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The First FleetThe settlement of Australia by Europeans began with the departure of the First Fleet from England in 1787. The fleet was bound for Botany Bay, far off in the Southern Hemisphere, with a pathetic cargo of convicts. The east coast of New South Wales was regarded as a convenient dumping ground for convicts, now that the independent Americans had successfully rid themselves of English dominance.
New South Wales, as the eastern shore of the island continent was named by Captain Cook, would become a prison colony to which the unwanted criminal elements of Great Britain could be transported with no hope of escape.
The English Government provided none of the normal implements of commerce and trade, such as coins and banknotes. This was a time of severe currency shortage in the United Kingdom, with tradesmen's tokens, countermarked coins, bank tokens and other money of necessity circulating freely. No coinage was available to England's colonies. Officials of the new colony would be paid in produce from the company store and even free citizens would have little need of money.
When Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of the new settlement, arrived in Sydney Cove in 1788 with eleven ships and 1,487 people, including 759 convicts, the small colony was virtually penniless. Apart from 300 pounds in currency held by the Governor, the only coins available were those carried in the pockets and purses of the passengers. It was not forseen that the small colony would almost starve to death because of drought, poor soil and various other problems which made it impossible for the settlement to become self-sufficient.
The first fleet brought sufficient provisions, with careful rationing, to keep its passengers alive for only two years. Their survival relied on the ability of the convicts to work the land and harvest crops. However, no-one had made allowances for the lack of farming experience, the unfamiliar soils or the harsh climate they found.
The first year's crop failed and most of the next year's harvest was required to replenish seed stocks. Draft animals and proper farming equipment were not available - it was more than 15 years before a plough was used in the colony. For the first five years the colony lived on the edge of starvation. The prolonged drought forced Phillip to spend some of his hoard of pounds to obtain supplies from Cape Town.
In 1792 the rain finally came and a successful harvest enabled the colony to become self sufficient in food production. In an ironic twist, it was only after this that trading ships from distant lands began to arrive, bringing with them the colony's first 'consumer goods' - clothing, boots, butter, tea and rum. The colonists now required some form of currency to pay the traders for the goods delivered. Attempts to induce the ships' captains to accept promissory notes (which could only be redeemed on the next visit to England), failed as they wanted cash to buy fresh cargos on the way.
The colonial authorities back in England had no inclination to send coinage to the settlement, knowing full well that it would be immediately spent on trade goods and disappear out of the colony within weeks of its arrival. Australia had a balance of payments problem from the very start.
Cut Dollars.The practice of cutting Spanish dollars into smaller segments to provide a fractional currency was a well accepted practice in many countries by the time the colony was established at Sydney Cove. The practice led to the famous term 'pieces of eight', where the original coin was quartered, and then each quarter segment was halved, leaving eight, approximately equal, pieces. The American term 'two bits', is derived from two of these pieces being equal to quarter of a dollar or 25 cents.
An interesting variation on this process occurred in the early NSW colony. The original Spanish dollar was quartered, often with a vertical and horizontal centre strip being removed and placed aside as illegally obtained profit for the fabricator. Each quarter segment was then cut into two pieces - a 2/3 segment and a 1/3 segment - producing eight pieces.
With little circulating money, other means of trade sprang up. People bartered for goods and services with anything that came to hand. Quite naturally, food stuffs - particularly rum, flour, pork, tobacco and tea - became the circulating medium. In 1796, a seat in Sydney's first theatre could be bought for a shillings worth of meat, spirits or flour. With necessity came invention and the next few years provide an extremely interesting period in Australia's numismatic history.
The three most prominent mediums of exchange in this cruicial 25 year period from the early 1790's until the arrival of Governor Macquarie in the second decade of the new century were Promissory Notes and I.O.U's., Governor King's Proclamation Coins including Boulton's Cartwheel coinage and goods, more particularly, the Rum Trade.
Promissory Notes and I.O.U's.Officially, prices in the colony were in Pounds, Shillings and Pence (Sterling) but the only notes with Sterling value were Government Bills of Exchange on the British Treasury, Commissariat Store Receipts and Paymaster's Notes issued to the New South Wales Corps - the regiment of soldiers which arrived with the second fleet to maintain law and order and to run the general administration. The paymaster's notes were preferred and carried premiums as high as 25 percent over copper cash, and more over personal promissory notes or I.O.U's.
A number of stores and merchants issued private promissory notes, which took on the role of a circulating currency, however government regulation was clearly needed to stop unscrupulous traders from issuing worthless notes with no monetary backing. The story goes that a prominent publican was known to bake his notes in an oven before their issue to render them brittle.
Macarthur sued, claiming the exact number of bushels expressed on the face of the note, irrespective of value. The court decided that the note was an expression of value, not quantity. Macarthur took the decision as a personal affront, setting in motion a chain of events which would eventually undermine Bligh's standing as Governor and see him ousted in the Rum Rebellion.
Even more remote than the isolated colony at Sydney Cove, the traders in Tasmania - Van Diemen's Land as it was then known - faced a cronic shortage of coins and banknotes. This led to a profusion of private promissory notes. See the separate article on Tasmanian Promissory Notes.
Private and Government notes were used as the exchange medium for the majority of transactions in the first decades of the colony. They were, in reality, the equivalent of our present day banknotes. See the separate article for a more detailed account of the issue and use of Paper Money in Early New South Wales. The use of paper for smaller denomination transactions was curtailed with the introduction of holey dollars, dumps and an increasing supply of copper coinage after 1814.
Proclamation CoinsWithin 3 years of the establishment of the colony, disputes began to emerge over the value of the coins circulating, particularly the Spanish dollar. To clarify the situation, Governor Phillip issued the first proclamation concerning mediums of exchange in 1791 when he fixed the value of the Spanish Dollar at five shillings.
By 1800, the population of the colony had passed 5,000. A crazy collection of currencies including guineas, guilders, johannas, mohurs, rupees, Spanish dollars and ducats and Matthew Boulton's copper 'cartwheel' twopences and pennies had been left behind by visiting ships and were circulating in the settlement.
There is some dispute in modern numismatic circles over both the importance placed on the 1800 proclamation in resolving the circulating coinage problems, and on the coins that were actually meant to be covered. Purists believe that only those coins specifically mentioned in the proclamation deserve the label 'Proclamation Coin', while others, particularly dealers looking to mark up the value of their offering, believe that by default, the multiples and fractions of coins specifically mentioned gained a valuation and should also be included in the definition. See the separate article for more information.
The 'Cartwheel' PenniesBig, ugly and heavy, Australia's first official coins - the 'Cartwheel' pennies - were not received enthusiastically. Historically, however, they are magnificent. They were the first coins officially exported to the colonies and included the first copper pennies ever struck in England. They were also the first English coins to be struck using steam power.
The somewhat unimpressive designs were a collaboration between Boulton himself and Heinrich Kuchler. The significance of the coins lies in the skills used in developing the steam coin press, not in the coin designs.
Boulton was obviously very proud of his product. He wanted his coins to double as weights and measures and for this reason his penny piece contained one full ounce of copper from the Welsh mines and the twopenny piece - two ounces of copper. No wonder they were nicknamed 'cartwheels'. Grocers thought it a good idea though, and used the coins when weighing out flour, and so forth. The twopenny piece could also be used to measure cloth: eight lined up end-to-end equalled one foot (30 centimetres). More of Boulton's pennies appeared in 1806 and 1807 and these coins were the staple diet for small transactions for many years.
The Rum TradeFrom the departure of Captain Phillip at the end of his tenure as governor in 1792, until his official replacement by Captain Hunter in 1795, the infant colony was left in the care of lieutenant-governors - first Francis Grose, then William Paterson. Effectively, these two officers governed on behalf of, and in the personal interests of, the New South Wales Corps. They did not hesitate to take advantage of the situation presented to them.
Members of the New South Wales Corps had the ability to raise capital by borrowing against their regimental pay, which was accumulating back home in England. It was this facility which enabled the elite of the Corps to snatch control of trade in the colony and establish rum as the most common currency.
This happened in 1793 after the arrival of the American trading ship, the 'Hope', with 7,500 gallons of rum in her cargo. The other goods she carried were desperately needed but the Hope's incorrigible captain insisted that he would sell nothing to the colonists unless they first bought all of his rum. The New South Wales Corps officers saw this as an opportunity rather than a rort and formed a syndicate, with regimental paymaster John Macarthur at it's head, pulling the necassary financial strings.
They bought the cargo and distributed it at a huge profit. The vast pool of rum flooded into the market place at grossly inflated prices and at once became a means of exchange. For their efforts, the New South Wales Corps were immediately dubbed the 'Rum Corps', a name which stuck until their recall to England in 1810. The rich pickings they made from that first deal gave them the power to monopolise almost all trade, particularly that in rum (the name given to all spirits), for the next 17 years.
As rum grew to be the king of currency, the population of New South Wales soon became divided into two classes - those who dealt in rum and those who were paid with, and drank it. Rum, a liquid gold as the medium of exchange, was used and abused in more ways than one (hic..). Rum could buy anything. The wages for the construction of some of our most famous landmarks were paid out in rum. Rum was offered as a reward for the capture of bushrangers. The story goes that a man even sold his wife for four gallons of the stuff.
