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TV: At Home With Julia—Funny or Disrespectful?
By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in Feminism, In the News, TV	¶ Tagged Alan Jones, Anthony Sharwood, At Home with Julia, Julia Gillard, Tim Mathieson	¶ 5 Comments
After watching last Wednesday night's third episode with my hard-to-please comedy-wise housemate who hadn't seen the previous installments, it certainly wasn't funny.
I did enjoy the first two episodes though and, as Mia Freedman mentioned on MamaMia TV a couple of weeks ago, it did make the Prime Minister seem more "human" and relatable, if that's even possible coming from a scripted, comedic version of Julia Gillard.
But why is a comedy show that mocks her living arrangements with her de facto partner Tim Mathieson, amongst other things, being made about a prime minister in office? Would this shit fly if John Howard—or even Kevin Rudd—had a show made about them whilst in office?
Sure, there were comics of Howard with his bushy eyebrows and his morning walk, and Rove had a weekly segment about K.Rudd and Wayne Swan's prime ministerial faux pas, which came to be my favourite part of the show. But they dealt with their public lives, not their personal ones, which seems to be all the public can focus on since Gillard ousted Rudd.
Gillard has been disrespected in the past because of her gender. She is constantly referred to as "Julia" instead of the courteous "Prime Minister", was berated by Alan Jones for being a few minutes late on his talkback radio program (which, incidentally, was the same day she was also called "Ju-liar" by the shock jock), and cops it in the press for the way her hair is styled and how she dresses.
On that, there is a heavy influence on At Home with Julia about Tim's "house-husband" status and how he's a sad hairdresser who just wants to marry the independent Julia. While I'm not sure the show seeks to contribute to the status quo, but rather critique it, I do have a problem with the fact that in this society, an unmarried couple is an unhappy one.
Despite my problem with the fact that there is a comedy show about a sitting prime minister, it is an accurate and (mostly) funny satire of Gillard's time in office. I voted for her, and regret doing so because of the way she's blundered the carbon tax and the asylum seeker issue. I hope At Home with Julia seeks to delve more into these issues, instead of portraying sex—an act the show asserted it would never do—under the Australian flag in the Prime Minister's office. As Anthony Sharwood wrote on The Punch:
"Yet somehow, it was deemed OK to make sexual jokes about an incumbent prime minister in her late 40s, whose love life has never had the tabloid quality of, say, Bob Hawke's. Even if you dislike Labor and Gillard, the nookie scenes were cringeworthy and savagely inappropriate."
What do you think? Much ado about nothing, or wildly inappropriate and disrespectful?
Related: Not Quite Out of the Woods: The State of Australian Politics.
Elsewhere: [The Punch] Why is the ABC Screening This Crap?
[MamaMia] At Home with Julia: Love or Loathe?
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On the (Rest of the) Net.
By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in On the (Rest of the) Net, On the Net	¶ Tagged 60 Minutes, animals, Annabel Crabb, Anthony Weiner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bristol Palin, celebrity, climate change, Disney, dogs, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, extroversion, Facebook, fat-shaming, Flavorwire, Freddie Prinze Jr, Green Lantern, introversion, Jessica Valenti, Julia Gillard, leggings, Levi Johnston, Mad Men, Mark Zuckerberg, Mr. Holland's Opus, Musings of an Inappropriate Woman, Paul Newman, praying mantis, Prime Minister, pubic hair, Rachel Hills, racism, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, shock jocks, sitcom, Tim Mathieson, True Blood, Twitter, Victoria's Secret, Voltron	¶ Leave a comment
Mark Zuckerberg gets engaged, racism ensues.
Celebrities: what gives us the right to judge them?
"The disappearing bush is a burning issue": "Just like the rain forest and the ozone layer, pubic hair has been disappearing on young, fertile, desired and desiring bodies…" Must read.
Flavorwire's top ten teaching flicks. Long live Mr. Holland's Opus!
The beauty of "the lesser-watched-sitcom".
The benefits of being an introvert:
"… Extroverts are more likely than introverts to be hospitalized as a result of an injury, have affairs (men) and change relationships (women). One study of bus drivers even found that accidents are more likely to occur when extroverts are at the wheel… [Introverts are] more likely to wear ponytails and glasses and be the subject of a bet featuring Freddie Prinze Junior as the Popular Guy trying to ask her to prom…"
The infiltration of "like" into every (mostly female) conversation. Like, you know, whatever!
Disney and fat-phobia.
Is rape biologically imperative for men?
Why won't Bristol Palin acknowledge her sexual assault?:
"[Feminist author and blogger Jessica Valenti ponders the] … impact Bristol's story will have on the thousands of young women who read her memoir: 'Not calling it assault—and blaming herself, as she does in the book—sends a dangerous message to young women who may have similar experiences.' She writes that Bristol's sense that she had 'sinned' and 'had' to marry [Levi] Johnston 'broke [her] heart a bit'. Mine too.
"But I actually wonder if Bristol's story, with all its heartache and ambiguity, might actually serve as a bit of entry level feminism for her readers. What transpired between Bristol and Levi, after all, was not remotely uncommon, and nor was Bristol's reaction…"
Rachel Hills on Mad Men.
Lumping penis-Tweeter Anthony Weiner, adulterer and sexual harasser Arnold Schwarzenegger, and alleged rapist Dominique Strauss-Kahn in together: are they just afraid of "being invisible to women"?
Speaking of, ladies, make sure you don't marry a man other women find attractive. The good-looking ones always stray, if Weiner is anything to go by.
My two criticisms of this theory are 1) um, when did the popular consensus lean toward "Weiner is hot"? and 2) Paul Newman. One of the best-looking men who ever lived, and faithful to his wife til the end.
Furthermore, what about that study that said relationships where the man is better looking than the woman last longer because the women puts in more effort to keep him?
Maybe Voltron was right in telling us not to believe the studies…
The myth of the female praying mantis.
"Can we honestly expect corporations to be bastions of morality and ethical behaviour?"
Victoria's Secret's target demographic: real women who want to know how their lingerie will make them feel, or 15-year-old boys?
Julia Gillard and Tim Mathieson's 60 Minutes interview was a few weeks ago now, but Annabel Crabb's commentary on the topic of our lack of respect for the Prime Minister is timeless:
"Surely she has earned the right not to endure infantilising questions about whether she really loves her boyfriend. And as for the awful matter of the First Nuptials (a grim sequence concluded the interview, with much chummy speculation from Wooley on who would be the 'popper' and 'poppee' of the marriage question, and more nervous giggling from the PM)—well, it's fairly rude to ask, even without a national audience watching.
"Why do people feel they can take such liberties with this prime minister?"
25 things you need to know about Green Lantern before you see it. (Warning: ruthless spoilers ahead).
Strange True Blood bedfellows.
"Scientists VS. Shock Jocks: Who Do You Believe" on the subject of climate change?
Leggings running pants as pants.
Naww, this makes me want a dog even more. Even a blind, mangy, abused one. It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. And it's better for an animal to feel love before loss.


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Air Force Dad's Surprise Homecoming For Son
Thursday, November 12th 2020, 10:20 am
By: CBS News
Here's the moment a dad in the U.S. Air Force surprised his seven-year-old son after coming home from Afghanistan.
CBS News Here's the moment a dad in the U.S. Air Force surprised his seven-year-old son after coming home from Afghanistan.
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Зігфрід Штрелов (; 15 квітня 1911, Кіль — 9 липня 1943, Атлантичний океан) — німецький офіцер-підводник, корветтен-капітан крігсмаріне. Кавалер Лицарського хреста Залізного хреста.

