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The new CLP Clavinovas. Styled with the classic elegance of a grand piano. Featuring new Dynamic Stereo Sampling AWM tone generation for unmatched sonic realism, and the GH keyboard for unrivaled touch response, plus a broad selection of features to furt...
New dimensions in style and quality
The new CLP Clavinovas. Styled with the classic elegance of a grand piano. Featuring new Dynamic Stereo Sampling AWM tone generation for unmatched sonic realism, and the GH keyboard for unrivaled touch response, plus a broad selection of features to further your artistry. All housed in luxurious, softly glowing woodgrain finish cabinets. The Clavinova is, first and foremost, a piano, definitely the most versatile of instruments, and the CLP-970AC is Yamaha's proud answer to the question, "Just how realistic can a digital piano sound?" Play it for yourself and you'll discover the astonishing answer. It's the result of 100 years' experience in crafting acoustic pianos and nearly 20 years as the leader in digital pianos - a genre of instrument we pioneered. Now with new stereo multi-samples, industry-leading tone generation and keyboard response, the CLP-970AC gives the definitive answer to the question. Woodgrain cabinet with Cherry (CLP-970AC shown), Dark Rosewood ( 2191 LNK CLP-970A ), or Mahogany ( 2193 LNK CLP-970AM ) finish 88-key GH (Graded Hammer Effect) keyboard 4-position touch sensitivity 25 voices 128-note polyphony (maximum) PC interface Split voice Dual voice Digital reverb Digital effects Brilliance 16-track song recorder Internal song memory 7 temperaments 60W x 2 amplifier Metronome Three foot pedals with half pedal effect MIDI New sliding key cover Dual headphone jacks 50 built-in demonstration songs with sheet music New 5-step Dynamic Stereo Sampling AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation with Stereo Sustain Samples, Key-Off Samples, Soundboard Reverb and String Resonance
Hear the ultimate
How do you improve the finest? This is always the challenge facing the engineers at Yamaha. So for these new Clavinovas, they set out to create the ultimate in instrument realism, far surpassing CD-quality sound. Of course, they started from an industry-leading position, with AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation, the system that actually varies the volume and timbre of sound according to your touch on the keyboard. Then they employed new technology to take entirely new stereo samples of a specially selected Yamaha CFIlIS concert grand piano. Thanks to the vast increase of sample memory, the CLP970AC delivers even more of the vivid life and realism musicians demand.
Dynamic "Stereo" Sampling
The Yamaha engineers built the ultimate into the CLP-970AC: AWM with Dynamic Stereo Sampling (DSS). With DSS, each key features five samples taken at various levels from loud to soft, for dynamic selection according to your touch on the keyboard. This means the velocity of the original sound is much closer to what you play, leaving the AWM tone generation system with less digital filtering to carry out. The result is a delicacy of tone and expression that is virtually indistinguishable from that of a grand piano.
String resonance
When you play a key on the piano, you hear more than just a single note. For example, if you press C1 so lightly you hear no sound and hold the key down while you play C2, G2, C3, E3, G3, A#3 or other harmonic intervals; these notes will cause the C1 string to resonate. Even after you release the harmonic notes, the C1 string will continue to ring while the key is depressed. This is string resonance. Conversely, if you hold down the keys of the harmony notes and play the fundamental, C1 in this example, these strings will resonate. During an actual performance, the mutual relationship between the notes played creates complex resonances. This is one of the major factors that make an acoustic piano sound so full and rich. And to give the CLP-970AC the same richly detailed sound, string resonance samples are included to bring the sound one step closer to perfection.
Touch the ultimate
The sound is unmatched, and so is the touch, thanks to the GH (Graded Hammer Effect) keyboard. Offering the ultimate in grand piano realism, the GH keyboard is the fruit of Yamaha's century-plus of crafting the finest acoustic pianos. Unlike conventional digital piano keyboards that use springs or oil dampers to simulate a piano feel, the GH keyboard uses weights and mechanical linkages to achieve an entirely new level of realism. And to go even further, the key weight is graded from heavier in the lower registers to lighter in the higher, exactly the same as a grand piano's. It is as close as you can get to the real thing.
Broad selection of voices
A wide range of voices, including new sampled stereo grand piano and other stereo-sampled instruments, gives you an enormous palette of musical instruments. Thanks to enlarged sample memory and Yamaha's advanced technology, all of the Clavinova's voices are tremendously improved. Take a listen to the CLP-970AC for some dramatic examples - for instance the harpsichord's key-off sample or the DSS effect on vibes and you'll instantly hear the difference. No matter what your style of music, you have the instruments and the realism you need to give free range to your creativity and make your music come alive.
New speaker system
To deliver the new sampled instrument voices with all the power and authority they deserve, the CLP-970AC features a new speaker system and high power stereo amplifier. With 60W per channel, the amplifier easily delivers the dynamic range of a grand piano. The CLP-970AC features 16cm polypropylene woofers and 5cm tweeters in wooden enclosures facing you above the keyboard, with 5cm tweeters located above the keyboard. The result is astonishingly lifelike power.
A choice of finishes
Superb quality demands a superb, woodgrain finish cabinet and that's what the new Clavinovas offer with their glowing wood finishes. This Clavinova is available with Cherry (CLP-970AC), Mahogany ( 2193 LNK CLP-970AM ) or Dark Rosewood ( 2191 LNK CLP-970A ) cabinet, so you can choose the look that matches your decor.
Internal song memory
The large internal song memory — 770KB flash ROM — lets you record and store up to 223 songs. Your song data remains in memory even after you switch power off.
You may have heard of GM (General MIDI), the industry standard that lets different manufacturer's MIDI instruments communicate with each other. Yamaha has extended GM with XG, offering all the features of GM plus more. You get an extra 480 XG voices accessible from PC sequencing software allowing you to create dense, orchestral-style arrangements, also get remote control via MIDI of certain editing features such as reverb, chorus, etc. It's just one more way that Yamaha makes the Clavinova even more versatile.
Song recorder
Think of the built-in recorder as your personal digital recording studio. With the CLP-970AC's 16 tracks, you can build complicated multi-part arrangements instrument by instrument, to craft arrangements symphonic in their scope, which you can then save to the internal memory, or on your PC.
PC interface
A single cable is all it takes to connect the CLP Clavinova to your Windows® or Macintosh® personal computer via the built-in TO HOST PC interface: there's no need for costly additional hardware or software. Then you are ready to enter a new and limitless world of music. You can use PC-based sequencing software to record and play back your performances. The wide range of playback software now available offers you a new style of background music. And if you wish, you can use an instructional software package to learn music theory or improve your playing. You can also access the CLP-970AC's 480 built-in XG voices from your PC via MIDI.
Extended polyphony
Digital pianos sometimes run out of notes, especially if you are playing many notes with the sustain pedal held down. You can actually hear existing notes being cut off as the instrument has to "steal" them to play the new notes you finger. Thanks to the CLP-970AC's unprecedented 128-note polyphony (plus an additional 32-note polyphony for XG voices!). Yamaha's new "intelligent" key assigner software, note cutoffs are greatly reduced and virtually unnoticeable.
Digital reverb and digital effects
The built-in digital reverb allows you to add room ambience and bring more life and depth to your music. A selection of room sizes, including stage ambience, lets you get exactly the effect you want. Yet another way to bring the CLP's stunningly lifelike voices even closer to your creative vision is the use of digital effects. Chorus and delay let you thicken or add depth to any voice you choose, and the CLP-970AC even offers a brilliance setting to let you continuously vary the timbre of a voice from a mellow laid-back tone to a bright tone that cuts through dense arrangements.
Dual mode and split mode
Use dual mode to stack two different instrument voices together and play them simultaneously. A good example of the extra dynamic richness you can achieve is choir and piano. Play staccato and you hear just the piano. Play legato, and the choir adds a beautiful extra dimension. Split mode lets you play duet with yourself. Simply set the split point, choose the two instruments you wish to play (for example you could have an upright bass in your left hand and a vibraphone in your right) and you are an instant duo. The CLP-970AC even lets you use dual and split modes together for a new level of freedom of musical expression.
Half pedal effect
The CLP-970AC offers a half-pedal effect on the right pedal. Depending on the degree to which you depress the pedal, you can control sustain or enjoy a pitch bend function.
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Their aerial roots and dense growth are both characteristics of mangrove trees which help stabilize coastlines. Shown here is are Red Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle).
Do I Have To Choose?
