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DescriptionHoliday Bonus is a match three game with a Christmas theme. Using your mouse, swap two items to create a straight line, vertically or horizontally, of three or more items. To clear a level, you must break all the ice panes under some items by making matches over them or using certain bonus items. Later in the game, you will encounter ice and thick ice. Thick ice must be matched twice to remove it. Ice must be removed before you can break the ice pane. Remove either by matching the item or using a bonus item. Items in ice cannot be moved until the ice is removed. During the game, you can use bonus items. These are:
- Christmas pudding: Destroys the items in the neighboring squares. Does not remove ice panes. Will clear ice but only the top-most layer. So, if there is ice, it will clear it but leave the item.
- Christmas cracker: Destroys items or ice on an entire horizontal row or vertical column, depending on the direction it is facing. Does not remove ice panes.
- Matches: Melts one cube of ice. Does not remove ice panes, items or thick ice.
- Snowball: Removes one ice pane. Does not affect ice cubes or items.
- Snowman: Removes the ice panes from the square it is in as well as the neighboring squares. Does not affect ice cubes or items.
- Star: Removes the item, ice pane, ice cube and/or thick ice from any one square.
- Santa's sack: Can contain any of the above bonus items. The selection is random.
Some items have a glow behind them. Matching these fills the power meter that looks like a thermometer on the left. When the power meter is full, any bonus items used are stronger. For example, a Christmas cracker would remove three rows or columns instead of one.
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- "Holiday Bonus HD" -- iPad and Android tablet title
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- Genre: Tile matching puzzle (creation)
- Grey Alien Gams' Bonus games
- Holiday Bonus series
- Theme: Christmas
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Your Ab Muscles Explained
The two figures standing in front of me one recent winter morning could not look more different. On the right is Carrie McCulloch, MD, a musculoskeletal anatomy expert and the medical director for Kinected Pilates studio in New York City, who is sizing up the shape of my waistline. Dr. McCulloch's own midsection happens to be perfectly rounded because she is only weeks away from giving birth to her first child. On the left is her assistant, Mr. Bones, one of those hanging skeletons that teach medical students how the thigh bone's connected to the hip bone. Mr. Bones doesn't actually have a waist, just a hollow space between his ribs and pelvis.
Dr. McCulloch is demonstrating how this inner bony foundation can set the stage for your torso's outer appearance, tapping the stacked bones that make up her assistant's spine.
I ask Dr. McCulloch how I ended up with a relatively slim 26-1/2-inch waist that has forced me to belt every pair of pants I've ever bought in order to cinch the gap created by wearing sizes big enough to fit my more ample bottom. The answer includes factors like body type, fat composition, and possibly even the shape of the pelvic bone, where your ab muscles attach, she says. Theoretically, a wider pelvis can translate into a broad lower abdomen and hips, compared with what's north of the belly button. "These are all variations on normal, and genetics can play a big role," she assures me.
But even though I weigh less now than I did in my twenties — thanks to a mostly vegetarian diet and a love of Zumba Fitness classes — I notice something new: a muffin top, a spare tire, love handles. Whatever you call it, I've got it. And I'm about to loan my body to science to get rid of it.
Middle Management
When it comes to ab flab, there are two ways to tackle the problem: Either burn blubber or suck it in with stronger muscles. "Even if you don't lose fat, you can improve your waistline by toning your muscles," says Michele Olson, PhD, a FITNESS advisory board member and professor of physical education and exercise science at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama.
The skinny on abs is that they're actually hard to fatigue because they work all day long to keep you upright. But you don't come home after a long day at the office with a tummy ache from all that typing, so how busy could they really be?
"When we're seated, our back muscles and spine help keep us upright and the abs are in a slack position, especially if you slouch," explains Joseph Herrera, a doctor of osteopathic medicine and the director of sports medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in New York City. "Although we would end up reclining without the opposing muscle forces they provide, intentionally contracting your abs is the only way to activate them as you sit." As I stand in his office, Dr. Herrera tapes electrodes beneath my rib cage and just above my belly button. Cables connect those electrodes to an electromyography (EMG) machine, which makes a whooshing sound every time the underlying abdominal muscles — my external obliques and rectus abdominis — are activated.
The external obliques are the V-shaped muscles running diagonally down your sides that, along with the internal obliques underneath them, help you rotate your spine when a Ryan Gosling look-alike walks by. The rectus abdominis, meanwhile, is the straight-down-the-center muscle which, yes, can make you appear to have a six-pack if you have a seemingly single-digit body-fat percentage like Ryan Gosling's. The one remaining ab muscle, which Dr. Herrera's surface EMG won't be picking up, is the transversus abdominis. The deepest-down of all, it does a complete wraparound of your midsection and pulls it in like a corset.
When I sit in my chair with the electrodes in place, nothing happens. So I switch over to sit on a pumped-up stability ball, like the kind every office health nut uses. No whoosh. But then I lean slightly backward and all of sudden — whoosh — my rectus abdominis activates to support my spine because there is no backrest to do the job. "The stability ball requires your torso to balance on an unsteady surface. It forces your abs to fire," Dr. Herrera says. I find I can also activate the rectus abdominis, not to mention my heretofore-napping obliques, by pulling in my belly button. I feel like a living Wii game avatar as I subsequently walk around Dr. Herrera's office trying to get a reaction from the EMG. Walking itself produces only a weak whoosh, but by carrying a bag of groceries in front of me, slinging my purse over one shoulder, or climbing stairs, I get the electrical activity on the EMG monitor to increase.
Of course none of this multitasking is making my abs burn or getting them closer to bounce-a-quarter-off-'em shape. For that, you have to do the type of middle-cinching muscle toning that Olson was referring to.
Olson has in fact used this same sort of EMG machine to test just about any ab exercise you can name. Thanks to her, for the next four weeks I'll be doing the mother of all ab workouts: a routine that contains her and her fellow scientists' greatest hits. (Spoiler alert: You get to do it, too, with the Flat Abs Fast workout below.)
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How to Get Rid of Belly Fat
Your Ab Muscles
Along with muscles in the lower back, these key abdominals make up your core.
External Obliques
The outer layer of the abs on your sides; these run diagonally downward.
Internal Obliques
Just underneath the external obliques, these run diagonally up your sides.
Rectus Abdominis
Two paired sheets of muscle from the ribs to the pelvis that flex you forward.
Transversus Abdominis
The deepest ab muscle, which wraps around the waist to support the spine.
Think of your ab muscles as the meat in the middle of a fat sandwich. On top of them is subcutaneous fat, the stuff you pinch as you look in the mirror. Below them is visceral fat, which is the type that takes up residence next to your internal organs — in excessive amounts if you continually overdo it on calories and experience too much pent-up stress. "When you fill up those subcutaneous areas, fat winds up getting stored where it shouldn't, in your deep abdomen or your liver," explains Arthur Weltman, PhD, exercise physiology professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Visceral fat has been linked to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome, he notes.
