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Verrazano is the heavy favorite for the Tampa Bay Derby. (Photo courtesy of Joe DiOrio)
By Ellis Starr – National Racing Analyst for Equibase
The 33rd running of the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) turns up the heat on aspiring 3-year-olds on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, no more so than on a number who have yet to earn significant points in the new scoring system. With 50 points to the winner of this race, the Tampa Bay Derby becomes an even more important race than in years past and could be the steppingstone to big things on the way to the big dance in eight weeks. Although unproven in stakes competition, Verrazano leads the field in terms of the press he's received following powerful victories in his two career races, the most recent by the vast margin of 16 ¼ lengths. Of those proven at the stakes level, Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) winner Falling Sky has to be given the most respect, with a win on this track and a 3-for-4 record in his career to date. Beaten by a neck in the Sam F. Davis, Dynamic Sky is another rapidly improving sophomore with a significant shot at winning, as is recent Hutcheson Stakes (G3) winner Honorable Dillon. Purple Egg won the Inaugural Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in December and remains undefeated in three races, but he has had setbacks in preparation for his 3-year-old debut. Eton Blue was impressive in victory in January before a second-place finish behind runaway winner Verrazano last month. Java's War won the Sunday Silence Stakes last summer and returns from a 3-month layoff so he could be a bit short of ready to tackle these. Park City and Offlee Fast try stakes competition for the first time but both ran very well recently in allowance company and be up to the task at this level.
Dynamic Sky returned to the races in January following two months off and won the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs with a then-career-best 96 Equibase Speed Figure before stepping up his game to earn a new career-best 100 figure when beaten by a neck by Falling Sky in the Sam F. Davis Stakes last month. Last fall, Dynamic Sky proved to be a top-quality athlete when he finished second in the Breeders' Futurity (G1) at the 1 1/16-mile distance of the Tampa Bay Derby. A horse's third race off a layoff can often be a peak effort and he gets the services of red-hot Joel Rosario for the first time, thus Dynamic Sky appears to be a top contender to win this race.
Honorable Dillon will run in a two-turn race for the first time in the Tampa Bay Derby, but as a son of Tapit he should have no issues with the distance. Having earned a 95 Equibase Speed Figure when winning the Hutcheson Stakes last month, Honorable Dillon also is on a pattern for improvement in his third start off a layoff. With a ground-saving inside post and probability of a much easier early pace in this longer race than he faced in the Hutcheson, Honorable Dillon could be a strong factor in the stretch to win his second graded stakes race in a row and earn 50 valuable Road to the Kentucky Derby points.
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Falling Sky did everything right when leading from start to finish last month in the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, earning a career-best 100 Equibase Speed Figure. Being his first race around two turns he had every right to be a bit short of 100% fit, but Falling Sky certainly was impressive as he controlled the tempo and held Dynamic Sky safe by a neck at the finish line. Although he led from start to finish in the Sam F. Davis, Falling Sky may need to return to the off-the-pace running style used in his two previous victories as it probable that speedy Offlee Fast will dictate the pace. With improving to do in his second start off a layoff and with the 100 Equibase Speed Figure more than competitive with the other contenders in this race, Falling Sky might take another important 3-year-old stakes race and stamp himself a significant contender for the Kentucky Derby.
Verrazano admittedly was very impressive winning by more than 16 lengths last month and earning a field-high and career-best 103 Equibase Speed Figure, particularly since his initial win by 7 3/4 lengths also was noteworthy. However, how fast a horse runs isn't the only key to success. Factors such as experience and the ability to take on different distances and surfaces come into play over a horse's 3-year-old campaign. For example, Verrazano tries two turns for the first time in the Tampa Bay Derby, whereas four of his opponents already have shown they can run well at the distance and three other entrants have run well to be first or second on the Tampa Bay Downs main track. Expected to be the prohibitive favorite based on the impressiveness of those two wins, there's little doubt Verrazano has the physical ability to remain unbeaten, but just the same from a betting perspective there's little reason to wager on a horse doing something for the first time at very low odds.
The rest of the field (with their best representative Equibase Speed Figure): Eton Blue (88), Java's War (94), Offlee Fast (94), Park City (91) and Purple Egg (97).
