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Thrillers and Chillers Deal at Audible
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 admin Leave a comment
Audiobooks by H.P. Lovecraft, Poe, and others, are 50% off for Halloween listening. On sale at Audible.com through October 31st.
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Review of Something Wicked This Way Comes (with A Sound of Thunder) by Ray Bradbury
Monday, October 24, 2005 admin 1 Comment
Something Wicked This Way Comes (with A Sound of Thunder)
By Ray Bradbury; Read by Stefan Rudnicki
8 CD's – 9.5 hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Themes: / Fantasy / Halloween / Carnival / Magic / Supernatural / Aging /
Sometime each October, a line is crossed; the line between falling leaves and fallen leaves, between shirtsleeves and a jacket, between the relief that summer has ended and the slight dread of the upcoming winter. Most of us don't really notice the moment of crossing; we look up sometime afterwards and wonder where all the pumpkins came from. Some people, though, are exquisitely aware of this moment; they live in it, they draw it out and savor it, and a special few of them create art about it that allows the rest us to actually experience it. Dave McKean captures it with his eerie photo collages, M. Ward puts his old-young-man voice to good use singing about it, particularly in a track called "One Life Away," and Terry Gilliam almost-but-not-quite captured it on film in the recent The Brothers Grimm. Ray Bradbury did some of his best work while inhabiting it. In The Illustrated Man and The October Country, he told stories about people's lives intersecting that weird border. In The Halloween Tree, he abandoned story for the most part, and spent his time describing the sensory experience of the moment of crossing. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, recently released as an audiobook by Blackstone Audio, he skillfully combined plot and description to examine this and life's other unnoticed, but profound, sea changes.
Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade are the young protagonists of the story, best friends born just two minutes apart, but each on a different side of the line. Each of the boys personifies their respective border country; Will is blue-eyed and blonde, responsible, mannered, charming, the type of kid who looks like he was born wearing a scout uniform. Jim is darker, his eyes and his hair, but also his mood and personality. While it would be easy (and tempting) to say that Will is "better" than Jim, Bradbury shows his wisdom by describing the value of both of the boys' attributes, how one, without the other, is vulnerable and incomplete, and how the different elements each boy bring to the friendship ultimately strengthen it.
The story follows Will and Jim as they cross a number of boundaries; the October line, the line between boyhood and adolescence, and the line between innocence and experience. The arrival of a strange carnival to the boys' idyllic town complicates these passages. "Cougar and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show" is indeed something wicked, and the danger it presents to the boys and their town makes for an engaging, suspenseful tale.
Audiobook veteran Stephen Rudnicki reads Something Wicked, and gives a largely enjoyable performance, with only a few rough spots. Listeners familiar with Rudnicki will understand that dialogue between two pubescent boys isn't exactly the perfect material for his sonorous voice. Everything is forgiven, however, when Mr. Dark makes his entrance. Rudnicki's reading of the tattooed ringmaster's introductory sentence literally gave me chills. Mr. Cougar, the Dust Witch, and the rest of the Shadow Show freaks are also done justice by Rudnicki's interpretations.
Blackstone Audio seems to have heard my pleas for more DVD-type extra features on audio books, and have included an extra disc with a Bradbury short story, "A Sound of Thunder," also read by Rudnicki. The story, a powerful exploration of the dangers of time travel, was recently made into a motion picture starring Edward Burns (and almost universally panned).
An interesting element of this audio book is that, whether by accident or design, the discs almost invariably ended at a point of terrific suspense. Rather than simply turning a page to assuage my anxiety about the fate of the characters, I was scrambling to eject discs, open cases, balance discs on my various fingers and insert new discs. Call me a masochist, but I thought it actually made the experience more enjoyable. Even listeners who don't share my Hitchockian penchant for prolonging a story's tension will have a hard time finding a better group of guides than Bradbury, Rudnicki, Jim, Will, and Mr. Dark for this year's passage over that peculiar line.
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Review of Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Wednesday, October 6, 2004 Scott D. Leave a comment
Something Wicked This Way Comes
By Ray Bradbury; Read by Paul Hecht
7 CD's – 8 hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books
First of all, it was October. A rare month for boys.
— Prologue, Something Wicked This Way Comes
As I write this, it's a cool October night. The trees outside are starting to drop autumn leaves. It's not difficult, especially after finishing this novel, to see why October turns my thoughts to Ray Bradbury more than any other author. He can instill the spirit of Halloween in a person the same way that Dickens instills the spirit of Christmas, and Something Wicked This Way Comes is his work that does it best.
Paul Hecht, in one of his finest narrating performances, reads this unabridged version of Bradbury's novel, and adds an infectious enthusiasm to the poetic prose. I was captured by his performance.
The novel revolves around Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade, who are best friends. They are both nearly thirteen years old, and it's the week before Halloween. Into town comes a lightning rod salesman who warns of an approaching storm. Later that same night a carnival comes to town, full of bizarre people and sinister magic. The boys are immediately drawn to it and, after an unsettling event involving a carousel, know that they are dealing with something dangerous and powerful. The two boys are very different people, so they react to the carnival, its people, and its magic in different ways.
Something Wicked This Way Comes is a novel full of images. The carnival, the carousel, the boys themselves running here and there, the lightning rod covered with ancient symbols… those images come through with crystal clarity in this audiobook. Happy Halloween!
Review of Catskin by Kelly Link
Tuesday, August 17, 2004 Jesse Willis Leave a comment
Catskin
By Kelly Link; Read by Kelly Link
|REALAUDIO|* – Approx. 56 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Broadcaster: WNYC
Broadcast: Nov. 1st 2002
Themes: / Fantasy / Horror / Magic / Witchcraft / Cats /
This short story by Nebula, World Fantasy, and James Tiptree Jr. Award winning author Kelly Link can be heard by listening to this archived radio show.
This is an unusual tale of the death of a lonely witch whose magical family must deal with the death of their mother. Frightening mental images and an unconventional approach to traditional horror and fantasy marks much of Kelly Link's work . Like Neil Gaiman, Link is working with traditional themes, but overturning our expectations and that's a good thing. Unfortunately, Link reads this tale very matter-of-factly, something all too common with author-performed stories and of course this adds nothing to an otherwise interesting tale. Link's reading is also accompanied by a constant tinkling and trumpeting musical background – if it merely introduced and concluded the reading it would be great but because it doesn't it simply distracts from the telling. One other minor issue is the long pauses up to six seconds. Such pauses make the listener think the reading has concluded prematurely. Despite these audio production problems, Catskin makes for a chilling Halloween themed listen.
*Be sure to zip all the way to the end of the first hour of the show and then to the 2 minute mark of the second hour of the show.


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Q: Libgdx Android – Read local file What is the correct way to read a local txt file in Android?
Using the code below, it works perfectly on Windows and some mobile phones, but in android emulators and older phones, it crashes.
public static FileHandle file2;
file2 = Gdx.files.local("data.txt");

if (file2.exists()){
}else{
    text_enc = Base64Coder.encodeString("My String");
    file2.writeString(text_enc, false);
}

I tried using the code below, but it always returns true.
If (file2 == null){
    ....
}

The file.exists() has as note below. This applies in this case?
On Android, a FileType.Classpath or FileType.Internal handle to a directory will always return false. Note that this can be very slow for internal files on Android!

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Q: Read data during migration I have the following scenario:
Module A & B have their settings stored in an XML file. Module C has its settings stored in the DB (table with one row).  Now I would like to move the settings from Module C to the XML file where A & B store their respective settings.
When I delete the SettingsC entity in the settings table will be deleted on the next migration.
Is there a way to read the tables content during that migration and write it to the XML file before the table is deleted?
EXAMPLE:
public partial class DropModuleCSettings : DbMigration
{
    public override void Up()
    {
        // here I would like to read the content of "dbo.SettingsC"
        DropTable("dbo.SettingsC");
    }

    public override void Down()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

A: I'm not sure about the timing of "When" to get the data out of the ModuleC Database table but you are probably going to be looking at:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/saurabh_singh/archive/2010/05/11/export-sql-table-records-to-xml-form.aspx
Basically:
SELECT * FROM SettingsC FOR XML AUTO

This will give you the contents of your table in an XML file.
To retrieve this information do something along the lines of:
using (SqlConnection oCn = new SqlConnection())
{
    oCn.ConnectionString = @"server=sql-server\cos;integrated security=SSPI;database=daas5";
    oCn.Open();

    // Create a SQL command object.
    string strSQL = "SELECT * FROM SettingsC FOR XML AUTO";

    SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand(strSQL, oCn);
    //Read you query into an XmlReader
    XmlReader reader = myCommand.ExecuteXmlReader();
}

Once you have that, you can easily load this into an XDocument
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(reader);

or an XmlDocument
XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
xdoc.Load(reader);


