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Canoe-making workshop shows students patience, precision
MERRILL, Wis. — Prairie River Middle School teacher Mark Pugh didn't know what to expect last school year when he started hanging posters around the school, inviting students to participate in a wooden canoe-making workshop.
For the past several summers, Pugh, a technical-education instructor at the school, has been trekking to Brooklin, Maine, to attend courses at the WoodenBoat School, a prestigious program that teaches niche skills related to the art of wooden boat-building and repair. While taking courses, Pugh came down with the wooden-boat bug, a peculiar malady that transforms an otherwise normal person into a special kind of watercraft obsessive.
"I kind of went out there on a whim," Pugh, 54, said. "And I found that I really, really like wooden boats."
[PHOTO: In a Thursday, May 1, 2014 photo, technical ed teacher Mark Pugh, left, tutors Justin Tousignant, 14, as he builds his wood canoe, at Prairie River Middle School in Merrill, Wis. (AP Photo/The Wausau Daily Herald, T'xer Zhon Kha)]
The wooden-boat bug is infectious, and Pugh decided that maybe students could catch it, too. So he decided to set up an informal after-school activity, in which he would donate his time and expertise to middle-schoolers who also might be susceptible. He offered space in the school's large wood shop, and all he asked was that students pay for their own materials and be willing to learn and work.
Pugh started it in the 2012-13 school year. Four boys signed up; three finished their canoes last May. One student, Justin Tousignant, 14, now a freshman at Merrill High School, got a late start and still is working on his boat after school, between golf and football and other teen activities.
Chrissy Doering, 13, an eighth-grader at the school, likes to work with wood and tools, so she signed up earlier this school year. Doering's family doesn't have storage room for a wood canoe, so she's building a canoe-shaped wooden shelf for her mother.
"That's a complicated project," Pugh said. "She's learning a lot of the same things the boys did."
Tousignant thinks he might pursue a career in the medical field, but he plans to spend plenty of time on the water, too, as he gets older.
"I like fishing and going around with boats," Tousignant said. "I thought it would be cool to build one."
Pugh uses the most simple, least-expensive canoe-building plans he could find. "The designer calls them 'Six-Hour Canoes,'" Pugh said. "We've found that they take a lot longer than that."
Pugh estimates that Tousignant likely has spent about 70 hours on his canoe and now is nearing the end of the project. He was rounding out the sharp edges on his craft last week, using a small block plane that once was used by Pugh's grandfather — a treasured heirloom for someone who works with wood.
"Take care of that," Pugh advised the teen.
It's appropriate that Pugh would lend out his grandfather's plane. One reason the canoes take so long to build is that they require detail-oriented woodworking, much of it with hand tools used by carpenters and boatwrights for generations.
"The block plane is your friend," Pugh said.
Pugh is teaching the students the practical skills they need to build a boat, including using hand and power tools and making precise measurements. But the deeper lessons they learn come from the simple tedium of much of the work, Pugh said.
The students are being raised in a "need-it-now" society, and building canoes requires patience and determination. But the payoff comes when the students take their boats home.
Tousignant said the project was frustrating at first, but now that he can see the end approaching, "it's a lot easier." For him, final satisfaction will come when he's paddling the boat around.
The wooden-boat bug hasn't bitten Tousignant as hard as it has his teacher. For him, building the boat is an exercise in skill and a chance to build something that he'll be able to use himself. And it's taught him resilience.
But for Pugh, working on a wooden boat is like working on a piece of art. The students' canoes, he said, are made from the least-expensive marine-grade plywood, but the grain will pop through the paint when they're completed. And they'll handle better — flex more — than an aluminum canoe. They'll be more rugged than a carbon fiber boat, which can easily crack if dropped.
"Wood boats, there's just something about them," Pugh said. "A wood motorboat, for example, will handle much better than a stiff aluminum or fiberglass craft."
And then there's pride in the work. "All these nails had to be hammered in," Pugh said, pointing to rows of copper nails lining the top of the canoe. "I made the kids drill pilot holes for each one."
Pugh is finding a different kind of fulfillment from the project. He's nearing retirement — he plans to segue into a new business, building and restoring old wooden boats — and the project has been keeping him fresh as a teacher.
"If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't do it," he said. "It's been great for the school and the kids."


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Tenure: Freehold
Lanes are pleased to offer for sale this three bedroom detached family home located on one of Western Enfield's premier Roads. The property offers ample living accommodation and also has development potential (STPP). Benefits include off-street parking for several vehicles, three double bedrooms, approximately 200ft rear garden, three reception rooms, large conservatory and a garage. Internal viewing is highly recommended.
Entrance Lobby
Solid Oakwood parquet flooring, radiator, alarm, stairs to first floor, picture rail, telephone point, cornicing, uPVC double glazed stained glass window to side aspect, door to cloakroom, reception one, dining room and kitchen/breakfast room.
Downstairs Cloakroom
Low flush wc, wash hand basin with mixer tap, storage cupboard, uPVC double glaze window to side aspect.
Dining Room
16' 6" x 14' 7" (5.03m x 4.45m) uPVC double glazed bay window to front aspect, radiator, fireplace with marble surround, dado rails, period cornicing, television point, solid Oakwood parquet flooring.
Reception One
11' x 18' 0" (3.35m x 5.49m) (L-Shaped) Cast iron feature gas fireplace, radiator, television point, telephone point, wood panelled walls, period cornicing, leading to:-
18' 8" x 11' 6" (5.69m x 3.51m) uPVC double glazed window to rear and side aspects, uPVC double glazed door to conservatory, two radiators, door to study and kitchen/breakfast room.
9' 6" x 8' 1" (2.90m x 2.46m) (Currently used as a storage area). uPVC double glazed door to side aspect, telephone point, wood laminate flooring.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
16' 2" x 10' 2" (4.93m x 3.10m) Units at base and eye level, hob and oven with extractor over, integrated microwave, dishwasher and fridge, sink and drainer unit with mixer tap, breakfast bar, ceiling spotlights, marble tiled flooring, radiator, part tiled walls, telephone point, television point, wood framed window to utility area, uPVC double glazed sliding doors to conservatory.
20' 3" x 11' (6.17m x 3.35m) Half brick, half double glazed, radiator, uPVC double glazed double doors to side aspect leading to garden, tiled flooring.
Utility Room
12' 2" x 6' 10" (3.71m x 2.08m) Door to front aspect, space for fridge/freezer and cooker, extractor fan, plumbed for washing machine and tumble dryer, sink and drainer unit, boiler, multiple storage units, part tiled walls, tiled flooring, cupboard housing combination boiler, door to rear garden.
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Loft access, double glazed stained glass window to side aspect, picture rail, storage cupboard, doors to all bedrooms, bathroom and separate w.c.
Bedroom One
16' 6" x 14' 2" (5.03m x 4.32m) uPVC double glazed bay window to front aspect, radiator, fitted wardrobes, television point, telephone point.
Bedroom Two
15' 2" x 12' 2" (4.62m x 3.71m) (to fitted wardrobes) uPVC double glazed window to rear and side aspects, radiator, fitted wardrobes, wood laminate flooring, television point.
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10' 9" x 10' 9" (3.28m x 3.28m) uPVC double glazed window to rear aspect, radiator, television point, wood laminate flooring.
Three piece bathroom suite comprising panelled bath with mixer tap and shower, bidet, wash hand basin, tiled walls, heated towel rail, uPVC double glazed frosted window to side aspect.
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Approximately 200ft, Yorkstone patio area with well stocked plant borders, mature trees and fruit trees, lawn area to rear.
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21' x 8' 9" (6.40m x 2.67m) Accessed via Oak doors to front of property.
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Outstanding staff: Best welcome ever. Excellent location next to Balboa Park and Hillcrest. Very good for kids. Nice little kitchen. Free parking. Exceptional view from our room and from the roof. It is an old hotel: personally I liked that historic feel, but others might not.
location is great and the staff really do a tremendous job; They are friendly and helpful. Rooms are a bit dated but the bed was very comfortable.
The staff was good and kind. The restaurant is also good. The facilities are little old( but be kept clean), and my room had little bad-smelling.
The view of Balboa Park is priceless. The nice breeze from San Diego Bay was refreshing. The roof top breakfast was amazing. The large spacious rooms were comforting.
The front desk staff was very accommodating and friendly. Loved the feel of the place, kind of old European style apartments. It felt quaint and historic. Loved the location, within walking distance to Balboa museums and zoo, quick drive to Gaslamp and Hillcrest. Lack of air conditioning. It was hot when we were staying there.
Really great stay. The free wireless throughout the hotel was great. Breakfast wasn't wonderful but certainly not something to avoid.
Position close to Bilboa park that allowed us to do sports, kitchen facilities, clealiness of the room, breakfast served on penthouse, staff availability and support. no
Staff friendly and helpful; fabulous location walkable to Balboa Park; free parking available; huge room; extremely comfortable bed; roof top dining for breakfast; reasonable rates. We have stayed there before and would stay there again. We had some misty rain, unusual for San Diego. Not the hotels fault.
It was good to have free parking available next to the hotel although spaces ae limited
The bed was comfortable,location next to baboa park bathroom had no room in it,very small,view on 5th floor was of the 7-11 and apartment buildings.
Staff was nice but unprofessional, I shared a room with 5 homeless men. Upon arrival, room had foul stench and there was no mattress on the bed, simply a foam mattress topper, no more than 2 inches thick. Pillow was comparable to a bag with a newspaper stuffed into it. Overall not an ideal place, very loud and filthy. White bed frames were full of dirt and questionable stains. Bathrooms were small and not cleaned enough for their mass use. After, reluctantly falling asleep I woke up in the middle of the night to itching and several bug bites, only to find small bugs in my sheets. I can not say for sure that they were bed bugs, but regardless they left welt sized bites along the side of my stomach. Overall, horrible experience I left less than 3 hours after arriving and opted to sleep in my car for the rest of my stay in San Diego. Having stayed in hostels abroad in europe and asia, the Hostel Habibi would more accurately be described as a homeless youth shelter. Upon trying to request a refund, I was referred to my booking website, whom upon calling the hotel was told that they wouldn't refund me for the rest of my stay. Steer Clear of Hostel Habibi