But because you don't have X-ray vision to see whether too much of the potentially dangerous visceral fat is parking itself in your own belly, scientists have figured out a couple of DIY guidelines. To avoid increased risk of obesity-related diseases, women should have a waist measurement no bigger than 35 inches (measure it at the smallest point of your midsection), and some experts recommend a waist-to-hip ratio of around 0.8, meaning that your waistline should be no greater than 80 percent of your hip circumference. According to a Mayo Clinic study released last May, the ratio of waist to hip is believed to be a measurement of visceral fat. Other fascinating research, published in the American Journal of Human Biology, found that women who give birth before age 40 have an average of two centimeters more fat around their bellies than women of the same ages who haven't given birth. (I'll have to thank my two daughters for those extra centimeters.)
Just don't wait until you blow the tape-measure test to start defending your belly from this flab. Step one is to toss the trans fats, which are found in prepackaged treats under the alias partially hydrogenated oils and have been shown to pack on body fat, particularly in the abdomen. Replace them with monounsaturated fats — for example, olive oil and those in walnuts and avocados — which help your body metabolize belly fat. And swig some reduced-fat milk, like 1 percent or skim, while you're at it: Calcium increases the activity of enzymes that break down fat cells and reduces the stress hormone cortisol, which triggers your body to hoard belly fat.
Step two is to get some calorie-burning cardio exercise. Of course you've already heard that pointer often, but Weltman takes this idea one step further, noting that high-intensity aerobic exercise is even more effective at burning off visceral fat than the same amount of low-intensity exercise. In one study, he had overweight women walk or jog five times a week; one group worked out for a longer amount of time at a low intensity, while the other did shorter stints of high-intensity work. Even though each group burned the exact same number of calories in each workout, the high-intensity group melted off more visceral fat. "We speculate that there's a relation between the intensity of the workout and the amount of growth hormone released, which is a powerful mobilizer of visceral fat," Weltman says.
The good news, according to Weltman, is that high intensity — the level at which you feel the effort and can no longer hold a conversation — is different for each person. "You may have to run to get to that level, while someone else may just have to jog or walk," he explains. "It all depends on your level of fitness, but the great thing is, you can do it whether you're a competitive athlete or just starting out."
I make a mental note to bust the moves in Zumba class like never before.
The Flat Abs Workout Plan
The perfect six-packed specimen illustrating this story is my abs exercise instructor, Chelsey Korus.
At my first workout with her, I watched Korus demonstrate the tolasana pose. Sitting cross-legged with her palms resting on yoga blocks next to her hips, she straightened her arms and, using only her ab muscles, raised her body off the floor. When I attempted it, I couldn't even lift one butt cheek off my mat. Never mind my muffin top; I wondered how my abs had gotten so wimpy. After all, it had been eight years since I'd had my second daughter, so those muscles should have bounced back long ago.
Moves like the tolasana and the eight subsequent ones we did that day are representative of a shift that ab exercises have taken in the past decade or so. Previously there was a tendency to isolate the abdominal muscles to give each one an individual workout — crunches for your rectus abdominis, bicycles for the obliques — but as Olson points out, that's not the way it works in real life. "When you're reaching up to get something, picking up a baby or bending down, you need all the muscles to work together," she says. "Instead of targeting each one, you should aim for functional fitness, where the muscles work as a unit."
By week two of my abs regimen, I could actually lift my butt off the floor for a few seconds of tolasana, and in week three I kept asking my husband to feel how tight my obliques were getting. At the end of the month I could hold the pose for at least 15 seconds and not make what Korus called my "stress face."
I lost a half-inch from my waist in four weeks without dieting. Now every time my daughters cheer me on as I achieve liftoff during tolasana, I feel as if I can kick some major butt. Supported by my awesome abs, of course.
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To Crunch or Not to Crunch?
Lately the common sit-up has stirred controversy, coming under fire from certain experts for putting excessive wear and tear on the spine. While evidence is mounting but the jury is still out, try this simple back-friendly modification from Stuart McGill, PhD, professor of spine biomechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada and author of The Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance: Lying faceup on the floor, slip your hands underneath the natural curve of your spine. "You can activate the rectus abdominis with tiny upward movements, as if you're lifting your head and shoulders off a bathroom scale so it registers zero," he explains.

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Lessons for Community Networks
I had the good fortune to run into Isaac Wilder from the Free Network Foundation and a couple folks from Guifi.net at the Oakland mesh meetup a couple weeks ago. Isaac and I have gone back and forth on the viability of mesh networks, so it was nice to finally put a face with the name.
We had a great discussions on their respective networks and about the cellular network we've been working on in Papua. There's obviously good work being done by both projects; I was particularly impressed by Guifi.net's scale (thousands of really operational nodes!). One thing that I was really glad about was the recognition by all parties that "building mesh networks" isn't really the end goal; it's about building free-as-in-freedom decentralized community networks. Guifi for example is planning on building out fiber links to augment their backhaul.
There were a few points I took away from our discussion that I think are important guidelines for people building these decentralized community networks.
Embrace commerce. Our network in Papua is explicitly for-profit, and one of the most remarkable aspects of it is that it has been profitable for the local operators since soon after going live (we'll have a paper out about this soon). I think this has aligned incentives between users and the local operator to ensure reliable operation is a long-term goal. Paying for service and demonstrating a clear business model I think also conveys to users that the network is for real, and there to stay. In Guifi.net's network, they have independent agents ("Guifi Professionals") who provide installation service for nominal fees. In my experience one of the hardest problems in keeping a network operational is maintaining adequate involvement from experienced people who can fix problems when the arise; providing income to those people is an excellent answer.
Don't automate everything. One of the guys from Guifi explained that they had made explicit decisions against automating certain aspects of their network operations, like firmware updates. While they make impressively extensive use of automation for many common network activities, keeping a human in the loop is a great way to avoid accidentally messing up large parts of a network. In Papua, we rely on human intervention for handling certain faults; while it's inefficient (and we do in fact want to automate this process eventually) it's given us a core set of people who are capable of basic debugging of the system and who can fix certain problems on their own, without our intervention. In short, having a human in the loop can improve resilience of the network, not to mention the positive side effect of improving peoples' understandings of how networks work.
It's a social problem. Isaac said something I really liked. Paraphrased, it was "a big part of our innovation is social." Obviously there is technical innovation still occurring within the free networking community, but like Isaac I agree that building large wireless networks is essentially a solved problem (in my survey of WISPs I conducted last year I spoke with dozens of operators who had thousands of subscribers, some spread across territories spanning hundreds of miles). To me, a more interesting question than what mesh routing protocol to use is what are other, more democratic, methods of building and operating communications infrastructure? The answer we've explored in Papua is to distribute control to local entrepreneurs who are more responsive to community needs than national-scale telcos; this is analogous to what rural WISPs have done worldwide. Guifi and the FNF are really pushing the limits on what's possible with building fully horizontal networks -- in the language of my recent paper, networks that are truly decentralized from a management perspective. Our friends at Rhizomatica are taking a similar approach in Oaxaca with their cellular network, though due to the fundamental nature of phone networks it's a bit harder to make them truly decentralized (phone networks' first design imperative is the ability to bill and control usage, after all). While I personally believe the "small entrepreneur" model we're using in Papua strikes the right balance between equitable operation and practicality, I'm excited to see work on other models.
