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- Title: Pit Ponies
Author: Errie Wyvern erowley@...
Summary: Pit ponies aren't the only ones forced to work in mines,
with dead and ugly eyes
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Archive with my other fictions. I do love pit ponies! They
are so cute, all little and fluffy! I hate that they were/are forced
to die in coal mines.
Disclaimer: Own nothing. Got it like milk?
in the English countryside
there is a story there, hidden in the hills
between iridescent greens
burning reds
springy colors of fall
death, pain, and coal dust
mark the vibrant colors of the mine
she was taken there
once when she was young
to see the little pit ponies
and the lives that they had won
the black of dust had burned their coats
she wondered what color they were
bright bay?
curious dun?
perhaps a dappled gray?
at any rate, they worked until the day was done
their sad little tails drooping in the wind
but now, as she looks back
upon that fateful trip
she thinks with a sudden bitterness
pit ponies aren't the only ones forced to work in mines
with dead and ugly eyes
coal has covered her coat as well
she remembers not the actual color
covered in controversy
only that the day is done
she can stop working for a while
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The staff of LSC-Tomball Community Library are thrilled that Children's Services Specialist Paige Carpenter is exhibiting her work here in Room L-129 during the month of May.
Paige graduated with honors from Florida State University. She currently lives in Texas in the company of many books. She loves Norse mythology, reading, gardening, and of course, creating art.
Paige aspires to become the illustrator of children's books. She works in watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and graphite, and in our meeting room this month we feature a collection of her graphite drawings.
You can see more of her work on her website at http://paigecarpenter.com/
Yes, yes, yes! Back by popular demand, we have another stunning Harris County Precinct 4 Fun for Seniors bus trip planned. Thursday, May 5th, we'll be exploring the Houston Zoo and enjoying lunch at the Spaghetti Warehouse. The bus will depart from the front door of the library at 8:15 a.m. and return at 3:30 p.m. As always, the bus trip is free; zoo admission is $17, unless you are age 65 or over, in which case it's $10.50; and lunch is on you. If you'd like us to register you, call 832-559-4213. Will we see you then?
Normalcy feels good. I hope normalcy is returning to your life after our deluge last Sunday night. We're open again at LSC-Tomball Community Library; so if you finished all your books while we were closed, you can bring them back and get more now! Any books that came due while we were closed will have their fines forgiven. Come to the Customer Service desk and we'll get that taken care of for you. Welcome back!
The SCORE workshop, "The Power of Email Marketing", scheduled for this Saturday, April 23rd, is cancelled due to the weather and flooding this week. Please stay safe and dry and we'll re-schedule this workshop soon.
This week is National Library Week! First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country, to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.
This year's theme is "Libraries Transform". I'd like to invite you to use this blog to post an experience of how a library anywhere, at any time, transformed your life in some way.
My story happened in a west-coast library back in 1999. We had just returned from two years in New Zealand and our sea freight hadn't arrived. Bereft of computers, internet, and phone service, we turned to the library to communicate to our friends and relatives that we had arrived safely, and to the businesses we needed to find a new home. That wonderful library transformed our moving trauma and we settled in that area because of it.
Would you look at these birds! Hundreds of egrets, snowy egrets, rosette spoonbills, and cormorants are mating, building nests, or feeding their young on this amazing south coast island called The Rookery. This was some of the magic our Seniors experienced this week on the Harris County Precinct 4 bus trip to the High Island Bird Sanctuaries. Thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, they also got to try out iPad Airs as they traveled. Nature and technology, all in one bus trip.
Our next trip will be Thursday, May 5th, and we'll be going to the Houston Zoo, with lunch at the Spaghetti Warehouse. Registration will be opening soon!
