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Rainbow jewelry is fun. Beautiful rainbow loom jewelry and fun nature crafts have been released on Kids Activities Blog. Make cute jewelry for family and friends.
Necessity is the mother of invention. One kid's invention of looming when there are not enough looms around is a great example of childhood resourcefulness.
All one needs at hand are two pencils or pens, mini rubber bands and the plastic S or C clips. Start by sliding the first band over one of the pencils.
Next, make one twist in the band and loop over the second pencil. Then, follow the simple instructions to complete the braided string. Join the ends together to make a ring, necklace, or bracelet.
Check out the variety of nature crafts found on kids blogs this week. Nature is inspiring. Tree Blocks make a unique building game. Using little mini logs gives kids a whole new way to explore building and nature.
Making flower crowns is fun. Kids will use their imaginations to become a queen, a princess, a king, an explorer or fairy with these amazing flower crowns.
Making stick rainbow wind chimes is another ingenious idea. The rainbow stick wind chimes are beautiful to look at and fun to create. Pinecone roses make a cute present.
Making easy wizard wands is fun for kids of all ages. They are easy to make, but the bright colors and glitter are delightful and will spark imagination.
For detailed instructions and to get additional fun ideas check out Kids Activities Blog this week. Come get inspired to have a blast together with the kids this week.
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Kids Activities Blog is a website created by two moms (who collectively have 9 children), Holly Homer and Rachel Miller. Their new book published by Page Street, 101 Kids Activities That Are the Bestest, Funnest Ever! will be released June 10. It is currently pre-selling on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Kids Activities Blog is an interactive website that publishes fun things to do with kids twice a day. It is an amazing resource for moms, dads, grandparents, caregivers and teachers to find kid-friendly activities that create memories and sneak learning into the fun.


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The Smell In the Room: Controversy Over Florida's New Ballot-Qualified TEA Party
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The creation of the TEA Party as a minor political party in Florida in August 2009, its subsequent qualification of federal and state candidates to be on the November 2010 ballot under the TEA Party name, and other activities of people closely connected to that party have sparked a major political row with implications extending to the 2012 presidential election and beyond. At the heart of the controversy is a fight to the finish between members of the new political party and grassroots Tea Party movement organizers over proprietary ownership and control of the name "Tea Party" and other aspects of the Tea Party "brand" in Florida. The controversy is about power, control, and money, and who gets to define what "Tea Party" means in Florida.
The ballot-qualified "TEA Party" and the "Tea Party movement" are not the same thing. They do not share organizations, leaders, or members, and they are ideologically opposed. The movement is decentralized with power diffused among its many factions. The party is centralized, with power concentrated in the hands of a few. The movement has grown spontaneously across the state over the past year-and-a-half or so, while the party was created by a filing with the Florida Secretary of State in August 2009. Read the rest of this entry »


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Baruch College Ranks #13 for Affordability and #48 Overall in The Daily Beast's Best Colleges 2013
NEW YORK, NY- October 17, 2013 - Baruch College ranked #13 for Affordability and #48 overall in The Daily Beast's Down + Dirty Guide to the Best Colleges 2013. Baruch College also ranked #79 in Academics, #763 in Activities and #821 for Athletics.
Baruch College was recently recognized in other rankings for access, affordability and quality.
- Baruch College was ranked among the Top 70 Colleges by Forbes Magazine for five-year return on investment of full-time MBA Programs. Its Total Five-year MBA Gain (five year compensation after graduation, minus the sum of tuition, fees, forgone compensation) has Baruch College ranked #66.
- Baruch College ranked #3 among the list of 349 U.S. colleges in Washington Monthly's (WM)"Best Bang for the Buck." Washington Monthly launched the new ranking this year based on the economic value students receive per dollar. Baruch College was ranked #3 with 51% of students receiving Pell Grants; a 63% graduation rate; a 3% default rate on student loans and a Net Price of $3,429. The net price is the average tuition that first-time, full-time students from families with an annual income of $75,000 or less actually pay after subtracting the need-based financial aid they receive.
- According to PayScale's list of "Annual ROI," Baruch College delivers the highest annual ROI for in-state students (10.6%) and out-of-state students (9.8%) of all public colleges and universities. In PayScale's annual "College Education ROI Rankings" report, Baruch College ranks in the top 10%, at #108 out of the 1,060 public and private U.S. colleges and universities evaluated in the report.
- Baruch College is ranked #21 among the "Top 100 Obama Scorecard Colleges," a list created by Affordable Colleges (AC) Online. With a total score of 78.72 and a low student loan default rate of 3.2%, Baruch College ranks in the Top 25.
The Daily Beast analyzed nearly 2,000 four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States, by reviewing publicly available data and data collected and published by College Prowler, an online guide created by students that ranks thousands of colleges on everything from the intelligence of professors to attractiveness of students. Other sources used for the ranking included Payscale.com; the National Center for Education Statistics, the U.S. Department of Education, and U.S. News & World Report.
In their methodology, the following criteria were used to calculate the ranking: Future earnings (20%), Quality of education (20%), Affordability (20%), On-time graduation (10%), Campus quality (10%), Activities and clubs (5%), Nightlife (5%), Diversity (5%), and Sports (5%).
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Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 5 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world. For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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Hi all, long time from the last post. This time is a short post about a new updated version of the Metagoofil
The problem was that Google changed the source code of the results page, so the parser failed to catch the files. I guess that the structure of the HTML is changed often, to render useless the tools that use google in an automated way outside the API (all the tools right now).
Recently Roelof talked about the problems he had in Maltego using google as an input and core part of a tool, i want to confirm what he said, it's really a mess to maintain a tool that uses google as input :(
Enough for today.
Thanks to Chris Gates for pointing out the problem.
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Cincinnati firefighters familiar with Boston bombs, but not experienced
'Pressure cooker' bombs likely used
While more information is slowly being released about the bombings in Boston, Cincinnati officials said they are not familiar with such explosive devices.
The explosives used in the Boston Marathon bombing were crude devices often called "pressure cooker" bombs, according to a person briefed on the investigation.
Assistant Cincinnati Fire Chief Ed Dadosky said it is a device the city's Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit has never experienced but has heard of.
He explained how they work -- basically, too much energy in a confined space.
"Somehow or another they got what's called an initiating charge to that explosive, and all that pressure taking place in that pot, it has to go somewhere, and in this case, it's stronger than what's holding the lid of the pot in place, so it lets go. It's a catastrophic failure of the pot," Dadosky said.
The big question: How were the explosives detonated?
"Now, was that done electronically? Was it done with some type of fuse? That's the part that nobody's really clear on," Dadosky said. "It could very well have taken someone on the outside setting it off somehow. You saw enough movies where they talk about (how) cellphones can be set up to be set off like that, but right now, there isn't enough information to know how it was done."
Federal units are still investigating the explosive devices. They are remaining tight-lipped about the investigation and any suspects.


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Thanks to her starring role in the Swedish film version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," Noomi Rapace is poised to heighten her profile with American audiences on her next project.
The Swedish actress has reportedly landed the female lead in the upcoming "Sherlock Holmes 2," according to The Hollywood Reporter. It will be Rapace's first English language role. It is uncertain if she will be a romantic interest in the film; sources say she may play a character who is a French Gypsy.
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Parents can help prevent cyberbullying
While bullying has been around forever, there was no such thing as cyberbullying until about 20 years ago when people discovered the ability to use technology to display their mean, cruel, annoying and generally negative side. And since the late 1990s we've seen lots of stories about the "epidemic" of cyberbullying among young people. But as my ConnectSafely.org co-director Anne Collier and I explain in our new booklet, A Parents' Guide to Cyberbullying, it's a serious problem that deserves our attention but it's far from an epidemic and not just limited to young people.