My Selections:
Dynamic Sky
Honorable Dillon
Falling Sky
$350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2)
Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, Race 10, 5:15 p.m. EST
3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles (dirt)
Horse |
Jockey |
Weight |
Trainer |
1 |
Eton Blue (KY) |
J. Bravo |
118 |
N P Zito |
2 |
Purple Egg (KY) |
E. Trujillo |
118 |
J Cibelli |
3 |
Honorable Dillon (KY) |
C.J. Lanerie |
122 |
E Kenneally |
4 |
Java's War (KY) |
W. Martinez |
122 |
K G McPeek |
5 |
Dynamic Sky (ON) |
J. Rosario |
118 |
M E Casse |
6 |
Verrazano (KY) |
J.R. Velazquez |
118 |
T A Pletcher |
7 |
Offlee Fast (KY) |
J.Z. Santana |
118 |
R Pellegrini |
8 |
Park City (FL) |
E.S. Prado |
118 |
T A Pletcher |
9 |
Falling Sky (PA) |
J.L. Espinoza |
122 |
J P Terranova II |


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Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. March 15, 2008.- We need to target the causes and risk factors for violence and traffic injuries. Director's Speech at the inauguration ceremony at the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion.
Building concrete, viable outputs and constructive proposals for injury prevention and safety promotionWe need to target the causes and risk factors for violence and traffic injuriesMerida, Yucatan, Mexico Director's Speech, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago.Ministers and Delegates, Thank you Madam Ivonne Arancely Ortega Pacheco, Governor of Yucatán, for your hospitality, the wonderful supper at that venerable mansion, which gave us an opportunity to enjoy the cuisine and artistic culture of the Yucatan. We recognize your commitment to the sustainable development of your state and your deep interest in the topic that concerns us. Furthermore, we must mention your leadership and congratulate you as the first woman governor and the youngest person to hold this office, following the most participatory election with the highest turnout ever. We wish you a successful administration. My special thanks to you, Dr. José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, for your decision to convene this meeting of Ministers of Health of the Americas. Not only have you been generous in inviting each and every one of your colleagues, but you have put all of your efforts into guaranteeing the preparations for this meeting. I am certain that your efforts will be reflected in concrete, viable outputs and constructive proposals, so that programs for the prevention of intentional and unintentional injuries will increase in our countries. Thank you, Secretary of Health of Yucatán, Dr. Álvaro Augusto Quijano Vivas, for your constant dedication to the organization of this meeting, your concern, and your efforts. I would like to thank each and every one of the Ministers or delegates present for their efforts to be here in this welcoming city of Mérida, so near to the ruins of the Mayan civilization, so rich in lessons of all types. Our recognition and gratitude also to Dr. Etienne Krug and his colleagues at WHO, who have promoted this regional ministerial encounter and the 9th World Conference to be inaugurated morning, for this collective achievement in which the staff of the PAHO Representative Office in Mexico and our Headquarters in Washington, D.C. have worked together as one. Challenge and opportunity to make progress toward the political decisions of the region For the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization, this first ministerial meeting that we are holding in our Hemisphere on the issue of violence and injury prevention is both a challenge and an opportunity to make progress toward the political decisions that must be made to prevent greater suffering, pain, and poverty, since the poorest people are the most affected, with a significant deterioration in their quality of life or the loss of their very lives; decisions that also must be taken to identify immediate measures to advance in the prevention of injuries. Let me reiterate PAHO/WHO's commitment, made some time ago, to promote the prevention of injuries of every type. There is no need to describe in detail the different resolutions of the World Health Assembly of WHO or the Directing Council of PAHO, which for more than a decade have reiterated the need to target the causes and risk factors for violence and traffic injuries, just as we do for other types of health problems, but I do invite you to review the commitments we have made in them. In those resolutions and in documents, guidelines, and educational materials published by WHO and PAHO and widely distributed, there is sufficient information on what we must do within the sector and with other sectors. Let me point out the World Report on Violence and Health (WHO, 2002) and the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (WHO and World Bank 2004), which we have used and turned into working tools with you and Ministers of other sectors: transport, police, safety, education, public works, as well as mayors, academics, nongovernmental organizations, communities, the media-- in short, all those who in one way or another must make a commitment to preventing injuries. There are many more documents, but I do not believe it necessary to mention them all. Besides, I know that Etienne is going to mention one of the recent ones, the Preventing Injuries and Violence: A Guide for Ministries of Health, so I will not linger here. I would like to point out that in Resolution CD44/15 of 2003 Impact of Violence on the Health of the Populations in the Americas, the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization reinforced what it had declared in years previous about violence as a public health priority. This Resolution gave new mandates to PAHO and the member countries, ratifying the content of other, earlier resolutions. Public health is joint action by the State and civil society In all our documents we state that