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The pokies-for-convention centre deal is looking shaky after SkyCity boss Nigel Morrison said the casino company might pull out of the $350 million deal if the Government doesn't hurry up.
The shift in mood emerged in two radio interviews with Mr Morrison after SkyCity put $375 million into a development deal in Australia in return for gaming law changes.
The investment used the same amount of money earmarked for the Auckland development, which will go ahead if the Government agrees to relax gaming laws in return for SkyCity paying for construction of the centre.
During a RadioLive interview, Mr Morrison said: "I don't think we can sit here forever and wait for it, quite frankly."
He said that if the Auditor-General's report came out early next year and the issue wasn't resolved after that then "that will be it".
"If it drags on forever, I imagine it is in neither parties' interest to keep it dragging on."
SkyCity was still eager to go ahead with the Auckland deal, but "if we can't get a conclusion to these negotiations, we will have to look at alternative options".
He said the process SkyCity had gone through to try to secure the deal did not reflect well on New Zealand as a place to invest.
He also revealed the number of additional gaming machines SkyCity wanted, saying it was after an extra 300 pokies. Other aspects of the deal already known include an early renewal of an exclusive gaming licence and other gaming sweeteners.
Mr Morrison earlier referred to the deal in past tense during an interview on Radio NZ yesterday. He said the Auckland deal "would have been" like the Adelaide deal.


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Both Lady Gaga and Rihanna have albums dropping Monday, and both fashion-forward singers took to the stage at Sunday night's American Music Awards.
Whose stage style wins you over?
Both Lady Gaga and Rihanna have albums dropping Monday, and both fashion-forward singers took to the stage at Sunday night's American Music Awards.
Whose stage style wins you over?
I like rihanna's better!
Rihanna looks a little "stripper" to me. Lady Gaga's image is interesting and even thought-provoking. I love the statement she is making.
there's a difference between "fashion forward" and "attention wh*re"
They're both awesomely bad.
I liked the lasers on Rihanna's suit it was fun and funky, Lady gagas was just weird.
Love Gaga, everyone else is just following, plus the other has been done in 5th Element & Rihanna can't compete with Milla on that...
Whoah I can't stop staring at Rihanna's crotch!
gaga's is ugly and just weird. not my favorite of hers for sure. rihanna's is really cool i love it.
both are weird.
Both Singers are amazing, if only the outfit choices for that night was as good as their songs.
Their outfits are so awful!
Rhianna showed some guts (among other things) by wearing this "git-up". But she's got a great body,she's pretty,young and a celebrity so there you go. You got to have "a pair" (good thing she doesn't) to wear this. Can you imagine wearing an outfit where EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE, is staring at your @##!! Wearing this outfit, in public, in Michigan,would be illegal.
rhianna can go away at anytime and i would be fine with that. i love how she used her situation to promote her album. i'll be passing on her from now on. and i used to like her!
lady gaga is a crazy girl but her music are amazine: bad romance,poker face,paparazzi,& just dance.rihanna is that same girl that i use to know in 2005 to 2007.in 2008 she diside to cut her hair and make her careers more intresting.these are her song that beats up some of lady gaga's songs: disturbia,unfaithful,pon de replay,hard,we ride,sell me candy,if is love that you want,rehab,umbrella,& take a bow. "the frame monster" vs "rated r" which album is the best album of 2009?
Rhianna's outfit rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A Book of Remarkable Criminals HTML version
M. Derues
The last word on Derues has been said by M. Georges Claretie in his excellent
monograph, "Derues L'Empoisonneur," Paris. 1907. There is a full account of the
case in Vol. V. of Fouquier, "Causes Celebres."
M. Etienne Saint-Faust de Lamotte, a provincial nobleman of ancient lineage and
moderate health, ex-equerry to the King, desired in the year 1774 to dispose of a
property in the country, the estate of Buisson-Souef near Villeneuve-le-Roi,
which he had purchased some ten years before out of money acquired by a
prudent marriage.
With an eye to the main chance M. de Lamotte had in 1760 ran away with the
daughter of a wealthy citizen of Rheims, who was then staying with her sister in
Paris. They lived together in the country for some time, and a son was born to
them, whom the father legitimised by subsequently marrying the mother. For a
few years M. and Mme. de Lamotte dwelt happily together at Buisson-Souef. But
as their boy grew up they became anxious to leave the country and return to
Paris, where M. de Lamotte hoped to be able to obtain for his son some position
about the Court of Louis XVI. And so it was that in May, 1775, M. de Lamotte
gave a power of attorney to his wife in order that she might go to Paris and
negotiate for the sale of Buisson-Souef. The legal side of the transaction was
placed in the hands of one Jolly, a proctor at the Chatelet in Paris.
Now the proctor Jolly had a client with a great desire to acquire a place in the
country, M. Derues de Cyrano de Bury, lord of Candeville, Herchies, and other
places. Here was the very man to comply with the requirements of the de
Lamottes, and such a pleasing, ready, accommodating gentleman into the
bargain! Very delicate to all appearances, strangely pale, slight, fragile in build,
with his beardless chin and feminine cast of feature, there was something cat-like
in the soft insinuating smile of this seemingly most amiable, candid and pious of
men. Always cheerful and optimistic, it was quite a pleasure to do business with
M. Derues de Cyrano de Bury. The de Lamottes after one or two interviews were
delighted with their prospective purchaser. Everything was speedily settled. M.
Derues and his wife, a lady belonging to the distinguished family of Nicolai,
visited Buisson-Souef. They were enchanted with what they saw, and their hosts
were hardly less enchanted with their visitors. By the end of December, 1775, the
purchase was concluded. M. Derues was to give 130,000 livres (about L20,000)
for the estate, the payments to be made by instalments, the first of 12,000 livres
to be paid on the actual signing of the contract of sale, which, it was agreed, was
to be concluded not later than the first of June, 1776. In the meantime, as an
earnest of good faith, M. Derues gave Mme. de Lamotte a bill for 4,200 livres to
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Chapter 23
Brave winds, blowing fair, swiftly drove the Ghost northward into the seal herd. We
encountered it well up to the forty-fourth parallel, in a raw and stormy sea across which
the wind harried the fog-banks in eternal flight. For days at a time we could never see the
sun nor take an observation; then the wind would sweep the face of the ocean clean, the
waves would ripple and flash, and we would learn where we were. A day of clear weather
might follow, or three days or four, and then the fog would settle down upon us,
seemingly thicker than ever.
The hunting was perilous; yet the boats, lowered day after day, were swallowed up in the
grey obscurity, and were seen no more till nightfall, and often not till long after, when
they would creep in like sea-wraiths, one by one, out of the grey. Wainwright - the hunter
whom Wolf Larsen had stolen with boat and men - took advantage of the veiled sea and
escaped. He disappeared one morning in the encircling fog with his two men, and we
never saw them again, though it was not many days when we learned that they had
passed from schooner to schooner until they finally regained their own.
This was the thing I had set my mind upon doing, but the opportunity never offered. It
was not in the mate's province to go out in the boats, and though I manoeuvred cunningly
for it, Wolf Larsen never granted me the privilege. Had he done so, I should have
managed somehow to carry Miss Brewster away with me. As it was, the situation was
approaching a stage which I was afraid to consider. I involuntarily shunned the thought of
it, and yet the thought continually arose in my mind like a haunting spectre.
I had read sea-romances in my time, wherein figured, as a matter of course, the lone
woman in the midst of a shipload of men; but I learned, now, that I had never
comprehended the deeper significance of such a situation - the thing the writers harped
upon and exploited so thoroughly. And here it was, now, and I was face to face with it.
That it should be as vital as possible, it required no more than that the woman should be
Maud Brewster, who now charmed me in person as she had long charmed me through her
No one more out of environment could be imagined. She was a delicate, ethereal
creature, swaying and willowy, light and graceful of movement. It never seemed to me
that she walked, or, at least, walked after the ordinary manner of mortals. Hers was an
extreme lithesomeness, and she moved with a certain indefinable airiness, approaching
one as down might float or as a bird on noiseless wings.
She was like a bit of Dresden china, and I was continually impressed with what I may call
her fragility. As at the time I caught her arm when helping her below, so at any time I
was quite prepared, should stress or rough handling befall her, to see her crumble away. I
have never seen body and spirit in such perfect accord. Describe her verse, as the critics
have described it, as sublimated and spiritual, and you have described her body. It
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Take six and line up the edges that are the same length. There may be some that are too long so decide which units match best with each other.
Why six? It fits in my hand comfortably and if you like more- go for it.
By folding and ironing them, there is a crease to sew on. Lay wrong sides together to sew.
Lightly mark creases with a marking pencil. Match each fold and pin the end if needed. (I don't use pins or marks. I use my seam ripper as a stiletto to feed the fabric into the machine.)
Backstitch at each end for about 5 stitches, taking care to go over the same stitches. Trim the thread. There is no need for any knots.
Some corners will not match and so you will have to pin them. Ease the longer to match the shorter edge.
You might have a corner like this:
As long as there is no hole, the corner is fine and will roll. Ideally, the corner should lay flat and match.
Here is a prepped "block" without any "window" or insert fabric added. Press with steam. This will be the last time an iron will touch the fabric. Whoohoo!!
Temporarily sew the corners of all flaps together. Do this with some extra "ugly" bobbin thread. This will be temporary and will be removed, once the windows are filled in this block, and replaced with matching thread.
Now that the units are secured, lay your fabric in each square pictured here.
Sew the fabric squares down. Baste through the fabric at least four times. This works better for me than one pin. I also don't need to lose pins on the floor with kids or a pet to find them.
To sew the window, pop the knot through the underside of the fabric that will be rolled.
With the Kona Snow, I am using Auriful 50/2 in the color 2000. It matches very well and is very thin. This hides applique stitches. (The red is so you can see it here in the pictures.) The window does not need pins.
Use the left thumb and index finger to hold and constantly adjust the fabric to get a nice curve. ( Lefty will hold with right hand and applique with left hand.) The genius of the window is all the edges are bias edges and will fold and give nicely.
From here, applique to the corner. If you have hand stitched binding before, it is the same idea. See this post for hand applique tips.
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The corner is difficult since the fabric can shred or slip. (Edited: I have had no problems at all with Robert Kaufman Kona cotton in Snow. Use this over muslin with confidence!) Make the size of the insert fabric bigger if you have this problem. I add an eighth inch more.
Remember this?
Starting Fabric Square ---- Resulting Unit Made ---- Fabric insert needed
10.5-----5-----3 1/8
Pick the size of insert fabric that works for you. Here's a formula: Divide the length of the unit by the square root of 2 and then subtract a half inch to get an idea of what size fabric insert to start with. (Mine: 5/sqrt(2) - .5 = 3.03 or 3 1/8 in)
At the corner, stitch through the two white folded edges three or four times depending on the thickness of the thread.
It will show and that's OK. Continue around the window and repeat for the other corners. (Counterclockwise for righties, clockwise for lefties? Pick a way that works.)
When two blocks are completed, remove the temporary basting thread. Open the unit flaps that do not have fabric added to them.
Sew blocks together, using the same sewing method at the top of this page.
To permanently hold down the window corners sew a cross stitch though the corners to the backing. I go through the first layer, but not to the back of the quilt. I am at a loss at what is traditionally done so let me know it there is a better way.
When I get to the edges, I will show you a great way to finish your quilting with some hand quilting.
Anybody up for making cathedral windows? Part 1 can be found here.


