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Weekly update
We finally have some submissions! Some really fantastic ones at that, check these out and be amazed:
Remember, you have until the end of February to submit your architectural model to the favorites folder and be eligible for Member of the Month- but if you're not done by then, no worries! You can still get your deviation in the favorites folder and featured in this journal, just let me know!
Previous updates
Still no submissions to this challenge and only two weeks left! Uh oh!
Although there aren't any submissions to the challenge, we have had a beautiful model submitted to our main gallery recently. Check it out:
See you next week!
Still no submissions to our Architectural Models challenge! >: Hopefully we'll be seeing a few in the next couple of weeks.
Anyways, I do have some news for you- the Member of the Month for the month of January! Since there are no submissions to the current challenge, and because this challenge and The Challenge You Missed overlapped a bit, the Member of the Month has been chosen from the participants of the last challenge.
The Member of the Month for January is digikijo. Congratulation!
Unfortunately we still don't have any submissions to the architectural model challenge yet, but we've still got a month to go! Next week I'll be announcing the Member of the Month for January- since there aren't any submissions to the current challenge yet, I'll be choosing from the submissions to The Challenge You Missed again. See you next week!
An update that's actually on time? Goodness, what is this nonsense. Anyways, it's Friday! Happy Friday! There aren't any submissions to the architectural models challenge yet, but if you're still working on yours- fear not! From now on all challenges will be two months long, so you have until the end of February! See you next week. ^_^
There haven't been any submissions to this challenge yet, but no worries, you've got plenty of time to work on your models- from now on, the Creative Craft Challenges will last two months instead of only one, so you've got until the end of February to submit your artwork.
On that note, I've decided to reopen the folder for "The Challenge You Missed" until the end of January- so if you wanted a little more time to try out an older challenge, you've got some more time to submit something.
Welcome to this month's Creative Craft Challenge!
The Creative Craft Challenge is a monthly feature where we introduce our members to different crafts. Every month I'll give you a little background on a craft that you might not have heard of and show you a few great tutorials to encourage you to give it a try and show us your work.
So join me every month and put your skills and creativity to the test with lessons and tutorials, examples, and a place to show off your work. Your submissions will be featured in our favorites gallery and in this very blog!
Remember, the aim of the challenge is to introduce you to crafts that you might not have heard about or tried before. They won't require any expensive materials or years of training and expertise to complete. The idea is to challenge you to go out of your usual field of work and try something new!
This challenge is NOT a contest or a display of professional work, but a fun opportunity to broaden your crafting horizons. NO prizes are involved and everyone will be featured!
To clear up a question a few people have asked: The ArtisanCraft gallery folders and favorite folders are not linked- you can submit the same piece to both the gallery and the favorites if you like, no problem. Also, the two deviations per month limit does not apply to favorites folders, so please feel free to add as many submissions as you would like.
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At the end of every month one participant will be chosen as ArtisanCraft's Member of the Month and will be featured on our profile page for the entire next month. The Member of the Month for December is BlindMediaProduction. Congratulations!
Architectural modelling
Architectural models are little scale models of buildings used to show what a building idea would look like in 3D. They can range from really simple, basic models to highly detailed and accurate representations, even down to the landscaping! All kinds of materials can be used, especially things like paper, cardboard, foam, and wood.
Models don't just have to be for architects, either- other professionals, like set designers and interior decorators, often use them, and they can be used as home-made dollhouses, props for model railroads and other types of models, and all kinds of other fun things.
Here's a few tutorials so you can try it yourself.
You do NOT have to use any of the tutorials here to submit your art, they are only suggestions to help get you started. If you need some more references or directions, there are many more tutorials both here on dA and all over the internet.
Deviant Effimos has an excellent series of tutorials on making architectural models, which are well worth a look.
Tutorials by ~Effimos
A few off-dA tutorials you can check out.
Video tutorial*
Walkthrough with pictures
Very detailed tutorial, no pictures
*The video is just the first part of a multi-part series. Be sure to check out the rest!
Some examples to give you a little inspiration:
Get Crafting!
Now it's your turn to try your hand at architectural modelling!
Every Friday I'll update this journal to feature our member's creations.
To submit your architectural model:
Go to the ArtisanCraft homepage, click on "Faves" (down along the left), click artisancraft.deviantart.com/fa… (CCC 28- Architectural models) (along the left side), then click the "Suggest a Favorite" button (top right), and you're in!
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the monthly Creative Craft Challenge, this craft, or anything else, please feel free to comment here, on the Creative Craft Challenge of the Month blog, or by sending me a note to me, Animus-Panthera.


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Allstate CEO Shrugs Off Sandy
Updated with additional comments from Allstate CEO Thomas Wilson, speaking during the company's conference call Thursday morning.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Allstate (ALL - Get Report) late on Wednesday reported strong third-quarter results, and CEO Thomas Wilson said that Hurricane Sandy was "not expected to have a material impact" on the company's financial condition.
Speaking on CNBC, Wilson said that Hurricane Sandy was "about twice the size geographically of Katrina," which hit New Orleans in 2005, killed over 1,800 people, and caused $108 billion in damage, according to the National Hurricane Center's report, which was revised in September 2011.
Wilson said that "the good news" was that Hurricane Sandy's "wind speeds were about two-thirds of what Katrina was and that's sort of an exponential impact so there should be a lot less damage but it's much wider spread... this is just a massive storm and there's a lot of work to be done."
