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The recently re-launched Myspace.com social network which originally rose to prominence on the pre-Facebook Web is facing a potential legal issue which could severely impact its revenue and potential for growth under its new management.
One of Myspace's primary investors, pop music icon Justin Timberlake, recommended the revamped network take a "music-focused" approach to social networking in order to capitalize on a market currently dominated by Pandora, iTunes and Google Play. However, music licensing giant Merlin, which handles rights for thousands of small labels worldwide, has claimed that Myspace is currently utilizing many of the tracks in their extensive library without permission.
Kenneth Wisnefski, Founder & CEO of WebiMax, a firm specializing in online marketing and brand management, commented on this story. Wisnefski feels:
- At this stage in Myspace's renaissance, it is necessary the company "covers its bases" in order to avoid negative press or legal issues which could influence usership and revenues and even this seemingly minor oversight could be a reputation issue for the company.
- The buzz surrounding the network's return to prevalence could easily be subdued by such negative press and the music-themed site should attempt to renew its license with Merlin as to not limit its extensive track offerings while still adhering to licensing regulations.
- Myspace's popularity reached its initial peak before Facebook's arrival on the social scene and now faces a completely different landscape with competitors such as Twitter, Google+ and the aforementioned Facebook. These networks pose a significant threat to Myspace's market share and may make a true revival difficult as much of the network's audience has moved on to these competitors. To reach its previous level of success, it is necessary for Myspace to target and effectively reach an audience that these competitors cannot.
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Creperie Le Triskel is a joyful French experience in convivial Hardware Lane. Come here for excellent cuisine, a charming atmosphere and passionate staff who love what they do. Creperie Le Triskel is nearly always full, a testament to their modus operandi.
This cafe is famous for its excellent crepes and galettes. This is French through and through. The crepes are creative including pear, chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Or try a simple lemon crepe or some rasberry coulis. These crepes come folded over.
The galettes made with buckwheat flour are the savoury version and are also super popular. Meat, vegetables, gourmet ingredients and piles of melted cheese. The food is simple but so good.
The Croque Monsieur is a classic French dish that is popular at Creperie Le Triskel. It comes with plenty of melted cheese on top as well as inside the bread, along with quality ham.
Hear the wait staff speaking to each other in French. Check out the French magazines and books and posters. You will feel like you're in France. The manager is a cool French guy who exudes passion for hospitality and great food.
Creperie Le Trikel is a superb place to meet with friends. The ambience in the restaurant is upbeat and charming. A great spot is along the window looking out onto Hardware Lane. The cluster of tables outside are also great fun.
The sign says "arrogantly French" - which I enjoy - but I found the staff to be friendly and engaging. The waitress chatted to me in a busy cafe and pointed at a large map on the wall to show me which part of France the Croque Monsieur hailed from.
The "how to order in French" sign at the counter is a classic.
For a feel good French experience I highly recommend Creperie Le Triskel. With some of the cool serious venues around it's great to get some french joy in Hardware Lane. Magnifique!

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Remember Me
Our ambience is getting more and more enriched by technical equipment that aims to support us in our daily activities. In our homes these devices are motion detectors that turn on the light or start playing our favorite tune when we enter, microchips that control heating systems, Internet enabled TV sets and set-top boxes or remote controls for various devices and functions.
The support that all these devices provide to residents in their daily lives can be enhanced by facilitating cooperation between. An intelligent home network that has access to all entities in a house might optimize energy efficiency (by demand driven heating), increase safety&security (by presence control of e.g. iron and stove and by automatic door/windows locking mechanisms) and enhance comfort by adapting to user needs and habits.
One of the major objectives of AutHoNe is to support this kind of cooperative scenarios by providing autonomic mechanisms to integrate new devices into home networks. Our focus is not only on enabling devices to participate at the cooperative but also to autonomously optimize the connected nodes all the time.
The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project supervisor is the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Duration: 01.10.2007 - 31.03.2011 (42 month) Funding: ca. 3 Mio € (BMBF)
German partners partially funded by BMBF:
AutHoNe is being carried out as part of the CELTIC cluster within the EUREKA initiative, CELTIC project partners are Ginkgo Networks (F), France Telecom (F), Université Pierre & Marie Curie (F), Sony-Ericsson (SE), Lund University (SE). See also: http://www.pt-it.pt-dlr.de/de/2081.php


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Sensors 2014, 14(3), 5278-5295; doi:10.3390/s140305278
Infrared Sensor-Based Temperature Control for Domestic Induction Cooktops
Received: 30 December 2013 / Revised: 12 February 2014 / Accepted: 13 February 2014 / Published: 14 March 2014
(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2013)
Abstract: In this paper, a precise real-time temperature control system based on infrared (IR) thermometry for domestic induction cooking is presented. The temperature in the vessel constitutes the control variable of the closed-loop power control system implemented in a commercial induction cooker. A proportional-integral controller is applied to establish the output power level in order to reach the target temperature. An optical system and a signal conditioning circuit have been implemented. For the signal processing a microprocessor with 12-bit ADC and a sampling rate of 1 Ksps has been used. The analysis of the contributions to the infrared radiation permits the definition of a procedure to estimate the temperature of the vessel with a maximum temperature error of 5 °C in the range between 60 and 250 °C for a known cookware emissivity. A simple and necessary calibration procedure with a black-body sample is presented.
non-contact temperature measurement; infrared sensor; radiation detector; induction heating; temperature control
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Lasobras, J.; Alonso, R.; Carretero, C.; Carretero, E.; Imaz, E. Infrared Sensor-Based Temperature Control for Domestic Induction Cooktops. Sensors 2014, 14, 5278-5295.
AMA StyleLasobras J, Alonso R, Carretero C, Carretero E, Imaz E. Infrared Sensor-Based Temperature Control for Domestic Induction Cooktops. Sensors. 2014; 14(3):5278-5295.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLasobras, Javier; Alonso, Rafael; Carretero, Claudio; Carretero, Enrique; Imaz, Eduardo. 2014. "Infrared Sensor-Based Temperature Control for Domestic Induction Cooktops." Sensors 14, no. 3: 5278-5295.


