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The Ministry of Health is duty bound to provide standard wheelchairs to patients
Dear Editor,
I recall Dr Bheri Ramsaran in observing International Day of Persons with Disabilities last year, speaking of the need to promote awareness of disability issues as well as secure the fundamental rights for individuals with all forms of disabilities. His remarks highlighted the "investment in resources at the various levels" by his government, but I believe he failed – possibly because of a lack of awareness – to mention that the mentally challenged are demeaned by the law itself.
The National Commission on Disability appointed by the President and the Ministry of Legal Affairs can surely revise the wording of the law. Whether it is "mentally handicapped", "mentally impaired" or "intellectual disability", our lawmakers have several politically correct options to choose from.
On January 25, 2013, the Ministry of Health provided two plastic wheelchairs to the Periwinkle Cancer Club, a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said. The handing over ceremony took place on Wednesday in the compound of the Ministry of Health on Brickdam in the presence of Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsarran. The wheelchair standard was formulated in an effort to improve the quality of wheelchair being produced and sold on the local and overseas market. It is expected that this standard would be utilized by health organizations and other related manufacturers, thereby promoting standardization for this particular commodity for the disabled. From the foregoing, it should be recognized that there is a great need for issues of occupational safety and health to be seriously addressed with these locally made wheelchairs. None here will dispute that safety and health-care are health issues.
Further, by law, the Ministry of Health is duty bound to provide standard wheelchairs to patients.
Yours faithfully,
Mohamed Khan
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Carly Rae Jepsen Rocks & Wins Big at the 2012 MMVAs
Making for a night she'll always remember, Carly Rae Jepsen enjoyed a spectacular debut at the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday (June 17).
The 26-year-old Canadian cutie was among those gracing the stage, as she offered up a charming version of her breakout single "Call Me Maybe" while later making a surprise appearance alongside Flo Rida as the two performed his hot tune "Wild Ones".
Along with her stage duties, Miss Jepsen was among the big winners at the Canadian ceremony - as she ended up nabbing three trophies including the grand prize of Video of the Year.
With the show having been hosted by LMFAO, this year's MMVAs also saw acts including Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Nelly Furtado, Hedley and Justin Bieber provide for a solidly entertaining lineup of performances.
Enjoy the pictures of Carly Rae Jepsen at the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards (June 17).
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Last week, I went downtown to run some errands. I stopped at the Art Supply store and chatted with the owner, bought some pencil lead for Ethan and some Japanese erasers for Emma (they're all the rage). Then, I went to the post office to check on my business mail. What a nice surprise that day was! In my p.o. box was another copy of the Memory Makers magazine that I had my first pub in. It was from a nice lady named Cindy. She gave me her copy... how sweet is that? So, I just wanted to send a great big THANK YOU to Cindy!! That was so thoughtful. You can visit her blog, here. She's a fellow scrapper!
I also wanted to share with you a layout I finished up the other day. I used the new Webster's Pages that I got with my monthly DT package from Ally Scraps. The blue cardstock didn't match exactly, but I used it anyway... don't you wish you had 24 hour access to a Bazzill store? I could get just the right shade. The color I had on hand was pretty close, though... it almost matches the flowers.
Couple close ups...
My little baby girl (ok, she's in 7th grade... but still, she's my baby!) is staying after school today for the after school dance. I can't even take pictures. :( She didn't want to go to the Christmas dance because that would have required her wearing a dress.... I hope she changes her mind in 8th grade and goes and wears a dress. 6th graders aren't allowed to go. I guess that's a good policy. I wish that 6th grade was still elementary school, but in our district, they go to middle school. Today was also her science test... I helped her study for 2 days. She studied hard, I hope she does well. Middle school is hard!
I'm off to purchase 2 new office chairs that match and that are comfortable. And some ink, then I can print out photos.
Have a great day!! Blog ya later!! ;)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Webster's Pages Layout & A Thank You
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- angie worthington said...
LOVE the layout and the family pics are awesome!...
i am sure that Em will change her mind about the dress thing..you know, kelsey is not a big dress person but she is getting all into her end of year dance!...she is even letting someone do her hair this year!..i am so excited!....
- May 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- okanogangirl said...
Love that LO!!
- May 21, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Marfa said...
What an awesome family photo...and rockin' layout!!! And I'd like to see a photo of the Japanese erasers!
- May 24, 2009 at 6:45 AM
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" Genre: Blues - Chicago & Urban Blues / Artist: Buddy Guy / Live / Audio CD released 1995-09-25 at Jsp "
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I always forget just how much I like Blues until I start listening to it again, though it can be hard to find it really pure and passionate these days. I have a couple of other Buddy Guy albums; one early on, his recordings for Chess Records, where he was a session player and though his desire to do so, was never allowed to cut loose (a mistake the head, Marshall Chess, recognised late on in the sixties when the likes of Hendrix, Clapton et al were crashing to stardom). The other, Damn Right I Got The Blues, from the nineties never quite cuts it. So what a pleasure it was to stumble upon Live At The Checkerboard Lounge.
Live At The Checkerboard Lounge is not quite a purist album but it's pretty close. Buddy Guy was approached by JSP Records, then with virtually no catalogue to produce a live album, as Guy at the time could hardly get a record deal. Blues was out of favour and so he accepted the offer, and Live At The Checkerboard Lounge was the result. The club, incidentally, Buddy Guy himself owned.
What's fascinating about Live At The Checkerboard Lounge is that unlike a lot of Blues albums where standards are wheeled out (not that I'm saying that this is a bad thing) most of the songs are Buddy's own compositions. And they're really raw blues, both traditional and modern yet never watered down as some can be. Perhaps this is because Guy's so on form. His vocals are impassioned and his guitar work exceptional. You feel here is Guy given the opportunity to let loose and bring his and Blues reputation back into favour. Whether he did or not, well, I'm inclined towards doubt but he does himself and the genre more than proud.
We open with Buddy's Blues (Part One) and it's a pleasure as it's a purely instrumental track. Buddy really puts in some effort, letting those classic Blues riffs fly. Blues, being for the most part a repetitive genre needs virtuosity to make it fly and Guy gives it in spades. It's so recognisably Blues it hurts but it's the kind of Blues that makes you move and reminds me of being in a Blues club in Chicago (where the Checkerboard Lounge is) and dancing practically on top of the band. Three pasty English twentysomethings dancing along with the local crowd (to the delight of the band). Well, Buddy's Blues makes you want to do the same. It's so rhythmical and energised and full of passionate fretwork that you can't keep yourself still. It's kind of short, four minutes, when the tracks on most of the rest of album are longer, slower burning and full of old fashioned Blues tension. Straight away with I've a Right to Love my Woman (can you get much more Blues titled than that?) and especially Tell Me What's Inside of You, which really pulls out all the stops with Buddy wrenching out long Bluesy riffs. It's exquisite Blues, both slow burning and an absolute delight, especially when Buddy allows himself free reign to let go.