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NYTimes and 'Experts' Finally Notice: 'It is Impossible to Say How Many Votes Were Not Counted That Should Have Been'
'Tens of Thousands Encountered Voting Machine Failures, Confusion over New ID Rules,' Reports Paper...
The New York Times' Ian Urbina (this time with Christopher Drew) continues to stay on point with his Electoral Failures coverage at the Grey Lady. Unlike Urbina's last report, this time he wasn't undermined by the Times headline writers. (Does anyone with a hard copy of the paper know what page this was reported on, btw?)
To his additional credit, he didn't use the word "glitch" even once. Thank you, Ian. Here are a few highlights from his piece in today's paper...
After six years of technological research, more than $4 billion spent by Washington on new machinery and a widespread overhaul of the nation's voting system, this month's midterm election revealed that the country is still far from able to ensure that every vote counts.
Tens of thousands of voters, scattered across more than 25 states, encountered serious problems at the polls, including failures in sophisticated new voting machines and confusion over new identification rules, according to interviews with election experts and officials.
Of course, BRAD BLOG readers will remember our desperate call for "Emergency Paper Ballots" here in the weeks prior to the election. On that, Urbina reports...
In many places, the difficulties led to shortages of substitute paper ballots and long lines that caused many voters to leave without casting ballots.
Wow. Who could have predicted that?!
And there's more...Of course, the "experts" (word used very cautiously!) are beginning to notice that things on Nov. 7th were worse than they had originally understood. "Voting problems may actually have been wider than initially estimated, with many malfunctions simply overlooked," reports the Times.
So how bad were they? How about 60,000 missing votes in Florida, bad. 20,000 voters who couldn't vote in Colorado, bad. Or in Arkansas, where "election officials tallied votes three times in one county, and each time the number of ballots cast changed by more than 30,000," bad.
And then there's the erstwhile election "expert" Doug Chapin of Electionline.org whose "expert" opinion ensures his presence in just about any mainstream media coverage of these matters. Mr. Chapin continues, on schedule, working all sides of the street in Urbina's piece. It's a tricky juggling act for this "expert" --- mustn't offend the Voting Machine Companies or the Elections Officials who pay his bills, or even, to a lesser extent, the Election Integrity advocates who might just call him a phony if he's not careful --- but, as John Gideon pointed out in yesterday's DVN, even Chapin's having a difficult time avoiding the obvious:
"If the success of an election is to be measured according to whether each voter's voice is heard, then we would have to conclude that this past election was not entirely a success," said Doug Chapin, director of Electionline.org, a nonpartisan election group that plans to release a report Wednesday with a state-by-state assessment of voting. "In places where the margin of victory was bigger than the margin of error, we looked away from the problems, but in 2008 we might not have that luxury."
And the award for "Understatment of the Year" goes to...
UPDATE 9:01pm PT: Reader Adele writes to tell us that Urbina's article was on "page 30 of 36 pages in the National section" of today's paper.
( 11 so far... )
Article Categories: Election Irregularities, Arkansas, Ohio, Florida, Election Reform, Pennsylvania, Election 2006, Paper Ballots Legislation, New York Times
The New York Times on 'Left-Leaning' BRAD BLOG's Election Coverage...
From today's New York Times in an article headlined "Blogs Take Lead in Reporting Polling Problems" by Tom Zeller, Jr.:
Brad Friedman, perhaps the most dogged critic of electronic voting machine technology in the blogosphere, said he saw his site traffic spike at left-leaning Bradblog.com, as reports of machine malfunctions began pouring in from around the country.
"Folks understand by now that I'll get these stories out so that they'll get confirmed," Mr. Friedman said.
Well, somebody hadda "take the lead in reporting polling problems," Zeller!
Article Categories: Election Irregularities, BRAD BLOG, Election 2006, New York Times
NEW YORK TIMES FRONT PAGE: ELECTION OFFICIALS GIRDING FOR 'CHAOS ON ELECTION DAY'
'New Machines, Long Lines, Confusion'...
UPDATE: Times Replaces Word 'Chaos' With 'Woes' in Headline!
Nice of New York Times to start paying attention...now that it's too late to do much of a damn thing about it.
FLASHING now at DRUDGE REPORT...
NYT: BE PREPARED FOR CHAOS ON ELECTION DAY; NEW MACHINES, LINES, CONFUSION
Wed Oct 18 2006 19:12:07 ET
With an unusually large number of tight races and dozens of states shifting to new electronic voting systems, election officials across the country are bracing for long lines and heightened confusion at the polls on Election Day, Nov. 7, the NEW YORK TIMES will front on Thursday.
"North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Mississippi and Missouri are among the states considered most likely to experience difficulties, according to voting experts who have been tracking the new technology and other election changes.
Developing...
UPDATE 7:35pm PT: Complete NYTimes story now up. "New Laws and Machines May Spell Voting Chaos". It's well worth a read!
FURTHER UPDATE BY JOHN GIDEON 9:00pm PT: The story reveals that many of the voting machines now being used in Yolo Co, California for voters with disabilities only work in Vietnamese. These machines are only being used in the county because SoS McPherson and his staff unfairly denied certification to Vote-PAD which was supposed to be used in that county.
FURTHER UPDATE BY BRAD 9:20pm PT: Looks like the NY Times, who hasn't done much of any reporting on this topic up until now has had second thoughts already. The original headline discussed "...Voting Chaos" but has now been softened to "...Voting Woes". I've got my money on "chaos", not "woes" this November. It's a shame they've backed off. They were so close to telling the truth. Sigh...
FURTHER UPDATE BY JOHN 8:10am PT: While my 'UPDATE' from last night says many machines only worked in Vietnamese the article actually says 'some machines' and I have now found that, in fact, 3 machines were affected. My apologies for the incorrect wording.
Article Categories: Election Irregularities, Election 2006, Vote-PAD, New York Times
NY TIMES COVERS EMERGENCY PAPER BALLOT LEGISLATION!
Your Friendly Neighborhood BRAD BLOGGER Quoted as Part of Coverage...
[UPDATE: NYTimes Late Edition, Russ Feingold Joins as Co-Sponsor!]
In an article by Ian Urbina, The New York Times' now has their story up about the Senate's Emergency Paper Ballot legislation as filed earlier today by Senators Boxer and Dodd.
UPDATE: An updated version of the NYTimes article, now linked above, has added Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) as a co-sponsor of the legislation as well!
The BRAD BLOG broke the story earlier today in a bit more detail, and along with the actual bill filed. We originally called on Congress in article published here a week ago today, to introduce and pass such a bill before their Election Recess coming up at the end of this week.
Urbina offers several additional points worth checking out in his Times coverage. Including this quote from Boxer concerning her reasons for not making the paper ballot initiative mandatory, but rather allowing it to remain optional to states and local jurisdictions [emphasis ours]:
"I think Big Brother dictating something to local jurisdictions is a big mistake, because they will balk at it," she said. "What we're saying here is that you run your own elections, and we are going to help you run it properly. If local officials don't take advantage of the option to take precautions, then they're the ones on the line."
...As well, "Brad Friedman, a liberal blogger" is mentioned in the Times article.
So as the good Senator B, doesn't get the idea we were dissing her bill to the NY Times (We weren't! Not by any means!) in the comments attributed to us in the piece, please us allow a clarification.
The statement they used from us, had originally preceded a full direct quote explaining that Election Directors from states like Florida had expressed concern that they might need a Federal mandate in order to take advantage of the this paper ballot legislation. State election code in Florida, we're told, does not have provisions allowing such elections officials to make paper ballots available, even if they wanted to.
In Florida's touch-screen-only counties, for example, which comprise some 50% of Sunshine State voters, even the Provisional Balloting is done electronically on touch-screen systems! Which means, as Leon County, FL Election Director Ion Sancho explained to us this morning, that without a Federal mandate, it's likely that those officials would not be able to take advantage of this legislation...even if it manages to get through the full Congress in the few days left before Congress breaks for their Election Recess.
UPDATE: Ah, proof, I'm not crazy! In this version of the Times article (how many do they release?!) there is this additional quote from yours truly:
"In the case of many states, such as Florida, there is simply nothing in the state code that allows election directors to provide emergency ballot in the event of machine failure," he said.
See? Phew...
Beyond that, given the short time left here, we're delighted to see this legislation move forward! Delighted to see the Times' coverage. And just delighted in general that someone in Washington D.C. is finally recognizing the dangers to democracy that we're facing in the upcoming mid-term election!
Article Categories: BRAD BLOG, Election Reform, Election 2006, Paper Ballots Legislation, New York Times
Sunday NYTimes: Elections Officials Get 'Cold Feet' About E-Voting (The 'Paper of Record' Reports Years too Late!)
UPDATE: Story Hints 'LET AMERICA VOTE ACT' Being 'Considered on the Federal Level'!
PLUS: Vermont's Sec. of State Makes Jerk of Herself...
New York Times set to report elections officials are getting "cold feet" about electronic voting. Gosh, what to 'em so long? (both the elections officials and NYTimes!)
From RAW STORY right now...
Electronic voting machines are making many election officials wary, according to an article slated for the front page of Sunday's edition of The New York Times, RAW STORY has learned.
"A growing number of state and local officials are getting cold feet about electronic voting technology, and many are making last-minute efforts to limit or reverse the rollout of new machines in the November elections," reports Ian Urbina.
"Paperless touch-screen machines have been the biggest source of consternation, and with about 40 percent of registered voters nationally expected to cast their ballots on these machines in the midterm elections, many local officials fear that the lack of a paper trail will leave no way to verify votes in case of fraud or computer failure," reports the Times.
"Less than two months before voters head to the polls, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. of Maryland this week became the most recent official to raise concerns publicly. Ehrlich, a Republican, said he lacked confidence in the state's new $106 million electronic voting system and suggested a return to paper ballots."
"But some election officials and voting experts say they fear that the new technology may have only swapped old problems for newer, more complicated ones. Their concerns became more urgent after widespread problems with the new technology were reported this year in primaries in Ohio, Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland and elsewhere."
Nice going waiting until it's pretty much too late to do a damned thing about it. NY Times has, once again, failed the American people. Jerks.
(Though there's still time to demand Congress mandate Emergency Paper Ballots!)
The full NYTimes story is now here.
UPDATE: Now that I've read the full story, it looks like the following graf refers to the buzz we've help generate on Capitol Hill for our proposed LET AMERICA VOTE ACT (Emergency Paper Ballot legislation)...[emphasis added]
In Pennsylvania, a state senator introduced a bill last week that would require every precinct to provide voters with the option to use paper ballots, which would involve printing extra absentee ballots and having them on site. A similar measure is being considered on the federal level.
Also worthy of condemnation is Vermont's Democratic Sec. of State Deborah Markowitz, president of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) who seems to be continuing the disingenously positive spin of too many state elections officials of late...
Deborah L. Markowitz, the Vermont secretary of state and the president of the National Association of Secretaries of State, said that while there might be some problems in November, she expected them to be limited and isolated.
"The real story of the recent primary races was how few problems there were, considering how new this technology is," said Ms. Markowitz, a Democrat. "The failures we did see, like in Maryland, Ohio and Missouri, were small and most often from poll workers not being prepared."
Though we like to encourage folks to be poll workers, we might recommend that those in Vermont simply stay home this year. Your Secretary of State, who is clearly not prepared to do her job, thinks it's all your fault! So why bother? Take the day off!
CORRECTION: We had originally reported Markowitz as being a member of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED), the group given the responsibility of certifying (and so far, rubber stamping on behalf of the voting machine companies) electronic voting machines at the federal level. Markowitz is President of NASS, not NASED. We regret the error.
