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Rock County budget could mean higher taxes
Beth Wheelock
Friday, October 9, 2009
Rock County property owners can expect to pay more money to the county under the proposed 2010 budget.
County Administrator Craig Knutson says he has to address shortfalls from state revenue this year and next.
Sales tax revenue is also down in Rock County. Knutson says the county brought in $10.5 million in sales tax revenue in 2008, but he is budgeting $8.8 million in the 2010 budget.
The county's indebtedness is at its lowest level since 1984.
The proposal includes a nearly $20 tax increase for the owner of a $100,000 home.
Knutson presented his budget to the county board Thursday.
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23 Sep Lovespoon Workshop
I'm ashamed to say that it is only recently that I have discovered we have our very own Lovespoon Workshop in Pembrokeshire!
It is a father and son enterprise, where 'Dad'started making lovespoons in 1969-the very first one he made was as a wedding proposal (which was accepted!) and since then, one special lovespoon has been made each year. These are all displayed on the walls around the workshop, and you can touch and feel these fabulous creations and understand the meaning behind the designs.
There are some truly fantastic pieces here, and one of them is the longest Lovespoon in the world! And all made out of a single piece of wood!
You can peruse all the lovespoon designs and choose one of your own that will then be engraved with either a date or initials as you require to make a truly personal gift.
Bramleys cafe at Grandiflora Garden Centre isn't too far away for you to have a coffee and some nice home made cakes too!
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LOS ANGELES Since he started out as a DJ hobbyist in 2000, Michael Smith has gone on to make a name for himself, spinning professionally for luxury, fashion, media, and entertainment brands. Now he's expanding his offerings with Michael Smith Event Music, which creates complete programs for corporate clients like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Vogue. Call it sonic branding: sound services beyond a traditional DJ's purview that work with a brand's specific mission.
"I've always been interested in creating a unique sound experience," Smith says. "So you're selling a car. What's your objective for the event? Not just 'Hey, here's a cool DJ who can rock a party.' It's 'What is your event about?' It's about working with a brand's sonic identity. Everywhere that [a company uses] music, I believe it should be consistent with the brand."
When Jaguar released its XF model last year, the automaker invited tastemakers for test-drives in San Diego.
Because the brand wanted to show off the car's high-end stereo and surround sound, Smith's group created flash drives timed to the course. The strategy highlighted the car's features and enhanced the experience for participants, and the flash drives served as takeaways for guests to remember the day. Smith also spun music for Jaguar's launches in multiple cities.
For the lavish reopening of the Coral Casino in Santa Barbara, Smith programmed music for the Louis Vuitton fashion show. He timed the beats to the runway looks, as well as the accompanying fireworks and fountain shows. While Smith spun, a live 10-piece orchestra played along to add some pomp.
"Smith has a global music [viewpoint] and can tune up any party environment with remarkable, effortless music range," says Louis Vuitton North America's director of events and special projects, Sandra Mariniello. "Isn't that the perfect music equation?"


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A Mathematical Method for Deriving the Relative Effect of Serviceability on Default Risk
The writers propose a mathematical Method for deriving risk weights which describe how a borrower's income, relative to their debt service obligations (serviceability) affects the probability of default of the loan. The Method considers the borrower's income not simply as a known quantity at the time the loan is made, but as an uncertain quantity following a statistical distribution at some later point in the life of the loan. This allows a probability to be associated with an income level leading to default, so that the relative risk associated with different serviceability levels can be quantified. In a sense, the Method can be thought of as an extension of the Merton Model to quantities that fail to satisfy Merton's 'critical' assumptions relating to the efficient markets hypothesis. A set of numerical examples of risk weights derived using the Method suggest that serviceability may be under-represented as a risk factor in many mortgage credit risk models.
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Jeremy Lin Saves Knicks, Despite Demotion By Team
Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks point guard, was in the D-league two weeks ago and today he has saved the team from defeat.
Prior to joining the Knicks this season, two NBA teams decided to pass on their chances with Lin, which led him to the D-League Eerie Bayhawks team. Lin's first official NBA start took place Monday night against the Utah Jazz, where the point guard averaged a career high of 28 points with eight assists to secure a 99-88 win.
For weeks, the Knicks have been rotating various players around in the point-guard spot, which has resulted in a losing record. The team had hoped that veteran guard Baron Davis would turn the team's offense around, however his return from a back injury was prolonged with an elbow infection.
It appeared that no one had considered Lin just a few short weeks ago, when the young guard was sent to the D-League on Jan. 17 after playing only 16 minutes over five games. The Knicks seemed to demote Lin after only one month of picking up the undrafted guard from Harvard University.
After scoring a triple double in a game with the Bayhawks, the Knicks seemed to welcome Lin back onto the team. With injuries and issues in the point guard position, Lin was given his first opportunity to prove his worth in a win against the New Jersey Nets on Saturday.
Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks' leading scorer, acknowledged that Lin and his 25 points were the reasons behind the team's win.
"He won the game for us,'' Anthony said after the game. "He picked us up offensively. We fed off his energy. Down the stretch, we put the ball in his hands. He won the game for us."
However, Lin said he is still in disbelief that he is starting for the Knicks.
"I definitely couldn't have imagined this," he said. "God works in mysterious and miraculous ways."


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How do I locate my windows media center, or reinstall it if need be?
i cannot find my windows media center but my windows media player is still working...ive looked everywhere and i have already tried toggling it on and off via the control panel with no luck, i just cant seem to locate it can someone please help? also if it has been accidentally uninstalled is it possible to download it free of charge?
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Hi henricosoldier, welcome to 7F!
Go to the Start Orb >All Programs >with the scroll bar all the way up >It should be listed about 2/3 of the way down.
If it is not there; go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features >in the left panel menu click on Turn Windows Features On or Off.
Allow the list time to populate, then look for Media Features, click on the + sign, if Windows Media Center is not checked, click on the box to check it.
You can click on the box next to Media Features if you want to turn all three of the features on.
Here's mine:
Reboot your machine, check again in Start Orb >All Programs > with the scroll bar all the way up >It should be listed about 2/3 of the way down.
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still cant find it
its not listed in my programs and when i try turning it on through the control pannel it never reappears???
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If you did reboot your machine check to make sure The WMC and RPC Services are set to at least manual, and Automatic or Automatic (Delayed Start) and running. How to: Services - Start or Disable
You can force a service to start by right clicking on it and selecting properties then go to Option One, step #6.
Here are how mine are set.
Windows Media Center Services (WMC):
Remote Procedures Call (RPC):
You can if you want to, set all five to automatic, make sure you reboot after adjusting settings.
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Rupert Everett's memoir, Vanished Years, is our May Non-Fiction Book of the Month(64 Posts)
Our Non-Fiction Book of the Month, VANISHED YEARS, is written by a famous actor but is in no way comparable to the average celebrity memoir. A darkly comic collection of snapshots from Rupert Everett's tumultuous life, the book is like a throwback to the age of Evelyn Waugh or David Niven. Everett's writing is exactly how you imagine his company: urbane, seductive, exuberant, rude, unedited. It is a colloquial, immediate voice, and he writes very well, deftly mixing superficial gossip and profound, reflective moments in the same sentence. Like his previous, highly-acclaimed bestseller, Red Carpet and Other Banana Skins, the book is stuffed with anecdotes that skewer the fashion/showbiz worlds with droll wit. His escape from Alan Sugar and the Apprentice team is franticly funny. There are plenty of debauched parties, lurid clubs and famous faces behaving badly. But this time Everett is more thoughtful about the past, how we remember our lives and those who played a starring role. There are moving chapters on the deaths of Natasha Richardson and Isabella Blow, and a poignant trip to Lourdes. As the Guardian put it, it is 'a tragical, comical, ironical Broadway-hit-show of a life', told with great panache and fearlessness.
Little Brown have 50 copies to give to Mumsnetters - to claim yours please go to the book of the month page. We'll post here when all the copies have gone. If you're not lucky enough to bag one of the free books, you can always get your paperback or Kindle version here.
Once you've got your copy, please come and discuss the book here throughout the month - looking forward to seeing what you all think...