Біографія
7 квітня 1931 року вступив на флот. Служив торпедним офіцером на лінійному кораблі «Шлезвіг-Гольштейн», броненосці «Адмірал граф Шпее» і ескадреному міноносці «Ріхард Байцен», потім служив на катерах S-9 і S-11, командував торпедним катером G-11, «Альбатрос», «Лев», був торпедним офіцером легкого крейсера «Лейпциг». В квітні 1941 року переведений в підводний флот. 30 серпня 1941 року призначений командиром підводного човна U-435 (Тип VII-C), на якому зробив 8 походів (провівши в морі в цілому 249 днів), більшість — в води Арктики. Провів успішні операції проти кількох конвоїв. В січні 1943 року човен Штрелова був переведений в Брест і включений до складу 1-ї флотилії. 9 липня 1943 року U-435 був потоплений глибинними бомбами, скинутими з британського бомбардувальника. Всі 48 членів екіпажу загинули.

Всього за час бойових дій потопив 13 кораблів загальною водотоннажністю 57 023 тонни.

Звання

 Кандидат в офіцери (7 квітня 1931)
 Морський кадет (14 жовтня 1931)
 Фенріх-цур-зее (1 січня 1933)
 Оберфенріх-цур-зее (1 січня 1935)
 Лейтенант-цур-зее (1 квітня 1935)
 Оберлейтенант-цур-зее (1 січня 1937)
 Капітан-лейтенант (1 жовтня 1939)
 Корветтен-капітан (1 липня 1943)

Нагороди

 Медаль «За вислугу років у Вермахті» 4-го класу (4 роки)
 Залізний хрест
 2-го класу (25 квітня 1940)
 1-го класу (25 травня 1940)
 Нагрудний знак підводника (27 жовтня 1942)
 Лицарський хрест Залізного хреста (27 жовтня 1942)

Література

 Залесский К.А. Кригсмарине. Военно-морской флот Третьего рейха. — Москва : Яуза, Эксмо, 2005. — 638 с. — (Энциклопедия Третьего рейха) — 5000 прим. — ISBN 5-699-10354-6.

Посилання

 Штрелов на сайті uboat.net

Примітки

Померли в морі
Корветтен-капітани крігсмаріне
Командири підводних човнів
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Harvard Student Cracks Incan Code
A college student has helped break a code that's stumped archaeologists for centuries. The Incas did not have a written language. Instead, they communicated using a system of knots in colored strings called khipus. Until now, people had a very limited understanding of what those knots were communicating.
Manny Medrano is a junior at Harvard University, and he's here to tell us how he cracked the code. Welcome, and congratulations on the breakthrough.
MANNY MEDRANO: Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak with you.
SHAPIRO: Will you just start by describing what one of these cords looks like?
MEDRANO: Picture a horizontal string from which up to hundreds of other strings hang down like icicles. What we're looking at is hundreds of cords, each with a series of knots which appear similar to a stretched-out string mop is the best mental image I could try to conjure.
SHAPIRO: Looking at images of them, it actually looks like a work of art. But it's there to communicate something. What was your insight about what it is communicating?
MEDRANO: Well, it's been established for about a hundred years, actually, that these artifacts - and there's about a thousand of them that exist still today from the time of the Inca empire - we've known for about a hundred years that many of these encode numerical information, everything from census documents to tax information, just like our modern documents do today. But the change in tide that's been happening really in recent years and the reason why this is still an exciting field of study for the future is perhaps - the idea is that these artifacts really went past just an abacus or just an Excel spreadsheet and may have contained narrative information.
SHAPIRO: Tell me about the moment you had the insight. Was it the stereotypical eureka, aha, I've got it?
MEDRANO: Well, it was during spring break. And I had stayed behind while my roommates were visiting family back at home. And comparing these Excel spreadsheets where we have recorded the data from these six artifacts, these six khipus, with the text of this Spanish census document, a coincidence arose that seemed too strong to be random.
SHAPIRO: What was the coincidence? Can you explain it in a way that we could understand?
MEDRANO: Sure. The coincidence that we found is if you were to add up the names of all these villagers - a list of 132 of them, all with different first names - we have Joses (ph) and Felipes (ph) and this group of villagers. The thought is if I were making a census khipu, if I were knotting strings to encode the information of these villagers, how would I do it? And the first instinct was assign a different color to the Joses and then a different color to the Felipes. And each of those color assignments, if we added up all the strings that were light brown and all the strings that were dark brown, those sums actually equaled the numbers of different first names. And what that points us toward is a match between usage of color and categorization of these taxpayers into buckets.
SHAPIRO: There were other cultures from this time period that had written languages. This is an actually tactile language that you can touch instead of reading. What's the significance of that?
MEDRANO: The khipus are incredible because they compel us to interpret history in multiple dimensions. South America's the only continent besides Antarctica on which no civilization invented a system of graphical writing for over 10,000 years after the first people arrived. And what that means in the course of history is that the Incas are often defined by what they lack and with a despite clause. In other words, this civilization who never invented the wheel, never invented markets and lacked a system of graphical writing are often defined as never having stumbled upon the wonders of civilization. And this project is aimed at reversing that incorrect narrative.
SHAPIRO: Manny Medrano is a junior at Harvard, and his research into the Incan code with anthropology professor Gary Urton will be published next month in the journal Ethnohistory. Manny, thanks so much.
MEDRANO: Thank you again. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Update: Another week later and I am pretty pleased with the combo. Not only is writing so much more enjoyable but I also take my combo to more places and therefor I used even more. Now it pays off that I have an iPad with LTE making working online a breezy and pretty darn quick. Even when I am at a place with free Wifi I often ditch it because LTE is so much faster like on Airports or Startbucks. Up to know I never ran out of battery on the keyboard and I'll charge it everytime I charge the iPad. Last weekend I saw that Costco is selling the keyboard cheaper than at the Apple store but I would never have bought it there. My experience with electronics from Costco is that its hardware is in buggier and dies quicker than hardware from the Apple store.
Update: I am using the Keyboard for now a week and it already paid for half of its cost. Waiting at the Optomotrist for around half an hour and so I started writing a documentation for my current project using Byword. After I came home I got the document through Dropbox and included it into the final document. Because it works so well I bought Textastic to see how easy or difficult it is to develop code with the keyboard. For now the only problem I see with that is that the code has to be placed on Dropbox or an FTP server which works for smaller projects but for bigger projects with GIT that might become a space issue.
I write this blog entry with my new Logitech iPad Keyboard and so far it works quite well. The keyboard is a little bit cramped compared to my 13'' MacBook Air and I need some adjustment because there is no mouse and so I have to use my fingers instead which just feels wrong. On the other hand I can type fast and with fewer errors which makes writing so much easier.
The installation was quite simple. Unbox the package, place the iPad into the groove above the keyboard, switch it on, go to Settings -> General -> Bluetooth, pair it and start typing. At the end I can use the keyboard like a smart cover which makes the combo quite thicker but it is compact and easy to handle compared to an Apple Bluetooth keyboard. The keyboard is powered by a rechargeable battery that can be charge through a micro USB cable.
For its size and weight it is a good combination, the iPad stand works quite nicely in both orientations. I was carrying around last night and it is thicker and heavier than just the iPad but I could use it out in the field without any problems even though typing only works well if the keyboard is stable like on two thights. The magnets that keep the keyboard fastened to the iPad work like a smart cover but they are a little bit weak for the weight of the keyboard. This means one has to be careful when opening the keyboard because it easily slips of the iPad. In my opinion this is too bad but one just has to be aware of it to avoid dropping the keyboard onto the floor. Another thing I noticed is that the iPad must not be placed on a side with buttons like the top or the right if the home button is on the bottom otherwsie the iPad is not fastened securely. The best way is to lay down the combo with the keyboard at the bottom, lift up the iPad, take it off the hinges and place it into the groove. The groove seems to have magnets, too, keeping the iPad securely in place.
The typing requires some time to get used to beause the size is given by the size of the iPad which makes for rather small keys and tired out my fingers at lot at the beginning. Eventually I think this will subside as soon as I am getting used to it. Lastly the frequency of using the keyboard will termine if it was a good purchase or not. The combintation is setup quickly and so that shouldn't be a road block and because I am mostly writing on my iPad like emails, blog entries, diary, to do lists and others an easy to use physical keyboard should be a heaven send. But as often the little details are deciding if it works out or not.
understand what App.net is for and signed up for it.
in case they keep on with the current direction.
profit from the hardware sale and so Apple is in a way better position that Twitter.
looks like that, then that is what they get but without me.
Pelican: Another Way for Madplanet.com Inc. Site?
Lately Bluehost.com gives me some grief and so I am thinking about changing my provider.
So I started to think that maybe this would be a good opportunity to also switch from WordPress to an easier setup.
up the data and exporting the content is not that simple. But then again what should I use and is it ready worth the effort.
Then I found this page from [http://www.macdrifter.com/2012/08/pelican-guide-moving-from-wordpress-and-initial-setup.html|Macdrifter] talking about Pelican which would just do that.
I will go ahead and push the content from my Mac to the ISP.
First step was to just get Pelican installed and up and running before going ahead.
and when it is done I will push the content out and pull the plug on the old site.
blank or accept the defaults. It is only generating a configuration file for most parts.
like but this is the default given by Apple and so I used this.
Finally we can open the site with this url: localhost.
locally. But for now that's all.
Update: since three weeks I am trying to loose some weight and so far I was able to loose seven pounds. It wasn't easy because I am still hungry from time to time making me moody and irrtable. Then during the meal I have to make sure that I don't eat too fast and so too much. In order to keep my hunger in check I eat enough to feel full at least once a week. Today I am back in Silicon Valley and so I took the chance to go to the gym for some running. Loosing around 500 kcal makes eating dinner so much more fun having already earned some credits.
Being back on the road for a few weeks I noticed on the airports that my shirts feel tight and crossing my arms in front of me put an uncomfortable pressure on my stomach. At the end of the second week I had enough and I decided to slim down.
You might wonder why I did not say that I went on a diet because I actually did not do it. What I started to do is to eat less and started to work out but I did not change what I eat or in what order. So I am still eating fries, drink beer or eat cake and chocolate.
Now don't get me wrong I am often hungry and moody because of that but this becomes less over time. This also means the time between 11am and lunch and 5pm and dinner becomes a stretch. And because eating hungry isn't good due to overheating I eat a little bit then. In addition I also sit down to eat even when I bring my food to my desk. Then I stop eating when I feel full plus one or two more bites just for good measures. So far my progress is modest but I like to change how much I eat than how much weight I lose. The second comes eventually with the first but without the bungee effect.
With respect to the workout I actually didn't start it to loose weight but to manage my lower, upper back and shoulder tensions creating some nasty headache when I am back with my family and it worked out so far. But it also leaves to a guilt-free dinner having burned a big part of it before.
The next big challenge will be when I'm done with my road trips and I am home full time. I need to keep on doing my workout as well as keep eating less especially when my kids are all back at school and I'm home alone.
I often have to create documentation with screenshots of web pages or applications. In order to make it easier for a reader to focus on what is important I want to annotate the image with ovals, rectangles or text. So far this was not very easy but by pure luck I figured out a quit fast and easy solution which does not to require to create temporary files.
The only annoying step is that I have to "delete" the image in Preview afterwards but that can be done at the end.
I can also copy an image from the target document or from another source like Safari etc.


