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Some ways of using it are free - some cost a little - and some cost a lot.
The idea is to get the most out of the solar energy that falls on your property while using the least expensive, least invasive and most efficient method for each job.
We've got savvy strategies for doing just that.
Find information, articles and tips for using solar energy successfully.
Along with pages on its history and explanations on how solar power works , we'll take an honest look at the cost of this alternative... and offer realistic techniques for keeping those costs down.
Bring heat, light and power to your home, cottage, boat or recreational vehicle using the most appropriate product for each job.
Passive Solar Power - Collect free energy and delegate most of your heating and cooling costs to the sun. Simply design a space that makes the most use of the sunlight that falls on your property.
No moving parts, no techy installations, just creative manipulation of the natural heat and light from the sun.
Passive solar design creates a balance where the sun is encouraged into areas for daytime comfort and is stored in dense materials, such as masonry and floor tiles, for nighttime comfort in cool climates. Additionally, the thoughtful placement of greenery and breezeways keep summer temperatures from soaring in hot climates.
Thermal Solar Power - Take advantage of the heat thrown off by the sun. Aside from passively allowing it into your home there are some active measures you can take to capture the thermal energy for heating household water, swimming pools and spaces.
A significant portion of your home's energy bill can be offset by installing a thermal water heater.
This low tech alternative is affordable, practical and ultra green. Before you buy a photovoltaic system make sure your thermal system is in place.
PV Panels - This is the spendy kind of solar power.
Making electricity from the sun requires photovoltaic or thin film panels. The energy the panels produce can be stored in batteries to use whenever you want it.Panels turn sunlight into DC energy which can be stored in batteries as-is. It can be used as-is too, as long as the appliance runs on 12V energy (the kind that uses a cigarette type plug.
An inverter converts the energy from DC to AC, which can be used with conventional household appliances.
There are a number of variables that have to be considered when establishing a home solar system.
Latitude, insolation, system size and installation costs will each have an effect on the choices you make and the ultimate cost of bringing solar to your home.
Making the whole thing work together. Here are step by step guidelines for making sure your projects work for you.
Don't make a move until you've read these tips for spending the least amount of money for the best system.
You won't need a science major to learn and share information about the sun's abundant energy and the best ways to use it.
Over the years we've waded through a lot of technical talk as we completely outfitted our living quarters to solar power.
It happens that our living quarters are aboard a 41 foot sailboat for the time being.
Using this alternate energy source has been a balancing act between practicing some basic energy conservation techniques and harvesting enough energy to live comfortably and power the laptop that makes this website possible.
Although sun panels collect an optimum amount of power when the sun shines brightly they still work on cloudy days at a reduced level.
The deeper the cloud cover and the longer it lasts the less power the panels will generate.
No, but sometimes, during the full phase of the moon, we've noticed a blip on our monitor.
Independence from unstable fuel prices, security during blackouts and environmental sustainability are no small rewards for utilizing a resource that is available for the collecting.


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ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, came to Neo (a consulting studio I worked for) with the primary objective of more deeply engaging community newcomers.
In collaboration with ICANN leadership, we kicked off the project with business and user need assumptions.
We launched ICANN Labs, a space for exploring solutions to various conversion, learning, discovery and communication bottlenecks. We did customer development and usability testing with new and established members of the community to iterate and revise our projects.
Over the course of ten months we built the new ICANN.org and continue to iterate on the site.
I was responsible for customer development research planning and facilitation and leading interaction design. I interfaced with the client on policy and public comment features and also contibuted to the styleguide as well as product, content writing and front-end development.
UX/UI Design | HTML/CSS
A newspaper goes out of business in SF and donates their entire collection of newsworthy unpublished photos to the Public Library. They're online but there's no easy way to browse them. Enter: OldSF.org
I was responsible for designing, prototyping and writing a fair bit of the markup for OldSF.org.
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In an industry that's become increasingly transparent, Priceline is struggling to maintain a loyal user base. I spent five months in-house with their Lab team to prototype and experiment with potential solutions to mobile and desktop user experience, conversion and loyalty challenges.
Research | Strategy | UX Design | Prototyping
Each year thousands of individuals move to Singapore for work. The government's application and renewal process was so poorly designed that a professional middleman emerged to interface between employers, employees and the goverment.
I spent five weeks in Singapore working with their work pass staff as well as designers and developers from IDEO and Thoughtworks. We took two year's worth of research and designed a prototype that we validated and iterated on with staff and target market customers.
Research | Strategy | UX/UI Design | Prototyping
In a single classroom, some students are performing below level, some at level and some below. How do you teach a single lesson to such a wide range of levels? Studies show that skill-based differentiated instruction is incredibly effective, though it can be daunting for teachers.
I designed and conducted customer development research with our target market K-2 teachers to understand the complexities of differentiated instruction as well as existing solutions, hacks and emergent behaviour that could inform solution design. I put together clickable medium-fidelity mocks and iterated based on teacher feedback.
Research | Strategy | UX Design | Prototyping
For the first 15 years of its life, Taproot awarded a few non-profits a year with $75k grants and a team of highly skilled pro bono professionals who helped them with things like marketing, findraising, and website redesign. The brand was so strong that they had thousands of pro bono consultants lined up to be matched on a project. In their 16th year they decided to expand their offerings to match these queued consultants with non-profits who did receive a grants.
I co-facilitated the client kickoff workshop, designed and facilitated customer development research throughout the project, proposed the marketplace strategy and sketched out some of the main components of the initial user interface.
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Teach for America places clever and ambitious college grads in mostly underpriviledged classrooms for two years of teaching. What does that experience look like and how can we improve it?
In the summer of 2014, I helped kick off a project around improving teacher onboarding, performance and support. I designed a research plan, put together a customer development guide and facilitated the first week of sessions to train the project's full-time designer.
In high school I started my first business, a women's clothing company using vintage and recycled materials.
I designed and sewed the clothes myself - first in my bedroom and later in my college dormroom. I learned pattern design by taking apart my favorite garments to see how they were constructed.
In 2013 I decided to do the same with shoes. I deconstructed a few favorite pairs of vintage sandals that I'd picked up at a flea market in Paris.
From the unstitched pieces I developed patterns and then made some paper prototypes. I modified those to get the right fit before cutting the pieces out of leather.
My next step is to find a well-ventilated workshop for assembly!
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Tonight marks the official premiere of the new Starz original series Power, mixing New York nightlife with the city's criminal underworld. The latter includes Nomar Arcielo, a gang member played by actor Vinicius Machado. BFTV touched base with Vinicius recently to discuss what it was like for him to board the ambitious new project, and how far he's come since breaking through on a Nickelodeon sitcom years ago.
How would he describe Nomar? "[He's] definitely different than everybody else from a point of view of humanity," he told us. "Where most people will look at it from an addiction or a stereotype, I think at the end of the day, this is just about representing a soul. Just to be bold, not being afraid of being a human being. We all have different colors and different faults and different things that make us human."
We also asked Vinicius to dish on what he loves most about his new job. "There's so many different things that I can name," he enthused. "I think just working with the cast that is so brilliant and the caliber of their talent, and what the show is representing. [Also] to do something again that is not cliche, and something that is gritty and raw, and that people are going to be able to relate to."
While he's been on television for a long time now, this is the first time Vinicius has been able to sink his teeth into a character for more than a few episodes since he had a recurring part in the third season of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. How has it been for him to settle into another character on a totally different show?
"Breathtaking. A breath of fresh air for sure," he enthused. "As an actor, you just want to work. You go through periods in your career when you have a lot and when you don't. I was really privileged and inspired.
"And I think there's a lot more than just growing as a role and a character in this show," he added. "I think here's an opportunity, not just for me but for the character as well, to connect something really special with the audience. I think people are going to be able to be influenced by him, and to be able to relate to him in many ways."
