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To Americans, barley brings to mind just two items, beer and soup. However, in ancient times barley was a prominent, important food. It was one of the first domesticated grains and was the chief bread grain of the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. Barley was so significant that at times it even served as currency.
Both economical good sense and the desire for nutrition invite us to put our spent grain to good use in food recipes. Extracting malt for beer brewing removes mostly carbohydrate. The remaining spent grain constitutes a concentrated source of nutrition, high in vitamins (particularly niacin and thiamin), high in fiber and protein, yet very low in fat. The malted barley used for beer making, in fact, is more nutritious than traditional white "pearled" barley, which has the nutritious germ removed.
The ancients were on to something good. Our spent malt is simply too good to waste. The following four recipes provide nutritious and tasty uses for your spent grain.
Hints and Tips for Spent Grain Cooking
Two of these recipes call for two parts crystal malt for each part of chocolate malt. The different malts are not kept separate in brewing, but rather this ratio comes from the mix of spent grains left from a beer recipe with a 1:2 ratio of chocolate malt to crystal malt. Don't feel locked in by this ratio; go ahead and experiment. Also, note that if you steep or partial mash, you may find you need to reduce the amount of grain, particularly in bread. That's because more sugars and nutrients are often left in these grains.
The easiest way to store spent grains is in your freezer. After you've sparged the grain, just strain it well. If you don't remove most of the surface water, the grains will freeze into an ice cube and will be difficult to divide for the recipes.
Neal's Real Barley Bread
This recipe calls for whole- wheat flour, but don't let that intimidate you. Even people who don't like whole-wheat bread do like this one enough to ask for the recipe. The whole wheat stands up better to the flavor of the barley than regular white flour. However, you can substitute white flour for the whole wheat if you prefer. The result will still be a really fine loaf of bread. If you have trouble with the texture of the dough, consider adding more flour in the mixing bowl or reducing the amount of spent grains.
• 3 cups lukewarm water
• 1/4 cup honey, molasses, or sugar
• 1 cup dry milk
• 4 cups whole-wheat flour
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups spent American crystal malt (wet)
• Yeast
• 4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup oil or butter
• 1 egg (optional)
• 1/4 cup water or milk (optional)
• Sesame or poppy seeds (optional)
Step by Step:
Put the malt and 11/2 cups of water in a blender or food processor and blend until liquefied.
In a large bowl sprinkle the yeast over 11/2 cups of water and stir to dissolve. Add the sweetener, dry milk, and eggs and mix well. Add the blended grains to the bowl and mix well. Gradually add enough flour to form a thick batter. Beat 100 strokes with a spoon. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and let the sponge rise for about an hour or until at least double in bulk.
Sprinkle the salt and pour the oil over the sponge. Fold into the sponge until well combined. Begin folding in the remaining flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and it is difficult to manage with the spoon.
Turn the 3 to 4 cups of dough onto a well-floured board and knead. Use as much additional flour as necessary to keep the dough from sticking to the board or your hands. Continue to knead for 10 or 15 minutes, until the dough is very smooth. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and let rise about an hour or until double in bulk. Punch the dough down with your fist 25 times. Cover and let rise again until doubled. (This step may be eliminated, but the loaf will be a little heavier.)
Divide the dough into three equal pieces and shape into loaves. Place in well-oiled loaf pans. Cover and let rise until double in bulk.
Optional: Beat the egg with the water or milk. Cut slits 1/2-inch deep in the tops of the loaves and brush with the egg wash. Sprinkle the loaves with the seeds.
Bake in a preheated 350° F oven for about one hour. Remove from the pans and cool on a wire rack or across the tops of the loaf pans.
Yield: 3 loaves
Barley Pumpernickel Bread
The potatoes, molasses, and chocolate make this bread seem exotic. Prepare it in large pans or as mini-loaves. Sliced thin, it makes a good companion for a beer tasting.
• 2 cups spent chocolate malt (wet)
• 4 cups spent crystal malt (wet)
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• 2 packages dry yeast
• 9 to 10 cups white flour
• 31/2 cups lukewarm water
• 1/4 cup dark molasses
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
• 2 cups mashed potatoes at room temperature (fresh or instant)
• 1 Tbsp. caraway seeds
Step by Step:
Put the malt and 21/2 cups of water in a blender or food processor and blend until liquefied. This is easier in two batches. Pour the liquefied malt into a large bowl, add the salt and the yeast, and mix well. Mix in two cups of flour.
In a saucepan combine 1 cup water, the molasses, butter, and chocolate. Heat over low heat until the chocolate and butter melt. Gradually add this liquid to the flour, malt, and yeast mixture and stir well. Add the potatoes and another cup of flour or enough to make a thick batter. Stir well. Stir in additional flour and the caraway seed. When the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl, let the sponge rest for 15 minutes.
Turn onto a floured board and begin kneading, using more flour as necessary. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 15 minutes. Place in an oiled bowl. Cover with a damp towel, set in a warm place, and let rise until double in bulk.
Punch the dough down and turn out onto the board. Divide into three equal pieces and shape each into a round ball. Place the dough in three greased, 8-by-9-inch cake tins. Cover and let rise until double in size. Bake in a preheated 350° F oven for about 50 minutes. Remove from the pans immediately and cool on wire racks. You can also divide the dough into smaller balls and place in miniature loaf pans.
