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Distance Delivered and Off-Campus Programs
Distance delivery of courses and programs allows access to quality higher education to students who are unable to enroll in campus-based courses. Further, distance learning technologies strengthen and augment good teaching and life-long learning. Distance learning creates new opportunities to investigate learning styles and pedagogy. It can create more flexible and accessible opportunities for student learning. It creates new opportunities for collaboration within and across academic disciplines and between researchers, teachers, instructional support specialists, and learners. Learning through distance technology will continue to increase in importance as both a primary mechanism for the delivery of educational programs, as well as a supplement to traditional methods of instruction.
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa established the Mānoa Distance Learning Committee (MDLC) in August 2001, which together with colleges and individual departments insures that the institution provides high quality programs via modern distance technologies. The Mānoa Distance Learning Committee consists of faculty, staff, and administrators who are appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The Mānoa Substantive Change Review Committee, an MDLC subcommittee, reviews all distance learning proposals that come from the Mānoa campus.
The Accrediting Commission of the Western Association of Senior Colleges (WASC) requires that all degree programs be approved by the WASC Substantive Change Committee if 50% or more of the program is delivered off-campus or via distance modalities.
Approval Process
(Note: BOR approval is required for all new programs prior to submitting a distance proposal.)
- Department assesses program coherence, pedagogy, content, learning objectives, faculty support, and quality of delivery.
- Review and approval by appropriate unit's program and curriculum committee and dean.
- OVCAA transmits proposal to Graduate Education (for graduate programs only) and to the Mānoa Distance Learning Committee for review and recommendation.
- Review and approval by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
- Review and approval by the WASC Substantive Change Committee. WASC approval of distance and off-campus programs is required before the programs can be implemented.
- Distance Education Proposal Template
- WASC Substantive Change Policy
- WASC Substantive Change Policy Manual, 2013
- WASC Substantive Change Proposal Pre-submittal Checklist
- WASC Assessment Rubric: Substantive Change Proposals
- Best Practice Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity in Online Education, Version 2.0, June 2009
Program Review and Assessment of Distance Delivered and Off-Campus Programs
All programs provided through distance technology are subject to the same requirements of program review as proscribed by UH Executive Policies E5.201, Approval of New Academic Programs and Review of Provisional Academic Programs, and E5.202, Review of Established Programs". This assures that the faculty and administration will periodically evaluate all programs, independent of the mode of delivery. The assessment of student learning outcomes is a critical component of the program review process.
UH Executive Policy E5.204, Distance Learning Plans, Policies, and Procedures, establishes broad policy guidelines for distance learning at the University of Hawaiʻi. Assessment is also mandated by UH Executive Policy E5.210, Institutional Accountability and Performance.


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PANAMA CITY � Plans for the largest business and residential community development in the city�s history proceeded Monday night.
PANAMA CITY � Plans for the largest business and residential community development in the city�s history proceeded Monday night.
Planning Board members approved adjustments to plans on the old airport property and stipulations to Phase I of SweetBay, a project proposed by developer St. Andrew Bay Land Co.
The 704-acre development eventually will include 3,200 homes, 700,000 square feet of commercial space and a charter school, as well as parks, ponds and green space. The property is located at the northern end of Lisenby Avenue, where the Panama City-Bay County International Airport was located before it moved to the West Bay area. The Airport Authority sold the property to St. Andrew Bay Land Co. for $51.4 million in February 2011.
The Panama City Commission will vote on adjustments during today�s meeting at 5 p.m.
In November 2011, St. Andrew Bay Land Co. brought the planned unit development agreement before the Planning Board and received approval. The St. Andrew Bay Land Co. has revised five agreements since then � including options for overhead power lines, tree removal, curb heights, stormwater reuse systems and expediting city permits.
Most of those were matters of practicality, according to Panama City Planning Director Mike Lane.
�It is a valid request,� Lane said. �The real question is whether or not the commission has the same thoughts we have.�
The adjustments were made to allow for flexibility during SweetBay�s construction, according to representatives of St. Andrew Land Co.
�We need some flexibility as we are learning about what the market is; it is still warming up, if you will,� said William Harrison, the company�s lawyer.
Planning board members agreed to abandon city rights of way, seeking flexibility for St. Andrews Bay Land Co. to reconfigure roads, like the northern end of Lisenby, within the development. The city would regain the rights of way once they are reconfigured.
Planning Board members approved plans to split Phase I of 274 lots into two developments.
Some issues were left open at the end of Monday�s meeting; developers and city officials hope they will be resolved by today�s commission meeting.
�This is a living document,� Lane said. �I�m hoping by (today) we have all the details ironed out.�
Amount of utility usage, and how much would be due to St. Andrew Land Co., had not yet been determined Monday night.
Commissioners will hear an update on the unresolved issues during today�s meeting.
Commissioners also will look at funding the transplant of the icehouse from the downtown marina to the St. Andrews Marina.
The vote to award L&R Contracting $86,000 for the move stalled out in the last three meetings. City officials say they have concerns about aesthetics and noise.
�The ice machine operation as it is today is not going to be the same if it were moved,� said William Whitson, Community Redevelopment Agency director. �As far as noise is concerned, we would look at restricting hours and have been looking at ways to redirect the noise to put it out over the water.�
The 41-by-74-foot Ice Systems International ice house produces 50 tons of frozen water a day. Ships come from as far as Texas to load up at the Panama City Marina. The ice house currently generates $15,000 a year for the city and is expected to generate $18,000 in St. Andrews, according Bill Lloyd, marina manager.


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The Off-Broadway hit "Freud's Last Session" is headed to Chicago this spring with its original New York cast attached.
Mark St. Germain's play, which imagines a meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis wherein the two great thinkers spar over love, death, God, sex and other weighty matters, will begin preview performances at the Mercury Theatre, 3745 N. Southport Ave., on March 21 and open March 28. The original New York producing team is behind the commercial engagement.
"Freud's Last Session" opened on New York's Upper West Side in July, 2010, and continues to run; it proved especially popular with psychoanalysts. Whether Lewis and Freud ever actually met in real life is open to debate.
As in New York, Mark H. Dold plays Lewis and Martin Rayner plays Freud. Tyler Marchant directs. For more information, call 773-325-1700 or visit freudslastsession.com.


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Homeowner shoots, wounds would-be burglar
Police arrested a 39-year-old man Monday night after a homeowner shot and wounded him while he was trying to break into a house in north Houston, officials said.
Kenneth Wayne Shepherd is charged with attempted burglary of a home in connection with the shooting about 9:40 p.m. in the 200 block of Janisch near Werner, said Jodi Silva, a spokeswoman for the Houston Police Department.
Silva said the homeowner, whose name has not been released, was with his wife in their guest house when they heard a commotion outside. A man, who was later identified as Shepherd, had climbed over a fence into the couple's yard and was trying to break into the guest house.
Silva said the homeowner grabbed a gun and fired two shots at Shepherd, wounding him in the arm and leg. Shepherd then crawled beneath the homeowner's parked pickup.
When officers arrived, Silva said, they took Shepherd into custody without incident. He was taken to Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital. His condition was not released, but Silva said he is expected to survive.
The homeowner and his wife were not injured.