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Manhattan Moods
Mary Stallings
1. This Can't Be Love 4:16 2. Sweet And Lovely 5:18 3. I Have A Feeling 6:08 4. How High The Moon 5:36 5. Lullaby Of The Leaves 4:38 6. I Wish I Knew 5:04 7. Surrey With The Fringe On Top 4:48 8. You Go To My Head 6:38 9. He Was Too Good To Me 6:03 10. Willow Weep For Me 5:59 11. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 5:18 12. I Love You Madly 4:21
A true jazz singer in the tradition of Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday, Mary Stallings doesn't just sing songs. She tells stories. She creates moods. And in her new Concord Jazz recording, she creates Manhattan Moods, but not those of the incessantly honking horns of taxis on the crowded streets of a city that never sleeps. The warmth of candlelight, the coziness of the log-burning fireplace in the Park Avenue penthouse suite, the subtlety and complexity of the vintage wine being served at just the right temperature, all being shared with that special someone-these are the Manhattan Moods for which this collection of romantic standards, rendered with passion and warmth by one of the finest jazz vocalists singing today, is the perfect soundtrack. FEATURING: Mary Stallings - vocals; Monty Alexander - piano; Ben Wolfe - bass; Clyde Lucas >- drums; Hendrik Meurkens - harmonica, vibraphone; Dick Oatts - flute, soprano saxophone
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This past Tuesday, residents of certain parts of the planet witnessed a rare astrological occurrence: the Transit of Venus. Venus, the next-closest planet to the Sun, crossed directly between the Earth and the Sun, so observers could see the silhouette of the planet against the backdrop of the Sun. Things like this presumably freak out the horoscope readers among us, and according to the Times of India, there are potential financial consequences relating to the Transit of Venus. "Will there be any effect on the Indian currency and economy?" the Times of India asks Sunita Chabra, "renowned astrologer." "Yes," he responds, "it indicates a good time for the common man which means that the government might be willing to review its economic policies." Was the same true here in the States? Let's check the news!
Ben Bernanke took to Congress to discuss the economy this week, and disappointed many by saying that the Fed has done all it can. So: thanks for nothing Transit of Venus. But the Fed did finalize its Basel III capital requirements for banks this week, which contains a lot of bad news for smaller banks. They will be subject to the same regulations as large banks — bad news for the common man, it seems. Also, Bernanke likely won't be raising interest rates, which is bad news for savers. We looked at a few accounts that offer interest rates above 1% — there aren't that many, which is more bad news for the common man.
On the other hand, the FDIC agreed to look into banks' payday lending practices at the behest of a coalition of consumer advocacy groups. We understand the logic behind the consumer complaints, but banks actually behave more responsibly than other payday advance lenders: they provide backstops to the "debt trap" that these loans supposedly put consumers into.
This week was a mixed bag when it comes to other banking product news. As always, bad news first: PNC is scaling back its rewards program; SunTrust is slashing perks on its checking accounts; and overdraft fees are on the rise (and your bank isn't being honest with you about it). In good news: BB&T launched a prepaid-only account for teenagers that has straightforward terms and fees, and great functionality, and Chase is eliminating overdraft fees on transactions under $5 — a nice break for consumers.
We also took a look at how to compare student checking accounts, and we offered some advice for using prepaid cards at restaurants — this is a bit of a problem, apparently.
Maybe you feel like all hope is lost in this down economy, and you'd like to go play your last $40 on scratchers because what the hell. Before you go and do that, read about SaveUp, the Intuit-powered program that encourages you to save money by turning money saved into, well, lottery tickets. The strange logic of SaveUp speaks to the weird times we live in right now.


