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Live chat is a great way to have some flirty fun over the phone. However, even though it's "just a phone call", it can be nerve wrecking for many people. If you are feeling nervous, take a few moments to relax before you make the call. Here are five relaxing things to do before you engage in flirtatious live phone chat: 1. Make yourself feel attractive Even though you won't be able to see the person on the other end of the line and they won't be able to see you, it can make you feel more confident if you look your best. Before calling for live chat, take a bath, do your hair and put on your favourite outfit. When you feel great, you sound great. However, if you prefer not to get dressed up, that is the beauty of live phone chat. You can show up as you are, in your oldest, most comfortable clothes with your hair down, and still have a great time. 2. Do some positive self-talk Once you are physically ready, get yourself emotionally ready. Look in the mirror and compliment your outfit. Tell yourself you are interesting, likeable and intelligent. Looking in the mirror and complimenting yourself may sound hokey, but it actually works. If you want to build your confidence for your regular life as well as for your phone chat experience, listen to your interior monologue throughout your day. When you hear yourself saying or thinking something negative, counteract it with something positive. Over time, this habit of positive self-talk can make a huge difference. If you are not comfortable looking in the mirror, just repeat a few positive traits aloud as you do some stretches and get ready for your chat. 3. Stretch or engage in a few yoga moves If you do yoga, do a few sun salutations or your favourite relaxing moves before making your phone call. If you don't do yoga, just do a few basic stretches up toward the sky, down toward your toes and whatever else feels good with your body. Stretch slowly and hold each pose for a few seconds as you breathe deeply. Slow deep breaths and stretches will naturally reduce your anxiety levels and help you prepare for your chat. 4. Run in place or do some other cardio for ten minutes If you still have anxious energy, try to shake it off before your call. Run in place for a few minutes or do some jumping jacks. Research shows that cardio provides immediate stress reduction on a physical and emotional level. You can do a few minutes of cardio right before the phone call, but if you prefer, you can also do cardio before you take a bath and get ready. 5. Prepare some topics of conversation When you are nervous about anything, it can help if you prepare yourself. If you are nervous about phone chat because you are not sure how it will go or what you will talk about, prepare yourself by making a few notes on conversation topics. Take a piece of paper and write down some of the topics that interest you. If you are calling someone just for flirty chat, you may want to write down thoughts on your "adult" interests, escapades or...read more
The human back was the original lifting crane far before anything mechanical was invented. However, continuing to load your ute by hand may be causing back pain and other heavy lifting injuries that could easily be avoided. Here are three ways that you can load faster and smarter without having to put your back under stress any more. Hydraulic Crane The hydraulic ute crane is the perfect solution if your business needs the capacity to load and unload your truck at any time or anywhere. This lifting device is mounted onto the tray of your ute and it is a portable lifting machine. Consider these points before you purchase a hydraulic crane for your ute: Is there any tray modification needed? You should choose a hydraulic crane that can be fitted to your ute deck with a minimum of modification. When you go to sell your ute at a later date you do not want to have to pay for the deck to be returned to its original state before the sale can take place. What lifting load do you need for your crane? A tradesman who is lifting pallets of bricks onto their ute is going to have a higher lifting capacity need than someone who is moving steel pipe. Is the crane arm manually pushed or does it move by power? A manually pushed crane arm will still require the operator to have the physical strength to shift it, but a powered arm glides to the point that the operator directs it to go. If you do not wish to attach machinery to your ute, there are two other lifting options open to you. Electric Forklift The electric forklift looks much like a motorised forklift apart from having a seat and steering wheel for the driver. Instead, the operator stands behind the forklift and manoeuvres it from the loading area to the ute. As these devices can handle loads over one tonne, they are still a viable option when it comes to getting everything you need onto your ute tray. The major disadvantage of using an electric forklift is that unless you plan to drive it up some ramps onto the deck of your ute, it is not a portable lifting option like the crane is. The forklift will remain at your loading station and will not be available to help you unload at your destination. If you do choose to transport it with you on the ute, this takes up valuable deck space that you need for your load. Block And Tackle The block and tackle is the manual way of loading heavy items onto your ute and does not require any electrical equipment to help you with the task. This process involves using a minimum of two pulleys to lift a heavy object. The object is picked up using a hook or rope tie that is attached to the main lifting rope. The rope passes through the pulleys and at the other end is the operator who pulls the rope to lift the object. The mechanical advantage theory explains why one person can lift heavy weights using the block and tackle that could not be lifted by themselves alone. There are two main disadvantages when considering the block and tackle method for loading your ute....read more
Climate change threatens to hit Australia harder than the rest of the world, and according to some projections, temps will raise an average of 5 degrees celsius by 2090. As the weather gets hotter, air conditioning becomes more of a concern. However, if you do not want ridiculously high energy bills and you also want to reduce the amount of energy you consume, you need to think about your air conditioner in a new way. Here are five of the ideas you should keep in mind as you approach air conditioning in the age of climate change: 1. Design For Climate According to many environmentalists, one of the reasons that people have become so reliant on air conditioning is because they live in "boxes" that are the same regardless of climate. A generation or two ago, designers created homes that were artfully designed for the climate where they were being erected, and this strategy helped the home to stay cool with little artificial influence. If you are designing a home, look into how homes have been historically designed to work in your climate. Features such as rooms with multiple windows that can be used to create a cross breeze, the stumps under old Queenslanders or attic windows that release heat are the perfect example of this type of building. If you are not designing your own home, think about adding some traditional cooling features to your existing home. 2. Take Advantage Of Natural Cooling Methods Having stumps under a home allows air to circulate around the home, and as a result, the home stays cooler. However, even if you are not in a position to lift up your home with jacks and add stumps, you can still take advantage of some natural cooling methods. Shade is key when trying to reduce the heat in your home. Add awnings or light-blocking curtains to your windows, and if possible, plant trees or other shade-producing plants outside of your windows. Even trees that cast shade on the walls or roof of the home can help to keep it cool. Efforts like these can help you to reduce your reliance on your air conditioner, but if you want to reduce how often you run it, you need to think about efficiency when buying your unit. 3. Choose Your Air Conditioner To Complement Your Home When choosing your air conditioner, make sure that you choose one that complements your home. You need a unit that is large enough to cool your space without having to run overtime, but you don't want a unit that is too large. If your home tends to have uneven temperatures, consider getting a split air conditioning system so that you can assign different thermostats to different rooms. Work with an air conditioning expert to determine exactly what your home needs. 