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CSTE's Infectious Disease Steering Committee and its subcommittees are among the largest and most active groups within the organization. The CSTE Infectious Disease Steering Committee is home to several disease-specific subcommittees that meet regularly to discuss matters of importance, to update and/or create position statements for discussion at the CSTE Annual Conference, and to develop databases of information for various infectious diseases. The infectious disease subcommittees address issues related to enteric and foodborne diseases, healthcare associated infections (HAIs), HIV, STDs, influenza, immunization and vaccine preventable diseases, hepatitis, waterborne disease, and vectorborne and zoonotic diseases. Infectious disease subcommittee members also work collaboratively with other CSTE program areas (e.g., the Surveillance/Informatics Steering Committee) to facilitate the identification, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
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In 2013, CSTE conducted an assessment of vectorborne disease surveillance capacity with emphasis on West Nile virus (WNV) to better understand the existing arboviral surveillance capacity within state and select local health departments following decreases in Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) funding since 2004. A CSTE workgroup with representation from ASTHO, NACCHO, and APHL with technical assistance from the CDC developed an assessment to describe human, mosquito and laboratory surveillance capacity for WNV and other arboviruses in 2012, one of the most intense WNV seasons thus far, and to compare responses with those from a similar assessment conducted in 2004. CSTE distributed the assessment electronically in August 2013. All 50 states, all six CDC ELC grant recipient-supported city/county health departments, and 15 of 24 city/county health departments with no direct ELC support but high past levels of WNV activity responded. This report summarizes the assessment findings, which document a decrease in surveillance capacity since 2004. Most notably, human surveillance has become more passive, laboratory capacity has diminished, and mosquito surveillance activity has diminished to the point where some state and key local health departments no longer do it.
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The Savoy on West Queen West, long-awaited by anyone who gets excited about fancy-sounding names and beautiful, architectural brick doorways, has finally opened. And it's... pretty good.
Yet another competitor on the Gladstone to Drake Hotel strip, the Savoy has all the usual features you've come to know and love in your west-end bars: a large mirror behind the bar, patterned black-and-white wallpaper in that budding-flower motif that was so popular in 2008, and a framed "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster with matching "Keep Calm and Carry On" typeface on the sign indicating the washrooms. A large flat-screen TV - always a plus for solitary down-and-out drinkers - graces one end of the bar.
While the bar end of the space is a bit common, the Savoy does have a few significant draws: the service is stellar, there's a robust and reasonably-priced menu, and the narrow front area lined with tables and French doors feels oh-so-European and very pleasant. In the summer, I'm telling you, there's going to be a clamour for front-row seats at the Savoy. Early birds can enjoy a lovely dinner at sunset and then stay into the night at what will become coveted seating. (Really early birds, and local residents, will be pleased to learn that the Savoy also has what looks like a very nice brunch menu.)
After dinner hours, young professionals and break-aways from the Drake Hotel start filtering in until they're jostling for place at the bar. On weekends, the Savoy employs a doorman, which I think tells you a bit about the way the owners want the bar to be - less about open-air dinners with a view of the sun setting, and more about attracting the Drake Hotel's flashy nightlife set. Even at dinnertime, dancy pop hits play just slightly too loudly, and serve to remind diners that although they serve food, the Savoy is primarily a bar.
While there's lots of quiet time to be had at the Savoy right now, my prediction is that things are going to get rowdy on warm Friday and Saturday nights as summer encroaches. That entrance-way is just too much to resist, and the space makes a pretty addition to what is set to become a very swank strip of Queen St.
There are seven beers on tap, live DJs Wed to Sun, including pre-motown and rockabilly-themed Black and Blues Sunday, a ton of wines and $3.50 drink specials. If West Queen
West is part of your nightlife, it's inevitable you'll hit this well-located and perfectly accommodating spot sometime soon. So don't bother resisting. Go early and get a good seat.
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- Beers on Tap:
- Guinness, Harp, Sapporo, Okanagan Pale Ale, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Chambly, Craft Ale, Amsterdam, Big Wheel
- Signature Drink:
- None, but $3.50 drink specials
- Bar Snacks:
- Full menu
- Patio:
- No
- Music/Genre:
- Top 40s, dancy pop hits, pre-motown and rockabilly on Sundays
- Live Music:
- No
- Who Goes There:
- Young professionals, break-aways from the Drake Hotel
- Hours:
- 6pm-2am daily. Brunch on weekends
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Had appalling service the one (and it will be the only) time I stopped in for a drink.
I ordered the merlot off the wine list and was brought a glass of wine about 10 minutes later the server returned and asked me how I liked my wine. I replied fine...and she answered with a smirk "just so you know, its the shiraz. We were all out of the merlot". WTF?? Who does that?
The other server, behind the bar, couldnt stop looking at herself in the mirror...
Not worth a visit.
...and another thing:
what kind of d-bag calls a bar "the savoy" ? utterly lame.
why don't i open a poutine shop and call it "the ritz".
for christ's sake, why is so hard to open to be original in this town?
We stopped in for their newly advertised brunch last weekend. The place was empty, except for one other table, but the decor was cute and we knew the bar had just opened the previous month. It takes time to get a following!
My friend asked if they had an espresso machine. Nope. No OJ either. And only one tea selection. Not a big deal to any of us, but the waitress started looking at us with daggers in her eyes. We all ordered regular coffees and the "Savoy Breakfast", a $7 plate of 3 eggs, home fries, and bacon.
We spent 35 minutes waiting for the food, with no refills on the coffee, and a clear view into the kitchen where the three or four cooks stood around talking and joking. The waitress never came over with any reason for the wait, or to get us refills on coffee or water.
When the food finally arrived, it was fine. Scrambled eggs were cooked properly, the bacon was crispy but not burned. However, each plate had exactly six tiny burnt but undercooked potatoes on them. Exactly six. We also got refills on the coffee when she brought the food.
When we paid for the bill, the waitress was just as snotty as before. I don't know why; we hadn't complained about anything, even though we probably should have with the food taking that long for no obvious reason.
Our conclusion was that the place is nicely decorated and they're on the right track with the simple menu offerings and very reasonable prices. (Brunch for 4 for under $30? Crazy!) But the kitchen and staff are simply not ready for prime time. Even worse, they don't seem to want customers at all.
Brunch is a serious business in Toronto. Screwing it up isn't even that easy to do. But after this visit, we'll walk on past every time.
I find it funny that anywhere not filled to the brim with the ironically-dressed creative type is automatically labelled "905". Find someone from the so called "905" anywhere west of bathurst and you get a prize.
The entire strip of Ossington is flooded with them.
Guido, I couldn't agree with you more on using old names that don't even make our city shine with uniqueness.
More crap names, New York Fries, New York steak, deep dish Chicago Pizza, Philadelphia cheese-steak, etc. Why bother using american names? Why a passport to go to the states? (That's a whole other topic).
It's time more and more Toronto businesses use unique names from their area of the city or street names. Family names of the owners could be neat too. It made Dave Thomas a millionaire naming his burger chainafter his daughter Wendy. Mrs. Fields, the cookie lady named her business from her last name.
Anyway, I just had to make my point here.
I'm off to the Drake. It opened in 1890 as D. A. Small's Hotel. D... as in Drake. I'll raise my glass to Mr. Small.
Because for some reason it became cool and ironic to drink such a terrible beer. Its is usually reflected in the appearance of those who drink it though.
*Its poorness
pbr is 3.50... it's cheap beer, it's a decent beer and very popular on queen street I can't see why you wouldn't have it. I have been there and they have a fairly wide selection of beers actually on tap and in bottle.
great place for some cheap drinks after work and later, even better open on sundays.
I ordered 3 Rum & Cokes. Received them in large coffee mugs. Is there a problem with the dishwasher?
Ordered 3 Rum & Cokes. Received them in large coffee mugs. Is the dishwasher broken?
i went there last week on a thursday night. it was great. the vibe was nice and small, and the staff were friendly. i just had a few beers so all the comments above are a little strange to me. oh well.
the sound system needs a bit more boom though.
That's 3 numbers and 1 word....
