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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and consequential.1 It is estimated that 6% to 8% of noninstitutionalized US adults have a glomerular filtration rate of less than 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2 (consistent with CKD stage 3a or worse) and nearly 10% have albuminuria.2 Both persistently reduced glomerular filtration rate (usually estimated from creatinine and demographic factors) and kidney damage (usually assessed with urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio [ACR]) are strong and independent risk factors for mortality and cardiovascular events, leading some to consider CKD to be a coronary heart disease (CHD) risk equivalent.3 Although the concerning increase in the prevalence of CKD has been recognized for some time,2 recent data indicate that the number of deaths from CKD have doubled between 1990 and 2010.4
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HOOKSETT, N.H. � Fear and frustration course through the lunch crowd at Robie's Country Store and Deli, a popular outpost 500 miles from where Washington is again locked in tense negotiations over taxes and spending as a critical deadline looms.
�I'm worried,� Lorraine Cadren of nearby Manchester says between bites of her chicken sandwich. Her doubt in the nation's elected leaders is palpable: �I'm not sure what's going to come out of Washington next.� Not that she has the time to pay much attention; the 64-year-old is unemployed and preoccupied with finding a new job as Christmas approaches.
A few tables away, John Pfeifle shares Cadren's angst while trying to enjoy his $6.99 chicken parmesan special.
�Somebody's gotta have some smarts,� says the 63-year-old business owner, complaining that both President Barack Obama and House Republicans seem willing to allow the nation to go over the �fiscal cliff,� triggering broad tax increases and massive spending cuts that economists warn could lead to another recession.
�I have no faith at all they'll do the right thing,� Pfeifle said of Congress.
And why would these voters have confidence in Washington?
The scene playing out on Capitol Hill is a familiar one as lawmakers with competing ideologies wage an 11th-hour battle to avert a predictable crisis. This one comes just a year after an equally divided Washington nearly let the country default on its loan obligations � a debt-ceiling debate that contributed to the electorate's deep lack of faith in their elected leaders and a drop in the nation's credit rating.
Evidence of Congress' plummeting popularity is everywhere.
From New Hampshire diners to Colorado coffee shops, weary residents report widespread concern. They relate the debate in Washington over their tax dollars with their own lives: average Americans who are struggling every day to make ends meet. And already distracted by the holidays and tired of politics after a bitter presidential campaign, they are calling on Washington to get its act together.
�It's pathetic. Nobody's doing their job,� said Laura Hager, a retiree from Lancaster, Pa. �The rest of the country is being held hostage to this entire situation.�
She said the uncertainty makes it difficult to shape a personal financial plan; she can't imagine what business leaders must be going through. �Nobody can plan. Nobody knows what they'll do,� she said.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., warned that the public's disgust with Congress would reach new heights if lawmakers and the White House fail to reach an accord before the year-end deadline.
�Ninety percent disapproval rating is going to go up to 99 percent disapproval,� the senator said at a panel discussion last week in Washington on the fiscal cliff's impact on businesses.
Warner overstated Congress' unpopularity, although not by much.
A recent Associated Press-GfK poll found that 74 percent of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job; just 23 percent approve. The figures are virtually unchanged from June and slightly above Congress' recent low point of 12 percent approval during the debt ceiling debate in August 2011.
Some voters are trying to ignore the debate altogether, although near-constant news coverage is making that difficult, especially as Obama and his Republican opponents work to rally their supporters.
In a campaign-style event Monday in Michigan, the heart of industrial America, Obama warned that he �won't compromise� on his demand that the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes. Polls find that most voters agree with the president's deficit-cutting plan to raise tax rates on income over $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples, although House Republicans are reluctant to agree.
The conservative group Crossroads GPS is running television ads across the country describing Obama's solution as �a huge tax increase� with �no real spending reforms.�
�Call President Obama and tell him it's time to show us a balanced plan,� the ad says.
Most voters interviewed in recent days are calling for an immediate compromise and seem willing to raise taxes on the wealthy so long as the middle class is protected.
There is a vague sense that the �fiscal cliff� is more serious than other recent Capitol Hill clashes. But barely a month after the presidential contest ended, most people say they're not following the daily developments that consume Washington.
In a Denver coffee shop, interior designer Roxann Lloyd, 42, is mystified by the sound and fury out of Washington over the cliff.
�I don't think they have any idea what a big deal is to an average person,� she said. �I'm just ignoring it.�
Lloyd said she isn't surprised by the partisan bickering over the issue. �I don't feel like they are really looking out for us,� she said of Congress.
John Baker, 65, a Denver psychologist, said he had little faith in Congress' ability to fix the problem: �I don't think Congress can fix a flat tire.�
�It's a typical Washington, `Let's hit the panic button and keep people scared so they will let us do what we want to do,�' Baker said in a downtown Denver Starbucks. �Ultimately, it will be fixed but not until a lot of pockets are lined.�
It's unclear whether members of Congress are hearing the message.
Rep. Charlie Bass, a New Hampshire Republican who lost his re-election bid last month, says it's unclear whether his GOP colleagues will �face the reality that the president, at least at this point, is not going to accept anything other than a tax rate increase.�
A stalemate would result in �painful uncertainty,� Bass said, offering his caucus a bit of advice: �We best get on with it � get it done.�
Back at Robie's, store owner Debbie Chouinard says she's burned out from election season and �tired of all the bull.�
�I honestly haven't been paying attention,� she said while feeding her 2-year-old granddaughter lunch during a brief lull. �People should be working together to get this country going.�
Associated Press writers Nicholas Riccardi in Denver and Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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Dec. 2006 / Jan. 2007 | Data storage remains unglamorous outside the IT realm, yet few computing requirements are more important or under greater stress. Particularly problematic is the growing flood of unstructured digital data spilling out of laboratory instruments, often comprised of images, text, and even rich media. Enter clustered storage, a fairly recent addition to the storage management landscape which its pioneer, Isilon Systems, says offers distinct cost and performance advantages over SAN and NAS approaches.
In November, the company landed two significant life science deals, one with UCLA's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) to store the world's largest repository of high-resolution neuro imaging data, and a second with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) as part of cellular imaging portal for cancer scientists. Other major clients include MySpace.com and its huge data management needs, and NBC, which used Isilon storage to manage the 2004 Olympics data.
This growing market traction has other storage suppliers such as Network Appliance and EMC taking notice, adding clustered storage offerings to their product lines. What's all the fuss about?
A New ParadigmIn general terms, clustered storage architecture uses a distributed file operating systems to create a single namespace for multiple clusters of hardware and data are stripped across all of the devices. It's a cousin to SAN which also manages multiple remote storage resources, but not typically under single namespace. Isilon's core product is its IQ platform series (1920 - 5 nodes, 9.6 TB; 3000 – 5 nodes, 288 TB; and 6000 – 30 TB). They are basically "storage appliances" stuffed with inexpensive, standard drives, another advantage says the company.
The secret sauce, says CTO and founder Sujal Patel, is Isilon's distributed file operating system, OneFS, which among other things, parallelizes and optimizes input/output from the hardware. In October, Isilon released OneFS 4.5 which Patal says enables Isilon to deliver systems with one petabyte of storage and 10 gigabyte per second performance in a single file systems and single volume.
Clustered storage, argues Patel, represents a new paradigm and Isilon has early mover advantage. Customers seem to agree.
"Performance was the key criterion for selection," says Rico Magispoc, CTO for LONI. "We couldn't get data fast enough from our spindles. We looked at Isilon, Network Appliance, SGI, and Sun storage systems. Scalability was also an important issue."