Article Categories: Election Reform, Election 2006, Paper Ballots Legislation, New York Times
Bush (Dis)Approval Poll of the Moment...
New CBS/NYTimes poll. Bush now ties his father's career low point, higher only than Nixon and Carter...
"We should have stayed out of Iraq until we knew more about it," Bernice Davis, a Republican from Missouri who said she now disapproves of Mr. Bush's performance, said in a follow-up interview today. "The economy is going to pot. Gas prices are escalating. I just voted for Bush because he's a Republican, even though I disapproved of the war. If I could go back, I would not vote for him."
Article Categories: ITMFA, New York Times, Accountability, Republicans
Republican Congresswoman Calls for Full NSA Wiretap Investigation
And the NY Times Can't Seem to Stop Reporting White House Spin as Fact...
By Brad Friedman on 2/8/2006 11:16am PT
THE GOOD NEWS... We have a new winner of the too-rarely-bestowed BRAD BLOG "Intellectually Honest Conservative Award"! According to Wednesday's NY Times:
A House Republican whose subcommittee oversees the National Security Agency broke ranks with the White House on Tuesday and called for a full Congressional inquiry into the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program.
The lawmaker, Representative Heather A. Wilson of New Mexico, chairwoman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, said in an interview that she had "serious concerns" about the surveillance program. By withholding information about its operations from many lawmakers, she said, the administration has deepened her apprehension about whom the agency is monitoring and why.
She said she realized that publicizing her concerns over the surveillance program could harm her relations with the administration. "The president has his duty to do, but I have mine too, and I feel strongly about that," she said.
Congratulations Rep. Wilson on being the latest recipient of our prestigious award! You are in shamefully rare company these days!
THE BAD NEWS... The once great NY Times is still hopelessly in the tank, reporting the Administration "company line" as fact in the "paper of record" [emphasis added]:
Ms. Wilson, who was a National Security Council aide in the administration of President Bush's father, is the first Republican on either the House's Intelligence Committee or the Senate's to call for a full Congressional investigation into the program, in which the N.S.A. has been eavesdropping without warrants on the international communications of people inside the United States believed to have links with terrorists.
FRESH IDEA FOR NY TIMES 'REPORTERS'/EDITORS... Try reporting facts instead of White House spin. The fact of this matter is that unless you all know something that neither the Congress nor the Country seems to know, you have no idea whether the illegal warrantless NSA domestic spying program is eavesdropping on people "believed to have links with terrorists."
We realize the White House would like you to report it that way --- and though you scored many points with them doing exactly that prior to the War in Iraq, we'd have hoped you'd have learned a lesson by now. Apparently you haven't.
The fact that nobody outside of the Administration has any idea who is being tapped is just one of the reasons Ms. Wilson is calling for a full investigation. Had you read your own article, you might have understood that.
Keep up the bad work!
Article Categories: NSA, New York Times, Intellectually Honest Conservative Award
Election Probe in PA Reports Votes 'Vanished' from UniLect Machines!
Same Models as Those Which Lost 4,400 Votes in NC!
Unusually High Rate of 'Undervotes' in both States on Same Machines.
By Brad Friedman on 1/23/2005 7:11am PT
After November 2nd, 2004, there were increasing reports from elections officials, small local papers, and, yes, bloggers who had bothered to studiously examine official election results, The New York Times published several articles labelling such concerns by Americans as "conspiracy theories".
So we sent them a list of "15 Unanswered Questions" --- all of them based on hard evidence --- that we'd hope they'd investigate and report on to the American people. That was on November 21st, 2004.
One of those questions concerned a single county in North Carolina which had used the UniLect voting machine and, as we reported on November 4th, 2004, had completely lost a full 4,438 votes. Those lost votes later spawned a Special Election in Cartaret County, NC to re-vote some of the local issues because of it.
We had asked suggested to The Times that such hard facts were hardly "conspiracy theories" and we had hoped they'd be able to investigate and report on which other states and counties had been using the identical UniLect machines which --- company officials admitted --- had contained memory chips that stored fewer votes than they had told state officials.
Since UniLect machines were also in use in Ohio, we thought it was a particularly germane point. But apparently The Times didn't agree. They neither investigated, nor reported on the matter to our knowledge.
And now, months after the election, and days after the inaugural, The Charlotte Observer reports this morning that the same model of UniLect machines used in North Carolina were also in use in Pennsylvania and seem to have lost votes there as well [emphasis added]:
Local and state officials in Pennsylvania are examining malfunctions and questions with voting machines in three counties --- the same model machine that lost more than 4,400 votes in North Carolina.
"We continue to be uncertain about these machines," said Michael Coulter, who heads an independent committee examining voting machine mishaps in Mercer County, Pa., where he said machines in 13 precincts erased some voters' choices.
Mercer County, as well as Beaver and Greene counties, along the Ohio border, use the Unilect Patriot voting machine, an electronic mechanism that does not produce a paper ballot and is the same model that lost 4,438 votes in Carteret County, along the N.C. coast.
As well as lost and erased votes, there was also an unusually high rate of "undervotes" on the Presidential ballot where those machines were in use [emphasis again added] ...
All three of the western Pennsylvania counties recorded a high percentage of "undervotes" for president, which is when a voter doesn't vote in that race. Mercer County's undervote was 7.8 percent, four times higher than in 2000, when they used old, lever machines.
In North Carolina, state lawmakers are scrutinizing why more than 10 percent of Burke County voters were recorded as not making a choice in the presidential race, an "undervote" rate that is four to five times as high as nearly all the other counties in the state. Burke and Carteret are the only N.C. counties that use Unilect machines.
[M]achines in 13 of Mercer's 100 precincts would let a voter select candidates in the races on several pages of the ballot and highlight the choice, but when the voter reached the sixth page the highlighting disappeared and all the candidates were unselected. The voter's choices had vanished.
"The voter's choices had vanished."
And we remind you again, The New York Times didn't find it necessary to look into which counties in Ohio used these same machines, if there were any lost votes or an unusually high rate of "undervotes" on them, presumably because such notions were simply the "conspiracy theories" of "leftist bloggers" as they had described them at the time.
That despite just 60,000 or so of 5.5 million in a single state (Ohio) which would have completely flipped a United States Presidential Election.
Repeating: Election officials and the voting machine manufacturer admit that 4,438 votes were entirely lost in just one North Carolina county where UniLect machines were used.
Repeating: UniLect machines were also in use in Ohio.
We will continue to press both the Mainstream Media, the States and the Voting Machine Companies to better serve the American Public whom they are failing to adequately serve at this time. But just in case you wonder why --- on January 23rd, 2005 --- this information is finally being reported by The Observer at all, it is because of inquiries in Pennsylvania that were demanded by the voters who spoke up, made noise, and created a petition to force their elected officials into taking action:
Their inquiry was prompted not by Election Day glitches, but by a petition sent by voters in Beaver County who suggested the machines were susceptible to fraud and tampering.
Your voice does matter. When you speak up.
We've set up VelvetRevolution.us to help you do that. Please visit and sign-up (it's free!), so you can speak up, make noise and take part in some upcoming actions that will be announced there in the coming weeks.
Count on no one but yourselves to make a difference.
Article Categories: Election Irregularities, Election 2004, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, UniLect, New York Times
Fuck You, New York Times!
By Brad Friedman on 11/20/2004 10:52pm PT
As if to say "Fuck off, Americans! We're busy with more important things!", The New York Times is running a smarmy little piece in tomorrow's Week in Review under the headline: "Still Unhappy About the Election? Here's a Place You Can Vent."
It's a piece about some of the email that's been sent to the "National Association of State Election Directors" --- whoever the hell they are --- complaining about the way the election was run and the way votes were counted, mistabulated, or whatever.
The New York Times has been bravely leading the way in ignoring the story of America's failure to hold an honest, clean and transparent election. Even though they've had time to dismiss the whole affair as "the conspiracy theories of leftwing bloggers."
Their criticism and sniffing dismissal of those of us who give a damn about getting this story right and told to the American people accurately is ironic coming from the "newspaper of record" which spent a year helping us get into a war by becoming the unquestioning lapdog of the Bush Adminstration's rhetoric and inaccurate propaganda. They had to issue an apology for their crappy reporting. And they've got the gall to criticize "bloggers" for covering this story?!
Still Unhappy About the NYTimes Disgraceful Coverage of This Story? Here's a Place You Can Vent!
UPDATE: I've decided to help The NY Times do their job. Please see these 15 Unanswered Questions about the Election Results that they may wish to investigate. Apparently they need a cheat sheet to get started!
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HackDays: How they help us and why we love them
At Montoux, we pride ourselves on a number of initiatives and rituals keeping the community and creative energy of a startup alive in a rapidly scaling company. With a team of 50 working from four different countries, things like Thursday team lunch and daily stand ups become increasingly valuable to keep us all connected.
Of all these initiatives, Hackday is one of our favorites. It's a day when the NYC and Wellington offices (our two largest) break from their typical day-to-day responsibilities to collaborate across teams to build something new. These ideas range from features for our website to product improvements that benefit our customer, but the idea is, whether they work out or not, you have a day to hack away at something you've wanted to try. There's also pizza involved.
Hackday is a day we all look forward to and helps bring all of us together to celebrate our collective culture, creativity, and talent in a unique way. "It aligns with our company values," explains Adela May, our People and Recruitment Manager at Montoux. "It's a chance to tackle problems in an innovative way and nurture relationships across our global business. We get a chance to have fun together, all while blowing our customer's minds through innovations and improvements to our products and services."
Montoux just hosted our third Hackday on Feb. 14th with 28 proposals across our two teams. Our theme this time around was 'customer love' and the challenge was thinking through each project and directly linking it to customer benefits. Check out what that means for us here.
When we weren't busy working on our projects and devouring pizza, we went around and asked a couple of team members to explain what they love about Hackday. One of the themes that consistently comes up is the ability to work with people on different teams, and even in different offices.
"I like it because it's a chance to get to do something that's not in your day to day role," says Asher Hutchings, Senior Designer at Montoux. "It's a chance to see what other people in the team are interested in other than their normal role."
Adela agrees: "It's a great way to work with people from across the wider team that I wouldn't usually get the opportunity to."
Another reason is the ability to focus wholeheartedly on one project born completely out of our collective curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm.
Caleb Tarzwell, an actuary in our Wellington office, said, "I like the creativity, and the opportunity to focus on things that are important but non urgent. It's cool that people get to come up with what they will work on.
"We can innovate quickly on Hackday, pushing hard to achieve our outcomes. It's fun collaborating with people that we usually wouldn't. Also pizza," says Luke Inkster and Devon Steenberg, some of our hungriest software developers from our NYC and Wellington offices.
We follow up our Hackdays with some good old-fashioned presentations - and some friendly competition. Our judges, in this case Hackday organizer and Software Engineer Glen Peek, Infrastructure Chief Jono Wierenga and our Chief Customer Officer Shelley Cox, judged our Hackday projects in a number of categories: Non-Technical Award, Technical Award, Montoux Value/Customer Love Award, and People's Choice Award.
If you'd like to learn more about our Hackdays or about Montoux, who we are and what it's like being a Montouvian, please check out our Careers page or reach out to us!


