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The Flying Dutchman is a recurring character in SpongeBob SquarePants. He is a green pirate ghost who haunts Bikini Bottom. He is the devil of the sea which makes him enemies with King Neptune, when he had died; he had no funeral because his body was used as a window display. Now he haunts the Seven Seas because he was never put to rest. He expresses a dislike for the tradition in which others dress up as him for Halloween and claims that it "turns the Flying Dutchman name into a laughing stock".
The Flying Dutchman has a green glow around him, yellow eyes with black irises, a scraggly beard, a pirate hat with a chunk taken out; a handbag marked "Souls", a droopy nose, a coat, little pigtails, and a ghostly tail, and also speaks with a Scottish Pirate accent. He has a sister named Sally Dutchman.
During all of his appearances, the Flying Dutchman proves to be anything but a "friendly ghost". Though his role in the series is to be the devil of the sea, varies constantly from a sea demon to a restless soul or even as a psychopompic judge to the dead, Flying Dutchman has been consistently shown to be gruff, malicious and even downright sadistic, scaring people and stealing their souls out simply for fun, and in his first full appearance, he attempted to steal the souls of everyone in the Krusty Krab, simply because Spongebob's ridiculous costume as the 'Flying Dutchman' was the ultimate insult to his image, thus showing that he's extremely prideful.
Despite his antisocial behavior and malevolence, the Flying Dutchman isn't pure evil or without companionship.
It's shown in 'Ghost Host' that he has a number of ghost friends, and has shown both in this episode and in 'Your Shoe's Untied' to be capable to bond with other people in case they have the same interests or objectives (mostly Spongebob). He has also shown in both Ghost Host and Curse of Bikini Bottom to be a notorious womanizer, with not even mortal women being free from his teasers (though the former episode implies that he's divorced). While the Flying Dutchman takes strong delight in scaring people, he doesn't life exclusively to haunting mortals, having sometimes tormented them only out of boredom (scaring SpongeBob for months to wait for his ship to be fully repaired), or otherwise because someone provoked him (as seen in "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" and "Curse of Bikini Bottom"). Though he is no saint, the Flying Dutchman has a strong sense of justice and has been known to award people for good deeds done towards him ("Arrgh!") or to punish wicked souls (taking his role as a Psychopomp very seriously, as seen in "Born Again Krabs"), and has been known to keep promises as seen in "Shanghaied", when he grants three wishes to SpongeBob and gang in exchange for his sock.
Powers and Abilities
The Flying Dutchman is shown to be one of the most powerful supernatural being in the ocean, rivaling King Neptune, Though The Flying Dutchman skills vary from episode to episode, he has been consistently capable to levitate, and teleport in a cloud of smoke preceded by a storm. In his first appearance, he is show to be capable of stealing souls and fire-breathing through his nose. He has also shown to be capable of opening dimensional portals to banish his enemies, as seen in "Shanghaied" and "Ghoul Fools". He has shown to be also capable of manipulating matter (even turning SpongeBob and Patrick into ghosts in "Curse of Bikini Bottom" and making objects appear out of thin air) and grant wishes, as seen in Shanghaied and Money Talks.
However, of all his incarnations, his most powerful appearance was in Ghost Host, where he was able to shape shift into numerous horrific forms and warped reality effortlessly. The only limitation to his powers regards his ghost tail. Despite being a champion in looping for centuries, he as long forgotten how to tie his shoes and it's later reveled that he can't eat people without his dining sock.
- You?! SCARY?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Ha ha ha!
- AWOO!!!!! Spongebob: BAHAHAHAHA!!!! Patrick: LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE LEE!!!
- ''[in his sleep] I'm the Flying Dutchman...I'm the Flying Dutchman.
- I haven't worn shoes for over 5000 years! But sometimes, I like to wear this sock over me ghostly tail.
- We have so much in common. You like teddy bears, I like teddy bears. You like ponies, I like ponies.
- Behold, the pretzel knot. The double diamond knot, the square knot, the constrictor ... the gut knot, the pillow knot, the butterfly knot.
- Wait there's more. The monkey's chain, the monkey's fist, the monkey! This one here's a loop knot, also known as the poop loop!
- You give me back the sock, and I give you, three wishes.
- Who dares disturb the Flying Dutchman?!
- Insulting a man's ship be worse than insulting his mother.
- Who so ever sets foot on the Flying Dutchman's ship uninvited or otherwise shall become members of his ghostly crew forever and, uh, ever.
- It'll be grueling, mind numbing and repetitive just like...... daytime television.
- Howl with me so that we might set the seven seas ablaze with fear!!!
- He is named after the legendary ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman, and seems to resemble the famous pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) or the ship's captain and mythological character Davey Jones, although according to the legend of the Flying Dutchman the ships captain is a man by the name of Willem van Der Decken.
- The Flying Dutchman actually appeared in its own LEGO set called "The Flying Dutchman", including his ship.
- He doesn't like it when his beard is shaved off because of pimples.
- It's also said his beard grows in 1,000 years, but it grew back in several months.
- In "The Curse of Bikini Bottom" he looks through his closet for a shirt and finds one that is sentimental because he says "It was the shirt I was buried in". However, in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" his origin, from the comic book, says he was never buried and his body was used as a window display so technically, it is impossible for the shirt to be the one he was buried in.
Video Games
The Flying Dutchman makes appearances in nearly all SpongeBob video games. His first appearance was in the very first SpongeBob video game, "SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula" as the final boss. He also appears as a boss in "SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge" and as an enemy in "SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty". He appears in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger", he is in Rock Bottom and gives SpongeBob a mission to find his 3 keys for him.
He is the main antagonist of SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. In Nicktoons Unite, The Flying Dutchman plots to make the Nicktoons his new crew but releases them when they find his old crew.
In SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis, The Flying Dutchman's head appears in the Bikini Bottom Museum as an object SpongeBob must photograph.
The Flying Dutchman appears in Nicktoons MLB as a playable character. He makes a cameo in Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy as an out of place character you must photograph. In "Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition", the Flying Dutchman has been tricked by Doodle Patrick into thinking that SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and DoodlePants were his enemies. But when Doodle Patrick takes control of his ship, he realizes he's been tricked, and relies on DoodlePants to stop him. He also appears as a mini-boss in the game "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom".
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Selig and Pandora….Interesting Pair
We all know the tale of Pandora's box( jar) from Greek mythology. It is base on the actions of Pandora opening the jar she carried with her and unleashing many things upon mankind like toil, ills and sickness. But within all that negative elements was one good and humane element hidden deep within that sacred jar, and it was the element of hope. And that is the key element of the Pandora's box (jar) that I trust will transfer effortless following the investigation by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig into the umpiring events of the recent Detroit Tigers versus Cleveland Indians match-up.
Hope that the right thing will be done in this seesawing endeavor, even if it does come with penalties of changing the essence and protocol of the game even in reference to the men who governs its rules. Even if Selig is viewed as toying with the fabric of the established and historical baseball traditions, that his true intention of providing some sort of uncontested justice might just start an avalanche effect into the sturdy mountain of transcendental thoughts surrounding the game.
That Selig even mentioning that he is going to "look into the matter" could send ripples into the historic pond of baseball history and call for other future considerations or radical interventions from the Commissioner regarding his enforcement arm of the game. I agree that the game in question did end on a play that will further tarnish and flaw the role of the MLB Umpires within the scope of a baseball contest. And with all sincerity, how can this unrighteous action not be held up high and mighty for all to see to display the inherent wrongs that can happen with the human element prevalent in the outcome of the game.
We saw today a unusual and unique gesture/signal by MLB First Base Umpire Jim Joyce admitting his wrong, and knowing he might have fully changed a important slice of baseball's history with his outstretched arm and his "safe" call last night. But human error is part of the unfolding essence of the game. It is expected and it is admonished at the same time. Just like death and taxes, it is a given in the game that errors are human, even by the protectors of the rules. Every job has its flaws and imperfections, and recently baseball mistakes have been earmarked and played continuously for the World to judge for themselves .
Hope that Selig's involvement into the sensibilities of this "tragedy" will not further open his own Pandora's box and bring numerous rule enforcement issues back to the surface to produce his own toil, sickness and ills towards his reign as MLB Commissioner. Sometimes trying to fix a bad situation from reoccurring can fester itself into a multitude of eventual dogmatic controversies than could again gain legs and begin crawling from out of the darkness for all to view and gasp. But what final conclusion would be correct?
Even the thought of bringing this controversial game's unfortunate outcome into plain sight again and dissecting the Umpire crew's actions could open old MLB officiating wounds and further push the envelope of conspiracy and inconsistent judgments of the "Men in Blue" into the open for a feverish discussion. Even if the MLB Umpires Union has an opinion in this matter, the Commissioner of Baseball hires and maintains the umpiring crews. His mire eye glance towards this game's misguided "safe" gesture could have repercussions beyond this single Umpiring crew.
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Hopethat if Selig does come to the ultimate conclusion of wrong doing in the call by Joyce, that he also has the willpower and the omnipotent fortitude to make an executive decision as to the final outcome. In all fairness to Galarraga and the Tigers, the final outcome of the game can not be changed. Even with the outcry from Detroit and National voices for justice and a reversal, it has to stay cemented and the judgment remain consistent and not be challenged or changed for the overall integrity of the game.
But in rehashing and revisiting of the night's actions, Selig could produce and set into motion viable changes and radical rethinking of some of the evident problems currently surrounding his enforcement arm of the rules of the game. But then it could be something as simple as expansion of the Instant Replay system to possibly include review of questionable base calls when the Umpire assigned to that position can not fully vest himself in his decision, and a secondary opinion can not prove to be formulated with 100 percent certainty. Replaying the play could provide an honest interpretation of the game, but will open the flaws of being human tri-fold.
Hopethat the investigation my Selig will turn out to be a Godsend to the governing body of the game and that the Special Rules Committee and the Umpires Union do not see it as pressing his thumb down for change, but be welcomed to bring about a successful conclusion for all involved in the process. This same element will be debated and weighed continuously until the Commissioner deems his will upon the game in this matter. Let's hope Selig gets it right the first time.
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I have seen many bad calls this season. They have been game changing calls too. Even with instant replay, the calls have been re examined and still vindicated. That is what I don't understand. For example during one Dodger game, a fan reached over the wall and caught a ball interfering with the play and it was called a homerun. It would have been a double. Every angle showed that the fan reached over the wall. The ushers were ready to escort him out. The fan was packing up his stuff. He was surprised that he was allowed to stay and the homerun stood. Bad call. Not the first nor will it be the last.
That is one of the things that Instant Replay can be sued, to validate the fans' interaction with the ball, or the potential Home Run.
But it is also up to the Umpire Crew Chief to call the Instant Replay into consideration. If he doesn't, then the play will stand as called on the field.
That is its own Pandora's Box…….
Do we formulate a system like the NFL where a Red Flag or a set number of challenges can be made during a game with penalties like an instant "out" if the challenge goes against you.
Or even add a fifth Umpire to each crew who is in the video booth and has access to the video feeds and could relay the information through a earpiece to the Umpire Crew Chief and it still keeps the umpires integrity in the game…
Decisions, decisions.
Rays Renegade
I like the 'NFL style Red Flag' with penalties if your wrong and only 1 or 2 a game, with set things that can be challenged… I agree strongly on the don't over turn the call, this would be a non-issue if the Tigers had lost 10-0 or won 10-0 but there had been hits on both sides, yet the call would have been just as bad. Good post Cliff when most everyone is calling for the challenge to be changed, and why aren't you one of the blogs on the MLBLogs opener referencing that game??
Phillies Outside
My reasoning is not to ask why, but do are die….. (lol).
Seriously, I might have posted after Mark and his crew was deciding on the 21-flavors to add to that tasty morsel of a blog issue.
But I am not worried at all. Still in the Top 10, and loving Rays baseball, so all is good in the chocolate chip world.
I also agree the verdict/decision/outcome can not change…..It would incite replays and changes to past events that have been solidly forgotten….unless we regress to bringing up the past.
Humans learn from their mistakes ( most of the time), so it might be better just to live and let live in this situation and hope it never rears its ugly head again.
Rays Renegade
Galarraga pitched a perfect game in everyone's mind, so even though it won't be in the record book as such, history will remember his accomplishment. What MLB needs to look at is the way umpires rule when there's a dispute. At the very least, the umps should have huddled together and discussed the call after it was protested by the Tigers. It was much too important a game and a call to just make a hand gesture indicating "safe" and leave it at that.
I agree with that argument 100 percent.
A huddle or a different perspective might have saved over a billion bytes of arguments ans rants and raves today about the system as we know it.
Worse case…..Things stay the same and status quo is restored.
Best case……..Bud and his crew decide to tweak the system on some way and we get a better enforced product on the field.
It is not like the players will strike over it, but some accountability along with some consistency has to be achieved…Now!
Rays Renegade
I am right with you there with the fifth Umpire in the booth with a two-way communication device to alert the field crew if there is a…..controversy and nip it in the bud at that moment.
By changing even an ounce of that past Perfecto/No-Hitter/1-Hitter would destroy valuable credibility of both the MLB brass, plus cast a shadow of uncertainty over the present Umpire system.
With the Major League Baseball Collective Bargaining Agreement set to be discussed in 2011, maybe it is prudent to make so stopgap changes on the fly and then within the negotiations expand the role or promore the role of either a fifth Umpire or Instant Replay being tweaked to include some modifications….just a thought.
Rays Renegade
I'm drinking your Kool-Aid. Selig should not change anything about the game. What's done is done and I like it that way. If, like you say he wants to be proactive and look into a system…by all means OK. But the results of that game are written in the books not to be changed. Why can't they just have a fifth official up in the box, wired in with the crew chief and they can get everything right on the fly without stoppages, challenges or any other needless minutia? Just a thought.


