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Last week's Network-Wide Meeting raised questions about how science museums can engage the public in consideration of societal, environmental, and ethical issues related to nanoscale science and engineering and any emergent technology, and how we as a society and as individuals make decisions that affect the future. Scientists and universities together interact in many ways with the lifecycle of a decision-maker.
Here's an image that I made for the session last Wednesday on Anticipatory Governance.
The point of the image is that as we grow up and go to school and some of us go to college, we become parents, workers, citizens, etc. All of us make decisions that affect the future at every stage in life in whichever of these roles we play. Science museums and our university partners provide learning opportunities for just about every category of decision-maker in this diagram.
Many of our institutions have special galleries for very young children, while elementary and middle school children may be the core of our audience. We also have special programs for high school student and older youth. At last week's meeting, we talked about science communication training for college students and programs that offer science students societal and ethical perspectives.
Parents are sometimes a special focus as they visit our museums with their children. From time to time we provide environmentally responsible advice for the consumers in our audience. Sometimes we use our facilities for training of groups of professionals in particular industries and such groups often use our facilities for special events. Science museums and universities offer a variety of pre-service and in-service training for teachers and our trustees groups are often comprised of business leaders. We work with scientists and engineers in the development of our exhibits and programs, and some of our institutions even include government leaders as a target audience. Forum programs and other adult programs are often aimed at citizens and from time to time we provide professional development opportunities for media.
In the current work across our field, we touch people in all of these roles. We have the capacity to affect decision-making throughout society if we chose to take on that role.


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Anyone setting out on the famous Appalachian trail in the United States knows there is a long journey ahead. These days, that journey could end on the other side of the Atlantic
It's 2,200 miles long, and growing. It's roughly 300 million years old and it's the only trail in the world to span an ocean. It's safe to say that the Appalachian Trail isn't your average walking route.
Separated by tectonic shifts millions of years ago the once-shared mountain ranges of North America and Europe are again linked for walkers and hikers by the International Appalachian Trail.
It was 2010 when Donegal on Ireland's north west coast was officially added to Appalachian Trail maps. On that map, the trail features a watery gap we know as the Atlantic Ocean. From its origins in Georgia, USA, the trail eventually reaches land again in the most spectacular way: Donegal's Slieve League Cliffs.
Starting the Irish leg of the trail there's no escaping the Slieve Leagues. But why would you want to? Some of the highest cliffs in Europe, the Leagues path leads up to nearly 2,000 feet. That's almost three times the height of Clare's Cliffs of Moher.
Awesome and imposing, the cliffs include a heart-stopping stretch of trail, the aptly named One Man's Pass. Of course novice hikers needn't be worried, the trail is nothing if not varied. Routes such as Pilgrim's Path offer the vistas without the vertigo.
Close to the summit of Slieve League is the Eagle's Nest, boasting the type of birds-eye views the name would suggest. To the south lies counties Sligo and Mayo and the Wild Atlantic Way while to the north sits Mount Errigal and the 'Seven Sister' mountains.
Local man Sean Mullan brings walking tours all around the north of Ireland and relishes the reaction from visitors when they reach Donegal's Appalachian Trail.
"Normally when we get to south-west Donegal and the Wild Atlantic Way we've spent three days in beautiful Antrim with its green fields and wooded valleys," Sean explains. "The contrast is stark; here it's primordial, next stop America; rock, heather, stone walls, fishing boats, yellow sanded beaches."
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From Slieve League cliffs the trail crosses the homeland of an Irish saint: Columba. This isolated area is close to where St Columba was born in the sixth century. Columba is remembered along the Slí Cholmcille path which brings travellers down from the cliffs to the sandy beaches of Silver Strand and Maghera.
That same path takes in a chunk of the gaeltacht (Irish speaking) region of Donegal. Almost all locals are bi-lingual and can be relied on to teach visitors cúpla focal (a few words).
Moving inland, the salmon-rich Owenea river stands between you and the market town of Glenties. Expect warmth, hospitality and pubs. A welcome end to your 119 kilometer trek.
But to simply label Donegal's Appalachian route a 'trek' doesn't really do it justice. Sean Murray believes the route to be almost mystical:
"Even when it's misty the atmosphere is magic – more so perhaps – you expect to see some ancient being approaching as you come over a hill," Sean says. "Naturally I'm prejudiced but I'd say it's the best coastal/hill walk in Ireland."
Mystical mists and happy hikers. Trust Donegal to bring the magic.
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The colors indicate the seriousness of planning for the corridors. Red lines represent projects that are partially funded or providing high-speed operation today; pink lines are under intensive state planning and likely to be among the first to receive stimulus funds; green lines are far off but not inconceivable; and blue lines are very unlikely to be built in the next few decades.The only existing "high-speed" rail line is the Northeast Corridor, aka the Acela, that runs between Boston and Washington, DC, and the modest speeds of that line barely qualify it for high-speed status. The first truly high-speed rail in the US is likely to be the line between San Francisco and LA. It will have speeds up to 220 mph, and a $10 billion bond was approved by voters last year to begin construction; other than the Northeast Corridor, it's the only red line on this map.
The pink lines include the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor, which will run between Washington, DC and Charlotte, NC; New York HSR (which appears to be roughly coterminous with the officially sanctioned Empire Corridor); portions of the Chicago Hub network connecting Chicago to Detroit, St. Louis, and Milwaukee; the Cascades Corridor, which will run between Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland; a Tampa-Orlando line, the first stage in the Florida HSR plan; and the Texas T-Bone, which could end up providing the transportational spine of the Texas Triangle megaregion (and which has a more sensible orientation than the government's official plan for high-speed rail, in that it connects Houston, the state's largest city).
One thing to note is that red and pink lines together are represented in 20 states. That means 20 governors and 40 senators have incentive to push for some of that funding. Add green lines and you're talking about a majority of states (and senators) that would be invested in high-speed rail development. Since political support will be needed to make good on these plans, that's significant, and could also lead to cascading momentum for the entire high-speed rail plan; if, for instance, progress begins to be made on the Southeast Corridor between DC and Charlotte, you can imagine an envious Atlanta wanting to get into the game, and an extension of the line to the Peach State would become all the more likely. And by the way, that's why I think the Infrastructurist's characterization of the blue lines in their map as "very unlikely to be built in the next few decades" may be a bit of an overstatement. I'm not sure how we could know what the political support for these plans might be in, say, 20 years, but it seems very possible that as progress gets made on some of these main lines, support for some of the secondary lines here will increase considerably. Another big spike in the price of oil, which would make both driving and flying more expensive, also might help to kick-start some of those plans.
You can zoom in on the map and click on rail lines, which link to more detailed information on each of the high-speed rail plans (which is the source for most of the links above). The infrastructurist also has a chart that compares some of the biggest current high-speed rail plans in the world. The most ambitious, in length, speed, and population served, is the line between Shanghai and Beijing. California is next, followed by plans for Argentina, Saudi Arabia, France-Italy, the Netherlands, and Israel.