Prior to adopting clustered storage, LONI relied on an array of SAN storage. LONI serves as the hub of a national neuro imaging resource which supports more than 60 national and international brain imaging collaborations. 200 Gigabytes can be chewed up for a single imaging subject. Because researchers are often accessing the same datasets at the same time, data throughput was a major challenge. Managing the SAN also proved demanding and required a full-time, dedicated storage manager.
The evaluation process took roughly three months, but deployment was quite easy, says Magispoc. LONI consolidated large repositories of neuro imaging data into a single volume, speeding concurrent access to hundreds of researchers worldwide who can retrieve, collaborate, and analyze the 16,000-plus subject scans stored on-site at LONI's Los Angeles laboratory. Performance has increased three-fold, says Magispoc, and the system no longer requires a dedicated administrator.
"Whereas it used to take four days to add storage to our SAN, we can now add Isilon nodes in about 10 minutes, without any system downtime," he says. That's a skill he may soon need. Roughly a month after installation, in service, LONI researchers had already filled 40 percent of the system's 18 terabyte capacity.
Interestingly, Magispoc told Isilon that LONI was interested acquiring its own hard drives thinking he might get better pricing, but was told Isilon already used plain vanilla hardware, and that Magispoc was unlikely to achieve better savings.
Isilon's recent deal with SDSC is to support visualization and analytics applications used by UCSD Cancer Center scientists. They will be able to upload microscopic cellular images onto the portal, run a series of automated visualizations and models of the cellular images on SD's supercomputer, and then save both the original images and the new animations directly onto an Isilon cluster.
The Cedars-Sinai Prostate Cancer Center's is another Isilon user. The Center uses advanced Mass Spectroscopy to obtain fingerprints of all proteins in blood, gathering more than 60 gigabytes of data from a single drop of a patient's blood. The comprehensive patient record, of which the protein data comprises only one field, is stored on Isilon IQ clustered storage along with relevant information from other research projects.
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|Callinan greeted with a chorus of loyal moos
Last Friday morning, when most were still groggy from Thanksgiving-feast induced hangovers, Joe Callinan stepped out to his yard to retrieve the paper and instead found a herd of cattle. Well, sort of.
The second-term council member and soon-to-be former vice mayor had his lawn littered with cardboard cutouts of adorable, pudgy cows, some looking wide-eyed over their shoulders and others trampling happily over the grass. All were wearing pointed celebration hats. In the center of the lawn was the biggest cow, with a sign that read, "Holy cow! We herd you're mayor!"
The cows and their message was a surprise from Callinan's long-time friends who own Fun Sign Surprise here in Rohnert Park.
The cows, though, in all their rosy-cheeked excitement, might have proclaimed their message a little early, but not by much. Callinan was voted in as mayor by his fellow members of the Rohnert Park City Council on Nov. 26 and he will be sworn in at the Dec. 10 council meeting, nearly 52 years after his father, Peter Callinan, was elected Rohnert Park's first mayor.
"I'm really honored to serve as Rohnert Park's mayor," said Callinan in a phone interview. "I know how much my father put into this city and how much he loved it and still does…it means a lot to me."
Current RP Mayor Pam Stafford made the motion to nominate Callinan, which was seconded by Councilman Amy Ahanotu, who will ascend to the vice-mayor position. According to Callinan, he had been hopeful for the chance to act as mayor during the city's 50th anniversary last year, as a symbolic gesture to his father's past position as first mayor. He says he has been teasing council members and friends that it's taken the city 50-plus years to get its act back together and elect another Callinan as mayor.
"(Rohnert Park) is home to me more than most," said Callinan. "I grew up loving the atmosphere of the town, the friendly neighborhood. Did I think I was going to be mayor growing up? No, but I am very honored."
Callinan grew up in Rohnert Park with his five brothers and said that, as an athletic group of boys, they appreciated the large number of nearby parks and fields where they could play and practice sports. His father barely acted out a full term before he was asked and became RP's city manager. Callinan said he grew up used to the idea of his father running the city, but never imagined getting involved with the town or its politics.
He attended high school at Rancho Cotate and began dating his future wife, Janet, when he was 15 and she was 14. The two married seven years later and will be celebrating their 33rd anniversary this year. All of their five children were born and raised in Rohnert Park and four remain here, along with Callinan's three grandchildren. When Callinan was in his 20s, he opened his own construction company, Joseph T. Callinan Construction, which is still active 30 plus years later with a strong team of five, said Callinan.
According to Callinan, he became interested in Rohnert Park's politics a few years back when he felt the city was heading in the wrong direction after his father retired.
"I was raised you don't complain unless you are going to do something about it," said Callinan. True to the statement, Callinan ran for and won a city council seat in 2008, was a part of the planning commission for eight years before that and acted as vice mayor to Pam Stafford this past year.
"I am excited for Rohnert Park," said Callinan of his upcoming role as mayor. "I'm not really excited for me; you really don't have any more power than the other council members…we all have a vote. I am excited about this opportunity for Rohnert Park…I look forward to some of the development happening."


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The trial of a man accused of killing a running back who played for an Amarillo arena football league team is under way in a West Virginia.
The murder trial of Jerel Addison Garner, 28, started Tuesday and the prosecution continued to present its case Wednesday, said an official with the Cabell County, W.Va., prosecutor's office.
The official didn't know how long the trial would last.
Garner is charged with murder, attempted first-degree murder, wanton endangerment, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and destruction of property in the July 5, 2008, death of Donte Newsome outside a Huntington, W.Va., nightclub. Newsome played for the Amarillo Dusters, recently renamed the Amarillo Venom. Garner was indicted in January.
It wasn't clear if all the charges were being tried at once. If convicted of murder, Garner will face life in prison without parole.
Garner allegedly shot Newsome during a confrontation outside the nightclub. Police alleged Newsome, who was unarmed, had a verbal argument with Garner earlier.
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Parsons grad Jen Kao is continually inspired by the contrast between architectural construction and fluid draping, which informs her design philosophy of "easy dramatics." Kao's affinity for experimenting with shape, detail, color and pattern has earned her raves, and her Anthropologie-exclusive collection, Mah Na Mah Na, is steeped in all of the above. This lightweight cotton one-piece's delicate floral print just exudes summertime, doesn't it? We'd pair with nude or red sandals for a classic look.


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Samsung Korea has launched two new portable media players, the P2 video player and the S3 DAP. Both of these new devices belong to the Samsung Yepp PMP series.
The Yepp P2 boasts of the following features; a 3-inch touchscreen display (which in PMP standard is relatively large), Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity and a choice of 4GB, 8GB or 16GB's of storage capacity. The Yepp P2 will retail for around $249, $297 and $374 respectively.
The Yepp S3 DAP is actually a follow to the current Samsung K3 media player and it features enhanced video capabilities, Samsung's Digital Natural Sound Engine 2.0, 3D sound, a 12 band equalizer, LED light effects, an FM radio, photo viewer, screen saver, alarm clock and a choice between a 2GB or 4GB storage capacity. The 2GB S3 will retail for around $86, while the 4GB model will retail for around $97.
No information yet as to when the P2 or S3 will be released internationally.
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Welcome to The-Signal.com's "2day in the SCV," a compendium of today's events and a quick journey through the past, present and future.
Postpartum Passages group
What: Support group helps moms ease into the transition that a newborn brings, facilitated by trained specialists. Costs $10 per person.
When: Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m.
Where: Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Foundation Building, Room 2, 23871 McBean Parkway, Valencia 91355
Contact: (661) 200-BABY(2229)
Interview workshop
What: College of the Canyons' Career Services hosts a free workshop about how to prepare for a job interview.
When: 1 p.m., 6 p.m.
