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At Sat, 20 May 2006 15:07:17 +0200, "pascal.delcombel" wrote: > I'm trying to use MrEd to develop a little tool to store text, including the > Hyperlinks facilities. As documented, I'd like to store text information (with > the text% editore class), including some hyperlinks. > I tried to derive new classes from editor-data% and editor-data-class%, then I > wrote a new class from the text% class, and tried to override the set-region- > data and get-region-data methods. > Well, I'm puzzled, I don't know what is really the classes hierachy and > thefore I struggle in understanding when and where to store the hyperlink (in > the write method from the editor-class? Elsewhere?) The docs were certainly unclear on the following two points: * The `set-snipclass' and `get-snipclass' methods are not meant to be overridden. The `set-snipclass' method stores the given class in a way that other editor objects access directly. So, you need to call the built-in method. * The `set-region-data' and `get-region-data' methods *are* meant to be overridden. The default `set-region-data' doesn't store anything. Instead these methods are called when content is unmarshaled or marshaled, respectively. Meanwhile, if you just need to store hyperlinks when the text is saved to a file, you'll need to record the data in a header or footer, instead of as region data. It turns out that the region-data methods are used for cut-and-paste, but they're not used for file saving and loading. I've improved the docs for the next build. Hopefully this information will help you make progress, but don't hesitate to ask more questions. Matthew
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All right fans, what are your top area high school sports stories of the year?
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Linton basketball makes 2A state championship game
Bloomington North's Max Irwin wins title in 500 freestyle, 2nd in 100 butterfly, to lead medal haul for Cougars.
Owen Valley's Anna Watkin wins state gymnastics title on balance beam.
Bloomington North football goes from 2 wins to 7 and a sectional title (over South), with Jack Smith breaking Anthony Lindsey's single-season passing records.
Bloomington South football revival under Mo Moriarity, including Eli Eads' 471-yard, 6 TD outburst in playoff win over Martinsville.
Bloomington North baseball sets offensive records in run to regional.
Bloomfield volleyball wins first sectional and regional titles in over a decade.
Linton football returns to semistate with new head coach Brian Oliver
Bloomington South's Cherise Otter wins regional golf title and medals at state after brother suffers head trauma in Texas assault.
Edgewood basketball wins 10 in a row to take second straight sectional title after rough start.
South grad Ronnie Schneider qualifies for US Open doubles draw before heading to North Carolina Tar Heels.
Big medal haul at state track meet for area girls: South 400 relay first team in school history to medal, Alex Warzyniak of South, Micaela Hazelwood of Linton and Olivia Ashba of Edgewood all double medal.
Boys track finals see South's Deakin Volz (pole vault) and Alex Olson (high jump) finish second
South softball wins first sectional title since 2002.
Bloomfield's Alli Workman first runner in school history to make girls' state cross country meet
South boys cross country posts best finish at state (sixth) under long-time coach Larry Williams, Kyle Burks finishes 16th.
South wrestling sends eight to state, Clayton Fiddler takes third at 195. Head coach Royce Deckard resigns in off season.