Yield: 3 large loaves
Barley Grain Griddlecakes
From the number of mixes, refrigerated batters, and frozen pancakes available, it seems that few people make pancakes from scratch these days. However, homemade pancakes really only take a couple of moments longer than a mix and are worth the effort.
The robust flavor of the chocolate malt balances well with the syrup, but remember that a little bit of chocolate malt goes a long way in a recipe. You can adjust the recipe for less chocolate malt, but adding much more could be overpowering.
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 11/2 cup milk or 2 cups yogurt
• 1/4 cup oil or melted butter
• 1/3 cup spent chocolate malt (wet)
• 2/3 cup spent American crystal malt (wet)
Step by Step:
Combine all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Put the milk, oil, and eggs in a blender or food processor. Add the malt a little at a time and blend until it is all liquefied. Mix in the dry ingredients.
To bake, pour the batter on a hot, lightly oiled griddle. Turn when bubbles break on the surface and the edges seem cooked.The batter will thicken as it stands. If this happens while you are baking, just stir in a little more milk.
Yield: 24 pancakes
Great Barley Grain Granola
Great for a morning meal or a snack any time, this granola will go fast.
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 cups oatmeal (regular or quick)
• 2 cups sunflower seeds (raw, unsalted)
• 4 cups spent crystal malt
• 3 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 cup shredded or flaked coconut (optional)
• 2/3 cup raisins
Step by Step:
In a large skillet with an oven-safe handle or 9-by-13 inch baking pan, melt the margarine and stir in the honey. Stir in all the remaining ingredients except the raisins. Bake in a preheated 350° F oven, stirring occasionally.
Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and stir in the raisins. Cool completely before placing in the storage container. The granola will last for weeks in a jar or other storage container with a tight lid (if you haven't gobbled it up by then).


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Posted on 03/29/2010 4:43:04 PM PDT by SandRat
3/29/2010 - FAIRFAX, Va. (AFNS) -- The military and the circus have a lot in common. They both have people from around the nation and assets from around the world. Both are highly trained units that perform sometimes unimaginable feats and handle unspeakable logistical details in carrying out their mission. And, most importantly, both share an important priority: children.
On March 26, this priority was at the forefront when Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey honored military families at a performance of its traveling circus "Zing Zang Zoom" at a performance at George Mason University's Patriot Center here. Normally, a military family member is chosen as guest ringmaster as part of April's Month of the Military Child. This year an entire family served as guest ringmasters in observance of Year of the Air Force Family.
Master Sgt. Cameron Rogers, the Air Force District of Washington UH-1N helicopter program manager, and his family represented military families around the world as the circus' guest ringmasters. The 19-year Air Force veteran who just returned from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan said he was thrilled to be able to share this special time with his wife, Maggie, and children, 10-year-old Sam and 5-year-old Laine.
The Air Force's top enlisted Airman acknowledged the Rogers' presence and the circus' tribute to military families.
"It's good to see the Rogers family here at Ringling Brothers...and it's good that this organization would highlight the United States Air Force and the entire military," said Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy.
Chief Roy said military appreciation events like this are important because they highlight the sacrifices made by military families around the world and bring public awareness to their service.
"(It's important to know) the military families' service to our nation's defense and the sacrifices these families endure every single day," he said. "It's also important for the rest of America to fully understand and, hopefully, appreciate that."
He also mentioned the hope that, even with the Year of the Air Force Family coming to an end, that the idea behind the campaign will sustain.
"Truly, our priorities never change," Chief Roy said. "We're here to take care of our servicemembers and their families. This official designation as the Year of the Air Force Family helped us focus our appreciation, foster a stronger sense of community and heighten the relationships between our service members and the local communities that support our military installations. Now our hope is that this year will never end and that the thoughts and intentions behind it will endure and sustain."
The military made a strong showing in support of that goal, with the audience standing for the national anthem while a two-ton Asian elephant circled the floor and the Military District of Washington Joint Color Guard presented the colors.
"I wasn't at all sure what to expect tonight," said Airman 1st Class Jacob Proffer, a member of the Air Force Honor Guard. "But it has been so much fun interacting with the kids and getting to represent the Air Force to all the former military and veterans who are here tonight."
His Navy counterpart on the joint color guard agreed.
"I'm always honored to be a military representative and remind people of how we help everyone in America by our service," said Seaman Brooklyn Carpenter, from the Navy Honor Guard. "But this is my first circus, and it's very exciting to be here and see the animals, the performers and the children. It's all amazing."
The crowd included a large audience of retirees, active-duty service members, government civilians and families who watched performances from clowns, elephants, tigers, dogs, zebras, horses, acrobats, trapeze artists and a soaring performance by a human cannonball.
"I am so proud to be working for (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey) knowing that they honor families like this" said Tina Miser, human cannonball and former Air Force reservist. "Every time we're near a military installation, the company does a great job of inviting the military and I'm always saying 'include me!"
Mrs. Miser said she has nothing but good memories from her six years military service and said it was a very hard decision to make between remaining with the military or "running away with the circus."
Either way, the performer spends a lot of time on the road, with the circus travelling around the world for 46 weeks each year.
