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Michael Gurian, co-founder of the Gurian Institute, will discuss "The Minds of Boys and Girls: How to Help Our Sons and Daughters Do Their Best in School and Life" on Friday, March 20, at the Binghamton University Forum luncheon to be held at the Binghamton Regency in downtown Binghamton.
The lunch buffet begins at 12:30 p.m. with Gurian's discussion following promptly at 1:00 p.m. The focus will be on how to help children of all ages to succeed in school and life.
Gurian is a family therapist, corporate consultant, lecturer and The New York Times bestselling author of 25 books published in 21 languages. The Gurian Institute conducts research internationally, launches pilot programs and trains professionals. Gurian has been called "the people's philosopher" for his ability to bring together people's ordinary lives and scientific ideas.
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I have been training for the Coventry Half Marathon, using the one of the many amazing training guides that Runners World supply.
The training has been great, and since training with my Garmin and HR monitor, I'm seeing the advantages of using it. Although the training tells you what HR zone to train in, it doesn't detail what to do on race day.
It says that 85% of MAX HR is a good HM pace but does that mean I run at that pace through the entire race or is there some kind of split target I can do.
I want to use my Garmin and HR monitor on race day so I wanted to program it so that I can keep my pace in check.
Any help would be appreciated.
To be honest you are better to run to pace rather than HR in a race. You are going to ahve adrenaline on race day causing changes in your rate and while you might average 85% you will almost certainly get some drift so there is no point starting off at that pace. Once you have done a few with the monitor on you will have a better idea of what your HR does and you might then consider using it in the race.
Thanks for the advice. I will wear the the HR monitor in next weeks race and look at the data. What would be a good plan to run for a half marathon then?
Have you dont a 10k recently? If you have there are many pace calculators what will give you an idea of equivalent times. Otherwise it is hard to say what you should do. HM pace is just on the hard side of easy. It ought to feel fairly comfortable but you should still feel like you are pushing yourself a bit. Of course that needs to be sustainable too
I've ran a couple of 10ks, although trails, in 1hr 4mins so I'm guessing that for a half, at a push, I could do in about 2hrs??


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Yuna's being a lot more careful this season. She didn't have any definite competitive goals in 2011, and she was still looking for her goal. Right now, Yuna's main goal is to get any many spots for Team Korea as possible. You're looking at two very different mindsets working for Yuna in 2011 and Yuna right now.
Also yes, everyone can score 70+ in short if they can pull out big jumps like 3F/3T, 3Lz/3T, 3A, etc. and go clean. The question is how likely is it? Basically what you're saying is so long as other ladies go clean and Yuna makes multiple errors (free and short), they can beat her. Well, of course. When Yuna goes clean, she can beat others too.
I think only one other girl who can score 70+ in the sp with the current layout, and that's Caro. 3T-3T, 3Loop, 2A would be enough. Her PCS should rise enough by March to push her over 70.
Ashley, even with 3x3, will not crack 70.
Mao doesn't have 3x3, won't go for 3A in the SP, will not crack 70.
Akiko doesn't have the necessary PCS to crack 70.
Kiira? I can see her scoring close to 70 if clean, but won't crack 70.
If Yuna makes the kind of mistakes she did yesterday, she would be out of the medal, especially if the other girls are clean. If she falls on the 3Lutz-3Toe, gold is also gone. Caro will probably adjust her LP to match Yuna. If she leads in the SP, she wouldn't risk anything in the LP since Yuna is unlikely to be clean in the LP.
If Caro and Yuna both skate a clean LP like they did at their own nationals, I'm pretty sure Yuna would edge her out by several points in the long program.
If Yuna actually does at Worlds what she did this weekend, she's going to be on the podium unless the the top 3 girls ALL have the skate of their life at the same time. (How likely do you think is that?)
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She would be on the podium, possibly gold for this LP. And yes, she would score a few points higher than kostner. Her TR is stronger than kostner and she has stronger lutz, a big element.
I think world this year has the potential to be the best world in history. All girls are very strong in PC's so as long as they are clean, even the bronze medalist is worthy of the title. How often do you see something like that?
there will be three ladies from the US n Sochi, so why the assumption of just two ???
I can see Ashey, Gracie and Mirai going to Sochi
with Gao and Miller as outside shots from the three
This remains to be seen, but I think that IF Ashley starts doing a triple/triple she could definitely score 70. She hit 66 already this season without it.
Well, might as well break it down.
Here's Ashley's SP BV
LSp4: 2.70
CCoSp4: 3.50
3Lo: 5.61
StSq4: 3.90
FSSp4: 3.00
Total 28.94
As you can see, she's maxed out as far as levels. The only thing she could do is add a 3-3. A 3F-3T is worth 9.40 points, which would add 2.8 points. So if GOE and PCS were the same (i.e. she does the program with the same performance), her score would go up to 69.24. Of course this assumes she can do the 3F-3T with the same execution as the 3F-2T. She scored +1.30 GOE with that combo.
Let's say she botches the 3F-3T and the the 3T is UR. The BV of the combo goes down to 8.2 points. Let's say that she has a major step out -1.00 GOE. Now your'e down to 7.2 points. With just the 3F-2T at it's current quality she got 7.9. So it doesn't take a brain surgeon to see why she opted to not put in the 3-3 in yet if it's not ready.
For further reference, let's note the 3F-3T she did at 4CC last year. She scored +0.20 there, so 9.40 overall. So if she did the same at GPF (with everything else staying the same) -- her score would be 67.94.