Cabbies know about everything. Fact.
Don't worry – there's no need to imagine – here's the evidence. The expression on the poor cabbie's face is priceless…! Here's a Guardian article on it, here's loads of news articles on it, and here's the video. Awesome.


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Hyundai Accent 2011 Edition launched
Mohammed Asrar March 24, 2011 Hyundai, Recent Launches - Cars No Comments
Hyundai Accent sedan 2011 edition is now officially launched in Indian market. 2011 Hyundai Accent is priced at Rs 501,900 (Ex-showroom price, New Delhi). As you see, it hasn't changed except that extra chrome on the front lip, at the side and at the rear. The gasoline, CNG and LPG fuel options will be available.
Arvind Saxena, Hyundai Motor India director, marketing and sales, said 'The 2011 Accent Executive Edition's styling is elegant, making the sedan more sophisticated and desirable. He added that the mild face-lift is part of Hyundai's efforts to update their cars as per customer preferences'.
The Accent was introduced in India over a decade ago and was instrumental in establishing the Korean brand in the country. So far, Hyundai has sold more than 3 lakh Accent cars in the country, which speaks volumes (pun intended) about its popularity. Even today, Hyundai sells an average of 2,100 units of the Accent every month.
A few days ago, bharathautos.com had reported about a face-lifted Hyundai Accent being spotted. Perhaps, this could be the same model that's just been launched.
The 2011 Accent comes with chrome-finish front grille, body-colored side molding with chrome inserts and chrome garnish on licence plates. On the inside, the sedan gets leather-wrapped gear knob and steering wheel, rear defogger, wood-finish interior, front and rear power windows. The 2011 Accent Executive Edition comes with central locking, button-embedded keys, anti-submarine seats, collapsible steering column and a high-mounted stop lamp. The reinforced cabin has been crash tested to conform to global safety norms and provides optimum driver and passenger safety.
The new Accent will continue to be powered by the existing 1.5-litre (1,495 cc), 12-valve, SOHC engine that produces 95 PS of maximum power at 5,500 rpm and maximum torque of 12.7 Nm at 3,500 rpm. The engine, mated to 5-speed manual transmission, offers brisk response. However, the Accent is not known so much for its fuel efficiency, which is just about average though ARAI figures suggest it delivers 16.36 km/litre. By making available LPG and CNG options, the Accent has become an even more economically attractive buy.
It seems Hyundai India's officials are quiet optimistic about Hyundai Accent 2011 edition. What do you think? Will this chrome treatment will revive Accent's sales? We doubt.
Also see – Hyundai Accent gets one more facelift before new model
2017 Hyundai Creta SX+ Dual-Tone gets Black Treatment Inside-Out
Tata Tigor launched – petrol, diesel; from Rs 4.70 Lakh
Hyundai India to unveil new hatchback in Auto Expo 2018


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Q: Google Image Search API, does anyone have an example that works? Trying to find out how to do Google image searches via an API / REST call. Apparently the image search API is deprecated and directs us to the Custom Search API.
But my first experiments with the Custom Search API, return results from my own website !!&*%%%$@@!, which is not helpful in the slightest.
I need image results from Google images. Anyone have an example query that works?

