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Keep your furry little monsters safe during Trick-or-Treat time with the tips below:
Place live flame decorations like candles and jack-o'-lanterns out of your pet's reach. Curious critters risk being singed or burned by the flame-they could also easily knock over a candle or pumpkin and cause a fire.
Keep candy away from pets. All those sweets may taste great to critters, but candy, especially chocolate, can be toxic to pets. Candy wrappers can also be harmful if swallowed. Instead, tempt your pet with a few of his favorite treats.
Resist the urge to put your pet in a costume. You may think your pet looks adorable dressed as a princess, but most pets don't like the constraints of costumes. If you do decide to play dress-up, make sure the costume is safe for your pet and doesn't constrain her movement, hearing or ability to breathe. Check the costume for parts your pet could chew off and choke on and look for dangling pieces like flowing capes that could injure her.
Don't let the family dog accompany the kids on their trick-or-treat outing. Children may have a difficult time handling a pet during the festivities and your pooch could get loose, especially if your dog is spooked by the strange sights and sounds of trick-or-treaters.
Keep decorations that pets could chew on-like streamers and fake spider webs and wires and cords from electric decorations out of reach. If pets chomp on Halloween decorations they could choke or become ill and, if they chew on electrical cords, they risk a potentially deadly electrical shock. Pets could also become tangled and injured by dangling cords or decorations.
If your pet is coming with you, consider getting your pet microchipped. The microchip helps reunite lost pets with their owners should they get lost.
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Many of us simply can't be separated from our Macintoshes - but some people routinely take Newtons places Macs only dream about! In this issue, physician Ron Risley details how he's made his Newton MessagePad an indispensable part of his personal and professional life. We also have news about BBEdit Lite 4.1, Iomega driver updates, a French TidBITS mailing list, and a new book about some of Apple's more whimsical products: t-shirts.
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Eyes on Iomega -- Iomega Corporation has released version 5.5.1 of its Iomega software, a 2.45 MB download which includes a disk driver system extension for Zip and Jaz drives, Iomega Guest (which loads the disk driver into RAM so the device can be used without installing the extension), plus associated utilities, help files, and documentation. The software supports the ZipPlus and 2 GB Jaz drives, enables Zip and Jaz disks to be initialized as Extended Format (HFS Plus) volumes under Mac OS 8.1, and adds diagnostic options to the Iomega Tools utility. Iomega has also posted a brief tech info page about the "Zip Drive Click of Death," which gets its name from repeated clicking noises made by some damaged drives. The problem can damage both media and drives, and Iomega has reportedly begun active investigation of the issue.
In other news, a settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over the quality of Iomega's tech support and for charging customers excessively for long phone wait times; the settlement would require Iomega to improve its technical support and support options significantly. Iomega is still preparing to defend against a different class-action lawsuit charging that company executives violated federal securities laws. [JLC]
BBEdit Lite 4.1 Gains Weight -- Bare Bones Software's freeware text editor BBEdit Lite isn't as light as you might expect. BBEdit Lite 4.1 was released this week, featuring a number of low-level improvements that make this powerful application a close cousin to the feature-laden commercial BBEdit 4.5. Now derived from the same code and resource bases as the commercial release, BBEdit Lite improves overall performance and reliability, provides Balloon Help for most interface elements, supports search strings up to 512 characters, and stores Grep search patterns in a separate file to be stored or shared with other versions of BBEdit. BBEdit Lite 4.1 also automatically opens at startup files stored in a new "BBEdit Startup Items" folder. Although professional programmers and HTML coders will probably opt for the full BBEdit 4.5 package, the Lite version provides all the functionality that many people need from a text editor. BBEdit Lite is a 772K (MacBinary) or 1 MB (BinHex) download. [JLC]
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When I went to my first World Wide Developer Conference, I was advised to leave a lot of extra room in my suitcase for t-shirts. Having been an intern at Apple in the Netherlands a few years earlier, I didn't laugh at that advice, but I still came home with one more suitcase than anticipated. Since then, my collection has grown considerably, and my current co-workers know that behind every shirt I wear, there's a story. Apparently, I'm not the only one collecting shirts with the Apple logo, because Gordon Thygeson <firstname.lastname@example.com> managed to publish more than a thousand pictures of them in his new book Apple T-shirts, now available via the Web for $39.95.
History of Apple -- If there's one thing the book makes clear, it's that writing the history of Apple is impossible without mentioning t-shirts - or, rather, a lot of them. (For a good companion book, check out the Mac Bathroom Reader, by Owen W. Linzmayer.) Browsing through Apple T-shirts, you see a lot of long-forgotten codenames, discontinued products, and an occasional sting to an individual, probably long gone. More recent t-shirts are there as well, of course - the recent bad press about Apple doesn't seem to have had an influence on the creativity of the folks who wear project t-shirts as badges of honor.<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0782115314/tidbitselectro00A/>
Why the T-shirts? -- The author mentions a number of reasons for the popularity and proliferation of t-shirts, ranging from "bumper stickers you can wear all day" to pride over an achievement, and the fact that at Apple, t-shirts are a form of identification: they tell co-workers what project you are working on, or what you've worked on in the past. If you can look past the "Dilbertese," as the author says, the following business plan statement sounds remarkably like a t-shirt development plan: "Agree and execute on a communication plan for the division aimed at building a team identity, rewarding/reinforcing critical behaviors/accomplishments, and building team spirit and passion."