2014 is poised to be a big year for Vinicius: he recently appeared in the movie Sunken City, and he can next be seen in the crime thriller Misfortune and the musical Swaggy. But what you might not know about him is that in addition to being a rising actor, he's also a working writer.
"I love writing," he told us. "I'm really inspired by words. I think words in and of themselves, for me, are like a small world that I just like to be indulged into and escape."
"And I love my family. I love my kids, I love my wife, I love spending time with them," he added. "I think it's a beautiful world and I think a lot of times we get caught up in the negativity."
Which leads this family man and emerging talent to share an astute observation about the business he's chosen. "I think it's important for people to understand that sometimes you look at actors and public figures and celebrities, [and] you have a perception of them that is based on the image that they represent.
"And I think a lot of times there are negative connotations that are attached to that," Vinicius reflected. "At the end of the day, we're human beings, all of us. We have, at the end of the day, a job to do just like everybody else." Right now, his job is to navigate the fictional underworld of New York City - and take us along for the ride.
Power premieres tonight at 9 PM ET/PT on Starz. For more on Vinicius, be sure to check out his official website (machadovinicius.com) and follow him on Twitter (@ActorVinicius).
(c)2014 Brittany Frederick. Appears at Examiner with permission. All rights reserved. No reproduction permitted. Visit my official website and follow me on Twitter at @tvbrittanyf.


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I know I've been very MIA lately but I have my comprehensive exams on the 19th of this month. I'm in a zombie state of sleeplessness and nerves. If all goes well no more exams for a while for me. After my comps I'll have a bunch of things up, but until then radical thoughts of burning textbooks it is.
19 comments:
- Pongers said...
Good luck Anu! I hope how it can get sometimes...wishing you much success in your exams babe.5:10 AM
p.s. love your blog btw!
- Arabesque said...
Anu!! You deserted the blog for nearly a month - that's not fair :'(8:13 AM
All the best with your exams. We missed you! x
- Sara said...
What the hell Anu?4:56 PM
I know plenty of girls who study medical and still get time to update blogs. Your posts arent that comprehensive even if youd like to believe it.
- Alisha said...
First you said you were getting engaged, then u have exams, what's next - you having a baby and on you need 9 months off?4:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, are we really arguing over lack of posts because the girl has a life?! Why don't you people post and CONTRIBUTE? Anu need not be the only one with informative updates, reviews and all that jazz.6:46 PM
- mariana said...
Hi!3:53 AM
Good luck on your exams :)
- Nosh said...
Wow, you people are so sad. It's just makeup. Get a life! There are plenty of other blogs out there to occupy your time until she can update again. There's no need to be so damn hostile...8:19 AM
And btw, I am in medical school and I would never even think to start a blog because I have NO time. That is why I live vicariously through others :) So let's not over-generalize.
That said, good luck on exams Anu!
- Anonymous said...
Yeah your attitude is REALLY gonna make her want to come back and update... lol. Whatever, people, she only writes to help us out. You don't need to keep coming back here if her life outside the blogosphere is such a huge irritation to you. In fact, she is not even obligated to explain her absence but she does so anyway.8:23 AM
- An Indian's makeup musings said...
Well said Nosh and the Anon above me...8:59 AM
Good luck Anu! I know what comps are like...but once they are over, Aaah...sheer joy it is !!
- Anonymous said...
Wow, you guys are really rude...Anu doesn't have to do this, it's not like she's getting paid. She chooses to write this blog even though she's really busy, so calm the eff down.2:06 PM
Anu, don't listen to them. You rock. Good luck with your exams!
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- Jia said...
Hey Anu, great to hear that you are doing a PhD, you will make one glam prof / scientist. Good luck with the comps and subsequent research.6:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
THANK YOU Mandy!7:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey Good luck with your exams and its great to see u seting priorities straight.5:11 PM
Don't listen to some of the moronic commentors as most of us appreicate your efforts put into your blog.That said your career and studies should sit on top of your to do list not this blog.
- Anonymous said...
I love your eyebrows, Anu :) I just felt the need to say that.8:34 PM
Good luck with exams!!! And congrats on the engagement....you're truly a beautiful girl, and soon-to-be gorgeous bride. So make just tiny bit of time to post pics of the wedding when the time comes. I'll be waiting *wink*
= Occasional reader
- Leeann said...
Good luck! Can't wait for your posts =)10:07 PM
- zahra said...
Well, Anu all the best with your exams. Some people are just crazy, its extremely good of you to give us tips and all via this blog. When I was at med school, I never had time to do a blog. Well done.10:32 AM
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"The establishment of Micromeritics Japan will provide service and support for our current customers, new customers, and Shimadzu Corporation's Testing Machines Business Unit. Due to our 40-year relationship with Shimadzu Corporation, Japan has a large installed base of Micromeritics instrumentation. Our subsidiary will help Micromeritics to build new customer relationships and strengthen established ones. We are enthusiastic about the prospect of working directly with our customers and providing Shimadzu with additional support. Micromeritics is committed to bringing an exceptional 'customer experience' to our Japanese market," according to Preston Hendrix, president of Micromeritics.
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Song of Myself
by Walt Whitman
Song of Myself Theme of Friendship
Whitman is the poet of democracy, and friendship is the one truly essential ingredient for a democracy. He wasn't the only one to realize this. His contemporary and literary inspiration Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote extensively on the subject of friendship, as did the philosopher of the original democracy in Ancient Greece, Aristotle. In "Song of Myself," Whitman addresses the reader like a close friend, and his tone is reassuring and non-judgmental. He wants to get closer to everyone he meets, to hug them and kiss them and provide them with a shoulder to lean on. He is eager to become fast friends with any kind of stranger.
Questions About Friendship
- Do you think it's possible to become friends with people you've never met, as the speaker claims to be?
- Are friendships more important in a democracy than in other forms of government? Why or why not?
- Would you feel comfortable being as expressive about your affection for other people as Whitman is? Do you think it is more or less difficult to express feelings of friendship nowadays compared with Whitman's time?
- The poem tries not to exclude anyone. Is it possible to have true friendship without exclusion?
Chew on This
Whitman's list of friends and companions excludes, or at least subordinates, all those who do not work outdoors or with their hands.
The speaker of "Song of Myself" believes that erotic desire, rather than intellectual or moral compatibility, is the root of all friendship.


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Protesters burn fake money during an anti-government protest dubbed the `Colorful Revolution`, in Skopje, The Former Yogoslav Republic of Macedonia, June 20, 2016.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov attending a mass at the monastery of Divotino in the country's southwest.
A three-week old Barbary macaque is seen with its mother in their enclosure at the Wroclaw Zoological Garden, Wroclaw, Poland, 14 June 2016.
The artwork `Effondrement: Arcs` ( 2016) by French artist Bernar Venet is on display at the show Parcours in the context of the international art show Art Basel, in the Ramsteinerhof in Basel, at the Muensterplatz in Basel, Switzerland, 14 June 2016.
People walk past in front of the Bluemosque on the first day of Ramadan, in Fatih Istanbul, Turkey, 06 June 2016. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the Koran`s first verse was revealed during its last 10 nights.
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Southern Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica
Here are some helpful descriptions of the surrounding towns and areas.
The white route on the map shows the common route of travel from the Paquera ferry and Tambor airport to Shaka Beach Retreat.
Cabo Blanco- Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve was the first National Park to be established in Costa Rica . In 1963, thanks to the dedication of a Swedish couple Karen Morgensen , and Olof Wessberg land that had previously been farmed was left to return to its natural state for this pioneer project. Now 1250 hectares of forest and many kilometers of dramatic coastline are home to hundreds of animal and plant species (including the whitefaced and howler monkeys and the long-tailed coati) and Cabo Banco Reserve is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Nicoya Peninsula.
Cabuya-This small village is the gateway to Cabo Blanco Reserve. Offshore you'll see cemetery island, and local fisherman in pangas. On Sundays the River Lajas resembles a swimming pool as people enjoy the cool crystal clear water. There are also a few good reef breaks for surfing.
