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Do you dread your yearly mammogram? What if we told you it didn't have to be an uncomfortable experience? You might be relieved because mammograms are a proven way to help catch breast cancer early, and yet some women skip them because they fear the pain and discomforted. Instead of skipping out, here are five things you can do to have more comfortable, less painful mammograms.

Schedule Strategically

Keep track of your periods and schedule your mammogram appointments accordingly. Most women experience the least amount of breast tenderness during the first two weeks of their menstrual cycle, which means you would experience less discomfort from a mammogram during this time. Some women find that marking their cycle on their calendar, writing it in a journal or keeping a note in their cell phone can help them keep track of their flow.

Avoid Caffeine

Some women find that caffeine increases breast tenderness. Even small amounts of caffeine can have an effect. Even if you aren't sure if this is you, experiment with avoiding caffeine in the week leading up to your mammogram to see if it helps lower the pain you experience. Coffee, tea, soft drinks, sports drinks, and chocolate are common sources of caffeine.

Consider OTC Painkillers

An over-the-counter painkiller such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen taken about an hour before your mammogram may help to reduce any pain or discomfort you may feel during the mammography procedure. Taking OTC painkillers ahead of time is also a good way to prevent any discomfort you might normally feel following your mammogram.

Ask About Padding

Some mammogram centers offer padding designed to make your mammogram more comfortable. One example is the MammoPad, which is a soft, white, single-use foam pad that is invisible to X-rays. It secures to the lower metal plate, providing a soft and warm spot for the technician to place your breast.

Try Numbing Gel

While it can be messy, numbing gel applied to the breast has been found to relieve pain from the pressure of mammograms. Lidocaine, a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug, is one option. It can be used directly on your skin to help relieve itching, burning and skin inflammation, and can help with the pain associated with mammograms. It's the same formula your doctor or dentist might use to numb you before getting a tooth pulled or a minor surgery.

Check out these articles for more information to prepare for your mammogram:

Having a Mammogram: What You Need to Know

Mammogram Images, Descriptions and Details

Understanding Your Mammogram Report

What Breast Calcifications Mean On Your Mammogram

When and How Often Should I Get Mammograms?