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SUPPOSE you are a farmer in east Texas during the early 1920's. Your land sits on rolling hills and valleys forrested in spots by pine woods atop sandy red soil. You have just gone to bed and all you can hear are crickets and an occasional hoot owl. You own no radio and no television, but a new Ford automobile is parked next to your barn. Just as you are dropping off to sleep, you are jarred by sounds that you can't believe - a four piece string band playing "The Beaumont Rag" outside your window. You walk outdoors incredulously and listen to "The Sweetest Flower" and the "Arizona Stomp". Eventually, you ask the band what they call themselves. They say, "Why, we're... THE EAST TEXAS SERENADERS
So proclaims the cover of this 1977 LP, another old gem on the County label. Much has been written about this band that bridges the gap between old timey string band music and western swing, so I won't endeavor to add to much myself. Scans of the great sleeve notes are included in the download and the link below provide further reading:
1. Acorn Stomp
2. Ozark Rag
3. Shannon Waltz
4. Combination Rag
5. Babe
6. Sweetest Flower Waltz
7. Adeline Waltz
8. Three-In-One Two-Step
9. Deacon Jones
10. Serenaders Waltz
11. East Texas Drag
12. Beaumont Rag
13. Arizona Stomp
14. Mineola Rag
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State women's soccer head coach Erica Walsh has been named Soccer America National Coach of the Year, announced on Tuesday morning (Jan. 15) . Walsh becomes the third ever National Coach of the Year in program history. Pat Farmer was named NSCAA National Coach of the Year in 1999 while Paula Wilkins won the same award in 2005.
Joining Walsh on the awards slate was senior midfielder Christine Nairn (Arnold, Md.), who was named a First Team All-American by Soccer America, and Maya Hayes (West Orange, N.J.). Additionally, freshmen Raquel Rodriguez (San Jose, Costa Rica) and Mallory Weber (Novi, Mich.) have been named to the freshmen team.
Winners of 15-straight Big Ten titles, Walsh helped Penn State post its second-straight 20-win season and advanced to the College Cup title match for the first time in program history. The Nittany Lions appearance in the championship game was just the second appearance by a Big Ten school in the national championship, as Wisconsin reached it in 1991. Walsh was also named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the second time of her career this past season.
Nairn earned her first ever Big Ten Midfielder of the Year and first team NSCAA All-American honor, was a finalist for this year's M.A.C. Hermann Trophy. Nairn finished her career second on the all-time assists list in program history and doubled her career goal total this season. The senior scored the emotional golden goal against Florida State in the national semifinals. Hayes, who earned her second-straight Big Ten Forward of the Year honor, was also a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy. The junior was a big offensive addition to the Nittany Lion lineup once she returned from the U-20 World Cup where she scored four goals in helping USA to a gold medal.
A unanimous Big Ten Freshman of the Year selection, Rodriguez finished tied for fifth in the conference in assists. Taking the majority of the Nittany Lion corner kicks this season, Rodriguez's seven assists in Big Ten play led the conference. Additionally joining Rodriguez on the freshman team is Weber, who finished third on the team with 13 goals and 30 points in her rookie year.
For complete coverage of Penn State women's soccer, please visit http://www.GoPSUsports.com/sports/w-soccer.
Follow Penn State women's soccer on Twitter: @PennStateWSOC.
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Vietnam: Shadow and Substance
The comment on our policy in Vietnam most frequently heard in Washington in the summer of 1965 consists of two questions: How did we ever get into this mess, and since we are in it, and cannot get out through negotiations, what can we do but stay? These questions deserve an answer; for the answers will shed light upon the nature of our policy in Vietnam. They will show that we have consistently confounded the shadow of national power with its substance, the prestige of the nation with the actuality of its power, ephemeral public reactions with the stability of the national prestige, the prestige of policy-makers with the prestige of the nation. We are here in the presence of a central misunderstanding of the nature of foreign policy and, in consequence, of a persistent dilettantism in trying to cope with the problem of Vietnam. This central fault in our thinking is responsible both for our general predicament and for our day-by-day failures, and it provides a common explanation of certain glaring deficiencies in a foreign policy otherwise inexplicable.
The prestige of a nation is its reputation for power. That reputation, the reflection of the reality of power in the mind of foreign observers, can be as important as the reality of power itself. What others think about us is as important as what we actually are. Thus all nations, and especially those active in foreign policy, must see to it that the mental picture other nations form of their power at least represents faithfully the actuality of their power, if it does not excel it.
It is at this point that the policy of prestige must guard against two pitfalls. If it exceeds that actuality by too much, prestige will become bluff, and a policy based upon such a misreading of reality will fail, as did Mussolini's in the Second World War. On the other hand, prestige that makes a nation appear to be less powerful than it actually is reduces the influence the nation might in fact exert. The impotence of the United States in the inter-war period is a case in point. Thus wisdom lies in seeing to it that the shadow that a nation's power casts in the form of its prestige is neither too large nor too small, but always retains a rational relationship to the substance of power. It is here that our policy in Vietnam is at fault. It illuminates the peculiar immaturity of our relationship to power by erring both ways: it claims both too much and too little in view of the substance of our power.
The prestige of a nation is not determined by the success or failure of a particular operation at a particular moment in history. Quite the contrary, it reflects the sum of a nation's qualities and actions, of its successes and failures, of its historic memories and aspirations.…
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As reported yesterday by Undercover Porcupine in the article "Reince Priebus, RNC Strike Challenger Mark Willis With Ron Paul Write-In Candidacy", Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has been smearing Maine National Committeeman and challenger for Chair Mark Willis. Phone calls have been made to members of the RNC by Priebus claiming that Willis can be removed for a rules violation, stating that his appearance as a write-in alongside Ron Paul in Maine was working against the Romney/Ryan ticket.
California National Committeeman Shawn Steel also sent out a letter to the Republican National Committee calling out Willis, which was obtained by the DailyCaller. The DailyCaller article, "Drama in RNC election as Ron Paul supporter makes run for chairman", has the letter text which echoes much of what Priebus has been personally telling people.
As noted in yesterday's article however, candidate consent is not required to become a registered write-in in the State of Maine. The consent of four presidential electors is all that is required. Thus, former Congressman Ron Paul and National Comitteeman Mark Willis did not consent.
Patrick Eisenhart, the elector who submitted the ticket, defended Willis. In a comment on yesterday's article, Eisenhart called out the party's wasteful habits under Priebus, which have been damaging to the party. He went out to say, "As a Republican, I rejected those tactics by submitting Paul and Willis as candidates to the Maine Secretary of State. Neither had any prior knowledge or had given their consent thus Priebus attempt to disqualify Willis is absolutely groundless and pathetic."
Now in a letter sent out to the Republican National Committee obtained by Undercover Porcupine, Mark Willis has called out Reince Priebus and his dirty tactics:
My fellow Republicans,
Today I am calling upon my fellow RNC committeemen and committeewomen to demand that Reince Priebus stop using the financial and personnel resources of the Republican National Committee to promote his personal re-election campaign.
Frankly, instead of focusing on a plan to fix the Republican Party's 2012 election failures while he was at the helm, Chairman Preibus is playing telephone games; he's spending this valuable time spreading stories that are devoid of fact, and making accusations which are not only baseless, but show an utter disregard for any sort of due diligence or even the most cursory investigation on the part of the man who would be Chair, again.