A: You will basically want to generate a URL like this. Note the search type parameter at the end.
https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=YOUR API KEY&cx=YOUR CUSTOM SEARCH ENGINE IDENTIFIER&q=your query&searchType=image
You can read more here https://developers.google.com/custom-search/json-api/v1/using_rest
edit: changed searchType to lowercase based on comment below

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Sorry sorry I've been such a lazy poster! I blame it on my being swept away in my last 2 weeks of fulltime work. And some almost-relationship drama. Which I had been very excited to gush about on here, but which has become nothing at all so I will save posterity the iteration of it.
Rite Aid: $0.69 OOP, actually a $4.31 moneymaker!
Quick trip to pick up a moneymaker. I bought the Suave on clearance (with coupon) for $0.64 to use a UPR and reduce my out of pocket expense.
This was a great trip utilizing some of the Just4U pricing deals in their new program. $1.88 Doritos, $1.67 Cheezits, and the produce was $3 off $10. I needed carrots and onions and the snap peas were on sale BOGO so only $1 a bag!!
Albertson's $0.77 OOP, actually a $1.23 moneymaker!
Free dressing to go along with all my free lettuce!
Kikkoman: 3 small jars soy sauce + $2 steak = $0.54, received a $2 catalina!
Albertson's : $1.70 OOP, actually a $3.30 moneymaker!
Just a quick trip to try the razor deal again. Didn't work right but they wrote me a raincheck for the $5 catalina rather than fuss with returning them. Plus, free pantiliners with peelie coupons.
I'm over a week behind still as I have to post last week plus this week which ends today. EEK! This one was an annoying one to post as there was just so many shops!


Please make an account on Wizard101central and join there - don't enter on this thread or it wont count.
Ideally, you can tally up entries from both this thread and your thread on W101 Central. There are a majority of people who, for their own reasons, do not involve themselves with the W101 forum community and prefer to remain exclusive to Pirate101. If you're keeping to your entries on W101 Central, it will feel like you, the contest host, are ostracizing P101 forum members here from being a participant in your raffle. Just my two cents to consider.


Acting President Sonya Stephens reflects on her first year as president and steps for the next academic year.
It has been close to a year since Sonya Stephens was appointed the acting president of Mount Holyoke. On July 1, 2016, Stephens was unanimously appointed acting president for a period of three years by the board of trustees.
Prior to holding the position of acting president of the College, Stephens joined MHC in 2013 as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. In this position she held responsibility for faculty research, faculty governance and academic budgeting and infrastructure. Additionally, she oversaw a cumulative operating budget of over $50 million while working closely with divisions on campus such as the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. As Dean of Faculty, Stephens oversaw the implementation of new degree requirements and the revamping of the CDC. She was also active in the creation of new academic programs such as the MHC data science initiative, the new Nexus minor in data science and the women in data science partnership. Stephens also was a strong proponent in the development of The Lynk.
Before her time at MHC, Stephens spent seven years at Indiana University, Bloomington as the chair of the department of French and Italian and another five years as the University's first vice provost for undergraduate education.
While acting president of Mount Holyoke, Stephens has continued to make progress with the community center, sought out a new strategic plan for 2021 and held the BOOM conference — to list a few of her actions.
Acting president Stephens said that the tone she hoped to project as MHC's president was one centered on community. "Each individual president brings their own tone and for me, the tone I wanted to set was really about community building," said Stephens. She went on to say that the community center is symbol of the tone of community building, as the community center strives to create a sense of belonging and membership in the Mount Holyoke community.
move us forward in a really concrete way" said Stephens.
When asked what she enjoyed most about her first year as acting president of Mount Holyoke, Stephens expressed her gratitude to have been the Dean of Faculty for three years, which provided her the opportunity to get to know the faculty. As acting president however, she said that she has enjoyed the opportunity the position of president has given her to interact with a wider spectrum of staff, as well as with students and alumni.
"I've enjoyed the conversations with students who have ideas about what we can change, the conversations with faculty around which way curriculum can go and then the conversations with staff who just want to be connected to everything that's going on so that they can do their part. It's really wonderful, it really is — it's privilege" said Stephens.
However, acting president Stephens said that it was not the easiest year to be president.
"I think most of the challenges I expected, I kind of know Mount Holyoke. But, it's the things you don't know about," she said.
Stephens also said that it was difficult to explain why she could speak out on some things and not on others.
Acting president Stephens also discussed the challenge of when the president should speak for the entire institution. She noted that the institution does not have a single voice and that it does not all think in the same way.
She also cited the Seven Sisters' open letter to Steven Bannon in which the presidents of the Seven Sisters affirmed their respect and pride for their graduates after Bannon used foul language against the said graduates.
Although the acting president's plans are still being solidified, Stephens noted that in the early fall, the Mount Holyoke Sustainability Taskforce will bring forward a set of recommendations around sustainability and the environment. Additionally, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Steering Committee will follow up on BOOM with recommendations from the feedback they've received and will hopefully bring forward recommendations.


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⇐ About Us
Delta Epsilon Psi National South Asian Fraternity, Inc. was founded on October 1, 1998 at the University of Texas at Austin. Eighteen men came together sensing the urgency of a unified South Asian voice at their University. They believed that there was a lack of South Asian presence not only in the Greek community, but also at their University and their local community. With this in mind, they founded Delta Epsilon Psi on three pillars: Brotherhood, Discipline and Commitment. The founders believed that by establishing this organization they would be able to break away from traditional South Asian stereotypes and give back to the community through their service and social based endeavors.
The beginning was an obstacle course, mainly because there was no true template set for the success of young South Asian men on a University Campus. Brushing off all cynics and skeptics, the Brothers of Delta Epsilon Psi showed that South Asian people can make a valuable and lasting impact on the community. Since the idea of Fraternities held a negative connotation to the majority of college students, Delta Epsilon Psi made it their mission to change that perspective.
The founders of Delta Epsilon Psi aspired to change the image of a South Asian Fraternity not only at their campus but also throughout the nation. The same ideals and principles, by which they started this organization, are carried out at every chapter/colony across the nation and will continue to make an astounding impact all over the nation.
Twelve days after Delta Epsilon Psi was founded at the University of Texas at Austin, a group of dedicated men with the same visions established Delta Epsilon Psi at the University of Houston. The next several years were the developmental stages of Delta Epsilon Psi, in which the Fraternity expanded throughout the state of Texas and Oklahoma. In 2005, the first chapter was established outside of the Texas region at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. Since then, the growth of Delta Epsilon Psi has risen at an exponential rate, within the Southeast, Northeast, and most recently the Midwest. This continued growth will allow us to one day expand across the entire nation.


All parents and students, thank you, thank you, thank you for a wonderful end to the marching band season. It was a long day and everyone did well - we recieved 3rd place at the Pinckneyville Mardi Gras Field competition and 3rd place at the Pinckneyville Mardi Gras Parade competition with best percussion in our class! A well deserved recognition - they've been working hard since June!
Now - marching band season isn't quite over! There is still the Marchies with Munchies Awards Ceremony to think about. This is to celebrate the end of the marching band season with not just the kids, but our parents and families, too! If you can think of anything you can donate, please sign up here!
This week we are beginning our chair auditions for concert band. These auditions will be BLIND meaning that the judges do not see who is auditioning. The students were handed a scales sheet and an etude to prepare about a month ago. It can also be found here.
I'm working on the Pep Band schedule now. Here is the preliminary schedule. Our first Pep Band game will be at the end of November. Pep Band is required and each game is worth 25 points. There are no make-up assignments for Pep Band games. If you have an excused absence, communicate it with me and it will considered an exempt grade. Work is NOT an excused absence!
- Show Me Dough order forms are due. If they are not turned in by the end of day (3pm), you will have to return the money you collected!