Many of the officers became publicans, with a very effective system set up to control their monopoly over rum. So openly brazen was the rum traffic that it was rumoured that even the chief constable held a liquor license and sold rum right opposite the gaol door. By 1806, rum had become far and away the major currency, and for rum the settlers mortgaged or sold their stock and their farms.
In another famous case, Macquarie paid for the building of a road between Sydney and Liverpool with 400 gallons of rum.
Manipulation of the value of Rum was not restricted to the cut and thrust of the business world. Inflating its value was considered to be fair play by those involved in undertaking 'God's work' when Australia's first church was built in 1793. The Reverend Richard Johnson paid out part of the workers' wages in rum he valued at 10 shillings per gallon but for which he had paid only 4s 6d a gallon.
The Rum RebellionWilliam Bligh arrived at the colony in 1806 to take up the post of Governor. He was already well known to the colonists for his remarkable navigational feat in guiding a cutter full of castaways to Java after the infamous mutiny on the Bounty. Bligh knew that the power of the New South Wales Corps had broken his predessors, Hunter and King, and he fully intended to do the breaking this time. King had sent Macarthur to Britain to stand trial after he had nearly killed a colonel in a duel. Instead of any penalty, Macarthur returned deemed innocent and with a land grant of 5,000 acres.
Before Bligh committed himself to any dramatic reforms, he took time to understand the complex problems he had inherited. He quickly saw the worst effects of the rum currency. Agriculture, the life-blood that kept the colony from starvation, was severely depressed by the trade with farmers forced to accept 'payment in property', as rum was euphemistically known, for their wheat or other produce, at enormously inflated value. In turn, they used the rum to pay their workers. The rum traffic helped the elite New South Wales Corps maintain its power, while at the same time it debauched the quality of labour.
To overcome such anomalies, Bligh set about closing off the officer's sources of supply. He issued two general orders, one suppressing the rum trade by fixing the price, and the other making all promissory notes payable in cash, thus attempting to break the hold that the Rum Corps had over commerce. Macarthur openly defied the orders leaving Bligh with no choice but to respond by arresting Macarthur and sending him to trial on a number of charges ranging from illegal possession of a still to sedition and resisting arrest.
The Corps responded by staging what amounted to a coup d^etat on January 26, 1908, the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the colony. On that day a free settler, George Suttor recorded what he saw:
... the greater part of the New South Wales Corps under Arms with fixed bayonets, marching down from the Barrack. (I) hastened among others to know the cause; and was informed that they were going to arrest the Governor; and on proceeding a short way with them, distinctly heard Serjeant Major Whittle make use of these expressions - 'Men, I hope you will do your duty and don't spare them.' The men replied, 'Never fear us.'Later, Major Whittle was heard to say, 'Children, go out of the way, for some of you I expect will be killed.' As events transpired, no one was actually killed. The Corps marched up Bridge Street to Government House, drums and all, and Governor Bligh was arrested, with some accounts claiming that he had to be ignominiously dragged out from under a bed. What followed the next day was reported later in the Sydney Morning Herald:
The day following was one of immense business. The Government was formally deposed, bonfires were lighted up at corners of almost every street, magistrates were dismissed, the Provost Marshal escorted to prison, the then sitting Criminal Court dissolved, troops were harangued ... the old Judge Advocate relieved of his offices ...The commandant of the New South Wales Corps, Major George Johnston, released Macarthur from jail on a warrant which he signed illegally as 'lieutenant-governor' and with that, the Rum Corps took over the running of the colony for the next two years. And with the rule of the Rum Corps, so continued the rule of rum as money.
After a period of detention, Bligh was allowed to board his old ship, the Porpoise, upon which he commanded the captain to bombard the town. The captain refused, and Bligh sailed out of Sydney Harbour to exile in Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania), to return only after the arrival of his official replacement, Governor Lachlan Macquarie, on New Years Day, 1810.
Lachlan Macquarie arrived in Sydney with instructions to end the rum trade, to send the New South Wales Corps home and to arrest the leaders of the rebellion - Macarthur and Johnston. Both, however, had sailed for England to put their own cases before the Government. Johnston was cashiered but Macarthur returned to New South Wales in 1814 with orders that he stay out of public affairs for the time being.
In the meantime, Macquarie began to tackle the major problems that he had inherited. The colony was nearly broke; what coins there were continued to be shipped away by visiting traders and the illicit rum trade ruled commerce. Unlike his predecessor King, Macquarie's tactics proved to be more successful. He recognised that barter in spirits was only part of a larger problem. An acceptable currency had to be established, for as long as there was a barter economy and private promissory notes passed at great discounts, wealth and power would inevitably remain in the hands of a few.
A stable currency would strengthen the economy and underpin its fragile political and social structure. Macquarie also realised that the dictatorial methods employed by Bligh, Hunter and King were useless against the well entrenched and now enormously wealthy proponents of the rum trade - some of whom were former Rum Corps members who had elected to stay in New South Wales as free settlers. Macquarie fixed on a plan that was both economically sound and a brilliant strategic move.
First, he reduced the number of licensed houses in Sydney from 75 to 20 and enforced their closure on Sundays. While he believed it essential to prevent the destructive use of liquor, he also realised it was impossible simply to ban it. He then moved to increase the supply of rum, making it less of a luxury and therefore devaluing it as a currency and discouraging monopolistic trade by a few. He did this by allowing the free importation of spirits, but with a relatively high duty of four shillings per gallon.
The Holey Dollar & DumpHaving dealt with one problem, Macquarie turned his attention to the task of finding a replacement for rum as a currency. In October of his first year in the colony, he suggested the founding of a bank. The idea was subsequently rejected. In the meantime, he asked for copper coin to stop the 'shameful' traffic in valueless notes. This too was rejected. Silver coins were not available from England because supplies had been depleted in repaying British debts from the Napoleonic wars.
Part of his salvation came in the guise of the sloop of war, the Samarang. Macquarie came up with a plan to purchase the most common silver coins in the trading world at that time - Spanish eight reale coins ('pieces of eight'). The Samarang arrived at Port Jackson in 1812 with 40,000 of these 'Spanish dollars' in her hold. Macquarie knew that to release the dollars as they were would only be a temporary solution, as these too would be traded out of the colony. He wrote:
Having decided it essentially necessary to adopt every possible precaution to prevent this Useful Supply of Dollars from being Exported, or Carried out of the Colony, I gave immediate Direction for Constructing a Machine here for the purpose of Stamping, Milling and Cutting a piece out of the Center of each Dollar, previous to my circulating this Specie in the Colony. Intending that each Dollar, and the small piece Cut out of the Center of each, should have the Value thereof, respectively, and the Name of the Colony stamped on it. The Value I determined on giving to the Dollar was Five Shillings Sterling, and fifteen pence to the small piece Cut out of the Center of each Dollar.The strategy of mutilating each coin, which had been used in various other countries at that time, effectively caused traders to spurn it. Macquarie's master stroke had created two coins out of one. The outer ring which he called the Colonial dollar had a new value of five shillings. The inner portion, called the Dump, was valued at fifteen pence.
Macquarie's initiative dramatically increased the number of coins in circulation and distinguished them as local currency, therefore deterring their removal from the colony on departing trading ships. Not only did the coins solve the immediate currency problem, but Macquarie also made a substantial profit in the process. He had paid four shillings and nine pence for each silver dollar, but the new face values totalled six shillings and three pence.
To create the first truly indigenous Australian coin, Macquarie employed the services of William Henshall (or Hershall) to cut and restrike the coins. A recently freed convict, Henshall had the right credentials for the job - coming from Birmingham, England's centre of illicit coining where he worked as a cutler, whitesmith (worker in white metals) and silversmith, he had been sentenced to transportation for forging coins.He had completed the seven-year sentence only the previous year.
An interesting sidelight concerns the reverse of the coin which shows the pillars of Hercules (the Straits of Gibraltar) which have a ribbon woven around them. The 'S' swirl of the ribbon through the pillars is still seen in the modern-day version of our dollar sign - $.
Macquarie's new currency and rum policy, in combination with a number of other factors - the expansion of the settlement, the growth of businesses other than farming and the growing number of free settlers and emancipists - turned the tide against the rum standard. He broke effectively broke the exploitative system and introduced into colonial life his own evenhanded attitudes towards convicts. Setting the scene for social development in Australia, Macquarie fostered reform and emancipation amongst convicts, recognising that by the sheer force of their numbers, they and their descendants held the key to the future.
The Dollar ExperimentThe benefits of Macquarie's holey dollar to the New South Wales economy would have been even greater, had they not been hoarded. By 1820, the Bank of New South Wales reported that it held 16,680 holey dollars and 5,900 dumps.
Even so, Holey Dollars and Dumps continued as the most common coinage used in the colony until 1823, when Governor Brisbane issued a number of proclamations in an attempt to establish a Dollar standard. He recalled the coins and fixed the Spanish Dollar as equivalent to Five Shillings. The holey dollar and dump were marked down to four shillings and one shilling respectively, and then re-issued.
