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My Star Wars Fan Film: The Lazy Jedi
If I had kids, I wouldn't necessarily forbid them from watching Harry Potter, but I would want to talk with them first because I wouldn't want them to think that witchcraft and sorcery were things they could dabble in without serious consequences.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
My dad has refused to watch or read any HP films or books because of the witchcraft aspect. It's like some of the novels taught in our district; sure, they have some objectionable parts, but those aren't what the book is ABOUT. LOTR and HP aren't just ABOUT sorcery, wars, and witchcraft. They use those ideas to talk about (SPOILER alert ) themes of friendship, overcoming obstacles, personal strength, knowledge, good OVER evil, etc.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Anyway, it was an objective poll - just about factual current events - maybe things like "Where as Osama Bin Laden killed?" Or "Has Curiosity found evidence of water and conditions for simple single cell life to have existed on Mars?" That sort of thing.
They said Fox News viewers were the least accurately informed. And we know MS-NBC is biased media.
It leaves CNN right in the middle, of objective reporting, or at least seemingly moreso than the other major national news networks.
Local affiliates might not have the funding for any of these larger special episodic coverages of certain issues.
But for the most part, CNN doesn't have time to report on "hauntings, evidence of UFOs, and other supernatural occurences." The Sci-Fy Channel has its niche there.
Now I'm not a Harry Potter fan. I never made time for it. However, I am just not a believer. If kids wanted to read from "a spell book" and try to be "evil magicians" or something - let them. Absolutely nothing is going to happen except they will see that they're wasting their time.
I have been trying to use the Dark Side of the Force ever since I was a child so that I might commit untraceable murders and advance politically through assasination by Force chokes and Dark Side Lightning. I have thus far been unsuccessful. A real lightsaber would also be an untraceable weapon. With the Force, I could disable security cameras and motion detectors, or even cause the roofing or whole building to collapse on those I'd want to destroy so that I could assume ultimate power (if I could not use mind tricks to effectively suggest they grant me ultimate power).
Darn it, BigB - I have been trying to become complete "evil" in that sense ever since I first realized just how powerful a Dark Side adept could be. I don't think children reading from a "forbidden book (of falsehoods)" is going to let them become sorcerors. If I could only obtain the power, I'd have done so and ended homelessness, poverty, instituted birth control and mid-level economic education, socialized certain manufacturing and service sectors, and forced reforms to our democracy, and established it world wide, to institute the transition back to self-governance following my bried dictatorship (because I can't be the full-time dictator for too long or I'll miss a lot of baseball seasons, since if I had real power, I'd actually be using it and not serving myself).
Nevertheless, my attempts to become a real weilder of the Dark Side of the Force have thus far failed. I cannot have a clone army of warriors in their 20-somethings without waiting 20 more years for them to mature, and my Death Star is made out of Lego blocks, remains incomplete, and is not likely spaceworthy.
I do not fear socery, voodoo, other kinds of magic etc. If it worked, I'd get myself trained - and institute better public transit and a new monetary system, too. My list of things I'd do with temporary dictator powers goes on and on.
But it's not happening.
The most I can do is generate static electricty from my fingers if I rub my hair with a balloon while standing on clean carpeting.
Have you EVER seen a Dark Lord, Nazi or Communist dictator, warlock or other kind of admirable leader-like person running around rubbing a balloon on their head?
I don't know. If Fidel Castro tried it, I think whatever it would do to his beard would be funny, nevertheless.
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My brother and sis-in-law didn't let the kids see the crispy Anakin scenes at the end of Sith for quite some time. They considered that more disturbing than anything in Mordor.
Life of Pi. Very good, excellent use of music and effects, kept me guessing about what would happen (pretty good for a film about a shipwreck deep at sea). Now I guess I have to read the book.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Catwoman got on the Batbike and the camera stopped for a rear view. Best scene of the whole movie!
That's what Anne Hathaway err....or...Catwoman did.
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I'll start the weblog by announcing the Gestalt System project. This is heavily influenced by my many years as a SAS programmer, though it's not "free SAS". GS is seen as being a framework linking together existing data manipulation, analysis, reporting, graphing, and publication tools in an open and extensible framework. Currrent targets are R, Python, MySQL, and Zope.
This is actually rather similar in spirit to SAS, which I've taken to calling a state-of-the-art reporting and analytic system -- for 1969. SAS incorporates much from PL/I, the TSO/ISPF editor, and mainframe storage and programming models, though it proprietized the concepts. GS should be seen as taking the best from available, existing tools, but bridging rather than trying to encapsulate them.
For more information read the Manifesto for which I give much credit to my partner in crime, Tim Churches.

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Reality Check: Green's In The Bleachers With Actors In TV Ad
WISC-TV Analysis Finds Claims 'Misleading' and 'Need Clarification'
MADISON, Wis. - Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green is using paid actors in one of his campaign ads to drive home discontent over University of Wisconsin tuition and wait-list policies.
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In the TV ad, two couples are talking with Green and his wife about how their kids are being shut out of the admission from one of the UW System schools. In reality, the couples are paid actors portraying what Green sees as a fundamental problem with higher education.
The ad goes on to make two claims about how the UW is managed and blames incumbent Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.
First, one of the paid actors said: "They're letting out-of-state kids in who have worse grades than the Wisconsin kids who don't get in."
WISC-TV finds this claim "misleading."
Green cites test scores and class ranking showing Wisconsin students out-perform non-residents.
A comparison of entrance exams showed the scores are almost identical. In fact, this year, non-residents fared better in ACT and SAT scores.
On class rankings, Wisconsin students are rated higher. Green is correct about that. But, he fails to mention that there's a trend nationally not to rank students against each other anymore, so only half of non-residents are even compared this way. Also, that ranking doesn't take into account differences in curriculum between states, which is a factor used by admission officials.
UW leaders also noted that residents and non-residents don't directly compete against each other because they are evaluated in separate pools.
Later in the ad, Green tries to tie Doyle to rising in-state tuition and falling out-of-state tuition. In the ad, he said, "It gets worse. Jim Doyle raised tuition for Wisconsin families and actually cut it for out-of-staters."
WISC-TV finds this claim needs clarification.
First, Doyle doesn't set tuition rates directly -- the UW Board of Regents has that authority. But, a governor can have an impact indirectly by appointing some of the board members. The governor can also influence tuition rates by raising or lowering the amount of state aid going to the UW.
Green is correct in saying that tuition has gone up under Doyle's watch.
At UW-Madison, tuition is up about $1,500 -- or 32 percent. At other four-year universities, tuition has increased 31 percent.
As for non-residents going to the UW-Madison, tuition is up as well, contrary to what Green says in the ad. Currently, it costs $20,000 a year for non-residents to attend UW-Madison.
The cut Green is referencing is at the other four-year colleges in the UW System. The cut was put in place this year by the Board of Regents because fewer students were willing to pay the higher tuition figure and non-resident enrollments dropped.
UW admissions officials also noted that each non-resident, in part, subsidizes the cost of in-state tuition. So, if there are fewer non-residents, the in-state cost would have to be increased to make up the difference. The board cited that as one reason why it decided to make the tuition cut.