Today, sadly, we say farewell to our Assistant Branch Librarian Children's Services, Lynn Flanigan. Lynn has been with the Harris County Public Library system for sixteen years and with Tomball Library since the current building opened in 2005. Before that she worked for Houston Public Library. And before that, she was a paralegal. But her first love is children, and she left the legal profession because she felt called to be with kids to share her love of reading, storytelling, and literacy. She'll be remembered by her staff for allowing them to try out and implement new programs, for reaching out to schools and daycares, and for the way she happily jumped in to help whenever needed. Lynn, we wish you and your husband every good thing in the years ahead, and thank you for your service to the children of Tomball.
After our last Adult Coloring meeting our participants didn't ask us, "Are you having another class;" they asked us,"When are you having another class?!" We can now answer that question: we're having one at the end of this month.
If you haven't been before, come and discover the joy of adult coloring in a two hour coloring fest at the Tomball Library. If you have been before, here's the spoiler: we'll have pages from "The Official A Game of Thrones Coloring Book". Relax and get lost in this meditative activity. We'll supply felt markers, coloring pencils, and pages to color; but feel free to bring your own as well. That's Thursday, March 31st, from 2-4 pm. In the Meeting Room, Room L-129.
During World War II, more than one million people were murdered by the Nazis at the Auschwitz concentration and death camp in southern Poland. Every April, in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance month,Tomball Library is honored to present a speaker who personally recalls those harrowing years. This year, Mr. Al Marks, a survivor of Auschwitz, will tell the story about how he built tunnels in the death camp. That's on Thursday, April 14th at 11:00 a.m., in the Auditorium in Room E-100. As with all our programs, admission is free.
By popular demand, Coloring for Adults is back! Come and discover the joy of adult coloring in a 2 hour coloring fest here at the library. Relax and get lost in this meditative activity. Coloring pages, felt markers and colored pencils are provided, but feel free to bring your own if you prefer. No registration is required. We'll meet in the meeting room, L 129 on Thursday, March 31st, from 2-4 pm.
This month we'll feature pages from "The Official A Game of Thrones Coloring Book". Alternatively, bring what you're working on at home and enjoy the companionship of others.
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Bangkok is so big, we've split it up into areas, select one of the below for detailed accommodation and food listings in that area. Sights and general overviews for Bangkok as a whole can be found via the icons above. Don't know where to start? Read an overview of Bangkok's different areas.
There's little doubt that you'll be impressed by the famed Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho and the shimmering detail at Wat Arun, but some of Bangkok's best temples are overlooked by the tourist hordes. One gorgeous example, conveniently located in the historic district, is Wat Ratchabophit.
Built during the reign of Rama V in the mid-19th century, Wat Ratchabophit has an unusual design that features a 43-metre-high gilded chedi enclosed in a circular cloister. Adorned with unabashedly colourful segments of Chinese porcelain that combine to form elaborate lai Thai diamond patterns, walking slowly along the cloister is one of the more soothing things you can do in Bangkok.
The colours — blues, reds and yellows all of a slightly faded quality — mingle with black lacquer windows designs and dark blue and saffron roof tiles to form a whole that's not the least bit kitsch. Ornate mother of pearl inlaid doors add to the splendour. The overall effect yields one of Bangkok's prettiest temples — if not the prettiest.
The ashes of several of Rama V's family members are enshrined in smaller chedis on one part of the grounds, which may partly explain the temple's perpetually peaceful atmosphere. There never seems to be more than a few locals strolling the grounds or taking a break on the many benches spread beneath the trees. Some rather modern guardians ensure that any noise-makers keep out.
The ordination hall is often closed to the public, which is a shame since it too is unusual as far as Thai temples go. The partially gilded ceiling slopes at the roof, "held up" by Romanesque looking pillars and interspersed with light grey panels. Apart from the Buddha image, which enshrines the ashes of King Rama VII at the base, it looks almost like the inside of a church and is a good example of Rama V's preference for a European look.
Once you've checked out the highlights, bend through one of the low-hanging oval entrance-ways and stroll around the monk's living quarters (unless you're not properly dressed, of course). Here you'll find several attractive Colonial-era buildings that are typical of the Rama V era, along with the odd bonsai tree and napping cat.
