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If you're after a tough camera, you might want one that looks the part too. The Olympus mju Tough-8000 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1 do the business, but they'd look equally at home in a cocktail bar as under the waves. Canon's chunky PowerShot D10, though, looks like it actually belongs underwater.
The D10 is available for around £300.
This isn't just a super-slim camera with armour plating. The D10's fat little body houses a standard (that is, extending) zoom lens, albeit one shielded from hostile environments by a glass panel clamped down by what look convincingly like Allen keys.
That makes the body thicker, but arguably it's worth it, because the D10 has a very sharp lens. Put the D10's pictures alongside those of the 8000, for example, and the difference in fine detail is quite striking when the pictures are magnified.
The body as a whole is all curves and rounded corners, and the aquamarine-silver colour scheme is just wonderful. You may not find the D10 in a wide variety of colours, but it doesn't matter, because it looks great as it is.
Round the back, Canon's ditched its rotary controller (presumably because it can't be waterproofed) and resorted to conventional directional buttons that do all the same jobs but with half the fuss. The buttons are chunky and clearly marked, and the combination of white icons on grey plastic makes them far easier to see than the embossed markings on the 8000 and FT1's buttons.
According to Panasonic, the LCD is twice as bright as a normal display, making it easier to see in difficult conditions. It's also covered by 2mm of Perspex for added protection.
With a depth rating of 10m, the D10 can dive as deep as the 8000, and that's as far as any current mainstream camera can go without a dedicated underwater housing.
It's handy for general use, too. You get the obligatory face-detection and auto-scene-detection modes. The good news about the latter is that the camera can select the best mode from all 18 available, and not just a limited subset, as with many cameras from other manufacturers.
However easy it is to get swept along by the D10's chunky chic, you're going to spot some flaws sooner or later. The lens is sharp, but it's a bog-standard 3x zoom with no
wideangle capability and, judging by our test shots, some serious
barrel distortion at shorter focal lengths.
Then there's the chunky body. That should make the D10 easier to get a grip on than slimmer underwater cameras, right? Not exactly. If anything, the tapering curve of the body makes it harder to hang on to -- not easier. The D10 has a slightly more plasticky feel than the 8000 and FT1, too. It also has a lower shockproof rating -- Canon quotes 1.22m, which is not far behind the FT1 (1.5m) but some way behind the 8000 (2m). The D10 is a great camera for diving, then, but not so good for chucking about.
Canon has a knack for working up ordinary technology into great-looking products, and that's never been truer than with the PowerShot D10. Let's face it: 12 megapixels and a 3x optical zoom are ordinary, but the outlandish styling, classy colour scheme and 10m depth rating mean the D10 just about pulls it off.
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Hello there from Germany,
i got a tiny question:
This is my config.:
CPU: AMD A4-3300 APU with HD6410 Graphics
GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 6450 (1Gb DDR3)
MEMORY: 4GB RAM (another 4Gig are shipped by Thursday)
DISPLAY: ASUS VW222U (connected via DVI onto Graphic Card)
So, heres my question: How should i connect Display? Mainboard VGA Port OR Graphic-Ports on Card? Build in the Radeon later and noticed a drop in my Win7 System Results (dropped nearly 1,2points in 3D Gaming). Heard something about HybridCrossfire with my CPU possible.
Thanks for your time
Your discrete card should be faster, so use it for connecting the display.
You can google hybrid crossfire and/or consult the documentation that came with your motherboard/video card.
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The Iron Friar & The Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon
Jul 25, 2003 — This week, North Country Public Radio has explored the world of outdoor recreation--everything from economic development to the growing conflicts between the different groups who use the outdoors. None of this would matter without the people who love the outdoors so passionately. Brian Mann talks in-depth with Father Dan Callahan, a Franciscan friar who works at St. Josephs Rehabilitation Center in Saranac Lake. Known as "The Iron Friar", Father Dan is a veteran athlete and outdoorsman. He'll compete this weekend in the Fifth Annual Lake Placid Ironman.


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ZURICH/BRATISLAVA While Slovakia will be battling hard for an Olympic bye at the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Zdeno Chara comes to his countrys aid right in time.His status has been unclear due to a facial injury, but the giant of 2.06 metres desperately wants to help his country, which is ranked tenth in the Pre-Championship Ranking, one place too low to receive a bye for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.Making the quarter-finals in Helsinki could help the team to reach a top-nine placement in the 2012 IIHF World Ranking and thus be set for the Sochi Olympics.On Saturday night following the KODA CUP in Bratislava, a pre-World Championship tournament, head coach Vladimir Vujtek confirmed his final roster for the Worlds and Charas coming.The defenceman has been nominated to four straight NHL All-Star Games and he captained the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup last year, but this time they were eliminated in the first round.Chara told Slovak news agency SITA that it needed his full power of persuasion to convince his NHL club to let him go despite the slight injury. But the 35-year-old defenceman insisted on helping his country in the difficult situation.It was an easy decision for me. In my heart I feel I made the right decision, Chara said. Im fully committed to play hard for Slovakia.This will be Charas seventh IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, but the first since 2007 in Russia.Vujtek announced his final 25-man roster after his team had edged Germany 5-4 in a shootout. It also includes two other NHLers, Buffalo Sabres defenceman Andrej Sekera and Florida Panthers forward Tomas Kopecky. Seven players were released from the camp.Also Germany revealed its 25-man roster following the game while other teams announced additional players on Saturday.Minnesota Wild goalkeeper Matt Hackett and Vancouver Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows were added to the Canadian roster, San Jose Sharks defenceman Justin Braun will join Team USA and the Ottawa Senators Milan Michalek the Czech national team.Click here for the current rosters of all teams.


