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[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Not for the first time has the soccer powers-that-be moved the goalposts during the game.
In a conference call with reporters Thursday, MLS commissioner Don Garber waxed positive, with justification, regarding most elements of the league's status: fans and media in another expansion city, Montreal, brimming with anticipation; a major new television partner, NBC; upward trends in attendance (a record 87 sellouts last year) and exposure; a large investment by an outside company in Soccer United Marketing; and a new referee's organization that is a joint venture of MLS and other leagues as well as U.S. Soccer, tasked with improving the standard and development of officiating.
All are important issues and most of the information had already been confirmed; Garber did spring a surprise of sorts by discussing at length the league's spearheading of a search for a suitable stadium site for a New York expansion team, a drastic deviation from its normal procedures. It's one thing to staunchly express a preference that the 20th MLS team be based in New York City, as Garber has done for years; it's quite another matter for the league to boldly take the lead.
"It's premature to talk about any specific site, but the league is taking the lead on developing a stadium," said Garber, who during his tenure as commissioner has seen the league shrink from 12 teams to 10 and, starting in 2005, rapidly grow to 19. "It's the first time we've ever done that as part of the expansion process.
"There have been nine teams over last 10 years to build stadiums, but this is the first one where the league is driving most the important aspects: Architecture, consultants and environmental all work for the league. We will put together a project and then we hope to be able to deliver to a potential owner. We've been working with the mayor's office and it has been a great resource for us, helping to steer us to sites that can be developed and where there is enough community support and to achieve success. There's still work to do."
This is a drastic change from standard operating procedure regarding expansion, which is a mandate for prospective entrants to present: a) a deep-pocked ownership group; b) demographic data and fan support that indicate a viable market, and c) a suitable stadium or polished proposal of building one.
On the call Garber also spoke of his visit last week to Orlando, which is bidding to get its attributes and ambition into the mix. He praised the "300 or 400 people screaming and carrying on about MLS coming to Orlando. It felt like an event in Philadelphia, and that's a minor-league team that's only been there for a year." There's money in the team; the club's ownership group is fronted by president Phil Rawlins, an IT mogul who owns English Premier League club Stoke City.
But the prevailing League Think is still the Big Apple. Garber said during the past year and a half the league has inspected 19 sites and have reduced that figure to between eight and 10. He also said the expansion fee could be as high as $100 million, more than double the $40 million paid by the most recent additions to the league, Portland, Vancouver and Montreal.
"When the stadium's done, there'll be no shortage of owners who will line up and want to pay $100 million for our 20th team in New York," Garber said.
Provident Equity Partners is the company that has sunk money into SUM, which manages and promotes various soccer properties such as Mexican national team friendlies played in the U.S. Garber confirmed that the deal had closed; he didn't reveal the percentage of ownership the company purchased, nor the price. A source cited a figure of $75 million, which the Board of Governors met in Kansas City during the NSCAA Convention and MLS SuperDraft in January to discuss how to spend. News outlets reported in September that the league was negotiating a sale of a 25 percent stake in SUM; Garber declined to give any figures.
"I know it's floated out there, I felt a responsibility to let everybody know that it closed," said Garber, "but it is an investment in Soccer United Marketing, not in the league. But I'm not going to talk about percentages or anything like that. What I will say is that they are very focused on the value that Major League Soccer can capture in this growing global marketplace where content and multi-screens and live programming is very valuable."
The night before the conference call, at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Garber got a clear indication of how the league's presence and value has escalated as 47,568 fans roared and threw streamers and groaned during a riveting 90 minutes that ended with the Galaxy having rallied from a 2-0 deficit to snag a 2-2 tie with TFC in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions' League quarterfinal.
Like any commissioner of a professional sports league, Garber is prone to over-modulate the good points of MLS. But he wasn't giddy, just heartfelt, when he revealed what that experience meant to the league, and to him: "Last night, I turned to [Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainmant chairman] Larry Tanenbaum and said, 'Every time I attend a big MLS event' –in this case a Concacaf event with MLS teams – 'I kind of get emotional, because this league had so many challenges seven, or eight, or nine years ago, it would have been impossible to have conceived that you'd have 40-plus thousand people on a weeknight going absolutely nuts for two MLS teams, and having front-page photographs and articles in the newspaper when you leave town.'"


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One of the things that is fun about an interview with Steve Jobs is how it seems to blow away a lot of the sinister mystique that surrounds the guy. We spend so much of our time reading, and (in our case) writing about what he thinks that we tend to get a distorted view of the man. Every now … Read More
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Steve Jobs interview at D8 (D: All Things Digital) was long and wide ranging. They indicate a man who is passionate about his work, perhaps to the detriment of the popularity of his products or overall market dominance. In many ways he has the job we all aspire to; he gets to go to work everyday and make what he … Read More


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Abortion Files Found
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - A woman says she found more than 1,000 private abortion records dumped in a recycling bin outside an elementary school near Kansas City, Kan.
The Kansas City Star reports the patient records are from a defunct clinic, Affordable Medical and Surgical Services in Kansas City, Kan.
They show personal information such as names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and health history, including if the women had abortions.
The clinic was run by Krishna Rajanna, who lost his medical license in 2005.
He told the Star he thought the records would be recycled before anyone saw them.
Local and state authorities are investigating.
Kansas law requires that all medical records be kept a minimum of 10 years.
Hundreds of the discarded records were less than 10 years old.
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The Harlem Globetrotters was the brainchild of Abe Saperstein, a Chicago businessman who assumed coaching duties of the group of African-American basketball players who initially were known as the Savoy Big Five. The team played its first game as the Harlem Globetrotters on Jan. 7, 1927.
During an era when Black players were not allowed to be on major white teams, Saperstein decided to highlight the team of African-American athletes by naming them after American's most famous Black neighborhood: Harlem.
They traveled nearly 50 miles from Chicago to Hinckley, Illinois, to play their first game as the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters won 101 out of 117 games that first season and introduced many Midwestern audiences to a game they had not seen played before.
The Harlem Globetrotters didn't actually play a game in Harlem until the late 1960s. Over the years, the Harlem Globetrotters took their skills to more than 115 countries and played before more than 120 million fans. The team has been the subject of two feature films and numerous television shows, including two animated series in the 1970s.
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Re: Is there SphericalListPlot3D?
Why don't you make a 2D contour plot vs. latitude and longitude? You could
possibly map this to the oval shape that is often used, for example to show
the cosmic microwave background. (I'm not certain of the name and
transformation for this off hand, but I'm sure its readily available.)
That kind of plot is easy to view and would be familiar to most viewers. It
does have the advantage that it shows the global picture.
It is also possible to make a 2D contour plot and then map it to a sphere. I
have routines for doing this in the Presentations application, but you could
probably work it out fairly easily. A contour plot on a sphere is nice, but
it does have the problem than one can't see the entire global picture at
once. Maybe a combination of the two types of plots?
David Park
djmpark at comcast.net
From: Ted Sariyski [mailto:tsariysk at craft-tech.com]
I have two related questions.
1. I have a discrete set of data, {{n1,rad1},{n2,rad2},...}, where n1,n2 are
unit vectors (directions) and rad1,rad2,... are scalars. How can I plot rad
on the unit sphere?
2. I would like to triangulate the sphere based on the solution {rad} so
that the mesh is denser where the rad is higher.
Any suggestions are highly appreciated.


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I haven't been very active on the board since DS (dear son) was born on Feb 23rd, so forgive me if this is a repeat.
Does anyone else have a boy that's "missing parts"? Only one of my DS's testes has dropped. An ultrasound showed that the other one is there, but hasn't dropped into his scrotum. Our ped referred us to a pediatric surgeon, but I'd prefer to wait and see if it'll come down on its own. From what I understand, the surgery wouldn't be performed while he's really young, but I know we shouldn't wait too long.