We do get a traditional Blues standard in the always gorgeous The Things That I Used To Do, and Buddy's version here matches late lamented Freddie King's version. Being pretty traditional the song always requires strong vocals. King could do it and Buddy proves that he can too. He proves it again on You Don't Know How I Feel, which burns slower than any other track on the album. It's something special and you can hear the audience in the background loving it, supporting him and egging Buddy on. It's full of Bluesy yearning and hardship. Raw and beautiful, it slows flows like emotional tension except it refuse to reach any form of crescendo, which makes it all the more powerful.
We come into energy again with The Dollar Done Fell and Buddy's Blues (Part Two) and again we get raw passion pulsing from the band. In the former track Buddy gets going with the audience, fair talking fair singing to them, there's interaction going on between the two and you feel it's pushing both on and giving the performance that special feel. As the track ends Buddy again lays on that thick electric Blues guitar and it runs perfectly into more of the same in Buddy's Blues (Part Two) and again you just have to move and I think of that Chicago Blues Club (then think why did we only go on the last night?). There's such clarity to Buddy's fretwork that it can but impress, you really feel he's at his peak. The album has a feel of an artist working at their pinnacle, perhaps not in terms of critical success (which is usually the kiss of death) but in terms of artistry and passion for what they're doing because Guy is playing for his life, earning his daily bread and giving it his all. It really comes across and adds that special indefinable something.
Now I think something needs saying for his backing band, which put in a very good job of backing Buddy Guy up. I've no idea how they are, maybe members of the house band or something. Nevertheless they execute their job perfectly, they give Buddy the time and space to really open up, they provide the backing, the base on which Buddy is able to let fly. Nor do they get lost in Buddy's virtuosity; they reach a good balance with him.
One thing that may put people off is this is a live recording from the late seventies in a club by a small label and such it's not get that polished sound that people so often expect these days. It's not been remastered, the sound levels are a little low (but what better excuse than that to rack up the volume?) and sometimes the audience are kind of loud, but really: who cares? You feel as if they had cleaned the album up it would have lost that raw energy and you have to accept it warts and all or not at all. After a while you don't notice it again and sometimes, like when the audience start crying out, you feel almost like you're in there with them all.
If you want some passionate raw Blues then the Checkerboard Lounge is the place to go.
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Buddy's Blues
2 I've Got A Right To Love My Woman
3 Tell Me What's Inside Of You
4 Done Gone Over You
5 Things I Used To Do
6 You Don't Know How I Feel
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Last year more than 6,000 Irish women had abortions in England and hundreds more went to countries such as France, Spain and the Netherlands. The Irish Family Planning Association, which is funding the case, denounced Ireland's "hypocrisy in exiling women in crisis pregnancy".
The lawyer and campaigner Ivana Bacik said: "Travelling abroad for an abortion placed enormous emotional and financial burdens on the three women taking the case."
She said the grounds for taking the case were "very strong" and added: "Recent opinion polls certainly show that people in Ireland are increasingly recognising abortion should be legal in a range of different circumstances."
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As we work out a new schedule (details inside), we bring you one of the most game filled EBPs ever! Ajguy has completely lost himself in the Fallout 3, Mike is experiencing the joys of Little Big Planet, and we wrap the show with a post show look at the ending of Fable II. Shouting ensues.
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We bring you all things Fable II and Dead Space. Yes my friends, the first salvo has been fired in what is sure to be a holiday filled with far too many great games to play. But we must try. Tons of news this week too. We've got NPDs, Star Wars, and Little Big Planet. See? Even the podcasts are bigger!
Show #55 – Let's Try This AgainPosted in Podcast on October 14, 2008 by A.J.
After a technical snaffu last week, we're back. We were banking on a lot of cool stuff to talk about coming out of the Tokyo Game Show, but not much happened. We do have some new Halo news, some Sony firmware annoucements, and Mike's favorite, Guitar Hero prices. A questionable Great American Ajguy Gaming Quiz and some fun times with Warhammer Online and Sonic Chronicles rounds out the show.
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…that I must say there will be no podcast this week. In a week in which Murphy's Law has been in full effect, something got screwed up with the audio files and it just cannot be saved. So many apologies. Just so you know, we would have talked about the DSi, Mega Man 9, Sonic Chronicles, and I sort of won the quiz.


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Carnival Victory - Cruise to Nowhere: Carnival Victory Cruise Review by vacruizer
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Carnival Victory - Cruise to Nowhere
Destination: Cruise to Nowhere
Embarkation: Norfolk
Embarkation - We arrived about 11:30am and they were still disembarking from the prior cruise. Security and check-in were very quick, but we had about an hour wait until they even began boarding for our cruise. After that it only took another 20 minutes or so for us to board. Heard from others on the ship who arrived later that the wait was very long. The new terminal in Norfolk is very nice and well laid out - it will hopefully bring more cruises to the area very soon. It was really nice not to fly to port.
Warning! - For those of you who More may still have those old Carnival party ship, lowbrow cruise line notions - this is not the cruise to disabuse you of that idea. Please take a longer cruise and see what Carnival truly has to offer. This was definitely a party ship and also a very different demographic from what we experienced on a seven day cruise last year. We kind of expected that and were fine with it, but saw a lot more drunken and rude behavior than we saw on the Miracle. On the flip side, we also met some great people as well.
Ship - The Victory is a great ship and the decor seemed a little more subdued than some other ships. She seems to be well maintained and there are people cleaning everywhere you go. The only real issue we had with the ship itself was traffic flow. We knew the trick about using decks 5 and 9 to go front to back, but there always seemed to be a few spots where traffic bottlenecked - especially near the buffet and by the Promenade shops on deck 5.
Cabin - We booked a last minute 1A and were upgraded to a 4B inside. The room was fine for two days, but wow was it small. My best guess is only slightly more than 50% of the size of the balcony we experienced on the Miracle. I will be glad to have a balcony again on our next cruise. The bed was in the corner of the room so the inside person had to climb over the other one if they needed to get up in the middle of the night. The foot of the bed was blocked by a case holding the life jackets. There was no sofa - just a chair and no mini-bar or fridge. Since this was our first inside, we weren't sure if this was an odd room or if they were all that small. Our cabin was 2329, midship. Our only issues with the location were a loud banging noise inside the back wall that happened about every five minutes during the night. There was also a lot of foot traffic in the halls, an unfortunately lots of screaming drunks in the halls at all hours of the night. Wish I could say I'd gotten more sleep but the noise kept me awake. I will bring ear plugs next time!
Dining - We had dinner both nights in the Pacific dining room as well as lunch on Sunday. Food was good but seemed to be a little bland for the most part. The Mango Cream soup was really good and one of the standouts along with the warm chocolate melting cake! The buffet was the usual fare, although the pizza place was closed both mornings of the cruise while maintenance was being done. My husband was a bit disappointed as he is one of those people who likes pizza for breakfast! Lines at the buffet were really long at peak times. Saw lots of jeans/shorts in the dining room as well as people using their cell phones during dinner. Formal night was a bit less formal than on a 7 day (which I also expected) - mostly nice dresses for ladies and shirt and tie for men. I would guess over half the ship did not dress up at all for dinner. I did see several people turned away from the Captain's cocktail party who were dressed in shorts and tee-shirts.
