text:
Stay connected with us to get the latest health and fitness news, innovative workouts, healthy recipes and wellness tips.
Change Location
ACE Fit Share
Using basic canned goods and a few other staples, you can make this comforting soup in just minutes. The trick to achieving a full-bodied homemade flavor from canned chicken broth is to freshen it up with a handful of herbs, some garlic cloves and crushed red pepper. For a meatier flavor, add a little crumbled cooked Italian turkey sausage to the soup.
Nutrition Profile:
Diabetes Appropriate
Healthy Weight
Heart Healthy
High Fiber
Low Calorie
Low Carb
Low Cholesterol
Low Sat Fat
Low Sodium
Serves 8
Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 35 min.
Step 1
Combine broth, garlic, rosemary and crushed red pepper in a 4- to 6-quart Dutch oven or soup pot; bring to a simmer. Partially cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes to intensify flavor. Meanwhile, mash 1 cup beans in a small bowl.
Step 2
Scoop garlic cloves and rosemary from the broth with a slotted spoon (or pass the soup through a strainer and return to the pot). Add mashed and whole beans to the broth, along with tomatoes; return to a simmer. Stir in pasta, cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is just tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
Step 3
Stir in spinach, cover and cook just until the spinach has thawed, 2 to 3 minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish each serving with a drizzle of oil, if desired, and a sprinkling of Parmesan.
Variation: Substitute chickpeas (garbanzo beans) for the cannellini beans; use a food processor to puree them.
Featured Workouts
Check out our 12-week fitness plan designed to boost your strength, endurance, muscle definition, energy level and overall health.
Flatten your stomach and build strength in the muscles that provide stability and mobility for the spine, pelvis, ribs and hips.
Focus on pulling, rotating and building strength with workouts created alongside Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes.
This workout provides a challenging total-body workout that can be done from the comfort of home with no equipment other than bodyweight and space.


text:
I have a 10 frame box with a 10 frame super my poor little bees are trying to guard, The deep is not full of comb yet. So I could theoretically pull the super off, it does have newly drawn comb probably
filled with sugar water. I could move those frames to a nuc, put a couple of frames of capped brood and some bees in it, put it on a bottom board with a telescoping lid, and in a week or so add a frame of uncapped brood, and they might make a queen? It's still hot here for another 4 weeks minimum, possibly 12 weeks, do I have time?
I'm off today. Work is getting busy so I will be checking the computer often. Robbers are on the outside of the robber screen, going to get sugar when Costco opens. If I have to open-feed, well that empty nuc box of mine is looking mighty attractive. (it's been out as a bait hive for a week) And the best way to get experience, is to get experience.....But I don't want to lose more bees.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
|Tri-color rotini pasta is paired with red onion, celery, green and red bell pepper, black olives, chopped tomato and dressed with an Italian dressing.
Tri-Color Italian Rotini Pasta SaladHere's another pasta salad for the recipe box. The first one I posted was a Creamy Pasta Salad version, and my attempt at duplicating a local restaurant's menu item. This one is made using Italian dressing and no mayonnaise.
In my thinking, the vegetables listed are the basics and to be added upon - of course, you can mix and match whatever veggies are your own favorites, or what you happen to have on hand or find at the market. Focus on fresh, raw veggies for the most part - though a handful of frozen peas are great - and preferably what's in season. It's a fantastic pasta salad for when those peppers and tomatoes start to come in.
I like to have chunks of crunchy veggies in my pasta salad, but chop as thin as you like! You can also switch up the pasta - I like the tri-color rotini pasta for this recipe, but wagon wheels or shells are nice too. I also use a homemade dressing, or the Good Seasons envelope seasoning to make up my own Italian dressing, but a bottled commercial dressing works great too.
By the way, this pasta salad is great on its own but fantastic with boiled shrimp tossed in. Just add in about one pound of small, boiled, peeled shrimp at the end, right before chilling.
Check out more of my pasta salad recipes on Pinterest!
If you make this or any of my recipes, I'd love to see your results! Just snap a photo and hashtag it #DeepSouthDish on social media or tag me @deepsouthdish on Instagram!
Recipe: Tri-Color Italian Rotini Pasta Salad©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 20 min |Inactive time: 6 hours | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 pound package of tri-color rotini pasta
- 1/2 of a medium red onion, chopped
- 1 stalk of celery, chopped
- 1/2 of a medium green bell pepper, chopped
- 1/2 of a medium red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 can of medium pitted black olives, sliced
- 1 cup of commercial or homemade Italian dressing
- 1 tomato, seeded and chopped
- Parmesan cheese, to garnish
- Crumbled bacon, to garnish, optional
Boil the pasta al dente according to package directions. Drain and rinse well. To the drained pasta, add all of the chopped vegetables, except for the tomatoes. Stir in the Italian dressing and mix all together well. Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
Just before serving, add the chopped tomato, toss and then sprinkle the top with Parmesan cheese and crumbled bacon. Store leftovers in the fridge and refresh with additional Italian dressing as needed.
Cook's Notes: Add in 1 pound of boiled shrimp, fresh or frozen; boil in water, salt, liquid crab boil and lemon for about 4 minutes or until shrimp turns pink. Drain and set aside to cool; peel. You'll add these with the Italian dressing. If you're using the frozen precooked shrimp, you'll just need to thaw them, then add them, but taste and adjust seasonings. To make this Lent friendly, omit the bacon.
Greek Pasta Salad Variation: Add 2 cups of fresh spinach, torn, omit Parmesan cheese and substitute 1 (8 ounce) container of crumbled feta cheese, use Kalamata olives in place of black and substitute 1 cup bottled Greek dressing. Other options: Diced cucumber, zucchini or squash, chopped garlic, drained, small jar of chopped pimento, small jar of water-packed artichokes, quartered, 1/2 cup drained, cooked garbanzo beans, 1 tablespoon capers.
Source: http://www.deepsouthdish.com
Requires Adobe Reader - download it free!©Deep South Dish
☛ Are you on Facebook? If you haven't already, come and join the party! We have a lot of fun & there's always room for one more at the table.
Shrimp and Macaroni Salad
Creamy Pasta Salad
West Indies Salad Stuffed Avocado


text:
Sleuths Mystery Dinner Show
An innocent dinner turns into a whodunit after a perplexing crime is committed. Crack the case as you actively participate in the investigation of the mysterious and hilarious cast of characters.
Mingle with the outrageous suspects as you try to extract motives from the mayhem. The sleuth may become the culprit if you are chosen for a cameo role. Delight in the improvisation and investigation while enjoying a world-class dinner and all you can drink alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Mystery-theater show
- Dinner
- All you can drink (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) beverages
Sample menu
All items are subject to change without notice.
Fresh greens salad
Assorted crackers with signature cheese spread
Dinner rolls with butter
Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres
Cornish game hen dinner
Honey-glazed Cornish game hen with herbed stuffing, sweet potato, vegetables, and cranberry sauce
Prime rib dinner (at an additional fee)
Prime rib with baked potato and vegetables
Lasagna dinner
Four-cheese lasagna (with optional meatballs) with vegetables and garlic bread
Children's dinner (for children age 3–11)
Child-portioned meal including chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese, and green beans
Mystery Dessert:
??????(How else would it remain a mystery)??????
Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Mug Root Beer, Tropicana orange soda, sweet raspberry iced tea, unsweetened iced tea, coffee, hot tea
Bud Light, Budweiser, White Zinfindel, Chardonnay, Cabernet
Dinner and show times
Monday–Sunday 7:30pm
Location of Activity28.447021 -81.470557
Terms & Conditions
This Activity can be changed or cancelled without penalty at any time prior to 48 hours before the scheduled start of this Activity. Otherwise the product is 100% non-refundable and non-transferable.


text:
Sure.....now that Romney lost.....now he cares about winning football
Sure.....now that Romney lost.....now he cares about winning football
Woody signed up for a 3-6 season when he brought in Tebow... Clearly forced on the coaching staff, classic Jerry Jones move.
"Three-plus years in, the Jets are a curious circus and the Giants are reigning Super Bowl champions -- again."
Not that I disagree with anything said about Tebow, but I do think it's worth mentioning that he probably could not be used any worse than how he is currently.
Seriously, short of just giving the defense the playcall before he snaps it, I'm not sure they could be any more predictable.
I don't know man, it would be really hard to top that mess.
That idiot Tony Sparano finally realized that everyone in the league knows that Tebow was never allowed to throw the ball so what does he do?
Run the same exact WR screen play 4 times in a row with Tebow. You could actually see a few of Seattles defenders laughing. And not to mention the announcers who were just confused at what they were seeing.
Fortunately on the 4th one Tebow was smart enough to figure out that they were just standing in front of the WR waiting for the ball and he decided to run instead. I'm pretty sure the overpaid pretty boy throws a pick 6 there 100 out of 100 times.


text:
Antonia Juhasz on KGNU Morning Magazine with Maeve Conran
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Listen to the interview here. Juhasz's interview begins about halfway through the program at 16'40" and ends at 22'40."
Antonia Juhasz is a guest on KGNU Morning Magazine with Maeve Conran in Boulder, CO looking back at the oil spill one year later and her new book Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.


