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Carole Ritter
MADISON - It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, Carolyn Ellen Ritter (Banasik), on Thursday, April 25, 2013.
Carole was born on August 17, 1938, to Joseph and Irene (Ormsby) Banasik of LaCrosse, WI. She married Tom Ritter on November 28, 1959.
Carole will be deeply missed by her husband Tom, her four children: Tim (Janie, Zack, Ryan) Ritter of Verona; Terry (Danielle, Alex, Anabel) Ritter of Verona; Mary Beth (Mike, Austin, Abby) Anderson of Evansville; and Maureen (Steve, Maria, Casey, Noah) Grosse of Verona.
She was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Irene, and her brother Gregory Banasik.
Carole graduated from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in 1959. While working as a nurse and raising four children, she pursued her education becoming a Certified Registered ObGyn Nurse Practitioner in in 1980, and achieving her Bachelors of Science from the College of St. Francis in 1992.
Carole enjoyed being with her children and grandchildren, playing bridge with her friends, playing the piano, listening to Dixieland jazz and big band music, and traveling with her family and friends to New Orleans, Mexico, Guatemala, Spain, and Japan among many other locations.
One of her favorite things was to travel and see the world. She will be remembered for her sense of humor and her cheerfulness. There are not enough words to say how much our mother will be missed. She has not only been a mother to us, but also a true friend. She has touched so many lives and we feel that we are better people because of knowing her.
Our love shall reign forever over all. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 405 S. Owen Dr., Madison, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. with Father John Nellessery presiding.
Enurnment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery. A visitation will be held at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. and at church on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until time of the mass.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her name to Agrace Hospice, Madison.


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Well, now on to more painting. My sister said I could have my very own beach cottage feel, and since I already bought and paid for the paint for my laundry room, and still had some left, I painted the main bathroom in my house! Now everything that was red is now AQUA!
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The term "mercury glass" - like so many terms in the world of antiques - is a bit of a misnomer, as these shades are not made using mercury. Rather, they are silvered in the same way that mirrors are, using silver nitrate (although mirrors before about 1835 did utilize mercury). The challenge for all silvered glass was protecting the backside from oxidation and wear, which usually entailed a thick layer of paint or enamel. Double-walled "mercury glass" shades (properly called silvered reflectors) enclosed the silvered surface within the sealed interior of the shade as an alternative. Two patents for double-walled silver reflectors are 425,939 and 1,958,859
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This story takes place in 1968. Doug Swieteck, an eighth grader with an alcoholic father and criminal brother, is forced to move to Marysville, New York, when his father loses his job. Doug hates his new home, but eventually he becomes involved with the town of Marysville and develops a crush on the first girl he meets, Lil Spicer. He then takes a job at her father's deli as a delivery boy. He spends every Saturday at the library to learn how to draw by copying paintings of birds by John James Audubon. He inspires the old grouch, Mrs. Windermere, to compose a play for Broadway. But just as Marysville starts to become bearable, Doug's brother is arrested for a crime that he didn't commit. Then Doug's other brother comes back from serving in the Vietnam War wounded. To make matters even worse, Audubon's paintings in the library are being sold off, one by one. Doug faces his troubles and, in the process, grows as a human being.
Are the characters believable?
Asking if the characters in Okay for Now are believable is like asking if birds can fly. Author Gary D. Schmidt's writing style perfectly captures how a teenager like Doug would react in his situation. Whenever something happens to Doug, be it good or bad, you feel the same as he does. Surprisingly, that same amount of detail applies to all the minor characters involved, whether it's Doug's brother, Lucas, who must face the hardships of being wheelchair-bound, or Mrs. Windermere, whose struggle to compose her play forces Doug into situations he couldn't have anticipated. As Doug's relationship with Lil evolves—and takes a surprising turn toward the end—you see his mood change as any kid's would in the same situation. As you read this book, you'll feel like you're a citizen of Marysville, going through the same troubles and triumphs that Doug experiences throughout the book.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being best), how would you rate this book?
Okay for Now is easily a 10, but if it were possible, I would give it an 11. Some people don't understand how much major and even minor events can impact a child, but Gary D. Schmidt obviously knows. Schmidt describes everything Doug does so vividly and passionately that you'll most definitely be hooked. And just when you think everything is over, yet another event happens that prompts you to read on. You don't need to be a fan of realistic fiction to enjoy the story. If you've ever found yourself in a difficult situation, or know how it feels to be a teenager, you will relate to this book.


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Surprised it hasn't made POTUS Place! They are planning their march on Wednesday and of all days, the anniversary of 9/11. There are a lot of groups that aren't to happy about this and plan on being there. Should be interesting to see what happens. .................................................. .... "AMPAC will be forcefully announcing its presence with a "Million Muslim March" on the White House on September 11, 2013. The goal, announced at AMPAC's press conference in New York:
"We at AMPAC (American Muslim Political Action Committee) are planning a historic event for 9/11/13. One million Muslims will march to Washington D.C. and demand that our civil rights be protected by our government. We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our First Amendment rights. We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for the Presidency of a transparent government. Lastly we are asking for the establishment of a real 9/11 Commission to reveal the truth to the American people."
AMPAC founder M.D. Rabbi Alam, a well-known Missouri Democratic Party organizer, points out that
American Muslims, like other Americans, were targeted on 9/11. More than 60 Muslims were murdered in the explosive demolitions of the three World Trade Center skyscrapers on 9/11, and a mosque in the South Tower was annihilated. Alam points out that "Muslim and non-Muslim alike were traumatized by 9/11, but we as Muslims continue twelve years later to be victimized by being made the villains."


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Vale is taking its mining operation in Voisey's Bay underground.
Construction work for the underground mine is slated to start in 2015, with first ore expected by 2019.
The commitment to the mine extension came as part of a new deal struck between Vale Newfoundland and Labrador and the provincial government.
The deal assures the current mining at Voisey's Bay can continue uninterrupted while the company's new, $4.25-billion processing facility at Long Harbour is completed.
It means mining operations at Voisey's Bay can continue until at least 2035.
"It's an important mine and extending it is important for us and the industry, generally. It's a fabulous win-win," said Gerry O'Connell of Mining Industry NL, who spoke
with The Telegram immediately following the announcement of the deal.
"(And) with these kinds of mines, you never know. I meant they could go on for — Sudbury's been going for 100 years," he said.
The move underground will produce 800 jobs during construction. That will be on top of the 475 jobs associated with the ongoing, surface mining operation.
The new deal
According to Vale's vice-president
of provincial operations, Jeff McLaughlin, the underground mine will offer about 400 mining jobs once up and running.
He was with Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Natural Resources Minister Tom Marshall for the announcement of the new agreement between the company and the province at Confederation Building in St. John's Thursday.
The new deal is actually an update to the Voisey's Bay Development Agreement.
An earlier update to the same, in 2009, stated Vale was to complete construction of its new hydrometallurgical processing facility at Long Harbour by Feb. 28, 2013. It included a limit on how much Voisey's Bay ore could be sent outside the province for processing in the interim.
The new deal pushes back that timeline, giving Vale until 2015 to get the plant at Long Harbour up and running on Voisey's Bay nickel concentrate.
Until then, the company is being given a limited exemption to the earlier cap on exports, to the tune of 84,000 tonnes of nickel concentrate from 2013-2015, with options for a further 15,000 tonnes under specific conditions.
$100-M payment from Vale
All exported concentrate must be replaced by equal imports to Long Harbour in future years.
As well, the province will receive a $100 million payment from Vale over the next three years.
Vale will not be permitted to send anything from Voisey's Bay out of province from 2015-2019, providing plenty of feed to get things moving at the Long Harbour plant.
The premier told reporters the company faces serious penalties if they do not process concentrate in the province to the levels agreed, though she is not able to say publicly exactly what those penalties are.
"If timelines aren't met, then damages will accrue to the province and they are substantial enough benefits that I think the company will be well disciplined in terms of meeting the benchmarks that are set down," she said.
As for environmental assessment, the original work completed for the Voisey's Bay mine included the possibility of the mine extending underground and no further assessment is planned.
McLaughlin said no decision has been made on how the mine extension will be powered.
Options of diesel, wind and small hydro projects are all being considered.
Opposition applauds extension
The announcement was made to a meeting room filled with mainly Tory members, receiving a response of applause, chair thumping and calls of: "Here! Here!"
That said, the celebration was not all on the Tory side.
Minutes after the announcement, Liberal leader Dwight Ball said the deal "builds on what I always believed was a good deal in the beginning," referencing the original Voisey's Bay agreement from 2002.
"Certainly we've gained a lot of experience over the years and I think right now this is a good day for Newfoundland and Labrador," he said.
He said he wants to know more about where the $100 million figure came from, whether or not it is a fair compensation for pushing back the timelines. He is also looking at the protections in place against further delays.
"These details were vague today. We'd like to get some more specific answers around that," he said.
NDP leader Lorraine Michael said she is "very glad" the underground extension at Voisey's Bay is moving ahead.
She said she has questions about the $100 million payment to the province.
"I'm not sure what the reasons for the slowdown on the facility are and that's something that I (also) want to pursue, and find out why they are basically two years behind getting that finished," she said.
McLaughlin says Vale staff are focusing on getting into detailed engineering and design. He said some limited exploration and gathering of geotechnical information will be required as part of that process.
"I think that'll be the focus of the next several years. But we've got a good, long-life mine there," he said.


