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Kramer belt scabbard.
This is a discussion on Hi-Power OWB concealment holster needed within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I'm looking for a holster I can order and receive quickly for my .40 cal. Hi-Power. I'm considering the Galco Avenger. Does anyone have any ...
I'm looking for a holster I can order and receive quickly for my .40 cal. Hi-Power. I'm considering the Galco Avenger. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Kramer belt scabbard.
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The Avenger style is not as concealable as the belt scabbard. the rounded front and tunnel and loop design does not pull the front of the holster in as close to the body...
Why not consider one of the outlets for premium holsters, such as Lightening Arms http://www.lightningarms.com/products.htm
Brommeland holsters are available from Coal Creek Armory
I have never regretted the cost of a top notch holster. If I had always bought them first, I would have saved hundreds of dollars replacing unsatisfactory holsters.
I agree with the other's assesment of the Avenger style versus the more concealable pancake style, though of course this could be accomodated with the proper cover garment.
My main objection to Galco's holsters for Hi-Powers is that they're not actually made for a Hi-Power. They sell you a 1911 holster which also happens to more or less fit a Hi-Power. I would want a holster molded exactly for my gun.
I also agree that the Kramer is an excellent choice. I've got a couple of their horsehide holsters and they wear like iron and fit like a glove.
I don't need a gun, I've got the Holy Spirit in me. But I like guns so I carry one anyway!
Thanks for the replies everybody. I guess I should have added that price is a factor at the moment.
Does anyone know if DeSantis or Don Hume does the same as Galco and uses a 1911 holster instead of a true Hi-Power holster?
This HF1 from Tucker Gunleather here in Texas works for me.
Here is a link to his website. His sales representative Rob is a great guy to work with.
If his delivery does not meet your needs, I bought mine off the shelf at Collectors Firearms in Houston, TX. They had two more hanging in the rack. Call them and they might be able to mail them to you.
The only thing needed for evil to exist is for good men to stand by and do nothing!!!
Don Hume: http://www.donhume.com/Products/Prod...on&WeaponID=25
I consider them the best of the "budget" holsters. I don't like their IWB because they are straight drop and the clip allows them to rock quite a bit, but their belt holsters are very good. For the price of a Galco, you can get a top notch custom.
I use the Hume JIT. It works great for my Hi Power.
You might check John W. O'Rourke at www.gunholsters.com. He shows a pancake for the High Power for $60.00 shipping included. I use his holsters and really like them.
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How do I get rid of my daughters cradle cap??? she is 2 1/2yrs old?
She is 2 1/2yrs old and has had it since she was 3 months old she has a lot of long beautiful hair and I don't want to ruin it I wash her hair everyother day with baby shampoo also I don't have any money so I was hoping I can use something I already have at home.
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Use baby oil and a comb. do one section at a time but don't overally scrap at it. this can make the scalp very sore for her. the key is not to wash her hair all the time. let the natural oils build up a couple of days and take the comb and gently pull it up. taking a warm cloth after you massaged the oil in her hair and rubbing it on her scalp to scrap a lot of it up will help when you comb it out. get a fine comb where the teeth are extremely close together to that as you comb it will take it out... have hot water next to you but obviously not too close to your daughter so that at each comb you can clean it out. It takes some time and patience. you can wash her hair after the first time but then don't wash it until 2 - 3 days later after applying baby oil again. Even olive oil (not a lot) can help. Oh, when applying the oil to the head let it sit there for about 20 mins after you rub in in the scalp really good... then you can start using the comb to break it up for the scalpposted 10/19/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
I would agree with olive oil, however, I would get her checked for food allergies if it doesn't go away with topical treatment.posted 10/23/2012 by sabrina_bedenko
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Planning: Why Bother?
"I tried making an annual plan for my youth group, once…"
So what's the big deal about planning? Things never quite happen like you expect, so maybe it doesn't seem worth the effort. And life + youth group is already crazy–why add one more thing to the to-do list?
A truly effective plan for youth ministry doesn't just take up time. It helps you save time and make the most out of the limited time that you do have. In fact, effective planning should be front and center in every youth ministry.
1000's of Ideas
Right now you can run into any Christian bookstore, lay down $20, and walk away with hundreds if not thousands of youth ministry ideas in your hands. Is that a good things?
In the end, it might not be. We all love sifting through ideas and looking for the good stuff–it's important to always learn & try new things. But what happens when we're driven by ideas more than vision?
It's easy to let happen. Instead of running after that God-inspired vision for ministry, uniquely fit to the church and community we minister in to reach and disciple students, we're just scrambling for something to do this week.
Ideas are helpful, but we need to be driven by vision. And that takes planning.
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Jesus lived purposefully, on purpose, while constantly staying connected with the Father. He knew where He was headed, and He was constantly praying and listening to the Father for direction for the future.
To make the most of our short time on earth, we should be planners, too. That doesn't mean we need to figure out our 30 year goal, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Plans change as we learn, adapt and grow, but pro-active planning keeps us focused and at the top of our game.
Leading purposefully is the only way we can make the most of the unique opportunities we have as youth pastors. And the "hard work" of planning always pays off.
Nathaniel Dame is the president and founder of Called to Youth Ministry, and he leads a new online training opportunity for youth pastors titled Creating a Movement of Student Discipleship.
During this unique small-group experience, youth pastors learn how to lead
on purpose, make the most out of every discipleship opportunity, and develop a committed, engaged adult leadership team.
A new session starts soon–register by August 6th for the best rate. To learn more visit http://www.calledtoyouthministry.com/training/creating-a-movement or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Very true. Planning also helps us evaluate. How can we evaluate the last 6 or 12 months of ministry if we didn't know where we were going in the first place?
I agree. We still need to plan. But I guess we can be flexible if circumstances do change especially in ministry.


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Volume 16 - 2006
Saying "triangle" when seeing the shape of a triangle is a simple kind of relation many young children learn quickly. But for people with autism or a developmental disability, learning such responses often requires special types of interventions. To understand how those interventions alter brain activity is the focus of research in the Beatrice Barrett Laboratory on Neuro-Operant Relations at UNT, the only research program of its kind at a U.S. college or university.
Michael Schlund, research scientist, Manish Vaidya, assistant professor, and Jesus Rosales-Ruiz, associate professor, all in the Department of Behavior Analysis, are using functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure changes in brain activity that occur during the learning process - from the first try to a completely learned skill.
In a typical intervention, children are presented with a picture (for example, a triangle shape) and two response choices ("triangle" or "dog"). A correct choice is followed by a reward such as music or praise. With practice, the child eventually learns that a triangle shape is a triangle and with further training learns to say "triangle." Increases in neural activity are noted throughout the learning process, providing information about the particular regions of the brain involved in interventions for individuals with cognitive dysfunction. That information will help researchers and clinicians design more effective interventions and drug regimens to enhance learning.
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Students in the construction engineering technology program can test light-gauge steel in the Nuconsteel Structural Testing Lab at the UNT Research Park. Cheng Yu (center) is the coordinator of the program.
Light-gauge, cold-formed steel - a noncombustible building material stronger than wood and impermeable to termites, rot and shrinking - is the cornerstone of UNT's new construction engineering technology bachelor's degree program. Students in the program have the opportunity to work in designing and testing light-gauge steel at a new laboratory, the Nuconsteel Structural Testing Lab, in the College of Engineering at the UNT Research Park. Funding for the lab was provided by Nuconsteel, a Denton-based company owned by Nucor, America's largest steel producer.