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Produced by Donald Trump, the Miss Universe pageant has weathered some minor early controversies (Miss Australia Scherri-lee Biggs was chastised for wearing a see-through gown and, of course, there was Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo's "underwear-gate"), but promises to be nothing short of glamorous as it gets underway live at 9 PM ET tonight on NBC.
This marks the first time that show has ever come to Brazil. According to fan votes (recorded through the Miss Universe official site), Shamcey Supsup, who is representing the Philippines, is the fan-favorite #1 with just over 2 million votes. The second and third spots are held by Miss Venezuela, Vanessa Goncalves, and Miss Mexico, Karin Ontiveros.
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Google has long been known for its doodles, honoring people for what they've done. Today is no exception. In fact, this one goes the extra mile - or, say, the extra 20,000 leagues.
Jules Verne, the writer who gave us "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea," would be 183 years old Tuesday, and Google celebrates not just with a doodle, but with a doodle that lets you operate a virtual submarine. Go to its homepage at Google.com, and you can move a joystick to send your sub periscope down, up, left, or right.
This may remind many of you of the recent "Pac-Mac" doodle, which let you play the famous video game; that one came as a joint effort between the search giant and Pac-Man maker Namco. This time, instead of dodging ghosts, you'll meet squid, while you cruise past shipwrecked vessels.
Over the years, the Google doodles have evolved from a one-person operation to a whole mini-department. It's always cool to go back there and see them at work, and this latest one looks like it started as a post Pac-man inspiration. It's cool, and look for your office productivity to dip as employees discover it during the day.


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It's been nearly 20 years since Clarence Aaron was put in jail for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, and unless President Obama steps in, the 19-year veteran of the American prison system is expected to stay there for a while. A long while.
Aaron wasn't buying, selling or even touching coke when cops busted the then 23-year-old college student in 1993. Instead Aaron was simply a witness of a plotted crack transaction and associate of the buyer and seller, who, unlike him, pled guilty and gave law enforcement their full cooperation. But despite lacking any criminal record at all, however, Aaron was sentenced to serve three life sentences behind bars for his role in a would-be drug deal. Neither President Clinton nor George W. Bush offered a commutation to kill the lengthy sentence during their combined 16 years in office, and new evidence reveals that there may have been a reason for that.
An investigation launched by the website ProPublica reveals that the Bush White House was never informed of the facts of the case accounted for in a confidential Justice Department review, and that only now are America's leaders being brought up to snuff as far as what needs to be known in the case of Clarence Aaron.
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Why does Bridgewater State University have its own police department?
Bridgewater State University wants its students, faculty, staff, and visitors to have the safest environment possible in which to learn, live, work, and enjoy recreational activities. Having our own police department helps to ensure that we can provide a high level of protection and service to the campus community.
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What authorities do the officers have?
The officers of the Bridgewater State University Police Department are empowered by state law with full police authority. Officers have the same law enforcement authority as police officers in your city or town.
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All officers are required to complete police academy training equivalent to that of city and town officers. Most officers have been trained in one or more of several specialty areas, such as crime prevention, bicycle patrol, etc. Many officers are certified in emergency medical care to the EMT level, and all are certified in CPR and as first response emergency medical care providers.
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Earlier this year, Farm Industry News profiled several of the 2012 yield champs in the National Corn Growers Association's Corn Yield Contest, detailing each farmer's inputs that helped them grow top corn yields. The 2013 contest is now open for online entry. NCGA is offering a reduced entry fee of $80 until June 15.
For almost a half century, NCGA has hosted the National Corn Yield Contest, which provides an opportunity for corn growers to compete with colleagues and grow more corn per acre, helping to fuel and feed the world. Winners are recognized at the annual Commodity Classic show and in national publications. Two farmers shared their secrets with Farm Industry News at this year's Commodity Classic.
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Whip (Health Care) Inflation Now?
During the runaway inflations of 1974 and 1979, Presidents Ford and Carter suggested that inflation was caused by the profligacy of American households. President Ford's infamous "Whip Inflation Now" speech, for example, said, "Here is what we must do, what each and every one of you can do: To help increase food and lower prices, grow more and waste less; to help save scarce fuel in the energy crisis, drive less, heat less."
Much of the recent discussion of health care costs likewise treats this as a problem caused by a demonic private insurance industry, and therefore requiring such "reforms" as expanding Medicaid to the non‐poor and Medicare to the non‐old.
The facts are quite different, as shown in "The Evolution of Medical Spending Risk" by Jonathan Gruber of MIT and Helen Levy of the University of Michigan, in the latest Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Gruber and Levy calculate that real private health care spending per person (in 2007 dollars) "increased from about $700 to $3,500 between 1960 and 2007, a five‐fold increase." They note that "private out‐of‐pocket spending has not quite doubled." Yet "government health spending over the same period … increased from about $250 to $3,5000, a 13‐fold increase."
In fairness, the quality of health care has been hugely improved since 1960. And prices of physician services (which are often incorrectly compared with the overall consumer price index) have risen no faster than prices of non‐medical services.
In any case, President Obama's claim that the pace of total public and private spending on health care could somehow be "contained" by greatly increasing government spending clearly flunks 3rd grade arithmetic.
Unless the hidden agenda is to impose draconian wage and price controls and political rationing on health care providers, all the rhetorical pretense about proposed health care legislation being a way to hold down overall spending on health care is like saying the solution to chronic drunkeness is more booze.


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Filters are defined by their spectral transmission, and most of the types used in the machine vision industry will have associated transmission graphs like the one shown below.
Shortpass filters
Shortpass filters are designed with sharp cut-off wavelength from 615 nm to 850 nm. A broadband anti-reflection coating avoids troublesome reflections. Shortpass filters are ideal for fluorescence and wavelength sorting applications.
Longpass filters
Longpass filters are designed with sharp cut-off wavelength from 400 nm to 820 nm. A broadband anti-reflection coating avoids troublesome reflected light. Longpass filters are ideal for fluorescence and wavelength sorting applications.
Neutral density filters
Neutral density or grey filters are used to reduce the transmission of light equally over the entire visible spectrum. Thus the light intensity is reduced without affecting colours and contrast. Typically used in front illuminated applications where light bleed can not be avoided simply by closing the aperture of the lens or by adjusting the camera settings.
Daylight cut filters
Daylight cut filters block visible light from contaminating the image information. The resultant image is only generated by the IR ranges of the spectrum to which the camera sensor is sensitive. The main use of these lenses is to make the application independent of ambient light such as the changing intensity of sunlight. By combining daylight cut filters with IR illumination, the resultant image is very consistent while visible light levels are changing.
UV cut filters and IR cut filters
UV cut filters are longpass filters that block the UV wavelength range and transit the visible light. They are used in front of a lens on a camera to protect the sensor from UV light, in the case when the camera offers no internal protection. In addition they are often used to protect the front lens.