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Some Essential Excess Weight Loss Tips For Males
Have you ever wondered how to remain energized while you journey? Let's face it, numerous individuals really feel tired and sore whilst they are touring especially when they get there at their destination. I would like to share with you a few tips and exercises to help you remain energized while you travel. I have traveled thru numerous time zones, and have applied these suggestions. I feel that it has produced a world of difference for me, my friends and clients.
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What??!? Don't tell me YOU bought JP????Rather Dashing;585342 said:After you download and install Jurassic Park, you have to put in your username and password from this site(the one you used to log into this forum) as a one-time activation.
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UX Australia 2010 program – Call for proposals
The call for proposals closed on 21 March 2010.
Main conference
The main conference part of UX Australia will be held on 26 & 27 August 2010. The conference will have two rooms (so two presentations at a time) – around 24 presentation slots will be available. We expect lots more proposals than there are slots, so please put some effort into your proposal!
Presentation length
Presentation slots will be 45 minutes – 30-35 minutes of presentation and 10-15 minutes for questions.
Audience participation is an important part of a presentation, and we take it seriously. When you are planning your presentation proposal, please consider what you can cover in 35 minutes or how you might otherwise engage the audience throughout your presentation. We will be managing presentation time and will stop presentations that have gone for for 35 minutes with no audience involvement.
Submitting a proposal
Please first read the general information and guiding principles.
All proposals must be submitted via the UX Australia conference management system (if you have problems submitting your proposal here please contact us).
You may submit more than one proposal.
The deadline is midnight AEST 21 March 2010. You must include (using the submission form):
- Your personal details – name, organisation (if relevant) and a short bio
- Names of any additional speakers
- A description of your presentation, sufficiently detailed for reviewers to determine whether it should be included in the conference
You may also include (as a file attachment):
- A more detailed description of your presentation
- Sample materials or sample slides
- Additional materials to help reviewers judge your presentation
Type of information to include
Your proposal needs to include enough information that a reviewer (and then the organisers) can get a good idea of what you would like to talk about. A good description may not be long but will clearly describe why the topic is of interest to conference attendees and exactly what aspects you will cover. Somewhere in the description should also be some indication of where you have drawn your information from – we are more interested in knowing that you have experience in than in your theories and opinions. Your presentation doesn't have to be a case study, but we want to see that you know what you are talking about.
You can upload extras such as a sample presentation, but it is not essential.
Proposal reviewing
Proposals will be reviewed based on the following criteria (so please make sure your description allows reviewers to assess these):
- Appropriate: interesting, relevant to the conference audience and grounded in experience
- Original: the idea hasn't been extensively covered in other forums
- Quality of submission: you've put effort into your proposal, considered the conference and considered the likely audience
Speaker benefits
Successful speakers will receive:
- Free conference entry (main conference only, not pre-conference workshops)
- $A600 – you can spend this on travel, accommodation or whatever you like**
** The fine print:
- If you work for an organisation (e.g. Government) and can't accept payment, we will cover travel and accommodation up to $A600.
- Only one free conference entry and payment will be issued per presentation. If you would like more than one speaker to present, we will pay one of you and you can sort out how it is distributed. Additional presenters will receive discounted entry (early-bird rates).
Pre-conference workshops
Pre-conference workshops for UX Australia will be held on 25 August 2010. Three rooms are available – we may use these for 3 full-day workshops, or up to 6 half-day workshops, depending on submissions.
You may submit more than one proposal.
Workshop style
Pre-conference workshops are for learning practical skills or exploring a topic in detail. Audience participation is a vital part of pre-conference workshops – this is not an opportunity to present a long lecture. All pre-conference workshop proposals must clearly outline how the audience will be involved and engaged to maximise learning.
Submitting a proposal
All proposals must be submitted via the UX Australia conference management system (if you have problems submitting your proposal please contact us). The deadline is midnight AEST 21 March 2010.
You must include (using the submission form):
- Your personal details – name, organisation (if relevant) and a short bio
- Names of any additional presenters
- A description of your pre-conference workshop
You must also include (as a file attachment) information on:
- Length (full or half day)
- Participant learning objectives
- Why this should be a pre-conference workshop
- Why this workshop is relevant for UX Australia
- Detailed schedule for the workshop
- Description of activities, or otherwise how people will engage
- What take-away material you will provide to attendees
- Target audience
- Special requirements (e.g equipment and room set-up)
- Your experience teaching this workshop
Proposals that do not address all of these items may not be considered.
We have booked rooms that will take up to 30 participants, and won't accept proposals with lower maximum attendance.
Pre-conference workshop reviewing
Pre-conference workshops will be reviewed based on your answers to the information listed above, with particular focus on how participants will be engaged and learn from the workshop.
Pre-conference workshop presenter benefits
Successful pre-conference workshop presenters are paid for teaching. Our standard approach is to split the profit (50/50) after your expenses (travel & accommodation) and ours (room hire, AV hire, attendee catering). This approach is negotiable – you may suggest an alternative arrangement such as a flat fee.
If a pre-conference workshop does not achieve minimum registrations required to cover costs, it will be cancelled and attendees offered a refund or a place in another workshop.
Call for reviewers
UX Australia 2010 is a community-reviewed conference, and we need people to help with reviewing.
Reviewers should have experience in some aspect of user experience design and an interest in helping us create a great program for the conference. We'll ask you to read up to 6 presentation proposals, rate criteria and provide constructive comment. We expect the time required will be up to 3 hours, and will be done between 21 March & 2 April.
If you are interested and available, please register via the UX Australia conference management system (select the box that asks about reviewing). We'll contact you in mid March to get ready.


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All Cakes Considered: A Year's Worth of Weekly Recipes Tested, Tasted, and Approved by the Staff of NPR's All Things Considered by Melissa Gray, includes recipes like Dark-Chocolate Red Velvet Cake; Fried Pies; and Spanish Meringue Cake.
by Melissa Gray
Melissa Gray is NPR's Cake Lady. Every Monday she brings a cake to the office for her colleagues at National Public Radio to enjoy. Every week a different cake, never made with a cake mix, no canned frosting—all are made from scratch. In All Cakes Considered: A Year's Worth of Weekly Recipes Tested, Tasted, and Approved by the Staff of NPR's All Things Considered, Melissa Gray presents one of the best collections of American cakes available, from the glorious cakes of Melissa's Southern family to recipes from renowned chefs and bakers such as Dorie Greenspan, Paula Deen, and Stephen Pyles. All are translated by Melissa into user-friendly, step-by-step instructions.
From Brown Sugar Pound Cake to Coconut/Not Coconut Cake, Lady and Lord Baltimore Cakes, Dark-Chocolate Red Velvet Cake, and Honey Buttercream and Apricot Jam Cake—All Cakes Considered contains more than 50 recipes for the cakes you've dreamed of and drooled over all your life. For those times when you're just not feeling the cake, there are Chewy Butterscotch Bars, Cowboy Cookies, Peanut Butter Fingers, and Fried Pies.
Cook your way through this book cover to cover and you will learn how to bake a cake. And it won't be just any cake: hone your skills and learn to trust your senses and you'll be baking cakes that make people roll their eyes with pleasure.
Take it from one of the people who makes your daily NPR programs possible: You can bake a great cake!
Melissa Gray is a producer for National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
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Created alongside short film in which music & images are equally important. Focus on conflict between living in urban spaces and wanting to be at peace in a remote place in nature. Includes download code for the film by director Lukas Feigelfeld.
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German Shepherd Dog Forums (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/)
- Aggression (the good, the bad & the ugly) (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/aggression-good-bad-ugly/)
- - Rattle snakes what to do (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/aggression-good-bad-ugly/440153-rattle-snakes-what-do.html)
Rattle snakes what to do
Quite often I hike dogs up around the mountains/hills. Haven't yet to encounter a rattle snake. Some of the dogs do have prey drive and if a rattle snake appears I imagine the dogs will face consequences. The rattle snake can bite a dog if I am far from town idk if I would make it. Worse case scenario if I don't have the muscle to carry the dog the whole way dog could die. I think I'm sure for me what to do not a dog.
