CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Alternatives International, Inc. ("NAI") (Nasdaq: NAII) today announced its participation in the 15th edition of the Integrative Healthcare Symposium, the only event where multi-disciplinary practitioners come together as a cohesive community to learn and collaborate on insights and techniques related to the cutting edge of holistic healthcare. This three-day event will be held on February 21-23, 2019, at the New York Hilton in Midtown, New York.
In late 2018, NAI launched their healthy aging & wellness expansion with SR CarnoSyn® beta-alanine, a patented, sustained release form of beta-alanine, which combines naturally with histidine in the body to produce carnosine. A powerful natural antioxidant, carnosine has been rigorously researched and clinically proven to provide support for muscle, cognitive and systemic function.
"Our attendance at the Integrative HealthCare Symposium underscores our commitment to the healthcare practitioner market and providing professional education regarding the myriad of health benefits that can be derived by supplementing with beta-alanine," stated Nicole Burbank, CarnoSyn® Brands Vice President.
NAI will showcase SR CarnoSyn® for everyday wellness and healthy aging at booth TT9 and is sponsoring a Lunch & Learn with Dr. Jay Hoffman on Friday, February 22, from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, in the Morgan Suite. The session, "How Beta-Alanine Supplementation Supports Healthy Aging via Supporting Cognitive Function and Muscle Health," will focus on the scientific studies regarding beta-alanine supplementation and its role in generating carnosine in the body to support overall systemic health, cognitive function and muscle support. The efficacy of the patented delivery system of beta-alanine as SR CarnoSyn® will also be presented.
1. Participants will be able to explain how beta-alanine supplementation can lead to support of cognitive function to benefit healthy aging and wellness.
2. Participants will be able to explain the best delivery form of beta-alanine to increase carnosine content in tissue.
3. Participants will be able to discuss the efficacy of beta-alanine ingestion on maximizing physical performance in different age and training groups, including competitive and tactical athletic populations.
Dr. Hoffman holds the rank of full professor in the Sport and Exercise Science program and Professor of Medicine at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida. Previously he served as President of the Board of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) from 2009-2012. Dr. Hoffman has also served on the Board of the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. Dr. Hoffman holds a unique perspective in his sport science background.
As a sport scientist, Dr. Hoffman has published more than 300 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and 8 books. In addition, Dr. Hoffman has lectured at more than 500 national and international conferences and meetings. Dr. Hoffman has also been honored with the 2007 Outstanding Sport Scientist of the Year from the NSCA and 2005 Outstanding Kinesiology Professional Award from the Neag School of Education of the University of Connecticut. Dr. Hoffman's research efforts have focused on examining nutrient intervention for increasing resiliency or enhancing recovery from various stresses. In addition, recent research interests also involve nutrient intervention for healthy aging.
For more information and to register for the Integrative Healthcare Symposium, please visit www.ihsymposium.com.
SR CarnoSyn® is an advanced delivery form of CarnoSyn®, which delivers higher dosing levels of beta-alanine, and is proven to provide benefits for both wellness and healthy aging. In 2017, SR CarnoSyn® was determined to be safe through independent scientific procedures, thus satisfying the technical element of the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) determination. The GRAS affirmation allows NAI to broaden their product offerings beyond the sports nutrition space and focus on the dietary supplement and food and beverage industries, including medical and other fortified food products.


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Wiggin and Dana Partner Co-authors New Edition of Unfair Trade Practices, Business Torts and Antitrust Treatise
Wiggin and Dana's Robert M. Langer, a partner in the firm's Hartford office and co-chair of the firm's Antitrust and Consumer Protection Practice Group, is co-author of the 2017-2018 Edition of "Unfair Trade Practices, Business Torts and Antitrust", Vol. 12 of the Connecticut Practice Series, just released by publisher Thomson Reuters.
The 2017-2018 edition, which is almost 1800-pages in length, highlights existing unfair trade practices caselaw, as well as furnishes insight into the relationships between the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA) the FTC Act, and the unfair trade practice statutes of other states. The work also includes practice aids, model documents, the statute's text, a list of other statutes referencing CUTPA, administrative regulations, and a list of secondary materials that discuss CUTPA.
Mr. Langer co-authored the original treatise, "Unfair Trade Practices", in 2003. Co-authors are David L. Belt of the law firm of Hurwitz, Sagarin, Slossberg & Knuff, LLC, and Quinnipiac University School of Law Professor Emeritus, John T. Morgan.
In his practice, Mr. Langer is involved in all aspects of antitrust, consumer protection and trade regulation counseling and litigation, including class actions, representing clients in both federal and state courts, as well as before the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, offices of state attorneys general and state consumer protection agencies throughout the United States.
Before joining Wiggin and Dana in 1994, Mr. Langer was the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust and Consumer Protection Department of the Office of the Connecticut Attorney General, where for more than twenty years he litigated numerous antitrust and consumer matters in both federal and state trial and appellate courts. He received his bachelor's degree in 1970 from Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1973. He served as an adjunct professor teaching constitutional, antitrust and trade regulation law at the University of Connecticut School of Business Administration, MBA Program, from 1979-2013. He now serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law teaching a course on state unfair trade practice law. He also lectures and writes regularly on antitrust, consumer protection, and health care topics.
Wiggin and Dana's Antitrust and Consumer Protection Practice Group represents clients before state and federal antitrust enforcement and consumer protection agencies and in federal and state courts throughout the country; provides counseling to clients on a full range of competition, merger and acquisition, and unfair trade practices matters; and regularly advises clients in connection with all aspects of their customer, supplier, and competitor relationships.
Mr. Langer extends his gratitude to Wiggin and Dana Partner, Kim Rinehart, for her invaluable assistance in revising a number of sections in this new edition.
In addition, Mr. Langer would like to thank Ana Oman, Doug Apicella, Laura Ann Keller, Ivana Greco, and Lisa Weeden for their assistance in the completion of the 2017-2018 edition.
Robert M. Langer