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This extra-large countertop oven with broil, convection, bake, and rotisserie functions can also make mid size pizzas with ease. It features a 10- to 120-minute timer or "stay on" option for extra long cooking times. It's adjustable temperature up to 500 degrees F allows you to cook and sear, and the spacious interior can fit a 5-pound chicken or 2 12-inch pizzas. Includes two cooking racks, two baking pans, broiler rack, rotisserie skewer, and rotisserie lifter.
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We're in need of a blender, and this powerful 500 watt motor blends, chops, grinds, grates, and crushes ice. It has 2 speeds plus low-speed pulse function for just the right amount of control. There's a 40-ounce, ribbed-and-tapered glass container which sits on a classic beehive-shaped base clad in chrome.
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We love on instant hot water dispenser for tea and cleaning up tough dishes, but if you can't plumb your kitchen for one this on demand hot water dispenser will get you half way. It heats 16 oz. of water faster than a microwave and auto shut off turns unit off immedialey after cycle is completed. The space saving design fits conveniently on countertops, desktops and more.
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At first there was the 4-in-1 Griddler, but that apparently wasn't good enough, so now there is the 5-in-1 Griddler. It works as a contact grill, panini press, full grill, full griddle, and half grill/half griddle. It has a wide panini-style handle and a hinged floating cover that adjusts to various food thicknesses. There are two temperature controls on the base. Removeable nonstick grill and griddle plates allow you to easily customize the cooking surface.
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Looking to cook your rotisserie chicken 20% faster? This is the rotisserie that cooks food 20% faster than a conventional oven, ensuring moistness and yummy chicken. The rotisserie has four heating elements--one integrated into the rotisserie spit and three on the interior wall--that combine to cook a 3-lb. whole chicken in only 30 minutes.
The device accommodates up to 8-lb. roasts and comes with six skewers for cooking kabobs and a meat hook for removing food from the rotisserie. A digital control panel enables simple selection of the temperature and cooking time, a glass panel allows you to monitor cooking progress, and the non-stick interior and drip pan are easy to clean.
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We are big fans as the winter and fall months approach of making more and more slow cooked food like Kalua Pig. You'll need a large slow cooker like this Cuisinart to get the job done, and you'll want a programmable slow cooker with a removable 6-1/2-quart oval-shaped ceramic cooking pot so after cooking cleanup will be easy. You can make other dishes like stews, slow cooked chickens, and even beans if you want as well.
We really like this Cuisinart because it features simmer, low, and high modes, and has a 24-hour programmable cook time with auto keep-warm. Why is all that important? You'll want to start your kalua pig or whatever slow cooked recipe early in the day and well - leave the house and do something fun. When you return the meal will be done, and the auto keep-warm feature will ensure your meal is not overcooked.
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We really love making fresh juice, but we really hate getting messy juice hands. This Hands Free Citrus Juicer by Vincci is an automatic hands free juicer that makes juice hands a thing of the past. Simply slice your citrus in half. Place it in the juicer. Close the lid, and press the button. The juicer does the work for you collecting the juice. An easy pour closable spout holds the juice until you are ready to pour. Works on Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Grapefruit and more. You can also mix and match multiple halves of fruit for a perfectly blended glass of juice.
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We've been using the Capresso H20 Pro Programmable water kettle for the past 2 months, and we have to say it's perfect. The 56-ounce cordless electric kettle in stainless steel with polished chrome finish looks pretty amazing on our countertop, and the 360-degree swivel base has made the kettle easy to get on an off it's little perch.
If you haven't used a programmable kettle, then you don't know what good tea and other hot beverages can taste like. The illuminated digital display and push-button controls allow you to set programmable temperatures like keep-warm and extended-boil settings if you've got some funky water with too much chlorine to boil.
But the big thing here is the temperature on the handle. By knowing what temperature you have the water at, you can safely use the hot water for the right tea (see here for brewing guide). So the programmable feature of the tea kettle will let you keep the tea water warm at 110F to 190F - pretty amazing. There's also a auto shut-off and boil-dry protection for safety, along with a water-level window. And if that was not enough the there is a micro-filter spout to catch anything that might have ventured into your kettle.
We've simply enjoyed and loved this kettle since Capresso sent it to us to review, and we think you'll love it too and especially if you're a tea drinker.
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This 700-Watt 5 tray food dehydrator dries food in hours instead of days, and it features a top-mounted fan, adjustable thermostat from 95-to-160 degrees F. Also the flavors don't mix, and there's no need to rotate trays, plus the opaque exterior blocks harmful lights. We're big into drying some mango or other fruits, and we think after you get one of these you'll be making your own dried fruit at a huge savings over purchasing it.
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Though the pictures shows a slow cooked meal the thing that turned us onto this slow cooker is the claim of a 3-cup rice cooker with easy one-touch operation. The price is right at $12.99, and it even has an automatic keep-warm mode with handy indicator lights. If you're looking to make some rice at work or college, this is a great option at a low price.
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Prioritized Data, Simpler Displays, Human-Factors-Designed Equipment, Fatigue-Reduction Efforts, Alarm Planning and Other Tools Can All Improve Situational Awareness and Operator Performance. So How Much Do You Need of Each?
For instance, Waterford Township's Dept. of Public Works (DPW,) uses many types of process control, maintenance, documentation, asset management and enterprise software to operate its water collection, distribution and wastewater systems, which cover 36 square miles in Michigan and serve about 75,000 residents. The water system pumps and treats about 8 million gallons per day of groundwater from 20 wells at 12 plants and 100 remote sites, and the wastewater system maintains 300 miles of sanitary sewers and sends the township's wastewater 30 miles away to Detroit for treatment.
See Also: Upgrading a Wastewater SCADA System
Bill Fritz, PE, Waterford's public works director, reports that the water/wastewater systems operate hundreds of pumps, valves, actuators, water quality and other equipment, which are monitored by more than 1200 I/O points and networked via Modbus TCP/IP, a high-speed Ethernet backbone with twin servers, and remote radios and 100 live-video security cameras at its pumping stations. All of this data comes into an unmanned cubicle, where it's been managed by GE Intelligent Platform's (GEIP) Proficy iFix software, and then reports, e-mails and alerts are pushed out to DPW personnel on their laptops, tablet PCs and smart phones.
Also, about two years ago, Waterford DPW added Proficy Workflow software, which automates more processes, serves as an electronic user manual, and performs exception-based reporting, which notifies users of problems so they don't have to go find them. For example, the department built algorithms and templates to indicate if pairs of pumps are alternating correctly at 62 of its pumping stations. This allows Proficy Workflow to provide alerts when the pumps aren't synched properly, so individual visual checks by the operators aren't required anymore.
"It's been our goal for years to get as many applications as possible onto one platform, so we don't have to call up so many different types of software," says Fritz. "But we wanted more than snapshots of what's going on, so we're installing new Proficy Vision software, which brings all our separate software programs into one customizable dashboard, and allows us to bring up and quickly scroll through all our individual programs that we couldn't see all at once before. Now our office managers and 56 field staffers can view water operations on the SCADA system, HVAC data, vehicle locations and status, security camera feeds, work orders and other information at the same time (Figure 1). So if there's a water main break, they can trace it with GIS, isolate it faster, check affected pump rates and tank levels, find the closest person and vehicle, tell operators which valves to close, and get specification data into the right hands more quickly."
See Also: Wireless: A Field Guide to Industrial Wireless
Don Busiek, GEIP's general manager for manufacturing software, adds that Proficy Vision was just released in January, and while it renders several types software on one screen, its counterpart Proficy Mobile software will allow users to access SCADA data on tablet PCs and smart phones. "This all about understanding how operators navigate and what they need, and then coming back and providing the right data to them at the right time," says Busiek.
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Apart from all the displays and technical solutions, another of the best ways to empower operators is still good, old, thorough, in-class or on-the-job training, which is often aided by online curriculum and simulations.
For instance, to prepare for commissioning and start-up on its Angel platform on western Australia's Northwest Shelf, Woodside Energy Ltd. recently decided to use UniSim operator training simulator from Honeywell Process Solutions to instruct operators how to run its Experion C300 Process Knowledge System (PKS) and quickly diffuse potentially unsafe situations. In fact, Woodside reports employing UniSim before commissioning prevented at least five process trips.
"The Angel training simulator was identical to our real Angel control room panel and enabled our operators to practice on the new C300 system," says Dustin Taylor, Woodside's process engineer. "We also used UniSim Design to model the process, which provided dynamic process behavior for training our panel operators. UniSim increased the competence and confidence of our staff when dealing with unsafe scenarios, plus we reduced the number of trips."
Andrew Ogden-Swift, director of technology strategy at Honeywell Process Solutions, adds, "There are several approaches to training operators including classroom, on-the-job and using standard and custom simulators. The key to proper simulation is defining the competencies needed for operators to perform their roles effectively, while designing training solutions to achieve required competencies."
Similarly, Glenn Goldney, global programs manager for Rockwell Automation's Global Workforce Solutions (GWS) division, adds that, "Operators have been a very neglected population. Not only is there a widespread skills shortage, but their job descriptions are hard to define because of their multiple crafts and roles, and even those existing job descriptions are changing rapidly. This is why training is more important than ever for developing and retaining talent. This is why GWS also helps users segment their job structures and redistribute some responsibilities, so everyone can be more effective. For instance, we recently helped Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. develop a custom job interaction and e-learning solution for operators at its emergency, back-up power plant in Valdez, Alaska, which serves transfer facilities at the end of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline."
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Shakespeare may have written that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," but for Roberts Dairy, it appears that milk by any other name leaves a sour taste with some of their customers.
Roberts Dairy recently announced that beginning in May, it will market its milk and dairy products under the Hiland Dairy Foods label. In a press release, Hiland Dairy hailed the move as a way to "solidify the synergy between two of the country's finest dairy producers, under one name."
Time will tell if the name change will mar the brand's 100-year reputation among customers. Initially the response has been less the ideal, even as the company pledges the name is the only aspect about the brand that will be changing:
"Can't believe Hiland is sacking the Robert's Dairy name. I realize the quality will continue, but now under the "Hiland" name. There's something to be said for history and "what's in a name". I'll now be looking to buy a brand NOT labeled as 'Hiland' !!" one customer left on the dairy's Facebook page.
"Discarding a brand name that has an over 100 year sterling reputation seems like a very backward business decision. Whose stupid idea was this?" another fan commented on a report from the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald.
Branding is a vital part of milk marketing, and as Roberts Dairy's customers have shown, loyalty is everything.
In a commentary, Dairy Herd Network Editor Tom Quaife looked at why the industry must get smarter about branding.
"Why not market milk as a product with relevance and benefit? Why not drive that home with branding? Let's come up with brand images that are as iconic as Col. Sanders or Pizza Hut," Quaife wrote.
See, "We must get smarter about branding."
Despite angry customers questioning the reputation of the company, Brian Breci, general manager of the dairy's Omaha division, believes that in the end the change will be positive.
"There's a little bit of a heart tug when it comes to the Roberts name," Breci told the World-Herald. "But it's a good thing. It's been very well-received."
Read more from the World-Herald here.
As one former customer summed up on the World-Herald report, the reputation of the dairy may be seriously impacted by the change despite what the company's employees say.
"A waste of money to unify their brand," the customer wrote. "100-year-old brand recognized and respected like a puff of smoke gone."