Brisbane was nearly 150 years ahead of his time when he tried to make the dollar the major unit of currency in New South Wales. From 1823 to 1826 all official script and bank issues were given in dollars. The system was soon undermined when substantial numbers of uncut Spanich dollars found their way to the colony as traders found it profitable to buy the coins overseas for around 4/4 each and sell them 5/-.
The experiment was short lived. The English Parliament passed the Sterling Silver Money Act in 1826 which officially ended the dollar standard. The conversion back to the sterling standard created severe problems for the fledgling Bank of New South Wales. Were it not for Government backing of it's note issues, it is doubtful that the Bank would have survived.
Official English CoinageThe tide turned back in favour of the English denoninations with the importation of nearly �100,000 worth of English coins in 1824 and 1825. On 7th August, 1829, Governor Darling issued a General Order where, on 30th September, 1829, the status of legal tender would be dropped from the Holey dollar and the Dump. Most were immediately swapped for circulating English silver coins. Although they continued to circulate in Tasmania until 1849, few have survived until today.
It is estimated that only about 350 Holey dollars (296 are known) and about 1,500 Dumps remain. Their scarcity and historic merit make them a well deserved Australian rarity. The Holey dollar and its smaller counterpart, the Dump, are now among the most prized of the early colonial issues.
Darling's proclamation also directed that Government transactions would not be conducted with foreign coins - English coinage was officially the preferred medium of exchange. From the mid 1830's until the introduction of Australia's Commonwealth coins in 1910 is regarded as a sort of 'Dark Ages' period to most collectors of Australia's official coinage. Apart from the token issues and the series of gold coins of the era, little interest is taken in the official English issues, even though it was a period of immense interest and innovation.
For eighty-five years, Australia received all of its silver and official copper issues from England. British sovereigns and half sovereigns also mingled with the home product. A steady flow of coins had come to the colony following the establishment in 1810-12 of the new London mint on Tower Hill, fitted with Boulton-Watt steam powered presses.
It was during this period that the famous St. George and the Dragon sovereign first appeared; and when the Godless florin was struck. It was also a time when designers were criticised for such designs as that of the jubilee of Queen Victoria, which made the stern looking monarch appear comical under a tiny crown that seemed about to topple off.
Other design errors of the time caused far more serious consequences. The reverse design of the jubilee sixpence closely resembled the shield reverse sovereign. Soon gilt-dipped sixpences were being passed for their golden counterparts. Bright shiny farthings were also passed or mistaken for half sovereigns and from 1897, the surfaces were deliberately darkened before issue to arrest this problem.
But of all the changes, the one which took place in 1860 is probably the most important. The heavy 'cartwheel' copper coins of the early colonial days were replaced by lighter denominations made from bronze. The alloy was one devised in France for the making of church bells and contained copper, zinc and tin. This metal combination and the size of the coins were to be adopted in the Australian issue of 1911.
In April, 1864, the Sydney Times reported:
The notion that the old pennies of the reign of George III, known as the rim pennies, were more valuable than the ordinary ones, is we are informed, quite erroneous, as the intrinsic value is now little more than half the nominal or circulating price, and nothing like the quantity of coins can be used by the Mint in the new issue. The rim pennies were originally 16 pieces to the pound. Reduced by friction, they now run about 18 to the pound. In the course of a short time, the tender of the old coins will be declared illegal, and can only be taken at the price of old copper, which is now about 11d per pound.'
Traders TokensTraders tokens were unofficial coin-like issues struck by a variety of merchants to overcome a severe small-change shortage of English coins caused largely by the population explosion which occurred during the gold rushes of the early 1850's. The majority of the tokens were issued between 1855 and 1865. Prior to this, many merchants who had been hampered in their trading by the shortage, were often forced to pay a premium for whatever change they could get.
As well as being a convenient means of exchange, the tokens were also an excellent vehicle for advertising particular businesses and products. Everyone from doctors to ironmongers issued tokens and although the authorities frowned on the practice to some degree, a blind eye was turned due to the serious needs of the time.
Thomas Stokes, who arrived in Melbourne about 1854, was responsible for the production of more tokens than any other maker. In 1857, he acquired the plant Taylor had prepared for the 'Kangaroo Office' and which failed to get started. It is difficult, if not impossible, to determine what is the work of Taylor and what is the work of Stokes with dies prepared by Taylor. Dies bearing Stokes' name commence in 1862, but in the next year tokens were declared illegal in Victoria.
Production continued for issuers in other Colonies, and Stokes produced the majority of tokens used in New Zealand where they were issued until 1881. Thomas Stokes died in 1910.
Many of Stokes token dies survive, which has proved to be a mixed blessing as there have been many re-strikes from them up until 1964, in both old and new combinations. Some of the dies are in the hands of Stokes (Australasia) Ltd, in Melbourne and others have been presented to Museums. The exact numbers and locations of all dies is unknown.
Colonial BanknotesCoverage of Australia's early currency would be incomplete without a reference to the banknotes issued by private banks. The Bank of New South Wales, Australia's first public company, was founded in 1817. The scheme to create the bank was undertaken by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and a group of wealthy colonial businessmen.
Many banks, with wealth invested from overseas, made the largest contribution to the fledgling economy, providing a large proportion of the capital needed for the pastoral expansion which occurred from the 1830's onwards.


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FORT WAYNE — Columbia City's girls track team continued its winning ways, taking top honors at the Bishop Luers Invitational Saturday in Fort Wayne.
The Lady Eagles won a close meet over Northeast Hoosier Conference foe Norwell, which placed second.
Columbia City is now 11-0 on the season.
Columbia City scored 80.33 points, while the Lady Knights were close behind with 75.66.
Leo came in third, followed by New Haven, Wayne, Bishop Dwenger, Canterbury, Prairie Heights and Bishop Luers.
Megan Deutsch was named MVP for the meet, as she placed first in the pole vault, and had a strong showing in several relay events.
Deutsch was on the winning 1,600-meter relay team with Regan Decker, Hannah Wappes and Carlee Hearld.
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Miley Cyrus threatens Billy Ray Cyrus to 'tell the truth' or she will
It seems that the only way Miley Cyrus can get a hold of her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, is on Twitter. Billy Ray is currently getting a divorce from his wife of 19 years, Tish Cyrus. Hours before news of the divorce broke, Miley tweeted her dad, asking, "Since your text and email obviously aren't working would you like to talk like this?"
Since then, Miley has been quiet on the issue. However a tweet sent out Monday night (June 24) included a mysterious ultimatum. In the message, she writes, "Since you won't reply to my texts I'm giving you an hour to tell the truth or ill tell it for you." Attached to the tweet was a photo of Miley with a woman identified as Dylis Croman.
Croman starred with Billy Ray in a production of "Chicago" on Broadway in 2012. What could she possibly be implying with the photo? Is Croman connected to Billy Ray and Tish's divorce? For now it remains a mystery, as Miley later deleted the tweet without any truths coming out. She later sent another, reading, "Wtf? My twitter was just actin all types of cray!" That may possibly be the worst cover story of all time, but it doesn't matter as the tweet was already reposted around the internet.
As for Billy Ray, he's gone silent on his Twitter account since the news came out. Tish, on the other hand, has been on a photo-posting spree, sharing pictures of her youngest child, Noah. You can see a screen capture of Miley's deleted tweet below:
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CEDAR RAPIDS A new logo and marketing campaign will try to re-establish a strong image for downtown Cedar Rapids.
New CR Downtown banners began going up on buildings and lampposts downtown Tuesday afternoon. The campaign uses a tagline of dine, dwell and do and the images show the new restaurant, housing and entertainment offerings in the core city center.
Supporters in the Downtown Self-Supporting Municipal Improvement District, or SSMID, said the post flood recovery downtown has progressed to the point building owners and merchants in the area feel it's time to make a little noise and make an impression on both residents and visitors.
Randy Rings, chairman of the downtown SSMID, said that's really the point of the whole marketing campaign.
Now we think the need is how do we help downtown landowners take that next step. We've got energy, we've got momentum and so we build on that and grow, Rings said.
Rings and other SSMID members said a few years ago, the downtown was still a work in progress with the ongoing flood recovery. But as the hotel and convention center opened and other development took place the image of downtown has begun changing.
One big change is the new downtown housing opportunities either open or on the way.
One example is the old Coventry Gardens mini-mall on First Avenue southeast. It's only about 60 work days away from a total transformation into 19 downtown loft apartments.
One commercial realtor estimated 250 housing units are either in advanced planning or under actual construction in the core areas of downtown.
Developer Darryl High said interest in his project is fairly strong.
We have 37 people on a list interested in these 19 lofts. I think the city's done a great job and we're excited to have Coventry Lofts down here, he said.
Another changing portion of downtown is both the entertainment and dining options.
Bistro on the River is the downtown's newest restaurant opening just a month ago. Economic developers said before the flood of 2008 there were 45 bars and restaurants downtown. Now, there are 46 and they see that as a sign of progress.
Owner Brittany Hannah would like more company because it's good for business.
I feel the more restaurants that are down here we can feed off each other. And rather than people saying I'm not going downtown because there's nothing here they'll say oh, this new place is here now, Hannah said.
Downtown supporters said it's important for people to recognize the growth and improvement that's going on downtown. And one way to get that message through is the marketing campaign.