Pools/hot tubs - we pretty much couldn't get into a pool for the crowds. Chair hogs were out in force. The aft adult only hot tubs were only open briefly on sailaway day and were full of children doing cannonballs into the hot tubs . Even the hot tubs in the spa were crowded. I sunburn easily so I wasn't too upset about the chairs and pools but would have liked to see them enforce the adult only hot tubs as well as keep them open more.
Shows - We went to the Livin' in America show on Saturday night as well as the adult midnight comedian. Livin' in America we thought was just ok - my husband really liked the costumes, though! For those of you with small children - the dancers are in thongs most of the show so if you are offended by that you might want to do something else with the kids. The comedian was pretty funny. We planned to go to the show on our second night, but discovered right after dinner that the liquor we had ordered was delivered to our cabin wrong and spent show time in the liquor store getting that fixed. We were too tired for the adult show that night.
Overall I have kind of a mixed feeling about the whole experience. We had a good time - the cruise just didn't quite live up to our expectations after what we experienced on the Miracle. Less
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Summary of Season 1 (1957) - 6 discs
Richard Boone stars as the first "man in black," Paladin, in this seminal 1950s Western TV series. As well-versed in Shakespeare as in gunplay, Paladin is a mercenary gun-for-hire who always seems to fight with the white hats on the right side of any issue. Thirty-nine episodes of this cult favorite are included in the first season, which featured guest appearances by Jack Lord, Charles Bronson, Angie Dickinson and June Lockhart.
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Universal Delaying The Adjustment Bureau Until Next March
by Alex Billington
July 7, 2010
Universal just announced (via ComingSoon) a bunch of new release dates for some of their upcoming films, one of which indicates that there is a massive delay for one highly anticipated thriller - The Adjustment Bureau, the George Nolfi-written/directed Philip K. Dick adaptation starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt has been moved from September 17th this year all the way until March 4th, 2011 next spring. Taking that spot in September will be the M. Night Shyamalan-produced horror thriller Devil, directed by the Dowdle Brothers. I'm sad to see Adjustment Bureau pushed so far back, as I was really looking forward to seeing it.
Universal also announced dates for: the Strause Brothers' sci-fi thriller Skyline on November 12th; Josh Stolberg's high school comedy Kids in America on December 3rd; Neil Burger's action thriller The Dark Fields on January 21st, 2011; James Cameron-produced underwater thriller Sanctum 3D has been moved up to February 4th, 2011; and the Greg Mottola-directed comedy adventure Paul, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, will arrive on March 18th, 2011. Looks like a lot of the dates in March of next year are filling up with big movies, including Rango and Battle: Los Angeles as well as Red Riding Hood and Sucker Punch.
We've already seen one official trailer for The Adjustment Bureau and I thought it looked quite good, so I'm a bit bummed that we have to wait so long to see it. I'm not sure if this means good or bad things, as it's very hard to tell with Universal and their release dates. We'll keep you updated on these movies, so stick around!
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From: "Hermit" <>
Subject: Re: "The Norwich to Cromer Turnpike Road"
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 07:15:10 -0000
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>Toll houses and gates were built at or
>near the Two Mile Stone from Norwich
The two mile stone was near where the
Firs PH now stands, so any toll houses
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do with the Norwich-Fakenham turnpike,
does anyone have a book about that one?
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|Analog & Mixed-Signal Processing
|75 Ohm Video Line Driver
|Toko America Incorporated
|Download TK15407MTL datasheet
|Features, Applications
s Fixed Gain (6 dB) s Internal 75 Drivers s Very Small Output Capacitor Using SAG Function Pin s Active High ON/OFF Control s Very Low Standby Current (typ. ISTBY 25 µA) s Very Small SOT23L-8 PackageAPPLICATIONS
Video Equipment Digital Cameras CCD Cameras TV Monitors Video Tape Recorders LCD Projectors
Operating from a single +5 V supply, the is a dual video driver IC that takes standard video signals as analog inputs and provides buffered analog outputs for driving 150 loads (series 75 resistor and 75 cable load). Both amplifiers have a fixed gain 6 dB and can be used in series for 12 dB gain. The luminance (Y) input is clamped 1.29 V and amplified dB to produce 2 VP-P (typical) into a series 75 resistor and 75 cable load. The internal 1.5 k SAG function resistor provides gain compensation for low frequency signals. The chromanance (C) input is biased 2.6 V and amplified dB to produce 1.1 VP-P (typical) into a series 75 resistor and 75 cable load. During standby (Pin 3 grounded), the TK15407 consumes only µW of power. Nominal power dissipation (no input) is typically 76 mW. The TK15407 is ideally suited for S-VHS systems. The TK15407M is available in the very small SOT23L-8 surface mount package.
Supply Voltage........................................................... 6 V Operating Voltage Range.............................. 5.5 V Power Dissipation (Note 200 mW Storage Temperature Range................... +150 °C Operating Temperature +75 °C
Test conditions: VCC 5.0 V, VIN = 1.0 VP-P, 25 °C unless otherwise specified. SYMBOL ICC ISTBY IOS VTHL VTLH VCMP VBIAS GVA TH D VOUT(MAX) PARAMETER Supply Current Standby Supply Current Standby Terminal Current Threshold Voltage (High to Low) Threshold Voltage (Low to High) Clamp Voltage Bias Voltage Gain Differential Gain (Y Signal) Differential Phase (Y Signal) Frequency Response Total Harmonic Distortion (C Signal) Maximum Output Voltage (C Signal) TEST CONDITIONS No input Pin 3 Grounded Pin 3 in Standby mode Pin 3 Operating to Standby mode Pin 3 Standby to Operating mode Pin 2 Y Signal Input terminal Pin 4 C Signal Input terminal fin = 1 MHz Staircase signal input Staircase signal input fin = 1 MHz / 5 MHz fin = 1.0 kHz THD = 10% point 0.9 GND MIN TYP MAX VCC UNITS dB % deg dB % VrmsNote 1: Power dissipation mW in free air. Derate at 1.6 mW/°C for operation above 25°C.
MEASUREMENT METHOD 1. Supply Current (ICC) The Pin 7 current is measured with no input signal and the Standby Pin (Pin 3) open. 2. Standby Supply Current (ISTBY) The Pin 7 current is measured when the Standby Pin (Pin ) is connected to ground. 3. Standby Terminal Current (IOS) The Pin 3 current is measured when Pin 3 is connected to ground. 4. Threshold Voltage (High to Low) (VTHL) The Pin 3 voltage is measured at the point which changes the device from operating mode into standby mode. 5. Threshold Voltage (Low to High) (VTLH) The Pin 3 voltage is measured at the point which changes the device from standby mode into operating mode. 6. Clamp Voltage (VCMP) The DC voltage at Pin 2 is measured with no input signal. 7. Bias Voltage (VBIAS) The DC voltage at Pin 4 is measured with no input signal. 8. Voltage Gain (GVA) The voltage gain equation is as follows: GVA log10 V2/V1 Where V1 is the input voltage TP1 (TP4) and V2 is the measured voltage (TP5). 9. Differential Gain (DG) The differential gain is measured at TP3 when a staircase waveform of 10 steps is applied to TP1.