Is there an emergency anti venom kit you can get from your vet or a website?
look into taking your dog to a rattlesnake avoidance class also there's a rattlesnake vaccine
Dont walk any dog unless you have full control over them.
Realize you may be more likely to get bit than the dog, as the dog may just put the snake on the defensive.
If I lived out west I would ensure any dog I took out in the woods had Rattlesnake avoidance training.
Take a good class in K9 first aid and see if you can get (and be trained how to use) injectable dexamethasone and injectable bendadryl as they can both save time and a life.
I would learn snake bite first aid for you and your dog. and also carry a small snake bite kit. my dog Teana just saw her 1st snake 3 days ago.i put her in a sit.stay and enforced the ''don't touch''. she watched as I moved the snake off the roadside and into the forest. alls well that ends well.
have a fun and safe hiking season!!!!
At least your snakes rattle......ours just bite...... ;)
They have rattlesnake avoidance classes out here (NV).
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ORDOS, A MAGICAL LAND in the just north of China, is a dazzling pearl in the world history and culture. That's what it says — verbatim, in ungrammatical English — on a plaque that greets you as you enter a rotunda in the Ordos Museum. ... Signs welcome visitors to "the famous tourist city," "the most excellent tourist city" and "the top tourist city in China." The word Ordos itself is a kind of boast: In Mongolian, it means "many palaces." The outside world has come to know Ordos by a different title: as a ghost city.I've never been to the city of Ordos. I am haunted by its condition. Recalling the strangeness of finding something desolate in China gives me feelings that I just can't shake. I will never forget the times I spent in places like this. My reminiscence lives somewhere between dysphoria and elation - somehow like the calm surprise of discovering a bruise as you run a finger down your leg. I can't stop thinking about deserted streets where welding sparks shower from the tops of rebar and cement sky-scrapers as they are pieced together at all hours of the night and day. I can't forget assembling around car trunk wares with friends during warm spring nights on the edge of the desert. This article and these photos have captured a feeling and a comprehension that I have never been able to convey.
It is true that China is in the throes of a transformation without analogue or precedent. Experts say that in the next two decades, hundreds of millions of rural Chinese will move into hundreds of newly built cities — the biggest building boom, and the largest migration, in human history.
- Jody Rosen "The Colossal Strangeness of China's Most Excellent Tourist City" for T Magazine (link)


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What is that shiny tank...
What is that shiny tank that is usually placed up front of the radiator on some 30's ford hot rods?
I guess is not a fuel tank or is it?
Yep, it's a front mount fuel tank. Or the ones i have seen are anyway "OLD SCHOOL":thumbup:
In the old days we called them pressure tanks. Some you actually pumped them up like a gas lantern to pressurise it and make your run down the strip.
You will sometimes still hear these tanks referred to as "Moon tanks", so called because Jerry Moon sold them early on. The company logo was those 'Moon Eyes' that I'm sure you've seen before. He also made the "Moon Discs" wheel covers and other assorted hot rod parts back when.
The 'Moon Equipped' decals were very popular years ago.
so it's a racing gizmo, I wouldn't feel comfortable running a tank full of gas up front on the wild streets...
'come on my dear american friends, you guys don't even wash parts with gasoline but you carry it as bumpers.. lol.
looks very cool though.
yes I have a never used brand new set of moon discs for vw beetle collecting dust in the original box, they are very cool. I wish I had the decal.
http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/data/500/moon.jpg http://www.mooneyesusa.com/shop/index.php?cPath=75_92 The tank being used today is as a cool factor. :cool: Here's some moon eyes you can buy. :thumbup:
I found the original 'Moon Equipped' logo above to replace the 'Moon' logo. I like it better. ;)
Mostly those front mounted Moon tanks are used for looks or for a radiator over flow. They are old school, kinda neat, quite expensive these days, but do "make a statement" for those that like that kind of stuff. For me - my back bumper is next to my gas tank, <2" as it's a '32 style tank on my '31 :sweat:
Hmmmm - gives me an idea. Nahhhhh
But - take a look here: http://www.honestcharley.com/hot-rod...-tank-3qt.html
Dave W
"You will sometimes still hear these tanks referred to as "Moon tanks", so called because Jerry Moon sold them early on."
His name was Dean Moon.
hey they have pretty neat stuff at mooneyes, I love the variety of tanks, about the decals I'm gonna print their logo on adhesive vinyl but please don't tell anybody :D
it's kind of difficult and expensive buying parts from the USA in this shores but definitely I want one of those fuel tanks for my buggy.
Wow... I'm 62 and often wondered what those "moon pressure tankss" were used for on today's hot rods.
So just for a nostalgia look... :cool::cool::cool:
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I think they really caught on for street rods, to try to look like our hero's Gassers!
You can do what many have done:
Mount it out front for that classic look........ but not use it as a gas tank!
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In Poland the Christmas gift giver is the Starman (Gwiazdor). After a large Christmas eve feast the Starman (Most often the parish priest) arrives. He is accompanied by the Starboys carrying a paper Star lantern and creche. They sing carols and then quiz the children on catechism. While this is done the parents arrange the gifts in another room and then signal the Starman that the room is ready. The Star is the primary Christmas symbol in Poland. This Starman wears a traditional blue robe. Red and white are the national colors of Poland so that is why he has the splash of red robe showing. If anyone has anymore information about the Starman please post it here.
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Can anyone tell me a way to clean CDs that won't put scratches on it? Water with soft cloth doesn't work, it leaves water spots.
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I have used Screen Cleaning Fluid that u can buy at any computer related store along with a microfiber cloth.
U can use this on anything plastic and not fear scratching, including your glasses.
I ask 'cause the only way I've ever cleaned a CD was to wash with soap and water and dry off with a microfiber cloth. I've never had any water spot issues.
"Man, that mouse is Awesome." - Kaemon (referring to Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame)
I have had success with a coat of Meguires (sp?) Cleaner Wax. Let is set on the cd for 5 minutes, then remove with a clean towel.
Marty N.
I usually use mikro-smooth and optrix for cleaning products (as needed); the products are available from mapleshade records and other sources (approx $16 or so).
After purchasing used CDs/DVDs, I found it comes in handy (especially optrix for basic cleaning).
I have had both products rescue previously unplayable CDs and DVDs in the past.
Good Luck!
Where could I get Mikro-Smooth?
Zeiss Lens Cleaning Wipes. Wal Mart has them.
Yes - clean CD's from inside to outside in straight line - not in circular motion.
No - Microfiber lens cleaning clothes.
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I stumbled across this product a long time ago "Brillianize Plastic Cleaner"
Works extremely well. Have used nothing else since. I got a 8 oz bottle for around $12-15. I also use this on my DVD's
I have adult children who like my cd collection, but grew up in the post vinyl era and have therefore never learned to hold disc-shaped objects only by the edges. Fingerprint city. Rega cdp, which can be fussy about such things.
I use warm water with dish soap, *very* gently rub with soft cloth, center to edge, rinse very well under warm running water, and lay on a soft absorbent cloth, first one side, then the other. Gentle patting if necessary.
It may not be audiophile approved, but the methed results in clean cds, no scratching or build-up I can detect, and requires no special equipment.
"Water with soft cloth doesn't work, it leaves water spots."
Also if your city has "hard water" it will leave mineral deposits which will cause more error correction. IMHO discs sound better with the most amount of correct reads of lands and pits and as little as possible error correction. This is why discs should be clean and scratch-free.
Shine-Ola is a pure cleaner that leaves no residue and will not break down a disc�s polymers. It comes with a Micro Fiber Cloth that doesn't scratch the disc.
It's $24.99 at Music Direct.
"Happy Listening,
Don't use orbital cleaners. The reason's because the pits on a cd are arranged in a spiral, just as an vinyl record has a spiral grove. When you clean a cd, there's always a chance of scratching. If you clean in an orbit and you scratch, you'll damage one pit after another, and render the cd unplayable, to the extent that if each pit in a spiral is damaged, even the correction cirtuits in a cd player won't be able to correct.
