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Snuggle Home 10" Gel Memory Foam Mattress
- Relieves pressure points
- Allows greater air flow
- Provides cooler sleep
- High density foam base provides stability, support, and longevity for your gel memory foam mattress
- Deluxe fabric mattress cover is zippered for easy removal and laundering
- Your mattress is compressed and boxed for convenience and economical shipping, and regains its full size and shape after opening
When it comes to mattresses, one size definitely doesn't fit all. The mattress should be longer than the tallest person sleeping on it. The bed width should allow enough space to fold your arms behind your head without going beyond the mattress edge or touching your partner's elbows (for two adults, we recommend either a queen or a king).
- Split sizes also available. Contact us!
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Snuggle up on the highly comfortable 10" Gel Memory Foam Mattress by Snuggle Home, and experience the next generation of performance and comfort. Open Cell Memory Foam infused with gel provides extra cooling properties and offers pressure point relief that comes from tossing and turning. A soft transitional foam layer enhances the Gel Memory Foam, yielding the highest rates of pressure relief and comfort for a medium firm mattress. Full support and stability are hallmarks of the durable high density foam base. The zippered deluxe fabric mattress cover may easily be removed for laundering. *Please Note: This item is made in the USA and Canada and includes Free Standard FedEx Shipping. It does not ship with Red Carpet Delivery. Your mattress is compressed and boxed for convenience and economical shipping, and regains its full size and shape after opening.
Comfort Type: Medium Firm
- Stretchknit cover
- 1" Gel Infused Open Cell Memory Foam
- 1.75" Transitional foam
- 7" High-density foam base
- Twin: 39 W x 75 D
- Twin XL: 39 W x 80 D
- Full: 54 W x 75 D
- Queen: 60 W x 80 D
- King: 76 W x 80 D
- Cal King: 72 W x 84 D
Suitable for Adjustable Base
Low Motion Transfer
Cooling Technology
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Items delineated as "FREE SHIPPING" ship free with ground shipping and do not include in-home delivery or setup, nor do they qualify for Red Carpet Delivery.
PLEASE NOTE: Web-Only Simmons Beautyrest mattresses will ship free and include in-home delivery and setup. Furniture pieces will ship with Curbside LTL delivery unless otherwise specified.
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We guarantee your new mattress will be delivered within a designated 1 day delivery window, or your delivery is free. If your delivery is late, simply contact the store of your original purchase after signing the delivery manifest with the delivery time stamp and we will credit your account or mail a refund check for the price of your delivery fee within three weeks. Participation may vary. See store for details. Not applicable on all products. As part of our Red Carpet Delivery Service, we will contact you to schedule delivery whenever it's convenient for you. While we install your new mattress, we will also haul your old mattress away. *Not available in all areas. **Same day delivery available in stores and next day delivery available online.


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The receptacle is what you plug your tool/appliance into. Receptacles have specific voltage and amperage ratings. There are 120 volt or 230/240 volt receptacles; some have a GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) built-in, some do not. Generators that have a voltage switch can switch from 120/240 volts, but there are separate outlets for each.
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The Big Bear Resort Association is giving away $50, $75 and $100 Shell gas cards, now through November 19, to guests who check into participating lodges throughout the mountain resort community.
Guests who stay two nights at a participating lodge receive a $50 gas card, those who stay three nights get a $75 gas card and those who stay four or more nights get a $100 gas card.
"We want to ensure our guests that they don't need to worry about the recent increase in gas prices, because this fall we're going to fill up their tanks for free!" said Rebecca Hrabia, director of operations for the Big Bear Lake Resort Association, in a news release.
Minimum night stays vary per lodge, and other restrictions may apply. The gas card promotion must be mentioned at the time of booking. The gas cards are redeemable at participating Shell gas stations and will be given to guests at check-in. There is a limit one gas card per reservation, and the offer may not be used in combination with any other offer.
Reach Joe via email, call him at 909-386-3874, or find him on Twitter @SBCountyNow.


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Choose from Three Options
- $23 for a dog spa package for a small dog up to 20 pounds (up to a $46 value)
- $27 for the above package for a medium-size dog between 21 and 50 pounds (up to a $54 value)
- $34 for the above package for a large dog between 51 and 70 pounds (up to a $68 value)
Appointments are available Tuesday through Saturday.
Happy Hounds Pet Grooming
When Happy Hounds Pet Grooming owner Barb Berntsen isn't volunteering as a groomer at the National Mill Dog Rescue or tending to her own pets—five dogs and one rescue cat—she's pampering her clients' pooches. For more than 15 years, she's conditioned and groomed fur, cleansed anal glands and ears, and helped canines combat shedding with FurMinator Shed-Less procedures. Soothing oatmeal baths inspire tail wagging and applications of dip shield dogs against fleas and ticks more effectively than a sweater made out of mosquito net.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 10/10/2013 (1385 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Further testing of south St. Vital water has shown it is safe to drink.
City officials late this afternoon released the results of a third-round of water sample testing done this week from the area where a boil-water advisory was imposed Tuesday night.
The results came back negative, again, for E.coli and total coliform bacteria.
"I assure residents that their tap water is safe and we have full confidence in our water treatment program," Diane Sacher, director of the City's water and waste department, said. "The test results re-affirm that the water meets all health and safety water quality regulations and guidelines."
A boil-water advisory was imposed Tuesday night, the first time in the city's history, for 12,500 Winnipeg homes in south St. Vital.
The advisory was imposed even though city and health officials believed the test results were a "false positive" – somehow caused by contamination of the samples either when they were collected or in the lab.
The first tests found traces of E.coli in two of three samples from the south St. Vital area, and traces of total coliform in the third sample from the same neighbourhood.
The advisory was lifted late Wednesday afternoon when a second test came back negative.
The city said it did more sampling in the same area Wednesday afternoon and the results came back today, again with no signs of E.coli or coliform bacteria.
Some people questioned the reliability of the second test results and the wisdom of lifting the advisory so quickly.
Sacher said the latest results support the decision to lift the advisory.
The city takes water samples on a weekly basis, every Monday, from 39 locations across Winnipeg.


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HyperSpec - Function EVERY, SOME, NOTEVERY, NOTANY
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PCL - sequence predicates
Successful Lisp - chapter12
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text: I have 2 Head Flexpoint Heat racquets in very good to excellent condition (9/10). I have had these frames about 3 years. One has its 3rd set of strings in it, the other has it's second set (it is a Head synthetic 17 gauge, not sure which string) set at midpoint of range, which I believe is 55#. The one on the second set will need the strings replaced soon, the one with 3rd set is newly strung and unhit. Both have 4 1/2" grips, 102" head size, lime/pea green, white and black with the anti.torsion bar in the Y. I have the covers for both frames, which are in perfect condition. I keep the frames inside the covers, and the covers are inside my 6 pack bag. These are in great shape, as I have not played much the last couple of years. These frames are better suited to someone who plays more than I do these days. These frames are great precision sticks, provide good power on the serve, but you have to provide the pace on groundstrokes and volleys. When you hit the sweetspot ("flexpoint") you can really throw some sharp angles on the ball. I am getting older, so am demoing frames that might help me in the power department a bit. I will ship both frames with covers for $100 TYD. I can accept PayPal, but prefer a USPS money order. I have perfect feedback on **** as 8891darren. e-mail - firstname.lastname@example.com Thanks


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Yuck. I hate plastic boots on Rainier, too. So what was the worst part, Daytonthose final two miles on the way down when you were hot, exhausted, footsore, and thigh-sore, yet able to see the oh-so-seemingly-close Paradise Lodge? Thats the part I hate, I will tell you that.
Asolo Expert GV GTX Mountaineering Boot
Expert GV GTX Mountaineering Boot
There are so many very good choices these days. Really, for what you are talking about, Scarpas Escape ($225) is fine. These are a heavy (but not heavy," if you get my drift) backpacking boot, suitable for crampons, with a Gore-Tex bootie, and very comfortable. Theyre not insulated, so just be sure to have some good wool socks. For a summer Rainier trip, they are perfectly fine. I also like Vasques Alpine Light GTX ($235), which are a little heavier but still nothing to compare to plastics.
Or, for something close to plastics for heft but still comfortable, try Asolos Expert GV GTX ($285). They have tough synthetic/leather uppers, beefy midsoles, and plenty of stability for use on steeper terrain with crampons. Ill be honest, ideally you see the mountain every day (as I do, if its clear), read the National Weather Service forecast, and then make an educated guess as to what to wear. That would let me go with a lighter boot such as the Escape, knowing I could finesse colder weather with good socks and gaiters. But for more of a take-whatever-comes boot, probably go with the Asolo.
Anyway, have fun. Go for early July, when the weather is better. And why the hell are you doing it again? Dont you have it out of your system yet?
The 2008 Summer Outside Buyers Guide is now online. From riding to trail-running to camping, get reviews of nearly 400 gear must-haves.


