techniques to the success of their website.
Though I've been a web developer for some time, the book framed a number of important issues that I either hadn't thought about, or had failed to properly appreciate. For instance, I'd never given much thought to the role of 404 pages beyond the obvious -- alerting a visitor that the page they wanted wasn't there. Accurate as that may be, few things are as effective in driving traffic away from your site. Well-designed 404 pages, on the other hand, use the opportunity to lead users to the correct or alternate content and help them find what they need quickly and efficiently. Poorly designed pages frustrate users, and unless they are exceptionally tenacious, they will click away to another site in hope of finding what they need more easily. Another frustration, of course, is slow loading pages, which also shunt traffic away. If you notice your pages are loading slowly, Building Findable Websites recommends yslow, a Foxfire add-on diagnostic tool that extends Firebug to get information on what's holding up pages from loading.
An interesting bit of wisdom is to use the "If-Last-Modified" request header to let search spiders bypass pages they have already seen, but which haven't changed. Nice for the bots, but I'm not sure that they care enough to up the sites SEO score. Not a bad practice, but more because it shows you to be a good web citizen than for any measurable improvement in site findability. More good citizenship comes from space management -- keeping files and names small so bots can zip through them. Walter recommends a compression tool, gzip, to shrink them. Fortunately Walter also outlines a strategy for doing this automatically, or the manual effort would get old fast.
I did not agree with all of his rules, such as using .htaccess customization to keep from using dynamic parameters. I don't doubt that it has some merits, but I'm not big on customization. It tends to require upkeep when anything else changes, and unless you are keen on paying a lot of time or money on website maintenance, this seems like more effort than its worth. It's also predicated on the belief that search engines can't parse php, which boogles the mind.
It turns out that there are tweaks to be made on the server side as well, including using descriptively obvious names for folders, files, and domains, as search engines pay attention here as well. An interesting side note about domains is that they age well, but travel poorly, because search engines pay attention to stable domains but restart their clocks when the owner changes. So, you can buy a name that has relevance, but you can't buy the goodwill from its former use.
After dealing with sever issues, Walter gets to "Creating Content That Drives Traffic" bringing us back to the reality that viewers may come for the bling, but content is king. No one can argue with admonitions to create useful and unique content, but it seems more the domain of copywriters than developers. This is one of the few times the author strays from his "developer as driver" theme. Subsequent discussions of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and UGC (user generated content) are more in line with the core theme of the book.
Keyword tracking with Wordtracker, evaluating keyword density, and other tips about this critical piece of the puzzle are included as well as a detailed overview of the value and tools for adding RSS content to your site. While I don't disagree that RSS-fed content is an easy way to populate your site, aggregating content seems at odds with the "useful and unique" content approach. One variation might be to pull content from RSS feeds, then comment on it to provide unique value for the reader, while also offering links to the original content.
Many fledgling web developers and bloggers will find his section on creating "The Findable Blog" to be particularly useful. It is full of good code bits and information on WordPress plug-ins and organizational tips. Focused content, linking to be linked, making your own template, putting keywords in titles, organizing archives, creating abstracts to drive traffic, and hints on working with WordPress are all covered in detail. More might be said about using social networking sites to bring traffic to your site, but that would stray from the central theme of the book.
While this book reads perfectly well from a marketing theory standpoint, it's not shy to offer code to put money where its mouth is. The supplementary website for the book includes the code in the book, and considerably more, as well as five bonus chapters not in the book at all -- Free Search Engine Tools and Services, Building Viral Marketing Tools, Places to Promote Your Site, Analyzing Your Traffic, and Black Hat SEO Techniques to Avoid.
Overall, Building Findable Websites lays out an excellent collection of tools, tips, and strategies for making websites findable, and the author follows up by providing the code and other tools you'll need to follow his guidance. Anyone serious about getting their website found by the bots should give these approaches some thought, because the battle for eyeballs on the web, as any arms race, requires constant innovation.


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Weekly Auctions of Exceptional Items
- Asian Antiques & Collectibles Online Auction
DoneFri, Oct 20, 2017 7:00 PM EDT
Savage, MD, USA
Asian Antiques & Collectibles Online Auction
TIFFANY STUDIOS desk pieces, BARRY CULLEN ART GLASS BOWL, ROYAL DOULTON porcelains, WEDGWOOD BLUE JASPER items, OLIVA TOIKKA ANNUAL CUBE,FULPER ART TRIPOD DISH, First Gear Inc.Model B-61 Mack Tractor & Trailer Serial, WALLACE NUTTING (1861-1941) SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH, 1940 COCA COLA SERVING TRAY, 1920s SINGER MINI SEWING MACHINE, 1988 COCA-COLA PAYLOADER PLANNING GRID, KOCHMANN REFLEX KORELLE 120 FILM SLR CAMERA, RARE CHINESE CLOISONNE MEI PING, CHINESE EMBROIDERY SHORT DRAGON ROBE, RARE LARGE CARVED ZITAN DA-MO, A KANGXI WUCAI YENYEN VASE, OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED W. H. CHEN (CHEN WEN HSI), CHINESE INK PAINTING (LU ZUN-SHU), PORTRAIT STUDY BY DAVID WU JECT-KEY, GUANGXU CHINESE DEEP DRAGON BOWL, PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE PARROTS, ANTIQUE BRONZE STIRRUPS, JADE, CORAL AND JADEITE JEWELRY AND MORE......