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Emission/Transmission problems....HELP!
Hello, I have an '02 SE DOHC with 79000+ miles and have some problems.....
All of a sudden the car started shutting down and the revs would go up and down at idle (at a stoplight, at a stop....)
Took it to a friend mechanic and notice that there was an air leak by the throttle body, and the MAF was pointed out by an engine code (dont remember the exact code number...P1XXX?)....so he told me that if it was a simple leak, we could just patch it with jb weld and go on with our life's. Also, that MAF was bad and needed to be replaced, and also, the air speed motor is shot.....(at least that is what I understood, it goes on the manifold and controls the air..??) someone please correct me on this last part....
He took it apart, and noticed that the manifold had several small holes. The holes where cause because the plastic melted. Apparently the cat is clogged and to much head was getting to the manifold and therefore it melted in a couple of spots......
He patched them up, and replaced the MAF and all is good now..... but as a temp fix, he disconnected the egr valve to prevent more heat to reach the manifold these few days to get the cat changed and the airspeed motor...once again, please someone correct me on this last part.
BUT!, when I was driving it to his shop, the transmission started to kick hard from 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, and OD would NOT kick in. WITH the OD button on or off the result would be the same, OD would not kick in. Oil level is OK, no engine light and no codes on the scanner.
Obviously, there is still the cat, egr and air speed motor issue that needs to be addressed........but would those issues be causing the transmission problems....could they be related????
...or my car just decided to crap out all at once......
Any guru out there willing to give me their point of view??
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Gamboling on the Great Wall
02.10.2012 - 07.10.2012
This week didn't bring too much worth writing about until Saturday morning when we headed to the Great Wall! My week was a very typical one full of classes but nothing out of the ordinary (except for being in China). So, without further ado:
The Great Wall of China
On Thursday we had a mandatory meeting where our program coordinators talked to us about our trip to the Great Wall, giving us a break down of where we will be going, what we will be doing, and what to expect. They made it clear that it is quite a hike to get to the wall and that the wall itself is no easy feat. I obviously remember seeing pictures of the Great Wall before, but even with those memories and what our teachers told us, the trek up the mountain was a bit exhausting. The Great Wall is on top of a mountain (which makes a good strategic defense, so that makes sense) and our bus drove a bit up the mountain. But that left a nice hike up endless steps to get to the Great Wall.
Here is our group starting the climb up the steps.
As tiring as the steps were, the views that were becoming more and more breathtaking as we ascended were good incentive.
I was almost at the top and could see people on the Great Wall from a distance... if they could do it, I could too!
I was ahead of some of my friends and caught a view of them from across the valley!
And then we made it to the top! And from there was 4 hours of walking along the Wall. We started on a part of the wall that hasn't been recently restored, so it was a rough path. Some parts of the path, especially the "steps", seemed more like piles of rocks than an actual path. Then the latter part of our walk had us on much smoother, more recently restored areas.
History note: The Great Wall isn't a continuous wall. It is a series of "walls" ranging from smooth brick structures to piles of stones that are scattered around, resulting from changes of dynasties that meant changes of boundaries. As boundaries changed so did the location the emperor wanted a wall, so if you look at a map of all of the locations of "The Great Wall" it is a series of lines, some connected, some not. The part we were on had seen defensive action as a location where Mongol warriors had attempted to raid China, and a lecturer on Friday explained the battle as well as where we could look to know that we were standing on the grounds of a former battle site where the Great Wall was utilized in defense of China.
After four hours of walking along the wall, we had a yoga class there! Talk about a surreal experience. Didn't really get any pictures of it though because it's hard to do yoga and take pictures, but I'm hoping other people who had decided not to participate took pictures and I will find them and maybe get them on here next week if I don't look too much like a dufus doing yoga.
The rest of the week
This section is a bit anticlimactic but it didn't feel right only having the Great Wall in my blog for the week. So, in other news:
Strange Things
Pretty consistently I see things here that are strange by my U.S. standards. I think I've become accustomed to a lot of them and don't notice it, but there are still some things that we come across that just make me laugh. Like when cars are just parked across the sidewalk.
This week saw the end of our Mahjong class and the start of Chinese singing! I am terrible at singing. I know it, it's okay. But that isn't going to stop me from learning some Chinese songs! So, I went to the class, it was a lot of fun! We went over two songs and I was happy with how much I understood of the songs (looking at the lyrics; just listening would have been much harder).
I am also really enjoying my Chinese painting class; I didn't like last week's painting and was frustrated because it didn't look very good but this week's turned out great! Painting was always my least favorite of art styles but having a teacher show us how to do it is making it much more fun and giving me some success!
Other things
I have been getting tired of going to sit down restaurants every night of the week with groups of 4-8 people and spending two hours there. I like having dinner with people, but it's getting to be too much and there is always one or two people who literally just jump into our plans and follow us to dinner, which is getting frustrating. Also, I usually spend around 25Y on dinner which is only around $4, but that is kind of expensive by Chinese standards. I know it sounds kind of crazy to complain about a nice dinner for $4 but I know I can get it for cheaper. So, Sarah and I went to this small dumpling restaurant (only had three small tables) and I ordered this basket of dumplings for 5Y (less than a dollar!). I am hoping to go to places like that more often!
I still don't feel like I am learning Mandarin especially fast. Maybe its because I am in the middle of it and don't realize all of the things I'm picking up, but it seems like I'm not retaining a lot of our vocabulary. I need to review it, I know.There are points where I am really happy with my language capabilities though. Zhou Yuan skype called me to ask me if I was going to the club and after hanging up I realized that I just successfully had an impromptu conversation in Mandarin. I didn't have time to prepare what I wanted to say and it wasn't with a U.S. person or a teacher who know what vocabulary I probably do or don't have, it was with a Chinese person. Little moments like that are the ones that I need to keep in mind to remember that yes, learning Mandarin is very hard, and yes I have an enormously long way to go, but I am getting somewhere.
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How can you get your test automation project off on the right foot? I've been asked this question many times. It has prompted me to review the test automation projects in which I've been involved and identify the factors most associated with success.
Commitment Is Essential
The team needs to see test automation as necessary and critical. The whole team must be committed to test automation.
I saw the benefit of this kind of commitment on one project where the test plans and project plans assumed from day one that a means for automatically executing tests would be available. When the first person with responsibility for test automation admitted defeat, it was given to another. And then to another when the second person couldn't get it to work. This third team member was able to get additional assistance and finally got the automation to work. Because each participant knew the team was counting on the automation, the project stayed alive with increasing urgency and effort.
More common in my experience are teams that see test automation as something nice, as something to put some effort into, but not to bet on. They make sure they have fallback plans for manual testing in case the automation doesn't work out. Invariably these automation projects don't get the attention and assistance they deserve.
Nevertheless, I have seen some smaller successes arise from such circumstances. In each case, it was because of efforts by outstanding individuals who demonstrated personal commitment, technical accomplishment, and loyalty to the team. The loyalty of these individuals meant that they stayed on the team for years, always prepared to step in and help with the test automation. It was their baby and they weren't going to let it be abandoned.
Ultimately, commitment is key, whether from the team or from individuals. Without it, automation efforts—however laudable—invariably are abandoned.
Work Together as a Team
A second key I've observed that contributes to test automation success is effective partnership between testers and developers.
From my experience, testers who head test automation efforts without significant involvement from their developers are prone to make several errors. They fail to appreciate how their test automation project needs to be planned just like other software development projects. They underestimate their need to understand the test automation technology they're using. And they aren't in a position to simplify the test automation by adding testability hooks into the software under test.
On the other hand, developers heading up test automation efforts don't fall into these traps, but have been prone to providing automation that doesn't meet the real needs of testing. I've seen them generalize from experiences testing their own code, not appreciating the importance of finding errors that they didn't make. And I've seen them develop whiz-bang technology that looks cool, but doesn't really help get the testing done, because they don't understand the real testing problems.
The best efforts avoid these various traps by having testers and developers jointly charter the test automation effort. This is not just a matter of skill. You actually need to have members of the development team involved. Only they are aware of ways that they can make the software easier to test and are in a position to make it happen. And key tester involvement ensures that the results address bona fide testing needs. This kind of teamwork is very effective.
Less effective, but still capable of success, is having developers independent from the product development team assist a testing team with test automation. Some effort must be made to work with the product development team on testability issues, but in these cases full participation from the development team was not required for success.