Where: College of the Canyons, Student Center Room 129, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Valencia 91355
Contact: (661) 362-3286
WorkSource orientation
What: The Santa Clarita WorkSource Center hosts an orientation for job seekers to learn about the center's resources.
When: 2-3 p.m.
Where: Santa Clarita WorkSource Center, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road Suite 250, Valencia 91355
Contact: (661) 799-9675
Summer reading finale party
What: Celebrate the end of summer reading program with a party at the Newhall Library.
When: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Where: Newhall Library, 22704 W. Ninth St., Newhall 91321
Toastmasters specialty club
What: The mission of the Toastmasters Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment. Opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills.
When: Today, Aug. 17 and 31, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Specialty Labs building, 27027 Tourney Road, Valencia 91355
Contact: (661) 877-7867
Vacation Bible school
What: Santa Clarita Baptist Church hosts a free vacation Bible school.
When: Through Friday, 6-8:30 p.m.
Where: 27249 Luther Drive, Canyon Country 91351
Contact: Jessie Schweit at (661)259-0750
Newhall district meeting
What: The Newhall School District hosts the regular meeting of its governing board.
When: 7 p.m.
Where: District board room, 25375 Orchard Village Road, Valencia 91355
Sports Club meeting
What: California's Complete Sports Club, also known as Century City Ski Club, hosts its monthly meeting. Membership is open to anyone 21 or older.
When: First Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.
Where: Marie Callender's, 27630 The Old Road, Valencia 91355
Contact: Don Gately at (661) 255-8873, or visit ccscsports.org
Book signing
What: Tchicaya Missamou signs copies of his book "In the Shadow of Freedom."
When: 7-10 p.m.
Where: Borders, 24445 Town Center Drive, Valencia 91355
Contact: (661) 286-1131
Don't go there
What: The California Department of Transportation, Caltrans, closes Highway 14 freeway and Interstate 5 lanes, ramps and connectors as part of a $161-million improvement project to construct carpool lanes and a direct carpool lane connector at the Interstate 5 and Highway 14 freeway interchange.
When: Through Friday
Where/When: Highway 14: up to two lanes of the southbound Highway 14 connector to southbound Interstate 5: 7-11 p.m.; southbound Highway 14 connector to southbound Interstate 5: 11 p.m.-4 a.m.; southbound Highway 14 connector to northbound Interstate 5: 7 p.m.-6 a.m. Interstate 5: one lane of the northbound Interstate 5 connector to northbound Highway 14: 11-11:59 p.m. and 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; northbound Interstate 5 connector to northbound Highway 14: 11:59 p.m.-5 a.m.; one lane of the southbound truck route collector road: 7-11 p.m.; southbound truck route collector road: 11 p.m.-5 a.m.; southbound Interstate 5 Balboa Boulevard off-ramp: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and 9 p.m.-5 a.m.; southbound Interstate 5 connector to northbound Highway 14: 9-11:59 p.m.
Contact: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/travel/projects/details.php?id=32
2Day's Birthdays
Author P.D. James is 90. Broadway composer Richard Adler is 89. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Marv Levy is 85. Actor Martin Sheen is 70. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 69. Rock musician B.B. Dickerson is 61. Movie director John Landis is 60. Actor John C. McGinley is 51. Rock singer James Hetfield is 47. Rock singer-musician Ed Roland is 47. Actor Isaiah Washington is 47. Country musician Dean Sams is 44. Country musician Jimmy De Martini is 34. NFL quarterback Tom Brady is 33. Actress Evangeline Lilly is 31. Actor Jon Foster is 26. Pop-rock musician Brent Kutzle is 25.
2Day in the SCV
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2010. There are 150 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.
Ten years ago: George W. Bush accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Philadelphia, presenting himself as an outsider who would return "civility and respect" to Washington politics.
Five years ago: Fourteen Marines from a Reserve unit in Ohio were killed in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
One year ago: Iran's supreme leader formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president.
AP Odd News
Mortuary worker digs herself a hole with fake funerals
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles mortuary employee has been convicted of defrauding insurers by staging a fake funeral and attempting to cover it up by cremating a mannequin and cow parts she placed in the casket.
The U.S. attorney's office said Monday that 67-year-old Jean Crump was found guilty of two counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud.
Prosecutors say she and three accomplices took out bogus death certificates, purchased a burial plot, buried an empty casket and staged a funeral, then billed $1.2 million to insurance companies.
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Large machine tools were all the rage at the show. This spindle for a Bost verticle lathe certainly gives an impression of the machine's size.
Big machines require big workholding, hence this large rotary table, which was also displayed in Bost's booth.
Soraluce's FR-12000 floor-type milling machine is available with X-, Y- and Z-axis travels ranging to 30,000 by 4,000 by 1,600 mm.
This neck-craning view of Zayer's 30KCU-AR moving-column machining center demonstrates just how massive these machines can get. The 30KCU-AR is available with X-, Y-, and Z-axis travels as long as 30,000 by 2,000 by 7,000 mm.
The most obvious example of the modular, customizable nature of the machines offered by most Spanish builders was the prevalence of interchangeable heads, such as the Soraluce models in the top photo. The photo below depicts one such head that manufacturer Zayer says can provide significant flexibility advantages. This automatic, 45-degree model can index and lock in increments of 0.001 degree in 360,000 positions, enabling users to orient the tool at virtually any angle.
EDM manufacturer ONA's patented mineral filtering system has no consumable agent that needs to be replaced or discarded. Offered as an option on all machines, this environmentally friendly system reduces consumable costs, the company says. Additionally, operations never have to be interrupted for servicing the system because it provides a constant supply of clean dielectric.
The mood at the 26th edition of the BIEMH trade show in northern Spain was one of cautious optimism—with the emphasis on "cautious." Admittedly, things don't look as encouraging there as in the States, as concerns persist about the financial health of the country as a whole. Moreover, precipitous drops in imports and domestic machine tool consumption since 2008 show precious few signs of recovery, according to AFM, the Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association of Spain.
That said, Spain remains the third largest machine tool producer in Europe (after Germany and Italy) as well as the 9th largest machine tool exporter in the world. If there's reason for optimism, it's here. While still 25 percent below 2008, last year's exports reached levels not seen since 2006 and represented approximately 75 percent of total production. Germany, France and China are the top three destinations for Spanish machine tools; the United States ranks 10th at 2.8 percent of the total.
Moreover, despite persistent economic difficulties, BIEMH 2010 is being billed as a relative success. Organized by AFM and the Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC), the biennial event attracted more than 35,000 attendees from 54 countries to Bilbao, nestled in the Basque country in the midst of Spain's industrial heartland. Exhibitors numbered more than 1,000, with 40 percent of that figure hailing from abroad. These figures exceeded expectations despite being lower than previous years, according to AFM, which adds that 75 percent of attendees rated this year's BIEMH as "positive."
Technologies on display ranged from forming and cutting machine tools to accessories, software, metrology equipment and more. Although covering the gamut would be beyond the scope of this article, a few trends worth highlighting are detailed below.
Supersize That
In the United States, the wind power, aerospace and energy sectors are all the rage these days. However, U.S. manufacturers should take note—the Spanish certainly aren't sitting on their laurels. The majority of builders represented at BIEMH offer massive machines for massive parts, such as turbines, hubs and gear boxes. Just one example is the FR-12000 floor-type boring and milling center from Soraluce, a member of the Danobat Group. This machine is available with X-, Y- and Z-axis travels ranging to 30,000 by 4,000 by 1,600 mm.
Have it Your Way
Few builders offer standard models. Rather, most work with customers to tailor-make machines specifically for individual application requirements. Juaristi's TX Series machines, for example, feature a modular construction that enables customers to specify the model that best suits their needs. A range of available axis dimensions as well as various models of rotary and tilting tables, probes, toolchangers and other accessories expand the range of work possible on a given machine platform.