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|Christopher L. Gorman, Doug Brucks
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This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/429,881, filed Oct. 29, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,798,411. The entire teachings of the above application are incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to processing an image.
Pictures displayed on computer screens are made up of a very large number of closely packed dots known as pixels. Although a color or black-and-white image may include many different colors or shades of gray, each individual pixel displays only a single color or a single shade of gray. A computer accesses data to determine how to light up each pixel in an image. For example, the data may be a single number corresponding to a shade of gray, or a collection of numbers that instruct the computer to light a given pixel by mixing different amounts of red, green, and blue.
An image the size of a small computer monitor requires data for nearly half-a-million pixels. The large amount of data needed to describe each pixel in an image can consume a lot of space on a computer hard disk or take a long time to download over a network. Thus, it would be advantageous to develop a technique for reducing the amount of data needed to represent an image.
A method of constructing a two-dimensional image including receiving information describing a two-dimensional N-gon mesh of vertices and constructing an image by coloring at least some of the N-gons based on the respective vertices of the N-gons.
Typically, the triangle lines shown in
For example, as shown in
Conceptually, an edge collapse, as shown in
Whether or not instructions reduce the mesh, expressing a two-dimensional image as a flat mesh permits the use of a variety of techniques used by 3D graphics applications. For example, pixels bounded by a triangle in the mesh can also be colored using a 3D graphics technique known as Gouraud shading (also called intensity interpolation shading or color interpolation shading).
Gouraud shading uses the colors of triangle vertices to color-in the triangle area between the vertices. Many standard APIs (Application Program Interfaces), such as DirectX and OpenGL, and popular 3D Graphics Accelerator cards (e.g., 3D cards available from Matrox™ and Diamond™) offer Gouraud shading functions in their APIs. The Gouraud shading functions provided by these cards are used by real-time 3D video games to quickly shade triangles in three-dimensional triangular meshes that form spaceships and other 3D objects. By creating a flat mesh from an image, software (e.g., a browser) displaying an image can take advantage of the fast hardware-implemented coloring routines offered by these 3D graphics cards even though the images are only two-dimensional. This technique can speed image special effects such as zooming in or out of an image. For example, as shown in
Zooming in or out is achieved by multiplying the vertex coordinates (or a copy of the vertex coordinates) by a scalar value. This has the effect of increasing the distance between vertex coordinates and increasing the size of the triangles. The triangles now require more pixels to fill the interior and edges. Thus, while vertices 102 b and 102 c were neighbors in
Many other shading techniques may be used instead of, or in combination with, Gouraud shading. For example, a system may use flat-shading or wire-frame shading. In flat shading, each pixel of a triangle is colored using the average color of the triangle vertices. Wire-frame shading is like Gouraud shading, except the interior pixels are not colored, only the edges. This gives the image an interesting computer-like effect.
Image Processing
As shown in
Prior to mesh reduction, the software 110 may apply filters to the mesh to identify important edges or to apply special effects that are transmitted as part of the image. The information gained in this pre-processing may guide the edge selection during mesh reduction.
After creating the mesh 112, the software 110 then uses mesh reduction techniques to simplify the mesh. A wide variety of mesh reduction techniques can be used such as edge-collapsing, vertex clustering, and/or vertex decimation. After simplification, the software 110 encodes the mesh for later reconstruction into an image.
The image decoding software 120 decodes the-encoded mesh 118 and can use a shading technique 144 to display the image. A user may choose different image special effects 126 such as image scaling (e.g., zooming-in and out), image rotation in any x, y, or z direction, or image shearing. The image may also be perturbed using a modulated sin or cosine function to create a wave-like effect. These special effects transform 126 the coordinates of the mesh vertices, for example, by moving them closer together or farther apart. After determining or receiving the new coordinates of the triangle vertices 128, the software 120 can again use Gouraud shading 124 to "color-in" each triangle.
Edge Collapsing
One type of mesh reduction technique is known as edge-collapsing.
In one embodiment, the process 114 uses the techniques described in a SIGGRAPH 97 article entitled "Surface Simplification Using Quadric Error Metrics" by Michael Garland and Paul S. Heckbert (Michael Garland and Paul S. Heckbert. Surface Simplification Using Quadric Error Metrics, Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 97, Computer Graphics Proceedings, Annual Conference Series, pp. 209–216 (August 1997, Los Angeles, Calif.); Addison Wesley; Edited by Turner Whitted; ISBN 0-89791-896-7). The article describes a technique designed and used for simplifying surface topologies in three-dimensional meshes (e.g., smoothing small jagged three-dimensional spikes or bumps). The technique identifies a set of planes whose intersection meet at a vertex and defines the error of the vertex with respect to this set of planes as the sum of squared distances to the planes. Instead of using this technique to smooth a three-dimensional surface, however, the encoding software can use the error-metric to identify edges that can be removed and cause the least amount of perceptible image color (or greyscale) degradation.
The three-dimensional error-metric technique operates on vertices having x, y, and z coordinates. Since the co-planar coordinates of the two-dimensional mesh can have only x and y values, in greyscale pictures, the z value for each vertex coordinate can be set to the greyscale value of the vertex.
In a color embodiment, the process 114 transforms the red, green, and blue (RGB) values of each pixel into YUV values in the luminance/chrominance color space. Y, u, and v can be directly computed as functions of R, G, and B. In the YUV color space, the Y value dominates the u and v values. Hence, the Y value of each vertex can be fed to the error-metric function as the z value for each vertex.
In yet another embodiment, the process applies the Quadric Error Metric to the Y, u, and v components of each vertex. The resulting error metrics (3 per edge) are weighted and averaged together to form a single error metric which is feed into an edge-collapsing function.
Mesh Encoding
After mesh reduction (if applied), the resulting mesh can be compactly encoded for storage and subsequent decoding.
A wide variety of techniques can be used to encode a mesh.
As shown in
As shown in
To summarize,
The mesh representation of the image could be encoded using other techniques including techniques that support progressive mesh construction and rendering. For example, the mesh could be encoded by compressing the actions needed to reconstruct the mesh progressively. Progressive transmission enables a system to display construction of the mesh as progressive information arrives instead of awaiting complete transmission.
The techniques described here, however, are not limited to any particular hardware or software configuration; they may find applicability in any computing or processing environment. The techniques may be implemented in hardware or software, or a combination of the two. Preferably, the techniques are implemented in computer programs executing on programmable computers that each include a processor, a storage medium readable by the processor (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and one or more output devices. Program code is applied to data entered using the input device to perform the functions described and to generate output information. The output information is applied to one or more output devices.
Each program is preferably implemented in a high level procedural or object oriented programming language to communicate with a computer system. However, the programs can be implemented in assembly or machine language, if desired. In any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language.
Each such computer program is preferable stored on a storage medium or device (e.g., CD-ROM, hard disk or magnetic diskette) that is readable by a general or special purpose programmable computer for configuring and operating the computer when the storage medium or device is read by the computer to perform the procedures described in this document. The system may also be considered to be implemented as a computer-readable storage medium, configured with a computer program, where the storage medium so configured causes a computer to operate in a specific and predefined manner.
Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. For example, while described as operating on a two-dimensional image, the image may be a single frame in a series of video frames. In this case, the encoding of the image may be described as changes to the mesh instead of completely re-encoding the mesh for each frame.
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I hate the whole "it's all uphill from here" saying. I just want to punch the person and tell them "why thank you for pointing out that I'm feeling like I'm at my lowest today."
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Minitex is offering the following EBSCO, Britannica, and Gale/Cengage hosted webinars on resources included in ELM.
EBSCO Webinars
Overview of Medical Resources:
Monday, October 1, 12:30 – 1:30 PM; Register for "Overview of Medical Resources"
This session will explore the following medical resources on EBSCOhost: Health Source – Consumer Edition, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition and Alt HealthWatch. Learn to use personal folders, and subject and journal alerts to explore the features of EBSCOhost that complement the content of these health-related databases.
Research Tools for Middle and High School:
Friday, October 26, 3:30 – 4:30 PM; Register for "Research Tools for Middle and High School"
In this session, attendees will learn how to navigate and successfully search databases designed for grades 6-12. We will conduct searches in both Student Research Center and EBSCOhost interfaces and discuss Lexile reading levels and a variety of search methods. Your students are sure to become super researchers in no time at all! Attendees will also tour the EBSCO Support site, which provides additional training tools as well as materials to help promote these valuable online resources.
EBSCOhost Mobile 2.0:
Wednesday, October 31, 12:30 – 1:15 PM; Register for "EBSCOhost Mobile 2.0"
This 45-minute session is intended for librarians and others who would like to learn more about the *NEW* mobile searching experience using EBSCOhost or EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) – no separate profile or app required! We will explore all the features available when using a mobile device to access EBSCOhost or EDS to include searching, limiters, folders, delivery options, authentication, branding/customization, reporting, and statistics.
Research Tools for Grades K-5:
Friday, November 2, 3:30 – 4:30 PM; Register for "Research Tools for Grades K-5"
This session is specifically geared to grades K-5 teachers and librarians. Utilizing EBSCO's Searchasaurus and Kids Search interfaces, participants will learn how to access grade-appropriate resources and help students get the research material they need! We will also discuss the advantages of using databases for searching instead of free Internet search engines. Finally, attendees will tour the EBSCO Support site, which provides additional training tools as well as materials to help promote these valuable online resources.
Consumer Health Complete:
Tuesday, December 4, 12:30 – 1:30 PM; Register for "Consumer Health Complete"
This session addresses the vast collection of health-related content available in Consumer Health Complete. We'll explore the custom interface to access encyclopedias, evidence-based care sheets, images, animation, and more! Attendees will also tour the EBSCO Support site, which provides additional training tools as well as materials to help promote these valuable online resources.
Britannica Webinars
Advanced Britannica Webinar: Workspace and Putting Videos into PowerPoint:
Thursday, October 25, 3:00 – 4:00 PM; Register for "Advanced Britannica Webinar: Workspace and Putting Videos into PowerPoint"
Join us to learn ways to help users use some of the advanced features available on Britannica. Learn how to create a Workspace for research and classroom purposes, put Britannica videos into PowerPoint presentations, and learn about any new features during this live, 1-hour webinar. Britannica Online School Edition is a provided to Minnesota schools funded through Minitex.
Minnesota Academic Standards Resources in Britannica:
Wednesday, October 3, 10:00 – 11:00 AM; Register for "Minnesota Academic Standards Resources in Britannica" (October 3)
Friday, November 16, 11:00 – 12:00 PM; Register for "Minnesota Academic Standards Resources in Britannica" (November 16)
Teachers and Library Media Specialists are invited to register for this online webinar about accessing free Minnesota Academic Standards resources from Britannica Online School Edition. We will explore articles, videos, interactive learning materials, and more! Britannica Online School Edition is provided to Minnesota schools funded through Minitex.
Teaching Literacy Skills in the Content Areas with Britannica:
Tuesday, October 9, 2:00 – 3:00 PM; Register for "Teaching Literacy Skills in the Content Areas with Britannica" (October 9)
Wednesday, October 31, 11:00 – 12:00 PM; Register for "Teaching Literacy Skills in the Content Areas with Britannica" (October 31)
Looking for new ways to use promote content literacy in Social Studies and Science? Britannica Online has many resources to help both Science and Social Studies teachers to focus on literacy within those content areas. During this 60-minute webinar, you will learn about some literacy strategies that you can use in the classroom right away! Britannica Online School Edition is provided to Minnesota schools funded through Minitex.
Gale/Cengage Webinars:
Gale's FREE Access My Library App for Mobile Devices:
Wednesday, October 10, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Monday, November 12, 4:00 – 5:00 PM; Register for "Gale's FREE Access My Library App for Mobile Devices"
Gale's FREE Access My Library App for Mobile Devices provides 24/7, on-the-go access to renowned Gale resources whenever and wherever they're needed. Attend this session to learn more about how it works, how to add your institution to the app, and how to order free promotional items to market the app and support your library.
Student Resources in Context:
Monday, October 15, 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Friday, October 26, 12:00 – 1:00 PM; Register for "Student Resources in Context"
Student Resources in Context reaches out to today's learners with a Web-like user experience, which intuitively conveys needed information on all core subjects from Science to Literature to History. From the eye-catching, media-rich homepage to the fast navigation options, Student Resources in Context helps students develop both research and critical-thinking skills while covering the spectrum of student-focused subject matter. Attend this session to learn more about the authoritative content available in Student Resources in Context and get tips on how to best work with the portal pages. Additionally, we'll review how you can find content appropriate to your student's reading level.
InfoTrac Student and Junior Editions:
Monday, October 22, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Monday, November 4, 4:00 – 5:00 PM; Register for "InfoTrac Student and Junior Editions"
InfoTrac Junior and Student Editions provide the in-depth, up-to-date information that students need to conduct research across the full range of academic and general interest topics. These periodical solutions operate on the PowerSearch platform, which enables users to cross-search content found in a single collection and with other collections. During this session we will give you information on how to navigate through PowerSearch and the general content available in these periodical databases.