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Growing up I didn't mind the cold. I never seemed to thrive in the summer heat. I would imagine it was something in my DNA. Maybe something beyond my pale skin and reddish hue. Some genetic propensity, something that always drew me towards the supposed misery of grey and cloudy skies. The kind that often warned of storms or pending rain. I always found clouded skies more interesting anyway. Not sure why, but I did. My mother jokingly told me it was the Irish in me. She said it was written into our genes after hundreds of years of living under grey skies and wet weather. I tended to not believe her since she used the same line when attempting to coax me into finishing any potatoes that she would make with a vast number of meals.
But this was a new kind of cold. Nothing overly dramatic, like 'a bitter cold that cut to the bone'; nothing like that, or nothing as a ostensibly over sensationalized. It was more of a calm cool. As if my nerves while still heightened were also dulled and accepting of a deeper chill. I can feel "my" appendages right now but I truly feel like I'm wearing a giant rubber suit.
Which in many cases is not far from the truth.
My name is Jerry McCray….or I guess I should say it was Jerry McCray. This week I believe my name is George Devonshire, but I will explain that in a bit. I say 'was' because I am dead. In fact I've been dead for about 9 months, give or take a couple of weeks. Time management has never my strongest of suits in some regards.
So you may ask yourself, 'How the hell is he writing this?' Good question. One, I fully intend on answering but I should probably start near or close to the beginning. So queue whatever 80's flashback music or special effects in your head and jump start the flux capacitor, because we are going back in time…ok so just nine months. However, a lot has happened in 6 months. We'll see if I need to go further back. Actually we'll see how long old Georgie Boy can hold out before I need to give him a break. One of the many things I've learned from being dead is that not having a body makes you easily forget the limitations that our bodies impose upon us. Thats not to say that those limitations are bad, in fact many physical and mental limitations are there for a reason. They usually keep us safe. They usually tell us when our breaking point is upon us. I was amazed as to how quickly i forgot that. If I could apologize to my first encounters after dying I would, for that very same point. However, I know they wouldn't understand, and I'd rather not torment them anymore than I may have already.
Nevertheless, now being more cognizant of that point I now realize that I have to provide some breaks for myself. George hasn't had the roughest of encounters as some my previous, but I'd also say he probably wouldn't be up to task anyway. George is in his late 40's but probably looks like he's in his late 50's due to his slightly obese frame and lack of hair a top his head. The salt and pepper stubble on his face and neck blend into the short almost military cut hair style that halo'd his head. His skin is worn and browned from his recent trip to the beach in Florida.
I digress again. So let me get back to talking about how this whole thing started.
Having no sense of t
I grew up idolizing anything and everything science fiction, fantasy and sometimes horror. I even loved the old classics like the invisible man, and frankenstein movies. So to think that what is going to me right now is blowing my mind, is quite a feat.
I died in a car crash. Nothing huge, just your average gruesome t-bone by a semi-driver that happened to fall asleep at the wheel one late night.
Since then, i've been in limbo. In all honesty, I'm a fairly religious man and I thought my beliefs and religious understanding of what happens to mankind after death was pretty straight forward. You went to heaven, or an afterlife and then judged and then to the real heaven or hell. And that may very well still be the case but I don't think that happened to me. Like I somehow slipped through the cracks, or that I have to do something to get back to heaven. Like that movie in the 80's, 'Heavenly Kid'. I don't remember all the details of the movie, just that the guy had to fix something before he could go home. Or maybe I'm thinking of the movie 'Ghost' with Patrick Swayze. Not my favorite Swayze movie but the women couldn't get enough of it at the time. Anyway, I digress.
I don't think I went to the afterlife, unless the afterlife is filled with live human beings, and no dead people or spirits like me. If there are spirits like me, then I haven't seen them yet. Then again, I've been doing some crazy stuff in the past 6 months.
Jerry and jump from body to body and use it like a shell. When he does this it potentially causes damage to the host if he stays too long. The host spirit doesn't know what happens but is drained by the experience. The reason the host spirit cant leave and come back is because it is a skill that only a spirit that has had its original body die and pulled from it. Jerry, left behind a wife and 2 kids and a mound of debt. He was working a normal corporate job and a side job at night to make ends meet. While his life insurance paid for some of the debt he still had quite a bit so he decided he would do things that would allow for his family to survive without him.