Coastal Mangrove Forests are considered biological treasures by people who know them. Unfortunately, the people who know them seem to be mainly people who live around them, and even people who live around them can take them for granted. People lead busy lives and can overlook things they see every day, even some things that can help protect them in a changing climate.
- Mangrove Tree Saves Lives In Storms from AMNH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPZRdrElRA
So mangrove forests save lives. No problem. Just replant them, restore them, and bring them back! Well, that would be great as far as providing natural breakwaters, but the decline in mangroves did not result just from malice. There was a purpose behind it and one of those purposes was shrimp farming, an effective way to bring food and income to some areas. So do people have to choose between economic livelihood and safety? Not necessarily.
- Mangroves and Shrimp: Finding Balance at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll0u6Qq58aw
A shrimp farm in Chumporn Province, Thailand.
- The Cost of Cheap Shrimp at http://vimeo.com/17039806
So Thailand is an interesting situation, but if you've thought about this much, you may realize that this issue goes beyond Thailand or even Asia.
- Mangroves and Shrimp at http://vimeo.com/25581949
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Use the resources below to answer the following questions:
- What evidence showed conclusively than mangrove forests can save lives? Was it found that the forests needed to be extensive to have a positive effect? Was it found that denser forests provided more protection? Does this situation surprise you? Why or why not?
- What are some of the potential economic benefits of coastal mangrove forests? What are the two main pathways through which these benefits are realized? Are these pathways opposed to each other? Why or why not?
- How are the people of Thailand responding to the loss of their mangrove forests? Do you think this is an appropriate response? Why or why not?
- Why is the example of shrimp farms and mangroves especially important given what is starting happen around the world with shrimp farms?
- Are you surprised by the role mangrove forests play in climate change? Why or why not? Does this affect the way you view mangroves and shrimps? Explain your thinking fully.
- http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/fieldcourses03/PapersMarineEcologyArticles/MangroveEcologyofFloridaa.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll0u6Qq58aw
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPZRdrElRA
- http://www.pnas.org/content/106/18/7357.full
- http://www.kyotogakuen.ac.jp/~o_econ/society/treatises/pdf/16-1-naito.pdf
- http://mangroveactionproject.org/issues/shrimp-farming
- http://www.internationalreporting.org/shrimp/2010/10/27/mangroves/
- http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3654728?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21101594784281
- http://www.uwyo.edu/barbier/presentations/mangrove%20dependency%20and%20economic%20livelihoods%20in%20coastal%20areas%20of%20thailand.pdf
- http://www.eurocbc.org/page574.html
- http://portal.nceas.ucsb.edu/working_group/valuation-of-coastal-habitats/meta-analysis/papers-for-meta-analysis-database/mangrove/terchunian_etal_1986_envmgt.pdf


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This article originally appeared in the May 2, 1978 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
"Permanence in office tends to stagnation… I'll stay in politics as long as I have something to contribute. As Kissinger said, ' Ten years is basically the maximum time for you to make a contribution.'" --Kevin H. White, then Massachusetts Secretary of State, in 1966.
A decade ago, on New Year's Day, as nearly a thousand enthusiastic supporters crowded into tiny Faneuil Hall, Kevin H. White was sworn in as Boston's 45th mayor. "For me this ceremony is a beginning," the 38-year-old White began. "For Boston it is a reaffirmation of a legacy of progress."
It was a fine speech, written by former Kennedy aide Richard Goodwin, peppered with lines like, "The issue is whether change will be our master or whether we will master change." The crowd loved it, loved the handsome young mayor and his pretty young wife, and three times interrupted the proceedings with standing ovations. Next morning the papers loved it, too: "The style and surroundings of the first Faneuil Hall mayoral inaugural in 50 years," said the Herald Traveler's lead story," suggested (to some of the crowd)…that a new Kennedy-type administration might be in the offing at City Hall."
Or at least Lindsay-type. It was, after all, the mayoral age of the Big Apple's John Lindsay, and White was cut in that mold – young, articulate, energetic, a man on the move with rolled-up shirtsleeves, loosened tie, jacket slung over his shoulder. "Boston's New Image," blared a Globe headline after one of the new mayor's frequent neighborhood walking tours. And then, in larger print: "Man on Move, Kevin White Tours Domain, Charms all." Indeed. A public opinion poll five months into his first term showed him with an astonishing 74 percent favorable rating with the electorate, and a mere four percent negative.
Today, a decade later, with John Lindsay all but forgotten and the Kennedy administration merely a fond memory for most New Englanders, Kevin White remains very much with us, midway through his unprecedented third term as mayor of Boston. But time and the city's political wars have not treated him kindly; today his public image is badly tarnished and his political fortunes are at an ebb. The 74 percent favorable rating of ten years ago has become, in the most recent publicly available poll, 26 percent, while the unfavorable reading has jumped to a devastating 27. With his political ambitions for higher office – state or national – apparently shattered, a mayor who once seemed so purposeful now appears almost uninterested in his job; certainly this third term in office lacks the direction so evident in the early days.
"The third term has been disappointing," said state Rep. Barney Frank (D-Back Bay), who served as the mayor's right-hand man during his first four years at City Hall. "There's a lack of focus, a sense of drift. The mayor doesn't seem to be providing the coordination. The impression you get is that he's kinda bored." So bored, some say, and cognizant of his low popularity that he may not even seek re-election when his current term expires next year. (He has, however, bounced back from adversity frequently in the past, and he may be spurred to run again because he has no other attractive career options come '79; in fact, he has already begun fundraising so he clearly hasn't closed out any options.)
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The 2000 California Teen Eating, Exercise and Nutrition Survey (CalTEENS) data tables provide detailed information about California adolescent eating and physical activity behaviors. The 2000 CalTEENS data covers dietary intake and practices, physical and sedentary activity, factors that influence these behaviors including out-of-home eating, social norms, school environment, weight status, weight loss practices, as well as knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs associated with eating and exercise.
Using a 30-35 minute telephone survey, 1215 teens between the ages of 12-17 were interviewed. Smoking habits, physical activity habits, and overweight status variables were included on the demographic tables in order to examine clustering behaviors. A "Smoker" was defined as a respondent who reported smoking a whole cigarette in the past thirty days. A respondent was considered to get "Regular" exercise if he/she reported moderate or vigorous exercise or physical education classes three or more times in the week prior to the survey. A respondent was considered "At Risk for Overweight or Overweight" if their body composition was calculated at BMI ≥ 85th percentile for their gender and age. For more information regarding the CalTEENS survey, contact Carolyn Kitzmann at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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hospice work, I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball's grape stomping show, Michelle Wulfestieg, Newport Beach Vineyards & Winery, Southern California Hospice Foundation, Southern California Hospice Foundation's Harvest for Hospice Pick-A-Thon
I always wanted to meet Lucy, Lucille Ball, that is. I especially wanted to meet the Lucy that stomped grapes in that hilarious episode from the revered "I Love Lucy" show. Guess what? I met her! Thanks to the Southern California Hospice Foundation's inaugural Harvest for Hospice Pick-A-Thon at the Newport Beach Vineyards and Winery, I met Antonia Valdez, who was a dead ringer for the fast-talking redhead.
I must admit, I didn't stomp myself, but there were plenty of others who attended the fundraising effort who donned rubber boots and went for it in the name of charity. There was a contingent of TKE frat guys from Cal State Fullerton, who volunteer for the foundation on a regular basis. Other teams had specific names, like Mona's Brigade, Chapman Panthers and Pick Long & Perspire, to name a few. The latter team won the Team Spirit Award in their cute lavender t-shirts. The 120 people who gathered to pick and stomp grapes had great fun and helped net $32,000 to assist the foundation in serving 480 hospice patients daily.
The hospice foundation's mission is quite a task, and I have never met anyone more dedicated to a job than the its Executive Director Michelle Wulfestieg. She is truly passionate about the cause. How Michelle arrived at the Southern California Hospice Foundation is a story in itself. After suffering a stroke at age 11, doctors told her the tumor in her brain was inoperable. Then, at age 25, on January 4, 2008, when Michelle suffered a debilitating stroke, the neurosurgeon on call that night at Hoag Hospital was Dr. William Dobkin, who Wulfestieg calls her "angel." Knowing her chances for survival were slim, Dobkin operated on the tumor, which left Michelle in a coma for eight days. She did revive but couldn't talk or walk. "I remember coming home bald, wounded and weak and having a hospice employee hold my hand and massage my face through that experience," Wulfestieg says. "Later, I knew I had to service patients because I truly knew what it was like to be in their shoes."