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8600 Foundry Street
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Sammy Shepard is a creepy bastard. It's a fact. It's on the internet, there's no arguing it. For this fact alone he is a perfect fit for Scott Cooper's new gritty 80's era crime-thriller "Out Of the Furnace". The story follows a man recently released from prison who finds his brother has been murdered. Shepard plays the killer but we don't find that out till the end. Oh, spoiler alert. I'm kidding of course. I have no idea who the killer is. Man if it is him though wouldn't that be cool? It's like I can see the future or something. Think of a number and let me know on twitter when you're ready. I'll tell you what number you're thinking of.
Strap in kids because "The Dark knight Rises" has officially been given a rating by the MPAA. It's such big news that I think we should just sit back and take a deep breath and prepare for it. Now look around the room. Is there anything you want to say to the people around you before you read this in case the news gives you a heart attack and you die right there? Go tell them. I'll wait. No maybe you might want to go to the bathroom. I heard when you die everything lets go and you don't want a giant mess ruining your corpse. Ok. Are we good? Ready? Here we go. PG-13. The rating is PG-13.
There's all kinds of problems going on with Tom Six's "The Human Centipede Three". Namely Six and the first film's star Dieter Laser having slap fights about money or some crap. Well today news has dropped that Laser is officially out of the project and will be replaced by none other Udo Kier, who kind of looks like Dieter Laser so i guess problem solved. Ya know, unless you see the film actually being made as the problem. In which case you're still SOL.
Here's a heartwarming story about a drunk guy who beat up an handicapped man because he tried to take his Playboy. Happy Easter.
Boys will be boys! And 18 year old Florida chap is in hot water after he apparently drove into a crowd on purpose. The whole thing went down after the boy and his sister got into a fight with a group and decided to mow down their opposition. Like the age old saying goes. Never bring a knife to a car fight. Or something.


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'Not much has really changed from the outgoing S6, but this still holds up as the best screen on a smartphone. '
'fantastic phone'
'Though we prefer the Galaxy S7 Edge because of its larger screen and battery, the standard S7 is an absolutely fantastic phone. '
'It really is something special.'
'Very compact for a 5.5-incher. '
'Great feel.'
'Stunning design.'
'The OnePlus 3 is excellent.'
'The inclusion of important features such as NFC, an accurate fingerprint sensor, an excellent Amoled screen and fast charging also finally means that this is a phone that checks all of the boxes. '
'This is a fantastic phone. '
'Despite that, it's still a fantastic smartphone and its combination of super-fast processing speeds, massive battery life and a pretty decent camera make it excellent value for money. '
'The HTC 10 is a wonderful size for a phone; the 5.2in panel is definitely the new goldilocks standard for me. '
'So this could be the ideal smartphone for hi-fi nerds. '
'Solid flagship specs.'
'The HTC 10 has an elegantly chiseled design, brilliant audio quality and a highly customizable user interface.'
'The iPhone SE is a great smartphone that brings plenty of power in a small package. '
'Easy to recommend.'
'It's a mighty mini phone. '
'The iPhone SE is great, but there's plenty of room for improvement.'
'The Nexus 6P is one of the best Android phones you can buy right now, given its top-of-the-line specs for a more affordable price. '
'If you're just looking for an excellent Android phone, this could be the phone for you too... along with any number of strong alternatives. '
'The Nexus 6P is the closest thing there's ever been to a perfect Android device. '
'Highly adaptable camera'
'iPhone 6S Plus is a lovely smartphone, but it's also a big and heavy one. '
'This year's iPhone 6s Plus is a terrific phone in virtually every respect. '
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'From its sturdy and new 7000 Series aluminum, all the way to its incredibly svelte construction, it's indicative of a meticulously made smartphone. '
'The Motorola Moto X Force is a quietly impressive smartphone that handles its high-end business with restrained aplomb, before knocking you out with a single killer hook. '
'If you're a clumsy person, this could be the phone for you.'
'We're happy to say that Motorola has put its money where its mouth is with this one.'
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'Every part of the iPhone 6s is brand new, other than its timeless good-looks.'
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I upload this episode for everyone with a mischievous grin on my face….
Due to our recent Lammy nomination, I finally cross the line. After weeks of listening to Tanski crooning made up lyrics to open our show, I finally break down, rewrite some lyrics, and hop on the Mic myself. Yes, in this episode we proudly present "Nom or Lammy", our plea for consideration in the best podcast category.
People who are more self-conscious would probably be too embarrassed to do things like this, but not Tanski and I, apparently. That's all I'm going to say at this point.
It's pretty much a must listen to episode though, you're guaranteed a good time. In addition to a new TPMP original, we bust out regular segments "Has Tank Seen Scarface" and "The Box Office Roundup" and for our featured reviews we discuss "Piranha 3DD" and "Snow White and the Huntsmen". Finally, in our featured discussion, Tank and I play a new game that really came out well…. we wound up having a lot of fun with it and plan to do it again at some point. We're going to call it the "TPMP Studios"… well, at least the next time we bust it out we will.
It's going to be an episode that people are going to be talking about, be sure not to miss out! You can download it directly here… or as always, look for us on iTunes or Stitcher!
Here's a link to the (title pending) Facebook page so that you can give us a "Like" and follow all the "Nom or Lammy"
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After an autumn and winter full of tight wearing, I now have another pile of tights full of holes and ladders and thought that Waste Not Wednesday would be a good time to share my (re)construction methods - and, of course, you'll benefit from a few improvements.
Tights - Use at least two pairs of tights for a lightweight scarf and add more for extra bulk.
Scissors - Pinking shears work particularly well, but any household scissors will work perfectly well.
Needle & Thread or Sewing Machine.
Sewing or Safety Pins.
