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Police arrested two New Jersey men at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday as they prepared to travel to Somalia to join a militant group with the aim of killing American soldiers. They are the latest case of a phenomenon that officials find troubling: US citizens drawn to anti-American jihad.
The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, identifies the two men as Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, a US citizen of Palestinian descent, and Carlos Eduardo "Omar" Almonte, 24, a naturalized US citizen who was born in the Dominican Republic. They were arrested at the airport as each prepared to board separate flights for Egypt, from where they planned to make their way to Somalia.
The two men appear to have been amateurs, and spent months before their arrest lifting weights, shopping for military-style outfits, playing shoot-'em-up video games, and bragging about their intentions to undercover cops, according to the Associated Press (details of their routine found here.)
IN PICTURES: Top 10 American jihadis
The Associated Press reports that the two men stand accused of conspiring to maim, kill, and kidnap persons outside the United States by attempting to join Somali militant group Al Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked militia that was designated a terrorist group by the United States in 2008. The group controls large swaths of Somalia, which has been without a central government since 1991. It is believed to be involved in the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
Police emphasized to the Star-Ledger that the arrests do not reflect an immediate threat to the United States, although The New York Times reports that last November Mr. Alessa told an undercover cop that if they could not wage jihad in Somalia then they would bring the fight home.
Last Nov. 29, for example, the complaint said that Mr. Alessa told Mr. Almonte and the undercover officer: "They only fear you when you have a gun and when you — when you start killing them, and when you — when you take their head, and you go like this, and you behead it on camera." He added: "We'll start doing killing here, if I can't do it over there." Mr. Alessa used the Arabic words for gun and killing, according to the complaint.
Their airport arrest was the culmination of a nearly four-year-long investigation by state and federal authorities – dubbed "Operation Arabian Knight" – that followed an anonymous tip in Oct. 2006. Key to that operation was an undercover police officer of Egyptian descent in his mid-20s who befriended Alessa and Almonte and secretly recorded hours of their conversations, according to the New York Daily News:
"Obviously, we can't put out his name, but he did really excellent work here," [Police Commissioner Raymond] Kelly said.
Alessa and Almonte met at Alessa's place Saturday afternoon so Alessa's parents could drive them to JFK. They had return tickets for July 11.
Cops greeted them at the gate.
"When Alessa and Almonte schemed to engage in violent jihad, we were listening. When they attempted to leave the country, we were waiting," said New Jersey US Attorney Paul Fishman.
Alessa and Almonte spoke with the officer about many of their terror-related goals: their plans to train with Al Shabab and their previous attempts to join the jihad against American forces in Iraq, their desire to kill US troops, and their feelings about Yemen-based US cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki.
The Daily News reports that he is seen as a major influence on the men, and that they hoped to outdo the work of another American who famously fell under Mr. Awlaki's sway: Major Nidal Malik Hassan, a US army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood military base in Texas in a shooting spree last November.
In a special report in December, The Christian Science Monitor detailed how a steady stream of young Somali-American men have headed back to a homeland they barely know, "driven by a heady brew of nationalist and religious fervor and lured by what experts say is a sophisticated recruitment network exploiting vulnerabilities in the Somali diaspora.... Their path to radicalization, and perhaps eventually to the ranks of militant Islam, represents a pressing concern for US counterterrorism officials today."
Of note with the New Jersey men is that neither is of Somali decent. Yet they sympathized with the Al Qaeda-linked insurgents there.
IN PICTURES: Top 10 American jihadis


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Puerto Banús (Marbella)
In Marbella you'll feel privileged. You can sail in luxury yachts, relax on beaches with VIP services, stay in exclusive hotels, stroll around the prestigious Puerto Banús resort, practice your strokes in the golfing capital of the world, or spend a lively evening in a large casino. Here in this city you'll find restaurants recognised by international food critics, personalised transport in limousines and spectacular sports cars, and leisure venues with a select atmosphere. If you walk along the avenues of Ricardo Soriano and Ramón y Cajal, or along the Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe Boulevard, you'll also find a host of top names in fashion, design and glamorous jewellery, if you want to indulge in a little shopping. You may even bump into a celebrity or two, as Marbella is one of the preferred holiday destinations for many members of the jet set.
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Tickets to attend public shows at New Zealand's premiere fashion event, New Zealand Fashion Week (NZFW), are now on sale with tickets available from $20.
Tickets to the Resene Designer Selection Shows (DSS) and NZ Fashion Weekend are available for avid fashion followers to secure their seat, and experience the very best of New Zealand fashion.
This year NZFW and Jockey are offering an exclusive 'money can't buy' experience. Anyone who purchases a Resene DSS ticket can win one of 5 fabulous VIP backstage experiences, and get a true insider's view of NZFW.
Tickets to attend NZ Fashion Weekend and the ever-popular Designer Garage Sale are also available, and with a $15 VIP Designer Garage Sale upgrade, shoppers wanting the first pick of the fabulous fashion can be some of the first through the doors with entry one hour before public admission. 9am, Saturday 30th August
New Zealand Fashion Week Brand Manager, Myken Stewart, is excited the New Zealand public will once again have the opportunity to be part of the NZFW experience.
"Through the Resene DSS and NZ Fashion Weekend, designers can show direct to New Zealand's fashion lovers, allowing them to engage directly with potential customers and see an immediate and tangible return on their investment." Stewart continues, "The public element has added a real buzz to the week and we're excited about the amazing lineup of in-season shows this year, as well as our brand new Beauty Hub."
NZ Fashion Weekend is the public's chance to experience the unrivalled buzz and excitement of the biggest week in New Zealand fashion
With runway shows featuring looks from some of New Zealand's most sought after fashion designers, informative seminars, bargain designer shopping, the fabulous new Beauty Hub, DJ's, stylish bars, amazing goody bags and loads of giveaways, NZ Fashion Weekend is an unmissable opportunity to be part of the glitz and glamour of NZFW.
Highlights of this year's schedule include the first ever in-season show from the rock & roll delinquents of New Zealand fashion, Stolen Girlfriends Club, and the ultimate street wear show from Huffer and Sly Guild. Entry to the venue and the infamous Designer Garage Sale, where you can pick up some incredible designer bargains, enjoy the fabulous bars, and sample, experience and beautify at the new ground floor Beauty Hub, costs just $20.
With a $25 ticket, fashion lovers can enjoy a standard seat to a show or session of their choice plus all of the above. Full metal fashionista's can purchase a $40 ticket which includes a premium seat to a show or session of their choice, a goodie bag, and access to everything on site.
Exciting sessions will run all weekend, with expert talks about beauty trends, step by step makeup looks and the latest, from New Zealand's industry leaders. With the best of Auckland's DJ's providing the musical score for what is set to be an exciting atmosphere and with plenty of bars to choose from, the ANZ Viaduct Events Centre will be the place for everyone.
The NZFW website, which is a hub for NZFW information, the Backstage Blog and for delegates and media attending the event, has had a very stylish makeover from the creative geniuses at Pocket Square.
Easier on the eye and much easier to navigate, this revamp will make finding information and registering to attend NZFW much easier for the hundreds of fashion industry professionals that attend each year.
The new-look NZFW website is now live at www.nzfashionweek.com.
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"Fujitsu has proven an ideal fit for our organisation. They rapidly built a close rapport with our business and technical staff. Their flexibility and agility using a Joint Application Design approach enabled us to get the outcomes we needed for our business"
Stephen Woolford, Director, Information Management, PIRSA
Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA)is a key agency for economic development. The department focuses on increasing the prosperity of South Australians, improving their quality of life and ensuring the sustainable development of the state's natural resource base for future generations.
Economic development agencies require increasing focus on the sustainable utilisation of natural and industrial resources through enhanced value chains.
PIRSA is committed to the economic development of the State and the sustainable use of its food, fibre and minerals resources.
Ready access to accurate and up to date information is a necessity when proactively dealing with South Australia's diverse communities, industries and natural resources.
PIRSA staff needed the information and tools to get the job done, quickly and with a minimum of fuss.
