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19th- Western Illinois University (moline campus)- kids can meet there favoirtie PBS characters and then stop in to read with the QCCAN dogs and watch some of the tasks they have learned.
19th- Augustana college- Viking Pups are honored to be revcieving the Hometown Hero's Award from Modern Woodmen of America for our work in the community with service dog's. Congratulations to our handlers and dogs!!!!!
QC Mallards tickets
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Only one bus to Burlington on the weekends. Its free but it is a hit or miss. Leaves one time a day from school and to school. If you go to this school, its a really good idea to have a car.
This is Vermont, where would public transportation even go? There is a bus to Burlington on the weekends, it's free
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Wow it's awesome! I like it a lot. It's very original too!
But it could be an option for saving the guitar...
I loved it
It is really good, I had a good disposal of choices, for the fretboard, and all stuff, but if you make a two, put more options, like more skins, and maybe a music player.
Best luck with your projects.
Yeah, I was going to make a music player but the file would've been to big. I was gonna put some System of a Down, Dethklok, and Disturbed, but I decided to only put the dethklok one in. Maybe in the sequel I'll cut some songs to a shorter length and put heaps in.
meh, not bad
nothing to exciting
but its pretty cool
would like to see more guitar bodies/heads
as well as more colors/designs instead of just different shades of a few colors and a sunburst
like a spiral or swirl... maybe some kind of camo, leopard print, tiger print maybe
possibly add a 'design' tab and from there add 'color1' and 'color2' tabs
also a rotate and color select for stickers would be cool
overall its pretty good though
It is what it is
When you mute the music eveything goes off to the right a bit. Beyond that it was okay.
Hey man, thanks for telling me. I had no idea about that (guess I should test my games a bit better, huh). Well anyway its been fixed so thanks again.
At last something like this appears all of a sudden! This game is awesome! There are no bugs or faults, everything runs smoothly and the background music sounds good.
The only thing that leaves me bothering is that there not so much diversity in the details. The stickers, colours, shapes, music and such. Most of the shapes are just basic models by major guitar manufacturers like gibson and there isn't a hole lot of 'em. There should also be more colour options like making pearlescent colours or something. And there should be the ability to change the backround music. And more sticker choises like flames, tear and lightning wouldn't hurt. Hope you'll be making a sequel (or sequels) to this But other than that, my man, you're getting 10 out of 10 and 5 out of 5 from me.


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I was wondering what is the default saving directory for Accessories > Take Screenshot?
I just took a screenshot and I am looking for where it is saved.
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I was wondering what is the default saving directory for Accessories > Take Screenshot?
I just took a screenshot and I am looking for where it is saved.
Thanks and regards!
It should be the desktop directory:
You can change it before pressing "Save" button.
On my keyboard, Microsoft Wireless Natural Multimedia Keyboard, if I use the right Shift key along with the Print key, I am able to select screenshot area and save the image to a location.
If I use the left Shift key along with Print key, i am able to select
Screenshots are not saved automatically; you have to save them yourself. The default screenshot directory is either the desktop or the home folder, and is named Screenshot#.png
After you took your screenshot (e.g. by pressing Print or selecting Take Screenshot from the applications menu/Dash) you have a selection of where you want to save the image. You can either Copy to Clipboard or yo ucan save it to a specified directory. By clicking on the dropdown menu next to Save in folder: you can change the save directory easily:
By selecting Other... we may enter any directory of our choice. This selection will be remembered for the next time (saved in gconf:
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You can take screenshots simply by pressing the PrtScr key. A window will pop-up asking for the name and directory to save the screenshot to or if you wish to copy it to the clipboard.
You can also narrow your screenshot to just the active window by using Ctrl-PrtScr instead.
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Find out what program runs in the java.exe process
Hi! I have posted this question in stackoverflow.com and I was told this would be a best place to ask, so here I am :).
I have a problem: always when my computer starts, there is a java.exe process listening in the port 7676. I want to find out what it is to be able to delete it.
Is there any way that I can find that out? I have seen another question here which lead me to download the Sysinternal's Process Explorer, but it didn't help me :(
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In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.
About the Author
Michael Ondaatje is a novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, The English Patient. His other books include Secular Love, In the Skin of a Lion, Running in the Family, and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. He edited From Ink Lake, a selection of Canadian stories, and has won several Governor General's Award for both fiction and poetry.
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"Brightly coloured, sweet and painful, bloody-minded and otherworldly, [this book] achieves the status of legend."
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"Eloquent, oblique, witty, full of light and feeling.…Ondaatje's knowledge of the fragility and luck of life is very clear. So, too, is the grace and originality of his prose."
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"Ondaatje has produced a remarkable book.…Shimmering through the haze of heat and memory is an impressionistic, sometimes surreal portrait of an exotic time and place now gone, a colonial paradise that had its own rhythms and imperatives."
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This is a great ad and shows how kids can lock on to a dream and how, given the right conditions, they can achieve their goals.