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I've tabulated that, looked at a stack of schematics, and generally faffed around to come up with this.www.robgray.com/temp/Arduino-shield-pins-used.xlsIf you don't trust an XLS file here's a screen shotwww.robgray.com/temp/Arduino-shield-pins-used.png
But if it's worthwhile I can verify more over time, or maybe others can chip in or the owners of these boards can tell us exactly what pins they use.
When/if you get around to it, may I suggest a "verified" column that indicates that the info is almost certainly right.
Mowcius, do you mind if I have a go at setting up an online shield database or have you already started work on it?
Following on from that I'll add the ability to search by various criteria (such as pins used), compare shields, and submit new shields for inclusion. If anyone has ideas about other features they'd like to see please speak up.I'm hoping to make it publicly visible this weekend, even if it's just in a crude form.
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Ghosh to discuss Geniza, April 16 -- CANCELED
Posted April 11, 2007; 04:33 p.m.
This lecture has been canceled due to weather conditions; organizers hope to reschedule it for later this year.
Amitav Ghosh, one of the most widely known Indians writing in English today, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 16, in 101 McCormick Hall.
Ghosh will discuss "The Making of 'In an Antique Land': India, Egypt and the Cairo Geniza," referring to his 1992 book for which he did much of his research through the Princeton Geniza Project. The Princeton project is part of a global effort to organize and catalog items from the Cairo Geniza, a repository of Jewish documents discovered in the 1890s. "In an Antique Land," set in Egypt and India, tells the story of a 12th-century Jewish trader and his Indian slave, whose records were discovered among the letters and other documents of the Cairo Geniza.
Ghosh's works also include the novels "The Circle of Reason," "The Shadow Lines," "The Calcutta Chromosome," "The Glass Palace" and "The Hungry Tide." His novels have won several prestigious awards in Europe and India.
Ghosh's talk is the 29th annual Carolyn Drucker Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies.


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New to the forum and would like to ask a question. I have a chance to buy a 13 week old Lab pup that has only dropped 1 testicle so far. The price is right and I would like to get my son one for Christmas. Anyone had any experince with this?
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How many times have you been faced with a decision that could have varying consequences ranging from minimal impact all the way to potential disaster? During my 47 years at Blue Buoy Swim School as a teacher, partner and now owner, I have made many such decisions dealing with students, customers, facility operations and staff. Most of the time, my actions have led to acceptable or even excellent results. But a few decisions have led to quite unexpected outcomes that bordered on catastrophic.
One event stands out, and reminds me to this day that I always need to think through the possible consequences before I act. It was some 37 years ago when I started adding maintenance responsibilities to my teaching schedule. The owner, Mel Maxwell, had entrusted me to run the school while he and his wife were on a trip.
We were having heater issues and I had learned a little trick to troubleshoot probable causes. This involved inserting a jumper wire at the gas valve connections to see if the problem was a high-limit switch, pressure (flow) switch or thermostat. We were experiencing a cold California Santa Ana wind condition and the water temperature was dropping fast. So I decided to try the old "jumper" trick to see if I could get the heater working. When I bypassed the pressure switch, the heater fired right up. I had a few errands to run, so I left to take care of them and returned in a few hours.
Well, when the winds are blowing as hard as they do during our Santa Ana conditions, a lot of leaves usually fly into the pool, and many find their way into skimmer baskets and pump strainers. Imagine my distress when I walked into the pump room, heard the sound of metal groaning and felt the heat emanating from the heater, which was glowing red! Then I noticed that the pressure on the filter read "zero" and realized that the pump had lost prime. In a panic, I quickly shut it off, re-primed and was certain that the water would help cool down the boiler. I breathed a sigh of relief … which lasted about five seconds. I heard the horrible cracking sound of the heater core reacting to the cold water passing through its red-hot pipes. A rush of water running through the cracks soon flooded around my feet. At that moment, I learned a valuable lesson about "what's the worst thing that could happen."
After Mel and Doris returned and we installed a new heater, I was fearful of my continued employment. When I spoke to Mel about my concern, he simply said, "Why would I fire you after I just spent hundreds of dollars on your education?"
In reflection, the safer course would have been to replace the faulty switch instead of trying to save time.
Three decades later, this lesson still serves to remind me that there are consequences for all of our actions. Whether it is deciding to push through that yellow light, leave a child alone in a pool, let emotions get the better of you when dealing with others, or choosing to ignore safety procedures, the "worst thing" is always out there.
Our lives present us with these kinds of situations on a daily basis. We just need to take a little extra time and consider the potential consequences before making a decision and taking action. We will never eliminate the risk, but we will certainly increase the likelihood of a successful outcome.
Unfortunately, too many of us continue to find out the hard way "the worst thing that could happen." That's called "experience!"
The Lessons
1. If you don't know what you're doing, stop doing it. It turned out that I knew just enough about pool heaters to be dangerous. That pressure switch was there for a reason. Call in an expert if you aren't positive you can do the job properly.
2. If you make changes to equipment, monitor it until you're sure it's OK. If I had stayed around and checked the heater after making my temporary fix, I might've caught my mistake before it was too late.
3. Ask yourself, "What's the worst thing that could happen?" Because it just might!


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Video Memory Play VideoKowalski, Penelope, passed away October 19, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband Theodore and son-in-law John Altobelli and is survived by her son Theodore (Susan) and daughter Patricia Altobelli. Dearest grandmother of two and great-grandmother of five. Visitation will be in the Kaul Funeral Home, 28433 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores, on Wednesday, October 22 from 4 to 9 p.m. Funeral will be in Our Lady of Hope, St. Germaine Church on Thursday October 23 at 10 a.m. Share a memory or leave a condolence message at: www.KaulFuneralHome.comPublished in Daily Tribune on Oct. 21, 2014+Read More Share Listen to Obituary Remember Share a message, photo, or video below View guest book "Ted and Sue & Patty our deepest sympathy on the passing of..." Add a memory or condolence to the guest book Add Message Please add or record a video for the family of Penelope Kowalski Add a video + Please add a photo and share in the life story for Penelope Kowalski Add a photo + http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailytribune/obituary.aspx?n=penelope-kowalski&pid=172878312&fhid=3518


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37 Col x 4 Row Pano shot on Canon 7D with 135mm F2 L Lens
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Image Size: 100553 x 14746 = 1.381 Gigapixels
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I think you will find that image is as sharp as a tack in the area of focus (which is the line of buildings on the other side of the river). There was a lot of vibration I had to deal with on the jetty that morning and a smaller aperture was going to force me to lower the shutter speed or raise the ISO, both of which I didn't want to do. Even at F16 the subjects near the camera would never be in focus unless I changed the point of focus (which I didn't do and in general never do). I stitched it in PTGui and did the processing of RAW files in Lightroom. I have never used Kolor's Autohazer and I doubt it would do anything on this image - there it next to no haze in it.
Have you tried a smaller aperture? It might make your images crisper! I really like this photo. What did you stitch it with? If you shot it with Autopano Giga did you try the Autohazer filter?