1. Cut off the legs of your tights, just below the gusset - isn't that the most horrible word in the English language? Then cut off the toes (or on footless tights, remove the the bottom seam.) Keep these sections for use later on.
Tip - So that you won't sew through the cords, pull the wrap away from the knotted cords as you sew. This will also make the wrap a little tighter and will hide the knotted ends well.
Keep the remainder of your tights (the tops and toes) for a future tutorial and don't forget to 'Waste Not, Want Not' by using up all the little scrappy ends to stuff your pincushions!


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Apologies for the paucity of posts. I planned to catch up on various things on a 5 hour train ride today, but instead spent hours on the phone with your favorite wireless company, which did not result in restoration of the mobile broadband service that they're charging me quite a bit for. If readers have good luck with any mobile broadband companies, especially their customer service troubleshooting, it would be so helpful to all if you would share info/advice in the comments.
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The NBA on Tuesday handed down a decision banning Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life from any association with the team for his racist remarks.
The Twitterverse lit up in the wake of the news. Check out what celebrities and athletes around the Internet are saying:
Commissioner Silver showed great leadership in banning LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life. — Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 29, 2014
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Wow. Banned for LIFE. Well done #AdamSilver — kerry washington (@kerrywashington) April 29, 2014
There is no amount of money that excludes you from treating other people with respect. Thank you, Adam Silver. — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) April 29, 2014
Commissioner Silver thank you for protecting our beautiful and powerful league!! Great leader!! #BiggerThanBasketball #StriveForGreatness — LeBron James (@KingJames) April 29, 2014
Adam Silver to Donald #Sterling shorter version: Bye Felicia. — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 29, 2014
I am now declaring my intent to buy the Clippers. The uniforms will be the same but bedazzled. @blakegriffin32 — Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) April 29, 2014
Way to go, Commissioner Silver! The NBA stands for everybody! — SHAQ (@SHAQ) April 29, 2014
Commissioner of the @NBA just showed us how he drops the hammer on ignorance. #lifetimeban for Donald Sterling. The ultimate #gonefishing — Jason Collins (@jasoncollins34) April 29, 2014
I agree 100% with Commissioner Silvers findings and the actions taken against Donald Sterling — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) April 29, 2014
Now Donald Sterling can spend more time focusing on his wonderful marriage. — B.J. Novak (@bjnovak) April 29, 2014
Hell, why not ban Donald Sterling for several consecutive lifetimes? — Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) April 29, 2014
It would be amazing — absolutely amazing — if this ended with Magic Johnson buying the Clippers: http://t.co/VQobJI1Icf — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 29, 2014
I like Adam Silver a little more now.. — Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) April 29, 2014
Donald Sterling #BANNEDFORLIFE good move Adam Silver!!! — Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) April 29, 2014
Adam Silver just dropped the Hammer on Donald Sterling!!! Banned for life! Wow!!! Big boy commissioner pants!!! — Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37) April 29, 2014
Breaking news ! GOD just said don't bring Donald sterling to my Heaven — Mike Epps (@TheRealMikeEpps) April 29, 2014
#DonaldSterling said he didn't want to be around black people at the games & now he won't...ever!!! #BeCarefulWhatYouAskFor #TeamDL — DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) April 29, 2014


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Greenspan just said that the current credit crunch is "by far the greatest financial crisis, globally, ever" — including the 1930s Great Depression.
Bloomberg notes:
Greenspan said that while the economy was in worse shape in the Great Depression, the recent financial crisis was potentially more harmful than that in the 1930s because "never had short-term credit literally withdrawn."
Greenspan also said "fiscal affairs are threatening this outlook" for recovery.
As I pointed out last May:
The following experts have said that the economic crisis could be worse than the Great Depression:
• Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
• Economics professors Barry Eichengreen and and Kevin H. O'Rourke (updated here)
• Investment advisor, risk expert and "Black Swan" author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker
• Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
• Economics scholar and former Federal Reserve Governor Frederic Mishkin
• Well-known PhD economist Marc Faber
• Former Goldman Sachs chairman John Whitehead
• Morgan Stanley's UK equity strategist Graham Secker
• Former chief credit officer at Fannie Mae Edward J. Pinto
• Billionaire investor George Sorors
• Senior British minister Ed Balls
Unfortunately, virtually everything the American government has done since the crisis started has been counterproductive. See this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this.
The same is true of most other governments.
In the understatement of the day, Greenspan also called the recovery "extremely unbalanced," driven largely by high earners benefiting from recovering stock markets and large corporations.
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This could be Thom Yorke's second solo album (after the excellent The Eraser) or the debut album from the group he assembled to make his second solo album then found was an entity in itself.
The group includes Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joey Waronker from a lot of great records and Nigel Godrich, producer of most of the Radiohead albums.
It was a rapidly produced album - done in three days - and Yorke has essentially said it was the product of getting together, getting wasted and listening to Fela Kuti.
Hearing this was a lightbulb moment for me, a week or two into the job of getting inside Amok - or maybe, more accurately, letting Amok get inside me.
It made sense of something I had been unable to articulate even as I became more and more obsessed with this minimalist piece of art.
Some of the most compelling moments of Kuti - the title track to the album Zombie for instance - create a wholly separate existence for a listener.
The songs cocoon you within their world or, better yet, make that world seem all encompassing so everything else simply becomes background.
It begins with a groove that isn't dependent on bass or drums or percussion individually but seems incapable of being separated into its constituent parts. The song then moves relentlessly, even remorselessly, to weave a compelling and disorienting web.
In a quieter, starker and more electronically enhanced way, that is exactly how Amok works.
This is not an album for parsing or separating but for taking whole.