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Gateway College of Architecture & Design, Sonepat
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Gateway College of Architecture and Design (GCAD), Sonipat has been initiated by the Gateway Education & Charitable Society. GCAD is affiliated to Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak and Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal. This Society has as a partner, an architect who has a strong desire of providing to the young people, aspiring to lead a creative life of an architect, a platform that is based on idealistic but pragmatic thinking. The college is being guided by another architect who has a vast experience in architectural education and believes in using contemporary teaching methods for effective education.
This college of architecture and design envisions the creation of well rounded personalities capable of producing meaningful architecture and design and become positive contributors to the Society and Nation. The college also sees itself as a forerunner in developing a new line of thinking in architectural education. It is headed toward the creation of a model school of architecture that others can emulate with ultimately an open access data base that makes it possible for students from anywhere to access the teaching material generated by the faculty.
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Do You Check for Understanding Often Enough with Students?
A few months ago, I wrote for Edutopia.org about the power of focusing on a few, high-priority standards as a strategy to improve student learning. Many other elements also need to be in play in a classroom in order to produce the results that we all want to see for our students.
To name just a few: The learning environment needs to be one in which students feel respected and safe to take risks; kids need to feel that their learning has a purpose and that the curriculum is relevant to their lives; and students need feedback on their progress -- they need to know what they're trying to accomplish, where they are in relation to the goal, and what they need to do in order to get there.
It is the teacher's role to make sure this happens.
The Multi-Tasking Teacher
Although to be an effective teacher it often feels like you need to be one of those Hindu gods with a dozen arms, I believe that educators do need to hold standards and objectives in one hand and formative assessments in the other. We then need to juggle them back and forth. It's essential to break down a high-priority standard into bite size learning objectives that are measurable and then it's absolutely critical to have a way to check, every single day, on how well students mastered that objective.
Having a well-written learning objective, in student-friendly language, is not enough.
This isn't easy. In fact, there's nothing easy about teaching. But it is essential that every time students leave our classroom, we ask a number of questions:
- How do I know that they learned what I wanted them to learn?
- How well did they learn the objective?
- Who mastered it and who didn't?
- Which parts of the objective did students struggle with? What misconceptions did they have?
If we don't answer these questions, all of our careful planning and breaking down of standards and creating a positive learning environment and making curriculum relevant is useless.
As educators, we are responsible for learning, not teaching.
So how do we do assess every day how well students mastered the objectives?
The Key: Formative Assessment
A lot has been written about on-going, formative assessments, but my favorite resource is Checking for Understanding by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey This book is a quick and easy read, very accessible and full of dozens of ways to thoughtfully and systematically monitor student learning.
Fisher and Frey define a formative assessment as one that serves to improve instruction and provide student feedback and which is administered throughout instruction. Students use the results to monitor their own learning; teachers use the results to check for understanding and then to plan their next instructional moves.
In contrast, a summative assessment is administered at the end of a course or unit, and is used to measure student competency. Teachers use these results for grades.
If formative assessments are used consistently, and used well, neither a teacher nor a student should ever be surprised by his/her final grade, and I would argue that the great majority of students should be successful.
A Few Examples
Formative assessments can be:
- Questioning strategies that are used with the whole group or individuals
- Think-pair-share, during which the teacher circulates and listens to students sharing
- Individual mini-white boards for ongoing assessment during a lesson
- An "exit ticket," which is a quarter or half sheet of paper where students write about their learning for the day, or answer a brief question or two
- Hand signals, as a quick and easy way to check for understanding
I imagine that most teachers are familiar with these strategies and many others.
Recently I observed a fantastic first grade Sheltered English teacher who used a variety of formative assessment techniques to ensure that students mastered their objective (to analyze characters and identify the setting in a picture book).
As the teacher read the story, she instructed students to use specific hand gestures when they heard repetitive phrases and to repeat those phrases out loud. This engaged students, assured that they were following the language patterns, and allowed the teacher to check that all students heard and understood a repeating phrase (important oral language development for English Language Learners).
Then she had students talk to each other about the characters and share their ideas with the whole group. Finally, she distributed three response cards to the children: one card said "who," another said "when," and the last said "where."
The teacher named a character or aspect of the setting, such as "sheep," and students had to hold up the card that identified the literary element. In this way, the teacher was able to immediately see who was struggling with the concepts and to provide corrective feedback.
Planning is a Must
When I write lesson plans, I have a column in which I write the activity that students will do or where I detail my instructional moves. Next to that is another column where I identify the formative assessment strategies that I will use during those activities.
In order for my checking for understanding to be as useful as possible, I need to carefully plan and consider which strategy will be most effective with the planned activity. If I don't plan, I tend to use a few strategies over and over, or I don't get the most accurate data. This doesn't mean that I don't throw in a spontaneous strategy now and then, but it assures me that I'll get the student data I need by the end of that lesson.
What have you learned about formative assessments from using them? Do you have a strategy to check for understanding that you find effective? Please share your ideas and expertise with us!
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Thank u so much I cant tell you how these explanations, examples, as well as these reminders boasted my confidence and morale as I am planning to return to the classroom
This has deepen my understanding
I can envision my new students being successful while using my content and skills
I hope Im making sense
Hello Elena,
Great reminders. I am a foreign language teacher who used various strategies with her students. However, I feel that they do not even care about what I am doing. When I talk to them about their progress, they say "what is wrong with letter F" they mean their grade in this subject. I need help with reaching these students. I really wants to make a change. Help me. By the way I teach high school 9-12.
As a preschool teacher, I often find myself being creative with formative assessments. My students are between the ages of 3 and 4. It can be difficult to judge which students have mastered the material and who is struggling. The learning objectives seem so simple, but challenging at the same time because the students are so young. There can be many factors that cause information to be missed. It might just be a matter of whether they were able to remain focused or if something distracted them during the lesson and focus was lost. Creating engaging lessons with lots of movements have help with this.
When it comes to formative assessment, I try and make it fun. For example, at circle time, which is whole group, I will execute the lesson/activity. Then, similar to the "exit ticket," if we are working on colors, I may ask, "If you are wearing something blue, please go to your desk for small group." If assessments occur during the lesson, I may ask for everyone wearing yellow to stand up and jump. Following whole group is small group and the two are always connected. During this time there are aides in the classroom who assist me in circulating the room. We sit with our student groups and discuss the material from whole group. An example would be, if we read a book during whole group, we would use questioning or follow up activities to check for understanding. This works very well because we are able to utilize one on one time. If a student seems to not grasp the material, we can further explain or allow other students in the group to help or assist the struggling student. I think that experimenting with various formative assessments can be useful. Depending on the age/grade level and the teacher's style, the most effective assessments can vary.
I also think that it is important to offer more than one formative assessment to allow students the opportunity to comfortably explain their understanding of the learning objective. Extroverts may prefer Think Pair Share while introverts may prefer a writing assignment.
My favorite is the white board activity. I usually give my students old worksheets or construction paper and let them answer a few questions. I even mix it up by challenging the boys against the girls or winter birthdays versus summer birthdays. Most importantly, we talk about the mistakes and use them as learning points.
Hello Elena,
Great reminders. I am using most of the assessment's strategies you talked about in my classroom. However, I am not getting any responses from my students. I teach foreign language to high school students (9-12) and I am the only FL teacher for this group. I'd like to start a PLC to share ideas and opinions.
Thank you for a great article! I am in the process of working on my masters in special education. I have been home with my 3 children for the past 15 years and am getting ready to get back into teaching. I look forward to gaining new insights and ideas through following your blog.
I teach in Florida where they are working on passing a law that ends tenure and ties teacher pay directly to student performance. And if students are not performing well for long enough, the teacher can be fired. Many teachers are getting incredibly stressed about the implications.
There are problems with the law. They haven't really defined how they will measure performance and how it will be appropriate to each subject. However, I think most teachers are panicky because they feel that too much is out of their control. I don't think most realize how big an impact they can have. This blog post would be a good place for them to start.
I took a formative assessment class in my undergraduate studies, my professor even came to my work and gave a professional development. Even with all of this, I still do not use them like I should. I feel that I use more summative assessments with different modes of response. I do feel like I know my students enough to know when they are struggling. I only have 5 students right now as I have a 6:1:2 self-contained classroom. This makes it very easy for me to see when a student is having difficulties. However, I should use more of what I was taught about assessments and many of them are fun for the students!
Reading these posts have been a very valuable learning experience for me. I have just recently started my Master's Degree in Education and we are currently talking about Professional Learning Communities. Currently I am trying to move my focus from teaching to learning. Your analysis Elena, reiterates to me the importance of asking key questions: What do I want my students to learn? Will I know if they are learning? What will I do when some students are having difficulties learning? I will look more closely at the strategies you have shared with this community and see how I can make use of them.
It's encouraging to see the response to this topic. I would encourage those of you who are exploring the topic of Formative Assessment (or Assessment FOR Learning) to check out http://salemafl.ning.com.
A little about the site: It is a Ning (or social network) all about Formative Assessment. It started with our school system's exploration of the topic. It has now grown into a site with members from across the country and around the world. It's a great place to share ideas, find ideas, discuss, and connect. I would encourage all of you reading this excellent blog post to check it out - you won't be disappointed. If nothing else, you might want to try using the Ning model in your own school system.