After saying on CNBC that the Hurricane Sandy's cost to Allstate "will be significant, but not material," and that "these types of events are in the normal volatility that we and our shareholders expect," Wilson later said in a statement that "it's too early to estimate the impact of Hurricane Sandy on Allstate's fourth quarter earnings... however, this catastrophe is not expected to have a material impact on Allstate's overall financial condition. Allstate is amply well-capitalized to meet its obligations to policyholders." While again pointing out that it was too early to estimate losses from Hurricane Sandy, Wilson said during Allstate's earnings conference call on Thursday that "the actions we have taken over the last five years in places like New York, New Jersey, all up along the East Coast have reduced the policy counts we have there in the sort of 10% to 30% range. And that will obviously impact what our losses are relative to what they would have been." When Credit Suisse analyst Mike Zaremski said that "it looks like insurance regulators and at least a few impacted states are saying the storm won't technically be classified as a hurricane," and that "hurricane deductibles won't apply," Wilson explained that "a hurricane is it gets its energy from the water. The winter storm or northeaster get its energy from the temperature differential in the air. And so that is why it has been classified that way. " Wilson went on to say that "the tropical cyclone deductible probably will not be triggered up in the northeast and we are prepared for that, and that is what is fair and accurate for our customers," and added that in some southern states, the higher hurricane deductibles may apply, but "but the damage is much less severe down there than when where the hurricane turned in."A Strong Third Quarter
Allstate reported third-quarter net income of $723 million, or $1.48 a share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.13, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Earnings increased from $175 million, or 34 cents a share, during the third quarter of 2011, even though consolidated revenues declined to $8.128 billion from $8.242 billion. Catastrophe losses declined to $206 million in the third quarter, from $1.077 billion a year earlier. The company's property-liability combined ratio declined to 90.2 in the third quarter, from 104.8 in the third quarter of 2011. The combined ratio is the sum of incurred losses and expenses divided by earned premiums. It measures underwriting profitability, and a combined ratio of over 100% indicates an underwriting loss. The company's "underlying combined ratio," which excludes "the effect of catastrophes, prior year reserve re-estimates, business combination expenses and the amortization of purchased intangible assets," improved to 87.8 in the third quarter from 89.2 a year earlier, "reflecting favorable margins in the Allstate and Encompass brands."
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hi im new to the forum, new to cura, in fact new to 3D printing.
i have downloaded cura 12.12A
im running it on a laptop
intel i7 2.1GHz
6GB ram
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intel HD graphics
when i start cura i'm getting a black screen, I've tried loading the two default models and some of my own and it stays black. i'm not sure what its supposed to look like but i'm guessing not that, i'm guessing some sort of representation of the build area and the current STL file.
tried installing multiple times, all windows updates performed, directX up to date.
i have read one other post on here about the same problem and the user says he uninstalled an app from his pc and it worked fine. any one have any ideas what this was, i've uninstalled everything from my computer that i don't use to no joy.
any help or info would be greatly appreciated
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Following his great 4th place yesterday that secured the 2013 Drivers Championship, Fabio Leimer started from 5th on the reversed grid.
The Racing Engineering team can celebrate a very well deserved Championship victory but there is still one more race to go in the 2013 season due tomorrow.
With less than 10 minutes of the session remaining both Fabio and his main title rival, Sam Bird, were sitting in the pits preparing themselves for a final fast lap.
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Fabio Leimer keeps his lead in the 2013 GP2 Series Championship by seven points following another strong race and the Championship is now, realistically, between Fabio and Bird.
Tomorrow's 20 lap Sprint Race will see Fabio starting 4th on the reversed grid.
All the cars were running the P Zero Yellow soft compound Pirelli tyres.
Fabio Leimer was starting from 8th on the grid following his superb win in yesterday's Feature Race and Julián Leal was in 4th spot after finishing 5th.
Tomorrow's 21 lap Sprint Race will see Fabio Leimer starting eighth while Julián leal will start fourth on the reversed grid.
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Managing your Logs with Chklogs
Once you have created your first configuration file, you need to have Chklogs initialize its internal database (not to be confused with configuration) specified by either the configuration variable ResrcFile (for historic reasons) or the Personal Resource File's ChklogsDb variable. Remember, initialization overwrites any previous history so should be done only after the first installation (rather than when you make changes to add/remove logs/groups). Use the following administrative command:
chklogsadm init
Then, issue the administrative command:
chklogsadm initreposto initialize all the alternate repositories. Unlike init, you must execute this command each time you create a new group or change the location of your alternate repository (the global parameter). All of these steps are explained in detail in the documentation provided with the package.
Finally, the sync option of chklogsadm is needed whenever you make a modification to the configuration file (chklogs.conf). This is not done automatically because it is not very effective if several modifications are made to the file consecutively. This operation is as simple as typing:
chklogsadm sync
Chklogs comes with several plug-outs. I use them to generate statistics on my UUCP logs, listserver log, etc. You can build your own plug-outs, and in fact I would like to hear about any log scanners or filters you have. Available plug-outs are stored in the /plug-out and /contrib directories.
A plug-out is any external program executed by Chklogs in the Pre/Post group directives or the execute actions. This program must not generate any output on stdout/stderr as it will clutter the report, and if you, like most users, run Chklogs with a cron job, then this sort of behavior is undesirable. So, do you have a nice scanner that does write to stdout/stderr and don't want to hack it up? Or don't know a thing about programming? Simply use the cdkwrap wrapper provided in the distribution, and it will capture all the output and mail it to you.
Also, the plugged-out child inherits certain environment variables that provide useful information:
CDKLOG: The fully-qualified log name
CDKROOT: The archive repository
CDKMAILTO: The e-mail address for mailing the report
Now, we have finished our setup; we have a configuration file, a resource file and initialized repositories. The administrative tasks are done for now (you can make changes later, if needed), and we are ready to get down to the action. Chklogs has several command-line options, some of which can be combined to achieve a particular effect. I won't cover all of them, or even all of the possibilities, but I will discuss enough of them to enable you to begin, and to acquaint you with a few of its capabilities. Note that we will now be using the chklogs program, not the administrative program, chklogsadm.
