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> > ]Netters !
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> > ] I get the impression that few people really know the detailed
> > ]shut-down procedure that happens when one 'exits ppp and
> > ]disconnects the modem from the telco-line'.
> >
> > ]By using "ATM2D 3407501" to my modem ( M2 for sound on),
> > ]I can hear when the carrier stops. Perhaps the CD led would
> > ]show this. But carrier TX and Rx are different.
> >
> > ]There is 2 to 3 seconds delay from the 'ppp-off' command until
> > ]the carrier sound stops.
> >
> > ]Apparently the modem must exit the talking-ppp-mode
> > ]into the command-mode, to drop-out the line-relay ?
> >
> > ]Q1. what are the ppp steps/states during exit ?
> >
> > ]Q2. what are the *details* of the modem changing from
> > ]'talking ppp' to command mode ?
> >
> > ]Q3. Are talking-ppp-mode and command-mode 7 or 8 bit ?
> >
> > ]Q4. going the other direction: what tells the modem to exit
> > ]command-mode into talking-ppp-mode ?
> >[/color]
> Bill Unruh wrote:[color=green]
> > Most of this is in your modem manual.
> > Usually +++ with a 1 sec guard time before and 1 sec afterwards is used
> > to put the modem into command mode. Then an ATH hangs up the phone.
> > In addition ppp does some housecleaning while it is being shut down ( eg
> > running ip-down script, removing lock files, etc). The modem is never in
> > "talk ppp" mode. It knows nothing about ppp.
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The modem is in that mode once it leaves command mode. And it leaves command
mode at the end of the dial command unless the dial command is terminated
with a semi-colon. It will stay in active mode until either DTR is lowered
(hardware control) or the escape sequence is sent by the modem's host
> >
> > It goes into active mode either after it receives the CONNECT signal
> > after training with a modem on the far side
> > or receives and ATA.
> >[/color]
> The char-string "ATA" from the local serial port is unambigious, except
> for the speed. Hence logically, at this stage the modem must know
> what speed it's ser-port is talking.
> So the modem must first determine the ser-port's Tx speed ?
> How ?[/color]
The modem expects an "AT" at initialization point. That is used by the modem
to determine port speed, character length and parity. I do not know the
"nuts and bolts" of how that is done, only that it is done. Once the DTE
rate is determined, the modem will expect that speed to remain constant if
it is set to "fixed DTE rate", a common setting for all error correcting
modems. It is possible to set the modem to "float" DTE rate according to DCE
rate but there's little reason to do that anymore.
> > ppp requires 8 bit .
> > You must set up your modem to do 8 bit communication.
> >[/color]
> OK, so changing between 7 and 8 bit can't be used to
> distinguish the 2 modes: command and active ?[/color]
> How does the local machine know that its modem has "trained with a
> modem on the far side", so that it can send the 7 char "CONNECT"
> string (plus <CR>) ?[/color]
The CD (Carrier Detect) lead goes high and the modem sends the "CONNECT"
report to its host system... if the modem is set to verbose mode. It also
may include other data about the connect if those parameters are set.
> Apparently the 'negotiated' speed between the 2 modems, does not
> affect the ser-port speed speed(s) ?[/color]
It should not, under most applications.
> This is handled by the modem(s) data buffers and flow-control ?[/color]
It is handled by your modem's configuration. The commands to do this are
slightly different depending upon chipset. For instance, USR's use &B1 to
set a fixed DTE rate and the rate of the port determines the actual speed
that speed will be, providing the rate is within the range of speeds
supported by the modem.
> The complexity of ppp is exposed via the FSM state diagrams or
> tables, but the 'modem-automata' seems to be glossed over
> in the literature.[/color]
Because the modem is transparent to PPP.
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Sunday, October 29, 2006
Broncos v/ Colts: Horse Wars I (Updated)
I have no idea how this game is going to go, although I imagine that it will revolve around the Broncos' defense. But, early, one thing that I find curious is that the Broncos, in their first possession, called pass on all except one play. That might not be such a great game plan.
First, the Broncos' offensive strength right now is in their running game. The passing games has been mediocre (and occasionally closer to bad). More, the Colts' defense has shows serious weakness against the run so far this year.
What gives? Is the Mastermind out-thinking his opponent or out-thinking his own darned self?
For more meaningful conversation about this game, check out Darren's site. Once again, he is blogging from the press box and giving us the benefit of his insight.
Update: And, mostly on the strength of Plummer's arm, the Broncos take the lead 7-3. The Mastermind says, "Take that, Zomby-bonehead."
Re-Updated: What a painful loss, what a great game. I certainly can't say that I'm happy, and I certainly can't celebrate, but it really was quite a game. It came down to two things (since the Broncos' offense really did it's part): the defense's inability to stop Manning in the second half and Plummer's fumble that gave the Colts their second scoring opportunity of the second half. The defense was overmatched in the second half (although the same could be said of the Colts' defense) and, in particular, couldn't manage to get any pressure on Manning.
Still, it was a heck of a game--exciting and a whole lot of fun. Mike Bell came out looking brilliant and Plummer, aside from that damned fumble, played more than well enough to save himself from the bench.
It's starting to look crowded in the AFC West again.
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LSU Eunice's Hollier earns All-American status
EUNICE – A pair of LSU Eunice softball players have been names NJCAA All-Americans following their play this season, as sophomore Kelsey Hollier and freshman Julienne Broussard were part of the team announced by the NJCAA this morning, becoming the sixth and seventh NJCAA All-Americans in program history.
Hollier, a sophomore, was one of the 15 players named first-team All-Americans, while Broussard, a freshman pitcher, garnered third-team All-American status.
The selections mark the third consecutive season that the Lady Bengals have had two players named to the national team, joining Tina Schulz (2011, 2012), Emily Trahan (2012), Hayley McCall (2011) and Rhea Person (2009) as the only LSU Eunice players honored as All-Americans.
"Kelsey and Julienne are two very deserving candidates that proved their dominance not just in the regular season, but also in the postseason to help lead our team to a National Championship," head coach Andy Lee said.
Hollier finished her Lady Bengal career with a .393 batting average while driving in a program-record 81 RBI, eclipsing McCall's mark of 73 RBI set in 2011.
The former Rayne High standout finished with 20 doubles, five triples and 13 home runs to notch a .434 on-base percentage and a .720 slugging percentage. She finished the season with just eight strikeouts, the fourth-fewest on the tem and least among regular starters.
Broussard set new program benchmarks in two different categories, finishing with 30 victories and 205 strikeouts in her freshman campaign. Her strikeout total passed Schulz's 148 punch-outs set in 2011, while Broussard's win total eclipsed the previous record of 23 victories by Heather Abshire set in 2011.
She threw a total of 208.0 innings of work, holding opponents to 46 runs (41 earned runs) while finishing with a 1.77 ERA.
Hollier and Broussard both were key components to the Lady Bengals this season, as the team finished with a 62-5 record capped off with the program's second NJCAA National Championship last Saturday.
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SAG Awards TV: 'Downton Abbey', 'Modern Family' Top Field Of Fresh Drama, Returning Comedy Winners, Alec Baldwin Completes '30 Rock' Sweep
On TV, comedies repeat much better than dramas. SAG-AFTRA applied that rule to its awards this year, picking first-run winners on the drama side and repeat ones in comedy.
The biggest surprise of the night came in the final TV category, best ensemble in a drama series, which went to British import Downton Abbey. Only five actors of the show's 22-member cast were on hand to accept the award, and all appeared stunned. "Shut the french windows!," co-star Phyllis Logan exclaimed Downton Abbey-style for one of the most original winner reactions ever. This marked the first SAG Award for Downton Abbey in its first year competing as a drama series against such heavyweights as Homeland, Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men and Breaking Bad.
Related: SAG Awards Winners: 'Argo' Cast, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence
In the individual drama acting categories the SAG Awards corrected some head-scratching previous snubs. Bryan Cranston won his first SAG Award for his acclaimed performance on AMC's Breaking Bad. And Homeland's Claire Danes landed her first SAG Award for her role after the Showtime drama was inexplicably shut out from the nominations last year. Cranston ended his SAG Award drought in a big way, winning twice tonight, also sharing in Argo's best feature ensemble win.