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This year's Forbes highest earning model list has just dropped, and not only does it prove that it pays to be in with Victoria's Secret (out of the 21 beauties, only five of them have never worn the VS Angel wings), but that in order to be at the top of the model game, you must also have business smarts.
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Out of the newcomers, Kate Upton was the highest ranking beauty , but there were several other new additions to the list, including Karlie Kloss, Jourdan Dunn, Anja Rubik and Cara Delevingne – no surprises there.
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TACO, Inc., RIC Partner for Vocational Training
TACO, Inc. employees who just completed professional development through RIC's outreach programs are seen here with their teachers. Back row, left to right: Sithi Sisouvong; teacher Jay Busse; Bouavanh Phanhsena; Rafael Silvestre and Gloria Gonzalez. Front row, left to right: Ana Vasquez; Teth Phann; teacher Donna Androzzi and Aida Rodriquez.
When TACO, Inc. employee Anna Vasquez realized her adult education class offered through Rhode Island College would involve a lot of homework, she almost passed on the opportunity. "Then I said, let me give myself a chance," Vasquez said. "I want to thank TACO for giving us the opportunity to improve in life. We're very happy."
Vasquez was referring to a group of TACO employees who recently completed classes offered through the Office of Professional Studies and Continuing Education in English as a Second Language (ESL) or Adult Basic Education. The program focuses on helping adults improve English language reading, writing and speaking skills, as well as math and problem-solving skills, in preparation for their General Educational Development certification.
Jen Giroux, associate vice president for RIC's outreach programs, said program focus is weighted equally in career content and soft skills including communication, personal conduction, teamwork and customer service. In addition to ESL and basic education classes, vocational training programs include bookkeeping, insurance technology, green business management and medical assistance.
TACO has run adult education programs for about 20 years, since opening the TACO Learning Center at its Cranston headquarters. This is the first year TACO has contracted with RIC and the first work site training RIC has run. "Based on the success of this program, we really see work-site training programs as the future of professional development," Giroux said. "It's conducive to people's schedules, it can be tailored to the employer and employee needs, and it can be really cost effective. I would like to see worksite training become more prominent in our programs."
Nancy Quinlan, training and development manager at TACO, said she was thrilled with the RIC programming. "I was blown away," Quinlan said. "I think the level of expertise amongst the RIC teachers is outstanding."
Outreach programs at RIC provide vocational training and ESL classes to unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers in Rhode Island. Through partnerships with Rhode Island businesses, the college offers bilingual students the opportunity to improve their English-speaking skills, as well as their work readiness skills to enter or advance within the workforce.


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FC Tribute to Justice, JH "Honor"
FC AFC Contempt of Court "Ruckus"
Medal Of Honor, QAA "Valor"
HRCH Kirby's High Sierra, SH, QAA "Kirby" Feb. 19, 2002 - Aug. 14, 2014
HRCH Niki Snowbird, SH, QAA "Niki" July 22, 2001 - May 11, 2015
Southland Order In the Court, QAA "Gavel" July 17, 2002- March 24, 2013
Southland Rusty Nail - derby points, qual placements "Rusty"
Disoderly Conduct "Chaos" -qual placements
I don't have anything Susan. Or when I have, they've all done something I didn't expect. I used to wait for the lean in but that doesn't work. Now I wait, then wait some more then put my hand in and sent on the long ones. Short ones I stand back and watch and wait until I'm sure.
I've blown it a lot too.
Howard Niemi
You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
This is a GREAT thread!!! Trials are won and lost in that 3'X3' area. It's great to have folks with history and experience "discuss" the various nuances. This use to take years to learn/understand now in a few days the average Joe has a wealth of information.... Being able to apply it at the line under pressure .....Priceless
May you pin all the marks and line the blinds
Rosie looks like she is having such a grand time.....just look at that tail wagging!! Keep up on her training, Chris I think you'll learn lots in training her
http://www.oakdaleretrievers.com/Remembrance.html "You'll Cry"
Training is not science, it is art. A blend of this, a measure of that, a deep breath at the appropriate moment and always a loving touch.
What kind of hunting is the trainer and the dog in the video trying to simulate? I have hunted all my life and have yet to have a that scenario pop up.
You got me there. Thanks for watching the videos.
I appreciated your email back in January. I have bumped you a copy of that with an updated reply.
Have fun with RTF and your dogs.
I wrote in one of the responses in this thread that I had two goals in this session that was videotaped (with my lab): work on head swinging, and work on retired guns. I was not in any way trying to simulate any kind of hunt. I was retriever training.
With my other dog, my goal was to simply go get Rosie out of the truck and have some fun since I had a willing gunner out there to throw some marks. Again, no hunting scenario claimed, nor implied. Just dog training...even with a pit! This was Rosie's second time ever picking up marks thrown by an assistant. It was Rosie's FIRST session working on steadiness....ever.
Do you run any hunt tests or field trials? Do you intend to?
Sincerely, Chris
P.S. that coat in my avitar picture...it's for dog training. When I hunt, I don't wear it. I do lots of things differently when I hunt than when I train.
Marvin S
Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
I'm glad you asked this as I was not paying nearly as much attention to his head and ear position as I did as a result of this question.


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10 common cover letter mistakes to avoid
Do you want your cover letter to deliver a terrific first impression? Then make sure it doesn't contain any of these 10 common cover letter mistakes.
Your cover letter is the first thing employers see when they open your materials. Avoid these 10 mistakes, and make your first impression a good and lasting one.
Mistake No. 1: Overusing 'I'
Your cover letter is not your autobiography. The focus should be on how you meet an employer's needs, not on your life story. Avoid the perception of being self-centered by minimizing your use of the word "I," especially at the beginning of your sentences.
Mistake No. 2: Using a Weak Opening
When writing a cover letter, job seekers frequently struggle with the cover letter's opening This difficulty often results in a feeble introduction lacking punch and failing to grab the reader's interest. Consider this example:
- Weak: Please consider me for your sales representative opening.
- Better: Your need for a top-performing sales representative is an excellent match to my three-year history as a top-ranked, multimillion-dollar producer.
Mistake No. 3: Omitting Your Top Selling Points
A cover letter is a sales letter that sells you as a candidate. Just like the resume, it should be compelling and give the main reasons you should be called for an interview. Winning cover letter tips include emphasizing your top accomplishments or creating subheadings culled from the job posting. For example:
Your Ad Specifies: Communication skills
I Offer: Five years of public-speaking experience and an extensive background in executive-level report.
Your Ad Specifies: The need for a strong computer background.
I Offer: Proficiency in all MS Office applications with additional expertise in Web site development and design.
Mistake No. 4: Making It Too Long
If your cover letter exceeds one page, you may be putting readers to sleep. A great cover letter is concise but compelling, and respects the reader's time.
Mistake No. 5: Repeating Your Resume Word for Word
Your cover letter shouldn't regurgitate what's on your resume. Reword your cover letter statements to avoid dulling your resume's impact. Consider using the letter to tell a brief story, such as "My Toughest Sale" or "My Biggest Technical Challenge."
Mistake No. 6: Being Vague
If you're replying to an advertised opening, reference the specific job title in your cover letter. The person reading your letter may be reviewing hundreds of letters for dozens of different jobs. Make sure all the content in your letter supports how you will meet the employer's specific needs.