Namely, it has come to my attention that rumors have been circulated amongst many, if not all of you regarding my credibility to run for RNC chair and my eligibility to be a member of the RNC. Furthermore, I am given to believe these rumors came from the Office of the Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Preibus.
The rumors themselves are petty; and I would direct you to review Bangor News' Chris Dixon coverage of the story: http://undercoverporcupine.bangordailynews.com/2013/01/17/politics/reince-priebus-rnc-strike-challenger-mark-willis-with-ron-paul-write-in-candidacy/
Bottom line: Messer's Preibus and Steel were wrong and they knew it at the time. The barest of research would have confirmed everything I told them as true; but instead, they decided to ignore the facts. But most disturbingly, it appears as though the Chairman is using his Office and RNC resources to promote his personal campaign to remain Chairman.
I therefore call on both Reince and Shawn to apologize to me and to you, the national committee members, for their outrageous and disingenuous attack on my candidacy to represent you as your Chairman and to ask Reince to stop using RNC resources to promote his candidacy.
Looking forward to seeing all of you in Charlotte next week.
Best Regards,
Mark D. Willis
National Committeeman, Maine Republican Party
It was made extremely clear last year that Reince Priebus does not care about electoral success for the Republican Party and is merely in position for power. When he joined forces with Benjamin Ginsberg, the Romney campaign lawyer who orchestrated the rules change, he effectively stole away nominating power from everyday Republicans in the 2016 presidential primary. This widespread alienation of party members resulted in a massive defeat in the 2012 general election.
While California National Committeeman Shawn Steel and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus continue to deceive fellow members for the purpose of guarding power, Maine National Committeeman Mark Willis continues to display the dignity and respect that shows why it is important he become the next party chairman. He, unlike the current chair, is not power hungry or deceptive, nor does he mobilize followers to lead a smear campaign.
If the Republican National Committee is serious about not blowing 2016 like they did 2008 and 2012, then the first logical move is to remove their dishonest leader from his position. Mark Willis, a US Army veteran, devoted Republican, and honest leader, needs to be elected as the next Chairman of the Republican National Committee. After two-term President Barack Obama is done with his big government legacy, America can't afford for the Republican Party to continue being selfish and liberal.


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Amid unsubstantiated reports that a coach could be fired as early as today, White Sox general manager Kenny Williams is expected to address the team's struggles in advance of Monday night's series opener at Yankee Stadium.
Williams has avoided talking on the record since the season started, preferring to let the team speak for itself. What the club is saying is not even close to being agreeable with the fan base, nor the expectations of management. …
UPDATE: No firings for now:
"I've got confidence in all of them," Williams said in regards to manager Ozzie Guillen and coaches Greg Walker and Don Cooper. Williams added that he's aware that Walker has been a main source of scrutiny in the past when the offense has struggled.
Williams said the Sox's hitters who have struggled during a stretch that has seen them lose 10 of their past 11, "need to lighten up, not tighten up." He reinforced his faith in .145 slugger Adam Dunn, stating it's tough for power hitters to maintain their timing. Dunn missed six games earlier this month because of an appendectomy.
"The coaching staff is not throwing the baseball [or] hitting the baseball, they're doing what they've always done," he said. "The first 10 games of the season people talked about how well our offense was performing—we were hitting off the charts. When it's turned around, we have to stand up and take the heat. [Hitting coach Greg] Walk[er] is used to taking the heat and he's been consistent over the years the way teams have rebounded offensively. [Pitching coach Don] Coop[er] has taken his share… In professional sports, fingers will be pointed your way. None of them have gotten any dumber the last couple weeks. They're same guys and I have a lot of confidence all of them."


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In most cases, it isn't necessary for a PyGTK application to deal with selections itself. The standard widgets, such as the Entry (see Section 9.9, "Text Entries") widget, already have the capability to claim the selection when appropriate (e.g., when the user drags over text), and to retrieve the contents of the selection owned by another widget or another application (e.g., when the user clicks the second mouse button). However, there may be cases in which you want to give other widgets the ability to supply the selection, or you wish to retrieve targets not supported by default.
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Older men are the stuff of high school dreams. I remember entering the halls when I was 14 years old, shocked by how good the senior "men" looked and knowing right then and there that my days of crushing on little boys were over. Older men could drive. They were going to college. They KNEW things. I was a goner.
I was not alone. The competition for older men was fierce in high school, into college, then for grad students (swoon), and even beyond. In fact, it wasn't until I was 23 that I EVER dated a man my own age. That man became my husband.
It seems I am not alone in my former obsession with older men. Jillian Levi, 36, of Phoenix, Ariz., chose to marry a man seven years her senior. A decade later, they are still going strong.
"I hoped that an older man would be bolder and more knowledgeable about the world," says Levi. "He'd be someone who could show me the world (very Aladdin, I know). Someone who could expose me to things I had never experienced."
And that's just it. Older men can open doors you've never even considered. If they're your thing, you're in good company. Here are 5 reasons to date and marry an older man:
1.) He can teach you things. Older people just know more. He's had 10, 20, or 30 years more to grow and change, and learn. That matters.
"One of the first things I remember him teaching me was how to send back food at a restaurant," Levi says. "It opened my eyes to a better way of living and not settling. It showed me in a very tangible way that I deserved what I asked for and that it could be excellent or better. And he loved me enough to want that for me, too."
2.) An age difference is not always such a big deal. While a decade may seem HUGE when you are 19 or 20, that fades. And quickly.
"I don't consider a 10-year gap to be significant, especially in middle age," says "Dr. Romance" Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D., psychotherapist, and author of Love Styles: How to Celebrate Your Differences. "Most women base their romantic relationships on emotional connection rather than physical appearance."
It's so true. Women I know who are married to men a decade older have no problem introducing their friends to their husbands, and he has no problem getting in the mix. Every month matters in elementary school, but it's just not true later in life.
3.) Your maturity levels match. If you get married young, the fact is, a 10-year age difference won't seem all that significant. Guys tend to mature more slowly than women, so a 35-year-old man might be ready for all the things that a 25-year-old man just wouldn't be. If you are looking for marriage and the whole package, an older man might be where it's at.
Most of my friends are married to men who are two or three years older. It's a small age gap but can feel enormous when it comes to maturity. One friend jokes that she and her husband never would have gotten together had the age difference not existed. He simply would have been too immature.
4.) The sex is better. Yes, I know this goes both ways. Younger men have stamina. But older men. Well, they've got years. And years count.
Writer Jennifer Leckstrom, who is married to a man 25 years her senior, said it perfectly in a Your Tango essay about her marriage: "Unlike with younger guys, the experience with Tom was more about the two of us than just him and his desires," she explains. "Maybe like a fine wine, men too, improve with age. With him, I felt like I went from virgin to vixen in record time."
5.) He's established. No one likes a gold digger, but looking for someone who's done his time in the early career years is not a bad thing. If a guy you're interested in is a doctor or lawyer, for example, getting him when he's older and past the associate or resident levels (which typically come with ultra long hours) is ideal. For many people in intense careers, things start to ease up in their 40s when they're more established. THAT is the time for families. So for women looking to settle down now, finding an older man can be perfect.
Age is just a number. Or so they say. Love is going to triumph one way or another, and while some may look down on a significant gap, plenty of relationship experts do not.
