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U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting in Kaanapali
"We encourage the public to learn more about coral reefs through this meeting and the multitude of volunteer and educational programs statewide," said William J. Aila Jr., chairman of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
KAANAPALI – Experts from around the country are meeting here this week to discuss key national issues, propose new actions and present the latest progress in the effort to protect, restore and sustainably use coral reef ecosystems.
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is hosting attendees of the 32nd United States Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) meeting in Kaanapali from Sept. 8-12.
"Kaanapali, Maui, was chosen as the meeting location for its national and local significance," DLNR Chair and USCRTF Member William J. Aila Jr. explained.
"DLNR's Division of Aquatic Resources identified this region as a priority management area and, in 2009, established the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area to legally protect herbivores and promote coral reef recovery."
In 2011, the task force designated West Maui as a priority watershed partnership, incorporating holistic resource management at the ahupua'a (watershed) level.
This designation builds on established efforts and leverages resources to reduce one of the key sources of coral reef decline: land-based pollution.
In 2012, a comprehensive effort known as the West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative was formalized and resulted in several on-the-ground efforts, including planting rain gardens, reducing erosion, limiting landscaping impacts and engaging the community in actions to improve ocean health.
According to DLNR, coral reef monitoring data shows recent improvements in the condition of West Maui's corals and fish populations; this upturn may be an early sign that protection of herbivores and efforts to reduce pollution are leading to improved conditions for coral growth.
The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Business Meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in The Westin Maui's Haleakala Ballroom. The public comment period is slated from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
The meeting will feature a welcome speech by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, presentations and updates on workshops taking place during the USCRTF meeting.
During the conference this week, task force members will meet with the Maui Nui Makai Network and Maui Coral Reef Recovery Team to learn what Maui communities are doing to protect and restore healthy coastal and marine environments, view healthy West Maui reefs and coral impacted by environmental stressors, and visit various watershed points of interest here, including conservation lands, agricultural tracts and the urban district.
For more information, visit www.uscrtf2014.weebly.com or www.dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar.
Established in 1998 by Presidential Executive Order, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force includes leaders from 12 federal agencies; seven U.S. states, territories and commonwealths; and three Freely Associated States to further the understanding and conservation of coral reefs.


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Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics
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Back to the days when men were men and sex was carefree
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The complete adventures of Kake, Tom of Finland's dark-haired, mustached leatherman, who travelled the world on his motorcycle to spread the seeds of ecstatically explicit gay sex. See Tom's own personal fantasies lived out in these 26 episodes of mustaches, muscles and liberated libido, now some of the most famous cartoons in the history of gay art.
Dian Hanson
Hardcover, 5.3 x 7.7 in., 704 pages
In 1965, Tom of Finland began flirting with the idea of an ongoing character for his panel stories, the ultimate Tom's Man. He tried out a blond named Vicky—a common male name in Finland—followed by a Tarzan-inspired Jack. Then in 1968 Tom settled on Kake, a dark-haired, mustached leatherman who often wore a tight white T-shirt bearing the motto "Fucker." Kake lived up to this moniker, a sort of post-Stonewall, hyper-masculine Johnny Appleseed traveling the world on his motorcycle to spread the seeds of liberated, mutually satisfying, ecstatically explicit gay sex. Tom lived out many of his most personal fantasies through Kake, and Kake's international fans made him the template for what came to be known as the gay clone look of the 1970s. Between 1968 and 1986, Tom published 26 episodes of Kake adventures, most as 20-page booklets.
Tom of Finland – The Complete Kake Comics collects all of these stories in one volume. Return with Kake to the days when men were men, sex was carefree, and everyone wore a big thick mustache.
Touko Laaksonen, the boy who would become Tom of Finland (1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at age five. His favorite subjects were the rough manly men of his native Finland, as Touko knew from an early age that men interested him more than women. His talents were further honed by art study in Helsinki. He found success in the Finnish advertising industry but secretly continued creating his increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. In 1957 he submitted some drawings to the American magazine Physique Pictorial and the "Tom of Finland" legend was born. By the late 60s Tom's "dirty drawings" became the standard for gay art, and Tom's Men a template for a new gay masculinity. Tom's art continues to play an important role in promoting self-confidence, positive self-image and openness in the gay community.
The editor and author
Dian Hanson produced a variety of men's magazines from 1976 to 2001, including Juggs, Outlaw Biker, and Leg Show, before becoming TASCHEN's Sexy Book Editor. Her titles include the "body part" series, The Art of Pin-up, Psychedelic Sex, and Ren Hang.
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
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Bibliotheca Universalis—Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!
Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.
Bookworm's delight—never bore, always excite!
"Kake allows Tom to express all his fantasies. Sailors, lifeguards, cowboys, policemen… —all are invariably handsome, brawny, and enthusiastically gay when Kake comes along."
— Chicago Reader, Chicago
"This new volume beautifully reproduces the most famous and arguably the best cartoon series in the history of gay art."
— Boyz, London
"If you need proof that today's revolutions are tomorrow's institutions, look no further than the Finnish postage stamp recently earned by Touko Laaksonen, aka Tom of Finland… Over several decades, Tom of Finland's drawings, including his Kerouacan wandering alter ego, Kake, who he rendered in a sketchier style than his Cadmus-like signature tableaux, did more to promote gay male hyper-masculinity than James Dean, Brokeback Mountain, and Bob Paris combined. His cum-spurting leathermen are now coffee-table appropriate."
— The Village Voice, New York
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Our personality is warped and corrupted by the environment we create. So, when we try to live independent of his life and love by getting life and love from the world itself, we discover that our nature becomes so corrupt that we cannot depend on him even when we wish. How can you be freed from your dependence on things for your security, circumstances for your happiness and people for your significance? Let�s talk about that tomorrow.