Basically, there are four major actions you can perform:
Check the configuration file.
Get an overview of all the logs that are archived.
Obtain a report of actions to be taken when you execute the program.
Perform the actions as directed on the configuration file.
To check the correctness of the configuration file (although the check is not very thorough) use the following command:
chklogs -w
For a quick overview of which logs are archived into the repositories, there is the -l command line option:
chklogs -lThis gives you an indication of how many logs you need to scan or filter and needed information in case something suspicious happens on your system.
To get the usual log report indicating whether a log is still within its threshold, and if not, what action would be performed, use the -w option:
chklogs -w [-m]
Alternatively, you can also specify the -m (mail) option to mail the report. You cannot put them on the same switch (-wm).
Finally, when you want Chklogs to actually process your logs as specified in the configuration file, simply use it without any of the above options:
chklogs [-m]
A report is produced on standard output unless you use the mail (-m) option. Mail is the most frequently used option.
Most users make an entry into the /etc/crontab file so that Chklogs runs every day at a particular time and mails the report. A typical crontab entry looks like this:
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It may sound like the setup for an old joke: It's dinner time and three gentile kids — one Latino, one black and one white — are waiting impatiently for a slow Shabbos elevator to arrive.
The punch line comes with a real punch: Turns out the kids are hungry athletes from a boxing camp held every summer at Kutshers Country Club, the last of the grand Jewish Catskills resorts that's still grand and still Jewish. Rather than being an anomaly, though, the fighters are both upholding a tradition of boxing in the Catskills and helping a remnant to survive.
The multicultural gang that participates in Gleason's Gym's Fantasy Boxing Camp gets used to bumping into unfamiliar folkways, whether it's a female Irish boxer from Boston whispering "What's kasha?" at mealtime, or boxers in an exhibition round drawing a group of black-hatted Orthodox spectators.
Gleason's eighth annual camp wrapped at the end of August, and founder Bruce Silverglade, president of the famous Brooklyn gym, said he is pleased with eight successful years at Kutshers and looking forward to more. "It's a way to get out of the city and out of the hustle and bustle," Silverglade said. "When professional fighters trained at Jewish Catskills resorts in the last century," he added, "they would go to Kutshers to chop wood and avoid the distractions of women. They would go there to be secluded and work real hard."
Champs like Barney Ross, Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Archie Moore and Floyd Patterson all set up training camps at Catskills hotels. Because of that, and because of Jews' own strong history with boxing — between 1910 and 1940, for example, 27 National Boxing Association titles went to Jewish fighters — it seemed entirely natural to Silverglade to bring an assortment of would-be boxers to Kutshers. This year's four-day camp, costing $1,800, included males and females aged 9 to 74, from a variety of skill levels, ethnic backgrounds and locales around the United States. They came to train and to spar with top contenders and champions, and to engage in rigorous training drills, boxing discussions, sparring and ring craft. The camp culminated on a Saturday night with a sparring show that was open to the public.
While Silverglade attempts to re-create the experience of a sports training camp of a bygone era, Yossi Zablocki, the new manager of Kutshers, tries to save a hotel in need of rehabilitation. Both men contribute to keeping a piece of Catskills history alive — even as other famed Jewish resorts like Grossinger's and the Nevele have closed.
As the boxers threw punches last month, life proceeded as usual for Kutshers' other patrons. Retired folks are the "meat and potatoes" of the place, said Zablocki, a legal aid lawyer from New Jersey who seized the opportunity to invest in the resort when it needed help. In the upper lobby, Jackie Horner led a ballroom dance class for five older ladies, one of many hotel activities, which include Big Bucks Bingo, Justine's Makeover Face Lift Show (with door prizes), and Hassidic stories told by a rabbi. The movie "Dirty Dancing" was based on real life, Horner said.
"It's my true story. There really was a Baby, like in the film, and she was my student," she said as she crossed her slender legs. Remembering her heyday, Horner said: "We danced all day and all night; we were young. There was a pulse; you'd feel it the minute you hit the Catskills. I even taught the boxers to dance."
Kutshers Country Club has its own impressive history with sports in general and boxing in particular. The century-old resort sprawls across a 1,400-acre campus, with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, an 18-hole championship golf course, tennis courts, and bocce ball and shuffleboard courts. A guest named Irwin sat with a few cronies by the lake as he complained about the service. No doubt, the place needs some tender loving care. But Irwin, who is in his 80s, said he still comes to Kutshers every year. He performed as a comedian for 19 years at the Raleigh, another big hotel. "Wednesday night, I'd open the talent show, white straw hat, cane," he said. He began to sing, "Another opening, another show…." Then he told an off-color joke, his eyes twinkling under his jaunty cap.
Across the lake, the Saturday night sparring exhibition was about to begin. There were 12 bouts, three rounds each, and everyone would be getting a trophy. During one of the fights, a small group of Orthodox Jews wandered in and were quietly watching as their little girls, in long frilly dresses, sidled up to the ropes, transfixed. Another tiny Jewish toddler stood on a chair. "Get him! Get him!" she shrieked, her curls bouncing. Her father, who was wearing a yarmulke, pulled her back into her stroller. There were now three distinct types of headgear in the room: yarmulkes, black hats, and boxing helmets.
Later that night and into the early morning, the campers celebrated in the Deep End Lounge, a disco and bar with windows that looked out onto the indoor pool. On the stage was the shrine Bruce Silverglade has set up to honor Muhammad Ali and Orthodox would-be rabbi and boxer Yuri Foreman. While boxing trainer Martin Gonzalez was cutting loose on the dance floor with some salsa moves, several guests wearing yarmulkes wandered in. They looked confused. "Is this the show?" No, they wanted the Stardust Room, down the hall, to hear singers Oneg Shemesh and Chaim Kiss, and maybe a little comedy. The Stardust Room was once host to Jerry Lewis, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, Milton Berle and Sid Caesar, and also to raucous crowds that roared with laughter and applause.
