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Ed McGinnis remembers the day the storm came. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, leaving a trail of destruction in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Heavy rain and powerful winds washed out roads and destroyed more than 350,000 homes. Hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate the region. Some still haven't returned to their homes in the Gulf.
But McGinnis, who was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, did return—just a day after the hurricane hit. Since Katrina, he has been the eyes and ears of the Irish Channel neighborhood, where he lives with his family. Today, as the treasurer and former president of the Irish Channel Neighborhood Association, McGinnis is still watching over his community.
It Starts with a Playground
On Friday, McGinnis led 300 volunteers in marking the fifth anniversary of the storm by building a neighborhood playground. After Katrina, McGinnis realized that there were no safe places where their kids could play. So, he and his neighbors decided to create some. "A playground is the first step in building a community," McGinnis says.
Before construction began, children from the neighborhood were asked to draw their dream playgrounds. Residents then weighed in on their favorite designs. The neighborhood association chose the final blueprint based on residents' feedback. One of the project's sponsors was KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit that helps to build playgrounds in high-need areas. KaBOOM! has helped to build 57 playgrounds in New Orleans since Katrina.
Rain kept the volunteers from completing the playground on Friday. But when the project is finished, McGinnis knows exactly how he will celebrate. "I'm going to sit on the bench and watch the kids play in the park," he told TFK. "Not just my kids, but all of the kids. [We all feel] that all of the children in the community are our kids."
Long Road to Recovery
Over the weekend, people across New Orleans commemorated Katrina's fifth anniversary in many different ways. As the Irish Channel neighborhood continued work on the new playground, residents across town cast wreaths into the water to remember loved ones who were lost in the storm. Others chose to mark the day by celebrating the city's renewal.
New Orleans was hit especially hard by the hurricane. Flood walls, called levees, are meant to protect the low-lying city. Katrina broke four sections of the levees, causing 80% of the city to flood. Five years later, the city has made some progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
The recession and the Gulf oil spill are making it even harder for the region to rebuild, said President Barack Obama in New Orleans on Sunday. In a speech delivered at Xavier University, the President pledged his commitment to recovery efforts in the Gulf. "The work ahead will not be easy, and there will be setbacks," Obama told the crowd. "There will be challenges along the way. But thanks to you, thanks to the great people of this great city, New Orleans is blossoming again."
Facing Forward
Like many Gulf residents, Ed McGinnis' life was turned upside down by Katrina. While he kept an eye on things in New Orleans, his wife and then-3-year-old daughter stayed with family in Missouri for three months. Both McGinnis' mother and one of his brothers lost their homes to floodwaters. His mother, who was a nurse, died of a heart attack three days after being evacuated. Describing how he felt in the days after the storm, McGinnis says, "It was disbelief and sadness."
Still, he hasn't looked back. "Katrina made me appreciate what we have," McGinnis said. In addition to building the playground, he has worked with the city to tear down damaged and abandoned homes, organized neighborhood cleanups and started a youth athletic program. And what are his hopes for the future of New Orleans? "That we maintain the level of passion we have exhibited in the last five years," McGinnis answered, after a short pause. "If we do that, we're going to be fine."


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DISEASE MAPS: Epidemics on the Ground. Tom Koch. xii + 330 pp. University of Chicago Press, 2011. $45.
What should we expect maps of disease actually to do? asks medical geographer Tom Koch in Disease Maps, a chronological and sometimes philosophical review of the practice of that field. Disease mapping is no mere mill of induction in which epidemiological truths leap from the engraver's table, he insists. Nor is it simply another way of representing data. Rather, Koch wants us to see maps as arguments: They embody an "if-then" structure, with the simplest "if" being the trustworthiness of information about the existence of the disease and its accurate location. But a general concept of experimental design might better represent Koch's point, for the mapmaker selects variables pertaining not only to characteristics of disease but also to elements of place and matters of scale. At issue is not merely the reliability of input, but the choosing of variables and their reciprocal relation to the questions the map answers.
The book opens with a discussion of theory mapping and its contemporary practice, using a routine mapping of an outbreak of severe diarrhea in Vancouver as demonstrative exemplar. Koch then turns to the past, beginning with the 16th-century anatomist Andreas Vesalius, whom Koch depicts as having initiated naturalistic visual representation in medicine. A discussion of early modern plague epidemics includes the celebrated bills of mortality of John Graunt, raising issues of where mappable information should come from. Then, following a chapter on yellow fever, are six chapters on cholera, which make up roughly half the book. Three of these, and parts of two others, focus on England in the era of John Snow, discoverer of the water- borne character of cholera and key recognizer of fecal-oral disease transmission. It is with Snow's legacy as medical mapmaker that Koch wants mainly to engage. He compares Snow's approach with the proto-epidemiology of others who studied the same outbreaks in roughly the same places—William Farr, John Simon, Henry Whitehead and, in lesser degree, John Sutherland and Henry W. Acland—and reviews Edmund Alexander Parkes's criticisms of Snow's reasoning. In the last of these chapters, Koch traces the emergence of the cult of Snow among early 20th-century American promoters of a science-based public health, and suggests too how a modern disease-mapper would approach the Soho cholera outbreak, which led to Snow's famous map of cases clustered around the Broad Street Pump. The final chapters, focusing on the 20th century, illustrate the use of mapping techniques on a variety of scales for other diseases, particularly typhoid and polio, and, all too briefly, the emergence of cancer mapping from the late 19th century to contemporary cancer registries.
As a critical medical cartographer, Koch is insightful. He helps us see more clearly what Snow did and didn't do—how Henry Whitehead's work went well beyond Snow's, and how Farr, and particularly the misunderstood Simon, conceived the problem significantly differently. The treatment of Snow is perhaps belabored, certainly out of balance with the coverage of any other individual or episode, and yet the chapters are a needed antidote to the misleading—indeed, irresponsible—popularizations of Snow in recent years, and move some way toward a less Snow-centric approach to the conceptual history of epidemiology. Additionally, I found the chapter on cancer mapping fascinating. It covers too much too quickly, but it reveals nicely the extraordinary range of cartographic possibility.
The rest of the book is weak, however, reflecting insufficient engagement with relevant areas of scholarship in social history and the history of medicine and science, and in historical geography and the epidemiology-related aspects of the philosophy of the social sciences. As a result, the reader frequently gets the sense in earlier chapters of being presented with one (beautiful) map after another. There are no clear criteria for their selection; the theoretical or political circumstances of each are not fully developed; and there is little sense of changing concepts and institutions.
Medical mapping began to flourish in the 19th century. A fuller consideration of how the practice fit in the emergent epidemiology of that era is needed. At first glance, its primacy may seem obvious. A map lets us "see" how at least some kinds of disease work. Pioneering statists of the period (predecessors of our statisticians) were no less interested than we are today in "seeing" determinants of incidence and prevention, but for them space did not stand above other variables that might be juxtaposed with proxies of health status, such as mortality rates or incidence of discrete pathological states (calling them "diseases" in our sense can risk anachronism). All these approaches involved a common mode of reasoning (Koch's "argument"), but much more than diagnostic and cartographic accuracy were at issue. The privileging of space (equally the joining of space with time, a variant underdeveloped here) involved not merely a means of testing theories about disease but a reconceptualization of disease itself as essentially and not merely incidentally spatial. That concern is marked in the ultimate ascendency of a concept of "contagious" or "infectious" diseases, terms with changing meanings across the 19th century.
