You don't have the soul of a writer.
I discovered my enjoyment for writing as a teenager, pretending to write notes in class when I was really writing bad novels. In college, I took a creative writing class as one of my mandatory electives. My professor told me that I didn't have the soul of a true writer. It's a good thing that you don't actually need a soul to write.
"Flowers for Dead Lovers" is my poetry book. It was compiled from a series of poetry zines I made in college titled "Chronic", "Venus Atrophied", and "Play the Villain". It has sold exactly one copy. Just one.
It was night time in congress park, and it was after hours. They were walking down the cobblestones when Victor took a sudden turn towards the gazebo that overlooked the duck pond. The full moon on a clear, balmy summer's night rippled on the pond's surface. Frederick followed behind him. They were alone in the park.
"Fred… I…" Victor began to say. He put his hands of Frederick's shoulders and pulled him close. They were close too close. Victor used all of his weight and pushed him out of the gazebo and into the duck pond. The man hit the water with a huge splash that got the bottom of Victor's pants wet. He had a hard time dealing with his feelings, so what of it?


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On the flip side, though, I understand Nigel Lythgoe & Co. aren't merely in the business of discovering the next big Billboard chart-buster. They've got a TV show to produce, they need to take us on an emotional journey (ugh…I just said "journey"), they know that in order to appreciate the thrill of victory, we must occasionally contemplate the agony of defeat. And you know what? Every once in a while I have to sedate my inner cynic with a couple Big Carls worth of Trade Joe's Sauv Blanc and buy a ticket for the Great Idol Manipulation Tour.
There are worse rides to take, after all. Just ask Jennifer Lopez, who tonight conjured up some of the dewiest tears ever captured by a reality TV camera — she is, after all, a movie star — during Paris Tassin's gut-busting rendition of Carrie Underwood's "Temporary Home." Paris (pictured, lower left), who could easily be mistaken for a young Courteney Cox, entered the audition room after sharing with the Idol cameras an emotional tale of how, at the age of 18, she decided to go against her doctor's advice and not terminate a complicated and risky pregnancy, then eventually became a mother to an adorable daughter who is plagued by hearing problems. "When you sang it, I felt it," J.Lo declared at the end of Paris' performance, and I nodded my head in agreement, ignoring the fact that toward the final third of the audition, the brunette beauty's vocals skidded like a Mini Cooper hitting a patch of black ice. (Weirdly, the contestant herself seemed to be the only person in the room aware of the pitch problems, apologizing to the judges after her final note.) Yet Paris had something even more important than technical proficiency on her side: She was able to not only emotionally connect with the song, but to use that connection, those deep reserves of feeling, to help her audience connect to the material, too. And therein lies the difference between someone who's actually telling a story, and a person who's just reading words on a page.
Still, I'm left wondering the following: If J.Lo hadn't known that Paris was the mother of a special-needs child, if she didn't (as I suspect) have a dossier in front of her explaining the girl's toughest moments, would the performance still have moved her to tears?
By comparison, bespectacled blonde Sarah Sellers (pictured, upper right) got a far less dramatic edit during tonight's show, save for a peculiar bit of flirtation spurred by Steven Tyler that ended as soon as Randy seemed to suggest that the Aerosmith frontman could be Sarah's biological father. (!) "You had me sold from the second you laid eyes on me," Steven cooed, after the upbeat marketing analyst launched into a cover of "Make You Feel My Love" that currently ranks as my favorite audition of the entire season. I loved the varying textures of Sarah's instrument, the way she took her time with every word of the Bob Dylan ditty, the way her voice transitioned from the prettiest whisper to the meatiest growl. I know at 28, most record labels would consider Sarah too "old" to gamble on, but lest they forget, girlfriend is still young enough to be Susan Boyle's daughter. Can we send her straight to the semifinals — whatever that round is going to resemble in season 10?
Lucky for us viewers, Sarah, Paris, and Brett weren't the only talented folks on hand in New Orleans. Let's see of we can dish each of 'em Twitter-style, in 140 characters or less.
* Jordan Dorsey (pictured, bottom right) | Idol's usually so unkind to vocal coaches, but not dishy Jordan, who made "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" sway, then swing.
* Jacquelyn Dupree | Her grandpa coached Randy in high school, but she tackled "I'll Stand By You" with a little too much force. Penalty flag down!
* Jovany Barreto | This is not America's Next Top Stripper, it's American Idol! Not that you're going to take home the crown in either competition, dude.
* Jacee Badeaux | You're 15; Ryan said U looked 12. Ouch. Still, Aerosmith guy declared your "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" was "art." Fair enough tradeoff?
What did you think of tonight's Golden Ticket recipients? Seeing how Ryan said 37 folks from New Orleans are headed to Hollywood, do you wish the producers had shown just a few more than seven? And how about Steven Tyler's quote of the night: "From my melodic sensibility, it was very delicious."? Amazing, no? Sound off about these topics and more down in the comments.
What's more, if you have some strong thoughts or opinions on anything you saw this week on Idol — pertaining to judges, contestants, trends or conspiracy theories — and you'd like to share them on the premiere episode of TVLine's new Idol-related Web series, Idoloonies, email a paragraph or two to idoloonies@tvline.com (and be sure to include a contact phone number). We'll be selecting a handful of readers each week to join me in cohosting the Webcast via Skype or video chat on Fridays at or around 3/2 c. We'll also be choosing a Twitter Question of the Week, so don't hesitate to fire your best shots to me @MichaelSlezakTV. Be sure to tag it #Idoloonies!


Wilson Benesch The Full Circle review | What Hi-Fi?
Wilson Benesch's The Full Circle is layered a bit like a sponge cake: the bottom slice carries the motor and power supply, leaving the next section to support the bearing and arm.
Set-up is straightforward though, as with its rivals, changing the speed means you have to manually move the drive belt from one motor pulley to the next. An electronic option would be handy, particularly for those who switch between singles and albums on a regular basis.
Wilson Benesch's Ply cartridge completes the Full Circle package. This moving coil cartridge doesn't have a body to cover its internals, so looks rather delicate – however, in use it's little different from the fully covered opposition.
Properly sited on a dedicated hi-fi table, the Full Circle shows its class: this is an open, even-handed record player that works well with all types of music. It digs up plenty of detail and arranges information into a cohesive and musical whole.
The presentation isn't flashy in any way, and won't grab the attention with seismic basslines or brain-pounding punch. What it will provide is a clear and insight view into the recording, so letting the music do the impressing.
The Full Circle is an elegant product: for its build, ease of use and sound it's highly recommended.