That's three numbers and one word...
went there a few weeks ago on a monday night. went for dinner, stayed for drinks. food was tasty with awesome presentation. drinks were cheap and kept flowing all night. the server was really sweet. i'd definitely go again.
I went last night (sat june 15) and there was a really sweet dj but I can't remember his name. Does anyone know?
I went there for brunch today Aug. 14th, 2010-- I picked it because their breakfast was cheaper than the Gladstone's and I just wanted breakfast-- not too picky. I ordered the Savoy Breakfast for seven dollars and a coffee. The coffee was in a nice big cup and was very good. The eggs and sausage were a little overcooked, but nothing too serious. The home fries were really good and so was the rye toast. My server was extremely nice and friendly and I didn't wait very long for my food. Not spectacular but enjoyable.
went into the savoy the other night for an oldschool jam they were playing everything from motown, roots rock, glam and vintage hip hop and the crowd was great - beer was reasonably priced, service was as fast as they could be, and the dj was on fire!
only couple douchebags made it past the doormen who were great guys - chatted with him and the door guy for the deuce while i was out for a smoke - the staff has changed since the summer and you can feel it right away. once you step into the place the too cool for you mentality is gone - it seems the manager has found staff who are comfortable with who they are and with what they are doing - this bar is going to be my local for sure
try the coconut green curry - with the spring rolls - you will love it!
who cares if they have pbr on tap? You don't like it, don't drink it. It's a business and businesses cater to what's popular. pbr sells like hot cakes on queen west regardless of why.
They have tons more beers on tap than what is listed there.
Beau's, Flying Monkey Hoptical Illusion and Netherworld, Peelers, and a bunch of local brews like Duggan's # 9 IPA by the bottle.
Good food, good beer, nice ambiance, awesome bartenders!
It was like Hamilton in there. If that's not 9 0 5 I don't know what is. The worst part about it was that everyone was getting down and dirty on the dance floor in their winter jackets and THAT just made me feel uncomfortable.
i was over at the savoy on the 18 dec 2011 at about 10pm or so and the place was totally crowded with beautiful people. guys and gals were all dress up nicely for an evening out. Good to see that in old queen west! Plenty of food and desserts too at the huge large table near the kitchen. They were all looking and tasted so delicious. Plenty to drink for us all and all around us in our group. What a pleasant evening that was. Thank you to all the savoy staffs. Most definitely will be back soon. Kudos to all and a merry christmas and a happy new year to all torotonians!
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE. Some dbag dropped a shot glass on my ankle at the bar. The bartender then took a shot of the floor with his iphone and then gave the phone to the dbag to take a shot of my leg. when I reacted and pushed the phone away and inquired as to what was happening, nothing was done. we're talking ZERO customer service here folks. Ladies, stay far, far away. The worst bar in the city.
$4 jameson, nice hip hop and r&b, and a great place to kick off your night.
The worst place ever ! My friends and I were quietly chatting , drinking and dancing . The manager was chasing us all night long. Every single time, we decided to move and change the table, he was following us and starring at us in a very unfriendly way. We decide to ignore him and continue to party.
Suddenly after 1 hour, out of nowhere the security guard asked us to leave. Why? The manager did not want us there since we were not buying drinks.
We were totally surprised by that allegation. Indeed, we were actually drinking at that time and ordering drink was the first thing we did when we came in Savoy.
After clarifying the situation to the security guard and demonstrate the, the security guard was quite understandable and decided to leave.
But few minutes later, while our drinks were not even finished yet and we were dancing, the security guard came back and asked us again to leave for the exact same reason.
That night, I can tell that I was another victim of racism at Savoy. Indeed, it seems that black females are not welcomed there…
savoy is great! been for karaoke, weekend dj sets and week days for cheap drinks. the food is decent, especially for the cheap prices and the drinks are super cheap. $10 triple bar rail is sweet! it could use a bit of renovations, but who cares. cheap drinks is all you really want right.

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SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — Robert Guss, of Southborough, has earned placement on the dean's list at Berklee College of Music for the summer semester of the 2012 academic year.
To be eligible, a full-time student at the Boston school must achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or above. A part-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.6 or above.


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Entries related to IFAB Circulars
March 22, 2012
I am 58 years old, still play twice a week and have refereed and coached at all levels thru high school and never even considered this issue before this past weekend.
What is the intent of Law 11 specifically that there is no off sides on a goal kick?
The situation – Team A takes a goal kick and Team A player(s) are 10 yds closer to Team B's goal prior to the kick than the last Team B defenders who are at midfield when the ball is kicked. If Law 11 is taken literally in this instance, that there is no off sides for Goal kicks, it seems contradictory to the other off sides criteria to allow the Team A player to be on side. I understand and agree completely with throw-ins and corner kicks.
Or is the intent that Team B players cannot be off sides when they are just outside the Team A penalty area when Team A goal keeper takes the goal kick and Team A defenders are closer to mid field than Team B player(s). Which makes sense since the Team B player(s) are no closer to the goal than the ball when it is put into play.
USSF answer (March 22, 2012):
The Laws of the Game are not made by FIFA, but by the IFAB (International Football Association Board), of which FIFA is a member.
The IFAB has long held that the game needs more scoring. Referees are encouraged to give every chance to the attacking team, particularly whenever there is any doubt. This rule applies to offside and to possible fouls and misconduct. Indeed, the IFAB so much wants the attacking game to be encouraged that it has excluded players from being called offside DIRECTLY from a goal kick for over 130 years. Goal kicks became exempt from offside in 1866 – long before FIFA existed. The intent was possibly to keep the defending team honest. Who are we to argue?
June 27, 2011
I recently noticed while watching an MLS match that the referee used a can of white spray paint to mark off ten yards after awarding a free kick. I had noticed the paint can on referees' uniforms all season, but only after seeing it in use did I realize what it was. Is this a new practice? And is this something that can be utilized by officials in lower level matches?
USSF answer (June 27, 2011):
The International F. A. Board decided at its meeting in March 2011 to allow the use of the vanishing spray paint as a continuing experiment in CONMEBOL (South America), where the proposal originated
April 11, 2011
"An attacker in an offside position whose gestures or movements, in the opinion of the officiating team, cause an opponent to challenge for the ball has interfered with an opponent and should be ruled offside whether the attacker touches the ball or not."
Just what gesture does a attacking player have to do? I have never seen this explained anywhere. No examples. Does the attacker really need to gesture or move?
Generally, in all the soccer I watch, if a pass is made to an attacker they do not need to do any special to get a defender to run over to them. This seems to say that if an attacker does not gesture or move there is no offside offense.
What if the only reason the offside attacker did not receive the ball is if the defender make a deflection or cleared the ball out of bounds as a defensive play on the attacker (who did not gesture or move)?
Does the defender really have to guess whether they should clear a ball based on the gesture or movement of the attacker?
Should the attacking team benefit by receiving a throw or corner from a play made against an offside attacker?
Is the referee right? No flag?
USSF answer (April 11, 2011):
Your introductory paragraph is taken from a position paper issued by U. S. Soccer on August 24, 2005, explaining a Circular issued by the International Football Association Board, the body that makes the rules we play by, the Laws of the Game. (No, it is not FIFA that does this, although FIFA is a powerful member of the IFAB.)
However, that document does not provide the full information you need. A later memorandum of March 25, 2009, should fill the gap:
Subject: Offside – Interfering with Play
Date: March 25, 2009
The first goal scored in the new MLS season (New York Red Bulls at Seattle Sounders, March 19, see accompanying clip) was the subject of controversy based on the argument that a teammate of the scorer was in an offside position at the time and had become involved in active play by interfering with play. The goal was from Sounder #17 (Montero) against the Red Bull goalkeeper #1 (Cepero) and the Sounder forward alleged to have been offside was #23 (Nyassi).
The following facts are not in dispute:
• Nyassi was in an offside position.
• Nyassi did not become involved in active play by gaining an advantage (historically, this is only an issue if the ball has rebounded from the crossbar, a goalpost, or a defender, which it did not in this case).
