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BUFFALO, N.Y. ( release ) - Dozens of grassroots leaders from local community groups, congregations, and unions gathered Saturday morning to launch a collective effort to work on corporate accountability campaigns throughout 2012.
Leaders were trained on issues of corporate tax loopholes and tax subsidies and honed their skills to engage legislators, the public, and the press. This new effort is focused on ongoing leadership development and mobilization in order to hold elected officials accountable, win adequate funding for the programs that matter most to working Western New Yorkers and communities in need, while ensuring that tax subsidies are used to create the good jobs all New Yorkers need.
Following the training, participants led a rally to share reasons why they committed to join with networks across the state to confront corporate power and work to close corporate tax loopholes and fix broken tax subsidy programs like Industrial Development Agencies throughout the legislative session and the 2012 elections.
"Big corporations are using tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share in taxes, which leads to budget cuts and job layoffs because there is less tax revenue for essential public services" said Jeffrey Anderson, a member of 1199 SEIU (Service Employees International Union) . "I am an unemployed health care worker, and I lost my job because the health care facility where I worked was forced to close due to a lack of funding, because corporations are not paying what they should be. This year corporations will receive over $1 billion in tax refunds from New York State, despite record profits. The middle class has to make up for this loss of tax revenue, and our communities get cheated out of much needed funding."
"Corporations have gamed our economic development system," said Agnes Mabins with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 815. "Businesses get big tax breaks while failing to create the good jobs they promise. Each year in New York State, we lose another $8 billion dollars through Industrial Development Agencies and various subsidy programs. Locally, the Amherst IDA gave Northtown Automotive a $536,000 tax break to move its Lexus dealership across the street on Sheridan Drive. This tax break increases the tax burden on all Erie County residents."
"It is time to do right by hard working families," said Bill Roberts, a member of Nativity Church in Amherst. "Closing corporate tax loopholes and reining-in subsidy spending would provide more than $9 billion to invest in the things our communities really need - good jobs, good schools, quality health care, well-funded transit, and good public services."
The training and rally included grassroots leaders and members of AFSCME, 1199 SEIU, The Coalition for Economic Justice, Citizen Action, The Civil Service Employees Association, The Communication Workers of America, Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope, People United for Sustainable Housing, VOICE Buffalo, The WNY Area Labor Federation.


