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The 22-year-old actress slipped on the stairs but luckily her full skirted Dior Haute Couture gown cushioned her fall.
After she slipped, gentleman (and Oscar nominee) Hugh Jackman was spotted rushing to aid if necessary. "I had to help her, poor thing! I didn't know if she could get up," he told PEOPLE after the show.
But Lawrence was unfazed: "Thank you!" she began as she stood at the podium clutching her Oscar. "You guys are just standing up 'cause you feel bad that I fell and that's really embarrassing, but thank you."
She continued: "This is nuts! Thank you to the Academy and thank you to the women this year, you were so magnificent. You were so inspiring and not just those of you in my category; and it's been so amazing getting to know you and you've been so nice and you've made this experience unforgettable."
While thanking her team, family and fellow cast members, Lawrence even managed to sneak in a birthday shoutout to French actress (and fellow Best Actress nominee) Emmanuelle Riva who turned 86 on Sunday.
But after the awards show had ended, Lawrence remained in good spirits about her slip when she was asked about it backstage. "The fall on the way up to the stage, was that on purpose?" Her reply? "Absolutely."
And to another reporter: "What do you mean what happened? Look at my dress. I tried to walk up stairs in this dress. ... I think I just stepped on the fabric and they waxed the stairs."
It's been a whirlwind awards season for Lawrence who also won a Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe.
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Student Employment
Westminster College hires hundreds of students each year to work in a variety of different offices and departments. The Student Employment Handbook explains how the program works and outlines employment policies and procedures.
Students eligible for Federal Work Study will be given priority for campus job openings. To find out if you qualify for the Federal Work Study Program please contact the Financial Aid Office at (801) 832-2500.
Working While at Westminster
The employment of students has proven to be a beneficial program for both Westminster College and for the students who work on campus. Each year Westminster College employs over 550 students and invests over $1.6 million for on campus student jobs. Student employment provides students an opportunity to get connected on campus and work with faculty, staff and other students, while earning a paycheck.
Some of the typical jobs and/or departments where students work are:
These jobs can provide useful experience for building a resume. If you have any questions about resumes, internships or off campus employment opportunities, contact the Career Center.
What Jobs are Currently Available?
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LED sign is a good option for various purposes. This is including for your business or outdoor interior. Before using it, let's learn the function of LED sign first. Later, you can make sure that you are choosing the right product to fill your need.
LED Sign for Monument Sign
Let say, you have several businesses in one large area. Of course, you should help the visitors to find the place they want to go easily. The fast solution is by applying LED monument signs. Just explain the name of the place and the direction on the monument and let your visitors see it. It is good to use LED monument sign especially at night or in an area which lack of light. Visitors can see it clearly and they know where to go. It will make them satisfied with your services.
LED Channel Letter Sign
Do you have car wash business? If it is so, just put LED channel letter sign. By using this LED channel letter sign, you can put the packages or services of your car wash business. Hopefully, by putting this type of sign, drivers who want to wash can read it first. It is also okay if they want to wash their car at night because this LED channel letter sign explain everything clearly.
LED Menu Board
LED sign is also good for supporting your restaurant business. Just put the board along with the type of menu you are offered as well as the price. Then, let it glow at night. It is a good idea so you can attract hungry visitors to come to your restaurant and eat your favorite menu there. It is a simple idea but gives significant impact to your culinary business.
Directional Sign for Business
There is a case that your business a little bit difficult to find. You don't need to worry about that. Just put LED directional sign that leads it to your business. As the result, people who need your product or service can easily know your place because of the directional sign. Of course, they don't need to worry if they want to find at night because the directional sign is glowing at night.


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February 26, 2013
Exciting Times for the Q-Barn
Valentine's Day was a big day for the Girls. The Q-Barn Caregivers decided to present the gang with goody bags. Luckily, a camera was on the scene.
Each had her own large paper bag with her initial brightly painted on it. The bags were stuffed full with red fruit such as apples, watermelons, and strawberry bamboo-skewered bouquets nestled in delicious hay. Each Girl enjoyed her surprise in her own unique way.
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MACON, Ga. - For the first time since 2006, the Stetson men's basketball team (15-15) is the Atlantic Sun Conference Semifinals. After defeating ETSU on Thursday, and holding the Bucs to an A-Sun Tournament low 25.4 percent shooting, the third seeded Hatters advance to take on second seeded Florida Gulf Coast (22-10) on Friday.
The Eagles defeated seventh seeded North Florida on Wednesday by a score of 73-63 to move on to the next round of the tournament. Stetson and FGCU are tied up at 6-6 in the all-time series, and the two teams split the season series in 2012-13 with each squad winning on its home court. This will mark the first A-Sun Tournament meeting between the Hatters and the Eagles.
Friday's Semifinal contest will be featured on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) with Matt Stewart and Sonny Smith on the call. The game will also be carried on ASun.TV, and for those outside the CSS footprint, on ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN app.
Robbie Aaron will once again have the call on the Hatters Radio Network, with coverage on WSBB 1230 AM New Smyrna Beach, 1490 AM DeLand, and MyAM1230.com. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.


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Big lottery jackpots inspire many to dream big ...
Here's what some of our friends on facebook and twitter say they'd buy first:
Many say they'd pay off their looming debt.
Bills, bills, bills -- and your relatives' bills.
While several others say they'd help charities.
While others say, why just a vacation?! Buy the whole island!
And how would you get away? Why, your own jet, of course!
Some say they'd buy a luxury car ...
... but others say they'd rather have an exotic sports car.
In keeping with the exotic theme, some say an exotic pet ...
... or a trip to see the exotic animals -- not keep them.
What's better than seeing the cool animals? Helping them.
Others would help the hungry/needy.
Or, help charities that care for children and their health.
Local school construction also made the list.
Some would pay off student loans, or would like to go to/return to school.
Of course, we can't overlook the big items, like the mansions ...
A personal chef to make delicious meals.
A new wardrobe ...
Shoes. Oh, and more shoes.
The pyramids! Who knew?!
Gold ...
The presidency (even the cynics can dream) ...
Sports tickets ...
Super Bowl tickets for life ...
The current trend of rising gas prices is on many minds. There would be no more worries there.
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quote: ...he received a ton of criticism for his idea and was ridiculed in his own country.
quote: It still bends some important laws but experiment always trumps theory.
quote: Propellentless thrust is impossible? Not true. A laser or other light source aimed out the back would cause some small (but measurable) amount of thrust - with no propellent.
quote: The term "cold fusion" is meant to be about the initial state of the reactants.
quote: Once fusion has occurred the reactants do increase in temperature since that's how the released energy manifests.
quote: I never understood how cold fusion was supposed to generate energy.
quote: Research into Cold Fusion continues in private and government facilities and there is progress being made.
quote: What progress?
quote: Despite all that you have said, there is still money being put into this and has been since the original experiment. I will assume that someone sees some potential in it.
quote: Then when someone finds an aspect for which you did not account, you redesign the experiment to handle that then redo the experiment. Rinse and repeat. Then, and only then, do you publish and go around claiming a new discovery.
quote: which is where Albert Einstein's theory of relativity comes in.
quote: I don't care where scientific discoveries come from
quote: If we had accepted that rules could not be broken then no cars would be travelling at over 30mph, as that was the speed where everyone was told people would not be able to breath. yes crazy but it was a real Law that they said could not or should not be broken.
quote: I suspect that if we had to ignore all the supposed laws we would be moving much faster in development of new technologies.
quote: Laws are never wrong. Laws are simply a statement of fact -- a statement of the data that has been recorded time and time and time and time again.
quote: Thirdly, the speculation in that article that this work could provide launch capabilities is laughable.
quote: As you correctly pointed out, laws are basically our tenants on how things work.
quote: Relativity was an example that violated traditional Newtonian physics, but our definition of the law was modified to account for it. The fundamental physics never change, but our understanding of the laws do.
quote: Thirdly, the speculation in that article that this work could provide launch capabilities is laughable.
quote: Science is never static...so what is false today, may ring true tomorrow.


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The House of Lies star Tweeted on Monday that she'll be hosting the CMT Awards on June 5.
"Yay! Heading back to Nashville to host the #CMTawards, June 5 on @CMT!" she wrote. "This year I have an awesome, new co-host! Who do u think it'll b?"
Last year, the actress co-hosted with country star, Toby Keith. At the time she told PEOPLE, "Country music makes me happy."
It's been a busy year for Bell, who welcomed daughter Lincoln last month, with fiancé Dax Shepard. Fans of Veronica Mars, a series Bell starred in from 2004-2007 also raised over $5.7 million on Kickstarter to see the show turned into a film.
The Country Music Television awards air June 5 at 8/7C on CMT.
yay! Heading back to Nashville to host the #CMTawards, June 5 on @cmt! This year I have an awesome, new co-host!Who do u think it'll b?— Kristen Bell(@IMKristenBell) April 29, 2013


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Im having trouble with my pc*
Hey guys, Im new here so Im gonna get straight to the point and hope to get some good replys* Im getting a lot of popups when Im browsing the internet, sometimes even when Im not at the computer, I leave it on for an hour and when I get back I have 2-3 popups that have appeared from nowhere. How can I remove this? Im really not intrested in finding adult friends or downloading a new screen saver :D* Okay I hope you can give me any ideas, Im gonna check back to the forum in couple days to see what you have suggested, Bye!*
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Which distribution of Linux or version of Unix are you using?