• Nyassi did not interfere with an opponent. He did not get in the way of a defender, make any movement or gesture which deceived or distracted an opponent, and, most importantly, did not block the goalkeeper's line of sight (the attack came in from the goalkeeper's left whereas the attacker ran from the goalkeeper's right and was at least several yards away from the goalkeeper when the shot on goal was made).
• Nyassi did not interfere with play (no contact with the ball).
The assistant referee was well placed, in line with the second to last defender, to confirm these essential elements in deciding for an offside violation. Accordingly, there was no offside violation and the goal was valid.
• The debate has been vigorous over the last several years regarding the way in which an attacker in an offside position can be involved in active play. The definition provided by the International Board regarding "gaining an advantage" is clear and based on concrete observable facts. The definition of "interfering with an opponent" involves various judgments but is generally clear in its application since the primary issue here is whether the interference results from blocking paths and/or lines of sight.
This memorandum confirms that "interfering with play" cannot be decided unless the attacker in an offside position makes contact with the ball.
In brief, blocking the line of sight or an opponent's path while in an offside position comes under the heading of "interfering with an opponent" but the third element (distract/deceive) does take movement – i.e., merely standing there, in a particular place, is not enough (unless that "there" blocks sight/path), the attacker must do something, but that "something" has to be "in the opinion of the referee."


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Grow smart together
At the intersection of Orange Grove Road and Churton Street, in Hillsborough, something hopeful is growing. It is here that Chris and Julie Woerdeman, a husband-and-wife team, and business entrepreneurs, are nurturing their business, Gro-Smart, into something sustainable and people-friendly.
"We really try to know our customers on a first-name basis," Chris Woerdeman said. They sell horse tack, feed supplies, care needs and animal feed from chickens to horses to cows to dog food to plants and gardening. "We are just a small feed store with plants and other items small farmers and homeowners need,' Chris said.
Julie is from Hillsborough and Chris moved here from Connecticut when he was 6 months of age. "We met while she was in college at UNC-Greensboro and we have been together ever since," Chris said. The two purchased the feed store in 2012 and have slowly built the store into a serve-all and customer-specific operation.
"One of the things we offer is that we can special order and attend to the needs of our customer, specifically," Chris said. The husband-and-wife team works with their customers to identify products they want and need and they can special order as the need arises.
"Julie is the inventory and book-person and I take care of the plants and employees and deliveries," Chris said. The two have planted seeds in the garden and feed-store supply business and they have the interest of the community and in being local at heart.
"We believe that we fit in well with the community and being local. It is part of our mission as business owners to know our customer and to provide them with excellent customer service so that we can assist them with their needs. We load feed bags or heavy items for our customers and help them make selections whether it be plants and gardening assistance or choosing the best feed or care need for livestock," Chris said.
Of the challenges of working together and living together, Chris said, "Basically, it is never an issue. We leave work at work and keep our home life separate from what happens here."
Going forward, Chris hopes that Gro-Smart will continue to thrive and prosper and that their customer service will be a selling point for return customers. "We are not the largest feed store and we are different from the big-box feed store variety. However, if a customer is looking to support local and buy local, then we offer something here that is personal and people-driven," Chris said.
At Gro-Smart, the idea is that they supply feed to help growth and plants that sustain and produce. All of this aligns with the business idea that growing a business is parallel with growing customer support. Gro-Smart is on Facebook and normal business hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 – 6PM and Saturday's 8:30-3:00. For more information, call 919-245-1650.
Have a feature or story for Jason Hawkins, contact him at email@example.com.


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Simple "draft" trying out different things.
Terrain: Using DEM info from local region to test imports.
Tree: Import from .obj
Vue – Prairie Environment Drafts•June 11, 2014 • Leave a Comment
Simple "draft" trying out different things.
Three Ghost Sabers•January 21, 2010 • Leave a Comment
Well, I had stabled my newly-tamed Ghost Saber so I could try taming a wolf, but I happened to pass by the Ruins of Mathystra and decided to do a little farming since the mobs there drop clams and I needed a Small Lustrous Pearl.
After getting about 12 clams to drop (and my pearl) I thought it would be fun to try for the Glowing Cat Figurine. Since I had already made the rounds before, it was easier to spot the Cat Figurines. Actually, now that I knew what to look for Cat Figurines seemed to be everywhere!
The second figurine I opened had a Ghost Saber. Since I didn't have my pet with me, I decided to tame it instead of trying for the Glowing Cat Figurine – now I have Ghost Saber "twins", except of course, you can't have two pets out at the same time.
I opened up a few more figurines and got two more Ghost Sabers but these didn't drop the Glowing Cat Figurine.
I noticed another Hunter running around the area probably looking for Ghost Sabers – hope they got one because it seemed to be a lucky time to find them!
Taming the Ghost Saber•January 18, 2010 • Leave a Comment
If you've never played World of Warcraft, this won't mean much to you but since it relates to ghosts I thought it deserved a mention.
I've only been play WoW for a few weeks as a Hunter and one of the "perks" of the class is the ability to tame pets. I was looking for an interesting pet at the Petopia site and found the unusual "Ghost Saber" cat.
Ghost Sabers are spawned from the little cat statues scattered around the Ruins of Mathystra in northern area of Darkshore. The statues are a little difficult to find, and usually drop a cat statue. If you're lucky, one will spawn a Ghost Saber you can tame.
The first time I went hunting for a Ghost Saber all I got were the statues (about 6). I also had a problem keeping the mobs away as their respawn rate is fairly fast, and of course you can't take your current pet along if you want to tame a new pet.
So the second time I tried, I stabled my current cat and recruited a Warrior to come along to keep the mobs away. I just followed the advice from other sites on taming the Ghost Saber – find a cat statue, set a Freeze Trap, open the statue, rinse and repeat.
We only managed to find two statues, but I got lucky and the second statue spawned the Ghost Saber. I had set the Freeze Trap and the Ghost Saber spawned in my trap so I was able to tame it with no problems.
After it was tamed, it did die for no reason (this was mentioned on other sites) but using Revive Pet brings it right back – just make sure you have some pet food along!
What is so special about the Ghost Saber? It has the same abilities as any other Cat class pet, but it is always semi-transparent (similar to Stealth mode) and a definite "must-have" if you enjoy pets that are unusual and unique!
Anaglyph Gallery Page•August 19, 2009 • Leave a Comment
I've added an Anaglyph Gallery page that will contain examples of anaglyphs created with a variety different methods:
- Photographs only
- 3D construction/stereo photograph combination
- 3D construction/2D photograph combination
- 3D construction/2D photo conversion to 3D
- 2D photos and drawings converted to 3D
All images require red/cyan glasses with the red lens over the left eye.
The 3D constructions were made in Lightwave 3D and rendered using the stereo camera option.
Stereo photographs are taken by me using a tripod and slide bar, or just the old "two step shuffle."
Antique CDVs, tintypes and my own drawings are scanned then converted to 3D using a variety of software – most recently ANNA.
Once the 3D and 2D images are complete, the final image is composited in Photoshop.
Creating Anaglyphs from Drawings•August 13, 2009 • 1 Comment
Ah, the eternal search for converting 2D images to 3D….
I've always been interested in creating 3D drawings for red/cyan anaglyphs but never really found a simple method or software for the task.
There is always the direct drawing method using cyan/red color pencils but I never did find a decent cyan color that wouldn't produce ghosting.
Since I do most of my art on the computer, I've played with a few different anaglyph software programs for drawings. Although they were interesting and fun to play with, there were always a few "issues" that made them unsuitable for any serious art work:
- Tools and controls were not precise. I like to work with detail rather than just broad shapes so I was disappointed with lack of control over brush size options, depth, etc.
- Limited import/export options. I do most of my work in Photoshop and prefer larger resolution images for the final copy. Most of the software only would export in .jpeg format which pretty much ruins any detail work.
- Cost. A lot of the software was free but if it doesn't do the job then free doesn't matter. I haven't tried any of the higher-priced options because I usually don't need all the extra bells and whistles.