I think she has a shot at 70, but there will need to be a lot of stars aligning ---basically a perfect program with all level 4s (including step) and not just a OK 3-3 but a great one with high GOE (majority +2).
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Don Pancho and his wife, Doña Lucinda, their six daughters, two sons, daughter-in-law and grandson wait excitedly for the students to arrive, the dinner table set with plates of chicken and rice. Such a feast, but the day is special. When finally an SUV rounds the last turn on the dusty, bumpy mountain trail that leads to Don Pancho's farm in La Garrucha, Guatemala, a shout goes out. "Arriba, arriba!" The Marquette students are finally here.
Water for La Garrucha
By Joni Moths Mueller Photography By Kat Berger
Men run from every direction to greet them, and for the first time the students realize how important the job they've undertaken is to this Mayan community. Although only one student speaks fluent Spanish, they and the Guatemalans trade greetings maybe not expressing what they want to say with 100-percent accuracy, but nobody seems to care. The students are here; the project is off the ground.
What brought Marquette and La Garrucha together is a story about preparing engineers for the world. It all began at the start of the fall semester with this assignment: Design a system to bring clean water to the homes of 170 families living in the mountain highlands of Guatemala. It must be affordable to build and simple to maintain. It should take advantage of the region's natural resources and be constructed of materials available locally. Design it to withstand the elements, especially the seven- or eight-month rainy season that may be punctuated with hurricanes and the three or four months of drought that follow. And keep in mind that families will depend on this system for the next 20 years to bring clean, healthy water into their homes to cook, wash clothes, bathe, water animals and irrigate crops.
The students accepted the challenge. Led by teacher Mike Paddock, an engineer with CH2MHILL in Milwaukee who happens to have an uncommon passion for Guatemala, they embarked on what one student describes as "a real exercise in real engineering." It took them to La Garrucha twice, the first time to evaluate the current water resource and nearby alternatives, take water samples and assess the health of families in the community. On the second trip the engineering class presented a concrete proposal for change.
Imagine this invitation on the first day of class: "Sign your waiver form and return it to me next week. Make sure you have Hepatitis A and Typhoid protection, and that your tetanus is up to date. We'll be at 5,000-foot elevation so malaria isn't a concern."
La Garrucha's need matched the College of Engineering's desire to offer a challenging water project as an elective. Dr. Daniel Zitomer, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, submitted a proposal for funding to People, Prosperity and the Planet, a contest funded by the Environmental Protection Agency to engage college students in developing sustainable solutions to technology needs in developing countries. Marquette's proposal won one of this year's 50 grants. With that news, Paddock sends out a quick e-mail to announce the class and five truly outstanding civil engineering students respond: Amy Mikus, John "Jack" Berg, Alicia Wantoch, Mark Von Dollen and Adrianna Stanley.
One-sixth of the world lacks clean drinking water, Paddock tells the class, which makes bringing clean water to developing countries such as Guatemala a top target of the United Nations. In the United States, water usage hovers around 150 gallons per person per day. In a refugee camp, the UN suggests 1.5 gallons per person per day. "We will aim for 30 to 40 gallons per person per day," he says.
Paddock offers to talk to parents who are uneasy about their son or daughter traveling to Central America. Mikus warns Paddock to expect a call from her mom and tells him later, "I don't know what you said, but you talked your way into another pair of hands for this project."Mikus is ready to go.
Von Dollen quickly applies for a passport. He isn't sure whether he'll be able to join the class on the first trip to Guatemala in October, but he plans to be ready for the follow-up trip in January. "I realized I've been waiting to do something like this since freshman year," he says. "Service is such an important part of the Marquette experience. I'd hoped to make the time and commitment to follow through on something like this."
Von Dollen's luck holds; his passport arrives the week the class is set to leave. "I took two years of Spanish in high school because it was required. I didn't realize how much I should've been paying attention," Von Dollen admits.
He's eager to get to La Garrucha all the students are. It's time to take the project to the next level.
Two years ago Paddock joined a group of Marquette engineering students and PAVA, a nongovernmental Guatemalan organization that works on development projects with local communities, in building a 67-foot bridge across the Motagua River to connect the villages of Panchaj and La Garrucha. For the first time La Garrucha's school teacher could cross the river during the rainy season to reach his students and school house. A bond was built then between Marquette and La Garrucha, and out of it, enough trust that Don Pancho asked for help with another project. This one touches on something crucial to the health and well-being of his family and his neighbors' families, who are often sickened by the water coming from the only usable spring.
The spring was tapped 20 years ago when La Garrucha's population was a fraction of what it is today. On most days the water runs out by midmorning, and the villagers know the water is a mixed blessing. The concrete spring box that once protected the water has deteriorated over time. Now surface runoff loaded with everything from foliage to animal droppings flows into the spring. The water makes people sick, especially the very young and the very old. Last year, five of 25 newborns died from water-related causes.
Others have tried to solve this problem. In 1997 after an extensive search of the area, the families of La Garrucha sold chickens and corn and purchased the rights to a distant spring. In 2004 they hired a Guatemalan firm to design a water system. The plan for conducting the water from the Xecoxol Spring to La Garrucha, a distance of 6.5 kilometers, was expensive, costing one million quetzals, or about $120,000.
"Impossible,"Paddock says. "The only chance La Garrucha has of getting a water system is this class."