SAG-AFTRA members love Alec Baldwin. "Oh my god, this is ridiculous," were Baldwin's first words when taking the stage to accept his seventh consecutive SAG Award, completing his streak of winning the award for every season of his departing NBC comedy 30 Rock. The series, whose finale airs on Thursday, received a nice farewell tonight, with statuettes for both of its stars, Baldwin and series creator Tina Fey. Fey used her acceptance speech to plead for viewers to watch the 30 Rock series finale, which airs against CBS' juggernaut The Big Bang Theory. "Just tape The Big Bang Theory for once for crying out laud," Fey said. Still smarting over Girls creator/star Lena Dunham's apparent age dig at the Golden Globes, Fey said about fellow nominee and long-time friend Amy Poehler, "I've known you since you were pregnant with Lena Dunham." Two weeks ago at the Golden Globes, Dunham raised eyebrows when she thanked fellow best comedy actresses, including Fey and Poehler, who "got me through middle school," triggering a quick snarky response from Globes hosts Fey and Poehler.
Related: SAG Awards Film: 'Argo's On A Roll. Is It Unbeatable Now?
More than any other voting group, SAG tends to stick with favorites. For the past six years, only three actors have won for best actor/actress in a comedy series: Baldwin, Fey (4 times) and Betty White (2). The SAG Awards also went with a repeat winner in the best comedy series ensemble category, which went to ABC's Modern Family for a third consecutive year.
On the longform side, the SAG Awards rubber-stamped Julianne Moore and Kevin Costner's awards season sweep as the duo added Actor statuettes to the Emmys and Golden Globes they won for their starring roles in HBO's Game Change and History's Hatfields & McCoys, respectively.
In one of best matched SAG Award presenter-recipient pairs, Moore, who won for her portrayal of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, introduced the best actress in a comedy series category, which was won by the other actress known for her spot-on impersonation of Palin, Fey. "You betcha," Moore exclaimed when opening the envelope, using Palin's most famous catch phrase, before reading off Fey's name.
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If it wasn't for Sarah Palin, Julianne Moore would be following up after a pointless remake of Carrie, she'd be playing the lead role in the Cujo remake.
One question to the experts: Will Alec Baldwin bei eligble for another SAG-race next year? – I think "yes", as SAG goes by the calender year and the last episodes of 30 Rock could be entered into the race.
Thank God it's ineligible. It needs to air six episodes during calendar year to be eligible. It will have aired four.
It was close, though! If they had aired an episode on Jan. 3rd, they would have been eligible.
Tina Fey really didn't say "tape" "The Big Bang Theory," did she? That's a typo, right? This from the woman Hollywood thinks is the hippest thing on the planet. Maybe Lena Dunham has a point.
Isn't 30Rock's one hour finale supposed to air at 9pm and into the new drama at 10? Or is CBS planning to air a special 'bang' at 9pm?
No. 30 Rock airs two episodes from 8:00 to 9:00. Then The Office.
You know it angers me that with all that love and ratings in USA Downton Abbey actors never show up to those awards. Like Lady Mary was showing up because she was nominated. But other just ignored it. Why? There is such a free publicity. Your pictures everywhere, interviews, you will be relevant and it might help you to get roles in Hollywood.
Especially actress that plays Lady Cybil. She is the one that most of all fits in the Hollywood rate. She has the face, she can play girlfriend in some big movie. And she wasn't there.
They don't have money to fly to USA? Why they don't show up? And this is how they ended. They were given such a prestigious award and only few, very supporting actors showed up to receive it. Except Lady Mary because she was nominated.
But it was amazing when Downton Abbey won and actors were walking to the stage and all the other actors/nominees around them were like: "Whaaaat? What just happened. Who are those people? It should have been between Mad Men and Homeland. How those people sneak in".
You can find on Youtube and re-watch. It's priceless. Usually when some favorite show wins then there are screams, some people jump from their sits, hysterically and happy clapping. And when Abbey won then they were just sitting there in shocking disbelief.
Abbey actors were walking past Breaking Bad people, Ben Affleck. John Hamm had priceless bitch face. I was actually embarrassed for Hollywood actors. It's like they no idea who those English people are and why they took away their win.
Maggie Smith travels for basically nothing. She traveled for "Best Exotic" but she has been open in saying she prefers against it.
And it's hard to blame them, the flight from UK to LA is a chore.
Glad that someone else noticed the smug reactions of people like Jon Hamm and Ben Affleck when Downton Abbey. They are so used to people fawning over them that they are shocked, just shocked, when someone else gets the praise. Fact is that DA is a great show AND loved by fans, so well deserving of awards. Also, I agree that it would probably have done DA more service if more actors showed up but I don't fault them for not having the time or the money to be able to come. Keep in mind DA aired in the fall in England and many of the actors are probably doing other things right now.
Dear Shy,
You are a douche. You clearly do not understand anything about women and the aspirations and expectations they have of their careers if you write such idiotic statements as 'she can play girlfriend in some big movie'. There is nothing more boring for any actress I'm sure than playing girlfriend in a big movie, which is also boring for the audience, or at least some of us who would like to see a more interesting representation of women on screen. After all half the population of the planet, contrary to your belief, are not on Earth just to be men's girlfriends. They have lives, careers, plans and interests and problems of their own, that deserve their own films.
I'm She. Not Him.
About Cybil – i'm just being realistic. Wasn't Jessica Brown Findlay auditioning to play in Captain America? Or sequel of that movie? I'm sure I heard her name. She auditioned for a few big movies to basically play girlfriend next to brave hero.
Jessica Brown Findlay has Face that suits in Hollywood. They defiantly won't put poor Lady Edith alongside Captain America. And I don't see Jessica Brown Findlay play more serious roles because she is weak actress. I almost hated Sybil in DA. That's why my whole comment was. Not because I hate women or something.
I just don't believe that Jessica Brown Findlay can be successful is serious movies.
OK, maybe I misinterpreted that.
This comment, with its grammatical errors and references to actors by their character names, is one of the funniest things I have read in all my years of reading Deadline comments. You know, some actors may actually have work or family obligations which prevent them from spending a few days flying into LA and back to accept an award (or not, since they didn't expect it)…although they are clearly letting down their Russian Los Angeles-based fans.
Yes, grammatical errors. Sorry. English is not my first language. But you understood me, did you?
I referred to actors by their character names because was too lazy to find on net correct spelling of their names. Guilty. But also, believe me – nobody in USA will identify characters by their names. I will write: Laura Carmichael and Siobhan Finneran and people will have no idea I'm talking about Lady Edith and Sarah O'Brien. Actors in Downton Abbey are not stars, most of the people know them by their character names. I'm not sure people even know Michelle Dockery is Lady Mary.
About: "some actors may actually have work or family obligations which prevent them from spending a few days flying into LA"… They are nominated to prestigious awards in USA. In one second DA can loose it's momentum and will be never nominated again on Globes or SAGs. And 95% of those actors will never have the chance to attend those prestigious american awards, walk the famous red carpet, meet those A-list stars. It's their choice. But it's really stupid how they missed their opportunities.
And they WON award! And then there were basically none to receive it.
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This is a cardiac muscle cell. Its role is to contract and eject blood from the heart. Sympathetic nervous system stimulation increases its force of contraction. This model examines the physiology behind these events.
Althouth the various elements are symbolized only once they exist as populations. Not all 'individuals' in a population respond exactly the same; there is an 'average' response to stimuli. Thus, when interpreting this model, keep population dynamics in mind.
The overall circular structure represents one cardiac contractile cell. Beneath the cell, at the lower left, is a graph of the action potential caused by ion fluctuations across the cell membrane. Above the graph and to the left of the cell is a portion of an adjacent cell. This cell connects to the contractile cell via gap junctions (cylinder). The cell could be another contractile cell or an autorhythmic cell.
Paired ovals located in the cell membrane (circular outline of the cell) represent ion channels. When the ovals are touching the channel is closed, when apart the channel is open. A thick black arrows indicates a channel changing from one state to the other.
Block arrows represent the diffusion of ions. Twisted block arrows represent the active transport of ions across a membrane; the ATP circle represents the pump.
Cylinders represent passive ion channels that are always open. The block arrow passing through a channel represents the diffusion gradient.