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It is being shown that Dadisa has been using all tricks to bring Shiv (Siddharth Shukla) and Anandi (Pratyusha Banerjee) closer to each other.
She also dreams to arrange a marriage for them in Colors Balika Vadhu.
To complete her dream, Dadisa arranges a surprise birthday party for Shiv.
During the party, dadisa directly asks Shiv whether he is willing to marry Anandi. Shiv, who is in love with Anandi will immediately give his nod for marriage with Anandi.
However, when Anandi comes to know about her marriage with Shiv, she will refuse for it.
The reason for Anandi's refusal is her fear of rejection, as she feels that Shiv is just favoring her since she is a divorcee and helpless.
Will dadisa succeed to change Shiv's image in Anandi's mind?


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According to those in the know, Terry Myerson was in charge of the Surface Phone. Myerson, who looks after Windows, Windows Phone and the Xbox operating systems, led Microsoft in the production of various prototypes of the device. The prototypes were apparently created just in case Nokia decided to switch sides or back off from the deal with Microsoft. With Nokia controlling 80% of the platform, Microsoft could have been in trouble had the Finnish based handset manufacturer decided to give Android a go. And Nokia was getting increasingly upset with Redmond's desire to push the low end of the market.
Nokia was said to be ready to fork Android, similar to what Amazon did with its tablets, and release a low spec'd Android handset in 2014. But once the deal closes and Nokia's handset business belongs to Microsoft, we don't expect anymore attempts at a Nokia built Android handset or a Microsoft Surface Phone.
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text: With today's (16th) rawhide on my opteron I get an immediate segfault (signal 11) as soon as nfs mount of the x86_64 rawhide tree is attempted. <Alt-F3> last two lines are: going to do nfsGetSetup mounting nfs path serve.riede.org:/pub/fedora/devel <Alt-F4> reveals: loader[414]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 0000000000476540 rsp 00007fffffe4f878 error 4 (the rsp value varies between attempts, everything else is invariant) And before someone says that signal 11 is often hardware - I checked that by running memtest86+ v1.60 for an hour - stable, error free. Ideas? Willem Riede.


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Concern is growing for the safety of a woman who went missing from a North Sea ferry during a crossing from Hull to Rotterdam.
Teresa Cowley, from Mickleover, Derby, was last seen heading towards the deck of the Pride of Rotterdam ferry in the early hours of Friday.
The 43-year-old's disappearance is being investigated by harbour police in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, who are liaising with Derbyshire police.
In a statement, Derbyshire police appealed for anyone with information about Cowley's whereabouts to come forward.
Cowley, who had no money with her when she went missing, boarded the ferry with her husband at about 8.30pm on Thursday.
After visiting a bar, the couple returned to their cabin but the door key did not work and Mr Cowley went to a reception area to resolve the problem, leaving his wife waiting outside the cabin.
The police statement said: "CCTV and witness accounts show Mrs Cowley go alone to a sun lounge on the ship shortly after 1am on Friday. Searches of the ship failed to locate Mrs Cowley, who has since been reported missing."
Cowley is described as white, of medium build, around 5ft 4ins. She has black, bobbed hair with red highlights.
She was last seen wearing a grey jumper, black leggings and black boots and has several distinctive tattoos, including the words "Mrs Cowley" written on her forearm. She has a tattoo of a black panther on one ankle, and a large tattoo on the right side of her body made up of a dozen roses joined together.
Although detectives from Dutch harbour police are investigating the disappearance, it is not thought that anyone else is involved or any criminal offence has taken place.
Anyone with information is asked to call Derbyshire police on 101 and ask to speak to Peartree CID.
Mr Cowley is now believed to have returned to the UK.


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How awesome does Destroy Build Destroy look? It's a new show from CN Real (apparently some Carton Network spinoff) that lets two teams of kids compete to break things, build new things from the wreckage, and then break them all over again. It's like a pint-sized Junkyard Wars with full-size explosions or a Mythbusters without the veil of junk science. [via Laughing Squid]
Video: Destroy Build Destroy teaches kids to, well, you know
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"a Mythbusters without the veil of junk science"
And the Emmy for "Most Pyrotechnics in a Reality Show (competition)" goes to…
Well this seems like a match made in heaven.
I am absolutely in love with the fact that Andrew WK appears to be the only adult supervision while kids are dropping trucks out of cranes.
This is like his show Your Friend, Andrew WK, where he would answer letters from people and help solve their problems. Generally his advice was "be awesomer and have more awesome times awesome awesome awesome."
Faster Destroy! Build! Destroy!
Wonderful. Cartoon Network wastes airtime on these craptastic reality shows instead of cartoons. Just like MTV. You start filling the schedule with reality shows and the next thing you know you're not showing music videos.
Andrew WK is like the Mr Rogers of rock.
i wish i had as much fun in life as Andrew WK has doing, well, anything and everything.
…Or like if Mark Pauline hosted doubledare.
Fuk i feel old.
I can't even tell if this show is good fun, or if its the equivalent of "extreme" skateboarding Mickey Mouse.
Watching this makes me question whether I (or for that matter, children in general) was loved or cared for at all. Explosives did exist when I was a child – why didn't we get a show like this?
Seems like too much emphasis on the "blowing stuff up" part. Looks quite a bit like military propaganda targeted at kids. See how cool it is to blow up stuff? Sign here, and we'll send you to Afghanistan to do it for real!
C'mon, young folks, stop glorifying war and destruction. It's NOT cool.
#9, you ALMOST made it all the way to scrying out their secretive fascist intentions and probably invoking Godwin. Keep it up.
68flh (9), there's emphasis on blowing stuff up because blowing stuff up is fun.
Mythbusters is "junk science" and this show gets a clean bill? Half the cuts in there were fireballs. At least a quarter of them were shots of kids squealing in delight at stuff blowing up.
#10: Fireballs and Destruction =/= War. Next you'll be telling kids construction workers are evil because they destroy things to rebuild them better.
Go back to your commune, hippy.
Haha, all this morning I've had a line of Yeats running through my head:
All things fall and are built again,
And those that build them again are gay.
Seems appropriate.
If you are of a certain age, and you never built a plastic model (Revell and Monogram, anyone?) only to blow 'em apart with firecrackers (or if you were lucky, an M-80) later, you missed out. I say that as a hippie.