"Frankly, we just love the military and appreciate our close relationship with all the military services," said Art Swift, event coordinator for the circus' public relations. "It's important to us to give back to those who protect our freedom, and it's really important to make sure kids are having fun."
The circus' military appreciation night accomplished that goal, according to the military children in attendance. Chief Roy's 10-year-old twin boys, Caleb and Colby, said they were honored to be at the event with their dad and especially "excited to see the well-trained elephants."
Guest Ringmaster Maggie Rogers said her children's favorite part was the specially trained dogs who performed tricks on two legs, including jumping rope and diving from an elevated platform. Her husband noted the fun everyone seemed to have.
"There's a smile on everybody's faces tonight," Sergeant Rogers said. "On behalf of military children and families everywhere, thank you."
Master Sgt. Cameron Rogers looks on as his 5-year-old daughter Laine shakes hands
with Magical Zingmaster Alex Ramon prior to the start of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
"Zing Zang Zoom" circus performance March 26, 2010, at George Mason University's Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va.
Looking on is the circus' human cannonball and former Air Force reservist Tina Miser.
Sergeant Rogers is the Air Force District of Washington's UH-1N helicopter program manager at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C.
The Rogers family was asked to serve as guest circus ringmasters representing military families worldwide in observance of Year of the Air Force Family.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)
Very cool, great photo...best part is the Sgt. can just take out the PETA protesters with J-dam without leaving his seat.
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The boy's family claims it's not rape and the issue is between him and his bishop. That implies that there was a consensual sexual relationship. Someone should tell this family that, in the eyes of the law, a 14-year-old cannot consent. Therefore, any sexual relationship with a person of that age is automatically child rape.
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Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. - Anne Frank
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. - Benjamin Spock
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future. - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them. - Bill Ayers
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. - Dorothy Parker
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and - in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love - you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents. - Ursula Hegi, Stones from the River
Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil. - Walt Disney
Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up. - Ray Romano
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal. - Bill Cosby
There really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. - Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. - James Baldwin
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. - Brian Tracy
Your children are not your children, they come through you, but they are life itself, wanting to express itself. - Wayne Dyer
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What to give them?
Children grow up so fast.
That's an expression I've heard a lot through the years. I know this to be true now that I have grandchildren.
My two youngest, Spencer and Tyler, will turn four and seven next month. Okay. They haven't actually grown up, yet. But they're growing fast.
I'm trying to figure out the perfect birthday presents for them.
Spencer will probably get a camera. Not a Fisher Price model but an actual working camera on which he can take photos and put them onto a camera card.
Even though he's only three, he can grab any camera in the house including my Nikons and take interesting photos. He carefully frames the photos. He enjoys taking people pictures.
Granted he doesn't know how to adjust the shutter speeds or other settings on the work camera, but he's good at composing a photo.
Also, he treats the camera with respect. He puts the strap around his neck and holds the device with both hands.
Plus, he's pretty keen at navigating the computer to look at any photos we download.
Tyler also is an excellent photographer. He already has his own digital camera and handles it like a pro.
When he was younger we got him toy cameras but they bored him very quickly; like within minutes.
Since he already has a good camera, we're not sure what we'll get him for his birthday.
Fortunately, he has a wide spectrum of interests. He's quite an artist. He enjoys fishing and camping. He, as well as his brother, loves trains. A field trip always makes both boys very happy.
The past two years, Tyler's aunt visited from Europe and took him on special birthday train rides. The rides consisted of him traveling in the engine of the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway.
Watching my grandchildren, it's so hard to understand all the heartbreak that occurs in too many households with young children.
Just this week, there was a court case where a young child died from abuse in an area home. The child had been confined to a car seat in the home for 16 hours unattended. The child was dehydrated and deprived proper medical equipment.
I've covered incidents during my career of youngsters beaten to death by adults, sexually abused, abandoned. No penalty for such perpetrators is too harsh. In fact, usually the sentences received are too lenient considering what the victims have endured.
I won't go into ugly details of some of the court cases I've covered over the years, or police reports I've received.
Spencer and Tyler are very fortunate to have loving parents and grandparents. Sure I get angry and yell at them sometimes. But they quickly forgive and never seem hold it against me.
They make me think about my grandparents. My grandparents raised me. They were very poor and not in the best of health, but they made sure I had a roof over my head and in other ways provided.
We have more material things in our household for Spencer and Tyler than what my grandparents had for me, but there are some things that are the same.
I recall one Christmas, wanting a firetruck with a large ladder on it that I doubted I would get. Even a little boy knows that sometimes realities precede dreams and my grandfather wouldn't have the money for such a toy.
Yet, he somehow managed to get the truck.
I hope I can find some birthday presents for Spencer and Tyler to make them even half as happy as I was that Christmas. And always give them the same non-material things that my grandparents had given me.


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Led by NAACP branches across the state, over 30 counties held Moral March to the Polls events to mobilize and educate voters. Below are photos from a few of the events on October 23rd, the first day of Early Voting.
Craven County
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Guilford County
Check out a great video of the march and interviews of key organizers HERE.
Haywood County
Jackson County
Mars Hill University in Madison County
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Students from the newly formed UNC-Charlotte NAACP led the march!
