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One of the scariest elements of the Alien franchise has got to be the chestbursters. Even the mere thought of having an alien creature growing and feeding inside you before bursting out of your chest, causing excruciating pain is hair-raising. This holds true, even if you haven't watched any of the movies, and prankster Rahat is well-aware of this.
That's probably why he chose to do the alien chestburster prank on unsuspecting drive-thru workers. (On a side note, he's done a lot of these drive-thru pranks so it's only a matter of time before they wise up to Rahat's ways, right?) Check out the reaction that his prank elicits from the drive-thru people, some of them are just priceless!
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Rodriguez for Prime Minister
September 8th, 2013 Posted 8:02 pm
Like most people who have had the pleasure of watching Searching For Sugar Man, the Oscar-winning documentary about American folk/protest musician Sixto Rodriguez, I was left in awe of his astonishing life story. Although he found some brief success in Australia in the mid-70's, he ultimately left behind a career in music after failing to sell records in his home country; humbly resorting instead to a life of construction work in downtown Detroit to provide for his young family.
Decades later he made the fateful discovery that a few of his records had been smuggled into South Africa during the course of the apartheid government, eventually leading him to not only become a household name throughout the country, but a superstar. His defiant, poetic lyrics on the trials and tribulations of life resonated so well with South Africans that he is often described as the soundtrack to the lives of an entire generation. In terms of popularity, he's often compared with the all-time great musical acts such as Elvis and the Rolling Stones.
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An injured dolphin surfaces in the Gowanus Canal in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Jan. 25.
An injured dolphin that became stranded in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal died Friday, a marine foundation said.
The Riverhead Foundation confirmed to NBC News the dolphin passed away Friday evening. No other details about the mammal's death were immediately available.
Earlier Friday, live helicopter video from NBCNewYork.com showed the sea mammal bobbing up and down in the canal's murky water — which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared a Superfund site in 2010 because it contained a "century's worth" of pollutants.
The dolphin appeared to be stuck in one section of the canal, coming up occasionally for air as a New York Police Department crew worked to figure out a rescue plan. It was unclear how the creature got into the predicament. The NYPD told NBC News the dolphin was stuck in the vicinity of Union Street, between Bond Street and Nevins Street, which is at least a mile into the canal and away from the Gowanus Bay.
Authorities were hoping the dolphin would be able to escape by itself during the Friday evening high tide, but if not, were planning on helping it out on Saturday, police told The Associated Press.
A senior biologist at the Riverhead Foundation told NBCNewYork.com rescuers were waiting to see if the dolphin would leave on its own: "The best course of action is to see if that when the tide comes back in the animal will move back out," Robert DiGiovanni told NBCNewYork.com. "It's giving the animal time to work the problem out before you introduce stress by intervention."
The Northeast Regional Office of the NOAA Fisheries Service confirmed to NBCNewYork.com this mammal was a short-beaked common dolphin, which is known for a dark gray cape on its back.
Witnesses had said the animal appeared to be bleeding from its dorsal fin, the New York Daily News reported.
"He keeps going up and down and going from side to side and people are saying we don't know what's taking so long to go in there and save him," Brooklyn resident Cathy Ryan told the Daily News. "He's in bad shape. You can tell. A dolphin is gray, but he's black right now. He was starting to swim toward the middle of the canal. But it doesn't look good."
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Officials stand on the side of the Gowanus Canal as the dolphin comes up for air after getting stuck on Jan. 25, in the Brooklyn.
Eight-year-old Anabell Blaine told NBCNewYork.com she had hoped they got the dolphin out: "Dolphins are so beautiful."
The Gowanus Canal is in Brooklyn, flanked by the Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook neighborhoods, according to NBCNewYork.com. It empties into New York Harbor.
The Environmental Protection Agency says storm water runoff, sewer outflows and industrial pollutants have made it one of the most extensively contaminated water bodies in the U.S.
Manufactured gas plants, mills, tanneries and chemical plants are among the many facilities that operated along the canal, according to the EPA.
The EPA said the contamination in the canal poses a threat to the nearby residents who use the canal for fishing and recreation.
Bystander Vinny Internicola told the Daily News on Friday he can smell the water from his vantage point: "I can't imagine being in there."
A day earlier, a WNBC news helicopter spotted a minke whale swimming in Gowanus Bay.
NBCNewYork.com's Gus Rosendale contributed to this story.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- It's not always voiced, but a classic rivalry exists in the club industry—and in the latest battle between for-profits and a nonprofit, the latter came out on top.
In this case, it was a group of for-profit club owners in the Charlottesville, VA, area who lost out in November when a judge dismissed a case they'd filed against Albemarle County regarding the funding of a new YMCA.
In May, the Charlottesville Area Fitness Club Owners' Association (CAFCOA), which represents ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers, Gold's Gym and Total Performance Sports and Fitness, argued that the county acted unfairly when it allocated $2.03 million in public funds toward building a new YMCA facility. The suit alleged that the county violated the Virginia Public Procurement Act by not allowing private clubs to bid on the fitness and aquatic services that will be offered by the new facility or to make alternative proposals to building the facility on public land.
The county argued that because its contribution was to a nonprofit organization, it was not subject to the requirements of the procurement act.
In May, the CAFCOA filed the same suit against the city of Charlottesville, which funded an additional $1.25 million for the project and also agreed to a 40-year lease of public park land to the Y for $1 per year. The date for that hearing has not yet been set, but it has been assigned to the same judge, Cheryl Higgins, who decided for the county in November.
In a media statement after the ruling, the CAFCOA said it respectfully disagreed with the ruling.
"While we agree that Albemarle County had the power to make appropriations to charities, we think the judge was in error in finding that the county could contract for the acquisition of services without also complying with the Virginia Public Procurement Act," the CAFCOA said in the statement. "Although we are disappointed with the outcome, we appreciate the right to participate in the judicial process and will weigh our options going forward."
The YMCA itself is not a party to either suit and, therefore, declined to comment on the matter.
Two of the entities involved in the Albemarle County suit had competed before in a different market. In 2004, the ACAC Fitness and Wellness Center beat out the YMCA in West Chester, PA, in a bid to provide swimming and diving facilities for the area's public high schools. As part of the 39-year agreement, the West Chester Area School District agreed to pay ACAC $65,000 a year to use its aquatic facilities, plus $5,000 a year to cover taxes, insurance and parking lot maintenance.
"Obviously, the biggest issue between for-profit and nonprofit clubs has always been: What's the fair playing field?" says Scott Chovanec, head of industry consultancy Scott Chovanec & Associates, Highland Park, IL. "It's certainly a legitimate question, and I don't think it's always adequately answered."
Many for-profit club owners argue that nonprofit facilities are given an unfair advantage through tax breaks and public funding. Nonprofit administrators argue that they are not competing for the same market but are fulfilling their mission to serve the community, including many who could not otherwise afford to belong to a health club.