Oooh he's a bit naughty, that Rupert E. What my dear mother would refer to as 'a bit of a one'! I'm only two chapters in but there have already been mentions of escorts and drug abuse. Don't read if easily offended as he doesn't mince words.
I have a hide thicker than a rhinoceros so I'm enjoying this immensely.
Right I'm posting as I read so that I don't forget it all.
I've got to 'The End of Charity' I found the Washington political chapter practically incomprehensible. All of the characters merged into each other in a blur of 'he' and 'she's about whom I cared not a jot. The next chapters about the making of The Ambassador were very funny and educational. I barked out laughs at regular intervals especially at the good witches and the accents.
Some of the description gets too long winded and a bit too flowery for me so I have started skipping tiny bits.
I collected my copy from the courier depot yesterday, thanks so much. Enjoying it hugely so far and almost finished the prologue.
The Richard Curtis anecdote on p19 is so funny
I really loved this book. Rupert had an extraordinary life, What is what is so gratifying, is how extraordinarily well he writes about it. The prose is fantastic whether he's describing a poignant trip to Lourdes with his father or appearing on The television programme comic relief does The Apprentice, he manages to be evocative and constantly witty.
Very well written i would describe it as being very 'English'. It was charmingly funny and extremely sad making me at times throughout the book want to both cry and laugh at the same time.
The book really showed the reader into his true being and laying him bare which I feel that many autobiographys struggle to do.
Although not as good as the first volume, I was still wishing for more chapters so looking forward to him writing more
I loved it. But - the big question - is it as good as the first one? Well, no.
It's much better, and that's the trouble. More lyrically written, more thoughtful, more melancholy (a lot of haunting place descriptions for some reason) - but precisely because of that rather higher-minded focus it's nowhere near the rip-roaring ride through slebville that one delighted in in Bananas.
Still deliciously indiscreet tho - the stuff on Isabella Blow is an almost perfect celeb gone bad vignette. Worth it just for that. But the piece on Nicky Haslam is pure (fag) hagiography and doesn't capture how screamingly smart and funny Nicky is. And every celeb is a D-list darling, to be honest - the funny stuff comes from the gay scene.
And the book is very disjointed, just a series of cameos - I have a nasty feeling that the publisher signed up for an autobiography and got a fragmented series of semi-articles, some very evidently rehashed from magazine work. La Rupert threw a wobbly and wouldn't change it. I would bet 100 quid on that.
Much to everyone's surprise, tho', he's a serious writer emerging from the cheekbones - candour, brevity and observational powers yes, sleb titillation and Wildean wit, no.
I couldn't put it down but I did find some parts of Vanished Years more unforgettable and poignant or even witty than others. Loved the whole scene involving Anita Pallenberg - a bit like something out of AbFab???
I read the book and the more I read, the more I started to feel as if I was reading about two very distinct characters - the arch, Establishment, Catholic, upper middle class guy and the louche, low-life loving 'queen'. I looked up his birthdate and reader, it came as no surprise to me that he is a Gemini!
I think his writing style is wonderful although I don't remember it being quite so rich and engaging when he wrote his previous autobiographical tomes.
I agree with whoever said that some of the vignettes seem more like magazine articles. But in a way I like that about it...it makes a change from a standard sequential reflection upon one's life...
I loved the whole Apprentice episode and his memories of being in New York with Isabella Blow (she sounds a thousand times more outrageous than him..). Less keen on some of his memories of living life in the gay lane...not sure why really.....maybe because I prefer to read about people of whom I have some awareness rather than 'unknowns.'
Although I read it during a drizzly few days, it's the sort of book that's made for holiday beach reading. It made me chortle out loud and some of his anecdotes were just beyond amusing....
I also loved that I am not alone in calling parents Mummy and Daddy well past childhood......
Overall I enjoyed the book. I took to his style of writing, humour and descriptive use of language. I very much loved getting the 'inside' story on celebrities and Hollywood, then reading about his non-celebrity life.
However as I delved deeper into the book, I began to think some of the chapters/stories were drawn out.
I'm enjoying his retelling of little vignettes, I don't think his life would work as an A-z sort of story, even if he could remember it.
I enjoyed the regaling of his first awakening to the film with Anita Pallenberg and his tales of his series Mr Ambassador.
He is overly waffly at times. But at least he can write rather than some 'so called celebs'.
Finished it a few days ago. My general impression is of enjoying it more than his first autobiographical book which I think is because this one is more personal. I loved the chapters on Blithe Spirit on Broadway and on Isabella Blow. The lourdes trip didn't move me but Rupert's description of his fathers last days did.
I will now be passing it onto my mother to enjoy.
I adore this book! It's been a long time since I've laughed out loud whilst reading. He's most definitely a 'why use a few words when 30 will do just as well'.
Overall, a great read. I need to read his first book now
The best celebrity memoir there is. The bits about Richard Curtis being the Leni Riefensthal of Blair's Britain and Madonna going off to wrap herself in clingfilm are genius.
There aren't that many books that have made me laugh out loud but this one did. I felt that I could hear Rupert Everett's voice reading the book aloud because he has his own style of writing which I like.
The book evoked a range of emotions and the part about his fathers death was very moving. I'm now going to look for Red carpets and other banana skins as I heard part of it on radio 4 but haven't read it.
Overall I had been looking forward to reading Vanished Years very much and I enjoyed it.
Hav finished reading but was left feeling somewhat deflated. In parts v interesting, thought provoking and emotional. However I felt that the story timeline was all over the place not knowing which time in his life it was which I found personally frustrating. Having said that what an interesting chap.
I've mixed feelings about the book. He can certainly evoke a scene vividly but sometimes he goes too far - his prose is too verbose for my taste. I think a judicious editor should have removed about 50 pages. His extremely high level of observation is almost unworldy - I just wish there wasn't so much of it. The melancholy tone initially I found refreshing compared to the other sleb autobio's I've read but half way through it got wearying and I felt quite depresssed after I'd finished the book. As a fan of Rupsy, I have to say that I also felt a little let down because he comes across as unnecessarily bitchy, spoilt and shallow at times. And I don't know what Robert Collins in Sunday Times was on about when he described the book as 'unsparingly bitchy' - I sensed he held a lot back, especially about Angela Lansbury and Natasha Richardson, though I think the book is generally better for the restraint and the chapters on his fathers death and his friendship with Isabella Blow were wonderful and his Apprentice antics were very funny to read.
Just about worth reading but it doesn't come close to Red Carpets.
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Lighting Systems for Machine Vision
In the field of machine vision, good lighting is one of the most important elements to be able to reliably realize a process application. Optimal lighting enhances the important properties of the test specimen and makes unimportant information which may even be disruptive "invisible". External negative effects such as changes in brightness in the environment and distorting shadows being thrown are eliminated.


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The Virginia Seafood Council has proposed a project to continue testing the feasibility of growing nonnative oysters in aquaculture.
Under a plan presented to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in February, 15 growers would cultivate a total of 1.5 million Crassostrea ariakensis oysters in 15 sites in the Bay, its tributaries and the sea side of the Eastern Shore.
The hatchery-reared oysters would be specially bred to be sterile, as in past experiments, to reduce the risk of an accidental introduction of a breeding population in the Chesapeake Bay.
Past tests have shown that the oysters, a native of Asia, grow fast and are resistant to the diseases that have plagued the Bay's native oyster, C. virginica, whose population is at a near-record low in the Chesapeake.
Tests have also indicated that aquaculture production of the oysters may be profitable for growers. Nine growers involved in 2005 netted an average profit of $10,000 with the non-native oysters, selling the shellfish to local shucking houses, restaurants and consumers.
If approved, it would be the council's sixth test with the nonnative oyster
Thirteen growers are wrapping up the most recent trial, which included 1.3 million shellfish. By regulation, the oysters in the current trial must be harvested by the end of May. The council wants to begin raising its next batch of oysters June 1.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has recommended approval of the project.
The VMRC has until the end of April to act on the request, which must also be approved by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Information from the studies is also being used as part of a multiyear study under way by Virginia, Maryland and the federal government to review the risks and benefits of a variety of oyster management options in the Bay, including an introduction of a breeding population of C. ariakensis oysters.
But the draft Environmental Impact Statement, expected late this spring, is also examining other options, including the aquaculture potential for both native and nonnative oysters.