To better support and guide its skills and expertise in planning and ongoing monitoring activities, it needed to replace 23 disparate information systems with a single integrated information management system.
Collaboration and an 'agile approach' allowed for the design and delivery of a fully integrated, geospatially based solution to support resource sustainability initiatives.
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text: Vapes are likely to benefit the health of the nation, a new report has concluded. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) report says that buying vapes should be widely promoted as a substitute to smoking. The authors conclude that smokers can be reassured and encouraged to use the devices. A report says that e-liquid should be widely promoted as a substitute to smokingExperts at the College looked into the science, public policy, regulation and ethics surrounding vaping juice and made a series of conclusions about the devices including::: Vapes or Vaping are not a "gateway to smoking" - in the UK, use of vapes are used mostly by those who are already using, or have used, tobacco, they said.:: There is no evidence that vapes result in normalisation of smoking.:: The devices are beneficial in encouraging smokers to quit.There is a possibility that the devices may result in some long-term harm because of the inhalation of the ejuice instead of nicotine - but the harm that could be caused is substantially smaller than that caused by smoking, the authors said. While there is a need for " sensible " regulation of the devices, regulation should not significantly inhibit the development and use of the products, they add and you should not fray away from the best e-liquid brands.Professor John Britton, chair of the RCP's Tobacco Advisory Group, said: " The growing use of electronic vapes as a substitute for tobacco smoking has been a topic of great controversy, with much speculation over their potential risks and benefits. "This report lays to rest almost all of the concerns over these products, and concludes that, with sensible regulation, electronic vapes and eliquid have the potential to make a major contribution towards preventing the premature death, disease and social inequalities in health that smoking currently causes in the UK.Smokers should be reassured that these products can help them quit all tobacco use forever."RCP president Professor Jane Dacre added: "With careful management and proportionate regulation, harm reduction provides an opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people. It is an opportunity that, with care, we should take." Commenting on the report, Cancer Research UK's director of prevention Alison Cox said: "We believe vapes have real promise in helping to reduce the huge death toll from tobacco in the UK." This wwould indicate that it is safe and wise to buy e-liquid."This important report is an accurate summary of the latest scientific evidence on vapes and will help dispel the increasingly common misconception that they're as harmful as smoking. They're not. Tobacco kills more than 100,000 people in the UK every year, we should grasp every opportunity to encourage as many people as possible to stop smoking for good."Duncan Selbie, chief executive at Public Health England, added: "The evidence is clear when you buy eliquid , vaping is much less harmful to health than smoking, and this report further highlights the important role of vapes in reducing the deadly harms smoking causes. "The best thing a smoker can do, for themselves and those around them, is to quit completely, now and forever. vapes are the most popular quitting aid in England and local stop smoking services are the most effective route to giving up, we encourage smokers to combine these, giving them an extremely good chance of quitting smoking successfully."


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Review Old Laws (Local)
For example, there is still laws claiming that no blacks downtown after dark, no black can live on this side of the tracks and there is many of these old laws that need to be removed from the books because technically speaking they still can be enforced. Federally, the King Alfred Plan needs to be removed because it targets and states that all minority members of Congress will be unseated at once. All other leaders are to be detained at once during the first critical hours. Minority troops divided and detained, along with all white sympathizers. Along with the leaders of all of the following organizations;
1 - The Black Muslims
2 - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
3 - Congress of Racial Equality
4 - Uhuru Movement
5 - Group On Advanced Leadership (GOAL)
6 - Freedom Now Party (FNP)
7 - United Black Nationalists of America (UBNA)
8 - The New Pan-African Movement (TNPAM)
9 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
10 - The National Urban League (NUL)
11 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
12 - Committee on Racial and Religious Progress (CORARP)
This does not refer to only the Black race. It has been up dated by President Bush Sr. to include all the people of color and their religious and organizational leaders. This does include the Jewish race.
In the event of widespread and continuing and coordinated racial disturbances in the United States, King Alfred, at the discretion of the President, is to be put into action immediately.
National Security Council
Department of Justice
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Interior
(Under Federal Jurisdiction)
National Guard Units
State Police
(Under Federal Jurisdiction)
City Police
County Police
Memo: National Security Council
Even before 1954, when the Supreme Court of the United States of America declared unconstitutional separate educational and recreational facilities, racial unrest and discord had become very nearly a part of the American way of life. But that way of life was repugnant to most Americans. Since 1954, however, that unrest and discord have broken out into widespread violence which increasingly have placed the peace and stability of the nation in dire jeopardy. This violence has resulted in loss of life, limb and property, and has cost the taxpayers of this nation billions of dollars. And the end is not yet in sight. This same violence has raised the tremendously grave question as to whether the races can ever live in peace with each other. Each passing month has brought new intelligence that, despite new laws passed to alleviate the condition of the Minority, the Minority still is not satisfied. Demonstrations and rioting have become a part of the familiar scene. Troops have been called out in city after city across the land, and our image as a world leader severely damaged. Our enemies press closer, seeking the advantage, possibly at a time during one of these outbreaks of violence. The Minority has adopted an almost military posture to gain its objectives, which are not clear to most Americans. It is expected, therefore, that when those objectives are denied the Minority, racial war must be considered inevitable. When that emergency comes, we must expect the total involvement of all 22 million members of the Minority, men, women, and children, for once this project is launched, its goal is to terminate, once and for all, the Minority threat to the whole of the American society, and indeed, the Free World.
Chairman, National Security Council
Preliminary Memo: Department of Interior
Under King Alfred, the nation has been divided into 10 regions. In case of Emergency, Minority members will be evacuated from the cities by federalized national guard units, local and state police and, if necessary, by units of the Regular Armed Forces, using public and military transportation, and detained in nearby military installations until a further course of action has been decided.
1 - Capital Region
2 - Northeast Region
3 - Southeast Region
4 - Great Lakes Region
5 - South Central Region
6 - Deep South Region
7 - Deep South Region II
8 - Great Plains, Rocky mountain Region
9 - Southwest Region
10 - West Coast Region
No attempt will be made to seal off the Canadian and Mexican borders.
Secretary, Department of Interior
* 849-899 King of England who slaughtered thousands under the disguise of protecting the European religion of Christianity. As a result, he was revered as one of the most noble Kings in the history of England.
Combined Memo: Department of Justice
Preliminary Memo: Federal Bureau of Investigation & Central Intelligence Agency
There are 12 major Minority organizations and all are familiar to the 22 million. Dossiers have been compiled on the leaders of the organizations, and can be studied in Washington. The material contained in many of the dossiers, and our threat to reveal that material, has considerably held in check some of the leaders. Leaders who do not have such usable material in their dossiers have been approached to take government posts, mostly as ambassadors and primarily in African countries. The promise of these positions also has materially contributed to a temporary slow-down of Minority activities. However, we do not expect these slow-downs to be of long duration, because there are always new and dissident elements joining these organizations, with the potential power to replace the old leaders. All organizations and their leaders are under constant, 24-hour surveillance. The organizations are:
1 - The Black Muslims
2 - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
3 - Congress of Racial Equality
4 - Uhuru Movement
5 - Group On Advanced Leadership (GOAL)
6 - Freedom Now Party (FNP)
7 - United Black Nationalists of America (UBNA)
8 - The New Pan-African Movement (TNPAM)
9 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
10 - The National Urban League (NUL)
11 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
12 - Committee on Racial and Religious Progress (CORARP)
NOTE: At the appropriate time, to be designated by the President, the leaders of some of these organizations are to be detained ONLY WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY CANNOT PREVENT THE EMERGENCY, working with local public officials during the first critical hours. All other leaders are to be detained at once. Compiled lists of Minority leaders have been readied at the National Data Computer Center. It is necessary to use the Minority leaders designated by the President in much the same manner in which we use Minority members who are agents with Central and Federal, and we cannot, until there is no alternative, reveal King Alfred in all its aspects. Minority members of Congress will be unseated at once. This move is not without precedent in American history.