Now, all this said, I still firmly believe that for blackout circumvention a la Egypt 2011 mesh networks are a poor answer and inefficient use of resources. I also think it's important for anyone working in the space to have a firm understanding of the fundamental reasons why real mesh networks don't scale so they can design around that [1]. But it's a good thing in my mind that projects like the FNF and Guifi exist because they give us practical examples of alternatives to traditional top-down models of telecommunications. That's a cause I support and I look forward to exciting developments from both of these projects.
[1] There was a comment at the mesh meetup that night that there's no such thing as scarcity of bandwidth in a mesh network since you can always add more nodes or use more frequency. This is of course not true: radios in practice have limited bandwidth, regardless of spectrum regulation, and channel contention and forwarding load impart fundamental limitations on the capacity available in a mesh. There's also the practical problem that devices have a limit on their forwarding capacity. If a builder of a community network starts with this expectation, they're setting themselves up for failure.
Why Mesh Networks Still Aren't the Right Answer: The Paper
A while back I wrote a blog post about why wireless mesh networks aren't a viable answer to censorship. I've been wanting to write a more rigorous followup to that post for a while, and I'm happy to say that such a paper has finally been written and will appear at the FOCI 2013 workshop. You can take a look at it here: Building Dissent Networks: Towards Effective Countermeasures against Large-Scale Communications Blackouts.
The tl;dr is that systems for dissident communication need to prioritize user safety and scalability, and mesh networks (and many other currently proposed systems) don't fit the bill.
This is joint work with my colleagues Yahel Ben-David, Giulia Fanti, Eric Brewer, and Scott Shenker.
Teardown of an Ubiquiti Nanostation Loco M5
I was doing some work on a Ubiquiti Nanostation Loco M5 yesterday and wound up bricking it (protip: the 'erase all' command in uBoot also erases the bootloader itself... whoops!). Rather than getting out the JTAG I decided I'd do a full teardown of it since I hadn't seen one of this device before.
I'd long since removed the board from the case, so here's the board itself. The silver thing on top is shielding for the RF components. It's pretty easy to pop it off with a flathead screwdriver -- just jam it into the sides until it bends up.
There are a few chips on this board. The big one in the center is the 400MHz MIPS SoC, the Atheros AR7240-AH1A. The chip below that is the Winbond 25X64VFIG, a flash memory module. On the left side of the board, we have an M-Tek H16125MCG, an Ethernet transformer (I'm not sure if this is found on all ethernet devices, or if it has something to do with PoE). Directly above the transformer is a chip that's covered in stickers, the one "mystery chip" on this board (at least to me). Removing the stickers, I found three markings. On the top, it has a logo followed by "MIRA", which appears to be a custom IC manufacturer from Taiwan. There are two other markings: one next to the logo reading P3S56040ETP, and one on the bottom reading 944ANF74-G5. I found one reference to the latter, on this site, suggesting both that this is a 32MB SDRAM chip and that the Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N has a very similar bill of materials to the NSLM5!
Inside the shielded area, directly above the AR7240, is the radio chip, the Atheros AR9280-AL1A. The two chips to the left are both Skyworks SE2593A20, a dual-band WiFi frontend which does all the switching, filtering, and so forth. If you look closely towards the bottom left of the shielded area, you can see two leads running to a pair of connectors for RF pigtails (they're the golden squares with a dark circle). These are the antenna lines -- you can follow them back to the antenna port of each of the frontend chips. I guess they left those leads for testing purposes; I don't know if they're functional.
A couple other points of interest are the serial port on the lower right side of the board, just next to the Ethernet port. The reset button is on the bottom left, under the Ethernet transformer.
Flipping the board over, we see the antennas. These are two panel antennas layered on top of each other. They're attached with some plastic screws and solder to connect them to the antenna leads, along with one metal bolt which looks like it goes to ground. The lower layer of the antenna is the only one that's soldered to the board. The upper layer actually doesn't make any electrical contact with the lower one.
Up to this point, you could probably re-assemble the board. But this is a teardown, so I broke off the solder between the lower antenna and the board. It snaps in two pretty easily.
(Note my current favorite tool in the top right corner, vicegrips!)
There's nothing too exciting underneath, just the bottom of the Atheros chips.
I still have all the parts, so if you'd like better pictures or have questions about any parts I didn't discuss, let me know!
Why wireless mesh networks won't save us from censorship
Or "why the reddit 'Darknet Plan' is a fun but misguided solution to the wrong problem".
It's exciting to see so much interest of late in the Darknet Plan hatched by redditors to build a second, people-owned, censorship-free Internet using a large-scale wireless mesh network. Freedom of speech on the Internet is an important issue and it's important for all of us to take it seriously. Additionally, as someone who thinks wireless networks are the bee's knees (and who does research on wireless networks in his day job), it's exciting to see so much interest in using wireless to circumvent censorship.
That's why it's painful for me to say, "hey guys, this isn't going to work".
I got into this space about five years ago to build a community-owned Internet using solar power and wireless mesh networks -- censorship circumvention wasn't an explicit goal, but it was part of the broader vision. I actually wound up building a couple sizable networks using equipment like this (Orangemesh grew out of this work). After a couple years I developed a pretty good understanding that wireless mesh networks aren't actually a good way to build a real network. These are a few of those reasons.Read More »


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Dry-cured ham.
Pure-breed Berkshire ham. 2 of them. More of a European approach in that the aitch bone was removed before curing. Benton's and Col Newsom's keep them on. For what it's worth (not much), I've become proficient at deboning and sewing up bone in hams.
Cured with coarse sea salt, modest amount of sugar, nitrate, effort and time. Packed in a wooden wine box on a rack on an incline to do away with the resulting brine. Rubbed again with salt after 2 weeks. Terrific.
It spent a month in the salt. I got drunk a few times in the meantime.
Soaked the hams in water overnight and hung them out to dry. Rubbed the exposed meat with lard and ground spices as is tradition, even though there is little chance of any insects getting into the crappy Stagionello curing cabinet (based on the cabinets confusing and awful performance, anything is possible). They will hang at 55F with 75% humidity for 6 months or so and we'll see what happens. And if they are inedible, I'm not too worried. That's the silver lining of not getting any credit for your professional work. It also ensures all but absolute anonymity and keeps you exiled in a lower tax bracket.


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For many Egyptians, General Abdel Fattah Al Sisi – head of the country's military that ousted Egypt's first freely elected president in July – is the leader most likely to instill stability amid political and economic chaos there since the 2011 revolution.
And as a movement for his nomination as the country's next president grows, his supporters are finding new ways to show their love for the general: from baking his visage on cakes to inscribing his name on wedding jewelry.
The general's name is now one of the favourite motifs for 'shabka' – a gift of gold jewelry considered an important part of Egyptian weddings.
The increasingly popular trend was apparently started by Nermin Nazim, a jewelry designer and state-television anchor after General Sisi "liberated Egypt and freed it from fascism", she said.
Ms. Nazim's pro-Sisi collection includes rings, bracelets and necklaces with words like "Oh Sisi" and "You conquer them Sisi" engraved on them.
"I love general Sisi and the man I want to spend the rest of my life with has to share that love and appreciation for him too so the least we can do is having his name craved on my shabka," said Dina Abdullah, a 25-year-old Egyptian teacher.
"The shabka is very close to any woman's heart and Sisi is very close to our hearts too. He is our hero," she said.