Even if you don't much care about Apple's corporate mentality or history, this is an excellent book. Although the book could use more anecdotes about some shirts, it's a great addition to my collection. My favorite shirt? The one I'm most proud of features four stumps, but my favorite is featured on the inside flap: Bill Gates, looking like a chicken, laying eggs and wearing lipstick. You'll find the reasons for my choices in the book.
[John Sinteur is a Dutch developer specializing in advanced multimedia and online commerce, with more Apple in his blood than he cares to admit.]
by Ron Risley <firstname.lastname@example.com>
[Ron, a resident physician, uses a Newton to stay on top of the innumerable details that swarm through his life. We asked him to relate how he uses his PDA in the real world, and to share specifics on how he's customized his Newton MessagePad. Although Ron wrote this piece before the most recent rumors of the Newton's demise (see "Newton Rumored Dead and Gone" in TidBITS-417), it nonetheless illustrates how powerful and unique the MessagePad can be. For a review of the MessagePad 2000, see TidBITS-379.]
It seemed like a good idea - start 1998 by upgrading my Newton MessagePad 2000 with the features of the recently released MP 2100. I made several backups of the data in my Newton, including copies of the names, addresses, appointments, reminders, pearls of clinical wisdom, and other notes I'd scribbled into my Newton over the past four years that I could print if worst came to worst. I packed the machine in the Apple-provided box, dropped it off at our shipping department, and re-entered a paper-based world.
I was shockingly unprepared for life without my Newton. I found that I was devoting significant amounts of energy toward organizing my day, accessing information, preparing myself for the unexpected, tracking stray bits of information, and documenting my activities. Why was all this extra effort required? Wasn't the Newton, after all, only an unusually sophisticated daily planner? Didn't I still have my PowerBook for computing tasks, and ample paper and pens? I began to ponder the ways in which the Newton had enabled me to go beyond what could be accomplished with older technology.
A Wealth of Information -- The most obvious way in which the Newton beats paper-based solutions is in the sheer quantity of information it can store. I am a resident physician pursuing board certification in two specialties. One, family practice, is extremely broad-based and demands fingertip access to a vast store of knowledge which must be updated frequently. My other specialty, psychiatry, is a rapidly evolving field where new pharmaceuticals and treatment strategies emerge almost daily. My MessagePad (souped up with 16 MB of flash storage, in addition to 4 MB internal) contains the LexiComp Drug Handbook, Griffith's Five Minute Clinical Consult, the complete DSM-IV (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association), other textbook-sized references (many of which are available from K2 Consultants), plus progress notes and links to each patient's complete history and physical. My Web site lists many of the important medical references and tools available for the Newton, as well as detailing how the Newton integrates with my day-to-day practice.
Carrying all the references I use in paper format would require a small wheelbarrow. Sure, they'd fit on a laptop machine, but to use a laptop effectively I'd need a place to set it down (remarkably difficult to find in a busy tertiary care facility), then I'd have to start it up (too time-consuming in a managed-care, seven-minute-per-patient-visit world), then put it away when I was done (mean time between thefts is short in some places where I work).
Health care may represent an extreme situation, but many modern jobs require more information than can comfortably fit in a single brain. (When I was a telecommunications engineer I would have killed to keep a few textbook-sized semiconductor data books in my pocket.) The Newton lets me keep a fair-sized library of reference materials at my fingertips and reach the resources of the Internet if I need more - I don't have to locate a library or an available computer terminal to find the information I need. Putting the materials into the MessagePad is as easy as transferring them from a desktop computer to the Newton, or directly from the Internet to the Newton.
The Opportunity to Forget -- In my work, I am barraged with pager messages; voice mail; data and instructions from nurses, patients, and coworkers; plus random thoughts that pop into my head and demand attention. The usual approach to dealing with these interruptions is to keep a paper to-do list (known in the medical trade as a "scut list"). That's helpful, but can quickly grow cumbersome. On a typical day, I can have fifty or more pending tasks on my scut list. Unless you add only the most vital items to your list, critical items become lost in a sea of less immediately relevant tasks. If you don't write down "unimportant" items, however, they might not get attention until they become important, and then you live in crisis management mode.
Out of the box, the Newton gives you a better way to manage tasks. You can keep a list of to-do items which can be prioritized (from one to four) and sorted within priorities. Adding some inexpensive third-party software can take you even further. I use DateMan from Stand Alone, Inc. A competing product, MoreInfo by SilverWARE, also gets rave reviews from users. Both products have time-limited demo versions available online.
DateMan lets me assign 15 levels of priorities to my tasks. In addition, I can file each task in a folder, and then create filters to display pending tasks from any combination of folders. Though my scut list might be huge, it always appears more manageable because I only see relevant items. For example, at home I can exclude all items that can only be taken care of at work. If I'm in a given department at work (say, Radiology), I can focus my list on items I need to accomplish while there, then broaden it to include all work-related items so I can decide which floor or department to visit next. DateMan hides items that have been completed, allows me to re-prioritize items on the fly, add scut items quickly (even when I'm in the middle of something else), assign alarms to items, add items that will show up at a future date, and even create items that will reappear at pre-set intervals.