Cobano-Situated in the heart of the peninsula is the town of Cobano. This community has developed into a bustling town with all of the conveniences. You'll find high speed internet, a police station, government offices, a bank, doctors, lawyers, grocery stores, and boutiques to name a few. All roads going out of Cobano lead to a beach town.
Mal Pais-This tranquil and modest seaside village is best known for its rocky coastline and unspoiled nature. Here you'll find tide pools, a fishing port, restaurants, and the canopy tour. Recent years have brought development to Santa Teresa, while Mal Pais has retained a quiet and tranquil atmosphere.
Manzanillo-Here you will find some of the quietest and calmest beaches. Beautiful sunsets can be enjoyed at the local beach bar. Fishing boats return to the beach at sunset just in time to deliver fresh seafood to the local restaurants.
Montezuma-Montezuma has been a favorite destination for years due to the bohemian flavor and picturesque location. The center of town is alive with shops, bars and restaurants, internet cafes, and a bookstore. Beautiful beaches, tide pools, and secluded coves provide a perfect place to explore. Many people enjoy hiking to the scenic waterfalls and natural pools for swimming. Several local tour operators can set up activities such as speed boat ride to Jaco, diving, kayaking, fishing, and horseback riding.
Paquera-This tiny town is the commercial center serving the farming communities and nearby beach villages. It is where the ferry from Puntarenas loads and unloads passengers and vehicles several times each day.
Playa Hermosa-Playa Hermosa is home to Shaka Beach Retreat. It is regarded as the best learn to surf beach on the peninsula. It is mainly a quiet upscale residential community, and home to the only bilingual private school in the area.
Santa Teresa-This popular beach town has become well known for its world class surf, delicious food, and amazing sunsets. You'll find an interesting mix of funky stores, surf shops, cafes, abundant night life, tico restaurants, and international cuisine. The accommodations will suit any budget from luxury beach front to backpacker hostel.
Tambor-Known for its large sweeping dark sand bay, this town boasts a marina for fishing tours and scenic boat rides, a golf course, and world class hotels. Tambor is home to the only airport in the area, bringing visitors to the peninsula several times a day. The valley is surrounded by lush hills of green forest that are part of the biological corridor of Costa Rica, with the Curu Wildlife Reserve to the north, and the Islas Tortugas just offshore.


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All branches of Marin County Free Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
This is the last week for a wonderful show of Mary Tuthill Lindheim's work. Mary was a masterful sculptor, ceramist and jewelry maker. She was a creative person in every sense of the word. Marin Museum of Contempory Art has worked with Abby Wasserman to create a vibrant and exciting show. of Mary's finest work. Please go to Marinmoca.org for more information. the show closes on January 15 2012. The Library has Abby Wasserman's book: Mary Tuthill Lindheim, Art and Inspiration.
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A new job listing has hinted at some potential development details regarding the tentatively-titled "Halo 5" video game for the Xbox One. According to a report from Softpedia on April 17, Microsoft is currently looking to add more software development engineers to 343 Industries. The development studio previously worked on "Halo 4" for the Xbox 360 and will be developing next mainline installment of the same series for the next-generation system as well.
The job listing revealed that the applicants will be joining a team from within 343 Industries that is going to work on the backend services of the series. The members are expected to focus on the cloud services. Microsoft has made cloud computations, which offload several local tasks such as artificial intelligence to servers, a big deal in the past. It appears that the publisher will be investing heavily in the technology for the foreseeable future. You can find a portion of the job description from the Microsoft Careers website below:
The Halo Game Services team is working on building the next generation of backend services to power the Halo Universe. We are looking for a driven Software Development Engineer in Test with a strong background in testing services. If you are passionate about the technical challenges of testing large scale, real-time services, and you're looking to join a group of engineers who are pushing the envelope to reinvent the future of entertainment powered by cloud services, then this might be the job for you.
In addition to cloud services, the software development engineers are also expected to provide some testing to the consumer experiences, multiplayer matchmaking and server-based applications. During Microsoft's press conference at E3 2013, a representative from 343 Industries confirmed that "Halo 5" will be using dedicated servers for online multiplayer. The same title is also expected to take advantage of cloud computations, which should help free up some hardware resources for other tasks such as the targeted 60 frames per second clip.
The development progress for "Halo 5" is unknown as 343 Industries has kept quiet on their latest project. However, Phil Spencer of Microsoft did tease that news regarding the first-person shooting series should be announced at the upcoming E3 2014 event. Along with the fifth main installment, the company should be showcasing the rumored "Halo 2 Anniversary" remake for the Xbox One. You can find a screen from the previously released "Halo 4" from the official Facebook page for the franchise with the photo attached to the top of this article.
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On this page are some of the Robots I have built in the last 25 years. Also provided, are links to Instructables I have done, projects, robot parts, and other information that might be of interest to electronics experimenters, inventors, and those who are building robots.
Forest Robot
Making Robot Air Muscles
Walking Robot
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Easy Surface Mount Techniques
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My Instructable on how to make conductive fabric, thread, foam, glues,
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Opinion 8.115 - Termination of the Physician-Patient Relationship
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Thank you for signing the Protect the James petition! We have only a few more days in which to gather additional signatures. If you forward our link to four of your friends who are willing to sign, we will come close to reaching our goal by the Friday deadline. We would be so grateful if you would.
Thanks for all you've done to help protect the James, America's founding river.
Protect the James Coalition
Protect the James is a coalition of like-minded organizations working together to request that the Army Corps of Engineers call a Public Hearing to fully explore all likely impacts of this project. The coalition includes representatives from The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Virginia, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Scenic Virginia, the James River Association, National Parks Conservation Association, the Garden Club of Virginia, the Virginia Conservation Network, the Chesapeake Conservancy, James City County, VA and the Save the James Alliance.
For centuries, the James River has been an iconic symbol of Virginia's and this nation's history. The Powhatan traveled this water highway. The first English explorers glimpsed a world new to them. Historic battles that defined America's independence and liberty took place here. The James River teemed with sturgeon and oysters. Once diminished by pollution, both are making a comeback. Today, millions of people are attracted to the Historic Triangle and the James River to explore that history and understand its meaning for life today. We must not allow it to be diminished by the construction of 17 high-voltage towers across the river.
Photo of the James River at College Creek is courtesy of Scott Neville / The Washington Post
Dear Mr. Steffey:
We are aware that the Army Corps of Engineers is considering a 404 permit application for this project that, if granted, would allow construction of the Dominion Power Surry-Skiffes Creek 500 kV transmission line across the James River at Williamsburg. Ample evidence has been compiled to demonstrate that there exists viable, robust alternatives to Dominion's currently proposed project. These alternatives provide consumers with access to cost-effective and reliable electricity, while maintaining for them and for others the treasured assets of America's birth that are found in the segment of the James River where this project would be built. Thus, it is my strong belief that:
1. The current plan will harm natural, historic and scenic resources along the James River, including the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, the Colonial National Historic Parkway, Jamestown Island and Carter's Grove Plantation, thus, negatively impacting the region's tourism-based economy.
2. An alternative approach is currently available in which the proposed route could be redesigned to follow an existing crossing, or the line could be constructed under the James. This approach would meet the mutual need for electric power, while not harming the historic, natural, scenic and economic resources of this region.
3. Given the undeniable importance of these immense, multifaceted resources, the Army Corps must convene a public hearing so that the facts of this project are fully explore, including viable alternatives.
4. Given the significant negative impacts that issuing this permit will have on historic, natural and scenic resources, the National Environmental Policy Act requires the Army Corps to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement prior to issuing any permit.
5. Consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act should be convened concurrently with the NEPA review process to ensure that concerns and alternatives raised by consulting parties during consultation can be full considered in both review processes.