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Legislative appropriations detailed
Senate Bill 1, which funds capital outlay for the state and was approved Monday in a special session of the state...
Legislative appropriations detailed Senate Bill 1, which funds capital outlay for the state and was approved Monday in a special session of the state... Check out this story on ruidosonews.com: http://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/2015/06/11/dollars-come-home-roost/71581102/
Ruidoso Published 3:25 p.m. MT June 11, 2015
Senate Bill 1, which funds capital outlay for the state and was approved Monday in a special session of the state Legislature, contains $2,355,810 for entities in Lincoln County.
County Manager Nita Taylor said Thursday that county officials are pleased the governor called a special session to address the needs of all of the counties and other governments.
"In particular, we are pleased about the Hondo Fire Station, which was a big need; with New Horizons receiving some funding for the infrastructure (repairs) we are facing; and with the improvements in Lincoln."
Overall, the allocations for the entities within the county were excellent, Taylor said. She noted that dollars were marked for some less common projects, such as the road to the new veterans cemetery at Fort Stanton and for the railroad depot museum in Capitan.
Bringing home the biggest dollar amount was education with $600,000 for the Ruidoso campus of Eastern New Mexico University's Trades Program instructional space.
Fort Stanton, a state historical site, scored $540,000, with $40,000 going to the barracks and an exhibit, and $500,000 for an access road to the new veterans cemetery.
The community of Hondo received $210,000 for a new fire station and $20,000 went to the historic settlement of Lincoln for windows and doors at buildings in the site. The community of White Oaks was given $25,000 to expand its fire station.
The village of Ruidoso snagged $150,000 for the Ruidoso-Fort Stanton water system improvement project and $35,000 for a new generator at the police department.
Greentree Solid Waste Authority will receive $40,000 for a new trailer. The city of Ruidoso Downs fared well for a total of $186,500, broken down into $100,000 for phase 2 improvements to the Agua Fria water system and $86,500 to replace the roof at city hall.
Capitan also brought home a chunk of change at $250,000. The Capitan Depot Historic Museum received an $80,000 allocation, water tanks were listed at $105,000 and $65,000 will go to new water meters and a Geographic Information System.
The city of Carrizozo received $113,500 for a sewer liner and $70,810 went to New Horizons, a residential care facility, for improvements and storage sheds at the county-owned building in Carrizozo.
Neighboring Otero County received about $4 million.
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The newest or rather hottest thing over at the cricut boards is making Freezer paper ts.
There is an excellent video on youtube on how to make these but the directions are fairly simple.
1. you need tshirt, fabric paints, freezer paper, cricut and very sticky cutting mat.
2. cut freezer paper to fit on cutting mat, and place matte side down.
4. Put shiny side down on shirt and iron. Wait for it to dry and fill in stencil with paint.
One final tip: Keep the paint you are working with close by to avoid drips. My first shirt I didn't keep my palatte close enough and dripped red paint. Also those paints in the squeezy things tend to seperate and they don't paint well if you don't shake really well.


