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Online auctions show the demand is plentiful for cards graded 10
Larry Canale reports there is no shortage of demand in online auctions for baseball and hockey cards that are graded PSA 10.
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Anytime you see a 1960s-era card with a perfect Gem-Mint 10 grade, it merits a look, no matter who the player is. If it turns out to be a Hall of Famer, all the better. Recent examples among only a few 1960s PSA 10 baseball cards we've seen exchanged on eBay since January include the following.
• 1966 Topps Hank Aaron (PSA 10): $13,988 on 77 bids.
A bidding war erupted over this perfect-condition card from Topps' bright and colorful 1966 set. The Aaron card gives us a sharp and close-up view of the slugger's smiling face. It's a piece that can be had for less than $1,000 if in 7 or 8 condition or slightly more than $1,000 in 9 condition.
• 1965 Topps Jim Hunter "Rookie Stars" (PSA 10): $8,109 on 48 bids.
We knew him better as Catfish Hunter, the Hall of Fame pitcher who, between 1965 and 1979, won 224 games. He started out with the Kansas City (later Oakland) Athletics before signing with the Yankees as a pioneer free agent. Hunter's 1965 Rookie Stars card also included Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom, Skip Lockwood and Rene Lachemann. In PSA 9 condition, the card's price typically dips well under $1,000.
• 1961 Topps Juan Marichal (PSA 10): $4,442 on 26 bids.
This was the pitcher's rookie card, an item that in slightly lower condition sells for around $925, as we saw with a PSA 9 example last month. Marichal had found instant success in the majors the season before, winning six of eight decisions with a 2.66 ERA in 1960. He went on to a Hall of Fame career, posting a 243-142 record with a sparkling lifetime ERA of 2.89.
• 1968 Topps Bobby Bonds (PSA 10): $3,259, Buy It Now sale.
Barry's dad Bobby Bonds was a five-tool star who earned a Topps All-Star Rookie citation in its 1969 set. Three examples of this card graded PSA 9 sold for prices between $100 and $140 earlier this year.
• 1969 Topps Johnny Bench All-Star (PSA 10): $3,200 on 45 bids.
If graded 8 or 9, this "Sporting News All-Star" subset card can be had for $75 to $150. Bench was in the midst of his second full season in 1969, when he hit 26 homers with 90 RBI. The following season, the future Hall of Famer notched career highs of 45 homers and 148 RBI.
• 1965 Kahn's Wieners Hank Aaron (PSA 10): $3,000, Buy It Now sale.
PSA's Population Report for this card in Gem-Mint-10 condition numbers just three, making it a jewel for collectors of 1960s oddities. It features a colorful shot of Aaron with his bat on his shoulder and a facsimile autograph above his head.
• 1969 Topps Brooks Robinson (PSA 10): $2,700, Buy It Now sale.
PSA's population report shows only six other Gem-Mint-10 Brooks cards from 1969. Last month, two PSA 9 specimens of the same card sold for prices of $180 and $235. Robinson was known first for his stellar defense at third base: He won 16 Gold Glove awards in his career. But the man could hit, too, batting .267 with 268 homers.
• 1964 Topps Tony Oliva (PSA 10): $1,945 on 32 bids.While Oliva wasn't a Hall of Famer, some insist he belongs. During his 15-year career, he batted a robust .302 with 220 homers, leading the American League in hits five times (including a high-water mark of 217 in 1964) and in doubles four times, despite chronically achy knees. This 1964 "Rookie Stars" issue (on which he's paired with Jay Ward, an infielder who played parts of three seasons and hit .163) was Oliva's second appearance on such a card. He was part of a quartet of rookies on a Topps 1963 Rookies Stars card, which he shared with Ed Kranepool, Max Alvis and Bob Bailey.
Of course, sometimes a perfect PSA 10 bearing a Hall of Famer can get a little unwieldy in price. Such was the case late last year with a Topps 1968 card of Tom Seaver that drew a PSA 10 grade. As we reported in this space last December, it fetched $15,702 on 28 bids.
PERFECT 10s, HOCKEY
We also took a look at recent sales of perfect-10 hockey cards from the 1960s. Among the relatively few offerings:
• 1963 Topps Johnny Bucyk (PSA 10): $2,445, Buy It Now sale.
Bucyk was a Boston Bruins star, and this card is a worthy collectible from his career, with its horizontal design and a hockey-stick graphic serving as a partition between a large color portrait pose and a smaller black-and-white action shot.
• 1961 Topps Guy Gendron (PSA 10): $1,459, Buy It Now sale.
PSA's Population Report for perfect-10 cards of Gendron from Topps' 1961-62 set shows just two examples. Typically, you can buy this classic-looking card of the Rangers star for $100 to $125.
Stop back in our next issue and we'll bring you some perfect-10 1960s cards from football, basketball and boxing.
PERFECT JAX
Reggie Jackson burst onto the baseball scene with 29 home runs in 1968, his first full season in the majors. He was even better in 1969, blasting 47 homers, driving in 118 runs and scoring 123. Thirty-seven of those homers came before the All-Star break, so he was an easy choice to start in that July exhibition of the game's best players.
His 1969 performance also earned him a spot in the "Sporting News All-Star" subset Topps created for its 1970 issue. That memorable subset featured a splashy design, with the player — in this case, Jackson decked out in his colorful Oakland A's uniform — "bursting out" from behind a newspaper graphic.
In February, an eBay seller listed a PSA 10 specimen of the 1970 Jackson All-Star card and sold it for $12,000. PSA's population Gem-Mint-10 Jackson All-Star cards is exactly one. A week later, a PSA 9 example of the same card fetched $1,977, while a PSA 8 version brought $131.


Sometimes life requires a Friday night run. My Bean didn't have school on Friday, so I spent the morning cleaning rather than running. That afternoon, I decided a run was a good idea. I was going to get up extra, extra early Saturday morning to get my run in before heading up to cheer on Janice, who was running the Buffalo 100. But we've already established I'm not a morning person, so Friday night was sounding pretty good. I also need a little mood boost, so running just made sense.
My little family came and brought me water (and ibuprofen because I'm still struggling with my shin) about three miles from the end. Bean just learned to ride without training wheels a few days ago, so the girls love riding along with me on their bikes! These are some of my favorite running moments.
I got in 12 miles and decided that was enough for this week's long run. My shin was sore and my body felt tired overall, so I listened to my body and cut my planned 16 short.
Saturday morning the family and I hung out at the finish line of Janice's first 100 mile race. She is an amazing example of what you can do when you have a dream and the drive and belief in yourself to make your dreams come true.
My girls made signs and were so excited to cheer her on. I love all the things running teaches my girls, purely through the examples of other people.
On the way home, we decided to take a little detour so I could go for a run while the hubs and my girls went rock hunting, one of their favorite things. I ran seven miles, surrounded by some of Utah's most beautiful scenery, and my girls had lots of success finding rocks to add to their collections.
I finished the week with a 10 mile run on Saturday with some of my favorite runnerd friends. Although I am very much a solitary runner, I always enjoy mixing things up and catching up with these girls while logging some miles!
The run was the perfect start to an amazing day. I was honored to share a special event with Julia, and then we had an art birthday party for The Princess, who turned eight on Friday.
I got in seven miles in Tuesday morning. I decided to postpone my hill workout since it was snowing and ridiculously windy. The seven miles verified it was a good call.
Then in the afternoon I went to Target with my Bean. One of the joys of motherhood is going to the bathroom in a public restroom and having your child, who is only a foot away from you in the tiny stall, stare at you the entire time you are going. I even point out repeatedly that she gets mad if anyone looks at her while she goes to the bathroom. But apparently that only works one way in her little world.
I got in my hills during a 10 mile run yesterday. I'm here to tell you that all hills are not created equal. There are some steep, painful booty busters within a few miles of my house.
This morning I got up early and was out the door at 5:30 am. I'm not really a morning or a night person. Basically I just really like my sleep. But it was worth it to celebrate the birthday of a good friend. What better way to celebrate than a group run?!? I only knew the birthday girl and one other darling preggo runner, and immersing myself in a group of strangers is not easy for me. The fact that we were all runners made it easier to get myself out the door, and it was worth it. I had a great time logging miles with and getting to know these ladies.


