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SHIPS that harvest energy from the waves and store it in batteries could one day generate electricity from the world's oceans more cheaply than today's wave-power devices.
The ships would sail to a suitable location, drop anchor and start generating electricity from wave energy. Once their batteries were fully charged they would return to shore and feed the electricity into the grid.
Unlike conventional wave-power devices, the ships would not need undersea cables to link to the electricity grid, says Andre Sharon at Boston University and the Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation, also in Boston. These cables typically cost more than $500,000 per kilometre and account for a significant fraction of the cost of conventional wave-generated electricity.
The 50-metre-long ships would harvest wave energy via buoys attached to their sides by pivoting arms. While the hull remains relatively stable, the buoys would bob up and down on the waves, causing the arms to pivot back and forth and drive a generator producing up to 1 megawatt of electrical power. The batteries are planned to have a capacity of 20 megawatt-hours, so the ships would have to stay at sea for at least 20 hours for a full charge. Sharon presented the concept at the Clean Technology 2011 Conference and Expo in Boston.
Unlike conventional wave-power devices, the power-generating mechanism will not have to withstand severe storms, as the ships could be kept in port during bad weather. Fixed wave-power generators must be built to cope with extremely high waves, which adds substantially to their cost, Sharon says. Costs could be cut further by retrofitting existing vessels, which could either have their own engines or be towed out to sea and back.
Sharon used 3D printing to produce a prototype, and tested it in a wave tank. He calculates that the system should generate electricity at a cost of $0.15 per kilowatt-hour. This would make it cheaper than energy from existing wave systems, which costs between $0.30 and $0.65 per kWh. Offshore wind energy costs from $0.15 to $0.24 per kWh, and solar power around $0.30 per kWh.
Mark Jacobson, director of the atmosphere and energy programme at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, calls the idea "very creative". He notes that unlike electricity from many other renewable sources, power from the batteries could be held back and used at times of peak demand.
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Buzz Aldrin: Mars Pioneers Should Remain Permanently On Marsby Lisa Zyga
A trip to Mars could take years and cost billions of dollars. If NASA and the European Space Agency are going to commit to such an ambitious endeavor, they should try to get the most out of their investment. That's why, according to astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the first Mars pioneers should stay there permanently.
Russian GPS System Tracks Siberian Bridgeby M Dee Dubroff
A bridge being built over the Yenisey River in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia will have the honor of becoming the first bridge to be partly controlled by Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation system. Read all about this exciting use of space technology here on earth.
Calamete Pasta Fork Enables Neat Noodle Nibblingby Steve Levenstein
Dining just got more dangerous, thanks to the fiendishly spiky Calamete pasta fork!
Arash AF10 Almost Production Readyby George Delozier
About 2 years ago, a British Automotive Company called Arash showed us a prototype of a vehicle called the AF10 at the London Motor Show. Since then not much has been heard about it, until just recently that is.
US To Get Some VW Diesel Action!by George Delozier
Volkswagen offers an amazingly diverse array of powerplants for their vehicles. Sadly, the North American continent doesn't get to see many of the more exciting options due to different standards. That is set to change however, because VW has confirmed they will be building a plant stateside that will produce diesel engines.
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VerTerra just won the Natural Products Expo East's 2008 Best New Green, Environmentally-Friendly Product Award for its paper plates -- items that are generally considered wasteful! But see how not-wasteful VerTerra is and you will understand why it won this award!
Russian Navy Launches New Strategic Missilesby M Dee Dubroff
A new generation of weapons for the Russian armed forces that are designed to pierce anti-missile defense systems is in the air. Read on and learn how all this might affect the balance of world peace …if there really is such a thing.
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As cell phones become more advanced and get more buttons/gizmos/toys, they will also require more attention. Unfortunately, not everyone understands that such attention shouldn't be taken away from driving to satisfy the phone requirement, which is why Aegis Mobility has developed a system to keep you focused on the road and not your keypad.
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Bigfoot Goes East? Yeti Footprints Discovered by Japanese Researchersby Steve Levenstein
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Scientists Discover that Scotch Tape Produces X-Raysby Lisa Zyga
Scientists have found that the everyday Scotch tape you use to tape paper and other household materials has another use: it produces X-rays.
Liposuction May Some Day Save Your Life!by Boomer Babe
Two researchers at the Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery in Australia have discovered a method of getting stem cells from fatty tissue and converting them to living heart muscle cells. The stem cells from the fat tissue actually begin beating in rhythm to the heart cells when they are placed together.
Innovative DIY Human Nest Filled with Autumn Leaves and Youby Gloria Campos
It's fall and for many of us colorful leaves cover our yards, the driveway and the streets. Like every fall, some of us will rake our leaves up and put them on the curb for the trash. Some of us will rake our leaves and put them in a compost bin, and others like designer Gerard Moliné will join the birds and build a nest with the leaves. That's right a nest.
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I created this over a year ago when the GOP caved last time....I think the time to "man up" has come and gone for John Boehner. If they hold the House I cannot possibly imagine him being Speaker next year.
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You don't need to be a political scientist to know this, you just need to be mildly observant. The only time a socialist country leads the world in anything it's usually based on subjective criteria that invariably comes from an organization run by socialists, or by people biased toward socialism over free markets.
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This explains all of that ridiculous zombie role playing the crazy Occupiers were doing on Wall Street back in 2011...
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A connector for a weapons test set circuit has a case with an open end and electrical conductors extending from the open end into and through the case. The connector is designed to connect to a rail and has coupling legs for this purpose. Each coupling leg has a base portion located in the case and an extension portion that extends out of the case and diverges from the other extension portion. The base portions can move toward each other or apart from each other along guides and are biased in the apart position. Buttons extend from the base portions out of the case; an operator depresses the buttons to converge the legs to allow insertion or removal of the connector from the rail. Releasing the buttons causes the legs to move to the apart position.
1. A connector for a weapons test circuit, comprising:
a) a case having an open end;
b) electrical connectors extending through the case and terminating in contacts at the open end, the contacts being positioned at the open end by an insulating insert;
c) coupling legs structured and arranged to couple to a rail;
d) each coupling leg having a base portion located in the case and an extension portion extending from the base portion, the base portion of each leg moving translationally along a guide in the case, the base portions moving independently of each other, the extension portions extending from the case and diverging from each other, wherein the legs can move to a close position that allows the connector to be inserted into and removed from the rail and the legs can be moved to an apart position to assist in coupling the connector to the rail;
e) a closure member for each coupling leg, each closure member coupled to the base portion of the respective leg, the closure member extending through the case, the closure members moving the legs in opposite directions.