Mistake No. 7: Forgetting to Customize
If you're applying to a number of similar positions, chances are you're tweaking one letter and using it for multiple openings. That's fine, as long as you customize each letter. Don't forget to update the company, job and contact information -- if Mr. Jones is addressed as Ms. Smith, he won't be impressed.
Mistake No. 8: Ending on a Passive Note
When possible, put your future in your own hands with a promise to follow up. Instead of asking readers to call you, try a statement like this: I will follow up with you in a few days to answer any preliminary questions you may have. In the meantime, you may reach me at (555) 555-5555.
Mistake No. 9: Being Rude
Your cover letter should thank the reader for his time and consideration.
Mistake No. 10: Forgetting to Sign the Letter
It is proper business etiquette (and shows attention to detail) to sign your letter. However, if you are sending an email cover letter and resume, a signature isn't necessary.
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"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress."
Mahatma Gandhi
"This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth."
Donald Cargill
"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered."
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Meandering through a classic theory of why rivers meander
Brian Hayes
Shifting Sands
Let me return to the question with which I began this column: Why
doesn't a river just take the shortest path to the sea? From the
point of view of a drop of water moving with the current, there is
no paradox in the existence of meanders. The water follows the local
gravitational gradient, which always points downriver. But how does
that gradient get twisted into such tortuous shapes? The issue is
not how the channel guides the river but how the river carves the channel.
Simple curves, random walks and optimization principles may not be
enough to answer such questions. We may need to get into the
nitty-gritty of erosion, deposition and sediment transport. Leopold
dealt with these matters in his accounts of meanders, as others had
before him, going back a century or more. The basic idea is that
once a bend has formed, differential erosion and deposition tend to
exaggerate it. Water flows more rapidly near the outer bank, which
therefore tends to wash away. Meanwhile the slower current near the
inner bank drops its load of sediment, forming a "point
bar." The net effect is to shift the channel in a way that
widens the bend.
Computer simulations of this process have produced some very
realistic-looking meanders. The models are detailed and elaborate,
incorporating dozens of subtle effects—cross-channel currents,
graded sediment, variations in bank erodibility. The output
reproduces not only the static form of natural meanders but also
their evolution.
Is that the answer, then: What we need to understand meandering is
not abstract mathematics but a bucket of sand and silt? I would be
willing to leave it at that but for one extraordinary fact: Rivers
meander even when they carry no sediment, and even when they have no
banks! Meltwater streams atop glaciers, with no sand to deposit in
point bars, meander much like other rivers. And the Gulf Stream,
flowing unconfined in the open ocean, also meanders in a way
remarkably like that of a river carving its way through continental
alluvium. It appears there may be some principle at work that
transcends the particular dynamics of the erosion-deposition cycle.
Reviewing the state of meander studies in 1998, David Knighton of
the University of Sheffield concluded, "There is no general
agreement as to how or why streams meander." That's a bit of a
step backward from where I began—with admiration for Luna
Leopold's simple and elegant theory. But I haven't lost my
admiration, or given up on simple and elegant explanations. Although
meanders have so far wriggled out of my grasp, I still think the
universe will turn out to be a comprehensible place.
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Economists take sides in the battle for DR's soul.
Bruce W. Radford is publisher of Public Utilities Fortnightly .
Economists take sides in the battle for DR's soul.
Back when the U.S. economy and power consumption still were bubbling, PJM reported in August 2006 that customer curtailments during a week-long August heat wave had generated more than $650 million in market-wide energy savings—all at a mere $5 million cost, as measured in direct payments made to the demand response (DR) providers, set according to wholesale power prices prevailing at the time.
Where else but the lottery can you get an instant payoff of 130-1?
Yet, it wasn't long after that gain that FERC allowed PJM's economic load response program (ELRP) to expire, explaining that paying the full spot market price to customers for voluntary curtailments undertaken for their own economic benefit amounted to an unwarranted subsidy, thereby denying a complaint by the PJM Industrial Customer Coalition (ICC) that had sought to extend the life of the program. ( See, Order Denying Complaint, Docket EL08-12, Dec. 31, 2007, 121 FERC ¶61,315 .)
Ever since, a debate has raged in policy circles about how much compensation grid operators ought to pay to customers who volunteer to curtail demand strictly on the basis of price under so-called "economic" DR programs—as distinguished from DR programs designed to preserve reliability, or to ease temporary supply shortages.
This debate has become fiercely rhetorical, pitting populists versus economists, arguing over competing definitions of "consumer welfare," "market efficiency," and "value of trade," and whether electric customers are unfairly "double-dipping" when they receive a direct payment for curtailing demand that's keyed to the market price of power, because at the same time they avoid a charge on their retail power bill for the electricity they don't consume.
The debate was given prominence by none other than FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, who dissented from the 2007 ICC case that let PJM's economic DR program die. Aided by Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, who joined the dissent, Wellinghoff chided his colleagues on the majority for "mischaracterizing" the market-based payments to DR providers as subsidies, and for "squandering" the chance to develop a factual record to document the exact effects of DR curtailments on regional power prices and the scope of consumer benefits they might provide.
Ñow Wellinghoff might get a second bite at the apple—assuming, of course, that he hasn't changed his view. That's because PJM now has proposed to restart its supposedly discredited economic DR program, complete with the same sort of "incentive" (or "subsidy," if you will) that Wellinghoff's colleagues struck down in 2007.
To be precise, PJM now has proposed, during the year's highest-priced 9 percent of hours, to pay the full spot market price without any setoff ( i.e., the full locational market price, or LMP) as a reward for voluntary curtailments by so-called fixed-rate customers—that is, the typical retail ratepayer, whose bill doesn't vary directly with the ups and downs of LMPs. For other retail customers—those high-demand industrial and commercial (C&I) customers whose retail rates track dynamic price changes in the day-ahead or real-time LMP—PJM


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Everyone want to just post here what they're looking for?
I want:
1x Cobra Commander (black, vintage VI color scheme)
1x Storm Shadow (black and white, vintage III color scheme)
1x Storm Shadow (black, white, and orange, vintage T'gin-zu homage)
as many Cobra Troopers as I can get my hands on (both versions--I only wanted the black until I realized the other is the more colorful early comic scheme, which hasn't been released on this mold)
If I can get either or both Dukes, I'll take 'em.
On the fence about Snake Eyes (blue, vintage version IV). I've got an unpainted custom already and, though this would save me some major painting, it looks like they re-used the torso from the SE3 update, with has a hole in the middle. Also on the fence about either Shipwreck--same story as the SE, plus this one looks like it has an insanely long neck.
No interest whatsoever in blue Cobra Commander or the VvV homage green Snake Eyes.


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Program Review: Elementary, Secondary, and Post-Secondary Education
This report, the latest in a series responding to the Act's mandate, updates and adds new information on the use of Recovery Act funds for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Future GAO reports will focus on additional programs that have been funded under the Recovery Act.
What GAO Found
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) provided $70.3 billion for three education programs—the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF); Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Title I); and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. One goal of the Recovery Act was to save and create jobs, and SFSF also requires states to report information intended to increase transparency and advance educational reform.