4. Use Your Air Conditioner Wisely Even with a perfect house design, cooling natural features and the perfect air conditioning unit, you still need to be wise about how you use your air conditioning unit. Turn off your air conditioner when it is not in use, but keep in mind that you should set it to a cycle on and off so that your home does not get too hot. If it gets too hot, the air conditioner has...read more
As of 2011, there were 157,000 farmers in Australia. Although this number may sound large, it actually indicates a 11 percent reduction in the number of Australian farmers since 2006. If you or someone in your family is getting ready to sell the family farm, you may be feeling a bit sad or nostalgic. To alleviate these feelings, consider creating a memento of the old family farm to take with you and pass through future generations. Here are four ideas you should consider: 1. Aerial Farm Photography As suggested by the name, an aerial farm photograph is a photograph of a farm taken from someone above the farm in an airplane. It can include the whole farm or focus on specific areas such as homes, barns, fields or pastures. Traditionally, these photographs are framed and displayed, but these digital images can be printed on blankets, coffee cups and other items as well. When ordering your photographs, you have a lot of options. In addition to choosing which parts of the farm you want photographed, you can also choose whether or not you want the dust edited out of the shot or left in to create authenticity. For more information, contact a company like 3D Mapping Solutions. 2. Old Windows, Lumber and Hinges Rather than just leaving the old home and the old barn with the seller, take a few pieces as mementos. Old window frames can be repurposed into mirrors, picture frames or standalone artistic pieces. If applicable, you may even want to salvage the old glass rather than the window frames, and in other cases, you may want to salvage an entire wall, floor or barn door. Salvaged wood can be used to line the walls of a new home, or it can be used to build furniture ranging from headboards to dining tables. Even small pieces such as hinges or door knobs can be salvaged and integrated into a new space as a memento of your family farm. 3. Trees Although the process can be tricky, you can take a living piece of your family's farm with you in the form of a tree. With the help of a trained arborist, you may be able to dig up the roots of your favorite tree on the farm and move it to your new home. Unfortunately, moving trees can be risky so you may also want to get a tangible memento such as an aerial farm photograph or an old door knob. If you prefer to leave a mark on your land rather than taking a souvenir, look for a historic tree. With the help of groups such as Save the Historic Trees, which has been instrumental in saving historic fig trees, you may be able to stop the new owners from cutting down certain trees on the land you are selling. When you drive by the newly developed land in the future, you will be able to point out that tree and tell your loved ones how you saved it. 4. Tractor Parts Finding something to memorialise your farm is nice, but you should also think about memorializing what you and your family did on the farm. Old gears and random internal parts can be used in art projects – they look great for instance on a...read more
For companies that carry out line-marking on highways and roadside maintenance projects, an investment in a truck mounted attenuator is a business decision that cannot be overlooked. A TMA will help ensure the safety of your workers, your equipment and passing motorists. This guide will provide a quick overview of how truck mounted attenuators operate and point out some of the major features that will be beneficial to your company. Truck Mounted Attenuator Basics Truck mounted attenuators are fixed on to the back of a shadow vehicle and located at roadside maintenance sites. They are designed to protect the crew who work in front of the vehicle and any motorists that may accidentally drive into the closed traffic lane. How TMA's Work They work on the principle of energy absorption and are designed to absorb the kinetic energy (energy produced by motion), of a colliding vehicle. Attenuators make use of crushable materials including aluminium cells, elastomeric cylinders, light-weight steel foam and the latest technology to make highly efficient crumple zones which absorb the impact. Years of research have been devoted to impact absorption techniques and the development of efficient materials and practices. Much information has been collected about the likely reaction of vehicles on impact and TMA's are designed using the latest data. Best Features of a TMA A range of TMA's with different specifications allows companies to choose the appropriate model for their needs. Ease of Transportation If you need to transport your TMA over long distances a compact model will allow for high speed travel along a motorway in order to arrive promptly at the site. A model that can fold up over the truck bed will provide better balance and weight distribution for travel. Preferably the cartridge section of the attenuator should fold horizontally while the strut section folds vertically, adjacent to the bed of the truck. Hydraulic power for support brackets is a desirable feature that will prevent vibration during transport and minimize wear and tear on hinge joints and fasteners. These features combine to offer minimal wind resistance and drag and provide increased rear visibility, thus allowing you to drive safely at free way speed. Ease of Set Up A fast and simple setup procedure when on site is always highly desirable. A few minutes checking the pintle hooking system should be all that's needed to be ready for safe operation. Look for: Models which allow the driver to operate the rear of the TMA from the cabin to prevent exposure to traffic Swivel jacks at the rear and side for easy set-up Ease of Refurbishment Some models of attenuator have a modular design and are equipped with reusable components which do not need to be replaced after an impact. Steel supporting frames and strike plates are reusable. They are designed to collapse on impact. Only the aluminium, energy absorbing cartridges require replacing. The refurbishment of inserting the new aluminium cartridges is so straight forward it can often be done at the work site. Modular design provides a cost effective and time saving benefit. Safety Considerations Unsurprisingly there are strict Government regulations covering the requirements for safe road side operations. Currently, each state has its own standards which can be quite perplexing if you operate nationally. Fortunately new national codes are proposed and are likely...read more