I found one program that worked fairly well – StereoPaint ESP 3 – although it wasn't as precise as I would prefer I was able to produce some decent images. Unfortunately, it won't run on a Vista 64-bit computer as it requires an older version Microsoft .NET Framework that doesn't want to install correctly.
So…I had abandoned that little adventure until I came across this little gem: ANNA from Photo Illusion.
I remember trying the demo version a while ago and was quite impressed but didn't want to spend the money at the time. Fortunately, it's on a "Summer Sale" for $25.00 USD so I snatched one up yesterday.
I tried just a quick and simple conversion from a drawing (in .psd format – it will import layers) using a graphics tablet and it works great! It can also save a working file in it's own format or can render a full version to .tif format – perfect.
ANNA has a nice, clean interface and is very intuitive and simple to use with enough precision to make me happy. Although it's listed for Windows XP it runs great on my Vista 64-bit laptop.
Of course, now that I have something that works great for me, that means I have a lot of drawing to do….
3D Anaglyph Gallery•April 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment
A little test project I've been working on – a walk through gallery with anaglyph images, so put on your red/cyan glasses (red on the left) and watch in HQ.
This was made with 3DRad, a wonderful game engine editor very easy to use for non-programming types who would rather concentrate on the art instead of coding.
A more interesting way of presenting a portfolio than the usual DVD slideshow images. The program can be complied as a stand-alone executable file (Windows only) so the viewer can "walk through" the gallery.
With some recent updates to the 3DRad, it is now possible to create a multi-user network gallery, and dynamically update the images. This will require some programming but it will be interesting once I get it working.
Theoretically, an artist (or gallery) could send only the base program, the users would be able to see all the works in the virtual gallery (and interact with each other) and the artist would be able to update the images with current works – a wonderful way to keep your patrons informed about your latest art!
Anaglyph with virtualPhotographer•February 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment
All 3D objects rendered in Lightwave. Only the left and right views were rendered, then the images were put through a virtualPhotographer filter from optikVerve Labs in Photoshop.
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According to Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman, it sounds like Marian Hossa won't be having surgery on his back. Hossa admitted after the season that he hurt his back during the Stanley Cup Finals. It is why he missed Game 3. Bowman had this to say on Friday at the Hawks Prospect Camp:
He didn't need surgery. He's doing much better than he was. He was another player that played through an awful lot of pain in the final. I think at this point there's nothing to be alarmed about. I think it's like a lot of things when you go through a long season. If you remember, we had a lot of games in a short amount of time this year. You didn't have a lot of time spaced out during the regular season due to the late start, so there's a lot of games over a short period of time. I think some rest will do him well.
Hossa said that he had two options, surgery or another shot. Just because he is not having surgery now, doesn't mean it isn't a possiblity down the road. This is why many were surprised the Hawks decided to use both of their compliance buyouts. Hossa's contract runs through till 2021.
With him not having surgery it sounds like, that Bryan Bickell and Michal Handzus were the only Hawks to have surgery. Both of them are expected to be fully recovered in time for training camp. If Hossa had surgery that probably would not have been the case.
Having Hossa healthy to start the season will be important as the team elevates Bickell to one of the top two lines and they work in a young second line center, possibly Brandon Pirri.
Thankfully for the Hawks if Hossa gets a little banged up during the season they should have plenty of options in Rockford ready to move up.


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NEW DELHI (TrustLaw) - An Indian man whose constant demands for money and gifts from his in-laws drove his mentally tortured wife to commit suicide has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in New Delhi, the Hindu newspaper reported on Monday.
Dowries - often jewellery, expensive clothing, cars and money - are given in India by the bride's family to the groom and his parents, traditionally to ensure the bride will be comfortable and looked after in her new home. The custom, outlawed more than four decades ago but still widely practiced, is often exploited with the groom's family demanding more money after marriage.
This mental and sometimes physical harassment often drives the woman to suicide or, even worse, she is murdered by her husband and his family for not fulfilling their demands.
According to the report, the man named as Praveen began demanding a motorcycle from his wife's family in New Delhi three months after their marriage in 2005.
He also demanded other items such a refrigerator, gold chain and large sums of cash until his wife, Renu, hung herself in 2008 because of the constant harassment.
"The harassment caused by the convict to his wife compelling her to meet the illegitimate demands raised by him is unpardonable and he deserves no mercy," additional sessions judge Kamini Lau, was quoted as saying when reading out the verdict.
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A microelectronic assembly includes first and second stacked microelectronic elements, each having spaced apart traces extending along a front face and beyond at least a first edge thereof. An insulating region can contact the edges of each microelectronic element and at least portions of the traces of each microelectronic element extending beyond the respective first edges. The insulating region can define first and second side surfaces adjacent the first and second edges of the microelectronic elements. A plurality of spaced apart openings can extend along a side surface of the microelectronic assembly. Electrical conductors connected with respective traces can have portions disposed in respective openings and extending along the respective openings. The electrical conductors may extend to pads or solder balls overlying a face of one of the microelectronic elements.
1. A microelectronic assembly, comprising:
a first microelectronic element and a second microelectronic element, each of the first and second microelectronic elements having a front face, a rear face remote from the front face, a first edge extending between the front and rear faces, a second edge extending between the front and rear faces and being remote from the first edge, and a plurality of spaced apart traces extending along the front face and beyond at least the first edge, wherein a front face of the second microelectronic element overlies one of the front or rear faces of the first microelectronic element;
an insulating region contacting the first and second edges of the first and second microelectronic elements and at least portions of the traces of the first and second microelectronic elements extending beyond the respective first edges, the insulating region defining first and second side surfaces adjacent the first and second edges of each of the first and second microelectronic elements, the microelectronic assembly further including a plurality of spaced apart openings extending along a side surface selected from the first and second side surfaces; and
a plurality of electrical conductors each having at least a portion disposed in a respective opening of the plurality of openings and extending along the respective openings, the electrical conductors being electrically connected with respective ones of the traces of at least one of the first and second microelectronic elements.
2. A microelectronic assembly as claimed in
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14. A microelectronic device having at least two side external surfaces, said microelectronic device comprising:
a first substrate;
a first microelectronic element comprising a front face bonded to said first substrate and an opposing rear face; said first microelectronic element further comprising a plurality of first traces extending along said front face, at least a portion of each said first trace extending beyond a first edge of said first microelectronic element, said first microelectronic element further comprising a second edge opposite said first edge;
a first insulating region disposed around said first and second edges of said first microelectronic element;
a second microelectronic element comprising a front face facing said opposing rear face of said first microelectronic element, said second microelectronic element further comprising a plurality of second traces extending along said front face of said second microelectronic element, at least a portion of each said second trace extending beyond a first edge of said second microelectronic element, said second microelectronic element further comprising a second edge opposite said first edge of said second microelectronic element,
a second insulating region disposed around said first and second edges of said second microelectronic element; and
at least one electrical conductor disposed on at least one of said side external surfaces of said microelectronic device, said electrical conductor being in electric contact with a cross-sectional edge of at least one of said plurality of said first and second traces.
15. The microelectronic device of
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This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/143,743, filed on Jun. 20, 2008, which claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application 60/936,617, filed Jun. 20, 2007, and which is a continuation-in-fact of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/787,209, filed Apr. 13, 2007 ("the '209 application), said '209 application being a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/704,713, filed Feb. 9, 2007, which claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application 60/850,850, filed Oct. 10, 2006, the disclosures of all said applications and provisional applications being incorporated herein by reference.
The subject matter of the present application relates to microelectronic packages, or assemblies, comprised of stacked microelectronic elements and to methods of fabricating them, for example, by processing applied simultaneously to a plurality of microelectronic elements arranged in an array.
Microelectronic elements, such as semiconductor chips, are flat bodies with contacts disposed on the front surface that are connected to the internal electrical circuitry of the element itself. Microelectronic elements are typically packaged with substrates to form microelectronic packages, or assemblies, having terminals that are electrically connected to the element's contacts. The package or assembly may then be connected to test equipment to determine whether the packaged device conforms to a desired performance standard. Once tested, the package may be connected to a larger circuit, e.g., a circuit in an electronic product such as a computer or a cell phone.
