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In national parks, your family's health and safety are your responsibility. The National Park Service (NPS) has two missions: minimizing mishaps for visitors and maintaining a pristine wilderness. All large parks have experts to monitor safety conditions. But the wilderness, by its very nature, has inherent dangers with wild animals roaming free and "land in the rough." Planning ahead and common sense can virtually eliminate health and safety problems.
1. Go prepared. All parks have websites. Conditions in parks may be quite different from those where you live. And each park is different. Check climatic conditions, weather, altitude, pollen counts and whether pets are allowed, for example. Summertime temperatures at many parks in the Western US reach more than 100 degrees. The Grand Canyon (Arizona) is not only dry and hot but the rims are at elevations in excess of 6,000 feet (1,880m). Large parts of Yellowstone (Wyoming) are at 8,000 feet (2,440m). Altitude sickness is possible at higher elevations. See below. Insects are a big nuisance in the Everglades (Florida.). Covering up with clothing and insect repellents is essential.
2. Stop at Visitors' Centers. Check the literature and bulletin boards for safety information and ask rangers about fun, age-appropriate, seasonal- and weather-permitting activities. Ask if cell phones are operative. The NPS has been slow in implementing service. There are ongoing, heated debates between powerful groups wanting to ban phones entirely, arguing that phones distract from the very concept of wilderness and that phone towers ruin the scenery. Others argue that phones are essential in case of emergencies and to stay in touch with relatives back home.
3. Know your family's limitations. However far you walk, you must walk back. Leave more time for the return trip, due to heat, fatigue and other factors. Most four-year-olds can walk a mile or so, rest thirty minutes, and then walk back. Six-year-olds can walk two or three miles each way. In some places (at the Grand Canyon, for example), the outward hike is downhill into the Canyon, making the return uphill. How far can you carry your child?
4. Backpacks. Children's backpacks should not exceed 10% of a child's body weight for backpack beginners, going up and down hills, walking on tough terrain, and in hot weather. Backpacks that are too heavy or worn incorrectly can cause temporary aches and pains. Some backpacks, especially ones designed for small children, have long straps to fit children of various sizes. Long straps may cause tripping and become entangled in branches. Tuck them in.
5. Supervise children closely in sensitive areas. Obey signs. At higher altitudes, for example, snowfields persist all summer and are irresistible to children. However, the snow may conceal hidden cavities under the snow and collapse under the weight of a child. And falling off walkways over hot geothermal water may expose children to scalding water.
6. Keep your distance from large animals. Stay at least 100 yards (90 m) from bears and wolves and at least 25 yards (23 m) from all other large animals – bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, and coyotes. Best to hold children's hands. Discourage children from playfully flailing their arms at animals; animals may interpret flailing as aggressive moves.
7. But cars, not animals, are the chief cause of most serious mishaps. When driving, be prepared for a child in your car to shout, "I see a bear." Roads are heavily traveled, hilly, often narrow and winding, and often there are families walking along the road. Expect cars in front of you to make sudden stops and children to dart into the road when they see a large animal.
8. Other mishaps involving children. Children fall (especially when walking on slippery rocks in streams), are bitten by small animals while feeding them, and drink water from lakes and streams. Feeding animals is prohibited. Report bites to park personnel. Persons bitten may require rabies vaccine. Untreated water from lakes and streams may contain organisms that cause diarrhea days or weeks later. In case of illness soon after all travel, tell health care personnel where you have been.
9. Take pictures from the distance. Many children have their own cameras and are overly zealous in taking pictures. Don't open car windows to take pictures when animals are nearby. Leaning out is even worse. Camera-related accidents can also occur from going too close to thermal pools or cliffs to get better views.
10. Altitudes higher than 6,000 feet may cause altitude sickness. Symptoms include headaches, loss of appetite, nausea, inability to sleep, excessive shortness of breath with exercise, and, in young children, irritability. Generally, at the altitudes of National Parks, symptoms are mild and disappear after a day or two. Treatment is rarely necessary. However, young children with significant heart and lung problems should be medically cleared before traveling to higher elevations.
With your family's health and safety in mind, find a park to visit at http://www.nps.gov.
You need not travel halfway around the world to acquire "travelers'" diarrhea. A short trip to your neighborhood recreational water facility may suffice. But if indeed someone does become ill, don't panic. Hold off on treating. Most cases get better by themselves, while medication may cause harm – especially for children.
1. All recreational water facilities can be polluted. Such facilities include pools, hot tubs, water play areas, interactive fountains, lakes, rivers, and oceans. Most intestinal illnesses are due to swallowing water but can also be due to breathing in mist produced by water or by not washing hands after playing in sand.
2. The number of such illnesses is steadily increasing. And young children are especially susceptible, says the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Children have little or no immunity against the causative microorganisms. Such organisms include cryptosporidium (crypto), giardia, shigella, and norovirus – some of the same organisms responsible for travelers' diarrhea in poor countries. Crypto, for example, can survive in well-maintained chlorinated pools for several days.
3. "Don't drink the water." This old adage is probably more important for recreational water than for tap water. The probability of illness depends on how polluted the water is, how much is ingested, and which organism is involved. For some organisms, swallowing just a few, easily contained in a mouthful, suffices to cause illness. The younger the child, the more likely he/she will swallow water. Dunking infants' heads to get them "used to water," a common practice, can make them ill.
4. The chief source of intestinal-causing diseases is fecal matter. In recreational water, the fecal matter comes from people, especially infants in diapers. However, even adults' routine toilet-related hygienic practices fail to remove all fecal matter from skin. Showering with plenty of soap and water before swimming reduces the incidence of illness. Avoid recreational water entirely while you are ill, and a few days after recovery.
5. Some recreational swimming facilities ban infants in diapers. Think twice before swimming where there are many such infants. While special swim diapers have become popular – they don't disintegrate in water, fit snuggly around waist and thighs, and have a plastic outer lining – such diapers merely retard and decrease leakage, but do not prevent it.
6. Man-made public water facilities must be professionally maintained. Ask pool operators if free chlorine and pH levels are checked at least twice a day and more often when the pool is heavily used and the weather is hot. Some large pools now use ultraviolet ozone technology or hyperchlorination to treat recreational water. Check backyard pools yourself for adequate free chlorine (1-3 parts per million) and pH (7.2-7.8) levels. Test strips are available at local home improvement stores and pool supply stores.
7. Public beaches are generally checked for pollution. Reports are available from local health departments. Ask for the latest report. Never swim near storm drains or after heavy rain; the water draining into the beach often carries sewage from overflowing sewage treatment plants and may contain fecal material, fertilizer, pesticides, and other pollutants.
8. Most intestinal illnesses in young children need not be treated. The vast majority of cases of loose stools in this age group disappear spontaneously. If a child is happy, playful, and eating and drinking normally, medication and changes in diet are not necessary. Treatment, especially with antibiotics, alters the "good" bacteria lining the intestine and may make children more susceptible to intestinal illnesses in the future.