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Social media tools are always evolving and updating, it's sometimes a challenge to keep up! So to make your job a little easier, here are my reactions and reviews of four social media management tools. Some that I've used include Flock, Digsby, Ping.fm and TweetDeck. Here's my take:
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Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, the dreaded IE6, why not add another browser to the table? Flock. Catherine Potts actually wrote about her reaction to it in May.
Immediately you can load in your Facebook, Twitter and Gmail accounts – and Myspace, Youtube, Flickr, Truveo, Bebo, Digg, and Yahoo! or AOL mail along with a range of media and blogging sites. With Flock you can browse the web and still easily monitor social media in a sidebar. There's options for the sidebar that include media, e-mail, RSS, a blog editor, a photo uploader, and a neat "drag and drop" clipboard, which is awesome for collecting multiple clips of info as you browse the web. Flock has some extensions, too. One is Clikball, which is Twitter compatible. It's an additional way to share links with followers. Another extension is Screenshot, which is like Firefox's Screengrab.
I found myself using Flock as a surveillance tool, and then leaving the browser to go to TweetDeck or another social media program to actually respond. Although I was impressed by the long list of social network options, I wish it included LinkedIn. The next tool does include LinkedIn and isn't a browser, but more like an Instant Messaging program.


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Victims of Accident Near Crookston Facing Long Recovery
Crash that killed two, left two critically injured23-year-old Jessica Briggs of Crookston remains in critical condition at Altru Hospital. 19-year-old Kari Shaugobay of rural Mentor has been transferred to a Twin Cities hospital.
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The two victims who survived a fatal accident near Crookston last Thursday face a long recovery from their injuries.
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Hey guys/gals,
I have a question about closets in kids rooms....are they really necessary? Here's the thing, in the new house, the bedrooms aren't huge. We have a king sized bed plus night tables and dressers to fit into our room...not possible really. But, the closet in our room is back to back with my oldest DD's closet. We are seriously thinking about stealing her closet, and making ourselves a walk-in. It'd be over 5 feet deep....plenty of room for hanging space, shoe storage and dressers! My daughter is 10, and honestly..doesn't hang anything in her closet. Its mostly just storage. (When I say storage...picture a whole pile of crap piled up on the closet floor). SO, essentially, we would be using space that would just be wasted in her room.Because the kids are in NL right now with their Dad, the decision is mine to make. Should I go ahead and steal her closet? I figure if she gets back from NL and has a FIT because we did so, I'll just take her to Ikea and let her build herself a new Pax wardrobe. That seems like a great idea to me. Any thoughts???
Well since DD has agreed, the issue is resolved and I agree with making it more friendly and usable for you.
Since she is in the sloppy stage of her life, making it easy for her to put things away (or you) will be important. I love the idea of pull out drawers under the bed as a terrific solution. Those plus what you get at Ikea should keep both of you happy.
Ha! We did the same thing. Took all the doors off and made new closet spaces for both of our kid's rooms. I find it much easier for organization.
I am excited for your dd to plan her pax wardrobe - who knows it might help with the junk accumulation;)
Weird, you must be related to the people who lived in this house because none of the closets have doors on them!:laugh: Everyone who comes to visit comments on it but I've gotten used to it, the open concept closet. Evenutally some doors will go on but haven't figured out what kind yet.
well Mel76 if I were to walk into a house and one of the "bedrooms" didn't have a closet it would not bother me in the least. The moment we walk into a house the first thing we do is remove the closet doors of our kids closets. We have sold every house without the closet doors being put back on (although the doors were well displayed in the basement). Some rules are meant to be broken and realtors need to start thinking outside the box!
I am excited for your dd to plan her pax wardrobe - who knows it might help with the junk accumulation;)
:D Mel
So, not to be a pain or anything but I am really curious now, did you buy for resale?
When I needed a closet in my laundry room I looked at the Pax system, and I wound up having a contractor put one in, drywalled, and then I painted and put in the doors and put in our own set of shelves and hanging rods according to what I needed. It was less than 1/2 the price of the Ikea system.