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You can't keep a good comet down. After a nail-biting night in which comet ISON disappeared into the sun and then initially failed to re-emerge – prompting premature declarations of its demise – the most famous comet of recent times is now back.
What remains of the teasing, icy fuzzball is unlikely to provide us with the spectacular lightshow that once looked possible. But ISON looks set to remain a source of bafflement and scientific data – not to mention entertainment– for the days and weeks to come.
"This ridiculous, crazy, dynamic and unpredictable object continues to amaze, astound and confuse us to no end," writes Karl Battams of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, on the Comet ISON Observing Campaign blog.
He even dubbed it "Schrödinger's comet" because of its apparent ability to be both dead and alive like the hypothetical quantum cat .
Dirty snowball
A host of solar observatories watched the sun-dive last night and initial images looked like bad news as the comet seemed to have been obliterated. The European Space Agency pronounced ISON dead in a tweet at around 9.30 pm UK time: "Comet #IISON is gone, thanks for sharing this comet-watching night with us." New Scientist followed suit.
But the latest pictures tell a different story. A bright object has remerged along ISON's predicted trajectory, suggesting at least some of it survived. "Over night it looks like quite a significant proportion of the large particles that were in the comet before it reached the sun have made it through," says Geraint Jones of University College London.
The "dirty snowball" of ice and dust that makes up ISON will have shrunk significantly from its original 2-kilometre size. "If it has survived, it's a much smaller nucleus than what existed just a few days ago," says Jones.
ISON's strange re-brightening has left astronomers baffled. One explanation is that ISON had the life squeezed out of it by the sun's immense gravity and is now gasping for breath. "What might have happened is the nucleus had already fragmented a couple of days ago, but it still looked like one nucleus going in," says Jones.
These fragments would have individually sped up and spread out as they whipped around the sun, which would have reduced their collective brightness. "Then after going past the sun they're starting to bunch up again, so it's looking brighter."
Massive opportunity
Unfortunately, if this theory is correct, it means you probably won't be able to spot ISON in the dawn sky over the next few weeks as had originally been hoped – at the very least you'll need a pair of binoculars. "The chances of it being an impressive comet viewed from the ground are looking dim now, but I'd love to be proven wrong," says Jones.
Astronomers still have a busy period of observations ahead of them, however, as ISON's ordeal is a massive scientific opportunity. "We were hoping to get more out of it if it had survived, but the fact that it has broken up now is telling us answers to different questions," says Jones.
ISON has travelled for more than a million years from the Oort cloud, a collection of distant objects containing material frozen as the solar system was formed. The comet has now released this material, giving researchers a glimpse into the distant past. "We've got a bonanza of data and we're looking forward to analysing it," says Jones.
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Olive and Leek Prassopitta
- Prep Time : 15 min
- Cook Time : 40 min
- Ready Time : 55 min
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 qts. Chopped leeks (white and tender green part only)
- 1 (6 oz.) can California Ripe Olives, drained and halved
- 4 oz. crumbled feta cheese
- 1 Egg, beaten
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup Chopped dill
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1/2 Tsp. Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp. Ground nutmeg
- 1/8 Tsp. Ground Black Pepper
- 10 sheets (8 oz.) Phyllo pastry (14-inch by 18-inch)
1 Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a medium sized saucepan. Stir in leeks, cover and cook over low heat for 5-6 minutes.
2 Remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Add California Ripe Olives, feta, egg, parsley, dill and lemon juice to cooked leeks.
3 Season mixture with salt, nutmeg and pepper and set aside. Cut phyllo pastry in half lengthwise to make 20 (14-inch by 9-inch) rectangular sheets.
4 Brush the bottom and sides of a 9-inch by 11-inch baking pan with olive oil. Place a sheet of phyllo pastry on top.
5 Brush with olive oil and repeat until ten layers are assembled. Spoon leek mixture over pastry crust.
6 Place remaining phyllo sheets on top, brushing oil between each sheet. Trim excess phyllo around edges of baking dish and score top with approximately six evenly spaced incisions to vent while baking.
7 Bake in a 375•F oven for 35-40 minutes. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool, then cut into serving portions. Serve warm or cool.
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Portland debut set for monster film project by Maine artists, students
PORTLAND — Figures of Speech Theatre's film adaptation of "Frankenstein" should appeal to fans of silent cinema.
And puppetry.
And pen-and-ink illustration.
And toy theater.
And even thaumatropes, those Victorian-era, disk-and-string toys that spun to simulate motion in the days before animation.
It's a true mixed-media presentation.
The ambitious project, the culmination of an 18-month collaboration between a group of artists and students from greater Portland, debuts Jan. 3 at Mayo Street Arts to coincide with the city's First Friday Art Walk.
Figures of Speech is the Freeport-based company of John and Carol Farrell, who, between them, have training in poetry, sculpture, dance, costume design, and theater and puppetry of all kinds. They founded the theater in the 1980s.
Eight years ago, they brought on Ian Bannon as a teaching associate. He now serves as director of education, and heads up the Figures of Speech Student Ensemble, or FOSSE, the after-school program that produced "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein."
Eighteen students from Portland, Casco Bay, Freeport, Falmouth, Waynflete and Cheverus high schools contributed to the project. They acted, designed puppets, wrote and recorded music, and more.
"It's been really fruitful, getting students who would never meet each other, from different towns and different walks of life, to come together and collaborate in such an intense way for a year and a half," said Bannon, who directed the film. "We really wanted to incorporate anyone who could get themselves to our little barn in Freeport; they're all invited to participate. That includes students with learning disabilities or a lack of social awareness. If someone's willing to commit to showing up and takings risks with us, then we'll take them."
Artist collaborators on the project included a puppet engineer, a visual arts mentor, a music director, and a three-man videography team, headed by Barry Dodd, creator of "Ragged Isle," a popular murder-mystery web series set in Maine.
"We picked people who could share something with us and were also looking to learn, both from us and the students," Bannon said. "We weren't looking for people who just wanted to come and teach and lord over the students, so much as get in the sandbox and play together."
Student participants were immersed in art and culture of all kinds throughout production. Bannon showed them the work of Czech puppeteer Jan Svankmajer, as well as the 1930s German expressionist horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" to help them understand the silent picture motifs they would emulate in their own movie.
While producing "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," the crew shot five documentary shorts about the creative process, illustrating what students took from the experience and how they wrote the music and built the puppets.
"These aren't your slapsticky, foam-covered puppets," Bannon said. "They're intricately hand-carved puppets with a distinct Japanese influence."
FOSSE is also developing educational materials to accompany the film, in hopes that English teachers will use them to supplement lessons on "Frankenstein." Those materials, and the film itself, will be housed in perpetuity on the Maine Learning Technology Initiative's iTunes U website, which collects free digital education resources.
The project was funded in part by grants from the Maine Arts Commission, the Maine Community Foundation and other private sources.
"Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" is divided into seven episodes, each about 8 minutes in length. All of them will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Jan. 3 event, which will be preceded by a Figures of Speech gallery exhibit and followed by a reception and Q&A with Bannon and students.
Past FOSSE productions have included reimaginings of Perseus the Gorgon Slayer, "Alice in Wonderland," and Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," but those were all created for the stage. "Frankenstein" represents the company's first foray into film, and while it's been expensive and time-consuming to produce, it's also been a hit with the students.
"Ultimately, they get to have a wicked cool film," Bannon said. "They can always point to it and say, 'Wow! I made that.'"


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Stephen Pruitt, of Overland Park, will present a discussion on collecting art, "Masterworks on Main Street," at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Mulvane Art Museum.
Works on loan from the Pruitt Family Collection are featured in the exhibit "Lasting Impressions," which will be open through Jan. 27, 2013 at the Mulvane Art Museum.
Stephen W. and Mary M. Pruitt, of Overland Park, Kan., began collecting in 1989 with their first fine art purchase -- a dark and mysterious 1890 landscape etching by the German artist Franz von Stuck. Neither one of them had ever taken a course in art history, nor had spent so much as an hour inside a commercial art gallery. But there was something about that print that seemed to reach out and touch them. It was, as Martin Krause, curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, said at that time, "a great place to start building a collection."
The Pruitt family has shared their love of collecting with the general public for almost 25 years through 11 museum exhibition across the country. The collection, which features works from the 1500s through the 1900s, includes pieces by Thomas Hart Benton, Childe Hassam, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Anders Zorn, John Sloan, Felix Buhot, Erich Heckel, Albert Belleroche, Peter Ilsted, Frederick Sommer, Imogen Cunningham, Wynn Bullock, Camille Corot and Grant Wood.
The Mulvane Art Museum, ArtLab and gift shop are open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. The museum is closed major holidays.
The Mulvane is located on the campus of Washburn University, at 17th and Jewell Streets. Free parking is available directly to the west of the Museum. Call 785,670,1124 or go to washburn.edu/mulvane.
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Do you need to be previously published to be considered by CR?
No. We read manuscripts from both well known authors and authors just entering the field.
What is the reading period?
We read manuscripts from September 1 through May 15. Please don't send manuscripts after May 15 or before September 1. We use the summer to catch up on our other work and will have to return the manuscript to you and ask you to resubmit.