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Disney decided to put the brakes on development of "Tron 3," the latest installment of the cult favorite that originated in the 1980s, because the studio could not find a place on its crowded slate as it looked all the way into 2018, according to an executive at the studio.
The team that had been coming together to make the film got word Friday that Hollywood's top studio would not go ahead with the film in the foreseeable future, despite the franchise's popularity and the fact that the 2010 version "Tron: Legacy" made nearly $400 million worldwide at the box office.
"We had never greenlit the movie, but it was in development for some time," said one Disney executive, discussing the sensitive decision to table the project. "Things in the queue got ahead of it and we have such a big slate out in front of it, we started to think, 'Where does it go?' And it's a pretty big investment to make if you are not even sure when you are going to release it."
Disney was hoping to make the third "Tron" film for about the cost of the second, which had a budget of $170 million. It was expected that "Tron: Legacy" director Joseph Kosinki would return to direct a new film, with Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund to star. Preliminary preparations had been made in anticipation of filming in Vancouver, Canada.
When Disney looked out at its release horizon, though, it did not see a likely spot for the new "Tron" film. Walt Disney Pictures already has "Jungle Book," another "Pirates of the Caribbean" installment, "Alice in Wonderland, "Pete's Dragon" and "Beauty and the Beast." And that's not to mention other highly-anticipated projects, like director Tim Burton's "Dumbo," and a raft of mega-pics that are on the way from Disney's premium-label subsidiaries — Pixar, Lucasfilm and Marvel.
There had been sufficient reporting about the film's early development and buzz on fanboy sites that some observers had assumed Disney had given a formal greenlight to the production, but it never had. "I think it could resurface at some point but it's not going to get the go button right now," said another individual familiar with the project.
The 1982 original portrayed the life of a computer hacker who was abducted into a digital universe and conscripted into gladiator-style games. The Bridges character had to join forces with Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) to outwit a Master Control Program and regain their freedom.
News that Disney was not moving ahead with "Tron 3" was first reported by the Hollywood Reporter.
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KR Defector Count Described as Premature
Touch Rotha and Marc Levy
Top RCAF commanders said Tuesday that reports of a mass defection of anti-government fighters and their families were premature, and that negotiations for the return of about 100 people were still happening.
According to Meas Sophea, a deputy chief of RCAF general staff, the government is still working on the defection of about 100 civilians and anti-government soldiers living in contested areas near the border of Koh Kong and Pursat provinces.
A government spokesman on Monday claimed that 1,000 Khmer Rouge civilians and fighters had defected to the Veal Veng commune in southern Pursat province.
One military analyst said the information leak amounted to "a jumping of the gun" on the process and could harm government efforts to arrange the defections.
RCAF officials, however, did say Tuesday that defections have successfully been negotiated
in embattled territories in the north.
Ninety-nine Khmer Rouge soldiers in the last few days left the guerrilla's northern jungle stronghold in Anlong Veng for Angkor Chum district in Siem Reap, Meas Sophea said. And about two weeks ago, more than 100 resistance soldiers defected from Preah Vihear province, he said.
Asked why the soldiers defected, Meas Sophea said they did not have the will to fight any longer.
"Fighting is meaningless for them," he said, adding that the soldiers also faced daily food shortages while living in the jungle.
The military analyst said the government strategy of pumping pro-government propaganda into resistance areas while pinning resistance forces down appears to be bearing fruit.
"I think they were putting a cap on them while they conducted a pretty ruthless winning-of-the-hearts-and-minds campaign. I think it's having an effect," said the analyst, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"To be quite honest, I think they've won."
Chea Saran, a deputy chief of general staff for the RCAF, said he hoped that 1,000 civilians who fled to Thailand when fighting broke out in the Samlot district of southern Battambang province would return soon.
Cambodian army officials and Battambang provincial officials are working with Thai officials to encourage the refugees to return from camps in the Thai province of Surin.
But Chea Saran said soldiers of Iem Pham, former head of RCAF Division 16, who is now commanding resistance forces in Samlot, are preventing people from returning.
Ko Chean, commander of the Battambang-town-based Military Region 5, said on Tuesday that fighting continues in the Samlot area.