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Tourist Tip #1: The White City
Explore the unique architectural style that gave Tel Aviv's its famous nickname.
Tel Aviv has the highest concentration of International, or Bauhaus style, buildings in the world, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003.
In the 1930s, the seaside city saw an influx of German Jewish architects and designers fleeing the rising Nazi regime after the closure of the Bauhaus school. These new arrivals brought with them a functional, simple and stylish architectural language that was beautifully adapted to suit the Middle Eastern heat. Some of these buildings were raised on pillars to improve air flow and provide communal areas for residents who gathered together to enjoy the cooler evenings.
If you walk around the city you'll easily be able to spot their legacy, with buildings characterized by flat roofs, small "thermometer"-style windows that filter the heat, and long, shaded balconies for residents to cool off. The collection of over 4,000 buildings were painted white to reflect the sun, giving Tel Aviv its nickname - the White City.
After years of neglect, many of these elegant buildings have undergone restoration, and there are numerous "White City" architectural tours available from a variety of tour operators, including the Bauhaus Center, which offers weekly tours in English each Friday at 10:00, for NIS60. http://www.bauhaus-center.com. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Tourist Association also offers a variety of tours: www.visit-tlv.com.
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New York Coalition Highlights CDFIs' Growing Clout in Economic Recovery
The White House and Congress are starting to recognize the impact community development financial institutions are having in providing affordable housing expansion, small business support and financial services to urban and rural areas.
That was the message at the recent New York Coalition of CDFIs Statewide Conference organized by the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions. More than 100 industry leaders turned out to hear about the financial landscape for affordable housing development and small business lending and the impact of the economic downturn on low- and moderate-income families and communities.
In 2008, New York's CDFIs had almost $2 billion in loans outstanding to affordable housing projects, nonprofit facilities and small businesses in the state, according to Sen. Brian Foley (D) of Long Island, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. He said research from the U.S. Treasury Department shows that CDFIs are able to leverage state dollars at a ratio of 20 to one. Foley also reiterated his support for a $15 million allocation for New York's CDFIs included in the Senate's state budget in March.
One of the coalition's goals is to ensure that the New York state CDFI fund remains in the governor's budget. A $15 million investment from the state would create as much as $150 million in community investment, according to the federation.
"This is a new day in Washington," said National Federation President/CEO Clifford Rosenthal. "We have an administration and a Congress that understand the impact of our institutions and their potential to assist in the economic recovery that our country so desperately needs."
The coalition has been seeking state support for the full range of activities CDFIs engage in including loans for affordable housing, small businesses, non-profits and child care facilities as well as asset building programs, financial literacy and entrepreneurship training. In 2007, it reached a major milestone when the New York State CDFI Fund was signed into law. The fund, to be administered by Empire State Development Corp., had strong bipartisan support in the state legislature and authorized ESDC to support community-based lenders above and beyond any other programs currently in place, according to the federation.
"Our hope is that with adequate support, the New York State CDFI Fund will bring a renewed emphasis for the economic development of individuals and small businesses, complementing ESDC's traditional large-scale economic development projects," said Melanie Stern, N.Y. coalition coordinator and senior program officer at the federation. New York has the highest number of CDFIs in the country, with more than 110 community development credit unions, loan funds, community development banks and affordable housing lenders currently operating throughout the state, according to the federation. Organizers hope state legislators will see the need for increasing funding to the New York CDFI industry in the coming years.
"While New York State faces a multi-billion dollar deficit, investing in CDFIs is one of the best investments the state could make in its own future," Stern said. "New York's investment coupled with federal and other funding sources will help jump-start local economies and go a long way toward helping struggling New Yorkers through the current recession."


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Molloy-Círculo Spring Health Fair
Molloy College, Evergreen Charter School (ECS) and Circulo de la Hispanidad are sponsoring a "Spring Health Fair" at the Circulo de la Hispanidad community center, 605 Peninsula Boulevard, on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a. m. - 12 noon. The event will host dozens of health information and resource exhibits with activities to engage children and adults on "Healthy Living"! The purpose of the fair is to bring health promotion activities, health information and community health resources to the Circulo de la Hispanidad Community Center in Hempstead that help to improve health awareness and promote healthy living in the parents and children of the school and community. Prizes, face painting and free health screenings will all be part of the activities! Two bicycles will be raffled at 12 noon with tickets provided for free to all attendees who participate in the fair. Spring Health Fair Flyer.
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When a low-rated show from a broadcast TV network is canceled, its fans will often ask me if some random cable network might pick it up. After all, they reason, cancellation-level ratings on a broadcast network would be a success on a smaller cable channel, right?
I always explain that it"s not that simple, for two reasons. First, when a show moves from a bigger channel to a smaller one, its ratings almost always dip proportionally. But more importantly, broadcast shows and cable ones are made on a different cost structure where the network ones can cost twice as much as their cable counterparts. So any show trying to make the jump from one model to the other would have its budget slashed so much that it would barely resemble its former self.
But the TNT cop drama "Southland," which returns Tuesday night at 10 p.m., might have me rethinking the whole thing.
As you may recall, "Southland" aired its first season on NBC, whose executives ordered a second season, then canceled it before airing because they felt its content was too raw for 9 p.m., while the 10 p.m. hour had just been taken over by the great and powerful Jay Leno. Six episodes had been produced, and TNT picked them up, with the promise that they might be able to produce new episodes in the future if the ratings for those six merited it. The numbers were, indeed, quite a bit smaller than they"d been on NBC (the sixth episode drew a little over 2 million viewers), but that was apparently enough for TNT to order a third season.
And even though the budget was slashed from somewhere between (depending on which published report you believe) 20 to 30 percent, "Southland" season 3 looks and feels exactly like the abbreviated first two seasons. The entire season two cast is back – though some will apparently be in all episodes while others like Kevin Alejandro will be part-timers – there"s still a ton of location shooting on the streets of LA, and the stories told in the first two episodes feel exactly like the sort the show told in 2009.
So credit to producers John Wells, Christopher Chulack and company for figuring out how to make this work in a way that fans of the NBC version won"t notice major differences. Some jobs were lost, and many people took salary cuts, but "Southland" still seems like "Southland."
On the other hand, while I certainly wouldn"t wish unemployment on anyone, particularly in this economy, I had hoped that Wells might cut a little deeper, because from where I sit, "Southland" remains a show with too much going on.
In splitting the action between the uniform officers and detectives in an LAPD precinct, the show is trying to depict a good cross-section of the city"s cop culture. But the scenes with the uniform cops – Ben McKenzie as a young quick study, Michael Cudlitz as his gruff but clever training officer – are just much more vibrant and memorable than anything with the detectives. And even among the detective stories, there"s a stratification, where I at least enjoy Regina King"s performance as an investigator who wears her heart on her sleeve, while I struggle to maintain any interest in stories involving Alejandro, Shawn Hatosy and Michael McGrady as members of the precinct"s gang task force, even though I"ve quite liked Alejandro and Hatosy elsewhere.
Each episode of a show focused largely on McKenzie and Cudlitz going through their day would by design be more a bunch of disconnected incidents, lacking the obvious narrative through line and high stakes of the murder investigations the detectives work. But even with those stakes, those cases are usually boring and feel like stuff you can find on several thousand other cop shows, even with the emphasis on local color. What the uniforms do – whether something small like settling a petty dispute over a toy store"s return policy, or something flashy like a shootout with a crew of armed robbers – just feels like a more interesting, lifelike show.
There"s a scene in the second episode where Cudlitz and McKenzie are having lunch with a bunch of other uniforms. The conversation turns to the cop groupie McKenzie has started dating, which sparks a series of anecdotes about "den mothers" and "badge bunnies" the others have encountered. As the cops keep swapping sick, funny, colorful stories (all of them pretty obviously told to the writing staff by real LAPD cops), I thought to myself, "This is what the show should be, much more often than it is."
It would be a different show from the one TNT bought (and the one its small network of fans apparently likes), and a scene like that might not be as easy to cut into a 30-second promo as a shot of the detectives standing over a dead body and promising justice. But it would be a show I"d watch a lot more regularly.
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Who wants to live or work in an energy efficient building that is not comfortable…?