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The museum opens two and a half hours before each game and closes in the middle of the seventh inning.
Tours start at the top of each hour and last approximately one hour. No reservations are necessary for individuals or groups of less than 20 people. Tickets can be purchased the day of your tour at the main ticket window. Free parking is available in the Green Lot.
Admission to the museum during games is one token ($2) and $5 on non-game days. Walk-up tour tickets are $12 for adults, $7 for children and $10 for groups of 20 or more. Walk-up tickets can be purchased at the Braves ticket window at Turner Field and groups of 20 or more must make reservations two weeks in advance by calling (404) 614-2311 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Prices for school groups are listed below.
In honor of Bobby Cox's last season as Braves manager, tours of Turner Field will be $6 (half price) on the following days in 2010:
The Braves Museum and Hall of Fame offers five specialized tours tailored to elementary and junior/senior high school students.
Social Studies tour: The Social Studies tour focuses on the history of the Braves organization and the different cities and states that are home to Major League baseball teams. The tour also concentrates on the impact baseball has on the economy and city of Atlanta as a whole.
Mathematics tour: The Mathematics tour details how baseball is a game of numbers. This tour gives students an introduction to some of the statistics in baseball and how they are calculated and used during a game.
Careers in Sports tour: The Careers in Sports tour is targeted towards high school students and provides a general overview and perspective of different career opportunities available in the sports industry, specifically Major League Baseball.
Regular/History tour: The original tour of Turner Field provides information of the history of the stadium, team, and the different areas on the tour route, including Coca-Cola Sky Field, the press box, broadcast booth, dugout, clubhouse, Scout's Alley; and the Braves Museum Store.
Turner Field school group tours can be scheduled by calling 404-614-2311 or emailing email@example.com. The cost is $5 for students and $7 for adults. Complimentary admission is granted for one adult per every ten students.
Atlanta (1966-present)
This section begins with a 14-minute video on Atlanta Braves highlights beginning opening day in 1966, along with a photo opportunity on the original dugout bench from Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (AFCS). Hank Aaron's 715th home run bat and ball, the 1995 World Series trophy, and Dale Murphy's 1982 & 1983 MVP Awards can be seen in this area. Lockers from AFCS highlight artifacts from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, along with more than 200 items from the Braves unprecedented 14 Straight Division Championships (1991-2005) in a new exhibit called "14 Straight."
Milwaukee (1953-1965)
Along with numerous artifacts from the 1957 World Series and the team's relatively short stay in Milwaukee, this section features a 26-foot cross section of an original 1954 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Car, the "Bobolink," with a refurbished interior and artifacts from the time period. Visitors are able to walk through the car and listen to an audiotape of baseball great Hank Aaron and broadcast legend Ernie Johnson describing their experiences riding on trains with the team.
Boston (1871-1952)
This section features a painted mural of South End Grounds, which was home to the team from 1871 to 1915. While in Boston, the Braves were called the Red Stockings, Beaneaters, Doves, Rustlers and Bees, which is outlined by the "What's in a Name?" display. Along with more than 10 different Boston jerseys, this area also includes exhibits on the 1914 and 1948 World Series, Babe Ruth as a Brave, 1948 Rookie of the Year Alvin Dark, and Braves that served in the military.
Braves Hall of Fame
This exhibit features photographs and artifacts of the 20 members of the Braves Hall of Fame.
Braves Leaderboard
This giant scoreboard features franchise and Atlanta leaders in pitching and hitting. Updated daily, the board keeps visitors abreast of upcoming Braves records and milestones.
Braves in Cooperstown
This exhibit features photos of the 45 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who wore a Braves uniform during all or some portion of their careers. The most recognizable names include Hank Aaron (1954-74), Babe Ruth (1935), and Cy Young (1911).
The Transformation of Turner Field
This short video begins with footage from the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, held at Olympic Stadium (now Turner Field). It shows the progression of the Olympic Stadium being transformed into Turner Field over a seven month period.
Braves Hall of Fame (Located on the Club Level)
Established in 1999, the Braves Museum & Hall of Fame honors those players, managers, coaches, and other individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the Braves franchise.
For information on the 2010 Braves Hall of Fame luncheon and induction ceremony, please call (404) 614-2310.