How many times have you woken up bleary eyed only to be confronted with a wardrobe that is the epitome of chaos? Have you had a moment when you are already running late for work and your stress levels are only amplified because you just can't find anything to wear? Truthfully, everybody has been there, and this is because most people's robes just aren't organised optimally. But with these four strategies, you can make sure that you find exactly what you need within your wardrobe each morning and that you start the day in a far less stressful way. Arrange by eye level. You would be forgiven for not being completely alert first thing in the morning. The last thing you want to do is scramble through layers of clothes because you can't find a particular item. This is why it's a good idea to arrange clothing by eye level. If you can immediately see the clothes that you wear the most and that you love the most, you can grab them without rummaging for twenty minutes. Place the things that you need sometimes below eye level, and place the items that you rarely need but that you still want to keep right at the top. Throw stuff out. One reason you might not be able to find what you are looking for inside your robe is that you simply have way too much stuff. If you are the person who loves to shop but isn't so keen on throwing things away, now is the time to break the habit – it will make life so much easier. It is a great idea to empty your wardrobe completely every six months. Be really honest with yourself about which items you actually wear or are likely wear in the future. Donate anything else to charity shops or host a garage sale so that you can sell the items. When you place your clothes back in your closet, the new sense of space will make everything so much easier to find. Add lighting to your wardrobe. A wardrobe is essentially a big dark box where you store your clothes, shoes and accessories, and generally speaking, a wardrobe would probably not be lit at all even though it's a space where you need to find things. It's no wonder that so many people get so stressed out way they open the robe doors each morning. If you are handy with DIY skills, it is well worth spending a Sunday afternoon installing some lighting inside your wardrobe. A light shining down from the top would be great, but it would be an even better idea to add individual lights to shelves so that every part of your wardrobe is illuminated and you never have to worry about not finding that grey tuxedo jacket again. Separate work and home. Your work life and your personal life are two very different things. Because of this, your work closet and your home closet will also look totally different from each other. At work, you might need to wear neat tailoring and sombre colours, but when you meet your partner for dinner on a Friday night, you might wear completely different fabrics, colours and shapes. For this reason, it can be a good idea to create two...read more
Most of your clients and potential clients probably do an internet search every time they prepare to buy a product or use a service. Because of that, negative online reviews can be massively detrimental to your company. Ideally, you need to delete this negative press, but that isn't always easy. Here are some tips on how to do that and what to do when you cannot delete the negative coverage: 1. Monitor what the internet says about you Before you can delete negative reviews, you need to know about them. Search your name and your company name online daily, and if possible, set up online alerts. Many search engines have the capability to look for certain keywords and email you every time they get a hit. That means that you know as soon as anyone mentions your company online, regardless of whether it is negative or positive. Set up alerts for your company's official name as well as any nicknames and include your name and the names of any key employees. 2. Know your rights If you own a restaurant and a disgruntled customer posts a negative review about your under-seasoned steak or over-reduced demi glace, you have no legal recourse to fight that reveiw. Even if you believe that your steak was perfectly seasoned and your demi glace perfectly reduced, the matter is subjective. However, if the reviewer lies about an issue that is not subjective and it hurts your reputation, the reviewer may be guilty of defamation, and you may have a legal right to take him or her to court. For example, if the reviewer claims your bathroom walls were smeared with poop, your wait time was 3 hours long or anything else that you can definitely prove as false, you may have a legal right to get the reviewer to rescind his or her comments. In some cases, the reviewer or the publication may even have to pay you compensation for the damages. 3. Do not shoot yourself in the foot Unfortunately, the most damaging negative messages do not always come from others. They may come from the inside, and deleting the damage from these messages may be the hardest. Ideally, you always need to be in control of your message, and you need to keep it positive. If you inadvertently tweet or share something inappropriate or offensive, you can delete it yourself, but in the meantime, anyone could take a screen shot that captures the entire message. Similarly, if you respond to a client's online complaint in a negative or disparaging way, that can really hurt your reputation as well, even if you delete your message once you realise your error. Because of that, it is important to only allow you or a skilled social media manager to create your social media messages. 4. Address what you cannot delete Whether you or someone else posts something that you cannot delete, take steps to remedy it. If you post something that tarnishes your reputation, be honest and apologise about it. If a customer posts a negative review about your company, jump in and create a retort. If the site where the review is posted offers a spot for owners to post rebuttals, post an apology, an explanation or an offer for a free service....read more
Selling your business is a huge endeavor and, as your business may represent years worth of hard work and personal sacrifices, you also want to ensure that you get the best deal possible. Unfortunately, it is very easy to make mistakes through the process, and any mistakes could cost you a lot of money. Here are some of the most common mistakes you should try to avoid: 1. Reducing Income With Excess Expenses When tax time rolls around, it seems advantageous to write off as many business expenses as possible. That effectively lowers your income and decreases your tax burden. However, if you write off too many expenses, it makes your profits look compromised, and as a result, prospective buyers will not be willing to pay as much for your company. This is something that you need to start thinking about several years before you put your company on the market. 2. Accepting Unsolicited Offers Once in a while, business owners have their companies running smoothly, and out of nowhere, they receive unsolicited offers to sell. Before accepting an unsolicited offer, look it over carefully and talk with a specialist in business sales. If someone is offering to buy your company for more than it is worth, they may know something about the industry you do not—by selling you may lose that opportunity to earn. The other risk of selling when you weren't planning to sell is personal. Selling your business takes you quickly out of your lifestyle and forces you to start something new. If you are not ready for that transition, the sale could end up feeling depressing and disempowering rather than positive. 