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Shuttle SBUV (SSBUV) Solar Spectral Irradiance V008 (SSBUVIRR) at GES DISCEntry ID: GES_DISC_SSBUVIRR_V008
Abstract: The Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) level-2 irradiance data are available for eight space shuttle missions flown between 1989 and 1996. SSBUV, a successor to the SBUV flown on the Nimbus-7 satellite, is nearly identical to the SBUV/2 instruments flown on the NOAA polar orbiting satellites. Data are available in an ASCII text format. UV irradiance data are available for the following ... days from the eight missions:
Flight #1: 1989 October 19, 20, 21
Flight #2: 1990 October 7, 8, 9
Flight #3: 1991 August 3, 4, 5, 6
Flight #4: 1992 March 29, 30
Flight #5: 1993 April 9, 11, 13, 15, 16
Flight #6: 1994 March 14, 15, 17
Flight #7: 1994 November 5, 7, 10, 13
Flight #8: 1996 January 12, 16, 18
The Shuttle SBUV (SSBUV) instrument measured solar spectral UV irradiance during the maximum and declining phase of solar cycle 22. The SSBUV data accurately represent the absolute solar UV irradiance between 200–405 nm, and also show the long-term variations during eight flights between October 1989 and January 1996. These data have been used to correct long-term sensitivity changes in the NOAA-11 SBUV/2 data, which provide a near-daily record of solar UV variations over the 170–400 nm region between December 1988 and October 1994. These data demonstrate the evolution of short-term solar UV activity during solar cycle 22.
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Hilsenrath, E.
Dataset Title: Shuttle SBUV (SSBUV) Solar Spectral Irradiance
Dataset Series Name: SSBUVIRR
Dataset Release Date: 2009-09-08
Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD, USA
Dataset Publisher: Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Version: 008
Data Presentation Form: Digital Science DataOnline Resource: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/SSBUVIRR_V008.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1989-10-19Stop Date: 1989-10-21
Start Date: 1990-10-07Stop Date: 1990-10-09
Start Date: 1991-08-03Stop Date: 1991-08-06
Start Date: 1992-03-29Stop Date: 1992-03-31
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Start Date: 1994-03-14Stop Date: 1994-03-17
Start Date: 1994-11-05Stop Date: 1994-11-13
Start Date: 1996-01-12Stop Date: 1996-01-18
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Data Set Progress
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution Media: FTP/HTTP
Distribution Size: 0.8 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII
Fees: None
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 202-358-7231
Email: Ernest.Hilsenrath at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
City: Washington
Province or State: DC
Postal Code: 20546-0001
Country: USA
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 301-867-2160
Email: Richard.P.Cebula at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 613.3
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5284
Email: Suraiya.Ahmad at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 610.2
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Hilsenrath, E., R.P. Cebula, M.C. Bories, P.W. DeCamp, L.-K. Huang, C.N. Hui, S.J. Janz, T.J. Kelly, K.R. McCullough, J.J. Mederios, J.T. Riley, B.K. Rice, and C.D. Thorpe, 1996: Contributions of the SSBUV Experiment to Long-Term Ozone Monitoring, in Proc. 18th Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, L'Aquila 1996.
Hilsenrath, E., P.A. ... Newman, R.P. Cebula, P.W. DeCamp, T.J. Kelly and L. Coy, "Ozone Change from 1992 to 1993 as Observed from SSBUV on the Atlas-1 and Atlas-2 Missions," Geophy. Res. Lett., 23 2305-2308, 1996.
Hilsenrath, E., R.P. Cebula, M.T. Deland, K. Laamann, S. Taylor, C. Wellemeyer, and P.K. Bhartia, 1995: Calibration of the NOAA-11 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SBUV/2) Ozone Data Set from 1989 to 1993 using In-Flight Calibration Data and SSBUV, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 1351-1366, 1995.
Hilsenrath, E., D.E. Williams, R.T. Caffrey, R.P. Cebula, and S.J. Hynes, "Calibration and Radiometric Stability of the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) Experiment," Metrologia, 30, 243-248, 1993.
Cebula, R. P., E. Hilsenrath, T. J. Kelly, G. Batluck, "On the Radiometric Stability of the Shuttle Borne Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer", Proc. SPIE, 1493, 91-99, (1991)
Hilsenrath, E., R.P. Cebula, S.J. Hynes, and R.T. Caffrey, "Implications of Space Shuttle Flight on the Calibration of Instruments Observing Atmospheric Ozone and the Solar Irradiance," Metrologia, 28, 301-308, 1991.
Hilsenrath, E., D. Williams, and J. Frederick, "Calibration of Long Term Data Sets from Operational Satellites using the Space Shuttle," SPIE Proc., 924, 215-222, 1988.
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As requested by amsmami in the thread http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5874#5874
I produced this ~20sec news-like opener. Didn't have much time, so don't expect something very special! ;-)
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Excellent - I can imagine the anchorman doing his tie as this starts up.
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In my opinion it's utterly uncool. I have no emotional attachment to this song you're quoting (players won't have it either, unless you're only targeting the band's fans), so I can't get anywhere past how it sounds. It's different alright, but that doesn't mean it's good. "Coin grabbing and pipe plumbing" is also different, but for some reasons the guys at Nintendo decided to go with "Super Mario". Is there something in your game that makes the word "Synthetica" special? Why not derive from just "Synthetic"? Not Synthetic, Synthetic NOT, Unsynthetic, etc. If it's an option at all, that is : )
I havent even heard of that band hes on about, unless the game has something 'vaguely' to do with the songs lyrics i dont see the point
I would purposely avoid a game with a silly long title on the app store, just seems quite pretentious. (sorry!)


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Register today for American Hiking Society's Hike The Hill: Trails Advocacy Week February 12-17, 2011. Trail advocates from across the nation will come to the nation's capital to promote and protect our nation's system of trails – including water trails. Come talk to your elected officials about your water trail and get up to speed… Read more »
Colorado River
The Hardest Working River The Colorado River is a lifeline in the desert, its water sustaining tens of millions of people in seven states, as well as endangered fish and wildlife. Not only does the Colorado River provide drinking water to thirty-six million people and irrigate nearly four million acres of land, it also is… Read more »
Expedition to a Haunted Landscape
Lake Powell | Sinjin Eberle I have been lucky to visit so many natural treasures across this country, which, when their given names are spoken, conjure up singular images about the place. Grand Canyon, Washington Monument, the Everglades, Zion, Nebraska – when you hear those words spoken, an image flashes across your mind that tells… Read more »
Today is a Day to Celebrate
Today is a day to celebrate. Simply put, Congress today passed the most comprehensive river protection and public lands bill in decades. The bill includes over 1,100 miles of 86 new Wild and Scenic Rivers in eight states and also designates over 2 million acres of new wilderness. To give you a sense of scale,… Read more »
Securing Future Water For The Colorado River Requires Action Now
Both Lake Powell and Lake Mead reservoirs are less than 50% full | © Wikipedia A recent piece in the New York Times "Colorado River Drought Forces a Painful Reckoning for States" (January 6) paints a dire picture of water scarcity in the Colorado basin, a crisis of supply and demand on an almost continental… Read more »
No Time for Superglue
Colorado River, AZ, CA, CO, UT | Dennis R. An article in the New York Times the other day really got me thinking. As winter is approaching many western states in the United States, are prepping for their traditional epic mountain snow season, which is not only the basis for their winter tourism, but is… Read more »
Rivers Work Best When They're Wet
If passed, HR3189 will hurt fish and wildlife by leaving river beds dry | © dalioPhoto The water supply system in the Colorado River Basin is near its breaking point. Despite an above normal snowpack in the Rockies, climate change and prolonged drought have sapped the once-vigorous Colorado River, threatening the water supply for 36… Read more »
Colorado River Basin study is step toward 21st century water management
Washington, DC – A federal study released today looking at water supply options for the Colorado River Basin is a critical step toward bringing water management into the 21st century. American Rivers applauded the Obama Administration for its effort on the report, which recognizes that climate change is making the status quo management regime of… Read more »
Spoiler Alert- Oil Shale Development May Harm Rivers in the Colorado Basin
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Map of US Dam Removals 1916-2015
Few things have such a fundamental impact on a river as a dam. Dams block a river's flow and can harm clean water, fish and wildlife, and recreation opportunities. American Rivers has pioneered a science-based approach to the removal of outdated dams. We have been creating a running inventory of all dam removal projects we… Read more »