At the lower left third of the cell is a series of numbered paired ovals. These represent the four states assumed by a sodium channel. The small shaded oval between each numbered pair is a fast activation gate. The shaded circle associated with each numbered pair is a slow inactivation gate.
At the lower right is a ACase circle that represents the membrane-bound enzyme adenyl cyclase. The chemical reaction it catalyzes is indicated inside the cell. A second circle (PDase) represents the cytoplasmic enzyme phosphodiesterase. The two triangles just above the ACase circle represent a beta 1 receptor and a stimulatory G-protein. The hexagon represents the alpha subunit that has dissociated from the G-protein and is diffusing through the membrane to activate adenyl cyclase.
The irregular shaped object within the cell represents the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The paired ovals in its membrane represent open calcium channels. The ATP circle and twisted arrow also in the membrane represent a calcium pump.
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The City School Board took more steps last week to prepare for a system-wide rezoning, including dropping the name Reeves-Rogers from Discovery School and naming its preschool program for longtime early education advocate Ruth Bowdoin.
The changes work in a circle of sorts to take care of growth problems using existing classrooms and the new $15 million Overall Creek Elementary School in west Murfreesboro. Overall Creek, whose mascot will be the Otters, is designed to relieve crowding at Scales and Cason Lane elementary schools when it opens this August.
On the east side of town, Discovery School for high-achieving students will vacate the Reeves-Rogers campus, in effect creating a new school there to unload John Pittard and Hobgood elementary schools. It will be led by new principal, Laurie Offutt, and will have a new teaching staff and student body.
Discovery School will move to what has been historically called Bellwood, but the Bellwood designation will be dropped, and the preschool program that has operated there for several years will move out. To be named for the late Bowdoin, who ran the system's Classroom on Wheels, the preschool program will shift to five other elementary school sites and three off-campus sites, Franklin Heights, Mercury Court and Oakland Court, according to system spokeswoman Lisa Trail.
"This rezoning truly does touch every campus, and parents need to be aware of where their child is zoned to go to school next year (August 2014)," Trail said. Students are expected to re-register by March 24.
The rezoning plan also overrides previous zone waivers and grandfather clauses for attendance, according to Trail, though a new grandfather clause is in place for rising fifth- and sixth-graders and their siblings. They will be allowed to attend current schools but will have to provide their own transportation.
All of these shifts are causing some trepidation among teachers as they apply for transfers or try to decide whether to stay in their current school, according to board members Collier Smith and Nancy Phillips, who raised questions at a Tuesday meeting about how the system is handling transfers.
Teachers were expected to make transfer requests by this past Friday, officials said.
Schools Director Linda Gilbert pointed out that faculty members across the system will be moving, whether to fill new roles at Overall Creek or at Reeves-Rogers. Bellwood-Bowdoin teachers also are awaiting transfer as the preschool program moves out, she said, adding she sent an email recently to teachers to quell their concerns.
"Principals already have the right not to renew," Gilbert said, explaining that guideline is no different than in other years.
And, Mitchell-Neilson Principal Robin Newell told the board Tuesday night that some teachers might be a "better fit" at some schools than at other campuses.
The board also voted unanimously Tuesday night to identify Mitchell-Neilson Primary for K-2 and Mitchell-Neilson Elementary School for grades 3-6 as one facility, Mitchell-Neilson School. They are housed in separate buildings separated by Jones Boulevard.
Newell and Gilbert told the board that having the split schools restricts Mitchell-Neilson on how it can use federal Title funding. Merging the two into one student body would free them of those restraints, they said.
In addition, the board voted to start the Collaborative Learning & Leadership Institute at Mitchell-Neilson, in conjunction with MTSU, during the 2014-15 school year.
The program is designed to excite students about developing "lifelong" learning skills and becoming community leaders.
"What this is going to do is empower students," Newell said, explaining it should build their confidence beginning at the preschool level.
Students in MTSU's College of Behavioral and Health Sciences will serve as mentors and work with teachers in classrooms. Mitchell-Neilson will increase the number of clubs it offers after school and encourage children to become involved in public service.
Board member Butch Campbell pointed out that some teachers might worry about having student-teachers in the classroom because of the impact that could have on standardized test scores. But Newell said, "We don't focus everything we do on that particular test."
The board also received a list of 2013-14 Teachers of the Year: Bradley – Allison Isom, Ginger HazelbakerDiscovery – Angela Bunyi, Suzanne St. JohnScales – Cherry Ross, Cynthia MartinHobgood – Rebecca Sublett, Erin PhillipsNorthfield – Staci Young, Diane LewisPittard – Leah Follis, Diane ByrdBellwood – Amy AdcockBlack Fox – Christy Robinson, Zenobia CraigCason Lane – Keri Victory, Carolene GoffMNS – Delores Brown, Gayle PorterfieldSiegel - Meg Reed, Margaret LaneSystem Teachers of the Year, 2013-14 Discovery – Angela Bunyi, Suzanne St. John
For a map of the City Schools rezoning plan, go to http://www.cityschools.net/mcs/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Proposed-Zones-2014-15.pdf


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WMO Releases Publication on the Impact of Aerosol Pollution on Precipitation
26 November 2008: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will release, on 28 November 2008, a new international scientific review entitled "Aerosol Pollution Impact on Precipitation," published jointly with the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics. The book examines the state of scientific knowledge on the way air pollutants, particularly tiny particles called aerosols, affect global weather and climate patterns.
Aerosols can be produced naturally or as the result of anthropogenic
activity. Once released in the air, they impact the atmosphere in
various ways. Understanding how aerosols can shift the global water
cycle is critical for weather forecast and climate models, as
inaccurate representations of aerosols and other pollutants in
meteorological models hinder efforts to provide policy-makers the
best-available weather and climate planning tools.
The publication
provides a comprehensive gap-analysis in knowledge on the way aerosol
pollution disrupts precipitation formation. It formulates
recommendations on how States and international organizations can fill
the identified gaps and translate this knowledge into more powerful
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COLUMBIA - The South Carolina Legislature's compromise on its budget plan for 2014-15 would expand full-day 4-year-old kindergarten, maintain aid to local governments and provide state workers a 2 percent pay raise.
The House voted 85-28 Wednesday on a compromise worked out between the chairmen of the House and Senate's budget-writing committees. The Senate then agreed 34-10, allowing the budget to go to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk before the legislative session ends Thursday.
The Senate wanted to expand the state program for at-risk 4-year-olds to 14 additional districts. The compromise expands access to 10 instead.
The compromise provides $10 million for a consultant's recommended cyber-security upgrades and $18 million for new school buses.
Legislators also get a pay raise. Unless they choose to opt out, they'll get an additional $1,000 monthly for in-district expenses, doubling the stipend that hasn't changed since 1995 to $24,000 yearly.
"We certainly won't force it on anyone," Leatherman told his colleagues. "If you decide you don't want it, all you do is let the clerk know."
The spending plan provides an additional $180 million for K-12 schools, expanding on an education plan Gov. Nikki Haley unveiled in January. It gives more to students in poor, rural districts without taking money away from other districts that are able to better equip classrooms through local property taxes. Changes include a first-ever weighting for poverty, which translates to an additional $97 million spent on students who qualify for free- and reduced-price meals. It would also spend 20 percent more on children whose primary language isn't English and therefore need one-on-one help.
Other elements adopted from Haley's budget proposal include $30 million to hire additional reading coaches in elementary schools and $29 million to improve Internet and wireless capabilities in schools.
The compromise also provides:
-$57 million to cover state employees' health insurance premium increases.
-$18 million for new school buses.
-$15 million for initiatives at technical colleges.
-$10 million for a consultant's recommended cyber-security upgrades.
-$5 million for an African-American History Museum in Charleston.
-$5 million toward dredging the port at Georgetown to 27 feet.
The Legislature's total budget package for the fiscal year starting July 1 is $24 billion, up from $22.5 billion this year. But that encompasses all revenue sources, including federal money, fees, fines, lottery profits, grants and tuition at South Carolina's 33 public colleges and technical schools.
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The real star of this recipe is by far the dressing, which adds an appealing sweet touch to the greens. This salad can be made ahead—that makes it a "keeper" in my book.