3. Using EBITDA To Determine Sale Price Whether you want to ensure that an unsolicited offer is fair or if you have decided to sell and need help choosing a price, you should avoid using EBITDA exclusively to determine your sale price. EBITDA is a business valuation figure that stands for "earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation". Essentially, this number expresses the value of a company based on its performance and separate from its burdens such as taxes and depreciation. Unfortunately, many business owners erroneously assume they can use EBITDA to determine their business's correct price tag, but in actuality, these numbers over-emphasise the value of non-liquid assets while under-emphasising the value of working capital or highly liquid assets. For example, using the EBITDA metric may make a company with a lot of old machinery look valuable. However, if you buy that company and realise the machinery cannot do the job you need it to do (or if it becomes broken and worn down within a few years or months of you buying the company), those assets immediately become liabilities. To preserve your financial integrity, you would have been better off buying a business with less old machinery but more cash in the bank. Instead of exclusively using EBITDA, use other metrics such as gross profits or top-line revenue to determine sale price. 4. Not Reducing Inventory The inventory you have on hand should be enough to keep your business on its feet, but no more than that. When a buyer purchases your company, they buy the inventory as part of the sale price. Unfortunately, buyers do not like to raise their price...read more
Patio areas are very attractive in a garden for a number of reasons. They can give you an outdoor space for hosting gatherings such as barbecues for friends and family, they can act as a blank canvas against which you can install statement garden features such as a water fountain, and from a commercial perspective, they can even add value to your home. To make your patio feel like a functioning outdoor room, it can be a very good idea to add a structural element such as a pergola in the space. Wood is a popular choice for pergolas because the material is organic and has an aesthetic softness that something like metal lacks. But what kind of wood is best for your pergola? Oregon timber Oregon timber is a type of wood that originates from North America, but a great deal of it is harvested in New Zealand, making it a popular construction wood on this side of the world. For construction projects, this variety of wood is particularly appealing because of its low weight/high strength ratio. This makes it easy to handle for big projects, while creating robust structures. Because of this, you might want to choose Oregon timber supplies for your pergola if you are attempting to build your pergola yourself. As with any timber, you will have to protect your Oregon timber from wet rot, particularly if you live in a humid area or somewhere that experiences a great deal of rain. This is a fairly simple task and the wood can be sealed with an oil created for the express purpose of protecting timber from rotting outdoors. Western Red Cedar. Another hugely popular choice for pergolas and other outdoor structures is Western Red Cedar. Again, one of the reasons for this is that this type of wood has an attractive weight to strength ratio that makes it ideal for construction projects. But a concern that homeowners typically have when using woods outdoors is the susceptibility to rot and the wood's attractiveness to insects. Fortunately, neither of these common problems is much of an issue when it comes to Red Cedar. This is because the fungicides present in Red Cedar make it more resistant to decay. Of course, it is still a very good idea to protect the wood further with a sealing oil, but you will find that this wood is less inclined to rot than most, even when in an outdoor environment. The aromatic oils within the wood are also supposed to be unattractive to unwanted insects, which will steer clear of your Red Cedar pergola. Redwood. Redwood is one of the most pliable types of softwoods, and this makes it very easy to work with for a variety of construction projects. It is easy to saw into the wood and hammer nails into it, for example. This might make the wood seem unattractively soft and that it would be vulnerable in outdoor conditions, but actually, this is not the case. While redwood is easy to work with, it is also a strong and durable wood, and if you become a redwood pergola owner, you will no doubt be pleasantly surprised at how well the wood keeps its shape and resists warping or shrinking. This is why so many outdoor structures, including decking...read more
In Victoria, employers have a legal obligation to provide their workers with certain amenities, include a place to safely store personal belongings, a suitable area for dining and adequate toilet and washing facilities. It's often more difficult for construction site owners to offer certain facilities, but temporary or portable toilet hire is a common addition to most modern construction sites. If you need to install portable toilets on a Victorian construction site, learn how you can make sure the facilities are safe and hygienic to use. Your legal obligations Construction site owners must provide workers with adequate toilet facilities. If your workers aren't easily able to use a toilet, you could run afoul of the 1985 Occupational Health and Safety Act. The most severe penalties under the Act arise when employers fail to provide or maintain a safe working environment. In extreme cases, you could face imprisonment for up to five years. As such, it's important to make sure you make adequate provision for every aspect of your workers' welfare. Placing portable toilets A portable toilet supplier can work with construction site managers to help choose a good place to install temporary facilities. While a portable toilet is not as sturdy or robust as a permanent installation, you need to make sure that your employees are not at risk at any time. To maintain privacy and hygiene, you must consider several factors. These include: A convenient location that all workers can easily reach Sound construction, lined walls and waterproof facilities Adequate lighting and ventilation Hinged toilet seats and lids A door your employees can lock from the inside Adequate drainage You cannot simply set up these conditions when you first install the portable toilet and consider the job done. As an employer, you must also make sure that the facilities meet these standards during the entire time they are available to your employees. This obligation applies to the supply of other items too, including toilet paper. Sharing facilities with other sites In many cases, your workers may work next to other construction sites. The law permits construction site owners to collaborate and offer shared facilities, as this can help manage costs. It is also sometimes easier to share one site than it is to find multiple adequate places to install portable toilets. Conditions that shared facilities must meet are the same as those of individual sites. Additionally, you must show evidence that the site owners have a clear agreement for the use of shared facilities, or you must show that the same company manages all the sharing sites. Furthermore, you must make sure that you offer at least one toilet per 10 workers across the combined sites. Cleaning and maintenance Construction site managers must set up a rigorous cleaning and maintenance schedule to keep portable toilets hygienic. In many cases, a portable toilet supplier will also offer a contracted cleaning service, but it is up to the employer to make sure suitable arrangements are in place. The supplier will normally manage all on-site servicing routines. These routines include checking the pumps, repairing defects, refilling the holding tank and rinsing and emptying sewage storage tanks. Site managers must make sure that the supplier pumps out the tanks often enough to stop bad smells building up. Ideally, the waste tank should...read more


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GSD Course Bulletin - Fall 2008
This term's information was last refreshed on 08 MAY 2015 15:46:03.