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In remembrance of the genocide in Rwanda, the streaming site MUBI is screening the acclaimed documentary My Neighbor, My Killer, by Anne Aghion. The film, shot over the course of a decade, chronicles the process in which courts were run by the community after the tragedy. In these community-run courts, neighbors judged and sentenced one another.
MUBI has made the film available in over 200 countries around the globe for the next 30 days, and now is your chance to see it!
Here's more about the film:
Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha), which literally means "justice on the grass," is a form of open air, citizen-based justice which the Rwandan government put in place in an attempt to deal with the crimes of the 1994 genocide, and to allow the nation to move forward. Some two million Gacaca trials were held in over 10,000 locales across the country.
Filming for over a decade in one remote, rural community director Anne Aghion charts the impact this experiment in transitional justice has had on survivors and perpetrators alike. Through their fear and anger, accusations and defenses, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness, and hope for life renewed, she captures the emotional journey to coexistence.
Watch the trailer below:
My Neighbor My Killer: Official Trailer from Gacaca Films on Vimeo.


text: I know not allot of people on here watch TNA but for those who do, and for those who have been checking the spoilers; what have you made of TNA; so far in 2012? I think it's looking quite strong, this year. The guys that you want to be pushed, are being pushed. We have a fresh "young" heel champion who is definitely something different, an excellent and very talented X – Division champion in Austin Aries, brilliant Tag Team Champions, in Samoa Joe and Magnus and the ideal womens champion; in Gail Kim. So, the foundations are there for me; for TNA to really kick on. I'm hoping the days of the "old guard", where TNA were known for giving the established stars more air time, than the younger guys. (Steiner, Booker, Nash, Angle etc), are now moving away, and TNA's, if you like, home-grown guys are getting the air time, and establishing themselves as main stays in TNA. So what are your opinions on TNA, this year?


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Steel Cut Oatmeal Crock Pot Recipe
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 8 hrs
A great way to enjoy a hot breakfast with almost no work!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 1 cup milk
- 4 cups water
- Add the oatmeal, milk and water to a crock pot. Set on low and cook for 6-9 hours.
- Spraying the crock pot with a vegetable spray prevents oatmeal from sticking to sides and clean up easier.
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This was okay, but I found it to be pretty soupy. I'm not picky about oatmeal, but I do like it on the thicker side. I tried to make this exactly as written, but forgot to start the slow-cooker late at night, so it sat for about 7.5 hours until I started it in the morning and had my first taste later that afternoon. Hopefully all that soaking time didn't affect the results much. I've never really seen an oatmeal recipe that used this much milk; it was a little bit interesting, but again, too liquid for me.
We love oatmeal but I had never eaten steel cut oats. Made this for breakfast and we loved it. I only cooked mine for about four hours as it started to brown on the sides. Made for Spring PAC 2010.
World's Best Oatmeal - it can't be beat! Substituting soy milk works great if you don't tolerate dairy well. If you think it needs salt, though, salt in the morning, as this will allow the oatmeal to stay creamy.


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Game Credits
|Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? (1988)
|Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? (1986)
|WarBreeds (1998)
|(Network Programmers)
|Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition (1995)
|(Programming Assistants)
|In the 1st Degree (1995)
|(Additional Programming)
|Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? (1990)
|(Programmed by)
|Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? (1988)
|(Apple version programmed by)
|Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? (1986)
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Dr. Srivastava serves on the advisory boards for Allergan, Bausch & Lomb, and Alimera.
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Development of a vision-related quality of life instrument for children ages 8–18 years for use in juvenile idiopathic arthritis–associated uveitis
Version of Record online: 29 AUG 2011
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20524
Copyright © 2011 by the American College of Rheumatology
Arthritis Care & Research
Volume 63, Issue 9, pages 1254–1261, September 2011
Additional Information
How to Cite
Angeles-Han, S. T., Griffin, K. W., Harrison, M. J., Lehman, T. J. A., Leong, T., Robb, R. R., Shainberg, M., Ponder, L., Lenhart, P., Hutchinson, A., Srivastava, S. K., Prahalad, S., Lambert, S. R. and Drews-Botsch, C. (2011), Development of a vision-related quality of life instrument for children ages 8–18 years for use in juvenile idiopathic arthritis–associated uveitis. Arthritis Care Res, 63: 1254–1261. doi: 10.1002/acr.20524
Publication History
- Issue online: 29 AUG 2011
- Version of Record online: 29 AUG 2011
- Accepted manuscript online: 15 JUN 2011 10:14AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 2 JUN 2011
- Manuscript Received: 28 DEC 2010
Funded by
- Arthritis Foundation New York Chapter
- Weill Cornell Medical College Clinical and Translational Science Center. Grant Number: UL1RR024996
- Research to Prevent Blindness
- Emory Egleston Children's Research Center
- Knights Templar Eye Foundation
- Abstract
- Article
- References
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To determine the validity and reliability of a novel questionnaire to measure vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) in children ages 8–18 years for use in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)–associated uveitis: the Effects of Youngsters' Eyesight on Quality of Life (EYE-Q).
Several steps validated the EYE-Q. We interviewed experts and children on how vision affects a child's activities. We developed new items and selected relevant items from existing instruments. We administered initial versions of the EYE-Q to normal-sighted children and those with JIA-associated uveitis. For this study, children with various (or no) ocular conditions were recruited from a clinical population. Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity were performed, and the EYE-Q and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) were administered. The EYE-Q was repeated 10 days later. Patients, parents, and physicians rated vision severity.
Of 120 patients, 48% were female, 46.7% had no visual impairment, and 53.3% had bilateral eye involvement. The mean age was 11.3 years. There were significant differences in the measures based on visual acuity (P < 0.001). Children with more severe visual acuity and bilateral eye involvement had worse EYE-Q scores (P < 0.001). There were significant associations between the EYE-Q and PedsQL (r = 0.375), repeat EYE-Q (r = 0.864), and clinical measures of ocular disease (r = −0.620).
Our study provides evidence of the validity and reliability of the EYE-Q in the measurement of VRQOL. The EYE-Q may complement clinical measures of visual impairment and overall QOL and become an important tool in the assessment of QOL in JIA-associated uveitis.


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Here's an add I'm running at my local bike board--and I
wanted to ask folks what you think a good price is?
Soma Double Cross--
Pics are here:
54 cm seat tube (center of bottom bracket to top).
See SOMA's website for the rest of their geometry
Blue frame. Black Triple-T stem.
I bought this bike in 2005 and have taken good care
of it since. The only issue was that the paint job
on the lugged fork crown was spotty from the factory
so I dabbed a little bit of automotive touch-up paint
on it--near perfect match.
Shimano Deore 27 spd drive-train with Truvativ crank arm.
Mavic rims laced to Shimano Deore hubs with 36 spokes.
Reynolds 631 steel frame (welded not lugged) with a lugged
steel fork.
Nitto aluminum multiposition bars with Shimano index shifters and levers,
SOMA thick-n-zesty tape.
Steel no-name seatpost with a Terry Ti-Fly saddle with titanium rails--
designed by Selle Italia--leather.
MKS Sylvan pedals with MKS cages and EAI leather straps.
I'll throw in a pair of Honjo Koken hammertone aluminum fenders that I
haven't installed yet (have all the hardware) from Jitensha studio and an
extra saddle--an old San Marco race saddle in case you want to cyclocross this
The saddle, fenders and bars alone are worth around $300--
and the frame new goes for around $500.
I've never crashed the bike and I'm the original owner--can show receipts.
Hate to part with it but I figured someone on here might appreciate a good
steel bike.