About 20 shells fired from the resistance base about 15 km from the Thai border landed near RCAF bunkers.
No one was wounded in the attack, he said.
Shelling around Samlot begins around 5 am daily from both sides and is occasionally marked by close-range skirmishing, Ko Chean said.
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At the YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg we routinely conduct reviews of our program offerings to ensure they meet both the community's most pressing needs and our charitable purpose in the most effective and broad-reaching way possible. Our Women of Distinction awards program is currently under review and therefore we will not be holding the event during our traditional May time frame. We anticipate relaunching the program in the Fall of 2018. More details to follow.
Call for nominations are currently closed.
This award recognizes women who enrich the cultural vitality of the community through the expression, performance, development or preservation of the visual, literary, performing or creative arts, or cultural heritage. They are committed to promoting the value of the arts and heritage as integral to the life of the community and encouraging others to find their own creative expression.
This award recognizes women for the contributions they make, in their area of expertise, that provide significant and lasting benefit to their community. They are committed to influencing and motivating positive leadership and change in their working environments – whether through business, professions, trades, entrepreneurship, public service, or unions.
This award recognizes women who have initiated meaningful change in their own community, recognizing a local community need or issue. She dedicates her own time and resources to champion her cause. What started as a volunteer crusade could now be a full-time or paid role for this leader. She has made a significant and sustained difference while being recognized as a source of strength and heart in her community and is able to harness the time, talent and capacity of others.
This award recognizes women who inspire others with their passion for personal growth, development and life-long learning. Through the education system, employee training and development, community education or other alternatives, they develop innovative programs and/or build a strong rapport with community members to foster learning in a broader sense.
This award recognizes women who are advocates, mentors, visionaries or trailblazers in a science-related field. The contribution they make in their area of expertise (such as pure and applied sciences, social sciences, life sciences, engineering, medicine, technology, agriculture or the environment) provides a significant and lasting benefit to their community, forges new roles for women, and increases future opportunities for women's participation in these fields.
This award recognizes a young woman (between the ages of 18 and 29) who is a positive role model for her peers. Showing leadership and maturity as she engages in issues in her community, school and/or workplace, she actively promotes voluntarism and social inclusion.
This award will be made to a young woman, enrolled in a school within the Winnipeg City limits, who will be graduating from Grade 12 in 2017. She has made a significant contribution to her school and community, has demonstrated scholastic achievement and shows promise of becoming a Woman of Distinction. She should be a role model for other young women.
The award recipient receives a $2,000 scholarship on behalf of Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries. Manitoba Lotteries Foundation has set up and maintained this award and scholarship in memory of their Chair, Mrs. Gerrie Hammond. (Scholarship is processed once proof of registration in a recognized post-secondary institution is received).
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The Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" ("From Heaven above to Earth I come"), BWV 769, are a set of five variations in canon for organ with two manuals and pedals by Johann Sebastian Bach on the Christmas hymn by Martin Luther of the same name. The variations were prepared as a showpiece for Bach's entry as fourteenth member of Mizler's Music Society in Leipzig in 1747. The original printed edition of 1747, in which only one line of the canon was marked in the first three variations, was published by Balthasar Schmid in Nuremberg. Another version BWV 769a appears in the later autograph manuscript P 271, which also contains the six trio sonatas for organ BWV 525–530 and the Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes BWV 651–668. In this later version Bach modified the order of the variations, moving the fifth variation into a central position, and wrote out all the parts in full, with some minor revisions to the score.
Although originally written for Pipe Organ, I created this Interpretation of the Alio Modo in Canone alla Quinta (Canon at the Fifth) Variation II (BWV 769 No. 2) from "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" (From Heaven above to Earth I come) for Flute & Oboe Duet.