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See Fair Work Act s.611
Section 611 of the Fair Work Act sets out the general provision for when the Commission may order costs. The Commission may order a person to pay the other party's costs if it is satisfied:
that the person's application or response to an application was made vexatiously or without reasonable cause, or
it should have been reasonably apparent that the person's application or response to an application had no reasonable prospect of success.
The power to award costs is discretionary. Awarding costs is a 2-stage process:
First, a Commission Member will decide whether there is power to award costs, and
if there is power, the Commission Member will consider whether an order for costs is appropriate in all the circumstances.[268]
Vexatiously
An application is made vexatiously if:
the main purpose of the application (or response) is to harass, annoy or embarrass the other party,[269] or
there is another purpose for the action other than resolving the issues arising from the application (or response).[270]
Without reasonable cause
The test for 'without reasonable cause' is that the application (or response):
is 'so obviously untenable that it cannot possibly succeed'
is 'manifestly groundless'
is 'so manifestly faulty that it does not admit of argument'
'discloses a case which the Court is satisfied cannot succeed', or
'under no possibility can there be a good cause of action'.[271]
The Commission may also consider whether, at the time the application (or response) was made, there was a 'substantial prospect of success.'[272] It is inappropriate to find that an application (or response) was without reasonable cause if success depends on the resolution of an arguable point of law.[273]
An application (or response) is not without reasonable cause just because the court rejects a person's arguments.[274]
In simple terms, without reasonable cause means that an application (or response) is made without there being any real reason, basis or purpose.
'Reasonably apparent' and 'no reasonable prospect of success'
Whether it should have been reasonably apparent that an application (or response) had no reasonable prospect of success is an objective test that is directed to a belief formed on an objective basis, rather than a subjective test.[275]
A finding that an application (or response) has no reasonable prospect of success 'should only be reached with extreme caution in circumstances where the application [or response] is manifestly untenable or groundless or so lacking in merit or substance as to be not reasonably arguable.'[276]
An objective test considers the view of a reasonable person. It looks at whether it would have been apparent to a reasonable person that an application or response had no reasonable prospect of success. This is the appropriate test.
A subjective test considers the view of the person themselves. It would look at whether it would be reasonably apparent to the person that their application or response had no reasonable prospect of success. This is not the test.
Costs ordered – Vindictive and frivolous
Hill v L E Stewart Investments Pty Ltd T/A Southern Highlands Taxis and Coaches and Others
[2014] FWC 5588 (Hatcher VP, 21 August 2014).
Decision on the substantive application [2014] FWC 4666 (Hatcher VP, 25 July 2014).
An application was made by Mr Paul Hill under s.789FC(1) of the Fair Work Act for an order to stop bullying. At the hearing of Mr Hill's application, which he did not attend, the respondents (the employer and persons named) foreshadowed an intention to apply for costs.
The respondents claimed the costs on the grounds of inconvenience and disruption, evidenced by the time they spent preparing for and participating in the listed telephone conferences and attending the hearing. The respondents supported the claim for costs on the ground that Mr Hill's application was 'vindictive and frivolous'. Mr Hill did not file any submission on the question of costs.
The Commission was satisfied that it should have been reasonably apparent to Mr Hill that his application had no reasonable prospect of success. Mr Hill's working relationship with the respondents came to an end on 11 March 2014, 6 days before Mr Hill filed his application. As there was no reasonable prospect of the working relationship re-commencing at some future time, there was no further risk of Mr Hill continuing to be bullied by the respondents at work. The legislative scheme is directed to preventing potential future conduct, not punishing or compensating for past conduct. Costs were ordered with respect to the hearing in Wollongong on 10 July 2014.
Mr Hill's unreasonable behaviour in not attending the hearing of his application, not advising that he would not attend, not responding to the Commission's prior inquiries as to whether he would attend, and his failure to provide any reasonable explanation for this conduct, justified the awarding of costs. As the respondents were self-represented, the Commission awarded costs in the nature of witness fees for their attendance at the court hearing.
Costs NOT ordered – Not reasonably apparent there was no reasonable prospects of success
Luke Tamu v World Vision Australia [2020] FWCFB 5342 (Hatcher VP, Sam DP, Spencer C, 6 November 2020)
The Full Bench refused Mr Tamu permission to appeal a decision to issue a certificate in respect of his general protections dismissal application. The Full Bench concluded that Mr Tamu's appeal was 'entirely lacking in merit'. World Vision Australia (World Vision) subsequently applied for costs under s.611 of the Fair Work Act.
The Full Bench was satisfied that Mr Tamu's appeal was lodged without reasonable cause and had no reasonable prospects of success. However, it was not prepared to find that the appeal was lodged vexatiously in order to harass World Vision or to seek some collateral advantage.
As s.611(2)(b) was satisfied, the Bench considered whether it should exercise its discretion to award costs to World Vision. The Bench rejected World Vision's submission that costs should be awarded to deter Mr Tamu from making or continuing other legal proceedings against World Vision, as the Bench had no basis to assess the merits of Mr Tamu's claim that his dismissal was unlawful.
The following matters were relevant to the Full Bench's decision to decline to award costs:
World Vision did not file a Form F53 notice and so did not place Mr Tamu on notice that it was incurring costs for which he could be liable
although World Vision applied for permission to be represented in the appeal, this was never actually granted
the application for representation was made on the basis that it would enable the matter to be dealt with more efficiently, taking into account its complexity. As the Bench did not need to hear from World Vision in the appeal, this could not be said to be the case. Further, as World Vision did not seek to rely on s.596(2)(b) of the Fair Work Act, an inference was available that World Vision was capable of representing itself, and
the directions made in respect of the appeal did not require World Vision to file any written submissions or take any other step in relation to the appeal.
The decision to award costs is a discretionary decision. Simply because an appeal is without merit does not mean that it is made vexatiously, or that the appellant will necessarily be made responsible for the respondent's costs.
[268] McKenzie v Meran Rise Pty Ltd t/as Nu Force Security Services Print S4692 (AIRCFB, Giudice J, Watson SDP, Whelan C, 7 April 2000) at para. 7.
[269] Nilsen v Loyal Orange Trust [1997] IRCA 267 (11 September 1997), [(1997) 76 IR 180 at p. 181]; citing Attorney-General v Wentworth (1988) 14 NSWLR 481, at p. 491; cited in Holland v Nude Pty Ltd T/A Nude Delicafe) [2012] FWAFB 6508 (Harrison SDP, Richards SDP, Blair C, 3 August 2012) at para. 7, [(2012) 224 IR 16].
[270] ibid.
[271] General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69 (9 November 1964) at para. 8, [(1964) 112 CLR 125 at p. 129]; cited in Walker v Mittagong Sands Pty Limited T/A Cowra Quartz [2011] FWA 2225 (Thatcher C, 14 April 2011) at para. 17, [(2011) 210 IR 370].
[272] Re Joseph Michael Kanan v Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union [1992] FCA 366 (31 July 1992) at para. 29, [(1992) 43 IR 257]; cited in Dryden v The Bethanie Group Inc [2013] FWC 224 (Williams C, 11 January 2013) at para. 20.
[274] R v Moore; Ex Parte Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia [1978] HCA 51 (14 December 1978) at para. 3 (Gibbs J), [(1978) 140 CLR 470 at p. 473]; cited in Walker v Mittagong Sands Pty Limited T/A Cowra Quartz [2011] FWA 2225 (Thatcher C, 14 April 2011) at para. 20, [(2011) 210 IR 370].
[275] Baker v Salver Resources Pty Ltd [2012] FWAFB 4014 (Watson SDP, Drake SDP, Harrison C, 27 June 2011) at para. 10; citing Wodonga Rural City Council v Lewis PR956243 (AIRCFB, Watson SDP, Lloyd SDP, Gay C, 4 March 2005) at para. 6, [(2005) 142 IR 188].
[276] Baker v Salver Resources Pty Ltd [2012] FWAFB 4014 (Watson SDP, Drake SDP, Harrison C, 27 June 2011) at para. 10; citing Deane v Paper Australia Pty Ltd PR932454 (AIRCFB, Giudice J, Williams SDP, Simmonds C, 6 June 2003) at para. 7 and A Smith v Barwon Region Water Authority [2009] AIRCFB 769, at para 48.
Last updated: 01 Jul 2022
Location on last update: https://www.fwc.gov.au/when-are-costs-ordered


Belgian Delhaize's chairman Pierre-Olivier Beckers is resigning by the end of the year. Beckers will probably remain a director at the distribution group, which will now start looking for a new chairman - both internally as externally.
The company remains vague about the reason for his retirement: "The Board of directors and I agree that the moment is right to put in place a successor who will lead the group and its evolution into the future. Until then I remain fully committed to leading and supporting the company and its 158,000 associates" was what Pierre-Olivier Beckers had to say.
Chairman Matt Jansson explains: " Pierre-Olivier Beckers has worked for Delhaize for 30 years with tireless energy and absolute passion, displaying very strong values and great respect for people. As shown by our recent results, business performance continues to strengthen following our initiatives over recent years. This positions the company well for the future and provides a great platform for his successor."
Beckers started working at Delhaize Group in 1983, has been a director of the company since 1995 and was named president and CEO in January 1999. He will lead the company "until a smooth transition has taken place", says Jansson.


The subscription box industry continues to grow, increasing by more than 100% per year in the past five years. While this growth is encouraging, the marketplace is also crowded with entrepreneurs enticed by high consumer interest and the increased availability of helpful ecommerce tools. Online ads can be an effective way to distinguish your subscription box from the competition and draw new customers. Because ads incur costs, it is wise to research the best ways to make the most of your marketing investment and increase the effectiveness of your efforts.
First, before you create any ads, prepare your website. Studies show that only about 4% of visitors to your website are ready to make a purchase. No matter how effective you make your advertising, your website will not be able to retain visitors unless it is optimized for conversion. Some strategies include providing content relating to your subscribers' interests, engaging them with an interactive element (such as the style profile visitors can create at Stitch Fix) and offering promotions to new subscribers. Give them a reason to want to sign up for future notifications from you.
Then decide on your budget. Even if you have no funds available for advertising, you can begin to create exposure and generate a contact list through social media engagement or starting a campaign that social media influencers find interesting. Some options, such as Cratejoy (see below), won't charge a fee until after you've made a sale. These activities can not only bring attention to your subscription service, but they can also reveal important information about the interests and behaviors of your market.
Once you know how much you want to spend on advertising each month, compare the costs of each service and track how much traffic you generate and how many sales you make. No matter which platform you test, allow enough time for your advertising to make an effect.
Merchants can get a listing in the Marketplace for free, and then they only need to pay a 10% transaction fee for each active subscriber. One of their biggest advantages is that visitors to the site are already strongly motivated to purchase a subscription. They also offer many services, although you should not neglect to continue to draw traffic directly to your own site. You will also still need to either handle your own fulfillment or seek out a third-party fulfillment provider.
Facebook is known for the depth of knowledge they have about their users. For you as an advertiser, this means that you can target your ads to a very specific demographic, narrowing it down not only by age, gender and location, but also by interests and behaviors. Facebook also allows you to retarget the same users in order to become familiar to them that much faster. Finally, if you have an email list of current subscribers, you can upload it to Facebook to create a lookalike list of new people who closely match your current customers.
Instagram is owned by Facebook, and you will use the same dashboard to create your ad campaign. One very important difference is that the photos you use in an Instagram ad should not look as polished as ones you would expect to see from traditional advertisements. Instead, they should have a candid feeling, and the product should be incorporated into an active lifestyle vignette rather than being isolated in the frame. You can also try experimenting with using emojis in your headline, which are boosting response rates in various platforms.
You will also want to restrict your ads to the "search network," meaning that they will only appear in search results and not as a part of other websites. This will further focus your exposure to better candidates. When you are creating an effective ad on Google, make it relevant to its landing page in content. This will improve your "quality score" and reduce your cost-per-click.
With these tips you can begin to find the most cost-effective way to reach more potential subscribers.