Interchangeable spindle head units offered by Juaristi and the vast majority of other Spanish builders are perhaps the most obvious example. Available with various power ratings, speed and torque capabilities, and a range of other options, these heads enable the same machine platform to be used for boring, milling, five-axis or other work. Many models incorporate automatic changers that enable users to switch heads quickly and easily according to different job requirements.
Zayer (a brand distributed in the United States by Republic Lagun) offers one such head that it says is particularly noteworthy. This automatic, 45-degree model can index and lock in increments of 0.001 degree in 360,000 positions, enabling users to orient the tool at virtually any angle.
Eye Toward the Environment
Despite tough economic times, "green" manufacturing seemed alive and well at BIEHM. EDM manufacturer ONA, for example, offers a patented mineral filtering system as an option with all machines. According to the company, this is the first filtration system with no consumable agent to be replaced or discarded. The advantages of this system go beyond environmental friendliness. Eliminating the need to discard or replace filter media can significantly reduce consumable costs. Not to mention the fact that machining never has to be interrupted for servicing the system, even for sludge removal, because it provides a constant supply of clean dielectric.
Machine tool builder Nicolas Correa pursues a methodology it calls Ecodesign for all machine production. All manufacturing operations are organized to meet goals for safety, ergonomics and minimum environmental impact from conception to scrapping. For instance, machine motors automatically go into a "standby" mode when not in use to save energy. Additionally, the company makes efforts to ensure motors are no bigger than necessary for a given machine. It also uses only water-based paints and lubricants. According to the company, these efforts go above and beyond current regulations and requirements currently enforced in Spain and Europe as a whole.


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I spent a quick getaway at The Balsams in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, about six years ago and it was a lovely vacation, complete with outdoor adventure (ice skating, cross country skiing, and downhill skiing) and scrumptious food–two things I thoroughly enjoy.
That's why The Great North Woods 30K Classic cross country race, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 27, is getting my two ski poles up award. In addition to the 30K race, participants can opt for 5k, 10k and 30k courses for novice, intermediate and expert skiers. Plus, food stations will be placed along the course with chefs from The Balsams tending to the gourmet treats.
Cross country skiing burns so many calories, you need to refuel your body. So get out there and enjoy the activity, the food, and my favorite season–winter!
More information available at www.thebalsams.com.


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A serendipitous first date leads to robbing a convenience store.
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Perform some simple seasonal storage and startup maintenance in the spring, fall or whenever you store your equipment for prolonged periods of time.
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Top off the fuel tank before storing.
Filling the tank helps prevent moisture from condensing in your fuel tank, and stops rust and scale before it starts.
Before you fill up, add Briggs & Stratton Fuel Stabilizer to the fuel*, then run the engine for a few minutes to circulate the additive through the carburetor. The fuel stabilizer will help prevent gum from forming in the fuel system or on essential carburetor parts.
* Note: if you choose Not to use the Briggs & Stratton Fuel Stabilizer, or if the engine is using fuel-containing alcohol, such as gasohol, remove all fuel from the tank and run the engine until it stops from lack of fuel.
While the engine is still warm, change the oil and the oil filter (if equipped).
Briggs & Stratton 4-cycle motor oil is through your local dealer or retailer.
Disconnect the negative battery cable from the battery terminal, on units so equipped.
Remove the battery. Your battery should be stored in a cool, dry place.
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The TOSI ware vessel can load up to 39.000MT of Drilling Equipment, Fuel, Drill and Portable Water plus Beds for 100 men. Estimated completion date - 1st Quarter of 2014.
|MV TOS Integrity
|Year Built
|December 1974
|Place Built
|Portland, Oregon
|Saint Kitts & Nevis
|Double Hull
|625ft (190.5m)
|96ft ( 29.25m)
|50ft (22.85m)
|Operating Depth
|3000ft (914m)
|Drill Water – 98% Full
|8,000 cu. meters
|Fuel Oil - 98% Full
|13,195 cu. meters
|Ballast/ Drill Water 98% Full
|10,015 cu. meters
|Portable Water 98% Full
|1,500 cu. meters
|Base Synthetic – 98% Full
|2,000 cu. meters
|Synthetic Base Pre-Mixed Mud
|2,000 cu. meters
|Sodium Bromide
|1,000 cu. meters
|Nine (9) Twin Deck Cargo Holds
|24,300 cu. Meters
|Main Deck Area
|4,200 sq. meters
|Pipe Rack Deck
|3,902 sq. meters
|Bulk Cement / Mud 6 x 3600 cu. ft. Silo
|610 cu. meters
|Four (4) Storage Tanks 4 x 2100 bbls
|1,335 cu. meters
|Miscellaneous Storage
|7,060 sq. meters
|6 Active Mud Tank
|475 cu. meter
|Liquid Mud Storage
|320 cu. meter
|Synthetic Base Mud Storage
|5,000 cu. Meter
|Sikorsky S-92
|Water Maker
|450 MT per day
|V-SAT, Inmarsat, SSB, VHF-FM & GMDSS
|Accommodation/ Office
|100 beds / 3 Offices
|4 beds
|Dry Food Storage
|1 year
|6 months
|1 month
|2 units
|3 units/45 to 120 MT
|4 units/ 3.5 MT
|Brine Mixing Facilities
|Synthetic Base Mud Recondition Facilities
|Pallets or Big Bags
|Pipe storage to drill up to 8 x 15,000ft Well
|Machine shop
|Fast Rescue Craft
|1 unit
|Crew Boat 12 passengers
|1 unit
|Breakout unit 14" Max.
|1 unit
|Jar tester
|1 unit
|Mud Lab
|1 unit
|Tubular inspection
|1 unit
|Drill cutting cleaning plant
|1 unit
|Close loop waste incinerator
|1 unit
|Cut Down Costs on :
|Workboats and Supply Vessels
|Port Calls
|Port Congestion and Cost
|Pipe Yard and Supply Base
|Double and Triple Handling
|Crane Charges
|Drilling Water and Potable Water
|Rigs Down Time
|Re-supply by Using 6 to 8 Ton Coaster Fuel Tanker and Coaster Cargo Vessels
|Drill Fluid Mixing Facility
|Brine Completion Fluid Mixing Facility
|Oil Base Mud Re-condition Facility
|Eliminates Waiting Time for Supply Boat
Warehouse Vessel as a Floating Supply Base which will be within 5/8 miles from any given Rig.
60/80 Beds available – Saves on Hotel and Services Personnel Cost.


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What should be the primary consideration when setting a weight goal?
Weight Goal: Try to set realistic goals, not idealistic goals based on our societies over emphasis on beauty. If you become perfectionistic your body will likely rebel at some point, no one likes to live a life of deprivation. Best. ...Read more
What is the primary consideration when setting a weight goal?
Weight Loss: Be realistic, not idealistic. We have an inordinate emphasis on appearance in our society, don't get caught up in the media representation of thinness but determine a health weight for your unique physique. Best. ...Read more
Can you tell me some primary considerations when setting a weight loss goal?
There are MANY: What age were you when you were at a weight you were happy with? If you have to go back 10-15 years that may be a weight that is too low. What is your current age? Hormones need to be at certain levels ; be checked because they deplete with age. Like the sex hormones testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone. A fasting Insulin level is critical to know. These will determine what you can lose. ...Read more
Are BMI ranges a good measure to go buy when setting weight loss goals?