The testing lab has a reaction frame 12 feet high and 16 feet wide for structural testing of steel, including compression, bending and shear wall tests.
In addition to the frame, a 22-foot-high, two-ton bridge crane was installed in the testing lab, and a 60- by 20-foot truss testing fixture is being built.
The goal is to grow the lab into a major research center for cold-formed, light-gauge steel structures as well as environmentally friendly "green" building systems. Cheng Yu, assistant professor of engineering technology, is the coordinator of the construction engineering technology program.
Donald Lyons studies industrial ecology, which focuses on closed-loop systems such as those at the Denton landfill, where the city sells compost made from yard waste.
Researchers in the emerging field of industrial ecology argue that the traditional industrial model - taking in raw materials and generating products to be sold and waste to be disposed of - should be transformed into a more environmentally friendly "closed-loop" system in which waste serves as the raw material for other production processes.
Donald Lyons, associate professor of geography, tracked the flow of materials into and out of such systems when he surveyed several hundred Texas recycling and remanufacturing firms. The assumption had been that "closing the loop" - feeding used products and materials back into the production system - tends to occur on a local or regional scale. For instance, when a city turns residential yard waste into compost that it then sells to residents, the loop is closed at the local level.
Lyons' research revealed, however, that while most materials and used products are collected locally, only some can be re-used locally. The type of material determines the geographic scale of the loop - for example, much of the scrap paper from Texas flows to Mexico, and markets for steel are scattered across the country. The research is helping to uncover fundamental principles of the new field. Lyons next plans to examine international flows of used materials such as scrap metals and wood pulp to evaluate their ecological efficiency and economic value.
Daechun An, assistant professor of journalism, is conducting some of the first original research investigating web advertising in conjunction with cultural theories. An conducted an exploratory study to examine how multinational brands use the "Glocalization" strategy - content intended for the global market but customized to suit the local culture - in their web advertising. He analyzed a sample of the Korean and U.S. local web advertising of 33 brands for use of creative strategy and information content.
Results indicate that differences in advertising content can be attributed to differences in cultural values between Korea and the United States. For instance, Korean ads tend to feature indirect, implicit messages with an emphasis on the needs of the group, in contrast to more direct U.S. ads targeted toward the individual. The findings, which can provide a useful guideline for international advertisers planning a global campaign with web advertising, were published in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising in May.
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Donald Lyons studies industrial ecology, which focuses on closed-loop systems such as those at the Denton landfill, where the city sells compost made from yard waste.
With a grant from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies conducted an interdisciplinary workshop to explore the environmental and societal challenges surrounding New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Topics discussed at the workshop, held in New Orleans in March, included the past and future of the lower Mississippi valley wetlands region, environmental justice, urban planning, and disaster preparation and response. The international journal Technology in Society plans to publish a special issue on Katrina and New Orleans with essays from participants.
The workshop is part of an ongoing research project, "New Directions: Science, Humanities, Policy," begun by Robert Frodeman, associate professor and chair of the department. The project's goal is to develop models for interdisciplinary collaboration in which physical scientists, social scientists and humanists work with public science agencies, the private sector and communities to better understand societal problems and develop effective responses to them.
A grant from the Communities Foundation of Texas has allowed UNT's College of Education to participate in the creation of three early college high schools, the first such schools in North Texas to help students from groups underrepresented on college campuses make a smooth transition to higher education. Early college high schools allow students to complete a high school diploma and a two-year college degree within four or five years. Students enter in ninth grade and start college work based on their performance.
Two of the three schools opened this fall in the Dallas County Community College District, and the third is slated to open next fall at Tarrant County College. With a focus on health services and teaching careers, the schools serve students in the Dallas, Carrollton-Farmers Branch and Fort Worth school districts who have not had access to the academic preparation needed for college, for whom college is cost prohibitive, who are ethnic minority students, whose primary language is not English or who are the first generation in their families to attend college.
UNT will provide professional development seminars for principals, faculty and student development staff, document results and develop accountability systems. V. Barbara Bush, assistant professor of higher education, and Mary Harris, professor and interim chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Administration, are in charge of the program.
Radio frequency identification - identifying objects through a tag embedded with a computer chip and an antenna that allows it to communicate with a transponder - has the potential to transform how business is conducted for retailers and their suppliers. Chang E. Koh, associate professor of information technology and decision sciences, and HaeJung Kim and Eun Young Kim, assistant professors of merchandising, are collaborating to study the impact of RFID on the retail industry with a grant from the International Council of Shopping Centers Educational Foundation Inc.
The researchers surveyed retailers to identify the perceived benefits and risks of RFID. Major benefits identified were improved inventory management, more efficient store operations, a faster cycle from design to retail sale, and better integration of operations with business partners. Perceived risks were the complexity of the technology, an uncertainty about standards for its use, and a lack of technical and organizational expertise for employing RFID. The project was published in the Journal of Shopping Center Research this year.
In Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the Supreme Court established procedural safeguards to protect Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. It gave citizens the right to silence and the right to counsel. Contrary to popular belief, it did not specify the language to be used.
With two grants from the National Science Foundation, Richard Rogers, professor of psychology, is conducting a national survey of Miranda warnings that evaluates reading levels, comprehension and complexity. In the first phase, which examined 560 Miranda warnings from across the United States, he found more than 500 different versions in current use. They ranged dramatically from 49 to 547 words, and the reading level required ranged from grade 2.8 to post-college. Because a large number of defendants have either limited education or learning disabilities, the study will determine the Miranda rights versions that are the easiest to understand for most defendants.
The College of Engineering has a partnership with Freescale Semiconductor, bringing state-of-the-art technology and equipment to students in the Department of Engineering Technology. Vijay Vaidyanathan, assistant professor and director of the electronics engineering technology program, says the partnership will enhance the department's curriculum and make students more competitive in today's job market.
Students in the Advanced Electronics Laboratory at the UNT Research Park work with microcontrollers donated by Freescale Semiconductor.
Donated HCS12 series microcontrollers (basically one-chip computers) are being used as an integral part of the introductory course on microcontrollers held in the Advanced Electronics Laboratory at the UNT Research Park. With this equipment, UNT students perform advanced-level operations in analog and digital electronics. Their work will become part of a database Freescale maintains of projects using the equipment. The company is recognized as a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets.
A severe shortage of doctoral students in school librarianship isn't helped by increasing numbers of retiring faculty and the difficulty of leaving a library job to pursue a doctorate in residence. The shortage prompted Brian O'Connor, professor of library and information sciences and associate director of the information science doctoral program, to research recruitment and web-based course work for doctoral students from school and public libraries.
O'Connor and the team of faculty and staff working on the project have received multiple grants from the U.S. Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. For students who enter the program, about half of which is web-based, the grants cover tuition for two years, travel to campus for face-to-face meetings, computer hardware and broadband connectivity. The first cohort, which began classes in summer 2004, includes 10 students from eight states. The majority of the students are now working on their dissertations. A second cohort began the program last year.
UNT music students have the opportunity to perform in a major work on period instruments alongside experienced professionals with a seasoned conductor, thanks to a collaboration between the UNT College of Music and Graeme Jenkins, Dallas Opera music director.
Music professors Lenora McCroskey and Lyle Nordstrom lead the ongoing collaboration, which combines the resources of the UNT early music program with professionals to bring to life Handel's oratorios. The works are performed on replicas of the Baroque instruments of Handel's time. UNT has one of the largest early music programs in the country, with a collection of more than 200 instruments representing the 16th to 18th centuries.