IR cut filters are shortpass filters that block infrared light and transmit the visible light and are typically used with or built-in to colour cameras to mimic the photo responsivity of the human eye which is not sensitive to IR hence making colours appear similar to human perception.
UV/IR cut filters
UV/IR cut filters are a combination of a UV cut and an IR cut in one single filter, using UV cut absorptive glass with a thin film layer system that reflects infrared light. These filters are also called daylight pass filters and are used in strong sunlight or when certain artificial light sources are used to make the camera's image perception similar to that of the human eye.
Coloured filters
Coloured filters in a wide range of tones are used to block certain wavelength ranges of the visible light. In machine vision applications they are used in front of a lens on a camera to improve image contrast.
The appropriate wavelength band (colour) has to be selected with respect to the colour of the object and the type or colour of the illumination.
Since they affect the composition of the transmitted light, they are usually not suitable for colour cameras. In the case where a colour filter is used on a monochrome camera, objects in the filter colour appear bright, whereas the complementary colour appears dark.


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So You Want to Live in ... Seabrook, Texas
This boating-crazy area has the best of both worlds: cozy small-town neighborhoods and access to big-city attractions in nearby Houston.
Looking at Seabrook, Texas, from the water, you see rows ofwooden houses on stilts―some of them quite grand―plusmarinas, seafood restaurants, and a whole lot of boats.
From the two main highways through town, Seabrook appears to bea place of small shops and strip malls.
Each view tells part of the story. But to reach the real heartof the town, you must venture into the residential neighborhoods.There, you'll find America's suburban dream: well-kept brickhouses, mostly new, often with boats in the driveways. You're neverfar from water. And you're never far from a park full ofchildren―or a hiking/biking trail full of adults.
"It's a very family-oriented community," says real estate agentCarla Wade, a resident. "The bulk of the neighborhoods are mainlysuburban-type subdivisions."
Seabrook sits quietly along Galveston Bay just a few milessoutheast of Houston. That sprawling, hustling metropolis plays abig part in the lives of most Seabrook residents. They shop there,attend ball games, visit museums, enjoy concerts and other culturalactivities, even work there.
But as a place to live, they prefer Seabrook. Fishing andboating seem to be universal recreations. Children attend thehighly rated Clear Creek Independent School District. You can startthe day with sunrise over Galveston Bay and end it with sunset overClear Lake, an arm of the bay harboring some impressive boats.
Jack Fryday, mayor of Seabrook, sums up his town's appeal quitesimply: "It's a good neighborhood to live in, and it's close to alot of stuff."
Before its incorporation in 1961, Seabrook had been a fishingvillage and a weekend retreat for Houstonians. Growth since thenhas been tightly controlled through zoning. Nearly all commercialdevelopment is restricted to the business corridors along NASA Road1 and state Highway 146, plus an arts-and-antiques area just off146 known as Old Seabrook.
"In the 1960s, a lot of NASA people built here," says MayorFryday. "They were very influential in local government, and veryprotective of their neighborhoods."
NASA employees from the nearby Johnson Space Center still makeup a sizable chunk of the area population, though Fryday (who usedto be one of them) estimates the numbers are down from 85 percentin 1966 to 10 to 15 percent today. Seabrook does remainpredominantly white collar.
Boating is the local obsession. The Clear Lake area claims to bethe third-largest boating center in the United States. Seabrook hasthree major marinas with 1,250 slips, and the Lakewood Yacht Clubhas made at least one top-10 ranking among America's yachtclubs.
In the evening, you can sit on the deck of Sundance Grill andwatch the parade of yachts, cabin cruisers, and simple runaboutsheading back to their moorings on Clear Lake. Dawdling over a glassof wine and an excellent crawfish bisque, listening to the breezerustle palm fronds, watching the falling sun paint the water ablazing red-orange, you can't imagine living anywhere else.
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As a family child care owner for over 25 years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anna Mae Guille provides care for up to 6 kids at any given time at Fun Time Child Care. The health of the children she works with is at the forefront of her focus as a provider: she has been a long-time provider of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and participates in the Let's Move! Child Care (LMCC) initiative. Anna Mae believes in the benefits of participating in both CACFP and LMCC to help combat childhood obesity with kids in her care and to help her as a provider.
As a busy family child care provider who believes that kids in her care should be healthy, Anna Mae always looks for easy-to-make healthy meals and physical activities that are low or no-cost.
"CACFP provides an easy guideline for me to prepare healthy meals," says Anna Mae. "I can use the guide that CACFP provides or I can create my own meals from the examples knowing that I will still be providing healthy meals for my kids."
Anna Mae also understands that children need to be active and uses the LMCC website resources to get ideas. "I really increased physical activity since the launch of LMCC," says Anna Mae. "The kids are learning yoga and gardening, getting 60 to 120 minutes of outdoor play most days and I have a child-size exercise bike and treadmill for rainy days." Anna Mae also uses the Let's Move Calendar as an easy way for her kids to track their physical activity.
"It's not a financial burden to participate in CACFP and LMCC," says Anna Mae. "As a CACFP provider, CACFP helps to offset the cost of meals for me and parents. I can provide healthy meals during the day and parents don't have to worry about packing meals. Participating in LMCC also gives me ideas to engage my kids in physical activities that I might not have thought of on my own."
In addition, this past year Anna Mae received a CACFP wellness mini grant from her state with the help of her CACFP Sponsor. Anna Mae has used the grant to continue her efforts to improve nutrition and increase the physical activity of kids in her care. Her efforts support the goals of LMCC. "It's a win-win situation to participate in both because it benefits not just the kids, but the parents and the provider as well," says Anna Mae.
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Sign-up for LMCC. Joining LMCC is easy. You can sign up on the website and download free materials to help get your kids moving and eating healthy.


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Category Archives: Happy new year of Vikram samvat.
Happy Ugadi and Gudi Padva
Hindi New year on 8 march2073 Vikrami
hindu new year
Hindu years are called Vikram samvat, This Vikram Era was started in 57 BC, by Emperor Vikramaditya,as a commemoration of his victory upon the Shakas.present Hindu New Year starts from April 8. 2073 Vikram Nav Varsh Samvat. It is the traditional lunar Hindu calendars followed in North India – especially in Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi and Chhattisgarh.hindu new year is celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada .It starts after 15 days of Holi festival.The New Year is first day of Chaitra month.After amavasya (No moon) ,the first moon day ,which is called prathama or pratipada,New year is celebrated .The current year is known as Soumya Samvatsar.
Gudi Padva and Ugadi are the other names of the new year.Ugadi is New Year of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.Gudi Padva is new year Of Maharashtra .


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Overcoming Blind Spots: The Convex Mirror Bible
For the past couple posts, I've been discussing how we can overcome our blind spots when it comes to reading the Bible. By "blind spots," I mean those things we gloss over or simply fail to see because of our preconceptions about what the text says. In my last post I discussed how reading and comparing multiple translations can help to alert us to aspects of the text we might have missed. Today, I want to talk about one particular translation which can help us overcome our blind spots.
