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This is a discussion on Re: rsync or even scp questions.... - FreeBSD ; Why was this posted to -stable? Anyway ... Andrew D wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > On the Ubuntu computer I am /home/kline; on my main computer, > > my home is /usr/home/kline. The following sh script worked > ...
Why was this posted to -stable? Anyway ...
Andrew D
> Gary Kline wrote:
> > On the Ubuntu computer I am /home/kline; on my main computer,
> > my home is /usr/home/kline. The following sh script worked
> > perfected when my home on "tao" [FBSD] was /home/kline:
I always create symlinks from /home to /usr/home or vice
versa, so both of them always work.
> ~kline is an alias for the home directory for the user kline. You can
> use that in your scripts rather than the full path
> As far as I know it works in all *nix variants.
It's not a matter of the UNIX variant, it's a matter of
the shell. Most shells support the "~" tilde expansion
(FreeBSD's sh, csh, and shells from ports such as bash,
ksh and zsh).
However, I still recommend to use $HOME instead inside
scripts for portability reasons. For example, Solaris'
/bin/sh does _not_ support "~". $HOME always works.
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > PWD=`pwd`;
> > echo "This directory is [${PWD}]";
> >
> > scp -qrp ${PWD}/* ethos:/${PWD}
Many superfluous characters. You can make it shorter:
scp -qrp $PWD/* ethos:$PWD
> > ###/usr/bin/scp -rqp -i /home/kline/.ssh/zeropasswd-id ${PWD}/* \ klin
> > e@ethos:/${PWD}
> >
> > Question #1: is there any /bin/sh method of getting rid of the
> > "/usr"? I switch off between my two computers especially when
> > get mucked up, as with my upgrade to kde4. (Otherwise, I do
> > backups of ~kline as well as other critical directories.)
The easiest way is to make a symlink from /usr/home to
/home, as explained above.
To answer your actual question: You can use "#" to
remove a prefix in /bin/sh scripts:
$ foo=/usr/home/whatever
$ echo ${foo#/usr}
If the variable doesn't have a matching prefix, the
result remains unchanged.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Something happened on my way to work last Tuesday. I was just getting up to speed on 26 Mile Road, aka Marine City Highway, when my F250 SuperDuty had a run-in with a leaping buck.
This is how the SuperDuty looks today. There's a lot of work that needs to be done here. From what I understand, so far, this is what's wrong:
Bumper is gone - that was left on the side of the road, both headlights are busted, radiator got smashed by the fan that smashed the fan housing and the shaft for the fan assembly is bent, the grille is gone, the water pump is shot and was pushed up into the hood causing an outward lump, the hood is bent and there's a whole lot more that I can't even remember.
Me? I'm ok. The buck lived temporarily. He was a big buck but only a 6-pointer.
Now I'm having anxiety issues when it comes to driving to work in the morning in the dark. It gets my heart racing and I just don't want to go out there.
Most likely, I'll get over all that and be OK with driving again. I just keep seeing the image of that buck as I hit him broadside. He was in the middle of a leap because he had just missed being hit by the guy going in the opposite direction that I was going in.
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Youth hockey. Four seasons of major junior. Nine years as a pro in the AHL and NHL. When a teammate goes to the box, he goes over the boards.
"I'm not saying there's anything great to what I do. It's just that I've done it so much," he said. "I've just gotten some sheer opportunities to kill penalties."
The repetition has served to make MacKenzie an excellent man-down player. It's also made him a dangerous one.
MacKenzie has become an expert in that most back-breaking hockey moment — short-handed goals. He's so crafty that he holds the career record in that category for two different teams. His 21 in a Chicago Wolves jersey is a franchise best there and his nine more with the Crunch is tied for first place in its roll call.
The art is as much instinct as Xs and Os, but earlier this week MacKenzie cracked open his playbook to the chapter on creating short-handed scoring opportunities and went over a few basic lessons:
Backs and bobbles:
MacKenzie said the tone of the Crunch's penalty kill starts with the aggressiveness of assistant coach Trent Cull, who handles that unit. Cull will pull back the reigns at times, but more often encourages offensive inclinations in the group. Overall, Syracuse has produced seven shorties this season, a figure that's tied for seventh in the AHL.
Cull has a mantra when it comes to short-handed chances — "backs and bobbles." That means if you catch the power play point man turning away from you while trying to handle a pass or a loose puck, go after him. He won't see you coming, and some quick pressure will likely force a turnover.
"Some teams are being passive. Trent lets us be aggressive," MacKenzie said.
Know your teammate:
MacKenzie said he's more likely to take a chance when he's paired with an experienced forward defending the opposite point. If his PK mate is a rookie or new to the penalty kill, he's inclined to make a safer play.
"Playing with another great penalty killer is probably the biggest (factor)," MacKenzie said. "Ninety-nine percent of the time, he's making a play or chipping a puck to an area you can get to. Cheating is not a word I like to use, but it best describes (his anticipation). Sometimes you have to gamble or cheat that a puck is going to get by a defenseman."
MacKenzie said the best penalty killing partners he's played with are Adam Pineault and Bates Battaglia in Syracuse and Karl Stewart in Chicago.
Check the scoreboard:
"If you're up 5-2, there's more room to gamble or take a chance. The closer the games are, the less risky you can be. The opposite side of being up is (losing by a lot). That's an opportunity where it's risk to reward.
"Lots of time it's discussed on the bench. Trent may say, if you get it (the puck), you are going. A lot of times it comes down to where and when. It's circumstance."
Get to the point:
The point men on power plays are usually defensemen. That's because, theoretically, they are better at backpedaling and making a defensive play if needed.
Sometimes, teams will put a forward on the point. That strategy can be a turnover waiting to happen under pressure from a penalty killer like MacKenzie.
"Ross (head coach Ross Yates) will tell us sometimes there's a forward playing defense. That's a green light sometimes that you can beat him," MacKenzie said. "If something happens when the puck gets turned over, I'm going to go to that side of the ice."
Location and leaning:
MacKenzie said you have to make sure you have momentum going toward the other zone before you attempt to break past the point man. And if you get control of the puck deep in your defensive zone, don't think short-handed chance. Just play it safe by clearing it out.
"If I get a puck flat-footed, I'm dumping it," he said. "If I get a puck along the wall, I'm dumping it. Normally, when the puck is leaving the zone is when you take an opportunity. That's when your feet are moving."