intentional and unintentional injuries are a public health problem, not only because of the high burden of injured people who must be treated in health facilities, but primarily, because the prevention of anything that jeopardizes the development, health, and well-being of individuals and the community is a public health responsibility. Public health is joint action by the State and civil society to protect and improve the health of people. It is an interdisciplinary social practice. Violence, injuries, and insecurity are challenges, because like other social determinants, they also affect the health and well-being of the population. These problems, though not new, are understood as new challenges that individually and collectively affect the population. Violence is the expression of a relationship in which the conflict that precedes it, either family, interpersonal, social, or political, has not been resolved, and the actors opt for aggression. It is of interest in this context to note that the specific area to which I am referring is Social Violence-that is, violence that destroys social harmony, the tolerance of differences, the right to enjoy public spaces, and that occurs in the family, society, the street, or public or private institutions. Violence and insecurity threaten the people's development, diminish the quality of life, and erode the social fabric. The Region of the Americas is one of the regions that suffers the most from violence, with a major negative impact in the countries most affected, with an estimated 110,000 people murdered and over 55,000 suicides each year. Women and children are the victims of domestic violence, young people are both victims and perpetrators in street violence; sexual violence impacts the physical and psychological health of those who experience it; in short, there is a broad and recognized spectrum of negative consequences that must be addressed and prevented. In addition to the impact on the physical, psychological, or sexual health of the victims, social and interpersonal violence has a social impact and affects development. Insecurity has a serious impact on health. In terms of economics, violence and injuries increase the costs of productive activities, reduce the possibilities of external investment, and decrease the social profitability of capital. With regard to the social structure, violence produces and inflicts harm by promoting behaviors and attitudes that undermine the foundations and principles of harmony and conflict resolution and destroy social capital. Social ethics, the ethics of respect for the rights of others, or what Savater defines as the "search to improve the people in their relations with others" , are seriously undermined, especially in countries where the levels of violence are high and their expressions are multiple and daily. Domestic violence erodes the environment that has always been considered the safest in society, with members united by love, respect, and protection. Violence in the family and community causes aggressive behavior and is perpetuated in the next generation. Violence continues to critically affect the populations of certain countries in the Region, despite the interest of their governments and society to diminish it. Homicides have increased in several countries, with men under 35 the most affected group; in Colombia, however, homicides fell 40% between 2001 and 2006. The percentage of women who at some time in their life are victims of violence perpetrated by their partner in all the countries ranges from 10% to 60%. Youth violence caused by gangs has spread throughout the Region, with El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and the United States particularly affected. As to traffic injuries, nearly 130,000 deaths occur per year in the Americas, with more than 1,200,000 people injured and thousands disabled as a result of collisions, crashes, or pedestrian accidents. The principal risk factors are: driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding, and failure to respect traffic regulations, risks that fall under the concept of citizen culture. These are aggressive social behaviors that put public harmony, life, and safety in jeopardy. Other behaviors, such as low use of seat belts and helmets and poor or inadequate road and vehicle maintenance complete the scenario. Road safety The persistence of poor road safety conditions results in risk to all forms of locomotion but above all, for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. New proposals and interventions are needed to make safer, more equitable traffic environments. In many countries, the growing use of motorcycles, not only for private transportation but for transporting and distributing goods, is contributing to an increase in death and injury. Countries such as Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, the United States, Canada, Colombia, and Cuba have adopted policies that have led to a reduction in mortality from traffic accidents. The costs to society in general, families, and the health sector in particular are especially high. Nevertheless, even though there is widespread consensus that the majority of these situations are preventable; the lack of sustained and appropriately financed public policies with proposals backed by evidence of what works and what doesn't makes it more difficult to achieve a visible and permanent impact.. Public policies on injuries from external causes and safety In order to design public policies on injuries from external causes and safety, we must recognize the magnitude of the problem, make it a matter of public concern, and turn it into a key item on government agendas. We have made progress in this regard. Joint projects with the CDC in several countries confirm this. I believe that El Salvador's model Information System on Injuries from External Causes (SILEX) is a demonstration of this. Furthermore, with the Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence, comprised of several international institutions and agencies, we have set up Observatories of Violence and Injuries from External Causes in several countries, a process that is expanding and which I wish to strengthen. Reliable, timely, and representative information on the situation is needed in both the national and municipal area. It is hoped that every effort in that direction will consider the need to standardize the work of the different public and private sector entities as a guarantee of their representativeness and integrate all their systems that are still separate, for that is what hinders the analysis. I know that we are not starting from scratch. I know that there is progress in your countries. In fact, at this meeting we will hear examples of successful activities that are under way in various latitudes of our Americas. This is very exciting. There are many things that the Ministries of Health can and should do both in their own areas and in the intersectoral work that injury prevention demands. We have always said that the prevention of violence and injuries requires an intersectoral approach; it is eminently a collective work involving many sectors. We might say that we are facing another epidemic that is not eliciting the same intense response as, justly, have others like avian flu or HIV/AIDS, or the yellow fever outbreak in some South American countries. I must stress that, okay, we must give our attention to those critical issues, but what concerns me is the lack of proportion between the investment and the magnitude of the problem. The potential years of life lost from intentional and unintentional injuries exceed those from other health problems, because they largely affect young people and adults in their most productive years. Investing in injury prevention is profitable. We must continue and delve deeper into analyses by sex and age. We know that it is women who primarily suffer domestic or partners violence; young men who die the most from homicide or traffic accidents; and girls and adolescents who are the most exposed to abuse and sexual violence. In addition, our work can and should concentrate on fighting for inclusion, on building a sense of community, on improving relations with others, on strengthening civic culture and solidarity with the victims of any type of injury, wherever they are. The definition of priorities is based on: PAHO contributes to injury reduction by promoting the adoption of strategies and lines of action designed by mutual consent with authorities and communities. Its role is to: Declaration of Merida [Spanish] (389.42 kB) The Declaration of Mérida has been drafted in consultation with all the countries, which have made valuable contributions and suggestions. Its signature will be a historic moment in the commitment of the Ministers of Health of the Americas and the beginning of a new stage of effort and energy to tackle this enormous problem that affects the health, well-being, and harmonious survival of society as a whole. |
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Hi. Been lurking for a while and first post so go easy
In the process of redoing our ensuite bathroom. Plan on installing in floor heating (cables), then cover with slc and finally install a shower base from Acritec Now the questions For in the floor heating. I want to apply the primer, the lay the cable and the poor the slc all on the same day. My question is about how effective or risk of applying the primer and then walking on it thru the cable installation. Any concerns on reducing its effectiveness or tips? For the slc. Should I use it under the shower base or build a dam that will come up to the edge of the base and rest the base on the sub floor. Height and plumbing are not concerns. Another question I have is how close to the toilet drain should I get with the slc. There's a small gap between the subfloor and the drain and obviously don't want the slc getting in there. But I want the flange when I install it to rest on the slc/tile. For the base. I want to provide some support under it and seems that there is two approaches. Mortar mix or silicone. If I go with mortar mix, I would lay down some poly, and make 4 to 6 piles and set it. It seems that some people also put a layer of poly on top of the mortar to prevent leaching from the mortar to the white acrylic base. Do you think I should put poly on top of the mortar - thoughts, experience or issues? Regarding the using silicone under the base for support, any experience or thoughts? Thanks in advance. Dwayne |
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Bathroom project: in floor heating, slc and shower base
Thanks for the great questions here at the DIY forum You start by offering a little more info on the Setting materials that your going to be using and the brand of heat floor heating. I'll start by showing you a photo of how you can mock a room so you dont lose your SLC... make mock baseboard, use scrap felt paper around the toilet flange with a little silicone, make threshholds at doorways etc... If your looking for better support under the shower base, get in from underneath and add blocking or build up with plywood on the top side. A thin layer of SLC won't offer additional support to a structure. |
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UILocalNotification Class Reference
Instances of UILocalNotification
represent notifications that an application can schedule for presentation to its users at specific dates and times. The operating system is responsible for delivering the notification at the proper time; the application does not have to be running for this to happen. Although local notifications are similar to remote notifications in that they are used for displaying alerts, playing sounds, and badging application icons, they are composed and delivered locally and do not require connection with remote servers.