The word 'shabka' loosely signifies a bond between the couple and the bride's values. It always includes a gold ring, which the groom presents to his bride-to-be.
"It may be a strange idea for some men that a groom would gift a shabka that has another man's name on it. But trust me, I have been getting several customers asking me if I sell the Sisi shabka or if can make one for them," said Malak Abdo, an owner of a gold shop in the low-income neighbourhood of Imbaba in Giza. "It is a quite a patriotic move by the grooms, I would say."
The trend is catching on, but it also has its fair share of critics – reflecting maybe in some ways also the political divide in the country.
"Why would any real man work hard for years to save for a shabka that will have another man's name on it, why? You might as well let Sisi run your future household for you," said Khalid Abdelfattah, a 32-year old salesman.


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By Kathleen McGrory
David Beckham hasn't given up on the idea of state subsidies for his proposed soccer stadium.
To prove it, the world's biggest soccer star traveled to Tallahassee on Tuesday to meet with Gov. Rick Scott, along with House and Senate leaders.
Wherever Beckham went, female legislative aides and lobbyists followed.
Even lawmakers -- both male and female -- took a break from crafting legislation to catch a glimpse of Beckham's famous face. By late afternoon, Scott, Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, House Speaker Will Weatherford, Sen. Anitere Flores, Rep. Dana Young and Rep. Jose Felix Diaz had all Tweeted their selfies with Beckham.
Beckham characterized the day's meetings as "very positive." He said lawmakers hadn't made him any promises. "I know that it's going to be fair and I know that their decision will be what's best for the state," he said.
Beckham recently unveiled his plan for a new open-air soccer stadium in the heart of PortMiami. His proposal includes a pedestrian bridge to the island bridge, and a one-million square-foot commercial complex on the site.
Beckham says the plan has the power to transform downtown Miami. And for that, he is seeking some help from the state.
He and his team of lobbyists are supporting a legislative proposal (SB 1216/HB 7095) that would enable professional sports franchises to compete for sales tax rebates for construction and renovation projects.
Each team would have to apply. The Department of Economic Opportunity would rank the proposals, but the Legislature would ultimately choose the winners.
The Senate version, sponsored by Republican Sen. Jack Latvala, of Clearwater, caps the subsides at $3 million per team based on the sales tax generated at the facility. As much as $13 million could be awarded in any 12-month period.
The House version gives lawmakers the authority to dole out a maximum of $12 million in annual subsidies. Each project would be limited to $2 million.
A key provision for Beckham allows Major League Soccer franchises to be in contention for the money.
The state's current incentive program, which benefits eight professional teams, does not include soccer franchises.
Beckham said he is not asking for any special handouts. "We just want the support that every other franchise, ever other sports team has," he said.
Earlier this week, Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, tried to amend the bill so it would cover North American Soccer League franchises like the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers. But he failed to find support on the Senate Commerce and Tourism panel. The MLS and NASL are both professional soccer leagues.
The broader proposal has widespread support in the Senate and the blessing of Weatherford in the House.
Weatherford, citing last year's failed effort to provide taxpayer support for a $350 million upgrade of Sun Life Stadium, does not want to vote on individual facilities projects this year. Instead, he supports the creation of a process for awarding future funding. But some key differences remain between the House and Senate plans. And not everyone supports the concept, including some members of the Miami-Dade delegation.
"It's poor public policy," said state Rep. Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami. "There's no economic development study that shows that giving taxpayer dollars to for-profit industries is good for the community."
Trujillo added: "I encourage them in their pursuit to bring a MLS team to Miami-Dade County, but I hope they use their own money just like any other business would."
Before Tuesday, Beckham had never been to Tallahassee.
He had pleasant trip, he said, and was particularly struck by the moss in the trees.
"I've only seen it in scary movies," he said. "I took a lot of selfies myself to send to the kids."
It certainly won't be his last visit, he said.
"I'm in it for the long haul," Beckham said. "I know we are going to make Miami proud to have a stadium."
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Robot Spirits < Side Yori > GUN X SWORD - Dann of Thursday by Bandai
Robot Spirits < Side Yori > GUN X SWORD - Dann of Thursday by Bandai. Made of ABS, PVC & POM. 140mm (5.5 inches) tall. Due in September 2011 for 3,800 yen.
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Loose Armour Plates.
I know there is no review on this site of this figure. I thought I would mention that the one I have had loose joints on the right armoured shoulder. This is the only robot spirit I have had any looseness on.
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Thousands of protesters marched against planned tuition hikes in Montreal, opposing the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest, two weeks before Quebec's parliamentary elections. The students marched just as they have on the 22nd of every month, for the last six months.
Organizers of Wednesday's protest said it was the largest planned demonstration seen during an electoral campaign and that it signaled the revitalization of the protest movement.
"The people will vote to elect a new government and that new government will feel pressure from the students," CEGEP college philosophy professor Martin Godon told Agence France Presse.
Godon, 49, is a member of "Teachers Against Hikes."
Students "have learned a lot about democracy, civics and engagement, and that's worth all the diplomas they could receive," he said, hoping the lessons "will impact youth voters" for the September 4 vote.
The presidents of two student unions, the Quebec Federation of College Students (FECQ) and the Quebec Federation of University Students (FEUQ), Eliane Laberge and Martine Desjardins, condemned the Charest administration's plans.
"On September 4, citizens will remember how the Liberal Party has addressed the youth and people of Quebec," said Laberge, while Desjardins reiterated her call against voting for parties failing to support students.
The spokesman for the student organization CLASSE promised the students would continue striking in defiance of Bill 78. He said the action would persist during, and after, the election.
The group says about 43,000 students remain on strike -- which is about one-tenth of all post-secondary students in the province.
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Outspoken was not the word for Diana as she began her career in the public eye. Early on she was dubbed "Shy Di" for her way of shrinking from photographers and podiums. She admitted that she giggled too much when she became nervous during a speech. But she was also aware that public speaking must become one of her strengths. Her speaking coaches included the actor Sir Richard Attenborough, Peter Settelen (who later become infamous for his candid recordings of Diana), and communications strategist Richard Greene.
They encouraged Diana to overcome her fears of public speaking by allowing herself to speak more conversationally and more passionately. One of her greatest strengths as a public figure was her sense of warmth, which conveyed beautifully in photos and video when she was filmed hugging a person with HIV or playing games with children in homeless shelters. Speaking would feel more comfortable, Greene told her, if she drew from the sense of compassion that seemed to come so easily to her.
Her Angola visit was highly publicized, and for the first time Diana found herself political news as the British government--not ready to sign on to a landmine treaty--was dismayed by her strong words on the topic. Arriving home, she gave a speech on landmines at the Royal Geographical Society in London that was anything but shy. Here's what you can learn from her famous speech:
- She acknowledged what was in front of her audience--herself: Early in her speech, she addresses the controversy surrounding her Angola visit, defusing the question and defining her role in the cause: "Some people chose to interpret my visit as a political statement. But it was not. I am not a political figure. As I said at the time, and I'd like to reiterate now, my interests are humanitarian. That is why I felt drawn to this human tragedy."