How many manuscripts do you read a year?
We read about 2,000 manuscripts a year at this point.
Do you solicit work?
We occasionally do solicit work. However the editorial board must agree to take the piece. More than 80 to 90 percent of our published pieces come to us unsolicited.
Who does the reading and how are the selections made?
All pieces are read by at least one board member and selections must be approved by two and in cases of disagreement by all four members of the board.
How long does it take to hear a response from CR?
It make take as long as five months, but generally about three months. One of the reasons for this is the nature of our board.
We have to move the manuscripts around among the four campuses and the CSU central office in Hartford for evaluation and processing. That takes time.
Do you reprint pieces that have been published elsewhere?
No, with maybe a very rare exception every few years for some special reason. We are looking for original work and First Time North American rights to publish that work.
Do you pay for work?
Unfortunately, no, other than two contributor's copies which will be sent within a few weeks after the issue containing the author's work appears.
What kind of work are you looking for?
Fiction--Literary fiction. This can range from slice-of-life fiction to experimental. We are also looking for particulary well-wrought short shorts (flash fiction, micro fiction).
Poetry--High quality, evocative and well-made poetry of all types. They are generally short, though we will consider an exceptional long poem.
Plays--We do take short plays but we are particular that they read like literature on the page.
Essays--We take a wide-range of creative essays, from personal takes on works of art and issues, to pieces that ride the line between essay and fiction.
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New Waves—Educational Research and Development is a refereed journal published by the Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association, a non-profit professional organization. New Waves can be accessed from the CAERDA website, the Directory of Open Access Journals and the EBSCO databases. ISSN: 1526-8659
Editor-in-Chief: Binbin Jiang, Kennesaw State University
Editorial Review Board:
Jinfa Cai, University of Delaware
Tak C. Chan, Kennesaw State University
Henan Cheng, Columbia University
Yi Ding, Fordham University
Gregory Goodman, Clarion University
Stephen Hwang, University of Delaware
Heng Jiang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jing Lei, State University of New York at Oswego
Li-Yuan Liao, Texas A&M University
Dehua Liu, Hunan Normal University, China
Cheng-Chang Pan, University of Texas at Brownsville
Xhua Sun, University of Macau
Ko-Yin Sung, Utah State University
Guofang Wan, Ohio University
Sasha Wang, Boise State University
Jing Zhang, Defense Language Institute
Yongjun Zha, Yangzhou University, China
Special Issue Co-Sponsor: Confucius Institute, Kennesaw State University
Vol 16, No 1 (2013)
Navigating the Seas of Mathematics Education:New Waves in Research to Improve Student Learning
- Jinfa Cai, University of Delaware, U.S.A.
- Xuhua Sun, University of Macau, China
- Sasha Wang, Boise State University, U.S.A
Table of Contents
Feature Articles
|Notes from the Editor-in-Chief
|Binbin Jiang
|Navigating the Seas of Mathematics Education: New Waves in Research to Improve Student Learning
|Jinfa Cai, Sasha Wang
|An Effective Remedial Instruction in Number Sense for Third Graders in Taiwan
|Pei-Chieh Chen, Mao-Neng Li, Der-Ching Yang
|Middle School Students' Steepness and Proportional Reasoning
|Diana Cheng, Jon R Star, Suzanne Chapin
|The Effect of Instruction in Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies on Ninth-Grade Students' Metacognitive Abilities
|Chih Ting Yang, Shin-Yi Lee
|Errors in Solving Word Problems about Speed: A Case in Singapore and Mainland China
|Chunlian Jiang
|Supporting Teachers' Enactment of Elementary School Student-Centered Mathematics Pedagogies: The Evaluation of a Curriculum-Focused Professional Development Program
|Chuang Wang, Drew Polly, Amy Lehew, David Pugalee, Richard Lambert, Christie Sullivan Martin
|Prospective Teachers' Learning in Geometry: Changes in Discourse and Thinking
|Sasha Wang
|Assessment of Prospective Teachers' Multiple Proof Construction of a Trapezoid Area Formula
|Xuhua Sun
|On "New Waves" in Mathematics Education Research: Identity, Power, and the Mathematics Learning Experiences of All Children
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A common misfeature found on UN*X operating systems is the restriction that only root can bind to ports below 1024. Many a dollar has been wasted on workarounds and -often- the results are security holes.
Both FreeBSD and Solaris have elegant configuration options to turn this feature off. On FreeBSD:
$ sysctl net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh=0
Similarly on Solaris we can just configure away this misfeature. Assuming we want to run Yaws/SSL under a non-root user "erlang" on ports 80/443.
On Solaris we can do that easily by granting the specific right to bind privileged ports <1024 (and only that) to "erlang" using:
$ /usr/sbin/usermod -K defaultpriv=basic,net_privaddr erlang
And check the we get what we want through:
$ grep erlang /etc/user_attr erlang::::type=normal;defaultpriv=basic,net_privaddr
On Linux, kernels later than 2.6.24, it's possible to do:
$ setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.7.4/bin/beam
The above command grants the capability of binding privileged ports to beam. Note, you have to grant the priviliges to the actual exectuable you are using.
There are a couple of other options on Linux. One is to use an auxiliary program like authbind http://packages.debian.org/stable/authbind or privbind http://sourceforge.net/projects/privbind/
These programs are run by root. Yaws writes its temporary JIT compiled files in $HOME/.yaws and this doesn't work that well with authbind/privbind. A non root user will try to write in /root/.yaws. The solution to this is to set the environment variable YAWSHOME. Yaws will then consider that to be HOME rather that $HOME.
To start yaws under e.g authbind we can do:
$ sudo YAWSHOME=/tmp/abc privbind -u klacke /home/klacke/bin/yaws \ -c /home/klacke/yaws.conf -i
The above command starts yaws as user klacke and bind to ports below 1024
Yet another option is to is to install fdsrv which is a standalone program that has the suid bit set, binds privileged ports and passes the filedescriptor to yaws. I have made a package out of the jungerl code that can be easily installed just through the usual cycle of make && make install The code is at
One major drawback with fdsrv is that it doesn't work for SSL. With the case of SSL, one possible solution is to put ssltunnel in front of yaws and let yaws bind to 127.0.0.1
All in all the fdsrv option is much worse that the authbind option.
Here is a description on how to do this on MacOs X. It's not exactly the same, since we're still binding to non privileged ports. However, edit /etc/sysctl and add:
Then with ipfw as the firewall (turn off the gui firewall in system preferences and manage own rules) use the ipfw rules like these - for testing on your own box use something like:
ipfw add fwd 127.0.0.1,8080 tcp from any to 127.0.0.1 dst-port 80 in ipfw add fwd 127.0.0.1,8443 tcp from any to 127.0.0.1 dst-port 443 in
set up yaws to use 8080 and 8443 in yaws.conf and then run as some non root user. When you browse to http://127.0.0.1 or https://127.0.0.1 you will see your pages that are actually on 8080 and 8443 internally but will be forwarded via ipfw forwarding.
Yet another (more complicated way) for linux users is to hack the kernel. Here is a patch I did for some version of the 2.6 series kernels .. you get the idea.
[root@lax]ipv4 > diff -c af_inet.c* *** af_inet.c Wed Feb 23 23:31:35 2005 --- af_inet.c~ Thu Feb 17 18:13:13 2005 *************** *** 423,434 **** snum = ntohs(addr->sin_port); err = -EACCES; - #if 0 - /* removed by klacke */ if (snum && snum < PROT_SOCK && !capable(CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE)) goto out; - #endif - /* We keep a pair of addresses. rcv_saddr is the one * used by hash lookups, and saddr is used for transmit. --- 423,430 ----


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Transportation Services
Transportation Services is responsible for the maintenance of the university's fleet of buses and vans, as well as for providing daily transportation between the East and West Campuses.
Mission Statement
The mission of Transportation Services is to honor God by providing the APU community and guests with excellent, safe, and professional transportation service, making sure to always be courteous, reliable, responsible, and friendly.
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"Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the King." –1 Peter 2:17
Trolleys and Buses
Transportation Services utilizes four trolleys and one bus to shuttle people between the East and West Campuses from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Friday. We have newly upgraded sound and PA systems (better for a sing-along). We will now be able to play music while you ride between campuses. Check the Trolley Route/Schedule.
Over the Road Buses
Transportation Services manages two large over-the-road buses. One is a 29-passenger bus with a cargo hold; the second is a new 25-passenger or 21-passenger bus also with a cargo hold. Both of these buses have been equipped with new DVD players with monitors and new sound systems. Anyone interested in driving one of these buses is required to possess a class B license and to be included in the random drug and alcohol test pool. Learn How to Get a Class B License (PDF).
Rental Vans
Transportation Services manages a fleet of 8-, 11-, and 12-passenger vans for use by the APU community. By state law, all 11- and 12-passenger van drivers are required to possess a class B license. Drivers of the 8-passenger vans are required to possess a class C license.
Vehicle Reservation Request
The Vehicle Reservation Request is available in the University Services/Transportation Services public folder or via the link below. All vehicle requests should be made by hardcopy and delivered to Transportation Services in person, via intra-campus mail, or may be faxed to (626) 815-3880. All reservation requests must be filled out completely with the driver's name, dates, destination, account number, department, contact name, and phone number. Transportation Services will contact the department to confirm after receiving the request. For fairness to all users, requests are only accepted up to 11 months in advance.