Local notifications are primarily intended for applications with timer-based behaviors and simple calendar or to-do list applications. Applications that run in the allowed period in the background may also present a local notification, scheduled or immediate, to inform the user of an incoming message, chat, or update. An application can have only a limited number of scheduled notifications; the system keeps the soonest-firing 64 notifications (with automatically rescheduled notifications counting as a single notification) and discards the rest
When you create a local notification, you must specify when the system should deliver the notification. You can qualify this "fire date" (fireDate
) with a time zone so that the fire date is adjusted when time-zone changes occur. You can also specify a repeat interval (daily, weekly, monthly, and so on). The substance of the notification can be an alert message or an application-icon badge number; you can also request that sound be played when alert messages are displayed. Local notifications can include custom data stored in a dictionary. Because UILocalNotification
adopts the NSCopying
protocol, you can copy existing local notifications and modify them to suit.
Once you have created an instance of UILocalNotification
, you schedule it using one of two methods of the UIApplication
class: scheduleLocalNotification:
or presentLocalNotificationNow:
. The former method use the fire date to schedule delivery; the latter method presents the notification immediately, regardless of the value of fireDate
. You can cancel specific or all local notifications by calling cancelLocalNotification:
or cancelAllLocalNotifications
, respectively.
When the system delivers a local notification, several things can happen, depending on the application state and the type of notification. If the application is not frontmost and visible, the system displays the alert message, badges the application, and plays a sound—whatever is specified in the notification. If the notification is an alert and the user taps the action button (or, if the device is locked, drags open the action slider), the application is launched. In the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
method the application delegate can obtain the UILocalNotification
object from the passed-in options dictionary by using the UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocalNotificationKey
key. The delegate can inspect the properties of the notification and, if the notification includes custom data in its userInfo
dictionary, it can access that data and process it accordingly. On the other hand, if the local notification only badges the application icon, and the user in response launches the application, the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
method is invoked, but no UILocalNotification
object is included in the options dictionary.
If the application is foremost and visible when the system delivers the notification, no alert is shown, no icon is badged, and no sound is played. However, the application:didReceiveLocalNotification:
is called if the application delegate implements it. The UILocalNotification
instance is passed into this method, and the delegate can check its properties or access any custom data from the userInfo
An application is responsible for managing the badge number displayed on its icon. For example, if a text-messaging application processes all incoming messages after receiving a local notification, it should remove the icon badge by setting the applicationIconBadgeNumber
property of the UIApplication
object to 0.
Scheduling a Local Notification
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The title of the action button or slider.
Assign a string or, preferably, a localized-string key (using NSLocalizedString
) as the value. The alert action is the title of the right button of the alert or the value of the unlock slider, where the value replaces "unlock" in "slide to unlock". If you specify nil
, and alertBody
is non-nil
, "View" (localized to the preferred language) is used as the default value.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
The message displayed in the notification alert.
Assign a string or, preferably, a localized-string key (using NSLocalizedString
) as the value of the message. If the value of this property is non-nil
, an alert is displayed. The default value is nil
(no alert). Printf style escapes are stripped; to include a percent symbol (%) in the message, use two percent symbols (%%).
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
Identifies the image used as the launch image when the user taps (or slides) the action button (or slider).
The string is a filename of an image file in the application bundle. This image is a launching image specified for a given notification; when the user taps the action button (for example, "View") or moves the action slider, the image is used in place of the default launching image. If the value of this property is nil
(the default), the system either uses the previous snapshot, uses the image identified by the UILaunchImageFile
key in the application's Info.plist
file, or falls back to Default.png
The value of this key has the exact same semantics as UILaunchImageFile
. For more about this key, see the Information Property List Key Reference.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
The number to display as the application's icon badge.