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Datadog today announced the integration of its cloud monitoring platform with OpenStack. As a result of the technology integration, customers can use Datadog’s technology to understand the health of OpenStack-based cloud deployments. The integration between Datadog and OpenStack is especially significant because OpenStack “is quickly becoming a preferred for private cloud environments” as noted by Amit Agarwal, Chief Product Officer of Datadog, in a press release. OpenStack administrators stand to benefit from Datadog’s out of the box capability to create dashboards that variously aggregate, synthesize and visualize the results of its metrics. Furthermore, OpenStack users can take advantage of Datadog’s advanced analytics for outlier detection that identify anomalies in host machine performance toward the end of preventing service degradation. The integration focuses on the Nova and Neutron components of the OpenStack platform, namely, the compute and networking components of OpenStack. More specifically, Datadog’s integration with OpenStack compute enables customers to access real-time data about the workload within a specific OpenStack environment, the number of VMs and instances, metrics about hypervisor performance and additional KPIs related to infrastructure performance such as RAM and CPU usage. Meanwhile, Datadog’s integration with OpenStack’s network management components features data collection about network performance in addition to Keystone, OpenStack’s Identity and Access Management service platform. The integration between Datadog and OpenStack gives the OpenStack community access to a powerful monitoring and data aggregation platform while Datadog stands to benefit by adding yet another major cloud platform to its venerable roster of supported cloud environments. As such, today’s announcement represents yet another step forward with respect to the onward march of contemporary cloud monitoring platforms and their ability to synthesize data from a multitude of cloud environments with increasing sensitivity and sophistication.
Platform9 and SolidFire have partnered to integrate Platform9’s OpenStack as a Service with SolidFire’s all flash storage platform. The integration takes advantage of Platform9’s deployment of Platform9 Managed OpenStack Cinder integration, which uses OpenStack Cinder to allow customers to select a block storage option to support the storage needs of their OpenStack deployment. SolidFire represents the first storage partner for Platform9’s SaaS OpenStack solution that boasts compatibility with both KVM and VMware vSphere hypervisors. Notable about SolidFire is that it supports disparate workloads that differentially take advantage of deployments based on both the KVM and VMware vSphere hypervisor. As noted in a Platform9 blog post, Platform9 chose Cinder because it “exposes all the functionalities in its solutions through RESTful APIs,” thereby aligning with Platform9’s predilection for Open APIs, in addition to a scale-out architecture that can deliver high performance and availability for mission critical workloads. The integration between Platform9 and SolidFire features a streamlined user interface that allows users to deploy SolidFire’s all flash storage infrastructure as part of the point and click process of using Platform9’s SaaS interface to set up a fully managed OpenStack cloud as illustrated below:
Expect to hear more details about Platform9’s use of Cinder in conjunction with technical details of its partnership with SolidFire in coming months.
On Monday, Intel announced its intent to lead a $100M capital raise for Mirantis, one of the few pure play commercial OpenStack vendors in the market today. Intel leads the investment alongside Goldman Sachs and existing investors August Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Ericsson, Sapphire Ventures and WestSummit Capital. The investment marks the second $100M capital raise on the part of Mirantis in the space of a year given that Insight Ventures led a $100M funding round with Mirantis less than a year ago. The October 2014 $100M capital raise led by Insight Ventures represented the largest funding raise in the history of open source computing and, as such, this year’s investment marks another notable milestone in the history of capital raises for open source-based technologies. Intel’s decision to lead the $100M capital raise builds upon its support of OpenStack as a Platinum member of the OpenStack consortium as of 2015. Today’s investment constitutes another emphatic affirmation of OpenStack that promises to transform the cloud computing landscape significantly by giving Mirantis the capital to innovate with respect to its commercial distribution of OpenStack. As one of the only remaining pure play OpenStack vendors in the marketplace, the investment bolsters the valuation of Mirantis and empowers it to consolidate its positioning as a distributor of an enterprise grade platform for building private, IaaS clouds that interoperate with other OpenStack-based cloud platforms.
Platform9 recently announced the release of Platform9 Managed OpenStack for VMware vSphere as a SaaS solution. Platform9 Managed OpenStack for VMware vSphere facilitates the deployment of OpenStack private clouds that leverage VMware vSphere virtualization technology. By using a virtual appliance to integrate OpenStack with vSphere resources, VMware enterprise customers now have the ability to spin up an OpenStack-based cloud that integrates with VMware vSphere resources. Developers interested in self-provisioning resources or accessing their applications will interface directly with the OpenStack cloud, whereas IT and Sys Admins will work on vSphere infrastructure resources. The Platform9 solution empowers developers to build automation into their workflows and applications in addition to using orchestration tools and APIs to construct relationships between workflows. Most importantly, however, the solution boasts 100% interoperability between VMware vSphere and OpenStack and supports vSphere-based API automation and compatible third party products. Overall, Platform9’s support of VMware vSphere represents an important milestone in OpenStack’s trajectory, particularly given the way in which the acquisition of OpenStack startups such as Cloudscaling, Metacloud and Piston Cloud Computing by the likes of EMC and Cisco threatens to slow the pace of innovation within the OpenStack space. Platform9’s ability to deliver OpenStack via a SaaS interface and give customers an unprecedented degree of flexibility regarding the configuration of their deployments. Expect the industry to deepen the integration between VMware and cloud-based environments as more and more cloud platforms come to terms with the reality that enterprises based on VMware vSphere prefer to maintain their fleet of virtualization infrastructure resources while they expand their investments in private and public cloud deployments.
After exiting from stealth in June, infrastructure analytics vendor AppFormix today announced a partnership with OpenStack vendor Mirantis. AppFormix will integrate with IaaS deployments based on the Mirantis OpenStack distribution to deliver analytics about resource utilization and performance in addition to identifying resource bottlenecks and remediating resource contention. Given its focus on understanding how infrastructure components perform within a larger ecosystem of infrastructure, applications and data feeds, AppFormix fills a critical niche within the OpenStack community with respect to real-time analytics related to infrastructure. In addition to delivering timely analytics about OpenStack infrastructure, AppFormix gives customers data-driven recommendations about how they can reconfigure or tweak their deployments to optimize infrastructure and application performance. As told to Cloud Computing Today in an interview with AppFormix CEO Sumeet Singh, AppFormix also provides a rich visual interface that provides customers with real-time experience regarding the status of infrastructure and its consumption of application and data-related resources. The partnership between AppFormix and Mirantis positions AppFormix strongly to take a leadership position with respect to infrastructure analytics for OpenStack although, as Singh noted, Mirantis represents the only free standing commercial OpenStack vendor in light of the acquisitions of startups such as Piston Cloud Computing, Cloudscaling and Metacloud. In the meantime, AppFormix plans to further develop the capability of its platform to support infrastructure analytics in other cloud environments as it continues to reinforce the value of real-time data about cloud and container infrastructures.
Here are three quick thoughts on Google’s recent decision to become a corporate sponsor of OpenStack:
1. Google’s support of OpenStack marks one of the biggest endorsements to date of OpenStack, and as such, bolsters the credibility of the platform even further. Even though OpenStack is currently endorsed by the likes of Platinum Members Red Hat, IBM, HP and Rackspace, Google’s announcement constitutes an especially significant announcement given its ownership of a competitor public cloud IaaS platform in the form of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Google’s endorsement suggests that the days of OpenStack’s segregation from proprietary public clouds such as the Google Cloud Platform, AWS and Microsoft Azure may well be numbered and that the IaaS space may well end up developing APIs from proprietary platforms to OpenStack in the foreseeable future.
2. The cloud computing industry is increasingly coming to terms with hybrid cloud infrastructures and the necessity for interoperability across different cloud ecosystems. By supporting OpenStack, Google embraces cloud hybridity and in particular, the necessity for Kubernetes to integrate deeply with the OpenStack ecosystem. Given that enterprises almost invariably embrace some combination of private and public clouds as part of their larger cloud strategy, Google’s support of OpenStack constitutes an emphatic affirmation not only of OpenStack, but also of the criticality of hybrid cloud infrastructures and management frameworks at this stage of the evolution of cloud computing.
3. Google’s collaboration with OpenStack on the Kubernetes project underscores the emerging ascendancy of containers to contemporary cloud computing as an alternative and complement to virtual machine based computing. By working with OpenStack to ensure the compatibility of Kubernetes as part of Project Magnum, Google is betting big on increased adoption of container technology throughout the industry. Furthermore, Google is placing its bet that Kubernetes, as opposed to other container management frameworks, has the pizazz to emerge as one of the premier container management frameworks in the industry, particularly in light of its forthcoming, deepened integration with OpenStack.
On Thursday, Google announced its sponsorship of the OpenStack Foundation as a corporate sponsor. As noted in a blog post, Google’s decision to join the OpenStack Foundation is motivated by industry trends toward adoption of hybrid clouds and container-based application development. By sponsoring OpenStack, Google is expected to contribute heavily to OpenStack Magnum, the project that aspires to ensure the compatibility of container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes with OpenStack. Google’s contribution toward the integration of Kubernetes with OpenStack is expected to accelerate the adoption of container technologies and thereby facilitate development of more robust hybrid cloud infrastructures marked by the union of increasingly heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Google’s sponsorship of OpenStack represents a huge coup for the OpenStack Foundation and marks another notable twist in the ongoing battle for cloud market share amongst the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