We believe:
- We need to prioritize the individual comfort of the users to deliver on the primary purpose of a building, of a home: A comfortable living or working space.
- The buildings must deliver the expected individual temperature, lighting, and air quality, to avoid undesired user actions increasing the performance gap.
- We need flexible, active comfort systems making the right, sustainable choices for the efficiency of the buildings, while guarding comfort; the same principles that apply to Grundfos' high-efficiency pumps and functionalities like AUTOADAPT.
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What really goes on behind the locked doors of a psychiatric hospital?
After a suicide attempt Clare Summerskill spent two months in such a place…
Throughout this brand new play we hear the stories of six real-life people who met as patients on an acute secure psychiatric ward in a London hospital, the writer of this piece being one of them. The entire script is taken from interviews conducted by the writer with each of these patients and combined with extracts from the writer's own diary about her time on the ward. The result is a unique and powerful piece of verbatim theatre, which explores the experiences of Mental Health Service Users behind locked doors.
The stories that are told in this piece represent the "voices" of the patients that were never heard by the consultants or the nurses on the ward. This ground-breaking piece of theatre reveals the views and personal histories of a group of people who are often hidden and excluded from mainstream society and allows their voices to finally be heard.
HEARING VOICES toured to theatres in England for five weeks in the Spring of 2010. The tour was funded by THE ARTS COUNCIL. Clare Summerskill appeared in the show alongside members of her theatre company, ARTEMIS. The play was directed by Lorae Parry. The Set and Costume Designer was Sophia Lovell Smith.
The play "HEARING VOICES" by Clare Summerskill has been published by Tollington Press (2010). The cost is £8.99 plus postage. To order your copy of the play please visit Clare's Online Store.
* Thursday 26th July 2012
The Richmond Fellowship Trust. Dulwich, London.
Clare will be giving a talk about her experiences of the psychiatric system and the making of her play "Hearing Voices."
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Self Harm and Recovery: minimising harm and maximising hope. One day conference.
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The first publication from Santa Fe University Press has been launched! GLYPH 2016 is a beautiful anthology of undergraduate writing form Santa Fe University of Art and Design, edited by Melinda Freudenberger, Marisa Doherty, Amaya Sabrina Hoke, Andrew Koss, and Brianna Neumann, under the guidance of creative writing and literature faculty member Anne Valente. As described by the editorial team:
"Composed entirely of literary work by Santa Fe University of Art and Design undergraduates, spanning across all genres, Glyph proves there is beauty in even the loneliest of sentiments – in grief and fear, in the flailing body, and in the entangled world we live in. This year's volume examines the internal workings of culture, race and sexuality from the perspective of a new generation. A mosaic work – reflecting places within and outside of ourselves, reclaiming our power as our own while breaking down borders that have previously governed us."
The book was designed by Graphic Design student Caleb Ortega in collaboration with the editorial team.
As with previous years, Glyph 2016 was launched with a gala evening of readings at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. This year, there was a second event at Collected Works Bookstore, Santa Fe, featuring additional readers and debut performances of a number of pieces from the book.
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Paul D. Shives
Paul D. Shives, 69, of Hancock, died Friday, November 1, 2013 at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.
Born July 12, 1944 in Hancock, he was the son of the late William Leroy and Mary Virginia Kelly Shives and the husband of Doris M. Clingerman Shives who died November 12, 2010.
He had been employed as an assembler for Fleetwood Industries, Hancock.
He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion, Hancock and a member of Faith Assembly of God, Warfordsburg, Pa.
He is survived by two daughters, Paula Wertz, Warfordsburg and Britnie Shields, Cumberland, Md.; one son, Paul Shives, Jr., Savannah, Ga.; one sister, Ruth Ritz, Warfordsburg; five brothers, Larry Shives, Warfordsburg, Jimmy Shives and Gary Shives, both of Berkeley Springs, Kenny Shives and Denny Shives, both of Hancock; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.
He was also preceded in death by one son, Scott Shives; one daughter, Melissa Buterbaugh and two brothers, Bobby Shives and Ronnie Shives.
A service was held Tuesday, November 5 at Faith Assembly of God, Rev. Delmas Bard officiated. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Christian Cemetery, Warfordsburg.
Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Grove Funeral Home, 141 West Main Street, Hancock, MD 21750-0368.
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The Winter X Games are upon us once again. All the cheers, tears and (for industry-ites and spectators alike), the beers. Snowboardermag.com has all the coverage of the goings-on in Aspen, where the world's best will grace the slopes of Buttermilk with hopes of a coveted Winter X medal. The pipe will be the event to watch, and as a pre-requisite to the Olympics in Vancouver a few weeks away, every competitor is looking to take down Shaun White after his pre-season Grand Prix dominance while the women are gunning to shut down Kelly Clark's on-snow supremacy so far this winter. And lest we forget about Slopestyle and Big Air, where every contender is looking to podium and cash in on that X Games fame.
Stay tuned to snowboardermag.com for all the exclusive contest and behind the scenes coverage you crave. Below is the schedule of events. Now if you'll excuse us, we're off to a little place called Asssssssssssspen.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
2:45 pm- 4 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Men's & Women's Practice
4:30 pm- 6 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Women's Elimination
6 pm- 7 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Men's Practice
6 pm- 7 pm Snowboard Big Air Practice
7 pm- 8:30 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Men's Elimination
Friday, January 29, 2010
10 am- 12 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Men's Elimination
12:15 pm- 2 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Women's Practice
5:30 pm- 7:15 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Men's Practice
7:30 pm- 9 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Men's Final
7:45 pm- 9 pm Snowboard Big Air Practice
Saturday, January 30, 2010
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m Snowboard SuperPipe Women's Practice
10:00 am- 12:00 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Women's Elimination
12:15 pm- 1:15 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Men's Practice
5:30 pm- 6:45 pm Snowboard Big Air Practice
6:30 pm- 7:15 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Women's Practice
7 pm- 7:30 pm Snowboard Big Air Elimination
7:30pm- 8:30 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Women's Final
8:30 pm- 9 pm Snowboard Big Air Final
Sunday, January 31, 2010
10:30 am- 11:45 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Women's Practice
12 pm- 1 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Women's Final
1 pm- 1:45 pm Snowboard Slopestyle Men's Practice
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my son's eyebrow hair has started to fall out. what does the thyroid have to do with this?
Re: eyebrow hair
Does he have a diagnosed thyroid disease?
Thyroid disease can indeed cause the loss of eyebrow hair, particularly the outer one third of the brows. But it certainly isn't the only thing that can cause it.
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Getting Started in Qualitative Physics Education Research Documents
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Getting Started in Qualitative Physics Education Research
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In this article, we introduce strategies and procedures for collecting and analyzing qualitative data and discuss other aspects of qualitative research such as the role of theory. There are multiple traditions of qualitative research, each with its own methods and terminology. Here, we provide a generic approach to qualitative research that is consistent with most qualitative research traditions. This article consists of nine sections: 1) Introduction, 2) Research Questions and Study Design, 3) Collecting Data, 4) Processing Data, 5) Coding and Analyzing Data, 6) Multiple Representations and Making Inferences, 7) Theoretical perspectives, 8) An Illustration of the Research Process and 9) Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research. Throughout this article, strategies and examples are provided to help researchers that are both new and veterans to Physics Education Research (PER) to get started in qualitative PER.
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The birth of a child is a significant life event that may require time away from academic pursuits for delivery and recovery from delivery of a newly born child. Female students whose anticipated delivery date is during the course of a semester may need to take time away from their academic responsibilities. Female Carnegie Mellon students seeking time away are afforded two options as possible Maternity Accommodation:
- Short-Term Maternity Accommodation – A short term absence from academic responsibilities up to a maximum of six (6) weeks. Short-Term Maternity Accommodation may be extended by two (2) weeks, for a total of eight (8) weeks, where a longer absence is medically necessary. Prior to the absence students must work with relevant university faculty and staff to adjust their course work, research, teaching and other academic responsibilities during the period of absence. This may include extensions of time to complete assignments, incomplete grades, and/or dropping courses, shifting research responsibilities and adjusting TA assignments. Students who take a Short-Term Maternity Accommodation will remain enrolled.