Approaching these matters merely in terms of mapping, rather than from the perspective of the history of statistics and epidemiology or that of clinical medicine and theories of pathology, invites a misrepresentation of context and of concepts. Exemplifying the latter is a common error, the conflating of a wide range of atmospheric variables with a so-called miasmatic theory of disease. Among these atmospheric variables were Thomas Sydenham's "epidemic constitutions," which might overlap with geophysically caused atmospheric states, as well as asphyxiating atmospheres, toxic gases or suspensions, marsh effluvia (closest to the usual technical definition of "miasm"), and various types of human or animal effluvia. The properties of some of these agents overlapped with those of the presumed contagia of specific diseases; they have a variety of implications for the generality or specificity of pathological processes (Koch's misrepresentation of Sydenham's concept of disease is particularly problematic) and suggest different ways for thinking about the distribution of disease in space (and time). Further conflation of "miasma" with anticontagionism exacerbates these problems. The fine discussion of the cholera assessments of Snow, Farr and company would be much richer conceived in terms of changing conceptions of diseases (which are more fundamental than different causal hypotheses).
Fuller attention to social, institutional and political settings too would be needed to make sense of how disease mapping develops. Implicit in Koch's treatment is the idea of a common trajectory: Later medical mappers build on the work of earlier ones. Their repertoire broadens, but it appears to be, at least potentially, a universal one. This is made possible by common approaches to defining diseases, training epidemiologists, gathering statistics and making maps. Yet that universality did not automatically happen; much more attention, particularly to colonial and tropical disease-mapping and to the coming of international public-health institutions, would be needed for readers to get a sense of how the map-making tool meshed with other modes of representation and inquiry.
The book's strengths, as well as its weaknesses, reflect general features of the easy interdisciplinarity of contemporary scholarship. Fascinating texts from other times and places are now marvelously accessible to all. That accessibility can (and should) enrich many forms of contemporary inquiry, but it often does so at the cost of sophisticated interpretation. By contrast, earlier generations of scholars would have met such texts, if at all, only within well-developed bibliographic-interpretive traditions embodied in disciplinary communities. Failure to engage with the scholarship is this book's greatest weakness. Many seminal works (and authors) are missing from Koch's bibliography; frequently the sources used are not the authoritative works on their subjects. The consequence is that a beautifully produced book, with lovely typography and fascinating maps, is much less substantive than it should be, and ultimately a disappointment. I can recommend only chapters 8 through 11, on Snow-related issues. Although these need to be read in conjunction with other work on mid-19th-century epidemiology, they well represent Koch's own considerable expertise and acuity.
Christopher Hamlin is professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, and honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He specializes in the history of public health and is most recently the author of Cholera: The Biography (Oxford University Press, 2009).
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A true "handyman" is one who has a wide range of skills ranging from repair work to complete build outs, from odd jobs to serious construction. That is what Buddy will bring you each Saturday morning.
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That moment where you think you're taking a photo but instead capture yourself saying, "Say cheese!" on video. See also: idiot
I was going through my phone's camera roll and saw I took 27 phodeos last month. I'm an idiot -- I apparently have no idea how to use the camera app!
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The average American produces more than 4 pounds of solid waste each day. As the population of our cities and towns increases, the pile of solid waste they generate gets higher and higher. Unfortunately, the amount of space available in regional landfills cannot keep up with the increased demand, and all that trash has to go somewhere. Transfer stations offer an appealing solution to solid waste managers looking to hold their trash temporarily until it can be carted away.
Transfer stations offer a range of benefits. Consolidating waste from multiple collection vehicles and agencies—then hauling it via large transport containers—is more economical than hauling the waste directly to a landfill truck by truck. Transfer stations let solid waste managers screen loads, separate recyclables, and ensure that no hazardous waste or other undesirable materials enter the waste stream.
A transfer station is far more than a simple shed where waste gets dumped for a few hours before a trailer or rail car carries it away. There are a number of things a solid waste manager should keep in mind to ensure that his facility runs as efficiently as possible to best serve the community.
The Ben Lomond Transfer Station in the county of Santa Cruz, Calif., processes 100 tons of solid waste per day. Open since 1991, the facility received a bronze award for Transfer Station Excellence from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) in 1998. The station features a full-scale recycling drop-off center for curbside materials, scrap metal, appliances, mattresses, tires, carpet, foam, e-waste, used motor fluids, and car batteries. The site also includes a wood- and yard-waste processing facility (which sits on top of the closed landfill adjacent to the transfer station) and a permanent household hazardous waste facility.
According to Patrick Mathews, recycling and solid waste services manager for the county, the facility has provided the area's citizens with a number of benefits, including recycling and disposal services for the remote and rural areas in the county that do not have mandatory collection services. In addition, the transfer station's existence reduces the amount of vehicle traffic on the county's already-congested Highway 1 corridor.
Joseph Stockbridge, director of the division of environmental services for Colonie, N.Y., added that a transfer station can serve as a backup in contingencies. "We use our transfer station as an insurance policy," he said. "The transfer station can handle all the wastes if our landfill is not operating due to an emergency, and it allows us to keep the big trucks and the little trucks separate."
If your agency has opted to add a transfer station to its solid waste arsenal, there are several important factors to think of. "You should plan for variations in future traffic flow patterns in your design, particularly with new programs that are not yet developed," said
Mathews. "Also, plan for program expansion and leave room for new recycling and waste diversion program development in the future." Mathews added that transfer station operators should anticipate regular replacement and repair of the wear surfaces—including load-out pits and concrete push floors—and take into consideration during the design process ways to make such repairs easier and less costly.
He also suggested using a material recovery facility for automated or hand-sorting of recoverable materials that get mixed into the waste stream. Also, restricting disposal of recyclable items will help reduce transfer costs for residuals. Managers should use transfer station staff to direct customers to sort items into recoverable and non-recoverable piles as they off-load on the tipping floor.
Transfer station managers can improve operation at their facility by making sure they catch things that other managers often overlook. This list includes pre-compaction of waste on the tip floor to maximize transfer load weights, restricting oversized items that bind up in transfer trucks and waste space, using a tipping floor spotter to direct traffic and police recycling policies, and paying careful attention to wear surface maintenance. Mathews advised that if a transfer station staff is not attentive to care and maintenance, the cost of repairs can increase exponentially.
The most important attribute of a transfer station, however, is not the equipment at the facility, but the people that run it. Before your transfer station opens for business, Mathews advised, make sure the staff running the facility is well trained. For example, a well-educated staff can help alleviate one of the greatest challenges a transfer station faces: keeping recyclable items out of the refuse stream.
"We put well-trained staff in our cashier stations and on the tipping floor to police for excessive disposal of recyclable items," said Mathews. "We also provide many recycling opportunities throughout our facilities to support recycling and make it easy."
Also, people skills are an important—and often overlooked—quality that transfer station personnel should possess. "Good customer service and education about waste reduction starts at your gatehouse—train your cashiers and weighmasters well in customer relations and outreach," said Mathews. "Remember, these people have direct face-to-face contact with hundreds and thousands of people each week and can make a huge difference in your programs."


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I usually know what I want when it comes to holsters. Typically, you can find a lower price on-line, vs. buying one in a gun shop. But every once in a while, you can score a good deal on items in a gun shop.
If you want to shop for one in a gun shop, make sure your handgun is empty (leave the mag out) and ask the help inside the store, if you can bring it in, vs. just showing up with it unannounced.
For a while, leather holsters pretty much were it. But now, the kydex holsters tend to be more durable and long-lasting, as well as more low-profile.


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Re: My Uncharted 3 hiatus and returning thoughts[ Edited ]
I find taking a long break can help with this game. I saw some people whom took a 6 month hiatus on this game come back and suddenly enjoy it.
The thing is that the more you play a particular game for a constant period of time, doesn't matter which game it is, the less enjoyable it will be. By taking a long break when you next play it you suddenly start to enjoy it.