The next day, Silverglade and his crew began to dismantle the boxing rings and pack up the gloves. It was time to "break camp." The group was slow to leave, as hugs and business cards were exchanged. "Boxing people are family," said Bronx-raised boxer Al Roth, as another generation of boxers and boxing Jews left the Catskills in the summertime.
Binnie Klein is the author of "Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind" (SUNY Press, 2010). She hosts an interview show on WPKN in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Hibernian entertain Kilmarnock at Easter Road on Saturday lunchtime in what is effectively a play-off decider.
The home side must win if their are to avoid the spectre of a two-leg showdown with a Championship side - one of either Hamilton, Falkirk or Queen of the South - while a draw will be enough to guarantee Kilmarnock another season in the Premiership.
Michael Nelson returns for Hibs having been banned against Ross County in midweek.
Kevin Thomson is struggling with a thigh strain, however, while Paul Heffernan (thigh) and Paul Hanlon (knee) are both out.
Kris Boyd will be fit for Allan Johnston's side despite limping off with a swollen ankle after scoring the winner against against St Mirren on Wednesday.
The veteran striker said: "That goal is probably the most important goal I've scored all season because it gives us the best opportunity going into Saturday.
"We've got the win so now Hibs have to beat us. That is the best position we could put ourselves in."
Rugby Park boss Allan Johnston will be without the suspended James Fowler after he was dismissed late on during the 1-0 win over St Mirren.
Long-term absentees Greg Kiltie (ankle) and Darren Barr (hip) will play no part.


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Belle 1902 victorienne située dans une petite ville sûre. Montez Amtrak à Columbus. Petit déjeuner complet servi à votre convenance. La plus grande zone de magasins d'antiquités dans le Midwest à distance de marche. Air conditionné, salle de bains privative, d'une propreté impeccable. Cheval de l'architecture historique en calèche disponibles.
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My wife and I had a wonderful stay here. A comfortable bed and a quiet room made for a very relaxing stay. The hosts were very warm and welcoming. The highlight of our stay was the carriage ride the next morning. We received a wonderful tour of the town with many interesting homes and stories from the town. Highly recommended.
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We stayed at this beautiful B&B while visiting friends just a few blocks down the street. The owners, Nancy and Wayne, are lovely and two of the best hosts in the business. Nancy made sure our breakfasts were to-die-for. Scrumptious meals prepared with love from local and farm fresh ingredients. Our room was the only one with a separate bathroom with a shower stall. The other two rooms have private bathrooms within the room itself that have handheld showers and claw foot tubs. Coffee and tea are available round the clock. The front porch beckoned me with a hot cup of coffee to sit and enjoy the temped weather and quiet neighborhood surroundings. Just the right setting to clear the cobwebs and start the day off right. We enjoyed a horse drawn carriage ride through Columbus with their magnificent Clydesdales Lou and Lash. Would definitely make a return visit to the Columbia Carriage House.
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This was a great find for us. We called on B&B's for a last minute getaway. All were full and we found this one in my hometown. It did not exist when I grew up there and now living in Madison rarely go back to little Columbus. Booking was very easy. The owners had been away when we arrived. They gave us instructions on how to enter. When we arrived there was a nice note and options on which room to choose. They also left out wine and snacks. We found a lovely room on the second floor. The house as a whole was extremely clean. It was built in 1903 if I recall. The molding and decor are very antique which creates a wonderful setting. The Columbus Carriage House is walking distance to downtown for dinner. We drove because of the rain but would love to go back on a nice summer day and walk around town. The library is nearby and the town was home of Johnny Depp Public Enemy movie. We relaxed for awhile on the main level with some wine and it was like the house was ours. No one else was there. We went to a local brewery for dinner and then returned to the Columbus Carriage House for a glass of wine and retired for the night. We woke and went to the main level to meet the owners. Both were lovely people. We enjoyed a chat during breakfast and learned more about the house and Columbus. We were supposed to do a carriage ride which would have been extra BUT mother nature did not cooperate so we have a reason to go back!! Thank you so much Nancy and Wayne for a great memory and stay!!
Cette belle salle est un favori avec des invités. Petite véranda "shaker", baignoire sur pattes, salle de bains privative. Confortable et propre.
Prix par nuit: $120 - $130
Charmante chambre donnant sur le boulevard. Peints à la main peinture murale de fleurs au-dessus des fenêtres de la tourelle. Propre et confortable.
Prix par nuit: $120 - $130
Antiquités, propres et confortables.
Prix par nuit: $120 - $130
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Antiquaires , Galeries d'art, Sites historiques, Cheval en calèche, Zone de pic-nic, Services religieux, Rivière
Bed and Breakfast
Jeux de société, Lecteur CD, Ordinateur, Copieur, Lecteur DVD, Cheminée, Bibliothèque, Piano, TV, Magnétoscope, Films , Cheval en calèche
Climatisation, Panier d'agréments, Ventilateurs de plafond, Bureau, Sèche-cheveux, Internet, Wi-Fi, Internet par câble
Vélos, Observation d'oiseau, Canoë, Pêche, Golf, Sentiers de randonnée , Chasse, cheval en calèche, Shopping, Excursion, Piscine, Terrain de tennis
Wayne et Nancy amour des chevaux et ont deux Clydesdale et un poney sur notre ferme juste au sud de Columbus. Le Clydesdale, Lash et Lou, sont utilisés pour donner des promenades en calèche. Ils sont âgés de 4 ans et cette année, ils apprennent à faire des tours .... maintenant que c'est amusant!
Equilibré , Régime particulier , Végétarien
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Yaourt organique mélangé avec du sirop d'érable Wisconsin et posé dans un parfait style sundae avec notre propre maison de framboises cultivées et de céréales. C'est une délicieuse façon de commencer votre petit-déjeuner.


