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Monday, September 3, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac along the Gulf Coast on Monday and stoked the enthusiasm of union voters in the industrial heartland, blending a hard political sell with a softer show of sympathy on the eve of the Democratic National Convention.
At times like these, "nobody's a Democrat or a Republican, we're all just Americans looking out for one another," the president said after inspecting damage inflicted by the storm and hugging some of its victims. He was flanked by local and state officials of both parties as he spoke.
Obama's trip to LaPlace, La., was a televised interlude in the rough and tumble of the political campaign, four days after Romney accepted his party's presidential nomination at the GOP Convention in Tampa, Fla., and three days before the president is nominated by Democratic delegates in Charlotte.
Unlike Obama, Romney made no mention of federal aid in his own trip to Louisiana last Friday showing concern and support.
First lady Michelle Obama was already in the Democratic convention city as her husband spent his day blending the work of president and candidate.
He doesn't arrive in North Carolina until later in the week, after concluding a slow circuit of campaign stops in battleground states and the trip to Louisiana.
In Charlotte, the conversion of the Time Warner Cable Arena into a political convention hall was nearly complete. Democrats convene there today.
Nearby, union members staged a Labor Day march through downtown. Though supporting Obama, they also expressed frustration that he and the Democrats chose to hold their convention in a state that bans collective bargaining for teachers and other public employees.
The kickoff protest ahead of the Democratic National Convention had the benefit of sunny skies, pent-up demand from demonstrators who were rained out in Florida and the perfect setting to decry the practices of big business.
But while Sunday's March on Wall Street South was spirited, it drew only a fraction of the turnout organizers were expecting and was as free of mayhem as protests a week earlier outside the Republican National Convention in Tampa. The march had been planned as the centerpiece of the week's protests.
Charlotte Police estimated that 800 people joined the march, but there was only one arrest. Taking their cue from police in Tampa, many officers were seen smiling and chatting with demonstrators. Two attempts to be disruptive outside of major corporate offices were largely ignored by officers. Charlotte hosts several Fortune 500 companies including the headquarters of America's largest electricity provider and second-largest bank.
The march's general purpose was to decry corporate influence in politics, but it drew people demonstrating for a variety of causes. Marchers carried signs and banners, banged drums and chanted in a louder and livelier display than Tampa protests that were lashed by the outer bands of Hurricane Isaac.
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Climate Change Research Since World War II
Dr. Keeling. http://sio.ucsd.edu/keeling/
With the dawn of the nuclear age at the end of World War II, atmospheric and oceanic scientists became preoccupied with other products of human ingenuity, namely radioactive wastes. Anxiety was escalating. Would radioactive carbon dioxide (14CO2), which was generated in the atmosphere during nuclear explosions, dissolve in the oceans and widely contaminate sea life and seafood?
Roger Revelle (1909–1991) and Hans Suess (1909–1993) of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, analyzed the exchange of 14CO2 between the atmosphere and the oceans. They published a seminal work in 1957 showing that only a thin, upper layer of seawater rapidly exchanged materials with the atmosphere. [1] These results had broad implications. On the positive side, contamination of sea life from nuclear testing would be highly localized; but on the negative side, the oceans would remove only a small portion of the 14CO2 being released into the atmosphere; most of the radioactive gas would remain airborne. By analogy, these results indicated that only a small portion of the CO2 released from fossil-fuel burning would dissolve in the oceans: the bulk would remain in the atmosphere, and atmospheric CO2 concentrations would increase substantially.
By the mid-1950s, technological advances had increased the precision of CO2 measurements tenfold. C. D. (Dave) Keeling (1928–2005), also of Scripps, obtained funds sufficient to equip two weather stations with instruments that monitored atmospheric CO2 with unprecedented accuracy. To minimize the influence of local disturbances, he chose sites that were remote from industrial and biological sources of CO2 and were subject to strong prevailing winds. One site was at the South Pole and the other was on the Island of Hawaii, at the Mauna Loa Observatory atop the northern flank of the Mauna Loa volcano, at an elevation of 3,397 meters.
Monitoring at the South Pole began in September 1957 and at Mauna Loa six months later. Concentrations of CO2 at the South Pole rose slowly, but steadily. The CO2 measurements at Mauna Loa, however, oscillated from month to month, raising doubts about whether this instrument was performing properly. [2] Fortunately, with more observations, Keeling realized that the oscillations at Mauna Loa reflected the annual cycle on nearby continents of relatively rapid plant growth in summer, which removes CO2 from the atmosphere, and relatively rapid biological respiration in winter, which releases CO2 to the atmosphere. Funding for the South Pole station ran out after about 2 years, during which time data showed a rise in CO2 concentrations from 311 ppm to 314 ppm (parts per million; 1 ppm = 0.0001%). The Mauna Loa station has provided a nearly continuous record of rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations from about 315 ppm in 1957 to about 385 ppm in 2007, an increase of about 20%. This record has become known as the Keeling curve.
As evidence accumulated, the scientific establishment became more receptive to the idea of global warming and its relationship to atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
[1] Revelle, R. and H. E. Suess (1957) Carbon dioxide exchange between atmosphere and ocean and the question of an increase of atmospheric CO2 during the past decades. Tellus 9:18-27.
[2] Keeling, C. D. (1978) The influence of Mauna Loa observatory on the development of atmospheric CO2 research. In: Mauna Loa Observatory: A 20th Anniversary Report, Miller, J., ed., NOAA Special Report, Silver Springs, MD. http://www.mlo.noaa.gov/HISTORY/Fhistory.htm.
This is an excerpt from the book Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines by Dr. Arnold J. Bloom and taken from UCVerse of the University of California.
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According to The Guardian, Charney wasn't so much trying to promote his company with the image as make a statement. He felt that, in visually nodding to Annie Hall, he was commenting on our culture's need for tabloid scandals. "The billboards were designed to inspire dialogue. They were certainly never intended to sell clothes," he said.