Yes: Aiming to be in the "healthy" BMI (body mass index) zone is a good long term goal for weight loss. However, some persons have mainly tummy fat. For those people, being in the "healthy" BMI range may still not be good enough, because excess tummy fat may be a part of "metabolic syndrome". Metabolic syndrome can lead to diabetes, so those patients should reduce tummy fat even if BMI is "healthy". ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
How can I stay focused on my healthy nutrition goals every day?
Teammate: This is life experience rather than medicine -- the way to do this is to have a friend who shares your goals, and work together. No physician can give you the warmth and encouragement of a real friend. Best wishes -- your goal is admirable and there is someone who you will help too. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What shoulld I do more of between resistance and cardio if my goal is to reduce body fat percentage?
Net negative calorie: The only way to loss weight, ie reduce body fat, is to burn more calories than you consume. I would suggest you attack on 2 fronts, exercising to burn more & decreasing the calories that you consume. Most cardio exercises burn more calories than resistance exercises over the same amount of time. Weights will add muscle which increases your resting metabolic rate. So do both, but more of cardio. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
24 yrs old, 5'4-I am currently 150lbs. Is it a safe and reachable goal to drop down to 120-130? If so, what is a reasonable 'deadline' to reach target
Slow weight loss: A target of 130 lbs would be appropriate for your height. Aim for lifestyle changes that you can stick with. Monitor your eating patterns with a daily diary for 2 weeks. Aim to decrease you calories by 500 - 1000 calories/ day but do not go below 1200 -1500/day. This will allow a weight loss of approximately 1 -2 lbs/week. Exercise can improve the weight loss as well. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Hi I want to loss weight my height is 65cm , weight 77 and I'm 29 year's old my goal weight is 56 what diet should I follow inorder to loss weight?
Assuming 165 cm tall: Eat small balanced meals every 2-3 hours consisting of a whole,unprocessed foods such as a lean protein, veggies, and healthy fat (eg - avocado) Reduce your starch/carbohydrate intake from breads/pasta as low as possible. Daily exercise to increase calories burned throughout the day is important to maintain good health as well. Last, reduce calories by limiting drinks with calories-water is best ...Read more
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Woman's prayers answered — starts own courier service
Gina Delice off and running with Miami Mini Riders
Ashley Montgomery | 9/26/2013, 9 a.m.
Some people may be born with a silver spoon in their mouths but that clearly was not the case for 52-year-old, Overtown native, Gina Delice. And while she says she always had a passion for helping others, she could not have imagined the places where God would take her.
One of her first jobs was as a bus aide for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
"I always told people that I was a driver," Delice said, because she hoped to reach heights much greater than just an aide. But her children, she adds, weren't convinced.
"I told my kids that one day I would become owner of my own transportation company and they laughed," she said.
But she remained determined. A few years later she applied for a position as a route driver at The Miami Times — staying there for 10 years. But a skirmish with the law temporarily delayed her dreams. Two years later, and following a stint behind bars, Delice says she felt that she had learned her lesson and was ready to reclaim her life.
"I never gave up; I kept my faith and told my kids that the Lord was showing me things before they happened," she said.
Thrust into the world again, she says she turned to her former employer for guidance. But after injuring herself away from the job, she fell into a state of depression.
"Ms. [Rachel] Reeves always took time to listen to me and to encourage me and that mattered a lot," she said.
Delice says she heard about a program called "Ticket to Work" that gave individuals with a disability and a dream the tools to become an entrepreneur and she took full advantage of it.
Today, Delice, the owner of Mini Rides, Inc., prides herself on delivering premier courier service with vendors throughout Miami-Dade County. Two of her clients shared their views about her services.
"She's a wonderful, kind and very helpful woman; I have no complaints about her services," said Jackie Ramos, office manager of Bay Imaging Group.
"Gina's super friendly, professional and punctual," said Shanell, office manager of Awesome Chiropractic North Miami.
Delice, a member of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, has been recognized by Miami-Dade County as an outstanding Black entrepreneur.


text: Auckland - Defending champions South Africa qualified for the World Cup quarter-finals but not after a desperate struggle to fight off Samoa 13-5 and stay unbeaten at North Harbour on Friday.The Springboks led 13-0 at halftime but failed to score for the last 53 minutes as they withstood a furious comeback from the Samoans, who finished a man down for the last 10 minutes after fullback Paul Williams was sent off.Samoa needed to beat South Africa for the first time in seven encounters and hope Fiji downed Wales on Sunday and they put the Springboks under enormous pressure in the second half.South Africa will now face either Ireland, Australia or Italy in next weekend's quarter-finals, while the World Cup is over for the never-say-die Samoans."Everybody called this the pool of death, we knew it was going to be tough, and we had a helluva pool to get through, but we're through it now and it's all systems go," Springbok coach Peter De Villiers said.In a thriller the Springboks' greater composure under pressure proved the difference as the Samoans threw everything at them."Our defence is our strong point at the moment and that's how you win tournaments with great defence," match skipper Victor Matfield said.The Samoans were disappointed to go down after a mighty struggle and felt they had a few calls go against them.Skipper Mahroni Schwalger said:"We're pretty disappointed, but I'm proud of the boys, they gave all they had and the referee was hard on us, a few calls went against us."The Springboks dominated the set pieces and were ruthless in counter-rucks, often pilfering the ball off the Samoans in a rip-roaring first half.Centre Frans Steyn missed the first of his three long-range penalty attempts before the flying Bryan Habana scored his record 40th Test try in the ninth minute.Frans Steyn set up the movement with a bumping midfield run before Schalk Burger, Jaque Fourie and Bismarck du Plessis moved play to the left wing for a diving Habana to score in David Lemi's tackle.Morne Steyn's conversion had the Boks 7-0 ahead with the advantage of a stiff following wind.South Africa pulled further ahead when Frans Steyn landed a booming 53m penalty with the wind.Kane Thompson cost Samoa another three points with ill-discipline in a disintegrating scrum and Morne Steyn added the penalty for 13-0.Frans Steyn audaciously attempted a massive 63m penalty off another scrum penalty but he was just wide minutes later.Habana hobbled off seven minutes after the resumption with an injured left knee to be replaced by Francois Hougaard and he was followed by lock Danie Rossouw, who went straight down the players' tunnel to treat a cut.Samoa hit back with number eight George Stowers storming over in the 51st minute off a Pisi pass, but Pisi missed the conversion to trail 13-5.The Samoans got a bad call from referee Nigel Owens after Lemi made an electrifying break and was penalised in Patrick Lambie's tackle when replays showed he had not been held in the tackle and the pressure was off the Springboks.Schwalger lost the ball over the line as Samoa continued to threaten, but the match boiled over in the 70th minute when fullback Paul Williams received a straight red card for striking Heinrich Brussow.Brussow thrashed out at Williams to get release from a maul and the Samoan fullback got off the ground and retaliated by striking him in the face.Springbok John Smit came off the bench for his record 110th Test but only lasted two minutes before he was yellow carded for a deliberate knock on as the game threatened to get out of hand.But South Africa hung on for their tightest win over Samoa and boost their chances of back-to-back Webb Ellis Cups.Scorers:South Africa:Try: Bryan HabanaConversion: Morne SteynPenalties: Frans Steyn, Morne SteynSamoa:Try: George StowersLIVE commentary: Springboks v SamoaTest your Rugby World Cup knowledgeShare your views with Sport24 - and the rest of the world - on our Facebook and Twitter pages.Teams:South Africa: 15 Pat Lambie, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Frans Steyn 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai MtawariraSubstitutes: 16 John Smit, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Jean de VilliersSamoa: 15 Paul Williams, 14 David Lemi, 13 Seilala Mapusua, 12 Eliota Fuimaono Sapolu, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 8 George Stowers, 7 Maurie Faasavalu, 6 Taiasina Tuifua, 5 Kane Thompson, 4 Daniel Leo, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Mahonri Schwalger (captain), 1 Sakaria TaulafoSubstitutes: 16 Ole Avei, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 Logovi'i Mulipola, 19 Ofisa Treviranus, 20 Filipo Lavea Levi, 21 Junior Poluleuligaga, 22 George PisiSpringbok wing Bryan Habana scores in their Rugby World Cup Pool D match against Samoa at North Harbour Stadium. 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The Age of Repetition: My Son's Abstract Language-PaintingThomas Beller
The boy is in The Age of Repetition. "He's in the repeating stage," another parent said during school pick-up the other day. It's true. You say a word and he tries to say it back. It is a curious and very wonderful auditory experience.