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2:26pm Tuesday 3rd June 2014
By Hannah White
2:26pm Tuesday 3rd June 2014
By Hannah White
A TRAINING session was held at Hudson's Field in Salisbury on Sunday ahead of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life on June 29.
The annual fundraising event sees women and girls of all shapes and sizes and all fitness levels take part in a 5k walk or run to raise money for the charity.
Training sessions are being held at Hudson's Field on Sundays until the event, meeting at the Salisbury Rugby Club car park by 10.25am. Last year, 2,313 women took part in the Salisbury Race for Life and raised £115,825. This year, organisers want 2,400 women and girls to take part and help raise £120,000.
For more information or to sign up, go to raceforlife.org or call 0845 6006050.
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Usha Kulshreshtha was born in Gwalior, India, in 1964. She has graduated (with Ph.D., Dr. rer. nat. degrees) in physics from University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 1993. From 1994 to 2001, she was first a Postdoctoral Research Associate and then a Senior Research Associate of CSIR at Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi. From 2001 to 2002, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. From 2003 to 2006, she worked as a Lecturer in physics in Delhi University Colleges. In March 2006, she joined her present affiliation as a Permanent Faculty at the Department of Physics, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, as a Senior Lecturer, where she subsequently became Reader in February 2007 and eventually in February 2010 became an Associate Professor. She presently holds this position as a Permanent Faculty. Her research interests lie in theoretical high-energy physics, quantum field theories, string theories, gravity theories, and physics of black holes and D-branes. She is a Field Theorist by training. Her research broadly includes topics on gauge symmetry and the instant-form and light-front quantization of several field theories (chiral bosons, class of Schwinger models and nonlinear sigma models, Abelian Higgs models and Chern-Simons Higgs theories) and several D-brane actions, using the Hamiltonian, path integral, and BRST formulations. She is a recipient of Gary McCartor Award of the ILCAC Inc. for the year 2010. Her name appears in the Marquis Who's Who in the World 2009 and 2010.
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The East Texas Council of Governments, ETCOG, contracts with eight counties and twenty one cities to provide 9-1-1 addressing in our 14 county region.
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Simply put, it is an address with a "street number" that makes it easy to locate you and/or your property in case of an emergency. Of course there are other perks like, mail, package, and pizza delivery.
Who will receive a 9-1-1 address?
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Police obtain surveillance footage in ongoing Manziel investigation
Dallas police are still investigating Johnny Manziel in connection with a domestic incident involving his ex-girlfriend, according to a statement released Saturday.
Police have yet to determine whether charges will be filed as they continue to communicate with all parties, but the statement reveals they are utilizing surveillance footage as part of the investigation.
From the official release:
On February 5, 2016, Dallas Police Department detectives began investigating a complaint of a domestic violence assault that occurred in Dallas on January 30, 2016, in which Jonathan Manziel was the listed suspect. Up to this point in the investigation, detectives have continued communicating with the complainant, interviewed witnesses, received medical records from the complainant, and obtained video from surveillance cameras. Detectives are continuing with their efforts to fully investigate the facts of this case. As this remains an on-going investigation, no details of the investigation will be released at this time. We would like to finish the investigation as soon as possible, but detectives work around the victim's and witnesses' schedules which can sometimes delay the process. As of today, there has been no determination as to what type of charge, if any, will be filed against Mr. Manziel. Updates to this case will be made as information becomes available.
Dallas police recently obtained the medical records of Manziel's ex-girlfriend, Colleen Crowley, as part of the investigation as well.
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PORTLAND, Ore.—Epson Electronics America Inc. (EEA) aims to cash-in on a growing market for high-end inertial measurement units (IMUs) by cutting their cost by 50-fold with a high-precision model that combines the ultra-small size of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) with the ultra-low-power of piezoelectrics. Epson's IMU aspirations will be described this week at the Sensors Expo & Conference in Chicago.
High-end IMUs can cost as much as $75,000. The devices are well worth it if they keep ships, agricultural machinery and industrial robots safe and on-track. Growing at double digit rates, the market for industrial IMUs could reach a billion dollars by 2016, according to Yole Development.
"Our new IMU-G1 measures just an inch square, but its accuracy is comparable to those large, expensive military-grade fiber-optic gyro-based IMUs," said Bob Porooshani, general manager of EEA's Sensing Systems business unit. "We have also gotten the power consumption down to about 1/10th of a watt, all for a cost of about $1,500 in volume."
Epson is currently test-marketing the new IMU—samples are $2,500—and is awaiting those test results before setting final price and specifications for production models. Epson's aim is to offer near mil-spec performance for industrial applications that need the precision, but have size, power and cost constraints in their application. Samples are currently being evaluated by industrial users for applications in precision farming, industrial robotics, mining and drilling, automobiles, elevators, theme park rides, motion capture for film and high-end sports training centers.
Double-T sensor element from Epson's oscillator chips was repurposed for this ultra-high precision gyro.
The 6-axis IMU combines a three-axis quartz-crystal-based gyroscope with a three-axis MEMS accelerometer from a third party, all in a package less than a half-inch high. Accuracy is six-degrees of gyro drift per hour which Epson claims is 100 times more accurate than the consumer-grade gyroscopes used in gaming controllers and smartphones.