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Greyson Chance to play cancer benefit concert Jan. 28 in Oklahoma City; tickets on sale Dec. 20
Edmond teen music sensation Greyson Chance will be home for the holidays and headlining a cancer benefit concert Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center, 429 E California Ave. in Oklahoma City.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. next Tuesday, Dec. 20 for the all-ages show, presented by Edmond Santa Fe High School and Oklahoma City radio station KJ 103.
According to the show announcement, 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Peggy & Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center located on the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City. The Cancer Center provides cancer prevention, research, treatment and education.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. VIP passes will be available for $55 and include a backstage meet-and-greet with Greyson. Tickets can be purchased online starting Dec. 20 at www.stubwire.com or by phone at (877) 990-7882 (STUB).
Doors will open at 7 p.m. Jan. 28. The show will begin at 8 p.m.
Opening acts will include Edmond-based pop rockers At Long Last, and Oklahoma City jazz-pop musician Denver Duncan with local rapper Jabee.
Greyson, 14, raised $40,000 last year by performing two concerts and doing a meet-and-greet at Edmond Santa Fe High School as part of its annual Double Wolf Dare Week, which raised a total of $198,000 for charitable organizations, including Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and Angels Foster Family Network
Greyson shot to fame in 2010 when his cover of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" became an Internet smash; the video has since garnered more than 45 million views on YouTube. His subsequent appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" prompted the TV host to ink the Oklahoma singer/songwriter/pianist to a record deal with eleveneleven, her boutique label distributed by Geffen/Interscope.
The teenager released his debut album, "Hold On 'Til The Night," in August. Greyson has performed on to two successful North American tours and played major events such as the 2011 White House Easter Egg Roll, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's inaugural festivities and Variety's annual Power of Youth event. He even has guest-starred on two episode's of Fox's comedy series "Raising Hope."
His music video for "Hold on 'Til The Night," the title track from his debut album, debuted Friday on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" and shares a message empowering youth to be themselves and embrace who they are:


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I pee on the side of the toilet bowl so no one hears me pee. Especially when the place is quiet and there's people inside the house.
That's what I do too.
It's not so much that I'm ashamed of the sound of myself peeing; I just lessen the noise as a courtesy to others because I really could not care less about the sound of water hitting water but a lot of people would rather not hear it.
That being said, I'm a urinal chit-chat dude. If you choose to stand beside me when there are others available that aren't immediately next to me, then I will strike up a conversation as punishment. It's urinal courtesy to stand at least 1 urinal away if possible.
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With Reymond Fuentes batting, wild pitch by Nathan Karns, Alex Gordon to 3rd.
KC@CLE: Hosmer is excited Cuthbert was called up
NYM@KC: Fuentes comes to rescue after sun blinds Cain
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2 Parks near Warrens, Wisconsin
Tomah, Wisconsin 10.17 miles S
Oakdale, Wisconsin 13.17 miles SE
Camp Douglas, Wisconsin 18.42 miles SE
Millston, Wisconsin 19.4 miles NW
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin 19.96 miles SW
Warrens, Wisconsin (map) | (608) 269-8635
Sites: 52 | Latest Rate: $19.00 | 5 Reviews
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Jul 2014 - $19.00
We stay here at least once a year. We are generally here mid-week and occupy a gigantic pull through site for one night. The pull through sites are wooded so your dish probably will not work in the pull through area. It is very quiet in the pull through section. The sites are far apart and quite distant from your neighbors. The sites are gently sloping so that even if there has been rain there will be not standing water. The staff and camp ground host are friendly and helpful. - skigramp
Jul 2013 - $19.00
We camped here for 4 nights in our 5th wheel. Our site was recently graded, but was not level and required boards. There is only 1 real lake site - campsite #1. The lake needs to be cleaned up - very difficult to maneuver kayak for the grass and lilies. The restroom smell was so bad at one point my husband could not go into the building. This campground is used by the locals and has group sites for their use. Family one over from our site chose to ignore quiet time rules and stay up with fire, music, and talking until 1:30 a.m. Although this campground is smaller and more rustic to our liking, we would look elsewhere if we were in the area again. Very nice camp host. - westie0506
Sep 2011 - $17.00
Really nice basic campground. This is the 2nd time we have stayed here. Water and electric only with a dump station. Some train and highway noise but nothing excessive. Take Hwy EW to town and turn left before RxR tracks. Would definitely stay here again. - nedmtnman
1500 Jellystone Park Drive Warrens, Wisconsin 54666 (map) | (608) 378-2000
Sites: 500 | Latest Rate: $65.00 | 23 Reviews
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Jun 2015 - $65.00
This was our 1st stay here and it is our #1 campground so far. We stayed on the 11D site right across from bathhouse/restroom #3 in a 26' travel trailer (the free showers were in one single area that were for use by either men or women, with a locked door). Our site seemed larger than others nearby. The guests on 10D have been here 4-5 times and commented to us that we "got their favorite site." We've always had water and electric, but having sewer was new to us! We were very excited that we could avoid the dump station - how convenient! The $65 nightly rate does not include the per guest nightly rate. Overall we paid $205 including taxes for a 2 night weekend stay. 4 guests ages 4-64 was $32 for each night. Advantages: All of the amenities are free. No additional charge for mini golf or the train, etc. There are 3 swimming pools, 0.8" deep baby pool, hot tub, wave pool, a large basket that dumps water in another area, a lazy river, and so much more. Although we did not eat at the Pic-A-Nic Basket the menu options & prices were very competitive. Also, for $9-$24 campers can have cookies and milk or birthday cakes delivered to their site by Yogi Bear. Disadvantages: Many golf carts. We were hoping to get a ride to the skatepark using the train, but no boards were aloud. We just drove; which wasn't a big deal. A lot of traffic on the corner of Yogi Bear Lane & 4th St and we thought for sure we were going to witness an accident. Not many people slowed to check for oncoming traffic, pedestrians, golf carts, etc. No large inflatables in the swimming pond. No jumping pillow. There were so many things to do that we didn't get to everything, so we will definitely be back soon because they run a special where you stay 2 peak season weekends and get a fall weekend free. Looks like I better get to booking. This campground is a must see for families!! - Candi and Michael WI
Jul 2013 - $90.00
Your kids should never be bored at the this campground. It's a great place to spend a week. Camp store is probably the most well stocked I've seen. It isn't the cheapest place to go, but I kind of liked that most things were included with your stay. My only complaint is that many of the sites were fairly unlevel. Our kids definitely want to go back and so do we. - foley5000
Sep 2011 - $70.00
This was our first time camping here although we have stayed at the adjacent Three Bears Lodge on prior occasions. While there are numerous water attractions and activities for the kids (which they enjoyed) this place is a very poor value. This was evident as the place was half full at best for the Labor Day weekend (despite their reservationist insisting it would be full and they would have to turn away people). The rate of $70 for a "deluxe site" is obscene, but they further tack on $8/day per person so the effective rate for a family of four is $102 per night. The sites themselves were fairly roomy, but many of the concrete pads were grossly out of level. Wi-Fi never worked. General maintenance is fair at best. For $60-70 per night total cost it would be a fair value, at $102 we will probably not return. - scott1k