I love the Ikea system, mostly for it's inner workings, but there are options, especially since your DD's requirements are likely to change a lot over the next few years. It sounds like some bins and shelves would suit her now, whereas in the future she will probably want to change to some hanging space and drawers.
I'm hoping to spend the money I didn't spend on the Pax system in my laundry room on a Pax system for my bedroom. :)
If you have the space could you consider slim cupboards down each side of the bed (bed situated in between) & cupboards/shelves the full length of the wall. You could add a mirror rather than a headboard to create the illusion of a bigger space. Under the bed flat storage containers for seasonal clothes might work. Ikea may be able to help with this configuration. If you DD is ticked off with you she's likely to dump her crap in your lovely walk-in closet.
Hmm...I guess I moved so many times that when I decorated to 'live' in the house and enjoy it I was always concious of a future move.
Did you buy this house for re-sale or for you to live in for an undetermined amount of time? I never get the re-sale argument unless you intend to flip the house. :confused:
Anyway, we did not have a closet in our room so we purchased enough of the PAX system to cover a long wall. In the end I cannot imagine a better set up than what we have. If we had a closet we would have had to go for built-ins to get the functionality of the PAX system. When we move, whenever that will be, we will leave the PAX system there for the buyer since taking it all apart and moving it with us would seem like more of a hassle than anything. We also put a PAX system into my son's room since the pullout baskets etc. are the easiest way for him to manage his "stuff". Of course much of it still ends up on the floor. I think you should set the PAX up in her room and go for the closet take-over!!
As already said, I was told the absence of a closet in a bedroom can make a realtor forced to list the room as a den, and that could have an effect on your home's resale value.
Honestly, I would advise against stealing your daughter's closet while she is away.
I think in the long run, as in a few years, your daughter will want a closet. Also for resale you will need it.
For everyday life closets may or may not be important depending on how you live. (you = yes; your DD = no). But for resale they are. I believe here in Ontario you also have to have a window and a closet to be a legal bedroom. That said, I believe built in cabinetry qualifys. So if you did a PAX system or similar that stays (ie its considered a fixture, not furniture) you would be fine. If she doesn't need it now, you could always add it later, either for her or for resale. Worst case scenario you could slap a drywall closet up within the footprint of her room for resale if the time eventually comes. In my spare room the closet eats floorspace from the room. It is perfectly normal. I say do the project and get your dream closet! I'm actually thinking about taking down the walls of my walk-in, lining the area with great PAX cabinetry, and reclaiming the floor space (and window and HVAC vent) that's in there as part of the actual bedroom! By the way - are you certain there's no mecanical hiding in the wall between the closets? If you don't know, investigate before you get committed!
I wouldn't want a house without closets in the bedrooms. I think they are really important.
That is an important point because in AB you have to have a window and closet to list a room as a bedroom. It becomes a den if either of those are missing.
Wow, I thought I had a Mommy Dearest :eek: :D
The walkin closet idea sounds good for resale but I think most people are going to expect a closet in a bedroom regardless of if it's being used or not. Can a built in closet be moved to another part of her bedroom and steal space from another room or hallway maybe when/if you decide to sell?
I like your idea, it sounds practical for your needs but it might cause trauma for your daughter where she become a hoarder or something down the road. Maybe do the demolition while she's still away and have the Pax wardrobe waiting for her upon arrival.
I was thinking Ikea while reading your post. Those wardrobes of theirs come with drawers in the bottom and I have 2 of an older version in one room here and can tell you they hold a lot. They would also give your daughter options when it comes to where her furniture can go as she wouldn't have to be committed to where ever the closet is as it could be moved where ever she likes.
The other option might be considering how she does live right now. If things don't need hanging and she doesn't hang them anyway, what about just storage for folded/crumpled things? That might be under the bed containers she can just roll out or whatever and take up no space. When she gets to need something else, you buy what she needs. By then she may want a room in the basement anyway so you can adapt and build a closet if you do a room down there.
Spunds to me like you already made up your mind, lol
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Math in your Head Or, Doing Useful Work in a Traffic Jam By Ross Hershberger
Equations for electronics math are available anywhere. If you have the excellent Maker's Notebook, with its reference section and a calculator, you can plug in numbers and get answers to many of your circuitry questions. So why learn to do such estimates in your head? Because thinking through questions gives you an intuitive feel for them. It helps you quickly sort and refine ideas before committing physical resources to them.
Next time you're stuck in traffic, instead of getting frustrated, use the down time to work out some simple practice problems. It gets easier and it's a very useful skill to have. With some practice, you'll be able to look at a schematic and see important things like power consumption, where the work is getting done in the circuit, and the scale of the physical parts involved.
One of my electronics gurus, Ned Carlson, taught me that electronics is largely a +/- 10% business. In most situations, you don't need an exact value. Solve the few critical calculations to the required precision and go with two significant digits for everything else.
First up is always Ohm's Law:
Where : R = Resistance E = Voltage I = Current.