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Q: Synchronized keyword in Thread.sleep implementation In Thread.sleep(millis,nanos) implementation, which i took my Android Codebase, the function is defined somewhat like this
public static void sleep(long millis, int nanos) throws InterruptedException {

    long start = System.nanoTime();
    long duration = (millis * NANOS_PER_MILLI) + nanos;
        Object lock = currentThread().lock;
        synchronized (lock) {
            while (true) {

                  ///implementation
            }
        }
    }

currentThread() returns the caller thread and lock is an object(new Object()) in Thread class.

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*Here suppose one thread is currently executing and i call sleep() again from second thread, then wont it change the variables start and duration, which is still in use by the first thread? Shouldnt the whole function be synchronized to prevent this?

*What sense does it make to choose lock as a sync object? Anyway, a single instance of a Thread wont be able to call sleep() multiple times simultaneously?

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SC Times Prep Athlete of the Week: Cathedral's Smith sees benefits in tough schedule
Junior who scored 4 goals in 2 games in tourney says experienced players can help younger teammates when things get tough
SC Times Prep Athlete of the Week: Cathedral's Smith sees benefits in tough schedule Junior who scored 4 goals in 2 games in tourney says experienced players can help younger teammates when things get tough Check out this story on sctimes.com: https://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/high-school-sports/2019/01/03/voters-pick-cathedrals-smith-sc-times-prep-athlete-week-rocori-tech-apollo-sauk-rapids-sartell-alban/2470990002/
From Staff Reports Published 11:51 a.m. CT Jan. 3, 2019
Jack Smith(Photo: Photo courtesy Cathedral High School)
St. Cloud Times readers voted Jack Smith, a junior on the Cathedral boys hockey team, as the latest SC Times Prep Athlete of the Week.
Smith tallied two goals and an assist in the Crusaders' 7-2 win against River Lakes in their first game at the Granite City Showcase. In game two of the Granite City Showcase, Smith scored two more goals to lead Cathedral to a 5-1 win over Mankato East.
As part of this weekly honor, the winner is asked to answer about five questions by email:
Readers clearly appreciated your play in the Granite City Showcase. What were some of the keys to those two games for you?
In the first game against River Lakes, we knew it was going to be a big game for our team because it was a section team and the second game against Mankato East was a key game also, having a quality team come into our rink. We just wanted to play a solid game. I thought some keys to my game were just moving my feet in both of the games, trying to out work everyone each shift, and making smart plays.
The Crusaders have a tough schedule this year, including a big game Friday hosting Hermantown. What are some of the challenges and benefits of playing a tough schedule?
A challenge of playing a tough schedule can be having to be ready to play every single game at your best. Also some benefits of playing a tough schedule are just being ready at the end of the season, when everything matters, because you know what to expect when playoffs come around.
READ: Chemistry, defense get surprising Sabres off to a good start
As a junior, you already have played a lot of varsity hockey in your career. How does that experience benefit you and the team as a season progresses?
The experience of already playing a lot of varsity hockey benefits me because I know what to expect coming into a big game and what needs to be accomplished to win big games. I think it benefits the team because having players who have played varsity hockey can help the younger guys out and guide them when things are not going their way.
What's your favorite aspect of attending Cathedral?
I would say the all around environment at school. Everyone is very friendly and welcoming at CHS. And if you ever need help with anything there is always someone there.
What do you think the Minnesota Wild need to do to break out of their recent slump?
I think the Wild just need to continue to work hard every single game and get everyone to buy-in day in and day out.
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E2 and Event Operators: A Love in the Time of Corona.
Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Dec. 22, 2021 - At the height of the pandemic restrictions, all live events were scratched out of our agendas. Zoom and Teams shows were the new hit – and frankly, also the only possible solution. As with all new situations, these virtual events were led by trial and error. At first, hoping the situation would be short-lived, organizers settled for 'good-enough' basic solutions. But in the end, they couldn't deny that nothing beats the real thing. From U.S. Election Day to the Rugby World Cup 2023 Draw, the E2 proved its capabilities again running virtual studios and web productions. These are the pandemic stories of our image processing portfolio.
It's just not the same
Software-based switchers were already increasingly common in the industry for smaller conferences or presentation environments where video quality is not the main priority. But these tools have their limits. They're designed for small (virtual) productions with a single operator. They don't have the capabilities needed to run hybrid events nor larger events.
With the ability to drive multiple screens, presenter support and multi-operator features, the Barco Event Master processors support both the big hybrid shows as well as smaller virtual events – yet with more functionality.
"So nice to get my hands on a real switcher. vMix is cool and all, but nothing beats the real thing!" Ian Greenwood, Senior Video Specialist at Encore Canada (Vancouver)
More layers = more virtual guests
PiP performances and layers got really important during the covid-19 virtual events with high-res virtual calls and conferences with large online audiences. Especially if you want to show the virtual faces of all your attendees to lift engagement and interaction to the max. More layers equals more (virtual) guests. Shows with +20 PiPs were the new standard. With up to 32 single scalable PiP or key layers available in HD, the E2 Gen 2 can customize the layer configuration to meet the increased needs of the virtual conferences.
"We did this award show where we had one Zoom room with 800 people and we had to pin groups from 2-14 on screen at a time... It took 20 computer inputs into the E2 and four outputs for the pips. The regular broadcast switchers only allowed up to 8x pips, so we used E2 to give us more active pips. It was totally insane with a cue every 10 seconds, but it worked out great. E2 to the rescue!" testimonial Barco E2 user
A familiar face
Driving backgrounds with zoom pips on studio displays, pushing processed content to streaming platforms, and providing multi-view and playbacks to camera switches. You'll never hear us say it is easy, but operators knew they could rely on the familiar Barco image processing products to help them keep up with customer expectations and deliver top-notch productions in the relatively new and challenging virtual studio environments. The E2, as much as the operators, were confronted with the new virtual reality, but it has held its own and proven its worth through its versatility.
"We had 12 hours to turn a hotel ballroom into a high-tech 4K-and-beyond fully immersive and interactive live virtual event experience. The event had 3000 virtual attendees and we had to manage over 40 breakout rooms. This six-day event was produced at the highest level possible with a superb team of skilled E2 specialists who make it seem easy." Jeronimo Terife, Video Engineer and Barco E2 operator at the Spanish Teen Choice Awards
Due to hygienic reasons operators were often not allowed to be in the same room with the speakers. The easiest way to handle this is fiber linking, a solution that allows you to manage video over a distance. With native 4k60p processing using SMPTE standard fiber formats, Barco's peer to peer fiber solution eliminates the need for external fiber extenders saving users both time and money, as well as reducing possible signal drop-outs caused by weak signal chain components. And if you expand the system with our fiber extension solution, there's zero compression and no additional latency, preserving full signal bandwidth up to 300m!
"The E2 is crucial and relevant in the live event world and even more so in the online streaming scene!" Ran Lee, Manager Video
Barco image processing is ready for the next level
Our Event Master platform is updated on a regular basis. Taking into account, the growing needs of the past two years, the latest Event Master software releases bring some user-requested and powerful new features to the line. Now supporting Tally indicators and Multi Operator mode, the system is further gearing up for post-covid virtual and hybrid events.
And we don't stop there. Staying in touch with the voice of our customers, we're listening to their needs and suggestions. One of the most common requests today is to route audio into our Event Master platform. Well, you'll be excited to hear that we're working on this! We have joined forces with Audinate, a leading provider of professional digital audio networking technologies, to work on the integration of digital audio switching in Barco's image processing portfolio. The PDS-4K is Barco's first Dante-enabled presentation switcher managing both high-quality video and pristine digital audio from source to output through the same device