"As long as both parties are adult, and the couple have talked about the age difference and the future possibilities, I don't make judgments about their ages," says Tessina.
Are you married to someone older than you?
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Adobe® Digital Enterprise Platform (ADEP) offers an integrated set of capabilities and technologies that enable organizations to create Customer Experience Management solutions.
ADEP comprises of two servers :
- Document Server : All the services related to documents and process (of earlier LiveCycle) are now part of ADEP Document Server
- Experience Server : All Solutions (applications) and content are part of Experience Server [ Solutions like CM & ICR used Alfresco based Content Services to store all the content in earlier versions , now they use Day's [now part of Adobe] CRX content repository to store all the content]
Architecture diagram :
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Installation of Experience server is as simple as a double click.
Refer to installation document for Experience Server for system requirements and installation steps and steps to configure Experience Server to work with Document server
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Climate Camp 2009 needs you
by Shaun Chamberlin on June 29th, 2009
This year's Climate Camp will run from Thurs 27th August to Weds 2nd Sept, at an as yet undeclared location in or around London (inside the M25).
This year the camp will not be culminating in a 'direct action', but will instead be focusing on movement-building and skill-sharing. I'm helping to organise the workshop programme, and would encourage all Dark Optimism readers to consider offering a talk/workshop/debate, by following this link. The deadline has now been extended, but if you're interested then the sooner you can submit details the better. Read more »


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The King County Council and Seattle City Council each voted Monday to approve a final financing plan for the proposed sports arena in the city's Sodo neighborhood, marking the end of the initial political debate and handing the process off -- for now -- to the arena's main investor, Chris Hansen.
Hansen now has the support he needs to go shopping for an NBA franchise to relocate to Seattle -- a prerequisite needed before construction can start on the proposed $490 million basketball and hockey arena.
"I hope that in fact this does lead to the return of the SuperSonics," King County Councilmember Joe McDermott said at Monday's council hearing.
Now, a state-mandated environmental review will analyze an arena's effect on the Sodo neighborhood, the Port of Seattle, and the surrounding industrial lands, plus will look at at least one alternative site for a new venue. Those studies are expected to take about a year.
After the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) study is completed, the city and county councils will have the option to move ahead with the Sodo arena or kill the project in its tracks.
"This is a journey," King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer said Monday. "We are at Camp Muir. We have not climbed the mountain. There are still plenty of challenges. But you have to build a strong foundation."
Von Reichbauer, who voted no on the arena proposal in July when the King County Council first took up the legislation, said the county and city councils have done a great job to amend the proposal with extra financial protection for taxpayers, support for the port and Sodo industries, consideration for KeyArena, and other safeguards to keep the risk to the public at a minimum.
Though both councils had voted for the arena before Monday, they both had to re-vote on each other's amendments to the legislation. The councils had to approve the same document Monday for the process to move foward.
Hansen, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and county Executive Dow Constantine drafted up a "memorandum of understanding" (MOU) to send to the city and county councils in May. The MOU covered financial agreements among Hansen's investment group, the city and the county for public help building the new arena.
The arena investors, led by Hansen, asked Seattle and King County to contribute a total of $200 million in bond capacity for the arena -- essentially big public loans to assist with construction. Under the agreement, those loans would be paid back over 32 years using existing taxes on future arena revenues, including taxes on venue operations and team rent at the facility.
No new taxes would be created to fund arena construction. Only people who attend games at the new venue would help pay for it.
But when the proposed legislation got to the councils this spring, it was met with intense Seattle scrutiny. Over the past several months, as groups like the Port of Seattle and manufacturers unions voiced their opposition to building a third stadium in Sodo, councilmembers had been negotiating with Hansen's group to add extra financial security for local taxpayers and extra support for neighborhood stakeholders.
"Together we have a product that has the potential to be one of the better deals in the country," King Council Councilmember Larry Gossett said Monday.
The County Council initially approved their amended version of the arena MOU in July, voting 6-3 in favor of Hansen's proposal. Then, in late September, the City Council voted to pass their own amended version, which included a marquee guarantee by Hansen to personally fill the budget gap if his entire venture goes south.
Monday's votes occured because each council needed to approve all the amendments.
In their hearing Monday afternoon at the King County Council chambers, all nine councilmembers voted unanimously to approve the arena financing plan. Less than an hour later, at Seattle City Hall, the City Council voted 7-2 to adopt the same document.
City Councilmembers Nick Licata and Richard Conlin, who had been consistent skeptics of the plan, were the two who voted no Monday.
"I thank the city and county councils for their hard work and their approval of the arena memorandum of understanding," McGinn said in a statement. "This is another important step toward bringing the Sonics back to Seattle."
McGinn and Constantine are planning to sign the arena legislation Tuesday afternoon, during a ceremony at the Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club at 1:30 p.m.
Nick Eaton can be reached at 206-448-8125 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/njeaton. Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news.


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With global warming on the rise, Lucid Design Group, a privately held cleantech software company, wanted to create something that would educate and inspire people to change their daily habits to help reduce consumption in their homes and offices (like turning off lights and unplugging appliances). Lucid developed Building Dashboard, a data visualization and communication application that monitors the use of electricity, water, natural gas and heating, and encourages social networking around the topic of resource conservation. It's available via the Web, kiosks and mobile devices using the Adobe Flash Platform and Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium. With Building Dashboard (a MAX 2010 award finalist) in place, Fortune 500 companies, universities and residential customers saw consistent energy reductions up to 20 percent.
Coined "the first social network for buildings," Building Dashboard employed the Flash Platform to help develop and deliver widgets, apps, maps and flow lists to encourage users of all technical backgrounds to save resources and understand their resource consumption levels. Currently, nearly 100 U.S. colleges and universities are using Building Dashboard to support key sustainability initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions across campus.
To streamline the developmental process behind Building Dashboard, Lucid used a variety of Adobe products including Flash Catalyst, Flash Player, Flex, Flash Professional, Photoshop and Flash Builder. The advantage of working with various Adobe products is seamless integration. For example, Adobe Flash Builder helped improve the Flex development process while Adobe Flash Catalyst and Adobe Flash Builder expedited design/developer workflow, ultimately reducing design and development time by one third. By adding Adobe Flash Player to the mix, Lucid developers could run their product across different platforms, devices and operating systems, while cutting testing time in half.
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Signs Of The Season
Some people say that spring is truly here only after they see the first robin of the season.
I prefer to think it's when the first ice-cream vendor comes ringing down the street!
I don't know why so many people complain about Rochester's climate. We don't have tornadoes, earthquakes and hurricanes. We have mountains, rivers, valleys, gorges and one of the great inland "seas" right on our doorstep. We have four seasons. Admittedly, we get a little snow in the winter, but most of the people who complain about it are the usually ones who look better fully clothed and completely covered. So they ought to count their blessings.
But one of the undoubted signs that spring is truly here is that you see your neighbors out tending their lawns. Well, most of them, anyway. You can generally tell if a house is a rental or not by the amount of litter that is allowed to accumulate on the lawn, while those who own their homes tend to pick up the trash that has been blown in or thrown there by unrepentant slobs. It's the sight of these unkempt properties that bugs homeowners adjacent to them more than somewhat.
True, there are plenty of slumlords out there who don't take care of their properties. This gives some tennants the logical response: "It's not MY property. Why should I take care of it?"