Local Education Agencies Have Obligated Most of Their Funds, Primarily on Retaining Teachers, but the Funding Cliff May Reduce Educational Services
As of September 9, 2011, in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, about 4 percent of the obligated Recovery Act funds remain available for expenditure. Teacher retention was the primary use of Recovery Act Education funds according to GAO's nationally representative survey of Local Education Agencies (LEAs). The funds also allowed recipients to restore state budget shortfalls and maintain or increase services. However, the expiration of funds and state budget decreases may cause LEAs to decrease services, such as laying off teachers. We also found that nearly a quarter of LEAs reported lowering their spending on special education, as allowed for under IDEA provisions that provide eligible LEAs the flexibility to reduce spending by up to a half of the amount of any increase in federal IDEA funding from the prior year. However, even with this flexibility, many LEAs reported having difficulty maintaining required levels of special education spending. In addition, two states have not been able to meet required spending levels for IDEA or obtain a federal waiver from these requirements. For states whose waivers were denied and cannot take action to remedy the shortfall in the fiscal year in question, their IDEA funding reductions may be long-lasting.
The Department of Education Plans to Assess Results of Recovery Act Funds
The Department of Education (Education) plans to conduct two types of systematic program assessments to gauge the results of Recovery Act-funded programs that focus on educational reform: program evaluation and performance measurement. In the coming years, Education plans to produce an evaluation that will provide an in-depth examination of various Recovery Act programs' performance in addressing educational reform. In addition, for the SFSF program, Education plans to measure states' ability to collect and publicly report data on preestablished indicators and descriptors of educational reform, and it plans to provide a national view of states' progress. Education intends for this reporting to be a means for improving accountability to the public in the shorter term. Further, Education officials plan to use states' progress to determine whether a state is qualified to receive funds under other future reform-oriented grant competitions.
Education and States Help Ensure Accountability, but Education Did Not Consistently Communicate SFSF Monitoring Concerns to States
Numerous entities help ensure accountability of Recovery Act funds through monitoring, audits, and other means, which have helped identify areas for improvement. Given the short time frame for spending these funds, Education's new SFSF monitoring approach prioritized helping states resolve monitoring issues and allowed Education to target technical assistance to some states. However, some states did not receive monitoring feedback promptly and this feedback was not communicated consistently because Education's monitoring protocol lacked internal time frames for following up with states.
Education and States Continue to Oversee the Quality of Recipient Reporting Data in Latest Round of Reporting
Education and state officials reported using a variety of methods to ensure recipient reported data are accurate. They also use recipient reported data to enhance their oversight and monitoring efforts. According to Recovery.gov, the Recovery Act funded approximately 286,000 full-time equivalents (FTE) during the eighth round of reporting, which ended June 30, 2011, for the education programs GAO reviewed. Despite the limitations associated with FTE data, Education found these data to be useful in assessing the impact of grant programs on saving and creating jobs.
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| Sleep makes you feel better, but its importance goes way beyond just boosting your mood or banishing under-eye circles.
Adequate sleep is a key part of a healthy lifestyle, and can benefit your heart, weight, mind, and more.
"Sleep used to be kind of ignored, like parking our car in a garage and picking it up in the morning," says David Rapoport, MD, director of the NYU Sleep Disorders Program.
Not anymore. Here are some health benefits researchers have discovered about a good night's sleep.
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| Your mind is surprisingly busy while you snooze. During sleep you can strengthen memories or "practice" skills learned while you were awake (it's a process called consolidation).
"If you are trying to learn something, whether it's physical or mental, you learn it to a certain point with practice," says Dr. Rapoport, who is an associate professor at NYU Langone Medical Center. "But something happens while you sleep that makes you learn it better."
In other words if you're trying to learn something new—whether it's Spanish or a new tennis swing—you'll perform better after sleeping.
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| Too much or too little sleep is associated with a shorter lifespan—although it's not clear if it's a cause or effect. (Illnesses may affect sleep patterns too.)
In a 2010 study of women ages 50 to 79, more deaths occurred in women who got less than five hours or more than six and a half hours of sleep per night.
Sleep also affects quality of life.
"Many things that we take for granted are affected by sleep," says Raymonde Jean, MD, director of sleep medicine and associate director of critical care at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. "If you sleep better, you can certainly live better. It's pretty clear."
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| Inflammation is linked to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, and premature aging. Research indicates that people who get less sleep—six or fewer hours a night—have higher blood levels of inflammatory proteins than those who get more.
A 2010 study found that C-reactive protein, which is associated with heart attack risk, was higher in people who got six or fewer hours of sleep a night.
People who have sleep apnea or insomnia can have an improvement in blood pressure and inflammation with treatment of the sleep disorders, Dr. Rapoport says.
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| Get a good night's sleep before getting out the easel and paintbrushes or the pen and paper.
In addition to consolidating memories, or making them stronger, your brain appears to reorganize and restructure them, which may result in more creativity as well.
Researchers at Harvard University and Boston College found that people seem to strengthen the emotional components of a memory during sleep, which may help spur the creative process.
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| If you're an athlete, there may be one simple way to improve your performance: sleep.
A Stanford University study found that college football players who tried to sleep at least 10 hours a night for seven to eight weeks improved their average sprint time and had less daytime fatigue and more stamina.
The results of this study reflect previous findings seen in tennis players and swimmers.
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| Children between the ages of 10 and 16 who have sleep disordered breathing, which includes snoring, sleep apnea, and other types of interrupted breathing during sleep, are more likely to have problems with attention and learning, according to a 2010 study in the journal Sleep. This could lead to "significant functional impairment at school," the study authors wrote.
In another study, college students who didn't get enough sleep had worse grades than those who did.
"If you're trying to meet a deadline, you're willing to sacrifice sleep," Dr. Rapoport says, "but it's severe and reoccurring sleep deprivation that clearly impairs learning."
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| A lack of sleep can result in ADHD-like symptoms in kids, Dr. Rapoport says.
"Kids don't react the same way to sleep deprivation as adults do," he adds. "Whereas adults get sleepy, kids tend to get hyperactive."
A 2009 study in the journal Pediatrics found that children ages seven and eight who got less than about eight hours of sleep a night were more likely to be hyperactive, inattentive, and impulsive.
"We diagnose and measure sleep by measuring electrical changes in the brain," Dr. Rapoport says. "So not surprisingly how we sleep affects the brain."
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|If you are thinking about going on a diet, you might want to plan an earlier bedtime too.
Researchers at the University of Chicago found that dieters who were well rested lost more fat—56% of their weight loss—than those who were sleep deprived, who lost more muscle mass. (They shed similar amounts of total weight regardless of sleep.)
Dieters in the study also felt more hungry when they got less sleep.
"Sleep and metabolism are controlled by the same sectors of the brain," Dr. Rapoport says. "When you are sleepy, certain hormones go up in your blood, and those same hormones drive appetite."
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|When it comes to our health stress and sleep are nearly one and the same—and both can affect cardiovascular health.
"Sleep can definitely reduce levels of stress, and with that people can have better control of their blood pressure," Dr. Jean says. "It's also believed that sleep effects cholesterol levels, which plays a significant role in heart disease."
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|The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported in 2009 that being tired accounted for the highest number of fatal single-car run-off-the-road crashes due to the driver's performance—even more than alcohol!