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On Comprehensive Prostitution Reform: Criminalizing the Trafficker and the Trick, But Not the Victim - Sweden's Sexköpslagen in America
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January 30, 2011
William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 4
Sex trafficking of women and children - one of the most urgent human rights violations confronting the world today - incorporates prostitution into its end product. While the world focuses on the nature of prostitution - i.e., forced (trafficked) or voluntary (sex worker) - the author's research indicates that few women in prostitution choose that path. In 1999, Sweden became the first country in the world to partially decriminalize prostitution by criminalizing only the purchaser. The Swedish approach - known as "The Swedish Model" - offers social services to women in prostitution. The Swedish Government chronicled the results of The Swedish Model in a report released in July 2010. While sex workers' rights groups from around the world have attacked The Swedish Model, the Swedish Government claims that it has decreased the incidence of sex trafficking and prostitution in Sweden. Norway and Iceland adopted this approach, and other countries currently consider the model. The United States' implementation of The Swedish Model would further recent American practices to combat sexual exploitation. The United States should criminalize the purchase of sex, decriminalize the sale of sex, reform the social service system to increase help offered to prostituted individuals, and conduct outreach to facilitate intervention points for prostituted individuals and those at risk for prostitution.
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PORTALES, N.M. - A state district court judge dismissed a civil lawsuit this week that had been filed by a Roosevelt County man against the city of Portales regarding the city's proposed purchase of more land for future water wells.
However, petitioner David Stone said Thursday that he is not upset by the dismissal of his lawsuit because he believes it brought more attention to the city's possible acquisition of the land, which was his original goal.
But the attorneys who represent the city of Portales - Steve Doerr and Randy Knudson - said the issue has been discussed at previous public meetings of the Portales City Council and will be discussed at future public meetings, including a public hearing if an ordinance to buy the land is considered for action.
Earlier this year, the Portales City Council voted to obtain financing through the New Mexico Finance Authority for the anticipated purchase of approximately 101/2 sections, or about 6,720 acres, of land from Roosevelt County resident Wayne Baker, Knudson said.
City councilors hope to buy the land for the city's use for about $4 million, Doerr said.
Stone, who also named as a co-petitioner an unidentified group he called the "Committee for Good Water," said one of his main objections is that he thinks the purchase price under discussion is too high "and a bad deal."
However, the purchase has not been completed, primarily because Baker has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which means the bankruptcy court first must clear the way for the city to buy the land from Baker as part of his reorganization plan, Doerr said.
Ninth Judicial District Judge Robert Brack ruled this week that Stone's case lacked the evidence to go forward and dismissed it on all counts.
One of Stone's main contentions in the lawsuit was his allegation that the city had failed to comply with its own regulations that require two appraisals within 60 days of the purchase of property.
But Brack agreed that the city of Portales had not even purchased the land in question yet, so the regulation did not apply.
Doerr said city officials already had obtained one appraisal before the lawsuit was filed and they will ensure all necessary appraisals are completed if the land if purchased in the future.
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A barrister who failed in an unprecedented 30 "vexatious" tribunal claims over four years has been barred from the courts.
John Iteshi, 40, was called as a barrister in 2007 but never fully qualified to practise as he could not obtain a training position or pupillage.
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In their Philadelphia debut Thursday night, the Modigliani Quartet seemed to need some time to size up the Perelman Theater. This was the first stop on a U.S. tour, and the Paris-based group, opening with Haydn in a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society appearance, was reasonably tight. But something clicked in the next piece, Schumann, and from then on, they - and you - felt surety about the quartet's personality.
What kind of personality it was shifted throughout the evening. The opening of the Haydn, the String Quartet in G Major, Opus 76, No. 1, put perfectly matched sounds on display with a figure that passed from cellist François Kieffer, to violist Laurent Marfaing, second violinist Loïc Rio, and first violinist Philippe Bernhard. They made smart choices about where to use vibrato, often avoiding it altogether on sustained notes, suggesting period-appropriate awareness.


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Bret Michaels Rock Star Dad
He May Have Been Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places on His Reality TV Shows, but in Real Life This Music Man's Heart Belongs to His Two Daughters
The little ladies with a firm grip on Michaels' heart-Raine, 9, and Jorja, 4-are equally smitten with their dad. "We sing together and we have a secret handshake," says Raine, adding with a grin, "Sometimes Daddy doesn't say no!" Michaels, 47, who kicked off his run on The Celebrity Apprentice March 14, may need to work on the discipline aspect of daddyhood ("It's tough for me because I'm still a big kid," he admits), but he's got the fatherly pride part down pat. "Raine came home the other day and every single grade was A-plus. I go, 'Are you sure you're my kid?'" he says with a laugh. "And both of them can sing and play really well; they take piano and guitar lessons. It rocks. I love that they're free spirits."
That particular gene surely came from Michaels, the longtime frontman of the glam-metal band Poison. "Let's be honest, I wanted to be a rock star for two reasons," he says. "To meet women and to live life on my own terms." His prowess at both led to his recent foray into reality TV: three seasons of Rock of Love, a dating show featuring Bret Michaels superfans vying for his affections. "There's no doubt that there is real dating going on," he says of the show, "but I would never invite 25 women over in real life. [Hugh] Hefner can be the king. I do well in one-on-one relationships."
That includes the one he has with the mother of his children, Kristi Gibson, 39, whom he dated off and on for more than 10 years. "I love long relationships much better [than dating], and [she's] part of the reason I wasn't ready for a fourth Rock of Love-I want to see where our emotions are and where our relationship stands," he says. "It's a work in progress. We love and respect each other, but as they say in a Journey song, 'Marrying a music man ain't always what it's supposed to be.' There's a lot of lonely times when I'm on the road, and she doesn't want that." So while they're technically not together now, says the rocker, "I would never count out me and her settling down."
Without formal plans for a new season of Rock, Michaels is trying his hand at another type of reality TV on Apprentice. (He's competing for the American Diabetes Association; he's lived with Type 1 diabetes since he was a child.) "Me and Donald Trump, we keep different hours," he jokes. "My punctuality was not good on the show." His boss would agree. "It's a great source of irritation," says Trump. But Michaels, he adds, "has a great sense of business. He's very astute."
The rocker also recently recorded the single "Nothing to Lose" with Miley Cyrus for his seventh solo album, Custom Built, due in May. That was a thrill for his daughters ("Raine wrote her book report on Miley," he says)-but also a target for critics who blasted him for recording lyrics like "she slowly gets undressed" with a 17-year-old. "I wrote the song about an adult couple, and Miley sings some harmonies on it," he says matter-of-factly. "As Miley said about it at the Oscars, 'Everyone just chill.'"