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PACETEM Launches in Mali to Reach 600,000 Out-of-School Children
Theresa Donovan
TDonovan@edc.org
WALTHAM, MASS | Access to Education for All Children in Mali (PACETEM) is a new program designed to increase access to quality education and student retention across Mali. Led by Education Development Center (EDC) and funded by the Educate a Child Program of the Education Above All Foundation in Qatar, PACETEM will provide 596,597 children with access to a quality education.
PACETEM will address challenges facing Mali regarding infrastructure, teaching, quality of instruction, community involvement, opportunities outside of the formal education system, and parents' confidence in school quality. The program will provide education to the most vulnerable children, including those who are:
Too old for formal schooling
Living in remote locations
From nomadic and migrant populations
Attending Koranic schools not offering the national curriculum
Excluded from government schools
Physically disabled
"This program will make a significant difference in the lives and futures of children in Mali, providing access to a quality education for those who have never attended school or who have dropped out," said EDC's Sandrine Tembely, chief of party for PACETEM. "We are grateful to the Educate a Child Program of the Education Above All Foundation in Qatar for their support."
PACETEM will be implemented in collaboration with Mali's Ministry of Education, the municipal governments, and a consortium of 12 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In addition to EDC, the NGOs include Aide et Action International, AMPRODE-Sahel, AMSS, Bornefonden/PlanInternational, CARE, EDUCO, Handicap International/Humanité et Inclusion, OMAES, Oxfam, Right to Play, and World Education.
These NGOs will share their knowledge and expertise so that each member of the consortium will be able to continue the proposed strategies beyond the life of the project. This will ensure future access to educational opportunities for even more children.
Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.


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The creator of GBAtemp, duh.
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Why did you make that fake quote from me man, that's not cool.
I'm guessing it said Kivan instead of salamence502.
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Individual differences and models of memory span: A role for memory search rate?
James M. Puckett Jr, Missouri State University
Donald H. Kausler
Individual differences in controlled memory search rate may partially account for individual differences in memory span, scanning rate, and verbal intelligence test performance. A within-Ss experiment is reported in which memory spans and scan rates were assessed for 3 familiar and 3 unfamiliar material types. 20 undergraduates served as Ss. 10 of 20 within-S span-scan correlations were significant, as was the average of all 20 correlations. Certain spans and scan rates also correlated significantly and in meaningful patterns with verbal and quantitative intelligence across Ss. As predicted, the effect of familiarity of the material was similar for memory span and scan rate, supporting the case for involvement of short-term memory search in memory span. In contrast, the intercepts of the scanning functions were correlated with no other measure (except other intercepts) and were not affected by familiarity of the material, as were search rate and memory span.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.10.1.72
individual differences in controlled memory search as partial explanation for individual differences in memory span &, scanning rate &, verbal intelligence, college students
Puckett, James M., and Donald H. Kausler. "Individual differences and models of memory span: A role for memory search rate?." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 10, no. 1 (1984): 72.
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Classical Chinese Medicine
LIU Lihong (Author), FRUEHAUF Heiner (Editor), WEISS Gabriel (Translator), BUCHTEL Henry (Translator), WILMS Sabine (Translator) [Other titles by this author]
Chinese University Press 2019
LIU Lihong (Author), FRUEHAUF Heiner (Editor), WEISS Gabriel (Translator), BUCHTEL Henry (Translator), WILMS Sabine (Translator)
The English edition of Liu Lihong's milestone work is a sublime beacon for the profession of Chinese medicine in the 21st century. Classical Chinese Medicine delivers a straightforward critique of the politically motivated "integration" of traditional Chinese wisdom with Western science during the last sixty years, and represents an ardent appeal for the recognition of Chinese medicine as a science in its own right. Professor Liu's candid presentation has made this book a bestseller in China, treasured not only by medical students and doctors, but by vast numbers of non-professionals who long for a state of health and well-being that is founded in a deeper sense of cultural identity.
Oriental medicine education has made great strides in the West since the 1970s, but clear guidelines regarding the "traditional" nature of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) remain undefined. Classical Chinese Medicine not only delineates the educational and clinical problems faced by the profession in both East and West, but transmits concrete and inspiring guidance on how to effectively engage with ancient texts and designs in the postmodern age. Using the example of the Shanghanlun (Treatise on Cold Damage), one of the most important Chinese medicine classics, Liu Lihong develops a compelling roadmap for holistic medical thinking that links the human body to nature and the universe at large.
The author has produced a rare piece of writing in which profound meanings from the classics are handled in a simple, straightforward, and absorbing manner that is both unassuming and pleasant.
- Chen Yiren, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
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The Solotype Archive was begun in 1942 when I was 14. I was a kid printer for several years before that. At 16, after a quick three months of training, I dropped out of school and went to work full time as a radio actor and announcer in San Francisco. (Easy to get jobs in those days, due to the war-induced manpower shortage.) In 1949 and 1950, I created a magic show which played West Coast theatres with some success. After that, back to broadcasting.
By 1962, I was completely burned out on radio, so I decided to see if I could make a living with my collection of antique types, which numbered about a thousand fonts at that time. In 1962, I sent out 4,000 catalogs showing the type to ad agencies all over the U.S. The timing was perfect (no thanks to me) because there was developing at that time a renewed interest in the old types. Business took off immediately.
Two years into the business, I began to collect alphabets on paper for conversion to photo lettering, which was just becoming mainstream in the type business. We closed the shop for a month every year and went on a type hunt, mostly in Europe where there didn't seem to be much competition among collectors. Other typographers couldn't understand how we could do this, but I believe it made people appreciate the resource we offered even more. Over the years, the collection became quite large. When I closed Solotype a couple of years ago, I got rid of about half the archive (because the fonts were dull, or already digitized, or for a variety of other reasons) leaving me with about 6,000 fonts on paper or film.
In 1974, I began to supply Dover Publications with mechanicals for books of 100 alphabets on a particular theme. I did 30 of these books over the years, and 30 more of printers' ornaments, borders, and so forth. Sometime in the 1990s, Dover asked me to digitize books of 24 fonts each, to be sold with a disk in the back. I did 12 of these. The Dover relationship came to an end when Haywood Cirker, the owner and my special friend, died and the company was sold to another publisher. Dover felt that they had covered the type field thoroughly.
Now in my old age, my wife and I have a mindreading act that is great fun and good for the ego. Even so, when not traveling, I digitize type for relaxation and enjoyment, but have made no effort to sell it. Until now.


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Eavesdropping at the Movies: 374 – Amsterdam
October 27, 2022 UncategorizedAmsterdam, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Joy, Business Plot, caper, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, Comedy, David O. Russell, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, political, Rami Malek, Taylor Swift, Zoe SaldañaNotesonFilm1
We indulge in a caper inspired by a real-life attempted overthrow of the US government – no, not that one. The Business Plot of 1933 was alleged to have been planned by business leaders, aggrieved by Franklin D. Roosevelt's election, who sought to remove him and install a retired major general as dictator, and in telling a loose version of this story, writer-director David O. Russell chucks in a doctor, a lawyer, and a wildcard, played by Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie, respectively.
Amsterdam has been a colossal bomb at the box office, and despite its many attractions – including surely the richest and most exciting cast you'll see all year – we can understand why. It's on the long side, it's fuzzy, it's overwritten, and its messaging, while agreeable, is banal… but it's also full of charm and novelty, and Christian Bale hasn't been this fun to watch for ages. Mike's typically had a cool relationship with Russell's films but finds this one easy to like; José is less in tune with it, particularly its comic tone, but still enjoys his time with it. It's imperfect, but deserving of a more welcome reception than it's had, and worth seeing.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 361 – The Italian Job (1969)
June 20, 2022 UncategorizedAction, Benny Hill, British, caper, Comedy, heist, Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Raf Vallone, Rossano Brazzi, The Italian JobNotesonFilm1
The Italian Job is a classic British caper familiar to everyone who's grown up in the UK, so often has it been shown on telly and so embedded in British culture is the iconography of the red, white and blue Minis, the chase through Turin, only being supposed to blow the bloody doors off, and of course, the cliffhanger. Even those who, like Mike, have never watched it from beginning to end, know and love it as an unimpeachable icon of British cinema.
Which may be curious, considering Mike's dislike of a UK that has left the EU in a storm of angry little Englanderism and British exceptionalism, as that reliving-the-war, one-in-the-eye-for-the-Europeans attitude can be read throughout The Italian Job – but, José argues, it's a film that conveys affection for the continent, too, in its globetrotting nature and the beautiful scenery it shows off; and after all, its release came just a few years before the UK joined the EEC, which would later become the EU, in 1973. So it's not quite that simple.
The Italian Job's notion of national identity is also conveyed through class, which is clearly delineated here, particularly through its use of Michael Caine and Noël Coward, who each connote specific strata of the class system. Importantly, this is no tale of class warfare – everyone's in it together for Queen and country, and the gold heist that everything's leading towards is explicitly given a national purpose. All that gold isn't being stolen just for fun: who it's being stolen from and for are key.
While our heads swirl with all these issues and more – including whether the chase is a good as all that, and the sexism of the comedy delivered by Benny Hill's character – we have a grand old time at The Electric seeing The Italian Job. It falls short of cinematic greatness, but it's jolly good fun, and those iconic images and sequences, which might only have existed in your mind's eye for years since you last chanced upon the film on TV, don't disappoint when you see them once again.