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News sources are reporting on a lawsuit filed in Miami by the ACLU challenging a county ordinance that prevents convicted sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of where children congregate. The Miami Herald has the story here, the N.Y. Times, here.
An excerpt from the Miami-Herald…
A multipronged legal battle erupted Thursday over the growing colony of sex offenders forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida sued Miami-Dade County, arguing that the state's rule that sex offenders must live at least 1,000 feet from where children congregate supersedes the county's stricter 2,500-foot ordinance.
Then the city of Miami prepared to sue the state for placing the offenders — whose legal addresses are under the causeway — too close to a barrier island that it considers a park.
Though no one has proposed a solution, the ACLU and the city say they simply want to clean up the shantytown that is spilling out from under the bridge, and find those living there a respectable and safe place to live. Under the 2,500-foot law, convicted sex offenders have no other place to live in the county that does not violate the rule.
The vagrants — many of them homeless felons — live in shacks in a no-man's land that has generated national debate over the consequences of residency laws for sex offenders.
The consensus among those in power is that there is a problem but no one can agree on a solution. Reports the N.Y. Times…
John Timoney, the Miami police chief, said that on the Fourth of July, several officers used a stun gun against a man under the bridge who, in a fit of depression, began cutting himself with a knife, apparently in a suicide attempt. Chief Timoney predicted more violence.
He said he had told city, state and county officials that the men (only one or two women live there) needed to be moved to more permanent homes, even if it meant changing one or more laws. He has gotten mostly studies in return, along with politicians accusing one another of shirking responsibility.
"It's like a hot potato," Chief Timoney said. "Everyone is just passing it on."
This is perhaps another example of how popular laws make bad laws. The Times picked up a great quote from a law professor who studies sex offender laws, saying how residency restrictions which have led to the current crisis "are always universally popular. The public loves it."
And now the public is paying the price for its paranoiac love-fest.
As a side note, I have to disagree with the comment made by a Miami City commissioner, as reported in the Herald, that the governor of New York would be "impeached the next day" if he ordered all sex offenders to be placed under the Brooklyn Bridge. First, with the chaos in Albany at the moment, I doubt anyone would notice. Second, given the ineptitude of David Patterson thus far in his term as governor, he might get a standing ovation just for having done something.
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Valerie Parkhurst | July 25, 2009 at 8:12 am | Reply
Try deporting some of these third worlders who commit sex crimes, seems nobody wants to look at the immigration status of the Julia Tuttle Bridge-rats. But they dont have any problem asking the taxpayer to clothe , feed and house these SOB's…If the truth be told, three quarters of these so-called freedom seeking refugees shouldnt be standing on US soil.

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Losing anything isn't nice. Losing a soccer match can hurt. Losing your keys is annoying. But there's nothing like losing your sanity as you follow a legal battle between the league your soccer team plays in and the nation's soccer federation. A battle that leaves a team without a league, players without jobs and supporters with a lot of summertime weekends free.
Riccardo Silva couldn't have dreamed it when he first formed The Miami FC.
9,000-plus fans. A hot but beautiful night. Major League Soccer competition on the field against his squad. A back-and-forth affair keeping everyone in their seats until the final seconds, when a Miami FC player streamed toward goal and finished a one-on-one opportunity to send the club into the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals.
His, and many other, dreams were realized Wednesday night when Miami FC dispatched yet another Major League Soccer side from the U.S. Open Cup, this time toppling Atlanta United 3-2 with one of the best finishes a soccer fan could ever hope to see.


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There is an object that's pretty much guaranteed to pique the interest of every cat in the world. That object is a cardboard box. Any box, really. Big boxes, small boxes, irregularly shaped boxes—it doesn't matter. Place the one you just got from an online order on the ground and watch your furry feline quickly commandeers it.
Thankfully, cat behavioral experts and veterinarians have come up with a few other interesting explanations. In fact, when you look at all the evidence together, it could be that your cat may not just like boxes, he may need them. Cats are ambush predators, and boxes provide great hiding places to stalk prey.
Cats who are in a stressful situation like a shelter or a new home, a box or some other type of separate enclosure can have a profound impact on both their behavior and physiology.
Working with domestic cats in a Dutch animal shelter, Vinke provided hiding boxes for a group of newly arrived cats while depriving another group of them entirely. She found a significant difference in stress levels between cats that had the boxes and those that didn't. In effect, the cats with boxes got used to their new surroundings faster, were far less stressed early on, and were more interested in interacting with humans.
So rather than work things out, cats are more inclined to simply run away from their problems or avoid them altogether. A box, in this sense, can often represent a safe zone, a place where sources of anxiety, hostility, and unwanted attention simply disappear.