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General Schwartz Talks about the Future of the Total Force and...Sponsored Reservists?
General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, has sure had a lot to say these days. For the past few days the Air Force Association has put out a few blurbs from Gen. Schwartz's exit interview, many of which strike us as strange. Subjects have ranged from the future of the Total Force, to his legacy as Chief of Staff.
Sponsored Reservists?
The first head scratcher comes from Gen. Schwartz discussion of "sponsored reservists." Citing the British, Gen. Schwartz elaborated further on this concept, stating Britain's armed forces "have a contract for their refueling where their contractor provides both the platform and some of the crews. And, while some of the crews are active duty, some of them are sponsored reserves."
Gen. Schwartz describes these 'sponsored reservists' as "employees of the company...who can flip from their civilian certification to military credentials...simply by appropriate authorities executing the right orders."
This seems a bit odd considering that traditional Guardsmen and women clearly fit this definition. So, why is Gen. Schwartz talking about experimenting with 'sponsored reservists' when, technically speaking, it already exists in the U.S.? In fact, the Guard does a pretty great job balancing both civilian jobs and transitioning to active duty.
Future of the Total Force
As we all know, there has been a lot of tension surrounding the FY13 Air Force budget proposal. Yet, Gen. Schwartz is quoted in his interview saying there will "continue to be a place" for both the Active and reserve forces. In one last shout out to current events, Gen. Schwartz talks about the future of the Air Force:
"When emotions subside a bit and we're able to approach this in a more dispassionate way, we'll have the opportunity to collectively, collaboratively, collegially adjust our force mix in both traditional...and imaginative ways...We will have to continue to make the argument that we cannot have 50 air forces. We are one Air Force...The country is asking us to execute the missions we've been assigned with fewer resources. And our view is the way to go about that is by getting smaller and maintaining quality in all three components."
For an exit interview, Gen. Schwartz looks to be leaving us with more questions than answers. But as we look towards new leadership of the Air Force, once General Welsh is confirmed, NGAUS is hopeful that the opportunity to work together does come to fruition.
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He's digging a hole for himself...it just sounds like he doesn't see a future for the Guard and Reserve, nor does he have a commitment to the total force concept or he wouldn't speak in such terms. Sounds like he prefers a mercenary force of contractors. Your article was extremely nice - you should have dug a little and asked for comment and flushed out this guys intent, but I doubt if that would have happened. His intentions are obvious...your on your own.
Wondering what requirement is unmet, that requires...
Wondering what requirement is unmet, that requires this "Sponsored Reservist" resource. And what can a sponsored reservist do, that our present force mix cannot?
During my service in the ANG/USAF I was proud that my component was light years ahead of the other services in implementing the Total Force successfully and seamlessly. I felt pain for my Army NG comrades who were continually under-resourced and underfunded while being disrespected by their active component partners. The situation recently has been almost entirely reversed I am sad to say. I certainly hope the new CSAF will turn this around.


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R&W in NY Daily News for Mad Men Ad
Rocket and Walker recently had a fun project come across our desk from the New York Daily News in honor of the latest Mad Men season. As die-hard lovers of Mad Men, we couldn't pass up the opportunity. The task: Create an ad for Sterling Cooper Draper Price's clients. We chose the infamous Secor Laxatives. See the result here.


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Ear Stream Black Pearl
Black Pearl is a project introduced after three years of the Moonlight's evolution. Its intention was to create a headphone amplifier with at least equal sound quality followed by much higher output power, enabling the amplifier to work well also with hard to drive high impedance dynamic and orthodynamic headphones. Besides higher power the Black Pearl has got another advantage over...
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Our Fusion model provides a "full range" of sound, with excellent highs, mids, and lows in these speakers. Fusion for SmartPhone comes with a full-control mic for iPhone, fabric, tangle-free cord, and 90-degree gold-plated sport jack. Note: this microphone also works with other SmartPhones that accept direct-connect 3.5mm jacks, but click control function may not with all SmartPhones.


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With the holiday season's big finale fast approaching, several different areas of collectibles from toys to prop replicas, and Lucasfilm advertising the Star Wars Original Trilogy DVD set as the perfect gift, this week's poll asks whether you will be giving any Star Wars gifts or are expecting any yourself. Next year is the release of the last Star Wars movie so the next holiday season will probably be swamped with Star Wars merchandise, but in some ways that makes this year all the more unique for Star Wars fans because there isn't a torrential flood of product yet there is plenty to be given and received.
Obviously, a lot of folks don't know for sure what presents they're receiving, and some of us still aren't sure what we are getting others, so when you vote, just vote with your best guess.


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Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
Can it be? A Target in Brookfield? How about a Trader Joe's too?
Oh, my goodness! The City of Brookfield is actually talking about a TARGET store in Brookfield?
It is almost too good to be true. But there it was in black and white on JSOnline.
According to the March 11th Business section, Developer hopes to bring Target, senior apartments to Brookfield.
The 23-acre site Ryan Inc. has agreed to purchase for this potential development is just over Brookfield's border with Wauwatosa on Bluemound Road--the former Quebecor site near UPS.
There was a project planned for the site back in 2007 that fizzled out due to the economy.
The former plan was for mixed use: lots of shops with apartments and condos. I was not in favor of that project. Apartments /condos often bring with them school-aged children. The property taxes paid by apartment and condo owners are not high enough to pay their fair share of school taxes. Plus, we already have plenty of apartment/condo space in Brookfield.
Speaking of plenty of in Brookfield....we also have an abundance of smaller retail space--you know, the little coffee shops, nail salons, specialty stores, etc. The kind most people don't frequent enough. Unfortunately, much of this space is vacant.
But this new proposal is for a Target store! This is a surprise because the words Big Box and Brookfield never used to be uttered in the same sentence. Granted, Target is the slightly higher class Big Box store, as demonstrated by people calling it Targe' (soft g sound).
Senior apartments are a more acceptable idea to me than regular apartments, as long as they are not subsidized. As the population ages, many Brookfielders would like to stay in Brookfield. I would think senior apartments would not be the site of wild parties or domestic violence that often requires police attention that regular apartments do? I would also think senior apartments would be a better fit for the abutting residential neighborhood than standard apartments. Seniors would require more emergency medical care, however.
Now, this is just a suggestion, since we already have far too much apartment space, senior or otherwise, could there be a chance that the developer would woo a Trader Joe's food store to this same location? That would really be something, wouldn't it? (Trader Joe's is the higher class version of ALDI stores.) Trader Joe's is known for its good quality, healthy food, at low prices.
With a Trader Joe's in the same complex, seniors would be within walking distance to their everyday needs. If I were a senior* I would really like that.
People currenlty travel across town to the Bay Shore Trader Joe's. Considering the parking at Bay Shore's Trader Joe's is a nightmare, having one on this side of town would attract some of those customers west. It would also attract customers west of Brookfield to the new store.
If not at this site, how about a Trader Joe's at the many other larger sized, vacant retail properties in Brookfield? (Hint, hint, City of Brookfield.)
Hey, a girl can hope!
I can't say what the Ryan project will look like. Will the developer ask for higher density than what is zoned? Will they want to cram in subsidized senior housing? I don't know. But at first blush, at least the new Target is appealing. Add the Trader Joe's and the retail portion of the project hits the bull's eye.
If this project interests or concerns you, you may wish to attend District 7's Information Meeting on Wed. March 30th at 7-9pm at City Hall. Alderman Lisa Mellone might have more information by then. You can certainly voice your concerns to her.
*I don't know how old you have to be to qualify as a senior...I might already be eligible? :)
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Episode 119 - Breast Cancer Ribbon Scrapbook Page
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Very cute! You will be doing your run on my Birthday! October the 10th is a great day! As always, thatnks so much for your wonderful videos!
I love the scrapbook page! Great job as always. You inspire me :)ReplyDelete
Another great video and beautiful layout. I want that cartridge. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
- Deneen6/03/2009 5:02 PM
Another great one. Keep 'em coming. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I am so excited about all the things on Stand and Salute. I love the pink ribbon page. I have been looking all over for something to use and am excited to get my cartridge. I am working on a project for our Crop for the Cure in October as well.ReplyDelete
Thanks for all the videos!!
So cute! We just had our breast cancer run a couple of weeks ago. My husband ran it but unfortunately I didn't. I'm promising myself that I'm going to run it next year! Thanks for the inspiration on here and on your Pink Loser blog!!ReplyDelete
Love it! Love it! Love it!ReplyDelete
That "Life" cut is adorable!ReplyDelete
Robyn - This is SO CUTE! Great, great job! I like how you combined font types! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!ReplyDelete
Good luck on your run! Love the video, I plan to use the ribbon for Scrap Pink pictures from last year... I haven't cropped them yet and am so glad that I waited! Good use of the word Life, too! TFS!ReplyDelete
Thank you very much for all of your wonderful Cricut videos! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into showing us more creative ideas! Thank you! Thank you!ReplyDelete
Your latest video, "I Run For Life", has inspired me to get a move on with my scrapbook pages!!!
Thank you again!!!
Thanks for the videos with these new carts.....S&S is next on my list....DebReplyDelete
How quirky life can be sometimes. I saw your sight mentioned just today on Regina's Hand to Paper blog and decided to visit to check out the new Cricut cartridges you were showing. Of all the days I could have visited your blog it was today and I found that you were doing a breast cancer page. I am in the midst of the "breast cancer journey" myself and I was having a bad day today. Then I watched your video and it was inspirational for me. To be reminded of all the people that raise money for breast cancer was just what I needed. Thanks ever so much.ReplyDelete
Another great video Robyn - so simple yet so full of "everything" we're looking for. Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
So I am sitting here with my video partner and we think this one is FABULOUS of course. Kasi said to me "Hey mom, she didn't say TA DA at the end of the video!!!!" This is how much we watch your video's together LOLReplyDelete
Lots of hugs from the both of us!!!!!
I just wanted to thank you for all of your great videos. I didn't think I would ever use/need this cart...now I have added it to my wish list! Thank you for taking the time to share your talent with all of us. I am sure you are super busy, but we appreciate it!ReplyDelete
Super cute Robyn!! Those carts look fun!!ReplyDelete
Great video as always ;)
Thanks for your wonderful videos. I couldn't help notice that you mentioned that you are in Oklahoma. Where in OK? I am originally from there...still have family there. I lived in Bethany, OK (suburb of OKC)...after married I lived in Edmond. My family that is still there lives in OKC. I don't "run into" that many okies.ReplyDelete
Thanks again.
- Anonymous6/03/2009 8:57 PM
Thanks for taking the time to do this.ReplyDelete
Great page Robyn! Run for me will you? I'm a breast cancer survivor, had a mastectomy on Good Friday of 2008. I am also on Oxygen 24/7 so running is not possible for me but I sure wish I could.ReplyDelete
Loved your page. Cant wait to see more of these cartridges!!ReplyDelete
- Nicole6/03/2009 10:08 PM
That is such a cute page. I also do a race for breast cancer and just ordered a 2 packs of regal rose and rose red to make some cards. Your page is great as usual can't wait to get those carts!!!ReplyDelete
I didn't want this cartridge til I saw you using it!! Love the Breast Cancer run page. My Mom died of breast cancer when I was 17 so it is a cause close to my heart.ReplyDelete
You said on the video any suggestions would be great ~ how about a kids page with that hummer cut?? I can already 'see' some camo and a big truck!! LOL!! ( I have two boys and they love anything army!)
Thanks again for inspiring!!
- kathy b.6/04/2009 2:42 AM
great job as always robyn.can't wait for this one.ReplyDelete
- kathy b.6/04/2009 2:48 AM
thats the eyelet border bunch.great job as always.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/04/2009 6:53 AM
Love it! I need these new carts. Keep up the awesome work, Pink!ReplyDelete
Great lay out~! Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
great layout and great cause, are you from Oklahoma I heard you say you were doing the run. I live in Oklahoma and had breast cancer and just wanted to say thank you. I can't run and thank all those who do it for us that can't.ReplyDelete
I love your layout, I want those carts now. I enjoy your videos alot, I learn alot from them.ReplyDelete
That's an awesome page! I co-hosted a Pink Ribbon breakfast last year, and our family does the Mother's Day Classic each year which is a run to raise funds for breast cancer. In fact it's the biggest fundraiser for the National Breast Cancer Foundation in Australia. Anyway, I love that cartridge. Need to get that one to scrap my photos.ReplyDelete
- debbieb6/07/2009 11:38 AM
Great page, congratulations on your run, good cause. Thanks for showing us the new cartridges, jusst makes us want to buy them.ReplyDelete
I was diagnosed for breast cancer last year during the awareness campaign. Now is my turn to stand for the cause and educate others.ReplyDelete
Wear the pink ribbon and become a part of breast cancer awareness campaign.
Simply marvelous!!! Your article provides a fresh new insight to this topic which was yet undiscovered. I must say your research skills are sharp and your narration is interesting. Splendid work…ReplyDelete