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R.I.P. David Hedison, captain on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and ally of James Bond
The actor also starred in the horror classic 'The Fly.' He was 92.
July 22, 2019, 12:03PM By MeTV Staff
Before David Hedison played Captain Lee Crane on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, he turned down the role. Hedison had starred in The Lost World, the 1960 big-screen adventure from pioneering sci-fi producer Irwin Allen. One year later, he was reluctant to jump back on a set with Allen for his next motion picture, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Irwin offered Hedison the role of Crane. Instead, Hedison jumped aboard a Korean War film called Marines, Let's Go. Robert Sterling instead played Crane in the movie.
But Allen would eventually get his man. When Voyage journeyed to television in 1964, Hedison finally stepped into the uniform and the role as the Captain. Of all the sci-fi shows on 1960s television, the underwater adventure Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is perhaps the most underrated. Not only was it the first TV endeavor of legendary action producer Irwin Allen, who would later create Lost in Space, but it was also his longest-running.
With four seasons to its name, it even outlasted Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, which managed a mere three.
8 deep facts you never knew about Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
On the air (and, well, in the seas) in the heart of the 1960s, the series quickly evolved with the times. At first a black-and-white thriller rich with Cold War spy themes, Voyage eventually exploded with color and fantasy plots, bringing in werewolves, aliens, time travel, kaiju monsters and more.
Hedison appeared in all 110 episodes, alongside Richard Basehart, who played Admiral Nelson.
In his early television work, the Rhode Island native was billed as Al Hedison. He was billed as such when he landed the lead role — and turned into an insect — in The Fly (1958), the eerie metamorphosis horror film that spawned a John Carpenter remake decades later.
The following year, NBC forced a name change on the actor, who became known as David when he appeared in the network's espionage series Five Fingers (1959–60).
Speaking of spies, James Bond junkies will recognize Hedison as CIA buddy Felix Leiter in both Live and Let Die (1973) and License to Kill (1989).
Last week, Hedison passed away in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 92.
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christopher 29 months ago
Dave Henson a good actor
TomTerrrific 30 months ago
Trivia: If you look closely at the rank insignia on Crane's collar, he is technically a commander, called Captain by courtesy because he's in command of the ship.
My only gripe about Voyage is that Metv airs it 2 o'clock in the morning, and for some reason my local Metv station pre-empts it and puts on music videos instead! I wish they would move it to Saturday nights instead of the Three Stooges (hint-hint).
stephaniestavropoulos 30 months ago
Trivia Tidbit about The Fly: Over the years fans of not only the movie, but of Vincent Price would comment to him about how good he was portraying the title character. I think Mr. Price said that he wasn't sure how fans kept mixing him up with David, {of course, the actual portrayer,} as having portrayed The Fly. The fans probably go mixed up, because they are used to seeing VP portray hideous/scary characters, and are/were not used to seeing David play these types of roles.
Barry22 30 months ago
RIP, always liked 'Voyage'. And 'The Fly' is a classic. "Help me, Help me"
JoeSHill 30 months ago
Strangely enough, David Hedison also guest-starred on CBS's "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN" in Fall 1977 less than a week after "The submarine Seaview" also guest-starred on "The Bermuda Triangle Crisis" as a super drone submarine called "Stingray" (also the name of the 1963 ITC-Gerry Anderson marination series) RIP, David Hedison!
Wells 30 months ago
Hedison co-starred as Lt. Ware, with Robert Mitchum in the 1957 movie "The Enemy Below". One of the episodes on VTTBOTS was based on that movie.
Jedi723 30 months ago
John Carpenter? I think you spelled, "David Cronenberg," wrong. RIP, Mr. Hedison.
cperrynaples Jedi723	30 months ago
Yes, it was The Thing that Carpenter remade! Great Jeff Goldblum movie,BTW!
TVJunkie 30 months ago
Alas Captain Crane, we hardly knew ye.
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from datetime import datetime

from flask import Flask
from flask_mail import Mail
from flask_migrate import Migrate, MigrateCommand
from flask_script import Manager
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from flask_user import UserManager, SQLAlchemyAdapter
from flask_wtf.csrf import CsrfProtect
from flask_sslify import SSLify
import logging

app = Flask(__name__)           # The WSGI compliant web application object
db = SQLAlchemy()               # Setup Flask-SQLAlchemy
manager = Manager(app)          # Setup Flask-Script
sslify = SSLify(app)

# Initialize Flask Application
def init_app(app, extra_config_settings={}):
    # Read common settings from 'app/settings.py'
    app.config.from_object('app.settings')

    # Read environment-specific settings from 'app/local_settings.py'
    try:
        app.config.from_object('app.local_settings')
    except ImportError:
        print("The configuration file 'app/local_settings.py' does not exist.\n"+
              "Please copy app/local_settings_example.py to app/local_settings.py\n"+
              "and customize its settings before you continue.")
        exit()

    # Add/overwrite extra settings from parameter 'extra_config_settings'
    app.config.update(extra_config_settings)
    if app.testing:
        app.config['WTF_CSRF_ENABLED'] = False  # Disable CSRF checks while testing

    # Initialize Flask-SQLAlchemy and Flask-Script _after_ app.config has been read
    db.init_app(app)

    # Setup Flask-Migrate
    migrate = Migrate(app, db)
    manager.add_command('db', MigrateCommand)

    # Setup Flask-Mail
    mail = Mail(app)

    # Setup WTForms CsrfProtect
    CsrfProtect(app)

    # Setup logging
    # logFormatStr = '[%(asctime)s] p%(process)s {%(pathname)s:%(lineno)d} %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
    logFormatStr = '%(message)s'
    # logging.basicConfig(format = logFormatStr, filename = "global.txt", level=logging.DEBUG)
    formatter = logging.Formatter(logFormatStr,'%Y-%b-%d %H:%M:%S')
    fileHandler = logging.FileHandler("accesslog.txt")
    fileHandler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
    fileHandler.setFormatter(formatter)
    streamHandler = logging.StreamHandler()
    streamHandler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
    streamHandler.setFormatter(formatter)
    app.logger.addHandler(fileHandler)
    app.logger.addHandler(streamHandler)
    app.logger.info("Logging is set up.")

    # Define bootstrap_is_hidden_field for flask-bootstrap's bootstrap_wtf.html
    from wtforms.fields import HiddenField

    def is_hidden_field_filter(field):
        return isinstance(field, HiddenField)

    app.jinja_env.globals['bootstrap_is_hidden_field'] = is_hidden_field_filter

    # Setup an error-logger to send emails to app.config.ADMINS
    init_email_error_handler(app)

    # Setup Flask-User to handle user account related forms
    from app.models import User, MyRegisterForm, UserInvitation
    from app.views import user_profile_page

    db_adapter = SQLAlchemyAdapter(db, User, UserInvitationClass=UserInvitation)  # Setup the SQLAlchemy DB Adapter
    user_manager = UserManager(db_adapter, app,  # Init Flask-User and bind to app
                               register_form=MyRegisterForm,  # using a custom register form with UserProfile fields
                               user_profile_view_function=user_profile_page,
    )

    import app.manage_commands

def init_email_error_handler(app):
    """
    Initialize a logger to send emails on error-level messages.
    Unhandled exceptions will now send an email message to app.config.ADMINS.
    """
    if app.debug: return  # Do not send error emails while developing

    # Retrieve email settings from app.config
    host = app.config['MAIL_SERVER']
    port = app.config['MAIL_PORT']
    from_addr = app.config['MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER']
    username = app.config['MAIL_USERNAME']
    password = app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD']
    secure = () if app.config.get('MAIL_USE_TLS') else None