Courses taught by Anne McGhee
02440: Intermediate Drawing (VIS 0244000)
Landscape Architecture
Lecture - 4 credits - Limited enrollment
Tuesday 8:30 - 12:30 7 Sumner 402
Anne McGhee
Course Description
This is an intermediate course in drawing, open to landscape, urban design, and architecture students (also MDes). The initial intent of the class is to teach students to see, to translate the "seen" into the language of drawing, and to completely immerse students in this process. Through a series of exercises, drawing from nature (on site) and from the model, the student will begin to experience line, shape, values, form, and a feeling of space. Having acquired these tools we will go on to problems of representing various stages in the design process. The students will experience the metamorphosis of an idea from rough sketch to finished drawing, including doing many free hand perspectives. We will explore a range of drawing media: charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, and watercolor. The hope is to develop new modes of working to think through design problems in studio. This includes experimentation with combining hand drawing and computer generated images. Throughout the class we will be studying the work of artists, architects, and designers from all periods of history. Hopefully, we can expect visits from several outside artists to enliven the class with discussion of their work and with demonstrations. Visits to artist's studios, galleries, museums, and various sites are also anticipated. Since we will be drawing at our first class meeting, students need to bring the following materials to the first class: - 18' x 24' Newsprint Pad (not slick) - Vine Charcoal: hard & medium - Kneaded Eraser - Emery Board Pad- Soft Graphite Pencil & Small Pad
09201: Independent Study by Candidates for Master's Degrees (ADV 0920100)
Independent Study - 4 credits
Gary Hilderbrand, Brian W. Blaesser, Marco Cenzatti, Preston Scott Cohen, Felipe Correa, Gareth Doherty, Stephen Ervin, Susan Fainstein, Richard T.T. Forman, Jose Gomez-Ibanez, K. Michael Hays, Sanford Kwinter, Anne McGhee, Michael Meredith, Farshid Moussavi, Richard Peiser, Spiro Pollalis, Peter Rowe, Allen Sayegh, Laura Solano, John Stilgoe, Kostas Terzidis, Matthew Urbanski, Bing Wang, Christian Werthmann, T. Kelly Wilson
Course Description
Students may take a maximum of 8 credit units with different instructors in this course series.Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Candidates may arrange individual work focusing on subjects or issues that are of interest to them but are not available through regularly offered course work. Students must submit an independent study petition and secure approval of their advisor and of the faculty member sponsoring the study.

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Let's Go Outside!: Outdoor Activities and Projets to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature (Paperback)
Engage your child in outdoor play, nature outings, and environmental explorations. Chase and be chased in a game of capture the flag. Use the power of the sun to craft your own shadow prints. Explore the stars on a late night walk. Create a field guide to your neighborhood. Through 52 ideas—some classic and some new—Let's Go Outside! offers a range of activities perfect for children ages 8 to 12. Whether you're in the country, the city, or anywhere in between, this book is sure to help you get outside—and run, dance, hike, or camp—with your preteen.
Sections of the book include:
• Back to Basics: Reconnecting with twists on traditional games and activities such as Capture the Flag
• Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Picnics, doing homework outdoors, and socializing opportunities outdoors
• Outdoor Adventures: Canoeing, biking, and camping
• Environmental Experiments: Ways to explore how nature works
About the Author
Jennifer Ward is an award-winning author of picture books for children with more than 800,000 books in print. Most recently, she has written Mama Built a Little Nest", illustrated by Steve Jenkins, and "There Was an Old Monkey that Swallowed a Frog", illustrated by Steve Gray. A former elementary educator, Jennifer Ward is an experienced public speaker who travels the country, speaking in schools and at international and national writer and literacy conferences. Her titles have been featured in "Ranger Rick", "Your Big Backyard", "Learning Magazine", and "Real Simple", and she has been featured on national television and radio. She lives with her family in Edwardsville, Illinois. Visit her at JenniferWardBooks.com.


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Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians under the age of 44.
Lifeline believes we all have a role to play in suicide prevention.
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The only thing that's interesting about the Rubber Soul V. Revolver debate (otherwise, yawn), is that you guys have hit on the key moment of the 20th Century, a sort of Jump Cut in time: 1965 into 1966.
Things were churning in 1965, but it's all still anchored to the past. '66 explodes. 1966 gives us: National Organization of Women (NOW); Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed; the Freedom of Information Act; Bergman's Persona (which, interestingly enough, includes a bizarre "rip" or "jump cut" in the middle of the movie); the first Velvet Underground sessions; Stokely Carmichael first utters the phrase "Black Power" at a rally in June; Time's "Is God Dead?" cover; Antonioni's Blow Up; Susan Sontag's Against Interpretation; Eight Miles High; Beatles come out against the War; mini-skirts and go-go boots, protests instead of peace marches. None of this was possible in 1965. And there it all is, just a few months later in '66.
You can certainly hear this "jump cut" when you compare Rubber Soul ('65) and Revolver ('66). The guitars on Revolver are distorted and backward…and studio effects abound. Rubber Soul is punchy, but it's not modern music. This is not why Revolver is better (which it is in its own right), but they are two albums where, listened to side by side, you hear the 20th Century changeover. Kind of exciting.
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Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee
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Growing up, Jerry Spinelli was really serious about baseball. He played for the Green Sox Little League team in his hometown of Norristown, Pennsylvania, and dreamed of one day playing for the major leagues, preferably as shortstop for the New York Yankees.
One night during high school, Spinelli watched the football team win an exciting game against one of the best teams in the country. While everyone else rode about town tooting horns in celebration, Spinelli went home and wrote "Goal to Go," a poem about the game's defining moment, a goal-line stand. His father submitted the poem to the Norristown Times–Herald and it was featured in the middle of the sports page a few days later. He then traded in his baseball bat for a pencil, because he knew that he wanted to become a writer.
After graduating from Gettysburg College with an English degree, Spinelli worked full time as a magazine editor. Every day on his lunch hour, he would close his office door and craft novels on yellow magazine copy paper. He wrote four adult novels in 12 years of lunchtime writing, but none of these were accepted for publication. When he submitted a fifth novel about a 13-year-old boy, adult publishers once again rejected his work, but children's publishers embraced it. Spinelli feels that he accidentally became an author of children's books.