Where are the dynamic identifiers? I remember it was available in a previous CTP.
Sounds really cool. I'm currious though, what do you mean by XML literals?
Fan: Dynamic identifiers ended up not fitting in the Orcas schedule, so they were cut, unfortunately. We hope to be able to do them in a future release!
Bryan: XML literals is the ability to put XML directly into source, like ("Dim x = <foo>x</foo>").
Thanks for the explanation, Paul. It sounds like a really exciting feature.


The team here at FEAT love a challenge. We've decided to raise awareness about mental health and raise money at the same time, by completing 1 challenge a month for the year. From hiking the 3 highest peaks in Fife, to doing a 24hr digital detox and everything in between.
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Keep up to date with our progress on the FEAT Facebook page.
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2018 2nd International Conference on Material Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Technology (MEAMT 2018)
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Christmas in Prince Rupert, 1958. With horns blaring, bells a ringing, and red signals showing, Santa Clause arrives to the delight of a cadre of children in Prince Rupert.
GMD GP-9 4807 and GMD GP-9 4411 along with a steam generator car, and Santa's caboose pull into town on a cold, wet and windy day before Christmas!
Index: Christmas 2007, CNR 4807, GMD GP-9, Santa Clause
Hard to believe another year has slipped beneath our bows. It seems like the older I get the quicker they pass. The corollary being, the less I remember of what transpired!
During my Christmas vacation in 1958, I managed a cab ride on the log train up to Terrace. The plan was to stay overnight with a buddy of mine, and hitch a ride home on the westbound passenger train Sunday evening.
There had been quite a snowstorm, and the Skeena River was beginning to freeze over. It was a beautiful ride.
Just before lunch, we arrived at the Kalum Log Spurs, the big re-load facility where entire bundles of logs, over legal for highway transport, made a comfortable load for the empty log cars.
While we'd experienced occasional snow flurries it had stopped by the time we got to the reload. I watched as the head end brakeman made his way to the front of the locomotive. He turned, backed down three steps and stepped off into a pile of snow up to his armpits!
I'm sure he could hear the roar of laughter coming from the cab!
A Jordan Spreader had preceded us by about an hour, and had curled just enough snow to make things interesting for that poor fellow!
More than 50 years later, sitting here at my computer in the wee hours of the morning, I can close my eyes, and travel back in time to the warm cab of that Geep. I can hear voices and occasional laughter in the cab. Hear the "pit-sah --- pit-sah" of the windshield wipers. Smell the diesel oil. Hear the hissing and exhausting of air from the brake stand; the whining of the generator. I can feel the power of the GMD V16-654 motor as I watched the brakeman dig snow away from the switch stand …
My office Manager GingerSnap and I hope you enjoy a nice holiday season. Sometimes life isn't fair as far as the human condition goes, but we should all strive to do the best we can with whatever hand is dealt us.
Index: Christmas 2009
Survey Results - An Early Christmas Present!
Just completed graphing the results of our first ever Oil-Electric Reader Blog Survey. Thank you to those who took the time to complete the survey! I am taking it as an "early Christmas present!" The Survey ran for 30 days, during which we were logging more than 100 readers per day. And the results got my attention:
● The first piece of attention grabbing information was, that people shy away from Surveys. Only 18 readers responded. This over a period when almost 3,000 readers logged on.
● While 50% expressed an interest in railroading and other transportation modes, only 21% were actively involved in railroad photography. From my perspective, when you have only a handful of Class 1 Roads running in the US, the diversity has been greatly diminished. Wonder how many guys have shot each others recent photo op as the locomotive crosses the country!
● Fifty-six percent of responders, when asked about Internet participation, said they were just lucky to be able to turn computer on. Never mind write a blog or fiddle around with a web site!
● More than 25% of our readers found the inclusion of hyperlinks of little or no use. We include hyperlinks (the red underscored words) to link to expanded detailed information on our topic. The function serves another practical purpose. I can share a page or photo with you without the hassle of contacting the site owner for permission to use materials.
● We were gratified to see the "Railroad Stuff" proves to be of interest to more than 80% of our respondents. Sometimes it can take days of painstaking work to track the lineage of a locomotive. And like me, I feel you are interested in learning where the unit ended up.
● 75% or more of readers were complementary in rating my blog content as "excellent." I appreciate that feedback. While I have strayed off course to take shots at Sarah Palin, or Seattle's Toonerville Trolley, my only rationalization is "I could not help myself!"
● Ease of reading was rated only fair by 6% of readers. But when I look at the ratings for "font size," "font readability" and "page layout" it may be that I should pay more attention to sentence structure or complexity.
● Almost one-quarter of readers expressed concern about photo sizes. I must confess certain wariness about being "ripped off." Although one wag said, "if you don't want to loose it, keep it off the Internet!" Twice I've found my photos on someone else's site, with my identification erased. In one case, the individual came close to loosing his blog. Google responded quickly, once I produced evidence of ownership.
At this point, I know a lot more of the mechanics behind "Blogger by Google." I now know how to adjust elements of the blog page. Making the reader column wider won't make past photos bigger. They were scanned for a column width of 500 pixels. Moreover, a column width of 500 pixels is an ideal "reading width."
You can read the complete results of our First Ever Oil-Electric Blog survey by clicking on the portable document file logo below. Included are the "written" comments of survey respondents not discussed here.
So when all was said and done, an overwhelming 94% of respondents rate "Oil-Electric" as an "excellent blog" that they have bookmarked and have recommended to others.
And that's a great Christmas present. Thank You!
Robert in Port Townsend.
Index: Reader Survey
Always in back, tagging along!
Union Pacific Railroad 142B. Argo Yard Seattle, July 27, 1961. Well, here is another unit destined to be a follower, never a leader! Always hooked up with an "A" unit, the first thing a rail photographer sees in the view finder!
Electro Motive Division manufactured 165 "GP-9B" units for several roads between February 1954 and December 1959.
Union Pacific Railroad purchased 75 of these units, beginning with UP 130B ending with 204B.
"GP-9 B" units were often created following a wreck or other misadventure, sometimes by the railroads own shops. They eliminated the need for control stand electronics and air brake systems, cab seating, and other amenities associated with an "A" unit, excluding a toilet!
The downside was that most railroad photographers shunned the "B" unit, focusing on the "leader" "A" unit, be it cab or, in this case, road switcher "B." However, they failed to acknowledge that you cannot run a "B" unit on the head end of a train!
Railroad Stuff. UP 142B, EMD 567C 1,750 hp, built February 1954, sn: 19218. Weight 122 tons. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Il., in September 1976; sold to ICG, rebuilt to ICG chopped nose GP10 8304, completed on 25 August 1977; sold to VMV; sold to US Army 4608 in February 1992.
Apparently now in the US Marine Corps! Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow located in Yermo, California.
My roster information is getting a little dated on this unit. If you can provide current information leave a note in the "Comments" section below!
Index: Argo Yard, B unit, GP-9B, GP10, Union Pacific, UP 142B, US Army 4608
Port Townsend, today. This is the time of year when folk begin scrambling around looking for a calendar or two for next year - the year of the Tiger. Well, you're right, the Year of the Tiger won't start 'till what - February?
I can remember when my late wife and I used to hit Powell's Books in Portland Oregon every Christmas. They had an entire floor dedicated to calendars. We'd end up with one for every room and a bunch for Christmas presents.
As kids, my buddies and I would take the bus to downtown Seattle, and hit all the travel agencies and railroad ticket offices up on 5th Avenue. Northern Pacific occasionally issued a poster size railroad calendar. I had four of them at one time. Who knows were they ended up!
Pan American World Airways and American Airlines had pictures of aircraft landing in exotic places we could only dream of visiting. And they were great calendars too.
I have a few Kinsey calendars featuring geared locomotives in the Great Pacific Northwest. To image that fellow tramping through the woods with his wet plate camera! Like a National Geographic Magazine, one never considers throwing away a Kinsey calendar.
The absolute worst calendars were the Rexall Drug Store and Bartell Drug Store calendars, with pictures of pills, wheel chairs and bunion appliances.
The calendars that got prime posting sites in our home were the Foss Tug & Barge and Puget Sound Tug & Barge calendars. They competed every year, with solid offerings. And both featured the squiggly lines of the tide tables with precise phases of the moon.
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So here at Oil-Electric, we thought we'd give you an early Christmas present. It will become an instant collector's item, because we've never done it before, and I don't plan on doing it again! Click on the calendar icon at the top of the page for your Collector's Edition 2010 Electric-Book calendar.
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Jean-Marc Frybourg
Two or three times a week I scan through the "Worlds Biggest Photo Posting" web site, looking for something new, something different, something exciting in an otherwise vast barren wasteland of GE toaster ovens.
I enjoy the occasional steam, and definitely the first and second-generation diesel shots, and the photography of Jean-Marc Frybourg, of Paris France.
Jean-Marc grabbed my attention some time ago with an interesting posting of elder Swiss electric locomotives. A few days ago, he posted these striking shots of a General Electric C30-7M, crawling across a rather imposing rock face:
When you first read the narrative, it is interesting to note that this is a standard gauge railroad operating General Electric C30-7M's, down in the Peruvian Andes, running in absolutely spectacular scenery, and this train is climbing through an elevation of 14,700 feet heading for Galera at 15,675 feet.
Wait just a minute!
There is some serious railroading captured here! Think about it. 14,700 feet and still climbing! That is incredible! Let's put this in perspective, to grasp the intensity this photograph captures!
The author shooting Mt. Saint Helens in 1983. Reduced to a mere 8,363 feet following the 1980 blast. Still have to go up more than a mile to be at the elevation of Jean-Marc's photo!
With the exception of Denver and a few other elevated towns, the majority of us in North America live in a narrow band ranging from sea level up to 3,500 feet. Flat Landers visiting Denver notice something different is happening with their breathing, at a mere 5,000 feet. And if you did the Interstate 70 to get to Denver from the west, you passed through the Eisenhower Tunnel.
At 11,158 feet, the Eisenhower is the highest motor vehicle tunnel in the world. I remember my van struggling to get through the Eisenhower! Years ago, Freightliner built a fleet of souped up Cab Over's for Coors – the Powerliner. They moved the goods for Coors so well that drivers had to be careful not to rear-end conventional trucks crawling over the summit! Heck, even the Siskiyou Summit on I-5, only 4,310 feet, can take the pizazz out of the family bus.
The famous Matterhorn, at 14,692 feet, closely approximates the elevation of Jean-Marc's photos of the train passing through 14,700 feet!
Not only internal combustion engines begin to wheeze at elevation. Above 8,000 feet, humans begin to experience mountain sickness. By the time you get to 14,000 feet, you are in a danger zone, where the atmosphere is about 40% of down here by the bay. 40%! Without supplemental oxygen, at this elevation humans become susceptible to a handful of maladies, none of you would be anxious to repeat, such as High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE), which causes the lungs to fill with liquid.
For the technically inclined: "When engines are operated at higher altitudes, i.e., at a low barometric pressure, lesser amounts of air are introduced into the cylinders, causing the air-fuel mixing process to deteriorate relative to lower altitude, higher ambient pressure environments.
This combination of factors increases untimely and incomplete combustion in the engine cylinders which lowers fuel efficiency and increases exhaust emissions of CO, PM, and smoke. The reduced amount of air for the fuel-air mixture combustion, together with the increased untimely combustion, typically leads to increased cylinder exhaust gas temperatures.
For engines including a turbocharger, the decreased barometric pressure and the increased exhaust temperature cause an increase in turbocharger speed. This usually requires power duration to prevent turbocharger damage from overheating and excessive speed."
While this article is a few years old, it worth the read if only to understand why these trains are running up to the roof of the world. A reprint from Issue 14 of Latin Tracks, March 2004 details the FCCA.
The Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) is one of two separate rail operations in Peru. Railhead is at the port city of El Callo, running some 110 miles to Galera. In those 108 miles, there are six switchbacks that limit train length to 18 cars, 4% grades, 69 tunnels, 58 bridges, and an elevation gain of 15,000 feet, making it the second highest railroad in the world.
The highest railroad in the world opened in 2005, when China began operation of the Qingzang Railway in Tibet. The highest point being Tanggula Pass at 16,640 feet, 837 feet higher than the FCCA. The locomotives are fitted with oxygen supplies for the crew.
There are several good videos of the FCCA on YouTube, allowing us to some – eh – high adventure, including an interesting look at how to end-for-end a C30-7M!
Video by xwishmasterx2
You can view all of Jean-Marc's photos at Railpictures. Enter his name in the photographer's search engine. This is the rail tour Jean-Marc is in the midst of! Our thanks to Mr. Frybourg for sharing one heck of an interesting Arm Chair Adventure with the readers of Oil-Electric!
Index: FCCA, GE C30-7, GE C30-7M, Jean-Marc Frybourg
Static Display: Northern Pacific 2152
August 14, 1960, Auburn, Washington. Here we find a raving beauty, Northern Pacific 2152. She is a "Pacific" class locomotive, 4-6-2, Road Class Q-3. She was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1909, and assigned boiler number 33277. The Northern Pacific Railroad donated her in 1958 to the City of Auburn.
Static displays are a wonderful way to preserve history. In some environments, such as the Willamette Shay on display at Railroad Park Resort in Dunsmuir, California, you can enjoy a hands-on experience, and climb up in the cab. The locomotive is out in the open in a "real life setting," posed with a water tank.
But she is in a protected environment, next to the manager's office inside the motel grounds.
On the other hand, displays in a public park like the NP 2152 is pictured in, are often the target of vandals. Look carefully at the number board on this engine, and you will see a glass segment has been hit, possibly with a rock.
Even more disturbing are the acts of ill-mannered so-called rail fans, who think they need to take home more than a photograph!
So up go the hideous chain link fences.
Static displays are expensive to maintain. Remember, when these engines were in service, they had constant daily maintenance. So, when budgets get tight, some static displays, like the Great Northern engine that had been on display at Woodland Park in Seattle, end up being scrapped.
Fortunately, the NP 2152 lives on! In 2006, when the City of Auburn announced they wanted to get rid of her, she was snapped up by the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish, Washington.
Index: Auburn, Northern Pacific Railroad Museum, NP, NP 2152, Q-3, Static Display
Canadian Pacific Railway, Port Coquitlam, BC, July 4, 1961. My buddy El Purington and I have ventured north across the border to do some train chasing. Like Seattle, Vancouver was a cornicopia of diesel delights: Canadian National Railways, Canadian Pacific Railway, Pacific Great Eastern, Great Northern, and Pacific Coast Terminals.
Heading up the Fraser River, our next stop is Port Coquitlam. Port Coquitlam is located on the confluence of the Pitt with the Fraser River. At that time she boasted the largest Canadian Pacific Railway yard in BC.
The Canadian Pacific Railway moved its freight operations from Vancouver to Port Coquitlam in 1911. The city was incorporated in 1913. The name "Coquitlam" comes from the First Nation's Salish word 'Kwayhquitlum', meaning red fish in the river, referring to the river's annual salmon spawning run.
It's interesting to note the operational differences between the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific. While the CNR ran their Geeps long nose forward, rigged up with home-brew ditch lights, the CPR, running in the same dangerous Fraser and Thompson Canyon countries, ran short nose forward without ditch lights.
I don't expect any "study" or "analysis" was undertaken to decern if one operating mode was any safer than the other. Probably more a state of mind ...
Railroad Stuff: CPR 8687, GMD GP-9, built London Ontario, 9/57, sn: A-1143, road class DRS-17d.
Apparently sent to Ogden Shops and rebuilt as a GP-9u, chopped nose and remote equipped in 1984, but I cannot verify. If you have information you care to share, please including that in the comments box below.
Index: CPR 8687, ditch lights, El Purington, GMD GP-9, GP-9, Port Coquitlam
Rare Bird!
Canadian National Railways 4800 and 4200, Prince Rupert, July 1959. It's just after eight in the evening. I got off to a late start hoofing it out to my favorite photo location when my subject, the evening Time Freight, overtook me!
The engineer dusted my butt with a couple of "move along" tattoos on the horn as he throttled up past me. By the time I got organized and got a light meter reading, I was only able to get a moving away shot.
It's interesting to note that rail photographers shy away from this type of shot. As can be attested to by the mind-numbing display on the world's largest picture posting site. We all do the ¾ head-on's. In doing so, we are looking at where the train is coming from, instead of going to. Furthermore, as a species, we always stand with our back to the scenery we are looking at, rather than looking at the scene we take photos of.
Canadian National Railways 4800 is a rare genus. The road got into purchasing GP-7's (General Purpose) late in the game. I'm sure that many a rail fan will raise an eyebrow when I tell you they only ordered 24 units. I took photos of eight. That's 1/3rd the fleet!
The Prince Rupert Extension was constructed as branch line. Weight saving locomotives were necessary to keep from beating up the tracks. Indeed, the entire 700 plus miles carried a 40-mile per hour speed limit for passenger trains. It wasn't until the mid-60's that monies were finally pumped in to upgrade steel. And that accelerated with the dawn of coal unit trains running out of Tumbler Ridge.
This photo tells us a lot of information. Lead engine – GP-7 4800 – is riding on heavy Blomberg trucks. She weighed in at 246,530 pounds.
GR-15a [102k]
Canadian National Railways 4200 is riding on weight saving Flexicoil trucks. The Flexicoil truck is much lighter than the Blomberg. The so-called "GP-9L" weighs in more than seven tons lighter at 232,240 pounds, but with more horsepower than the 4800! Weight savings in large part due to the Flexicoil trucks and 1,000 imperial gallon fuel tanks.
Given two identical units, Blomberg trucks added 6,000 pounds over a similar unit with Flexicoils.
Railroad Stuff: Canadian National Railway 4800, nee 7555, built by General Motors Division, London Ontario, August 31, 1953, serial number 534, as a 1,500 hp GP-7. Renumbered 1700 9/54, 4350 6/56, and 4800 in August 1957. Running with CNR 4808, hit a rockslide at Mile Post 40.7, Skeena Subdivision on March 2, 1967. Both units were written off in June 1967.
Canadian National Railways 4200, nee 4496, built by General Motors Division, London Ontario, November 1956, serial number A1014. Renumbered 4200 in 1957. Refitted with Blomberg trucks and renumbered back to original number 4496 in 1963. Sent to St. Charles Shops and converted to GP-9RM number 7258, classs GY-418e, 1990.
Index: CN 7258, CNR 4200, CNR 4800, GP-7, GP-9L, Prince Rupert