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All photographic prints on the oboylephoto.com website, and on this blog are on sale for the Holidays.
Print prices are marked down through the end of the year.
8×10 prints are now $45 (marked down from $60)
13×19 prints are 1/2 price @ $125
17×22 prints are 1/2 price @ $350
Follow this link to the sales page to make a print purchase. Then send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com to let me know which print you want.
A print is a great gift, and one that will gain in value over time.


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This weekend we got lots of work done! In the front yard, we put up new house numbers over our garage door and added shutters on our front kitchen window. It's looking a lot different (to us) than when we first bought the house.
Here's a photo from right before we closed on our house, in September 2009:
And here it is today, August 2011:
The shutters, exterior lights, trellises for the clematises, and house numbers really make a difference for us. The shutters were surprisingly easy to install. We followed the directions and had them up in under 15 minutes. Super easy!
I have a four-day weekend for Labor Day next weekend, since my company gives us Friday off as well as Monday (awesome!). This means I have lots and lots of plans... we'll see how many get finished. Number one on the priority list, though, is painting the front door — the same dark green color as the shutters. We already bought the paint, so I'm all set! We originally had a screen door on the front door too, but it was damaged beyond repair in a big storm this spring. But once we took it off, we realized how ugly and in need of TLC the front door was.
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Last night we wrapped up Cool Camp with a campfire and some much-anticipated s'mores. We all shared compliments with each other, and our youngest first-time camper Henry (Age 6) had some beautiful things to say. As he told me this morning, "At the last campfire when we do compliments, I complimented everybody for being so nice and kind at cool camp. Everyone was just being so good, and it looked like really fun stuff was going on, and everyone looked really happy, especially at night because everyone likes sleeping."
To encourage reflection and sharing the Cool Camp experience, the students each wrote a letter to someone about their experiences at Camp. As one child put it, "We'll share what is in our heart about Cool Camp." Some chose to write to their parents, some to their siblings, and some to "a future Cool Camper." A lot of thought and work went into these letters. Maddie found some time before breakfast away from the group to work on her letter:
Maya's (age 6) letter to her mom is below. To see a few more examples click here.
When we got back to KMS this afternoon the Campers were excited to share their letters with their friends and families, and were effusive in talking about their experiences at Camp. They're already thinking ahead to returning next time! As I said at our campfire last night, I feel so lucky to have found a school that values these kinds of irreplaceable outdoors experiences. Long Live Cool Camp!


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All you need to know – Peanut Allergies
Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches! Did you grow up eating these like I did? I just love them but to some people these sweet-tasting lunch items could really be life threatening. If you know you have a peanut allergy, avoid peanuts at all costs! I you are unsure, you may just have an intolerance (non-life threatening) but should avoid peanuts & peanut oils for a few weeks to see if you feel better.
For little kids that haven't yet had peanuts, ask your doctor how to give and test peanuts on children. Peanut allergies are on the rise among children.
According to the Mayo Clinic:
Peanut allergy occurs when your immune system mistakenly identifies peanut proteins as something harmful. When you have direct or indirect contact with peanuts, your immune system releases symptom-causing chemicals into your bloodstream. It isn't known exactly why some people become allergic to peanuts and others don't.
Exposure to peanuts can occur in different ways:
- Direct contact. The most common cause of peanut allergy is eating peanuts or peanut-containing foods. Sometimes direct skin contact with peanuts can trigger an allergic reaction.
- Cross-contact. This is the unintended introduction of peanuts into a product. It's generally the result of a food being exposed to peanuts during processing or handling.
- Inhalation. An allergic reaction may occur if you inhale dust such as that of peanut flour.
If you have a peanut allergy, you need to avoid peanut products at all costs!
If you suspect a peanut intolerance (feeling unwell, fatigue, skin rashes) after eating peanuts… try a MED (modified elimination diet) for peanuts.
- Read all labels and look for peanut in BOLD lettering
- Beware unsuspecting food items that don't seem to have peanuts but may contain peanut flour
- Peanuts are actually a legume – not exactly a "nut"
- You may be able to tolerate tree nuts – so you can eat almonds, pecans, cashews and the nut butters made of these tree nuts
- Enjoy almond butter & jelly sandwiches
- Beware of baked goods and pot lucks… always ASK the person who made the item, if peanuts were used or if there's a chance of peanut contamination (especially if you have a severe allergy)