Performances of Samson, the most recent production in the Handel series, took place in February on the UNT campus and in Dallas. With funding from the UNT Fine Arts Series and the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity, the production involved students and alumni from Southern Methodist University as well as UNT performers. The Handel collaboration has been featured in Early Music America, the publication of the premier North American early music organization.
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The Family Connections Project of the North Texas Autism Project focuses on enhancing the quality of relationships within families who have toddlers with autism. Pictured are NTAP Director Shahla Ala'i-Rosales (left) and graduate student Lisa Falke.
The North Texas Autism Project, directed by Shahla Ala'i-Rosales, assistant professor of behavior analysis, was created in response to a growing local and national need for qualified behavior analysts working in autism early intervention. The cause of autism - a disorder said to affect one in 500 children - is not known, but an early diagnosis provides a better chance of helping children achieve their fullest potential. Autism can now accurately be diagnosed as early as 12 to 18 months, but because detection that early is a recent development, few models exist for programs for that age group or their families.
NTAP's Family Connections Project focuses on enhancing the quality of relationships within families who have toddlers with autism. Parents are taught to identify key social routines and opportunities throughout the day - such as during meal times, play times, community outings or bed times - that can help develop their child's skills and enhance family life. Parents learn to set goals for their children and monitor progress. The project also provides training for siblings and extended family members.
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As researchers attempt to discern why some residents of nursing homes receive a high quality of care while others do not, new management strategies that recognize the value of employee empowerment are being explored. Some nursing home administrators have suggested that the use of empowered work teams - organized teams that make decisions about their daily duties and responsibilities - is a logical next step toward improving resident care and nurse aide job attitudes and performance.
With a grant from the Commonwealth Fund, Dale E. Yeatts, professor of sociology, and Cynthia M. Cready, assistant professor of sociology, have conducted an investigation of empowered work teams in nursing homes to determine their effects on nurse aide attitudes toward work and care of residents. Preliminary results of the four-year study show that empowered work teams significantly improve employee performance and may reduce turnover. As nursing homes focus less on strictly medical services and more on better care and quality of life, the data suggest that the establishment of empowered work teams will help.
Oliver Chyan is researching new diffusion barriers for copper in integrated circuits.
Copper, when used as an interconnect material in integrated circuits, can lead to chips that operate at high temperatures with less power and more speed. But because copper diffuses easily into silicon, degrading its properties, diffusion barriers are necessary. Oliver Chyan, professor of chemistry, and his research team have been developing a new ruthenium-based diffusion barrier that shows promise. But corrosion originating from dissimilar metallic contacts - such as copper with ruthenium - is expected to be a serious issue, especially under the conditions encountered in the chip-making process.
The researchers, with support from Texas Instruments and the Semiconductor Research Corp., are studying the corrosion tendency of copper in contact with ruthenium. They are identifying defects such as holes, cracks or voids at the early stage of bimetallic corrosion as well as factors in the chip-making process such as pH levels and chemical environments that can cause or accelerate corrosion. The information from their research should help the microelectronics industry avoid losses due to copper corrosion.
National Science Foundation grants are funding a multi-university project led by Ram Dantu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering. The three-year project is examining the vulnerability of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to computer spammers and hackers. The technology turns audio signals (like telephone calls) into digital information that can be transmitted via the Internet. It's estimated that 24 million U.S. households will be using VoIP by 2008.
UNT is the lead research institution on the project, which also includes researchers and facilities at Columbia University, Purdue University and the University of California at Davis. Dantu is supervising students at UNT, the University of Texas at Dallas and George Mason University who are working on the project. The research was named to Network World's list of 10 most interesting projects upon which it has reported this year.
America noviter delineate, a 1633 map of North and South America by Matthaeus Merian, is one of the digital images accessible through UNT's Portal to Texas History. The map is from UNT's Rare Book and Texana collections.
Two projects of the UNT libraries headed up by Cathy Hartman, assistant dean of libraries for digital and information technologies, are helping current and future researchers - the first by making Texas history accessible online and the other by preserving political and government web materials.
Pieces of Texas history from every corner of the state are being incorporated into the Portal to Texas History, which is bringing together searchable digital images of Texas-related documents, artifacts and photos. The portal includes curriculum study guides that map materials from its collections to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills requirements for fourth- and seventh-graders studying Texas history. The libraries' digital projects department designed software and an archiving system for the portal, which has received federal, state and private support.
In the second project, the UNT libraries, in partnership with the California Digital Library and New York University, have received funding to identify and preserve digital materials through the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program sponsored by the Library of Congress.
Researchers in the Web-at-Risk project are developing a web archiving service that enables curators to build collections of web-published materials, chiefly political and government information. UNT is leading the assessment area of the project. The university is also building collections of web sites of government agencies that have closed operations. The sites are preserved in the CyberCemetery for future researchers.
In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the power of states to prohibit municipalities from providing telecommunications services. Janice A. Hauge, assistant professor of economics, and Todd Jewell, associate professor of economics, are analyzing the effects of municipal provision of such services at both the state and national levels, focusing on the effects on competition and consumer welfare.
The study forms a part of a broader research initiative that analyzes the performance of municipals and private firms. The researchers are testing the assertion that private firms are more efficient than public entities, using the municipal telecommunications sector as the representative public unit. They will consider whether public or private entities are better able to manage risk and which market participant (the provider or the citizens of the municipality) absorbs the risk when municipalities enter the telecommunications sector.
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Eye tracking - recording eye movements using specially designed hardware and software - enables researchers to study how people visually move through a web site. By studying those patterns, researchers can learn where on a screen people are apt to look for specific information and what parts of the screen they avoid. In a departure from existing eye tracking research, Lynne Cooke, assistant professor of English, collects both eye movement data and behavioral data from study participants. She uses surveys and "think-aloud" protocols to collect data about web users' preferences and rationale for taking particular actions. As a result, she is able to study relationships between eye movements and cognitive processing.
In April she conducted an eye tracking study at the University of Washington's Laboratory for Usability Testing and Evaluation that explored how the allocation of white space on web pages affects search and scan patterns. In a June study, funded by a grant from the Society for Technical Communication, she investigated how web navigation menu placement and topic organization influences search of web pages. Her ultimate goal is to improve web site design so that web users may locate information more quickly.
The research of political science faculty members Andrew Enterline, associate professor, and Michael Greig, assistant professor, couldn't be more timely. Drawing upon current U.S. efforts to cultivate democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Enterline and Greig are developing a better understanding of the conditions associated with the successful imposition of democracy. They are studying conditions that keep insurgencies from developing to challenge imposed regimes, and they are examining the effects imposed regimes have on peace, prosperity and democracy in the regions they occupy.
Not only has the research attracted the attention of scholars - it was published in one of the top political science journals, the Journal of Politics - but it has also attracted the attention of policymakers. Enterline and Greig were invited to present their research in 2005 at a meeting arranged by the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., which brought together leading scholars, senior military officials, members of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, U.S. State Department officials and representatives from the U.S. Institute of Peace. Their research has also been presented at an international conference sponsored by the Turkish National Police in Istanbul, Turkey, as well as at leading political science conferences.
Creating a venue for graduate students in music education to present and discuss research issues, collaborate and network with other students from throughout the country and receive guidance from scholars in the field is the purpose of the North Texas Symposium on Research in Music Education, directed by Donna Emmanuel, assistant professor of music.