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Did you go with the regular white Holley or the black quickfuel Vent whistle?….my 850 Street HP on the 6.0 has 40 / 40 squirters, 82/86 jets and a 10.5 p.v.
same carb on my 388 only needed 35/37 squirters 80/80 jets and same 10.5 p.v.
mine had the tiny black vent whistles, took me forever to figure out that was why mine would launch, then bog. Fuel was going over those vent whistles and dumping in the carb. Put in the reg longer vent whistles and all was good.
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I have a 950 street hp going on a 454 and had to check it after this thread and had those small baffles you describe(but white).
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And just like that, Season 4 of Adult Swim's 'Rick and Morty' came to an end. By far the most stretched-out instalment of the hit animated series, the show had returned barely a month ago after almost five months on a hiatus. 'Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri' brings the season to a striking conclusion that has left our minds blown.
Fans are highly impressed with the Season 4 finale episode that calls back on not only one of the most important questions about Rick's life — turning his daughter Beth (Sarah Chalke) into a clone — but also calls back on one of the most beloved characters - Birdperson, who is now Phoenixperson (Dan Harmon), thanks to an upgrade. So as it turns out, Beth really is a clone. In Season 3, when Beth is first faced with the dilemma, the audience is never shown what decision the character had made. Now, one season and almost three years later, creators reveal that she was indeed the clone.
And fans are blown away that the creators would take the show in this direction. "Ohhhh rick and morty started out with a bang." One said, "Oh s**t, the Beth clone was a thing!" while another tweeted, "THEY REALLY THOUGHT RICK AND MORTY WAS DONE WITH PLOT." Another surprised viewer added, "#rickandmorty lol just found out in the cold open that Beth DID make the choice in s3." One more tweeted, "I KNEW Beth was a clone. KNEW it in my heart. #rickandmorty." One said, "F***ing christ @RickandMorty is UNMATCHED."
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The Puppy Diaries – The Twelfth Month
This is the ninth instalment of our puppy diary, featuring Murdock the lurcher puppy, with candid insights and practical tips on welcoming a dog into your home.
A new collar
This month we bought Murdock his first ‘big boy collar.’ He has pretty much stopped growing now – although he may get a little big bigger, his neck isn’t going to increase significantly. As you can see from the photos we got him a traditional sight hound collar. Also known as fishtail collars these collars are normally made of leather and are wide in the middle with tapered ends.
Sighthounds (Salukis, Afghan Hounds, Whippets, Greyhounds etc) have fine narrow heads which mean they can slip their collar easily if it’s not fitted correctly. They also have delicate shorthaired coats that can rub off if they are wearing a normal dog collar. Sighthound collars are designed to fit dogs like Murdock better than a normal collar and spread the pressure on their neck, so that their coat does not rub off.
Murdock has adapted to his new collar very well, although he scratched at it a little to start with, I think he does find it more comfortable on walks as he sometimes pulls on the lead.
After initially puking on every car journey, Murdock now loves to ride in the car.
Rule 57 of the Highway code states:
"When in a vehicle make sure dogs or other animals are suitably restrained so they cannot distract you while you are driving or injure you, or themselves, if you stop quickly. A seat belt harness, pet carrier, dog cage or dog guard are ways of restraining animals in cars."
This is not a legal requirement, so we would not be prosecuted if Murdock was not restrained, however, living in the countryside we do find ourselves doing the occasional emergency stop in the lanes and decided it was kinder to Murdock to make sure he is wearing a seatbelt on every trip. He wears a padded harness attached to a small lead which clips into the seatbelt clasp and he loves riding in the front seat or the back between the kid's car seats. The fact that it clips into the seatbelt clasp is useful as my car sets off a little alarm to tell me someone is in the seat but not wearing a belt if it is not plugged in, so it makes sure we are driving safe.
If you travel with an unrestrained dog in the car then you may wish to reconsider this. Not only for their safety but for yours too. If you have to make an emergency stop – or you are involved in an accident, then a loose dog my injure you or your passengers too. If you are travelling at 30mph then a 30kg dog would be thrown forward with such force that it would be like getting hit with 100kg.
If you don’t like the idea of using a harness, it’s not a good idea to clip anything onto your dog's neck – but you might want to use a dog cage or an animal guard in the boot of your car instead.
Summer is finally here and as you can see from these photos Murdock has very much enjoyed sitting on the sun lounger, sleeping in a tent in the garden and playing with his rubber chicken.
We’ve also taken him to a proper sandy beach. We live close to the coast here but the beaches are quite pebbly so really enjoyed the sunshine at Woolacombe a few weeks ago. We made sure that Murdock had plenty of shade and water to drink. He wasn’t entirely convinced about being in the sea though. He’s not keen on swimming and kept running away from the waves but he is getting braver. He really enjoyed playing with other dogs on the beach too.
More and more places are welcoming dogs this summer as we Brits staycation with our pets, the Beach Guide website has a list of dog friendly beaches, if you’re planning a trip with your pet this summer: www.thebeachguide.co.uk/dog-friendly
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Barry Diller is a keynote at the Monaco Media Forum, in a Q&A conversation with Kara Swisher, and is explaining the move to break into five companies:
During the summer, I started thinking where are we adding value to the business. The mortgage and financing business: I have little or no interest..this is not how I want to live my life. It is not close to an area I have expertise in. We were being superficial managers. They had to be separate. The businesses such as HSN and Ticketmaster helped us give the cash flow to invest in online. Now that we have money in online, we can let the previous ones go. I still believe in synergy, but I call is natural law. They have to naturally fit into each other. The problem is that there was so much huffing and puffing to fit them together. I am not sure what role I will play in all five companies.
Google: It has huge marketshare, and I don’t believe in long run it will be able to keep with it. I don’t think Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is going south anywhere, but it is compete-able with.
Yahoo: Now with their new management, now they will absolutely try, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is a greater failure, with a huge amount of capital and no real traction.
On the Hollywood strike: The writers strike is a dopey thing on the part of the writers. They’re asking for more money for DVD…the numerical here is from 4 cents to 8 cents. This is for DVDs for scale, that means for movies. So this involves really 10 writers a year that would be economically affected.
The idea that the Guild is going for strike, under a dumb guise that digital media will be valued and what. No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet. Over the next five year, the market will develop, and at the end of that period, if the economic value is being created, we will sit in good faith and give you the money.
Facebook: I it was real money, it would be insane, but since it isn’t really, then why bother. It doesn’t mean anything, it is a phantom, false valuation. Let them sell for $14 billion, 998 million, and then I’ll believe them.
Facebook vs Google/OpenSocial: Closed vs open. The closed nature of Facebook feels protective to people on there, but I do believe open is always the way to go. The wonderful thing about Google is how focused they are on their sponsored listings business and its efficiency. Nothing else they’re done have landed itself in a large way. Their base business is so strong and so young, that so as long as they remained they focused on that, doesn’t matter what else they do.

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The year 2011 is coming to an end, and as 2012 approaches Yahoo! has analyzed the top searches and stories of the year. For the last 10 years Yahoo! has been compiling information to gage the most popular searches each year including viral fads, top news stories and other interesting and strange things that make news.the
The top search for 2011 on Yahoo! was not a person or juicy story, but an electronic technological marvel. The iPhone beat out the reality TV drama, a closely watched high profile defendant, and America's #1 most wanted terrorist.


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• Wonderful way of getting rid of the dry, flaky skin that develops over the day
• Preventing skin ailments like eczema and psoriasis
• Known to be a great way to fight cellulite in the body.
• Known to be healing of blemishes
• Healthier, glowing, uniformly textured and colored skin.
• Smells and looks very yummy
Sugar scrubs are used not only for skin exfoliation, but also for cleansing. One advantage is that they do not clog the pores and are easily absorbed into the skin. They act as the all body polishing agents, leaving clean and smooth skin. This is because they are packed with the goodness of alpha-hydroxy which is essential for a glowing skin.
Ingredients: Ingredients: Ingredients: Distilled Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Elacis Guincensis (Palm) Butter, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil, Pentadesma butyracea butter (Kpangnan Butter), Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Sucrose, Fragrance
During or After shower wet 1/4 –1 scrub. Gently scrub in a circular motion the areas you want to exfoliate, rinse off. Let dry thoroughly if you have any left.
Should not be used on face or tender tissue areas, and discontinue use if discomfort is experienced. Sugar scrubs are great on the feet and legs.
Note on Ordering more than 6 cubes
If you want 12 cubes please select 12 in the drop down menu and add 12 in the quantity box. If you choose 12 but only add 1 to the cart you will only be charge $6.95 and will only receive 6 cubes