But then, why would they choose to wallow among broken bottles of beer and cheap whiskey, fast food bags and candy wrappers? The landlords didn't put them there, and the slobs who infest our neighborhoods don't discriminate as to whose lawns they thrown their garbage upon. And it's always amusing, at first
, when those same people see their neighbors tidying up to tell them to come over and clean their
That joke gets old real fast.
But the message is clear: if you don't like the way my residence looks, clean it up for me, because I won't, and you can't make me.
It's sort of like "Clean Sweep," a recent invention by City Government to let us know spring is really here.
"Clean Sweep" didn't exist prior to the Duffy Administration. It works like this: the mayor calls upon volunteers to clean various streets in the four sectors of the city where the residents of those neighborhoods can't be bothered to do it themselves. The volunteers are rewarded by "free" t-shirts and a "free" picnic afterwards; the sanitation workers are rewarded with overtime pay; if the turnout of volunteers is large, the mayor is rewarded with the affirmation that he is
indeed "popular," that all he needs do is snap his fingers and WHAM! people will show up to do his bidding because "it's for Bob!" It is a great publicity stunt for the mayor, as well as a great photo op!
"Free," of course, costs $40 grand a pop. Anything government does for "free" comes out of the pockets of the taxpayers, many of whom have been gulled into showing up at the mayor's request.
This is not to say that helping to clean up one's neighborhood is a bad idea. It isn't. But the neighborhood organizations, already voluntary, could organize such clean ups on their own streets at no cost to the taxpayers. The Maplewood Neighborhood Association already does this. The City Committee of the Republican Party adopted a highway and is committed to cleaning it four times a year for two years. We aren't costing the taxpayers anything because the trash we collected and bagged will be picked up on the usual trash day for that area. No need to pay overtime to sanitation workers.
And if people think that my talking about $40 grand doesn't seem like much, Democratic County Legislator Steve Eckle spoke of his party's move to reduce the number of elected county legislators "to save money" because "we are being nickel and dimed to death."
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#1 Today in History september 7 201209-07-2012, 08:25 PM
Today in History
September 7
1571 At the Battle of Lepanto in the Mediterranean Sea, the Christian galley fleet destroys the Turkish galley fleet.
1630 The town of Trimontaine, in Massachusetts, is renamed Boston, and becomes the state capital.
1701 England, Austria, and the Netherlands form an Alliance against France.
1778 Shawnee Indians attack and lay siege to Boonesborough, Kentucky.
1812 On the road to Moscow, Napoleon wins a costly victory over the Russians at Borodino.
1813 The earliest known printed reference to the United States by the nickname "Uncle Sam" occurs in the Troy Post.
1864 Union General Phil Sheridan's troops skirmish with the Confederates under Jubal Early outside Winchester, Virginia.
1876 The James-Younger gang botches an attempt to rob the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota.
1888 An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1892 The first heavyweight-title boxing match fought with gloves under Marquis of Queensbury rules ends when James J. Corbett knocks out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round.
1912 French aviator Roland Garros sets an altitude record of 13,200 feet.
1916 The U.S. Congress passes the Workman's Compensation Act.
1940 Germany's blitz against London begins during the Battle of Britain.
1942 The Red Army pushes back the German line northwest of Stalingrad.
1954 Integration of public schools begins in Washington D.C. and Maryland.
Born on September 7
1533 Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558-1603), led her country during the exploration of the New World and war with Spain.
1860 Anna Marie Robertson (Grandma Moses), American folk painter who started her career at age 78, best known for her paintings of rural life.
1860 Edith Sitwell, poet.
1900 Taylor Caldwell, novelist.
1909 Elia Kazan, producer, screenwriter and director who won directing Oscars for Gentleman's Agreement and On the Waterfront.
1914 James Alfred Van Allen, discovered and named the two radiation belts surrounding the Earth.
1930 Sonny Rollins, saxophonist.
1936 Buddy Holly, singer, songwriter.
Revelation 15:1
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
1863 - Union forces arrived at Sabine Pass, Texas. The next day their attack was thwarted by a small Confederate force.
1866 - In Brenham, federal soldiers under Bvt. Major George W. Smith set fire and looted several stores. The fire was set after three soldiers were shot during a dance.
1901 - The Itasca Cotton Manufacturing Company processed its first 100 bales of cotton.
1914 - The city of Houston celebrated the deepening of the Houston Ship Channel to twenty-five feet.
1936 - Charles Hardin Holley, later known as Buddy Holly, was born in Lubbock, TX. His name was misspelled on his first record contract and he decided to leave it that way.
1956 - Contruction began on Sam Rayburn Reservoir.
1972 - The Texas Folklife Festival kicked off in San Antonio to preserve the ethnic traditions of the Lone Star State.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
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A counter-petition starts in Strawberry
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A new petition – still small – is trying to inject some sense into the Strawberry priority development area (PDA) debate. It's about time.
The core contention of the petition is simple: the PDA is not about housing, it's about transportation funding. To cut out the transportation funding just eliminates transportation funding, leaving any housing plans intact.
The success of Marinwood activists has been the removal of the PDA but intact housing plans. The success of North San Rafael activists was the removal of the PDA but an intact station area plan. What did they accomplish? Political victories that do nothing to advance their stated goal of downsizing housing plans.
What's a PDA again?
As I've written before, a PDA, or priority development area, is a funding mechanism for a part of the region. It's entirely voluntary and entirely without strings attached. Half of Marin's transportation dollars must go to a PDA.
At the moment, the regional funds dedicated to PDAs are for planning, so shovels can't go in the ground, but that just means we can start the process of building real improvements to the county's transportation infrastructure.
What is the PDA not?
Critics, including frequent commentor on this blog Richard Hall, will point to the application process, which requires an area to have plans for more housing before it can become a PDA, to say that a PDA by definition is a housing plan.
But that's like saying a credit card, by requiring a certain income level on the application, is income. Of course that's ridiculous. You had your income before the card. In the same way, any housing zone or plan must be before and, therefore, separate from the PDA.
That's why anti-housing activists have seen such failure in their stated aim of stopping housing plans.
Conflict roils Strawberry
There are two housing plans that are causing discord in Strawberry: the Seminary housing plan and the county's housing element. Of these, the Seminary housing plan is what qualified Strawberry to become a PDA first place.
The arguments against housing are diverse but familiar – it would destroy the character of the area, add to traffic congestion and school crowding, cause crime and bring in the wrong kind of people.
Added to the mix are long-running concerns over the existing traffic. The roads in Strawberry are unsafe for anyone who isn't in a car, especially Belvedere Drive and Tiburon Boulevard. If there are more people, the thinking goes, the problems will get even worse.
Simply put, every one of these arguments is not germane to the discussion of a PDA. Even if housing did do all these things – and, if they did, Strawberry's high rate of rental housing would surely correlate it to having the worst crime in the county – housing plans are separate from the PDA.
Indeed, remaining within the PDA would provide money to start fixing the problems Strawberry has. Starting grants totaling $210,000 would pay for a comprehensive study of bike and pedestrian infrastructure needs in the area as well as designs for a new Tiburon Boulevard interchange.
Exceptional needs
There are serious gaps in the walking and biking infrastructure throughout Strawberry, and some of it has been the target of quite a bit of ire from local families.