As long as both sides exist, so, too, will these arguments. But Chovanec says room exists for both types of facilities in a community. They just need to do a little bridge building.
"There's a strong need for more of a collaborative, rather than adversarial, relationship, as tough as that sounds," he says.
Nonprofits have a responsibility to keep their missions and the communities they serve at the forefront, Chovanec says. But being a part of the community also means working cooperatively with area businesses, which generate wealth and provide jobs to local residents.
"For a nonprofit, it may mean that you have to restructure the type of facility you are," he says. "You have to restructure some of the finishes, touches and services you offer because you don't want to have to compete with the for-profits who are doing those kinds of things."
But the onus isn't one-sided, according to Chavonec.
"Today's economic market is certainly making it very difficult on everybody," he says. "The savvy operator—on either side—is going to focus on how to do a better job of taking care of their customers and what they need to do to improve the services they provide their customers. The savvy for-profit clubs are learning that if they're going to keep their market share, they're going to have to do a much better job at that. People will pay a little bit more of a premium if the perception is that the product is worth the price."


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CHARLOTTE � New Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford was reluctant to declare a �playoffs or bust� goal for the upcoming season.
Of course, given the franchise�s woeful past, it would be hard for any coach hired here to make such a proclamation.
Clifford was officially introduced Wednesday as the Bobcats� sixth head coach.
Since none of his predecessors lasted longer than inaugural coach Bernie Bickerstaff�s three years, a reasonable goal for Clifford would be to simply last long enough to coach the Charlotte �Hornets.� Owner Michael Jordan applied to the NBA last week for the franchise to inherit that name in the 2014-15 season.
More directly, Clifford�s goal will be to become this franchise�s Flip Saunders or Lionel Hollins.
What do those coaches have to do with the Bobcats, you ask?
Saunders and Hollins were the first coaches to guide the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies franchises, respectively, to playoff victories.
And based on their current path, the Bobcats unfortunately are following the path of those two longest-suffering of franchises in recent NBA expansion history.
Since 1980, there have been eight NBA expansion franchises.
The Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte�s first NBA franchise (Hornets), the Miami Heat, the Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors all reached the playoffs and won a playoff series by their fourth head coaches. And Dallas was fortunate enough to hire a winning playoff coach right off the bat (Dick Motta).
Charlotte�s second franchise, which enters its 10th season this fall, hasn�t come close to enjoying that type of success, even as Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown was the Bobcats� third coach.
Brown�s hiring was heralded as franchise owner Michael Jordan�s greatest move at the time. After all, it came after Jordan�s first head coaching hire � one-and-done Sam Vincent � was shown the door.
While Brown led his second Bobcats team to a playoff appearance, it lost to the Orlando Magic in four straight games � and Brown was fired 28 games into the next season.
Paul Silas lasted 1 1-2 years after Brown was fired, then Mike Dunlap was let go last month after only one season on the job.
A 13-year NBA coaching veteran, Clifford brings with him the blessings of former NBA coaching brothers (and former Clifford bosses) Jeff Van Gundy and Stan Van Gundy in addition to 15 years college coaching experience and two years at the high school level.
But can he do for the Bobcats what Saunders and Hollins did?
A refresher:
Saunders was Minnesota�s fifth coach and got the Timberwolves into their first postseason play in his first full season and eventually led the franchise to its first-ever playoff success � in the franchise�s 15th season of 2004.
Meanwhile, Hollins was the Vancouver/Memphis franchise�s 12th coach and got the Grizzlies their first-ever playoff success � in its 16th season of 2011.
Should Clifford not duplicate the feats of those two coaches, it�s a certainty there will be another Charlotte head coaching search � it�ll be the Hornets nickname next time � in the next few years.
For now, Clifford will be rolling up his sleeves and getting to work.
�From now until the first week in October, the sole mindset has to be� to improve.
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Micromechanics and MEMS: classic and seminal papers to 1990
IEEE Press, Jan 29, 1997 - Science - 701 pages
Micromechanics is a rich, diverse field that draws on many different disciplines and has potential applications in medicine, electronic interfaces to physical phenomena, military, industrial controls, consumer products, airplanes, microsatellites, and much more. Until now, papers written during the earlier stages of this field have been difficult to retrieve. The papers included in this volume have been thoughtfully arranged by topic, and are accompanied by section introductions written by renowned expert William Trimmer.
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ptlyons brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 187 Designs von 31 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Peter Lyons Photography
I have already been a professional photographer for about three years. My first business is Lyons Imaging, a maritime photography business:
http://www.lyonsimaging.com (That logo was designed here too.)
I love things HAPPENING in my photos. In my sailing photos, I love the splash hanging in the air, or the intensity of expression on people's faces. With architecture... I guess then I'll settle for things standing still!
In my new work too, I want to keep that when possible. I'd rather shoot children playing outside than sitting in a studio. I'd rather photograph people doing something they love (driving their car, playing their instrument, whatever...) than just sit them in front of the camera. I love the motion, if that's any help.
As I seek to expand my business, I have elected to develop a new brand, rather than dilute the one I've built around the maritime market.
The new business will offer rather broadly-ranging photographic services--portraits (child, family, maybe weddings), corporate work (team-building outings, conferences, etc.), architecture, in addition to other sorts of projects that come my way. I'm not turning away money right now, and will let the business evolve into what it needs to be.
I like my Lyons Imaging logo (http://www.lyonsimaging.com) because it includes an element from that work--the headsails of a big schooner. For my new logo, since the work is so broad, maybe I need to go with something more abstract.
I feel pretty open-minded about this from the start. As the contest begins I may reference other designs I like in other contests.
There are a few things I DON'T want...
no images of cameras or other photo gear.
No images of eyes or apertures. They're overused in this stuff.
I DO want a graphic logo... not just Peter Lyons Photography in some nice font. I like a graphic icon to go with it. And I don't think I want that icon to be some stylized rendering of my initials. So if any of you can come up with something other than that, those designs may be of greater interest.
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VANCOUVER, BC – The story of Christian Dean and his brother Josh Huestis has been well documented. It's a story they have been telling for years – quite happily, at that.
Born to the same mother but adopted by separate families, Dean and Huestis went their separate ways at childhood but always shared a bond that could not, or would not, be broken.
It's a heartwarming story, which was detailed exceptionally in a recent MLSsoccer.com article, and another chapter was added to it on Sunday.
Around the same time that Dean made his professional debut with Vancouver Whitecaps FC against Chivas USA, it was confirmed that Huestis' Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team had secured a spot in the upcoming National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) March Madness tournament.
Most people assumed that Stanford would qualify, but Dean needed to see it with his own eyes.