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"If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;" 1 John 1:6
Let's face it. Not everyone who claims to be a Christian behaves like one should. If the estimated 247 million Christians in the US alone truly reflected the teachings of Jesus in word, thought and deed, Christianity would not be experiencing the decline that has been documented. Our children would not be leaving the church as they enter adulthood at the levels they are. And our country would not be in the state of moral degradation that it clearly is. But this is not about what others are or are not doing. This is about self examination.
Beloved, the questions about why things are as they are must begin with a long look in the mirror of Scripture. We as individuals must make an honest determination about how much the word and will of God exists in our lives. It is the easiest thing in the world to do to cast stones at others or point out the "motes of dust" in their eyes, but are we as quick to recognize deficiencies in our own lives? The Scripture says, "For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does," James 1:23-25.
It is beyond both our ability and our commission to "fix" the whole world. That is strictly within the purview of God. We can, however, do all within our ability to be in alignment with His will as reveled in His word in our own lives. It would be amazing how "fixed" the world would become if everyone focused on ensuring the orderliness of their own houses.

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MUNICH, June 14 -- Infineon Technologies AG and Canon Inc. are launching a joint research project for the development of photolithography systems utilizing 157-nm technology via F2 laser illumination. The joint effort is expected to accelerate the development of 157 nm lithography systems, and the subsequent introduction of these systems in the manufacturing process of semiconductor devices. Infineon plans to introduce 157-nm lithography for the production of memory and logic products at its advanced production sites. Infineon will join in efforts to speed up the realization of Canon's first-generation F2 exposure system, which is scheduled for delivery to Infineon Technologies in the second quarter of 2003. Until that time joint research activities will be conducted at Canon Inc.'s Utsunomiya Optical Products Operations, comprising the gathering of process data regarding actual device manufacturing to enable the development of 70-nm compatible exposure systems. Afterwards, the research will move to Infineon's facilities for joint process development through the end of 2004. Canon requires various process data regarding actual device manufacturing in order to develop 70 nm-compatible F2 exposure systems to succeed its ArF laser lithography tool lineup.


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Jan. 28-Sept. 4, 2017
- $8.50 adults
- $7.50 Fla. residents and seniors
- $5 ages 3-17
- Free for Museum members and UF students with a valid Gator 1 card
Welcome to the colorful world of anurans—commonly known as frogs and toads. This interactive exhibition features fascinating living frogs, each adapted ingeniously for survival in locations around the world.
Experience some of the most visually stunning, vocally pleasing and remarkably adaptable life forms on earth. Search for hidden frogs, activate calls and perform a virtual dissection in this hands-on, minds-on adventure allowing visitors to discover the important role frogs play—including serving as indicators for the health of our environment.
- Visitors may get eyeball-to-eyeball with frogs from around the world including delicate tree frogs, pudgy bullfrogs, bizarre horned frogs, giant toads and elegant poison dart frogs. Some of the live species on display include the African bullfrog, Amazon milk frog, fire-bellied toad, bumblebee poison frog, Ornate horned frog and the Borneo eared frog.
- Hands-on, minds-on interactives allow guest to examine the stages of metamorphosis, spin a zoetrope to learn how frogs jump and perform a virtual frog dissection. Check out the skeleton of the world’s largest frog in the “Frog Frame,” try to guess the differences between frogs and toads in “Frog or Toad?” and activate recorded frog calls in “Create a Chorus.”
- The exhibit explores all aspects of frogs: their biology, natural history and role in human cultures. Guests will learn about frogs’ importance to ecosystems and the peril they face in a changing environment.
- View spectacular close-up photographs by renowned wildlife photographers Joe and Mary Ann McDonald, John Netherton, Michael and Patricia Fogden and others. These stunning images offer a glimpse of the vast pallet of frog diversity.
- The goliath frog of West Africa is the world’s largest frog. It can grow up to 15 inches and weigh up to 7 pounds — about the size of a newborn human!
- There are more than 6,700 species of frogs, but scientists continue to discover new ones every year.
- Frogs do not drink. Instead, they absorb all water through their skin.
- Frogs shed! Most shed the outer layer of skin by twisting and stretching. They often eat the dead skin as it comes off!
- Some frogs can lay up to 30,000 eggs at a time.
- Poison dart frogs from the rain forests of the Americas come in an array of colors and patterns. Some are used by native tribes to poison the tips of blow darts for hunting.
- The long-nosed horn frog uses its pointed snout, projections over its eyes and ridged “veins” on its back to mimic a leaf.
- Although they have no teeth, smooth-sided toads are bold predators. They use their long, sticky tongues to catch prey and swallow it alive.
- Most frogs begin life as fish-like tadpoles. Tadpoles later sprout legs and lose their tails during a change called metamorphosis.
- The African bullfrog can grow up to 8 inches in diameter and live for 40 years!

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Preparing your Christmas nails may be as important as decorating your house. Everyday nail design may sometimes be boring. It’s the only time of the year when you can turn on your imagination and easily show off your colorful and festive nails. As we are gradually approaching this magical holiday, it is high time to start experimenting with Christmas designs.
Christmas Nails with Snowflakes with Blue Shades
There is a variety of possible toe nail art designs for those who want to make their feet look fancy for Christmas. It is a good opportunity to make your toe nails stand out, which is important if you are planning a vacation near the ocean.
There is a reason why stamping is a popular technique in the modern manicure world. The designs you can create with it are so simple and so unbelievably fabulous!
It is winter that we are talking about, that is why it is natural that blue hues prevail. Starting with the dark blue and ending with a shimmery blue coating, spiced up with lovely snowflakes, your fingernails will look exceptionally festive!
Sparkly Glitter Snowflakes Nails
When the holiday knocks on your door, it is time you meet the season in full armor. In times like this, such gorgeous snowflake nail art ideas come in simply irreplaceable.
Easy Christmas Nail Designs
Creative Nail Designs For Christmas with Patterns
Christmas Nails with Creative Nail Art
Your manicure can garner as much attention as you like with beautiful frozen snowflakes Christmas nails. Playing around with different silver and white colors, you can achieve a very close-up realism trying to recreate wintery scenery. Alternatively, embellish your nails with sparkling rhinestones and glitter.
Royal green with metallic coating looks so rich and elegant that it is hard to take the eyes off. Besides, the combo of snowflakes, deer, and candy cane patterns take that holiday mood to the next level of beautiful!
Absolute Frozen Blue Snowflakes NailsCredit photo: Instagram.com/lieve91, Instagram.com/melcisme, Instagram.com/lieve91
If you're used to living on the edge, opt for the utmost frosty colors, such as light and dark blue. If you can't decide, go with both shades, creating a soft ombre effect. Adorn the base coating with variform frozen snowflakes design.
3-D Snowflakes Nail Design
You do not need to go all-in with the brightness when it comes to your holiday mani. You can keep it neutral but fit with the help of themed 3-D patterns and of course, snowflakes!
Snowflakes Nails with Traditional Red Colors
There is nothing wrong with you if you want it all in one look. Candy cane pattern and snowflakes not only match each other but also result in an elegant holiday nail art!
If you wish to keep it gentle when the holiday season comes, we have it covered! The fact is that rose gold sparkly snowflakes look breath-taking on a beautiful pale base.
Spice up your classy red base with a cutesy snowflake and let the holiday mood in!
Dark Colored Winter Nail Art With Snowflakes
Contrasting manicure is fit for many occasions, and it happens so that Christmas is not the exception. All you need to do is to add a couple of snowflakes to the scene!
FAQ: Christmas Nails
How to do Rudolph reindeer nail art?
- Paint your nail white. Let dry.
- Take a brown nail polish and paint a semi-circle at the bottom of the nail.
- Take thin brush and paint some antlers coming off of that semi-circle.
- Using the dotting tool and white nail polish add two eyes and Rudolph’s red nose, then add black and white dots on top of white dots to make the eyes of the reindeer.
- Apply top coat.
How to do Christmas ornament nail art?
- Paint your nail green.
- Paint a large red dot in the center of the nail to make an ornament.
- Paint black line coming straight down from the top of your nail.
- Add a gold stripe at the top of the ornament.
- Take a bit of white and a small brush and just add a highlight reflection to the ornament.
- Apply top coat.