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During middle school and Mary's first semester of high school, Mary's parents had strict rules about homework time, and they monitored Mary's daily and long-term assignments. At the end of Mary's freshman year, and in her sophomore and junior years, they took a less active coaching approach.
- The family met weekly to help Mary set goals and keep up with her schoolwork. They asked her lots of questions, so she could practice making her own study plan. She knew when and how she would handle nightly assignments and what steps she should take each week to complete long-term assignments.
- They gave her suggestions, but they let Mary make her own homework and study schedule.
- They asked Mary what kind of support she needed from them.
- They allowed her to take the consequences of her decisions, like lower grades. Instead of jumping in to prevent problems, they helped her reflect on the things that had led to lower grades and what she could do to avoid them next time.
- They told Mary that, by her senior year, they wanted to be out of the picture. Mary would be totally responsible for her schoolwork and grades.
Acquire Living Skills
Mary's parents also taught her living skills. Throughout high school, they coached her to wake up, set her bedtime, order and take her medication, and do her laundry. She took on all of these tasks, and, by her senior year, she could practice these skills. They even let her experience the negative consequences of losing sleep, when she got a smartphone and stayed up very late on social media sites and texting her friends.
They made the point that, if she were at college, they wouldn't have been able to help her. They asked her to think about the consequences of not getting enough sleep — her GPA was critical to acceptance to the college of her dreams. When it came to setting limits on her technology use, they brainstormed together. Mary learned self-control at home.
Teach Your Teen to Advocate for Herself
Mary's parents also knew it was important for their daughter to advocate for herself in school. Beginning in upper-elementary and middle school, they took Mary along to school meetings with teachers and doctors. As she got older, she participated more. When crises cropped up, they helped her think about what she wanted to say and accompanied her to the meeting to say it. She learned to deal with conflict. By her senior year, she was handling most of her school and doctor conferences and conversations on her own.
You Are Part of the Solution
Like Mary's parents, you can use the high school years to help your teen practice being independent. To take this step, you'll have to see things as Mary's parents did.
- They allowed her to manage her own challenges and struggles. Unlike Catherine's parents, they stopped playing Warrior, Director, and Repairman.
- They collaborated with her, but let her handle things for herself. This forced Mary to use her executive functioning skills before she went to college. They identified the areas in Mary's life in which they were overinvolved. Their goal was to transfer more responsibility to her.
- They got help. They enlisted the school guidance counselor, who helped them find books, videos, and people to talk with. Local parent groups can suggest counselors and coaches who specialize in college readiness. If teens and parents aren't getting along, hiring a coach, counselor, or therapist is probably necessary.
When your teen faces challenges and you are tempted to jump in, think long-term. Parents should be the authority on certain things, but ask yourself whether this is one of those important things or whether you should allow your teen to get through the challenge on her own. When you feel like getting re-involved, don't. Remember that you are setting the stage for her to succeed in college and beyond.


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September 14, 2013 ATLANTA (AP) -- Jason Heyward says his recovery is "going in the right direction" after taking batting practice for the second straight day.
Heyward is wearing a protective flap on his helmet and a mouthpiece as protection for his surgically-repaired jaw, which was fractured when he was hit by a pitch from the Mets' Jonathon Niese on Aug. 21.
The outfielder showed more power in his swings before Atlanta's game against San Diego on Saturday than he did on Friday. He pulled a pitch high off the right-field foul pole for a homer.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez says Heyward could be sent to the Braves' Instructional League in Florida next week. The Braves hope to have Heyward back with the team and playing right field before the end of the regular season.
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CANON CITY, Colo. A Colorado man survived six nights in near-freezing temperatures next to his friend's body before the wreckage of their truck was discovered off a rural highway, authorities said Friday.
The truck carrying Ronald Lee Mohr and Richard William Koester went off U.S. Highway 50 and into a ravine about 85 miles south of Denver on Oct. 11, Fremont County Coroner Carlette Brocious said.
A Colorado Department of Transportation worker spotted the pickup on Thursday. Mohr — the driver — had died of his injuries, while Koester is in the hospital with serious injuries.
"They were down in a culvert and you just couldn't see them from the road," Brocious said. "It was just wonderful that the CDOT worker found them when he was looking over the guardrail."
Brocious said the men had long sleeves and light jackets to guard against the cold. She didn't know how Koester, 36, of Westcliffe, survived the week as temperatures at night hovered around freezing and light rain moved through the area. "They didn't have any food in there that I saw," she said. "I just think he had an angel looking over his shoulder."
Mohr, 59, of Silver Cliff, and Koester were reported missing when they didn't return from a trip to Cripple Creek, a historic Rocky Mountain mining town now popular for its casinos.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina officials are taking a new approach to combat prescription drug abuse in the state.
Department of Health and Environmental Control director Catherine Templeton said Tuesday that her agency is now requiring pharmacists to report all prescription drug distribution within 24 hours instead of monthly.
Templeton says that will help officials more quickly identify people who might be doing things like filling the same prescription in multiple counties.
Frank O'Neal of the State Law Enforcement Division said his agency will have an agent working directly with DHEC and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to process information from a database detailing pharmacists' prescriptions.
In 2011, DHEC says South Carolina ranked 23rd highest per capita in overdose deaths from prescription medication.
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So what is the cause of Harry Potter's headaches? Science has the answer. More specifically, the journal Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain has the answer.
I wrote about this in 2007, but what with the latest Potter movie being in theaters, it seemed a good time to revisit.
It seems odd that the young wizard has never had his series of headaches diagnosed before, but a three-member team from the New England Center for Headache in Stamford investigated the headaches as they have progressed from the time he was 11 years old to 17 and published the paper "Harry Potter and the Curse of Headache." Fred Sheftell, the founder and director of the center, led the study.