Spinelli's hilarious books entertain both children and young adults. Readers see his life in his autobiography Knots in My Yo-Yo String, as well as in his fiction. Crash came out of his desire to include the beloved Penn Relays of his home
state of Pennsylvania in a book, while Maniac Magee is set in a fictional town based on his
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When asked if he does research for his writing, Spinelli says: "The answer is yes and no. No, in the sense that I seldom plow through books at the library to gather material. Yes, in the sense that the first 15 years of my life turned out to be one big research project. I thought I was simply growing up in Norristown, Pennsylvania; looking back now I can see that I was also gathering material that would one day find its way into my books."
On inspiration, the author says: "Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey."
Spinelli lives with his wife and fellow writer, Eileen, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. While they write in separate rooms of the house, the couple edits and celebrates one another's work. Their six children have given Jerry Spinelli a plethora of clever material for his writing.
Jerry Spinelli is the author of more than a dozen books for young readers, including Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal. His latest novel, Stargirl, was a New York Times bestseller and an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults.
- What's truth, what's myth? Did Maniac Magee really do all those amazing feats and deeds, or is it just story? Orphaned at 3 and raised by hateful relatives, Jeffrey Lionel Magee finally runs away--and lands in Two Mills, Pennsylvania, and the stories begin. Winner of the 1991 Newbery Medal, MANIAC MAGEE is a touching story about a boy who makes a difference because he doesn't allow pre-conceived notions, prejudice, and others' expectations to interfere with his behaviors and his life. S. Epatha Merkerson does a masterful job as Amanda, Mars Bar, Maniac, and the narrator, as well as the other characters who inhabit the story. Her tone, diction, and accent clearly differentiate those from the East Side and the West. She gives her characters strength, individuality, and attitude, while the narrator remains neutral yet amused by the stories and the legend of this unflappable boy. A superb rendering of an exceptional book! W.L.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2003 ALA Notable Recording (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
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I aim to start opencv little by little but first I need to decide which API of OpenCV is more useful. I predict that Python implementation is shorter but running time will be more dense and slow compared to the native C++ implementations. Is there any know can comment about performance and coding differences between these two perspectives?
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
As mentioned in earlier answers, Python is slower compared to C++ or C. Python is built for its simplicity, portability and moreover, creativity where users need to worry only about their algorithm, not programming troubles.
But here in OpenCV, there is something different. Python-OpenCV is just a wrapper around the original C/C++ code. It is normally used for combining best features of both the languages, Performance of C/C++ & Simplicity of Python.
So when you call a function in OpenCV from Python, what actually run is underlying C/C++ source. So there won't be much difference in performance.( I remember I read somewhere that performance penalty is <1%, don't remember where. A rough estimate with some basic functions in OpenCV shows a worst-case penalty of
The problem arises when your code has a lot of native python codes.For eg, if you are making your own functions that are not available in OpenCV, things get worse. Such codes are ran natively in Python, which reduces the performance considerably.
But new OpenCV-Python interface has full support to Numpy. Numpy is a package for scientific computing in Python. It is also a wrapper around native C code. It is a highly optimized library which supports a wide variety of matrix operations, highly suitable for image processing. So if you can combine both OpenCV functions and Numpy functions correctly, you will get a very high speed code.
Thing to remember is, always try to avoid loops and iterations in Python. Instead, use array manipulation facilities available in Numpy (and OpenCV). Simply adding two numpy arrays using
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You're right, Python is almost always significantly slower than C++ as it requires an interpreter, which C++ does not. However, that does require C++ to be strongly-typed, which leaves a much smaller margin for error. Some people prefer to be made to code strictly, whereas others enjoy Python's inherent leniency.
If you want a full discourse on Python coding styles vs. C++ coding styles, this is not the best place, try finding an article.
EDIT: Because Python is an interpreted language, while C++ is compiled down to machine code, generally speaking, you can obtain performance advantages using C++. However, with regard to using OpenCV, the core OpenCV libraries are already compiled down to machine code, so the Python wrapper around the OpenCV library is executing compiled code. In other words, when it comes to executing computationally expensive OpenCV algorithms from Python, you're not going to see much of a performance hit since they've already been compiled for the specific architecture you're working with.


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By Jasmine WalthallSeptember 15, 2010
Sept. 16, 2010
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Veterans, distinguished public service figures, family and friends and service members gathered at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Monday, to commemorate its opening.
The cemetery is made up on 229 acres, which was donated by Fort Leonard Wood. The approximately $7.5 million necessary to build and open the cemetery, was donated by the Department of Veteran Affairs. The cemetery is estimated to be able to host 7,297 burial plots currently, however, the next six phases will encompass grounds to accommodate more than 25,000 plots.
Among the speakers at the dedication ceremony was Maj. Gen. David Quantock, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood commanding general.
Quantock began his commemoration speech with a quote from President John F. Kennedy stating, "A nation reveals itself not only by the people it produces, but also by the people it honors, the people it remembers."
He went on to reminisce on the passing away of his father, a Vietnam veteran, and when visiting his father he realized the difference between a cemetery and a veterans cemetery.
"A veterans cemetery is American history paid for by Americans who at some point succumbed, but fought for our country," Quantock said. "A country that is forever grateful for their sacrifices, and (at that moment) I understood where my father was coming from (when he requested being buried in a veterans cemetery). He wanted to be buried with his brothers and sisters who understood selfless service, dedication, patriotism and a higher calling. So today, we open another veterans cemetery; we celebrate the life and the death of American patriots who understand selfless service, who understood patriotism,; who understood a higher calling."
The ceremony gave public figures an opportunity not only to honor the veterans in attendance and those that joined together in contributing to the opening of the cemetery, but also those that made the ultimate sacrifice.
"This cemetery honors service and memories as a lasting memorial of the men and women of America who have served their country during times of war and peace," said Cliff Hammock, Waynesville mayor. " It is because of their service and their dedication that we can consecrate this hollow ground today."
Veteran burial benefits are available to all honorably discharged veterans, as well as their spouses, dependents and disabled children. These benefits include at no cost grave plot, open and close grave, grave liner, marker, committal service as well as military honors for the veteran, according to Missouri Veterans Commission.