This frees me to forget about things until they need attention. If I'm in the middle of interviewing a patient and a piece of information comes flying at me from another direction ("Doctor, the lab just called and said Mr. X's sodium is 129..."), I don't have to drop what I'm doing or worry I might forget that important fact later. I just grab my Newton (always in my fanny pack), add the item to my scut list with an appropriate priority and category, and move on. The Newton's accessibility and reliability (I haven't lost a single bit of information in four years of heavy Newton use!) reduce my stress level and allow me to focus fully on the task at hand.
Keeping on Schedule -- Along with a scut list, DateMan also maintains a phenomenal calendar. I can schedule meetings and appointments with ease, and keep track of a schedule that involves two departments, three hospitals, three clinics, and the occasional social event. DateMan has a dazzling array of display options which I found frivolous at first. With use, though, I have come to love the capability to customize DateMan to suit my particular needs (which can vary considerably as I rotate through various jobs).
Scraps -- I have already talked about storing textbook-sized references, but Newton is even more impressive at the other end of the scale. Life is full of small tidbits of information.
The Newton offers an alternative to keeping track of innumerable cards, memos, notes, and scraps of paper. When I sort a huge stack of paper from my clinic mailbox, I look at each item once. Some I dispose of immediately. Some have small bits of information: meeting dates or policy changes. Those I enter into my Newton on the spot, and recycle the memos then and there. Some longer but still useful pieces - such as lists of departmental personnel and phone numbers, microbe sensitivity data, and reporting procedures - go home to be scanned and converted to text. Then I can use David Fedor's PaperBack or Apple's Newton Press to create a Newton book containing the information.
Equally important are the scraps of information that stream past during a typical day: mentioned by friends, discussed at a meeting, heard on the radio, printed in the newspaper, or encountered on the Web. Other important items - such as serial numbers, credit card numbers, birthday reminders, passwords, and shopping lists - fly by all day long. If you meticulously keep a paper notebook, you might capture much of this information. It would be sorted chronologically, however, with no simple way to categorize it or search it for a specific item. It would become bulkier and heavier with continued use, encouraging purging the old material and selectivity when saving the new. The Newton grows neither heavier nor larger with continuing scrap-gathering.
With the built-in Notepad, you can save your scraps (as notes, outlines, checklists, or audio recordings) in one of up to 12 folders. Add Super NotePad and More Folders (both Stand Alone Software products) and you can have an unlimited number of hierarchical folders. You can file the same note in multiple folders, and you can assign an unlimited number of tags to each note. You can then define filters that show only the notes filed in specific folders with (or without) specific tags.
There is also information you might be reluctant to keep in a notebook. Imagine the horror of having an intimate diary stolen. First, the information lost might be difficult or impossible to replace. Second, potentially sensitive information would be in the hands of strangers (or worse). Fortunately, the Newton can back up to any Windows or Macintosh computer. It also provides a level of security by requiring that a password be entered at user-specified intervals to keep it operating. Super NotePad expands this security by allowing individual notes to be encrypted and entire folders to be locked. No security is unbeatable and I wouldn't trust my Newton with state secrets, but it is far more secure than existing paper-based systems for storing credit card numbers, patient records, and my plans for world domination.
Of course, no matter how sophisticated your filing system is, some information will slip through the cracks. Even so, by lowering the trouble threshold for saving information and increasing the chances you'll be able to find it later, the Newton goes a long way toward bringing order to a chaotic world.
Link It All Together -- Another of the powerful features of DateMan (and MoreInfo) is the capability to link disparate kinds of information together. I keep the names of my clinic patients in the Newton Names application. DateMan then lets me link a name to a clinic note each time a patient visits, appointment entries for future visits, scut list items, and lists of current prescriptions in case the pharmacy calls for a renewal authorization.
Such links can be valuable in other ways. Say I'm shopping and spot a gadget that would be a perfect gift for my father's next birthday. Alas, it's January, and Dad's birthday is in late October. If I buy it now, it might become lost or obsolete, or he might buy one for himself before I can give it to him. Instead, I create a note where I describe the item, perhaps including the price and features. I link that to Dad's name card and to the store's. I can create a scut list item that won't appear until late September reminding me to buy the item and link that reminder to the item's description as well as the store's address card.
It's remarkably easy to create all these links. On the other hand, I am remarkably lazy. Fortunately, a Newton program called GestureLaunch allows you to create scripts (in the Newton's programming language, NewtonScript) that automate many of these tasks. It's part of the NewtCase package from Innovative Computer Systems. Even if you don't like to program, you can select from a pool of scripts at the GestureLaunch Depot site or download scripts I've written directly from my site.
Connect with the Real World -- Newtons can beam information from MessagePad to MessagePad using built-in infrared capability. New Newtons come with a built-in Web browser and email client, and can connect to the Internet via a serial link, PC Card modem, or PC Card Ethernet adapter. Third-party solutions include browsers with more features, a Telnet client/VT-100 emulator, and an off-line Usenet news client. There are even wireless modems available, though wireless Net surfing remains financially out of reach for those of us on a resident's salary.
