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Education Innovation
29 Publications
Composite Ethical Frameworks for IoT and other Emerging Technologies
Max Senges, Patrick Ryan, Rick Whitt
Next Generation Ethics: Engineering a Better Society, Macmillan Publishers (2017) (to appear)
Boris Roussev, John Orr, Amit Deutsch, John Cox, Michael Lenaghan, Mike Gainer, Pavel Simakov
Proceedings of the Third (2016) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (2016), pp. 89-92
Adding Third-Party Authentication to Open edX: A Case Study
Proceedings of the Second (2015) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 277-280
Gender Differences in Factors Influencing Pursuit of Computer Science and Related Fields
Jennifer Wang, Hai Hong, Jason Ravitz, Marielena Ivory
Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ACM (2015) (to appear)
Gender Differences in High School Students' Decisions to Study Computer Science and Related Fields
Hai Hong, Jennifer Wang, Jason Ravitz, Mo-Yun Lei Fong
Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, ACM (2015)
Research skills matter: How to teach them
Moonshots in Education: Launching Blended Learning in the Classroom, Pacific Research Institute, San Francisco, CA (2015)
What Teachers Should Know about the Bootstrap: Resampling in the Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum
The American Statistician, vol. 69 (2015), pp. 371-386
An Antidote to Impostor Syndrome
Dean Jackson, Taliver Heath
XRDS, vol. Volume 21, No. 2 (2014), pp. 12-13
Corporate learning at scale: Lessons from a large online course at Google
Arthur Asuncion, Jac de Haan, Mehryar Mohri, Kayur Patel, Afshin Rostamizadeh, Umar Syed, Lauren Wong
Learning at Scale (2014)
Self-evaluation in Advanced Power Searching and Mapping with Google MOOCs
Julia Wilkowski, Daniel M. Russell, Amit Deutsch
ACM Learning at Scale (2014)
Student Skill and Goal Achievement in the Mapping with Google MOOC
Julia Wilkowski, Amit Deutsch, Daniel M. Russell
ACM Learning at Scale (2014)
Online Python Tutor: Embeddable Web-Based Program Visualization for CS Education
Proceedings of the ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), ACM (2013) (to appear)
The Google Technical Interview
XRDS, vol. Volume 20, No. 2 (2013), pp. 12-14
Will Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Change Education?
Daniel M Russell, Scott Klemmer, Armando Fox, Celine Latulipe
Proc. CHI Conference 2013, ACM
Google summer of code and google code-in BoF (abstract only)
Carol Smith
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education, ACM, New York, NY, USA (2012), pp. 771-771
Jutge.org: an educational programming judge
Jordi Petit, Omer Gimenez, Salvador Roura
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education, ACM, New York, NY, USA (2012), pp. 445-450
Programming Interviews Exposed
John Mongan, Eric Giguere, Noah Kindler
Wrox, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 (2012)
The Broad Value of a PhD in Political Science
PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 45 (2012), pp. 812-814
Through the looking glass: talking about the world with visualization
Fernanda Viégas, Martin Wattenberg
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education, ACM, New York, NY, USA (2012), pp. 655-656
David Wolber, Hal Abelson, Ellen Spertus, Liz Looney
O'Reilly Media, Inc, 1005 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (2011), pp. 384
Can a 2-hour Visit to a Hi-Tech Company Increase Interest in and Change Perceptions about Computer Science?
Larisa Eidelman, Orit Hazzan, Tami Lapidot, Yossi Matias, Daniela Raijman, Michal Segalov
ACM Inroads, vol. 2, Issue 3 (2011)
Web 2.0 and Performance: Using Social Media to Facilitate Learning at Google
Michael Allen's e-Learning Annual 2012, Pfeiffer, 989 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (2011), pp. 171-179
JavaSpaces NetBeans: a linda workbench for distributed programming course
Magdalena Dukielska, Jacek Sroka
Proceedings of the fifteenth annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, ACM, New York, NY, USA (2010), pp. 23-27
Learning to be a software engineer in a complex organization: A case study focusing on apprenticeship/practice based learning for getting new engineers productive in contributing to the Google codebase
Journal of Workplace Learning, vol. 22, no. 3 (2010), pp. 180-194
Reducing dominance in multiple-mouse learning activities
Andrea Moed, Owen Otto, Joyojeet Pal, Udai Pawar Singh, Matthew Kam, Kentaro Toyama
CSCL'09: Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning, International Society of the Learning Sciences (2009), pp. 360-364
Cluster Computing for Web-Scale Data Processing
Aaron Kimball, Sierra Michels-Slettvet, Christophe Bisciglia
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE Technical Symposiumo on Computer Science Education, ACM, Portland, OR (2008), pp. 116-120
Educating Learning Technology Designers: Guiding and Inspiring Future Creators of Innovative Educational Tools
Chris DiGiano, Shelley Goldman, Mike Chorost
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, New York (2008), pp. 300
Entrepreneurial learning in the networked age: How new learning environments foster entrepreneurship and innovation.
Max Senges, John Seely Brown, Howard Rheingold
paradigmes, vol. 1 (2008), pp. 125 - 140
Innovation, Design, and Simplicity at Google
Marrisa Mayer
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, ACM, Portland, OR (2008), pp. 199


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Belgian Baroque Flute specialist, virtuoso, scholar, and all around rock star Barthold Kuijken has been making regular stops in the Twin Cities lately.
That might be because the flute professor at the University of Minnesota -- Immanuel Davis -- is a like-minded baroque flute aficionado.
This Thursday at Sundin Hall, both flute jocks will be on stage for a joint recital that includes music by Couperin, Leclair, the quintessential of all Baroque composers -- Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of Bach's best friends, Silvius Leopold Weiss.
A couple of years back, I attended not only Bart Kuijken's astonishingly beautiful concert, but also his masterclass for some of the advanced students at the U.
Though most of the students played on modern silver instruments, the words of wisdom on articulation, phrasing, tone and interpretation that Mr. Kuijken imparted to his charges was nothing short of masterful -- giving their performances an entirely new and fresh sound.
The Schubert Club is hosting Barthold Kuijken's visit with a concert Thursday night and a masterclass the next day at the Schubert Club. Dongsok Shin accompanies at the harpsichord.