Nordtree announced today that the Call for Speakers is now open for its Internet of Cars Conference taking place September 26-27, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. This cutting-edge conference is planned to bring together academia, industry, transit and fleet operators, as well as insurers, and legislators to discuss their plans for safe self-driving cars and to address the challenges related to design, testing, deployment and regulations of connected cars.
Nordtree's two-day conference will offer participants the opportunity to identify and monitor the capabilities and required technologies including those in progress, those planned, and those for which no current plans exist.
The conference will facilitate the exchange of ideas and networking among peers through collaborative discussions.
The Internet of Cars Conference and Expo will provide exhibitors and sponsors the opportunity to network and to have direct access to program managers from leading US, Japanese, Korean and European Union autonomous vehicle programs.
The Internet of Cars Conference and Expo is co-located with Autonomous Vehicle Conference & Expo Cybersecurity + Hackers.
In order to extend the education of the connected autonomous vehicles to much wider community that is shaping the IoC evolution, reduced registration-rates are available for students, academia, government and startups.
Nordtree is a leading information provider, organizing conferences and trade-shows for technology, automobiles, and other industries to governments, industries and academia around the world.


A HONEYMOON in the Canadian Rockies followed the wedding of Dr Juliet Kershaw and Dr Steve McCarthy.
Juliet is a former pupil of Calder High School, Mytholmroyd, and the bride and bridegroom are partners in Penistone GP practice.
The wedding was a Humanist ceremony followed by an afternoon reception in the grounds of their home in Holmfirth.
An evening reception was celebrated with a live band and oriental cuisine.


Want some dinner rolls with your Thanksgiving meals or leftovers but don't want the gluten? Try these tapioca cheese pull aparts!!
Put all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. Fill mini muffin tins and bake in oven at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Serve warm and pull apart….Delicious!


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… and thousands of individual organisers representing hundreds of organisations, networks and alliances around Australia and the Pacific.
It is extremely important not to assume that there are 'communities of color' out there fully formed, conscious of themselves, just waiting for vanguard organizers to mobilize them into action... We have to think about organizing as producing the communities, as generating community, as building communities of struggle.
It is extremely important not to assume that there are 'communities of color' out there fully formed, conscious of themselves, just waiting for vanguard organizers to mobilize them into action… We have to think about organizing as producing the communities, as generating community, as building communities of struggle.
To join with people so we can work with rather than for them, we need to position ourselves to hear their stories and to work with their goals and agenda... in effect to see through the eyes of the other.
To join with people so we can work with rather than for them, we need to position ourselves to hear their stories and to work with their goals and agenda… in effect to see through the eyes of the other.
No-one educates anyone else; no-one educates himself alone. Persons are educated in communion with one another; in the midst of the world's influences.
No-one educates anyone else; no-one educates himself alone. Persons are educated in communion with one another; in the midst of the world's influences.
I think we succeeded because we simply loved life more than them. Generally, those guys were the preachers of the death. Their hatred, their propaganda, you know, their language smelled like death. And we won because we loved life more. We decided to love life and you't beat a life. So this is what Otpor did. We were a group of fans of life. And this is why we succeeded.