- 4 cups torn fresh spinach
- 4 cups torn iceberg lettuce
- 1/2 to 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 to 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 4 hard-cooked eggs, quartered
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cooked and sliced
- 9 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- 1/2 cup chow mein noodles
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- 1-1/2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- In a large bowl, toss spinach, lettuce, mushrooms, carrots and onion. Arrange eggs around edge of bowl. Place chicken in center of bowl. Sprinkle with bacon and chow mein noodles. In a blender or food processor, combine sugar, vinegar, mustard, onion powder, celery seed, salt and pepper; with unit running, add oil in a slow steady stream. Pour over salad; toss. Serve immediately. Yield: 10 servings.
Originally published as Hearty Luncheon Salad in Home-Style Soups, Salad and Sandwiches Cookbook 1996, p48
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Human Health, Animal Rights, and Ecology
Volume II, No. 4, Dec. 1991
Aloha friends,
I want to thank each of you for supporting our society in its infancy. We had phenomenal growth in 1991 and now have over 300 members. We also just received tax exempt status with the IRS, so donations to the Society, both cash and other items, can be written off as federal tax deductions.
We exist on a meager budget, as do many non-profit groups. One early decision we made was not to accept advertising in our newsletter; we wanted to provide reliable, non-commercial information. However, we have learned that our $12 membership dues don't cover the cost of printing the newsletter and operating our office. To supplement dues income, a few of us have donated money to the organization. Also, Jerry and I have not accepted any payment for the time we've spent teaching the cooking seminars.
We can account for every penny spent, but costs continue to rise. Postage rates increased by 16% this year. We started buying recycled paper, which increased our printing costs by 20%. The public libraries may not continue allowing non-profit groups to use their meeting rooms, as they are running out of space. The alternatives we've found all charge a room rental fee.
For these reasons, we find it necessary to raise membership dues in 1992. Our Board of Directors has agreed to the increase and it will go into effect January 1. Regular dues will be $15, family $22, and student $8. An additional $4 will be added for international postage. We regret having to make these changes, but we want the Society to support itself in the long run. The good news is that for new members or renewals received under the increased rates, we will be able to offer half-priced membership in the North American Vegetarian Society. This represents a savings of $9 for individuals and $12 for families, and we encourage you to take advantage of it. The NAVS magazine, "Vegetarian Voice", is an informative, well written publication, and you will be supporting a good cause.
For our part, we will continue to educate the public, to the best of our ability, about the benefits of vegetarianism.
Best wishes,
-Elaine French
by Dr. Carl Weisbrod
(Summary of a talk given to VSH 7/9/91 at Kaimuki Library)
Few of us want to die, but statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta clearly show that the majority of U.S. deaths are from preventable causes such as heart attack, stroke, and cancer.
A million Americans are dying each year simply because they refuse to change their diet, get more exercise, or quit smoking. Health problems can be honestly solved, or honestly accepted. Dishonestly, they can be resolved by defense mechanisms, the mental blocks that avoid change. Here are a few, with the appropriate inner replies:
Denial: "I'm not going to think about my high cholesterol."
(It's still there)
Discounting: "I like meat. I'm entitled to one vice."
(Nature grants no entitlements)
Evasion: "Nobody lives forever."
(But you needn't dig your grave with your own teeth)
Procrastination: "Maybe I'll try to be a vegetarian tomorrow."
(Tomorrow never comes)
Projection: "It's Mom's fault I never learned to eat right."
(But it's your fault you don't teach yourself)
Rationalization: "Roast beef tastes soo.. good."
(Taste is acquired)
Regression: "Fatty food is FUN!"
(Heart attacks are not)
Those who insist on sticking with a diet high in fat, cholesterol, and protein are using (at least) rationalization and denial.
Epidemiological studies show that populations living on a starch based diet, as our ancestors did, have little of the heart disease and cancer that is common in countries with our "civilized" lifestyle. Defense mechanisms quiet the conflicts which arise within us as a result of that lifestyle.
Dr. Weisbrod holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (Oregon State University), a Master's Degree in Counselling Psychology (University of Wisconsin), and Ph.D. in Neurotechnology (Williams Institute of Neurotechnology). He has practiced psychotherapy, most recently in the field of smoking aversion technique. He also runs the Adult Education Division of the Montessori School in Manoa.
Winter 1991-92
Monthly meeting of the Society. State Senator Rick Reed, a 15-year vegetarian, speaks on the topic "Vegetarianism and Political Activism: How They Affect Our Environment." He will also show a video entitled "Mount Olomana." 7:00 P.M. at the Lunalilo School cafetorium, 810 Pumehana St.
Saturday, December 28th:
Potluck dinner and holiday party. Bring a hot dish serving 4-6 people and containing no meat, poultry, fish or seafood. Many members are vegans who do not eat eggs or dairy products either. Bring your own plate and utensils, and a list of ingredients for your dish. 6:00 P.M. at the parish hall of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, 1515 Wilder Ave.
Tuesday, January 14th:
Monthly meeting of the Society. Alaina Lynch speaks on the topic "The Care and Feeding of V.I.V.'s (Very Important Vegetarians)." Ms. Lynch is a gourmet chef and the owner of Avant Garde Catering. 7:00 P.M. at the parish hall of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, 1515 Wilder Ave.
Tuesdays, January 21st, 28th and February 4th:
Series of three vegetarian nutrition and cooking seminars taught by Elaine French. Emphasis is on the preparation of low fat, no cholesterol food. Four course dinner is included each evening. Space is limited; reserve a place by sending payment in full to the Vegetarian Society. $60 for non-members, $55 for members. 6:30 to 9:30 P.M. Call 395-1499 for more information.
Monday, January 27th:
Meet at Country Life Vegetarian Buffet for a casual dinner. No reservations necessary. Bring your Society membership card for a 10% discount. 6:00 P.M. at 421 Nahua St. in Waikiki. Parking will be partially validated at any Outrigger lot.
Tuesday, February 11th:
Monthly meeting of the Society. Rosalind Philips MS MPH RD gives a lecture and slide presentation entitled "Weight Reduction, Vegetarian Style." Ms. Philips is the coordinator of nutrition and health programs at Castle Hospital's Center for Health Promotion. 7:00 P.M. at the parish hall of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, 1515 Wilder Ave.
Sunday, February 23rd:
Potluck dinner. Bring a hot dish serving 4-6 people and containing no meat, poultry, fish or seafood. Many members are vegans who do not eat eggs or dairy products either. Also bring your own plate and utensils, and a list of ingredients for your dish. 6:00 P.M. at the parish hall of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, 1515 Wilder Ave.
Mon-Sat 10:30 AM-2:00 PM, 4:30 PM-9:00 PM.
Sun 4:30 PM-9:00 PM.
For those of you looking for lots of good vegetarian Chinese food, an inexpensive evening, and a conveniently central location, try Pineland.
Your VSH newsletter staff checked out this restaurant based on several recommendations. It passes the test, although you need to remember to ask for their separate vegetarian menu.
Dishes sampled were:
Shredded Vegetables With Spicy Hunan Garlic Sauce (and yes, it was spicy!) for $4.75.
Egg Plant With Spicy Hunan Garlic Sauce (the same spicy sauce was good enough for two entrees) $4.95.
House Special Assorted Vegetables at $4.50, which were requested steamed, plain, and no MSG. The dish was delivered to the table as ordered despite mild protestations and some disbelief that was what we really wanted.
Moo-Shu, a vegetarian spring roll bulging with assorted vegetables in a delicious sauce at $4.75. I could have made a meal on these alone.
The dishes were so tasty and filling it was hard to believe that no more than a teaspoon of oil was used in any of them. White rice was served on the side and our suggestions that they consider serving brown rice were met with incredulity. We assured the staff that brown rice was, indeed, a good food and that they may find that they'll be getting more requests for it. (Hint, hint.)
The restaurant seats about 40 and the decor, while simple, is adequate without the "traditional Chinese" long fluorescent bulbs. Limited free parking is available at the Chevron Station adjacent to the building which is located at 1236 Keeaumoku Street. The nearest major cross streets are Beretania and the H-l Freeway.
-Ruth Heidrich.