Its sequence of liquid basslines and beats, which feel as if they're played more on the rims than the skins of the drums, should roll into one. It is a case of constant changes of position rather than outright dancing, with the low humming energy percolating rather than erupting.
You can take a single track and think yourself ready to kick up a gear but the development remains subtle and over a longer time frame.
Take, for example, Default (woody snaps and vibrating low registers, the skitter beat emerging along with the organ chords), which eases up into Ingenue (a distant woodpecker and Eno-esque synthesiser are in the background, but only just behind the shaker-as-high hat) and then steps up more on Dropped (firmer industrial tones and more probing rhythms). You progress but you do it within this tightly framed world.
This is a headphones album, an immersive experience within the mix of electronica and analogue.
That is how you will get the most out of Yorke's voice too, that febrile and yet delicate thing at the centre - but not the forefront, because there is no forefront - of this starkly engaging construction.
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From the time of King Gustaf I (1523-1560) the backbone of the Swedish army was the provincial regiments (landskapsregementen) with names like Västgöta ryttare, Dalregementet, etc.
These regiments were recruited by the simple method that officers from the local regiment came to a parish church, where all men between 15 and ca. 45 had to assemble.
Then they divided the men into groups of 10, and in each group one man had to become soldier. Mostly they tried to avoid recruiting the family provider or the widow's only son, but this system became more and more unpopular during the 1600s, when so many men had to go out to war in Germany, and almost none came back.
A new system was then instituted in the late 1600s. Each province made a contract with the Crown to furnish a number of soldiers to the local regiment, if the Crown stopped picking out soldiers in the old way.
By 1692 the new Allotment system (Indelningsverket) was in full function in almost all of the kingdom.
It worked like this: a number of nearby farms made up a rote, and each rote was responsible for one soldier. They had to recruit him, give him a place to live (a soldattorp), pay him some money and victuals in kind, and whatever other benefits were mentioned in his contract. In his turn, the soldier had to go to war when he was summoned. During peace time he had to go to exercises with his regiment every year, and could also be called to other duties. When he went to war, his employers (the rotebönder) had to take care of his family and help them with the farming of the cottage. If he died, his wife and children had to move to make place for the new soldier and his family, if he had one. Often the new soldier married the former soldier's widow.
This system worked until 1901, when it was replaced by a compulsory drafted army.
In the old days there were often both a cavalry regiment (about 1800 soldiers) and an infantry regiment (1200 soldiers) in each province. The regiments were then divided into smaller units, 8 companies in the infantry, or 8 squadrons in the cavalry. This means that during the more than 200 years that this system worked, some 300.000 to 400.000 men served as soldiers, which in turn means that most Swedes have one or more soldiers in their family tree.
The army was mustered every three years by a General, or even the King. At that time a roll was written, with details on the service of every man. Usually you can find his age, how long he had served, his height, which province he was born in, if he was married, and sometimes extra remarks like "wounded in the battle of Grossbeeren", "received a medal for bravery" etc. You will also find when he enlisted and when he was discharged. During the 1800s you may also find his exact date of birth and place of birth and what surname he used before entering the service.
The soldier was given a specific soldier's name (soldatnamn) by the officers when he enlisted, as it was necessary that every man had a distinct name, and not a patronymic like Andersson, as there could be 20 men named Andersson in the same company, which would make for confusion. During the 1700s the children did not usually use the soldier's name, but during the 1800s they became inherited surnames, and are still rather common.
For many years volunteers have been extracting facts about the soldiers from the General Muster Rolls and the church records, and these have been joined together in a huge database, The Central Soldier Register (Centrala Soldatregistret), which is now available on the Internet, at www.soldatreg.se You can search it in both Swedish or English.
The information you will find is rather limited, but for each soldier there is a link to the local soldatregister where for a small fee you may obtain a copy of the file on your soldier. This file may contain information on his family, his service career, and perhaps an address to a descendant, as many researchers have sent in information on their ancestral soldiers.
If you would like to have more information on the Allottment System (Indelningsverket), we recommend the web site of Hans Högman; www.algonet.se/~hogman/slsoldat_eng.htm.
This article is written by Elisabeth Thorsell


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In this space, I have several times opined that the x86 processor is seriously threatened by the rise of the increasingly popular low-power alternative, the ARM architecture. As most developers know, ARM is the reference design for most of the CPUs in tablets, phones, and other handheld devices. It works fast, sips energy, and it enjoy a large, mature ecosystem.
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Where ARM rules, x86 has made few inroads. The big push into this area was supposed to be Intel's Atom processor, which is a reduced-power x86 chip. Atoms appear in netbooks, small embeddable PCs, and other niches. But it's notably absent from the mainstream handheld market, despite numerous attempts to break into the phone space. There, ARM rules supreme. And now, ARM is beginning to make important pushes into new areas.
If we are indeed entering a "post-PC" era a point that is arguable principally in the short term the x86 processor might well find itself squeezed out of the client device space entirely and pushed into the server segment where its high I/O capacity and computational brawn are worth the cost of its energy consumption. The first sign that the post-PC client side might not be all x86 came late last year when Microsoft announced that Windows 8 would ship on both ARM and x86 platforms. The company delivered in part on that promise with the recently released Surface tablet, which runs Windows RT, the stripped-down, ARM-based version of Windows 8.
Currently, Windows RT runs only apps from the Microsoft store. It does not run Microsoft Office or other large client software. But I suspect, it's only a matter of time before that happens. Surely, open-source tools will step into the breach, if the demand is there and Microsoft drags its feet.