Attorney General
Preliminary Memo: Department of Defense
This memo is being submitted in lieu of a full report from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That report is now in preparation. There will be many cities where the Minority will be able to put into the street a superior number of people with a desperate and dangerous will. He will be a formidable enemy, for he is bound to the Continent by heritage and knows that political asylum will not be available to him in other countries. The greatest concentration of the Minority is in the Deep South, the Eastern seaboard, the Great lakes region and the West Coast. While the national population exceeds that of the Minority by more than ten times, we must realistically take into account the following:
1 - An estimated 40-50 percent of the white population will not, for various reasons, engage the Minority during an Emergency.
2 - American Armed Forces are spread around the world. A breakout of war abroad means fewer troops at home to handle the Emergency.
3 - Local law enforcement officials must contain the Emergency until help arrives, though it may mean fighting a superior force. New York City, for example, has a 25,000 man police force, but there are about one million Minority members in the city.
We are confident that the Minority would hold any city it took for only a few hours. The lack of weapons, facilities, logistics --- all put the Minority at a final disadvantage.
Since the Korean War, this department has shifted Minority members of the Armed Forces to areas where combat is most likely to occur, with the aim of eliminating, through combat, as many combat-trained military servicemen as possible. Today the ratio of Minority member combat deaths in Vietnam, where they are serving as "advisors," is twice as high as the Minority population ratio to the rest of America. Below is the timetable for King Alfred as tentatively suggested by the JCS who recommend that the operation be made over a period of eight hours:
1. Local police and Minority leaders in action to head off the Emergency.
2. Countdown to eight hours begins at the moment the President determines the Emergency to be:
a. National
b. Coordinated
c. Of Long Duration (8th hour)
3. County police join local police (7th hour)
4. State police join county and local police (6th hour)
5. Federal marshals join state, county, and local forces (5th hour)
6. National guards federalized, held in readiness (4th hour)
7. Regular Armed Forces alerted, take up positions; Minority troops divided and detained,
along with all white sympathizers, under guard (3rd hour)
8. All minority leaders, national and local detained (2nd hour)
9. President addresses Minority on radio-television,
gives it one hour to end the Emergency (1st hour)
10. All units under regional commands into the Emergency (0 hour)
"0" Committee Report:
Survey shows that during a six-year period, production created 9,000,000 objects, or 1,500,000 each year. Production could not dispose of the containers, which proved a bottleneck. However, that was almost 20 years ago. We suggest that vaporization techniques be employed to overcome the production problems inherent in King Alfred.
(The "0" Committee Report is referring to the problems that occurred in Nazi Germany when the furnaces were not hot enough to burn the bodies that Hitler had killed. The bodies clogged up the furnaces thereby causing a problem that the above committee recommends avoiding by building high-volume (nuclear-powered) incinerators that burn 5,000 degrees. It should be noted that steel melts at approximately 2700 degrees!)
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Some of America's biggest historical events, like Gettysburg or the Dust Bowl, are also some of the most complex—and rife with contradicting accounts. A new digital mapping system aims to apply Google Earth-like functionality to American History's mysteries.
Developed at Vermont's Middlebury College by geographer Anne Kelly Knowles and her team, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), is essentially software that displays and analyzes information about a location with each set of information applied and peeled off in layers. "Mapping spatial information reveals part of human history that otherwise we couldn't possibly know," said Knowles, "It enables you to see patterns and information that are literally invisible."
Take Gettysburg, for example. What did General Robert E. Lee actually see when the made the fateful decision to send thousands of his troops across open farmland in the attempt to take Little Round Top? Modern researchers can stand where Lee stood but cannot match his view—mostly due to the quarry and reservoir installed since the battle as well as the addition of trees, tall shrubbery and changes in elevation due to erosion. But with a GIS system, researchers can combine multiple data sources—soldiers' diaries, historical maps, documented descriptions of troop positions, records of of local vegetation, even the added height that Lee gained from his riding boots—into a single, comprehensive, manipulable overview.
"Lee probably could not have possibly seen the massive federal forces building up on the eastern side of the battlefield on Day 2 during the famous attack on Little Round Top," Ms. Knowles said. "He had to make decisions with really inadequate information." [New York Times]


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Condition monitoring
SAF and SAW pillow (plummer) block housings have appropriate positions for condition monitoring sensors. These housings provide a flat area to attach sensors for different condition monitoring equipment (fig. 1)
Position 1 is a measurement point perpendicular to the shaft, and should be used when the housing is hung from its support or when loads act away from the support surface.
Position 2 is a measurement point parallel to the shaft and should be used when loads act toward the support surface.
Both positions 1 and 2 are in accordance with ISO 10816-1:1995.
Position 3 is a measurement point that is approximately 20° to 45° to the shaft axis.
SAF and SAW housings have dimples cast into the housing cap to show where condition monitoring sensors can be mounted for maximum effectiveness.


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Township of Franklin, NJHome Sitemap Contact
Municipal Calendar of Events
Welcome to the Franklin Township Calendar of Events.
Choose and item in the drop downs below or search to filter the calendar.
Any events submitted via the link below will be considered for inclusion in our community calendar. Please note that community calendar notices must be from Franklin Township 501c3 non-profit organizations registered with the State of New Jersey. In addition, the following type of event listings will not be accepted: political, campaign, candidate promotion events, events with adult entertainment. Please also note that the events on the community calendar have been submitted by others, and the Township of Franklin is not responsible for the accuracy of individual items.
Postings will be reviewed and responded to within 3-5 business days.
Click the link below to submit your event.
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Shade Tree Commission Meeting
- Date: 11/21/2019 7:00 PM
- Location: Municipal Building
475 DeMott Lane
Somerset, New Jersey 08873
- Introduction: The Shade Tree Commission promotes the conservation/stewardship of trees throughout the Township by advising township officials/Residents regarding planting, care/maintenance of trees on township-owned lands and local residencies.
The Shade Tree Commission meets in the Large Conference Room
Agenda:STC - Agenda 2019-11-21
Minutes:STC - Minutes 2019-11-21Return to full list >>


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***NOTE FOR THE SUPER TANK*** You need the adapter for the Super tanks. The tip will fit over the nub.
Shapes can be viewed by clicking on the "Shapes" tab at the top of the page. This will open a new tab.
Size is the length of the tip. It does not include the connection end.
This tip can be made skinnier or fatter.****Some shapes cannot be made skinnier, please see the shape chart for details.****
The shape you have selected cannot be made skinnier all around, however, we do offer the option to make the top skinnier.
This shape cannot be made skinnier, but can be made fatter.
For tips that have a flair at the top, use this selection to minimize the flair at the top.
Goddess Series (To see the colors please click the "Stones" link above)
If you would like your tip with a two tone, which blank would you like me to use? If you have a preference, please choose a specific blank that I offer, not just blue or yellow, I need the name of the blank. If you don't have a preference please type "Rhonda's Choice"
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A technique characteristic to Sai that allows him to adapt to the circumstances of any confrontation. The ninja uses chakra-infused ink to quickly draws objects onto his scroll. The moment the brush is removed, the images leap from the paper, grow to life-size, and act according to the user's will. Because they are made of ink, a single blow is usually enough to dispel them. For discreet communiques while undercover, Sai is able to turn the words he writes into small animals, allowing them to travel unnoticed to the intended target, after which the ink animal requires a scroll to reverts back into written information.[2] Few techniques rival it in terms of versatility.
List of Drawings
The strongest feature of this ninja art is its ability to create various effects based solely on the user's ingenuity.
- Mice
- Useful for tracking or searching, and often created in large number. By not taking roads to travel, the "mice" are inconspicuous, making them the most suitable, not just for searches, but also for delivering information obtained from enemy camps to Konoha. Furthermore, if one draws a countless number of mice, it even becomes possible to perform an unworkable number of searches.
- Lions
- For attacking from a distance, lions can be drawn. They are usually created in small groups to attack foes directly.
- Birds
- If it's necessary to do reconnaissance from the sky or travel in high-speed, large birds can be drawn and ridden. Smaller birds can also be used to carry explosive tags and for long-distance or urgent information delivery. Sai can also quicly draw a bevy of these smaller birds and lead them against the enemy.
- Owls
- Used in Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds.