Conducting the water from the Xecoxol Spring would be difficult. Not only would pipe have to be dug into rocky mountainsides, the pipeline would have to cross a river. Closer to La Garrucha is a lagoon that has never been tapped for water because it's unclean. A second spring nearby, the Motagua Spring, offers a small amount of water and could be wrapped into a system to serve a section of the community.
"This community clearly knows they want something better," Paddock tells the students. "Our job is to see if there is another way that's more economical that will enable them to get water."
In 1996 Guatemala signed a peace accord to end a 20-year civil war. Since then some cities have grown and modernized. But away from the cities, up in the mountains, the traditional Mayan culture remains nearly untouched. Women wear the traditional traje, a long skirt and colorful, embroidered blouse. The men wear Western-style hats and carry machetes. La Garrucha's families are subsistence farmers who grow what they need to eat and trade for anything else. Their homes are simple with mud floors and open-pit latrines. They wash dishes and clothes in a pila, a large outdoor sink, and cook over a fire.
Don Pancho's house is the central gathering place, and it offers one unusual modern convenience, a public-address system pointed out onto the mountain valley. This is how news is sent throughout La Garrucha, and it isn't long before neighbors find reasons to walk by. Many have never seen a U.S. student before.
"I was a little surprised by how happy everyone was to see us," Wantoch admits later. Even though no one spoke English, we were always able to communicate and have fun. They were so protective of us."
Don Pancho's daughters and sons grab hold of every opportunity to be near the students, especially Mikus and Wantoch. Seeing young women do what is considered men's work is intriguing, but so is how the students have fun. One evening, after the girls watch the students play a game of rummy, they grab the deck of cards and hold their hands up in a sign to ask Wantoch, "How do you deal?" Wantoch shows them to sort and stack the cards with all the numbered sides facing down, and how to match pairs and face cards. Giggling, they grab the deck and deal four cards each and make up their own game as they go along.
Living with Don Pancho's family and walking the mountain trails gives the students a better sense of the challenges to building a water system. The men La Garrucha named to solve the village's water problem, El Comité del Agua, are efficient guides. Swinging his machete heavily through a dark curtain of branches and vines, Rolando Vielman Marroquin, the president of the Water Committee, hacks paths through the dense forest to open trails. Four or five members of the Water Committee stay with the students at all times, helping them along the steep mountain trails and handing them across rivers to potential sites for a water system. The October trip is a quick fact-finding visit, just five days, but in that time the students get the data they need.
"I won't be so nervous when we go back," Wantoch says later. "Now I see the project in a whole new way, and I'll apply that in January."
Mikus was 11 years old when the community purchased the spring and rights to lay a pipeline. "It's so incredibly important to them, and they want to be involved," she says. "We need the information that only they can give us they are a valuable part of this project."
Back on campus the students study the options lagoon or springs. They test water samples for toxicants and find a high level of fecal coliforms. Cleaning the existing spring box and distribution tank offers a short-term fix at that site. They build a slow sand filter at Marquette's lab and test it at Milwaukee's Linnwood Water Treatment Plant. With the help of Dan Welk, the plant manager, they tweak the filter so that it's ready to take to Guatemala. The filter will be installed on the site of the Xecoxol Spring to see whether this simple purification system can improve the water quality. Stanley drafts a topographic map and marks where the class thinks pipelines could run.
"The coolest part is that we're actually helping people," Stanley says. "Given this great skill set by the university and through this class by Mike, it's neat to think about what I can do to give back."
Berg agrees: "Mike has inspired us to use our engineering knowledge in service and given us confidence to put our knowledge to good use."
To accomplish everything in time for the next visit to La Garrucha, they divide into teams and plan two distribution lines. They break for Christmas with plans to meet at Marquette at 3 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, and set out for the important trip back to Guatemala.
The students call themselves Compañeros del Comité, companions of the committee, to reflect their respect for the village officials and the fact that their proposal is based on joined efforts of Marquette and the people of La Garrucha. They propose two options. One is to use the lagoon. It involves some maintenance challenges, including use of a siphon and pump, both of which are complex technology for this community to understand and maintain. The second option is to develop the Xecoxol Spring. Here, too, La Garrucha will have to tackle challenges, including embedding a long pipeline. Both options would cost nearly the same to implement.
Berg says working on this project has been a lesson in understanding the difference between American and third-world engineering. "We have the tools to make projects happen efficiently, but we have to adhere to strict codes and a demanding public. In Guatemala," Berg says, "the tools and supplies are not nearly as advanced, yet the codes are looser and the public is more appreciative than demanding."
The students' proposals are now in the hands of El Comité del Agua. "Guatemalans believe in building consensus and won't make a decision until there is 100-percent agreement," Paddock says.
In the meantime the students entered their water system solution in the final competition for funding from the People, Prosperity and the Planet Project. The EPA awards 10 projects with grants of up to $75,000. The prize money would nearly cover the cost of a water system for La Garrucha. The students and Paddock wait and hope.