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Jim Harvey praised matchwinner Mark Beesley after he collected his first win as Chester City manager against Gateshead on Saturday. Striker Beesley scored in the second half to leave Chester 22 points from safety in the Blue Square Premier. Harvey told BBC Radio Merseyside: "Mark's very intelligent and he can find space well. "He uses his intelligence and linked up with Anthony Barry and Clark Keltie. Some of their football was top draw." Harvey was pleased with the manner his pla.... read more
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The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 requires the EPA to establish national drinking water standards, called maximum contaminant levels. (MCL). By 1990 the EPA had set maximum levels of only 65 of at least 700 potential pollutants. Of the chemicals found in drinking water that have been tested, 97 cause cancers, 82 cause mutations, 28 are toxic, and 23 promote tumors in test animals. By 1995, the EPA is required by Congress to set new standards for 108 drinking water contaminants.
Municipal Water Treatment: Water from a lake, reservoir, river, or wells is pumped to a treatment plant. At the treatment plant, (1) chlorine is added to kill bacteria, (2) alum (aluminum sulfate) is added to coagulate organic particles, (3) the water is put into a settling basin to let the precipitate settle, (4) it is then filtered through sand filters, (5) treated with lime to adjust the pH, and (6) put into a storage reservoir until delivery to homes.
Some people object to using chlorine because it may react to form very small concentrations of some cancer causing compounds. However, if the bacteria are not killed, a person has a greater chance of dying from water borne diseases.
Adapted from: Miller, G., Living in the Environment, 7th Ed., Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1992 p. 629.
In 1990, about 1 in 17 Americans spent more than $2 billion to buy bottled water at an average price 700 times that of tap water. Water bottling companies can legally get their water from springs, wells, or public water from the tap. More than one third of the bottled water sold in the U.S. comes from the same ground water and surface waters that provide municipal tap water. Sellers are not required to identify on their labels the source of the water or the type of purifying equipment, if any, used.
Bottled water is regulated by the FDA, not the EPA, and the FDA requires bottlers to check only 22 of the 30 chemicals tested for in the tap water provided by municipalities. Only bottled water marketed over state lines must meet all federal drinking-water standards, and testing is required every one to four years, except for bacteria, which are tested weekly. Bottlers are not required to submit test results to the EPA as do the municipalities. FDA inspectors check bottling plants only every two or three years. Mineral water is not regulated by the FDA or any other agency.
An important consideration is whether the bottler belongs to the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and adheres to the testing requirements. The IBWA requires its members to test for 181 contaminants and sends an inspector from the National Sanitation Foundation, a private lab, to bottling plants annually to check all pertinent records. By 1991, IBWA water testing standards were required in 15 states.
Consult: Consumer Reports, January, 1987 for test evaluation of 50 bottled waters. Consumer Reports, January, 1990 for evaluation of water treatment equipment.
Terms: coagulation, floc, settling tanks, sand filters, chlorination What are the general processes which are used to convert "raw" water into drinking quality water? What tests and their results are done to ensure water quality?
In preparation for the debate, go to the grocery store and make an inventory of some the types of bottled water. List brand names, claims of purity, ingredients lists, methods of purification etc.