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**bleep** it's been a while since I played U3. Usually I would play Uncharted 3 with my friends but I decided to give it up for Lent (a 40-day period of time where Catholics sacrifice something they love, symbolic for Jesus' time in the desert). During Lent I was busy playing CoD Black Ops 2. Although it was different and I was able to play with my mainstream-gaming classmates I MISSED Uncharted 3. Upon completing Lent I joyfully put in Uncharted 3 and played my first match with a friend (it was 3-TDM).
Upon playing my first match I realized immediately that I lost my aim (I considered myself a good shot, sorry for the boasting) and I found it difficult just to aim at somebody 10 feet in front of me. I realized the other two teams were full of high levels & legacys but somehow my friend and I were able to win with a 7 kill lead from the closest team. I checked my score, surprised with my high KD. Thinking it was a fluke I played a TDM with my friend (DLC off) and that's where I realized the disadvantage of the free-to-play players. They're either cannon fodder on my team or easy points on the other. It was an easy shutout but not satisfying. I was only able to play a short 3 matches but I had a fun return to my all-time favorite game.
How about you become a baptist like me and play all you want as long as you read your bible and go to church, no 40 days missing out. And you should switch to Tomb Raider.
No, don't listen to Despurado. Convert to Islam!
Uhhhh I meant to talk about my hiatus ending on Uncharted 3, not my religion. My religion was just a reason.
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I was gonna make the same thread, but you beat me to it. I decieded to play after about 4 months and to honestly nothing has changed. Same old hipfire > melee/or whack n' roll. Extreme lag ever present as usual so I only played 4 matches and then left. Then I played some single player but got bored by U3's dull, lacking campaign, so I just popped Battlefield 3 back in and had a better experience. Uncharted 3 is just shelfware to me, it got old fast.
Re: My Uncharted 3 hiatus and returning thoughts
I'll just be leveling my new main account in Burnout so I keep my "moron who does stunts with a huge van" rep.
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I really like the Uncharted series single player campaign, and I really enjoyed U2's multiplayer. But Uncharted 3 Multiplayer is awful. I'm with you: Battlefield 3 is the better game hands down.
I feel sorry for the free-to-play people. They stand no chance against the seasoned players. I just don't get how people can get enjoyment from a game that doesn't offer them any challenges anymore.
Re: My Uncharted 3 hiatus and returning thoughts
It's just... So lame.
Re: My Uncharted 3 hiatus and returning thoughts
Well, if by lame you mean playing tactically as part of a team... I will take lame any day of the week over this lag-filled, unbalanced, unrealistic mess of a game.
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I don't know. FPS games being "good"? I've played CoD, Battlefield, even Resistance and Halo and TF2.
It's just... So lame.
Agreed, the only FPS I like is Mirror's Edge, although it's more of a FPP, but who cares
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Discussion in 'Chevy Suburban Forum (GMC Yukon XL)' started by aqua750, Jul 25, 2012.
I m thinking of buying a 1999 suburban wih 190000 miles is that to many miles 3990 dollars
That is a tough call................ if they are all unloaded highway miles and the engine was properly maintained, that is not a lot of wear.
If however, the miles were accumulated on rough stop and go streets, the mileage might be too high. If the mileage was accumulated towing a heavy trailer in a hilly environment, the mileage is too high.
that's an average of 15K mile/yr which is pretty normal. As RayVoy mentioned, if they used it for towing, it might have a lot of stress on the engine and tranny. However, I do wonder in normal driving condition, how many miles can you ususally get out from the chevy V8. 250Kmiles? anyone has more than that on their suburban without any major issue?
I agree with [MENTION=12865]ray[/MENTION]Voy all depends on how it was driven and maintained. I got my 96' Tahoe with about 193,000 or so miles on it for 3,500. Which is about 10% of its original cost, but the original owner drove only highway and never towed with it. Also spent most of its life parked in a garage instead of parked out side like it is now. Best idea when you go to look at the truck is check under it for rust have, the owner start it and let it run, and ask about how it was maintained and how it was driven and where it was kept, and so on.
I have a friend with a 2001 Z71 suburban that has 240k miles and still going strong. They thought the rear diff locked up but it turned out to be the rear park brake issue. Still driving it after they got the parking brake issue fixed. They don't tow anything though.
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How Nuclear Plants Really Affect You
Two hundred people gather at Hope Fellowship Church in Southern Ontario Monday to discuss how to rebuild Lake Ontario's largest nuclear power plant. The team at Lake Ontario Waterkeeper have compiled this list of all the things you need to know about the Darlington nuclear refurbishment:
1. Federal regulators are reviewing how the nuclear plant will be rebuilt, but no regulator has ever reviewed if Darlington should be rebuilt.
The licencing hearing puts the proverbial cart before the horse. It's not clear that Ontario should include nuclear power in its future energy strategy. Energy demand is plummeting in Ontario, reports the National Post. There are more affordable, flexible alternatives to nuclear power, energy experts tell the Toronto Star. Energy imports could eliminate Ontario's reliance on nuclear energy, Conservative Opposition Leader Tim Hudak told Windsor-area residents just last week.
"There is no evidence that refurbishing Darlington nuclear is the right choice for Ontario," says Waterkeeper Mark Mattson. "Unfortunately, no one is willing to talk about whether Ontarians really need this project. So on Monday, it is Waterkeeper's job to show up and remind people that the Darlington nuclear plant kills fish. It wastes water. And it doesn't have to be this way."
2. Rebuilding Darlington costs money. Between $6- and $10-billion.
The Ontario Minister of Energy estimates the cost to refurbish the Darlington nuclear plant will cost between $6-10 billion. There is no plan to deal with cost overruns, because OPG is "confident" they will not occur. Financial services company Standard and Poor disagrees. S&P revised its outlook on OPG to "negative" this week, citing amongst other factors the risk of cost overruns at Darlington.
3. Darlington nuclear power plant kills fish. Lots of them.
Internationally-recognized authorities on nuclear power plants agree that the out-dated technology included in the rebuild design is the most environmentally destructive technology on the market. Its impacts include:
- killing endangered fish
- threatening the reproductive efforts of other vulnerable species
- killing increasingly large numbers of the forage fish that sustain Lake Ontario's complex food web
- futher destroying nearshore habitat in an area that's already severely stressed and polluted
4. Darlington nuclear wastes water. Lots of it.
The Darlington nuclear power plant sucks in enormous amounts of water, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. In fact, the plant sucks up enough water to drain an Olympic-sized swimming pool in 15 seconds. The water flows through the plant once and is then dumped, at a higher temperature, back out into Lake Ontario.
5. The federal government agrees that it is possible to save fish and water. They just don't believe it is important enough.
CNSC and Department of Fisheries and Oceans say they agree that using newer, readily-available cooling water technology to "close the loop" of water flowing in and out of the plant would save fish and save water. They just don't think it is important now and, if it ever becomes important in the future, they will "adapt" then.
6. The "hearing" isn't as formal as it sounds.
If you haven't been to a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearing, it sounds like a really big deal. We put on our suits. We sit quietly in our seats. We learn to address the chair and spell our names "for the record." Translators repeat our every word in both official languages, broadcast through wireless ear-pieces. Strip away the physical appearance of the hearing, though, and it's a pretty informal affair. Each presenter only gets to speak for 10 minutes. When you consider that just one organization like Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has 11 months worth of research to cover, prepared by four government-funded independent consultants, it is literally impossible to present even a summary of our most important findings to the Commission. Nothing we say is under oath, and no one who speaks needs to have any training or experience on the topic they cover, so the information the Commission does hear is often littered with spin, platitudes, and political talking points.
7. We can do better!
Decision-making isn't rocket science. The standards for when and how to make decisions are fairly well established. (Hint: Actually making a decision is usually an important first step.) If we take our time, do our research, listen to the public, listen to independent experts, and commit to doing a good job, we can save money, save water, save fish, and save time.