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Chop ground meat.
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By tightwad barbie
from Austin, Tx
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I used this product to loosen ground turkey.Turkey is usually the most difficult meat to separate, but this works really well.
Great tool!
By Chicken Lady
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Best tool ever for separating ground meat in a non-stick fry pan - won't mar the surface. I have had one for several years and bought this one for a gift.
What did I ever do without it?
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Home of the Long Beach State softball team since 1993, the 49er Softball Complex is an 800-seat facility located in the heart of campus.
Since moving to the 49er softball complex, Long Beach State has advanced to the NCAA championships 11 times, most recently in 2009. Additionally, the 49ers have also won six Big West titles, all coming during their tenure at the 49er softball complex.
The field is traditionally considered a pitchers park, with dimensions of 210 feet down the lines and 220 to center field and an ocean breeze coming from center field on most days.
The softball field's capacity has occasionally been raised with additional outfield seating as well as seating down the left-field grass patio area, with the attendance record being set on February 12, 2000, as well as a game carried by the ESPN networks on April 19, 2009 against UC Santa Barbara.
In addition to being the home of the softball team for both games and practice, the field is used by the Special Olympics each summer, and has been utilized for a number of charity celebrity softball games, owing to its location in Southern California.
The following items are prohibited from the 49er Softball Complex - Food/Drinks, Bicycles/Skateboards/Rollerblades, Video Cameras/Flash Photography, Animals, Noise-Makers, Balloons, Drugs, Alcohol, Weapons and Heaters. The 49er Softball Complex is a non-smoking facility - Please ask Event Management for the closest designated smoking areas.
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Randy Houser To Star In YouTube Series [VIDEO]
When the video for Randy Houser's #1 single "Like A Cowboy" was released, it became very obvious that Houser possesses some serious action chops.
When the video for Randy Houser's #1 single "Like A Cowboy" was released, it became very obvious that Houser possesses some serious action chops.
Dierks Bentley assembled a group of top-notch country performers to kick off the 2015 Country Radio Seminar, the yearly gathering of radio executives and journalists in Nashville.
Randy Houser's single "Like a Cowboy" is a big, Western ballad tucked between amped-up country-rock or pop songs. It stands out like rhinestones on a cowboy standing outside the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the singer is comfortable with that. In fact, few may be more comfortable with that.
A brand new year means a brand new Country Song Showdown.
Randy Houser looks forward to taking his 2-year-old son home to Mississippi this Christmas. It's a chance to show West how Daddy celebrated when he was growing up. Things were simpler then, mostly out of necessity.
December 18th, 2007
Taylor Swift was named iTunes' Country Artist of the Year, and her song "Teardrops On My Guitar" was named iTunes' top country single of 2007.
Randy Houser had several surprises in store for a military family at a concert in Baltimore on Saturday night (Nov. 22).
"Like a Cowboy" is the fourth single from Randy Houser's third studio album How Country Feels. It was released on January 22, 2013 via Stoney Creek Records. Randy wrote seven of the album's fifteen tracks.
Randy Houser, Lee Brice and Jerrod Niemann had a huge Wednesday night on July 30. The three friends got to perform on the Grand Ole Opry stage together.
Lee Brice, Randy Houser and Jerrod Niemann have been known to write together or just simply hang out together. But there's one thing they had never done together: perform on the Grand Ole Opry stage. But that all changed on this last Wednesday.
Carrie Underwood, meet your most loyal fan! At Country Fest in Cadott, Wisc. over the weekend, Gage Stroening did all he could to see the Underwood -- and meet Randy Houser -- after being jolted by lightning and stepping on a red-hot hot plate. Following a brief seizure and visit to the emergency room, the Minnesota man was back at Country Fest.
The new video for Randy Houser's 'Like a Cowboy' will find the singer as far from his natural habitat as one could imagine, or so it'd seem. Houser plays a drover in the new clip. An all-star casts surrounds him, but it's the Mississippi-born singer's handling of a horse and a herd that will leave fans amazed. Preview the video with this photo gallery, exclusive to Taste of Country.


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Ireland: banks need euro24B more, to be overhauled
DUBLIN Ireland's ailing banks need another euro24 billion ($34 billion) in cash, overwhelmingly from the government, in a move that is expected to leave all of them under state control and facing a complete overhaul, officials said Thursday.
The Central Bank of Ireland made that recommendation as it published pessimistic results for stress tests on four banks - a condition of Ireland's international bailout. The tests presume that the country's real estate market will keep falling and produce tens of thousands of home foreclosures, a problem that is just starting to bite.
Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan said all four banks would need enough money to cover mammoth write-offs of dud property loans and to boost their cash reserves to new, higher standards. He said these cash requirements can't be met by any of the banks in question, so each will have to receive funding from Ireland's emergency European Union-International Monetary Fund credit line.
Ireland's new government welcomed the findings as grim but realistic - and unveiled plans to shrink the country's financial sector through a series of mergers and asset selloffs.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan told parliament that Ireland intended to create "two pillar banks" based on the market leaders, Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks.
Noonan said he planned to take majority state control of Irish Life & Permanent, sell off its lucrative pensions and investment arms, and transfer the remaining parts to one of the two survivors.
He said the fourth and smallest bank targeted by Thursday's stress tests, Educational Building Society, would be merged into Allied Irish.
Noonan stressed that he wanted the extra billions to start flowing into all four banks "without delay."
Honohan said Ireland would over-invest in all four banks now to ensure that foreign investors will start lending to them again. He said the four banks "should have the needed capital even to meet the market's gloomy prognostications."
The EU and IMF in November made the offer of loans, worth up to euro67.5 billion ($95 billion), conditional on Ireland's banks being tested again to determine a worst-case scenario for funding. The EU-IMF bailout fund earmarked up to euro35 billion for bolstering the banks, so Thursday's figures come in well below that daunting limit.
Nonetheless, the new figure would take the estimated total cost of Ireland's bank-bailout efforts since 2009 to euro70 billion ($99 billion) - some euro15,500 ($22,000) for every man, woman and child in Ireland.
Ireland has already put euro46 billion into its banks since 2009, when it began nationalizing them to prevent their collapse - and took the country to the brink of bankruptcy as a consequence.
Honohan said it was virtually certain that, as part of the next infusion of capital, the last two banks to avoid majority state ownership - Bank of Ireland and Irish Life & Permanent - would both be forced down that road.
The state already owns 36 percent of Bank of Ireland but has yet to take a stake in Irish Life & Permanent, Ireland's major provider of private pensions and residential mortgages. The government already owns 93 percent of Allied Irish Banks and fully owns the Educational Building Society. It also fully nationalized and is shutting down two other banks, Anglo Irish and Irish Nationwide, that were not targets of Thursday's stress tests.
Thursday's plan calls for Allied Irish to receive euro13.3 billion more; Bank of Ireland euro5.2 billion; Irish Life & Permanent euro4 billion; and EBS euro1.5 billion.
The banks will be given the opportunity to raise funds themselves, but none has been able to borrow from foreign lenders over the past year because their dud and suspect loans greatly outstrip their market value.