9. Children who have symptoms in addition to loose stools need prompt medical evaluation. Of concern are fever, blood in the stool, listlessness and not drinking, for example. Even in such cases, fluids may suffice and antibiotics may not be necessary. However, this is a decision to be made by a health professional.
10. Miscellaneous. Well-maintained facilities have no odor. A strong chemical smell of chlorine, for example, may indicate a maintenance problem, especially in hot tubs and spas. When hot tub equipment is working, pumps and filtration systems make noise and you should hear them running. Children less than five years of age should not use hot tubs. Poorly maintained recreational water can also be the source of skin rashes, eye and ear infections, and other illnesses. For additional information about recreational water, see http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/protection/pool-user-tips-factsheet.html.
Add Lyme disease to the ever-growing list of illnesses you need to be familiar with to keep your family healthy.
1. Know where and when it occurs. The disease is most commonly seen in rural areas of the Northeast from Virginia to Maine, northern California, and the northern Midwest but can occur almost anywhere in the US and Canada. About 80% of cases occur in May through July, but can occur in any season except winter. Your local health department can tell you if you live in an area where Lyme disease precautions are indicated.
2. The cause are bacteria, but ticks are the culprits. These bacteria inhabit animals, most commonly deer and mice. Ticks transmit the bacteria from animals to humans. Only some animals and some ticks are infected. Unlike most biting insects, these ticks imbed themselves into a person's skin and remain there. It takes ticks at least 36 hours to inject the Lyme-causing bacteria into the skin, giving you time to prevent the disease. Lyme disease is never transmitted from person to person.
3. Proper dress helps minimize tick bites. Light-colored apparel makes it easier to spot ticks crawling on clothing. Long sleeve shirts and long pants tucked into socks help keep ticks away. (Lightweight, summer-friendly clothing helps children stay comfortable outdoors in warm weather while being covered up.)
4. Use insect repellents on exposed skin. For children, use repellents containing no more than 20 to 30% DEET. Read instructions. DEET is considered safe for infants aged two months and older. Know how long DEET is effective, especially with excessive perspiration and when used simultaneously with a sunscreen. Wash off when no longer needed.
5. Apply permethrin 0.5% to clothing. While DEET can be used on clothing, it wears off in a matter of hours. Permethrin is a safe substance that kills ticks on contact and remains on clothing for extended periods, even after laundering. Read instructions. Apply especially to pants, socks, and shoes; most ticks get onto clothing by people brushing against high grass where insects are present. Permethrin can also be used on tents and some camping gear. Do not use permethrin directly on skin. Clothing pre-treated with permethrin is available on the web and from camping supply stores.
6. Check children for ticks. Have them bathe or shower soon after coming indoors. This helps wash away ticks on the skin not yet imbedded. Check for ticks under arms, in and around the ears, inside the belly button, behind the knees, between the legs, around the waist, and especially in the hair. Ticks can crawl around on the body.
7. Removing ticks. Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick at the surface of the skin. Pull straight, in a continuous motion. Don't twist – this can cause the mouth parts to break off and stay in the skin. Clean the bite site and wash your hands with soap and water or rubbing alcohol. Do not use hot matches, nail polish, or petroleum jelly on the tick; these are not effective. Take your child to a medical facility if part of the tick remains in the skin.
8. Experts can identify ticks. Only certain kinds of ticks transmit Lyme disease bacteria. Ideally, place the tick in a small, sealable, transparent envelope or jar and take it to a medical facility. If they cannot identify it, they can send it to a laboratory for testing. Ticks can also be tested for the causative bacteria. Short courses of commonly used antibiotics prevent Lyme disease.
9. The symptoms of Lyme disease. Many children (and adults) who contract Lyme disease don't recall being bitten; the ticks are small, varying in size from pinhead to apple seed, and are easily missed. Lyme disease can still be effectively treated when symptoms appear. Symptoms include a "bull's eye" rash, fatigue, chills, fever, headaches, and muscle and joint pain. The rash appears 3 to 14 days after the bite and at the site of the bite. It is red in color, and grows larger with the center clearing, and may be several inches in diameter. In dark-skinned people it may look like a bruise.
10. Miscellaneous. If untreated, Lyme disease can damage joints, the heart and nervous system. In tick-infested areas, wash and dry clothing at a high temperature. Avoid areas preferred by ticks: wooded and bushy areas with high grass and a lot of leaf litter. An informative, illustrated 12-page booklet on Lyme disease is available at http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/resources/brochure/lymediseasebrochure.pdf
At home, putting infants to sleep is a no-brainer. You place them in their crib – and pray they'll sleep all night. But when traveling, there are many do's and don'ts regarding sleep safety and getting infants to sleep in new surroundings, the latter often a real hassle.
1. Never "co-sleep," even for a night or two. Infants in the same bed with adults have been injured when adults rolled onto them or the infant fell off the bed – no matter how ingeniously adults tried to prevent problems. Breathing issues may occur when infants bury their heads into pillows, comforters and loose bed linen. Additionally, co-sleeping may make it difficult to get infants to sleep alone upon returning home.
2. Car seats are not for overnight sleeping. Infants sleep well in car seats but should never be left unattended in them. Problems that have occurred include compromised airways when the infant's head flops onto their chest, entanglement in straps wrongly applied, and falling out of seats. Many car seats are unstable unless properly strapped into cars. (Also, infants should not sleep unattended on sofas, recliners, bouncy chairs or swings.)
3. Check hotel cribs for safety. Cribs should look new, have firm and tight-fitting mattresses (two fingers should not fit between the edge of the mattress and the side of the crib; a 12-ounce soda can should not fit between slats). Cribs should not have protruding parts, screws, bolts or cutouts in the head or footboard, which can trap an infant's head or limb. Cribs with sides that slide up and down are no longer considered safe.
4. "Heirloom" cribs and cradles may not meet current safety specifications. Stringent upgrades in crib design went into effect in 1970 and again in 2000. Very old cribs may have been painted with lead-containing paints. Cradles are popular overseas. While they are quaint, infants in cradles can roll so far to one side that the cradle fails to rock back in the other direction and topples over. Most cradles have pins to prevent this but the pins may be broken or missing.
5. Place cribs in safe locations. For older infants, avoid areas near window blinds, shades and drapes to prevent strangulation, and away from furniture that can make it easier for older infants to climb out. Place cribs either flush against the wall or several feet from the wall so if infants do climb out they will not become wedged between the wall and the crib. Place pillows on the floor around the crib, just in case. Cribs wheels should be secured.
6. On flights, try not to fall asleep with an infant on your lap. Infants have slipped off laps, landing on the floor and, very rarely, suffocated when a parent's sleeping body rested over the child's face. Safety officials recommend using an airline-approved safety seat for infants. Some car seats serve the purpose but few parents use them. The seats are clumsy to carry and may require paying an extra fare.
7. Buy a portable travel crib. They're very handy for car trips and can also be used outdoors. Numerous types are available. Such cribs are lightweight, fold easily and compactly, are easy to clean, and have not been used by others. Some are specific for infants of certain heights and weights and constructed so that older infants cannot easily climb out. Learn how to assemble and disassemble it.