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With two reactors shut down in the same day this month, it makes us wonder, will they ever really be safe? Besides just the frightening idea of human error and the failure of aging plants, there's the prospect of terrorists exploiting safety loopholes. Pictured are officials inspecting damage from a fire in a Japanese nuclear facility that broke out in 2007.
Enough said.
According to the Washington Post, nobody has quite figured out a place to store nuclear waste yet. Right now it is in "temporary" storage pending a solution. But since the expensive and controversial Nevada storage site Yucca Mountain has been effectively taken off the table, it looks like that "temporary" storage might be permanent for now. Pictured is waste that was transported across Germany early this month, despite widespread protests, to a new home in Gorleben.
A study done in 2008 said that in order for nuclear to be economically viable, the price of oil would have to top $45 a barrel. Right now oil is at twice that price. But is this accurate? Some point out that nuclear is only viable because it gets a hefty government subsidy, more than fossil fuels. Pictured is the Tennessee Valley Authority plant, which is spending $160 million on cooling towers to avoid overheating the Tennessee River.
There's a reason why the U.S. and other countries aren't so hot on Iran or North Korea developing nuclear as an energy source: the process for generating electricity and generating dangerous weapons starts the same place, with the enrichment of uranium and refinement of plutonium. Is it hypocritical to exploit nuclear but deny other countries the opportunity? Pictured is the controversial Iranian nuclear facility.
To the French, nuclear energy has been a no-brainer. That's because the country doesn't have adequate coal, oil, or gas reserves for its power needs. So nuclear stepped in to fill the gap. American could use nuclear power similarly, building plants to help wean ourselves off of foreign oil.
Nearly a third of the nuclear work force will be eligible for retirement in a year. With the growth of nuclear reactors all but halted in the 90's, it left a gap in the age of the workforce that, according to Time, is creating a problem for the industry.
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Standing at the end of Rivers Street, the 200,840-square-foot structure houses the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science, and includes a multipurpose arena for community and cultural events, graduation and convocation ceremonies, trade shows, concerts, and athletic events.
In 1986, Appalachian State University officials began exploring ways to enhance academic offerings within its department of health, leisure and exercise science and renovate Varsity Gym.
Built in 1968, the gym was designed as a multipurpose facility to serve the campus's 5,500-student population. As the university's enrollment grew and student interest in the department of health, leisure and exercise science increased, the building no longer met the university's academic or recreational needs.
In mid-1987 university officials met with N.C. Rep. David Diamont to discuss renovating the gymnasium. Appalachian received $300,000 from the General Assembly to plan the building's renovation. However, after determining that the project would cost more than $12 million, legislators recommended that a new facility be constructed.
In 1994, with the support of Diamont, Rep. Wade Wilmoth, Rep Andy Cromer, Sen. Sandy Sands, Sen. Fred Folger and others, the Legislature appropriated $9.75 million to begin construction of a student activity center.
The originally proposed site for the center, above the football stadium on a site now occupied by the university's baseball field, was rejected amid concerns that it would negatively impact an area used for environmental study by several academic departments.
That opposition proved fortuitous for the HLES department. As originally conceived, the student activity center did not include any space for academics.
A broad-based committee was formed in the spring of 1994 to determine what type of facility would meet the needs of the university and region. The committee recommended a facility that would support the university's commitment to excellence in teaching and research; support the university's charge to promote the intellectual, cultural and personal growth of students through curricular and extracurricular activities; and support cultural, educational, recreational and other programs of public service to the local and regional community.
From this report, and the input of faculty and others, evolved the convocation center.
An economic impact study completed in August 1994 indicated that the center's construction could generate $5 million in revenue for Watauga County Businesses.
In 1995, Rep. George M. Holmes gained support for a plan to fund over a two-year period the remaining convocation center costs. The Legislature adopted a funding package allocating $20.6 million in 1995 and an additional $5 million 1997. Combined with a $600,000 reimbursement from the N.C. Department of Transportation for right-of-way grading and reserves held by the university, the project was completely funded.
An engineering study completed in 1995 by Ogden Environmental and Engineering Services reported that the convocation center site, located on portions of the former baseball field near Rivers Street and U.S. 321, would have minimal impact on the town's floodway. A flood mitigation project was developed that opened Boone Creek, created a park near the campus entrance that also serves as a rainwater catch basin, realigned Rivers Street and improved rainwater drainage through a series of box culverts near the new site.
By November 1996, architectural drawings were finalized and in October 1997 bids were awarded for the center's construction.
Ground breaking for the new facility was held in December 1997. Construction began in January 1998. In March 1998, Appalachian's board of trustees named the center for Holmes and the arena for Seby B. Jones, former chair of Appalachian's board of trustees and a longtime supporter of university programs and activities.
The convocation center totals 200,840 square feet, including 48,830 square feet of academic space and will seat between 8,500 to 9,313, depending on the seating configuration used. The building can accommodate conventions, trade shows, concerts and athletic events.
The arena is complete with HLES offices, classrooms, state-of-the-art laboratories, team areas and retractable seating for concerts, special events, volleyball and basketball competition and more.
A 300-meter state-of-the-art directional Mondo track circles the upper concourse and is used by the indoor track and field teams for both practice and competition.
The facility was opened with a celebration followed by a men's basketball contest between Appalachian and North Carolina. With much anticipation, every seat was sold recording the first a pre-gameday sellout in school history for any sporting event. The athletics ticket office sold the full allotment of tickets for the inaugural contest in the Holmes Center 12 minutes after opening.
The Appalachian student section is a priority. Student seating is located at midcourt for both volleyball and basketball and helps provide a fantastic atmosphere thanks to one of the most passionate fanbases in all of college athletics.
In 2009, Appalachian Volleyball installed a sriking black and gold Sport Court surface. The modular polypropylene surface has been the official surface of both USA Volleyball and the NCAA for over 20 years and is widely considered the optimal volleyball surface with superior traction and cushioning.
Prior to the 2014-15 basketball seasons, a brand new floor was installed. The new floor was designed with input from both basketball staffs and produced by Prater Flooring of Chattanooga, Tenn. Prominent design features include Appalachian State's recognizable Block A logo at midcourt, Sun Belt Conference logos in both keys and a predominantly light hardwood finish with darker stain in the non-lane areas inside both three-point lines. In a departure from recent Holmes Center configurations, the court will be oriented away from the scorer's table to allow for television cameras to shoot towards the team benches.
While the Holmes Center's original basketball floor was been refinished several times, the new playing surface was the first for Appalachian State's basketball programs since the building opened in 2000.


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Using an azeotropic distillation solvent like toluene or xylene, moisture can be evaporated at a lower temperature, saving on expensive KF reagents and lower maintenance costs since the titration cell remains clean and free of contaminants. The automated system allows the user to load the samples into the glass vials and then place the glass vials on the sample tray of the system. The user only needs to push the start button once to begin the analyses.
The sample changer holds up to 20 vials and can process large numbers of samples. It is equipped with the Automatic KF reagent exchanging function, reducing the cost of KF reagent and waste disposal. The system can heat samples up to 200 C and automate the addition of the azeotropic solvent easily. Wide temperature settings cover the full range of azeotropic points.
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Photo from the series, "Hidden in Middens: What Remains
We Are," by Deborah Keller-Rihn (top) and photo from the
series, "Les Fleurs du Mal (Flower of Evil)," by Ramin
UTSA photo exhibit runs through Oct. 15
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(Sept. 13, 2007)--UTSA hosts the photography exhibit, "Revelations in the Landscape," through Oct. 13 at the UTSA Downtown Art Gallery in the Durango Building, 501 W. Durango Blvd. The exhibition features works of Deborah Keller-Rihn and Ramin Samandari.
The exhibited was curated by Arturo Almeida, UTSA art specialist and curator of the UTSA Art Collection.