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The S5200 is a quad-band phone for global roaming and is GPRS- and EDGE-enabled for fast Web connectivity and data transfer. Wireless short-range data transfer is available via integral Bluetooth, with a USB port for wired transfer via a cable. There is 50 Mbytes' internal memory, expandable up to 8 GB via a micro-SD memory card. The music player supports all the popular formats, such as MP3 and WAV and the FM radio with RDS enables you to listen and view the station and track information on screen.
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How about Attic Windows?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
How about Attic Windows?
I have some of the Stooges fabric too. I found it in a quilt shop last summer. I bought some cause I love the Stooges and then used it on the back of a tablerunner. I recently saw it at the Hershey Quilt Show.
I'll do a search for you for info. on the vendor I bought it from and post later.
I had been thinking of doing one of those easy stripe quilts that are posted on maryquilts but wondered if it would be too busy. I guess I could always lay the fabric out and see.
Haven't done an Attic Windows yet but that would be fun.
Hi sewcrafty,
I'm not sure I know what BQ2 stands for.
Scroll down a few quilts and you'll see it. Its a neat pattern!!!
Thanks, sewcrafty, that is a neat idea!
What ever you do, it would be cool to print off some of the sentences they would say in to the quilt like YUK! YUK! YUK!
their names, bet on line you can get more lines 8-) use your printer.
Turning Twenty around the block? You could use the Stooges fabric as the focus fabric.
I've sketched out a design now need to find some 'alone' time to get the fabric washed and dried without being caught. We are officially empty nesters as of this afternoon so not sure if my sewing area will be as private as before. :)


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LaDainian Tomlinson: Mark Sanchez Would Ask For Release If Jets Start Peyton Manning
Mark Sanchez has quarterbacked the New York Jets to two AFC Championship Games in three years -- and yet here we are, speculating about Peyton Manning potentially replacing Sanchez at the helm in Florham Park, N.J. Sanchez likely isn't too happy about it -- and according to teammate LaDainian Tomlinson, he really wouldn't take kindly to a backup role in 2012.
"I don't know if he would handle it well," Tomlinson said yesterday on the NFL Network, according to USA Today. "I think he would probably go in and maybe ask to be released. Here is Mark Sanchez's gripe: 'I took you guys to two straight AFC Championship Games. Yeah, I didn't get it done last year, but my first and second year, I took you to two AFC Championship Games. How can you turn around and just bring in another quarterback right now?'"
Tomlinson was a teammate on one of those two playoff teams -- he arrived in 2010 and played for the Jets team that lost the conference title game to Pittsburgh. He also played for the squad that flopped in 2011, going 8-8 to miss the postseason (arguably due to Sanchez's erratic play).
Tomlinson, now a free agent, supports Sanchez's right to be angry if the Jets take away his starting job. "Rightfully so, he would be a little mad," the running back said. "That's all a part of it. But at the same time, if he could grow up a little bit and try to learn from somebody like Peyton Manning, then maybe in a couple of years -- two or three years -- if they did decide to go with Peyton Manning, he could learn from that and then also be the quarterback again."


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Sebastian Vettel insists that he is happy at Red Bull despite the lure of joining other teams, particularly Ferrari with which the German driver has been repeatedly linked with.
The triple world champion's contract with his existing team runs out at the end of 2014 and despite all his achievements, Vettel has been rumoured time and again that he could end up at Maranello.
When asked in an interview on the official Formula 1 website whether he would extend his tenure with Red Bull beyond the current deal, Vettel laughed: "Listen: this is as delicate as asking a woman her age! You never ask about contracts!"
The 25-year-old insisted that he was comfortable with his current squad.
"Isn't that something that everybody can see?" he asked.