All MessagePads also come with the capability to send and receive faxes through PC Card or serial modems. This capability is not only an excellent way to communicate with the non-Newton enabled, it can often serve as a makeshift substitute for a printer or scanner.
A trend which fills me with joy is the proliferation of Hewlett-Packard IrDA (infrared) compatible printers in some institutions where I work. The other day, a colleague asked if I knew where a local restaurant was. I popped the restaurant's card up from Newton's Names file. While he was looking for a piece of paper to write the address on, I spotted an HP LaserJet 5MP in the corner. I pointed my Newton at it, tapped Print, and by the time my friend found a sheet of paper, I had a printed address to hand him.
Even with these options, sometimes you want to be self-sufficient. I already owned an HP DeskJet 340 portable printer to use with my PowerBook, so I bought the IrDA adapter for it. I wrote GestureLaunch scripts to set margins to correspond with the forms and note paper used where I work. If I know I'm going to need to generate a lot of paper, I just toss the 340 in my bag. It supports IrDA and can print a hundred or so pages on a charge, so I don't need cables or power adapters.
Never Be Without -- As Newton has integrated itself more and more into my life, I have found it increasingly valuable for dealing with the unexpected. Instead of wondering what reference books I might need at work, I take the Newton. If I unexpectedly have time to stop at a grocery store on my way home from work, I have my shopping list with me. If I get an emergency call from a patient while I'm out of town, I not only have the patient's records, but I can consult medical reference books and fax a prescription to the pharmacy. I have a diagram of my house with dimensions so if I find myself in a home-improvement store and get a crazy idea, I can check if a radial arm saw really will fit in the bedroom. If I unexpectedly make a tax-deductible purchase with cash, the information won't get lost. If I get paged and am not sure how important it might be to answer, I can look up the number and find out who might be calling. If I find myself waiting in line or suffering through a boring meeting, I can work on some writing or read a book from Project Newtonberg, or some contemporary short fiction from InterText. Am I diligently taking notes or playing solitaire? Only Newton knows for sure.<http://www.aa.net/~robwest/bookmenu.htm>
My upgraded MessagePad came back a few days ago. With relief, I emptied my bag of collected medical reference books, scraps of paper, makeshift daybook, paperback novel, calculator, and other odds and ends that only scratch the surface of what I could do with the Newton. Many folks (myself included) first react to the Newton by saying it's too big. Having just experienced life without it, the Newton now seems plenty small.
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The Nutcracker
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Friday, November 23, 2012 - 7:00pm
Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 2:00pm
Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 7:00pm
Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 2:00pm
Jump start the holiday season with Worcester's family tradition of THE NUTCRACKER presented by the Youth Ballet of Worcester Company. This magical production is the collaborative artistic effort of the Youth Ballet of Worcester Company joining with the live music of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra.
Ticket Prices: $24-$36; Discounts Available. Please call the box office at 877.571.SHOW (7469) for more information.


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Being polite, friendly and punctual is at the core of our business.Our ethos is your satisfaction is our reputation. This is why I get a lot of recommendations and repeat custom.
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Approximately EUR 185 million of rated debt affected
Nov 17 - Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded IT Holding SpA ITH.MI Corporate Family Rating and Probability of Default Rating to Caa1 from B3, and the Senior Secured rating on the EUR 185 million notes due 2012 issued by IT Holding Finance SpA to Caa2 (LGD4, 69%) from B3. The ratings are on review for further possible downgrade.
"Today's rating action reflects ongoing pressure on consumer spending, due to the generally weak economic environment and high uncertainty on consumer confidence, and the negative impact on IT Holding operating performances so far during the year, and the expectation that the company's key credit metrics might remain in line with a Caa rating at best for the next twelve months", says Paolo Leschiutta, Vice President at Moody's and lead analyst for IT Holding.
"Moody's also notes the deteriorating liquidity profile of the company as it continues to rely on receiving bank support at time when the current conditions in the financial markets remain unsettle and further extension of ongoing support might be more challenging for the company".
"Given the ongoing economic slowdown and the uncertainty related to the company's liquidity profile in connection with the current distress in the global capital markets, ratings have been placed under review for further possible downgrade", explains Mr. Leschiutta. The review will focus on (i) the company's capability to secure proper financing needed to invest in the day to day activity and to face pending debt maturities (including the EUR 9.4 million debt repayment delayed till the 22 December 2008), (ii) the company's line of actions to restore the operating performances at core businesses, (iii) the likelihood of further deterioration in consumer spending in general and in the luxury apparel segment in particular, and (iv) the expected credit profile of IT Holding going forward to monitor whether this will remain supportive of the business risk profile of the company.
The last rating action on IT Holding was on the 16 September 2008 when Moody's changed the outlook on all ratings to negative.
Ratings affected by today's action are as follow: - Corporate Family Rating and Probability of Default Rating downgraded to Caa1 from B3; - Senior secured rating on the EUR 185 million notes due 2012 downgraded to Caa2 (LGD4, 69%) from B3; Based in Italy, IT Holding S.p.A. is an European leading operator in the branded apparel and accessories market mainly focused on the young lines segment. During the first nine months ended September 2008, IT Holding reported EUR468 million of consolidated net revenues and EUR38.2 million of EBITDA (adjusted for investments in collection development during the period). (New York Ratings Team)


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Inclusion. Service. Discovery. Gratitude. Those words follow our Church's name – on its website and on all print copy. In reading this morning's program I was really struck by the words.