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Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Recipe
Low fat cheesecake swirled with strawberry jam on graham cracker crust.
I was experimenting with cheesecake and fat-free Greek yogurt this week with fabulous results. I personally thought it could have used a touch more sugar, but my husband disagreed so I'll leave it up to you to decide if you want to add another tablespoon of sugar to your batter.
This can be made with your favorite flavored jam, I used sugar free Strawberry but the possibilities are endless. I have a jar of mixed berry jam I can't wait to use to make another batch.
Low Fat Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 9 • Size: 1 slice • Points +: 4 pts • Smart Points: 6
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Calories: 132.9 • <b style="font-family: inherit;">Fat: 5.6 g • <b style="font-family: inherit;">Carb: 15.1 g • <b style="font-family: inherit;">Fiber: 0.1 g • <b style="font-family: inherit;">Protein: 5.8 g
cooking spray
1/2 cup crushed graham cracker crumbs
1 tbsp light butter, softened
8 oz package reduced fat cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
6 oz fat-free vanilla Greek yogurt (I used Chobani)
2 large egg whites
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp all purpose flour
1/4 cup strawberry jam (I used sugar free)
Heat oven to 350°. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with non-stick spray.
Mix together graham cracker crumbs and butter with a fork until evenly moistened. Press evenly into bottom of prepared pan.
Gently beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth using an electric mixer. Gradually beat in fat free yogurt, egg whites, lemon juice, and flour. Do not over beat. Pour over graham cracker crust.
Stir jam until smooth. Drop by small spoonfuls over surface of filling. Using a knife, swirl jam gently through filling to create marble effect.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool to room temperature. Chill a few hours in the refrigerator.
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It's all well and good to test your fantasy sports knowledge against your friends, but it's always nice to have some skin in the game. Play well and be rewarded for your skill and acumen, it's a dream worth having. Well, turn your fantasy into hot and spicy reality, because DraftKings offers you the ability to pit yourself against other fantasy players to see who can put together the best team possible. It's simple: you are given a salary cap, and you have to put together a team you think will perform at optimal production for the given amount of time. If your ragtag group of ragabond players does the best, you are king…DraftKing.
DraftKings provides daily fantasy games for MLB, NBA, NCAA football and NFL. Over here, we care about basketball, so here's how it works. You buy into a contest for a certain prize level. For example, it costs $2 for a shot at $750 and $27 to go for a cool $3K (it doesn't cost you any money to look, however). There is a first time deposit bonus ("It is 100% guaranteed for up to $600, which is the best in the industry bar none" – Ghost of Abraham Lincoln). You're then given $50,000 and a list of players available to play in that night's game. Greivis Vasquez will cost you $7,300, whereas Vince Carter will run you $5,200. So I went and put together a team as follows:
PG – Jeremy Lin ($6,100)
SG – Manu Ginobili ($6,100)
SG – Arron Affalo ($5,900)
PF – Nikola Vucevic ($7,100)
C – Serge Ibaka ($6,500)
That leaves me $18,300 to fill in my remaining Guard, Forward and Utility positions, which gives me plenty of maneuver room. Of course, sometimes it's worth it to pay $9,000 for a James Harden type and then run with a hot hand for cheap. Other times, you may want to balance your roster to minimize risk. It all depends on which teams are playing that night, and the beauty is, you have a new pot of players to choose from every day.
DraftKings also offers step tournaments. What's that, you say? It's like what I just described, except it runs for 6 levels, each with a higher buy-in and greater payout. The goal is to advance at each step, obviously, but even if your first attempt doesn't pan out, there are retry tickets given out and daily opportunities to test your luck again.
Today is a good day to try out DraftKings if you haven't already. The NBA, for whatever reason, loves to stockpile games on Wednesday nights, so there are routinely 10-14 contests on hump day. Well, hump your way to glory! Err, wait, this isn't the porn blog I used to write for under by other pseudonym, "Duff Dongpeddler."Anyway, with so many games, it is the best night for DraftKings and a great opportunity to make use of their easy to use layout. It's clean and intuitive. If you're not sure which player to grab, you don't even have to leave the site, as you can click any player's name and get stats for his prior game, last 10 days, and the entire season, as well as a handsome mugshot suitable for framing. Relax, Andray Blatche, I was using the term "mugshot" facetiously, it's not like you actually did it. You may be a Net, but you're not Jayson Williams.
Anyway, back to the article. Once you buy into a DraftKings contest, you can follow along with live stats and see how your players are performing. You can also monitor your rank as compared to your competitors. The winner of the $3,000 prize pool last night ran with a team of Dwayne Wade, Paul George, James Harden, Reggie Evans, Patrick Patterson, Alexsey Shved, Metta World Peace, and Nikola Pekovic. That's a balanced team, but let's be honest, Evans' 23 rebounds helped.
I'm hooked, and I'm looking forward to competing against some of the Razzball faithful. Let's show 'em how it's done.