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Artist Spotlight/Arts
Artist of the Week Sarah Weinshel '22 on Balancing Science and Art
by Rachel Lapides
You have probably seen Sarah Weinshel '22 marching to the Science Center with her signature pom-pom earrings and big red boots on her way for a long study session in Cornell Library. But what may surprise you about the biology major is that when she isn't studying for her STEM classes or doing research, she spends her free time making art and building a campus artist community through Kitao. According to Weinshel, her interests in the sciences and in the arts are not mutually exclusive or opposed. As she says, "You can't compartmentalize two different aspects of yourself. They overlap."
Weinshel's favorite medium is photography, but she also works with pen, watercolor, embroidery, and even clothing.
"Yeah, I may have made some jeans," she revealed bashfully, gesturing to a leg in two-toned denim. "The ones I'm wearing right now, basically I took some old jeans that were in my basement that used to be my mom's and put together dark jeans and light jeans, to add an interesting shape."
Sarah Weinshel, Photograph by Martin Tomlinson
Sarah Weinshel poses on a chair with her handmade jeans. Photograph by Martin Tomlinson
Sarah Weinshel poses with earrings she handcrafted. Photograph by Martin Tomlinson
Weinshel's craftsmanship doesn't stop with jeans.
"I bought a flannel from Urban Outfitters that was Urban Renewal that was two types of flannel done down the middle. And I thought that was really cool and I'm like, why would I buy this when I can make it? So I took some trips to Goodwill and have made a variety of bi-colored flannels."
To complete the handmade look, Weinshel has also constructed many earrings from a variety of materials, such as tassels or wire. Last Friday, Weinshel put her jewelry-making skills to good use in leading Kitao's earring workshop as part of the Kitao board. Last Friday, Oct. 4, in a cozy room packed with students playing with glue and beads, Weinshel was in her element. She walked around the room, armed with wire and advice, and the firm, expansive knowledge she takes to all her activities. Weinshel's love for art is not just about making her own, but helping others to create as well.
Sarah Weinshel handcrafted earrings. Photograph by Martin Tomlinson
"Kitao is really that place where I can not only make art but also organize other artists on campus to give other people that space to make art. With studio hours, [people can] just come and enjoy art. I helped put together the instructions in the spring and then we decided we should definitely bring it back this fall, since it was very popular. And you always see people around with their pom-pom earrings." Crafts are a completely different world. It's just following instructions but you can still instill your own creativity into that and I think that's really important as a break from the academic world and for those who can't fit Foundations into their schedules."
Surprisingly, Weinshel has never taken any art classes at Swarthmore. As a biology major on the pre-med track, she's found that the timing of art classes is impossible to fit in with labs and other requirements. Still, she makes time for art outside of class.
"Kitao is my main entry point into art at Swarthmore because I haven't been able to fit Foundation Drawing into my schedule. Especially as someone who is studying sciences and has a lot of labs, it's just not feasible to do it."
With her busy schedule, she utilizes school breaks as prime creative time. This past summer, Weinshel worked on campus as part of a research project on plant biology, but spent much of her free time making art.
"I definitely had more time to do drawing. I was doing research during the day but then every evening I was available. Another thing I love about college is having access to all of the art supplies and resources. This summer I was able to go in to Kitao and use the cyanotype [a type of photographic printing] materials, so I made a ton of cyanotypes."
Weinshel's work researching biology during the day may seem at odds with her artistic endeavors in the evening.
"People don't think of the sciences as being something that's visual," she observed. "I'm in cell biology right now — and looking at the textbooks, it's all diagrams and visual representations of things, and then organic chemistry is hexagons and lines. I enjoy thinking about the people who designed the textbooks that were drawing those figures and trying to find that balance between visual representations of things but also something scientifically significant."
Even though Weinshel works with plants on a molecular level, she finds that being surrounded with nature inspires her art.
"I love just looking at plants and having access to the greenhouse. I think that has made me more focused on the details when I'm drawing plants and taking photographs and looking at these small miniscule things that are what makes something visually different."
Weinshel has created her own personal galleries in her dorm room and the rooms of her friends, many of whom have a treasured Weinshel piece pinned up on the wall.
"I find that surrounding myself with art, going in and seeing the wall with my art and other people's and posters and all that makes me very happy," Weinshel remarked. That's my main place of display. I give a lot, whenever I give birthday cards or anything. I enjoy having that outlet. It's a release — it makes me feel calm and creative. When you're making a drawing it's something that's never existed before. That's the way it is."
"Rachel's Plant" by Sarah Weinshel
"Philly Chinatown," by Sarah Weinshel
"Patio de las Doncellas" by Sarah Weinshel
"Summer Housing" by Sarah Weinshel
"Seedy" and "Insect Woman with Backpack" by Sarah Weinshel
Photographs from Spain by Sarah Weinshel
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RAMSTEIN, Germany - July 6, 2018 - PRLog -- Mom2Mom KMC is once again hosting our annual Big Latch On and Community Fair on Saturday, Aug 4, 2018 from 0930-1200 at Donnelly Park (next to the playground) on Ramstein Air Base. For the seventh year in a row, our Community Fair will also serve as the KMC location for the Big Latch On (www.biglatchon.org), an attempt to set the world record for the most simultaneously breastfeeding children around the globe. This year's World Breastfeeding Week theme is: Foundation of Life. The logo features the WBW-SDGs Campaign 'triad' of two adults and an infant, which reinforces the importance of working together to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. Branches, leaves and sprouts represent growth and development. The line extending from the triad and sprouting into leaves are the links between breastfeeding and nutrition, food security and poverty reduction. This reflects the #WBW2018 slogan Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life.(www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org).
Our Community Fair will showcase local resources for families, including Mom's Club, RESA, WIC Overseas, Kaiserslautern Birth Network, KMC Doulas and many more. Children of all ages are welcome, and we will have activities for families, including two photo booths by local talents such as Otis Toussaint with Wide Aperture Photography, as well as light snacks. The day will end with a raffle drawing with many great prizes including two photography packages and a Lillebaby carrier. Everyone who attends this event will receive one raffle ticket to enter into the prize of their choosing. Volunteers for the event can earn extra tickets. Prizes also include many donations from local moms and businesses. Pregnant or breastfeeding mothers can meet local Certified Lactation Counselors (CLCs), sign up for a peer breastfeeding mentor, or get more information about Mom2Mom KMC's weekly Breastfeeding Cafes (1000-1200 Wednesdays on Ramstein Air Base). Mom2Mom KMC is a community-wide network that offers peer support and up-to-date information about breastfeeding to all families in the KMC. Our mission is to help each woman reach her individual breastfeeding goals. Please visit our website for more information http://mom2momkmc.org. Breastfeeding contributes to the normal growth and development of babies/children, and is strongly recommended by the World Health Organization, the American Association of Pediatrics, the Surgeon General of the United States, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.


Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law students Brianna Ruiz (JD '18) and Grace Nguyen (JD '18) took home the first place title last weekend at the annual Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition in Costa Mesa, California.
Nguyen was also recognized as second-place oral advocate and Ruiz was recognized as the 10th-place oral advocate in preliminary rounds. Ruiz and Nguyen were one of two teams competing in the event; Caitlin Ramsey (JD '18) and Suneeta Israni (JD '18) also attended and advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Chapman Law students also competed at the regional round of the National Trial Competition in Los Angeles. Andrea Campbell (JD '17), Ryan Cooper (JD '18), and Lindsay Joanou (JD '18) advanced to the semifinal round of the competition, while Joshua Allton (JD '17), Dallin Durbano (JD '18), and Emily Marsh (JD '18) finished in the quarterfinal round.
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Learning English as a Second Language - Research Paper Example
Learning English As A Second Language Research Paper Example
The acquisition of a second language is a complex process. Through scientific research, we have come to a better understanding of the processes that take place and the factors that influence them. Learning itself is not simply a matter of intelligence and fitness but also of attitude and motivation. This has been an area of interest for foreign language teachers and psychologists. In all areas of learning, motivation is essential to succeed. Theories of foreign or second language learning and teaching helps in building various on sets and types of ontological and epistemological assumptions about the very nature of reality and existence. There are two aspects that are especially important in learning a second language: the communicative need and the attitudes of the students towards the community that speaks it. For many people, learning a second language is an expected consequence of their social environment, necessary for communication. When a person perceives the need to communicate with others, obviously this will increase their motivation to learn the second language. For this reason there is so much emphasis on studying abroad when possible. A general way to increase students' motivation is to create courses that encourage them to perceive the language as an instrument of communication value. Another way is to provide many opportunities to practice. Knowing what we know about learning, how can we specifically stimulate the interest and motivation of students in the classroom? The importance of the student's attitude about the foreign culture has been proven. The language a person uses is connected to the way he perceives his identity and his world. Consequently, when you learn the language of another culture, you accept the other way of perceiving the world, to a certain extent. When a person has a positive impression of the other culture, this can increase and enrich the learning process. On the other hand, if an apprentice has a negative attitude, this will create strong internal barriers.
Not all students have preconceived notions that influence them in this way. For these students, their experiences in the classroom become very important. So the instructor occupies a unique and powerful position to influence the formation of a positive attitude and motivation that the students are forming about the culture in question. What many people who have not tried to learn a second language do not understand is how difficult it is compared to learning their native language. This difficulty is the reason why motivation, attitude and strategies are so important.
Keywords: learn English as a second language; learn to read and write; self perspective; learning a second language and learning difficulties; review of studies.
The acquisition of a second language is a complex process. Through scientific research, we have come to a better understanding of the processes that take place and the factors that influence them. Learning itself is not simply a matter of intelligence and fitness but also of attitude and motivation. This has been an area of interest for foreign language teachers and psychologists. According Mueller (2014), success in studying the second language in the formal, namely, school environment may depend on two variables: Talent (talent for language acquisition and general intellect) and School language concept. In this model the most important variable is the pupils language self-concept. language self-concept of the pupil - self-confi dence, self-trusting (Selbstvertrauen)- this is the trust in ones own language skills, as Muller calls it - language self-program which is the result of long accumulation of the experience. Accurate self-evaluation of the own skills in language, which is founded namely on this basis, expresses the pupils achievements more exactly (Muller & Dittman-Domenichini, 2008).
In all areas of learning, motivation is essential to succeed. There are two aspects that are especially important in learning a second language: the communicative need and the attitudes of the students towards the community that speaks it. For many people, learning a second language is an expected consequence of their social environment, necessary for communication. When a person perceives the need to communicate with others, obviously this will increase their motivation to learn the second language. For this reason there is so much emphasis on studying abroad when possible. A general way to increase students' motivation is to create courses that encourage them to perceive the language as an instrument of communication value. Another way is to provide many opportunities to practice. Knowing what we know about learning, how can we specifically stimulate the interest and motivation of students in the classroom?
The importance of the student's attitude about the foreign culture has been proven. The language a person uses is connected to the way he perceives his identity and his world. Consequently, when you learn the language of another culture, you accept the other way of perceiving the world, to a certain extent. When a person has a positive impression of the other culture, this can increase and enrich the learning process. On the other hand, if an apprentice has a negative attitude, this will create strong internal barriers.
Not all students have preconceived notions that influence them in this way. For these students, their experiences in the classroom become very important. So the instructor occupies a unique and powerful position to influence the formation of a positive attitude and motivation that the students are forming about the culture in question.
The 21st century and globalization impose challenges on students and citizens of the world, among them, the development of bilingual competence, understood as the psycho sociolinguistic ability that the subject possesses to use two or more languages in order to encode and / or decode messages according to his communicative, labor, academic, cultural needs, etc. (Baker, 2011, Galindo, 2013, Liddicoat, 2013). Likewise, the boarding of the study of bilingualism requires a multidimensional view, given that its development includes cognitive, affective, educational factors, socio-cultural issues, among which are those related to individual differences, particularly the EAs of L2. The present article focuses its interest in English second language learning, mainly consecutive in a university context, in relation to the learning styles factor of L2. Also, in the educational, cognitive and language sciences there is a growing interest in understanding and explaining the characteristics of acquisition of an L2 in the process of bilingual school education.
From a psycholinguistic perspective of individual bilingualism in the educational field and from differential psychology, research documentary that is reported here revolves around the following. This study is relevant, among other reasons, for its contributions, from the fields of bilingualism, psycholinguistics and differential psychology, the conceptualization of learning styles in bilingual education and its relationship with the acquisition and use of an L2 in contexts academic This in line with what was expressed by Cummins (2002), as to what research in the field of individual differences and the domain of an L2 still has much to explore. On the other hand, it is important to mention that the analysis of the studies reported here in the different educational levels show, -under a view of development human (Piaget, 1972; Signoret, 2013- a dynamic panorama of how as subjects in bilingual education mature and progress in their cognitive development, their AEs of L2, acquire certain peculiarities.
Finally, the investigative tendencies are appreciated that in the last decades have permeated the relationship between cognitive, affective variables and physiological that underlie the concept of EA (Keefe, 2008) of L2 and other variables of socio-biological, educational and cultural type.
Different authors have addressed the topic of motivation towards the study of the English language as a foreign language (EFL) and as a second language (ESL). (Garner 2009, quoted by Skehan (2013) suggests that expectations regarding bilingualism, combined with attitudes toward the second language and its culture form the basis of what the individual's attitude toward the learning of languages. Likewise, it suggests a model that introduces the four differences Individuals believed to have the greatest influence on the acquisition of a second language.
These include the variables of intelligence, aptitude for languages, motivation and anxiety situational. On the other hand, aspects such as learning to learn, existential competence are mentioned (know how to be) and intercultural awareness. In this last point we can mention the importance which has the fact that the student compares his own cultural environment with that of another country and so on be aware of the diversity that exists in the world, enrich your language and know how you perceive your culture in other countries (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, p. 103-104). The student must recognize his position and that of his own country in the globalized world current, especially when a large number of people in the world, even in nations with high poverty rates, speak two or more languages.
As can be seen, the attitude towards a foreign language and culture has a key importance in motivation. Several authors have examined this topic and have received recommendations they range from behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, social and even spiritual aspects. In the specific case of this work, the recommendations range from the cognitive area the areas inside and outside the classroom, (Crookes & Schmidt, 1991, cited by Nada, 2002). Regarding cognitive factors, it is necessary to favor processes of language assimilation English in terms of a meaningful and satisfactory personal search, that is, encourage motivation from within by means of strategies aimed at achieving the following goals for the student:
Get him to see a connection between the English language and his reality (not necessarily
Make the student value the results of success. The aspects related to the classroom indicate the need to adapt the techniques and activities to teach English, to refine the thematic contents and to treat, to the extent the possible, to increase the curiosity and interest of the student. Outside the classroom, at students can be shown all the resources that are within their reach to continue learning English on your own, many of them are free or low cost considering the favorable geographical position of this region of our country. Likewise, it is especially important that a large part of the responsibility corresponds to the teacher. In addition to achieving the aforementioned goals, the teacher's responsibilities
The Faculty of Languages must be:
Implement and create working environments and healthy atmospheres in the living room of class.
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Ghost Road has been available on Kindle for some time but technical problems delayed the release of Mr.Mad until now. From 12 February 2015 you will be able to download Jon Kenna's second novel for the bargain price of £1.96 in the UK and $2.99 in the USA. Both books continue to be available in paperback from amazon and to order from book stores.
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Quite possibly the best bucks night prank ever.
We Present to you The annoying Smurf – A bunch of lads from the UK hired a dwarf to accompany the groom on his stag party. They painted the dwarf blue, dressed him in a Papa Smurf costume and handcuffed him to the buck for four straight days. The other boys on the trip were gracious enough to pay for his flights, drinks and entertainment for the entire trip, which cost them close to £900 (around $1350 AU). Would be difficult to believe, if it weren't for the photos and videos we've got as proof.
Our very own bucks party dwarf Sammy Sessions will go blue for you (if you want him to). Sammy won't even insist on airfares and accommodation although he says he wouldn't knock it back. Sammy is also a talented MC and entertainer with a range of costumes which take advantage of the hilarity of his stature. In our humble opinion some of these look even funnier than the annoying smurf.
Disclaimer; We would like to point out that we neither supply nor officially encourage these pranks. This is purely a light read and a entertaining laugh involving pranks OTHER crew have executed at their bucks parties all around the world.
Is he really An Annoying Smurf?
There are 82 different smurfs featured in the comics, tv series and movies including 'Pretentious Smurf' 'Lumberjack Smurf and 'Passive Aggressive Smurf'. There were 5 female smurfs other than Smurfette who appear at various points. There's a smurf after the Big Boys heart – 'Party Planner Smurf'. There's a smurf after my own heart – 'Social smurf' does the smurfs blogging (appearing only in the recent movie sequel).


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Gray Houser April 10, 2020
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Guess what, "Magic Happens" parade fans? You've been asking and we've been listening… and we're excited to share that you can now stream the popular, catchy "Magic Happens" tune, from wherever you may be and enjoy #DisneyMagicMoments!
Beginning today, Apple Music* has launched the main theme song, "Magic Happens," as well as a "Magic Happens" playlist full of favorite Disney songs that inspired the new parade at Disneyland park. The playlist features 19 songs, beginning with the high-energy "Magic Happens" song, which was co-composed by singer-songwriter, Todrick Hall. Other favorite tunes are from classic tales, including "Cinderella" and "The Princess and the Frog," to more recent stories, including "Frozen 2," "Coco," "Moana" and more. Check out the new playlist below:
You can enjoy the "Magic Happens" song and playlist on Apple Music, or in the Play Disney Parks mobile app** (which also features games, trivia and more that you can enjoy from home!). For those who don't already have an Apple Music subscription, eligible new users can sign up for a free three-month trial and enjoy full-length versions of these and other favorite Disney songs, along with the more than 35 official Disney Parks playlists offered on the platform.
The all-new "Magic Happens" parade recently debuted at Disneyland park and quickly became a fan favorite. In case you missed it, check out a virtual viewing of "Magic Happens" here on Disney Parks Blog, and also learn more about creating the catchy music for the parade from Todrick Hall, himself!
Now go ahead and belt it out! Here are the lyrics to the "Magic Happens" theme song to help. Enjoy!
This is the anthem, here's what you came for
This is the moment magic was made for
Come one, come all…let's light up the sky now
You feel the magic happening right now
(now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now!)
Calling all dreamers, time to let your mind run free
To believe in make believe, to be who you wanna be
Calling all dreamers, a celebration in the street
And the sights you're gonna see are far beyond your wildest dreams cuz
You don't need wings to take flight
Magic don't stop…at midnight
So hold on tight, enjoy the ride
Cuz you can reach for the stars in broad daylight
Heart, there's a spark you just can't fight
When you wish you may and wish you might, then
Magic Happens!
Dreams were made to make come true
Waiting for someone like you
Just a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo and
That's when (that's when)
Magic (Magic)
Happens (Happens) Woah!
A simple wish, it just takes
A true love's kiss and spells break
A shooting star to catch your eye and…
*Trial or Subscription Required.
** Message, data and roaming rates may apply. Availability subject to handset limitations, and features may vary by handset, service provider or otherwise. Coverage and app stores not available everywhere. Music streaming feature requires an Apple Music® subscription. Separate Apple Music terms and conditions apply. Subscription plan renews automatically after trial. If you're under 18, get your parents' permission first. Some features require separate theme park admission.
Available for iPhone®
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Q: Setting Visible bounds in Forge Viewer I am currently working on system where we add custom mesh on Viewer.impl.sceneAfter, and have encountered some issues where, if large meshes (larger than union of visible bounds of all models loaded) such as large point clouds are added, there is a clipping issue where portion of mesh are being cut out.
From the source code, I've noticed that camera's Far value is updated based on visible bound of the world scene, and that sceneAfter is not taken into account for calculating visible bound (in contrast to viewer.impl.scene, which is taken into account).
I need this custom mesh to be placed in sceneAfter, since I want to enable transparency.
I came up with two hacky solution for this:
Firstly, overwriting getVisibleBounds function prototype provided in Viewer3D.js
Which is inspired by this stackoverflow answer:
Changing Camera Speed, but was not satisfied since it overwrites third-party code that may change later.
Secondly, having an invisible clone (using material's visible property instead of geometry) of custom mesh in viewer.impl.scene, such that it changes visible bound of viewer. Which I like better than first solution, but still think is inefficient since I need to keep track of two mesh instances to remove / manipulate geometries.
I was wondering if there is more elegant solution than these
Thanks in advance!