Microelectronic packages or assemblies also include wafer level packages, which provide a package for a microelectronic component that is fabricated while the die are still in a wafer form. The wafer is subject to a number of additional process steps to form the package structure and the wafer is then diced to free the individual die. Wafer level processing may provide a cost savings advantage. Furthermore, the package footprint can be identical to the die size, resulting in very efficient utilization of area on a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the die will eventually be attached. As a result of these features, die packaged in this manner are commonly referred to as wafer-level chip scale packages (WLCSP).
In order to save space certain conventional designs have stacked multiple microelectronic chips or elements within a package or assembly. This allows the package to occupy a surface area on a substrate that is less than the total surface area of all the chips in the stack added together. Development efforts in this technology focus on producing wafer-level assemblies that are reliable, or thin, or testable, or which are economical to manufacture, or have a combination of such characteristics.
A method is provided for fabricating a stacked microelectronic assembly from a structure which includes a plurality of first microelectronic elements having front faces bonded to a carrier. Each first microelectronic element may have a plurality of first edges and a plurality of first traces extending along the front face towards the first edges. After exposing the first traces, a dielectric layer is formed over the plurality of first microelectronic elements. After thinning the dielectric layer, a plurality of second microelectronic elements are aligned and joined with the structure such that front faces of the second microelectronic elements are adjacent to rear faces of the plurality of first microelectronic elements. Processing is repeated to form the desirable number of layers of microelectronic elements. In one embodiment, the stacked layers of microelectronic elements may be notched at dicing lines to expose edges of traces, which may then be electrically connected to leads formed in the notches. Individual stacked microelectronic units may be separated from the stacked microelectronic assembly by any suitable dicing, sawing or breaking technique.
The structure and methods of fabrication of the microelectronic devices described herein are best understood when the following description of several illustrated embodiments is read in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein the same reference numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. The drawings are not necessarily to scale; emphasis has instead been placed upon illustrating the structural and fabrication principles of the described embodiments. The drawings include:
First Embodiment of Method of Fabrication of Stacked Microelectronic Assembly
With reference to microelectronic element 12 of
Portions of wafer 10 where adjacent microelectronic elements contact one another form saw lanes or strips 23 and 25 where the wafer can be cut without damaging the individual microelectronic elements. For instance, as shown in
With reference to microelectronic element 12″ of
In one stacked assembly fabrication embodiment, an assembly including a plurality of stacked microelectronic elements is fabricated by simultaneously processing a plurality of microelectronic elements en masse. Moreover, processing can be carried out simultaneously as to microelectronic elements which are arranged in form of an array, similar to the processing of an original wafer containing such microelectronic elements.
An advantage of processing reconstituted wafers rather than the original wafer 10 is that the microelectronic elements that make up each reconstituted wafer can be individually selected. In this way, when some of the microelectronic elements of the original wafer are of known or suspected marginal or failing quality, they need not be processed into stacked assemblies. Rather, those microelectronic elements can be left out of the reconstituted wafer such that the reconstituted wafer contains better quality microelectronic elements. Selection of the microelectronic elements to go into the reconstituted wafer can be made based on various criteria of quality or expected quality based on visual inspection, mechanical or electrical inspection or location of the microelectronic element within the original wafer 10. In a particular embodiment, microelectronic elements may in fact be tested electrically before placing each one into position on the reconstituted wafer. Whether the microelectronic elements are selected based on visual inspection, location or electrical test results, the microelectronic elements which are selected for inclusion in the reconstituted wafer can be referred to as "known good" microelectronic elements or "known good die".
Next, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
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Thereafter, with reference to
In the embodiment shown in
First exposed side edge 170 and second exposed side edge 172 of stacked assembly 30 need not be cut to expose edges of the traces because the edges of the traces (represented as dark thick horizontal lines) that extend toward these respective edges are already exposed. In another embodiment not illustrated in a figure herein, first and second side edges 170 and 172 may be cut so as to create a more symmetrical configuration. Similarly, the other two side edges of stacked assembly 30 not shown in the figures also do not have to be cut, although it may be desirable to do so.
With continued reference to
With continued reference to
Any one of individual stacked assemblies 80, 81 or 82 of
Embodiments of Stacked Microelectronic Assemblies Using Vias to Provide Electrical Access Conductive Traces
With reference to
In another embodiment, electrical access may be made to conductive traces 24 in reconstituted wafer layers 110, 110 A, 110 B and 110 C by making openings, or vias, into stacked assembly 30 at the locations of the traces, using any suitable drilling technique, such as a laser drilling technique.
In another embodiment, using the technique described above with respect to
Stacked Microelectronic Unit Embodiment Comprising Offset Microelectronic Elements
After thinning first reconstituted wafer 310 to the desired thickness, the microelectronic elements 312 A needed to form a second reconstituted wafer 310 A are bonded to reconstituted wafer 310 such that an edge 340 A of a microelectronic element 312 A of the second reconstituted wafer structure to be formed occurs at position 350 A which is offset in a lateral direction 360 from the edge 340 of the first reconstituted wafer 310. Thus, when referring to microelectronic elements 312 A of the second reconstituted wafer as the overlying microelectronic elements and microelectronic elements 312 of the first reconstituted wafer 310 as the underlying microelectronic elements, overlying microelectronic elements 312 A each has an area overlapping an area of the underlying microelectronic element 312 to which it is bonded, and each has an edge 340 A that is displaced in the lateral direction 360 from the edge 340 of the underlying microelectronic element 312. An exemplary distance of the lateral offset between edges of vertically adjacent overlapping microelectronic elements can range from a few microns to tens of microns or more.
With continued reference to
An advantage of forming the stacked assembly in this manner is that process tolerances can improve for forming leads 366 (
With reference to
Fabrication Embodiment of Stacked Microelectronic Assembly
Reference is now made to
The thus formed reconstituted wafer 686 is thinned at its non-active surface as by a grinding apparatus 684 using an abrasive 687. The wafer is then etched at its non-active surface, preferably by photolithography, such as by using conventional spin-coated photoresist, using a mask exposure machine 692 for the exposure of light sensitive photoresist 690 through the mask 691 and later etching the silicon in a bath 693 using solution 699. The etched wafer is bonded on the non-active side to an adhesive or protective layer 1000, which can be epoxy or other adhesive by bonding apparatus 694, which may be essentially the same as apparatus 685, to produce a doubly bonded wafer sandwich. The wafer may then by bonded to a second or more wafers.
Notching apparatus 695 partially cuts the stacked assembly in a method of forming a stacked package as described above with reference to
Conductive layer deposition apparatus 700 (
The exposed conductive strips are then plated, preferably by electroless plating apparatus 712. The stacked wafers are then diced into individual prepackaged integrated devices as described above with reference to
While the techniques and implementations have been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, the particular embodiments, implementations and techniques disclosed herein, some of which indicate the best mode contemplated for carrying out these embodiments, implementations and techniques, are not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims.
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Well I can't possibly say however, what I will say is "That was a lot bigger job than we both thought" and Monday is going to be really busy. Still it's looking great and thank you to everyone who has asked and wished us well. We both appreciate it.
I have been pondering what to put on here this evening. Should I carry on with the 4 x 4's or the third and final Christmas Book, and then I thought NO!!!!! I will start this year off with a layout done by one of our class members, Trish Head because this has to be one of my favourite photos of 2009. Caroline…………..Happy New Year :)
The layout idea is taken from a layout Karen did in one of our fortnightly classes, and Trish has adapted it for her layout.
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Monroe "Jack" Rathbone so impressed his classmates that one of them wrote in the 1921 Epitome: "We do not know what form of business he will enter, but we do know that we would like to own some stock in it because he is just the kind of man who seems to make things go."
After graduating with honors with a degree in a chemical engineering, he went to work for the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Progressing rapidly within the company, in 1936, he was elected its president. He moved to Esso Standard Oil in 1944, when the two companies merged as president of the combined companies. He became director of the parent company, Standard Oil (New Jersey), now Exxon, in 1952 and was named president soon after. He became chief executive officer in the late '50's, a position he held until his retirement in 1965. He also served as a director of a number of other companies.
