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Friday Group Ride #111
I was sitting in my buddy Mike's office this morning talking about the weekend and a potential ride. There is a 100km brevet going off tomorrow afternoon, which is enticing but for the forecast of low 40s (F) and a probable rain/snow mix. For those of us who rode through an admittedly mild winter, an afternoon spinning through frigid precipitation is about as enticing as a long drink from a Belgian water fountain (see below).
It's time for the Belgian classics, but we're over crappy weather here.
That's when Mike said he was sick of everything being described as Belgian something-or-other, as in Belgian toothpaste (i.e. mud) or Belgian tan lines (i.e. legs coated in dust), etc., etc. You can make up your own versions of these too, for fun and entertainment.
Belgian car wash = mud puddle. Belgian pen = a pencil. Belgian water fountain = the spray off your buddy's rear wheel. Belgian mayonnaise = um…mayonnaise. Anyway, you get the point.
I said to Mike that I was sympathetic. I believe that wherever enough people are riding bikes there is enough cycling culture to stand on its own. We don't need, here in New England, to borrow all sorts of Euro-isms, because we have unique riding and weather conditions of our own.
We were Belgian, when Belgium wasn't cool.
But listen, I am NOT in favor of proscribing language. If people want everything to be Belgian or epic or PRO or whatever, it's not for me to tell them it shouldn't be. It's hard enough to express yourself while employing every bit of cliché or cultural shorthand at your disposal. Life has enough rules. Use whatever words you want.
We are lucky that cycling is rich in idiom. One of my favorites is the French expression for the bonk (itself a great term), which translates to 'the man with the hammer.' There are also the ones commentators come out with. I'm fond of Phil Liggett's description of a rider bridging across to a breakaway, "He's gone across like a flea jumping on a dog."
Hell, I even like some of the technical terms we use like torsional stiffness and vertical compliance. Or how about, brake chatter and chain slop?
This week's Group Ride is about cycling terms and expressions. What are your favorites? Which ones are you sick of? Make some up and share them with the group. Someone come up with a meaning for 'Luxembourg Handshake."
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On Monday, that collaboration came to life for the teachers' sixth period students. Pauline Quest's family and consumer science students split into four teams of chefs. Two teams competed on Monday, the others on Tuesday. The teams raced against the clock to create tasty and aesthetically pleasing dishes for their restaurants with recipes they created.
Chris Schraeder's language arts students tasted the food and served as critics. They will write a persuasive essay as to why people should or should not eat at the restaurants. Jim Nitz's computer application class created a web page for each restaurant. One restaurant each day will be crowned top chef by a judge's panel that included parents, administrators and local business leaders. The top website and top critique will also be chosen.
"The process forced us to look at ways to involve parents and community and staff and really make education very hands-on, applicable and a real world experience so we came up with this idea of how we can run the 'Top Chef,' " Quest said.
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Schraeder's students have spent much time preparing to write food critiques by reading pieces from professional authors and writers.
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Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.
Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.
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Recognizing common abbreviations is an important component to second grade language arts. Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide a great art lesson at the same time!
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- Go over this list of common abbreviations with your child:
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- Junior / Jr.
- Senior / Sr.
- Street / St.
- Road / Rd.
- (Days of the Week: Wednesday / Wed.)
- Tell your child that the abbreviation is actually "hiding" inside the word. Have your child trace over the letters in the word that spell its abbreviation. For example, in the word Mister, she traces over the capital M and the r with a crayon. In this way, the spelling of the abbreviation will stand out visually.
- Now, tell your child she will be making an abbreviation book. First, make the cover by folding the oak tag and in half and ask your child to decorate it. You can use your child's name, "Julie's Book of Abbreviation," for example.
- Fold the paper in half to make the pages of your book.
- On each page, have your child draw a picture associated with the abbreviated word and "hide" the abbreviation in the picture. For example, to illustrate the word Mister, your child could draw a picture of a man, and cleverly disguise the abbreviation "Mr." as the man's moustache. Allow your child to do some sketches first on a scrap piece of paper if shes wants. Encourage her to be creative and have fun with this art project. When she's all done illustrating, staple the pages inside the cover.
- Display the book in a prominent place where your child can refer to it.
Liana Mahoney is a National Board Certified elementary teacher, currently teaching a first and second grade loop. She is also a certified Reading Specialist, with teaching experience as a former high school English teacher, and early grades Remedial Reading.
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As many as 400 artists and craftspersons display and sell their original work amid a street festival atmosphere throughout Tempe's Mill Avenue District. A beloved, award-winning tradition, the event is the largest festival of its kind in the state of Arizona, hosting as many as 225,000 festival visitors.