    # Retrieve app settings from app.config
    to_addr_list = app.config['ADMINS']
    subject = app.config.get('APP_SYSTEM_ERROR_SUBJECT_LINE', 'System Error')

    # Setup an SMTP mail handler for error-level messages
    import logging
    from logging.handlers import SMTPHandler

    mail_handler = SMTPHandler(
        mailhost=(host, port),  # Mail host and port
        fromaddr=from_addr,  # From address
        toaddrs=to_addr_list,  # To address
        subject=subject,  # Subject line
        credentials=(username, password),  # Credentials
        secure=secure,
    )
    mail_handler.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
    app.logger.addHandler(mail_handler)

    # Log errors using: app.logger.error('Some error message')

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City of Van Buren
Mayor: Mike Hoerner - City offices 1301 Main Street, City Hall 573-870-0410
City Clerk: Gerri Flatt
City Treasurer: Gerri Flatt
Education: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Healthcare: Big Springs Medical - Van Buren
Recreation: Current River, Big Springs State Park, Mark Twain National Forest
The City of Van Buren, located in Carter County, is a fourth class municipality with city offices at 1301 Main Street. Visitors from all over the country come to visit the world's largest natural spring at Big Spring's State Park. Economic development for Van Buren is conducted by the city and the Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission.
According to the 2010 census, Mayor Mike Hoerner and the four-member city council serve a population of 819. Van Buren has three full-time policemen and a volunteer Fire Department staff of 12. In 2010, Carter County's per capita income was $15,881.
In 2015, the unemployment rate of Carter County was 9.3 percent, with an available workforce of 2,509. Only 234 people in Carter County were unemployed, with 2,275 having gainful employment. The average hourly wage for the county is $9.52. The county's major employers include East Carter County R-2 School District, with 130 employees; Van Buren R-2 School District, with 95 employees; Royal Oak Enterprises, a manufacturer of wood products, with 67 workers; The Landing, a popular vacation resort with canoe/tube rental and restaurant, employing 50 workers; Riverways Manor, a nursing home facility, with 40 employees; and McLane Forest Products, a lumber wholesaler, with 17 employees.
Ozark Border Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Poplar Bluff, provides electric power for the City of Van Buren. The city itself provides water for its residents from its own well. The water plant has a capacity of 576,000 gallons per day, with peak consumption being 325,000 gallons per day. The plant has a storage capacity of 225,000 gallons. Sewer services are provided by the city through operation of its own oxidation ditch. The plant has a capacity of 144,000 gallons.
The residents of Van Buren obtain telephone service from Century Tel, which provides digital switching, fiber optics and ISDN. Residents and businesses obtain internet service from a local internet service provider in Poplar Bluff.
The City of Van Buren has one dental clinic and two medical clinics within the city limits including Big Springs Medical. The nearest hospital, Reynolds County Memorial Hospital, is located 26 miles away in the City of Ellington.
There are three public educational institutions in Van Buren: an elementary, middle, and high school. The nearest public community college, Three Rivers College, is located in Poplar Bluff and boasts an annual enrollment of 4,500. Southeast Missouri State University, a public four-year college located in Cape Girardeau, MO, is the nearest higher learning facility. Fall, 2011, enrollment for the university was 11,100 students.
Residents in Van Buren and Carter County travel U.S. Hwy. 60 and D Highway. It is approximately 20 miles to the nearest four-lane thoroughfare and 100 miles to the nearest interstate interchange.
Van Buren has its own 2,600-foot runway airport within the city limits. It has a paved and lighted runway. The nearest commercial airport is Cape Girardeau Regional Airport in Cape Girardeau, MO, a distance of 120 miles away.
Residents have a choice of four local financial institutions. First Midwest Bank of the Ozarks has combined assets of $116,382,000. Southern Missouri Bank and Trust combined assets are $690,000,000. The Bank of Grandin has combined assets of approximately $157,108,000. Sterling Bank has combined assest of approximately $302,625,000.
A weekly newspaper is available in Van Buren. Cable television services, available to all, provide over 35 channels.
Community facilities include one Catholic church, twelve Protestant churches and one non-denominational. There are six hotels/motels and one public library. Within a 20-mile radius, residents may enjoy one country club, one golf course which is open to the public, two public parks, and a public tennis court.
The nearest public access stream is the beautiful Current River (part of Ozark National Scenic Riverways). Residents and tourists enjoy camping, fishing, hiking/fitness/nature trails, boating, canoe and tube floating, and swimming. Other attractions include the world's largest natural spring at Big Spring's State Park, Mark Twain National Forest, Watercress Park, and Skyline Drive. Average temperatures for Van Buren range from 16 degrees Fahrenheit in January to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in July. The Landing and Rosecliff Lodge
All the numbers below are preceded by area code "573." Last updated 12/30/2010.
To make accomodation arrangements when visiting The Current River or Big Spring, please review the following list:
Big Spring Lodge and Restaurant- 323-4423
Big Spring Road Motel - 323-8128
Big Spring RV Camp - 323-8328
Cabins on the Lake - 323-4770
Hawthorne Motel - 323-4274
The Landing and Rosecliff Lodge - 323-8433 / www.currentriverlanding.com
M & M on M - 323-4138
Rising Sun Retreat - 323-0195
River Cabins of Van Buren - 323-9204
Starlight Motel - 323-4673
When planning canoe and/or tube outings, consult the following list:
Big Spring Canoe and Tube Rental - 323-4550
The Landing & Rosecliff Lodge-Canoe & Tube Rental - 323-8433
Van Buren Campground - 323-4562
Yogi Bear Jellystone Campground - 323-4447
For dining purposes, please see the following list:
Big Springs Dining Lodge - 323-4332
Blue Heron Restaurant - 323-8433
Cartoon Cafe (Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park) - 323-4447
The Float Stream Restaurant - 323-9606
Jolly Cone Drive-In - 323-4318
The Log Cabin Restaurant (located in Ellsinore) - 322-9300
Lutton's Corner Care (located in Ellsinore) - 322-9800
Mercantile Coffeehouse & Antiques - 323-8518
Smalley's Convenience - 323-8245
Stray Dog BBQ - 323-0020
Also, for entertainment, make sure to visit the 21-Drive-In Theatre (945-2121) and experience a movie under the stars, or enjoy the tunes of local bands at The Landing (323-8433) while dining along The Current River.
The city is represented by 153rd District State Representative Steve Cookson (R) and 25th District State Senator Doug Libla (R). U.S. Representative Jason Smtih (R) represents Van Buren in the Eighth Congressional District.


Nepal Death Toll Tops 5,000; At Least 1.4 Million Need Food Aid : The Two-Way Nearly 11,000 more were injured. The toll includes four Americans who died at a Mount Everest base camp. In addition to food, the U.N. says medical supplies are desperately needed.
Earthquake survivors warm themselves around a bonfire at a makeshift camp at Tunshikel park in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday. More than 5,000 people are confirmed dead from Saturday's earthquake.
Rishi Khanal is rescued by French emergency workers from the ruins of a three-story hotel in the Gangabu area of Kathmandu. Nearly 11,000 more were injured, according to Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center.
Nepalese men carry a dead body in the badly damaged capital, Kathmandu. The BBC reports that 1.4 million of the 8 million people affected need food aid, citing the United Nations saying that there also are severe shortages of body bags and medical supplies.
Residents carry belongings out of their home to use in a temporary shelter in Kathmandu.
Sita Karka, who broke both of her legs during the earthquake, arrives by helicopter in Gorkha to be treated for her injuries. Helicopters crisscrossed the skies above the high mountains of Gorkha district near the epicenter of the weekend earthquake, ferrying the injured to clinics and taking emergency supplies back to remote villages devastated by the disaster.
An earthquake emergency team member walks through debris from one of the UNESCO World Heritage site temples in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.
People walk in front of one of Kathmandu's oldest high schools, which was damaged in the earthquake.
A Nepalese woman mourns the death of her 9-year-old son during a cremation ceremony in the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu.
Nepalese soldiers load U.S. AID relief sacks at a staging area in Gorkha.
A man prays next to rubble of a temple destroyed in Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu.
A man and child wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday.
More than 5,000 people are confirmed dead from Saturday's earthquake just outside Kathmandu, Nepal. Nearly 11,000 more were injured, according to Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center.
"We had an official bulletin last night, telling people that it was OK for them to return home and sleep indoors tonight. Shortly after that bulletin went out, we had a 4.8 aftershock. So, things still very much evolving here — and a lot of scared and nervous people."
The U.S. State Department confirmed late Monday that four Americans were among those killed in the earthquake, all at an avalanche-struck Mount Everest base camp. The fatalities included a Colorado-based documentary filmmaker and a Google executive, the AP reported.
The BBC reports that 1.4 million of the 8 million people affected need food aid, citing the United Nations saying that there also are severe shortages of body bags and medical supplies.
Meanwhile, Reuters reports Nepalis including Pradip Subba of Kathmandu — frustrated with a lack of aid so far — continue to sift through the rubble by themselves.
" 'Our hands are the only machine right now,' said the 27-year-old, part of a group of locals pulling out blocks of concrete with cloth masks over their faces to ward off the stench of rotting bodies. 'There is just no one from the government or the army to help us.' "
USAID has provided a list of recommended nongovernmental organizations that can take donations to assist those affected by the earthquake.