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08.09.2017 Clouds Sailing Overhead on Mars, Enhanced
08.09.2017 Clouds Sailing Overhead on Mars, Unenhanced
07.11.2017 'Nathan Bridges Dune' on a Martian Mountain
07.11.2017 'Ireson Hill' on Mount Sharp, Mars
06.29.2017 Traction control testing
06.21.2017 A.I. laser targeting
06.01.2017 Diagram of Lake Stratification on Mars
03.21.2017 Break in Raised Tread on Curiosity Wheel
02.27.2017 Swirling Dust in Gale Crater, Mars, Sol 1613
02.27.2017 Dust Devil Passes Near Martian Sand Dune
02.27.2017 Sand Moving Under Curiosity, One Day to Next
12.13.2016 Now and Long Ago at Gale Crater, Mars
12.13.2016 Where's Boron? Mars Rover Detects It
10.03.2016 Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Murray Buttes'
10.03.2016 Butte 'M9a' in 'Murray Buttes' on Mars
09.19.2016 Ribbon Cutting
09.09.2016 Farewell to Murray Buttes (Image 5)
09.09.2016 Farewell to Murray Buttes (Image 4)
09.09.2016 Farewell to Murray Buttes (Image 3)
09.09.2016 Farewell to Murray Buttes (Image 2)
09.09.2016 Farewell to Murray Buttes (Image 1)
08.26.2016 Out-of-this-World Records
03.30.2016 Erisa Hines
03.30.2016 Buzz Aldrin
02.12.2016 Women in Science
02.09.2016 Adam Steltzner, a JPL engineer
01.27.2016 Night Close-up of Martian Sand Grains
01.27.2016 Curiosity Self-Portrait at Martian Sand Dune
12.17.2015 Alteration Effects at Gale and Gusev Craters
Farewell to Murray Buttes (Image 2)This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows sloping buttes and layered outcrops within the "Murray Buttes" region on lower Mount Sharp.
The buttes and mesas rising above the surface are eroded remnants of ancient sandstone that originated when winds deposited sand after lower Mount Sharp had formed. Curiosity closely examined that layer -- called the "Stimson formation" -- during the first half of 2016, while crossing a feature called "Naukluft Plateau" between two exposures of the Murray formation. The layering within the sandstone is called "cross-bedding" and indicates that the sandstone was deposited by wind as migrating sand dunes.
The image was taken on Sept. 8, 2016, during the 1454th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars.
Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built and operates the rover's Mastcam. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.
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Tells Ad Age that the rush to put magazines on tablets is "sheer insanity and insecurity and fear"
Jann Wenner, who has done his share of celebrity interviews for Rolling Stone (Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Barack Obama, etc.), knows how to give a good one, and his Q&A in the current issue of
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As it happens, he spends much of it talking Apple (aapl) and the iPad. Among the soundbites:
- "At some point I'm sure [Rolling Stone] will be on the iPad but I'm not in any rush to break what I consider fundamental principles of what the magazine industry has to have and make a deal with Apple that will mortgage me into the future on the basis of getting 2,000 copies sold a month."
- "[Apple's] story is simple. They want to go knock off the weakest of the big guys and then use that as a lever. They were having no success with Time Inc., because they weren't going to give, so they went to Hearst."
- "The music business more screwed itself than Apple screwed it... I think Apple's within its rights to do what they decided to do. They wanted to control pricing. The music business failed to do those things."
- "To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear. And because it coincided with the ad recession, they conflated the two events until they themselves believed that magazines are dead."
Wenner can be a blowhard, but he knows a thing or two about the magazine business. You can read the rest of his Ad Age interview here.


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by Kevin Goldsmith
Ryan Taylor presented at the Adobe MAX conference in San Francisco last November on Pixel Bender. I didn't get to see it because I was teaching the tutorial at the same time, so I was really looking forward to watching the video. It is finally up! I'm really impressed because Ryan got a lot of the info at the very last minutes (it was changing right up to MAX) and still put together a great talk. There are a couple of minor errors in it on some of the background, but nothing major. Unfortunately, the recording gets cut off, but it is still a good talk if you want to get a good view of Pixel Bender for CS4.
Lee Brimelow (who also created the great Pixel Bender tutorials at gotoandlearn.com) has a good shorty tutorial as part of the ADC Presents series and does a really nice walkthrough of a Pixel Bender kernel. It's basically the 10 minute condensed version of the Pixel Bender tutorials we did at MAX.
Paul from Flash Downunder also does a great tutorial on using Pixel Bender in Flash as well that goes into a bit more depth.


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Brandon Dubinsky: I asked him if he's getting closer, for openers: "Honestly, I can't answer that truthfully right now because I don't really know. I felt pretty good out there today, I'll tell you that. I'll come here in the morning and see how it feels and try and create… Read More →


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In response to reports that his unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, a Baton Rouge physician who is the leading Republican contender for election to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana this fall, confirmed Thursday that his daughter is expecting a child this year.
In a brief statement released by the Cassidy campaign, Cassidy said that he and his wife, Laura Layden, learned of the pregnancy earlier this year.
"Our children have been the greatest blessing of our lives and we welcome our grandchild as a joyous addition to our family," Cassidy said. "Our daughter now faces a more challenging future than her peers. She has our unconditional love and support."
Cassidy, 56, and his wife, who also is a physician, are the parents of a son and two daughters.
Cassidy, elected to Congress in 2008, has emerged as easily the best-funded Republican challenger to the re-election of Mary Landrieu to the Senate. As a Democrat in a deep red state, Landrieu is a prime target of the Republican effort to pick up six seats this fall to gain a U.S. Senate majority.
Other Republicans in the race include retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness, of Madisonville, who is mounting a lively challenge from the right of Cassidy, and state Sen. Paul Hollis, of Covington.


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Ask Your Weird Animal Questions: Can a Tortoise Live to 300?
We tell you if a tricentenarian tortoise is really possible, why lovebugs don't get eaten, and why your cat loves a clean litter box.
Bernando LaPallo and the Recipe for a Long Life
Bernando Lapallo plans to celebrate his 113th birthday this year. The supercentenarian resident of Arizona lives to inspire people everywhere that they too can grow old, even very old, if only they live clean and healthy lives. "Bernando continues to shop for himself, cook, bathe, shave without any assistance from anyone to help him in…
Oldest-Known Wild Bear in the World Dies in Minnesota at Almost 40 Years of Age
The world's oldest-known wild bear has died of natural causes in the Chippewa National forest near Marcell, which is about 28 miles north of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Black bears range through much of the northeastern part of the state, which is comprised of mostly coniferous forest. The radio-collared female American black bear was known as…
How Did a Tortoise Survive 30 Years in a Box?
A Brazilian family recently found their long-lost pet tortoise in a box after 30 years. Find out how the reptile made it through the ordeal.
Secrets of the Happiest Places on Earth
Best-selling National Geographic author and speaker Dan Buettner shares the factors that boost quality of life in four of the happiest places on Earth. Photo of Dan Buettner courtesy Blue Zones By Ford Cochran For much of the last decade, Dan Buettner has traveled to the places where people live longest and where they claim…