text:
You have some spare time. You know your way around a balloon. And you really like The Hobbit.
So you make a replica of Bag End. Of course!
If you're an obsessed fan like balloon artist Jeremy Telford, over three days, for ten to fifteen hours a day, you inflate, twist, bend, smoosh and lash together some 2,600 balloons in your family den. Continue Reading "Bag End Made From 2,600 Balloons? Yep." »


text:
Health Professions Office offers career advising
By Cindy Brockwell
Special Projects Writer
(Feb. 19, 2009)--If you're thinking about a health professions career, the UTSA Health Professions Office is the place to start. And, the sooner the better.
Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, the office is in Multidisciplinary Studies Building Room 3.02.10 on the 1604 Campus. General advising for all health professions is available by appointment or on a walk-in basis. Students should call (210) 458-5185 or visit the office.
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
Article tools
The Health Professions Office (HPO) was established three years ago under the direction of Alan Vince. Since that time, more than 3,500 UTSA students have registered with the office.
Through its advising staff of three, the office is dedicated to providing students thorough and careful advising on the academic preparation necessary to become competitive candidates in applying to various health professions programs.
"Our advising philosophy emphasizes the competitive nature of admission to health professions programs and the absolute necessity of careful and methodical academic preparation," Vince said.
The office provides special support services during the application process. This includes the writing of a health professions committee letter of evaluation for medical and dental school applicants, assistance with letters of recommendation, and review of personal statements.
The office sponsors an annual Health Professions Day; the 19th annual Health Profession Day information fair is 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19 in the University Center on the 1604 Campus. (Read a UTSA Today story about the event.) The information fair brings to campus more than 60 health professions programs from within Texas and across the nation. Information is available on health careers, application processes and more. The event is free and open to the public.
A special program for UTSA's pre-nursing students was created two years ago. Avanzar (Spanish for "advance") is a collaborative program between UTSA and the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) School of Nursing. Avanzar helps pre-nursing students with course preparation and advises them on what to expect when applying to nursing programs.
Advisers from the UT Health Science Center School of Nursing provide advising at UTSA on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays in the HPO. For more information on Avanzar, visit the office or e-mail Adelita Cantu.
"We stress the importance of a strong foundation in the sciences," Vince said. "We also highlight the importance to students of understanding what it means to be a health care provider... what it means to care for people who are ill. We tell students that courses in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities can serve to ground them in the practice of medicine," he explained.
The HPO encourages students to volunteer in a clinical setting and to perform community service as a means of better understanding whether a career in health care is right for them.
Vince earned his doctorate in medical anthropology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He spent 13 years at the UNM School of Medicine in program evaluation and as associate director of the Health Sciences Ethics Program.
He also is a faculty associate at the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the UT School of Medicine at San Antonio and teaches medical students in the course On Becoming a Doctor: Caring for the Patient, Ethics and Professionalism. In 1986, he began working as a premedical adviser at Columbia University.
At UTSA, he also directs and advises students in the Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP), a program created by the Texas Legislature to provide opportunities and support for economically disadvantaged students pursuing medical education. Summer internships at Texas medical schools and financial support during the undergraduate years and in medical school are highlights of JAMP.


text:
Town leaders continue to restrict roads for big-rigs
UNICOI, Tenn. - The Town of Unicoi is adding restrictions on where big-rigs can drive. They created an ordinance back in 2011, but town leaders say the problem still isn't solved.
It's essentially a public safety issue -- tractor trailers have gotten stuck on the middle of railroad tracks and homeowners aren't able to get out of their driveway. Town leaders say they're continuing to add road restrictions and 18-wheelers that don't follow the rules will have to pay up.
The shortest route isn't always the quickest. Time after time Carl Jones, co-owner of Jones and Church Farms, runs into the same problem when truck drivers stop to pick up shipments of tomatoes. "They come in by GPS and we tell them to forget the GPS, to call us when they get to Exit 32 and we'll guide them in," said Jones.
That's because these tractor-trailers wind up getting stuck on the area's narrow, winding roads, which raises safety concerns for the entire community.
Unicoi town leaders have now made restrictions on where tractor trailers can drive. Town Mayor Johnny Lynch says putting up warning signs on railroad crossings and residential roads has been somewhat helpful. "We still had the problem. So we decided we better come up with an ordinance," he said.
That means drivers who get stuck or cause problems can be issued a $50 citation along with a court fee. Recently, town leaders have added to the list of roads off-limits. "We haven't issued any citations yet, we think this has helped a whole lot," said Mayor Lynch.
While this may be good news for homeowners, Jones says this ordinance can be unfair for drivers not familiar with the area. "They might be from New York or Miami, Florida, but I hate them to be jumped onto because their GPS led them wrong," added Jones.
Here are some of the restricted streets and roads: The newly added Powder Hollow Road, Massachusetts Avenue, Tennessee Street, parts of Marbleton Road and Tinker Road, and Zane Whitson Drive.
Mayor Lynch says this ordinance is to simply keep tractor trailers on roads designed for them.


text:
Beauties of the Beautiful Game: Poland/Russia
All through the Euro, Playboy.com will provide you with a team-by team preview, complete with sexy girls wearing sexy scarves.
See More of Carlye Denise and Kella Dawn.
Poland – Group Record: 2-1, advances to quarters
As a host country, hopes are naturally high for this Polish squad. Up front they are led by midfielder Jakub "Kuba" Blaszczykowski and striker Robert Lewandowski, who this season brought their league team, Borussia Dortmund, a German double (winning both the regular season and the league cup). Right back Lukasz Piszczek was also featured on that team so there is a core here with experience playing high-pressure, must-win games. They also have one of the world's best young keepers in Arsenal's Wojciech Szczesny. Poland is by no stretch the strongest team in the field, but they are balanced; they could be the surprise team to come out of the group stages.
Russia – Group Record: 3-0, advances to quarters
Between attacking midfielder Andrei Arshavin and striker Roman Pavlyuchenko, the Russian side should have no trouble putting points on the board in a group that will have a notable lack of them. They could probably ride their offense alone to a perfect record, but to add insult to injury they've also got Igor Akinfeev minding goal and Aleksandr Anyukov lurking in the backfield. The Russians can do it all and after making it to the semis with almost the same team in 2008, they're looking to at least repeat that success.
Wanna see all the girls who particpated in our Euro scarves shoot? Click Here.


text:
View Comment
too much
Posted at 8:32 PM on June 14, 2014
Jasmine J
Posted at 11:39 AM on May 5, 2014
Posted at 11:13 AM on May 5, 2014
Posted at 10:00 AM on May 5, 2014
Posted at 3:41 PM on May 4, 2014
Come on Justin, stop F U * * * * * around !
Take a look at the young man in the mirror whom has been handed all of these talents and then do what you're suppose to be here for…to warn and then change the world !
Have you forgotten or just forsaken your God ?
Money changes everything don't be just another lost fool.
There's no "luck" involved here.
Life, to really live, takes more than just money, it takes real discipline.


text:
Redwine family pleas for answers in son's disappearance
MONUMENT, Colo. - As the days turn into weeks and months, the family of Dylan Redwine said it's still hard to believe. "It's an emotion you can't describe," said Elaine Redwine.
Dylan went missing from his father's Vallecito home during a court-ordered visit on Nov. 19.
Mark Redwine said he left Dylan at home to run some errands and the boy was gone when he returned.
"I never thought I'd be sitting here 52 days later, still no word ... never in a million years thought that would happen," said Elaine Redwine.
Dylan's older brother, Cory, said he went on many trips to see his dad. "We never had any reason to think something would go wrong," he said.
But now, Cory and Elaine said they have many unanswered questions.
"The last person to see Dylan was Mark. It angers me that he's not corresponding with us, that he won't speak to us, that he's choosing to lay low," she said.
They both believe there are clues and someone who knows something.
"I'm Dylan's mom. I've got to hope he's out there safe and whoever knows, has him, has compassion in their hearts to let him come home to his family," said Elaine.
Though her frustration with Mark is clear, she doesn't believe he would hurt their son.
"In my mind, I can't fathom a parent hurting their own child. I don't want to believe I picked so wrong that my ex-husband could hurt our son. So no, I don't believe that," said Elaine.
Dylan Redwine is described as 5 feet tall, 105 pounds, blond hair, blue eyes and fair complexion. He was last seen wearing a black Nike shirt, black basketball nylon shorts, black Jordan tennis shoes and a two-tone blue and white Duke Blue Devils baseball hat.
A tip line has been set up specifically for the search for Dylan Redwine at 970-382-7511.
The Durango La Plata Crime Stoppers also has a cash reward for information leading to Dylan. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 970-247-1112.
Citizens may also call the hotline for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE LOST (1-800-843-5678).


text:
2013 Neighborhood Summit and Kick-off Dinner
Hosted by Xavier University, Community Building Institute, and Invest in Neighborhoods | January 22, 2013
On Feb. 15 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. the 2013 Neighborhood Summit will kick-off with a discussion around youth engagement in community life featuring Denise Gonsalves, director of Youth Leadership Development for the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Boston. Cost is $25 per person for the dinner in Xavier's Schiff Conference Center. Register at www.xavier.edu/cbi by February 11.
Denise Gonsalves recently rejoined the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative as director of Youth Leadership Development. She was away for four years earning an MBA and working as a senior associate brand manager at Kraft Foods. In her earlier tenure at Dudley, she had worked in Roxbury and Dorchester for more than 12 years developing youth programs, organizing coalitions, and mobilizing the community around civic engagement. She is passionate about expanding and coordinating youth leadership efforts in the community and helping organizations recognize the value of youth voices and action in community change efforts.
The 2013 Neighborhood Summit will be Feb. 16 from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Xavier's Schiff Conference Center. Due to the generosity of sponsors Seasongood, Xavier University and Invest in Neighborhoods, the Summit is free of charge. The theme is "Strengthening Communities through Leadership and Partnership." Register for the Summit and reserve your lunch online at http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/register.html
Since 2002, the Neighborhood Summit has provided information and tools for neighborhood leaders and volunteers to more effectively improve their communities. As Cincinnati enters a new era in which neighborhoods are given more opportunity to create their own vision and implement it, it's much more important that they have the knowledge and resources to do so. The 2013 Neighborhood Summit establishes a Community Academy to teach basics of effectively operating a community council. Experts and professionals will help participants learn best practices. Some sessions are for those fairly new to neighborhood activity and others are for those with more experience. To start the work envisioned in Plan Cincinnati, there are sessions on implementation, form-based codes, and how four of our neighborhoods already are using the tools to transform their communities. We are looking to the future and exploring ways to incorporate and tap the energy of youth through community building. Youth will actively participate in summit activities, including interactive labs and youth-centered discussions. Finally, there is space to share experiences and lessons and to discuss how citizens will engage in making Cincinnati the greatest city it can be.
Community Academy sessions are offered in 101 level for basic information and 201 for more advanced topics appealing to experienced community advocates. Many workshops are presented by local professionals and experts who teach their subjects all over the country. Of particular note are Susan Naimark of Boston, author of The Education of a White Parent and former director of National Community Building and Organizing Programs at Neighborworks America, and Deborah Pearce, principal of the Pearce Communications Group of Bayside, WI. Naimark will share her experiences and lessons in a two-hour afternoon session on increasing membership for community activities. Pearce, who consults with companies and organizations across the country, will discuss interpersonal communication and interpersonal conflict management in ways that benefit community organizations.
At lunch tablemates will discuss a series of questions about how and where Cincinnati should encourage citizen engagement in policy and important decisions to determine the city's future. Notes will be compiled and an overview shared during the wrap up session. Young adults will especially enjoy sessions on neighborhood asset mapping, learning centers, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, effective dialog and resolving differences, communications, and the two-hour morning session on how and why we need to engage young people.
The Community Building Institute is a partnership of Xavier University and the United Way.