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Mandatory breast density reporting legislation: The law outpaces science, and not in a good way
Over the years, our bloggers here at Science-Based Medicine have written time and time again about the intersection of law and science in medicine. Sometimes, we support a particular bill or law, such as laws to protect children against religion-inspired medical neglect; laws making it harder for manufacturers of homeopathic "medicines" to deceive the public; or California Bill AB 2109, a bill whose intent was to make it more difficult for parents to obtain nonmedical exemptions to vaccine mandates but whose implementation after being passed into law was profoundly sabotaged by Governor Jerry Brown. or, more recently, California SB 277, a bill currently wending its way through the California legislature that would eliminate nonmedical exemptions to school vaccine mandates and has, not surprisingly, engendered extreme resistance from the antivaccine crowd, including by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. In the vast majority of cases we explain how the law lets us down when it comes to science in medicine, and, unfortunately, examples are many: Naturopathic licensing laws; supplement regulation (or, more appropriately, lack of regulation); misguided, deceptive, and patient-hostile "right-to-try" laws; state laws regulating medical practice that allow quackery to flourish unchecked; laws regulating pharmaceutical cost transparency that ask the wrong question.
The case I will discuss here is unusual in that it is a case of the law getting ahead of what the science says in a manner that will likely do little, if any, good for patients, cause a lot of confusion until the science is worked out better, and end up costing patients money for little or no benefit. I am referring to laws mandating the reporting of high-breast-density to women with dense breasts undergoing mammography. These laws are sweeping the country (albeit not as rapidly as "right-to-try" laws), with a total of 22 states having passed them as of today since Connecticut became the first to do so in 2009. The most recent of these laws went into effect in my own state of Michigan exactly one week ago:
Women with dense breast tissue — the sort that can hide potentially deadly tumors from routine mammograms — must be notified in writing and encouraged to consider additional tests under a new state law that is effective Monday.
While mammograms remain the gold standard for detecting breast tumors, they're less reliable in almost half of women with dense breast tissue. Dense or fibrous tissue shows up as splotches of white on a mammogram — so do tumors.
That will likely surprise many of the millions of women who rely on mammography for catching the earliest signs of cancer, said Nancy Cappello. The Connecticut woman was shocked in 2004, when her gynecologist found a lump — advanced cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes — just months after a mammogram deemed her cancer-free.
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A Culture under Fire
Barras, Jonetta Rose, The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
Don't believe it a coincidence that in one week a mother in a Prince George's County suburb and a grandmother in the District were caught in the crossfire of two separate gunfights over drugs and money between rival groups. Don't believe that events earlier this year in Littleton, Colorado - where dozens of young people were killed or injured at Columbine High - is unrelated to the age-old drama in urban schools, where kids frequently shoot each other. Shootings in city schools haven't merited the term massacre, although in the aggregate there have been far more. There is a reason both suburban Prince William County and the District enacted teen curfew laws.
Don't think it happenstance that Montgomery County, Fairfax County and other wealthy suburbs in the country have education woes that duplicate those of inner-city neighborhoods. And don't believe it a fluke that cases of child neglect and abuse are rising in the suburbs - as is drug use among teens.
The line between urban and suburban America has blurred. It is becoming increasingly difficult to know where one begins and the other ends. The serene, bucolic neighborhoods families sought in suburbia are overrun by the same pathologies visiting neighborhoods like the District's Congress Heights and East Capitol Dwelling. There are no border guards capable of preventing the intrusion. Not unlike inner-city communities, the cultural fabric of the suburbs is ripping - loudly.
Some people may want to deny the disintegration and the synthesizing that have occurred over the last decade; they ignore the resulting effects. But there is tangible evidence, both good and bad, to offer as proof that the landmarks that delineate and separate communities are becoming invisible. Truth be told, the lines between black, white and Hispanic cultures in this country also are fading. One need only to hear the music of N'Sync or the Backstreet Boys, the cadence of some conversations between white teens and their counterparts, or see the baggy, hanging pants some white and middle class suburban kids wear.
"The problems don't stop neatly at the central city borders," Myron Orfield, author of "Regional Agenda for Community and Stability" once noted. Cities are where many of the socioeconomic challenges - poverty, immigration, education, crime, community development, reconstruction of families and the values that guide them - are being played out. All that is changing as suburban communities grapple with similar concerns.
Still, a destructive individualism prevails, where the rules, regulations, integrity, values and discipline necessary for a healthy society are tossed aside. People maintain a not-in-my backyard or not-my-problem mentality. Public leaders are not much different. Their discussions, analyses and proposed solutions to the expanding socioeconomic pathologies are myopic and narrow.
When the Columbine shooting occurred the quick whipping horse was the entertainment and video industry, followed by the gun industry. Each of these bears some responsibility, but none can claim eminence. To be sure, the entertainment and video industry nurses the public on a plethora of violence - some of it, like cartoons, seeming benign until it is measured over time. …


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Wall to wall cloud, but right on cue, they parted and I got my shots from my own front yard!! WOOT!! :hsd:
http://www.asignobse...bumid=12406364"" target="_blank">My solar gallery.
1. Close to about as much coverage by the moon as I was going to get this far south. Cairns, up the north coast in queensland got totality.
2. A close-up of some sunspot activity as well!
3. Gave the neighbors a bit of an opportunity.
2012 Solar Eclipse from Canberra
Started by bloodhound31 , Nov 13 2012 11:43 PM
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 10:29 AM
Very nice! Watched the live stream on the net:)
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Ta mate.


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Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to venture out of the solar system, has fallen silent after traveling billions of miles from Earth on a mission that has lasted nearly 31 years, NASA said Tuesday.
What was apparently the spacecraft's last signal was received Jan. 22 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Deep Space Network. At the time, Pioneer 10 was 7.6 billion miles from Earth; the signal, traveling at the speed of light, took 11 hours and 20 minutes to arrive.
The signal and the two previous signals were very faint. The Deep Space Network heard nothing from Pioneer 10 during a final attempt at contact on Feb. 7. No more attempts are planned.
Pioneer 10 was launched March 2, 1972, on a 21-month mission. It became the first spacecraft to pass through the asteroid belt and the first to obtain close-up images of Jupiter. In 1983, it became the first manmade object to leave the solar system when it passed the orbit of distant Pluto.
Although Pioneer 10's mission officially ended in 1997, scientists continued to track the TRW Inc.-built spacecraft as part of a study of communication technology for NASA's future Interstellar Probe mission. Pioneer 10 hasn't relayed telemetry data since April 27.
"It was a workhorse that far exceeded its warranty, and I guess you could say we got our money's worth," said Larry Lasher, Pioneer 10 project manager at NASA's Ames Research Center.
Pioneer 10 carries a gold plaque engraved with a message of goodwill and a map showing the Earth's location in the solar system. The spacecraft continues to coast toward the star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus. It will take 2 million years to reach it.
A Space Trailblazer Falls Silent
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Several communities in the east were learning their local law enforcement Tuesday night during National Night Out.
In Jacksonville there were tons of vendors lining the streets as over 5,000 people gathered for the opportunity to see their local officers and ask them questions.
It wasn't just the police and firefighters getting attention, the National Guard had plenty of kids around their mini plane as well.
Miss North Carolina Teen U.S.A. told us she drove four hours to be there. She says because of its rich military history, Jacksonville has a lot to offer in Eastern Carolina.


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It was just a tiny pumpkin.
And it was only $1.99, said the sign posted over the bin from which I plucked it from a crowd of look-alikes.
But when the grocery clerk tried to charge me $3.99 for that little gourd — then argued with me over the price — that miniature pumpkin caused my neighborhood grocery store to lose a client. That pumpkin has since become my personal symbol of a one-woman boycott. Since that incident a couple of weeks ago, I have not gone back to what was my regular going-home-from-work grocery stop.
You see, I tend to avoid spending my money in stores where the staff are quarrelsome and try to humiliate me with eye-rolling gestures aimed at the customers waiting in the embarrassingly long line behind me.
I tend to stick with the stores where the associates are trained to either take the customer's word for it or call for a price check. I'm inclined to shop in the places where people at least act as if I'm their friend.
It's a notion that sort of reminds me of when I was growing up in Stevenson, a two-grocery store town at the time. I remember, at a very young age, asking my mother why we always stopped at one of those stores and never the other.
"Because Mr. Gopel is our friend," was her matter-of-fact answer.
Anyhoo, I know it's useless and tiresome for an old, cranky person like me to complain about the demise of customer service. Who wants to listen? I'm even a bit bored myself.
Really, most of us who remember the concept of customer service realize it is passé, kaput. We need to stop whining and come to terms with it.
But that grocery store incident went beyond bad service and ventured into the realm of rude and uncalled-for. And I can name a few other recent examples (the way, way too-aggressive door-to-door salesman and the counter person at the dry cleaners who let several minutes tick by without making eye contact with me, her lone customer) that have me wondering about the content of today's customer service manuals.
I also wonder about the grocery chains that seem to be training their employees with only handbooks. Are the leaders of these businesses so confident in their never-ending share of the market?
After all, supermarkets are perhaps the most protected retail sector because their core offering — food — is something everyone has to buy. Food stores over the years have also increased their share of consumer dollars by adding other product lines, such as beauty products and pharmaceuticals, which they often can sell cheaper because of their scale and buying power.
Perhaps it's a profitable business model, especially when it's well managed by these new armies of aggressively trained customer service representatives. I guess time will tell now that the food-buying holidays are upon us.
But I, for one, believe these grocery businesses would realize far more profit by focussing on good old-fashioned, bend-over-backward friendliness to outdo the growing abundance of grocery competitors in Clark County.
They'd also do well to administer training on how to treat customers with respect, which means no arguing — ever — over a lousy pumpkin.