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Racism and oppression are alive and well in the US. From the attempts of politicians to rob African-Americans of the right to vote in the latest elections\, the millions trapped in the prison system\, to the epidemic of police murders that have claimed the lives of Sean Bell\, Osca r Grant\, and Alan Blueford\, the New Jim Crow is out of control.
\nIn celebration of what would have been his 88th birthday\, the Internation al Socialist Organization will hold a discussion about the revolutionary i deas of Malcolm X. As revolt and struggles of the oppressed grow all aroun d the globe\, activists can learn many lessons from Malcolm X's ideas and struggles. From his legacy of struggle against racism\, firm belief in the right of the oppressed to defend themselves\, to his internationalism\, M alcolm X still has much to offer a new generation of activists.
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by RynMan » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:03 am
John Bonzo wrote:Music2004Man wrote:Ryn, who are the two other power arms?Qualls and Wheeler I assume.
Music2004Man wrote:Ryn, who are the two other power arms?
by Music2004Man » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:18 pm
by speedy27 » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:23 pm
Music2004Man wrote:Hmm, interesting thought. It seems like teams are always looking for power bullpen arms so they might as well try to maximize Lidge's value. Be careful what you wish for though because I don't think they made out that well when the traded Wagner away to the Phil's. Hopefully if they trade Lidge they will get some players who can help them immediately.
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@wesley91- I have worked as an emergency room nurse for 12 years and see these types of cases quite often.
Most medical emergencies that would require a chest tube placement are things such as a pneumothorax, hemothorax, or a hemo-pneumo thorax.
In a pneumothorax, there is a collection of air in the pleural space. This doesn't necessarily have to be from a traumatic event. There have been several cases that I have seen where the person just had a collapsed lung, leading to a pneumothorax, and had not had an injury. However, most of the time, a pneumothorax is secondary to some type of trauma to the chest area.
A hemothorax is blood, instead of air, in the pleural space. This is usually from a traumatic injury or post-surgery.
In these cases, a trocar chest tube would need to be inserted immediately to aspirate the air or blood. The hospital that I work for prefers to use the trocar rather than the other types.


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If Acer Iconia W3 is not your cup of tea, check its slightly bigger brother, Acer Iconia W4 is a great alternative. It is powered by Intel Atom Z3740 bay trail processor and features a bigger 8 inch display. This W-series tablet runs Windows 8 32 bit operating system. Compared to the W3, it has better display, faster processor (tiny bit slower than Atom Z3770), and improved battery runtimes as well.
Its specs include 2GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash storage, 5 mega pixel rear camera, 2 mega pixel front facing camera, micro SD card slot, micro HDMI port, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Like W3, it has 1280×800 pixel resolution screen, which is not bad for a windows 8 tablet with 8 inch display.
The tablet, like the W3 comes with Microsoft Office 2013 home and student edition which MS is offering to every windows tablet with 10 inch or smaller display. While there is no word on its price, we are expecting it to cost less than $400. Availability of it should be around mid-October.
Acer Iconia W4 with Atom Z3740 is a great package, but keep in mind you get a TN panel, and not an IPS display like Apple iPad Mini.
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Super Flower has just put its SF-550P14PE on the market in Asia. This is the first 550W modular power supply to be certified 80 Plus Platinum. To recap, the 80 Plus Platinum corresponds to the highest standard, claiming efficiency rates of 90, 94 and 91% at the respective loads of 20, 50 and 100% at 230 volts.
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Fabrizio Palombi. xxiv + 280 pp., index. Boston/Basel: Birkhäuser,
1997. $36.50.
In his collection of essays Indiscrete Thoughts Gian-Carlo Rota first offers us an engaging, sentimental, hyperbolic, idiosyncratic history of mathematicians in the 1950s at Princeton, Yale, and, to a lesser extent, MIT and Los Alamos. Second, he defends mathematics against philosophical reductionism, whether the source be the friends or foes of mathematics. Third, on the basis of both his history and his philosophy, he provides avuncular advice for young mathematicians. In combining these apparently disparate elements, Rota's book has evoked some criticism: Steven Kratz (Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 1997, 44:824-827) finds disunity here, Jeremy Gray (Mathematical Reviews, 97i:01026), inconsistency. I, however, find both unity and consistency. Rota's advice follows from his philosophy of phenomenology, which in turn determines the mathematicians he praises, namely, those who were more than mere technicians. Rota preaches Nietzsche's sermon to mathematicians: only that which has a history has a meaning. Mathematics, he argues, is historical in an essential way (p. 100). Rota's own history is unapologetically idiosyncratic--indeed, he calls it "gossip" (p. 38). It would read like an oral history except that Rota is overly modest. He writes about his friends, fellow addicts of mathematics. But they are in some ways mirrors of himself. Like Stanislaw Ulam, of the "sparkling manners" (p. 69), he himself is playful, with a Cheshire-cat grin. Like Alan Tucker (p. 23), he will write a good recommendation for you for a second-rate school if that's where he thinks you belong. Others whom Rota remembers in more than a passing way are Alonzo Church, William Feller, Emil Artin, Solomon Lefschetz, Jack Schwartz, Josiah W. Gibbs, and Alfred Young. Rota's history fits the proverb "Faithful are the wounds of a friend." Eulogizing Ulam, for example, Rota cites his broad mathematical contributions, ranging from logic to physics, but he earns the wrath of Ulam's wife by pointing out Ulam's personal foibles. Similarly, he lavishes just praise on Paul Halmos for his expository genius while criticizing "plunderers" (p. 74) of a paper by C. J. Everett and Ulam on algebraic logic--plunderers who may possibly include Halmos. According to Rota, middle-European