8. Jetlag affects infants, too. Infants seem to be less affected than adults. Generally, jetlag begins occurring after crossing three or four time zones. For trips of a few days, try to keep your infant's sleeping, napping and feeding schedules on home time. For longer trips, keep your infant outdoors in daylight as much as possible for the first few days and in dim indoor light after sundown.
9. Having well-established schedules at home helps sleeping when traveling. While travel necessitates change, infants seem to sleep best when their everyday feeding/napping/going outdoors/bathing schedules remains close to those at home. Resist well-meaning adults' requests for keeping infants awake for evening get-togethers and snacks at inappropriate times of the day. Have infants sleep in a portable crib for a week before leaving home, for example.
10. Miscellaneous. Don't medicate. Some sedating medications (antihistamines, for example) may make infants sleep less, as well as having other side effects. Take along infants' blankets, sheets and pajamas. Familiar textures and odors seem to make infants more comfortable. Don't overdress infants and keep the room on the cool side. Air conditioning does not cause illness. Ask hosts not to smoke around infants.
Protecting your kids from a dozen or so nasty childhood diseases has become a no-brainer. You take them regularly to where they get their shots and you can relax. Available vaccines are extremely safe and effective.
Protecting your kids from rabies is different – it's up to you.
1. Rabies is caused by a virus. The virus is present in the saliva of infected animals. When a rabid animal bites, the virus is introduced into the wound, and then travels via nerve fibres to the brain, causing irreversible brain damage. Rarely, rabies spreads from the scratch of an infected animal when the paw is contaminated with that animal's saliva.
2. Rabies leaves no room for error. Rabies is virtually 100% fatal if untreated. Optimum, prompt treatment is 100% effective. About 40,000 Americans, a majority of them, children need anti-rabies injections each year. The number of deaths from rabies in the US is down to one or two a year. For a possible exposure to a known animal – a pet cat or dog, for example – make sure that the animal's rabies vaccination record is current.
3. Young children may be more at risk of rabies than adults. Children are attracted to animals and animals often seem to be attracted to children. Children may not report encounters with animals and, due to their size, are more likely than adults to be bitten around the head and neck. Skin in this area has numerous nerve endings, providing the virus with more pathways to the brain.
4. Instruct children to keep their distance from unknown animals. They should not pet, feed or photograph them. Hikers and bicyclers may be at increased risk. Never eat around monkeys; they may jump for food in your hands and bite/scratch you in the process.
5. Bats can cause rabies. Bat bites usually occur when victims are sleeping and in some cases victims are unaware of having been bitten. Bites are mildly painful and leave marks that may be easily overlooked. Seeing a bat in a bedroom – if you are unable to capture the bat – is sufficient reason to treat.
6. You must recognize when your child may have been exposed. Suspect all animal bites, licks and scratches until proven otherwise. Be suspicious if you find a bat inside your house or tent. Immediately report a possible exposure to rabies to your doctor, local health department or E.R. If exposure occurs overseas, especially in developing countries, check that the appropriate vaccines are available (see below).
7. Clean all bite wounds immediately and thoroughly. Wash for five minutes using plenty of soap and water. This reduces or eliminates viruses before they can enter nerve fibres. Then take the child to the nearest medical facility.
8. Experts must decide if vaccination is essential. Any mammal can be rabid. Generally, vaccination is NOT necessary if the biting animal is vaccinated, does not run wild, and is available for testing. Rabies from dogs has been virtually eliminated in the US, Canada and western Europe due to effective vaccination programs. Don't overlook cats as a source of rabies (see kidstraveldoc.com). Check with a veterinarian before adopting stray animals. See list below of wild animals that may be rabid.
9. Optimum treatment requires two types of injections: rabies immunoglobulin (IG) and rabies vaccine. Both should be started immediately. One dose of IG provides immediate antibodies to neutralize the virus but is effective for only about a week. The vaccine requires a week to take effect. Three more doses of vaccine, given over a month, provide optimum protection.
10. Rabies treatment is safe and no more painful than other vaccines. Years ago, horse serum-derived vaccines were used. These required numerous injections, usually into the abdominal wall, were painful, and frequently caused side reactions, sometimes severe ones. In some developing countries such vaccines may still be used.
11. Rabies remains a serious problem in many developing countries. About 50,000 victims worldwide die each year, mostly in Africa, Asia, and South America. In these countries dogs are the most common source. Travellers to areas where rabies is prevalent, especially if they plan to stay for long periods or they are hikers or bicyclists, can receive preventive vaccination prior to traveling: this eliminates the need for IG, should exposure occur. In many poor countries IG is unavailable or of inferior quality. Check with your Embassy, if necessary.
Most common animals to be rabid in the US and Canada: •Racoons •Skunks •Foxes •Coyotes •Bats
Animals almost never rabid and not known to have caused human rabies in the US and Canada: •Squirrels •Rats •Mice •Hamsters •Guinea pigs •Gerbils •Chipmunks •Rabbits •Hares
New cars and new babies may be a volatile mix.
New car smells may be hazardous to humans, especially infants. That odor emanating from the interior of new automobiles, an odor that many of us inhale slowly and deeply to better enjoy the aroma, may be toxic, very toxic. A British newspaper describes the enjoyment of the smell as "akin to glue-sniffing."
1. Most of the interior of cars is made of plastics. Many of these plastics are volatile organic compounds that give off vapors. In animals, these vapors in high doses and over long periods are linked to birth defects, liver toxicity, premature births and early puberty. While such data cannot be precisely transposed to infants who generally spend far less time in new cars, researchers suggest minimizing exposure of infants.
2. Vapors are especially high in new cars, and persist for years. In one study, the day the car was delivered some of the vapors were more than 35 times the health limit. Four months later the vapors had fallen under the limit but increased again in the hot summer months, taking three years to permanently remain below safe limits. When cars are left in the sun on hot days, the heat in the car leaches toxic vapors out of the plastics.
3. Air out new cars.* Do so especially if you transport infants. Leave the windows down whenever you can – while you're driving, while the car is parked in your driveway, when you stop at a park.
4. Dust it out. With cars, old or new, wipe the interior with a damp cloth regularly. The dust can be loaded with contaminants like flame retardants from the seat cushions (especially if your car is older and the cushions are beginning to degrade). While toxic dust may be a long-term health risk for everyone, it is an immediate issue for kids with allergies and asthma. To further reduce dust, run vents on high for 10 minutes with the windows down.
5. Vacuum it out. Before you wipe it down, vacuum your car's upholstery and flooring with a machine that has a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filter, or use the high-powered machines available at most car washes. You'll suck up chemically-laden dust, allergens, and the dirt that's tracked in on your feet (that could have lead, pesticides, or gasoline mixed in).
6. Wash it out. A good microfiber cloth and plain water can do wonders for washing the interior and exterior of cars. This may be as effective as all those magical car cleaners.