Sunshine Artists Magazine (the leading publication for festival artists) ranked the Tempe Festivals of the Arts in the Top 200 fine art and fine craft festivals nationwide, based on artists' surveys of excellence!
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The Polly Crockett Festival will take place on September of 2012 in Cowan, Tennessee along Tennessee Ave.
This year the festival is bigger and better than previous years. Special attractions and events include: Live Entertainment on 2 Stages, Friday Night Movie in The Park "Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier", Leonard Brown's Antique Car Show, Kids Area includes: Davy's Create & Take, Davy's Adventure Zone, Polly's Play Park, Petting Zoo & Climbing Wall, Story Telling. A Living History of Tennessee has representation from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Civil War Cannoneers, storytelling, uniform exhibit and Skillet Toss Competition. Cowan Elementary students will be dressed in period costumes in the Cowan Railroad Park with their teacher Emily Ezell who will be churning butter and showcasing the Pioneer way of life.
Everyone is welcome to attend the Polly Crockett Festival. The Festival is open September 21st through 23rd. Friday's hours are 1:00PM until 6:00PM & Movie in the Park "Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier" beginning at 7:00 PM. Saturday's hours are 9:00 AM until 6:00 PM and Sunday's hours are 11:00AM until 4:00PM.
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text: Alexine Clement Jackson to Serve as Chair, Dorothy Paterson as Affiliate Representative DALLAS – May 22, 2009 – Alexine Clement Jackson of Washington, D.C., a longtime cancer advocate and 23-year breast cancer survivor, has been named to chair the board of directors of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world's largest breast cancer organization. Also joining Komen for the Cure's board of directors is Dorothy Slator Paterson of Houston, a strong advocate for breast cancer issues since her own breast cancer diagnosis eleven years ago.Jackson succeeds former U.S. Rep. Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr., as board chair, and Paterson succeeds Cheryl Jernigan as affiliate representative to the board. Bentsen's and Jernigan's terms have expired."Alexine is well-known and widely respected for her untiring service and advocacy on cancer issues, particularly in disparities in cancer treatment and the need for education, screening and quality care for all," said Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, founding chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "These are critical issues for Komen for the Cure going forward. We are so fortunate to have Alexine's energy, intelligence and passion in this critical role as board chair."Paterson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 and was still undergoing treatment when she and her family participated in their first Susan G. Komen Houston Race for the Cure®. She left her full-time job in 2000 to devote her time to breast cancer advocacy with both the Komen Houston Affiliate and Komen international programs. As affiliate representative to the board, Paterson will represent the interests of more than 120 Komen Affiliates in communities worldwide."Dorothy has seen first-hand the power of our Affiliates and the profound impact that Komen has on our communities," Brinker said. "She has been an invaluable asset to the Houston team, and we are delighted to bring her expertise as a representative for Komen Affiliates all around the world."Brinker thanked Bentsen and Jernigan for their distinguished service. "Ken provided tremendous leadership through a time of global growth for our organization," Brinker said. "Cheryl's insights were invaluable as we developed technologies and systems for better interactions between Komen headquarters and our Affiliates. We cannot thank them enough for all that they have done to advance our mission to end breast cancer on a global scale."Jackson and Paterson join Ambassador Brinker, Norman Brinker, Linda Custard, Aimee DiCicco, Brenda Lauderback, Connie O'Neill and Robert Taylor on the board. Alexine Clement Jackson BackgroundA 23-year breast cancer survivor, Jackson has been a long-time advocate and public spokesperson for cancer prevention, early detection and quality health care for all. She is a current board member and past chair of the Intercultural Cancer Council, an organization which addresses the unequal burden of cancer in racial, ethnic and other medically underserved populations. She is also a board member emerita of Prevent Cancer foundation (formerly Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation). Jackson is the immediate past president of Black Women's Agenda. She recently retired from the board of The National Museum of Women in the Arts after 12 years of service and is a recent past chair of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. Jackson served a five-year term as national board president of the YWCA of the USA, with which she was a member of the United States delegation to YWCA World Council meetings in Seoul, Korea, and Cairo, Egypt, and joined a 10-member World YWCA delegation for a fact-finding mission in the Middle East.Among the several special honors bestowed on Jackson are an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters from Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. (1998); 2006 Spirit of Civic Giving Award by The Community Foundation of the National Capital Region; 2005 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Service Award at the Martin Luther King International Breakfast; 2004 Community Service award (with husband) by the Interfaith Conference of Metro Washington; 2001 Community Service award by The Black Women's Agenda.Jackson is a magna cum laude graduate of Spelman College and has a Master of Arts