For example, during a shoot-around at the JCC –me and my two children e were gamboling around on the vast expanse of wood floor that is an empty basketball court. This guy walked in. It was my friend Nat.
"Nat!" I said, and then, "Alexander, this is Nat."
And then Alexander, up on my hip at the time, said "Nat? Nat. Nat! Nat?"
Four subtle – or not so subtle – variations: A questioning pronouncing of the word, during which he always looks at me with big eyes, very excited and eager for confirmation that, yes, he has it right.
But before I can ever even say anything he has turned his gaze outward to the world, to which he offers a rendition that is a bit more confidant: "Nat."
I always try and deliver encouragement, "Yes! Nat! Very good!" Then I let him have the floor. He says milk, or rooster, or meeting, or socks, or whatever word it is I have just said, five or ten or twenty times in a row. Unless you say another word that catches his fancy. In which case he starts with that one. He's a talker.
On that day it was "Nat."
Hard to guess at what moves him about a word.
For example, why Nat. Did he fasten onto it because it is a single, succinct syllable? Likely. Did he fasten onto it because, if you think about it, "Nat" is an enjoyable word to pronounce? Also likely. The tongue up on top to start, and then kicking off like a diver, only to return a moment later to almost the same place, but not quite, now shoved with brisk force against the slightly separated teeth to form the T.
Not Lo-Li-Ta. But not bad.
On the other hand, maybe it had to do with things other than the sound and shape of the word. Maybe he had sensed my pleasure and surprise when Nat walked in the door. Not just the basic pleasure in seeing a friend, but the serendipity of it. Imagine that! We are all here together by accident. Fate! And furthermore, the mischievous sense of of us all playing hooky from the Saints game, which is why the gym was empty. Or maybe that I was a bit starved for adult conversation and was happy to be able to talk to him, in which case there is a negative spin on it — Alexander was saying Nat over and over because Nat was the dastardly fellow who would now distract his father.
Kids are super-sensitive to whom their parents talk to and where their attention wanders.
At any rate, the following day apropos of nothing Alexander turned to me with great excitement and sense of discovery and said, "Nat!"
I love it when things pop into his mind for no reason and then come tumbling awkwardly forth into language.
For example, last week he was on the changing table when he dropped his binky — i.e., his pacifier — onto the floor. He doesn't use the pacifier much. I don't know why he had it in his mouth just then. But he dropped it. I had changed him by then. He was sitting up.
"Binky?" he said.
"Yes!" I said.
"Fall down!"
He has very large hands with outrageously long fingers, and he often points his index finger emphatically. He pointed down he said, "Fall down."
"Yes!" I said.
"Binky?" he said, and pointed up.
"Yes. Binky."
"Fall down!" he said. And he pointed to the ground.
He proceeded to repeat this mantra about twenty times.
I would say "yes," or "that's right," or "I think we have established that fact beyond a shadow of a doubt."
He said: "Binky? Fall down!"
Then his face lit with an epiphany.
What was it?
The invention of electricity?
The melody to "Let's Fall in Love?"
Where he left the keys?
No, it was something else …
"Dog!" he shouted.
I loved that non-sequitur so much! Also, I mischaracterized the timing, making it sound, in musical terms, like he skipped a beat and then said dog, but it was the opposite — he rushed the beat, came in early with "dog!" the way kids, when they say, "duck duck duck duck goose!" tend to jump the beat on "goose!"
Twenty binky-falls-downs and then: "Dog!"
It was as though a dog had rushed into the room, scampering on air somewhere just above our heads, and he wanted us to see it before it rushed out. He composed himself from the shock of this epiphany, the flying dog, and then resumed his story: "Binky? Fall down!" He said it another five or ten times. I laughed and laughed and laughed. It was pure joy.
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Welcome to IDEA
The International Dialects of English Archive was created in 1997 as the internet's first archive of primary-source recordings of English-language dialects and accents as heard around the world.
Paul Meier is IDEA's founder, director, and principal contributor, personally collecting nearly 20 percent of the archive. He established IDEA to provide actors the real-life models they need for their characters' accents and dialects; many actors use his
Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen in conjunction with IDEA. But IDEA has proved invaluable in many other fields too; for example, it's a favorite tool of international business, helping personnel become familiar with their customers' accents and dialects.
Dylan Paul is an associate editor-at-large, the Website's principal architect, webmaster, and special consultant.
Cameron Meier is the executive editor and chief copy editor for IDEA, and vice president of Paul Meier Dialect Services.
To find an example of an accent or dialect, use the Global Map, or the Dialects and Accents tab on the menu bar. The site is also fully searchable, not just by country, state, and province, but also by characteristics of each speaker, such as ethnicity, age, and occupation; even single phrases from transcriptions and phonetics can be searched online. You may conveniently listen to the streaming audio while reading the accompanying transcription and commentary. All samples have one-line descriptions (gender, age, year of birth, ethnicity, location). Submission of new samples by the editors and other contributors is done entirely online.
At the heart of IDEA are the Senior Editors and the Associate Editors, forming a global network of contributors. They record the subjects, transcribe the recordings, and, in many cases, write scholarly commentary. Many editors are professors at major universities, or are members of The Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA).
All IDEA's recordings are in English, are of native speakers, and include both English-language dialects and English spoken in the accents of other languages. (Many include brief demonstrations of the speaker's native language, too.) The archive also includes extensive Special Collections.
New recordings and their accompanying transcriptions and scholarly commentary are added frequently (see What's New), and the archive currently houses more than 1,000 recordings by natives of nearly 100 different countries. Each recording includes of both a reading (
Comma Gets a Cure, or, on our earliest recordings,
The Rainbow Passage) and some unscripted speech – about four minutes in all.
The Global Map quickly reveals which countries/states/provinces have a representative sample, and those that still lack one. As you see, IDEA continues to grow, aspiring to provide a recording from every corner of the world. Please join us in this ambitious project by becoming an associate editor, or contributing your own voice to the archive.


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|By Dinah
There's a thing about Waldorf that if you know even a teeny bit about Waldorf, you know Learning Through Story is Big.
I know a teeny bit (and that's about it) about Waldorf -- so I at least know about the importance of Story.
There's a large body of Steiner theory about why Story is important. I've skimmed about .01% of it. And I don't plan on reading any more. Because I don't need to know why Rudolf Steiner thinks Story is important. Why? Because I already know it's valuable to our family and that's enough for me.
|By Dinah
Stories about people, even fictional people, stick with us.
Sometimes, dependent upon the story, it's like the fictional people are part of our lives. They weave their way into our minds and hearts and we feel we know them. They are unforgettable to us.
It's this unforgettable and rooted trait of stories in our lives that makes learning those things that are otherwise hard to remember (or are entirely forgettable) so much easier.
So, let's talk math.
For those without a toe in the Waldorf pool, that was abrupt. "I thought we were talking stories, not math?" Well, it's the stories about math that I'm here to talk about.