7. Don't allow kids to wash cars. No need to expose them to the toxins that may be present. Both the interior and exterior of cars can be heavily contaminated. The outside, from road dirt, bird droppings and dead bugs, for example. Gasoline residue may linger around the fuel opening.
8. Keep your distance behind diesel trucks. The fumes are sucked into your car even if you have the air conditioner on. If possible take routes with less traffic.
9. Don't make your old car smell like a new car. Car fresheners are available that duplicate the odor of new cars – and may contain some of the problematic toxins of new cars. Manufacturers of car air fresheners do not have to post the ingredients of their products.
10. Check on all car (and room) air refreshers. Some contain the same chemicals as new car smells; these volatile products allow the smell to emanate better. Many air fresheners merely mask other smells, they do not remove them. There are industrial-strength odor eliminators available that chemically neutralize smells and remove them.
* Some of the suggestions regarding minimizing new car smells were taken from the web page of Healthy Child/Healthy World. Go to their website for more information.


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Stuarts Draft's Courtney Fitzgerald had seven RBIs in leading the Cougars past Buffalo Gap 17-15 on Friday in a softball slugfest.
Fitzgerald's heroics, which included a 3-for-5 night at the plate, helped overcome eight home runs by five different Buffalo Gap players.
"I had been in a huge hitting slump," Fitzgerald said. "I had had a few strikeouts in my past few games, so I just needed a confidence booster. That definitely did it. Once I hit that first pitch and cleared all the bases, I knew it was going to be a good night." ...


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Stir together tomatoes, sugar, and herbs in a large bowl until combined well. Cook pasta in boiling salted water until al dente, then drain. Add hot pasta to tomato mixture. Cook garlic in olive oil in a 1-quart saucepan over moderately high heat, stirring, 1 minute. Add garlic with oil to pasta and tomatoes and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper.


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NHL Pick: Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes
- Updated: November 4, 2013
Matchup: Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Date/Time: November 5th, 7:30 p.m. ET
Television: NBC Sports Network
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It hasn't been all that great of a regular season so far for either the Carolina Hurricanes or the Philadelphia Flyers. The two though, will meet on the NBC Sports Network in NHL betting action on Tuesday night in Raleigh.
The Flyers have had themselves a rough season offensively. They don't have a player on the team that has more than seven points, and with C Vincent Lecavalier out of the lineup with a facial laceration, there isn't a healthy player on the team with more than three goals to show for his 13 games of work. Not surprisingly, this is one of the more anemic teams offensively in the league through about a sixth of the season. Trying to score goals on the power play is nearly impossible. Philadelphia has only scored five power play goals all season long, and Lecavalier has put in three of those. The team ranks second to last in the league on the man advantage, scoring on 9.4 percent of its attempts, and between that and the lack of scoring prowess up front in general, and the end result is just 1.6 goals per game, second to last in the league.
The problem is that it really isn't easy to want to get on the Carolina bandwagon either here. The Canes only have four wins to their credit this year, and they too, have massive scoring problems up from. LW Jeff Skinner is leading the team with nine points, but in carry with the theme of this game, he is on IR with an upper body injury. C Eric Staal should still be doing the job for Carolina, but he is getting up there in age and is certainly not the same player that he was three or four seasons ago. He has eight points, which is second on the team, but that clearly isn't enough. The Canes also have an issue with their goalies. Both G Anton Khudobin and G Cam Ward are injured at the moment, and G Justin Peters has yet to win a game this season in five tries. His GAA is under .900, and his GAA is over 3.00, and those two stats are the death knell of any team regardless of how good or bad the team is that is in front of the goalie.
There are just too many issues here for Carolina to succeed in this game the same way that it did the first time that these two squads met up here at PNC Arena. The Flyers probably have the slightly better team as they come to the table right now, and the lack of scoring by this Philly team should be erased by the fact that Peters flat out stinks and quite frankly, always has.
Philadelphia Flyers @ Carolina Hurricanes Pick: Philadelphia Flyers
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These types of isolators can be used to achieve very low frequency vibration isolation, but a drawback is that they have purely hardening stiffness behavior. If something occurs to destroy the symmetry of the system, for example, by an additional static load being applied to the isolator during operation, or by the incorrect mass being suspended on the isolator, then the isolator behavior will change dramatically. The question is whether this will be detrimental to the performance of the isolator and this is addressed in this paper. The analysis in this paper shows that although the asymmetry will degrade the performance of the isolator compared to the perfectly tuned case, it will still perform better than the corresponding linear isolator provided that the amplitude of excitation is not too large. 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A user input having a first mode of operation relating to the entry of a command is indicated on a display device prior to the actual execution of the command, after which a second mode of operation may be entered wherein the command is actually executed using the displayed information for confirmation purposes. In a preferred embodiment, the user input device takes the form of a hand-held remote-control unit, and the display is a television monitor. In this case, the invention is operative to determine the position of a user's finger relative to one or more keys of the keypad on the remote-control unit, and display, on the TV monitor, information relating to the user's relative position. For example, the display might show textual information relating to the pushbutton in closest proximity to the user's finger or, alternatively, the display may show a graphical representation of at least a portion of the keypad, along with an icon that moves relative to the graphical display in relation to movements made by the user. Embodiments of the invention facilitating use with conventional pieces of equipment such as television receivers are also disclosed.
1. Reduced-error command-entry apparatus for use with a display device, comprising:
a hand-held remote control unit physically separate from the display device, the remote unit including a keypad having a plurality of keys, wherein at least one of the keys is coupled to first and second electrical switches, with the first switch being used to confirm the identity of a command associated with that key, and the second switch being used to execute that command; and
a physically separate associated unit in electrical communication with the display device, the associated unit including display generation circuitry operative to display, upon activation of the first switch, a visual representation of at least a portion of the keypad, including the key coupled to the first and second switches, enabling a user to confirm the identity of the command prior to the activation of the second switch.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/963,712, filed Nov. 4, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,215,417, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates generally to person/machine interfaces and, more particularly, to an operator input including a pre-execution confirmation mode of operation.
It is often the case that users of electronic equipment enter incorrect commands because they cannot see an associated input device, or must look elsewhere during command entry. It is for this reason that typists must memorize the keyboard, since they are typically required to view a display instead. Fortunately, for typists, the display itself provides feedback as to incorrect entries, enabling the typist to backspace and make appropriate corrections.
There are other situations, however, wherein an operator is unable, or does not wish to memorize the input device, and must therefore refer to the input device to minimize incorrect entries. One example is the familiar hand-held remote-control unit supplied with audio/video equipment. Particularly during nighttime usage, the user of such a device is unable to see the keypad, leading to incorrect entries. This invention is directed toward alleviating such problems.
In an operator control arrangement including a display device, the present invention provides a user input having a first mode of operation wherein information relating to the entry of a command is indicated on the display device prior to the actual execution of the command, and a second mode of operation wherein the command is actually executed using the displayed information for confirmation purposes.