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Skype Translator makes it possible for English and Spanish speakers to communicate in their native language, without having to learn a new one.
Are you under estimating the true potential of Smartwatches?
Facebook is making it easier for people to donate to the fight against Ebola. Users will be able to donate to 3 nonprofits working in West Africa.
The nation's retail industry is in the process of making itself over to better cozy up to smartphones and other digital devices.
When you are choosing personal finance software, get hands-on experience with various programs first. Know what you expect from your software and use comparison shopping to land the best deals.
Now Silicon Valley is hoping it can turn brain stimulation tech into sleek wearable devices for consumers. Is it really possible to make the jump from the lab to Best Buy shelves?
Now may be the best time to cut the cable cord because more and more cable channels, such as HBO, are developing standalone streaming services.
When you are on the go, you probably have even less time to fiddle with
various devices to strengthen a Wi-Fi signal. Check out our tips that can help you save time and land a better connection.
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Scientists have discovered that a gene linked to Alzheimer's disease may play a beneficial role in cell survival by enabling neurons to clear away toxic proteins. A study funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows the presenilin 1 (PS1) gene is essential to the function of lysosomes, the cell component that digests and recycles unwanted proteins. However, mutations in the PS1 gene—a known risk factor for a rare, early onset form of Alzheimer's disease—disrupt this crucial process.
Ralph Nixon, M.D., Ph.D., of the Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, N.Y., and New York University Langone Medical Center, directed the study involving researchers from the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada. Also supported in part by the Alzheimer's Association, the study appears in the June 10, 2010, online issue of Cell.
Researchers have theorized for more than a decade that PS1 mutations linked to early-onset Alzheimer's, a rare form of the disease that usually affects people between ages 30 and 60, may trigger abnormally high levels of beta-amyloid protein to clump together in the brain.
Amyloid deposits and tau protein tangles are hallmarks of both early-onset and the sporadic, more common form of the disease found in people aged 60 and older. These new findings, however, suggest PS1 mutations may play a more general role in the development of early-onset Alzheimer's.
"This study expands our understanding of the role presenilin 1 mutations may play in Alzheimer's pathology," said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. "While more research is needed, lysosome disruption may be worth exploring as a potential target for new therapeutics to treat, prevent or delay this progressive and debilitating disease."
Working in cells from Alzheimer's disease mouse models and in skin cells from Alzheimer's patients with the mutated gene, the researchers found:
"It has become increasingly clear that many factors may drive the development and progression of this very complex disease," said Nixon, the principal investigator. "I believe we will need to explore an array of therapeutic targets, including ones to normalize or moderate disrupted autophagy."
The NIA leads the federal government effort conducting and supporting research on the biomedical, social and behavioral issues of older people. For more information on aging-related research and the NIA, go to www.nia.nih.gov [1]. The NIA provides information on age-related cognitive change and neurodegenerative disease specifically at its Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center site at www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers [2]. To sign up for e-mail alerts about new findings or publications, please visit either website.
The NIH—The Nation's Medical Research Agency—includes 27 institutes and centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov [3].


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Feb. 8, 2013
ST. GEORGE, Utah - Seniors Raven Chavanne and Kat Dotson each hit grand slams and freshman Erin Gabriel won in her collegiate debut in the circle as No. 6/5 Tennessee crushed Idaho State, 14-2, in five frames on Friday in the Red Desert Classic.
"It was really neat to see Kat Dotson and Raven Chavanne hit grand-slam home runs," co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. "Both have been hitting the long ball a lot better this year, kind of reminiscent of what they did in 2010. That just brings a lot more to our offense when they're able to hit the long ball."
The Lady Vols (2-0), who were the away team in this game, never trailed and exploded late with a seven-run fourth and a five-run fifth to cruise past Idaho State (0-1).
Dotson was 2-for-3 with the grand slam, four RBIs, and one runs scored. Chavanne had the grand slam and also scored a pair of runs. Sophomore Cheyanne Tarango drilled a solo homer to center field early in the game to set the tone.
Gabriel picked up the win after tossing 3.1 innings with three strikeouts and two runs allowed. Senior Ivy Renfroe pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in relief.
ISU ace Amanda Fitzsimmons (0-1) took the loss after allowing eight earned runs in four innings of work. Bailey foster allowed five earned runs in one relief frame.
UT climbed out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Madison Shipman scored from third base on a fielding error by ISU shortstop Hailey Breakwell.
Tarango hammered a deep blast over the center field wall to open the second inning. It was UT's second home run of the season and the first for Tarango in 2013.
After a scoreless third inning, Tennessee had a busy fourth. With the bases loaded and no outs, Melissa Brown hit an RBI single to extend UT's lead to 3-0. Two batters later, with the bases loaded once again, freshman Rainey Gaffin drilled a single to right center, plating Hannah Trainer for UT's fourth run of the game. Brown scored on a wild pitch and after Chavanne was walked, Dotson stepped in for a monster grand slam to right field. The Lady Vols' lead grew to 9-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, ISU got on the board when Vicky Galasso hit a one-out, two-run homer to left field.
The Tennessee hit parade continued in the top of the fifth. With one out and the bases loaded, Gaffin game up with another RBI single, this one to left field. Chavanne was next up and she connected for a grand slam that rifled down the right field line and over the fence.
Both Dotson and Chavanne's homers were their first since 2011.


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Systems of equations
A "system of equations" is when we're dealing with more than one equation at the same time. These tutorials show you how to set up and solve systems of equations.
This video series covers everything you need to know about systems of equations, through stories about trolls, kings, and cupcakes!
Whether in the real world or a cliche fantasy one, systems of equations are key to solving super-important issues like "the make-up of change in a troll's pocket". This tutorial shows you how to solve systems of equations graphically.
We already know that we can represent the set of all x-y pairs that satisfy a linear equation as a line. If there is a point where two of these lines intersect, then the x-y pair corresponding to that point must satisfy both equations. Common Core Standards: 8.EE.C.8, 8.EE.C.8a
You can solve a system of equations with either substitution or elimination. This tutorial focuses with a ton of examples on elimination. You'll learn best if you pause the videos and try to do the problem before Sal does. Once you get a hang for things, feel free to skip forward to the exercises. Common Core Standards: 8.EE.C.8, 8.EE.C.8b
This tutorial is focused on solving systems through substitution. It has more examples than you can shake a dog at. As always, pause the video and try to solve before Sal does. Once you get a hang for things, feel free to skip the rest of the videos and try the exercises. The best way to learn, after all, is to do rather than just listen! Common Core Standards: 8.EE.C.8, 8.EE.C.8b
Learn about the possible number of solutions of systems of linear equations. Spoiler: There can be a single solution, zero solutions, or infinite solutions. These different cases define the distinctions between "consistent" and "inconsistent" systems, and between "dependent" and "independent" systems.
Now that we are able to solve any kind of system we are given, it's time to use that knowledge to solve some word problems.