I couldn't get them out of my mind. Driving home, I was imaging an Internet community guided by those ideals. An Internet community (or network) of lawyers even. What if I could play a role in helping LexBlog's network LXBN, become a community guided by inclusion, service, discovery, and gratitude. How so?
- Inclusion. A network of lawyers from all walks of life from all over the world doing all different sorts of work for various sorts of people and organizations. Judges, clerks. Other professionals serving our legal community. Lay people and organizations in need of legal guidance and in need of a way to identify a trusted and reliable authority to serve as their lawyer.
- Service. Lawyers committed to serving others above all else. Sure, lawyers ought to be able to make a good living. But bottom line, the more people we help, the more money we make. And that's good for everyone.
- Discovery. The opportunity for lawyers to discover and engage other lawyers via the power of the Internet. By engaging other lawyers, lawyers will be carving out a powerful Internet identity for themselves.
- Gratitude. That's what it's about isn't it? As lawyers and professionals, we're blessed with the opportunity to help others — and get paid for it. That's not an opportunity everyone else has.
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After having presented the orange leopard and the blue leopard versions, we take a look at the volt leopard colorway of the Nike Roshe Run FB. Out favorite colorway in the lineup, volt and black have always gone well together and in this particular case they are very well-balanced. The sneaker is now available from Soleroom.
Nike Roshe Run FB "Volt Leopard"
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Gwinnett Tech Instructors Introduce the Bioscience Field to Gwinnett High School Students
North Gwinnett High School Students Visit the College's Bioscience Lab
Gwinnett Technical College recently hosted 40 North Gwinnett High School biotechnology students, giving the students a "up close and personal" look at careers in the fast-growing bioscience field with a tour and demonstrations in Gwinnett Tech's Life Sciences Center.
While on campus, students spend 30 minutes in four different lab settings, exploring protein research, bioscience careers, bioscience technology and equipment and lab safety. Gwinnett Tech life science instructors Dr. Saphronia Wallace, Herschel Meaders, Dr. Mohammed Salameh, and Dr. Roberts Powers led the sessions.
"This event allowed us to show Gwinnett County Public School students that Gwinnett Tech is one of the best-kept secrets for bioscience education and research in the region," says Dr. Cathy Scholz, dean of life sciences at Gwinnett Tech. "The students experienced our state-of-the art labs and equipment, but also got the opportunity to learn about our exceptional bioscience program."
North Gwinnett High School student Anna Raye said, "I have never been on a college campus before, so I really enjoyed touring Gwinnett Tech and learning about the different areas of bioscience and biotechnology. My favorite session was Dr. Salameh's on protein research."
Gwinnett Tech is a frequent destination for high school students. Most recently in February, 25 sophomores from the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology came to the college for a shadowing event in the bioscience lab. Students were shown how to perform lab safety inspections, how chemical media is prepared, and enjoyed a tour of Gwinnett Tech's Bioscience department.
Bioscience Program Director Dr. Phil Gibson has also hosted numerous high school groups in the past and is currently creating science labs for 8th graders at Moore and Sweetwater Middle Schools.
The bioscience field is currently one of the fastest growing business sectors in the U.S. and Georgia recently ranked seventh nationally for the number of biotechnology companies, according to Georgia Bioscience Technology Institute.
Gwinnett Tech offers a degree in Bioscience Technology and certificates for Bioscience Environmental Laboratory Technologist, Bioscience Regulatory Assurance Technologist and Clinical Research Professional. GTC also offers more than a dozen programs in other life science and healthcare career fields.
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By Angela Pirisi, published on May 1, 2003 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016
Those little lies on people's resumes tend to grow during
important job interviews, say researchers at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst. "Basically, the more stringent the job
requirements, the more candidates lie about their qualifications," says
Brent Weiss, coauthor of a study on lying.
Weiss' study examined how often people lied in job interviews and
how personality influences the propensity to fib. Thirty-eight college
students applied for and were granted interviews for tutorial jobs that
didn't exist. The interview focused on their math or verbal skills. After
researchers came clean about the study, they asked students to review
their videotaped interviews and identify what they had lied about.
Overall, 84 percent admitted to lying at some point. People told
straight-out lies, such as, "I'm very good at math," when they had no
facility with arithmetic whatsoever.
Interestingly, the biggest liars were extroverts. Weiss believes
this is because extroverts are often eager to please others and win
approval. Extroverts also tend to be more energetic and animated. And,
Weiss confesses, they impressed him the most because "they told me what I
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April 2004
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Before they had even cut a record, the five kids from Tyler who call themselves Eisley were the talk of the music business. Why? Let me draw you a picture.
King of the Accordion
You may never have heard of Ramòn Ayala, but to his four generations of fans in South Texas and Mexico, he's music royalty. He revolutionized norteno, a genre that reigns along the border, and—after more than one hundred albums—is till going strong.