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An opening reception, free and open to the public, is 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13. Regular gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
The exhibit photos by the husband-and-wife team were inspired by the natural world and the nature of the human heart.
Keller-Rihn's work was inspired by walks in her Fredericksburg neighborhood as residents placed things at the curb for trash pick-up. According to Keller-Rihn, the things we discard form interesting compositions and reveal much about us. In his selections for the exhibit, Samandiri creates surreal, ethereal images inspired by Charles Baudelaire's dark poetry and prose. He superimposes excerpts from the poetry onto otherworldly photographs of exotic, ancient plant forms.
"UTSA is pleased to present the work of these local artists," said Almeida. "We have some pieces by Ramin Samandari in the UTSA Art Collection and we are looking at Deborah Keller-Rihn's work for additions to the collection. Both Ramin and Deborah have worked closely with students and the community, and this exhibit is a way to thank them for their art and to further UTSA's mission of community outreach."
For more information, contact Arturo Almeida at (210) 458-4983.


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Under The Breeze
Book by: ItsNaomiHun
Status: Finished
Genre: Young Adult
Chapter1 (v.1) - Under The Breeze
The winter breeze blew across my bare legs as I hitched down my skirt and walked down the deserted street. He told me to meet him at the corner of Hayves Ave. in Roalstown. I hate Roalstown it's where I grew up...my mother died in Roalstown. My father had prostitutes walking up and down Trintiy Hwy. for his money in Roalstown. I more than just hate Roalstown, I abhor Roalstown...I have too much buried shit here from my past...I lost my virginty in Roalstwon to, "Mason Hollister" he had goals and everything was going good for him. He wanted to be a doctor in Connecticut. He busted his ass day and night for his scholarships. But he fell for a younger girl she was only 13. Fucking around with her young ass got him fucked up. He was my first and last love. He died because he didnt know how to choose his friends, or his lovers. It's a shame because I gave him everything a man could've wanted...It couldn't have been everything though because he still cheated on me. Roalstown comes with a lot of emotional baggage about my younger days. And he knows that..0h so WHY??!! Would Chuck tell me to meet him here? Damn! Where is he I wondered while looking about and bending my neck around the corner. I considered waiting for him in my car acorss the street. I fuckin' hate Roalstown!! That was it I was getting in my car it's too cold for this shit. "SAVVY!!!" A familiar voice screamed from afar, before I could pull my keys from my purse. I rolled my eyes and stomped my red bottom heels down hard. Fuck!! It's been so long since I've seen him! What if he thinks I've aged badly?? I chuckled (aged badly??!!) hehe. Everyone knew Savannah Heathe, who is me by the way, still got it going on.!! Besides I'm only 23! That was a funny joke...really cracked me up. But back to the seriousity of the situation. I spun around and plastered a fake smile across my face "CHUCKIE!!" I exclaimed. He stopped dead in his tracks. "Savvy! Don't call me that...Chuckie is what my mother and sisters call me..Don't Call Me That SAVVY" He groaned impatiently. I gave him an innocent look and fumbled my hands together while crossing my legs and biting my lip.. "I'm sorry Mr. King Hewes but I just can't help it..I'll stop calling you that once you cut that Savvy shit out." i replied. He took one step closer, and leaned in to where his face was close enough to my face to kiss me and whispered, "Then I guess we just wont call eachother by our names, this isn't a personal visit anyways, I've got what you want and you just wont get it until I get what I want" He turned around and took his keys out of his pocket and unlocked the red volvo parked on the corner, then he began walking away towards his car. "I advise you to get in this car before I start it and drive away without you Ms.Heathe because I wont be making any second trips to this hell of a town" he said. The nerve of this man! Making me wait for 2 hours on the corner for him and then threatening to leave me! "I HAVE A CAR!" I yelled, "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO WITH IT? MY MERCEDES IS PARKED RIGHT OVER THERE, I CAN'T LEAVE IT ALONE IN GHETTO ASS ROALSTOWN!!" He shook his head and opened his car door "Then I guess you don't want what I've got as much as you claim you do, what a waste of my time and gas." I rolled my eyes locked my car twice with the button on my keys and raced to get into the Car with King as fast as possible. I couldn't believe that out of all the people in the world, he just HAD to be the one with the very thing that determined my future. I sat down on the soft seats, felt the heater hit me and i felt revived. I kicked off my high heels and turned to him, he had a smirk on his wild face. I grew up with King Hewes he always thought he was better than someone else because his momma named him King. Naturally for me, anybody better than somebody was the somebody for me and we dated. Problem was, he fell in love, and I didn't. We've been bitter friends ever since. King had a strong face with a square jaw his eyes had a softness to them though, they were a piercing light-blue almost, King had a caramel skin tone and it looked like he'd been working out recently because his muscles were ripped. and you could see it through the blue t-shirt he was wearing. His hair was short cut but it curled,he was a good looking motherfucker. "Why?" I asked. He lookedat me bewilderment stamped across his beautiful face. "What Are you talking about Ms.Heathe?" I sucked my teeth and rolled my eyes "Man! Just call me Savannah and cut that formal shit out because you know you don't really talk like that!" i exclaimed while lighting a cigarette. "I'm asking you why of all the places on God's green planet would you choose for us to meet in Roalstown??!! It's 200 miles from the both us!" He chuckled, rolled down his window so he wouldn't suffocate in the cigarette smoke and took my cigarette and threw it out. "First off Savannah we don't smoke i;n King's car. That is a No No. I invited you to meet in Roalstown because I knew it would hurt you. Probably not as much as you hurt me but I knew it would hurt all the same." We kept quiet all 4 hours back to Ft.Lauderdale. All I coulddo was worry about whether or not my car was stolen and sold by now while im 200 or so miles away from ghettos ass Roalstown.
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This updated bestseller provides an introduction to programming interactive computer graphics, with an emphasis on game development using DirectX 11. The book is divided into three main parts: basic mathematical tools, fundamental tasks in Direct3D, and techniques and special effects. It includes new Direct3D 11 features such as hardware tessellation, the compute shader, dynamic shader linkage and covers advanced rendering techniques such as screen-space ambient occlusion, level-of-detail handling, cascading shadow maps, volume rendering, and character animation. Includes a companion CD-ROM with code and figures.
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Boy, times have changed. Seems like five or so years ago I couldn't go a month without getting a new phonebook-sized tome promising to teach me DirectX Everything. Mostly it is attributable to DirectX settling down. No longer is it a system furiously re-inventing itself on a yearly cycle to keep up with the latest hardware. Direct3D is more mature, and the tutorials have correspondingly matured and are no longer following DirectX on a one-year cycle.
Introduction To 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11 is the latest Direct3D tutorial in a no-longer-crowded market. While it is big at around 850 pages, it only covers Direct3D. The loss of competition has improved this kind of book. No longer do we get breathlessly-titled products promising to teach you everything from C++ to Direct3D to DirectSound to networking and get you fully up to speed in two weeks. Instead we are now getting more useful books that provide less shallow coverage of a narrower topic. I can honestly say that this is the first DirectX book I have found that covers its topic comprehensively. It starts out with a short discussion of vector and matrix math and then gets right to the business of displaying objects. Pictures and diagrams are plentiful and are high quality.
As for prerequisites, I would recommend a decent background in C++ and knowledge of Visual C++ version 10. It assumes you know C++ and only gives you enough of a tutorial on the IDE to write the code included in the book.
This book will not teach you how to write a DOOM clone in two weeks. But, frankly, the books that did promise such things ten years ago could not do that either. This is a long-form and very complete tutorial on Direct3D, and it is the best one on the market covering that topic. If you want to build a DirectX-based game, get this book and learn the other technologies (sound, joystick, network) elsewhere.
