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Yesterday we watched football (the Griz beat NAU soundly...whoot whoot!), I made some cards, and had fajitas for dinner. Without cheese and sour cream. (We SERIOUSLY need to go to the grocery store.) They were still good though! We set our clocks back...and were wide awake at 7am this morning. Hee hee! Josh has to work today, so I am just hanging out at home. I am going back and forth from my scrap room, to lounging in the family room. Love lazy weekends like this one!
I do have some cards to share with you today! First up, I did Carla's blog challenge to make a transparent card. I did my own thing with the card, but it still follows the premise of her challenge. Be sure to check out the challenge, and Carla's blog for some fabulous inspiration! She is an awesome crafter! (Just an FYI...the second photo is the inside. Transparent cards are not the easiest thing in the world to photograph!)
Transparency: Hambly Screen Prints
Paper: Scenic Route "Surprise
Chipboard: Heidi Swapp & KI Memories
Stickers: KI Memories & Making Memories
Rhinestones: Doodlebug Designs & Glitz Designs
Ink: Clearsnap
Corner Rounder: EK Success
I did this card to use up some American Crafts and Chatterbox paper scraps, and to use that cute Chatterbox tree stamp. Just love it!
Supply List:
Cardbase: The Paper Company
Paper: American Crafts "Moda Bella" & Chatterbox "Artsylicious"
Stickers: Basic Grey
Stamp: Chatterbox
Ink: Clearsnap & Staz-On
Rhinestones: Doodlebug Designs & Kandi Corp (with Hot Fix Applicator)
Deco Scissors: Provo Craft
I also got a couple cute Easter cards done. Loving this paper for Easter cards...the colors are perfect!
Supply List:
Cardstock: Pizzazzle by Creative Imaginations & Bazzill
Paper: Basic Grey "Two Scoops"
Chipboard/Diecuts: Making Memories
Rhinestones: Doodlebug Designs
Ribbon: SEI
Ink: Clearsnap
Supply List:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Paper: Basic Grey "Two Scoops"
Chipboard/Diecuts: Making Memories
Ribbon: SEI
Rhinestones: Doodlebug Designs
Ink: Clearsnap
Craft Supply: Twine, buttons
Supply List:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Paper/Diecuts: My Mind's Eye
Paper Frill/Rhinestones: Doodlebug Designs
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Ink: Clearsnap & Doodlebug Designs
Ribbon: Michael's
Colored Pencils: Heidi Swapp
Corner Rounder: EK Success
Craft Supply: button, twine
Well, that is about it for me. I know that some are still waiting on a football post...(wink, wink to my dad), and I will get to it. I haven't even had a chance to edit the photos yet, as I have had other stuff on my plate...and just wanted to actually relax and scrapbook this weekend! I might get to editing them today...we will have to see!
Hope everyone else has had a fabulous weekend!
Sunday came to quickly,
PS: Only two more days until this dang election is over. I will be so happy for it to be done...I SO need a break from political advertising. I haven't gotten one all YEAR LONG!


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On 26th August (time to be confirmed), we will be retiring our current server and moving to a new server which will involve a period of downtime of between 6 and 24 hours.
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Rich Twyman, Dave Wilson and I are working around the clock on this to ensure we are as prepared as we can be and to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible.
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Lindsey Lee Ginter (born 13 December 1950; age 69), also credited as L.L. Ginter and Lindsey Ginter, is the actor who portrayed Saavdra in the Star Trek: Voyager sixth season episode "Memorial".
Ginter started his acting career in the early '90s with guest roles in the television series Knots Landing (1991, with Joseph Campanella and Matt Roe), Eerie, Indiana (1991, with Francis Guinan and Nikki Cox), The Hat Squad (1992, with Geoffrey Blake and directed by Rob Bowman), Street Justice (1991-1992), and L.A. Law (1993, with Corbin Bernsen, Larry Drake, Caroline Kava, and Ethan Phillips), as well as in the television movies Getting Up and Going Home (1992, with Phil Rubenstein), In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992, with Ed Begley, Jr., Ed Wiley, and Steven Anderson), and Darkness Before Dawn (1993, with Gwynyth Walsh, Kirsten Dunst, Art Chudabala, Frank Novak, and Earl Boen).
In 1993 he portrayed Major Hugo Rotterdam in the drama series Trade Winds along Star Trek performers John Beck, Ned Vaughn, Sam Hennings, Allan Dean Moore, Kim Hamilton, and Scott Lawrence. He also appeared in the action thriller Bound by Honor (1993, with Victor Rivers, Carlos Carrasco, and Raymond Cruz), John Landis' action comedy sequel Beverly Hills Cop III (1994, with Eugene Collier, Ousaun Elam, Jimmy Ortega, Rick Avery, Timothy Carhart, Stephen McHattie, Symba Smith, Albie Selznick, Charles S. Chun, and Bob Minor), the science fiction film Timemaster (1995, with Michael Dorn, Duncan Regehr, Keith Campbell, Chris Durand, and Christopher Michael), the television science fiction film The Invaders (1995, starring Scott Bakula), the thriller Eye of the Stalker (1995, with Joanna Cassidy), the science fiction thriller Gattaca (1997), Mars (1998, with Jeff Wolfe), and the thriller Mercury Rising (1998).
More notable he appeared in guest roles in the television series The X-Files (1994, with Jerry Hardin and Mark Rolston), Melrose Place (1995, with Mark Metcalf), Deadly Games (1995, along Christopher Lloyd, Mary Stein, and Paul Eiding), Renegade (1994 and 1996, with Mitchell Ryan and Branscombe Richmond), JAG (1997, with Heinrich James), Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1997), NYPD Blue (1997, with Gordon Clapp, Sharon Lawrence, Scott Jaeck, and Michael Buchman Silver), Dark Skies (1997, with Jeri Ryan), The Practice (1998, with Lawrence Dobkin, Thomas Kopache, Ted Barba, and Megan Cole), The Pretender (1999, with Harve Presnell), and Profiler (1999, with Mary Mara).
His appearance in Voyager was followed by guest roles in The District (2000, with Michelle Forbes and Gina Hecht), J.J. Abrams' Alias (2003, with Terry O'Quinn, Christian Slater, and Tracy Middendorf), Six Feet Under (2003, with Molly Hagan, Karen Landry, Leon Rippy, and Matt Winston), Angel (2004, with Scott Klace and Joel Polis), Judging Amy (2004, with Carolyn McCormick), Without a Trace (2005, with Enrique Murciano and Randy Oglesby), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005, with Michael McGrady and Jennifer Savidge), and two episodes of J.J. Abrams' Lost (2005 and 2006, along Terry O'Quinn, Daniel Dae Kim, James Horan, Sam Anderson, and Clancy Brown).
He had also roles in Michael Bay's action drama Pearl Harbor (2001), the action film S.W.A.T. (2003), and more recently in the science fiction drama Radio Free Albemuth (2008, along Julie Warner, Frank Collison, Kevin McCorkle, and Michael Rothhaar).


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Please join us for a party honoring all the Ohio Shorts: Youth Division participants, friends, and family through 9 PM featuring terrific snacks, beverages, music, button-making, photography, and art-making tables.
This year's showcase was organized by Jean Pitman, the Wexner Center's educator for youth programs, with assistance and cooperation from Graduate Associates Liz Dang and Uttara Manohar, Director of Education Shelly Casto, Film/Video Studio Editors Paul Hill and Mike Olenick, and Film/Video Curator Jennifer Lange.
Selections were made by the following jurors:
Showcase participants, don't forget to pick up your free 2013 Ohio Shorts: Youth Division T-shirt designed by Josiah Clements. T-shirts are also available for sale in the Wexner Center Store.
Descriptions are based on those supplied by filmmakers. All works are screened on video.
Alone (4 mins., 59 secs.)
Brian Ferenchik, age 17, Hilliard
Hilliard Davidson High School
A teenage girl comes home late one night to unsuspectingly find three dead bodies in her house. She realizes the killer may be closer than she first thought.
Getting Where I Want To Go (1 min., 48 secs.)
Mimi Stillman, age 16, Columbus
Upper Arlington High School
This stop-motion video was a sketch assignment for my International Baccalaureate multimedia graphics class. It consists of 417 shots, printed on paper, most run through a shredder and shot again, finally assembled into video form.