text:
Obama on Libya: George W. Bush 2.0
Posted by Medea Benjamin in Featured, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 31st March, 2011 | 1 Comment
His lines may be better delivered, but Barack Obama is sounding – and acting – more like the heir to George W. Bush than the change-maker sold to the public in his award-winning ad campaign. Indeed, when not sending billions of dollars to repressive governments across the globe, the great liberal hope is authorizing deadly drone strikes and military campaigns in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen and now, in his most pseudo-righteous war yet, Libya.
Read More...


text: Citizens may address the Council on Wednesday or Thursday by registering: Wednesday - Citizens to be Heard: Citizens to be Heard allows citizen input on any City items or issues. Citizens must register prior to 6:00pm (unless otherwise indicated for a Special Meeting). Registration Desk will be managed between 4:00p - 6:00p for in-person registration. Citizens will be given three minutes to speak. Groups consisting of three or more citizens will be allotted nine minutes total to address the council on any one item. Citizens wishing to be part of the Citizens to be Heard portion of the agenda can register online using a link that is available on this page on the day of City Council Work Session Days. Link is available from 8:00am to 6:00pm.


text:
Policy Information
Policy StatementThe Grievance Policy indicates steps to follow for employees and Joint Program students who are dissatisfied with terms of employment or working or academic conditions.
Reason for PolicyTo provide recourse in the event of workplace grievance.
ContentsPolicy Information
Policy Statement
Reason for Policy
Who Should Be Familiar With This Policy
Who Should Be Familiar With This PolicyAll employees and Joint Program students.
ProceduresI. Employees and Joint Program students who are dissatisfied with terms of employment or working or academic conditions should discuss the matter first with the appropriate supervisor or advisor. Should the individual be reluctant to seek resolution at this level, or should the supervisor or advisor not be able to provide such resolution, the problem may be discussed with the appropriate Department Chair or Administrative Manager. If the problem remains unresolved, or if the individual is reluctant to talk with anyone within the organizational unit, the individual should contact the Employment Services Manager/EEO Officer, who is also the Institution's Title IX Coordinator.
II. Any individual who remains dissatisfied after the above may request that the Human Resources Manager/EEO Officer convene a Grievance Committee. This request must be initiated by completing the Request to Convene Grievance Committee form (pdf) and submitting it to the Human Resources Manager/EEO Officer. If it is determined that a grievance committee is appropriate, it will be set up as follows:
A. The Human Resources Manager/EEO Officer, as nonvoting Secretary, will be responsible for organizing the Committee and will see that the business of the Committee is carried out and its recommendations reported as specified below.III. Any employee or Joint Program student may use the Grievance Procedure and no penalty or recrimination of any kind shall be incurred as a result.
IV. This procedure does not apply to dissatisfaction arising from personal problems with fellow employees or students, compensation, or to any right of continued employment or educational pursuit at the Institution.
V. The deliberations of the Grievance Committee are to be kept confidential.
Should you require assistance in the interpretation of this procedure, please contact the Employment Services Manager/EEO Officer.
[go back]
Copyright ©2007 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, All Rights Reserved, Privacy Policy.


text:
Remote Control Motorized Blinds, Shades & Window Treatments
- Control light with the push of a button
- Remote opens, closes and tilts slats
- Good for hard to reach areas & heights
- Luxurious and convenient operation
- Add smart home automation on Bali products
Motorized blinds and shades allow you to tilt, open and close your blinds with just the push of a button or with a tap of your phone. Motorization is available on many products like cellular shades, roman shades and roller shades. Motorized shades allow you to adjust the light in your hard to reach windows. These remote controlled blinds are powered by a wall plug or batteries. Consider the location of your window treatments to ensure you select the proper power supply. Gain complete control of your Bali motorized blinds by connecting them to your smart home system.
BG Kids® Roller Shades
retail $117.91 $79.00 + an extra 20% off
Certified Best for Kids
Products with this label meet or exceed safety recommendations approved by the Window Covering Manufactures Association (WCMA) and have undergone rigorous third-party testing.
Blindsgalore® Expressions Roller Shades: Kids Themes
retail $122.39 $82.00 + an extra 20% off
Certified Best for Kids
Products with this label meet or exceed safety recommendations approved by the Window Covering Manufactures Association (WCMA) and have undergone rigorous third-party testing.
Blackout (1)
Blackout blinds and shades can eliminate glare on TVs and monitors, make sleeping easier or simply used to darken a room.
Easy Cleaning (1)
- Blackout (1)
- Easy Cleaning (1)
- refine
New Additions (1)
Check out the new additions to Blindsgalore's selection of custom window treatments
- New Additions (1)
- refine
Expressions (1)
Choose your style, color and fabric for a one-of-a-kind expression of yourself
- Expressions (1)
- refine
customer reviews for remote control motorized
"Best Shades"
By Mom of 2 from Newburgh, NY
We purchased 2 of these shades, 1 for each of our childrens' rooms. They look great!, the cords are not a hazard as it is on a track attached to window sill. They open and close with ease, most of all these were the perfect color and design for a child's room.View this product
"So cute for child's room!"
By PHCLisa from Tampa, FL
We got Expressions roller shades in the purple Starry Sky and they are perfect! Very nice deep shade, good quality material and exactly the dimensions we ordered. Would definitely use blindsgalore again.View this product


text:
California Impressionism: Paintings from The Irvine Museum will include nearly sixty stunning paintings of California Impressionist art. Impressionism found fertile ground in California in the early twentieth century. Known as the "The Land of Sunshine" with its temperate climate and remarkable landscape, California was a popular locale for painters who worked en plein air, or out of doors, seeking to infuse their work with intense light and color.
The artists comprising this group include Maurice Braun, Anna Hills, Edgar A. Payne, Hanson Puthuff, Guy Rose, Elmer Wachtel, Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, William Wendt and several other noted painters of this period. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalogue, with four essays by the leading authorities in the field of American Impressionism including William H. Gerdts, Ph.D., Harvey L. Jones, David Dearinger Ph.D., and Jean Stern.The exhibition is organized by The Irvine Museum, Irvine, California.


text:
Discussion in 'NY - New York Chevy Truck Club' started by iraceIHRA, Aug 12, 2007.
I'm in Lancaster, east of Buffalo. Anyone from the area? or nearby?
South Jersey
Anybody from south Jersey??:sign0016:
If I throw a stone arcoss Lake Ontario, I could probably bounce it off your roof LOL. Close enough?
Jamie, I'm starting to think you are the closest member to me!!! lol
hey hows it goin im from north tonawanda. is that close enough for ya???
long island
whats up guys im from patchogue long island ny, anyone around?
North jersey here ..and :sign0016: to the forums
PineHawk99 I spend most of my time in south Jersey cuz i go to school there at Stockton College.... Where u live down here?
Im from Brocton..
Live in Cheektowaga , work in Lancaster
Separate names with a comma.


text:
Puzzle Levels
Download a FREE Solution for your puzzles!
Click Image to Enlarge
Wasgij Destiny #10: High Street Hassle
Product Information
|Jumbo International
|Wasgij, 1000 Pieces
|68cm x 49 cm / 26.7 in x 19.3 in
|Total Pieces
Product Description
What a chaotic scene in this busy street of yesteryear. Everyone seems so grumpy. How much better will it be in the 21st century? The picture you see on the box lid is NOT the puzzle pictures; it is simply a clue to what the puzzle picture is. Look into this scene entitled 'High Street Hassle' and try to imagine what has changed over the years; that is the scene you have no puzzle. Not all of us have a crystal ball to predict the future. Use your imagination as well as your curiosity to discover the future in the Wasgij Destiny puzzle. Only the puzzle holds the answer. Extra Hint inside the box!
Customer Reviews |Write your own review!
This item has yet to be rated


text:
Town Square
History on the canvas
Original post made on Sep 19, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 6, 2013, 12:00 AM
a resident of University South
on Sep 19, 2013 at 2:00 am
Great article Rececca! For anyone interested in visiting the Hoover Library and Archives to delve deeper into these collections, we are open to the general public, all you need is a photo ID to register. Check out our website for more details: Web Link
a resident of Southgate
on Sep 20, 2013 at 8:18 am
Look at what China and Iran do to artists of all kinds!
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 20, 2013 at 1:57 pm
Thwarted - don't need to go overseas... imagine what Joe Hill or Woodie Guthrie thought about oppression and class struggle?
Oh, wait...
Was a high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn't say nothing —
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]
One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office I saw my people —
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]