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Roman engineering: The Hadrianic aqueduct of Caesarea Maritima, Israel
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Caesarea Maritima is perhaps one of Israel's most famous attractions. Its ruins are located by the sea-shore of Israel about half way between Tel Aviv and Haifa. It is the site of one of the most important cities of the Roman World, the capital of the province of Judaea. The city was founded between 22 and 10 BC by Herod the Great (37-4 BC) as an urban centre and harbor on the site of the earlier Straton's Tower. The city has been populated through the late Roman and Byzantine era. Today, Caesarea is a large and beautiful national park and a fascinating place to visit while exploring the Holy Land.
Herod the Great's palace and circus, Caesarea
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The Judaean port of Caesarea had no reliable source of fresh water when construction on the city began around 22 BC. King Herod commissioned a raised aqueduct to deliver water from the springs near Shuni, 16 kilometers north-east of Caesarea Maritima. Today, the most impressive part of the Herodian aqueduct (known as the high-level aqueduct I) can be seen on the beach of Caesarea, north of the ancient city.


KidloLand is an app for small children. I believe it's marketed up to age 5, but my 7 year old enjoys it as well. It's something I prefer my kids to play in the other room.
The app is marketed as a learning tool, but from what I've watched the girls do it's mostly songs and touching the characters to see what they do. There are a LOT of songs and some activities: matching shapes to outlines, puzzles, and just games where you do things like touch the eggs a few times each until they hatch. Rose loves it. I don't feel like she's learning anything with this app but it's an activity she can do unsupervised (there are no ads to accidentally touch) or with her older sister with minimal fighting.
There are so many different songs and activities I could leave my kids on the app for hours and they may not get bored with it. I would get squirrley if I had to listen to it for a long time, but Rose enjoys touching all the accessory characters in the background of the songs.
I have an ASUS ZenPhone and the volume control on it is not easy. As a result everything is always at the same volume, and rather than trying to turn it down by getting into the settings and everything I just send the kids to another room. Then all I can hear is their far-off singing of every nursery rhyme or Christmas carol ever.
Being able to do an app review with my girls as the test market is great. Neither of them have any negative impressions of this app. Emma, the 7 year old, does get bored of it after a while, but she's developmentally way ahead of this "preschool" style app. Rose (who will be 5 next week) will just sit and play and play for ever – or until I give her the "time's up!" look.
The girls can enjoy the app while I have my free subscription, but I won't pay for it after that as the girls will both be overage for this type of stuff. Next up will be math and reading apps for us!
Learn more about KidloLand here.
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Magiting na Ina Award | To Be, To Be. Tutubi.
My second year high school son made this for his school assignment and I am awfully touched that he would think to make me this award! Magiting is great and maaruga is caring.
I am really touched and thankful that my son feels that way. I am just doing my job as a mom, but look at the reward: priceless!
How sweet and you deserve it MommY!
Yummy Yellows at Spice Up Your Life blog, please come and see.


WOOT!!! Just ordered my iphone 4!!!
That's right folks, just ordered my I4 and it will be here in a few days! Can't wait for it!!! Hoping the next few days rolls by!!!
I know I'm going to get some shots for this but ATT. I have been with them for ten years and they are great in my area, no issues.
Why not get it from the store?
just curious, why did you order it and not just walk into a corporate store?
I am right now using a BB and am on contract with LETS TALK till the 15th. So I am not in a big hurry for the phone as I wouldn't activate it till after the 15th.
Ive been with AT&T for close to 6 years and am quite satisfied. Congrats on your i4, you're in for a treat.
I will def give you guys my first impressions. I CANNOT wait for this. I have been an Iphone user before (3G, 3GS) and am really looking forward to the 4!
Congrats, Should have went to the store and picked it up. I know how unbearable it is to wait for something to be delivered, almost as if time slows down. Anyways I'm sure you'll enjoy it when it arrives. Have fun.
Hey you should go with the service provider that is best in your area. If that is AT&T then that's who you should go with. When their service is good the 3G is faster, plus you can talk and surf. Congrats! I have Verizon and they are best where I am. I have been with them for over 10 years, but if I got better service with someone else I would switch.
Did yoiu switch from BB to IPhone? I remember seein you on the BB forum.
Congrats! I agree one should go with the carrier that works in their particular area best. I made the mistake when Verizon got the iPhone of trying to jump ship. I quickly found out in my particular area that AT&T was much better. Needless to say I promptly ported my number back to AT&T and just continued with my AT&T iPhone 4. Won't make that mistake again. Grass always looks greener on the other side.
Congrats! Your gonna love it!
I've had AT&T for about 4 years, the problems I have with them I'd have with any carrier. But no complaints with the actual reception/service.
FIRST IMPRESSION (just taking it out of the box) WOW!!!
Now you guys will understand that I will now take the time to enjoy my new love LOL. I will come back as soon as I dive deep into this lovely beauty to give my full impressions.
One more thing: I know I could of went to the store and picked it up myself but I work on Saturday thru Monday from 5 am till 5:30 PM so if I were to get the phone on those days, I wouldn't want to go to sleep, and I don't think the wife would of liked that LOL, plus neither would I. And now I am on my weekend (FOUR DAYS OFF, Tues-Fri) and have all the time in the world to play with this thing.
Enjoy! I wasn't all that excited until I opened that box and saw how awesome the iPhone 4 really looks. My wife and I both love our iPhones and can't imagine going back. Have fun!


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Show Skiing - it could be in Georgia?!
Ellen Leahy of AWSC held an infromal clinic to teach some show basics to anyone willing to learn! What a fun time it was! Learning a dock start with another person stacked on your shoulders is not as easy as one might think!
I had a great time at the informal show clinic. Learned a few basic ballerina moves. Hope to learn more. Thanks Ellen!


The timetable below shows the structure of our KS1 and KS2 school days. This is to give you an idea of what time things happen during the day...the framework in which the curriculum is taught. Our curriculum maps will provide the detail of what will be covered each term in each class. Our curriculum is thematic, providing engaging and exciting topics, whilst ensuring maths, English and science skills are taught at a challenging level.