Instead, clean from one edge to the other, in a straight line. That way, if any scrathcing occurs, it won't knock out a series of pits.
As for the cleaners others have mentioned, I think they're all good. Personally, I've used regular drugstore isopropyl alcohol with Kleanex, and I've never had a problem.
I use a commercial CD Cleaning Set made by AM Denmark A/S, Kokkedal Industripark 6, DK-2980 Kokkedal.
It consists of a jewel case with a circular pad 120mm diameter on which the CD is laid label side down, a circular foam rubber pad 56mm diameter on a plastic base to which a handle is fitted during cleaning, and a bottle of cleaning fluid (that smells like isopropyl alcohol).
The instructions are as follws:
"Cleaning should take place after every fifth replay.
"Put 4-5 drops of cleaning fluid directly onto the cleaning pad.
"Always clean the CD with radial motions - from the middle and out.
Something that I learned when I worked in a hospital laboratory. We hired a company to come in to clean the optics on our microscopes. This included a Zeiss scope that was owned by the chief pathologist. I watched the technicians clean the optics and saw that they used a purple liquid. When I asked them what it was, they told me is was Sparkle glass cleaner. It does not contain any ammonia. They also told me that they use this for cleaning Hasselblad equipment. I use it for cleaning CD's, DVD's and optics. I think that Sparkle glass cleaner is only available in the Midwest.
clean a CD because I am careful not to get it dirty. But, when I do clean one, I only use eyeglass cleaning fluid and eyeglass tissue paper (regular facial tissue can scratch plastic lens, so I bet it can scratch the polycarbonate of a CD). I also make sure that the cleaning motion is radial (i.e., not around in a circle) so that if a rough particle does scratch the CD, the scratch is not along the same direction that the CD is read by the laser. Radial scratches can be quite deep and wide and a CD still can be read, but circular scratches can cause problems.
I use the same spray and cloth that I use on my eyeglasses.
Yes, glass cleaner is good
Not sure this is so good for the surface of CDs. Cleaner for eyeglasses that does NOT contain ammonia might be OK. But not window cleaner!
I usually use a few drops of distilled water and a microfiber cloth (rubbing radially and lightly). This seems to remove stuff from library or used CDs handled by careless fingers.
Actually I use a product called Brillianize. It is a plastic cleaner which is anti static, ammonia free and alcohol free. It comes with a soft lint free cloth. Works really well. Got it on the internet.
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HIV Laws in Singapore – Disclosure and Immigration
Many people are still concerned about the laws in Singapore with regards to HIV.
Click here for info on How to visit Singapore if you are HIV +ve.
Laws pertaining to HIV are governed under The Infectious Diseases Act (IDA) which has been amended multiple times since HIV was discovered.
The spirit of this law is really 2 pronged:
- To protect public health
- To protect the identify of people living with HIV
Yes, Number 2 is hard to believe especially in Singapore but it is true.
Let us look at this is more detail.
1. To protect public health
Law: The IDA requires a person living with HIV to undergo counselling and comply with specified precautions and safety measures.
Comment: Honestly, this is really fair enough don't you think? There are so many misconceptions and so much misunderstanding about HIV out there that people who are diagnosed with it really should understand the facts and myths.
Law: The IDA makes it an offence for a person living with HIV to have sexual intercourse without informing and obtaining consent from the partner.
Comment: Everyone has to agree that this is fair.
Law: The IDA requires that a person who has reason to believe that he/she has, or has been exposed to a significant risk of contracting HIV to take reasonable precautions to protect their sexual partner even is he/she is ignorant of their HIV positive status.
Comment: In other words, if a person engages a sex worker and unknowingly passes HIV to his/her partner, the law deems this an offence. Because the person should logically know that engaging a sex worker puts him/her at risk of HIV. In short, ignorance is not an excuse.
Law: The IDA makes it an offence to donate blood or to do any act which can spread AIDS or HIV to another person.
Comment: Before you donate blood in Singapore you have to fill up a questionnaire. It is an offence under the law to lie in this questionnaire. So even if a person is ignorant of his/her status, forgets to mention a possible exposure in the questionnaire and later on screening his/her donated blood is found to be positive, it is an offence and the person can be charged. Scary huh?
Law: The IDA allows the Director of Medical Services (DMS) to disclose information regarding a person lving with HIV to any medical practitioner, medical staff or any person exposed to a risk of infection from AIDS and HIV.
Comment: This is really to protect medical staff who put themselves at risk in caring for the patients. So the DMS can disclose this information to the relevant parties without the consent of the patient.
2. To protect the identify of people living with HIV
Law: The IDA specifies the conditions that allow persons, receiving information regarding a person living with HIV in the course of their duties under the Act, to divulge such information.
Comment: In other words, anyone who knows of someone's HIV positive status can only let someone else know under very specific conditions. Namely, if the person to be informed is at risk of HIV. So if a counsellor knows of patient A's HIV status, he can tell patient A's surgeon as the surgeon has a right to know to protect himself. In other words, divulging a person's HIV positive status without a proper reason specified by the IDA is an offence.
Law: The IDA specifies the conditions that allow medical practitioners to divulge information regarding an infected person living with HIV to persons who are at risk of being infected by the patient.
Comment: So even if a doctor knows a person has HIV, he/she cannot go around telling everyone. He/She however is allowed to let people whom are deemed at risk to know. E.g. spouses, sexual partners, fellow doctors taking care of the patient etc. Telling anyone else is an offence.
Law: The IDA prohibits the recipient of information regarding a person living with HIV to disclose such information unless with the approval of the Director of Medical Services.
Comment: In other words anyone who knows of a person's HIV status cannot go around babbling it to everyone.
Disclosure laws and Anonymous Testing Centres
Law: The IDA requires every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from an infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the Director within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director may require.
Comment: All doctors and lab staff are required to inform the Ministry of a person's HIV positive status within 72 hours of diagnosis. This is why Anonymous Testing Clinics like ours are so special. There is a filed gazette in the Supreme Court of Singapore that excuses us from this clause of the IDA. So when we say that our testing is anonymous, we really mean that it is anonymous. It is legally air-tight.
Immigration law
(1) Any person, not being a citizen of Singapore, who is a member of any of the prohibited classes as defined in subsection (3) or who, in the opinion of the Controller, is a member of any of the prohibited classes, is a prohibited immigrant.
(3) The following persons are members of the prohibited classes:
- any person who is unable to show that he has the means of supporting himself and his dependants (if any) or that he has definite employment awaiting him, or who is likely to become a pauper or a charge on the public;
- any person suffering from mental disorder or being a mental defective, or suffering from a contagious or infectious disease which makes his presence in Singapore dangerous to the community;
- any person suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus;
Comment: There is no need for HIV testing for person coming into Singapore on a social visit pass and can stay up to 30 days.
Any person applying for a work pass, long term visit pass, employment pass or permanent residence is required to undergo HIV testing.
Any person who is found to be HIV positive will be deported immediately. (In practice they are given 2 weeks which kinda equates to immediately).
Once a person is known HIV positive and captured in the immigration's database, they will be denied entry into Singapore except for medical treatment. In such a case, he/she will have to fill a prescribed form signed and endorsed by his doctor in Singapore, seek approval from Immigration Authorities and will be allowed to stay no more than 3 days.
How to get into Singapore to see a Doctor if you are HIV +ve
OK so that's it. I don't know if this makes you more or less worried but facts are facts.
To end off, I would like to share with you an article on AsiaOne. Such a sad story.
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Are all work permits and employment pass requires HIV testing?
Hello dr tan,
I would like to ask. If my non citiZen spouse is tested hiv + , can i still apply long term for her? She does not need to work in singapore as i am fully capable to take care of her. Just want her to be by my side
I am an HR Manager who has recently started working in Singapore. I wanted to know an employers obligations if an employee discloses that they are HIV+. Do we have to disclose this to the authorities and if so which ones?
Hi doc,
Just asking, im holding epass/spass. what if i go anonymous testing, are you going to notify mom if my result is positive but i will seek treatment outside singapore?