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Work Order Desk, (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3527
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2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR - Kingdom For A Horse
Ford SVT And Shelby Autos Join Forces To Create A GT500 Fit For A King's Ransom
With a new calibration, exhaust, and cold-air induction coupled with 3.73 gears out back, the KR accelerates quicker than a base GT500 and is capable of 1g acceleration on a skidpad. The springs are 17 percent stiffer up front and 7 percent stiffer in the rear, and the dampers and sway bars were tuned to work in concert. The results are impressive, as the car handles much better than the base GT500 but retains great ride quality. Now the base GT500 is capable of 0.92 g, so it's no slouch, but the KR takes it up a notch, which is far enough to require the use of an axle-vent reservoir developed for the FR500C to keep fluid from blowing out during prolonged, hard cornering.
There's nothing internally different about the GT500KR's engine versus the base GT500, but it's enhanced with a Ford Racing cold-air induction kit, a more aggressive exhaust system, and a crisper calibration that combine to make the car feel quicker and sharper. Increased ignition timing and improved electronic throttle response are the major contributors. Besides the CAI, billet caps for the radiator, intercooler, power steering fluid, windshield washer fluid, and oil-fill highlight the KR engine compartment. The tag on the core support denotes the true Shelby lineage of the KR.
While the main cold-air intake system is from Ford Racing, the version on the KR features bracing to reduce expansion and contraction from heat. A seal around the mass air housing and between the box and the hood keeps hot engine air out of the inlet. All told, the hood and cold-air intake are said to reduce the base GT500's 37-degree inlet temp increase over ambient by 5 degrees.
A work of art, the carbon-fiber KR hood is Ford's first use of carbon fiber in a production car. It's made up of more than 100 pieces of carbon fiber that are molded together in an autoclave to create a dual-zone pressure management system. Not only does it look great, but the scoops are functional, forcing ambient air into the airbox. Likewise, the rear vents function by letting pressure and heat out of the engine compartment while channeling water away from engine electronics. The hood, along with the exhaust system, contributes to a 22-pound reduction in curb weight versus the base GT500. The hood's outer panel is only 1.2 mm thick, while the inner panel measures only 0.8 mm and is 11 pounds lighter than the base car's aluminum hood.
Besides the way-cool 5.0&SF license plate, the centered Shelby lettering and V-6-style wing are sure signs you've approached a KR. The most telling sign, however, is the raspy rumble of the KR exhaust system which features an H-pipe instead of the X-shape crossover on the base GT500 along with the smaller, cylinder-shaped mufflers from the Bullitt Mustang. Since Shelby Automobiles is the manufacturer of record on the KR, the exhaust-noise standards were more flexible than those of a typical production-line Ford.
At first glance, there isn't much to distinguish the KR from the base GT500's interior other than the cue-ball shifter poking up through the center console. There's also a plaque on the dash and GT500KR stitching on the headrest. The shifter, however, contributes to the high-performance feel of the KR with shift throws that are 10.5 mm shorter than the factory version. The KR unit is actually a revised version of the Ford Racing shifter, which features slightly softer bushings to keep the noise, vibration, and harshness levels within factory specs.


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I love the tank, it has such a great look to it. I hope you stick around on this forum so we can see it grown in some more. I just wanted to know how are you planting your anubias? Thread? Glue? Or something else?
Thanks! All this positive feedback is really cool guys!
The Anubias is just inserted in crevaces or roots stuck in the dense sand. One is tied to a piece of driftwood with fishing line (I didn't have any thread at the time) and the Java Fern was just 3 rubberbands.
The trick is to place all your Anubias and wait a week. As Plants float out of location or you change your mind on placement- it gives time for the roots to take. Once the stragglers and fussy pieces are in good locations CRANK the CO2.
Im willing to lose fish during this stage- its that important.
The cranked CO2 will cause a growth spurt and the roots will grow MUCH FASTER THAN THE LEAVES! The roots by nature want to grab onto ANYTHING. Ive grown Anubias on the back wall of a plexi tank... The bare back wall. Yup. They eventually grab onto ANYTHING (but I admit those few pieces took a long time and were more fluke than intent).
Its the root systems accelerated growth that causes the plants to really take off, fill in the gaps to hold the sand and lock the scape together! I used thread much more in the past but now I have a different take- the tank will create itself. No thread unless its a special piece (the driftwood tree or java bust) and no epoxy and no frame under the rock for support... Let things naturally take form. I did NOT plan this scape prior. As rocks were purchased and decisions were made, it took its own form! I just try not to get in the way!
Thats the fun with anubias!
If you have issues then thread is ABSOLUTELY the way to go! Works great!
Note- I chose rubberbands instead of thread for the java fern cause I did NOT want it to dissolve quickly. Rubberbands work great for a more long term plan cause they too rot and snap eventually but it takes much longer.
If you want to shorten the life of the rubberband- use an older one or stretch it too far a bunch before using it. Its the cracks that develope from stretching or drying out that eventually cause release from rot.
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DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 5, 7 p.m. (et)
FACTS & STATS: Site: John M. Belk Arena (5,223) -- Davidson, NC. Television: ESPN3.com. Home Record: UNCG 2-4, Davidson 3-1. Away Record: UNCG 0-5, Davidson 2-3. Neutral Record: UNCG 0-0, Davidson 2-2. Conference Record: UNCG 1-0, Davidson 2-0. Series Record: Davidson leads, 21-9.
GAME NOTES: The UNC Greensboro Spartans make their way to Belk Arena to take on the Davidson Wildcats in a Southern Conference battle.
UNCG enters Saturday's game with a 1-0 mark in SoCon play after posting an 85-54 victory over The Citadel Dec. 1. Since that victory, UNCG has dropped four straight non-conference games, most recently an 89-68 loss to No. 23 NC State last weekend. UNCG leads the SoCon in scoring at 76.5 points per game but is allowing a league-high 81.3 points per game against.
Davidson enters the game with a 2-0 mark in SoCon play this year after taking down Chattanooga and Wofford in December. The Wildcats have dropped two out of three non-conference games leading up to Saturday with losses at Drexel and against No. 1 Duke in Charlotte. Davidson leads the league and ranks third in the country in free throw shooting, connecting on 80.2 percent.
Saturday's game marks the 31st meeting all-time between UNCG and Davidson with the Wildcats holding a 21-9 record in the all-time series. The Spartans and Wildcats have gone 2-2 against each other the past two years with Davidson posting a 92-63 win at the Greensboro Coliseum last year. The Wildcats have won nine straight home games in the series with UNCG last posting a victory at Belk Jan. 28, 2001.
Junior guard Trevis Simpson missed the NC State game New Year's Eve due to an injury and will be a game time decision for the game against Davidson. Simpson leads the SoCon in scoring and ranks 15th in NCAA Division I, averaging 20.3 points per contest. He has scored in double figures in 10 games this year, including four games of at least 24 points. He is joined by freshman forward Kayel Locke, who ranks second among all freshmen in the SoCon in scoring at 11.9 points per game, all off the bench. In Simpson's absence, Locke led the Spartans' attack against the Wolfpack last weekend as he finished with 21 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field. Senior guard Derrell Armstrong is second on the team in scoring at 15.5 points per game, good for fifth in the conference.
De'Mon Brooks leads Davidson in scoring at 14.6 points per game, while also leading the team on the boards with 6.5 rebounds per game. Brooks is shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 84.0 percent from the free-throw line. Jake Cohen is second on the team in scoring at 13.2 points per game, while pulling down 5.5 boards per game. Cohen is shooting 83.1 percent from the charity stripe, as Davidson has six players shooting over 70 percent from the foul line. The Wildcats rank second in the SoCon in 3-point shooting, connecting on 38.1 percent as they average 7.6 treys per game.
Look for Davidson to stay perfect in SoCon play as their sharp-shooting from the 3-point line and the free-throw line prove too much for the wounded Spartans.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Davidson 85, UNC Greensboro 75


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President Obama's March Fundraising Haul: $53 Million
Source: Rachel Weiner / The Washington Post
President Obama raised $53 million last month for his reelection, a substantial increase from the month before.
In February, Obama raised $45 million from 348,000 donors. This month he upped his total by $8 million, and increased his donor pool to 567,000.
Campaign manager Jim Messina announced the total — raised in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee and two joint committees, the Obama Victory Fund and the Swing State Victory Fund — in a Web video that focused on small donors.
"People are building this organization five and 10 bucks at a time to take on Mitt Romney," Messina said.
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DURHAM, N.H. - The Holy Cross women's track and field team finished in fourth place at the 2008 New England Championship, held on Friday and Saturday at the University of New Hampshire. The Crusaders had their best-ever finish at the meet, while totaling 59 points and placing 13 individuals in the top 10. Boston College won the meet with a total of 131 points.