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Organic Awareness
Created from 100% Certified Organic coffees with the drip brewing method in mind. Organic Awareness features a balance of Indonesian and New World coffees that combine to make a bright, bold cup with an excellent mouth feel and a sweet, lingering chocolaty finish. Please note: We ship Organic Awareness on Wednesday and Monday of each week.
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The Photographic Works of Sherry Lee vol.1
Collection: Chicago, Infrared Alcatraz, Dream Sequence
de Sherry Lee
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I have been very lucky to visit various places around the United States, all of which have rendered images that I will never tire of looking at. I hope you enjoy them as well. This book represents a collection of images created and exhibited from 2006 - 2008.
Acerca del creador
Sherry Lee is a Los Angeles artist who loves photographs. She is a fan of music, movies and supports all forms of art. As a photographer she works in both traditional film and digital formats. As an artist, she loves to give found things new life, even her own snapshots. Her motto - "I see...I shoot...I create" allows creative reinterpretation of all things captured and collected. Inspirations include Lillian Bassman, Joel-Peter Witkin, Jim Marshall, Anton Corbijn, Andy Warhol, and Jasper Johns.


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I make a personal pledge to respect my fellow citizens, regardless of race, gender, or religion, and to uphold the laws of Great Britain. In so doing I acknowledge my personal responsibility to contribute to the country I have chosen to call my own. Lynne Killeen, Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
Come on Tim.Peter Douglas, Edinburgh
I swear to uphold the sovereignty and security of this United Kingdom. I shall endeavour to be mindful of the actions of others and be ever vigilant against those who would do us harm. I accept these obligations and responsibilities as a member of this sovereign nation, which I do affirm and swear to be a true and honest statement. As a citizen of the United Kingdom I shall behave honourably and do no wrong, knowing full well the consequences of such actions. I swear this oath. I shall abide by the rules and laws of state, and accept full responsibility for my actions, and inactions. For England and St George. Stuart Lanigan, Coventry. England
On my honour,
I promise that I will do my best,
And politely applaud when others do their best,
Even when it isn't really good enough,
So help us God.Peter Douglas, Edinburgh
I pledge allegiance to the country that feeds me, that shelters me, that heals me, that educates my children. I promise to uphold the laws of this, my land, whether I was born to it, or chose to come here. I promise that, first and foremost, I will do no harm to any other citizen of this land, by action or inaction, and I hereby give my word.Sara, London, England
I promise to obey the laws of the land and to respect all citizens of the United Kingdom. I promise to uphold the traditions and values that made this country what it is today. I will respect the freedom of all individuals to believe or not to believe in a God.Bob Slater, Stockport
I swear to always brew my tea with as much sugar as I can get away with, to provide burned bangers and mash to all those who dwell in my lodging and to stay true to the word of our prophet, Jamie Oliver.Mark, Ipswich
I pledge my allegiance to our realm and its dreadful weather, inefficient councils, incompetent government, failing schools, a declining NHS, our deep suspicion of foreigners and a celebrity obsessed media. Because it might all be rubbish but at least it's OUR rubbish and NO-ONE's got a right to rubbish us except ourselves. Michael Duffy, Southport
I, (name), do hereby pledge fealty to the dynasty of the monarchy we imported, the wind perpetual, rain eternal and sun somewhat transient; the various deities we all question through sense, the archetypal xenophobia from the 40s we shall e'er humour, the accents assumed by our old identity, lest our upper lips quiver in modernity; the use improper of the word "like", the use unperturbed of hypocrisy and the use unabetted of alcohol; the transport impunctual, the strikes ineffectual and the cynicism unerring that graces our dysfunctional nation state and our nation's dysfunctional state, here in her Britannic Majesty's Divided Kingdom, right down to the asymmetrical flag we sadistically make children struggle to draw the red lines on correctly. I, (name), do furthermore, for when the age of 60 or early retirement I do attain, pledge fealty to the dynasty of the travel agents in advance, where I shall get the next plane out of here, to ridicule the rat race from a safe distance.Ed Neal, Bristol, UK
I (state your name) swear and/or affirm (stated that way) that I rather like being in Britain and will try to be a bit less embarrassed about the fact that I am British. I also would like to say that I rather like/dislike (choose one) the monarchy in spite of/because of (choose one) their inability to keep out of the news for the wrong reasons. Furthermore while I am pro-Europe/Eurosceptical (choose one) this does not in any way reflect anything against the current government that may or may not reflect my views on this and various other issues I feel are important such as, but not limited to, council taxes, the National Health and the current state of the railway. So help me God/Allah/Yaweh/Vishnu/The Current Monarch/Bob Geldof (choose as many that apply).Gregg Barkley, Richmond, Virginia, USA
I swear... infrequently and normally in the privacy of my own home, which is where I also disregard other cultures' opinions and loosen my upper lip. I am British...Darren Stacey, Cheltenham
I swear to form a queue, to solve problems with a hot, brown drink, and to question authority. I will joke with strangers, and welcome newcomers. The past is to be respected, and the pompous are not to be tolerated. Britain is a crowded place, so I will not wave my arms about too much. In the name of the pillar box, and the weather, and the jam roly-poly. Hurrah!Mike, Rochester, Kent
I swear to be true to the Queen (or King) of England (even though I'm Welsh) and to never watch her speech on Christmas Day because there's always a good film on the other channel. I promise to moan constantly about the weather, the price of fuel, Americans and how much better things were 10/20/30 years ago. I will not leave my bag unattended on a railway station. I pledge allegiance to the flag of Ikea and can't wait for the next series of Dr Who which is very British and also made in Wales. I will not accept foreign currencies nor will I weigh items in grams when pounds are perfectly adequate. Wags, Tywyn Gwynedd
I swear allegiance to humanity, to the values expressed by the UN Charter and vow to uphold the Human Rights of all people in accordance with its precepts.Lorna McAllister, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
I solemnly swear to fill my words with silent letters, to queue with decorum, to complain about the weather no matter what it is and to always, always, pronounce the 'h' at the start of 'herb'. In doing so do I pledge allegiance to the worst country in the world (except for France, America, Germany, Spain, China, Estonia...)Joseph Wells, Norwich, England
"I promise that I will read a tabloid every day, I will accept everything it says without question and ensure that I do my duty to winge and complain about everything it tells me to, even if it is entirely made up, unless it is about Her Majesty the Queen."
Darren Maxwell, Dumfries, Scotland
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Constitution and its laws, one Nation, with liberty, justice and equality for all.Darren Sharrocks, Manchester
I pledge my allegiance to tat and Tesco. To grotty backstreets and overpriced houses. To the aristocracy owning the land our fathers fought to preserve. To the lack of community and public transport. To the Royal Family.Isabella Jackman, Germany
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Hello to all our hottie fans around the world and welcome to the MovieHotties.com extensive coverage of the 63rd Annual Cannes International Film Festival. As many of you know already and more will learn soon for sure, I'm a huge fan of the Cannes festival and every May for the past few years, I've done extensive coverage of the red carpet events for the vast premieres that take place during the festival. No other movie or celebrity gossip site provides this kind of coverage for Cannes and I enjoy giving you all the best of the best in terms of photos, news and now even videos from the various events. For the next week and a half, I'll be bringing you all the biggest highlights of the festival so stay tuned each day for more coverage as it appears.
When it comes to the jury selection at the festival, you always know that there will be some incredible talent in there to pick apart all the selected films to be judged. One element of the group however is that at least one or two of the female judges have to be absolutely smokin' hot to draw some real attention and that category goes to the lovely Kate Beckinsale this year. Kate arrived at the festival today and struck a pose with her fellow jury members while looking so yummy at the same time. This woman is incapable of looking bad so check out all the amazing shots of her below and enjoy.
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Hoodoo 500 Maps, Profile and 3D images, courtesy of Mike Sturgill
Elevation Profile:
Please note- Topo estimates the climbing to be 41,492'. In our experience, Topo way over estimates climbing because it doesn't take into account the "cuts" which are made to the surrounding topology to build roads. It just gives the climbing as if roads don't exist. We're ridden and/or driven every inch of this course - and report the total climbing to be closer to 30,000', depending on what altimeter/computer is used.