(Jasmine Walthall is the assistant editor for the Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., newspaper, the Guidon.)


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Abstract: This paper measures the economic impacts of social pressures to share income with kin and neighbors in rural Kenyan villages. We conduct a lab experiment in which we randomly vary the observability of investment returns to test whether subjects reduce their income in order to keep it hidden. We find that women adopt an investment strategy that conceals the size of their initial endowment in the experiment, though that strategy reduces their expected earnings. This effect is largest among women with relatives attending the experiment. Parameter estimates suggest that women anticipate that observable income will be "taxed" at a rate above four percent; this effective tax rate nearly doubles when kin can observe income directly. At the village level, we find a robust association between willingness to forgo expected return to keep income hidden in the laboratory experiment, and worse economic outcomes outside the laboratory. Though this paper provides experimental evidence from a single African country - Kenya - observational studies suggest that similar kin pressures may be prevalent in many parts of the developing world.
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Doing the challenge is the easy part.
Finding them is another challenge.
Getting upgrades to your Jetpack helps for the On foot Time Trials.
Also, some of these require advancing through the game.
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Los Paradiso
1. Near the Landing Zone right next to the Space Dust Casino.
- Saucer Checkpoint Race
2. On the south-side of Space Dust Casino. Pox should be on the ground next to some palm trees.
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3. By Neros Palazzo, on the north side. Scope around that area and you'll find Pox.
- Anal Probing Wager, Probe as many humans as you can (High Score 20)
1. Across the street by the Bank Landing Zone. Pox will be at the bottom of stairs.
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Shen Long
1. At the bottom of the big stairs from the Monastery. Next to the Landing Zone.
- Cause property damage, Cause as much destruction possible within the time limit. The Saucer can be used.
2. Against a building, right by a Landing Zone. North Side.
- Abduction Destruction, Abduct as many humans possible (High Score 50)
3. Across the street from the Landing Zone by one of the factories. Pox will be across the street from the big ship, he'll be in between 5 of those large tanks.
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4. There is a Monk between the two Monastery buildings. You should be able to point him out with the red arrow above his head.
- You need to locate the Time Bombs and Remove the time bombs. PK throw them into the sea.
1. This one will be right next to the Landing Zone on the West Side of Belleville.
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2. A Landing Zone will be in the middle of a big field (Middle Area), there is a fountain across the field. Head there, to the east side (Left) Pox will be there.
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1-6. The Arcade Games that Librarian has the high scores on. Doing his mission and beating two will lead you to the other 4 that are indeed challenges. Finishing these are pleasantly easy.
Also: Doing these will get you the Carnie 20 Achievement
- Huminko: This is fairly easy to do: Simply PK a human that spawns, throw it anywhere on the wall and watch as it falls into the scores. (Note: The Human may get stuck on one of the sticks, just wait it out, soon it'll just count as +100 or nothing.)
-Pinball: Ah, the casual arcade game, this is easy to do, you get points for every stick the human hits, just keep it out of the black hole and it'll be done in no time.
- The Gallery: This one is pretty tricky, you need to PK a spawned human and throw them at the bottles. Ofcourse, the ones at the back give more points.
- Ionica: This one annoyed me, not because it was hard (It isn't), but because it was boring me. It's easy to do, you get unlimited Ion Detonators to hit the ball into scores, the higher it goes, the more the score. You don't need to worry about the time limit, it can go by fast, but if you need to, an added mulitplier and extra time rings spawn in the middle.
- Human Darts: You don't really need to move around and worry about the time limit, just PK humans and go for the 500 throw. 75% of the time they'll hit it. But if you are unsure, go on and go for everything else.
- Kickman: This one might take a few tries, You need to get 10000 points, and you only get, what like, 5 humans? To get it, aim for the green ring at the bottom and hope it bounces into place and hits any of the numbers.
7. This one is on a large piece of Rock located East of the Landing Zone of "Funky Town village" (Earth Area)
- Checkpoint Race
Finished the list.
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It would help if possible to post what the pre-req is to get them to show up. For example...i just learned that apparently you need the tornadotron to get the third challenge in Paradisio to pop up.
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But I like the idea.
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Also be warned they can glitch on you. I was stuck on the second challenge in SW for 4 hours. I looked everywhere for it (including the spot where it was a 100 times) and Pox wasn't there. I turned it on the next day and bang he was there. I didn't progress the story or do anything special.
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Summer Grilling: Testing Big-Ticket Beef
As Fatty Kobe-Style Wagyu Grows Popular (Despite Price), We Get Out the Butter Knife
Along with $12,000 grills and $4,000 outdoor pizza ovens, there's another expensive item showing up in backyard barbecues lately: $100 steaks.
Those pricey cuts are Wagyu steaks, a variation of Japan's famed Kobe beef. Authentic Kobe beef comes from the Wagyu breed of cattle raised around Kobe, Japan. Often called "white steak," it's known for its intense fattiness and rich, foie gras-like taste. That's partly thanks to special treatment for the cows, including a carefully chosen diet and sometimes even massages.
What Americans call Wagyu is essentially the same animal, only bred outside of Kobe -- in countries like the U.S. and Australia. There can be other differences: Wagyu raised in the U.S. typically has a lower percentage of fat. (Regional preferences play into the formula; American diners mostly eat the steak on its own, while Japanese chefs are just as likely to use the meat in soup-style dishes.) Still, the best Wagyu is generally fattier and more marbled than USDA-rated prime beef, and some retailers say their steaks are tender enough to eat with a butter knife.
The Wagyu breed was introduced in the U.S. in the mid-1970s, and demand has grown over the past few years. The American Wagyu Association reports that its membership, mostly consisting of ranchers, has more than doubled in the past five years, to over 140. And given that Wagyu can be hard to find in local markets, it has become a popular mail-order item. Morgan Ranch, a rancher and retailer based in Burwell, Neb., says total sales have grown by 300% over the past three years. Lobel's, a New York butcher and catalog, says its Wagyu sales have doubled every year over the last three years. Among its most popular cuts is a boneless strip steak that costs $120 for 16 ounces.