Tiffany Reid (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) won the New England title in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.26, while placing second in the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.33. In the 400-meter dash, Lauren Courtney (Ashland, Mass.) placed fifth with a time of 58.07, followed by teammate Lauren Tallon (Lake Forest, Ill.) in sixth with a time of 58.09. Dannielle Meder (Chicopee, Mass.) finished seventh in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.76 and Olivia Pruszko (Monroe, Conn.) took eighth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.95.
Lesley Bautista (St. John's Newfoundland) finished fourth in the pole vault with a height of 11'5.75". Katherine Clifford (Norwood, Mass.) finished fifth in the javelin with a toss of 121'9", while Jenna Hinchey (Orange, Conn.) finished sixth with a toss of 120'2" and Christie LeTarte (Luenburg, Mass.) came in seventh at 118'11". In the heptathlon Alexandra Swiatocha (Mahoac, N.Y.) finished fifth with 4,089 points.
In the relays, the women's 4x800-meter team finished third with a time of 9:23.43, the 4x100-meter team took fourth with a time of 48.08, and the 4x400-meter relay finished eighth with a time of 3:55.90.
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The UpTake: Ed Likovich's startup, GoodLux Technology, is putting a new wrinkle in wearable technology by allowing users to track the amount of light they get to combat depression.
Bright light can be as effective in treating depression as anti-depressant medication Prozac — and far less risky, according to researchers at Harvard University.
But it's been difficult to measure how much light a person gets at any point in time, until now.
Scientists at Harvard are taking a wearable technology originally designed as a medical device for measuring light intake and marketing it to consumers through crowdfunding site Indiegogo. The product, called SunSprite and made by Cambridge, Massachusetts, startup GoodLux Technology, raised about $28,000 of its $50,000 fundraising goal as of Thursday, with 37 days left in the campaign.
Studies show bright light increases energy and focus, improves mood and sleep, and has also been linked to proper eye development, lower blood pressure and reduction in body fat, according to GoodLux.
"There are a ton of physiological effects that are linked with bright light, and the brightness of light you need is on the order of sunlight," said co-founder and CTO Kasey Russell. "And most people aren't getting it."
The startup's solar-powered, wearable device tells users how much light they are getting and also connects to an iOS mobile app so that allows users to track their daily light intake.
GoodLux Technology, founded in September 2012, raised a seed round of $610,000 led by angel investors and the company's co-founders, said CEO Ed Likovich.
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Thunderbird International Junior
Grayhawk Golf Club
Scottsdale, Ariz. • May 24 - 27, 2013
American Junior Golf Association • Contact: Chris Richards • (678) 644-4258 • firstname.lastname@example.com
Quick Facts
- Format: 78-player field, 54-hole stroke play event
- Countries represented: 14
- Rolex Junior All-Americans: 45
- Signed National Letters of Intent: 21
- As the first AJGA Invitational of the summer, the Thunderbird International Junior will return to Grayhawk Golf Club for the 14th year in 2013.
Tournament Storylines
|College bound: 64 players have committed to play golf at the college of their choice.
|Local Arizona talent among top-ranked field
|Christopher Petefish of Scottsdale will compete close to home in his first Thunderbird International Junior. Tucson natives Krystal Quihuis and George Cunningham will travel to Grayhawk Golf Club in hopes of winning their second AJGA titles of 2013. Quihuis, a Salpointe Catholic High rising senior, won the Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic hosted by Longbow Golf Club in March. Cunningham collected an AJGA title at the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook hosted by Sean O'Hair. He won on the Copperhead Course, home of the PGA TOUR's Tampa Bay Championship.
|Returning champions seek titles
|Brad Dalke of McKinney, Texas and Karen Chung of Livingston, N.J., will look to reclaim their titles at the Thunderbird International Junior. Both won the event in 2011, with Dalke making history as the AJGA's youngest boys Invitational champion at 13 years, 9 months and 11 days. In all, there are 44 AJGA champions and medalists in the 2013 field.
|Following in the victors' footsteps
|Within the tournament's history, Thunderbird International Junior champions have continued their golf careers at the collegiate and professional levels. The first Girls Division champion in 2000 was Virada Nirapathpongporn of Bangkok, Thailand, who went on to win the women's NCAA Championship in 2002 while playing for Duke and the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2003. Belen Mozo of Cadiz, Spain, won the Thunderbird International Junior in 2004 and continued her career at the University of Southern California. She was a four-time NCAA All-American before joining the Symetra Tour and is in her second year on the LPGA Tour. Current PGA TOUR player Ryan Moore won the 2001 Thunderbird International Junior. He followed his junior career at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas before turning professional and winning the 2012 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Casey Wittenberg won the 2002 Thunderbird International Junior after being named 2001 Rolex Junior Player of the Year. He was recently honored as the 2012 Web.com Tour Player of the Year.
Schedule of Events
|Friday, May 24
|11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
|Practice Round off Nos. 1 and 10 tees
|Saturday, May 25
|7:15 – 9:15 a.m.
|First Round off Nos. 1 and 10 tees
|Sunday, May 26
|7:15 – 9:15 a.m.
|Second Round off Nos. 1 and 10 tees
|Monday, May 27
|7:15 – 9:15 a.m.
|Final Round off Nos. 1 and 10 tees
|11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
|Awards Luncheon (Family Welcome)
Top Players to Watch
|Brad Dalke, Hobart, Okla. (2015)
|Ranked No. 2 in the Polo Golf Rankings, Dalke is the highest-ranked player in the Boys Division. After his historic victory at the 2011 Thunderbird International Junior as the youngest boy to win an AJGA Invitational, he went on to claim nine top-10 finishes in national competition. A two-time first-team Rolex Junior All-American, Dalke opened the 2013 season by collecting his second AJGA Invitational title at the HP Boys Championship at Carlton Woods.
|A future player of Stanford men's golf, Liu will compete in his last Thunderbird International Junior. The four-time Rolex Junior All-American made history in 2010 as the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion at 14 years and 11 months, breaking the record held by Tiger Woods by more than six months. At No. 3 in the Polo Golf Rankings, Liu has gathered 12 top-five finishes in national competition through 2013 and looks to capture his first AJGA title.
|Adam Wood, Zionsville, Ind. (2014)
|Wood will open his summer at Grayhawk Golf Club, following a year that included his first AJGA Invitational title at the 2012 Polo Golf Junior Classic. At No. 4 in the Polo Golf Rankings, Woods was named a first-team Rolex Junior All-American in 2012 behind the strength of five top-10 finishes in national competition. The Duke verbal commit's resume is also highlighted by a win at the 2012 Western Junior championship and a third-place showing at the 2012 Junior PGA Championship.
|Scott Scheffler, Dallas, Texas (2014)
|Scheffler, a two-time Rolex Junior All-American, will look to claim his first AJGA title at the Thunderbird International Junior. With runner-up finishes at the 2012 Polo Golf Junior Classic and 2013 HP Boys Championship at Carlton Woods, the Texas verbal commit has earned his spot at No. 5 in the Polo Golf Rankings.
|Tae Wan Lee, (South Korea) Orlando, Fla. (2013)
|Ranked No. 7 in the Polo Golf Rankings, Lee will open his final junior summer at Grayhawk Golf Club before heading to play for Middle Tennessee State in the fall. Lee boasts an impressive list of accolades, including 14 top-15 finishes in national competition. He ended the 2012 season with two runner-up showings at the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook hosted by Sean O'Hair and the Western Junior Championship.
|Karen Chung, Livingston, N.J. (2013)
|Chung, a five-time Rolex Junior All-American, is the highest-ranked player in the Girls Division at No. 2 in the Polo Golf Rankings. As one of junior golf's most decorated players, Chung looks to capture her sixth AJGA title. Chung opened 2013 with a win at the Goodman Networks Junior at Traditions and tied for second at the ANNIKA Invitational. As the PING Junior Solheim Cup returns to American soil in 2013, Chung hopes to join Team USA for the second time after helping the squad to a victory in 2011. The graduating senior will play for the USC Trojans women's golf team in the fall.
|Simin Feng, (China) Windermere, Fla. (2013)
|At No. 3 in the Polo Golf Rankings, Feng returns to the AJGA stage after her T5 finish at the ANNIKA Invitational in January. She is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American behind the strength of five AJGA victories since 2007. Feng will join the women's golf team at Vanderbilt in the fall.
|Bethany Wu, Diamond Bar, Calif. (2015)
|Wu will compete at the Thunderbird International Junior for the first time, following her first AJGA Invitational victory at the ANNIKA Invitational in January. She has tallied 11 top-five finishes in national competition since 2009, including a win at the 2012 AJGA Junior at Centennial. The second-team Rolex Junior All-American is No. 4 in the Polo Golf Rankings and has verbally committed to UCLA.
|Casey Danielson, Osceola, Wis. (2013)
|Former AJGA Player Representative Casey Danielson will return to Grayhawk Golf Club after a T7 showing in 2012. The graduating senior is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American and will play for Stanford women's golf team in the fall. Danielson notched top-15 finishes in each of her seven starts of 2012, including a third-place finish at the Rolex Tournament of Champions. Danielson has one AJGA title to her name, the 2011 W. Duncan MacMillan Classic at Rush Creek, and is ranked No. 6 in the Polo Golf Rankings.
|Ashlan Ramsey, Milledgeville, Ga. (2013)
|Ramsey will open her 2013 AJGA campaign at the Thunderbird International Junior after tying for third at the Kathy Whitworth Invitational in March. The three-time Rolex Junior All-American capped off 2012 with a T4 showing at The PING Invitational and signed her National Letter of Intent with Clemson. Ramsey's resume is highlighted by 18 top-five finishes in national competition. The No. 7 player in the Polo Golf Rankings also helped the U.S. to a victory at the 2011 PING Junior Solheim Cup.
