text:
An acoustic emission contact fuze that is responsive to high-frequency actic emission stress waves and distinguishes between such waves caused by impacts and signals caused by the operating environment.
1. A detector to respond to impacts comprising;
transducer means attached to a vehicle for producing an electrical output upon receipt of acoustic emission stress waves;
filter means effectively connected to said transducer means and following said transducer means on the signal path to separate acoustic emission stress waves from other signals by frequency;
threshold means effectively connected to said filter means and following said filter means on the signal path to pass signals resulting from acoustic emission stress waves;
timing means connected to said threshold means and following said threshold means on the signal path to measure the coincidence of signals within a given time;
response means operatively connected to said timing means and following said timing means on the signal path.
2. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 1 where said filter means is an active bandpass filter.
3. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 1 where said threshold means is a window comparator.
4. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 1 where said transducer is a piezoelectric transducer.
5. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 1 where said response means is a firing circuit and squib.
6. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 1 where the effective connection between said transducer means and said filter means includes an amplifier.
7. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 1 where the effective connection between said threshold means and said filter means includes a post amplifier.
8. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 1 where the operative connection between said timing means and said response means includes a firing circuit.
9. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 2 where said threshold means is a window comparator.
10. A detector to respond to impacts as in claim 2 where said transducer is a piezoelectric transducer.
1. Field of the Invention
The present application relates to acoustic emission contact fuzes for missiles and, more particularly, to an acoustic emission contact fuze with signal processing capabilities.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Piezoelectric contact fuzes are well known in the art. The fuzes presently in use are sensitive only to direct impacts and are not sensitive to glancing blows or contact where only a portion of the missile is involved.
The conventional methods used to increase the sensitivity to glancing blows are such means as wires on the outside surfaces of the fins, or accelerometers of increased sensitivity. The wires are separated from fin structure surface by a thin layer of a crushable insulator. Upon an impact with a target a short circuit is created which triggers a detonator. The fragility of this system requires extra precautions in the shipping and handling of the missiles such as the use of fin guards. In addition, a check must be made of damage to the structure immediately prior to firing.
Accelerometers consisting of a piezoelectric material with a mass attached have also been used. Increasing the sensitivity of the accelerometer can provide some reaction to glancing blows. As the sensitivity is increased however, environmental factors can lead to false contact signals.
It has been proposed that a fuze could be constructed by placing a piezoelectric transducer on the structural elements of the missile linked to the fin structure. When an impact occurs with the fin structure the supporting structure would be deformed. Deformation of the structure would bend the piezoelectric crystal causing an electrical signal which could be detected. The signals then could be used to trigger the warhead. Previously such attempts have been unsuccessful due to sensitivity to normal vibration or motor-chuffing in flight. These prior configurations have been limited to stress waves of a frequency below that utilized by the claimed invention.
Major disadvantages of present techniques are insensitivity to glancing blows and/or sensitivity to flight environmental conditions and the requirement of extra handling precautions.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a piezoelectric transducer located so as to be sensitive to high-frequency acoustic emission stress waves. Signal processing circuitry is connected to the transducer to distinguish waves caused by the plastic deformation of missile structures from those caused by normal vibrations in flight or motor chuffing.
FIG. 1 is an illustration of the invention in a working environment;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the elements of the inventors' preferred embodiment;
FIG. 3 shows the comparator circuit;
FIG. 4 shows the timing circuit.
When a material is deformed to failure by loading acoustic emission stress waves are generated due to crystal slippage. Acoustic emission stress waves were not researched fully until the late 1960's. The waves generated are of frequencies from 100 KHz to 1 MHz. These waves were not utilized until that date due to the insensitivity of prior art piezoelectric devices to frequencies above a few tens of KHz. The claimed invention comprises a method for detection of these waves, and separation of the signals generated by these waves from noise and other aoustic signals, and the use of the processed signal to trigger a fuze device.
Any plastic deformation of a metal causes the generation of acoustic emission stress waves. These waves are much higher in frequency than acoustic waves generated by wind buffeting or motor-chuffing. The invention distinguishes acoustic emission stress waves by their higher frequency and amplitude from signals caused by the operating environment.
In FIG. 1, a missile 11 collides with a target 12. A fin 13 of the missile is damaged in the collision. The deformation of the fin's metal generates acoustic emission stress waves 14. The waves are detected by a piezoelectric transducer 16. The transducer's signal is then fed to the signal processor 17 which on receipt of acoustic emission stress waves fires a squib 18 which detonates the warhead 19 of the missile.
A block diagram of the signal processor 17 is shown in FIG. 2. The signal from the transducer first goes to an amplifier 21 which raises it to a level suitable for processing. The signal then enters a bandpass filter 22 and those portions within the range of the filter, here 100 KHz to 1 MHz, are amplified in a post amplifier 23. The signal is now measured against a preset reference by the window comparator 24 and 26. Those signals above the threshold go on to the timer 27. The timer 27 is set to pass a signal to the firing circuit 28 if the timer receives two pulses in 12.5 microseconds. The firing circuit 28 functions as a switch to fire an explosive squib 18 on receiving a signal from the timer.
The schematic diagram of the comparator circuit is shown in FIG. 3. The voltage level of the signal required to generate output pulses from window comparator 24, 26 is preset by adjustment of a potentiometer 29. Detection of both the positive and negative parts of a sinusoidal input signal can be accomplished by placing the comparator "in/out" switch 31 in the "in" position. When the switch is in the "out" position, the comparator will detect only positive going signals. When the input at pin 4 of U4 or pin 3 of U5 exceeds the preset threshold the output voltage at pin 9 of U4 and U5 switches from 2.0-4.0 VDC to 0-0.8 VDC. The width of the output pulse will remain at this voltage level for the length of time that the input voltage exceeds the preset threshold.
FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the timing gate.
If two pulses, either positive or negative are fed to the input of the comparator (comparator in/out switch in the "in" position), a "fire" pulse will be generated at pin 10 of U7B. This is accomplished when a negative going signal into pin 4 of U7A produces a positive going signal at pin 6 of U7A. This positive going signal is fed to pin 13 of U7B. The charging time of the capacitor 32 holds pin 13 at a "O" logic level and as a consequence the output at pin 10 is held to a logic "O". Where the second negative going pulse is fed to pin 4 of U7A and pin 11 of U7B, capacitor 32 is charged thereby driving the input of pin 13 with a "I" logic level and the output at pin 10 is switched to a "I" logic level.
The most recent embodiment of the invention consists of a piezoelectric transducer 16 mounted securely and acoustically coupled to a portion of a guided missile airframe 11. The location is generally within the missile structure at a point close to the portion of the missile which is most often expected to impact with the target, such as missile wings or nose. Transducer 16 has no external mass connected to the crystal to allow function as an accelerometer but functioning rather as an acoustic emission stress wave transducer. The output of transducer 16 is processed by a solid-state circuitry 17, previously described in reference to FIG. 2. The bandpass filter 22 is designed to pass signals of extremely high frequency and prevent the transmission of lower frequency signals. In the disclosed embodiment of the invention the bandpass filter is an active filter. Bandpass filter 22 thus ensures that only signals in the frequency range of acoustic emission stress waves will be processed. The output of bandpass filter 22 is amplified and transmitted for further signal processing. The signal then enters window comparator 24, 26 and only pulses that are above a set magnitude pass. These pulses are analyzed in timer 27 and if two pulses are received in 12.5 microseconds, indicating the high frequency of acoustic emission stress waves, firing circuit 28 is activated causing detonation of squib 18 and the warhead.
The signal processing means herein described are the most recent method of detecting the acoustic emission stress waves and distinguishing them from environmental signals. Alternative signal processing means are possible and within the skill of the proficient engineer recognizing well-understood trade-off's. It is likely that future development of the invention may utilize other signal processing means, within such scope. The circuit configuration given is a preferred means of accomplishing this end and constitutes the best mode of practicing the invention presently contemplated.
Citas de patentes
Citada por
Imagen original


text:
Rick Hill
Rick Hill is the Valero Alamo Bowl's VP of Marketing and Communications. Prior to the bowl, Rick spent 6 years working for the Spurs, one season with Missions Baseball and two fruitless months trying to sell season tickets for the S.A. Riders.
Posts filtered on Category
Great Cities Have Great Downtowns
I always get worried when Lara Smedley, the Valero Alamo Bowl's Senior Manager of Events and Marketing, travels home to Denver. Her Facebook posts for her last 5 trips always have repeated the same theme: she might not come back to San Antonio. Here is what she posted last weekend: "So excited to be home […] [Read More]
Through the Eyes of Babes
Yesterday I was in a series of back-to-back meetings, so I didn't learn about the bombing at the Boston Marathon until my Mom texted. "Can you believe it? So horrible. That was right by our hotel." I looked online and saw a brief news clip. Our 11 year old spent a week with her grandparents […] [Read More]
Who You Rooting For?
My daughter and I were in line at one of the 9 frozen yogurt places within a 2 mile radius of our house. A 7 or 8 year old boy ahead of us asked his mom which team she was rooting for in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Her response, "Louisville, because I hate Michigan. […] [Read More]
Going Viral
Next month, the Valero Alamo Bowl will start reviewing resumes for our internship program. During the final interview process, we always ask the candidates to review facets of our business to see how we are doing. Last year, 8 of our 10 finalists commented we weren't uploading enough videos. When you couple this feedback with […] [Read More]
I'm In
"I'm In" is the effective rallying cry that San Antonio Sports promoted to unify the city in its bid to host the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in the Alamodome. Friends who attended the 2012 trials in Omaha came back with rave reviews of both the competition and the host city. Given the stature of […] [Read More]
Wrong Again
When we wrapped up last year's intern interviews for the Valero Alamo Bowl, I blogged that it's never been tougher to get a job in sports based on increasing number qualified applicants we received. Our 2012 interns proved me wrong as all three landed excellent entry level jobs before their internships ended last Friday. That […] [Read More]
The Results Are In
The 20th Valero Alamo Bowl set a record. It wasn't our highest attended or most-watched game (although Top 5 in each category). However, we did have the highest percentage of ticket buyers complete our post-event survey in bowl history. A big reason 1 in 4 recipients fill it out is to win gift cards courtesy […] [Read More]
I Want My $2
In 2011, I posted a blog called Passport to Hell about the ridiculous amount of hoops I had to jump through to replace a lost passport. Apparently, the lines are still long but I've heard from friends that with advance planning the process can now be pretty painless. Last year, I documented a four month […] [Read More]
This Year It's Different
Over the last 10 years, the Valero Alamo Bowl has conducted a number of food drives for the San Antonio Food Bank. The call to action has been to "Fill The Bowl." The successful efforts have helped put food on people's plates as well as fill some unused bowl seats. This year the needs of […] [Read More]
Free Tickets
The staff of the Valero Alamo Bowl tries to stay as engaged in social media as much as possible for a lot of reasons especially the two way communication and engagement it allows. Since you can only tweet out 140 characters at a time on Twitter and we try to keep Facebook visual, we utilize […] [Read More]
Show More