Debbie Creed isn't deterred by the price. The graphic designer in West Bloomfield, Mich., places about three Wagyu orders a year, often spending over $1,000 each time. "It's incredibly beefy and tender," she says. Though she grills larger cuts like brisket for parties, she mostly saves the best pieces, like porterhouse steaks, for family dinners.
Some Bargains
To see if the steaks live up to the hype, we ordered Wagyu New York (or sirloin) strips from five vendors and grilled them up with beef expert Bart Castellano, owner of the Meat Supreme chain in New York and the Garden of Eden market in Jupiter, Fla. In a blind taste test, Mr. Castellano found that almost all the steaks were as good as or better than the best U.S. prime-rated beef, Angus or otherwise. They weren't always more expensive; one top choice cost $31 a steak, before shipping.
But finding good Wagyu can be a complicated proposition. Cross-breeding among the cattle is common, and most products on the market are actually half-Wagyu, half-Angus, says American Wagyu Association spokesman Charles Gaskins. Some ranchers and retailers aim for a higher percentage -- Morgan Ranch says its cows are mostly 75% to 80% Wagyu, while Lobel's says it requires a minimum of 87.5%. There are no federal rating systems for Wagyu -- unlike most steak sold in supermarkets, labeled by quality from "select" to "prime," it's not graded by the U.S. Agriculture Department. Finally, almost every ranch has a proprietary blend of grain and roughage for the cattle's diet, and cows that are raised longer can yield more marbled steaks.
Our weakest Wagyu picks had less of the fatty richness that defines the breed, and in one instance, Mr. Castellano detected a liver-like aftertaste. The best entries -- Lobel's wins Best Overall and Morgan Ranch wins Best Value -- literally melted in the mouth. In fact, you could use a butter knife to cut them. At least that saves you from buying an expensive set of steak knives.
How we shopped: First, we read through message-board discussions at Chowhound.com -- one Wagyu fan warned that the steaks' high fat content means they can scorch more easily on the grill. Then we checked some well-known steak and gourmet-food sites. (Lobel's also won Best Overall in the last two Catalog Critic steak reviews, in 2005 and 2000.) We generally don't find shopping-comparison sites helpful on food items; we found some other outlets through a Google search. If you're looking for the real thing, be careful: Some restaurants and retailers still use the term "Kobe beef" to refer to non-Japanese Wagyu.
Dry-Aged Wagyu Boneless Strip Steak
(Best Overall)
lobels.com; 877-783-4512
$74.98 per steak (no minimum order); plus $29.95 for overnight shipping of up to two steaks
The good: Mr. Castellano immediately picked out this 10-ounce steak as a serious contender, based on the marbling. And after it was grilled, it was as seductively buttery as a steak can seemingly get. "Oh my God!" the expert declared after one bite.
The bad: The price, of course. Given the cost, we were bothered that the sirloin had a small piece of untrimmed fat, but a spokesman said that's intentional -- the fat can be used in place of butter or oil to cook the steak.
The shopping: Lobel's site has a variety of Wagyu cuts and roasts, and is a great source for Wagyu information, with background on the breed and cooking tips. Attention, New Yorkers: The Manhattan shop does carry Wagyu beef.
Wagyu/Kobe Striploin/New York Steaks
(Best Value)
Morgan Ranch
morganranchinc.com; 308-346-4394
$125 for four; two-day shipping adds $25
The good: The 12-ounce steaks were very close in quality to Lobel's, but cost much less. "You get a rich, full flavor," the expert said.
The bad: Lobel's still had the edge for the richest, most buttery piece of beef. This is a small, direct-from-the-farm outfit, so it isn't always easy to make an inquiry or purchase by phone. (We got several busy signals when we tried to call at one point.) Still, we had no problems placing an order online.
The shopping: Lots of Wagyu options, including a "BBQ Pack" with five pounds of ground beef, one pound of sirloin cubes and four sirloin steaks for $100. Free shipping is offered on some larger orders.
Kobe-Style Wagyu New York Steaks
1-800-kobebeef.com; 866-234-8499
$29.99 per steak (no minimum order); $29.99 for overnight shipping, up to two steaks
The good: Steaks, at eight ounces each, were relatively cheap.
The bad: "An average piece of meat," said Mr. Castellano, who detected a liver-like aftertaste. A spokesman noted that there are different grades of Wagyu, and the company carries some higher-end selections from Japan. This American steak is no longer for sale.
The shopping: The company has lots of Wagyu choices, plus real Kobe beef. A two-ounce portion can be had for $39.99.
Wagyu Sirloin Strip Steaks
Allen Brothers
allenbrothers.com; 800-548-7777
$125.95 for two; overnight shipping is $29.95
The good: The eight-ounce pieces were well marbled and had good flavor. Our order came with a free sample of burgers, though they weren't Wagyu.
The bad: Beef was on the chewy side, and the relatively small steaks cost the most, at $7.87 per ounce. A spokesman said it's been difficult to get consistent quality in Wagyu beef, but customers still demand the product. The company offers a satisfaction guarantee.
The shopping: The Wagyu selections here go beyond cuts, from meatloaf (two loaves for $69.95) to corned-beef hash ($94.95 for four 14-ounce packages).
Kobe New York Strips from Snake River Farms
Uptown Prime
uptownprime.com; 877-987-8696
$129.99 for four; overnight shipping adds $14.99
The good: Each 10-ounce steak made a strong visual impression: Not only was it a decent-sized cut, but the marbling was "consistent," Mr. Castellano said.
The bad: For Wagyu, this was tough going. "Very chewy," said the expert. And don't let the Kobe name fool you: Snake River Farms is located in Idaho. A spokesman said he was "disappointed" to hear about our experience, adding that the site offers a satisfaction guarantee.
The shopping: Uptown Prime, a sister company of ProFlowers, offers "American Kobe" selections from burgers to samplers to filet mignon, for under $200 per package.
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