Bigger Than Boxing (3 mins., 47 secs.)
David Michael, age 16, Dublin
Dublin Coffman High School
This documentary features a high school senior, Miranda Nicasio, who created a boxing program for younger students in an inner city school.
Pelita Cita Indonesia (2 mins., 16 secs.)
Radhiyan Pribadi, age 17, Columbus
Westerville Central High School
A short video about dreams and adventures for Indonesian exchange students that will go explore the world.
Sticky Note (2 mins., 19 secs.)
Martell Johnson, age 17, Columbus
Fort Hayes Career Center
A short video about the use of sticky notes to communicate.
third prize
OUT (5 mins.)
Kaitlyn Poling, age 18, Columbus
Beechcroft High School
A short documentary compiling the coming out stories of 18 people ages 13–44. Also, I briefly touch on civil rights and the Lawrence King tragedy.
LINKIN PARK—Burn it Down (in Lego) (4 min., 12 secs.)
Jack Campise, age 14, Columbus
I made this video for an entry to Linkin Park's contest on Genero.tv. I used stop-motion animation and Lego bricks to make my entry.
second prize
5 Senses (1 min., 6 secs.)
Chelsea Yount, age 18, Hilliard
Hilliard Davidson High School
The guidelines for this project were to make a video with a big idea. My big idea was all about our five senses and how life would be without them.
Healing Open Wounds (3 mins., 13 secs.)
Ellie Hall, age 16, Upper Arlington
Upper Arlington High School/Fort Hayes Career Center
Alex feels sinful in world of perfection and cuts herself to release the pain. Alex must choose if she will let her sister in on her secret.
Alice in Wonderland (48 secs.)
Jade Sonnenfroh, age 16, Lily Theiben, 14, Lucy Williard, 15, and Grace Mooney, 14
The Arts and College Prep Academy
This short was created as an introduction to stop motion using the iStopMotion app on our iPad. This is our first project.
Teenage Problems (4 mins., 18 secs.)
Philip Frentsos, age 17, Delaware
Delaware Hayes High School
This is a music video by The Psalmist. He raps about teenage problems and how God is in control.
Food Web (3 mins., 1 sec.)
5th Grade Gifted Students, Westerville
Hanby Elementary
The project began with individual students' research projects on a specific animal. Students created storyboards, clay characters, and animated what they learned.
The Secret of the Disappearing Bees (4 mins., 37 secs.)
Ursula (Asha) Brogan, age 16, Delaware
Rutherford B. Hayes High School
This documentary discusses the importance of bees in human culture and the threats that are slowly terminating them.
An Uplifting Song (Official Music Video) (3 mins., 9 secs.)
Spencer Channell, age 14, and Austin Crum, 15, Powell
Olentangy Orange High School
My history teacher wanted us to write an essay. I (Spencer) wanted to make a music video. The result is this informative music video about grain elevators.
Hands (3 mins., 17 secs.)
Mackenna Mayfield, age 18, Hilliard
Hilliard Davidson High School
An interview-style documentary about the significance of hands.
first place
Finding Happiness (2 mins., 15 secs.)
Liv Barney, age 17, Hilliard
Hilliard Davidson High School
A combination of stop motion and traditionally drawn animation, this story tells about a person's effort to find a place where she can belong and discover overall happiness.
Bed Head (2 mins., 29 secs.)
Josiah Clements, age 18, Columbus
Home schooled
A stop-motion/live-action video about a struggle to escape the iron grip of sleep.
Missed Connection (3 mins., 25 secs.)
Rachel Allegra, age 17, Columbus
Metro High School
Inspired by a video of the same title by Hattie Rex on YouTube, this is the story of my own missed connection.
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
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- Take a balanced approach. A balanced approach to meeting Virginia's current budget crisis will lead to faster, more sustainable recovery. Innovative funding and revenue solutions must be considered along with cuts to public services, as available resources are falling billions of dollars short of need.
- Address the immediate crisis and plan for the future. Now more than ever is the time for long-term strategies and lasting solutions. Virginia must thoughtfully invest in education, public safety, health, and our natural resources to ensure that we honor our legacy of sound management and make the investments we'll need to return to prosperity.
- Craft revenue solutions that allow us to invest in Virginia's future. Virginia is facing its fifth year in a row of budget shortfalls. The uncertainty that results from these shortfalls, along with the economic harm that results from a cuts-only strategy hurts working Virginians and Virginia businesses. We must reform our outdated revenue system if we're going to have sustainable budgets.
AARP / AFL-CIO / All-Med Express Medical Supply / Comprehensive Health Investment Project (CHIP) of Virginia / Communication Workers of America / Housing Opportunities Made Equal / Laborers International Union / League of Conservation Voters / Legal Aid Justice Center / Mental Health America of Virginia / Metropolitan Business League / Virginia National Organization for Women / Progress Virginia / Social Action Linking Together / SEIU / Sierra Club / The Commonwealth Institute / Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations / Better Housing Coalition / Virginia Housing Coalition / Virginia Education Association / Virginia Executive Leadership Council / Virginia First Cities / Virginia Interfaith Center / Virginia Interfaith Power & Light / Virginia New Majority / Virginia Organizing / Virginia Poverty Law Center / Virginia PTAAs I scanned the list, I found that I am currently an active volunteer in two of the organizations, was during my career very active in a third, and have supported activities or attended events of several others. The organizations are grassroots and reflective of we the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Far more reflective of the state's diversity and cognizant of the needs than the governor or the 140 members of the General Assembly.
Find out more and get involved at Better Choices for Virginia.
Learn more about the subversive influence of ALEC in this New York Times article and at Common Cause.


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San Francisco's "sharing economy" may be on its way to getting "catalyzed" thanks to this week's Share Conference, but ridesharing companies also are getting called out – by the director of San Francisco International Airport, for operating illegally.
In a May 9 letter to California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey, SFO Director John Martin requested assistance in enforcing new rules governing Internet-based companies such as Lyft, Uber, and SideCar.
Known in regulatory parlance as TNCs, or transportation network companies, these "ridesharing" businesses are mandated by a CPUC decision to acquire permits before picking up or dropping off airport passengers. The companies provide apps and online payment systems allowing drivers to earn cash driving people around.
In early April, SFO sent out permit application packets to Lyft, Uber, Sidecar, Summon (formerly known as InstaCab) and Wingz (formerly known as Tickengo). Included in the packets "was a letter reminding the TNCs that operating on the airport's roadways without a permit violates" the state requirement, the letter notes.
But more than a month later, "none of these TNCs have applied for an airport permit," Martin informed Peevey, "yet they continue to conduct commercial business on the airport's roadways."
From April 16 to May 5, police based at the airport apparently performed a TNC crackdown, issuing warnings to 110 drivers for unpermitted operation. By May 15, the number of drivers to receive warnings from law enforcement had climbed above 150, according to SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel.
"Several drivers did not have proof of insurance," Martin wrote. "One did not have a driver's license." Of the 110 who were discovered to be operating illegally, 101 were driving for UberX.
"Eighty percent of the Uber-x drivers did not have trade dress [logos marking them as TNCs] on their vehicles," as required under the CPUC ruling, Martin wrote. "One Uber-x driver reportedly asked to an officer, 'why should I advertise for them?' Four of the Uber-x drivers had no proof of insurance."
"It's not the drivers, per se," Yakel said. "It's up to the companies they are driving for to submit the permit. We want the TNCs to communicate to their drivers." He noted that the permitting would begin as a pilot program.
The Bay Guardian phoned Uber for comment, and received this statement from spokesperson Lane Kasselman: "Although SFO's proposed pilot program raises some concerns about rider and driver privacy, we look forward to working with airport leadership to resolve these issues and ensure that uberX driver partners are able to serve Bay Area residents wherever and whenever they need a ride."
The TNCs are edging into the market of taxicabs, limousines, and other ground transportation vehicles that have traditionally operated at the airport. While Yakel noted that SFO is "very open to new forms of ground transportation," and interested in helping the companies to comply with state and airport permitting regulations, he characterized illegal TNC operation as a safety concern.
He also said the companies should be operating "on a level playing field" with existing transportation providers.
That means displaying an airport-issued decal in car windows, offering proof that the drivers are covered by TNC-provided insurance as long as they're on airport property, and paying a trip fee of $3.75. "Every other form of transportation at SFO that's authorized … is subject to the same standard," Yakel said.