On many cars these days, the driver side rearview mirror will include a small convex mirror. This convex mirror gives a distorted image, but it enables the driver to see things which would otherwise be in his blind spot. The translation I'm referring to is a bit like that convex mirror: it doesn't always give the most accurate look at the text, but it can for that very reason help us to see past our blind spots.
The translation I'm referring to is The Message, and if you're not familiar with it, it is an extremely "free" and idiomatic translation. For example, here's a verse chosen pretty much at random, in The Message and the ESV:
The Message takes some liberties with the text here. The Greek says that the disciples "wondered" or "marveled" at the fact that Jesus was talking with a woman, but The Message embellishes this by saying that they were "shocked" and that they "couldn't believe" he was talking with "that kind of a woman." Likewise, the Greek says that none of the disciples questioned Jesus, but says nothing about their faces showing their surprise.
Because The Message goes beyond the original texts like this, some people absolutely detest it. Others love it because it tries to communicate the emotional impact and drama which its original audience would have felt. It's certainly hard to deny that The Message's rendering of this verse grabs your attention more than that of most other translations.
Personally, I think The Message has its place, as long as it's not the only translation you read. Because of its idiosyncrasies, I tend to cringe when I hear it read in corporate worship services. I would prefer that a "more accurate" translation be used. Yet every time I read it or hear it read I find myself asking, "Wow, does it really say that?" I then feel compelled to examine that verse in other translations and in the original to see if The Message's rendering is legitimate or if I think it has gone too far.
This is exactly the kind of reaction The Message is designed to provoke. It is intentionally free and idiomatic in order to shake us out of the lethargy which results from our familiarity with the text. Like a convex mirror, it gives us a picture of the text which is not always completely straight, but it bends our gaze so that we can see around our blind spots.
Archived Comments
Robert Johnson
I am one of those people that absolutely love it. I love it for the reason you ended your blog post with. I will come across something and say to myself, that isn't what it says is it? Which always leads me into a deeper study and review of the text at hand.
Reading unfamilar translations can do that too, I just find that the Message makes me do that a lot. ;-)
Rick Mansfield
I love how the Message often captures the "spirit" of the text in the way that a more traditional translation simply cannot.
I have a woman in the Sunday School class I teach who reads exclusively from the Message. Now, if she had come to me to recommend a translation, I would never have suggested the Message alone. Nevertheless, I would also never say anything to her now about it because this is the Bible from where she hears God's voice most clear.
Very often in our class, if I've had the time in my preparation to take a look at our passage in the Message ahead of time, I'll ask her to read a particular verse out of the Message because very often there is a clever turn of phrase or "just right" wording that really drives a point in Scripture home.
Eugene Peterson is one of my favorite Christian writers because he can so easily combine theology and church life together. Granted, these two should never be separated anyway, but it seems that they usually are. Since Peterson translated the Message directly from the original languages, to me, it's put on a level different from that of earlier paraphrases such as the original Living Bible. Sometimes, when I question a rendering in the Message, I will dig into the original language text and come away understanding exactly where Peterson was coming from. The man knows his stuff.


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Dishwasher Job
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Instawork is the best place for hospitality workers to find temporary jobs on-demand. From Michelin-star restaurants to small coffee shops, Instawork makes it easy for bartenders, cooks, servers, dishwashers and other experienced hospitality workers to find work at local businesses and earn up to $30/hr on a flexible schedule. No interviews or paper resumes. Just book the gig in the app and show up to do the work. Se habla español.
A dishwasher refers to a back of house worker whose primary responsibilities are to keep the dishpit clean and functioning.
Dishwasher's responsibilities:
Ensure the kitchen is clean, well maintained and organised at all times.
Ensure floors are dry and clean at all times.
Operate pot-washing machinery and maintain a hygienic working environment in accordance with hygiene regulations and company standards.
Adhere to all sanitation guidelines.
Assist the Cooks and Servers as and when necessary.
Collects and removes trash from all areas of the operation following established procedures.
Ensure waste bin area is kept clean and tidy.
Carry out general cleaning as directed to include sweeping, mopping up, washing up, emptying of rubbish bins and boxes ensuring placement in the correct containers
Cleans and sanitizes pots, pans, utensils, and other minor equipment routinely used in the kitchen following established procedures.
Cleans and maintains floors and walls in kitchen and dish washing area by following standard procedures.
Cleans and sanitizes dishes and related serviceware following established procedures.
Cleans large equipment as assigned, following established procedures.
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Ensure all equipment is clean and in good working order.
Check all chemical levels and inventory.
Wash, Wipe, Sort, stack dishes, and load/unload dishwasher
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If any breakages or chipped items found then remove them from circulation and update the breakage and inventory register.
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High-profile psychiatrist may testify at trial for man accused of killing Purdue student
Cody Cousins accused of killing Andrew Boldt, of West Bend
Defense attorneys for a Purdue University engineering student accused of killing another student on campus may call a psychiatrist who has testified in high-profile murder cases such as those of the Unabomber and a woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub.
Dr. Phillip Resnick's name appears on a defense witness list entered into court documents this week by attorneys for Cody Cousins. Cousins, 23, of Warsaw, Ind., has been charged with murder in the January killing of 21-year-old Andrew Boldt of West Bend, Wis.
It was not clear why Resnick, a professor at Case Western University in Cleveland, was listed as a possible defense witness at Cousins' trial. As of Friday afternoon, no competency hearing to determine whether Cousins is mentally fit to stand trial was listed on the Tippecanoe County court's online docket, and his attorneys had not filed documents stating he intends to offer an insanity defense. Cousins' attorney Robert W. Gevers II of Fort Wayne, Ind., did not return an email seeking comment.
Resnick consulted or testified in the trials of Andrea Yates, the suburban Houston woman who was eventually sent to a mental hospital after she drowned her five children in 2001, and Brian David Mitchell, the man who kidnapped then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart and held her captive for several months.
He also testified at the trials of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski; Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh; and in the 2012 trial of T.J. Lane, then 17, in an attack at a high school east of Cleveland in which three students died and three others were wounded.
Resnick's testimony has not generally favored one side over the other.
In the Ohio school shooting case, Resnick said none of the symptoms detailed in a mental evaluation would prevent Lane from understanding the case against him and helping in his defense.
But in 2006, Resnick told jurors that Yates was delusional.
Prosecutors and police have said that Cousins attacked Boldt around noon Jan. 21 in Purdue's Electrical Engineering Building on the campus in West Lafayette. Court documents say Boldt suffered both gunshot and knife wounds and that several people were in the classroom and witnessed the attack.
One of the items listed on prosecutors' evidence items is a photograph from a witness's cellphone.
Court documents have not cited a possible motive for the slaying.