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- Interest Free Loan – Any female student who gives birth to a child is eligible to apply for an interest-free Maternity Loan from the Office of the Dean of Students.
- Stipend Continuation – Doctoral students who receive an academic stipend funded by Carnegie Mellon are eligible to continue to receive stipend funding for up to six (6) weeks during a Short-Term Maternity Accommodation or a Formal Leave of Absence. Continued academic stipend funding may be extended by two (2) weeks, for a total of eight (8) weeks, if an absence longer than six weeks is medically necessary.
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Stirring documentary about Jay De Merit who arrives in England with a dream of playing in the Premier League and with little money on him scraps around in a non-league club. Two years later he's playing for Watford in their Premiership promotion match against Leeds and scores in front of 65,000 people sending them to the world's top league. His Watford exploits in the following year earn him a call up to the USMNT.
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As Tutulugdzija explains: " this isn't just a movie about soccer, but a human story of perseverance, hard work and belief. And for me this project was done with all heart, and with a sense of gratitude that's hard to explain, that Jay was willing to lay down his own life for a friend. That is something that the world doesn't know about Jay, but should. He is more than a soccer player, he is an awesome human."
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When asked if he was happy with his performance on Sunday night, Cowboys' receiver Roy Williams said, simply, "No."
Williams did come down with a touchdown, to break the ice in the first quarter, but it was his only catch of the game, a 4-yard grab in the back corner of the end zone. He also had two costly drops. The first, Williams tipped the pass high in the air, allowing safety Reed Doughty to step under it for the interception.
The second one was a textbook case of putting the horse in front of the cart, so to speak, as the receiver took his eyes off Romo's offering before controlling it.
"I'll take it, but I wasn't happy," said Williams of his performance Sunday."I was happy for my touchdown, it helped my team put seven points on the board, but the interception that got tipped up, that was late, I got my hands up late and got tipped up. The other one I was running with no ball. I never run without the ball...You can't do that."
At any rate, it would be hard to imagine Williams isn't all that unhappy. After spending four and a half seasons with Detroit, and the end of last year with Dallas, the playoffs have eluded the receiver his entire career. With the win on Sunday, in spite of any shortcomings on his part, he will finally taste the postseason.
To be sure, it's been quite some time.
"I haven't been in the playoffs in 12 years," Williams said. "That was my junior year in high school, so...it's been a while. I'm very excited."
Like the rest of his teammates though, Williams' excitement will be tempered in the coming week, as a win at home against Philadelphia next Sunday will mean not only playoffs, but a division title.
"You know, this isn't over," Williams said. "We've still got a division to play for next week. It's a great time."


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Ogando a go for Friday's start vs. Angels
ARLINGTON -- Rangers starter Alexi Ogando is still set for Friday's game against the Angels, and he has reported no problems with the blister on his right index finger.
"Yeah, I'm ready," Ogando said simply.
Ogando has discussed his problems with blisters that go back to last season with Rangers team president Nolan Ryan, who dealt with them throughout his career. Ryan has suggested several remedies, including using pickle juice.
Manager Ron Washington said Ogando's blister has improved greatly after skipping his start on Sunday.
"It looks good," Washington said. "The best it's been. Where that will lead, we'll see."


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BOLTON CLOSING IN ON PERMANENT REAM DEAL: It is looking more and more likely that Tim Ream will be the latest MLS center back to try his luck overseas. ESPN is reporting that Bolton has made an official offer for the player and the clubs are close to an agreement that would send the young defender to the EPL side for somewhere between $2.5 million and $3 million. Ream would join Stu Holden at Bolton should the deal go through. (ESPN.com - Jan. 6, 2012)
ALL SIGNS POINT TO A BRAZIL STAY FOR JUNINHO: Official word hasn't come out of LA just yet, but all indications are that Juninho's time with the Galaxy is finished. The latest sign, which is about as compelling as they come, is an interview with the midfielder on Sao Paulo FC's official website. It seems LA would have liked to keep hold of the Brazilian, but he and the club felt it was time to return to Sao Paulo to compete for a place in the team. (São Paulo Futebol Clube - Jan. 4, 2012)
ANOTHER AMERICAN AT HAMMARBY?: According to a Swedish outlet, 21-year-old North Carolina star Billy Schuler, who passed up on a Generation adidas offer to try his luck overseas, is just a medical exam away from becoming former LA Galaxy defender and current Hammarby coach Gregg Berhalter's most recent acquisition. (FotbollsExpressen.se - Jan. 4, 2012)
STANKOVIC EYEING MOVE ACROSS ATLANTIC?: Serbian midfielder Dejan Stankovic is the latest European star linked to MLS, following an age-old formula by being connected to New York and Los Angeles. The 33-year-old midfielder has made 10 appearances for Inter this season, five of them from the substitute's bench. (Sport.it - Jan. 3, 2012)
CD9 AND WONDO TO DENMARK?: Former D.C. United striker Charlie Davies could be on the move again, this time to Danish side AGF Aarhus. And there's another name in the mix for AGF that might surprise fans in the Bay Area: Chris Wondolowski. It appears the club could be interested in both US scoring threats. (Stiftstidende - Jan. 4, 2012)
VIKING INVASION CONTINUES: With Tim Ream possibly on the way out and Ráfa Marquez looking like a midfielder for life, New York have targeted the central defense as the offseason's No. 1 priority. On Tuesday rumors surfaced that they've inked out-of-contract Swede Markus Holgersson, who most recently suited up with Helsingborgs. The 6-foot-3 26-year-old is hoping to earn his first cap later this month when Sweden face Qatar. (fotbol.expressen.se - Jan. 3, 2012)
ANOTHER CHILEAN IN COLUMBUS?: Universidad Católica captain Milovan Mirosevic could be following his former teammate Sebastián Miranda to Columbus. This report claims that Mirosevic -- a 31-year-old attacking midfielder -- has received "a good offer" from the Crew, which would be for two years. (deportes.terra.cl - Jan. 3, 2012)
MÁS COLOMBIANOS: Word out of Colombia is that a pair of youngsters are accepting the chance to play in MLS "with open arms." (Cue the Journey soundtrack.) Javier Espitia, a 19-year-old centerback, and Franco Donado, a 20-year-old holding midfielder, are reportedly friends with Seattle's Fredy Montero, and they are eager to join their countryman in North America. (El Heraldo - Jan. 2, 2012)
ON SECOND THOUGHT: Remember a few weeks ago when the news broke that former USMNT striker Eddie Johnson -- out of contract for several months -- was due to join DaMarcus Beasley at Puebla? Well, the club's coaching staff, including boss Juan Carlos Osorio, changed its mind after seeing him train for a few days. Supposedly, he didn't meet their "phyical expectations" or have the pace they thought he had. (Mediotiempo.com - Jan. 2, 2012)
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RoughRider named to USHL top prospects game
Congrats to Cedar Rapids RoughRiders defenseman Ian Brady. He is the lone Rider to be named to the 2013 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on January 23 at Muskegon's L.C. Walker Arena.
It's the second year in a row Brady will play in the game, which features 40 of the league's top NHL draft eligible prospects. The players are selected in cooperation with USHL general managers, NHL scouts and team personnel, and NHL Central Scouting.
Here are the rosters:
Forwards - Thomas Ebbing (Chicago), Christian Heil (Chicago), Peter Quenneville (Dubuque), Luke Voltin (Des Moines), John Stevens (Dubuque), Gabe Guertler (Fargo), Brendan Harms (Fargo), Alex Kile (Green Bay), Luke Johnson (Lincoln), Ross Olsson (Lincoln), Vinni Lettieri (Lincoln), Cam Darcy (Muskegon), Frederik Tiffels (Muskegon), Drew Melanson (Omaha), Jake Guentzel (Sioux City), Conor McGlynn (Sioux City), Jake Montgomery (Sioux City), Jason Cotton (Tri-City), Garrett Gamez (Tri-City), John Hayden (Team USA), Taylor Cammarata (Waterloo), Justin Kloos (Waterloo), Austin Cangelosi (Youngstown).