For the most part, cyberbullying is pretty similar to in-person bullying, but there are some differences between in-person and online communications that can change (not necessarily worsen) its nature and impact. As bullying expert Elizabeth Englander pointed out in a recent post on Harvard Education Letter, communicating online takes on different dimensions from in-person relationships including the fact that "Talking digitally can make you feel uninhibited and lead you to say things you might not say anywhere else" and "Texting or posting back and forth about a feeling can cause that feeling to escalate and can make the situation worse."
Other differences between in-person and online is that a negative online comment can stick around for a long time and be seen by a lot of people. And, unlike a physical confrontation or verbal abuse at school, bullying via text message, email or social networking can follow children home and haunt them after school on weekends and during school breaks. Depending a lot on individual factors including the nature of the incident and the child's resilience and psychological state-of-mind, the impact of cyberbullying can range from mildly annoying to devastating. It's impossible to generalize and — even when something tragic follows an episode of cyberbullying, it's not always possible to assign a single cause for what happened.
Not all unpleasant online interactions are cyberbulling
Having an online argument isn't necessarily cyberbullying. In fact, the U.S. government's StopBullying.gov website's definition of youth bullying (endorsed by most experts) is "unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time." A single mean, rude or insensitive comment in an email or on a social networking site — however hurtful it might be — doesn't, by itself, constitute bullying. If it did, the cyberbullying rate among both kids and adults would probably be close to 100%.
Tips for parents and teens
ConnectSafely.org's new cyberbullying booklet answers parents' top five questions and provides tips for both parents and young people. Tips for parents (which are greatly expanded and explained in the guide) include:
- Know that you're lucky if your child asks for help
- Respond thoughtfully, not fast
- Kids who have been bullied need to be listened to
- The ultimate goal is restored self-respect
Children and teens are advised to:
- Remember that "it's not your fault"
- Save the evidence
- Not respond or retaliate
- Reach out for help
- Use available tech tools to block he person
- Take action if someone you know is being bullied
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I used to have one of those jobs where you travel a fair bit around the country. Probably one of my favourite parts is Tropical North Queensland. I spent some time doing a project in Innisfail, made famous in recent years by cyclone Larry. It is one of those lovely little country towns that oozes both character and history. To the South of Innisfail is Tully, and this is sugar cane country. When I was a kid we used to have a few acres of sugar cane growing down the back paddock. I remember the smell of the burn off, and the scurry of critters as the fire roared through. It all had a very distinctive smell. I also remember as a kid sucking on a bit of sugar cane. It was stringy and sweet. I haven't done that for years, but the smell and taste remains in my memory. These are things my kids will never have. The other thing they will never have is a mouth full of amalgam!
Because of the all the sugar we also have a few Rum distilleries as well. Beenleigh Rum and Bundaberg Rum or Bundy are probably the best known brands. A lot of the cane farms in South East Queensland have now been replaced by suburbia as land becomes more valuable. I heard recently that the old Rum Distillery at Beenleigh was going to be revamped as a DFO shopping centre. That is sure a sign of the times.
The other thing about sugar is that there are sugar cane farms scattered all up the coast of Queensland. This used to be the "Sunshine Route" and was one of those things that we had to remember in geography, was all the names of the towns from Brisbane to Cairns. the Sunlander was a passenger train that went from Brisbane to Cairns.
My husband was clearly a better scholar than me, as he can still rattle off all the towns. The Sunshine Route on the Sunlander was one of those trips that the retirees and Southerners do, particularly in Winter. It has become a bit classier now, and there is a Tilt train for a part of the journey.
Here is a link to the history of trains in Australia:
So I designed this little beanie and scarf based on the sugar cane trains. These are little trains that carry bins of cut cane from the farms to the sugar mill for processing. This is a remarkable network of little trains that connect the cane farms up the Queensland Coast. There is something like 4,000 km of track in the state which collects 37M tons of sugar cane each year.
Here is a link for the train enthusiasts:
When you drive up north you will see these little trains running along the highway. Some of them carry huge numbers of bins, and they add a distinctive flavour to the country side. I love to challenge myself to design things based on the local environment, and I enjoyed coming up with this design. Sugar cane trains in crochet, might sound a bit kitsch, but I think they are rather cute.
The scarf and beanie are a great use of scraps as the colours add a bit of visual pop. Thanks to my wonderful testers the pattern is now available at http://www.crochetroo.etsy.com/.
So here is the bit of the Sunshine Route that I can remember: Brisbane, Gympie, Maryborough, Gladstone, Mackay...... what comes next???? Bowen, Townsville, Home Hill, Ayre, a few more and then Cairns. Any one know the Sunshine Route? I googled and couldn't find it. I dont think kids learn things that that anymore.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
A Week of Drinks Kicks Off with Jameson Black Barrel
I've been spending a lot of time on whiskey minutiae, controversy, legal issues and such so I thought I would take a week and just drink. This week will be all reviews from a variety of whiskeys. We'll start in Ireland
Here's another newish Irish offering. This new Jameson expression was released last year; it is a 12 year old blended whiskey. Why they call it "black barrel" I can't tell you, but per the Jameson website, it has a higher percentage of single pot still whiskey and is composed of whiskey aged in bourbon and sherry casks. Jameson whiskeys are made at the Midleton Distillery.
Jameson Black Barrel, 12 years old, 40% abv ($38)
The nose on this is very nice, rich and malty with some fruit in the background; it's very crisp and clean. I likely would have guessed a single malt based on the nose alone. The palate reveals its blended heritage with some spicy grain notes that play along well with the maltiness, though there is a diluted quality to it. The finish is just a whisper of sweet, fruity malt on the tongue.
This is a well done whiskey and leagues above the standard Jameson. I like the flavors, but this is one where I really wish they had upped the abv. In a whiskey with delicate flavors like this, a high abv can make the difference between something good and something outstanding. In its diluted state, it hints at the great whiskey it could be but just doesn't get all the way there.
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- Tim Read said...
Have you had standard Jameson recently? Reviews I've seen seemed downright charitable; I found it getting dangerously close to undrinkable. As I said elsewhere today, I'm on a nice pause from Irish stuff for a while but this is an interesting idea...
- April 22, 2012 at 8:19 PM
- sku said...
Truth be told, it's been years since I've sipped on the standard Jameson. I never loved it but certainly never found it objectionable. A straight "C".
- April 23, 2012 at 7:15 AM
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Likely seen as a potential referendum on Larry Page's leadership of Google, Motorola Mobility let 20 percent of its work force go on Sunday. Google purchased the company earlier this year.
A total of 4,000 workers will be pink-slipped, while 94 offices will shutter, according to the New York Times. Google paid $12.5 billion for the company -- mostly in what was seen as a patent grab for any upcoming mobile products Google may develop.
The restructuring, according to an SEC filing, will cost the parent company $275 million in the third quarter. Google also said it would provide generous severance packages and outplacement services for those affected.
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photo: Barry O'Neill, President, CUPE - BC Division
A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents says she'll cross CUPE picket lines. CUPE, she says, expects rights and benefits for their members that they have denied their own secretaries. In Dec. 2002, CUPE arranged for Vancouver Police Constables Megan Herrmann and Kevin Ng to telephone and visit her at her home to demand that she muzzle herself about unfair labour practices inside CUPE.
The whistle blowing secretary, who will be identified here by her initials "R.M.", had exposed CUPE for allegedly operating a "non-union sweatshop". She claims she saw two female co-workers fired after speaking up about issues such as an excessive workload, verbal abuse, and the reneging on a promise to provide a pension plan. She saw a third woman, a long time bookkeeper at Local 116, fired after she got cancer and became less efficient.