- Leeches
- Used as a low damage projectile-like attack. Larger and heavier leeches can also be drawn.
- Bats
- These drawing can morph into a makeshift umbrella, or attach themselves to the enemy's face and blind them.
- Fish
- Useful in delivering messages in water.
- Snakes
- After being drawn quickly, the "snakes" can be used as ropes to restrain someone. With the ability to soundlessly enter through even the smallest crevice, they can also be used for assassination purposes.
- The Benevolent Kings (仁王, Niō) or Vajra Strongmen (金剛力士, Kongō Rikishi)
- Two powerful, gigantic beings, Agyō (阿形) and Ungyō (吽形), are used to physically attack the enemy with their great strength.
- Explosive Tags
- These can be created with ink and attached to small birds, allowing the user to bombard the enemy from the air.[3]
- Tiger
- Used in his Sealing Technique: Tiger Vision Staring Bullet.
- Cats
- Used in Sai's Day Off.
- Squirrels
- Used in Sai's Day Off.
- Rabbits
- Used in Sai's Day Off.
- Dragon
- Used in Power - Episode 1
This technique is in reference to the Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (lit. Animal-person Charicatures), or Chōjū-giga for short, a set of four picture scrolls belonging to the Kōzan-ji Temple in Kyōto, Japan and sometimes credited as the first manga. The scrolls depict various anthropomorphic animals dancing and playing about in a lively ceremony, which seems to be the basis for Sai being able to animate his own drawings for various purposes.
- According to Sai, this technique does not work as well in rain.[4]
- In Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, Rock Lee was able to draw using Sai's brush to create mice with the head of Might Guy. Tenten was also able to draw large, "cute", humanoid bunny and panda bear. Though Sai still had to perform the technique to animate their drawings.


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Hugin Camera and Lens tab
The Camera and Lens tab looks a lot like the hugin Images tab, except that the lens settings can be edited here. As in the Images Tab, multi-selection can be used to change the parameters for multiple images.
Panorama Tools and hugin allow the usage of images shot with different lenses and settings inside the same project. Each image is associated with a lens number. All images that share the same lens number use the same lens type, and may be forced to share the same lens parameters.
The Load lens... and Save lens... buttons allow you to keep calibrated lens profiles. Once a set of lens parameters has been obtained through lens calibration it shouldn't vary much for future projects. The advantage of this is that if only positions are being optimised in the hugin Optimizer tab, then as few as two or three control points are needed per image pair.
TODO Load EXIF, New Lens and Change Lens...
The Panorama Tools lens correction model has enough parameters to model most photographic images, these parameters can be set manually here in the hugin Camera and Lens tab or calculated automatically in the hugin Optimizer tab.
The most important parameters are the Lens type and the hor. field of view. hugin supports the following projections in input images:
- rectilinear This is the projection used by most cameras. It keeps straight lines straight. The maximum horizontal field of view is 180 degrees (for an image of infinite size, that is).
- Panoramic is used by panoramic cameras, such as the Horizon, Roundshot and Spheron cameras. This projection is also called Cylindrical Projection.
- Circular fisheye This is projection is used by fisheye lenses. If the image is circular, or the corners of the image are black, use this type of fisheye lens. A circular crop in the Hugin Crop tab can be used for cutting away the edge borders.
- Full frame fisheye Exactly the same projection as above, but the crop option will crop to an rectangle instead of a circle. This should be used for full frame fisheye images.
After the lens type has been specified, an estimate for the horizontal Field of View (HFOV) is required. The HFOV specifies the horizontal opening angle of the image in degrees. Since most photographers are more familiar with Focal Length as a measure for the HFOV, it can be entered into hugin, and hugin will compute the HFOV from it. For this calculation the actual focal length and the crop factor of the camera are required. If the 35mm film equivalent focal length is known, a crop factor of 1 should be used.
In case of JPEG images, hugin can usually automatically calculate the HFOV based on the EXIF information.
Radial Distortion, Image Center Shift and Image Shearing
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Scanned images might also suffer from image shearing. This can be corrected using the g and t parameters.
The distortion parameters usually vary with the focal length, and to a lesser degree with the focus. The link checkbox indicates whether the parameter is linked or not. A linked parameter is forced to the same value for all images with the same lens number. This is the default for the HFOV and distortion parameters. If a parameter is not linked each images is allowed to have individual values for the respective parameter. This is useful if a different zoom or focus setting has been used for some images. If scanned images are used, they are usually not perfectly centered, and each image should have individual d and e parameters.
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North Island hikes
Walking Legends offers a wide range of guided walking holidays in New Zealand including the famous North Island hike, the 'Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk' and Rotorua Day Treks, the Waikaremoana Discovery Tour, Tongariro Hiking Tour, Coromandel Walking Tour and custom made walking and hiking holidays. If you are planning to visit or hike in New Zealand's North Island, you may also find these resources helpful when you begin your planning:
- Recommended Accommodation
- Useful Travel Services
- New Zealand Adventure Activities
- New Zealand Information
- Interesting Sites
Recommended Accommodation
- East West Homestay & Holiday Apartments Very comfortable bed & breakfast accommodation, self-catering apartments & cottages in a quiet street, 5 mins walk to Rotorua city centre. Heated swimming pool and spa.
- Jack and Di's Luxury, lake view bed and breakfast style accommodation. Great location close to Lake Rotorua and city centre.
- Hamurana Lodge Boutique luxury hotel, set on a country estate 15 mins from Rotorua city centre.
- Tresco B&B Comfortable bed & breakfast accommodation in a character villa close to Rotorua city centre. Hot mineral pool.
- Solitaire Lodge 5 star luxury lodge located on private peninsula at Lake Tarawera, with stunning views.
- Treetops Estate 5 star luxury lodge located in its own private wilderness estate, with walking, fishing and hunting on your doorstep.
- Emerald Spa New motel with luxury studios and suites boasting private spas, near city centre.
- Fenton Court Motel Four star motel near Rotorua city centre, with private spas.
- Sport of Kings Motel Comfortable motel on a quiet road near Rotorua city centre, with shared spa.
- Regal Palms Motel 5 star motor lodge about 15 mins walk from Rotorua city centre, with private spas and swimming pool.
- Treks Backpackers New Rotorua backpacker accommodation, in city centre.
- Funky Green Voyager Cosy backpacker accommodation in quiet street near centre.
- Kiwipaka YHA Rotorua backpacker accommodation.
- Find accommodation in Rotorua visit HotelsCombined
- Alfresco B&B Very comfortable bed & breakfast accommodation with friendly hosts, 15 mins walk along river to town centre. Outdoor spa.
- Crestwood Homestay Self contained guest area with 2 bedrooms, sunny deck and great views.
- White Island Rendezvous Motel & Villas Motel, self-contained villa and bed & breakfast accommodation in a great location near the wharf and town centre.
Other New Zealand
- Waikawa B&B B&B accommodation with spectacular sea views on the North Island's East Cape, Te Kaha.
- Auckland No. 1 House Beautiful villa on waters edge (own beach), yet only 8 mins from centre. Meet you at airport, full cooked breakfast, happy hosts.
- Old Courthouse B&B Historic courthouse beautifully refurbished into a lovely B&B in Raetihi, near Tongariro National Park.
- Tongariro Crossing Lodge Boutique lodge in National Park, with fantastic hosts.
Useful Travel Services
New Zealand
- Air New Zealand International and national flight service. Trialling the use of bio-fuel to reduce carbon emissions! Now offering Sydney to Rotorua direct flights.
- Qantas International and national flight service.
- Intercity Coachline National coach service.
- Naked Bus National coach service offering cheap, no-frill fares.
- Tranzscenic Rail National railway service. Auckland to Tongariro.
- Interisland Ferry Ferry service connecting the North and South Islands.
- Bluebridge Ferry Ferry service connecting the North and South Islands.
- Go Rentals Quality, well presented and maintained rental cars at very competitive prices in New Zealand. Free delivery to Auckland hotels.
- Ace Rental Cars New Zealand car hire company with competitive rates which include unlimited kilometers insurance and roadside assistance.