in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Iowa. She is married to Aaron G. Jackson, M.D., a practicing urologist who recently retired as chief of the division of urology at Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C. They have five adult children (one son now deceased) and 11 grandchildren.Dorothy Slator Paterson BackgroundPaterson retired from her 21-year career as a geologist in the oil business to become a full-time breast health awareness advocate. She is a long-time volunteer for the Komen Houston Affiliate, having served in many roles including Race chair, pledge program chair, pink honor roll chair and top fundraising member as well as serving on the Affiliate's board of directors.Paterson has played an active role in expanding the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series globally by serving as international Race ambassador. In fall 2008, she witnessed history with 2,500 participants at the first Bosnia Race for the Cure®. She has been involved in planning new Komen Race events in the Republic of Georgia, Greece and Egypt. She also volunteers as a trainer for Komen headquarters teaching Race Training for Komen Affiliates. A passionate global ambassador, in 2007, Paterson was on the planning committee and was poster session chair for Komen's historic Global Advocate Summit held in Budapest, Hungary. She volunteers for several other organizations including M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council and the Pink Ribbons Project. Paterson has received several awards for her role as a breast cancer awareness advocate and community volunteer. Highlights include the President's Volunteer Service Award presented to her by President Bush in April 2005, Yoplait Champion Award in March 2006, and the Komen Houston Affiliate's Lifetime Achievement Award in May 2008. She is married to Malcolm and is the mother of college students Audrey and Andrew.


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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Microphones, 2008; courtesy the artist; © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Erwin Wurm, One Minute Sculptures (detail), 1997; thirty-two chromogenic prints; collection of the artist; photo: Kuzuyuki Matsumoto; © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VBK, Vienna
Lygia Clark, Diálogo: Óculos (Dialogue: Goggles), 1968; modified diving goggles, metal, and mirror; Clark Family Collection, Rio de Janeiro; photo: Eduardo Clark, courtesy "The World of Lygia Clark" Cultural Association; © 2008 "The World of Lygia Clark" Cultural Association
Jochen Gerz, The Gift, 2000; digital photography studio, production lab, digital pigment prints, and newspaper advertisements; installation view at Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporain, Tourcoing, France, 2000; photo: courtesy the artist; © 2008 Jochen Gerz and Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, Germany
Matthias Gommel, Delayed, 2002; installation view at Klangriffe Festival, Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, 2003; courtesy the artist; photo: courtesy the artist; © 2008 Matthias Gommel
Abramović / Ulay, Imponderabilia (photographic documentation), 1977; performance at the Galleria Communale d'Arte, Bologna, Italy, 1977, courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery, New York; photo: Giovanna dal Magro; © 2008 Marina Abramović and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany
Francis Alÿs (in collaboration with Rafael Ortega), Re-enactments (video still), 2001; Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery, New York; photo: courtesy the artist; © 2008 Francis Alÿs
Looking back nearly 60 years across a wide spectrum of genres and media, this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public as essential collaborators in the art-making process. Works by more than 40 artists will be on view, from early performance and conceptual pieces by such pioneers as John Cage, Lygia Clark, Dan Graham, and Hans Haacke to contemporary projects by Jochen Gerz, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Erwin Wurm, among others. Encompassing restagings of historic installations as well as new commissions that invite your direct participation, the exhibition will change in form and content as you and other visitors contribute — either at the museum or online.
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Performance | 4'33" by John Cage | 11/08/08 - 02/08/09 |
Opening Day Exhibition Spotlight | Panel Discussion: Open Works | 11/08/08 |
D-Space Production | Project Lessons: A D-Space Preview | 11/08/08 |
West Coast Premiere Film Screening | Seven Easy Pieces | 11/08/08 |
Performance | The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends Is the Highest Form of Art | Multiple Dates |
Screening | Entrance Strategies | 01/15/09 |
Closing Ceremony | Ant Farm Media Van v.08 (Time Capsule) | 01/29/09 |
Performance | Automatic for the People: ( ) | 02/07/09 |
Panel Discussion | Social Practice West | 02/07/09 |
Special Event | Jochen Gerz, The Gift | 02/08/09 |
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Daily Video Screenings | Ant Farm: Early Underground Adventures with Space, Land, and Time | 11/08/08 - 02/08/09 |
Daily Video Screenings | The World of Lygia Clark | 11/08/08 - 02/08/09 |
Daily Video Screenings | A Tribute to John Cage | 11/08/08 - 02/08/09 |
Daily Video Screenings | The Misfits: 30 Years of Fluxus | 11/09/08 - 02/08/09 |
Free Tuesday Screening | Gordon Matta-Clark: Food | 02/03/09 |
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Cell Phone Audio Tour | The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now | 11/08/08 - 02/08/09 |
This exhibition presents a selection of journals that traveled the world as they were passed from stranger to stranger or left in public spaces. The journals accumulated a rich tapestry of stories, drawings, and personal reflections along their journeys.