The default value is 0, which means that no badge is displayed.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
The date and time when the system should deliver the notification.
The fire date is interpreted according to the value specified for timeZone
. If the specified value is nil
or is a date in the past, the notification is delivered immediately.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
Declared In
A Boolean value that controls whether the notification shows or hides the alert action.
Assign NO
to this property to hide the alert button or slider. (This effect requires alertBody
to be non-nil
.) The default value is YES
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
See Also
Declared In
The calendar the system should refer to when it reschedules a repeating notification.
The default value is nil, which indicates that the current user calendar is used. (The current user calendar is returned by the currentCalendar
class method of NSCalendar
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
Declared In
The calendar interval at which to reschedule the notification.
If you assign an calendar unit such as weekly (NSWeekCalendarUnit
) or yearly (NSYearCalendarUnit
), the system reschedules the notification for delivery at the specified interval. The default value is 0, which means don't repeat.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
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The name of the file containing the sound to play when an alert is displayed.
For this property, specify the filename (including extension) of a sound resource in the application's main bundle or UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName
to request the default system sound. When the system displays an alert for a local notification or badges an application icon, it plays this sound. The default value is nil
(no sound). Sounds that last longer than 30 seconds are not supported. If you specify a file with a sound that plays over 30 seconds, the default sound is played instead.
For information on valid sound resources, see "Scheduling, Registering, and Handling Notifications" in Local and Push Notification Programming Guide.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
Declared In
The time zone of the notification's fire date.
The date specified in fireDate
is interpreted according to the value of this property. If you specify nil
(the default), the fire date is interpreted as an absolute GMT time, which is suitable for cases such as countdown timers. If you assign a valid NSTimeZone
object to this property, the fire date is interpreted as a wall-clock time that is automatically adjusted when there are changes in time zones; an example suitable for this case is an an alarm clock.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
Declared In
A dictionary for passing custom information to the notified application.
You may add arbitrary key-value pairs to this dictionary. However, the keys and values must be valid property-list types; if any are not, an exception is raised.
- Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
Declared In
Notification Sound
The default system sound for local notifications.
UIKIT_EXTERN NSString *const UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
Identifies the default system sound to play when a notification alert is displayed. You assign this value to the
property.Available in iOS 4.0 and later.
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I managed to purchace a new Computer PSU to convert, this one has a nice jucy 5V at 30A! and 12V at 21A!
I also managed to get a 30A panel Ammeter Yay!
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The thing is that the OUTPUT of the Power supply is not at 120 volts. So the amperage can be boosted as the voltage is dropped.
Basically if you cut the voltage in half with a transformer you necessarily increase the amperage by a factor of 2. A mathematician would say they are dependent variables.
The Orange light is the mains on light
The large toggleswitch is the mains on/off
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My two Maltese pups dressed up with an "eggs & bacon" theme this year. This is their second halloween and they are excited to go trick-or-treating! Thier costumes actually have meaning - Baylie is afraid of everything, so she went as a "chicken," while Kaidee always secretly eats Baylie's food, like a "pig!" This picture is a copy of the Halloween card I designed in PowerPoint and mailed to friends/family.
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This week I attended a night photography class in King George Square in Brisbane City. Above is one of my favourite shots. I've posted my other favourites on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/awhisperer/sets/72157623265937036/
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Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies
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Fear Factor: Harassment Hurts
The effect of bullying goes beyond simple schoolyard scuffles to cause lasting emotional wounds.
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Last year, Lakeside Middle School, in Millville, New Jersey, received disturbing news: It had been added to the state's list of "persistently dangerous" schools. The parents, staff, and students were stunned. None considered the school dangerous.
Though the community disagreed with the designation (which, the school believes, was the result of overreporting of school fights), it used the information as an opportunity to recommit parents, teachers, and students to stopping all forms of school violence.
Lakeside already had a successful Peace and Respect Initiative that offered special treats or class parties to students to keep the school fight free. Students were encouraged to report fights, rather than simply watch as students came to blows. But here was a chance to drill deeper into the issue of school safety. To help every student feel safe at school, Lakeside took on a precursor to fighting -- and one of the most serious behavior issues facing schools today: bullying.