Wat Ratchabophit is located between Atsadang and Feung Nakorn roads, just east of Saranrom Royal Gardens. After checking out both of these quiet spots you might have a poke through nearby Phraeng Phuthon Square.
How to get there
Between Atsadang and Feung Nakorn roads, a ten-minute walk east of the Grand Palace.
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Funeral services for Donna Philiph, 79, of Alta, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012, at Pleasant View Cemetery of Hartley. Rev. Dan Taylor will officiate the service.
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Child Hit By Vehicle Near Wellesley SchoolA child was struck by an SUV in the driveway of the Schofield Elementary School.
Dog That Fell Through Thin Ice Rescued And Reunited With OwnerThe dog was rescued by a Barletta construction worker after the owner also had to pull himself out of the icy pond.
Reactions Mixed To Wellesley Police Chief's Racial Injustice ApologyThe president of one of the largest police organizations in the U.S. apologized for historical mistreatment of minorities, calling it a "dark side of our shared history" that must be acknowledged and overcome.
Wellesley Police Chief Apologizes For Racial Injustice At National ConferenceChief Terrence Cunningham said at International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference that police have historically oppressed people of color.
Man Charged With OUI After Wellesley Hit And Run Pleads Not GuiltyA 21-year-old man who allegedly struck a cyclist in Wellesley and drove off pleaded not guilty Monday to several charges, including operating a vehicle under the influence, during his arraignment.
Wellesley Man Charged With OUI After Hit And RunWellesley Police say a suspect has been arrested after allegedly hitting a cyclist and fleeing the scene.
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Rap has had a bad rap almost as soon as it began. Let's start a movement back to intelligent, conscious rap lyrics that speak of actual social, economic, psychological, and political problems; not the stuff that glorifies misogyny, drugs, illegal acts, and violence. There's a respectful and constructive way to discuss these problems and it's up to the conscientious rappers and lyricists to show the new generation how artistic and powerful rap and hip-hop can be catalysts for change.
I am actually currently working on a teen and young adult novel tentatively titled: Got the Flow: The Diary of a Young Rapper. It's about a young man in high school that dreams of becoming a rapper and wants to support his mom, who works three jobs just to make ends meet. He lost his father to gun violence. He slowly begins to realize the power of words and rap thanks to his English teacher Mr. Salas and a serendipitous visit by a prison inmate. He has obstacle after obstacle thrown his way: getting robbed, mean teachers, and truancy problems. I made a rap music video (along with printable lyrics available on the video link below. Excerpts will be posted on my website (www.carlossalinaswriting.com) as soon as they become available.
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Hubble space telescope
Like many kids, Mike Massimino dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Against all odds, he turned that dream into reality. This is his story
Measurements taken by Hubble space telescope conflict with studies of radiation left over from Big Bang – fuelling theories of 'dark energy' and mystery particles
The space telescope celebrates its anniversary on 24 April; this spectacular image of a cloud of gas and dust 8,000 light years away celebrates the occasion
Most recent images from Hubble space telescope show giant red spot on planet's atmosphere has continued to shrink and has become more circular
Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope shows never before seen details of Jupiter
AstroSat may be 10 times smaller than Hubble but will be first space telescope launched by a developing country
American composer Eric Whitacre takes his inspiration from the Hubble Space Telescope's Deep Field image for a premiere at the BBC Proms
A new world of space exploration is unfolding over the next few years, from the ExoMars robot drilling to asteroid exploration, the ESA's mission to Jupiter's icy moons and the Solar Orbiter
As Nasa releases New Horizons' latest photographs of Pluto, we take a look at images of the planet over the years – from its discovery in 1930 to the present day
Given that we're living in a golden age for space photography, it's surprising how antiquated the hardware responsible is…
The cosmic bucket list: 11 things to see in the universe before it dies (in 22bn years)Chris LintottWith the 'big rip' bearing down on us, let's get out there and catch the must-see sights of a slowly dying universe
Analysis of ten years of data from the space telescope has revealed the unusual trajectories, and also suggests Pluto might in fact be a binary dwarf planet
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hubble telescope's mission, the Open University has imagined six 'Postcards from Space', using some of the Hubble's breathtaking imagery. Wish you were here!