"Right after the game, I actually checked my phone to see what had happened," Dean told whitecapsfc.com. "We kind of knew they were going to make it – or at least, they should have after the last few games that they won – but just seeing it set in stone was really nice. It was a huge day for the family."
How Christian Dean wears his heart on his sleeve
A family that includes Dean's adoptive parents, who were in the stands to see Dean's debut on Sunday, Huestis' adoptive parents, and their birth mother. It's almost as if they're one big family.
And the family will be paying close attention on Friday as Huestis and the 10th-seeded Cardinal take on the seventh-seeded New Mexico Lobos in their NCAA tournament opener.
Huestis, who is 15 months older than Dean, is a 6-foot-7, 230-pound forward. He's coming off a season in which he set a new Stanford record for blocked shots and was named to the Pacific-12 Conference All-Defensive Team.
The 22-year-old has yet to appear in the NCAA March Madness tournament and this is his final year of college eligibility.
"I'm stoked for him," Dean said. "He has elevated his game a lot and he deserves to showcase it."
If there's anyone who knows about Huestis' game, it's Dean. The two lived together for six months back in 2010, which was Huestis' senior year in high school. And a lot of what they did revolved around basketball.
Dean spent a lot of time in the gym during those six months, whether it was watching Huestis' practices and games or training with him as he prepared for Stanford.
"Seeing how he just drove himself so hard every day with basketball, it made me realize to get where I wanted to be I would need to do that too," Dean said. "And since I moved back to California, that's pretty much what I did."
And with Huestis just an hour drive away from Dean, who went to school down the road at the University of California, Berkeley, he was still able to follow along as his big brother chased his basketball dream.
Dean would attend almost every home game and watch the others online – something he's still tried to do since moving to Vancouver. And based on what he's seen, Dean likes Stanford's chances on Friday and hopefully after that, too.
One player to look out for – in addition to his brother, of course – is Canadian Dwight Powell, a good friend of Dean's who he referred to as "one of the most exciting big men to watch in college basketball."
"With the combination of him, my brother and the rest of the team, I think they'll hopefully blow New Mexico out of the water," Dean said. "I think it's going to be a great game."
Clearly, Dean has been following his brother's progression – and it goes both ways. As you could imagine, the last few weeks have been pretty hectic for Huestis, but he's still found time to check up on Dean in Vancouver.
"It makes me so happy that he was able to make his debut and it's crazy to think that he's finally realizing his dream of playing pro soccer," Huestis told whitecapsfc.com via email. "I've always known he could do whatever he wanted with soccer since he had the talent and it's amazing to see everything finally happening."
Although it seems unimaginable now, there was a point in time not long ago when Dean wasn't sure if he would pursue his professional soccer aspirations. In fact, if he weren't drafted in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, Dean said he would have tried to walk onto the University of California, Berkeley men's basketball team so he could play against his brother.
But now, as he settles into life of a professional soccer player in Vancouver, he couldn't be happier with the way things played out.
"It worked out perfectly."
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The new Alice in Wonderland is making me curiouser and curiouser. In fact, I'd say I'm downright mad for the movie now that a new, full-length trailer has been released. While I enjoyed the original teaser trailer released in July, this version vastly improves on its predecessor.
How vastly? I'd gladly jump down the rabbit hole and pledge allegiance to whichever queen will make March 5 come faster — that vastly.
While the original looked fun and fanciful, the new cut adds a needed dark edge to the affair. Even the previously released footage seems to have been punched up. Everything is just a little more menacing and at the same time more hilarious. Now that's a clever trick.
The trailer also reveals the heart of the story: Alice (Aussie newcomer Mia Wasikowska) returns to Wonderland as a young woman years after her fist visit. What she finds is far from wonderful as the evil, big-headed — quite literally — Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) has taken over the land. Hell, I'd buy a ticket just to watch Helena plop her feet down on a pig belly.
The glimpses of Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and, of course, Johnny Depp as the delightfully freaky Mad Hatter are enticing as well.
But it's that showdown between Alice in armor and the legions of the Red Queen that has me most intrigued. Off with her head looks like a real possibility.
Has the new trailer made you ready to step through the looking glass? Now I'd happily give my sentence first, verdict afterwards.


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I'll make some changes when I bake this again, and I'll definitely with share the recipe if it's good.
Valrhona Chocolate cupcakes for him to celebrate with his school mates.
Not much decorations, just some fondant animals cut out from my cookie cutters..:)
It's a Valrhona Chocolate sponge + Plain yogurt sponge cake sandwiched with fresh strawberry cream and a very very simple decoration!
sponge cakes recipes. I just twist and turn the recipe and added different kind of flavours in it.
I've blended some fresh strawberries and added into the dairy whipping cream for the cake. Then covered the whole cake with the plain whipped cream.
Soft sponges with not so sweet texture...yummy!!
I'll make this again for my daughter coming birthday, hope she won't complain why there's no castle or princess on the cake this year...hehehe!


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this month, it was sanjeeta's blog, lite bite, that these almond cookies are adapted from. perfect. i modified the cookie recipe slightly - mainly so i didn't have to roll and cut out the cookies, who has time for that!? - and i filled them with almond buttercream. since the only thing better than almond cookies, are almond cream filled cookies.
simple almond sandwich cookies
makes 36 cookies or 18 sandwiches
for the cookies:
1 1/2 cups wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon semolina flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
heavy pinch of ground cinnamon
1/2 cup almond flour or finely ground almonds (give them a whir in a food processor)
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon honey
for the filling:
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- in a medium bowl, whisk the flours, salt, cinnamon, and ground almonds together. set aside.
- in a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. mix in the honey.
- slowly mix the dry ingredients into the butter sugar mixture until incorporated.
- separate the dough roughly in half, roll each half into a log, and roll in plastic wrap. refrigerate for at least an hour. the diameter of your roll is a bit less than the size of your cookies, since they spread when they bake. my logs were about three inches wide.
- preheat your oven to 350F. line a sheet pan with parchment and slice the logs into about quarter inch slices. arrange slices on the baking sheet so they are at least 2 to 3 inches apart. bake 10 to 12 minutes, depending on the thickness of your cookies, until light golden brown. cool on a cookie sheet.
- while the cookies bake and cool, make the filling. beat the butter until light and fluffy. slowly add the confectioners sugar until incorporated. add the almond extract and mix until incorporated. if the mixture is too dry, mix in water, a few drops at a time.
- when the cookies are cool, match them up based on size. fill with about a tablespoon of filling and sandwich them.


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Rand Paul seeks 10 million Americans to join class action lawsuit.
A popular Republican lawmaker is supporting a class action lawsuit against the government over surveillance programs that have collected information and phone records of millions of American citizens.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., formally announced his intention to support and promote the effort during an event Thursday on Capitol Hill. Eighty-six other groups have also signed on, including advocacy groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Web companies Reddit and TechStars.