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WELCOME mmlj!! I'm sorry to hear about your bunny. The crusty eyes could mean a number of things, and should be seen by a vet. It could be a simple infection to something more serious. But either way, the type of illness should be diagnosed, so that the correct antibiotics are given.
But the fact that he is lethargic means you need to take your bunny to a vet ASAP. Is your bunny eating and pooping normally?
Lethargy can many times mean a bunny is getting into or is already in a serious state.
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Stitch up a sweet little Easter bunny softie to tuck into the Easter basket of a special child, or to use as a darling addition to your home's spring decor. Today, I'm sharing the inspiration behind these little cuties, as well as the free pattern and step-by-step tutorial for how to create them. Would you believe this is an easy sewing project that is entirely do-able in 30 minutes or less? Let me fill you in on all of the details!
When I was little, my Mammo used to make the neatest little softies out of old chenille bedspreads and matelasse coverlets. I can still remember vividly a teddy bear version that sat on the bench in our entryway, and there were plenty of other little creatures that he had as sidekicks, one of which was a sweet little bunny rabbit that always made an appearance at Easter time. It was that little bunny that inspired this Easter bunny softie project!
For this project, I used some lovely matelasse fabric I purchased in the home decor section at Jo-Ann. (Matelasse, which is French for "quilted," is fabric with a quilted design, typically in a monochromatic color scheme.) This is the same fabric I used for the fur-trimmed stockings in my rustic-luxe holiday mantel last year, and I had just the right amount of scraps left over from that project to put to good use here. If you can't get your hands on any matelasse fabric, some other great options would be to go thrifting for old bedspreads or tablecloths. Or, these little bunnies would be darling stitched up in your favorite brightly colored cottons!
For this project, you will need…
Easter bunny softie pattern << Free downloadable PDF
- Matelasse fabric (Refer above for other recommended materials)
- Coordinating thread
- Pinking shears
- Turning tool
- Fiber fill
- Hand-sewing needle
- Ribbon
- Pom-pom (I made mine with my easy yarn pom-pom how-to, but you can also buy one pre-made)
- Hot glue (optional)
- Basic sewing essentials: machine, shears, etc.
- Download and print the bunny softie pattern (linked above), and cut out the pattern piece.
- Cut out 2 bunny body pieces, making sure the pieces are a mirror-image of each other.
- Place the body pieces together with right sides facing; pin. Using a 1/4″ seam allowance, stitch around the perimeter of the pieces, leaving a 2-3″ opening on the bottom edge of the pieces for turning and stuffing.
- Using the pinking shears, carefully trim the seam as closely as possible to the stitching, paying special attention to the curves. Do not pink the edge of the fabric at the opening you left in the previous step, as this will make stitching the opening shut more challenging later on.
- Turn the piece right-side out, using the pointed end of the turning tool to ensure the ears, foot and other features are completely turned.
- Working with very small amounts of the fiber fill at a time, carefully stuff the softie, using the turning tool to poke the fiber fill into the small features. Continue stuffing until the softie is completely filled, but not overstuffed.
- Use the sewing needle and thread to stitch the opening shut. (Refer here for my easy-to-follow ladder stitch tutorial.)
- Use hot glue to affix the pom-pom to the bunny's back end. (You may also hand stitch this on if you prefer.)
- Finish by tying a bow around the bunny's neck.
Your Easter bunny softie is complete!
I plan to tuck one of these into each of my children's Easter baskets this year. I know they'll love them!
I love how the simplicity of the fabric here allows the brightly colored ribbon and tail to pop.
I have to say that my favorite feature has to be those sweet little pom-poms. 🙂
Now that I've shared my fun Easter creation, some of my favorite creative friends and I are pleased to invite YOU to wow us with yours!
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While it's not unusual for celebrities of one era to fall out of the collective unconscious after a few generations, the lack of public awareness that surrounds Mistinguett is rather daunting given how famous she actually was. We all know plenty of her contemporaries: Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, even to some extent Maurice Chevalier – but no one under 50 has ever heard of Mistinguett.
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Posterette's Picks
Moreso than perhaps anything else you put in your home, art is an especially personal choice. It speaks volumes about how you view the world and what you find appealing or attractive.
Every auction, I present a roundup of my favorite posters – images which I find arresting, moving, or cool. Now, my taste has been described as "disturbing," "weird," "hyper-sexual," and "depressing," so I'm not expecting everyone to love my choices … but if you ever feel the need to get me a Christmas present, this isn't a bad place to start:
Toulouse-Lautrec's Ladies
One of the coolest pieces in our Toulouse-Lautrec show right now are a series of photographs featuring La Goulue, the dancer in his famous Moulin Rouge Poster.
This got me wondering if there were other photographs out there of the many performers which appear in Lautrec's posters.
The answer? Of course there are.
Fierce Fashion Friday
Since I focused on the wonders of vintage men's fashion last week, I figured today would be a good time to whip out all the fierce bitches of poster art and their glorious attire.
So, without further ado, let's sashay shantay away…..
Auction Aftermath
As promised, today I'm exploring the latter-half of our auction catalog for some serious poster-deals now that the auction is over. And away we go…..
Pal, the Unsung Art Nouveau Master: An Interview with Jack Rennert
One of the highlights in our May 4 auction is a collection of 33 posters by the Art Nouveau Master Jean de Paléologue (known simply as Pal amongst poster enthusiasts). We caught up with poster expert Jack Rennert to get a better handle on this oft overlooked artist.
Mad Men & The Electric Circus
Since its inception, Mad Men has been tossing out some major poster references. My favorite, however, is perhaps the most random – last season Joan and her Mary Kay saleslady friend Kate decided to go wild in downtown Manhattan nowhere other than The Electric Circus.
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Hello my poster-loving darlings.
Since our archivist gave a list of her favorites, I feel it's only fair that you know which items in this sale I hold near and dear to my heart.
So here you are, the five items I would purchase if I had unlimited funding (or which, ahem, any of you may purchase for me as an offering of good will).
I love vintage freak show posters. In an age where everything is now politically correct and few people in the Western world with medical abnormalities run away to join the circus, posters like this harken back to the days when you could just stare at someone for hours and not feel guilty. When I dream of my future home in suburbia, I picture a wood-paneled basement rec room for the kids, dutifully decorated with posters like this along the wall.
Other than hailing from the archives of the Folies Bergere, every time I look at this poster, I just imagine Jack Nicholson asking Batman if he's ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight. And who doesn't want to live with that masterful cinematic memory on loop in their head?
If you've read this blog often enough, you know nothing excites me like seduction scenes. And, in addition to being a truly rare and inspired slice of Hungarian advertising, I'm all about this fellow with the Cary Grant hairdo and spectacular pajamas slipping that lady into something more comfortable.
Other than his Miniwatt, this is my favorite design by Cassandre. It's rather subtle, but if you look at just the white lines and then just the black area, you realize that you are simultaneously both inside and outside of the train, racing toward infinity. It's awesome.
Maybe it's because it was the first musical I ever memorized from start to finish, or maybe it's because I read the entire book in French when I was in 6th grade. It might even be because the film of the musical is coming out this Christmas. No matter what, anything that documents the original publication of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is my own brand of nerdy zen. If you want this, you will have to fight me for it. Seriously. I power bid like no one's business.
Do I really need to justify my choice of a Weimar-era poster showcasing the New Woman enjoying a cocktail at the True Hearts bar? It's basically my raison d'etre.
And those are my picks for the first half of the auction! Come back tomorrow and I might share with you some tempting treats by Lautrec.
Los Cigarrillos, Paris
Apparently there are some poster fans out there who think this blog is too irreverent for the high art that is the poster, that I am too flippant and drag their precious medium through the hipster mud.
And to that I say, honey, if you can't make fun of it, you're missing its beauty. We are purveyors of pieces of paper that were once meant to sell someone a product. That's like my great-great-grandchild finding a Tampex ad in my attic, thinking it interesting, and auctioning it off for $1,000. The 1890s had Mucha's muses; we have the girl in white pants roller blading with her dogs.
That said, I suppose it is time I point out one of the more aesthetically perfect items in our May auction, just so you all don't think I hate my job that much:
In 1900, 511 artists sent in submissions for the second international poster competition for Paris cigarettes (oddly made from Cuban tobacco in Argentina for the Spanish market).
This was the winning poster that year, and arguably one of the finest Art Nouveau designs I've seen in a long time. If you're familiar with Carmen, it perfectly embodies the Cigarette Chorus in Act One (scroll to 5 min in if you aren't).
It makes the brand seem more than sexy, but intimate, relaxing, ethereal — as if one puff of Paris cigarettes will take you to a private moment all for you. Of course, a completely different type of cigarette will have that exact affect, but I doubt they're advertising that….
Now, that's two cigarette posters I've talked about in the span of one week. I'm sure my mother is getting worried about what I do with my pocket money. So, I leave you now, and I promise to talk about all things irreverent next week.
Letters from Jail
Yesterday, a mysterious letter arrived.
Inside was nothing other than a two-page missive from some Midwestern Department of Corrections (I won't give away the actual state, by let's just say it rhymes with Silverado). It went on to explain in great detail that one of our auction catalogs had been confiscated from an inmate as 'salacious material.'
Obviously, my thought process went as follows:
1. We have a client in jail?
2. Wait, they totally allow porn in jail. We must have a registered sex offender as a client, who happens to be in jail.
3. Oh, I hope it's that guy who keeps trying to put his hand up my skirt during pre-auction viewings.
Then of course I had to go and browse through our auction catalog just to see what on earth the po-po could possibly find lewd and offensive. I've come up with four options:
First, there's this guy, mostly because he just suggests that there is naughtiness to be had within our hallowed pages. Of course, looking closer at the wares hidden within the folds of his flasher-coat, I can tell you that those pictures aren't of Brigitte Bardot. They look more like a football player doing the electric slide.
Then there's this chick, who seems more excited about being braless in the Alps than an early 90s tampon commercial. That said, mittens and pleated pants aren't exactly my idea of a quiet night at home, just me and my auction catalog….gettin it on.
Perhaps then it was this poster which got the Federales all worried that something moist might occur in a cell after dark. Nothing says mano a mano love like granny panties, a dew rag, and knee-high wool sock — there's a fetish for everyone, I promise.
Oh wait, I found it. The topless nymphette begging you to make her your personal Barbie doll. Yeh…you probably don't want to give that to a pedophile.