Hi dr
I am hiv + can I get married with singaporean hiv+ girl ?
Hi Doctor,
If a employment pass holder is diagnosed with gonorrhea or chlamydia, will he be able to continue his employment in sg? Will it be report to MOH or MOM?
hello sir
If some one suffering oral herps does he work in singapore.
Dr. Tan,
Good day!
I am being offered a global role based in our company's Singapore office starting January 2017. However, I am HIV+.
Should I just decline the offer right now as my initial research shows Singapore is strict about not providing work visas to people living with HIV? Needless to say, our company has a good policy on HIV+ employees so this was never an issue until now that I am considered for the role.
If I am tested HIV positive through anonymous testing and I would like to undertake treatment, does it mean that my details will be recorded in the Ministry and my wife will be notified? If so, there is no difference whether the testing is anynomous or not once as I wish to seek treatment, isn't it?
Hi Dr.
I m not sure if i have been infected HIV by this person. But 1 week after having intercouse with him i have sore thoart n fever. He used to have had many guirls before btw. Pls advise.
Hi dr.
I went to see doc n he say I had actully is tonsil n high fever. Would it link to HIV infection?
If Singapore PR infected to HIV , does he allowed to renew his PR ?
Hi Doctor,
If foreign worker is tested positive for gonorrhea/ chlamydia, will the result be reported to MOM? or will it only be reported to MOH?
when i was in singapore i was tested Syphillis reactive 1:1, i went back to my countrt, after a month i went back to singapore but the immigration hold me from entering because of my cancelled working permit, after 7mos if im already negative can i be still allowed to go in singapore?
Hi doctor,
I was diagnosed with Pneumocystis Pneumonia few years back but has since recovered and I am on antiviral medication. I need to do a pre-employment check up for my new job which consist of chest X-ray and urine test. Will my Chest X-ray show any signs of scarring and will i fail my medical clearance as a result?
Hi Doctor Tan,
I just want to check i read about the comment that actaully if you contacted with an hiv person they can check it already within 3 months only? I thought the Virus will be detected only after 7 or 10 years after you have intercourse with an HIV person?
Hi, doctor. I have a question. If I have sex with a person whos not tested HIV positive. But 6months later his Hiv tested is HIV positive. And mine is negative, will i still have a chance infected by this person already but the test result couldnt tested it?
I am study in Singapore and I get HIV from a local girl that we had one night stand.
I am a foreigner and can I have HIV treatment in singapore?
Hi Doctor
Do you all sell PreP (not Pep) Would like to also get more info and costs for it.
Thanks yeah
If I find out that I have contracted the HIV from a local Singaporean woman, a citizen who never disclosed it and I know for sure She was the only person I could have gotten the disease from. What action can I take to stop her from infecting others? I know she is currently seeing other men while also being married here. If it is verified what would be the proper way to handle this? She is no doubt Narcissistic and perhaps wants to destroy all men at this vengeful level. Who to contact Police, lawyer, MOM, health agency? I am a foreign worker here on contract. I will be checked for verification if I have this type of STD but I would like to know and you could also help others who could be in this same type of predicament.
Hi Dr Tan,
I know someone who is infected with HIV but he is still going around the gay saunas in Singapore and even visiting those overseas.
Is there anything I can do to stop this irresponsible act? To be fair, I do not know if he tells his potential sex partners about his HIV status or practices safe sex.
Thank you.
Dear Dr Tan,
My friend needs to do a blood test which is part of the pre-employment health check up for a new MNC job. My friend is a Singaporean. I would appreciate it if you could advise him of the following questions. Thank you so much 🙂
1) If he is tested HIV positive, will his new company terminate his employment? Is this legal for his company to terminate the employment because he is HIV positive? Will SG gov protect him from being terminated?
2) If he is unemployed, he might not have the money to pay for his HIV treatment. Will SG gov help?
Thank you so much 🙂
Hi Dr TAN, I'm a foreigner with holding a work permit. And I'm decided to do anonymous HIV test, after the anonymous test my result will be informed to MOH?
Hi doc,
If a exisiting work permit holder (not foreign domestic worker) is tested positive for syphillis? will her exisiting work permit be revoked or not be renewed? understand that syphilis can be cured. will MOM allow the work permit to continue as long as treatment is given?
Singapore domestic worker has HIV .can continue to work or not
My house maid have HIV and syphilis .she can continue to work here or need to send back
Hi doctor,
A year ago i had a syphilis reactive and got a treatment here the same year,can i still comeback and work here as i am a foreign workers,thanks
Other than HIV, are there any other STDs that will be reported to the authorities? For example, if I tested positive for gonorrhoea/chlamydia would the authorities be informed and would they notify family members including wife/parents etc?
Hi DR Tan,
I am a Singaporean citizen. Currently I working as a technician at petrochemical company. Would my employer be informed if I am tested HIV positive?
Hi doctor! My Friend who currently under EP who wanted to renew his EP, but found HIV + after undergo the test. How Long can he stay in Singapore before the authorise deport him??
Hi dr tan,
My friend had infected his foreign wife on long term pass with genital herpes. Her long term pass is due for extension. will the immigration cancel her long term pass?
Hi doctor,
I had a encounter with oral with condom and fingering with a sex worker, and had tested negative after 16 days of exposure from ep hiv test. Do i still require any test further?
Hi Dr,
I am HIV positive been on medication for 2 years.I am due for my full blood test for my reservists status as I'm 35 soon. will the blood test reflect my condition?And will IDA inform my employer if I'm working in the aviation industry.
I am not sure about this because it depends on whether they make HIV testing mandatory. Of course if they don't test then they will not find out. But if they do require a test then they will know. After that it is up to their own internal policies on whether they let you employer know. Usually they won't, they will report to the government but not your employer. Only way to be sure is to ask them directly.


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Micro coaxial RC helicopters remain to be one of the most
amazing and fun products to hit the RC market in years. Yes, they are
now being somewhat overshadowed by the
in terms of growth & performance potential; but they are still responsible for
introducing so many more people to this wonderful hobby in both toy and
hobby grade versions. They also look like a "true helicopter". For many of us "rotor heads", that's very important.
The cost is low, the fun is high... They work well for just about every age group and ability. They are the perfect introduction for first time flyers to the RC hobby as I've already mentioned on my "RC Helicopters For Beginners & Kids" page; yet experienced RC heli and airplane pilots continue to find them enjoyable for some easy going indoor flying when we just need a bit of a "flying fix" and can't venture outside.
Even though it was discontinued several years ago, I still very much enjoy flying my Blade CX3 indoors during the winter months for a little bit of "scale" fun. In the hundreds of flights I have had with it, it continues to work and fly so well.
If you are interested in RC helicopters but are a little intimidated by the complexity and cost of single rotor hobby grade collective pitch helis; Coaxials are the perfect solution. They not only look like conventional helicopters, the hobby grade coaxials all use swashplate cyclic control just like real helicopters. In other words, if your main reason for thinking of getting into the hobby is because of your fascination with helicopters in general, micro coaxials are the obvious choice over micro quad-rotors that look nothing like a conventional helicopter.
Even though coaxials are easy to fly, many of the skills you learn on a hobby grade coaxial RC helicopter are somewhat transferable to single rotor hobby grade RC helis. This holds especially true for understanding the control reversals when practicing nose in hovers .
Simple, stability!
Unlike a conventional single rotor helicopter that only has one main rotor and a tail rotor to counteract the torque produced, coaxial helicopters have two main rotors stacked on top of each other.
Having two rotors also adds rotor mass which produces a significant gyroscopic effect that further stabilizes the helicopter.
In short – no other mechanical design is as stable (unless you start throwing 3 axis electronic stabilization systems into the mix). Remember me saying on the home page that all helicopters are unstable? Well, coaxial's break this rule - unless of course your coaxial heli encounters the infamous Toilet Bowl Effect .
All micro coaxial RC helicopters work the same way. They have two separate electric motors that drive each rotor. You can see this in the picture to the right.