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|Intro to the Internet
Event Type: Computer & Technology Classes
Age Group(s): 55+, Adults
Date: 3/18/2013
Start Time: 9:30 AM
End Time: 10:30 AM
Learn how to access the Internet, perform a basic search, and use the library's website. Registration is required and space is limited. Completion of a Beginning Computers class at EVPL is highly recommended.Library: Redbank Branch
Location: Youth Computers - Redbank
Contact: Red Bank Branch
Contact Number: 812.428.8205
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Today we are releasing Modul8 v2.6.2.
The update is free for all registered users of Modul8 v2.6.
This updates follows the release of MadMapper v1.0 and is required for those who want to use Modul8 and MadMapper, along with minor updates, additional features and several small fixes.
To download Modul8 2.6.2 use your serial number to access yourspace:
Remember that if you want to use your downloaded modules you must copy them to the modules folder of the beta.
New features:
– Support for Syphon output in Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6). Syphon is a technology that allows you to share video image data between video applications. For more information about Syphon please see the Syphon website (http://syphon.v002.info/).
– Ability to the zoom the preview window in and out. Use the module system using the keyword direct_preview_zoom and with the new module 'Zoom preview'. A module called 'zoom enable (ui)' is available.
– Problem while registering Modul8 if the home directory permissions were changed.
– A problem with saving project files.
– Small display problem in the media info when using Flash files.
– Potential problem when changing the MIDI mapping preferences from 'project' to 'default' while mapping is enabled.
– Fatal error if a video capture driver takes too long to initialize.
Fixes (Modules):
– Description in the Keyword Browser Picking in the module editor.
– Toggle button and keyUp in the module system.
– A problem with the keyword 'direct_globalMask_surfaceBlend_Dest' in the module system.
– Fatal error in some cases when using the Painter module.
– CoreImage support for loading external CoreImage filters. This includes custom CoreImage filters as well.
– DMX support compatibility for some devices like VMS.
– Preview ratio limits extended from 40/1 to 1/10 in the Advanced Output window.
– Saves the render settings and the minimized state of the modules window.
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PQ 10. Minimum Wage—Increases
10. Minimum Wage—Increases
[Sitting date: 31 July 2014. Volume:700;Page:10. Text is subject to correction.]
10. ANDREW LITTLE (Labour) to the Minister of Labour : What measures, if any, will he take to lift pay rates so that workers on the minimum wage get their fair share of the economy?
Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Minister of Labour): The Government is committed to growing the economy through the recent Budget and the Business Growth Agenda, and ensuring that everyone gets a fair and growing share of the pie. This includes our year-on-year increases to the minimum wage, which now sits at $14.25 and is one of the most generous in the OECD. The April increase of 50c was higher than the CPI increase, which helps ensure the lowest-paid really do get a fair share of economic growth.
Andrew Little : In light of his public comments yesterday that increasing the minimum wage according to Labour's policy will cost jobs, why does he continue to make that claim when the last Labour Government increased the minimum wage by 70 percent and saw unemployment fall to as low as 3.5 percent—then the lowest in the OECD—towards the end of its term?
Hon SIMON BRIDGES : Because all of the advice that I have had shows that raising the minimum wage quickly and unsustainably, like the member wants to do, would result in 6,000 New Zealanders who are in jobs right now losing their jobs. So I think that the policies announced by the Labour Party yesterday should properly be seen as unemployment policies.
Andrew Little : Why does he continue to claim that raising the minimum wage causes job losses when the last Labour Government more than doubled the training rate, from $4.20 an hour to $9.60, and saw the unemployment rate for 15 to 19-year-olds drop from 16.5 percent to a low of 11.8 percent in 2005—a rate that has been consistently above 22 percent since 2009—after this Government introduced youth rates and the hated 90-day, no-rights law?
Hon SIMON BRIDGES : It is, of course, a question of where the minimum wage starts. We start right now with a minimum wage that has gone up by, I think, 19 percent since we have been in office. At $14.25, it is the highest minimum wage in the world, relative to average wages, and is the fifth-highest in real terms in the world—past three European countries and Australia. Taking it to $16.25 at the start of the next year would result in thousands of New Zealanders losing their jobs.
Andrew Little : Why does he continue to claim that raising the minimum wage causes job losses when the United States Department of Labor recently advised that after reviewing 64 studies on minimum wage increases, it found no discernible effect on employment, and when the United Kingdom Low Pay Commission commissioned over 130 pieces of research from economists—
Hon Steven Joyce : What happened to 30 bucks an hour? Why not 30 bucks? Why not $35?
Andrew Little : —Mr Joyce, you might want to listen to this and learn a few facts, for a change—and found that minimum wages—
Hon Steven Joyce : No, you could learn a few facts. Why not $35, Andrew?
Andrew Little : —sensitive, Mr Joyce, sensitive—boost workers' pay but do not harm employment?
Hon SIMON BRIDGES : Without being an expert on the United States, what is very clear is that it is starting from a much lower base in terms of its minimum wage than we are. Where we start, as highest in the world relative to average wage, makes it very clear that we put people out of jobs if we do otherwise. It is also clear that in New Zealand we are talking about a country made up of small and medium sized businesses that actually need increases in productivity and growth to take on more people. That is why the 90-day trial, the starting-out wage, and all of these policies that National has been promoting are creating real jobs for real people, not unemployment policies, like Labour announced yesterday.
Andrew Little : When will he and his Government come into the 21st century and accept that a fair minimum wage that allows workers to earn a decent income and live in dignity lifts productivity, is good for business, and is good for all New Zealanders?
Hon SIMON BRIDGES : We are already, of course, in the 21st century and we know that the policies we have got are creating jobs. I would like to know when the Greens will start supporting the 7,000 people in oil and gas in Taranaki and the Labour Party will do something about an appalling policy that would see something like 16,000 New Zealanders in the film industry put out of jobs. [Interruption]
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Water is life. The world needs water to survive. And yet many people have very little water, or it is dirty and contaminated. Clear Cambodia is changing this for the rural people of Cambodia. For more than 16 years Clear Cambodia (previously Hagar International's water filter program) has been implementing the BioSand Filter (BSF) technology in tandem with health and hygiene training and initiatives to improve the lives and health of rural Cambodians.
Clear Cambodia works closely with community leaders and local authorities to provide sustainable and low cost potable water, as well as latrines and training in health education to ensure long-lasting behavior change.
These initiatives are so successful that each year more than 30,000 requests are received from households, and many more from rural schools, wishing to participate in the programs.As of December 2015, Clear Cambodia (and the Hagar Water Filter Program) has worked in 11 provinces, implemented over 150,000 Household BioSand Filters, commissioned approximately 250 School BioSand Filters, and provided clean water to an estimated 870,000 rural beneficiaries (impacting approximately 6% of the national population).
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Sensory neural hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction have become the most common forms of sensory defects, affecting millions of people worldwide. Developing effective therapies to restore hearing loss is challenging, owing to the limited regenerative capacity of the inner ear hair cells. With recent advances in understanding the developmental biology of mammalian and non-mammalian hair cells a variety of strategies have emerged to restore lost hair cells are being developed. Two predominant strategies have developed to restore hair cells: transfer of genes responsible for hair cell genesis and replacement of missing cells via transfer of stem cells. In this review article, we evaluate the use of several genes involved in hair cell regeneration, the advantages and disadvantages of the different viral vectors employed in inner ear gene delivery and the insights gained from the use of embryonic, adult and induced pluripotent stem cells in generating inner ear hair cells. Understanding the role of genes, vectors and stem cells in therapeutic strategies led us to explore potential solutions to overcome the limitations associated with their use in hair cell regeneration.
Hearing loss has become one of the most common disabilities in the United States and can affect almost every age group. The number of people with hearing loss worldwide has been steadily increasing over recent years, reaching almost 49 million people in the US alone [
The ear is of tremendous importance in sensing the world around us. Aside from being the prime organ for the perception of sound, it also plays a crucial role in balance. The inner ear is a highly specialized sense organ with a complex structure and has been referred to as a labyrinth [
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) involves damage to the cochlea (inner ear sensory hair cells) or the eighth nerve. It is irreversible and in most cases a hearing aid is required. Common causes for SNHL are aging, ototoxic drugs, noise induced trauma, inner ear concussion, and immune disorders [
Hair cells are sensory receptors located in the inner ear. They appear to be "hair-like" because of the numerous ciliary processes called stereocilia that extend from their surfaces. Hair cells are responsible for converting sound into electrical signals that are sent to the brain via the auditory nerve for processing. In the human cochlea, hair cell death can occur due to a variety of causes, such as age related deafness (presbycusis), a high dosage of ototoxic drugs (e.g., gentamycin, cisplatin, aminoglycosides), genetic disorders, infectious diseases, or high levels of noise exposure [
Over the past 30 years, several attempts have been made to understand the pathways involved in hair cell formation and death [
Hair cells are the mechanoreceptors in the inner ear that detect sound, head movements and orientation in space [
Differences between inner and outer hair cells.
|Arranged in a single row
|Arranged in three parallel rows
|Round and small
|Long and slim
|Transduce mechanical energy to neural signals
|Appear to impact and regulate the sensitivity of the cochlea over a range of 32 dB
|Sensory Neural Hearing loss
|Alter properties of cochlear input to the brain
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Classification of inner ear sensory epithelium.
Hair cells are flask-shaped cells with extended processes at their apical ends called stereocilia. The stereocilia are made of actin filaments and actin bundling proteins—fimbrin and espin [
Structure of a typical vestibular hair cell.
The kinocilium of cochlear hair cells in mammals degenerates a few weeks after birth [
The stereocilia are connected together by a filamentous tip link. The tips are connected to cation transduction channels that are involved in calcium and potassium ion exchange. Each hair cell has about 100 transduction channels; the hair cell's mechanical movement and ion exchange control the cell's membrane potential and provide the driving force for auditory or vestibular nerve excitation. Myosin motor proteins are activated by the calcium ions and play an important role in triggering the hair cell's adaptation to mechanical stimuli from stereocilia deflections [
Supporting cells are the non-sensory cells of the sensory epithelium and do not take part in sound transduction. They are located at the base of the hair cells and surround them, preventing contact between individual hair cells. The mammalian auditory system has two main types of supporting cells: the Deiter's cells support the outer hair cells at the base, and the pillar cells help in forming the reticular lamina, which isolates the stereocilia from their cell bodies. A few other supporting cells types include innerphalangeal cells, Hensen's cells, Claudius cells and Boettcher cells that are specialized cells and are not associated with hair cells [
Hair cells reside in the auditory and vestibular systems and are responsible for mechanoelectrical transduction of sound. Ototoxic drugs or noise induced stress can damage hair cells, thus compromising inner ear function. Supporting cells located at the base of the hair cells have the capability to regenerate hair cells in the vestibular system by mitotic division or transdifferentiation, though supporting cell proliferation may not always occur to replace lost hair cells.
It is important to identify and characterize genes that govern the ontogeny and differentiation of the cochlear epithelium; identifying such genes can lead to the design of several therapeutic approaches for sensory epithelial cell development and hair cell differentiation. A critical gene responsible for inner ear development is the
The other homologues of the
Additional genes involved in the control of supporting cell fate include
Summary of different genes used in inner ear gene therapy.
|Also known as
|Mammalian homologues of
|Responsible for development of inner ear sensory epithelium and is expressed in supporting cells and inner ear progenitors. Acts upstream of
|Member of the notch signaling pathway. Expressed in supporting cells of auditory and vestibular system. Required for the normal development of inner ear sensory organs.
|Expressed in neurons and neural precursor cells. Promotes the formation of ganglion neurons in the cochlea. Absence of
|Required for hair cell quiescence and cell-cycle exit of embryonic mammalian hair cells but not for their early differentiation. Deletion of Rb1 from progenitor cells leads to aberrant hair cell and supporting cell. Deletion of Rbl2 results in extra row of hair cells and supporting cells in apical regions of the cochlea.
|Cdkn1b and Cdkn2d
|Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor. Expressed in sensory progenitors during the early embryonic development of the cochlea. Regulates cell cycle and inhibits hair cell differentiation.
|Member of the
Schematic on the interaction of different genes and their contribution to positive and negative regulation of
Current therapies for treating hearing loss involve the use of either hearing aids or cochlear implants. Cochlear implants are only available to patients with severe hair cell damage and profound loss of hearing ability. However, the implants are not absolutely efficient in restoring hearing; their performance varies from patient to patient and requires training to adapt to the device. With advances in regenerative medicine using stem cells and gene therapy, several new strategies have emerged with the hope of permanently curing deafness. Some of these strategies are discussed in the following paragraphs.
A key to modifying cell phenotype is developing an effective means of delivering genes to the inner ear. As discussed earlier, the
An ideal vector is one that would ensure patient safety and effective transformation of undifferentiated cells. The commonly used vectors are derived from adenovirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV), herpes virus and lentivirus. Adenoviral mediated
Currently, no ideal vector exists for use in inner ear gene delivery. However, adenovector based gene therapy is currently the most widely used form of gene therapy in the inner ear. Newer recombinant forms of adenoviruses carrying the
The development and use of different viral vectors in inner ear gene therapy allows us to evaluate the effects of introducing specific genes and therapeutic molecules that can regenerate hair cells and prevent hair cell damage.
Summary of different viral vectors used in inner ear gene therapy.
Transfect a wide variety of cell types in the inner ear including spiral ganglions, outer hair cells, spiral ligament, stria vascularis, and mesenchymal cells in both auditory and vestibular systems.
Can produce high titer values that allow injection of small dose volumes for gene therap.
Transgene expression up to 3 weeks can be achieved. The short duration of gene expression is ideal for hair cell regeneration because prolonged
Effective in delivering
Allows insertion of large DNA segments. Recombinant forms can take up to 30kb foreign DNA.
Infects dividing and non-dividing cells with very high transduction efficiencies, both
Widely researched in clinical studies in both animals and humans, giving a better ability to tackle clinical complications that can arise.
Evokes a strong host immune response.
Does not offer long term gene expression.
Entry of the viral vectors is largely dependent on a host receptor called the coxsackie virus receptor (CAR).
Effectively transfect most inner ear cell types
Effective in targeting stria vascularis and delivering tropic factors like NT-3, BDNF, VEGF and FGF.
Transgene expression can occur up to 24 weeks
Non-toxic to inner ear cells and evokes low immune response.5) Lacks pathogenicity and has never been associated with any known human disease making them suitable for clinical applications.
Only effective with
Successful transgene expression
Previous studies haveshown possible dissemination of vector from target tissue.
Offers only a limited payload capacity owing to its small size.
Risk of insertional mutagenesis.
No substantial clinical experience.
Vector entry in to host largely depends on heparin sulfate receptor.
Effectively known to target non-dividing cells, specific to nerve cells, spiral ganglion, vestibular ganglion and mesenchymal cells in mice and guinea pigs.
Newer recombinant vectors offer stable and long term gene expression of up to 8 weeks.
Can take large DNA fragments.
Evokes a strong immune response.
Transfection is limited only to non-dividing neuronal cells.
Large size of the virusmakes it difficult tomanipulate.
The virus does not integrate into the host genome; hence gene expression can be unstable.
Difficult to produce high titer values and requires injection of high vector volumes.
No substantial clinical experience.
Transfect both dividing and non-dividing cells, including stem cells that are very difficult to transfect.
Effectively transduce spiral ganglion neurons and supporting cell
Studies indicate transgene expression in perilymphatic space for up to 2 weeks.
Limited to use in production of genes only in the perilymph.
Limited dissemination of vector and not suitable for sensory cell transduction.
Failure to transduce cells in the sensory epithelium
Can randomly integrate into host chromosome and capable of generating a replication competent virus.
No clinical experience and safety concern arise from human immune deficiency virus origin.
In situations where the loss of supporting cells may prevent transdifferentiation based regeneration strategies, hair cells may be replaced by stem cell therapy. In the last decade, there has been a considerable amount of attention directed toward stem cell-based therapies for treating diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cardiovascular diseases. The success of stem cells in treating these diseases opened opportunities for researchers to explore the use of stem cells in treating hearing disabilities. Stem cell therapy is based on the concept that, upon transplantation, the undifferentiated stem cell has the capacity to respond and react to surrounding cell signals and differentiate into the appropriate cell type associated with the signal. Stem cells are a useful way of exploring the molecular pathways that underlie hair cell genesis. Some of the stem cell-based therapeutic strategies that have employed stem cells in the effort to cure hearing loss are listed below.
ESCs are pluripotent and capable of giving rise to cells from any of the three germ layers [
Although these studies have demonstrated successful
Promising results have been shown with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) in the field of hair cell regeneration. Mesenchymal stem cells derived from rat bone marrow have been reported to differentiate into inner ear progenitors and express sensory cell markers including myosin VIIa, espin, Brn3c, p27kip and jagged2
Adult stem cells isolated from mouse macular organs have been shown to differentiate into hair cells when cultured with EFG and IGF-1 [
Transplantation studies in mice with bone marrow-derived hematopoietic stem cells (BMHSCs) suggested the possibility of differentiation of BMHSCs into mesenchymal cells and fibrocytes in the adult inner ear [
Adult stem cells from many tissues are now being used to investigate cures for various diseases. These cells are not concerned with any ethical issues and can enter clinical trials involving autologous transplantation therapies and used in bioengineered products. In treating inner ear disorders, bone marrow-derived stem cells have shown the most favorable results [
The discovery of generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) introduced a new dimension to stem cell research. iPSCs are produced from fibroblasts, other somatic cells and adult stem cells, which are reprogrammed to express certain genes and maintain characteristic properties of embryonic stem cells. iPSCs opened up the possibility of generating and using patient-specific stem cells without immune rejection
ESCs have high survival rates and migration capacity when implanted into the cochlea [
Some of the barriers that exist with the use of stem cells are the formation of tumors and graft-versus-host diseases. Another concern is the integration of stem cells in the inner ear. Owing to the spiral structure of the cochlea, it is challenging to direct the stem cells into the desired location and evaluate the integration of differentiated stem cells inside the cochlea. Further investigation with the use of different stem cell types and advancements in the existing approaches are necessary before they can enter the clinic and begin treating hearing disorders.
Nevertheless, these concerns bring opportunities for bioengineers and clinicians to engineer cells and vectors carrying a combination of genes and therapeutics and develop methods and devices to deliver therapeutics at appropriate locations. Recent advances in stem cell technology and gene based therapies provide the framework required for the development of potential treatment options.
The success of current approaches unveils the possibility of using different viral vectors, genes, growth factors and stem cell types in regenerating inner ear hair cells. Nevertheless, more research is still required to overcome challenges involved before these approaches will be ready for clinical and commercial use. Although several studies have reported the generation of hair cell-like cells
Audiologists and scientists have come a long way toward reaching the goal for hair cell regeneration in mammals by developing inner ear gene therapy strategies in animal models. However, an improvement in the existing gene delivery techniques is required to suit clinical applications.
Some of the drawbacks associated with inner ear gene therapy are addressed below. For example, gene delivery studies have shown that over-expression of the
Besides developing strategies to control the expression of the
Gene delivery and stem cells are a potential cure to hearing loss; however, there are limitations that must be overcome. Gene therapies must consider using combinations of essential genes and cell cycle inhibitors to control the production of hair cells, and detailed quantification of hair cell functionality is necessary. Gene delivery vehicles with minimal risk of mutagenesis and immune response must also be developed. Finally, an ideal route to implant stem cells inside the cochlea would be essential for successful innervations of hair cells, thereby allowing better, if not pristine transmission of sound with the assistance of a cochlear implant.