Back to the fundraiser, a catered lunch followed the pick and stomp, with Michelle thanking Newport Beach Vineyards & Winery owner Richard Moriarty and Managing Director Justin Myers for their efforts in helping make it a successful effort. The winner of the Lucy Stomp Award with the most grape juice generated from their stomp was Team IT, with each team member receiving a Lucy wine stopper. All pickers who raised $500 or more for the foundation received a premier bottle of Newport Beach Winery wine, and the top three fundraisers were Jessica Dixon, Debbie Dye and Judy Russo.
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Survival is Gendered, According to Scholastic
[Editor's note: We were going to write this as a she said/he said sort of thing with Emily Willingham and Matthew Francis, but then Francis got all serious and did an analysis and stuff. So his smart analysis appears first, and Willingham's (not quite) equally sober chapter-by-chapter evaluation of the "girls" book follows.]
Last week Ryan North, purveyor of the excellent webcomic Dinosaur Comics, stumbled across a pair of books published by Scholastic. The books are titled For Boys Only: How to Survive Anything and For Girls Only: How to Survive Anything, which already should be a tip-off, but the tables of contents really hammer home a message. As North says, "Maybe – MAYBE – How To Pick Perfect Sunglasses is actually in the same class as Surviving When Your Parachute Fails." However, it's obvious that boys and girls are not expected to want to survive the same things, and that the very idea of survival is gendered in these books.
Thanks to the outcry, Scholastic has already announced they will discontinue the titles, which is great. However, I wonder why they approved them in the first place, and their announcement shows that they don't really understand what the big deal is. My friend JeNel, who is a children's librarian, points out that Scholastic's displays are always gendered, with a lovely regressive social agenda. So, shall we break it down for Scholastic?
First, anytime you name two books "For Boys Only" and "For Girls Only", put an alligator on the cover of one and a pink cell phone on the cover of the other, you're telling your audience of impressionable children that these books aren't going to be equivalent. It's almost inevitable that the "boy" book is going to be full of adventure and the "girl" book is going to be full of social stuff, and that's the case here. "Survival" for boys includes broken legs, tornadoes, and earthquakes (since boys are obviously the only ones who will ever experience those), while "survival" for girls includes frenemies, brothers, and teaching your cat how to sit. (I suppose treating cat scratches and bites is kind of a survival skill.) In other words, "survival" for girls is a set of potentially useful social skills – which I guess boys don't need to know. I split the contents into five categories, and assigned each chapter to one of the categories.
Here's the breakdown:
- True survival skills, where the knowledge could save your life or at least help you cope with injuries (forest fires, flash floods, snakebites, etc.). Not all of these are likely to be experienced (such as polar bear attack), but at least they could happen. The score: "boys" 22, "girls" 0.
- Survival skills for science fiction or fantasy scenarios, which are fun, but will never happen in real life (ghost attack, vampire attack, dinosaur attack, etc.). The score: "boys" 4, "girls" 3.
- Useful skills and advice for daily life or unusual situations (dealing with annoying people, getting over rejection, etc.). Not all of these are of equal um…significance, unless you think picking the right sunglasses is equivalent to coping with bullies, but I didn't want to break the categories up too much. The score: "boys" 0, "girls" 23.
- Skills and advice for sudden stardom or suddenly becoming rich, which are fun to dream about, I suppose. The score: "boys" 0, "girls" 3.
- Teaching your cat how to sit. The score: "boys" 0, "girls" 1.
Let's ignore the hyperbolic titles, since obviously neither book is intended to actually teach you to survive everything. However, the implications are clear: Boys need to know how to survive broken legs and earthquakes, but girls evidently will never experience that sort of thing. (Or perhaps Scholastic is assuming the girls will always have a knowledgeable boy around to help out. That sentence caused me psychological pain to even type.) Similarly, boys won't ever need help dealing with bullies, frenemies, or learning how to camp. Either that, or (as Greg Gbur suggests) girls already know how to deal with the hard survival stuff, so they don't need the book.
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GIRLS ONLY: How to Survive Anything!
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- How to survive a BFF Fight (Boys don't have friends and fight with them? What is that thing they're doing when they're rolling around all over the floor trying to kill each other?)
- How to Survive Soccer Tryouts (assuming very male David Beckham once had to do this)
- How to Survive a Breakout (like this?)
- How to Show You're Sorry (because being a boy means never having to show you're sorry)
- How to Have the Best Sleepover Ever (My sons have sleepovers; just discreetly double-checked their gonads)
- How to Take the Perfect School Photo (like this guy did?)
- How to Survive Brothers (My sons have brothers, two each; they could really use some tips on this)
- Scary Survival Dos and Don'ts (if it's scary, don't do it)
- How to Handle Becoming Rich (Nooo! Not RICH!)
- How to Keep Stuff Secret (It's like, so hard, to like, keep your mouth shut, you know?)
- How to Survive Tests (At first I thought this said "testes," and I was confused. That said, apparently females do have more test anxiety than males. It's because we're too stressed about that perfect school photo).
- How to Survive Shyness (Have you met my husband? No? That's because he's shy)
- How to Handle Sudden Stardom (Boys and men never suddenly become stars. Ever)
- More Stardom Survival Tips (because one chapter on stardom just isn't enough)
- How to Survive a Camping Trip (Boys never go camping. Or they automatically know how because they have testes. Or something like that)
- How to Survive a Fashion Disaster (You see, fashion is an equal-opportunity threat, people)
- How to Teach Your Cat to Sit (a critical skill, no doubt, but one boys need to know, too)
- How to Turn a No Into a Yes (I just … no)
- Top Tips for Speechmaking (because we've never, ever seen a boy give a bad speech)
- How to Survive Embarrassment (gentlemen, clearly no concern of yours, sudden erections during algebra notwithstanding)
- How to Be a Mind Reader (I see what you're thinking here. No. Just no)
- How to Survive a Crush (So for boys, is the corollary "How to Survive a Lust?", or what?)
- Seaside Survival (More than half of the US population lives in a coastal county. I guess all the males in that portion are expendable)
- How to Soothe Sunburn (like this fellow did)
- How to Pick Perfect Sunglasses (living proof that boys could use some help with this, too)
- Surviving a Zombie Attack (two of these people are male)
- How to Spot a Frenemy (Paul, meet John. Mick, meet Keith. Simon, meet Garfunkel. Freud, meet Jung. See? Boys have frenemies, too!)
- Brilliant Boredom Busters (Am copying these now for my three sons, for whom a houseful of toys, books, art supplies, games, videos, and movies simply isn't enough)
- How to Survive Truth or Dare (see "No., Just no" above)
- How to Beat Bullies (Is this a recommended approach? 'Cause I need to do some time traveling, if so)
- How to be an Amazing Babysitter (You can start by not taking a gendered approach to every single facet of existence of the child you're babysitting)


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Felling better...:)
Wrote a note to Raph.
It's on thing to b*#ch about a policy and quite another to b%$ch and supply a suggested answer.
My answer to the problems of trust metrics:
'Moderated observers' Since observers obstensibly have no right to direct speech here...'Let them have moderation.'
Seems simple...:)
I will forward an article to Raph and let him decide it it's worthy for Advogato...given it's source from one of the 'unworthy'....:)
Can you tell I still don't like trust metrics? ;>
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Symposium planned on symmetry in physics, May 6
Posted April 30, 2002; 05:58 p.m.
Scholars of the philosophy of physics will speak on Monday, May 6, as part of a one-day symposium titled "Understanding Symmetry in Physics."
The symposium , which will feature four talks by faculty members from New York University and the University of Oxford, will take place in 302 Frist Campus Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Princeton philosophy department and the Oxford philosophy faculty are sponsoring the event as part of the Princeton-Oxford Partnership.
Simon Saunders, university lecturer in philosophy of science at Oxford, will speak at 10 a.m. on "Symmetry and Identity in Physics."
Jeremy Butterfield, a senior research fellow at Oxford, will speak at 11:30 a.m. on "Problems and Symmetries: Some Philosophical Morals of Analytical Mechanics."
Gordon Belot, associate professor of philosophy at NYU, will talk at 2 p.m. about "Gvdel on Dust, Time and Symmetry."
Harvey Brown, a reader in philosophy and university lecturer in philosophy of physics at Oxford, will speak at 3:30 p.m. on "Aspects of the Role of Symmetry in Principles of Physics."
The talks will be followed by a reception at 5 p.m.