In a preferred embodiment, the user input device takes the form of a hand-held remote-control unit, and the display is a television monitor. The invention is operative to determine the position of a user's finger relative to one or more keys of the keypad on the remote-control unit, and display, on the TV monitor, information relating to the user's relative position. For example, the display might show textual information relating to the pushbutton in closest proximity to the user's finger or, alternatively, the display may show a graphical representation of at least a portion of the keypad, along with an icon that moves relative to the graphical display in relation to movements made by the user.
The invention therefore enables the operator of a user input device to view, on a display device, the command which will be executed should the user take further action, but before such action is actually taken, thereby essentially guaranteeing that the correct command will be entered. In one embodiment of the remote-control unit, as the user's finger hovers over the keypad, the display will change to indicate which key will be depressed, and therefore which command will be entered, should the operator perform a key depression at a particular time.
The equipment to be controlled with the user input need not be the same equipment incorporating the display used for visual confirmation, but instead, the user input for one piece of equipment may use the display of a different piece of equipment. For example, in an entertainment setting, a single video monitor may be used to indicate the status of input devices associated with various pieces of equipment such as tape or disk player, cable boxes, audio tuners, amplifiers, and so forth.
Various technical approaches may be used to sense the position of the user relative to the input device. For example, one or more pushbuttons may be provided with multiple leaf switches or electrically conductive membranes, such that an initial, slight depression of the key will bring about a first electrical contact, and, subsequent to a confirmation of the displayed command, a further depression of the same key will bring about a second electrical contact, resulting in the execution of the command.
In an alternative configuration, the outer surface of particular pushbuttons may be provided with a capacitive touch sensor, enabling the position of the user relative to these keys to be sensed without the user having to actually perform an initial depression of a key. The implementation of the invention may be limited to the most commonly used commands. For example, in an entertainment control environment, only commonly used pushbuttons such as numeric keypads or volume control may be provided with dual-mode activation according to the invention, with the other controls being conventional. Embodiments of the invention facilitating use with conventional pieces of equipment such as television receivers are also disclosed.
FIG. 1 illustrates, from an oblique perspective, a hand-held remote-control input device including the capability of displaying the position of a user's finger relative to a keypad on an associated video monitor;
FIG. 2 is a drawing of an alternative screen display according to the invention;
FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional drawing of a pushbutton including a capacitive touch sensor operative to support two modes of operation according to the invention;
FIG. 3B is an alternative embodiment of a dual-mode switch including double, electrically conductive membranes;
FIG. 3C represents yet a further, alternative dual-mode switch incorporating a plurality of electrically conductive leaf springs;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram depicting electrical circuitry used in implementing the invention; and
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention facilitating use with an unmodified television receiver; and
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a further embodiment of the invention including a dedicated remote-control unit for basic functions.
In FIG. 1 there is shown generally at 100 an embodiment of the invention including a hand-held remote-control unit 104 in wireless communication with a video monitor 108. In this case, the thumb 112 of an operator has initiated a first mode of operation with respect to the "2" key 116, causing a "2" (118) to appear on the screen of the monitor 108. The "6" (120) appearing on the screen is indicative of the fact that the operator had previously entered a "6" through a second, command-execution mode of operation with respect to that key.
In this embodiment, some type of visual indicator is preferably utilized to show that a particular entry is in the first or confirmatory mode of operation awaiting actual entry. For example, in FIG. 1, the display of the digit "2" (118) on the screen may be contained in a block of blinking reverse video or other appropriate graphical representation to indicate that the operator will enter a "2" through further depression of the "2" key, at which time the reverse video will terminate and the "2" numerical command will actually be entered. In this particular case, it will cause the execution of channel-change command channel 62.
Although FIGS. 1 and 4 illustrate the use of a wireless link between a dual-mode user input and display device, a hard-wired connection between the user input and the display may alternatively be utilized, and although pushbuttons are discussed herein, other input devices such as trackballs, slide switches, rotary knobs and other controls are well within the scope of the invention. In addition, although certain of the figures might imply that the user input and display form the same piece of equipment (a remote-controlled television, for instance), the user input may, in fact, be used to control a different piece of equipment, with the display of a television, for example, being conveniently used for temporary display purposes only.
FIG. 2 illustrates at 202 an alternative confirmatory display according to the invention, wherein a facsimile of the user-input device is generated along with an icon 204 representative of the user. Such graphical icons would be preferably generated automatically when the user comes within close physical proximity to the input device. In this case, the user's finger (or thumb) has come in close physical proximity to the "2" key of a remote unit, as shown in the lower portion of FIG. 1, causing the graphical representation 202 of the remote to appear along with the graphical representation of a user, including a finger hovering over the "2" key as shown, indicating that if the user continues to depress that key, a "2" will be entered.
FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate alternative approaches to the implementation of dual-mode pushbuttons according to the invention. In FIG. 3A, a pair of spaced-apart electrodes 322 and 324 are used to bring about the second, execution mode associated with the switch, and above these electrodes there is a membrane 326 having a capacitive touch sensor 328 in alignment with the electrodes 322 and 324. When the user comes within sufficient physical close proximity to the touch sensor 328, the first or confirmatory mode of operation will be initiated and with a further downward depression, the electrodes 322 and 324 will make electrical contact, effectuating the second, execution mode of operation for that switch.
FIG. 3B illustrates an alternative two-mode switch wherein a first pair of spaced-apart electrodes 312 and 314 make initiate contact through the downward action of an upwardly-biased pushbutton 310. Preferably, the material onto which the upper electrode 312 is applied is sufficiently pliable that even a slight downward pressure will cause electrodes 312 and 314 to make electrical contact. With a further downward, somewhat more aggressive depression of the button 310, however, electrode 314 will make contact with a lower electrode 316, thus executing the second mode of operation.
As an alternative to membranes having electrically conductive areas, FIG. 3 illustrates how leaf switches may be used together, or instead of the other approaches just described. In this case, the initiate downward motion of an optional pushbutton 330 causes electrical contact to occur between leaf springs 332 and 334, thus bringing about the first mode of operation, whereas a further downward depression causes contact between leaf spring 334 and 336, executing the operation indicated through the first, confirmatory mode.
FIG. 4 depicts, in block-diagram form, major electrical functional units associated with implementing the invention in a remote-controlled television arrangement. For the sake of clarity, subsystems not germaine to the invention have been left out of this figure, with the understanding that such additional functionality is not precluded by the invention. In the embodiment shown, a hand-held remote-control unit 402 communicates with a display 404, preferably through the use of an infrared signal 406 from a transmitter 408 in the remote 402 and a receiver 410 associated with the display.
A dual-mode user input is shown generally at 420 in the form of an upper switch 422 used to bring about the first, confirmatory mode of operation and a lower switch 424 used for the actual execution of the command associated with the user input 420. The broken line 426 is used to indicate that the switches are in vertical, physical alignment with one another but not meant to imply that both switches need to have moving parts, as in the case of the capacitive touch sensor of FIG. 3A. The switches, which cause a ground contact when activated, may be held to a logical high state using pull-up resistors 428, as is typical, and may be scanned by a controller 430, which is preferably a microprocessor or single-chip microcomputer of conventional design. A memory 432 may optionally be used, as necessary, to store remote-control codes, for example, in the event that the controller 430 is not equipped for such purpose.