I ask you, respectfully, to act with the greatest urgency to stop this impending tragedy, a description not overstated, given the recent designation of this stretch of the James as one of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's "11 Most Endangered Sites in America for 2013" demonstrates. Once constructed, these monolithic towers will blight the view scape for generations.
Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of this critical issue.
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The Quick Rundown…
|Yesterday's Result
|Today's Game
|Pitching Matchup
|Syracuse Chiefs
|Lost, 3-1
|@ Durham, 5:05 p.m.
|Yunesky Maya (1-2, 3.73) vs.
Alexander Torres (2-2, 1.78)
|Harrisburg Senators
|Lost, 7-4
|vs. Reading, 7:00 p.m.
|Ryan Tatusko (1-2, 5.68) vs.
Ryan Edell (2-1, 3.86)
|Potomac Nationals
|@ Kinston, 4:30 p.m.
|Danny Rosenbaum (1-1, 2.15) and
Cameron Selik (A+ Debut) vs.
Drew Pomeranz (0-0, 1.54) and
Clayton Cook (1-2, 5.09)
|Hagerstown Suns
|Won, 5-2
|vs. Lexington, 6:35 p.m.
|A.J. Cole (Low-A Debut) vs.
Tanner Bushue (4-0, 3.13)
Durham 3 Syracuse 1
• Stammen 6IP 9H 3R 3ER 1BB 3K 1HR
• Kimball 2IP 1H 0ER 3BB 2K, 2-2 IR-S
• Maldonado 3-3, BB, RBI, E, PB
• Brown 1-4, 3B, 3K
After tying the game at 1-1 in the seventh inning, the Chiefs relief pitchers couldn't do their part, allowing Durham to score both inherited runners in the bottom of the seventh, which turned out to be the difference as Syracuse lost to Durham, 3-1. Starting pitcher Craig Stammen pitched a decent game, going six full innings, allowing three earned runs on nine hits and a walk while striking out three. Despite Maldonado going 3-for-3 on the night (with an RBI) the Chiefs mustered only six hits, losing their 18th game of the season against just nine wins.
Harrisburg 7 Reading 4
• Davis 5⅔ IP 4H 5R 2ER 3BB 3K
• Arnesen ⅓ IP 3H 2ER 0BB 0K
• Martinez 2IP 0H 0ER 0BB 1K
• Moore 2-4, R, 2B,
• Rhinehart 1-3, R, HR, 3RBI
• Tucker 2-4, R
Despite the fact that the Senators were able to grab an early 3-0 in the first inning, thanks to Bill Rhinehart's 3-run blast, his fifth of the season, Reading fought back, scoring two runs in the fifth and five runs in the sixth, winning the game by a score of 7-4. Starting pitcher Erik Davis went five and 2/3rds innings, allowing five runs, two earned, on four hits and three walks while striking out three. Tyler Moore, Jonathan Tucker, and Jesus Valdez each collected two hits as the Sens got ten for the night, but stranded eight runners.
Potomac-Kinston — PPD
The team's sixth rainout will result in its fifth doubleheader on Saturday afternoon and evening in Kinston.
Hagerstown 5 Lexington 2
• Grace (W, 3-3) 6⅓ IP 6H 2R 1ER 3BB 3K
• Eusebio (H, 3) 1⅔ IP 1H 0R 1BB 3K, 1-3 IR-S
• Harper 2-3, R, 2-2B, BB, two OF assists (1B, HP)
• Sanchez 2-5, R
• Freitas 2-4, R, 2RBI
Streaks are the story for the Suns. Bryce Harper's two doubles now has his run at 10 games as Hagerstown won its eighth straight with a 5-2 decision over the Lexington Legends. Matt Grace spun his second quality start in as many starts with two runs allowed (one earned) on six hits and three walks over six and 1/3rd innings, while Wilson Eusebio notched his third hold with one and 2/3rds innings of relief for his third consecutive outing with no earned runs. Adrian Sanchez and David Freitas each got two hits as the Suns got ten for the night, though they also committed four errors. As mentioned in the comments, Neil Holland has been summoned from XST to replace Cameron Selik
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Interested to see the opposing Pomeranz as he was a highly scouted Draft Pick.
Kimballs 3 walks is a bummer. Is he having control issues or nibbling on corners?
@Gonats: I think he'd gone nearly a week without a game appearance – probably just a little rust.
April – Hope you're right about McCatty getting the start tonight for HAG, although Applebee wouldn't be a bad 2nd choice imho.
A.J. Cole have been promoted to Hagerstown and will start today. Robbie Ray is supposed to start Monday.
Here's the link: http://www.masnsports.com/byron_kerr/2011/05/prospects-cole-and-ray-promoted-to-single-a-hagerstown.html
Cole starts Saturday, Ray will go on Monday.
Interesting development, but it leaves me a little on-edge regarding Solis' injury status.
Any idea how Harper's defense in RF is coming along? Seems the only reason to keep him in Hagerstown, although how to share the OF starts at Potomac w/ Ramirez, Perez and Hood would be a challenge.
Today could be the best pitching for tne nats to date. With actual prsopects starting at every level of the minors(Maya debatable). Should be a fun day
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According to Friday's WLTX News, a small dog in Richland County, S.C., suffered serious injuries after a police canine jumped over a fence and attacked.
On Wednesday, Zion, a Pomeranian, had been playing with Lisa Gidderon and Licole Dotson-Gidderon's other dog when the unexpected, and unwelcome, dog jumped over the fence. Lisa Gidderon told WLTX News:
I turned around, and said something to Licole, turned back around, and noticed that's when a dog was in our yard with my dog in it's mouth,
I heard Zion (scream) and Alvin was barking, running around in circles around him trying to help him out,
Zion was seriously injured, suffering two broken legs which have required two surgeries to repair the damage thus far.
The police canine responsible for the attack had been at the home of the deputy who lives the other side of the fence - when animal control was called out after the attack, they issued a citation to the canine's handler, who initially refused it. The deputy who had the dog at his home allegedly advised the animal control officer that the K9 was simply protecting him from the two small dogs.
Following the attack, the Richland County Sheriff's Department appears to be backing the animal control's decision. As of Friday, the department not only agreed to pay for the injured dog's veterinary expenses, but they are also willing to accept any citation that resulted from the attack.
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Artist: A Silent Film
Album: The City That Sleeps
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I am not the man I thought I was
I have tied a weight to my ankle bones
Now I take my wrongs to Davey Jones
And you can find a man with a better soul
I don't ever want to see a face like that
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District Attorney General Russell Johnson has released the dashcam video from a March 8 shooting that involved two Harriman police officers.
The video was released Thursday afternoon, a day after Nathan Manis was indicted for his involvement in the incident that escalated from a domestic situation.
Sarah Moore and Steve Hart were the officers involved. Moore is back on duty; officials said Thursday Hart has since retired.
See Monday's issue of the Roane County News for more details.
A dedication ceremony for the new Korean War Memorial was held at David Webb Riverfront Park on Memorial Day to pay tribute to the Korean veterans that paid the ultimate price for freedom during the Korean War.
The Korean War was a hard fought war that lasted from June 1950 to July 1953. This war claimed the lives of 36,574 American soldiers, another 103,284 were wounded and 7,800 are still unaccounted for.
A few of the Korean War veterans of Roane County that were present for this ceremony are Cecil Johnson, Clyde Jones, James Little and Eugene Cozart.
The saga continues for a mother accused in a murder-for-hire plot.
Laura Ann Buckingham waived her preliminary hearing in April and had her case bound over to the Roane County grand jury.
The grand jury met on Tuesday, and indicted Buckingham for solicitation to commit first-degree murder.
She's scheduled to be arraigned in Roane County Criminal Court on June 27, but Public Defender Kim Nelson said Thursday that her office is filing a waiver of arraignment. That means Buckingham will not have to appear in court.
A former Morgan County Correctional Complex officer accused of shooting at Harriman police has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.