The team look at what makes some people brilliant public speakers, and others lost for words
The Hubble space telescope was launched into space aboard the shuttle Discovery on the 24th of April 1990. Its 25 year mission has seen dramatic highs and lows, during which it has captured some of the most iconic images of space ever taken
It's 25 years since a shuttle first put the giant space telescope into orbit, but the project initially seemed doomed to fail. How did Nasa's team turn things around, going on to capture over a million stunning images of deep space?
The Hubble telescope, launched 25 years ago next month, is unrivalled in its breathtaking and compelling visions of the cosmos
The Hubble telescope was launched in April 1990. Ever since, it has been providing astronomers with breathtaking images of the cosmos
European Space Agency's Proba-3 project to unlock mysteries of the sun, using small precision spacecraft, could be used to study distant stars and planets in search for evidence of alien life
Quantities of this gas on the red planet are measly, but Curiosity's rover analysis could lead astrobiologists to distant worlds and watery moons
A month in space A spacewalk selfie, the Giant Squid Nebula and an origami solar array – in picturesThis month's roundup of the best space-related imagery in the known universe includes a dramatic solar flare, a cosmonaut's selfie and an improbable marriage between technology and the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding
In this month's roundup of the best space imagery, a giant storm is waning on Jupiter, Nasa prepares its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, and a galaxy cluster known as 'the fat one' lives up to its name
A month in space A cosmic plughole, echoes from the big bang and the most peaceful place on Earth – in picturesThis month's roundup of stunning space imagery includes a black hole spinning at half the speed of light, evidence of primordial gravitational waves, and a spiky chamber that excludes all radio, TV and cellphone signals
This month's roundup of the best space-related imagery in the known universe includes a supernova, a cluster of stars kidnapped from a neighbouring galaxy by the Milky Way, an eggy nebula and bizarre carbon dioxide frost on Mars
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The Nintendo Entertainment System - we all called it the NES, mind - was the world's first truly great games console. Why? Well, because it was home to some absolute classic games - the sorts of titles that now, some 30 years since the machine was first released, we still enjoy playing.
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Optical antennas and resonant structures have been extensively investigated due to its potential for electromagnetic detection and energy harvesting applications. However their integration into large arrays and the role of connection lines between individual antennas has drawn little attention. This is necessary if we want to exploit its potential constructively and to enable economical large-scale fabrication. In this contribution we point out some features that an efficient antenna array should address. Experimental measurements on aluminum microbolometers are compared to electromagnetic simulations, it is shown that the finite size of a real array and the interconnection lines interact and affect the global performance.
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what is the difference between database and server OR is it one and the same? pls anybody dudess.......
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Give your child a summer to remember with Wellington's All-Day Summer Camp!
For more information visit wellingtonfl.gov/SummerCamp
Aerial Trapeze Academy Circus Camp – Ages 5 to 13
Campers will learn new circus acts every day, and be assigned a special role in a live circus production, to be performed by the campers on June 9th for friends and family! Activities may include: Flying trapeze (using proper safety harnesses and equipment), aerial acts, ground acts, fun, and games.
Session in June
Days Offered: Monday through Friday
Basketball Academy – Ages 7+
This Basketball Academy is open to boys and girls. Coach Carlton Smith will provide instruction in various basketball fundamentals along with opportunities for team play. Participants will be grouped by age.
Sessions available in June and July
Days Offered: Monday through Thursday
Cheer, Hip-Hop & Gymnastics Camp – Ages 5 to 15
Led by experienced Wellington Cheer and Dance coaches, this camp teaches and perfects cheer, hip-hop, and floor tumbling skills.