The first symposium, sponsored by the Federation of North Texas Area Colleges and Universities, the College of Music and its division of music education, was held on campus in April 2005. It brought together participating master's and doctoral students from a dozen universities as well as keynote speakers who are well-known scholars in the music education field. Planned to be held biennially, the symposium is unique in its focus on graduate student work and its inclusion of master's students in addition to doctoral students. The 2007 conference is scheduled for April.
Mitty Plummer won the 2006 Glenn Murphy Award from the American Society for Engineering Education
Mitty Plummer, associate professor of engineering technology, received the 2006 Glenn Murphy Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. The award is made annually to a distinguished nuclear engineering educator in recognition of outstanding professional contributions to the teaching of undergraduate or graduate nuclear engineering students.
Plummer has been the coordinator of UNT's nuclear engineering technology program, taught at the TXU Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, since 1992. He is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Nuclear Society and is currently a commissioner for the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology. The award committee noted that Plummer coordinates the first program accredited by the commission and is the first person from an engineering technology program to receive the award.
Water issues - including water scarcity, the quality and quantity of reserves, and cultural perceptions of water - are the focus of ongoing research by Irene Klaver, associate professor of philosophy. The Philosophy of Water Project, with support from the Dixon Water Foundation of Dallas, includes classes and a conference designed to offer new approaches for understanding the relationship between humans and water.
The WaterWays 2005 conference brought together scientists, philosophers, politicians, artists and specialists from the public and private sectors to consider water issues in cultural, social-political, philosophic and scientific contexts. The conference included an art exhibit of works on water, a film series, multimedia presentations and poetry readings, in addition to workshops and lectures on watershed management, water quantity and quality issues, and indigenous water rights. WaterWays 2007, scheduled for March, will include talks by Robert Kennedy, director of Riverkeeper, and a UNT Art Gallery exhibit.
Researchers in Mohammad Omary's lab use a nitrogen-pulsed dye laser to determine the phosphorescent lifetimes of compounds they've synthesized. OLEDs require phosphors with short lifetimes - measured in microseconds. The dyes in the flasks are used to change the laser's wavelength.
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are considered a long-term solution for researchers working to develop solid-state lighting that is longer lasting and more energy efficient with less environmental impact than incandescent and fluorescent lighting. But their long-term stability remains a challenge.
Mohammad Omary, associate professor of chemistry, and his research team are working to design bright phosphors for efficient OLEDs, incorporating fundamental principles of chemistry, physics and materials science. The team is also designing new emitters for ultra-thin OLEDs with light weights and simple device structures, ideal for flexible displays. The Omary group research in solid-state lighting is supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation and a grant from the Robert A. Welch Foundation. Omary received this year's Young Investigator Award from the Inter-American Photochemical Society for his contributions to the field.
Coastal sediments reveal ancient tsunamis and hurricane storm surges.
- By Sara LaJeunesse
PATHS project creates interest in health fields for Hispanic students.
- By Cass Bruton
Few places on the planet have the lineup of microscopes available at UNT.
By James Naples
UNT scientists reach the Holy Grail of computational chemistry.
- By Sally Bell
Ethnomusicology research covers women's music festivals and African healing practices.
- By Cass Bruton
An art historian's quest for missing Iraqi art will help preserve a culture.
- By Ellen Rossetti
Zebrafish and chicken embryos shed light on hemophilia and heart defects.
- By Kim MacQueen
Student's award-winning research with nematodes may help treat cell damage.
- By Nancy Kolsti
Research at UNT is student centered, broad based and far reaching.
UNT research ranges from brain tracking to eye tracking, RFID to VoIP, early college high schools to early music.
Student research includes quantum mechanics, mathematical modeling, computer programming and linguistic profiling.
Cultural health beliefs, computational perception of motion, space station hardware and genetics occupy these former UNT students.
UNT authors write on emergency management, multiphase flows, structural equation modeling and entrepreneurship.
Miguel Acevedo's research makes environmental issues clear.


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Men's Hoops Snakebit At End v. Compton, 80-78
With 1:05 left, frosh center Marcus Harvey's put-back basket gave the Pasadena City College men's basketball team a 76-75 lead. But in an intense South Coast Conference North Division game against El Camino College Compton Center, it was the last hurrah for the Lancers in an 80-78 loss Friday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Compton (9-12, 2-3 in conference play) took the lead for good on a jumper by Norman Tidwell with 45 seconds remaining. Just moments later, LaVon Myers stole it from PCC's Shawn Hampton in the Lancer backcourt and quickly hit a layup to make it 79-76. PCC cut it to one on a Terrell Jones' driving basket before a Myers free throw got the Tartars' lead to two.
PCC could not get off a shot on its last possession, turning it over as time ran out. The Lancers (6-15 overall) are now 1-4 in conference play.
For the Lancers, sophomore forward Jordan Block scored 17 of his 23 points in the first half as PCC took a 44-38 halftime lead. The Lancers fought back from 10-0 and 25-13 deficits.
In the second half, it was Compton that would storm back. A Jones' 3-pointer gave PCC a 64-57 lead, but the Tartars wouldn't go away, eventually pulling ahead 75-71 with 2:31 left.
Elliott Berry, a sophomore forward, delivered 20 points (three 3s) and 13 rebounds while Harvey also reached a double-double on 12 points and 13 rebounds. Hampton added 11 points and 6 assists and Jones, a frosh point guard, contributed 10 points and 7 assists.
While PCC outshot and outrebounded Compton, the Lancers had a troubling 28 turnovers compared to just 14 by the Tartars.
Pasadena's roster has dwindled to eight players as transfer guard Dannin Harris, a Houston native, left the team for personal reasons.
PCC next hosts Los Angeles Trade Tech College Wednesday, Feb. 10 in a 7:30 p.m. conference.
[Photo--Terrell Jones goes up for a shot during PCC's 80-78 loss to ECC Compton Center Friday night, image by Richard Quinton.]
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OpenStack briefing
Ishaya gave a talk on OpenStack this morning at LISA. He opened up with
a history of how OpenStack came to be, then moved into a summary of
each of the components.
OpenStack has experienced a very rapid growth from Big Idea to it's current state. The OpenStack Compute portion had its first line of code written in April of 2010, a bare 32 months ago. I has moved from a in-house project at NASA, to a LLC owned by Rackspace, to it's current parent organization in the OpenStack Foundation. In that time it has attracted several very large hardware makers, who are writing plugins to make networking and storage infrastructure more manageable for OpenStack.
This integration is central to the OpenStack vision. They envision, much like Vint Cerf mentioned in his keynote, a world with a standard for Cloud services which enables interoperability beyond anything we see right now. It's a bold vision, and one being pursued by other groups as well.
They're focusing on a 6 month release cycle, with the next iteration due out in April of 2013. They've only just reached the point where they're talking about how to handle end-of-life code. It's a tricky problem.
There are a few parallels between OpenStack and the CloudStack centric training sessions earlier this week. Both projects view their GUIs to be syntactic sugar on top of the real interface: their APIs. No one who is scaling beyond a few boxes will be using the GUI for anything but the broadest of metrics, all the guts will be handled through API calls.
Both projects are fully embracing programmable networking. OpenStack has an edge here since the major hardware vendors are involved with the project, but the same concept is being pursued by CloudStack. Networking as we know it is in for radical changes in the next few years, and storage isn't far behind.