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Jeanette St. Clair
Teacher and Native American Advocate
Jeanette St. Clair was instrumental in bringing federally funded education dollars for Native Americans to the Grand Rapids school system. She then became coordinator of the program for over 500 students of Indian heritage including Chippewa, Sioux and Cherokee. As a counselor at Central High School in the early 1970s and the only Native American teacher is the entire school system, she was disturbed by the high dropout rate among Indian students. She felt their lack of identity in the "white" schools, the disillusionment of their being different and she decided to get the funds to help them develop a positive self-image and to learn about their own culture. "We don't give a second thought about who we are until someone makes fun of us," she pointed out.
She herself had experienced the same bewilderment and the prejudice of peers and adults as she grew up. But this seemingly quiet, sometimes almost passive woman was determined to be in the ten percent of Native Americans who become college graduates. It took her 13 years to earn her Bachelor's degree while working full-time. In 1977 she added a Master's degree from Michigan State University in just one year so that she could administer the new program. She achieved her goals with the support of her loving husband who took care of their home and two little girls. With the government grant she established a special summer school program exclusively for Native American students which taught English, math, and Indian crafts with field trips exploring the local area.
Jeanette also became active in the Grand Rapids Roman Catholic Diocese Kateri Circle, a Native American group which also helped Indian families moving into the area and which successfully combined Christianity with the Indian culture. She sat on the Social Justice Board for the diocese dealing with 11 counties, she was active in the United Way Blueprint Steering Committee which sought minority representation on other UW agencies, and she was a member of the Gerontology Network Board. In 1996 she was honored during the Women's History Month for her exemplary work in the Native American community. By being a positive role model for all who know her, with her patience and her persistence in attaining her goals to help all her people, Poma-ge-we-mo-kwe, (Jeanette's Indian name meaning Lady of the Winding Stream), has stilled prejudice and has instilled pride in all those around her. "We have word in Ottawa, anishnobe, which means human being," Jeanette said. "We're all anishnobe."


In the President's Home: Memories of the Akron Auburns is the latest title in our Ohio History and Culture series.
Norman P. Auburn (1905–2003), tenth president of The University of Akron (1951–1971), was a husband and father as well as UA's most important leader in the second half of its 150 years. Mark Auburn remembers the private man behind the public figure during the years that they lived in the house on Mayfield Road.
The book (228 pages, paperback, 41 black & white photos) is available for $24.95 online at our site.
Read the book review in the Akron Beacon Journal.