If you don't already know this… your email is sent over the Internet unencrypted. It's the digital equivalent of sending a letter through the mail without an envelope. Anybody who comes across it can read it. The Darkmail Technical Alliance, which is composed of some heavy hitters like Lavabit founder Ladar Levison and PGP designer Phil Zimmermann, aim to change all of email with drop-in SMTP and IMAP replacements that will wrap messages in layers of encryption.
"Conceptually, DIME applies multiple layers of encryption to an e-mail to make sure that the actors at each stage of the e-mail's journey from sender to receiver can only see the information about the e-mail that they need to see. The e-mail's author and recipient both know who sent the message and where it was bound, but the author's e-mail server doesn't—it can only decrypt the part of the message containing the recipient's e-mail server. The recipient e-mail server knows the destination server and the recipient, but it doesn't know the sender. So if you arrange the four steps in a line from left to right—author, origin server, destination server, and recipient—each step in the line is only aware of the identity of the entity directly to its left or right."
This could be huge and it certainly has the right people in place to make it happen. They'll be submitting all of it to the IETF as a formal set of RFCs and there is even a pre-alpha GitHub repository.
Check out the rest of the article on Ars… it's really worth a read if you're at all curious about the subjects of security and/or email.


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Star of ABC's Shark Tank
CEO & Founder, FUBU
CEO and President, Shark Branding
An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother's house and moving his operation into the basement. John is CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with over $6 billion in product sales. He is an award-winning entrepreneur, having received over 35 awards including the Brandweek Marketer of the Year, Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, and Ernst & Young's New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
His marketing strategies and ability to build successful brands has made him a highly influential consultant and motivational speaker today. His marketing firm Shark Branding offers advice on how to effectively communicate to consumers through innovative means and connects brands with the world's top celebrities for everything from endorsements to product extensions. John is also an author of two best-selling books, Display of Power and The Brand Within.
In 2009, he joined the cast of ABC entrepreneurial business show the Shark Tank by acclaimed producer Mark Burnett. Millions of weekly viewers tune into the show as John demonstrates his marketing prowess and entrepreneurial insights.
In unrelated news, Daymond was raised with seven siblings by a single mother in the Queens neighbourhood of Hollis.
The Brand Within: Branding Yourself from Birth to the Boardroom
When William Shakespeare said, "All the world's a stage", he was indirectly talking about branding! Did you realize that you're a brand? According to The Shark, you were branded the day you were born and continuously every second since!
In this keynote, The Shark, Daymond John, gives audience members in-depth insight into how your personal brand affects all aspects of your life. Not only will attendees learn the importance of branding, Daymond will reveal some of the tricks that helped him expand his brand into dozens of countries around the globe. The techniques shared can be applied to personal branding as well as to the branding of products and concepts.
Corporations love employees with a strong sense of branding because they inspire out-of-the-box thinking, creating an infectious energy that flows throughout the work environment.
It's no secret that the world has gotten smaller. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Foursquare, and dozens of other social websites have increased our desire to be noticed as a brand, so let Daymond John show you how.
Goals and Motivation – The Daymond Story
In this keynote, presented in his charismatic style, The Shark, Daymond John, takes audience members on an inspiring, emotional rollercoaster ride. They'll hear, first-hand, how a man with no formal business training whatsoever, went from driving cabs and waiting tables at Red Lobster to creating a global fashion empire with retail sales exceeding four billion dollars to date, and a starring role on ABC's hit reality business show, Shark Tank. Daymond entertains and awes audience members with true-life tales of his incredible successes and numerous failures. Equally important, however, he motivates, inspires, and teaches them how to set and go after their own goals with newfound focus and determination.
Audience members will be galvanized as they realize they have been setting goals for themselves all of their lives – whether they realized it or not! What's more, to their surprise, many attendees will learn that the goals they have been setting have been self-destructive.
Unlike some "motivational speakers" who give out tiresome "I can make it, so can you" clichés, Daymond shares the exact goal-setting strategies that he attributes to his success and teaches audience members how to incorporate them into their endeavors. This keynote will challenge attendees to exercise their brains in a way that cultivates a positive, goal-setting mindset.
Negotiating for Women: Going Toe-to-Toe with the Big Boys
Although The Shark, Daymond John, is one of the most recognized negotiators on network television, and has conducted hundreds of negotiations with both men and women throughout his twenty years in business, he never planned on speaking on negotiation strategies for women; that is, until California First Lady, Maria Shriver, called upon him to speak on this very topic for her annual Women's Conference.
Feeling a bit out of his realm and comfort zone, The Shark, Daymond John, decided to immerse himself in research to find out what, if any, differences existed between how men and women tend to negotiate with each other. In this keynote, Daymond shares what he discovered in his research and personal experiences over the years. His findings will have audience members sitting up and taking notes! According to The Shark, not only do women have several distinct advantages over men when negotiating – in both professional and personal settings, but quite a few disadvantages as well.
Daymond will share specific techniques on how to respond to today's negotiation challenges. Not only will this keynote leave every attendee feeling empowered, more confident, and ready to tackle the world, they will have lots of fun and laughs in the process.
Customized Topic
Daymond John's customizes his speeches to fit your specific objectives. They are informative yet entertaining and involve: lots of humor, high-energy and audience-speaker interaction. Daymond uses compelling stories from his rags-to-riches journey to illustrate his points and always leaves audience members with practical, tangible and invaluable tools to incorporate into their professional as well as personal endeavors.
Business Strategy / Canada-US Relations / Celebrities / Economy / Entrepreneurship / Famed Authors / Politics
Alex Kenjeev
Entrepreneurship / Motivators
Bruce Croxon
Entrepreneurship / Master of Ceremonies / STEM
David Chilton
Celebrities / Famed Authors / Finance


Locktoberfest is a party! First things first, we're here to have fun. What's fun for us? Lockpicking! Also: brats and…. you! Locktoberfest is open to everyone, from world class lockpickers to those interested in learning for the first time.
Locktoberfest is a day of learning, teaching, and competitions (serious and frivolous) related to lockpicking.
The Chicago chapter of TOOOL has been getting together to play with locks for a while now and we decided that "October" is just as good an excuse for a party as any. Come on out and join us on Saturday 14th October 2017 from 1PM to 8 PM at PS1.
The event is BYOB and BYOF, but I heard there will be some brats and pickles.
After several rounds of tasting, we headed to Brew & Grow to start on our Brown Ale. If you've never gone to Brew & Grow, this brew shop will have everything you need to start your own batch of beer from start to finish.
Gathering our ingredients entailed grabbing a cart with a bucket and scale attached and digging through our recipe book to catch all of our various grains needed for the mash. We also grabbed some yeast and hops pellets to finish up our collecting. Of course when you go to Brew & Grow you can sample some of their brews while you shop.
While the wort was being prepared I then decided it was grilling time!
Using a 75% / 25% fat mix, the beef was rolled into giant meat balls for smashing.
Once the burgers are made into balls, it's time to smash them down and evening out the edges to make solid patties that will not disintegrate or crumble on the flame. Salt, pepper, cajun seasoning were added on both sides of the burger.
Once the charcoal (which was started before the burgers were started) turns white, the lighter fluid should have burnt off and the grill is ready for use. Toss on the buns to toast them but pay attention or they can scorch to a crisp. Toss on the burgers with a spatula and note that the center is the hottest area so burgers are susceptible to scorching if you're not careful.
Add condiments if necessary, and avoid shrinkage by removing the burgers before they are charred to a crisp. Grill flame can get up to 500 degrees, so watch out or you or your food may get burnt!
Back in brewing land, while the mash was settling, the kettle was loaded with water and lit to reach 190 degrees.
After letting the wort settle, it was time to separate the sugars from the grain.
In sparging we rinse the grain with hot water that is about 170 degrees, using the wrong temp can result in unwanted consequences!
After the wort is in the kettle we turn back on the turkey fryer in order to begin the sterilization process and killing off bacteria. As we mix the wort with a giant paddle, the heat coming from the turkey fryer singes everyone's shins.
Once the wort is heated up, we then cool it down by pumping cold water through the copper coils to bring the temperature back down. Once the temperature drops, we then pump the remainder through a tube into the carboy.
Here our decision to use pellet hops cause a lot of blockages in the tubes. Using a mesh or filter bag on the pellet hops may have prevented some blockage but we were able to get most of the wort out into the carboy and did not smash it.
From last Beer Church we got to this final end stage and this handle failed causing the carboy to fall and smash all over the shop floor. We were not to be tricked again and employed a harness setup to prevent any dropping.
Overall another successful Beer Church, we now have beer in progress which will be ready to be tapped soon. Next iteration will use Creeping Charlie as the bittering agent in lieu of hops so it will be interesting to see how these two beers compare when it's time.
If you are interested in beer or brewing, make sure to stop by next month's edition of Beer Church!
OK, so you probably didn't get tickets to a certain event on Saturday in Munster, IN, and want to commiserate by drinking and brewing beer. Or, maybe you did, and you want a good excuse to drink a certain limited edition beer you just acquired with people who will immediately become your best friends! *hint hint* So come to Beer Church's Lark Dord Day!
We will attempt a brave and daring feat for the first time in PS:One history – brewing a Russian Imperial Stout. And not just any Russian Imperial Stout. The goal: to brew a beer so alcoholic it poses a fire hazard, with a mouth feel comparable to 15w30 motor oil, that is darker than the CEO of Comcast's soul!
Noon-ish, this Sunday. 21+ only. Etc. 12:30 PM.


Fun and educational Melissa & Doug toys are great gifts.
Melissa & Doug fold and go play sets.
Assorted food items boxed, crafted from wood.
This 130 piece train is a wonderful long lasting toy. Boys and girls alike love train sets.


Founded in the early 1980s, the office has kept its original multicultural and multidisciplinary origins. Producing architecture and design for Italian and foreign institutes, public and private organisations, businesses and individuals, it carries out in-depth surveys of matters relating to contemporary society, especially the role of industry and crafts, technology and nature.
Formed by architects and designers from all over the world, the office shows a predilection for teamwork. Its projects are developed without ever being confined to the visual aspects traditionally associated with design, but rather by contemplating every necessary step - from analysis to concept, from realisation to forecasts of future scenarios. The office staff comprises some forty professionals from different cultural backgrounds and experiences who are committed to complex projects. These ranger from the scale of products to that of architecture and city planning. Always at the forefront of the international cultural scene, the firm implements a policy of technical, performing and functional quality related to reasonable completion and management costs.
The firm's head office is in central Milan, in an Art Nouveau building that was converted in 2006 into a creative workshop.At Angera Michele De Lucchi has established his atelier-archive, where architectural experiments start off and the documentary records of his work are kept.
aMDL operates through the work of Michele De Lucchi and Studio Director Angelo Micheli who oversee the work of each individual team tailored for every project.
As proof of a design reaching for excellence, the office was this year awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certificate for its architectural, urban, interior and exhibition design.