Harriman police officers Sarah Moore and Steve Hart responded March 8 to a disturbance call at the 507 N. Roane St. apartment that Nathan Manis, 26, of Harriman, shared with his wife, Lauren.
Jon Leffew's personnel file didn't provide any indication on why he was abruptly removed from his teaching/coaching position at Midway High School.
Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton said Leffew was the focus of a recent investigation conducted by his office.
He said Detective John Mayes spoke with the mother of a female student during the investigation.
No criminal charges were filed, and Stockton said school officials decided to handle the matter internally.
Despite some challenges, the Roane County Commission's budget committee plans to present a spending plan for the 2016-17 fiscal year that doesn't seek an increase in the property tax rate.
"I think we are addressing some real needs at the sheriff's department and jail, along with maintaining the budgets in the other departments with no tax increase," Commissioner/Budget Committee Member Darryl Meadows said.
Harriman Housing Authority resident Mary Louise Trout dedicates many hours to growing beautiful plants and trees in her yard.
Proposed changes to the Authority's rules might bring an end to her labor of love.
"I really hate to see my yard go because it is my pride and joy, but because of all this stuff going on I'm afraid my joy is gone," she said.
The proposed changes include limits on items in the yard, including a limit to two flower pots.
Kingston will make quite the splash starting next Friday when it kicks off its Smokin' the Water four-day extravaganza.
Long a regional center for July Fourth activities, Kingston promises more of the same this year, with boat races by the American Power Boat Association, live entertainment, the July Fourth parade, a sand volleyball tournament, a car show, and a handmade raft contest, all of which culminates with fireworks after sunset July 4.
Harriman is presently under budget on its paving projects, and city officials hope the money saved will enable them to resurface even more streets.
City Manager Kevin Helms is optimistic the initial list of streets can be completed below officials' estimates, which were higher than what was actually budgeted.
If all pans out, even more paving can be completed.
"We felt pretty confident we had estimated some quantities high, so we felt our actual expenses would be less," said Helms.
In 1936, Caney Ford Baptist Church in Midtown held its first-ever vacation Bible school.
In attendance that year were Don Alford, Sanny Bowman and Jack Bowman.
A lot has changed in 80 years, but one thing is still the same: the trio is still attending VBS at the church they love.
Sanny Bowman and Alford are both 85 years old, while Jack Bowman is 83.
Other than serving their country, they have never missed a VBS.
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Audience: Educators, Informal Education, Students
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Blast off to the exciting world of rocketry! The downloadable bookmark has the Web address for NASA's Rocketry education site. Visit the site to explore incredible rocketry resources for educators and students.
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These radios are from NJARC member George Shields' Collection
George has been a collector of antique telephones and radios for 25 years, first as a collector of antique telephones. He assembled a collection of all of the telephones used in Germany since the turn of the century. A prize in the telephone collection includes a desk set removed from the Reichschancellery in Berlin after the Second World War, bearing the specially stamped "German Eagles" and government identification marks which appeared only on those phones.
Since 1992 his radio collection has focused on sets made by the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia. The model 12, made in 1924 (see photo) is one such set. It is one of the rarest of their "breadboard" series, with only 8,100 examples produced. Other examples of Shields' radio and television collection includes Kennedy models 5 and 15 (see photo below), a pristine Philco model 90, Atwater Kent 509 and 469 consoles, and two early televisions: a mint RCA 621TS and an equally mint DuMont RA103 "Chatham" - complete with original warranty card (never completed or mailed in) and the matching business reply envelope! (He suspects the warranty has since expired.....)
Shields is a Telemarketing Development Specialist with Brother Intenational Corporation, located in Somerset, NJ, and also resides in Somerset.


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Shelby Lynne
"I do exactly what I want, not only musically but making decisions I want to make, and I have to take responsibility for those decisions... in the past I did play more by the rules, but I've never been law-abiding." -Shelby Lynne
Country music fans have known Shelby since the late eighties. Everyone else caught on when she won the 2000 Best New Artist Grammy for the album, I Am Shelby Lynne.
She was a relative unknown for the first twelve years of her career, but the aforementioned Grammy changed all that pretty quickly. Since then, her music's been getting heavy airplay on pop radio stations, and Shelby has been popping up all over the place, such as on the soundtrack to the hit movie, Bridget Jones's Diary with the single, "Killin' Kind."
Shelby Lynne BiographyBorn in Quantico, Virginia on October 22, 1968, and raised in Frankville, Alabama, Shelby Lynne Moorer would be forced into a position of independence from a young age. At the age of 17, Shelby and her sister witnessed the murder of their mother at their alcoholic father's hands, who then killed himself.
on her own
Left to fend for themselves, Shelby and her younger sister left Alabama for Nashville, Tennessee. Accompanying them was Shelby's husband, the high-school sweetheart she married after the death of her parents (she would divorce him shortly thereafter).
Shelby and her sister were raised in a country music-loving household. Their father was a local singer and their mother taught the two girls vocal harmony and, preceding her death, had planned to form a singing trio with her daughters. In spite of the tragic turn of events, Shelby remained committed to her longtime musical aspirations, hence her choice of Nashville as a destination.
Shelby supported herself and her sister through club performances and singing competitions, still managing to find the time to make a series of demo tapes. The demos eventually made their way to The Nashville Network, and landed Shelby a gig on the program Nashville Now. This televised performance proved to be Shelby's big break, and a duet with country star George Jones would follow, as would contract offers from four major labels.
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In 1988, Shelby signed a contract with Epic Records, and her debut album Sunrise was released a year later. Two more albums would rapidly follow: Tough All Over in 1990 and 1991's Soft Talk. Shelby's music was well-received critically, and in 1991 she was awarded the Country Music Association's Horizon Award for best rising talent of the year. Yet consistent radio airplay and major exposure continued to elude her.
Furthermore, the confines of the new country music industry had begun to torment Shelby. The Nashville music scene was a highly commercial one, and Shelby, performing within the dictates of her producers and songwriters, was beginning to feel like more of a marketing package than an independent artist.
In 1993, hoping to break away from the Nashville scene, Shelby left Epic for the small independent label Morgan Creek. Her first project with Morgan Creek, the album Temptation, experimented with Western jazz and swing. It proved to be Shelby's biggest commercial success to date, selling 200,000 copies. Shortly following the release of Temptation, the music division of Morgan Creek went under, and Shelby moved on to her next label, Magnatone.
Her creative experimentation continued with her fifth album, Restless, which was well-received both critically and commercially. The video for the album's first single, "Slow Me Down," was chosen by Country Music Television as the Independent Video of the Year.
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In 2000, after having relocated to Palm Springs, California, Shelby began work on her sixth album. The recording was released under yet another new label, Island Records, and reflected a new sound thanks in great part to the participation of producer Bill Bottrell. Bottrell was well known for his work on Sheryl Crow's Tuesday Night Music Club, and Shelby was determined to collaborate with him. Despite his initial hesitance, Shelby's insistence eventually won Bottrell over, and the final product was the album I Am Shelby Lynne.
I Am Shelby Lynne borrowed from rock, jazz, and R&B styles, and rewarded Shelby with a wide audience as well as a Grammy for Best New Artist -- even though she was twelve years into her career.
Having finally won her well-deserved recognition, Shelby went to work on her next album, Love, Shelby. Produced by Glen Ballard (the man behind Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill), the release was even more diverse than, and as commercially successful as its predecessor. Given her creativity and determination, we can't be sure what to expect next from Shelby Lynne, but we can be sure to see something soon.


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Students in the writing track take classes in fiction, new media writing, poetry, and environment writing and complement their writing by reading classic and contemporary literature.