Between work commitments, Michaels is happy to kick back with his daughters in Arizona. "The first thing we do when I come home is what we call 'an explore,'" he says. "Jorja gets all ready like she's Indiana Jones Jr., and we go on long walks through the caves on the property and look for rattlesnake skins. And we have to go to the mailbox. That's our tradition-we get out the old golf cart and get the mail. It's big doin's. Then we just hang out and barbecue."
When he's not home, "he'll call six, seven times a day," says Gibson. "He got in trouble last year for calling Raine during school!" Adds Michaels: "I was like, 'Hey, it's Dad, what are you doing?' And Raine goes, 'Dad, I'm in school. You can't call now!'"
On Sunday nights this spring, the girls are watching Dad's new reality show (Raine was allowed to watch a Rock of Love finale, but Jorja never saw the decidedly PG-13 show), and Michaels expects a little friendly ribbing when they see him onscreen. "My kids know that I pace when I talk," he says. "Jorja gets her little cell phone out and she'll do it too." She's not the only one channeling her elders. "I vowed I would never become my dad," says Michaels. "But the other day, the kids are running around the pool and I go, 'Hey! Slow down!' In that moment, I became my father. I was like, 'What just happened?'" he says with a laugh. "So it goes."
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Multi-platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw has released his new single "Best I Ever Had" via iTunes, Amazon.com and all digital providers. Co-written by Gavin DeGraw and Martin Johnson, and produced by Johnson, "Best I Ever Had" is the first single from DeGraw's forthcoming highly-anticipated fourth studio album to be released later this year.
DeGraw is not a stranger to the top of the charts, he first broke through with the 2003 release of his debut album, Chariot, which sold over a million copies, earned platinum certification, and yielded three hit singles: "I Don't Want To Be," "Follow Through," and the title-track, "Chariot." Gavin's self-titled second album debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart in 2008, earning Gavin his first Top 10 album. It spawned the hit singles "In Love With A Girl," which Billboard dubbed "a rocking home run," and the gold-certified "We Belong Together." In 2009, Gavin released Free as a gift to his die-hard fans clamoring for recorded versions of Gavin's live favorites. DeGraw released his third studio album, Sweeter, in September 2011. The album produced the hit "Not Over You," which was co-written with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, reached #1 on the Hot AC charts, was a top 10 hit on Top 40, and was certified double platinum.


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From new hires and promotions to industry awards, here's a roundup of achievements by businesses and individuals in the greater Ann Arbor area:
• Architect Wayne Chubb has been elected as the 2014 President of the American Institute of Architects' Huron Valley Chapter. Chubb is a project manager with Ann Arbor-based Hobbs+Black Associates.
• Arbor Networks Inc. in early January announced the appointment of Matthew Moynahan to the position of president, replacing Colin Doherty. Moynahan had served as senior vice president of product management and corporate development at the Ann Arbor-based firm since 2012.
• The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum recently expanded its board with three new trustees: Anne Marsan, managing partner at Atomic Object in Ann Arbor; Tom McKarns, president of ECO PHYSICS Inc. in Ann Arbor; and Richard Sheridan, CEO at Menlo Innovations LLC.
• On Jan. 8, the president of the Ann Arbor-based company Running Fit, Randy Step, gave checks to the Athletic Booster Club of Dexter, Dexter Seniors, Dexter Lions Club and Faith In Action during a check presentation ceremony at Monument Park in Downtown Dexter. The donations were taken from funds collected at the Dexter Holiday Hustle 5K event Dec. 7.
• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System will celebrate being the first healthcare organization in the United States to be awarded Planetree Silver Merit recognition for Significant Advancement in Patient-Centered Care with a special award ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 16. Planetree Recognition focuses on patient-centered care, defined as a model of healthcare where professionals work with patients and families to identify and satisfy needs and preferences.
Paparazzi highlights photos of industry awards, corporate donations to a local charity or other business happenings in the greater Ann Arbor area.
Honorees were Packard Health founders Dr. Jerry and Julie Walden; nurse Karen Koeppe; founding board member Sharon Moore; and the Sarns family, all honored for their work on behalf of Packard Health.
The celebration included a video highlighting the honorees, while speaker Tim Lang, a U.S. marine and Iraqi war veteran, gave an account of his personal journey to wellness.
Datebook is your source for information about important business events going on in the greater Ann Arbor area.
• Thursday, Jan. 16: Social Networking for Small Businesses. 6-8 p.m. Cleary University Washtenaw Campus, 3601 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor. Learn the basics and etiquette of social networking for your small business. Content will include how to leverage social networks to help grow your business while reducing your marketing costs. Free. More information: http://www.annarborscore.com/.
• Monday: Business Law & Order - Tax Planning. 5-7 p.m. SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. Free. More information and registration: http://www.annarborusa.org/events.
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February 27, 2003, 12:09 AM
Do you think the Reflex is a good choice for fast indoor work and slugs to 100 yards?
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February 27, 2003, 05:04 PM
Personally, I don't like it. I rate it below irons in utility. Some do though so it is worth checking out yourself.
Here are the issues I had with the Reflex:
Shooting from dark to light areas, the tritium/fiber optic doesn't illuminate the reticle enough and the reticle washes out
Shooting against bright tan/brown background (i.e. most of N. Texas) the amber reticle is difficult to pick up or disappears completely.
Both of the above can be corrected to some degree by adjusting the polarizing filter; but this gives everything a dark blue tint that makes it difficult to even acquire targets past certain distances or in low light.
There are better red dot sights out there than the Reflex.
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i got a 12.5 triangle reflex i think just because i didn't have one......i planned to use it as part of my AR optics for 3gun matches....i put it on and it has never been off.......Big triangle is deadly and quick to pick up for CQB and the point of the triangle is good waaay out there....DICK
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We're seeing a mass exodus toward the EOTech units over the Reflex and Aimpoints. The Eotech is much brighter and easier to see with its holographic technology. It's worth researching.
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Kevin Federline has a sense of humor about his upcoming Super Bowl ad for Nationwide Insurance, but some in the fast-food business aren't smiling.
A top executive at the National Restaurant Association has blasted the commercial, which shows Britney Spears's ex daydreaming about being a rap star but really working in a fast-food joint, for being "demeaning and unpleasant" to the nation's 12.8 million restaurant workers, the New York Post reports.