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Local omnivores looking for a road trip
I would like to get in a car and go somewhere this Sunday to eat something fantastic and local (within an hour or two driving from DC) -- crabs, bbq, you name it. Ideas?
Crabs: Captain John's on Cobb Island all the way down Rt.301 or Captain Leonard's out in Mechanicsville.
BBQ: Dale's Smokehouse down Rt. 210 at Indian Head or T&J's BBQ on Rt. 225 between Rts. 210 and 301. There's also Johnny Boy's right on Rt. 301 near La Plata, but I think both Dale's and T&J's are a notch or two better for ribs.
If you really want to make a day of it, hit both Captain John's and Dale's Smokehouse on the same trip. They're about a 30-minute ride apart.
Maryland has great BBQ joints and seafood waiting for road trippers.
re: MDBBQFiend
Search seems broken for the past hour at least, but I have a post from some years back with my user name and "crabcake competition" in it. This talks about a few places down Rt 5 and around Pax NAS. Clarke's Landing being one, and to bring a cooler and stop at Thompson's Seafood Corner. This is a day trip I've been wanting to make again for a couple of years.
There was a BBQ joint down that way at that time - Roys? - Not sure if it's still there. CD Cafe would be another good option I'd rec. If you're using Omnivores in your title, I bet you'd love this place.
re: MDBBQFiend
I like to get crabs at Pope's Creek, which is within sight of the 301 bridge. North on 301 from the Pope's Creek turn-off is Johnny Boy's. Hit 'em both for a great surf and turf combination.
You can't get more local than this: drive to Pioneer Pit Beef in Baltimore for a pit beef sandwich. It's a shack under the highway just west of Baltimore. Avoid the other sandwiches they offer, not because they are bad, but because you might want a second pit beef sandwich.
Then go to Bill's Terrace Inn for crabs. But make sure you get there at 4pm when they open or you might have a long wait in front of you. Pure Baltimore.
re: bordeauxfan
Thanks for the info. Life is cruel, eh? Then I can recommend hitting Grace Garden (not too far off the BW Parkway) before heading up to Bill's. Get the fish noodles, the pork belly in rice powder, and call in advance to order one of their special dishes. The special wontons in soup would make it an over-the-top meal.
re: bordeauxfan
So is Chick n Trout
If you want decide you're not in the mood for crabs or BBQ, I'd recommend Stone Soup Bistro in Shepherdstown. It's a gorgeous town with some cute shops, you can visit Harper's Ferry if you're interested, and the restaurant is absolutely wonderful. We do it once a year and have amazing meals. I recommend sitting at the bar for dinner, because the bartender is usually the co-owner (with the chef) and he's wonderful to talk to.
re: katecm
Big thumbs up for SSB and Shepherdstown. We biked to Shepherdstown from DC on the C&O path last year and the food was excellent. Another possibility (also along the C&O, but you have to cross at Whites Ferry) is Leesburg with several good places to eat.


text: Waypoints are in danger, Tyria is in danger and it all hinges on a historic summit to meet in this Living World update: Dragon's Reach Part Two. This mid-season finale features all new areas within Dry Top and provide all new achievements, items and story. Use this page to find all of our newest guides and content released for this newest update.


text:
Astros starter Bud Norris is "available and drawing interest"
Feb 5, 2013, 7:18 PM EDT
The Astros might not be done trading big leaguers.
According to FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal, starting pitcher Bud Norris "is available and drawing interest" from opposing teams. The Astros will hope to get a prospect or two in return for the right-hander, who was arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter and is under contractual control through 2015.
Norris posted an underwhelming 4.65 ERA and 1.37 WHIP over 168 1/3 innings last summer for Houston, but he owns a promising 8.8 career K/9 and would be capable of eating innings at the back end of a contending teams' starting rotation.
The Orioles, Padres and Cardinals have been linked to Norris at different points this offseason.
- jeffa43 - Feb 5, 2013 at 7:24 PM
Uncanny how many times Bud would throw 4 or 5 scoreless, and have 1 ugly inning. I believe a lot of that had to do with knowing he had to be perfect to win in Houston.
K per inning, and would make a team like Anaheim really good. Just in case he still has 1 bad inning per game. Halos can cover him on that. Halos need another arm.
He will have a breakout year if he leaves Houston.
- stex52 - Feb 5, 2013 at 10:37 PM
I think Luhnow is trying to rise to the challenge of a 120-loss season. This should about clinch it.
Question. Who does he think will want to go watch a AA team play in the AL West? Minute Maid will be a ghost town for two more years. They were not even playing at Replacement Level last year and they will have less talent on the MLB team this year.
- jeffa43 - Feb 6, 2013 at 12:39 PM
We are looking at 4 straight 100 loss seasons..
62 Mets may get the monkey off their back this year
- historiophiliac - Feb 5, 2013 at 7:31 PM
And, yet, it still promises to be an uninteresting season for the Oklahoma City Red Hawks.
- tuberippin - Feb 5, 2013 at 8:02 PM
I've always felt that Bud Norris would be a great fit in St. Louis, and I'm surprised they have not jumped on him in trade talks previously. It seems like the stars might align for this to happen in the near future as well, with Carpenter's career ostensibly coming to a close. Joe Kelly, Trevor Rosenthal, Lance Lynn and Shelby Miller all have upside, but a team like the Cardinals usually hedges their bets in such endeavors and picking up Bud Norris would be a sage move in that regard, IMO.
Considering the generally pithy returns the Astros have gotten on their veterans of late, the Redbirds could probably acquire Norris for a relative pittance too.
- paperlions - Feb 5, 2013 at 8:13 PM
As a Cardinal fan, I would prefer Lynn, Kelly, Miller, or Rosenthal to Norris. Both Lynn and Kelly were far better than Norris last year….and Rosenthal and Miller both have better stuff. Norris is fine, but the Cardinals already have a lot of depth and talent the position, no reason to add a below average starter to the rotation.
- tuberippin - Feb 5, 2013 at 8:20 PM
Lynn and Norris pitched about the same post-ASB last season, with Lynn a smidge better (ERA around 4.40 versus 4.60 with Norris). Miller obviously has some serious stuff and major upside. I don't know much about Rosenthal.
Overall I think the peripherals of Bud Norris would come down closer to his 2011 levels if he was not stuck behind an a bad defense, and St. Louis has a pretty good defensive infield (although Matt Adams remains to be seen). For that reason I think he would make a good pick-up. At the worst, he ends up as someone who provides much better depth than Jake Westbrook does presently.
- paperlions - Feb 5, 2013 at 8:29 PM
To me, it is a question of resource management. If they trade for Norris, it'll cost them something…they'll be giving up prospects and paying him more than the guy he is replacing. The possible upgrade of Norris over Miller/Kelly/Rosenthal is tiny and he very well could be a downgrade. Why pay such a high price when the upside is minimal and possibly negative?
- proudlycanadian - Feb 5, 2013 at 8:14 PM
I doubt that they would trade him for a relative pittance. You will not be able to dump any of your unwanted relatives on the Astros.
- jeffa43 - Feb 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM
Bud owned St. loui…. Owned! Rediculous owned. Got his first W there. They lost Carpenter, he would help for sure. He likes pitching in that park.
- albertmn - Feb 5, 2013 at 9:00 PM
The Twins have interest…..wait, didn't they "express interest" in nearly every pitcher this offseason?
- whmiv21 - Feb 5, 2013 at 9:12 PM
Nah, he strikes out too many guys for their liking.
- albertmn - Feb 6, 2013 at 9:11 AM
I hadn't checked his stats, but if he strikes guys out, you are correct.
- chacochicken - Feb 5, 2013 at 9:01 PM
The Astros want to get rid of their biggest contract? I bid $20! I've got a lot of wood left to split and come spring that damn pool needs cleaned. I can also offer a gently used washing machine as trade.
- riverace19 - Feb 6, 2013 at 12:40 AM
His slider moves so much he has a hard time controlling it sometimes… Nasty stuff but poor mental fabric… If a good pitching coach gets ahold of him you could be looking at breakout. Bargain waiting to happen
- brianabbe - Feb 6, 2013 at 6:23 AM
The only reason Houston will get away with this is that they don't receive revenue sharing. They actually pay in a sliver of their own revenue to the system, according to a recent Fangraphs article.
For their sake, I seriously hope they are using the money not spent on payroll for investing in the stadium, minor league development and paying down debt from their team purchase. This is ridiculous how much profit they're likely making even on a hideous ballclub.
- stlouis1baseball - Feb 6, 2013 at 12:19 PM
This is somewhat interesting. He ceratinly loves pitching in St. Louis. Dude has treated the Cardinals like his personal whipping boy. It might be worth a look. You might also find Bud pitches with more consistancy when he has a solid lineup behind him.
- mscxvd - Feb 6, 2013 at 1:18 PM
The cards should trade westbrook for him.
Top Posts
- Yordano Ventura calls Jose Bautista a "nobody" and accuses him of stealing signs 70
- And That Happened: Sunday's scores and highlights 84
- The benches cleared in Toronto, too 79
- The Reds' and Pirates' benches cleared after Brandon Phillips was hit with a pitch 64
- Reminder: even though the trade deadline has passed, trades can still happen 13
- Settling the Scores: Saturday's results 36
- Lucas Duda's last eight hits have been home runs 11
- Report: Larry Lucchino stepping down as president and CEO of the Red Sox 32
Most Commented
- The benches cleared in Friday's Giants-Rangers game (205)
- Blue Jays acquire David Price from the Tigers (113)
- Rangers land ace left-hander Cole Hamels from Phillies (106)
- Royals make another big move, get Ben Zobrist from A's (95)
- Report: Rockies trade Troy Tulowitzki to Blue Jays for Jose Reyes and prospects (92)
- C. Gomez (5683)
- C. Hamels (5027)
- T. Tulowitzki (4965)
- Y. Cespedes (4322)
- D. Price (3751)