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When Keele lecturers demonstrate outside their council meeting on Thursday for the second time this year - this time swelled by lecturers from other universities - it will be about much more than saving the jobs of their colleagues.
University proposals mean that 38 of the 67 academic staff at the School of Economic and Management Studies (Sems) are likely to be made redundant. But that is only part of what causes leading lecturers to carry placards round this small, pretty, isolated Midlands campus, brought a one-day strike in Sems and looks like causing more, and has all Keele's members of the University and College Union (UCU) taking "action short of a strike". This means that since February 21 they have been refusing to cooperate with the audit for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, to sit on teaching committees, and to help at open days.
This is more than a conventional battle over redundancies, for two reasons. First, this is Keele - the first of the 1960s wave of new universities, with its unique dual-honours degree system, and its emotional attachment to the ideas of broad, liberal education, of free thinking, and of bucking trends.
Trade unions
Second, Sems has been bucking the trend for years. As other universities fall in with the move to conventional business schools, fitting in with the highly specific requirements of powerful accrediting bodies such as the Association of MBAs (Amba), the Sems MBA does not meet Amba requirements and is not intended to, partly because Amba requirements make an MBA very expensive. Sems has the only industrial relations unit left in Britain that is not based in a business school, and it takes trade unions seriously.
The trouble began last year, when the university set up a committee under Professor John Purcell of Warwick Business School to decide on Sems's future. Purcell admitted that industrial relations lecturers at Keele were still attracting students, "a testament to their energy and determination to survive in a hostile environment".
But the hostile environment was the mood of the times. Purcell proposed the replacement of Sems by a Keele business school or management school; the end of the full-time MBA; and the closure of many courses, including those in economics and industrial relations.
The university accepted the report, and added that many of the staff did not have "an appropriate skillset to support the change". It set up a redundancy committee. The UCU countered with its industrial action.
Since then, the dispute has been bogged down in accusations and counter-accusations. Sems was losing money and students, said the university. No, it wasn't, said the UCU, the university was using selective statistics and the department was actually doing rather well. The university was refusing to consult and negotiate properly, said the union. Not at all, said the university, it was the union's fault.
Keele's vice-chancellor, Professor Janet Finch, wrote to all academics asking if they would be taking part in industrial action. The UCU regional official, Sue Davis, wrote back: "I shall be advising our members that they do not have to complete any form sent by you seeking further information." The union asked for the consultation period to be extended by six months; Finch said no.
Underneath it all, you could hear the growl of a full-blown ideological row. "Many people see us as deeply unfashionable, though I think what we do is relevant and contemporary," says the chair of the Keele UCU action committee, Mike Ironside. "The vice-chancellor has her heart set on creating a conventional business school."
Finch resents the implication that she is less than committed to social science teaching. She wrote to the university's academics: "I want to re-state my personal lifelong and strong commitment to the social science disciplines, both generally and at Keele ... I am proud to be the vice-chancellor of a university which has strong social sciences, and have a record over my whole period at Keele of seeking to support and promote them."
There is an odd symmetry in Keele University moving away from industrial relations and towards human-resource management. During the 2006 lecturers' dispute, it took an unusually hard line. When lecturers were refusing to mark coursework or set exams, the university agreed to award degrees based on work already submitted, rather than wait for a student's full marks. As a broad rule of thumb, industrial relations experts would be horrified, but human-resource management people might applaud. In the event, the dispute was resolved before graduation day.
Founder's dream
So it is hardly surprising that the two cultures are now clashing at Keele, half a century after the founder, Lord Lindsay, set out his dream of a university to unite the two, to be a place that taught "the arts person to understand how the scientists thought and the scientist to keep in touch with the arts". It is going to be hard to reconcile the two cultures this time.
Last week, the university declined to discuss the broader issues, and told Education Guardian: "The current proposals represent a commitment by the university to develop and retain a vibrant, competitive business school as part of its future portfolio. The proposed restructure creates a configuration which is appropriate for purpose, reflects market demand, and establishes the school both academically and financially.
"The proposals are subject to widespread consultation within the university, and any decisions taken will arise from this consultation exercise. The university has assured students of its commitment to delivering the current range of courses within the school and to maintain quality standards for these and all other courses. The university recognises that change can be unsettling for staff and students, and is working hard to ensure that all groups are fully informed of the proposals and that any concerns are addressed."
If that sounds as though it was written by a human-resources manager, the reply from Ironside is identifiably that of the industrial relations specialist he is. "Until now, the university has handled it very badly. Most of management's objectives could have been achieved without conflict," he says, carefully leaving the door open for compromise. There will be a lot more campus demonstrations before either side learns how the other side thinks.


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Killed by Larry.Weapon: axe.Base: Greene family'sfarm.Transport:Pick-up truck.Best friend: Younger cannibal brother(Danny,I think).Saved:Younger cannibal brother.
Killed by Katjaa, my weapon used to be an ice pick. My base was the train station and my transport was a car. My best friend was David and I saved Chuck.
I led an interesting apocalypse life.
Killed by Brenda
Um, I think I'll just stop.
2nd time, killed by Kenny.
Best friend Kenny .
I'll try again. Killed by Glenn, Weapon is the Sickle, Train Station is my base, Transport is the RV, Best friend is David and saved Officer Mitchell. Lol what the fuck.
He doesn't like the fact that Negan is my favorite character of the comics XD
Killed for having an opinion. It hurts.
Killed by: Andy St. John
Weapon: pistol
Base: train station
Transportation: tractor (well shit)
Best friend: Chuck (Chyessssss!)
Saved: Mr. Parker (yay? Guess he didn't bleed out)
I was Killed by Duck (Annoyed to death)
My Weapon is an icepick (It went into that icepick sized hole)
My Base is Fivel's Mansion (Where shovels are never not useful)
My Transportation is a Police Car (Oh sh*t)
My Best Friend is Glenn (Mah n*igga)
I saved Kenny (I guess he got lucky. Real lucky.)
Kileld by Carley(wut), Weapon is an ice pick. Base is The Motel. Transport - BOAT. Saved by Hershel.
Oh and my best friend is Brenda.
Killed by Duck (really?), my weapon is a sickle, my base is The Marsh House, transport is by train, my "best friend" (if you know what I mean) is Carley and I saved Vernon, really?