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Cook County Department Of Public Health Cicero is a clinic in Cicero Illinois. This WIC location can assist you with questions or issues with the Illinois Women Infants and Children program, including questions about how to apply for WIC. You can call and schedule an appointment to fill out a Illinois WIC application, your caseworker can tell you what documents you need to bring to the meeting.
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Yesterday was maybe not an important day for me, but it was in some ways a significant or an informative day. I had the last interview to determine whether I have ADD.
ADD mostly is just a collection of symptoms and if you display enough of them you have it and if not you just have difficulties with tasks asking for skills like planning, concentration, order and such. Basically it is the same just a little less. That is why I struggled with what it would mean to get the label ADD, because it wouldn't mean anything more than that there are tasks that are difficult for me to master. Something I already knew because that was the reason I was taking the test in the first place.
Today however I see things a bit different, because it turns out I have ADD. Yesterday, I had my last appointment with a psychiatrist at nine in the morning. Normally I have to work so I switched shifts at worked on Saturday and gave up rowing that day. I talked about it on Sunday with my parents, I was a little nervous all week. On Wednesday, the day of, I woke up got ready, completely forgot my appointment en arrived at work. Where someone asked me the question why I was three hours earlier than necessary. My whole system flooded with adrenaline as I realized my mistake. Luckily they were very nice at work as well as at the psych's office. They allowed me to start work early and to move my appointment till four. So in the end everything was fine, but I kept that feeling of loosing control until the moment I stepped out of the psych office around five o'clock.
So how did that experience influence my view of my new label… I think mostly it is a feeling of acknowledgment. This is hard for me and I will find myself in these kinds of situations because of it. Part of it means that I no longer have to measure myself against people for who these types of tasks aren't harder. I in no way mean that it allows me to work less hard, on the contrary it is proof that I need to work harder, but maybe it will allow me to be nicer to myself when I f#ck up next time.


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Birthday Jokes
List Criteria: Any joke that has to do with birthdays
List of Birthday Jokes jokes and humor, culled from TV shows, films, stand-up comedy and pop culture. These one-liners and humorous anecdotes look at Birthday Jokes from a variety of perspectives, and try to find humor in wry observations, through irony and sarcasm, and even just by being silly. Human beings love to laugh, and being able to notice life's little absurdities can make even bad days seem a bit cheerier. Some of these jokes about Birthday Jokes are designed with that in mind, from amusing little witticisms to obscure references to puns. Others take a more satirical approach to the subject of Birthday Jokes, mining hypocrisy and criticism for laughs.
The jokes on this page take many forms and are written in different formats. Some have a very traditional set-up/punchline style, with the set-up in bold and the punchline written smaller in the space below. Others are more like mini-stories or scenarios, in which case they've simply been broken up in a way that's convenient and easy to read. Go through them all and vote for your favorites!


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Felicitas Hermelinda
Update on Felicitas HermelindaThe group member is Felicitas. She continues with her economic activity of handmade crafts, principally selling woven elements and jewelry. She sells them in a stall in the crafts market in her city. Felicitas at this time is asking for a loan in order to capitalize her work and to purchase merchandise like sweaters, scarves, gloves, hats, and some silver jewelry like earings and necklaces. Felicitas is very grateful for KIVA's help, which allows her to strengthen her economic activity and to offer a better quality of life for her family and to maintain herself. She belongs to the communal bank "El Templo del Inca" or "The Incan's Temple" in the city of Cusco, Perú.
Previous Loan DetailsFelicitas is 43 years old. She was born in the city of Cusco and she currently lives together with her husband and five children in Wanchaq district, in Cusco province. Felicita's business is selling handicrafts: costume jewelry, jewelry, silverwork and knitted items. She has a small sales s... More from Felicitas Hermelinda's previous loan »
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Important InformationAbout Asociación Arariwa
Asociación Arariwa is a large non-governmental organization that started offering microcredit in 1994 to improve the quality of life, skills and equity of the population in the rural Cusco region of Peru. Arariwa serves the southern Andean provinces of Peru, and is distinguished by its efforts to reach the very poor, who often live in isolated rural areas. Arariwa fosters village banking, supports savings accounts, promotes access to education, and empowers women entrepreneurs (who make up 78% of its borrowers).
Concurrent and Successive Loans
Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
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- Sep 17, 2012
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- Apr 17, 2013
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Kiva allows our Field Partners to re-use the same photo for individual borrowers that have been posted on Kiva's website once before in a 24 month period, and we allow them to re-use group photos for up to 24 months, provided that 80% of the current group's membership is represented.
Taking, collecting, and uploading photos of borrowers is one of the most challenging elements of using Kiva for our Field Partners. In order to make Kiva easier for Field Partners to use, we have allowed them to post successive and concurrent loans without taking a new photo of the borrower if the criteria above are met.