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burgle somebody/something to enter a building illegally, usually using force, and steal from it We were burgled while we were away (= our house was burgled). The house next door was burgled. CollocationsCrimeCommitting a crime commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism steal somebody's wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone rob a bank/a person/a tourist break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment hijack a plane/ship/bus smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants launder drug money (through something) forge documents/certificates/passports take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe run a phishing/an email/an Internet scamFighting crime combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot help/support/protect the victims of crimeInvestigating crime report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police witness the crime/attack/murder/incident investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime collect/gather forensic evidence uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker question/interrogate a suspect/witness solve/crack the case See related entries: Committing crime Word Originlate 19th cent.: originally a humorous and colloquial back-formation from burglar.verbjump to other results
BrE BrE//ˈbɜːɡl//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbɜːrɡl//(British English) (North American English burglarize
BrE BrE//ˈbɜːɡləraɪz//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbɜːrɡləraɪz//)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they burgle
BrE BrE//ˈbɜːɡl//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbɜːrɡl//he / she / it burgles
BrE BrE//ˈbɜːɡlz//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbɜːrɡlz//past simple burgled
BrE BrE//ˈbɜːɡld//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbɜːrɡld//past participle burgled
BrE BrE//ˈbɜːɡld//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbɜːrɡld//-ing form burgling
BrE BrE//ˈbɜːɡlɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbɜːrɡlɪŋ//Committing crime
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The Opioid Treatment Program is one component of the 8-West Acute Behavioral Inpatient Unit's detoxification service. The 8-West Unit is part of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's Behavioral Health service. Saint Francis provides acute, inpatient child, adolescent and adult psychiatric and substance abuse treatment on four specialty care units.
8-West is a 24-bed in-patient psychiatric unit for adult patients 18 years of age or older with substance use disorders, and co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Three distinct treatment services are provided: 1) medically managed inpatient detoxification; 2) medical and acute psychiatric stabilization for patients with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders; and 3) chemical dependency rehabilitation services to provide recovery maintenance skills training, and individualized relapse prevention planning for patients requiring this level of ongoing post stabilization structure, and medical supervision to achieve and sustain recovery goals.
Individuals receive 24-hour acute inpatient medically managed level of care in a safe, secure, and supportive environment. This enables individuals with substantial loss of control over substances to concentrate their energies on recovery away from problems that can impair their progress. The program at the 8-West Unit is designed to incorporate treatment interventions that effectively address needs that persons with substance use disorders have in common, as well as to respond to each client's specific challenges to attain long term recovery goals.
Referrals can be made from community agencies, outpatient providers, families, and managed care companies. Prompt, confidential assessments are completed by a licensed behavioral health professional to determine the severity of the crisis. Following the initial assessment, clients are triaged into the level of care and service, which is most appropriate to address their individual treatment needs. Saint Francis Behavioral Health follows InterQual utilization review criteria as guidelines for admission and continued stay decisions. (InterQual is consistent with revised ASAM criteria regarding the need for medically managed detoxification.)
Patients who are evaluated by our physician as appropriate for methadone detoxification protocol (opioid dependent with current use pattern, and withdrawal history that indicates the need for pharmacological intervention to alleviate withdrawal discomfort) are admitted to the Opioid Treatment Program. Exclusionary criteria for methadone detoxification includes pregnant women (see protocol), patients under 18 years of age, and patients who have been detoxed using methadone two times within the past 12 months (unless the patient meets the CSAT criteria for waiver and waiver application is filed by the physician).
Professional Staff: The Opioid Treatment Program team is headed by a Board Certified Internal Medicine physician with over 11 years in the practice of Addiction Medicine who maintains ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine) CME training annually, and a Board Certified Psychiatrist (American Society of Psychiatric Medicine) with over 5 years experience with the treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Other members include: Advanced Practice Nurse Clinician; Registered Nurses; Licensed Pharmacist; Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Master's level Clinician; Creative Therapist; Dietitian; Pastoral Counselor; and Mental Health Workers. All of these staff are supervised by Behavioral Health Leadership Team which is headed by the Chairman and Director of Behavioral Health Services and Medical Director of the Opioid Treatment Program, who is Board certified in General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry.
Our staff recognizes that detoxification is often the first stage of treatment for the chemically dependent person. The goal of detoxification is to wean the dependent person from their substance with a minimum of suffering and thereby encourage the addict to continue with other stages of treatment and recovery. Assessment begins with the identification of observable withdrawal symptoms, toxicology results, patient presentation and reported history of response during withdrawal.
Our system is committed to continuously pursue the advancement of treatment interventions, which have a demonstrated effectiveness for improving the probability that our patients will be successful in sustaining positive treatment outcomes. Effective assessment and treatment must address associated medical, psychological, developmental, family, social, vocational, and legal problems. We rely on the diagnostic skill of our multidisciplinary treatment team, who collaborate in the formulation of a comprehensive and individualized treatment plan.
Gender specific, culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate, and diagnostically related services are available to meet the specialized needs of women, and dually diagnosed patients. HIV/AIDS patients are maintained on all treatment regimens and care is coordinated with their infectious disease specialist or clinic, when needed. All patients are assessed for acute or chronic pain problems at the time of admission. Treatment interventions and continuing care services are implemented to effectively address co-occurring pain disorders.
The components offered for our client's treatment include:
We recognize the importance of the patient's perception that each episode of treatment is successful, and that he/she is moving toward the achievement of his/her long-term care goals. Continuing care planning and aftercare services is an important part of each treatment episode, providing direction and structure to assist patients in maintaining treatment benefits. Specific continuing care plans are designed to address the individual patient's needs. These include gender or culturally specific services, psychiatric and specialized medical follow up, a full range of recovery supportive continuing care options, and specialized services for HIV/AIDS.
Patients are provided an opportunity to express concerns or complaints through a confidential Complaint Form that provides direct access to all levels of Administration. All concerns and complaints are addressed and responded to within 24 hours (see Patient Complaint Policy). This procedure is also utilized in the event that a patient is in disagreement with the staff decision to initiate discharge. In addition to the steps outlined in the Patient Complaint Procedure, patients may request an administrative hearing in the presence of an outside advocate. This meeting is not a formal legal procedure, but its sole purpose is to resolve all areas of continued disagreement or conflict with the patient, and to ensure that the patient's needs for continuing care are fully addressed.
We have in place an effective monitoring system for the detoxification services and rehabilitation interventions. The monitoring enables us to evaluate and compare the outcomes established for the detoxification and rehabilitation interventions. The goal is to assess and improve treatment compliance and retention; increase the percentage of positive discharges completing treatment with benefit. Goals/objectives achieved 2002 to 2005 include:


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Metal Band Puts an Interesting Spin on Goo Goo Dolls 'Iris'
Goo Goo Dolls in my opinion have pretty much solidified their spot in rock/pop history with their explosive hit from 1997, 'Iris' is probably the most well known Goo Goo Dolls song. While they have several other huge hits (too many to name off here!) They're mainly known for their pop-ballad kind of songs. This metal band Sleeping With Sirens, took 'Iris' and performed it, keeping it a ballad, but put their own spin on it. My brother is a big fan of this band and really likes their music, so I thought I'd share their 'Iris' cover with you. Now to be completely honest, I have to say they do very well,but when you take on a song like 'Iris' it's a definite challenge. You can be the judge. Enjoy!