This scandal, says the former secretary who left CUPE with two glowing letters of reference, goes right to the top of the CUPE hierarchy. When she obtained a copy of the police report dated Dec. 17, 2002, she discovered that as "evidence", police had been given a copy of a letter she had sent to Barry O'Neill, President of CUPE - British Columbia Division, and a similar one she had sent to Jim Sinclair, President of the BC Federation of Labour. The polite letters outlined unfair labour practices to which secretaries working inside the non-unionized office of CUPE Local 116 had been subjected. The message was clear from the filing of these letters in the Police Property Office, she says: "CUPE and the BC Fed believe that a woman speaking up about working conditions is committing a crime."
The secretary asked both O'Neill and Sinclair in writing in 2003 to have these letters removed from the VPD Property Office. Speaking up about working conditions is not a crime, she reminded them. Neither O'Neill or Sinclair had the letters removed. Never once did either of these leaders ever speak to the secretary about this situation.
The whistleblowing secretary appealed to the Vancouver Police to expunge the notation of "Workplace Harassment" adjacent to her name on the police computer as a result of the CUPE complaint. Speaking up about unfair labour practices is a right, not workplace harassment, she pointed out, and in her case she had not even visited or telephoned Local 116 since leaving her job there. (The VPD does not even have jurisdiction at UBC. The RCMP does.) The VPD responded in writing that such notations remain on record for "99 years", even in cases such as hers in which the accused has been completely cleared.
The whistleblowing secretary also discovered from the police report that Ian Aikenhead, a former NDP President and CUPE lawyer, had provided information, albeit misleading, to police. It was information that was in his possession as a result of his wife, Catherine Aikenhead, being an NDP-appointed public representive to a dental regulatory College years earlier. He resorted to exaggeration and misrepresentation in an attempt to present her as a complainer to police, she says, "because he knew that CUPE did not have the facts on their side."
Indeed there is evidence that CUPE did not have the facts on their side. Other secretaries from Local 116 had previously taken coplaints to higher ups at CUPE. S.A., a woman who had put in 12 years as a secretary at Local 116, S.A., had spoken to Joe, a Regional Representative, after she was fired. He would not discuss the issue and simply told her to "Get a lawyer". She sued for the pension she claimed she had been promised. When another secretary, S.K., was fired after speaking up about excessive workload and being expected to absorb verbal abuse, she too took her case up the CUPE hierarchy. The Local 116 President and Vice President were summoned to the Burnaby office of CUPE to explain themselves. When S.K telephoned several members of Local 116 to request permission to attend the next union meeting to appeal the firing directly to the membership, CUPE sent her a letter ordering her to 'cease and desist' or she would lose overtime pay accumulated. Even the whistleblowing secretary says her pay stubs and other records can be used to verify her claims that she worked for long periods without benefits that every CUPE member enjoys.
It is not just top union leaders, though, who have acted in a manner which indicates that the tactics used against the whistleblowing secretary are within their comfort zone. In 2003, CUPE Locals in Vancouver -- including those currently on strike -- and the surrounding area were notified in writing of human rights issues raised by this case and asked to ensure that CUPE leaders resolved them. What did they do? Nothing.
A steamfitter gets muzzled by CUPE BC, under Barry O'Neill's administration
The secretary was not the only whistleblower CUPE Local 116 and CUPE BC played rough with. They had successfully muzzled a whistle blowing steam fitter just months earlier in a case that led to accusations against CUPE BC of practicing political psychiatry. The steam fitter,"S.J.", had worked for years in Plant Operations at the University of BC and was a dues-paying member of CUPE Local 116 (unlike the whistle blowing secretary who was directly employed by CUPE Local 116.)
The steam fitter got on the wrong side of CUPE when he was briefly off work on compensation. Compensation cheques were issued through the union office and the steam fitter claimed that he and others receiving cheques were being shortchanged. He did the math and took the figures to CUPE. He was ignored. But he persisted. He received a cheque for $1,500 in the mail, the amount he had claimed he was shortchanged, but CUPE wouldn't tell him what the cheque was for. He didn't shut up. He sent a letter to CUPE pressing them on this issue and, this being just after 9/11, he wrote, "God Bless America" at the bottom of the letter. "A week later," he says, "a cheque for $640 came through the door." The steamfitter says that the cheques were issued to him through the Back to Work office on the UBC campus which was run by Colleen Garbe, a member of the CUPE Local 116 Executive.
The steamfitter also spoke to CUPE BC and CUPE National. Just as the steam fitter was considering going to the RCMP to request an investigation, CUPE called the RCMP on him.
Leaders at CUPE Local 116 told the RCMP that the steam fitter had made a death threat against CUPE Vice President Paul Cooke. The steam fitter, an immigrant from Scotland, and Cooke, an immigrant from Ireland, worked together in Plant Operations and knew each other well. The pipe fitter claims that he had a few beers and sent Cooke an e-mail about the compensation cheque issue, telling him at one point, 'I should take you out'. This expression, the steam fitter explained, is heard in pub culture in Britain; it means that the two of us should go outside and settle this with our fists. The RCMP spoke to the steam fitter. No charges were laid.
But CUPE was turning up the heat on the steam fitter. They sent a lawyer from their Burnaby headquarters to a meeting arranged with the steamfitter at UBC. She was "tough" the steam fitter said of the lawyer. She informed him that he would have to submit to a psychiatric assessment and take medication in order to keep his job. The steamfitter did not have a lawyer at the meeting and, wanting to keep his job, he succumbed.
CUPE ruined his chances of ever getting a promotion, he believes. When he later applied for better jobs in the workplace, he found he was being ignored.
The whistleblowing secretary knows the steam fitter but neither knew of one another's problems with CUPE as they were occurring. The workplace harassment and psych record the steam fitter acquired will be attached to his name on the police computer system for life. Just as a similar smear* is going to remain on the whistleblowing secretary's record for life; the last she heard it would be "99 years".
If I encounter a CUPE picket line, the secretary says, I'll cross it and I'll tell them why. If they try to convince me to support their right to struggle for better working lives, I'll say, "Talk to me in 99 years."
*A year after the case of "WORKPLACE HARASSMENT" was closed by the VPD, the alleged offence for which she was investigated was fraudulently altered in police records. This occurred after the secretary told O'Neill and Sinclair in writing that as long as the WORKPLACE HARASSMENT notation remained on her record, she intended to ensure that it remained on their public record. She cannot prove that labor leaders had any involvement in the retroactive change to CUPE's police complaint. For more information see post, "Evidence Tampering in CUPE Police Complaint".
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CUPE Strike Haunted by Secretary Scandal
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian ban on swearing in films, plays and books came into force on Tuesday, a policy designed to appeal to conservatives but which Vladimir Putin's critics condemned as a further move against free speech.
Under the legislation that was passed in May, films containing "foul language" will be banned from wide release and books with swear words will have to be sold in sealed packages with obscenity warnings.
Theaters will not be allowed to stage productions containing obscenities according to the law, which imposes fines of up to 50,000 rubles ($1,500) for each infraction.
Russian media have reported that software known as the "swear-bot" will be used to police cursing on the Internet.
The law is meant to ensure "the protection and development of linguistic culture," according to a statement on the Kremlin's website. But critics say it is reminiscent of Soviet-era censorship and will suppress free expression.
Putin has struck a conservative tone in his latest presidential term, praising what he calls traditional values and holding up the Russian Orthodox Church as a moral authority.
Last month, newspaper Izvestiya said communications watchdog Roskomnadzor planned to use a search program to root out rude words in online articles and comments attached to them.
The 25 million-rouble ($729,500) system will search the 5,000 mass media sites that are already monitored manually, the report said.
The "swear-bot" faces a huge task as Russian is known for the breadth and inventiveness of its obscene vocabulary.
A dictionary of Russian swear words lists over 1,200 different phrases that use a single slang term for "penis".