A Race for Life. Ruth Heidrich..........................................................................................$12.95
A Vegetarian's Ecstasy. (Cookbook) GLO Inc...................................................................$14.95
Diet for a New America. John Robbins..............................................................................$13.95
Diet for a New America. (VHS tape) KCET Video...........................................................$19.95
McDougall Recipes I. Mary McDougall.............................................................................$8.95
McDougall Recipes II. Mary McDougall............................................................................$8.95
Pregnancy, Children and the Vegan Diet. Michael Klaper M.D..........................................$8.95
The Cookbook for People Who Love Animals. Gentle World...............................................$9.95
The Power of Your Plate. Neal Barnard M.D....................................................................$10.95
The Animal Connection. Agatha Thrash M.D.....................................................................$4.95
The McDougall Plan. John McDougall M.D......................................................................$9.95
The McDougall Program. John McDougall M.D..............................................................$10.95
Vegan Nutrition: Pure and Simple. Michael Klaper M.D....................................................$8.95
(VSH Members)...........................$13.00
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Vegan Chop Suey
1/2 cup raw cashews
1 pkg (14 oz) raw firm tofu, cubed
1 tsp soy sauce or tamari
1 slice fresh ginger, grated
1 clove raw garlic, grated
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp Dijon or brown mustard
1 1/3 cup long grain brown rice
1/4 cup raw mushrooms
1 bag (8 oz) mung bean sprouts
1/4 cup broccoli
1/3 cup raw onion
1/4 cup raw celery
1/2 cup raw carrots
2/3 cup raw Chinese peas
Steam or boil the rice until done. Slice the vegetables lengthwise and steam in a basket with the cashews and tofu for 10 minutes. Pour a cup of cold water into the cornstarch, mix, and bring to a simmer. Stir until thick, adding the garlic, ginger, and soy sauce. Add the sauce to the vegetables and place over the strained rice. Use mustard for additional seasoning. Serves two or three.
Lentil Loaf - from McDougall Recipes I
2 cups cooked lentils
1 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 cup diced green peppers
1/2 cup diced onions
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup diced celery
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup tomato paste
3 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
2 tsp basil
2 tsp egg replacer
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp marjoram
1/4 tsp dried red pepper flakes
Combine all ingredients except egg replacer in a large bowl. Put egg replacer in a blender with 1/4 cup water and add 1 cup of the lentil mixture to the blender. Process on low speed until smooth. Stir this blended mixture into the lentil mixture and turn into a non-stick loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
This is a delicious loaf and not high in fat like tofu or nut loaves. It is good alone, or with your favorite sauce or gravy. We always make a double batch of this because it disappears so quickly!
Stuffed Dates
1 lemon
1 Tbsp miso (red or kome)
1 Tbsp tahini
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup walnuts, roasted and finely chopped
1 Tbsp barley malt
1 lb. large dates, pitted
Grate the zest (outer yellow part of the rind) of the lemon, then juice the lemon. Combine zest and juice with all other stuffing ingredients except the walnuts and mix well. Add walnuts and mix again. Slit dates and stuff each one with some of the mixture. This filling has a wonderful tangy taste that cuts the sweetness of the dates. A box of these dates makes a good Christmas gift.
The nutrient index below compares the recipes to the recommended dietary allowances (RDA) for an active adult requiring 2200 Calories/day. (e.g. if 2200 Calories of chop suey were the only food for the day there would be 102.4 gm protein, 987 mg calcium, 50.9 mg iron, and 16.7 mg zinc). There's neither vitamin B12 (gulp) nor cholesterol (hurray!) in these recipes.
Animal Rights Hawaii, PO Box 61386, Hono. HI 96839-1386 just came out with Vol. 1, No. 1 of THE ANIMAL RIGHTS NEWS. ARH will get two half hour slots on Public Access Channel 22 beginning in December and continuing for 26 weeks. They plan to run pro-quality films concentrating on ethical and environmental issues and we warmly wish them well...PCRM, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine ("They're neither physicians nor responsible," harrumphed the American Medical Association) conducted a model campaign against some Army experiments at Louisiana State University. Cats were shot in the head with steel pellets to simulate battlefield wounds. It was a soft target for PCRM and dozens of neurosurgeons and E.R. docs testified to its low scientific priority. According to PCRM aide Joel Newman the Pentagon will wrap up the study with no further cat shooting...Lufthansa now advertises its "careful vegetarian offerings" with a Business Week full color spread of the airline's chefs buying fresh veggies...The Second International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition comes up 6/28/92 in Arlington, VA. Last time the proceedings were published in Am J Clin Nutr, a scientific landmark...Compuserve now has a Pets Forum. To join the Animal Rights Electronic Network, log into section 14 and look for file AREN2.NFO...The dolphins still cruise Manele Bay on Lanai and if you're lucky you can swim with them. A good way to distract them from their morning fish run is to stick your feet out of the water and spin around upside down. The Manele Bay Hotel's Hulopoe Court Dining Room featured a scrumptious spinach salad, baked potato, and a vegetable plate from their own organic garden. The island is switching from monoculture pineapple to diversified agriculture (loud cheers!).
Some of the fast food chains are now claiming a 93% fat free hamburger. Analysis is by weight of course, so that means that in a 100 gram hamburger 93 grams of it is not fat. On the other hand 7 grams are, and since fat carries 9 Calories per gram that means that 7x9=63 Calories out of 179 are from fat. The "93% fat free" burger is 100x63/179=35% of Calories from fat. Did somebody say deceptive advertising? Shoe's 70% fat free burger would be 100x(100-70)x9/268=101% fat. Not even hamburgers are that bad.
But What's She Singing About?
O verdi colli, o profumate rive..
O fresche valli, o questo asil beato
and later:
La..tra foreste vergini
Ivi il suolo è aromi e fior
Fresche valli e verdi prati
A noi talamo saranno
Oh, how I long to see my home
Oh, fertile meadows scented with summer flowers
Oh, fragrant valleys, oh blessed haven
There where the virgin forests rise
Flowers blossom in every grove
Fragrant valleys and summer meadows
The only marriage bed we lie on
We asked Gary Hickling to check it out for us. Gary hosts "Great Songs" on KHPR after the Saturday opera, plays bass in the Honolulu Symphony, helps out in the Hawaii Green Party, and is a member of VSH. Gary sent us the following:
The Khedive of Egypt commissioned Giuseppe Verdi (aka Joe Green) to write an opera for the opening of the Cairo opera house on 12/24/1871. Verdi turned the libretto over to Antonio Ghislanzoni who wrote the melodrama about Aïda, an Ethiopian princess captured and taken as a slave to the Pharoah's court, circa 1000 B.C.
Ghislanzoni's account was based on the work of French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, and it squares with the ancient Greek belief that "the land of Punt" was the home of the gods and the origin of wheat and olive oil. Then, Ethiopia had a dense mantle of trees, grass, orchards, and food crops(1). Sometime between then and 1974 it developed a livestock population of 100,000,000 animals, 1/4 of which were cattle(2)
That's 20% of the total African cattle population on 3.6 % of the total African land area.
Cynthia Smith, lecturer in history at Leeward Community College, and our VSH secretary, spoke on 5/14/91 about "Animal Agriculture and the Fall of Civilization." Mesopotamia, Egypt, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, and most of North Africa all started out as lush Gardens of Eden, too, but the inhabitants took to raising animals, mostly goats, for food. In each case the animals got their revenge by eating all the vegetation including the trees and the bark thereon. After that the topsoil blew away, and those ancient civilizations just blew away after it. Ethiopia's present woes are partly the result of European colonialism, Communist mismanagement, and failure to control population, but not much has been said about the additional burdens imposed by animal agriculture.
Could it happen here? It is happening here. For the gory ecological details, read John Robbins' "Diet for a New America."
-Bill Harris, M.D.
1. Simoons FJ. Northwest Ethiopia. Univ. of Wisconsin Press. Madison 1960.
LCCCN 60-5660. p 210.
2. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Encyclopedia Britannica. Chicago, 1974.
ISBN 0-85229-290-2. Vol. 6 p 1002. Vol. 19, p 83.
Eliot Rosen publicized the highly successful lecture by Peter Burwash at the Ala Moana Hotel on November 4th. The proceeds of this SRO event put the VSH treasury firmly in the black. Eliot also arranged for an advance PR column in the 11/3/91 Star-Bulletin.
A recent arrival in the islands, Eliot is Case Supervisor at the Diamond Head Community Mental Health Center, a branch of the Hawaii Department of Health. He has been a vegetarian for 19 years, and a vegan for 16.