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Principal Investigator: David Ornitz, MD, PhD (WUSTL Developmental Biology)
Co-investigators: Kel Yamada, MD (WUSTL Neurology), Jeanne Nerbonne, PhD (WUSTL Developmental Biology), David Wozniak, PhD (WUSTL Psychiatry)
Patients with spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) experience a loss of muscle control in their arms and legs, with resulting loss of balance and coordination. Patients with SCA type 27, a dominantly-inherited condition, have progressive ataxia as well as mental retardation. SCA27 is caused by a single-gene mutation in the gene encoding fibroblast growth factor 14 (FGF14). An animal model lacking FGF14 function shows similar behavior. This project will fully characterize the degenerative phenotype in FGF14-deficient animals. Additionally, these investigators will generate an animal model which more closely resembles the genetics of the human disease, to reveal the molecular mechanisms which lead from FGF14 mutation to degeneration of cerebellar neurons.
Funded Grants
"FGF14 in the regulation of Purkinje neuron excitability and SCA27"
NIH-NINDS, R01NS065761-01 (Ornitz, PI)
The molecular, cellular and physiological studies proposed will provide new and fundamentally important insights into the functional roles of FGF14 in regulating neuronal excitability and into the underlying molecular mechanisms by which mutations in FGF14 cause disease in humans.
Intellectual Property
FGF14 mutant mouse, SCA27
Laezza, F., Lampert, A., Kozel, M.A., Gerber, B.R., Rush, A.M., Nerbonne, J.M., Waxman, S.G., Dib-Hajj, S.D., and Ornitz, D.M. (2009). FGF14 N-Terminal Splice Variants Differentially Modulate Nav1.2 and Nav1.6-Encoded Sodium Channels. Mol Cell Neurosci 42, 90-101.
Shakkottai, V.G., Xiao, M., Xu, L., Wong, M., Nerbonne, J.M., Ornitz, D.M., and Yamada, K.A. (2009). FGF14 regulates the intrinsic excitability of cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Neurobiol Dis 33, 81-88.
Xiao, M., Bosch, M.K., Nerbonne, J.M., and Ornitz, D.M. (2013). FGF14 localization and organization of the axon initial segment. Mol Cell Neurosci 56, 393-403.
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Luncheon Salutes Volunteers At St John's Episcopal Hospital
Luncheon Salutes Volunteers At St John's Episcopal Hospital
By Miriam Rosenberg
Contributing Editor
St. John's Episcopal Hospital's honored its volunteers at an award luncheon at the hospital's Teaching Center on April 23. About 90 of the 110 people who volunteer their time to help keep the hospital running attended the annual event held during National Volunteer Week.
"I'm sure if the patients were here they would also thank you for the support you give them because that's the reason you're here," Luis Hernandez, CEO for St. John's, said as he thanked the volunteers for their service. "If it weren't for your support, we wouldn't be able to [give the care] to our patients we do today."
While each volunteer was presented with a certificate of recognition, special honors were given to several of the volunteers. At the top of that list were Irene Hubert and Gilbert Mack. Between them they represent more than 50 years and hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of service to the hospital.
Hubert started at St. John's as an employee in 1945 and has been a volunteer for the last 18 years.
"I can remember when [the hospital] was the Sisters of St. Joseph's," said Hubert, who is 87 years old. "I had chances to go elsewhere, but I liked it here."
Mack, with 34 years under his belt, is the volunteer with the longest continuous service at SJEH.
"I like the people," said the 91 year old former actor.
Two groups representing some of the best of Far Rockaway High School's students were just some of the 45 students from school programs who volunteer at the hospital.
The FRHS students came from the New York City TOP program (with its admissions based mostly on academic standards) and Far Rockaway High School's nursing program.
"Last year [volunteers from many different] organizations clocked in thousands and thousands of hours," said Renee Carr, the Coordinator for the Volunteer Office.
To find out about volunteering at SJEH and the application process call the Volunteer Office at 718 869-7870.


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Just bought my 2nd wrangler, 2012 jk sport. It came with the factory 16 inch steel wheels. I'm looking to get larger tires to fill up some of the empty space in the wheel wells, but don't want to get a lift kit. Any suggestions on what tire size to get?
32" is about as big as you can go without a lift if you plan on doing any offroading.
If you're keeping the stock wheels, you may need different wheels or at least wheel spacers for even 32" tires. Not really sure.
However, 32" is the stock Rubicon and Sahara size. Therefore, the smartest play to get bigger tires cheaply is to look on Craigslist and Ebay to find a set of Rubi or (less desirable) Sahara tire/wheel pull offs. Folks are always dumping them (and often for cheap and in new condition) when they add tires/wheels/lifts.
Also, I agree completely on checking for new wheels on Craigslist-that's where I sold mine w/i 20 min of posting add:punk:
I've got an 08 JKUX, so I'm not sure what the difference might be.
I changed out my stock 17" Rubi wheels when I bought it in August and replaced with 16" wheels. I put 265/75/16 tires on it. They measure just under 32" and they fit fine and filled up the wheel well fine. I have since added a spacer to the front coil just to level the ride out, but it doesn't look bad at all.
I know a lot of guys like to get the bigger 33"-35" tires and that's great for them. I have a lot of road driving and my off road is pretty much hunting trips and those trails to get to the location. So I don't need the larger tires.
Sorry to go off on a tangent, but maybe my perspective and usage will help you out.
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There's nothing like a little spirited debate is there? It's great to see there are so many New Zealanders out there who are passionate about the benefits of travel for children.
So, having lit the blue touch paper I want now not to extinguish the flames, but to fan them a little higher.
For some time now I've been thinking how good it would be if a greater proportion of our kids (especially those approaching school-leaving age) could have the chance to go overseas (and I'm meaning beyond Australia) before they hit the workforce or further study or begin having families.
The comments of the Sikh policeman in Nelson who has had people call him Osama bin Laden among many other things, have only heightened my belief that we all need to get out a bit more.
Jagmohan Malhi, when asked on national television what he thought of being called a terrorist or having people call out Allah, used an Indian saying about a frog down a well. He gently suggested that maybe there were a few Kiwis who were a bit like frogs down wells - ie. their view of the world was a little limited.
Does it matter if many of our children do grow up with an insular outlook? Well Constable Malhi's experiences should be answer enough.
How insular does one have to be not to know that Sikhs are not Muslims. And of course that doesn't even address the perhaps more pertinent question that the huge majority of Muslims are not terrorists either.
Sure, you don't have to go overseas to learn this. One reason some of us battle on in the over-subscribed world of travel writing is to bring the world home to people who don't have the opportunity to travel. But there's nothing like being there.
Out in the big wide world Kiwis soon realise that their culture, language and beliefs are not the only ones. We experience what it's like to be in the minority, to feel bewildered and lost, even threatened by being out of our comfort zone.
Perhaps most importantly it is a real wake-up call as to how lucky the huge majority of us are. We do have poverty in our country but so much of what most of us considered hardships are laughable compared to what the majority of people around the world battle with each day.
We need our young people to get out there, see this for themselves - not because I think it will turn everyone into misty-eyed philanthropists but because it broadens our perspectives as human beings and I hope heightens our compassion for others.
More than ever today we need understanding between cultures. Ignorance breeds fear and what better way to banish ignorance that to spend even a little time with people of other cultures and learn that under the different clothing, behind the different religious beliefs, people are very much the same.
I would love more of our teenagers to experience this but how to achieve it?
Well we seem to have enough money to spend on yachting challenges and improving our gold medal tallies - why not on more short-term travel scholarships for kids to visit developing countries - even a frog that has had just a short glimpse over the rim of the well will never view life again in quite the same light.
- Jill Worrall
Pictured above: Cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws dominate a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo / AP
* Jill Worrall is heading back overseas later this week and will keep nzherald.co.nz readers up-to-date on her travel adventures through her Escapism blog.