The mnemonic that I learned for this is Eagle, Indian, Rabbit. Eagle (E = voltage) flying above Indian (I = current) and Rabbit (R = resistance) on the ground. Remember this and you will always know that when solving for I, E goes above R, and when solving for R, E goes above I.
Next is the equation for power (P) in Watts:
The mnemonic is PIE.
Handling very large or small numbers in your head:
Multiplying or dividing large or small numbers is easier if you shift the decimal places on both numbers until you have numbers you can deal with. If the two numbers are on the same side of the equation, shift one to the right and the other to the left, like so:
If they're on opposite sides of the equation, shift them both in the same direction by multiplying or dividing both by 10:
Some practical examples:
Example A: Current and power from resistance and voltage.
A 920 Ohm resistor is connected from a 45V circuit node to ground. How much current does the resistor draw and how much power does it dissipate?
First, the current:
I = E/R I = 45V/920 Ohms
Since 45 is less than 920, the current will be much less than 1 amp. 2 times 45 is 90, too small by a factor of 10 20 times 45 is 900, close to 920. Therefore, I is about 1/20. 1/20 = 0.050 so the current drawn is roughly 50ma.
For a quick mental check, multiply the current by the resistance to see if you get 45V.
E = 920 Ohms * .05A Shift decimal places E = 92 * .5 Half of 92 is 46 Pretty close to 45V, so we didn't lose a decimal place somewhere by accident.
What about power dissipation in the resistor?
P = I * E P = 0.05A * 45V Shift decimal places P = 0.5 * 4.5 Half of 4.5 is 2.25
How close did we get?
Current calculation error: I = E / R 45V/920 Ohms = 0.0489A 0.0489 – 0.050 = 0.0011 error (0.0011/0.050) * 100 = 2.17%
Our head estimate was about 2% off, which is acceptable.
Power calculation error:
P = I * E 0.0489A * 45V = 2.2 Watts actual power ((2.2 – 2.25)/2.2) * 100 = 2.27% calculation error. Right in the ballpark.
Example B: Calculate current flow from power dissipation and high impedance.
40 Watts are dissipated in a 10,000 Ohm impedance. What is the current?
P = (I ^2) * R 40 Watts = (I^2) * 10,000 Ohms I^2 = 40/10,000 Shift decimal places I^2 = 4/1,000 I^2 = 0.004 (four thousandths) Take the square root of both sides I = sqrt(0.004)
Uh oh. Can't do square roots of small numbers in our head, so we're stuck. Or are we? Well, we can factor this, take the square roots of the factors and multiply them to get our answer.
Sqrt(0.004) = sqrt(4) * sqrt(0.001)
That doesn't look much easier, but it is if you remember that the square root of 1/1000 = about 0.03 (actually it's 0.0316).
The square root of 4 is 2. So sqrt(0.004) = 2 * 0.03 = 0.06A.
The actual answer is 0.063A. The error from our mental calculation is ((0.060 – 0.063)/0.063 * 100) = 4.76%.
If you remember that the square root of 1/1000 is about 0.03 and the square root of 1000 is about 30 you can estimate a lot of tricky math without a calculator.
This is useful because resistances and impedances in the range of 10^4 Ohms and currents in the range of 10^-3 or 10^-4 are common in hobby electronics.
What is the voltage across that 10,000 Ohm impedance with 0.06A flowing through it?
E = I * R E = 0.06A * 10,000 Ohms Shift decimal places E = 0.6 * 1,000 Shift decimal places again E = 6.0 * 100 E = 600V
If we multiply our estimated current by our estimated voltage we should be back at 40 Watts (P = I * E).
0.06A * 600V = 36 Watts?
What happened? That's 10% too low. We started with 40 watts and lost 4 in the calculation. The error in estimating the current was increased by multiplying the estimated current by the estimated voltage. Be careful not to carry rough estimates too far in calculations without going back and computing a more exact number.
Many of the electronics calculations that you do with a spreadsheet or a calculator, you can now do to useful levels of precision by simplifying the equations to get numbers you can perform simple math with. As you practice this, you will get a feel for the answers and it becomes more intuitive.
Before buying parts or soldering anything, check your mental calculations with a calculator for accuracy.
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Thank you for your Matter of Opinion article this week! It's about time somebody called a spade a spade.
Sandy Clevenger has done nothing but stand up for our kids in this district! She always has "doing the right thing" at the top of list of things to do. She researches when she needs an answer and doesn't give in to peer pressure. She isn't looking for her name in the paper or for friends in high places. She is here for all the right reasons.
Guard Duty, a non-profit organization supporting our military and veterans, is proud to announce the sponsors and contributors of this year's Guard Duty's 2008 Veterans Day Celebration, November 8, Taylorsville.
On behalf of Guard Duty and the veterans of Spencer County, we thank the following for their generous contributions:
Thanks to all the volunteers who made Spencer County and Taylorsville the best it could be over the past three weekends.