Students can become writing tutors or find help with their own work at the College's Writing Center and compete in writing contests (see right). In addition, students can get involved in the College's many publishing and writing endeavors, including:
Lake Forest College Press/&NOW Books
Lake Forest College Press publishes in the broad spaces of Chicago studies. Our imprint, &NOW Books, publishes innovative and conceptual literature, and serves as the publishing arm of the &NOW writers' conference and organization. The press also sponsors the Lake Forest College Press Lecture and Reading Series.
Lake Forest Literary Festival
The English department hosts the annual Lake Forest Literary Festival, in which contemporary writers showcase their newest fiction. Guests have included Raymond Federman and Shelley Jackson.
The Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer's Residency Prize
Each spring, Lake Forest College, in conjunction with the &NOW Festival, sponsors emerging writers under forty years old—with no major book publication—to spend two months in residence at our campus in Chicago's northern suburbs on the shore of Lake Michigan.


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And now, Walt Disney Picture's Presents
Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Sparrow Goes West
A.K.A. The Lone Ranger
This movie is as I expected.
Without a doubt, this is one of the worst western movies ever made. The "Wild Wild West" of 2013.
"Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp make for an appealing pair of leads, but they're not enough to make up for The Lone Ranger's bland script, bloated length, and blaring action overkill." Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.
But now My opinion on the movie.
Yes I saw it and as I expected, was disappointed in it. The movie was too long, the screenwriting was ludicrous and, clearly they're trying to turn Tonto into another Captain Jack Sparrow which obviously doesn't work. Though this movie would be quite entertaining at some parts, but in the end, it is one hot mess, an entertaining one, but still a mess. And what's also obvious is that clearly Disney is trying to strike gold like they did with the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, which is something they're incapable of doing anymore. Another problem is this movie is way too long for it to be an action movie. Of course the action is entertaining but it's not all about the action. It's not. The story is a little bit all too analogous with "Pirates of the Caribbean".
This is the problem which showed this movie had no relation to the original TV show, except for William Tell's Overture, but that's it. And the character Tonto in the movie is Jack Sparrow in Indian form while the original is completely different, more regal.
This movie also caused me to loose hope in the upcoming Star Wars movies which I know are going to be bad according to this movie. Though I can't really judge it yet, but I can judge it by it's trailer, which hasn't in this time been released yet. I thought them buying marvel was bad, but the reason why Marvel is doing such a good job is because Disney is staying out of their way... People don't seem to understand that, they always tell me. "They bought marvel and they're doing a good job, get your fact's straight." Uh I do have my facts straight. Disney is staying out of their way and letting them work with Paramount to make good movies. Disney does distribute them, but they have no involvement in the making of the movies, and it should stay like that. If Disney were involved with the making of "The Avengers" instead of paramount, then "The Avengers" would not be the good movie as it is today. Sorry but that's the truth.
And it can't get any worse than this. Oh wait a minute, it can. As of July 10th, 2013 the film has grossed to a disappointing $81,955,778 out of a budget of $250 Million, making this movie a complete box office flop. It has also been compared to "John Carter" another big-budget Disney film that failed commercially.
But keep in mind that this dosen't mean it's the end of the western genre. It's just that this movie alone is clearly not a good movie. Just because this movie performed poorly, doesn't mean the western genre is over. "Django Unchained" was a western genre and it performed wonderfully at the box office, and received critical acclaim. I of course loved it too. Western movies can still be made if they're done correctly. Clearly this one was not done correctly.
It's just that this shows that Disney is clearly incapable of making good live-action movies anymore. They should go back to what their mostly good at. Animated movies.
Anyways back to this movie, well, I don't have to say anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if this movie won a Razzie award for "Worst Sequel/Ripoff". If in fact the award went to "Grown Ups 2" for worst sequel, then I would be expecting Johnny Depp to win "Worst Supporting Actor" if not nominated at least.


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The 49ers have lost another free agent for the third time since Tuesday. Anthony Dixon tweeted that he will be signing with the Buffalo Bills on Friday night with the following statement:
"So glad to be the newest member of the Buffalo Bills...gonna make this thang offficial in the morning...#BillsMafia"
Dixon was initially a sixth-round pick out of Mississippi State during the 2010 NFL Draft. With the 49ers already loaded at the running back position and with a share of fullbacks, the team had no reason to re-sign him unless it was for special teams.
On offense, Dixon was used sparingly as a fullback as well as a running back when the game was already decided. However, he scored the 49ers final rushing touchdown of the season on a one-yard rush over a pile of offensive lineman against the Seattle Seahawks.
In 64 regular season games with the 49ers, Dixon accumulated 458 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.


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Grunt frontend¶
There is experimental support for a Grunt "flavored" tool chain, build on top of the Generator, acting as a frontend to the known Generator jobs and living side-by-side to the existing Generator.
Applications created with create-application.py do now contain a file called Gruntfile.js, which is the entry point for Grunt.
Grunt is a task runner or build tool (comparable for example with Make, Apache Maven, Apache Ant, Rake etc.). It enables you to configure tasks which then automates common working steps for you like e.g. building, linting, testing or deploying your project. It's probably the most popular build tool in the Node.js environment right now.
The aim is to make existing functionality available through the Grunt frontend, and see which parts of the tool chain can be replaced by Grunt plugins, be they from the npm registry or self-written. For everything else the existing Python-based tool chain will be utilized. The old build system stays untouched for the time being, so you don't have to worry.
The eventual goal is to have a qooxdoo tool chain that builds on a generic JS layer, is as powerful and sophisticated as before, but allows easier integration with and extension through third-party code, to make it easier for users to customize the tool chain in their applications, and to allow us to focus more on the qooxdoo-specific functionality and less on generic infrastructure and commodity tasks.
Installing Node.js and the Grunt CLI¶
The Grunt frontend requires a Node.js installation (v0.10.0 or above) and the Grunt CLI (v0.4.2 or above). However, being a frontend to the Generator you need its requirements (i.e. Python) installed too, of course.
As a qooxdoo user you currently do not need any Node.js (or npm - which gets installed along with Node.js) knowledge, it is merely a technology used internally for the tools. However, in order to harness the possibilities of Node.js and Grunt (embodied as Grunt Plugins), it makes total sense to get more familiar with Node.js, npm packages and Grunt. So you only need to know as much as you want to. :)
Verifying Grunt works¶
Running grunt --version in a random directory should print:
$ grunt --version
grunt-cli v0.1.11
In a directory containing a Gruntfile.js it should also print the Grunt version:
$ grunt --version
grunt-cli v0.1.11
grunt v0.4.2
Learn what's the difference between the grunt-cli and grunt itself.
Using the Generator through Grunt¶
Every job (i.e. source, build ...) you know from the Generator can also be run through the Grunt frontend (in Grunt lingo those are called tasks then). This ensures that you are still able to use all the Generator functionality already available. Here are some Grunt tasks and their Generator job counterparts:
|runs the default job from the config.json
|grunt source
|generate.py source
|grunt info
|generate.py info
|different output because of different implementation
|grunt generate:info
|generate.py info
|all jobs are also available via generate:{jobName}
See also the FAQ below for important differences between Grunt and the Generator.
Grunt Plugins¶
Nearly all functionality Grunt offers is implemented as plugin. Grunt Plugins are basically regular npm packages with the keyword gruntplugin, which are distributed via npmjs.org. A common convention is to prefix them with "grunt-".
Use them to accomplish custom goals or even write your own ones.
The Gruntfile in detail¶
This is how a Gruntfile might look like after creating a new qooxdoo app:
// global conf
var common = {
QOOXDOO_PATH: '../qooxdoo-sdk'
// requires
var qxConf = require(common.QOOXDOO_PATH + '/tool/grunt/config/application.js');
var qxTasks = require(common.QOOXDOO_PATH + '/tool/grunt/tasks/tasks.js');
// grunt
module.exports = function(grunt) {
var config = {
generator_config: {
let: {
common: common,
myTask: {
options: {},
myTarget: {
options: {}
var mergedConf = qxConf.mergeConfig(config);
// grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-my-plugin');
The only parts specific to qooxdoo are:
- merging your config with qooxdoo's
- registering qooxdoo tasks
This will register a task for each Generator job (under the same name). The tasks may be written in Python (from the Generator) or in JavaScript. After qxTasks.registerTasks() you are free to include the Grunt plugins you like to use.