The diagnosis: "Probable migraine." Indeed, they're pretty similar to the classic migraines described in the second edition of International Classification of Headache Disorder, or ICHD-II, commonly used by Muggle (non-wizard) doctors.
Severe stabbing pains in the trigeminal nerve? Check. Headaches began around age 11? Check. "And his headaches were on one side -- an important feature of migraine,'' Sheftell said, adding that they are near Harry's lightning-bolt-shaped scar.
They differ from the classic diagnosis, though in a couple ways: 1). They last only a few minutes at a time, and 2). They are also triggered by proximity to Lord Voldemort, another feature not listed in the ICHD-II.
With 5 to 6 percent of adolescents suffering migraine headaches, Sheftell thought the Harry Potter books would be a good way to educate people on the subject.
Sheftell admits to a few flaws in the study. Because little is known of Harry's birth parents' medical history, and a lack of available wizard data, researchers had to rely on Muggle methodology.
What's important, he says, is that sufferers know that they can treat their headaches.
"Headache need not be a curse for Muggles or Wizards," the researchers concluded.


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NEW YORK — Many screaming girls thronged the Landmark Sunshine Cinema to catch a glimpse of "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford at the premiere of his gritty drug drama "Twelve," but it was the NYPD who stopped traffic — to make way for President Obama 's motorcade during his visit to New York on Wednesday. The ensuing confusion made it difficult for the cast of the flick to show up for their own premiere.
"We shut down the street for the premiere and for me," Crawford joked to MTV News. "I didn't want any traffic on Houston [Street] and then Obama just swooped in — figures! I mean, I called and invited him and texted him and he didn't want to come. It's just a mess!"
Crawford's co-star 50 Cent was impressed by the way that Obama could just shut down the entire neighborhood.
"It's interesting — the streets are blocked off for a few avenues," he said. "We had to go all the way around to get here, but he's the president."
Zoë Kravitz not only had to battle traffic to get to the premiere, but also the heat and humidity. "We were in traffic for the longest time and I was like, 'What's going on?' " she explained. "I almost got out and took the subway, and the only reason I didn't was because it was so hot my hair would have been out to here," she gestured.
And while the cast was excited to be at the premiere for the Joel Schumacher-directed flick, they know that at the end of the day, the big headline will be Obama's trip to New York.
"It's pretty ridiculous, huh?" Nico Tortorella said. "You're expecting this big ol' premiere and the president walks by and we can't compete! But it is what it is. Welcome to New York City!"
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Tips for College Students to Keep it Green and Keep Some CashWritten by Amy Givler
Ride a bike. Biking or walking is the best way to save on gas and save on money. Plus if you have a bike, you could do bike delivery. Check out this awesome business model: harvestcycle.com. They pick up produce from a local farm and deliver it carbon-free to their clients. Return your beverage bottles. Some states require stores and other distributors to give you a refund of 5-10 cents for every beverage or beer bottle you bring back. Plus, it's green and gets the whole house to participate. Learn more here: www.bottlebill.org. Eliminate your vampire leakage. If you are paying the electricity bill, start off right by buying power strips that you can easily turn off when you're not using the microwave, the TV and other appliances. A friend of mine was able to lower her electric bill to $7 a month this way! Stop the red cup madness! Start off right and buy a reusable party cup and get all your friends to do the same. If you have a party, let everyone know that they have to bring their own cup—you'll eliminate waste AND clean-up time. Offset your events, and your carbon footprint. Calculate and offset in support of innovative projects to reduce carbon emissions, while reducing your own impact on the planet. You can calculate at the Carbonfund.org individual calculators here. Get involved in your campus climate group. Hundreds of college campuses have pledged to go carbon neutral because of activism by students. Find out at AASHE which campuses have pledged, and ask your own campus to do its part. Colleges and universities are helping to lead the way in the fight on global warming. Students are inventing clean energy technologies, designing the efficient green buildings, and pushing state and local policy. Get involved in the growing movement of young people who are helping to avert climate change today. Also check out the International Youth Climate Blog at itsgettinghotinhere.org.
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SaaS software and moving to Azure
While launching the Windows Azure Platform into the Australian market over the last year, I have spoken to dozens of customers and partners about their initial use cases for using cloud platforms. One part of the industry that has rapidly migrated to cloud deployment on Azure are SaaS ISV's. These...
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I am delighted to be the content owner for the Cloud & Online Services track at Tech.Ed Australia 2010 (24th – 27th August, Gold Coast Australia) and we're currently considering the sessions we will deliver. This technical track will primarily feature content on the Windows Azure Platform...
17 Jun 2010
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Latest Windows Azure Tools and SDK released
Today at Tech.Ed in the US we have announced updates to the Windows Azure Tools and SDK, specifically including support for running .NET 4 framework applications on the Windows Azure Platform. You can download the latest tools and SDK from here . There is also an update to the Windows Azure...
7 Jun 2010
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The Windows Azure Platform is Available for Australia!
This week we announced that the Windows Azure Platform is now generally available for developers and our customers and partners in Australia to build and deploy their applications on a fully-supported, commercial platform with Service Level Agreements . This is a key milestone for our cloud Platform...
14 Apr 2010
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.NET Framework 4 Support in Windows Azure
As discussed on the official Windows Azure blog, .NET 4 will be available in Windows Azure within 90 days of RTM. This has been something of an FAQ with some of the ISV's I have been working with so good to see a timeline for availability in-place and the initial work being done to get the...
8 Apr 2010
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BizSpark Camp for Azure – last chance to nominate
We are running our first Microsoft BizSpark Camp for Windows Azure in Sydney on April 10th and 11th. The camp is designed to offer the following assistance to budding cloud entrepreneurs: Chance to win cash prize of AUD $5000 Learn and build new applications in the cloud or use interoperable services...