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The Circle
A high tech thriller with plenty of tech and not enough thrills.
A high tech thriller with plenty of tech and not enough thrills.
Eugenio Derbez's attempt to seduce U.S. audiences with a cheesy bilingual spoof of an ethnic stereotype long past its expiration date.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about 50/50 Day scheduled for May 10th with goal of gender balance and equality.
An article about the 21 nonprofit organizations honored at the April 4th Roger Ebert commemoration tribute for their good works
An article about 50/50 Day scheduled for May 10th with goal of gender balance and equality.
An article about the 21 nonprofit organizations honored at the April 4th Roger Ebert commemoration tribute for their good works
FFC Seongyong Cho looks at Park Chan-wook's "The Handmaiden," which will be playing this Thursday at Ebertfest.
A look back at Kasi Lemmons' 1997 film, "Eve's Bayou."
A look at how Ebertfest 2017 films like "Elle" and "The Handmaiden" engaged female sexuality.
A review of Starz's "American Gods," a show like nothing you have ever seen before.
Eat your vegetables, they're good for you. That's what we were told as kids. Documentaries are sometimes deemed the broccoli of cinema: more nutritional than enjoyable. "A Place at the Table," however, is a good documentary that is good for you.
The bad news is that broccoli and bananas are neither available nor affordable for many Americans. That's the message of Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush's "A Place at the Table," a necessary report on the national issue of hunger.
"The relative price of fresh fruits and vegetables has gone up by 40 percent since 1980, while the relative price of processed foods has gone down by about 40 percent," states Marion Nestle, a nutrition and public health professor. "We're spending $20 billion a year on agricultural subsidies for the wrong foods."
"A Place at the Table" uncovers other contradictions. "Mississippi has the highest rate of obesity," an onscreen title card notes. Bad diets often are the result of low income and cheap, processed food. About 50 million Americans "don't know where their next meal is coming from," as "food insecurity" is defined. This costs our country $167 billion annually.
"If we don't change the direction we're heading, this generation will be the first to live sicker and die younger than their parents' generation," testifies a congressional committee member. The filmmakers find persuasive advocates from such groups as No Kid Hungry Campaign, Physician Task Force on Hunger in America, and Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
Talking heads include the authors of "Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System" and "Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression." Participant Media, the film's co-producer, is releasing its own book, as it did in 2008 with the film "Food, Inc."
Actor Jeff Bridges, who founded the End Hunger Network 30 years ago, also appears in the film.
In "A Place at the Table," we meet a Philadelphia mother unable to feed her two kids, an overweight yet undernourished girl in rural Mississippi, and a fifth-grader in Colorado who imagines help from a reality TV show. "Have you heard of the 'Extreme Makeover Home Edition'?" Rosie asks. "I always have a dream almost every night. I just wish they would come and actually rescue us from our house."
Meanwhile, food banks nationwide numbered 200 in 1980. Now there are 40,000. Where is our government, ask anti-hunger activists. Back in 1968, CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt stated in the doc "Hunger in America" that "the most basic human need must become a human right."
Hunger is a crisis "our own government is ashamed of acknowledging," argues Bridges. "If another country was doing this to our kids, we would be at war. It's just insane."
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Topeka Shiner
Post-2012 Drought Recolonization Survey in Iowa
By Aleshia Kenney and Kristen Lundh (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rock Island Field Office)
Initial Survey Results
Topeka Shiner Survey Slideshow
After one of the worst droughts in the state's history struck Iowa in 2011 and 2012, we conducted surveys in July 2013 to help determine the effect of the drought on the endangered Topeka shiner.
During last summer's drought (2012), miles of streams designated as Critical Habitat for the Topeka shiner went completely dry. Entire watersheds became so devoid of water that not even intermittent puddles existed. Most tributary streams were completely dry, leaving only the main rivers, nearby gravel pits and seemingly random pools (e.g., under bridges and plunge pools below structures) as possible sources of available water.
Survey Proposal
We restored more than 50 oxbows within the North Raccoon River watershed to provide habitat for Topeka shiners, and we know that most support fish. During the drought, almost all of the restored oxbows went dry.
The weather cycle returned to more normal conditions in 2013 with a few precipitation events causing floods. As a result of this flooding, the restored oxbows reconnected with their streams.
During this study we will sample restored oxbows to determine:
The oxbows that we will sample are those that were sampled in 2009 during an intense sampling effort that provided baseline fish population data for six restored oxbows. Along with resampling these six oxbows we'll also sample any restored oxbows nearby. Sampling results will help us determine the extent that the drought of 2012 affected Topeka shiners.
This study will provide information needed to determine the population status of this species in important tributary streams and in floodplain wetlands adjacent to them. We will also obtain information on the recolonization of fish species into floodplain habitats after the drought of 2012 when habitat essential for Topeka shiners almost disappeared. Information collected will help guide future management decisions regarding population status and recovery actions. Climate models predict extreme weather events will become more frequent. Obtaining population density data after the drought of 2012 and comparing it to baseline population estimates from the same place during normal climate years will help researchers and managers evaluate the impact of the 2012 drought on an already imperiled species. Results from this study will used to guide and focus restoration efforts in years to come.
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BBA in Health Care Management
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Health Care Management (HCM) program blends academic theory with the multidisciplinary principles, policies and practices that support the dynamic health services industry. This undergraduate major draws support from the following fields: accounting, biology, business, communications, economics, philosophy, nursing, political science, and sports/entertainment marketing. The degree is designed to prepare students for further graduate study or a variety of entry- and mid-level career and leadership opportunities in the global and dynamic health services arena. These opportunities include the following:
- hospitals
- nonprofit organizations (e.g. visiting nurse associations, Red Cross)
- insurance companies
- managed care companies
- government agencies
- financial management
- case management
- pharmaceutical firms
- medical supply and durable medical equipment companies
- research companies
- community health organizations,
- medical group practice management
- post acute care services (e.g. hospice, nursing homes, home health agencies)
For more information, call the TAP program at (859) 341-4554 or send an inquiry.
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- To provide historical content knowledge and expose students to a depth and breadth of current health care topics.
- To link academic theory to practical real-world application through learning experiences including corporate social responsibility—service learning.
- To provide the fundamental baseline knowledge and prerequisites for entry into graduate level study.
- To acquaint students with the resources necessary to cultivate networking skills for career advancement in the profession.
- To teach benchmarking , quality improvement and research methods in pursuit of truth, validity and reliability.
- To adhere to the high standards for undergraduate certification set forth by the Association of University Programs in Healthcare Administration.
Program Faculty and Oversight
This program is organized under the Department of Business and will be taught by qualified faculty. Content coordination and program management will be the responsibility of Dr. Jack Rudnick, Jr. In addition, to holding a current nursing home license in Kentucky, Dr. Rudnick has 35 years of direct healthcare leadership experience in a variety of progressively responsible senior management positions; and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.


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Amba QUADRO Model Q-2016 Towel Warmer
The smallest model of Amba's QUADRO Collection, the Q-2016 Towel Warmer (Q2016P, Q2016B, Q2016O) features 6 flat crossbars evenly spaced between two larger, vertical bars. Each stainless steel bar heats up to an average temperature of 131 °F - 167 °F, perfect for warming up towels while in the shower, or drying them after use.
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Nobel winner to discuss sustainability, March 5
Posted March 4, 2002; 10:24 a.m.
Arrow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1972, will speak on "Some Paradoxes of Sustainability: Empirical and Theoretical" at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Arrow is the Joan Kenney Professor of Economics Emeritus and professor of operations research emeritus at Stanford University. His research interests include the economics of information and organization, collective decision-making and income distribution. Currently, he is engaged in research on information and communication in the economy, equilibrium under monopolistic competition, negotiation and shifts in income distribution.
Arrow's talk is designated as the Taplin Environmental Lecture and is sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute .
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Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Winners of the ""Hit Me with Your Best Shot" GigaPan Photo Competition are:
1st Place: Jose Maria Lopez - Sagrada Familia
2nd Place: Jason Bucheim - Aspen Highlands Maroon Bowl in 3-D Stereo with Pyramid Peak, Maroon Bells, and Hayden Peak
3rd Place: Karim Saad - Sheikh Zayed Road | Dubai HD
To view the winners' gigapan images, please visit this page: www.gigapan.com/competitions/114/gigapans
Thank you to everyone who participated. View all the submissions for "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" below!