Each motor drives a main gear. You can't see the upper gear that well in this photo because it is hidden by the lower gear, but you can easily see the two motor pinion gears (the small brass ones).
At any rate, these two main gears turn two main rotor shafts. The outside shaft that powers the lower rotor is hollow and the inner shaft that powers the upper rotor is spinning inside the lower hollow shaft – obviously in the opposite direction – pretty simple.
These two motors control both the lift of the helicopter by speeding up and slowing down. They also control the turning or yaw movement of the heli just like a tail rotor would on a single rotor helicopter. How?
If one rotor is slowed down a bit, and the other is sped up, the one that is turning faster will produce more reactive torque than the slow one and the heli will turn/yaw, just as if a tail rotor turn command was given.
This yaw movement is controlled by a special electronic mixing board that will seamlessly mix the speed of both the motors to allow the required turn rate while also making sure the overall lift remains the same.
Cyclic Control
Yes, as I already mentioned, hobby grade micro coaxial RC helicopters have a swashplate meaning they have cyclic directional control. There are certainly toy grade micro coaxials that don't have cyclic control and rely on either simple weight distribution or small horizontal tail fans that give them limited forward movement; but I'm focusing on hobby grade coaxials in this write up as it trumps toy grade flight response and precision.
Cyclic gives these helicopters some of the same agility that their more complex single rotor collective pitch big brothers have. The lower rotor has a typical swashplate to produce the cyclic control functions. Hover, fly forwards and backwards, left and right, it is all possible. Throw in some nice controlled pirouettes and you have a very functional and controllable bird.
E-flite/Blade's line of electric micro coaxial helicopters are my top pic for several reasons. They stand out due to value, performance, product support, parts availability, and they all come with DSM2 compatible receivers making them work with any good computerized programmable Spektrum or JR DSM2/X radio if and when you progress in this hobby.
E-flite/Blade calls this wonderful feature Bind-N-Fly (BNF) and is to me, one of the best side results of 2.4 GHz spread spectrum modulation. They all come ready to fly with everything needed to get you air born right away (helicopter, radio, li-po battery, and charger).
The smallest is the Blade Scout CX. This little rascal is not much bigger than a Spinmaster Havoc toy helicopter, but outperforms the Havoc in every area. It is easy to fly with only 3 channels of control (lift, pitch, yaw). It's inexpensive, light weight, strong, and of course fun!
Yup, it even has a gyro built into its 5 in one electronic control board and uses 2.4GHz spread spectrum RC radio technology over the inferior infra-red control method of many toy variety helicopters.
This truly is the perfect beginner indoor RC helicopter in all respects.
Adding a 4th channel of control (lift, pitch, yaw, and now roll), we have the original Blade mCX.
This little coaxial RC helicopter really was a game changer as it was the very first, quality hobby grade micro coaxial that actually worked and worked very well.
How many thousand's of people learned to fly RC helicopters with this little bugger being their first introduction to the hobby I honestly don't know, but the number is HUGE!
Building on the success of the original mCX, Blade now has the even better looking & performing mCX2.
If you want to learn more about it, here is my full write-up.
A step up from the tiny Scout CX, mCX, and the mCX2 is the larger and long time favorite Blade CX2.
This coaxial RC helicopter is about twice as big as the Scout CX & mCX/2. It uses a larger 7.4 volt 2 cell 800 mAh Li-Po battery that gives more power and faster flight.
The CX2 is still a great indoor RC helicopter but because it is bigger, you can venture outside on those perfect calm days if you so choose. If you are looking for one of the higher performance coaxial RC helicopters on the market – the Blade CX2 remains to be a solid choice.
This Blade CX2 video manual shows in depth how to set up and fly a coaxial RC helicopter. It will help you understand how they work, how easy they are, and how fun!
I have been hearing a fair number of people stating micro coaxial RC helicopters are not going to be around for much longer because of micro quad-rotors. I for one don't agree with that at all. Not because I dislike micro quads, I feel they are also a very good first time RC helicopter as well; but the one undeniable fact is they look nothing like a conventional helicopter.
I personally got into this hobby because I was always fascinated by real helicopters and I know so many other people who continue to get into the hobby for the exact same reason. If you fall into that category yourself and want something simple and fun to fly, a micro coaxial RC heli still is, and will remain to be a good RC helicopter to start out on.
On the flip side of the coin; if you really don't care about the true helicopter looks or how they work, then I would agree; a micro quad rotor is probably the better route to go. If you want more information about this, again please take a peek at my RC Helicopters For Kids & Beginners page or to find out more about quad-rotors, feel free to take a peek at my quadrocopter page .
To conclude my little coaxial helicopter write-up, I can't resist showing this video of a full size single seat turbine powered coaxial helicopter. I can't think of many "big kids" who would not want this rascal parked in their garage.
Hi John, I would just like to say that your eBooks regarding RC helicopters are the best guidelines and help that I have discovered on the internet.
I have now got to a point where I can do my own setup and not rely on someone else.
Your videos on learning how to fly really makes learning how to fly a lot more fun with very little stress. Congratulations and keep it up.
I have introduced quite a few friends starting off to your website, and everyone rates it no.1.
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This is a neat little camera and at 𧴺 represents decent value.
Image quality seems to be very good under most conditions. Noise is there at high ISOs but stick to 200 and below and its well controlled. Colours are good, sharpness is decent and image stabilisation means shots come out well. Having tried/owned other cameras I think this ones a great allrounder.
So long as you don't ask too mcuh from it then it will deliver.
The best camera for image quality I've owned remains the sony P200 (very smooth top quality shots) but only if you take your time! If I passed it to a friend to take photo's for example some would be unusable! The little canon may not take such fabulous photo's, but all the photo's it takes are still good and very consistent which is probably better if using it for holiday snapshots.
I bought this camera as recommended by the shop guy, mostly as a video recorder. It does capture 640*480 at 60 frames a second, however, I am having difficulties downloading the resulting video to my laptop, at filesizes of 932Mb for 15 minutes video. Smaller ones arounf 250Mb present no issues I can see, and I'm pleased with the results. However, if I can't get the video off the camera, it'll be going back to the shop guy for refund.
Hi...i want to buy a decent camera, which will give me good snaps...nothign out of the world, and ya low light snaps should come fine, like in pubs and all, i had a sony t 70 and had a bad time, esp in night, cos i used to see white patch and it seems i clicked from my cell phone, so i hope this camera would deliver me good? WAT SAY GUYS
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My Dachshund, Lily, is a social butterfly. She loves everyone she meets. People are great and animals are even better in her mind. I'm convinced it's actually Lily's dream to have a kitten of her very own.
A few months ago a former co-worker called me and said she found a kitten on the side of the road and she didn't know what to do with it. Of course my response was for her to bring the kitten over and I would find a place to take her where she would be safe.
Not surprisingly, Lily loved the kitten immediately. Lily licked the kitten until she was soaked. I separated them for periods throughout the first day to give the kitten a break, and Lily would just lay outside of the room where I was keeping the kitten, waiting for her chance to get back to licking.
I wasn't quite ready then to take on the responsibility of a new pet, and I wasn't convinced Lily truly was either. So, with the help of a friend that owns Faraway Kennels (a local boarding kennel where I used to work), the kitten found a new forever home. I think Lily is still longing for a kitten of her very own.
This winter, I plan to become an official foster with a local shelter, which will coincide with Foster a Lonely Pet for the Holidays. I think Lily will enjoy having a cat share her home again, and I'm interested to see how it goes when the cat is here for longer than a day and Lily has to share my attention. She may love a kitten visiting, but it could be another story when she thinks one is here to stay.
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Last updated: February 4, 2016
Construction Updates
Project Description
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is planning to construct pedestrian and bicycle improvements in the Fremont/Wallingford neighborhood. This project will include:
Project Benefits
The goal of this project is to improve the flow of bicycle, pedestrian, car and truck traffic that converges in this area. These sidewalks will help define the entrance to N Northlake Way, west of Stone Way N and provide access management to the adjacent driveway.