text:
Click Here to Watch the Whole Video in HD at Cocksure Men
Cocksure Men takes gay porn to the next level. From solo scenes to epic bareback orgies, Cocksure Men brings you high quality, boundary-pushing hardcore action.
Ever seen one of those commercials for razors with the hot guy shaving at the sink wearing nothing more than a white towel? We take it one step further as Cocksure Men fan favorite Brady Jensen shaves wearing nothing more than a smile and an erection! The testosterone level goes up considerably when Vance Crawford steps out of the shower and makes a beeline for Brady's cock, balls and ass. The two studs' tongues are down each others' throats and dicks before the action moves down the hall for non-stop sucking, slurping and 69ing. But from the moment he first set sight on the blond god Brady, Vance has wanted to bury his cock deep inside that perfectly-formed butt. Brady wants it just as badly and spreads those muscular legs wide open, grunting with each thrust Vance makes. Exhibiting the kind of rhythm that makes them perfectly suited for each other, they even shoot their loads of cum off simultaneously. Mornings don't get any better than this.
Pixels: 320X240 | Bitrate: 350K
Pixels: 640X480 | Bitrate: 700K


text:
iTunes and iTunes Connect API
A simple REST web service to access the iTunes App Store and iTunes Connect data. Get information about apps, reviews, ratings, ranking, iTunes Connect sales data and more.
Followers (68)
Developers (13)
API Mashups (22)
Weglore is a location based photo sharing app that allows users to explore the globe with map navigation and photo markers. The photo series incorporates smart social functions that enable filtering...
Yidio offers a service that aggregates streaming media found on a variety of sites and services. Yidio provides users with a platform to search, discover, personalize, and watch TV shows and movies...
Fan TV is an "entertainment discovery engine" where a user can choose what genre they would like to watch. Fan TV then guides a user to where and how the content can be viewed, listing all possible...
Source Code
Sorry, no source code for this API.
Sorry, no resources found for this API.
Developers (13)
Comments (0)
Followers (68)
Weglore: Geotag Photos & Geo News
|Weglore is a location based photo sharing app that allows users to explore the globe with map navigation and photo markers. The photo series incorporates smart social functions that enable filtering of unwanted photos and sharing photos pertaining to a similar subject. The Weglore mobile app users geolocation to add metadata to photos, and enables users to subscribe to photos aggregated to a particular location, with optional notification settings as well as other functions. The app is free and can be downloaded for Android from Google Play.
|Yidio offers a service that aggregates streaming media found on a variety of sites and services. Yidio provides users with a platform to search, discover, personalize, and watch TV shows and movies, whether free or owned subscriptions, all in one place.
Fan TV
|Fan TV is an "entertainment discovery engine" where a user can choose what genre they would like to watch. Fan TV then guides a user to where and how the content can be viewed, listing all possible supported options. Fan TV combines live TV, Video On Demand, and other streaming services. Users can also create watch-lists and receive recommendations through engaging with friends, critics, and the latest trending items.
|Flixster provides services for discovering, collecting, and watching movies and TV programs. Users can create a profile and store movie ratings, favorites, lists, and more. Users can connect their profile with friends, and discover, purchase and view a variety of content. The services offered from Flixster can be integrated with social media platforms and other applications.
|NextGuide gives users the space to make their own watch lists and libraries for TV shows and movies. Search for live TV and movies and other content from a variety of providers. With NextGuide, users can search in one place for the media they are looking for.
Can I Stream.it?
|Can I Stream.It? is a free service that lets users search across a variety of streaming, rental, and purchase services to see where a movie or TV program may be available. Some of the services searched on Can I Stream.It? are: Netflix, Amazon, HuluPlus, Epix, Crackle, YouTube, SnagFilms, iTunes, GooglePlay, Vudu, SEN, TargetTicket, Redbox, and Xfinity Streampix.
Song for Pic
|A fun game to play with your friends: we randomly choose one of your Instagram photos, they choose the most appropriate song for it.
AllMusic by Rovi
|AllMusic by Rovi takes the best of AllMusic.com and packages it into a convenient app for mobile music discovery. AllMusic lets you tailor your experience, offering personalized recommendations based on music you already like.
|allSongsBy provides full song listings for any artist via YouTube's vast free music collection. Lists are organized by artist and album.
|Stunningapps.net provides an easy interface for mobile app lovers to discover and share Android and iPhone apps and games on Facebook using social features.
|Lyricat is a collaborative song lyrics translation wiki and search engine. Make a translation requests to the Lyricat community or contribute and earn reputation points.
|TunesIQ is a "name that tune" game that lets you compete against others for a spot on the site's leaderboard. Listen to a song clip and see if you can identify it. Watch a music video for every song you attempt to solve.
DoAt (do@)
|DoAt (do@) is a new mobile search engine for the iPhone. DoAt is an open platform for answering search queries and any developer can submit a web app to answer any type of query (music, movies, weather, restaurants, etc.).
Rovi Mobile Music
|Rovi Mobile Music is a whole library of musical knowledge on your iPhone. This companion app to the AllRovi.com website helps you find albums, discover artists new to you and share your favorites with your friends.
iTunes top 100
|This site combines the iTunes top chart RSS feed (currently only the iTunes stores from the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Spain) with search results from YouTube. You automatically get the video clip of each song in the iTunes Top 100.
Jiffy Lyrics
|A Google-like instant lyrics search website using musiXmatch's API and YouTube to listen to songs.
iTunes Instant
|iTunes Instant is a web-based iTunes search engine that delivers instant music results on a clean interface.
App Store Instant
|Searches the iPhone/iPad App Store using the iTunes API. Provides instant search feedback with top apps, including their large icons. Created by people behind App of the Day site.
CD Collection Browser
|This is a mashup I made to browse my CD collection online.
|website to track your favourite artists. subscription to RSS feeds to get informed about the new releases and gigs in your city. Email alerts for latest releases and gigs.
My Fav Bands
|A comprehensible site to track your favorite artists. Subscribe to RSS feeds to get informed about new releases and gigs in your city.
|Audiggle allows users to identify music using just their PC. Be it a YouTube clip, TV show on Hulu, internet radio, DVD or any other source, Audiggle can find the title and artist. Also features a mashup of lyrics, concerts, videos, band info and albums.


text:
Owner of El Mirador restaurant dies at 102
Maria Trevino remembered as more than just a restaurant owner
They were her customers and employees. But more importantly, they were her friends whom she loved dearly.
That is how Maria Trevino was being remembered during a reception at the restaurant Monday following her funeral.
"Being with her one-on-one was just magical," said long-time friend and customer Rosemary Catacalos.
Trevino worked almost daily at the restaurant until she was 98 years old, said her son, Julian Trevino.
He said his parents began the restaurant in their home during the depression and worked hard at making it one of the city's most popular Mexican restaurant.
"Hard work for them was not an enemy, it was not something to be feared," Trevino said. "They had a passion for it and they loved what they did. ... Whenever people came here, they wanted them to feel as if they were eating in their own home."
Copyright 2013 by KSAT.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
At a time when Georgia's public education budget is an increasingly hot topic, it's alarming to some that a Tax Credit Scholarship expansion bill that would divert $30 million more in revenue is making its way through the General Assembly.
House Bill 140 is an extension of the Tax Credit Scholarship Program that allows Georgians to take a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for a donation to a Student Scholarship Organization. The SSOs distribute the donations to eligible private schools as student scholarships.
The measure, sponsored by state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, is awaiting a hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee.
In a report released by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, senior policy analyst Claire Suggs wrote that the bill "would expand Georgia's private school scholarship tax credit program from $50 million to $80 million, diverting an additional $30 million in potential state revenue from the general fund."