Or are you using Microsoft Windows, which is very prone to this kind of rubbish?
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he s again creating duplicate threads man. ban his account.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the slippery slope that will lead to stripping power from individuals and delivering it to the government, a former president of the American Medical Association said Tuesday at a meeting of the Southwest Republican Women.
The audience of 80 included a handful of men.
Dr. William G. Plested III, retired thoracic surgeon who now has a Bayfield address, said the consolidation of decision making in the hands of government bureaucrats is President Barack Obama�s �hidden agenda.�
He labeled the legislation �the most dangerous act of our lifetimes and probably the most dangerous in the history of our nation.�
No element of the Affordable Care Act � from its conception to its passage � escaped Plested�s wrath.
�We are constantly told that Congress duly passed this law,� Plested said. �Nothing could be further from the truth.
�It was drafted in absolute secrecy with bitter hyperpartisanship, allowed no input from Republicans and survived only because of outlandish procedural manipulations.�
Plested said the legislation was a fiasco that will stand for all times as a national embarrassment.
Last week, Marguerite Salazar, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Denver, said in Durango the Affordable Care Act already has benefitted thousands of people.
Current programs will be modified and new services will become available, Salazar said at a public meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women and Citizens Health Advisory Board of La Plata County.
Plested had harsh words for decision-making panels � Federal Coordinating Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research, Independent Payment Advisory Board and Accountable Care Organization.
The panels, Plested said, will take away the ability of patients and surgeons to select treatments, damage patient-physician relationships, unilaterally set prices for Medicare spending and authorize the government to assign the physician, nurse and hospital used by Medicare patients.
�You must give these folks credit, not just for dreaming up these things but also for carefully keeping them absolutely secret until long after they were passed,� Plested said. �There is good reason why so much is left until after this coming election.�
The insurance exchanges through which insurers can offer health-care policies will have limited choices because the government will manipulate the free market, Plested said.
Many physicians, sandbagged already by payments that don�t meet expenses, are talking about closing their practices, Plested said. Obamacare would increase patient loads and cut government reimbursement, he said.
Overall, Obamacare foretells decreased access to care, a bureaucracy run amok and less quality of service, Plested said.
�In your lifetime, nothing will be more expensive for you, your families and your loved ones than �free� government health care,� Plested said.


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Dear all,
This may seem like a silly / trivial question, but here goes...
I've just spotted a starling in my garden who appears to be unable to close its beak. It's trying to pick up food, but is - understandably - unable to do so.
Is there anything I can do to help it, or should I let nature take its course (obviously, if the bird is unable to eat or drink, it will weaken and eventually die of starvation).
Many thanks for any suggestions / advice you may have.
P.S.: I forgot to add that the bird is not showing any other symptoms (of e.g. Trichomonosis).
It's literally hopping around the garden with its beak continuously open.
Hello Alan / doggie,
Many thanks for your reply - I've put some more clean water and crushed food out for it, and will monitor the situation. I've never seen this before, so am a little puzzled as to what's happened to the bird.
No, it's not exhibiting any symptoms of Trich. Hopefully it's a temporary affliction.
This sounds to me like "Gape" or "the Gapes" and is caused by a parasitic organism rather similar to the one that causes Trichomaniasis but not the same.
There are treatments which are used on tame and domestic birds but it sounds to me as if it has probably gone too far with this little one.
You should not allow it to eat with other birds as the parasite is passed from bird to bird by the infected one coughing up the eggs when attempting to eat. The same sort of hygeine precautions as for trichomaniasis ase called for I think.
Thank you Jenni, I hadn't come across "Gape" before, but the bird's symptoms do appear to match the description. I only noticed the bird today, and it was feeding with other starlings as well as with yellowhammers, blackbirds and chaffinches. I hope the infection hasn't been passed on...I disinfect the feeders and birdbath every day.
I am concerned that the bird may have already passed on the parasite to other birds, as the starlings have been feeding together with blackbirds, yellowhammers etc. over the last 2-3 weeks. Maybe I'm going over-the-top, but this is not the start to "Springwatch" I was hoping for...
You can't do much Wit's End. These things happen and if there was nothing to keep a check on populations we'd be overrun by all sorts - just as we are overrunning the world! It's hard I know but life is a fatal condition.
Thank you Jenni and Doggie / Alan.
I almost reached the point of desperation this morning, and was considering ordering Flubenvet...not a good mindset. I then read that gapeworm can live in the soil for 4.5 years...so I also considered treating the soil. I think I need to go for a long walk to clear my head.
I'm sorry to hear about the Collared Dove and Greenfinch :-( We had an outbreak in Cumbria in 2007...keeping my fingers crossed for this year.
Correction: in 2006
Hi Wit's End.
I saw you asking the same question on the CJ site with no replies.
So Im glad you found some advice here even if its no very good news for that Starling.
I'm sorry to hear about this Wit's End, and I would also be at my wit's end in your position.
Good luck with trying to sort it out.
Thank you "Shropshire Lad" and Linda. Yes, I also posted on that forum to increase the likelihood of a response. The RSPB website seems most effective :-)
I've tried to tidy up the garden as best I can, and hope that this is an isolated case. I'll continue to monitor the situation and will post updates (to vent my spleen and to see if there are any other reported cases).
As an aside, is the condition fatal to raptors? I have a "resident" sparrowhawk.
Must as I feared...
I have never seen that in over 30 years of feeding Wits End and i would feel just like you.I am sure with good hygiene and a watchfull eye all will be well.Hopefully, this is a one off and luckily,although not nice, you spotted it.I am sure the Sparrowhawk will be fine too.
Thank you Sheena. I've spent much of the day cleaning & scrubbing away - hopefully this is not a drop in the ocean (I can only "control" what happens in my small garden), and that this will do some good. Sprawk also paid a visit, and missed a collared dove by a whisker.


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Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Ashley Ridge softball team rode a strong performance by pitcher Kendall Zeski Wednesday to a 6-3 victory over crosstown rival Fort Dorchester.
"She came in in a tough spot and remained composed and got the job done," Ashley Ridge coach Angi Brush said. "She didn't fall behind on the count with many batters which is something we've been working on so I'm proud of her."
The sophomore pitcher entered the game in relief in the bottom of the first inning with her team trailing 3-1 and two runners on base. Zeski got the next batter to groundout to end the inning and then only surrendered three hits and no runs over the next six innings. She didn't surrender any base on balls, but did hit one batter while striking out two.
It wasn't a bad outing for Patriot pitcher Mackenzie Broughton, who surrendered six hits and five base on balls while striking out three in seven innings in the circle. However the Swamp Fox hits were timely and errors were costly for the Patriots.
"Some days we come out and we hit the ball well and we place it well, but the next we won't put anything in play," Brush said. "We have been working a lot on ball placement so hopefully we will be more consistent at the plate the rest of the season."
Ashley Ridge improved to 14-7 on the season with the win. The Swamp Foxes improved their Region 8-AAAA record to 4-3 which left them tied for second place in the region with Summerville at the end of play Wednesday. Bluffton holds the top spot. Fort Dorchester dropped to 7-14, 3-4.
First baseman Annika Ponton had the key hit for the Swamp Foxes, a triple that drove in two runs for a 3-3 score in the top of the fourth inning. Alyssa Atienza then put the ball in play to drive her in and put Ashley Ridge ahead.
The Swamp Foxes added two runs in the sixth when Nicki Young plated Sierra Robinette with a bunt single and Emily Hutt drove her in.
Early in the game, Fort Dorchester had all the momentum as the Patriots scored three runs off two hits and two Swamp Fox errors in the bottom of the first. Catcher Jessyca Calhoun singled to plate Ashley Rogers and outfielder Savannah Ferguson doubled to drive in Kaitlyn Kerley and Calhoun.
The Swamp Foxes other run was scored in the top of the first when Kayla Bass drove in Atienza with a sacrifice fly.
Robinette led the Swamp Fox batters, going 2 for 4 at the plate with a double and a run scored. Broughton was 2 for 3 at bat to lead the Patriots.
Ashley Ridge travels to Beaufort Friday and hosts Summerville Monday. Fort Dorchester travels to Colleton County Friday and hosts Bluffton Monday.
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And then I had my first taste of what it's like when the lights won't work. I tested the first strand and... nothing. Then the next strand... nothing. Then I thought maybe I should try a different outlet. Same thing. So the next strand lit up the half end, but was dark the first half. I still strung it on the tree and made do with what was lit up. Then the next 5 strands all did not work. I am just not up for going to Target (is that possible?) and I'm even contemplating a Freecycle post "Wanted: WORKING Christmas lights, white or red preferred" but I am not even in the mood for that. So I guess I'll do the lights tomorrow. If I feel like it. In the meantime there's a small glob of white lights at the bottom of the tree. Not our best look, but at least I made the effort.
When the tree is all decorated and the house is all quiet and I have some John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas music playing, it's one of my very favorite things.