text: As the birthplace of our National Anthem, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is an important site for our nation's history. Since 1999, Aquarium staff and Aquarium Conservation Team volunteers (ACT!) have joined community volunteers to clean up and enhance the natural areas around the Fort that provide habitat, food and shelter for an amazing variety of wildlife that rely the area. As of January 2014, almost 630,000 pieces of debris have been removed from the wetland during our conservation field days. Just this weekend, 150 volunteers filled two dumpsters full of debris! In addition to cleaning up marine debris, volunteers remove harmful invasive plants, maintain hiking trails, maintain pollinator and rain gardens and plant native flowers/trees. These efforts have proven to be vital, not only for the care and maintenance of Fort McHenry and the many species that call it home, but for the Aquarium's environmental education work as well. ACT!'s work helps preserve the home of hundreds of animal species, including birds, butterflies, reptiles, insects and aquatic creatures, while educating students and the public about marsh ecology and urban wildlife. Wildlife at Fort McHenry include blue crabs, marsh crabs, comb jellies, grass shrimp, Atlantic silversides, snapping turtles, ospreys, loons, mockingbirds, monarch butterflies, red foxes, bats, river otters, leopard frogs, and many, many more! A fox recently spotted at Fort McHenry by Flickr user drbeanes! For the past 15 years, ACT! has recorded and classified the amount and types of debris collected during our events. This data is used by the Aquarium and others to look at long-term trends in debris effects on ecosystem health and to provide information that can help us prioritize our waste reductions efforts throughout the city, state and country. Have you ever visited this historic landmark? Tell us about your experience in the comments section! Tags: community-clean-ups, Conservation, fort-mchenry, ft-mchenry, national-aquarium-experts Categories: Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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Like you, I was horrified by the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. I am hopeful that it will awaken communities around the country to the risks our schools face. They are the quintessential "soft targets," and they need special attention.
For the past six years, I have been closely involved in addressing school security through our work here at CSO, and through my own involvement with schools in my community. Here's a primer on improving school safety.
1. You must have a fully engaged group of community leaders (including police and fire officials), administrators (at the district level and in the individual schools), teachers and parents. Only by acting together can you hope to have a successful school security program.
[Also read Securing the suburban high school: A case study for an indepth look at security measures and the challenges of getting them implemented]
2. Your relationships with first responders are critical, and your police and fire departments must be involved in your security plan development and its continuing testing and assessment.
3. Lockdowns: Your facilities need to have the capability to be locked down in an emergency. Can classroom doors be locked from the inside? Can connecting doorways be locked? Who can order a lockdown?
4. Control building access. You must be able to manage a single point of entry into the building.
5. Visitors must be given unique visitor badges and lanyards.
6. Set up communications (internal and external). Have an incident-response plan in place that specifies how to communicate with people inside the building and with first responders outside. Also have a plan for dealing with the media, parents and guardians, and community officials.
7. Train your staff and students on all aspects of security, including lockdowns and access protocols. They need to know what normal is so that they can easily spot the abnormal.
8. Most importantly, have a program-assurance plan in place—intrusion tests, lockdown drills, weekend drills with first responders.
When you go home tonight, please make it a point to ask questions of your community leaders about what they are doing to protect your schools.


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Hi guys! How have you all been? I know I've been off the radar for the past few months, things have been a bit hectic. But I'm back and ready to get back into blogging! I haven't updated my wardrobe is forever, so thought I should treat myself this weekend, because why not? I wasn't… Continue reading H&M Haul
OOTD: Oversized Shirt
Hi lovelies! How are we all doing? It's been a crazy day of snow here in Scotland but that doesn't mean we can't look cute under all those layers! I managed to pick a few items up in town this weekend, and I love how the final outfit looks! It's a really easy look to… Continue reading OOTD: Oversized Shirt
MOTD: Quick & Easy Glam
Hi my lovelies! Hope you've all had the best weekend, and are feeling pumped for the week ahead! With my skin currently not playing nice (cry), I've had to rethink my make up routine...which means not being able to wear eyeliner or anything too exciting around my eyes. I'm trying to channel (Chanel haha) my make… Continue reading MOTD: Quick & Easy Glam
Dealing with Insecurities – Eczema
Hi everyone, Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been posting on Irish Rose Beauty for the past few months. When I was a teenager I suffered badly with eczema below my eyes and all over my eyelids. As you can understand, this was a difficult time for me. I had zero confidence,… Continue reading Dealing with Insecurities – Eczema
MOTD: Bourjois Rouge Velvet Lipstick 02
Hi everyone, and welcome to the weekend! After a slow week at work, and countless no-make up days I decided to go all out for Friday! (which of course leads to Friday drinks!) I've been neglecting my lipsticks recently and opting for a lip tint or gloss, so I thought I'd give them some love… Continue reading MOTD: Bourjois Rouge Velvet Lipstick 02
Glossier Brand Review – Worth The Hype?
Minimalist make-up is making a comeback, with brands like Glossier and Milk moving towards simple, enhancing, everyday make-up. Sometimes less can be more! Glossier is an advocate for great skincare, and how it make make your skin glow. Glossier's make-up range advertises that all you need is your finger tips and the natural products across… Continue reading Glossier Brand Review – Worth The Hype?
MOTD & New Head Band!
Hey everyone, hope you're having a wonderful day so far! This post is a bit silly, but I just had to say that I love this floral knotted head band I bought from ASOS - how cute is it?! Giving me Blair Waldorf Gossip Girl vibes! It's such a perfect way to add colour to… Continue reading MOTD & New Head Band!