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A cold front will bring moderate to heavy rain over the next couple of hours before showers become lighter and more scattered overnight tonight. Wind will peak tonight into Thursday morning and ease up through the day as the disturbance moves out of the region. Several Wind Adivsories and High Wind Warnings are in effect for the coast, Rogue and Shasta Valleys and the east side of the Cascades, you can find more details on these on my Facebook and Twitter pages.
Friday and Saturday will quite days with winds picking back up Saturday afternoon as the next disturbances approaches brining more rain to the coast by Saturday afternoon. Most inland areas won't see the rain arrive until overnight Saturday with rain Sunday into early Monday. Snow levels with the next system look to remain above pass level at this time and temperatures will stay quite mild. Then quiet sunny weather returns for midweek!
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Bitty Baby's Swing
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When Bitty Baby needs soothing, this swing is just the thing. Girls can strap her in and recline the seat for a comfy fit. With a touch of a button, the swing rocks back and forth and plays soft lullabies of Beautiful Dreamer and The Song of Spring. When Baby's finally fast asleep, girls can detach the seat and convert the swing into the perfect carrier.
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Little girls can giggle and learn with this precious one and her imaginative picture books.
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Airdrie Public Library staff invite teens to take part in summer contestLibrary Link:By: Anne Beaty | Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:38 am Teens, summer is almost here and Airdrie Public Library (APL) is once again encouraging your participation at your library with a poster contest. The idea is for you to design a poster for the 2014 Teen Library Experience that will encourage other teens to get involved with their local public library this summer. It�s a chance for you to express through your artwork what you love about your library. Is it hanging out with your friends? Picking up a favourite movie or the latest book in a popular series? Downloading new music? Gaming? Going online to check out new sites or visit on Facebook? Whatever it is that expresses your library experience, we want to see your creativity and originality. Topping it off, the grand prize is a $100 gift card to CrossIron Mills mall. The contest is open to youths aged 12 to 18 who have a library card from a Marigold Library System library. The poster should be on a letter-sized paper and be totally original, whether sketches, drawings, paintings, digital designs or photographs. The entry deadline is May 23. More details and a submission form are available at APL or online at teensbookingit.com Coming up this week at APL: Adult Author Series with Ian Wilson and Jacinthe Lavoie on May 15 from 7 to 8:15 p.m.; Teens in the Library: Manga mania on May 16 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. APL will be closed May 19, for Victoria Day. Comments
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text: September 17, 2006 Gabe Dalmath, our news anchor at WHEC for nearly 30 years sadly passed away Friday, September 15, 2006. Gabe was diagnosed with untreatable kidney cancer in early June. His death comes as a shock to many who weren't even aware that Gabe was sick. Gabe did not want many people to know that he was sick, for he was afraid that he could not respond to every kind letter of encouragement from the many people who cared for him. In memory of Gabe, I have re-vamped this webpage which was originally constructed when he retired from WHEC on December 31, 2004. ***Video posted September 25, 2006*** Coverage from News 10NBC: 5:00 Newscast - Monday, September 18, 2006 Video 1 12.0MB - Former WHEC News Director Warren Doremus and Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy share their thoughts. Rich Funke tells us the story of Gabe's upbringing. Janet Lomax and Pat McGonigle share thoughts from viewers. Video 2 6.36MB - Kevin Williams shares his thoughts, followed by Monroe County Executive and former WHEC Anchor Maggie Brooks. Video 3 1.03MB - WHEC Photographer Jimmy Moore remembers the many amazing qualities of Gabe Dalmath. Video 4 2.49MB - Robin De Wind tells the story of her first Christmas party at WHEC. Video 5 10.30MB - Gabe Dalmath served as co-host of the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon from 1976 - 2004. In this clip, Rebecca Leclair looks back at those years. Janet Lomax and Pat McGonigle share more thoughts from viewers. WHEC Vice President and General Manager Arnold Klinksy tells the story of the first time he met Gabe at a restaurant on Alexander Street. Video 6 1.30MB - Donna Dedee recalls the first time she anchored with Gabe. Video 7 1.76MB - Former Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson expressed his sympathies. Video 8 1.74MB - Warren Doremus shares more on Gabe's passing. 6:00 Newscast - Monday, September 18, 2006 Video 1 1.83MB - Laura Saxby-Lynch remembers Gabe. Video 2 4.45MB - Janet Lomax shares some more viewer thoughts. Gabe Dalmath critiques his dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse. Video 3 6.74MB - Mark Gruba shares his admiration for Gabe. Ray Levato remembers the past 30 years knowing Gabe. Video 4 7.73MB - Janet Lomax's tribute to Gabe. 11:00 Newscast - Monday, September 18, 2006 Video 1 1.20MB - Don Alhart remembers Gabe as a professional in many ways. Video 2 4.98MB - Video montage. 6:00 Newscast - Thursday, September 21, 2006 Video 1 11.1MB - Coverage of the memorial service. Rich Funke remembers the incredible life of Gabe. Video 2 9.84MB - One final video montage set appropriately to Warren Zevon's "Keep Me in Your Heart". Gabe Dalmath's Retirement from WHEC-TV (article originally from 12/31/2004) Today was truly a special day to look back upon the broadcast career of Gabe Dalmath. For many years I have watched Gabe on WHEC-TV. I can remember back when I was five years old and I would watch the 6 O'Clock News with my parents. That was in 1992 and even though it wasn't really that long ago it seems like an eternity to me. Many faces have come and gone over the years on the news scene, but the one that will always be remembered by Rochesterians is Gabe's. By now you've probably heard anything and everything positive that could possibly be said about a person and some people might question, "Gee, did he really have that great of an impact?" The answer to that is quite simply yes. Gabe wasn't just a news anchor that read off of a script. He was a professional journalist. He was and still is a man devoted to the community. For many years he co-hosted the annual Labor Day Weekend MDA Telethon. Gabe Dalmath was no stranger to tough times. He and his family fled the war-ridden country of Hungary in 1956. After living in Europe for a few years he came to the United States and started his broadcasting career. It's been known for quite some time that people appreciate Gabe. It is unfortunate that most of us wait until "the end" to express our feelings about another person. I wish Gabe all of the luck in his future career and life decisions. For some reason though I doubt he'll need it. Here's to a great man... |