My friend, The Offshore Banking Queen, is a math genius. I will not forget that she told me once that the concept of "carrying" and "borrowing" in multi-digit arithmetic was absolutely mystifying to her as a child when she was trying to learn it.
Although I have a large inventory of memories of being befuddled by math, this isn't one of them.
So, I wondered what my own children's experiences with multi-digit arithmetic would be.
It has proven to be effortless. Effort-less!
And it's all because of Mr. Place Value and his housing development.
|Mr. Place Value's housing development on "Decimal Lane"
In September, after seeing that both the Oak Meadow and Math U See curricula used a story in an attempt to teach place value, I made up my own. (I'll note here that there are a lot of "math stories" out there. Especially with the four processes. I've been surprised that the rules of the math being taught are not more intimately tied to the plot of the story. But, that's another story.) Here it is:
So, one day, he decided that to make the beautiful place he lived in absolutely perfect he was going to find a way to bring people out to where he was.
So, he decided to change his house a bit. He changed his ballroom into two more bedrooms. He changed the sitting room into another bedroom. He thought about making the dining room smaller, but he wanted it to be big enough for everyone to eat in together.. He thought he might make the living room a bit smaller, but, this too, he wanted to be big enough for everyone to gather in together. He filled it with cozy chairs and a window seat and make it a place where many people could sit and read together in the sun. So, finally, Mr. Place Value decided that he could not fit one more bedroom. So, he took the six bedrooms the glorious old house already had and he added the 3 more he was able to make and figured out that he could fit exactly 9 people in his glorious green house. Exactly 9 and no more.
Mr. Place Value excitedly called the newspaper.
"I want to place an ad! This is what I want it to read:
Beautiful Boarding House on Decimal Lane for rent. 1 lonely, friendly person looking for 8 more folks to live in paradise! Sunny reading room. Spacious dining room. Hurry! It won't last long!"
And in no time at all, he had his first tenant. She couldn't get over how beautiful Decimal Lane was and how magnificent the boarding house was. She and Mr. Place Value were very happy in it together. Now there were two people living on Decimal Lane. But they had room for 7 more, so she called all of her friends to tell them what a wonderful place she had found. Pretty soon, the green house was all full up. So, when another friend came knocking on the door wanting to live in such a beautiful place, in such a beautiful house, with so many of her wonderful friends -- they didn't know what to do.
The friends went to Mr. Place Value --
Now Mr. Place Value was a very kind man, but he knew that having more than 9 in the boarding house would just not do.
"We'll all be too crowded and no one will like living in our beautiful boarding house if you try and squeeze another person in here. I'm sorry, it's for the best, I promise you. Nine is as many as can fit. Anymore than nine just won't do!"
Mr. Place Value looked at each sad face. He, too, was sad. And he looked from sad face to sad face and then, when he got to the 10th face, the saddest of all, he knew he just had to find a way that she could come and live on Decimal Lane with all them, too. "What ever can I do?"
All ten jumped for joy and ran outside. "Right here. Right next door. We'll still be on Decimal Lane, but in a bigger house!"
His first rule had been that 9 and only 9 people could live in the, now by comparison, little teeny, green house.
His new rule was that anyone who moved into Decimal Lane must first live in the Little Green House.
That nobody could move into the Tens Apartment Complex unless there was a group of 10 to move into, all at once, as a nice group of ten and fill up a whole floor at once. And since there would be only 9 floors. There can never ever ever be more than 90 people living in the Tens Apartment Complex and never ever ever less than 10.
"Agreed?" he asked.
"Agreed!" everyone shouted.
Well, the ten friends moved in to Tens Place and it was just as lovely as Ones Place and they just couldn't keep the wonderful place all to themselves and, so, they started inviting everyone they knew.
First, the new folks lived in the beautiful boarding house at Ones Place.
Then, when the 10th friend wanted to move in too, they all had to move to the Tens Place.
And guess what happened??
More people moved in and more and more until finally all nine floors of the Tens Apartment Complex were full and all nine bedrooms of the Little Green House were filled and then another friend came knocking.
"Oh, Mr. Place Value, all 9 bedrooms in the Little Green House are full and all nine floors of the Tens Apartment Complex are full and now here's a 100th friend and there's no room for her! Can't we just squeeze her in somewhere. 100 is not so much more than 99!"
Mr. Place Value looked at each sad face. "Oh, I just can't turn that 100th sad face away. What ever can I do?"
And all the folks yelled for joy. And it was pretty noisy, since there were now 100 of them.
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We've been using this story since October. A pleasant surprise has been that we can talk the story as we've come to the new concepts, generally called "borrowing" and "carrying." We've also naturally moved the idea that there are buildings on both sides of Decimal Lane, but now everyone wants to move into together.
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Here's how Dinah or Grace talk it out:
"7 people are living in the little green house and four more want to move in. They can't because only 9 people can live in the little green house at once. So 10 have to move over to the tens apartment complex and that leaves 1 in the little green house.
Now we move the new floor of tens over to the Tens Apartment Complex and add it to the floors that are already full -- so there are now 3 floors of the Tens Apartment Complex filled."
Similar conversation surrounds "borrowing" -- where one flood of the Tens Apartment Complex comes over for just a minute to be able to have enough to take away from when people are moving off of Decimal Lane.
And even though we've talked about what we'll call each new column (The Thousands Kingdom, the Ten Thousands Continent, etc.), we've not actually named anymore and it's just become imbedded in their knowing that each can only have 9 and you carry the group of ten over to the next, or borrow the group of ten from next door.
It's been perfect and having effortless math has been such a welcome change round here.
I'm looking forward to the remainder of 3rd grade being connected with some more Waldorf or Waldorf-Friendly math. But that's an upcoming post. The effortlessness of Math Story makes Waldorf inspired math a great fit for us right now.


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After hearing a proposal from Atlanta developer Robert Schwartz of National Ventures Group LLC, board members of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex agreed to a request from Mayor William Bell to find a way to make the project become a reality.
Bell and several other fellow members of the BJCC said the 300-room hotel Schwartz wants to build could help revitalize downtown and build momentum for a stalled $530 million domed stadium.
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MOSS POINT -- The day he's sworn in to the Mississippi state House, Jeramey Anderson of Moss Point will turn 22.
Mississippi's youngest legislator will be balancing education with legislation -- he's finishing his final year at Tulane University's Gulf Coast campus in Biloxi, where he is studying homeland security and public relations.
The dean is supportive and the university plans to work with him in online classwork from January to August, while the Legislature is in session, Anderson told The Sun Herald.
"I'm going to do what needs to be done," he said. "The people of this district come first, and I will manage the two."
Anderson defeated former Moss Point Mayor Aneice Liddell with nearly 61 percent of the vote on Tuesday to win the District 110 seat vacated by Billy Broomfield. Liddell had the local Democratic Party's backing, even though Anderson led the five candidates in the Nov. 5 primary.
"The people had ... voted against my opponent and for the party to portray, I guess, its own agenda against the people, in my opinion, was very undemocratic," he said.
He said he'll be listening to local residents. During his campaign, he said, they always had ideas of how to deal with issues they brought up.
"My goal is to bring all these concerns together and all these solutions together and sort out the best way to fix the problems we're facing," he said. "My vote is going to be the vote of my constituents, not myself."
Anderson got interested in politics as a sophomore at Moss Point High School, and was class president for three years. He sees education -- and getting more money for it -- as a top issue.
"We focus too highly on standardized testing," he said. "We teach students to memorize the answers to specific questions and ideas, but what we don't teach them is how is they got those answers. We need to get back to the foundation of understanding why things are what they are."