The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition is generously funded by The James Irvine Foundation and SFMOMA's Collectors Forum. Additional support is provided by Goethe-Institut San Francisco. Media support is provided by The Examiner and SFExaminer.com.
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Today, Adele Stan uncovers another example of a big employer trying to bully their employees into voting for Mitt Romney. We've seen a number of these stories in the last few weeks, as one company after another sends out notices to their workers saying, Hey, we're not telling you whom to vote for or anything, but if that socialist Barack Obama gets elected, we might have to fire you. The twist in this case is that the company, home improvement retailer Menards, is using an online "civics" course as its means of persuasion. Employees who take the "voluntary" (which means you don't have to take it, but your bosses are keeping account of who did and who didn't) course are fed a bucket of anti-Obama propaganda.
As this kind of thing becomes more common, there are a couple of things to remember.
If you want to know what's different about Florida, both in general and in this election cycle, just ask Jose Lopez. The organizer and leader of a laundry workers' union that's part of the Service Employees International Union, Lopez has been walking precincts as part of SEIU's campaign to re-elect President Obama since mid-summer. One day, as he was chatting with an elderly man on his doorstep, his canvassing partner interrupted and asked Lopez, "How much do you know about snakes?" A rather large snake, it seems, had slithered between Lopez's legs.
The elderly gentleman, who, like hundreds of thousands of new Florida voters, had migrated from Puerto Rico to the Orlando metropolitan area, excused himself, returned carrying a machete and proceeded to hack the snake not entirely to death. "The machete was too dull," says Lopez, shaking his head. "He ended up just beating that poor snake to death with that thing."
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Soren Norris is pretty sure he's just been spouse-blocked.
Norris, a canvasser for Working America, the AFL-CIO's community affiliate, is walking away from a door that's been slammed in his face by a rotund man in a polo shirt and khakis at the mention of Ohio's incumbent Democratic senator, Sherrod Brown. He explains the phenomenon, common enough in this politically divided state to have been given a name by political professionals. "It's when you want to talk to one, and the other one won't let you talk to them. She might have been in the back. Who knows?" Norris shrugs off the encounter and is soon off to the next house on his list. He and his team of canvassers need to knock on 3,500 doors in Cuyahoga Falls, a city 45 minutes south of Cleveland, tonight—T-minus 25 days until Election Day in Ohio.
It's no secret that every four years, in the full flush of autumn glory, this state becomes the prettiest girl at the Electoral College party. Pundits hang on her every anecdotal word, and pollsters won't stop calling. For both candidates, Ohio's the closest thing there is to a must-win. Obama for America has spent $54 million on ad buys here, and the Romney campaign has spent $55 million. You can't turn on the television without seeing Barack Obama's ears or Mitt Romney's hair; the radio is awash in spots parodying the candidates to sell cars. For many Ohioans at this point, political ads have become white noise, making grassroots get-out-the vote efforts all the more crucial in the race's final days.
The former presidential candidate challenged the country he loved while firmly embracing its people.
George McGovern, the former Senator from South Dakota and 1972 Democratic candidate for president who died Sunday at the age of 90, was perhaps the greatest exponent of an alternative American patriotism of the end of the 20th century. In this respect, McGovern's predecessors were men and women like Jane Addams, W.E.B. Dubois, and William James. Historian Jonathan Hansen has described this critical patriotism well as the "claim that critical engagement with one's country constitutes the highest form of love." The critical patriot rejects the conventional patriot's belief that loyalty to the state and, especially, to its military aims should be reflexive and unconditional. Critical patriotism fears that the patriotism of flag pins and yellow ribbons is, as Todd Gitlin has written, "affirmed too easily."
The National Hockey League's low-ball contract offer could cost a lot of games, and a lot of communities their seasonal income.
The National Hockey League's low-ball contract offer could cost a lot of games, and a lot of communities' their seasonal income.