text:
New Policy Issued for Calculating Participation Rates Under NCLB
Switching Bells
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindTeacher Quality
Achieving Diversity
On the Horizon
Spanish Web Site!
New Policy Issued for Calculating Participation Rates Under NCLB
To help states implement the accountability provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act, the U.S. Department of Education recently announced new flexibility for calculating the percentage of students who participate on state assessments in reading and mathematics. In order to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), schools and school districts must demonstrate that at least 95 percent of students, both in aggregate and as subgroups, participated in the state's assessment program.
The new flexibility allows a state to average data from the previous one or two years with data from the current year to determine participation rates. If this two- or three-year average meets or exceeds 95 percent, the subgroup, school or district will meet the AYP requirement. For example, a school might find that its participation rate dropped to 94 percent for one year. If in the previous two years, the rates were 95 percent and 96 percent, then by averaging these three years the school would meet the 95-percent participation rate requirement.
In addition, students who are unable to take the test during either the testing or make-up "windows" due to a significant medical emergency will not count against the school's participation rate. This new policy allows schools to omit such students when calculating their participation rates so that schools whose averages might be affected by such situations will not be unduly identified for improvement.
For more information, visit www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2004/03/03292004.html.
Switching Bells
By Jennifer Whyman, New York City
Since leaving my job as a specialist trader at the New York Stock Exchange to teach in a New York City public school, many people have asked me, "Why did you leave? Don't you miss the money and excitement? Why would you want to spend hours in the hot classroom of a city school?"
They want to know how I segued from an established career in finance to embark on an uncharted journey in our nation's public schools. Would I miss being one of only 30 women among 1,336 traders who make a living executing orders worth millions of dollars? Most traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange stand from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.without a rest. Most teachers in our nation's schools also stand all day amid equally exciting and frenetic activity. The difference is that, although teachers and traders both stand all day, teachers personally change lives; traders never do.
Some days when I left the floor of the New York Stock Exchange I made a lot of money. Some days I lost a lot of money. However, I never felt like I made a difference in someone's life. But when I leave Mott Hall School at the end of the day, I know that I have made a difference. I can picture the children's faces as they have shared their favorite haiku poem or written their first memoir. It is not about something easily measured like shares of stock. It is measured in shares of someone's future growth as a talented, educated and ethical person in our community.
On the trading floor I met many accomplished CEOs, but I didn't meet future chess champions, musicians, writers, scientists and mathematicians. At Mott Hall, I collaborate with students who are stretching their minds and who are proud to be selected to attend this school.
Mott Hall is a magnet school for grades four through eight, located in an old convent in the middle of Harlem. Dr. Mirian Acosta-Sing, who became principal 18 years ago, has built the school into a stronghold of academic excellence. Known for its rigorous academic environment, Mott Hall attracts students from many different neighborhoods. It provides advanced studies and enrichment classes in subjects as varied as chess, robotics and the stock market, to name a few. Its recent test scores in mathematics and English were both in the 90th percentile of New York City schools, and it is the only school in the city to receive the 2003 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School Award.
But the question still remains: Why change careers to go into teaching? Something was missing despite all the money and prestige that came packaged with a career in finance. One day my three-year-old asked, "What do you do all day, Mommy? Run around like those little ants and toy soldiers I see on TV?" What was missing was the satisfaction of helping others in our society. When I lay my head down on my pillow at night, had I made a difference in anyone else's life?
I wanted to share all I had learned with others. Could I teach about the powerful stock market that propels our nation and the exciting U.S. economy? Perhaps I could teach English literature, my major in college, and make meaningful points, like how The Little Prince is a story of life, ethics and beauty.
Another big question was: How could I make the change from trading to teaching? I decided to enroll at Teachers College at Columbia University to get a master's in teaching. My long-term goal was to teach economics and English. During my second phase of student teaching, I was lucky enough to be assigned to Mott Hall School. There, I found the students and teachers most inspiring and the freedom to devise my own curriculum on the stock market.
At our school, there is a spirit of learning that is highly charged by a belief in excellence and standards. Walking through the brightly decorated halls of Mott Hall is just as exciting as walking onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Glowing on the bulletin boards of Ms. Skea's classroom, for instance, are student projects exploring right angles. Up the corridor are eighth-graders in Ms. Boro's class pushing themselves to write high-school level essays about the individual versus society. In Ms. Einstein's literature class next door, students are giving oral presentations on the poetry of Langston Hughes.
To this day, at 9:30 a.m., when the opening bell rings on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, I look up at the clock on my classroom wall and think, "Time to start yelling 'Sold!' or 'I'll buy your stock!'" But when I look over and see that there are 26 smiling students looking at me, I realize then that I am satisfied, delirious with my good fortune at being surrounded by inquisitive young minds and friends.
Jennifer Whyman is a first-year teacher at the Mott Hall School for Advanced Studies in Math, Science and Technology in New York City, where she teaches sixth-grade English and an enrichment course entitled "Our Nation's Economy and the Stock Market" to fourth- and fifth-graders.
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindTeacher Quality
The U.S. Department of Education announced last month a new initiative for engaging some of the nation's most successful teachers and education experts in sharing techniques for raising student achievement with other teachers from across the country. The Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative will also keep educators informed of the latest strategies and research on educational practices that work in the classroom. It features:
- Teacher roundtables scheduled for this spring and summer on professional development opportunities and other ways to advance the teaching profession;
- Summer workshops on closing the achievement gap;
- Research-to-Practice Summit, to be held this summer in Washington, D.C., on improving student learning through scientifically based research; and
- Teacher e-mail updates on the latest policy, research and developments.
The initiative also includes a new Web sitehttps://www.teacherquality.us/default.aspwith information about promising practices and initiatives at the state and local levels and upcoming teacher-oriented events. Educators may apply for one of the summer workshops or register for the e-mail updates on the Web site.
These initiatives build on the work of the Teacher Assistance Corps (TAC), which the secretary formed last summer to support state efforts to implement the highly qualified teacher requirements of No Child Left Behind. Consisting of 45 teachers, district officials, leaders from higher education and national experts, along with professional staff from the Department of Education, the TAC has heard from educators nationwide, having visited all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. TAC also offers clarification on the law, guidance, technical assistance, feedback on state efforts and information-sharing about promising practices.
Achieving Diversity
The various ways higher education institutions are using innovative, race-neutral approaches to achieve diversity on their campuses have been outlined in a new report released in March by the U.S. Department of Education.
Achieving Diversity: Race-Neutral Alternatives in American Education describes two categories of programs: "Developmental approaches" are designed to diversify student enrollments by enriching the pipeline of applicants equipped to meet entry requirements and achieve academic success. "Admissions approaches" are designed to diversify student enrollment through admissions policies and procedures, such as socioeconomic criteria, class rankings and race-neutral lotteries to determine student admissions.
The report, which also includes information on approaches used in K-12 schools, is available at www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-raceneutralreport2.html.
On the Horizon
May 18
8:00-9:00 p.m. E.T.
Education News Parents Can Use monthly broadcast will focus on American history, humanities and civics. Visit www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv or call 1-800-USA-LEARN for details.
June 16-18
Miami Beach, Fla.
2004 National Charter Schools Conference, "Push to 50: Getting the Final 10 States and Growing the Movement," sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, visit http://www.conferencepros.org/pastconferences.htm or 1-800-522-0772, extension 1022.
Spanish Web Site!
Online Catalog Offers ED Resources in Spanish
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) recently updated the link on its home page (www.ed.gov) for Spanish speakers and others interested in Spanish-language resources for their districts and schools. Developed by the Department's Information Resource Center (IRC), the Web site includes a range of education-related informationeverything from resources for the student looking for college financial aid to the foreign teacher interested in teaching in the US.
Users can access the site through ED's home page by clicking "Recursos en español" or connect directly at www.ed.gov/espanol/bienvenidos/es.
Some of the Spanish-language resources included are:
- Popular ED publications, including No Child Left Behind: A Parents Guide;
- The Department's Declaration of Rights for Parents of English Language Learners Under No Child Left Behind;
- Frequently asked questions on topics such as adult education, careers in education, federal student aid, applying to college and credentials evaluation of those with non-U.S. degrees;
- Contact information for ED offices, other federal agencies and non-profit organizations; and
- Information about resources available from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.
The Web page will be updated frequently with additional resources, including information on options for parents under NCLB. For more information, contact 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327); Spanish-speaking information specialists are available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. E.T.
The Achiever is published semi-monthly during the school year for parents and community leaders by the Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, U.S. Department of Education (ED). Rod Paige, Secretary.
For questions and comments, contact: Nicole Ashby, Editor, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 5E217, Washington, DC 20202, 202-205-0676 (fax), email@example.com.
For address changes and subscriptions, contact: ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794, 1-877-4ED-PUBS (1-877-433-7827), email@example.com.
For information on ED programs, resources and events, contact: Information Resource Center, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20202, 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327), email@example.com.
Disclaimer: The Achiever contains news and information about public and private organizations for the reader's information. Inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any products or services offered or views expressed.
Thank you for your interest in The Achiever, the U.S. Department of Education's biweekly bulletin on No Child Left Behind, the historic, bipartisan education reform law signed by President Bush in January 2002. We are delighted to hear that the newsletter is providing you with the resources needed to help you in your efforts to improve education.
Because The Achiever is a publication of the Education Department and, therefore, in the public domain, you are free to reprint or photocopy the articles. We simply ask that you give full credit to the Department with the suggested citation:
Source: U.S. Department of Education, The Achiever, [Date of issue].Again, thank you for using our newsletter to communicate to a larger audience the information and resources that are available through No Child Left Behind.
To unsubscribe from The Achiever:
- Send email to firstname.lastname@example.com
- Write in the body of the message: unsub nochildleftbehind


text:
Skip to Content
If you are seeking a world-class educational experience within a vibrant, Christ-centered learning community, Cedarville is the place for you. Step up to the challenge of our arts, sciences, professional and graduate programs, and achieve more than you ever imagined. Be challenged and transformed by professors who are experts in their fields and invest their lives at Cedarville to mentor and guide students like you.
A Strategic Partnership
Cedarville University is partnering with the International Center for Creativity (ICC) in Columbus, Ohio, to offer this new collaborative program. As a student, you will spend your first two years on Cedarville's campus and then head to Columbus to gain hands-on, "craft-centric" experience at the ICC studio classrooms.
Endless Possibilities
With the ICC's connection to major corporations, you will gain real-world feedback, exposure to industry leaders, and once-in-a-lifetime networking opportunities. Choose from the four study tracks currently available:
Each of these professional fields provide numerous opportunities for career potential.
For more information on Cedarville University's industrial and innovative design program, please contact admissions.