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Nicole Kidman Desperately Needs to Get A Grip
Let's do a quick little quiz: when you think of Nicole Kidman, what's the first thing that comes to mind? It's OK, go ahead and think about it for a minute ... all right, what did you come up with? It's probably the Botox, right? No, no, it's not being mean! Nicole Kidman is familiar with Botox, and that is something that she has discussed her own self, and it's fine, and it's also really memorable. These days, it's one of the things she's best known for.
But not if you ask Nicole! If you ask Nicole, she's known for being a zany party girl!
"If I'm in the mood, I'm the girl who will dance on a table…with a snake! I have been known to be the party girl of all party girls! And I'm proud of that, though! I like having this spirit and if that means diving into the ocean at midnight, I'll do it!"
Oh, no, Nicole, a snake?! You don't say! And the ocean? At midnight? Slow down, girl, you're going way too fast! And while we're on the topic of delusions, let's review another relevant quote from Nicole about her relationship with Tom Cruise!
"There is something about that sort of existence that, if you really focus on each other and you're in that bubble, it's very intoxicating, because it's just the two of you. And there is only one other person that's going through it. So it brings you very close, and it's deeply romantic. I'm sure Brad and Angelina have that—because there's nobody else that understands it except that person who's sleeping right next to you."
Here's a general rule: if you ever start to compare yourself to Angelina Jolie, just stop. This applies to every single person on the entire planet. Just don't even do it. You're always going to sound ridiculous. Just don't.
Better luck next time, Nicole!


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My wife received the above email from The Disney Store today, promoting the fact that you can now buy Marvel merchandise at the Disney Store website. I assume this means it is on the way to the brick-and-mortar Disney Stores as well, if it isn't already being rolled out.
They're carrying a full line of clothing for kids and adults, toys, bedspreads and even a few comics … that come packaged with action figures. I think most, if not all, of the merchandise has been available through other venues, but how long before they start carrying a few exclusive items?
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Now f only I cold find some Incredibles toys at a Disney Store or at Disney World itself. We were in Orlando a year and ahalf ago and I was sorely disappointed that there didn't appear to be ANY Incredibles stuff… I wish Disney & Pixar would think about Incredibles 2 sometime soon.