I think it's unlikely that ARM will replace x86 on laptops and desktops. Laptops are already energy-efficient enough that the additional savings delivered by ARM will not offset the cost of replacing the full complement of software. However, this dynamic changes rather substantially when we look at servers.
On the server, power consumption is often the largest single expense incurred by the data center. So moving servers to ARM is worth the associated software costs. This is where AMD, the long-time #2 vendor of x86 processors, is looking to make new inroads. It recently announced it would begin selling 64-bit ARM processors intended for use in servers. These processors will marry the ARM core to server technology that AMD had previously developed and acquired. The latter includes a fabric that it picked up when it bought SeaMicro earlier this year. The fabric, called Freedom Fabric, can carry both Ethernet and storage traffic and links different CPU architectures easily. The problem it addresses is that ARM processors are not nearly as good at I/O as their x86 counterparts. The fabric links the CPUs into a cluster and then links the cluster as a single entity to the network. It marshals traffic in and out, and by this means, servers can fill the network pipe with data.
ARM processors are ideal for situations in which the computation is not terribly intensive. Web servers, for example, are ideal candidates. So are many highly parallel tasks, which often consist of simple arithmetic performed over large numbers of data items. In these situations, the fabric helps move the data in and out quickly. Data centers, I expect, will soon start to segregate server farms by workload type and in such a design, 64-bit ARM-based clusters will have considerable appeal. As AMD argues effectively, until now, the x86 processor in the server was a "one size fits all" proposition. There was very little tiering based on processing need or power consumption. These new processors, if AMD can deliver what it promises, are sure to start the stratification of the server market.
For other kinds of server workloads, AMD seems well-placed. The company, of course, has its line of x86 processors, which is well regarded. And it also sells an APU, which adds the power of GPU processing to the x86 core. The GPU technology comes from its acquisition of ATI in 2006.
Ten years ago, AMD stole Intel's fire by bringing out the first 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. The company's lead in processor innovation was brief but spectacular. In this new, bold break from the x86 architecture, the company hopes to remake itself by intelligently leveraging the changes in the market. With the shift to ARM on the server, I think they're on to something. Now, all they have to do is deliver.
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Campus Security is warning people who are walking to and from their cars parked in the residential area between University Avenue and Mānoa Road to be aware of a male driver who stops pedestrians, especially female students, on the pretense of asking for driving directions, who then exposes himself and masturbates.
Today around noon, a student reported to Campus Security that she and a friend were walking to their car near College Hill, when a male driver stopped his vehicle to ask for directions to the freeway. The suspect spoke very softly, so the student moved closer to the car to better hear what he was saying. When the student looked down through the open window, she saw that the driver had exposed himself and was masturbating. The driver sped off when the student walked away.
The suspect is described as in his 40s, with short blond hair and mustache, possibly weighing about 150 pounds. He wore a white shirt, khaki shorts and sunglasses. He may have been driving a "green Jeep or small SUV."
In an incident of this nature, Campus Security suggests the following:
- Be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts. If you feel unsafe or uncomfortable, in any situation, act on that feeling. Your safety is the first priority.
- If you find yourself in this type of situation, even if the suspect has left the scene, call Campus Security and officers will respond to your location.
Anyone with information relevant to this case is asked to call Campus Security at 956-6911.
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Linux Magazine Welcomes Scriptable Plasma Widgets
KDE software features on the cover of this month's Linux Magazine as Marcel Gagné explains how easy it is to create your own custom Plasma Desktop experience by crafting Plasma widgets using JavaScript.
Focusing on Plasma Desktop 4.4, Marcel describes the ability to quickly create custom widgets as "the very future of computing, a future you can take part in". He explores the possibilities of network transmitted Plasma widgets and praises the portability of widgets, noting that the same widget can be used on your PC running Plasma Desktop, your notebook running Plasma Netbook and even on your smartphone with Plasma Mobile.
Marcel goes on to give some examples of simple JavaScript based Plasma widgets and introduces PlasMate, the new application that aims to provide a simple integrated development environment for creating Plasma widgets.
In conclusion, Marcel calls the ability to easily script new Plasma widgets "an amazing piece of forward-looking code" inviting inexperienced coders and dabblers in to the world of writing useful widgets for the KDE community.
Awesome! Plasma as coverstory!
Awesome! Having plasma as cover story is pretty cool. :D I hope more plasma exposure will come out of this!
By vdboor at Thu, 2010/07/22 - 5:54pm
Very nice
I had a sense that Plasma is powerful and aimed to be easy to use, but I hadn't yet looked into it. Even given my high expectations, I was impressed. Nice design, folks!
By tangent at Fri, 2010/07/23 - 9:50am
Nice...what about JS frameworks?
Since I heard that you can make a plasmoid using JS I wanted to try. this article makes it easier, tanks!
A question about JS... is there any JS framework available or plans to use them? I'm talking about jQuery, MooTools, etc... any chance of using such frameworks in a plasmoid?
I guess they should be stripped down or something, because some of the functionality doesn't make sense in a plasmoid enviroment, but effects and that kind of stuff would be usefull to develop plasmoids.
By Ricardo Sanz at Wed, 2010/07/28 - 7:02pm
Hmmm, interesting idea. Ask
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Our Animal Rescue team is excited to announce that 13 of our current sea turtle patients in rehabilitation are going to be released this week! Animal Rescue and Animal Health staff have been busy the last few weeks clearing patients for releasing, making sure all releasable turtles have their required tags, and making sure we have all the pertinent paperwork and permits for the transport and release.
This Wednesday, several staff from the National Aquarium will pack the turtles for their long road trip south. So, how exactly do you transport a sea turtle? Each turtle is fitted for an appropriate sized transport carrier, which is padded with foam and towels to provide lots of cushion and support.