Starting with the First Annual Taylorsville Kentucky Heritage Festival; hundreds of people from all around the region, including international Ryder Cup guests, enjoyed a wonderful mix of fine Kentucky art, antiques, folk music and home town hospitality. Nice work Main Street Committee!
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October to be Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month in the United States. The U.S. congress officially recognized October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in 2006. I just wanted to invite everyone to light a candle at 7 p.m. on October 15 and keep it burning for at least one hour in your local area in memory of all of our babies that were taken too soon.
Let me first say that it has been heartening to see communities across Kentucky pull together to help those in need following the devastating windstorm that swept across our state on September 14. Families were put to the test with damaged homes, loss of power and in some cases, the loss of life. As Kentuckians so often do when faced with adversity, we responded with kindness, compassion and concern for our neighbors.
Have you been following the actions of your Spencer County School Board lately? Well you should, because whether they are spending $300 or $300,000 in a lawsuit against fellow board member Sandy Clevenger, that's your tax money they are using. Tax money to essentially deny you – and every other taxpayer in the county – the right to know how board members individually evaluate the superintendent's performance.
September 13, 2008, was the Greater Louisville Walk for Juvenile Diabetes. I would like to personally thank all that participated in the walk. Spencer County was well represented with over 250 walkers. It is a great feeling that a community can come together for such a worthy cause! As of this date, the walk has generated over $815,000 for a cure! I'd also like to thank Hometown Pizza, Froman Drug, Country Mart, Dairy Queen, and On the Way Café for their support. Thank you also to the Spencer County elementary and middle school dance teams for performing!
I have been having discussions with several Democrats lately and I am amazed at what I've been hearing. Let me begin by saying that I was a registered Democrat for 25 years. I have been a Republican for only 19 years. What happened? The Democrat party went too far to the left and it has continued the drift.
Are you scared yet by the financial crisis on Wall Street? Consider this, instead of being frightened by the turmoil, arm yourself with information – not from 30 second news bites either, but from reading everything you can in newspapers, on the Internet and by watching in-depth news programs.
Big burger bags, water bottles, empty ice bags, and other garbage and litter still invade our county on a daily basis. As citizens of a democracy, we have freedom of speech, with life and liberty thrown in as a bonus. What we oft times forget, our freedoms are restricted to the point of not infringing on the freedoms and rights of others around us.
This letter is in response to "Nobody Important" who appeared in the September 10 edition of the Spencer Magnet.
First of all, I wonder what's really eating this person. It seems as though the writer is voting for Sarah Palin only because she is a woman. Don't get me wrong. I voted for Senator Hillary Clinton, so this has nothing to do with me thinking that a woman can not handle the job.
The Taylorsville Lake Conservation Association (TLCA) is once again hosting a lake clean-up on September 27. The event kicks off at the Possum Ridge pavilions at the State Park at 8 am. The clean-up will end by 12 p.m. with lunch, prizes, T-shirts, and an environmental education program from the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife.
To my surprise on Thursday August 28, I found out that another stop was being added to my children's bus route. Frustrated, I contacted the transportation department to find out what was going on, since my children were already on the bus after school for an hour.
As I talked with Jack Senior, I began to realize that it wasn't only frustrating for me as a parent, but also for Jack and his staff as well.
The Spencer Magnet welcomes letters to the editor and asks that readers adhere to the following guidelines when submitting letters:
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I would like to thank everyone who came out to support the JDRF at our Bowling for a Cure Fundraiser. We had a great turnout and everyone had lots of fun. I would like to personally thank everyone who donated their time to help me with this fundraiser. Additionally, I would like to thank the following businesses for their support in the form of donations: The Spencer Magnet, Wal-Mart Shelbyville, DQ Taylorsville, DQ Shelbyville, Graeter's Ice Cream, Bluegrass Bowling Center and The Sentinel News.
I admit it up front: I'm nobody important. I'm just a wife and mother of two boys and a girl, living life to the best down here in beautiful Spencer County, Kentucky.
We slept in a bit after a late night. Lynn went out with some delegates to a Styx concert and arrived back at the hotel at some unearthly hour. In the morning (late morning) I went to the Minneapolis Convention Center to see and help with the relief efforts for the hurricane. The bicycle donation ride by Humana was up and going and the volunteers were busy at the convention hall assembling relief packages. It gave me a great feeling to watch people helping other folks unconditionally.
I attended the August school board meeting and was very disappointed and angry over the outcome.
A ruling was handed down by Jack Conway stating that it was illegal to have a closed meeting to discuss the evaluation of our superintendent. Yet, instead of accepting that, some of our board members have decided to use money which could be well spent in our schools, to fight this ruling. And they have the nerve to say they are doing what is right for our children.
We had to get up early for a Kentucky Delegation breakfast and commemorative photo session. It was fun to see everyone even though it was so early! We realized that this would be the last time we'd all be together. There was another luncheon today and then the last convention session with John McCain's speech!