Both Cousins and Boldt were seniors, and both were teaching assistants, but it wasn't clear if or how they knew each other.
A professor who worked with Cousins has described him as intense and aggressive. He told The Associated Press that electrical engineering students are under tremendous pressure and many don't graduate from the program.
The trial date for Cousins was rescheduled from April 22 to Oct. 6 during a hearing Friday in a Tippecanoe County court, according to the court's online docket.


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from the double-helix-of-good-times dept.
Hugh Pickens writes"Studies comparing identical twins with non-identical twins have helped to establish the heritability of many aspects of behavior. Recent work suggests that about one third of the variation in people's happiness is heritable. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve has taken the study a step further, picking a popular suspect — the gene that encodes the serotonin-transporter protein, a molecule that shuffles a brain messenger called serotonin through cell membranes — and examined how variants of the 5-HTT gene affect levels of happiness. The serotonin-transporter gene comes in two functional variants—long and short and people have two versions (known as alleles) of each gene, one from each parent. After examining genetic data from more than 2,500 participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, De Neve found that people with one long allele were 8% more likely than those with none to describe themselves as very satisfied with life and those with two long alleles were 17% more likely of describing themselves as very satisfied. Interestingly enough, there is a notable variation across races with Asian Americans in the sample having on average 0.69 long genes, white Americans with 1.12, and black Americans with 1.47. 'It has long been suspected that this gene plays a role in mental health but this is the first study to show that it isinstrumental in shaping our individual happiness levels (PDF),' writes De Neve. 'This finding helps to explain why we each have a unique baseline level of happiness and why some people tend to be naturally happier than others, and that's in no small part due to our individual genetic make-up.'"


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Yaso, a mysterious figure in a demonic red and blue mask, has transported Takahiro Ogata to a realm of pain.
"You gamble with your life here!"
Yaso shouts. Ogata, a young Japanese actor with a mop of shaggy brown hair, tries to look brave as he is presented with a tureen full of scalding hot soup. Yaso informs Ogata that he has 60 seconds to transfer the soup's chunky bits—radish, fish, octopus—onto a plate.
Using only his mouth.
If Ogata fails to meet Yaso's challenges, a merciless punishment will follow. If Ogata succeeds … a merciless punishment will follow anyway.
A piercing horn blast marks the start of the challenge. As dramatic lights flash, Ogata dips his head into the tureen—and jerks back immediately, grimacing in pain. "Can I at least take off my microphone?" pleads Ogata, gesturing at the headset he's wearing.
"You ask too much!" Yaso replies.
Ogata and his tormentor are on the set of Power Purin, a show that airs at 12:55 am every Wednesday on the Japanese network TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System.) Ogata continues to dip his face into the soup. Again and again he comes up empty, emitting anguished yelps. "I can feel the heat in my teeth!" he says as Yaso looks on, cackling.
This is not a game show—Power Purin is devoted mostly to humorous skits performed by a cast of young comedians. But there's a regular segment on the show that features a batsu gēmu (punishment game) in which Ogata, one of the stars of Power Purin, must endure creative tortures. A sadistic Saw-style challenge like this might seem incongruous in the middle of a late-night comedy show. But it's the norm in Japan, where batsu games permeate TV.
Much has been written about Japan's gross national cool—the worldwide demand for the country's fashion, cuisine, anime, manga, videogames, and consumer electronics. But less attention has been paid to the country's gross national gross—unscripted TV shows focused on imaginatively disgusting and cruel physical challenges—even though they're just as popular and influential.
Indeed, batsu games are already poised to make their way into television programming around the world. You've seen their impact on US stunt/reality programs like Fear Factor and Endurance, while shows like American Ninja Warrior and Hole in the Wall are direct imports of Japanese concepts. But the difference between the real thing and the American spinoffs is like the difference between sushi fresh from Tokyo's Tsukiji market and the stuff you get at the food court in your local mall. Search "Japan game show" on Google for the real deal: men coated in oil trying to climb a slippery ramp so they can peek at a pretty girl in the shower. A machine that whacks contestants in the groin. Or a guy bobbing for radishes in scalding fish broth.
On the set of Power Purin, Ogata has failed the boiling-soup test, extracting only a couple of ingredients before his time runs out. Now he's faced with a new challenge: Grope around inside a small box and try to deduce what it contains. Thanks to a window on the opposite side of the box, viewers already know what's there: a trio of live scorpions.
The air horn wails again, and Ogata jams his hands into the holes. His fingers close on one of the scorpions, and with a shriek he jerks back, flinging the creature down on the set. Crew members back away as the scorpion scurries toward the cameras. "I know what's in the box!" Ogata cries, his hand raised like an eager student.
Yaso is having none of it. (He's actually fellow Power Purin star Hiroyuki Yasoshima, dressed in a mask and velvet suit.) The point was to guess what was in the box without seeing it. When Ogata inadvertently flung the scorpion onto the set, he violated the rules. Another challenge failed.
This segment may not look like much fun for Ogata, but it's a point of pride for a cast member to be chosen to star in the show's batsu game. Japan has quiz shows and athletic challenges like Sasuke that invite the general public to participate in ways that Western game shows do. But a good chunk of games on Japanese television feature comedians and TV personalities, not average citizens. The prize element is removed; these shows are pure spectacle, with the focus on punishing losers rather than rewarding winners. Like many Japanese comedians, Ogata was formally trained at a humor academy, and part of that training was to be entertaining while enduring things like batsu games. Ogata works for the Japanese comedy juggernaut Yoshimoto Kogyo. In fact, everyone on this soundstage is employed by the company—the cast, the director, even the camera operators. In addition to being one of the nation's largest TV production companies, Yoshimoto manages 800 of the biggest performers and owns many of the hottest comedy theaters. "Some people say that comedy should be nice and clean," says Hiroshi Osaki, the conglomerate's president. "That's just not so. People retain a vicious sense of humor and a vicious nature." That's why watching comedians react to unexpected torments can be so compelling. Yoshimoto Kogyo played a crucial rule in refining the modern Japanese game formula, and it's currently airing more than a dozen variety programs that feature batsu game segments.
"In Japan, Yoshimoto equals comedy," Osaki says. "All you have to do is drop our name and someone might laugh. And that's what we want in a wider territory." The company has taken some tentative steps to export pure, unvarnished Japanese game shows to a worldwide audience. But can Yoshimoto surmount differences in language, culture, and taste? And is the world ready for this brand of punishing play?
As Ogata tries to make the best of steaming soup and stinging arthropods on the set of Power Purin, Horie B-Men stands off to the side monitoring the mayhem. B-Men is one of Yoshimoto Kogyo's 100-plus TV writers, who are responsible for filling 3,500 episodes a year with dialog, skits, and batsu games. "Since this is a late-night show, viewers want something exciting," B-Men says. To meet that need, he and his colleagues are constantly brainstorming new ideas for fresh challenges. To keep costs down, they devise scenarios that find interesting new uses for old standbys like the giant hammer, the tank full of eels, and other bizarre paraphernalia they get from prop companies.