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On my Win7 laptop, I add the media to Windows Media Player and allow my library to be shared, but in the outdated Windows Server 2003, I can't figure out how to stream anything. Windows Media Player 10 (the latest version I can get on this server) doesn't seem to have a streaming option. I've tried the streaming role for the server, but that seems to be completely different than what I'm trying to do.
To be clear, it's not a networking issue. They're both wired on the same network and can see each other easily. It's a feature issue where the server has no software that'll stream to the xbox.
Aside from replacing or updating the old OS, what I can do to stream from it to my 360?


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This 10 day bicycle tour begins and ends in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province and one of the major cultural centers in China. This tour is designed as a relatively easy-going ride. Average daily cycling mileage will be about 30 miles (50 km). On most days we will use vehicle transport to supplement the cycling to get us to the next destination. Luggage will be transported by the support vehicle. This tour will visit both well-known and little-known sights and will appeal to those who have cultural, social and archaeological interests.
On the first day, the group will meet and there will be a warm-up tour of the city where we will visit the Panda Breeding Research Center and Wenshu Buddhist Monastery. The following day, we will head north to Xindu to visit the Baoguan Temple and then on to Guanhan to visit the Sanxingdui Archeological Museum with a number of copper masks and other artifacts. Next will head west to Duijiangyan, a location of the historic irrigation system that is still in use today. We will then head south to Anren near Dayi, to visit the Li Landlord Manor. This was used as a re-education center to illustrate the evils of the landlord-serf system and includes an area of clay figures graphically displaying the downtrodden workers being abused by the landlord.
Next we travel to Emei Mountain, one of China's sacred Buddhist mountains for a night's stay at the summit in order to view the morning sunrise and walk some of the trails. The following day, we will return to the base for a ride to Leshan to visit the Giant Sitting Buddha (232 feet, 71 m). Afterwards we head east to Rongxian for another to visit China's second largest Buddha (193 feet, 58.7 m) and then on to Zigong, the location of dinosaur and salt museums. Continuing east, we will then visit Dazu. Here we will spend two nights to give us time to see a number of Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist sculptures (as well as a Christian church) in the surrounding area. Afterwards, we will return to Chengdu to complete the trip. Chengdu is easily accessible via air from Hong Kong and Beijing, and has good rail access to the rest of the country.
Your Itinerary:
Day 1: Chengdu. Meet group members/brief city tour-Chengdu Wenshu Buddhist Temple. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 2: Xindu/Guanghan-Baoguan Buddhist Temple, Archaeological Exhibit of Copper Masks from the year 1500. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 3: Duijiangyan. Active Duijiangyan Irrigation System set up 2,000 years ago by the State of Qin during the Warring States Period. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 4: Dayi-Anren. Landlord Manor Re-education Center. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 5: Emei Shan-Scarced Buddhist Mountain. View sunrise from the 10,500 feet/3099 m summit. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 6: Leshan-Giant (193 feet/58.7 m). Sitting Buddha. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 7: Rongxian and Zigong-Rongxian-Big Buddha. Zigong-Dinosaur and Salt Museums. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 8: Dazu-Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist Sculptures carved in surrounding hillsides. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 9: Dazu-Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist Sculptures carved in surrounding hillsides. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 10: Chengdu. Return to Chengdu by vehicle. End of trip. Includes: (B), (L).
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Awesome Twitter/Blog integration
By user9157252 on Feb 20, 2009
So You'll (maybe) notice the 'retweet' button right here, and on every blog post now. Well, I'm a big fan of twitter, and this is a really cool little widget that, if you tweet, will allow you to re-tweet my blog posts -- on the off-chance that I make one interesting enough to tweet about.
So retweet my blog posts!
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UMass Exits A-10 Tournament With Overtime Loss To George Mason
March 5, 2014
RICHMOND, Va. - Jasmine Harris set a career-high with 26 points but UMass women's basketball was unable to overcome George Mason in an 85-75 overtime loss during the Atlantic 10 Tournament Play-In Game at the Richmond Coliseum on Wednesday evening. Harris hit a personal-best 10 field goals, including five attempts from beyond the three-point line.
Rashida Timbilla tallied her 10th career double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds while she chipped in four assists and two blocks. Nola Henry joined Harris and Timbilla in scoring double-figures with 13 points as she finished 6-for-13 from the floor with one free throw.
Taylor Brown led all scorers with 35 points while Janaa Pickard added 18. Kyana Jacobs provided 14 points to go with 10 rebounds for a double-double while Talisha Watts also reached double-figures in scoring with 10. Sandra Ngoie pulled down 11 rebounds to help Mason play even on the boards with UMass as both squads grabbed 46 during the contest.
In overtime, George Mason used free throws keep hold of a lead for the duration of the frame after Watts put the Colonials in front, 71-69 with four minutes, 25 seconds left in the stanza. Mason finished 12-for-16 at the charity stripe during extra time, including hitting seven of the final eight to stifle the UMass rally attempt.
Harris, who finished the first half with 19 points, used her fourth three-pointer of the game and first of the second half to give her 22 points on the game, eclipsing her previous single-game personal best and putting the Minutewomen up 46-41 with 18:27 to play.
Massachusetts maintained its slim margin until a driving layup by Jacobs put George Mason in front, 65-64 with 1:48 remaining - part of a 9-0 run for the Colonials.
The Minutewomen evened the game again on two free throws from Timbilla only to have Ngoie pushed the designated home side back in front by one with 35 seconds left in regulation. Ngoie hit the front end of two attempts at the rim for the Colonials' one-point advantage.
Mital answered for Massachusetts with a three-pointer from the left side with 17 seconds to play to make it 69-67 Minutewomen, but Jacobs swished a pair at the foul line with 7.3 seconds remaining on the Richmond Coliseum scoreboard to force overtime.
The Minutewomen opened the game on a 15-0 run as Harris hit her first four attempts from the floor, including a trio of three-pointers.
After Kiara Bomben started scoring with a running layup to the left of the bucket, Harris scored seven straight on a pair of threes and a shot at the basket. Timbilla followed with a jumper from 12 feet away before Harris nailed her third trey in as many tries for the 15-0 advantage.
After George Mason broke its scoreless streak with a pair of free throws from Watts at the 15-minute, 42-second mark, the Minutewomen grew their lead as large as 18 points. With UMass ahead 31-13 with 9:23 left following a Kim Pierre-Louis layup, the Colonials used a 9-0 run to move within 31-22, fueled by back-to-back Pickard jumpers.
George Mason continued its surge through the remainder of the half to even the game on three occasions, including a pair of Brown free throws with 2.8 seconds left in the stanza to send the game into the break tied at 21-21.
Harris kept the Minutewomen from falling behind during George Mason's offensive resurgence, scoring the last eight points for UMass in the first as she made her final four attempts - all of which were jump shots.
Massachusetts finished the game 39.2 percent from the floor (29-of-74) and went 7-of-22 from beyond the three-point arc (31.8 percent). The squad finished 10-of-16 at the free throw line (62.5 percent) including Timbilla's 7-for-10 evening from the charity stripe.
George Mason was 28-for-69 on attempts from the floor (40.6 percent) despite finishing 4-for-14 on three-point tries (28.6 percent). The Colonials were 25-for-33 on free throws (75.8 percent).
The Minutewomen move on the Atlantic 10 Championship First Round with the win where they face No. 5 seed Saint Joseph's (20-8) at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6.
The Minutewomen end the season with a 4-27 record and their 30th appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship. George Mason improves to 8-22 and moves on to face No. 5 seed Saint Joseph's (20-8) in the Atlantic 10 Championship First Round at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6.