A: I logged a wish request to take into account meshes added to sceneAfter in a future release of our viewer API.
In the meantime, thet suggested workaround is a bit similar to your second proposition, but using a trivial mesh, like the representation of the bounding box of your custom mesh. It will be faster to render than a clone of the mesh in case it's complex.
Hope that helps

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Anne Lamott's writing process seems reassuringly similar to my own, and seems to include just as much struggle. She advises us to write everything that comes to mind, and then later refine it into clarity and grace. A lot of the book is devoted to all the ways we get in our own way, and how sorry she is that there isn't a more direct route.
"Writing a first draft is very much like watching a Polaroid develop. You can't – and in fact you're not supposed to – know exactly what the picture is going to look like until it has finished developing." Oh good. Maybe I'm doing it right after all.
She emphasizes both looking inside for our own truths, and observing the world around us to flesh out those truths. She reminds to do both with as much detached compassion as we can scrape together.
On character creation: "My friend Carpenter talks about the unconscious as the cellar where the little boy sits who creates the characters, and he hands them up to you through the cellar door. He might as well be cutting out paper dolls. He's peaceful; he's just playing." … "You may want to come up with an image or a metaphor for this other part of you that is separate from your rational, conscious mind, this other person with whom you can collaborate. This may help you feel less alone." I'll have to try this – I'd love to feel less alone with my book-writing project!
She keeps a 1 inch square picture frame by her desk to remind her to focus in on one viewpoint and one scene at a time. A whole book is made up of paragraphs. Write the paragraphs, the sentences, the words.
Since I'm struggling with organizing my own book, I noticed that her chapter headings are laconic and her transitions brief. Each chapter meanders among writing class anecdotes, writing advice, snippets of poetry, and life anecdotes. I'm sure she spent many hours crafting each chapter to flow so casually and conversationally. At the same time, it's good to notice that it reads just fine as it meanders, and my book might be allowed to meander too.
Somehow, at the end of reading this book, I feel less stuck around organizing my own, and more like I'm moving slowly. And that moving slowly is okay, fortunately, since that's the way it is right now.
I like that e.l. doctorow quote too. It does remind me of a dream I had once where I followed my car's headlights right into the ocean, though.
What a fun writing group idea!


The game could be the Raiders' last in Oakland.
The Denver Broncos got into the Christmas spirit on Monday night by gifting the Oakland Raiders several penalties and a punt return touchdown in a 27-14 loss.
In what could be the Raiders' final game in Oakland, the side gave the home fans plenty to cheer after cruising to a 17-0 lead at half time.
Dwayne Harris deserves a lot of credit for the opener as he returned a Colby Wadman punt 99 yards for the score, but Denver could – and should – have downed the ball at the one-yard line.
The lead became 14 midway through the second quarter, when the Broncos did not pick up Doug Martin who rushed into the end zone from 24 yards.
The Broncos got on the board late in the third – as Case Keenum found DaeSean Hamilton, but a Jalen Richard rushing touchdown made the game 24-7 in the fourth.
Courtland Sutton connected with Keenum to keep the game alive, but Marcus Gilchrist picked the Denver quarterback off with 5:36 left in the encounter to seal the win.


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Insurance Investigator is a 1951 American crime film directed by George Blair and written by Gertrude Walker. The film stars Richard Denning, Audrey Long, John Eldredge, Hillary Brooke, Reed Hadley and Jonathan Hale. The film was released on March 23, 1951, by Republic Pictures.

Plot

Cast
Richard Denning as Tom Davison
Audrey Long as Nancy Sullivan
John Eldredge as John Hammond
Hillary Brooke as Addie Wilson
Reed Hadley as Chuck Malone
Jonathan Hale as Russell James
Roy Barcroft as Duke Wallace
Wilson Wood as Jimmy Marshall
William Tannen as 1st Hood
Phillip Pine as 2nd Hood
Crane Whitley as Chief Meyers
Ruth Lee as Miss Pringle
Patricia Knox as Hat Check Girl
M'liss McClure as Cigarette Girl
Maurice Samuels as Tony

References

External links

1951 films
1950s English-language films
American crime films
1951 crime films
Republic Pictures films
Films directed by George Blair
American black-and-white films
1950s American films

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Scribbler's Saga #76 – I Write Like…
It's amazing how much weird writer/musician/creator stuff lands on me through my Facebook feed. Just have to have that programmable music box, where I'll likely be the weirdo composer writing for harmonica and said music box? Facebook. That amazing inconvenient ReMarkable digital writing tablet (see post)? Facebook. And don't get me started on several links promising to make me a better writer, yet again…Facebook. And then there was the link to I Write Like [dot] com.
A simple promise…insert quite a bit of text in the box and they'll tell me the published writer with an actual career or legendary deceased status that my writing most matches. Oh, wow…yet another bit of catnip for me to while away the two minutes this app takes out of my not actually writing time! Sign me up.
Long story short, I came up Cory Doctorow. And just because I've been around enough Internet oddities, like Facebook's algorithm and everyone's love/hate with the same, I'm going to run these things twice. Hell, I'm even going to do the old fashioned thing and click through from my Google prompt, just in case, and use different blocks of prose. Still, Cory Doctorow.
I've never read Mr. Doctorow, whom, until I looked him up on Wikipedia, I'd assumed was related to the other Mr. Doctorow, E.L. Doctorow. Apparently, Doctorow is as common as Smith in some parts of the world. Learn something new everyday from Wikipedia (except when Wiki is wrong). Full disclosure, I at least have a couple old paperbacks written by E.L. Doctorow, deemed absolutely irrelevant to this story, on my cluttered bookshelves. And you'll understand why I've yet to read him too…as in have you seen my personal library?
Intrigued by the result of Cory Doctorow, I did quickly download the ePub/Kindle files for one of his books. As of this writing, it's still unread and driven by whatever personal deadlines I put on me for this site; I just went ahead with this post. I figured I'd just talk about what I perceive about my own style (assuming you can trust me to see without blinders).
But, I did pay attention to a few tidbits in Mr. Doctorow's biography as reported on Wikipedia and Amazon, just in case there's is something to the theory that certain aspects of writing style related to similarities in background. We are both more or less from the Gen X cohort and his extensive publishing record is that of someone who didn't self-diagnose as an ADHD poster child.
He writes about technology and related issues with far more expertise than me. I just break machines and software and write about the experience with an eye towards letting people know how the tech actually makes the user's life and productivity better. In this vein, despite being asked over the years to plug the right cables into the TV or the stereo system by even less technically proficient family members, I've always seen myself as a technological chimpanzee.
I pound keys until I make it work and learn in the process. And you better believe there's a direct reference to the famous thought experiment of infinite chimpanzees with infinite typewriters eventually producing War & Peace. I am a smarty pants which shows up in odd ways.
The most interesting similarity, sort of, between Mr. Doctorow and me is in our feelings about copyrights. He very much believes that current copyright law and procedure are slightly restrictive to how things work in the new digital economy and should be adjusted accordingly. For my part, when it comes to my words no way am I nearly as progressive; I write a book, no way do I not fight for that copyright under the current law throwing the kind of elbows to make your grandchildren feel it.
However, I have said this, "if there were some way to ensure the musicians and composers still got paid fairly, I would advocate for rules that only apply to music that acknowledge the largely derivative nature of the art form." This is simply because we live in a musical universe where the drinking song To Anacreon in Heaven becomes the setting for The Star Spangled Banner. Or John Brown's Body becomes The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Or that We're Not Going to Take It Anymore and Oh, Come All Ye Faithful share the same tune. And let's not forget that pretty much every third title in the Classical database is "Variations on a Theme by…" But, of course, more on these subjects to come later…in my composing column.
So anyway, I've listed some basic however tenuous similarities between Mr. Doctorow and myself. It will fall to someone else who has actually built an academic career analyzing the interplay between the background and life arc of the writer and the style of how those words appear on the page to say more. I just write, Man. And dark ugly truth, I hoped for Alexandre Dumas as translated into English. Pipe dream there.
And so now we have the artless segue to what I perceive about my own style versus Mr. Doctorow, so that when we collectively put my books side by side we'll see if this site's algorithm knows its stuff.
First off, I try to avoid To Be sentences which might be the first indicator that I have approximately three minutes of journalism training including reading Shrunk & White's Elements of Style. I will assume that Mr. Doctorow with his considerably more than three minutes journalism training and work experience was taught to write more or less the same way. We'll see when I quiet the noise monster that sometimes keeps me from reading, instead of writing, and I block out the time for his book. Score one for common training methods creating a common style instead of any high-falutin' psychological analysis.
I shoot for paragraphs of three to five sentences of maybe twenty-five words each anchored by an active verb. Again, see the bit above about which books I read and classes I've taken for why my style looks the way it does. But, I also drop in sentences with a single digit number of words where I've semi-consciously dropped out the To Be construction. My memory of the millions of words written to date says this is a direct consequence of several journalism classes, mixed with just sitting down to do my words.
If you put the points of the preceding paragraphs together, you'll understand why me writing like Alexandre Dumas defines pipe dream for the next three centuries. In the 19th Century the writing ethic of short sentences had yet to take hold. And then you have to figure that Dumas wrote in the French of the time and that I would be taking style cues from one of many translators, not exactly the same thing. I must just love any story with swords and has a cool bunch of friendship, the kind that start with a fistfight.
Getting back to my style, it's pretty clear that I break my own rules when I feel I need to. I have a bunch of and so, first off and other transitional indicators in this very post. And other times I strangle these quirks in their crib when I edit. I love me my ellipses and M-dashes. I probably continually give Mr. Blatz (the good English teacher of my past seen through rose colored glasses) conniptions concerning my fluid usage of commas, until I get to edit the damn thing.
A style has more to it than than sentence structure. Choice in content also applies. I write oddball stuff with an occasional hint of black humor. Comes from being the kid that read the Bible cover to cover by the time I was fifteen. Pretty much, I have Greco-Roman mythology backwards and forwards and do okay with the Norse. I read Shakespeare because I can having flushed how certain bad teachers tried to kill the Bard for me.
I seem go for a small handful of basic character types. Sometimes I'm just knowingly doing Bilbo Baggins, the stalwart fellow of good cheer launched into a great quest by external forces. Other times, I'll do an empire building story where a kinder gentler version of Julius Caesar builds a unified society and then prevents it from degenerating into tyranny. I also greatly respect journalists and certain kinds of lawyers more than even Shakespeare says I should. And sometimes, I'm just doing an off-kilter version of myself acting out my fantasies of any of the above. Lastly, all of my characters are either huge music fans and/or play instruments as is my current aspiration, loving it LOUD.
Presumably, these points will be where Mr. Doctorow and I will diverge the most in the side-by-side analysis. It was fun to learn these things even if the egotistical part of me wants to get into the database so that people will one day write like G.N. Jacobs. Don't worry, there are pills for that. So with that…get back to your own writing!
Scribbler's Saga #75 – The Inescapable Bat
Author's Assortment #1 – Batman: First Person Bat Pt. 1