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January 14, 2013
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I have always enjoyed shopping around looking for deals on everything and I can vision alternate uses for just about everything…. No I am not a hoarder, well, umm, hmm, no I am definitely not a hoarder. I'm ahhh um, whats the word… FRUGAL yeah thats it, that's me. Actually I think I am more […]


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Learn about Loyola College part-time study, and registering for elective seminars and discussion sections. Which college degrees give you the best chances of entering a successful career path after graduation? Concentrating on Loyola College part-time study, for example, may give you additional focus in the admissions selection process. Check with the admissions office for assistance with prerequisites, course registration deadlines, and college degree program requirements. Please use the form above to request admissions info for Loyola College.
Research demonstrates that college freshman taking a full courseload go on to complete their degrees at a much higher rate than those students who study part-time. When choosing a major, plan ahead and be sure that you are picking courses that will meet transfer requirements of other colleges and universities later on. Further, by choosing your major early, you may be able to take some required core classes in a community college, saving both time and tuition fees.
Look at all the schools in your state first, as in-state tuition may be lower for state residents. The course catalog will outline which classes are required for a particular major, and what minimum GPA you'll need to maintain your class standing. Please contact the academic advising staff at the school you are interested in applying to about their specific guidelines. Beyond major requirements within the admissions department, you may consider John Carroll University academic counseling for complementary electives to your primary course of study.
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Jun 4, 2017
ENHANCE!: Upscaling images CSI-style with generative adversarial neural networks
I gave a silly lightning talk about GANs at Bangbangcon 2017! You can watch the video, or read a written version of the talk below.
I gave a silly lightning talk about GANs at Bangbangcon 2017! You can watch the video, or read a written version of the talk below.
I recently became interested in how online recommendation engines work, and decided to try implementing one myself as a Rails gem. I ended up building a gem that runs recommendations on your relational database, instead of using Redis like other gems. Read on to learn more about how I got there.
I just tried publishing on Medium for the first time. I was impressed by the clean writing experience that everyone raves about—it really does reduce the friction involved in formatting an article and sharing it out. But you pay the price by giving up a lot of control as well. Still not sure what I'll do going forward…
Anyway, check out the post here:
One of my goals for 2015 was to read more books.
As someone who grew up doing the majority of my nonfiction reading on the Internet, I've been increasingly realizing that books are a better use of my time. They typically contain deeper, more coherent thinking than most blog posts and news articles, and I also retain information better when I read it in a book, probably because I spend a longer period of time thinking about a set of related ideas.
Even though I still spent way too much time on my smartphone, I managed to be mildly successful at achieving my goal, which is a better result than I can report for most of my New Year's Resolutions! Here are five books that I most enjoyed reading this year.
I'm sitting in a packed conference room, about to see a talk by Todd Park, who famously led the "tech surge" that saved Healthcare.gov. Before he speaks, I notice Park standing at the side of the room, fiddling with his iPhone, face expressionless. I'm expecting a pleasant, if slightly bland, presentation.
But the moment he's introduced, bam, he sprints up to the podium—not a leisurely politician-jog-up-the-stairs, but a full Usain-Bolt-out-of-the-starting-blocks sprint—nearly tripping over a mic cable along the way. "HELLO!!!" he shouts, smile beaming, arms waving wildly. In the span of 10 seconds, he's already completely transformed my image of a "government tech worker."
Last weekend I attended CodeAcross Boston 2015, a civic innovation hackathon hosted by Code for Boston as part of the national CodeAcross weekend.
Having been driven insane by the wintry woes of Boston's public transit system, my idea for the event was to build "Waze for the T" – a crowdsourced alerting system to let commuters directly warn each other of delays, crowded platforms, and other problems on the subway. (The T is Boston's nickname for the public transit system.)
I joined forces with two coworkers from Panorama Education, and over a weekend we built out the idea as a mobile web app using Meteor. We affectionately called it MBTA Ninja. (As weird as the new gTLDs are, .ninja domains are a gold mine for hackathons!) We weren't really expecting anyone besides our coworkers and friends to use the app at first…
…and then it went viral on Twitter.
More cities need a project like Boston's MBTA Ninja http://t.co/uJGS6ntBc9 Nice work #CodeAcross Boston!— Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) February 25, 2015
@MBTA_ninja where were you last month! #theanswertomyprayers http://t.co/LjE79k1aqd— Kirsten O. Spilker (@KOSpilker) February 26, 2015
@mbta_ninja Too bad you can't whip up a new transit system as quickly as you came up with this site. Thank you! #mbtaninja #mbtafail #mbta— Stuck on the T (@IneedTupdates) February 26, 2015
. @mbta_ninja is my new favorite thing on the internet— Brian (@bmshirley) February 25, 2015
http://t.co/bKekGoM8nj is @waze for the @MBTA. Could have used it this week. #CodeAcross Boston pic.twitter.com/WRzrJvJGHO— Jascha F.-H. (@jfh) February 22, 2015
Bless you @mbta_ninja ❤ now… If only you had a downloadable app… #BabySteps— Chris Souza (@CSwizzle69) February 27, 2015
The last week has been a whirlwind. In just five days, 14,000 people have visited the site over 21,000 times. It's been featured on various news sites, and we even got interviewed for local TV news on Thursday—the clip does a great job of telling the story.
In thinking over this experience, I've come away with two main thoughts.
About a year ago, I became interested in all the recent discussion about how "sitting is the new smoking," and decided I should start monitoring my daily physical activity. The timing seemed especially good since I would be able to monitor my transition from being a college student to having a job, which makes it harder to live an active lifestyle. I was considering buying a Fitbit or Jawbone Up, but a friend recommended the fantastic Argus iOS app.
Argus uses the M7 motion coprocessor in my iPhone 5S to track my steps throughout the day without eating up too much battery life. Since I have my phone with me almost all the time, it achieves basically the same thing as a fitness wristband does, without having to worry about extra hardware. (This is a good example, among many, of smartphones assimiliating all sorts of previously separate hardware devices.)
Now that I've collected almost a year of data on Argus, I thought it would be a good time to use that data to gain some insight into my past year and set goals for the coming year. After all, a proper 2015 New Year's Resolution should be data-driven!
Last weekend I gave a talk about databases at the HackNY Masters conference with my friend and fellow Yale CS major Seth Thompson. We covered some of the basics of database technology, and gave tips about how to choose which database to use for an application without getting caught up in buzzwords. My favorite part was explaining the eventual consistency model in Amazon DynamoDB–who knew that consistency wasn't always a requirement of a production database?
Check out the slides here:
Last summer, I found time after work and on weekends to build a small web project called Yale Classroulette. It's a way to randomly explore the enormous Yale undergraduate course catalog – just tap the spacebar, and your screen fills up with a new grid of randomly selected classes, optimized for easy skimming. It basically combines the experience of skimming aimlessly through a paper course catalog with the convenience of the Internet.
I built the site for fun, and because I wanted to use it myself. It turns out other people wanted to use it too–in the year or so since it launched, Yale students have viewed over 1 million courses on it, and the average time on site is 16 minutes. Not bad engagement numbers for a side project.
There's only one problem with Classroulette. To put it bluntly, the code quality sucks. The Javascript for the frontend is a jQuery spaghetti mess with hardcoded constants and cryptic code, all polluting the global namespace. I wanted the random course loading to be fast, so the Sinatra backend fetches all the scraped course info from the database and stores it in a configuration variable upon initialization, because that was an easier in-memory data store to use than Redis. You get the idea. All this code was written in short shifts late at night when I was tired and distracted, and just wanted to get something launched. As an engineer, it's painful to write and deploy spaghetti code.
But here's what this project made me realize: sometimes, good code isn't the top priority!
I'm excited to be writing my first post on my redesigned personal website. I've been working on it for the last week, and it has a few improvements:
Blogging. This design puts blogging front and center. I did this mainly so I can blog about my exciting summer ahead, helping build the future of K-12 school analytics at Panorama Education. I plan to blog about all sorts of tech and entrepreneurship topics that come up over the summer.
Responsive. The previous design was pretty hard to use from a mobile device, so I designed the site to be responsive this time around. It was my first foray into responsive design, and I think it turned out alright. I enjoyed the typographical parts of responsive design, like keeping line lengths within the right range (apparently the rule of thumb is 50-75 characters).
But it was also frustrating to lose exact control over some of the visual elements – it takes far more effort to create a unique design if you want it to be responsive.
I'm using the great Montserrat typeface for headings, and the solid Open Sans for everything else.
Better site generator. I was previously using the Ruby-based static site generator Nanoc to build my personal site, and switched to Middleman for this version. Both do similar things, but Nanoc was really starting to annoy me with the way it worked (see this HN comment) and I like how Middleman works much better.
Look forward to many more posts over the next few months and beyond! I'll also add Disqus comments and import the posts from my old blog over here at some point.