The rep, Annika Stensson, believes the ad could have been done differently. "A sudden change in Federline's career could have been depicted with him holding an unemployment benefit check," she says. "It shouldn't be necessary for a company to disrespect others to get its point across. ...It's a negative, unfair and inaccurate reflection. It's not Kevin we take issue with, but the depiction of where he ends up."
Stensson has complained officially in a letter to Nationwide CEO Jerry Jurgensen.
A spokesman for Nationwide, Eric Hardgrove, said the ad isn't meant "to offend or insult the many fine individuals who work in the restaurant industry," according to the Post. He said it is a "humorous take on one person's life. ...The focus of the ad is the element of surprise, not the setting of a fast-food restaurant."
In the commercial, Federline's journey from rap superstar to fry cook is meant to dramatize Nationwide's slogan, "Life comes at you fast."
Earlier this month, Federline told PEOPLE that the self-deprecating ad is the beginning of a "new Kevin" for 2007.
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Gosviani on the other hand was so elegant throughout. Stunning.
Gosviani on the other hand was so elegant throughout. Stunning.
Is it just me or is Nikol moving a little too slow for the music?
What a pity, that combo. From all the Russian ladies I like the presentation of Nikol the most. Very musical, sympathetic.
It's just an absolute travesty that Gosviani's PCS are almost the same as Pogorilaya's...
All Imai's jumps are URed
Haruka IMAI (JPN)
Music: Song Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn
White/purple ombre strapless dress w/lots of silver sparkle.
2A - good flow
3S+3T - bit scratchy, will have to check replay. 3T borderline <<
3Lo - bit scratchy landing also. Def <, borderline <<
She seems very happy after her skate
SP: 29.02+25.77=54.79, in 2nd out of 5
3toe and 3loop were both cheated for Imai (need slo-mo to see how much).
Does anyone know why Imai left Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen?
UR galore !
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Building on the established collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this conference will again bring together international researchers with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector. The conference will discuss the complex relationships between identities, festivals, cultural events and tourism focusing in particular on aspects of policy, management, programming and marketing.
The conference will take place in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 15 - 17 March 2006 and will form the research stream at the 15th Annual Conference of IFEA.
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Festivals and cultural events are occasions where the identities of peoples and places are performed, celebrated and shared. There is much that can be learned from international experiences in the management and communication of diverse and changing community, place and brand identities through festivals and cultural events.
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Puppet Theater to show take on 'Cinderella'
MARTINSBURG - Wonderment Puppet Theater, 412 W. King St., will present "Cinderella's Soc Hop" and dance party at 1 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday, through Aug. 25. Admission is $5 for those 2 and over.
For more information, call 304-258-4074 or visit www.wondermentpuppets.com.
Cooking summer day camp to be held
WINCHESTER, Va. - Nibbins, 229 Market St., will offer a three-day "International Foods" summer day camp for children ages 8 to 12, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 13-15. Cost is $115 for all three days, or $50 for one class. Kids will learn to make a variety of international foods such as quesadillas, tacos, cinnamon chips, chicken with broccoli, fried rice, bakery pasteries and more. Campers will be served lunch.
In addition, an "Heir and a Parent" class will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 24. Becky McGraw will show attendees and their children how to make yummy back to school snacks. Cost is $50 per pair.
For more information or to reserve a spot, call Nibbins at 540-535-0787.
Library summer reading programs to be offered
MARTINSBURG - July's Calendar for library branches at a glance
North Berkeley Public Library, 304-274-3443
Thursday, 10:30 a.m.: Archaeology Club & Paleontology Club (prior registration required)
Thursday, 11 a.m.: Bridges of West Virginia
July 20, 3 p.m.: There's Coal in the Land/Stacie Hutton
July 23, 11 a.m.: Maryland Zoo/Native species
Musselman-South Berkeley Community Library, 304-229-2220
Thursday, 10:30 a.m.: Archaeology/Terrarium Day/Story time
July 17, 10:30 a.m.: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Day!
July 20, noon: We Dig Coal/Stacie Hutton - craft to follow
July 25, 10:30 a.m.: Book-it Day /crafts from books
July 31, 2 p.m.: Maryland Zoo/Native species
Naylor Memorial Library
Due to space limitations, programs will be held at the Hedgesville Volunteer Fire Station, 117 West Main Street, Hedgesville.
July 20, 3 p.m.: We Dig Coal/Stacie Hutton
July 31, 2 p.m.: Maryland Zoo/Native species
Martinsburg Public Library
Wednesday, 11 a.m.: Apollo Children's Summer Players presents a preview of Annie/crafts
Thursday, 1 p.m.: Discovery Museum "For the Children by George"
Friday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m.: Archaeology Day at the Adam Stephen House
Saturday, 10:30 a.m.: Stories on Saturday/craft
July 16, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Clay Crafts
July 18, 10 a.m. to noon: Rainbows, the Colors of Health and Breakfast Babaloo
July 20, 10:30 a.m.: We Dig Coal /Stacie Hutton
July 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Basket Making Craft
July 24, 10 and 11 a.m.: Night Creatures. Advance tickets required.
July 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Christmas in July Crafts
July 25, 6 p.m.: Teen Skull Session reads The Giver
July 26, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Art Berkeley Day/Schedule TBA
July 27, 10:30 a.m.: Stories on Saturday/craft
July 27, 2 p.m.: Middle Reader Group reads "Canary in the Coal Mine"
July 30, 1 p.m.: Discovery Museum "For the Children by George"
July 31, 10 and 11:15 a.m.: Maryland Zoo/Native species. Advance tickets required.
BE-Hive activities schedule announced
MARTINSBURG - The BE-Hive, 205 N. Queen St., has announced the following events:
Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.: Tony M Music;
Thursday, 5:30 p.m.: It's all about laughter;
Friday, noon: Craft instructor from Michaels;
Saturday, 2 p.m.: Family bingo, prizes for kids.
For more information, call 301-704-0324 or visit www.be-hive.org.
Montessori school to hold open house
FRONT ROYAL, Va. - Mountain Laurel Montessori School will hold an open house from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The campus for infants through 6th grade is located at 155 Biggs Drive, and the junior high for 7th to 9th grades is located at 23 Sunny Slope Lane, Flint Hill.
For more information, visit MountainLaurelMontessori.org or call 540-636-4257.