PETERSEN MEDIA: Getting to work with the NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midget Series on Friday and Saturday night in Kokomo, IN, Tanner Carrick would charge to a 10th place finish on Friday night, before a last lap incident knocked him out of eighth place in Saturday's 'A'.
"We were really fast all weekend long, and it is a bummer the way our feature ended on Saturday night," Tanner Carrick said.
Friday night would kick off the two-day stop at Kokomo Speedway and Carrick would get started by timing the Craftsman/CVC/TRD Spike Chassis backed machine in 17th fastest in time trials.
Able to pick up a win during heat race competition, Carrick would advance to the Kokomo Grand Prix opening night feature event where he would take the green flag from the 16th starting position.
On the racy bullring, Carrick would continue to showcase the same speed he had in heat race action. Slicing his way through the star-studded field, the Lincoln, CA pilot would close the Kokomo Grand Prix out with a nice charge up to 10th.
Looking to build off Friday night during the Saturday night finale, Carrick opened the night up by timing in ninth fastest in qualifying time trials.
Running second in heat race action to Jason McDougal, Carrick would find himself in the fifth row to start the 30-lap feature event. Carrick would spend much of the night battling well inside the Top-10 on this night.
Racing with the likes of teammates Tucker Klassmeyer and Logan Seavey, Carrick would find himself eighth as the race came to close.
Taking the white flag in eighth, contact in turn four coming to the checkered would result in Carrick spinning and getting on his side as he would be credited with a 21st place finish.
Tanner Carrick and the Keith Kunz Motorsports team would like to thank Craftsman, CVC, TRD, Spike Chassis, Cemex, Arai, and Shell Shock for their support.
ON TAP: Tanner Carrick will make his way back to California and take part in the 2nd Annual Asparagus Cup on Friday and Saturday night.


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A delightful and very well presented four bedroom/three bathroom family home situated in the sought after village and rural hamlet of Walderton. Offering 2,056 sqft/191sqm of accommodation set in in mature gardens measuring over a third of an acre.
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Q: sbt assembly error deduplicate Getting started with sbt.
I am getting this error during sbt assembly

deduplicate: different file contents found in the following:
      ../.ivy2/cache/org.scalatest/scalatest_2.11/bundles/scalatest_2.11-2.2.6.jar:org/scalactic/SeqEqualityConstraints$.class
      ../.ivy2/cache/org.scalactic/scalactic_2.11/bundles/scalactic_2.11-3.0.0.jar:org/scalactic/SeqEqualityConstraints$.class

this is my build sbt :
scalaVersion  := "2.11.8"
scalacOptions := Seq("-unchecked", "-feature", "-deprecation", "-encoding", "utf8")

libraryDependencies ++= {
  val phantomV          = "1.29.5"
  val scalaTestV        = "2.2.6"
  val scalaMockV        = "3.4.2"
  val elastic4sV        = "2.4.0"
  val akkaStreamVersion = "2.4.10"
  val akkaVersion       = "2.3.12"
  Seq(
    "com.websudos"            %% "phantom-dsl"                        % phantomV,
    "com.websudos"            %% "phantom-reactivestreams"            % phantomV,
    "com.websudos"            %% "util-testing"                       % "0.13.0" % "test, provided",
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-actor"                         % akkaVersion,
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-http-spray-json-experimental"  % akkaStreamVersion,
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-http-core"                     % akkaStreamVersion,
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-http-experimental"             % akkaStreamVersion,
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-http-testkit"                  % akkaStreamVersion,
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-stream"                        % akkaStreamVersion,
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-stream-testkit"                % akkaStreamVersion,
    "org.scalatest"           %% "scalatest"                          % scalaTestV  % "test, provided",
    "com.typesafe.akka"       %% "akka-testkit"                       % akkaVersion  % "test, provided",
    "com.typesafe.play"       %% "play-streams-experimental"          % "2.4.6"     % "provided",
    "com.sksamuel.elastic4s"  %% "elastic4s-core"                     % elastic4sV,
    "com.sksamuel.elastic4s"  %% "elastic4s-streams"                  % elastic4sV,
    "org.scalamock"           %% "scalamock-scalatest-support"        % scalaMockV % "test, provided",
    "com.typesafe"            % "config"                              % "1.3.1"

  )
}
lazy val root = project.in(file("."))
  .settings(mainClass in assembly := Some("com.ind.Main"))

initialCommands := """|import akka.actor._
                      |import akka.pattern._
                      |import akka.util._
                      |import scala.concurrent._
                      |import scala.concurrent.duration._""".stripMargin

fork in run := true
test in assembly := {}

any idea why am getting that and how can I solve it ?
===== UPDATE ====
I did managed to solve it by adding
assemblyMergeStrategy in assembly := {
  case PathList("META-INF", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.discard
  case x => MergeStrategy.first
}

A: assemblyMergeStrategy in assembly := {
  case PathList("META-INF", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.discard
  case x => MergeStrategy.first
}

A: The ScalaTest and Scalactic version numbers need to match. You have a ScalaTest 2.2.6 trying to use a Scalactic 3.0.0, so that's the problem. One of your dependencies is perhaps using Scalactic 3.0.0.