text:
Bus crash on I-270 ramp leaves one dead (video)
Updated: October 4, 2010 - 04:40 pm
UPDATE Oct. 4:14 p.m: The Baltimore Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported today that the bus driver, 66-year-old Joseph Clabaugh Jr., of Hanover, Pa., died of a heart attack. Clabaugh's death was not attributable to any injuries sustained in the crash, the office reported.
A Maryland State Police new confirmed that the driver appeared to be in distress before the crash:
This information is consistent with statements provided to Maryland State Police investigators by passengers on the charter bus that left the roadway on the northbound I-270 HOV express lane from the outer loop of I-495 shortly after 4:00 p.m. on September 29, 2010, and rolled 45 feet down an embankment before coming to rest alongside the northbound I-270 spur from the inner loop of I-495. Multiple passengers told investigators the driver appeared to be sweating profusely. One passenger asked him if he was okay just before he appeared to pass out and slumped over the wheel, as the bus left the roadway.
UPDATE 5:15 p.m.: The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating yesterday's fatal bus crash and AAA is making a recommendation it says will save lives.
While many questions remain unanswered tonight, the investigation into yesterday's bus wreck continues to focus primarily on one possible cause: that the driver was in medical distress.
Those who rushed to help yesterday told ABC 7 that passengers saw 66-year old Joseph Clabaugh appeared to pass out seconds before impact.
Maryland State Police accident investigators say they're awaiting the results of an autopsy to make a determination. They will also look at the medical records of the retired Hanover Pennsylvania police officer.
Federal investigators say that is just one aspect of the crash they'll be examining.
While the investigation continues one debate has been restarted and that is whether or not guard rails like those at the scene of the accident are tall enough.
The bus apparently slid along the guard rail for a short distance before slamming into the end of a connecting jersey barrier. It then broke through the barrier and slid down the steep embankment.
A spokesperson for AAA says that should never be able to happen and what happened to those aboard yesterday is preventable.
"Studies have shown that if you were to increase the guardrail to 54 inches, this would decrease the amount of crashes of this nature," said John Townsend of AAA.
UPDATE 11:05 a.m.: ABC 7's Stephen Tschida reports that six kids on the charter bus were from Saint Patrick Catholic elementary school in Carlisle, Pa. They were not on a school-sponsored field trip.
UPDATE 9:15 a.m.: Four children and one adult were discharged from the hospital last night. The two trauma patients are in fair condition. One other adult patient was admitted and is in fair condition. One adult patient was transferred from Shady Grove Hospital to Suburban -- she is in good condition, according to a spokesperson from Suburban Hospital.
UPDATE 11:33 p.m.: Two men jumped into action to help out after the crash. Their story is below.
UPDATE 11:10 p.m.: Maryland State Police say Joseph A. Clabaugh Jr., 66, of Hanover, Pa. was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
According to state police, the injured passengers on the bus have been identified as:
Sally Currie, 47, and Emma Currie, 7, of Carlisle, PA;
Trina Manetta, 38, Donte Manetta, 10, and Dominic Manetta, 11, of Carlisle;
Vincent Oliverio, 12, Madison Oliverio, 9, and Riley Oliverio, 11, of Carlisle;
Helen Rockefeller, 74, and Richard Lake 77, of Endicott, NY; and
Ashok Sonalkar, 71, of Mechanicsburg, PA.
State police say Sally and Emma Currie, Vincent, Madison and Riley Olivero, Helen Rockefeller, Richard Lake, and Ashok Sonalkar were all transported to Suburban Hospital. Dominic, Donte, and Trina Manetta were transported to Shady Grove Hospital.
State police add that one driver on the northbound spur of I-270 from the inner loop of I-495 was struck by a falling light pole caused by the bus crash. June Odegard, 55, of Montgomery Village, Md., was transported to Germantown Emergency Medical Center.
Parag G. Ghodgaonkar, 37, of Germantown, Md. was driving when he ran over the same light pole after it struck Odegard's car. He was not injured.
Maryland State Police say the children and adults on the bus had been on a trip to the National Mall and National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and were returning to Pennsylvania. Police say as the bus approached the sky ramp on the northbound I-270 HOV express lane from the outer loop of I-495, it left the roadway, crashed through a guardrail and down an embankment. Then, the bus rolled over once before resting upright partially on the jersey wall, investigators say. Investigators believe the bus did not come off the ground as it traveled down the embankment.
The Maryland State Police continue to investigate the cause of the crash. The bus has been taken to the Montgomery County Police impound lot and will be inspected by State Police commercial vehicle experts.
The northbound spur and the sky ramp lane were reopened at about 9:30 p.m.
UPDATE 10:25 p.m.: Allbritton affiliate WHTM Harrisburg has confirmed the bus was carrying students from the Carlisle, Pennsylvania area. They say some of the students attend Saint Patrick's, but the group was a private charter with mix of students from the area.
UPDATE 10:03 p.m. Brad Bell and Kris Van Cleave give the latest details about the crash and the crash victims in the following video.
UPDATE 10:00 p.m: Hospital officials held a press conference. Watch a snippet of the conference below.
UPDATE 9:36 p.m.: Kris Van Cleave reports hospital officials say an elderly couple, described as friends ,are in fair condition. The four kids are ages 6, 9, 11, 12 and are in good condition. The oldest three children are siblings.
The children and at least one adult went to the National Zoo in D.C. The elderly couple went to the Smithsonian.
UPDATE: 9:10 p.m.: The Associated Press reports that 66-year-old Joseph A. Clabaugh Jr. of Hanover, Pa. died at the scene.
AP also reports that 12 people were transported to area hospitals. Two people had "critical, life-threatening injuries, two others were critically hurt but should survive and the rest had minor injuries."
UPDATE 9:02 p.m.: WTOP is reporting that police have identified the bus driver as Joseph A. Clabaugh.
UPDATE 8:38 p.m.: The Maryland State Highway Administration reports that cleanup along the I-270 spur near I-495 is still underway and is urging drivers to avoid the "westside Beltway and I-270."
UPDATE 8:03 p.m.: The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a go-team to investigate today's bus accident in Bethesda.
UPDATE 7:35 p.m.: Kris Van Cleave reports family members of bus crash victims are arriving at Suburban Hospital.
UPDATE 6:57 p.m.: WHTM reports that the superintendent of the Carlisle school district, John Friend, says his schools did not charter a bus from Wolf. He heard from the Wolf's Bus Line that this was a private charter that was not affiliated with any school.
WHTM says several school districts in the area had an In Service Day today ( no school ) so it the trip could have been organized by parents.
UPDATE 6:52 p.m.: The Wolf's bus is called a "29 Passenger Mini Coach." According to the Wolf's Bus Line website, the mini coach, "...has a smaller luggage storage area from the larger coaches. It is designed to accommodate overnight trips and the smaller overnight bags. This makes this vehicle ideal for one and two-day trips in the Mid-Atlantic region."
UPDATE 6:22 p.m.: Kris Van Cleave reports that Suburban Hospital is treating a total of 11 patients from the bus crash. Two people are in fair condition, five adults are in good condition and four children are in good condition.
UPDATE: 6:10 p.m.: One of the two workers from a moving company who reportedly arrived on the scene of the bus crash before EMS and pulled children from the wreckage talked to ABC 7 News.
Jorge Guerra says he and another man were driving when they saw a tractor trailer with its emergency lights on. They asked what was going on and were told there was an accident. Guerra says they saw the bus and spotted children inside. They decided to help and pulled four or five children out of the bus, Guerra told ABC 7.
Guerra says his co-worker saw a girl under a bridge and saw her walking.
He also says a few people were already at the scene but it took five or 10 minutes until rescue crews got there.
RecommendedRecent Facebook Activity
Best of TBD In case you missed it
The worst meals in AmericaHere's a visual look at the eight most delicious, disgusting meals in the country.
TBD Blogs What you need to read
@TBD Arts
Kennedy Center to give away tickets to every show of the 2011-2012 season
The Market Report
A sneak peek at the new Foggy Bottom Whole Foods
@TBD On Foot
Obnoxious Metro station encounters, Dupont Circle edition
Only On 7
ABC7's Interactive 7-day Forecast!Now you can get customized weather right down to your street! Plan your day and week ahead with ABC7's Interactive 7-day forecast!


text:
Microsoft Word is Microsoft's word processor.
Microsoft Word is Microsoft's word processor. Although it is a component of the Microsoft Office suite, it is also sold as a standalone application. More Info »
Check out Nevron Docs - https://docs.nevron.com/
This is probably the best free alternative to Word - it works on Windows, Mac and Online. It can open .DOCX, .RTF and .HTML files and has export to .PDF, .HTML etc. It is also faster than Word.
Word, in recent years, has been not just the go to for word processing but also note taking. I use it on OSX so I can only speak for that platform. I find its notebook view/layout to be nice yet the rest of the program is slow. If it was a separate notes only program I would be satisfied, but for now they are together. For this reason I suggested Circus Ponies NoteBook to be a reasonable alternative for those still only using Word for note taking. Not sure it belongs here, but hoped someone else might find it useful.
Microsoft Word pretty much sets the standard for word processors. And unlike Internet Explorer, which sets the lowest standard possible for browsers, that's not necessarily a bad thing. It costs a ton for what it does, but I think that Word does it pretty well.
I'll agree. Word is so much better than OO, LibreOffice, and Apache Open Office (I've actually tried them all and dual boot with Lubuntu Linux) that I KNOW that people that say they are better are just Open Source tools. It's the same with people that say that Linux is a lot better than Windows 7, etc. Are you kidding me? Try using Linux heavily for a month and get back to me. I hope you know what the command line is :) Make sure you read tutorials on using Sudo (or you could seriously eff up your installation). Make sure you understand the file system! In fact, to even install Apache OO (the best iteration in my opinion) I had to do a bunch of crazy command line garbage. OH...and with Linux ALWAYS make sure you're prepared to do things in a roundabout way, make sure you have tons of time to "tinker" (as Linux people love to say).
By the way...IE is a very good browser. Have you used it? It's extremely fast. The biggest problem, and the reason I won't use it, is that it doesn't have a convenient ad blocker. It's a huge problem. IE has some of the best HTML 5 performance.
I totally agree. Most easy-to-use word processor, but if you do advanced formatting (images with descriptions, references, automatic numbering) you quickly find funny quirks and strange auto-formatting that are hard and sometimes impossible to change.
For advanced text editing Adobe InDesign seems to be the best choice, but there is a steep learning curve.. For the geeky academic that likes code and full control LaTeX seems like the number one choice.
It's not clear when this list of alternatives to MS Word was created (or even when the comments were made). Might be nice to date your site to give some currency to your information.
But, as to my subject line, why is Nisus left out of this list? It's been a Mac word processor since near the beginning of Macintosh time. It was (and is now, again) known for its sophisticated search and macros. Try http://www.nisus.com/
(no, I'm not in any way associated with them)
Umm...Why don't you add it?
Let's break it down:Openoffice is the standby free office choice. Unfortunately that means its as bloated as microsoft office, more so in recent years. It can take forever for writer to open, especially on older systems.Abiword is lightning quick and pretty cool, but I've always had trouble with the menus being different and differently named from office, whereas openoffice makes more of an effort to match word.Google docs is fantastic for online stuff, but fairly limited for anything but basic writing.
Q10 is a fantastic writeroom alternative for windows; it shows you a black screen with a simple statusbar and lets you write undistracted. It'll certainly add another step to your work flow but it's worth it for me for the simplicity and focus it gives. Not a replacement for an office program, but an addition to it
Word isn't "bloated" for people that need those features. If you don't need those features? An RTF editor like Wordpad would be great for you. Abi Word is hideously ugly on my Windows installation and also really buggy for some reason. Focus Writer is better than Q10 :)
Openoffice Writer I find to be the perfect alternative to this. Writer may take a little bit to load, but it can do a lot more than Word can, at least in my opinion. The newest Microsoft Word to me is confusing, annoying, and slow a lot of the time. I use Openoffice on my laptop all the time its great.
What can writer do that Word can't? Care to give some real-world experience? How is Word 2010 confusing? lol. Microsoft made it so easy that you'd have to be an idiot not to understand the ribbon. It's ALL THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. Office 2010 is faster than OO and LO. Apache OO is pretty fast, not sure about that one. Good luck installing Apache OO though.
The best word processing programme in my opinion, openoffice has some way to go before being up to its standard. Though I wish you could purchase it by itself, as its about the only thing in the ms office suite I use.