In his letter, Martin called on the CPUC to "engage in enforcement activities" and to issue a notice to Uber, Lyft, SideCar and the others to stop allowing rides to the airport until airport permits have been issued. He also asked that the CPUC require TNCs to post prominent notices on their websites, informing drivers and customers that there would be no more rides to the airport until further notice.
Airport administrators are scheduled to meet with the CPUC next month for further discussion.


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And he's off! Today marks the first day of Evan's big North American college tour, as he prepares to embark on a massive journey, hitting art schools from Florida to Canada all April long in search of fresh talent! Ringling, Tisch, Temple, RISD, Sheridan, CalArts… no school is safe from his scouting. Thus, if you're a student at any of the aforementioned universities, keep your eyes peeled for presentations and job fair appearances from our man Evan! And Evan, don't forget to get us some souvenirs!
UPDATE: Evan bumped into a fan! He writes, "This is my neighbor Dave (we're sitting in front of the can). I was working on a file on my laptop and he saw JibJab in the text. We got to talking and it turns out he has our 'early years' DVD and loves Starring You! We asked Helen, the stewardess to take a picture…"


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By Staff Writer | April 12, 2013
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UK-based Bond Air Services has secured seven-year contract to continue providing helicopter EMS support for North West Air Ambulance (NWAA). The agreement, valued at more than £10 million (approximately $13 million), covers a population of around eight million people in an area of 5,500 square miles across five counties in northwest England—Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, greater Manchester and Merseyside. Bond supplies helicopter support, including aircraft, crew and maintenance, from Blackpool Airport and City Airport Manchester. The two organizations have worked together since NWAA's founding in 1999, with NWAA upgrading their aircraft to a Eurocopter EC135 T2 in 2005. Bond currently operates a pair of EC135s on behalf of NWAA.
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Of course, when you say it, it sounds like the action of relieving an itch in your butt crack. Anyways, aspic is the secret ingredient for making xiao long bao, or steamed soup dumplings. Because aspic is solid, you can easily wrap it in a dumpling along with the meat filling, and when you steam it, the aspic melts and becomes the hot, gushing soup that squirts out of the bun and burns your tongue.
You can make your own aspic by either making fresh stock and boiling it down and chilling it so that it solidifies or dissolving unflavored gelatin (like Knox) in chicken broth and chilling it. I found out that if I chilled the leftover braising liquid from making my mom's beer duck (sorry, it's a classified recipe now, but you can probably find it on-line somewhere else) it solidifies into an aspic. And since I had made some beer duck the night before and Liv and Ruth were making fresh dumpling skins, I figured we should try to make some xiao long bao as well!
First, to make the homemade dumpling skins, all you need is flour and hot water. Ruth doesn't really use measurements and mostly goes by feel, but I found this recipe on the chowhound forums that works pretty well.
Homemade Dumpling Skins (adapted from here)
makes 56 skins
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup boiling water
4 tablespoons cold water
Flour for dusting
Pour boiling water into the flour, quickly stir with a fork or chopstick, mix well, then add the cold water. Mix and knead into a soft dough about 5 minutes.
Cover with damp cloth or paper towel. Set aside and rest for 20 minutes.
Knead the dough for 1 minute and divide into 4 quarters. Roll one quarter into a long snake and pinch into about 1 inch lengths.
Dust flour on work surface. Roll each piece into a circle of about a 3 inch diameter.
You'll want to make the edges a little thinner than the center, and for xiao long bao, you definitely want the edges very thin since you'll be doing a lot of pleating. The great thing about making your own skin for wrapping dumplings is that it's much stretchier than the kind you buy so you don't need to worry as much about overfilling. Also, you don't need to add that ring of water around the edge to make the dough stick. In fact, if you get the dough wet (from the filling or whatnot), it doesn't stick as well. If that happens, just set it aside and work on the next one. When it dries out a bit you can try pinching it again to make it stick.
Now back to making xiao long bao. Actually, this is a very un-traditional version since I was just using my mom's pork and cabbage dumpling filling and beer duck aspic. A more traditional xiao long bao filling wouldn't have the napa cabbage or bean thread vermicelli in it and maybe would have shrimp or crab meat in it instead. But I wasn't about to make a separate filling or aspic for this experiment so tough cookies.
makes however many you want
Leftover braising sauce from Mama Huang's Beer Duck, chilled overnight to form an aspic
Pork and cabbage dumpling filling
Homemade dumpling skins (recipe above)
2 large napa cabbage leaves per steamer tray, washed
Ginger, peeled and julienned
Black vinegar
Take a dumpling skin, spoon some dumpling filling into it and spread it out to form a thin layer.
Gather one edge of the dumpling skin and start pleating all the way around, twisting at the end to seal. (Here's a video of Ruth showing us how to do this, with Liv reminding us how to pronounce the gelatinous soup.)
Place two napa cabbage leaves on the bottom of each steamer tray, cutting off the white stem if necessary to fit.


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The 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will be broadcast in more than 100 countries and territories. Click here for a list of TV and radio broadcasters for each country.
Top-level ice hockey action only one click away: The 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will be featured free-of-charge on a dedicated YouTube channel. Near-live coverage of all 64 games will be available. The streaming is complemented by an on-demand service – offering every game in full length as well as daily highlight clips including best action shots, goals and saves.Available at www.youtube.com/icehockey, the channel enables fans worldwide to follow the tournament and enhances the sport's overall exposure. With a delay of 30 minutes, games will be accessible near-live across the globe – except for 20 countries* where exclusive media rights agreements are in place. This will enable fans in countries where games are not broadcast to follow the games online. Benefitting from the top-level host broadcast production of the tournament, all coverage will be provided in HDTV format. *The geo-blocked countries include: Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the USA. Please see the list of broadcasters to watch the games in these countries.


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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Pack animals: Dogs listen to bossman
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. Are dogs or cats more faithful to their masters? –E. Knight
A. Not to start a 7-year-canine-feline-war, but, as on all great matters polemical, you need to define your terms.
Tales of mistreated dogs staying by abusive owners are classic, says British cat welfare advocate and freelance writer Sarah Hartwell (messybeast.com). Basically, they don't know what else to do. Dogs live and hunt communally, and their survival strategy is as a tight pack with a strong hierarchy where every individual knows who its boss is, and who it can boss around. This way they catch prey larger than themselves and share with others.
Where the human owner fits in is as pack leader.
So are the dogs remaining faithful or just following their pack instinct?
"Many dogs are undoubtedly attached to their owners, but their innate social behavior can be mistaken for faithfulness," says Hartwell. Overlaid on this is breeding of dogs for puppy traits– barking, playing– further reinforcing low rank in the pecking order.
Cats will have none of this. They don't buy into a ranking and won't tolerate bullying but will leave instead. They are solitaryrather than pack hunters.
"Traditionally, cats were kept to control vermin. This did not require them to be faithful to individual humans," Hartwell says.
Still, cats brought up in a loving household will be faithful in return– but this has to be earned– and bring home "hunting trophies" to show appreciation. Cats, like dogs, can be trained, but they demand rewards such as food, not just lavish praise.
So, it's fealty to big dog boss vs. cat tit for tat.
Q. How much water can be stored in a camel's hump? –O. BinLaden
A. It's not for water but is a mound of fatty tissue for sustenance when food is scarce, says Arab.net. Overtaxed, the 80-pound hump can go flaccid and hang at the camel's side.
"Food and a few days' rest will return the hump to its normal firm condition" the website says.
The "ships of the desert," Dromedary (one-humped) camels can go for long distances without food or water, averaging 10 mph for 18-hour treks, downing large amounts of water when available, says "Information about Camels" site.
Reducing water loss, their kidneys can concentrate urine to be thick as syrup, with twice the salt content of sea water. Master recyclers, camels can actually extract water from their own fecal pellets, wasting nary a drop.
Q. Some people say they can awaken themselves at a predetermined arbitrary time without an alarm clock. Can they really do this? –F. Jacques
A. These claims have been verified in sleep labs, and the precision of the awakenings is impressive– often within 10 minutes one way or the other, says Peretz Lavie in The Enchanted World of Sleep. Most self-awakers exit sleep during a dream period.
"If, for example, we asked a subject to wake up at 3:30, he or she would awaken from the REM (dreaming) sleep closest to the target time- -say, at 3:15," says Lavie.