29 Mar 2010
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Interoperability with Windows Azure
We have Craig Kitterman from Redmond visiting us here in Sydney this week. Craig is part of our interoperability team and one of our experts on running PHP applications on the Windows Azure cloud. While he's in our timezone, Craig is hosting a webcast Building & Deploying PHP Applications using...
2 Mar 2010
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Windows Azure Australian Launch - DONE
It's been a busy week – we launched Windows Azure to the Australian market on Tuesday 23rd here in Sydney! Our keynote speaker, David Chappell , delivered an excellent perspective on the Windows Azure Platform (and other cloud platforms) and was very well received by the crowd in both Sydney...
26 Feb 2010
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Windows Azure Australia Roadshow with David Chappell
As announced back in December, we have a number of upcoming Windows Azure events in Australia in February. We are honoured to have David Chappell joining us to give his expert perspective on the Windows Azure Platform. David is a very engaging and knowledgeable speaker so these should be...
8 Feb 2010
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Windows Azure Training Kit December update available
The excellent Windows Azure Training Kit has just been updated for December. I always recommend this as a good starting point when I'm talking to customers and partners about getting their hands dirty with all the major aspects of the Windows Azure Platform for the first time. December update brings...
23 Dec 2009
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Launching Windows Azure in Australia
I'm very pleased to share that we will be holding a launch event for the Windows Azure Platform in Australia on February 23rd 2010 in Sydney. We are also planning a local roadshow around this date, including a stop in Melbourne on February 25th. Full details forthcoming soon, including our visiting...
20 Dec 2009
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Shaping the Windows Azure Platform
The product teams building the Windows Azure Platform are very responsive to customer and developer feedback and shape many features and decisions based upon it. If you have a great idea about the features you'd like to see in Windows Azure (SQL Azure and "Dallas" as well) go and check out http://www...
20 Dec 2009
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What is Windows Azure?
It's been around a little while but I'm still drawn back to the thoughtful simplicity of this video Steve Marx created to answer the basic question - What is Windows Azure? Very impressive. Steve has a good blog post on the why and the how behind the video. If you're feeling inspired to explore...
18 Dec 2009
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Australian customers and partners at PDC 2009
I'm attending PDC 2009 in Los Angeles along with 40 or so (as at last week) customers and partners from Australia. If you haven't registered yet and want to deep dive on any of our latest developer technology and be there for Windows Azure's commercial launch there is still an earlybird discount open...
28 Oct 2009
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And the winner is…
I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the new CloudApp() Australian side-bet is an application called Traffic in the Cloud ; built by Brisbane-based developer, John O'Brien from Soul Solutions . Included below is John's description of Traffic in the Cloud which gives a good idea of the architecture...
3 Aug 2009
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new CloudApp() + the best of Australia 'side-bet'
Microsoft recently announced new CloudApp (), a developer challenge for both .NET & PHP developers creating cloud applications or services on the Azure Services Platform. Follow on twitter (#newCloudApp). There are categories for both US and International entries and you can register and submit...
12 Jun 2009
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Tech.Ed Australia – Azure Call for Content Open
Tech•Ed 2009 season comes to Australia on Sept 8th – 11th. There are 13 content tracks planned and I'm the owner for our track on the Azure Services Platform. My colleague Nigel Watson is owner of the general Architecture track. For the full set of tracks / owners Andrew Coates...
19 May 2009
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JAOO Presentation
Recently I delivered an overview talk at JAOO in Sydney and Brisbane on Azure Services Platform, and specifically Windows Azure. As always an interesting crowd with good questions at JAOO - thanks to Dave Thomas and the rest of the JAOO team for the invitation. I've published a copy of the...
18 May 2009
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Getting started with Azure Services Platform
FAQ: Where do I find out more about architecting and developing apps for Azure? Well there is www.azure.com , but specifically two of the best places to get up to speed are the "How Do I?" videos and the Azure Services Training Kit . The How Do I videos are short and sweet (typically 5 – 15 minutes...
3 May 2009
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Speaking at JAOO this week
If you'll be at JAOO Sydney or JAOO Brisbane come along and see my talk The Cloud is Azure . I will be talking about how Microsoft's cloud platform fits in with the emerging cloud taxonomy as well as discussing some of the key elements of the platform and patterns to consider in building and deploying...
3 May 2009
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.NET Services interoperability and new capabilities
One of the more unique elements of the Azure Services Platform is .NET Services . Much of the current discussion around Cloud Computing focuses on moving certain IT workloads to the cloud (for example email like Microsoft Online ) or cloud compute and storage services (like Windows Azure ). In contrast...
31 Mar 2009
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Software + Services meets Sydney Mardi Gras
For the last week I've been working with the shy and retiring web guru Michael Kordahi on a solution to deliver enhanced coverage of the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade to the readers of the Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax's other Australian newspapers like The Age . The idea was simple – to deliver a compelling...
6 Mar 2009
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Azure Services Platform Developer Training in Sydney
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At the end of last week I was busy with our Steve Ballmer Power to Developers event here in Sydney. Here is the complete video from our cloud development overview session. During Gianpaolo's visit we had some good local discussions with the customer architecture and developer community about their...
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After he left last night's game in the bottom of the 8th inning, the story was Alex Rodriguez's hamstring and how much, if at all, it would prevent him from playing in the next game. He's been one of the most consistent and productive bats in the Yankee lineup since coming back last month, and that was once again the story before the bottom of the 8th. A-Rod went 2-4 last night with a pair of doubles, 1 R scored, and 1 RBI. He started the Yankee scoring in the top of the 3rd and the big rally to take the lead in the 8th, and he looked pretty damn good doing it. For the season his batting line is up to .301/.388/.496 with a 10.9% BB Rate in 129 plate appearances, good for a .387 wOBA and 144 wRC+. Even more shocking is the fact that it's a dramatic turnaround against right-handed pitching and a serious reverse platoon split that's fueling those numbers.