Russian novelist Fyodr Dostoevsky wrote in the 19th century: "It's possible to express all thoughts, feelings and even deep analytical thoughts just by saying this one noun."
The swearing law follows stricter rules on bloggers and restrictions on non-state media that critics say were part of a campaign to bring independent media under Kremlin control, something the government denies. [ID:nL6N0NL3VF]
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Hasbro, perhaps after a sharp blow to the head, have decided a good way to get people interested in Monopoly again is to launch a campaign where one of the game's iconic pieces is killed off.
Not only are they messing with a tradition that didn't need to be messed with, they're handling it in a fairly obnoxious way by putting it to a vote.
On February 5, the original piece (wheelbarrow, shoe, top hat, thimble, iron, dog, car or battleship) with the lowest votes will be gone, replaced by a... toy robot, helicopter, cat, guitar or diamond ring.
(Though, OK, the robot is pretty great, since you can pretend you're in a Japanese monster movie. Take THAT, Pall Mall. Rargh).
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Two earlier signs (1938, 1941 articles) of the Mufti called then the 'Hitler of the Near East' And that he was the one and only ONE who 'founded' the conflict.
1.) Appeasement didn't work.
2.) Mufti's dream of creating a Caliphate under him as 'king' of all Muslims.
One Man Plots Arabs' Bloody Fight On Jews – Highest Mufti, In Exile, Guides Whole Prograp; Hopes To Be King
By H. R. KNICKERBROCKER
Portsmouth Times – Sep 25, 1938
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 24— High upon a mountain crest in the Lebanon sits serenely His Eminence, the chief of all the Arabs in Palestine, the paramount public enemy of the Jews in Zion, the Hitler of the near east. He greeted me with all the simple dignity of an Arab fuhrer.
Haj Amin al-Husseini, grand mufti of Jerusalem, mufti of all the muftis of Palestine, is in exile. Over the mere shooting of a British district commissioner, he had to leave Jerusalem a year ago. The incident has paled beside the daily toll of terror in the Holy Land today. It cost him his title of president of the Higher Arab committee. British took that away, but they could not take away his power. Not could they even take his title of president of the Moslem supreme council. Much less deprive him of ambition, too dazzling to be mentioned, one day to have the title "caliph" and rule the Moslem world.
Rapidly Attaining Goal
That title requires its bearer to be sovereign of an independent Moslem state. Hence the mufti's unquenchable desire to become king of Palestine.
It requires a prestige which he does not yet posssess but rapidly is aquiring. For he is the one Arab who challenges the British and therewith wins respect in every disaffected Moslen heart from India to Egypt.
Many Jews claim that 90 percent of the fiercely violent Arab opposition to the British mandate, to the Balfour declaration to Zion and the Jewish National Home from this one man. Most Jews and many British admit that His Eminence provides the leadership and through him flows the money from Arab, German, and Italian sources to inspire and feed the Arab terror in palestine.
His Eminence claims direct descent from Mohammed through the prophet's daughter, Fatimah, and the caliph Ali. His enemies contest this, charging his real name should be Aswad, and that his his forefathers only married into the family of Husseini, descendants of the prophet.
Be that as it may, his family is incontestably old, and well to do. He was born in Jerusalem, addtended the government school there, and then the school of Sheik Rashid Rida in Cairo, which he quit at 20 to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. About this time his father, the mufti of Jerusalem, Sheik Taher al-Husseini, died and his elder brother, Kamel al-Husseini, succeeded to the title.
At the outbreak of the war Amin joined the Turkish army,..
In British Side Jailed Once as Foe, Now He's Hitler's Aid
Youngstown Vindicator – May 12, 1941
By Lemuel .F. Parton (Consolidated News Features Writer) New York
May 12.— The British their present effort to keep the Moslem world in their orbit, are embarrassed by their mistake in salvaging and placating a possibly dangerous enemy, in an earlier Munich. In 1920, the loud and bellicose Amin Al-Husseini of Jerusalem stirred up a pogrom and sundry killings. He was senteneced to 10 years in prison, and fled to Trans-jordania.
Sir Herbert Samuel, high commissioner of Jerusalem, was concerned about alienating Arabs. So he amnestied Amin, brought him back and had him appointed grand mufti of Jerusalem.
He thought he had "peace in our time," but the grand mufti became as the hitler of the Near East," fomented murderous assaults on Jews and in 1937 unleashed a terror which got out of bounds and made him again a fugitive.
Here he is agin, a Nazi ace trouble-maker, stirring in with the boys in the back room at Baghdad. Plotting to deal misery to the British. On fire with ambition to become king of the Moslem world, second in power only to king Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, he is a shrewd and resourceful conspirator, credited by some observers with having rendered important aid to the Nazis in the disaffection of Iraq.
The French also muffed the mufti and his schemes. They gave him haven in Lebanon, when he was exiled in 1937, an there, in a palace which looked like a fortress built on concrete blocks, he held a sort of Pan-Islamic court, in a silver-painted room, wearing the ancestral robes of his family of six generations of muftis..


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The hospital is located in a Ballas controlled area but is also used by the Grove Street Families, Los Santos Vagos, and the Varrios Los Aztecas gangs. Players who die on the eastern half of Los Santos, or die the closest to the hospital are likely to respawn here. The hospital includes a parked Ambulance which can be used to complete Paramedic side missions, and a Gang Tag is located on a wall of the hospital. A sniper rifle can also be found on the hospital roof.
- Los Angeles, which Los Santos is based on, features a similarly named Los Angeles County General Hospital. While both hospitals are designed in an Art-Deco design, they share very little similarity in facade design or even color, although both hospitals do feature a crowning tower.


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A small right and left indicator located on the inside of the hardware helps distinguish the cups, but you can also take cues from the power switch on the left earcup that turns on the powered noise cancellation. An important difference to note of those familiar with other popular headphones on the market- between these headphones and the Beats- is that the SL300s can still play music even if you happen to lose power to the noise cancellation, although you'll notice a serious drop in sonic clarity since the internal equalizer boost only works with the isolation engaged. Regardless, it's a useful feature to have when you don't have access to another pair of AA batteries (two are included in the package to get you started).
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Later this month, Philadelphia short form improv group The N Crowd will celebrate its' seventh anniversary. We've asked some members of the group to share some stories about the history of the group in celebration.
Mike Conner – Location, Location, Libation
The N Crowd is an all-star drinking team formed in April of two thousand something or other… whenever seven years ago was. We first performed short-form improv comedy in an unairconditioned building that functioned as a Karate Dojo by day and a big stuffy brick oven at night: really the ideal locale for the performing arts. After the forging of the Dufton Trail (a sticky residue of dried piss coating the venue's sole toilet seat), the N Crowd decided it needed to branch out by moving to the Society Hill Playhouse.


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Eldon Phelps thinks he has a good view of the universe from the couch, and sees no reason to go and explore things from any other vantage point.
Eldon Phelps thinks he has a good view of the universe from the couch, and sees no reason to go and explore things from any other vantage point.
That's before he confronts his own mortality, and the prospect of millions of people deciding his means of demise.Perhaps he's ready for prime time after all.
Maynard-based Acme Theater Productions presents a play about life, death and television in Eric Coble's 'The Dead Guy," a satire inspired by that most loved and hated of cultural mutations, the reality show. The play marks the final production of the theater group's current season.
The play focuses on Eldon, a shiftless young man who meets Gina Yaweth, a TV producer on the verge of joining the great masses of the unemployed unless she comes up with a hit.
Eldon's inertia inspires her to launch a reality show in which he gets to burn through $1 million in a week and then meet his death in a manner chosen by viewers.
For the first time ever, Eldon faces an existential dilemma -- whether to go out in a public, expensive blaze of glory, or live out a normal life span, but as an inert lump of gravity-free detritus.