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Tomorrow was the Surewood Forest Fly-Eating Contest. Gorf, the frog, sat by the pond where the contest would take place. He had been practicing all year. If anyone had the fastest tongue in the forest, it was him. His friend, Rivet, thought so, too. … read more.
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Once upon a time, a Little Test went to school to help the students. However, some students didn't like it. "I don't like this Test. Send it back where it came from!" said Albert … read more.
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(Reader 1 holds closed box; Reader 2 stand in the centre with closed box accessible behind him; Reader 3 stands with head down until part begins) Reader 2: "What's in the box?" Reader 1: "I'll show you, but you can't hold it." Reader 2: "Oh, c'mon—please? I promise I won't drop it." … read more.
"I don't want to go to school tomorrow," said Olivia. "Why not?" asked Pippi. "You really love reading, though I can't understand why. I like Science." "Mrs. Fairweather said that we are starting a new Science unit tomorrow. Then she said that she's bringing her thesaurus to school for us to see," said Olivia. I don't like Science, and I'm afraid to see her Thesaurus." … read more.
Rocco slid off the ramp into the bay and floated up to the dock. "Hi—I'm Rocco the Sailboat—who are you?" he asked the two boats sitting there. "I'm Winnie the Speedboat—but I guess you can tell I'm a speed boat—I'm all shiny and yellowy and…speedy-looking! My job is to take people for fast rides in the bay. Wow—your sails look new," said Winnie. … read more.
Play opens with Cleo on stage moving around with a net, looking left, right, up, & down. Cleo goes off; "Tongue" comes on, moving around looking left, right, up & down. Tongue goes off. Suddenly, they both pop up in opposite corners, looking away from each other, but backing towards each other. As they collide, Cleo turns & tries to catch Tongue in the net. They battle for a few seconds, then Tongue excapes offstage. Enter Pepper. … read more.
Task: ~To find/use nouns, verbs, pronouns which emphasize God's greatness ~To illustrate Moses' song of God's greatness in His victory over the Egyptians … read more.
Student A: (Rings bell; looks confused) H-hello…is anyone here? Storekeeper: (bustles in, jovial) Please, come in—come in—welcome to Guards R Us --How may I help you? Student B: (still confused) Well, we're looking for a way to guard— … read more.
Turn over your letters. What word can you spell with them? (Hints: it's a verb; it begins with an "e"). Have a laugh at the words they come up with, then… -Where have you heard this word before? … read more.
Methuselah ate what he found on his plate, And never, as people do now, Did he note the amount of the calorie count; He ate it because it was chow. … read more.
Yes—Recess! Time for soccer. I wrestled my apple from my lunch kit and slammed the locker door shut. "Hey Thomas, I'll see you on the soccer field!" I scurried by my friend's locker on my way to the door. Thomas always beat me outside, but today I was first. "Hey, Malcolm—c'mon, we're ready to start! Where's Thomas?" Ben bounced the soccer ball, then threw it in the air. … read more.
Does someone in your family hold hands? Why do we hold people's hands? (i.e., caring, safety, helpfulness). Whose hand do you like to hold? Why? (Give each one a turn, depending on time; discuss) … read more.
Teacher: (Standing in front of class, looking through tube to back of room) Hmmm…I don't see them yet, but they should be here any minute. … read more.
Today we're doing a word search in the Bible! It's a bit different than the ones you usually do. The Psalmist wrote down his thoughts and prayers that God gave him. Some of these are in Psalm 119. He used some important words over and over (discuss words). Find as many words you can. It is a very long Psalm, so we may not do the whole thing together. … read more.
-2 medium-sized red balloons - the first one will be popped & the second one will just be blown up, so get at least one that pops easily -use 1st balloon & put 2nd one out of sight … read more.
-Does "fearfully" mean scary-looking, like the scale worm? (fearfully- the sense that God's infinite power could make something as amazing as our bodies) -How are we like the scale worm? (it eats, lives in its special environment, was created by God) … read more.


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Study finds messy streets increase discrimination
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Dutch scientists have found that a messy environment can make people long for order and inspire them to simplify or categorize things in their minds.
As a result, people may be more likely to stereotype and discriminate against others when the world around them is in disarray, the researchers said in a study published in the journal Science on Thursday.
Diederik Stapel and Siegwart Lindenberg of Tilburg University in the Netherlands showed this effect with two field experiments and a series of laboratory studies, and they say the message to policymakers is clear:
Keeping neighborhoods clean and tidy, and investing in repair and renovation may help combat discrimination in society.
During a cleaners' strike at a train station, when litter and rubbish was strewn about the floor, the researchers asked 40 white Caucasian passers by to sit anywhere in a row of chairs and complete a survey about stereotypes. The first chair in the row was occupied by a black person.
The researchers then repeated this exercise the following day after the train station had been cleaned up, and found that travelers generally chose to sit further away from the person in the first chair when the station was messy, compared to when it was clean.
"In the orderly condition they sat equally close to a white or a black person, and in the disorderly condition they sat significantly further away from the black person than from the white people," Lindenberg said in an interview with Science.
Stapel and Lindenberg then hit the streets, polling 47 passers by about their stereotypes. During the first round of interviews, tiles were removed from the pavements, a car was parked on the curb and a bicycle was left in the street. But on the second day, the street was cleaned up to make it look neat and orderly.
The scientists found passers by discriminated against others more and chose to donate less to a "Money for Minorities" fund when the were on the messy street, compared to the clean street. Continued...


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Nisha Patel-Nasri, 29, was killed by a single stab wound to her upper groin late on Thursday outside her house in north-west London. She is believed to have gone outside in her nightclothes after hearing noises. She had spent the evening celebrating her third wedding anniversary with her husband.
Yesterday, with police having identified two suspects they want to come forward, her brother told of his grief on what should have been his wedding day. Katen Patel, 33, spent what was going to be one of the happiest days of his life instead urging those responsible for his younger sister's death to come forward.
Mrs Patel-Nasri ran a hairdressing business and was also a volunteer special constable. Mr Patel said he had pleaded with his sister not to volunteer because the work was "very, very dangerous", but he said her desire to serve her community took priority. "She wanted to do it, she got in; she was very proud, and she did it free of charge ... she did it out of the goodness of her heart to help people and catch people."
He said his sister had been open-minded and brave, qualities she brought to her police work. He also described the central place in his life that his sister had: "She did pretty much everything for me as a sister, and I know she would do anything at any time, at any hour of the day; she would always be there."
Mr Patel told how his sister had been looking forward for years to his wedding: "She had just been waiting for this day for years and years and years and years. She kept trying to set me up with so many of her hairdressing clients ... but the day's here now, and she's not around, and I'm not even thinking about the wedding, I'm just thinking about her."
He told how she had begun hairdressing as soon as she left school, and after training built up a successful business while looking after their sick mother.
Mr Patel appealed for anyone with information to come forward. Police said they were looking for a second suspect who is believed to have walked away, ignoring Mrs Patel-Nasri's screams after she was stabbed. Detective Superintendent Julian Worker said: "The truth of the matter is Nisha is screaming and he doesn't look back."
Detectives are also looking for another man in a hooded top who was seen in the area around the time of the stabbing, and who may have been covered in blood: "It's possible he may have injured himself, as can happen, or have been covered in blood because of the stabbing," a police spokeswoman said.
Police also said they were investigating links with an attempted burglary at Mrs Patel-Nasri's home five days earlier. The police volunteer challenged three men who fled the house, outside which were parked expensive cars used by her husband in his limousine business.
Yesterday her husband, Fadi, 32, said the attempted break-in had left his wife "worried and scared", but said it would not have led to her behaving rashly.
Detectives are also investigating any links between threats made to Mr Nasri and the murder of his wife. Police declined to give more details but said it was being treated as "one line of inquiry".
Detectives also appealed to a couple seen in the area to come forward, though they are not believed to be suspects.
Mr Nasri used broadcast and print interviews to ratchet up the pressure on the suspects and anyone who knows them to come forward. "Obviously, someone has got a guilty conscience; they will be worrying about what they have done, or be shocked; or maybe it was an accident or mistake, or whatever," he said. "We know that someone has to know something who lives around them, a neighbour, or seen some blood, or someone acting suspiciously or nervous. It might not be important, but just give us a call and let us know."