Epson credits its high-precision in a small, low-power device to repurposing the quartz-MEMS (QMEMS) process it uses to craft oscillator chips that are as small as silicon MEMS, but which use the more stable vibration modes of piezoelectric materials. By retooling its most accurate double-T QMEMS oscillator structure to sense the gyroscopic rotational motions, Epson claims to have hit a price/performance point that its competitors will not be able to match.
"Not only is our drift a super-low six degrees per hour, but our bias instability is even more stunning at just 0.24 degrees per root-hour," said Porooshani. "And it is certified with factory calibration over its entire temperature range from minus 20 to plus 70 degrees Celsius."
The IMU can track motion as fast as plus or minus 300 degrees-per-second and can survive up to plus or minus 3-Gs. Communication is handled by industry standard SPI and UART interfaces.
Epson inertial measurement unit (IMU) combines a QMEMS gyroscope with a MEMS accelerometer to create the a high-precision that measures just 24-by-24-by-10 millimeters.


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On a mid-October night in 2003, Brian Hart, MBA '84, received a call from his son John, a solider serving in Iraq. John enlisted on his 19th birthday and had been working overseas for just three months. He told his father that he and his fellow soldiers were not adequately protected in their Humvees and was worried about their safety.
John had reason to worry. A third of American soldiers in Iraq didn't have body armor, and only 225 of 35,000 vehicles were armored at the time.
Days after the nervous phone call, John was killed in an ambush south of Kirkuk. Hart first felt lost and was shocked that a young man so tenderhearted died so violently. But it didn't take long for him to channel his grief into making positive changes in his son's honor.
"Since then I have felt a deep obligation to honor him by helping protect his comrades. It was his last request to us, and in my mind, a lasting legacy," says Hart.
He and his wife could not be more proud of John's determination to serve after 9/11, and they resolved to prevent the same ill fate from ending the lives of other soldiers.
"John and I shared an abiding love for our country and a belief that we have the power to change the world around us if we have the will," Hart says.
Hart passed up a promotion, quit his job at a Fortune 50 company and moved his family to Washington, D.C. He worked closely with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy to urge Congress to provide safer military vehicles, sufficient body armor and advanced tourniquets for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2005 Kennedy co-sponsored legislation to provide $213 million to ensure that every Humvee that was manufactured for the army was adequately armored.
Eventually however, Capitol Hill was not enough for Hart. He realized that cost-effective robots could save the lives of soldiers and civilians and decided to co-found a company in 2006—Black-I Robotics—with his brother, a former Marine, and a business partner.
Hart explains that his small team focuses on utilizing the latest technical developments and keeping the cost and price structure below that of competitors in order to make the most affordable robots possible.
With Kennedy's help, Hart won a contract from the Pentagon in 2008 that allowed for government support of the company. With almost no overhead costs, the modest company works closely with the Department of Defense to ship its products to soldiers overseas.
Black-I Robotics' mission is to develop robotic devices to aid soldiers in dangerous environments. The Landshark, a robotic unmanned ground vehicle, was named Popular Science Magazine's "Best of What's New" in 2008 because of its power, flexibility and low cost.
Hart advises aspiring entrepreneurs to build new products with this cost competiveness in mind. "I would also emphasize partnering with other companies for quick technological development and a greater use of open source software and collaboration."
John's death was not Hart's first time to start a business as a call to action. His dad was killed in 1987 at a hospital in Irving, TX due to a medication error. In 1994 he co-founded a company to improve drug safety and drug dispensing called Telepharmacy Solutions.
Hart admits that "you have to be emotionally committed" to start your own business. "I think it's important to have an axe to grind because it requires tremendous persistence and both financial and emotional sacrifice."
Owning a robotics company was an unexpected business venture, but Hart says that "It's very hard to plan life…it has its own path," and we have to manufacture our own solutions.


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I was trying to run the following code in UNIX:
import java.awt.*;
public class FontTest
public static void main(String[] args)
GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
Font[] fa = ge.getAllFonts();
for (int i=0; i<fa.length; i++)
But I got the following exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0.0' as the value of the
DISPLAY variable.
at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.initDisplay(Native Method)
at <Unloaded Method>
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:124)
at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:63)
at FontTest.main(Compiled Code)
I am new to Java on UNIX. Please tell mw what is wrong with the system. Do I need to install something on this system?
Thanks in advance
AWT Question (2 messages)
- Posted by: Mano S
- Posted on: March 08 2004 18:23 EST
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- AWT Question by Mircea Crisan on March 09 2004 02:13 EST
- Display variable by leerutg leerutg on March 09 2004 20:03 EST
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- Posted by: Mircea Crisan
- Posted on: March 09 2004 02:13 EST
- in response to Mano S
The error you are getting is because there is no XServer started on the unix machine. AWT tries to get the defaut fonts (colors, etc.) from the underlying windowing system, which in your case is not started. However if you want your test to work you should tell the JVM that is running in a non-window environment by setting the system property java.awt.headless=true.
Best regards, Mircea
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The msg about DISPLAY variable points to something other than the previous user suggested. If that suggestion did not help, try this:
- Posted by: leerutg leerutg
- Posted on: March 09 2004 20:03 EST
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If the program is on unix1 box and you did a telnet/ssh from win1 box,
then you need to set the DISPLAY variable to your box. A best way to test this is to open a command window xterm etc after you set the display variable.
set this
setenv DISPLAY=win1.domain.com:0.0
export DISPLAY=win1.domain.com:0.0
The same holds even if your box (win1) is a windows or unix.