Holder of an MSW (Master of Social Work) from Cal. State Sacramento he was Vice President of the Sacramento Chapter of the National Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society. Formerly Nutritional Advisor to the Sacramento Vegetarian Society, Eliot also worked in Broadcasting and Newswriting at Santa Monica College.
From the State University of New York at Albany he did independent studies in Bombay and Cuernavaca with Ivan Illich, author of the controversial but stimulating Medical Nemesis.
He has wide experience in clinical psychology but has also lectured on diverse topics including vegetarian modifications to the National School Lunch Program. This is a wide open topic, as Eliot explained in his lecture at our October 8th VSH meeting. Hawaii school lunch menus are built around hamburgers, sloppy Joes, Kalua pork, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, beef tacos, and other animal food, with a few overcooked vegetables on the side as an afterthought. There are few vegetarian options on any public school menu, except for an occasional lasagna with cheese.
Good for You by Barbara Burke in the 10/16/91 Star-Bulletin gave a nice account of Eliot's lecture and his ideas on lunch reform. A survey of school lunches found they average 39 percent of Calories from fat, and that 25% of school children have elevated cholesterol levels. French fries are offered more than any other kind of potato and menus run high in sodium and low in fiber. Much of the beef, pork, chicken, cheese, eggs, and butter in these lunches are provided "free" by the USDA. Although half the schools in England offer one vegetarian meal every day, U.S. public schools won't change unless there's a 51% majority. The National School lunch program requires that children's meals have milk and one concentrated protein but tofu is not allowed.
If the petition on the next page gathers enough signatures, Eliot and The Committee to Improve School Lunches will present a plan to Eugene Kaneshiro, the director of School Food Services for the DOE, outlining economical improvements without limiting anyone's food choices.
Eliot has worked with various luminaries including Dick Gregory, James Arness, Danny DeVito, Andreas Cahling, Sidney Clute, and Nathan Pritikin. He's edited and written several health oriented books, and hosted Healthchoice, a weekly L.A. radio show. A member of Local 802 Musician's Union, Eliot plays percussion gigs and was house drummer for three summers in various upstate New York resorts.
Eliot came here for reasons of physical and spiritual health. Vegetarianism opens new vistas, he says, and if one could make only one intervention on behalf of world peace and human survival, vegetarianism would be the choice.
WE, the undersigned, as concerned students, parents, teachers and citizens, urge the Hawaii School Food Service and the Department of Education to improve the nutritional quality of school lunches.
LOWER THE AMOUNT OF FAT AND CHOLESTEROL IN SCHOOL LUNCHES-The Surgeon General and other authorities recognize a link between high fat foods and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and several types of cancer.
GIVE STUDENTS A CHOICE-By signing this document we voice our preference for a nutritionally balanced plant-based entrée to be offered alongside, or in substitution for, the high fat animal-based school lunches.
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE-Since the U.S.D.A. regularly donates free or low-cost plant-based foods to local school lunch programs, the addition of more healthful food choices is affordable.
SERVE MORE UNPROCESSED FOODS-Meet the taste preferences of students, but without sugar, white flour, preservatives, and excess salt.
IMPROVE THE NUTRITION CURRICULUM-Outdated nutritional ideas taught in public schools reinforce eating patterns that are now known to increase health risks.
Elaine French
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Cynthia Smith
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-Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1904-1991
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A letter was sent to parents of students at Mequon Middle School on Sunday after a suspicious device was found on campus and detonated.
The letter was written by Superintendent Demond Means alerting them to the incident.
Investigators said a technology education teacher found the device in a wood shop and called for help.
A bomb squad removed the device and detonated it about 4:20 p.m.
Mequon police issued a statement Sunday night that the device was plumbing materials. It was described as a pipe capped at both ends that contained discarded plumbing parts.
Authorities said two searches of the school were completed, and no other objects were found.
The school will reopen on Monday.


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Desktop-replacement laptops don't necessarily need to be the size of a headstone. The 15.6-inch Acer Aspire 5536 has more sensible proportions that most models. In fact, it's essentially a smaller version of the recently reviewed 16-inch Aspire 6530. The configuration of the Acer Aspire 5536 that we reviewed, the 5536-643G50Mn, is better value than the recently reviewed 6530-623G25Mn. It's smaller and lighter but similarly specified. The keyboard is much more comfortable too, making this a laptop that's well worth a look if portability is only an occasional concern
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/19/2009
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: Mobile Computer
As the reader comments in any netbook review will tell you, it's possible to buy a fully-fledged laptop for the same price as some Intel Atom-powered portables. Such complaints miss the point a little — netbooks have never been about performance, but about providing go-anywhere access to basic applications that would otherwise require an expensive ultraportable — but not completely. The question is if you've only got £400 to spend on a portable and don't fancy a netbook, what kid of laptop can you buy? A good — andf good-looking — budget option for a big screen laptop.
Review Type Unknown, online available, Medium, Date: 08/14/2009
Rating: Total score: 67%
Source: Techradar
This Acer Aspire is a stunningly usable entry-level media centre that is truly hard to fault. Despite its limited performance, the Aspire 5536-643G50Mn is stunning value for money. Its stylish design, vibrant widescreen panel, impressive specification and great usability make it hard to fault. At such a low price, this is a truly fantastic laptop for the home or office.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/09/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
ATI Radeon HD 3200: Onboard (shared Memory) graphics chip (on RS780M chipset) based on the HD 2400 graphics core. It also features the UVD video engine to decode HD videos. Beware: Under Windows XP the HD 3200 may have no 2D accelleration because of a driver problem.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Similar to the Turion X2 CPU, but with reduced power saving functions (no deep sleep, only 2 instead of 3 P-states). Compareable to a 1.3-2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo (depending on the application).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15-16 inch is a standard display size for laptops and offers the biggest variety of products.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.8 kg:
This weight is representative for typical laptops with a 14-16 inch display-diagonal.
Acer: Acer Incorporated is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer. Its product lineup includes desktops and laptops, as well as personal digital assistants (PDAs), servers and storage, displays, peripherals, and e-business services for business, government, education, and home users. Acer is the third largest computer manufacturer in the world (by sales) after HP and Dell Inc (2007). The company owns the largest franchised computer retail chain in Taipei, Taiwan. Originally named Multitech, it was founded in 1976. Gateway and Packard Bell are economically connected with Acer. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
74%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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The Cheektowaga Town Board will reject the initial bids it received in October for the disposal of the town's solid waste and re-advertise for new bids at a regular meeting Monday in council chambers at Cheektowaga Town Hall, 3301 Broadway.
One of the unsuccessful bidders in the last process raised concerns at a meeting last month about the fairness of the process, explaining its belief that the successful bidder had submitted skewed figures that resulted in it being the lead bidder in the process.
The board then voted to table the measure.
Under the new resolution, sealed proposals for the new bidding process will be received by the town clerk on Dec. 12 for the acceptance of the town's solid waste and disposal from 2013-2017.
The board also will consider various site plan applications for the Center for Hospice & Palliative Care at 225 Como Park Blvd., Save-A-Lot at 4144 Union Road and the Upstate Niagara Cooperative at 1717 Walden Ave.
Also this week:
• From 2 to 4 p.m. today, kids aged 5-12 will be able to work on four holiday-related projects as part of the Santa's Workshop program at the Dartwood Community Center, 222 Autumnwood Drive. There is a $8 fee per participant.
• The Cheektowaga-Sloan Board of Education will hold a work session at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, 166 Halstead Ave.
• The Cleveland Hill Board of Education will hold a budget workshop meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the district's community room at 105 Mapleview Road. A regular meeting will follow.
• The Cheektowaga Conservation Advisory Council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the council office conference room at Town Hall.
• The Cheektowaga Winter Recreation Celebration will be held next weekend. On Saturday, from 6 to 8 p.m., Glen Colton will provide music at Stiglmeier Park. There will be fireworks at 7:15 p.m. Then, on Sunday, various events are planned, including a hockey game between Erie Community College and Canisius College with faceoff at noon at the Cheektowaga Recreation Center in Town Park. There will also be a chili cook-off and cookie bake-off as part of the other events that begin at 1 p.m. Face painting, crafts, games, a petting zoo and a snowshoe demonstration will be included and will be followed by public skating from 2:45 to 5:30 p.m. – free with donations to a canned food drive.