Sessions available in July and August
Days Offered: Monday through Friday
NEW! FAME Camp – Ages 4 to 18
This is a high energy dance camp that will feature acting workshops. Campers will learn how to conduct themselves at a modeling/casting call. Campers will learn ballet, lyrical, and jazz funk choreography. There will be a camp showcase on the last day of camp.
Sessions available in July
Days Offered: Monday – Friday
Fishing Academy – Ages 6 to 14
Building up Sports Academy instructors will teach Florida rules as well as the fishing basics. All participants will receive a rod and reel to keep. Snacks will be provided and daily prizes will be awarded. Participants will receive a T-Shirt and fishing medal at the end of the camp tournament.
Location: Wellington Community Center - Lake Wellington Pavilion
Sessions available in June and July
Days Offered: Monday through Friday
Soccer Academy for Boys & Girls – Ages 5 to 14
Prepare your star soccer player for the upcoming season with this academy, put on by the Wellington Soccer Club. Campers must wear shin guards and non-metal cleats and bring a water bottle.
Sessions available in June, July, and August
Days Offered: Monday through Thursday
World Cup Soccer Camp – Ages 6 to 18
This skills camp will be directed by Wellington Soccer Club's Director of Coaching, Patrick Zoete. Mr. Zoete and his experienced group of soccer professionals will provide an outstanding education-based soccer camp. Campers must wear shin guards and non-metal cleats, bring a bottle of water, their own ball and a bagged
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Days Offered: Monday – Friday
Speed & Agility Training Camp – Ages 9 to 18
Put on by Wellington Soccer Club, this program focuses on speed development and performance training. Speed is the key component in explosive sports like soccer, baseball, lacrosse, basketball, hockey, football, and track, so this camp will be of great benefit for players of all types of sports.
Session available in July
Days Offered: Monday – Friday
Tennis Summer Camp – Ages 6 to 13
Join our Summer Tennis Camp and learn the game of tennis. Skills, strokes, and strategies will be taught by USPTA certified pros in this fun-filled, 3-hour morning of Tennis.
Sessions: Weekly sessions, June 5 – August 11
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TumbleKids Kamp – Ages 3 to 6
Give yourself a break this spring by giving your little ones a whole week of fun mornings with Miss Muriel. "Kampers" will enjoy sports, games, gymnastics, crafts, songs, and so much more, in a positive, safe environment.
Sessions available in June
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Tumble, Stretch, and Stunt Camp – Ages 5 to 15
Come tumble, stretch, and stunt with coach Devron Richardson. Camp focuses on floor tumbling, stretching, strength training, and stunts. All skill levels welcome.
Sessions available in June
Days Offered: Monday – Friday
Coed Volleyball Camp – Ages 10 to 16
This camp gives girls and boys the opportunity to work on their fundamental volleyball skills while having fun and making friends.
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67623 Oak Ridge Drive, Lawton 49065
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Natural beauty and privacy awaits in this quality built raised ranch home nestled on a wooded almost 10 acre parcel. Featuring 3 bedrooms & 2 1/2 baths, expansive 3 season knotty pine porch, a large office area with built-in desk & storage (could be used for home school) with an exterior entry, the kitchen opens to dining area & family room with wood burning stove, living room with fireplace, this spacious home will delight with the changing seasons. Pella windows throughout to enhance the view. The 4 car tandem garage offers abundant storage. The walk-out level features a large family room with kitchenette & wood burning stove, full bath, bonus room, workshop & extra storage. You will love being completely surrounded by nature yet have convenient access to highways, schools and employers
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Police officer gunned down on first day
A police officer who was sworn in on Friday was shot dead during a confrontation between officers and gunmen in Lake Ridge, Virginia, US.
Ashley Guindon had just returned to policing after leaving the force a few years ago.
Two other officers were injured in the attack which took place on Saturday.
Officer Guindon was killed after responding to a report about a 'verbal argument' in Woodbridge, which is 30 miles south west of Washington.
A civilian also died in the domestic dispute, according to Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors.