Spoon at a Fork
According to Time, the Austin rock-pop trio Spoon "just might be your next favorite band." But Britt Daniel and the boys have been burned by such pronouncements before, so this time they're carefully considering their options—and, as always, putting their music first.
The Voice of America
Is Clear Channel, the San Antonio-based radio behemoth, as patently evil as everyone says? Don't touch that dial.
It's a Family Affair
For all her talent and poise, Beyoncé didn't become the biggest star in the world without help. And she got plenty of it from the people who know her best.
The 100 Best Texas Songs
Two are by Willie. Which songs, exactly? And what about the remaining 98? You'll have to check our list to find out.
A Lyrical Life
"While I was in Hollywood, I wrote for Eddie Arnold and Ernest Tubb and Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter—everybody you can think of."
Nice and Easy
"I have a very comfortable lifestyle as a jazz musician. Every day is a Saturday for me."
Teeny Popper
"I used to think, 'I can't perform in front of these people!' And then last night I did a show for more than 13,000."
Road Warrior
"There were a lot of wild nights, people taking us in and offering us whatever they had. There were a lot of those 'offerings.'"
City Girl
"I moved to Austin in 1974, and it was this kind of magical place. The whole alternative culture controlled the town."
Pure Country
"I don't believe anything in this world could ever disturb or upset me enough to make me start drinking again."
To My Ears
Texas music matterseven to me.
No Fuss
"It's still easy to walk around New York unrecognized. I'm kind of nerdy and not fashionable, so people don't give me a second look."
Susan Graham
Susan Graham, from Midland to the Met.
Blame That Tune
Why Anne Dingus hates "Texas, Our Texas."
Rednecks, Armadillos, And Me
The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock rises again.
Primary Flavors
Smell of Success Everybody knows about heirloom tomatoes and apples, the historic varieties that have endured for decades or even centuries in garden plots and back yards. But heirloom garlic? Some fifteen years ago, Hallettsville native Anton Bujnoch's sister bought several heads of garlic at a market in Mexico (nobody remembers the city anymore). She …
Best Fests
Wham, Bam, Thank You, Spam Come April 3, Spam is taking over the capital of Texas. Austin's Spamarama—a festival as infamous as the potted pork product that it celebrates—started 26 years ago as a joke and has grown over the years into a gonzo tribute to the gelatinous hunk of pink protein. On the designated …
Sitting in T'afia's smart, quasi-industrial space watching the crowds of noshing, tippling patrons, it occurred to me that Monica Pope, the restaurant's owner and chef, has given herself a new lease on life. Dishes from her previous Houston venue, Boulevard Bistrot, seemed livelier than ever, and the new creations on her daily-changing menu sparkled. I …
Texas Tidbits
Five Texas landmarks that should be on your playlist.
The Bush File
Read twenty more letters about executive editor Paul Burka's article, "The Man Who Isn't There."
The Song Writer
"My next assignment was supposed to be teaching English at the Academy at West Point, but I didn't go. I got out of the Army and went to Nashville instead, and I think Johnny Cash was probably the biggest reason."
Texas History 101
From the somber passing of a tejana queen to the day the music died, tragedy has left its deep mark upon a few bright, talented musicians who called the Lone Star State home during their short lives.
The Profiler
Senior editor Michael Hall talks about Beyoncé and this month's cover story, "It's a Family Affair."
Crime Scene
Suzanne O'Malley, the author of Are You There Alone? The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates, talks about mental illness, postpartum psychosis, and Rusty Yates.
War Record
"The Dixie Chicks recorded 'Travelin' Soldier,' one of the first songs I wrote, and it did great until the girls got embroiled in that crazy media-frenzy."
Guitar Man
"I'm the one who introduced guitar boogie-woogie in this country, with a song I called 'Gatemouth Boogie.' It was a big hit."
Toasted Almond Panna Cotta
Chef Monica Pope, T'afia, Houston 1/2 cup almonds 1 1/2 cups milk 2 cups cream 1/2 cup and 2 teaspoons sugar a pinch of salt 3 leaves gelatin (or 3 teaspoons gelatin) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast the almonds for 8 minutes. While they are toasting, heat the milk, cream, sugar, and salt together …
Happy Trails
If you're looking for a cool place to see live music, then head to Helotes and the John T. Floore Country Store.
Books That Cook
Dean Fearing, the executive chef of Dallas's Mansion on Turtle Creek, put Southwestern cuisine on the map (okay, he had a little help from his friends), but did you know he was one of the founding members of Texas's grooviest celebrity-chef rock band, the Barbwires? The original group (Fearing, Robert Del Grande of Houston's Cafe …
COURIER SERVICES Thirty-three-year-old Jim Courier, who was ranked the number one tennis player in the world in 1992, will host the Grand-SlamJam tennis exibition in Austin April 29 and 30. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Hope Foundation, a cancer research organization. I read that you're a musician. If you call being …
LAUGH TRACK Why is it that Lucille Ball is still hilarious and Andrew Dice Clay isn't? We're willing to take a big leap and say it has something to do with personal style, delivery, and content. This month you can see for yourself (if you're lucky enough to score a ticket) how three wonderfully talented …
PLAYTIMES It's awesome April, baby—or so the colorfully alliterative Dick Vitale might say if he were to sum up this month's sports lineup. Start in the Alamo City, which hosts this season's marvelously maddening men's NCAA Final Four. Sure, the semifinals on April 3 and the championship game on April 5 have been sold out …
MONUMENTAL EVENTS You heard the buzz. You saw the trailers. The release date came . . . and went. Remember The Alamo? Before you fork over $15 for a ticket and the requisite popcorn, take the opportunity this month to explore Texas's history firsthand. On April 3 Abilene offers its own picture of our past …
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Motorola Droid 2 will have to comes later than we expected at Verizon. Rather on July 19th, Droid 2 will be launch on August 23rd along side Android 2.2. Although, the current Droid 2 was Android 2.1 but Motorola seems trying to push Android 2.2 to make an advancement to their phone. Android 2.2 is roughly available in late July for the original Droid, and is expected to launch for the Droid X at the end of August.