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Boston String Quartet's Xibus Tour
When: Friday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m.
Where: Manchester High School West Auditorium, 9 Notre Dame Ave., Manchester
Cost: $10-$15 at the door or at bostonstringquartet.com
More info: Call 617-875-7851
For the four classically trained musicians of the Boston String Quartet, experimentation is everything.
The quartet, composed of music director and violinist Christopher Vuk, violinist Angel Valchinov, violist Chen Lin and cellist Christina Stripling, started playing together seven years ago when the musicians met at Berklee College of Music.
Vuk describes the group as a contemporary string quartet focusing on rhythm and beat. The Boston String Quartet's repertoire is filled with rock, jazz and world fusion. The quartet, which has recorded five albums and played in Carnegie and Symphony halls, is bringing its energy and expertise to Manchester High School West on Feb. 16 and Feb. 17.
Part of the Boston String Quartet's mission is to expose high school kids across the country to unique approaches to stringed instrumentation. The group's time in Manchester, as with its other school visits, will consist of a two-day residency of instrument workshops, master classes and a closing performance by the quartet and Manchester West's music students. The quartet performs roughly 80 shows per year, 25 of which are with students.
"The real goal that we have in doing the program is to allow students to see the various possibilities that exist on their instrument," said Vuk, who has played violin for 20 years and began his transition from a classical style to experimental during college. "They are not usually exposed to the fact that they can play jazz, rock, Latin music and more. There is a lot more they can experiment with, and a lot of the kids come back to their music with more excitement."
When Manchester West responded to the quartet's call to schools about the two-day residency program, the quartet reached out to choral and orchestral director Susan Wilkes.
"We saw they had a good music program there, and we wanted to support it," Vuk said.
Wilkes, who has worked at the high school for eight years, said she had been thinking about what was missing from Manchester West's choir and orchestra when she received information about the residency. What was missing was modern music, she said.
"It fits with our program right now," Wilkes said. "We're really trying to make the school more student-driven, so that we're meeting [students'] needs. This program goes hand in hand with our philosophy."
Wilkes said that the quartet will likely be visiting schools with more resources than her own, but her goal is for the school to "create an event that will reflect the caliber" of the quartet.
"I am really hoping that the students are open to being inspired by the talent of this group, that they will learn some new techniques for how to play, and that they will find a deeper connection to music-making that will sustain them."
Wilkes also hopes the program will help to restore her students' confidence in playing stringed instruments, which are often considered less cool or hip than other instruments by kids.
The bulk of the quartet's program at Manchester West will consist of rehearsal time with the students, Vuk said. "We'll augment that with workshops in improvisation, jazz and rock styles, and some more instrument-specific technique classes." All 125 music students at Manchester West will get to participate.
However, it is the Friday evening performance that is the highlight of the program. Music students will play with the quartet for half of the show, and the quartet will also give a solo performance. Connecticut rock band Scarlet Fade will make a guest musical appearance. The repertoire of the show, which is open to the public, will include the quartet's original arrangements and compositions as well as such favorites as Michael Jackson's "Beat It," Latin favorites "Oye Como Va" and "Besame Mucho," and Charlie Daniels' "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
"All of us have a classical background, and that's very important to us," Vuk said. "It allows us to be very versatile … [but] we wanted the group to stand apart as something unique and different from everything else out there."


text: Awareness and planning will help you avoid these unnecessary charges. By Cameron Huddleston, Former Online Editor September 9, 2010 It's easy to overlook fees when they're just a couple of bucks. But even the small ones quickly add up. However, most of the time you can avoid being nickle and dimed. With the help of BillShrink.com -- a free cost-savings site -- we created a list of ten fees you can escape. Be sure to tell us which fees annoy you most in the reader comment box below. 1. Free checking fee. Some banks are starting to attach more strings to their free checking accounts. That is, you'll have to pay a monthly fee unless you meet certain criteria (see Free Checking Is Tougher to Find). However, several online banks and community banks and some major banks still offer free checking without all the requirements to qualify. Sponsored Content 2. Balance-transfer fee. Some credit-card companies now charge up to 5% for balance transfers. So before you transfer a balance from one card to another with a low or 0% introductory rate, you should do the math to see if the amount of interest payments that you save with the introductory offer outweighs the balance-transfer fee that has to be paid immediately. See Are Balance Transfers Still a Good Deal? You might find that you'll get a better deal by negotiating down your rate on your current card. 3. Retailer credit-card fees. The new credit-card rules make it harder for retailers to extend credit on the spot. However, that doesn't mean you'll no longer hear "Do you want to save 10% on your purchase today by opening a card account with us?" The discount is tempting, but these cards usually come with higher interest rates than traditional credit cards. If you don't pay your bill in full, that discount you got will quickly be wiped out by the high rate you'll be paying on your balance. Advertisement 4. Credit-card late fees. Although the new credit-card rules prohibit card issuers from charging $25 for a first-time late payment, issuers can charge $35 if you're late a second time within six months. To avoid these fees, sign up for payment alerts from your credit-card company. You'll receive an e-mail or text message several days before your bill is due. 5. Rewards card annual fees. An increasing number of rewards cards charge an annual fee. However, there are cards with great perks and no fees. BillShrink.com recommends Capital One No Hassle Miles Rewards, Chase Sapphire Card, and Pen Fed Visa Platinum Cashback Rewards. 6. Directory assistance fees. Calling 411 can cost $1.25 or more. You can get free directory assistance by calling 1-800-BING-411 or 800-FREE-411 (you'll have to listen to an ad first). 7. Baggage fees. Unless you fly on Southwest or JetBlue, you'll have to pay a fee to check even one bag. If you're flying with any of the other airlines and have to check a few bags, you might find it's cheaper to send your luggage to your destination by FedEx, UPS or U.S. Postal Service Ground Shipping. See Save Money by Shipping Your Luggage. Advertisement 8. Airline booking fees. Don't even think about picking up the phone to book a flight -- unless you don't mind spending $15 or more for the privilege of talking to a booking agent. Book your flights online to avoid this fee. 9. Cell phone early termination fees. You can face a termination fee of up to $200 if you cancel your service before your contract is up. You can avoid these fees by signing up for prepaid service (and save money because these plans usually are cheaper). 10. Roaming fees. Make sure that you understand the way your cell-phone roaming and international charges work. According to BillShrink.com, some roaming rates are $2.49 per minute. And, some carriers will even charge you to access your voicemail (a charge of $4.99 for a missed call) even when you don't pick up that call while you are roaming. If you send a video while roaming, you could be charged up to $7. See 10 Expenses You Don't Need for more ways to save by avoiding unnecessary costs. Follow me on Twitter


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This best practice guideline assists nurses who work in diverse practice settings to identify adults who are at risk of pressure ulcers. This guideline further provides direction to nurses in defining early interventions for pressure ulcer prevention, and to manage Stage I pressure ulcers.
This guideline focuses its recommendations on: Practice Recommendations including assessment, planning, intervention and discharge/transfer of care; Educational Recommendations for supporting the skills required for nurses working with adults at risk for pressure ulcers; and Organization & Policy Recommendations addressing the importance of a supportive practice environment as an enabling factor for providing high quality nursing care, which includes ongoing evaluation of guideline implementation.
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Looking west from Astroguyz HQ Oct 27th at sunset. (Created by the Author using Starry Night & Paint).
This week marks the return of the King of the Planets to evening skies, as well as a close lunar-planetary grouping for well placed observers and a chance to spy an unusual asteroid. [Read more...]