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Work with dyslexic children earns Pine woman honor
Maria Paluselli is a humble woman, even when she's recognized for her life's work with dyslexic children.
"This has been my work and what I love to do for the past 20 years, so I kind of feel strange being recognized for something that I so enjoy," she said. "It's what I love and it's been extremely satisfying watching middle or high school non-readers learn to read. That's life changing."
Paluselli, 43, of Pine, is being honored with The Christopher Gardner Award for Excellence in the Field of Dyslexia in recognition of her work in expanding awareness of dyslexia in the Pittsburgh region.
She'll receive the award on April 5 at Dyslexia Today 2014: A Conference for Professionals and Parents hosted by the Pittsburgh regional branch of the Pennsylvania International Dyslexia Association in the DoubleTree by Hilton in Green Tree.
The Christopher Gardner award was started by his wife, Carrie, after her husband, who had dyslexia, died. It is to honor someone in Western Pennsylvania who has made a significant difference in the lives of people with dyslexia. About one in five children is affected by the language-based learning disability.
"My husband being dyslexic had no resources whatsoever growing up," Carrie Gardner said. "Then my daughter is dyslexic and we're the in second generation and we're still struggling to get the help my husband couldn't get."
She nominated Paluselli for the award this year. The recipient is chosen by the board of the Pittsburgh International Dyslexia Association.
"Maria was such a guiding force in everything that I had to go through and I know how many other people she's affected and influenced throughout her years working," Carrie Gardner said.
Paluselli got her start working with dyslexic children more than 15 years ago. After receiving her master's degree in special education from Duquesne University, she began working as a learning support teacher at North Allegheny School District.
One summer she took a workshop at the University of Pittsburgh on the Orton-Gilingham instructional method, which is a phonetics-based approach to teach reading through repeating, retracing and writing simultaneously.
"I'd never heard of it before, but the description sounded like my students that I felt ill-equipped to teach as a new teacher," Paluselli said.
After taking the summer course, the Pittsburgh Scottish Rite Masons were looking for someone to help open the Children's Dyslexia Center in Pittsburgh in 1999. Her workshop professor recommended Paluselli for the position.
Paluselli served as the director of the Pittsburgh Children's Dyslexia Center for 10 years, teaching more than 150 dyslexic students how to read and training more than 40 tutors in the Orton-Gilingham approach. She also helped form the Pittsburgh regional branch of the International Dyslexia Association in 2001.
"It seemed to be chance events, but it was pretty amazing," she said of her decision to take the workshop that summer. "I opened that center with them and served there for 10 years as their director. I resigned from North Allegheny because I just fell in love with this."
Paluselli now works as a learning support teacher at Eden Hall Upper Elementary.
Although Paluselli's life has been devoted to teaching dyslexic children, she says there's still a long way to go in the Pittsburgh region, calling it a "dyslexic desert" for its lack of private schools devoted to teaching dyslexic children.
"This area doesn't have any private schools trained in dyslexia and I have been able to share this with other teachers and see them get energized," she said. "It's empowering."
For more information about the Pittsburgh International Dyslexia Association or the conference, visit www.pbida.org.
Rachel Farkas is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-779-6902 or email@example.com.