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No. 9 Womens Water Polo Remains Undefeated, Wins Twice at Crossover
Led by Katie Rigler's pair of hat tricks and a well-balanced offensive attack, the ninth-ranked Princeton women's water polo team swept day one of the MAAC/CWPA Crossover Saturday in Cambridge, Mass. The Tigers, who remain undefeated and improve to 9-0, opened with a 15-6 win over Siena and then topped Wagner 14-8.
Princeton will conclude the tournament Sunday with Iona at 11:45 a.m.
Along with her team-leading six goals, Rigler matched that with six steals on the day. Ashley Hatcher and Diana Murphy added five goals each and Taylor Dunstan guided the assist effort with five.
In the early game, Hatcher, Murphy and Rigler paced the attack with three goals apiece. Rigler was an all-around dominating force in the water, tallying a team-high five steals.
Morgan Hallock and Jessie Holechek each had a pair of goals, while Dunstan dished a team-best three assists and made a steal.
In her first career start, goalie CeCe Coffey earned her first win after amassing four saves and two steals in her complete game effort.
Princeton jumped out early with a 6-1 lead and expanded it to 9-3 by halftime. Coffey made three saves over the final two periods, as the Tigers outscored the Saints 6-4 to close things out.
In the second meeting between Princeton and Wagner, it was again the Tigers to come out on top.
Princeton quickly took command and held a 5-1 lead after the first quarter. After leading 8-3 at halftime, Wagner began to take more chances and both sides scored three goals in the third quarter. Relying on their early advantage, the Tigers closed out the contest outscoring the Seahawks 3-2 to earn the win.
In goal, Ashleigh Johnson made several booming stops and finished with 12 saves and two steals.
Both Rigler and Pippa Temple had three-goal outings, while Hatcher and Murphy each scored twice.
Assists came in twos for the Tigers, as Dunstan, Holechek, Klein and Molly McBee each had a pair.
No. 9 Princeton: 6 – 3 – 4 – 2 – 15
Siena: 1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 6
Goals: Murphy 3, Hatcher 3, McBee 1, Rigler 3, Hallock 2, Klein 1, Holechek 2
Assists: McBee 2, Dunstan 3, Temple 2, Klein 1, Holechek 2, Gross 1
Steals: Hatcher 2, McBee 2, Dunstan 1, Rigler 5, Hallock 1, Saxe 2, Coffey 2
Saves: Coffey 4
No. 9 Princeton: 5 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 14
Wagner: 1 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 8
Goals: Murphy 2, Hatcher 2, McBee 1, Dunstan 1, Rigler 3, Hallock 1, Temple 3, Klein 1
Assists: McBee 2, Dunstan 2, Klein 2, Holechek 2
Steals: Murphy 1, Hatcher 2, McBee 1, Dunstan 1, Rigler 1, Temple 1, Klein 1, Holechek 1, Saxe 1, Johnson 2
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The affection and appreciation towards a faithful servant of God's shines through each page! Written by family and friends and illustrated by the honoree, Give Me My Roses Now is sure to compliment the faithful and diligent, and encourage the need to fellowship...
Bishop Apostle Patricia E. Payton-Hardin, born in Gary, In. Founder, Pastor, Overseer of Blessed Generations Ministries Inc. and Eric O. Allen School of the Five Fold Ministry, a class taught through Blessed Generations by an independent curriculum. She is an apostle called and chosen to prepare the FIve Fold Ministry for the work of the kingdom according to Ephesians 4:11,12. Apostle Patricia resides in South Bend IN. with her anointed husband, Apostle Frank Hardin III. known as Mr. and Mrs. Keeping it Real.
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The Manifestation of the B.G.M. Eric O. Allen School of the 5 Fold Ministry Published May 05, 2010
Darling, I Thank God for Choosing Me to be Your Good Thing by Apostle Patricia E. Hardin Published October 03, 2009
CALLED TO BE A PROPHET FROM THE WOMB Published May 19, 2009
The History of the Blessed Generations Ministries By Apostle Patricia E. Hardin Published April 26, 2009
You Have to Stay Humble With Your Prophetic Gift Published April 26, 2009
WITCHCRAFT IS SERVING OTHER GODS Published March 31, 2009
The Female Apostle Manifesting a Fresh Anointing from Her Vessel By Apostle Patricia E. Hardin Published February 13, 2009
I M M A N U E L "God With Us" Published February 13, 2009


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At 5:35 this morning, Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBC FD) responded to a single vehicle accident, located on Highway 154, north of San Antonio Creek Road.
SBC FD responded two engines, a HazMat Unit and a battalion chief to the scene. SBCFD was assisted by Santa Barbara City Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol, American Medical Response and Cal Trans.
First arriving firefighters found a single vehicle accident with one person inside the vehicle. Firefighters tried to revive the person but were unsuccessful. Firefighters found evidence at the scene to suggest the possibility of a hazardous material. Six firefighters were potentially exposed. HazMat team personnel were able to determine that no hazardous materials were present. Highway 154 was closed in both directions.
The cause of the accident is under investigation by the CHP. Details regarding the presence of the potential hazardous materials should be directed to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.


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Different graphs can be specified by changing the attribute
value of the
xAxisType attribute on the
xygr element. Possible values are:
auto (the default),
log or
dateTime, the latter being a little
special. Taking each of these values in turn
auto leaves it to the stylesheet
to determine the extent and start values.
withZero ensures that the axis contains the zero value.
shifted enables a sensible first
value. E.g. if your X values range from 320 to 1000, then 300 would
be a sensible 'zero' value, i.e. offset or shifted by 300.
dateTime. This is one I waited
for. I wanted to plot integer values against dates, ranging from
December 2009 to Feb 2010. This is implemented using a subset of
2.0 dateTime formatting strings. this
table identifies the specifiers. The subset used here
includes only the set [YMDHms].
The value of the dateTime attribute has to be full date time in the format shown (in the example). However if we are not not interested in all the parts of the date-time we can tell the stylesheet to display only part of it in the format string attached to the dateTime value of the xAxisType attribute.
So, with an entry in the source XML such as
<point x="2010-01-22T00:00:00" y="15"/>
which shows only the date (the hours, minutes and seconds are required, but not required) then the format specifier would be
<xygr xmlns="http://graph2svg.googlecode.com" pointType="circle" colorScheme="cold" axesPos="left-bottom" xAxisType="dateTime~[Y01]-[M]-[D]."
Note the tilda (~) between the dateTime identifier and the format specifier. This then results in the X axis being marked with a two digit year, a two digit month and a two digit date (the latter two being default values)
In this way, quite complex dates can be used with a graph. A simple example is shown below
Example 17. A dateTime example
<xygr xmlns="http://graph2svg.googlecode.com" pointType="circle" colorScheme="cold" axesPos="left-bottom" xAxisType="dateTime~[Y01]-[M]-[D]."> <title>Test 15, dateTime</title> <curve> <point x="2010-01-22T00:00:00" y="15"/> <point x="2010-01-23T00:00:00" y="12"/> <point x="2010-01-24T00:00:00" y="10"/> <point x="2010-01-27T00:00:00" y="13"/> <point x="2010-01-29T00:00:00" y="14"/> </curve> </xygr>
This produces a graphic with the dates shown as 10-1-21 etc


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Chris Martine (@MartineBotany) has released the next in his video series Plants are cool, too!1 In this edition, he visits my home state to look at plant fossils. Enjoy!