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Have never made gingerbread cookies before and they turned out very nicely - http://i.imgur.com/uy2vgiw.jpg
I have been searching for this type of cookie for years. It's just the right flavor and texture, plus it has a little kick to it. We will be making these cookies many times throughout the year, not just for the holidays.
10th year making these. We decorate our tree with cookies and these are perfect. No, probably not the BEST cookie you'll ever eat, but they're more of a fun, decorative cookie and they're always gone at the end of the holidays. A great no-frustration recipe for a beginner, a kid or non-crafter wanting to make something presentable for the holidays. Since I've made millions of these over the years, I vary flavors slightly. I like more savory, so I up the ginger and cinnamon every time. Up the ginger and add dutch process chocolate for a change of pace. Up the cinnamon and use Hershey's "special dark" (or a better super high % dark chocolate) coco powder for a "Mexican" gingerbread. Have tried pomegranate molasses, using light brown sugar for a lighter flavor and color, Chinese 5 spice powder, super finely grated orange zest.
Made recipe as is- works for me! Ease is a priority when baking with a 5 and 3 year old, and it is fun to see the baking soda foam. Some came out crisp and some soft (I'm an advanced beginning cookie maker), but we liked them all.
I think that these cookies are absolutely AMAZING!
These are... ok. Good and bad. The good: the dough is extremely easy to work with. No sticking, no chilling, and it acts like playdough. Takes a stamped impression really well. The bad: texture and flavor. The spices are in the wrong proportions, and I much prefer a lighter, spicier gingerbread. With the dark sugar and dark molasses, it's a molasses cookie, not gingerbread. They also are fairly dry and cakey. The first batch, baked just 10 minutes (no browning at all) was crunchy. The next batches baked 8 minutes, were crunchy on the edges and dry and cakey in the center. I won't use this recipe again, as I have several where the dough is much more difficult to work with, but the finished product is something I'll enjoy eating.
i've made these for the past few years and will never use another recipe for gingerbread cookies again... the dough is incredibly easy to work with, and the flavor and texture are wonderful. certainly, you could make them add more sugar or spices to suit your tastes, but i've never been compelled to change a thing. :)
Very good. I increased the spices and added vanilla. I also added half a teaspoon of baking powder to the flour. I found the dough really great to work with. Cookies baked firm, but were still chewy. I halved the recipe (mixed 1 egg with some milk and added 3/4 of that amount) and it yielded 23 X 2.5inch cookies.
I made this recipe for the first time this year with my daughter, upping but not doubling the spices. Used blackstrap molasses and dark brown sugar. Taste is fine; the cookies came out really dark. The dough was easy to handle; we were very into the recipe, but then the finished product tasted floury and cakey/crumbly to me. But it's a good enough recipe to try to tweak and use again.
Excellent recipe. Made gingerbread men cookies last year with another recipe and found the dough tasteless and difficult to work with. Was also puzzled by how recipes ranged between 3 and 6 cups of four, with the same amounts of sugar and spices. Anyway, this recipe is great! Assembling the dough in this recipe takes a little more work maybe than another recipe, it is flavorful and wonderfully easy to work with. No need to even chill the dough, it rolls out beautifully and had no trouble transferring cut shapes to parchment paper baking sheet. Thumbs up, this is going to be my go-to recipe.