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Virtual CRASH 3 allows users to quickly simulate accidents involving pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and more. With its streamlined user interface, and its blazing fast multibody collision algorithm, analysts can study and refine their case studies in a flash. One of the most unique features of Virtual CRASH 3 are its incredibly realistic human models. We're going to explore these human models, and discuss how they can be modified to better suit your needs.
In Virtual CRASH 3, the human model is a series of ellipsoid objects connected by "Ragdoll Joint" types.
The initial default pose of the human model is determined by an ".mbdef" file contained in the data/multibody/poses/human directory of the Virtual CRASH 3 installation area. The Ragdoll joints allow the user to fix angles of articulation, as well as allow for restricting ranges of motion by the use of joint-torque stiffness values, to better simulate physiological limits of the human body. This will also be discussed further below.
The human models are covered with a realistic looking exterior, giving HD animations and incredibly realistic look and feel; however, the user has the option to remove the outer cover to create animations showing the underlying ellipsoids. This is discussed below.
Virtual CRASH 3 has both male and female human models with outer covers (see next two figures).
Let's start a new Virtual CRASH 3 project so we can insert a human model object in our workspace.
Left click on the "multibody" button in the left side control panel. Then, left click on "X". This will reveal your multibody objects.
Now, left click and hold "data\multibody\pedestrian.mbdef". While holding the left mouse button, drag your mouse into your workspace environment, and release the button. You will also notice that the female human model, "data\multibody\female.mbdef", is also available.
You should now see your human model in the scene.
Now, left click on "edit" in the lower left corner, in the left control panel. This should reveal the properties options for the human model.
Left click on "mass properties" to change the weight (mass) of your human model.
Left click on "size" to adjust the human model's total height. You'll notice the various body segments decrease or increase in size in relative proportion to the change in height.
Left click on "poses" to select from one of the many predefined poses within Virtual CRASH 3. To choose a pose, simply left clock on the pose's name. You will see the human model automatically update to assume the selected pose.
Now, left click on "dynamics" in the left control panel to reveal the various initial dynamical properties of the human model. Here you can set the initial linear and angler velocity vectors. Deselect the "optimize" option in order to see the effect this has on your human model. You'll notice the human model quickly collapses to the ground plane (see below). Virtual CRASH 3 will hold a human model's initial pose (optimized) until a collision event is detected, at which point, the human model is allowed to act as a free body. By disabling this feature, you are simply allowing the human model to act as a free body without regard to collisions.
As you were experimenting with the human model, you may have noticed that it seems to always stay connected to the xy plane. This is because the "auto align to plane" feature is enabled by default. You can disable this feature by left clicking on "misc" in the left control panel. Then deselect "auto align to plane". If you then select your human model, then right click to pull up the quick commands dialogue box, you can set its z component to any arbitrary value, without having the model snapped back to the xy plane (see below). Deselecting "auto align to plane" can be useful in cases where you need to elevate the model for its pre-impact configuration (such as a motorcycle or bicycle rider).
In Virtual CRASH 3, you have access to the human model's joints, and you can modify the joint properties to suit your specific needs. To visually see the joints, left click on the box icon on the upper tool bar, then left click on "Joints". You should be able to visualize all of the joints in the human model's body.
Next, click on the "joints" button in the left control panel to reveal the joint options. You can scroll through the list of all joints, and click on the name of a particular joint to select it, or you can left click on the joint itself within the simulation environment. By selecting a joint, you reveal its properties. Try to rotate the right arm by selecting the "right upper arm – right lower arm" joint, then constraint your cursor to Restrict to Y (Rotations) by using the restriction selection menu on the upper tool bar. Once you've done this, use the rotation grip to rotate the lower arm.
Once you are satisfied with the initial pose of your human model's joint, you have the option to force the joint to maintain that orientation by left clicking on "fix orientation" and then selecting "use" (see below). The joint will maintain the specified articulation by using a linear spring model with damper, with equilibrium position at your specified articulation angle. You can choose the spring and damping coefficients. The larger the spring constant, the more torque is required to move the joint out of the initial configuration.
Starting from the "torso - hip" joint at the top of the list to the left, left click "torso – hip" and hold the left mouse button as you drag your mouse downward to select all joints simultaneously. You should see all of the joints appear red to indicate they have been selected.
Now, fix the orientation of all joints by following the same procedure. Left click on "fix orientation" and then left click on the box to the left of"use". Next, use the scroll bar to increase the spring constant to a very large value. Because all of the joints were selected, this will increase the stiffness of all joints within the body. Finally, disable the "optimize" feature as was demonstrated above, and watch the human model fall over. Although the model fell over, you should see it maintaining its pre-fall pose.
You can use the "breaking" option to simulate the severing of limbs in pedestrian impacts. First, left click on the label of the joint for which you wish to enable this feature. Next, select the breaking option under the "breaking" title in the left control panel. You can select the threshold at which limbs will sever using the force threshold sliders.
Virtual CRASH 3 uses a special joint type for the human model; this is called the "Ragdoll Joint". You can experiment with this joint type by taking two rigid body objects and connecting them by this joint type.
The Ragdoll Joint has three angles or articulation as depicted in the figure below.
The human model parameters are specified in the .mbdef file. You can find these files for the male ("pedestrian.mbdef") and the female ("female.mbdef") models in the data/multibody directory of your installation area.
By opening "pedestrian.mbdef" you will see the definition of body segment masses, sizes, positions, and orientations (see below). Before modifying any of these values, it is advisable to first create a new copy of this file and save it under a different name in the same directory.
Scrolling further down, you will see the various joint properties defined (see below). Here you will find the articulation limits (LIMIT0, LIMIT1, LIMIT2) for each joint, which correspond to the articulation types depicted previously. You can further constrain your human model by modifying these limits.
A summary of the male human model segment data can be found in Table 9.
The outer cover of the human models can be removed to reveal the underlying ellipsoid structure. This is useful in cases where you do not wish a realistic human to appear in your animation. To hide the outer cover, simply go to your copy of the ".mbdef" file, and change the word "SURFACE" to "# SURFACE" as shown below. Resave this file in the data/multibody subdirectory of your release area.
When you reopen Virtual CRASH 3, you should see the name of your custom ".mbdef" file in the multibody dropdown menu in the left control panel.
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Student start-up organization seeks advice from Zachary Dell
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Zachary Dell, son of Michael Dell, will be joining with StartATX on Tuesday evening for a presentation about student entrepreneurship.
StartATX is a campus organization founded in the spring as a networking and resources group for students in start-up businesses.
It was created and is run by Sebastian Bruce, a computer science and business economics senior, with co-president Zachary Cook, a management information systems senior.
Bruce said he was inspired to create StartATX when he learned about similar organizations at schools such as Harvard University and Penn State. He said there are other groups at UT designed for students beginning to consider small business, but there is nothing like StartATX.
"We're hoping to primarily target people who are [already] in start-ups," Bruce said.
Cook said he felt the organization was important because student entrepreneurs face challenges specific to running a small business.
"Starting a business when you're a full-time student is such a unique experience," Cook said. "It is a lot of responsibility and risk."
Bruce and Cook said students behind start-ups struggle with finding mentors, co-founders and investors. StartATX provides students with the support, advice and a pool of contacts entrepreneurs need.
"There's a start-up culture [in Austin] but it's very young," Bruce said.
Bruce said StartATX plans to enrich this culture, and said he hopes to see success stories come from their organization. The co-presidents are being mentored by McCombs' Entrepreneur-in-Residence Brett Hurt and receive input from Michael Dell.
Last summer Bruce met with Zachary Dell to discuss the development of Dell's new business. Dell, a junior in high school, is already working on his second company. Dell's latest project is a new mobile app called "Interested," which will be released in 3 to 4 weeks.
His first business was a sports camp he founded with his cousins. According to Dell, entrepreneurship is like a baseball game.
"You swing until you hit it with a new company … maybe we'll hit a homerun, maybe we'll strike out," Dell said. "But it won't be the last time I step up to the plate."
He said his father's guidance has been helpful in establishing these start-ups, but he chooses to learn through his own experiences.
"My dad has been an incredible influence — he never forced anything on me, but he was always there to say, 'Read this book' or, 'Contact this guy' when I had new ideas," Dell said. "I've learned things I wouldn't have if I'd gone straight to my dad."
Dell said he plans to bring those experiences and his passion for small business together in his speech on Tuesday.
More information can be found at StartATX.org.
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To establish a process for assessing Information Systems for risks to systems and data; documenting and communicating those risks to university leadership to make decisions regarding the treatment or acceptance of those risks. The security and privacy of Restricted Data will be a primary focus of risk assessments.
Risk assessments will be conducted:
Prior to acquisition of Information Systems.
When an existing Information System undergoes a significant change in technology
or use that would affect its risk posture. Examples include significant software
upgrades, changes in hosting platforms or vendors, or changes in the data
classification or volume of records stored, processed or transmitted by the system.
At least every two years for systems that store, process or transmit Restricted Data
and three years for all other systems.
The approved university risk assessment process will include the following:
The scope of the assessment.
An assessment of security control implementation.
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Alexander Tyshler. "A Man Who Looks Like Himself"
Visual arts will be represented at the Platonov Arts Festival by four exhibitions held in Voronezh museums and exhibition halls. The programme of the exhibitions held in the art-centre "Commune" is yet to be announced.
From the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Tula Museum of Fine Arts and Voronezh Regional Art Museum of I.N. Kramskoy.
The exhibition, specially organized for the Platonov Arts Festival, includes more than 90 paintings, drawings, costumes and set sketches from the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Visitors will have an opportunity to see some of the artist's famous works such as "Portrait of Anastasia Tyshler" (1926), "Birthday" (1973), "Balaganchik" ("Show Booth", 1965) and works from the "Merry-Go-Round" series (1973), among many others.
Additionally, the exhibition will include works from the collections of A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum and Tula Museum of Fine Arts as well as an exceptional item from Voronezh Regional Art Museum of I.N. Kramskoy, a drawing "Stick Seller" (1925). Overall, the exhibition consists of more than 100 items.
A solo exhibition of Alexander Tyshler's works is an incredibly rare event: last time one was held in Moscow in 1998, almost 20 years ago. The curator of the exhibition is Anna Chudetskaya, Senior Fellow at the Department of Private Collections of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
"Meyerhold and Artists. Performing Space"
June 3 – 27. Exhibition place: Exhibition Hall, 8 Kirova St.
The exhibition includes more than 200 set and costume sketches, models, photographs, drawings and costume reconstructions from the collections of the A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum (Moscow) and the Museum of Russian Drama at Alexandrinsky Theater (Saint Petersburg). Visitors will be able to see works of Nikolay Sapunov, Sergey Sudeikin, Nikolay Ulianov, Alexander Golovin, Lubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, the Kukryniksy, Alexander Rodchenko and many other well-known artists who worked with Meyerhold.
The exhibition is organized exclusively for the Platonov Arts Festival. The curator is Natalia Makerova, an art historian and head of the Vs. Meyerhold Apartment Museum.
"Seeing the Invisible" is the first ever exhibition of tactile art in Russia. The items are created using an innovative technology, specially for visually impaired people. They reproduce famous works from the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
Six masterpieces are to be exhibited: "Annunciation" (1495-1498) by Sandro Botticelli, "Virgin and Child" by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1520), "Still Life with Attributes of the Arts" (circa 1724-1728) by Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, "Jaguar Attacking a Horse"(1910) by Henri Rousseau, "Are You Jealous?" (1892) by Paul Gauguin and "Old Jew with the Boy" (1903) by Pablo Picasso.
"Sergey Romanovich: To Make Art That Stays"
Sergey Romanovich. "Boat in the storm"
The retrospective exhibition explores work of Sergey Romanovich from the makovchane period (1920s) when he was influenced by the Russian cosmism theory to the paintings created in 1950-1960s, somewhat polemical towards world artistic legacy of the past.
Romanovich graduated from Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and became of the founders of Voronezh Free State Art Workshop and worked in this city for ten years. It was in Voronezh where he created his first paintings on religious themes: picturesque parables of Job, the Winegrowers, the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan - stories from the Bible and the gospels.
The exhibition is organized exclusively for the Platonov Arts Festival. It will also include some works from the private collection of A.A. Bubnov, president of the charity foundation "Artists of Voronezh". The exhibition is curated by Vladimir Dobromirov, an art historian, director of Voronezh Regional Art Museum of I.N. Kramskoy.
Many exhibitions are connected with the festival's main theme – work and time of Andrey Platonov. Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940), Alexander Tyshler (1898-1980) and Sergey Romanovich (1894-1968) were the contemporaries of the renowned Russian writer the festival is named after.
The Platonov Arts Festival has been held in Voronezh for six years. Over this time, a number of museums have presented their collections here, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Multimedia Art Museum among many others. There have been held solo exhibitions of Pavel Filonov, Aleksander Deyneka, David Borovsky and contemporary artists Vladimir Dubossarsky, Alexander Shishkin-Hokusai, Emil Kapelush, Alexander Petrov, Sergey Bazilev and many others.