The work is one of the 12 projects selected by the Bridging the Gap Oversight Committee to be completed as part of the Neighborhood Street Fund program, which is funded by the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation levy, passed by voters in November 2006 and scheduled to expire in 2015.
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11 Innovative Ideas To Help Reinvigorate Creativity In The Classroom
The 'No Right Brain Left Behind' challenge has announced its shortlist of projects that encourage students to become 21st century problem solvers.
No Right Brain Left Behind, the innovation challenge calling on the creative community to formulate ideas that can reinvigorate creativity in U.S. classrooms has announced its shortlist. As part of the call to action, industry teams were invited to address "the creative crisis" by developing projects that encourage students to become 21st century problem solvers.
Eleven ideas were selected for the shortlist and we're going to take a look at each one.
- Let's Go, conceived by DraftFCB Chicago is a platform that invites children, parents, and teachers to think of success in an entirely new way. Using a research based approach rather than a tactical one, the aim is to create a social movement where support is part of the value system for success.
- The idea developed by 180 Los Angeles is CloudRoom, a virtual classroom, allowing educators to contribute their technique and coursework to a class in the clouds by extending their curriculum and reach to students nationwide.
- No Right Brain Left Behind Meets Top Chef is the submission from EnergyBBDO/Proximity Chicago. The team presents a reality show concept that engages both contestants and the entire country by bringing lessons back to every classroom with television as the awareness driver.
- The Stand-Up Desk by The Bucket Brigade (pictured above) promotes creative discussion through the redesign of a classroom desk. Flipping the teacher-student dynamic, the desk features a whiteboard top so each student can lead class discussion, share an idea, or present a sketch.
- The Kings & Queens of Creativity concept presented by Hyper Island Stockholm is a three-phase contest where schools become virtual castles and children are encouraged to think critically to solve real world problems by addressing them in an original way.
- The Class Cloud Project by Conifer Research focuses on an inclusive, open-source approach to helping 5th and 6th graders use what they learn during the school day through experiential learning in their own community, empowering students to think in more open-ended ways.
- The idea submitted by frog design is 15 Minutes to Change the World. The team devised quick activity cards based on Edward de Bono's lateral thinking exercises that foster creative problem solving in the classroom, are easy to implement, and only take 15 minutes.
- The Creative Corps [V2] envisioned by Redscout is an organization where thought leaders and artists volunteer at low income schools to foster students' individual passions and talents, and give them opportunities to develop real-world entrepreneurial skills via an on-site 'Creative Shop'.
- Nodes, a concept developed by Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles is a software which allows both students and teachers to view the relationship between divergent topics through a simple interface where uses enter a search term and data points populate the screen for easy exploring.
- Gold Star 2.0 by Team One El Segundo re-imagines the reward system in education. The reinvention of the gold star with badges provides a fresh way of incentivizing achievement by encouraging collaboration and problem-solving, as the badges require successful completion of a challenge.
- ImproviNation was created by frog design and offers a new approach to curriculum that is steeped in the mastery of storytelling and improvisation. At its core the idea encourages learners to create unique, relevant ideas, to effectively communicate those ideas and to seed ideas in others.
PSFK will post an announcement of the winning ideas, and those selected will be piloted in schools by the end of 2011.
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Charges dropped in assault case
August 14, 2013 10:30 AM
BEAVER (AP) — Authorities have dropped charges against a man who had been accused of beating his wife with a package of frozen ground beef.
The Beaver County Times reported that William Neugebauer, 51, of Aliquippa, appeared in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing in Beaver County.
Charges of simple assault, reckless endangering, and harassment were dismissed after Wendy Neugebauer said she didn't want to move forward with prosecution.
Police had alleged that the two were arguing Aug. 6 when the defendant grabbed a package of ground beef from the freezer and struck his wife in the rib cage.


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Russia set to resume imports of Georgian wine and water
By Steve Gutterman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wine and water from Georgia should soon begin flowing back to Russia, after Moscow agreed in principle on Monday to lift an embargo in a step towards rebuilding relations shattered by their August 2008 war.
Imports of Georgian mineral water and wine could resume this spring, officials from both countries said, seven years after Russia banned two of its small southern neighbor's prized products as tension mounted before the five-day war.
Prospects of a thaw in ties between the former Soviet republics have improved since Bidzina Ivanishvili, who made his fortune doing business in Russia, became Georgia's prime minister after a parliamentary election last October.
The tycoon's rise to power comes at the expense of pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili, who lost control of parliament in the vote and is barred from running for a new term later this year in the South Caucasus nation of 4.5 million.
"We have agreed to revive our commercial relations," Levan Davitashvili, the head of Georgia's National Wine Agency, told reporters after talks with Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's consumer protection service chief.
Russian representatives will go to Georgia, possibly as early as next week, to look at the quality control system. They will also begin visiting wine and water producers that have applied for permission to export to Russia, Onishchenko said.
There are still inspections, paperwork and permits to get through, but Onishchenko made clear he expects Georgian wine and water such as Borjomi, the which had been popular in Russia for decades before the ban, would be back soon.
"I think that mineral water - I would first of all name Borjomi and Nabeghlavi - and wines from both eastern and western Georgia will be coming onto our market," Onishchenko told a joint news conference after the talks. Continued...


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Some basic tying techniques
Another FAQ in progress to support our beginner fly tying step by steps
In this one will discuss some basic thread handling techniques including
- thread twist (why it happens, how to correct it and how to use it to your advantage)
- thread torque
- different wraps used to attach material (Pinch, Angle, Distribution, Slide, and Slack Loop Wraps)
Thread Handling Techniques
In these examples I'm using a 5/0 hook and bright flat waxed nylon for illustration
Some basic terms referred to
Thread hand- right hand if you wrap righty
Material hand- left hand if you're a right handed tyer
Near side of the hook closest in relation to the tyer
Far side of the hook opposite side of the hook in relation to the tyer
Basic wrap is going to be up from the near side and over the shank to the far side. Viewed head on from the eye of the hook, the bobbin goes clockwise around the shank for a right handed tyer.
Thread Twist
What is thread twist and why does it happen?
Assuming you're wrapping by hand, every time you take a wrap around the shank, the bobbin makes one clockwise twist.
Problems caused by twist
This will gradually tighten the thread into a narrower and narrower cord and may eventually cause the thread to break. If thread is very tightly twisted it may also become more difficult to work with because it's harder to wrap a smooth thread layer, the tighter thread cuts into material, or it starts to "furl" by forming a loop and twisting up on itself.
Relieving twist
If you leave your bobbin hanging from the shank (instead of in a bobbin cradle) after taking a bunch of wraps, you'll probably notice it start to spin counterclockwise (for right handed tyers). The bobbin is unwinding twist. So periodically you can let the bobbin do the work and let the thread unwind by itself to remove excessive twist.
Using thread twist to advantage
In some cases you'll want to deliberately flatten or twist thread to secure materials, build a smooth thread base or a firm platform. You'll often see instructions in fly pattern Step By Steps to twist or flatten thread. For a right handed tyer:
Twist thread: by spinning bobbin clockwise
Flatten thread: By spinning bobbin counterclockwise
Example of flat and twisted threads:
Flattened thread (chartreuse)
Twisted thread (orange)
Attaching Material
In this section will introduce several types of wraps,
Pinch Wrap
Angle Wrap,
Soft Loop Wrap - another method of attaching material. Depending on the orientation of the bobbin and the grips in your material hand it can be used to either lock material into a precise position or spin it around the hook shank (as in spinning deer hair)
Isolation Wrap - used to attach bundles of fibers to position them precisely, strengthen divided flank fiber or hair wings and parachute posts or provide distinct bands of color in a multicolored bucktail wing
Distribution Wrap - used to distribute materials by rolling them around the shank
Slide Mount Wrap- used to secure materials to the shank and then adjust to proper length by pulling them into position
Figure 8 Wrap used to divided wings on dry flies, attach dumbbell or beadchain eyes and constructing bodies of dubbing and other material
Thread Torque (examples of problems caused by thread torque and how we can control it and use it to our advantage when securing materials)
Angle Cut to taper the butt end of materials
Pinch Wrap very useful, especially to attach soft materials.