1I've told Chris that he should drop the "too" from the title. It suggests that some people might think that plants aren't cool, and who would be foolish enough to think that.


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Valentine's Day is right around the corner. There are many activities planned for the day where chocolates and flowers abound. Here's a look at some diverse activities celebrating the month of love and those taking place on Valentine's Day.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Valentine's Love Laughter and Lyrics. Pave Performing Arts And Events 6504 Old Branch Avenue Temple Hills, Maryland 20748. Doors open At 5:45 p.m. Performances by Adonis Aka Progress, Ahnwar Yancey, Precious, TaVonna, Harold "Amen" McQueen, Poet Crystal Brandon, A'nezz Black and Body Of Evidence. Admission: $10 Singles, $15 Couples.
Friday, Feb. 14
It's A Love Thang. Largo Community Ballroom 1701 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, MD 20721 A night of fun, dancing, entertainment and games. Line and hand dancing, lock and key game, speed dating. emi-Formal attire (red and white). Couples and singles are welcome. Tickets avialable on EventBrite $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
Love Notes featuring Lalah Hathaway. 7 p.m. The event is hosted by First Baptist Church of Glenarden Couples Ministry. Held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy Arlington, Virginia 22202. Dinner and live entertainment. Cost: $165 per couple.There is a special room rate for married couples who wish to spend the night. Visit www.fbcglenarden.org/lovenotes to register or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Let's Fall in Love: Ann Hampton Callaway. Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. N.W.,Washington DC. 8 p.m. The singer-songwriter is known for her sparkling jazz renditions from the Great American Songbook, and her clever, contemporary originals. Callaway's voice blends jazz with pop, her work appealing on stage and screen. Tickets $30.
Marcus Johnson and the Urban Jam Band. 8 p.m. Strathmore Music Center, 5301 Tuckerman Ln, North Bethesda, MD 8 p.m. Master of the "urban groove," D.C. area keyboard master Marcus Johnson spikes smooth jazz with the rhythms of rap and the soul of R&B. A pre-concert Valentine's Dinner will be held from 6-7:15 p.m. in the Mansion.


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Senator Don Gaetz made his way through Washington County Tuesday- shaking hands and meeting one on one with locals.
Gaetz told us he had heard from a number of constituents on a wide array of issues. But, one topic repeatedly came up: Health care.
Florida left 51 billion dollars in federal funds on the table by turning down the option to expand Medicaid.
"We've learned we can't depend on Washington" Gaetz said. So I'll be working with Speaker Weatherford and our other legislators to try and find a Florida solution so more people in Florida who are uninsured or under-insured can have access to more care. We need to make sure we have the medical infrastructure that can take care of people who are uninsured or under-insured, but I'm not sure we can always depend on the feds to keep their promises."
Florida is one of 13 states not participating in the Medicaid expansion.


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By introducing the ability to 3-D print with Inconel 625, a nickel-chromium superalloy suited for high-strength and high-heat applications, ExOne (NASDAQ:XONE) can better compete in the rapidly growing 3-D printing aerospace segment. Inconel validates ExOne's binder jetting technology for aerospace applications because it's capable of producing over 99% part density, a necessary hurdle for aerospace manufacturers to take a metal 3-D printing technology seriously.
In the following video, 3-D printing specialist Steve Heller asks Jared Helfrich, global director at ExOne, what the company's ideal customer looks like and what the introduction of Inconel 625 means for new applications. Going forward, ExOne investors should monitor whether the introduction of Inconel 625 improves the company's reception in the aerospace industry.
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Steve Heller: In terms of the applications around ExOne's technology, what would you say is your ideal customer?
Jared Helfrich: Yeah, ideal customers are any OEM [original equipment manufacturer]. Basically anybody in the industrial space.
Heller: Anybody that's casting metal, anybody that's working with heavy machinery, that's your [ExOne's] target market?
Helfrich: Yeah, absolutely. It could be tooling, it could be general industry, it could be automotive, it could be aerospace; there's a variety of industrial applications.
Heller: Yeah, there's a lot of talk about aerospace these days and you [ExOne] guys just recently introduced this new metal, Inconel 625, is that a 3-D printed part of it, right?
Helfrich: Yes, it's a 3-D printed part of Inconel 625.
Heller: And this has 99% density or over 99?
Helfrich: Over 99, it's about 99.6% density.
Heller: So this essentially validates your technology to prove to the manufacturers that need that solid part component for really robust applications like jet engine components, things like that. Would binder jetting be a good fit for that now?
Helfrich: Yes. I mean, I think with binder jetting with the Inconel 625 it is a 99.7% dense, there's no matrix, there's no infiltrant it's basically printed and it's sintered and this is the part, and hipped, this is the part you'd see.
Heller: Very good so the implications long-term is that you're -- ExOne, it seems to be coming more competitive in the direct metal 3-D printing space, everybody -- you know, direct metal laser sintering, particularly, 99% density. This is a very popular hurdle to achieve so now is binder jetting well suited for aerospace? Can it handle as complicated a structure compared to direct metal laser sintering, is it as accurate, is it -- sort of what are the nuances between direct metal laser sintering and binder jetting technology?
Helfrich: I mean, certainly there's some differences. I mean, basically the binder jetting process you have faster speeds but you might not see the surface finish. There might be some differences in surface finish. This surface finish, as you see here is pretty good.
Heller: Yeah, it's very smooth honestly.
Helfrich: So in terms of the differences I'd say maybe see some differences in surface finish and tolerances but I think -- I would say that those are probably the big differences.
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I have been shooting 1911's off and on for 40 years, and to be honest I have never had many problems with them. I current own Four, a SA, Sig, STI, and since last Friday, a SS ultra Carry II. The first three have been almost flawless, but I had a problem with the Kimber on my first trip to the range today. I shot 150 rounds of WWB, and 25 rounds of Remington GS's. The problem was, if I loaded the mags [both standard Kimber] with 7 rounds the slide would not into battery on the first round, either by releasing the lock or by racking the slide. It would stop about 1/2 inch short and require a nudge to complete the cycle. Subsequent shots were fine. However if I loaded with five rounds, all was good. The pistol was well cleaned and lubed before shooting. The problem persisted through all 175 rounds. It appears to me that the mag springs are too strong, but what do you think?
Also I have on order two 7 round KimPro-Tac mags, but these were actually ordered for the STI Escort. Are these better than the standard mags, or did I just waste my money. Should I bite the bullet and get a couple of Wilson's?
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Henry IV Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Henry IV Part 2 Act 3, Scene 1 Summary
- At the palace at Westminster, King Henry IV gives a page some letters to deliver to the Earl of Warwick and the Earl of Surrey.
- Then the king delivers a soliloquy (a speech that reveals what's on his mind). The entire kingdom is snoozing away peacefully but, alas, Henry cannot seem to fall asleep. It's not fair that the god of sleep should reward the commoners with rest when he, a king, is deprived of slumber. Even a sailor who's aboard a ship during a terrible storm gets to sleep so why is the king still awake on such a calm night? Henry concludes that kings don't get any sleep or rest because they're burdened with weighty matters.
- Warwick and Surrey arrive and say they've read the king's letters.
- Henry says the "body" of the "kingdom" is full of "disease" (rebellion). FYI: Get your highlighter out because that's important.
- Warwick says yep, the kingdom's sick alright and needs a little "medicine," especially the rebel, Northumberland.