Defensemen - Ian Brady (Cedar Rapids),�Michael Downing (Dubuque), Jordan Gross (Green Bay), Gustav Olofsson (Green Bay), Rinat Valiev (Indiana), Justin Woods (Lincoln), Michael Brodzinski (Muskegon), Ben Storm (Muskegon), Tucker Poolman (Omaha), Blake Heinrich (Sioux City), Ryan Ivey (Tri-City), Ian McCoshen (Waterloo).
Goaltenders - Arthur Brey (Dubuque), Charlie Lindgeren (Sioux Falls), Eamon McAdam (Waterloo), Cal Petersen (Waterloo).
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NOAA Central Library's (NCL) map collection contains cartographic material published by government agencies. Most of these maps and charts are received through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and are cataloged under SuDocs classification system. You will find the maps in the flat file cabinets and shelf files located in the southeast corner of the library.
NOAA's National Ocean Service produces nautical charts that contain information about the nature and form of the coast, the depths of the water and general character and configuration of the sea bottom, locations of dangers to navigation, the rise and fall of the tides, locations of navigation aids, and characteristics of the earth's magnetism. To learn more about nautical charts go to the Office of Coast Survey site.
NCL maintains a large collection of NOAA nautical charts, both current and past editions from about 1993 when it became a Federal Depository library. The library recently acquired earlier editions of some Pacific and Atlantic coast nautical charts published in 1969 by NOAA's predecessor-U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The charts have been added to the collection. The most recent two editions of the flat charts are housed in the library, while the earlier editions are sent to storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
Nautical charts are accessed by five digit number as found in the Nautical Chart Catalog, copies of which are in the map area as well as at the reference desk. (Exceptions to this five digit number are chart numbers 50, 411, 500, 501, 530, and 531). You can access the Nautical Chart Catalog online via Office of Coast Survey website. Once you have the chart number you can check its availability at NCL using the catalog record for NOAA nautical charts [Nautical chart, C 55.418/7: ]. Please note that cataloging of these charts hasn't been completed yet. Contact the reference desk if you cannot find the chart you need. You can also view NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts or NOAA Raster Navigational Charts online.
Dates of Latest Editions: NOS Nautical Charts & Misc. Maps is an important tool that helps identify current editions of nautical charts. Charts with edition dates prior to those listed in this publication are obsolete for use in navigation. The charts are listed by number, so you have to consult chart catalogs to identify chart titles you need. This publication is issued quarterly and the latest issue is kept at the reference desk. Call number is Z6028.D384. It is also available online from the Office of Coast Survey website.
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Historical Map and Chart Collection of the Office of Coast Survey contains over 20,000 maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day. The collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War battle maps. The digital images of these charts and maps are available for free via the Image Catalog.
These non-NOAA nautical chart products are not part of the Federal Depository Program and therefore do not have a SuDocs number.
British Admiralty Charts
An agreement exists between the NOAA Central Library and the UK Hydrographic Office concerning the charts that are sent to us under Reciprocal Exchange. These charts are filed in flat file cabinets in the map area that are labeled British Admiralty Charts. Note that some of these charts are also considered part of the International Chart Series (see note below). They are currently filed within the correct drawer but not in correct order. Each Admiralty chart will be added to this serial record [Admiralty charts, GA361 .G7 no.2 6th ed.(2001)]. Library retains the latest edition of these charts. Use Admiralty Online Catalogue to identify the chart number you need.
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Canadian nautical charts published by Canadian Hydrographic Service and distributed by NIMA were received through the Federal Depository Program (item number 0378-E-21). Library keeps the latest revision. These charts haven't been cataloged and are filed in the flat file cabinets in no particular order.
German Hydrographic Office
Nautical charts received from German Hydrographic Office(Bundesamt f|r Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie) are not cataloged. Small craft charts which are small in size are filed in a small flat file cabinet; regular ones are in a large flat file cabinet.
NGA (former NIMA) Charts
These charts are located in 3 drawers of a large flat file cabinet underneath the later part of the NOAA nautical flat charts. These maps have not been cataloged in the NOAA Central Library.
NOTE: The International Map Series is a series of nautical charts that is comprised of charts from many agencies throughout the world. It is run under the auspices of the International Hydrographic Organization. These charts are labeled with an INT number in addition to the number assigned by their producing agency.
These aeronautical charts used to be published by NOAA's National Ocean Service until the publication was taken over by the Federal Aviation Administration in October 2000. Therefore, holdings in NOAALINC have two different call numbers: earlier ones C 55.416/ and later ones T 4.79/
Chart descriptions are taken from the National Aeronautical Charting Office online catalog.
North Atlantic Route Charts
North Atlantic Route Charts are designed for FAA Controllers to monitor trans-Atlantic flights. This 5-color chart shows oceanic control areas, coastal navigation aids, oceanic reporting points, NAVAID coordinates and reporting points. Full Size Chart: Scale 1 inch = 113.1nm/1:8,250,000; 39 x 28 inches, shipped flat only. Reduced Size Chart: Scale 1 inch = 150.8nm/1:11,000,000; 29-3/4 x 20-1/2 inches, shipped folded to 5 x 10 inches only. Revised every 56 days.
The library retains only one year's worth of these charts.
North Pacific Route Charts
North Pacific Route Charts are designed for FAA Controllers to monitor trans-Pacific flights. The 5-color charts show established intercontinental air routes, including reporting points with geographic positions. Composite Chart: Scale 1 inch = 164nm/1:12,000,000; 59-1/2 x 41-1/2 inches. Area Charts: Scale 1 inch = 95.9nm/ 1:7,000,000; 59-1/2 x 41-1/2 inches. All charts are shipped flat. Revised every 56 days.
The library retains only one year's worth of these charts.
Sectional Aeronautical Charts
Sectional Aeronautical Charts are designed for visual navigation of slow to medium speed aircraft. The topographic information featured consists of the relief and a judicious selection of visual checkpoints used for flight under visual flight rules. The checkpoints include populated places, drainage patterns, roads, railroads, and other distinctive landmarks. The aeronautical information on Sectional Charts includes visual and radio aids to navigation, airports, controlled airspace, restricted areas, obstructions, and related data.
The library retains all charts issued from 1995-present. Issues prior to 2003 are kept in remote storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
VFR Terminal Area Charts
Terminal Area Charts depict the airspace designated as Class B airspace. The information found on these charts, while similar to that found on Sectional Charts, is shown in much more detail because of the larger scale. These charts should be used by pilots intending to operate from airfields within or near Class B airspace or Class C airspace.
The library retains all charts issued from 1995-present. Issues prior to 2003 are kept in remote storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
U.S. Gulf Coast VFR Aeronautical Chart
U.S. Gulf Coast VFR Aeronautical Chart is designed primarily for helicopter operations in the Gulf of Mexico area. Information depicted includes offshore mineral leasing areas and blocks, oil drilling platforms, and high-density helicopter activity areas, 55x27 inches folded to 5x10 inches. Revised annually.
The library retains all charts issued from 1995-present. Issues prior to 2003 are kept in remote storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
Helicopter Route Charts
Helicopter Route Charts are three-color charts that depict current aeronautical information useful to helicopter pilots navigating in areas with high concentrations of helicopter activity. Information depicted includes helicopter routes, four classes of heliports with associated frequency and lighting capabilities, NAVAIDS, and obstructions. In addition, pictorial symbols, roads, and easily-identified geographical features are portrayed. Since helicopter charts have a longer life span than other NOAA products, all new editions of these charts will be printed on synthetic paper. These charts are updated as requested by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The library retains all charts issued from 1995-present. Issues prior to 2003 are kept in remote storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
World Aeronautical Charts
World Aeronautical Charts cover land areas at a standard size and scale for navigation by moderate speed aircraft and aircraft operating at high altitudes. The topographical information includes city tints, principal roads, railroads, distinctive landmarks, drainage patterns and relief. The aeronautical information includes visual and radio aids to navigation, airports, airways, restricted areas, obstructions and other pertinent data.
The library retains all charts issued from 1995-present. Issues prior to 2003 are kept in remote storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
IFR Enroute Low Altitude U.S.
IFR Enroute Low Altitude Alaska
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Enroute Low Altitude Charts provide aeronautical information for navigation under instrument flight rules below 18,000 feet MSL.
IFR Enroute High Altitude U.S.