You are invited to submit an abstract of your original research or program for review. Selected abstract authors will be invited to present a poster of their work at the New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NJAND) annual meeting on Friday, May 10, 2019 at The Imperia on Easton in Somerset, NJ. This is your opportunity to feature and describe your work to New Jersey's nutrition professionals. Submit your abstract via email to Megan Squires, MS, RDN at executivedirector@eatrightnj.org no later than Friday, May 3, 2019.
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Our client, a global diagnostics company, was using an outmoded Lotus Notes database to manage the approval process for their sales and marketing materials. The process was not scalable; all post-approval activity had to be done manually to distribute the materials to sales representatives around the world. The process was slow and cumbersome, and it left the company open to audit risks. In addition, their website was outdated and consistently ranked behind those of competitors.


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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Set To Break Thanksgiving Box Office Records
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By Siyana Riley	 On Nov 29, 2013
Proving to Hollywood yet again that female leads can work just as well as male leads at the box office, two films with female leads are set to dominate the Thanksgiving weekend frame. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Frozen are both looking to break records over the Thanksgiving weekend frame, with Catching Fire very probably breaking the record for highest 5-day Thanksgiving cume held by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Considering that the Sorcerer's Stone came out more than ten years ago, it's amazing the record has held that long. But clearly, the moviegoing audience hasn't been this excited for a movie in a very long time. Catching Fire made $158 million in its opening weekend, and then proceeded to hold steady all week. Now, it's projected at a $95 million 5-day holiday weekend box office, with Frozen at $63 million for the five days.
Frozen's tally isn't as strong as Tangled, but word of mouth on the movie is fantastic and it has been getting excellent reviews. Plus, the family film marketplace is extremely empty right now, so Frozen really doesn't have much competition.
In third place is Black Nativity, with around $13 million for the five-day weekend. Then, there's Thor: Dark World with $16.1 million, and in fifth place is Homefront with $14.2 million.
This weekend at the movies looks to be especially strong, as it always is during Thanksgiving. But the drop next weekend will be brutal, with most of these movies falling more than 50%. But hey, at least it shows the business isn't declining, as naysayers are always predicting.
Do you guys have plans to watch any of these movies over the long weekend? Let us know in the comments.
Siyana Riley


With time running out on this millennium, you'll want to head over to the Hourglass Tavern, a quaint, Restaurant Row fixture that features actual hourglasses stationed above each table.
Used to clock patrons during the high volume pre-theater hours, if the sand in your timepiece trickles out and someone is waiting for your table, you may be asked to pay your bill and leave.
What might be seen as a slavish devotion to Father Time is, on the other hand, pretty much a guarantee of prompt service. During off-peak times, though, patrons can linger to their hearts' content in the restaurant's upstairs room, which is complete with lace curtains and brick walls, or downstairs, amid the eatery's collection of kitschy salt and pepper shakers.
The Hourglass offers great values, especially on its two-course daily specials, where a top price of $14.95 buys an appetizer of a soup or salad plus entrees such as filet mignon and swordfish.
One recent night's meal began with a complimentary basket of wonderful country bread — all powdery on top — followed by a copious and colorful house salad that had leaves of crisp romaine and radicchio, and large, crunchy croutons in a sharp vinaigrette. The vegetarian platter entree ($12.95, including the aforementioned house salad) came loaded with legumes — wide, grilled slices of juicy yellow and green peppers, a spicy ratatouille of zucchini, onion and tomatoes; a spongy eggplant pancake, a small block of grilled polenta (that could have used some cheese for flavor), a healthful stalk of steamed broccoli and creamy mashed potatoes.
Another entree, tuna (one of the $14.95 dinner specials) arrived grilled-to-order rare, its smoky exterior enveloping a perfectly meaty, rosy fillet.
Portions here are generous, so leave room for one of the terrific desserts. Among the possible post-entree offerings are a huge bowl of warm pear and blueberry crisp ($6), topped with lumps of brown sugar streusel, and the chilled chocolate cake ($6.50) that's rich and thick, has a fudgy frosting and comes with a soft mound of fresh whipped cream. It's so good that as you're savoring it, time almost seems to stand still.