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Have yourself a very ☄ MONSTER ☄ Christmas! Find out how Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson are celebrating the holidays, #MonsterHunterMovie style. Experience it in Premium Large Format and IMAX! https://bit.ly/MonsterHunterTix
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Behind our world, there is another: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When an unexpected sandstorm transports Captain Artemis (Milla Jovovich) and her unit (TI Harris, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta) to a new world, the soldiers are shocked to discover that this hostile and unknown environment is home to enormous and terrifying monsters immune to their firepower. In their desperate battle for survival, the unit encounters the mysterious Hunter (Tony Jaa), whose unique skills allow him to stay one step ahead of the powerful creatures. As Artemis and Hunter slowly build trust, she discovers that he is part of a team led by the Admiral (Ron Perlman). Facing a danger so great it could threaten to destroy their world, the brave warriors combine their unique abilities to band together for the ultimate showdown. Based on the global video game series phenomenon MONSTER HUNTER.
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Strauss 500 Watt Bass Amplifier Head (Black)
The Strauss SBF-500 is the perfect amplifier for the modern bass player. Don't let the SBF-500's size fool you, it's every bit as powerful as it is compact. Boasting features such as 500 watts of Class-D solid state power, classic three band eq with mid-range contour, ultra hi and low frequency boost switches, on-board compressor with level adjustment and mix control, master volume with gain control, effects loop, D.I. Out with pre and post EQ, level and ground/lift switches, Speakon output and footswitchable -15db cut or mute, the SBF-500 isn't just a bass amplifier, it's the only bass amplifier you'll ever need.
OPERATION: SOLID STATE
WATTS: 500W (300W@8Ohm)
OHMS: 4 AND 8
EXTENSION SPEAKER: NO
*Speaker cabinet is pictured for illustration purposes only and is not included.


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A 4.6-mile trail in Indian, just outside of Anchorage. This Chugach State Park trail is a considered a challenging but popular trail for hiking and training for trail runs, you'll often see other outdoor enthusiasts along the route.
Dogs: Welcome and in some areas may be off-leash.
Features: Hiking, Running, Views, Wildflowers, Rocky
Day use parking pass required.

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- Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluation involves the application of neuropsychological assessment methods to the evaluation of criminal or civil litigants.
Assessment of collateral sources of information, response bias, malingering, and norm-based psychological testing are essential components of the forensic clinical neuropsychological evaluation.
The examiner should be well qualified in both forensic psychology and clinical neuropsychology. The approach and batteries used should be capable of meeting legal standards.
In most states the examiner should at a minimum be licensed in psychology in order to perform psychological testing. Further training involving formal graduate level training is recommended as a standard by organizations such as Div. 40 of the APA and the National Academy of Neuropsychologists.
ABBP or ABPN Board Certification are normally recognized as high standards of proficiency. On the other hand, many individuals "Board Certified" in neuropsychology by the American Board of Forensic Examiners have qualified solely on the basis of points and an application fee, and would not meet the criteria of requiring formal Graduate School education or supervision in neuropsychology. The problem of vanity boards has prompted the Florida Board of Psychology to instute rules (2007) which provide some regulation in this regard.
Few states (Lousiana is one) have licensing laws governing neuropsychology, and regulation is subsumed by laws governing the practice of psychology and generally APA ethical standards which require psychologists to practice within the range of their competence.
In addition to consideration of injury parameters which assist in the classification of head injury, the neuropsychological evaluation should contain the following elements:
1. Detailed review of medical and developmental history
2. Review of academic history and records when available
3. Review of current medication and past psychoactive meds
4. Review of trauma, exposure to toxins, and other potential neurological events
5. Review of social and occupational adjustment
6. Examination of current stressors
7. Detailed mental status examination
8. Formal neuropsychological testing
Neuropsychological testing should be thorough and can take up to two (or sometimes three) days to complete. Multiple measures of a particular cognitive function to examine for consistency is usually indicated in forensic settings. In forensic settings formal testing for malingering or reduced effort with tests designed for this purpose is suggested. While test patters are also helpful, little research has been conducted concerning the potential error rate of utilizing a virtually unlimited number of test pattern indicators.
A thorough neuropsychological evaluation should generally provide for evaluation of the following:
1. General Cognitive abilities
2. Academic Achievement
3. Sensory Perceptual Skills
4. Motor speed, coordination, and planning
5. Attention, Concentration and mental processing speed in visual and auditory modalities
6. Comparison of right and left hand performance
7. Assessment of language functions such as fluency and naming
8. Assessment of nonverbal skills such as construction
9. Assessment of verbal and nonverbal memory including retention and learning rates
10. Assessment of executive functions and cognitive flexibility
11. Assessment of personality and emotional adjustment.
Benjamin Phalin, Ph.D. shares experience with Dr. Bordini as he received his doctoral training in clinical psychology and neuropsychology from the University of Florida, and had further training at the James A Haley VA Medical Center. They both share experience in criminal forensic settings through their graduate training experiences at North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center, a secure forensic facility which houses individuals who are incompetent to proceed or not guilty by reason of insanity. Dr. Phalin completed his neuropsychology residency training with our offices at Clinical Psychology Associates of North Central Florida.
Dr. Phalin's doctor research involved a study of concussion effects in football players over time.
Dr. Bordini has experience in state and federal courts providing depositions and expert court testimony. With more than 18 years of licensed experience, he has provided neuropsychological evaluations for the courts, defense as well as plaintiff attorney's, the Federal Aviation Administration, Hospitals, Employers, Worker's Compensation, Vocational Administration, as well as for Disability Insurance Carriers.
His evaluations of criminal defendants has largely involved homicide cases and has involved a number of cases of multiple homicide, including a neuropsychological evaluation of Aileen Wournos at the request of the State Attorney's office. He has also testified in a number of death penalty appeal cases.
Unfortunately, in Florida, as of 2007, evaluation of criminal defendants has been greatly hampered by limits on expert fees and delays in payments to experts by the JAC system. At this time we are only accepting private cases.
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We Were Here
- Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
- Strand Union Building - view map
HIV/AIDS Documentary Film Screening
We Were Here is the first ducumentary to take a deep and reflective look back to the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the city's inhabitants were affected by and responded to this calamitous epidemc. The film is a wonderful look at how individuals rose to the occassion, and the incredible power of community and determination.