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Cy Twombly has left the building
Laurence Mackin
Cy Twombly is no more. The American artist died yesterday at the age of 83.
Twombly linked an awful lot of disparate elements and different worlds. He was American, from the Deep South, but seemed more at home in Europe. His paintings had grand themes of death and gods, but also sex and more prosaic, if no less vital concerns. His work was cutting edge, but drew on ancient sources for inspiration and definition.
Twombly was seen as the successor to the likes of Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, and indeed many of you may have seen his paintings during Imma's recent show inspired by the life and work of Morton Feldman. A Tate Modern show in 2008 marked his 80th birthday; at the time, this paper's art critic Aidan Dunne wrote: "You might find this fascinating or simply exasperating, and Twombly's work attracts both responses."
Twombly's greatest source of inspiration was Mediterranean Europe and its coastline, littered with the physical decaying evidence of gods and myths. His artistic responses to modern events drew on historical parallels, although he was never above being inventive or evolving his work. One of his last commissions was to paint the roof of the Louvre: he drenched the space in blue, with floating discs and the names of ancient sculptors, a sudden departure that he put down to getting "into something new".
The New York scene of the mid 20th century, with Jasper Johns, Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg and Pollock rattling around, is now approaching near mythic status, and Twombly was one of the last living links to this era. He left it, though, to head to Italy and explore the ancient artistic roots that so fascinated him.
An exhibition of his work is currently in the Dulwich Gallery in London, and Twombly had intended to open it; Tacita Dean has made a film of Twombly that will be on show there. Here is one of his images, but it seems ridiculous to put it here. Like pretty much any abstract works, they have to be experienced in the flesh in their full intended scale, not on the dull, glassy glare of a screen, to be decently appreciated.


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There was a bank robbery on the West Island during the noon hour on Saturday.
It happened at the TD bank at St Charles and Berry in Kirkland.
"Two suspects got inside a bank. They got away and some witnesses gave a good description of the two suspects and the getaway car. Police have located a car just blocks away from the bank", said police spokesman Dany Richer.
The thieves were armed and had help in their escape. Three suspects have been arrested.
Richer says another suspect is believed to be inside an apartment in the area and could be armed. A search will be conducted once a warrant is obtained.
An abandoned getaway vehicle had plates matching ones owned by the suspect still being sought.
No one was hurt and no shots were fired in the robbery.
How much money was taken isn't yet clear, but Richer says all of it has been recovered.
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Chris Kinley has made a series of big plays the last two seasons while helping Williamsport capture consecutive District 2-4 Class AAAA championships. The Navy recruit can wow the crowd with dunks, his ability to run the court, rebound or block a shot.
His biggest play this season did not involve any of those.
As Williamsport clung to a three-point lead in the final minute Saturday against Bethlehem Liberty, Kinley planted himself in the lane and drew a charge against 6-foot-4 Deshawn Oyeniyi. The charge not only sent the sold-out crowd into near delirium but also led to a Liberty technical foul and was a huge play in Williamsport's 62-60 first-round state tournament win.
"I've been on Chris about taking charges," Williamsport coach Allen Taylor said. "I said he should be leading the team because you're five-man is usually the guy in the post who's going to step up and stop the penetration. I always tell him he has to be more decisive in those situations and that opportunity he had, he took advantage of it and did great for us."
It was the perfect time for Kinley to draw his first charge this season. The 6-foot-5 center hit some big free throws in the final minute and fought hard against Monmouth-recruit Greg Noack, helping hold him to 12 points. Still, it was that charge that stood out. Without it, Williamsport (23-2) might not have earned a second-round showdown against two-time defending state champion Chester.
"That was definitely a booster for us," Kinley said. "I planted and as soon as they called it I looked up and Jahad (Thomas) looked at me and was yelling, 'Let's go!' I think that was one of the best plays I've made this year."
Thomas continued his brilliant season and elevated his play again when Williamsport (23-2) needed him most. The all-state forward scored 10 of his game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter. Thomas hit Isaiah Washington (15 points) with an assist that led to a go-ahead three-point play with 1:17 remaining and three times hit go-ahead, fourth-quarter shots.
Thomas also came up huge against Scranton in the district championship and is averaging 18 points and more than 10 rebounds per game. Whatever Williamsport needs, Thomas has delivered.
"I know my team has my back, but I'm going to carry my team and push my team to play harder and be aggressive as well," Thomas said. "That's what we needed."
"That's just what he's been doing all year long for us," Taylor said. "He didn't get in foul trouble and we had him for all four quarters and as always he gave us a big second half. We're definitely going to need that senior leadership and that type of performance come Wednesday."
Loyalsock forward Ben Sosa came up big Saturday against Mid Valley, scoring 14 points and making two big blocks at key times. Sosa's performance helped Loyalsock win, 63-54, in a Class AA first round state tournament game while giving coach Ron Insinger his 800th career boys basketball win. The Lancers (25-3) also won their first state playoff game since 2009 and earned a rematch against Communications Tech - the last team to beat it - in Wednesday's second round.
Sosa played his best game this postseason. The junior forward hit 7 of 10 shots from the field and made big plays at key times.
"I was having off days lately and I was just trying to get out there and do better than I had been," Sosa said. "It's fun to get out and get this win. We've been working so hard for it."
In the opening moments of Saturday's game, Mid Valley students started chanting, "little," at 5-7 Loyalsock guard Mike Pastore. Once they watched Pastore play, the chants went away because he delivered big. Pastore scored nine points, dealt five assists and grabbed four rebounds. He also made two straight fourth-quarter steals that clinched the win.
"I love when they say stuff like that," Pastore said. "It motivates me even more."


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A team of
international researchers has found that cell phone use may have negative
effects on the fertility of men.
Rany Shamloul, study leader and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology at Queen's University, along with a team of U.S.
and Austrian researchers, have found that male cell
phone users have lower quality sperm than those who do not have
cell phones.
Shamloul and his team conducted the study between 1993 and 2007 at an Austrian
infertility clinic, where the sperm of over 2,000 men had been collected and
examined. Men were asked if they owned and used cell phones at the time of collection,
and those who used one on a daily basis were labeled cell phone users.
After studying the collected sperm and cell phone users and non-users, the
researchers found that men who regularly used cell phones had higher levels of
circulating testosterone, but lower levels of luteinizing hormone, which is a
key reproductive hormone that secretes by the pituitary.
The researchers' theory is that the electromagnetic waves that
cell phones emit increase the number of testosterone-producing cells, but also
lower levels of luteinizing hormone. This, in turn, may negatively impact
But at this point, these results are not conclusive. The researchers need more
time and research to determine if the cell phone use is really what is causing
the low quality sperm, or if it's something else.
Whether cell phone use is the culprit or not, this is an important first step
to more rigorous studies that research the link between male infertility and
cell phone electromagnetic waves.
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Any game that involves grinding and grinding away for hours ceases to be fun when you discover the better things in life. Anyone who then prefers that to the better things in life, e.g. getting hammered, is quite the weirdo.
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A friend got me the basic game for my birthday a few years ago. Everyone seemed to be hyped about it, but when I logged on all I witnessed was a mass amount of arguments between little kids and adults alike. I got to something like level 22 then quit because I couldn't take it anymore. The WoW community are, in my opinion, unbearable.
I started playing LOTRO when it launched and found the community and graphics to be much better. I now find myself unable to play any games that use older graphics engines because they hurt my eyes .
When I used to play, I LOVED it... but I had to stop to focus on my studies. I miss it
WotLK and TBC happened, took the fun right out of the game.
Besides its a timesink that ultimately amounts to nothing, furthermore you could play so many better games in the time you will waste just getting to 80.
Believe it or not you will probably spend less time playing them anyway.
When I quit a year and a half ago I managed to play 2 hours of CSS most evenings and still study/get homework down at AS level :P
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No opinion. It is a game. One that i havn't played. Some people play it in excess and some have never touched it. Is there much more to say on the issue?
It could be the most boring game in the world for the first 20 hours or so. After that it becomes the most fun, yet least cool game you can possibly play
Wouldn't go anywhere near it. It's far to addictive and people have their lives consumed by it, something I don't really fancy to be honest.