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Latest Trailer For The Impossible Online
Tsunami drama gets new promo
Though the trailers for Orphanage director Juan Antonio's tsunami drama The Impossible have been all Spanish language previously, the full English version of the promo is online and can be seen below.
The Impossible is set around the events of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and is specifically based on the harrowing true-life experiences of one Spanish family. We're introduced to Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor as parents with a brood of three boys on what looks to be an idyllically happy Thailand holiday. But then they're literally swept away and separated by the massive wave, and must try to find each other in the chaotic aftermath.
Somehow, hearing McGregor, Watts and the kids without being dubbed – not to mention the haunting cover of U2's One by Damian Rice – gives this one even more power than previous, already effective spots.
The film is being lined up for a premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and will be on our screens from January 4 next year.


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SIDDINGTON SPORTS completed their season with a creditable draw from this thrilling encounter, but they must have have fancied their chances after leading 3-1 at half-time.
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Siddington Sports 4
Poulton 4
Poulton looked the more dangerous team in the early stages and went close on several occasions before an own goal from Connor Moody gave them the lead after 20 minutes.
James Lees equalised 10 minutes later and then two goals in the 43rd and 45th minutes from Lees and Luke Daley put the home side well in front.
Poulton came back well and John Dawson made it 3-2 after eight minutes of the second half when he headed home a superb cross from Billy McKenna, and Rob Paget equalised on the hour.
With plenty of action at both ends Jeremy Marsh netted to give Siddington the advantage 10 minutes from time, but with just two minutes remaining Dawson struck his second goal to make it 4-4.


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A growing taste for shark steaks and shark-fin soup has for the first time in 400 million years put the scourge of the sea at the wrong end of the food chain. Commercial landings of this toothsome fish have doubled every year since 1986, and shark populations are plunging.
Sharks do for gentler fish what lions do for the wildebeest: they check populations by feeding on the weak. Also, sharks apparently do not get cancer and may therefore harbor clues to the nature of that disease. Finally, there is the issue of motherhood. Sharks are viviparous. That is, they bear their young alive and swimming (not sealed in eggs). Shark mothers generally give birth to litters of from eight to twelve pups and bear only one litter every other year.
This is why sharks have one of the lowest fecundity rates in the ocean. The female cod, for example, spawns annually and lays a few million eggs at a time. If three quarters of the cod were fished this year, they could be back in full force in a few years. If humans took that fraction out of the sharks, the population would not recover for 15 years.
So, late this summer, if all goes according to plan, the shark will join the bald eagle and the buffalo on the list of managed species. The federal government will cap the U.S. commercial catch at about half of the 1989 level and limit sportsmen to two sharks per boat. Another provision discourages finning, the harvesting of shark fins alone, by limiting the weight of fins to 7 percent of that of all the carcasses.
Finning got under the skin of environmentalists, and the resulting anger helped to mobilize support for the new regulations. Shark fins contain noodle-like cartilaginous tissues that Chinese chefs have traditionally used to thicken and flavor soup. Over the past few years rising demand in Hong Kong has made the fins as valuable as the rest of the fish.
But can U.S. quotas save shark species that wander the whole Atlantic? The blue shark, for example, migrates into the waters of something like 23 countries. International co-ordination will eventually be necessary, but biologists support U.S. quotas as a first step in mobilizing other nations. Meanwhile, the commercial fishermen are not waiting for the new rules to take effect. "There's a pre-quota rush on sharks," Casey says, "and it's going on as we speak."If the species Homo logicus was determined to be viviparous and to have extremely low fecundity rates on land, we might expect that


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AMI insurance, New Zealand's second-largest residential insurer, said it would consider a takeover offer from rival Tower Ltd , but would prefer a cornerstone investor as it looks to plug a potential funding shortfall from two devastating earthquakes.
AMI does not want to be "swallowed up", chief executive John Balmforth said, after fund manager and smaller insurance rival Tower said it was interested in a takeover bid.
Mutually-owned by its policyholders, AMI struck a deal with the government on Thursday to provide capital if necessary, as it faces a potential funding shortfall from insurance payouts over the Sept. 4 and February 22 earthquakes in Christchurch, where it is has the largest exposure of any insurer.
"We have a desire to stay as a mutual if at all possible, and we can stay as a mutual in the sense that we could have a keystone shareholder," Balmforth told Reuters.
He said Tower's offer was "one of the options" for raising capital, adding the certainty offered by the government guarantee meant the company would not rush any decision.
AMI is the third-largest insurer in New Zealand, with the two largest players both Australian-owned, AIG and Suncorp .
Neither AIG nor Suncorp have expressed interested in AMI, however smaller Australian rivals QBE and the privately held Progressive Direct might be interested in bidding, a banking source said.
Tower Chief Executive Rob Flannagan said it had been seeking growth opportunities and AMI was a good fit, however the company was not interested in taking a minority stake.
"It's not an investment decision ... we want control," Flannagan said.
One of the difficulties facing bidders is that it will take a few months for AMI to finalise the cost from the Feb 22 earthquake, which will indicate how much, if any, capital the company will need to raise.
This also meant it was difficult to put a current value on the business, Balmforth said.
Tower's Flannagan also declined to put a figure on what he thought AMI was worth.
At June 2010, AMI had assets of $NZ543 million, and had a net profit last year of $NZ31 million.