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Today's OPP comes from Christy. She wrote to us with an issue she's having with her weight loss…
Yi! I've been heavy set my entire life and always really happy. But having gotten older and seeing how much easier life is for thin people, I ended up basically starving myself and working out until I lost over 50 pounds. Everyone is so impressed and keeps telling me how great I look, but I don't feel any better than I did before … in fact, I think I was happier at 200 pounds. I'm thinking of intentionally putting the weight back on. Is that crazy??
Slacker understands this dilemma. He knows some super fit people. Sometimes, they are the least happy people he knows. Food is sustenance. People who are uber fit don't derive any satisfaction from the food they eat. They eat what they need to survive. On the other end of that pretty little rainbow, if you gain satisfaction from every meal you eat, your probably overweight! Slacker thinks he needs to lose 10 lbs. He could lose 20 lbs. and gain back 10 in muscle mass. That means he would have to stop eating out and stop drinking. Whatever! Slacker is a "foodie". That's how he can relate to Christy.
Steve loves to eat as well, but getting all the compliments he gets being thinner is worth more than the pleasure of the food. He plans on loosing another 8 and then he'll be at his happiest.
Slacker wants to know if any fitness trainers have any advice for Christy. Or is there anyone else out there that feels the way Christie feels?
Do you think she's crazy for wanting to GAIN the weight back or would you recommend she stay thin?
I know a few people that have lost the weight and struggle to keep it off. At the same time I know people that have lost the weight and will never look back! I think it's a lifestyle change. Either you like the change or you revert. Commitment is never easy! NO real advice from me. It's her body, do what you feel. You will feel the difference and then make changes accordingly! Best of Luck!
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation and nine other philanthropies are joining efforts with the White House to help America's young men of color reach their full potential and give all young people the opportunity to lead a healthy and productive life. The Casey Foundation, along with The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, John and James L. Knight Foundation, Kapor Center for Social Impact, Open Society Foundations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation have pledged to contribute a combined $7.5 million to coordinate the initiative.
"This is an important milestone in a movement that has been growing over the last 20 years, and we wholeheartedly support this effort," said Patrick McCarthy, president and CEO of the Casey Foundation. "Our grant making focuses on ensuring that all children have a fair chance to reach their potential in the neighborhoods, school and in life. But when we take an honest look at our communities, it becomes obvious that boys of color have a tough time making it through childhood successfully."
McCarthy was one of the 28 chief executive officers of foundations who met in 2013 to form the Executives' Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color. Today's announcement builds upon that meeting of philanthropic organizations and advances the pledge to explore strategies and engage in research to support effective action. In addition, the new initiative leverages these philanthropic investments and will work to bring together more public and private sector parties that can help to create workable solutions.
"African-American and Latino boys face significant barriers to success at every stage – from their early years into adulthood, said McCarthy. "The new initiative dovetails with our Foundation's efforts to strengthen families, build paths to economic opportunity and transform struggling communities into safer and healthier places to live work and grow. We are proud to be part of this public-private initiative that can find pathways to opportunities for young people."
The White House announcement recognizes the significant role that the philanthropic community is already playing to expand opportunity for young men of color.
Learn how the Casey Foundation is building ladders of opportunity for young men of color.
In a new KIDS COUNT data snapshot, the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds that 80 percent of lower-income fourth graders and 66 percent of all kids are not reading proficiently - a key predictor of a student's future educational and economic success. If this trend continues, the country will not have enough skilled workers for an increasingly competitive global economy by the end of this decade.
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Despite an improvement over the last decade in reading proficiency in many states, large disparities persist not only among economic classes, but also in certain racial minorities and their White and Asian peers. Dual language learners, who are the driving force behind the country's demographic change, are among the least likely to hit this important milestone.
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Bart Lubow, director of the Juvenile Justice Strategy Group at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, will retire June 30 after 22 years of leading the Foundation's work to seek safer and more effective alternatives for young people who get into trouble with the law.
While at Casey, Lubow has designed and managed the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), the nation's most widely replicated juvenile justice reform effort, which has significantly improved the odds for disadvantaged youth to make successful transitions to adulthood. Today, more than 250 JDAI sites operate in 39 states and the District of Columbia. JDAI sites have dramatically reduced reliance on secure detention without sacrificing public safety, reduced racial disparities in local justice systems and saved millions in taxpayer dollars by facilitating the downsizing of multiple detention centers.
"No one in the country has done more than Bart Lubow to build the national movement for reform in juvenile justice. He helped create a national network of committed partners dedicated to finding effective alternatives to the confinement of young people," said Patrick McCarthy, president and CEO of the Foundation. "This network of committed reformers has helped to end our reliance on secure detention as the default option for young people in trouble with the law. Bart's dedication, perseverance, intelligence and strategic thinking have been critical in launching and sustaining these reforms in cities and states across the nation. He will be greatly missed by his many friends at the Casey Foundation."