2. The connector of
3. The connector of
4. The connector of
5. The connector of
6. The connector of
a) the legs are biased in the apart position by way of a spring extending between the base portions;
b) the guide comprises two guide members, with electrical conductors extending between the guide members.
7. The connector of
The present invention relates to test sets for aircraft weapons systems, and in particular to connectors for said test sets.
An F-16 fighter aircraft has a weapons rail at the end of each wing. The rail receives a missile, such as the AIM-9 (Sidewinder), an air-to-air missile.
Inside of the rail are electrical contacts used for firing the weapon. The electrical contacts are connected to a weapons firing circuit, operated from the cockpit of the aircraft.
Aircraft weapons systems are frequently tested in order to ensure reliability. The liability can literally be the difference between life and death, as a pilot engaged in air-to-air combat is disadvantaged by a missile that will not fire when commanded to do so.
The weapons circuit is tested, when the aircraft is on the ground, by locating a connector in the rail so as to make contact with the electrical contacts. The connector is part of a test set.
In the prior art, positioning the test set connector in the rail is time consuming and laborious. The connector is inserted into the end of the rail and then slid to where the contacts are. Unfortunately, the ends of the rail are not normally accessible and are covered by part of the wing, necessitating disassembly of the wing in order to access the end of the rail to allow insertion of the connector. This disassembly adds to the time and labor in testing the weapons circuit. In addition, aircraft maintenance practice prefers that onboard electrical circuits be tested with a minimum amount of disassembly of the aircraft.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a weapons test set connector that can be located in a weapons rail without the need to disassemble parts of the aircraft.
The present invention provides a connector for a weapons test circuit comprising a case having an open end. Electrical connectors extend through the case and terminate in contacts at the open end. The contacts are positioned at the open end by an insulating insert. Coupling legs are structured and arranged to couple to a rail. Each coupling leg has a base portion located in the case and an extension portion extending from the base portion. The base portion of each rail moves translationally along a guide in the case. The extension portions extend from the case and diverge from each other. The legs can move to a close position that allows the connector to be inserted into and removed from the rail and the legs can be moved to an apart position to assist in coupling the connector to the rail.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the legs are biased in the apart position.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the legs are biased in the apart position by way of the spring extending between the base portions.
In accordance with still another aspect of the present invention, each leg is shaped like an "L" in transverse cross-section.
In accordance with still another aspect of the present invention, the guide comprises two guide members, with the electrical conductors extending between the guide members.
In accordance with still another aspect of the present invention, there are provided closure members coupled to the base portions, which closure members extend through the case.
The test set 13 connects to and checks the electrical circuit 23 that is used to fire the rail-mounted weapon. The electrical circuit extends from the electrical contacts 25 in the rail to the aircraft cockpit (in
Before discussing the specifics of the test set rail connector 15, the test set 13 will be described, as will the prior art rail connector. The test set 13 contains electrical circuitry to test the continuity, voltages and currents of the aircraft electrical circuit 23. The test set is conventional. The test set 13 connects to a rotary switch 27, which rotary switch in turn connects to the rail connector 15. The rail connector has two electrical contacts that make electrical contact with the two exposed contacts 25 in the rail 21. The test set 13, rotary switch 27 and rail connector 15 are connected to one another by cable harnesses 29. The rail connector 15 is also connected to another cable harness 31, which cable harness connects to another part of the aircraft electrical circuit.
The legs 43 are fixed to the case 41. The only way to install or remove the prior art rail connector 33 is from an end 47 (see
Referring to
The rail connector 15 will now be described in detail. Referring to
The case 53 or body forms a box or housing that is open on one side. The case 53 has an interior cavity 61. The legs 51 extend from the cavity 61 out through the open side. The insert 55 is also located in the case, so as to be flush with the case edges that define the open side. The insert 55 is retained within the case by a tray 63. The ends of the tray are secured to the sides of the case 53 between the legs 51.
The insert 55 is an insulator and has two contacts 65 mounted therein. As shown in
The tube 57 extends from the tray 63 through the case 53 into the coupler 59. The end 77 of the tube 57 is enlarged in diameter and receives an O-ring. The end of the tube 77 and O-ring are received by a cylindrical opening 79 in the coupler 59 which coupler communicates with the longitudinal opening 81 through the coupler 59. The coupler connects to the harnesses 29, 31 (see
The insert 55, contacts 65, tube 57 and coupler 59 are fixed relative to the case 53.
The insert 55 is shaped like an "H" in plan view, as shown in
Each leg 51 has a base portion 91 and an extension portion 93 (see
Each base portion 91 has two holes 95 formed therethrough. The holes 95 receive guides 97. In the preferred embodiment, the guides 97 are shafts that extend from one side wall of the case to the opposite side wall, where the ends of the shafts are secured by screws 99. The base portion 91 is thicker at the holes 95 so as to provide a longer hole and therefore a longer bearing surface against the respective shaft. The tube 57 and the wires 75 therein extend between the shafts 97 (see
The base portions 91 have notches (not shown) formed therein, which notches receive the insert 55.
In operation, the rail connector 15 is positioned at a location along the rail 21 by the contacts 25. To install the rail connector, the buttons 103 are depressed by the operator into the case 53. This action forces the leg base portions 91 together translationally along the shafts 97; the legs 51 retract to the close position. The connector can now be placed into the rail.
Releasing the buttons 103 allows the springs 101 to extend the legs to the apart position, wherein the rail connector is secured to the rail. To move the rail connector along the length of the rail, the buttons are depressed slightly to loosen the coupling between the legs and the rail and the connector can be repositioned. Once the connector is repositioned, such as on the contacts 25, the buttons are released. The circuit test can now be conducted.
Removing the rail connector from the rail involves the same process of retracting the legs by pressing the buttons, wherein the connector is then pulled out of the rail.
The foregoing disclosure and showings made in the drawings are merely illustrative of the principles of this invention and are not to be interpreted in a limiting sense.
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9. The aesthetic theories and artistic ideals that influence the destiny of one of the arts often exert a similar influence on the other arts.
10. Great artists create works representing their own time without being influenced by the past.
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12. Not all the arts are emphasized equally during all periods.
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NEW YORK—Studio Incamminati, a school for contemporary realist painters, celebrated their 10th anniversary at The National Arts Club in Manhattan on Jan. 11 with a painting demonstration and exhibition. Six of their senior artists, all teaching fellows at the studio, painted a live model using different techniques as an audience followed each brushstroke with intense interest.
Studio Incamminati artists and alumni exhibited 50 works alongside art by studio founder Nelson Shanks, from Jan. 3 to Jan. 14. The school, located in Philadelphia, was founded by Shanks and his wife Leona with the mission of developing highly skilled painters.