A handful of other lawmakers also spoke out against the National Security Agency's monitoring programs during Thursday's event.
Paul had previously declared his intention to sue during appearances on Fox News Channel and CNN over the past week and has been a vocal critic of the government's domestic intelligence tactics since The Washington Post and The Guardian first disclosed the story last week. Paul said he is strongly opposed to the indiscriminate use of individual warrants to collect records on all of the country's citizens.
"Looking at everyone's phone records, I think, really goes against what we stand for as a free people," Paul said on Fox News Channel. "If we get ten million Americans saying we don't want our phone records looked at, then maybe someone will wake up and something will change in Washington."
He said that the government could subpoena records for individuals, but that the use of a single warrant to justify collecting records on 300 million individuals was unconstitutional.
His lawsuit follows legal actions taken by several independent groups against the NSA, including the American Civil Liberties Union, and the family of a deceased Navy cryptologist. It also follows other actions Paul has taken in recent days, including filing a bill that prevents the NSA from collecting phone records and using his SuperPAC to garner support for the lawsuit.


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The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has recently announced the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) framework . The carbon offsets scheme will provide new economic opportunities for farmers, growers and landholders through the generation and trading of carbon credits for sale in both the domestic and international markets.
Reductions in carbon pollution can be achieved through a number of mechanisms, such as:
- Reducing or avoiding emissions, or
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i was browsing my recently made post/thread list via my profile:
and there's a crap load of weird looking posts in the preview thingy and when i click the links to read them, it says invalid thread contact the webmaster..
anyhow screen shots are attached.
i did leave myself logged in at work accidently overnight the other day, and when i came home and went to log my laptop in i had a few issues but other then that i know i didn't do it when i was drunk the other night, as i wasn't even near a computer.
just curious as to what the heck has happened..


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NEWS- Pay up: No stamps for outside parking
It's not surprising that a 50 cents-an-hour parking price hike would draw some complaints. But what's really steaming local drivers and merchants is that downtown's venerable Water Street surface lot– much desired by developers– is no longer accepting validated daily or monthly parking, a signal that its days as a parking option may be numbered.
"Removing that one lot is going to kill me,"says Sandy Ruseau, who runs the John Ruseau Watercolor Gallery in York Place, one of 120 merchants who validate parking.
Ruseau carries people's art purchases to their car, and says she'll have to close the shop if she has to go the Water Street Garage. Her interim plan: to keep dollar bills in the gallery to give to customers to pay for their parking in the surface lot.
News that lot is for sale and up for development further alarms her.
"I think it's going to be terrible," Ruseau says. She worries about "the poor people" working downtown where it's already a challenge to find free parking. "The more it's built up, the less parking there is," she says.
Parking rates at the city-owned Market Street Garage and the privately-owned Water Street lot– previously bumped up by 50 cents an hour in January 2005– go from $1.50 to $2 an hour August 1. The chronically under-used Water Street Garage will see its first increase since it was built in 1993, also climbing 50 cents to $1.50 an hour.
"I think people understand that 13 years is a long time without an increase," says Bob Stroh, general manager of the Charlottesville Parking Center Inc., which owns the Water Street lot, has a stake in the Water Street Garage, and manages the city-owned Market Street Garage.
Stroh points to the lower rate at the Water Street Garage. "That's where the parking is. We've got 1,000 spaces there. If you say you can't find parking, I don't buy that."
He also stresses that with merchant validation at the Market Street and Water Street garages, "It's the same free parking."
Not all merchants see the changes as the "same free parking," particularly those who border the Water Street lot. "Some right on the lot aren't too happy," says Stroh.
For instance, H&R Block. "What's going to hurt us is that the open lot is not going to accept validated parking," says an H&R Block employee who requested her name not be used. "That's going to hurt us more than the increase."
The 125-space Water Street lot, owned by the privately held CPC, was originally built to provide free, validated parking to lure shoppers downtown.
With the lot appraised at $7 million, the board of CPC decided last year to entertain purchase offers.
In the 2004 and 2005 annual report, CPC president Jim Berry notes that a possible sale of the property "at a significant premium over the appraised value" was expected to close by May 11 but could be extended to June 12, 2006– or "may not close at all."
Berry did not return a phone call from the Hook asking whether that sale of prime downtown real estate went through. [Disclosure: the Hook's parent company owns one share of CPC.] Meanwhile, the unnamed buyer has been paying CPC $40,000 a month since October 2005 to maintain its purchase option.
Those monthly payments helped boost CPC's net income almost 100 percent last year– from around $150,000 to $350,000, according to the annual report. And when the Water Street lot, CPC's prime source of income, sells, the corporation could pay its first dividend ever.
Despite the rosy picture painted for shareholders, Stroh cites rising expenses and the cost of investing in the Water Street Garage as the main culprits for the rate increase. "The return on investment has been very meager," he explains. "We have to find revenue to pay down debt and for rehab on the garage."
He notes that the increases were approved by the city.
City Manager Gary O'Connell defends the higher rates. "I don't see the nominal increase in the parking fee structure as being a detriment to enjoying the entertainment, restaurants and shops downtown," he writes in an email. "We need to maintain an environment in which private contractors are encouraged to invest in parking facilities downtown."
O'Connell also debunks a rumor– that the nearly 500 free two-hour street spaces are going to change to one-hour. "That option was examined a year ago," he says, "but has not moved forward."
And he offers a suggestion: "[W]e remind visitors and residents that the [Charlottesville Transit System] maintains great routes from downtown to all parts of the city and into the county. With the addition of the new Transit Center, we hope more of our residents will use CTS to live, work, and play downtown."
"Removing that one lot is going to kill me,"says Sandy Ruseau, who runs the John Ruseau Watercolor Gallery in York Place, one of 120 merchants who validate parking.
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Moving violations are easy to fix.
Monopoly parking has to get the nix.
"Free Parking" only exists on a depression-era board game. By the time these land-rich lords finish their dirty work, you might be shellin' some "Bill Clintons" ($3 bills) to park here.
Good tune, though. Do you play dance music?
Yeah, we do a tune called "Paint it Black." You heard of it..?
Anyhow, that's exactly what my friend, Jimmy, does when he's not crackin' corn. He sports a spade, wears a corporate veil, and gets giddy as he tars the antique oak floor. He thinks he will walk out of the front door, but he's much closer to the back, by the closet, with just a lonely stool, and an open pack of stale crackers. Oddly, he starts to dance the "Wrong 'Em Boyo!!!"


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We are all custodians of the environment. – Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown
The National Aquarium's Conservation team was excited to welcome long-time friend and environmental champion, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown to our field station at Masonville Cove earlier today!
Lt. Governor Brown was on-site to participate in one of the first training sessions that are part of the Small Watershed Action Plan. He was joined by students from Benjamin Franklin High School, National Aquarium experts and community volunteers.