Yarnability to host 'Fiber Fest,' sewing programs
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Yarnability will host the following events:
Fiber Fest: Held from 2:30 to 5 p.m. July 22-26. Open to those 8 to 14. Participants will learn how to knit, crochet, dye yarn, spin, weave, wet felt and needle felt. Cost is $125 per week, which includes supplies;
Summer Sewing: Open to those 8 to 14. Meets from 2:30 to 5 p.m. July 15-19 and Aug. 5-9. Cost is $125, including supplies. Participants will learn how to sew by hand and machine, embroidery, applique, needle felting and tie-dye.
For more information, visit www.yarnability.com.
Discovery Museum to host summer camps
WINCHESTER, Va. - The Shenandoah Discovery Museum will host the following summer camps:
Young Jedi Training Camp with Lorilei Drebelbis: Meets from 9 a.m. to noon July 15-19. Open to children entering grades 3 to 5. Cost is $95 for members; $125 for non-members.
Art Out of the Box with Mr. Mark: Offered from 1 to 4 p.m. July 15-19 and July 29 to Aug. 2, for those entering grades K-5. Cost is $95 for members and $125 for non-members, per week.
Chess Camp with Jim Moyer: Designed for children entering grades 1 to 3. Meets from 9 a.m. to noon July 29 to Aug. 2. Cost is $95 for members and $125 for non-members;
Paleo Camp with Geb Bennett: Offered from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 5-9, for children entering grades 2 to 5. Cost is $95 for members and $125 for non-members.
Gander in the Gardens: Held from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 12-16 for children entering grades 4 to 6. Cost is $110 for member and $140 for non-members.
For more information or to register, call 540-722-2020 or visit discoverymuseum.net.
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High altitude platforms for UMTS
Cazorla Aviles, Javier
Permanent address of the item is: http://URN.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-200907104591
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Publication type: Diplomityö
Issue date: 2007-02-12
University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto
Faculty: Tietotekniikan osasto
Department: Tietoliikennetekniikan laitos
The work shown in this thesis is an analysis of network simulations obtained from the use of High Altitude Platforms in the radio access network of UMTS. The work was aimed to find an optimal configuration for a single HAP scenario, and to apply this optimal configuration to a multi-HAP scenario. The results for the analysis of both cases have been simulated using the NPSW static simulator software tool. For the single HAP scenario, a set of different cell layouts with different antenna beamwidths were simulated. Each one of these configurations was simulated in different load cases, using a wide traffic scale. The results obtained from the analysis of a single HAP scenario lead to a planning rule for the configuration of the antennas on board. This planning rule is used for the multi-HAP scenario, where three HAPs provide UMTS coverage jointly. The analysis for the multi-HAP architecture was focused on finding the optimal distance between HAPs. The basic parameters for the simulations such as traffic density and configuration of the antennas on board are the same as used for a single HAP scenario. This is due to the fact that the variable under study in this multi-HAP architecture is the distance between HAPs. Consequently the results obtained show the variation of the network performance with the separation between HAPs.
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With: Riverbend, All Bets On Death (who are part of a great Rat Patrol benefit for AJ Mohr this Saturday at Slims Last Chance) Dicky More, Windowpane (who are heading out on the road w/Queensryche.) A fun chat with Jules from The Spittin' Cobras, Virgin, The Missionary Position, Chelsea Speed Party and Megasapien!
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Visual search
Visual search is a type of perceptual task requiring attention that typically involves an active scan of the visual environment for a particular object or feature (the target) among other objects or features (the distractors).[1] Visual search can take place with or without eye movements. The ability to consciously locate an object or target amongst a complex array of stimuli has been extensively studied over the past 40 years. Practical examples of using visual search can be seen in everyday life, such as when one is picking out a product on a supermarket shelf, when animals are searching for food amongst piles of leaves, when trying to find your friend in a large crowd of people, or simply when playing visual search games such as Where's Wally? Many visual search paradigms have used eye movement as a means to measure the degree of attention given to stimuli.[2][3] However, vast research to date suggests that eye movements move independently of attention, and therefore are not a reliable method to examine the role of attention. Much previous literature on visual search uses reaction time in order to measure the time it takes to detect the target amongst its distractors. An example of this could be a green square (the target) amongst a set of red circles (the distractors).
- 1 Search types
- 2 Reaction time slope
- 3 Visual orienting and attention
- 4 Theory
- 5 Biological basis
- 6 Evolution
- 7 Face recognition
- 8 Considerations
- 9 Consumer psychology
- 10 References
Search types[edit]
Feature search[edit]
Feature search (also known as a "disjunctive" or an "efficient" search), as introduced by Treisman and Gelade (1980),[4] is defined as a parallel process. This type of search is used in cases where the target and the distractors are maximally different, i.e. differentiated by a single property such as color, shape, orientation, or size. An example of feature search would be to pick out a red circle located within a group of black circles. This search type is very efficient, resulting in quick reaction times for correct responses, and is described as having a "pop out" effect. The number of distractors around the target does not affect reaction times for this type of search, as long as the distractors are maximally similar to one another and maximally dissimilar to the target. Thus, the "pop out" effect is as strong with 4 distractors as it is with 40.[5]
Conjunction search[edit]
Conjunction search (also known as inefficient or serial search), also described by Treisman and Gelade (1980),[4] occurs when the target and the distractors share similarities in more than one single visual property, such as size, colour, orientation and shape. Unlike feature search, where the distractors are homogeneous with respect to their features, in conjunction search the distractors are heterogeneous. An example of conjunction search can be seen if the target is a black horizontal line while the distractors are made up of white horizontal lines and black and white vertical lines. The target therefore shares orientation (horizontal) but not colour with some of the distractors but also shares colour (black) but not orientation with other distractors. The similarities with the distractors make the target harder to identify as there is no 'pop out' effect as seen in feature search. This top-down (user-driven) search produces much slower reaction times as it requires[neutrality is disputed] the individual to use previously stored knowledge of the target in order to locate it. In this instance, as the number of distractors increases, the search is less efficient. E.g., you would be much slower to detect the target with forty distractor stimuli as opposed to four. As the stimuli in the environment become more complex, conjunction search becomes more likely. For example, finding a red 'K' among red and black letters, or finding a picture target among other picture distractors. In such cases individuals may use top-down visual search strategies to make the search more efficient, such as ignoring all black letters,[6] or ignoring pictures that are semantically irrelevant.[7]
Reaction time slope[edit]
It is also possible to measure the role of attention within visual search experiments by calculating the slope of reaction time over the number of distractors present.[8] Generally, when high levels of attention are required when looking at a complex array of stimuli (conjunction search), the slope increases as the reaction times increase. For simple visual search tasks (feature search), the slope decreases due to reaction times being fast and requiring less attention.[9]
Visual orienting and attention[edit]
One obvious way to select visual information is to turn towards it, also known as visual orienting. This may be a movement of the head and/or eyes towards the visual stimulus, called a saccade. Through a process called foveation, the eyes fixate on the object of interest, making the image of the visual stimulus fall on the fovea of the eye, the central part of the retina with the sharpest visual acuity.