"People walk into galleries, see beautiful paintings, and wonder, 'How did they do that?'" National Arts Club president Dianne Bernhard said. "We heard this comment so often that we wanted to show you. We are so proud to have Nelson and Leona Shanks' team here—they are the change-makers in the art world today, the ones who are keeping the tradition alive."
Fundamentals Are Paramount
The painters of the evening were studio co-founder Leona Shanks, Lea Wight, Joe Dolderer, Peter Kelsey, Jason Espey, and Alisyn Blake. Each demonstrated one or more of the following techniques: full color (alla prima) painting, charcoal, open grisaille, closed grisaille or a value study, and color study.
"The different techniques are learned independently and then you would use the same ways of looking no matter what you are painting," explained Wight. "You first lay down the most easily seen color notes, and then adjust and relate the different values."
Blake, first demonstrating a charcoal study, used vine charcoal, a paper towel, a shammy, and a kneaded eraser for the lightest highlights. She put down dark values on a gray ground and wiped away the light areas.
"It can take 12 hours for charcoal portrait, depending on what you want to get out of it," she said.
Students of the studio undergo rigorous training to cement the traditional techniques and skills of the old masters.
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Nelson Shanks coined the term "humanist realism" to describe his vision of realist art.
"Humanist realism is primarily art that is conveyed through a sense of realism," he said. "The objective is to explore humanity through what we see, and what others see through my paintings."
Shanks contrasts humanist realism with the majority of contemporary art, which he likens to a bubble.
"Modern art has gone off to an area virtually meaningless because of the endless supply of arts of questionable quality and commercial interests. It's like tulips in Holland in the 17th century—it's more to do with mania than finding a beautiful tulip."
New York-based fine artist Manu Saluja, a realist painter of 15 years and a School of Visual Arts graduate who came to see the demonstration, agrees with Shanks, and believes that the market's pendulum is swinging back toward realism.
"There might be more of an acceptance of contemporary realism now because the modernist views that emerged in the early 1900s, and perhaps even postmodern views, are no longer new and may even be seen as conventional," she said. "Today I think art critics and collectors understand that to accept only formalism and abstraction as valid forms of painting is passé, and that figurative, representational work is a valid part of the contemporary dialogue."
Modern art sustains itself because museums, collectors, and dealers essentially collude to drive the demand for modern art, according to Shanks.
"With abstract art, no one knows whether it's good or bad unless a gallery owner tells you so. But with realism the quality is obvious."
Yet not all realism is created equal. Shanks says that low-quality realism gives realism a bad name. Some common shortfalls with realism include lack of depth, lack of real visual perception, and subject choice, according to Shanks. Through his teaching, he hopes to arm painters with the highest skills and thereby elevate the level of realist art today.
Nurturing Successful Artists
"In order to be creative as opposed to accidental or erratic, one needs to study," said Shanks. "The more one studies color, composition, design, and art history, the more skills one has to create. My goal for students, overall, is for them to become instruments in changing the direction of art, not through hollow promotion, but through excellence."
Part of his mission is to step up where arts education has fallen short.
"Students come out of college with an art degree but realize that they don't know how to draw or paint," he said. "Many of the students come to my studio and find it very gratifying, first that such a place exists, and then to actually learn the skills that they were previously denied."
"In the last 20 or 30 years, there's been an upward swing in the quality in and interest for realist art," said Shanks, who has witnessed the steady increase in enrollment at Studio Incamminati. "I'm always proud to see students making big strides, when light bulbs go on as they learn something new and progress."
The learning doesn't end with taking classes.
"Students, as they advance, are required to teach," said Shanks. "By the third or fourth year, teaching is required and becomes an important learning tool. It helps the student to formulate, clarify, and understand what's been forming in their minds."
Kelsey, who is in his second year as a teaching fellow, said he's surprised at the students' enthusiasm and how much it inspires him. "What's different about our studio is that we treat the teaching of art a lot like the teaching of music; we do drills of the techniques over and over until they become second nature," said Kelsey. "It takes hard work and the students who stay understand that."
Besides teaching at the studio, fellows at the program are often connected to teaching in secondary schools and colleges. Of the artists who have completed the four- to five-year program, almost all are practicing professionals, according to Shanks. The studio also offers occasional lectures about art business.
"We increase the likelihood of an artist being successful," he said. "I would say that compared to a national average of 2 percent, we have a success rate of 80 percent, plus or minus."
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A color enhanced view of the super line of thunderstorms called a "Derecho" that mowed through our area Friday night The tops of the thunderstorms went into the stratosphere. The dark blue region are cloud tops of 40 below zero after a day of 104 in DC. http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/satellite/
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At Life Spirit Speech Pathology, Inc. we specialize in providing hippotherapy and individual clinical speech and language diagnostic and intervention services. Life Spirit Speech Pathology, Inc was established in 2006 and is located in beautiful San Juan Capistrano, California. Terri Hutchison M.A., CCC-SLP is the practicing speech language pathologist and the director of therapy services.
Mrs. Hutchison provides a variety of intervention services for all ages, although her focus is with preschool and elementary school age children. Her treatments are directed at increasing each individual's communication skills to their fullest potential. Typical intervention services include working with receptive and expressive language impairments, autism spectrum disorders, pragmatic language deficits, speech disorders associated with stuttering, apraxia and dysarthria of speech, articulation/phonological deficits, tongue thrust and voice disorders.
The Horse as a Therapy ToolOur method is to use the horse to facilitate an increase in communication skills. The movement promotes a calming and pleasing sensation to the rider. Some clients with severe behavioral deficits will completely eliminate those behaviors once mounted on the horse; therefore facilitating more attention to the therapeutic process.Our treatment program is geared to assist with increasing each individual's motor speech skills, language understanding and expression, pragmatic/social language skills. Each patient's program is designed specifically to address their individual goals . What is Hippotherapy?Hippotherapy literally means treatment with the help of a horse, from the Greek word hippos meaning horse. The American Hippotherapy Association (AHA) has defined hippotherapy as "a term that refers to the use of the movement of the horse as a tool by Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists to address impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities in patients with neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. This tool is used as part of an integrated treatment program to achieve functional outcomes." (AHA, 2000)
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Panel Discussion entitled "Towards 2015 Targets – Eliminating Worst Forms of Child Labour in Turkey" was held in December 2010 in Ankara
ILO Ankara Office organized a "Panel Discussion" on 20 December 2010 to discuss the progress made in the "Time Bound National Policy and Programme Framework (TBPPF) for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL)" that was prepared by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in 2005 and to discuss the roadmap to reach the goals by 2015.