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Ligand dynamics in the photodissociation of carboxyhemoglobin by subpicosecond transient infrared spectroscopy
L. Rothberg, T. M. Jedju, R. H. Austin
Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy with 0.5-ps resolution is used to track the evolution of the CO stretching vibration after visible photoexcitation of carboxyhemoglobin in water at room temperature. Polarization measurements determine that the iron-complexed CO is oriented nearly perpendicular to the porphyrin plane. The dissociation appears to proceed via a metastable excited state with 2 +/- 1 ps lifetime. The dissociated CO binds weakly in the heme pocket for at least 500 ps. This state correlates with the internally bound state observed by Frauenfelder et al. at low temperatures in myoglobin.
Biophysical Journal
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Ligand dynamics in the photodissociation of carboxyhemoglobin by subpicosecond transient infrared spectroscopy'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Carboxyhemoglobin Medicine & Life Sciences
Carbon Monoxide Medicine & Life Sciences
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Porphyrins Medicine & Life Sciences
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Rothberg, L., Jedju, T. M., & Austin, R. H. (1990). Ligand dynamics in the photodissociation of carboxyhemoglobin by subpicosecond transient infrared spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal, 57(2), 369-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(90)82538-8
Rothberg, L. ; Jedju, T. M. ; Austin, R. H. / Ligand dynamics in the photodissociation of carboxyhemoglobin by subpicosecond transient infrared spectroscopy. In: Biophysical Journal. 1990 ; Vol. 57, No. 2. pp. 369-373.
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In this toy example, doctors who treat more patients treat fewer patients with GA. The simple average treats each respondent equally. The simple average weights respondents by their denominator.
In this toy example the difference between the two is substantial. In practice the two are typically closer, but still you want to choose carefully.
A simple average is appropriate when you want to project to the sample of respondents. E.g. "The average respondent in our sample reported treating 50% of their Condition X patients with GA".


How to wash satin sheets? Machine washing? Hand washing? Or dry cleaning?
Before washing, you need to check the manufacturer tag on the hem or bottom side of the sheet to know what kind of satin sheets you have.
Satin sheets made of polyester or nylon can be washed in a large machine or by professional dry-cleaners.
Satin sheets made of acetate or silk can be washed by hand. If you are not sure about what kind of satin sheets you have, you had better wash them by hand.
Silk or acetate satin sheets can be dry-cleaned, saving you some time. While you can wash these sheets by hand to save some money. Wash silk or acetate satin sheets with a laundry detergent in cold water.
You can simply put polyester or nylon satin sheets in a machine, add laundry detergent, and set the delicate cycle to wash them.
Whether hand washing or machine washing, you need to use a laundry detergent that is designed specifically for delicate fabrics.
Wring silk or acetate satin sheets out individually. Do not twist them tight.
Hang up your sheets and keep it out of direct sunlight. You can hang your satin sheets up on your shower rod or even on tables and chairs if you don't have clotheslines.
Put your polyester and nylon satin sheets in a dryer.
Select the 'low heat' or 'no heat' section on your dryer.
Check your sheets about every fifteen minutes to keep them from getting tangled.


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Here's The Only Hot Stove Glossary You'll Ever Need
Emma Baccellieri
Photo Credit: Willie J. Allen Jr./AP
Today marks the first full day of baseball's Winter Meetings, that wonderful annual gathering in which baseball executives text each other trade proposals in closer physical proximity to one another than is usually the case while baseball writers repeatedly get drunk at the same hotel bar. This special event comes with its own vocabulary. Here, then, is a guide to all the terms one might need to know:
Kicking the tires on: This term uses the popular baseball slang "tires," which is another term for "knees." In this scenario, the interested team is kicking the player in question in the knees repeatedly to analyze his capacity for pain.
Making strong push for: The team demonstrates its strength to an attractive free agent by inviting him to watch the general manager move a football blocking sled.
Closing in on: The team's front office will surround the player until he has no choice but to listen to an offer. (The popularity of this technique and the need to be competitive here is responsible for the growing size of baseball operations staff in recent years.)
Willing to listen to offers: The general manager of a club has written his last will and testament, designating a lower-ranking staffer to entertain potential deals on his behalf once he has been fired for exploiting Latin American teens.
Checking in on: The team sends an unpaid intern to wake the player periodically throughout the night and see how he is doing. This provides important information on both the player's sleep patterns and the cleanliness of his bedroom.
Trade scenario: A beloved Jerry Dipoto fantasy that never loses its allure, no matter how many times he finds himself returning to it.
Have been in touch with: The team has extended an offer to the player to join them for a viewing of three to five episodes of Kiefer Sutherland's short-lived FOX drama Touch.
High on wish list: Every team, at all times, has a piece of paper on which they write the free agents they'd most like to pursue. If they are particularly interested in a player, the team will grind the paper into a powder which the player then smokes, until he can be said to be high on their wish list.
Hot stove: A.J. Preller is in the kitchen, one extra button undone on his ill-fitting shirt, heating up canned soup.


The holidays are here! We're sharing this nontraditional dish that is made with an ingredient that is part of our celebrations, and inspired by another one that is starting to appear more and more frequently at our festivities. We thank Strong with Milk for sponsoring this recipe, although the opinions and words are mine.
For reasons unknown to me, I am increasingly seeing lasagna served at holiday parties. I suppose it's because, at the end of the day, lasagna is really just another type of casserole. What do you think?
While this combination is not traditional, these lasagna rolls come bathed in a rich and abundant milk-based sauce, which is something that we Dominicans definitely like. Milk is part of our culture, and a key ingredient in many of our favorite dishes (and our beloved smoothies).
Let me remind you that milk has nine essential nutrients, including high-quality protein, calcium, vitamins A, D; plus potassium, phosphorus, Milk does not contain added sugars, and is fresh and economical.
Visit the page Strong with Milk and you can find a lot more nutritional information and how to live a healthy lifestyle. You will also find delicious recipes that your whole family will love.
Back to today's recipe, I want to mention that the idea is to use holiday turkey leftovers, but you can easily substitute that with rotisserie chicken. The star is definitely the rich milk-based sauce that it's bathed in. It's super creamy and contrasts very well (like we Dominicans like) with the more acidic filling. You can reuse the idea for this sauce in other casseroles.
Whether you use leftover turkey roast, or supermarket rotisserie chicken, these Turkey Lasagna Rolls with Creamy Milk Sauce deserve a place on your table.
Heat the butter on low heat. Add the flour and stir well until the flour and butter are completely mixed. Pour the milk slowly, while you stir the flour mix to prevent lumps. Once it is well mixed, boil on low heat until the mix thickens to the same consistency as drinkable yogurt.
Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and stir until it cools down to room temperature. Mix with 1 cup of parmesan and set the sauce and remaining parmesan to the side for later.
Heat the oil on very low. Add the onions and cover with a tight lid. Cook on low heat until the onions become transparent. Add the turkey and increase the heat to low, stirring frequently until the turkey heats up. Add the tomato sauce and cook on low until warm. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Let it cool to room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 400 ºF [200 ºC].
Boil the lasagna according to package directions.
Spread ⅛ of the meat evenly over each lasagna noodle and roll it up.
Spread half of the white sauce in a baking dish and place the lasagna rolls in the dish with the seam facing down. Cover the rolls with the remaining sauce.
Bake until the sauce starts to bubble (around 20 minutes). Remove from the oven, sprinkle with the remaining parmesan and the chopped parsley.
Serve hot and with salad.
For a low-carb option, use thin slices of zucchini in lieu of lasagna noodles. And Pour yourself an extra glass of milk to add some more nutrients to your meal.


The Truckee baseball team began its defense of last year's Class 3A state championship by hitting the road last weekend and taking a three-game sweep against Fernley.
The Wolverines lineup blasted the Vaqueros for a combined 47 runs, taking advantage of 12 extra-base hits during the series.
Seniors Spencer Edmondson and Shane Poe led the Truckee offensive onslaught with eight RBIs apiece during the weekend. Edmondson and Poe each hit a pair of doubles and a triple as part of 11 combined hits during the three games.
Seniors Cole Gardner and Derek Laferriere started the season with five RBIs each, and combined for nine hits during the season-opening series. Senior Marcus Bellon hit a pair of doubles and drove in four runs. Junior Tyler Estabrook had five hits, three stolen bases and a trio of RBIs during the weekend. Sophomore Timmy Reeve knocked in three runs as well. As a team Truckee stole 14 bases on 16 attempts during the series against Fernley.
From the mound, junior Deacon Mehler started the year off strong striking out six batters and allowing one hit and no runs during five innings of work. Senior Jake Streit struck out five batters and allowed one run during six innings on the mound for Truckee.
Truckee (3-0 Northern League) will travel to Dayton (0-3 Northern League) for a three-game series on Friday and Saturday. The Dust Devils suffered a three-game sweep last weekend at Spring Creek to open league play.