- Tui Campers NZ Campervan rental company specialising in catering for international tourists.
- Moa Trek See a decidedly different NZ with Moa Trek's wine tours, luxury customized private tours, and tailormade itineraries.
- New Zealand Tours Offering small group guided tours, coach tours, self drive tours, private tours and sightseeing day tours throughout New Zealand.
- Rotorua Sustainable Tourism Charter Members committed to improving their environmental sustainability.
- Organic Explorer Green travel guide to sustainable NZ: eco-tourism, cafes and accommodation.
- NZ Tourism Online Comprehensive directory of NZ tourism operators, activities and accommodation.
- Airfare to NZ Find discount airfare to NZ with Canuckabroad.
- Omega Rental Cars Nationwide car rental in New Zealand - great rates, modern fleet, roadside assistance
- Auckland Airport Car Hire A global leader providing affordable car rentals all across New Zealand with high presence in Rotorua.
- www.rsvnonline.com RsvnOnline.com
- Green Maven Search engine for websites with social and environmental values
- Enlightened Traveller designs original self-guided walking tours and trekking holidays in Provence and Southern France.
- www.itravelnet.com iTravelnet
- www.travelprofessor.com Travel Professor
- www.onebigdirectory.com One Big Directory
- www.tatet.com Tatet
- www.w-o-w.com World Outdoor Web
- www.searchtheoutdoors.com Search The Outdoors
- SightQuest Outdoors - Camping, Hiking, Hunting, Fishing and more
- www.url.biz Travel
- Rome Hotels Book a hotel room in Rome, Italy on this website. Quality hotels on discount rates with online reservations.
- Cheap Airline Tickets & Vacation Packages One stop for cheap tickets, car rentals, vacation packages and Las Vegas hotels.
- Flight Network Cheap tickets for world-wide destinations
- Car hire in Spain Cheap car hire Spain! Compare car hire prices for Spain from all of the top rental car companies with one search, including Alamo, Budget, Avis, Sixt, Economy, Hertz, Thrifty and Easycar.
New Zealand Adventure Activities
- Waimangu Volcanic Valley An exceptional walk through native forest and an active volcanic valley created by Mt Tarawera's eruption in 1886.
- Orakei Korako Cave & Thermal Park A really special place featuring interesting volcanic formations including silica terraces and an unforgettable geothermal cave, situated on the shores of Lake Ohakuri.
- River Rats Rafting Great rafting adventures on the famous Kaituna rapids and other rivers in the region.
- River Jet The only place in NZ where you can jet boat to a thermal reserve and experience 2 of NZ's best icons - jet boating and geothermal activity.
Te Urewera National Park
- Te Urewera Rainforest Route A collection of tourism operators offering a range of guided wilderness experiences in the largest National Park in the North Island.
- Ahurei Adventures Hunting and fishing trips, marae stays and bush cabin accommodation, deep in Tuhoe country, hosted by local Maori.
- Te Urewera Treks Unique 1- to 3-day treks with local Maori guides in the Whirinaki Forest Park, Te Urewera National Park, and on private Maori land.
- Kiwi River Safaris 2 hour guided rafting adventures on the Rangitaiki River (grade 3-4).
North Island
- White Island Tours Award winning eco tours on New Zealand's most active volcano - White Island.
- Whale & Dolphin Watch Unique marine adventures in the coastal waters off Whakatane, including dolphin swimming and Whale Island eco-cultural guided walks.
- Kanuka Wilderness Hunting A hunting and fishing paradise, Palmerston North.
- Paparangi Ventures A real NZ outback adventure on 1200Ha native bush near the wild Motu River. Accommodation and guided walks.
- Active Earth NZ Adventure hiking safaris in the North Island.
- Walk Gisborne Three day unguided private farm, bush and coastal walk, with spectacular views, character accommodation, gourmet meals, bag transport, massages and NZ wine.
- Fly Fishing Guide Tongariro Local fishing legend Ken Drummond offers full and half-day guided fishing trips in Tongariro back-country, for all ages and experience levels.
New Zealand
- Southern Wilderness guided hikes on the Heaphy Track and other walks in the spectacular Nelson Lakes region of the South Island.
- Kaikoura Wilderness Walks operates 2 and 3 day guided walks through the privately owned Puhi Peaks Nature Reserve high in the Seaward Kaikoura Range.
- Sea Kayak Abel Tasman The Sea Kayak Company is locally owned and operated and specializes in guided paddlling adventures in the Abel Tasman National Park.
- Unlimited New Zealand offer a one day guided trip to Arthur's Pass National Park from Christchurch, which includes a half day guided walk and return journey on the TranzAlpine scenic train.
- Pure Trails NZ Active walking holidays exploring some of our favourite places in the South Island.
- NZ Walking Company Offer a range of walking holidays throughout New Zealand.
- Backpack New Zealand Comprehensive directory of activities and services available in New Zealand.
- Backpacker Board New Zealand The independent travel guide for New Zealand. Fully interactive online guide for backpacking and budget travel in NZ.
- Trekking NZ A range of DVDs and videos about other New Zealand walking tracks.
- Backcountry NZ I enjoy hiking the back country trails of NZ. Come and see spectacular views of the Milford, Routeburn, Kepler and Stewart island tracks.
- Tourism Online Comprehensive directory of tourism operators and activities in New Zealand.
- Adventure New Zealand Information, tours and itinerary planning for adventure travel to New Zealand.
- Experience New Zealand Travel New Zealand vacation services and recommended accommodation guide.
- Trout Fishing New Zealand Information and tips on trout fishing in New Zealand.
New Zealand Information
- Greenpeace New Zealand and world-wide environmental campaigners. Check the site for their latest news and events, and to find out how you can help to save the world!
- Kiwi Recovery Programme A site loaded with interesting information about our threatened national bird, with a little info on the programme running at Waikaremoana.
- 100% Pure New Zealand The official New Zealand tourism site. Contains a wealth of information on travelling and tourism in New Zealand.
- Department of Conservation For more information on the Waikaremoana area and New Zealand's other national parks and conservation areas.
- NZS.com The online directory of all things New Zealand.
- Craig Potton Publishing Independent New Zealand publisher and distributor of fabulous NZ books and photos, with particular focus on walks and the outdoors.
- Gisborne Information Centre Information on Gisborne and the East Cape area.
- Rotorua Information Centre Information on the Rotorua area.
- Organic Explorer Complete guide to New Zealand's eco-tours, organic food and eco-accommodation.
- New Zealand Focus New Zealand tourism information guides.
- Gym in a Suitcase Christchurch based website providing information on health and fitness facilities for travellers.
- Tramper NZ New Zealand's most extensive site devoted solely to our favourite activity, "tramping", known as hiking or trekking in other parts of the world.
- Peak Bagging Forum and route descriptions of New Zealand's peaks.
- NZ Wine Cellar Site providing information on our next favourite activity! Wine sales, festival events, regions, books and general NZ wine advice.
- NZ Bartender Site packed with drinks recipes, competitions and articles.
- One Weather Check out the weather in New Zealand today!
- Qualmark New Zealand tourism's official quality assessors.
Interesting Sites
- NZ Adventure Jobs Situations vacant in NZ's Great Outdoors.
- Nick Jacobs Website Design Talented young website designer, with original and eye-catching designs. Check out his site!
- Travel Library Travelogues describing trips and experiences world-wide.
- Peak to Peak A BIG database of hiking ("tramping") related web sites.
- Tracker Outdoors A North-American based, comprehensive resource for camping, fishing, hunting and organic gardening information.
- Europe Hotel Guide Online hotel reservations for most European cities.
- Infohub Specialty Travel Guide A travel guide containing unique specialty interest tour packages and anything associated with specialty travel.
- Perfect Places Vacation Rentals An international directory of 1000's of vacation rental homes, villas, condos, and B&B's. Enter your vacation rental criteria and you will receive a list of vacation rentals to choose from.
- Turkey Travel Guide Turkey hotels guide. Turkey Tours, cheap rental cars and flight tickets.
- Walking Plus Guided walking group holidays to Greece, Naxos, Tinos & more Greek Islands.