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Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (2007) Aquaculture Asia, vol. 12, no. 3, pp.1-52, July-September 2007. Bangkok, Thailand, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, (0859-600X).
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Aquaculture Asia is a magazine for farmers and aquaculture-related service industries. Articles cover all aspects of aquaculture and the related processing, marketing, economic, environmental and social issues that surround the industry, with regular sections on sustainable aquaculture, marine finfish aquaculture, aquatic animal health, research and farming techniques and the NACA Newsletter. Emphasis is placed on the practical outcomes of research that are of direct benefit to the industry, in particular to small-scale farmers. Articles in this issue include: Buffaloes in favour of culture-based fisheries in Sri Lanka, by Asanka Jayasinghe and Upali Amarasinghe. Aquafeeds in Myanmar: A change from farm-made to factory-made feeds, by Wing-Keong Ng, Myint Soe and Hla Phone. Challenging myths about fish seed quality and potential benefits to the rural poor: Lessons learnt in Asia, by David C. Little, Benoy K Barman and Corinne Critchlow-Watton. Magur (Clarias batrachus) seed production using low cost hatcheries: A participatory approach in Dakshin Dinajpur District of West Bengal, India, by Biswajit Goswami. World Vision promotes aquaculture for the poor in Northeast Thailand, by Peter Edwards. Cage fish culture and fisheries for food security and livelihoods in mid hill lakes of Pokhara Valley, Nepal: Post community-based management adoption, by Suresh Kumar Wagle, Tek Bahadur Gurung, Jay Dev Bista and Ash Kumar Rai. Water hyacinth - a little known role and potential in aquatic ecosystems, by R. N. Mandal, P. C. Das, and P. K. Mukhopadhyay. The effects of the application of different concentrations of trichlorfon on the survival and growth of the larvae and fry of Caspian kutum, Rutilus frisii kutum, by Nasrin Choobkar. Update: Marine finfish research and development at the Research Institute for Mariculture, Gondol, Bali, Indonesia, by Sih Yang Sim, Ketut Suwirya and Mike Rimmer. Marine fish hatchery training for aquaculture technicians from the South Pacific Region, in Krabi CFRDC, Thailand, by Antoine Teitelbaum. Holding salinity during the breeding season affects final oocyte maturation and egg quality in sand bass (Psammoperca waigiensis, Cuvier & Valencienes 1828), by Pham Quoc Hung, Nguyen Tuong Anh, Nguyen Dinh Mao. Rabbitfish Siganus guttatus breeding and larval rearing trial, by Rachmansyah, Usman, Samuel Lante and Taufi k Ahmad. NACA Newsletter.
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Now at the royal palace of the King of gee-whiz all was gloom and sadness, as may readily be supposed.
gee-whiz, I'm glad the school girls weren't coming along about then.
You and that gee-whiz friend of yours ought to turn yourselves into a symposium and write for the papers.
All I can say is that in course of time we descended, and that we found ourselves on solid ground, on the island of gee-whiz.
They turned over the King of gee-whiz gently, that he might rest more easily, where he lay.
As soon as the King of gee-whiz found that there was abundance of soap he lost his fawncy for bubbles.
Presently, they came to the place beneath the trees where was situated the great throne of the King of gee-whiz.
On the morning following this event, the King of gee-whiz woke in great good humor.
There was probably never a dance just such as this which the King of gee-whiz now began.
In the meantime, as may readily be imagined, there was a sad time at the palace of the King of gee-whiz.
(also Gee whiz, gee whillikins, gee willikers) An exclamation of approval, surprise, mild disapproval, emphasis, etc; gosh: But gee willikers, he does arithmetic like lightning (main entry 1885+; others somewhat earlier)
noun phrase
An armed pickpocket
[1950s+ Underworld; fr gee, ''gun,'' and whiz, ''pickpocket'']


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Colorado Cycling
Colorado Springs Cycling Teams
Ascent Cycling here
Pro Cycling here
Pikes Peak Velo here
Front Rangers Junior Team here
Women's Mountain Biking Assoc. of Colorado Springs here
Pikes Peak Region Mountain Biking
I. Introduction
The Pikes Peak Region of Colorado located in the Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs area has some of the finest mountain bike riding and mountain bike trails anywhere.
This guide is intended to help you decide to visit the Pikes Peak Region for the mountain bike riding as well as the numerous sites and attractions the Region has to offer. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need additional information or specific recommendations.
For cycling information in Colorado Springs, visit this site offered by the City of Colordo Springs. The Manitou Springs and Pikes Peak Cog Railway offers this site of highly recommended places to ride.
"Bike" magazine named Colorado Springs one of the five best Mountain Biking Towns in their June 2002 issue. Read the article here.
We also recommend that you contact Experience Colorado Springs and the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce for lodging, attractions, and general Pikes Peak Region information.
II. Where Are We: Pikes Peak, "America's Mountain," is 14,115' above sea level and is just west of Colorado Springs and immediately west of Manitou Springs, CO. We are about 70 miles south of Denver, CO.
III. How to Get Here: Downtown Colorado Springs is basically at the intersection of highways I-25 and US Highway 24 (Exit 141).. The Colorado Springs airport is an excellent option for arrival.
IV. Where to Stay: Please check the Experience Colorado Springs and the Manitou Chamber of Commerce links. Contact us if you do need specific recommendations.
V. Where to Eat:We recommend the Townhouse Lounge at 907 Manitou Ave. in Manitou Springs. They are open at 11 AM, have a great beer garden, and have supported cycling for decades. The Townhouse has been a sponsor of our popular Sand Creek Series mountain bicycle races from 1993-2002! The Pikes Peak Region has numerous Mexican restaurants where only Mexican (Spanish) is spoken. You'll have to contact us for specifics. If you want real Mexican food, go on our Tour of Oaxaca!
VI. Local Bicycle Shops: Old Town Bike Shop and Pro Cycling and Ascent Cycling are in Colorado Springs.
VII. Things to Do: Experience Colorado Springs and the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce have a complete listing of all of the normal tourist things to do. There are many great things to do here in the Pikes Peak Region. Some of our favorite free things to do are: The Garden of the Gods; The US Air Force Academy; The US Olympic Committee (USOC) headquarters; A Manitou Springs walking tour; North Cheyenne Cañon; the Pioneer's Museum. Not free but one of the best things to do is a visit to the penny "Arcade" in Manitou Springs. One of the last arcades anywhere. Check it out! The "GO" section in the Friday's edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette has a long listing of art galleries, movies, restaurants, and more.
VIII. Places to Ride In the Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs area: The North Cheyenne Cañon area includes some of most famous trails such as Captain Jack's, Buckhorn Trail, Palmer Trail-Section 16, Gold Camp Road, and "The Chutes." Most of these Connect. Within the City of Colorado Springs there is Palmer Park (a "must ride"), Ute Valley Park, and the Monument Trail system which leads to the Santa Fe Trail north of town and goes past the Air Force Academy. Near Woodland Park up Ute Pass on Hwy 24 about 20 miles we have Rampart Reservoir which is an 11+ mile loop (go clockwise) around "The Res." Almost 100% single track! North of Colorado Springs is Black Forest Regional Park and the Monument Palmer Lake area trails. You'll need a guide for the "airplane" loop that goes close to an old WWII downed plane in the mountains! Also, go here!