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The OS/2 Guy wrote:
> eComStation - what it really is ... These facts are fully documented
> via Google Newsgroup Archives.
> eComStation is a minor third party vendor's proprietary product
> that 'just happens' to use OS/2.
> eComStation can use *any* operating system and the former
> partner behind eComStation publicly stated it was the eventual
> business/product plan to replace OS/2 with a more "lucrative"
> operation system.
> eComStation was falsely advertised as "Warp 5".
> eComStation was falsely advertised as the only product on
> the market that could offer the Journaled Filing System (JFS).
> eComStation was created, said the maker Kim Cheung,
> to allow the installation of OS/2 within as few as "32 seconds".
> Former sellers of eComStation, Q-systems and Indelible Blue,
> dropped the product soon after they realized it was a poor
> product.
> eComStation is distributed outside the United States, in "The
> Netherlands" specifically to avoid U.S. Consumer Protection
> Laws.
> The eComStation consumer will pay double for what the
> IBM OS/2 customer pays and gets an older version of an
> IBM product.
> eComStation investors have and will do whatever it takes
> to stop the truth about the eCS product from reaching
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Quite simply... a person... who claps ass's... with his face...a douche bag so to speak.
"Jimmy is an ass clapper, he claps ass's, with his face""So a Douche bag?""Yeah there you go".
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one really loud and long fart, ie. a fart that sounds like a Harley Davidson at idle.
WOW, did you hear Holly's fart...it was a real ass clapper.
door Russell Pridgen 21 november 2007
Someone so stupid and fat that when they say something, the only sound is the echo of their ass cheeks resonating.
Jimmy is such an idiot -- what an assclapper!
door BelleMere 23 juli 2010
stupid white girl; especially skanks and hoes that like to take it up the butt, as they do they clap and scream for joy they also have jiggly arms and thighs that are also used to clap fuck.
Yo man your girlfriend is an ass clapper.... last night the people next door thought we were having a party because of all the clapping
door assmaniac 26 juli 2010
A person that has the ability to turn on and off their lights with a large clapping fart.
Poor Grandma May is having a hard time keeping her lights on. Her assclapper is not agreeing with the chili.
door Craptronics 16 juni 2011
pants worn by a male that are tight as hell around the ass region
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Big Cozy Room near Park Le Cascine
Size18 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Breakfast
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Lockable room
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-one big double room (for 2 or 3)
-you can use the kitchen
- XL supermarket around the corner
- bathroom with bathtub and bidet
-washing machine available
-first floor (lift available)
-close swimming pool and big park (4 bus stops)
-close to big supermarket and H&M (3 min. walking)
-about 6 buses to the city centre
-breakfast every day
-host speaks english, italian, dutch and german
Florence contains an exceptional artistic patrimony, glorious testimony to its secular civilization. Cimabue and Giotto, the fathers of Italian painting, lived here, along with Arnolfo and Andrea Pisano, reformists of architecture and sculpture, Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio, founders of the Renaissance, Della Robbia and Ghiberti, Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi; Botticelli and Uccello, the universal genius Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Their work, as well as those of many generations of artists up to the masters of this century, are in museums.
In Florence, thanks to Dante, was born on the Italian language is affirmed literary studies with Petrarca and Boccaccio; revived the ideals of humanism and the philosophy and values of classical civilization, with Machiavelli modern political science was born, with Guicciardini, historical prose, and with Galileo, modern experimental science.
Since the days of Charlemagne, Florence was a university town. Today it includes many specialized institutes and is an international cultural center. Academies, art schools, scientific institutes and cultural centers all contribute to the busy city.
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Esther was lovely and made our arrival very easy, meeting us on the street and showing us the apartment. Unfortunately we found the bed extremely uncomfortable, we could feel the springs through the mattress which made for a disrupted sleep (we stayed for 3 nights). Esther provided yoghurt, cereal and croissants for breakfast which was a nice touch. The apartment could have done with a better clean.
Our stay was very nice, the apartment was clean and nice and Esther was very helpful and gave us a lot of tips for our jouney! The busses take 15min to the center but they arrive very often! Thank you for everything!! :)
Esther is a very lovely and kind person. The apartment has all the basics you need. The area is close to the city, a 20-25 min walk.
Very nice and uncomplicated hostess. The accommodation is spacious and close to town. Noise Sensitive guests should however bring earplugs, unless they first go to sleep or after midnight ...
Sehr nette und unkomplizierte Gastgeberin. Die Unterkunft ist geräumig und stadtnah. Geräuschempfindliche Gäste sollten allerdings Ohrstöpsel mitnehmen, es sei denn, sie gehen erst um oder nach Mitternacht schlafen...
All perfect. Esther is a great host, the house miy clean and comfortable, just 10 minutes by bus from the station and stop nearby. Esther is friendly and helpful, as well as your cat Lui. Strongly recommended.
Todo perfecto. Esther es una gran anfitriona, la casa miy limpia y comoda, a solo 10 minutos en bus de la estación y con la parada muy cerca. Esther es simpática y servicial, asi como su gato Lui. Totalmente recomendable.
Esther is a dear. The decor is as someone has written, easy. But everything was there (and clean) necessary. The main shopping area is fairly straightforward by bus. The area is safe, the main food provider (bakery, vegetables, butcher) in the 5-minute walk. In short for the money we would definitely can not find better and now it also is not necessary. Gladly again.
Esther ist eine liebe. Die Einrichtung ist, wie jemand geschrieben hat, einfach. Alles nötige war aber da (und sauber). Zum Zentrum kommt man recht unkompliziert mit dem Bus. Die Gegend ist sicher, die wichtigsten Lebensmittel-Versorger (Bäckerei, Gemüse, Metzger) im 5-Minuten Fußweg. Kurzum für dieses Geld hätten wir definitiv nichts besseres finden können und nun haben es auch nicht nötig. Gerne wieder.
We had a great time in Florence, the apartment is a little
Old, but it is very functional for sleeping, eating, or washing etc ... It is well located, not very far from centre.Esther is super nice, she is both available and very discreet, it has become a friend.
On a passé un super séjour à Florence, l'appartement est un peu
Ancien, mais il est très fonctionnel pour dormir, manger, ou se laver etc... Il est tres bien situe , pas tres loin du centre.Esther est super sympa, elle est à la fois disponible et très discrète, elle est devenue une amie.
Great place to be and good bus service to the center. Esther is a good hostess, shares her breakfast with you if you like, and radiates confidence.
The room is simple, clean, bathroom shared with her and roommates.
Prima plek om te zijn en goede busverbinding met het centrum. Esther is een goede gastvrouw, deelt haar ontbijt met je als je dat wilt en straalt vertrouwen uit.
De kamer is eenvoudig, schoon, de badkamer deel je met haar en huisgenoten.
Esther is a very kind host and the room is clean, spacious and calm. It's not in the centre but really easy to get there with many different bus lines. Moreover, she has a very funny cat, Takkie, who made us laugh a lot. Would definitely come back.
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A: I think that guy just ate a car tyre.
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The Stetson men's basketball team (2-5) gets back into action Sunday afternoon, hosting Florida International (2-3) at the Edmunds Center. The 2:00 p.m. contest will mark the first meeting between the Hatters and the Panthers since 1998.
While Stetson is currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the Hatters are still excelling on the offensive side in 2012-13. The team is leading the Atlantic Sun Conference in scoring offense with 71.3 points per game, and is the only squad with four players averaging in double figures.
Senior Adam Pegg, who tallied a season-best 24 on Thursday against FAU, leads the way with 16.2 per tilt. Junior Aaron Graham adds 13.5 points per game, senior Joel Naburgs is scoring 12.1 per contest, and junior Chris Perez is averaging 10.7 points this season.
Florida International, in head coach Richard Pitino's first season at the helm, has also been performing well offensively in 2012-13. The Panthers hold similar numbers to Stetson, averaging 73.0 points and shooting 44.4 percent from the floor to the Hatters' 44.8 percent.
FIU is 2-3 in the early part of the season, and is already 1-1 in Sun Belt play, recently defeating Arkansas State and falling to South Alabama. The Panthers are led by a trio of double digit scorers, including Malik Smith, who is averaging 15.0 points per game.
While Sunday marks the first meeting between Florida International and Stetson since 1998, the two teams have faced off 17 times in the all-time series. The Panthers hold an 11-6 advantage, and have won five game to the Hatters' three in contests held in DeLand.
The afternoon game can be watched for free on HatterVision and ASun.TV with play-by-play from Ryan Rouse. It will also be aired on the radio at WSBB 1230 AM in New Smyrna, 1490 AM in DeLand, and online at MyAM1230.com. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.


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Should Lance Armstrong be forgiven?
Ooops, let me correct this. "Just the vicious web we leave in with today's society and thinking."
Just the vicious web we have weaved and live with today's society and thinking.
I have no sympathy for this guy at all. We all have choices...we make those choices and then when push comes to shove the blame is pushed off on to everybody and everything else.