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Vehicle1998 Ford Windstar Limited 3dr Minivan
ReviewWe've had this van for about 12 years now, buying it used from a rental car company, instead of an Explorer. Considering it's age and mileage it's held up quite well. Only real issues ore the common door sensor problem and the engine uses a little bit of oil, though no leaks. The car is extremely comfortable to drive, the ride is very smooth whether with just a driver or fully loaded with passengers. The seats are very comfortable and make longer road trips a easier thing to handle. The rear bench is a little heavy and cumbersome to remove but the middle captain chairs are as simple as can be. 107,000 miles and going strong, we plan on keeping this thing till it dies.
Best FeaturesPower adjustable drivers seat, smooth ride and drivetrain, and the Premium stereo actually sounds pretty good.
Worst FeaturesWish it had the drivers side sliding door. Fold in the floor back seat.
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I agree with Ice Berge. Bought the Windstar with 87K in 2007. It now has 219K. I've replaced the engine, transmission, power steering pump, the usual tune ups, shocks, breaks, etc. I like the van because of its versatility. That is why I bought it. I leave the seats out, get 22 MPG, and the seats are comfortable for my legs. Do wish the driver's side had a sliding door.Report it
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I am trying to wrap an old library using STL so we don't have to change all the 50 applications to use STL. The old library used the IString class so here is what my test wrapper class looks like but the problem is that when I try to compile the applications with this class I get a bezillion errors. I am guessing it has got something to do with the old style C++ vs new. All the old apps use the extern'C' linkage for the header files and this new stuff is using #include <string> and 'using namespace std' so that is where the conflict lies. Here is my test class:
IString.cppCode:#include <string> using namespace std; class IString { private: string buffer; public: IString (char* str); IString (string str); unsigned length( ); IString subString(unsigned startPos, unsigned length); };
and this is the error I get when I comment out 'using namespace std':Code:#include <istring.hpp> IString::IString(char* str) { buffer = str; } IString::IString(string str) { buffer = str; } IString IString::subString(unsigned startPos, unsigned length) { return IString(buffer.substr(startPos, length)); } unsigned IString::length() { return buffer.length(); }
/usr/vacpp/bin/xlC_r -c -qsource -qlistopt -qxref -qattr -I/usr/lpp/db2_07_01/include -I/usr/vacpp/include -I/usr/vac/include -I/h/IOCDir/IDate -I/h/IOCDir/ITime -I/h/IOCDir/IString brocDB2.C
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"/h/IOCDir/IString/istring.hpp", line 21.7: 1540-0403 (S) "class IString" is already defined.
"/h/IOCDir/IString/istring.hpp", line 21.7: 1540-0403 (S) "class IString" is already defined.
"brocDB2.sqC", line 50.6: 1540-1600 (W) "main" should have a return type of type "int".
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
and when I leave it in there I get TONS of errors.
Can someone shed some light on this subject?


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All I'm saying is that your next IGT better be epic. Not that the other one's havent (they have) but this. is. happening.
Any chance you can do the next IGT as well? Last one was nicely put together!
Yeah, post those on there too. There are a lot of people who are active on there. Good luck man, wish I could go.
are you on reddit? you'd probably have a little more luck posting those there.
he probably knows more about the game than some of the posters in that forum
thats a sweet pic of your dog bro
The first one didn't destroy anything, but he would get on the couch or chair. I had roomates though. The second destroyed stuff haha, so his butt was in a kennel until about 2.5 years old. He was pretty good after that, randomly getting in the trash or whatever. None of them really went to the bathroom though. Bleu, as big of a dick as he is haha, I put the kennel in the garage when he was 3 months old dude. He NEVER goes to the bathroom or destroys anything. I think I could leave a piece of ham out on the table and he would leave it.
they are 100 times as tough as we are. I was taking Bleu for 2-3 miles by a year, we run about 4-5 miles three times a week now, and I bring him over to one of his multiple girlfriends house at least once a week to play fight (he loves it more than any of the others I had). They are funny.
Booger: Playful, but liked to just cuddle, and would let anyone come in.
Cassius: Sweet and gentle, loved to destroy sunglasses and bra's.
Bleu: Pure dick sometimes, and I have never seen him lose a fight. But he isn't the cuddler the others were.
All different, but the same. You can start kind of juking with him like a boxer, he will develop balanced leg muscles quick that way. Just make sure he never develops a propensity to snap at you.
you will never get another kind of dog dude, trust me. Boxers are the greatest dogs out there. So playful, but really sweet.
This is my girlfriends site, Bleu is the cover shot and in there a couple times. He is 4 right now, and my running partner. I just bought him a ridiculously huge bed haha, but he deserves it, he is a good boy.
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Earlier this year I penned an editorial about ultrabooks. It wasn't all that nice. I pointed out that they are slow, that they require design sacrifices that not everyone will enjoy and that ultraportables often provide a better experience at the same price or lower.
Since then I've also discovered, through various reviews, that ultrabooks so far have not shown any battery life advantage over ultraportables. The advantage of a low-voltage processor is consistently negated by the smaller batteries squeezed into Intel's thin form-factor.
I'm not on the bandwagon. This, however, should not come as a surprise. It's exceedingly rare for a company, even of Intel's size, to knock a new product out of the park on its first try. The models that released so far were decent products in some ways, but they were also the hardware equivalent of a beta. Intel and laptop manufacturers are now responding to what they've discovered.
This brings us to Ivy Bridge. As I noted in my Ivy Bridge for mobile review, Intel's architectural update seems to be more exciting for laptops than for desktops. The Core i7-3720QM we received in our Ivy Bridge reference laptop was a beast, easily defeating all previous processor benchmarks and also posting surprisingly good results in gaming tests. Despite this, battery life seemed to at least remain the same.
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So we seemed to have a plethora of peppermint items around the house, so I decided to combine some to make some easy dessert!
These are a quick dessert, but the kids love it, and it looks pretty as well!
Peppermint Bark Oreos
- 1 package peppermint Oreos (red crème filling)
- 1 (4 oz) pkg white chocolate bar (Baker's Chocolate)
- 1 large, or 5 small candy canes
Break the candy canes into pieces, and then break apart in a sandwich bag with a rolling pin or in a food processor. Don't turn them into powder, though.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler on the stove, stirring often. If needed, add a drop or two of canola oil into the chocolate to help keep it smooth. One at a time, dip the Oreos into the melted chocolate, dipping half the cookie, leaving the other half bare. Place on a wax paper covered cookie sheet. Before the chocolate dries sprinkle the Oreos with the candy cane pieces.
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Vehicle2006 Nissan Pathfinder SE 4dr SUV 4WD (4.0L 6cyl 5A)
ReviewUpgraded from Xterra to pathfinder. The VDC and SLIP lights on the dash have gone on and off since I got it dealer couldn't find anything wrong. At 15K I had a flat tire and found out the jack would barely lift the car high enough to change the tire on a flat surface being that I was on the shoulder it would not lift the car high enough so I had to borrow another jack to finish the job, also the jack jammed fully extended and would not go down had to drive off it. The fuel sensor went at about 47K, I purchased a ext'd 10year warranty which covered repair. The tires and brakes will be replaced this week at 51K. I average 16.7 mpg. Fun to drive aspect wore off quick quite boring to drive now.
Best FeaturesBose system, dual zone and rear climate controls.
Worst FeaturesSecond row sliding seats to make the third row at least useful if needed. Climate controls are a pain to deal with. Fuel economy, update the body style already its boring and no flare.
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Reviewed By Mike Q (Chino Hills, CA) Reviewed for a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta —12/16/2012 2:25 PM
Very quiet, solid braking & doesn't scratch rotor
Reviewed By Donald T (Houston, TX) Reviewed for a 2013 Audi S5 —6/11/2017 12:57 PM
Over the past 10+ years, I've exclusively used Waagner Thermo Quiets and have been exceptionally pleased with their warranty, performance (virtually dustless, even/consistent wear, braking) but Wagner no longer makes them for the rear of my 2013 Audi S5. After a bit of research I wanted to try the EPCs but those are not available for my Audi either, so I settled on these Posi Quiets, replaced F & R. So far so good! They are seating well and they are on par with the Thermo Quiets.