Redwood Highway, Seminary Drive, Belvedere Drive and Reed Boulevard all have no consistent bike or pedestrian infrastructure. Belvedere Drive especially is a fast and dangerous road. Some segments lack sidewalks and all of it is bereft of bike lanes.
Considering that it is the principal route for kids walking from the park to the shopping center, it is an accident waiting to happen. Calming the road with more and better sidewalks and shallower turns has been on the agenda of the neighborhood for years. The PDA is the best chance to make that happen.
Tiburon Boulevard: why it matters to the rest of Marin
The interchange is the biggest project in the area. Caltrans wants to install metering lights at most interchanges up and down the 101 corridor to smooth traffic flow, especially during the evening commute. Tiburon is the start of the nightly Greenbrae corridor mess as service workers leave jobs on the peninsula and head home to Contra Costa.
With a PDA, the Tiburon interchange will be eligible for regional funding, ensuring the project will finally go forward. It would also give leverage to local needs, such as a safe bike path and sidewalk across the bridge and bus pads that don't require riders to walk across a freeway off ramp. Caltrans has historically been quite hostile to these concerns, so any advantage in negotiating with them could go a long way.
Improving the Tiburon interchange is a project of countywide importance, as it's key to breaking the Greenbrae Corridor jam. As well, improving that bridge would allow students to finally bike or walk to school in safety, helping ease school traffic through lower Mill Valley. Remember that traffic flow tends to drop off rapidly beyond a certain point; a drop in car travel of even a few percentage points can have enormous impact.
Time to stop fighting shadows
Citizen Marin and the (newly formed) Strawberry Community Association have done Strawberry a grave disservice by spreading myths and fear about their local PDA. Their petition is full of the patently absurd, arguing that the PDA would be a tax giveaway to developers and threaten endangered species.
It's a glimmer of hope in this never-ending, fearful, angry debate that some people have stood up to say enough. Perhaps you'd like to sign up and join them.


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Coca-Cola, is a carbonated, sweetened soft drink and is the world's best-selling drink. Another name is Coke. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries.[1] The company's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. Coca-Cola's main rival is Pepsi.
Coca Cola was first made in the 1800s by John Pemberton. The first sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. They sold it there for five cents a glass, but it was very strong tasting because they did not mix it with water. Coca-Cola was first made the way it is now in Columbus, Georgia. It was called Pemberton's French Wine Coca at first, and was sold as a medicine to help cure colds and give people more energy. The drink used to be sold at soda fountains in the United States.
Coca-Cola was first sold in bottles in Atlanta on March 12, 1894 with actual cocaine content. It was first sold in cans in 1955. During the first year, sales were about only nine drinks per day. Dr. Pemberton did not think he could make a lot of money with the drink he invented, so he sold parts of his business to different people. Just before he died in 1888, he sold the rest of his Coca-Cola business to Asa G. Candler. Mr Candler, together with some other businessmen, started the Coca-Cola Company.
How Coca-Cola was named
The drink is called "Coca-Cola" because of the coca leaves and kola fruits that were used to add flavor. Dr. Pemberton's partner and bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, suggested the name "Coca Cola" because he thought using the letter C twice would look better than if they used a K in the word "Cola". He then wrote down the name to use as a logo that is now very famous.
Coca-Cola's advertising
Coca-Cola was the first ever sponsor of the Olympic Games. This was for the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
Other products
The company sells many other products, including other sorts of Coca-Cola, such as Diet Coke (1981), Cherry Coke (1985), Diet Cherry Coke (1986), Diet/ Coke with Lemon (2001), Diet/ Vanilla Coke (2002), Diet/ Coke with Lime (2004), Coke Zero (2006), Coca Cola with Orange (2007), Diet Coke Citrus Zest (2007). Based on Interbrand's best global brand 2011, Coca-Cola was the world's most valuable brand.
Related pages
- ↑ "Brand Fact Sheet". Coca-Cola official website. 2008-12-01. http://www.virtualvender.coca-cola.com/ft/index.jsp.


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Figured you guys might be interested: Submarine Puppy
The Southern Polytechnic State University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team is using Puppy Linux to drive the hardware for our entry in the AUVSI competition this year in San Diego.
Our documentation is located at:
The competition website is:
I don't know if another member of the team might already be on the board or not. If so, forgive the duplication of information. If not, I figured you guys might like to see this. We selected Puppy for a couple of reasons. Primarily we were looking for a minimalist install of Linux that we could use in a very limited amount of space. Alternatively (but not any less importantly) the puppy was just too damn cute not to use.
Puppy has been very stable, despite our best efforts to break it. The distro is running on a PC104 stack located inside of a submarine tube. There has been extensive hardware work conducted while the stack was in operation and many abrupt shut downs. Despite our best efforts we only managed to corrupt the OS once. Reinstall took less than an hour. Any other OS (and our previous Linux experiments) corrupted on a regular and routine basis.
We are leaving for competition tomorrow morning. We'll let you know how it goes. We just wanted to say thanks for providing an excellent OS distro that has served as an excellent basis to work around.
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I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say good luck!
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Hey Lobster, would that look better as 'Submarine Puppy'? Just a thought.
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Could be . ..
The original news item when we first heard about this was 'Puppy goes snorkling' if I remember rightly.
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I'm looking forward to seeing how Puppy's swim meet goes. I have high expectations, but thats par for everyone else on here... Good luck and let us know when you get back!
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Okay, if this thing is to be sub-aquatic, run by Puppy, is it too late to christen it "Labrador"? *shrug* Just a thought.
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Sorry for the extreme delay. It's been a long, long week for us.
The competition for us was a rousing success. After a rough start to the week we put the train back on the tracks and finished out strong (even if we were limping) and scored exactly in the middle of the pack. Considering this was our second year in the competition and the first year with this sub design we were very pleased. Last year we finished 16 out of 18. This year we were 10 out of 19. The final scoring results are located at:
The week started pretty rough. After tearing the whole submarine down for transport through airport security (and a brief stop at airport security while we explained we were not terrorists) we arrived in San Diego late on Tuesday. We unpacked and inspected the parts on Tuesday night and found everything pretty much ok.
Wednesday we had a meeting and assembled the sub. No problems. Late night.
Thrusday was the first official day of "Practice Runs". All teams are present at the competition site in their assigned area working on what needs to be worked on. Judges and representatives from industry are there watching. We have the main pool and additional smaller test pools available. You spend the day working on your code and tweaking. You explore the actual competition pool with your sub and fine tune your behavior to the actual obsticles as you will see them.
Of course for us this was the worst day. We lost our depth sensor in the first two hours. It was a homebrew creation using an air pressure sensor that depended on the outside water pressure to alter the air pressure inside of a air tight box through a small, small, small hole and a long length of tube. In testing in Marietta we were able to get solid, consistent easy operation in up to 10 feet of water. The 16 feet of water at the competition site ate the sensor. The pressure at that depth was too much and forced water inside of the box through the tube. Scratch the ability to read depth.
Next we lost the compass. The box it was housed in was an underwater camera box. During testing we had zero problems with leakage. We swore by those boxes. We still do. But after the depth sensor debacle - and before the next water test in a small testing pool - the lid to the box was put on backward. It is not obvious and the whole team missed it on inspection. It leaked. Scratch the compass.