During his last ten years with Exxon, he was credited with making it the most truly international of all corporations. This resulted in recognition from the European business community. He received the rank of Knight Commander, Order of St. Olav of Norway; Commander in the Order of Orange Nassau of the Netherlands; and Commander of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., he was responsible for reorganizing all of Jersey Standard's domestic operations into one integrated company, now Exxon Company, USA. Recognition by the business community for leadership included the honor award of Stevens Institute of Technology in 1957, the Gold Medal of Merit from Wharton School in 1962: the API Gold Medal for Achievement, among others. He was also named an original member of Fortune magazine's Business Hall of Fame in 1975.
In addition to an honorary doctorate from Lehigh, he received honorary degrees from Lafayette College, Pace College, West Virginia University, Marietta College, and Chattanooga University.
After being elected president of the Alumni Association in 1948, Rathbone was a member of Lehigh's Board of Trustees from 1949 until his death, serving as chairman from 1957 until 1973. His skills as a manager and negotiator helped the university through a period of great expansion, student unrest and transition to coeducation. Rathbone Dining Hall is named in his honor. He established an endowment fund in International Relations at Lehigh as well as a life-income trust.
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Nottingham City Council warns of 'looming crisis' as spending cuts threaten services
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LARGE cities such as Nottingham face a "looming financial crisis" due to government funding cuts, it is claimed.
The claims have been made by city council leader John Colins, who has written to local government minister Eric Pickles calling for an urgent meeting.
Councillor Collins is one of seven city leaders who have signed the letter, warning of a coming financial crisis in core cities in England.
Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show Nottingham City Council's year-on-year spending power will drop 0.5 per cent in 2013-14 and then by 5.7 per cent in 2014-15.
However, the council says it has still not had the final figures from the Government, which it will not get until after Christmas.
The deputy leader Councillor Graham Chapman has also argued this figure does not take all the new council responsibilities into account that have been transferred by the Government.
Elsewhere in Notts, spending power for councils in 2013-14 will drop by two per cent in Mansfield, 0.7 per cent in Rushcliffe, 2.3 per cent in Broxtowe and increase by 0.7 per cent in Gedling. But the following year, the spending power for these four authorities will drop, with a between six per cent decline in Mansfield, and 2.6 per cent in Rushcliffe.
In the letter which has been co-signed by the leaders of Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds, the councils claim that reductions in Government grants have been unfairly distributed.
It says: "None of us is under any illusion about the need for spending reductions and the potential for efficiency savings.
"But the cuts we are now being asked to make in the years ahead will go far beyond the level at which we can protect vital local services.
"Many services that improve the quality of life are already at risk of disappearing in the next two years as we try to prioritise statutory services for the most vulnerable.
"Combined with unprecedented spending pressures, particularly in the social care services, the cuts we now anticipate will leave us unable to provide anything like the range or quality of public services we believe our citizens have a right to expect."
Nottingham City Council has made around £92 million of savings in the past three years and announced this week it will be looking to find £25 million in savings next year.
The city's mobile library service will be axed while elderly and disabled people face reductions in personal budgets given to them to spend on things like home care and day centres.
A Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "Ministers meet council leaders regularly.
"Local authorities have been protected from further spending reductions for 2013-14, where the average spending power reduction is just 1.7 per cent. Government is helping councils grow their local economies through bespoke city deals.
"In addition the Government is offering a £450 million third year's council tax freeze – potentially worth over £200 to Band D residents.
"However, councils still account for a quarter of all public spending – £114 billion – so it is vital they continue to play their part tackling the inherited budget deficit by making all of the 50 sensible savings ministers recommend such as better procurement, greater transparency, using reserves more creatively and sharing back offices."


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Above is an extended preview of Sunday's Basketball Wives reunion (airing at 10/9c). In it, it's revealed that one of the primary cast members decided not to show up (guess who!) but, as host Tanika Ray says, "In the spirit of good gossip, let's talk about her anyway!" And after all, isn't the spirit of good gossip what Basketball Wives is all about?
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Wesley Sneijder believes Jose Mourinho is doing a "perfect" job at Real Madrid and is not convinced by talk his old Inter Milan boss will definitely be leaving the Bernabeu at the end of the season.
Mourinho has a contract with Madrid until 2016 but there was been widespread speculation in the media that the Portuguese will call time on his three-year stint with the Spanish giants this summer.
However, Galatasaray playmaker Sneijder, who was at Inter when Mourinho decided in the wake of their Champions League final victory in 2010 to swap the Italian outfit for Madrid, has not been swayed by reports that the 50-year-old seems certain to leave.
He told Marca: "Listen, there are things about Mourinho in the press every day which don't necessarily need to be true. I don't know if he's going to leave to be honest. In my personal opinion, it would seem very strange to me that he would leave already, so quickly.
"The work that Mourinho's doing at Real Madrid is perfect.
"He won the league last season, they've always gone far in the Champions League, this season they are still fighting to win it. I think his job is there, isn't it?"
Sneijder was speaking ahead of Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg between Galatasaray and Madrid in Spain.
That match will see Sneijder return to the Bernabeu, where he had a mixed time as a player during two seasons with Madrid between 2007 and 2009 before helping Inter lift the Champions League there under Mourinho.
The Holland international said of this week's match: "It's very special, for many reasons.
"On a personal level, it's a very emotional game and, as a professional, it's a lovely game.
"I still have several friends there and I've got incredible memories with the team and the fans.
"My first season in Madrid was very good, we had a great team and personally I enjoyed playing a lot. The other season was bad for personal problems. The second year wasn't easy for me, but this doesn't take away the fact I have a good memory of Real Madrid."
Sneijder, who described Mourinho as like a second father to him, is now hoping to help dump his former club out of Europe, although he concedes it will not be easy.
"We'll go to the Bernabeu with the belief that we can do well. We know that it will be a very difficult and complicated game, but we have a good side. I believe in my team and as long as we don't lose confidence, we will make something of this tie," he said.
"In the Champions League you never know. Fifteen bad minutes and you could say goodbye to the competition.
"You need be focused 100 per cent for the whole 180 minutes, especially if you are facing an opponent like Real Madrid.
"For us it's very important to go into the game in Istanbul with a real chance of getting through. If we manage to get back here with the tie still open, it could be incredible. Our fans always give us a lot of support and anything could happen. "
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You'd better believe there have been "mean girls" since the beginning of time, or at least the early 1800's. Rigid social structures dictated the behavior of Jacksonian high society; it was the height of rudeness, for instance, if a lady did not return your call. However, in a social war that engulfed the beginning of Andrew Jackson's presidency, society's rules were discarded and the national government ground to a halt all for one woman: the beautiful and intelligent Margaret "Peggy" O'Neil.
Apparently it was the place to be. Back in the day, Hungerford's Tavern in Rockville, Maryland hosted and housed a number of big shots including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry – the list goes on and on.
Constructed around 1750, it was one of America's first real taverns and was named after Charles Hungerford, one of the early owners. The tavern was the center of early Rockville and was the town's popular hang out spot; the place you went for news, entertainment, business… and to fan the flames of Revolution.
D.C. is by far the best city in the country for museum lovers. Although most of them are free to the public, a few have rather high admission fees. Luckily, for the month of July only, a few of the more costly museums are offering free admission. And who doesn't like free stuff?!
This past Saturday, I headed to the National Museum of Crime and Punishment to take advantage of the awesome July deal. All you have to do is download Google's Field Trip app and show the cashier the selected page. Simple as that.
Known by some as the founder of Georgetown, Colonel Ninian Beall was quite an interesting fellow. With fierce red hair he stood 6 feet 7 inches tall and he lived almost 3 times longer than he should have. (The average life expectancy was 35 and he lived to be 92). What a champ.
Born in 1625 in Scotland, Beall spent the first 27 years of his life living out scenes from an adventure film. While fighting in the Scottish Army, Beall was taken prisoner at the Battle of Dunbar and landed in a London prison. Shortly after, he and 149 others were shipped to the island of Barbados in the West Indies to live as indentured servants. Doesn't sound much like the Caribbean vacations we think of nowadays.[1]
On the evening of March 5, 1854, nine men associated with the Know-Nothing party snuck up to the base of the Washington Monument and made off with a rather hefty hunk of stone. The men carried the stone to a boat waiting on the tidal basin, smashed it into pieces and dumped it in the middle of the Potomac.