The condition of the wounded officers was not known.
The suspect, who is a military serviceman, was taken into custody.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God". #RIPAshleyGuindon pic.twitter.com/AyG7NmYDNt— Prince William Co PD (@PWCPoliceDept) February 28, 2016


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Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates / Edition 1by Clint Eccher
Pub. Date: 03/01/1902
Publisher: Cengage Delmar Learning
Whether you are an intermediate Web designer looking to take your sites to
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professional skills, you will find the tools to meet your needs in
Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Second Edition. This
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Dinobot is one of the Predacons who works for Megatron. He was one of the original six predacons who stole the golden disk. His beast form is a raptor.Upon arrival on prehistoric Earth, Dinobot was disappointed with Megatron not destroying the Maximals when they had the chance, and that they did not appear to be on Earth, so he challenged him to a battle for leadership of the Predacons. However, Scorponok sent him flying into the distance with a missile. Dinobot then challenged Optimus Primal to a battle for leadership of the Maximals, changing his activation code to "Dinobot Maximize". Their fight was interrupted by attacks from the Predacons, during which Optimus saved Dinobot from falling to his death. The Predacons' attacks revealed a mountain full of Energon where the Maximals (including Dinobot) and the Predacons fought in beast form. When Megatron transformed (endangering his life, as those unstable energon crystals could destroy them as robots in less than a minute) and shot a missile at Optimus, who was injured in the battle, Dinobot deflected the missile away from him. From here, Dinobot remained on the Maximals' side (though he nearly rejoined the Predacons at one point). He never became a Transmetal like many of the others did in Season 2. In the episode "Code of Hero", Dinobot received many injuries from the Predacons when he was defending the protohumans from them. He destroyed the Golden Disk, but died from his injuries and loss of energy. In Season 3, Dinobot was later cloned by Megatron, not for the first time, as in Season 1, in the episode "Double Dinobot", Megatron made a clone of Dinobot that could not transform. In the end, this clone was eaten by Dinobot. Dinobot II, the second clone, and a Transmetal, was on the Predacons' side for most of Season 3 until the death of Rampage, and was killed helping the Maximals escape.
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"Were still looking at how many plays we can get guys who arent starters, and when do we substitute, and how do we substitute," Brown said Tuesday.
So far, nothing is carved in stone but rather etched on chalked boards.
"Thats what we talked to the players about today," Brown said. "Were going to watch films from today and yesterday and start deciding whos going to play on Sunday night."
Personally, I have wanted to know for quite some time (and finally got around to asking) how Brown intended to manage the quarterback situation with regard to meaningful snaps in actual games. Obviously, part of the way Brown has handled the situation (and, so far, able to mitigate a quarterback controversy) is to name junior Chance Mock the starter from day one. Obviously, Brown is not going to rotate Mock and Young as he did Major Applewhite and Chris Simms in 2000 until the Oklahoma debacle. Presumably, Young will not be subjected to insignificant mop-up time as was Mock last season.
But with two signal callers who could start virtually anywhere, the question remains: when, and how much, does Young touch the ball?
"Weve talked about playing Vince; we havent talked about when or how," Brown said. "And we havent talked to Vince about it. But as we get closer to the game, we would start doing those things."
That kind of conversation will take place Thursday. Thats when Brown will meet with his staff and discuss, in earnest, the amount of playing time they will generally expect from each player on the two-deep chart.
"I will always like for them to talk to the players about what they think were planning, understanding that it may change," Brown said.
Part of it, of course, is dictated by actual game conditions.
"If its the kind of game where theyre not allowing us to run the ball so were throwing it a whole lot, it changes personnel some," Brown said. "At opening game, well have two or three different thoughts about what you might do and then adjust to whatever shows up. We used to talk about opening games being survival; whatever is thrown at you, you catch it and handle it and bobble it and get your hands cooled off and then go back and work on it. Thats about what you do. The only thing thats important Sunday is that youd like to be healthy and you want a W. Other than that, youre going to have a bunch of things youre going to need to work on. Thats why theyre called opening games."