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Utah: 1st-Grade Standards
Core Standards of the Course
Standard 1
(Culture): Students will recognize and describe how schools and neighborhoods are both similar and different.
Objective 1
Recognize and describe examples of differences within school and neighborhood.
- a. Recognize differences within their school and neighborhood.
- b. Share stories, folk tales, art, music, and dance inherent in neighborhood and community traditions.
- c. Recognize and demonstrate respect for the differences within one's community (e.g. play, associations, activities, friendships).
- d. Recognize and describe the importance of schools and neighborhoods.
Objective 2
Recognize and identify the people and their roles in the school and neighborhood. Explain how these roles change over time.
- a. Identify the roles of people in the school (e.g., principal, teacher, librarian, secretary, custodian, bus driver, crossing guard, and cafeteria staff).
- b. Explain the roles of the people in the neighborhood (e.g., police officer, firefighter, mail carrier, grocer, mechanic, plumber, miner, farmer, doctor, and tribal leader).
- c. List and discuss how neighborhoods change over time (e.g., new businesses, new neighbors, technology, and rural one-room schools).
Social Studies Vocabulary Students Should Know and Use: neighborhood, tradition, role, principal, teacher, librarian, custodian, bus driver, crossing guard, secretary, cafeteria workers, police officer, firefighter, folk tale, respect, friend
Standard 2
(Citizenship): Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities in the school and in the neighborhood.
Objective 1
Describe and demonstrate appropriate social skills necessary for working in a group.
- a. Describe behaviors that contribute to cooperation within groups at school and in a neighborhood.
- b. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of being a member of a group.
- c. Participate in a group activity modeling appropriate group behavior.
- d. Identify and express feelings in appropriate ways.
- e. Articulate how individual choices affect self, peers, and others.
- f. Communicate positive feelings and ideas of self (e.g., positive self image, good friend, helper, honest).
- g. Predict possible consequences for a variety of actions.
Objective 2
Identify and list responsibilities in the school and in the neighborhood.
- a. Describe and practice responsible behavior inherent in being a good citizen in the school (e.g., safety, right to learn) and neighborhood.
- b. Explain why schools have rules, and give examples of neighborhood rules (e.g., respecting private property, reporting vandalism, and obeying traffic signs and signals).
- c. Demonstrate respect for others in the neighborhood (e.g., the "Golden Rule" - elements include fair play, respect for rights and opinions of others, and respect for rules).
- d. Participate in responsible activities that contribute to the school and neighborhood (e.g., follow teacher directions, put belongings away, participate in discussions, take turns, listen to others, share ideas, clean up litter, report vandalism, give service).
- e. Practice and demonstrate safety in the classroom (e.g., classroom safety procedures, fair play, playground rules).
- f. Practice and demonstrate safety in the neighborhood (e.g., crossing streets, avoiding neighborhood dangers).
Objective 3
Name school, neighborhood, Utah state, and national symbols, landmarks, and documents.
- a. Identify school symbols and landmarks (i.e., mascot, songs, events).
- b. Identify neighborhood and community symbols and landmarks (i.e., firehouse, city hall, churches, other landmarks, city festivals).
- c. Identify Utah state symbols, documents, and landmarks.
- d. Identify national symbols, documents, and landmarks (e.g., Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Liberty Bell, Washington Monument).
- e. Demonstrate respect for patriotic practices and customs (e.g., Pledge of Allegiance and flag etiquette).
Social Studies Vocabulary Students Should Know and Use: responsible, vandalism, private property, litter, service, landmark, custom, etiquette, cooperation, peer, consequence, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Pledge of Allegiance, school, choice, citizen, sign, firehouse, city hall, church, festival
Standard 3
(Geography): Students will use geographic tools to demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the school, the neighborhood, and the real world.
Objective 1
Identify and use geographic terms and tools.
- a. Use a compass to locate cardinal directions.
- b. Identify the equator and north and south poles.
- c. Identify Utah on a variety of maps and on a globe.
- d. Identify the United States on a variety of maps and on a globe.
Objective 2
Recognize and use a map or a globe.
- a. Create a map showing important sites or landmarks on a school or community (i.e., firehouse, city hall, churches).
- b. Locate physical features (i.e. continents, oceans, rivers, lakes), and man-made features (equator, North and South poles, countries) on a map and on a globe.
- c. Identify the compass rose and cardinal directions on a map and on a globe.
Social Studies Vocabulary Students Should Know and Use: compass, cardinal directions, equator, north pole, south pole, physical features, compass rose, landmark
Standard 4
(Financial Literacy): Students will describe the economic choices people make to meet their basic economic needs.
Objective 1
Explain how goods and services meet people's needs.
- a. Identify examples of goods and services in the home and in the school.
- b. Explain ways that people exchange goods and services.
- c. Explain how people earn money by working at a job.
- d. Explain the concept of exchanging money to purchase goods and services.
Objective 2
Recognize that people need to make choices to meet their needs.
- a. Describe the economic choices that people make regarding goods and services.
- b. Describe why wanting more than a person can have requires a person to make choices.
- c. Identify choices families make when buying goods and services.
- d. Explain why people save money to buy goods and services in the future.
Social Studies Vocabulary Students Should Know and Use: goods, services, exchange, earn, purchase, choice, save


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Kajal Aggarwal is excited to have worked with Mohnalal in Tamil film Jilla, which is hitting the screens tomorrow (January 10). She has shared her experience on a social networking site.
"It was such a delight working with a legend like Mohanlal sir. Sharing screen space with him was truly overwhelming! (I) can't wait for Jilla to release," posted Kajal on her Facebook page. It is for the first time where the actress has shared screen space with the Malayalam superstar.
Kajal Aggarwal had earlier worked with Vijay in the Blockbuster movie Thuppakki directed by AR Murugadoss. Their chemistry had worked big time in the flick. She wishes that audience will love and appreciate their combo in Jilla too.
Jilla is an action movie with all the necessary commercial elements. The movie is made under the prestigious banner Super Good Movies. The film is produced by RB Choudhary and directed by newcomer Nesan. Vijay, Mohanlal and Kajal Aggarwal are in the lead roles. Other cast include Poornima Bhagyaraj, Mahat Raghavendra, Soori, Sampath Raj and Vidyullekha Raman.
Meanwhile, the response for the audience booking is brilliant. Tickets for the next few days in major theatres have already been sold. Jilla is clashing with Ajith Kumar's action-thriller Veeram at the Tamil Box Office this Pongal.


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The most common reason someone might want to slow their heart rate down is because they are suffering from palpitations or a racing heart. When a heartbeat becomes more than 100 beats per minute, it is called tachycardia and indicates problems. Ventricular tachycardia can be fatal if not treated by medical personnel, so palpitations and or tachycardia should be diagnosed by a doctor before trying home remedies.
Slow Down
If your heart just started racing, this is your body's way of telling you it's time to slow down. Stop what you're doing, sit down, take deep breaths, visualize something calm and serene, and do what you can to bring your heart rate down. Often just taking a break and taking a breath is all that is needed to correct the problem.
Icy Water
In nature, sea mammals such as seals, dive into icy cold water which causes their heart rates to automatically slow down. This is mother nature's way of helping to preserve the brain and the heart. To take advantage of this, fill a basin with icy water and then hold your breath and put your face in the icy water. Sometimes this will automatically slow your heart rate down just as it does with the sea mammals.
Eliminate Stimulants in Your Diet
Stimulants such as coffee, tea, cola, and even chocolate can cause your heart to race because of the caffeine content. Eliminating these and other stimulants from your diet will ensure that your heart beat will not race due stimulant consumption.
Magnesium and Potassium
Magnesium helps the heart create rhythmic contraction and relaxation, making it ideal for helping to keep the heart muscle from getting irritated. Foods that include magnesium are nuts, bran, beans and soybeans.
Potassium is another mineral that can actually slow down the heart rate and keep the muscle fibers from becoming irritated. Foods that include potassium are fruits and vegetables--bananas in particular are a good source. Two important facts to keep in mind is that people with high sodium diets, or overuse laxatives are going to be potassium deficient.
People who are fit tend to have lower resting heart rates than people that are not fit. This is because people that are fit get their heart rate up regularly and because of this, the heart rate naturally goes down to a lower resting rate. So, someone that exercises on a regular basis, and gets their heart rate up is going to have less problems with their heart racing, and it's going to be easier for them to get their heart rate down when it does begin racing.