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This pocket-sized mastermind features a tight, unidirectional pickup pattern, which assists in minimising background noise and making the iRig MIC Cast perfect for single-source audio recordings. It is not only useful for spoken recordings, but as it is able to produce crystal clear quality recordings, you could document your musical ideas and import them into your DAW. I think it would fair to say, many a great song idea has been lost because it wasn't recorded at the very moment it was conceived.
The iRig MIC Cast comes together with an adjustable desktop stand to conveniently position your iDevice for accurate recordings, and also features a mini-switch for alternating between close-up and distant sound sources. The microphone features an extremely flat frequency response with no abnormal colouration that could misrepresent your original sound and includes 2 FREE apps, the iRig Recorder and VocaLive so all you need to do... is plug and go!
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02-02-2013, 12:32 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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How to clean an aquarium chiller?
I bought a new Hailea 1/10 chiller for my 18 gallon tank in March 2012.
I used it during summer which was a great relief.
Now its winter and I dont need the chiller coz the tank temperatures where I live go down to 17-18 degrees without a heater.
Anyways I believe in keeping constant temperature during summer and winter.
So I use an Aquael 75W heater which keeps the tank 25 degrees to keep my tank and fish warm and to avoid temperature swings.
I want to clean the chiller including water inside the chiller and dust which gets accumulated on the external dust net as well as dust which enters the chiller through the net.
I have to clean the chiller anyways to get ready for summer. I have the time and in no hurry so prefer cleaning it now.
Any ideas or links to youtube which can help.
Not exactly sure what you are talking about cleaning off, but if you are trying to get dust out of internal components, you could always use a can of air duster, or an air compressor to blow out dirt and dust that made its way in the housing. If you could provide a picture of the chiller, I'd probably be able to help you more.Money can't buy happiness, but it sure can pay the rent.
I have no experience with chillers, but I would suggest trying vinegar on the parts of the chiller the tank water goes through. I have found vinegar to work really well on on type of aquarium equipment if you have hardened build up the canned air won;t flush out (as suggested above).
I wish I could me more help hereIf you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
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I would assume that your chiller is used for saltwater so flushing with hot fresh water should do the trick - esp. getting the salt out. Also, should help with removing some solid desposites, and any organics that are sticking in the piping. I'd consider making sure to drain all the water out. Then storgae should be fine. That would be my method if the mfg didn't already have a method on-line or in the instructions.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
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A decade ago, I asked a venture capitalist in computer networking if dedicated network gear would ever be replaced by software running on a standard computer. My hypothesis was that as general-purpose computers became more powerful, they could absorb functions that previously required specialized computer hardware, the way many functions can be performed on PCs today that once required mainframes. The venture capitalist assured me it would never happen, for a variety of reasons, even if it became technologically possible.
Fast forward 10 years, and the computer networking world is abuzz with talk of "software-defined networking"— software that can perform the same functions as dedicated hardware, but instead runs on an Intel-based server.
SDN, as the phenomenon is known, gained momentum in August of last year when enterprise software maker VMware VMW 0.967741935483871% VMware Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD93.9 0.9 0.967741935483871% /Date(1493239780455-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1160031 P/E Ratio 33.45556821418399 Market Cap 38060342948.9136 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 356432 More quote details and news » (ticker: VMW) bought a start-up company called Nicira that sells such software. Suddenly, the discussion was about how VMware may steal business from the leaders in computer networking, including Cisco Systems CSCO -0.04488330341113106% Cisco Systems Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD33.405 -0.015 -0.04488330341113106% /Date(1493239780982-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11825222 P/E Ratio 17.133333333333333 Market Cap 167362536914.326 Dividend Yield 3.4720143669560013% Rev. per Employee 659023 More quote details and news » (CSCO), Juniper Networks JNPR 6.407487401007919% Juniper Networks Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD29.56 1.78 6.407487401007919% /Date(1493239784220-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22613195 P/E Ratio 19.116129032258065 Market Cap 10534065540.5246 Dividend Yield 1.3499831252109349% Rev. per Employee 520057 More quote details and news » (JNPR), F5 Networks FFIV -0.4703668861712135% F5 Networks Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD137.54 -0.65 -0.4703668861712135% /Date(1493239784233-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1071800 P/E Ratio 24.805755395683452 Market Cap 8953054156.51063 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 459956 More quote details and news » (FFIV), Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), and others.
But the discussion of SDN is a sideshow. A more prosaic battle is playing out, as Cisco and others are already cannibalizing the network switches they have long sold, providing what are called "virtual" switches that are just software programs that run on a server.
A network switch or router is a specialized computer with specially developed chips that perform calculations to determine how to direct bits of data between computers. As complex as they are, some of those calculations can now be efficiently performed in software running on Intel INTC 0.14917276918904257% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD36.925 0.055 0.14917276918904257% /Date(1493239783851-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 21863141 P/E Ratio 17.526066350710902 Market Cap 173940484980.516 Dividend Yield 2.9475392103839915% Rev. per Employee 560255 More quote details and news » (INTC) processors.
Think of a computer network like a tree, made up of the trunk (the most complex, core switches), branches (less complex switches), and leaves (computers). The tiniest branches, the parts closest to individual computers, are established using "edge switches." They are the simplest, cheapest equipment, and they can most easily be replaced by software, says Joe Skorupa, who follows the market for Gartner.
"It is absolutely the case that if you build it properly in a virtual environment, you don't need as many switch ports" in hardware, says Skorupa. He thinks VMware is in the lead in replacing the humble edge switch with software.
VMware sells a program called the "vNetwork" switch, running on servers that also use its "hypervisor" software. And Cisco sells a program called the Nexus 1000v that can run on top of VMware's hypervisor, and also on servers running Microsoft's MSFT -0.17667844522968199% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD67.8 -0.12 -0.17667844522968199% /Date(1493239781207-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20147496 P/E Ratio 31.983490566037737 Market Cap 524853808858.283 Dividend Yield 2.300715286483298% Rev. per Employee 747982 More quote details and news » (MSFT) operating system. Both are alternatives to Cisco's Nexus line of hardware.
The virtual switch movement is already having an impact on network equipment, shaking up the rankings of who's top dog in individual categories of switching.
Dell'Oro Group, the Silicon Valley market-research firm that has for years tracked shipments of networking hardware, says that sales of a switch called an "application delivery controller" are beginning to shift toward "virtual" units, with software actually displacing networking gear.
F5 Networks has traditionally dominated ADC sales, but Dell'Oro shows that in the first quarter of this year, competitor Riverbed Technology (RVBD) was in the top spot, with 28% of the virtual ADCs; F5 had only 20%. Citrix Systems CTXS 0.3450327186198691% Citrix Systems Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD84.34 0.29 0.3450327186198691% /Date(1493239783550-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1078969 P/E Ratio 24.73607038123167 Market Cap 13141386497.8089 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 356069 More quote details and news » (CTXS), which is an enterprise software vendor, and not a networking vendor, had third place in the ADC market, at 16%.
That little tidbit prompted Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum on June 3 to cut his rating on shares of F5 from a Buy to a Hold, writing that virtual switches turn out to be more important than he'd previously thought, citing the Dell'Oro data.
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REVERSAL. Dell'Oro claims that Riverbed, which sells the vast majority of switches known as "WAN optimization," is No. 2 in virtual switches, while Cisco is in the top spot and closely held Blue Coat Systems is third.
Casey Quillin of Dell'Oro tells me that it's difficult to put a number to the amount of cannibalization that's going on. For one thing, in some cases, virtual switches displace hardware sales while in other cases they are complementary. Then too, there aren't precise data on how virtual switches are used once they're shipped. But the trend is clear, he says: "Physical unit growth is slowing and virtual appliance unit growth is increasing."
"An entire class of switching equipment may go away," Skorupa says. Extrapolating a bit, he adds, "What could change the world is if Microsoft buys one of these software-based networking vendors and certifies their wares to work with System Center," Microsoft's program for computer management, in conjunction with no-name switching equipment.
He was thinking of startups such as Cumulus Networks and Pica8 that make switching programs that run on no-name hardware.
Another force that will push forward software networking is Amazon.com AMZN 0.14984244507613317% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD908.98 1.36 0.14984244507613317% /Date(1493239780004-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2230004 P/E Ratio 185.4454254429786 Market Cap 433795159653.574 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 398322 More quote details and news » (AMZN), whose cloud computing service, Amazon Web Services, is increasingly absorbing corporate computing tasks.
A report in late May by Morgan Stanley's Gelblum and his colleague Scott Devitt, who covers Amazon, warned that Amazon Web Services threatened just about all traditional IT vendors.
Amazon Web Services can become a buyer of tremendous power, and one thing it may do is buy a lot more networking software than hardware, they opine.
The immediate result, says Skorupa, is that switch software should cost less than hardware boxes, which means lower revenue for networking vendors.
Although the market for software switches is still young, early success may be a part of the recent weakness in results of the networking vendors. Their first-quarter reports in April and May were dispiriting.
Juniper Networks, F5, and Riverbed all reported lackluster results and outlook. Cisco slightly beat expectations and offered an in-line forecast, making it the best house in a bad neighborhood.
Cisco has already said that it expects to become more of a software and services vendor than simply a box maker. It's an open question just how drastically the software movement upends results for Cisco and its smaller competitors, and whether challengers such as Citrix will find themselves with tremendous upside.
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Winter Holiday Festival set for Frist, Dec. 8
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The Frist Campus Center will host its annual Winter Holiday Festival from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8. The festival will feature live music, a diverse collection of winter holiday desserts and drinks and a community knitting project as well as an opportunity to learn about winter holidays from around the world.
Knitters of all skill levels are invited to stop by on the 100-level to contribute to a community knitting project or to start their own. A representative from Pins and Needles, a local knitting and needlepoint store, will be on hand to provide instruction and advice to novice and experienced knitters.
Live music will begin at 4:30 p.m. on the 100-level with a classical duo performance from the Princeton University Orchestra followed by the Klezmocrats at 5:15 p.m.
The interfaith holiday display will showcase artifacts from numerous traditional winter holidays around the globe including Christmas, Chanukah, Diwali and Ramadan. The artifacts will be on display for public viewing from Dec. 6-10, and members of the Religious Life Council will be on hand to answer questions on the day of the festival.
The Winter Holiday Festival is sponsored by the Frist Campus Center/Center Stage, Religious Life Council, Pace Center for Community Service, Athletes in Action, International Center and Community Based Learning Initiative. For more information, including a schedule of events, visit the Frist Campus Center Web site .
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text: blog postsLinda Herrera, expert on the use of social media in the mideastDec 20, 2012 4:26 pmGovernmentPoliticalShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesMassive protests once again spilled into Egypt's streets in recent weeks, in reaction to a perceived power grab by its new president, Mohamed Morsi, and a scheduled nationwide referendum on a hastily drafted constitution. Is the country now set on a future dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood? And what have we learned about the pros and cons of social media as a tool of revolution and political reform? Education professor Linda Herrera is the author of the upcoming book "Revolution Gone Wired," about the role of social media in the uprisings in Egypt and other Arab nations. She also organized a recent dialogue in Cairo with Mohamed ElBaradei, recently named the coordinator of Egypt's National Salvation Front, an opposition coalition of more than 20 political parties and organizations. Herrera, a social anthropologist by training who lived in Egypt for 17 years, spoke with News Bureau social sciences editor Craig Chamberlain about recent events. For those concerned about the current Islamist direction of Egypt's politics, what's at stake in these recent developments? There is a stark misconception in the U.S. that the recent wave of mass protests in Egypt is "anti-Islamist"; this is not the case. The recent uprisings should be understood as a continuation and renewal of the demands of the Jan. 25, 2011, revolution captured in the slogan "bread, freedom, and social justice." Masses of people took to the streets throughout the country beginning on Nov. 27 not primarily because they oppose the Islamist influence in Egyptian politics, though some clearly do, but because they see the country spiraling into another dictatorship. There is a saying circulating throughout Egypt: "Morsi is Mubarak with a beard." After five months in power, President Morsi, who was elected into office with no constitution in place and therefore no clear parameters for his office, has granted himself even more sweeping powers than President Mubarak did over three decades. He has used his office to serve the interests of a single group, the Muslim Brotherhood, rather than to work across the aisle to address issues of poverty, the economy, unemployment, food prices, corruption, freedom and justice. How has ElBaradei been important to the opposition? Mohamed ElBaradei arrived on Egypt's political scene fairly recently, in 2010. He enjoyed a long and distinguished diplomatic career, and was a recipient of both the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency) and Egypt's highest honor, the Nile Medal. His international credentials have placed him above the everyday fray of Egyptian politics, something that has been a point of both strength and vulnerability. ElBaradei is not someone who appears to be driven by a thirst for power, and does not exhibit a typical revolutionary temperament. Rather, his obsession has been with two things: national unity and the constitution. His party, not coincidentally, is called "Al-Dostor," which means "Constitution." ElBaradei sees his role as someone who can protect the country from a raw power grab and serve as a guardian of the constitutional process and ensure that it is the result of a fair, inclusive and sound legal process. The opposition has often been described as "secular" and "liberal," but you think both of those terms are misleading. Why? Terms like "secular," "liberal," "Islamist" and "anti-Islamists," to name a few, are borrowed from another time, place and type of struggle. These words disguise and confuse rather than illuminate the actual causes and forms of dissent at this historic moment. A great challenge that comes with writing about the Arab uprisings, and indeed the new social movements globally, is how to formulate a new vocabulary to describe the nature of current popular protest movements. The political language coming out of the Occupy Movement in the U.S., with its "99 percent" and "1 percent," provides a starting point. The struggle in Egypt has been about runaway inequality, corruption, cronyism, torture and a demand for human dignity and justice. Your research has shown that much about social media and its role in Egypt's revolution was not what it appeared. How so? The Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings generated a great deal of enthusiasm, including from me, about the emancipatory dimensions of new communications tools and platforms, particularly social media. I had been researching the relationship between youth, citizenship and social media use in Egypt prior to the uprising, and continue to research it today. What I found is that social media raises all kinds of complicated questions about political actors, accountability and the new forms of youth movements. For instance, it transpired that many Facebook movements and pages that appeared to be run by "anonymous" and "liberal" youth were actually Muslim Brotherhood platforms. The story about social media and its relation to the Jan. 25 (2011) revolution is one that has yet to be told, and will take a good deal of research to do this topic justice. For more on ElBaradei and the role of social media in Egypt's revolution, see these articles co-written by Herrera: "ElBaradei's Gandhi Moment?" and "E-Militias of the Muslim Brotherhood: How to Upload Ideology on Facebook" . stats22,070 Views additional actions