- Wonder Walkers New Zealand Women Walking Site.
- Fly Fishing Forum Fly fishing forum and other resources.
- Fake Grass
- www.avatar.co.nz Avatar Web Promotions
- www.gonzoz.com Gonzoz
- www.kiwismart.co.nz KiwiSmart
- Intervision
- MKiwi
- www.entry.net.nz New Zealand Entry Network
- New Zealand Wedding Services
- Optimisation.net
- Pacific Tourways - New Zealand
- Scenic Pacific New Zealand Tours
- Destination New Zealand


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Jake Peavy, RHP, White Sox — There are early signs of healing for Peavy, who suffered a detached lat muscle beneath his right shoulder. The White Sox will need him if they're going to win the tough AL Central. If the White Sox underachieve and Peavy is healthy? "Trade bait for sure,'' said an American League scout. "Though teams may come after [Mark] Buehrle first.''
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Gluten-Free Tuesday: Teff Recipe
Delicious, no-compromise recipes for those who need to live a gluten-free lifestyle, but don't want it to taste like it.
"You might have eaten teff and not known it."
When people find out I cannot eat gluten, they often say, "Oh, I'm so sorry."
(Not me.)
And the next utterance? "Um, does that mean you are on the Atkins diet?"
Nope. Not even close. Can I eat rice? Yes. Corn? Oh yeah to tortillas. Potatoes? I don't know what I would do without potatoes.
I am not on a low-carb diet. In fact, now that I live gluten-free, I eat more whole grains than ever before. Did you know that many Americans do not eat a single whole grain in a year? Not one. Think about it. How many people grab a toaster waffle for breakfast, a sandwich on white bread for lunch, take-out tacos for dinner? There's a lot of processed wheat in those on-the-run days but not many whole grains.
If I had not been forced to go gluten-free because of my celiac diagnosis, I don't know that I would have ever eaten teff.
Teff is the staple grain of Ethiopia where it has been growing for thousands of years. Because it's labor-intensive to grow and harvest, the grain stayed in the hands of men and women who grew it, rather than being traded to other countries. It took a civil war for the rest of us to find it.
The military junta in charge of Ethiopia after the death of Haile Selassie demanded that farmers stop growing teff and start growing wheat, in order to make money in exports for the economy depleted by war. An American aid worker from Idaho named Wayne Carlson fell in love with the grain and the food made from it after working in Ethiopia in the 1970s. He asked the farmers to share their growing secrets with him. When he left the country, he came home with teff seeds in his suitcase. (Surely the TSA wasn't searching for those.) Carlson began growing teff in Caldwell, Idaho, which has similar growing conditions to the high hills in Ethiopia.
Today, every ounce of teff eaten in the U.S. comes from the seeds Wayne Carlson smuggled back from Ethiopia, and most of it sold through his Teff Company. (I love a food story with rebellion and smuggling involved.)
You might have eaten teff and not known it. Have you ever been to an Ethiopian restaurant with friends? That dark brown, spongy-as-a-yoga-mat flatbread in the middle of the platter surrounded by yellow lentils, sautéed greens, and a big pile of meat? That's injera, a slightly sour flatbread typically made with teff flour. Most U.S. restaurants mix teff flour with wheat flour because the water is different enough (compared to water in Ethiopia) that the injera never comes out quite right. [Gluten-free eaters, be aware of this before you order that veggie combo.] Injera--kind of like a giant crepe, kind of like a dosa--is the center of that table. Everything combines in flavor with the teff bread.
But for most of us, our brief connection with teff ends there. An alluring and exotic meal, a sourdough taste at the back of the mouth, a good memory. Me?
I use teff in nearly everything I bake.
The teff grain is so tiny, it takes three thousand grains to weigh one gram. Can you imagine how fine a flour that makes? If you've ever tried a packaged gluten-free cookie, you know that most of them have the heft of the brick you keep behind the door in case an intruder breaks in. Not much lightness there. However, in combination with other flours, teff can make a lovely bread, a tender pie crust, and crisp little banana pancakes. I throw teff flour into muffins and quick breads. Because the flour is so fine, it almost turns gelatinous when heated, binding the other ingredients together. It's a sort of substitute for gluten that way. I'm convinced that banana bread is actually better gluten-free (with teff) than with wheat flour.
But you don't have to combine gluten-free flours to get some whole grains. Why not try some teff porridge? Each tiny grain of teff contains both the bran and germ, where all the nutrients live. Teff is full of protein and calcium, as well as iron. (One cup of cooked teff contains all the daily iron recommended by the USDA.) Think of the prowess of Ethiopian long-distance runners in world running events--they all grew up eating teff.
And the taste of that porridge? Satisfying and unexpected, something like dark chocolate, a hint of maple syrup. Now, I can't imagine living without it. Once, I did not know it existed.
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- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
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- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
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- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
Bring 1 1/2 cups of water to boil, with the walt. Pour in the teff as well as the cardamom, cinnamon, butter and maple syrup. Stir vigorously, at first.
Turn the heat down to medium and let porridge simmer until it has thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir occasionally to avoid sticking or burning.
When the porridge has turned tender without being mushy and reached the thick consistency you wish, pull it off the heat.
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Kerry Poynter Biography
Kerry has over fifteen years of experience working with LGBTQIA+ students in higher education at a number of institutions including Duke University, Columbia University, and New York University. However, he began his career in the Midwest at Western Michigan University where he coordinated the LGBT Office as a graduate student and received his M.A. in Administration of College Student Affairs in Counselor Education & Counseling Psychology. He received a B.G.S. (Bachelor General Studies) from Ball State University in 1996 and is completing a Graduate Certificate in Women & Gender Studies from the University of Illinois Springfield.
Among his experiences he has managed a 2500 sq. ft. LGBTQIA+ location; coordinated four LGBTQIA+ Safe Space Ally Programs; written and awarded a number of grants; conducted numerous trainings on LGBTQIA+ and allied issues with faculty, staff, and students; assessed campus climates and services for LGBTQIA+ people in fraternity/sorority life, residence life, health services, and human resources, among others; empowered students through peer education; and has lead advocacy efforts for more inclusive policies for transgender students.
His research and writing interests include the development of heterosexual allies of LGBTQ people, the use of technology in multicultural education and LGBTQ people of multiple cultural identities. He is the editor and author of Safe Zones: Training Allies of LGBTQIA+ Young Adults (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017), The first comprehensive resource for developing Safe Zone programs and educational workshops to support LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults. He has articles that appear in About Campus, The Journal of LGBT Youth, The New Directions in Student Services series, and The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work.
A free DVD called SAFE on Campus, chronicling his safe space ally program training, was funded in part by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), and has been used by hundreds of colleges and universities across North America. In 2001 he was awarded the Diversity Award, by the President of Duke University, which is given to a single employee that has shown a consistent commitment to diversity and inclusion on campus. Additionally, his work with Lavender Graduation ceremonies was cited by Instinct magazine as the "best of LGBT offerings" on college campuses.
Outside of his professional life, Kerry dreams of being a superstar DJ; loves extreme weather and thus would love to chase tornado's; loves dinosaurs, sci fi, Captain Janeway & Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager, and anything Star Wars; and is a bit of a tech geek. Check out his free electronic dance music DJ mixes "Club Kerry NYC" on your fave podcast app.
Publications/Scholarly Activities
Poynter, K. (2016, October). Safe Zones: Training Allies of LGBTQ Young Adults. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Weiss, E. & Poynter, K. (2013). Femininity and masculinity: An exploration of the relative elements of gender identity. In M. Murphy, & E. Ribarsky (Eds.), Activities for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the University Classroom, Lanham, MD: Roman & Littlefield.
Poynter, K. & Tubbs, N. (2008). Safe zones: Creating lgbt safe space ally programs. Journal of LGBT Youth. 5, 2, 121-132.
Poynter, K. (2007) Campus expert: Top ten tips for setting up safe zones on campus. In Princeton Review (Ed.) Queer guide to college life: Everything students & parents should know.