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The lunar effect is a theory which overlaps into sociology, psychology and physiology suggesting that there is correlation between specific stages of the Earth's lunar synodic cycle and deviant behavior in human beings. It is a pseudoscientific theory, however. The claims of a correlation of lunar phases to human behavior do not hold up under scientific scrutiny. Over the past 30 years, even more evidence has emerged to stress that this is pseudoscience.[1]
The theory is sometimes also referred to as the Transylvanian hypothesis or the Transylvanian effect in scholarly literature.[1]
While the exact origins of this theory are ambiguous historically, this belief has been around for many centuries. The term lunacy itself is derived from the name of Luna, the Roman moon goddess. The connection between the words lunar and lunatic can also be demonstrated in other languages, such as in Welsh, where these two words are lloer and lloerig. Perhaps the most famous myths arising from this theory is the legend of the werewolf.
Scientific research on theoryEdit
The notion behind the lunar effect has fascinated many behavioralists and warranted many experiments and studies. Most experiments, however, have found no correlation between the variables and, thus, refuted the theory.
There are some studies which have results the researchers claimed supported the theory. For example, a study concluded that schizophrenic patients show signs of deterioration, in terms of quality of life and mental well-being, during the time of a full moon.[2] Some researchers have claimed that there were strong positive correlations between physiological changes such as induced seizures in epileptic and non-epileptic people and the full moon period in studies they conducted. One study concluded that a statistically significant correlations for gastrointestinal bleeding among males in particular during this time.[3] However, most of these findings are based on small-scale research.
On the other hand, the majority of scientific research seems to refute the theory of the lunar effect. Psychologist Ivan Kelly of the University of Saskatchewan (with James Rotton and Roger Culver) did a meta-analysis of thirty-seven studies that examined relationships between the moon's four phases and human behavior. The meta-analysis revealed no correlation. They also checked twenty-three studies that had claimed to show correlation, and nearly half of these contained at least one statistical error.[4] Kelly, Ronnie Martins, and Donald Saklofske evaluated twenty-one studies of births related to the phase of the moon and found no correlation. The scientific data "supports the view that there is no causal relationship between lunar phenomena and human behavior".[4] Template:Harvcol
A study of 4,190 suicides in Sacramento County over a 58-year period showed no correlation to the phase of the moon. A 1992 paper by Martens, Kelly, and Saklofske reviewed twenty studies examining correlations between Moon phase and suicides. Most of the twenty studies found no correlation and the ones that did report positive results were inconsistent with each other.[4]
Psychologist Arnold Lieber of the University of Miami reported a correlation of homicides in Dade County to moon phase, but later analysis of the data — including that by astronomer George Abell — did not support Lieber's conclusions. Kelly, Rotton, and Culver point out that Lieber and Carolyn Sherin used inappropriate and misleading statistical procedures. When more appropriate tests were done, no correlation between homicides and the phase of the moon was found.
Astronomer Daniel Caton analyzed 70,000,000[How to reference and link to summary or text] birth records from the National Center for Health Statistics, and no correlation between births and moon phase was found. Kelly, Rotton, and Culver report that Caton examined 45,000,000[How to reference and link to summary or text] births and found a weak peak around the third quarter phase of the Moon, while the full moon and new moon phases had an average or slightly below average birth rate.
In 1959 Walter and Abraham Menaker reported that a study of over 510,000 births in New York City showed a 1 percent increase in births in the two weeks after full moon. In 1967 Walter Menaker studied another 500,000 births in New York City, and this time he found a 1 percent increase in births in the two-week period centered on the full moon. In 1973 M. Osley, D. Summerville, and L. B. Borst studied another 500,000 births in New York City, and they reported a 1 percent increase in births before the full moon. In 1957 Rippmann analyzed 9,551 births in Danville, PA and found no correlation between the birth rate and the phase of the moon [5]
A fifteen month study in Jacksonville, Florida also revealed at least no lunar effect on crime and hospital room admittance. In particular:
- There was no increase in crime on full moons, according to a statistical analysis by the Jacksonville Police Department. Five of the fifteen full moons had a higher than average rate of crime while ten full moons had a lower than average rate. The higher-than-average days were during warmer months.
- Statistical analysis of visits to Shands Hospital emergency room showed no full moon effect. Emergency room admissions consistently have more to do with the day of the week. [6]
Religion and folkloreEdit
Across the world, there has been an abundance of pseudoscientific theories and superstitions based on this premise. One theory claims that the moon has a perceived relationship to fertility is due to the corresponding human menstrual cycle, which averages 28 days. [7] However, only about 30 percent of women have a cycle length within two days of the average. Furthermore, the cycle of lunar phases is 29.53 days long, so the cycles would soon get out of synchronization.[How to reference and link to summary or text] Some say that upon seeing the new moon you should hand over whatever silver you have in your pockets or handbag, which supposedly ensures prosperity for the following month.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
According to some traditions, prior to the advent of modern techniques, surgeons would supposedly refuse to operate on the full moon because of the increased risk of death of the patient through blood loss.[8]
In the newsEdit
As with most folklore and urban legends, the notion behind the lunar effect has also found its way into the news. For example, most recently, it has been alleged that the full moon may have influenced voter behavior in the US 2000 presidential election.[9]
Police in Toledo, Ohio claimed that crime rises by five percent during nights with a full moon,[10][11] while police in Kentucky have also blamed temporary rises in crime on the full moon.[12] This was based on there being three car chases within a four-hour period.
In the UK, a survey has found that car accidents rise by up to 50 percent during full moons.[13] Senior police officers in Brighton announced in June 2007 that they were planning to deploy more officers over the summer to counter trouble they believe is linked to the lunar cycle.[14] In January 2008, New Zealand's Justice Minister Annette King suggested that a spate of stabbings in the country could have been caused by the lunar cycle.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Iosif, A. & Ballon, B. (2005). Bad moon rising: the persistent belief in lunar connections to madness. CMAJ, 173, 1498-1500.
- ↑ Barr, W. (2000). Lunacy revisited: The influence of the moon on mental health and quality of life. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Service, 38 28-35.
- ↑ Roman, E.M., Soriano, G., Fuentes, M., Luz-Galvez, & M.,Fernandez, C. (2004). The influence of the full moon on the number of admissions related to gastrointestinal bleeding. International Journal of Nursing Practice. 10(6), 296.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kelly, Ivan, Rotton, James & Culver, Roger (1986), "The Moon Was Full and Nothing Happened: A Review of Studies on the Moon and Human Behavior", Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 129-43. Reprinted in The Hundredth Monkey - and other paradigms of the paranormal, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books. Revised and updated in The Outer Edge: Classic Investigations of the Paranormal, edited by Joe Nickell, Barry Karr, and Tom Genoni, 1996, CSICOP.
- ↑ Abell, George & Greenspan, Bennett (1979), "The Moon and the Maternity Ward", Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 17-25. Reprinted in Paranormal Borderlands of Science, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-148-7.
- ↑ Marshall, Konrad (2007-05-02), "Must be a Full Moon", The Florida Times-Union: C-1, http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/050207/met_167098253.shtml
- ↑ Robert Todd Carroll (2003). The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-27242-6. Available online here.
- ↑ Roman, E.M., Soriano, G., Fuentes, M., Luz-Galvez, M.,Fernandez, C. (2004) The influence of the full moon on the number of admissions related to gastrointestinal bleeding. International Journal of Nursing Practice. Vol. 10;6, p296.
- ↑ #Y127; 24% of the U.S. Presidential Vote swayed by the Full Moon effect
- ↑ toledoblade.com - Analysis shines light on full moon, crime
- ↑ Skeptic's Dictionary and Refuge: Mass Media Bunk
- ↑ includeonly>"Police busy for full moon", The Kentucky Post, E. W. Scripps Company, 2002-01-29.
- ↑ http://www.rednova.com/news/space/17030/transport_full_moon_accidents_take_toll_on_insurance/
- ↑ Police link full moon to aggression | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
- Abell, George (1979). Review of the book The Alleged Lunar Effect by Arnold Lieber, Skeptical Inquirer, Spring 1979, 68-73. Reprinted in Science Confronts the Paranormal, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-314-5.
- Abell, George and Barry Singer (1981). Science and the Paranormal - probing the existence of the supernatural, Charles Scribner's Sons, chapter 5, ISBN 0-684-17820-6.
- Berman, Bob (2003). Fooled by the Full Moon - Scientists search for the sober truth behind some loony ideas, Discover, September 2003, page 30.
- Caton, Dan (2001). Natality and the Moon Revisited: Do Birth Rates Depend on the Phase of the Moon?, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol 33, No. 4, 2001, p.1371. A summary of the results of the paper.
- Diefendorf, David (2007), Amazing... But false! Hundreds of "facts" you thought were true, but aren't, Sterling Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4027-3791-6
- Sanduleak, Nicholas (1985). The Moon is Acquitted of Murder in Cleveland, Skeptical Inquirer, Spring 1985, 236-42. Reprinted in Science Confronts the Paranormal, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-314-5.
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- The Skeptic's Dictionary on the lunar effect
- Straight Dope article
- Dan Caton, Birth Rates and the Phase of the Moon
- Forensic Glossary Definition
- Madness and the Moon
- University of Leeds study on the Transylvanian effect
- Belief, Perceptions, and Full Moons at a Psychiatric Hospital
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On Monday, May 5, the Watertown-Mayer girls' golf team played at Jordan's Ridges of Sand Creek. On the par 36 course, the Royals came out with a second place score of 214, just 19 strokes behind first place Jordan.
WMHS senior Hallie Harding scored a 44 on her way to place second individually. Jordan's Trianna Thong was the top medalist Monday with a score of 39 – just three over par.
With the Royals continuing their stellar play, they still sit just a handful of strokes behind first place Jordan in the overall Minnesota River Conference standings. Jordan stands alone at the top of the leader board with 590 strokes, 40 strokes ahead of the Royals. However, with plenty of season remaining, a 40-stroke lead isn't insurmountable, and the Royals will have their chances to take over first. Belle Plaine is currently in third place overall with 659 strokes, 29 behind the Royals. In the individual standings, Harding is in second with 18 strokes, just 11 behind Thong, of Jordan. WMHS senior Sarah Horlocker is in seventh with 28.
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ST. PETERSBURG — The Coast Guard rescued a woman and her two young daughters Tuesday night after their kayaking trip went awry.
The three disappeared and were battered by thunderstorms and heavy winds in the dark of night while kayaking near Bayou Grande off Weedon Island, according to the Coast Guard.
Lori McDermid and her daughters Olivia, 10, and Julia, 8, went kayaking about 6 p.m. Her husband, Matthew McDermid, became concerned when they didn't return in time.
He called the Coast Guard station in St. Petersburg and reported them missing about 8:25 p.m. A 25-foot Coast Guard boat was sent out to look for the McDermids.
Although the kayakers had no lights, no emergency beacon and no radio, the crew was able to spot them in the dark within 30 minutes.
The mother was treated for a cut on her foot. Then the Coast Guard towed their kayaks to a private dock off Bayou Grande.
"We were lucky to have found these family members," said Petty Officer Robert Davis in a prepared statement. "They did not have any survival equipment or communications equipment on board their vessels.
"In addition, it was getting dark, and with their lack of navigation lights, we only located them due to the keen eyes of the Station St. Petersburg boat crew."