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Living in a house that resembles the Guggenheim requires a certain level of confidence. But an audacious aesthetic also needs to be able to stand the test of time.
"You can create contemporary architecture that has a sense of timelessness," says Craig Shelsher, director of architecture firm Custance. "You can move forward but at a pace that will allow your clients to enjoy their home in the years to come."
Custance virtually rebuilt a house in Bronte, Sydney that had been built by the owner's father in the 1970s.
Although the footings were not sufficient to support the new three-level house, the architects retained the sandstone base in the design.
"Our clients wanted a fairly classic beach house that responded to this magnificent site. There was no point in trying to compete with this vista," says Shelsher.
The house is built in rendered brick and is painted white. Central to the home's simple rectilinear form is a dramatic entry void that functions as the circulation spine, as well as providing the main source of natural light.
"This void acts as the 'lungs' of the house. Every room connects to it," says Shelsher, who also used the staircase/void to separate the informal and formal living areas in the house.
External materials flow through to the home's interior, with white walls and timber floors.
Pale green joinery, located in the centre of the house, provides one of the few highlight colours. Views through large picture windows in most of the rooms activate the spaces.
"It's quite a pared-back design and it responds to the site rather than making an architectural statement for the sake of it," says Shelsher.
Molnar Freeman Architects have also created a sense of timelessness with a house in North Bondi, Sydney.
Also spread over three levels, the house includes a media room at basement level, kitchen and living areas at ground level and four bedrooms (including the main bedroom) on the first floor.
A lap pool extends along two sides of the house.
From the street, the North Bondi house reads as a classic beach house, partially clad in weatherboard. But, unlike a beach house from the 1960s, the upper levels are finished in masonry.
"We kept the facade symmetrical. Symmetry is easily understood and helps to set up a timelessness," says architect Katie Molnar, a co-director of the practice.
Because the site is triangular-shaped, a more unusual configuration was designed at the rear with the upper level appearing to "float" on steel columns.
Molnar Freeman used a restrained palette of materials for the home's interior. The kitchen, for example, features Calcutta marble benches, timber veneer joinery and stone floors.
"A lot of people are hesitant to try anything too bold. A design can be contemporary without being too challenging.
"You need to think about how the house will look long term, not just something that appears novel for the sake of it," adds Molnar.
Inarc Architects have likewise designed an elegant and refined home in Toorak, Melbourne.
The single-level house features a black zinc and glazed facade, which overlooks a swimming pool.
Inside the house are generous rooms, with full-height sliding doors that allow for fluid spaces.
The kitchen is silvery-grey, with the joinery spray-painted in the same colour. One of the few highlight colours in the home is orange, painted on the pivoting doors. The joinery in the living room is also painted orange.
"We've reduced the visual clutter as much as possible," says Reno Rizzo, a co-director of Inarc Architects.
"It's quite a restrained palette and the spaces are quite simple. There's a freshness with the design, but it's far from faddish. Sometimes taking a more restrained approach creates longevity."
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BEIJING – As a teenager radicalized by China's Cultural Revolution, Zhang Hongbing denounced his mother to the authorities. Two months later a firing squad shot her dead.
Now, after more than 40 years of mounting guilt, Zhang has ruffled the silence that cloaks China's decade of turmoil with a public confession.
Such rare apologies have been welcomed as a potential gateway to the collective soul-searching that could bring healing, but is blocked by a ruling Communist Party whose critics say is unwilling to confront its own responsibility.
"Back then everyone was swept up and you couldn't escape even if you wanted to. Any kindness or beauty in me was thoroughly, irretrievably 'formatted,' " Zhang told the Beijing News last week. "I hope that from my self-reflection other people can understand what the situation was like at that time."
The 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, unleashed by then-leader Mao Zedong to reassert power after the famines caused by his disastrous Great Leap Forward, inflicted myriad personal tragedies and threw society into chaos. Red Guard youths abused their elders — officials, intellectuals, neighbors, relatives — dragging them into "struggle sessions," ransacking their homes and driving some to suicide.
Many targets were jailed or killed, and while no official figure has been issued, one Western historian estimated half a million people died in 1967 alone.
Zhang reported his mother in 1970 for criticizing Mao, and military officials came to their home, assaulted her and took her away. But as the political winds changed — a few years after the Cultural Revolution ended, a court in his native central Anhui province recanted his mother's sentence — Zhang began to rethink as well. "I will never forgive myself," he said.
Only a handful of public confessions have appeared, mostly in recent years as the revolution's once-heady teenagers enter their 60s. Wen Qingfu from the central province of Hunan cited age as a spur for admitting in an essay in June that, following orders, he once led a mob to storm the home of a teacher whose son he often played with.
"When people get old they look back and reflect," he told a provincial newspaper. "If I didn't apologize now we would both get too old."
Many Chinese have embraced these apologies, even though wide airing of past wrongs might invite a spate of legal action, said Ding Xueliang, a Cultural Revolution expert at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Still, Ding said, "the positive consequences would go far beyond the negative ones . . . to collective soul-searching, to build a more law-based society."
But China's ruling party prohibits such discussion, which would inevitably broach the question of its own ugly role. Any trial or apology tends to skirt around this central issue, say academics.
"Individual responsibility is one part of this," said Xu Youyu, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "Some things are basic, for example, you can't hit people or humiliate or persecute them."
But the confessions "have not touched on the more important or fundamental issues," he said, and if they did, "there might be a question of whether the discussion could continue."
Shortly after Mao died in 1976 the campaign was ended, and the authorities hung blame on the controversial Gang of Four leaders headed by Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, jailing them in 1980. The following year, the official party line declared that the Cultural Revolution had dealt China "the most severe setback and the heaviest losses" since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.
Mao was deemed to have been 70 percent right and 30 percent wrong, having made "gross mistakes" but far greater contributions. And with that, a curtain over the matter was drawn.
Virtually no museums, memorials or films in China explore the revolution, except for little-known private efforts.
In a public apology published in June, Liu Boqin of Shandong province detailed his crimes and listed his victims, but only vaguely referenced the political directives that drove him. Instead, he cited "youth and ignorance, being incited, wicked, not distinguishing right and wrong" for having hounded teachers and vandalized homes.
"Although being swept up in the environment of the Cultural Revolution was one reason," he wrote, "I as an individual bear responsibility for my evil actions."


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Ouch. That's all I can say after the Oklahoma City Thunder pounded the Pacers 97-74 in Indiana. The game was kinda close for two-and-a-half quarters, though the Thunder seemed in charge all the way. In the end, despite Roy Hibbert's 22 and 8, it came down to the fact that OKC had superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, while the Pacers simple had three regular All-Stars. What can you say? Those guys imposed their will and took over the game when it mattered. Not to say the Pacers can't beat a team with superstars, but when they have two, it becomes all the more difficult. Unfortunately, with Danny Granger sidelined for the remainder of the season, we were deprived the opportunity to find out if four stars (Granger, Hibbert, George West), a solid point guard (George Hill) and a young wild card (Lance Stephenson) would be enough to beat a team with two superstars. The loss means the Pacers are falling behind in the race for the second seed with the streaking Knicks. Rig...
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The last time Georgia went into the Southeastern Conference Tournament with a first-round bye and the No. 3 seed, it lost the first game and hit the exit early — and that was just last year.
The No. 12 Georgia women's basketball team wants to stick around the conference tournament a bit longer than in recent history to avoid the dreaded seed slide that could cost the Lady Bulldogs a favorable spot in the upcoming NCAA tournament.
"Seeding is still at stake right now," Georgia guard Jasmine James said. "You can't go into the SEC tournament like it doesn't matter because we automatically know we're going to go into the NCAA tournament. We still have to go in and play well. Seeding is very important. We're a No. 2-, No. 3-, or No. 4-seed right now. We could be anywhere in there, so we need to go in and play well and do a good job to try to secure a good seed."
No. 3-seeded Georgia (23-5) will play at 8:30 p.m. today at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth against the winner of Thursday's game between No. 6-seeded LSU (19-10) and No. 11-seeded Auburn (16-13). The winner advances to play either No. 2-seeded Kentucky (25-4), No. 10-seeded Missouri (17-13) or No. 7-seeded Vanderbilt (19-10) in the semifinals at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The championship game will be at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
"We definitely have come up short, especially in the SEC tournament," Georgia forward Anne Marie Armstrong said. "Especially last year when we lost that first game to South Carolina (59-55). I definitely think we can win the tournament. But we have to focus on one game at a time. We can't look ahead because each opponent is going to be a big game because we all know how balanced the SEC is."
Georgia's recent form in the SEC tournament has not been especially sharp. Georgia has not won more than one game since 2007, last made the final in 2004 and the Lady Bulldogs' last tournament title came in 2001. This will be the second straight year that Georgia will get a first-round bye. Just last year, the Lady Bulldogs were seeded No. 3 and lost to fifth-seeded South Carolina 59-55 in the quarterfinals.
"It plays a lot in our motivation to continue and not get beat in the first round," Georgia forward Jasmine Hassell said. "We want to continue to focus on one game at a time. ... But last year it was just one game, so we need to focus on just playing our hearts out and leave it all on the floor because you never know when it's going to be your last game."
The Southeastern Conference's balance gives Georgia a chance to boost its seeding for the NCAA tournament by knocking off ranked opponents. The SEC has six teams ranked in the top 25 and Georgia has two wins against ranked teams so far this season — 42-40 against South Carolina and 75-71 at Kentucky.
"At this point in the season, you need to be winning games," James said. "As we go into that tournament, you need to be winning games and progressing and showing improvement. You're not going to be able to do that losing. We definitely need to get past that first game and get to that championship game and compete for that championship in order to secure a good seed for the NCAA Tournament."
Although many of the faces on this year's Georgia team are the same as last year's, there are striking differences. Georgia has a senior-heavy group that has never played into the SEC tournament semifinals let alone for a conference title and that will begin its last postseason together. An influx of high-impact freshmen has given the team greater depth through the entire season, which has made a difference with the less wear and tear on the starters' legs as the season draws to a close.
"We've played well at the end of the year before, going into this thing," Georgia coach Andy Landers said. "But the piece that's different this year is the mentality and the maturity of the team. This team has had a different focus throughout this season. That makes me believe that we have the ability to focus on a three-day tournament better than in the past."