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The Much More Interesting Line from Judge Sotomayor's Berkeley La Raza Law Journal article
Earlier today, Jess Bravin, the Wall Street Journal Supreme Court reporter, asked me to look at the piece, which I did, and it seems to me the line that is getting most of the attention from easily excitable white male conservatives--"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life"--is actually not nearly the most striking line in this short (and rather thin) article. In context, it's quite clearly a play on a line attributed to Justice O'Connor, and it is followed by references to notorious decisions involving sex and race discrimination by Holmes and Cardozo, in which, of course, female or minority judges would have surely done better.
But in the same paragraph where the much-quoted line appears, she refers to the views of Martha Minow, who is quoted two paragraphs earlier, and this, it seems to me, is the really interesting bit of the article:
I accept the proposition that...as...Professor Martha Minow...states 'there is no objective stance but only a series of perspectives--no neutrality, no escape from choice in judging." I further accept that our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions. The aspiration to impartiality is just that--it's an aspiration because it denies the fact that we are by our experiences making different choices than others.
She goes on to cite, in support, just a bit of the massive empirical literature confirming the apparent causal influence of race and gender on judicial decision-making.
In both this article, and her 1996 Suffolk University Law Review piece on "Returning Majesty to the Law and Politics," Judge Sotomayor sounds refreshingly Legal Realist notes, of a kind we ordinarily only hear from one other sitting judge, Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit. To be sure Judge Sotomayor does not go as far as Posner, who calls the U.S. Supreme Court (quite correctly, of course) "a largely political court," though by the same token, Posner doesn't go as far as endorsing Professor Minow's strong claim that there is "no neutrality, no escape from choice in judging."
William O. Douglas was our most famous Legal Realist Justice. Will Justice Sotomayor be our first and most important Critical Legal Studies Justice? (I jest, of course: her judicial opinions are not nearly as provocative as these short law review items. For a more skeptical view from an academic to her left, see the comments of Professor Turley from George Washington.))
(Mr. Bravin's piece is here. It's nice to see Legal Realism get some press!)
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HomeCollege Sports JournalNCAA Division I SportsFCS FootballGREAT EIGHT!! North Dakota State wins its eighth Division I FCS National Title in a thrilling contest over James Madison, 28-20
GREAT EIGHT!! North Dakota State wins its eighth Division I FCS National Title in a thrilling contest over James Madison, 28-20
FRISCO, Tex.— Top-seeded North Dakota State defeated the second-seeded James Madison 28-20 at Toyota Stadium to win the 2019 Division I FCS National Championship in front of 17,866 fans.
With the win, NDSU completed its second consecutive undefeated campaign and continued its dominance by winning its eighth national title in the past nine seasons and third in a row.
"It probably won't sink in for a couple days yet," said NDSU head coach Matt Entz. "Maybe on the flight home. I know it will feel more real the minute I walk through these doors and go into the locker room and see those guys."
On the other side, James Madison (14-2) lost to North Dakota State (16-0) in the National Championship Game for the second time in three years.
The Bison are the sixth FCS team to go undefeated en route to a national title. NDSU also had perfect seasons in 2013 and 2018. The eight national titles extend their own FCS record. Georgia Southern has the second most FCS crowns with six.
The 16-wins are the most by any college football team in a season since Yale also won 16 in 1894.
The day after NDSU quarterback Trey Lance became the first freshman to win the Walter Payton Award, he led the Bison to victory thanks largely to his legs.
But the game did not start out this way.
The Dukes received the ball to open the game and sharply rolled 86 yards in 17 plays, converting three third downs and consuming over half the first quarter clock to take a 7-0 lead on a 5-yard toss from QB Ben DiNuccito WR Riley Stapleton.
The Bison responded with an 8-play, 70-yard touchdown march of their own to tie the game on a one yard jolt by RB Adam Cofield.
NDSU took the lead on a play where NDSU faked a reverse but WR Phoenix Sproles kept the ball and, scampered 38 yards for the go-ahead score at 14-7 early in the second quarter.
After a James Madison field goal, NDSU appeared to pull ahead on touchdown pass from Lance to TE Ben Ellefson but the play was called back because Ellefson was lined up as an ineligible receiver that drew the penalty. One play later, the Bison set up for what appeared to be spotting 38-yard field goal.
But James Hendricks, the holder and the defensive safety, took the snap but got back on his feet to dash 20 yards for a touchdown on the left side of the JMU line to up the lead to 21-10 with 3:47 to play in the second quarter.
That 21-10 lead held up until halftime due to JMU PK Ethan Ratke's 40-yard field goal hitting the right upright late in second quarter.
The Dukes got a 27-yard field goal from Ratke to pull within 21-13 with 8:45 to play in the third quarter in what would be the only score of this frame.
On the first play of the fourth quarter while facing a 3rd and 23, a dazzling play by Lance where he found room up the middle and ran towards the side line before racing into the end zone from 44 yards out to give NDSU a 28-13 advantage.
"I kind of just worked through my progression," said Lance. Worked to Christian (Watson) first. Then I was going to step up and work my over. And kind of the Red Sea just kind of parted."
Following a couple of punts by each team, the Dukes cut the margin to 28-20 after touchdown pass from DiNucci to Stapleton with 6:55 remaining.
The Bison picked up two first downs on the next possession and faced a fourth-and-2 at the JMU 36-yard line. Coach Entz decided to go for it on the play but Lance was stopped on a run up the middle a yard short, and the Dukes took over with 2:51 remaining with all three-time outs remaining.
On the ensuing drive, the Dukes survived a sack, converted a 4th-and-3 and moved into the Bison red zone on an incredible 22-yard catch by Stapleton. A pair of NDSU penalties gave JMU a 1st-and-goal at the 3 with eight seconds left, but DiNucci's pass was intercepted by Hendricks to seal the NDSU win.
"Ever since we stepped on campus, you get groomed by the best people in the world, the best people in college football and you just grow to be men," Hendricks said.
Lance rushed for a game-and-career high 166 yards with a touchdown on 30 attempts in being named the game's most valuable player. He also completed 6 of 10 passes for 72 yards. The redshirt freshman finished the 16-game season with 28 touchdown passes and no interceptions.
NDSU OT Dillion Radunz (Courtesy of Bryan Finley, College Sports Journal)
A big reason for the way NDSU, especially Lance, was able to run the ball was the play of its offensive line, especially All-American OT Dillon Radunz. Radunz and his so-named Ram teammates upfront were able to handle the potent Dukes defensive front four that included Buck Buchanan finalist Ron'Dell Carter.
DiNucci completed 22 of 33 passes for 204 yards and two touchdowns with an interception in a losing cause.
"I think you saw flashes of JMU football, but unfortunately there were too many big, negative plays that proved to be too much to overcome," Dukes head coach Curt Cignetti said.
The win pushed NDSU to an astonishing 128-8 since the beginning of the 2011 season, and an even more astounding 34-1 in playoff games. The one loss came to this same James Madison program, in the Fargodome in the 2016 FCS semifinals en route to a JMU national title.
"The locker room full of players are the reason we've been able to be successful all season. Their work ethic, their commitment to being at their best every day, not only on the football field but in the classroom, resonates throughout our program", said Entz.
NDSU Fans Storm the Field Following the Bison Winning the 2020 National Title over James Madison 28-20 (Courtesy of Bryan Finley, College Sports Journal)
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Read all the other threads about it.
There's no more fun in getting 2000 balls just so you can build a huge pyramid.
How about playing the ordinary levels and building the tower out of all the goos you rescue.
300 is not so much, you hit the limit after the second chapter.
I want to build a huge pyramid with my hard-earned goos!
^ BTW, that says 'WHAAT?'.