Victorian culture confused meaning with precision and as a result promoted an embarrassing idea of progress, no less in mathematics than in the culture at large. Yet he pines for his roots in just such a culture (p. 68), even with its snobbery (p. 238). Rota has caustic words for historians of mathematics who know no mathematics (p. 243) and for artificial intelligence researchers who know nothing about phenomenology (p. 233). Yet he overstates his case: today, a defense of phenomenology (Herbert Dreyfus, Why Computers Can't Think [New York: Harper & Row, 1972]) is required reading in undergraduate classes on artificial intelligence. Similarly, although Rota claims no "mathematical beauty appreciation" courses exist (p. 121), there are in fact many of them, including a renowned geometry-based course at his beloved Princeton. Only because he has such high standards and exaggerates deficiencies does Rota fail to recognize honest attempts of mathematical mentors to produce more than technicians. But insofar as the current generation of mathematicians do go beyond mere technique, Rota deserves credit for helping them to do so. As for technicalities, the editor, Fabrizio Palombi, provides valuable references to obscure journals. Unfortunately, he does not indicate where the essays themselves were previously published. Further, the versions printed here are incomplete: for example, Chapter 2 has none of the pictures that originally appeared in the Mathematical Intelligencer, 1996, 18:44-51. All footnotes are missing from Chapter 12. This collection has a modest amount of redundancy: Rota's essay on Ulam appeared in a previous anthology, and in this volume two of the pedagogical essays overlap considerably. GENE B. CHASE Gene B. Chase is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Messiah College, the author of Bibliography of Christianity and Mathematics: 1910-1983 (Dordt College Press, 1983), the editor of A Seventh Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective (Wheaton College Press, 1990), and a former student of Gian-Carlo Rota. |
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There are many furniture manufacturers who can learn a bit about environmental friendliness from them. The carbon footprint of this company is small compared to other so called eco-friendly furniture makers. They could also go one step further, and instead of using the metal parts to secure the parts together, they could make the wooden parts fit together like a jig saw.
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Restaurants in the medina old city of Marrakech
Nomad restaurant in Marrakech
Nomad restaurant in Marrakech – newly opened near the main square, Place Jemaa el Fna' Already receiving great reviews, this restaurant just off the south east corner of Place des Épices, is a welcome addition to the restaurant scene in the medina with its mix of Moorish flavors and spices with contemporary cooking techniques. You
Marrakech Food Tours
You may have already visited Marrakech and are thinking to come back but want something a little different. Or you may be a foodie, always interested in foreign cuisine. We have the tour for you. It's Marrakech Food Tours – a personally-guided tour around Marrakech to discover the food that Marrakchis eat. Camel burger?
Restaurant in souks of Marrakech
Un déjeuner à Marrakech Rather a long name for a restaurant, it has nevertheless earned a good reputation by providing excellent and beautifully presented meals and delicious desserts. Excellent value for money.. There are several floors with a roof terrace about three floors up—if you still have energy to mount the stairs. It's north along
Le Jardin Restaurant
If like us, you love the rooftop at Café des Épices but sometimes find it too crowded, head over to its sister restaurant, Le Jardin. It's just a short stroll away. Set in the flowery courtyard of a restored riad, Le Jardin is a curious space where you'll see projected art-house movies on the
I Limoni Restaurant in Marrakesh
Sometimes you just want somewhere that reminds you of your favourite Italian go-to restaurant back home. To drink lemonade, eat pasta and gently download all the experiences, sights and sounds of the Medina in the shade. I Limoni is that place. An Italian restaurant that doubles up as a coffee shop in the heart of
Marrakchi street food – get involved!
Moroccan soul food is best sampled on the street, or in someone's home. As a tourist it can be hard to secure an invite while on vacation, so after you've tried the delicious homecooked food at our riad, wander the makeshift food stalls around Djmaa el-Fna and surrounding streets. It is a quintessential Marrakchi experience.
Cheap and cheerful in the medina of Marrakesh
Restaurant Oscar Progrés On the middle road of the roads leading south of the main square, Place Jemaa' el Fna', on the rue Bani Marine, you'll find Restaurant Oscar Progrés. It's not chic but is a favourite of travellers and locals. Ambience provided by ceramic tile walls with a band of sculpted plaster above –
Pop-up at Le Jardin, restaurant in Marrakesh
As one of the world's best shopping destinations, it's no wonder that Marrakech has jumped on the worldwide pop-up shop craze. One of the best to keep an eye on is the one held at the restaurant Le Jardin. Pop Up Shop occasionally takes over the first floor of Le Jardin in Souk El Jeld
Le Foundouk restaurant, near Riad Chi-Chi, Marrakech
Enchanting restaurant in a restored riad behind the Medersa ben Youssef. so right in the heard of the medina of Marrakesh. Romantic atmosphere. Mix of French and local cuisine. Le Foundouk Restaurant Marrakech 55 Souk Hal Fassi, Kaat BenNahid, Marrakesh 05 24 37 81 90 http://www.foundouk.com/
Dar Zellije restaurant, near Riad Sapphire, Marrakech
Fabulous Moroccan restaurant just around the corner from Riad Sapphire in the Sidi ben Slimane area of Marrakech medina. Great Moroccan food. The decor is sophisticated and the ambience is fantastic. Live Andalusian music, great service. Definitely worth a visit. Good restaurant for a special celebration. Alcohol served. You can pay by credit card. Restaurant


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Sergio Garcia Racist Remark About Tiger Woods [VIDEO]
What the heck is going on with the fued betweer Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia? They have been going back and forth with snarky remarks for awhile.
It did make for interesting viewing as I was watching the Players Championship a couple of weeks ago.
But now at Tuesday's European Tour awards dinner Sergio was asked on stage whether he would be inviting Woods for dinner during next month's U.S. Open in Merion.