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Reading a story in the Post today:
"According to a league source, New York is one of Boozer's preferred destinations. Utah is trying to save money and offering up Cuttino Mobley's expiring contract with insurance covering a portion of it is a possibility.
Walsh also appears close to making Sixers point guard Andre Miller a formal offer for the one-year, $5.8 million midlevel exception, feeling there is a chance of stealing him. The Sixers will not offer Miller more than a one-year deal."
What would this do for NY this year (and beyond)? I would think if we traded for Boozer, that might help recruit Miller.... no?
Anyway.... let's just say Utah takes on Jeffries & Mobley's contract; Let's also assume both Lee & N8 reup on 1-year deals...
Andre Miller (Duhon, Douglas)
Wilson Chanlder (N8)
Danilo Galineri (Harrington)
David Lee (Hill)
Carlos Boozer (Darko, Curry)
What does this roster look like? I would also assume we showcase Eddie Curry early and try to pawn him off on the first bidder...
This is probably the only shot NY has at reaching the playoffs next year; and if that is a MUST to attract a BIG TIME free agent in 2010.... It might be our only chance to make that happen?
Boozer turns 29 this season, but we would be able to sign him with the Bird rights & get a Lebron or Wade. Boozer, Lee, Hill & Darko should be enough in the paint, if Chandler & Danilo mature in become stars....
Well, seriously.... look at CLE's roster. Would Lebron really opt for that group over this one?
I know.... Boozer, Darko, Lee, Duhon, Miller & Harrington will also be free agents next year.... Just throwing ideas out there... I am sure if Lebron signs with us, it might help sway some other guys to stay aboard, no?


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Discussion in 'College Tennis Talk' started by PennAlum, Apr 22, 2011.
He was a great doubles player in juniors, now gone. Anyone know?
It doesn't seem like anyone knows the specifics outside of the immediate UNC tennis family. All things allude to some sort of internal team strife that maybe surrounded Noble. He is still at UNC as a regular student though.
I gathered this very basic info from a web search which pointed me to the "Inside Carolina" board. I haven't done any digging beyond that yet.
got busted with drugs. Coach confronted him pretty aggressively and he told the coach to get out of his face (or something along those lines) and the coach said "See ya!"
at least thats what I heard from a buddy of mine
Old man Reed must be pissed. They were all about tennis.
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Bengaluru: Girish G Kamath (42), of Udupi origin and a resident of Kabini apartments in Kengeri Satellite Town on the outskirts, died in tragic road mishap on Thursday night.
He was employed in the finance section of a five-star hotel located on Vittal Mallya Road in the city. It was his routine to commute to and from the office riding his motorbike. After office hours on Thursday, as usual, he was on his way back towards home.
When he reached the Rajarajeshwari gate near Gopalan Arcade on Mysuru road, a tipper lorry rammed his bike from behind and sped away. As he lay in a critical condition with severe injuries, he was shifted to the BGS hospital on Uttarahalli road. But he succumbed to the injuries there.
A case has been registered in the Byatarayanapura traffic police station. A search is on for the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run incident.


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Photographer's Note
Tatev is a monastry in the South of Armenia. Actually, it is the place I am named after :) Tatev means "Let God give me wings". It is belived that when one of the churches of the monastry was under construction the workers were not able to reach the height the church was supposed to have, and they desperatly turned to God saying in Armenian "astavts ta tev mez" (astavts -God, ta- let give, tev - wing, mez - to us)! I guess God heard them, and they managed to finsh everything on time :)
It is beleived that the monastery was founded in the 4th 8th centuries and was built in stages. The monastery itself and the church of St.Peter (surb Petros) and Paul (surb Pogos) were built in the 9th century, while the St. Gregory (surb Grigor) church was built later.
There is a swinging column called The Mace in the yard of the monastry, which was erected in the in the 10th century. The Monastery was walled in the 17th century. Secret passages stretching from the high hill down to the valley were also dug at that time to provide an escape in times of attack. Some parts of Tatev were devastated by enemies and earthquakes and later reconstructed. The only structure that has remained intact is the Mace - the swinging column.
In the 13th century the Monastery became an important cultural centre that brought together scientists, theologians and artists. The Tatev School of Miniatures, Tatev Library and Tatev University flourished at this time.
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tigra (2968) 2006-08-20 12:55
Wow!! This place is beautiful, Tatevik!
The composition is good, you may crop it a little.
Thanks for sharing,
worldcitizen (10182) 2006-08-20 13:03
Hello Tatevik,
This is a wonderful place that I would never get to see without your photo. :-) This ancient architecture is amazing, and I
like your POV. It seems like you are on a higher mountain, looking down towards the monastery. TFS
mpetrovic (1536) 2006-08-21 17:30
and silly me didn't go to Tatev! seems that there are so many places I have to visit when I come back to beloved armenia =]
nice POV, great great info - keep going like this.
Bonjour Tatevik,
Magnifique endroit et très bel édifice religieux.
Bonne composition. Il aurait juste fallu la redresser un peu en tirant sur la droite.
marcino (204) 2007-07-01 7:43
Very nice photo, and interesting info. Thanks for shearing pic and information.
Photo Information
- Copyright: Tatevik Davtyan (tatev) (50)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2006-08-20
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Sony DSC-W7
- Exposure: f/8, 1/160 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Theme(s): Places to go [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-08-20 12:50


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K.C. Toimil sits on the sidewalk in front of PS14 on a recent weekend night. She's trying to stay awake, and her band, Melted Sunglasses, is still patiently waiting to get onstage. It's 3 a.m.
I drove to this show, to see K.C. and her melty band. She told me she was playing at 11:30 p.m., so I left my house at 11:30. In my heart, in my pants, and in my parasympathetic nervous system, I know that rock shows don't start on time. Even if I go out of my way to be fashionably late, I'm still early.
Part of the problem was clear: On the night in question, there were eight bands booked. Let's do the math: Say the first band goes on at ten, and let's imagine that each band plays for half an hour, and let's assume that it only takes 15 minutes between bands. In this best-case scenario, the night ain't over until 4 a.m.
Notorious Nastie
Seriously, why so many bands? "It's the clearing-house effect," says Chuck Loose, who used to book shows in Miami and Broward in the early 1990s and played drums for the Crumbs.
Mad Martigan guitarist Red Tuttle agrees. Recently, he tried to book a weekend show at Churchill's featuring just five bands. "They said if I want to do a show on a weekend, there's got to be at least 11 bands," he says. "Man, I've been the 11th band. I'm so tired, the band is drunk, (and) people have gone home. It doesn't make for a good show."
Promoters, however, put the responsibility back on Miami's fickle crowds. "If I knew that one band would pack the place, I wouldn't need to book a million bands," says Notorious Nastie, who books shows at PS14, Churchill's, and other venues around town. "It's Friday night, it's Saturday night, everyone wants to play. There aren't many places to play live music in Miami, and why not give a new band a shot?"
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And still, there's another common occurrence — perhaps only six bands are advertised to play. But somehow the lineup swells that same night, with new bands popping and hitting the stage while the headliners are at the bar hitting the sauce. "Bands just show up and claim they were told they could play, or the promoter just adds another band," says Todd Slimack, drummer of Stay Hitt. "Then 3 a.m. rolls around and we're saying goodbye to our friends as we're setting up to play."
Raf Classic of the Crumbs has been playing in Miami for more than 16 years, and he offers this advice to younger bands: Don't accept a "headlining" slot. "As exciting as that may sound, you might as well be playing in front of four guys at 4:30 a.m.," he says.
The solution is simple, though, if hard to implement. Humans who go to shows should show up on time. Promoters should be realistic as to how to manage the time in a night, and make everyone adhere to a strict schedule. Performers should suck it in and play to thin early-evening crowds if they have to. And if their friends and fans keep missing their gigs because they showed up late, maybe the audience will learn to show up early. Well, maybe. After all, it's Miami. Caribbean time is contagious.
Juan Manuel Rotulo, drummer of Miami hardcore band Dancefloor Justice, points out that the difference in attitude changes sharply at the county line. "Just go up to Broward and Palm Beach," he says. "When I played in Delray Beach at the VFH Hall, did we leave at 3 a.m.? No. We played to 200 people, and made it to Churchill's in time to watch the first band at midnight."