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President Obama's Afghan Decision: Previewing the Speech
Tomorrow night, President Obama will announce how many troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan over the next 18 months. CNN.com reported this morning that the president is expected to announce a plan that would bring all 30,000 "surge" troops home by the end of 2012. This would give them two more fighting seasons in Afghanistan. The Los Angeles Times reported administration and Pentagon officials told them 10,000 troops will leave Afghanistan by the end of this year. In an effort to quell the leaks, White House officials told Fox News that Obama has not made a final decision and that the reporting is "all over the map."
But we should not allow this speculation over troop numbers to distract us from the bigger picture. Even if by the end of 2012 the size of the U.S. military presence is reduced by 30,000 (and I'm not holding my breath), that would still leave more than twice as many troops as were there in January 2009 when Obama took office.
We won't know for sure what the president intends until tomorrow. More importantly, we won't know if the president's intentions translate into actual troop withdrawals until our brave men and women are welcomed back home. There will always be those arguing that conditions on the ground do not allow for a U.S. withdrawal. Some are making that case with respect to Iraq, a war that was supposedly won by David Petraeus and the surge back in 2008. For the U.S. military, it seems that every war is like the Eagles' Hotel California: we can check out, but we can never leave.
Regardless of the president's decision, the mission will not have changed. The military wants more time to put pressure on the Taliban. They believe that they have the Taliban on the run, and that continuing pressure will aid in negotiations on a political settlement. Meanwhile, the true believers of nation‐building want to buy more time for the Karzai government to get its act together. They believe that if American troops and aid workers dig more wells, pave more roads, build more schools, and draft more legal standards, we will have achieved our essential goals. The public, and a growing number within the Congress, is skeptical.
And they should be. A nation‐building mission is far too ambitious, and far too costly. Most importantly, it isn't necessary. We could keep pressure on the Taliban, and deny al Qaeda a sanctuary, with perhaps as few as 10,000 troops in Afghanistan. If President Obama rejects that option, and declares instead that more than 60,000 U.S. troops will be in Afghanistan in 2013, he will have bowed to pressure from some within the Pentagon, at State, and a handful of think tankers, and ignored the clear wishes of the American people who want to turn their attention to building the United States, and allow the Afghans to build Afghanistan.
Cross‐posted from The National Interest.


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With T-Mobile's launch of Femtocell services targeting enterprises in Britain, Femtocell is now not only a service for the consumer and household market. Along with the expansion of its market, Femtocell is also seeing changes in its supply chain.
A year after joining the Femto Forum, Broadcom, through the acquisition of chipmaker Percello, has entered the Femto AP (access point) chip market to compete with Qualcomm, Texas Instruments (TI) and others. The presence of these major chipmakers in the market means that although the present market size is only about one million units, significant growth can be expected in the near future.
More telecom carriers are also entering the Femtocell market. In the third quarter of 2010, Japan's KDDI, Greece's Vodafone, Britain's T-Mobile and Spain's Movistar kicked off their Femtocell services. T-Mobile's move into the enterprise segment shows that telecoms now see Femtocell not only as a tool for improving signal reception for ordinary users, but also as an opportunity similar to that of RIM's Blackberry for increasing market shares through segmentation.
The cumulative number of newcomers who had expressed interest in constructing Femtocell networks increased to 22 in the third quarter of 2010, six more than the previous quarter. The growing number of Femtocell players means a market with great potential and the likeliness of a fast rise in the number of users. In addition, the Femto Forum saw its membership grow to 56 telecoms in the third quarter of 2010, covering 1.55 billion users, or 33% of the global mobile phone user base, up from the previous 1.44 billion. Of the 15 seats on the Femto Forum's board of directors, four are occupied by telecom carriers - AT&T, Comcast, Softbank and Vodafone. These figures attest to telecoms' increasing interest in Femtocell. The monthly rates of recently launched Femtocell services are slightly lower than those in the past, and the prices of Femto APs have also been decreasing due to lower hardware and chip prices. But the number of simultaneous users allowed on a single Femto AP remains at four - the same as that when the service was first launched in 2007 - although the latest chips already support eight or even 16 users. In the past, the number was restricted by hardware support, but now it is because telecoms have yet to find a proper service model.
Apart from the service rates and prices, there are some other issues that will play crucial roles in the development of Femtocell. The market needs to see whether telecoms will continue to expand their Femtocell services and extend the penetration of Femtocell APs. The big three telecoms in the US have been running Fetomcell services since 2007 and the number of Femtocell APs in the US reached more than 350,000 as of October 2010, surpassing the total number of large-scale base stations (both macro and micro, totaling 256,000) in the country. The number of Femto APs is expected to top 500,000 in the first quarter of 2011. The vast number of Femtocell APs means that the service and penetration is growing fast. But telecoms will have to address the issue of interference between base stations and Femtocell APs as the number of the latter continues to expand.


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Hymns at 10:00 a.m.
Opening Hymn: 442: Great God, Your Love Has Called Us Here
Gradual Hymn: 646: Spirit Divine (V 1-4, 5)
Hymn-at-the-Offertory: 618: Glorious in Majesty
649: Breathe on Me, Breath of God
There is a Redeemer (P136)
Jesus, You are Changing Me (P120)
Hymn: 179: Tree of Life (V 5, 6f)
Closing Hymn: 306: O for a Thousand Tongues
The Gathering of the Community
A Penitential Order
All stand.
The presiding celebrant greets the community.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with you all.
And also with you.
Bless the Lord
who forgives all our sins.
His mercy endures for ever.
Almighty God,
to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Summary of the Law
Hear the teaching of Christ: you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And a second is this: You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
Spirit of God, search our hearts.
Confession and Absolution
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted.
Let us confess our sins remembering before God the times when we have fallen from temptation into sin.
Silence is kept.
Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Amen.
The celebrant stands and says,
Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Collect of the Day
(see the insert)
The Proclamation of the Word
The Readings (see the insert for the readings)
A hymn or anthem will be sung before the Gospel reading at the 10:00 a.m. service.
An Affirmation of Faith
Let us declare our faith in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures; he was buried; he was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures; afterwards he appeared to his followers, and to all the apostles: this we have received, and this we believe. Amen.
cf 1 Corinthians 15.3-7
The Prayers of the Community
With confidence and trust let us pray to God, our Creator. For the one holy catholic and apostolic Church… let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
For the mission of the Church, that in faithful witness it may preach the gospel to the ends of the earth, (the Cycle of Prayer) let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
For those preparing for baptism and confirmation… and for their teachers and sponsors, let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
For peace in the world … that a spirit of respect and reconciliation may grow among nations and peoples, let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and all who suffer… for refugees, prisoners, and all in danger; that they may be relieved and protected, (prayers for those who are ill) let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
For those whom we have injured or offended, let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
For grace to amend our lives and to further the reign of God, let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
In communion with all those who have walked in the way of holiness (prayers for those who have died)… let us pray to God. Lord of compassion,
in your mercy hear us.
God our Father, in your love and goodness you have taught us to come close to you in penitence with prayer, fasting and generosity; accept our Lenten discipline, and when we fall by our weakness, raise us up by your unfailing mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Peace
The peace of the Lord
be always with you.
And also with you.
The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist
The Prayer over the Gifts
(see the insert for this prayer)
The Great Thanksgiving
(see the Book of Alternative Services at 10:00 a.m., and the Book of Common Prayer at 8:00 a.m. The responses will be said.)
The Lord's Prayer (said)
The Breaking of the Bread
(Lent and Holy Week)
We break this bread,
Communion in Christ's body
once broken.
Let your Church be the wheat
which bears its fruit in dying.
If we have died with him,
we shall live with him;
if we hold firm,
we shall reign with him.
Lamb of God
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world / have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world / have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world / grant us your peace.
Hymns during communion at 10:00 a.m.
The Sending Forth of the Community
The Prayer after Communion
(see the insert for this prayer)
A doxology
Faithful God,
may we who share this banquet
glory in the cross
glory in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
our salvation, life and hope,
who reigns as Lord
our salvation, life and hope,
who reigns as Lord
now and for ever. Amen.
May the God of mercy transform you by his grace, and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen.
The Scattering (Mark 4:20)
Go in peace
to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