text:
The Embarcadero and Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Located right next to Pier 39 along The Embarcadero, the Aquarium of the Bay is 50,000 square feet of underwater exhibits focused mostly on the life found in and around the San Francisco Bay. Visitors can experience sharks, rays and many fish, in addition to three touch pools for getting up close and personal with starfish and sea slugs.
Over 600,000 visitors come here yearly to see what lives under the surface of the bay. Shark enthusiasts will be particularly thrilled because there are over fifty species of them here.


text:
Stark News Details
Kent State Stark Named Tree Campus USA UniversityPosted Feb. 23, 2011
Kent State University at Stark has earned Tree Campus USA recognition for 2010 for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship, the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation announced. This is the second year Kent State Stark has been named a Tree Campus USA university.
Tree Campus USA is a national program that honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy management of their campus forests and for engaging the community in environmental stewardship. Tree Campus USA is a program of the Arbor Day Foundation and is supported by a grant from Toyota.
"By encouraging its students to plant trees and participate in service that will help the environment, Kent State University at Stark is making a positive impact on its community that will last for decades," said John Rosenow, chief executive and founder of the Arbor Day Foundation. "One goal of the Tree Campus USA program is to help create healthier communities for its citizens through the planting of trees, and Stark County will certainly benefit from Kent State Stark's commitment to Tree Campus USA."
Kent State University at Stark met the five core standards of tree care and community engagement in order to receive Tree Campus USA status. The standards are: establish a campus tree advisory committee; evidence of a campus tree-care plan; verification of dedicated annual expenditures on the campus tree-care plan; involvement in an Arbor Day observance; and the institution of a service-learning project aimed at engaging the student body.
The Arbor Day Foundation launched Tree Campus USA in the fall of 2008 by planting trees at nine college campuses throughout the United States. Twenty-nine schools were named a Tree Campus USA in 2008, and in three years the number of schools has more than tripled.
About the Arbor Day Foundation: The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit conservation organization of more than 1 million members, with a mission to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. More information on the Foundation and its programs can be found at arborday.org.


text:
It's that time of year when UK Trubies finally get to catch up with the rest of the civilized world and watch the latest season of their favorite show. At least this year, thanks to Channel 4 finally getting the hint and forsaking it's previously ludicrous stance to air the show AFTER it has become available on DVD, we are actually getting it 4 months earlier than usual. So for the next 12 weeks we will not be singing "I don't like Mondays" but instead settling down in front of the TV for our annual dose of Viking Vampire and ……well, she's a waitress!
In honor of the big event FX are showing a half hour long preview programme tonight at 9pm.
The show is aptly titled "True Blood 5 Preview Show", and no doubt if you are a complete fang-whore like yours truly, it won't contain anything you haven't seen already, but hey, there's bound to be Eric/Alex, so that makes it essential viewing, and the Viking always looks even better sauntering across a giant TV than he does on my tiny netbook screen!
I have a few work colleagues who don't have special fairy powers like me, and are waiting until True Blood officially airs to sink their teeth into it, so I'm looking forward to listening to their theories (and whining about not enough Eric) at the water cooler over the next few weeks. And if you are one of those people who are going to be watching for the first time, then I hope you have a great ride and enjoy the show!
After the following picture of no one in particular, there's going to be season 5 spoilers, so if you're waiting for Mondays, please don't look beyond.
Last warning – MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
If you are UK based and have already used your special pixie dust to see what the heck was going on in Bon Temps this year, then here are a few reasons to still pull up a comfy chair, open a bottle of wine and join me every Monday night for the next 12 weeks:
1. The Vampire Tara
2. Eric's ass
3. Pam & Eric's first encounter
4. Smile smugly as Eric keeps a cool head when all around him are loosing theirs.
5. Laugh at Eric as he glamours Alcide, and he's a little bit naughty!
6. Laugh at Alcide as Sookie pukes on his shoes
7. Hiss at Bill when he betrays the Viking and ends poor Molly
8. Cheer when Eric finally gets his revenge on Russell after 1000 years
9. Laugh at Bill in every episode
10. Cheer when Bill pops off and up rises Bilith. No more tormented, trying and failing miserably to be noble, whining bitch, Vampire Bill Compton.
And just think when it's all over for a second time that means 12 weeks less to wait until season 6 is upon us.
Happy Mondays!


text:
The Annotated Alice
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-glass The Definitive Edition
written by Lewis Carroll
W. W. Norton and Company | ISBN 9780393048476
Hardback – 384 pages
Member's price: $58.50
Usually ships within 2–11 business days.
*Please note: This title may not be in stock at the time of ordering and may take an additional 4 - 8 weeks for delivery. Please call or email the Gallery Shop to check availability if your order is time-sensitive.*
For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world's leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1959, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is beloved by both families and scholars—for it was Gardner who first decoded many of the mathematical riddles and wordplay that lay ingeniously embedded in Carroll's two classic stories, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of The Annotated Alice, a work that combines the notes of Gardner's 1959 edition with his 1990 volume, More Annotated Alice, as well as additional discoveries drawn from Gardner's encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniel's classic, beloved art—along with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches—The Annotated Alice will be Gardner's most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carroll's masterpieces yet.
Color, two-tone, and black-and-white photos and illustrations throughout.
Similar items
Alice Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll (illus. Helen Oxenbury)
The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems
by Jackie Morris (illus. Jackie Morris)
The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales
by Malacy Doyle (illus. Nicoletta Ceiccoli)
Greek Myths and Legends
by Anna Claybourne (illus. Rodney Matthews)
Illustrated Animal Stories
by Lesley Sims


text:
The coalition blitzkrieg on government spending has begun. While a Conservative slash and burn in the 'emergency' budget was expected, the scale of the cuts is unprecedented. There were also a few surprises on tax. Let's take a look at the main changes:
Income tax and national insurance contributions
Effective 6 April 2011, the income tax personal allowance -- the part of your income you don't pay tax on -- for under 65s will increase by £1,000 from £6,475 to £7,475.
The basic rate income tax limit and the upper earnings and profits limit for national insurance contributions will both decrease, however. The exact figures will be confirmed in the autumn, but the government has revealed it expects the basic rate limit to fall by £2,500 (from £37,400 to £34,900) and the upper earnings and profits limit for national insurance contributions to fall by £1,650 (from £43,875 to £42,225).
While most middle and higher income earners are being clobbered as a result of these cuts in the band limits, there is some relief for business. The level at which they must start to pay national insurance contributions will increase by £21 per week above indexation from April 2011.
VAT rate
Effective 4 January 2011, the standard rate of VAT will increase 2.5% from 17.5% to 20%. This signals a big compromise by the Liberal Democrats as they promised to leave VAT at 17.5% during the election and campaigned heavily against what they called the regressive 'Tory Tax Bombshell'.
Insurance Premium Tax
Also effective 4 January 2011, the standard rate of insurance premium tax will increase 1% from 5% to 6% and the higher rate will increase 2.5% from 17.5% to 20%.
Stamp Duty
No change here. From April 2011, people owning properties worth more than £1 million will have to pay stamp duty at a rate of 5% -- an increase of 1%. This change was announced by former chancellor Alistair Darling in the April budget.
Child and Working Tax Credits
There are a number of changes to Child and Working Tax Credits, including:
- an increase in the second withdrawal rate (the amount taken off your tax credit entitlements depending on your income) from 6.67% to 41%
- a reduction in the amount of your income not taken into account when assessing eligibility for credits from £25,000 to £10,000, and then £5,000
- an increase in the rate at which tax credit awards are reduced
- removal of the one-off payment for new workers over 50 from April 2012
- no Child Tax Credit from April 2011 for families earning more than £40,000 per year
- removal of the baby element of the child tax credit from April 2011
- an increase in the child element by £150 above inflation in April 2011 and £60 above inflation in April 2012 -- no guarantees to increase even in line with inflation thereafter, however, so watch this space...
[Continued in Emergency Budget 2010: Key Tax Provisions (Part 2)]


text:
Cases Most Popular
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: Enterprise Software Selection, Spanish Version
Robert D. Austin; Deborah Sole; Mark Cotteleer
Price: $6.93
Describes Harley-Davidson's decision process for defining and selecting an enterprise-wide procurement software package and the institutional changes introduced as part of this process. Tells the story of Harley-Davidson's approach in developing integrated business processes and information systems to meet the needs of a visionary procurement strategy. Central to this activity was the evaluation and selection of an enterprise software package and implementation partner to support the strategy. Describes managerial reasoning and tactics to introduce significant organizational change into a setting where team-based responsibility and a culture of autonomy are prominent.
Learning objective:
To foster discussion of the processes for and effects of introducing an enterprise-wide IT system in a team-based organization.
Subjects Covered:
Applications; Computer software; Information technology; Organizational change; Teams
- Geographic:United States
- Industry: Motorcycle
- Company Employee Count:6,000
- Company Revenue:$2 billion revenues
- Event Year Begin:1996
- Event Year End:1999
For Students
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: Enterprise Software Selection, Spreadsheet Supplement
Robert D. Austin; Deborah Sole; Mark Cotteleer
Published Jul 23, 1999
- Source:
- Harvard Business School
- Product #:
- Details:
- English Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet supplement for case 600-006.
- Revision Date:
- Jan 22, 2003
- Publication Date:
- Jul 23, 1999
- Discipline:
- Information Technology
- Source:
- Harvard Business School
- Product #:
- 28p, Spanish PDF
- Also Available in:


text:
San Antonio Area Foundation
The San Antonio Area Foundation connects donors to the causes they are passionate about.
Monthly Archive for January, 2014
Join us at Woodlawn Lake Park on Saturday, March 1, for the third-annual Bark in the Park – Perrito Grito pet fiesta, presented by our Animal No-Kill team
By Gavin Nichols San Antonio's annual pet fiesta, "Bark in the Park – Perrito Grito," brings people, pets, animal welfare organizations and pet-friendly companies together to make San Antonio a better place for our pets. Talk About It!, the Animal No-Kill program of the San Antonio Area Foundation, will host the third-annual Bark in the […] [Read More]
Women of Impact San Antonio show strength in numbers by awarding $1 million+ to nonprofits; Retired female Air Force major general to speak at membership drive kick-off Jan. 23
By Donna Harrison Impact San Antonio is celebrating 10 years of generous giving to nonprofits in the San Antonio area. Last year, Impact SA reached the $1 million mark in grants given to worthy area nonprofits; this year, Impact SA hopes to add another $400,000 to that total by giving away four $100,000 grants. To […] [Read More]
Join the Area Foundation's membership program for exclusive benefits to strengthen your nonprofit organization
By Susan Steves Thompson Strong nonprofit organizations have a positive and powerful impact on our community. That is why the San Antonio Area Foundation strives to strengthen our local nonprofit sector by offering programs that promote the development of ethical, skilled and sustainable nonprofits. We've stepped up that effort this year by launching the new […] [Read More]