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By Gregg Xenakes, CFL Editor
DATE & TIME: Saturday, August 17, 4:00 p.m. (et).
GAME NOTES: No longer the last undefeated team in the CFL, the Saskatchewan
Roughriders turn their attention to handling the visiting Montreal Alouettes
on Saturday afternoon.
Up until last Friday night Saskatchewan was riding high as the only team in
the league without a defeat, but conference foe Calgary took care of that at
home with a convincing 42-27 win, avenging a loss to the Riders during the
second week of the campaign.
Saskatchewan trailed by a 16-0 margin in the second quarter and was never able
to fully recover, even though the Roughriders actually outscored Calgary by a
point the rest of the way. Quarterback Darian Durant was finally charged with
his first turnover of the season (a fumble), yet still converted 20-of-32
passing for 278 yards and three touchdowns. Durant was credited with 32
rushing yards, but was also sacked four times.
Kory Sheets continued his pursuit of the record books as he gained 133 yards
on 14 rushing attempts, but that was still second to Calgary rusher Jon
Cornish, who carried the ball 16 times for 175 yards and four touchdowns.
Chris Getzlaf caught three passes from Durant, two of which put the receiver
into the end zone.
Saskatchewan, now tied with Calgary for the top spot in the Western Division
with a 5-1 record, was troubled by a weak run defense, turnovers and far too
many penalties, a total of 10 flags that set the team back 116 yards.
As for the Alouettes, they began life without Dan Hawkins at the helm last
Thursday night with a loss to Toronto, a 38-13 defeat at home. Montreal is
now just 1-3 in front of the hometown crowd, while being outscored by an
average of nine points per contest.
Now under the direction of Jim Popp, who has taken over for Hawkins and still
serves as the club's VP, GM & Director of Football Operations and Player
Personnel, the Als stumbled out of the gate against the Argonauts and
struggled right up until the fourth quarter, with a mere three points over the
course of three periods of play.
Quarterback Anthony Calvillo completed just 16 of his 30 pass attempts,
leading to 202 yards and a touchdown, a 48-yard connection with Brandon London
34 seconds into the fourth quarter. Calvillo, who watched Tanner Marsh take a
couple of snaps and complete both of his passes for 33 yards, was sacked once
and had a pass picked off in yet another disappointing outcome.
Jerome Messam managed to gain a game-leading 90 yards on 14 rushing attempts,
but even that effort was overshadowed by the fact that Montreal lost five
fumbles and watched as former Alouette Chad Owens brought back a missed field
goal for a thrilling 118-yard touchdown.
Not only was the game the first for the Alouettes without Hawkins this season,
it also marked the first game for Calvillo without receiver Jamel Richardson
who has been put on the nine-game injured list.
Tied with Hamilton for second place in the East Division standings, the
Alouettes are a shell of their former selves, to the point where Calvillo is
completing just 59 percent of his passes and has almost as many interceptions
(five) as he does TDs (six). The league's all-time leading passer in several
categories is in rare territory at the moment, saddled with an efficiency
rating of only 78.3.
To put that last number in perspective, Calvillo, now in his 20th season in
the CFL, has had just one campaign since 1998 where his efficiency rating has
dipped below 93.6. Losing Richardson, a receiver with at least 1,000 yards in
each of the last five seasons, is going to force Calvillo to extend himself
even more.
While Calvillo and the Als try to sort out their issues, Durant and the Riders
don't have such problems, especially with the signal-caller having tossed a
league-high 15 TDs and still without a single INT over 139 attempts. Durant's
impressive start is one thing, but add to that the performance of Sheets, now
with six straight 100-yard rushing games, and the Roughriders seem like a
nearly unbeatable force.
Despite reaching the end zone just four times on 132 carries, Sheets is by far
the top rusher in the league at the moment with 845 yards, keeping his eye on
the single-season CFL record set by Mike Pringle at 2,065 yards with Montreal
back in 1998.
Since 2004, the Als have won 11 of the 18 meetings between the clubs,
including two straight stemming from a 2012 sweep. Montreal captured a 28-17
win at home last September and then a little over a month later delivered a
34-28 triumph on the road as well.
With respect to the all-time series, taking into account only regular-season
matchups dating back to 1961, Montreal holds a 37-28-1 advantage over the
As much as the Alouettes try to fix what's broken right now, the truth of the
matter is they have lost a number of valuable players to injury and Calvillo
is no longer a spry, youthful quarterback who can make big plays under
pressure. Expect to see the Riders respond to their first loss of the season
in a big way and take care of the Als with little trouble this week.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Saskatchewan 35, Montreal 21
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The gelatinous stored secretion of the thyroid gland, consisting mainly of thyroglobulin.
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I wish my NES still worked. Pretty sure it's just the power supply that went bad. Should really get around to testing that.
Pirated Famicoms are still going strong in Asia, two and a half decades after the last licensed game was released.
Often redesigned to look like the latest-gen consoles, but running the same proven 8-bit chipset. Packaged with 1001-in-1 cartridges (of which a hundred or so games actually work, running the gamut from the original Super Mario Bros and Contra to odd hacks with a Mario sprite replacing the protagonist).
Spot about USD30 or maybe far less and it's yours.
True, I think that even my good old first generation Gameboy would do the job but I will leave it where it is until it's time to bring it out after some more decades when the values are rising.
But to be fair the Nintendo does have the advantage of "creative kludging" of problems the Xbox will never have.
Like blowing on a cartridge to get it to play, or using a folded up piece of cardboard between the game and the game-slot to keep a buggy Mario cartridge working.
Most you can do with an Xbox is cry and ship it back to Microsoft, and in that order.
With additional follow-up crying. Also, I also had to wedge a second cartridge behind the one I was actually playing to get it to work half the time. (Discovered by my parents to work, as I was four and confused as to why Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had a racing game on it. (Rad Racer))
Happily, my 360 still works (it's from the batch just before the HDMI port became standard). My NES on the other hand… 80% chance of not loading. No blinking screen, I had to cut the lockout chip to get my copy of Astyanax to work, and that kills the blinking. Now you just get blank gray when it doesn't load. … At least I've got my Famicom and an adapter.
I'm with you on that one. My 360 is a beast and hasn't stopped working since I bought it a couple years back. (18th birthday to be exact.) The same goes for my fiancée's box. They're pretty solid systems, and I hate it that so many people have issues with theirs.
@ Phaelin
Must not make joke about his fiancée's box, must not make joke about his fiancée's box, must not make joke about his fiancée's box.
His fiancée's box… It is a pretty solid system.
His fiancée's box… No issues with it, but many people have issues with theirs.
His fiancée's box… It has an X across it.
His fiancée's box… Certified free of red rings.