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The National Gallery of Canada is pleased to present Vikky Alexander: Vaux-le-Vicomte Panorama, an installation of laser-disc projection and mirror columns created in 1998, on view at the Gallery from 20 April to 3 July 2000. Multi-media Canadian artist Vikky Alexander is concerned with what we accept and enjoy as beautiful, our easy consumption of images and our escapism into representation. She questions notions of display and decoration grounded in a culture conditioned by media hype, advertising, the movies. In this installation, lush scenes of the formal gardens designed by André Le Nôtre at Vaux-le-Vicomte in France are projected very large. The projection is reflected off mirror-faced columns that fragment and multiply the images so that the room resembles the profusion and illusion of a modern shopping mall. The gardens represent a pinnacle of high baroque aesthetics. Their perfectly symmetrical and intricate patterns represent absolute control over the unpredictability of nature and, with that, suggest the absolute power inherent in the monarchic state. The images might cause us to momentarily forget the human misery that allowed such glories to flourish. Beauty and aesthetics, however, do not exist apart from political realities, then or now. Vikky Alexander's illusionistic environment calls attention to the pictorial image's power to seduce and delude.


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By Wendy Frost
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(Oct. 30, 2006)--The UTSA College of Business received the Brillante Award for Educational Excellence from the National Society of Hispanic M.B.A.s (NSHMBA) last weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio, during NSHMBA's annual conference.
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"We are honored to receive this award from NSHMBA," said Lynda de la Vina, dean of the UTSA College of Business. "As an Hispanic-serving institution we are proud of our accomplishments in making higher education attainable for all students. In addition to our first-class academic programs, we provide an overall experience for our M.B.A. students that not only leads to a completed degree, but sets them on the path for a successful and fulfilling career."
More than 30 percent of UTSA M.B.A. students are Hispanic, greatly outpacing the national average of 4.5 percent. The college's faculty is diverse as well with minority faculty representing 20 percent. Enrolling more than 725 graduate students, the UTSA College of Business offers an innovative flex M.B.A. program, an executive M.B.A. program as well as a new noon M.B.A. program.
The Brillante Award for Educational Excellence recognizes educational institutions that strive for a diverse student population and have a successful and proven track record in programs targeted at Hispanic outreach. Past educational award recipients have included Bentley University, Cornell University, Rice University, University of Michigan and the University of Texas at Austin.
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An auction is coming up where bee boxes and an AI or A1 Root honey extractor is listed. I've tried doing an internet search and I've found some on Ebay, but I'm wondering if they are still being made or if you can get parts for it.
Supposedly it is a Model 1431 and the people who had it used it once.
I don't own a honey extractor, and would like to get one, but I don't want to spend alot if they aren't even being made anymore.
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According to Mel Kiper's infinite NFL knowledge, the Giants may be looking to go TE in the 1st round.
The question is why? Bennet was damn solid. Robinson has yet to see the field. We always have Pascoe. And I'm sure we could bring in a cheap FA TE for security reasons.
Why do we need a TE in round 1? How about an OL or DL or LB?


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Nice sewing space, have fun in it.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Nice sewing space, have fun in it.
Congralutions on your room! Cannot wait to see what y'all whip up!
Very nice, bet you can't wait to get in there!!
Thanks to all for your kind replies and encouragement. It helped us find a bit of time to get into the room and do the cutting for our first quilt. Happy to report all twenty fingers are still attached, we took turns measuring and wielding the cutter, and in the pic below are the stacked seven rows, each with five blocks, and some scraps for us to experiment on.
. the outdoor picture this week is actually two weekends old, taken a few miles northeast of town near Mongaup Falls Reservoir in NY.
Everyone enjoy... John and Mary
How lovely that you can quilt together facing each other! I loved the pic of the river also, with the crisp snow around it. Happy sewing to you both may you create lots of beautiful items and inspire each other as you bounce ideas off of each other!
A bed without a quilt is like the night sky without stars.
Nice space - isn't it fun to sit down to sew in a neat and clean room!! Beautiful space.
Love your space and where you walk. I walk there too! Aren't we lucky!
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Great set-up, lovely scenery. I'm glad to see that you have 2, very practical, work-horse machines set up and rarin' ta go! Have fun.
What a blessing to have a couple share the quilting experience. I often dream that one day my hubby would find interest in it. Your pics are wonderful and being from NJ understand your snow shoveling experience. Welcome, John and Mary to the "WONDERFUL" quilting board!!!
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Terrific set up for sewing! Scenery is great too! Happy sewing!
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Reconciliation directives must be included in a concurrent resolution on the budget adopted by both Houses to be valid. In general, reconciliation directives include: · the am... Read more Working Paper on Regulatory Budgeting Posted in HBC Publications on September 8, 2016 | Preview rr The exercise of government in America has become much more a matter of regulation than of legislation. In 2015, Federal agencies issued nearly 30 times as many regulations as laws that were enacted. Thus Congress cedes growing shares of its authority to an unelected fourth branch of government with ever-increasing control over Americans' lives. The cost of regulations has been estimated at about $2 trillion a year, and one study has shown that a 10-percent increase in the quantity of Federal reg... 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New bus service between campuses begins Nov. 7
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(Nov. 5, 2005)--VIA Metropolitan Transit begins new service routes Monday, Nov. 7, and the UTSA 1604 and Downtown campuses will benefit from the additional service.
The new service will add express route 93 to the current VIA express route 94. Like route 94, the new route will provide bus service between the UTSA 1604 and Downtown campuses. Additionally, through a continuing agreement with VIA, UTSA students, faculty and staff can ride VIA's express routes 93 and 94 free by showing a valid UTSACard.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Route 93, inbound and outbound, will make six stops including both UTSA campuses, the Shops at La Cantera, Valero Energy, University Park and Ride under Loop 1604 and Crossroads Park and Ride. A one-way trip will take approximately 55 minutes.
Route 94, inbound and outbound, will make five stops including both UTSA campuses, the Shops at La Cantera, University Park and Ride and Fiesta Texas. A one-way trip will take approximately 45 minutes.