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2017 Tokyo Motor Show: Subaru Viziv Performance Concept is A Possible WRX Preview
Subaru's showing for this year's Tokyo Motor Show is the Viziv Performance Concept and a number of people believe this is the preview for the next WRX. It certainly looks the part with large air intakes up front, hood scoop, flared out fenders, 20-inch wheels, rear diffuser, and a number of carbon fiber trim pieces. Size-wise, the Viziv Performance Concept is 182.2 inches long, 76.7 inches wide, and 56.3 inches tall. This makes it slightly bigger than the current WRX. We don't know many details on the interior and what is powering the concept. Subaru does say the Viziv Performance Concept comes equipped with a next-generation version of the EyeSight system, navigation, and rear-facing cameras that take place of the side-view mirrors. Source: Subaru Press Release is on Page 2 World Premiere of Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept at Tokyo Motor Show 2017 Tokyo, October 25, 2017 – Subaru Corporation today unveiled the Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept* at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017. The Subaru VIZIV series of concept models embodies the brand's vision for the future of making cars that deliver Enjoyment and Peace of Mind to its customers. Packaged in the first sedan body of the series, the Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept draws on iconic models symbolizing superior Subaru driving performance and the Symmetrical AWD layout powered by a boxer engine honed over more than five decades of development. In sports sedan form, it conveys the concept of driving enjoyment that Subaru will continue to pursue. In anticipation of widespread future deployment of automated driving technologies, advanced driver assist functions combining the next-generation EyeSight system with other devices have been installed in a sedan body encouraging active enjoyment of driving, to express Subaru's distinctive worldview of driving with Enjoyment and Peace of Mind. *VIZIV is a coined word originating from the phrase "Vision for Innovation." Main Specifications of Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept Body size (overall length × width × height): 4,630 × 1,950 × 1,430 mm Wheelbase: 2,730 mm Tire size: 245/40 R20 Seating capacity: 5 persons Design Features To express the distinctive enjoyment of driving a Subaru, the VIZIV Performance Concept draws on previous models symbolizing the Subaru driving experience: the Legacy, which defined Subaru as a drivers' car, the Impreza, which took the World Rally Championship by storm, and the WRX, which still dominates motor racing around the world. Based on Subaru's shared "Dynamic × Solid" design philosophy, this next-generation sports sedan encapsulates driving enjoyment. Driving performance is highlighted by a rigid, forward-thrusting body with low center of gravity, the dynamic flare of the fenders, the use of carbon fiber parts in the bumpers, fenders, and roof, and the bold glimpse of the exhaust in the rear bumper. The three-dimensional form of the front grill flanked by hawkeye headlights hints at the boxer engine they conceal, and muscular fenders on all four corners of the body testify to the reliability of the Symmetrical AWD. Maintaining consistency with previous Subaru concept cars and production models, the VIZIV Performance Concept embodies the Subaru powertrain, which is part of the brand's identity. Advanced Driver-Assist Technologies Subaru has teamed advanced driver-assist technologies scheduled for launch around 2020 with the high performance offered by the boxer engine and Symmetrical AWD to create a sports sedan symbolizing the Enjoyment and Peace of Mind to be expected of its cars. By also incorporating further enhancements to EyeSight driver-assist technology, radar, and highly accurate GPS and navigation systems, Subaru continues to pursue ultimate levels of safety in the aim of eliminating automobile accidents.
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Subaru's showing for this year's Tokyo Motor Show is the Viziv Performance Concept and a number of people believe this is the preview for the next WRX. It certainly looks the part with large air intakes up front, hood scoop, flared out fenders, 20-inch wheels, rear diffuser, and a number of carbon fiber trim pieces. Size-wise, the Viziv Performance Concept is 182.2 inches long, 76.7 inches wide, and 56.3 inches tall. This makes it slightly bigger than the current WRX. We don't know many details on the interior and what is powering the concept. Subaru does say the Viziv Performance Concept comes equipped with a next-generation version of the EyeSight system, navigation, and rear-facing cameras that take place of the side-view mirrors. Source: Subaru Press Release is on Page 2 World Premiere of Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept at Tokyo Motor Show 2017 Tokyo, October 25, 2017 – Subaru Corporation today unveiled the Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept* at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017. The Subaru VIZIV series of concept models embodies the brand's vision for the future of making cars that deliver Enjoyment and Peace of Mind to its customers. Packaged in the first sedan body of the series, the Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept draws on iconic models symbolizing superior Subaru driving performance and the Symmetrical AWD layout powered by a boxer engine honed over more than five decades of development. In sports sedan form, it conveys the concept of driving enjoyment that Subaru will continue to pursue. In anticipation of widespread future deployment of automated driving technologies, advanced driver assist functions combining the next-generation EyeSight system with other devices have been installed in a sedan body encouraging active enjoyment of driving, to express Subaru's distinctive worldview of driving with Enjoyment and Peace of Mind. *VIZIV is a coined word originating from the phrase "Vision for Innovation." Main Specifications of Subaru VIZIV Performance Concept Body size (overall length × width × height): 4,630 × 1,950 × 1,430 mm Wheelbase: 2,730 mm Tire size: 245/40 R20 Seating capacity: 5 persons Design Features To express the distinctive enjoyment of driving a Subaru, the VIZIV Performance Concept draws on previous models symbolizing the Subaru driving experience: the Legacy, which defined Subaru as a drivers' car, the Impreza, which took the World Rally Championship by storm, and the WRX, which still dominates motor racing around the world. Based on Subaru's shared "Dynamic × Solid" design philosophy, this next-generation sports sedan encapsulates driving enjoyment. Driving performance is highlighted by a rigid, forward-thrusting body with low center of gravity, the dynamic flare of the fenders, the use of carbon fiber parts in the bumpers, fenders, and roof, and the bold glimpse of the exhaust in the rear bumper. The three-dimensional form of the front grill flanked by hawkeye headlights hints at the boxer engine they conceal, and muscular fenders on all four corners of the body testify to the reliability of the Symmetrical AWD. Maintaining consistency with previous Subaru concept cars and production models, the VIZIV Performance Concept embodies the Subaru powertrain, which is part of the brand's identity. Advanced Driver-Assist Technologies Subaru has teamed advanced driver-assist technologies scheduled for launch around 2020 with the high performance offered by the boxer engine and Symmetrical AWD to create a sports sedan symbolizing the Enjoyment and Peace of Mind to be expected of its cars. By also incorporating further enhancements to EyeSight driver-assist technology, radar, and highly accurate GPS and navigation systems, Subaru continues to pursue ultimate levels of safety in the aim of eliminating automobile accidents. View full article