I should add now that Leeroy Jenkins is my only experience of WoW and it's still amazing to watch.
Dota > WoW
It's a very well made game, Blizzard are quite clearly in it for the money though. The game is designed so it takes forever to achieve your main goals - so you keep playing, and therfore keep paying your sub - but fills the game with just enough micro achievements, (such as leveling up or getting a new epic) that you don't get to disheartened by it all and give up. It's a very clever game that has many people, massively addicted to really quite monotonous gameplay. I quit because I finally realised it was having to big an effect on my studies, I might get back into it just for the summer maybe, I do miss it.
One of the greatest games ever made.
Haven't played it myself but I'll admit when I watched my friend play it, it did look interesting.
However, I have also seen the negative affects it can have. 2 of my friends dropped out of college because they were so addicted to it.
I played it since classic and last November i finally thought that enough was enough. I stopped my subscription, got my mate to run over my disks in his land-rover and used the extra 20 hours i had a week which i'd normally spend on that P.o.s., to continue going to the gym.
I used to get a big kick out of getting achievements and gear as it made me feel like that i'd actually achieved something. But once i started building muscle at the gym (and confidence that came with it), it hit me that only people on my server can see those achievements and gear on my character while the whole world can see my real physical appearance.
For those of you who don't play it: do not ever touch it.
For those who still play it: i feel sorry for you.
It's a good game, and if you feel you're capable of playing it casually without devoting your life to it, then go ahead.
The problem starts when people become obsessed with it, voiding their social life and skipping work just to play. But to be honest I've played it casually for five years and I still manage to have a good social life and get good grades at school, so I don't see the problem.
I worked in Game and it actually does ruin lives, I hated selling it to fresh faced 12 yr old boys knowing that the next time I saw them they'd have lost or gained 3 stone and only have virtual friends...
there are other better things to do than WoW
It's fun, but really only if you have friends to play with and when you quest/go to dungeons with other people (the whole point of MMORPGing). Once you start farming for mats for professions its just a drag.
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I see this video
and conclude it is highly addictive.
I can only think of this:
(I'd embed the video if I knew how. )
I tried the 10-day free trial, but by day 5/6, i was just fed up of the whole 'kill or be killed' thing- found it a bit stressful, but i loved being a ghost and exploring the vastness of the worlds
i've got friends though who are hxc WoW-ers, and they seem to be doing fine
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - In a $100 million deal announced last week, Smith & Wesson said it is buying Thompson/Center Arms, a privately held Rochester, N.H.-based company that specializes in muzzleloaders and rimfire rifles.
The move lets Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. target the $1.1 billion long-gun market, which is about 80 percent larger than the country's handgun market, Chief Executive Mike Golden told The Associated Press. Golden said Smith & Wesson firearms already account for about 47 percent of national revolver sales and moving the company into the production of long guns was natural.
Smith & Wesson used to make parts for Remington rifles during its 154-year history but has been out of the long gun business for about 30 years, Golden said.
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Being in a band in high school is something that many students accomplish but most never end up playing more than a couple local venues.
That is certainly not the case for local rock 'n' roll band Clyde Frog.
Members Garrett Gaetano, Torey Harding, Chris Kohler, Tess Marshall and Dylan Rockoff have been playing together for three years.
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The five met at the Uptown Music Collective while they were in high school.
In their early years, they mainly did covers of '60s and '70s rock and blues tunes but within the last couple years, they have created original material.
"We started writing our own music, more classic rock," guitarist Torey Harding said. "It's really danceable rock music."
Harding explained that when writing music, they are greatly influenced by the R&B-style rock quintet Alabama Shakes.
"At shows we want to keep people entertained and dancing for three hours," he said.
Like any other band, they started small, with only their parents and friends coming out to their shows. Over time, however, the amount of people coming to their shows has grown steadily.
"We've played venues where the owners say, 'This is the biggest crowd we've ever seen here'," he said.
With such a positive responses to their live shows, it only made sense for the band to create a record. Their first album was released last summer - titled "Bonnie and Clyde" - and was recorded and produced at Green Valley Recording in Hughesville.
"It was a whole new experience for all of us, we'd never been in a studio like that before," Harding said.
Since this was their first recording experience, Harding described it as being a "difficult task" because of all that was put into it.
"It was a lot of work and planning involved with writing and arranging songs then mixing and mastering them all," he said.
"Bonnie and Clyde" was well-received by their fans and even was able to get airtime on 99.3 WZXR.
"Our fans really dug the album," said Harding. "We sold our first print of the CD and it did well through iTunes."
After having success with their first album, they are ready to produce another one.
"We were not originally planning on making another album," said Harding. "As musicians and artists, we are never satisfied or complacent. We kept writing music and it was getting better, so we decided to make another record."
Their sophomore album will be titled "Yell Out," which also is one of the tracks written by Dylan Rockoff.
Harding describes the song as being about not letting life just go by and not stopping to make changes in one's life.
"It's so easy to go by day by day and before you know it a year, two years passes."
The album is about being true to themselves and the sound of Clyde Frog.
"We use our music to yell out to people; we thought it was appropriate," he said.
Their general goal with this album is to showcase their improved musicianship and capture their sound that people can take with them anywhere.
"Songwriting-wise, we have matured and the songs are much better," Harding said, "Our sound is full of energy and passion - we're trying to capture that on a compact disc."
This time around, the quintet will be going to Writeway Studios in Baltimore, Md., to record, mix and produce the new record.
"We are going to take it to the next level and try and make a fantastic album," he said.
By going to a more professional studio "the overall quality and product, the actual sound, will be a much more refined and polished product."
In order to pay for this new record and studio time, they are collaborating with Kickstarter to fundraise.
Kickstarter is a safe and simply way for people to help others achieve their monetary goals.
Through this program people can promote their films, games, art and music projects online in order to gain funds. Each project is allotted a specific amount of time for the money to be raised, if the goal is not met, Kickstarter takes all that was acquired.
Musicians such as The Classic Crime, Amanda Palmer and Five Iron Frenzy have all been successful in their project endeavors this past year.
Harding said, "Kickstarter allows fans to be a part of the process and be a helper in it all which is a cool experience and a great way to raise money."
The band's goal is to reach $6,000 by June 29, which will pay for the recording studio and pressing of the CDs.
When somebody donates toward the project, they will be able to get various Clyde Frog merchandise depending on how much is given. Items that one could receive are stickers, autographed CDs, T-shirts or a summer tour poster.
There is a bit of pressure to make sure that they receive all the money that was donated and does not all go to waste. To spread the word the band has been promoting themselves through their Facebook page, flyers, and word of mouth at their shows.
To help Clyde Frog reach their goal, go to www.kickstarter.com and search "Clyde Frog."
Any amount can be donated toward their project, $1 goes a long way in the Kickstarter world and will be greatly appreciated by the band's members.
Once the album is completed, they will have a CD release party on July 21 at the Crippled Bear, 2967 Lycoming Creek Road. At the release, copies of the record will be available and it will also go online on iTunes.


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The last living thing to leave Ground Zero was a pear tree.
A Callery pear tree, specifically. The tree was discovered in the rubble of the World Trade Center after 9/11, and though it was heavily damaged, it's since been nursed back to health in the Bronx and is being returned to the National 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan.
This is its story.
Filmmaker Scott Elliott made this short about the "Survivor Tree" (as it's now known) for Narrative.ly. It's called "The Tree That Would Not Be Broken."
Elliott wants to include the story of the Survivor Tree in a planned full-length film "documenting the epic journey of over 400 swamp white oak trees from their home in special cradles in the New Jersey countryside to the landscaped plaza of the 9/11 Memorial."
A Kickstarter campaign to raise the $50,000 necessary to get the film – which also focuses on the landscapers and architects that worked on the memorial – through post production is in progress. It runs through July 13, and you can donate here.
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Established by the Facey Medical Foundation in 2007 in memory of late Facey Medical nurse Yvonne Wiggins, with this donation the permanent scholarship endowment will have a current value of $20,800.
The endowment's ongoing investment earnings will be used to provide scholarships to College of the Canyons nursing students.
Sue Albert, dean of Allied Health at the college, Murray Wood, COC Foundation chief development officer, and other college administrators, nursing faculty and nursing students will be on hand to receive the donation.
College of the Canyons is located at 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd., Valencia 91355.