text:
For three years now, advocates and legislators have waged a separate, little-noticed campaign that could have a much broader impact: decriminalizing possession of an ounce or less of the drug.
Senator Josh Miller, a liberal Cranston Democrat, and Representative John Edwards, a moderate Tiverton Democrat, are the lead sponsors of so-called "decrim" bills.
And if the legislation passes, anyone caught with a small amount of weed would face a civil fine of $150 — equivalent to a speeding ticket — and avoid the stain of a criminal record.
The measure didn't go anywhere the last two legislative sessions. But supporters say they have reason for optimism this time around.
A January poll commissioned by the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project found 65 percent of Rhode Islanders in favor of decriminalization and just 24 percent opposed.
More than half the legislators in the House and Senate have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill — no guarantee they'll be there when the measure comes up for a vote, but a positive sign, nonetheless.
And advocates can now point to both of Rhode Island's neighbors as inspiration: last year, Connecticut joined Massachusetts and 12 other states that impose fines, but no jail time, for simple possession.
The path to decriminalization in Rhode Island, though, is not as clear as it might seem.
Law enforcement is opposed, concerned about the message it would send to kids. And any legislation with even a whiff of controversy — no matter how sweet — faces long odds in an election year.
The General Assembly, moreover, has a social conservative streak that has stymied many a progressive cause in recent years; just ask supporters of gay marriage, who stormed Smith Hill last year with substantial public support and precedents in Massachusetts and Connecticut, only to watch their bill die.
But supporters, undaunted, are pushing ahead.
Robert J. Capecchi, a legislative analyst with the Marijuana Policy Project, meets me in his hotel lobby a couple of blocks from the State House.
He is just a day removed from testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where response to the bill was decidedly mixed. But Capecchi is feeling upbeat about decriminalization's chances.
"It's pretty easy to show legislators the support is there," he says, referring to the polling data. "It's not a tough vote."
The Marijuana Policy Project is a key player in the local effort: commissioning the public opinion survey, printing postcards for voters to send to their representatives, and helping to marshal the arguments for the bill.
The most compelling argument focuses on the impact of so-called "collateral sanctions." When someone pleads guilty to marijuana possession, the criminal record that results can deal life-altering blows to his employment, education, and housing prospects.
Rhode Island is actually among the most lenient states when it comes to these sanctions. Some of the impacts felt elsewhere — on the right to vote, for instance, or to serve on a jury — do not apply here.
Table of Contents
Cover Archive
Masthead | Authors | Contact us
See all articles by:
All Slideshows


text:
Not so long ago, a sandstorm in a videogame couldn't exist. A fire was a bunch of red, orange and yellow pixels chasing each other around a white one. The ocean was a blue blob that moved with all the grace of a pissed-up All Black in a tropical bar.
But games have become a valid artform, and while consoles like PlayStation and Xbox haven't got the graphics grunt to perform massive processing tricks like specialist PC gaming rigs can, it's up to artists and effects specialists to make them as spectacular as possible.
The freshly released PlayStation exclusive title Uncharted 3 is a perfect example of what happens when technical boundaries are pushed almost to breaking point.
There are multiple scenes that leave players agape - a dramatic escape from a burning mansion that collapses as protagonist Nathan Drake makes his escape; a pitched battle in a shipping graveyard with dozens of enemies shooting from boats and pontoons rocking with the sea's motion; gun battles on sinking ships; another on a cargo plane as it crashes in the desert; and a fast moving fight on horseback.
Trying - and succeeding - to make these high-paced, big action scenes look good on screen was Keith Guerrette, lead visual effects artist at Uncharted developer Naughty Dog.
"With some of our cooler tools, we've finally hit a point where the consoles aren't really limiting us," he explained to TimeOut while in Auckland recently. "We still have some limitations - the anti-aliasing, the realtime reflections, the number of dynamic lights - some of the really technical things.
"Once we can throw those into games, we can make things a lot better looking, but most people don't really notice a lot of them. So there's a lot of pressure on artists and tech guys to come up with really cool things. The hardware is not that much of an impediment anymore."
This seems to be a bit of an understatement - the shipyard scene in particular was one that just a few years ago would have been a technical impossibility, and even now took one programmer the full two-year development cycle of the game to complete.
But the tools developed for the famous train scene in Uncharted 2 have allowed the Naughty Dog team to make its sequel in the action adventure blockbuster even more impressive.
"It took a lot of programmers a lot of time, and we basically completely rewrote our engine and our physics engine to be able to handle that," he said.
"Just attaching Drake to a platform and having them both move through the world was hard enough, and one of the most complicated parts, something we still don't have the most elegant solution for, is how do you shoot from one moving platform to another and make the aiming system work?
"That's been a puzzle for us - we had to come up with different solutions for the ship graveyard - everyone's on their own rocking platform, so we had to come up with different solutions for that level than we did for the horses, because now they're moving through the world faster.
"And the cruise ship was a fun and really frustrating one for us because we attached the entire cruiseship to the ocean, so we had no way of controlling how it moved and we're basically designing around this ocean that does whatever it wants - it was interesting, that's for sure."
Tying these big effects to a story is one of the other challenges - the balance between storyline, action and the often-frustrating puzzles is a big part of what makes the Uncharted series continuously rate highly among reviewers.
Guerrette says that faffing around with the story, changing where the action happens and keeping the flow right is helped, and hindered, by Naughty Dog's lack of a restrictive corporate structure, a far cry from his previous job.
"In typical corporate style, they'd come and give you a compliment before talking about fixing something - at Naughty Dog it's more like 'are you done with that, because it looks like shit'. That way of doing things works really well once you pull your ego out of it. In a corporate structure, meetings will take a week to start being changed - we can have a conversation and be back working in five minutes.
"The story was changing even past our beta - we were still shifting it around.
"We're really adaptive because we have no management. We have no producers in house. If you and I sat down and said 'let's make a game', the level of communication that we would have is the same.
"We totally fly by the seat of our pants, and we're always trying to make it better - we'll see something and think 'oh man, it'd be awesome if we could do this'."


text:
Chade-Meng Tan:
Everyday compassion at Google
Google's "Jolly Good Fellow," Chade-Meng Tan, talks about how the company practices compassion in its everyday business — and its bold side projects.
Similar topics
- Business
- Charter for compassion
- Culture
This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.
Related talks
110 comments
Enthusiastically agree? Respectfully beg to differ? Have your say here.
Log in to comment Don't have an account? Sign up now — it's fast and free.
Sort comments by
There are currently no comments for this talk.


text:
I was excited as the next Star Wars fan to get a sneak peek this week of the new "The Dog Strikes Back" Volkswagen ad that's set to debut at the Super Bowl. Like the big hit of last year, "The Force," a clever ad that featured a Darth Vader-dressed kid frustrated when his Dark Side powers don't work (until Dad makes his day by starting up the family's VW Passat with his remote), I was thrilled to see how my beloved Star Wars franchise might be subtly referenced this year.
So when I watched till the end of 2012′s entry (and yes, you have to watch till the end), to the moment where the pumped-up-dog-chasing-the-car commercial suddenly cuts to a replica Mos Eisley cantina from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, I chuckled to myself at the whole world-warping, reality-fantasy meta-joke Madison Avenue is playing on us. "Oh, those funny ad folks," I thought to myself. "Oh, that George Lucas (or, minions of George Lucas)." I felt that surge of geeky glee that only a fan can feel when all of his or her buttons are being pushed, tweaked and twiddled.
"Well done."
But then I thought, "No. Wait a minute. This is horrible."
George Lucas, I didn't think you could sell out any further. But you did. For while a mash-up can be fun, playful and ironic, the idea of erecting billboards inside our cinematic fantasies goes too far. Get your stinking paws off my memories, you damned dirty Mad Men!
Continue Reading "Why the New Star Wars Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad Is a Travesty" »