IX. Sand Creek Sports, Inc.: has been helping people from outside of Colorado arrange tours here in Colorado Springs. Bike rentals, guides, lodging, and places to eat are all something we have been able to do. We "custom build" your trip based on what you wants and your needs. Contact us today!


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Imagine Dragons Taking Time Working on Second Album
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By Sierra Marquina
Imagine Dragons is working on new music ahead of their North American Into the Night tour which kicks off next month.
Coming off the success of their debut studio album Night Visions, the group revealed in an interview with MTV News yes they're thinking about their next album but they don't want to rush it.
"We're about to go to do a full arena tour, and I think the truth is, all of us are writing, so we definitely have a lot of demos, but we really don't want to put a timeline on ourselves," frontman Dan Reynolds said. "Because the most important thing to us is that we put out an album that we're really happy with."
Dan adds: "We don't want to put a record out until we really feel good about it, you know, and who knows how long that will take."
The Grammy nominated group is set to hit the road with their first show in Bosie, Idaho on February 8. Click here for a complete list of dates.


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Sandy Foy, left, prepares to speak to a standing-room-only crowd at Bites Café in Hampton. Residents of the area suspect that some large-scale development is planned for the unincorporated area, but can't find out what it is. Foy spoke of his successful appeal against existing development activity in the same area.
©Nigel Armstrong - The Guardian
A mystery development that some politicians know about but residents don't, drew almost 200 people to a meeting in Hampton Wednesday night.
Along the TransCanada highway just west of the bitter Plan B fight lie the unincorporated communities of DeSable and Hampton.
Residents there started to realize that someone was assembling land and rumours are swirling about what might be planned for waterfront land overlooking the Northumberland Strait.
Area resident Marion Copleston has tried to research what is afoot and told the meeting she figures that some 200 acres and maybe as many as 500 have been bought by a developer.
Development rules are slack to non-existent for areas without a local official plan, the meeting heard.
It has area MLA Valerie Docherty in a tough position, as she explained to the generally polite and attentive crowd.
She said she has seen the proposed development plan, but only on condition that she not reveal details.
There is no official application at government so the project is preliminary, she said.
"I have constituents who, they believe, have the right to sell their land," she said.
Much of the land in this proposal is agriculture, she said.
"Farmers own it. This is their pension," said Docherty.
"I also have constituents that have chosen to live in this area. They are concerned about what is going to happen in their area.
"Then I have a situation where a private developer is putting together a proposal for what could be some very good economic development for this area."
Docherty said her role is to listen and take concerns forward to the different groups.
She told the developer that he should attend this meeting or send a written statement. Neither happened and Docherty said she is disappointed at that, and plans to tell the developer so.
"We have the potential for something good here," she said. "Between errors made by staff in government as well as a developer moving a little bit faster than we would prefer in Prince Edward Island, he has actually started off on the wrong foot.
"Tonight would have been an opportunity for him to try to begin to make amends," said Docherty.
The issue of whether to incorporate the area to create an official development plan was debated at the meeting.
Docherty told the meeting she consistently hears from people who don't want to be told what they can or can't do with their land.


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Need Appliance Repair Help? Ask a Technician for Answers ASAP
please give me two minutes to look up your model info. be right back.
you got it.
ok. got the info right here.
did this happen all of a sudden?
has it happened before at all?
yes, this is the first time
ok. good.
how old is the washer?
about 4 yrs
ok. still pretty new then.
have you tried unplugging it for about ten minutes then plugging it back in to reset the main board?
yes i have..
ok. do you here any relays click from the board under the top of the washer?
sorry hear.
no sounds, it just stops altogether, but when i start to push the lock, start, off, buttons, u can hear a click like relay as if it wants to continue to next step i guess
here is what is happening. the f1 error is a communication error between the ccu and mcu boards.
i see
which just basically means the machine can not tell if it is working properly and will stop.
so what you first need to do is check to make sure all conncections are made at either boards and that there are no loose wires.
ok, so its an electrical prob as it states on manual trobuleshoots. should i open it then
if no loose wires then check that the door is fully closing and locking, which i think you said it was, then unplug the washer again then plug it back in.
if the error comes up right away then it is the user interface board.
but if it doesnt come back until you start the washer then it is the main ccu board under the top panel.
yes. remove the top panel and check that there are no loose wires to the ccu board. to remove the top panel remove the screws on the back of the top panel and pull the top panel off.
you will then see the board on the side of the machine up top.
ok, it is the ccu that i will see then
if no loose wires and the door locks properly when closing it but still get the f1 error replace the main control board.
it happens often
yes. the ccu. not the interface board which is the board with the buttons and controls.
the main control board should be my first step then in changing
are u able to tell me where should i buy them from? Sears where i bought machine or go to whirlpool intead or an independent company for best price
independent is always better and cheaper. the part number for the main control board is W10205839 should cost about $225-$245.
it can be ordered here
ok, i will look into this then
clcik the image above for the parts and ordering info. you can order directly from that link. they will send the board out to you.
yes. please do. I see this often and about 80% of the time it is the main board.
good thing here is that the parts warehouse i sent you to will accpet the part back after it has been installed if it doesnt fix your problem. but i believe it will fix it.
very well jon, as this point it's probably not wise to get a tech out here if he's going to tell me the same thing u told me i suppose
if you have any other questions please get back to me here and I will help you more.
very well then, i will talk to my wife and let her knoe we need to get this part and come to purchase it. will this conv be saved i can go back and see what i need to do?
please remember to rate my performance positively with ok service or better rating below this chat now.And if you have more questions or concerns after rating me please come back to me here and I will help you more for no additional charge.
you can always come back here to see what is written after you rate me positively.
and you will also be able to save and print as well.
very well Jon, thank you have a great weekend
you as well. I am glad I could help.
u bet
have a good week end. and remember I will always be here for you if you need me.


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A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday:
BRUSSELS _ Greece needs about an extra $20 billion to get its debt down to manageable levels _ and the rest of the 17-country eurozone is being asked to help foot the bill.
LONDON _ Markets took a breather after solid gains in the previous session, as investors positioned themselves for crucial U.S. jobs data that often set the tone for a week or two after their release.
Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed 0.1 percent higher. Meanwhile, Germany's DAX rose 0.6 percent and the CAC-40 in France ended 0.3 percent higher.
TOKYO _ Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.8 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 2 percent and Seoul's Kospi rose 1.3 percent.
China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 2 percent.
PARIS _ France raised nearly $10.5 billion at a bond auction that saw its closely watched 10-year borrowing costs fall.
MADRID _ Spain raised $6 billion in a bond auction that showed strong investor demand and a drop in the country's borrowing rates, extending a run of successful debt sales suggesting market confidence is improving.