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Cyber Notification Bill Critical, But Won't Stop Bad Actors Entirely, Says Senator
Congress recently passed legislation including a requirement for critical infrastructure entities to notify government on cyber attacks.
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WASHINGTON, March 15, 2022 – Mandatory cyber attack reporting is critical to keeping up cyber defenses against potential Russian attacks, a U.S. senator said, following the passing by Congress of legislation that would require certain companies to report such attacks within 72 hours.
But Senator Mark Warner, D-Virginia, and a former State Department cyber expert, said the bill will not stop bad actors entirely.
"We probably cannot be 100 percent effective on keeping the bad guys out," Warner said Monday during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event discussing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "We shouldn't aim for 100 percent perfection on defense, but what we should aim for is this information sharing, so that we could then share with the private sector."
The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, part of a larger budget bill, requires certain critical infrastructure owners, including in the communications, energy and healthcare sector, and operators to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of cybersecurity on attack incidents in certain circumstances. It was passed by both chambers and President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill into law soon.
The bill's passing comes after a year of high-profile cyber attacks that targeted software companies, a meat producer and an oil transport firm. Following those attacks, lawmakers and cyber officials urged Congress to push the bill forward. Late last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the department intends to create a new cyber bureau to help tackle the growing challenge of cyber warfare.
It also comes as Russia continues its war in Ukraine, which some have suspected will ramp up global cyber attacks.
'Shields up'
Chris Painter, president of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise Foundation and former coordinator for cyber issues at the State Department, agreed with Warner on Monday, saying that he thinks "that we will see that [cybersecurity attack capability] is being held in reserve, so I think shields up is really the right approach for the U.S.
"With a dedicated adversary like Russia," Painter said "you could be very good at defense, [but] they're still going to get in."
Warner, who said the notification requirement is a "giant step forward," said the bill doesn't "want to hold the company accountable, [but] we do want to go after malware actors." He added this is about being resilient in the face of incoming attacks.
But in a January congressional hearing about cybersecurity, Ross Nodurft of the Alliance for Digital Innovation, warned Congress against an "overly prescriptive definition of a [cybersecurity] incident" to avoid running the risk of "receiving so many notifications that the incidents which are truly severe are missed or effectively drowned out due to the frequency of reporting."
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CES 2023: Consumers Need to Understand Personal Cybersecurity, Says White House Cyber Official
Consumers must better understand how to weigh risks and protect themselves in the digital world, said Camille Stewart Gloster.
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LAS VEGAS, January 7, 2023 – In addition to building a more robust cybersecurity workforce, policymakers should consider consumer education, said Camille Stewart Gloster, deputy national cyber director for technology and ecosystem for the White House, speaking Saturday at the Consumer Electronics Show.
CES 2023 has featured numerous discussions of cybersecurity in sectors ranging from transportation to Internet of Things home devices. On Thursday, an official from the Department of Homeland Security argued that manufactures should design and pre-configure devices to be secure, thus reducing the security burden on consumers.
For their own protection, consumers must better understand how to weigh risks and protect themselves in the digital world, Stewart Gloster said Saturday. "The sooner that people understand that their physical security and digital security are inextricably linked the better," she argued. According to the panel's moderator, Consumer Technology Association senior manager for government affairs John Mitchell, 82 percent of data breaches in 2021 involved "the human element, stolen credentials, phishing, misuse."
Stewart Gloster's team is working on a national cyber-workforce and education strategy, she said, which will address the federal cyber workforce, the national cyber workforce, cyber education, and "digital safety awareness."
Stewart Gloster said workforce initiatives should promote the participation of "people of a diverse set of backgrounds who are highly skilled and multidisciplinary who can take a look at the problem space, who can apply their lived experiences, apply the things they've observed, apply their academic backgrounds to a challenging and ever evolving landscape."
CES 2023: Cybersecurity for IoT Devices Should be Market-Driven
NIST's cybersecurity guidelines for IoT prescribe desired outcomes, rather than specific and 'brittle' standards.
Michael Bergman (left) and Katerina Megas
LAS VEGAS, January 6, 2023 – Cybersecurity protocols for Internet of Things devices should be industry-driven, Katerina Megas, program manager of the Cybersecurity for Internet of Things Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show 2023.
The popularization of IoT devices gives cyber-criminals increasing opportunities to breach networks, many say. Network-connected household devices – e.g., lightbulbs and home security devices – can be entry-points if security protocols are lacking. On CES panel on Thursday, a cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security argued that manufacturers should design and preset devices to be safe, shifting much of the burden from the consumer.
"For a long-term, sustainable solution, the best approach really is for demand to be market driven," she said, adding that NIST is "happy" to support the market when called on. To preserve flexibility, NIST's cybersecurity guidelines for IoT manufacturers in general prescribed desired outcomes, rather than specific and "brittle" standards, Megas said.
"How you achieve those [outcomes] will vary depending on the maturity of your organization, the architecture of your product, perhaps preferences that you might have for you own internal processes," she explained.
Megas said manufacturers, who well know their devices' technical capabilities, often lack an understanding of how consumers actually use their devices. Megas said she has examined how to "help a manufacturer who has no insights into the final contextual use of this product, how can we help them…understand, 'Here are the risks associated with my device.'"
At an American Enterprise Institute panel held in November, Megas endorsed an "ecosystem approach" to cybersecurity, arguing that network security is also indispensable.
CES 2023: Railroad Industry Needs Cybersecurity Update
Shawn Smith advocated heavily tailored, industry-specific approaches that can address to the unique needs of the rail industry.
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LAS VEGAS, January 5, 2023 – To keep pace with today's technological innovations and cyberthreats, the railway industry must retool its cybersecurity defenses, said Shawn Smith, vice president of business development of rail cybersecurity company Cylus.
The railway industry is working to patch old vulnerabilities as well as the new ones that have been create by developing technologies, Smith told Broadband Breakfast at the Consumer Electronics Show on Thursday. The need for enhanced cybersecurity has been a recurring theme at the conference, as have the implications of the ever increasing number of devices and technologies now relying on connectivity.
"We're really fast-tracking an operator's ability to keep pace with the change in the digital environment that they're operating in (and) the interconnectivity that they're seeing," Smith said, adding that his team works to provide "visibility, threat detection, and response capability to keep pace with the change in their organizations."
Smith said that many of the large rail players have developed responses for some cybersecurity risks, but lack the automation and planning tools necessary to maximize their effectiveness. He advocated heavily tailored, industry-specific approaches that can address to the unique needs of the industry.
Governments and industry players worldwide have of late been on high alert for cyberthreats, particularly since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Railways, like other infrastructure, are potential targets for nefarious actors, Smith said.