You may be curious as to why they (or we!) were interested in an old -- and probably really heavy -- rock. Where exactly did this stone come from and why was it such a big deal when it was stolen and destroyed? Maybe it was the fact that it came from the Pope... Just a guess.
Around the turn of the century, Washington, D.C. had a distinct lack of single men. In any era before, the women of the city might have resigned themselves to the life of the scorned "old maid" in a corset and lived a boring existence with their parents until before finally dying. But not these ladies. No, starting in the late 1890s, many women in the capital city began to push for a more open society, pursuing higher education, living alone, and managing their own affairs. This was the dawn of the Bachelor Girl age.
Bachelor girls were a point of controversy in the Washington press. Some columnists were shocked and appalled with these independent ladies' leaps into the future.
It's a casual Sunday in April 1934 and you're looking for something to do. How about a hike in the great outdoors? Lucky for you, there's a new hiking club in town and they are preparing for their very first hike!
Earlier that year, German immigrant and nature enthusiast Robert Shosteck approached The Washington Post to inquire if the paper was interested in creating a partnership. Shosteck offered to write multiple columns each week on various outdoor topics in exchange for The Post's sponsorship of a new hiking club, which he called The Wanderbirds.[1]
No doubt you are familiar with D.C.'s most prominent tributes to history -- the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, possibly even that unique sculpture of Einstein lounging on Constitution Avenue. But have you ever heard of the Zero Milestone? Standing next to the White House, this small monument is easily missed, but it holds a tremendous amount of history, all contained in a 2x4 hunk of granite…well, actually it extends out a little farther than just that spot.
With the Fourth of July festivities just around the corner, area residents are preparing for the merriment in all sorts of ways.
What is your pleasure? Grilling out at Gravelly Point? A backyard gathering with family and friends? Braving the crowds on the National Mall to watch the fireworks? Or maybe you are more of the stay-at-home type. If so, we recommend watching the A Capitol Fourth concert on WETA Television. We hear it's really good.
Well, 150 years ago, there weren't so many options but Washingtonians still put on quite a celebration for the nation's birthday.
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Owen Brimijoin
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Determines what changes you should make to the signal during a psychoacoustic adaptive track.
function results = interleaved_adaptive_track_example(starting_levels,n_rev_back)
%INTERLEAVED_ADAPTIVE_TRACK_EXAMPLE runs n adaptive staircases (demo)
% results = interleaved_adaptive_track_example(starting_levels);
% given a set of starting levels, e.g., [60 63 66], this function will
% run a set of interleaved adaptive tracks to estimate the listener's
% threshold. It will run as many interleaved tracks as the number of
% starting levels provided.
% **This is meant to simply be an example of how to use the function
% adaptive_track_engine.m in a full interleaved experiment!!**
% It includes by default a "simulated listener" with a particular dB
% threshold (the pseudocode GetAnswer). This must be replaced with
% your code that creates a vector of actual listener responses
% (0 = incorrect, 1 = correct).
% Also, this code does not actually present signals, it includes a
% commented-out pseudo-code function called 'PlaySignal' which should be
% replaced with whatever presentation code you intend to use
% Example usage for two tracks with TH computed over last 5 reversals:
% >> results = interleaved_adaptive_track_example([60 66],5);
% After completion, the average threshold for all tracks may be found as
% follows:
% >> threshold = mean([results(:).threshold]);
% Author: W. Owen Brimijoin
% Date: 27/05/13
%deal out empty vectors to the results structure:
n_tracks = length(starting_levels);%sort out how many tracks the user wants
[results(n_tracks,1).answers,results(n_tracks,1).reversals] = deal([]);
for n = 1:length(starting_levels), results(n).levels = starting_levels(n);end
%start interleaved adaptive track:
while any(cellfun(@isempty,{results.reversals})),%continue until all tracks are finished
open_tracks = find(cellfun(@isempty,{results.reversals}));
track = open_tracks(randi(length(open_tracks),1)); %pick a random unfinished track
%%%%% Replace below with YOUR code to play out the signal%%%%%
% play signal at the level found in "data(track).levels(end)"
% Example:
% >> PlaySignal(data(track).levels(end));
%%%%% Replace above with YOUR code to play out the signal%%%%%
%%%%% Replace below with YOUR code to check subject's answer %%%%%
% play signal at the level found in "data(track).levels(end)"
% Example:
% >> data(track).answers(end+1) = GetAnswer();
results(track).answers(end+1) = simulate_listener(results(track).levels(end)); %get answers here
%%%%% Replace above with YOUR code to check subject's answer %%%%%
% here is where you use 'adaptive track_engine.m to determine the level
% to be used on next trial for this track. In this example, it uses
% steps of 6,3, and 1 dB for 3,4, then 5 reversals, and its rules are
% based on a 3-down, 1-up track:
[level,results(track).reversals] = ...
adaptive_track_engine(results(track).answers,[6 3 1],[3 4 5],[3 1]);
% add the new level value to the 'level' vector:
results(track).levels(end+1) = results(track).levels(end)+level;
% compute reversals and update plots:
results = update_data(length(starting_levels),results,n_rev_back);
%all done!
%plotting stuff:
function data = update_data(n_tracks,data,n_rev_back)
% togglefig('Adaptive Track') % I highly recommend this versatile function,
% written by Brett Shoelson and found on the file exchange:
% http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18220-togglefig
colors = 'grwymc';
for track = 1:n_tracks,
color = colors(mod(track-1,length(colors))+1); %pick a color
%plot the data up to this point:
%asterisks for 'correct' answers
plot(find(data(track).answers==1),data(track).levels(find(data(track).answers==1)),['*',color]);hold on
%circles for 'incorrect' answers
%if *any* track has finished, compute threshold:
if ~isempty(data(track).reversals)
%count back 'n_rev_back' trials:
n_reversals_back = max(find(cumsum(fliplr(data(track).reversals))<=n_rev_back));
%take mean of the levels found in these trials:
data(track).threshold = mean(data(track).levels(end-n_reversals_back+1:end));
%plot a line at threshold for that track:
%plot a vertical line showing the points used in mean threshold:
first_mean_point = length(data(track).levels) - n_reversals_back;
[num2str(data(track).threshold,3),' dB'],'Color',color)
% set axis limits (YOU WILL WANT TO EDIT THIS):
axis([0 90 1 1+max(cellfun(@max,{data.levels}))])
set(gca,'Color',[.2 .2 .2]) %make the background dark so it can be read
xlabel('Trial Number'); ylabel('Signal Level (dB)') %label axes
%if all tracks have finished, compute mean threshold and plot on figure:
if ~any(cellfun(@isempty,{data.reversals})),
title(['Mean threshold: ',num2str(mean([data(:).threshold])),' dB'])
hold off;drawnow
%%%%% REMOVE below when using in actual experiment%%%%%
function answer = simulate_listener(level)
%self-testing stuff:
threshold = 20;
noise = .8;
accurate_response = .97;
error_estimate = ((level-threshold)/threshold)+(noise*(rand(1)-.5));
if error_estimate<=0,answer=0; else answer = 1;end
if rand(1)>accurate_response,answer = abs(answer - 1);end
%%%%% REMOVE above when using in actual experiment%%%%%
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Budapest, Hungary (Sports Network) - Top-seed Sara Errani posted a 7-5, 6-4 win over unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina in Saturday's final at the $220,000 Budapest Grand Prix tennis event, a clay-court French Open tune-up.
Errani converted six of her seven break point chances in the one-hour, 43- minute match.
The Bologna, Italy native is a perfect 3-for-3 in finals this year. She won in Barcelona three weeks ago and also captured the title in Acapulco.
Errani improved to 5-3 in her career finals, and Saturday's triumph netted her $37,000.