You'll recall last October, when A-Rod hit .120/.185/.120 with 0 XBH and 12 strikeouts in 27 postseason PA, prompting Joe to move him down in the batting order and eventually sit him as the Yankee lineup withered and died against Detroit's pitching staff in the ALCS. A-Rod was such a liability against right-handed pitching – he couldn't get around on an inside fastball if his life depended on it – that Joe was left with no choice but to bench him to try to get something going offensively.
The prevailing thought, even after the revelation of his hip injury and offseason surgery, was that A-Rod was done as a productive everyday player. He was too old, too worn down, and there was no way he would be able to stay competitive against RHP with those bad hips. That simply hasn't been the case, at least not after the first handful of games. Not only has A-Rod been competitive against righties this season, he's torched them. In over as twice as many PA, A-Rod has a .320/.386/.613 tripleslash against righties (.428 wOBA) compared to .263/.391/.263 (.314 wOBA) against southpaws. All 12 of his XBH, including last night's doubles and Monday night's HR off Chris Tillman, have come against right-handed pitching, 1 year and 1 surgery after he hit .256/.326/.391.
A quick look at his spray chart shows a clear concentration of his damage coming to the pull side, but the key is the balance of the overall contact distribution. While A-Rod's hitting for most of his power to left and to center, he's shown a willingness to take the ball the other way and the strength to drive balls to right when pitchers give him something to hit. There isn't one spot pitchers can try to exploit him because he's been able to get around on balls on the inside and drive balls to the right that are middle and out. Take a gander at his swing plot and you'll notice he's laying off the high ball too. A-Rod's putting himself in the best position to be successful against righty fastballs, his downfall in 2012, and he's healthy and still quick enough with his bat to square them up.
Cite whatever you want as the cause for this turnaround and there's probably some measure of legitimacy to it. Even I have to admit that I didn't expect Rodriguez to swing the bat this well after coming back and I definitely didn't expect him to be smacking RHP around the yard like this. He's shown that there's still something left in the tank on the field, which makes his off-the-field situation and future status all the more intriguing. Hopefully this hamstring problem from the 8th inning doesn't turn into something serious. It'd be a shame for the Yankees to lose this type of production while he's still eligible to be on the field and they're still alive in the playoff race.
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Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 31 points (0.2%) at 15,006 as of Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,611 issues advancing vs. 1,325 declining with 103 unchanged. The Services sector currently sits up 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.4%. Top gainers within the sector include Destination XL Group ( DXLG), up 74.1%, Genuine Parts Company ( GPC), up 4.0%, Kroger ( KR), up 3.9%, Charter Communications Inc Class A ( CHTR), up 2.3% and Kohl's ( KSS), up 2.3%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Melco Crown Entertainment ( MPEL), down 3.1%, Companhia Brasileira De Distribuicao ( CBD), down 2.6%, Southwest Airlines ( LUV), down 1.8%, Shaw Communications ( SJR), down 1.5% and Luxottica Group ( LUX), down 1.2%. TheStreet would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the sector higher today: 5. Target ( TGT) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Target is up $0.76 (1.1%) to $70.09 on light volume. Thus far, 1.2 million shares of Target exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $69.32-$70.36 after having opened the day at $69.38 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $69.33. Target Corporation operates general merchandise stores in the United States. Target has a market cap of $44.2 billion and is part of the retail industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 16.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Target a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Target as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, increase in stock price during the past year, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Target Ratings Report now. 3x UPSIDE POTENTIAL: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12-months. Learn more.All three major indices are trading up today with the
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- If it were me I'd make them spaced out. You could use all the help you can get, and more oxygen in a tank going through changes is a plus. And thank you for the compliment on my two lovelies....Liked On: 04-27-2014, 06:53 PM
Posted On: 04-27-2014, 05:11 PMThe platy, the one that was photographed hanging out near the bottom who is red, yellow and has black fins, is called a Sunset Fire-Wag Platy. Looks to be a pretty male. I'd need a photo of it...Liked On: 04-27-2014, 04:26 PM
Posted On: 04-27-2014, 03:49 PMPlants are good now, but what you get depends on the lighting you have and the age of the bulbs. The fish are probably not used to new voices, new faces, and a clean tank...may be why that one is...Liked On: 04-27-2014, 01:55 PM
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COLUMBUS — The familiar clanging of metal balls and mechanical movements of "Chaos I" began again Saturday when 12-year-old Maria Fischer flipped the switch to officially restart the sculpture.
Fischer, a seventh-grader at Northside Middle School and daughter of Jon and Rhonda Fischer, participated in a contest where a child's name was drawn for the honor.
The children also wrote why they liked The Commons.
"It is a great place for the people of Columbus to come together to do great things," Fischer told a group gathered in the Miller Tangeman Lobby.
A collective "oooh" came from the crowd as the sculpture by late Swiss artist Jean Tinguely came to life.
Jon Fischer said the event had added meaning for his family because he was the same age as Maria when the sculpture originally was dedicated in 1974.
"I have lots of memories of my dad taking us to The Commons, playing at the playground and eating at Snappy Tomato Pizza," Maria said.
Richard McCoy, an art conservator who worked as a consultant on the "Chaos I" restoration project, said the sculpture is not well known outside of Columbus, but it should be.
"There's really no other sculpture like this in the U.S.," McCoy said.
In his research, McCoy learned the Tinguely wanted to create a "super toy" that was fun and chaotic with lots of motion.
The late J. Irwin and Xenia Miller and Clementine Tangeman paid $130,000 for the whimsical sculpture as a gift to the community.