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The present Application is related to, and claims priority from PCT Application No. PCT/JP01/07726, filed 6 Sep. 2001, which claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-390618, filed 22 Dec. 2000. The teachings of these Applications are incorporated herein by reference to the extent they do not conflict with the present Application.
This invention relates to a method of supplying information for fortunetelling through a use of an internet connection, LAN, WAN, mobile communication system or others.
In the present stage where internet communication is quite popular among people, many internet services used have their sites for furnishing "Fortunetelling" contents, through which it is easy for internet users to access the fortunetelling site and obtain their own fortunes. A user who wants to check his fortune may access the site and input his own data such as his name, his date of birth and the like, according to a format indicated on a browser, and thus the computer site performs its fortunetelling in accordance with the obtained data, and then it displays the fortune result on the browser after proper calculation, wherein the user can obtain the relative result.
Nowadays, however, these fortunetelling sites are flooded, resulting in similar distributions of fortunetelling data without any significant difference. Therefore, for these sites, it is necessary to furnish extra and special data supplements to obtain many visitors on the site.
Recently, even a terminal of mobile communication machines such as PHS or a handy phone can enjoy the internet services, and there are many fortunetelling sites for these services. However, the contact to the site by the terminal needs the operation of a user's thumb only, which is very troublesome and difficult, and therefore on this site services, only limited information for the fortunetelling can be supplied.
The present invention has an object to resolve problems as discussed above, and it provides a method of supplying information for fortunetelling in more useful manners to all users of the relative sites. In other words, this method of supplying information for fortunetelling provides a server, equipped with a database storing all user's data, another database storing fundamental data of fortunetelling, and a computer calculating results of the fortunetelling for the user's own, by the fundamental data being read out based on the user's data in accordance with principles of the fortunetelling. The computer calculates the result of fortunetelling at a fixed time as required, the result is then distributed to a client device, such as a cellular phone of a user, for example, which can be operated by a user to access the server. Once the user visits the site and inputs his own data and registers the same on the site, the last information for his fortune is regularly and automatically supplied from the site side to a terminal at the user's side. In other words this invention provides an active system.
As the user's data, in case of astrology, his date of birth, his time of birth and his place of birth are adopted, while as the fundamental data, in case of astrology, revolving data of stars such as planets and satellites of the solar system and meaningful messages of each star, revolving data of constellations such as zodiac and meaningful messages of such constellations, and meaningful messages of the zodiac houses are adopted. These data are assembled to make a horoscope, whereon the message for the user's own horoscope is produced and thus the result for fortunetelling is supplied. Such method of fortunetelling by computer is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid Open No. 1997-627.
The fixed time at which a computer calculates the result of fortunetelling can be decided both by the site side and the user side. For example, once a day at 8:00 AM or every hour in a day can be decided. The supplying time can be decided by the site side, but it is preferable that this supplying time is decided by the through the client device at the user's side. In case the user wants to know the last fortune as promptly as possible, the most appropriate time for the computer to calculate the result of the fortunetelling can be set at a fixed interval such as every 30 minutes or every hour, and a site server delivers the results of fortunetelling whenever a site computer calculates the same. Also, a programming by the computer judging whether the fortune result is of good luck or bad luck can be prepared. In this case, the server immediately delivers a result of fortunetelling to the user when a result either corresponds to good or bad luck, it being very beneficial (useful) for the user since this method can provide good or bad information as promptly as possible. In order to recognize whether the result is good or bad luck, the computer can judge a positive or negative sentence or languages in a message which are included in the fortunetelling result by use of flags.
In this method of the present invention, the client device which can be operated by a user can adopt a terminal connected to the network such as a telephone, personal computer, PDA, interactive TV, personal computer used in a company, a data terminal prepared at some convenience store and a terminal of a mobile communication system. When the user is contacted by his terminal of mobile communication which is devised to show his present user position data by its location registration function, the mobile communication system can offer his present position data to the server, whereon this position data can be added to the user's data. Thus the computer can calculate the result of fortunetelling taking into consideration the user's position. In recent days, the mobile terminal equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving function is available, so it is possible for a client device to be equipped with a GPS receiving function, for example, and therefore the user's position data by GPS receiving function can be also supplied to the server from the client device, whereupon this position data can be added to the data of the server. Thus the computer can calculate the result of fortunetelling taking into consideration the user's position.
For instance, in astrology, connections between the geographic position or location of a subject person or user for the fortunetelling and the present revolving situations of stars become very important, and therefore the present user position can be an important factor to supply accurate fortune information. Further, the site computer calculates fortunetelling results when a user's position changes far from a previous fixed position, the changes of fortunetelling being in accordance with the changes in position can also be supplied. Still further, setting a site server to deliver results of fortunetelling whenever a site computer calculates the results is beneficial to the user. Also, a site computer calculates results of fortunetelling when a position of the user is changed far from a previous fixed position and judges the results of the fortunetelling. A site server delivers the results of the fortunetelling when the user position is moving in an astrologically positive or negative direction depends on a user's setting. A computer detects a direction of user movement compared with a former position of the user whenever the position of the user is changed far from a previous fixed position, and calculates when this direction is judged astrologically positive or negative, relative messages are delivered to a client device from a site server. Changes in a user's position can be determined, for example, by a distance changed such as when a cell space of a base station of a mobile communication system changes (hand-off), or by use of a GPS mechanism providing distance moved in kilometers or relative latitude and longitude (degree, minute, second).
In the sites as above explained, a server equipped with a database storing some characteristic data of some particular fortunetellers, wherein principles of fortunetelling are changed in compliance with the characteristic data in connection with a computer calculating the results of fortunetelling, so that the user can obtain the results of fortunetelling in accordance with characteristics of the fortuneteller selected by user preference. For instance, in case of the astrology, when the data obtained by assembling the constellations, planets and zodiac houses enters into a boundary of the other data, how to locate these data for consideration will differ by each fortuneteller's experience and his practical intuition. On the other side, degrees of star meanings and constellation meanings can be also judged by different manners. In order to judge equally as said above, the characteristics of the particular fortuneteller are recorded as data memory, so that a flow of fortune calculation is adjusted. For example, the adjustment is made for respectively, when an angle of a given star in reference to another star attains a given value, the zodiac should be adopted in a former house, whereas if the aspect or angle changes, the zodiac should be adopted in a different house.
As in the above mentioned method of the present invention, the message of results of the fortunetelling can be played into sound or vocally provided. In this case, the sound played in the server is supplied in normal telephone function. Alternatively, the sound data such as the sound file is delivered from the server, and the sound data can be reproduced into sound by the client device or other known mechanism. The sound can be played according to characteristics of a particular character, for example a voice of some talent and his way of speaking such as a tone of voice and an accent, in this manner the user can enjoy listening to the fortunetelling information.
A site computer searches another user's data in a database, which is congenial or compatible with a user on the client device based on the results of fortunetelling, and delivers address data of the searched congenial user to the user on the client device, if available. Thus, a partner can be selected according to the fortunes in the present time or the day, and thus the contact information such as a telephone number or an e-mail address are provided.
With reference to
A server (S) connected to the internet is equipped with a user's database (DB1) storing user's data, a fortunetelling database (DB2) storing fundamental data for fortunetelling, and a computer (W) in which the result of fortunetelling is calculated after the data of DB1 and DB2 are read. In this constitution, the computer (W) and the server (S) may be of one same composition. Such computer (W) as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid Open No. 1995-627 calculates the fortune results of astrology by operation of horoscope method. As the fundamental data, revolving data of stars of the solar system, namely from Sun to Pluto including moon but excluding Earth, and meaningful messages of each star (for instance, Sun has the meanings of "Ego", "Light", "Paternity" and so on while Moon has the meanings of "Feelings", "Moods", "Intuitions" and so on.), as well as the revolving data of constellations of 12 zodiac and meaningful messages (for instance, Aries has "Egotistic", "Mild and Patient" and so on while Cancer has "Maternity", "Affection", "Peace of Mind" and so on) of constellations are adopted. Further, the meanings of the aspects produced by these stars and the constellations (for example, 60¯ means "Good Fortune for harmony" while 90¯ means "III Fortune for appearing as obstacles") as well as the meaningful messages of each house produced by dividing 360¯ circle of north, south, east and west equally into 12 portions based on east (for instance. House 1 means "Self Personality" and so on while House 2 means "One's Desire", "Belief" and so on) are adopted. These fundamental data are all stored in DB2.