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Two weeks ago, the New York Times' truth-humor strip on "The Home of the Future" came on the heels of Google's purchase of 'smart thermostat' manufacturer Nest for $3.2 Billion. With power utility commissions such as California already stating their intention to "expand third-party access" to in-home data, the perfect storm is brewing for Google's mission of making you their product – even in your own home.
For context, this is the same Google whose executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, told MSNBC:
If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
While pushing to nullify privacy laws, the Big G obviously doesn't care about pesky old-fashioned encumbrances like ethics either, as evidenced by this gem:
I would argue that [us] implanting things in your brain is beyond the creepy line – at least for the moment, until the technology gets better.
The timing of Google's purchase announcement is interesting, coming only a couple weeks after US federal judge William Pauley ruled that the unwarranted NSA phone surveillance against US citizens is legal.
However, federal judge Richard Leon, the European Union, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board have all strongly condemned the spy programs. (The credibility of the Justice Department is in serious question, following revelations that last April it had secretly inked a deal with the Obama Administration to help corporations evade federal wiretap laws.)
The Battleground Hits Home
So where does a 'smart thermostat' fit in the current corporatist drive for total in-home surveillance?
For the last couple of years, utilities around the globe have all been touting their new metering systems with buzzwords such as 'smart', 'advanced', 'upgraded', or 'modernized'. All rhetoric aside, these devices are intended to integrate with all appliances in your home to form an inescapable wireless data-mining dragnet, dubbed as the "home area network", with your HVAC and likely other in-home systems overseen by spy-giant Google, if they get their way.
As we've seen, even former CIA director David Petraeus was publicly frothing over having the ability to spy through 'smart' appliances, intended to wirelessly report back to the meter continuously, while receiving energy-use dictates from the meter.
According to a US Congressional Research Report:
With smart meters, police will have access to data that might be used to track residents' daily lives and routines while in their homes, including their eating, sleeping, and showering habits, what appliances they use and when, and whether they prefer the television to the treadmill, among a host of other details.
California-based Nest makes thermostats and smoke alarms that connect to the internet, allowing people to remotely monitor and control them from their smartphones.
The company was founded by Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive dubbed the "godfather of the iPod" for his work on the MP3 player. He left the position of head of music at Apple in 2008 to found Nest.
Nest launched is first thermostat in 2011 and says its products are now in over a million homes. Late last year the company made its first foray into the UK market, launching its smoke alarm here.
Fadell said in a statement: "We're thrilled to join Google. With their support, Nest will be even better placed to build simple, thoughtful devices that make life easier at home, and that have a positive impact on the world."


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25th International Conference International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)
Once again the World Alliance for Patient Safety participated in the 25th International Conference of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 19 and 22 October 2008.
The work of the Alliance was presented in three conference sessions: A session entitled "Better knowledge for safer care: Advancing research for patient safety worldwide with the WHO World Alliance", a session on Patient Safety Solutions chaired by Dr Peter Angood of The Joint Commission and a session focused on the progress of the First Patient Safety Challenge, Clean Care is Safer Care. This was entitled "WHO first global patient safety challenge: An unprecedented momentum for the fight against health care-associated infections".
The Alliance also had a very effective and visually attractive stand, which received a visit from Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. The stand received a lot of interest and positive comments from the conference participants. Over 1,000 copies of the Alliance's technical reports, brochures, CDs and posters were distributed during the event.
As last year, WHO coordinated the ISQua Conference Scholarship Programme. This year twenty candidates, including thirteen women, were nominated to attend. The candidates came from sixteen countries from a range of WHO Regions.


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Popular property highlights
Located in Historic Center - Downtown, Hotel Collodi is within a 5-minute walk of popular attractions such as San Lorenzo Church and Accademia Gallery. This hotel has 12 rooms and welcomes guests with conveniences like free breakfast, free in-room WiFi, and a rooftop terrace. It's in central Florence and also a short walk from Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower and Ponte Vecchio.
Start your day off right with a free continental breakfast, served each morning from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
All 12 soundproofed rooms feature minibars, safes, and desks. Guests can expect free WiFi and wired Internet, along with flat-screen TVs. Bathrooms have hair dryers and free toiletries.
Property features
At Hotel Collodi, guests have access to a rooftop terrace, free WiFi in public areas, and express check-in. Valet parking is offered for EUR 30 per day. The front desk has multilingual staff that can help with concierge services, luggage storage, and securing valuables. This hotel also has express check-out.
- Walking distance to San Lorenzo Church and Accademia Gallery
- Free continental breakfast
- Free WiFi and wired Internet in rooms and public areas
- Rooftop terrace
Hotel Collodi
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Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. This Florence hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- Total number of rooms - 12
- Number of floors - 2
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Express check-out
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Express check-in
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
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Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Hotel Collodi offers 12 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.
Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. This Florence hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Air conditioning
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A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
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Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Check-in time ends at 10 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 2 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 30 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 15.0 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 10 per pet, per night
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.50 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
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- Valet parking fee: EUR 30 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 10 per pet, per night
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. One child 2 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. In accordance with national/local laws, air conditioning may be restricted to certain hours during certain times of the year.


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Entries Tagged 'PHOTOGRAPHY' ↓
why asylum seekers' photographs are rendered unrecognisable…
September 28th, 2012 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, LEAKING, MOPPING UP
appropriation? fair enough?
August 30th, 2012 — ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, LEAKING, MOPPING UP
Rachel Corbett covers the Richard Prince case here at ArtInfo.
beyond photography
August 27th, 2012 — ARTISTS, EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Light Painting was widely hailed as the best work in the Biennale of Sydney – apparently also by Thierry de Duve, among others – but you have to have seen this work by Nyapanyapa Yunupigu to understand why its random streaming imagery is "beyond" the documentary potential of still photography. Then again, Will Stubbs' explanatory label was also far and away the most thought-provoking piece of text generated by this guff-laden event… Equally interesting was the fact that the collective mode of its production suggests an entirely new mode of art-making coming out of Yirrkala. Collective agency is in their blood…
PS See what I mean here at Ros Oxley's website…
a strange tale of ideological cleansing: disconnecting Rodchenko from Communism
June 21st, 2012 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, LEAKING, MOPPING UP
In a bizarre twist, Russian works on loan to the National Museum of Poland's exhibition of Rodchenko's photographs (reviewed here in the WSJ by William Meyers) come at an exorbitant cost, with officially-sanctioned interpretive texts, and with the proviso that the word "Communism" is never mentioned. Go figure…
May 20th, 2012 — AFGHANISTAN, PHOTOGRAPHY
What makes this a contender for one of the most significant photographs of the twentieth century? Taken in Kandahar by Peter Jouvenal in 1996, this fragment of a film clip is (I find) absorbing on so many levels. It depicts the Mullah Omah enacting a religious ceremony – one that was to have huge consequences for the fin de siecle. Sometimes a photograph is significant simply for its value as evidence, and sometimes because it participates in the historical moment in a way that is itself significant. In this case, its non-material character – as streaming video – is but another development in the nature of photography itself. You can read the full story over at rugsofwar…
Is size an ontological question?
April 10th, 2012 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, LEAKING, MOPPING UP
As photographic technology evolves, so such questions are being asked. See Julia Halperin's review of the William Eggleston case over at ArtInfo. She asks: Are the digital works different from the original prints? In a statement, Christie's called the digitals "a completely new addition" to Eggleston's oeuvre; the house's photography specialist told PDN they were marketed as works of contemporary art designed to appeal to contemporary art collectors, not photography traditionalists.
Life before Death: Michael Yon in Laskar Gah in 2008
March 2nd, 2012 — AFGHANISTAN, PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, LEAKING, MOPPING UP
Art Basel Miami: "this scene disgusts me"
February 27th, 2012 — EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, LEAKING, MOPPING UP
…I'm quoting Mostafa Heddaya's "Down and Out at Miami Beach" on American Circus
photography is encouraged
February 12th, 2012 — ARTISTS, EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Perhaps because it adds content. At Gagosian, photography of the Damien Hirst paintings is permitted only if there is a person in the frame… Now there's a twist… And there's more, here. And listen here to Peter Schjeldahl at The New Yorker… And here's Ben Davis, in "reluctant" defense…
(top) #15 Controlled Substances Key Painting, 1994, 61 x 61, 2 inch spot.
(above) #7 Cesium Bromide, 2009 965 x 106.7, 5mm spot.
only in California…
January 31st, 2012 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, LEAKING, MOPPING UP
…would you Occupy Oakland with your iPad! Occupy Silican Valley, maybe… This from Mark Murrman's coverage at MoJo.