Tinguely was commissioned to create the sculpture, and he came to the city and used scrap metal from Kroot Corp. to create the massive metal artwork.
David Doup, president of Taylor Bros. Construction Co., which served as general contractor for The Commons project and led the restoration work, said great care was taken to ensure "Chaos I" was refurbished and safe as construction crews worked around the sculpture.
"Chaos I" was enclosed in a large green box that was heated in the winter and cooled in the summer, Doup said.
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After entering Narnia through a painting, Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and their cousin encounter friends old and new as they embark on a mission to save the magical land.
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" The 3-D effects are standard, the children and the prince are a bit bland, and Michael Apted's direction veers into listlessness, but there is, at times, a pleasing elegance to the production, too. It doesn't assault you. "
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With rain threatening to eat into the final day's play the Black Caps took the majority of the morning session to take the four wickets they required to wrap up the tourists' second innings for 507.
While Bravo was crucially one of those early on, adding just eight to his overnight 210 before Trent Boult got a ball to keep slightly low, Darren Sammy (80) took over the fight to build the Windies' lead into a tricky 111 runs.
With conditions clouding over at the University Oval the home side's need to begin the task of chasing the runs became even more urgent, but the 10-minute mini-session before lunch went against them with Peter Fulton falling in the final over.
West Indies began the day 47 runs ahead after being asked to follow on 386 runs in arrears midway through day three.
Bravo's maiden Test double-century meant they at least went into the final day with some hope of pulling off a memorable draw.
That bid was therefore dealt a significant blow when Boult snuck a delivery through Bravo's defences in just the third over of the day.
Sammy took up the fight though in a counter-punching innings that had him in sight of just a second Test century.
The all-rounder added 38 runs for the eighth wicket with Shane Shillingford, and at one point launched leg-spinner Ish Sodhi for six, before his partner edged Neil Wagner (three for 112) to slip.
Sammy had reached 80 with two wickets still in hand, and in sight of lunch as well as three figures, only for the last two wickets to fall with the score on 507.
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Barack Obama could make major gains in at least nine states the Democratic ticket lost in 2004 if he can achieve a relatively modest increase in turnout among young and African American voters, a Tribune analysis of voting data suggests.
That potential helps explain why the Obama campaign chose to forgo federal funding and also why it is engaged in a massive voter registration drive. With its unprecedented resources, the campaign can fund an array of specific targeting operations, and he exploited early versions of those to great success during the primary campaign.
If Obama could inspire just 10 percent more Democratic voters under 30 to go to the polls than did four years ago, that alone could be enough to switch Iowa and New Mexico from red to blue, the analysis suggests.
Just a 10 percent increase in turnout among blacks would make up more than 40 percent of Bush's 2004 victory margin in Ohio and more than 20 percent of the Republicans' 2004 victory margin in Florida.
Turnout increases of 10 percent of both young voters and African Americans could virtually eliminate the Republicans' 2004 victory margin in Ohio and go a long way to closing the gap in Colorado, Nevada, Missouri, Virginia and--a bit more of a stretch--possibly North Carolina.
The campaign dispatched an advance guard to the likely battlefields of the November election more than a month before Obama had even locked up the nomination. Their mission: to begin work on an ambitious national voter registration drive that advisers say is a key part of the campaign's strategy.
Campaign volunteers have been registering voters at bars and nightclubs popular with the young, as well as visiting hip-hop parties and even gas stations--where drivers irate over rising fuel prices are a target, said one organizer. More than 250 of the campaign's "organizing fellows" arrived last week in Virginia, a state Democrats did not seriously contest in 2004, and will spend much of the summer there on voter registration.
With an enthusiastic following that regularly packs arena-sized venues for rallies, and unprecedented organizational resources from its fundraising successes, the Illinois senator's barrier-breaking campaign sees a chance to re-shape the electorate this fall to the Democrats' advantage, possibly for several elections into the future.
"Honestly, it's the first chance the Democrats have had in a generation or two to expand a part of the electorate that could help the Democratic Party for years to come," said Steve Hildebrand, Obama's deputy campaign manager.
There's still plenty of time between now and Election Day for the Obama hype to come crashing down. But the Obama campaign sees reason for hope following a primary season in which at least 3.5 million new voters registered and young voters, typically apathetic, turned out as much as older voters in some states.
A projection by the Tribune based on the results of the 2004 election shows that a turnout increase of 10 percent among blacks and youths--two groups that have demonstrated considerable excitement over the Obama candidacy--would offer a powerful potential lift to his campaign.
Two states that the Republicans narrowly won last time, Iowa and New Mexico, would switch to the Democratic column. The Republican lead in Ohio would plummet from more than 118,000 votes to fewer than 6,000. A host of Republican states would come into play, while Democratic leads would be substantially cushioned in major blue states that Republican candidate John McCain has targeted: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Of course, the election will not otherwise play out exactly as it did in 2004. Obama and McCain each offer strengths and weakness that differ from their counterparts on the ticket last time. And the message war between the campaigns over the next four months will go a long way toward shaping public opinion.
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"I would imagine the Obama campaign will have more offices and more staff," said Mike DuHaime, an adviser to the Republican National Committee and the McCain campaign. "But I feel very good. This is something that our party has done well the last decade."
Still, the draw of a historic candidacy could be formidable.
The closest historical parallel is the Rev. Jesse Jackson's ground-breaking 1984 primary run, which also featured a heavy emphasis on voter registration and generated enormous enthusiasm among African-Americans. Even though Jackson did not win the nomination and Walter Mondale was on the ballot instead, black voter turnout that fall was up 11 percent from four years earlier, likely reflecting the rise in black voter registration, which also rose 11 percent, according to U.S. Census statistics.