- She dressed for the occasion: Her choice of business-like black and white for the speech--severe and plain by the standards of the wardrobe of the world's most photographed woman--kept the focus on her words. She wore a similarly unadorned suit for another famous speech on the treatment of AIDS patients in 1993.
- The problem belongs to all of us: Diana used several strategies throughout the speech to encourage the idea that landmines are a problem for all countries to solve. "We," "ours" and "us" appear frequently, and her rhetorical questions are some of the most passionate lines of the speech: "How can countries which manufacture and trade in these weapons square their conscience with such human devastation?"
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USB 3.1 (10Gbps) Adapter Cable for 2.5" SATA Drives
Connect a 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD to your computer using this USB 3.1 Gen 2 ultra-portable cable
Product ID: USB312SAT3CB
- Get fast, temporary access to data with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) cable-style adapter
- Connects to a 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD with no accessories required
- Supports SATA I, II, III (up to 6 Gbps)
- Powered directly from the USB port
- UASP support for enhanced performance
- Backward compatible with USB 3.0, 2.0 and 1.x
Here's a fast, easy way to access data on a 2.5" solid-state or hard drive. This cable-style adapter lets you connect your laptop or desktop computer directly to a solid-state drive and access it through ultra-fast USB 3.1 Gen. 2 (up to 10 Gbps).
Convenient drive access
With the adapter cable, you can quickly swap hard drives without having to install your drives into an enclosure. You can copy or retrieve data from a 2.5" SSD/HDD quickly with no additional accessories required. It gives you easy drive access for data migration, drive cloning and data backup applications, with the fast performance of USB 3.1 Gen 2.
Harness the speed of USB 3.1 Gen 2
USB 3.1 Gen 2 gives you greater bandwidth and speed with rates of up to 10 Gbps - twice the speed of USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen 1) technology. It lets you leverage the high performance of the latest SSDs and hard drives, while alleviating bottlenecks in your data transfers.
Ultra-portable with no external power required
This cable-style adapter features a compact, lightweight design that tucks easily into a laptop bag or carrying case. Use it wherever you go to access valuable data quickly - with no external power required.
The USB312SAT3CB is backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
- Technicians who need a quick, easy way to access data on 2.5" hard drives
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- Back up important data to an external storage device
- Retrieve data from an old SATA drive
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Technical Specifications
|Warranty Information
|2 Years
|Bus Type
|USB 3.1 Gen 2
|Chipset ID
|ASMedia - ASM1351
|Compatible Drive Types
|Drive Size
|USB 3.1 Gen 2
|Number of 2.5 inch bays
|Number of Drives
|Hot Swap Capability
|Max Drive Capacity
|Currently tested with hard drives up to 2TB at 7200 RPM
|Maximum Data Transfer Rate
|10 Gbps
|1,665,032 hours
|TRIM Support
|Type and Rate
|USB 3.1 Gen 2 - 10 Gbit/s
|UASP Support
|Drive Connectors
|1 - SATA Data & Power Combo (7+15 pin) Receptacle
|Host Connectors
|1 - USB 3.1 USB Type-A (9 pin, Gen 2, 10 Gbps) Male
|OS Compatibility
|OS independent; No software or drivers required
|Special Notes / Requirements
|Windows 7 and earlier Windows versions do not support TRIM with USB to SATA devices.
|Power Source
|Operating Temperature
|0°C to 70°C (32°F to 158°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-10°C to 55°C (14°F to 131°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Product Height
|0.8 cm [0.3 in]
|Product Length
|51.5 cm [20.3 in]
|Product Width
|45 mm [1.8 in]
|Weight of Product
|30.5 g [1.1 oz]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
|10 mm [0.4 in]
|Package Length
|22 cm [8.7 in]
|Package Width
|19.8 cm [7.8 in]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|56 g [2 oz]
|What's in the Box
|Included in Package
|1 - USB 3.1 to SATA 2.5" HDD adapter cable
|1 - quick start guide
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Frequently Asked Questions
Before You Buy
The hard drive adapter requires power from your system's USB port. Although you can plug in any standard SATA drive, USB ports only supply a limited amount of power and are not able to power all of the SATA drives plugged into the cable.
As a general rule, the hard drive adapter only supports 2.5 in. hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD). 3.5 in. drives typically require a 12V power connection, which is not provided by the USB port or the hard drive adapter.
The power capabilities of the USB port combined with the power requirements of the attached drive will determine if the hard drive adapter will work in your setup. The power (in mA) supplied by the USB port must be greater than the requirements of the drive.
If you are using a USB 2.0 port, your port will only be able to supply a maximum of 500 mA (0.5 A). If you are using a USB 3.0 port, your port will be able to supply a maximum of 900 mA (0.9 A).
You can usually find the power requirements of your drive in the technical specifications on the label of the drive or on the manufacturer's website.
Yes, this device supports the TRIM command. If the OS issues a TRIM command, the command will be passed to the connected device.
This device does not support the ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) protocol. ATAPI is required for optical drives, including CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, and Blu-ray players. Because this device does not support ATAPI, optical drives are also not supported over any IDE, SATA, or eSATA connections.
For a list of products that do support ATAPI, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/hard_drive_controllers_atapi_support.
USB 3.1 is the most recent version of the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard for connecting computers and electronic devices. It is capable of data transfer speeds up to 10Gbps, and while it can use the USB-C connector type, it can also use a variety of other connector types. To achieve USB 3.1 transfer speeds, your USB host connection, cables, and device must all support USB 3.1. USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps).
USB 3.0 is capable of data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps. USB 3.0 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps).
USB 3.1 is backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, except in the following scenarios:
- USB-B 3.1 cables are not compatible with USB-B 2.0 ports.
- Unless you use an adapter, USB-C ports or cables will not work with USB-A or USB-B ports or cables.
- Devices that require USB 3.1 transfer speeds of 10Gbps might not work with USB 3.0 or USB 2.0, or you might experience lower transfer speeds and impacted performance.
- Bus-powered USB devices that requires more power than what USB 2.0 can provide are not compatible with USB 2.0.
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To transfer data at speeds of 10Gbps, you need to confirm that the following components in your setup support USB 3.1:
- The USB host connection
- The USB cable
- The USB device and any subcomponents (for example, a hard drive docking station and the hard drives in the docking station)
Note: USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps). Devices that support USB 3.1 should have the USB 3.1 symbol on them. If the USB 3.1 symbol does not appear on your USB source or device, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer to confirm whether the USB source or device support USB 3.1.
The included USB cable for this USB 3.1 Gen 2 device has been tested and verified to perform at USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds of 10Gbps.
If the USB device does not work after your computer has been in extended hibernation, it is likely that Windows has automatically turned off the USB Root hub to save power.
The steps below outline how to configure the USB root hub to stay on during hibernation, to prevent this from happening.
Windows 10 / 8
- On your keyboard, press the Windows key + X and select Control Panel.
- Click Hardware and Sound, then click Power Options.
- Click Change plan settings for the plan you want to change.
- Click Change advanced power settings.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to "USB settings" and "USB selective suspend setting" to expand the options and change the setting to Disabled.
- Click OK to apply the setting.
Note: You may need to disconnect and re-connect your USB device after applying these settings to re-establish the connection.
Windows 7 / Vista
- Click the Start button and select Control Panel.