Gruntify existing apps¶
Basically you don't need very much to make your existing project Grunt compatible. You need:
- Node.js and the Grunt-CLI installed as stated above.
- a current version of the SDK, which means qooxdoo 3.5 or above.
- a Gruntfile (file called Gruntfile.js)
- a file called package.json
In order to get the last two files and Grunt (locally) installed:
- Create a new app of the same type as your existing app (via create-application.py) and then copy those two files over to your project's root dir.
- Run npm install in your project's root dir which installs Grunt locally to your project (this will create a dir called node_modules).
Now try grunt info - it should print out something similar to generate.py info.
- Which tasks are available?
- Run grunt --help to see all registered tasks.
- Will Grunt also register my newly added (and exported!) jobs from my config.json?
- Yes it should, otherwise it's a bug.
- How do I provide Generator options like -v?
- You have to use --gargs. For example generate.py lint -v translates to grunt lint --gargs="-v"
- How can I run the Generator job I have known before or why does grunt xyz differ from generate.py xyz?
- This happens probably because we are registering a task (now implemented in JavaScript) under the same name as before because it should replace the former one eventually. You are always able to run former Generator jobs via grunt generate:jobName or of course with generate.py xyz. The only task which is not delegated to the Generator right now is info.


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Police: drive-by didn't happenJanuary 12,2013MANCHESTER — Police said Friday that a man who claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting had actually shot himself.
Manchester Police said their investigation determined that Donald Ely-Gardner's wound was self-inflicted and that "his intentions were to injure himself."
A friend brought Ely-Gardner, 27, to the Manchester Police Department on New Year's Eve with a chest wound that appeared to be caused by a small-caliber handgun, according to police. Police said Ely-Gardner told them he had been out getting cigarettes when he was shot by a passing driver on Route 7A.
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Recent reports have suggested that increasing numbers of baby boomers are selling their businesses and embracing retirement. Many of these sellers have spent decades maintaining and growing their businesses but are faced with the question of what to do with it when it's time to consider retirement. Selling a business requires a good plan and baby boomers, like any business owner, can benefit from the following selling tips.
Baby Boomers Contemplate Retirement
According to a recent article published on Newsday.com, "A national survey of 951 business owners, released in November by Pepperdine University's business school in Los Angeles, found 38 percent expect to retire within the next five years, 67 percent within 10 years and 81 percent within 15 years." Of course, it should not come as a surprise; this hard-working generation would like to enjoy the fruits of its labor. Yet many baby boomers are still uncertain about what to do with their business as they edge closer to retirement.
Moving On
Of course, baby boomers aren't the only ones to consider getting out of the business of running their own business. Everyone who is considering selling their business can benefit from a well-crafted plan, various tips, and even a consultant that can help the seller garner the highest price when selling their business. Whatever your age and whatever your reasons for selling, it's important to consider every angle when selling a business so you can ensure you get the best possible deal.
Contact a Business Broker
Both business buyers and sellers find that working with a business broker is one of the most reliable ways to secure a successful transaction. Business brokers help sellers assess their business and its assets thoroughly so they can value it at a marketable rate. Moreover, business brokers also have the ability to tap into their network of interested buyers, which can enable to the seller to sell their business quickly and at a competitive price. Business brokers are experts and provide the advice business sellers need to navigate the sale process with success.
Don't Wait Until the Last Minute
It's important for business owners to investigate options for selling their business long before they intend to. Many business owners may hope to keep the business in the family or find someone they know and can groom to take over the business. Of course, these scenarios aren't often possible. Moreover, selling the business can be a lucrative prospect that can bolster retirement funds. It's important to consider a plan for selling the business between two to ten years before you hope to retire.
Value Your Business
Many owners find it difficult to place a value on their business. This is where a good broker comes in that can help you assess the market worth of your operation and can help you determine a fair asking price. It can take time to assess all the aspects of your business, but your broker has experience valuing businesses day in and day out. For example, in a recent blog post by Sunbelt Bay Area, a California based broker group, a situation was detailed where a client approached them for a second opinion on the valuation of his business: "A potential seller called Sunbelt wanting us to do a Broker Opinion of Value. He had paid to have a formal valuation done and thought it might be a bit overpriced. He was right. The valuation company used a Discount Cash Flow method. Normally this method is used with larger companies with a long consistent history of earning and the least reliable method used." In this case, the brokers were able to save the business owner from wasting time listing his company at a non-competitive price.
Selling a business is a big step so it's important to consider this move carefully. By taking your time and working with a business broker, you can achieve a successful sale that truly complements your years in business and paves the way for a wonderful retirement.


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A number of publications, Resources and links to third parties are available to support diversity and help higher educations institutions.
A joint research project commissioned by the Equality Challenge Unit and Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, exploring the experiences of disabled staff working in and employed by higher education (HE) institutions in the UK, identifying effective practices to develop more inclusive working environments for disabled staff to improve career development and equal opportunities.
The Leadership Foundation's Diversity Advisory Forum has a strong desire to give pragmatic support to leaders and practitioners in diversity. Preliminary research suggested that many training and learning resource materials existed but that they are not always shared across the higher education sector. As a result the Leadership Foundation commissioned the Diversity Resources Project, with the aim of compiling the numerous diversity resources used in the sector.
The project has been led by Knowledge Perspectives, a social research company experienced in equality and diversity issues. The resulting report which was written by its director Dr Diane Bebbington has been compiled as a reference directory and we hope that you will find it to be an easy to resource.
The report can be accessed as a pdf file or printed copies are available on request by emailing Baljit Sandhu or by calling 020 3468 4819.
Enabling equality: furthering disability equality for staff in higher education
David Ewens, Christine Nightingale, Caroline Law, Suzi Challenger and Kate Byford
A joint publication from the Equality Challenge Unit and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
A number of articles have appeared in our quarterly news magazine ENGAGE and InPractice which covered diversity issues. These include:
New laws: new opportunities, by Diane Bebbington and Simonetta Manfredi In Practice, Issue Twenty-five
'We need more women trailblazers' An interview with Professor Nirmala Rao, by Diane Bebbington, Engage, Issue Twenty
Diversity Provision in Higher Education: Changing Practice, by Diane Bebbington, InPractice, Issue Eleven
University of Manchester: Women in Leadership Project, by Professor Katherine Perera, Engage, Issue Nine
Where are the female role models? Diana Warwick on Diversity, in interview with Professor Jose Chambers, Engage, Issue Five
A number of Leadership Foundation Fellowships have covered Diversity issues. Further details can be found via the links below.
Cultural Understanding in Leadership and Management [Culm] - Professor Uduak Archibong, Chair in Diversity/Race Equality, University of Bradford (see also Archibong, U. and Burford, B (2007) 'The cultural understanding in leadership and management (CULM) project: phase 1' in: S. Marshall (ed.) Strategic Leadership of Change in Higher Education: What's new?, Routledge: London)
Enhancing Equality and Diversity Procedures within the University - Professor Teresa Rees, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University (see also Rees, T, and Young, H. (2007) 'Embedding equality and diversity in the university' in: S. Marshall (ed.) Strategic Leadership of Change in Higher Education: What's new?, Routledge: London)
Wider Management Mentoring Programme for Women and Ethnic Minority Managers in particular - in partnership with the Public and Private Sector - Dr Peter McCaffrey, Pro Vice-Chancellor, London South Bank University
For more information on the Leadership Foundation's diversity work, please contact:
Dr Diane Bebbington
Diversity Advisor
Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Peer House, 8-14 Verulam Street
London WC1X 8LZ


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Pooping into a petri dish is becoming standard practice as part of some college biology courses.