Oh, and the writers and producers also try not to kill or maim their performers. "You have to maintain safety," says Aki Yorihiro, CEO of the company's new American subsidiary, Yoshimoto Entertainment USA. "But first and foremost it has to be entertaining. Our comedians are playing a real game, and they are subjected to real punishments. But their reactions, their state of mind, their overall attitude … all of that combines to make it entertaining."
Copycat Contests
Japanese television doesn't always translate in the West, but that hasn't kept producers from developing their own versions. Consider these international imitators.
Takeshi's Castle
This series, which ran from 1986 to 1989, had contestants navigating absurd obstacle courses before a final battle with TV personality "Beat" Takeshi Kitano. Kitano also peppered the contestants with ridicule as they competed.
The 2008 ABC series was sued for its similarites to Takeshi's Castle and two other Japanese game shows. Takeshi's Castle ran on SpikeTV with an English overdub as MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge).
"Brain Wall"
Dubbed "Human Tetris," this sequence on the Japanese variety show Minasan no Okage Deshita forced celebrity contestants to strike poses so they could fit through oddly shaped holes in an oncoming wall.
Hole in the Wall
This officially licensed US adaptation of "Brain Wall" debuted on Fox in 2008 and moved to Cartoon Network in 2010. Local versions of the show were also made in some 40 countries.
"Silent Library"
This sequence from the long-running show Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! made comedians endure torments and indignities—like having nose hairs plucked out—while maintaining complete silence, so as not to disturb other patrons.
Silent Library
MTV's version of the segment ran for 89 episodes. Many featured D-list celebs and MTV reality show stars, like the cast of Jersey Shore. A UK adaptation called Fist of Zen was also made.
Screenshots, From Top: Courtesy of Spike TV; Photofest; Courtesy of FujiTV; courtesy of Cartoon Network; Courtesy of NTV; Courtesy of MTV
"Cut!" yells the director of Power Purin. Ogata and his colleagues retire to their dressing room, exhausted—this is their fourth straight day of shooting. The comedians compare batsu-game horror stories. One performer had to eat a raw lemon, skin and all. Another was forced to sniff the seat of a colleague's pants after it had been scorched by a flame.
Some observers have suggested that the danger and pain of batsu games are exaggerated for dramatic effect—for instance, there was no way for Power Purin viewers to know whether the soup was actually boiling. But Ogata claims, through a translator, that it really was skin-searingly hot. Gum-blisteringly hot. "Hot!" he insists, the only English word I've heard him use all day.
Comedians have not always been the go-to stars of Japanese game shows. The popular 1977 series The Trans America Ultra Quiz sent ordinary people to exotic locales around the world and made them complete grueling challenges if they failed to answer questions correctly. In the 1984 show Za Gaman (The Endurance), college students were forced to sit in a "starvation chamber" all day, exercise nonstop until they sweated off 6 pounds, and be buried up to their necks in sand. Then lizards were set upon them.
The influential 1986 series Takeshi's Castle hit upon a mix of absurdism and cruelty that became a template for most modern TV games. It starred standup comedian "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, one of the most popular TV personalities in Japan. (He has since become an acclaimed film director and writer.) The conceit of the show was that Kitano ruled a fictional realm and challenged people to endure a ludicrous gauntlet before they could face him. Contestants had to run up a steep incline while dodging fake boulders or cling to a giant mushroom attached to a zipline as it whizzed over a muddy swamp. Survivors advanced to the finals at Takeshi's ersatz castle, where they engaged in a sort of cosplay demolition derby. The rare winner received about $5,000.
The program was unmistakably an outgrowth of Japan's videogame boom; the absurd challenges that crescendoed to a final boss battle were like a live-action Super Mario Bros. Matt Alt, a translator and author in Tokyo, says it was also a metaphor for Japan's booming 1980s economy. "Shows like Takeshi's Castle were the product of an era when Japan was on top," he says. "They were a fictionalized version of how far Japanese people were willing go to reach their goal."
The giant sets and ambitious challenges of Takeshi's Castle fell out of fashion after Japan's economic bubble burst. According to several Japanese producers and writers, there was also a feeling that average Japanese citizens were too reserved to be truly entertaining contestants—in close-up, their faces failed to convey the requisite anguish or elation. In the 1990s a new generation of programs devised a far better way to deliver this type of spectacle: Use actors.
One of the most influential was the 1989 TV show Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (This Ain't Kid's Stuff!!). The variety show—still in production today—stars a comedy duo known as Downtown, who were trained and managed by Yoshimoto Kogyo. It features improvisational humor, but it became a phenomenon thanks to the imaginative batsu games its stars were forced to endure. There was the segment called "Silent Library," in which participants were asked to tolerate punishments like having nose hairs pulled out while struggling to maintain complete silence. And then there was "Chinko Machine" (Penis Machine), in which the comedians stood on top of said machine and answered trivia questions or recited tongue twisters. If they made a mistake, the machine punched them squarely in the chinko.
Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! perfected a formula that many Japanese shows followed: subjecting comedians to batsu games on the same soundstage where they performed skits and stand-up. Minasan no Okage Deshita had "Brain Wall," in which comedians had to contort their bodies to fit through oddly shaped holes in a wall that was rushing toward them. (American fans who discovered clips online nicknamed it "Human Tetris.") On Haneru no Tobira, comedians slid down a giant pachinko board and bounced off bumpers.
US TV networks soon noticed the popularity of these shows and set about adapting or importing them. Takeshi's Castle aired on Spike TV with an English overdub, rebranded as MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge). The companies behind the ABC show Wipeout were sued over its similarities to Takeshi's Castle and two other shows. Fox created its own "Human Tetris" called Hole in the Wall. MTV westernized Yoshimoto's "Silent Library"; one episode saw Jersey Shore's Snooki fighting nausea as she tried to lick cocoa butter out of a stranger's back hair. Mystifyingly, "Penis Machine" has not yet been Americanized.
"Don't move around the stage so much! Project your voice!"
Tomiaki Daiku, a 55-year-old with glasses and graying hair, barks instructions at a roomful of college-age pupils. He's teaching a stand-up comedy class at Yoshimoto's New Star Creation school in Tokyo. The students take turns dashing to the center of the room, where they recite a comedy routine. "Don't make fun of women; most of your live audiences will be ladies!" Daiku says. "And if you're going to pretend to be a girl, you really have to sell it!" The performers listen expressionlessly, bow politely, and hurry back to their seats.
After class Daiku wearily tells me about the long road ahead for his pupils. If this class is typical, he says, only 3 percent of them will have a successful job in comedy five years from now. Those odds don't dissuade people from shelling out 400,000 yen (roughly $5,000) for a course at the New Star Creation school in Tokyo or its sister campus in Osaka, where up to 1,500 students enroll each year. They're hoping to earn a spot in Yoshimoto's talent stable, work their way through the company's theaters, and eventually hit the airwaves as owarai geinin—television comedians—like the stars of Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, who were members of NSC's first graduating class in 1982.