Route 93 stops are located on the Downtown Campus at the Frio Street and Buena Vista Street bus stops. With the new service, express route 94 downtown bus stops will change. The route 94 in-bound downtown drop-off stop is at the corner of Dolorosa and San Saba streets; the outbound downtown pick-up stop is at the corner of Commerce and San Saba streets.
The 1604 Campus VIA stop is north of the Business Building in parking lot 3.
For more information, contact David Kapalko, director of UTSA parking and transportation services, at (210) 458-6601.
For VIA information, including express routes 93 and 94, visit the VIA Web site or call (210) 362-2020.
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October 1-31, 2008
Acts are needed now for 'UTSA's Got Talent'
By Nikki Lee
Assistant Director of Events Management, University Center
(Oct. 2, 2008)--If you or your co-workers have a talent that you would like to show off to the UTSA community, the second annual State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) "UTSA's Got Talent" show is accepting entries for the 2008 event. The show will be performed 2-4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24 for UTSA faculty and staff members who have pledged to SECC.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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This year's show will be simulcast from both the Richard Liu Auditorium in the Business Building at the 1604 Campus and the Buena Vista Theater at the Downtown Campus. There also will be a broadcast sent to the Institute of Texan Cultures for staff who cannot travel to the Downtown or 1604 campuses.
>> Download the "UTSA's Got Talent" entry form.
Submit the entry form by e-mail or campus mail to Nikki Lee, Events Management, University Center Room 1.04.02, 1604 Campus.
A mandatory rehearsal will be 3-5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17 in the respective auditoriums. Because of the complex timing of the show, failure to attend the mandatory rehearsal may eliminate a performance from the event.


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Hi Pedro -
I did some checking around today for the upholstery cord. I checked with a local shop and found there to be several different cord options. The cording he stocked was about 3/8" dia. and had a tissue core with some kind of nylon webbing around it. He looked in his supply catalog and found the cord to also be available in cotton.
I then went to a local fabric store (Hancock Fabrics) and found that they stock the cotton cording made by Conso Products Co. (http://www.conso.com). I noticed that you didn't mention in any detail, the size and material type of cording you used in your last report. Can you please shed some light on this?


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The first new passive circuit element since the 1830s might transform computer hardware
Brian Hayes
Will the memristor turn out to be a transformative technology, the key to putting hundreds of trillions of devices in the palm of your hand? Or will we be asking, a few years from now, "Whatever happened to the memristor?"
The empire of the transistor has fended off many other rivals and would-be invaders. A memory technology based on magnetic "bubbles" floating on a garnet crystal once held great promise, but you can read about it now on the website of the Vintage Technology Association. The charge-coupled device, or CCD, was another candidate for main memory and mass storage; it failed to gain a foothold in that role, although it did find another niche, as the image sensor of digital cameras. And there were wilder flights of fancy, such as superconducting computers and photonic data processing.
This roster of defeated challengers might lead one to conclude that no innovation has a chance of displacing an entrenched technology. However, the transistor itself offers the obvious refutation. At its debut in 1948 it had to compete with the vacuum tube, which had dominated the electronics industry for 30 years. Although the transistor took more than a decade to establish itself, in the end the vacuum tube became a quaint collector's item.
Today the TiO2 memristor is just one of many contending new technologies. Considering only the realm of switched-resistance memory elements, there are several other candidates, including devices based on phase changes, on magnetic fields and on electron spin. (Chua argues that all these devices should be classified as memristors.) To evaluate the long-term prospects of such technologies, one would have to go beyond basic principles of operation to questions of reliability, longevity, uniformity, cost of manufacturing and dozens of other details.
In a telephone conversation I asked Williams why he believes the memristor will be the technology that prevails. He offered several substantive arguments, but he also added, candidly: "It's the one I'm working on. I have to believe in it." In a sense this is the strongest endorsement anyone can give. As a bystander, I have the luxury of waiting on the sidelines to see how the contest comes out. But someone has to make choices, take risks and commit resources, or nothing new will ever be created.
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Is it time for RTS games on consoles?
Posted on 6th Mar 2009 at 10:45 by Clive Webster with 9 comments
RTS has never been a particularly successful genre on consoles, and it's fairly easy to see why when listening to the chaps from Halo Wars and Stormrise. The Whip Select control mechanism of Stormrise is purported to be 'faster and more efficient than a keyboard and mouse,' while the chaps behind Halo Wars have opted for a more simplified control system than you'd find in a typical PC RTS. Essentially both companies agree that it's the limitations of the joypad that hinder the enjoyment of RTS games on consoles. But no longer, it seems.