Adjustable Brain Cells
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Neighboring neurons can manipulate astrocytes.
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Neighboring neurons can manipulate astrocytes.
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Two new studies point to factors in hair follicle stem cells as players in age-related hair loss.
February 5, 2016|
A study on human cells reveals how cellular aging affects the 3-D architecture of chromosomes.
February 4, 2016|
Injections of progenitor cells into damaged rat hearts may improve function, but not because the implants themselves are creating new muscle.
February 1, 2016|
To protect the global food supply, scientists want to understand—and enhance—plants' natural resistance to pathogens.
February 1, 2016|
How plants fight off pathogens
January 27, 2016|
Genetic evidence suggests that overactive synaptic pruning drives development of schizophrenia.
January 26, 2016|
Jordan Kurland, associate general secretary of the American Association of University Professors, has passed away at age 87.
January 20, 2016|
Key Alzheimer's disease–related protein may be a transcriptional regulator.
January 14, 2016|
Michael Davidson, a microphotographer at Florida State University, has passed away at age 65.


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And her mesmereyes really distract us from her "performances". We really have to say, OMG! Click for the zip download the zip file with all in full resolution. Is there ever a time when performances are too big? Perhaps when they hit you in the face and knock you out? Here is the wiki:
|Alexandra Daddario
|Alexandra Daddario
March 16, 1986 (age 24)[1]
New York City, New York,United States[1]
|Alexandra Daddario (born March 16, 1986) is an American actress, known to film audiences as Annabeth Chase in the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Daddario was also in The Squid and the Whale, All My Children, The Babysitters, The Attic,The Hottest State, White Collar and Bereavement.
|Daddario was born in New York City, New York and was raised on the Upper East Side;[2] her parents are lawyers.
She wanted to be an actress when she was a child but her first television role did not come about until she was 16 years old, when she booked the role of victimized teen Laurie Lewis onAll My Children. At the same time, she was a sophomore attending a traditional girls school in New York. "I was finishing my sophomore year of high school at the Brearley School in New York," Daddario said. "I would not have been able to continue my education there."
Daddario co-starred with Logan Lerman and Brandon T. Jackson in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the fantasy-adventure movie directed by Chris Columbus, which was released on February 12, 2010. Columbus and Craig Titley adapted the screenplay from The Lightning Thief, the first book of Rick Riordan's best-selling teens' series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians. Daddario plays Annabeth Chase. She co-stars in the Farrelly Bros' latest comedy, Hall Pass.


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|Loyal no more: Dwight Howard is telling the Magic that he wants to be traded to the Nets. (Getty Images)
The NBA's free-agency floodgates opened early Sunday, but what we really got was a sequel to a bad movie. Yes, the Dwightmare is back, worse than ever.
The saga that dragged us all into the gutter, and out, and then back in again -- over and over until we were ready to puke, unpuke, and then puke again -- is back. Dwight Howard is telling the Magic -- once more, with feeling -- that he wants to be traded to the Nets.
Some things, mind you, have changed. These are the Brooklyn Nets now, not the New Jersey ones. The general manager is Rob Hennigan, not Otis Smith. Stan Van Gundy, who outed Howard last season for trying to get him fired, is no longer the coach. The coach is now ... oh, never mind who the coach is, because it's nobody. The point is, this Dwight Howard thing has reached new levels of absurdity that defy even the most dumbed-down standards for sports hypocrisy and lewdness.
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The Magic acknowledged Saturday night that Howard did, in fact, meet with Hennigan in Los Angeles on Friday -- the first face-to-face meeting between the superstar and the GM who's been on the job 10 days. And while Hennigan was noncommittal about his intentions, a person familiar with Howard's version of events said Orlando is once again willing to explore trade proposals for the All-Star center -- but on its own timetable, not Howard's.
And not the Nets' timetable, either. And that's important, because the Nets aren't waiting around to find out how the horror movie ends this time.
Brooklyn front-office executives are 100 percent focused on their primary target, re-signing free-agent point guard Deron Williams and fending off a long-shot but still plausible pitch forthcoming from Williams' hometown team, the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas officials are expected to reach out by phone to Williams later Sunday, and both the Nets and Mavs are planning to meet with the point guard in the New York City area Monday, sources said.
But whereas the Nets were all-in for Howard before last season and at the March 15 trade deadline, waiting for Orlando -- and ultimately, Howard -- to decide what to do, the Brooklynites are no longer in wait-and-see mode. It's mostly in the Magic's hands, sources said, but the Nets were moving forward early Sunday with several possible scenarios that would surround Williams with enough talent to convince him that he can not only get more money by staying in Brooklyn, but play for a winner -- with or without Howard.
Among the ideas discussed was a deal that would send the Hawks' Joe Johnson and the $89.3 million he is owed over the next four seasons to Brooklyn to form a dynamic backcourt tandem with Williams, sources said. Another was a scenario with Houston that would send Luis Scola and the $24.6 million he is guaranteed over the next three seasons to the Nets -- but that concept was tabled by both teams, sources said. The Nets also got free agent Gerald Wallace, for whom they traded the No. 6 pick in the draft to Portland, to agree to a reported four-year, $40 million deal.
At this point, it's worth remembering why we're having this discussion at all. It's because Howard, at the 11th hour of the trade deadline, stunned the NBA when he decided to waive the early-termination option in his contract for the 2012-13 season. Once we were all finished asking, "He did what?" Howard was lauded in some circles for his loyalty in agreeing to remain in Orlando for another season. In fact, Howard lauded himself for his loyalty.
"I'm loyal," Howard said in the triumphant Orlando news conference announcing that he was staying. "That's just who I am."
That's who he was that day. Now, he's evidently telling a different story. Or someone is telling it for him.
According to ESPN, Howard has told those close to him that he felt he was "blackmailed" into waiving the opt-out clause back in March after growing increasingly disgruntled with the Magic organization. He and his representatives apparently felt so burned by the Magic that they complained last week to the players' union to see if they might have a case to have the ETO waiver lifted, thus making him a free agent this summer, according to the report.
Here is what really happened. When the Magic were in San Antonio for their final game before the trade deadline, officials from the organization had the necessary waiver paperwork in hand. Howard addressed his teammates at the team hotel the morning of the game, told them he was "all in," and wanted to sign the papers. Team officials wanted him to focus on the game and deal with the issue when they returned to Orlando.
On the flight home, sources said, Howard still wanted to sign the waiver. Team officials didn't feel comfortable with Howard signing the paperwork that would end the trade saga without Howard's agent, Dan Fegan, or some other legal representative present.
When the team landed in Orlando in the middle of the night, Smith drove to the airport to greet the flight. Howard again indicated he wanted to sign the waiver, but Smith -- with whom Howard had grown close -- told him he didn't want such an important and meaningful decision about his future to be made on some tarmac at 3 a.m. They agreed that Howard should go home and sleep on it. He showed up at the Magic practice facility the next day -- hours before the trade deadline -- and signed the waiver.
Does that sound like blackmail to you? Does that sound like coercion?
At some point during all of this, Howard spoke with RealGM.com and said his "soul" was in Orlando and that he couldn't "leave it behind."
"I have gotten some bad advice," Howard said. "I apologize for this circus I have caused to the fans of our city. They didn't deserve [any] of this. I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart. I will do whatever I can to make this right and do what I was put in Orlando to do."
None of this adds up, which is why we need to wait to hear from Howard himself. In the same way we didn't know whether Howard was going through with his trade demand in March until we heard from him, nobody knows where Howard stands now until we hear from him. Until then, this latest, brazen episode is "hurting his name and his stock," one rival executive said Saturday night. "He needs to play basketball and shut up."
Where he plays basketball is another matter entirely. But it's once again become difficult to believe that he'll ever play another second for the Magic. As difficult to believe as Howard himself.