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leaving history in the hands of archivists most concerned with the
preservation of their Pokemon cards and A+ spelling tests -- not
necessarily the best way to provide an accurate picture of life at a
given moment.To get it right, you need a grander scale and better technology, which is exactly the combination director Kevin Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott had on their side when they set out to create the user-generated documentary Life In A Day.Macdonald
and Scott asked YouTube users to record their lives on one day, July
24, 2010, in hopes of getting enough responses to pull togetether a
feature-length film illustrating the human experience. Inspired by the
World War II-era social archive project Mass Observation, their guidelines were simple: tell us your story, tell us what you love and fear, and show us what's in your pockets.Those
twenty-four hours of life generated an astounding 4,500 hours of
footage, submitted in over 80,000 video clips from 140 nations. There's
life milestones like marriage proposals and adventures like skydiving,
but much of the 95-minute film focuses on the ordinary routines we all
share, the rituals that are the same in Boston or in Bali, like watching
the sunset or commuting to work.Ordinary,
but not boring. When looking at scenes such as a worker's commute, the
editing team tried to find a way to highlight how experiences could be
simultaneously similar and diverse across the globe."Obviously, maybe one of those journeys is banal," Macdonald said in discussion with National Geographic,
"but a hundred of them intercut showing all the different commuters,
all the different pedestrians, all the different modes of transport,
from bicycles to foot to trains to chauffeur driven cars ... suddenly
becomes really fascinating."Critics
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In my neck of the woods there is an abundance of Crepe Myrtle bushes with huge blooms covering the entire bush. Do bees go for these ? Getting ready to start planning for bee friendly plants for next year.
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The Goodguys 23rd Autumn Get-Together is honoring veterans today at the Alameda County Fairgrounds where the final show of the year for this Pleasanton-based Rod & Custom Association and Specialty Sales Classics is under way.
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Every time I see a marine in a picture like this, I am reminded of the movie, "Born on the 4th of July."
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The clean sweep by New Zealand drivers at the Australian Grand Prix round of the V8 Supercars could just be a pointer of what is to come this season.
Although there were no championship points on offer over the four races, all the drivers wanted to be at their best in front of the biggest crowd they'll face all season.
While all three Kiwi drivers - Fabian Coulthard, Scott McLaughlin and Shane van Gisbergen - led the field home at some stage, Coulthard's was the standout performance.
Three wins and a third place was an emphatic statement by the Brad Jones Racing Lockwood driver and he left the Melbourne event as overall champion.
One of Coulthard's wins came as a result of van Gisbergen being stripped of his victory due to a technical infringement with his car. He and seven other drivers including Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes, Jonathon Webb and others were found to have their ignition timings incorrectly set.
A win is a win though, and Coulthard was mightily pleased with his weekend's work.
"We've been racy pretty much all year," said Coulthard. "Brighty [teammate Jason Bright] and I were one-two at the Eastern Creek test day and I qualified fourth and fifth at Adelaide, so it should not have come as too much of a surprise.
"To get pole at the Grand Prix was obviously awesome, and we were the only car to get 1min55sec lap all weekend, and to get my first win was just brilliant."
Coulthard has been there and thereabouts for a number of years now and his win is just desserts.
He's now settled into a new team he showed promise with last year, and the results are coming.
"The new COFT has helped level a lot of things out and now that we all have equal machinery I'm in with a much better chance.
"The guys at BJR are like family to me and it's been really, really good and nice to convert the pre-season pace into race wins, round wins and pole positions.
"Not getting the points is a minor thing. This weekend was a great confidence booster for me and has restored my faith in my ability after a few years of not quite being able to show how good I can be."
Another young Kiwi driver who will have had his confidence tank topped up after a great opening round at the Clipsal 500 is 19-year-old Scott McLaughlin.
Many in the know have quietly mentioned over a Tooheys or two, that McLaughlin has all the tools to become one of the brightest sparks in the sport of V8 racing.
Barring his mechanical issue in race three, the young man finished inside the top 10 in the other races getting his maiden win in the last race of the weekend.
McLaughlin is the reigning Development Series and New Zealand V8 SuperTourers champion and after his outstanding performance in Adelaide (sixth and ninth), his win shouldn't come as too much of a surprise.
"It's been a fantastic weekend only upset by a little bit of a mechanical problem but apart from that it was bloody awesome," said McLaughlin.
"Unfortunately I didn't get to stand on top of the podium as they only did that for the round winner. It doesn't really matter because we got the win.
"The team's fantastic (Gary Rogers Motorsport). Gary's tough and I've learnt so much from him already and I've got a brilliant engineer. Things seem to be falling into place and I'm in a good environment and that's what's helping me drive a bit better as well."
Sage words indeed. Having good working relationships around him can only bode well for the young fella's future in the sport.
The teams are making their way down the country towards Tasmania for the second of the points scoring rounds, April 5-7. From there the circus heads across the Ditch for the New Zealand round of the series, April 12-14, at the revamped Pukekohe circuit where Greg Murphy was once almost unbeatable.
Murphy is only racing the endurance rounds this year so it's up to the young crop of Kiwi drivers to fly the local flag high and proud. On current form, who'd bet against a Kiwi V8 pilot standing on the top spot at least once over the weekend?


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Video: Children sing songs of Obama's glory
posted at 5:57 pm on September 23, 2009 by Allahpundit
No word on where or when this was shot but it was posted to YouTube just two days before The One's speech to students, which makes me wonder if it was part of some school's festivities for the screening. I think parents' fears about their kids being politically indoctrinated are usually overblown, but I'm open to persuasion by compelling evidence — like, for example, this, or the vid you're about to see. Getting little kids to croon about how awesome the president is troubles me less than the pop quiz the boss posted, mainly because they're too young to understand and/or assimilate the agenda they're singing about (and way too young to vote, natch). But Guy Benson got my atheist ire up when he noted that one of the lines about The One here, heard near the beginning from the kid who's singing solo, is an adaptation from a hymn about how much Jesus loves the little children. Which makes this an extreme example of what the boss was so worried about vis-a-vis Obama's speech: Not that he'd say something nutty or overtly political to kids but that some of his more devout cultists in the teaching ranks would take the speech as a license to push the political envelope in the classroom. And here we are.
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Just considering beekeeping at the moment. Not sure this is what I want to do yet. Lurking and reading at the moment.
Just considering beekeeping at the moment. Not sure this is what I want to do yet. Lurking and reading at the moment.
Welcome VH, just do it, you'll love it.
If you love bees, go for it.
If you love money from bees, re-think about it.
Welcome to the site!
Welcome, I'm from WV and new as well there is a class in Parkersburg on Feb 2nd for $23 . If you want more information let me know and I will get it too you.
I'd love the class info. We live just below Parkersburg, so that is quite close to us. Thanks bunches!!
Thanks for all the welcomes! We're looking to do this just for us.....no money makers here. We had a LOT of bees here at one time in the neighborhood and the man who maintained the hives was simply amazing. Well, he died and his family sold off his hives. My nephew took a couple and tried to re-start it all, but then he got transferred to Ohio taking his hives with him.
Last year, we couldn't get decent honey in the neighborhood. We use a lot of honey, so we figured we'd just try to make our own. Nothing huge....we're thinking about 4 hives to start with.
We're nowhere near ready for actually DOING this, but are ready to learn more to see if this is something we CAN or WANT to do, so this site will be very helpful for us, I'm sure.
Welcome VH! The only way to make a small fortune beekeeping is to start with a large fortune.
Welcome to the site!
Welcome back atcha. Let us know if you need help. Read a lot of the site before asking questions. Use the search command and everyone will help you.
Welcome, look around for a beekeeping club in your area and go sit through a meeting. Good luck, its a blast
I'm not tense, Just terribly, terribly alert!