When young children become inspired, they can achieve incredible things, but there are many factors that influence how far they go. I had the pleasure of meeting a 5 year old golfer recently, he played in our tournament with others of similar age and ability. His parents told me they couldn't find a club or professional anywhere near where they live, who would let their young prodigy play or learn.
Part of the problem is too many in golf have no idea how well very young children can play. They cannot imagine 5 and 6 year olds having a level of competency that is actually better than their own games! A major part of the problem is the lack of specialised coaches who know how to control a class of young players, or worse, want to coach young children.
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I have no idea what they're doing, but it's colorful!
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So freaking adorable <3 <3
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Sorry, but that kick was every bit as obvious as the Suh kick. One game is getting off easy. IMO.Hide replies
First such suspension in -10- years.
I'd say it's appropriate?
Lost in this kerfuffle: A resurgent Charlie Villanueva! 14 plus points and 6 plus rebounds for three games. Better watch out for these guys if he keeps rollin............Hide replies
If history tells us anything Charlie V. won't. That is the best resigning that thankfully never happened for the Bucks. The Pistons do have some nice players though and shouldn't be taken lightly.
R u talkin bout that guy with extreme length, uzelatz , baldness, crablike backward motion and potensial, Krakkens? R u talkin', Charlie V, baby?
....."Nothing Worse then Wasted Talent"......
How in the world could anyone defend what he did. The Heat should be just as embarassed as Wade. They are so used to being the "poster children" for ESPN and the NBA that they can't see the forest through the trees.Hide replies
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Nice touch [Boots]. Might be the best 'turn of phase' dropped on this blog in many of posts.
Indeed {IAT}, and shortly after this entry I'll be perusing the -Dictionary- for the meaning of 'obfuscation'. Its not often that one needs a reference resource at hand. Lets us hope{'bootsagain} has thoughts on future
threads here at the forum.
I'll be right back....>
.........here ya go mates. My sense is I was not alone in its definition:
........"obscure or confuse" /// "stupefy; bewildered"
The forum just grew alittle....didn't it?
Hoopshype rumors has Detroit interested in Demarcus Cousins as well as the Celtics. With Monroe already a proven big man and Drummond on his way up are the Pistons trying a new approach in the east? Go big or go home? It would be an interesting approach.Hide replies
They're emulating the efforts of John Hammond ... only bigger, stronger and better.
An approach that may come back to haunt them as it seems to me
this league is getting quicker, faster, and perhaps just abit smaller.
Taking over the 'large/tall' dynamic is the 'run / jump high' virtue.
The 'gazzel's', the 'long guys', the leapers are more in vogue.
Getting bigger oft-times means speed is compensated for.
(See Sammy D / See J. Przyb) Neither fit in the track meets
that has become Bucks Ball.
Detroit needs a plan? For their sake lets hope its the right one?
Coming off of what well maybe an 'embarressing loss" to the Pistons the
Heat will probably be in no mood for anything short of a beat down.
And, with D-Wade back in his second home environment one would think
he'll be amped up to rock the B/C?
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Postulating a. 'What if': Will we still be clamoring for change if the Skowling1 manages to find the soft underbelly of the Death Star tonight with one of his tight 9 man rotations. Do we still need to spend those 4 quarters for a dollar to git 'That Guy'?
I leave the trade talks to those amongst you who know of such things,
or at least think they do? While I won't name names I would
appreciate either an significant increase in post up hoops from someone,.and or one or both of the 'launch twins' to increase their efficiency.
If not, then, ...(wait for it hawthorne)...a wing man would be nice.
A guy who shoots 45% or better/takes about 12-15 shots a night, and
doesn't get in the way.
This is yet another in many topics one must be cautious with in dicing and slicing what is best now vs. not selling the farm for what is an unknown tomorrow. The 'homer' in me see's a pretty nice core of guys; thus, I'd be careful in manipulating..... less the air comes out of all tires rather then the weak one>
Yes they do, [Wingy].
Are you as surprised as I that Kstein has declined to "name names"? If Mr Ellis attacked the basket with the same lack of vigor displayed by our parochial potentate I can recall at least one game further, where we would have slid short of the mark. The future belongs to the bold Kstein; time to hitch up those Wranglers and chart a farsighted course.
Just so we are clear....when referring to not "naming names" it is in
reference to the laundry list of players many at the forum have coming
and going through their self appointed GM moments. Won't go
Conversly, I have no issue calling out certain players if indeed the
moment warrents such. There is a distinct diffference, and needed
to be clarified.
Love D-Wade. But the guy never thinks he never makes a foul. Might lead the league in percentage of fouls made protested(lol)!!
Of course then you have Lebron who seldom gets called for a foul.
Anybody ever get the feeling that Lebron could average 40 points per game if he wanted to? I mean if he wanted to shoot 30 times per game the coach couldn't stop him. Plus his percentage would still be good enough to warrant it. Probably driving less to the hoop this year. Free throws attempted are down.
How do you defend a guy that blatantly kicks a guy in the nads? Just call it what it was and move forward.
D-Wade is a "good" guard in the NBA.