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by Dan Armitage
A quick walk-through of the 2011 SUN TRACKER Fishin' Barge 21 is all it takes to see why the boat is one of the most popular pontoons on the market among anglers.
Any fisherman worth his weight in bass, walleye, panfish or trout will recognize that this craft was designed from the 24-inch-diameter logs up for angling convenience and cruising comfort between fishing holes.
Float the boat, and put 60 horses of Mercury Big Foot power behind it as we did, and you'll experience how the rig performs as well as how it fishes. Rated for outboards up to 90 hp, the standard package pushed by a 40-hp Mercury will be more than adequate for most freshwater angling applications.
Match it with anything more powerful, and it will double as a platform for more active watersports. Yet, where this boat shines is when it's used in pursuit of fish.
For example, SUN TRACKER didn't allow its popular 21-footer to rest on its laurels. The 2011 model boasts a broader deck than last year and an additional chair on the aft platform, so there's room for two anglers.
Within reach of the two fishing stations are more new features, including vertical rod holders to complement the horizontal racks on the deck's starboard side, and a cushioned-top, 16-gallon livewell/baitwell combination to back up the eight-gallon iovewell found up front.
A folding, three-step ladder offers eacy access to the skid-free surface covering the aft deck. At the opposite end of the 21-footer, the Fishin' Barge's bow angling area features a pair of fishing chairs atop new screw-in pedestals, a storage locker and integrated drink and rod holders.
Between the SUN TRACKER's two fishing stations is a cockpit with a considerable amount of amenities, including a side-swivel bucket seat for the person at the helm.
Seating for passengers includes an L-shape lounge with under-seat dry storage and a lockable compartment under the armrest, which is new for 2011, facing a portable, floor-mounted cockpit table.
The rig has an optional Fish Package that includes a bow-mounted Motorguide W55 Wireless Series 12-volt, 55-pound-thrust trolling motor and a Lowrance X50 DS fishfinder. And for an extra $895, adding the angling options still keeps the package in the $17,000 range for what is a great family fishing boat bargain.


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Sep. 12, 2009
Sonnet 43: How do I love thee, let me count the ways
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints—I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
It's the birthday of publisher Alfred A. Knopf, (books by this author) born in New York City (1892). He went to college to become a lawyer, but he fell in love with literature and decided to devote his life to it. At the time, the publishing world was a kind of gentlemen's club and Knopf had a hard time fitting in because he was Jewish. He was the first Jewish employee at Doubleday.
One of his first projects was to republish all of Joseph Conrad's books in a set. He went to visit the writer H.L. Mencken, because he knew Mencken loved Conrad and would publicize the books. Mencken said, "We were on good terms at once … I recall especially his mustache: so immensely black that it seemed beyond the poor talents of nature." Knopf went on to publish many of Mencken's books and Mencken later said, "He is by my standards the perfect publisher."
At the time that he got into the publishing business, before television and widespread radio, people said that Americans didn't read books — they just read the newspapers. He thought that Americans might be more likely to read good books if books were beautiful to look at. He used beautiful, easy-to-read type and high-quality paper, and he was the first publisher to cover his books with brightly colored jackets.
When Knopf founded his own publishing company, he didn't have enough money to publish big-name American authors, so he published European authors instead. Most American publishers didn't care about European literature, so Knopf was able to cheaply publish writers like Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, and Albert Camus. When several of his authors won the Nobel Prize in literature, Alfred A. Knopf Inc. became known as one of the best literary publishing houses.
It's the birthday of American satirist H.L. Mencken, (books by this author) born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1880, who said things like:
"No matter how much a woman loved a man, it would still give her a glow to see him commit suicide for her."
And, "The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics."
On this day in 1846, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning got married — secretly — at St. Marylebone Parish Church in London. She was 39, an invalid, and reliant on morphine to ease her pain, and she had never been married because her father forbade it. She was a poet famous around the world. Robert Browning (books by this author) was a famous poet, too, six years younger than she, and started the courtship by writing her a letter telling her just how much he admired her writing. In January 1845, he wrote:
"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett, — and this is no offhand complimentary letter that I shall write, — whatever else, no prompt matter-of-course recognition of your genius and there a graceful and natural end of the thing: since the day last week when I first read your poems, I quite laugh to remember how I have been turning and turning again in my mind what I should be able to tell you of their effect upon me — for in the first flush of delight I thought I would this once get out of my habit of purely passive enjoyment, when I do really enjoy, and thoroughly justify my admiration …"
Robert Browning continued in that first letter: "I can give a reason for my faith in one and another excellence, the fresh strange music, the affluent language, the exquisite pathos and true new brave thought — but in this addressing myself to you, your own self, and for the first time, my feeling rises together. I do, as I say, love these books with all my heart — and I love you too."
Elizabeth Barrett (books by this author) responded promptly: "I thank you, dear Mr. Browning, from the bottom of my heart. You meant to give me pleasure by your letter — and even if the object had not been answered, I ought still to thank you."
She went on to write a long letter asking him to give a few words of criticism so that she might improve her writing craft.
The courtship continued in secret for a year and a half, and then, on this day of the clandestine wedding in 1846, Browning mailed her off a letter that he'd written the day prior, which said: "Words can never tell you, however, — form them, transform them anyway, — how perfectly dear you are to me — perfectly dear to my heart and soul. I look back, and in every one point, every word and gesture, every letter, every silence — you have been entirely perfect to me — I would not change one word, one look.
During their courtship, Elizabeth Barrett was composing sonnets for Robert, which she presented to him as a wedding gift.
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Back Talk: A Conversation with Emma ToothFebruary 25, 2012
UK-based Emma Tooth, who has shown in the past with Lazarides Gallery, will be part of Thinkspace Gallery's Picks of the Harvest 2012 group show opening March 3 in Culver City. The exhibition will feature numerous artists Thinkspace has had their eye on over the past year exhibited alongside new works from several of our regular Thinkspace family members, and we were able to have a conversation with Emma on a wide-ranging of topics, including Japan, Oscar Wilde, and Joanna Newsom.
1.One reason you make art:
To inject some beauty into daily life.
2. The last good movie you saw:
The Scarlet Empress with Marlene Dietrich.
3. Something you've always wanted to do, but have yet to:
4. Favorite country or city visited:
Koyasan, Japan. It's a holy mountain for buddhists and at the top is the most beautiful and magical place I have ever seen or dreamed of – Okunoin. It almost seems too private to talk about - it doesn't seem like a real place but a secret part of me. I want to be buried there.
5. A few words that sum up your philosophy on life:
'It is through art, and through art only, that we can realize our perfection; through art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.' Oscar Wilde.
6. Something you want the world to know about you:
I do pictures, you know.
7.Something that annoys or frustrates you about people:
You never know what they're thinking! Most of the time that's probably for the best though, but sometimes it would be nice to know.
8. Something that concerns you:
How switched off people are. They just plug into the anaesthetic misdirection of mass media and miss the world going by. They miss all that is truly beautiful in the world. They'll call in in their millions to vote someone out of the Big Brother house, but no one bats an eyelid when their basic rights are being taken away! Women now think that they are empowered by pole dancing and that Dita von Teese is a feminist icon! People will swallow anything they're told. It's a dream come true for patriarchy, for governments and salespeople.
Things are shifting in the West. In the UK things are changing, it's scary, and those who can see what's coming are scared to speak incase they get acid thrown in their faces or get their heads cut off – no wonder people want to bury their heads in the sand and watch reality TV – maybe I should buy a television too…
9. Artists you admire:
Royal De Luxe rocked my world with The Sultan's Elephant when it came to London. They simply make magic. I actually cried when that elephant took its first steps – no other art has ever had the power to make me cry in a public place!
10. Favorite quote(s):
'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it'.
I'm a screaming Oscar Wilde fangirl by the way!
11. The first record or CD you ever bought? The last album you downloaded?
Oh god, I've no idea what the first was, but music is probably the form of art I consume most and respond to most. I have music on all the time in my studio and sing constantly! The last download I can think of was probably Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom. I listened to that all last summer while creating my Heredity work and there's this amazing live bootleg about of her performing the whole of her Ys album that I listen to just all the time. It's like a religious experience – that album takes me to some amazing places. It's very emotional for me to sing those songs and I'm not really sure why; they're just so beautiful. I'm coming across very emotional in this interview! – but actually it's precisely because it's so unusual for something to break through my defences that that these things really stand out. That's real art, real spirituality – that's what art should be able to do.
12. Something you do when you're procrastinating?
I make hats.
13. What is your most defining characteristic?
I have absolutely no idea what that could be.
14. What is your greatest fear?
Having to work in a supermarket.
15. The moment you realized you were an 'artist':
I must have been so young I don't remember.
16. Your greatest quality:
How I care for my animals. I'd do anything for them! I take pride in knowing that just a few chickens out of the billions in the world who are so abused, my little ones want for nothing. Do I prefer them to people? Actually, yes!
17. Something you wish you could change or alter about yourself:
I could do with being a bit more famous I suppose…
18. What is the biggest risk you've ever taken and was it worth it?
Oh no, I'm not a risk taker at all!
19. Something you wish you had known five years ago:
How nice my life would be right now; what I do, where I live. I'd have found it really comforting. I would not have worried so much.
20. What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years of your life?
Well, in some ways I hope not too much changes at all. I want to paint a lot more, do bigger shows, do more internationally, particularly in the US and Japan. My resolution this year was to have an Exciting Year and it's going very well so far, but I do love an adventure!
Emma Tooth will part of Picks of the Harvest 2012
Thinkspace Gallery
On view March 3rd through March 24th
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What does "veteran" mean to you? [VIDEO]
Accomplished journalists and filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington joined the Center this week for a special screening and discussion of their new documentary film Restrepo which chronicles the every day experience of troops in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, considered one of the most dangerous outposts in the U.S. military until it closed on April 14, 2010.
When asked how capturing the real experience of combat, boredom, and fear through the eyes of the soldiers themselves changed their understanding of the word "veteran," both Junger and Hetherington responded in a very personal way:
"For me," said Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War, "when I was growing up, veterans were always older guys who'd fought in wars that I had heard about. Suddenly veterans became a completely different thing in my mind…It was guys I was friends with, guys I really worried about when I was back home between trips. These are now vets for me. That's what the word means now."
Hetherington, a photojournalist and cameraman behind the documentaries Liberia: an Uncivil War and The Devil Came on Horseback, responded by challenging our perceptions of the military received in the media: "We tend to reduce the soldiers that fight on our behalf to symbols, symbols of patriotic duty or symbols of economic necessity…we don't, here back in society, really allow them to be the individuals with all the nuances, and feelings and emotions that they experience out in these theaters of combat."
After viewing Restrepo and seeing war in such a raw and unmediated way, it's tempting to question why anyone would willingly put themselves into the grim, chaotic and periodically terrifying experience of war. But I suppose that's what makes being a veteran all the more remarkable. It takes an uncommon motivation and a unique person to preserve, protect and defend the constitutional values we all cherish.
The film screening and discussion were presented in conjunction with the Center's feature exhibition, The Art of the American Soldier. The artwork in the exhibition, much of it created by soldier artists documenting their experience first-hand, has much the same impact as viewing the film: it brings you closer to the lived experience of combat and being a soldier. Visitors have been responding to the exhibition by participating in a letter-writing campaign, filling out postcards in the gallery, thanking troops for their service.
So this Veterans Day tell us what "veteran" means to you. Leave a comment here or, better yet, tell a solider in your own handwriting. Visit the Center and salute the troops by writing a personalized postcard.
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However, the likelihood that minimally invasive surgery will replace open surgery altogether is slim at best. There are certain procedures that are all but impossible to perform without full access to the surgical site. In addition, there are those times when a minimally invasive procedure will have to be adjusted to an open surgery due to complications or the discovery of unforeseen ailments that require surgical attention.
In open procedures, and minimally invasive procedures for that matter, the success of the surgery depends a great deal on the quality of the access that the surgeon has to the surgical site. Advancing technology has enabled us to peer inside a patient, but without access to the problem area, and the ability of the surgeon to use his hands and instruments, that technology is all but pointless.
Fortunately, the retractors that played such an important part in the days of open surgery have not fallen by the wayside in the wake of evolving surgical technology. In fact, they have been evolving as well to provide better access, cause less trauma, and even assist in minimally invasive procedures. Here are a few innovative companies who have been at the forefront of retraction's latest advancements.
Cardinal HealthCardinal Health offers a wide variety of instrumentation for retraction under its V. Mueller® brand of products. These instruments vary from simple hand held and self retaining retractors to full table mounted retractor systems, and many of these retractors can be used for multiple procedures. Some of the retractors in the V. Mueller line have been around for decade, but other exclusive retractors have only recently become available.
One of the latest developments in the V. Mueller line is the Multipurpose Abdominal Retractor System (MARS), which was designed with flexibility in mind. The MARS is a single system that can be extended from a standard retraction kit all the way up to a bariatric retraction kit.
Also new to the Cardinal Health line-up is the offerings of the recently acquired Snowden Pencer® line. Among the newly acquired instrumentation is the full Diamond-Flex portfolio of laparoscopic retractors, which can be used in conjunction with the Fast -Clamp endoscopic clamping system. The Diamond-Flex line includes a selection of articulating retractors specially and ergonomically designed to meet the need of laparoscopy.
Lone Star Medical Products, Inc.
While not necessarily intended for use in minimally invasive procedures, some surgeons have been experimenting with its potential. Barbara Smith, Director of Business Development at Lone Star Medical is optimistic. "This is a new field for us, and one we hope surgeons would be willing to explore further. For example, the Lone Star Retractor System has been used in laparoscopic myomectomy, pulling the uterus up to the abdominal wall for direct visualization and closure of the uterine wall after laparoscopic fibroid removal. The surgeon-user prefers to get that direct visual to make more secure repair, rather than attempting to do so through a trocar."
Automated Medical Products Corp.
Another offering from Automated Medical is the specially designed Stieber Rib Grip Kit. This retractor system provides great operative exposure for all patients, from pediatrics to morbidly obese adults. The high quality ratchet-type system reduces the requirements for additional assistants by providing optimal adaptability of the retractor blades, allowing for easy access to the entire upper abdomen. The union between the Hydra Yoke (the two armed Iron Intern retractor holder) and the Lees Center platform provides the opportunity to grasp with two additional retractors.
To assist in laparoscopic surgeries, Automated Medical offers another specially developed retractor set. The Nathanson Hook Liver Retractors are designed specifically to retract the liver during laparoscopic surgery. When required, the hooks hold the liver out of the way for the duration of the procedure. They come in a set of three (small, medium, and large), allowing the surgeon alternative options throughout the surgery. The Nathanson Hook Liver Retractors are easy to clean and will last forever. They can, of course, be used in conjunction with the Iron Intern systems.
Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp.
Applied Medical
The Alexis wound retractor provides 360 degrees of atraumatic circumferential retraction and 360 degrees of protection. It provides excellent exposure without the trauma associated with point retractors, while protecting wound margins from contamination. As a result, this retractor can facilitate wound approximation and may also aid in reducing post-operative pain, bruising and edema of the abdominal wall.
The Alexis retractor's unique design facilitates rapid and effortless set-up and accommodates a wide variety of procedures including colectomy, myomectomy, gastric bypass, and cesarean section. It is available in five sizes, for use on incisions ranging from 2.0 cm up to 17.0 centimeters.
Lumitex, Inc.While Lumitex does not supply an actual retractor system, it does provide an interesting accessory to be used with retractors. The LightMat® Surgical Illuminator is a surgical lighting product that attaches to most retractors. It employs a unique patented technology that brings cool, shadowless, radiant light directly into aca surgical cavity via a thin flexible mat that attaches to the surgeons retractor. This light can be used in any deep cavity, under flaps, or in lateral margins.
The LightMat is designed for minimally open and non-laparoscopic procedures (primarily GYN, plastic, spinal, orthopedic, and deep general surgeries), where it is difficult to get a headlight or overhead lighting into the cavity. The LightMat is especially helpful on a mobile retractor, to apply light where it is needed. With a good xenon light source, the effect is like having fluorescent light inside the cavity.
As anyone can see, not all retractors and retractor systems are the same, and this can be a good thing for the surgeons, as not all patients or cases are the same. If the past is any indication of the future, the way surgery is performed will continue to change. But as long as the makers and marketers of retraction systems continue to develop their products and evolve their technology, they will still be there to grant access to the next generation of surgeons.