Following are excerpts of transcripts of briefings on Hurricane Katrina for President Bush and other officials.
Max Mayfield, the director of the National Hurricane Center: "I really don't expect to see any significant weakening. So I think the wisest thing to do here is to plan on a Category 5 hurricane."
"I don't think any model can tell you with any confidence right now whether the levees will be topped or not, but that's obviously a very, very grave concern."
" ... As you may or may knot know, the Superdome is about 12 feet below sea level, so I don't know what the heck (missing). And I also am concerned about that roof. I don't know whether that roof is designed to stand—withstand a Cat. 5 hurricane."
Michael Chertoff, secretary of Homeland Security: " ... are there any DOD (Department of Defense) assets that might be available?"
Brown: "We have DOD assets over here at the EOC (Emergency Operations Center). They are fully engaged, and we are having those discussions with them now."
Mayfield: "The storm surge ... for the Biloxi Basin ... is going to be very, very devastating. Again, the strongest winds are on the east side, so that will pile that water out on the Mississippi coast. ... we are talking about (incomprehensible) the Gulfport, Biloxi, all the way over to Pascagoula, we will have very significant storm surge, and I would expect extensive damage to that area."
Brown: "I talked to the president twice today, once in Crawford and then again on Air Force One. He remains very, very interested in this situation. He's obviously watching the television a lot, and he had some questions about the Dome, he's asking questions about reports of breaches. He's asking about hospitals. He's very engaged ... "
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco: "We have not breached the levee at this point in time. That could change ... "


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Club World might not be the first casino you think of when it comes selecting one of the oldest casinos in the industry, but you may be surprised to hear that they have been about since 2005. One of the backbones to their success has been the fact that they are part of one of the biggest casino groups in RTG (Real Time Gaming). These have essentially been the driving force behind the brand and the main reason why they are still competing today.
The site has seen many changes over the last few years, not least a re-design, which has allowed them to still challenge some of their bigger rivals. Throughout this review we will be looking at the ins and outs of Club World casino, looking at what it is that makes them tick and why RTG have been so keen to keep the brand running.
Throughout the week, there will be a number of promotions that you are able to claim. These will change with each day, so it's worth jumping over to the promotions section on site to see what you can claim and when. Usually, each bonus can be claimed multiple times, ranging from 5 up to 10 for the lifespan that you are a member on site. Check out the official site for specific details.
The site is part of the RTG group, which means that they exclusively use their won software. It's pretty rare these days to see a casino online use one software provider, but even with just RTG powering Club World, you are still going to get pretty good access to a decent range of games. The site also comes with an Instant Play option, which means you don't need to download any casino clients. This allows both Mac and Windows based users via their desktop computers to access all games. You will also be able to download the casino if you are using Windows based machines if you so wish.
You will be able to play a wide range of games on your mobile as well, which again doesn't require you to download an app, simply just visit the site on your smartphones browser and you will be redirected to where you need to go. It's wroth noting that RTG offer a huge range of games for mobile and even though the casino is fairly light, the range of mobile games is one of the best that we have seen.
There is a real community feel on site with Club World and you will be able to track recent winners and see which games are running hot. It also tends to highlight quite prominently how much the jackpots are running at, but we will talk more about these a little later in the review.
The casino only comes with around 100 games in total, which is small given the size of some of their competitors. We will state that the RTG do provide some of the best games in the industry and as they aren't on every casino going, it does make for a pretty nice, refreshing change. They do tend to keep adding new games on a fairly regular basis and the RTG site states that they try and get at least one new release out every month.
The slots section is going to see the most action within the casino and it's here where you will find the biggest range of games. As we have already mentioned, the games on offer tend to be ones that you wont be all that familiar with if you haven't tried any specific RTG casinos, but they should offer something for pretty much everyone. The themes on offer are pretty versatile and we liked the fact that most games didn't take themselves too seriously, which added to the 'fun-factor' on site.
The standout slots for us were that of Lucky 6, Cash Bandits and Coyote Cash, all of which just so happened to have the highest RTP (Return To Player) percentages as well.
The table games section offer a decent range to be honest, but they do lack when it comes to depth. For example, there are only 4 blackjack variations and 5 roulette games, which isn't too bad considering it's from one provider.
On top of that you will be able to enjoy other table games such as Baccarat, Stud Poker, Keno, Scratchcards and long list of video poker titles as well.
There are 10 jackpot games in total, which mix between slots and table games. The jackpot games are all run throughout the RTG network, so they tend to rise pretty sharply. The games can often reach over the 7 figure mark for the more popular titles, but even the lesser ones should easily be in to 5/6 figure regions as well. We were pleased to see some variation in games in the form of Let Em ride and Caribbean Stud Poker as jackpot games as well.
About Club World Casino
The casino, as stated, has been about since 2005 and working as part of the RTG group has definitely allowed them to see the success that they have. Whilst as a standalone casino the site may seem a little bear, but if you factor in that it's hitting a certain niche and demographic within the RTG it definitely begins to make a lot more sense.
One of the most unique things about Club World Casino is that they allow players from the US with their license on behalf of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.


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Mike Fenton–Consummate Casting Director–Passes Away
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Mike Fenton–casting director to the stars and a frequent collaborator of Steven Spielberg–has passed away at the age of 85.
Fenton–who worked on hundreds of movies and TV shows and had an extensive genre background–also co-founded the American Society of Casting Directors, which later became the Casting Society of America (CSA), as reported by Deadline.
Fenton–who was nominated for 11 career CSA Awards, winning two–served as casting director for such notable genre films as Aliens, Poltergeist, The Amityville Horror, Blade Runner and Arachnophobia.
Spielberg worked with Fenton on his first feature, The Sugarland Express, as well as on such blockbusters as E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Oscar-winning filmmaker remembered that being on a film with Fenton "was like working in a candy store–he made casting a blast."
Spielberg added that Fenton's "fervent support of actors was the stuff of legend. He didn't just support actors, he launched crusades. I will miss him dearly."
Russell Boast and Rich Mento, co-presidents of Casting Society of America, said in a statement that the organization "is saddened" by Fenton's passing. "His remarkable accomplishments and his incredible work in elevating the awareness and appreciation of the craft of casting define his legacy in the entertainment industry."
Fenton's contributions extended to the small screen, as well. He cast many TV movies and miniseries, in addition to such memorable series as The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle: USMC and That Girl.
The staff of Horror News Network extends its condolences to Fenton's family, friends and colleagues.
Thomas A. Tuna is a comic book veteran who began his writing career back in the '70s with Charlton Comics, contributing to such horror titles as Ghost Manor, Haunted, The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves and Ghostly Haunts. Most recently, he has served as a writer and editor (with more than a smattering of horror yarns) for such comic book websites as Hyper Epics and Red Moon Features. Some of his favorite horror flicks include Jaws, Salem's Lot, Dracula (with Frank Langella) and Blade. His favorite horror comic books? Tomb of Dracula (by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan) and Swamp Thing (by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson).
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