While the two-deep chart includes true freshman DE Tim Crowder and six RS-freshmen, they remain an unproven commodity until thrust into the heat of battle.
"All those freshmen do really, really well, and then when they sing The Eyes of Texas they run out of the tunnel, they hyperventilate," Brown said.
Players practiced one hour at Denius Field (for individual drills) before entering the indoor practice facility for 11-on-11.
"I see excitement in our team about getting ready to play an opening ballgame because theyre tired of the each other thing. Theyre ready to get after someone other than themselves. You get to this point in two-a-days and, after spring practice, your players can call out the plays. They can call out the defense. They can say, Here comes the blitz!, so theyre ready to look at another colored jersey."
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UK sales of organic products fall 3.7 percent in 2011
Sales of organic products in the UK fell 3.7 percent in 2011 to 1.67 billion pounds, a third successive annual decline, Britain's largest organic certifier said on Friday.
Sales peaked at more than 2.1 billion pounds in 2008 before falling back in the face of the economic downturn.
In Britain I think this is a reasonable performance for organic. We've had very high inflation, high unemployment and consumer spending is down, interim trade director Finn Cottle said at the Soil Association's annual meeting.
The latest decline was driven by a 5 percent fall in sales by major food retailers as they cut back on the shelf space given to organic products and own-label organic ranges, the association reported.
Reduction of choice, lack of communication about the reasons to buy organic products and a lack of investment in own-label organic ranges are the key factors of this decline, the Soil Association said, issuing its annual organic market report.
Some organic products did post increased sales last year despite the economic downturn including baby food (up 6.6 percent), lamb (up 16 pct), poultry (up 5.8 pct) and cosmetics (up 8.7 percent).
Babyfoods are always our star performer and they continue to perform so well, Cottle said.
Alex Beckett, food analyst at market research Mintel, told Reuters that demand for organic produce in the UK was unlikely to increase noticeably in the short-term.
Organic is not a top priority for the majority of consumers at the moment, who are more likely to reach for products bearing Fairtrade, locally-sourced or animal welfare claims.
The irony is of course that organic food must comply by the strictest animal welfare standards - people don't seem to realise this, Beckett said.
The overall decline in Britain contrasted with the global market for organic products, where sales rose by 8.8 percent in 2010 with growth continuing into 2011, the report said.
Global organic sales were valued at 44.5 billion euros (37 billion pounds) in 2010.
Strong growth has continued in all the major European markets, and the US, and the outlook for this year is positive. The organic market in China has quadrupled in the past five years, while Organics Brasil reports an annual growth rate of 40 percent in the Brazilian market, the Soil Association said.
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The fastest path between Point A and Point B is a straight line. Not so fast, says a team of scientists and engineers who recently disproved this commonly accepted notion using a NASA satellite that had not moved more than 15 degrees during its 12-year mission studying the Sun.
In what may seem counterintuitive even to engineers, a team from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif., Draper Laboratory in Houston, Texas, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., proved that the spacecraft actually rotated faster to reach a particular target in the sky when it carried out a set of mathematically calculated movements.
These maneuvers looked more like the steps dancers would perform doing the tango, the foxtrot, or another ballroom dance.
"That spacecraft was dancing on the sky," said Osvaldo Cuevas, the mission director of NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE), the spacecraft that carried the experiment before NASA decommissioned it in September. Had TRACE sported a pair of legs, its steps would have traced roughly the pattern of a five-point star.
Until the spacecraft's debut on NASA's version of "Dancing with the Stars," TRACE stared steadily at the Sun producing millions of images of the corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere that extends millions of kilometers into space and is nearly 200 times hotter than the Sun's visible surface.