IFIR is writing to inform all IFIR clients, deportees, humanitarian, refugee organizations, political parties, refugee relatives that Mr. Ari Jalal and Mr. Baxtyar Omer no longer work IFIR, as a consequence they have no eligibility or responsibility within IFIR anymore. IFIR understands that they have formed their own organization.
Dashty Jamal Secretary of IFIR has appointed Mr. Amanj Abdullah as the head of IFIRs branch in Kurdistan and Mr. Hawzhin Muhammad as the office manager.
Dashty Jamal wishes to assure all IFIR's clients that IFIR will continue its work and services to the deportee and Refugee community in Kurdistan.
IFIR is a free, humanitarian, popular and International organization defending the universal rights of refugees, realizing the rightful protests of the refugees.
IFIR was on the frontline defending the humanitarian values, refugee rights. It has worked for equal rights and equal freedom of the individuals. It fought against discrimination and building borders and was for unconditional right of free movement.
IFIR tries to continuously broaden the human rights of the Kurdish and Iraqi refugees and that everyone has a fair share in a free, save and prosper life.
IFIR has helped thousands of people, protecting their rights and dignity, stopping forcible deportation.
IFIR is Working to enable the acceptance of refugees from the above mentioned countries, initiating hundreds of campaigns to collect international supports for stopping the process of refugee deportation.
In its efforts IFIR has helped many refugees to gain asylum and provided them with their basic needs in the countries in which they live without considering any religious, political, ethnic and nationalistic ideologies and motives.
Defending the right of refugees, IFIR has organized many demonstrations, protests and meetings in the European parliament, presented petitions to the responsible sections in the European countries.
Rebwar Arif was the official secretary of IFIR until 2007 he has left a rich history behind him for the refugees and IFIR. Thereafter in the first congress of IFIR the representatives of IFIR in the different countries appointed Dashty Jamal as the secretary of IFIR.
In February 2012 the IFIR founded a branch in Kurdistan in presence of Dashty Jamal and the deportees.
The IFIR's headquarter is in Britain and continues to defend refugee rights.
· IFIR has freed many imprisoned refugees.
· IFIR has returned the body of many drowned refugees in the Mediterranean Sea.
· IFIR searched for many missing refugees.
· IFIR has helped many women and children who were victims of domestic violence and fought for them to gain the right of asylum.
IFIR will continue working independently from any political party promoting humanitarian aims.


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Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education: Title IX Prohibits Retaliation for Opposing Sex Discrimination in Education
by TimCoffieldAttorney | Oct 15, 2020 | Supreme Court |
In Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 544 U.S. 167, (2005), the Supreme Court held that Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination in education necessarily includes a prohibition on retaliation against individuals for opposing sex discrimination. Consequently, Title IX's private right of action encompasses claims of retaliation against an individual because she or he has complained about sex discrimination in education programs.
Background on Title IX: Prohibition on Sex Discrimination in Education
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination by recipients of federal education funding. The statute provides that "[n]o person … shall, on the basis of sex, be … subjected to discrimination under any education program … receiving Federal financial assistance." 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a). Unlike some laws prohibiting sex discrimination, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the text of Title IX does not expressly discuss retaliation for opposing the sex discrimination it prohibits.
Jackson coached a Birmingham, Alabama girls' high school basketball team. He discovered that, compared to the school's male sports teams, his team was not receiving equal funding and equal access to athletic equipment and facilities. Jackson complained to his supervisors about these inequalities, to no avail.
After making these complaints, Jackson received negative work evaluations and ultimately was removed as the girls' coach.
Jackson brought suit against the Birmingham Board of Education, alleging that the Board had retaliated against him because he complained about sex discrimination in the high school's athletic program. Jackson asserted that this retaliation violated Title IX, which provides that "[n]o person … shall, on the basis of sex, be … subjected to discrimination under any education program … receiving Federal financial assistance." 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a).
The trial court dismissed Jackson's complaint on the ground that Title IX's private cause of action did not include retaliation claims. The Eleventh Circuit agreed. The Eleventh Circuit further concluded that under the Supreme Court's decision in Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2001), the Department of Education's Title IX regulation expressly prohibiting retaliation did not create a private cause of action. The Eleventh Circuit further held that even if Title IX prohibited retaliation, Jackson was not part of the class of people protected by the statute. 544 U.S. at 171-73.
The Jackson Court reversed. It held that retaliation against a person because that person has complained of sex discrimination in education is a form of intentional sex discrimination encompassed by Title IX's private cause of action.
The Court concluded that when a federal funding recipient, like a school board, retaliates against a person because he or she complains of sex discrimination, this consitutes intentional "discrimination" "on the basis of sex," in violation of Title IX.
Retaliation for a Sex Discrimination Complaint is Discrimination on the Basis of Sex
In reaching this conclusion, the Court first observed that it had previously held, in Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677, 690–693 (1979), that Title IX implies a private right of action to enforce its prohibition on intentional sex discrimination. The Court had further held, in Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 503 U.S. 60 (1992), that Title IX's private right of action includes actions for money damages by private persons. The Court had also held, in Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School Dist., 524 U.S. 274, 290–291 (1998), that Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses a federal funding recipient's deliberate indifference to sexual harassment of a student by a teacher. Further, the Court had held, in Davis v. Monroe County Bd. of Ed., 526 U.S. 629, 642 (1999), that Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses a recipient's deliberate indifference to sexual harassment of a student by another student. Jackson, 544 U.S. at 173.
Second, the Court observed that in all of those cases, it relied on Title IX's broad language prohibiting a funding recipient from intentionally subjecting any person to "discrimination" "on the basis of sex." 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a). The Court observed that retaliation is, by definition, an intentional act. This makes retaliation is a form of "discrimination" because the complainant is subjected to differential treatment. Therefore, the Court concluded, retaliation is discrimination "on the basis of sex" because it is an intentional response to the nature of the complaint: an allegation of sex discrimination. Jackson, 544 U.S. at 174.
Mistakes in the Eleventh Circuit's Interpretation of Title IX
The Court then addressed the mistakes in the Eleventh Circuit's reasoning. For example, the appeals court had found that Title IX did not prohibit retaliation because the text of the statute is silent on the topic. The Jackson Court observed that this argument ignored the import of the Court's precedents repeatedly construing "discrimination" under Title IX broadly to include conduct, such as sexual harassment, that the statute does not expressly mention. Jackson, 544 U.S. at 174-75.
It did not matter, to the Court's analysis, that Section 704 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e–3(a) (prohibiting retaliation for opposing sex discrimination in employment), expressly prohibits retaliation. The Court found Title VII to be of limited use with respect to its construction of Title IX. This was because the Court found Title VII to be a vastly different statute, which details the conduct that constitutes prohibited discrimination. By contrast, because Congress did not list any specific discriminatory practices in Title IX, its failure to mention one such practice (like retaliation) said nothing about whether it intended that practice to be covered. Jackson, 544 U.S. at 175.
The Jackson Court further supported its analysis by observing that Congress enacted Title IX just three years after Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc., 396 U.S. 229 (1969), which interpreted 42 U.S.C. § 1982's general prohibition of racial discrimination to include retaliation against a white man for advocating the rights of blacks. The Court noted that this timing provided a realistic basis for presuming that Congress expected Title IX to be interpreted in conformity with Sullivan. Retaliation for Jackson's advocacy of the rights of the girls' basketball team was "discrimination" "on the basis of sex," just as retaliation for advocacy on behalf of a black lessee in Sullivan was discrimination on the basis of race. 544 U.S. at 176-77.
Additional Arguments
The Court then rejected the Board's argument that Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2001) called for a different result. In Sandoval, the Court held that because Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting race, color, and national origin discrimination in programs receiving federal financial assistance) prohibited only intentional discrimination, private parties could not obtain redress for disparate-impact discrimination based on the Justice Department's regulations prohibiting federal funding recipients from adopting policies with such an impact. Because the Education Department had a Title IX regulation expressly prohibiting retaliation, the Board argued that Jackson, like the plaintiffs in Sandoval, sought an impermissible extension of the statute when he argued that Title IX's private right of action encompassed retaliation.
The Court observed that this missed the point. In holding that Title IX encompasses retaliation, the Court did not rely on the Education Department regulation at all. Rather, the Court found that Title IX's text itself contained the necessary prohibition: Retaliation against a person who speaks out against sex discrimination is intentional "discrimination" "on the basis of sex" within the statute's meaning. 544 U.S. at 177-78.
The Court then rejected the Board's argument that, even if Title IX's private right of action encompassed discriminatory retaliation, Jackson was not entitled to invoke that right because he was an "indirect victi[m]" of sex discrimination. The Court observed that Title IX is a broadly-worded statute. It does not require that the victim of the retaliation also be the victim of the discrimination that is the subject of the original complaint. Therefore, so long as the retaliation occurs because the complainant speaks out about sex discrimination, the statute's "on the basis of sex" requirement is satisfied. This makes the complainant a victim of discriminatory retaliation, regardless of whether he was the subject of the original complaint. 544 U.S. at 179.
After all, the Court observed, Congress enacted Title IX not only to prevent the use of federal dollars to support discriminatory practices, but also "to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices." 544 U.S. at 180 (quoting Cannon, 441 U.S. at 704). That objective would be difficult to achieve if persons complaining about sex discrimination did not have effective protection against retaliation. 544 U.S. at 180.
Finally, the Court rejected the Board's reliance on the principle that, because Title IX was enacted as an exercise of Congress' Spending Clause powers, a private damages action is available only if the federal funding recipient had adequate notice that it could be held liable for the conduct at issue. This principle was discussed in Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman, 451 U.S. 1, 17 (1981). The Jackson Court, however, noted that Pennhurst does not preclude such an action where a funding recipient, like the Board, engaged in intentional acts that clearly violate Title IX. 544 U.S. at 182 (citing Davis, 526 U.S. at 642).
Further, the Court observed, the Board should have been put on notice that it could be held liable for retaliation by the fact that the Court's decisions since Cannon consistently interpreted Title IX's private cause of action broadly to encompass diverse forms of intentional sex discrimination; by the text of Title IX itself, which expressly prohibits intentional conduct that violates clear statutory terms; by the regulations implementing Title IX, which clearly prohibit retaliation and had done so for nearly 30 years; and by the holdings of all of the Courts of Appeals that had considered the question at the time of the conduct at issue that Title IX covers retaliation. 544 U.S. at 183-84 (citing Davis, 526 U.S. at 642 and 644). The Court noted that, given this context, the Board could not have realistically supposed that it remained free to retaliate against those who reported sex discrimination. Id.
For these reasons, the Court concluded that Jackson could prevail on the merits of his Title IX claim by proving that the Board retaliated against him because he complained of sex discrimination. 544 U.S. at 184.
In sum, Jackson held that Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination in educational programs necessarily includes a prohibition on retaliation against individuals for opposing such sex discrimination. This means that Title IX's private right of action encompasses claims of retaliation against an individual because she or he has complained about sex discrimination, even when the individual who complains was not the victim of the original discrimination. This is an important rule that protects people, from teachers and coaches to students, who do the right thing by reporting sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal financial assistance.