IFR Enroute High Altitude Alaska
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Enroute High Altitude Charts (Conterminous U.S. and Alaska) are designed for navigation at or above 18,000 ft MSL.
IFR Area Charts U.S.
Area Charts show congested terminal areas at a large scale.
All IFR charts are revised every 56 days. The library retains all charts issued from 1995-present. Issues prior to 2003 are kept in remote storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
IFR/VFR Low Altitude Planning Chart
IFR/VFR Low Altitude Planning Chart is designed for preflight and enroute flight planning for IFR/VFR flights. The chart is printed front-East, back-West, with insets for the east coast from Washington, D.C. to Boston and on the west coast, the Los Angeles/San Diego area. Information includes the depiction of low altitude LF/MF and VHF airways and mileages, navigational facilities, airports, special use airspace areas, cities, time zones, major drainage, a directory of airports with their airspace classification and a mileage table showing great circle distances between major airports, 40 x 36 inches. Revised annually.
The library retains all charts issued from 1995-present. Issues prior to 2003 are kept in remote storage and can be retrieved within 24 hours.
These charts are produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), formerly DMA) and distributed by NOAA. They are received through the FDL program. The descriptions are taken from Richmond Map Facility website.
Tactical Pilotage Charts (TPC Charts)
The Tactical Pilot Chart supports high-speed, low-altitude radar, and visual navigation of high-performance tactical and reconnaissance aircraft from low to medium altitudes. It is designed to assist close air operations by providing visual and radar navigation information. The knowledge of map symbology becomes important to understand cultural features depicted on the chart.
The library retains select editions of TPC charts (1980-2003). These records are cataloged in one serial record [Tactical pilotage charts, D 5.354:TPC]. NOAA no longer produces and distributes these charts. Since October 2000, responsibility has been transferred to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Public Law 106-181, dated April 5, 2000 gives FAA the legislative authority to charge fees to recover the cost of producing paper and digital products. The authority was codified in Title 49, United States Code, section 44721. The FAA now develops aeronautical products and sells them through a network of around 400 authorized aeronautical chart agents, as well as through direct sales to the public. For current editions, please contact the FAA's Distribution Division. Historical versions of the Tactical Pilotage Chart series may also be available via University of Texas Libraries.
Jet Navigation Charts (JNC Charts)
JNC charts are also received through the FDL Program and they are in shelf files next to the TPC charts. The primary purpose of the Jet Navigation Chart is to support high-altitude computer assisted radar navigation/bombing by strategic aircraft. Information considerations are selected to support celestial, radar, and dead reckoning navigation.
Like TPC charts, the library retains the latest editions of JNC charts and catalogs them in one serial record [Jet navigation charts, D 5.354:JNC].
These U.S.Geological Survey products are received through the Federal Depository Library Program.
U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Reports
These products are map and text products packaged in one folder (usually manila). There are several series to these products CP, GQ, HA, I and MF. These are cataloged as individual items in NOAALINC and are housed in shelf files in the map area.
U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Quadrangles
We have the 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles for the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. They are in small flat file cabinets in alphabetical order by state.


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Sid Meier has always been known for his Civilization video game series and the games developed by him always offer in depth strategic techniques that players can use against their enemies. Alpha Centauri is such game which allows players to colonize the unknown i.e the entire universe. Players have to explore planets and then capture them. Like the Civilization series, there are different factions controlling different planets. You can negotiate with them and finalize trade agreements or you can give them some gifts which will naturally increase the relationship. Players can also form alliances and treaties. Diplomacy also allows you to exchange valuable technology with each other.
I found the design and graphics of the game similar to Civilization II. But it is very clear that the developers have given complete attention to every aspect of the game. The storyline is also good and well thought. One of the disadvantages of the game is the lack of customization options. For example you cannot make a planet completely covered with water or desert. But this can be ignored. The game is too good and offers good playtime.


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Western Cape Team Induction 2014
First meetings aren't always the easiest thing to do as you never know what to expect. The comforting feeling was to find that this group comprised of modest people. This year's team includes: Rakisha (Head), Delincia (Treasurer), Claire (Marketing and Media), Sam (Events Coordinator), Dakalo (Logistics) and Siphesihle (Secretary).
Before the actual orientation started, we played the "Common ground" game to help us to get to know each other's interests and discover what we have in common. This was necessary because we are going to be working together and therefore need to get comfortable.
At the start of the meeting, we were introduced by the orientation leaders who thereafter took us through a brief description of the various portfolio tasks and duties for the year. After the session, over the break, the group got to interact further where we discussed how we want to work and what we wish to do differently this year. Some of the ideas that evolved during this session were to devise techniques on how to promote access to decision-making so that high school girls are well informed early on. This way, the students can make better decisions about their future.


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For decades, the venerable Hewlett-Packard-derived IEEE-488/GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) served well in small- and medium-sized test systems, with VXI-based testers meeting the needs of high channel-count applications. Time marches on. Test engineers now seek high-bandwidth systems that are relatively easy to configure and are low in cost.
Some system architects are turning to USB (Universal Serial Bus), and USB certainly has a niche in test racks. Others use standards-based communications approaches and buses such as PCI and PXI, but LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) is ascending beyond these implementations.
Enter Ethernet
Spurred in 2004 by Agilent Technologies and VXI Technology, LXI is based on industry-standard Ethernet technology. It uses standard I/O based on the popular IEEE-802.3 specs for networking.
LXI also uses standard TCP/IP (Internet Protocol) sockets, VXI-11 instrument discovery, and IVI-COM drivers.
To synchronize Ethernet interfaces, an auxiliary trigger bus can be used, or you can rely on the NTP (Network Time Protocol), or the IEEE-1588 Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems.
IEEE-1588, often referred to as PTP (Precision Time Protocol), can sync test instruments with clocks of different precision, resolution, and stability, and do it with sub-microsecond accuracy.
LXI also relies on standard 1U-sized and 2U-sized racks, with mechanical depths of 13.6-in., 16.6-in., or 25-in. There's also no cardcage or Slot 0 requirements.
Many LXI Wares
With a leg up on competitors, Agilent is in the forefront of productization. Since LXI's debut, it's fair to say that the company has released more LXI-compatible products than its competitors. Agilent now offers LXI-equipped modular power sources, arbitrary waveform generators, faceless oscilloscopes, synthetic microwave instruments, RF generators, DMMs (digital multimeters), signal analyzers, and even automotive seatbelt restraint testers, to name a few.
Look at Agilent's LXI Class C-compliant 6000L Series of DSOs (digital storage oscilloscopes). They offer four channels in compact rack-mountable 1U-high form-factors.
Replete with remote capabilities and graphical Web interface, these scopes provide up to 1-GHz of bandwidth. The concept of an oscilloscope without local controls and a front-panel display may be unsettling to traditionalists, but in most engineering enterprises the benefits of space-saving 6000L Series DSOs will soon outweigh any discomfort.
Benchtop Compatibles
Significantly, all of Agilent's faceless 1U-sized 6000L Series scopes are entirely software compatible with the firm's predecessor 6000A benchtop (or 5U-sized rack-mounted) scopes. You can use the benchtop versions on your bench, and then the LXI equivalents in production. Moreover, the 6000L scopes pack additional features optimized for ATE (automatic test equipment) as typically located on the factory floor.
These scopes also feature built-in Web servers. The servers permit remote access and control of the instruments using any Java-enabled browser. Using the Web browser, you can set up measurements, monitor waveforms, capture screen images, and operate the instrument remotely.
Click here for a previous eeProductCenter review, and additional information on these LXI-networked oscilloscopes.
Or, search www.eeProductCenter.com for Article ID: 193500287
LXI-Based Switching And Control
Agilent also has a number of LXI Class C instruments for switching and control applications. Packaged as 1U-sized half-rack instruments, Agilent's L4400 Series are can be placed close to applications. Remote capabilities and graphical Web interfaces ease the configuration of design verification and functional test systems.
For low frequency switching apps, Agilent offers three products. Its L4421A is a 40-channel armature multiplexer is for general purpose scanning. The L4421A includes a built-in temperature reference, and has low thermal offset characteristics. It can make temperature measurements in conjunction with an external DMM at a 100-channel/s scan rate.