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Villa: Agriturismo near Parma in Emilia Romagna, Berceto
Made out of an antique hayloft recently renovated, the Villa consists of 3 double rooms with a shared large bathroom , and a big living room. In this nice living room, ideal for meetings and party, there are the dining area, the big and well equiped kitchen and a comfortable reading and relaxing space.
From the living room you enter directly the night area: bed rooms and bathroom. The rooms furnishings style are modern and linear, and the beds are very comfortable with orthopaedic mattress and anallergic pillows. All the windows of the building are provided with double glasses that allow the sun light to enter the house all the day.
Great attention is reserved to removing of architectural barrier, to allow the access of guests with deambulation problems, both in the house and outside (both day and night rooms in the house are on the same level). We can receive from 4 to 10 person. Outside full space in the garden whit solarium zone and barbecue. Domestic animals are welcome at the farm


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WARNING: SPOILERS! D-Day for Fair City's Yvonne Doyle as rape verdict delivered
Fair City viewers will tonight see the trial verdict of Martin Baxter, charged with raping Yvonne Doyle.
In what will undoubtedly be considered one of the fastest trials in tv history.
Viewers watched in horror as Yvonne, played by actress Ciara O'Callaghan, was raped by Martin, who she met online.
"When Bob testifies, things go from bad to worse. But the jury sees through Baxter's lies and when the verdict is read out, Yvonne bursts into tears," a show insider told the Irish Daily Mirror.
On the night of the attack, she was taken by surprise when he called into her at the restaurant and says he can't wait to see her that evening after receiving saucy text messages from her all day.
After meeting for a drink at McCoy's pub, Yvonne says she wants to let loose and is seen later looking tipsy on her way back to her place with her date.
But after a few more glasses of wine, Yvonne realises she has drunk too much and asks Martin to leave, but he refuses to do so and starts kissing her.
The atmosphere takes a dark turn as Yvonne tries to push him off, telling him she "doesn't want to", but he forces himself on her and rapes her.
The Rape Crisis Centre brought in extra volunteers to take calls after Yvonne's rape after the episode was aired.
You can contact the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre nationwide on 1800 77 88 88
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There has been a recent push for organizations to green their operations from many different groups, such as local governments, customers, vendors, and employees. As green discussions abound, small enterprises are trying to make sense of all the hype and what it means to them specifically. Going green is often seen as a cost, and only for the environmentally conscious; however, this does not have to be the case. This research note explores the following:
- The adoption rates for 13 green technologies/tactics.
- Two models for assessing the maturity of various green initiatives.
- Green adoption trends in the mid-market.
- Factors that affect adoption.
Understand which initiatives are mature enough for adoption, what other enterprises are doing to green their IT operations, and which initiatives are most appropriate for the small enterprise.