The production is directed by Dave Sheppard, Acme's executive director, and features returning actors Jennifer McCartney as Gina and Gordon Ellis as Eldon, along with new and familiar faces such as Jamie Shea, Kevin Nessman, Kate Forrestall, and KC O'Connor.If you go
"The Dead Guy" is on stage at Acme Theater, 61 Summer St. in Maynard, with performances Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25, May 1 and 2, 8 and 9 and 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 10, 3 p.m. Tickets $16 adults and $14 seniors, students, and groups of 10 or more. For more information, call 978-823-0003 or visit www.acmetheater.com.
Margaret Smith is Arts and Calendar editor at GateHouse Media New England's Northwest Unit. E-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A badly injured construction worker pulled from the rubble of a collapsed parking garage at Miami-Dade College early Thursday has died, police said, raising the death toll to three.
Miami fire and rescue crews rescued the construction worker around 1 a.m. Thursday at the Miami-Dade College in Doral, Fla., Miami fire officials said. But in order to get the man out, medics had to amputate both of his legs above the knees, authorities said. Another trapped worker who had been freed was in critical condition.
Rescue workers continued Thursday to search for the last person believed to have been in the structure when it collapsed.
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Firefighters remove a victim from the rubble early morning Oct. 11 in Doral, Fla, after a section of a parking garage under construction at Miami-Dade College campus collapsed.
Eight people were hospitalized at Miami-area hospitals after the Wednesday collapse, according to a statement from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
Hundreds of rescuers rushed to the scene Wednesday afternoon when a portion of the five-story parking garage at 3800 N.W. 115 Ave. fell in what authorities call a "pancake-style collapse." Police said it appeared that only construction workers were on site.
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The garage was under construction and had yet to open, so no students were in danger, said college spokesman Juan Mendieta.
The debris was about 20 feet high and a crane and heavy truck were inside the work area when the garage collapsed. Streets around the garage were blocked off.
Victoria Buczynski of Miami said she saw the collapse while she was working at Gurkha Cigars directly across the street from the construction site.
"It fell to the ground like a house of cards," Buczynski said. "The construction workers started running out, screaming. It was loud. Our entire building shook."
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Rescue officials survey damage in the collapsed parking garage at the Miami Dade College West campus in Doral, Fla. on Oct. 11. One person is still missing.
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The construction of the 1,855-space garage was nearly complete. Ground was broken on the $22.5 million project in February, and it was to be finished in December, according to the website of the contractor, Ajax Building Corp.
William P. Byrne, Ajax president and chief executive officer, said in a statement said an internal review was being launched to determine the cause.
"While we do not yet know the cause of this tragic collapse, we are committed to working actively and cooperatively with our design and construction partners and local, state and federal authorities to determine the exact cause of this accident," the statement said.
The statement also said safety was a priority for the company.
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COLLEGE STATION — Six days after firing the ceremonial first pitch at a Texas Rangers game, Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel continued his baseball fantasy Saturday. This time with a hard, headfirst slide right into a defensive back at Kyle Field.
The perilous block by Manziel, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, occurred after his swing pass to the right to Brandon Williams, who cut left and eased into the end zone from 10 yards out with Manziel's surprising help. It was a daring play his coaches might cheer in a Bowl Championship Series game — but not A&M's annual spring fling.
"The way I am and the way my motor drives me, it was just an instinct play," Manziel said. "As soon as I got back to coach (Kevin Sumlin), and he was shaking his head and wasn't happy about it ... I immediately regretted it. It was a mistake, but it was just my competitive nature."
No one was hurt on the play — one offering more evidence of Manziel's gung-ho approach, whether it's against Alabama, Sam Houston State or his teammates.
"I told Johnny, 'Don't ever do that again!'" said Clarence McKinney, promoted to offensive coordinator in the offseason. "He wanted to go and block, but we're in the spring game. We don't need to lose him on that."
Manziel's aggressiveness brought yet another roar from a crowd of 45,212 — a record for an A&M spring game — that spent much of the afternoon rooting on a spirited contest between the maroon (offense) and the white (defense) broadcast nationally by ESPN. For the record, the maroon prevailed 43-23 under a convoluted scoring system, but that was far from the most important thing accomplished for the Aggies in wrapping up spring drills.
Leading the way was the continued maturation of receivers aiming to take over for departed seniors Ryan Swope, Uzoma Nwachukwu and Kenric McNeal. On that front, junior LeKendrick Williams (seven catches for 105 yards) and senior Derel Walker (five for 79) stood out most, although 10 different receivers snagged at least two catches in the Aggies' wide-open attack.
Manziel hit 24 of 30 passes for 303 yards and three TDs.
"The ball was moving, and there weren't a lot of balls on the ground or sloppy penalties," Sumlin said. "The first group really, really moved efficiently, and the timing and tempo was good. You've got a quarterback who understands the offense now, but we've also got a new center.
"And you can't get to the (desired) tempo without the center getting the ball."
Sophomore Mike Matthews, brother of new left tackle Jake Matthews (and both sons of Pro Football Hall of Famer Bruce Matthews), has taken over for departed senior Patrick Lewis at center.
"Everybody asks me how Mike Matthews is doing," Sumlin said. "As long as people keep asking me, that means he's doing good. Because if we don't notice him, he's doing a great job."
So is Jake Matthews, who has taken over for Luke Joeckel — the potential top pick in the upcoming NFL draft — protecting Manziel's blindside at left tackle.
"We're always going to miss Luke, not only as a football player but around the locker room, but being able to move Jake from right to the left and having Cedric (Ogbuehi) move to where he's a better fit at right tackle (from guard) really helps us out," Manziel said.
A&M's revamped offensive line, with guards Jarvis Harrison and Germain Ifedi earning valuable snaps Saturday, held its own and then some all afternoon against a shallow defense hampered by injuries this spring, none of which are expected to keep players out of August camp.
The Aggies won't gather again formally on the field until early that month, and Manziel said critics are providing the team plenty of motivation springing into perhaps the most anticipated season in program history. A&M, in Sumlin's first year and Manziel's freshman campaign, finished 11-2 and with a top-five finish (No. 5) for the first time since 1956 under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.
The Aggies defeated two-time defending national champion Alabama 29-24 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Nov. 10, and the revenge-minded Crimson Tide visit Kyle Field on Sept. 14 in a contest already drawing hype nationally.
"The big conversation we had before Alabama was to be a dragon slayer," Manziel recounted of his chats with his personal quarterbacks coach, George Whitfield Jr. of San Diego. "Now, there's a big dragon out there for us with all of the people who are doubting A&M, the people that are doubting me (and saying) last year was a fluke.
"So that's a chip on my shoulder and a dragon I need to slay this year."
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If your April PG&E bill seems lower than usual, it's not a mistake.
Millions of California households will see a credit averaging $35 on their April electricity bill thanks to the state's groundbreaking efforts to address climate change through several efforts, including the landmark cap-and-trade program.
Residential customers of the state's three investor-owned utilities — PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric — will automatically receive the so-called "climate credit" this month. The credit, which is $29.82 for PG&E customers, is given to each household regardless of energy consumption or bill amount. A second credit will appear on October bills. The twice-a-year climate credits are expected to be paid through 2020.
The credit comes from payments by power plants and industries that are required to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.
California launched its first auction of greenhouse gas emission permits in November 2012, marking the first effort in the nation to put a price on carbon pollution. Utilities including PG&E were given free carbon permits for the first year but had to agree to sell those permits in the auction. State legislators fought to ensure that some of the auction proceeds flowed back to ratepayers.
Small businesses will receive the climate credit every month, as a credit related to the amount of electricity used.
State regulators hope that households will use the savings to invest in energy efficiency, such as LED lighting or smart thermostats.