In the fall of 2013, the National Aquarium took the lead on creating a Small Watershed Action Plan (SWAP) for Masonville Cove. A SWAP identifies strategies to bring a small watershed into compliance with water quality standards and goals, in collaboration with local businesses and community volunteers.
The SWAP at Masonville Cove will include a comprehensive watershed assessment that will provide valuable baseline data and guide future protection and restoration projects that will lead to improved water quality. Community members are an integral part of the process and help create a shared vision for the watershed and included neighborhoods.
Background on Masonville Cove
The National Aquarium has been involved in the Masonville Cove Project since 2003, providing opportunities for community-based restoration both within the cove and upstream in the watershed. In partnership with the Maryland Port Administration, Maryland Environmental Service, The Living Classrooms Foundation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and community partners, National Aquarium's goal is to provide a thriving natural area in the heart of Baltimore City.
In 2013, our site at Masonville Cove was named the nation's first Urban Wildlife Refuge System.
If you are interested in joining us in one of our restoration projects at the cove or nearby Farring BayBrook Park this season, you can register here!


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Golf University Short Game Mastery Workshop
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort May 14-15, 2016
Congratulations on registering for the Long Game Mastery Workshop / Tournament at:
Location: Riverside Oaks Golf Resort, 74 O'Briens Rd, Cattai NSW 2756
It is our goal to ensure you gain more Consistency, Control and Confidence with your Long Game throughout the workshop, play some great golf at a great golf course and obviously have some fun at the same time.
The following is some general information so that the workshop flows as easily as possible.
Payment: Thank you for your payment and agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of this Workshop / Tournament (see Appendix at end of this Welcome Letter for full copy of the Terms and Conditions)
Getting the most from the Workshop? To ensure you get the best results from the workshop it would be great if you can fill in the brief questionnaire at the following link https://4eyes.io/s/2V7v/ so that we can tailor the teaching to your requirements as best as we can.
Bring a Friend: We still have some spots available for the workshop so if you have any golfing friends who would benefit from a great Long Game (and other) tuition then please send them the following link https://golfuniversity.tv/workshops/
Food: Food is not provided as part of the workshop but will be available at the Pro Shop or Restaurant at the Resort. Alternatively you are welcome to bring your own food for the day(s).
What to bring:
- Warm clothes
- Wet weather gear (just in case)
- Your golf clubs
- A notepad and pen and/or a tablet / smart phone to video anything specific to your game.
Dress Code:
Men – Tailored long pants, tailored shorts (including cargo), collared shirt, golf turtle shirts, visible socks, golf shoe or flat soled sport shoes.
No denim, T-Shirts and No metal spikes.
Ladies – Tailored shorts, pants, skirts (of appropriate length), collared shirt or crew neck, anklet sport or full length socks, golf shoe or flat soled sport shoes.
No denim, T-Shirts and No metal spikes.
Saturday May 14, 2016
Introduction: 8.00 am with Andrew McCombe
Class starts at: 9.00 am
Golf Tournament starts: 12noon – 4.30pm
Sunday May 15, 2016
Debrief of Day 1: 8.00 am with Andrew McCombe
Practice Drills: 8.15 am with Andrew McCombe
Class starts at: 9.00 am
Golf Tournament starts at: 12noon – 4.30pm
Presentation: 4.30pm
Early Bird Bonus: Driving Mastery Video Series: If you registered before the Early Bird cut-off date/time you will receive the Driving Mastery Video Series at no cost. This will be sent to you after the workshop.
If you missed the cut-off date / time but would like to purchase the Driving Mastery Video Series you can do so at www.golfuniversity.tv/drivingmasteryprogram or if you want to buy other Golf University Long Game video series you can do that at www.golfuniversity.tv/programs
If you have any questions (before, during or after the workshop) or would like to speak with me personally contact 0414 676 968 or email me at email@example.com
I look forward to meeting you at Riverside Oaks Golf Resort on Saturday 14th May 2016.
Andrew McCombe
Managing Director
Golf University and Golf Getaway
- Cancellation Policy – As we have to pay and organise the golf coaches, courses and facilities in advance, if you need to cancel your registration within 7 days we cannot refund your money. It is highly recommended that all participants organize Travel Insurance to cover any costs of event, air fare and accommodation bookings relating to the workshops – if you have any concerns please enquire at the time of your booking.
- Do I need an official handicap to participate? No – the emphasis of the workshops / tournaments is on learning (more than the tournament itself – which is more about keeping you focused on what you have learned and playing on great golf courses) so you do not need an official handicap – If you do not have a handicap we will make one up for you for the tournament.
- I have only just started playing golf recently, can I still register and will the workshops be relevant to me? Absolutely the workshops are all about learning and growing as a golfer and all tuition will be applicable to all levels – we will also aim to match you up with playing partners of similar playing ability in the tournament.
- What is your wet weather policy? The workshops will go ahead regardless of weather (so bring wet weather gear) but if the course is unplayable for the tournament component the golf course / resort will usually give a credit to either play the course at a later date / or a refund – depending on the terms and conditions of the course being played. *Because each course is different and if you are still concerned please ask at the time of booking and we will finalise the weather policy with the course at the time.
- What is the ratio of coaches to students? This is decided depending on the number of registrations. We want you to receive as much value from and time with the coach as possible so usually if we get more than 16 students we will aim to get another coach, however Golf University reserves the right to decide this if and when we choose is appropriate.
- What if I am a member at the golf course you are running the workshop(s) – do I have to pay for the green fee component? Usually the golf course will refund the golf rounds component (minus golf cart – depending on their membership's arrangement) – please ask at the time of booking if you are a member and we will check with the golf course and then invoice you appropriately.
- What happens if the workshop / tournament is cancelled? Obviously our intent is for the workshop(s) never to be cancelled but if we do not get the forecasted numbers (or there are any unforeseen circumstances) we will make a call at least 7 days prior to the workshop. It is highly recommended that all participants organize Travel Insurance to cover any air fare or accommodation bookings relating to the workshops and we would refund any workshop or green fees (depending on the golf courses terms and conditions) – if you have any concerns please enquire at the time of your booking.
- If I register as an Early Bird, when do I get my bonus videos? A link to the bonus videos (which are view-able online via your computer, tablet or smart phone) will be sent to you in an email within a week of the workshop – there will also be other opportunities to buy other Golf University Skill Mastery Video Series at the workshops as a DVD and / or as online videos.


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On May 8, at the CTIA Wireless 2012 show in New Orleans, Nokia announced that they are partnering with a bunch of top-tier brands to bring their various apps and games to Windows Phone, with a lot of those apps and games being exclusive to Nokia's Lumia line of Windows Phones.