Now they're gonna release the Xbox 360 Slim, where the console will automatically shut down if it overheats and thus prevent the RRD (Red Ring of Death). Also, the cooling will be moved topside. So, hopefully this latest model will be worth buying and not just trying to keep up with the PS3 Slim
My 360Elite RRoD'd after about 2 years – got it back from MS in a week with a free month of XBL to boot.
That said, still rockin my SNES, and I put almost as many hours on that each year as I do on my 360
(don't have my NES anymore- my mom sold it when I got the snes because I obviously wouldn't need the old one anymore…. *tear*)


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Slice garlic. In a 2-quart saucepan bring water to a boil with garlic, lentils, and thyme and simmer until lentils are tender, about 25 minutes. In a blender coarsely pur e mixture (use caution when blending hot liquids) and return to pan. Stir in parsley, salt, and pepper to taste and bring soup to a simmer.
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|Introducing the first tablet with Android v3.0, now with 4G LTE speed. With a brilliant 10.1-inch display optimized for high definition video in true 16:9 widescreen format, Motorola XOOM provides a whole new media experience for mobile uses. By taking advantage of the NVIDIA Tegra dual-core chipset, everything moves faster: web browsing, video playback, gaming. Native support for both front and rear cameras provides easy access to either one. The addition of a gyroscope, along with a powerful graphics engine and built-in hardware acceleration, elevates game design to a whole new level. Motorola XOOM pushes the boundaries and opens a whole new world of whats possible.
Customer Reviews of Motorola XOOM MZ602 32GB, Wi-Fi + 3G/4G Verizon 10.1" Tablet (Black, Non-Retail Packaging)
our 2nd xoom2/21/2013
Previously bought a refurbished Xoom and a throw-down 7" tablet ('Kocasco') about the same time. They were our first Androids. The Kocasco has 8 gb memory and a very slow processor. It also had trouble linking to home wi-fi. The Xoom is not a cheap tablet and is clearly superior. My wife took the throw-down to Europe for a Skype appliance and had lots of trouble. In fairness, the wi-fi on a river boat may not be ideal. Consequently, she now has a 2nd (new) Xoom, and seems pleased.
Motorola Xoom tablet2/9/2013
Not a bad tablet. It needed the O/S updated. Did it with no problems. It seemed quick and had a VERY light touch, very responsive.
Motorola Xoom1/4/2013
WOrks fine. Good value.
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I have been looking for something that will keep my husband from being bored while in the hosptial and recovering from cancer surgery. This hits that mark. Light weight, fast. He can surf the web, listen to music, read and play games all in one item.1 Helpful | 0 Not Helpful


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Kylee Seto
Rubalcava becomes eighth signee
Seven medal winners for the LA Tech soccer team, second most of any C-USA team
A total of 24 soccer players (77 percent of roster) received the honor
27 medal winners
A total of 124 Tech athletes earned the academic honor
LA Tech's magical run came to an end as Rice scored a late goal in the second period to win 1-0.
Down 1-0 at halftime, LA Tech scored two second half goals to complete the comeback over Marshall.
Goals by Donya Salomon-Ali and Katie Sloan propelled LA Tech to the first C-USA win of the year, a 2-1 victory over UAB
Middle Tennessee edged LA Tech, 1-0, on a second half goal.
Five Techsters scored in the 7-0 shutout win
2013: Finished the season with a 2-0-1 record in net ... Saw first career action as a Lady Techster at Jackson State (8/27) ... Pitched a shutout versus the Tigers with a season-high 11 saves in the double overtime draw ... Had back-to-back clean sheets against Grambling State (9/15) and Southern (9/22).
High School: Lettered in soccer at Ecole Secondaire Jules-Verne as well as in track and field, volleyball and basketball ... Was the 2011 VSSAA track and field junior champion in the high jump ... Received certificate of merit for both sportsmanship and artistic development.
Club: Member of TSS Academy ... Participated in the USL Super-Y League for Coastal FC where they won three Northwest Championships in a row, 2008-2010 ... Won the 2009 BC Provincial Futsal Championships bronze medal for the Point Grey Roadrunners ... Fusion FC U18 League Champions and attended nationals in 2012 in the EA Sports BC Soccer Premiere League ... Was a member of Columbus FC in the Metro Women's Premiere Soccer League in 2012.
Personal: Full name is Kylee Seto ... Daughter of Louise and Leung Seto ... Has two younger siblings, Annette and Cole ... Born Aug. 19, 1995 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.


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It's pretty safe to say that wheels and tires can make or break the styling of a car. You can have a clapped-out rusty turd with a nice set of wheels and it will look pretty cool. On the opposite side, a bad set of rollers can make a fully restored and painted showpiece look less than spectacular.
There are two major factors to consider when choosing new rollers for your ride—style and fitment. Since style is such a personal preference, we can't tell you what you might like. As for fitment, that is where we can offer some knowledge. Rims and tires, even on the cheap end, are still expensive. Trust us when we tell you ordering new wheels and tires, only to have them rub, hit, or flat out not fit is a bummer.
Now if your car is pretty much stock, then there will be ton of forums where you can do research and find a common fitment for your car. What if you have modified things, then what? Well, you best educate yourself on how to measure the car to find the right specs for your new rollers to come.
That is exactly what we plan to teach you here, since we had to go through the entire process to get the right rims for our '56 Bel Air. We recently upgraded the suspension with Heidts components, including its independent rear suspension, narrowed tubular arms, and coilovers up front. All these new goodies moved things around enough that we are not confident in letting the Internet tell us what we need. We know we want an 18-inch diameter rim, so our Nitto tire selection is the best, but we didn't know much more than that.
We contacted B-Forged, a brand of Billet Specialties, to ask what was needed when ordering a set of the company's modular three-piece rims, and what we got back was a pretty extensive ordering form with all kinds of required measurements. Since this form covers just about every parameter necessary, we are going to show you how to find all these measurements with nothing more than a few squares, a tape measure, a couple of clamps, and a piece of string.
1. Here is the order form from the B-Forged division of Billet Specialties. It's pretty extensive and once completed will give you and the wheel manufacturer a clear path to getting the right size and spacing on the car. No matter whom you are going to get rims from, it's a good idea to have all this information before ordering to prevent a costly mistake.
2. Here are the simple tools we used to get all the measurements. It's basically just a selection of squares, two rulers, a few clamps, a set of calipers, and a homemade plumb bob. Preparation is the key for accurate measurements. Make sure the vehicle is level and the suspension is at ride height before measuring. (Jacking up only one side and using the plumb-bob will change the measurement you are getting.)