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Nuestra ciudad esta llena de historia, cultura e interesantes centros, y podra acceder facilmente a todos ellos desde nuestro hotel. Hospedese en el Hilton Garden Inn para logra una visita a Montreal inolvidable
Zmaya - ZMaya serves breakfast lunch and dinner in a casual dining environment. The varied menu features French and International favorites including steak and seafood. Open daily 600am-200pm and 500pm-11pm. Pavilion Pantry - Take away meals. The Pavilion Pantry offers an assortment of refrigerator-frozen and microwaveable packaged items that guests can prepare with their in-room hospitality center including microwave and refrigerator. Open 24 hours.
The hotel provides complimentary shuttle service to and from the airport 24 hours a day.
The guest room are equipped with a microwave, fridge, coffee maker, 2 dual-line phones with voicemail and data ports, a large work desk and ergonomic chairs.
Guests can take a refreshing dip in the indoor swimming pool, relax in the hot tub or work out in the gym. There are sports complexes, golf and ski resorts close by.
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Información tasas
La tarifa no incluye tasas locales, suplementos ni otros cargos adicionales que el hotel te pueda cobrar; porque los deberás pagar directamente en el destino. A menos de que el hotel indique lo contrario.
Cómo llegar
3 kms to the nearest airport (dorval)
The Hilton Garden Inn Montreal Airport hotel is ideally located close to corporate offices just 10 minutes from downtown Montreal Canada. Within easy reach via road train and the subway are Olympic Park Casino de Montreal Bell Center /home of the Montreal Canada hockey team the Montreal Canadians/ the Montreal Jazz Festival the Just for Laughs Festival and the Montreal Film Festival.