Poynter, K. & Washington, J. (2005). Multiple Identities: Creating Community on Campus for LGBT Students. In R. Sanlo (Ed.) New Directions in Student Services: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Poynter, K. (2004, May/June) Digital video brings lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender training to life. About Campus. 9, 2, 25-27.
Poynter, K, (Producer) & Wang. C. (Director). (2003). SAFE on campus DVD: A training and development resource for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender safe space ally programs [Motion Picture Case Studies]. (No longer available from Duke University, http://lgbt.studentaffairs.duke.edu, 02 West Union Bldg. Durham, NC)
Gray, J. I., Poynter, K., & Zimmerman, J. (1999). Developing a speaker panel program to provide curriculum content on gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in baccalaureate social work education. The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 4, 121–127.
Poynter, K., & Schroer, S. (1999). Heterosexual allies on campus, Michigan Journal of College Student Development, 3, 6–8.
Poynter, K. (1996). Challenge bigotry: An educational training video/booklet for gay,lesbian, and bisexual speaker panels, (funded by a grant from the Chicago Resource Center) Ball State University, Muncie, IN.


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There's plenty of competition when it comes to sand and surf in Florida, which might explain why Daytona Beach has been my fall-back option, despite the nickname "World's Most Famous Beach."
Those beachside concessions on the boardwalk next to the Main Street Pier always looked kind of sad, like the backdrop for one of Bruce Springsteen's melancholy anthems about the Jersey Shore. It didn't help that for many years, the pier had been padlocked, awaiting a renovation that had been a long time coming.
The new pier opened in the summer of 2012, anchored by a Joe's Crab Shack seafood restaurant as well as spots to order pizza or flavored ice, the latter sold as the psychedelically labeled "Tide Ice."
I'd still rather eat the seafood at the nearby Ocean Deck, a fixture on the beach a few blocks south, but the new pier is an inviting spot for a stroll. And you don't have to order food to enjoy the Crab Shack's upstairs deck, an open-air space with plenty of seats, a cooling breeze and ocean view.
I enjoyed reclining in one of the big barber chairs next to the wooden railings where a few other patrons were re-enacting those beer commercials featuring a bottle of suds against the horizon.
It's also nice that cars are no longer allowed on this stretch of beach in Volusia County. The area surrounding the boardwalk is more kid-friendly without the beach driving and exhaust fumes.
Even with the hub of restaurants, multiplex theater and stores at the Ocean Walk Shoppes (oceanwalkshoppes.com), I still prefer the quieter stretches of sand to the north in Ormond Beach.
There's a terrific view from the oceanfront deck at the Beach Bucket (thebeachbucket.com), behind the Ocean East Resort. After a spicy fish sandwich with onion rings, it's only a short drive north on State Road A1A to State Road 40.
Take 40 west a few miles to The Casements (thecasements.net), John D. Rockefeller's winter home on the Intracoastal Waterway. The mansion, named for its casement windows, will begin its yearlong centennial celebration in October. The opening event will be an Oct. 19 dedication of a Centennial Gazebo.
Other upcoming events include a centennial Christmas celebration and a January gallery walk at Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens.


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Rangers - 010 000 001 - 2 8 0 Red Sox - 002 300 13x - 9 14 0Aaron Cook (7-6-1-3-2, 98) rebounded from a handful of poor starts and pitched seven strong innings, and the Red Sox banged out eight doubles in an easy win over Texas.
The top of the lineup did most of the damage against Yu Darvish (6.2-11-6-4-9, 123 (season high)).
Jacoby Ellsbury - 3-for-5, 2 doubles, 3 runs scored, RBI3rd inning: Ellsbury doubled. Crawford doubled (1-1). Pedroia 6-3. Gonzalez doubled (2-1). Cody Ross L7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia K.
Carl Crawford - 2-for-4, 2 doubles, 2 runs scored, 3 RBI
Dustin Pedroia - 3-for-4, 3 doubles, 2 runs scored, RBI, BB
Adrian Gonzalez - 3-for-5, double, 3 RBI
4th inning: Will Middlebrooks F9. Ryan Kalish BB. Mike Aviles singled. Ellsbury doubled (3-1). Crawford Sac8 (4-1). Pedroia doubled (5-1). Gonzalez K.
7th inning: Pedroia doubled. Gonzalez singled (6-1). Ross K. Salty K. Middlebrooks BB. Michael Kirkman relieved Darvish. Kalish K.
8th inning: Aviles 3U. Ellsbury singled. Crawford doubled (7-1). Pedroia BB. Pedro Ciriaco pinch-ran for Pedroia. Gonzalez singled (8-1). Tanner Scheppers relieved Kirkman. Ross Sac9 (9-1). Salty L5.
Yu Darvish / Aaron Cook
Ellsbury, CFChristian Corona, MLB.com:
Crawford, LF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Ross, DH
Saltalamacchia, C
Middlebrooks, 3B
Kalish, RF
Aviles, SS
Since the beginning of July, Darvish is 1-3 with a 6.82 ERA in five starts, and his 70 walks are the third most in the AL. Darvish, who has walked 17 batters in his last four outings and tied a season high by issuing six walks in his last start, averages 4.95 walks per nine innings, the sixth-highest mark in club history. ...Stephen Hewitt, WEEI:
Darvish gave up seven runs on four hits in five innings against the Angels on Wednesday, with seven strikeouts. All four batters he walked in a six-run third inning scored, and he admitted after the game that the walks were getting to him, but that he would do his best to clear his mind before his next start.
In five starts since a brilliant complete game two-hitter against the Mariners on June 29, Cook hasn't won a game and is 0-4 in those starts with a no-decision sandwiched in. Cook, who is 2-5 with a 5.24 ERA this season, has struggled mightily recently. He has permitted at least six earned runs in each of his last two starts and allowed two home runs in each of his last three starts.Remember the Red Sox's medical staff's four-day program under which Carl Crawford would get a mandatory day off after playing in four consecutive games? Tonight, he is playing in his ninth straight game.
In his last start, Cook only lasted 4.2 innings against the Tigers in the first loss of the Red Sox' recent four-game skid. Cook hasn't gone five or more innings in each of his last two starts and has given up 16 hits in his last 8.2 innings.


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Book/Printed Material[Circular letter and circular describing the United States family sewing machine] [Biddeford, Maine. 1869]. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 27, Folder 26a.
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What is Child Find?
Child Find is a free developmental screening program for children birth to five years old living within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Child Find helps to identify if a child is meeting developmental milestones with social and emotional development. Parent Educators conduct a free screening while playing with the child.
Child Find is located next to the Cafetorium at ECEC.
Child Find is open
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Main Number: 480-362-2257
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|Great Lakes Small city
|Highest Degree Offered:
|Master's degree
|Level of Institution:
|Four or more years
A great choice for a US affiliate for post-high-school students in their first year out of high school. They have a lovely financial aid adviser who really does her best…
They really make sure to create a friendly and warm atmosphere. Barbecues; pizza luncheons; fun orientation trips -- you know you're in a place where they really care how you feel.Read More


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Down in Fort Myers this past week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Twins Assistant GM, Rob Antony, and pick his brain about the organization's use of statistical analysis. In his office in Hammond Stadium we covered a variety of topics with the din of the gathering crowd at the grandstand below. While a more detailed interview will be forthcoming on Monday, one portion of the chat was worth further examination.
Throughout the half-hour sit-down, I peppered in several questions from Doug Decatur's GM IQ test from his book Behind-the-Scene Baseball. Decatur had worked as a statistical consultant for the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros and concocted a series of questions based on statistical thinking that all GMs (or aspiring GMs) should have some understand of. This was to gauge the Twins' current comprehension of accepted statistical theories.
One such topic was runs batted in. Bill James wrote in his 1987 Baseball Abstract that RBI is "more subject to illusions of context." Essentially, RBI are heavily contingent on hitters ahead of your 100-RBI guy to reach base regularly while a high slugging percentage is a product that is, theoretically, independent of other players. Using his quiz, I created a hypothetical scenario asking that if Antony were going to sign a free agent, would he go after the guy with a higher RBI total or slugging percentage?