Garcia responded: "We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken." He has since kind of appologized.
It appears that Tiger didn't accept the appology because Wednesday he tweeted: "The comment that was made wasn't silly. It was wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate…"
Remember about 5 years ago when PGA Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller made a "Fried Chicken" remark about Tiger? That pretty much ended his career.


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Go, Cheetahs, Go!
Two male cheetahs from the Houston Zoo got to go on a field trip to stretch their legs recently.
Their keepers took them to a local racetrack when there were no horses around. There, they had a 600-foot straightaway to try to reach their top running speeds — much more open space than they have at the zoo.
Kito and Kiburi, along with their companion dog, got to have an off-leash race, where they chased a lure down the track.
See them in action in the video below.
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Easy access from I-84 East of Portland. Several nearby traveler amenities including gas, restaurants and shopping. Easy commuting to Downtown Portland, PDX Portland International Airport and any metro area of the city. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area nearby with beautiful view of Mount Hood. Pet Charge: 15.00/night, per pet. Pet Limit: Only 2 pets/room under 20 pounds allowed. Microwave and refrigerator in all rooms. Free hot breakfast served. All Cash Paying Guests will be required to pay a refundable deposit of 200.00 per stay. Exercise room open 6 am to 10 pm. Pool and Spa open 9 am to 11 pm.
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Bloomfield House Hotel is committed to achieving savings through an environmental management policy. To date we have reduced our waste landfill by up to 30% through a detailed recycling programme.
A Business Management System was installed in January 2009 to give greater control over our heating, which has resulted in a 15% reduction in oil consumption to date.
All light fittings are gradually being replaced with energy efficient lighting, and plans are afoot to install a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit which is expected to reduce energy consumption by up to a further 25%.
Lights, heat and air conditioning are only on when required.
All our chemicals are eco friendly through Johnston Diversy products.
We are committed to constantly reviewing, investing in and improving our environmental management policy.
Environmental Policy of Bloomfield House Hotel, Leisure Club and Spa
The management of Bloomfield House Hotel, Leisure Club and Spa recognise that everything we do has an effect upon the environment. We wish to continuously improve our environmental performance, ensuring the sustainability of our actions. We intend to do this by reviewing annually our environmental impact to ensure that we maintain high eco-tourism standards and implement best environmental practice.
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· Pass on the benefits of improved environmental practice to our staff and guests.
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· Monitoring and reducing our use of non-ecological detergents and disinfectants and replacing them with ecological products.
· Monitoring and reducing our use of chemicals, and where possible replacing them with environmentally safe products.
· Educating, training and motivating our staff to work in an environmentally responsible manner and to participate in developing new ideas and initiatives.
· Communicating with our guests and providing information about local landscape, biodiversity and nature conservation measures in our area.
· Lake Walks, Maintain and planting on hotel grounds.
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· Requesting when towels are to be changed.
· Separating waste into the bins provided.
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NEXT STOP … SPACE — Space travel and exploration was always a
fascination for Walt Disney. Disney produced three space-themed
specials in the 1950s for his Emmy Award-winning "Disneyland"
television series — "Man in Space," "Man and the Moon" and "Mars
and Beyond." The three specials, directed by legendary Disney
animator Ward Kimball, included participation from leading space
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Tricia's Menu Plan Monday for February 9th
Coming off of Blissdom it's a bit challenging to plan the meals for the week. I am barely recovered from all of the hoopla to even be able to think of what to cook. However, I am quite impressed with myself for coming up with our meal plan while in another state AND I don't think I will even have to go to the grocery store. Great!
Wednesday I am helping to cater a lunch for Level 3 Media and Forge Ideas. I am making one of my favorites (which I think may be on March's Once A Month menu) along with a test run of some muffins for March's Once A Month menu. I'll let you know what I think).
Monday – Carraba's Pollo Rosa Maria, vegetable
Tuesday – Garlic Chicken, roasted vegetables
Wednesday – Catered Lunch – Whole Wheat Orange Spice Muffins, BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, Dinner – freezer lasagna
Thursday – Talapia, Baked Potatoes, salad
Friday – Family Birthday Party
Saturday – Crockpot Chicken Stroganoff
Sunday – leftovers
(You have until February 9th at noon to enter to win the Carraba's Giveaway)
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Edward T. Reilly, President and CEO
December 1, 2008
Edward T. Reilly is the 17th President and Chief Executive Officer of American Management Association, International. He has served in this role since June 2001. AMA (amanet.org) is the world's leading not-for-profit, membership-based management development, research and publishing organization. Each year, AMA directly interacts with over 100,000 managers and executives in the United States and around the world, through its renowned management education seminar programs and conferences. It publishes many newsletters, research papers and a quarterly management journal. Through its publishing arm, AMACOM, it publishes over 80 books per year.
AMA is the parent company of Management Centre Europe (MCE.be), a leading pan-European business management education institution for middle and senior executives. Management Centre Europe has been located in Brussels for 40 years. AMA also maintains operations in Canada, Mexico, Japan and China, with affiliated organizations in Istanbul, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Seoul. AMA's organizations are distinguished by the quality of their faculty of global business practitioners, the practical action-oriented focus of their learning programs, and the dynamic, interactive nature of their courses.
Ed previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Big Flower Holdings, Inc. (now Vertis, Inc.), a leading provider of integrated marketing and advertising services. Under his four-year leadership, revenues at Big Flower Holdings increased from approximately $1 billion to nearly $1.9 billion. The NYSE-listed Company broadened its services and made numerous acquisitions, specializing in newspaper insert advertising, individualized direct mail, digital asset management and application software for the broadcasting and advertising agency industries. In December of 1999, the Company was taken private in a leveraged transaction.