Each turtle will receive some fluids just under their skin to help keep them hydrated, and they'll also get a water-based lubricant massaged onto their shell to help retain moisture, and some sterile eye lubricant helps keep their eyes moist. Finally, each turtle will be packed into our temperature-controlled transport vehicle and will be safely secured for the transport.
Once our vehicle is ready, our staff will make the 800 mile drive to northeast Florida to release the turtles. We'll have a total of 9 Kemp's ridley and 4 green sea turtles to release on this trip, and the much warmer waters of Florida are perfect this time of year.
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With a history of violence linked to colonization, intense poverty and vulnerable geographic location, Haiti has long suffered from natural disasters, social conflict, and other traumatic events.
That is one reason more than 1,000 Haitians have welcomed trainings, materials and principles derived from Eastern Mennonite University's STAR, which stands for Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience.
"The training has helped me understand the relationship between violence and trauma," says Reginald, a 26-year-old disabled Haitian man who attended STAR workshops this year in Port-au-Prince. "My dream is to share the trainings with all the disabled people in Haiti to help them overcome their own traumas and become resilient."
Using STAR curriculum translated and contextualized for Haiti, project staff have taught basic trauma awareness and response skills to a core group that exceeds 1,000 volunteers, including Reginald, many of whom are now putting the concepts to work in their own communities.
Enthusiasm for the trainings – sponsored by six Christian organizations including Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) – demonstrates the profound need for trauma work in Haiti, as well as STAR's relevance across cultures and contexts, say several people affiliated with the project.
"It is really a blessing. It is really amazing to have this kind of program in Haiti to contribute to the construction of human beings as well as the resilience of the Haitian people," says Garly Michel, the program coordinator with the STAR project in Haiti who is overseeing trainings throughout the country.
The three-year project, now entering its final year, was launched in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake that killed 316,000 and left 1.5 million homeless, according to Haitian government statistics. Originally focused on the areas most affected by the earthquake, Michel says the project's scope soon expanded to include all 10 départements, or states, in Haiti.
"We'd like to see a non-violent, healthy and resilient Haiti where each Haitian feels comfortable, safe and proud to live," says Harry Thélusma, program officer with the STAR project in Haiti.
"The curriculum works, and it works in so many contexts," says STAR director Elaine Zook Barge. "For me, that's just really affirming."
STAR founding director Carolyn Yoder says one reason STAR principles can be so widely applied is that they address basic, universal human responses and reactions to pain and hurt.
Yoder, who now works part-time with STAR as its systems developer, joined Barge in Haiti in the early fall of 2012 where they trained 15 facilitators who will continue work with the larger group of STAR participants in the country. In the coming year, Michel says he and his colleagues plan to provide STAR training to at least 480 more people.
Michel and Thélusma, who are both alumni of EMU's Summer Peacebuilding Institute, said their biggest wishes for the future are prayers for Haiti and continued financial support that will allow them to continue STAR trainings beyond the end of the initial three-year pilot program in September 2013.


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|Release: May 12, 2011
|Players: 1-2, up to 8 Online
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Violence
by Angelo M. D'Argenio
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift 2 has finally come to home consoles everywhere. Even though it's been advertised as a balance patch, it's practically a whole new game. Characters have new moves, game modes have been changed, few tactics that worked in CS1 carry over, and there's even some brand new voice acting. So how does CS2 compare to its predecessor?
Well, it's more balanced at least. Honestly, the first thing you'll find if you log on to CS2's servers is a whole bunch of fans screaming about how the game is ruined. Now, you can chalk this up to the rabid, frothy ranting nature of the internet, but this time the whiners have a fair point. The gameplay is more balanced, but it's far less accessible than it was previously. It's much more difficult to attain competency with any given character, and newbies will flail around for a long while before they even stand a chance against those with real experience.
Let me explain. The average health of a BlazBlue character is around 10,000 points. In CS1, you could easily string together combos that did around 4,000 points of damage without a whole lot of thought. The majority of gameplay was centered on loops and basic combos, and with a bit of training, most gamers could be basically competent with any character by picking up one or two good strings.
However, in CS2, the damage and hit stun has greatly been reduced. Now combos top off at around 3,000 damage in most circumstances, and few, if any, are basic. Moves rarely repeat themselves in combos and most loops have been taken out. Sure, there are crazy examples of 6,000 damage combos with Noel and Arakune that can still nearly 0-death someone when cursed, but damage and combo length has been reduced, and combos have become more complicated.
This is partially because the properties and damage of every move in the game have been changed, and partially because there are new move properties that we haven't seen before. In CS1, we dealt with characters wall and ground bouncing. However, in CS2, moves can make characters "wall bind," which makes them hit the wall and fall down, and "spin out," which makes them tumble end over end in mid-air.
In a way, this makes the game a little easier to understand. For example, forward throws nearly always put distance between you and the opponent while backward throws do less damage but set the opponent up for combos. This is a much better system than the throws-do-whatever-we-want-them-to-do system in CS1.
However, it actively changes character archetypes, making the game harder for people who already knew how to play. For example, Ragna is no longer an easy rushdown character; he's become more of a middle-of-the-road, jack-of-all-trades type. Hazama's basic loops have been removed, forcing him to do most of his damage in the corner. This feels counterintuitive, since it lies in stark contrast to his high mobility. The stupid high damage of Litchi and hard-to-beat mix-up game of Bang have both been removed, but now there are problems with Noel's damage and Makoto's mix-up. In fact, I ended up dropping all my old characters and picking up Tsubaki, who used to be one of the worst characters in the game. Overall, the core gameplay is better, but not particularly more fun. At least not at this point, anyway.