America has the Koch brothers, and now California has the Munger kids. Unlike the rightwing Koches, Molly Munger and her brother Charles Jr. entered politics from opposite directions—she's a liberal Democrat and a champion of inner-city schools; he's an economic right-winger, a social moderate, and a Republican activist. But thanks to the vicissitudes of California politics and the self-absorption that wealth can bring (their father is Charles Munger, a Pasadena attorney and investor who is the longtime vice-chairman of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment consortium), they've come together in the past couple of days to attack the most important measure on the California ballot: Governor Jerry Brown's initiative to raise taxes on the rich so that the state's schools and colleges won't take a massive fiscal hit immediately following the election.
When Oregon voted on the nation's first ballot initiative in 1904, the idea—as high-school civics teachers have told students ever since—was to take power away from the industries that ran the state legislature through bribes and corruption and return it to the people. In those days, corporate interests dominated and corrupted state politics all across the United States. Mining and railroad companies loomed particularly large, buying off entire legislative chambers and putting lawmakers on their payroll.
Click here for part 2 of the Prospect's interview with the former assistant secretary of education.
As work becomes increasingly a matter of machines building or moving other machines, workers either lose their jobs or—if they are fortunate enough to keep their jobs—become vastly more productive. Productivity surged in the U.S. during the early years of the current downturn when companies laid off workers by the millions and replaced them with machines. Revenues per employee at the S&P 500, the Wall Street Journal reported, rose from $378,000 in 2007 to $420,000 in 2010.
And yet, the wages and benefits of employed Americans experienced no corresponding increase as workers' productivity rose. Indeed, over the past quarter-century, as economists Ian Dew-Becker and Robert Gordon have reported, all productivity gains have gone to the wealthiest ten percent of Americans. In the quarter-century following World War II, by contrast, productivity and median household income both rose by 102 percent—but that quarter-century was the only period in American history when unions were strong.
A common refrain among union critics is that Americans no longer need unions—that unions were well and good for the exploited sweatshop workers of a century ago, but today's empowered Americans need no such crutch.
With workers' incomes falling, and with the United States leading all industrial nations in the percentage of its workers in low-wage jobs, it's increasingly clear that today's we need unions for many of the same reasons that the workers of 1912 did: They're exploited and underpaid. But if it's only the nation's most exploited workers who need to band together, why have America's most talented employees formed unions of their own?
In the NFL referees lockout, the union is coming out ahead.
In the NFL referees strike, the union is coming out ahead.
The Chicago Teachers Union is poised to lead in the next school-reform fights.
Chicago Public School teachers and students were back in classrooms Wednesday morning after union delegates voted Tuesday to end their seven-day strike. The union won a number of significant victories—including a provision that student test scores will count for no more than 30 percent of a teacher's evaluation and another that will give teachers more pay for longer school days and years. The proposed contract should be finalized and approved in the coming weeks.
Consider the battle of Chicago's teachers as a lesson for what's ahead as the same struggle winds its way away around the nation. For the nation's beleaguered labor movement, the six-day strike by the Chicago Teachers Union that ended on Tuesday is proof that a strike is not suicide, as has been the fate lately for most unions. Indeed, as the end neared and they were heady with an apparent win, the teachers' talk catapulted from standing up for teachers to standing up for organized labor and ultimately to speaking for bullied, and exploited workers.
Vox Media's decision to bring Brandon Ambrosino on board is click-bait contrarianism at its worst.
Conservatives assure the poor that the health of their souls demands they go hungry.
The presidential race may be where the glamour is, but it's not where liberals can build power.


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Ardys was a legend and inspiration to many in the BMW MOA and motorcycling community. In August 2011, Ardys achieved her goal of riding one million miles on BMW motorcycles. She showed us there are no boundaries, neither gender nor age, when it comes to riding a motorcycle—just do what you love to do. Her smile and laughter will be greatly missed.
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Browse By Collection Title | University of Illinois Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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PRE-1650 MS 0148 [Waltharius fragments], [11th cent.?]
POST-1650 MS 0202 The Wandering boys, or, The the [sic] castle of Olival. [manuscript], [feb: 13. 1818.