- Click Hardware and Sound, then click Power Options.
- Click Change plan settings for the plan you want to change.
- Click Change advanced power settings.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to "USB settings" and "USB selective suspend setting" to expand the options and change the setting to Disabled.
- Click OK to apply the setting.
Note: You may need to disconnect and re-connect your USB device after applying these settings to re-establish the connection.
Windows XP
- On your desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties.
- Click the Device Manager tab.
- Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers by clicking the arrow to the left of it.
- Right-click the first USB Root Hub device and select Properties.
- Click the Power Management tab.
- Clear the box next to Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.
- Click OK to apply the setting.
- Repeat steps 4-7 for any remaining devices in the Universal Serial Bus Controllers section with "Root Hub" in the name.
Note: You may need to disconnect and re-connect your USB device after applying these settings to re-establish the connection.
If your setup components support USB 3.1 but you are experiencing slower transfer speeds than you expected, consider the following:
- A USB host connection with multiple USB 3.1 ports might not be able to support 10Gbps on each port simultaneously.
- The type of port on a device does not determine whether the device is capable of USB 3.1 speeds. A USB-C port might not support USB 3.1 speeds, while USB-A and USB-B ports might support USB 3.1 speeds.
- Any other devices that you include in your setup, such as an older hard drive in a USB 3.1 enclosure, might create a point of congestion and slow down transfer speeds.
To confirm the functionality of your USB host connection, its ports, and any other devices in your setup, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer.
Note: USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps). Devices that support USB 3.1 should have the USB 3.1 symbol on them. If the USB 3.1 symbol does not appear on your USB source or device, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer to confirm whether the USB source or device support USB 3.1.
You should not upgrade your device's firmware if you do not have any issues with the functionality of your device. The only time you should consider an upgrade is if you are experiencing a problem with the device, and you have confirmed that the firmware addresses this problem. You can confirm this is the case by reviewing the documentation included with the firmware or by consulting with our Technical Support team. Incorrectly upgrading firmware can result in diminished performance so it is best to contact StarTech.com if you would like to perform this operation.
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- If Class 1 Laser Product. Laser radiation is present when the system is open.
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- Product installation and/or mounting should be completed by a certified professional as per the local safety and building code guidelines.
- Cables (including power and charging cables) should be placed and routed to avoid creating electric, tripping or safety hazards.
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Montgomery County Register of Wills Bruce Hanes in his office on Aug. 29 in Norristown, Pa.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – A judge in Pennsylvania on Wednesday heard arguments over whether an elected county clerk can grant same-sex marriage licenses in defiance of state law.
Commonwealth Court President Judge Dan Pellegrini indicated he would rule quickly in the case, filed by the state's Health Department after the clerk, D. Bruce Hanes, began granting the licenses on July 24 -- one month after the U.S. Supreme Court declared part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
Pellegrini has to decide if Hanes acted illegally. State attorneys have argued that he overstepped his authority in issuing the paperwork and the documents have no "value or legitimacy." So far, Hanes' office has issued 165 licenses to gay couples.
Hanes, 66, who doles out marriage licenses as Montgomery County's register of wills and clerk of the county orphan's court, has become something of a gay rights hero for granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a state law banning such unions. But the Civil War buff and married father of two says he is only doing what's right.
"I don't see myself as a crusader," he said.
If the court sides with Hanes, the ruling could bring same-sex marriage a step closer in Pennsylvania, the only Northeastern state that does not permit gays to marry or enter into civil unions. If the court rules in favor of the state, the marriage licenses Hanes issued could be rendered useless.
The American Civil Liberties Union also filed a federal lawsuit earlier in July challenging the state's 1996 ban on same-sex marriage.
Hanes, a lawyer and law professor, said he consulted county attorneys before issuing a same-sex marriage license (the lesbian couple who initially sought one from his office, triggering his decision, later chose not to get the license but Hanes decided to follow through with other same-sex applicants). He argues that the state constitution overrides the ban by prohibiting gender discrimination and interference with citizens' exercise of civil rights.
"Some people have said I've broken the law, which I may have done," said Hanes, while seated in his office surrounded by family photos and Civil War-era paraphernalia, as well as an 1857 newspaper clipping advertising Abraham Lincoln's legal services. "But I've broken an unconstitutional law."
Hanes' employees described him as a romantic who gives each staff member a red rose on Valentine's Day. But he surprised everyone in the office with his decision to defy the state ban, said Helene Sepulveda, Hanes' second deputy.
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Sara Klingner, left, and Sandra Mesics show off their newly acquired marriage license on Aug. 29 at Hanes' office in Norristown, Pa.
So far, she said, her colleagues are having fun with it, and even enjoyed wedding cake brought in by one newly married lesbian pair. "A lot of the couples have said that they waited so long for somebody to do something like this, and they're grateful," Sepulveda said.
One such couple, Sara Klingner, 63, and Sandra Mesics, 61, both nurses from Bethlehem, Pa., arrived last Thursday to obtain a marriage license after nearly 22 years together.
"My heart was racing thinking that we were finally doing this," Klingner said, adding that Hanes was "opening up a lot of freedom for us."
"He is really willing to take risks for what he believes is right," Mesics said.
Hanes' decision has prompted a few small protests and one large supportive demonstration outside his office in Norristown, a 30-minute drive from Philadelphia. He has received thank-you cards from well-wishers as well as letters decrying his decision.
Some officials also have made their disapproval known.
Hanes "is charged with executing the laws, and he is not doing that," said Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor, a Republican, who described Hanes, a Democrat, as a friend. "I think that Bruce is a man of principle and integrity, but he's a little idealistic and doesn't fully grasp what his role is as an executive officer," Castor said.
"I am absolutely certain beyond any question that those marriages are no good and that those licenses are ... not worth the paper they are printed on," he added.
Hanes first won election as register of wills in 2007, and was re-elected in 2011. He may run for a third term in 2015 but said he has no interest in any other political office.
His wife Rosemary, a middle school teacher, said that her husband of more than 40 years is guided by his moral conviction and has made a measured, well-informed choice on the gay marriage issue. "I would not consider him a crusader nor a renegade," Rosemary said. "He's always been directed by what he thought was the right thing to do."
Hanes, a member of Saint John's Lutheran Church and former church council president, said he has been in "wedded bliss" for more than four decades and that he hoped his actions could help gay couples experience similar joy. "I can see what they're missing," said Hanes, who noted that he has attended a same-sex marriage of friends.
"It's kind of a wondrous thing that these folks put up with it, because nobody ever questions my relationship with Rosemary."
As for Wednesday's court hearing, he didn't attend. He was briefed by the county solicitor on the judge's questions, which included what role the Supreme Court decision on the federal marriage law played at the state level.
Hanes said he would be awaiting the ruling but that it wasn't about him: "It's a serious equal protection argument at stake here."
"I don't want to speculate about the outcome of the case," he added. "But I firmly believe that I'm on the right side of history."
Hanes had other plans instead: making preparations for the Oct. 5 wedding of his oldest daughter, Laura, and getting ready for dance lessons with Rosemary – his gift to her – to hone his waltz and cha-cha-cha for the big day.
- Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg officiates at same-sex marriage
- Rights within reach: For some gay couples, marriage is mere miles away
- Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
This story was originally published on Wed Sep 4, 2013 4:15 AM EDT


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Because Song Ja Cha declined to assist investigators, the brothel owner is headed toward a second trial later this year. Also, the Office of the Attorney General is now prosecuting three police officer suspects without the help of Cha -- a potentially valuable witness.
Last September, prosecutors discussed two separate plea deals with Cha's attorneys, according to letters from the AG's office, which were reviewed by the Pacific Daily News.
The letters were sent months before any police officers were indicted in the case. Three officers -- David Manila, Mario Laxmana and Anthony Quenga -- were indicted in November.
The first letter offered Cha a plea to felonious restraint, with a sentencing range of zero to three years. Soon after, the AG's office sent another letter, stating that attorneys would discuss another offer with a one-year concurrent sentence.
Both of these sentences are shorter than the amount of time Cha has spent in jail while awaiting trial, so either deal would have made her local case disappear with no additional prison time.
Both offers required Cha to cooperate with government investigators, said defense attorney F. Randall Cunliffe.
Cha, 71, is already serving life in prison after being convicted in federal court, but the brothel owner has never admitted to any wrongdoing. Cha insisted she was innocent through her trial and sentencing, and she is also appealing her conviction to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
However, Cha also is charged with a long list of crimes in local court, where she is facing a second trial in the next few months.
The local trial also includes the police officer suspects -- Officers David Manila, Mario Laxamana and Anthony Quenga. These officers were never charged in federal court despite the fact that federal prosecutors were aware of the allegations against the officers.
In local court, all three officers have been charged with multiple counts of kidnapping, felonious restraint and prostitution crimes, and Quenga and Manila have been accused of rape.
If Cha had agreed to cooperate with investigators, it is very possible she would have information to provide against all three officers.
In an affidavit from January 2008 -- shortly after police raided the brothel -- Cha alleged that Laxamana was a customer at the Blue House lounge.
"Officer Laxamana had made acquaintance with one of my employees named Saknin Weria, aka, Jackie," Cha wrote in the affidavit. Weria worked as a supervisor at Blue House. She has signed a plea deal agreeing to testify in the upcoming trial.
Laxmana was present on the night police raided the Blue House, according to federal court documents. In her affidavit, Cha said Officer Laxamana followed her and made sarcastic remarks during the raid.
"He kept making sarcastic remarks about the incident and the whereabouts of a police officer, named Tony Quenga, who he believed was my good friend. Officer Laxamana said to me, 'Where is your friend Tony? Why is he not here to help you?'"
Finally, in a prior trial, Manila has testified that he knew Cha, who was friends with his ex-wife.
AG's office: No offerDespite the September letters from prosecutors -- both of which discuss potential plea deals with Cha -- the AG's office has said it hasn't made any offers to Cha.
AG's spokeswoman Carlina Charfauros said Thursday that her office hasn't offered any plea deals to the Blue House owner.
The Blue House lounge was a Tamuning brothel that masqueraded as a karaoke bar from 2004 to 2008. The three officers were indicted after a series of Guam Blog stories prompted the police department to reopen the Blue House investigation. Blue House victims levied allegations against police officers in 2008, but no officers were arrested for more than four years.
Several motions to dismiss are pending in the case. A hearing is set for Jan. 14 to determine when oral arguments will be held.
- Brothel owner asked to testify against police
- Police captain arrested: Alleged DOC security breach linked to Blue House case
- Former AG Moylan to join Blue House case
- Body found in car in Tumon, Guam
- Blue House case: David Manila visit investigated
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I'd hold to my view that food and culture interact much differently in parts of Europe than in North America.
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My passion as an educator is developing school culture with a focus on positive interventions, enrichment and supports for all students. A lifelong learner myself, my academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Literature and Culture from UCLA, a Master's degree in Education from Concordia University, and a Doctorate of Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California. I have worked in the field of education for the past sixteen years serving as an English teacher at both the middle school and high school levels where I have taught intensive reading intervention through AP Language and Composition. I have also served as a baseball coach, a football coach, and an ELL Coordinator. For the past five years I have worked as a school administrator where I served as a middle school assistant principal, a program specialist with the Orange County Department of Education, and most recently I have served as an Assistant Principal at Capistrano Valley High School. I am also a parent in our district and believe in the world class education that CUSD provides students. My wife, Alison, and I have two boys; JD (8) and Alex (6) who attend Castille Elementary School in CUSD.
Shorecliffs is a remarkable school with an outstanding PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) program, school spirit, and a reputation for academic excellence. Shorecliffs is an amazing place because of the hard work put in by its teachers, support staff, families, and most importantly its students. I believe in providing our students with a student-centered environment that is safe and nurturing, with rigorous and engaging lessons that will prepare every student for success.
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MQTT ported to the mbed platformDecember 20th, 2010 - andyp
One of the cool things about the MQTT specification being available for royalty-free implementation is that anyone can create their own clients (or brokers) for different and, well, more niche or "interesting" platforms. There has been an MQTT library available for Arduino for some time, but one of the cool alternative prototyping boards that has emerged recently is the mbed platform. Yilun Fan of the CEIT at the University of Queensland has just released an early version of a publish-only MQTT client which will run on the mbed (details also available in the mbed cookbook). He credits the inspiration for the work to Nick O'Leary's Arduino client. If you have an mbed and have access to a breakout board with an Ethernet socket, then this will definitely be worth a look.
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Its been two nights since Mary Rose Shay froze to death in the park. A park just a few hundred yards away from an open door and a warm bed.
Shays death left the Bridge Emergency Shelter stunned and saddened. But not necessarily surprised.
It was a difficult night for 51-year-old shelter manager Donna Boyd.
People were upset. One of our clients found her and it was really hard on him, she says.
Then she pauses and her jaw tightens.
There is frustration because its preventable, she says about the tragedy. Thats why we are here. Thats our main mission, to prevent people from freezing to death in the park. Thats why we are here.
She pauses again and her eyes drop. She understands and has seen firsthand the power that alcohol and substance abuse has over many of the clients.
Shay, 47, may have only been a few hundred yards away, but Boyd knows that sometimes thats just too far away even if its freezing.
Shes seen intoxicated people who were barely able to walk.
And the shelter staff has done more to save lives than just open the door.
Ive personally gone out and rolled them in with a wheelchair. Ive seen it several times when staff has gone out with a wheelchair to find them and bring them in, Boyd says.
The phone rings. The male voice on the other end is loud.
Boyd is know as Momma Donna to some clients. Her caring and compassionate nature is the reason for the nickname.
As a staff we have to keep healthy boundaries, Boyd says. Then she gives a surrendering nod.
But I have trouble with boundaries sometimes, she confesses with an uneasy grin.
The night after Shay died, Boyd came in on her night off. She knew it would be a rough night for both staff and clients.
One of the woman clients came in and was really upset. I just sat with her and held her for 30 minutes while she cried, Boyd says.
The voice on the phone belongs to the man who found Shay. They were good friends. He wont be coming to the shelter tonight and he knew that Momma Donna would be worried, so he called.
Boyd was worried. She knew he would cope with the tragedy with alcohol. The pain of losing a friend, the torment of finding a friend who froze to death in the park. Alcohol maybe the only coping mechanism the man knows.