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1.4: Testing Hypotheses
How can I show that my hypothesis is wrong?
Many young scientists learn that a good scientist tries to disprove her hypothesis. This is the best way to be sure that your hypothesis is getting a rigorous test. Why do you think established scientists tell students this? Why is it a good idea?
Testing Hypothesis 1
How do you test a hypothesis? In this example, we will look into the scientific literature to find data in studies that were done using scientific method.
To test Hypothesis 1 from the concept "Development of Hypotheses," we need to see if the amount of CO2 gas released by volcanoes over the past several decades has increased.
There are two ways volcanoes could account for the increase in CO2:
- There has been an increase in volcanic eruptions in that time.
- The CO2 content of volcanic gases has increased over time globally.
To test the first, we look to the scientific literature and find this graph:
Number of active volcanoes since 1960.
We see that the number of volcanic eruptions is about constant. We also learn from the scientific literature that volcanic gas compositions have not changed over time. Different types of volcanoes have different gas compositions, but overall the gases are the same. Another journal article states that major volcanic eruptions for the past 30 years have caused short-term cooling, not warming!
Hypothesis 1 is wrong! Volcanic activity is not able to account for the rise in atmospheric CO2. Remember that science is falsifiable. We can discard Hypothesis 1.
Testing Hypothesis 2
Hypothesis 2 states that the increase in atmospheric CO2 is due to the increase in the amount of fossil fuels that are being burned. We look into the scientific literature and find this graph.
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel consumption and cement production. The black line represents all emission types combined, and colored lines show emissions from individual fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels have added an increasing amount of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 19th century. Hypothesis 2 is true!
- Science is falsifiable. An incorrect hypothesis is discarded.
- Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing due to fossil fuel burning.
Making Connections
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
Note: the term theory is used inaccurately in the video.
1. How are they using the word theory in this video? What word would be more accurate for them to use in this context?
2. What is the hypothesis they are testing?
3. How do they test the hypothesis?
4. What were their results?
5. Is their hypothesis absolutely certainly correct? If you say, that they don't know yet, what can they do to further narrow down whether the hypothesis is correct?
- Think of at least one other hypothesis for why atmospheric carbon dioxide has been rising for the past several decades. How would you test that hypothesis?
- If your hypothesis is shown to be true, does that mean that hypothesis 2, which states that the increase in atmospheric CO2 is due to fossil fuel burning, is wrong?
- How did having multiple working hypotheses help this investigation along?
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How to Wear... Black Pants, The New Tuxedo & The Blouse
Red and black make a killer combo, and this season the classic gets an update. The look? Combine tough black leather with more feminine fabrics, as seen in this sheer-paneled Christopher Kane dress on Net-a-Porter's Holli Rogers. Also try Proenza Schouler's solid-meets-perforated-patchwork skirt and jacket.
1. Tonya Hawkes clutch, $1,295, shopBAZAAR.com.
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4. Pierre Hardy sandal, $1,395, 646-449-0070.
London-based designer Mary Katrantzou's postage-stamp-inspired prints were one of the highlights of London Fashion Week. Take a cue from these stylish women: Pull a color from one of the patterns and match your accessories to it.
Pictured (clockwise from left): Princess Deena Abdulaziz and Miroslava Duma, Viviana Volpicella, Mary Katrantzou top, $1,090, Blake, Chicago; 312-202-0047.
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By Tiernan Ray
Susquehanna Financial Group's semiconductor analyst Chris Caso today reflects on the likely impact to Qualcomm (QCOM) from what he's gleaned about Apple's (AAPL) iPhone plans, where Qualcomm's baseband processor is the dominant wireless chip.
Caso, who has a "Positive" rating, and an $85 price target on Qualcomm stock, writes that according to his "checks" of the electronics supply chain, Q2 sales of the iPhone will be under pressure but Q3 will "see a catalyst from the ramp of the [iPhone] 5S, and a more meaningful catalyst once a larger screen iPhone enters production."
According to Caso, the numbers for Q1, meaning, Apple's fiscal Q2 ending this month, are about as expected for the iPhone, but Q2 is less clear:
We believe that 1Q iPhone production came in at approximately 35 mln units, at the low end of our prior 35-40 mlm expectation […] The current 1Q build plans appear close to current expectations (1Q consensus estimate is about 37 mln units). In addition, our conversations with iPhone component suppliers through the quarter (including recent follow-up checks) indicate no substantial order cuts since the beginning of the quarter […] Visibility for 2Q has been difficult since we expect production for the new iPhone 5S to begin in June. The volume of 5S production has a big effect on the 2Q build plan, since production of existing models always declines ahead of a transition.
Caso is concerned there's no larger-screen iPhone forthcoming, but he thinks Qualcomm will be okay by riding its participation in Samsung Electronics's (005930KS) Galaxy S4:
In our view, the slowdown in iPhone is an AAPL-specific issue, as evidenced by the upside we have observed from Samsung this quarter (even before the Galaxy S4 launch). We think the issue is clear and simple – consumers want a larger screen-size iPhone. Our checks do indicate that a larger screen-size phone is on the roadmap, but the timing remains uncertain. SFG analyst Mehdi Hosseini's checks (Smartphone Domination Continues, Semi Benefiting from Better DRAM ASPs) indicate upside of about 7 mln units in 1Q, which is before the launch of the company's flagship phone in 2Q. We think the incremental upside from Samsung more than offsets the sluggish performance by AAPL. In addition, for QCOM the share shift from AAPL to Samsung is beneficial to both QTL (Samsung royalties are calculated at higher ASPs) and QCT (QCOM will have about double the semiconductor content in the initial versions of GS4 vs. iPhone). We therefore think the strength at Samsung provides a fairly smooth transition into the seasonally stronger 2H for AAPL.
Qualcomm stock today is up 11 cents at $66.36.