- Henry is full of despair and launches into a lengthy speech that's full of doom and gloom about the future of the kingdom. He remembers the time when everybody was friends. That is, until Northumberland helped him, Henry, overthrow King Richard II. Now Richard's prophesy (about Northumberland and Henry having a falling out) has come true. Henry's worried that he and the kingdom are fated for destruction.
- Nonsense, says Warwick. There's no such thing as prophetic power. King Richard only made a "perfect guess" that Northumberland would betray Henry and that's because Northumberland had already betrayed one king.
- Henry says that he's heard the rebels (Northumberland and York) have any army that's 50,000 men strong. Warwick insists that's impossible – it's just a rumor. King Henry should go to bed and get some sleep.
- Henry says fine, he'll go to bed, but he wishes this civil war were over. That way, he could go on a crusade to the Holy Land. (Ever since he became king, he's been hot to rumble with the "pagans" in the Holy Land.)
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Bug#48: X2Go issue (in src:x2gothinclient) has been marked as closed
Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel <at> das-netzwerkteam.de>
close #48 thanks Hello, we are very hopeful that X2Go issue #48 reported by you has been resolved in the new release (188.8.131.52) of the X2Go source project »src:x2gothinclient«. You can view the complete changelog entry of src:x2gothinclient (220.127.116.11) below, and you can use the following link to view all the code changes between this and the last release of src:x2gothinclient. http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2gothinclient.git;a=commitdiff;h=82d0f1a2a4c45b40e76ce98d2b8ad8b28e7aad56;hp=111c8e9da59660fb68473111fb0a32c7106a1170 If you feel that the issue has not been resolved satisfyingly, feel free to reopen this bug report or submit a follow-up report with further observations described based on the new released version of src:x2gothinclient. Thanks a lot for contributing to X2Go!!! light+love X2Go Git Admin (on behalf of the sender of this mail) --- X2Go Component: src:x2gothinclient Version: 220.127.116.11 Status: RELEASE Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:31:10 +0200 Fixes: 47 48 66 95 115 251 Changes: x2gothinclient (220.127.116.11) RELEASED; urgency=low . [ Mike Gabriel ] * New upstream version (22.214.171.124): - When X2Go TCE has plymouth installed, make sure pressing the halt button does not change to the wrong tty. - Truncate echo output lines to less than 80 chars. - Use sed to patch initramfs configuration (rather than a patch that fails on wheezy). The change is needed for squeeze only. - Fix x2go_tce_shell.sh script, escape braces. - Change method of mounting /proc, /sys and /dev inside of chroots. - Step towards wheezy, enable plymouth boot splash. - Symlink /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts before installing any kernel during the chroot creation process. - Handle /etc/fstab in TCE chroot differently for squeeze and wheezy (/dev/pts does not need an entry in fstab on wheezy systems, /var/run got relocated to /run). - /etc/network/interfaces in wheezy already contains a loopback device entry. - Mount proc and sysfs from outside chroot, cleanly unmount both in case there are more than one mountpoints for sysfs or proc mounted. - Do not fail if proc or sysfs are already mounted within chroot. - Allow thin client management (x2gothinclient_shell, x2gothinclient_upgrade) while thin clients are in use. - Disable kms for radeon and i915 graphics adapters. - x2gothinclient_shell now does not affect boot behavious of the TCE machines anymore, thus, removing the notification output when launching the X2Go TCE maintenance shell. - Drop i686 kernel support, use i486 kernel by default. In Debian wheezy we only find a 686-pae kernel which fails on some (virtual) hardware (e.g. virtualbox). - Make sure that kernel + initrd symlinks are relative symlinks. - Keep mounts for /proc and /dev/pts with option noauto for mounting inside of chroot. They are not needed during TCE boot. - Make the SSH daemon listen on IPv4 localhost address only. - Provide /dev/pts inside chroot. - Move configuration template from /usr/share/tce to /usr/share/tce/etc. - Add direct FreeRDP support for defaults TCE installation. - Add empty known_host file for FreeRDP. - Start with US keyboard as default keyboard layout. - Only mount /proc, /sys, /dev/pts inside chroot if not already mounted. - Xorg appears as /usr/bin/X in ps ax output. Make sure it gets detected. - Provide a README.hostname file in doc folder of x2gothinclientmanagement. - For TCE stations with multiple heads, align heads next to each other in order of appearance in xrandr. - Fix multi-head detection failures where xrandr writes output to stderr (closes upstream issue #48). - Rename x2goclient user to ,,x2gothinclient'' user (system user account). Make sure that the system user account gets created during x2gothinclient_create and during installation of the x2gothinclient package (closes upstream issue #47). - x2gothinclient_create: replace /home by /var/lib/x2gothinclient in /etc/fstab template. - x2gothinclient_update: make sure config target folders exist. - x2gothinclient_create: syntax fix, spotted by Thomas Güttler (Fixes: #95). - Export $LANG and $LANGUAGE to TCE daemon. - Use qx instead of open3 to launch x2goclient. (Fixes: #66). - Only make x2gousbmount and x2gognupgccid scripts functional if x2gothinclientd is running. - When finishing x2gothinclientd, wait when killing processes till all processes have vanished. Only kill processes owned by user x2gothinclient. - When finishing x2gothinclientd, make sure no dbus-* processes remain. - Unmount /proc, /sys and /dev/pts before doing x2gothinclient_cleanup. - Add README.qemu that explains how to test the X2Go TCE with qemu. (Fixes: #115). - Fix code that turns absolute symlinks into relative symlink for /vmlinuz and /initrd.img. - Fix shutdown button failures. - TCE management: Do an apt-get clean after TCE creation/upgrade. - TCE creation: fix installation path of FreeRDP's known_hosts file. - TCE creation: install the TCE from the nightly builds while this project is not yet released. (Fixes: #251). - TCE creation: default to wheezy for creating new TCE environments. * /debian/control: + Maintainer change in package: X2Go Developers <x2go-dev <at> lists.berlios.de>. + Priority: optional. + Add dependency (x2gothinclient bin:package): x11-xserver-utils (for xrandr support). + Add dependency (x2gousbmount, x2gocdmanager): libfile-path-expand-perl. + Bump Standards to 3.9.3 (no changes needed). + Remove TCE tools (vim, mc, ...) from Recommends: field, install those via x2gothinclient_create. Add pulseaudio, dbus-x11, policykit-1 to Depends: field. * /debian/rules: + Fix lintian issue: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-arch + Fix lintian issue: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-indep * /debian/x2gothinclient.examples: + Fix src location of example config files. * /debian/x2gothinclient.install: + Install TCE config files into /etc/x2go by default. * /debian/x2gothinclientmanagement.manpages: + Make sure all man pages for bin:package x2gothinclientmanagement get installed into package. * /debian/x2gothinclient.init: + Update pointer to X2Go TCE documentation on http://wiki.x2go.org. * /debian/x2gothinclient.postrm: + On action=purge, wait for 20s until x2gothinclientd has stopped. * /debian/po/*: + Use po-debconf for translating debconf templates. Add German debconf translation. * Launch X2Go TCE via /etc/X11/default-display-manager. Add debconf template to handle default display manager selection. Inspired by Debian's gdm package. * Only start X2Go CD Manager if x2gothinclientd is the default display manager. . [ Oleksandr Shneyder ] * New upstream version (126.96.36.199): - Use expand_file from File::Path::Expand to detect full path of ~x2gothinclient/.halt. -- -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel <at> das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb
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