"The climate credit is part of an array of programs developed by California to fight climate change and improve air quality," Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board said in a prepared statement. "If homeowners and businesses use the credit to purchase some of the newest energy-efficient light bulbs or other energy-saving equipment, they will save even more."
The total amount of money to be returned to ratepayers between 2013 and 2020 is expected to range from $5.7 billion to $22.6 billion.
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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Procurement and logistics
The purchasing organization of the Liebherr Group is based on a materials group management system with a global focus. One of the key success factors of procurement lies in the central viewing and coordination of the essential material groups. The continuous optimization of existing supply relationships, as well as the development of new stable supply relationships, ensure successful cooperation. Social and ecological aspects, as well as a high quality standard, smooth logistics, and a high propensity to innovate, are to the fore here.
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Fulham Under-21s secured their first point of the new campaign on Monday evening but will be disappointed not to have claimed all three after a dominant display against Middlesbrough.
The Whites had much the better of the play and were a constant threat with chances falling to Marcello Trotta, Alex Smith and Pajtim Kasami, but Kit Symons' boys couldn't quite find the back of the net.
"It was a very good defensive display," Kit said after the game. "We dominated possession but just lacked that little bit of care in the final third. We're disappointed we didn't win it really with the amount of possession and chances we had. I don't think Stocko had to make a save in the whole game.
"We're pleased to get a point and a clean sheet but slightly disappointed as it's a game we feel we should have won. If we'd have that little bit of extra care then we would have had the three points.
"The actual team shape was very, very good. We were getting bodies forward in advanced areas but it was just our decision making in those high areas."
Fulham: 13. Stockdale, 2. Grimmer, 5. Burn, 6. Grygera, 17. Briggs, 11. Banya, 8. Kasami, 4. Christensen, 7. Smith, 10. Altman (15. Donegan, 45 mins), 39. Trotta
Subs (not used): 12. Oberschmidt, 14. Musa, 15. Donegan, 16. Islamovic, 17. Minkwitz
Middlesbrough: 1. Ripley, 2. Bennett, 3. Sirrell, 4. Dolan, 5. Burgess, 6. Jackson, 7. Brobbel, 8. Oliver, 9. Wyke, 10. Kneeshaw, 11. Edwards
Subs: 21. Montgomery, 12. Pilatos, 14. Waters, 15. Okosieme, 16. Fowler
Competition: Barclays U21 Premier League
Date: Monday 17 September 2012
Kick-off: 2:00pm
Venue: Motspur Park, Surrey
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This is a table of contents for the state-specific 2017-2018 estimates. Just click on the link for each state to be taken to that state.
This is a behavioral health report for HHS Region I of the United States and utilizes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS), collected annually. The topics addressed in the reports include youth substance use, youth mental...
This report presents results from the Mental Health Client-Level Data (MH-CLD) and Mental Health Treatment Episode Data Set (MH-TEDS) for individuals receiving mental health services from state mental health systems in 2017, as well as selected trends in data collected from such individuals between 2014 and 2017. The report provides...
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This document briefly describes one of these other data systems that publish state estimates and presents selected comparisons with NSDUH results: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
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Annie Gawthrop is my 1st cousin 3x removed. She is the daughter of Israel Gawthrop and Mary Ann Hargreaves.
Here's a report form the Burnley Express of the wedding that took place on 1 February 1902.
MARRIAGE – On Saturday, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Grange-over-Sands, the marriage took place of Miss Annie Gawthrope, fourth daughter of Mr. Israel Gawthrope, of Sabden, and Mr. T. L. Anderton, son of Mr. Thomas Anderton, of Sabden, and of the firm of Messrs. Bell and Anderton, Accrington. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Bertha Gawthrope, and Mrs. Haworth, while Mr. John Anderton, brother of the bridegroom, was the best man. She was given away by her brother, Mr. Isaac Gawthrope, of Padiham. The wedding was a pretty, though quiet one. The newly-married couple will, after the honeymoon, take up their residence at Accrington. There were many presents.


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Extra - Curricular
Besides Physical and Health Education, the school provides the gamut of sporting activities like Adventure Sport, Music, Dance and Theatre. It has a Cricket ground with pitches of International Standards, 9 hole Golf Course,Swimming pool and a Horse riding ring. It has various clubs and societies, a learning centre with a special educator for counselling. Value education is imparted to all. The school equestrian comprise of 8 horses with much room for expansion. Spacious rooms for Yoga, Indoor games and a Gymnasium are built in the basement of the school.
Under this section, we highlight the different extracurricular activities held by BGSIRS. In line with the philosophy that busy people find time for everything and that people should work hard and play hard, the students are expected to spend their leisure time productively. There are a variety of activities to involve all the students.
- School Council
- Eco Club
- Health and Wellness Club
- Mathematics Club
- Integrity and Heritage Club
- Literary Club
- Magazine Committee
- Art & Craft Club
- Music & Dance Club
Co-curricular activities encompass almost all activities other than the academic programs. Such activities are value based activities and most students take to these with much personal involvement and interest because of its informality and openness.


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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Changing Seasons: My Last Spring
"I hate that sadness in your eyes,
But Angie, Angie,
Ain't it time we said goodbye?"
My headphones echoed as I sat on a wooden bench bequeathed by some wealthy couple in hopes of getting their underachieving offspring accepted to college. Focusing the lens on the edge of the tongue, I took a second look through the viewfinder and tossed my dirty white buck in the air.
The shutter of my camera thwaapped like an automatic Nerf gun as the buck hung for an instant, suspended a few feet above the recently exposed grass and then awkwardly flopped back down. What started as a means to pass time seven seasons ago, grew and evolved into a defining part of my life. At first, I waited to tell my friends and family of my new crush, deliberating until the spark caught and I knew it wasn't another one of my many short lived and often unrealistic excitements.
Something was different. Maybe I was mature enough to stay committed for more than a few weeks, or maybe I had found something that fit my intense and stubborn personality. Telling myself it was both, I dove in like an eight year old into Karate classes, hoping that one day I too could chop bricks in half and wear a black belt.
As the seasons marched on, I muscled through the slow and enjoyed the best, leaving my aspirations of business school and board meetings behind like a beleaguering ex-girlfriend. Motivated by a new passion that fueled my curiosity and confident in the success of my new experiences, I started acting on more impulses and seized opportunities with the disregard of a love-struck teenager.
Before I knew it, a few coincidental activities became routine and I was captivated by something that I never knew existed a year before. I enjoyed the security of finding strength in something created by passion and creativity, yet available to only a few.
As the situational end of my relationship with Maine and the free time necessary to work on photography and write for my blog marched forward two posts a week at a time, I slowly started to realize how fortunate I am to have had them. Like with any tasty beverage, I didn't realize how good it was until the last sip.
I waited and rationalized like the inevitable end to a serious relationship. "Tomorrow the sky will be brighter and the grass greener," I told myself a few dozen times after the last hope of winter died early in March. Finally, on Tuesday, I packed a lone British Walker White buck in size 13 into my pack along with my Canon 5d Mark II and biked to school. Sitting by myself on the wooden bench, turned on Angie by the Rolling Stones and pulled out my camera.
"Come on baby dry your eyes
But Angie, Angie,
Ain't it good to be alive?"
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19 comments:
- ian durkin said...
nice post friend ! a/s/l ?
- April 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Foster Huntington said...
Thank you bri! 22/male/Waterville Maine haha
- April 15, 2010 at 9:42 PM
good stuff, foster.
- April 16, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- Foster Huntington said...
Thanks for the kind words. coming from you, it means a lot. btw, Ian Durkin is a good friends from midd,
- April 16, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Keenan Jay said...
i love these.