3. The first measurement we need to get is mounting surface to first obstruction on the frame side. We clamped one of the rulers to the studs with it flat against the rotor. We positioned the ruler so it protrudes 9 inches from center to emulate one half of the 18-inch rim diameter. Then we clamped one more ruler to that end and rotated the rotor till it made contact with something. At this diameter, our first point of contact was the tie rod end, which was 51⁄2 inches.
4. The next thing to find was the distance from the mounting surface to the fender. To do this, we taped our string and washer combo to the fender. Then we used a square to find the distance...
5. …which came out to 63⁄4 inches.
6. Our digital calipers made measuring the hub diameter simple. We got 2.65 or 213⁄20, but the closest yet larger common fraction is 221⁄32 inches.
7. The square made quick work of finding the brake diameter, which is done by measuring from the top of the caliper to the center of the hub and then multiplying by 2. We have a measurement just shy of 71⁄2 inches.
8. To find how much the caliper protrudes past the mounting surface, we clamped one square, making sure it was flat on the surface of the caliper, and then used another to measure the distance as shown. This ended up being 9⁄16 inch. These last two measurements are crucial to getting proper caliper clearance so the inside of the rim doesn't hit the caliper.
9. Now for the hub length. It was pretty simple: Just place the ruler and read it. Most hubs are much more shallow than the Wilwoods, but these are 23⁄4 inches. This measurement lets the wheel manufacturer know if the center cap will fit.
10. The last one in the front was fender height to center of the hub. Again, a large square made this pretty much cake and showed we have 133⁄4 inches. This tells us that with 9 inches of rim (half the diameter), we have room for 43⁄4 inches of tire sidewall. This will help us pick the correct tire od (not that we will need that much sidewall on this low-slung car).
11. The last thing you will want to provide your rim manufacturer is a brake system diagram if it's available. Wilwood has these for all its systems, so all you need to do is go to the Wilwood site and search with your system's part number. If you have factory brakes, then you probably won't need something like this.
12. The rear follows the same procedure as the front. Ours is a bit different than most, as we have the Heidts independent rear end setup. It's stock width, but because of the control arms and other stuff, we have more limitations than a straight axle. Here we see the first contact point with an 18-inch rim, which is a lower control arm pivot bolt. We found this bolt was 53⁄8 inches from the mounting surface. If we upsize the rear rims to a 20-inch diameter, then our first contact would be the actual framerail.
13. Mr. Makeshift Plumb Bob was used to find that we had 65⁄8 inches till we hit the rear fenderwell.
14. The rear hubs are a bit more standard but still different than a normal rear end since we have the CV shaft hardware protruding out. The main part of the hub was 13⁄16, while the CV shaft was 11⁄4 inches.
15. Fender height to center of hub was a bit less in the rear because the '56 has low swept arches. We have 93⁄8 inches.


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DOL Proposes to Revise How Contractors Report Their Veteran Hiring Practices
March 5, 2014
DOL Proposes to Revise How Contractors Report Their Veteran Hiring Practices
On February 24, 2014, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would revise the current regulations governing how contractors and subcontractors report the number of veterans they have hired. Under the proposed rule, contractors and subcontractors would only be required to report the aggregate number of veterans hired, rather than break down veteran hires by specific categories, as is currently required. The proposed rule would also change the name of the report from the "VETS-100A" to the "VETS-4212" report. The reporting requirements would continue to apply to contractors and subcontractors with contracts worth $100,000 or more and entered into or modified after December 1, 2003. Written comments on the proposed rule must be submitted by April 25, 2014. (79 Fed. Reg. 10063, 2/24/2014.)


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APP's destructive ways are driving critically endangered animals like the Sumatran tiger and orangutan into extinction, impacting indigenous communities and driving climate change
Indonesia is the world's third largest climate polluter due to rapid destruction of its carbon-rich rainforests and peatlands. One of the leading drivers of this break-neck deforestation is the expansion of pulpwood plantations into natural forests. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is Indonesia's biggest paper company, and its most notorious forest destroyer.As rainforests are cleared, drained and burned to make way for pulpwood plantations, endangered wildlife like the Sumatran tiger are pushed towards extinction. There are only 400 Sumatran tigers left, yet APP continues to eat into their last forest habitat.As APP expands its pulpwood plantations into rainforests, it also seeks to expand its sales of disposable paper products around the world. In the U.S., APP markets tissue under the guise of a subsidiary, Oasis Brands which sells the "Paseo" and "Livi" brands. For the last two years, Paseo was the fastest growing toilet paper brand in the U.S. To fuel this growth, APP is covering up its role in rainforest destruction and making deceptive claims of environmental sustainability.
Greenpeace International research has revealed that KFC is sourcing paper for its packaging products from rainforests. This has been confirmed in China, the UK and Indonesia. Products found to contain rainforest fibre include cups, food boxes,...
From indiscriminate clearance of Sumatra's peat swamp forests to Asia Pulp & Paper's
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Polska / śląskie
|Synagogues, prayer houses and others
|Sites of martyrdom
|Judaica in museums
|śląskie / krakowskie (before 1939)
|miasto na prawach powiatu / bielski (before 1939)
|Bielsko-Biała / Bielsko (before 1939)
|Other names:
Biala Bielsko
Biala Bilits
Biała Krakowska
Byelits Byala
Byelsko Biala
Biala-Beilitz [jidysz]
ביילסקו-ביאלה [j. hebrajski]
Bielitz-Biala [j. niemiecki]
Бельско-Бяла [j. rosyjski]
Bílsko-Bělá [j. czeski]
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Bielsko-Biała - a city in southern Poland in the Silesian Province, seat of Bielsk County. It is situated 60 km south of Katowice, 69 km southwest of Kraków, 350 km southwest of Warsaw; also 40 km east of the border with the Czech Republic (Cieszyn) and 50 km north of the border with Slovakia (Zwardoń). It lies by the Biała River.
Adam Marczewski
In fact, the story of Bielsko-Biała is a story of two twin towns which were two separate municipal centers. Older and richer Bielsko, which existed as a settlement as early as the 11th century, was granted town privileges in 1263. On the other hand, Biała developed as a village of crafts and agriculture situated at a fortified castle on the right bank of the River Biała. From 1613 on, Biała was an independent crafts village.
The beginnings of the Jewish settlement in this area had to do with the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) which left many Silesian towns depopulated. Aiming at improving the country's finances, Emperor Ferdinand eased, in 1627, the policy towards Jews and issued an edict allowing Jews to settle here after paying a special fee at the amount of 40 guldens. The Emperor's edict made it legally possible to conditionally run trade and craft businesses by a certain separate group of privileged Jews (privilegire Juden), who were also called court Jews (Hofjuden). The emperor also gave them his permission to lease tax and customs duty collection. The Jews could buy houses and own them.