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ROYAL OAK (WWJ) – In honor of National Pancake Day on Tuesday, IHOP restaurants in the Metro Detroit area are offering a free stack of their buttermilk pancakes to each guest — and it's all in the name of charity.
It's a fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network, with patrons asked to donate whatever they want to the charity in lieu of paying for their hotcakes. All 10 Metro Detroit IHOP's are participating and all funds collected go directly to Beaumont Children's Hospital.
WWJ's Kathryn Larson met one local family that has two reasons to smile on National Pancake Day. Watch their story below:
More than 14 million buttermilk pancakes have been served during IHOP's National Pancake Day celebration, which started in 2006. IHOP hopes to raise $2.7 million this year, with a goal to bring the total amount of funds raised to more than $10 million to support charities in local communities.
To find a local IHOP or to donate online, visit www.ihoppancakeday.com.


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There was a time where Express (NYSE:EXPR) was the go-to place for the young twenty-something to start their professional wardrobe. However, as the fickle tastes of their target audience changes, Express has so far failed to keep up. But is there hope for Express to reclaim its dominance in the minds of young men and women for affordable business attire?
Income Statement
Rising COGS combined with unimpressive revenue growth has led to a sharp decline in gross profit, the effects of which can be seen trickling down to the bottom line where growth in net income has become stagnant. So, what has kept Express from drifting in to the red? In a word: interest expense.
To counteract their decaying profit margins, Express has honed in on tweaking its capital structure. Over the weekend, Express announced the extinguishing of the remainder of its total outstanding long-term debt which will have a significant effect on future earnings as interest expense is taken out of its expenses.
Balance Sheet
Cash is on the rise, and inventories are piling up while non-current liabilities continue to fall. If management sits around and lets it continue, this company could fall hard and fast. However, given the management team's proactive reduction of their long-term liabilities, they seem to be freeing themselves up for a dramatic shift in operations.
Cash Flows
While the income statement paints a fairly grim picture, the cash flow statement seems to be the silver lining for Express. Increasing operating cash flow and free cash flow paints the picture of a company on the mend; especially considering how much of the cash flow is attributed to paying down debt, and even repurchasing some of its own stock. Once Express has settled on its overhaul of its capital structure, cash flows will gravitate back towards operations and opening new stores.
Express's plan to open 2 new flagship stores as well as several others in malls around the world will help boost the brick-and-mortar revenue which has been weighing down gross profit the past two years. Additionally, Express has increased its marketing budget for its eCommerce store which has quickly become a significant portion of revenue (12% and climbing as of the last 10-K) which should have an significant impact on gross profit. This combined with the extinguishing of its outstanding debt should prove to be very favorable on future earnings.
Bottom Line
While Express has been stagnant the past couple of years, I believe management is taking the right actions to build long-term growth. A declining debt-to-equity ratio and ramped up store openings (including 2 flagship stores, one of which is the newly opened store in Times Square) will start to show in Return on Equity.
Express seems poised to emerge from it's current depression, and would make a great addition to a long-term growth portfolio.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Thursday, June 21, 2007
The Music-Impaired
So much so that sometimes when I stand with my friends, I can't help but feel that they are an alien bunch talking gibberish in an alien language about this thing they call music. I stand there dazed and confused, seemingly lost in their conversations laced with words like melody, rythmn, beats and what not.
They say its World Music Day today; and that I have a serious problem.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Sania Mirza and Laloo: The IE correlation
Sania Mirza appears again on the enginerd weblog.
This time for two reasons:
1. She is back in Top 50 again. Good going Miss.
2. The Indian Express (IE) goofup where her pic is with the caption: "Railway Minister Lalu Prasad cuts cake during the celebration of his 60th birthday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress". Some correlation this: Sania in 50. Lalooji just out of his 50s.
Bombay update:
Last couple of days in Bombay have been hectic and a lot of fun. Back to Bangalore tomorrow morning. And I heard Desh was on Radio City!
Friday, June 08, 2007
TOI fanboy
Girl: Did you know this [...] happened?
Me: Yes, I read about it in the TOI.
Girl: You read the TOI?
Me: Absolutely. I am a big Information junkie.
Girl (with that unapproving look): You got to be kidding me! You mean you actually look up the TOI for information???
Me (quipping): Oh yes, I do! In fact, I start with the supplement- The Bangalore Times.
Wonder why girls got to act so smart!
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Weekend plans?
Didn't turn out to be a particularly bad idea, considering Local Live estimated it just over 6000 miles :O
Didn't know they had a Nandi Hill in Kenya too.


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Any Good Places To Buy Whole Leaf Black Tea In 1 lb, 2 lb or 1 kg quantities?
Hi All,
I am looking for places where I can buy online whole leaf black tea in 1 lb, 2 lb or 1 kg quantities. Anyone know some good companies that I can order through online?
I have ordered from Upton in the past, but in the last couple of years, I have been a bit disappointed in them as it seems like they have been doing a poor job of keeping their Assams in stock during the autumn months — or as is the case this year — they have far too many Assams that are Broken Orange Pekoe or Broken Pekoe grade teas which really IMHO defeats the whole purpose of drinking AND enjoying whole leaf tea.
IMHO, when tea is BOP, BP or even Fannings grade than it tastes like tea bag tea which you can find just about anywhere! :(
Anyway… if anyone knows of some good places to buy large quantities of Assam tea (I typically like to order 2 lbs or a kilo at a time), let me know, thanks.
Hi Buckeye Chick, We do bulk quantities. The prices aren't listed on our website, but we would be happy to send you quotes for any teas you may be interested in. Our product page is: http://www.butikiteas.com/Teas.html We currently have a Premium Taiwanese Assam & a Khongea Golden Tippy Assam in stock. We also have some Organic Assam left but we are phasing that out.


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Sriracha Packets Finally Available
Spicy lovers--this one's for you. Huy Fong, the company behind the famous Sriracha bottles you probably have in your fridge, has made it easier for you to add the hot sauce where ever you go.
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Turns out Congress can agree on something: UC San Diego chemist Roger Tsien is wicked smart.
Tsien, who earned a Nobel Prize four years ago, was honored this week with the newly-created Golden Goose Award, which is meant to highlight federally funded scientific work that sounded odd in the beginning but turned out to have great impact on society. Tsien helped find ways to use a green fluorescent protein found in jellyfish as a biological marker used to study such things as cancer and HIV.
Tsien ended up sharing the 2008 Nobel in chemistry with Martin Chalfie and Osamu Shimomura for his role in the discovery.
In an email, Tsien said, "I was honored to be included (in the Golden Goose Awards) and to have a chance to increase public understanding of the major payoffs of basic research, even when such research might superficially seem esoteric or pointless."
The Golden Goose Award was created by Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN), who was bothered by the way that former U.S. Sen. William Proxmire used to ridicule scientists by giving them Golden Fleece Awards for research that he considered to be silly and wasteful.
In a statement about the new award, Cooper said, "We should honor, not mock, scientists. Like the fabled golden goose, today's awardees gave unexpected gifts to mankind. Budget cutbacks must be made, but science should be spared."
The award, which is supported by such organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, also went to seven other recipients, including Chalfie, Shimomura, UC Berkeley's Charles Townes, who helped invent laser technology, and Rodney White, Eugene White, Della Roy, and the late Jon Weber, who accidentally found a good material for bone grafts while study tropical coral.
Nobels coming up: Here is the schedule that will be followed in announcing the 2012 Nobel Prizes.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Monday 8 October, 11:30 a.m. at the earliest
The Nobel Prize in Physics
Tuesday 9 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Wednesday 10 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
The Nobel Peace Prize
Friday 12 October, 11:00 a.m.
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Monday 15 October, 1:00 p.m. at the earliest.
The Nobel Prize in Literature
According to tradition, the Swedish Academy will set the date for its announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature later.