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Obama kicks off a three-day trip to Western states trip with a stop Monday in Las Vegas, where he wants to rally support for his jobs agenda in Congress. Nevada has the nation's highest unemployment rate, 13.4 percent.
The trip comes as Republican candidates have taken a more strident tone on immigration.
Businessman Herman Cain recently suggested electrifying a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico to kill illegal immigrants; he later called the remark a joke and apologized. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has raised the issue of "anchor babies," or U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants; it's a term that some people find offensive.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been criticized by opponents for signing a law allowing some illegal immigrants to get in-state college tuition. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said most of the jobs created under Perry's watch went to illegal immigrants. Perry lashed into Romney during last week's GOP debate in Las Vegas for hiring a lawn care company that employed illegal immigrants.
Obama won 67 percent of Hispanic voters in 2008 but many of those voters have become disillusioned during the past three years. Unemployment among Hispanics tops 11 percent and many Latinos are losing their homes. Others criticize the number of deportations under Obama's presidency and the lack of progress on a comprehensive immigration plan.
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Recent Gallup polling showed Obama with a 49 percent job approval rating among Hispanics, compared with about 60 percent in the beginning of 2011. Hispanic voters could prove pivotal next year, especially in fast-growing and contested states such as Florida, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado.
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When 8-year-old Austin Frickel needed a date for his little league football homecoming game this weekend, he turned to the most beautiful girl he knows in the county -- Gretchen Wallace, Miss Hendersonville 2005.
Wallace will serve as the escort for Austin today for his North Henderson Youth Football Termites Homecoming.
Austin's parents, Duane and Cindy Frickel, said there were not enough little league cheerleaders for all of the players to have escorts this weekend, so Austin asked Wallace to be his escort.
The little leaguers and their escorts will be introduced on the football field of North Henderson High School Saturday at 3:45 p.m. Austin is a student at Edneyville Elementary School.
Wallace has dedicated her year of service as Miss Hendersonville to improving the lives of children in the community. As a senior nursing student at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, her ambition is to become a pediatric nurse practitioner. Her community service platform this year has been promoting the importance of childhood immunizations and the health and wellness of children.
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Micromanagement hinders joint venture
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As a new resident of Mills River and Henderson County and new CEO of Pardee Hospital, I have had the opportunity over the past few months to view the challenges we face from a fresh perspective. While there is no doubt that our county commissioners will play an important role in the future of Pardee Hospital, it is important to consider what that role is.
Kirby is the president/ CEO of Pardee Hospital
That is why I read with great interest the Times-News editorial of March 24, "Time to see fine print for joint project." That editorial outlined concerns from both the editorial board of the Times-News and a minority of Henderson County commissioners who are continually raising concerns about a joint agreement Pardee and Mission hospitals entered into to better serve the patients of Fletcher.
Since 2010, Pardee's leaders have shared the business case and financial information on our joint venture with Mission Hospital with our county commissioners on numerous occasions. Both the Pardee board and UNC Health Care leadership strongly believe this venture is vital to our hospital's future and, as it uses no county funds, allows Pardee to respond to the growing needs of our community while furthering our own economic growth.
The center we have proposed in Fletcher will provide many of the same important health care services we provide at our Pardee campus. The town of Fletcher has welcomed our project, in large part due to the growth that area has seen in recent years. Quite simply, we are expanding into Fletcher to meet the needs of this growing market. The Highway 25 corridor is flourishing, and we look forward to providing health care and creating jobs as new members of the Fletcher community.
Yet, commissioners Larry Young and Bill O'Connor are diverting the hospital's time and resources by continually micromanaging this project that they claim to not understand, a project they have had every opportunity to review with Pardee and UNC executive leadership over an extended period of time.
Every single member of our hospital board was appointed by the commissioners to oversee Pardee. We entered into a management agreement with UNC Health Care — also approved by the commissioners. We work with more than 1,200 physicians and staff who are working hard to keep Pardee on the right track every day.
We welcome the opportunity for public officials to weigh in on the direction and future of our hospital. But there is a difference between oversight and micromanaging. This type of involvement undermines the hard work of our board, the collaboration with UNC Health Care, the expertise of our medical staff and the commitment of other public officials.
We are committed to meeting the needs of this community. We will grow and evolve to ensure that we are able to provide the best health care available to the growing number of patients who need it. As the delivery of health care changes and evolves, it is critical that Pardee is ready to act. Rest assured that with the leadership of our board and the expertise of UNC Health Care, your hospital will be ready to deliver care to our neighbors and friends.
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next generation of families in the area will call the site
home. Timothy Brown reports.
The last remnants of Waldronville School's existence were
removed by Fulton Hogan last year.
But the site on which the school sat is destined to become
home to many more children.
Morclarke Developments Ltd bought the 2ha property, which
also included the site of an early childhood centre, for
$1.035 million last year and planned to develop the site into
a 25-section subdivision, director Lloyd Morshuis told the
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The first house in the subdivision would be completed by
mid-July and the second by the following month, he said.
They would be the only houses completed this year as the
developers were waiting for building consents to be
Mr Morshuis said the only thing missing from the subdivision
was a name.