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rpmwwe LOL, you are probably right. It holds true in every sport. It has never been about right and wrong, it is the after affect and who got caught. I was just trying to be nice and live in the fairy tale world of competitive and sport fairness. That message we try to drive into our kids today and fail miserably at? What does sicken me, is those just like Oprah...she is exploiting him for a buck and driving the message...sympathize with the cheaters who have ruined our sport industry. Just the vicious web we leave in with today's society and thinking.
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Watchdog, I wouldn't feel too bad for the second place guys. There's a good chance that they came in second only because they didn't juice up enough to get first.
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This is so typical of Oprah. She is sympathizing with this cheating scumbag. You know who I feel sorry for...that guy that came in second he robbed those wins from? That is the true victim.
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It's getting all this media hype because our ignorant (always cry babying to congress, we are broke, we can't afford to pay our employees) US postal service sponsored him with 31 million dollars!
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I didn't know bicycle racing was that popular of a sport in the U.S. to be deserving of all this media drama.
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Everyone needs to be forgiven. Punishment is another thing.
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Not for anyone to decide his forgiveness. He's out, he deserves to be out. Done.
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A Final Question
At last we have a new president—and one who obviously "gets it" about the need for America to change over to a Clean Energy system and renew our national ideals and sense of purpose in the process. With that in mind, I am now going to begin to revise and update Hot, Flat, and Crowded for a new edition and to write the new chapter, Chapter 18. Thanks to all for your contributions; I'll take up a number of them in the new chapter.
A final question: What is President Obama leaving out? What should he do on the clean energy front that he isn't already doing?
In "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" The potential of Fusion Reaction power plants "ITER: The Way to New Energy" was not mentioned. http://www.iter.org/. This project is being supported by China, European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States. Iter means "the way" in Latin.
The ITER machine is a TOKAMAK, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak. TOKAMAK is a transliteration of Russian phrases for "toroidal chamber with magnetic coils," or "toroidal chamber with axial magnetic field."
— Roger Wehage (not verified)
September 13th 2010, 8:00 pm
September 13th 2010, 8:00 pm
— Kostic Luka (not verified)
May 7th 2010, 7:16 am
May 7th 2010, 7:16 am
Everything sold must come completely assembled....that would equalize world commerce and off set shipping goods from far off third world countries as the cost to ship assembled goods will not be an economic advantage.
Currently, final assembly is usually by the customer and that is free labor to the third world....and they say wages are cheaper overseas...nobody pays me to assemble what i buy...my labor is free....MADE FOR AMERICA...WHERE FINAL ASSEMBLY IS FREE
— Joe Snyder (not verified)
April 25th 2010, 11:15 am
April 25th 2010, 11:15 am
I have an idea that might be a good bridge to the high tech super clean energy economy of the future. First of all I should say I believe the energy source of the future will use the internal combustion engine because it's so ubiquitous. Perhaps it will come from algae or some other microorganism but regardless I've had an idea for how we can plausibly use the hydrogen fuel cell.
Niger has a lot of problems, chief among them the growing Sahara desert, oodles of uranium within its borders and poor people who may eventually have to resort to selling that uranium to support themselves. I think what an international group of investors should do is invest in a massive multi-reactor nuclear power infrastructure in the deserts of Niger, using the uranium from within the country. This power could then be brought to the coast to split hydrogen atoms from water molecules, creating the fuel we all need to power the least environmentally damaging engine we've yet created that can actually work the way we want. Alternately you could have a pump system transporting sea water to the desert aquifers in Niger that are depleted, and use that. Either way, it would give an incentive to the people of Niger to keep their yellow cake and it would help the region economically. Most importantly, we'd need oil less.
— Mark Lichtenstein (not verified)
January 31st 2010, 11:13 am
January 31st 2010, 11:13 am
The need for establishing a better life is to pay attention to what we know, listening to scientists, and act on it in a sensible manner. Charles Darwin said, Quote" It is not those who not so much but rather those who know so little that so positively assert that this or that thing will not be solved by science." Now with the internet, everyone is a rabble-rouser, inflicting senseless opinions based on nothing more than a single item of information set in their dense matter otherwise known as a brain, as fact. As I campaigned for Barrack Obama, and having never done anything like that before, I was shocked at how people are "one issue" voters. To make our country better, we need to establish a system, a new way of thinking. Not being so narrow minded.
We have been overcapitalizing for years and a church marquee I saw that said it all, "The root of all evils is our love for money." As a country, we allowed many things to happen that have helped destroy the very fabric of our lives. Allowing the import of so many goods and the outsourcing of factories has globalized us to such an extent that we can no longer hold together the economy. We are all in it for a buck, the almighty dollar, and what we need now is a shift the other way.
Sustainability is the key; however, this has become a word used by companies, just as the word "green" is, used as a marketing tool. We cannot change without positive action; an absolute way of showing people that change is possible. I would like to see a model community developed, from scratch, utilizing not just sustainability form the standpoint of building, but rather a holistic approach. A community built around businesses and people that are willing to do whatever is necessary to set a guideline, a community set on principles that are set in law. The homes would produce the power for the community, not only solar or wind, but also by individual hydrogen units that would allow the community to be the power plant. Hydrogen used for heating, cooking, and cars, rather than nuclear plants that supply power to entire states. Recycling is something that is a staple too, but also that the community as a whole would be self sufficient, or at least as much as humanly possible. However, avoid having it grow too large, and having each modular community linked in commerce and art.
Rather that always thinking on such a grand scale, we need to think smaller. The Native Americans realized that communities could not keep growing exponentially, and after a point, the tribe would separate or break up into smaller tribes. Cities as we know it have to change, as we can no longer have such massive metropolises, linked by equally huge suburbs. We do not currently live with our environment, but rather dominate it. The whole world cannot have a western way of living, as it just does not have the resources, and it is up to us to show the world that we too do not have to live outside ours means. A five thousand square foot home, with two people living in it, is status, not sensible. A person living in a small flat in England, or a family living in an 800 square foot home in Japan, sees America as a country of greed and wealth. It is that greed and love for money that has set the world economy, not just ours, into the present state of being. Why ship a shirt from China, or Japan, when we can drive to a small factory within, our just outside our community.
Mr. Freidman, I saw you on Larry King, and thought you had the right ideas. I look forward to reading your books.
— Daryl (not verified)
November 24th 2009, 3:18 am
November 24th 2009, 3:18 am
I am in absolute agreement with the comments of Jeff Thompson and Marianne about the absence of discussion concerning human population growth and the current dialogue both environmental and economical. It was certainly absent from Al Gore's, "Inconvenient Truth."
I've been puzzled by this for years; it seems to be the most critical element and the fundamental basis for many, I would say, all, of our problems, yet we can not talk about controlling human population.
I am not so naive to not understand why, nor am I at all hopeful that such discussion will ever take place.
This debate can not be broached without massive out-cry from all sorts of religious sects and screams of imposing on civil liberties, etc, etc.
This discussion requires an evolution of a our species beyond religious, egocentric views.
I'm 46; don't see it happening in my lifetime.
Thank you.
Susan J.T.
— Susan J. Thompson (not verified)
November 22nd 2009, 2:36 pm
November 22nd 2009, 2:36 pm
Mr. Friedman - I agree with the writer who wrote that your book does not emphasize the control of human population growth enough. Most of the environmental problems you cite in your book stem directly or indirectly from human population growth. The fastest and cheapest way of improving the environment would be to stem the exploding birthrate. Read Paul Ehrlich, he says it all and has been saying it for 30 years.
Nonetheless, your book is fantastic. I wish it could be required reading for every Anmerican.
Jeff Thompson
— Jeff Thompson (not verified)
October 26th 2009, 10:36 am
October 26th 2009, 10:36 am
Thomas -
I heard you speak this week at DeAnza College. Fantastic lecture -- thank you! I believe you are missing a potential, at least partial, cure to our climate and biodiversity problem: human population growth must be slowed. You cite population explosion as a reason we need a green revolution. True enough. But, I'm puzzled why you do not advocate dramatic slowing of population growth as one tactic. We wouldn't need to create as many power plants if there weren't such a growth in population. We wouldn't be crowding out as many natural habits and as many species if human population weren't sprawling all over the globe.
I'm sure you see the point, but am puzzled why you haven't flagged population control as one of the solutions we must pursue. Population control does not have be done through draconian means. We could use education and tax incentives, for example. What if we gave tax breaks to families without children, instead of the other way around? What if we had a UN committee on low global population growth?
Slowing population growth would seem like such an obvious course of action to pursue that I am puzzled by your not mentioning it. Is it because of the moral and ethical considerations we would have to grapple with? Is it because you think we are not up to the task? Is it because you do not trust humanity to pursue lowering population growth in a humane fashion?
I know you are insanely busy, but would love to have a dialogue with you on this one. I think it is an important topic that we cannot shy away from.
— Marianne (not verified)
September 13th 2009, 10:11 am
September 13th 2009, 10:11 am
Could you include in your final chapter re-write a comment upon Robert Reich's supercapitalism and the need to move the debate to industry wide regulations to prevent the misdirection of public focus.