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Ive added another degree of freedom to my bipedal robot. Now it can balance on one leg! Wont be long until it walks.
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Ive added another degree of freedom to my bipedal robot. Now it can balance on one leg! Wont be long until it walks.
Well Ive been closely following James Brutons robot designs and have come up with my own full sized biped mechanism based on similar principles.
I tested it last night under manual control and I think with a bit of tweaking, pretty soon I may have something that walks.
I had a look at James Brutons design for bipedal locomotion and Ive had a go at making a similar project for my Android. Now I think it is possible to make a simple human sized biped using a minimum number of components.
I saw the new star wars film yesterday, you guys have to see it. I actually think its the best one in the series!
When I was a kid star wars was part of the reason I got interested in robotics in the first place. I always loved the way Lucas made the droids look so natural and normal.
In this new flm R2D2 is seriously funky and has loads of new features. I think Im going to dig out my old R2 unit project and put some decent features on it. - I was running out of imagination for my projects until I saw this film, Its definately worth seeing.
I've had a bit of roboticists block recently. Its gone now. I find that you start an ambitious robot project, you build it half of it and test with some software. If youre not careful Before you know it the test software turns into the final app and you run out of ideas because you've created a robot that only does what to you tell it to.
Well Im over that now. I've decided what I want my robot to do and more or less how to do it. I used to rely on windows to do all the control timings (bad move) anyhow Im going to use PIC for all that now. Watch this space.....
Have you guys heard about the bizarre developments in robotics in the United Arab Emirates? it sounds like something out of Star Wars Pod racing or something. They are trying to stop children from illegally riding camels in races and are proposing to replace them with humanoid robot jockeys (!?) see the link here
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=1548&ncid=1548&e=24&u=/afp/20050411/lf_afp/a fplifestyleuaecamel_050411143456
My girlfriend invited all of her friends round to my flat to meet up because we were all going out for the day. I was a little worried that with all the junk and stuff in my room they'd take one look around and think I was a computer geek or something. Not so at all! They came round, saw the droid and insisted that I showed it to them working, those girls wouldnt leave it alone after that!
I dont know if you guys ever get this but I think I've got cyberneticists block at the moment. I used to find that with mobile robots after you've built them you go back and can make them do cool things like programming them to go to a certain point in space and return, or use A* path planning etc. With mobiles there is always something new you can do with them.
I've found that with humaniod robots however after I've built the basics of the torso, I get to a point where I can program the arms and waist to go to different locations, open/close grippers and things like that but I dont know what else to do with it now. I've got cameras and lasers and stuff like that but I think Im running out of imagination....
Hi guys. Im about a quarter of the way through building a humanoid robot. Its about the size of an average 10 year old child. I was planning to use my own design of servomotor for the leg joints for powered walking but I came across this website
http://news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050218/ap_on_sc/robot_toddlers_5
After seeing that I thought maybe I should radically change the design of my legs. Does anybody know more about passive dynamic walking?
My girlfriend came round last night she got me I Robot for valentines day. I saw it and I thought although it was different to the book it was pretty good anyway.
Before she came I replaced the waist and neck joints of my droid with ballbearing roller plates. Those joints move as smoothly as anything. I showed the robot moving its arms and other joints and she was pretty impressed. I think it's gonna look good when I'm finished...
I've developed a super simple servomotor/speed controller interface using only three transisors and a comparator. It can be used to convert almost any DC motor into a servomotor using standard PWM radio control signals. Im planning on using the design to control the legs of my droid. I did develop another servo design earlier, but it was full of op-amps and too fiddly to set up. This one just works...
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Kai Ryssdal: Let's talk jobs as a way to get going today. We'll get the April unemployment report Friday morning. It's one of those A-list economic indicators everybody pays pretty close attention to. The good people at ADP, who process payroll checks for many a private company out there, said this morning they're guessing Friday's jobs report from the Department of Labor is going to be fine -- some new jobs but a little soft.
One might use stronger language to describe the labor market in Europe. We learned this morning the eurozone lost almost 170,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate over there is now 10.9 percent. Manufacturing's bad. There are big and controversial elections this weekend.
Europe, it seems, is much more than a just a debt crisis, as Marketplace's Scott Tong reports.
Scott Tong: Europe can be complicated.
But Chris Williamson of the financial firm Markit in London puts it simply: "really terrible numbers."
Chris Williamson: It's a double digit recession, it's a slump. All sorts of horrible words. It's a situation we've not seen since the 1930s.
Spain just joined seven other eurozone countries in recession. Its unemployment hit 24 percent. For young Spaniards, it's even worse: 5 in 10 are jobless.
Williamson: It's changing the fabric of the whole society, when there's that many people unemployed.
Economists are playing European 'Where's Waldo,' hunting for signs of life. Governments that otherwise would spend their way out can't -- they've pledged to balance budgets. Banks are holding onto money, instead of lending to people. Even Germany saw manufacturing slump to a near three-year low.
Economist Carsten Brzeski at ING Group in Brussels says no one's buying stuff -- inside Europe or out.
Carsten Brzeski: The Chinese economy is slowing. U.S. economy is not really picking up. You would need to discover life on Mars if the German export success should continue.
This weekend, Greece and France hold elections. Many voters want to rein back austerity programs, but that could unravel European unity.
Before it gets to that, Paul Christopher at Wells Fargo figures the European Central Bank would swoop in and print money or bail out a free-falling country.
Paul Christopher: As long as the ECB can be the firewall, I think we will avoid a breakup of the euro.
He thinks Europe's bottoming out. But many, many others think it will get messier before it gets neater.
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If you're on a diet and someone offers you a tasty, low-carb alternative to fattening snacks, what happens? You're liable to eat more of them, canceling out many of the intended benefits.
Offer consumers a more energy-efficient refrigerator, and what happens? Joe Sixpack buys one for the kitchen, but fills the old one with cases of Bud in the garage. (The nation's 30 million secondary refrigerators use an estimated 25 million megawatt hours of electricity annually.)
Give a driver anti-lock brakes for safety, and what happens? She's likely to take just a few more risks. Now put that driver in a fuel-efficient hybrid to cut down on gas consumption, and what happens? She drives farther because the cost per mile has gone down. Result: lower fuel savings than expected.
These are all examples of the "rebound effect," first documented by the British scholar William Stanley Jevons in 1865. He found that when the introduction of the steam engine made the use of coal much more efficient, overall demand for coal went up, not down as widely expected.
The principle is as simple as supply and demand. When efficiency lowers the price of something, people tend to consume more of it.
The latest example of this effect, which bedevils energy efficiency proponents, is a new study led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories suggesting that efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will help us illuminate the dark corners of our world but do little to cut overall energy consumption.
They find that over the course of three centuries, as technology has undergone radical innovations (whale oil, anyone?), spending on artificial lighting has remained remarkably constant at 0.72 percent of the world's per capita gross domestic product. They don't see any reason for that to change in the foreseeable future.
"A principal conclusion is that there is a massive potential for growth in the consumption of light if new lighting technologies are developed with higher luminous efficacies and lower cost of light," they declare.
Looking on the bright side, they suggest that more lighting might increase human productivity. Particularly for us geezers, it could "help mitigate losses in visual acuity in an ageing world population."
The answer is to make the price of energy reflect its full environmental cost, either through a green tax, cap-and-trade or other means. Higher prices will drive consumers to adopt energy-efficient products, while keeping overall energy consumption in check.


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Apple is rolling out the iPad Mini to retail stores today, and all eyes are glued to Apple's moves, since this is the first 7.9-inch tablet in their product line. Analysts and enthusiasts alike are anxious to see how well it penetrates the market amongst the fierce competition. Could the next headline be, "iPad Minis are selling like hotcakes"?
The price of the iPad Mini was quite surprising, as most pundits and analysts expected between $200-$300. Many think it's overpriced considering the outdated A5 processor and no retina display—just a diminutive version of the iPad 2 starting at $329. The opening weekend is crucial to any product, especially when it comes to Apple. We heard how the iPhone 5 pre-orders saw Apple "blown away." If there is no "blown away" announcement this Monday, that could spell trouble for Apple. And as of this moment, it does not look good.
Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray believes that Apple will sell between a million and 1.5 million iPad minis over the launch weekend. On the high end, that would be half the 3 million third-generation iPads Apple sold at launch this March."
The fact that 4G LTE versions are scheduled later this month is one reason why the numbers would only be half the 3 million units sold this March. Tomorrow is just a soft launch of the iPad Minis.
Another reason cited by Munster is the "newness of the form factor for consumers." He currently believes smaller-sized tablets account for about 20 to 25 percent of overall market units, but he sees the share of smaller tablets growing in the future.
It's hard to tell if this is another milestone for Apple, but we should find out when they report the numbers on Monday. What do you think? Will the public appreciate its portability?
Via [Apple Insider]