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When I walked in the door at 8 p.m. recently, my wife Carla put on a face and asked me where I had been. I answered with the usual: "The stripper bar."
I mean, where did she think I'd been? Sometimes, I think she gets a bit jealous of my other wife, the hospital.
It may sound crazy, but I think the hospital is fun, filled with some hilarious moments and truly great people.
Like when I walked into a patient's room and asked how he slept. He was unusually grumpy.
"Lousy, he said. "Whaddaya expect? These beds are horrible, and I slept like a Toulouse Latrec painting!"
Only someone who has slept in a hospital bed knows what he means.
One of my favorite patients died recently. One night, before he died, we talked about his prognosis at his bedside in the hospital. He knew he was dying, and I guess he actually welcomed death. He told me he was tired of being sick and wanted the end - that he wasn't afraid. I asked him if he knew what would happen after he died; if he thought there would be an afterlife. He said he didn't know for sure but that he hoped so.
Then he said, "Goodbye and good luck. Have a good life. I've liked knowing you."
"Easy," I said. "Not so fast. You're not dying right now."
He shrugged, so I said, "Well, when you do get there, can you send me a sign?"
He gave me a rare smile and said, "Sure. What kind do you want?"
I shrugged: "Email works."
But then he said, sincerely troubled, "But I don't really know how to email." So I told him any old sign would do.
I was checking my email yesterday, wading through the spam - invitations to go to some heart conference and job offers to work "in paradise," which is really somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I smiled, wondering if this was his funny idea of a sign.
Later, as I was finishing my rounds, I wondered if I was ever going to get that sign. At the time, the hospital was not as enjoyable as usual with nurses on strike and then lockout. Walking around the hospital was like walking in a strange, sad place - an underworld of sorts. In this "underworld," lunch in the cafeteria didn't include sitting with people I know and joking about the usual things; it was usually wolfing down a sandwich alone so I could get to the next procedure or patient.
A few days ago, I ran into the one of the nurse managers and asked if there was any news on the strike negotiations.
"Nothing," he said. "No, they can't seem to make a deal. It'll take a sign from heaven to get the nurses back."
I shrugged. A little while later, I got a text from the number 990-00 which read: "L+M to lift lockout. Check email for more info."
So maybe my patient couldn't email me a sign, but between here and There, he learned how to text.
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Presentation for / Links shared during, this session:
Enabling eLearning: http://elearning.tki.org.nz/
eLearning planning framework: http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/e-Learning-Planning-Framework2
What is Blended E-Learning? With the government's focus in re-designing the Professional Learning Development (PLD) programme for our schools, there has been a re-shaping in how this support will be addressed.
From a Blended e-Learning perspective, one of the main tools being offered for schools to consider, is the e-Learning Planning Framework. There will most likely be a need to scrutinise this further and unpack with schools how the framework can be utilised to enhance their current practice in e-Learning.
The target groups of Māori, Pasifika and Special Education needs students, are to be kept to the forefront and whatever PLD is offered to schools, the outcomes must be seen in raising student achievement.
This session will look at the following
- Illustrate what Blended e-Learning (BeL) looks like in schools with students, leaders, teachers, communities
- Demonstrate what the e-Learning Planning Framework is and how it relates to programmes/initiatives in schools
- Explain what the BeL project is: who is involved; organization
- Explore strengths, areas to be strengthened, opportunities and areas to be aware of in order to be explicit about the way we work; could/should work; and identify opportunities for collaboration and sharing within BeL and across the Te Toi Tupu consortium, as the lead providers of E-learning Professional Development across New Zealand.