MADRID _ Spain's Labor Ministry says the number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose by 177,470 in January, taking the overall total to about 4.6 million.
LISBON, Portugal _ A 24-hour strike by Portuguese public transport workers caused some disruption for travelers but had a spotty turnout, suggesting resistance to the government's austerity program is softening.
BEIJING _ China's premier said that Beijing might contribute to European bailout funds, while visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed for help in persuading Iran to renounce any nuclear weapons ambitions.
BERN, Switzerland _ Swiss exporters suffered under the weight of the strong franc last year with sales abroad growing a meager 2 percent largely because of orders received before the latest economic downturn.
CARACAS, Venezuela _ Venezuela's oil exports to the U.S. have dipped in recent months to their lowest level in nearly nine years, according to new U.S. government figures, reflecting a long-term trend of declining oil shipments during President Hugo Chavez's 13-year-old government.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina _ Argentina's government says average salaries rose 29.5 percent last year, and revenues kept pace at 30 percent. Those numbers far outpace the official annual inflation rate of 9.5 percent, but more closely match what private analysts say is the true rate of inflation.
CAIRO _ Egypt's benchmark stock index fell over 2 percent, paring an earlier plunge after deadly soccer riots the Wednesday night left 74 dead. The violence rekindled fears of instability like the unrest that has battered the country and its economy in the year since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.


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Time has its "Person of the Year." Amazon has its books of the year. Pretty Much Amazing has its mixtapes of the year. Buzzfeed has its insane-stories-from-Florida of the year. And Wonkblog, of course, has its graphs of the year. For 2013, we asked some of the year's most interesting, important and influential thinkers to name their favorite graph of the year — and why they chose it. Here's Peter Orszag's.
The great deceleration in health costs continues, with nominal Medicare spending actually lower in the first two months of fiscal year 2014 than in 2013. Focusing on Medicare is particularly interesting, since there is no reason to suspect that Medicare spending has been affected by the recession. If the slowdown in Medicare were to continue in the future, everything we think we know about the nation's long-term fiscal picture is wrong -- as this crucial graph from the Council of Economic Advisers shows. There's plenty we can be doing to increase the odds that the deceleration goes on.
- Peter Orszag was director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget from 2009-2010. He's a vice chairman at Citigroup and a columnist at Bloomberg View.
See all the graphs of 2013 here, including entries from Bill Gates, Jonathan Franzen, Patty Murray, Tyler Cowen, Bill McKibben, Emily Oster, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Brian Greene, Chuck Schumer, Chris Hayes, and Ron Wyden.


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The only resolution stemming from Washington's loss to UCLA on Thursday night is the Huskies are out of contention for a possible tie for third place in the Pac-12 men's basketball standings.
Otherwise, a huge jumble remains in place in the conference's middle tier.
As the final round of regular-season games unfolds Saturday, here are the relevant standings - and some tiebreaking methods to keep in mind:
From No. 3 through No. 9 - Colorado 10-7, Arizona State 10-7, Oregon 9-8, Utah 9-8, Stanford 9-8, California 9-8, Washington 8-9.
Utah and Stanford will separate themselves in their head-to-head meeting Saturday, while Cal can tie with Colorado by beating the Buffaloes in the Bay Area. ASU (at Oregon State) and Oregon (vs. Arizona) have about 50-50 chances of winning, while Washington should beat USC.<


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Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a name of the Devil. The name likely continues Middle English scrat, the name of a demon or goblin, derived from Old Norse skratte.[1]
Examples of usage of the name "Old Scratch" are found in:
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Constantine (TV series)
- American Dad! episode "Permanent Record Wrecker"
- Crossroads (1986 film)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét
- The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
- The Last Rung on the Ladder by Stephen King
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Lucifer (TV series) (Season 1 Episode 2 "Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.")
- Miracle Monday by Elliot S. Maggin
- Mud (2012 film)
- Alan Wake (2012 video game)
- Quantum Leap" (Season 3 Episode 5 "The Boogieman")
- The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo by Rudyard Kipling
- The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope
- The Witches of Eastwick (film)
- Prince of Darkness (film)
- "Beelz" song written by Stephen Lynch
- "Three Men Hanging" song by Murder by Death
- I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter
- "Tight Like That" by the rock band Clutch
- Episode 12 of Welcome to Night Vale
- ^ "Old Scratch", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin Company, Fifth Edition, 2011


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NEW STUFF to close out the year!
New items from King Tuff, Giraffes? Giraffes!, The Ally Coalition, Diamond Youth and a special holiday digital single by Katie Costello!
We would like to welcome Antwon to the family!
Also some really solid deals going on over at the close out store!
Thanks to everyone for a great year and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!


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Shockwave Headed To Earth After Solar Flares Erupt
If your cable television goes on the fritz for a short amount of time today you might be tempted to call and complain to the cable company. But you'd be wrong to do that.
If you want to blame anyone, blame the sun. It's had three major solar flares this week, and there's a chance we could see a shockwave at some point today. KTRH Chief Engineer Bob Stroupe says anything on satellite could be affected by this.
"Most of the cable TV channels are delivered via satellite, so that would be affected," Stroupe told KTRH News. "The big problem with solar flares is that they can induce current into power lines and it can disrupt the electrical grid.
But, before you get too worked up over what could happen, Patricia Reiff over at Rice University says chances are that you're worrying about nothing.
"It's not heading right at us. The flares that cause trouble here on Earth are the ones coming from the middle of the sun if we look at it," Reiff said. "This is going to be a glancing blow. I don't think we'll see a huge event. We will see a nice event, though," Reiff said.
So, about the only thing you might notice is some very pretty skies, if you're in Alaska. Reiff says we're too far south to really feel or see any impact from this shockwave.


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January 1, 2011
the photo is from exactly a month ago: first of December. the sun rising at Lanzarote beach. i took a couple of photos, then a seagull flew by, which made me look up - and notice the moon, there, up in the right corner of the sky.


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Alison Sweeney Responds to 'Biggest Loser' Critics: Our Goal Is To Inspire
"It isn't realistic," she tells Celebuzz. "If you worked out six hours a day and had nothing else to do with your life, then it would be realistic," she adds with a laugh. "Nobody is trying to pretend anything other than that. That's the whole point. That's why it's a lifetime opportunity to come to the ranch."
"Our hope is that fans who watch it are inspired by what people do," she says. "And that the information that we share with our audience and the contestants themselves is carried forward so that everybody can have their life changed in some way by it."
For her, getting to see the before and after effect is the highlight of the show. "My favorite part would have to be the transformations, she says. "Just being a part of the journey. Those great, lifechanging moments are very inspiring. It's just amazing to get to know those people and be a part of it."
As for herself, she says, "I've definitely learned lessons that I'm so grateful to know. Back in the day, I tried that cabbage soup diet when that was really popular, I did shake diets…stuff like that. The worst part was that it was effective in the very short term, but then I wouldn't be able to maintain that strict diet plan — so then I'd give up on the whole thing and gain more weight back than I ever lost."