Motorola Droid 2 and Droid X will have almost the same hardware which is 1 GHz processor. The difference that they both will have mostly in size of the screen because Droid 2 screen is only 3.7-inch. Also, the cameras are different: The Droid 2 only has a five-megapixel camera, but the Droid X has an eight-megapixel one.
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A door-sign in the House of Commons that has irked female MPs because it labels a room "members" despite being only for men has finally been changed.
The sign that appears to be for all MPs actually leads into a room where male members can get dressed. The equivalent room for women is signed "lady members".
Lisa Nandy said the labels baffled her when she arrived in Westminster as the new Labour MP for Wigan.
"When I was first elected I found a door with a sign that said 'members room'. Thinking it was for members I walked in and there was a male MP getting changed. And he said 'why are you in here?'"
Ms Nandy was a little put-out, asking why it was assumed that "members" meant men-only.
A few years later, she had the chance to push for a change when a member of the House Authorities came to interview her about "equality and diversity" in Parliament.
"I told him I'd been trying to get the sign changed for two years and if they didn't change it I was tempted to do it myself," she joked.
The officer decided to avoid Ms Nandy's do-it-yourself handy-work.
Instead, he took it into his own hands. To acknowledge the arrival of women in Westminster, the door has finally been changed - for "gentleman members" only.


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering Nevada asparagus producers financial compensation for marketing losses resulting from imports during the 2004 through 2007 crop years.
USDA Farm Service Agency Nevada state executive Clint Koble announced Monday in Reno that producers can apply for compensation through April 8.
Koble says the Asparagus Revenue Market Loss Assistance Payment Program aims to help commercial producers whose livelihoods were affected when asparagus imports dramatically increased during those years.
A one-time payment can total up to $1.06 per pound for fresh market asparagus and $1.08 per pound for asparagus marketed for processing.
Payments are calculated based on 2003 marketed production quantities.
Koble says producers with an average gross income in excess of $2.5 million for calendar years 2003, 2004 and 2005 aren't eligible.


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Almo Professional A/V Debuts New Exhibitors and Products at E4 Chicago on March 28
Last Call to Register; 32 Carefully Selected Exhibiting Manufacturers, New Product Sneak Peeks; 12 Educational Sessions All Worth InfoComm CTS RUs
Philadelphia, PA - March 18, 2013 - Less than two weeks away, Almo Professional A/V, the nation's fastest growing audiovisual distributor, in partnership with InfoComm International, today revealed details about new exhibiting manufacturers and product launches taking place at its first E4 AV training and networking event of the year. Registration is still open for E4 Chicago on March 28, which will feature 32 carefully selected manufacturing partners, hundreds of new products - including many InfoComm 2013 previews - and 12 educational sessions, all worth InfoComm CTS Renewal Units (RUs).
To learn more details about E4 Chicago, view this recent interview with Melody Craigmyle, vice president of marketing for Almo Professional A/V.
The newest exhibiting manufacturers and their product highlights include:
• New! Elo Touch Systems, supplier of touch-enabled products is unveiling the 4201 42-inch touch display with an integrated PC and bringing its new 70-inch Multi-Touch Interactive Digital Signage Display.
• New! Hiperwall, producer of high-performance, low-cost videowall software that can display a wide variety of content with unmatched speed, flexibility and functionality in extremely high resolution, is exhibiting in partnership with NEC Solutions and Premier Mounts to show a complete videowall solution.
• New! Peerless AV, is hosting a virtual Slam Dunk contest with its fully integrated kiosk solution that includes a 90-inch Sharp Professional display, integrated audio, Xbox Kinect and software program that simulates a slam dunk contest. Peerless will also demo its HD Flow wireless transmission solutions.
• New! TouchSystems, provider of touch-enabled monitors, kiosks and displays, is bringing a 55-inch Multi-Touch Monitor with multi-user capability, which encourages collaboration and interactivity. It is being shown on a Peerless stand/mount and is powered by Sherlock Systems Media Players.
• New! Rane Corporation, an established provider of problem-solving pro audio tools, affordably priced with unequalled reliability and customer service, is showcasing its newest audio technology, the HAL System, an open-architecture DSP product for expert room combining, paging and distributed audio systems for meeting and classrooms, hotels, retail, conference centers and restaurants.