He argues forcefully that the spheres of business and politics must be kept distinct. He calls for an end to the legal fiction that corporations are citizens, as well as the illusion that corporations can be "socially responsible" until laws define social needs. Reich explains why we must stop treating companies as if they were people—and must therefore abolish the corporate income tax and levy it on shareholders instead, hold individuals rather than corporations guilty of criminal environmental conduct, and not expect companies to be "green." For, as Reich says, only people can be citizens, and only citizens should be allowed to participate in democratic decision making.
And to further his thought, if the sphere of US laws is the US, and the sphere of companies are global, how much longer until we take a serious look at extending US Federalism to the Globe to confront global issues?
— Lex (not verified)
August 24th 2009, 2:14 pm
August 24th 2009, 2:14 pm
While it would be great if America underwent a paradigm shift from being a country of consumers to a country of conservationist, but we have to take practical steps to bring about change. We speak so much about energy conservation, but we also have to be aware of the landfill impact that we've created. I believe one simple and practical step is to use alternatives than plastics and styrofoam products that clutter our oceans and lands. I've found products like biodegradable cups and food containers eliminate waste substantially. Real products that work check out www.green-tooth.com and their biodegradable cups have worked really well for me. http://www.green-tooth.com/biodegradable-cups....
Additional alternatives is to use recycled products. Simple ideas like flags from recycled plastic is such a novel concept and one that can go a long ways. Look at these http://www.republic-flag.com/green-flag.html from http://www.republic-flag.com/. Anyhow just some practical steps that I've included in my life and think we all can learn
— Bruce Anderson (not verified)
August 18th 2009, 2:52 pm
August 18th 2009, 2:52 pm
I recently read a book called The 12 Caesars (great book) and it quoted either Cicero or Cato (I always get them mixed up) in ancient Rome. He said something like: Every politician is compromised, every contract is for sale, every day the citizens of Rome get shortchanged.
2000 years ago, and it was like it was written yesterday. I know it's a sweeping statement to say End Corruption and clean out the cesspool that is Washington, but can a clean energy program really work when there are those who make billions of dollars (a quarter) who are not behind it?
— Matthew Hallock (not verified)
July 14th 2009, 2:02 pm
July 14th 2009, 2:02 pm
There is only one thing that will save us...and that is a fundamental change in our thinking. A true paradigm shift. Albert Einstein said it best, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." With all due respect, the ideas offered so far are just more of the same...build more power plants, dig more uranium, deface more desert. More, more, more.
Earth is over-populated with humans and will just continue to get worse because, unlike rabbits or rats, we have no natural predators to manage our population. We need to stop mindlessly procreating ...we have the free will to do so and can make the choice. Education is key.
One of the most impressive minds of our time, Dr. Stephen Hawking, has said, "I think the human race has no future if it doesn't go into space." And maybe that is one way to look at it...we should just abandon Earth and go mess up some other unsuspecting planet. But I truly believe that the human race has the capacity to stop squabbling about the small stuff and embrace the larger collective good right here on this planet. It will take a monumental shift...almost like a new religion. The mind set must be broadened from "me" to "we"...and that "we" includes the entire Earth, without political boundaries. Our thinking cannot be about the next 25 years or the next 100...we must look at the next 1000 years and design a global society built on sustainability of existing resources and the development of new, as yet undiscovered, technologies and sciences (I don't know the right words for this). We need the dreamers and the visionaries...the ones who say, "what if...?" I don't believe that this fundamental shift in thinking will happen in my lifetime...our political and business leaders are still wrapped up in the "us versus them" syndrome, which will take another generation or two to change. I wish it was otherwise. But, I believe we can start, and that the answers are available to us, if only we have the eyes to see and the courage to act now.
— Diane Wiley (not verified)
May 27th 2009, 9:58 pm
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— David Alan Foster (not verified)
May 27th 2009, 2:59 am
May 27th 2009, 2:59 am
Thank you for a fantastic book. I feel like biodiesel is hugely overlooked. Beyond the greenhouse gas advantages there are huge efficiencies in distribution and supply-control.
Obama should elucidate for americans that their current child behavior impacts the entire world's future.
— Eric Davis (not verified)
May 22nd 2009, 4:28 pm
May 22nd 2009, 4:28 pm
Mr. Friedman,
I have enjoyed your books and really appreciate the insights that you provide.
As an American with degrees in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, International Management, and Nuclear Engineering, I am extremely disappointed that the comments listed here from your readers have largely ignored the absolute best alternative for clean energy that we have--nuclear powr.
Nuclear power has been given a bad rap in this country. If you ask the person on the street about nuclear power, they will quickly respond with "it is not a good idea" and cite Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.
The two events could not be more different. The former was indeed a disaster, brought about by poor reactor design and (literally) untrained operators. It cost lives and forced generations of people to move from the only home they had ever known. Three Mile Island, on the other hand, was really just an industrial incident. No one died. No one got cancer. In fact, the single greatest risk to the people in the surrounding community was the evacuation brought on by incompetent government decision makers.
Here are some other points of clarification that need to be shared with the people:
A reactor CANNOT explode like a nuclear weapon. It is physically impossible.
Someone cannot pull a truck up to a reactor, steal the fuel rods from the core, and make a nuclear weapon.
The burning of coal in a power plant releases more radioactivity into the environment than a nuclear power plant of the same size.
The fission of a single uranium atom releases over 1,000,000 times the energy released from the burning of a molecule of coal.
Reactors can be designed to shut down automatically, without operator intervention, when they approach the limits of design parameters.
Building reactors will make the country safer by limiting our dependence on foreign oil. (It is important to note that over 40% of the world's uranium reserves are in Austrailia, Canada, and the US.)
Uranium reserves could last several hundred years without fuel reprocessing. With fuel reprocessing, since reactors can create more fuel than they burn, reserves could easily last hundreds of thousands of years.
Radiation is present everywhere, emanating from the banana you eat, the brick walls of your house, and the campfire you use to cook marshmellows. If you live in a brick house in the mountains in Colorado, you will get more radiation than the person who lives downwind from a nuclear reactor in south Texas. But, not to worry, the small amount of radiation we receive from our environments actually helps our body by stimulating the system that allows our cells to isolate the abnormal cells that we all have so they cannot reproduce.
Not reprocessing fuel is a bad idea. Unreprocessed fuel will remain radioactive indefinitely because of the uranium and plutonium present (after all, uranium has been around for billions of years). However, if the uranium and plutonium are extracted from the spent fuel, it can be burned in the reactor as fuel. The rest of the radioactive material can be stored and will be relatively harmless in a few hundred years.
Nuclear power costs are comparable to coal. And if people want even cheaper power all they have to do is stop groups from intoducing litigation when faced with the prospect of a nuclear power plant being built in their neighborhood. This is the "Not in my backyard" mentality.
The government and nuclear scientists need to make a concerted effort to educate the public about the facts of nuclear power.
As someone who wants to leave a better world for my children and grandchildren when my time is done, I wish that you would research nuclear power. You would readily discern that America's (and the world's) best fuel alternative is nuclear power.
MAJ Buckley O'Day, student, Command and General Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
The views expressed in this blog response are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
— MAJ Buckley O'Day (not verified)
May 17th 2009, 12:22 pm
May 17th 2009, 12:22 pm
Saving energy is the most cost effective way to reduce greenhouse gases - and one particular concept has a huge impact because it is aimed at where we consume most: building efficiency. The Pasive House concept developped by Dr. Wolfgang Feist and Bo Adamson is simple, feasible with todays technology and works in nearly all climatic conditions. The proof: 24% of all new flats in Vienna are built by this standard in 2009, Frankfurt am Main is investing in public buildings only if they meet pasive house criteria. Why? Because the average extra investment cost of 4-8% (depending on building type) pays itself from day 1.
As architects we now only build such buildings - not to do so would be irresponsible towards investors and ourselves.
Bjorn Kierulf, Slovakia
— Bjorn Kierulf (not verified)
May 3rd 2009, 5:54 pm
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— Ken Willoughby (not verified)
April 20th 2009, 5:01 pm
April 20th 2009, 5:01 pm
... let me add to my last entry regarding Clean Tech/Energy initiatives... we must now make a long term commitment (15 years of the proper price signals [investment/subsidies])... so that American companies especially would grow/scale their new Clean Tech businesses without fear of things changing with every Presidential/Congressional election cycle. Thomas your excellent example (Hot,Flat, and Crowded) of the American company, First Solar Inc (Thin Film Solar manufacturer), really shows what happens when the American government does not support these new industries... this company needed to scale their markets to survive/thrive... they had to turn to the German government (long-term 20 yr solar industry investment commitment) for help. Maybe we should just let more unsustainable companies fail (instead of the recent U.S. auto organization bail-outs)... they could re-tool with new viable business plans, and begin manufacturing solar panels, wind turbines, geo-thermal pumps, etc.?