The subs have to maintain .1% bouancy. In effect if you loose power to the sub it should slowly float to the top of the water. Our sub weighed right at 60 pounds and we used a combination of fun noodles (those long floats kids use in pools to beat the hell out of each other) and cut up boogie boards. Again, in 10 feet of water it worked perfectly. At 16 feet the fun noodles folded. The pressure at that depth crushed the noodles and the sub sat on the bottom of the pool.
Midway through Thrusday we had lost the ability to navigate and float.
A trip to Home Depot and Kroger fixed the ballast problem. We bought 12 bottles of water. We bought two cans of "Great Stuff" - a filling compound of some indeterminate use. We drank a lot of water. We sprayed the water bottles full of Great Stuff. Attached them all of the sub frame with zip ties. We tested again and the sub floated again.
At the end of Thursday we were down a bit. Despite the ballast comeback the loss of all navigation effectively sealed our fate. Late night planning and testing.
Friday was the second day of practice runs. All work at this point was focused on driving the submarine in as straight of a line as we could manage without any sort of navigation sensor information to correct variation. The competition course begins when the submarine passes through a "gate" in the water. The gate was about thirty feet from the dock and the submarine needs to navigate in a straight line, underwater, and pass through.
The rest of the week was spend in writing the right code to drive the up/down motors the right amount to maintain a controlled depth without a depth sensor and drive the left/right motors in a controlled straight line without a compass.
Friday was also Static Judging in which a group of judges speaks to each team, looks over the documentation and ranks the team in terms of everything except actual water operation. We were hoping for a high mark in this category. We thought our website documentation was very good - if not flashy - and our presentation went well. Or so we believed. At the end of the day we were ranked 16 out of 19 in static. It was a bad hit.
The latest night of all working on the blind run code and testing in the hotel pool.
Saturday was the first day of "qualifying runs". Each team gets two chances to run the course. Our first run was at 9:30 am. University of Florida ran directly before us (the eventual winners of the competition with an impressive, impressive entry). After fifteen grueling minutes of time we limped through the gate on our last attempt. We even got a countdown from the judge (5,4,3,2,1) as our baby headed for the gate. We cleared it at 1 second.
At the end of Saturday we were one of seven teams who managed to get through the date. The worm was turning, so to speak, and even though we were having problems other teams were having much worse problems. To have our basic sub intact (and watertight) and excellent basic motor operation combined with a guy who could fabricate java code on the fly put us in an excellent position. I described our situation as being the leper with all of his fingers to someone on Saturday night.
We got brave. The first objective in the obsticle course was to hit a "docking station". This station, located at the bottom of the 16 foot pool, is seen by the sub by displaying a group of bright red LEDs. In testing our docking station code (effectively color tracking camera control over motors) was excellent. We could follow a box of red LEDs around a pool and it was, by far, the function we were most happy with. If we could limp to the area in which the docking station was we were sure we could hit it. It was just a matter of getting there. From what we could tell it was located another thirty or so feet from the gate - at the bottom of the pool.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. We had already cleared the gate (and had a run on the score board that assured an ok finish). Why bother to come if you aren't going to push the limits, right?
On Sunday we got our second chance. The sub cleared the gate (after a couple of efforts) much earlier in our fifteen minute time. Just after it cleared the gate though it radically changed course and attempted to run over the "random order" light. No - that isn't right. It attempted to obliterate the random order light. It was mad the random order light was in its pool and it wanted some random order light ass. The divers had to scramble to stop it before we look the random order light out.
The random order light was a signal for advanced teams. You could run the competition in an alternate order (changed daily) for serious, serious bonus points. In the first three days of practice runs this light was green. Guess what color it was on Sunday. Yup.
If we had managed to get the docking station we might have made it to the finals. Alas, we did not. Duke managed to get into the finals with nothing but getting through the gate and hitting the docking station. On the other hand Duke scored much higher than us on static judging so most likely not. Either way, no big deal. We were proud of our recovery and understood, much more clearly, what we have to do this year.
The finals were great. MIT, University of Florida, ETS (a Canadian school) and Duke went at it. The winning series involved clearing the gate and surfacing in the "surface area" - reaching by using Sonar. MIT, Florida and ETS did this and only this. Duke just cleared the gate in their final run. Florida took the competition because their sub weighed in at an impressive 28 or so pounds. The bonus points for being under 70 pounds pushed them way over the top. Check out their website. THAT is a submarine. Those guys did one hell of a job.
Puppy did excellent. In the two days when we were scrambling back from the depths of failure we had to classify everything in terms of what we had and what we didn't. Focus of your strength and compensate for your failure. The PC104 stack hardware, the Puppy OS, the java code and our engines were our pillars on which we managed to stage our comeback. From the first minute of radical redesign and on the fly engineering Puppy always landed in the "works" column.
I'm at heart a hardware guy and as such the endless bickering among the "software" guys always amazes me. I've never understood two intelligent people arguing about something as silly as two working OS's or pieces of code. If it works, it works. Leave it the hell alone and move on. Puppy impressed me - in a big way - because it was as solid as any of our hardware. As the new team captain (big shout out to our outgoing team captain Emmauel Clay) you can rest assured that Puppy will be making a return trip to San Diego next year. At this point it is proven technology under fire and I don't care how many new team members I get who want to turn their nose up at the "unknown" distro. They will learn it or get gone. Puppy has proven itself to me - they haven't.
Our deepest thanks to you guys for making and working on this distro. When the going got rough last week we were able to heavily lean on Puppy and the stability we saw last year in testing reaffirmed itself under heavy fire.
It worked. At this point - after the last week - that is the highest compliment I give anything and Puppy earned it in a big way.
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PC104 & Controller Stack, pre trip:
Emmanuel Clay, Dan Vanvolkinburg, Walmart Trip:
Dan Vanvolkinburg, Michael Dendy, Hotel View:
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NOTE: All of my trip pictures are stored in this same location. All other pictures are between the range of 932 and 1000. If you want more, feel free to browse. Other team members took other pictures (some which might actually have me in them) which I will get up later.
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Posted: Wed 10 Aug 2005, 13:55
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Andy875 wrote:
The competition for us was a rousing success. After a rough start to the week we put the train back on the tracks and finished out strong (even if we were limping) and scored exactly in the middle of the pack. Considering this was our second year in the competition and the first year with this sub design we were very pleased. Last year we finished 16 out of 18. This year we were 10 out of 19. The final scoring results are located at:
Even though I am from Florida (not UF specifically) I was cheering for y'all.
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Posted: Wed 10 Aug 2005, 14:07
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That's great, Andy875.
The large pictures you posted take up a lot of room on JohnM's server and also take a lot of time to download, especially for the many forum members who have to use dialup connections. So, please edit your pictures to the forum to reduce their resolution to something more reasonable, like 600 x 400 for instance.
P.S. You can edit your original post to change them.
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Edited. My post was repeated 4 times so I edited out the last 3.