Sorry it took me so long. I have just been busy at work. Here is the link to the info about the bee expo in Parkersburg. [URL="http://www.angelfire.com/nb/movba/expo2013.html"]


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High-Tech Art Erupts at University of Alaska Fairbanks and Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A varied collection of students come together every Monday and Wednesday at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center's Training Lab in the Butrovich building to go where no one has gone before...at least at UAF. Thanks to the efforts of Art Professor Bill Brody and the high performance computers at ARSC, the UAF community has a new high-tech opportunity at its fingertips. Opportunity available at only a handful of campuses across the United States.
A new class offering, Art 472, has Brody directing his students through the Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) Alias Wavefront software, tools used heavily by the entertainment field to create movies and television commercials, and by the scientific community to generate visualizations and 3-D product design. The class includes physics graduates, Fairbanks multimedia professionals, an art major, a journalism major, and Geophysical Institute staff. In addition to forming partnerships to complete the semester's assignment, they have formed collaborations on extra-curricular activities, such as applying for a National Science Foundation grant on emerging computer technologies.
The Alias Wavefront software is quite expensive, approximately $60,000 per copy. Brody and ARSC managed to secure UAF's participation in SGI's "campus partnership" program. UAF receives eight copies of all Wavefront products, valued at $500,000, for an annual license fee of $9000. ARSC paid for Brody's Wavefront instructor training, the significant equipment requirements, and the bulk of the license fees. The requirements from SGI are that UAF teach Wavefront classes, put the SGI logo on all productions, not use the software for commercial purposes, and send reports with videotapes of class projects to SGI.
Brody is guiding his students through the complex software that some day may have them creating professional movie-quality productions. It may take several semesters of continued study, but these skills can lead to jobs in Hollywood or at other supercomputing centers and universities. By the end of this semester, the students will be simulating physical processes such as explosions, fire, volcanoes, and wind.
According to ARSC Director Frank Williams, "ARSC's role is to work with faculty and students to advance utilization of high performance computing at UA - this kind of direct support creates excitement in and opportunity for our whole community." Brody has been a long time advocate for visualization at UAF and has successful collaborations with the Computer Science department and ARSC using the high-powered tools available. He was instrumental in the earliest Computer Art offerings at UAF in 1985. In 1995, ARSC had him develop the Healy Clean Coal Project visualization. Brody is also a recipient of an ARSC Cray Grant.
In operation since 1992, ARSC continues to support computational research, science, and engineering--with emphasis on the high latitudes and the Arctic. ARSC provides scalar-vector and massively parallel processing (MPP) talent and related resources--high-performance computing, networking facilities, training, and technical support--to federal and state agencies, the academic community, and commercial affiliates.


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|ID number
|Collection type
|Object type
|Black & white - Glass original postcard negative
|Thuillier, Louis
|Place made
|France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt
|Date made
|3 January 1917
|Group portrait of soldiers from the 52nd Battalion. Identified front row, far left is 3400 Sgt John Alexander Spence DCM MM, Fremantle, WA; middle row, right is 3404 Lance Corporal Alfred James Wells, Bayswater, WA; back row, far left is 3402 Pte William John Thornton, Popanyinning, WA. The 52nd Battalion was largely made up of men transferred from the 12th Battalion hence the cancelled 12th Battalion colour patch worn by this group. (See also P10550.014, P10550.028 and P10550.029)
From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.


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The bookmarks are 2 1/2" x 7" and the Squares are 2 1/2" finished
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
The bookmarks are 2 1/2" x 7" and the Squares are 2 1/2" finished
G & R, hoorah for scraps!!! Love your work ladies and it's just another testiment to me to keep those little pieces right? So Elisabrat, you've been "crumbed"! LOL! Is that even a real phrase?????
I dont' have pics to demonstrate but I have taken strip sets and sewn them to a plain fabric and then cut out HSTs so they have a plain black side and then a strip side. You can kind of see that in the bookmark pic on the rt above the second one down is half black and half strips.
I also like to use my strips to cut out the blocks and whatever strips scraps are left I sew together in a crumbs fashion. so in this you will see strips but they are jumbled up as in crumbs.
Wow you ladies have been busy! Love all of your mini quilt blocks.
I made a lot of skirts for Christmas so I have a lot of left-over bright pink scrap fabric. Thought I'd try your 1st block with my scraps. Quite an experiment. The color doesn't really come through on the picture. It looks kind of abstract.
Let me know what you think.
Bbemerald, I like it! Your colors are pretty!
Bb I love your colors and your points are really great!
Elisabrat, thank you. I see your name isn't Elisa, but mine is What made you choose that screenname, if I may ask.
bbemerald, your experiment went great looks like. I definitely see the star there.
"Life is mostly froth and bubble, but one thing stands as stone. Kindness in another's trouble, courage in one's own." Adam Lindsey Gordon
Neat block. The solid pink and black help define the block pattern.
Don't worry spider.
I keep house
I donate quilts to the AAQI.
goldendog, think about a paper cutter in scrap book section at Walmart. It's about 12 inches and has a little cutting point and you slip the fabric under a plastic thingy and push the knob to cut. It is ideal for small work. I got mine 1/2 price regular $20.00. It might be useful while you are mending. I'm told replacement cutting points are available. I use mine at the sewing machine for small trimming.


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I hived a cutout recently, with ~2 frames of brood comb, some capped brood, much of which seems to be dead due to the comb being deformed. I added in a frame of honey.
It's been about 10 days since the cutout and they've attached one brood comb to the top bar of the frame. Rest of the comb seems ignored, and there seem fewer bees than the day I did the cutout (maybe a third less).
There is a queen and eggs. This is the first successfully hived cutout I've had and I am wondering about how long it takes them to repair damaged comb, recover from the shock of the cutout, etc.
I am thinking of putting a frame of brood comb in from another hive to give them a boost.


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The Hostel Palermo had a beautiful marble staircase, the most posh thing about the place, the rest was very, very basic, and we had to carry all our luggage down the stairs to load up the bikes which were stored at the local undercover carpark.
By 10:30am we were loaded (we would have liked to get away earlier, but the mozzie fiasco left us a bit 'drained') and ready to make a decent fist of it and go a good few kilometers. It was a lovely day for riding, overcast and warm. We passed some fantastic thatched roofed houses and varying quality of homes, mostly simple homes, until we reached Punte del Este which is literally Eastern Point, and is on the coast. Some of the real estate there is magnificent, especially the golf course. There is much high rise and most of the tall apartment complexes are reasonably new
We pulled over to have a photo session at the 'fingers in the sand' monument, at the beach at Punte Del Este and could hardly get away from all the people who were interested in our trip. We had so many photos taken of us, on cameras and on mobile phones, it was getting embarrassing. We gave away a few koala clip-ons, which were a big hit.
The riding today was fabulous on the wide concrete roads along the esplanade. The different fragrances we encountered riding through the country were delicious and made one feel good to be alive. It was great to have covered a couple of hundred kilometers today and enjoy it so much. The BMW's are performing well and are very comfortable to ride, particularly with the cruise pegs we have on the front of the bikes' roll bars to give us another position for our feet. The Air Hawk inflatable seats we have, also help prevent botrot over long distances.
We settled in a dive of a Hotel which is usually rented by the hour! Unfortunately Des dropped his motorbike bringing it around the back of the Hotel as the ground was very marshy. He's OK, no damage done, well, maybe a little bit to his pride.


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MONROE (AP) — A former River Oaks teacher has pleaded guilty to making school bomb threats.
The News-Star reported David Reyna entered his plea Monday on the opening day of his trial in Monroe.
Reyna was arrested Sept. 28 and accused of making bomb threats against River Oaks, St. Frederick and Ouachita Christian schools on Sept. 24.