— Paul V. Ihlenfe... (not verified)
April 19th 2009, 8:15 pm
April 19th 2009, 8:15 pm
What is President Obama leaving out regarding Clean Tech/Energy for the USA? Clean Tech/Energy initiatives and implementations starting at the U.S. federal level... we now need National leadership guiding all the states & counties to set these standards/mandates (dramatically increase renewable energy sources & reduce the dirty fuels, nationally integrated grid, green building codes on all buildings, 35+ auto MPG, energy efficiencies & conservation, Cap & Trade [Carbon tax], set price signals for dirty/clean energies [will finally set our unique innovation, investment, employment, and markets in forward motion], etc.) The USA National leadership must be BOLD, DECISIVE, and QUICK (less debate & deliberation) to act, or other countries (Germany, Japan, China, etc.) will develop the upcoming Clean Tech/Energy before us! What can we all do now in the interim? "51% of USA Clean Energy is CONSERVATION and Energy Efficiency... greater than all the solar, wind, biomass, bio-fuel, and geothermal combined!" HowDoUconserve... learn & share how you can economize your conservation @Home to maximize your savings and reduce environmental impacts...
— Paul V. Ihlenfe... (not verified)
April 11th 2009, 10:24 pm
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— Anonymous (not verified)
April 10th 2009, 3:38 pm
April 10th 2009, 3:38 pm
What Obama really needs to do is something that will work by the end of the next decade. His plan to "double" renewable energy won't make a difference, since wind & solar are so small. Doubling 0.4% of our energy to 0.8% is too little, too late.
And if his definition of renewable energy includes hydroelectric dams (over 90% of our renewable electricity) then he's really out of touch. We need more nuclear power in this country. Steven Chu has said that nuclear power is our only source of emissions-free, base-load power generation.
— zack (not verified)
April 7th 2009, 4:06 pm
April 7th 2009, 4:06 pm
Dear Tom,
What I think Obama left out in the energy plan is that the 75% of the cars in the us should be a hybrid or hydrogen, or biofuel, or electric over the next five years. The environment is on the point of tipping, and yet just 50% of all the government cars purchased by 2012 is going to be plug in hybrids or all electric. I think that should be 75% by 2011 and have electric, hydrogen, hybrids, biofuels, or have a city mpg of at least 40. As for America, he should make sure that all cars in the united states have at least a city mpg of 35 by 2012, and by 2015 all cars in America should get at least 35. there should by engines available with tax cuts that have at least 35 mpg and there should be at least 1 billion put for financial help to get a new engine. I also think that Obama should give money to the states to put solar panels on government buildings, and have a fund where people can get money to get renewable energy or to get solar panels or a wind turbine.
also no one can get sued for putting up any wind turbine or any other object that collects renewable energy. Finally I think he should regulate the amount of natural gas, coal, and oil that comes into our country.
If you would like a bit more detail, you know how to contact me.
Joshua Martin Adamson
New York, NY
5th Grade
Columbia Grammar
— Joshua Adamson (not verified)
March 31st 2009, 7:19 pm
March 31st 2009, 7:19 pm
President Obama is leaving out algae. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus package) never mentions the word algae. Tom Freidman's only doing a little better. I'm about 2/3 through Hot, Flat and Crowded, and have seen algae once. It's not in the index.
Algae could be a game changing disruptive technology by converting CO2 to oil. Algae would reduce climate change and the influence of petrodictators.
Think if we had 2 million barrels per day of oil production from algae. If OPEC threatened to raise oil prices or reduce production, we would tell them to go ahead. We'll just increase algae produciton.
Algae is not going to happen without more government support. It needs to be jump started. As the stimulus package shows, that is not happening yet.
— Chris Neil (not verified)
March 23rd 2009, 5:08 pm
March 23rd 2009, 5:08 pm
Here is an idea for building the hydrogen fueling infrastructure without the oil companies or the federal government:
Hydrogen fueling station cooperatives
With hydrogen cars making tremendous advancements, the focus has now turned to getting the hydrogen fueling infrastructure built. The truth is that the car companies are very frustrated that neither the oil companies nor the federal government has stepped up to build the hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
In order to break this logjam, I am proposing the following idea that would eliminate the need to depend on the oil companies or the federal government to get the hydrogen fueling infrastructure built.
The idea is to get 1000 people that live reasonably close to each other to agree to buy a hydrogen car and finance a hydrogen fueling station that will be built close to where they live. A figure that is often used for the cost of a hydrogen fueling station is $2 million. This would translate to $2000 per person.
Each person would pay the extra $2000 when they purchase a hydrogen car. And then they would own 1/1000th of the hydrogen fueling station which would be a cooperative.
The hydrogen fueling station could be run by members of the cooperative or the operation of the facility could be outsourced. Just like with gas stations today, this cost would be covered by money made from fuel and convenience store sales.
Once the hydrogen fueling station is up and running, the people who paid the $2000 and own part of it would get a "Member" fuel price. Any other people who buy hydrogen cars after them (and did not pay $2000 for the hydrogen fueling station) would have to pay a "Non-member" fuel price which might be something like $1 more per kilogram of hydrogen (e.g. $7 instead of $6).
Any profits from the hydrogen fueling station could be paid back to the 1000 owners every quarter or year in the form of dividend checks. And eventually the hydrogen fueling station could be sold and each person would receive 1/1000th of that amount. Therefore, each person would make back part or perhaps even all of the $2000 initial investment over time.
One of the amazing things is that this could pretty much be done anywhere there are 1000 people who live pretty close to each other who want to do this.
Furthermore, the idea is scalable. For example, it can work for one hydrogen fueling station in one part of Los Angeles. Or maybe 10,000 people would get together in a larger part of Los Angeles (e.g. the San Fernando Valley) and build ten hydrogen fueling stations and each person would get the "Member" fuel price at each location.
And down the road, maybe 100,000 people in Los Angeles or even a million in Southern California could get together and finance a solar-to-hydrogen production facility in the Mojave Desert and pipeline down to one or more locations in Southern California.
Hydrogen fueling station cooperatives could be done without any help from the oil companies or the federal government. They would be a true grassroots effort that could totally reshape the energy power structure.
Greg Blencoe
Chief Executive Officer
Hydrogen Discoveries, Inc.
— Greg Blencoe, C... (not verified)
March 16th 2009, 4:18 pm
March 16th 2009, 4:18 pm
I agree with Don (the last person to post an idea) about powering hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with hydrogen produced from wind power.
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are actually only 3-6 years away and not 10-20 years away! This is a HUGE story that is being missed! But don't believe me, just look at all of the quotes from the car companies below!
Here is a article that I wrote earlier today that I HIGHLY recommend reading:
Top 10 things I wish Thomas Friedman knew about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (so he would realize they are 3-6 years away and not 10-20 years away)
Here is a quote from this weekend's column "The Next Really Cool Thing" by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times:
"If you hang around the renewable-energy business for long, you'll hear a lot of tall tales. You'll hear about someone who's invented a process to convert coal into vegetable oil in his garage and someone else who has a duck in his basement that paddles a wheel, blows up a balloon, turns a turbine and creates enough electricity to power his doghouse.
Hang around long enough and you'll even hear that in another 10 or 20 years hydrogen-powered cars or fusion energy will be a commercial reality. If I had a dime for every time I've heard one of those stories, I could buy my own space shuttle. No wonder cynics often say that viable fusion energy or hydrogen-powered cars are '20 years away and always will be.'"
My response to this comment are the following ten pieces of information:
1. DW-World.de article, September 3, 2008
"Matthias Brock from Daimler in Stuttgart said he believes that the fuel cell is very promising when it comes to zero-emission driving in local areas. Mercedes has around 100 test vehicles underway - the world's largest fleet of fuel cell vehicles. The company is currently working on a B-class with fuel cell power which could be produced in limited numbers from 2010.
'We estimate that between 2012 and 2015 the car could be ready for series (mass) production,' Brock said."
2. Entry posted on January 28, 2009 on H2euro.org which is the European Hydrogen Association's website:
"Daimler starts small series production of fuel cell vehicles in summer 2009
Published on 28-01-2009
In an interview with the German car magazine 'Auto Motor und Sport' on January 28, 2009 Daimler's CEO, Dieter Zetsche announced the start of small series production of fuel cell cars from the middle of 2009. Daimler is looking to reach annual production numbers of 100,000 vehicles in four to five years at a cost comparable, to Bluetec hybride cars, that only recently seemed far fetched according to Mr. Zetsche."
3. Quote from Bill Reinert from Toyota in article published on January 23, 2009 on CarPoint.com.au:
"All the while, this feeds into our product development for the cars that actually will hit the streets - sometime in the middle of the next decade. Beyond 2010, before 2020.
"When we say 'hit the streets', I don't mean limited partnerships or demonstration products. I mean go to a dealer, trade in your SUV and drive away in a fuel cell car."
4. New York Times blog entry, January 12, 2009
"Masatami Takimoto, a Toyota executive vice president and board member, disclosed the company's hydrogen plans in an interview at the show. 'By 2015, we will have a full-fledged commercialization effort,' Mr. Takimoto said."
5. Gas 2.0 blog entry, June 10, 2008
"Later in 2008, Toyota will release their new FCHV-adv model (mid-size SUV), which reportedly has a maximum cruising range is 516 miles (compared with 205 miles for Toyota's previous fuel cell vehicle). This improved model uses both the hydrogen-powered fuel cell and an electric motor, and has improved performance partially due to better braking efficiency.
Also, Toyota claims they've managed to outsmart one of the challenges of using a fuel-cell auto: low temperatures. The FCHV-adv model can start and run in temperatures as low as -22 degrees Fahrenheit."