- April 17, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Foster Huntington said...
thanks keenan. hope your last spring at catlin is going well,
- April 17, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- TFKoP said...
Best wishes! I look forward to the direction you take with your blog in your next life advencha.
orono, maine
- April 19, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Foster Huntington said...
thanks for you kind words and loyal readership. I am going to do my best to keep the blog updated but i dont know how much time i will have,
- April 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM
I stumbled onto your site while googling for anything about the Ricoh AF-5 and I found my way to this!
These flying-shoe shots are surreal and brilliant. Lovely.
(Looks like film. Is it film? Or clever post-processing?)
- April 20, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Foster Huntington said...
Ricoh Af-5 i an awesome little camera, do you have one? thanks for the kind words about my blog. it means a lot to me. I shoot with Canon 5d Mark II. The full-frame gives a great dynamic range and has very rich colors.
- April 20, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Pretty much. Today, I got a free Sears M35 in the post, which is the same as the AF-5, just without a self-timer.
I do have a question for you here: how loud should the autofocus be on that little camera? Mine's absolutely silent, and I don't know if that's because it's broken (I'm way too used to SLRs to believe that something can be both quiet and working, heh heh). It'd be nice to find that out *before* I stick a roll of film through it.
You're welcome for the kind words, as well as most deserving of them; I'm digging through your archives here and you are quite consistently awesome. :)
- April 20, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- Foster Huntington said...
My ricoh focuses pretty vast and is very quite from what i remember. have you shot it yet? develop a roll of film and you will defiantly see if it is working. The one thing i will say about the ricoh as its minimum focal distance is pretty long. dont try to get any close ups with it,
- April 20, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Sam said...
Holy shit! I'M talented???
- April 22, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- Sam said...
This is badass, Foster. I can't believe how great these are.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Foster Huntington said...
Yes sam, you are supper tallented. I can't believe how good your two blogs look. I am glad you like my flying shoes. I like how simple alterations of the same image with different components can tell a story about growth and change. I am adding a link to your blog on my sidebar. I spent half an hour catching up on your work and then emailed your pages to anyone I thought would be interested. You have an amazing eye,
- April 22, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Miron Dimas said...
Been listening to Angie since I first read this post. had to come back to comment. Definitely black belted and brick chopping.
Good luck with everything,
- April 25, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- Foster Huntington said...
nothing like chopping and blackbelting to angie. thanks for the kind words,
- April 25, 2010 at 2:59 PM
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Some of you may remember that I keep a paper book journal in addition to my Goodreads account for book tracking. When I read a book that particularly moves me I give it a star in my paper journal, which equals a five-star rating on Goodreads. As I looked over my 2018 reading I realized that TWENTY books had rated a star this year! So I had some choices to make as it came time to make my Top Ten List for the year. Without further ado, here are my favorite books of 2018. (Note: I'm a huge backlist reader so not all of these books were published this year.)
In no particular order:
- The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams (2016). This was a life-affirming, uplifting audio book that truly inspired me. I learned a lot about the friendship between the Dalai Lama and Bishop Tutu, and how each man approaches life's challenges with grace and equanimity.
- How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston (1974.) Set in Ireland in WWI, this beautifully written novella explores the growing friendship between a young member of the landed gentry and one of the workers on his family's estate as they both set off to fight in the war. Truly moving with a devastating ending.
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (2018.) Just a gorgeous, emotionally probing book about two people who fell in love with the best of intentions – and then life throws them a horrific curveball that reverberates for years. It's a beautifully told relationship story with well-drawn, believable characters. Unforgettable.
- Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (2015.) What a surprise! A book that had been on my TBR list for a few years and I'm so glad I decided to read it. It was one of those absorbing reads that made me want to ignore my family for a few days. Linked short stories, all centering in some way around the character of Eva, a young woman in Minnesota with a passion and a gift for cooking. Foodies will love it, but anyone who just wants a good story will enjoy it too.
- Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (2016.) The BEST AUDIO BOOK I'VE EVER LISTENED TO. Funny, surprising, illuminating, moving. I learned so much about South African history through this story of Noah's unlikely existence. I can't say enough good things about it. It's one I would read (or listen to) again for sure.
- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1956.) This novel is exquisitely written and emotionally tough. A portrait of a man utterly in denial about who he truly is. David, a young, rootless, white American living in Paris in the 1950's, has a fiancee he's running away from when he meets a handsome Italian waiter and falls in love. His denial sets off a tragic chain of events for everyone involved. Baldwin is a genius! I intend to read everything he's written.
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean (2018.) I recently wrote about this one, but it's just a gem of a nonfiction book, about the importance of libraries today and Orlean's emotional connection to them through her late mother, as well as a gripping true-crime account of the devastating library fire in L.A.'s Central Library in 1986. Lots going on here, but Orlean weaves all the strands together beautifully.
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017.) That rare super-hyped novel that is worthy of all the praise. What starts off as a quirky portrait of a lonely young woman who doesn't connect well with other human beings becomes a moving and warm-hearted novel about unexpected connections and the capacity for change and growth. A lovely book that I will definitely read again someday.
- Brother by David Chariandy (2018, first published in Canada and the UK 2017.) Not one word wasted in this slim but powerful novel about two brothers growing up in a poor, multi-cultural part of Toronto in the 1980's. There is tragedy here but there is also terrific beauty and great love, especially in the character of the boys' Trinidadian immigrant mother, who works herself to the bone to provide for her sons and tried to give them a better life. I just adored this.
- The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton (2018.) Another book I recently read and can't stop talking about – thank you Oprah! Hinton's ridiculous sham of a trial for crimes he didn't commit will make you angry, and his emotional journey living on death row in Alabama for 30 years will move you, inspire you, and make you question your beliefs about the death penalty.
Honorable Mention: Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout (2017.) Linked short stories, a companion piece to Strout's My Name is Lucy Barton. Spare prose and heartbreaking, real characters in small town middle America. Strout is a hell of a writer.
It's been such a good reading year. Have you read any of the books on my list? Do any of these pique your interest?


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Of Course, You Understand That This Means War
My apartment is not as clean as it could be (or has been). This has been bothering me more and more, so today — the first day of a three day weekend — I decided to fix things up a bit. This means cleaning. Not "clean your room before you go out to play" sort of cleaning either.
If I was the ruler of a small country, this would be a national program, requiring federal funding, periodic reports to parliament, motivational posters.. .the whole nine yards. It would have an imposing name like Operation No Dust Bunny Left Behind. This is war on mess and dust. Like spring cleaning, except at the start of winter (it may take until spring to finish).
Today was a case of two steps forward, one step back. Started on the office. Periodically, I permute the piles of junk in my office, dust around them and wave the vacuum cleaner at the exposed parts of the floor. Today, I moved everything out and off the tables. Vacuumed viciously and stared in horror at the still dirty carpet might need to get a man with high-powered carpet cleaning devices in at the end of this. Washed the desk down, moved things around so I have more room (brought in another table as well). Plugged everything back in, turned on the computer and ...
Aargh! It was making grinding/clicking noises. Repeatedly. And not so many blinkenlights as I might have hoped for. Pulled it apart. Dusted inside (Operation NDBLB knows no borders in its search for the enemy). Checked all the cables were plugged in firmly. Reconnected everything. No dice. :-(
It seems that plugging USB devices in was causing a short or something. Eventually got the machine started. Can happily plug in USB devices (important things like keyboard and mouse) now, but I'm a bit afraid if I need to reboot, which happens about once every few months, except there's probably a Fedora 7 kernel upgrade coming out in the next couple of weeks and I'll need to do it then.
I'm also at a fragile point in my setup where my backup machine has failed (fatally) and I still need to set up the replacement system, so I really don't need a main machine meltdown just now. Boy, am I going to be working on fixing that window of opportunity for disaster tomorrow! NSLU2 unit and new hard-drive waiting to be configured as we speak.