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Q: Pandas - groupby and only 4 columns are relevant i have a dataframe with 81 columns.
Only four of them are interesting for more at the moment.
They are called 'Transmission' (object), 'Composite City MPG' (int64), 'Composite Highway MPG' (int64) and 'Composite Combined MPG' (int64).
I want the average of the MPG to each type of Transmission.
Thats what i tried.
data.groupby(['Transmission'], sort=True).mean()

How can i fix the code so that only the average of the relevant columns ('Composite City MPG' (int64), 'Composite Highway MPG' (int64) and 'Composite Combined MPG' (int64)) are shown?
Is groupby actually a good way to look for the average MPG for each type of transmission?

A: data.groupby('Transmission' ,\
'Composite City MPG', \
'Composite Highway MPG',\
'Composite Combined MPG')['MPG'].mean()

A: with your help i change it a bit to get the result i needed. The MPG are in the 3 columns  'Composite City MPG' (int64), 'Composite Highway MPG' (int64) and 'Composite Combined MPG' (int64).
I used:
data.groupby('Transmission', sort=True)[['Composite City MPG','Composite Highway MPG','Composite Combined MPG']].mean()

Is there a way to use .isnull() and .notnull() that only the rows with averages that are null or not null are shown?
I tried it with the apply method, but the outcome is not what i want:
.apply(lambda x: x.notnull())

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Microsoft in the past year or so has been pushing for software subscription, much like we do now with cable TV (as pointed out in the article). After all, programs are programs.
Also mentioned in the article is Bill Gates wanting to shift to software subscription in 1992!
And to think that there actually does exist an American company that can think more than two quarters out.
The article itself is dated from 1993 (the last update reported by the webserver is 1998, but that may be when the page was uploaded to the server) which may have been around the time the first real mumblings of Microsoft being a "monopoly" at the DOJ were being heard but I think that even back then in 1993 it was a forgone conclusion that Micosoft was indeed a monopoly, and thus had the power to switch to a subscription base for its software offerings.
Not that Microsoft has actually done that. Yet.
Okay, excluding the Microsoft Developer Network, it hasn't done that.


Australian Army Maj. Chris Lingard (left), Task Group Taji Victor 4 training squadron commander, and USAF TSgt. Wayne Collier, 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron joint terminal attack controller, monitor an approaching vehicle during an Iraqi-Air Force joint terminal attack controller qualification course at Besmayah Range, Iraq, March 4, 2018. USAF photo by SSgt. Sean Martin.
The US-led coalition team focused on training the Iraqi Air Force will soon morph into a full wing based in the country with the aim to better train Iraqi pilots and forward air controllers.
Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve in February stood up the Coalition Aviation Advisory and Training Team that helps Iraqi crews focus more on training as combat operations against ISIS have waned. This team will become a wing, with about 350 US members and between 100-120 coalition members helping with advanced pilot training and ground training for close air support, said USAF Brig. Gen. Andrew Croft, the deputy air commander of the coalition's land component command.
"It is our goal to make them better," Croft said during a Pentagon briefing Tuesday.
Iraqi F-16 pilots will continue basic and advanced fighter training at Tuscon International Airport, Ariz., and then transition to Balad Air Base in Iraq for follow-on training. The IAF has 21 F-16s at Balad, and 14 in Tuscon, Croft said. Last November, Iraq transitioned its F-16s away from combat operations to training, and since then pilot training sorties have tripled in frequency, he said.
At Balad, there are 20-25 fully qualified Iraqi F-16 pilots helping training four to five new pilots at any given time, Croft said.
In addition to F-16s, US and coalition advisers are helping the Iraqi Air Force train on other aircraft such as L-159s, C-130Js, and C-208s, along with training aircraft such as Cessna 172s, Cessna 208s, T-6s, and T-50s, according to Air Forces Central Command.
US and coalition forces are helping them with advanced flight training, close air support training, medical evacuation, maintenance, and logistics, he said. The build up of the coalition training contingent is a "crucial step" to help Iraq in consolidate "their gains after years of combat," Croft said.