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Case 1: Wanted - Andrew Paul KITSON
Case 1: Wanted - Andrew Paul KITSON
Police in Counties Manukau have three warrants to arrest Andrew Paul KITSON for failing to appear in court on charges of endangering air transport and unlawful possession of a firearm.
KITSON is described as:
- Male
- 22 years
- 168cm / 5'6"
- Small build
His tattoos include the word "REWA" tattooed on his right forearm and a '$' tattooed on his left forearm.
KITSON has contacts in Manurewa and the wider Counties Manukau area.
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The grain traders who a couple of months ago were begging for more market volatility have certainly had their wish granted.
Futures started the week with another big move – this time downwards, and sufficient in corn to produce a gap in the chart for the December lot, with Monday's price high so far, at $3.89 ¼ a bushel, more than $0.03 below the bottom of the trading range for the last session.
The contract stood down 1.7% at $3.86 ¾ a bushel as of 09:30 UK time (03:30 Chicago time).
The cause of the selling was, again, primarily down to changes in the US Corn Belt weather, this time for the better in production terms.
As David Tolleris at WxRisk.com noted, this weekend "there was significant rain over the north eastern 25% of Iowa, with some areas getting as much as 7 inches of rain.
"This heavy rain extended into the north east 25% of Illinois and north west Indiana, with a second area over south west Indiana near the Kentucky state line."
'Heat pretty much over'
Sure, Mr Tolleris also noted that central and western areas of Iowa, the top corn-growing state, as well as eastern Nebraska and northern Missouri missed out on expected rain.
However, on a more positive note for growers, a cold front has "clearly come in 6-12 hours fast.
"As a result the threat of 95-100 degree Fahrenheit temperatures over Iowa, northern Missouri and downstate Illinois is pretty much over with for the time being."
While heat will continue in the Plains for now, a "second cold front coming down from Canada will develop significant rain and thunderstorms over southern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and north eastern Nebraska by Wednesday evening," Mr Tolleris said.
"This cold front will bring moderate rain to much of Iowa as well as the rest of eastern Nebraska, southern Wisconsin by Thursday morning."
'Multiple ifs and buts'
MDA, meanwhile, said that "showers this week should lead to some [crop] improvements in southern Illinois, western Iowa, and far eastern Nebraska".
And the forecast for the six-to-10 day period has turned "cooler".
That is not to say that the US is suddenly looking at a record corn yield.
Tobin Gorey at Commonwealth Bank of Australia said that "the picture though remains very complex – multiple 'ifs' and 'buts' characterise any discussion.
"The consequence is that we are still looking at some very different paths for the US corn crop and so corn prices."
'Funds more long than estimated'
But the more promising weather outlook blunted concerns over a decline in the US corn crop rating in weekly data later from the US Department of Agriculture.
Futures international forecast a 2-point drop to 64% in the reading for the proportion of corn in "good" or "excellent" condition, besides a 1-point fall to 60% in the soybean rating, and 1 point to 33% in the figure for spring wheat.
And the temptation to sell was only enhanced by separate data on investor positions showing that hedge funds actually increased their net long in Chicago corn futures and options in the week to last Tuesday, rather than reducing it has investors had expected.
"The trade was looking for funds to add a good amount of shorts to corn, Chicago wheat, soybeans, soymeal and soyoil," said Terry Reilly at Futures International.
"However, actual versus trade estimates had the funds more long than estimated."
Chinese imports
Similar thinking in terms of better Corn Belt weather and a bigger hedge fund long than expected spurred selling in soybeans too, with Chicago's November contract down 1.7% at $10.04 ½ a bushel, also leaving a small gap in its chart.
Chinese customs data over the weekend confirmed a small pullback in the country's soybean imports last month, of 6.7% year on year to 7.69m tonnes, although that had already been flagged by analysts.
(Imports for the first half of the year were still up strongly, by 14.2% to 44.8m tonnes.)
Chinese corn imports were more upbeat, in jumping 472% year on year although, at 383,093 tonnes, that is relatively small beer and, from a US perspective, less exciting in that 287,593 tonnes came from Ukraine, with only 72,704 tonnes bought from the US.
Back among oilseeds, palm oil imports shed 8.5% year on year in June to 217,306 tonnes, hardly a help to Malaysian prices of the vegetable oil, which eased by 1.0% to 2,547 ringgit a tonne.
'Still too long'
Back in Chicago, soft red winter wheat futures fell by 1.6% for September to $4.91 ½ a bushel, feeling downward pressure from fellow grain corn, besides ideas that the world has ample supplies of poorer quality wheat, and that funds may have bought too much.
"I do believe [funds] are still too long the winter wheat markets," said Benson Quinn Commodities.
"The technicals in the winter wheat markets are neutral to weaker. The momentum studies are flattening out.
"If the winter wheat markets broke about $0.30 a bushel, I wouldn't be surprised."
Too late?
One factor limiting losses somewhat was the, relative, strength in spring wheat, which dropped by 1.3% to $7.55 ½ a bushel in Minneapolis for September delivery.
Sure, the forecast for the drought-hit spring wheat belt has turned "slightly wetter", said Commodity Weather Group, and this after some precipitation last week.
However, last week's moisture "across the US spring wheat areas may have come too late to boost crop conditions", Futures International's Terry Reilly said.
And the condition of the US crop will come into particular focus this week with a much-anticipated crop tour.
"Their traditional route is more focused on areas that have a good crop, but they will see some of the poorer crop," Benson Quinn Commodities noted.
Cotton eases
In New York, cotton joined its fellow row crops in retreat, although less so, in shedding 0.4% to 68.12 cents a pound for December delivery.
That said, the fibre had failed to enjoy the same uplift over the past couple of months, with weather concerns less significant in the southern US cotton belt.
"Futures this morning are off," said traders at Ecom, adding that the December contract has struggled to hold above 69.00 cents a pound.
"Without more strength to push the market to hold and close above 69.00 in the December contract, we would expect the futures to fall back down into the 66.00-68.50 range."
(Source – http://www.agrimoney.com/marketreport/am-markets-speedy-us-cold-front-pushes-grain-prices-lower–4190.html)