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Top prospect Hamilton may be on the move
Top prospect Hamilton may be on the move
The Reds haven't addressed any speculation about Hamilton.
"I won't answer that," said Bill Bavasi, the Reds' vice president of scouting, player development and international operations, while visiting Dodger Stadium on Monday.
There is no doubting that Hamilton is well regarded by the organization, which will be sending him to the MLB All-Star Futures game in Kansas City this weekend.
"It's cliché to say he's a special talent because it's way overused, but I don't know how else to explain it," Bavasi said.
Hamilton, who has been caught stealing 21 times, has 47 walks and 61 strikeouts to go with a .416 on-base percentage. The Reds view him as future top-of-the-order guy when he eventually reaches the Majors.
"He has a desire and the instincts to do something not everyone wants to do, and that's be a leadoff hitter," Bavasi said. "A lot of people say the leadoff hitter only bats once a game, but there is still a mentality that goes through the whole game.
"He wants to be a leadoff hitter. He understands the importance of it. He knows what he should do and shouldn't do. He knows he should be on base. That's a special thing to have. He's on his journey. When he takes that next step, he'll have to learn more things because the game will be a little faster and a little tougher."


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DVD95 is an GNOME application to convert DVD9 to DVD5 (4.7 GB). It needs no additional packages, since embedded versions of vamps and dvdauthor are included. The interface is pretty simple to use. The shrinking factor may be computed for best results, or an adaptive compression ratio method may be used. The DVD can be converted to a file tree or an ISO file. The result can be viewed in xine, vlc, or mplayer. Burning the converted image is done with third party software. The output can either include or omit the menus in the source.
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Metallica rocks. Stevie Wonder is amazing. And nobody should miss Neil Young with Crazy Horse.
That's not exactly new information, is it? In fact, fans probably already know everything they need to know about the three megaheadliners at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival this weekend.
Ditto for Jack White, the Foo Fighters, Norah Jones, Beck and a few of the other big-name acts on the bill.
But whom else should you make an effort to see?
That's where I come in.
I've combed the dozens of acts set to appear at the three-day festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and circled the lesser-known gems on the schedule. It wasn't hard, given the tremendous depth of this year's lineup.
Of course, these picks are hardly unknown talents. Yet in an age when bands can develop a buzz almost instantaneously through many different forums (iTunes, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook and the ancient art known as word-of-mouth), there will likely be bands performing this weekend with which you are not familiar — even if you should be.
I'm recommending five preheadliner acts per day, starting here with Neil Young Day on Aug. 10. Check back Aug. 7 for Saturday's five acts and Aug. 8 for Sunday's. These should help keep festivalgoers busy when they're not in the Outside Lamb or Taste of the Bay Area food lines.
Of Monsters and Men (5:25-6:25 p.m., Sutro Stage): This Icelandic indie-folk troupe was one of the big buzz bands back in March at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas. Of Monsters and Men lived up to the hype then, and it's continued to do so ever since. The group's debut, "My Head Is an Animal" (released in April in the U.S.), ranks among the year's best albums. Recommended for fans of Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons.
Download: "Little Talks"
MSTRKRFT (7-7:50 p.m., Twin Peaks Stage): This Canadian electronica/dance-punk duo, which pronounces its name "master-craft," can be absolutely ferocious in concert. I went to one of its shows a few years back at SXSW and was swept away by the energy. The duo consists of Al-P (Alex Puodziukas) and Jesse F. Keeler (of Death From Above 1979). Recommended for fans of Daft Punk, the Bloody Beetroots, Justice (also on Friday's bill).
Download: "Heartbreaker"
Die Antwoord (5:25-6:15 p.m., Twin Peaks): In Afrikaans, Die Antwoord means "the answer," reportedly. And if you're on a quest to find something truly out of the ordinary at Outside Lands then, most definitely, this Cape Town, South Africa, band is the answer. This troupe mixes electronic dance music (EDM), hip-hop and rock in defiantly outrageous and raunchy ways.
Recommended for mature audiences with somewhat twisted senses of humor.
Download: "Enter the Ninja"
Sharon Van Etten (1:15-2:05 p.m., Sutro): This Brooklyn singer-songwriter, who possesses an absolutely haunting voice, is high on my must-see list at Outside Lands. I missed the folk/country rocker at SXSW, but I love the performance clips I've seen online. Recommended for fans of introspective, folksy singer-songwriters.
Download: "For You"
Tennis (4:40-5:20 p.m., Panhandle Stage): The Denver-based husband-and-wife duo, consisting of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, crafts gorgeous indie-pop tunes. There is a bright surf-pop vibe to the band's sound, which feels like it comes from California rather than Colorado. Recommended for fans of Best Coast, the Sundays.
Download: "Origins"
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Cole Corner: Once upon a time, May 03, 2013 · Cathy Boggs
At story time, students in the Fairy Tales course taught by German professor Johanna Schuster-Craig performed three short plays they adapted from the Brothers Grimm. The children loved these live performances!