Place material on top of shank and index finger of material hand firmly against far side of shank. (This will backstop the material and prevent it from twisting to the far side as you take a turn of thread)
Place the thumb of your material hand tightly against the near side of the shank and pinching both the material and hook shank between your thumb on the near side and index finger on the far side of the shank
As you cross over the top of the hook, bring the bobbin rearward to trap it between your thim and index finger in the pinch
As you cross over the far side of the shank, bring the tip of the bobbin rearward on the under side of the to again trap the wrap in the pinch. This will allow you to precisely position the material and begin to secure it in place. Repeat these steps with another wrap or two.
After 1 or 2 more wraps the material should be secure enough that you can remove your hands to take a peek
a few more tight turns of thread will secure it
Thread Torque
In this example we want to build a smooth under body, so we're leaving a long portion that we will wrap over. Once we bind it down with additional thread wraps it will form a smooth under body of even thickness. If we cut the butt end shorter, say to cover just the rear half of the shank, we'd have a bump when turned over the portion of the shank with just a layer of thread.
But when trying to lock the material down and build a smooth under body, thread torque takes it around the shank
We can undo the wraps and lift the butt end of the body material, advance thread in open turns towards front of hook to tie-down point....
... and tie down material with pinch wrap.
Open turns to rear to bind material to top of shank and form smooth under body.
Angle Cut -
Cutting materials to get a more gradual, tapered transition to the shank. Cutting material with the scissor blades in a vertical position will result in a "cliff" of material where the butts are trimmed, requiring many wraps of thread to build up a gradual taper. When butts are trimmed into a "cliff" it also often results in poorly fastened material since only the outer layer of fibers may be in contact wit thread. Instead, angle in with the tips of your scissors in a more horizontal angle and lift up the butts and cut, leaving a smooth "ramp" that you can easily cover with tight thread wraps
Return thread in open turns to what will become the tie off point for the body material
Danger Danger-- after wrapping in touching turns up the shank and binding the material down on the bottom of the hook, we want to trim the excess. But see how easy it's going to be to cut our thread too?
Before we zoom in with our scissors to trim, the excess material is hanging dangerously close to the thread. To avoid cutting the thread too, if you have a rotating vise, spin it so the hook point is up to get safe access with your scissors to make the cut. If your vise doesn't rotate, lift the thread bobbin straight up above the shank with your material hand to give you plenty of room to safely cut the excess body material
Once the excess material has been cut, you bind the material securely and build a thread foundation for the next layer with additional wraps
Continued with more stuff below....
Re: Some basic tying techniques
Continued from above...
Angle Wrap
In this example we will be mounting a tail at the start of the body which will be directly above the barb of the hook
Here we're using the bobbin as a plumb bob in line with the hook barb, and have reached the end of the straight part of the shank
Pinch wrapping stiffer materials seems to work at first....
But after the initial pinch wrap the when we take additional tight turns, the thread torque tends to roll the material off to the far side of the shank.
Instead we can use the thread torque to our advantage in an Angle Wrap. Positioning the butts on the near side of the shank pointing down at an angle....
--- take a tight turn and use the thread torque to ride the material on to the top of then shank.. Once the material has been "torqued" into position, bind it down with additional tiuht wraps of thread.
Soft Loop Wrap
to be added
Isolation Wrap
Can be used to attach bundles of fibers to position them precisely, or to provide distinct bands of color in a multicolored bucktail wing. It can also be used after the material is secured to provide definition and strengthen divided wings of flank fiber or hair and provide a firm thread foundation for wrapping hackle on parachute posts. Here we'll use it to build a 2 color brown over white bucktail wing with distinct separation between colors
Hold the material of the first (white) layer in position above the shank and take a loop of thread around just the material (not the shank)
Slide the looped material down into position while maintaining tension on the bobbin to close the distance between the material and the shank and take a couple of wraps over both the material and the shank.
After binding the butts of the first layer, trimming them with an angle cut, wrap a firm foundation for the next ( brown) layer of the wing. Attach the next bundle with another isolation wrap, secure, angle cut excess and bind down butts
Here's a comparison of two bucktail streamers using different wrap techniques for the wing.
Stacked bunches put on by pinch wraps, less distinct transition between white and brown layers
Wing assembled with isolation wraps-- a thread wrap just around the wing material before attaching to the shank gives a marked separation of layers.
Slide Wrap
Used when materials may difficult to initially tie in to proper length, it's a way of securing material with a couple of semi loose wraps and then adjusting the length of material.
Tie in material with a couple loose turns. In this case we want a feather extending to rear, 1/2 the length of body
Slide material by pulling stem of feather through loops to front until desired length then secure with tight wraps to lock in place.
Lock Wrap for tying in synthetics and other slippery materials. Here' we're using Silver Mylar Saltwater Width Flashabou
Leave a tag end and tie to shank using a pinch wrap. Take a couple tight turns....
....Fold tag end back and take a couple of tight turns sandwiching the material against the shank
Distribution Wrap A method for "distributing" materials evenly around a hook shank, can be done over a thread base but works even better around a bare shank
First squish materials around the hook shank and hold in place with a firm pinch with your material hand
Take a couple of tight wraps
And pull the bobbin towards you-- the thread torque will help to spread material out 360 degrees around the shank
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March 26, 2014
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee soccer team's spring exhibition match against Kentucky this Saturday has been moved from noon to a 6 p.m. ET start.
Inclement weather expected in the Knoxville area earlier in the day pushed the start of Saturday's game back to 6 p.m. ET. Admission for all spring matches at Regal Stadium is open to the public and free.
Saturday's game will feature a free live video broadcast on UTSports.com. Fans can tune in and follow the action HERE.
Tennessee's exhibition game against Virginia Tech on April 12 at noon will also feature a free live video broadcast. The link for that game is HERE.
The spring exhibition matches give fans a look at how the 2014 team is shaping up. UT returns several of its biggest stars in rising senior center back Allie Sirna (Second Team All-SEC), rising senior forward Hannah Wilkinson and rising senior goalkeeper Julie Eckel. UT's back line has been one of its biggest strengths the last few years and this spring fans can get a preview of a talented and experienced defense, led by Sirna, Eckel, Brittney Wade, Gabby Santorio and Megan Erskine, that looks to continue to dominate in 2014. New Zealand National Team star Wilkinson (five goals, five assists) is UT's top returning scorer. Additionally, Tennessee has added four talented spring enrollees to its roster in sophomore transfers Ariel Kupritz and Anna McClung and freshmen Ashley Jolly and Amanda McClanahan.


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Local distillers celebrate new law
A bill passed this legislative session is giving a boost to local distillers and creating a new tourist attraction.
Anchorage-based Bare Distillery is one of five distillers in the state celebrating a new law, which they say will allow them to grow.
The law puts distilleries on an even playing field with breweries and wineries. House Bill 309 allows distillers to bring in tours, hand out small samples and sell product on site.
"A lot of people are surprised to hear there's a distillery in Anchorage. We've just been quietly working away and not been able to open up to the public so it'll be cool to let people in, show them how vodka is made, show them what we do here," said distiller Travis Lee.
Bare Distillery uses all local ingredients.
"We're Alaska Grown certified, so all of our agricultural ingredients are grown right here in the state. We use barley from Delta Junction," Lee said.
Lee says business has been growing slowly, but now the distillery can show off what they do to locals and tourists.
The law goes into effect on Oct. 12, 2014, and some of the distillers say they're ready to open their doors to tours the very same day.
The other distilleries are located around the state, including Ursa Major Distilling in Fairbanks, High Mark Distillery in Sterling, Alaska Distillery in Wasilla and Port Chilkoot Distillery in Haines.
They banded together to form the Distillers Guild of Alaska and helped get the new law passed.