Jewish people would come here from Moravia and Lower Silesia bringing along western patterns of social and political life, as well as Jewish customs and religious rituals and the language of the Ashkenazi Jews (the Hebrew term אַשְׁכְּנָזִים ("Ashkenazi") refers to Germany as the country they came from).
The oldest mention of the Jewish presence in Bielsko dates back to 1653 and it states that tolls were charged and vodka was sold by a person of Jewish origin who was called "Mutjude." On the other hand, based on the 1697 account of Mateusz Klimczak, a Beskids highwayman, who claimed that he sold looted things to "the Jew on the Biała River," it has been assumed that Jews settled in Biała towards the end of the 17th century.
At the turn of the 16th-17th centuries Bielsko developed as an important center of cloth, trade and ceramic industries. It was a rich town, drawing considerable profits from production and sale of alcohol, as well as from agriculture and fishing. Therefore it should be supposed that most of the Jews of Bielsko were traders and that was how they made their living.
The turn of the 17th and 18th centuries was a period of a very fierce religious co
Ruth Steuer (nee Huppert) about her maternal and paternal family, herself before war, herself and her close family fates during war (in Russia), live in Bielsk after war and immigration to Palestine
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The history of Bielsko-Biała is, in fact, a story of twin towns – Bielsko and Biała – which had been separate municipal centers until January 1951.
In today's district called Stare Bielsko a fortified town was founded in the 12th century, which should be linked to the fact that a wave of German colonists had settled in the Silesian Foothills at that time. The first historical mention of the Bielsko settlement dates from 1312, which marked the granting of a forest "between Kamienica and Mikuszowice" to the townspeople. From 1327 on, Bielsko remained under Czech rule and shared the political fate of Silesia. The fact that the town played a significant role on the salt route leading from Kraków to Cieszyn, and farther to Moravia, was confirmed by the renewal of the town privileges by Duke Bolesław I in 1424. From the 15th century onwards, the town was known for cloth making. From 1526 on, just like the whole of Silesia, it was under the Habsburg rule. In the mid-16th century, the strongest Protestant community in Cieszyn Silesia was established in Bielsko, while in 1572, the Bielsko territory was separated from the Duchy of Cieszyn and subsequently turned into a free state country.
Being, at first, part of the Duchy of Oświęcim, and then of Silesian County, Kraków Province, Biała, which was founded around 1560 in the territory of Lipnik Crown Lands (Polish: starostwo lipnickie), was located on the the right bank of the River Biała and would develop as a small farming and craft village and exist as a separate municipality from the year 1613 onwards.
Between 1642 and 1660, Bielsko and Biała would be destroyed and plundered a few times by the Swedish army. In 1659, and 1664, fires ravaged Bielsko, but the town was quickly rebuilt. In 1686, Bielsko received a privilege of free cloth manufacture, and soon after that cloth from Bielsko was regarded as best in Silesia and the Czech state. However, strong economic competition had been slowly emerging in the vicinity of Bielsko. In 1710, a customs chamber was created in Biała, and on 9 January 1723, Biała received municipal rights. Very quickly, the town had become one of the most important centres of cloth and linen making in western Lesser Poland. In the mid-18th century, first factories (ba
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CNN did a news report on some research data gathered by Experian Marketing Services earlier this year on the number of site visitors to Pinterest. The report argued that based on this research, which I believe was probably a trend study based on the fact that they have month to month data on site visitors, Pinterest could be labeled as the third most visited site in the U.S. At the end of the report, the author also asserts that data points to the fact that women in the middle of the U.S. use Pinterest the most.
While this research seems relevant to Internet usage in general, I would hesitate to call it valid. The report says that the data does not take into account the mobile users of Pinterest which I believe could skew the data in a different direction considering how many people do have smartphones now with constant Internet access. If Experian can find a way to continue their trend study while including mobile users, I think that they will have a much more valid case on Pinterest use.


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Nearly 100 students gathered in the Betty R. Tipton Room on Nov. 14 to hear six alumni talk to students about what it takes to successfully land a good job in today's economy. The presentation, "Leap into Leadership," featured Roger B. Boucher, Jr '95, pathologist assistant at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital organ and tissue recovery specialist and resident anatomist, Lifenet Health, Inc.; Dannika Byrd '02, assistant director for student affairs and registrar for the Physician Associate Program at Yale School of Medicine; Bonnie Edmondson '87, education consultant for the Connecticut State Department of Education; Peter McDevitt III '88, parole officer with the Department of Correction; Kevin Reese '01, veteran radio personality with CBS Radio, and certified holistic health coach and detox specialist; and Victor Thomas '01, business development and marketing manager for the eGovernment Applications Division at PCC Technology.
"In March 2001, I sent my demo in about 28 times and finally got an interview with Victor Starr, program director," said Reece. "Victor asked me why I should be hired and I explained to him how hard I worked at Eastern in the TV and radio station. He listened and said 'you are hired!'"
Thomas is responsible for half of PCC Technology's $30 million business. His advice: "Have a plan - even a three-month plan." He challenged students to ask themselves, "What motivates you? What fires you up? What are you passionate about? Ultimately do what you are passionate about; make some money; give back; and never forget where you came from."
Edmondson challenged students to "Dare to dream and set high expectations for yourself." The Leap into Leadership Series is sponsored by the Office of Student Activities, Center for Internships and the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Above, left to right, left to right: Candace DeAngelis, associate director of student activities; Peter McDevitt III '88; Bonnie Edmondson '87; Roger Boucher, Jr '95; Victor Thomas '01 Dannika Byrd ' 02; Kevin Reese '01; Carmen Cid, dean of Eastern's School of Arts and Sciences.


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Do you ever feel that sometimes fall fashion can be quite lifeless? Compared to spring and summer, fall colors can be dull and boring. For a girl like me who is in love with colors, I gotta find a way to somehow incorporate them in my fall outfits.
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1. Incorporate Prints and Patterns
Most items during this season come in plain and solid colors so what happens is that colorblocking tends to just happen naturally. You will find that most ladies will wear a combination of black, browns, mustards, and sometimes wine color in their outfits. One of the great way to add fun to your ensemble is to incorporate prints and patterns to break the dull colorblocking - whether the print comes in pair of jeans, a sweater, a dress, or a jacket, don't be afraid to blend them in!
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A Google patent filing shows its plans for a removable electronic tattoo. uspto.gov
The UpTake: Google's recently filed patent for an electronic throat "tattoo" could give us much better audio quality, but it will also be able to tell when you're lying.
Not content to have its users on a digital leash, now Google wants to have them by the actual throat.