He was booked on one count of communicating false information of a planned bombing of school property.
The three schools were temporarily evacuated. River Oaks dismissed classes for the day, while St. Frederick and OCS resumed classes. No explosives were found by police.
Reyna will be sentenced in February and faces up to 20 years in prison. He remains free on $200,000 bond.


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Exercise Quotes, Sayings about fitness
Running away does not help you with your problems, unless you are fat.
The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.
Cowards never start.
The weak never finish.
Winners never quit.
Exercise to be fit, not skinny.
Eat to nourish your body.
And always ignore the haters, doubters & unhealthy examples that were once feeding you.
You are worth more than you realize.
I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
– Oprah Winfrey
Seven days of no exercise makes one weak.
If you wait for perfect conditions, you'll never get anything done.
Unless you puke, faint or die, keep going.
Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.
– Paul Terry
Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements.
– Amit Ray
If your dog is too fat, you are not getting enough exercise.
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body.
I feel prettiest when I sweat.
I wish exercising was as easy as eating.
No more excuses!
No more "I can't"
No more "I am too tired"
No more "I can't afford it"
No more "I wish I had willpower"
No more "I don't have any motivation"
No more "I am too fat"
No more "I hate my body"
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Hello all! I am a new beekeeper, started April 2012, from Pendleton County, Kentucky. I started my first hive in April from a wild swarm we collected from one of my husband's coworker's tree. They quickly filled up their 2 deeps and we added 2 medium supers, which they filled with 62 pounds of honey in two months. So far they seem to be thriving (knock on wood!).
I have wanted to get in to beekeeping for quite some time, as my grandfather and great uncle were beekeepers and I have fond memories of their beekeeping stories as well as eating jars of honey and chewing the comb. Last spring we got our 20 acre farm and moved from a subdivision, allowing me the opportunity to pursue the dream.
I have already purchased two more hives to get assembled and ready to go for spring, and may purchase a few more before spring arrives. I am hoping to read up on making split, as I really want to keep this line of bees going. They seem to be extremely gentle, seem to be good honey producers, and came from a local wild hive that had been there for at least 10 years.
I'm also the mom to a very, very active and entertaining 3 y/o little boy. When I'm not chasing him or dreaming of more hives, I enjoy photographing nature and especially my bees.


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The college staff will be performing work between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. Sunday. During this time, students, faculty and staff will not be able to access campus network services, including e-mail and the portal.
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- 3 pounds firm, ripe pears
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Core peel and finely chop enough pears to measure 4 cups. In a 4 qt pot combine pears, lemon, sugar, and honey. Bring to boil over mediume heat. Stirring till sugar dissolves. Stir in rosemary. Cook for 20 to 25 min, or till mixture is thick and sheets off a metal spoon, stirring frequently. Ladle hot preserves into hot 1/2 pint canning jar's, leaving 1/2 inch head space. Process in boiling water canner for 10 minutes. Makes 3 1/2 pints
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Rats Reveal a New Talent: "Stereo Smell"
Rats' nostrils are only 3 millimeters apart, but they appear to use
them independently, localizing the source of an odor much as humans
locate the source of a sound. Biologists in Bangalore trained rats
to respond to odors on their left or right by drinking from a
corresponding water spout. The rats required only 50
milliseconds—a single sniff—to make the decision, with
80 percent accuracy. When one nostril was covered, the localization
ability was lost, which implies that rats' brains normally compare
the signals from each nostril in order to create a spatial
understanding of the environment.
Bhalla, U. Rats smell in stereo. Science
311:666–670 (February 3).
Master Genes More Likely to Mutate in Humans than Chimps
The figure is familiar: A whopping 99 percent of human genes are the
same as those found in chimpanzees. Conspicuous diversities in the
face of all that genetic compatibility have puzzled geneticists for
as long as they have known the number. Now scientists have
determined that many of the genetic mutations that differentiate
people from chimps have occurred in master genes. These key genes
regulate arrays of other genes by switching them on and off,
resulting in lots of evolutionary bang for the buck. In liver tissue
taken from humans, chimps, orangutans and rhesus macaques, genetic
mutations among the regulatory genes were four times more likely to
occur in humans than in the other primates.
Gilad, Y., et al.Expression profiling in primates
reveals a rapid evolution of human transcription factors.
Nature 440:242
245 (March 9).
Otterlike Fossil Challenges Timetable of Mammal Evolution
A new Chinese fossil find lends support for a dramatic revision of
the evolution of early mammals. Paleontologists had believed that
only small shrewlike creatures had coexisted with the dinosaurs and
that larger mammals did not emerge until the giant reptiles died out
65 million years ago. But the remains of a foot-long fur-bearing
aquatic mammal, Castorocauda lutrasimilis, show that larger
mammals existed 164 million years ago. The new fossil, which had a
beaver's tail and a seal's teeth, was found in Inner Mongolia's
Ningcheng county, northeast of Beijing.
Ji, Q. A swimming mammaliaform from the middle Jurassic and
ecomorphological diversification of early mammals. Science
311:1123–1127 (February 24).
Ponder Unconsciously for the Best Decision
If you're faced with a complex decision, the best course may be to
focus on another task and let your unconscious work it out—or
even simply to follow your first impulse.
That's the conclusion of a new study that tried to uncover the
relationships among a decision's complexity, the amount of time
spent consciously deliberating about it and the subject's final
satisfaction. In choosing which of four hypothetical cars to buy,
students chose well when they consciously considered a list of four
attributes, such as leg room and mileage. When that list was
increased to 12 attributes, however, better decisions were reached
by a group of students who were asked to do distracting puzzles
instead of thinking about the choice.
Dijksterhuis, A. On making the right choice: The
deliberation-without-attention effect. Science
311:1005–1007 (February 17).
After Robins Fly South, Mosquitoes Spread West Nile Virus
Monitors of the West Nile virus in America should watch for the late
summer-early fall departure of the red-breasted robin. The robin is
the favorite food source of the Culex pipiens mosquito,
which carries the virus. In the birds' absence, the mosquitoes turn
to humans. A study has found that mosquitoes feed on people at a
rate seven times higher in the late summer than they do in the early
summer. In fact, the number of human cases of West Nile in the U.S.
is highest in the months of August and September.
Kilpatrick, A. M. West Nile virus epidemics in North America are
driven by shifts in mosquito feeding behavior. PLoS Biology
4:e82 (April).
Geysers on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Saturn's moon Enceladus contains geysers that spout icy crystals, a
strong suggestion that liquid water lurks in pools beneath the
surface. The phenomenon adds Enceladus to the solar system's really
short list of places that could conceivably host life. The geysers
turned up in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it buzzed
by the moon's south pole. Astronomers had believed that Enceladus,
only 300 miles wide, was likely a frozen piece of rock. Instead, the
new observations show that it potentially possesses all of the
elements that life needs to exist—water, relative warmth and
carbon-based molecules.
Porco, C. Cassini observes the active south pole of
Enceladus. Science 311:1393–1401 (March 10).
Immunity Linked to Brain Growth
Scientists have found evidence that bolstering the immune system may
also shore up the brain against the onset of age-related learning
and memory problems. The culprit: T-lymphocytes, cells that course
through the blood stream attacking invaders. The cells were believed
to act the same way in the brain, but it turns out that they may
perceive a whole host of things they encounter in the brain as
infectious, including normal brain proteins. The study posits that
when T-lymphocytes misjudge these normal proteins, they begin to
produce microglia, cells that promote inflammation. In the
brain—particularly in the hippocampus, the seat of learning
and memory—the microglia have the added benefit of boosting
the development of new neurons.
Ziv, Y., et al. Immune cells contribute to the
maintenance of neurogenesis and spatial learning abilities in
adulthood. Nature Neuroscience 9:268
275 (February 1)
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