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Donna Conwell is Associate Curator at the MontalvoArts Center in Saratoga, California. From 2008 to 2011 she was Project Specialist in the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art at the Getty Research Institute. From 2003 to 2006 she was an Associate Curator at inSite, a visual arts organization that commissions artists to create new work at the San Diego–Tijuana border. She has organized several exhibitions, including, most recently, forthcoming shows at the Montalvo Arts Center, O'Great Reverie: Montalvo 1912-2012 2012, co-curator) and Getty Research Institute, Farewell to Surrealism: the Dyn Circle in Mexico (Los Angeles, 2012, co-curator); Wandering Position: Selections from the inSite Archive, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo (Mexico City, 2010); Overflow: A Reinvention of Alan Kaprow's Fluids by the L.A. Art Girls, The Getty Center (Los Angeles, 2008, co-curator); and From A to B, Fellows of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, 2008).
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This channel features sound and video works by contemporary artists that unsettle and deconstruct some of the familiar visual tropes of Southern California. Such recognizable motifs as freeways, palm trees, sunshine, and surfing inspired artists in the 1950s and 60s to produce some of Southern California's most iconic art works. In a form of call read more…
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Rally legend Rosemary Smith drives an F1 car at 79
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As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations for Renault's Formula One activity, they invited Irish rally legend, Rosemary Smith to Paul Ricard to become, at 79, the oldest person to drive a modern F1 car.
Rosemary initially trained as a seamstress and opened her own dress shop, which unexpectedly became her route into the world of motorsport when one of her clients invited her to navigate in a rally.
Rosemary has competed in some of the most iconic rallies around the world, taking home many trophies. A particularly poignant victory was the famous Tulip Rally, which she won in 1965, an achievement which made not only the motorsport world take notice but also Hollywood, with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton sending her a huge bouquet and congratulatory letter.
Despite these achievements, Rosemary never got the chance to partake in arguably the greatest motorsport experience – driving a Formula One car – until now.
With encouragement from long-term friend and navigator, Pauline Gullick, in addition to current Renault F1 driver, Jolyon Palmer, Rosemary soon got to grips with the single-seater, increasing her confidence with every lap of the renowned Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, southern France.
Speaking of the experience Rosemary said: "Driving an 800bhp car is something I, like many other racers, have always dreamt of but I didn't think I'd ever have the opportunity to do it, so when the team at Renault UK contacted me I jumped at the chance. It was definitely very different to the rally cars I'm used to but was an amazing experience. I could feel myself getting more and more comfortable with the single-seater and being able to speak to Jolyon, driver to driver, also helped when the nerves did kick in.
"After racing and facing the challenges of competing in a male-dominated sport together for many years I was so happy that my friend Pauline was able to share this latest milestone and give me that extra boost. It just goes to show that anyone can fulfil their dreams at any age if they put their mind to it and always follow their passions."
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They exist, and they are wonderful.
The national dish of Scotland.
How much did some one smoke before they thought of deep frying a candy bar? This is GENIUS! I have to try this my self IRL.


The president of Sony Computer Entertainment America has become the latest high-profile gaming exec to publically condemn GamerGate's hate campaign.
When pushed on the fact that hiding behind trade body statements is nowhere near sufficient, Layden added: "I don't think there is one statement or one position on it, or one answer to whatever this very broadly-defined #GamerGate really means. A lot of things are getting swept into that.


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John Thain Resigns
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Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:24PM ET / Published Jan. 22, 2009 7:00AM ET
Does he get to take the office goodies with him? CNBC is reporting that former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain has resigned this morning, less than a month after his brokerage firm was taken over by Bank of America. Thain became Bank of America's head of global banking, securities, and wealth management after the merger on January 1. His relationship was strained with Bank of America head Ken Lewis after Merrill's unexpectedly large forth-quarter losses, and he was facing pressure due to Merrill's decision to move up its year-end bonuses. Charlie Gasparino broke word today on Thain's lavish office, which included an $87,000 rug.
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Metro FM reaches 1 Million Facebook Fans
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METRO FM, the biggest commercial radio station in South Africa, is proud to announce that it has reached the 1 Million Facebook Fans milestone! The brand has had the pleasure of watching the page grow and evolve into what it is has become today. In a year, the station has managed to increase its following organically. With the station's new leadership METRO FM has employed 360 strategies that include a huge emphasis on developing METRO FMs online presence and digital offerings that resulted in an achievement of this magnitude.
"Over 30 years METRO FM has acquired brand equity. Since 2015 through the inclusion of 360 strategies the brand's listenership enjoyed a significant growth. This strategy increased the brand's presence in the minds of listeners awakening all senses of the brand. Listeners are able to touch and feel the brand, allowing conversations to live and continue beyond the radio medium." Said METRO FM Marketing Manager: Ms Christinah Mazibuko.
The SABC has invested greatly in the development of the SABC digital platforms with a significant investment in the human resources that conceptualize and implement digital content strategies.
What do 1 million fans mean?
Head of SABC Radio Digital Media Strategy: Mr Carlito Sheikh stated: "We as SABC Radio Digital Media are very proud of METRO FM for being the first radio station in the SABC radio network to achieve this milestone. It is testimony to the level of social media engagement that the station has with its tribe of fans online, making integrated media advertising campaigns a reality at SABC Radio."
METRO FM boasts a Twitter following of over 600 000 on Twitter, 60 000 on Instagram and over 350,000 podcast downloads since the launch of the channel in 2015. The brand also launched the METRO FM VIP Club, a loyalty rewards programme, in March 2016 and it has attracted more than 15 000 registered users to date.
'This is proof that Radio has a future in the digitally converged world, and METRO FM will continue to re-think and reshape how we play in this place in our quest to add value to the lives of South Africans'.
METRO FM Station Manager, Sibongile Mtyali
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Changes in Metro FM's Dstv channel
The South African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) 19 radio services are now available on DSTV's audio package from today. Previously METRO FM was the only public service broadcaster's radio station on this platform.
Mr Leslie Ntloko, SABC Group Executive: Radio stated: "SABC Radio has over the years claimed its rightful space by dominating the airwaves and it is now the right time to further expand on our offering, by using alternative platforms. This partnership will ensure that our various radio stations' spectrum is not confined to certain areas. Through the DStv bouquet our radio stations will have a wider national footprint."
MetroFM will no longer be available on channel 881 and has since moved to channel 901.
Get to know Mpho Maboi
Mpho is first and foremost a Mother who is better known as a Sports Anchor for SABC Sport.
Having started her career in radio with YFM and later joining Supersport, Mpho has come full circle, joining MetroFM from April 2015, doing sport on The Great Escape with Amon Mokoena and Pearl Modiadie the drivers of the show from 12-3pm weekdays. We caught up with her to find out more about the woman behind the voice.
Mpho complete the sentence: I am…
First and foremost a mother and then I am someone who loves life in all in different facets.
You were born in Wattville in the Eastrand and grew up in Daveyton, where did you attend school?
Wordworth High School in Benoni
You are very active on Twitter, what made you sign up?
FOMO and beyond that, I was just feeling a bit tired of how Facebook is structured and enjoyed the immediacy of Twitter.
You advocate for self-love and are well known for your self-confidence, was this always the case? If not, what was the turning point for you?
I've not always been the most confident of women, but getting to know one's self helps improve this.
Describe 3 legitimate fears you had and explain how you overcome them.
The fear of failure, fear of success and fear of not living up to people's expectations. Switching careers 3 times before the age of 30 made me realise that fear is all in the mind and one can actually be a success in your field as long as you are willing to put in the work. Also that one can NEVER live up to anyone's expectations. Do you, people will talk anyway.
Who are the main people who have influenced you in your career?
DJ Fresh – Very selfless and he takes care of those he cares about. He's one person you want to have in your corner.
Robert Marawa – He's an awesome shoulder to cry on and someone I look up to in the sporting space because he makes it look so easy.
My Mother – She's an amazing woman.
You are very proud of being a mother, why is this so and what are amongst your other greatest accomplishments?
Motherhood is firstly my greatest accomplishment because having endometriosis and having had a miscarriage, I never thought this would happen. Secondly it would be joining MetroFM and lastly hosting studio shows during both the World Cup and AFCON, intense.
You're a very talented woman, what is the thing you most wish you were great at?
Drawing. I love art and I wish I paid more attention in art class at school.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
Anchoring a sport radio show and making my girl's foundation a success in 5 years. Being a force behind the scenes in sport TV in 10 years and travelling a lot more in 15 years time.
If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be & what would you eat?
Maya Angelou because she is the epitome of wisdom.
What do you think people misunderstand most about you?
People mistaken my sarcasm for being rude. It used to bother me but not anymore. Wit is fun.
Lastly, what would you like to be remembered for?
Being someone who is unapologetically herself
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Metro FM wins Coolest Radio Station Award
Metro FM has again for the 3rd consecutive year retained its number one position as the Coolest Radio Station.
This was an award that was presented by the Sunday Times Generation Next youth awards which gathers the opinions and attitudes of young people to determine which brands they think are the coolest. The 11th Generation Next Awards were held on Friday, 8 May at the Sandton Convention centre and attracted marketers and different brands.
"The team at Metro FM is enlivened and inspired. This is validation that the hard work we put in continues to inspire. Being voted The Coolest Radio Station by consumers of the brand, three years in a row is just confirmation that Metro FM is still a mighty station on top of its game. We do not take it for granted that in this tight and ever changing competitive environment, our listeners still make us number one," said Sibongile Mtyali, Metro FM Station Manager.
Metro FM has plans to preserve this position for 2016 and this will become evident through its marketing and programming plans for this current year. The station has introduced a bold and vibrant new on air line-up that will realise an increase in listenership and will be visible to the country through a roll out of billboards and print advertisements nationally. In line with these on air changes Metro FM will introduce a new brand campaign that will talk to the aspirational, ambitious and progressive South Africans. These are some of the changes at the station that will see Metro FM walk away with this award for years to come.
Metro FM,SABC 1 & 3 are finalists in the Loeries
Everyone at the SABC will be holding thumbs on Saturday and Sunday evening in support of SABC1, SABC3 and Metro FM, to bring some of the "rare birds" home!
SABC1 has been nominated as a finalist in the category for TV trailers, channel and station promos for its generic brand promo "Television Manifesto", with the SABC's own Orapeleng Lebethe being the Executive Creative Director.
Four SABC3 posters ("007", "Star Trek", "Ironman" and "E.T"), produced by King James II are amongst the finalists. Two commercials ("Bacon" and "Dreaming") for SABC3's breakfast programme "Expresso", which were produced by King James II, have been nominated for a Loerie Award.
In the category for Internet and Mobile commercials, Metro FM boasts no less than three finalists ("Market", "Bunny Chow" and "Taxi") for the 2014 Metro FM Music Awards. The commercial "3 Deep Solo" (2014 Metro FM Music Awards), produced by King James II, also made it onto the list.
The Loerie Awards are regarded as the most prestigious brand communication awards on the continent and will take place in Cape Town on Saturday 20 September and Sunday 21 September.
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Q: Problem loading resources while running in Eclipse I'm working on a swing project, using maven2 (from command-line) and eclipse (without maven integration). So, I generate the eclipse project through maven eclipse plugin (mvn eclipse:eclipse), import it inside eclipse, and do all my work.
My problem is: when I run my app in eclipse (as a Java Application), I can't find none of the resources that are in my src directory. Digging for information on my problem, I get into this answer from another question. So, I compared the output from the following instructions:
MyClass.class.getResource("/").getPath();
MyClass.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toString();