"Based upon the enthusiasm and the greater historical significance this time around, I certainly think a 20 percent increase in black turnout would be entirely within the range of possibility," said David Bositis, a research associate who studies African-American voting trends at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
One indicator of the level of excitement this time: Exit polls from the Democratic primaries in states where such information was available this year indicated turnout among blacks more than doubled from four years earlier, according to an analysis by Bositis.
The Obama campaign has structured its voter registration drive as a 50-state effort. But campaign officials said they will concentrate resources on states that are competitive or they hope to make competitive, as well as demographic groups supportive of their candidate that historically have turned out in low numbers.
Chief among them will be voters aged 18 to 35--"a group we see as the most important for us in every single state," Hildebrand said. African-Americans are another obvious target, and Hildebrand also cites Hispanics, lower-income voters and non college-educated women. Women are more supportive of Democrats, and those without college degrees typically turn out to vote at lower rates than do those with more education.
Hildebrand contends that even Georgia, which Republicans won handily in 2004, is an inviting target with by his estimate some 600,000 unregistered black voters the Obama campaign could reach.
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As a renowned composer and player, not to mention music publisher, Ignaz Pleyel took the next logical step in cornering the market in the music business, in 1807, by entering the piano building industry. With composers such as Beethoven pushing contemporary pianos technical capacities to the limit, Pleyel thought it the right time to produce a better piano. Pleyel was in fact the first to introduce the upright piano to France, adapting the best features of pianos built in Britain – an astute business decision as it brought pianos to a wider market. These vertically-strung cottage pianos or 'pianinos' were developed with the assistance of Jean-Henri Pape in the period 1811-1815. When Pleyel's son, Camille (1815), and the pianist Frédéric Kalkbrenner (1829) joined the administrative/musical team, Pleyel pianos gradually became highly renowned. The final accolade came when Chopin associated himself with the firm, and his recommendation of the instruments (he gave his Paris début at the Salle Pleyel on 26 February 1832) brought the Pleyel piano its highest reputation. The Polish pianist was famously to remark: "When I feel I feel energetic and strong enough to find my own sound, I need a Pleyel piano". With its mahogany veneer running across pine boards, the Pleyel piano is thought to have had a bright and silvery sound. The instruments were such a success that in 1834 the company boasted 250 employees and an annual production of 1000 pianos. After specialising in luxury high-quality pianos, the Pleyel company then in 1839 turned to the production of cheaper, practice square pianos. The company was to receive gold medals at the Expositions nationals of 1839 and 1844, and on Camille's death in 1855, it was his business associate Auguste Wolff who took over the business, the company becoming Pleyel, Wolff and Cie. Wolff was a talented inventor creating not only a transposing pedal and pedal piano but also the new shorter grand piano today known as a baby grand or as Gounod called it, a 'toad' or crapaud. But Wolff's death two years later led to company being taken over by Wolff's son, Gustave Lyon. Gustave Lyon managed the company until the end of the 19th century, producing not only pianos but also other instruments, notably chromatic harps, chromatic timpani, practice keyboards and the 'Duoclave', two grand pianos built into a single frame. After branching out in harpsichords in the 20th century, the Pleyel company finally merged with Gaveau-Erard in 1961, with pianos still being produced under the Pleyel name. It is currently owned by Rameau. Source:Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2001 s.v., Pleyel (ii), pp. 923-924
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Volkswagen is still trying to grab the luxury car brass ring that slipped through their grasp with the Phaeton. So be it. This time out though, instead of going after S-Classes and 7-Series, VW wants to grab steal from the likes of the Mercedes-Benz CLS (and Audi's A6, though die Volks don't want us talking 'bout that). However, instead of making a swoopy "4-door coupe" like MB did, the Passat CC looks like someone dragged an Infiniti M45 out behind the chicken coop and beat it with a ruler. For reals, have you ever seen so many straight lines? The front resembles a buffed-out Sebring hood sitting atop an R8's headlights. Still, the rear of the CC is quite fetching and we're considering getting married
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May 4, 2016
A woman in Greenville tells WITN a stray bullet could have been catastrophic after it flew into her home on Peed Drive.
The woman did not want to go on camera, but says a bullet came whizzing through just before 9:00 p.m. Monday night, and ended up lodged in the wall of her son's bedroom. Fortunately, he wasn't inside, but she says if he had been on his bed, he would have been hit. She says she heard several gunshots before the bullet came through her window.
Greenville Police reports show another shooting took place at the apartment building just up the street at 703 Peed Drive around the same time last night.
Greenville Police say no injuries were reported and no arrests had been made as of late Tuesday.