Most have no idea how they do it. But the brain is more aroused during REM, and may now be able to gauge the time and recall the instructions to awaken, says scientist William Moorcroft in the journal Sleep. Possibly the brain "clocks" the hour by counting off the number of dream periods elapsed through the night.
Q. If you had a mind to do it, is there a telescope strong enough to let you view the flag planted on the moon? –N. Armstrong
A. Assume the flag is 1 meter by .5 meter, on a 2- meter pole, poses UC-Santa Cruz optics researcher Eric Steinbring. The moon is about 385,000 kilometers away, so if you face it straight on, the angle subtended by the flag-pole turns out to be .001 arc seconds.
That's a tiny, tiny slice of sky space! Obviously, bigger telescopes have better resolution.
Fortunately, some telescopes like the giant twin Kecks (the world's largest at 10 meters across) use "adaptive optics" to remove the blurring effect by the Earth's atmosphere. The Keck resolution limit, then, drops to about .03 arc- seconds. That's getting there.
There's a plan to build a 30-meter Keck-like telescope good for visible light, says Steinbring. So, we can imagine getting down to .003 arc-seconds with that.
Next trick is "interferometry"– combining two telescopes simultaneously. Do this with the twin Kecks at, say, 100 meters apart, and this gets you to the magic value of .001 arc-seconds.
"Even so, this is only down to the size of the pole, not the flag. So I guess you still wouldn't be able to tell it was a flag, and certainly not whose it was. For that you'd need paired telescopes perhaps 10-100 times farther apart. That's many decades off yet, as far as I can tell," says Steinbring.
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Experienced and written by Klio Semoglou and Argyro Zikouli.
162 researchers ... 21 countries ... Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom and USA.
Day 1
Everybody was there to celebrate the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society that was held between the 13th and 16th September 2009 in the Université de Bourgogne, in Dijon. Participants from all over the world, old and new acquaintances traveling with all means of transportation arrived at the University's hall for the opening ceremony. One absence could not have gone unnoticed! Dr Hans-Leo Teulings visited the conference's opening ceremony via Skype!
Once again the conference provided us was with an ideal combination of science, pleasure and socialization. The organizing committee with Professor Annie Vinter, as the leading hostess, and Professor Jean-Luc Velay welcomed us with sophisticated French delights, wine, champagne and of course kir and kir royal (the most popular French cocktails made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liquor) topped up with white wine or champagne (according to Wikipedia). The IGS conference had officially begun!
Day 2
On Monday morning everybody was there; in a place where science meets practice and researchers present their latest findings on the first day of the conference. An excellent speech - welcome from the President of the Society, Angello Marcelli initiated the conference. The first key note speaker was Katrin Franke, who focused on a computational approach to forensic sciences. The following sessions entitled 'Signature analysis and authentification', 'Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders and Handwriting analysis' consisted of a series of interesting presentations. The first day of the conference closed with an inspired talk from Professor Vince Connelly from Oxford Brookes University, about Language and Writing Development and how language problems can constrain the development of writing in children.
After the large dose of scientific knowledge, the evening was combined with wine 'dégustation' with six exquisite bottles of French wine (three Bourgogne Blanc, a Saint romain "clos des ducs" 2005, a Chassagne- montrachet 1er cru "Champgains" 2006 and a Corton-charlemagne grand cru 2006, and three Bourgogne Rouge a 'Chambolle–musigny 1er cru 'Les Noirots' 2006, a Rucjotte – chambertin grand cru 2007 and a Ladrix 2007) accompanied by a selection of cheese and more bites.
Day 3
With little time at our disposal for sleeping, since Dijon is a town with extraordinary beauty and fabulous night life, on Tuesday morning we were at the conference at 9 o'clock sharp to attend another keynote speech from Professor Alim-Louis Benabid about high frequency stimulation of the brain: Current Results and Future Applications; an excellent presentation about new techniques of inhibition brain structures and recording cortical activities. The sessions of that day of the conference included topics of 'Language and Handwriting production', 'Forensics and Handwriting variability', 'Development of Handwriting and drawing', 'Handwriting recognition and signature verification' and some poster presentations together with the coffee breaks. Now, it's time to comment breaks which provided an excellent opportunity for coffee, French delicious patisserie, and scientific brainstorming (borrowing each others ideas for the next conference).
Although the conference program included a vast amount of scientific information, the anticipation of the visit to the French winery kept us going. The official conference dinner was held at Château de Gilly, former residence of the Cistercian Monks, which is located two minutes from the famous village of Vougeot at the heart of the finest wine ("Grand Cru") producing area in Burgundy, between Dijon and Beaune. Indeed it was an amazing experience to visit the beautiful château, surrounded by the great wines of Burgundy, on a rainy afternoon. After we had admired the 14th and 16th Century character and dining room with its magnificent vaulted ceiling, Annie Vinter, the president of the organizing committee raised the crystal wine glass just before the delicious duck was served, to thank her colleagues and the participants of the conference for their attendance and scientific contribution. We should not forget to mention that during the gala dinner Emmanuelle Sciacca was awarded the Best Student Paper Award for Forensic Application (and it came truly unexpected to her, since she had not been
notified in advance).
Day 4
The final day; after another interesting key note speech by Jean-François Demonet about 'Brain and Handwriting' and four more sessions, 'Drawing and handwriting: Movement disorders', 'Handwriting: Perception and Production', 'Neuroscience Historical Document' and 'Processing Identification and Generation', sadly enough, the conference was coming to the end. Borrowing professor's Demonet closing of his presentation "Verba Volant. Scripta manent, even using Messenger or Twitter", we would like to thank the organizing committee for an excellent conference and the president of the IGS, Angello Marcelli who kindly asked us to write our impressions of the conference.
À votre santé! Chin chin! Cheers! Prost! Stin ijia sas (στην υγειά σας, in greek)
See you all in a couple of years in Mexico !
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Today I have an arbitrary selection of images from the 1964 New York World's Fair.
The AMF Monorail couldn't compete with Disneyland's sleek version for sheer sexiness. It follows the more conventional arrangement, with the trains hanging from the rail rather than astride it. Nevertheless, it was still pretty cool, and I know I would have wanted to take a ride or two in order to enjoy the elevated views it provided!
There maybe have been some folks who remembered the 1958 Brussels World's Fair with fondness, and this Belgian village might have brought back some warm memories. Unfortunately there was no Atomium, but you could buy a big paper cup full of delicous, freshly-boiled brussel sprouts.
This is an unusual photo of the fair's "Bourbon Street" area, where you could catch all manner of musical acts. The center building even had some saucy ladies enticing you to join them over at Danceland. The architecture is amazing... If only Disneyland's "New Orleans Square" had managed to look this spectacular!!
I love this shot of an enthusiastic visitor, wearing his souvenir porkpie hat and gazing happily at... something. Probably the Bell System building seen here. He's got his camera for taking still photos, and that other case looks like it might hold a movie camera. In the background is the beautiful G.E. "Progressland" building (always a long line for that one), and the Tower of Light is just to the right of that. The Fountain of the Planets is in the middle of a performance, too.


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I love Thai food. My husband, on the other hand, is a bit apprehensive, because unfortunately, until now, he had only been to one other Thai restaurant, and he didn't really care for the dish that he ordered. But, when I saw Soi 9 Thai Eatery featured on Living Social, I jumped at the chance to try another Thai Restaurant.
Location: 1914 W. Burnside, Portland, OR
Order: My husband and I both ordered the Pad Thai with Chicken ($7.50 per plate), and an order of Poh Peah Tod (Crispy Spring Rolls, $4.50/plate) for appetizer.
What I Think:
This has been my first Thai food in a long, long time. Pad Thai is one of my favorite dishes, but, it has been my experience that not all plates of Pad Thai are created equal. I've had some really bad Pad Thai, in fact, it's been many years now, but, once I had Pad Thai with bad shrimp. As in rancid, spoiled, rotten … you know … bad. Since that time, I request no shrimp on my Pad Thai. The horror of that plate haunts me to this day. I have been on a quest of sorts to find a good Thai food restaurant, one I can trust to deliver good Pad Thai. And I think I have found it with Soi 9!
This place rocks. I love the atmosphere: a kind of modern-minimalist with touches of industrial kind of feel. But, as much as I enjoyed the atmosphere, the best part of the place is the food, and that's just the way it should be.