''If anyone's got any good ideas for it we are more than
happy to hear them,'' he said.
It was hoped the subdivision would be completed in 2016.
While the school, which closed in 2010 because of a declining
roll, was gone, the landscaping would be retained.
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outside [of the site],'' he said.
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Much of the rest of the school's materials were recycled by
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''There wasn't a huge amount that went to waste.''
The streets of the subdivision were named after aircraft and
the name of the subdivision might follow suit but ''it's
always nice if the locals like the name'', Mr Morshuis said.
The 50-year-old school closed in April 2010 after its roll
fell to less than 20 pupils from about 70 at the turn of the
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- News coverage of alcohol's role in violent crime and fatal accidents may persuade the public to give stronger support to alcohol-control laws, new research suggests.
It is estimated that drinking is involved in nearly one-third of deaths from accidents and violent crime. Most news reports of such cases, however, make no mention of alcohol, according to the authors of the study, published in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
"People have some awareness of the social cost that alcohol can have," study author Michael D. Slater, of Ohio State University, in Columbus, said in a journal news release. "But only a small fraction of news stories on violent crime and nonmotor-vehicle accidents acknowledge the contributing role of alcohol."
This means that many people don't realize how often alcohol plays a role in violence and accidents that don't occur on the roads. This lack of awareness may dampen public support for alcohol-control laws such as strict enforcement of underage drinking rules or bans on serving alcohol to drunk customers, Slater said.
In the study, Slater and his colleagues surveyed 789 adults and found that they were more likely to support alcohol-control laws after they read media stories about violent crime, vehicle crashes and other accidents involving alcohol.
"I think this buttresses the idea that media coverage does matter," Slater said. "Alcohol, as a public-health issue, is not as front and center as it might be if there were more news coverage."
In areas that already have alcohol-control laws, public support is still important because local resources are needed to enforce those laws, he noted. Local authorities should mention any role of alcohol when giving details about crimes and accidents to the media, Slater added.
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Cheese Fries
Total Time
Prep 25 mins
Cook 10 mins
Easy to make with two types of cheeses and a little heat.
Ingredients Nutrition
- peanut oil
- 2 1⁄2 lbs idaho potatoes
- salt
- 6 ounces shredded mild cheddar cheese
- 2 ounces shredded monterey jack cheese
Ingredients for Creole Seasoning
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme (can used Emeril's Essence Creole Seasoning instead)
- Pour peanut oil into a deep, heavy-bottomed stockpot or deep fryer, to a depth of 4 or 5 inches.
- Preheat oil to 350 degrees F.
- Peel potatoes and cut into 1/3 inch thick rounds using a crinkle french fry cutter.
- Fry potatoes until golden brown and cooked through, about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel-lined plates.
- Season the fries lightly with Creole seasoning and salt.
- Place fries in a wide, shallow casserole dish or baking sheet and sprinkle with the shredded cheddar and monterey jack cheeses, layering the fries and the cheese.
- (If you want the cheese to be completely melted, bake in a 350 degree F oven for about 4 minutes after layering the fries and cheese.) Serve immediately.
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Very nice recipe for Cheese fries!! I enjoyed making this recipe for a change from regular deep fried french fries that I usually make. Simple to come together for a quick meal with a burger. Its a keeper in the burger and fry book! Thanks for sharing!
Delicious recipe the entire family liked. I cheated and used frozen fries due to time constraints, and used medium cheddar in place of mild. The spice mix adds a lot of flavor to the fries, I did cut the cayenne pepper down to a tsp as I'm the only spice lover in the family. Still came out with a subtle kick. Will be making this often for a treat, thanks for posting!


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Palin says the locations of her book tour will be announced later this week by her publisher, HarperCollins. But in a Facebook posting Tuesday, the former Alaska governor says she's decided to travel to cities outside of the typical book tour venues.
Her book hits stores Nov. 17. Palin will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" the day before the book release.
Palin says she's also trying to line up other interviews with hosts such as Bill O'Reilly, Barbara Walters and Rush Limbaugh.
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Let's follow up 21st Century Junkyard Find Week and Volkswagen Junkyard Find Week with Rusty Junkyard Find week, shall we? On Tuesday, we saw this '83 Toyota pickup with not-so-effective fiberglass-and-Bondo cover-up-the-rust-and-hope-it-goes-away repairs, and today we'll be looking at a thoroughly used-up Corolla with similar squeeze-another-few-months-out-of-this-heap repairs done by someone who knew he or she would be the vehicle's last owner. (Read More…)
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It has become a Corolla Junkyard Find week, with this '78 Corolla wagon on Monday and this skateboarder-enhanced '98 Corolla LE sedan yesterday, so I'm going to keep the streak going with today's find: a Late Malaise Era (yes, I invented the term) E-72 Corolla liftback, which I found late last year in Northern California. (Read More…)
After yesterday's Corolla Junkyard Find, it seemed right to follow up with another, newer, Corolla. You know how you can tell when you're a car's final owner? Such was the case with the final owner of this much-abused Corolla, who drove his or her Corolla a couple thousand miles west, no doubt to be where cannabis is legal. (Read More…)
The third-gen Corolla was the car that made Toyota in the Unites States; you saw the occasional Corona or Celica and maybe a rare Crown once in a while before the mid-70s, but the 1974-79 Corolla was the first Toyota that sold in sufficient quantity to make the marque an everyday sight on American streets. These cars rusted fast east of the Rockies and— once they got to be 15 or so years old— weren't worth fixing when they got ugly in the non-rusty parts of the country. That makes them fairly rare in junkyards today; in this series so far, we've seen this '76 Corolla liftback and this '74 Corolla two-door, and that's about it prior to today's find. (Read More…)
"Are you interested in our Thousand Dollar Test Drive raffle?" the saleslady eagerly asked. A row of new Corollas beckoned at the front of the lot; their freshly redesigned maws were hungry for customers.