Competition Entries:
voting ends February 01, 2013, 12:00AM
- Entry Name: Hanauma Bay by Richard Palmer
Hanauma Bay is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island of O`ahu, Hawai`i. I took this panorama with the initial beta model GigaPan unit, and a 8 megapixel Canon S5-IS P&S camera. With a 12x optical zoom, and a 1.5x tele-extender, the effective focal length is approximately 650 mm. Wave movement ...
- Entry Name: Constance from above by Roger
View over Constance (Germany) from one tower of the cathedral. On the left side the biggest part of the Bodensee (Obersee), on the other side the smallest one (Untersee). In the background Kreuzlingen (Switzerland)... no visible border. Source: 170 freehand photos :)
- Entry Name: Aquatic Park in San Francisco by Nathan Wong
Aquatic Park in San Francisco. This is a restitched version using Microsoft ICE. This version removes a few stitching errors and ghosts that were present on the old panorama. I used a Nikon D700 with a 400mm f/5.6 lens shot with a Gigapan Epic 100 (yes, the 100 and not the Pro). Here's the original version: htt...
- Entry Name: Sheikh Zayed Road | Dubai HD GigaPan by Giga Works
This panorama has a field of view of 180 x180 degrees. Click on the following link to view it: www.karimsaad.net/blog/2012/06/szr / Special thanks to Rabih for the hotspot! For more of my work, kindly visit my website www.karimsaad.net Twitter: @karimsaad GigaPan Photograph by Karim Saad | Copyright © ...
- Entry Name: Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle / Кам'янець-Подільська фортеця, (500mm lens, shooting point - 200 m from the Castle wall), Ukraine by Global Synergy
The castle was built in the XIVc. on top of a peninsula carved out by the winding Smotrych River, forming a natural defense system for the castle. The fortress was built to protect the bridge connecting the medieval town with the mainland. The Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle was located on one of the main frontiers of the P...
- Entry Name: Sagrada Familia by Jose Maria Lopez
Fotografía de la fachada de la natalidad de la Sagrada Familia. Esta fotografía ha sido tomada desde la Plaza de la Sagrada Familia con el siguiente equipo: •Canon Eos 7D (18Mpx) •Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM (480mm equivalente) •Trípode manfrotto 190XPROB •Rotula manfrotto 804RC2 Se han realizado 70...
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Adam Mills Elliott takes a last stroke as he descends Lower Lewis Falls on the Lewis River in Washington Shot with a 50mm lens on a 5D Mark II using a Gigapan Epic Pro at 1/500s f10 ISO 200. Stitched using Stitch.Efx 2.0. www.michaellongphoto.com
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- Entry Name: Vancouver Skyline from Fairview at Dusk by Ronnie Miranda
A breathtaking 180 degree view of Vancouver from the neighbourhood of Fairview. Fairview is on the west side of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It runs from 16th Avenue in the south, to Burrard Street in the west, to Cambie Street in the east, and to False Creek in the north. Day gigapan.org/...
- Entry Name: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada --- waterfront by T. E. Smith-Lamothe
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a significant National Historic Site by the government of Canada. It was a British colonial town established in 1753 to introduce Protestant colonists into the Colony when it was largely populated only by Catholic French Acadians an...
- Entry Name: Inside the Citadel of Berat (Albania) by Michael Hussey
Berat Castle is built on a rocky hill on the left bank of the river Osum and is accessible only from the south. After being burned down by the Romans in 200 B.C. the walls were strengthened in the fifth century under Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II, and were rebuilt during the 6th century under the Emperor Justinian an...


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55 Gallon Tank - Two AquaClear 30's good enough?
The AquaClear 30 is rated up to 30 gallon aquariums and up to 150 GPH. Looking at canister filters some are rated for 55 gallon aquariums and are 150 GPH. I would think two AC30's would be a the minimum a 55 gallon tank would need, one placed on each end. I am trying to find a good setup for about 50$ and this seems to be the best solution. The tank will be planted as well so that is the extra filtration needed to be "over the top" as a lot of people do. Would the above work?
try looking online for filtration.
"over the top" that we recommend means getting filtration rated at 110gallons for your tank...so take a look at an ac110.
or two ac70's.
my 45gallon tank has 4 filters on it-canister, 2 hobs and a sponge filter.
+1 to the above advice
Two HOB filters or a HOB and canister filter would be better. I used to have a fluval 405 and AC70 on my planted 55 gallon tank and that combo worked out great. Two AC70s would also work very well.
You should not really plan for your plants to process the ammonia and nitrites in your water. It would be best to have proper filtration on a aquarium and allow your plants to use up the nitrates and phosphates in the water
Last edited by Cliff; 04-12-2013 at 03:51 PM.If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
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I run an AC30 on one of my 10 gallon quarantine tanks. I don't think 2 are up for the job of a 55 gallon, but it really depends on how you intend to stock the tank. I had 2 canisters on my 55, each one capable of filtering the tank on their own. THAT is "over the top" ;) But, I ask more of my filtration systems than simply providing clean water.
One thing I want to point out - An HOB gallon per hour and a canister gallon per hour are NOT equal. Canisters hold such a significantly larger amount of media that they don't need such a high turnover rate - they can process a larger amount of ammonia in one pass through the filter. HOBs, on the other hand, need a high turnover rate to keep the ammonia concentration entering the filter as low as possible. So, an HOB that does 150 GPH is no where near as effective as a canister that does 150 GPH. On a side note, you must have looked at an eheim as your canister reference - they have the lowest turnover rates of all canisters.


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Bought two new books from O'Reilly at Borders one was 20% off, YES! The other was not! WHY? All other O'Reilly were! My wife dragging me to Tulsa (45 miles each way) was worth it. "XML in a nutshell" and "LEX & YACC".
Bought two new books from O'Reilly at Borders one was 20% off, YES! The other was not! WHY? All other O'Reilly were! My wife dragging me to Tulsa (45 miles each way) was worth it. "XML in a nutshell" and "LEX & YACC".
Some nice people replied? to my diary entries and I can not see those replies! Anyone tell me how to do this? or am I on too much Diet Dr Pepper!
My son's computer got a virus. Sent out about 250 emails before AOL shut ALL of us down. They assume that you have only one computer. The only error message they give is invalid password!
The first time I called (wrong 888 #) they hung up on me, because too many people were waiting for tech support. After calling the second time, they turn my accounts back on and forced some unknown download into AOL. Who knows what it did to my computer (but not my son's) ;) They have placed a warning on my account for SPAM! Three strikes and your out of AOL. Boo-Hoo
The virus scanner missed it during infection, but found and fixed it on a manual check.
Oh Well! I was about to shut AOL down anyway. Switching emails to my cable provider was about done.
Opened a project on Savannah. Trying to setup my linux to connect and transfer the few files that I have (lexx & yacc source) plc.l plc.y http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/plc2c/
Found site that has a draft copy of the spec. Woo-Hoo, free spec!
I want to develop IEC 6-1131 compilier (GPL). 1131 is a Standard set of 5 languages for Programable Logic Controllers (PLC): Ladder Diagram LD, Structured Text ST, Instruction Language IL, Function Block Diagram FBD, Sequential Function Chart SFC Have not done compiliers since college (70's)
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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Traveled the state yesterday and today and it was great!
Champaign: Had figures #33-40 (except 38) at Target and Walmart by the mall.
Savoy: Walmart had the new wave of Deluxe Figures. ONly one Yoda and it was crunched
Chicago Target (Elston): Glass figures (all 3). Asked about the clone trooper exclusive. They had none, Roosevelt had none, and Addison had none. But Niles and Evanston had 24 listed in the computer.
TRU: 37-40 available on Western Ave.
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Preservation Society Fall Tour of Homes and Gardens
Date & Time
Friday, October 12, 2012 (All day)
Preservation Society of Charleston, 147 King St.
Event Details
How many times have you walked past a Charleston home and wished you could see its interior? Well, here's your chance. For the past 36 years, the Preservation Society of Charleston has been opening doors to some of downtown's most famous locales, including church gardens and private residences that date back to the early Georgian period. Choose from 20 unique tours during the five-week event. Preservation Society of Charleston, 147 King St. Friday, times vary, $45. (843)722-4630, www.preservationsociety.org


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In the last one year, the company has earned approval for phase I/II ovarian clinical trial of candidate BNC105 in women with ovarian cancer in combination with carboplatin and gemcitabine in a multi-centre trial in Australia and the US. Dr Rathjen also led the company to secure a new US patent critical to its Kv1.3 program, which is focused on developing new treatments for common autoimmune disorders. The patent granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, particularly the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells, and protects the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company is now accelerating the program to include important immune-related conditions in addition to multiple sclerosis, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
Under Dr Rathjen, Bionomics also inked a deal with Swiss life sciences company Lonza for the development and manufacturing of its antibody. Again in September 2012, she led Bionomics in the acquisition of San Diego-based Eclipse Therapeutics. Eclipse was a spin-out from Biogen Idec and it brought two cancer stem cell-targeting antibodies, now known as BNC101 and BNC102, to Bionomics. BNC101 is anticipated to commence clinical trials in 2014.