The man has secured lodging at a local motel for a few nights.
Boyd is relieved and thanks him for the call and wishes him luck.
He will return to the shelter in a few nights.
Boyd smiles as she hangs up the phone.
I wish I was better at keeping those boundaries in check sometimes, she says.
But she cares. Shes compassionate. She has the traits necessary to be part of the shelter, to help people.
Bridge Emergency Shelter Executive Director Sara Wakefield says compassion is part of the job.
You cant get away from it, its a personal string, she says. Its a heartstring and we want compassionate people to work here. Its not just a job. There will be heartstrings that will be pulled.
Cole McKinney takes quick steps as he zips from one room to the other in the shelter. After sloshing chili from a crockpot into a paper bowl, he delivers it to a client in the Alcohol Recovery Unit, or ARU.
This season, the shelter has been divided into two sections. The dry side is for sober clients. The ARU is for intoxicated clients.
Staff administers a quick breath test with a hand-held device to determine if a client is intoxicated or not. Clients are checked for possible weapons and their belongings are kept in a storage room.
Drunk clients are restricted to the ARU rooms, so the dining room and TV room are off limits to them. Dinner is delivered to the ARU rooms.
McKinney is a social worker in his first season at the shelter. Taking a rare break, he drops into a chair in the office, a tad bit of fatigue on his face.
This is the first job that Ive had that doesnt feel like a job, he says. In some ways its very therapeutic and relaxing.
He too uses the word frustrating when talking about Shays death.
Its frustrating because were here and everyone knows were here, he says, nearly replicating Boyds words.
But he knows the reality.
It doesnt completely hit until it happens, he admits. This place brings in a lot of very intoxicated people.
McKinney, 40, says the clients who use or abuse alcohol keep tabs on each other around town.
They try to keep friends and acquaintances from freezing to death in the park, like Shay and Michael Tag Garner, who died in January 2011.
They look out for each other, McKinney says. Someone will come in, tell us where they last saw someone.
They tell shelter staff about someone last seen near the library or the recreation center, or someone passed out in the park as night approaches and the freezing temperatures are coming.
If a regular client isnt in by 7 or 7:30 p.m., staff will alert the police to look for them.
Its a tight-knit community, Donna says. Well give (clients) a few hours, then well call dispatch and police will send a car around to check on them. The police are great.
Police Chief Roy Lane, who is also on the shelters board of directors, says its just part of their job.
When we find them out and at night, we will pick them up and take them to the shelter, he says. Its not an issue, we dont mind at all.
The red flag that didnt go up with Shay was because she wasnt a regular client. She had a place to stay in town, so she hadnt used the shelter very often this season.
Everyone affiliated with the shelter completely understands the situation. But compassion and hope rarely fade.
The reality comes in the form of life choices, alcohol and substance abuse, mental illness, poverty and other circumstances.
We have to realize a persons condition or life choices are their own, and we cant make those choices for them, Wakefield says.
The shelter has seen some encouraging success stories but even within those heartwarming tales comes disappointment.
Sometimes we see people who are making strides to get better and it looks like they are heading to a better life, Wakefield says. Then they make a choice that puts them right back.
Boyd, who started at the shelter last February, is passionately committed to its cause. She chooses to focus on the success and mission of the shelter, instead of allowing the tragedies to consume her thoughts.
Even though I dont expect to save everyone, she says, giving her words careful consideration. If we can get one person in who would have died, then that is wonderful. If we can make a choice to get a person on a better path in life, then were doing something successful.
With that the doorbell rings and McKinney darts down the hallway to let another client in from the freezing night.
Its a regular client and McKinney welcomes him with a friendly chat.
Boyd greets the man with her usual welcoming smile.
Its not necessarily home to these men and women seeking shelter from the harsh winter nights.
But for most, its as close to home as they will find, due to their circumstances or life choices.
Its been two nights since Mary Rose Shay froze to death in the park, however, the mission of the shelter lives on.


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MEDWAY - David Stoltzfus�clambered down the skeletal walls from the roof of the horse barn his family�s construction company is building for Saddle Rowe Horse Farm, passing up the ladder and not once losing his straw hat.
"It's fun to see what you can make out of it, to get creative," he said when he reached the ground.
Stoltzfus is Amish,�like all the�employees of Archery Construction, a company based out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, that exclusively builds barns for horse farms.
The Saddle Rowe barn�s 250-foot long, 85-foot wide frame stood tall on Friday but completely bare, save for the 11-member crew deftly walking across the 2�by 4s framing the roof. They were clad in suspenders, cotton clothes, straw hats, and no apparent safety equipment preventing a fall into the mud 15 to 20 feet bellow.
They spoke quietly to each other in Pennsylvania Dutch, a German dialect.
Nearly everyone on the crew used power nail guns hooked up to a generator. One drove a tractor that brought planks from storage to the workers.
"The generators we don't use at home, but you can't do the job without them. It would take too long," Stoltzfus said.
Archery Construction has a phone number and a website. Workers use power tools and heavy machinery. But, Stolzfus said, they bring none of that back home.
The company has been in business for 10 years, when Stolzfus� brother Benuel started it.
"They came highly recommended to us," said Joseph Lombard, the original owner of Saddle Rowe. A veterinarian friend who had a horse barn built by Archery in Rehoboth put in the word.
Saddle Rowe will use the massive structure as an indoor riding stadium for the winter and inclement weather. They�re constructing it because in February their old barn collapsed under the weight of ice and snow, said Tina Geoghegan, Lombard�s daughter.
Since its founding in 1970, Saddle Rowe has been family owned and operated. The 17-acre horse farm is now home to anywhere from 40 to 55 horses.
Lombard said he was pleasantly surprised by the Amish work ethic exhibited by Archery Construction.
"They�re not union men, I can tell you that," he said.
He said that the day before, the men had started at 7:15 a.m. laying support beams across the foundation of the roof. By 6 p.m. the same day, every support beam was in place.
Stoltzfus said he predicts the current barn will take them roughly six weeks. After that, they go to Connecticut to build another.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Fireworks for the 4th of July
In our school, the kids are getting ready for Independence Day by making a few kid-friendly fireworks. Our Pre-K Summer Camp kids started by drawing the fireworks with a white crayon, then traced with glue and sprinkled with glitter.
Our younger 3 year old class dipped Koosh Balls in paint and printed fireworks. They added a little glitter to make it sparkle!
I'm heading to the beach soon where we'll see some fireworks of our own. Happy 4th of July!
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Beautiful, Ayn! Process AND product :DReplyDelete
oooo I like the koosh ball idea!! Nice effect!ReplyDelete
Really pretty! Have great time at the beach.ReplyDelete
I just bought some little mesh sponges - I bet they would work like this too!ReplyDelete
LOVE the fireworks especially!!!ReplyDelete
I'm so glad to be introduced to your blog. I have all sorts of family in Augusta!! Headed there for a wedding at the end of July!
We've been doing 'human fireworks' for the end of my song and picture book entitled "Red, White and Blue"..... so I'm especially interested in art projects w/fireworks.
Nice to meet ya!
Thank you for sharing your festive kooshball idea! Kids will love it! Teachers, you know who you are---we will love it too!ReplyDelete
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