Some of the highlights from their press release:
PGA Tour (exclusive to Lumia for 12 months)
In addition to live tournament scoring, highlights and player information, the app provides interactive, augmented coverage of select events and holes, showing each player's exact position and scoring information. This allows fans to "get inside the ropes" and follow all players competing on the PGA TOUR.
ESPN (exclusive to Lumia until May 2013)
This app already exists on the Lumia devices, and is in addition to the ESPN ScoreCenter app that is available to all Windows Phones. The Lumia app will see some functionality updates and in addition, the ESPN Fantasy Football app (another Lumia exclusive) will be made available later in the Fall to align with the NFL season.
After a back-and-forth on whether they are going to build Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone or not, Rovio is now building a dedicated design and development team to create games for Lumia and other Windows Phone devices. That's quite a scoop for Nokia from the rather negative start that the game maker had with Microsoft and Windows Phone.
Nokia and Rovio will partner to develop innovative new consumer products and content exclusively for Nokia Lumia smartphones, alongside cross platform multi-channel integrated marketing initiatives.
EA will be bringing some of their most popular titles to Lumia and other Windows Phones, including FIFA, Madden NFL, NBA Jam, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®, Mirror's Edge and Yahtzee to add to the several titles they already have in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Groupon (exclusive to Lumia for 6 months)
There is already an official Groupon app which is going to get some major updates, including a cool and innovative augmented reality feature to find deals near you.
Tripdots (exclusive to Lumia for 3 months)
Tripdots helps vehicle owners optimize their driving behaviors while connecting with other vehicle owners and sharing driving efficiency achievements via social networks. The app lets users monitor the operation of their vehicles to enable cost savings through better understanding fuel economy.
Yet another "key" app missing in the Windows Phone ecosystem is for the popular PayPal service. PayPal is going to work with Nokia to not only bring their app to Windows Phone, but also use functionality like Live Tiles to enhance the user experience.
AOL Entertainment Hub (exclusive to Lumia for 3 months)
Whether you want to listen to one of 55,000 radio stations via SHOUTcast, stream free music albums with AOL's Listening Party or view Trailers and Movie listings, the AOL Entertainment Hub delivers everything you need.
Yet another app where Live Tiles are going to be used to enhance the user experience:
"The live tiles on Nokia Lumia helped us create an awesome app that makes it easy to stay in the know on what's happening in Film, TV, Radio, Concerts and Music right from your home screen," said Sol Lipman, Director of Mobile First products at AOL.
TIME magazine
Utilizing the stunning Windows Phone UI, the app will enable users to view TIME.com content, receive breaking news alerts, watch rich media content including video and share stories via the Windows Phone People Hub, while delivering the latest news and stories to users first via Live Tiles.
Newsweek – The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast app delivers the latest content through Live Tiles and combines the unique style of The Daily Beast with the Windows Phone UI to deliver a stunning experience. For users who only have minutes to digest the latest news, the app also delivers The Cheat Sheet – your one stop must have reads from across the world – uniquely designed for Windows Phone.
Box app for Windows Phone
Box, another oft-requested app, will finally come to Windows Phone with support for nine languages.


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Britain's military said Sunday its warplanes recently spotted in Nigeria's capital were there to move soldiers to aid the French intervention in Mali - not to rescue foreign hostages kidnapped by a radical Islamic extremist group.
The extremist group called Ansaru partially blamed the presence of those planes as an excuse for killing seven foreign hostages, including British, Greek, Italian and Lebanese citizens. The Islamic radicals claimed on Saturday that they had killed the seven hostages. While Nigerian authorities have yet to comment publicly about Ansaru's claim, it comes as the nation's security forces remain unable to stop the guerrilla campaign of bombings, shootings and kidnappings across the country's north.
Ansaru said it killed the hostages in part due to local Nigerian journalists reporting on the arrival of British military aircraft to Bauchi, the northern state where the abductions occurred. However, the online statement from Ansaru said the airplanes were spotted at the international airport in Abuja, the nation's capital.
The British Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the planes it flew to Abuja ferried Nigerian troops and equipment to Bamako, Mali. Nigerian soldiers have been sent to Mali to help French forces and Malian troops battle Islamic extremists there. The British military said it also transported Ghanaian soldiers to Mali the same way.
The British ministry declined to offer any other comment regarding Nigerian extremist group's claims that it killed the seven hostage killings. Ansaru had said it believed the planes were part of a Nigerian and British rescue mission for the abducted hostages.
The U.K. has offered military support in the past in Nigeria to free hostages. In March 2012, its special forces backed a failed Nigerian military raid to free Christopher McManus, who had been abducted months earlier with Italian Franco Lamolinara from a home in Kebbi state. Both hostages were killed in that rescue attempt.
In its statement Saturday, Ansaru also blamed the killings on a pledge by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to do "everything possible" to free the hostages.
Ansaru previously issued a short statement saying its fighters kidnapped the foreigners Feb. 16 from a construction company's camp at Jama'are, a town about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi state. In the attack gunmen first assaulted a local prison and burned police trucks, authorities said. Then the attackers blew up a back fence at the construction company's compound and took over, killing a guard in the process, witnesses and police said.
The gunmen appeared to be organized and knew who they wanted to target, leaving the Nigerian household staff at the residence unharmed, while quickly abducting the foreigners, a witness said. Local officials in Nigeria initially identified one of the hostages as a Filipino, something the Philippines government later denied.
In January 2013, Ansaru declared itself a splinter group independent from Boko Haram, the north's main Islamic terrorist group, analysts say. Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege," has launched a guerrilla campaign of bombings and shootings across Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north. Boko Haram is blamed for at least 792 killings last year alone, according to an Associated Press count. Boko Haram claims to be currently holding hostage a family of seven French tourists who were abducted from neighboring Cameroon in late February.
Jon Gambrell can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP .


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Graduate Studies Faculty
David W Pruyne, PhD
Current Appointments
- Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
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Research Programs and Affiliations
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biomedical Sciences Program
- Cell and Developmental Biology
Education & Fellowships
- PhD: Cornell University, 1999, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
- BS: Cornell University, 1993, Biochemistry
Research Interests
Biochemistry and cell biology of formins as actin cytoskeleton organizers, using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system.
- American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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The actin cytoskeleton is a network of filaments composed of the protein actin that populate the cell's cytoplasm. In a given cell, this network can be organized into a large number of distinct substructures that may range form from simple cable-like bundles through complex, repetitive arrays. These cytoskeletal structures give cells their proper shape, control the distribution of organelles, and allow cells to move. Our primary goal is to understand at the molecular level how distinct actin filament structures assemble, and how they perform their functions. Our focus is on the family of actin-organizing proteins called Formins. Formins are conserved proteins with homologs in nearly every type of eukaryotic organism, including animals, plants, and fungi. Among animals, seven distinct subclasses of Formins exist, but their precise functions are not clear. We are probing the functions of these Formin subclasses through a combination of biochemical assays using purified proteins, and genetic and microscopic studies using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Our current work focuses on the relationship between one Formin subclass and muscle development.