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I was delightfully surprised to find a complimentary copy of Somerset Life in my box yesterday - another one of my travel journals has been published. It's a lovely spread, pages 100 - 101. Thanks, Somerset Life!
A Surprise
Posted by Meadowlark Days at 9:59 AM
Labels: Arts and Crafts, Travel, Writing
6 comments:
- Cindy - Letters From Midlife said...
Congrats on the article. I think it would be fun to write for a travel magazine.
- July 1, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Marfa said...
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- July 1, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- ~*~Patty said...
OH Congratulations!
How fantastic is that!
- July 1, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Marfa said...
Oooh...it looks like a great magazine. I've always liked Julia Child. Are those roses on the cover? And YOUR travel journals inside? I'll have to look for it!!!
- July 1, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Meadowlark Days said...
Just one of my travel journals, Martha! Another one was in the last issue of Somerset Memories. They still have a third one at their office, so maybe it will make it into another publication. I feel flattered. :-)
- July 1, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Dianne said...
Congratulations! And yes you are right, Night Hawks are Nightjars... and so are Whippoorwills and Chuck-Wills-Widows. I think it's the Family classification.
- July 1, 2010 at 5:06 PM
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On 31.10.2003, at 22:20, Jim McBeath wrote:
> forwards port 80 to the web server on the DMZ, and that works. The web
> server has a default route set up to point back to the Netscreen; is
> that
> why it can't respond to the Soekris? If so, is there a way to set up
Almost definitely. Most firewalls want to see both directions for the
stateful packet filtering to work, and I guess the Netscreen is no
> my DMZ web server to respond to NATed port forwarding from two
> different
> boxes, or is that hopeless?
Probably yes, unless you want to give up some of the security that
stateful packet filtering offers... You're on your own there, though.
BTW, thanks for the filter rule patches! I'm looking into integrating
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The Reserve Bank's decision in June to lay out an aggressive timetable for real-time payments in Australia has forced the banks to get serious about something they had hoped was just a painful memory after the collapse of the $500 million MAMBO project.
Real-time payments are as much a marketing talisman today as a genuine need, one being exploited by Commonwealth Bank and ANZ Banking Group with their Kaching and goMoney schemes respectively, but equally they are the way payments will inevitably head.
That's why Bpay, the bank-owned joint venture which was co-ordinating MAMBO, is keen to get back into the game, why several other consortiums of telcos, consultants and processor and tech companies are coming together and why the RBA has taken a firm line.
The RBA's review of innovation in payments included an industry consultation program and report. Its requirements for the industry have acquired the project name SPRINT, which stands for "send, pay, and receive in no time". In a key speech last week, RBA head of payments policy Tony Richards explained the bank would be setting out timetables and targets but not specific solutions and this was the approach the industry supported.
"When we're talking about this co-operative or collaborative space, we're largely talking about the central infrastructure for the payment system," he said. "This includes both the physical infrastructure and the rules that govern the interactions between organisations."
Richards made the point – a veiled reference to the failure of MAMBO – that reaching agreement "can sometimes be very difficult, for a number of reasons, including the fact that financial institutions have different business mixes, and different investment cycles, which gives them different incentives".
He added that the RBA's adjunct payments system board will "try to find ways to help the industry to achieve co-operative outcomes, both more easily, and in ways that are in the public interest".
"The board sees its role as setting up the ultimate goals, not dictating the precise way that the industry will achieve the solutions," Richards explained.
The initial set of desired outcomes, outlined in the June innovation review, include five key milestones:
By the end of 2013, all direct-entry payments should be settled on the day that payment instructions are exchanged.
By the end of 2016, there should be the capacity for businesses and consumers to make payments in real time, with close to immediate funds availability to the recipient.
By the end of 2016, there should be the ability to make and receive low-value payments outside normal banking hours, including direct entry, the new real-time system, and card settlements.
By the end of 2016, businesses and consumers should have the capacity to send more complete remittance information with payments; the RBA's clearest concern is the current limit of 18 characters on messages accompanying payments, which severely restricts their utility.
By the end of 2017 and maybe earlier, a system for more easily addressing retail payments to any recipient.
Bpay's new venture, in relation to which it has sent out requests for solution to more than 30 tech vendors and consultants, is called the Australian Information and Payments Network.
It is the kind of specific solution the RBA is looking to industry to supply. As Bpay says in its RFS document, it is seeking to "propose a solution to the Australian payments industry that addresses the strategic objectives set out in the RBA's conclusions". It sets out a December 2012 deadline.
"While some financial institutions have already introduced (or plan to introduce) retail customer products with more innovative features – such as the capacity for simplified person-to-person electronic transactions – in the absence of an industry-wide and networked capacity open for all participants, these individual offerings have limited reach," Bpay said.
That is, Kaching and goMoney are only genuinely real time when both ends of the transaction are with the same individual institution.
Further, Bpay argues, "Australian financial institutions continue to make significant investments in updating and renovating their systems and core capabilities. Full value will be gained from such investments with the increased networked connectivity of the Bpay solution."
That of course was also true of MAMBO (another acronym, this time for "me and my bank online"), but the problem was Bpay's ownership structure and that the different capabilities and ambitions of the major banks meant they could not agree on how to pay for and share that connectivity.
Bpay's Andrew Arnott explained to this column that rather than any particular piece of technology or solution, that wrangling of governance and outcome issues was the real intellectual capital salvaged from MAMBO.
"Part of the lesson from MAMBO is that we have got a good idea how to execute the things that needed to be done to bring them to life," Arnott says.
"And one of those things is you need to actually create a capability for a platform outcome to exist. How are you going to house appropriate governance and operational arrangements? What has to exist at the end of the day [for members to communicate and work together]?
"The key point is the governance arrangement, including commercial frameworks which allow products and services to be suitably monetised by participants in the payments system. It is like setting the pipelines, and above that the rules and regulations determine how the pipeline will work and the banks can then bolt the services into this."
Other such solutions to the RBA's requirements are also in train, including some built around the capability of major existing players such as First Data and other international companies.
Arnott likes to paint Bpay as an Australian solution, playing on the RBA's desire to preserve what remains of a domestic payments chain that once included the late Bankcard. The RBA was instrumental in ensuring eftpos would not go the same way as Bankcard.
"We believe Bpay has got the right attributes for positioning itself in terms of being able to provide the right governance, management frameworks, the right set of controls, to be able to nourish the development of the next generational network for these sorts of services," Arnott says.
"The industry is going to pick and choose, no doubt, the best solution from various providers which might exist around the world and the important thing is we need to get suitable Australianisation around that so that Australia is not buying something from the rest of the world – that the rest of the world ends up owning a large chunk of our next generation payments system." Barnaby Joyce could be interested.
Bpay has picked up Nick Hossack, the well-regarded policy officer from the Australian Bankers' Association, to help push its project.
Meanwhile, despite the new sense of urgency from the RBA in encouraging the banks towards real-time payments and the banks' own enthusiasm for mobile banking and devices, it's worth bearing in mind that banking still doesn't change overnight. Witness the endurance of paper cheques and the continuing transformation of branch networks.
In a recent report on mobile payments – dubbed, originally enough "m-payments", the Boston Consulting Group found: "Despite heightened excitement in the payments industry and media about m-payments, strong growth is not yet around the corner.
"M-payments are not likely to become mainstream for more than a decade and, even then, credit and debit cards will still be widely used. Moreover, the growth in discount deals and offers sent out to consumers via their smartphones is likely to far outpace the adoption of m-payments, generating significant value over the next five years and potentially representing the largest revenue pool in the payments arena."
That said, BCG endorsed the view that banks do need to play an assertive role if they are not to cede lucrative payments terrain to non-banks.
"Indeed, banks need to play a leading role in addressing issues such as security and the development of standards that can accelerate adoption of m-payments," the consultant said.
"Otherwise, non-bank players will forge ahead with deals and offers, pushing their m-wallets at the point of sale and eroding banks' interchange revenues and the integrity of the payments system."
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Allen Stanford was convicted of a $7 billion fraud Tuesday in federal court.
This is a major sign that things are moving full-speed in the right direction at the federal level, as well as the state level.
federal oversight governing ride accidents is scant; there are no agencies that track accidents in permanent parks.
He supports a federal version of the Arizona immigration law and right-to-work legislation.
For the federal politician is but the State politician writ large.
We get the first impression of this fact from the federal Census of 1900.
The rising sun of another day saw Telitha and me starting on our way to run the gauntlet, so to speak, of federal bayonets.
federal troops were held in readiness at Eastern points, but they were not used.
The federal reclamation system is more certain and effective than reclamation by individuals in isolated cases.
1640s, as a theological term, from French fédéral, from Latin foedus (genitive foederis) "covenant, league, treaty, alliance," related to fides "faith" (see faith).
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Today is the second monthly Room Evolutions party over at Evolution of Style.
Have you found that your style has changed over the years? Since I am starting fresh with the dining room in our newest home, I thought it would be fun to look back on our various dining rooms.
Our first house was tiny, so cute and our first foray into the world of home improvement. We bought it two weeks before our wedding (almost 15 years ago!) Every square inch of that house was covered in 45 year old pasted wallpaper that we stripped from horsehair plaster walls (a DIY job not for the faint of heart!) The teeny dining room was our very first room that we renovated top to bottom; it boasted this beautiful corner built in, original to the house, that I kept my china in. I loved the details in that sweet little house!
Our second house was brand spankin' new and we were brand new parents. Mark & I both felt like it was time to invest in "grown up" furniture and "real" window treatments. We again went with red on the walls of our dining room – such a huge trend 10 years ago! It's a color that is said to whet the appetite, and definitely was a lively background for many fun dinner parties! It took us 7 coats of primer and paint to get the color right in this room (and I still think it's a great, deep red – Roseate by Ben Moore).
Our third house came with a pretty green color on the walls and custom window treatments the previous owners left us that Mark liked, so I tried, I really tried, to love it and work with it even though it didn't feel like me.
Over time Mark and I both started to feel like our decor did not represent us or our casual lifestyle very well anymore. We didn't want to have rooms that we only used a couple times a year. I tried to make the room feel less traditional by changing the wall color and curtains, finally settling (after a couple failed colors) on metallic paint. I know, I am completely insane with all the re-painting I have done over the years – you too???
Metallic paint does not photograph well but it's really pretty in real life. With this color I discovered that a neutral backdrop allows you to play with pops of color. Setting my table was so fun for different holidays and season because I wasn't married to any major color scheme in this room.
On one hand it is a little overwhelming to start over, but on the other, so freeing. At 40, I no longer equate being a grown up to owning formal furniture and investing in expensive window treatments. While I truly appreciate beautiful fabric and the craftsmanship of custom drapes, guess what? They don't make the quality of our life any better than the unlined white cotton Ikea panels that come 2 for $20. And those unlined white cotton panels don't tether me to a color scheme I'm going to tire of in 5 years.
I love, love, love that the neutral backdrop of this house gives me the flexibility to change up the feel of a space with pillows and accessories!! While I truly adored nesting in my other houses and experimenting with so many different colors and styles over the years, I also feel a newfound freedom in this house. I am not worried about putting craftsman-style board and batten in my colonial-style house, or banging holes in the walls, or whether my dark-stained stairs are appropriate.
And YES, our dining room is extraordinarily vanilla right now and I need to pull it all together, but the possibilities are endless!
Maybe I need to put this on my dining room plate wall???
How about you – has your style changed over time?
Thanks for following along on my adventures of playing house. I love sharing the evolution of this house into a home with you!
Hop on over to Evolution of Style and check out other room transformations, or link up your own!