"Our philosophy is not to dish out consequences in a vengeful way but to change the behavior of the bully," explains Vice Principal Tom Denning. Lakeside and the community launched a comprehensive program on bullying awareness and prevention. Using a federal grant from the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, the school implemented the Second Step violence-prevention program, which includes bullying intervention as a key component.
For staff, the school began offering new courses and training in anger management, classroom discipline, and social and emotional learning. An on-staff mental health counselor worked with students and staff to teach them how to address behavior issues as they arise, rather than let them simmer until they explode.
Menace of the Meanies
Most adults remember their school bullies, often with visceral clarity. Every school has them. But whereas free-swinging kids once were shrugged off with limp phrases like "Boys will be boys," police investigations have disclosed that bullying is usually the root cause of school shootings.
Bullying seems alarmingly common. More than 16 percent of U.S. schoolchildren said they'd recently been bullied, according to a 2001 survey by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Some estimates are higher. In a 1999 survey of nearly 4,500 third graders in Maine by the Maine Project Against Bullying, 23 percent said they'd been threatened, 40 percent called hurtful names, and 38 percent hit, kicked, or pushed.
Bullying takes many forms: hitting, spreading rumors, name-calling, threats, and social isolation (see "Mean Girls," below). A bully usually chooses a weaker, smaller, or more sensitive student as a target. Kids who are perceived as "brains," or are disabled, gay or sexually ambivalent, new to the school or area, or different in some other way are typically picked on. Bullies often play to a group of bystanders; their goal is to create an imbalance of power by humiliating one child and gaining the "loyalty" of bystanders who want to avoid becoming the next victim.
Attitude Adjustments
Changing everyone's behavior is the crux of an effective bullying-prevention program, experts say. "A program cannot address only a few kids; it must be schoolwide," says William Lassiter of the Center for the Prevention of School Violence. "It must also reach into the community because bullying happens there as much as at school -- on the way home, in Little League, and at Boy Scouts."
And on the school bus. In February, a twelve-year-old boy in Florida was beaten up by six bullies during a bus ride. The incident was captured on a surveillance tape and made national news. But any kid will tell you that a lot of bullying occurs on the way to and from school. The bus, the walk home, and the cafeteria are also popular bully haunts -- places where adults typically don't see the offending behavior.
Any successful program on bullying prevention and awareness has to begin with education: Students, teachers, and parents need to know how to identify bullying and how destructive it is.
"From education, you have to move quickly to intervention," advises Chuck Saufler of the Maine Project Against Bullying. "Every adult who works in the school -- teachers, parent volunteers, food-service workers -- must be trained in how to intervene." Saufler suggests starting with a survey to find out when, where, and by whom bullying occurs.
But there's no quick fix. After education and intervention, the effort must be vigilant and ongoing. The end result is to change the culture of the school -- and to maintain that change -- so bullying isn't accepted.
"We have zero tolerance for bullying," says Denning. "We love the kids and we respect them and we don't turn our back on them. We have our eyes on the kids from the time they come in until the time they leave."
Bye-Bye, Bullies
One year after Lakeside was labeled "persistently dangerous," the school's efforts to educate the school community about the dangers of bullying are paying off. The school is no longer labeled as dangerous, and parents, teachers, and students see a change in the school culture.
Christi Finney's daughter, a student at Lakeside, offers a good example. "Whitney might be susceptible to bullying," her mom says, "because she's different. She has Down syndrome. But the kids here know her and look out for her. I think that's because of the character education."
Two new programs this year extend the school's efforts. Lakeside principal Kevin Laughlin will join with principals throughout the district in a program sponsored by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office of Biased Crimes. Together they'll arrange workshops for teachers and students on bullying and sexual-harassment prevention. The school also participates in a national initiative called 15+ Make Time to Listen . . . Take Time to Talk. The program provides information about bullying and other child-development and safety issues. It also helps develop the tools necessary to communicate with children about what the program calls the "climate of fear created by bullying."
Janet Oliver, the mother of two Lakeside students, hopes that efforts to end bullying will make school a safer, more comfortable place for her children. "Aggression is part of life," says Oliver. "But we can teach our kids kinder ways of dealing with each other."