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Blue Origin said Sunday that a set of powerpack hardware for the company’s BE-4 engine was lost as the result of a ground testing mishap, though no further information on any impacts on the planned BE-4 development program were clear at that point.
BE-4 is being developed as a powerful all-U.S.-built propulsion system for use by Blue Origin’s upcoming New Glenn launch vehicle and also listed as the leading engine candidate for United Launch Alliance’s future Vulcan rocket.
The company, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, announced the mishap through Twitter on Sunday: “We lost a set of powerpack test hardware on one of our BE-4 test stands yesterday. Not unusual during development.” No further details on the nature of the test and how the mishap occurred were disclosed by the Kent-based company, though Blue Origin did say that the mishap occurred on one of two test stand at their Van Horn, Texas facility.
The two test stands at the West Texas facility are suitable for powerpack testing at reduced and full power levels as well as full-scale BE-4 firings. Blue Origin hinted several weeks ago a full-scale firing of a BE-4 engine was coming soon. Back in March, the company presented their first fully integrated BE-4 engine at the Kent manufacturing base before shipping out to the test site with production engines #2 and #3 expected to follow in close succession.
With the announcement of the mishap, Blue Origin also emphasized the company’s development approach that follows a more hardware-driven philosophy instead of a design- and simulation-focused development. “That’s why we always set up our development programs to be hardware-rich,” Blue Origin said via Twitter. “Back into testing soon.”
The wording of Blue Origin’s Tweets is rather vague, not providing a characterization of the severity of the mishap which could range between a full-on explosion of the high-pressure section of the powerpack to a more benign event like an emergency cutoff that resulted in the powerpack being damaged beyond repair. It is also not clear whether the test stand incurred damage.
The powerpack of a rocket engine includes everything upstream of the combustion chamber and main injector – turbopumps, valves and lines that provide the fuel/oxidizer mix to the injector. Powerpack testing is a logical step in rocket engine development that comes after individual components like gas generator, turbines and injectors are tested and before a full engine complete with combustion chamber & nozzle is put to the test.
BE-4 is a single-shaft, oxygen-rich staged combustion engine using a single gas-driven turbine to power both turbopumps for oxidizer (Liquid Oxygen) and fuel (Liquefied Natural Gas). Jeff Bezos said in a March update that BE-4’s main turbine will be spinning at 19,000 RPM with a power output of 70,000 horsepower. The engine has been baselined for a thrust of 2,400 Kilonewtons and a relatively low chamber pressure of 134 bar to create a relatively benign environment for the various engine components with the goal of a long life of many missions cycles.
BE-4 is by far the largest methane-fueled engine ever built, coming with the risk of unknown territory which is one of the deciding factors in ULA keeping a backup engine option available for its new rocket until late in its design program. Per Blue Origin’s schedule, BE-4 is planned to be certified to go into full production by the end of this year with ULA’s Vulcan targeting its initial launch no earlier than 2019 and New Glenn looking at a debut mission in 2020.
United Launch Alliance President and CEO Tory Bruno recently commented that Blue Origin was ahead of Aerojet Rocketdyne in the development of a new U.S. rocket engine that will be the replacement for the RD-180 powerplants imported from Russia to power Atlas V’s first stage. Given its country of origin, RD-180 has been the central point of much discussion in recent years with an agreement between ULA and the U.S. government to end reliance on Russian propulsion technology for national security missions as soon as possible.
Although ULA said Blue Origin was the leading candidate for Vulcan, the company is still keeping an option to switch to Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR-1 – a 2,200-Kilonewton class engine using the ‘safe’ Rocket Propellant-1 / Liquid Oxygen combination that is well understood after decades of use in rocketry. AR-1 is looking at certification by 2019 with flight readiness achieved by 2020.
ULA and the U.S. Air Force were expected to commit to the BE-4 engine for the Vulcan vehicle after initial hot-firing tests of a fully integrated engine unit with particular focus on combustion instability in a methane engine of this scale.
ULA’s Vulcan rocket will be powered by a pair of main engines on its first stage plus up to six GEM-63XL Solid Rocket Boosters that will be used to size the rocket to each payload’s specific requirements while the flight-proven Centaur upper stage provides the final injection of payloads before ULA’s Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) takes on the role of the upper stage in the second half of the 2020s.
New Glenn will employ seven BE-4 engines on its first stage, giving it a thrust of 17.1 Meganewtons – about half that of the mighty Saturn V. The rocket’s second stage will be powered by a vacuum-optimized version of the BE-4 sporting an extended nozzle.
The 82-meter tall two-stage vehicle will be used for heavy-lift missions to Low Earth Orbit while high-energy deliveries to GTO and Beyond Earth Orbit would be handled by a 95-meter tall version sporting a cryogenic third stage powered by a version of Blue’s BE-3 that is already flying on the New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle. According to Bezos’ remarks, New Glenn will be able to carry 45 metric tons into Low Earth Orbit and 13 metric tons to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.