PRE-1650 MS 0168 [Warrant to search the study and chamber of William Prynne in Lincoln's Inn, London, 1650 June 25], [1650]
POST-1650 MS 0272 The Washington Street subway [manuscript] : comments on the financial condition of the Boston Elevated Railway Co. /, [1902]
POST-1650 MS 0462 Watercolor of Boy Playing Flute, 1882
POST-1650 MS 0406 Nathan Webb autograph, 1798 May 23
POST-1650 MS 0193 The wedding ring and the keeper [manuscript]., [18--]
POST-1650 MS 0485 Wells papers MS Fragments, 1905-1959
POST-1650 MS 0448 H.G. Wells Realia, [19--]
MSS00071 H.G. Wells papers, 1845-1946
MSS00072 Frank Wells storyboards
POST-1650 MS 0443 Frank Wells's "H. G. Wells: a Pictorial biography" manuscripts., 1975
POST-1650 MS 0444 Sarah Wells collection of diaries, 1845-1899
POST-1650 MS 0114 Whither his ma[jes]tie may dispense w[i]th ye penalties in ye late Acts of ye 25th & 30th yeares of our late soveraign King Charles ye 2d for p[re]ven, [ca. 1685]
POST-1650 MS 0169 The whole workes of Thomas Haruey of Longford neare the city of Gloucester gent. [manuscript] / Transcribed by himselfe with his owne hand out of his, [1656]
POST-1650 MS 0445 Wilkey postcards, 1890-1891
PRE-1650 MS 0214 Will, 1612, August 20, 1612-1690
MSS00003 William Allingham papers, 1846-1920
POST-1650 MS 0547 William Maxwell Photographs, 19uu-1992
POST-1650 MS 0564 William McKinley Letter and Picture, 1896
MSS00074 William P. Schenk papers, 1920-1999
POST-1650 MS 0407 Sir Joseph Williamson letters, circa 1673
POST-1650 MS 0322 Wirtschaftsgeschichte Prof. Brentano [manuscript] / Curt Calmon, [1904]
POST-1650 MS 0530 Woking - H. G. Wells Art Display Photographs, 1998
POST-1650 MS 0408 Henry Baldwin Ward collection of materials, 1824-1939
POST-1650 MS 0409 William Wordsworth letter, 1849
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A terminal object in a category is an object of satisfying the following universal property:
for every object of , there exists a unique morphism . The terminal object of any category, if it exists, is unique up to unique isomorphism. If the terminal object is also initial, it is called a zero object.
A terminal object is often written , since in Set it is a 1-element set, and also because it is the unit for the cartesian product. Other notations for a terminal object include and .
A terminal object may also be viewed as a limit over the empty diagram. Conversely, a limit over a diagram is a terminal cone over that diagram.
For any object in a category with terminal object , the categorical product and the exponential object both exist and are canonically isomorphic to .
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I've seen where builders use a picture of a 1:1 speedometer, livery, etc. and use it on the model. How do you shrink the picture so it will fit in the car?
How do I shrink pictures of livery, guages, etc?
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 03:25 PM
Depends on what kind of scanner, operating system and image-processing software you've got.
Edited by Ace-Garageguy, 21 February 2013 - 03:26 PM.
Posted 21 February 2013 - 03:31 PM
Any graphics software will let you resize an image.
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MS Word or Paint...Howard Cohen did an article describing this.
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Irfanview is great software and it's free. I use it often. But for scaling down photos for models, I like to do it in Word because I can fill up a whole page with the image. It's great to set it up for decal that way.
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Could I use a watery mixture of Mod Podge?
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Could I use a watery mixture of Mod Podge?
Say what?
You could use standard paper and after printing something out just use clear coat and a good coat of clear on both sides and then use spray glue on the back side. OR you can get inkjet decal paper and decal bonder Or use clear coat on the decal film (if the clear doesn't attack it). I have done both ways on projects of mine.
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podge over the decal.
Of course, now that I think about it you would have to trim to decal versus just being able to use waterslide paper. Sorry if my question came across as stupid. I tend to think out loud.
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You still have to trim the gauge decal or image close to get it to sit within the dash. The best way is using a round punch to cut it out.
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Want to guess which company is breaking out the champagne tonight?
jury reached a verdict today
and they found Samsung guilty on multiple counts of infringing upon Apple design and software patents. While Apple was able to hold Samsung's feet to the fire on the majority of its utility patents, Samsung received no love from the jurors on its countersuit claims.
The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1,051,855,000 USD ($1.05B USD) in damages. Apple owes Samsung absolutely nothing.
Apple CEO Tim Cook [Image Source: Paul Sakuma, Associated Press]
Not surprisingly, both Apple and Samsung have issued statements to the
New York Times
regarding the decision. First up, Apple:
We are grateful to the jury for their service and for investing the time to listen to our story and we were thrilled to be able to finally tell it. The mountain of evidence presented during the trail showed that Samsung's copying went far deeper than even we knew. The lawsuits between Apple and Samsung were about much more than patents or money. They were about values. At Apple, we value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. We make these products to delight our customers, not for our competitors to flagrantly copy. We applaud the court for finding Samsung's behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right.