We started with our drinks, and I ordered Thai Iced tea … one of my favorite beverages. When in a Thai restaurant, I order Thai Iced Tea! It's a MUST! And this was prepared properly – the black tea base was good and strong without being bitter. It was strong enough to withstand the sweetening it endures to become Thai Iced Tea – sometimes Thai Iced Tea can be too sweet and you don't really taste the tea. I'm glad that didn't happen. Somebody knows what they're doing at Soi 9.
For appetizers, we ordered the crispy spring rolls, which I chose mostly because I knew that my husband would at least enjoy these. And they were very tasty. The wrapper was light and crisp and not greasy. The shredded vegetables were still just a little crunchy. I liked how fresh it tasted.
Our lunch plates included a generous portion of Pad Thai and a side of salad made of fresh spring greens and topped with a delicious curry dressing. It was lightly sweet with a hint of curry spice. My husband really enjoyed the dressing, which surprised me because he is usually a ranch dressing kind of guy.
The Pad Thai was amazing. The sauce was perfect! It was spicy … but not so spicy that I felt the need to grab the nearest glass of water to extinguish the heat. The sauce didn't taste overly fishy, it had a really nice balance of flavor, and I liked that the sauce didn't goop up the whole plate. There was just enough sauce to coat each ingredient without making it a sticky mess. I also liked that the noodles were cooked but not mushy. They were separate, not stuck together. The chicken was tender. This is definitely the best Pad Thai I've had in a long time!
My Final Thoughts
If you love Thai food – you really should try Soi 9. I was very impressed from start to finish. Our server was very friendly and helpful, and the food was delicious. A perfect lunch.


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Bar Review: Twilite Lounge
Enjoy Deep Ellum for adults with a frozen Irish coffee.
Growing up in the suburbs, I was told Deep Ellum was full of booze, thumping music, and corrupting characters. My parents didn't want me to go there. Kids went to Deep Ellum to grind and head-bang and develop behavioral problems. But sitting in the plush confines of Twilite Lounge feels nothing like that. Couples in red vinyl booths talk quietly over candlelight. Guys in their early 30s tip back canned beers as they talk about sports and taco trucks.
On a recent night, my friends and I were trying to figure out what to drink. The menu features beer, wine, and an enticing array of Big Easy-themed cocktails, such as the NOLA Pimm's and French 75. I opted for the Cucumber Fizz, a crisp, summery concoction. One of my friends decided on a frozen Jack and Coke, but he took a sip and immediately made a face. "This is sweet—like a Slurpee!"
The bearded bartender responded with science: "It's hard to freeze if there's too much alcohol in it." (Tip: it's better with an extra shot on top.)
Drinks in hand, we took a stroll through the bar. The gold lamps and blood-red curtains evoked a distinctly Southern Gothic vibe. There was a cigarette machine by the door, a candle lighting every table, and a framed photo of Burt Reynolds (from Gator) hanging on the wall.
Near the door to the French Quarter-style courtyard is a small reading area with a bookcase full of beloved classics. Ernest Hemingway. Harper Lee. Larry McMurtry. Even Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends. I narrowly avoided the temptation to kick back with one of them and instead wandered out back.
Here, we found Deep Ellum at its most serene: ivy-swept trellises, potted ferns, tons of twinkling Christmas lights. We chose a table next to two beer-drinking brunettes wearing floral-print dresses.
Twilite Lounge opened its doors in June. It's a collaboration of Jess Barr, guitarist of Slobberbone, and Danny Balis, producer of The Ticket's Hardline. When I asked a bartender where the owners' idea for the bar came from, she shrugged: "They love New Orleans. Who doesn't?"
My friends decided to try the frozen Irish coffee for their next round. This NOLA staple debuted in July and has been popular since. It's the perfect pick-me-up on a warm night.
"As my friends quickly downed their frosty beverages, I approached a pair of beer drinkers seated a few tables away. Keegan, a pretty brunette with bangs, had a sweet smile. Her friend Dennis was thin, with glasses, and claimed it was his first time to the bar.
When I first started coming to Deep Ellum, this place was a coffee shop, and one of the few spots I could go at the time," Keegan said. "When Twilite opened, I came first for the nostalgia. But I began to like it for itself."
"It's like Deep Ellum for adults," she said. "After all, you can only drink Pabst Blue Ribbons with bikers for so long before it gets old."
I headed back to my table to find that my companions had finished their frozen concoctions. We journeyed back inside and found that all eyes were on the bearded singer at the front of the room. He picked his guitar and alternated between soulful vocals and soaring harmonica. And, no, Mom and Dad, no one was head-banging. We were on our way out but stopped for a minute to listen.
I turned to my friends: "Anyone want another frozen Irish coffee?"
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On this album Philip Permutt brings you six meditations specifically designed to help you find and work with Angels. Each Angel works a little differently.
Each Angel can help in different ways; guiding, healing, protecting, bringing answers and messages, hope and harmony and giving comfort in times of need and inspiration when required.
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We have been one of the lead developers from the beginning. The community is arranged into three villages, which feature design details and materials inspired by the local architecture. Each village has a pleasant and attractive living environment with plenty of open space. A local centre, with shops and commercial premises, and a 20 hectare business park, offering up to 750,000 square feet of business space, have also been built. Over 1,000 people are employed at the business park and of these approximately 100 live within Cambourne. Three schools, a hotel and a sports centre provide excellent facilities for both residents and visitors. As a result Cambourne is a thriving, well balanced and sustainable community.
One of Cambourne's strengths is its natural environment with more than half of the site dedicated as open space. It won the Landscape Institute's Best Landscape Design Award (over 5 hectares) in 2010 and featured in their 'Making it Home – The Power of Landscape to Create Good Housing' published in 2010. More recently Cambourne won Best Low or Zero Carbon Initiative at the Housebuilder 2014 Awards for it's sustainability show village, and in 2012 won Silver in the Best Landscape Design category at the What House? awards in 2012.
Wherever possible, natural features and mature trees have been retained. Existing features of the landscape are also used as part of the sustainable urban drainage system. For example ditches, ponds and streams provide drainage while green areas act to reduce rainwater run-off. A network of footpaths, cycleways, and bridleways links the residential areas with the local centre and the green spaces. This reduces the need for local car journeys. There are a number of village greens, play areas and other informal public open spaces, as well as 45 hectares of new woodland and 12 miles of hedges containing over 250,000 trees and shrubs. These areas create valuable wildlife habitats whilst also screening the development from key viewpoints outside the site and sheltering the homes from prevailing winds.
Plants and wildlife were considered at an early stage in the design process and we worked with specialist landscape consultants and ecologists to identify, protect and manage all existing habitats, as well as to create new areas of natural landscaping. The results include: 40 new bird species and a threefold increase in the number of butterfly and dragonfly species have been recorded on site since 1996; pipistrelle bats now breed on site and kingfishers inhabit the lakeside cliffs. The well stocked fishing lake is managed by the local fishing club.
In October 2011 planning consent was
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All of the homes will be built to the Code for Sustainable Homes level 3 standards. As part of the Section 106 planning agreement we have contributed £633,000 (our share of a total contribution of £950,000) towards a Community Sustainability Fund. The first project to be funded will help make various buildings in Cambourne more energy efficient. Solar panels are being installed on the roofs of South Cambridgeshire District Council's offices, the community centre, sports centre and pavilion. We are also making various community payments to both Cambridgeshire County Council and Cambourne Parish Council, including over £183,000 for primary education and over £110,000 for healthcare.
After successful discussions with the Cambridge Wildlife Trust they have taken over the management of the informal open space, ensuring that the landscape will remain of the highest quality. This relationship has been secured with an innovative and cost effective approach. We have constructed a building on site for the Wildlife Trust, providing them with an office and additional space which they can hire out. The income received from this contributes towards the landscape management services that they provide.
The community is well established and Cambourne has its own parish council, which evolved from the original residents association. A community centre, called The Hub, is managed by the parish council and offers indoor space for community events during the week and is available for hire by local residents at weekends. The parish council also has an office in The Hub.