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Lord Hylton: I submit that my Amendment No. 140 is superior to Government Amendment No. 139 on two grounds. First, it is slightly more precise in that it limits investigations to breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998 and to offences arising under Clauses 61 and 62
Secondly, my amendment has teeth in it, unlike that of the Government. These would enable it to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents in ways similar to those that have always been available to the High Court. My understanding is that the Fair Employment Commission and the ombudsman already have similar powers at the present time. I cannot see how the human rights commission can be sure of properly investigating uncooperative people without such powers. I believe that the comparable commission in Australia has such powers but in practice has been able to use them only sparingly.
If on consideration the Government conclude that some saving for national security in Northern Ireland is required, I should be willing to consider a further amendment. I commend my amendment to the Committee.
Lord Archer of Sandwell: My noble friend has again been handsomely forthcoming. I hope that he will not think that some of us who are pressing him to go further are simply being tiresome. I appreciate the argument that it might be counter-productive to press the matter further than the agreement goes. I take that point fully on board. Perhaps I may suggest that when my noble friend comes to reflect on this matter there is an argument on the other side; namely, the disaster that would follow if it transpired that the commission was ineffective. It needs to have an effective path to investigate if it is to fulfil its other functions.
Let us briefly examine three of its functions. It is there to provide advice to the Secretary of State and to the executive committee. It is difficult to see how it can do that effectively unless it can investigate where the breaches are occurring. Otherwise, the advice is likely to be concerned not with the real world but with a somewhat academic exercise--I say academic exercise, but I must break myself of a habit of calling something academic when I mean that it does not really matter. I apologise to my academic friends. It would be a somewhat theoretical exercise.
Its second purpose is to give assistance to individuals. Again, that assistance is presumably with regard to pursuing specific complaints. How is it to decide what complaints should be pursued, and how, if it cannot investigate effectively?
Thirdly, it is to promote understanding and awareness of the importance of human rights. That can be effective only in relation to matters where human rights are being infringed or denied. This is not about understanding of a set of jurisprudential principles; it is about respect for the practical needs and feelings of individuals in everyday life.
Those purposes embrace a wide spectrum of situations. Some will require only a very minor investigation: they may require listening to someone making a complaint or asking someone questions to
Lord Lester of Herne Hill: I speak in the same spirit as all who have spoken so far in the debate. We are all trying to make these provisions in the Bill effective without going further than is necessary.
I greatly welcome Amendment No. 139, which shows precisely the open-minded attitude that Ministers have indicated in this Chamber as regards this part of the Bill. The problem with the amendment is that, although it empowers the human rights commission to,
I have hesitations about giving any body subpoena powers. We did it in respect of the equal opportunities commissions, the commissions for racial equality, the fair employment commission and, I think, the Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Those subpoena powers have been carefully drawn so that they apply only in cases of suspected unlawful conduct, and they are subject to judicial control. In other words, there has to be, where necessary, an order from a court of competent jurisdiction before the powers can be exercised. Those safeguards seem to me to be essential. As the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, said, bodies that have these powers have rarely found them necessary in practice. The existence of the powers usually induces sensible bodies and individuals to co-operate without the powers having to be exercised. I can think of scarcely a single instance since the mid-1970s when subpoena powers have been necessary, but their existence in carefully defined circumstances has undoubtedly promoted the effectiveness of an investigation.
If we resist the spirit of Amendment No. 140 and do nothing to add to the provisions in Amendment No. 139 during the Bill's passage through this House, a strange situation will result. The equality commission, which will inherit the powers of the existing equality agencies, will have subpoena powers under the fair employment, sex discrimination and race relations legislation. Under the terms of Clause 61, religious discrimination by a public authority is not a matter which comes within the remit of the equality commission. A public authority may be discriminating on religious grounds in breach of Clause 61, but there are to be no subpoena powers where there is suspected unlawful conduct in breach of that clause, yet subpoena powers are to be enjoyed by the equality commission where there is suspected unlawful religious, sex or racial discrimination by an employer. I do not believe that that makes much sense. I believe that we should try to produce rational and consistent
In short, I strongly support the Government's amendment and also the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Hylton. However, I believe that further consideration should be given to ways of tightening up the provision so that the human rights commission is endowed with no more powers than are strictly necessary to ensure the effectiveness of its investigations. Obviously, to have access to relevant information is crucial, and when dealing with a recalcitrant, cantankerous, obstinate or stupid respondent the commission requires reserve powers to deal with the matter. One hopes that those powers will never be exercised, but if they are not put into the Bill at all one may produce an ineffectual commission which will be a tragedy for the whole enterprise.
Lord Molyneaux of Killead: In all such matters I bow to the sound judgment of the Minister and other noble Lords who are learned in the law. One wonders whether the Amendment No. 149 powers undermine to some extent the judiciary in Northern Ireland. Noble Lords with first-hand knowledge of legal matters in Northern Ireland will concede that the Northern Ireland judiciary has been the one solid rock throughout all the decades of troubles.
I agree with the Minister that the Government have an obligation to implement the Good Friday agreement in full. I suggest that there are some serious dangers if they go beyond that into what has been very reasonably proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Hylton. The commission would be under constant pressure to use these draconian powers if Parliament granted them and it would be very difficult for it to resist all-comers. To revert to a point made earlier by the noble Lord, Lord Monson, I am afraid that this may become something of an industry.
As to the matter raised by my noble and learned friend Lord Archer, based on first-hand knowledge of the situation in Northern Ireland in which he has taken a very great interest he will admit that in its previous incarnation the Advisory Commission on Human Rights, which is now to be phased out, has proved to be extremely effective. I am equally optimistic and hopeful about what is proposed in the Bill.
Lord Kingsland: The Opposition support Amendment No. 139 and congratulate the Government on introducing it. As far as Amendment No. 140 is concerned, I am inclined to the view expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Molyneaux, rather than that expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Lester. As time goes by it may well be desirable to put flesh on the generally expressed power to investigate under Amendment No. 139; but we should move towards that in stages and react to the experience of the commission over time.
It strikes me that the drafting of Amendment No. 140 almost produces an institution that mirrors the powers of a court. So trenchant are these powers that, were they
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Salmon and sea trouts in Tyne river now free to swim thanks to innovative 'ladder'
THE fish in the Tyne are doing fine thanks to a new "ladder" to help them reach their spawning grounds.
Fish in the Tyne river are now fine thanks to a new 'ladder'
Thousands of salmon and sea trout are now working their way up what was once one of the most heavily polluted rivers in the country.
And at Hexham, Northumberland, they have been helped round a weir by a fish pass which has just marked its first full year of use.
For the salmon, it's a once-in-a-lifetime journey as after spawning they will die, having probably been out at sea for a couple years
Built by the Environment Agency, the Tyne Rivers Trust and Northumberland County Council, it is helping make the Tyne the best salmon river in England.
First proposed about five years ago, the pass helps the fish reach the upper stretches of the Tyne's tributaries where they can spawn.
And about 40,000 fish are thought to swim upstream every year. Phil Rippon, technical specialist for the Environment Agency, said: "It's been a long time coming as the pass was first dreamt up when the second Tyne Tunnel was built.
The fish have been helped by a trap which has now marked its full year of use
"It's been a big project, so it's great to see it in place. For the salmon, it's a once-in-a-lifetime journey as after spawning they will die, having probably been out at sea for a couple years.
Salmon and trouts can now reach the tributaries where they can spawn
"They need to find well-oxygenated water and the right sort of gravel – and amazingly they always return to the same tributary.
"The weir acts as an obstruction to the fish, but they always follow the flow so the pass allows them just to swim up.
For the salmon, it's a 'once-in-a-lifetime journey'
"And we know they are using it as we have done some monitoring and they seem to particularly use it at night."