Prior to joining Big Flower Holdings, Ed spent over 25 years with the broadcast and book publishing groups of The McGraw-Hill Companies, holding the following positions: Editor in Chief of the Accounting, Computing and Data Processing Department of Gregg Community College Division; Chief Financial Officer of the California Test Bureau; General Manager of the Instructo Corporation; Group Vice President for Europe, Africa and The Middle East; Group Vice President for McGraw-Hill Training Systems; Executive Vice President in charge of McGraw-Hill International Book Company. In 1987, Ed became the President of The McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, during that time, he also served as Chairman of the Board of the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB), Chairman of the Board of the Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) when the technology platform for digital broadcasting and high definition television was developed and approved by the FCC, and as a Board member of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Ed is also a past Chairman of The Advertising Council, the world leader in public service advertising.
Currently, Ed serves on the following Boards: Chairman of the USO World Headquarters Board of Governors and a Member of the Board of Directors of AARP Services, Inc. He is also a Member of the North American Advisory Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business in Dublin, past Chairman and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the U.S., and Fellow of the International Academy of Management.
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If you met someone in a bar, say, and you got talking, they are likely to ask what you do. You will probably reply that you are an embedded software developer. [Actually, in my experience, this can be a bit of a conversation killer. You might be better saying you are an airline pilot or a brain surgeon.] If they carry on talking with you, they might ask you what that job entails and you would probably answer with something about designing software and writing C/C++ code. Of course, that is not really the case. Most embedded software developers spend the bulk of their time debugging.
This does beg the question: what does debugging actually mean? The answer is less simple than you might expect …
Many years ago, when computers were big and expensive, there were no debugging tools that we would recognize today. Frankly, programmers made less errors. One reason for this was that time on the computer was precious, so the programmer would write the code down on paper first, thinking it through very thoroughly. They would very carefully proof read to avoid syntax errors, as just one slip could waste a computer run. Then they would think through the operation of the code, dry running it on paper to check the logic. Eventually, this carefully scrutinized code would be submitted to the computer. After the run, the results would be studied and, if an error was detected, the code would be modified to include extra printf() [or equivalent] lines to show how values were changing. By using conditional compilation, "debug" and "production" versions of code could be compiled.
So, why not take this approach when writing embedded software today? The first part – writing the code on paper and thinking a lot – might be a very good practice. However, the ready access to computers that cost almost nothing has moved us away from such an approach. The practice of adding printf() calls to log values is still amazingly common, despite it being quite problematic for embedded applications. There are five key issues:
- Most implementations of printf() are quite large. The function needs to address a very wide range of formatting situations and that takes a lot of code. This does not matter in a desktop software context, but memory is rarely in abundance in an embedded system.
- There is the question of where the output of printf() actually goes. Many embedded systems have nothing that looks like a "console" and directing output back to a host computer can be challenging.
- In a multi-threading context – i.e. when using an RTOS – reentrancy is a concern. If two threads try to use printf() at the same time, confusion can result.
- Every time you want to change the variables you are looking at, a complete rebuild and download of the code is required.
- Lastly, of course, formatting and sending the output [somewhere] takes time. If it is a real time application, this overhead can introduce problems.
So, for most systems, using printf() as a debug tool is not viable. Much better is to attach a debugger to the target system using JTAG. This can give ready access to all the target data and addresses the five issues thus:
- There is no extra code on the target.
- Data is displayed on the host computer without effort.
- The debugger needs to be task-aware, but that is well understood.
- Code only needs to be rebuilt to fix bugs.
- A JTAG connection is not totally non-intrusive in the time domain, but the impact is typically quite small.
I am left wondering whether, if developers were rationed in their computer access and, hence, required to write out all code by hand and do some thinking, would better code result and debug time be reduced?
[With thanks to my colleague Rizwan Rasheed, who suggested this topic.]


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Cabot Circus - wealth generator or consumer cult?
by Tony Gosling
on Thursday 25 Sep 2008
type: News Report
topic: Globalisation
region: Bristol
BRISTOL 25Sep08 - Bristol musician David Mowat was stopped from handing out leaflets earlier today by security in the new Cabot Circus. Ironically his leaflets were to publicise a debate at which Cabot Circus manager James Bailey will be discussing the pros and cons of the new development. In this 8 minute interview David eplains that the debate will be a balanced one with pro-and anti consumerism views on the table. The forthcoming debate also features Quaker economist Tony Weeks who will be lookig at alternative ideas of wealth creation to those now failing as part of the 'credit crunch'..
Cabot circus is the biggest building development Bristol has seen since the reconstruction following World War II. In the light of climate change, financil meltdown and energy crisis what will it achieve? What are the next aspects of Bristol which need regenerating?
The debate, entitled Options for Bristol's Regeneration, takes place at 7.30pm on Thursday 9th October at the Central Friends Meeting House, River Street Bristol BS2 9DG.
7.30pm at Central Meeting House River Street BS2 9DG Options for Regeneration in Bristol.
Cabot Circus: New found land or same old fair?
James Bailey, Centre Manager for Cabot Circus will describe the many benefits to Bristol brought by purchasing the world's finest goods in the nation's most popular retail outlets. Cabot Circus builds on a long tradition of city centre markets from the Old Market and on 'Broad Meade' onwards. 4,000 jobs will, it is hoped, be created and emphasis is on people from the most deprived areas of Bristol getting them.
Tony Weekes will stress the need to put creativity not consumerism into the heart of regeneration. How can we make our cities convivial and valuing of nature? And what of the impact of Cabot Circus on smaller shopping areas of Bristol? Tony was an economics lecturer at York University before going freelance. Now Fergusson Fellow at the Quaker study centre, Woodbrooke College, he's applying the thinking of Fritz Schumacher, of 'Small Is Beautiful' fame, to local sustainability.
After hearing both speakers, members of the public will put forward their opinions and questions.
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