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Selena Gomez Dumped Justin Bieber After He Got Texts From Other Girls
The cause of Selena's blowout fight with Justin just before New Year's Eve in Mexico has reportedly been revealed — and it seems to have been Justin's inability to behave! Read on for all the details.
When Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber called it quits just before New Year's Eve while on vacationing in Mexico, we wondered what it could have been that drove the tumultuous couple apart this time. A new report in Star magazine claims that Selena, 20, lost it when she found text from another girl on his phone!
"Selena saw texts from a girl on his phone and flipped out because he promised he'd behave," an insider tells the magazine. "She flew black alone on Dec. 30."
Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez's Nasty Argument
As previously reported by Cindy Adams, Selena and Justin, 18, had been staying at El Rancho, a rented mansion in a gated community in Puerto Vallarta, before the fight. During the fight, which took place on the 30th, as well, Justin allegedly was quite nasty to Selena, saying things like, "Don't let the door hit you on the way out!"
After the fight, they both left the mansion and each checked into separate hotels — Justin made his way to the Four Seasons, while Selena wound up at the Ritz-Carlton. She didn't stay there long, however. Her mom, Mandy Cornett, reportedly pleaded with her to go, so she did. Justin left a day later, on Dec. 31.
Is Justin Ruining Selena's Career?
A friend tells Star that Justin's antics are bad for Selena. "He is destroying her life, and this is terrible for her image — but she's stubborn," the pal says. "She gets disgusted with him when he acts out, like when he kicked the gate outside her house when she wouldn't let him in. Selena is definitely the grown-up in this relationship!"
Are you surprised that Justin was texting other girls, HollywoodLifers?
— Billy Nilles
More On Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez's Relationship Drama:
- Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber's Break-Up: Is She Ready To Date Other Guys?
- Watch Out Justin Bieber: Selena Gomez Is Warning You With New Video
- Selena Gomez Dumps Justin Bieber After He Befriends Nick Jonas


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Keep me busy for a few days, ask away!
Theme for this thread:
you've been spotted with some pretty sweet guitars in a recording context earlier this year; care to illuminate?
what would you say is your biggest musical road block, be it with songwriting, gear, or playing ability?
If you could go on vacation right now, where would you go?
What inspires you? Do you have a particular routine for writing/making music, or do ideas just hit you at random every now and again?
Let's see, as far as guitars, between mine and the guys from the band, we had a pretty nice selection going
I've got a Telecaster w/ a Highway 1 body, MIM neck, all SD pickups that I got from Butch Snyder off the forums a few years ago as a father's day present for my dad, but he shares with me. It had a Gibson minihum in the neck that I switched out for a Seymourized Mini Humbucker.
I've got an Agile LP-shaped 12-string that I also bought here on the forums from Brent aka gt5litre. I flipped the string arrangement so that the octave string is on the top side, like a rickenbacker, and put in GFS "Memphis Retrotron"s, Alnico II:
I've got a 1993 CIJ Fender Jaguar that I bought from a friend of mine, Brendan Scholz, who happens to be the nephew of Tom Scholz from Boston/Rocktron fame. He works at Cowtown guitars here in town and has always been one of the greatest players/performers/all around star quality dudes in Vegas, in my opinion. You can hear his latest band here: http://www.myspace.com/lydiavance
It had a buzzstop and dimarzio humbuckers in it when I got it, took me a long time to get it where I wanted it. Now it's got a set of nice american jag pickups w/ new pickguard, flatwound .12 strings.
My dad's got a really nice 1993 Guild that's sort of a semi-jumbo, seems like? I like this guitar a lot. Nice and full sounding.
Also have a ~1967 Gretsch Viking. Amazing guitar, it was the top of the line second to the White Falcon, not a very popular model, but I love it. This guitar was given to my family by a friend, Mayf Nutter.
guitars owned by others include a Rickenbacker 360 in Mapleglo, a 1994 limited edition CIJ Fender Jazzmaster (great playing/sounding guitar), a G&L custom ASAT w/bigsby, a Gibson ES-335, and an American standard Strat in Daphne Blue.
You can see more pictures from the session right here
I'm always thinking what sounds best out of stuff that's coming from me is just one instrument usually playing just a few chords, a small drum beat and a vocal, doing some small loop or pattern that's hypnotic for me for a long period of time.
Playing ability, I just need to play along with some different styles of music and really get my chops up. I know I'd get better/get inspired by doing that. No block to me there except getting around to it, basically.
I definitely am conscious to not let gear roadblock me in any way at all. I purposefully use cheap/broken/toy gear and feel my way around it until something legitimate comes from it. I could get into a groove on any setup, I feel.
When I come up with something, it's because I worked on it. I sit down and decide to write a song. Actually, more like I sit down and decide to play and I know I will make a song from it.
Actual processes change, but what I'm doing right now is that I'll play something on any instrument available to me, get some kind of riff or chords going that either inspire me for a melody or something or they just have a good mojo or sound to it, then I'll record that and loop it, and then just sing over it for a few hours and try to mine that idea for hooks. Then I end up listening and reviewing my hours of work...
I'll usually get an idea for performance of the piece when I'm recording it, I try to imagine myself in that performance. Hard to explain, maybe?
Here's a random list of things/themes that I think a lot about:
Life Cycles
Crystal formations/natural-emerging mathematical patterns
Prosthetic knowledge
Space travel
Space missions in general, most specifically and presently Dawn mission; retrospectively on Voyager and Cassini-Huygens.