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V!V Makes Social Media Disconnect Funky on "Sun x Moon"
By Emma Maliborski October 2, 2020 October 20, 2020
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The havoc social media can wreak on young relationships is a popular topic for Gen-Z artists, but it's become stale over time. For being so universal, it's almost impossible to write about the lilting anxiety of missed DMs, the validation economy of likes and follows, and the thousands of codes written into someone's texting style without sounding tacky or cliché. But an original interpretation is possible when an artist can extract that all-too-familiar anxiety and blend it with fresh production and lyrics that step outside the online universe.
"Sun x Moon," nineteen-year-old pop singer V!V's latest single, opts to set her ships-passing-in-the-night social media story in the cosmos. An off-kilter interpretation of bedroom pop, "Sun x Moon" is an electric contribution to the growing catalogue of songs addressing the disconnect between the digital and physical.
Born in Detroit and raised in Chicago, V!V is a current student at Indiana University's renowned Jacobs School of Music. "Growing up being surrounded by my dad's band practices and going to his performances made me want to imitate that as a child, and it turned out I had a natural knack for it too. I always knew that my place in life was the performing arts, I just didn't have the confidence to pursue it until my senior year of high school," she said. It didn't take long for her to establish herself, though; she won a local arts council scholarship to pursue jazz studies in college during her senior year of high school. On her connection with her musical father, V!V said, "Our creative relationship has been growing since I was a kid." He now produces her music, including "Sun x Moon."
"Sun x Moon" is equally influenced by V!V's academic exploration of jazz and the left-of-center approach of her great musical influence, Tyler, the Creator. "I studied the way he songwrites, and I like how free his songs are. They can start with a certain feel, and end with a completely different one," she says. It's an approach that makes up the backbone of "Sun x Moon," a song that undergoes several sonic transformations over the course of four minutes. A siren-laced hip-hop intro bleeds into the crackling, funky body of the song: production details like video game sound effects and flutes keep make the track unpredictable without sacrificing the breezy simplicity of the melody.
Though V!V directly makes reference to internet terminology with lyrics like "Can't figure shit out over FaceTime" and "tripping on my tongue, talking like i'm dumb, all thumbs," she refuses to dip into the cliché. The guiding metaphor of the song is as divorced from the digital world as it could be. V!V likens her and her partner to the sun and the moon who desperately need a moment of undeniable, in-person connection: an eclipse.
V!V might only be nineteen, but her musical charisma is beyond her years. "Sun x Moon" is representative of a rising artist who interprets quintessential Gen-Z experiences with her retro style and penchant for experimentation. It's early to fully grasp who she is as a fully-fledged artist, but whatever she creates next will almost certainly be infused with an electric charisma and fearless interpretation of the present moment.
"Sun x Moon" is available to stream now.
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Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today released a whitepaper that examines the approach New York has taken to transform its 100 year-old electric system from a centralized, one-way grid to a multi-channel network of power and information. The paper, Driving Environmental Outcomes Through Utility Reform: Lessons from New York REV, is a roadmap for electric utilities seeking to accelerate decarbonization, or the elimination of fossil fuels.
Through "Reforming the Energy Vision" (REV), its comprehensive energy initiative to rebuild, strengthen, and modernize the electric grid, New York State has managed to deliver new business opportunities, policy outcomes, and environmental benefits that help move the state toward its goal of reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. The state's comprehensive regulatory reform is removing barriers to an evolving clean energy transition by setting up a platform for pursuing robust energy efficiency and renewable energy goals, and creating new opportunities for business and consumers.
Key learnings from NY REV provide fundamental criteria for electric utilities' modernization efforts to bring about environmental benefits: 1) building smart platforms to deploy clean energy resources cost-effectively, 2) aligning utility earnings with environmental outcomes, and 3) engaging customers as market participants.
For more details, see our fact sheet and blog post on this topic.