As the host for the past five years, she's taken the message to heart. "The message is that this is for life. How can you make choices to be healthy for your whole life? I really like that mentality."
Alison has found her own balance by putting what she's learned to use! "Nutrition has been a HUGE part of it," she says. There are tons of things that people are doing they THINK are healthy, like not knowing a ceaser salad is bad for you. I was one of those people. I was eating pasta primivera and thinking to myself 'look at the four pieces of brocolli in my dinner! I bet this is super good for me.' If you really know what's out there, you make healthier choices. Don't mislead yourself. Figure out what you need to do to be healthy and do that."
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There are good reasons to believe that the unparalleled flowering and
growth of the
World Wide Web may ultimately prove to be a curse rather than a blessing.
In January 1995, according to the Lycos crawler database
(http://lycos-tmp1.psc.edu), more than 2 million WWW documents were
published online. In early August 1995, Lycos had to keep track of 5.07
million Web pages. Two years later, in February 1997, Lycos had to keep
track of more than 34 million URLs. As of Tuesday, February 25, 1997, at
16:03 (Pacific Time), there were an estimated 2,188,545 World Wide Web
sites on the Internet. Certainly, information technology professionals are
delighted that since the early 1990s they have been able to inspect and
work with each other's hypertext files whenever and wherever they want.
Similarly, it is exciting to know that the realm of WWW resources is
growing exponentially and that every week powerful technological
innovations are devised and implemented. Nevertheless, two elementary
questions remain unanswered.
The first concerns the ratio of total volume of networked information
(measured in megabytes) to information useful to scholars - or to anyone,
for that matter. Is the ratio around 1:1? 100:1? 1,000:1? or perhaps even
greater? The other question regards long-term trends and prospects for the
quality and reliability of WWW-based information resources. Are we, with
the passage of time, being blessed with an ever-reaching, ever-faster, and
over-arching information matrix of true reliability, or are we being cursed
with tomorrow's multimedia mediocrity?
These questions cannot be overlooked or taken lightly, for they directly
affect our own future and electronic well-being. And, unfortunately, the
networked future looks far from rosy.
The Sins and Turmoil of the Web
The Web is the global sum of the uncoordinated activities of several
hundreds of thousands of people who deal with the system as they please. It
is a nebulous, ever-changing multitude of computer sites that house
continually changing chunks of multimedia information (numeric values,
text, graphic images, sound tracks, video clips and data-input forms), all
arranged in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes. This information is
displayed on millions of pages (files) wired together by multiple hypertext
links. If the WWW were compared to a library, the "books" on its shelves
would keep changing their relative locations as well as their sizes and
names. Individual "pages" in those publications would be shuffled
ceaselessly. Finally, much of the data on those pages would be revised,
updated, extended, shortened or even deleted without warning almost daily.
Thus, the Web's chief structural feature is its permanent state of flux,
its fundamental inability to offer "Internauts" either a sense of constancy
of information or any real stability of location for its electronic
repositories. A state of flux is intrinsic to the nature of the Web, so
that any attempt to curb it is bound to inflict on the Web phenomenon a
violent shock, loss of vitality, and finally a rapid death; or, more
likely, the regulatory attempt itself will result in a dismal failure. In
other words, the WWW is very unlike the traditional world of books,
research journals, and microfilm, and it cannot now be made to emulate
Any complications and problems arising from the dynamic and near-chaotic
state of the Web are further compounded by the behavior of people and
institutions that manage sites on the system. I refer here to
organizational problems such as the abysmal and wasteful replication of
effort by different parties claiming to be the Internet's main site for a
given field of specialization; the lust and carelessness bordering on
promiscuity with which maintainers of Web pages establish links to other
related (and frequently unrelated) sites and pages; and the labyrinthine
circularity of links, forcing readers to jump for minutes on end from site
to site in search of a server that publishes its own data instead of
pointing to other catalogues. Other Web sins include chronic lack of
communication and cooperation between maintainers of sites specializing in
similar subject areas, as well as passivity and lack of feedback from
readers who use a site.
However, the greatest sin of all is an absurd fascination with
technological issues at the expense of any serious thought as to the raison
d'ętre of the WWW, namely information itself. Our greatest folly seems to
be our willingness to cultivate this global communication system, open to
all and sundry, without first ensuring that we have enough useful and
trustworthy, accurate and timely information to be circulated across such a
networked behemoth.
It is strange indeed that reams upon reams of electronic pages are created
to deal with secondary issues such as SGML and HTML style sheets,
telecommunication and interface standards, delivery of the latest browser
and server software, and so on and so forth without anyone's ever bothering
to ask, What is the Web to be used for? How do we define and judge the
quality of electronic information? What are the minimal standards to be
observed? How might these standards differ from those developed for other
forms of publication?
If the World Wide Web, which originated as a communication tool for
scholars and researchers working at the cutting edge of the sciences, is to
have a valid future, these issues urgently need to be tackled. We must
investigate notions of information quality and make them applicable to
material published on the Web.
For instance, would the idea of accuracy remain equally important across
such a wide range of documents as news bulletins, dictionaries, medieval
wheat prices, mantissae in a table of logarithms, phone numbers,
photographs of Elvis Presley, photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope,
maps of major historic battles, maps of airports, drawings of flowers and
shock-absorbers, and sound files of classical music and of the Nobel Prize
acceptance speech by the Dalai Lama?
And what about timeliness of information and the related issue of file
update frequency? Are news files to be updated every 12 hours? or 6 hours?
or every hour? Maybe it should happen continuously. Are online history
handbooks to be modified and updated every month, every year, or every
decade? Or should they be revised each time, without fail, that another
politically correct linguistic twist becomes fashionable? Also, how often
should Mendeleev's periodic table be updated?
Clearly, a mighty task awaits site managers, one that must be handled in
close cooperation with librarians, scholars, publishers and philosophers.
However, the analysis and successful resolution of all these methodological
issues will be only part of a greater battle. Web- and Net-related
standards still need to be drafted and circulated on the Net so that they
can be seen and eventually put into practice by the people involved in
shaping the Web.
Difficulties in Reforming the Web
The major battle, if and when it is fought, will be about the minimal
content standards for the Web. It is going to be a bloody, uphill struggle
against hundreds of thousands of people who love publishing online simply
because publishing is now feasible and inexpensive. The present body of the
WWW is determined largely by the developers' hunger for recognition and
applause from their peers. And who are these developers? My observations
suggest that they include primarily university undergraduates who gain
access to an account (and promptly generate personal home pages); online
advertising agencies (who mount business catalogues and leaflets);
programmers (who publish pages with links to Web software, Perl scripts,
and graphics converters or who construct new generations of Web crawlers
and information harvesters); a handful of adventurous journalists and
academics (who, as an experiment, mount a couple of documents derived from
their work or try to run an online database or electronic journal); and
finally, cataloguers and librarians (who compile registers of links).
One thing seems clear: Those with access (and copyright) to ample and
high-quality factual and/or scholarly materials are in the minority. Hence,
sites will inevitably vie with each other for the status of being the Web's
biggest (in terms of the catalogued hypertext links and the size of their
logos), or most technically advanced (in terms of the speed and capacity of
their search engines, interactivity, CGI scripts, and gateways to other
software systems), or most colorful and dazzling (in terms of visual
effects and virtual-reality technologies).