The students in this class are now working on adapting fairy tales from a variety of cultures. Some of these adaptations include artwork, film, comics, a puppet show, and children's literature. These adaptations will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the Hedges Conference Room of the Thomas Commons.
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The Calgary Stampeders are so deep at receiver this season, a former 1,000-yard man couldn't crack the roster.
Darnell McDonald was released yesterday after a lacklustre pre-season game in B.C. Friday and an average training camp overall.
"It's very tough," said Stamps head coach Tom Higgins. "In our discussion, it was more about selecting a team that has a common goal. He didn't fit in. It was something we tried. We gave him a chance but it didn't work."
McDonald led the Stamps in receiving yardage in 2003 before suffering a knee injury in training camp the following season. The import was released by the Stamps and played with Montreal and Winnipeg in 2004-05.
The Stamps' receiving corps already includes perennial 1,000-yard players Nik Lewis and Jeremaine Copeland, as well as all-star free-agent signing Elijah Thurmon and returnee Ken-Yon Rambo.
McDonald was battling for one of the backup positions with CFL veterans Markus Howell and Brett Ralph, along with free-agent newcomers Scotty Anderson, Anthony Bright and Beau Gibbs.
McDonald called his release a "huge disappointment ... I feel I failed."
EXTRA POINTS: The Stampeders' first-team offence will play up to three quarters in the final exhibition tuneup against B.C. Thursday night at McMahon, meaning receivers Nik Lewis and Jeremaine Copeland will be back in the lineup ... The Stamps also released LB Donnie McCleskey and DBs A.K. Keyes and Herb Cash yesterday, bringing the number of players in the secondary down to 11 ... A total of 59 players remain in camp.


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Singapore - Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Tuesday as sentiment took a hit after an unexpected decline in US consumer credit, analysts said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October fell 29 cents to $96.25 a barrel and Brent North Sea crude for October delivery was seven cents lower at $114.74.
The US Federal Reserve reported consumer credit fell in July after 10 months of gains, raising concerns about confidence while unemployment remains high in the world's largest economy and oil consumer.
Investors are now focusing on a Fed policy meeting starting on Wednesday, with expectations high that it will announce a new round of stimulus measures to boost the struggling economy.
Analysts said the Fed could strengthen its declared commitment to its near-zero interest rate, easy-money stance, or possibly go as far as approving a third round of bond purchases known as quantitative easing.
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Change of command for Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay
"From Commander, Coast Guard Personnel Service Center, to Lt. Matthew B. McKeown, US Coast Guard. Subject: orders, separation. Detach upon relief, proceed and report for reserve duty at Coast Guard 8th District. These orders constitute a voluntary and honorable separation from active duty service."
Those words, read during a change of command ceremony July 1 at the Coast Guard pier on Tillson Avenue in Rockland, announced the end of active duty service for McKeown, who has commanded the 140-foot Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay since 2009.
"What you are about to witness is a solemn, time-honored maritime tradition," said Lt. John Forster, executive officer of Thunder Bay, and master of ceremonies for the morning's events. "The Change of Command Ceremony is conducted before the assembled officers and crew and restates the continuing authority of command. It represents a transfer of total responsibility from one individual to another."
"Command at sea is a special and privileged trust, one which is not given lightly, or to all," said Forster. "It demands dedication to duty and country, commitment, honor, respect, and the public trust. But most of all, it demands leadership."
The ceremony opened with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by Rockland resident David Meyers. Affording the national anthem its solemn respect, there was no applause, but later Meyers received acknowledgment from the dais and received ringing approval from the 50 or more witnesses present.
Chaplain Cynthia Kane, Lt. Cmdr. U.S. Naval Chaplain Corps, offered an invocation.
McKeown and Lt. Jerry Lynn Smith Jr., who would later take command of Thunder Bay, then proceeded to inspect the cutter's crew, with soft-spoken conversations punctuating McKeown's final conversations with those who have served under him.
McKeown praised for leadership, community service
Capt. Christopher Roberge, who himself has only recently taken command of Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, presided over the presentation of awards to McKeown and his crew. As sector commander, Roberge is the operational commander for Thunder Bay and oversees all maritime and Coast Guard operations from Merrimack River, Mass., to the Canadian border including Lake Champlain.
His served in Operation Desert Storm, as well as in the Pacific. Domestically, he has served in Boston, New York, San Diego, Toledo, Detroit and Miami.
"I know I speak for many people when I say McKeown will be missed here," said Roberge. He praised McKeown's family for their support of his work as commanding officer, which placed the responsibility for the ship, its crew and its mission as McKeown's highest priority.
Thunder Bay is considered a multi-mission station, with duties including ice breaking, search and rescue, port and waterway security, and flood relief. Under McKeown's command, Thunder Bay responded to calls for ice breaking from the Hudson River to the Kennebec, provided security escorts for LNG tankers in Boston Harbor, served as patrol commander for security zones in New York Harbor during the Republican National Convention and United Nations General Assembly summits, as well as for the inaugural and now annual Rockland Lobster Boat Races. Thunder Bay served as a command and control center during the effort to contain the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Each year, the cutter assumes primary ice-breaking responsibility for the Penobscot River, assisting commercial vessels as far north as Bangor. Thunder Bay has been called for ice-breaking assistance in Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Canal, Boston Harbor, the Hudson River, and in the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes.