So more of this evening than I intended was spent working out how to restart the desktop machine and portions of the office still look like a mess. Operation NDBLB has made camp for the night and will need to resume the attack tomorrow. What started out in a fit of enthusiasm, rapidly regressed into swearing, self-recrimination ("how could be so stupid as to think you could clean house without punishment from the gods?") and mild panic/annoyance. The adrenalin rush has worn off now and things seem back to normal, but nobody is allowed to think less than happy thoughts, okay? My world might be holding together with string and sticky-tape. I'm just not sure, any longer.


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The USD was softer in quiet, relatively low volume trade. News that S&P downgraded its rating of Russia and an Interfax report that Moscow is ready for "unbiased and constructive" talks with the U.S. didn't cast much impact in the main currencies. EUR-USD firmed to a two-day peak of 1.3848, stalling shy of the week's peak at 1.3854. USD-JPY dipped and matched Thursday's low of 102.08. Cable made a two-day peak of 1.6830, and EUR-GBP was modestly lower as sterling posted modest gains following above-forecast official U.K. retail sales data for March, which came in at +4.2% y/y. AUD-USD was moderately firmer, around 0.9290. Both Australian and New Zealand markets were closed today for the ANZAC Day public holiday.
EUR-USD firmed to a two-day peak of 1.3848, stalling shy of the week's peak at 1.3854. The move was driven by a generally softer dollar on this occasion, rather than specific euro strength. Despite the recent perkiness, we continue to favour the downside in EUR-USD as the ECB is desirous of a weaker euro and with disinflation likely to persist in the Eurozone. Technically, the rally from last's July 1.2042 low to the early March peak of 1.3966 is waning, as indicated by momentum indicators (particularly apparent on the weekly chart, where there is a strong divergence between underlying momentum and price trend). Resistance is marked at 1.3850-55, support at 1.3785 and 1.3765.
USD-JPY dipped and matched Thursday's low of 102.08 amid generally softer dollar environment. Overall, the pair is lacking direction amid a broad sideways range, roughly contained within 100.00-105.00, which has been in place since early January. This stasis may persist for some time, though technical analysts will be marking this as a potential topping formation after the steep rally from levels around 75.0 that was seen during the second part of last year.
Sterling firmed on retail sales data out of the U.K., which unexpectedly rose in the m/m figure for March. The official data today follows yesterday's more timely April CBI survey that pointed to a strong increase in activity, and more generally the numbers add to the recent trend of above-forecast U.K. releases. Cable is presently sitting just under 1.6820 after capping out at 1.6830. EUR-GBP is modestly lower at 0.8230 bid. Overall, a pretty tight range and we may not see the recent high at 1.6842 challenged before the weekend. Apr-18's low of 1.6774 is a key support as this also marks the downside point of the prevailing consolidation that is evident on the daily chart. We still target 1.7000 as we see the pace of U.K. recovery holding strong into Q3.
EUR-CHF has settled around 1.2200 again, having recovered from the one-month low of 1.2142 that was seen last on Monday. The cycle low of 1.2104 was left untested. While situation in the Ukraine remains a concern, and this is a potentially supportive factor for the CHF, the threat of SNB intervention into its 1.2000 limit peg is helping to deter franc buying. SNB's Jordan repeated today that the central bank remains committed to defending the currency cap.
USD-CAD has settled above 1.1000 after recovering from the three-month low of 1.0858 that was seen on Apr-9. The failure to make weekly close under 1.0900-10 was disappointing to CAD bulls following the recent drop. We would advise caution to CAD bullish views as the Fed vs BoC stance should remain broadly supportive of USD-CAD. Resistance is pegged at 1.1059-60 (50-day moving average) and 1.1100 (former pivot level). Support is marked at 1.0985 (20-day moving average) and 1.0942 (Apr-14 low).


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Download Ted Hughes Study Guide
(British and Irish Poetry, Revised Edition)
Ted Hughes was born Edward James Hughes in a small Yorkshire town on the edge of the moors, only a few miles from where the famous Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne) had lived. His father, William, a carpenter, had been badly wounded in World War I during the Gallipoli landings. Hughes was the youngest of three children. His brother briefly became a gamekeeper; his sister, Olwyn, became an executor and literary agent for the estate of Sylvia Plath. When Hughes was seven, the family moved to a mining town in south Yorkshire called Mexborough. From the grammar school there, he won an scholarship to attend Cambridge University, and he went to Cambridge in 1951 after two years of national service in the Royal Air Force. Having changed his major from English to archaeology and anthropology, he graduated in 1954.
Hughes then worked at a number of jobs, including teaching. Although he had been writing poetry from the age of fifteen, he wrote little at Cambridge and attempted to publish only locally at first. In 1956, he met Sylvia Plath, who was two years younger than he and was in Cambridge on a Fulbright Fellowship. At the time of their meeting, she was already a published poet. She began to send his poems to magazines and also entered him for a competition in New York for a first volume of poetry. He won with The Hawk in the Rain, and through its publication, his name quickly became known.
Plath and Hughes were married within four months of meeting. He returned with her to the United States in 1957, where they earned their living by teaching and writing prolifically together. In 1959, they returned to London, Hughes having completed Lupercal, helped by a Guggenheim Fellowship. The next year, their daughter, Frieda, was born, and the year after that, they moved to Devon, in the southwest part of England. Soon after the birth of their second child, Nicholas, in 1962, the marriage collapsed. Plath returned to London and filed for divorce, but during a bitterly cold winter she fell into a deep depression and committed suicide on February 11, 1963.
For some time after Plath's suicide, Hughes wrote only for children. In March, 1969, his new partner, Assia Wevill, and her child Shura both died tragically. Hughes dedicated Crow, a volume that marked a new direction in his poetry, to them. The volume also solidified his reputation as a writer and poet.
In 1970, he married Carol Orchard, the daughter of a Devon farmer whose farm he was leasing. Moortown includes many details about his experiences there and shows Hughes returning somewhat to the subject matter of his earlier poetry. Controversy over his relationship with Plath continued to dog him, especially in the United States, where his reputation was badly affected. He remained silent about the affair until the publication of Birthday Letters in 1997. Only after his death was the publication of Plath's journals allowed by their daughter, Frieda.
Apart from periods in London and Yorkshire, where he helped establish the Avron Foundation, which encourages creative writing, he continued to live in Devon until his death in 1998 from cancer. He was sixty-eight. At his memorial service at Westminster Abbey, Hughes's close friend and fellow poet Seamus Heaney stated that Hughes was "a great poet through his wholeness, simplicity and unfaltering truth to his whole sense of the world."
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Edward James Hughes was born on August 17, 1930, in Mytholmroyd, on the Calder River , one of England's first industrialized rivers yet also near the wildness of the moors. Hughes was the youngest of three children of Edith Farrar, who traced her ancestry back to the martyr Bishop Farrar, and William Hughes, a carpenter, who was one of only seventeen of an entire regiment to have survived the battle at Gallipoli in World War I. When Hughes was seven, the family moved to Mexborough; there, Hughes led a double life of living in town but often roaming about on nearby farms and estates. The landscape and the...
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While here, I took quite a few cemetery stone photos, only to discover later that they were already posted to FindAGrave. The site for this cemetery (see link) shows additional photos and a map.
My blog has been changed to make it more appealing for those who have New England ancestors and want to see the area through photos. Things I'll include are typical white New England churches, libraries showing their genealogical collection, historical societies, cemeteries, war memorials, in general, anything to do with history.
For four years I've blogged mostly about my personal genealogy in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I still will, can't forget my own roots.
Please check out the labels on the right side for articles. The header tabs at the top are a work in progress.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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