After graduating from Moss Point in 2010, he attended Pearl River Community College on a soccer scholarship and earned an associate degree in criminal justice.
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Mol and her husband, Paranormal Activity 2 director Tod 'Kip' Williams, are also parents to son Ptolemy John, 3½.
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Gretchen Mol doesn't turn to books to tell her how to raise her son: The Life on Mars star relies on her gut.
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Mol says instinct helps her better respond to 17-month-old son Ptolemy. "When he's having a tantrum, I am not going to look it up in a book and say, 'Okay, 14 months old? Check,' " she says. "I just deal with whatever is thrown at me."
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Could diabetes lead to Alzheimer's? New research from Japan has connected the two diseases.
The findings of a new study could affect more than 100 million Americans who are diabetic or pre-diabetic.
Japanese researchers evaluated more than 1,000 elderly men and women for 15 years. The result was the most comprehensive study on the link between diabetes and dementia.
Researchers concluded that seniors with diabetes are twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop some form of dementia.
"The connection between diabetes and dementia is somewhat broad. Diabetes has long been known to be a risk factor for hardening of the arteries and hardening of the arteries as it affects the brain in turn can cause strokes," explained Dr. Richard Caselli, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic.
"Many or otherwise and lead to now what is being called Vascular Dementia," he said.
Scientists say it is still unclear what exactly connects two diseases. But doctors say they are hopeful the new information can help them improve the lives of patients suffering from Alzheimer's.
They say the next step is understanding if using insulin to reduce sugar can somehow help with the symptoms of Alzheimer's.
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Physicians say the study is a reminder for people to work to reduce their risk factors for diabetes and for those who already have diabetes to keep their blood sugar under control.
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Sunday's weather was overcast and turbulent, the clouds obscuring any brightness and creating an atmosphere weighted with tension and gloom.
Normally, I enjoy summer storms. But this time, the tempest overhead was a fitting backdrop underscoring the sadness I felt as an American and a black parent after jurors found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of an unarmed Florida teenager, Trayvon Martin.
Nia, Layla and Darius came to our bedroom that morning when called, sat on our bed and listened somberly as I shared the news. Calvin nodded in affirmation as I choked back tears and told them the jury's verdict.
"You all need to understand that Daddy and I love you very, very, very much. The jury has just basically said to the world that black children, even those without weapons and doing nothing wrong, are criminally minded menaces to society that don't deserve the benefit of the doubt or the right to defend themselves.
"But the truth is that you are just as decent and worthy as anyone else, no more likely to be a criminal than others are, and your lives matter. We will do everything humanly possible to protect your freedoms, keep you safe and to get anyone who hurts you properly punished."
I looked at Darius and added a new lesson to the ones he's already learned.
"Darius, you have the right to come and go as you please, but if someone questions you or tries to follow you, run to a public place, scream for help and dial 911. That way you've documented yourself as the victim and not the aggressor should anyone provoke an attack. Keep your cellphone charged at all times and always let us know where you are. It could mean a matter of life and death."
Later, between ourselves, Calvin and I discussed the other terrible truths. Such as how Zimmerman was once charged and arrested for domestic violence and resisting arrest, yet was able to access a handgun. And how Zimmerman, the son of a retired judge, earned a 45-day reprieve after Trayvon's shooting.
Zimmerman claimed self-defense in murdering Trayvon, yet he left the safety of his vehicle, pursued the teen against the advice of a 911 dispatcher and used lethal force after sustaining blood loss and "insignificant wounds," according to a medical examiner's testimony.
Calvin and I also ruminated how Adam Lanza, after shooting almost 30 people at a Connecticut elementary school last year, was described in media accounts as "a quiet and nice kid," but Trayvon had no violent history and was widely portrayed as a bloodthirsty, drug-abusing thug.
Race wasn't mentioned in court, but statistics prove that "stand your ground" laws are more punitive toward blacks. A Tampa Bay Times report revealed that 73 percent of those who killed a black person under the statute faced no penalty, compared to 59 percent of those who killed a white person.
And according to data from the FBI, 34 percent of "stand your ground" homicides were deemed justifiable when white shooters killed black victims. But when black shooters killed whites, only 3.3 percent of the deaths were ruled justifiable.
A study by the Equal Justice Initiative found that qualifying African-Americans are regularly excluded from jury duty. Blacks are also more likely than whites to be arrested for identical offenses.
How can there be any certainty of "equal justice under the law" when you take those factors into account?
As a mother and black woman, I fail to understand how Trayvon's rights and humanities could be so disregarded by Zimmerman and a jury of women with kids of their own. But all I can do is pray for the Martins, pray for my family and hope the broken system can soon be repaired.
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Onetime Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, 39, who was divorced from actress Pamela Anderson in 1998, recently popped the question to singer-dancer Mayte Garcia, 28, between gigs on his current solo tour. Garcia, whose three-year marriage to Prince was annulled in 1999, said yes.
Former supermodel Elle Macpherson, 38, and her fiancé, financier Arpad Busson, 40, are expecting their second child early next year. Their son Flynn is 4.
Actress Holly Robinson Peete (For Your Love), 37, and Carolina Panthers quarterback Rodney Peete, 36, welcomed their third child, Robinson James, on Aug. 11 in L.A. He joins 4-year-old twins Rodney Jackson and Ryan Elizabeth.
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A libel lawsuit brought against former Boulder, Colo., detective Steve Thomas by John Ramsey, 58, and wife Patsy, 45, was dismissed on Aug. 7 in Atlanta, after an undisclosed settlement was reached in May. The Ramseys, whose 6-year-old daughter JonBenet was killed in their home in 1996, sued Thomas, 40, last year for more than $80 million because his 2000 book JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation suggested that they killed their daughter.
W.W.S. Inc., a Delaware-based consulting firm, sued actress Susan Lucci, 55, for more than $100,000 on Aug. 7 in L.A., alleging that the soap opera queen broke a 1994 agreement to pay the company 9 percent of revenues for direct-mail beauty products she endorsed. Lucci's rep could not be reached for comment.
Michael Houser, 40, guitarist and cofounder of the jam-rock band Widespread Panic, died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 10 in Athens, Ga. The group is best known for constant touring before loyal audiences....
Grammy-and Emmy-winning musical director-composer Peter Matz, 73, who during a 50-year career worked with Barbra Streisand and Carol Burnett, among others, died of lung cancer on Aug. 9 in L.A.
TV journalist Bill Moyers, 68, who was arrested in Vermont last month for drunk driving (PEOPLE, Aug. 19, 2002), pleaded guilty to one count of negligent operation on Aug. 12 in Bennington, Vt. Moyers, host of the weekly PBS show Now, was fined $750 and must attend safe-driving programs....
On Aug. 13 in London, pop star Adam Ant, 47, pleaded guilty to threatening pub patrons in a January incident in which he smashed the window of a North London bar and waved a starting pistol at the staff (PEOPLE, Feb. 4, 2002). Ant is due in court for sentencing in October.
Law & Order
The L.A. District Attorney's office issued an arrest warrant for Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil, 41, on Aug. 12, regarding an April incident in which the rocker allegedly slugged a record producer outside a nightclub. Neil's manager called the charges "completely ridiculous" but said Neil will cooperate with authorities.
updated 08/26/2002 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 08/26/2002 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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July 5, 2013
Every Engineer Needs This Microgrid Primer
Jesse Berst, SmartGridNews
Many smart grid observers think we'll be living in a world of federated microgrids sometime in the next decade. Universities, hospitals, office parks, military bases and "ecodistricts" will generate much of their own power and distribute it locally via a microgrid. The main grid will interconnect all of those microgrids and provide a "market" to receive and deliver power back and forth as needed.
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