She has also played an equally important role in building a sound management circuit within the company. Talking about Bionomics' team, she says, "Culture is an important and critical element in the success of Bionomics. Our teams are multinational and well as multidisciplinary. I am privileged to be supported by a highly experienced and dedicated management group," she says.
Bionomics is also partnering with other companies to generate new revenue streams and reduce execution risk of its programs. For instance, it has partnered with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals for the discovery and early development of BNC210 (now IW-2143) for anxiety. The deal provided it with an upfront payment of up to $345 million for development (clinical trials) of the candidate. It also provided regulatory milestone payments and sealed royalty on net sales of products incorporating BNC210 (IW-2143).
The making of a businesswoman
Dr Rathjen inculcated interest in science when she was a high school student in Adelaide, Australia. She never made science an academic goal but had immense curiosity for bioscience puzzles. As her knowledge and interest grew in the field, she developed a quest for the functioning of the immune system, how it worked to fight infection and how 'rogue' immune cells caused autoimmune diseases.
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I'd say a third of the mornings I was close enough to the turkeys to hear fly-down from start to finish. On another third, the gobblers were sounding off, but waaaaay off the property. The real killer was that for a good third of the mornings, there was just dead silence.
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Nitehawk Cinema (New York City)
136 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211
Official Link: http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/screenings.php
Nitehawk Cinema is a new cinema that offers an experience like no other in New York. They have a street-level neighborhood cafe where you can enjoy cocktails or gourmet concessions anytime. In addition, they feature table-side food and beverage service inside our three theaters for each film.
They seat our theaters 30 minutes prior to each showtime and feature a preshow of local filmmakers with other film clips related to the feature you will be seeing. It also provides a chance for their guests to get settled in their seats and place food or drink orders with the theater servers. Seating is first come, first serve, so they recommend arriving about 45 minutes prior to each showtime. Guests can enjoy a drink at their lobby bar before we seat the theater. Please hold on to your tickets as the theater server will check for your ticket at your seat.
After your initial order is placed during our preshow, there is paper and pencil at each table to write down any further orders during the feature presentation. It's a basic flag system, just write down whatever you need and post it up in front of you. A server will come by and pick up your order. Towards the end of the film your server will come by to see if you need anything else, drop off your tab and take care of it before the credits roll.
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Y'know, cable modems kick ass.
Yeah, they are just bigger, faster modems. Nothing fundamentally new. Broadband is, essentially, just another method of connecting to the internet.
But it's like going from a Ford Pinto to a Ferrari. Definitely an improvement.
I know. Chances are, *you* already have DSL, or cable. But this is Sitka, Alaska. Pop. 8500. Isolated-- there are no roads off the island. There are no other communities connected at all; it's just Sitka. Worse, it's on the outside of the Alexander Archepelago, which means we are isolated, even for Southeast Alaska.
So the fact that we have both DSL and cable is remarkable. It means the internet is truly coming of age, even if everyone who can use a freakin' web browser is a computer expert.
Fun Things
Just got back from Cleveland. I spent two weeks working with my brother at the company for which he works. Note I did this last year, as well. I don't feel as if I really earned my pay, this year. But it was a blast, planning big software projects, staying up late playing Marvel Super Hero vs. Street Fighter, drinking beer, and hanging out with Jeff and Dan and Zubin and Len. Very fun.


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Food Stamp Outreach & Access Toolkit Basics for Beginners (PDF, New Window)
FFY 2009 Food Stamp Benefit Increase (PDF, English, Window)... Spanish | Chinese | Vietnamese
2009-10 Food Stamp Income & Eligibility Limits (PDF, English, New Window) ... Spanish
This document is intended to accompany the Need Help Buying Food? brochure. It contains the Food Stamp Program's income guidelines and maximum benefit amounts for FFY 2008 (October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008). Food Stamp Benefits Brochure (PDF, English, New Window) ... Spanish
This brochure explains the benefits offered through the Food Stamp Program (FSP) and dispels many common misconceptions about the program including: information about FSP eligibility requirements, household size/gross monthly income requirements, and eligibility for documented immigrants. In addition, this brochure encourages consumption of fruits and vegetables. Download brochure: English | Spanish
Untangling the Lines: Using Phone-Based Assistance to Increase Access to Food Stamps (PDF, New Window)(Winch, 2008). This report identifies current phone-based food stamp services available in California, as well as promising models in other states. It also provides information on telephonic signatures, and recommendations. Summary (PDF, New Window)
Reaching the Other Eligible Californians: California Association of Food Banks' Food Stamp Outreach Project (PDF, 2MB, New Window) (MkNelly, 2005). This case study report of the California Association of Food Banks and their member organizations provides an overview of the food stamp outreach activities and strategies employed by 11 food banks throughout California.
Visit the California Association of Food Banks' websites, myfoodstamps.org and misalimentos.org, for extensive food stamp outreach resources, research, and data.
Other helpful Food Stamp Program resources include:
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 335, March 3, 2006
X1: Capturing missing stdout
[ This article is inspired by the PET Consolidated X1 FAQ ]
The Cray X1 buffers stdout, which can lead to missing information in your output files when the program crashes before the buffer is flushed. You could add explicit flush statements to your code to ensure stdout is written, however the assign command provides a much more elegant way accomplishing this task. Since stderr is not buffered, we can simply direct stdout (unit 6) to stderr to ensure that output is written. NOTE: there could be considerable performance impact doing this, so this technique should only be used for debugging purposes.
First, set the file to store the assign command to:
sh/ksh/bash syntax:
export FILENV=./myassign
csh/tcsh syntax:
setenv FILENV ./myassign
Next, use the assign command to direct stdout to stderr:
assign -D stderr u:6
Finally, run the executable as you normally would.e.g.
aprun -n 4 ./a.out
If you redirect stdout to a file, be sure to redirect stderr as well:
e.g. (sh/ksh/bash):
aprun -n 4 ./a.out 2> output
or (csh/tcsh):
aprun -n 4 ./a.out >& output
To remove an assign statement from the file, use the following:
assign -R
Here's a PBS script which ties everything together.
#PBS -q default #PBS -l mppe=4 #PBS -l walltime=30:00 #PBS -j oe #PBS -S /bin/ksh cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR export FILENV=./assign.debug assign -D stderr u:6 aprun -n 4 ./a.out
Since the environment variable FILENV is set within the script, there is no need to remove the assign statement stored in the file unless you are using the same file to store other assign statements.
NOTE: this trick doesn't work with C based codes.
The PET X1 Consolidated FAQ is available at:https://okc.erdc.hpc.mil
To get to the Consolidated X1 FAQ:
- Select the "CE" link under the "Cross-Cutting Areas" heading (in the "Menu" frame on the left side of the window), then
- Then the "Papers/Pubs" link (in the "CE" frame), and finally
- the "Cray X1 Frequently Asked Questions" link (in the list of papers).
ARSC also maintains a direct link to the FAQ from the klondike how to page:
Three-part GIS sessions March 27th ,29th, and 31st
Title: Workshop of Online 3D Terrain Visualization and GIS tools Location: WRRB 010 Conference Room Dates: Monday, March 27 Wednesday, March 29 Friday, March 31 Time: noon - 3:00 pm (lunch provided)
This workshop is intended to create earth science, earth science education/outreach, and earth science data access applications using online 3D terrain visualization and GIS tools such as EarthSLOT, Google Earth, World Wind and GeoFusion. Your own Windows laptop computer is required (the needs of participants needing Macintosh access will be covered, but development will occur on PCs for consistency). The format of the workshop will be tailored to the nature of the participants' projects.
To attend, please send an email to matt.nolan (at) uaf.edu that outlines the nature of your project, the types of data you hope to use, the target audience, what you would like to accomplish in the workshop, and how you envision using these tools in the future. We will then work with you before the workshop to refine your ideas, ensure your data are in easily ingestible formats, ensure that your computer has all of the necessary software, and suggest some advance reading if appropriate.