The user's data stored in DB1 is the data of registered user who has accessed a fortunetelling delivery site established in the server (S) and registered, and the data are inputted by a key operation of a client (C). In this embodiment, the fortunetelling delivery site supplies astrology, based on the data registered by the user including his name, age, date of birth (hour and minute), birth of place, telephone number, and mail-address. When these user's data are registered, the fundamental data are read out from the database (DB2) based on these obtained data, and then the computer (W) performs calculation to supply the fortunetelling result based on principles of the horoscope.
If the user wants to have his fortune for the birth by the horoscope, firstly an earth is equally divided into 12 houses from east based on a place of user's birth as a center. Secondly, the distributions of the solar system are decided in view of the year, month, date, hour and minute of the user's birth, wherein what stars come in any house is decided. Further, it is decided what constellation of the zodiac which is forming a line around the equator stands against the east when user was born, and also it is decided what constellations stay in any house. By this decision, it is now calculated what stars or constellations with their own meanings come in any house with their house meanings, and how every possible phenomenon are destined under what condition. By this method, there are 12 houses, 10 stars (12 stars in some case by including a north and south node), and 12 constellations, then a total of 1440 messages can be obtained by calculation of 12æ10æ12. In addition, the messages produced by the aspects of the stars and constellations can be also obtained. In addition, messages of constellations and star angle are added, according to each mutual position between the stars and constellations, the degree (weighting) of meaning is differentiated. Therefore, tremendous numbers of the messages can be produced thereof. The degree of the importance can be judged in different manners in accordance with schools of the astrology or experiences and instinct of the fortunetellers. All data including these characteristics are stored in the particular database (or adding to DB2), so that the considerable number of the fortune result can be supplied in good manners.
The fortune result based on these fundamental data at fixed time can be obtained from the assembly of the messages through the connections between users' constellations, houses and the positions or angles of stars at times.
In this embodiment, when the user is registered, methods of delivering the fortune results can be selected at the time of user registration. That is to say, a setting time of delivery can be set at the fixed time everyday such as 8 o'clock in the morning, at noon and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at every hour, at the time of low biorhythm, or at the time of either good or ill fortune results. According to the delivery setting the server (S) proceeds to make a delivery to the client (C). In case if the delivery time is decided, in other words a setting of delivery at fixed time every day or at a fixed time interval, the computer (W) calculates the result of fortunetelling at that interval and then the server (S) can deliver the obtained result. On the other hand, when the delivery time is not decided, namely at the time of low biorhythm or at the time of ill fortune, the computer (W) is preset to perform its calculations at every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or every hour constantly and the computer (W) judges waves of the biorhythm or bad sentence of the messages included in the results of fortunetelling, and thus the server (S) delivers the fortune result in accordance with judgment result to the client (C).
Also, in this embodiment, the client (C) is a cellular phone and performs location registration in accordance with the mobile communication system. The server (S) receives such location registration data via a base station exchanger and adds to the user's data, and thus the actual position of the client (C), namely the present position of user can be obtained at the computer (W). By adding this present position data to the user's data, correct result of the fortunetelling can be calculated on a real time basis. In other words, if latitude or longitude changes, the distribution against houses of the stars and the constellations changes accordingly. Therefore, if the setting is made to calculate the fortune results whenever the base station changes (cell movement), then it is possible to provide more accurate information for fortunetelling. Moreover, by obtainment of the location registration data, it is possible to recognize the destination (movement direction) of the user by tracing a hand-off base stations, and therefore if the user is moving toward to ill direction the server can deliver such information to the client (C). Thus, more detailed provision of fortunetelling information is possible.
When the client (C) has a GPS receiving function, the present position can be obtained directly by its function, and the client (C) offers its position data in accordance with GPS to the server (S) and the data can be referred by the computer (W). In the same way, a present position and progress direction of user is reflected in fortune results.
The fortune, results which will be delivered by a change in a fixed time or fortune are transferred to the client (C), and delivers the fortune results by a text or by image data on response of the client (C), and then the fortune results are displayed on the monitor of the client (C). From this, the user can view the last fortune passively by simply responding to the call.
The delivery of the fortune results can either be made by the text or image data and by sound. Or else, the delivery can be made by the movie file format by adding a sound data to a text and an image data. For instance, the server (S) calls the client (C), by using voice phone, the fortunetelling by synthesized speech produced by the computer (W) or the server (S) can be provided. In that case, characteristics data such as the way of speaking and tone of a voice of predetermined fortuneteller or talent is recorded into a voice memory or the data base (DB2), the sound is compounded in accordance with such data, and delivers to the client (C). On the other hand, if the client (C) has a sound file replay function such as WAVE, by delivering the sound date from the server (S) and playing the client (C), the client (C) can listen to the result of the fortunetelling as if some particular fortuneteller or the talent is speaking. The speaker can be selected by the user through the client (C), or it can be preset by the server (C) side circumstances.
When the fortune result is calculated by the computer (W), the information of congenial date of the birth are obtained, and then it is possible to search the database (DB1) whether a corresponding user's data of others are available. If there is a corresponding data and if such user registers an address as which can be represented in a public, the relative address is delivered to the client (C) and is displayed. From this, user of client (C) has a chance to meet the partner who is congenial and matching to the user at present.
From the method of providing information for the fortunetelling as described above, a flow chart of the processing performed at the server (S) side and the computer (W) is shown in
Firstly, the
The computer (W) judges the present time from an inner timer, then judges whether the time is turned to the fixed time at a STEP 1 (S1). When the fixed time comes, it proceeds to a STEP 2 (S2), and reads out the user's data and the fundamental data of fortunetelling from the database (DB1) and the database (DB2) respectively. At this moment, according to a user's optional setting, it is possible to add to the user's data by obtaining a position data of client (C) STEP S′1 (S1′). Once the required data are obtained at STEP 3 (S3) the computer (W) produces the horoscope based on the obtained data by the revolving conditions of the stars and the constellations. In the standard method, the computer (W) continues to proceed to a STEP 4 (S4), based on the produced horoscope, it extracts and combines each message stored in the data base (DB2) as the fundamental data, it produces the message for the fortune result. On the other side, in a custom-made method, the computer (W) proceeds to STEP 5 (S5) wherein it reads out the characteristic data of particular fortuneteller from the database (DB2), and at STEP 6 (S6) the horoscope is corrected with this obtained data as a variable at the same time the message is combined along with that and it produces the message for the fortune result. After the fortune result is calculated, at STEP 7 (S7), the server (S) delivers completed message to the client (C) with a text display or sound play. After the delivery is finished, the computer (W) returns to STEP 1 (S1) and waits the next fixed time.
With reference to
The computer (W) judges whether 30 minutes has passed or not at a STEP 10 (S10). When it confirms the 30 minutes lapse, it proceeds to a STEP 11 (S11) and the similar treatment like STEP 2 (S2)˜STEP 6 (S6) in
In reference with
The server (S) collects the location registration data of the client (C) where the position is controlled by the exchange station of the mobile communication system at STEP 20 (S20). At STEP 21 (S21), the change of the base station (cell) due to a hand-off is checked. When the base station is not changed, the computer (W) returns to STEP 20 (S20) to collect the location registration data. On the other hand, when the base station is changed, the computer (W) records new position data into the database (DB1) and adds new position data into the user's data. Then, the computer (W), at STEP 23 (S23), calculates the fortune result based on new user's position data after it proceeds the same treatment as explained in STEP S1′ (S1′)˜STEP S6 (S6) in
In this embodiment, a process is combined in which the warning is provided by judging whether the user is not moving into an ill direction or not. This can be an independent flow. At STEP 22 (S22) where a new position data is obtained, the computer (W) compares the new position data with the previous position data before movement at STEP 26 (S26). At STEP 27 (S27), the computer (W) reads the results of fortunetelling which is calculated at the previous position before movement and determine directions which are considered to be an ill in those calculated fortune results, and judges whether new position corresponds to such ill directions or not. When the obtained data is not an ill direction, the computer returns at STEP 23 (S23) to calculate the fortune result. When the obtained data is an ill direction, the computer (W) proceeds to STEP 28 (S28) and delivers its message to the client (C) that the present heading direction is an ill direction and the computer (W) returns to STEP 20 (S20).
With reference to
At STEP 30 (S30), after the fortune result is obtained in the procedures from
According to the present invention, the user side needs not access to the site of the fortunetelling, the fortune result is delivered to the user actively by the side of the fortuneteller. This is quite different from the prior systems for the delivery of the fortunetelling. As the user side, he can receive the latest fortune result automatically at the fixed time every day or whenever the fortune gets worsen and position is changed. Thus, this is much more beneficial compared to former fortunetelling methods. Moreover, up until now there is only a lifewise fortune telling, namely fortune of the day and fortune of future such as a fortune of tomorrow. However this method enables a spatially fortunetelling, that is to say an automatically fortunetelling of a place such as a fortune of direction of future destination. Furthermore, with regard to the congeniality checking up, it will be judged from the fortune results which are produced based on an accurate horoscope of destination and place under movement. For example, the most appropriate congeniality when a joint party or match making is held in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo in Japan, and it is possible to obtain accurate and detailed fortunetelling information such as whether a company of job interview which will be held soon is expected to have a positive or negative result.
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