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If you love watching Viking movies, or going to Viking historical re-enactments, then you might be wondering, "What did these fierce warriors do in their down time?" Between all the farming and raiding and killing, what did they do for fun, or did they even have fun? The answer is absolutely yes. The Vikings were a tough, hardy people, to be sure, but they enjoyed their leisure time as much as any other group in their era. Below, we'll take a quick tour through Viking leisure. Bear in mind that some of the things the Vikings did for fun won't sound like much fun to you!
Did the Vikings actually have Drinking Games?
Okay, so this one probably does sound like fun, and it's nice to know that drinking games haven't changed much over the centuries. The Vikings had chugging contests, and stamina contests to see who could hold their drink better (wine or beer, in the case of the Vikings). Note too, that women participated in Viking drinking games as often as not. In many other games, they were appreciative onlookers, but they took an active part in the drinking games.
What are Kingy Bats?
It's unclear what the rules of Kingy Bats were, but we do know that it was a game played mostly by small children. They would stand in a circle, and pass around a stick with a ball tied to it. As the stick was passed around, the next child to take the stick had to hit the ball with it before passing the stick on.
It is assumed that if a player missed the ball with the stick, that player was "out" and thus the circle shrunk until a winner was determined, but there's no clear evidence of this either way. The rest of the particulars of the game are a mystery.
Knattleikr
Another game for which we have incomplete information, but what we do know of it is both fascinating and terrifying. It appears to be an early, even more violent version of ice hockey. Players were armed with sticks, and there was a ball or puck involved. The two teams would vie for control of the puck on a lined and marked field, so we can assume that there was some sort of scoring mechanism, although we don't know exactly what it might have been.
We do know that fights often broke out in the game, with the sticks being used as weapons of convenience at least as often as they were used to actually hit the ball/puck. Intimidation on the field was also highly prized and encouraged – basically anything that would help your team retain control of the puck. Finally, we know that these games were generally all day affairs, starting early in the morning and lasting well into the evening. Whether this is because the games were played to high scores to determine a winner, or the fact that the game was delayed so frequently due to the fighting is impossible to say, but given that these are Vikings we're talking about here, one could easily hazard a guess.
Is Hnefatafl similar to chess?
Would it surprise you to know that the Vikings also played board games? They did. In fact, archaeologists have found a number of complete boards and pieces of this particular game, which pre-dated Chess in that part of the world by centuries. We know exactly what the initial game setup looked like, but unfortunately we do not know the rules, so we can't exactly say how it was played.
Essentially though, it was a game of asymmetrical warfare. Two teams, red and white. White represented the King, and he was surrounded by his twelve soldiers (so thirteen pieces in all). Red had twenty-four pieces, six on each side, surrounding the King in his castle.
Red's objective was to capture the King. White's objective was simply to survive and avoid the capture of the King.
How white ever won a game against almost twice as many pieces is not known. Perhaps the white side had greater speed and flexibility of movement, but again, we don't know the rules of the game, so we cannot say for certain. It is nonetheless a fascinating glimpse into one of the Vikings' intellectual pursuit.
What kind of Wrestling/Fightingdid the Vikings engage in?
Finally, it almost goes without saying that the Vikings spent a lot of their free time practicing martial skills. Generally, this practice took one of three forms. Wrestling, or contests of arms using practice swords, or contests to first blood using live steel. Even children participated in such contests, though in the case of children, they almost exclusively used the wooden practice weapons.
Viking men were a hot tempered lot, and any contest of arms, using live steel, even one that was ostensibly just to first blood, could easily get out of hand. There are, in fact, numerous historical accounts of Viking "games" suddenly taking a turn for the bloody, or even deadly. Such were the times they lived in.
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Old English mearcung "action of making marks, branding; mark, pattern of marks, characteristic; constellation," verbal noun from mark (v.). Related: Markings.
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Bethlehem, NH
ZIP code 03574 is located in central New Hampshire and covers a slightly higher than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly less than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 03574 are primarily white. The number of middle aged adults is extremely large while the number of people in their late 20s to early 40s is large. There are also a slightly higher than average number of single adults and a slightly less than average number of families. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 03574 ZIP code is slightly less than average compared to other areas of the country.
Male 71 65 93 65 58 57 54 79 87 126 114 132 104 65 46 29 18 16
Female 55 63 92 77 42 54 61 84 83 126 141 116 89 56 36 36 17 19
Total 126 128 185 142 100 111 115 163 170 252 255 248 193 121 82 65 35 35
Under 5 71 55 126
5-9 65 63 128
Owner 6 43 119 207 213 119 51 19
Renter 28 68 60 79 56 13 16 6
Total 34 111 179 286 269 132 67 25
15-24 6 28 34
85 Plus 19 6 25
Male 18 10 13 19 14 8 11 15 17 22 15 20 18 18 19 12 10 15 9 16
Female 16 11 9 9 10 13 19 12 9 20 23 17 20 12 16 16 17 18 10 5
ZIP code 03574 has a large percentage of vacancies.
The majority of household are owned or have a mortgage. Homes in ZIP code 03574 were primarily built in 1939 or earlier or the 1980s. Looking at 03574 real estate data, the median home value of $166,500 is slightly higher than average compared to the rest of the country. It is also low compared to nearby ZIP codes. 03574 could be an area to look for cheap housing compared to surrounding areas. Rentals in 03574 are most commonly 2 bedrooms. The rent for 2 bedrooms is normally $750-$999/month including utilities. 1 bedrooms are also common and rent for $500-$749/month. Prices for rental property include ZIP code 03574 apartments, townhouses, and homes that are primary residences.
As with most parts of the country, vehicles are the most common form of transportation to places of employment. Instead of a commute, a higher percentage of people in 03574 are able to work from home than most places in the nation. In most parts of the country, the majority of commuters get to work in under half an hour. More commuters in 03574 get to experience these short commute times than most other ZIP codes. It is very uncommon, compared to the rest of the US, for employees to have to travel more than 45 minutes to their place of employment.
For more information, see Bethlehem, NH household income.
The area has some of the highest percentages of people who attended college of any ZIP.
ZIP Code 03574 is in the following school districts: Profile School District, Bethlehem School District, and Private. There are 7 different elementary schools and high schools with mailing addresses in ZIP code 03574.
Profile Senior High School
691 Profile Rd.
Bethlehem, NH 03574
Grade Level: Other/Combined or Ungraded
District: Profile School District
Bethlehem Elementary School
District: Bethlehem School District
Profile Junior High School
Grade Level: Middle/Secondary
White Mountain School
371 W Farm Rd
Grade Level: High/Secondary
District: Private
Bethlehem Christian School
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809 Brook Rd
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School Bus Accidents
San Jose School Bus Accident Lawyers
Were You or Your Child Injured in an Accident Involving a School Bus in San Jose, CA?
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Wrongful Death Skydiving Accident $40,030,000
Attorney Paul Van Der Walde recovered a total of $40,030,000 in compensation for a couple bereft of their 18-year-old son in a tandem skydiving accident.
School Bus vs. Pedestrian Accident $8,825,000
School bus vs. pedestrian accident resulting in traumatic brain injury.
Train Maintenance Vehicle vs. Auto $7,411,492
Caputo & Van Der Walde recieved a jury verdict in the amount of $7,411,492 for a surviving widow, who lost her husband when his pickup truck was involved in a collision with an on-track maintence of way vehicle.
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Paul Caputo received a $7,291,985.58 decision for Plaintiff in a case where a client received severe 3rd-degree burns during a pedicure, resulting in the need for numerous skin grafting procedures.
Paraplegia from Defective Seat $5,650,000
Product liability case involving a defective seat design that resulted in paraplegia.
Pick-up Truck vs. Pedestrian Accident $4,250,000
Pedestrian crossing a four-lane street in the crosswalk, hit by a full-size pick-up truck. Injuries included a left knee dislocation with complete tears of all ligaments and requiring surgery, right scaphoid fracture requiring surgery, right shoulder AC joint separation with clavicle fracture and PTSD.
Auto vs. Bicycle Accident $4,000,000
Bicycle rider attempted to maneuver to his left, around a recessed manhole in the bike lane, and was struck by a vehicle that was driving too closely to the bike lane. Significant injuries included tramautic brain injury, skull fracture, and permanent brain damage.
Big Rig vs. Auto Accident $3,000,000
Big rig vs. auto accident resulting in wrongful death.
Physical Abuse $3,000,000
Child protective services failed to adequately protect young child from physically abusive foster parents.
Civil Rights Case $3,000,000
Civil rights case involving excessive force by law enforcement.
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At Heck Family Dentistry, we desire to provide you with the best possible dental care. For this reason, both Dr. Heck and Dr. Beshore have invested time and resources in continuing education. In particular, they have trained and mentored under some of the most prestigious educators in the country. Our doctors' top-notch education includes the Spear Institute, Mercer and Implant Direct. Their combined fifty years of expertise enables them to provide patients with comprehensive dental care under one roof in Lawrence, Kansas.
Heck Family Dentistry uses the latest technology to educate and communicate with our patients. With our highly trained doctors and staff and specialized equipment, we can offer everything from simple fillings to specialty dental care that the most complex cases require. Whether you need routine visits or extensive work, we will address concerns and find solutions on a personalized level. This level of care ensures that your beautiful, healthy smile can be maintained for a lifetime. Our patients love being able to receive all their care in one place. Although we can refer patients to a specialist, it's typically not necessary.
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The Dakar Rally is known to be not only one of the most challenging motorsport events of the year, but one of the toughest events period.
Competitors race over hundreds of kilometres over some of the most gruelling terrain that South America has to offer. Toyota South Africa has been competing for a number of years, with the ultimate goal of being victories in this year's event.
It has been a tough few days for the team and the proudly South African built Hilux's. The stages have claimed many competitors.
Stage 5 consisted of 268km of special stage and 666km of soft sand dune hell. Toyota Gazoo Racing driver Bernhard ten Brinke and his navigator Michel Périn not only recorded a perfectly clean stage, but also kept the pace with Mr Dakar himself, Stephane Peterhansel, and his Peugeot over terrain that was much more suited to the French buggy. In the end, Ten Brinke/Périn ended the stage with a deficit of only five minutes to the Peugeot.
Ten Brinke's charge sees the Dutch driver move up in third place in the overall standings, behind Peterhansel and the second Peugeot of Carlos Sainz. Unfortunately, Peugeot's third car in the hands of nine times World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb was forced to withdraw from the race after his long-time navigator, Daniel Elena, injured his back early on Stage 5.
Toyota Gazoo Racing's South African hero, Giniel de Villiers and his German navigator Dirk Von Zitzewitz got stuck shortly after starting the stage. As it turned out, many of the top drivers lost time in the same area.
Despite this hiccup, de Villiers and Von Zitzewitz posted the third-fastest time on the stage, some five minutes ahead of Sainz, even though they suffered a puncture mid-stage. This result sees the Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa crew move up into 5th place in the overall standings.
Things didn't look good for Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French navigator Mathieu Baumel. The current holders of the FIA Cross-Country World Cup started the day on a charge and quickly made up some time over the leaders. Unfortunately ,their gearbox developed a problem and they lost some ground again.
Thankfully they quickly found their rhythm again and clawed back some time throughout the remainder of the stage. They ended up going fifth-fastest on Stage 5, losing only 16 minutes to Peterhansel This sees the pair in fourth place overall, making it 3-4-5 for Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa after five stages of racing.