In the display unit 404, a separate controller 412 is preferably used in conjunction with various other components to cause the display of textual and/or graphical information on display 412 in conjunction with the confirmatory mode of operation of the input 420. A separate controller 414 may be used to coordinate operations, receiving information from the infrared receiver 410, and causing the textual and/or graphical information to be routed from a display generator 416 to the display 412. An auxiliary memory 418 may be used, for example, for control-code look up or other purposes.
In the event that the display unit 404 forms part of a television, appropriate tuner (430) and demodulator (440) circuits may be provided to cause the display of television programming on the display 412. If the display unit 404 is a monitor only, or forms part of a non-television piece of equipment such as a computer, tuning and demodulation circuits would not be required.
Although the preferred embodiments of the invention are best incorporated directly into a display device, television receiver or other piece of equipment, FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate embodiments of the invention wherein a separate piece of equipment or "set-top box" may be used in conjunction with conventional hardware, including television receivers. In FIG. 5, a user 502 is depressing a multi-state button 504 on a remote-control unit 506 provided according to the invention. The multi-state button 504, includes a first switch to confirm the identity of a command associated with that key, and a second switch being operative to execute the command through a further depression or other technique described herein. Upon activation of the first switch or entry of the first state, a wireless signal 510 is sent to a unit 520 according to the invention, which causes the incoming video feed or cable line 530, to be switched from a through-path 531 to the insertion of a display generator 540 through switches 522 and 522′. The display generator 540 in unit 520 causes a picture 550 to be displayed on the display unit 552, enabling the user 502 to confirm the identity of a command prior to execution. Although a facsimile of the remote unit 506 is displayed at 550, numbers, letters or other indicia may be used in the pre-execution state.
Assuming the display 550 confirms a command desired to be executed by the user 502, a further depression or other activation of the switch 504, causes a second command 512 to be sent to the display unit directly, thereby executing that particular command, be it a volume-up command, channel change, numerical entry, or otherwise. Thus, according to this embodiment, the unit 506 provided by the invention must not only include the capability of sending a wireless signal 510 to the separate unit 520 to effectuate a display on device 552, but it must also learn at least a subset of the commands of the unit 552 to enable the actual execution of a command upon entry of the second or execution state. Note, further, that although switches 522 are RF switches in the sense that the cable signal itself is bypassed by display generator 540 using RF switches, as an alternative, a channel may be demodulated to baseband, with display generator 540 generating a display at baseband video, which may either be fed into the video input of the device 552, or modulated back onto the RF line 532.
FIG. 6 illustrates generally at 602 a more sophisticated embodiment of the invention facilitating use with a conventional piece of equipment such as television receiver 610. In contrast to the arrangement of FIG. 5, however, the embodiment of FIG. 6 not only facilitates a picture-in-picture display of a pre-execution key or command, in addition, the remote 604 allows certain basic commands such as volume/channel changes and numerical input, to be executed directly by the unit 602, such that additional commands for the device 610 need not be learned by the remote 604. In this case, a separate remote 612 would preferably be provided, which a user would need to resort to for more complex operations such as menu/set-up, contrast/brightness, and other controls.
In unit 602, an incoming video line 620 is fed to a tuner 622 and demodulator 624. A display generator 626 is used to generate a display 628 on the screen of the device 610, enabling a channel 630 to be viewed outside of the confirmatory area 628. The display generator 626 is merged with the demodulated channel signal through a PIP generator block 640, which is transferred along path 642 to the device 610 to show both the channel 630 and inset 628. A controller 650 is responsible for coordinating all of the functions of the unit 602, including commands received through infrared receiver 652. Since the unit 602 includes a tuner and demodulator 624, the hand-held unit 604 may include at least a limited set of buttons such as volume/channel change, and numerical channel keypad entries, enabling the unit 602 to perform these functions directly without having to learn separate codes for the unit 610. For additional, more sophisticated functions of the unit 610, the device 604 may either learn those codes or be pre-programmed with such codes, preferably through an on-screen programming procedure, or a separate unit 612 may be provided for more sophisticated functions, as discussed with reference to FIG. 5.
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Yes, Star Trek went overboard on the "Forehead Aliens of the Week." Okay, budget is a concern, but there are ways around that. Instead of giving us new Forehead Guys every week, re-use the same Forehead Guys. Really, Voyager and Enterprise could have benefitted from using their original aliens like the Hirogen or the Suliban more often.
For that matter, when they were constantly visiting races who looked exactly human on TOS and TNG I think they should have re-written so that instead of seperate race these people were humans from colonies that declared independence from Earth and the Federation. I know that episodes like The Vengeance Factor or The Hunted (episodes I was watching when I first thought this up) would still have been the same episodes if they were human colonists rather than seperate races.
CG aliens would have been tricky duirng the period Star Trek was on TV. And really, I thought the CG Gorn on Enterprise looked worse than the lizard suit in Arena.
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Caramelized Popcorn
12 Aug 2009
Insightful Nana, Kathy Griffiths, shows you how to make easy delicious Carmel Popcorn. Make this carmel popcorn, and watch your family's faces when they take their first bite. I promise, they won't be able to stop with just one bite. As soon as the weather turns a bit chilly, my family starts begging for carmel corn. I try and hold off cooking up a batch until around Halloween… but I never seem to make it.
|17 Gram
|Brown sugar
|2 1⁄2 Cup (40 tbs)
|Corn syrup
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Liquid Measure)
|Condensed milk
|1 Can (10 oz)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) (1 Square)
In a pan,combine all ingredients except corn.
Heat while stirring them for 5-6 minutes.
Reduce the heat.
Cook for another 5 minutes.
Continue stirring.
Pour some of the caramel on top of the popped corn.
Toss the corn.
Add some more caramel.
Toss again.
Add the rest of the caramel.
Toss well.
Recipe Summary
Difficulty Level:Very Easy
Wondering what tasty treats you can offer your children. You must surely try this caramelized popcorn. Also a wonderful Halloween treat, these popcorns just melt in the mouth and can be so much fun.
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09/23/2009 - 00:33
The audio echo is most annoying. While not your fault, the ads on this page ruin your video by constantly covering you up, sometimes with their own audio.
11/03/2009 - 00:01
Hey Insightfulnana, how are you? Your Carmel Popcorn recipe is mouth watering ! I am very much tempted to have this today itself. Thanks for introducing us to this yummy corn recipe :))
11/03/2009 - 02:00
Hi, I love your Caramel Popcorn. Its a novel brunch experience all together! I'd like to coat my corn with melted chocolate. Hope that tastes as good as this.