5 cars – 5 sticks = 0 Customer Demand
I hate looking at that equation. But these days, it's about as true for the car business as Georgia is hot. An older stickshift vehicle that isn't an all out sports car will sit at a retail lot for months on end.
Nobody knows how to drive them except for those folks who are either too middle-aged, too arthritic, or too affluent to buy an older car with a manual transmission.
Don't believe me? Well, here's five vehicles that have become the equivalent of heavyweight paperweights at my humble abode. The funny thing is I like driving them all… I just wish I wasn't two stickshifts away from driving a different handshaker every day of the week.
They are…. (Read More…)
Life is sometimes about extremes, and with the extreme life of buying and selling cars comes two cars, recently purchased by me, which easily represent the polar opposites of all things automotive.
The mainstream compact car segment is the perfect example of the infamous "driving appliance." The Corolla and Civic sell in enormous volume because they are the middle-of-the-road "white bread" option, not in-spite of the vanilla. Unlike many in the automotive press, I don't find anything wrong with that. In fact, I love me some Wonder Bread. But sometimes you feel like a pumpernickel, and that's where the 2014 Mazda3 comes in. Mazda was so excited about their new loaf that they invited me to spend the day with them in San Diego. Want to know if you should spend 5+ years with one? Click through the jump.
Calling the Corolla "Toyota's most important car" would be an understatement. This single model accounts for 38 percent of all Toyotas ever sold in the USA and they expect to shift 330,000 next year alone. If the sheer quantity wasn't amazing enough, ponder this reality: 75% of sales will be split between just four different configurations. If you're in a 2014 Corolla, the odds are about one in five that the Corolla next to you is identical save for paint color. Often derided by the automotive press as a "driving appliance," is there more to the 2014 Corolla or is it just a toaster with wheels? Let's find out.
I know it probably made perfect marketing sense for Toyota to piggyback their new subcompact's image atop that of the fantastically successful Malaise Era Corolla, in spite of the fact that the two cars were unrelated other than having the same their parent company, but the confusion caused by the "Corolla Tercel" name persists to this day. For that reason, these cars always attract my attention when I see them in wrecking yards; in this series, we've seen this '80 and this '81 so far.


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I'm not actually sure why Rafa is interested in Heinze at all...I'm not sure of how many Reds' fans actually would have him on a list of 'wanted players' for Anfield. But if he does come, then so be it. I suppose if any player currently is selected for the Argentinian national team, such as Heinze and Tevez, then they must be worth considering.But please don't come to our boards and comment on the intellect of others when you cannot type a post without spelling mistakes which, in the case of your last post, are actually in double figures !


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We love biscuits in this house – truly we do. Its sad how long we can spend discussing our favourite of the moment. My essential item in my hospital bag when I had both Violet and Tara was a pack of digestives!
I have been asked to tell you about a new competition run by Bakers Pantry who supply biscuits to your home. There are 15 chances over the course of this week to win a month's subscription of biscuits. All you have to do is click here and grab yourself the chance of a month's supply of biscuits – I'm off to indulge with a cup of tea (and yes, they dunk brilliantly!)


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I gotta wonder what that clock looks like. Never seen a snooze button that looked like a bang switch.
This is a discussion on "911? I just blew a hole in my wall!" within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; My buddy mistaked his G30 trigger for the button on his alarm clock. Instead of calling the police he patched the dry wall...no stupid tax ...
My buddy mistaked his G30 trigger for the button on his alarm clock. Instead of calling the police he patched the dry wall...no stupid tax for him other than the 3 minutes of labor it took to fix his wall.
"When that gun comes out of that holster; it's business time." -Chris Costa
I gotta wonder what that clock looks like. Never seen a snooze button that looked like a bang switch.
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it".
Thomas Jefferson
It actually makes sense to report if you are in a city; it could save the police a needless response to a call about gun shots.
There is something in the back of my mind that we CHL holders are supposed to self-report "accidental shots" that go across a highway. Maybe my recollection is faulty or I'm confusing CHL and hunting regs.
Again, seems stupid, and self-incriminatory, but makes a certain amount of sense.