There are two types of orienting:
- Exogenous orienting is the involuntary and automatic movement that occurs to direct one's visual attention toward a sudden disruption in his peripheral vision field.[10] Attention is therefore externally guided by a stimulus, resulting in a reflexive saccade.
- Endogenous orienting is the voluntary movement that occurs in order for one to focus his visual attention on a goal-driven stimulus.[10] Thus, the focus of attention of the perceiver can be manipulated by the demands of a task. A scanning saccade is triggered endogenously for the purpose of exploring the visual environment.
Visual search relies primarily on endogenous orienting because participants have the goal to detect the presence or absence of a specific target object in an array of other distracting objects.
Visual orienting does not necessarily require overt movement, though.[11] It has been shown that people can covertly (without eye movement) shift attention to peripheral stimuli.[12] In the 1970s, it was found that the firing rate of cells in the parietal lobe of monkeys increased in response to stimuli in the receptive field when they attended to peripheral stimuli, even when no eye movements were allowed.[12] These findings indicate that attention plays a critical role in understanding visual search.
Subsequently, competing theories of attention have come to dominate visual search discourse.[13] The environment contains a vast amount of information. We are limited in the amount of information we are able to process at any one time, so it is therefore necessary that we have mechanisms by which extraneous stimuli can be filtered and only relevant information attended to. In the study of attention, psychologists distinguish between preattentitive and attentional processes.[14] Preattentive processes are evenly distributed across all input signals, forming a kind of "low-level" attention. Attentional processes are more selective and can only be applied to specific preattentive input. A large part of the current debate in visual search theory centres on selective attention and what the visual system is capable of achieving without focal attention.[13]
Feature integration theory (FIT)[edit]
A popular explanation for the different reaction times of feature and conjunction searches is the feature integration theory (FIT), introduced by Treisman and Gelade in 1980. This theory proposes that certain visual features are registered early, automatically, and are coded rapidly in parallel across the visual field using preattentive processes.[15] Experiments show that these features include luminance, colour, orientation, motion direction, and velocity, as well as some simple aspects of form.[16] For example, a red X can be quickly found among any number of black Xs and Os because the red X has the discriminative feature of colour and will "pop out". In contrast, this theory also suggests that in order to integrate two or more visual features belonging to the same object, a later process involving integration of information from different brain areas is needed and is coded serially using focal attention. For example, when locating an orange square among blue squares and orange triangles, neither the colour feature "orange" nor the shape feature "square" is sufficient to locate the search target. Instead, one must integrate information of both colour and shape to locate the target.
Evidence that attention and thus later visual processing is needed to integrate two or more features of the same object is shown by the occurrence of illusory conjunctions, or when features do not combine correctly. For example, if a display of a green X and a red O are flashed on a screen so briefly that the later visual process of a serial search with focal attention cannot occur, the observer may report seeing a red X and a green O.
Guided search model[edit]
A second main function of preattentive processes is to direct focal attention to the most "promising" information in the visual field.[13] There are two ways in which these processes can be used to direct attention: bottom-up activation (which is stimulus-driven) and top-down activation (which is user-driven). In the guided search model by Jeremy Wolfe,[17] information from top-down and bottom-up processing of the stimulus is used to create a ranking of items in order of their attentional priority. In a visual search, attention will be directed to the item with the highest priority. If that item is rejected, then attention will move on to the next item and the next, and so forth. The guided search theory follows that of parallel search processing.
An activation map is a representation of visual space in which the level of activation at a location reflects the likelihood that the location contains a target. This likelihood is based on preattentive, featural information of the perceiver. According to the guided search model, the initial processing of basic features produces an activation map, with every item in the visual display having its own level of activation. Attention is demanded based on peaks of activation in the activation map in a search for the target.[17] Visual search can proceed efficiently or inefficiently. During efficient search, performance is unaffected by the number of distractor items. The reaction time functions are flat, and the search is assumed to be a parallel search. Thus, in the guided search model, a search is efficient if the target generates the highest, or one of the highest activation peaks. For example, suppose someone is searching for red, horizontal targets. Feature processing would activate all red objects and all horizontal objects. Attention is then directed to items depending on their level of activation, starting with those most activated. This explains why search times are longer when distractors share one or more features with the target stimuli. In contrast, during inefficient search, the reaction time to identify the target increases linearly with the number of distractor items present. According to the guided search model, this is because the peak generated by the target is not one of the highest.[17]
Biological basis[edit]
During visual search experiments the posterior parietal cortex has elicited much activation during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) experiments for inefficient conjunction search, which has also been confirmed through lesion studies. Patients with lesions to the posterior parietal cortex show low accuracy and very slow reaction times during a conjunction search task but have intact feature search remaining to the ipsilesional (the same side of the body as the lesion) side of space. [18] [19] [20] [21] Ashbridge, Walsh, and Cowey in (1997) [22] demonstrated that during the application of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the right parietal cortex, conjunction search was impaired by 100 milliseconds after stimulus onset. This was not found during feature search. Nobre, Coull, Walsh and Frith (2003) [23] identified using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that the intraparietal sulcus located in the superior parietal cortex was activated specifically to feature search and the binding of individual perceptual features as opposed to conjunction search. Conversely, the authors further identify that for conjunction search, the superior parietal lobe and the right angular gyrus elicit bilaterally during fMRI experiments.