The workshop is limited to 10 participants. If the number of applicants exceed 10, preference will be given to graduate students with a clear vision of what they want to accomplish and who have all the necessary data in hand to finish a pilot project by the end of the workshop. Additional workshops will be held as demand warrants, and it is hope that the participants of this first workshop will serve as the nucleus of a UAF community built around use and advancement of these tools.
Hardware Upgrades
In the last few months, ARSC has added new hardware to both iceflyer and nelchina. These additions have increased the available computation resources of both systems by 2 times or more.
Iceflyer Upgrades
4- p575 nodes have been added to iceflyer. Each of these nodes has 8- 1.9 Ghz Power5 processors and 16 GB of RAM. Currently the Power5 nodes are running a variety of operating systems including: AIX 5.2, AIX 5.3, and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.2.
Both AIX 5.3 and SLES 9.2 can exploit the SMT (simultaneous multithreading) support available within the Power5 architecture. This functionality allows the operating system to schedule two threads per processor. Preliminary tests done by ARSC staff show that SMT reduces run time for some OpenMP applications over 10% when doubling the number of threads (i.e. setting OMP_NUM_THREADS=16 rather than 8).
These nodes are now open to all iceflyer users via the "p5" class.
For more information on the power5 nodes iceflyer users should see:
Nelchina Upgrades
During the past two weeks ARSC and Cray staff have been busy adding three more chassis to the Cray XD1, nelchina. Each of the new chassis has 6 nodes with 2 dual core AMD Opteron processors per node.
Once the upgrade is complete, nelchina will have 108 PEs in the following configuration.
6- nodes with 2 AMD Opteron 250 Processors (Single Core) with FPGAs 12- nodes with 2 AMD Opteron 250 Processors (Single Core) 18- nodes with 2 AMD Opteron 280 Processors (Dual Core)
The upgrade also includes a change to the fat tree network topology which improves performance for all-to-one, one-to-all, or all-to-all communications by providing a direct link between each node.
Users interested in using nelchina should contact the ARSC help desk at email@example.com.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I want stdout and stderr from a command to go to a file AND to my [[ screen. These commands, [[ [[ CSH: [[ ./prog >& prog.out [[ [[ KSH: [[ ./prog > prog.out 2>&1 [[ [[ would merge stdout and stderr to one file. But, as I said, I'll [[ like to see it on the screen at the same time. We got a ton of responses to this, but, as professors lament at finals time, several people didn't read the question too carefully. The real problem here was dealing with stderr (not just stdout and "tee"). Thanks to all: Chris Young, Brad Chamberlain, Harper Simmons, Steve Finn, Rich Griswold, Greg Newby, Kurt Carlson, Hank Happ, Lorin Hochstein, and Martin Luthi. # # From Brad Chamberlain, here's a csh solution: # Try the following (CSH format): ./prog & tee prog.out "tee" is a program that feeds its standard input to a filename and to stdout. Thus, what we're doing here is piping the standard ( ) and error (&) output of prog into tee, which is piping it to prog.out and to stdout. # # From Kurt Carlson, ksh: # ./prog 2>&1 tee prog.out # # Lorin Hochstein reminds us of another possibility, tail -f. A problem # with this, tail -f doesn't terminate with the program, which could be # misleading. # Terminal 1: touch prog.out tail -f prog.out Terminal 2: ./prog >& prog.out The "tail" programs allows a user to view the file on Terminal 1 as data is being appended. (When the file is done, Ctl-C is required to terminate the tail program.) Q: On some systems, when I use vi/vim to open a file and scroll down to a particular line and then exit, vi/vim remembers the position within the file. The next time I open the file it returns me to that position. I can't get this feature working everywhere. Do you know how one enables this?
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Anyone know where I can buy Pigeons in the Middle Ga area. I live in Macon.
Anyone know where I can buy Pigeons in the Middle Ga area. I live in Macon.
I'm obviously not from Ga but I would try Craigslist, flea markets, trade days (if they have such a thing in Ga). I would also go to feed stores that sell pigeon food. They often know who raises and races pigeons. You can often buy their culls.
Hope this helps.
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I sell pigeons. I'm in the Atlanta area and could meet you near Macon if you want more than just a couple.
Gary is a great guy and with very reasonable prices. If you are still hunting birds I would contact him. I met him last week after a couple of weeks of PM'ing/emailing/texting back and forth. I couldn't be happier.
Do you still sell pigeons I am in tucker Ga until weds and I need a few for my pup
I'm pretty sure Gary still sells pigeons. He's a great guy to deal with. I'll txt him and tell him to look over this thread and maybe you two can get together. If you don't hear from him send me a PM and I'll try to put you in touch.
I'm in the north metro Atl area and have birds for sell most of the time. I don't have any at the moment because I'll be out of town for work until the 30th. I should have some available after that.
Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gary is the best pigeon man in the business!
Quakerwacker were you able to keep that last batch caged up????
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Family: Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies view all from this family
Description The Astarte Fritillary (Boloria astarte) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from northwestern North America to northeastern Siberia. It is found as fas south as Montana and Washington.
The wingspan is 1 3/8-1 7/8" (35-48 mm). The butterfly flies from mid-June to mid-August.
The larvae feed on Spotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis).
Dimensions 1 3/8-1 7/8" (35-48 mm).
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Arctic habitats.
Range Western Canada, Alaska, Rocky Mountains.


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Education faculty at IUPUC are experts in curriculum and classroom practice. We will deliver an educational experience that gives you the knowledge and skill you need to meet the challenges of today's rapidly changing educational environment. We will also provide you with the tools to excel in your own classroom after graduation.
We strive to improve teaching, learning, and human development in a diverse, rapidly changing, and increasingly technological society. We prepare reflective, caring, and highly skilled educators and scholars who lead in their chosen professions, participate in dialogue and inquiry into school change, and partner with key stakeholders to improve teaching and learning at the local, national, and international levels.
Our program is focused on learner-centered education and post-secondary investigations into the teaching profession. Our graduates regard teaching as a complex, multidimensional profession that requires a broad spectrum of knowledge, interpersonal interactions, behaviors, and decision-making abilities.
Do you believe education is the key to a bright future for children? If you are curious, passionate about helping others, and believe knowledge has the power to change lives and the world in which we live, a career in education might be right for you.
As a student in the Indiana University Bachelor of Science (BS) in Elementary Education program at IUPUC, you can explore a range of elementary content areas to help you decide what kind of teacher you want to be. You can also choose to participate in a Global Gateway experience, spending part of a semester away from campus to gain an even more in-depth student teaching experience.
You will also work with exceptional educators in classrooms throughout the region. Observing real teachers in action and reflecting on different teaching and classroom management strategies, will help you get a better feel for the age groups of students you want to teach.
With mentoring from IUPUC faculty and the professionals you encounter as an education student, you will be well prepared with an excellent set of teaching skills and experiences upon graduation.
Because of this preparation, you will be competitive in the employment market. To increase your marketability, you can also pursue a license addition in subjects like English as a new language or special education.
At IUPUC, you can earn an Indiana University Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education, which can lead to a generalist license to teach at the kindergarten through sixth-grade (K-6) level upon completion of all state-mandated licensing exams.
As an elementary education major, you will complete a concentration area meeting Rules for Educator Preparation and Accountability (REPA), Common Core, and other standards. Available concentration areas include:
If you want to specialize in teaching middle, junior high, or high school students, you can complete a substantial portion of the required coursework to earn an Indiana University Bachelor of Science (BS) in Secondary Education at IUPUC.
If this is your goal, you will transfer to IUPUI, another IU campus, or another college or university to complete the remaining courses that are not currently offered in Columbus. Our academic advisors will work with you closely to develop a personal plan of study and timeline for the transfer.
As an education major at IUPUC, you will:
The Division of Education at IUPUC is part of the Indiana University School of Education. Our elementary education program is nationally recognized, jointly accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), and approved by the State of Indiana. Our special education license addition program is also nationally recognized by by its specialty program area (SPA).
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All your base are contributed to us!
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We set up them the bomb.