If I had a ND in my home and no harm was done, I think I would just MYOB; but probably shouldn't post that because I can almost guarantee there is something on the book in City Hall requiring the report. Life is full of gotchyas.
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.
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I can shoot outside, inside, as long as the bullet remains on my property. I am outside the city limits.
Yoda, I am, yes.
Thats like calling the Highway Patrol and telling them you were speeding on the way home from work, and oh yea I ran a stop sign last Tuesday.
If the cops show up knocking on the door saying "we had a report of a gunshot" then, fess up, yea I had an ND.
Otherwise I go by the old saying "never kick a snake when you can step over him"
Just my 2 cent opinion.
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it".
Thomas Jefferson
I wish god would sort these idiots out.
Don"t let stupid be your skill set....
And Shepards we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee,
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, So that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command,
And we shall flow a river forth to Thee, And teeming with souls shall it ever be,
I would rather die with good men than hide with cowards
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans
Don't ever think that the reason I'm peaceful is because I don't know how to be violent
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Oh come on guys, don't be so harsh. It just "went off." Clearly not his fault!
"Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right, you meet the same idiots coming around from the left"
Clint Eastwood
QUOTE - I've done it twice, bench in garage, momentary distraction (wife). AD's happen. Ask any gun smith.
Brick home no through and through, spackle works just fine. If you play with guns long enough, this is going to happen, check for exterior damage, fix the interior, keep your hand off the trigger and the phone.
Lucas45 - I'm sure others echo my sentiments. I don't play with guns. I own and use guns for recreation, protection and the like but I don't play with them. If you are experiencing multiple negligent discharges, slow down and find out where the problem is. Don't write it off as, "Oh well. It happens." The results can be disastrous. Any coroner can tell you about negligent discharges as well.
We all need to do our very best to be extremely cautious, but I'm not going to hammer someone who has had an "accident," and I am in the camp that "accidents" happen. I'm not going to play the blame game.
One thing I think gun manufacturers could do a much better job with would be to make it obvious that there is one in the pipe.
ND's accidents etc. seldom seem to happen with revolvers. With pistols it is almost always the forgotten one in the pipe.
I have a DA/SA pistol where it takes so very little movement of the slide to set the striker it could easily go from DA to cocked and SA just by being a bit heavy handed when holstering-- if the slide gets caught and pushed back half an inch in the process.
All of that said, I have repeatedly stated here that I don't believe in criminalizing ordinary things that go wrong. An ND or accidental discharge is just that; a stupid oops. It should not be a crime and shouldn't be treated as one, unless there is evidence of deliberate indifference to safety-- whatever that might mean in real terms.
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.
Andrew Jackson
I don't necessarily think an ND should be criminalized. My point with his statement was more directed to the tone of his post. To paraphrase, "I've had 2 negligent discharges. No one was hurt either time. It will continue to happen as long as I handle loaded firearms. No Big Deal."
I'm not throwing anybody under the bus for an accident. That to me is negligence and to maintain that it is an acceptable cost of doing business will likely result in a very unintended tragedy. And yes I am human also and I do make mistakes. I just don't want ANYONE finding out the awful, very real consequences of those little oopsies.
Lucas - I hope you don't take offense as to my reply. I meant none. Be safe. This hits kind of close to home as I recently had a friend who nearly bled out and died after having a negligent discharge that hit his upper leg. This is a deadly serious subject to me.


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Call for Papers, Safety Science Special Issue on Learning from Incidents
Updated on 5 January 2016:
The timeline for our Safety Science special issue on Learning from Incidents has been extended as follows:
Neville Stanton, Allison Littlejohn and I are co-editing a special issue on Learning from Incident to be published in Safety Science.
Papers are due by 31 March 2016. Further details and instructions are below.
Do let us know if you are interested in submitting a paper. Help in circulating this call would be much appreciated. We look forward to receiving submissions.
Call for papers: Special issue of Safety Science on Learning from Incidents
Guest Editors
Professor Neville Stanton, University of Southampton firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr Anoush Margaryan, Glasgow Caledonian University firstname.lastname@example.com
Professor Allison Littlejohn, Open University firstname.lastname@example.com
The ability to learn from incidents it essential for safety in all organisations, industries, regulatory bodies and policy makers. Safety Science has a long history of innovations in theory, methodology, science and application. For example, accident causation models that first emerged in the early 1900s have since evolved to consider entire systems and emergent properties (e.g. Heinrich, 1931; Leveson, 2004; Perrow, 1984; Rasmussen, 1997; Reason, 1990). Similarly, methodologies have moved from focussing on tasks (Taylor, 1911) to entire systems and the constraints shaping behaviour (e.g. Vicente, 1999). However Learning from Incidents is yet to embrace theories and methods from the learning sciences. A new repertoire of theories, methods and instruments evolved from interdisciplinary perspectives is needed to learn from incidents effectively.
The aim of this special issue is to provide researchers and practitioners with an opportunity to present and discuss contemporary, forecasted, and required paradigm shifts to learn from incidents. We welcome submissions from all disciplines, including, but not restricted to: Adult and Organisational Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, Sociology, Industrial Psychology, Human Factors Engineering.