6. Energy Tribune interview of Bill Reinert from Toyota, February 2, 2009
"Having said all that, I'm still very bullish on the promise of fuel cells. There are several manufacturers that are turning out very promising cars, cars that couldn't be realized without using fuel cells. Most of us have solved many of the initial problems including energy density and cold weather performance. We still have some cost problems, but at least we can see a clear pathway. Energy storage is still an issue, but we're learning how to design around that.
I think the biggest issue facing the emergence of fuel cells has nothing to do with the products and everything to do with the infrastructure. Despite all the work the auto companies have done to develop the cars, there isn't a corresponding effort on the infrastructure side. We can develop the best car in the world, but if the customer can't find fuel for it, they're unlikely to adopt it."
7. KBBGreen article, early January 2009 (or late December 2008)
"Reinforcing its claim to having more real-world experience with fuel-cell powered vehicles than any other manufacturer, General Motors has announced that its fleet of 100-plus Chevrolet Equinox FCVs has now completed over a half a million in-service miles since the original Project Driveway program kicked off in October 2007. While most of those miles have been rolled up in the U.S., GM also has been evaluating these vehicles in both Asia and Europe…
"According to Marybeth Stanek, GM's director of fuel cell commercialization, the knowledge being gained should help the automaker in achieving its goal to have some kind of production version hydrogen FCV in its showrooms by 2012. 'The vehicles are performing very well and we are learning a great deal about fuel cell robustness and how to make this program work for real customers.'"
8. Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) article, January 30, 2009
"But that fuel cell technology under those hoods, at three years old, already is passé. In a lab at GM's Fuel Cell Activities facility in Honeoye Falls sits the next generation of those engines - about half the size, lighter and more durable. And researchers at the R&D facility are working on pushing fuel cells further in a race to make a viable alternative to the internal combustion engine in time for fuel cell vehicles to be on dealers' lots in about six years.
'We've made a lot of progress in the last three years,' said Daniel B. O'Connell, the facility's director of global field service, support and infrastructure."
9. Edmunds.com article, September 15, 2008
"(Honda research chief Masaaki) Kato told Bloomberg that Honda engineers don't believe lithium-ion batteries will satisfy most consumers because of their high cost and limited range compared to gasoline engines.
In Japan, he said, battery developers are still trying to meet a government goal of boosting energy storage capacity by seven times while slashing battery costs to just 2.5 percent of current costs.
'That gives you a pretty clear example of what type of gap we're facing relative to a gasoline vehicle,' Kato said. 'At this point, I'd say it's impossible to imagine a date at which such a breakthrough could occur.'
He said Honda believes it will be easier, less costly and quicker to perfect the fuel-cell electric vehicle, such as the FCX Clarity that it is leasing in small numbers to select consumers in Southern California and Japan."
10. Hydrogen fueling station cooperatives solve the hydrogen infrastructure "chicken and egg" problem.
Here is how they would work:
One thousand people who live near each other would purchase a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and each pay $2000 extra to finance a $2 million hydrogen fueling station. A hydrogen fueling station cooperative would be formed and each person would own 1/1000th of the fueling station.
This solves the hydrogen infrastructure "chicken and egg" problem since the hydrogen vehicles and fueling stations would come at the same time. Furthermore, it would demonstrate a viable business model for building the hydrogen infrastructure that could be replicated across the U.S. and around the world.
Greg Blencoe
Chief Executive Officer
Hydrogen Discoveries, Inc.
— Greg Blencoe, C... (not verified)
March 16th 2009, 3:12 pm
March 16th 2009, 3:12 pm
I have not heard anyone considering using the electricity from wind energy to generate hydrogen. It would create a clean fuel which could be generated all over the country. The hydrogen could be stored so times when the wind did not blow wouldn't require burning fossil fuels to generate electricity. This would also eliminate the need to connect every wind generator to the grid and also eliminate the need for expensive batteries for our cars.
— Don (not verified)
March 15th 2009, 9:12 pm
March 15th 2009, 9:12 pm
Mr. Friedman,
The World Affairs Council will hold its World Quest Competition on April 4th in DC. It will bring high school kids from all over the US and questions will come from many topics about which you write. This is the second year that my team is fortunate enough represent South Carolina and compete. If you can you should look in. You will see 100's of very intelligent young men and women with very bright futures that do have an idea about the world around them.
— Jerry (not verified)
March 15th 2009, 1:15 pm
March 15th 2009, 1:15 pm
When the film An Inconvenient Truth came out many many people including corporate, government and local leaders watched the film and the understanding of climate change took a huge leap forward.There are now many great books in the market place that have some very fresh views on what might be some approaches to solving the problem. In this very busy world we live in there aren't many leaders with a lot of time on their hands to read them all. It would be terrific if Thomas Friedman (Hot Flat and Crowded) could use his very strong influence to bring about a 30 video that could be watched over lunch by business leaders,by families before supper, by students on break and get a snap shot of what might be done.
— Ian Greasley (not verified)
March 15th 2009, 11:35 am
March 15th 2009, 11:35 am
Sustainability, in the energy demand field, will require an additional player.
Hemp will need to be the basis for creating ALCOHOL in a new-tech method of deriving a gasoline alternative. Cars ran on alcohol before the oil mafia injected our sustaining ecomony with prohibition which made all industrial alcohol producers criminals. Alcohol will assist until the hydrogen, natural gas, electric car... or other is ready to wean us off of oil with personal/local/regional producers of fuel.
Plus hemp will also allow for manufacturing of light and heavy goods without destroying our forests with the resulting environmental cost nor importing scarce resources from other countries/continents. This will allow for real jobs in America that entrupenurs will creat... on a local/regional scale.
Obviously, education and treatment will be the solution to drug "abuse" and markteting instead of millions of Americans being locked in cages for using a medicinal herb.
These changes will accomodate the drop in "fluff" economies where millions are wasting thier lives hawking useless comsumerism bables and trinkets, decaying on the phone addressing complaints for the same and plundering great creativity as advertising armies make great pitches for people eating .... and liking it.
— Brax (not verified)
March 14th 2009, 5:14 pm
March 14th 2009, 5:14 pm
Hey folks,
Good luck with trying to control the weather by eliminating methane from cow farts and limiting CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. By the way...how much CO2 is in the air? its about 200 parts per million...thats 0.02%, and we're hoping to limit it to about 0.05%, and thats going to have a huge impact on the weather. Stop screwing around by trying to scare people into believing that the sky is going to fall in and start talking about the real problem. We're eventually going to run out of oil and thats starting to cause economic problems and we need to work out a good replacement.
"Hot, flat, and crowded". The "hot" part is questionable and its not at all clear what the outcomes are, much less clear as to whether the outcomes are good or bad. "Flat" is intended to mean that economic disparity and social classes are disappearing because information and knowledge are more easily accessible. OK...so what...everyone knows this, lives with this, and generally benefits from this, so its a good thing and we should keep improving it. Crowded means that population is increasing so we should carefully plan and manage our food and water supply. Humans are very good at this which is a one big reason why our population is going up. So where is the fantastic insight in this work?
— Anonymous (not verified)
March 11th 2009, 9:18 pm
March 11th 2009, 9:18 pm


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An overly underdressed intern
When the skintern bent over, people started throwing singles at her.
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Boss, that new intern's a skintern
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An intern (ages 16 to 21) working for sexual predators. These predators are typically 10, 20, 30 years or older, in positions of considerable authority in high offices (President, Senator, etc.) and will typically use charm and flattery by way of sicko IM messages or even cigars to sexually excite, flatter and ultimately lure the intern into an exploitative and disturbing situation.
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For fans of the rotary engine, there is no greater car than the Mazda RX-7. The car used the Wankel's strengths in a way which no other car has, and its passing in 1998 (2002 in Japan) was mourned by those who believed they would never see such a car again. The RX-8 never even came close to living up to its predecessor, as it wasn't really a pure sports car.
Now there is finally some good news. Speaking to a crowd at the launch of the facelifted MX-5, Mazda's sports car chief Nobuhiro Yamamoto announced the 2017 return of the RX-7, according to a story from The Motor Report. Yamamoto added that the same year would mark the 50th anniversary of the first rotary-powered Mazda, the Cosmo Sport, in 1967. Yamamoto designed the engine from the old RX-7, helped the factory racing effort which led to a win at Bathurst for the RX-7, and even designed the rotary engine for the 787B, the only Japanese car to ever win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new RX-7 is Yamamoto's baby, and it's safe to say the nameplate is in safe hands with him.
Mazda has had a new rotary engine since 2007, known as the 16X, but they haven't yet put it into a production car. The 13B Renesis engine from the RX-8 is a completely different engine, and smaller as well, displacing 1.3 liters to the 16X's 1.6 liters. Yamamoto says the new engine is good for 300 horsepower in naturally-aspirated form, but he wouldn't say whether a version with forced induction will make it under the hood. What he did say is that the car is likely to appear only in naturally-aspirated form at first, and that a turbo version would come later if at all. Hybrid options were brought up, but Yamamoto dismissed them outright, saying they had no place on pure sports car.