Another LXI instrument in the series is the L4433A. It's a dual/quad 4 x 8 reed matrix that offers a flexible connection path between a DUT (device under test) and other test gear. It can let different instruments be connected to multiple points on a DUT at the same time.
Making Matrices
Multiple high-speed reed-relay matrices can be combined through an analog buses connector to create a larger matrix, too. For its part, Agilent's L4437A is a 32-channel simultaneous channel-switching device that can be used to cycle power to DUTS, control status lights, and actuate relays and solenoids.
If you need to process digital I/O, need analog outputs, and can use a dual counter, Agilent's L4450A is a 64-bit digital I/O unit with memory and triggering. Its 64 bi-directional lines can be configured as eight 8-bit channels, with each channel programmable for polarity and thresholds.
The L4450A's 128-kbytes of memory can also be used for simulating and capturing digital patterns up to 10-MHz. The unit's two counter channels can be used to count events, frequency, period, duty cycle, pulse width and totalize.
DAC-Based Signals
Agilent's L4451A is a 4-channel isolated 16-bit DAC (digital-to-analog) converter with memory. The DACs can operate at up to 200-kHz update rates, delivering sine, square, and ramp waves, or your own custom wave shapes with over 500,000 points.
For high frequency switching, Agilent's L4445A is a microwave switch/attenuator driver. As a driver, it lets you control microwave switches and attenuators, with the ability to place the switching elements close to your DUT (lower loss, better impedance matching).
Click here for a previous eeProductCenter review, and additional information on these switch-control units.
Or, search www.eeProductCenter.com for Article ID: 183702219
More Switching Matrices
Another vendor of LXI switching sub-systems is UK-based Pickering Interfaces. Its PXI switching modules are high-density 40-581 1-A 2-pole matrices, packaged in single-slot PXI modules. Thse modules are supported by Pickering's LXI-compatible Modular Switching Chassis.
In an LXI system, each 40-581 module packs up to 264 crosspoint switches organized in a 33 x 8 matrix. This matrix is able to switch up to 1-A signals at up to 150-V in amplitude.
The 40-581 comes with Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows XP drivers. These VISA/IVI drivers let you write words to the card to set relay patterns, write bits to operate individual relays, and provide relay status reporting and card identification.
You also get Pickering's PI-MXT diagnostic tool. PI-MXT is a Windows-hosted relay self-test application that can be used to control and monitor remote systems.
Click here for a previous eeProductCenter review, and additional information on these switching systems.
Or, search www.eeProductCenter.com for Article ID: 190400302
Distributed Measurement
For its part in the LXI gambit, VXI Technology recently rolled out its EX1629 High-performance Remote Strain Gage Measurement Unit. The EX1629 is slated for structural and fatigue testing of aircraft, satellites, and rocket assemblies, as well as general-purpose bridge measurements. Using LXI, the VXI Tech platform can handle distributed static and dynamic strain measurements.
The 48-channel EX1629 uses independent 24-bit A/D (analog-to-digital) converters/channel, along with software-selectable filtering. Set-up times and maintenance are reduced thanks to precision programmable internal excitation sources with built-in monitoring capabilities.
You also get self-calibration features that eliminate the need for additional external signal conditioning or sources. The unit also supports TEDS (Transducer Electronic Data Sheets).
Networked Expansion
The EX1629's 1.5-in. high chassis supports programmable bridge completion, excitation changes, and extensive calibration hooks. These features add up to a system that spares you from having to re-configure any hardware when it comes time to make sensor and measurement changes to your application. VXI Technology's platform can be expanded in an open and networked manner.
Multiple EX1629s can be synchronized using an external trigger bus, with various units controlled by a single host computer in a Master/Slave configuration. You can actually configure an application with literally thousands of input channels.
Programming the EX1629 is handled by an internal Ethernet controller, and the unit provides plug-and-play function calls. High-level commands let you configure a bridge, list the parameters of a strain gauge or excitation voltage, and initiate a scan that produces measurement results in desired engineering units.
You can also write your own code using unique constants for linearization. You can also program the EX1629 to save raw bridge output voltages needed for post-processing on your PC.
Click here for a previous eeProductCenter review, and additional information on these measurement units.
Or, search www.eeProductCenter.com for Article ID: 178601809
Another top-tier test-and-measurement house introducing LXI gear is Keithley Instruments. The company has a number of pieces of RF test spanning 400 MHz through 2.5 GHz.
Software-Defined Radio Meets LXI
In 2006, Keithley rolled out its first LXI product, its Model 2910 RF Vector Signal Generator. Based on an SDR (software-defined radio) architecture, this instrument uses a patent-pending synthesizer and power-leveling scheme. As an SDR design using an intuitive user-interface, software will adapt it to your test requirements.
Whether switching between frequencies, amplitude levels, or waveforms, the 2910 exhibits switching speeds as great as 10X faster than competitors. The 2910 can settle in 1.5-ms, and a sync-out source-settled indicator will only be set when a source is settled. This will eliminate the need to slow down tests by adding wait-states to your executables to ensure the signal generator has settled.
Also, a 64-Msample arbitrary waveform generator supports simultaneous loading of multiple signal waveforms, switching between them in less than 5-ms.
Cellphone Personalities
The 2910 also gives you optional signal-generation personalities for cellphone formats, including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, cdmaOne, and cdma2000 formats. The unit's arbitrary waveform generator also lets you download virtually any externally-generated waveform, with up to 40-MHz of bandwidth.
The 2910 can also generate an RF signal with up to a 200-MHz bandwidth from analog baseband I/Q (in-phase and quadrature) signals.
Click here for a previous eeProductCenter review, and additional information on these Keithley RF generators.
Or, search www.eeProductCenter.com for Article ID: 177103922
For More Information
Agilent Technologies Inc., 395 Page Mill Rd., Palo Alto, Calif. 94303. Phone: 800-829-4444. Fax: (650) 752-5300.
Agilent Technologies, 650-752-5000, www.agilent.com
Keithley Instruments, Inc., 28775 Aurora Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44139-1891. Phone: 800-688-9951 or 440-248-0400. Fax: 440-248-6168. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Keithley Instruments, 800-688-9951, www.keithley.com
Pickering Interfaces, 12 Alfred St., Suite 300-3, Woburn, Mass. 01801. Phone: 781-897-1710. Fax: 781-897-1701.
Pickering Interfaces, 781-897-1710, www.pickeringtest.com
VXI Technology, 2031 Main Street, Irvine, CA 92614. Phone: 949-955-1VXI or 949-955-1894. Fax: 949-955-3041
VXI Technology, 949-955-1894, www.vxitech.com


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Tabora Jazz
Nothing about Tabora Jazz anywhere on the internets … absolutely nothing. We do know that they performed Rosa that I originally thought was done by Western Jazz thanks to memwana but that is about it. I have one of their albums and it is very very good.
As an aside, if you have a moment, pop over to YouTube at this link and see Shiko Mawatu doing a quick rendition of Rosa
Fadhili Williams
The man who gave the world Malaika (Angel) in a nice ballad.
Bilenge Musica
Here is Bilenge Musica off their album from the start of the millenium Rumba is rumba with the title track for the album.
Orchestra Super Mazembe
I have posted tracks from Kaivaska by Orchestra Super Mazembe before, here is one more.
Kilwa Jazz Band
From the album Tunazikumbuka, here is Kilwa Jazz Band. If you want to learn a little more about the band which was started in 1958 and went on to become a national treasure of Tanzania, you can start here
Kilwa Jazz Band – Naomba Nafasi Ya Kusema Nawe
I have found another link with the story of Muhidini Gurumo who is a Tanzanian music legend who played with Kilwa Jazz among many other groups that he helped build from the group up that you can find at this link.
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Today's track of the week has had a long long history for me. The track Fire from Aswad was on the very first CD that I ever bought. For a ton of money I might add: I think this particular CD cost me almost $25. In fact, this track WAS the reason that I bought the CD. That particular CD, Distant Thunder would definitely still be on my Desert Island disks list if I had one along with maybe 5 Wanyika albums and some deep house.
But I digress from the task at hand …
Aswad are still around and I still do not regret spending the money.
Finally, , if you are new to the site or trying to figure out how to do something, please read this post.