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Gardenhire Earns 64th Career Ejection At Twins' Game In Detroit
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been ejected from Saturday's game at Detroit while arguing a call at second base. The Twins had men on first and second with nobody out in the third inning when Justin Morneau hit a grounder to first baseman Prince Fielder.
Diamond Strong As Twins Top Tigers 6-2
Scott Diamond pitched six solid innings, and the Minnesota Twins got to Anibal Sanchez early in a 6-2 win over Detroit on Wednesday that snapped the Tigers' five-game winning streak.
Cabrera And Fielder Homer, Tigers Beat Twins 6-1
Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder each hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.
Fielder's Homer Lifts Tigers Over Twins 4-3
Prince Fielder's towering three-run homer in the sixth inning put Detroit ahead, and the Tigers held on Monday night for their fourth straight win, 4-3 over the Minnesota Twins.
Pelfrey, Power Hitting Lead Twins Past Tigers 8-2
Mike Pelfrey pitched into the sixth inning in his Minnesota debut, Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe hit home runs and the Twins took the season-opening series from the Detroit Tigers with an 8-2 victory Thursday.
Twins Rally Past Tigers In 9th For 3-2 Win
Eduardo Escobar's two-run double with one out in the ninth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
Chilly Temps For Twins Home Opener
From the sweaters, parkas and blankets brought by fans to Target Field, it's clear that the Twins don't play indoors anymore.
A Chilly Opener For Tigers And Twins
Batter up? More like bundle up.
Tigers Relying On Bruce Rondon To Bolster Back Of Bullpen
The 22-year-old right-hander dominated three levels of the minors last year, earning Detroit's Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award.
AP Source: Former Twin Torii Hunter Agrees With Tigers
Free agent outfielder Torii Hunter has agreed to a $26 million, two-year deal with Detroit, giving the Tigers a capable corner outfielder coming off an impressive season at age 37.
Tigers Vs. Giants: Five Things You Didn't Know From Game 4 Of The World Series
Game 4 was the most exciting game of the World Series – a back-and-forth affair that took 10 innings to decide. In the end, though, the result was the same: a Giants victory. Here are five things you didn't know about the game.
Tigers Vs. Giants: Five Things You Didn't Know From Game 3 Of The World Series
The Giants took a commanding lead in the World Series last night, going up 3-0 after defeating the Tigers by a score of 2-0 for the second straight game. Here are five things you didn't know about the game.
Giants Vs. Tigers: Five Things You Didn't Know From Game 2 Of The World Series
Another game of the World Series is in the books, and more unpredictable action has taken place. After the Giants earned an improbable win in Game 1, they extended their series lead with a Game 2 victory. Here are five things you didn't know about the game.
Giants Vs. Tigers: Five Things You Didn't Know From Game 1 Of The World Series
Check out these five facts from Game 1 of the World Series that you may not have known.
Giants, Tigers Will Need All Seven Games To Decide World Series
It looks like the World Series will go the distance and seven games for the second straight year.
Twins Lose To Tigers, 2-1
Prince Fielder hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift Detroit to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, assuring that the Tigers won't lose any of their lead on the White Sox in the AL Central.
Tigers Tear Up Twins, 6-4
Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer to move into at least a tie for the lead in all three triple crown categories and Justin Verlander struck out eight in seven innings to help the Detroit Tigers stay in front in the AL Central with a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
Twins Mauled By Tigers 8-0
Miguel Cabrera hit his 42nd homer, putting him in Triple Crown position, and Doug Fister pitched his first career shutout to help the Detroit Tigers beat Minnesota 8-0 Saturday, keeping their hopes high in the AL Central race.
Twins Take Tigers 9-3
Darin Mastroianni and Ryan Doumit each homered and drove in three runs, Samuel Deduno baffled the struggling Detroit Tigers for seven innings and the Minnesota Twins snapped a four-game losing streak with a 9-3 victory Monday night.
Twins lose 7-3 as Tigers score 5 runs in 8th
Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to break a tie and Delmon Young followed with a solo shot to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 7-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday and a split of the four-game series.
Twins Top Tigers 6-4 With 4-Run 4th Inning
Ron Gardenhire deflected credit on the night the Minnesota Twins gave their manager his 900th career victory. Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run single, one of six singles during Minnesota's four-run fourth inning, to help the Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4 Monday night.
Cabrera's Homer Gives Tigers Sweep, 4-3 Over Twins
Miguel Cabrera's two-run, one-out homer in the ninth inning lifted Detroit to a 4-3 victory over Minnesota on Sunday afternoon, as the Tigers finished a three-game sweep of the Twins in style after leaving 10 men on base earlier in the game.
Francisco Liriano Moves Back Into Twins Rotation
Ready or not, Francisco Liriano is jumping back into the Minnesota Twins' beleaguered starting rotation.
Tigers Down Twins, 6-3
Max Scherzer struck out nine in a rain-shortened outing and Prince Fielder had his first four-hit game with the Tigers, leading Detroit to a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday
Morneau Homers, Twins Beat Tigers 4-3
Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer in his second game back from a wrist injury, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.


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Updated: 05/29/2015 - Investigators have no idea where they came from.
Updated: 05/29/2015 - Investigators have no idea where they came from.
Updated: 05/28/2015 - Want to save water this summer? Invest in some appliances that can help.
Updated: 05/28/2015 - Spores were sent to labs in 9 states and South Korea.
Updated: 05/27/2015 - Republicans on Capitol Hill and farm groups are blasting new rules on which waterways the EPA can regulate.
Posted: 05/27/2015 - Officials tell The Associated Press that the IRS believes the identity thieves who stole personal tax information from an agency website are from Russia.
Updated: 05/28/2015 - It's not often the new version of a phone doesn't measure up. Consumer Reports says that's the case with the new Samsung Galaxy S6.
Posted: 05/27/2015 - By the end of the year, nearly every major automaker will begin offering Apple's CarPlay or Google's Android Auto systems that will allow a car's dashboard screen to look and function like a smartphone.
Posted: 05/27/2015 - The floral-inspired Lilly Pulitzer fashion house is trying to nip concerns about fat-shaming in the bud.
Posted: 05/27/2015 - A spokesman for Rick Santorum says the former Pennsylvania senator is running for president.
Posted: 05/27/2015 - Swiss authorities: 6 FIFA officials arrested, suspected of getting, paying millions in bribes.
Updated: 05/27/2015 - 11 people still missing in Texas.
Posted: 05/26/2015 - A Chinese beekeeper breaks a world record by covering himself with more than 200 pounds of bees.
Posted: 05/26/2015 - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is kicking off his longshot presidential campaign with a pitch to liberals in the Democratic Party.
Posted: 05/26/2015 - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Texas' Senate redistricting plan that takes into account the total population of districts, instead of only those who are eligible to vote.
Posted: 05/26/2015 - A Vermont woman has been bitten by a black widow spider her family says was hiding in a bag of grapes.
Updated: 05/26/2015 - Want to buy a car that lasts 200,000 miles? Consumer Reports has identified the best models.
Updated: 05/26/2015 - A federal appeals court has refused to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama's executive action that could shield millions of immigrants from deportation.