In addition, Roberge said McKeown was responsible for the creation of an intelligence program for law enforcement boarding teams.
"Matt, congratulations on a job very well done," he said. Roberge said McKeown had "the steady hand of a skilled leader."
He presented the outgoing commander with the Coast Guard Citation Medal, and Thunder Bay with the 2010 Intelligence Unit Award.
Outgoing commander honors crew
McKeown addressed the audience and the crew he was about to leave.
"There have been many opportunities for you to excel and you have done so," he said. He told Smith that he was chosen for his new role because of demonstrated leadership qualities, and that he was inheriting a well-trained and professional crew.
He thanked the people of Rockland and those at the Knox Center for Long Term Care, where he has volunteered throughout his tenure.
McKeown's most generous praise was for his wife, Heidi, and his children.
Speaking to his crew, McKeown said his proudest moment was during their deployment to the Gulf of Mexico.
"I never saw the crew rise to the occasion as on this trip," he said. "Be proud of your accomplishments. I am."
Calling himself "a sea-struck kid from the Appalachian Mountains," McKeown thanked the Coast Guard for the opportunities he had received.
Finally, he expressed gratitude to those who work on the waters where he has served.
"I'd like to personally thank the lobstermen of Rockland for their professionalism and stewardship of this important resource," he said. He said he never found an illegal or undersized lobster on any of the dozens of boardings conducted by Thunder Bay crews under his command.
McKeown then read his orders, and introduced Smith.
Training and experience highlight incoming officer's career
Smith graduated from Recruit Company A-160 in August 2001 and was assigned to a reserve lighthouse maintenance team in Baltimore, responsible for repairing and maintaining lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay.
In 2003 he graduated from Officer Candidate School and was assigned as a deck watch officer on the Coast Guard cutter Sycamore in Cordova, Alaska, where he served as navigator and operations officer. Responsibilities there included operations involving aids to navigation, fisheries enforcement, vessel escorts, ice breaking, and joint operations with Alaska State Troopers.
In 2005, Smith reported as executive officer on board the 123-foot cutter Nunivak in Key West, Fla., and later on the cutter Chandeleur, where he conducted alien migrant interdiction operations, fisheries enforcement, and a multitude of operations with the Royal Bahamian Defense Force.
Smith qualified as a master training specialist while serving as course coordinator for the freshman nautical science course at the Coast Guard Academy's Professional Maritime Studies Branch.
A 2002 graduate of the University of Delaware, Smith earned a master's degree in international transportation management from State University of New York Maritime College in 2010. He has held a merchant marine license for over 10 years.
Smith has received two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Commandant's Letter of Commendation and various service and unit awards. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Coast Guard Academy's Spirit of the Bear Award for outstanding mentorship to officer candidates and the corps of cadets.
Smith opened his remarks by calling Rockland "a beautiful Coast Guard City." Then he addressed Thunder Bay's crew.
"I've watched you, all week, preparing the cutter for his event," he said. Describing the changeable weather New England is known for, Smith said, "It seems you have to paint in 30-minute intervals."
"Thunder Bay looks fantastic," said Smith. He said he was impressed with the crew's performance during drills conducted in his first week in Rockland.
"I'm excited to be your commanding officer and committed to your personal success and that of the ship," said Smith.
Following Smith's remarks, the company was dismissed and invited to a reception on the dock.
McKeown said he planned to return to Tennessee, where he would seek a master's degree in business administration at the Chattanooga campus of Bellhaven University.
Thunder Bay is one of four Coast Guard units homeported in Rockland. Station Rockland, in the Bird Block building on Tillson Avenue, is under the command of Chief Warrant Officer Sebastian Arnsdorf. CWO Paul Dupuis commands the 175-foot Keeper Class coastal buoy tender Abbie Burgess, and Boatswain's Mate Jesse Deery commands the 65-foot harbor tug Tackle.
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DAGENHAM & Redbridge boss Wayne Burnett is reading nothing into Oxford United's position at the foot of the Sky Bet League Two table ahead of their trip to the Kassam Stadium tomorrow.
The Londoners go into the game 14 places above the U's after back-to-back 2-0 wins against Hartlepool United and Mansfield Town.
Burnett has been pleased with the way the Daggers have started the campaign, but the scouting reports he has received on United mean the visitors will not be complacent.
He said: "The results have not been too far away, but what has been good is that we've had two clean sheets as well going into the Oxford game.
"Oxford will be tough and their position in the table isn't a fair reflection on how they've performed.
"We have had them watched twice by someone and from what I've seen and heard they have played well in all the games, but unfortunately they haven't had a goalscorer to take any of their opportunities."
And Burnett believes United's new signing Will Hoskins makes his job harder.
He said: "They've seen what their problems have been and they've addressed that with the signing of Will Hoskins, who is a very good player for this level so I am sure we will be in for a tough game.
"They showed how good they were to push West Brom all the way in the week and we are under no illusions at how tough it is going to be."
Dagenham's squad includes former United full back Damian Batt, but he may be denied a return tomorrow.
The 29-year-old picked up a minor injury in the eventful 6-6 draw against Brentford in the Capital One Cup first round tie, which they lost on penalties.
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