Those gave me the following outputs, respectively:

${workspace_loc}/${my_project}/target/test-classes/
  file:/${workspace_loc}/${my_project}/target/classes/

Checking the above locations, I could see that the former is empty, while the other one contained all my compiled classes and resources. So, I came to the conclusion that the classloader is looking for my resources in the wrong place. So, I think I have three questions:

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*Is my understanding correct?

*If so, how it does to find the classes it is loading?

*How do I solve this?

UPDATE: I've changed my code, so instead of invoking MyClass.class.getResource(...) or MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream(...), I'm now using ClassLoader.getSystemResource(...) and ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(...). In this way, everything is working fine in eclipse. I just don't know exactly why. Any hint on this?

A: Two possibles cases for me :

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*You are using eclipse to compile your project. Then eclipse is configured to exclude (or not include) resources in the src folder. You can set it in Project/Properties/Java Build Path/Source. Then you expend your src folder, and ensure you have something like "Included All", "Excluded None".

*You run your maven application using maven to compile and not eclipse, even though you are using eclipse as your IDE. Then by default maven will not copy resources from the source folder to the output folder... Because it is not the standard maven way of doing things. Thus the resource are missing from the classpath and you don't find them. Just change your maven configuration to also include resources from your source folder.

A: I think you have to add src/main/resources to the build path. This is done in Project Properties > Build Path > Source. Here is how the standard maven project looks:

In future when using Eclipse I suggest to use m2eclipse plugin and create project using it. This will automatically make sure that all these folders are in the build path.

A: Try this:
Run configurations... -> Classpath -> User Entries -> Advanced... -> Add Folders

A: Can you try loading the resources using below?
this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(propertyFileName)

A: This might be useful information
Eclipse Maven plugin has its own Classpath Container that conflicts with generated class paths when enabled.

A: What I would suggest is stop using eclipse:eclipse (sorry - harsh I know).  I used it for about 8 months, cant believe it took me that long, and used M2Eclipse.  M2Eclipse is an eclipse plugin in which you do the following.

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*Enable Dependency Management.

*Update Project Configuration

*(In Eclipse) Project -> Build Project

*(In Eclipse) Run Application

It may not seem it, but its a much easier and less frustrating way of doing it.
Before, with eclipse:eclipse.  You would have to run it then hit refresh and hope that everything is configured - if you have a multi-module pom things can really go wrong.

A: For me the Files within the WEB-INF were not getting included. Hence I added them to Buildpath (Project -> Build Path -> Configure Build Path -> Add folder (project/src/main/webapp). This resolved the issue.


The 8th Southern California Linux Expo (aka SCaLE 8x) is a community organized, non-profit event. Those words and the incredibly cheap price might lead you to believe that it is not worth going to, but if this is your first time you'll be amazed by the size, scope, and professionalism of the event with nearly a hundred exhibits and dozens of informative talks.
Even though you're not paying hundreds of dollars for the conference fee, it's still worth traveling to if you're not in Los Angeles. If you are in LA, then you have no excuse.
Just like last year at SCaLE, I will be leading another "Try-It Lab" where we'll help folks get started with using Amazon EC2 and Ubuntu Linux. More information about preparation will be posted on the SCaLE blog, so be sure to review it before attending if you're interested in a hands-on, guided, workshop experience with EC2. The lab seats "sold out" quickly last year, so make sure you get in early.
Deal for readers of Alestic.com: When you register for SCaLE, use the code "ERIC" for 50% off of the listed price. If you sign up today, that gives you a full access pass for a ridiculously low $35. Prices may go up as the weekend gets closer.


1. Inform your guide immediately of any sighting.
2. Be cautious and courteous: approach areas of known or suspected large mammal activity with extreme caution, especially during breeding times. Look in all directions before planning your approach or departure, and talk, not yell, as yelling could be interpreted as threatening, or misinterpreted as other animal calls.
3. Maintain your distance: at least 200-300 meters distance from any large mammal, such as bears, moose, bighorn sheep, cougars, or wolves; and at least 50-100 meters distance from smaller animals and birds.
4. Be aware of your surroundings: always approach and depart from animals from the side, not from the front or behind.
5. Never position yourself in between animals, especially a mother and her baby.
6. Slow down: better chances to view wildlife occur when moving slower, and fast motions could be construed as threatening. If you accidentally come within 100 meters of larger mammals, stop immediately and back away slowly, or allow animal to pass.
7. Pay attention and back away respectfully at first sign of agitation.
8. Never move quickly around larger mammals or engage in threatening activity.
9. Never feed any wildlife.
1. Be cautious and courteous: approach areas off trail with care and respect. Many plants and wildflowers take years to regenerate, and are very fragile.
2. Slow down: When moving at too fast a pace, not only are we needlessly expending valuable energy, but we risk passing by a beautiful gift from the forest.
3. Never pick, uproot, or cut a plant or flower unless necessary.
Note: These are just general guidelines. There are many dangerous and poisonous plants in the Rockies and there is no substitute for a knowledgeable guide or expert with you when attempting to identify plants, especially for edible or medicinal purposes.


I make dance videos with a tool called rope dart and fire. I have been practicing and performing for over three years now.
My videos take about an hour to film. I don't edit all of them, but the ones I do edit take between one and five hours. I have been making tutorials on my Youtube channel as well.