Automated code coverage tools are necessary
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VectorCAST/Cover provides for automated code coverage collection and analysis. VectorCAST/Cover easily integrates with your existing build and test infrastructure through a full command line interface. No special actions are needed by the test team. As testing progresses, VectorCAST/Cover simply monitors the application execution and records the code coverage achieved. The collected data is then post-processed to build reports in the GUI that detail the coverage achieved.
Any testing that an organization does can benefit from code coverage tools, including system testing, homegrown test suites and open-source testing using tools like CUnit and CppUnit. Because VectorCAST/Cover instruments code but doesn’t get involved in the build process, users can use it for any type of build and test process the organization uses.
The key features of VectorCAST code coverage analysis include:
How Code Coverage Analysis Tools Improve Confidence in Your Testing
VectorCAST/Cover is a stand-alone code coverage tool that instruments source code files so that users can create an instrumented build. A single file or multiple files can be instrumented at one time.
Coverage data is collected by executing the project’s normal test suite using the instrumented build, and execution information is collected that can then be analyzed by VectorCAST/Cover to report on the tested and untested areas of the code.
For each file that is analyzed, VectorCAST/Cover creates a multi-tabbed source-viewer containing the following information:


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Many people have trouble getting to the doctor but need thick painful nails trimmed. Medical Pedicure at Home packages are available to bring the Podiatrist right to you. No more wasting a whole morning trying to get Dad to the foot doctor. Now the foot doctor will come right to you!
Call 415-308-0833 for an in home appointment today!
A medical pedicure is nailcare provided by a highly trained, board-qualified podiatric physician. This service is ideal for anyone who might be at risk of serious injury from a standard pedicure at a nail salon. Podiatrists have extensive medical training which enables them to safely trim deformed, painful toenails for those diabetes, neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, poor circulation, and immune system compromise. We also only use sterile instruments.
Diabetes: Anyone with diabetes should only have their toenails trimmed by a podiatric physician. Minor cuts from cutting thick toenails too close results in frequent amputations in diabetics. If you have diabetes you should only see a podiatrist and should NEVER have a pedicure in a nail salon. Considering that an amputation related to diabetes will cost an average of around $60,000, a salon pedicure gone bad is whole lot more expensive then the occasional podiatric physician house call.
Advanced Age: As we age, problems with flexibility, manual dexterity, impaired eyesight, and poor circulation can make it difficult to trim one’s own toenails. Even the spouse can find it difficult or worrisome trying to trim thick toenails. We can do this for you so you don’t have to worry. Diabetes: Anyone with diabetes should only have their toenails trimmed by a podiatric physician. Minor cuts from cutting thick toenails too close results in frequent amputations in diabetics. If you have diabetes you should only see a podiatrist and should NEVER have a pedicure in a nail salon. Considering that an amputation related to diabetes will cost an average of around $60,000, a salon pedicure gone bad is whole lot more expensive then the occasional podiatric physician house call. Reumatoid Arthritis: Arthritis can make life difficult. With all that morning stiffness, it can be hard to just get going. The stiffness in the hands that is the hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis can make it nearly impossible to cut toenails. In addition, the medications that many arthritis sufferers take can increase your risk of an infection if you cut yourself when trimming toenails. But you don’t have to. Our podiatric physician can come to your home, trim your toenails and even trim any painful calluses than make it hard to walk. Just because you have rheumatoid arthritis, doesn’t mean you have to live with foot pain.
HIV/Aids: AIDS puts you at tremendous risk of infections. With HIV the whole name of the game is to decrease your chances of getting an infection. The toenails and nail grooves are simply filled with bacteria. Small cuts or injury from cutting toenails may seem like a small problem. But when you have HIV, this can turn into a big deal. Our Podiatric Physician completed podiatric medical school in San Francisco. As a podiatric medical student, all of his trauma and medicine training took place at San Francisco General Hospital. During his time at SF general, he acquired the extensive knowledge base about HIV patients that allows you to get the highest level of podiatric care.
That all depends on the insurance company you choose.
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Originally published in The Sylva Herald on Sept. 24, 2020.
Like many other facets of life in 2020, COVID-19 is affecting various N.C. Department of Transportation projects, including R-5600. The project to reshape Sylva’s commercial corridor has been postponed from fiscal year 2022 to 2025.
R-5600 is the DOT proposal for Sylva’s commercial corridor, N.C. 107, including the elimination of the center turn lane with sidewalks replaced and a 5-foot bike lane. Upgrades are slated for the N.C. 107/U.S. 23 Business intersection, and from U.S. 23 Business to Dillardtown Road and Municipal Drive, near the Sylva Fire Department. DOT’s preliminary estimate lists 55 businesses facing potential relocation or impact, though that number is fluid.
Residents of Sylva and the surrounding areas may not see physical changes anytime soon, but work is still ongoing behind the scenes.
“This project will continue to move forward with design,” said Jeanette White, DOT senior project engineer. “However, for land use needs or right-of-way acquisition, it’s being offset from this year to 2022.”
White said the early construction stages have been deferred as well.
“We’re not sure exactly which month it’s going to be, and we’re not 100 percent certain that these changes are going to go forward because we’re waiting on the state transportation board to vote on these potential probable changes next month, so that’s for the right-of-way acquisition needs and then construction is being offset to the fiscal year 2025 from 2022,” she said.
Even though the project has been delayed for some time, construction is inevitable.
“It is expected to take approximately three years for construction,” she said. “This project is definitely very huge. It has over 20 walls with cleaning lines along the project to help minimize impacts, so right now, we’re still estimating three years for construction.”
White also gave a brief step-by-step summary of what community members will experience during this time.
“We’re going to put the work in to construct all the bulb-outs on each side of the road first and then it’ll be up to the contractor to pick which side or the other that they choose to begin the construction,” she said. “We’re going to widen the road along that side, and then we’re going to move traffic to that side, and then we’re going to continue to widen the road on the other side.”
Many residents are concerned about how this eventual construction will affect their day-to-day travel.
“There’s going to be no permanent detours,” White said. “Most of the work can be completed at night except in the residential areas if there are any specific residential areas of concern.”
R-5600 would also affect local businesses.
“We’re in the process now contacting property owners from Pizza Hut, Verizon, roughly in that generalized area, all the way down to the first entrance to Lowe’s,” White said.
DOT is trying to address concerns of business owners who fear a loss of income over this period.
“We’re going to do all we can to maintain access to all businesses during construction,” she said. “There may be temporary closures for maybe a day because we’re putting a pipe in the front of a driveway, but we’re really trying to maintain access to all businesses throughout the project during construction.”
White detailed the choices some businesses will have to make for the project.
“We had two very large stormwater pipes that were being proposed between Verizon and across the street from Verizon,” White said.
Alternatives are given to landowners on how they would like to handle the situation, she said.
“Potentially a 7-foot by 7-foot box culvert would go either underneath the road or offset of the road so that we can really minimize impact so we’re actually getting property owners the ability to help assist in the decision process whether they would like a box culvert put along their property or if they would like an open stream literally along their property,” she said.
More information can be found at ncdot.gov.