text:
Visual depictions of auras offer an inside peek into the sensory chaos that lies behind a migraine's debilitating pain.
Stephen D. Silberstein
A few centuries ago, people who described an episode of strangely skewed vision followed by a throbbing headache might be told they had received a message from heaven, or else they had been possessed by an evil spirit. A generation ago, similar tales of hallucinations and pain were often received with neither fear nor awe but simply exasperation. The writer Joan Didion found that her accounts of migraine sometimes met with reactions little short of disdain, "for I had no brain tumor, no eyestrain, no high blood pressure, nothing wrong with me at all. I simply had migraine headaches, and migraine headaches were, as everyone who did not have them knew, imaginary."
On the contrary, those who have experienced them know that migraines are all too real. Making sense of them is a major challenge, however. They are made even more baffling by the fact that the headache is not their only manifestation. Migraines are often preceded or accompanied by visual hallucinations. Arriving suddenly out of a clear blue sky, a migraine aura—a set of shimmering, flashing, weird perceptions—is bound to seem inexplicable, even frightening. This was certainly the case for eminent neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose first migraine occurred when he was only three or four years old. The incident left an indelible memory:
"I was playing in the garden when a brilliant, shimmering light appeared to my left—dazzlingly bright, almost as bright as the sun. It expanded, becoming an enormous shimmering semicircle stretching from the ground to the sky, with sharp zigzagging borders and brilliant blue and orange colors. Then, behind the brightness, came a blindness, an emptiness in my field of vision, and soon I could see almost nothing on my left side. I was terrified—what was happening? My sight returned to normal in a few minutes, but those were the longest minutes I had ever experienced."
Fortunately for young Oliver, his mother immediately recognized the condition. As a migraine sufferer herself, and a trained physician, she could assure him he would soon be good as new. She explained he had experienced "a sort of disturbance like a wave" passing across a part of his brain, temporarily distorting his senses.
Years later, Oliver Sacks wrote a book, Migraine, and a number of related articles that greatly increased the public understanding of migraine—not just the headache but also the aura and other characteristic symptoms—as an illness, and a fairly common one at that. According to figures from the World Health Organization, as many as 11 percent of all adults suffer from this condition, which affects their quality of life and interferes with work and social activities. The toll on the affected individual amounts to an estimated 1.3 years lost to disability over a lifetime.
In trying to identify the cause of migraines and the sensory havoc that comes with them, patients and healthcare professionals have pointed to a great variety of factors: coffee, red wine, aged cheese, sunlight, exercise or lack of exercise, fluctuating hormone levels, chronic stress. Although a discrete episode of migraine might be triggered by any of these, or even by no apparent factor at all, the underlying susceptibility to migraines seems to be encoded in the genome. In studies focusing on the so-called classic manifestation, migraine with aura, researchers have identified mutations in several genes that are involved in the release and uptake of two important signaling molecules in the synapses between brain cells.
One of these chemical signals, or neurotransmitters, is serotonin, which helps regulate sleep and mood and is also involved in the perception of pain. The other neurotransmitter, glutamate, serves as an excitatory signal, enabling the physical processes in the brain that underlie learning and memory. Too much excitement can be dangerous, however: Although under normal circumstances glutamate acts as the "on" signal for many brain activities, over-exposure to glutamate may cause receptor cells to shut down altogether for a time, or even die.
A recent study in Nature Genetics suggests that if neurons at the receiving end of a glutamate signal do not perform efficiently, an accumulation of glutamate in the synapses may help bring on migraine attacks. The wave of hyper-excitement followed by inactivity spreads across the cerebral cortex and gradually disperses like ripples on the surface of a pond, in a feature known as cortical spreading depression. Depending on which regions of the brain it affects, cortical spreading depression can wreak mischief on the senses in myriad ways, in addition to the most common visual auras. Journals of neurology abound with case histories of hallucinatory sounds, illusory odors (usually unpleasant, alas), dizziness, tingling, numbness, or out-of-body experiences.
Community Guidelines: Disqus Comments
The Art and Science of Communicating Science
American Scientist Classics
Women in Science
Purchase a Back Issue
2014 Annual Index
The Age of Nuclear Weapons
25 Years in North Carolina
Of Possible Interest
Letters to the Editors: Mosquito Vectors of Zika
Feature Article: The Challenge of Survival for Wild Infant Baboons
Feature Article: The Penguin's Palette: More Than Black and White
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


text:
Trollin Sat night? Oct 7th.
Started by
1 post in this topic
This topic is now closed to further replies.
By Walleyeslayer25 · PostedGood luck out there. I'll try to make some time to stop over.
By Neutz68 · PostedOh sure.... I remember ya.. Birchwood is a nice place too.. I am sure we will be seeing ya this weekend. We will be sitting on the docks during the afternoon so if you see us out swing on over. I have a green Lund Rebel with a 50 Merc...
By Tom Sawyer · PostedThe reason I asked @eyeguy 54 is during the day that ramp parking lot at Cathedral is always full of student parking. Can't understand how they get away with it. During the week prior to Governor's Opener we never had any issues during the weekdays, but now on school days, we just launch at Wilson Park. BTW, did you find any walleye on the down current sides of the sandbars in that stretch?
By Walleyeslayer25 · PostedWe use to go there until a few years ago. Now we are right next store. I couldn't figured out how to get into my old account so I had to make a new one. My old screen name was deershooter.
By Neutz68 · PostedYep that's us... Cabin #2 and #3... You part of the other group we chat with up there??
By Walleyeslayer25 · PostedThanks for the reply. Have had much time for research this year. Do you usually stay at pine tree cove?
OutdoorMN News - Volunteers sought for Governor's Council on Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program
By Rick · PostedPeople who enjoy the North Shore and Lake Superior and want to help shape its future are encouraged to consider volunteering to serve on the Governor's Council on Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program. This is a citizen advisory group that sets grant funding priorities, reviews grant applications and recommends projects to receive funding through the Coastal Program. All funded projects benefit Minnesota's coastal area. The 15-member council is made up of three representatives each for Carlton, Cook, Lake and St Louis counties and three at-large positions that can be filled statewide. There are ten available seats on the council. The council meets about five times per year at various North Shore locations. Council members receive travel reimbursement and serve 60 to 70 hours per year while fulfilling a two or three year term. All adult Minnesotans are eligible to serve. Anyone interested can apply online at the Minnesota Secretary of State website or download a paper application. For more information about the Coastal Program's work and service area, see the program webpage. Questions about the Coastal Program and application process can be directed to Amber Westerbur, Coastal Program manager, at 218-834-1445 or email@example.com. Discuss below - to view set the hook here.
By Rick · PostedThe Department of Natural Resources will offer three northern Minnesota parcels in a public oral bid auction in June. Two parcels in St. Louis County and one parcel in Beltrami County will be auctioned on Monday, June 26 at the DNR Office in Grand Rapids. The properties include a developable lakeshore parcel on St. Mary's Lake and a recreational parcel in the Kabetogama area, both in St. Louis County, and a 40-acre unimproved parcel in Lammers Township, Beltrami County. The area DNR Office is located at 1201 E. Highway 2, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 55744. Registration will begin at noon, with auction at 1 p.m. Bidders are advised to obtain/view the property data sheet, be familiar with the property, minimum bid price, and terms and conditions of sale prior to attending the auction. Bidders must be registered before the 1 p.m. start time in order to bid. To obtain a property data sheet or terms and conditions of sale, call 651-259-5432, 888-646-6367 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. The property data sheets are also available online at www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/landsale/. Discuss below - to view set the hook here.
By Rick · PostedThere are plenty of fun places to go and things to do this Memorial Day weekend at Minnesota state parks and trails. Here are some last-minute travel-planning tips: Camping. Sites are still available. Reservations are now required for all overnight stays at Minnesota state parks and recreation areas, and many sites are already booked, but here are some options: — Check www.mndnr.gov/reservations more than once. There are often cancellations, and the inventory of available sites changes all the time. –Take advantage of the long weekend to explore Minnesota's northwest territory. Sites are easier to come by at the state parks and recreation areas in that part of Minnesota, and there are plenty of reasons why it's worth the drive: — Zippel Bay State Park is located on south shore of vast Lake of the Woods, with a white sand beach. — Lake Bronson State Park has an observation tower that people can climb for a bird's-eye view of the woods and wildlife below. — Plan a route to include visits to other state parks along the way, such as a stop to see the Headwaters of the Mississippi River at Itasca State Park. — Pitch a tent at a state forest, where no reservations are needed (or taken). Campsites at state forest campgrounds are all first-come, first-served. Naturalist-led programs. There are more than 100 programs taking place at state parks and trails over Memorial Day Weekend. For example:
— Guided tours will take place throughout the weekend (and continue daily through Labor Day) at Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park in southeastern Minnesota and at Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park near Ely in the northeast. Because the cave and mine tours are underground, it won't matter if it rains. Reservations recommended; visit www.mndnr.gov/reservations for more information, including times and prices. — Free guided tours over, under and through the fascinating rock formations known as glacial potholes will be offered Saturday, Sunday and Monday from noon to 1 p.m. at Interstate State Park. No reservations required. — Plus, live reptiles, voyageur canoe rides, star programs, and more. For complete listings, check the online calendar. Discovery hikes. Look for deer, birds and wildflowers along one of the many scenic trails at Minnesota state parks and recreation areas. Pick up a Hiking Club kit ($14.95 at park offices), look for "secret passwords" on signs along specially marked trails and earn rewards. Two-wheel tours. Bike one of Minnesota's many paved state trails. They're free and mostly flat, because many of them are former railroad routes, and many of them now have trailside tune-up stations, if there is a need to tighten brakes or pump up tires. Find a trailhead at www.mndnr.gov/biking. Paddling. There are 35 state water trails, the newest of which is the 20-mile Shell Rock River. Many of the campsites along Minnesota's rivers are first-come, first-served and free. See bison. See one herd at Blue Mounds State Park in southwestern Minnesota (and attend a program at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27, about how the park's bison herd links directly to the millions of bison that once roamed North America). Or drive through the bison range and see the other herd at Minneopa State Park in Mankato. Fishing. Minnesota residents don't need a license and can fish for free at most state parks. Many park offices also loan out free fishing equipment for visitors to use. Or for people who have a license, they can wet a line at more than 1,600 fishing piers throughout the state. To find a nearby fishing pier, search by lake or county in the A-Z list at www.mndnr.gov/fishing_piers. Geocaching. Try this high-tech treasure hunt. Many parks loan out GPS units and offer programs to get started, such as the Intro to Geocaching program from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, May 29, at Wild River State Park. For information, contact the DNR Information Center at email@example.com or 888-646-6367 (8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday). Discuss below - to view set the hook here.
By Rick · PostedGuided public tours of Soudan Underground Mine, the state's first iron ore mine, will resume for the 2017 season on Memorial Day weekend. Tours will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, May 27 through Sept. 30, and on weekends only until Oct. 22 at Lake Vermillion – Soudan Underground Mine State Park near Tower. Underground mine tours take visitors a half-mile down into the mine shaft in a hoisted "cage" and then for a three-quarter-mile train ride into the last and deepest area mined. Mine interpreters share information about the unique, high-quality iron formation and its contribution to the industrialization of the United States and the generations of people who worked in the mine from 1884 to 1962. "About 32,000 people take the underground mine tour each year, and it's an experience you won't find anywhere else in Minnesota," said mine interpreter James Pointer. Guided tours are $12 for adults and $7 for children age 5-12. There is no cost for children under age 5. Hard hats are required and provided for underground tours, and visitors are encouraged to check the park Web page for suggestions about recommended footwear and clothing (it can be chillier than expected in the mine, because the temperature is 51 degrees Fahrenheit year-round). Visitors also can take a free, self-guided tour of the historic mining buildings that are above ground. For information about tours and reservations, visit www.mndnr.gov, email the DNR Information Center at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 888-646-6367 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday. Discuss below - to view set the hook here.