Manuscripts from any domain are welcomed on:
- Reviews of state of the art of LfI;
- Whole of systems approaches to LfI;
- New methodologies for researching LfI;
- New instruments for measuring LfI;
- Inter-disciplinary insights into LfI;
- Case studies involving new concepts to LfI;
- Commentaries on LfI and the future for the Safety Science discipline
- Reports on intervention studies into improving LfI
- Approaches to facilitating and enhancing interactions between researchers, practitioners and policymakers in LfI
Timeline (updated on 5 January 2016)
Instructions for authors
The deadline for receipt of papers is 1st February 2016, with a projected publication date of mid 2017. All papers will be subjected to the standard peer-review procedures of the journal. Potential authors are requested to submit their paper for consideration to Professor Neville Stanton (firstname.lastname@example.com), Dr Anoush Margaryan (email@example.com), Professor Allison Littlejohn (email@example.com) prior to electronic submission so that the Guest Editors can ensure its scope and quality is suitable for the special issue.
Following approval, papers should be submitted online via the Elsevier Safety Science manuscript submission site . When specifying 'Article Type' authors should select 'SI: Learning from Incidents". Failure to do so will cause the papers to go unrecognised as belonging to the special issue.
Guidelines for authors can also be found on the Safety Science website.
Papers in updated Google Scholar citations rankings
I was pleased to find out this morning that several papers I have co-authored achieved high ranking in the recent update of Google Scholar citation metrics:
- The most cited paper in the journal Computers and Education (the top journal in Google Scholar Educational Technology category) in the last 5 years: Margaryan, A., Littlejohn, A., & Vojt. G. (2011). Are digital natives a myth or reality? University students' use of digital technologies. Computers and Education, 56(2), 429-440.
- The second most cited paper in the Journal of Online Teaching and Learning (no 20 in Educational Technology category) in the past 5 years: Milligan, C., Littlejohn, A., & Margaryan, A. (2013). Patterns of engagement in connectivist MOOCs. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 9(2).
- The fifth most cited paper in the Journal of Workplace Learning (no 17 in Google Scholar) in the past 5 years: Littlejohn, A., Milligan, C., & Margaryan, A. (2012). Collective knowledge: Supporting self-regulated learning in the workplace. Journal of Workplace Learning, 24(3), 226-238.
Thanks to Colin Milligan for pointing this out to me.
Abstract accepted for Dynamics of Virtual Work symposium
Pleased to find out that my abstract 'Reconceptualising professional learning within emergent digitally-mediated work practices' has been accepted for the forthcoming symposium of the Dynamics of Virtual Work research network.
Abstract: In many domains work has become increasingly complex, reliant on expertise distributed across a range of specialisms and involving novel problems at the boundaries of human knowledge (Boisot et al, 2011). In parallel, the unfolding digital transformation of work is catalysing new formations and constellations in the workplace that challenge traditional patterns of individual agency, organisation, power, responsibility and learning (Littlejohn and Margaryan, 2013). New forms of organisation mediated by digital technology include crowdwork, networked science, nomadic work and other types of distributed work (Bietz, 2013; Nickerson, 2013; Nielsen, 2012). These developments are having a profound effect on society and work, but are yet to have a significant effect on how professional learning is conceptualised and organised. Contemporary work practices require new forms of professional learning that align with the new spatial and temporal reconfigurations of workplaces, new work cultures, new networks of knowledge, and new requirements pertaining to the development and use of digital technologies. Conventional forms of professional learning such as formal training enable large numbers of people to reach a specific level of competency; however these forms of learning are unlikely to meet the learning needs of people in these new work contexts. Established forms of professional learning have largely not taken advantages of the opportunities around how people collaborate to learn, emergent knowledge networks, multiple ways in which people and knowledge resources can be brought together to enhance learning, and how digital technologies can extend access to these learning opportunities and resources. A fundamental rethink of how professional learning aligns with current trends in work, technology and society is required. In this presentation, I will discuss key implications of digital reinstrumentation and the emergent work practices for professional learning. Drawing on four concepts from learning sciences, sociology of work and technology-enhanced learning – self-regulation (Zimmerman, 2006), objectual practice (Knorr-Cetina, 2001), networked learning (Milligan, Littlejohn and Margaryan, 2014) and charting (Littlejohn, Milligan, and Margaryan, 2012) – I will outline some ways in which learning within emergent digitally-mediated work practices may be reconceptualised and fostered.
Bietz, M. (2013). Distributed work: Working and learning at a distance. In Littlejohn, A., & Margaryan, A. (Eds.). Technology-enhanced professional learning: Processes, practices and tools (pp. 28-38). London: Routledge.
Boisot, M., Norberg, M., Yami, S., & Nicquevert, B. (2011) (Eds.) Collisions and collaboration: The organisation of learning in the Atlas Experiment at the LHC. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Knorr-Cetina, K. (2001). Objectual practice. In Schatzki, T., Knorr-Cetina, K., & Savigny, E. (Eds), The practice turn in contemporary theory (pp. 175-188). London: Routledge.