We can now see how this self-referential loop is formed: Good data is not
readily forthcoming, hence the preoccupation with hypertext and multimedia
techniques, and the "cool" appearance of pages. This motivates the WWW
culture to revolve around the bigger and better "containers" for
information and not around the information itself. Thus, the World Wide Web
Consortium (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW), major Web sites, and software
houses regularly ignore the question of Web content and fuss exclusively
about new tools and applications:
So you've been wandering the Web for a while now, and you're ready to start
contributing to the great flow of information on the Internet. The first
thing to do is learn about HTML [. . .] to bring documents to your screen.
Next, you'll want to learn about adding online forms, graphics, sound, and
video - taking advantage of the interactive and multimedia capabilities of
the Web. And once you understand the basics and start coding pages like
mad, you'll want to find some development tools to make your work easier.
(Excerpt from the Creating Net Sites page by the Netscape Communications
Co., http://home.netscape.com/home/how-to-create-web-services.html.)
With such a simplistic view of the Web, it's no wonder the so-called "great
flow of information on the Internet" in 1995 proved to be mainly a tide of
colorful snippets, advertising leaflets, cybermalls, tele-cafes, personal
home pages, tedious corporate mission statements, and sporadic pages of
unattributed and unreferenced data culled from paper sources. Whether this
flood of cyber junk will ever be halted remains to be seen.
The World Wide Web is extremely large and unruly, and thus it is very
difficult to influence or reengineer. The system's vastness and its
individualistic, polycentric, nonhierarchical mode of operation are
simultaneously the source of its tremendous vitality and its weakness. Bad
solutions and erroneous practices cannot be imposed arbitrarily on the WWW.
Yet, by the same token, good ideas are not necessarily embraced by the
population of Web maintainers, because the overall system has by now grown
so large and so multilayered that in the ongoing rush of new sites and new
pages, any solution - sensible or not - is simply invisible.
Impending Emergence of the MMM?
The WWW system has reached a crossroads. Since its inception in 1991, it
has evolved rapidly from a tool for congenial information-sharing among
CERN's high-energy-particle physicists to a channel of communication for
anyone with access to the Internet. Do we really need to link up with pages
about someone's goldfish or a Coke-vending machine?
Web-based information, tracked by dozens of Web crawlers and harvesters,
continues to grow exponentially without much thought for guidelines,
safeguards and standards concerning the quality, precision,
trustworthiness, durability, currency and authorship of this information.
The situation is untenable. Unless serious and energetic remedial steps are
taken at once by managers of the most prestigious and resourceful Web
sites, and by as many of the organizations dealing with Web and Internet
standards as possible, the system currently known as the WWW may come to be
known as the MMM (multimedia mediocrity).
Our concerted actions will wholly determine whether this most dynamic and
most promising part of the Internet will be seen in the not-too-distant
future as (with apologies to William Shakespeare) "a useless shadow, a poor
MMM that struts and frets his hour upon the Net, and then is heard no more,
a tale told by an idiot, full of digitized sound and multimedia fury,
signifying nothing."
During the time required to read this article, another 120 Web sites have
joined the Net. (See the Internet Statistics - Estimated site at
http://www.netree.com/netbin/ internetstats.)
T. Matthew Ciolek, formerly a behavioral scientist, works at the Coombs
Computing Unit, Research Schools of Social Sciences and Pacific and Asian
Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
He is the architect and administrator of the Coombspapers
(ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers), the world's oldest and largest
social sciences and humanities FTP site. He also runs the Coombs-web Social
Sciences Server (http://coombs.anu.edu.au) as a platform for seven
specialist World Wide Web virtual libraries (social sciences, Aboriginal,
Asian, Buddhist, demography and population, Pacific, and Tibetan studies).
He can be found on the WWW at http://coombs.
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Besides making swanky rides, Mercedes-Benz also manufactures more mundane vehicles like big rigs. Hence its new prototype, the semi-self-driving Future Truck 2025 – designed to provide a better, easier driving experience for truckers.
The Future Track is based on its award-winning Mercedes-Benz Actros 1845, with an engine that reaches 330 kW (449 hp) and a maximum torque of 2200 newton metres. Couple that with the automated 12-speed Mercedes Power Shift 3 transmission and it already looks like a pretty capable truck.
Sit back and let the truck drive
Engine aside, what makes the Future Truck special is its self-driving features. While not quite the Google self-driving car, it is rigged with enough tech to make the marathon drives truckers contend with a little bit more bearable. There are sensors to check the road ahead, scanning at both 250m and 70m ranges with 18-degree and 130-degree segments at those respective distances.
Besides sensors, there's a stereo camera with a 100m range that scans an area of 45 degrees horizontally and 27 degrees vertically. It can identify pedestrians (very important), single and double lanes, traffic signs, moving and stationary objects as well as road surface conditions. So long as it contrasts with the background, an object can be recognised by the camera. Added bonus: lane markings.
Sensors are also installed on the left and right side, with ranges of 60m covering a 170 degree angle. So the Future Truck has 'eyes and ears' not just in front but on the sides, giving it a continuous view of the area in front of and beside it.
The truck's system also has a 3D digital map, allowing it to be aware of its position and a road's course and topography.
Truckers can communicate via the onboard WLAN technology with other vehicles and send messages to other vehicles so as to be able to respond to them if needed. There are also notifcations about unusual events including emergency braking, fog lamps and hazard warning system activations.
It's not just about building a really cool truck. Mercedes-Benz sees its system as helping improve overall transport speed by allowing vehicles to communicate and share information, eventually turning road traffic into a self-learning system. This will help improve average transport speed by helping traffic flow without the need to raise the speed limit.
If that means we will have less cause to worry about really big lorries going really fast, we're definitely onboard with this one.
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Pete Seeger wasn't one of those legendary performers who made the world a better place with music. He was the original. He was inimitable and unique and indomitable in his mission to bring light to the dark places.
The voice that made "We Shall Overcome" the anthem of the civil rights movement, that would not stop singing to appease the House Unamerican Activities Committee, that voice is gone, but its legend, and its good works endure.
Quoting from John Nichol's excellent obituary on Seeger in The Nation, "Bruce Springsteen told Pete Seeger: 'You outlasted the bastards, man.' And so he did."
We'll post more from Nichol's piece below, after a recent interview with Amy Goodman on "Democracy Now."
Let us first take a moment to remember the loss of an original, irreplaceable American whose life, though ended, will continue to guide everything we at this publication endeavor to achieve.
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The application of maximum likelihood techniques to the estimation of evolutionary trees from nucleic acid sequence data is discussed. A computationally feasible method for finding such maximum likelihood estimates is developed, and a computer program is available. This method has advantages over the traditional parsimony algorithms, which can give misleading results if rates of evolution differ in different lineages. It also allows the testing of hypotheses about the constancy of evolutionary rates by likelihood ratio tests, and gives rough indication of the error of the estimate of the tree.
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