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A Comparison of all Elements
A Comparison of All Elements Summer, 2005
Atlantic City, our New Dreamland.
We were awed, simply put. One dollar. One dollar was all it cost. To be plucked from Chinatown in Philadelphia and dropped down the rabbithole by the hand of God. Atlantic City. The blinking lights, oxygenated atmosphere, all-welcoming smiles, the bountiful loopholes, unused opportunities— for sure, all that could be said of the American Marketplace could go double for Atlantic City. Gambling after all is only the dynamic of shopping intensified; a dynamic that shortcuts around use value, even around intangibles, a straight into pure exchange. And as in the "field of shopping," the economic— the gambling— aspect of Atlantic City was lost on me. Money is the Dream of Other People. To bring non-economic, anti-economic, trans-economic worldviews to Atlantic City will end in either disgust or wonder. For me, I'd have to say it was the latter.
We unloaded at Showboat and collected our all-but-one-dollar refund for travel expenses. We felt the possibilities immediately, somewhere in our inner ear. Willie Hoffman's Birthday Party had provided impetus for the trip. Lucy had called and invited along a whole gang. And now this whole gang was moving through their new environment, mesmerized by the carpet and psycho-engineered lighting and bas-reliefs and an entire aviary of elderly gambling addicts.
A heavenly beeping monotone rang throughout the casinos, the sound of all the one-armed-bandits in concert— the same sound, I presume, that the brain makes when we all die. It is perhaps my favorite sound, a ring engineered to trip the "excitement receptors" in the brain and make them fire wildly. Before every three machines sat a Q-tip headed old lady, card in slot, behavioristically conditioned to press a giant yellow button every time she lost—which was, statistically, more than the times she won… A truckstop postcard come to life.
We snuck into the French Quarter Buffet, by making a fake pass for the bathroom. Like university dining halls, there is always a solution— a sufficient compromise. This place was a little trickier. The seating system was somewhat complicated, but it was obvious that patrons paid by the table. We knew as long as we stayed on our feet, no evil would befall us. No one could destroy us. After enjoying a meal on our feet, we figured we had nothing to lose and we took a table— for the utensils if nothing else. That very instant, our peace was broken by our waiter, the spitting image of Joe Piscopo.
He asked what was "going on." Somewhat awkwardly, I told him "we're done with these" and tried to hand him the dirty dishes from the table.
"No, you didn't pay for this table. I know. This isn't your table." Mock-confidently, I pretended not to hear him. "Yeah— all these can go." He threw us out, but not without letting us know, metalinguistically, that he was on our team. This metalanguage basically consisted of him not calling casino security. Nevertheless, we fled with the hint and went to absorb even more— more giant rhinestone swans, more Men-In-Black slot-machine/videogame hybrids, more authentic napolitano restaurants. Plenitude itself.
Outside, along the boardwalk, was beautiful in its own right. A magical mix of Jersey and Virginia Beach. Our appreciation of this phenomenon was comparable to the appreciation I've been adopting, for some time, toward the whole of the United States. This attitude is neither naive enjoyment nor ironic, sheathed contempt. We've transcended both of these, into a new (more sophisticated, I think) form of affirmation. Confident that a special angle, special eye, special mode of consciousness, can pass through walls and wholly rewrite the meaning of its surroundings.
Atlantic City is a member of a class, whose complexity invites multiple levels of appreciation. The fact that our appreciation only concurs with most others' does not mean it is any less appreciative. The contrary is true. Atlantic City can never disappoint us. It will never ruin our lives. You will will never see us lined up at the Credit Application Office, wrestling off our wedding rings for collateral. We can enter and exit, at will, to laugh and stagger, at a city-sized, goldleaved reductio ad absurdum. And for only one dollar.
II. The Science of the Will.
The South Philadelphia Athenaeum, again, proudly presented its summer season of lectures. With Lex Kravitz speaking on the neuroscience of Addiction and Reward. A lecture on motivation given directly after our return from the seedy experiment of Atlantic City itself. Lex even demonstrated electrical current by running 120 volts through an unprepared Brandon— and later through a Jonny. We then raised the ohms by linking hands and praying for the chastity of the Nation's Youth. The neuron explained, electrically— dendrites, action potential, and so on. Then into the whole medicine cabinet of electrochemicals— norepinephren, potassium, seratonin, glutamate, and volumes and volumes about dopamine. And, finally, how pharmacology and addiction and everyday motivation are closely interrelated— analogues of each other.
It offered a perfect picture to order my previously scattered understandings and folk-psychological hunches. But I still translate science back into technology— where even behavior itself, in this instance, is a form of technology. I was blown away by how the third-person object of study, Man, can in the end utilize these descriptions for first-person purposes. Even realizing something as fluffy as the fact that these chemicals— dopamine, seratonin, glutamate, amphetamine— all represent a poetic class of descriptions for the inner and outer world, in the same way that Shelley might describe the "yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red" of autumn. Even to recognize the human will among these neurological terms— the waking nightmare of reductionists— became an obvious step to me. This interplay of mind and metabolism, that could be watched from the other side of the glass.
III. Mountain Don't and the Muscle Factory.
Mountain Dew has launched— and hopefully grounded— their new extreme energy drink; provisionally dubbed Variant No. 516 Mountain Dew X— also known by the name it gained around the Athenaeum, Mountain Don't. In celebration, they sponsored a Muscle Factory show at Silk City, and gave away the promotional silver cans by the case. Muscle Factory— brainchild of Darren Finizio, is a rockpopsynth concept band where people pump real iron and sculpt abs on stage. Along with Tom, their usual beefcake buddy, Jonny and I and others, lined up with Mountain Dew gear on and sweated our way to victory for two unbroken hours. But I don't know. We had arrived early. Danced. Poured Mountain Dew all over ourselves. Made jogging outfits in preparation— and it all collapsed.
Minutes before showtime, I felt out of sorts. The Mountain Don't— the absinthe of energy drinks— had backfired. Critical and unpredictable effects on your subconscious. Strange depressive waves. I slammed three 14oz cannisters in twenty minutes and found myself immobile on the sidewalk outside, wearing a Mountain Dew diaper. I felt good once we started though, inspired by Darren's pronouncements. "Bigger is better."
And after all was sung and pumped, we drove away with a crate of Mountain Dew and Mountain Don't. Literally 500 cans, two carloads. Still unaware of the dangers of this green potion. I do understand now, though, the unplumbed possibilities of promotion. We now know that, given our combined force and output, we could have every event and project down to the last, sponsored by some half-cocked promotional gig. Ideally, I would want to find promotional opportunities where we could be earnest, a two-way street. Wild Stallion has been notified of our interest. Dr. Pepper, as well. Perhaps Rite-Aid, in prise of their interntionally-priced interntional aisle. Just as good would be sponsorship by namebrands that are anything but extreme— Ben Gay, Subaru, the University of Pennsyvania— or events where the sponsorship becomes the central experiment of the evening.
IV. Invincibility?
The Mountain Don't created an atmosphere of overwhelming doubt. That stuff is liquid kryptonite, something to be feared, and something that I now believe adversely effects the testicles. Jonny, Rich, and I made our way to West Philadelphia, to the "Baltimore house," where the Schopenhauerian veil finally dropped. Jonny and I sat in the living room, trying to tie together the last scraps of Hope… Nothing. All was bleak. Rich found us easily, by following the path of least resistance. We all decided to go home, to admit defeat.
However, on the way there, we ran across a football game at the University of Pennsylvania stadium— at 3 o'clock in the morning. "Must be a scrimmage," I thought. On closer inspection, we realized that there was snow on the ground, in July. And closer still, we realized it was a movie shoot, which made circumstances sensible once again. Perhaps we could be one of the thousand extras, sitting in the stands— why not. We asked one of the patrols. "Absolutely not. They got things just as they need'em."
"What do you mean? What about all those people…" I swerved around mid-sentence, only then to notice that the stadium was filled with fake people. Thousands of mannequin torsos, decked belt-up in Seventies garb. Needless to say, that moment was frightening; a tidal wave of hyperreality. All our previous suffering— all the Mountain Don't— had merely been in anticipation of that snap-to moment. Perhaps Schopenhauer was right. Our world is a flimsy mock-up, a representation, behind which snarls a blind, monstrous Will. Only at rare moments do we see through, to the essential horror of things. To the starkly inhuman. The second I looked over those glued-on beards and into those unseeing sexdoll eyes, I got the shiver. The way Schopenhauer felt on most days, I imagine.
The Athenaeum meets the Bolshoi


The Thorium VMS kit comes with everything needed for a vessel monitoring system and is NOAA approved.
The breakdown: The kit includes Thorium LEO, which is a satellite device to install outdoor and used for position reporting; the Thorium Tablet, which is a tablet to install indoors for email and weather information; a Bluetooth box that connects to the vessel's power supply and antenna; and all appropriate mounting hardware and cables.
Stay connected: Once the system is installed, users can download a mobile application on any smartphone or tablet to access recorded information. Users can also send data using this application via bluetooth and satellite network.
Direct Cost: Thorium VMS Kit: $2,999.99; Activation fee: $60; Annual service bundle: $500-760; Monthly service bundle; $45-70.


It has been a pleasure to work with you and the Custom Glass Etching team on the implementation of our agency's employee recognition program.
Over the years, you have helped us recognize and celebrate our employees' milestone in service to our clients. The quality of your product along with the speedy processing of each order was truly appreciated.
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Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, who has been a big supporter of Colin Kaepernick in the past – even following his departure from the team – changed his tone a bit while discussing the most recent controversy.
As most know, Kaepernick has been protesting the National Anthem this season by not standing with his teammates during the pre-game tradition. The reaction from teammates and fans has been mixed. Although, he was able to at explain his motivation to his teammates and then again to the media on Sunday. Many support his right to not take part in the National Anthem, but also disagree with the lack of respect that it displays.
What did Kaepernick's former coach have to say about the quarterback's decision? "I acknowledge his right to do that. But I don't respect the motivation or the action," said Harbaugh via Mark Snyder, who covers University of Michigan football for the Detroit Free Press.
Harbaugh on Kaepernick's decision: I acknowledge his right to do that. But I don't respect the motivation or the action.
Harbaugh, now the head coach at the University of Michigan, remains a popular figure to many 49ers fans. He has not shied away from offering his opinion on 49ers matters following the messy divorce from the team after the 2014 season. Although, he is often cryptic with his comments.
Harbaugh took to Twitter to clarify his previous statement a bit. "To clarify, I support Colin's motivation. It's his method of action that I take exception to," said the former 49ers head coach.