If I use a pre-made (molded ends) ethernet cable to connect to my router, the SB3 seems to work great. Menu selection is snappy, no dropouts, etc. I also get 0% packet loss if I ping the SB3 from the server.
If I use and in-wall ethernet jack (wired using cat5E cable, terminated properly, and plugged into the same router port as above) I get dropouts every couple of seconds, slow menu response from the reomte - totally unusable. Pinging the SB3 from the server, I get between 40-50% packet loss. BUT, If I unplug the SB# from this cable and plug it into my DELL laptop, I get 0% packet loss - go figure!
So, it looks like the cable itself isn't bad, but I can't figure out why the SB3 will work with the pre-made cable and not the in-wall cable.
> laptop, I get 0% packet loss - go figure!
I'd tear up the wall box and recrimp.
A cable and/or jacks that are not in spec will create exactly these types of problems. What is likely happening is that your other devices are falling back to 10mbit, and the SB3 does not. Thus, you see errors.
Most likely the problems has to do with how the cable was connected to the inwall jack, and that the proper spec was not followed. This is critical for operating at 100mbit w/out errors.
I was VERY careful this time when terminating the cable ends, and found that it solved the problem. I had never had problems before, likely because I still have a bunch of 10 Mbps devices so I never worried about getting 100 Mbps throughput. Now I guess I have to go reterminate everything else in the house, just to be sure.
Good stuff! It is hard for many folks to fathom the criticality of untwisting less than 1/2" of cat5e cable required for error-free operation.


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People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER) was born out of environmental justice and other community movements in 1991. Since then, we have worked to improve the health and the lives of Latino immigrants and other low-income families of color in San Francisco's Mission and Excelsior districts and other neighborhoods. We focus on land use and community planning, affordable housing, and fostering local living economies in order to nurture healthy, thriving neighborhoods. Below are just a few of our accomplishments over the years.
Healthy, Stable Neighborhoods
1993—Helped pass a comprehensive Environmental Lead Poisoning prevention law and program for City and County of San Francisco.
2014—In collaboration with other organizations, secured the unanimous adoption by the Board of Supervisors of the Unclaimed Bicycle Ordinance. The ordinance formalizes a partnership between the Police Department and other city departments with community-based organizations for the organizations to receive, repair and distribute unclaimed bikes to low-income youth and families throughout San Francisco.
Public Land in People's Hands
Late 1990s—Helped secure permits for affordable, non-profit housing at Juan Pifarre Plaza, at 21st Street and South Van Ness Avenue.
Early 2000s—Organized for the creation of Parque Niños Unidos, a new park and playground, on formerly privately owned land at 23rd and Folsom Streets.
2015—Current efforts include campaigns to build a new park and urban garden at 17th and Folsom Streets and a new urban farm at Crocker Amazon Park as well as affordable housing near the Balboa Park BART station Upper Yard and at two Mission District locations.
Fighting for Our Right to the City
Early 2000s—The Shotwell Resistance Campaign successfully stopped the eviction of Latino families on Shotwell Street in the Mission. We also prevented the closure of Nuevo Ramize, a flower shop owned by a local immigrant woman. We also worked with the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition to organize against the wave of Mission gentrification during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
2004— Worked with the Chinese Progressive Association to shut down the proposed expansion of a gas station in the Excelsior that would have doubled the amount of carcinogenic chemicals in the neighborhood.
2011—Convinced the Public Utilities Commission to turn over a site at 17th and Mission Streets to the Mayor's Office of Housing for the development of urgently needed affordable Housing. Part of the site has also been turned over to the Parks and Recreation Department for the development of open space.
¡Pa' Mi Comunidad Latina: Yo Voy a Votar!
Mid 1990s— Defeated the City's proposed youth curfew ballot measure working the Youth Uprising Coalition.
2000s—Worked with Mobilize the Immigrant Vote and the California Alliance (now California Calls) to engage immigrant and low-income communities.
2010—Helped launch San Francisco Rising, an alliance of nine organizations, to build the political power of poor and working class people of color in San Francisco. In just a few years, San Francisco Rising has shifted City Hall politics and the progressive political landscape.
Caminos al Liderazgo
1998—Launched Common Roots: Youth Organizer Program along with the Chinese Progressive Association.
2010—Initiated the Caminos al Liderazgo (Paths to Leadership) model of intergenerational leadership development.
Creating Community, (re)Generating Culture
Ongoing—We celebrate Latin American cultural traditions and celebrate our victories and contributions. We celebrate el Dia de los Muertos at the Secret Garden in the Mission District, hold neighborhood convivios, or skill shares, which provide opportunities to learn cooking, crafts and traditional healing techniques.
Mission, Vision, & Principles


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We applaud the Boy Scouts of America for taking this important step towards full equality for all of their members. As Reform Jews, we believe that every person is created in the image of God and that the Divine spark is present in each of us, thus we are all equally deserving of dignity and respect. This announcement is a momentous step toward broader inclusion and equality of transgender and gender non-conforming youth and adults in our society.
— Religious Action Center of the Union for Reform Judaism
The BSA's new leadership standards for adults is a positive step reflecting the fact that leadership ability is never determined by sexual orientation. It assures that gay youth in the scouting movement will see themselves reflected in positive adult role models.
— Religious Action Committee of the Union for Reform Judaism
Jewish War Veterans believes in supporting our country's youth, especially the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America. Scouting helps build character and confidence, and teaches responsibility to our young people so that they can grow up to become better citizens.
— Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America
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This infographic from a study by Tufts University shows how Scouting positively affects boys and their growth (press to download).
Also watch the slide show, which you can share with parents of potential Scouts in your recruiting efforts.
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Use these posters for your recruiting efforts
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