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Unions already present at the UI, elsewhere
If it's successful in organizing, a faculty union would join about a dozen other unions on the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus.
Here's a list of current unions at the UI:
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 698 (includes employees such as library technicians, shopkeepers, mechanics, nurses and others).
AFSCME Local 3700 (clericals).
Fraternal Order of Police, Labor Council Local 126 and FOP Corporals and Sergeants.
Graduate Employees' Organization (graduate teaching assistants and research assistants).
Graphic Communications International Union, Local 568M.
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators Local 482.
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1000.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Locals 51 and 601.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers Union Local 26.
International Union of Operating Engineers Locals 399 and 841 (housing inspectors, power plant workers, service/maintenance, operating engineers).
Laborers International Union of North America Local 703.
Service Employees International Union Local 73 (dining and food service workers and building service workers).
Visiting Academic Professionals (employees who work on year-to-year appointments in areas such as counseling, information technology, research and more).
On other campuses
In the U.S., about 368,473 college and university faculty are represented by collective bargaining units; the majority are at public institutions, and about 43 percent are at four-year institutions. The majority of unionized faculty can be found in three states: California, New York and New Jersey. Illinois ranks fourth, with about 20,062 unionized faculty, or 5.4 percent of the total.
A sampling of public universities with faculty unions:
Stony Brook
A sampling of unionized faculty at Illinois colleges and universities:
Eastern Illinois
Northeastern Illinois
Southern Illinois-Carbondale
Western Illinois
Information from the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College, City University of New York.
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Public awareness of the ENERGY STAR label exceeded 80% in 2011, and 44% of U.S. households report purchasing an ENERGY STAR qualified product. As the ENERGY STAR program enters its 20th year, the label remains well poised to influence future consumer decisionmaking. The majority of purchasers report they are likely to recommend ENERGY STAR products to others--32% of them are "extremely likely" to do so. This finding and others are highlighted in a new report, "National Awareness of ENERGY STAR for 2011," which presents an analysis of a survey commissioned by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency.
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Upholstery Hammer: Also known as a tack hammer, this lightweight tool can secure fabric to frames using small nails or tacks. Today, staple guns are a more efficient method of securing fabric.
Upholstery Regulator: A tool used to smooth irregularities in stuffing underneath upholstery coverings. It looks like a needle but is heavier, available in a variety of lengths and gauges. It comes in handy for poking through layers to adjust the stuffing.
Stuffing Iron: Similar to an upholstery regulator, this tool pushes stuffing into the corners of upholstered furniture. This thin piece of steel features a toothed edge to latch on to loose stuffing and place it elsewhere.
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If you want to effectively restore a chair, upholster a new automobile, or get new draperies made for a bed, you must understand this is a two part process. It depends both on the upholsterer and the company that creates the tools and supplies that the individual uses.
There are two tracks that lead to becoming a skilled upholsterer. First, one can try to obtain an apprenticeship. This type of training usually lasts two to three years, a time period in which the student serves with a master of the trade. The master trains the student in replacing springs, working with leather, and the right types of tools to use with different fabrics. They may specialize in restorations, in which the student will need more specialized training on how to successfully upholster a new seat with velvet, or add extra padding to the design of a headboard. The other route is for upholsterers to attend vocational schools. There are special programs that not only teach the students how to install hypoallergenic textiles, but how to strategically place tacks, or successfully restore the leather seats of an automobile. By the time the crafts person graduates, they should have a great deal of experience working with all types of furniture, from couches to beds. Some may then go into business for themselves, while others may go to work with a carpet cleaning company as a retainer.
We also have the manufacturer that produces all of the necessary supplies, tools and fabrics for the upholsterer. However, not all manufacturers produce all the supplies at their factories. Some may focus on foam, springs, and other padding materials. Others may focus on producing canvas, vinyl, tacks or other supplies. All of these add to the overall success of the industry of upholstery!


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That's what you are thinking as you contemplate the editing of your work. It is where you confront your worst fears as you embark on the most dreaded of writer's chores.
Sometimes my first draft is so utterly cringe worthy, I can hardly bear to read it. "What was I thinking?" I'd tell myself when reading my words. How did I write a sentence that convoluted? Why am I using so many filler words? Can I really not find a different word to use instead of writing it three times in the same paragraph? And why the hell can't I remember where I should and shouldn't put commas?
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Warsaw - A Boeing 767 from Newark, New Jersey, carrying 231 people on board made an emergency landing in Warsaw on Tuesday after its landing gear failed to open.
None of the passengers aboard the flight were injured, said Leszek Chorzewski, the spokesperson for LOT, the Polish airline that operated the flight.
The pilots discovered a problem with the chassis ahead of landing and circled above the airport for about one hour before landing the plane on its belly without its wheels, said Przemyslaw Przybylski, a spokesperson for the Warsaw airport.
A fire brigade laid out special material with fire-fighting substances for the plane to land on. After landing, small fires erupted under the plane but were immediately put out by firefighters.
Passengers could be seen rushing out of the plane. They were then taken to a medical centre to be examined by doctors, Przybylski said.
The airport has been closed until 08:00 on Wednesday.
Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski congratulated and thanked the pilot, Captain Tadeusz Wrona, and the rest of the crew for their successful landing.
Give those pilots a Bells! (while off duty, of course...) And good work to all the people on the ground too.
Nice to see some good news.
Nyet! You give wodka. Nostrovia!! Incidently this a miss-pronunciation of Russian word Na Zdorovie (?? ????????) which is traditionally used as a common toast meaning To good ...
E- in Polish that's very similar- Na zdrowie! (to a foreigner pronounced the same as the Russian- though there's a slight difference)
This could have been a lot worse - thank heaven for a good pilot and crew!
This actually gives you confidence in modern aviation technology and pilot training... actually just show how safe these planes actually really are


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Property Location
Located in North Stonington, Bellissimo Grande Hotel is close to Jonathan Edwards Winery and Stonington Vineyard. This spa hotel is within the vicinity of Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center and Lake of Isles.
Make yourself at home in one of the 164 air-conditioned guestrooms. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and coffee/tea makers.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as an indoor pool and a fitness center. Additional features include wireless Internet access (surcharge), a fireplace in the lobby, and a television in the lobby. Guests who want to try their luck at the slots can hop on the complimentary casino shuttle.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café, and room service (during limited hours) is provided. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, express check-out, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Fireplace in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 164
- ATM/banking
- Full-service spa
- Free self parking
- Indoor pool
- Coffee shop or café
- Free casino shuttle
- Smoke-free property
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 3
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa services on site
- Porter/bellhop
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Fitness facilities
- Television in lobby
- Limo or Town Car service available
Room Facilities
- In-room safe
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free bottled water
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- Iron/ironing board
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Hotel Policy
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 4.99 per stay (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 4.99 per night (rates may vary)
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 25.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 35.00 per night
- Facilities fee: USD 4.99 per person, per night
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