Lubow began his career in criminal justice in 1974 at the New York City Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Division. As director of Special Defender Services, he pioneered the development of social work interventions to enhance representation in criminal cases. In 1984, Lubow was named director of Alternatives to Incarceration for New York State. In his capacity, he was responsible for a major expansion of pretrial service programs in county courts. Lubow joined Casey in 1992.
The Foundation has launched a national search for a new director of its juvenile justice work. Lubow will continue to be affiliated with the Foundation as a senior consultant.
In the latest installment of Five Questions with Casey, Senior Associate Amoretta Morris talks about the Foundation's work to build communities that are focused on families through a holistic approach. Morris currently oversees partnerships with three communities — Columbus, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; and Buffalo, New York — as local partners implement an innovative new strategy focused on family-centered community change.Read Morris's answers to Five Questions with CaseyView previous Five Questions with other Casey experts


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Apparently the generic library No. to access the Ohio public library doesn't work anymore. Is there a new no. that works as I would like to access a repair manual for my GMs. Thanks. zamjohn
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MISSION - Sylvia Venegas, 44, went to be with our Lord on Sunday June 5, 2011 at her residence.
Ms Venegas was born on Sept 6, 1966, in Edinburg to Cornelio and Francisca Perez. Ms. Venegas was a lifelong residence of Palmview.
Survivors include a son, Lee Roy Venegas of Mission; daughters, Celina Renee Perez of Mission and April Nicole Saiz of Mission; a brother, Cornelio Perez Jr. of Mission; sisters, Olga Cisneros of Mission, Anita Barrera of Mission, Maria Gonzalez of Palmview, Yolanda Santos of Mission, Irene Cardoza of Mission, Veronica Ramos of Mission and Nora Liza Hernandez of Palmview; and four grandchildren.
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I scanend a docuemtn and saved it as a .pdf. Then I prepared an index per the instructions; however, the search feature failed to find any of the words I know are in the doeument. Is the index not added as final pages to a .pdf so one can visually scan by alphabetical listing?
There are three kinds of index I can think of. Let's see:
- Acrobat's index is a hidden list of words that is used to make searching faster. No way to see it on screen or a page.
- A book has an index of relevant words and terms. Selecting what goes into an index is a fairly skilled process; too large or too small is pretty useless to the casual user. An index can be created semi-automatically with a tool like Word or FrameMaker, by the author defining terms to be indexed. (Traditionally, "indexer" was a profession, quite separate from authoring).
- Some documents have automatic lists of all the words, and their count or where they appear. I believe this is properly called a "concordance". It's entirely possible to automate generating a concordance, but they are so useless/specialist that I don't know if anyone bothers to sell a PDF concordance maker.
You would basically have to save as to a doc file and then process that. However, getting a reasonable DOC file from an OCR'd document is a luck of the draw. You might try it. You would basically be recreating the document. Generally the best way is to see if you can get a copy of the original document.


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Plummer-Vinson syndrome is a condition that can occurs in people with long-term (chronic) iron deficiency anemia. People with this condition have problems swallowing due to small, thin growths of tissue that partially block the upper food pipe (esophagus).
Paterson-Kelly syndrome; Sideropenic dysphagia; Esophageal web
The cause of Plummer-Vinson syndrome is unknown. Genetic factors and a lack of certain nutrients (nutritional deficiencies) may play a role. It is a rare disorder that can be linked to cancers of the esophagus and throat. It is more common in women.
You may develop skin and nail abnormalities that your doctor can see during an exam.
Upper GI series or upper endoscopy may show the abnormal tissue in the food pipe. You may have tests to look for anemia or iron deficiency.
Taking iron supplements may improve the swallowing problems.
If supplements do not help, the web of tissue can be widened during upper endoscopy. This will allow normal swallowing and passage of food.
People with this condition generally respond to treatment.
Devices used to stretch the esophagus (dilators) may cause a tear, which leads to bleeding.
Plummer-Vinson syndrome has been linked to esophageal cancer.
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Getting enough iron in your diet may prevent this disorder.
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"South Caucasus – A Part of Europe" offers new perspectives from the South Caucasus providing a forum for young people to share their concerns. Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian youngsters are trained to work with different media (foto, video, radio, print) and by these means share their views,life perspectives and opinions on development issues in their countries with peers from Austrian and Lithuanian schools who are trained to work with media as well . The youngsters' creations will be the base of a comprehensive awareness campaign (including exhibitions, publications, workshops, discussions and other public activities) from autumn 2008 till end of 2009. |
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Le flash est un évènement organisé entièrement par des jeunes, pour des jeunes. Durant plusieurs jours, des milliers de jeunes se mettent dans la peau d'un jeune qui désire s'engager dans un projet citoyen et, à travers un jeu de rôle, suivent les étapes pour y arriver...