"Sleepiness is grossly underrated as a problem by most people, but the cost to society is enormous," Dr. Rapoport says. "Sleeplessness affects reaction time and decision making."
Insufficient sleep for just one night can be as detrimental to your driving ability as having an alcoholic drink.
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|Sleeping well means more to our overall well-being than simply avoiding irritability.
"A lack of sleep can contribute to depression," Dr. Jean says. "A good night's sleep can really help a moody person decrease their anxiety. You get more emotional stability with good sleep."
If you think the long hours put in during the week are the cause of your anxiety or impatience, Dr. Rapoport warns that sleep cannot necessarily be made up during the weekend.
"If you sleep more on the weekends, you simply aren't sleeping enough in the week," he says. "It's all about finding a balance.
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JANESVILLE---Fae L. Kajfosz Bucki, age 85, of Janesville, died on Saturday, December 29, 2012, at St. Mary's Janesville Hospital. She was born in South Milwaukee on June 8, 1927, the daughter of Lenus and Ellen Carlson. Fae married Victor Kajfosz on June 21, 1947. She later married Andrew Bucki on November 26, 1972. She had worked for Gimbel Bros Department Store in Milwaukee and Cudahy.
She is survived by her husband, Andrew; son, Keith (Andrea) Kajfosz; grandson, Christopher (Dee) Kajfosz; great grandson, Ethan Kajfosz; a sister, Lois (Ronald) Hunt; and a step daughter, Lee (Joe) Staehly of Liberty, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters; Elaine (Sylvester) Kazmierski and Alverna (Walter) Kaminski; and 2 brothers; Ronald Carlson and Duane (Marion) Carlson.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012, at SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, Janesville. Visitation will be on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park, Oak Creek.


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I don't kown if the XBEE module is busted or the Wireless Shield is.
What I do not know is if the shield could bust the XBEE module(I doubt so). Am I wrong?
I forgot to mention that the XBEE wifi module has a current peak when powering up of 750mA, the peak takes almost no time (page 17 on the XBEE manual)Reading again the shield's datasheet I noticed that the maximum current draw is 800mA (voltage regulator).
#Redirects input from serial ports: Serial <-> Serial1##define BAUD_RATE 9600void setup() { Serial.begin(BAUD_RATE); Serial1.begin(BAUD_RATE); while(!Serial){ //required for the Leonardo ; }}void loop() { while(Serial.available()>0){ Serial1.write(Serial.read());// input from Serial to Serial1 } while(Serial1.available()>0){ Serial.write(Serial1.read()); //input from Serial1 to Serial }}
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Southwestern Launches the Only Summer Abroad Program on International Information Technology Law
Led by an outstanding faculty of international legal scholars, Southwestern will offer a new summer abroad program in London, England focusing on international information technology law (IT Law). The five-week curriculum at the University of London will run from June 22 through July 24, 2009.
"Information technology law is a global field, which requires an international approach," said Southwestern Professor Michael D. Scott, Director of the International Information Technology Summer Program. "This is the first summer abroad program to focus exclusively on IT law, and to provide students an opportunity to learn how IT law is developing in the United States, Europe and beyond."
Students who participate in this unique and innovative curriculum will have the opportunity to partake in academic, cultural and social experiences through courses on international and comparative IT law topics, guest lectures and related field excursions. Participating students will attend class four days per week in order to complete six units of coursework. Classes offered include: International/Comparative e-Commerce Law, International/Comparative Information Privacy Law, Drafting Technology Agreements and Current Developments in Internet law.
With over 30 years of legal experience representing high-technology clients and an extensive background in computer technology, Professor Scott is considered a pioneer in the field of high-technology law and public policy. He is the author of seven legal treatises in the field, including Scott on Multimedia Law (3d ed. 2008), Scott on Information Technology Law (3rd ed. 2007) and Scott on Outsourcing Law (2006), and has published and presented hundreds of papers on related topics at symposia around the world.
In addition to Professor Scott, several highly respected law professors and scholars will serve as program instructors, including Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law and head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London; Dr. Julia Hörnle, Lecturer in Internet Law at Queen Mary University of London; and Susan Brenner, Professor of Law at the University of Dayton.
For more information about Southwestern's International Information Technology Law Program, please contact Professor Scott.
Ian Walden is Professor of Information and Communications Law and head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London (www.ccls.edu). His publications include EDI and the Law (1989), Information Technology and the Law (1990), EDI Audit and Control (1993), Cross-border Electronic Banking (1995, 2000), Telecommunications Law Handbook (1997), E-Commerce Law and Practice in Europe (2001), Telecommunications Law and Regulation (2001, 2005) and Computer Crimes and Digital Investigations (2007). Professor Walden has been involved in law reform projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, UNCTAD, UNECE and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, as well as for a number of individual states. In 1995-96, he was seconded to the European Commission, as a National Expert in electronic commerce law, and he is a member of the Legal Advisory Board to the Information Society Directorate-General of the European Commission. Professor Walden has held visiting positions at the Universities of Texas and Melbourne. He is a solicitor and is of counsel to the global law firm Baker & McKenzie and is a Trustee and Vice-Chair of the Internet Watch Foundation.
Dr. Julia Hörnle is a Lecturer in Internet Law at Queen Mary University of London, which she joined in May 2000. She also teaches the University of London LLM internet/cyberspace/e-commerce law courses, as well as created and teaches courses for the innovative distance learning LLM in Computer and Communications Law; taught e-commerce law for the prestigious British Council funded European Young Lawyers Scheme at the College of Law; has been invited to teach at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai and the University of Vienna; and supervises LLM and PhD dissertations in her field of expertise. Professor Hörnle is member of the UNECE expert group on Online Dispute Resolution and organized a symposium in London with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on the use of ICT in dispute resolution. This research has resulted in a book on the resolution of cross-border internet disputes which will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. She has written extensively in the area of internet law and in particular on online dispute resolution, private international law issues, jurisdictional issues, regulation of the internet, intermediary liability and consumer protection. Professor Hörnle studied law and Russian language at the universities of Göttingen and Leeds, taught German language courses at the University of St. Petersburg, and gained a postgraduate diploma in European law at the College of Europe at the University of Hamburg in the same year. She passed the Legal Practice course with distinction at the College of Law in Chester and then trained with the international law firm of Eversheds, qualifying as a solicitor in 1999.
Susan Brenner is the NCR Distinguished Professor of Law and Technology at the University of Dayton School of Law. A renowned cybercrime scholar, Professor Brenner speaks internationally and writes extensively on the topic. Her website, www.cybercrimes.net, was featured on NBC Nightly News. She is a member of the American Bar Association's International Cybercrime Project and has served on the National District Attorneys Association's Committee on Cybercrimes. She is also a member of the U.S. Department of Justice's National Forensic Science Technology Center Digital Evidence Project. Before joining Dayton's faculty in 1988, Professor Brenner taught at the Indiana University School of Law. She was an associate at Silets and Martin, Ltd., in Chicago, where she defended federal white-collar prosecutions and tax offenses, and at Shellow, Shellow & Glynn in Milwaukee, where she specialized in criminal defense. Professor Brenner has also clerked for two federal district court judges.