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Cold lasers offer a painless, noninvasive alternative to many traditional cosmetic and medical treatments. Because lasers are super focused beams of light, they can target extremely small areas without affecting the surrounding tissue. Cold lasers have the ability to target tissue beneath the skin's surface without damaging the skin itself. They can also be applied over large areas to address issues such as pain and weight loss.
Cold Laser Therapy for Neck and Shoulder Pain
Cold laser therapy works on a basic level by stimulating cells. The laser light application speeds up cells' natural metabolic processes, which expedite the body's natural healing processes and its ability to heal itself. Lasers can be applied to an acute injury or a surgical incision/treatment area to reduce inflammation and speed up the healing of the wound. Because the body's ability to heal itself is increased, the patient experiences less pain because the healing process is already underway.
The process applies to chronic pain as well, as in the case of chronic neck and shoulder pain. Inflammation is reduced by stimulating the body's natural ability to heal, kicking the process into high gear and lowering pain just as quickly as an oral painkiller. Laser therapy is currently the only medical application that addresses chronic pain noninvasively, without the use of surgery or pain relieving medications.
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July 21. Mr. Laam gave a presentation on the city water improvement plans and an
update on the coming Water Bond Election to be held Aug. 3.
People must be residents of
the city to vote in this election.
Mr. Laam gave a report on the
participation for recent public educational meetings. Two informational meetings
were held July 20 at city council offices. Many articles and legal notices have
been in the media, educating residents on the critical need for a new water
facility, the costs and funding associated with the project and informing voters
about the interest-free loan for which the city qualifies.
Following the bond election,
another public meeting will be held on August 11; notifications will be posted.
Trevor Haag Memorial
The Trevor Haag Memorial
Tournament held July 22-26 was very successful; out of 26 teams participating,
24 teams were from out of town with participants coming from four western
A legislative tour will be
held November 6-8 at Coeur d'Alene Inn. More information will be available as
the Northern Idaho Chamber publishes its upcoming website.
Volunteers are needed to help
in the beer garden which the chamber sponsors each year at Lumberjack Days.
The beer garden netted
approximately $550 over the 4th of July celebration to help offset
the costs of the firework display.
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businesses and events through enhanced technology.
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Good Housekeeping shows you how to stay safe with candles
Candles can be a safety hazard if you're not careful. But Good Housekeeping says candles may soon be made safer and there are ways to avoid danger. Before you buy, give the wick a little wiggle. If it pulls out, pass it up. Be aware of decorations that might be a hazard as the candle burns down. A good candle should burn evenly straight down the center. That's not the case with some reform and odd shaped candles. Candles and glass should be thick around the base to prevent heat transfer to your furniture.

One of the issues with respect to candle safety that's recently come to our attention is how hot the outside glass can get on small votive and accent candles. When you're purchasing a larger candle like this, there's less danger of getting burned because the candle is so wide. Now, while we never recommend walking with a candle that's lit, there may be times when you need to pick it up and move it slightly. If the smaller candles that you need to be concerned about especially if the wick is off center, it tends to put the flame a little bit too close to the glass and you can get a hot spot or if you the glasses is especially scent like this one and this one and that's also off center. The standards making committee for the industry is actually working on adapting a standard to set 150 degrees for a two second contact. Higher than the 150 degrees is deemed to be unsafe for a person versus hands and skin to come in contact with.

For the very latest, check the consumer product safety commission website.

They list their all, the recently recalled candles. Some we've seen lately have accessibly high flames, extra material that's burning, some times even the glass that cracks and shatters. So that's a good place to check.