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Cultivating Ch'i
A Samurai Physician's Teachings on the Way of HealthSamurai are best known for taking life—but here is a samurai doctor's prescription for how to preserve life, and to make yours a long and healthy one. Unlike other samurai of his time, the samurai Kaibara Ekiken (1630–1714) was concerned less with swordsmanship than with how to maintain and nurture the healthy mind and body upon which martial techniques and philosophy depended. While serving as the chief medical doctor and… Read More
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12 Weeks to a Healthy Body, Strong Heart, and Sharp MindConventional medical science on the Chinese art of Tai Chi now shows what Tai Chi masters have known for centuries: regular practice leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and a sense of well-being. Cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School also supports the long-standing claims that Tai Chi also has a beneficial impact on the health of the heart, bones, nerves and muscles, immune system, and the… Read More
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Meditation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the BodyThis book offers simple meditation techniques to awaken healing energies in the body and mind. Using Buddhist principles as a basis, Tulku Thondup has created a universal guide that anyone can use. It will benefit those who want to preserve good health as well as those who need comfort and relief from illness or mental distress. Boundless Healing offers: Ways to employ the four healing powers:… Read More
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In this remarkable contemporary presentation of the theory and practice of Tibetan medicine, Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, twenty years the personal physician of H.H. the Dalai Lama, draws from over fifty years of practicing and teaching this ancient tradition of healing. This volume vividly presents a series of lectures Dr. Dhonden gave before a group of health care professionals at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. This lecture series was… Read More
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[quote user="SweetZombieJesus"][quote user="Ricci1331"]It's funny how these giant fans think they are gods gift cause they beat the packers. Packers don't have a defense that is even close to the Niners. Same result as the November game.[/quote]
And you think you're great because you beat a Saints team playing on the road outside a dome, and you needed 2 comebacks to do it...
Yeah, the Giants only beat a 15-1 defending Super Bowl Champion with the 2nd best offense in NFL history at Lambeau field, nothing special about that.
To be honest, I think the 49ers and the Saints (on an even field) are about evenly matched but you have to remember, the Saints were supposedly a better team than either the Giants or the 49ers (according to the East Coast "experts") and they were supposed to win that game by 3.5 points.
If you look at the first 55 minutes of the game, which is a lot more representative of how the teams actually played, the 49ers held the lead and forced five turnovers against a team that has been relatively stingy on turnovers.
The last five minutes of the game were just a fluke, both for the Saints and the 49ers. I would be willing to bet that nine times out of ten, neither team would be able to make two touchdowns in such a short amount of time, but both defenses were tired and both Brees and Smith had luck on their side on the long pass, but Smith came away with a higher passer rating than Drew Brees.
Beating Green Bay was no small accomplishment, but you won because their offense did not bring their a-game that did, your offense did, and Green Bay's defense is terrible.
The Giants are good enough to beat San Francisco in Candlestick, but the only way that is going to happen is if the 49ers start making mistakes like Green Bay and do not play like they have been for the last 17 games.


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Afghan Draw Down
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President Obama is drawing the line with Afghanistan.
Sign an agreement to ensure any troops we leave there are safe, or all of them are coming home by the end of this year.
The U.S. had planned to leave thousands of troops there when the war ends. Now the President is ordering the Pentagon to speed up planning for a full withdrawal by December.
In a phone call, President Obama gives Afghan President Hamid Karzai an ultimatum:
Sign the security agreement... Or all 34,000 U.S. troops leave this year. "I can't ask young men and women to serve in a country without the protections afforded by a Bilateral Security Agreement," said Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey.
He says the U.S. still wants to leave up to 10,000 troops after this year to help the Afghans keep an eye on the Taliban, and al Qaeda. But the U.S. says that can't happen until the security agreement - the BSA - is a done deal. "The longer we go without a BSA - and we've been making this clear - the more challenging it will be to plan and execute a US mission," said White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney.
"They may be trying to send president Karzai message - you're pushing your luck," said Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution.
Karzai has indicated he may leave the decision up to the next afghan president, due to be elected in April which, for the U.S., may be too late.
The world is watching. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's meeting with NATO leaders in Brussels today. "Probably right at the front end of the agenda will be Afghanistan," said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
The war is ending, but what is still up in the air - the size of the troop pullout.
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Jamie Oliver BBQ
Has anyone purchased a Jamie Oliver BBQ recently? I think they look really cool but one review said that the pan is deep so you have to add lots of coals or the food doesnt cook properly. Just wondered what everyone else thinks. There is one that is on a really good offer and looks amazing
I do think Jamie only lends his names to good products but interested in reviews.
Thanks peeps.
Keep up the amazing work Jamie
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Re: Jamie Oliver BBQ
I have not seen the BBQ , but I do think that its odd that the review said that the deep pan does not let the food cook properly...personally I would think that its more that persons BBQ technique .
If you get the coals to the correct heat , a white heat and there are the correct amount for the BBQ then there should be no problem in cooking the food.
I have a cooking pot which is like a fairly deep terracotta flowerpot , it is for cooking wih a tagine , I put the charcoal in the base, light it and wait till the coals get that dusty coating of white on them then I start to cook.. its perfect , I have also used it as a small BBQ and grilled some Kebabs , toasted breads etc .
Without any problem.
When I BBQ I take my time as the result is better , rather than rush to cook something as fast as I can.
#3 Thu 23 Jun 11 8:50pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver BBQ
Thanks Mummza, I do agree with it being the technique. I really want a BBQ and have been debating for a while over whether to get a gas BBQ or a charcoal one, i like the idea of the charcoals keeping warm as at the sun goes down as kind of a heater - me and my romantic idea's hehe !!
Also, the weather in England isnt that great mostly, so gas would be quicker than waiting for the coals to go white but charcoal tastes better - hmmm decisions decisions
#4 Fri 24 Jun 11 7:32am
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Re: Jamie Oliver BBQ
We have both gas and a charcoal foukou (a local rotisserie style bbq)
The gas one gets used most of the time, often as an alternative to the stove top griddle or grilling. The foukou comes out when we want kebabs or souvla. it's all down to what you'll be cooking and what works well for you.