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i, for one, was very interested ... thanks for the clear and detailed summaries ... the pictures were great too
speaking of pictures, since no one else is responding to this, Flash, i think you are wrong
i often post pictures to this forum, and i use exactly the same method that Andy875 used
the pictures are NOT hosted on John's forum at all ... they are hosted on another server ... in my case, i usually use http://www.tinypic.com/ ... Andy875's pictures are hosted on his Comcast server ... the only space used on John's server is the url to the picture, which would have to be in the post whatever size the picture is or where it is hosted
furthermore, when i add a link to a picture to my post, the picture is NOT being downloaded and displayed every time you look at the forum page ... it IS downloaded and displayed every time, whether you have dialup or broadband, if the picture is hosted on John's server as an attachment
if you are interested in the picture, you can click it (i middle-mouse-button click to open the picture in a new tab) ... if you are not interested, there is nothing forcing you to use the bandwidth to look at it
most of my pictures are less than 80k anyway ... they may be mostly less then 40k ... the last screenshot i posted ... http://tinypic.com/aau5ad.jpg ... is about 67k, but that is because it's displaying a lot of text ... i did not rescale it, and had no intention of rescaling it, because i did not think there was any reason to, and i wanted the text to be clear and easy to see
anyway, Flash, I know you do good stuff that takes a lot of effort and time, but i think in this particular case you are mistaken
Andy875, the submarine pics were great
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You must have missed Andy's original post, GuestToo. It had many high-resolution pictures attached to the forum page. He edited it and put the URL links instead, immediately after I wrote my post. Perhaps he tried to admire his handiwork and realized his mistake.
Edit: This is Flash. Forgot to log in.
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Living with Pelvic Organ Prolapse August 7, 2012Posted by ToYourHealth in Public Health.
Tags: Kegel exercise, Pelvic floor
Today I welcome a guest post contributed by DrugWatch.com, an online consumer protection group for those affected by dangerous drugs.
Women diagnosed with Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) may leave their doctor's office feeling confused.
POP isn't a subject that is often discussed and unfortunately, many doctors don't take the time to thoroughly explain what it is.
POP occurs when connective tissues and muscles in the pelvic floor begin to weaken. The organs can begin to shift or drop into the vagina as a woman ages. Organs most commonly affected are the uterus, bladder and rectum. Women can have different medical issues depending on what type of POP they are experiencing.
Symptoms of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Pelvic Organ Prolapse occurs most frequently in women who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth. Caucasian women run a higher risk of being diagnosed with POP, as do post-menopausal women, smokers, women who are overweight, and any woman who has suffered a pelvic injury in the past. Sometimes the condition is so minor that a woman does not even know she has POP until it is diagnosed by her health practitioner during a pelvic exam.
Symptoms of POP may include:
- Inability to use a tampon anymore
- Pain, discomfort and or dryness during sexual intercourse
- Having to press on the vagina in order to have a bowel movement
- A weakened urine stream
- Incontinence
- Constipation
Treatments for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Many doctors agree that unless the side effects are debilitating, women who are asymptomatic or are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms should treat the symptoms naturally and do not need any surgical intervention.
There are several natural treatments for POP which should be sought after before any woman considers surgical intervention. The exception to this is if POP is causing severe symptoms and/or debilitating side effects. Surgical procedures using transvaginal mesh should be scrutinized carefully. These mesh products are labeled a serious health risk by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to high levels of complications.
It is important that all women, especially those who have had children, perform exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. Kegel exercises, or activities like Yoga or Pilates, strengthen the pelvic floor and core muscles. There is also a product called a Vaginal Pessary which is used effectively to treat the side effects of POP.
Women can further decrease their risk by maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly. Smokers should quit smoking as soon as possible. Avoiding strenuous activities and heavy lifting can also reverse or prevent symptoms of POP from progressing.
Surgical procedures should be the last option presented to women and only if they have moderate to severe problems related to POP. If surgery is required, women should talk to their doctor about repairing the tissues naturally instead of using synthetic transvaginal mesh. Vaginal mesh has been known to cause serious complications including organ puncture and infection. These complications are so severe that many women have begun to file a vaginal mesh lawsuit against the manufacturers.
Proper treatment of POP will allow women to live a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle, free from the side effects of POP.
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'Wreck-It Ralph' Trailer - Disney's Latest Animated Movie is 'Toy Story' but With Video Game Characters
Here's a simple way to pitch Disney's newest animated movie, Wreck-It Ralph: It's like Toy Story, but with video games. Instead of physical toys coming to life when their owners aren't around, it's about the lives of video game characters when their players aren't around. And as with Pixar's most beloved franchise, Disney looks to have spared no expense when it comes to making sure its fantasy world of video games is filled with real world gaming icons.
Walt Disney Animation Studios and Emmy®-winning director Rich Moore (TV's "The Simpsons," "Futurama") take moviegoers on a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping journey in "Wreck-It Ralph." Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "Step Brothers") is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix (voice of Jack McBrayer, "30 Rock"), the "good guy" star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades doing the same thing andseeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he's tired of playing the role of a bad guy. He takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a game-hopping journey across the arcade through every generation of video games to prove he's got what it takes to be a hero.
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Palmer Arboretum is located in the Town of Woodstock, CT, on Route 169. It is a place for education, enjoyment and enlightenment.
The Palmer Arboretum was founded in 1914 by Minnie Palmer Dean. Mrs. Dean gave the property to the Town of Woodstock in her will in 1925. Several of the trees date back to 1914 or 1916, among them the huge purple beach and the grove of cypresses which can be seen from the parking lot. Over the years, the area over overlooked and became a jungle of poison ivy, multiflora rose and honeysuckle. In the 1970's, Arthur Manthorne cataloged the remaining trees. A separate Arboretum Committee was formed by the Selectmen in 1985, and the slow process of restoration began. Most of the plantings were made in 1993-1994.
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On this day, St. Julietta was martyred. She was born in the city of Caesaria, in Cappadocia, to rich Christian parents. She inherited great wealth from them. An oppressor defrauded her from her wealth by bribing false witnesses against her. When that evil man knew that she wished to inform against him, and expose his lies and extortion, he informed the governor of Cappadocia that she was Christian. She said within herself that the temporal wealth of this world is nothing to make her lose herself for, but if she gain the eternal life to come, no one would be able to take it from her. When she came before the governor, she confessed the name of Christ. The governor cast her in fire, and she delivered up her pure spirit in the hands of the Lord. She received instead of her temporal possessions, the eternal life and St. Basil the Great praised her immensely.
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ARTICLE: Beekeeping: a hive of activity for the young
"'The bottom line is that understanding the bee is a way to understand nature – the pollination process and the food chain," says Andrew Pendleton, head of the Bee Cause campaign. "Surprisingly enough, bees are flourishing in urban environments. This could be due to the lower amounts of pesticides used in cities, or the fact that bee-friendly gardens are clustered together, so bees do not need to travel as far."
"Beekeeping is incredibly popular among the young," he says. "At BuzzWorks we allow them to collect the honey, and dip their hand in warm wax and watch it congeal into a glove. Our observation hive has them completely absorbed, watching the steady movement of the bees and pointing out the queen. It is an opportunity for them to learn where their food comes from."
It is important, he says, that people learn to bond with bees in their childhood. "When people become young adults, they might put beekeeping to the back of their minds," he says. "But later, when they reach their thirties and are a bit more established, they might recall their first experiences and take it up again. That's why providing that early exposure is so vital."
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To attack one in the area that is most vulnerable or that will result in the most harm. Usually does not refer to physical violence. By questioning his parenting, Gina hit Ken where it hurt most. The best way to take down the cartel is to hit them where it hurts most—in their bank accounts.