text:
About this paper
The fallout from the financial crisis has fundamentally reshaped the requirements for how accurately – and how quickly – capital market firms understand and manage their risk exposures and liquidity. This paper summarizes a roundtable discussion co-hosted by Wall Street and Technology and SAS, where industry experts describe the ramifications of these new expectations on data management – and present a radically different paradigm made possible by real-time analytics and event stream processing, intraday risk analytics and in-memory visualization for big data.
About SAS
SAS is the leader in analytics. Through innovative analytics, business intelligence and data management software and services, SAS helps customers at more than 83,000 sites make better decisions faster. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.
Have a SAS profile? To complete this form automatically Sign In
Welcome, . Edit Profile Sign Out


text:
|Topic Review (Newest First)
|BGA is low flow and/or no nitrates. Once it is established, even if you fix the causes, it is a pain to get rid of. A proper dose of maracyn will deal with it. Follow the directions on the forums. You don't want to end up with an antibiotic resistant strain.
|I am thinking about kicking this cyano with antibiotics while the tank is empty and uncycled as well. It's spreading really fast unfortunately. I have had a problem with cyano in every single tank I've had so far and it sucks. I don't know if it's my tap water or what. It was a huge issue in my low tech 33 gallon. I tried adding a powerhead for more flow, dosing KNO3 because I had no nitrates, Excel, DIY CO2... I had very low light as it was and nothing made it go away. I scrapped the tank because of it. I hope this doesn't happen here.
I would hit the tank with some Maracyn before the BGA gets out of hand and chokes the HC out if you are going to keep it.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
I posted that I pulled it out, but I didn't... I thought I was going to 100% for sure, but I got half way through lifting it up and decided to leave it and see what happens. So the HC is still in for now. The cyano is spreading pretty fast but it's only really on the HC so far. I vacced some of it out tonight.
I'd love to make a trip to Van but I don't have a car. Otherwise I might have taken you up on that cylinder offer. I can't find any locally.
|Algae Beater
dude, you're in my province!
if you make it down to vancouver, I will be happy to supply you with plants, a cheap 5lb cylynder, diffuser, rocks / wood, hell i will even offer you some fish!
Did you really yank all that HC out? Yikes.
With the lighting you have, regardless of c02 injection, that HC would of grown. Ive seen it carpet in non-c02 tanks before.
Dose some H202 and use an airline tubing to suck out as much cyno as you can.
Let us know how it goes. The hardest thing about this hobby is having to change gears of a tank. It's also one of the most rewarding.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
I appreciate the offer but shipping it up here would probably kill ya.
In other news, my Spec almost got blown up. Apparently when the water level gets low, the water in the compartment where the filter return hose is gets drained to the bottom. I had a heater in there and that happened... my boyfriend called me saying "there's a weird noise coming from the betta's tank".... the heater was making this creaking/ticking kind of noise... scared the crap out of me!! I filled it back up with water and it seems OK now, keeping an eye on it though, and I won't let the water level get that low again... (it wasn't even that low!)
|I have a new diffuser which is just sitting on my desk. If you need it. Pm me.
I appreciate the tips on saving money. I have done really well on it so far or I wouldn't still be here, thankfully. Don't have cable, don't even have a cell phone, and our internet bill is $25 a month (cheap cheap for here). I can't remember the last time I've seen a movie! One of my cats is diabetic, so a lot of my monthly expenses go towards him - insulin, testing supplies, syringes, food, etc. I don't like to complain about that because I love the guy to death and would rather starve before withhold him from essential medication, but sometimes it makes things tough. I've got a charity that helps out with some of it which is a blessing - they offered to pay half of his dental costs if I matched the other half so hopefully I can free up some more room on my credit card soon.
I could probably work my LED lights into low tech, but I don't know if I'd get enough money for my regulator to make it worth selling. I kinda ended up overpaying for it (shipping miscalc/tax/duty).
I guess if I go low tech all I need to worry about *right now* is getting my HC out of there (HOW do you go about pulling out HC with roots 2" into the substrate?) and restocking it with low light friendly plants. Sadly everything in that tank is literally all I have left. I lost a lot of plants including my beloved downoi... The only thing that really survived were my nana petite and java ferns (though I plan to use the needle leaf extensively in the scape so that's good because it was a huge PITA to find)
And also this. I swear I see cyano in my nightmares. I think it's my tap water, I haven't found another answer...
Good advice so far, just settle for DIY CO2 or Excel for now and if you do need to sell the tank know that it being an ADA will allow you to get full price for it less the shipping costs you paid. Just stipulate that it is in flawless condition and advertise on Craigslist in a 300 mile radius - you'd sell it fast.
I went through a period of being poor about 8 years ago and learned lots of money saving techniques that keep my pocket full to this day. One of the big ones is to get yourself a PuR dispenser DS-1800Z and get used to drinking nothing but filtered tap water. It's not only much cheaper but healthier as well, breaking yourself from caffeine addiction is the hardest part - just use tea to abate headaches until you can free yourself from it completely and you'll find yourself sleeping better than ever.
Learning to cook from scratch can save you lots as well or at least only buy things that are on sale 2 for 1 at your local foodstore - go weekly and buy in bulk the things you eat regularly to last until the next sale. Everyone needs internet but ditch the cable TV - you can fill all your media needs online and life is way more peaceful without the constant bombardment of commercialism and propaganda.
I think you've gotten some good ideas so far. While money is almost always an issue, I do not sense that it is THE issue here. This hobby can be done very inexpensively, as the many students and DIYers can attest.
It seems to me that your fear of failing to grow your plants is battling your enjoyment of a planted tank. This is a natural dichotomy and the way to tame it is to simply accept failures as part of the hobby. You are intelligently anticipating that you have too much light for no CO2, so okay, adjust your lighting or add floaters. Change your plant selection.
You certainly have enough gear and knowledge to have a rewarding setup and it sounds like the rewards will be as welcome as ever. Good luck to you and your cat.
I've been an Under-Employed American Statistic for 18mos. I can completely understand your situation right about now. I think it's important to have some type of Hobby as an escape from the Stress.
For me the Dogs & the Aqua-Hobby stayed, although I've greatly downsized the Aquariums. I sadly lost a dog to Cancer a few weeks ago and for now, my other dog will the only dog in my home vs. the usual pack of 2-3 dogs I've had over the years.
Over the last 18mos. I've sold off all my other Hobby toys. Fortunately, they had enough value to help the cash flow.
My advice would be to seriously advertise that tank, so close to Christmas maybe someone will see the value and opportunity. Keep in mind you would NOT get the retail you paid. What is good for you is your ARE in Canada so supply/demand goes in your favor.
Best of luck.
I don't have nearly as fancy of a tank, but as a college student I'm having to make-do with extremely limited funds as well. Everything I've got going on is low-tech, and lit with either stock lighting, or thrift-store lamps with cheap CFLs (store-brand 23 watt CFLs were on sale $.78 last week! I stocked up. And by stocked up, I mean I bought two... ) I'm just this side of struggling to pay rent, living on pasta and tinned tomatoes, but when I sit down in front of my tank, even as algae-infested as it is (I'm working on it...), I can watch my fish and take a deep breath and everything is okay for a little bit.
If you desperately need the money, sell things off. But if you're managing, as long as you don't spend any MORE money on the tank, I'd say keep it as a low-tech and take what comfort you can from it. I tried for a while, while trying to save up for a car, to live completely luxury-free. It was miserable, and not having a car is worth it (imo) if I can have a hobby and a few nice things in my life.
(Toothless kitty might enjoy it, too, if you give him a recovery bed close enough to the tank to see, but far enough to not jump in )
Originally Posted by somewhatshocked View Post
Good idea about the lights. You could get something much more sleek and cheaper to suit low-tech needs and use the leftover cash on the tank.
Though, being in Canada will mean you'll likely have to stick with Canadian hobbyists when getting plants.
|This thread has more than 15 replies. Click here to review the whole thread.
|Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


text:
Am I a traitor?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Hamid Mir, the executive editor of Pakistan's Geo Television, survived an April 19 assassination attempt, but was badly injured. The shooting came a few weeks after the Pakistani government pledged in a meeting with CPJ to address the insecurity plaguing the country's journalists. Shortly after the attack, some Pakistani media stated that CPJ had received an emailed video from Mir saying that if he were killed, Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) was responsible. Mir recently told CPJ that he had sent a video to his lawyer, who did not send it to CPJ. The ISI has denied the allegation it was behind the attack on Mir, according to news reports. This article was initially published in the daily Urdu-language Jang newspaper on May 5, 2014.
There are two types of traitors.
The first kind includes those who join hands with enemies and help enslave their own people. Among the most prominent of these is Jaffar Ali Khan, whose betrayal, as chief of army in 1757, eventually led to the British rule of the subcontinent. Over time, Jaffar's name has become synonymous with treachery.