Antony replied that he would prefer the player with the higher RBI total. "Because you win with runs," he said. "And I want that guy because you also have the correlation with a better batting average with runners in scoring position – he's the guy that can step-up, the guy you want at the plate."
Because Antony readily admitted that the organization had been reliant on traditional methods and had not dabbled too far into statistical analysis, the response was not at all surprising. At the same time, knowing that the statistical community commonly views RISP batting average as a small-sample size anomaly, I wanted him to elaborate further.
"I think guys are pitched differently when they have a chance to do damage and they can't make adjustments. Then, sometimes the guy with a bunch of home runs and few RBI with nobody on base, they challenge him, and you look and a lot of those guys do their production with the team behind and they tack it on and enjoy a solo home run in the eighth inning."
At the time of James's publication, pitch data was not available to the general public and Antony's contention throws a new wrinkle into the discussion. Do pitchers handle hitters differently with runners in scoring position?
According to Inside Edge data, hitters do witness a slight uptick in the amount of non-fastballs thrown while were tending to stay away from the strike zone once runners advance to second:
2009 MLB total:
How about more specifically? What barrage of pitches did Justin Morneau, who has 623 RBI since 2003, face once in RBI territory?
While the pitch type varies little, pitchers obviously respected Morneau's power potential in 2009 and attempted to get him to swing at bad pitches. This had minimal effect as the Twins first baseman managed to produce a .908 OPS with RISP and a .866 OPS without RISP.
This is a steep contrast to someone like Delmon Young. After hitting in 93 runners in 2007 with the Devil Rays while procuring a rather pedestrian .408 slugging percentage, the Twins acquired him only to see his RBI total never reach his '07 number. Reviewing his splits, you see that pitchers did not try to get too cute with the Twins' left fielder:
D. Young:
Judging from the amount of pitches he sees in the strike zone under potential run-scoring conditions, a fair conclusion to draw is that pitchers have little fear of Young's abilities. Whereas Morneau contended with having to sort through over 60 percent of pitches thrown off the plate in order to find a good one, every other pitch to Young was in the vicinity of the strike zone.
Still, Young's.425 slugging percentage in '09 appears to validate that slugging percentage is a better statistical device than RBI. Was there anyone that actually fit Rob Antony's profile for high slugging but a poor hitter under an RBI condition? Down south, Texas's Michael Young personified that theory this past year. Young put up monster slash-numbers (.322/.374/.518) while jacking 22 home runs but drove in just 68 runners. Pitchers approached the Rangers' third baseman with more non-fastballs and fewer strikes when runners had reached second and Young wilted:
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Under other circumstances, Young had a .959 OPS but that declined to .655 in scoring opportunities. Young's ability to make contact dropped radically as well when pitchers bombarded him with off-speed offerings. Pitchers showed him different looks and he could not adjust with them.
While the opportunities afforded to a clean-up hitter and an eight-hitter differ as greatly as a graduate of Harvard and one of McDonald's Hamburger University, there is truth that pitchers do handle hitters differently. As Antony noted, good hitters adjust. Even though I would maintain a preference for acquiring a hitter with a track record of better-than-average slugging percentages over the gaudy RBI guy, Antony's preference for the opposite based on information from the traditional side of the fence does exist. Once again, this is another area in which traditional scouting and statistical analysis can intersect.


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Nestled in Colorado's magnificent high country, Evergreen is conveniently located just 15 miles west of Denver, making it easy for many residents to commute to their workplace in the metro Denver area.
Evergreen's historic district features a variety of charming shops, boutiques, and numerous restaurants showcasing a variety of cuisine. Among the town's primary attractions is Evergreen Lake, located in downtown Evergreen. This large lake is a popular year-round recreation area that offers un-motorized boating in the summer and ice skating in the winter. The Evergreen Lake House rents canoes, paddle boats, kayaks, sailboats, and fishing boats from early May to mid-September.
Other high recreation areas include Echo Lake, with 18 campsites, spots for RVs, and other sites for tents only. Golden Gate Canyon State Park also features numerous campgrounds, plus hiking, rafting, and wildlife viewing.
Evergreen offers several resorts, including Troutdale-in-the-Pines, Greystone Guest Ranch, and Brook Forest Inn. Evergreen is also surrounded by thousands of acres of land in the Denver Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space park systems. Visitors and residents alike enjoy sever registered historic places, and parents appreciate the highly-regarded Jefferson County schools. Evergreen also offers several private schools.
Evergreen hosts a variety of community events throughout the year, including the Winter Festival at Evergreen Lake, which is held in February. Festival events include a ski and snowboard rail jam competition, an ice bike race, an ice fishing derby, ice skating, a beer garden, and nighttime fireworks.


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Picturesque Tenby has been a favourite subject for artists down the centuries and it has also been the home of a few.
The rumbustious Augustus John was born there, his sister Gwen, though born in Haverfordwest, lived there and the 18th century artist and historian Charles Norris lived there and produced the earliest pictures of what it was like two centuries ago.
A walk around the town gives the discerning observer glimpses of how it developed, how its fortunes waxed and waned and how the emphasis gradually changed from trade to tourism.
The stout town walls, with their towered gates, are reminders of how strongly and readily defended the wealthy medieval town was, sited on its peninsula. The imposing church of St Mary's also speaks of the wealth and piety of its citizens, its lofty spire serving as a beacon for the many ships which brought in merchandise and took a future monarch to exile.
The tall Victorian and Georgian villas which serve as a backcloth to its busy harbour, are pastel-shaded witnesses to its status as a fashionable watering place for the well to do and later the bucket and spade brigade, who have boosted its economy for the last century or so.
Visitors seeing Tenby for the first time are impressed by its beautiful setting and seemingly stage managed lay-out, which suggest that some Capability Brown of coastal landscaping planned it, rather than it being the result of gradual development down the ages.
Ancient Stone Age hunters were the first people to appreciate its location when their forested domain stretched far out into Camarthen Bay. Tree stumps of the sunken forest and the bones of their prey found in caves at Hoyle's Mouth in the Ritec Valley and on Caldey Island give clues to their peregrinations and their tough existence.
The other ages left their mark in the form of burial chambers and promontory forts. The Vikings came leaving place names like Caldey and Goskar behind and the early Christians left their 6th to 10th century burial crosses on Caldey and at Penally.
A visit to Tenby Museum on Castle Hill opens a window to all these things, giving pointers to those who wish to visit ancient sites and see old buildings. The 135-year-old award-winning Museum is the oldest independent Museum in Wales and the range of its exhibits and collections reflects the zeal of generations of local people and visiting experts. Its Art Gallery displays the works of Augustus and Gwen John, Charles Norris, John Piper, Kyffyn Williams, David Jones, Ray Howard-Jones and many other artists who have captured the image of Tenby for posterity.
While there is more to Tenby than golden sand and spectacular scenery, the two beaches, Tenby North Beach and Tenby South beach, are both perfect for family days out sunbathing, swimming or playing beach games.


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Dawes, Charles Gates
Charles Gates Dawes (dôz), 1865–1951, American statesman and banker, b. Marietta, Ohio. Admitted (1886) to the bar, Dawes practiced law in Lincoln, Nebr., until 1894 and became interested in various gas and electric companies. He was a member of the Republican executive committee in William McKinley's presidential campaign (1896) and served (1897–1901) as comptroller of the Treasury. He organized the Central Trust Company of Illinois in 1902 and became a prominent figure in banking. After the United States entered World War I he was general purchasing agent of the American Expeditionary Force.
In 1921 he was appointed director (the first) of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget (see budget); in 1923–24 he was head of the reparations committee that advanced the Dawes Plan as a means of stabilizing postwar German finances. His work was recognized by the award (shared with Sir Austen Chamberlain) of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Dawes served (1925–29) as Vice President under Calvin Coolidge. Herbert Hoover appointed him ambassador to London in 1929, and in 1932 he was made president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. His many books include Notes as Vice President (1935), A Journal of Reparations (1939), and Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain (1939).
See biography by B. N. Timmons (1953).