CNN reports that Google-owned Motorola Mobility recently filed a patent for an "an electronic skin tattoo capable of being applied to a throat region of a body."
The temporary tattoo would include a microphone and its own power source. Users would be able to give voice commands to their devices or talk on the phone without using a speaker.
Oh and another feature, the device has the potential to tell when a user is lying based on signals from the user's skin.
So there you go, would you want to wear a lie-detecting digital collar? (You can dig into the full patent filing here.)
We already tote around devices that track our every move, so this isn't a radical step. It merely removes some of the geek-factor of Google Glass. And consumers have shown a clear appetite for wearable tech.
I'm wondering though, when, if ever, do users draw the line? Google's envisioned lie-detecting throat tat is meant to be removable, but researchers are already at work on implantable computers.
And let's face it, the smartphone is "removable" too, but the majority of Americans sleep with or next to their devices. With its gadgets attached to your larynx, at what point does Google start to earnestly monetize every word ever uttered by serving ads against them?
If this kind of thing freaks you out, let me direct you to a recent essay by Silicon Valley uber-skeptic Evgeny Morozov who argues that it doesn't have to be this way. Morozov argues that, if anything, Silicon Valley's dominance suppresses innovation when it comes to building less invasive tools.
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Growing foreign tourist arrivals to the Dominican
Santo Domingo. – Two million 900 thousand foreign tourists visited the Dominican Republic during the first seven months of this year, states a report today by the Central Bank on this economic sector.
The figure represents an increase of 7.2 percent over the same period of 2011, when two million 700 thousand foreigners.
According to the document, the increase is due, among other reasons, to the successful promotion of tourism deployed by public and private sectors.
In July, says the text, Dominican received by air 453 000 826 foreign visitors, 20 000 810 more than in the same month last year.
North America was the region in the 31 days of issuance of tourists increased with 141 000 552.
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THE recent report of police in Rundu arresting Namibian citizens because of the clothing they were wearing is hugely disturbing. These women were wearing miniskirts that the police in that area decided were 'too' short. The report further quotes the parents of these citizens agreeing with the arrests of their children because of the clothing they were wearing. In addition, the local police were quoted stating their commitment to continuing these arrests.
Shockingly, there was a very ignorant statement in this same report, made by one of the parents. It stated that rape was a result of women wearing suggestive clothing. The first point that must be made loud and clear: Rape is rape; it is a crime of violence and control. It has nothing to do with the clothing the victim wears. A rapist will do so whether his intended victim is wearing a miniskirt, a one-piece swimsuit, a nun's habit or a burka or hijab. We must know the utter violation of rape for what it is and stop making excuses for the criminals who do it.
Second major point - each of us reading that article should be alert. Something important has happened in Rundu and if we don't respond, we could all go happily down a slippery slope to regional fiefdoms with warlords making their own laws or a breakdown of sovereign law.
Question: Is Namibia a unitary state governed by one constitution that applies to all citizens or is law based only in what individuals or selected communities decide it is?
A wannabe king in Rundu, or else someone with good intentions but ignorance of the law, made a decision to act outside of the Namibian Constitution. This person decided to make the entire police force in Rundu complicit in this crime and use them to kidnap citizens. These individuals decided that women wearing skirts that are 'too short' should be deprived of their constitutional right to freedom from unlawful arrest.
No matter what your individual view of the miniskirt is, this Wild-West, make-your-own-laws action must be condemned and stopped immediately. There should be no lingering doubts about who is in charge in all parts of Namibia. Rundu bans miniskirts; next, will some other city ban select religious practices, certain music, freedom of speech, the free press, freedom of association, freedom of movement, or an independent judiciary?
Am I being dramatic? Yes! Attacks on our Constitution's validity and strength never come in broad daylight through obviously offensive frontal assaults. Rather, such attacks come as a thief in the night; slowly creeping up behind us, using 'reasonable' words and 'acceptable' actions, but the end result is that our rights would have been stolen just the same.
There is no law in Namibia that proscribes what length a skirt must be before arrest and prosecution is mandated. Did these young ladies appear before a magistrate where charges were read out?
Have we all forgotten history? How long ago did some in leadership in our society seek laws to ban certain music (the blues, jazz, soul, rock-and-roll) which they did not approve of, but younger generations did? Now, those very music types are mainstream, acceptable and enjoyed by all.
Is it not a part of Namibian history that in brutal colonial times, whites dictated what the black 'natives' could wear? Isn't the traditional Herero dress an outgrowth of that history?
As a mother, I raised young girls to womanhood and I still work with many nieces about self-respect and making good choices. Wearing suggestive clothing, drinking too much alcohol, smoking weed or doing other drugs, dancing suggestively, speaking disrespectfully, staying out too late at night or other behavior comes as we raise our teenage daughters (and sons!). It is not easy to battle peer pressure and the media image of what is or is not "cool."
But that struggle belongs in the home, not in the police station. Parents looking for state instruments (like police forces or schools) to raise their kids are looking in the wrong place. A child choosing to wear clothing similar to a sex worker speaks volumes about what has gone on in that child's life up to that point.
Have you watched music video channels with your teenagers? Have you seen the magazines and the clothing choices of the models in the photos? Who buys your children's clothes anyway? When was the last relaxed conversation or fun activity you have had with your teenage children? It is amazing how many parents who didn't take the time to set limits, give love and consistent positive attention to their children when they were six, want to get the police or teachers to come into the scene to 'fix' things when the child is 16.
GRN! You need to respond to any local authority who acts outside the law. Today it is miniskirts in Rundu; what's next tomorrow: arrests of anyone wearing Swapo-coloured shirts?


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"When there is a mismatch between what the central bank is thinking and the market is thinking, that sometimes doesn't end well, because there can be a surprise later on," Mr. Bullard told reporters.
Right now, "the markets are making a mistake" and expect the Fed to maintain its ultra-easy policy stance longer than Fed officials themselves currently expect, Mr. Bullard said. When it comes to these expectations, "I would prefer that those be better aligned than they are."
We should act on good news. We've got a pretty good performing economy. We should be willing to remove some accommodation," and it would be better to get this process started and not wait too long, he said.
Mr. Bullard said Thursday that "U.S. macroeconomic fundamentals remain strong" and his forecast for 3% annualized growth in the second half of 2014?remains intact."
"Inflation expectations are dropping in the U.S., and that is something that a central bank cannot abide,"
"We could just end the program in December. But if the market's right and this is portending something more serious for the U.S. economy, then the committee would have an option of ramping up QE at that point."
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"Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wonderful works, I will meditate." – Psalm 145:3-5
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"Jesus answered and said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.'" – John 4:13-15
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