We provided full funding for the construction of a sports centre, which is also managed by the parish council, a new pavilion and sport changing rooms, and various sports pitches including tennis courts, a cricket oval, and bowling greens. Opened in 2011, these sporting facilities have enabled local clubs and teams to develop. We also funded 'The Big LEAP', a £100,000 Bronze Age themed playground. This was designed, in collaboration with the parish council and local schoolchildren, by architects Randall Thorp and opened in time for the 2011 school summer holidays.
The local centre contains a thriving high street, including a Morrisons supermarket. Plans have been approved for two additional retail units along the high street and another three in the retail area behind it. We have also provided significant funding for a number of public buildings including a fire station, police station, doctor's surgery, library and a communal health building. Extensive and complex infrastructure has been delivered, including major new road junctions, a new dual carriageway section on the A428 and the Caxton Bypass, and three new foul water pumping stations. We have also funded upgrades to local public transport to benefit both the people of Cambourne and their neighbours in surrounding areas.
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August is almost here! Time for most of your kiddies to go back to school! Our school started this week here in Phoenix! We are on a modified year round schedule. It's been quite an adjustment with Tommy starting Kindergarten and Kate starting preschool! Once we get into the swing of things, I am sure it will be great!
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President Barack Obama says smoking pot isn't "more dangerous" than drinking alcohol.
"As has been well-documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life," Obama said in a lengthy profile in the current issue of the New Yorker magazine. "I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol."
In a recent interview that has raised some eyebrows, President Obama weighed in on marijuana, saying that while he still discourages use of the substance, he believes it is no worse than alcohol.
Pressed by author David Remnick on the comparison, Obama said he thinks marijuana is less dangerous "in terms of its impact on the individual consumer." But he added, "it's not something I encourage, and I've told my daughters I think it's a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy."
Obama also told Remnick that he is troubled that "middle-class kids don't get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do. And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties."
He did caution that the movement for legalization of marijuana raises "some difficult line-drawing issues. If marijuana is fully legalized and at some point folks say, 'Well, we can come up with a negotiated dose of cocaine that we can show is not any more harmful than vodka,' are we open to that? If somebody says, 'We've got a finely calibrated dose of meth, it isn't going to kill you or rot your teeth,' are we OK with that?"
"Those who argue that legalizing marijuana is a panacea and it solves all these social problems I think are probably overstating the case," he said "There is a lot of hair on that policy. And the experiment that's going to be taking place in Colorado and Washington is going to be, I think, a challenge."
The president also weighed in on the dangers of playing football, saying that professional players "know what they're buying into" when they play the sport and risk concussions and brain damage.
When asked whether he felt "at all ambivalent about following" professional football, Obama responded by saying, "I would not let my son play pro football." He added, "but, I mean, you (Remnick) wrote a lot about boxing, right? We're sort of in the same realm."
"At this point, there's a little bit of caveat emptor," Obama said. "These guys, they know what they're doing. They know what they're buying into. It is no longer a secret. It's sort of the feeling I have about smokers, you know?"
In the piece, Obama also comments on the role he believes racial prejudice plays in American politics.
"There's no doubt that there's some folks who just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black President," he said. "Now, the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because I'm a black President."
He also argues that conservatives' preference for policies being decided by state governments can't be separated from the intertwined history of states' rights and slavery in the years leading to the Civil War and racial prejudice since then.
"You can be somebody who, for very legitimate reasons, worries about the power of the federal government—that it's distant, that it's bureaucratic, that it's not accountable—and as a consequence you think that more power should reside in the hands of state governments," he said.
But Obama said "that philosophy is wrapped up in the history of states' rights in the context of the civil-rights movement and the Civil War and (South Carolina Sen. John C.) Calhoun. There's a pretty long history there."
He urged progressives to not "dismiss out of hand arguments against my Presidency or the Democratic Party or Bill Clinton or anybody just because there's some overlap between those criticisms and the criticisms that traditionally were directed against those who were trying to bring about greater equality for African-Americans."
On the other hand, he said conservatives should see that "if I am concerned about leaving it up to states to expand Medicaid that it may not simply be because I am this power-hungry guy in Washington who wants to crush states' rights but, rather, because we are one country and I think it is going to be important for the entire country to make sure that poor folks in Mississippi and not just Massachusetts are healthy."
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Mothers make memories in the most unexpected ways.
Does the smell of lilacs take you straight back to your childhood kitchen, where she still sets out a vase of blooms every spring? Do you line the staircase with family photos, just as your mom did?
When you look around your house or yard, do you see her touch - in the way you set a table, decorate the patio or arrange your furniture?
For Mother's Day, we'd like to know: How has your mom influenced your decorating or gardening style?
We invite you to share your stories as a way of honoring your mother in a feature in the Journal Sentinel's Entrée section. One reader whose story we include will be chosen at random to win a selection of decorating and gardening books.
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The girl in the photo - Rosian Zerner
"I am the child in the photo chosen for this announcement!" wrote Rosian Zerner to UNESCO, after receiving notification about events organized for International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January).
"We got the photo from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and were struck by the contrast between the radiant smile of the little girl and the brutal reality of the Holocaust," explains Karel Fracapane, the UNESCO official coordinating the International Day events. "When the photo was taken, she had just escaped the horrors of the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania and lived hidden, moving from place to place, separated from her parents. But we didn't know 'the girl in the photo' was alive."
Rosian Zerner is very much alive and kindly consented to give UNESCO an interview from the Boston area in the United States, where she lives today.
How did you feel when you saw that photo?
"I was amazed to see my own face looking back at me from the announcement. I had donated the photo to the Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was taken on the farm of Lyda Goluboviene, who was my main rescuer. I remember that coat well - I wore it all through World War 2. I never grew out of it as I kept getting thinner!"
Have you still got the optimistic spirit of the girl in the photo?
Yes, I have always tried to keep a positive attitude. I believe in miracles – in fact, I am living proof that miracles do happen. I not only survived the Holocaust but was reunited with my family in Lithuania, a country where about 95 percent of the Jewish population were murdered, including 40 other family members.
The theme of the 2013 International Holocaust Remembrance Day is "The Courage to Care: Rescue during the Holocaust". How many rescuers did you have?
I had at least seven. Most did it out of conviction, out of respect for human life and because they believed in a better world. Unfortunately there were far too few who would take such a risk.
How did you escape from the Kovno Ghetto and who was your first rescuer?
My first rescuer was Bronja Budreikaite, my father's secretary, who met me on the other side of the barbed wire fence surrounding the Ghetto. I was six years old. My parents, who were really my first rescuers, pushed me through a hole they had dug under the wire while avoiding the guards, the searchlights and the dogs. My wartime name then became Irena Budreikaite.
What kind of people were your rescuers?
They were ordinary human beings, mostly women, who became extraordinary because of their deeds: a farmer, a seamstress, a journalist, a housewife. Some were Christian Scientists of Russian descent. I even had a German rescuer. My rescuers also saved others: a deaf mute, a Russian widow with children, and other Jews.
Where did your rescuers hide you?
I was hidden in homes, attics, barns and woods. I was hidden in an orphanage where my head was shaven because of lice and the priest protected me when some nuns denounced me. In the villages, some shielded me but others would have gladly killed me had they known I was Jewish. Whenever there was suspicion I had to run away. Had the war lasted longer, I would have run out of places to hide. At times I was ready to stop running, but my will to live was greater.
For you, what is the role of education in Holocaust Remembrance?
Education is a must. The facts and meaning of the Holocaust must be remembered and taught to future generations. I have felt a personal responsibility to speak out, as one of the last generation to witness the Holocaust. I do this not only out of gratitude for the rescuers and to honour the memory of the victims, but because I am concerned about Holocaust revisionism and denial which are happening even at the highest level in some countries today. Perhaps Holocaust education can become an example of how not to repeat history and be a beacon for a better world.
Interview by Jean O'Sullivan
All of Rosian Zerner's main rescuers are on the Yad Vashem Righteous Among Nations list. Their names are Bronja Budreikaite, Natalija Fugaleviciute, Natalija Yegorova, Lyda Goluboviene, Vitautas Kaunietskas, Helene Holzman and her daughter Margarete Holzman who is still alive in Germany. "Although her mother hid me, Margarete's life was endangered so she was a rescuer too," says Rosian, who still regularly travels to visit Margarete to this day.
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"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast member Kim Richards was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in Los Angeles in August of 2015.