Christina Wood is a freelance writer living in North Carolina.
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Mean Girls
When girls bully, there may be no telltale bruises, but the damage is no less devastating to the victim. Just ask the tens of thousands of girls who are ostracized, ridiculed, and made to feel worthless every day by their peers.
Bullying by girls -- often called relational bullying -- is social rather than physical. The bully organizes a group to shun or punish one girl. The victim's classmates, not wanting to be the target themselves, follow the bully's lead, even though they may actually like the girl being snubbed.
"Adults often ignore this form of bullying or don't notice it," says Erica Dauber, communications director for the Ophelia Project, which is dedicated to creating a safe emotional climate in schools. But this type of behavior is very common. "We see it from infancy to the retirement home," says Dauber.
In kindergarten, a victim might be excluded from birthday parties. In middle school, she may be ridiculed and made to sit alone. In high school, the aggressor might spread rumors to isolate her target. At every age, it's traumatic for the victim. "It attacks basic self-esteem," says Dauber. "We hear a lot of suicide stories about victims. Girls need to feel they belong. If they don't get that from their peers, they need caring adults to turn to so they won't feel like, 'I want to die.'"
Independent filmmaker Roberta McMillan trained a camera on one case of relational bullying to show how damaging it can be when a girl feels she has nowhere to turn. "The bully doesn't see her victim as a person," says McMillan. "And she doesn't see the result of her actions."
Rats and Bullies, McMillan's film, focuses on the tragedy of Dawn-Marie Wesley of Mission, British Columbia. The fourteen-year-old was relentlessly tormented by former friends, and in despair she hung herself in her bedroom. A suicide note named her bullies. The case led to a significant court decision that found two of the bullies guilty of "uttering threats." By interviewing Dawn-Marie's brother, who found her body, her parents, now divorced, Dawn-Marie's best friend, who carries the guilt of not "ratting," and one of the bullies, who "never meant it to go that far," the film demonstrates that for girls, the social world is often their entire world. Without help, many cannot see past it. -- CW
This article originally published on 11/11/2004
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Words are Powerful
I commend the efforts of our educators who are creating awareness of bullying and the long-term impact in has on children. As a parent of a child who has been both a victim and an instigator of relational bullying, I fear that our efforts are not great enough and may not be as effective as we like to think.
Essentially, people feel empowered when they are the bully (and conversely, they feel oppressed when bullied). Simple reminders to my son about how he felt when he was the victim were not enough to stop his bullying behavior (which has not been effectively recognized by his teachers). Instead we are teaching him that the powereful feeling he gains from being a bully is fleeting and the consequences are negative (insincere loyalty from others based in fear, long-term labels as a bully, low self-esteem, etc). We also regularly tell him the words are powerful and the feelings that a person can invoke by saying positive things to others (I like what you did, good job!, I appreciate you, etc) can result in long-term positive consequences. Examples are solid friendships, being recognized as an upstanding and honest person, invitations to social events and activities, and awards and opportunities. And we point out these examples (both sides) often.
I believe that we need to teach our children not only what it means to be a bully, but also what it means and how much MORE powerful it is to do the right thing. We can do this by teaching parents how to be more positive with our children.
Mary Hanson
Anger Management
I was really intrigued that the school taught the teachers how to deal with bullying, and they provided anger management to the students. In the urban school that I teach in, there are plenty of fights and many cases of bullying almost daily. My special education students really struggle with controlling their anger, and it would be wonderful to teach them anger management. I think many of my students would benefit from that.
I think it is wonderful that
I think it is wonderful that children are learning anger management. Children need to know that it is normal to get upset; they just need to know how to deal with it. I think this is an area where most children could benefit from a program like this. I hope that eventually all schools will implement the Second Step violence-prevention program into their curriculum. This is not just a problem at low-income schools; this is a problem everywhere.
Resource of Interest
I enjoyed reading the above article and pleased that bullying was taken seriously and effective strategies put into place.
Would like to share an addiitonal resource: Quit it! A Teacher's Guide on Teasing and Bullying for use with students in grades K-3. Quit it! is a research-based approach using children's literature to combat teasing and bullying. Two accompanying CDs provide many tools useful for creating a school-wide Quit it! approach to addressing this growing problem.
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