text:
What's in a Name: Firman Road
Where is it?
Firman Road is located between Clark and Depot roads, near Harborcreek Community Park, in Harborcreek Township.
What's the story?
There aren't too many Firmans in Erie these days.
(Not to be confused with "Fuhrman" of Fuhrman's Cider Mill, Bakery and General Store in Summit Township. A call to the general store confirmed there's no connection.)
Instead, the road name likely came from a Canadian farmer who settled in Harborcreek in the 1800s. James Firman, born on March 4, 1834, in Canada, moved with his parents and siblings to Erie in the mid-19th century, according to "The History of Erie County Pennsylvania, Vol. 2."
He later moved to a 150-acre farm in the Township, and had seven children with his wife, Mary.
-- Lindsey Poisson


text:
Discretion, Community and Correctional EthicsHardback
List price $109.39
You save $37.07 33% off
Free delivery worldwide
Dispatched in 3 business days
When will my order arrive?
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format: Hardback | 272 pages
- Dimensions: 157mm x 234mm x 21mm | 467g
- Publication date: 28 August 2001
- Publication City/Country: Lanham, MD
- Illustrations note: bibliography, index
Product description
Is it possible to develop and instill a professional ethic for prison personnel that, in partnership with formal regulatory constraints, will mediate relations among officers, staff, and inmates, or are the failures of imprisonment as an ethically-constrained institution so deeply etched into its structure that no professional ethic is possible? The contributors to this volume struggle with this central question and its broader and narrower ramifications.
Add item to wishlist
Other people who viewed this bought:
Modern Romance
USD$20.86 - Save $5.69 21% off - RRP $26.55
The Tipping Point
USD$6.49 - Save $1.50 18% off - RRP $7.99
The Psychopath Test
USD$6.03 - Save $8.02 57% off - RRP $14.05
USD$7.41 - Save $0.58 (7%) - RRP $7.99
The Complete Guide to Asperger's...
USD$22.32 - Save $5.79 20% off - RRP $28.11
Discovering Statistics Using IBM...
Other books in this category
The Tipping Point
USD$6.49 - Save $1.50 18% off - RRP $7.99
The Complete Guide to Asperger's...
USD$22.32 - Save $5.79 20% off - RRP $28.11
USD$7.41 - Save $0.58 (7%) - RRP $7.99
USD$9.09 - Save $0.90 (9%) - RRP $9.99
What Every Body is Saying
USD$13.52 - Save $5.22 27% off - RRP $18.74
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee
USD$10.60 - Save $3.45 24% off - RRP $14.05
Author information
John Kleinig is professor of philosophy, and director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, at Jon Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Margaret Leland Smith is adjunct professor, and senior researcher at the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY.
Review quote
In this book, John Kleinig and Margaret Leland Smith, two well-known and insightful thinkers in the criminal justice ethics field, offer readers an exciting look at cutting-edge issues in correctional ethics. Contributions to this edited volume are first-rate and highlight the moral dilemmas faced by society, correctional personnel at all levels, and by those who are sentenced under American criminal law today. This excellent book misses nothing; with topics ranging from a discussion of whether a workable correctional ethics is even possible, to a consideration of moral issues involving gender and race. -- Frank Schmalleger, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Discretion, Community, and Correctional Ethics has a refreshingly large sense of the terrain of correctional ethics-something all too frequently absent from texts on professional ethics. Questions and qualms about the moral justification of incarceration and about the very possibility of 'correctional ethics' are raised from the start and provide the continuing backdrop against which specific issues-health care behind bars, sexual exploitation of female prisoners, staff-management relations, and others-are discussed in intelligent and illuminating ways. Among the authors are correctional practitioners and academics from a wide variety of disciplines. In my view, this is how professional ethics ought to be addressed. -- Jeffrey Reiman, William Fraser McDowell Professor Philosophy, American University; author of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Both collectively and singularly, the voices heard in this volume remind us that correctional practice cannot be reduced, as it often is these days, to antiseptic considerations of efficiency and effectiveness. The authors illuminate that the core challenge of the correctional enterprise is to act ethically-to maintain an abiding respect for humanity in the face of daunting day-to-day circumstances. Readers will be appropriately provoked to question their easy acceptance of current correctional practices and moved to envision how an evolving correctional ethic might guide us toward a new penology that is uplifting to both keepers and the kept. -- Frank Cullen, University of Cincinnati
Table of contents
Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Chapter 3 1 Professionalizing Incarceration Part 4 Response: The Shimmer of Reform: Prospects for a Correctional Ethic Chapter 5 2 The Possibility of a Correctional Ethic Part 6 Response: The Case for Abolition and the Reality of Race Chapter 7 3 Prison Abuse: Prisoner-Staff Relations Part 8 Response: Correctional Ethics and the Courts Chapter 9 4 Health Care in the Corrections Setting: An Ethical Analysis Part 10 Response: First, Do No Harm Part 11 Response: Brokering Correctional Health Care Chapter 12 5 Ideology into Practice/Practice into Ideology: Staff-Offender Relationships in Institiutional and Community Corrections in an Era of Retribution Part 13 Response: Moral Reckoning and the Social Order of the Prison Part 14 Response: The Path of Least Resistance: Sexual Exploitation of Female Offenders as an Unethical Corollary to Retributive Ideology and Correctional Practice Chapter 15 6 Management-Staff Relations: Issues in Leadership, Ethics, and Values Part 16 Response: The Ethical Dilemmas of Corrections Managers: Confronting Practical and Political Complexity Part 17 Additional Resources Part 18 Indexes Part 19 About Contributors


text:
We manufacture and supply a wide range of Modular Cubicles & Rooms Owing to the use of superior grade material in manufacturing process, the offered products are durable in nature and strong. Owing to these features, the furniture offered by us lasts longer.
We provide a unique range of Modular Clean Room Panel to our clients .The interpretation of a clean room can vary from industry to industry and customer to customer, with each application being designed to suit the particular needs of the individual company requirement. GI precoated Double skin 50/100mm thick Puff Insulated panel with fixing arrangement.
We provide a unique range of Modular Clean Room that is also known as glatt doors. These are basically meant for air ingression in the room. Our doors are attached with electromagnetic devices that ensure minimal oozing of the expensive air. Supply of double skin 50/100mm thick insulated door with locking arrangement & drop seal arrangement. MOC - GI precoated, SS304.
Showcase Gallery
© Air Micron Cleantech. All Rights Reserved (Terms of Use)
Developed and Managed by IndiaMART InterMESH Limited


text:
I swear this was written by Raaaaaaaandy not the credited Chris. From a Wendy's in Waltham, MA comes this glowing review:
This place is BAWLIN' yo. Chicken nuggitz be crispy like you never SEEN. I tasted one and I was like "WHAAAAT! Are you serious Wendy?" Mean girls workin the friers, tho. This one chick wouldn't even let me holla. I was like "please you ugly anyway."