If you're going to be cooking burgers and sausages a lot then go with gas as the heat is more controllable - useful when you get a flare up. A gas BBQ can also double as a smoker.
#5 Fri 24 Jun 11 10:34am
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Re: Jamie Oliver BBQ
I find that with proper technique there is much better temperature control with charcoal. I did a quick search and it looks like he has branded quite a range of different grills, which one specifically were you interested in?? If it is the charcoal kettle style , I would say it is probably a good one. Make sure it is enamel coated not high heat painted other than that kettles are some of the best units to put a wide range of food . They work great as makeshift smokers as well.
Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or a cook. { cowboy saying}
#6 Fri 24 Jun 11 11:37am
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Re: Jamie Oliver BBQ
I find the gas BBQ we have is easy a lot of the time as its quick to set up , if the weather was more predictable , we would use charcoal more ( it rains a lot !!)
#7 Sun 26 Jun 11 2:29am
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Re: Jamie Oliver BBQ
Dougs, I think you should buy a gas one and a charcoal one! LOL You still l trying to figure out which one, aye? Let me know what you decide!! Love you!!
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Inkscape's Repositories
Inkscape uses the Bazaar repository system to manage project files. This is a quick guide to getting started using bazaar and some common commands.
Most version control systems use some shared location to publish the most up-to-date version of the project. (We will from now on assume that the project contains the source code for a program.) We will call this place the trunk. The first thing to do when starting work on a project is to download its source code, which is called creating a checkout. The files in your checkout are called the working copy. A checkout contains copies of files belonging to the project, where you can make changes. When you are ready to send your changes to others, you commit them, and they are stored in the shared location for others to see. The state of the project after someone's changes is called a revision, and each revision in Bazaar is assigned a sequential number, called the revision number. Revision 0 is the empty project and revision 1 is the initial commit of the project's files. To receive the latest changes introduced by others, you update your checkout. The update command does not remove any of your uncommitted changes - they are automatically merged.
Bazaar uses the following commands for the above functionality.
$ bzr checkout project_trunk_url
This checks out the source code of a project stored at the specified URL.
$ bzr commit
This sends your changes to the shared location, so others can see them. It will display an editor window, where you should enter the summary of your changes. This description will be visible when using the bzr log command.
$ bzr update
This updates your working copy to the latest public revision. Your uncommitted changes are left in place and automatically merged with others' changes.
Useful basic commands
$ bzr revert file
This undoes all of your changes to the specified file and restores it to the state it was in after the last update.
$ bzr add file
When you create a new file it is initially unversioned, which means the version control system doesn't track changes to it. You need to tell the VCS that you want to include it in the project, or make it versioned. The add command is used to do this. The next commit command will then add this file to the shared location.
$ bzr rm file
This removes a file and its contents from version control and deletes it from disk. The next commit command will remove it from the shared location. Use the --keep option if you want to remove it from the shared location but keep it as an unversioned file in your working copy.
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Kids are watching more TV than ever, says a recent study of 6,700 young people. The study, conducted by Nielsen Company, finds that kids from ages 2 to 11 are watching the tube for a total of more than one day a week. TV's youngest viewers, children from 2 to 5 watch, on average, more than 32 hours a week. Kids 6 to 11 watch more than 28 hours. The reason for fewer hours for the older group: They are in school while preschoolers are often home during the day. The number of viewing hours is at an eight-year high.
Why So Much TV?
What's the reason for the increased tube watching? According to Patricia McDonough, a Nielsen senior vice president, more and more shows are aimed at kids. McDonough points out that video-on-demand is very popular among the youngest kids who watch their favorite shows over and over.
The report says kids are mostly watching live TV, but they're also watching taped shows on DVRs and programs on DVDs. Also, kids ages 6 to 11 play video games on a TV for an average of nearly two and a half hours each week.
What does all this viewing mean? Sitting in front of the tube could lead to weight gain since viewers could--and should--be doing something active instead. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics--a group made up of doctors who treat children--recommends that kids under 2 should not watch TV at all. And kids older than 2 should limit their TV time to less than two hours a day.


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This unique omega 3-6-7-9 formula contains a blend of wild deep-sea sourced fish oils containing the omega-3 fats (EPA/DHA) in the TruTG™ form' the most important omega-6 fat (GLA from borage oil)' the omega-7 fat palmitoleic acid and omega-9 fat oleic acid from certified virgin organic macadamia nut oil. EPA helps keep GLA metabolism in an anti-inflammatory mode. In addition' docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) plays as many important roles in human health as EPA' along with promoting brain wellness.
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The Many Faces of Ft. Lauderdale
Bonaventure Resort & Spa • Weston, FL
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- A One-Night Stay for Two in a Deluxe King or Double Room, from February 24 through March ($209), April through September ($109), or October through December ($139)
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- $50 Spa Credit
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The Destination
Fort Lauderdale is a Floridian city of many faces. Manicured boardwalks, designer shopping, outlet malls, and world-class dining cater to a sophisticated set craving high-end arts and entertainment, while its rugged outskirts made famous by the gator-lush Florida Everglades provides for plenty of adventure and unique opportunities for eco-tourism. From its white-sand beaches to its bustling downtown, Ft. Lauderdale is a Jack-of-all-trades.