text:
|Thread Tools
|View Mode
|25th Feb 2013, 05:05
2 c not what is but what can be....
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 43
great build. with the paint...your temps are a little on the low side but are workable , you might want to try warming your cans of paint up in a bucket of warm water or the sun for a few minutes before painting. never use a can thats almost empty. they start sputtering. also try thin even coats, try not to get the wet paint too thick. if you have ever touched a metal piece immediately after spraying it you may notice that its cooler, that drop in temp (from the release of the paint)can peal up freshly spayed coats. also as you near the final coats up to the clear coat, i would not stop with 600 grit, 800, 1000, 1500 maybe. hope this helps.
|25th Feb 2013, 12:48
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
Thanks for the advice HCP and Swag! Never really thought about putting it into the oven though (this piece wouldn't fit btw) but I can imagine it would speed up the drying process. Wouldn't it generate the 'cracking' effect btw if it dries too fast?
Anyway, in this specific case, the filler had time enough to set I believe. Between each layer there was at least 1 or 2 days to dry and before I started the final prep coat there was probably something like a week in between (time constraints).
At the moment for cleaning I used something called st Marc which is intended as a cleaner but also aimed at cleaning surfaces before painting.
|25th Feb 2013, 14:02
Mac Pro Modder
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 558
I would not recommend baking the plastic piece. I have a paint baking guide for modders some where if you really want it. But it can be dangerous and two the reason for baking paint is to make the paint more durable and thin out over the piece you are painting for high gloss effect.
Marvin the Mac Pro
Umbra Aqua - Mac Pro Mod
|25th Feb 2013, 15:20
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 686
I had the atx passthrough pannels in my build done by them (Lemonade on HF forum works there, send a mail to info_at_graveco_dot_nl for price inquiries.)
www.zdmods.com Project 720 Project 180 Project pǝʇɹǝʌuı Harman/Kardon HTPC
|25th Feb 2013, 21:08
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Hungary
Posts: 260
Nice work so far!
Current projects: Tydirium is on the way!
Previous mods: |Sandcrawler Mod| |Illuminated Mind| |Graphite5|
Follow me on Facebook
|25th Feb 2013, 22:17
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
And once again, thanks all for the tips & tricks and compliments!
|4th Apr 2013, 13:26
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portugal
Posts: 180
This is a very clean project and the case is also excellent waiting for the updates
In such small case it will be interesting to follow the hardware management.
|5th Apr 2013, 14:35
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
Thanks Ziza! And yeah, hardware, wire and tubing management will be very interesting.
Work has been pauzed for a bit though to work on my Pi cube for the competition!
|29th Apr 2013, 14:59
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
PiQu is done! So its time to go back to work on the Arc!
As I'm rather proud of the PiQu project, I'll also harass you here with a small summary picture
Anyway, as said, time to start again with the Arc, so I present to you, Project Arc, Phase 2!
Last time I showed you guys anything it was about my frustration with the crappy paint job of the front panel. Over the past few weeks I have stripped most of it off, bought the right materials and redid most of the filler etc. As a result, this weekend I could finally do the final coat of matte black!
As the 'inlay panel' also is going to be the same color, I did it all in one go. Behold the end result!
Personally, I'm very happy with it! The coat looks great and none of the lines where I filled the panel are visible anymore!
Next step will be working on the inside of the case, but also testing out a few ideas I have for the logo to fill that gaping hole on the front panel
For the inside I will definately need a bit more hardware though, so I will also need to start ordering those.
I think the original hardware overview I made is still mostly accurate (see below). However, with the recent news of the introduction of the new Intel CPU lineup I have starting doubting again if I should wait for it....decisions, decisions...
Thanks for watching, and as always, comments are more than welcome!!
|29th Apr 2013, 17:34
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Minnesota, USA
Posts: 922
Man that looks really good! How well does it go with the paint job on the rest of the case? Or are you planning on painting that too?
lol "hardware", the constant game of waiting...
Case Mod: Visible Contrast | Dancing Iridescence | Definition: Server | IBM PC AT RebornStaff Writer - TheModZoo
|5th May 2013, 13:21
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
Thanks Mosquito! And the paint actually matches the rest quite well! The Fractal paint has more structure to it, but the overall color and gloss match quite well!
Anyway, over the last week I spend some time putting together a new tool to help with the next parts on the list A bending brake!
So here is a short log of how it was made, and finally looks!
For the record, this build is based on the following "instructable"! http://www.instructables.com/id/Home...i-Press-Brake/
To start me and my trusty hacksaw started cutting into the iron bars (don't have an angle grinder, and didnt think the dremel would like it...)
End result: Three bars of equal length (well...almost)
Next was claming it all together to determine where the hinges should come. The best would of course be to have hinges on the side, parallel to the bending axis, but that would require a lot more components and risk of errors. Also the fact that I have no clue how to weld (and as such do not have a welder thingy) made me decide to go the 'easy route'
After this I forgot to take pictures, but I'll shortly explain
- Drill all holes to mount the hinges with some bolts & nuts
- Prepare the wooden base plate by making space for the protruding bolts (as it has to sit flush with the wood)
- Drill holes and attach large M10 bolts to mount the entire thing to the wooden plate
- Attach arm to make the bending easier.
And there we have it, one small, portable and very cheap bending brake!
So, with this tool, bending the aluminium etc should become a whole lot easier
On to the next parts of project Arc!
|5th May 2013, 18:53
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Southampton UK
Posts: 1,028
Great idea, Looking forward to seeing how it performs, certainly beats the hammer method and if it works I'll be thieving that idea for sure
Finished Projects : D33P THOUGHT : THING : Mini Moto Mayhem
Current Project : BITZA
|19th May 2013, 13:07
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
Log 6 - Radiator brackets
You guys remember this?
Well, they were OK, but hardly allowed for any adjustment to get the radiator dead in the middle of the front hole. Meaning that I would have a hard time lining up the radiator with the front panel not even the mention that I might not even have succeeded....
So, into the bin they went, and something new had to be found!
While looking at the front of the case I noticed some non-used screw holes. Still not sure what they are intended for, but they were in an (almost) perfect location. As these are already threaded, I would not have to use nuts to fasten the screws, meaning another layer 'clutter' out
A small bit of designwork:
Followed by some cutting, sanding and bending (using my new bending brake) resulted in this:
Which will be mounted like this (different screws when the actual fans will be on of course):
Painting the parts (and some spacers for the 4 middle mounting holes on the radiator to keep the fan flush)
Resulting in this:
As I want it to look as clean as possible I decided that I did not want any screws on the outside of the fan (also saves me some precious millimeters) so I decided that I needed screws which I could put into opening between the outer and inner 'plate' of the fan. These however cannot be too big, not too small, not too short (which was mostly the case) and not too long (to prevent puncturing the rad).
However, going through my assortment of screws etc I couldn't find anything. Then I remembered that the Arc itself also came with a set of screws in which I found these puppies!
They are actually HDD mounting screws, but were absolutely perfect! Not too long, not too short, and fit in there like a glove! So, if anybody from Fractal is reading this: Thanks! (and please send some more if you can spare them :P)
So with this setup, I've got a nice push-pull configuration, with very limited space lost on the inside of the case!
And just to round up, a picture of the front fully assembled (logo still missing)
And finally a picture with Both rads mounted!
I'm now wondering if I should make a shroud to cover the rads with openings for the airflow similar to the one in the front panel as those grey 'grummets' are a bit disturbing the overall look and feel I think...
Anyway, too many picitures for a very small update, but I'm rather pleased with the end result!
What do you guys think?
|20th May 2013, 09:11
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Portugal
Posts: 80
Looking very good. great job mate
Urban Camouflage
|20th May 2013, 10:18
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Nottingham,England
Posts: 330
Very clean build. I loved your piQu case.
SYSTEM ONE on hold for now....
But my KnuckleDuster makes a Return!
For sale! lian li pc7
|20th May 2013, 10:28
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 180
Great job on those radiator holders.
To be honest I thought the hinges on your DIY brake looked too flimsy but the result looks great so i guess I was wrong.
I really like the look of the front. Very clean and almost minimalistic.
Good luck with the rest of your build!
|20th May 2013, 13:30
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
But so far so good!
|20th May 2013, 21:05
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Shetland Islands
Posts: 356
Nice work so far. Finish is excellent so far.
Current project: Valve radio conversion
|5th Jun 2013, 21:41
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 174
Update 7 - Backplates
Taking a bit longer than initially anticipated, but I'm still making some progress!
Decided to start working on the interior of the case, which in this case meant closing the 'gap' next to the motherboard tray, and covering up all the holes in the motherboard tray itself.
The initial idea was to make one big plate to do both of the above mentioned things. However, after making the plate I quickly discovered it was too big to get it in in one piece....should have thought about that before wouldnt you say? Anyway, being stubborn and all, I tried to force it in there, and it broke....
The parts however were still usable, so I decided to take a different approach. Close the gap next to the mobo-plate with an element which will be mounted slightly deeper in the case (so the back of the mobo plate) and a second element to cover all the cable holes etc.
The process!
First plate (or better said, the remnant of the first plate). The material I'm using is some left over plexi which is matte black on one side and shiny on the other side...will be painted in the end.
Shot without the plate:
Shot with the plate:
There is still a small gap on the right side, but it will be hidden from sight by the radiator.
Second plate was a bit more work as it had a bit more holes etc to create in the exact right spot to allow some of the metal elements of the mobo-tray to protrude.
And again a before shot (rather dirty case atm)
And an after shot without a 'motherboard' (I can assure you all edges are nice and straight although the photo seems to suggest the opposite)
And one with a printed Gene V for good measure!
I'm actually quite happy with the end result to be honest, but the final test will of course be with the panels painted, and the hardware in the case
As always, comments are more than welcome!
And for the record, I decided to go for a Haswell CPU in the end most likely a 4670K with an Asus Gene VI 1150 mobo!
|5th Jun 2013, 22:02
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Minnesota, USA
Posts: 922
I like what you did there. Looks really nice and clean
Case Mod: Visible Contrast | Dancing Iridescence | Definition: Server | IBM PC AT RebornStaff Writer - TheModZoo
|arc, fractal, water cooling
|Thread Tools
|View Mode