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DORITOS Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Canola and/or Corn Oil), Maltodextrin (Made from Corn), Salt, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Monosodium Glutamate, Buttermilk, Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt Enzymes), Whey Protein Concentrate, Onion Powder, Corn Flour, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Tomato Powder, Lactose, Spices, Artificial Color (Including Yellow 6, Yellow 5, and Red 40), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Skim Milk, Red and Green Bell Pepper Powder, Disodium Inosinate, and Disodium Guanylate. CHEETOS Crunchy Cheese Flavored Snacks: Enriched Corn Meal (Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, and Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil), Cheese Seasoning (Whey, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Canola Oil, Maltodextrin [Made from Corn], Salt, Whey Protein Concentrate, Monosodium Glutamate, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Artificial Color [Yellow 6]), and Salt. SUNCHIPS HARVEST CHEDDAR Flavored Multigrain Snacks: Whole Corn, Sunflower and/or Canola Oil, Whole Wheat, Brown Rice Flour, Whole Oat Flour, Sugar, Maltodextrin (Made from Corn), Salt, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Natural Flavors, Whey, Whey Protein Concentrate, Onion Powder, Romano Cheese (Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Buttermilk, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Paprika Extracts, Lactic Acid, Garlic Powder, Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), and Skim Milk. ROLD GOLD Tiny Twists Pretzels: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Corn Oil, Corn Syrup, Ammonium Bicarbonate, Malt Extract, and Yeast.
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HP decides not to monkey around on Palm Pre 2, uses Gorilla Glass on the display
For example, the new thinner screen for the Palm Pre 2 is made from Gorilla Glass. That is the same material used on the Motorola DROID line of phones among others. Made by Corning, the invention sat around from 1962 until it was first used in 2008. The specially treated glass is hard to break, dent or scratch despite how thin it is.
Improving the speed of the device was another aim of the team working on the Palm Pre 2. This was done by putting the usual 1GHz chip under the hood. In the video below, HP Senior Product Manager Tim Pettitt explains the changes made to the Palm Pre 2 as the team focused on improving speed and optimizing multitasking on the device. One improvement was to upgrade the camera on the rear to 5MP. Another change was made in the QWERTY keyboard which now makes a "click" that is heard when pressing on the keys.
All owners of the first-gen Pre are expected to be entitled to upgrade to the new webOS 2.0 once the new phone is officially released. Speaking of which, the Palm Pre 2 launched this past Friday in France, with the U.S. version expected to be released by Verizon on November 11th as we have reported. With the name recognition and product distribution that HP has around the globe, Palm has decided to sell a GSM model directly to buyers with an unlocked SIM.
source: webOSRoundup
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1. jmk (unregistered)
"The specially treated glass cannot break, dent or scratch despite how thin it is"
It is more resistant to scratches and pressure cracks, but it can definitely break, dent, and scratch. I had a customer today who had a droid with a screen cracked like a potato chip. My own droid has quite a few scratches and nicks because I never put a screen protector on it.
2. lewislee (unregistered)
Seems like the exact same phone to ne
3. dandirk (unregistered)
Gorilla glass is pretty good imho
I have a droid 1, and don't have any type of protection. It sits in my front pocket with my keys and lighter.
No major scratches after a year, I am pretty amazed. Obviously it isn't perfect but come on its glass.
4. lolzorz (Posts: 13; Member since: 01 Nov 2010)
Cool i cant wait for this to come out. The Palm Pre Plus wasn't the best device made by Palm.
5. joe (unregistered)
gorrilla glass is shit. Ask dell streak owners.