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You are currently browsing the category archive for the 'Marbling' category.
So we all know that steaks like to be cooked HOT. I've cooked plenty of steaks this way & as long as they have good marbling, they come out great. This usually means steaks like a Rib Eye in the USDA Choice category at a minimum.
Carrie and I stoked the Egg one eve and whipped out this amazing steak cooked at over 700 degrees in the Egg. Keep in mind that as long as the internal temps in a steak stay around 120 -125 degrees – the meat stays red and juicy inside. When the temps get higher than that, the steak begins to cook through. Your job as a BBQ master is to cook that steak in as little time as it takes to lightly char the exterior & leave a tender pink interior with as little grey around the edges of the pink as possible. Of course if the preference is more of a medium or we done steak -LOWER the temps at which you cook it.
For what is's worth, many steak afficionados love the Medium Rare steak & that is my taste as well…
We used some of the Rub Co. "Santa Maria" product as our base & added butter, garlic & rosemary near the end. I like to add the herbal ingredients late in the cook so that the flame doesn't just burn them off – you can see the coarse garlic & rosemary in the photos.
If you haven't tried this style of steak cooking – it will probably take some practice – everything happens pretty fast. Don't give up, as the reward is all the equal of a Morton's, Ruth's Chris etc. type of steak -except the price! So go fire that BBQ, get your self a great cut of meat and go to work!
Marbling, simply put, is the distribution of fat within a cut of beef. The USDA measures this "Marbling" and assigns a grade to the beef. Many recognize that without a degree of marbling, a steak or beef cut just doesn't taste very flavorful, and may even be tough and dry after cooking. There is a commonly accepted relationship between the amount of marbling in a beef cut, and it's inherent flavor. There is also a direct corollary between marbling and price per pound of beef. This chart explains why a "Select" grade Rib Eye steak will taste remarkably different than a "Prime" Rib Eye steak – and cost more too.
These are excerpts from the USDA marbling chart. I wanted to post this as an example of the differences that exist between meat grades that we commonly see in the store. The standard USDA grades are labeled, Kobe Beef falls between "Prime" and "Marble Score 4". The "Marble Scores" come from Australian Wagu Beef, or other unique breeds of cattle. Draw your own conclusions about the grade of beef and the fat content of each.
So, next time a "Select" New York steak steak goes on sale at you local market , realize that a "Prime" sirloin may be the more flavorful cut at a similar price. Keep in mind that all steaks or beef cuts are NOT created equal. One simply cannot cook the same steak at home as was had at a restaurant unless the grade is the same or similar…no matter how amazing your BBQ skills are.
I thought is was visually interesting to see all of the beef grades together for a quick comparison. I hope this leads to a more well informed beef purchase and better quality BBQ.


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May 31, 2020
We go over some of casino features in famous video games. If you are a hardcore gamer and you can recommend some more, don't be afraid to comment.
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OTTAWA – The Conservative government is scrapping its controversial and much-maligned Internet surveillance bill in favour of modest changes to Canada's warrantless wiretap law.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says Bill C-30, the so-called Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, will not go ahead.
The law, which sparked a public outcry when it was first introduced, had been sought by police who said they needed it to go after child pornography, but it quickly met stiff resistance from privacy and civil liberties advocates.
The legislation would have forced Internet service providers to maintain systems that allowed police to intercept and track online communications.
"We will not be proceeding with Bill C-30, and any attempts we will have to modernize the Criminal Code will not contain the measures in C-30 — including the warrantless mandatory disclosure of basic subscriber information, or the requirement for telecommunications service providers to build intercept capabilities within their systems," Nicholson said.
"Any modernization of the Criminal Code … will not contain those."
Nicholson said the government was responding to Canadians "who have been very clear on this."
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews set off a public firestorm last year when he told parliamentarians they could either stand with the government on Bill C-30 or stand with child pornographers.
The comment infuriated a wide cross-section of opponents, including many small-c conservative libertarians who opposed what they called Big Brother oversight in the legislation.
The government will instead take one small element of the legislation and create a new law that will address Supreme Court concerns over the use of police wiretaps without a warrant, Nicholson said.
Another piece of legislation, Bill C-12, remains before Parliament. It would make it easier for Internet service providers, email hosts and social media sites to voluntarily share personal information about customers with authorities, possibly including private security firms.
The changes announced Monday, however, will nonetheless ensure police will once again be able to tap people's phones without a warrant in cases of emergency or imminent harm.
Nicholson said under the new rules, anyone whose communications have been intercepted in situations of imminent harm must be notified by police within 90 days.
There will also be an annual report compiled on the use of imminent harm wiretaps, and only police — and not other peace officers — will be able to use them.
The government's proposals fall in line with recommendations from the Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously that warrantless wiretaps would constitute a breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The high court gave the government a year to come up with changes to address its concerns.


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I think you guys are (unintentionally) misleading the lady with those high valuations. The scarcity, demand and availablity of the Carnival version is vastly different to the clear.Chuggy, yours may have been original Sandwich ones which would explain their price. Either that or your bidders got carried away and were ignorant of the huge availablity of these in the States.Imperial themselves have re-issued these at various times over many years. Many other companies have made slight variations.Here is a recently sold 8 sided one on Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6271681468Draw your own conclusions
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THE EICHMANN TRIAL by Deborah E. Lipstadt, in the New York Times. Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem "has come to overshadow its subject."According to Foer, "Lipstadt has done a great service by untethering the trial from Arendt's polarizing presence, recovering the event as a gripping legal drama, as well as a hinge moment in Israel's history and in the world's delayed awakening to the magnitude of the Holocaust." Continue reading here.
Anita Desai reviews Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India by Joseph Lelyveld in the New York Review of Books. Desai notes that "this is not a conventional biography in that he does not repeat the well-documented story of Gandhi's struggle for India but rather his struggle with India, the country that exasperated, infuriated, and dismayed him, notwithstanding his love for it....Lelyveld's argument is that it was South Africa that made him the visionary and leader of legend." Read the rest here.
With the sesquicentennial of the Civil War coming up, in the Los Angeles Times recommends "two excellent anthologies [that] commend themselves to readers who want to hear and feel the immediacy of the Civil War as experienced by its participants." The books are Hearts Touched by Fire: The Best of "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" edited by Harold Holzer, and The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
Tamar Jacoby takes up A Nation of Immigrants by Susan F. Martin in The New Republic/The Book. Jacoby finds it "a relatively slim, readable volume," informed by Martin's decades of work in immigration policy.