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Cycling Holidays in Wales
With three national parks across Wales there are endless places to explore on two wheels. In the north there's the 840-square-mile Snowdonia National Park, named after the highest mountain in England and Wales.
It'srocky, rugged landscape of deep valleys, steep slopes, lakes and rushing rivers make it a great place to do some mountain biking. In contrast, the mountains that fill the Brecon Beacons National Park in the south are smooth and grassy with wide, open spaces and big skies. In the west, The 225-square-mile Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is one of Europes finest stretches of coastal natural beauty and the scenery along this path makes it extremely popular with both walkers and cyclists.
Wales is particularly popular with those who seek thrilling cycle rides on mountain tracks. Spectacular all weather trail centres like Coed Y Brenin, Cwm Carn, Afan Forest Park, Coed Llandegla, Nant yr Arian and Gwydyr forest all offer the chance for you to explore the beauty of Wales whilst doing something you love. An annual report by the International Mountain Biking Association stated that Welsh Mountain Biking is amongst the best in the world, now all you have to do is go out and test the theory!
If a relaxing cycle ride is more your thing then you are in luck! There are four national cycle tracks in Wales ranging from challenging 250 mile rides to less strenuous 98 miles oftrails. Of course you can just do parts of the routes and enjoy the welsh countryside at a slower pace.
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The Celtic Trail
The Celtic Trail has something for every type of cyclist from families to the more adventurous rider
Whether you want bone shaking moorland or gentle spins through stunning countryside you'll find it in the Brecon Beacons.
Rhos-On-Sea to Colwyn Bay
A great traffic free day ride.
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Lon Teifi
Running between Aberystwyth and Fishguard this 98 mile cycle route follows country lanes and minor roads along the valley of the River Teifi.
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Swansea Bike Path
The wide curving sweep of Swansea Bay is the perfect setting for a bike path and such a path exists running from the award-winning Maritime Quarter in the centre of the city round to Mumbles along the route of the former Mumbles railway. It is six miles long and mostly flat.
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The Elan Valley Trail
The Elan Valley Trail is a 25 mile cycle trail which originally formed part of an old railway line built during the construction of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Running from Rhayader into the heart of the Elan Valley, this challenging route affords some excellent views around what is often referred to as the Lake District of Wales.
Lon Las Cymru
With 250 miles of quiet lanes, and cycle paths that take you over three distinct mountain ranges, the Lon Las Cymru is the ultimate cycle tour of Wales.
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Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike Centre and Ponds
Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike Centre is in Afan Forest Park amidst beautiful mountain scenery. It has superb amenities and is the start of two world class mountain bike trails.
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Lon Cambria
This 113 mile cycle route crosses the heart of Mid Wales between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury.
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Ystwyth Trail
A trail connecting Aberystwyth and Tregaron.
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Anglesey Rural Cycling
Anglesey is relatively flat, making it great for exploring on your bike
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Marin Trail
The Marin Trail is a great mountain bike trail with big climbs, big descents, brilliant singletrack and truly awesome scenery.
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By 2015, a Mars One insider had blown the whistle on the organization. Although the non-profit arm of the company is alive, it lacks investment to do anything. Also, in 2014, two graduate students from MIT created a report looking at the feasibility of the Mars One mission, claiming that the technology was simply not mature enough for the plan to work and that it would require far more cash and deliveries of extra parts than the mission claimed. That means Mars One is at risk of liquidation, after an appeals court in the Swiss canton Basel-Stadt affirmed the firm's bankruptcy status earlier this month.
For now, that's all Mars One is saying on the matter. The list was cut down to 1,058 finalists - who then went through several more rounds of reductions. That was confirmed today by Mars One, which announced that the corporation is indeed in administration.


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If you are a man and have been trying to lose weight for a long time now but never got the results, HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) Injections may be an effective way for you to lose weight. With many people struggling with obesity, this area of research is gaining momentum.
If you consider HCG injections for weight loss, it is necessary that you keep yourself updated with the current research. In addition, you should know how HCG injections will work and affect your body and the potential risks that may be involved.
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Keep in mind that HCG injections are not approved by the FDA for weight loss, just like multiple other drugs which we use daily but if you are going to start an HCG diet, you need to consult with your doctor about whether they are a good option for you or not.
In this article, we'll discuss what HCG injections are and how they work, as well as why they might be a good option for you.
1. What are HCG Injections for Men?
HCG injections for men are a treatment that uses the hormone HCG to stimulate testosterone production. HCG is produced by the placenta in the body of pregnant women and is thought to mimic the effects of LH (Luteinizing Hormone), which is a hormone that stimulates testosterone production in men.
There is evidence that HCG injections may effectively treat low testosterone levels in men by inducing its production.
If we look at the other side of the picture, the side effects of HCG injections for men may include headaches, bloating, weight gain, and water retention.
2. How do HCG injections work?
It acts as an analog of luteinizing hormone (LH), with the added benefit of a longer half-life. As LH would do, hCG acts on Leydig cells, stimulating them to produce and release intratesticular testosterone. [1] This can help improve fertility and increase your sperm count.
So if you're looking for a way to boost your testosterone levels and improve your fertility, HCG injections may be the right choice for you.
3. Who is an ideal candidate for HCG injections
If your body mass index or BMI is over 25, and you want to lose weight, but didn't get success after trying different diet plans in the past, you are an ideal candidate for HCG injections.
Apart from this if you are a male, have fertility issues along with obesity, and your family doctor has revealed that you have low testosterone levels. In that case, HCG could be of significant benefit to you. HCG will help you lose weight by mobilizing fat from your body and at the same time increasing testosterone levels in your body resulting in better fertility and increased muscle mass (because of increased testosterone).
What else would a man ask for if he is looking for a solution to both problems at the same time and he is provided with HCG?
But it doesn't mean that you can just start taking HCG injections. The final decision should be made by the experts in the field. Once you make up your mind, your physician will guide you further, on how to start your journey and what to do. [2]
4. The pros and cons of HCG drugs
Most important advantage is that the drug is non-toxic and has zero to no known untoward effects.
It is very easy to administer the dose even if you want to administer it at home, you can easily do that. [3]
It can be injected easily into fatty tissues in areas such as the buttock, or belly (it comes preloaded with a very small needle), and it only requires one to two injections per day for best results (making it easy to fit into any schedule). [4]
Those who are self-conscious about taking HCG injections can have them administered by a physician or medical professional.
HCG medications are effective in men, regardless of their age, weight, or underlying medical condition. Anyone who needs it can benefit from it after consulting with the physician.
Health problems can appear for patient's not using HCG injections under a doctors supervision.
HCG injections may not work for everyone
Some anti-aging/aesthetic clinics will charge significantly more for this treatment than you would expect.
The cost of HCG injections is often high.
5. Where can you get an injection?
In today's world to figure out where you can get anything, it is best to search online. The same applies to HCG Injections. This will allow you to find the nearest clinics that offer HCG injections for men and women with prices and information about what they require before your first visit.
However, if you are looking for the best place to get an injection administered, it is recommended that you do some research on what treatment options are out there.
Some places may require you to take a blood test or meet with a doctor before getting an injection, so it is essential that you are aware of the possible risks involved, before making your decision.
You can also look up what places have the best reviews online to help you figure out which clinic will suit you the most. Another thing to keep in mind is that the price of HCG injections can vary depending on the clinic, so it is essential to do your research and find the best deal.
What are HCG Injections for Men?
The HCG injections for men are a type of hormone replacement therapy used to treat low testosterone. It can also be combined with an estrogen blocker such as Arimidex during treatment, but this is unnecessary and varies from patient to patient. Men can also use HCG for the treatment of obesity (it mobilizes fat and helps you lose fat quickly).
How do HCG Injections for Men work?
The HCG shots contain human chorionic gonadotropin (which mimics the action of Luteinizing Hormone on Leydig Cells in the testis and stimulates your body's testosterone production naturally). They also have a secondary effect of increasing energy, mental clarity, and mood while reducing appetite.
The main goal is to increase fat loss, but HCG Injections can assist in building muscles as well. As a result, most men experience increased sexual drive and stamina (which could be the most amazing side benefit of any drug in the world available, undoubtedly and unanimously).
Are HCG Injections for Men safe?
HCG injections for men are effective, and safe mostly. But they have been reported to cause side effects in those who take them( like any other drug). To determine whether or not the injections will be beneficial and risk-free, you should consult with your doctor as early as possible about HCG treatment options.
HCG injections are a treatment for weight loss in patients who have been unsuccessful with diet and exercise alone. HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin), is a hormone that stimulates the release of stored fat from fat cells to burn it as energy.
HCG increases testosterone production in men naturally and has also been shown to increase lean muscle mass when combined with resistance training exercises.
However, the downside of HCG is that there are no long-term studies on its safety or effectiveness, so many doctors recommend using it only for short-term weight loss goals.
Therefore, you must speak with your doctor before starting any new treatment, including HCG injections. They can help you weigh the risks and benefits of this treatment and determine if it is the right option for you.
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin monotherapy for the treatment of hypogonadal symptoms in men with total testosterone > 300 ng/dL January 29, 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6844348/#:~:text=It%20acts%20as%20an%20analogue,release%20intratesticular%20testosterone%20(1) Assessed January 21, 2023.
By the way, doctor: What do you know about the HCG diet? May 1, 2010. https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/what-do-you-know-about-the-hcg-diet Assessed January 21, 2023.
How to Inject Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Injection (hCG) for Fertility September 27, 2019 https://www.healthline.com/health/fertility/how-to-inject-hcg Assessed January 22, 2023
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, HCG injection https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/18559-human-chorionic-gonadotropin-hcg-injection#:~:text=This%20medicine%20is%20either%20injected,prepare%20and%20give%20this%20medicine Assessed January 22, 2023
Muhammad Faisal Umer, M.D.
University of Health Sciences, Lahore Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 2013-2019 Punjab College Bahawalpur 2010-2012 Ummul Qura Public School Matriculation 2008-2010
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Recently I had the need to serialize an event with the value of a DTM Data Layer. Doing an internet search did not bring up anything nor was Adobe Analytics Methods of Event Serialization documentation helpful. Serializing an event is pretty straight forward.
Recently, I needed to reuse some markup for a component. The markup to be reused was to be put inside a modular, HTML component in a side panel of our application. Alternatively, it was the main content on another page. The problem is that the component needed to respond to the width of the side panel, which only took up 2 columns of an 8 column grid. So, basically I needed that media query to display the "mobile view" inside that 2 column panel. The CSS styles for the mobile view cannot be rendered unless the media queries conditions were met. I used the same markup for the side panel, but without the media queries firing off, the layout was not stacking the way I needed it to (figure 1). My first thought was to have 2 separate HTML snippets, but that's not practicing modular design, so I started looking for a solution.
I've always been obsessed with icons and hieroglyphs, so as a web developer, I got all excited with the sudden popularity of icon fonts. Using icon fonts, as a replacement for images, has many benefits. The most important, in my opinion, is performance. Because icon fonts are vector and are contained in a single file, they perform better then, say, using a sprite as an image container. Although, both a sprite and a font file make a single HTTP request, the icon font file is usually a lot smaller.
Another important benefit of using icon fonts is optimization for high-resolution screens. The media query is a wonderful thing, but if it can be avoided for swapping images for high-resolution screens, it's a quick win – one file for all screens and device types! Because icon fonts are vector, they will scale without loss of quality and again, when you compare file size and the single HTTP request, it's a no-brainer.
With icon fonts, it's also super easy to change color and size using CSS. As browser support for CSS3 becomes more advanced, you will be able to do all kinds of other cool stuff, like apply gradients, drop shadows and background textures.
There are a few icon font generators out there, but I'm using Icomoon because you can import your own vectors, import other icon font packs, only include the icons you need, use the Private Use Area feature, etc. The best part about Icomoon is that it's 100% free and open!
The first thing you'll want to do is go to http://icomoon.io/app/. When you first enter the app, you will see icons galore! If the icons that are needed are on the screen, you can simply click to highlight the icons you want. You must make sure that the Select tool is selected, but I'm pretty sure it is by default. There are two other tools available. The second tool is the Delete feature. When selected, it removes the icon from the icon library that displays on your screen. The third tool, is the Edit tool. When selected, simply click on an icon to edit. You will see a pop-up window (figure 1) with the icon you selected and a few features including Rotate, Flip, Scale and Move. You can also download that icon as an SVG. This is helpful if you want to take it into Illustrator and make changes to the icon that wouldn't be able to made inside of Icomoon.
Last month I was fortunate enough to attended the inaugural Artifact Conference in Austin, Texas. Artifact is "a two-day, single-track conference for DESIGNERS adapting to the challenge of designing for a MULTI-DEVICE world". That description was exactly what I was looking for while preparing myself to dive into the world of Responsive Web Design.
It all started with Jennifer Robbins having an idea for a pow-wow to discuss a new workflow for a multi-device web, since our old processes and workflows are no longer cutting it. She tweeted about it and Christopher Schmitt from Environment for Humans obliged within two minutes. Thank you both!