Sexual power/consent
Manta Rays
Interior design
The gothic and grotesque
Japanese graphic design, movie posters in particular.
Perception of time
Theoretical ecology
Future of technology
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Is Boise State overrated in the AP rankings for college football?
Your taste in music seems eclectic. could you name a few groups you love, 1 per genre?
I just wanted to say that I am having the soup of the day at the moment.
What brought you to this forum?
I really like standards and older american music from the like that. Stardust is one of my favorite tunes. Obviously I like Frank Sinatra, Ella + Duke, all that.
I also like Judy Garland a lot, Debbie Reynolds, Perry Como, Anita O'Day...
ok, you said one per genre, oops.
I like a ton of Brazilian music, Samba, Bossa Nova...Antonio Carlos Jobim + Luiz Bonfa are great, as is their Black Orpheus soundtrack
I like Afrobeat very much, obviously the definitive artist is Fela Ransome Kuti. There's never gonna be another FELA
I like a lot of African music, also Miriam Makeba
I listen to a lot of Funk/Soul/Boogie music not only popular stuff, but things from other countries in their language.
I'm really into the Cambodian 60's-70's music that was going on before the Khmer Rouge, I think all of these artists were killed, but I am in love with Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Sereysothea, Pen Rorn, all of em.
I'm also into Reggae/Roots/Dub music. I love Prince Buster, Lee Scratch Perry, Sly & Robbie productions, all of it.
I like Rockabilly. Kris Jensen, Eddie Sulik, Gene Vincent, again, all of it.
I like really gay Disco/House/Dance music
Arthur Russell/Loose Joints stuff, Hercules & Love Affair
I like 50's/60's pop vocal groups like The Four Aces, Chordettes, all that
I like Punk Rock. The Damned, The Cramps, Screamers, Descendents, Black Flag, all kinds.
I like Jazz. Sun Ra, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Ornette Coleman
New Orleans piano stuff like Allen Toussaint, Doctor John, Professor Longhair
I like hip-hop. Old School stuff like Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, later stuff like Wu Tang !!!ODB!!!, Outkast, Goodie Mob
I like New Jack Swing. Mac Band, Bobby Brown, Guy, all of it.
I like Miami Bass. Ghost town DJ's, INOJ, Virgo
I like Shoegaze. My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins
+ more gothic stuff like Siouxsie, Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Joy Division
I like Doom Metal. Thergothon, Sunn O))), Skepticism, Funeral
90's stuff like Pixies, Sonic Youth
I listen to recordings from churches, I like gospel music, I love the organ work, the chord voicings, the amazing voices, the energy. I want to go to this church in Brooklyn:
God, there's just too much I haven't even covered.
You can always check out my last.fm page and the 40,000+ songs I have on there
Edit: oh don't forget Japanese and Chinese traditional music, and Calypso! Mighty Sparrow!


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For individuals going through the struggles of addiction, taking that first step and getting help is crucial, but just as important is finding the right treatment program. With all the Saint Albans inpatient drug detox centers, intensive outpatient treatment programs and other options available, individuals have many resources that may help them overcome addiction.
Instead of trying to select a treatment program alone, people in need of addiction recovery help can call us and speak to our substance use disorder specialists. Our specialists talk to each caller to assess their situation and then use their experience to recommend a Saint Albans drug detox program that provides the right resources for recovery.
What Saint Albans Addiction Treatment Programs Have to Offer
The most common treatment methods that rehab facilities offer are medication and addiction therapy. These methods include several different options, and the facility will consider the patient's situation to put together a comprehensive treatment plan.
A Saint Albans drug detox program will often administer medication while a person goes through the detox process, as detoxing can result in uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. The medication is chosen based on the drugs the patient is detoxing from. cocaine, marijuana, heroin and prescription drugs, for example, will all affect people differently and require different medications to treat withdrawal symptoms. Inpatient facilities may also utilize medication to help individuals manage their cravings better once detox is complete.
Addiction therapy comes in many forms. Most treatment centers will offer private therapy sessions between the patient and a therapist. These sessions will focus on helping the person understand what pushed them toward addiction and how they can better manage to avoid future relapses. Group therapy is also common, and it typically involves a small group of 10 or fewer people meeting together with a therapist. This provides the added benefit of support from the patient's peers.
Full-Time Care at Saint Albans Inpatient Drug Rehab
If a program requires a person to live at the treatment facility, it's considered an inpatient drug rehab program. The length of time a person will live at an inpatient facility varies. A recovering patient could be there for just one night, or for as long as six months. The individual will plan this with the facility beforehand. At Saint Albans inpatient drug detox centers, people stay at the facility at least through the detox process.
Inpatient facilities give individuals a safe environment away from any temptations, and professional staff members are available at all times to provide support. These facilities will usually have medication and addiction therapy available.
Receiving Saint Albans Intensive Outpatient Addiction Treatment
The alternative to living at a facility is outpatient treatment. For a person who is detoxing or just starting a treatment program, this may mean daily visits for several hours at a time. Later on, the individual won't need to visit as regularly if they are sustaining a drug-free lifestyle.
Outpatient facilities can also prescribe medications and will have therapy options available. Although a recovering individual doesn't have the constant monitoring of an inpatient program, this type of program works well for those who have busy lives that they can't leave behind for weeks or months.
We know that it can be challenging to pick an addiction treatment program. Many individuals get discouraged because a program hasn't worked in the past, but that only means that the program wasn't right for them. Our addiction specialists can look through an extensive range of programs and see which options are best in Saint Albans, Swanton, Milton and Colchester.