2012 Results
Thunderbird International Junior
Grayhawk Golf Club (May 25 - 28, 2012)
|Boys Division
|Max Orrin
|Kent, United Kingdom
|AJ McInerney
|Henderson, Nev.
|Tae Wan Lee
|(South Korea) Orlando, Fla.
|Beau Hossler
|Mission Viejo, Calif.
|Juan Cerda
|Santiago, Chile
|Girls Division
|*Ariya Jutanugarn
|Bangkok, Thailand
|Laura Sojo
|(Colombia) Winter Garden, Fla.
|Sierra Sims
|Austin, Texas
|Shannon Aubert
|(France) Champions Gate, Fla.
|Gabriella Then
|Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
|* Won via a sudden-death playoff
Media Accommodations
The Thunderbird International Junior will have AJGA communications representatives on hand to assist media throughout the week. Prior to the tournament the AJGA will provide information about the event and its participants, as well as assist with player interviews.
After each round, media officials on-site will write a recap with the day's results. These will be emailed to all media outlets. Interviews with AJGA Tournament Directors, Tournament Chairmen and juniors may be conducted before or after tournament rounds.
For more information about the AJGA and tournaments, please refer to ajga.org. Tournament websites are accessible from the homepage and include recaps, list of participants, tee times, live scoring, course and sponsorship information.
About the AJGA
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls, ages 12-18) of more than 6,300 members from 48 states and more than 50 foreign countries. Through initiatives like the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant, a financial assistance program, and Leadership Links, a service-oriented platform that teaches juniors charitable-giving skills, the AJGA fosters the growth of golf's next generation.
Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex, which is in its fourth decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's second Premier Partner.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more than 600 victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni include Jordan Spieth, Brandt Snedeker, Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Stacy Lewis, Vicky Hurst, Inbee Park, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome and Morgan Pressel.
Tournament field
|Boys Division
|Philip Barbaree
|Shreveport, La.
|Luis Fernando Barco
|Lima, Peru
|Zachary Bauchou
|Forest, Va.
|Connor Black
|Humble, Texas
|Luigi Botta
|Cuneo, Italy
|Sam Burns
|Shreveport, La.
|Derek Castillo
|Yorba Linda, Calif.
|Austin Connelly
|Irving, Texas
|Sean Crocker
|(Zimbabwe) Westlake Village, Calif.
|George Cunningham
|Tucson, Ariz.
|Brad Dalke
|Hobart, Okla.
|ZeCheng Dou
|Beijing, China
|Brendon Doyle
|Louisville, Ky.
|Tobias Edén
|Karlstad, Sweden
|Rigel Fernandes
|(India) Bradenton, Fla.
|Jorge Garcia
|(Venezuela) Miami, Fla.
|Doug Ghim
|Arlington Heights, Ill.
|Matt Gilchrest
|Southlake, Texas
|Nick Hardy
|Northbrook, Ill.
|Jack Hermeston
|Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
|Franklin Huang
|Poway, Calif.
|Brendon Jelley
|Tulsa, Okla.
|Cheng Jin
|Beijing, China
|Jacob Joiner
|Leesburg, Ga.
|Peter Kim
|Metuchen, N.J.
|Joo-Young Lee
|Hilliard, Ohio
|Tae Wan Lee
|(South Korea) Orlando, Fla.
|Thomas Lim
|Moorpark, Calif.
|KK Limbhasut
|(Thailand) Loma Linda, Calif.
|DJ Loypur
|Melbourne, Australia
|Guillermo Pereira Jr.
|Santiago, Chile
|Christopher Petefish
|Danville, Calif.
|Michael Pisciotta
|Alpharetta, Ga.
|Kristoffer Reitan
|Nesøya, Norway
|Davis Riley
|Hattiesburg, Miss.
|Scott Scheffler
|Dallas, Texas
|Juan Carlos Serrano
|Mexico City, Mexico
|Jacob Solomon
|Dublin, Calif.
|Jimmy Stanger
|Tampa, Fla.
|Peter Thorseth
|Richmond, Texas
|Ashton Turner
|Alford, United Kingdom
|Danny Walker
|Bradenton, Fla.
|Johan Werge
|San Luis Potosi, Mexico
|Adam Wood
|Zionsville, Ind.
|Dylan Wu
|Medford, Ore.
|Taiki Yamaura
|Sennan, Japan
|Yechun (Carl) Yuan
|(China) Lake Mary, Fla.
|Andy Zhang
|(China) Reunion, Fla.
|Girls Division
|Karen Arimoto
|(Japan) Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
|Shannon Aubert
|(France) Champions Gate, Fla.
|Erin Choi
|Torrance, Calif.
|Karen Chung
|Livingston, N.J.
|Casey Danielson
|Osceola, Wis.
|Mai Dechathipat
|(Thailand) Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
|Simin Feng
|(China) Windermere, Fla.
|Sofia Linette Garcia Peralta
|Asuncion, Paraguay
|Alexandra Kaui
|Las Vegas, Nev.
|Cheyenne Knight
|Aledo, Texas
|Amy Lee
|Brea, Calif.
|Andrea Lee
|Hermosa Beach, Calif.
|Roberta Liti
|Colle Val d'Elsa, Italy
|Mika Liu
|Beverly Hills, Calif.
|Yu Liu
|Beijing, China
|Giovana Maymon
|Huixquilucan, Mexico
|Nicole Morales
|South Salem, N.Y.
|Krystal Quihuis
|Tucson, Ariz.
|Ashlan Ramsey
|Milledgeville, Ga.
|Sierra Sims
|Austin, Texas
|Laura Sojo
|(Colombia) Winter Garden, Fla.
|Julienne Soo
|Melbourne, Australia
|Linnea Strom
|Hovas, Sweden
|Nene Tanno
|Mito, Japan
|Gabriella Then
|Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
|Maria Torres
|San Juan, P.R.
|Jessica Vasilic
|(Sweden) Anaheim Hills, Calif.
|Samantha Wagner
|Windermere, Fla.
|Marthe Wold
|Sandnes, Norway
|Bethany Wu
|Diamond Bar, Calif.


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Marc Hassenzahl explains the fascinating concept of User Experience and Experience Design. Commentaries by Don Norman, Eric Reiss, Mark Blythe, and Whitney Hess
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I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, College of Information Technology, at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), where I am also a member of the Charlotte Visualization Center. I received both my Ph.D. (2001) and M.S. degrees from Vienna University of Technology (Vienna, Austria). Before coming to Charlotte, I worked at the VRVis Research Center and the in-silico pharmaceutical research company Inte:Ligand. My research is in Information Visualization (InfoVis) and Visual Analytics. The goal of these fields is to translate data into images that we can interact with and read to understand the underlying data.
Kosara, Robert (2014). Commentary on 'Data Visualization for Human Perception' by Stephen Few
Ziemkiewicz, Caroline and Kosara, Robert (2010): Implied dynamics in information visualization. In: Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces 2010. pp. 215-222. Available online
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Kosara, Robert, Drury, Fritz, Holmquist, Lars Erik and Laidlaw, David H. (2008): Visualization Criticism. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 28 (3) pp. 13-15. Available online
Kosara, Robert (2007): Visualization Criticism - The Missing Link Between Information Visualization and Art. In: IV 2007 - 11th International Conference on Information Visualisation 2-6 July, 2007, Z�rich, Switzerland. pp. 631-636. Available online
Bendix, Fabian, Kosara, Robert and Hauser, Helwig (2005): Parallel Sets: Visual Analysis of Categorical Data. In: InfoVis 2005 - IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 23-25 October, 2005, Minneapolis, MN, USA. p. 18. Available online
Kosara, Robert, Bendix, Fabian and Hauser, Helwig (2004): TimeHistograms for Large, Time-Dependent Data. In: Deussen, Oliver, Hansen, Charles D., Keim, Daniel A. and Saupe, Dietmar (eds.) VisSym 2004 - Symposium on Visualization May 19-21, 2004, Konstanz, Germany. pp. 45-54,340.
Schrammel, Johann, Giller, Verena, Tscheligi, Manfred, Kosara, Robert, Hauser, Helwig and Miksch, Silvia (2003): Experimental Evaluation of Semantic Depth of Field, a Preattentive Method for Focus+Context Visualization. In: Proceedings of IFIP INTERACT03: Human-Computer Interaction 2003, Zurich, Switzerland. p. 888.
Kosara, Robert, Healey, Christopher G., Interrante, Victoria, Laidlaw, David H. and Ware, Colin (2003): User Studies: Why, How, and When?. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 23 (4) pp. 20-25.
Kosara, Robert, Miksch, Silvia and Hauser, Helwig (2002): Focus and Context Taken Literally. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 22 (1) pp. 22-29. Available online
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