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'norwegian wild reindeer center pavilion' by snøhetta, dovre, norway image © klaas van ommeren
the recently completed 'norwegian wild reindeer center pavilion' in dovre, norway by oslo-based practice snøhetta has been shortlisted by the world architecture festival for an award in the display category. the 90 square meter observation pavilion is positioned within the dovrefjell-sunndalsfjella national park, the remaining home to wild reindeer herds. perched upon a plateau at an elevation of 1200 meters above sea level, the structure provides transient visitors with panoramic vistas of the prominent snøhetta mountain range.
entrance to pavilion image © klaas van ommeren
reminiscent of rock forms slowly eroded by wind and water processes, the undulating southern facade creates outdoor seating warmed by the sun's rays. constructed with norwegian shipbuilding techniques in conjunction with advanced fabrication processes and machines, individual 10 inch square wooden beams were milled and assembled with pegs to produce the waving effect. a rigid rectangular frame clad with rusted steel blends into the surrounding landscape while the saturated pine tar treatment of the exterior planks announces its presence to mountain hikers. the interior wall of the gathering space provides additional benches with unobstructed views of the reserve through a floor to ceiling glass enclosure.
facade undulates to form outdoor seating image © klaas van ommeren
fireplace provides warmth during harsh weather image © klaas van ommeren
steel fins support glass facade image © klaas van ommeren
steel ceiling, walls, and floor contrast the wood bench image © klaas van ommeren
outward view of the park and mountains from the pavilion's interior image © klaas van ommeren
glass facade opens to the steep terrain and mountains image © jan olav storli
view of glass facade from the mountain slope image © snøhetta
approach to pavilion image © snøhetta
floor plan / level 0 image © snøhetta
section image © snøhetta
elevation image © snøhetta
elevation image © snøhetta
project info:
location: dovre, norway floor area: 90sqm project year: 2011 cost: 3.0 million NOK (norwegian krone)
architect: snøhetta landscape architect: snøhetta interior architect: snøhetta project manager: knut bjørgum (landscape architect) snøhetta team: kjetil t. thorsen, erik brett jacobsen, margit tidemand ruud, rune grasdal, martin brunner (architects), heidi pettersvold (interior architect) structural engrineer: dr.techn. kristoffer apeland as, trond gundersen contractor: prebygg as subcontractor (steel): lonbakken as subcontractor (glass): skandinaviska glassystem ab contractor (wood): djupevaag ship builders as
Norwegian Wood, eh?
wow that's an expensive cabin, eeeuh I mean wild reindeer centre pavilion 😀
nice fireplace too… classic!
wow, thats a good piece!
An exciting synthesis of miesian simplicity and contemporary blobbyism and zigzaggery
3 Million…wow
pretty sure if the client got taken for a ride on the price. I would have done it for 1.5 million…
Beautiful entry…
Great space. Wood looks super tangible and floor color is sweet. The fireplace . . . consult the French on elements of indulgence
Beautiful and functional, but laughably out of context. Would be as interesting on Astor Place in Manhattan. All that big wood in a treeless landscape? And this remark: "a rigid rectangular frame clad with rusted steel seamlessly blends into the surrounding landscape." Right. It's a box in undulating terrain. It sticks out like the Batmobile on a rural road. The word "seamlessly" should be stricken from the architectural vocabulary.
exceptionnel !! great feeling of the stop walking instant of comtemplation !
Just fabulous.
I believe that 3.0 million NOK is 2,894.16 USD;
If this is what it cost in Norway to build such a fantastic structure ( with a shipbuilder as a contractor, no less!) I'd hire them to build me a house any day.
I love it, and believe the reindeer will too.
A beautiful piece of sculpture/architecture functioning as an eyesore. Must we always put man's needs first?
A beautiful piece of sculpture/architecture functioning as an eyesore. Must we always put man's needs first?
Sorry. 3.0 million NOK = $512,332.51 USD
Still a very good deal for this kind of craftsmanship.
Fcuk. This site won't allow me to enter correct numerals for dollar vs. NOK.
Twice incorrect. I'll stop now. Arg.
skygrrl, im pretty sure its not the site thats having the problem
3.0 million Norwegian kroner = 515 412 U.S. dollars
I think this might be the most beautiful piece of architecture I've ever seen.
How does it mean that longe window, if you can look better just outside?
Expensive. Useless
neat interface
This is such a lovely project! The wood seat would be so nice to sit on while looking at the vista!!! And I don't think it's overpriced, for the quality of the craftsmanship and the design, I wish the US had pavilions like this along our trails!
Hvor er dassen?!?
At a little over 500,000 US dollars, this is money well spent.
So much better than the inappropriate spiral lookout at the Matterhorn.
Simple, beautiful, timeless, I adore this piece of work.
This is a masterpiece ! Totally modern and imaginative yet totally respectful to the environment… this is as close to perfect as architecture could be. Straight into my top ten best buildings ever.
It's the missing space debris!!!!
With time it will melt into the landscape and the reindeer will learn to ignore it….architecturally a great piece of work without doubt but it does not synthesize with its surroundings.
True architecture is about functionality, design and a harmoniously blend of material and nature!
I suppose logistically there were transport problems and a rectangle on the back of a semi was the way to go!
harmony doesn't mean it needs to disappear into the landscape
rarely does architecture achieve eloquence – this most certainly does
Totally agree with @mawdster. Like to add that the comission is half of the success
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SANAA's cloud-like pavilion serves as a ferry terminal for a japanese island
the structure intends to serve as a new landmark for the island, which is known for hosting a variety of art projects and installations.
the structure intends to serve as a new landmark for the island, which is known for hosting a variety of art projects and installations.
pop-up pavilion by PUP architects masquerades as mechanical rooftop equipment
the project suggests that if dwellings could be disguised as air conditioning infrastructure, thousands of pop-up micro dwellings could be built across london.
the project suggests that if dwellings could be disguised as air conditioning infrastructure, thousands of pop-up micro dwellings could be built across london.
DANstudio suspends tree-filled 'balconies' from the façade of a private house in hanoi
as the home's original design compromised natural daylight and ventilation, the architects began by altering the building's interior configuration.
as the home's original design compromised natural daylight and ventilation, the architects began by altering the building's interior configuration.
NIKE's NYC headquarters makes a personal mark on the city
the space is filled with custom features that emphasize the company's long and notable history.
the space is filled with custom features that emphasize the company's long and notable history.


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The Illinois Republican Party is getting aggressive when it comes to the Senate selection in Illinois, and they have a great point: the whole structure of Democratic alliances in Illinois make any appointment by either the Governor or the Lt. Governor suspect.
As the ILGOP notes:
Today FriendsofBlago.com unveiled the tainted connection Lt. Governor Pat Quinn has to Rod Blagojevich. In 2006, Pat Quinn said he saw nothing wrong with Blagojevich's 7 year-old daughter receiving a $1,500 check from a family friend whose wife had just obtained a state job.
According to Kristen McQueary of the Southtown Star: "As recently as October 2006, after Tony Rezko's indictment, Quinn was out stumping for Blagojevich. He held news conferences attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka. He said he believed Blagojevich did nothing wrong, despite the Rezko indictment."
"We cannot trust Rod Blagojevich's Lieutenant Governor to make the right decision when it comes to choosing our next senator," said McKenna. "The people of Illinois deserve to have a say in this selection."
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New finance officer takes over July 9
Tabatha Hansen is already on the job at night and weekends
Tabatha Hansen is in the process of relocating to the area in preparation for taking over as the new finance director for St. Croix County. The Black River Falls resident officially takes the helm July 9.
The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors approved her selection at its June 5 regular meeting.
"I am very excited to be the new finance director of St. Croix County. This is a very beautiful county and I'm joining a great team," said Hansen, 32, in an email response last week.
Although her official start is some three weeks in the future, Hansen has been putting her time in the new job on nights and Sundays, she said during a telephone conversation Tuesday morning.
"It's important to me to gain understanding of the budget and where it is," she said.
Hansen is leaving a relatively new job as business analyst for the La Crosse County Human Services Department she took over in May. She said the St. Croix County job was a move up where she could, "better apply my skills."
"My strength is in numbers," she said.
Hansen said she applied for the St. Croix County job in March but backed out, then several people recommended that Administrator Pat Thompson make another bid for her services.
She has nine years of experience in county government including financial services manager in the Jackson County Department of Health and Human Services from March 2007 to May 2012.
Hansen is a native of Black River Falls where she graduated from high school in 1998. She earned a bachelor's degree from UW-Eau Claire in business administration and a certificate in information technology in December 2002.
She and her husband, Bjorn, have two children, daughter Natalie, 6, and son Henrik, 3.
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman
Austar's minority shareholders are due to vote on the takeover, worth $1.52 a share, on February 17.
Austar's largest shareholder, United States media giant Liberty Global, which owns 54.2 per cent of the company, supports the offer from Foxtel and its shareholders
For the minority shareholder vote to go ahead on February 17, the company must secure approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission two weeks earlier or by February 3.
But in an interview with The Australian Financial Review, Mr Sims refused to commit to a final ruling before the February deadline.
Mr Sims would only say that the ACCC's assessment of the deal was at an "advanced stage".
The ACCC began investigating the deal last May. A statement of issues from the ACCC on July 22 said its preliminary view was that the merger would result in a "substantial lessening" of competition in the pay TV, television content and telecommunications sectors.
In late November, the ACCC suspended its timeline for the decision after Foxtel sought more time.
The parties had been working on competition undertakings to help ensure the requisite regulatory approval.
But it is understood Austar has received no indication from the regulator in recent weeks about its thinking on the transaction.
Foxtel's 50 per cent shareholder, Telstra, has also been kept in the dark, sources at the telecommunications giant said.
Foxtel and Austar are confident the transaction will not substantially lessen competition because the two rival pay TV companies only compete directly on the Gold Coast.
The ACCC decision is the last regulatory hurdle for the takeover, after Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board granted its approval for the deal just before Christmas last year.
Austar shareholders have continued to bet against the possibility that the deal will go ahead, with the shares closing at $1.20 on Friday, more than 20 per cent below Foxtel's offer price.
February is shaping up as a busy month for the ACCC, which is also considering a ruling on Telstra's plan to split its wholesale and retail divisions during the construction of the National Broadband Network.
In recent times, the ACCC has shown that it will not be swayed by sensitive corporate deadlines.
It declined to approve Telstra's structural separation plan before the end of last year, allowing a December 20 deadline on Tesltra's $11 billion deal to relinquish its copper network and transfer customers on to the NBN to expire. The absence of an approval also caused the NBN to fall behind on its connection targets.
The Australian Financial Review