Littlejohn, A., & Margaryan, A. (2013) (Eds.). Technology-enhanced professional learning: Processes, practices and tools. London: Routledge.
Littlejohn, A., Milligan, C., & Margaryan, A. (2012). Collective knowledge: Supporting self-regulated learning in the workplace. Journal of Workplace Learning, 24(3), 226-238.
Milligan, C., Margaryan, A., & Littlejohn, A. (2014). Workplace learning in informal networks. Journal of Interactive Media Environments, special issue 'Reusing Resources – Open for Learning. [Online] file:///Users/ama11/Downloads/325-2585-1-PB%20(2).pdf
Nickerson, J. (2013). Crowd work and collective learning. In Littlejohn, A., & Margaryan, A. (Eds.). Technology-enhanced professional learning: Processes, practices and tools (pp. 39-49). London: Routledge.
Nielsen, M. (2012). Reinventing discovery: The new era of networked science. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Zimmerman, B. (2006). Development and adaptation of expertise: The role of self-regulatory processes and beliefs. In Ericsson, A., Charness, N., Feltovich, P., & Hoffman, R. (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance (pp. 705-722). New York: Cambridge University Press.
New paper: Comparing safety culture and learning culture
Our paper (with Allison Littlejohn and Dane Lukic ) 'Comparing safety culture and learning culture' has been accepted for publication in Risk Management journal (Risk Management (2015) doi:10.1057/rm.2015.2).
Extended abstract: This article examines the alignment of learning and safety culture in organisations. It tests the hypothesis that factors that indicate a good learning culture might also signify good safety and vice versa. The hypothesis was tested through an extensive literature review. Areas of alignment of learning culture and safety culture were identified. Six components of learning culture and safety culture can be measured by the same instrument. These components form guiding principles for measurement of safety culture and learning culture: open communication; employee empowerment; collaboration; alignment of espoused and enacted priorities; internal systemic alignment; management. Another eight component areas were identified where learning culture and safety culture partially align: motivation; recognition and rewards; competence; commitment; workplace condition; risk; opportunities for learning; and policy and procedures. Four further components were found to be relevant to either safety culture or learning culture and do not align: social regulation; safety versus productivity; equipment; and innovation. Overall, there is a relationship between learning culture and safety culture, but gauging one does not provide a reliable measure of the other.
Presenting at Learning and Professional Development SIG conference in Oslo
I'm looking forward to the EARLI's Learning and Professional Development Special Interest Group Conference in Oslo next week. I'm contributing to two session as follows:
- As a discussant at symposium "A social network perspective on learning and professional development" on Wed 27/08/14 at 16:30-18:00
- As a co-author at paper session 3C 'Motivation and self-regulation at work', paper titled "Self-regulated learning in the financial services industry" (Milligan, Fontana, Littlejohn, Margaryan) on Thur 28/08/14 at 09:00-11:00
Let me know if you are around and would like to meet up.
Instructional Quality of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
I was pleased to hear that our paper on the quality of instructional design of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has been accepted for publication in Computers and Education.
Abstract: We present an analysis of instructional design quality of 76 randomly selected Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The quality of MOOCs was determined from first principles of instruction, using a course survey instrument. Two types of MOOCs – xMOOCs and cMOOCs – were analysed and their instructional design quality was assessed and compared. We found that the majority of MOOCs scored poorly on most instructional design principles. However, most MOOCs scored highly on organisation and presentation of course material. The results indicate that although most MOOCs are well-packaged, their instructional design quality is low. We outline implications for practice and ideas for future research.
The full paper will be available online shortly; in the meantime, a draft is available for download.
It took 18 months to get to this stage from the conception of the study:
- conception of the project idea and securing internal funding for a research assistant – Feb 2013;
- search and recruitment of a research assistant – Feb-Jul 2013 (6 months);
- data collection – Sep-Dec 2013 (4 months);
- data analysis – Jan 2014;
- publication – Feb-Aug 2014 (7 months), including: (i)submission of the first draft of the article – Feb 2014; (ii) review received – Apr 2014; (iii) resubmission of 2nd draft – May 2014; (iv)second review received – Jul 2014; (v) resubmission and acceptance of the final draft – Aug 2014.
So the actual conception and execution of the study took just 6/18 months…
Citation: Margaryan, A., Bianco, M., & Littlejohn, A. (in press). Instructional quality of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Computers and Education.
On principles
Why do we need principles?
"…abstract ideas are conceptual integrations which subsume and incalculable number of concretes – and without abstract ideas you would not be able to deal with concrete, particular, real-life problems. You would be in the position of a newborn infant, to whom every object is a unique, unprecedented phenomenon. The difference between his mental state and yours lies in the number of conceptual integrations your mind has performed. You have no choice about the necessity to integrate your observations, your experiences, your knowledge into abstract principles." (Rand, 1982, p.6)
Source: Rand, A. (1982). Philosophy: Who needs it. New York: Bobbs-Merrill.