Also this weekend, reviews in the New York Times of BROTHERS, RIVALS, VICTORS: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan; and SISTERS OF FORTUNE: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad by Jehanne Wake.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
The Eichmann Trial, Gandhi biography, the Civil War, and more in the book pages
Posted by Mary L. Dudziak at 2:50 AM
Labels: Scholarship -- Books
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- Patrick S. O'Donnell said...
"Gandhi" misspelled in post title.
And speaking of Gandhi, I have a blog post, "The Life and Work of Mohandas K. Gandhi: Recommended Reading," at ReligiousLeftLaw.com if perchance some readers are interested: http://www.religiousleftlaw.com/2011/03/the-life-and-work-of-mohandas-k-gandhi-recommended-reading.html
- April 10, 2011 at 7:40:00 AM EDT
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
Patrick, thanks for the link and the correction! Further evidence that if my life depended on proofreading, I would be in dire condition.
- April 10, 2011 at 1:08:00 PM EDT
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On May 24th Rhythmn & Hues Studios co-founder Pauline Ts'o revealed the details about what really happens behind the doors of a cutting edge visual effects/computer animation company. Recent studio projects included blockbusters such as "X-Men 2", "Elf", "Daredevil" and "Scooby Doo 2". In September 2002, Wired magazine named Rhythm & Hues one of the "Top 5 VFX Powerhouses. The studio's work on "The Sum of All Fears" was recognized by the Visual Effects Society with the 2003 award for Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Film. Our thanks to Pauline for a wonderful lecture!
On April 6th, the CSS Speaker series hosted its fourth speaker for the year - Dr. Susan Mabry, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Whitmore College, in Spokane, Washington. Dr. Mabry spoke on the increasingly complex field of medical informantics. She detailed the process of establishing a project methodology, providing system infrastructure and the challenge of demonstrating meaningful diagnoses and intervention advise through a proof-of-concept application.
On February 3rd, CSS, UW Bothell and UW Alumni got a special look at behind the scenes action of Pixar Animation Studios, the small movie firm responsible for big blockbusters including "Monsters Inc." and "Finding Nemo". Pixar Graphics Software Engineer Sanjay Bakshi explained the studio's production pipeline--from story development and character creation to final image rendering--that brought these films to life. After the lecture, Mr. Bakashi stayed for an additional fourty minutes answering questions from the audience on a variety of topics ranging from the content of his lecture to successfully obtaining a job in computer graphics and animation. For further information please visit the UW Alumni Association's link below:
This event was sponsored by UW Bothell's Computing and Software Systems Program, ASUWB and UW Alumni Association.
On January 13th, the CSS Speaker Series welcomed Pamela Drew, VP, Engineering and Information Technology, Boeing, Phantom Works. Dr. Drew outlined the main technologies expected to drive the direction of design and use of information technology in aerospace in the coming 20 years. The lecture was attended by over 50 students from both Bothell and Seattle, alumni and community members.
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- A guided tour is one of the most satisfying ways to experience the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Led by trained and qualified guides, these tours allow groups to explore diverse areas of the Gardens, examine unique flora and learn more about the natural world.
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Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and Colorado's mandatory Stay-At-Home order, Co-Parenting for Life Classes are being made available online temporarily. The classes can be found at http://online.divorce-education.com or www.factcolorado.com. Certificates of completion are still required.
YWCA Boulder County is one of two court-approved providers for the Co-Parenting For Life Class in the Twentieth Judicial District. The Co-Parenting Seminar is a three-hour class and a parenting book is included.
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Children's Alley is the area's only drop-in, sliding scale childcare center in the Front Range. Children's Alley serves children ages six weeks to 12 years old. If you need on-site childcare during the Co-Parenting Class, you must register your children at least 48 hours in advance by calling 303-449-1951. Please bring enrollment forms with you. Click here for more information about Children's Alley.
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LOS ANGELES, CA, May 5, 2014 -- Fingerprint examination, though in use for more than a hundred years, has until recently undergone surprisingly little scientific scrutiny. A paper recently published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE provides important new insight into what specific, visual aspects of fingerprint pairs make their analysis more or less difficult. The paper, authored by UCLA psychology professor Philip Kellman, UCLA Law professor Jennifer Mnookin and several additional co-authors, investigates one particularly important question: What makes specific fingerprint comparisons easier or harder than others? While fingerprint analysts might have intuitions based on their experience about reasons for difficult comparisons, these experts lacked validated methods for objectively measuring difficulty or for determining scientifically what visual aspects of the fingerprints themselves contribute to that difficulty. The model developed in the paper was able to account for 64% of the variation in print comparison accuracy on a novel set of fingerprint images. The presence of specific fingerprint features as well as image quality metrics like contrast and fingerprint ridge clarity turned out to be important predictors of classification accuracy. "While some of the predictors we found likely comport with what fingerprint examiners would have intuited, being able to demonstrate their role scientifically, and measuring, rather than just assuming, their importance is a significant step forward," Mnookin stated. Professors Mnookin and Kellman were joined in the paper by UCLA doctoral candidate in psychology Gennady Erhlikhmann and recent Ph.D. Everett Mettler, St. Joseph's University Psychology professor Patrick Garrigan, Tandra Ghose of the Max Planck Institute, fingerprint expert David Charlton, and cognitive psychologist Itiel Dror of Cognitive Consultants International, who has conducted extensive research into the psychological aspects of fingerprint evidence. Finding an objective method to determine fingerprint comparison difficulty has a good deal of practical importance. While fingerprint experts may have high accuracy overall, errors are more common for difficult comparisons than for easier ones. That means that methods for assessing the difficulty of a comparison, in advance of its analysis and based on objective visual characteristics, could help increase the accuracy of fingerprint identification overall. Measuring difficulty could also help crime laboratories assess which print comparisons might require special attention or care. "These results suggest that it's not far-fetched to imagine that relatively soon, error-prone comparisons could be flagged by a computer," Garrigan said. "If we could easily determine which print comparisons created a heightened risk for error, that would have lots of advantages," Mnookin said. "Those prints could be more carefully scrutinized by analysts, treated differently in the courtroom, or subjected to additional verification procedures," she added. "We already knew that objectively measuring difficulty was important. This research helps show that it's also plausible," Dror said. "In addition to contributing to our knowledge of a crucial area of forensic science, this research also helps us better understand experts' advanced visual processing skills attained from experience and training, an important area in psychological research," Kellman said. "We are currently analyzing follow-up data, and our model continues to look promising," he added. This research was supported by grant funding from the National Institute of Justice. The full paper can be accessed here.About UCLA School of Law Founded in 1949, UCLA School of Law is the youngest major law school in the nation and has established a tradition of innovation in its approach to teaching, research and scholarship. With approximately 100 faculty and 1,100 students, the school pioneered clinical teaching, is a leader in interdisciplinary research and training, and is at the forefront of efforts to link research to its effects on society and the legal profession. For more information, visit www.law.ucla.edu.