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Many children returning to the Portland Public Schools next month will enjoy the fruits – and vegetables – of their labor.
Gardens planted last spring now are flourishing at nearly all of our elementary, middle and high schools. In the fall, students will harvest potatoes, peppers, carrots, corn, lettuce, pumpkins, squash, herbs and more.
The district’s cafeterias served 140 pounds of carrots and 220 pounds of potatoes that were grown at Longfellow Elementary School last year. In the future, we hope to serve salad greens and other produce from gardens throughout the district in our food program. It’s all part of our effort to offer students fresh, local fruits and vegetables.
School gardens provide rich learning experiences. Students spend time outdoors learning about horticulture and nutrition – but the lessons go far beyond that. Teachers are using school gardens for instruction in everything from creative writing to art, social studies, math and scientific research.
Students at Lincoln Middle School grow plants in the school’s greenhouse and geodesic dome as well as in outside beds. Last year, Rob Lindsay’s sixth-grade science class researched and chose plants to grow in each of those locations. Then, they compared growth rates and other data.
Longfellow’s garden, started seven years ago, now has 10 raised beds. Kindergartners learn about the relationship between companion plants by growing corn, squash and beans. First- and second-graders plant gardens that contain all of the ingredients for making “stone soup,” and they share the soup with their classmates.
Longfellow third-graders learn about biodiversity as they plant and tend Maine heirloom seeds. Fourth-graders who are studying Maine history and culture grow varieties of Maine potatoes. All of the students involved in the garden learn that eating healthy can be fun.
Longfellow built a greenhouse last spring, with funding from Whole Foods. That will allow students to continue growing plants through the colder months. You can read more about the project at longfellowlearninggarden.blogspot.com/.
The school garden movement is growing rapidly nationwide, and Portland is helping to lead the way in Maine. Staff, parents and community partners from seven Portland schools gathered at Longfellow last month for a “garden summit” to share experiences. The summit was organized by the staff of Communities Putting Prevention to Work, a public health initiative addressing the environmental causes of childhood obesity.
Local businesses and nonprofit organizations such as Portland Trails, Painting with a Purpose, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service and Cultivating Community have provided funding and expertise for Portland’s school gardens. Parents and community volunteers also play an important role by helping to build beds and to weed and water plants throughout the summer.
The entire community benefits from the beautiful, lush gardens that surround our schools. I encourage you to check them out.
Many schools in Maine will hold garden open houses on Oct. 1 as the culmination of Maine Harvest Lunch Week. The effort is being organized by the Maine School Garden Network. Find details and more information at www.msgn.org/.


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Following a long stream of popular local artists who have gone before him, Charleston native Tyler Boone is heading to Nashville.
After performing a rock hard jammin’ show at the Music Farm in Charleston, Boone plans to pack up his bags and join respected friends Sadler Vaden (Leslie, Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit), Mac Leaphart, John Wesley Satterfield, Parker Gins (Southwood, Crowfield), and legions of other musicians who are making the country music’s hub their home. Fans packed the Farm to cheer on Boone, as he gathered with friends and bandmates to say goodbye to the lowcountry on his quest to delve into the ultra-competitive, yet highly supportive city, for aspiring future music stars.
Boone’s journey has been a winding road of many local successes, and he’s had the opportunity to intern during his time at the College of Charleston with Hootie and the Blowfish guitarist, Mark Bryan. The experience helped Boone develop a business sense and understanding of the underbelly of the music scene, in which he’s been lucky to meet big movers and shakers that have inspired him to move forward with his plans. People like Doc McGhee, Bobby Cudd (manager of Old Crow Medicine Show), Blake McDaniel (Creative Arts Agency) and Cass Stripps (Creative Performing Agency) have offered their services once he’s made his final landing, and his positivity about the decision is impalpable.
Regarding Nashville and building relationships, he’s states, “If you’re actually there, and they get to know you, they’re more likely to choose you.” His plan is to stay in the area for a year or two and test the waters to see how welcoming the town is. Having supportive parents, he says, “they’re supportive, but I’m a man now. They are letting me find my way and do this on my own, but they want me to do well. It’s expensive, but I will find a place soon. Thankfully, I have good contacts in the area.”
Tyler’s history in music came early on while he was just a kid in school playing the trombone. “I hated it,” he says, “but then in high school, I sold it and bought a Gibson Les Paul (guitar), played in a ton of garage bands and played my first show at the Stratford High School Battle of the Bands (during) sophomore year. Come college, I was given an American Fender Strat for high school graduation and started a band called “Red House”. (Then I) got really into the blues. Shortly after that, I started playing solo stuff, and the rest is history with my band for the past 7 years.” He began taking jazz guitar lessons, which is apparent in his highly stylized technique and in the quality of his riffs, with instructor Tom Mingoia. After turning just 18 years old, Boone organized “Red House”, his first band, with current members “Papa” John Fletcher and Arthur “IV” Young, a drummer with whom they had all played with in their high school’s Jazz Band. Later, they met up with Dan Rainey, who brought along girlfriend, Dallas Corbett, to form what is now known as Boone’s core band. The group has formed a tight bond that will continue after Boone moves to Nashville, as many of the musicians plan to move to Asheville to participate in North Carolina’s most popular music scene. “Traveling between Nashville and Asheville is just a four hour trip,” Boone says. “So, we will keep gigging down the road.”
For his big sendoff, Tyler and his band were joined at the Music Farm for the final show in Charleston with friends from other bands; The Dunder Chiefs, Finnegan Bell (who offered sage advice to Tyler after having also lived in Nashville and having experienced the scene), and The Steppin’ Stones. A lively crowd of fans and friends roared as Tyler made his last debut on stage with favorites from his two published albums, and crushed the stage, singing and dancing along as Boone shredded his way through Bluesy and Pop tunes that have become his signature. With no surprise, Kravitz styled riffs easily dripped from his fingertips through solos, and he left the stage with more than just a supportive family. His legions of fans in the Lowcountry, and us at the Music Guide, will be following his progress as he proceeds. We all wish you the best, Tyler! Good luck and come back to visit soon.
A lifetime of music addiction and appreciation has led Stephanie to her passion of live music photography and the entertainment industry. Having a particular interest in exceptional guitar work, she is best known for introducing her kids to Steve Vai’s and Yngwie Malmsteen’s talent in an effort to promote musical discovery to a new generation.


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The biggest car show in the country officially open to the public on March 29 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City with MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino as guest of honor.
The first day of the exhibit saw the launch of several new car models from Ford, Subaru, Mini and Hyundai, each one accompanied with their own dazzling opening performance.
Precision driver Russ Swift will once again take on the wheels of a Subaru to wow the crowd in his 6th year of performance in Manila.
Parked in-front of the exhibit center is local group Opcentec; which displays Filipino made combat and rescue amphibious vehicles and remote operated drones.
Participated by over 30 automotive brands and close to 300 cars on display, the exhibit runs until April 1. Entrance fee is at 100 pesos, opening hours is from 10AM to 10PM.
Here’s the virtual tour of the exhibit hall:
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