Vesnina fell to 0-6 in title matches. She reached her first final since losing to Caroline Wozniacki last year in Charleston.


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Doesn't this just look like a beautiful family dinner for Thanksgiving?
Yup I thought so too so I ordered one from Bob Evans so that Thursday instead of cooking all day long, all I'll have to do is heat stuff up for a few hours! Score one for sitting on the couch and watching TV with the girly.
Along with all the warming and waiting I'm also planning on making some fun crafts with the girly (of course all she wants to do is make My Little Pony Crafts and not Thanksgiving crafts though…) and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in my pjs!
I was also looking forward to making my favorite dessert this year again but alas, the Twinkie may have gone the way of the dinosaur.
In the hopes that maybe you have some hoarder or prepper friends out there who have the last of the Twinkies at their disposal, here's my favorite fall time/Thanksgiving dessert, the Twinkie Pumpkin Dessert. (I'm still holding out that someone is going to buy the Twinkie rights and make the world ready for the Apocalypse once more though.)
- 1 package (15 ounces) Hostess® Twinkies® (10 Twinkies)
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 container (8 ounces) frozen nondairy whipped topping, thawed, divided
- 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding
- 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup milk
- Additional pumpkin pie spice
Slice Twinkies in half lengthwise and place cream-side up, in single layer in 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
Using a mixer, blend together cream cheese, powdered sugar and 1/2 of whipped topping until smooth.
Spread evenly over Twinkies.
Combine pudding mix, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and milk.
Whisk until well blended and layer over cream cheese mixture.
Carefully spread remaining whipped topping over pumpkin.
Lightly sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice.
Refrigerate several hours or until set.
Random Note: In the past I had been just going to the Hostess site and getting the instructions each year but when I tried to do that just now it showed me the "Closed for business suckers! Get your snacky cakes somewhere else" message. Thankfully Google is still my friend and I found the instructions over at Food.com as well as number of other sites!


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Action 'not ruled out' over death of farmer
Posted: February 02, 2010|
Police have not ruled out the possibility of prosecuting the fire brigade over the death of Burtle farmer Harold Lee.
The 75-year-old was riding a quad bike on August 12, 2009, behind his 100-head herd of cattle as he and his son, Richard, were taking the animals to be milked at Robins Farm.
It is believed that a fire engine, which was attending an emergency call, passed the two vehicles as it approached the herd of cows in the road.
The vehicle stopped while the Lees tried to move their cattle, but the animals stampeded.
Mr Lee suffered multiple injuries to his ribs, leg and chest in the accident and was airlifted to the Royal United Hospital, in Bath, before being transferred to Frenchay Hospital, in Bristol, where he died.
The incident prompted Burtle Parish Council to write to Lee Howell, Chief Fire Officer for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, voicing concerns that fire engines continued to use the village as a shortcut, even after Mr Lee's death.
Police said the stampede which led to Mr Lee's death is still under investigation, in conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive.
A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said a fire engine was responding to a call to a road accident when it encountered the animals.
"A man was injured by stampeding cattle, and firefighters gave first aid at the scene prior to the arrival of the ambulance service," he said.
"As this matter is now under police investigation, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further."
A spokesman for the police said they were still investigating the accident, while working with the Health and Safety Executive, but they believed the inquiry was drawing to a close.
"At this point, nothing has been ruled out," he said.


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Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant
This site is a Federal Facility.
Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant
EPA Region 7
City: 6 miles west of Grand Island
County: Hall County
Site Description: The 19-square mile Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant is a U.S. Army Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Command facility. On standby status since 1973, the operation leases 16 square miles of land for agriculture, grazing, and wildlife management activities. The plant was built in 1942 to produce munitions and provide support functions during World War II. It has been in and out of production over the years. The plant consists of five main components: five major production areas where munitions were loaded, assembled, and packed; a fertilizer manufacturer; two major storage facilities; a sanitary landfill; and a burning ground where materials contaminated with explosives were ignited. When the plant was active, staff disposed of wastewater contaminated with explosives into 56 earthen surface impoundments, which were located near the five production areas. Dried solids from the bottom of the pits periodically were scraped and ignited at the burning ground. Releases from the surface impoundments have contaminated approximately 500 private wells. Activities at the site currently are limited to maintenance and leasing operations. Once environmental studies required for real estate transactions are completed, the Army plans to sell the property. Polluted groundwater has migrated off the site and has been detected as far as 7 miles beyond the plant's border. The area affected by groundwater contamination is mostly suburban, and residents now rely on public water supply for drinking water. Approximately 3,000 people live within 1 mile, and 27,000 live within 3 miles of the site. Groundwater also is used for farmland irrigation and for watering livestock. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal actions. Threats And Contaminants: Groundwater both on and off the site is contaminated with various explosives. Soils are contaminated with various explosives and heavy metals such as lead, chromium, and cadmium. Human and livestock health may be adversely affected by drinking contaminated groundwater or through direct contact with contaminated soil. The provision of bottled water and alternate water supplies has reduced the potential of exposure to hazardous substances in the drinking water. Immediate Actions: The Army provided bottled water to the 250 homes with contaminated wells until residences could be hooked up to the city's water system. In 1986, the municipal water system was extended to 800 residences in Grand Island. In 1987, the Army started an incineration program to treat the contaminated soil in the 56 surface impoundments. Workers excavated the soil and then incinerated it to destroy the contaminants. The excavated pits were backfilled with off-site sand and gravel, and the ash from the incinerator was landfilled on site. The Army had burned 40,000 tons of soil by 1988, when the State-monitored operation ended. In 1991 and 1992, the Army provided bottled water to additional homes with contaminated wells until residences were hooked up to the City's water system. In addition, the EPA built a protective barrier around unexploded ordinance at the burning ground in 1993. Groundwater: In 1990, an investigation by the Department of the Army identified several areas of potential contamination. The Army investigated the plume of groundwater that moved off site to determine the types and levels of contaminants present and the extent of threat to human health and the environment. The Army submitted a draft report of the investigation in early 1993, but the EPA, the Army, and the State of Nebraska agreed that additional work would be necessary due to data gaps. This work involved dividing the site into smaller areas to facilitate the additional field work required. A study of ways to prevent further contaminant migration of the groundwater contaminated with explosives was completed in 1994. An interim cleanup remedy involving groundwater containment was selected in 1994 that called for the construction of a groundwater pump and treat system. The system is operational and an additional onsite well was constructed in the summer of 1999. As a result of the operation of this well, no additional contaminated groundwater will leave the site. Site Facts: Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, a specially funded program established by the Department of Defense (DoD) in 1978 to identify, investigate, and control migration of hazardous contaminants at military and other DoD facilities. An Interagency Agreement between the EPA, Nebraska Department of Environmental Control, and the DoD was signed in 1990. Under this Agreement, the Army is investigating and cleaning up the site. Environmental Progress: The extension of the municipal water supply to over 800 residences and the provision of bottled water to additional homes has reduced the potential of exposure to hazardous substances in the drinking water. The excavation and incineration of contaminated soil has resulted in elimination of a primary source of contaminants and reduced other pathways of contamination at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant site. These actions will protect the public health and the environment while further studies are being conducted and cleanup activities are being completed. The construction of the onsite groundwater extraction system began the summer 1997 and was completed a year later. The system extracts contaminated groundwater at seven onsite wells. After passing through a carbon filtration system, the drinking quality groundwater discharges to a ditch on the site. The offsite contamination plume continues to shrink as measured by the groundwater monitoring study. The extraction wells are capturing all of the plume before it leaves the site. A ROD Amendment is being developed to change the offsite plume treatment to natural attenuation. Groundwater models show that the plume will be below cleanup levels in 3-5 years.
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
see also:
Lindsay Manufacturing Co. Environmental Pollution in Nebraska- Site: Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
Lindsay Manufacturing Co. Superfund Site Info
Bruno Co-Op Association/Associated Properties Environmental Pollution in Nebraska- Site: Bruno Co-Op Association/Associated Properties
Bruno Co-Op Association/Associated Properties Superfund Site Info
NE Nebraska Superfund Sites
Nebraska Superfund Sites