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A reader has asked for ideas on how to dress up basic ingredients. When feasting off the smell of an oily rag it's important to embellish low-cost ingredients that may otherwise be a little unexciting.
That's where sauces and dressings come in. Basically, you can serve up the same old thing, but use a different sauce or dressing to produce a completely different taste treat.
Dressings are great for spicing up veges from your garden. The basic "formula" for French dressing is 3 parts (olive) oil to 1 part vinegar. Taste variations come from changing the type of vinegar (try balsamic vinegar, wine vinegar, cider vinegar, or lemon juice) and adding taste sensations such as a clove of crushed garlic, salt, pepper, herbs (parsley, basil, tarragon, chives, mixed herbs) and sugar to sweeten. Once the ingredients have been combined, shake well while doing jazzercise (the last bit is optional).
Try this one to start: you need 3/4 of a cup of olive oil, 1/4 cup of lemon juice, 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar and 1 crushed garlic clove. Throw it in a jar, shake it all about and splash it on your salads.
If you have a lemon tree, try 1 part lemon juice, three parts good quality olive oil plus salt and pepper. Sensationally simple.
Here's a quick way to make mayonnaise. You will need 1 cup of oil (olive oil works, motor engine oil doesn't), 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, a teaspoon of sugar to sweeten, 1/2 a teaspoon of dry mustard, a pinch of salt and a sprinkle of pepper. Throw all the ingredients together except the oil, and mix. Then add the oil, pouring it in slowly while mixing.
Like dressings, sauces can add variety to the dullest dishes and need not be expensive or difficult to make. Some sauces can be useful to add spark to leftovers as well as giving your everyday meal a gourmet touch.
For a basic white sauce, melt 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine in a small saucepan. Stir in 2 tablespoons of flour, add a pinch of salt and a dash of pepper. Add 1 cup of milk and stir constantly over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes more.
This basic sauce may be varied in a number of ways. A cheese sauce is made by adding a 1/4 cup of milk and a cup of grated cheese, stirred carefully into the sauce over low heat until melted. Any type of cheese will work. Serve with vegetables.
A variety of herb sauces can be made by adding 1/2 teaspoon of one of the following: basil, caraway seeds, celery seeds, marjoram, oregano, sage or thyme. Serve with vegetables or poultry.
Flavoured butters dress up ordinary vegetables, meats, or breads and they are so good, and add a little bit of flair, that your family and friends will vote you Master Chef, without even knowing you are doing it off the smell of an oily rag.
To make flavoured butter or margarine the butter or margarine should first be softened to a creamy texture which can be stirred easily. This may be done by letting it stand at room temperature, heating it in an oven, or zapping it in the microwave. Once it is soft, stir in your favourite herbs and spices and use liberally. To make garlic butter stir in 2 cloves of minced garlic or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Serve with bread or beef - delicious.
Frank and Muriel Newman are the authors of Living Off the Smell of an Oily Rag in NZ. Readers can submit their oily rag tips at www.oilyrag.co.nz


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DRC: Cholera and violence sweep across Katanga Province
As the sun rises over Tanganyika Lake on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hundreds of women arrive to collect fresh water for their families. They fill their containers and begin the long walk back to their villages.
This is how cholera spreads in Katanga Province. The waterborne illness is endemic here. More than 11,000 cases have been reported since the beginning of the year, and an outbreak a few months ago claimed 257 lives. In the past four weeks, more than 300 cases have been recorded.
Humanitarian organizations are focusing on water treatment and hygiene-information campaigns to stem its spread. A US$720,000, two-year project in the city of Kalemie, on the shores of Tanganyika Lake, is providing more than 80,000 people with safe drinking water. The project addresses all factors that contribute to the spread of the disease: access to clean water through chlorination points, sanitation and hygiene awareness.
"Since I started using chlorine, my children no longer have diarrhoea or vomiting, and they have no more stomach pain," says Esther Nyota, a 20-year-old mother of two who lives in Kamukolobondo, a densely populated fishing community on the outskirts of Kalemie.
"I can now purify the water consumed by my family and do the dishes with hope that the microbes were eliminated."
Further funding urgently required
This project is being funded by the OCHA-managed Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF). The CHF is a country-based fund that pools money from different donors. Aid agencies can draw from this pool to ensure that urgent needs are met quickly and efficiently.
However, aid agencies in the region are requesting stronger interventions from other donors: they need an additional $1.9 million to implement critical water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects in the region.
Aid agencies say that recent clashes between the Congolese army and a rebel Mai Mai group, and between rebel militias and community self-defense groups have exacerbated the cholera situation. The fighting has displaced thousands of people who are now living in overcrowded conditions where sanitation is poor and access to clean water is limited.
Katanga was considered a relatively stable part of eastern DRC—certainly more stable than the tempestuous Kivus. But the proliferation of armed groups in the province in recent years has undermined this reputation. There are now 350,000 internally displaced people in Katanga, including 43,000 who were displaced in the first quarter of this year alone.
"Poor sanitation always exacerbates the situation"
Charles Bisimwa coordinates the WASH projects of humanitarian organizations in Katanga. He said: "The displaced populations have enormous needs. We are worried that the crowded conditions of displaced people could lead to the spread of the disease.
"Poor sanitation always exacerbates the health situation. The most contaminated areas are the poor neighbourhoods where hygienic conditions are not met, and where there is no access to drinking water."
Earlier this year, many humanitarian organizations worked with local health authorities to develop contingency plans for cholera-affected communities in Kalemie, a city of more than 270,000 people. As part of the two-year project addressing the cholera disease, the DRC Red Cross installed the first of 66 chlorination points last August.
These chlorination points are manned for 12 hours each day by Red Cross volunteers. They add chlorine to the water that people draw from the lake. About 300 families visit each point every day to take home an average of 60 litres of safe drinking water.
Health authorities in Kalemie, have also set up an intensive cholera treatment centre in the general Hospital.
Building awareness is crucial
Chlorination points are the most visible part of the Red Cross project, but they are only one element of a comprehensive approach.
"Equally important as those activities is raising awareness among the people," says Kipo Amani, the President of the Red Cross' Katanga branch. "We go from door-to-door to inform all households about cholera, the importance of proper hygiene practices, and hand out leaflets in the local language, Kishwahili, to prevent contamination. Each volunteer visits eight families per day."
Amurani Rose, aged 21 and a mother of three, said: "With awareness sessions on water, hygiene and sanitation, my family can now appropriately fight against cholera. We are only drinking water that is treated with chlorine or boiled, and we wash our hands with soap before eating."