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Food Court at Whiskey Pete's Hotel and Casino
100 Primm Blvd, Primm, NV
Phone: (702) 386-7867
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31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Primm, NV, 89019
Location: Jean/Primm
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Explore an Old West of sorts at Whiskey Pete's in Primm, a small community on the Nevada/California border. It sits approximately 40 miles south of the Las Vegas Strip.
Named for a rumored bootlegger, Ernest Jay Primm opened the resort in 1977. Although Whiskey Pete's has grown and changed over the years, guests will still encounter a wonderfully whimsical atmosphere, complete with wall dressings that replicate an early mining town and stained glass depictions of prospectors.
Near the entrance are two fascinating cars on display: Bonnie & Clyde's "Death Car," the vehicle in which the infamous robbers were killed in, and notorious gangster Dutch Schultz's 1931 Lincoln. It costs nothing to check them out.
Hungry travelers can get a bite to eat at McDonald's. IHOP (International House of Pancakes) also has a branch in Whiskey Pete's, and there's more than breakfast foods on the menu. The affordable restaurant also serves up an array of lunch, dinner and snack items -- ranging from salads and sandwiches to burgers and steaks.
The rooms at Whiskey Pete's were recently remodeled and are clean and come with all the basic necessities -- a comfortable pillow-top bed, a 40-inch flat screen, work desk, chair, an iron/ironing board and a hair dryer. The bathroom features newly renovated sink, faucet and a rain shower. Wireless internet access is offered and included in the resort fee. Guests can even take advantage of a sparkling courtyard pool with a kid-friendly water slide.
If you want to try your luck, the 36,400-square-foot casino is stocked with many of the latest slot and video poker machines. Blackjack and several popular table games are also available.
Those who prefer to sit back with a beer or cocktail can head to Pete's Place. Along with pool tables and dart boards, you'll find dancing and live music from the Whiskey Band here on weekends. Plus, well-known comedians and other performers often appear in the resort's showroom.
Whiskey Pete's is just a hop, skip and jump -- translation: a free shuttle ride (or monorail trip on weekends) -- from its sister properties, Primm Valley Resort & Casino and Buffalo Bill's. They house more amenities including a spa, a fitness center, a concert arena and several thrilling rides.
For a value-priced place to grab some ZZZs or to relax and enjoy a meal before hitting the road again, you can't beat Whiskey Pete's.
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"I think after the years of songwriting and honing my craft that there's been a lot of growth in how I use my voice," she offers over the phone from an Internet café in Buffalo. "There's a little bit more variation going on."
Nadler's previous efforts, 2004's Ballads of Living and Dying and last year's The Saga of Mayflower May (both Eclipse), may have established her as a talented songwriter, but Songs III, an elegant collection of melancholy material that splits the difference between the dark majesty of Nick Drake and the warm feel of Joni Mitchell, positions her as a more fully formed bandleader. Both accessible and eccentric, the disc finds a happy balance between Nadler's vivid storytelling and the æthereal textures favored by Weeks and Espers. Organ textures bolster "Silvia," electric guitar punctuates "Rachel," and a string section cushions the fall on "Feathers." Weeks never clutters the mix, but Espers's embellishments flesh out each song and create a solid foundation for multi-tracked layers of ghostly vocal harmonies.
It's a fruitful meeting of styles that complements songs of loss and isolation. "Bird on Your Grave" and "Rachel" are farewells to persons who have passed away. "Diamond Heart," the opener, reads like a direct — and uncomfortably honest — confession to an ex ("I had a man in every town/And thought of you each time I tore off my gown"). The most arresting track is "Silvia," which is about a woman who drowns herself ("The water is your friend"); Nadler's vocal is disarmingly sweet, and backed by soothing organ.
This isn't the first time she's dealt in dark themes. Ballads of Living and Dying included "Undertaker" and "Cedar Box," and indeed, she's developed a reputation as a death-and-gloom chanteuse. But she balks at that label. "A lot of people focus on that, and I don't really think that it's fair. Yeah, there's a lot of death in my songs, but there's a lot of death in life. I think it's stupid not to write about it. There's also a lot of life in my songs — a lot of focus on nature and beauty. I get sick of people pigeonholing me as this 'death songstress.' It's only one little part of the content of my songs."
Nature does play a large role on Songs III: there are frequent references to birds, flowers, and bodies of water, something she credits to her formative years in Massachusetts. "Especially the winters and the autumns. I spent a lot of time as a kid at Walden Pond and stuff like that."
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I was recently interviewed about Lance Armstrong (previously discussed here) by Steve Olenski. Both he and a certain gentleman at Notre Dame look to be twins this morning. Why do you think people avoid a courtroom. It is because a good trial lawyer cross examining them would take them down in short order.


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so about two years back I again got into OpenGL (the first time was a failure being way back at the beginning of my programming career). Specifically I was only interested in learning "modern OpenGL" so 3 and later. Since at that time I already was pretty competent with C++ and math I figured it would be relatively easy. But then I got quickly frustrated with the online resources that are available. The majority is outdated and littered with deprecated functionality and most or the tutorials are more graphics programming tutorials that happen to use OpenGL instead of actually focusing on OpenGL. You know the ones that go: "how to open a empty window", "how to draw a triangle", "how to load a model"... wait? what has loading a model to do with OpenGL?
So I often ended up reading reference pages and specs but that is somewhat frustrating without examples to go along with them. And searching for examples again resulted in lots of deprecated code and otherwise frustrating stuff like OpenGL functionality wrapped away under custom frameworks. I want to learn about OpenGL after all and not about how the author likes to wrap it.
So I finally started to write examples like I would have wanted them myself. Partly so I have code lying around that I can refer to myself but also because I think there might be other people like me out there. The current state is available on github:
The basic Idea is that each example is self contained (not reliant on some base code or obscure libraries) in a single file and is meant to provide a clean usage of one or multiple OpenGL 3+ features. Sadly I still have to rely on some libraries for context creation etc. so the examples depend on glfw, glew and glm.
The reason why I post this here is that I want more feedback and suggestions. So please let me know what you think. Also tell me if there is something wrong with my English in the comments, I'm not a native speaker after all. And since I'm already shamelessly plugging my stuff I usually announce new examples on my twitter (see signature).
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Authentic Houseboat in Amsterdam
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|Binnenkant, 1011 BG Amsterdam, Hollanda
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After an event-filled day, guests can relax with a drink on the sunny roof terrace and watch the boats and ducks go by. A wonderful view of one of the most beautiful canals in the city can also be enjoyed from here.
The interior of the boat is equipped with a fully equipped kitchen/dining room where home cooked meals can be enjoyed. A spacious and nicely decorated living area includes a king size bed, while the cosy bedroom has a doubble bed. Find a tub and laundry facilities in the bathroom.
Nieuwmarkt is 500 metres away and is one the city's most historic districts. Walk for just 10 minutes to find Dam Square, the Royal Palace of Amsterdam and the Oude Church.
Guests will find themselves in surprisingly quiet area, yet only 100 metres from the dynamic city centre which holds many shops, cafes and restaurants.