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Does anyone of you got the VMR v710 matte black- 19x10et25 front pair and 19x11et25 rear pair available immediately?
Center bore - 72.6 or 74.1, either one is fine.
Colour must be in matte black, and not looking to paint matte black over other colours.
Please PM me or reply to this thread.
All of the sponsors buy from the same pool - VMR, and many if not most do not keep an inventory, or they sell through it right away. VMR is operating at capacity but their factory cannot keep up with the demand... so people wait for months for a set of their wheels.
Pair that with the fact that your requested fitment is one of the less common ones, and it's going to be tough.
Your options, unfortunately, will be to preorder and wait a couple of months, or maybe get a custom-made wheel so you can get exactly what you want.
Either way, we're happy to help. Call us up and we'll see what we can do for you.
We do have that Matte Black setup that you are looking for in stock and ready to ship out same day :thumbsup:
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PM regarding the 10/11 wide wheels in stock not received!
I only got the PM suggesting an alternative brand.
anyone got them in stock?
Yes you can get the VMR wheels but they are on national back order until around mid October as an ETA so giving you an alternative option with the same exact wheel design is a great option specially because it's in stock.
But too bad they are not the sizes/offsets that I am looking for!
As I said - it's going to be tough. You'd have to pre-order for those fitments, generally.
Have you given some thought to a custom wheel?
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Bingham High pitcher Brady Lail was picked by the New York Yankees in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball draft on Wednesday.
Lail, the 577th pick overall, was one of eight Utahns taken on the final day of the draft.
His teammate Connor Williams, an outfielder and a pitcher, was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 36th round.
University of Utah infielder James Brooks was taken in the 20th round by the Washington Nationals.
Travis Huber, a pitcher who plays for Nebraska, was selected in the 23rd round by the Minnesota Twins. He is a former star at West Jordan High.
Southern Utah pitcher and former Murray High star Chase Rezac was taken in the 26th round by Cincinnati, and Utah Valley first basemen Goose Kallunki went to the San Diego Padres in the 27th round.
BYU had two pitchers selected: Chris Capper in the 26th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks and Austin Hall in the 33rd round by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Lail says that if the Yankees' signing bonus is sweet enough, he will likely sign with New York, rather than honor his scholarship commitment to Arizona. He has until Aug. 15 to decide.
"I've been talking to the Yankees and they said that they want me to start playing for them right away," said Lail, who was 9-3 for the Miners this season. "This was one of my favorite teams growing up, and it's a great thing to be drafted by them."
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Large ARM7 LPC2478 development board that comes with a great looking TFT display with touch screen mounted within a durable stainless steel shield. 4 LEDs and 3 buttons are available on the front side as well.
Dimensions:134.6x101.6mm (5.3 x 4.0")
The supplied manual is pretty bad, there is a lot to note about what it can and can't do, not enough memory to boot uCLinux (kernel or the root fs) without extra storage or host connection. The CAN connector seems to be wrongly marked since it lists NC, CANL and GND. no CANH
CD is pretty weak, the main manual linked here isn't even on it, just the quick start, which has a few important elements missing that you'd need the other manual for. The quick start linked here has more details than the one on the CD.
At minimum to get going you need power, a serial cable to use flash magic, and an MMC/SD or tftp to store the kernel and rootfs.
A small point, but the front mounted buttons, aren't what i'd call front mounted, they're not even just recessed, you need a pointy stick of about 8mm to reach them through the access holes, which are on the front panel.
The PCB is ok quality a lot of the drill holes are a few mil off and are really close to cutting the track.
It's heavier than I expected. But it so far seems to have a good featureset.
Apparently there are bugs in the supplied uBoot, but the information is not on the CD, it is on the linked PDF though.
The flex cable for the LCD is poorly thought out, straight out of the box mine has a few nicks in the edges.
Olimex stuff is cheap n cheerful.
Anyone have any examples of how to use the kit with PS2 keyboard LPC-2478-STK Rev.B
IAR Embedded Compiler
Combined with the PGM-07834 JTAG OSD programmer, this kit
worked (almost) rigth out of the box. The Crossworks compiler
package from Rowley has several demo-projects for this board,
and except for an incorrect clock divisor setting,
it supports the JTAG OSD programmer well too.
A very good starting point for projects with the LPC24xx.
Can u help me to do the program for Ethernet,..
The LCD on this product appears to be exactly the same as LCD-08490. Can anybody confirm or deny this?
How easy is it to actually program the thing? Do you explicitly need additional hardware?
Very tempting hardware, but I feel I'd be more productive on a jailbroken iPod touch.
Nice!, But you have the document links inverted.
Thanks! Should be fixed now.
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