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Teresa and Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice were charged in a 39-count indictment handed up Monday, July 29, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The two are accused of submitting fraudulent mortgage and other loan applications from 2001 through 2008, a year before their show, "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," debuted on Bravo. Prosecutors say they made false claims about their employment status and salaries.
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Salwa Amin, a 24-year-old cast member of the MTV reality show "Buckwild," was arrested in February 10, 2013 after police say they found heroin and oxycodone pills in the house she was in. She was arraigned on felony charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.
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"Jersey Shore's" Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi may be pint-sized, but she sure knows how to raise a whole lot of trouble. The MTV reality starlet pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct and public annoyance after getting arrested for allegedly drunkenly pestering other beach-goers in Seaside Heights, N.J., on July 30, 2010.
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Another one of "Jersey Shore's" finest, Ronald Ortiz-Magro, was arrested on Sept. 4, 2009 after allegedly engaging in a fight outside a Seaside Heights, N.J. nightclub. Ortiz-Magro allegedly knocked another man unconscious. He pleaded not guilty to an aggravated assault charge.
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Former "Real Housewives of NYC" star and model Kelly Bensimon has the looks to land a much younger beau, and allegedly has the physical ability to land a punch on the side of his face. Bensimon entered a plea of not guilty to misdemeanor assault charges after she allegedly attacked then-boyfriend Nick Stefanov in 2009.
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Any fan of the NYC "Housewives" knows that cast member Sonja Morgan loves to party and has a fondness for drinking that rivals Chelsea Handler. Unfortunately, her antics allegedly caught up with her in posh Southhampton, N.Y., where she was reportedly arrested and charged with a DWI in May 2010.
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Viewers either love her or love to hate her, but everyone can agree that former New Jersey "Housewife" Danielle Staub brings the drama. According to "Cop Without a Badge," a book discussed in season one of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," Staub's past is a dark one. Staub - also known as Beverly Ann Merrill - was accused of kidnapping, extortion, and attempt to distribute cocaine in 1986.
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Meet Michaele and Tareq Salahi. Prior to Michaele's stint on "The Real Housewives of DC," the duo managed to crash a party at the White House in Nov. 2009. Although they have not been arrested or charged with any crimes, they have made this list because well...you're not supposed to crash parties at the White House!
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Jason Wahler left behind his glamorous life on "The Hills" and "Laguna Beach" to pursue other endeavors...behind bars? Wahler's was reportedly arrested on June 10, 2010 after he allegedly hit a girl at a party in Hollywood, Calif.
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"Pretty Wild" star Alexis Neiers traded in her designer duds for an orange jumpsuit after pleading no contest to first-degree residential burglaries for her role in the "bling ring." Neiers served a month in jail, from June 24, 2010 to July 24, 2010.
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Ex-"American Idol" finalist Stephanie Edwards, who appeared in Season 6 with Jordin Sparks, was arrested in March 2010 for allegedly getting into a fight with another woman. Police say the 22-year-old went over to the woman's house to confront her about harassing phone calls Edwards had received, and a ferocious cat-fight ensued. What would Simon say?
Things haven't been so easy for Chikezie since his departure from "American Idol." Apparently, his new fame got him in trouble at a Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills, Calif. in February 2010, after he reportedly attempted to buy cologne with a stolen credit card. Chikezie was charged with attempted grand theft because the two bottles totaled $1,289.57. ...Only at Neiman Marcus.
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"America's Next Top Model" fourth season star Brandy Rusher was arrested in May 2010 in Houston after allegedly resisted arrest after police came to her home to tell her to turn the music down.
Jaimee Grubbs, who is best known for her alleged affair with Tiger Woods...and her appearance on VH1's "Tool Academy," was arrested in April 2010 on three outstanding warrants related to driving on a suspended license.
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Megan Hauserman, who appeared on "Brett Michael's Rock of Love" and Sharon Osbourne's "Charm School," was reportedly arrested for DUI in April 2010 while she was on her way to the strip club where she was working.
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Joshua Tel Warner went from a hard-working deck hand on "Deadliest Catch" to a fugitive bank robber. Warner pleaded guilty in May 2010 to multiple Oregon heists and was sentenced to nine years in prison.
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Nicole Essigmann was not Flava Flav's choice on "Flavor of Love," but she managed to stay in the headlines due to a February 2010 arrest. After an argument turned physical, "Hotlanta" was reportedly arrested on assault and cruelty to children charges.
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Dylan John's arrests date back to before his appearance on MTV's reality show "Making the Band 2." According to The Smoking Gun, John was convicted of felony assault on a Long Island teenager - a crime he committed while already serving two separate probation terms for prior felony and misdemeanor convictions.
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Matt McDonald, a contestant on "Big Brother," was arrested and charged with assault and battery in April 2010 after he allegedly attacked his pregnant girlfriend, reported the New York Daily News.
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Last but not least is "Big Brother's" Adam Jasinski, who was actually the ninth-season winner, but proved to be less than role model material after he was arrested for allegedly attempting to sell drugs in Boston in 2009. He was charged with possession of oxycodone pills with intent to distribute. In 2011, he was sentenced to four years in on drug trafficking and tax charges.
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Allied-Bristol Life Sciences LLC to identify and speed development of promising science and technologies
Unique collaboration focused on transforming early-stage academic innovation to therapeutic candidates for clinical study
BOSTON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allied Minds (LSE: ALM) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced the formation of Allied-Bristol Life Sciences LLC, a new jointly owned enterprise created to identify and foster research and pre-clinical development of biopharmaceutical innovations from leading university research institutions across the U.S.
Allied-Bristol Life Sciences LLC will focus on efficiently and effectively converting discoveries from university research institutions into therapeutic candidates for clinical development, and ultimately approved therapies that address serious diseases. For programs identified by the new enterprise, university researchers will be able to access Bristol-Myers Squibb's drug discovery research expertise, and Allied Minds' financial and management experience.
"The innovations developed in U.S. research institutions represent an important resource for scientific advancement, as well as economic development and financial returns," said Chris Silva, Chief Executive Officer of Allied Minds. "Our partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb combines complementary strengths, resources, reach and expertise to create an exciting new paradigm in the drug development space."
"Allied-Bristol Life Sciences LLC brings together cutting-edge ideas, BioPharma experience and drug discovery expertise focused on maximizing the potential of new scientific approaches to addressing serious disease," said Carl Decicco, senior vice president and Head of Discovery, Bristol-Myers Squibb. "We believe this new venture will enhance the translation of early-stage academic research and will ultimately help advance important potential new medicines more efficiently."
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies have jointly formed and funded Allied-Bristol Life Sciences LLC, which will work with university researchers to identify discoveries it believes has promising therapeutic and commercial potential, and will support the research and development needed to take these early-stage opportunities from initial feasibility to pre-clinical candidacy. Allied Minds and Bristol-Myers Squibb together will form and fund new companies to conduct feasibility and full-phase discovery programs. Once a program succeeds in identifying a pre-clinical candidate, Bristol-Myers Squibb will have the option to acquire the company from Allied-Bristol Life Sciences LLC under pre-agreed terms.
About Allied Minds
Allied Minds (LSE: ALM) is an innovative U.S. science and technology development and commercialization company. Operating since 2006, the company forms, funds, manages and builds products and businesses based on innovative technologies developed at leading U.S. universities and federal research institutions. Allied Minds serves as a diversified holding company that supports its businesses and product development with capital, central management and shared services. More information about the Boston-based company can be found at www.alliedminds.com.
Allied Minds' investment model is to form, fund, manage and build companies and jobs for the long term. The company takes a majority ownership stake in each business it establishes, and provides funding and central management so that it's intimately involved at each stage of strategy and growth. Allied Minds currently works with more than 33 leading universities, several of which exceed $1 billion each in annual research spending, as well as 32 federal research centers and laboratories managed by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy on a similar commercialization structure. It currently has 18 operating companies in the U.S.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. For more information, please visit www.bms.com or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bmsnews.
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text: So far I'm impressed with the hardware, but I've hit a brick wall with the software. Changes were made to OSX that requires Arduino 1.9.0 beta to even run. There is no way to compile or download code with 1.8.9 on 10.15 because the OS blocks access to the user and download directories by default and 32 bit executable code is flat forbidden. The TeensyDuino installer will fail on the install check for the beta because 1.9.0 is not a valid version. While this may be a good idea in most circumstances, it makes the hardware worthless on a platform that is about to undergo a major OS version change in a few days. Is it possible to get an installer that allows for version 1.9.0?