+ Bose Soundlink (Bleutooth speaker)
+ Google Gromecast (for video streaming to TV)
Ev kurallarıNo smoking inside the boat, only on deck
No drugs on the boat
No pets allowed
Same-sex couple's / families are very welcome
No all male or female party's except families
No groups with a avarage age under 25
Living room is also available as a B & B room, ask for the possibilities
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We enjoyed the stay in the house boat. The location was very convenient and the boat was very spacious and nicely decorated. The roof terrace is just wonderful...So make sure you spend one morning there relaxing and watching boats passing by...
We had a lovely time . The house boat was very comfortable . Jo was a super host and we thought the location was just perfect for a weekend exploring Amsterdam.
We would definitely stay there again. Thank you Jo
We could not have been happier. This boat is actually even better than the photos would have you believe, (the shower in particular is great, hot and powerful)definitely recommended. Super central location, walking distance from Central Station but still manages to be on a very quiet idiyllic canel. Jo is the lovliest most helpful host there is, I host a flat in London and certainly picked up a few tips from him, he supplies everything you need and more. The boat is fantastic, I would definitely stay here again and will recommend to everyone! Thank you Jo for being a great host.
We had a great time staying on this houseboat. Very quiet, with nature at your window, yet only 5 minutes walk from the busy central parts of town. We were made to feel very welcome, and have just recommended it to a couple of friends planning a trip.
Beautiful boat for a maximum of 4, best location in Amsterdam, close to central-station (5 min walk). Very quiet, nice surrounding. Jo is very helpful and friendly and gave us a very warm welcome and helped us to plan our visit in Amsterdam. The boat is well equipped, only the kitchen-equipment is a little bit poor but that is more or less normal in holiday-flats. There is enough space for four. Very fast internet (WLAN and cable)
Parking is Ossterdok is within walking-distance and compared to parking in the inner-city (5€ per hour) rather cheap (12€ per day but only if you stay at least 5 hrs). We will definetely come back and enjoy Jo's boat.
really enjoyed our stay on the houseboat in October - the boat was really well
equipped, comfortable and in a convenient location within easy walking distance for most places of interest.
Jo was really helpful on our arrival, pointing out a lot of places to visit and local restaurants, supermarkets etc.
It was so wonderfull, the Houseboth and the area.
Our meeting with Jochem was exciting; a very kind man. He told os a lot of the city Amstedam.
I can absolutely recommand this place to stay.
Jytte Kiilsgaard DK
Jochem is a great host . we explained everything necessary response to our travel plan. The boat has everything you need and is very comfortable and quiet, very close and connected to any part of the city.
We had an absolutely brilliant stay for 3 nights. The houseboat is beautifully done and very very homely. It was the perfect location. We parked in Oostdock, next to Central station under the library, which is about 300yards from Jo's boat. (We'd thought of using P&R, but it was so simple and convenient to stroll across with a couple of bags, rather than catching bus, etc - and its €12 a night).
Back to the houseboat - as I said, really nicely done out, with a cottagey, lived in, feel (or, rather, houseboatey!). Everything we needed, including seats on deck to watch the world go by. Jo is lovely - he sat with us and talked through what we wanted to do and then drew it on the map for us. Made us feel really welcome, including the use of his bonus card at the local supermarket, and he is clearly rightly proud of his beautiful city and knows his history! We could not believe how central we were - spent 3 days strolling round including Van Gogh (book online to jump queue), and lots of hot chocolate! We ate in 't Tuinfeest and Van Beeren - both within 200 yards, and both very local rather than touristy (see TripAdvisor for reviews)
Once again, thank you to Jo for his great place - thoroughly recommended!
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Family: Balaenopteridae, Rorquals view all from this family
Description Unique with white band on flippers and a sharply pointed snout. Flippers are rarely all dark. Hooked dorsal fin is largest, in relative size, of all baleen whales. Dark gray back. White on belly and chin extends dorsally in center of back. Baleen is yellowish white. Rarely has visible blow.
Dimensions 7.6-9.8m; / 7.3-10.7m, 5000-9,000kg
Breeding Breeding occurs year-round, but more commonly from October-March, with young born 10 months later. Young are 2.5m long at birth and nurse for about 4-5 months. Animals grow steadily until they are about 30 years old.
Habitat Offshore waters, Beaches, shorelines & estuaries
Range New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Florida, Texas, California, Northwest, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, Alaska
Discussion Common, especially in cooler waters, where they are solitary or in small groups of 2 or 3, although larger aggregations may occur on exceptionally productive feeding grounds. They are attracted to boats, perhaps by the noise of the motor. Often seen near coast while migrating north in spring and summer and farther offshore when returning south in autumn and winter.


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We are looking for a few productive eBay sellers with at least 50 positive feedbacks to add to our team. We need Ebay Sellers who have good feedback on eBay capable of listings our products to a market on eBay.com. We are starting an online team and need help!
Our Products are Brand New and Factory Originals (DVDs)
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Lee Carlson (5)...savaah (4.5)As of this time, Worship and Tribute is still terrific....bootyhunter (5)New York Hardcore at its finest from Glassjaws major label debut. Paved the way for many c...Eric Greenman (5)Glassjaw delivers one of the best and most versatile albums in Post-hardcore....
yidnarc (3)Although this isn't a great album and it keeps getting held back by its same sounding song...
Album Rating: 5.0Merry Christmas sputnik. I got this for Christmas myself a few years ago. It's late this eve, and I'm going to bed without proofreading so watch out for my inevitable typos.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffGood review, great band, great album.
One of the better bands I stripped from the recommendations on Last.fm
Nice review! Stuff proofreading no1 does that crap. never heard of these guys, checking them out as we speak!
Album Rating: 5.0If you like nu-metal you should probably check out their first album first. The influence is more obvious and the songs are more straight-forward. They don't really use effects as heavily on that album but they are definitely present.
Teriffic review, and I actually like these guys, minus the vocals. Not a fan of his voice at all...Still a great review.
Album Rating: 4.0I love this album. I got it for free from a radio station out on the street giving stuff away. I didn't listen to it for another two years.
Such a good album. I found it mediocre at first but it's grown to be one of my favorite albums. The instrumentation is amazing and Daryl's spastic vocal antics are so great.
I've heard a song by Glassjaw on a Warped Tour comp. I didn't like it that much but I actually might look into this considering you gave it a five.
Nice review, especially the opener.
Album Rating: 5.0Oh ya, I'll also mention that there are two songs that weren't released with the American version, "Convectuoso" and "The Number of No Good Things to Come," which are both sweet songs.
Album Rating: 5.0Well, there is a tracklist above.
Album Rating: 5.0i love this cd..i was introduced to glassjaw by my boyfriend a while back..this album rocks.. everything you ever wanted to know about silence is a really good cd too..
and as for daryl's voice..i like it. its way different from other singers. i love their music
Album Rating: 5.0exelent review man, loved every bit of it. EXELENT albums, I prefer the first for its straigt forwardness and agressivness, but this one is as great. I am also a fan of his singing and that grooving bass. First song Ive ever hear was Siberian Kiss and I am attached ever since.
Album Rating: 5.0Awesome review. I love that you talked about the imagery, that's one of my favorite artistic aspects in this album. If it was possible, you made me love GlassJaw even more. Daryl is my favorite vocalist.