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Brother MFC-250C Inkjet All-in-One - Brother MFC-250C Inkjet All-in-One
- Page 1Brother MFC-250C Inkjet All-in-One
- Page 2 Brother MFC-250C Inkjet All-in-One
- Page 3 Feature Table
- Page 4 Print Speeds & Running Costs
Most all-in-one printers working in normal mode manage between a third and a half of the headline speed quoted by the manufacturer. Since Brother quotes 27ppm for black and 22ppm for colour, we expected something like 10ppm for black and 8ppm for colour. In fact our five-page black text print took 1:40 to complete and the longer, 20-page test took 6:46, giving speeds of 3.00ppm and 2.96ppm.
To check whether this was the difference between normal and draft print modes, we repeated the five and-page document in draft mode, where it took 30 seconds (10ppm). Even taking off the 10 second processing time before start of print only gets the maximum speed up to 15ppm, way short of the claimed figure.
Printing five pages of black text and colour graphics took 2:03 (2.44ppm), though printing a single-page colour photocopy took 42 seconds, which is not too bad. Switching to photo prints, on Brother's glossy photo paper, a 15 x 10cm print took 1:37 from a PC, which is reasonable, though printing borderless photos took a lot longer, with photos from both PictBridge and a USB drive taking just over three minutes a piece.
Print quality is reasonable, without being as good as some of its competitors, even those in the same price range. Black text is slightly uneven, showing feathering in some places, while being under-inked in others. Colour graphics are generally fairly clean and areas of solid fill are pretty regular and with good registration of black text over colour.
A colour photocopy reproduced colours well, though text over colour showed quite a bit of ink-run. Scans from the flatbed into a PC produced better than average results, with less lightening of colours than we often see.
Photo prints, on Brother's own BP71 glossy photo paper, were good, with smooth gradations of colour in the sky and some shadow detail, as well as good foreground and bright light detail.
The four ink cartridges are available in just one capacity and a full set will cost you around £35. Given Brother's published page yields, this gives costs per page of 4.96p for black and 13.3p for colour, both including 0.7p paper cost. These are very high with, by comparison, the £47 Epson Stylus Office BX300F producing page costs of 2.73p and 6.97p from the same calculations.
You pay your money and you take your choice. With the Brother MFC-150C you get built-in fax, good quality photo prints and easy maintenance, but you pay heavily for the consumables and plain paper prints are only average. The biggest bugbear, though, is the speed of the machine. In the words of the song, 'One day my prints will come'.


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If you enjoyed tracking the Doctor through his alien adventures in Where's the Doctor?, you'll love hunting him and his friends down as he travels through time. Can you spot the Doctor, Rory, Amy and the TARDIS in Ancient Rome, Victorian London and the far future? With loads to find, these incredibly detailed images will keep you searching for hours!
Series: Doctor Who
Audience: Children
For Ages: 8 - 9 years old
For Grades: 3 - 4
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 48
Published: 26th February 2014
Publisher: BBC Children's Books
Country of Publication: GB
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Any library that has Davey and Goliath DVDs in its collection is all right with us. In addition to a separate kids room, the 23,550-square-foot library features a separate teen area. In the kids room, there is one sofa and some kid-sized desks and chairs with kids-only computers. The books are on shelves just right for little ones to reach. And this facility also had an impressive collection of board books for tots who are just getting into books and picture books that are perfect for storytime or for young readers. For tween and teen readers, the juvenile fiction is right outside the kids room so they won't have to stray too far away to find a book that suits their tastes. Now, the kids room feels a little small but that's because it is loaded with books on shelves and in cases that are easy to reach for children. There also are plenty of DVDs (the aforementioned Davey and Goliath included), audio books and kid magazines to keep children busy. And this library not only has story time for preschoolers but it also features many events for teens: Teen Yoga, movies for teens and the Game Zone. The bathrooms are nearby and there is a baby changing station there. And while there is plenty for kids, there's also lots of events and books among the 76,300 volumes for adults. And the library is equipped with free WiFi, Internet access on 30 computers and self checkout and return is available. Be forewarned: When we visited, there were some older teens outside who were using some salty language. Maybe it's no worse than what you might hear at other libraries. But be prepared to cover your kids' ears just in case.


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HERNDON, Va., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ASCEND Therapeutics today announced that it has filed a patent application for both the pharmaceutical composition of TamoGel(TM) (4-hydroxytamoxifen gel) and the gel's use for the treatment of benign breast disease.
The patents provide protection for ASCEND's transdermal approach to the treatment of chronic conditions like benign breast disease, and solidify the company's proprietary technology position within the breast health therapy market.
Each year approximately 3 million women will experience a first incidence of benign breast disease. The term benign breast disease encompasses a number of nonproliferative and proliferative breast changes and includes, among other conditions, adenosis, cysts, benign tumors, and atypical hyperplasia. Most women who experience one incidence of benign breast disease will experience additional recurrences in their lifetime. Furthermore, women with this condition have been shown to be at greater risk for the development of breast cancer. Approximately 700,000 biopsies are performed on women each year to evaluate if certain forms of breast disease (such as cysts or tumors) are benign or malignant. While 80% of these biopsies are non-cancerous, the procedure causes significant anxiety in patients and cost to the medical system.
Currently under investigation for the treatment of both benign and malignant breast conditions, TamoGel(TM) is a new estrogen inhibitor formulated as a gel for transdermal delivery to the breast. TamoGel(TM)'s active ingredient, 4-hydroxytamoxifen, is the most active metabolite of the FDA-approved drug tamoxifen, a widely-prescribed adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. In a recent study by Dr. Elizabeth Tan-Chiu of the Cancer Research Network tamoxifen has been proven to reduce the risk of benign breast disease by 28%. The same study demonstrated that tamoxifen reduced the incidence of both invasive and noninvasive breast cancer in women with benign breast disease.
"Our patent portfolio includes patent applications regarding the treatment of cyclic breast pain, a condition often associated with certain forms of benign breast disease that affects approximately 12 million premenoupausal women," said Jay Bua, chief executive officer of ASCEND. "In filing these patent applications, we have continued a process that we hope will eventually lead to a non-invasive solution for treating benign breast disease, and ultimately to the prevention of breast cancer."
ASCEND has employed a tiered strategy to protect the company's intellectual property, applying for patents to cover both the composition and methods of use of a specific product. There are currently two products in the pipeline; both are in clinical trials. ASCEND expects to have its first products on the market in 2008.
About ASCEND Therapeutics
ASCEND Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the use of transdermal drug delivery technology to overcome therapeutic barriers and raise the standard of care for certain chronic conditions. For more information about ASCEND, you may visit the company's Web site at http://www.ascendtherapeutics.com/.
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Cape Town - A Durban businessman has caused an uproar for selling T-shirts with the message "Dewani Tours - treat your wife to a killer holiday", reports have said.
The message refers to the killing of honeymoon bride Anni Dewani in Gugulethu township of Cape Town in 2010, for which her British husband Shrien Dewani is facing extradition from England to South Africa to stand trial after being implicated in the murder.
The message uses a popular English font type resembling Hindi script, reminding readers of Anni Dewani's Indian origins.
An indian website quoted Gugulethu resident Vusi Ndoda as saying: "This is a blatant disregard and disrespectful way of showing no remorse over a killing that shocked not just South Africa but the world."
But Dinesh Dowlath, the man behind the idea, has rejected suggestions that he was making light of the horrific murder, pointing out that T-shirts with controversial statements have been the speciality of his stores.
Although agreeing to the sensitivity of the matter, Dowlath reportedly said that there was a market for such clothing as people see the humour in them.
"These T-shirts are for a discerning intelligent market," Dowlath reportedly said, adding that although he created most of the slogans on his T-shirts, this one was suggested by a customer.
According to reports, Dowlath said the T-shirts were sold for R150 each. He said only about 150 of the T-shirts had been made, but it had been removed from the shelves after people complained it was insensitive.
Meanwhile, Anni's family has called on Dowlath to "let decency prevail".
"As a family, we haven't even started our grieving because the case is on hold and yet, there are those horrible people out there who see profit in this," Anni's uncle Ashok Dewani was quoted as saying. - IOL