In contrast, Leonards, Sunaert, Vam Hecke and Orban (2000) [24] identified that significant activation is seen during fMRI experiments in the superior frontal sulcus primarily for conjunction search. This research hypothesises that activation in this region may in fact reflect working memory for holding and maintaining stimulus information in mind in order to identify the target. Furthermore, significant frontal activation including the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex bilaterally and the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex were seen during positron emission tomography for attentional spatial representations during visual search.[25] The same regions associated with spatial attention in the parietal cortex coincide with the regions associated with feature search. Furthermore, the frontal eye field (FEF) located bilaterally in the prefrontal cortex, plays a critical role in saccadic eye movememnts and the control of visual attention.[26][27][28]
Moreover, research into monkeys and single cell recording found that the superior colliculus is involved in the selection of the target during visual search as well as the initiation of movements.[29] Conversely, it also suggested that activation in the superior colliculus results from disengaging attention, ensuring that the next stimulus can be internally represented. The ability to directly attend to a particular stimuli during visual search experiments has been linked to the pulvinar nucleus (located in the midbrain) while inhibiting attention to unattended stimuli.[30] Conversely, Bender and Butter (1987)[31] found that during testing on monkeys, no involvement of the pulvinar nucleus was identified during visual search tasks.
There is a variety of speculation about the origin and evolution of visual search in humans. It has been shown that during visual exploration of complex natural scenes, both humans and nonhuman primates make highly stereotyped eye movements.[32] Furthermore, chimpanzees have demonstrated improved performance in visual searches for upright human or dog faces,[33] suggesting that visual search (particularly where the target is a face) is not peculiar to humans and that it may be a primal trait. Research has suggested that effective visual search may have developed as a necessary skill for survival, where being adept at detecting threats and identifying food was essential.
The importance of evolutionarily relevant threat stimuli was demonstrated in a study by LoBue and DeLoache (2008) in which children (and adults) were able to detect snakes more rapidly than other targets amongst distractor stimuli.[34]
Given that the environment in which humans live has changed significantly over time, questions arise as to whether the purpose of visual search is falling away, or whether humans have adapted it to identify new salient targets. Recent research into the relevance of visual search in modern society has include identifying target nutritional information on product labels,[35] identifying salient features while driving[36] and manipulating consumer shopping habits using different shelf display characteristics.[37] Another modern application of visual search has been the development of artificial visual search engines, such as Google Goggles.
Face recognition[edit]
Over the past few decades there have been vast amounts of research into face recognition, specifying that faces endure specialized processing within a region called the fusiform face area (FFA) located in the mid fusiform gyrus in the temporal lobe.[38] Debates are ongoing whether both faces and objects are detected and processed in different systems and whether both have category specific regions for recognition and identification.[39][40] Much research to date focuses on the accuracy of the detection and the time taken to detect the face in a complex visual search array. When faces are displayed in isolation, upright faces are processed faster and more accurately than inverted faces,[41][42][43][44] but this effect was observed in non-face objects as well.[45] When faces are to be detected among inverted or jumbled faces, reaction times for intact and upright faces increase as the number of distractors within the array is increased.[46][47][48] Hence, it is argued that the 'pop out' theory defined in feature search is not applicable in the recognition of faces in such visual search paradigm. Conversely, the opposite effect has been argued and within a natural environmental scene, the 'pop out' effect of the face is significantly shown.[49] This could be due to evolutionary developments as the need to be able to identify faces that appear threatening to the individual or group is deemed critical in the survival of the fittest.[50] More recently, it was found that faces can be efficeintly detected in a visual search paradigm, if the distracters are non-face objects,[51][52][53] however it is debated whether this apparent 'pop out' effect is driven by a high-level mechanism or by low-level confounding features.[54][55] Furthermore, patients with developmental prosopagnosia, suffering from imparied face identification, generally detect faces normally, suggesting that visual search for faces is facilitated by mechanisms other than the face-identification circuits of the fusiform face area.[56]
Research indicates that performance in conjunctive visual search tasks significantly improves during childhood and declines in later life.[57] More specifically, young adults have been shown to have faster reaction times on conjunctive visual search tasks than both children and older adults, but their reaction times were similar for feature visual search tasks.[30] This suggests that there is something about the process of integrating visual features or serial searching that is difficult for children and older adults, but not for young adults. Studies have suggested numerous mechanisms involved in this difficulty in children, including peripheral visual acuity,[58] eye movement ability,[59] ability of attentional focal movement,[60] and the ability to divide visual attention among multiple objects.[61]
Studies have suggested similar mechanisms in the difficulty for older adults, such as age related optical changes that influence peripheral acuity,[62] the ability to move attention over the visual field,[63] the ability to disengage attention,[64] and the ability to ignore distractors.[65]
A study by Lorenzo-López et al. (2008) provides neurological evidence for the fact that older adults have slower reaction times during conjunctive searches compared to young adults. Event-related potentials (ERPs) showed longer latencies and lower amplitudes in older subjects than young adults at the P3 component, which is related to activity of the parietal lobes. This suggests the involvement of the parietal lobe function with an age-related decline in the speed of visual search tasks. Results also showed that older adults, when compared to young adults, had significantly less activity in the anterior cingulate cortex and many limbic and occipitotemporal regions that are involved in performing visual search tasks.[66]
Alzheimer's disease[edit]
Research has found that people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are significantly impaired overall in visual search tasks.[67] Surprisingly, AD sufferers manifest enhanced spatial cueing, but this benefit is only obtained for cues with high spatial precision.[68] Abnormal visual attention may underlie certain visuospatial difficulties in patients with (AD). People with AD have hypometabolism and neuropathology in the parietal cortex, and given the role of parietal function for visual attention, patients with AD may have hemispatial neglect, which may result in difficulty with disengaging attention in visual search.[69]
An experiment conducted by Tales et al. (2000)[67] investigated the ability of patients with AD to perform various types of efficient visual search tasks. Their results showed that search rates on the "pop-out" tasks were similar for both AD and control groups, however, people with AD searched significantly slower compared to the control group on the conjunction task. One interpretation of these results is that the visual system of AD patients has a problem with feature binding, such that it is unable to communicate efficiently the different feature descriptions for the stimulus.[67] Binding of features is thought to be mediated by areas in the temporal and parietal cortex, and these areas are known to be affected by AD-related pathology.
Another possibility for the impairment of people with AD on conjunction searches is that there may be some damage to general attentional mechanisms in AD, and therefore any attention-related task will be affected, including visual search.[67]
Tales et al. (2000) detected a double dissociation with their experimental results on AD and visual search. Earlier work was carried out on patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) concerning the impairment patients with PD have on visual search tasks.[70] [71] In those studies, evidence was found of impairment in PD patients on the "pop-out" task, but no evidence was found on the impairment of the conjunction task. As discussed, AD patients show the exact opposite of these results: normal performance was seen on the "pop-out" task, but impairment was found on the conjunction task. This double dissociation provides evidence that PD and AD affect the visual pathway in different ways, and that the pop-out task and the conjunction task are differentially processed within that pathway.