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BeschreibungIn his acclaimed novels "Dr. Adder, The Glass Hammer, and the "Blade Runner books, K.W. Jeter masterfully re-created the grim and gritty world of Ridley Scott's classic science fiction film masterpiece. Now Jeter returns with a startling and stylish new vision of the future as only he could imagine it, a dark and disturbing universe that can be described with one word... Welcome to the Pacific Rim, the new center of the civilized world. As the rest of the planet sinks toward economic and social disaster, the cities on the coast have become a neon-lit, high-tech paradise. Chief among them is Los Angeles, a sparkling metropolis attracting lost souls from across a shattered continent. But beneath the sleek surface lies a labyrinthine underground feeding on the darkest human desires. Here the wealthy seek forbidden thrills through an anonymous on-line computer system that makes use of prowlers--masked simulations of human users programmed to delve into the most taboo of the hard-core sexual underworld and bring back exotic and erotic experiences to their safeguarded users. For most people, the prowlers are a way to indulge in their wildest sexual fantasies. But for others, they are something far more dangerous. When a young executive of one of the world's most powerful corporations is found brutally slain, a retired ex-cop is called in to find his missing prowler. The corporation believes the young man's prowler is still "alive" and they want it found, but they don't care to reveal why. McNihil was an information cop forced into early retirement. He knows he is walking straight into a trap, but he has no choice. He must descend into the noir underground, his only companion aruthless female operative named November who has a desperate agenda of her own. Together they will uncover a web of evil far more extensive than McNihil ever imagined...a vast conspiracy that threatens to blur forever the line between the sane safety of the daylight world
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: BANTAM DELL
Erscheinungsdatum: September 1999
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Questions and Problems
Section 1-1
1. State whether the following network descriptions are describing a MAN, WAN, or LAN:
a. A network of users that share computer resources in a limited area.
b. A network of users that share computer resources across a metropolitan area.
c. A network that connects local area networks
a. LAN
b. MAN
c. WAN
2. Expand the acronym NIC.
i. "Network Interface Card"
3. Expand the acronym MAC.
i. "Media Access Control"
4. Expand the acronym LAN.
i. "Local Area Network"
5. Expand the acronym WAN.
i. "Wide Area Network"
Section 1-2
6. Define the term protocol.
i. Set of rules established for users to exchange information.
7. Define the term topology.
i. Architecture of a network.
8. Define the term deterministic.
i. Access to the network is provided at fixed time intervals
9. A disadvantage of the token-ring system is that if an error changes the token pattern, it can cause the token to stop circulating. This can be eliminated by adding a . . .
d. Token-ring hub (A hub that manages the passing of the token in a Token-Ring network.)
10. State the network topology being used in the following figures (Bus, Star, Ring, or Mesh).
a. Mesh
b. Bus
c. Ring
d. Star
11. What is the difference between a hub and a switch?
i. Hub – Broadcasts data it receives to all devices connected to its ports.
ii. Switch – Establishes a direct connection from the sender to the destination without passing the data traffic to other networking devices.
Section 1-3
12. Define the acronym CSMA/CD and the protocol that uses CSMA/CD.
i. "Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection"
ii. The networking protocol "Ethernet".
13. What information is not included in an Ethernet frame?
a. Frame size
14. What is the minimum size of the data payload in an Ethernet frame?
i. 46 bytes
ii. The data being transmitted, followed by the pad that is used to bring the total number of bytes up to the minimum of 46 if the data field is less than 46 bytes.
15. What is the minimum and maximum size of an Ethernet frame?
i. Minimum – 64 bytes
ii. Maximum – 1518 bytes
16. Define the acronym OUI. Where is the OUI used?
i. "Organizationally Unique Identifier"
ii. The first 3 bytes, 24 bits, or 6 digits of a MAC address.
17. What does the OUI represent?
i. The vendor of the NIC "Network Interface Card"
18. In Windows Vista or Windows XP, how would you find the Ethernet (MAC) address?
i. Selecting Start and then Run. In the Run window enter "cmd" and click OK. In the command prompt window that displays enter the command "ipconfig /all" and hit Enter. The MAC address is listed under Ethernet adapter Local Area Network. The MAC address is labeled as the Physical Address.
19. INTERNET SEARCH: Find the device manufacturer for the following Ethernet devices:
a. 00-C0-4F-49-68-AB – DELL
b. 00-0A-27-B7-3E-F8 – APPLE
c. 00-04-76-B6-9D-06 – 3Com
d. 00-00-36-69-42-27 – ATARI
20. State the class of address (A, B, or C) for the following IP addresses:
a. 46.39.42.05 – Class A
b. 184.108.40.206 – Class C
c. 184.108.40.206 – Class C
d. 184.108.40.206 – Class A
e. 126.96.36.199 – Class A
f. 18.104.22.168 – Class B
21. Expand the acronym TCP/IP.
i. "Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol"
Section 1-4
22. Cite the three advantages of a wired network.
i. Faster network data transfer speeds (within the LAN)
ii. Relatively inexpensive to setup
iii. The network is not susceptible to outside interference.
23. Cite three advantages of a wireless network.
i. User mobility
ii. Simple installations
iii. No cables
24. What does it mean for a wireless networking device to be Wi-Fi compliant?
i. That the device has been tested by the Wi-Fi Alliance (Wireless Fidelity) and is certified for compliance with 802.11x wireless standards.
25. What are the most common types of equipment that are used to establish a broadband connection to the ISP?
i. Cable Modem
ii. DSL Modem
26. Name six issues that should be considered when planning a home network?
i. Data Speed – "Wired of Wireless?"
ii. Cost – "Cost of equipment?"
iii. Ease of Implementation– "Cables already ran? Wireless setup is usual minimal."
iv. Appearance– "Wireless networks are neater with no cables."
v. Home Access– "Wireless for mobility, but wired for faster transfer rates."
vi. Public Access– "ISP is the limiting factor for the data transfer rate for the public access."
27. Why is checking the lights of a networking device that connects to the ISP important?
i. Link Verification will typically appear as a Lit Link Light.
ii. The presence of a link light indicates that the transmit and receive pairs are properly aligned and the connected devices are communicating.
iii. Absence of the light indicates a possible cabling or hardware problem.
28. What is the purpose of a Range expander?
i. The wireless signal might not be reaching all the areas that need coverage.
ii. The device relays the wireless signals from an access point or wireless router into areas with a weak signal or no signal at all.
iii. Range Extender – Device that relays the wireless signals from an access point or wireless router into areas with a weak signal or no signal at all
29. What is a hotspot?
i. A limited geographic area that provides wireless access for the public.
30. List five steps that can be used to protect the home network.
i. Change the default factory passwords.
ii. Change the default SSID. "Service Set Identifier"
iii. Turn on encryption.
iv. Turn off the SSID broadcast.
v. Enable MAC address filtering.
31. You have the choice of selecting a networking device with WEP and another with WPA. Which offers better security and why?
a. WPA - Basically put it's an upgrade overlay for WEP.
b. WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP is designed to allow WEP to be upgraded. This means that all the main building blocks of WEP are present, but corrective measures have been added to address security problems.
32. What are the potential problems of using the default factory passwords?
i. They are known to the public.
ii. Security hole for public access to your network.
33. What is the purpose of the SSID, and what can the network administrator do to protect the network from hackers who might have learned the SSID?
i. The purpose of the SSID is to identify your wireless network and is used by your access point or wireless router to establish an association.
ii. The network administrator can change it periodically and turn off broadcasting it in the device's menu.
34. What is the purpose of MAC filtering on a wireless network?
i. Only wireless devices that have specific MAC addresses will be allowed access to the network.
35. How does NAT (Network Address Translation) help protect outsider access to computer in the home network?
i. NAT translates the private IP address to a public address for routing over the Internet.
ii. Private IP address being 10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255, 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255)
iii. Public IP address being the ISP issuing an IP address to the router from an available pool of IP addresses manage by the ISP.
36. What is Stateful Packet Inspection "SPI"?
i. A type of firewall protection that inspects incoming data packets to make sure they correspond to an outgoing request.
37. What is a VPN, and how does it protect the data transferred over a wireless network?
i. A VPN is a Virtual Private Network and it establishes a secure network connection and is a way to protect your LAN's data from being observed by outsiders.
ii. A VPN enables a remote or mobile user to access the network as if they were actually physically at the network.
iii. The VPN connection is encrypted, providing privacy for the data packets being transmitted.
38. How is IP addressing typically handled in a home network?
i. Is managed by the router or wireless router that connects to the ISP.
ii. The ISP will issue an IP address to the router from an available pool of IP addresses manage by the ISP.
i. The computers on the network should then be issued private IP addresses using NAT "Network Address Translation".
39. What is Port Address Translation "PAT"?
i. A port number is tracked with the client computer's private address when translating to a public address.
ii. When you are assigned a private address with NAT "Network Address Translation" there is no way for the router to pinpoint the specific computer because it uses the same address for all computers. With PAT "Port Address Translation" the router uses the port number to identify the computer that accessed the internet and delivers the data packet to the right computer.
40. A router on a home network is assigned an IP address of 22.214.171.124. A computer in the home network is assigned a private IP address of 192.168.10.62. The computer is assigned the public IP address 220.127.116.11:1922. Which IP address is used for routing data packets on the internet? Is overloading being used?
i. 220.127.116.11 is being used for routing data packets on the internet.
ii. Overloading is being used when the computer was assigned a private address and started sending data packets, which after the packets reach the router and are then sent using the public address assigned to the router by the ISP.
Section 1-5
41. Which of the following is not a step in building an office LAN?
a. Obtaining proper government permits
42. What does RJ-45 represent?
c. An 8-pin modular connector for twisted pair Ethernet
43. What is an uplink port?
i. Allows the connection of a hub or switch to another hub or switch without having to use a crossover cable.
44. What is the maximum speed and length for Category 6 cabling?
i. Maximum Speed – 1000 Mbps
ii. Maximum Length - 100 Meters
45. What do the link lights on a hub represent?
i. The presence of a link light indicates the transmit and receive pairs are properly aligned and the connected devices are communicating.
ii. Absence of the light indicates a possible cabling or hardware problem.
46. What does cross-connected mean?
i. Transmit and receive signal pairs are crossed to properly align the transmit signal on one device with the receive signal on the other device.
47. Documentation: Draw a network diagram similar to Figure I-26 consisting of 3 computers, a switch, and a printer. Use the MAC addresses given in Table I-6. Assign each network device an IP address from the private address space 192.168.5.x network. You are the network administrator and may choose the host address for each device.
Section 1-6
48.What command would you use to ping 10.3.9.42 indefinitely?
i. ping 192.168.0.1 –t
49.What command would you use to ping 192.168.5.36 20 times with 1024 bytes of data?
i. ping 192.168.0.1 –n 20 -l 1024
50. Expand the acronym TTL.
i. "Time To Live"
Section 1-7
51. Expand the acronym ARP.
i. Address Resolution Protocol
52. What is the purpose of an ARP request?
i. They are used to map an IP address to its MAC address
53. Expand the acronym ICMP.
i. Internet Control Message Protocol
54. What is an echo request?
i. Part of the ICMP protocol that requests a reply from a computer.
55. What is the purpose of a protocol analyzer?
i. A protocol analyzer is used to inspect captured data packets.
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Ray Allen continues his torrid shooting
|01.03.12 at 2:45 am ET
Less than two minutes into Monday night's game against the Wizards, Ray Allen stepped to the free throw line after Washington's head coach Flip Saunders was ejected for arguing with referees.
Allen, a career 89 percent free throw shooter, drew iron on one of his attempts. Four minutes later, Allen became visibly frustrated when he missed another free throw, following a technical foul on Wizards guard John Wall.
But, when Boston needed it most, they turned to Allen, who scored a game high 27 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter of the Celtics' 100-92 win.
Allen – who said he had a head cold – was particularly effective from long range, hitting six of his seven 3-point attempts. Allen has been always dependable scorer. However, fans have grown accustomed to witnessing extraordinary shooting clinics like the one Allen put on Monday night. Including the playoffs, Monday night marked the 13th time Allen has hit six or more three pointers since becoming a Celtic.
Many of his open looks came in transition, something Allen attributes to his teammates. "My guys got me open tonight," Allen said. "If you look at any shots down the stretch – Kevin [Garnett] made a tough pass, [Rajon] Rondo made a tough pass, and Paul [Pierce] made a tough pass."
The deadly shooter is justified in giving credit to his teammates, but executing is on the go is something Allen prepares for. "[Transition shots] are not a surprise to me," Allen said. "In practice after spot shooting, I go do sprints from half court to the corners. So fatigue never sets in, because I'm used to it."
That's no accident.
"Marathon man," said Celtics coach Doc Rivers. "He was great. He just kept going. I would never want to guard that guy. He just never stops moving."
Allen's preparation and diet has become folklore in the Celtics locker room. Seemingly every teammate learns from Allen's approach.
"I've never seen anybody take care of his game like Ray does," said Keyon Dooling. "Ray takes care of his game, his body, his mind, and they are all interconnected. The way he talks about basketball is something I've never really seen before. I always try to pick his brain."
Last season, Allen shot a career-high 44.4 percent from 3-point territory. In six games this season the 36 year-old is shooting an incredible 61 percent from behind the arc.
Invariably, all Allen will think about are the two misses from the first quarter. "It drives me wild," he said. "But if everything was perfect, what would I work on?"
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Rigid plastics recycling climbed 13 percent in 2011 to reach at least 934 million pounds for the year, and U.S. consumers with local access to recycle non-bottle rigid plastics increased from 40 percent to 57 percent between 2011 and 2012, according to a pair of reports released at the Plastics Recycling Conference, which was March 19-20, 2013, in New Orleans.
Moore Recycling Associates Inc., Sonoma, Calif., conducted research for the reports on behalf of the American Chemistry Council, Washington, D.C.
According to the 2011 National Postconsumer Non-Bottle Rigid Plastic Recycling Report, 61 percent of rigid plastics collected in the United States were recycled in the United States or Canada, a sharp increase from the slightly over one-third recycled in this region in 2007 when Moore Recycling began measuring rigid plastics collection.
The report also found that polypropylene and polyethylene plastics comprise the largest portion (70 percent) of postconsumer non-bottle rigid plastics collected in the United States, with polypropylene (PP) accounting for 39 percent of all rigid plastics recycling and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) constituting 31 percent.
The number of communities now collecting many types of rigid plastics in addition to bottles has contributed to the growth in the recycling rate, according to Moore Recycling Associates. The new consumer access report, Plastic Recycling Collection: National Reach Study, 2012 Update, found that more than 1,400 cities and 300 counties in the United States now collect all rigid plastic containers in addition to plastic bottles.
Another key finding of this report is that the portion of U.S. consumers with access to recycle two key categories of rigid containers—HDPE rigid cups, tubs and containers and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) trays, clamshells and cups—now exceeds 60 percent. This means that for the first time, under Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines, recycling access is sufficiently widespread to label these containers "recyclable" without the need for additional qualification or disclaimer.
"With recycling of rigid plastics containers now available to a substantial majority of Americans—in other words, surpassing the FTC's 60 percent threshold—the recycling message can be greatly simplified, making it easier to educate consumers," says Steve Russell, vice president of plastics for the American Chemistry Council.
"This is a significant milestone for recycling and a tremendous benefit to packaging manufacturers, major brands, consumers and recyclers," he adds.
For example, within the Sustainable Packaging Coalition's How2Recycle label system, HDPE and PET containers have surpassed the "Limited Recycling/Check Locally" category and now meet criteria for the "Widely Recycled" category.
According to the report, rigid polypropylene containers are the next likely class of rigid plastics to approach FTC's "recyclability" threshold with 58.4 percent of U.S. consumers currently able to recycle these items locally.
A third report released during the conference explores the major factors contributing to the rapid growth in rigid plastics recycling such as increased demand, public commitments, excess MRF (material recovery facility) capacity and improved consumer education. Growth Trends and New Drivers for Non-Bottle Mixed Rigid Plastics Recycling, prepared by Resource Recycling Inc. and sponsored by ACC's Plastics Division, contains recommendations for communities that are considering adding rigid plastics to their recycling programs, four case studies and examples of successful community education programs.
Communities currently vary widely in the types of rigid plastics collected for recycling, with many municipalities accepting household containers, such as yogurt cups, dairy and deli containers and lids, the ACC says. However, a growing number of communities are adding bulkier rigid plastics.
The primary domestic end uses for recycled rigid plastics are pipe, buckets, automotive products and other relatively thick-walled injection products. Lidded reusable food storage containers and kitchen tools such as cutting boards, measuring cups and serving utensils, are another growing market for this material, the ACC adds.
Rigid Plastics Recycling Climbs 13 Percent in 2011
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Rigid plastics recycling climbed 13 percent in 2011 to reach at least 934 million pounds for the year, and U.S. consumers with local access to recycle non-bottle rigid plastics increased from 40 percent to 57 percent between 2011 and 2012, according to a pair of reports released at the Plastics Recycling Conference, which was March 19-20, 2013, in New Orleans.