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The initiative Global High Schools is a close co-work between a group of Danish high schools and a network of NGO's and education developers, and involves implementing strategies to strengthen the global perspective in every area of the high school – pedagogy,
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An overview of the recent development, and results of the HAND Association – Global Education Working Group related to the process leading to the drafting of the National Global Education Strategy, through a multi-stakeholder process consisting of public education research, building a national GE network, setting up an expert team, developing GE workshops, drafting the National Global Education Strategy, advocacy activities, National Global Education Conference, cooperation and networking |
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Mirror to the world offers interactive workshops in schools to promote sustainable lifestyle and to spread a global approach towards our world. Assembles a ready-to-use workshop kit for each topic to be used by its workshop-leaders in schools and also in trainings. Compiles a coursebook for global education classes, containing resources and detailed lesson plans, to be used by teachers in elementary and secondary schools. Organises multiplicator trainings for teachers and college/university students to use these techniques and materials themselves. |
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The course has provided teachers and students with a framework for learning about key development issues. Key principles include using resources already available, promoting inter-school activity and balancing the global issues with awareness and action on a local level. Resources are provided by a number of Irish NGOs and by Irish Aid. Coordination is by Self Help Africa and one lead school, St. Mary's Academy, Carlow. A guidelines framework was devised and is in print. Partners include 12 second level schools, 5 NGO's and the National University of Ireland Maynooth. |
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Tales of Disasters
The programme has been created for children in South East Asia, with a series of puppet films presenting life-saving educational messages relating to natural disasters and peace-building. However, it has a dual purpose which creates the more global element of the programme, in that the films form the core content of a series of educational materials for Irish schools, where they provide a vivid and multi-discipline learning experience. |
Ireland |
Trough training courses and media awareness, the project aims at giving young people the opportunity to play an effective role in building society; building a youth voluntary network on the level of the governorate; developing the capabilities and skills of youth; activating the role of youth access to the decision-making of Youth institutions; reviving phenomenon of voluntary work with the Palestinian youth; creating a generation of young people influential in the Palestinian policies; creating youth cadres able to manage and direct the work of private organizations and political parties. |
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Through training courses and the elaboration of pedagogical tools, the project targets about 5000 scholars from 5 different high schools in Onesti and Tg-Ocna (county of Bacau) who didn't have information about civic culture. It also intends to promote the democratic relationships in the scholar community as a basis of a participation democracy. |
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Euro – Asia Promotion and Cultural Foundation (EAPCF) and European Literature Circle (ELC) are promoting a new Project called the "Euro – Asia Silk Highway" – a reference to the Great Silk Road which used to link Europe to the Far East, promoting the exchange of both good and of knowledge and ideas between the Europe and Asia and not only. This virtual Silk Highway will connect Europe and Asia through a virtual Bridge Highway, dedicated to Understanding and Peace, Scientific, Cultural and Creative Education cooperation. |
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This project intends to support schools to raise environmentally aware citizens committed to a sustainable way of life and who able to create social, cultural and economic well-being without diminishing biodiversity and natural resources through a mutual support within the partnership: schools which have experience with environmental management systems support schools which have no experience with EMAS or ISO 14001. Spreading knowledge among partners and also in the partner schools' community is part of this project. |
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The project introduces and presents all kind of activities and methodologies aiming to raise awareness, educate, mobilise and engage different groups of students as well as teachers and local authorities on the struggle against poverty, injustice and exclusion around the world., providing methodological help for teachers on how to get involved in these activities, with approaches such as 'school as a great discussion group', 'school as an information centre', 'school as great fun', 'school as a gallery' and so on. Through the production of high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use at primary, intermediate and secondary school levels and for training teachers, it addresses issues of diversity and inequality in education at the local as well as at the global level and raises awareness of the wider world and of our own role as a world citizens. |
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Primary School Uzhorodska 39, Kosice, Slovak Republic
A peer-led simulation game based on a board with 4 local habitats – loch, peat bog, forest and river estuary/village. The aim of the game is to show young people the complexity of the decision making process in their local surroundings and to bring in a global perspective to all issues raised for ex hydro electric dam construction; electrical energy - a right for all?; the power of multinational companies; global significance of destruction of forests |
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The ¡Háblame! project objectives were to promote an understanding of Southern/Northern perspectives, development issues, interdependence and global citizenship amongst pupils, teachers, student teachers and the wider school community in Nottingham/shire in the UK and Coahuila State Mexico. The global dimension aspect of the project was delivered through modern foreign languages and citizenship curricula, using video making in educational techniques i.e. 'social issues documentary'. |
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2007 marked the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade. John Newton, ex slaver turned abolitionist, wrote "Amazing Grace" while curate near Milton Keynes. This provided the focus for a three year project which: worked with schools on drama, art and woodwork; worked with the local Black History group; worked with local Sierra Leoneans and brought the High Commissioner to Milton Keynes; worked with local libraries; produced exhibitions; linked to other local projects including the commissioning of new music to encourage understanding of unfair trade and labour practices past and present. |
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