Benefits to Current and Future Missions
The team's findings are particularly relevant to engineers designing future Earth-observing, astrophysics, and reconnaissance satellites that must image one object and then quickly reorient itself to observe another in a completely different location. Just as important, the experiment showed that existing spacecraft can "do things that they aren't designed to do," said Nazreth Bedrossian, a Draper scientist who played a pivotal role in the experiment.
"The payoff is in the pointing agility and being able to collect more science," explained Neil Dennehy, a Goddard engineer with the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC). "NASA will benefit and so will industry." Currently, NASA engineers direct spacecraft to follow a straight line when slewing to different locations in the sky. While it may be the shortest path, it is not the fastest, as the experiment showed.
Although the findings might surprise some, they did not astonish scientists from NPS and Draper. Actually the discovery that a straight line is not the fastest path between two points was made in the early 1700s by Swiss mathematician Johann Bernoulli. He discovered that a sliding bead traveling from one point to another would move faster if it followed a curved line and allowed gravity to assist in the acceleration.
The challenge then was not whether it was faster moving along a non-linear path, but rather what that path might look like. "Over the years, we forgot that the straight line isn't the best solution because we didn't know how to calculate the fastest path. We didn't have the tools," said Mark Karpenko, an NPS research scientist and lead engineer in the experiment.
Similar Movements Demonstrated on Space Station
In fact, Ross, Bedrossian, and his colleague, Sagar Bhatt, used DIDO four years earlier to maneuver the International Space Station 180 degrees without expending a drop of fuel.
"We became known as the people who can take this kind of an idea and make it fly," Ross said. "What needs to be emphasized is that the software used for solving the Space Station and TRACE maneuvers is exactly the same. Although the Space Station experiment demonstrated a minimum-fuel maneuver and TRACE a minimum-time maneuver - maneuvers that are quite different - the mathematics are similar."
All they needed was a chance to demonstrate DIDO's prowess by carrying out time-optimal maneuvers on a real satellite.
The stars had aligned in their favor. In the spring, NESC's Dennehy and Senior Engineer Kenneth Lebsock learned that the Space Science Mission Operations Office (SSMO) at Goddard planned to decommission TRACE in September. Before doing so, SSMO management offered experimenters an opportunity to use the spacecraft as an orbital testbed to investigate new ideas.
"I talked with the people who worked on TRACE's design, and I asked them what they would like to do if they could it all over again," Lebsock recalled. "The guys thought it would be neat if we could uplink maneuvering commands to see if TRACE could carry out an optimal slew" - a job the spacecraft was never designed to do, let alone quickly.
Two-Month Turnaround
The answer was obvious, Bedrossian said. "When do you get an opportunity to test your ideas on an actual satellite? For engineers, a flight test is like the Olympics. It's what you train for."
While Bernouilli calculated the optimum path using gravity to its best advantage, the team had to solve a pattern that exploited the spacecraft's mass and its four reaction wheels - a type of flywheel device that rotates spacecraft by very small amounts to keep it pointed at a star.
"We have been working on time-optimal maneuvers for other types of spacecraft, but never a reaction wheel system," Karpenko said.
Had the team opted to take TRACE in a straight line from one point to another, for example, it would have had to push one of the wheels to full saturation, with the other three not working as hard, Lebsock explained.
That means the spacecraft could not go any faster than the speed of the one wheel. The quest then was to determine mathematically the most efficient pattern where all four wheels worked equally hard.
By Aug. 10, the team was ready to begin the first of its 20 tests. Goddard engineers uploaded the team's series of pointing commands, starting conservatively with a 10-degree slew and then back to the starting position. By the fourth week, TRACE had slewed over 90 degrees off the Sun line. It maintained that position for about six minutes before slewing back.
"That maneuver was interesting because it really demonstrated what we wanted to show," Karpenko said. "We can actually reorient the spacecraft more quickly than by using the conventional techniques."
"This was about taking a risk to find something and learn something new," Cuevas added. "Not only were the movements faster than standard maneuvers, they also consumed less than half the electrical power of a standard movement. This could translate into significant savings for NASA, to say nothing of the improved data collection."
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