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Marion County Meth Bust
Ocala, Florida -- Virginia Huston lives in South Carolina but owns a home in Ocala.
When her son Robert went to go check on her mail like he normally does, he started noticing things out of place; the chain to the front gate, boxes in the home where he didn't leave them, wires on the ground, etc.
He became suspicious and he had every right to. He noticed a man run to the back of the house. Robert confronted him and another in the shed out back.
The two men were manufacturing methamphetamine, right in his mother's home.
He chased them off and told deputies that one of the men was his daughter Theresa's boyfriend, Christopher.
When Virginia found out she was clearly upset, telling us that she fed Chris on numerous occasions when he had no food.
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies are working to get warrants to searcg both men's homes.
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Here's a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) guide on how to adjust E-Code headlights for MK3 Jetta/Golf that I made for you. For more DIY information here http://jettajunkie.com/vw-jetta/show...954#post121954
Common cause for misaligned headlights
Since I have replaced my MK3 Jetta North America (NA) headlights to E-codes, headlights alignment needs to be done because the calibration is way off on my car.
- Front end damage
- Fender bender
- head light replacement
- Accidentally adjusted the adjust screw/knob instead of the retaining fasteners when replacing headlight bulbs
- Vehicle rear load is greater than the front
In the illustration below, the comparison between NA headlight and European headlight pattern are different to each other. The Euro headlight pattern (red) covers more lights shinning out towards the road compared to NA headlight pattern (blue). The X is your mark. The hot spot is where the diagonal and horizontal lines meet. This will ensure that as traffic approaches, the hot spot won't be pointing up into their eyes. The headlight hot spots are located differently between the two headlights type due to their different patterns, so the adjustments between the two are the same, just the hot spots are different.
Since we drive drive on the right side on the road and traffic direction is on our left here in USA, I would adjust my headlights to aim exactly as the illustration below that I've made with the red marks. This aiming adjustment is very important because as traffic approaches, the hot spot won't be pointing up into their eyes.
Prepare the following required tools at the pictures below to perform the proper headlights adjustment.
Step 1 Identify and locate headlight adjustment knobs
- -Large cross head screw driver
- -Tape
- -Measuring tape
The Vertical headlight adjustment knob are the one closest to the fender and the horizontal adjustment knob are the one closest to the radiator inside the engine bay on these MK3 E-code headlights. The vertical adjustment knob can only be accessed with the cross head screw driver while the horizontal can be easily accessed by hand.
Step 2: Headlights height and distance
Figure out the distance between the 2 headlights dead center and the height of the MK3 E-code headlights dead center to the ground. Since my Mk3 Jetta is lowered with coilover suspension, the height of my headlights dead center to the ground is 23" and the distance between the two headlights are 43".
(Note: Headlights heights varies by suspension type and settings, tire inflation amount, and body structural condition of the vehicle)
Step 3: Mirror the measurements
Find a place with very little light and with plenty of space, then find a wall with a very well leveled surface to mirror the measurements of the headlights with. Park the vehicle very close to it vertically a much as possible so that both headlights are having the same distance to the wall. Mark the wall with an X with strips of tapes mirroring the same measurements of the headlights.
Step 4: Headlights aiming
Pop open the hood and turn on the headlights and adjust the headlight knobs so that the headlight beam is aligned dead center to the X tape marks.
Step 5: Headlight beam consistency
Now that the headlight beam is on the X tape marks, reverse the vehicle up to 25'ft. try to reverse as much as straight as possible facing the wall so that both headlights of the vehicle are vertically similar in distance to the wall. Then readjust the knobs so that the headlight beam is hitting the X tape mark.
Step 6: Final headlight adjustment
Now that the vehicle is 25ft away from the wall with the headlight on and the headlight beams are aligned perfectly to the X tape mark, adjust the left/ driver side headlight vertically slightly downwards just like the red marks on the Headlight aiming concentration illustration (above). The reason is because so that the oncoming traffic on to the left side of the road approaches, the hot spot won't be pointing up into their eyes. To ensure the hot spot won't blind oncoming traffic, its optional to adjust the headlight on the oncoming side (which is the left/ driver side headlight for USA) away towards the the passenger side.
Step 7: Close the hood and pack up, then test drive to test the visibility of the headlights. Refer back to step 3 if more adjustments needed till satisfied of the headlight visibility.


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Cheetah Robot Sprints Faster Than Usain Bolt
Boston Dynamics and DARPA's feline bot can sustain speeds of 28.3 mph and they plan to test an outdoor version early next year.
The Cheetah Robot developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA has surpassed its previous speed record by getting up to 28.3 mph. This is 0.5 mph faster than Usain Bolt, who ran at a maximum speed of 27.78 mph during his 100-meter world record in 2009. Additionally, the robot is able to maintain this speed for as long as it has power.
The current version of the Cheetah Robot runs on a high-speed treadmill with offboard power and uses a boom-like device to keep it running in the center. Early next year, the developers plan to begin testing an untethered outdoor version called WildCat (shown in the picture above), which will operate more naturally in the field. Check out the video below to see the Cheetah Robot in action:


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Windage Trays
I am looking for info regarding Windage Trays. I understand they help the oil stay near the pick up during high speed turns but are they really necessary for the part time street/strip car of the 400 + HP catagory?? I am currently running a Pontiac 400 mildly built with a Canton Racing pan (has internal baffles) in my 66 Goat. Is the tray really necessary???
IMO.... I don't think a windage tray is NECESSARRY, but 'free' horse power is free horse power..... (forty bucks for a windage tray isn't free..) I can't tell if my motor is any stouter for having one or not. But i'd like to think that is the reason i'm running as strong as i am ...... if you can, get a milodon tray, they come with yellow stickers, the KEY to HP.....
the tray's basic function is to keep the oil off the crank, reducing aeration of the oil, and decreased drag (minutely parasitic) on the crank. The baffles keep the oil on the pickup.
As the name implies, a windage tray keeps the wind currents generated in the crankcase from pulling the oil up and into the rotating crank shaft. The bigger an engine and the higher the revs the more current is created. The oil is not as likely to be pulled away from the pick-up as it is to act as resistance to the rotating assembly, or simply take away some horsepower. I us a windage tray in every engine I build, and think it is a cheap addition, I suggest you install one. While it isn't as likely to pull the oil from the pick-up it can, as the rpms climb and oil is circulating, contribute to a low supply of oil in the pan.
From what I understand trays help to keep oil in pan/ scrape(not psy. of course) oil off the rotating assembly thus keeping rotating weight down allowing better rpm bands and gaining a few HP. The main job is to keep oil off crank. If you get one get a good one and not a solid tray one.
Thanks for all your input on my windage tray question. Canton sells a tray that goes with their pan and is sandwiched between the pan and the block. Seems this might be a leak potential but I haven't heard any bad press on the set up. Since I already have the canton pan I might as well use their tray too. Milidon sells the pan and tray combo but they said there could be Header clearance problems with the Milidon performance pans.
Stock 428 CJs used a tray that was held in place by the pan and I've never experienced any leakage problems. I'd go wth the Canton set up.
unless you have an leaky oil pan gasket you shouldn't have any trouble.windage trays that aren't part of the pan bolt in.you get studs longer than the bolts they replace so you can bolt the tray on after installi the crank.otherwise you would replace your cap bolts one at a time and retork them,then install the tray and nuts that hold them on.
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