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We have very significant news to share with our government customers – today the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet officially received FIPS 140-2 certification, the first tablet to ever have received this certification. With FIPS 140-2 certification, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can now be used by the U.S. federal government with confidence, knowing that it meets their policy requirements for securing and protecting sensitive data.
This absolutely underscores the commitment by Research In Motion® (RIM®) to building products that meet stringent security requirements of the US Federal Government.
There are a wide variety of smartphone and tablet products available on the market today, many of which don't meet the highest level of security standards that government agencies demand. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry smartphones are clear exceptions.
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is a natural extension to the hundreds of thousands of BlackBerry® smartphones that are used in the Federal Government today. With the BlackBerry® Bridge™ application, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can be paired with a BlackBerry smartphone to provide secure access to information on the larger screen while keeping the data stored safely on the BlackBerry smartphone. Secure network communication is also extended to the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in this manner, designed to allow the government to be assured that they can securely access applications and other critical data.
I'm pretty excited about the opportunities that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet presents for government agencies. Pilot projects to use the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet are already underway across the government and the use case scenarios are impressive. Give me a shout in the comments if you would like to discuss how the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would fit into your agency or department.
Author : @rrajowan / Source : RIM


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Affidavit: Maine hermit carried bacon, syrup, $395
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A state police affidavit says a Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for nearly three decades was carrying bacon, marshmallows and $395 in cash when he was arrested on burglary charges.
An affidavit obtained by the Kennebec Journal lists the items 47-year-old Christopher Knight possessed when he was arrested this month on charges he stole food from a camp for children with special needs. The items also include keys, pliers, electrical tape, a watch, a baseball hat, coffee, hamburger patties, chicken nuggets, cheese, corn syrup and potato chips.
Since his arrest, Knight has attracted a telephoned marriage proposal and a stranger's offer to bail him out. Knight rejected the bail offer and remains jailed.
Police say he may have been responsible for 1,000 burglaries overall.


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Xara Web Designer 9 is a template-based design tool which makes it quick and easy to create quality websites.
Browse the program's Designs Gallery, for instance, and you'll find 33 professionally-produced multipage web designs, each of which has several colour schemes available. And if you open one of these, and replace its default text and images with your own, then you'll have a fully working website: it really can be as easy as that.
Reopen the Designs Gallery, though, and you'll find plenty of other ways to enhance your site. Like buttons, heading, navigation bars, photos, icons, and clipart. Just drag and drop an item onto your page and customise it to suit your needs.
If you'd like to add some interactivity to your site then you'll appreciate the program's widgets. You can embed YouTube videos on your pages, photo slideshows, media players, contact forms, news headlines, RSS feeds and more.
All of this can be further tweaked or rearranged to suit your needs (you can even build a site from scratch if the bundled templates don't appeal). And once you've finished, the program will even put the site online for you, either at your own web host or using the free web space at MAGIX Online World.
Xara Web Designer 9 is a very capable tool, but if you need more power then you may prefer the Premium edition. This adds tools to create presentations, animations (Flash and GIF) and sitemaps, for instance. You get many more photo options, including the ability to manipulate your photos with Photoshop plugins (there are 40 to get you started). Text styles make it far easier to adjust the appearance of text across your site, in just a click or two. And there's a screen capture tool, HTML 5 video support, more import and export options, more widgets, themes and content in general, and even your choice of top level domain name, free for a year, which you can use with the program's free hosting to get your site online.
Xara Web Designer 9.0.1 brings these changes:
- Export of shadowed photos and photo popups improved
- Chrome Favicon problem worked around
- Photo optimisation fixes
- SVG export fixed in 64 bit Web Designer Premium
- Color editor/replacement fixes
- Transparent parts of widgets now handled properly by text repelling and click detection
- Other fixes and small improvements
- Help updates
Xara Web Designer 9 is a good WYSIWYG web builder, easy to use and capable of producing quality results. If you need to produce anything more than a simple personal site we'd recommend the Premium edition, though - it's more expensive, but the extra power is worth the cost.


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Before the abbreviated 2013 NHL season began, there was talk about whether or not the NHL lockout would have a serious impact on the popularity of the league. Now, with the regular season concluded and league attendance up to such a degree that arenas were at an average of 97.5 percent full, it's apparent that concerns about fans leaving the game were overblown.
In addition to ticket sales, an area that has shown fans are still dedicated to the game is the area of jersey sales. Frequently, this has been a category in which big-name guys like Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin have dominated, but this season, there is a new king at the top of the heap, and he is Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews.
Not to be outdone by his teammate, Patrick Kane jumped up in the rankings to fifth this year in sales. Pavel Datsyuk, Sidney Crosby and Rick Nash finished in the second through fourth slots in the rankings.
U.S. & World
Toews finished in sixth last year, with Claude Giroux seizing the top spot.