text:
Honors Institute Alumni
Honors Institute Alumni Survey - please click here
Welcome to the Alumni page! As you can read, this section is a work in progress. We want our alumni to give their input for the alumni pages because we want the design that can best serve our alumni; therefore, our first Areté President, Pete Cirak (email@example.com) has agreed for alumni to send him any information about themselves or others that they would like on the webpage. We love hearing from you!
Alumni Announcements:
Broadway Bound!
Exciting news!
We are pleased to share with you that one of our former international students, recruited by Dr. Daniel from Croatia, Hano Pipic (graduated from HCC and the Honors Institute in 2003) has earned his Ph.D.
As a Ph.D. student at the University of Queensland as well as the University of Vienna, his research interests involved the representations of trauma and its aftermaths in contemporary Australian and South African literatures.
According to Hano: My fascination for Australian and South African Literature grew immensely over the years. It had something to do with societies living on the edge. These postcolonial literatures offered images of century long struggles in environments that were built to keep off those who were considered unequal and thus wrongfully meant to be ruled. Within these cruel struggles people's lives changed due to violence and constant terror.
According to Hano: My fascination for Australian and South African Literature grew immensely over the years. It had something to do with societies living on the edge. These postcolonial literatures offered images of century long struggles in environments that were built to keep off those who were considered unequal and thus wrongfully meant to be ruled. Within these cruel struggles people's lives changed due to violence and constant terror.
We are proud that his dissertation "Postcolonial Departures: Narrative Transformations in Australian and South African Fictions" is dedicated to one of our professors, Dr. Maribeth Mobley. The dedication: To Maribeth Mobley for igniting the spark.
M. Sonia Razaqyar, HCC graduate 2011 and Mt. Holyoke graduate 2013, has been selected in the highly competitive process to be a postbac fellow at the National Institute of Health.
Two of our alumni who graduated from HCC in 2011 and graduated from USF this spring, Angel Aquino and Nassier Harfouch, recently shared their exciting news: Nassier has been accepted to USF Medical School, and Angel has been accepted to the Theology Graduate Program at Yale. Both alumni were active in the Honors Institute and HCC and have stayed in touch with us; plus, they have kept their friendship with each other. We are proud to hear that they contribute their success to what they learned here at HCC.
Selina Rose Gallo-Cruz, 2004 Honors Institute graduate, graduated from Emory University with her Ph.D. on May 13, 2013. She was very active in the Honors Institute and participated in the "life altering" Honors international trip. Her article about the trip was published in the Florida Collegiate Honors Council newsletter. After Selina Gallo graduated from HCC, she transferred to and graduated from Wellesley. Selina received four teaching offers, three from research universities and one from the College of Holy Cross. "Holy Cross seemed the best fit to balance engaged and rigorous research with engaged and rigorous teaching, something both HCC Honors and Wellesley help me to deeply value."
Jacob N. Drew, 2009 Honors Institute graduate, graduated from the University of South Florida in 2011 and is pursuing his masters degree in theology at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas.
Jodi Catlow, 2009 Honors Institute graduate and 2011 Agnes Scott graduate, was accepted into the University of Maryland, Baltimore to complete her masters degree in social work.
Annie Chen, 2009 Honors Institute graduate, graduated from Boston College in December 2011 with her Bachelors degree in Philosophy. She is currently taking the steps necessary to become qualified to teach math in secondary schools.
Matthew Rooney is performing research for his undergraduate thesis which he is writing for both the Honors College and the Anthropology Department at USF. It concerns social stratification and historical archaeology in Ybor City around the turn of the twentieth century. He keeps a blog with updates about his research: https://yborthesis.wordpress.com/
Sara Brady, 2009 Honors Institute graduate, was selected as a UNC Chapel Hill class of 2013 Senior Marshal. The UNC senior class marshals are a select group of diverse, energetic seniors who love UNC. Marshals plan several events and programs that help seniors optimize their final school year and prepare for life after Carolina. Marshals are some of UNC's most committed and thoughtful students. Her son, Bailey, just turned 13.
Honors Institute alumni continue to give service back to their communities! Dode Ackey, 2000 Honors Institute graduate, is the founder of Africa International University (AIU) Foundation, a US non-profit organization raising money to build schools through Sub Sahara Africa. On July 25, 2011, the Foundation opened its first middle and high school (International Academy of Niamey) in Niger Republic that began operating for the 2011-2012 academic year. Please visit the Foundation's website at http://www.aiufoundation.org/ for more information and ways to help.
Nader Hasan, 2008 Honors Institute graduate, writes for the University of South Florida's newspaper, The Oracle. Check out his article called, "Palestinian Peace Process is Not Dead." Nader is currently completing his Bachelors degree in International Affairs and Religious Studies.
Jacqueline Munera-Mason, 2007 Honors Institute graduate, received news that her first research article has been accepted for publication! Check out "Human Perceptions of Coat Color as an Indicator of Domestic Cat Personality" in Anthrozoos next year.
Mario Leandre, 2005 Honors Institute graduate, has been accepted into seven different University College of Medicines and has chosen to attend Florida State University College of Medicine.
Nathan Nandkishorelal, 2007 Honors Institute graduate, has been accepted into the Florida Institute of Technology and started the Masters in Business Administration degree in July 2011.
Justine Naylon, 2007 Honors Institute graduate, received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of South Florida in May 2011.
Basel Amer (Honors Institute graduate of 2010) has received notice that he prevailed in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars' Community College Transition Scholarship for $5,000! The organization awarded the annual scholarship for the first time last year, and another of our alumni received the scholarship: Annie Chen, who transferred to Boston College. Basel is in his first semester at the University of Texas, Austin, majoring in engineering. Congratulations, Basel!
Melanie Link-Perez, a 2000 graduate of the Honors Institute, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Smith College, completed her graduate degree from Miami University of Ohio and earned her Ph.D. this year. She is teaching at the University of Oklahoma and loves being in the classroom. Her areas of research have been plant systematics (evolutionary relationships in ferns).
Shannon Bean, 2009 Honors Institute graduate and a junior at Eckerd College. Shannon received a paid internship this past summer through Harvard University for Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Research.
Ami Fazchas
Hano Pipic
Friends catching up in beautiful surroundings!
A note from Pete:
Dear Honors Institute Alumni,
Riki and I have been extremely busy over the past year and a half. We've added another member to our family, Margaux, and moved into a new house in Lutz. Since being the mother of a 5-year-old and a 1-year-old doesn't give her enough to do, Riki's been working on her Masters, too. However, I've managed to steal away some time to remain active in both the Honors Institute and the college at large, and I've been waiting for a particular project I've been working on to come to fruition before I posted another letter.
The last few years I've been working with the HCC Foundation to establish an Honors alumni presence within the organization. I feel that the college probably misses out on Honors alumni contributions because they do not empower the donors with the ability to choose where their donations are utilized. I am pleased to announce that the HCC Foundation has recently added a drop-down selection on their website to allow donors (whether they be alumni, staff, professors, or any other benefactor) to designate the Honors Institute as the recipient of their contribution.
This update to the HCC Foundation donor website could not have come soon enough, for as you may already know, our Dr. Daniel is retiring during the fall semester of 2014. I cannot express enough the love and gratitude Riki and I have for Lydia. She has become as much a part of our lives as our own family and it comforts me to know that our dear friendship will continue long after she is no longer with the college. Approximately 20 years ago, Lydia led the development and implementation of the Honors Program. Through her leadership, desire for academic excellence, and esprit de corps, HCC is the proud owner of one of the nation's finest Honors programs.
The HCC Foundation and I have set a goal to raise $50,000 during 2014 to endow an HCC Honors scholarship to be named in honor of Dr. Lydia Daniel. This is the minimum amount necessary to create a permanent and self-sustaining scholarship. Alumni may donate directly to the scholarship fund at the HCC Foundation website (https://foundation.hccfl.edu/Donate). In the Designation drop-down menu, select "Honors Institute Endowed Scholarship Fund", and please add a comment that you are an Honors alumni along with the year you graduated. You may also contribute by check payable to the HCC Foundation and mail to: 39 Columbia Drive, Tampa, Florida 33606. Be sure to direct your gift by writing "Honors Institute Endowed Scholarship Fund" in the memo of the check.
Because we believe that the Program has so enriched our college experiences, our careers, as well as our lives, Riki and I plan to start contributing to the fund monthly in 2014. I ask that all of you join me in this endeavor in whatever denomination your budget may allow. I can't emphasize enough how useful even the smallest contribution is. We have 16 years of graduates making up our alumni, and this will demonstrate to the college our conviction, and to Lydia our gratitude.
I will keep you updated throughout the year on our progress.
Your faithful alumnus,
Pete Cirak
January, 2014


text:
IMPORTANT: Please click "End Session" to clear your personal information. (Credit Card info is always hidden from view).End Session
Cookies are not enabled in your browser.
You must have Cookies enabled for the best experience on our site and to make a purchase.
Learn how to enable Cookies in your browser or call 1-800-426-8020 for assistance.
Our performance-packed Travex® Collection separates are made for trek and travel. Lightweight, packable and perfectly comfortable, these versatile styles wick moisture, dry quickly, and help protect your skin from the sun. Shop for an inspired array of travel clothing for women at Eddie Bauer.
68 items
Women's Lookout Short-Sleeve T-Shirt - Solid$30.00
Women's Departure Long-Sleeve Shirt$70.00-$80.00
Women's Lookout Short-Sleeve T-Shirt - Stripe$35.00
Women's Lookout 3/4-Sleeve T-Shirt - Stripe$40.00
Women's Horizon Bermuda Shorts$65.00
Women's Aster Maxi Skirt - Stripe$65.00
Women's Aster Maxi Skirt - Solid$60.00
Women's Aster Twist-Back Dress$80.00-$90.00 $54.99-$64.99
Women's Aster Convertible Skirt to Top - Solid$50.00 $34.99
Women's Lookout Hoodie - Stripe$60.00 $34.99
Women's Mountain Sleeveless Shirt$50.00 $34.99
Women's Exploration Travel Belt$30.00
Women's Eddie Bauer Christine Ballet Flat$100.00 $79.99


text:
A research study on the effects of exercise and education for people with Parkinsonism
What is EE for PD?
A 12-week program of Exercise & Education
- Cognition
- Balance
- Gait
- MRI Brain Imaging
EE for PD is:
- Exercise and education specific to PD
- Safe for all types of Parkinsonism
- Provided at no cost
- Led by trained professionals
- Appropriate for first time to advanced exercisers
- Friendly and fun!
What type of exercise?
Agility training, quick thinking, balance exercises and walking in small groups.
- 90 minutes, 3 days a week for 6 weeks
What type of education?
Self-management program to teach skills to help you take charge of your PD
- 90 minutes, 1 day a week for 6 weeks
Who can join?
People with Parkinson's disease or other types of Parkinsonism with balance or walking problems.
If you can't commit to the 12-week program or are a healthy control subject, you can still participate.
Michael Fleming
phone: 503 346-0842
Balance Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis and Cerebellar Dysfunction
Do you have multiple sclerosis?
The purpose of the study is to assess balance deficits in people with multiple sclerosis.
We aim to determine the specific brain circuitry that contributes to deficits in balance control and balance adaptation in people with MS.
Participants will be compensated for their time and effort.
503 418-2602 or email@example.com


text:
Find hotels & motels in Sapelo Island using the list below. Find cheap and/or discounted hotel rates in or near Sapelo Island, GA for your business or personal leisure travel. We list the best Sapelo Island, Georgia hotel and motel rooms. Browse the Sapelo Island area hotels to find the perfect lodging! Please use the provided map of the Sapelo Island hotels.
Sapelo Island Hotels, Motels & Accommodations
Next 20 Sapelo Island Hotels > [1 - 20 of 50]
Next: See My Sapelo Island Hotels with Pricing >


text:
Ways to get involved in promoting the Victorious Gospel
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Concerned, just not a lot to add to what Martin said. Stand firm..."No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it". I Corinthians 10:13.The passion for your calling is special, and most cannot, nor are gifted, to do it. Each part of His body is important, and it sounds as if you have some things to do . God's blessing, James.