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On a cold, foggy morning along the Malibu coast, a small brown lump emerges from the sea and waddles ashore. I spot it from 100 yards away, but already my dog, Cooper, is at a full run toward the baby sea lion. I scream at him to stop, but it's too late: The thin, frightened sea lion pup is heading back into the ocean. I finally catch up to Coop and pull him back, and we watch as the pup swims out through the waves. Though Cooper hadn't touched him, the timid pup was easily threatened; animal lovers with cameras approaching other pups have been met with the same result. They don't know that the cute but frighteningly thin sea lion pups are coming ashore because they are starving to death. But I do. We've rescued dozens of pups off our beach in the last month. I curse at myself for not having Cooper on a leash. I hope this one makes it safely back to shore—or, better yet, gets lucky and finds food.
Our Code Blue Foundation and many others contributed to fund an additional rescue facility at the California Wildlife Center. This spring the rescue facilities up and down the coast of California were filled to capacity with sea lions, elephant seals, and harbor seals. More than 1,300 pups came ashore this year desperate for help, more than eight times more than last year, and almost three times the previous record year of 2009!
So what the heck is going on?
I've read several articles, which all allude to the sea lions' food source–forage fish such as herring, anchovies, and sardines–"mysteriously" disappearing. But is there really a mystery? The forage fishery in California is a big industry. Could it be that the valuable market for these fish, too low on the food chain for our dinner, but a popular source of food for livestock, fish farms, fertilizer, and even those omega 3's the doctor told you to take, could be over-fished?
"A presumed food shortage is leaving last year's baby sea lions in bad shape; as mothers spend more time foraging for fish, pups wean themselves early and set out on their own, before they're strong enough to find their own food. Starving and exhausted, they seek refuge along the state's beaches. At this point, scientists still don't know what that cause is, and a food shortage still seems like the most plausible culprit. This isn't an El Niño year, and the pattern doesn't resemble what scientists would expect to see if an environmental toxin or infectious disease were to blame."–Nadia Drake, Wired
Although the forage fishery in California claims to be one of the best managed in the country, if not the world, that estimation is based solely on the catch they have consistently been able to get–in fisheries jargon, "maximum sustainable yield." But this measurement does not consider the ramifications for the ecosystem, nor the predators that depend on these fish as their only food source. Just last year the Fish and Game Commission recognized this oversight and revised its policy. Based on the recommendations from the Lenfest Forage Fish Report, the new policy takes into account the "effects of fishing on forage species' dependant predators, and the availability of alternative prey." With the Pacific sardine fishery currently on its way to collapse, much like it did in 1945, dropping 33 percent from last year and in decline for six years, the Pacific Fisheries Council just adopted similar language for their management of forage fish.
But for this year's sea lions, it may be too little too late.
On March 25, 2013, NOAA officially declared a Federal "Unusual Mortality Event" (UME) and formed a team of researchers to investigate. NOAA Fisheries, the National Marine Mammal Foundation, and the Working Group for Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events are investigating the food shortage hypotheses, comparing the abundance of forage fish and the correlation to sea lion weight. This data will also help us to better manage for other forage-dependant predatory species such as harbor seals and sea birds.
"These sea lions might be our sentinel that tells us something else is going on that's going to be affecting other fish, that's going to be affecting sharks, that could have much broader concerns throughout the ocean."–Sarah Wilkins of National Marine Fisheries Service, in an interview with NPR
If we can understand the factors that have created this immediate issue, we may be able to better manage ocean resources in the future. However, this crisis begs the bigger philosophical question of whether or not a wild ecosystem is something that can be, or should be, "managed" by humans. Do we really need to be fishing out hundreds of thousands of metric tons of wild menhaden from the Chesapeake Bay, krill from the Antarctic, and sardines and squid from the California Pacific just to get Omega 3's or feed pigs? As a lynchpin for the whole ecosystem, these fish have much more value left alive in the ocean than they do dead as fertilizer on a corn crop. Most of these wild-caught forage fish, ironically, end up feeding farmed fish–and starving their wild counterparts! (It takes 7 pounds of sardines to grow one pound of pen-raised tuna.) Climate change has made it even more difficult to predict when and where these fish will be. Without that consistency, it's virtually impossible to "manage" an ever-changing ocean ecosystem.
Given the limitations on our ability to effectively manage the ocean, it would be prudent to adopt a more cautious strategy in regards to wild forage fish, assuring there is enough for dependant wildlife. We have other sources of Omega 3's and fertilizer, but marine animals and sea birds rely solely on what they can find in the wild ocean. Since forage fish abundance is already highly variable and sensitive to the environmental changes that we are certain to experience in the future, it will be increasingly difficult for wild predators to find a meal–and nearly impossible for man to know the true impact of commercial fishing on the ecosystem. Considering this year's radical upsurge in mortality of sea lions in California, the assumption many scientists are making is that we are taking more forage fish than we should.
Just as healthy plump sea lions and seals are being returned to California's wild ocean, US policy makers and scientist are meeting with governments around the world to decide the fate of another important forage fish, krill, in Antarctica. July 15 and 16th the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), meets to decide whether or not to protect one of the last remaining healthy ocean ecosystems, The Ross Sea. The most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean it is home to whales, penguins, seals, fish, sea birds, and abundant with the food they need to sustain them, mainly krill.
"The Southern Ocean is of major importance, given its wealth of biodiversity, including fish that can live in waters below zero degrees (Celsius, 32 degrees Fahrenheit)," said Robert Calcagno, director of the Monaco Oceanographic Institute"It is also connected to the world's ocean current system, and has massive stocks of krill," he said, referring to the tiny shrimp that is a vital protein source for whales, penguins and seals.
Commercial fishing interests are already extracting over 4,000 million tons of krill and 3,000 tons of Antarctic Toothfish (sold as Chilean Sea Bass) from the Southern Ocean each year. Against the advise of scientists studying the region, some fishing interests would like to scale up operations to meet demand. If approved by CCAMLAR this week, The Ross Sea protection would create a 2.75 million square mile wild ocean sanctuary continuing to provide refuge and food for threatened marine life.
Big things do indeed come from small beginnings, forage fish are the corner stone of marine ecosystems, from whales to seabirds, marine wildlife depends on abundant small schooling fish to survive. For little "Sharp Scissors" and the other rehabilitated pups in California returning to the ocean, I hope they find enough nourishment to keep them there.


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The job offers for Ted Williams, the homeless Ohio man with the golden voice, reportedly are rolling in nearly as fast the hits on the Columbus Dispatch video that displayed both his ragged appearance and his pitch-perfect announcer's baritone.
The NFL, Kraft, the Cleveland Cavaliers and various broadcast stations are said to be vying for his talents, observed by millions on YouTube and elsewhere in the media. He's gotten a makeover, made a triumphant appearance on the "Today" show Thursday, and was reunited with his mom.
His comeback has the makings of feel-good story. But it would be a shame if the late-in-life Cinderella yarn-in-progress ends up as another cautionary tale.
Fame, thanks to the Internet, can be more instant than ever these days, which also means it's more fickle. Dowdy Scottish songbird Susan Boyle became an international star after her appearance on "Britain's Got Talent" hit the Internet, and is still popular nearly two years later. But she's reportedly suffered some meltdowns along the way.
Antoine Dodson, whose news account of interrupting a sex attack on his sister last summer was auto-tuned into a novelty hit/video known as "Bed Intruder Song," seems to be hanging onto the crumbs of his unlikely celebrity. He performed a Christmas version of his song on the "Lopez Tonight" last month, and can be seen in a promo for the new season of Comedy Central's "Tosh.0," where viral videos and their stars get mocked. "Blessings come in disguise," Dodson told The Associated Press in September. "This is a golden opportunity for us. I'm gonna take it and run with it."
Let's hope for Williams' sake that the recovering addict can take advantage of his opportunities – and that he's not used and discarded by those looking for their own quick publicity boost. A haircut and some job offers alone aren't going to make him a success – he's going to need folks to stick by him when he becomes yesterday's news.
The 53-year-old man with the golden voice deserves a chance to live out his middle age and golden years in dignity, preferably with a job where he gets to put his talents to use. It would be a shame for that wonderful voice to once again fade away.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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