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Are the Irish courting two Armsteads?
By Keith ArnoldJan 4, 2012, 10:12 PM EST
By now, most Irish fans that have been reading this blog are familiar with Arik Armstead, the highly touted two-sports athlete that's been recruited by both Brian Kelly and Mike Brey. Armstead is practicing right now at the US Army All-American bowl, where the 6-foot-8, 280-pound defensive lineman and power forward is still mulling through his recruiting options, with the Irish in the thick of it with schools like Cal and Oregon. Armstead has been tackling extra school work so he has the option to early enroll, and plans to do so for the spring semester.
In a bizarre twist of fate, the Irish could be getting two Armsteads for the price of one, with Arik's older brother Armond Armstead also reportedly looking at Notre Dame as well.
The Orange Country Register reports that Armond, a graduating senior at USC who sat out last season with a medical condition after the Trojans' medical staff refused to clear him for participation, is looking to transfer without penalty and play out his final season of eligibility in 2012. And Notre Dame is one of three possible destinations.
Although he hasn't ruled out returning to USC next season, defensive lineman Armond Armstead is strongly considering transferring after the school wouldn't clear him to play in 2011.
"Nothing's set in stone, but I'm going to start taking visits and checking some other schools out," Armstead said by phone Tuesday night. "I'm not 100 percent sure what's going to happen."
Armstead, a 6-foot-5, 290-pound senior from Elk Grove, has three options to choose from: Return to USC, transfer or enter the 2012 NFL draft. Based on conversations with him and his father, transferring seems like the most likely outcome, returning to USC the least. Armstead listed Notre Dame, Auburn and Arkansas as three possible destinations.
After starting all 12 games in 2010, Armstead was hospitalized in March '11 because of an undisclosed medical condition. Despite passing numerous tests and being well enough to work out with the team, Armstead never gained medical clearance from USC's doctors and redshirted.
The school's reluctance to clear Armstead was a source of frustration for him and his family and led his brother, top-rated two-way lineman Arik Armstead, to decommit from USC.
"We haven't been real happy with the process and some of the procedures about how everything was handled," said Guss Armstead, Armond and Arik's father. "Because of that, it may be time for him (Armond) to move on."
Neither Guss nor Armond Armstead would say whether USC has cleared Armond to play in 2012. But the uncertainty of that situation clearly is a deterrent.
Scholarship numbers are tight for the Irish, but I'd highly doubt Brian Kelly would turn down a player of Armond's stature, especially with the youth — however promising it is — along the defensive line. Of course, if bringing in Armond would help Notre Dame sign Arik, expect the Irish to sign on for that combo deal as well.
What remains to be determined is the elder Armstead's scholarship release. There is a murky line that's drawn (see the recent case with Phil Martelli and Todd O'Brien) and in all likelihood, USC will need to approve the schools that Armond can transfer to, meaning a marriage between a former Trojan and the Irish is a tough one to envision.
Still, if the landing spot of Arik has been a mystery to the reporters that cover recruiting, the fact that Armond isn't reportedly considering Cal is an optimistic sign for Notre Dame's staff, who have doggedly pursued Arik, even when the odds looked long to even get him out of California.
Decisions will be coming soon for both Armstead brothers, with Armond having a hearing scheduled at USC that'll determine his football playing future and Arik deciding whether or not to take a recruiting visit before he enrolls somewhere next semester.
It was a long shot of long shots to start, but there's a legitimate chance that both Armstead brothers could be on campus next semester at Notre Dame, a welcome sight to Irish followers, who get the added bonus of putting a stick in the eye of Trojan fans.


The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency Sun Baohong has presented cash awards to winners of the Chinese Ambassador's award 2014 at the University of Cape Coast.
The Ambassador's award is presented to level 100 students who take a liberal course in the Chinese language. The awardees were Bachar Obed Tettey Prosper, Deborah Ama Anquandah, Phillipa Amponsah, Richla Obeng and Albert Awortwe Sagoe.
Addressing the students, Ambassador Sun Baohong said there were about 150 million people learning the Chinese language all over the world and therefore urged the awardees and other students to take the learning of the language in particular and education in general serious since times were changing very fast.She said China had achieved a lot by way of world history, politics and currently economic transformation and added that "China will continue to provide leadership and support to other third world countries especially in the area of education." She indicated that education had now become a priority and her country would continue to help Ghana expand the frontiers of education in Ghana with the assurance that "China will provide support to Ghana in its quest to upgrade its Polytechnics into universities".
The Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Dora Edu Buandoh indicated that they would want students of the faculty to take a course in Chinese Language in the 2015/2016 academic year. She then asked for at least two more Chinese lecturers to ensure that the programme took off as planned and appealed to the ambassador for scholarships for some faculty to study the Chinese language to help build a strong base for teaching the Chinese language at UCC.
Present at the ceremony were the Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan; some Provosts, Deans of Faculty/School, Heads of department, Deputy Registrar, Division of Academic Affairs, Mr. Jeff Onyame and students.
Earlier on, Ambassador Baohong paid a courtesy call on the Pro-Vice-Chancellor at his office to discuss issues of mutual concerns.


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Research and Policy in Higher Education: the implications of new research published by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS)
By Michael Shattock
In April 2016 the IFS published its long awaited Working Paper (W16/06): 'How English domiciled graduate earnings vary with gender, institution attended, subject and socio-economic background' authored by Britton, J, Dearden, L, Shephard, N and Vignoles, A. The research and its findings are likely to be immensely influential in the UK and probably internationally, both in higher education studies and in respect to policy.
A month later the UK Government published its White Paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, May 2016, Cm 9258 which made several references to the Working Paper's findings and confirmed that they were 'at the heart of delivering our reform agenda'(para 34).
The originality of the IFS paper lies primarily in the methodology adopted to offer data on the earning levels of English graduates 10 years from graduation and the precision which it gives to analysing it against a given set of variables. Hitherto, economists have been able, using rate of return analysis, to calculate the value of degree study as against non-entry to higher education but the absence of national data, apart from the notoriously suspect employment data collected by careers offices six months after graduation, has proved to be a severe limitation on any assessment of the employment outcomes of UK higher education. Continue reading →
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