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The Terrifying GorgerName: Gregor SamsaName: Gorger (Smith or Ex or whatever slap dash moniker lets him into large cities)Age: Gregor is thirty, Gorger is technically twenty one years old, having been created fully formed when Gregor was nine.Height: Gregor is 5'9'', Gorger is 6'2''Weight: Gregor is a malnourished 110 lbs. Gorger lives up to his namesake, but prefers to gain density as opposed to visible mass. He is 200 pounds.Background: Gregor had a German father and a Ukrainian mother. Gorger has no blood, and, by proxy, no DNA. Gregor was born in Alaska. Gorger was created in Gregor's head.Race: UnmortalHistory:Gregor Samsa was an average, All American, Joe Everyman.His hair was a dull brown bowl cut, flecked with gray. His eye color was the reverse of this. His face was plain and unmarked. He was barely noticeable and instantly forgettable.Most maniacs are stopped dead early on in their careers because they ring very deep alarm bells in the people they meet. The alarm bells state very clearl
I FOILED A MUGGINGThe city screamed at me, indeed like an abattoir of retarded children. It was unimaginably cold, even though October was only just on its way out the door. I tried not to feel it, tried to be like my hero. Tried to be like somebody who was never real, and was nice and warm within the folds of my brown trenchcoat, safe between the pages of the book wherein he resided, and from whence I had thought to coax and channel him like the witch doctors of old, who had thought they could ride their desperate heathen gods; never a smart idea. ...I should explain. About a month prior to the dramatic opening of this piece I finally got my hands on my own, personal, not-anybody-else's, honest-to-god copy of the Watchmen graphic novel. The book was like liquid sex for a reader like me. I loved the misanthropic, dysfunctional, human heroes more than those from any strict prose novel. Likewise, I hated the villain with his messianic-complex, self-righteous, smug
Gorger Versus DamionThe cathedral. It was white on the outside, not that anybody ever lived long enough to see the outside. The inside was black and tainted, like a dead fruit, rotting on the vine. And like rotting fruit, this one would not be complete without maggots. The "maggots" scurried over the fruit's seven acres, standing up, sitting down, doing nothing.The Cathedral's expansive halls were haunted by cloaked creatures, about as tall as an average man, with warped faces and no sign of eyes. They had slightly reddish skin, and long, clawed fingers.At the very center of the place was the worship area, which contained hundreds of rows of empty benches facing a massive pipe organ, and a huge golden door resting in the center of a wall with a massive, chained lock. There were also unholy scriptures written on a dull brown parchment sitting on top of a pedestal in the center of the room, illuminated by a single, blood-red ray of light, which shone from somewhere up in the invisible ceiling.The place w
Gorger versus Clementine Pt. 1The scene faded in from darkness. A bulky figure knelt before a slim one. The slim figure was perched on an ebony throne, devoid of ornamentation. The slim figure leaned forward, and as the scene continued to brighten, his face became visible.Nightmare's skin, like his throne, was coal-black, but lacking any kind of organic pigmentation, so the tone was more of an ashen hue. His red eyes burned like embers in his sockets. His hair was the same shade of red. His clothes were other shades of black and gray. An A-Shirt. A pair of jeans. A pair of boots.By contrast, the figure prostrated before him was an exercise in dizzying color and beautifully crafted lines and symmetry. She raised her head and looked her master in the eye. He never blinked.He spoke slowly and deliberately to her, not that he needed to, her mind was quite advanced, nevertheless, he spoke as if to a child. Perhaps because he knew how much it annoyed her."Regarding the one known as Gorger. I want to make myself very
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My life is dead busy. All the time. That's not a bad thing, my life is full of great stuff and great people. I do however often find myself with more things to do than I could possibly have time for, but then there are a lot of things that are just lower priority and simply don't happen until it's absolutely necessary (DIY, cutting the grass, washing the car, etc).
A very large chunk of my 'free' time is spent racing and training (that's why I'm busy all the time I guess, I'm always buggering off for a ride). The very nature of the races that I 'specialise' in involve training sessions that are quite long. For example a 4-hour ride is relatively short when considered in the context of 24 hour solo racing.
But a lot can be achieved in a short period of time, such as an hour. And often, all I have is an hour.
You've just got to make sure that what you do with that hour delivers, as much as possible, the training benefits that a much longer ride would do. In other words, an Hour Of Pain is infinitely better than nothing at all when you're short on time. Oh, and apparently short periods of 'very hard' can make you faster than if you just did 'long periods of moderately hard'.
So from time to time, when life in general is particularly busy, or tiring, or if I get completely sick of bad weather, I turbo train. Once upon a time, turbo training would be something to avoid at all costs – the sheer boredom and feeling that time is ticking by at half-speed would amplify the pain and discomfort and despite intentions to do x number of intervals, quite often a session would be abandoned before the end.
That was until I discovered The Sufferfest. A small collection videos containing structured training routines that make indoor training harder (in a good way) but at the same time more enjoyable (I'm not joking). Using footage of road racing, cyclocross and sometimes even downhill racing set to a brilliant soundtrack, the Sufferfests have changed my whole approach to indoor training.
No longer is it a means to an end, a way of training when time or conditions leave me with no alternative…now I'm actually including turbo training in my training plans. It's a regular thing. I'm even seeing a tangible difference in my overall condition.
Up to now, four videos are available all concentrating primarily on a particular aspect of cycle training – climbing, flat-out speed, sustained efforts at threshold – get them all and you've all it covered.
I'm getting nothing for this review. I might get a thanks from the guy who produces them, but apart from that, nowt. I'm not expecting anything either. Sometimes, you use something that's so good that you've got to share it.
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Good lad. The less time I spend training, the more efficient every training session gets. Hill reps rock for me (1.5 to 2 min climbs then repeat as much as you can as fast as you can). If it's dry, hill reps. If it's wet, a fell run, if it's filthy wet, turbo. You'll be fitter than you would on either of those than after a body damaging 5 hour ride (but you go insane quicker and more efficiently)


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The annual Pond Skim at Canyon Lodge was back in form last Sunday, April 22 at Canyon Lodge, and it was about time.
The Eastern Sierra Land Trust is ready to put this winter season behind and spring forward into sunny weather events.
One look around the inventory in Mammoth's ski shops in these last few days of the ski season tells you all you need to know about this past year's sales.
Two short classes to help improve workplace marketing are now being offered through Cerro Coso's Office of Community Education.
It sure would be a bummer if you came up all the way to Crowley Lake, only to wait in long lines for a boat inspection.
It might feel roughly the same as any other Opening Day of the fishing season, but it isn't.
Anticipation for a fishing season hasn't been this big in a decade.
That big hog of an Alpers trout?
In its 17th year, Mammoth's Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza officials recently announced the lineup of blues talent and a grand tasting of craft brews from around the country. The event will take place Friday, Aug. 3, through Sunday, Aug. 5, outdoors among the pines at Sam's Wood Site.
The Owens River is that big river out east of Mammoth that cuts a fine, green line through the sage and rabbit brush foothills of the Eastern Sierra, rolling along the feet of the mountains like a blue and silver snake.
Mammoth High School 2009 graduate Jess Vint was not perhaps the first student in his class who might have been expected to be successful at anything. He was, by his own admission, a middling student, a middling athlete, and a middling person.
Last Monday's telephone outage should have been a disaster, but it wasn't.
Not up here, not in Mammoth.
Fido's funny about fishing.
He says he likes it, but he doesn't know why.
After 14 years of pushing and pulling, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area finally landed its Big Congressional Land Battle.


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Posted Friday, November 16, 2012
Robert Mickens is Vatican correspondent for the THE TABLET, the international Catholic weekly founded in London (England) in 1840. He is author of the paper's popular weekly column, "Letter from Rome," covering mostly church governance and politics. Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1964, he has lived in the Eternal City since 1986. He studied philosophy at the Benedictine-run St Meinrad College in Indiana and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He worked at Vatican Radio for over a decade (1989-2000) as a journalist, producer and on-air presenter. And he has long been a featured Vatican-affairs analyst for the BBC in the United Kingdom. In 2011, Mickens published a 3-part series covering the new translation of the English Missal, Mass prayers that were introduced during Advent of that same year.
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