And now we have Samsung, which is clearly not pleased with the outcome of this case:
Today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies. Consumers have the right to choices, and they know what they are buying when they purchase Samsung products. This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple's claims. Samsung will continue to innovate and offer choices for the consumer.
And even though Microsoft had absolutely nothing to do with this trial (Microsoft can
safely sit on the sidelines
as a spectator), Bill Cox, senior director of Marketing Communications for Windows Phone,
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has received an internal memo
sent to Apple employees by Apple CEO Tim Cook. In the memo, which features similar wording to the statement issued by Apple after the ruling, Cook describes how taking Samsung to court wasn't about the "patents or money":
Today was an important day for Apple and for innovators everywhere.
Many of you have been closely following the trial against Samsung in San Jose for the past few weeks. We chose legal action very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work. For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It's about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the jury who invested their time in listening to our story. We were thrilled to finally have the opportunity to tell it. The mountain of evidence presented during the trial showed that Samsung's copying went far deeper than we knew.
The jury has now spoken. We applaud them for finding Samsung's behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right.
I am very proud of the work that each of you do.
Today, values have won and I hope the whole world listens.
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What were the Jurors thinking?
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In a pair of reports from Reuters and CNET, jury foreman Velvin Hogan and juror Manuel Ilagan described what went on behind closed doors as the nine-member group deliberated the landmark verdict. Their remarks make it plain that there deliberations were rational and considered but the verdict was pretty easy to reach because the evidence was so clear cut.
In an interview on Saturday, jury foreman Velvin Hogan, 67, said Apple's arguments about the need to protect innovation were persuasive in the jury room. He also said video testimony from senior Samsung executives made it "absolutely" clear to them that the infringement was purposeful.
We weren't impatient," Ilagan said. "We wanted to do the right thing, and not skip any evidence. I think we were thorough.We found for Apple because of the evidence they presented. It was clear there was infringement."
Foreman Hogan echoed the juror's sentiment, telling Reuters that video testimony from Samsung officials made it "absolutely" clear that the company willfully infringed on Apple's trade dress. He went on to say Apple's arguments for the protection of intellectual property factored largely into the jury's decision.
We didn't want to give carte blanche to a company, by any name, to infringe someone else's intellectual property," Hogan said.
As for Samsung's claims of infringement, Ilagan said the company lost the jury when it tried to leverage two UMTS wireless patents against Apple, one of which involved the communications chip in the iPhone and iPad. Apple refuted this specific claim and pointed to a Samsung licensing deal with Intel, the maker of the iDevice chips. The agreement stated that Samsung was not allowed to sue any company to which Intel sold that particular component, a licensing safeguard known as patent exhaustion.
Once you determine that Samsung violated the patents, it's easy to just go down those different [Samsung] products, because it was all the same," Ilagan said. "Like the trade dress -- once you determine Samsung violated the trade dress, the flat screen with the Bezel...then you go down the products to see if it had a bezel. But we took our time. We didn't rush. We had a debate before we made a decision. Sometimes it was getting heated."
Jurors felt Samsung should pay significant damages in the landmark patent trial against Apple, even though they viewed Apple's demands as too high, according to the foreman.
"We wanted to make sure the message we sent was not just a slap on the wrist," Hogan said. "We wanted to make sure it was sufficiently high to be painful, but not unreasonable."
At one point during the second day of deliberations, jurors turned off the lights in the room to settle a debate about the potential influence screen brightness might have on Apple's graphics interface. Their verdict: Apple's designs were unique.
"All of us feel we were fair, that we can stand by our verdict and that we have a clear conscience in that we were totally not biased one way or another," Hogan said.
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Best and worst return policies this gift-giving season
Monday - 12/23/2013, 10:29am  ET
WASHINGTON - December is the month for giving and receiving.
After that? It's time for returning. And as much love and thought as went into
your gifts, something will, in all likelihood, be returned. Business and planning
site Kiplinger put together a great list of the
places with the best and worst return policies.
Awesome return policies:
Anthropologie: No time limit except for 30 days for furniture. No receipt? Refund will be for item's current selling price
Macy's: No time limit and Macy's can look up the original price customers paid within two years.
Bloomingdale's: No time limit on most items, or a gift card if there's no receipt
Kohl's: If a purchase was made with a Kohl's charge card in the past year, associated can credit the account. Outside that time frame, or without the purchase being made on a charge card, customer's can get corporate refund or store credit.
JC Penney: No time limit with receipt except for furniture, jewelry and electronics, which have a 60-day policy.
L.L. Bean: No time limit. Items received as gifts can be returned for a gift card.