Posted: 05/26/2015 - Police evacuated the U.S. Capitol and its visitors' center while closing area streets on Tuesday as alarms sounded in both buildings.
Posted: 05/26/2015 - Taco Bell and Pizza Hut say they're getting rid of artificial colors and flavors.
Updated: 05/26/2015 - Teams no longer expect to find any survivors.
Updated: 05/26/2015 - House was up to 20 feet in the air when children fell out.
Updated: 05/26/2015 - A senior federal law enforcement official says Cleveland has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations by the city's police department.
Posted: 05/25/2015 - Charter Communications is close to buying Time Warner Cable for about $55 billion, say two people familiar with the negotiations.
Updated: 05/24/2015 - Charter operators in Indiana say they're seeing fewer fish and higher fuel costs.
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Mozilla's script blocker add-on could be putting malware sites on the whitelist.
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The Internet community officially banishes the notoriously unsafe Secure Sockets Layer protocol.
Mate 1.1 Arrives
Popular desktop environment continues the Gnome 2 legacy – with new support for the Gnome 3 toolkit.
US Government Requires HTTPS
The Obama White House has issued a memorandum telling all US government agencies they must use HTTPS for all websites and web communication.
Mozilla Signs Firefox Add-Ons
New program will dial up security for the Firefox browser.
Fedora 22 Arrives
Red Hat's community distro embraces the cloud.
Code.org and College Board Team Reach Out for Talented High School Coders
New partnership will bring more and better CS training to US schools
A Peek Inside TeslaCrypt Ransomware
Criminals offer online help over Tor network
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There's something corny and smarmy about Matt Morris. He seems to live on the rarefied air of the priveleged; the lucky few, who have the advantage of friends like Justin Timberlake and Ellen Degeneres to shill for him. But damn if there isn't something real at the core. Something that that comes through in the music even when he's sentimentalizing poverty and a bastard's bad behavior. It's that ache in his voice and that look in his eyes that communicates across the boundaries of hype and glitz. There is something embararssing about the way he cares so much, but caring too much is a good thing. Affectation can create its own reality, one where we can imagine our common desire to make the world a better place. "Bloodline" is a guilty pleasure—the kind of song that invites wallowing—and Morris succeeds at making us want to sing along with him and dwell in the house of grit and sorrow. Feeling sad never felt so good.
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And as if that wasn't enough, we're also an affordable art gallery; our walls showcase some of the hottest local talent London has to offer. We hold workshops on how to style your own hair like a pro (great for parties), and we've even got a lovely selection of glam jewellery to help you kick-start your perfect night on the town.
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If you want your valentine to work for their candy hearts why not build them a slot machine to let them win them. I have seen little bits before but this is the most complex device I have seen built!
Try your luck with the littleBits Slot Machine and win a handful of candy hearts for your special someone.
This Open Source Talking Multimedia Clock looks like a fun clock platform that could be developed into many interesting projects. The processor is based on the Arduino Uno platform, the display is a LoL Shield and the speech engine is the SpeakJet chip.
The ESP8266 is quickly becoming a very popular chip, I am sure this is mostly due to the dirt cheap price point. If you are adding this to a battery operated application you might want to drop the power consumption as low as possible.
If you have anything that can move in XY directions chances are you can hack a cutting laser onto it and make a quick and dirty laser cutter. Check out this Laser Engraver Made of Silhouette Blade Cutter, a 500mW laser was mounted to a blade cutting machine.
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The Big One built this DIY AVR Function Generator, it is housed in a nice looking Hickory enclosure, has some buttons for adjustments and a 162 text LCD as a display.
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Angel Inn5
Polstead Street, Stoke by Nayland, CO6 4SA
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"Well worth a visit! Superb dinner and breakfast. Staff were all very attentive and made us feel very welcome. A real gem to stay in and expl..."
"Looked for a quality break to recharge very run down batteries, and found this in the Angel. Never sure exactly what 'perfect', or 'excellen..."
"Excellent attentive staff, clean and comfortable room and a fresh cooked breakfast. Highly recommended...."
"This is the ideal realisation of a gastropub with a few rooms attached. If you want a good pub majoring on good but not fussy food with a ve..."
"This was one of the nicest rooms I have ever stayed in.....the staff could not do enough for me, the food was beautiful and the room superb...."
About the hotel
This traditional Grade II 16th Century Suffolk Coaching Inn is set in the heart of Constable Country. Offering free Wi-Fi and parking, plus locally renowned restaurant and bar. Boasting charming features such as open fires, original brickwork and oak beams combined with a wealth of character.
It is a typical 'Old English' country pub which has cosy snug areas coupled with a larger open plan dining room, this is undoubtedly a place where you can relax and enjoy the wonderful hospitality. Bedrooms comprise of doubles and twins, each has been perfectly appointed whilst retaining all the character and charm that is befitting for a building of its age. All rooms are en suite and beautifully designed with antique furniture and wonderfully comfortable beds, free Wi-Fi, flat screen LCD television with free view, tea and coffee making facilities and hairdryers. The restaurant serves tasty food and light refreshments throughout the day. Breakfast is the perfect way to start the day, served from 8:00AM with a choice of cereals, fresh fruit or Full English alongside fresh fruit smoothies, juices or Twining's tea and organic fair trade coffee. For lunch guests can choose from a light option to a full selection of delightful courses, all of which has been carefully chosen to offer genuine value and choice. Dinner is available in the dining room, throughout the pub or al fresco in the courtyard, offering seasonally changing contemporary menus of traditional British and modern European cuisine in comfortable surroundings. As with any traditional pub the drinks served are at the heart of the inn, focusing mainly on small regional breweries, and usually will have a guest beer for you to enjoy, as well as national and international favourites. Offering a wide range of white, red and rose wines from around the world that perfectly complement the variety of courses. Plus champagnes and dessert wines. Set on a ridge overlooking the Stour Valley, Stoke by Nayland which is known as an 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'. This is a delightful Suffolk village largely unchanged; in the centre is St Mary's Church which dates from the 14th and 15th Centuries, famous for its 120 foot perpendicular red brick tower. Once a market town it is characterised by traditional country cottages painted shades of 'Suffolk pink', set amongst timber framed buildings including Guildhall and Maltings. It is also the home of two 18 hole golf courses in 300 acres of stunning landscape. The area is also well known by keen and leisurely walkers, with beautiful paths running through picturesque river valleys. Other idyllic villages are Polstead, Higham and East Bergholt; it's also worth a visit to the many galleries, craft shops and medieval churches. For an extra special stay, why not add Champagne £35. 00, Flowers £30. 00, Chocolates £20. 00 , available as a supplement and waiting for you in your room.
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Never sure exactly what 'perfect', or 'excellent' are. But this as other reviews indicate, is as good as you could wish for unless you want to splash out a lot more. As always staff are the key to satisfaction, and all the staff are very pleasant and happy to welcome and serve you with that personal touch. Very good food as well. Happy guests!!.
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