The Digs
Surrounded by 23 acres of tropical paradise and home to aLaya, one of south Florida's largest destination day spas, The Bonaventure Resort & Spa is a AAA Four Diamond property that makes the most of the area's sunny days—there are an average of 246 of them annually. Three swimming pools, two PGA golf courses, and one swim-through waterfall surround rooms that feature 32-inch flat-screen televisions, marble baths, and iHome stereos. Deluxe king and double rooms have Wi-Fi, walk-in showers, and tubs, and one-bedroom suites include balconies, living areas, and kitchenettes. Sip happy-hour cocktails at the resort's Cabana Bar & Cafe, and then try butter-poached lobster tails at the popular Ireland's Steakhouse.
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A New TranslationRenowned translator William Scott Wilson has rendered Lao Tzu's spiritual and philosophical classic in the most authentic way possible, using both the ancient text from 200 BCE and characters from the even older Great Seal script used during Lao Tzu's time. By accessing these earlier characters, Wilson is able to offer a text that is more authentic in language and nuance, while also preserving the poetry of the work. … Read More
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That thing is chunky! Can it be disassembled or is it solid? Whats the business end look like?
this is what the "PIG" looks like on a 11.5" barrel. the pig is a krink style three piece FH for the ar-15 series.
it looks very much like the old moderator used back in the day.
a bit short for the ATF so you still have to have SBR stamp or pistol lower.
That thing is chunky! Can it be disassembled or is it solid? Whats the business end look like?
it has a funnel shaped cone and a threaded notched-ring that holds it together.
i don't have any more photos cause my main box went tits up.
these damn things are expensive $100 bill? they do a good job on a SBR though.
they direct the blast away from the shooter. makes it "seem" far less loud.
not at all like a can though.
i wouldn't say it is any better than what a krink has.
ii figure some of the machine shop guys here @ gunco can probably roll their own-- if they have seen a krink .
they are not hard to make. the easiest way to get a 4130 tube from an online sullpy company, turn a muzzle end piece. turn a cone align and weld
Dou you think it's worth the $100 for one? I did a SBR with a 11.5 barrel and damm it hurts to shoot with no hearing pro (only fired 2 rounds to get a feel for the sound) I was thinking a "PIG" might help
This does look very promising. I have been slowly making levang type comps for my guns specifficly for noise redirection away from the shooter. They work and aren't hard to make, but are time consuming without a dividing head. So this pig is basically a piece of 1.25" tube with a turned cone at the end? Whats the pitch of the cone?
i don't know if i would pay a $100 just to try one.
there is this guy on amazon.com that sells them for $39 --a bit more in the ball park.
lets say you have an 11.5" barrel. these are 3.5" --it would be nice if there was one that was 4.5" that way you could kill two birds with one stone,
get rid of some of the blast and get rid of a $200 stamp by blind pin & weld the FH on the barrel.


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My company builds 40 or more decks per year, so we've become extremely efficient at it. Our crews' experience and know-how are important factors in our success, but tools play a part, too. Most of our tools are the same ones any builder or remodeler would use, but one benefit to specializing in a particular trade is that investing in specialized tools pays off. Those that I've found especially useful in my deck business are the ones I'll concentrate on here.
Demo Tools
Almost every project we do involves some kind of demolition, from tearing off an entire deck to removing deck boards and railings for a resurfacing project. There is nothing glamorous about demo, so our goal is to take the deck apart as quickly and painlessly as possible.
Most carpenters use generic crowbars for deck demo. That works, but it's slow going and awkward, since you're prying against a 1-1/2-inch joist and have to work from the side where the deck boards have been removed. We've used a lot of different pry bars, and our go-to tools for removing deck boards are The Gutster and the Duckbill Deck Wrecker.
The Gutster. This tool (1) provides excellent leverage for prying apart framing and removing the first couple of deck boards (2). It will fit over single or double joists and has two pointed "fangs" you can jam into cracks and joints to gain purchase. The tool is ergonomic but heavy enough to split a 5/4 x 6 cedar deck board in half if used in a downward stabbing motion. It also has nail-pulling slots — much like those on a roof shovel — that are useful for quickly denailing joists during resurfacing projects. Since the design of the tool requires that the user stand on the joists while prying up deck boards, we don't like to use it for board removal — but we use it for everything else. Sometimes we even dig with it.
The Gutster has been through several design incarnations since its initial release. The original was extremely durable. We still have our first Gutster and have demoed hundreds of decks with it, though it's now beat-looking and bent. About three years back the manufacturer switched to an oval-tubed design, and those tools were nearly disposable. We had a couple of them, and the head weld would crack after one or two jobs. The manufacturer has since gone back to a round handle, which seems to have fixed the problem. We've used one of the current model tools to demolish 10 decks, and it's still going strong. Price: $75. www.thegutster.com.
Duckbill Deck Wrecker. We use the Duckbill Deck Wrecker (3) to remove deck boards. That's all it's designed to do — and without a doubt, it's the fastest way to get this job done. The long handle provides plenty of prying power and the head (4) spans the joists and presses up from below in such a way that the user can stand on the deck while levering off boards with amazing speed.
The tool works on boards that are nailed or screwed. Although I've never actually timed it, I would guess that a two-man crew can deboard a 250-square-foot nailed-down deck in about 15 minutes. The boards come off so quickly a helper can stay busy clearing and stacking deck boards as they're removed. The job's not quite as fast without a helper because the operator will have to stop every so often to clear the boards.
We like that we can reverse the head by pulling a pin, because when we get close to the house where there's not enough room for the handle to be levered, we can still get into tight spaces. This highly specialized tool is worth every penny, and I would recommend having one for your next project. Price: $60. www.duckbilldeckwrecker.com.