Bath & Body Works: No time limit. No receipt? Store credit instead
Nordstrom: There is no return policy and employees evaluate situations on a case by case basis - receipts are helpful but not required.However, Nordstrom Rack items usually have a 30-day policy
Costco: No time limit on everything except for tech items, which have a 90- day policy
REI and Zappos each have a one-year policy.
Stingy return policies:
Overstock.com: Customers can only get a refund if new, unopened items are returned within 30 days of delivery. If the item is opened or shows signs of wear, there will be a partial refund.
Best Buy: Basically, you have 15 days. Best Buy Elite members have 30 days and Elite Plus members have 45 days. One exception is gifts bought between Nov. 3 and Dec. 31 -- those can be returned until Jan. 15, 2014.
GameStop: Items must have a receipt and be returned within 30 days. Opened items can only be exchanged for the same item -- same for pre-owned items returned after a week. Customers with gift receipts have 30 days.
Gilt: Since Kiplinger describes Gilt's policy as complicated, we'll let them explain it: "For starters, this members-only shopping site allows only sized items -- clothing, footwear and belts -- to be returned for a refund. Handbags, toys, ties and other non-sized items aren't eligible for return. Customers have 21 days to return eligible items, which must be unused and in their original packaging. Items priced at $199.99 or less can be returned for Gilt credits. Items priced at $200 or more can be returned for Gilt credits or a refund minus $7.95 for return shipping. On its website, Gilt justifies its return policy as a trade-off for 'instant insider access to top designer labels and coveted products at a significant discount.'"
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Physicians Aren't Giving Patients the Whole Story
The doctor takes off his glasses, moves his swivel seat behind his desk takes out his prescription pad and writes what medication the patient should receive. He says what should be done, and what is necessary, to help the patient feel better.
Unfortunately, most of the conversations don't go enough into the depth of procedure for the disease or illness involved, leaving many patients unprepared to make fully informed decisions about their care, University of Michigan researchers concluded in a national study and survey about medical decisions. The study was funded by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.
Too often, physicians are leaving patients "in the dark" and do not include enough information about sensitive medical decisions such as screening tests for colorectal or breast cancer, the need for prescription medications for hypertension, and issues related to hip replacement, cataracts, and lower back pain, the researchers say. For instance only 20% of patients considering breast cancer screening reported hearing anything about the "cons" of such screening, while 50% reported hearing mostly about the "pros," according to the study.
Generally, the study found that most patients hear far more from doctors about advantages than the disadvantages of medications, the study says. Patients also do not understand essential facts about common medical decisions, or are mostly offered opinions, without their own preference attached.
So it goes: another study that examines communication issues involving patient and physician, in which seemingly little "tweaks" in the system—improving the one-on-one dialogue, possibly adding more time to the process—could eventually mean a big difference in healthcare.
Variations of the communication theme continually crop up in making the physician-patient experience better. Recently, I reported from a separate University of Michigan study that physicians lacked the confidence to be totally up front with patients about certain issues, such as the need for weight loss, for instance.
Comments are moderated. Please be patient.
Garry Goe, MD, FACEP (11/10/2010 at 10:45 PM)
The article seems to blame physicians as the problem for pooly informed decision-making. The reality is the economic pressures of the system and poor health literacy won't allow for the level of education supported by the FIDM. Patients pay for my professional opinion and must trust in my advocacy to support their values. If I have to educate every patient about every facet of their care, I'd see three patients a day. Medical care is too complex. Knowing our patients as best as we can, we have to navigate the course and make recommendations to them, sifting out options based on our education and training. I am not wiki-physician. I'm not paternalistic either, just realistic.
William Bodnar (10/20/2010 at 1:11 PM)
The issue of patients received clear, understandable information has been with us forever. The issue of patients actually making informed decisions....decisions that weight the risks, benefits, pain, all costs and viable options.....will continue to emerge as baby boomers age and the web removes historic impediments. Greater patient involvement and understanding is one critical need if we are to reduce overall spending in the years ahead.
guitardiva (10/15/2010 at 10:29 AM)
Indeed. Recently, I was handed a prescription for a new medication and when I asked what the known side effects were, I was told "Don't sabotage yourself." What kind of communication is THAT?
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Where would we be without a mother's love? Courageous. Loving. An unwavering friend. To all who know her, she is a gift without equal.
Between rounds of shuttling kids here, there and everywhere, navigating work commitments and wine nights with friends, she shows that a good life is created every day. Whether mom, sister, grandma, daughter or friend, what we love about her is simply everything.
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