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Editor's note: Caroline Goyder is an author, speaker and expert in confidence, gravitas and influence who works with individuals and organizations to help them communicate with power and presence. Her new book is called "Gravitas: Communicate with Confidence, Influence and Authority (Vermilion)." The opinions expressed in this article are solely hers.
(CNN) -- The C-Suite. Near mythical in status. The Valhalla you reach in corporate life when you've made it.
So, how do you get there?
The tried and tested route of hard work and influence gets you a long way certainly. Stellar performance gets you noticed. A powerful network, an influential sponsor can give you a turbo boost on your way up. But though they will take you far, when it comes to the C-Suite, what gets you here -- as they say -- won't take you there.
So, what is the difference that makes the difference when it comes to getting to the top? In interviews with 268 senior executives, the Center for Talent Innovation researched what marked out their people as destined for the top. They isolated three key qualities for success in corporate life: gravitas, communication and appearance. Gravitas mattered most, with 67% of those surveyed naming it as the crucial quality.
Gravitas marks you out as having what it takes to lead. And if you want to understand how gravitas works, and to harness it in your life, the best place to start is the ancient world. Gravitas is a Roman word which translates dignity, impressiveness, seriousness, influence, weight and presence. And what the Romans understood but the modern world seems to have forgotten is that, to borrow from Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, it's possible for all of us to learn to "carry yourself with authority."
In my book "Gravitas: Communicate With Confidence, Influence and Authority (Random House) 2014," I explore what the ancient world has to teach us in the modern age about unlocking our innate gravitas.
And if I were to share the absolute essential aspect of gravitas to success in leadership it would be your ability, as "pilot of the plane," to handle turbulence. Stability is the essence of gravitas. Stable equilibrium is defined in physics as, "A state in which the body tends to return to its original position after being disturbed." This inner emotional ballast is also key when it comes to gravitas. The Sanskrit word "guru" means "weighty one," implying someone who cannot easily be knocked over. This stability -- emotionally, psychologically, physically -- is key to your gravitas.
I learned most about this principle from a coach called Yoda (his nickname because of the wisdom he exudes). Yoda transforms the people he works with -- from having jerky, twitchy faces and voices and the knee-jerk reactions of people trying to cope with unsustainable workloads and stressful demands, they take on a far more grounded, centered presence; they seem wiser, more resourceful; and they get results -- big time.
So, of course, I asked Yoda his secret. What became clear was that Yoda was teaching his clients that you have to be aware of and able to lead yourself before you effectively lead others. Yoda told me a story about one of the young leaders at managing director (MD) level. The MD was focused and ambitious and had started to do the mindfulness practice Yoda had suggested for him. At the beginning of each day he'd spend 10 minutes becoming calm and centered.
It paid off. One day he found himself confronted directly by the chairman in a board meeting. Yoda watched as three times the chairman attacked the young MD's ideas. Each time the MD calmly and confidently held his ground, swinging the discussion round to his point of view. The chair, disarmed by the MD's calm, graceful and focused response to his attack, started to listen. He agreed to the MD's recommendations.
Later that day the MD got a call from the CEO of the organization, who'd watched this exchange of views in the board meeting: "We've got 10 new jobs going in the management restructure, which one do you want?"
By staying present and steady the MD had communicated his ideas without creating an argument and without caving in. He'd held his ground and found his stability even as the political terrain shifted. He had emanated gravitas. Others noticed and his life changed as a result.
Leadership of the self starts with knowing yourself. As Yoda told me, self-awareness is key: "It helps you find a deep and compassionate center in yourself where you're not dislodged or anxious because of what's going on around you. You've got an internal source -- your capacity, your own intelligence. When you learn to rest into that ... it expresses itself through your voice and your own consciousness."
As the Romans understood very well, your ability to manage yourself is a reflection of your leadership of a wider sphere. If you can be trusted to stand firm under pressure it suggests you might be able to manage others. And as the ancient world understood, calming the body is as key as educating the mind. In modern times you'd do well to learn from them if you want to make your way to the C-Suite.
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The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of Caroline Goyder.


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Schools across the country are rethinking "zero tolerance" discipline policies under which children have been suspended, even arrested, for minor offenses like cursing, getting into shoving matches and other garden-variety misbehavior that in years past would have been resolved with detention or meetings with a child's parents.
These reappraisals are long overdue. Studies have shown that suspensions and expulsions do nothing to improve the school climate, while increasing the risk that children will experience long-term social and academic problems. Federal data also indicates that minority students are disproportionately singled out for harsh disciplinary measures.
These policies date back to 1994, when Congress required states receiving federal education money to expel students for bringing guns onto school property. States and local governments broadened and distorted this mandate to expel children for minor infractions. At the same time, schools began stationing police officers in hallways, which also increased arrests for nonviolent behavior.
The scope of the problem became clear three years ago when the Council of State Governments Justice Center, a nonprofit policy group, issued a study of school discipline polices in Texas. It showed that nearly 6 in 10 public school students were suspended or expelled at least once between seventh and 12th grade. But only a tiny fraction of the disciplinary actions taken against students were for serious criminal conduct requiring suspension or expulsion under state law.
Children who are removed from school are at heightened risk for low achievement, being held back, dropping out or becoming permanently entangled in the juvenile justice system. The Texas Legislature has taken steps aimed at keeping minor misconduct cases from reaching the courts. One law recommends that school districts consider less harsh sanctions, like a warning letter or counseling. Another measure prohibits police from ticketing and fining children under the age of 12 on school grounds or on a school bus.
A similar evolution is taking place in California. The Los Angeles school district became the first in the nation to ban suspensions for "willful defiance," a catchall category that accounted for more than 40 percent of the state's suspensions in the 2011-12 school year. A new state law allows suspension for serious offenses, like those involving violence or weapons, but requires schools to try alternative strategies, including parent-teacher conferences, before suspending students for nonviolent infractions.
Change is also afoot in Broward County, Fla., one of the nation's largest school districts. The district has entered into an agreement with civil rights groups and law enforcement to keep troubled children in school, where they can receive counseling and other forms of help. Broward's superintendent said it was wrong to keep saddling students with criminal records that can hurt their chances of getting a job or college financial aid, or of entering the military. School systems across the country should pay attention.


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Voting Opens for KDE Software Label Designs
Vote for your favorite
As part of our our efforts to better use our brands, we announced a set of labels for use by people creating KDE software. We chose three options: Powered by KDE, Built on the KDE Platform and Part of the KDE Family and asked for artwork for badges and banners carrying these labels so that they could be used on websites or within applications.
Vote now
We've received a number of excellent designs and now it is time to pick the best. The judging panel will include four members of the KDE promotion team and you.
To have your say, cast your vote over on the KDE Forums by 13 June. The winning design will be unveiled on the Dot.
Entry 9
While I like Entry 9 the most, I hope the typos will be fixed in case that design wins (missing "the", "Family" and "Platform" not upper case)
By KAMiKAZOW at Sat, 2010/06/05 - 12:00pm
I think that 1, 6 und 9 are
I think that 1, 6 und 9 are all really good, and I can't really decide.
in 6 the versions with text to the right are nicer, while in 1 the versions with text below looks nicer.
And 9 is what I would like the most to include in a professional-look program (once I get to writing one :) ).
And for funny apps, 4 would be a really good fit.
So that's a kinda hard decision, and I'd like most to use them all :)
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Sat, 2010/06/05 - 7:14pm
What a mess, can you hire professional designers? Most of the contestants haven't proposed anything that looks even remotely modern and professional and people's votes mean ... nothing - only professional designers should have been allowed to vote. IMO only designs 9 and 10 look less or more acceptable.
And speaking frankly the K logo asks to be redesigned.
P.S. Drupal antispam module is set up incorrectly here: my every post to kde.news is considered SPAM.
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Sun, 2010/06/06 - 12:46pm
Feel free to donate a few
Feel free to donate a few thousand € to let us hire some professional designers, find some who do it for free or do it yourself if you can...
Drupal antispam module is set up incorrectly here: my every post to kde.news is considered SPAM.
By Jos Poortvliet at Sun, 2010/06/06 - 2:36pm
entry 10 is the best imho,
entry 10 is the best imho, although i also like number 7
By tintifaks at Tue, 2010/06/08 - 9:39am
Can't vote ...
Hi Stuart,
Should I login to vote, right ?
By Sandro Santos Andrade at Tue, 2010/06/08 - 2:13pm
It often drops in the spam box for some reason.
By Sayak Banerjee at Wed, 2010/06/09 - 10:46am