Studies have consistently shown that autistic individuals performed better and with lower reaction times in feature and conjunctive visual search tasks than matched controls without autism.[72][73] Several explanations for these observations have been suggested. One possibility is that people with autism have enhanced perceptual capacity.[73] This means that autistic individuals are able to process larger amounts of perceptual information, allowing for superior parallel processing and hence faster target location.[74] Second, autistic individuals show superior performance in discrimination tasks between similar stimuli and therefore may have an enhanced ability to differentiate between items in the visual search display.[75] A third suggestion is that autistic individuals may have stronger top-down target excitation processing and stronger distractor inhibition processing than controls.[72] Keehn et al. (2008) used an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging design to study the neurofunctional correlates of visual search in autistic children and matched controls of typically developing children.[76] Autistic children showed superior search efficiency and increased neural activation patterns in the frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes when compared to the typically developing children. Thus, autistic individuals' superior performance on visual search tasks may be due to enhanced discrimination of items on the display, which is associated with occipital activity, and increased top-down shifts of visual attention, which is associated with the frontal and parietal areas.
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In the past decade, there has been extensive research into how companies can maximise sales using psychological techniques derived from visual search to determine how products should be positioned on shelves. Pieters and Warlop (1999)[77] used eye tracking devices to assess saccades and fixations of consumers while they visually scanned/searched an array of products on a supermarket shelf. Their research suggests that consumers specifically direct their attention to products with eye-catching properties such as shape, colour or brand name. This effect is due to a pressured visual search where eye movements accelerate and saccades minimise, thus resulting in the consumer's quickly choosing a product with a 'pop out' effect. This study suggests that efficient search is primarily used, concluding that consumers do not focus on items that share very similar features. The more distinct or maximally visually different a product is from surrounding products, the more likely the consumer is to notice it. Janiszewski (1998)[78] discussed two types of consumer search. One search type is goal directed search taking place when somebody uses stored knowledge of the product in order to make a purchase choice. The second is exploratory search. This occurs when the consumer has minimal previous knowledge about how to choose a product. It was found that for exploratory search, individuals would pay less attention to products that were placed in visually competitive areas such as the middle of the shelf at an optimal viewing height. This was primarily due to the competition in attention meaning that less information was maintained in visual working memory for these products.
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A term used to negatively refer to the people who live in either Highland Park or University Park, Texas. These cities are located in the heart of Dallas as close as you can get to downtown without being in the ghetto. The people there usually follow these stereotypes: "The girls are beautiful, the boys are well-groomed and cocky. The women are nosy and annoying (especially if mothers), and the men are aggressive and self-affirming." Everyone has a lot of money, and no minorities live there. This is not the place for you if you are at all "different". There are cops everywhere. The most noticeable trait of a Parkie is being disconnected from the outide world, hence the term used to describe the cities themselves, "the Bubble". Despite all this, many of the people there are kind, good friends even, if you can get past the obvious. It is worth noting that this term is usually used by people who live outside the Bubble.
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Someone who works in the park. Generally goes round telling kids off for playing football.
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a cool person who goes to park yay park!!!!!!!!!
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He looks really happy! And, no! They are not supposed to grow up. Not this quick.ReplyDelete
Cute photo! My husband always likes to point out that one day our little punk is going to grow up, move out, get married, etc. He is under the impression that if we talk about it it will be easier. I highly doubt it, but I let him talk about it anyway.ReplyDelete
He looks like he's having a blast! I am still amazed that you guys have remained friends all these years! That's too cool!ReplyDelete
hope he enjoys itReplyDelete
My Blessing #2 starts kindergarten in a couple weeks... New and exciting times ahead for them!ReplyDelete
Oh, he really likes her doesn't he? How sweet!! We moved kinda frequently, so my longest friend is from 7th grade. It's nice that you've had a friend since K!ReplyDelete
What a smile! And what a thought -- I can't phathom the day Emma starts K, but I know it's right around the corner. I hope your little man does find a friendship as lasting as the one you've found!ReplyDelete
What a little ham! So cute!ReplyDelete
I think it's amazing you are still friends. My longest friend is from 4th grade. We were best friends all thru high school too and her husband is my husband's best friend from high school. Kind of cool!ReplyDelete
It's rough girl. I'm having a hard time with mine being gone all day! Eeekkk! Where does the time go!?!?ReplyDelete
Cute picture. My sis was just here with her friend since Kindergarten. They are now 20 and still close. It's weird to think that our kids could be meeting their best friend for life.ReplyDelete
Very cute! I sure hope he finds his lifelong best friend in kindergarten. Most of mine were from high school but it's all good! How wonderful to share such moments with your best friend!ReplyDelete
It's hard letting them grow up isnt it? I started my 3 1/2 year old twin daughters in headstart last week. When I walked into that classroom full of other small children, I started wondering, which one of these kids will be their best friends, share secrets, have sleepovers? Will it be one of these little boys that they'll grow up and marry? It's so hard. I cried after I left them their on that first day. I didnt think I would, but I did. Thank God that they love school though :) We havent had any problems whatsoever! I hope everything works out for the best for you and your family :) God Bless.ReplyDelete
I am really emotional today. This post made me cry. Time goes by so fast. I have a friend like that too, what a blessing that is.ReplyDelete


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The teen in those oh-so-snug Calvin Klein jeans was not the confident supermodel she appeared to be on billboards in the 1980s. Instead, Brooke Shields felt a "complete detachment," the now-accomplished actress, 43, tells More magazine's May issue.
In her early career days, she says, "I didn't want to [look in the mirror]. What if I didn't like what I saw? What if I didn't look like I did in the magazines?"
From debuting as a baby Ivory Snow model to her most recent run on TV's Lipstick Jungle, Shields says that her pregnancies (while in her 30s) and life experiences helped her come to terms with her self-image. "Suddenly I realized how good [my body] had been to me over the years," she says.
But just because she is comfortable in her own skin now doesn't mean she adores everything about it. "People say, 'I love my wrinkles.' I don't love my wrinkles – come on!"
Still, she admits, "I'm proud of my longevity more than anything else. There's a lot to be said for endurance. I'm trying to find the beauty in the whole picture rather than the crow's feet."
Brooke Shields Likes Her Body, Hates Her Wrinkles