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New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs will soon have more in common than the 1918 World Series. Both teams announced this weekend that they plan to join the San Francisco Giants in sending messages of support to LGBT young people. The Windy City Times reports the Cubs' "it gets better" video has been in the works for at least a week, and will be shot when the team returns home from its current 10-game road trip. And having spoken with several Red Sox executives ourselves last week, we can report that the team has also been thinking about ways to send a positive message to its fans about LGBT inclusion for quite some time (several members of the Red Sox were among the first to reach out to Boston Herald columnist Steve Buckley when he came out earlier this year.) and that the "it gets better" video (inspired by a 12 year-old fan who started an online petition) will likely be just the start. The team said in a statement:
"We are proud of dedicated Red Sox fans like 12-year-old Sam Maden who have taken the courageous step of publicly standing up against bullying of LGBT youth," said Susan Goodenow, Senior Vice President/Public Affairs and Marketing for the Red Sox, in a statement. "The Red Sox have frequently done PSA videos, or public service announcement videos, on important social issues. We are currently producing an "It Gets Better" video to support the It Gets Better campaign to stop bullying of LGBT youth and teen suicides. We hope that when it is released it will both reflect our continued commitment to be active participants in the community and help advance the efforts of Sam and others to stop bullying.While the video will certainly send a wonderful message to LGBT youth themselves, the Red Sox know it's equally important to speak to educators, bystanders, and the bullies themselves. Goodenow said "Our team stands for respect and inclusion – there is no place for discrimination or acts of hatred in Red Sox Nation." We'll be working with them throughout the season to develop ways of communicating this message to all of Red Sox Nation. We also plan to reach out to the Cubs to thank them for their efforts to send such a positive message, and to offer our support to them. It's truly an exciting time to be a sports fan and a supporter of the LGBT community.


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Fast Launch 26
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Skill Level to Build:
easy build, some experience required
Commuter style launch with diesel inboard and a small cabin.
If you are a designer who offers plans, or kit boats, we invite you to enter your information in the Directory of Boat Plans & Kits. There is no charge! This is for boats of ANY hull material. And if you're in the market for a boat to build, this is a fine place to start.


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By Michael Aneiro
The bond market is in a tizzy today about the potential size of Apple's (AAPL) bond offering (hint: think really big), and what type of yields the bonds could command (hint: think really low).
On the size front, the biggest-ever investment-grade bond deals were a $16.5 billion offering from Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holdings in February 2009, followed by a $14.7 billion deal from U.S. pharma company AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) last November, per data provider Dealogic. Regarding Apple, talk in the media and on Twitter is getting a bit breathless today – the biggest rumor figure I've seen so far (based on expected demand) is $50 billion. Even more sober estimates still range from $10 billion to $20 billion.
On the yield front, Apple can look to its onetime archrival, Microsoft (MSFT), which last week's sold $1.95 billion in bonds and established markers for some of the lowest corporate bond yields seen this year (and ever). That debt sale included 5-year bonds that yielded 1.013%, ten-year bonds yielding 2.413% and 30-year bonds yielding 3.828%. And bear in mind that Microsoft is among the last remaining handful of U.S. companies with triple-A credit ratings, while Apple could only manage a tier lower at double-A.
So in theory Apple's yields should be a bit higher than Microsoft's. But hey, everybody loves an offering from a big-ticket company that's new to the bond market, and everybody loves Apple, and nobody really loves Microsoft, right? These are the little quirks of market sentiment that can overcome rating-related obstacles in determining bond yields (not to mention that nobody really loves rating agencies either).
And bear in mind that both Apple and Microsoft boast dividend yields right around 2.8%.
Stay tuned, price guidance is expected for Apple's bonds sometime this afternoon.


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Shemsi Beqiri Wins 4-Man Tournament in Switzerland
- Written by Dave Walsh
Yesterday in Basel, Switzerland, Super Pro held a night of fights that featured a 4-man tournament. Among the participants were Rachid Belaini, Miodrag Olar, Philippe Salmon and Shemsi Beqiri. French fighter Farid Villaume was originally scheduled to face Shemsi Beqiri in the semi-finals but Salmon took his place.
Rachid Belaini and Miodrag Olar met in the semi-finals, with Belaini advancing. Shemsi Beqiri and Philippe Salmon faced off on the other side of the bracket, with Beqiri advancing to the final with a decision. Beqiri took a decision over Belaini in the final to win the tournament and a prize of 20 000 Euros. That's quite a big purse for kickboxing, equivalent to $27 341 in American dollars.
The tournament was Beqiri's first time fighting since January, where he lost a somewhat controversial decision to Yoshihiro Sato in Japan. I myself thought that it should've gone to an extra round. It's unusual for Beqiri to fight this little, as last year he fought twelve times. Beqiri is a solid fighter, and at only 25 years of age still has a lot ahead of him for his kickboxing career.


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** Thanks for entering! This giveaway is now CLOSED!! **
We're here!! After a long, arduous...3 hours in the car (yes, that is very tongue-in-cheek, and kudos to all you certain folks who drove halfway across the country in your cargo vans) we have arrived here at the Fall 2009 International Quilt Festival in Houston! What happened tonight? Fabric 2.0 Lite, hosted by J. Caroline, and Sample Spree! (Snagged some goodies for a giveaway -- keep reading!)
We arrived late afternoon, so didn't get to do any Schoolhouse :( But the Fabric 2.0 event was fun...met some Twitter peeps and other shops, including the host Caroline (who is soooo friendly & fun)!
We smuggled some of these beauties back to our room...Moda's newest Bake Shop addition, the Sampler box!! Aren't they smart?? I'm using way too many punctuation marks in this paragraph, but we love them so much...we hope you do too!
The Moda Bake Shop Sampler box comes stocked with 12 packs of 40 - 2 1/2" squares. Each pack is a new Moda release...hence you get to sample a little bit of 12 lines. SWEET! It also includes projects & templates for charm quilts, as well as the history of charm quilts. The groups for this season's box include Bar Harbor, Butterfly Garden, Collection for a Cause: Charity, Eden, Frolic, Garden Party, Lakeside Resort, Looking Back, Martinique, Spring Fever, Verna and Whimsy. AND, this box is available in November, so you get to sample the fabric waaaay before the line even comes out in Feb/Mar 2010! I think it makes a perfect gift, just in time for the holidaaaaays...
So here's how you can help us...we have just added the Moda Bake Shop Sampler Box to our store's Coming Soon page. If you wish to be notified when the Sampler box arrives in our store, let us know via Kimberly's e-mail address in the pink paragraph below the Sampler box, so we can get a good idea of how many to order at our Moda meeting! That way we can have enough for all!
Help us, help you! ;)
Yeah and of course...the giveaway! So what have you heard about in Twitterverse and Blogland about Market? Who would you like us to visit and paparazzi? Comment on this post (gets you 1 entry) and or send us a tweet (for another entry) to let us know, and 5 winners will receive these super sweet Sampler boxes! We'll announce the winner next week!
For now good night...tweet & talk more tomorrow :D


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3.7: Igneous Rocks
Have you seen igneous rocks in the field?
Igneous rocks are everywhere! One of the most common igneous rocks that make up the crust is granite. Many mountain ranges are made of granite. The spectacular features of Yosemite Valley, like Half Dome, are granitic. Volcanoes are made of igneous rocks, such as basalt. Igneous rocks are also found where you can't see them. Oceanic crust is mostly basalt and gabbro. The mantle is peridotite.
Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks form when magma cools and forms crystals. Magma is melted rock. What an igneous rock looks like is determined by two things. One is the composition of the magma. The other is how fast the magma cools. The rate of cooling determines the texture of the rock.
Different igneous rocks contain minerals with different compositions. Mafic igneous rocks contain mafic minerals. Mafic minerals are dense and dark in color. They typically contain iron and magnesium; they are low in silica. Olivine and pyroxene are mafic minerals.
Olivine is the green mineral, pyroxene is the black mineral.
Felsic igneous rocks contain felsic minerals. They typically contain aluminum and sodium; they are high in silica. Quartz and potassium feldspar are felsic minerals. Minerals and rocks with a composition in between mafic and felsic are called intermediate.
Potassium feldspar is the pink mineral, plagioclase feldspar is the white mineral, and quartz is the grey mineral.
- felsic: Minerals that are light in color and relatively low in density.
- mafic: Minerals that are dark in color and relatively dense.
- magma: Melted rock.
- Magma cools to form igneous rocks. Two factors determine what type of rock forms.
- The composition of the magma determines if the rock is mafic, felsic or intermediate.
- The rate the magma cools determines the texture of the rock.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
- How do igneous rocks form?
- What is magma?
- What are plutonic rocks?
- How are extrusive rocks formed?
- How are igneous rocks classified?
- What is granite? Where is it used?
- How does an igneous rock form?
- How do mafic and felsic minerals and rocks differ from each other?
- What two factors determine what type of rock a magma will form?
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