Yoshimoto trains comedians, places them on the stage, casts them on shows, and takes a percentage of their earnings. "It's like the old studio system," says Yorihiro, of Yoshimoto Entertainment USA. "We take care of people throughout their careers and throughout their lives." Top comedians are on several shows at once, sometimes recording more than one show a day. Yorihiro claims that a comedy superstar in Japan can earn as much as a top Hollywood actor.
It's a given that part of what these stars will be called upon to do is perform in batsu games. Yoshimoto Kogyo prepares them to be entertaining regardless of the indignities they suffer. You can see this in another class at New Star Creation, about acting out emotions. The decorum of the stand-up class is gone; students now perform with ferocious abandon. One gyrates uncontrollably on an imaginary stripper pole. Two others slap each other in the groin while shouting, "Let's get it on!" Another duo simulates oral sex with such intensity that their instructor suggests they get a room. There's a hint of desperation to their antics, but it's easy to see how aspiring comedians would endure strange punishments and humiliation to stand out. Eat a tube of wasabi? Sure. Nipple-clamp tug-of-war? A small price to pay for stardom.
In 2008, ABC sent American reality show contestants to Tokyo to compete for a $250,000 prize in the straightforwardly titled I Survived a Japanese Game Show. It wasn't really a Japanese game show—it was the US TV producer's idea of a Japanese game show, with challenges like "You Look Funny Stuck on a Wall" and "Big Chicken Butt Scramble." I Survived a Japanese Game Show had can't-fail material, but according to Time magazine TV critic James Poniewozik, it turned "into a boring, American-style reality show, complete with confessional segments and backstage scenes."
Yoshimoto Kogyo's latest goal is to succeed where I Survived a Japanese Game Show didn't—by delivering the real thing. For years the company has been laying the groundwork for an American invasion: inking a strategic alliance with the Hollywood talent powerhouse Creative Artists Agency, investing in the cross-platform channel Nerdist Industries (founded by Wired correspondent Chris Hardwick), and schmoozing with US reality show production companies. Now it's hoping to create TV series that bring the pure unvarnished madness of batsu games to a worldwide audience. These will be Japanese shows shot in Japan, on Japanese sets, for consumption by Japanese and US audiences.
Yoshimoto is producing two versions of the same game show using the same sets and props—a Japanese version as well as a version with American contestants, directors, and hosts. Yoshimoto has produced six such dual pilots, including You vs. America, a quiz show hosted by Ted Allen of Chopped. With Yoshimoto's experience and warehouse of props, these Americanized pilots cost only a fraction of what they'd run stateside.
One of the most instructive examples of how this cross-cultural initiative is faring is Yoshimoto Kogyo's The Luckiest. In late 2011, Craig Piligian, the reality-TV mogul behind Survivor, approached Yoshimoto about collaborating on an anti-Survivor: a game show about pure dumb luck, not cutthroat dealmaking. Piligian's Pilgrim Studios and Yoshimoto inked a coproduction deal, and producers from both outfits met for an epic brainstorming session in Tokyo. Japanese-born Masi Oka of Heroes and Hawaii Five-0 fame was brought in as a consultant. (According to Oka, it's easier if "a fellow Japanese guy who has succeeded in Hollywood" is the one telling the Japanese how to Americanize their shows, such as using wide, sweeping camera shots instead of just close-ups of suffering faces.)
Eventually the brainstorming team settled on a show that would feature a handful of chance-based contests. There would be a spinning cannon that randomly knocked people off a ledge, swinging pendulums that strike contestants based on a die roll, and a challenge in which participants would don helmets covered with raw Kobe beef and pray that a hawk didn't perch on their head. Both the Japanese and American versions of the pilot were filmed in early 2012 on a Tokyo soundstage bedecked in faux Roman columns. The two shows featured the same games—but that's where the similarities ended.
The Japanese version, Un Dake Shokin Variety! Lucky Coliseum, featured fading comedy stars who'd achieved fleeting fame due to a single bit or catchphrase. Now, Yorihiro says, "they could resurrect themselves on television." But the Western version, called The Luckiest, cast a bunch of everyday, English-speaking people living in Tokyo.
On Lucky Coliseum, losing comedians would trot out their signature one-liners and gags as they exited the stage and then head to a dark room for the duration of the episode. Every now and then, the show's emcee would check in on the poor schmucks and rub their noses in their defeat. On The Luckiest, losing contestants were escorted off the show with typical Western melodrama.
Lucky Coliseum aired in Japan on ABC (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation) as a one-off late-night special in March 2012, and there's talk of shooting more episodes. The Luckiest has yet to be purchased by an American network. That might be because the challenges are bizarre, but they still seem tame compared to a show like Fear Factor, where contestants dive into vats of blood to find cow hearts. "Some people in the West want to see more pain or bad reactions," Yorihiro says. "But in Japan you are going for the laughable punishment. It's quite scary to have a hawk on the top of your head, eating away at a piece of meat." But because the contestants on America's Luckiest haven't been trained to milk pain for laughs, they often simply look uncomfortable while enduring stunts.
None of Yoshimoto Kogyo's pilots have been picked up in the West yet. But at company headquarters near the busy Shinjuku commercial ward, Yoshimoto CEO Osaki is cautiously optimistic. "It might take a thousand years for us to reach Hollywood, but I think we have a shot at it," he says as he puffs on a Lucky Strike. But he's not betting on Louis CK and Sarah Silverman performing batsu game challenges. And he isn't sure that different humor styles always mix. "I personally don't find American stand-up that funny," Osaki says. "Maybe it's lost in translation."
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I'm currently in the process of migrating my VB / VB.NET knowledge of 12 years to Java, using Netbeans as my chosen IDE. Things are starting to sink in but I'm currently stuck with one thing which I've taken from granted in VB but can't seem to achieve in Java.
In VB.NET you can expose generic collections as properties of a class. For example if we have a class called MyProject, you can have a property called 'Components' which is simply a reference to a collection within the class. This allows you to reference the collection's properties and methods directly in the following way ('Contains' is a property of many VB.NET generic collections)...
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This week's Flashback project will introduce a little steampunk into your summer, as our good friend Cathe Holden shows you how to create cool glass eyeballs. You'll want to run out and use them in every steampunk project you can!
By Cathe Holden
Creating faux glass eyeballs (that seem to follow you as you move) is very simple using actual eye images and glass bubble gems. These eyes can then be incorporated into a fabulous steampunk pendant that you… er… can't look away from.
Images of eyes, either your own, or use the image below
Photo-editing software
Printer and high-quality printer paper
Flat-backed glass gems
Small paintbrush
Mod Podge
Assorted jewelry components (see below)
Step 1: To get the main image for the project, I talked my daughter into sharing her eyeball (and a tiny bit of discomfort). I decided after attempting to shoot several photos of my own eyes that her younger, clearer, blue ones were so much lovelier. And, having an extra set of hands helps when photographing, because it helps to stretch the eyelids open a bit.