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Bacterial Biofilms
Why It Matters
Already In A Theater Near You
Many of you are familiar with antibiotics. If you're lucky, doctors have prescribed them to you to to fight off bacterial infections like strep throat (despite what some people think antibiotics are not very helpful for viruses like the flu (influenza)). Some of you may have heard of "drug resistant" strains of bacteria. Bacterial strains that have changed to counter the effects of the drug, natural selection has even been invoked to explain how resistant bacteria survive the antibiotics and lead to the changes in future generations. But is it really that simple? Maybe not, maybe it's all about biofilms, groups of different bacteria working together.
Explore More
use the below resources to answer the following questions
- Why are biofilms more resistant than planktonic bacteria?
- What are cytokines?
- What kind of bacteria tend to cause acute bacterial infections?
- What kind of bacteria tend to cause chronic bacterial infections?
- How does multi-layering in the biofilms increase antibiotic resistance?
Resources Cited
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001663/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpI4WCM_9pM Youtube by ADRsupport
- http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/Pathology/Thomas/PDFS/Educational-Resources/Biofilms-For-Everyone-Booklet.pdf
- http://www.whyamistillsick.com/
- http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-are-Cytokines.aspx


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $4.74, or 0.8%, at $596.87, as the Street debates the company's massive $12 billion bond offering last night, which my colleague Michael Aneiro wrote about, describing it as the largest U.S. corporate bond offering this year.
The offering is part of Apple's announcement last week it will boost its capital returns plan, including dividends and buybacks, to $130 billion by the end of next year.
Goldman Sachs's Bill Shope, who has a Buy rating on Apple shares, this morning raised his price target on the stock to $635 from $620, in part on the debt issuance.
For Shope, it is a fairly straight forward exercise of factoring a greater amount of buybacks into his estimates:
Now with the benefit of the details on the actual debt raise, we update our
model to reflect the increase in funds and more front-end weighted share buyback activity. We now assume the company repurchases $39 billion of stock in FY2014 (from $34 billion previously), $26.05 billion in FY2015 (from $16.85 billion) and $8 billion in FY2016 (from $16.85 billion). Under our updated assumptions, we model Apple to have distributed a cumulative total of close to $130.0 billion to shareholders by end of CY2015, with $90.0 billion in share buybacks and $38.30 billion in dividends.
Shope raises his fiscal '14 estimates to $182.45 billion and $44.75 per share in net income, from a prior $182.03 billion and $44.70. He raises his fiscal '15 estimates to $205.08 billion and $53.64 per share from a prior $204.5 billion and $52.69.
However, not everyone is as heartened by the offering.
Bill Blain of Mint Partners, a division of boutique brokers BGC Brokers LP, this morning sent a missive to the faithful stating "Please forgive the following lecture on credit basics, but we really need to talk about the new Apple Bond."
Blain, after listing what he considers the obvious challenges to Apple's business — they need to produce a larger-screen phone, they need to sell more phones in China, etc. — concludes that there's no guarantee in the fast-moving tech world that Apple's business will be around to support five, ten, and thirty year bonds:
But, I can't buy bonds on the basis of equity risk. If I'm going to buy bonds, I have to assume the worst and work out how the worst is mitigated. My equity guys tell me to chill. Don't worry – Apple's just bursting with imagination and the next paradigm shifting product is just around the corner.
Hang on. Equity and credit are chalk and cheese. I'm a credit guy and I'm not in the business of lending Apple money on the basis they MIGHT have a succession of new products to ensure I get paid in 2044. Past performance is not a guide to the future. I want to see the evidence, the proofs, and the mitigants to make sure I'm going to get my cash back. Event risk can sink the credit of even the top names What is AA+ (Apple) today might be Ba1 (Sony) next year.
And I am concerned on the cash metrics. Is the CEO going to issue a bond to pay off every noisy hedge fund manager who wants part of Apple's cash pile? Apple has run up a substantial amount of debt – from zero in 2012 to somewhere North of 20% debt/equity in 2 years… What does that mean in terms of Apple bond supply? Not a penny of that dosh was used for anything except paying off stockholders.
If I am going to buy a Long Credit I want to know cash will be there when redemption day comes around. If it was something like a railway line or a manufacturer – I'd probably accept long dated debt by a well-run firm on the basis it's a long-term business and the assets will be there in 10-30 yrs time.
In Apple's case I have to look at the history of the sector. It's a fast moving rise and fall bear pit. The firms that led the world making Tech stuff 20-yrs ago don't lead today. (Where are IBM, Ericsson, Nokia, Dell, HP etc today?) The firms that remain don't make stuff, but provide the content, like Microsoft, Cisco and Oracle. Hard Tech is littered with firms that shone brightly, fizzled and went out.
Short product cycles don't lend themselves to long-term debt.
The average Apple product is a thing of beauty and superb design. But it only lasts a few years before it obsolete and the next one beckons. Everyone else in the techy gadget space wants to be in the Apple space which makes innovation, style and design incredibly competitive. At the moment, the past of next paradigm seems to be on the faces of Google's Glassholes.
And there is fashion. My kids don't want their old I-Phones replaced by new ones, they want Samsungs. I want a Samsung or whatever else in hot at the end of this contract. I ain't buying a new I-Pad till it comes with a device that can type what I'm thinking.. My son is furious his old I-Pad won't load the latest software upgrade, so he dumped it completely.
Listen to what your kids tell you. They don't wan't to go into Apple Shops any more. They don't think they are trendy.. and if you are over 30 you simply come out feeling humiliated.
So, would I be a buyer of Apple bonds? Perhaps. But long-term? Not so sure…


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Research in Motion (RIMM) are down
$2.31, or 16.4%, at $11.82 $2.89, or 20.5%, at $26.56, reversing gains of 5% or more last night, following the company's fiscal Q3 beat, but also a new strategy for RIM's subscriber business that has plenty of sell-side analysts worried this morning.
At issue were remarks by CEO Thorsten Heins last night indicating a new approach to the services business, whereby some customers will not pay any money if they use a more basic selection of RIM's network service with their BlackBerry.
What Heins said was,
We will position BlackBerry Enterprise Service as the leading cross-platform enterprise mobile device management service, and continue to invest and grow its capabilities. Subscribers that require enhanced services, including advanced security, mobile device management, and other services, are expected to continue to generate monthly service revenue. Other subscribers, who do not utilize such services, are expected to generate less or no service revenue. However, I want to be very clear on this. Service revenues are not going away, but our business model and service offerings are going to evolve. Our vision is to position BlackBerry as the clear leader in the enterprise mobility market.
Those remarks, and other comments on the call, are being taken as a new approach the analysts are calling "tiered" services.
The concern that such a strategy may lead to erosion of RIM's subscriber revenue, which has been perceived by some as the company's best revenue stream, is presently overshadowing the commercial debut of the new BB10 software for BlackBerry on January 30th.
The decline of one million subscribers from Q2 to Q3, from 80 million to 79 million, didn't help, either.
The stock got one downgrade, that I can see, from CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets's Avi Silver, who cut his rating to Sell from Underperform, while maintaining an $8.75 price target, writing "the other shoe drops":
RIMM's business model is being challenged by operators that are unwilling to both subsidize devices aggressively and hand over a slice of their data revenue. Significant pressure on its high-margin revenue stream is likely to weigh on earnings and cashflow for an extended period of time, more than offsetting any benefit from selling higher-end devices (to whatever extent they can be successful at $500+ initial ASP) […] We estimate RIMM's services revenue accounts for 80-90% of its gross profit dollars today (hardware gross profits are roughly breakeven). While management did not address specifics about the potential magnitude and timing of the drop-off in services revenue, the commentary signaled clear caution on this high-margin revenue stream for both the consumer and enterprise markets for BB10 […] For BB10, the impact will be felt most for BIS users (consumer, prosumer, small businesses). BES users (enterprise) will also be impacted to some degree but they tend to represent a smaller percentage of the mix and RIMM may have some success over time in generating revenue from its BES user base directly.