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The Hollywood Reporter Sweeps National Entertainment Journalism Awards With Best Entertainment Publication, Best Website & Six Other Top Awards
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hollywood Reporter swept the LA Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards, taking top honors with the Best Entertainment Publication award as well as Best Website. The outlet's editorial director, Janice Min, was recognized with the prestigious Luminary Award for career achievement, while THR took six other awards in various categories. Awards were presented at a gala event at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A., where Jane Fonda was awarded with the LA Press Club's Visionary Award, presented by Robert Redford."For the past two years, we've worked tirelessly to bring readers the best of the entertainment industry. Last night, the THR team was recognized for its hard work and insistence on excellence," said Ms. Min. "We are so thrilled by this honor." Added The Hollywood Reporter publisher and senior vp Lynne Segall: " THR is redefining entertainment journalism for a changing market. Last night, the LA Press Club showed just how successful we've been." In an earlier statement, Diana Ljungaeus, executive director at the LA Press Club, noted that " Janice Min's turning around The Hollywood Reporter is nothing short of remarkable." In addition to Best Entertainment Publication and Best Website, THR editor-at-large Kim Masters received the award for Entertainment Journalist of the Year. THR senior writer Daniel Miller and news editor Matthew Belloni won Best Personality Profile in Print for their piece on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, "The Nerd Who Burned Hollywood." Miller also won in the business category for "Down the Rabbit Hole With Ron Tutor," an in-depth piece on the embattled business magnate-turned-movie mogul. THR staff writer Gary Baum's "The 3,000 Mile Embrace," about the intersection of Hollywood and Washington, D.C., won in the category for features under 1,000 words, while senior editor Eriq Gardner won in the online/feature series category for "Hollywood Confronts SOPA Uprising." THR's visuals team — creative director Shanti Marlar, photo director Jennifer Laski, deputy photo editor Jennifer Sargent, senior photo producer Carrie Smith and photographer Joe Pugliese — won in the non-portrait photography category for "Conan O'Brien." For the past five years, the LA Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards has been the leading barometer for quality reporting on the entertainment industry. While the 500-member LA Press Club has represented newspapers, journalists and editors of Southern California for more than a century, the club's various awards have a national reach. About The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter is the entertainment industry's flagship news media brand. Named Entertainment Publication of the Year by the LA Press Club in 2011, THR leads the category in providing breaking news, feature stories and industry analysis to readers of its glossy print edition as well as to 7 million unique monthly visitors online. The entertainment industry's paper of record, THR is widely read among Hollywood's top insiders and influencers, making its print edition cover "prized real estate," according to The New York Times , and driving 55 billion media impressions last year. The Hollywood Reporter is available online at www.thr.com. Contact: Lisa Dallos, email@example.com, 212-918-2049 SOURCE The Hollywood Reporter
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Looking for a home away from home in Belgium's most charming town Bruges? 'Snuffel Backpacker Hostel' is a character budget hostel, focusing on friendliness, hospitality and great atmosphere, centrally located in the old part of town.
Facilities include a fully equipped guest kitchen, hot showers, open minded vibes, no curfew or lockout, library, bicycle store, laundry, a grocery shop next door and a patio to relax on. There's a large information stand and our helpful and informative staff are able to provide you with any information you may need during your stay.
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The laid back bar has 25 different kind of infamous Belgian beers for you to try and a happy hour every night as well as Internet access or wifi and a varied music collection. There are exhibitions, all kinds of games and during the summer period special activities for you to join in with.
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Wednesday Nov 16 2011
Dr. Peers' Colfax home called "most wonderful'
By: Nancy Hagman, Special to the Colfax Record
On South Main in historic Colfax, a lamppost is missing its plaque. According to Helen Wayland, Colfax Area Heritage Museum director, it had honored Dr. Robert Alway Peers. Despite the absent metal, this is his story. Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada in 1875 he graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Depending on which account you read, he arrived in Colfax in 1898 or 1899 and set up practice to replace Dr. Ware. He started out in a storeroom partition in one of the stores on Main Street, separated only by a piece of calico cloth purchased from Lobner's general store. In 1907, Peers purchased the home on Auburn Street that still stands, just above the Verizon building. By 1911, he had remodeled it into the first hospital in Colfax, accommodating eight patients. In those days, there was an extremely deadly and contagious disease in the form of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a germ infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions – usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body, including the brain and bones, in acute stages. Peers became one of the leading pioneers in the successful treatment of this malady. Several years prior to Colfax becoming a city, Peers gave a presentation to an association of railroad physicians meeting in San Francisco. There he outlined his treatment plan of putting patients in an alternative environment with less stress, which included good climate and a healthy diet. He also called for a government that would set and enforce health codes and create an infrastructure of sanitary surroundings, vis-à-vis sewer systems. Peers was instrumental in the incorporation of Colfax, in 1910, so he could set the foundation for his healing centers. In January 1913, according to the Colfax Record, Peers was in Sacramento lobbying for tuberculosis-related legislation. In 1914 he served on the California Tuberculosis Commission and in 1915 was appointed to the state board of health by Gov. Hiram Johnson. He served in that capacity for 17 years. Volunteering his services to the Red Cross during World War I, Peers was appointed assistant chief to the Bureau of Tuberculosis in Paris. He oversaw the operation of seven hospitals in southern France. Back in Colfax after the war, he continued his work. He opened several colonies and hospitals, including the Weimar Joint Sanatorium in 1919, a facility serving 15 counties. By 1927 the Colfax School for the Tuberculous – as he preferred to call it – was the largest private TB group under one supervisor in America. In addition to his medical practice, Peers was mayor of Colfax from 1922-1945. He was also president of the Placer Union High School District board and affiliated with several lodges. In the early '20s, Peers purchased land and had what the Record called the "most wonderful home in Superior California" built, It sits on a hilltop just north of downtown and was designed by Bernard Maybeck, a famous San Francisco architect. The house is now owned and occupied by the Dave and Stephanie Gard family, who also owns Winner Chevrolet. Peers and his wife, Lucy Fitzgerald Peers (1873-1960), retired in 1951 and moved to Palo Alto. Dr. Peers died Jan. 31, 1970 at the age of 94. He received worldwide recognition for his work toward removing TB from the list of fatal diseases. He was a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, also a fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the American Medical Association.


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Instructions:This project-- painting a brick-- is pretty much the epitome of a simple craft: almost anyone can do it, and no special patterns or materials are required. Younger kids can simply paint abstract designs, while older kids may want to create detailed characters, geometric patterns, or wintry landscapes.
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Two bricks
Cover a clean surface with newspaper and set out the acrylic paints and paintbrushes. Stand the bricks vertically, so that your child can paint on her designs. Remember that the surface of the bricks is porous and can absorb a good amount of paint. Your child may need to apply several layers to create a solid covering. Or, if she prefers a splotchier effect, stop painting while some of the brick's surface still shows through. Once the paint dries, trace around the brick bases on felt and cut them out. Glue the felt squares on the bottom of each brick to prevent the brick from scratching your bookshelf or tabletop.
To make a holiday doorstop, use the same technique on one brick, but turn it horizontally first, so it's more stable.(from the website)
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