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The New Zealand dollar rose more than half a US cent overnight after government figures showed the most Americans since January filed for an unemployment benefit last week, while Australian job numbers grew more than forecast in March.
The kiwi gained to 82.67 US cents at 8am from 81.95 cents yesterday at 5pm. It rose to 79.20 Australian cents from 78.97 cents yesterday.
Investors eschewed the greenback after the number of people in the US filing for an unemployment benefit increased by 13,000 in the week ended April 7 to 380,000, according to the US Labor department. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey was for 355,000.
The weaker US data helped support speculation the Federal Reserve will embark on another round of quantitative easing. Two of the Federal Reserve's top policy makers, Janet Yellen and William C. Dudley, have endorsed the central bank's 'highly accommodative' policy, which has been boosting demand for high-yielding currencies such as the kiwi.
"The Fed Reserve is trying to downplay the expectations of the market - they need low rates," said Alex Sinton, senior dealer at ANZ New Zealand. "I truly believe they won't run all the way till 2014."
Sinton said "it will be hard for the New Zealand dollar to hit 83 US cents today."
At the Fed's March meeting, policy makers said it will hold off increasing monetary accommodation unless the US economy falters or prices rise at a slower rate. In January, it affirmed its pledge to keep rates near zero per cent until at least the end of 2014.
The US data came after Australian government figures showed number of people employed in Australia rose by 44,000 last month, beating a forecast gain of 6,500.
"The strong Aussie employment numbers lit things off," Sinton said "We've seen a broad pick up in market sentiment through the day, particularly since the opening of the US session."
In China, New Zealand's second-largest trading partner, first quarter gross domestic product released today is expected to show its economy grew 8.4 per cent from a year earlier, after expanding 8.9 per cent in the previous quarter.
The New Zealand dollar rose to 62.85 euro cents from 62.39 cents at 5pm yesterday and climbed to 51.79 British pence from 51.42 pence. The kiwi rose to 66.8 yen from 66.35 yen.
The trade weighted index increased to 73.49 from 73.05.