The car will share a platform with the next-generation MX-5, although it will be bigger and heavier. But the car will still be very light, and Yamamoto suggested that it will similar in weight to the Scion FR-S. The construction will make extensive use of aluminum, but exotic materials like carbon fiber were deemed cost prohibitive. Just the same, the Rx-7 will not be cheap, and we're told to expect a price above that of the Nissan 370Z, which starts at $33,000.


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Smart Board
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A Smart Board in Union City High School in New Jersey equipped with an overhead projector
|Smart Technologies
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|computer and DVD
|USB cable, VGA cable
|90 lbs.
The Smart Board (stylized as "SMART Board") is a line of interactive whiteboards produced by the Calgary, Alberta-based company Smart Technologies.
David Martin began SMART company in 1987 as the Canadian distributor for a U.S. projector company. The revenue it collected from the projectors was put into research and development on the SMART board interactive whiteboard, which was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and the ability to write over standard Microsoft Windows applications.[1]
The Smart Board is an interactive whiteboard that uses touch detection for user input (for example scrolling and right mouse-click) in the same way as normal PC input devices. The Smart Board 800 series interactive whiteboard introduced a 'flick and scroll' feature.[2]
In December 2010, Smart introduced the lower-cost Smart Board 400 series interactive whiteboard.[3]
The Smart Board interactive whiteboard operates as part of a system that includes the interactive whiteboard, a computer, a projector and whiteboarding software - either Smart Notebook collaborative learning software for education, or Smart Meeting Pro software for business. The components are connected wirelessly or via USB or serial cables. A projector connected to the computer displays the desktop image on the interactive whiteboard. The whiteboard accepts touch input from a finger, pen or other solid object. Smart Board interactive whiteboards are also available as a front-projection flat-panel display – interactive surfaces that fit over plasma or LCD display panels.[4]
The Smart Board interactive whiteboard uses DViT (Digital Vision Touch) technology[5][6][7] to detect and respond to touch interactions on the interactive whiteboard surface with or without cables. This camera-based touch technology for interactive whiteboards and interactive displays uses digital cameras and proprietary software and firmware to detect finger or pen contact with the screen. That contact is then interpreted as finger or pen activity. Smart has been using DViT technology in its interactive whiteboards since they developed the technology in 2003[8] and has continued to use DViT in many products since, including Smart Board interactive whiteboards, Smart Board interactive displays and the Smart Table interactive learning center.[citation needed]
Smart's digital ink operates by using an active digitizer that controls the PC input for writing capabilities such as drawing or handwriting. The Smart Board interactive whiteboard uses passive pen tools, which means that no technology is housed in the pen tool to use digital ink or determine color. All digital ink options can be selected from the Smart Board Pen Tray.
Pen tray[edit]
Most models of Smart Board include a pen tray on the front of the interactive whiteboard that holds two to four plastic pen tools and an eraser. The pen tools have neither electronic components nor ink - the technology is in the pen tray. When a pen tool is removed from its slot in the tray, an optical sensor recognizes its absence. Smart Board software processes the next contact with the interactive whiteboard surface as a pen action from the pen tool that resides in the corresponding slot. Older models of the Smart Board interactive whiteboard features slots for black, blue, red and green pen tools, although a control panel can be used to change the color of the digital ink or change the pen tools to colored highlighters.[citation needed]
Once a pen tool is removed from its slot, users can write in the selected color with that pen tool, a finger, or any other object. Similarly, when the eraser is removed from its position in the pen tray, the software processes the next contact with the screen as an erasing action, whether the contact is from the eraser, the user's finger or another object. As such, the potential exists that using a particular pen, such as the blue pen, may not result in blue digital ink if all objects – colored pens and eraser tool – have not been replaced in their corresponding locations on the pen tray. The Smart Board also registers the last pen tray tool picked up as the active tool. This means that when a user picks up the black pen and then picks up the red pen before putting the black pen down, the interactive whiteboard will register red ink, rather than black. In order to write in black digital ink, a pen needs to be put back in the red slot.[9]
The Smart Board 800 series interactive whiteboard has only two pens and the color is determined by pressing a black, blue, red or green button found on the pen tray.[10]
Below the pen tray are two buttons that, when pressed, allow the user to do right click functions such as copy, cut, paste, select all, etc., or bring-up a traditional on-screen QWERTY keyboard, which allows the user to type in letters, words or numbers. These keys also, when pressed, allow you to calibrate the touch screen. Other models, such as the Smart Board interactive display, include a black pencil tool which incorporates a digital ink eraser. Unlike the Smart Board, the interactive display models use active pen technology.[citation needed]
Many companies have since developed products that either support Smart Boards or compete with Smart Boards using similar technologies. As with any famous product, a brand name can be mis-applied to its competitors. An example of a company that has developed supporting products for Smart Boards is Copernicus Educational Products. Companies that have developed similar products include PolyVision, Promethean and Mimio.[citation needed]
Resistive technology[edit]
The earlier Smart Board 600 series interactive whiteboards use resistive technology. A flexible plastic front sheet and hard backboard are coated with a thin resistive film. The resistive sides of each are separated by an air gap of two-thousandths of an inch, or about the width of two human hairs. Pressure applied to the surface of the front sheet closes the gap and is registered as a contact point. This contact point is then converted from an analog signal to a serial data stream which is sent to a computer for further processing. This technology can process contact from a finger, pen tool or any device – such as a pointer.[citation needed]
Smart Notebook software is included with the Smart Board and allows users to compile notes, images, and other media into virtual notebooks which can be projected and edited using the Smart Board itself. Smart Product Drivers are required for the Smart Board to work properly. Other Smart software products, like Smart Response interactive response, the Smart Document Camera, Smart Ideas concept-mapping software, Smart Notebook Math Tools and Smart Slate wireless slate are designed for use.[citation needed]
The Smart Board interactive whiteboard works with any program loaded or available on the host computer. Some applications commonly used with the Smart Board are Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and AutoCAD.[citation needed]
Uses for the Smart Board include teaching,[11] training, conducting meetings, and delivering presentations. It has also been used on the Discovery Channel television show MythBusters.[12]
In Datacloud: Toward a New Theory of Online Work, Johndan Johnson-Eilola describes a specific computer-supported space for collaboration: the Smart Board. According to Johnson-Eilola, a "Smart Board [interactive whiteboard] system provides an... intelligent whiteboard surface for work" (79). Johnson-Eilola asserts that "[w]e are attempting to understand how users move within information spaces, how users can exist within information spaces rather than merely gaze at them, and how information spaces must be shared with others rather than being private, lived within rather than simply visited" (82). He explains how the Smart Board interactive whiteboard system offers an information space that allows his students to engage in active collaboration.[citation needed] He makes three distinct claims regarding the functionality of the technology: 1) the Smart Board allows users to work with large amounts of information, 2) it offers an information space that invites active collaboration, and 3) the work produced is often "dynamic and contingent" (82).[13]
See also[edit]
- ^ "The History of SMART". SMART. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ [1]. smarttech.com[dead link][dead link]
- ^ SMART Introduces Entry-Level SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard 14 December 2010
- ^ The Ledger West Area Gets Smart With Technology, 27 November 2007
- ^ "SMART Technologies Inc. invents new technology for touch-sensitive displays". bobsguide.com. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ GOLIATH: Business Knowledge on Demand Smart Digital Vision Touch technology, 1 November 2003
- ^ The Free Dictionary by FARLEX DViT
- ^ "SMART Announces Touch Gestures for DViT". Creativemac.digitalmedianet.com. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ SMART Board 600 series interactive whiteboard SMART Technologies
- ^ SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard SMART Technologies
- ^ Becta Evaluation of Primary Schools Whiteboard Expansion Project, commissioned by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), October 2007
- ^ SMART Board on MythBusters SMART Technologies Facebook page
- ^ Johnson-Eilola, Johndan. Datacloud: Toward a New Theory of Online Work. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc., 2005. Print.


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Single game tickets are on sale now for both men's and women's basketball games during the 2013-14 season. Tickets can be purchased online at GoHatters.com/tix, in person at the Edmunds Center, or by phone at (386) 738-HATS.
Men's Basketball single game tickets start at $8, while Women's Basketball single game tickets are just $5. Groups of 15 or more can secure their tickets at a discounted rated of $6 for men's games and $3 for women's contests.
Group Nights Schedule
- Jan. 5: Scout and Services Day
- Feb. 6: Military Appreciation
- Feb. 8: Football Season Ticket Holder Appreciation
- Feb. 21: Faith and Family Night
Children who sign up for the Jr. Hatter Kids Club will also receive benefits at Stetson basketball games. All women's games will be free for anyone with a Jr. Hatter Kids Club Card, as will select men's basketball dates (Dec. 3, Dec. 30, Jan. 1, Jan. 18, Feb. 23).
Finally, Stetson is also offering a Saturday package, which gives fans general admission tickets to all nine Saturday games for a price of $50.
The men's basketball home opener is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30 when the Hatters host Davidson at 1:00 p.m. The women's squad opened up the home season with a convincing 90-74 win over Indiana State and continues play at the Edmunds Center on Dec. 5 playing host to Palm Beach Atlantic at 11:00 a.m.