text:
Front elevation
Plan detailsPlan type: Ranch
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
1st Floor sq ft: 1,730
2nd Floor sq ft: N/A
Total heated sq ft: 1,730
Bonus room sq ft: N/A
Width: 54'-0"
Depth: 60'-0"
Garage: 2 car
Ceiling hts: 1st floor - 9'-0" 2nd floor - N/A
Foundations: Slab
Modify this house plan
This ranch home plan has three bedrooms on a split design to allow parents to be seperated from the teenagers. The formal dining room has a volume ceiling height at 11 plus feet and includes an alcove for a hutch. The kitchen and breakfast area overlook the family with its focal point corner fireplace. This floor plan can work on tight lot restrictions because of its courtyard entry garage. Exterior finishes include brick and lap siding.
Similar designs: DE006
Order plans


text:
Users interested in Photoscore ultimate 7 windows generally download:
PhotoScore Ultimate picks out virtually every detail and even recognizes 4 and 6 line guitar tablature, 1, 2 and 3 line ...
Adobe PageMaker 7.0 allows you to create high-quality publications, ranging from simple one-page flyers to complex reports. With this program you can ...
Additional suggestions for Photoscore ultimate 7 windows by our robot:
No exact matches found for "photoscore ultimate 7 windows". Results for similar searches are shown below.
Sibelius First is the easiest way for everyone to start to write and share music.
(requires PhotoScore), and ... the keyboard window, providing ... playback window controls


text:
Copper cookware is accessible (and attractive) on open shelves.
A stove centered on a dramatic arched wall is a stunning focal point. "The copper pots are not only beautiful, but I actually use them, and they're the best pots I've ever owned," says homeowner Cheryl Aldred.
See more Nam Dang-Mitchell interiors in our photo gallery.
Comment Guidelines
We welcome your feedback on Houseandhome.com. H&H reserves the right to remove any unsuitable personal remarks made about the bloggers, hosts, homeowners and/or guests we feature. Please keep your comments focused on decorating, design, cooking and other lifestyle topics. Adopt a tone you would be willing to use in person and do not make slanderous remarks or use denigrating language. If you see a comment that you believe violates any of the guidelines outlined above, please click "Flag as inappropriate." Thank you.


text:
Tadashi Fukami
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Stanford University
Lab news
19 July 2015 - Farewell to Meike, who will soon start a new postdoc with Joachim Hermisson at Vienna. But collaboration with her continues.
25 June 2015 - Lab's first PhD Matt Knope accepts Assistant Professor position offer from Biology Department at the University of San Francisco.
1 June 2015 - Po-Ju's paper on plant-soil feedback recommended by Bernhard Schmid et al. in Faculty of 1000.
25 April 2015 - Tad to give a talk on 1 May as a G. Evelyn Hutchinson Speaker invited by Yale EEB graduate students.
17 April 2015 - Tad to give a talk at Princeton EEB on 23 April.
14 April 2015 - Manpreet gives a seminar at the University of Auckland.
24 March 2015 - Devin receives an ASN Student Research Award for his dissertation research.
3 March 2015 - Tad's tenure talk to be held at 4pm on Monday, March 9, in Clark Auditorium. Open to the public. Please come if you can!
1 March 2015 - Po-Ju's paper on plant-soil feedback highlighted in a commentary by Paul Kardol et al. in New Phytologist.
14 February 2015 - Tad's off to Berlin to speak at Bridging Ecology and Molecular Biology symposium.
24 January 2015 - Kai named Carnegie Institution's Barbara McClintock Fellow. Only two postdocs are recognized with this honor annually, based on past accomplishments and future potential. Congrats!
15 January 2015 - Global Change Biology informs Kai that, of the 608 articles contributing to its 2013 Impact Factor, his paper is one of the 25 most-cited.
14 January 2015 - Rachel selected as invited speaker at University of Michigan Early Career Scientists Symposium.
1 January 2015 - Farewell to Holly, now a postdoc at WHOI, and Peter, now a postdoc at Cal State Northridge. But collaboration with them continues.
12 December 2014 - Lab selects the best papers of 2014.
3 November 2014 - Tad's off to Hawaii next week to teach field ecology, as featured today in Stanford News.
1 October 2014 - Goggles Optional interviews Meike on her Genetics papers. Podcasted here.
23 September 2014 - Tad's slides from an Ecological Society of Japan symposium available here, in Japanese.
13 September 2014 - Holly wins Volterra Award for her ESA talk. Congratulations!
6 September 2014 - Rachel accepts a faculty job offer at UC Davis Entomology, to start in fall 2015. Exciting!
2 September 2014 - Tad visits IceLab in Umeå to give research and teaching talks.
26 August 2014 - Holly successfully defends her PhD thesis. Congrats!
8 August 2014 - Many of us from the lab are presenting at ESA next week:
- Holly on bet hedging
- Kai on density dependence
- Meike on Allee effect
- Peter on habitat fragmentation
- Rachel on microbial dispersal
- Tad on floral microbes
- Angela Brandt on evolutionary priority effects
- Ben Sikes on plant-fungal co-assembly
- Zhiyuan Song on mathematical nectar microbes
Contact info
E-mail: fukamit at stanford dot edu
Phone: +1 650 721 1711
Fax: +1 650 723 6132
Office location: 498 Herrin Labs
Mail: Department of Biology, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA


text:
The Princess and the Frog
If Princess isn't quite the return to the classic days of Disney 2D animation, it's pretty darned close. The story is a little over-busy. What you need to know is that Tiana dreams of opening a restaurant in New Orleans. She plays second fiddle to a rich socialite, until kissing a prince trapped in amphibian form turns her into a frog, too. The bantering pair bounce to the bayou to find the voodoo priestess who can switch them back. The leads have some cute interplay, Randy Newman's songs roll along with an authentic gumbo gait, and the animators work hard to replicate the atmosphere of a swamp drenched in starlight. The lively show is stolen by a Creole firefly, but the real pleasant surprise is how the film rejects Disney's the bland "princess" stereotype of Belle and Co. for a pluckier African-American version.
Extras: The Blu-Ray/standard combo pack comes with deleted scenes, commentary from the filmmakers, games, a Ne-Yo music video, and a digital version of the film.
– By C. Bottomley


text:
Now Playing
Connect with Us
KRWG.ORG-The Region's Home Page
12:56 pm
Thu June 5, 2014
Las Cruces To Get Its Own Comic Con
A new popular culture and comic convention, Las Cruces Comic Con, is being held at the Las Cruces Convention Center on September 5 – September 7, 2014. Las Cruces Comic Con is inviting fans to come enjoy the world of comic books, cartoon art, video games, television and movie entertainment, science fiction, and internet culture.
Las Cruces Comic Con, founded by Zia Comics, says it is hosting nearly 25,000 square feet of celebrities, panels, workshops, and vendors in the Las Cruces Convention Center in Las Cruces, NM.
Las Cruces Comic Con says it will focus on providing a welcoming and fun environment for fans, publishers, artists, celebrities, and popular internet stars and broadcasters. "Pop culture today is cross genre and wide reaching" said Troy Stegner, Convention Director. "Years ago comic conventions only appealed to a small subset of the population. Today people are embracing their inner nerd and enjoying events such as this where their favorite actors, performers, and fan merchandise are available for them."
Celebrities and artists booked for the convention will be released to the public over the next several weeks. "We see an opportunity to bring the large pop culture convention style to Las Cruces with our own spin on things. Las Cruces is a great market and there is plenty of room for growth," said Stegner. "Our convention can thrive in this space and we look forward to helping grow the Las Cruces nerd and geek culture."
For more information please visit www.lascrucescomiccon.org.


text:
We apologize but we are unable to process online orders at this time as we are building a better PetSupermarket.com. To purchase any of our products, please visit one of our retail locations or visit our Amazon store here. You can find your nearest Pet Supermarket by using our Store Locator
Macaw Nutri-Berries 3lb by Lafeber Company
- Our Price:
- $28.99
Available In-Store
: Lafeber's Tropical Fruit Nutri-Berries for Parrots is a nutritious gourmet food formulated by avian nutritionists to meet your bird's dietary needs. Tropical Fruit Nutri-Berries offers high quality ingredients such as pineapple, papaya, mango and corn.


text:
Filmed & edited by Bartek Jankowski.
Music by Pretty Lights - I know the truth.
Loading more stuff…
Hmm…it looks like things are taking a while to load. Try again?
TM + © 2015 Vimeo, LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with k in NYC.
Your content preferences apply to any Vimeo videos you view. Learn more about content preferences in our FAQ.


text:
There are 38 results - Show results on a map Print this page
Showing 21 - 30 of 38
Located in a quiet residential area of St John's, The Rowbarge has been welcoming guests since 19th century. The newly refurbished rooms have been well designed to meet the needs of both business and ...More about The Rowbarge
Set in 240 acres of stunning parkland, Coworth Park is part of the luxury Dorchester Collection, sister to The Dorchester in London. The hotel offers luxurious guest rooms and suites, polo grounds, st...More about Coworth Park
This impressive Victorian mansion, close to Ascot Racecourse, offers executive bedrooms that are spacious, comfortable and particularly well equipped. Public rooms include a cosy bar and an elegant re...More about Macdonald Berystede Hotel & Spa
A warm welcome is guaranteed, set within walking distance of Woking train station. All bedrooms are comfortably furnished, serviced to a high standard, and come equipped with a range of accessories. B...More about Made In Sud
This 15th-century house occupies a superb location on the edge of Frensham Pond. The bedrooms are mainly spacious, and the superior, garden annexe rooms have their own patio and air conditioning. The ...More about BEST WESTERN Frensham Pond Hotel
High quality, budget accommodation ideal for both families and business travellers. Spacious, en suite bedrooms feature tea and coffee making facilities, and Freeview TV in most hotels. Internet acces...More about Premier Inn Woking West (A324)
Hatsue Guest House offers comfortable, well-appointed accommodation in a period house, which has been sympathetically updated to meet the needs of the modern guest. Flat-screen TV and free WiFi are ex...More about Hatsue Guest House
Foxhills is a welcome retreat, set in a 400-acre Surrey estate just 25 minutes from Waterloo and Heathrow, with easy access to major road networks including the M25. The entire resort is bursting with...More about Foxhills
This modern building offers accommodation in smart, spacious and well-equipped bedrooms, suitable for families and business travellers, and all with en suite bathrooms. Continental breakfast is availa...More about Days Inn Fleet - M3
High quality, budget accommodation ideal for both families and business travellers. Spacious, en suite bedrooms feature tea and coffee making facilities, and Freeview TV in most hotels. Internet acces...More about Premier Inn Woking Town Centre


text:
Asset Management report
Created: 18 Jun 2011 | 1 comment
I Imported my asset csv through data connector in AMS 7.1
but i cant get owner name in this report.
Where is that setting in data connector so that i can match that column
please see the attachment
Discussion Filed Under:
Comments 1 Comment • Jump to latest comment
for Ownership, there are two sources of truth, Inv_Ownership_Details and ResourceAssociation.
Using connector, you should associate 'Owner' column in the Ownership Details Dataclass as well as 'Asset user owners' resource association. Are you missing either of them?
I assume that you missed one of them and clean up ownership task would have done the job of removing the duplicate ownership.