Album Rating: 5.0Also, for fans of Glassjaw, check out Seedlock. They rip off Glassjaw a lot and the vocalist is even crazier.
Album Rating: 4.5Worship and tribute is cool but kinda confusing Ape dos mills is one of my favorite tracks. I like two tabs of Mescaline
Album Rating: 4.5Ape Dos Mil and Must of rained all day my favorite too, you have to like Trailor Park Jesus if you like Must of rained all day.
Album Rating: 5.0lawl but isnt' this music mad scraemotional and talk about raining n stuff?!
Album Rating: 5.0I forget when I picked this up, but I love it with every listen. It's definitely a favourite. You did excellent work here, Nick. Was Daryl still straight edge when they made this album?
Album Rating: 5.0I could've sworn that I've commented on how much I love this cd before.
Anyways, this album=awesome.
Album Rating: 5.0I don't think he was ever really straight edge. I didn't buy into that whole BS thing.
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Have you discovered the minis range on PlayStation Store yet? Check out our selection of bite-sized gaming treats for PS3, PS Vita and PSP right now.
Where is my Heart?
This is the tale of what happens when you venture into the woods without a decent map or a bag of breadcrumbs to trail behind you. Help three strange monsters with no sense of direction back to their home by experimenting in levels that have been segmented and rearranged, and see how long it takes you to fall under its hypnotic spell.
Download it if... you like thinking your way out of one box and straight into another.
Age of Zombies
Barry Steakfries is hungry, but the zombies unleashed by the evil Professor Brains are ravenous for human flesh. Help Barry journey between five different time periods and lay waste to these rotting hordes by spraying out witty one-liners as well as bullets.
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Flying Hamster
Newton ignores the laws of physics in this mini adventure, but then he is a flying hamster, not the legendary scientist. Rocket through ancient Egypt and a chaotic Japanese landscape in hot pursuit of Newton's girlfriend – just remember to blink every now and then during this brightly coloured riot.
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Hungry Giraffe
It's tough being hungry in the middle of the African savannah when you're a six-metre giraffe. Not only does your diet consist of boring old leaves, but most of those have already been chomped by greedy neighbours. The only thing to do is stretch for the skies, and the sandwiches, fruit and junk food hovering there.
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Jetpack Joyride
Barry Steakfries is back, jet pack strapped on and with precious coins scattered ahead of him. Help him round them all up in a variety of vehicles throughout the labs of the sinister Legitimate Research, and even level up by completing missions as you power ahead.
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The Impossible Game
If at first you don't succeed, chances are you'll fail a second time, too. That's okay in The Impossible Game, because thanks to a pulsating soundtrack and gameplay that manages to be straightforward and tricky at the same time, you'll keep going back to make even more mistakes.
Download it if... flawlessly jumping to the rhythm is your idea of simple perfection.
Speedball 2 Evolution
Imagine donning a suit of futuristic armour and flinging yourself in front of a high-velocity cannonball in the name of sport. That's what you'll do here, not once but over and over again thanks to a 10-season Career Mode, 28 Speedball teams and six arenas spread across four planets.
Download it if... regular sport has seemed a little lacking since the famous Bitmap Brothers' original.
A runaway hit in every sense, Canabalt sees you sprint for your life as a city crumbles behind you. Stylish grey and black visuals only heighten the sense of danger and urgency, and with a single jump command to worry about, you can concentrate on timing and the stripped down craftsmanship.
Download it if... your journey to school or work always feels like it should have been started ten minutes sooner.
The classic board game proves it hasn't lost any of its charm as a PlayStation minis title. Up to four players can join in the fun, and as you amass your fortune, you'll unlock rare game boards to play on.
Download it if... you love a good, old fashioned rags to riches story.
A distant star has imploded, pulling stranded spaceships into the resulting black hole. And if that wasn't bad enough, your home world's warring neighbours have started pillaging your planet. There's only one thing for it: pilot your Quarp Jet through tears in the fabric of space to rescue your people.
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Poor, poor Taylor Kitsch. So beautiful and so untalented. Why does fate work like that and how did he pull off Tim Riggins so well on Friday Night Lights? Those are two questions I just can't answer with my mere mortal brain.
The actor's currently doing his press tour for Battleship and while reviews are saying his performance blows, photos are saying his appearance glows. So he's a glower and a blower. (Which is something I'm definitely scared to look up on Urban Dictionary.) And while I will not pay to see him act in Battleship after falling asleep in his previous film John Carter, I will gladly stare at all his photos.
Even though his second big screen appearence will most likely not lead to any more acting offers, I don't think he should give up on his career. He just needs to rethink it. Why be an action star when he can be a model?
A manly model who knows how to throw a football and appear capable of defeating aliens after they land on earth. Need more proof that the man should be a model? Just look at all these photos of his recent press appearances for Battleship.
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This practical challenge invites you to investigate the different
squares you can make on a square geoboard or pegboard.
This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.
If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
You have to use the clues given in the question to find out who's who in the family, to fill in the family tree and to find out which of the family members are mathematicians and which are not. This question does not require any mathematical knowledge but it does call for logical thinking which is needed to do mathematics.
In the family tree square boxes indicate males and round boxes females.
Each set of siblings (brothers and sisters) is in descending order of age from left to right across the page.
Exactly five of the people represented in the tree are mathematicians.
Unusually for this sort of problem, everyone always tells the truth.
Last Christmas they were assembled together (and only people on this family tree were there). They made the following statements and, of course, none of them would be so rude as to mention anyone who was not present.
It may help you to know that E is the youngest male in the family, and that he and K are both mathematicians.


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Thread: ADF feeding the easy way
07-03-2012, 01:49 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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ADF feeding the easy way
I hope this helps others, and especially those who keep their frogs with fish--it's tricky to feed them when the fish compete for food. Spread the word! I'm surprised that I've not found anyone else who has discovered this method. No mess, no waste either.
I use a brine shrimp net to scoop up the frog and bring him to the surface. Then I use a cheap plastic pipette to squirt in a few live blackworms. He gobbles them up happily, and then I dump frog and any leftover worms in--the fish clean up the worms before they hit bottom. Easy and fast!
You can use this method with frozen bloodworms or frog pellets. My albino ADF "Piglet" has thrived on blackworms for 2 years now and I'm lucky to have a supplier close by. A spoonful is $1 and lasts for months in my fridge in a tupperware container, feeding my frog 4-5 worms every few days. I rinse the worms with cold water (well water, so no chlorine) and suck out any dead/sick white ones with the pipette.
Piglet learned quickly that the white net was his dining room and swims right into it. The fish can't get at his food, and the worms can't get out of a brine shrimp net (the green ones won't work--the worms crawl out or get stuck in the mesh). He'll even swim into my cupped hand to eat, but I wouldn't recommend that in case you've got any soap or other toxins on your hands.
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That's adorable! I just love watching them eat..so tiny and ferocious.
Didn't training him for the net take a while? Mine would probably freak at a net (if I could even catch him in his small tank!). The tweezer method has been working for me, though this way certainly seems cleaner. My betta got constipated from all the extra freezedried worms.20 gallon with a male betta, neons, glowlights, and red cherry shrimp. (work in progess) Recently added a few LIVE plants and driftwood, Woooohoooo!