Step 2: I think using your own eye or that of someone you know is a pretty cool idea, but I'm including the eye image I used in a few color variations for you to use, if needed.
When crafting with an image of your own eye, you may need to edit it using Photoshop, PS Elements or another image editing software to remove blood vessels (which can also be added to a printed image with a red colored pencil), erase eyelids to create more white area, and size the overall image. Print the eye image in several different sizes. The glass bubbles magnify images placed beneath them, so you may need to test a few sizes to get the right effect.
Step 3: Once you have chosen the best size, trace around the glass marble and and trim out the eye image just inside the traced line.
Step 4: Use Mod Podge to laminate the eye image to the flat side of the glass bubble gem.
Step 5: Use your glass eyeballs for collage, jewelry, magnets, and more.
To create a pendant, I used baubles made from junk jewelry, flea market watch parts, and a glass vial, most of which can be purchased on Etsy. Brass filigree cabochon pieces are also great for creating steampunk-style jewelry.
I tucked a tiny rolled section of cigar box tape into the glass vial and then threaded a wire looped headpin into the cork. I trimmed it down and bent it into a hook to keep it from slipping out.
About the Author
Cathe Holden is a graphic designer, professional crafter, wife, and mother of three teens who lives in beautiful Petaluma, Calif. Cathe shares creative inspiration, craft tutorials, free digital downloads, and product giveaways on her blog, JustSomethingIMade.com.


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|Unit Price:
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|Delivery Time:
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Basic Info
Model No.: RESM004
Transmission Type: Flexible
Automatic Production Line: Assembly
Certification: ISO, CE
Automation: Automation
Flexible Production: Intelligent Manufacturing
Rhythm: Flow Production Line
Production Scope: Product Line
Power Supply: 220V/50HZ
Power: 4000-5000W
Air Pressure: 0.6-0.8Mpa
Control System: PLC
Control Mode: Automatic Touch Screen
Weight: 2500kgs
Mechanical Dimension: 3300*3100*1200mm
Capacity: 500-600PCS/Hour
Machine Type: Straight Line + Rotary Table
Detection: Sensors
Additional Info
Packaging: Woodencase
Productivity: 10sets/Year
Brand: RENER
Transportation: Ocean
Place of Origin: China
Supply Ability: 10sets/Year
Certificate: ISO9001
HS Code: 8479899990
Port: Shenzhen
Product Description
Tap Assembly Line
The water inlet are composed of rod, plastic cover, rubber stopper, rubber holder, screw, nut, rivet ten parts assembled, factory manual assembly lines need more than 10 workers completed, and introduced Automatic Production Line is the tap assembly line, only by a machine operator to complete. The Automatic Assembly Line automatic Production Line to the factory bring high efficiency, increase production, reduce the bad products.
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Capacity: 500-600pcs / hour.
Number of operators:1-2persons
Advantages: saving labor,increase production capacity, reduce bad products.
2. Machine Parameters:
|Mechanical dimension:
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|Air pressure:
|Control mode:
|Automatic touch screen
|Brand for Pneumatic components:
|Brand for Slide:
|Module steel:
|Main functions:
|Automatic assembly tap
|Automatic assemblying machine
3. Machine Features:
1) Electric control adopts Japanese MITSUBISHI PLC, man-machine interface adopts imported color touch screen;
2) Cylinder adopts Taiwan original;
3) Automatic detection: optical fiber sensor, with material start, without material stop;
4) Automatic counting, output setting;
5 Intuitive interface, easy to operate, safely;
6) Abnormal automatic alarm shutdown, and display the abnormal information.
4. Steps of building full automatic line:
1, The product is immature, there is no stable ready-made process, product life cycle, product annual output
2, If there is automatic line, Automatic Machine or the same type of production line for reference.
3, Whether all products can automatic feeding, product structure is suitable for automatic assembly, automatic assembly to change the feeding material, modified materials instead of packaging, part of product structure, product assembly a chamfer there, add to the appropriate.
4, Some testing instruments may be manual, be instead of automatic operation.
5, If the production line site has no limit, determine the length of the production line width.
6. The layout structure of the production line is determined as follows: straight line without load type, straight line horizontal carrier backflow type, straight line download with reflux type, multiple turntable direct connection, turntable plum blossom type, right angle type, U form.
7, The production line standard accessories brand determination.
8, Production line vulnerability and spare parts determination.
9, The production line acceptance standards identified.
10, Both sides of the program audit
11, Price determination, contract with the determination of the two sides to determine the follow-up, single order production delivery.
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5. About us:
Dongguan Rener Automation Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise engaged in R & D, industrial non-standard machinery and equipment production, sales and service automation.Our products are widely used in automatic production of standard fasteners, hardware accessories, auto parts, electronic parts, electrical appliances, plastic hardware, locks, medical equipment accessories, cosmetics, sanitary products and other industries. Undertake mobile phone connector, automotive, medical, hardware, wire, all kinds of consumer electronic products, sanitary products and other non-standard Automation Equipment R & D project development, to undertake a variety of plastic Hardware Products production line, assembly line, automatic machine manufacturing, design various automation solutions.Effective for the enterprises to solve the problems in high cost, low efficiency and serious quality, recruitment difficulties, labor trouble etc...For all enterprises to save resources, improve efficiency, achieve social harmony and win-win and customer.
Our main products: plastic & Hardware assembling machine, sanitary Assembly Machine, Automatic Locking Screw Machine, spring separating feeder machine, we developed a number of sanitary assembly line has been successfully put into production in the Middle East.We have experienced technical backbone and a strong engineering team, and provide overseas machine commissioning and overseas training experience and service, make the enterprise production line put into production, we provide technical support and thoughtful pre-sale customer service for customers in the industry field, we will make unremitting efforts to strive for the majority of customer service. Dongguan Rener automation technology limited company's good faith, strength and quality of products recognized by the industry. Welcome friends from all world of life come to visit, guidance and business negotiation
6. Customer Service:
1) Warranty period:1 years (Non-human damage and other factors)
2) Provide logistics, customs service and foreign installation ,commissioning and operator training service for the machine.
2. How many days will you finish installing & commissioning ?We will finish installation,commissioning and training within 15-25days.
3. What should we charge for your engineer?You should charge for the cost of our engineer's visa, air tickets, hotel, food, and also their salary 50USD one day per person.
4. How long is your machine's warranty period?All our machine have one year guarantee, starting from finished installation.
5. How could we do after one year warranty period?We also can do service for you, but you need pay salary for my technician 80USD/day.
6. How could we do if the parts broken within warranty?We would express the free replacement parts during the warranty date.
7. Does your engineer understand English?Our engineers understand a little English. All of our engineer have more than five years machine installation experience. In addition, they can use body language to communicate with customer.
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