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All national systems employees are protected from unfair dismissal under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) provided your salary is under the high income threshold and you have been employed for more than 12 months if you are employed by a small business employer.
A small business employer is an employer that employs fewer than 15 employees at the time of your dismissal. This number does not include casual employees unless they are employed on a regular and systematic basis. The number may include employees of an associated entity of your employer.
You may still lodge an unfair dismissal claim against a small business employer. However the factors that the Fair Work Commission takes into account are slightly different.
However, the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code will be considered by the Fair Work Commission first before the factor of whether your dismissal was "harsh, unjust or unreasonable". If your employer acts consistently with the requirements in the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code, the Fair Work Commission will not find that your dismissal was unfair. In Jingmin Zeng v Vectus Biosystems Ltd  FWC 5536 the Commission held that as the dismissal of Dr Zeng was consistent with the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code, it did not have to consider whether his dismissal was harsh, unjust or unreasonable and therefore the dismissal was not unfair.
in the case of unsatisfactory conduct, performance or incapacity – whether you received any warnings prior to dismissal, the reason for dismissal and opportunities to respond and to improve.
A copy of the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code and the compliance checklist for employers may be found on the Fair Work Commission and Fair Work Ombudsman websites.
Is it legal for my company to install a monitoring service on my computer?
What can I do if I am unhappy with a decision made by a member of the Fair Work Commission i.e extension of time hearing or arbitration?


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Blogs Anticircumvention
The Story of Cell Phone Unlocking Reform
By Sean Meloy
DMCA, Anti-circumvention, Cell Phone Unlocking, 1201
This is the story of the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act.
In late 2012, the iPhone 5s had just come out, President Obama had been reelected, and the Library of Congress issued an odd ruling. The ruling had to do with the digital locks that are in the software of everyone's cellular phone, mostly put there by the carrier they originally signed up with for service. The Library of Congress said that consumers could no longer unlock the cell phones they owned in order to take the phones they own to other carriers, even though the Library of Congress had previously ruled in 2006 and 2010 that cell phone unlocking was legal and not a violation of copyright law.
This change in the law came as a part of a process that the Library of Congress has to go through according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Every three years, the Library issues rules on what digital locks people can and can't legally break under copyright law. And while this convoluted process might seem esoteric, this particular ruling caused a real uproar, especially among several entrepreneurs, DIY-ers, and groups that worked on copyright, like Public Knowledge.
In response to the ruling, entrepreneur Sina Khanifar started a "We the People" petition to the White House in an effort to rally President Obama to oppose the Library's decision. With advocates like Derek Khana amplifying the call for reform, the petition overwhelmingly succeeded and got the signatures of over 114,000 others who thought it was wrong that their ability to unlock their phones had been taken away. The White House came out in strong support of legislative action to overturn the Library of Congress and directed the FCC to start working on a voluntary solution with cell phone carriers. Still, a real solution that would restore the ability for consumers to unlock their phones was over a year away.
Following the We the People petition, media coverage picked up and several members of Congress introduced different bills, each trying to fix the problem. Early on, lots of people expressed skepticism that anything could succeed in the midst of a divided and highly partisan Congress. However, many advocacy groups continued to keep up the drum beat on unlocking following the President's response.
These groups, Public Knowledge among them, continued to have conversations about cell phone unlocking with congressional offices and explained the odd reversal by the Library of Congress, the importance of the issue to consumers, and the problems with the underlying law that causes the whole mess: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
One piece of legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate by the respective chairs of the Judiciary Committees, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act. While this wasn't the most ambitious of the bills available, it still represented a significant, positive change. We decided to support the bill, while also calling attention to the broader problems with the law. As the House version of the bill came to a vote, however, a new wrench was thrown into the works.
One seemingly small change was added to the bill as it passed out of committee and headed to the House floor for a vote. It included language that indicated disapproval of bulk unlockers—people who buy multiple phones and refurbish and repair them so they can then be sold. Whether and why they should be treated differently from individual users was an issue that had gone back and forth before the Library a number of times, and now it looked like Congress might be putting a thumb on the scale for future proceedings. This would set a bad precedent for the next exemption review process in 2015. In the end, this bill would put the law in a place that was actually a bit worse than it was in 2010.
As the House vote on the bill approached, we worked with Representative Zoe Lofgren, who attempted to amend the bill to fix these problems. Unfortunately, those amendments weren't accepted. Ultimately, the language against bulk unlocking remained, and this unexpected change caused us and others to withdraw our support from the bill. The bill ended up passing the House of Representatives on February 25, 2014 by a vote of 295-114.
This left us in a somewhat uncomfortable, but entirely normal position. Groups that had been negotiating and rallying the grass roots to lobby Congress to pass a cell phone unlocking bill now had a House-passed version, but one that might actually set the goals of unlocking back a bit. However, unlocking advocates dusted themselves off and started to work on getting a good bill out of the US Senate. That was likely going to take a while, since the Senate's attention in IP issues was taken up with a major patent reform bill, and they weren't going to be acting on unlocking until after that. It wasn't until May, after the patent bill was stalled by its opponents, that unlocking came back into the spotlight in the Senate.
It was then that Chairman Leahy of the Senate Judiciary committee started working with consumer and industry groups to draw up a compromise that would be better than the House version of the unlocking bill. Reaching this compromise involved several days worth of emails and phone calls with Senate staff, with suggestions and counter-suggestions of particular language and phrasing—small details that can make a huge difference years later when rules are being made and lawsuits are being filed on the basis of these words. Even the wording of the report that accompanied the bill became a subject of debate and discussion—did one phrase suggest that Congress intended for other parts of copyright law to be interpreted in certain ways? Did a sentence hint that certain non-infringing uses would still be illegal? Meanwhile, other sides of the issue were providing their input as well. Would one of our suggestions amount to Congress declaring that bulk unlocking was completely legal? Even if that's what we wanted, was that included in the compromise that would-be bill opponents agreed to?
In the end, the Senate version removed the language that was reformers' sticking point in the House and the legislation quickly moved through the committee without much debate. It then passed the Senate without opposition on June 15, 2014 and headed to the House, where it also passed without opposition last week. It is now on its way to the President's desk to be signed.
So, for the first time in history, the US Congress has overturned a ruling of the Library of Congress in regards to granting exemptions to copyright law. This complicated process took over a year and a half, but is one of the few bills of substance that has made it to the President's desk in these starkly divided times.
The overall problem is still present though: copyright law isn't stopping piracy, but it is preventing law-abiding citizens from fully using their electronic devices. So what is the next step? In this space, we think that's passing HR 1892, Rep. Lofgren's Unlocking Technology Act, which will allow all to unlock their devices for legal uses. Greater copyright reform is currently being discussed in the House and will probably be worked on in the next Congress. It is important we not stop after this hard-fought victory: tell your members of Congress to support HR 1892 and make sure to support the efforts of Public Knowledge so we can continue to fight for commonsense copyright reform.
Photo credit: Flickr user akolosov
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Tell Congress to Fix the DMCA
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The family name Chrysopidae derives from the Greek chrysos, meaning gold, and ops, meaning eye or face. That's a pretty apt description of the common lacewings, most of which have copper-colored eyes. Lacewings in this group are nearly always green in body and wing color, so you may know them as the green lacewings, another common name. Adult lacewings have lacy wings, as you might have guessed, and they look transparent. If you place a Chrysopid wing under magnification, you should see short hairs along the edges and veins of each wing. Lacewings also have long, filiform antennae, and chewing mouthparts.
Lacewing larvae feed on other soft-bodied insects or arachnids, including aphids, mealybugs, mites, and Lepidoptera eggs. As adults, lacewings may consume a more varied diet. Some adults are entirely predaceous, while others supplement their diet with pollen (genus Meleoma) or honeydew (genus Eremochrysa).
Common lacewings undergo complete metamorphosis, with four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The life cycle varies in length according to species and environmental conditions. Most adults will live for 4-6 months.
Before depositing an egg, the female lacewing produces a long, thin stalk, which she usually attaches to the underside of a leaf. She places an egg at the end of the stalk, so it is suspended from the plant. Some lacewings lay their eggs in groups, creating a small cluster of these filaments on a leaf, while others lay eggs singly. The filament is thought to provide some protection for the eggs, by keeping them out of reach of predators on the leaf surface.
Generally, the larval stage may last several weeks, and usually requires three instars. Pupae may develop into adults in the safety of a silken cocoon attached to the underside of a leaf or on a stem, but some species pupate without a case.
Common lacewings may overwinter as larvae, pupae, or adults, depending on the species. Some individuals are brown, rather than their usual green color, in the overwintering stage.
In the larval stage, some species camouflage themselves by covering their bodies with debris (usually carcasses of their prey). Each time it molts, the larva must construct a new debris pile.
Some lacewings will release a noxious, foul-smelling substance from a pair of glands on the prothorax when handled.
Common or green lacewings may be found in grassy or weedy habitats, or on other foliage, worldwide. About 85 species inhabit North America, while over 1,200 species are known globally.