• New! Samsung Hospitality, provider of the 26-inch to 55-inch, all-LED line of televisions for the hospitality industry, is showing televisions with Pro:Idiom, an encryption technology which securely delivers HD and video-on-demand signals without the need for a set top box in each room to protect content from piracy.
Other new products being shown during E4 Chicago:
• Sharp's 32-inch 4K LCD Ultra High Definition Display with 3,840 x 2,160-pixel resolution.
• Planar's UltraLux 80-inch display with a zero bezel, infinity edge-to-edge glass design configured for multiple solutions within digital signage applications.
• Samsung's UE55C with the System on Chip (SoC), which eliminates the need for a PC to play back content by running on an embedded chip within the display.
The Samsung booth will feature special guest Raffi Vartian, COO of SignageLive, a cloud-based media delivery and support company, who will demonstrate the new Samsung SoC technology. Additionally, Samsung will hold hourly demos of the Samsung Smart School Solution, a fully integrated, interactive learning platform that empowers educators and helps re-engage K-12 students with Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 tablets and interactive whiteboard displays. During E4 Chicago, Samsung will also give away a Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.
E4 Chicago Details
E4 Chicago is on March 28 at the Oakbrook Drury Lane Conference Center and runs from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is an entirely free event, including parking, for Almo Pro A/V's reseller, integrator and consultant partners. To register, go to www.e4avtour.com. The E4 AV program can be accessed on demand during and after each event for instructor videos, copies of the course presentations and live Twitter updates.
About the E4 AV Tour
Launched in December 2009, The E4 AV tour is a free, full-day program with an intense educational focus that allows partners to earn valuable InfoComm International CTS RUs while networking with the industry's top manufacturers. For more information, go to www.e4avtour.com.
About InfoComm International
InfoComm International® is the international trade association representing the professional audiovisual and information communications industries. Established in 1939, InfoComm has more than 5,000 members, including manufacturers, systems integrators, dealers and distributors, independent consultants, programmers, rental and staging companies, end-users and multimedia professionals from more than 80 countries. InfoComm International is the leading resource for AV standards, market research and news. Its training, certification and education programs set a standard of excellence for AV professionals. InfoComm International is the founder of InfoComm, the largest annual conference and exhibition for AV buyers and sellers worldwide. InfoComm also produces trade shows in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and China. Additional information is available at www.infocomm.org.
About Almo Professional A/V
Almo Professional A/V is the nation's fastest growing distributor serving the needs of professional audiovisual integrators, dealers and consultants. With a highly skilled sales team, reseller education programs, 10 distribution centers across the U.S. and product lines for the Pro A/V channel, Almo Professional A/V provides customers with the full distribution experience on a local and a personal level.
The Almo Professional A/V sales team is InfoComm-trained and the majority is CTS-certified. Almo Professional A/V has aligned with InfoComm International to offer courses worth CTS renewal units that enable partners to stay ahead. At the same time, the division works with industry vendors to bring live and online product training opportunities directly to channel partners.
Almo Professional A/V is a division of Almo Corp., the nation's leading independent distributor of consumer electronics and major appliances. For more information about Almo Professional A/V, please call 410-560-2890 or go to www.almoproav.com. Almo Professional A/V can also be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/almoproav and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/almoproav.


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FAA: Maine warden Service plane that made I-95 landing just ran out of fuel
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Federal investigators say a Maine Warden Service plane that made an emergency landing on Interstate 95 in Litchfield in April simply ran out of fuel.
No one was injured when the single propeller Cessna landed on the highway on April 26, prompting one driver to pull over to make way for the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration determined that there were no mechanical issues with the plane, even though authorities had referred to an unspecified mechanical problem as a possible reason for the unexpected landing.
Flight experts say it is a pilot's responsibility to make sure a plane has enough fuel.
The FAA's report was released to the Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/195YXkK ) in response to public records request.
The pilot has since resigned and could not be reached for comment.
Information from: Kennebec Journal, http://www.kjonline.com/


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Hermann Hellwagner
Hermann Hellwagner received the M.S. (Dipl.-Ing.) and Ph.D. (Dr.techn.) degrees in informatics from the University of Linz, Austria, in 1983 and 1988, respectively. He has been a Full Professor of informatics at the Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Klagenfurt University, Austria, for more than ten years, leading the Multimedia Communications Group. Earlier, he held positions as an Associate Professor at the University of Technology in Munich (TUM) and as a Senior Researcher at Siemens Corporate Research in Munich. His current research areas are distributed multimedia systems, multimedia communications, and quality of service. He has received many research grants from national (Austria, Germany) and European funding agencies as well as from industry. Dr. Hellwagner is the editor of several books and has published more than 100 scientific papers on parallel computer architecture, parallel programming, and multimedia communications and adaptation. He has organized several international conferences and workshops. He is a Member of the IEEE, ACM, German Informatics Society (GI), and Austrian Computer Society (OCG) and a Member of the Scientific Board of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). He currently serves as the Deputy Head of the Austrian delegation to the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11).
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BALTIMORE, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An estimated 12,000 people showed up at the Chesapeake Bay to raise money for Special Olympics Maryland by jumping in the frigid water, officials said.
About 8,000 participants in the 17th annual Polar Bear Plunge ran into the water at Chesapeake Bay at 1 p.m. Saturday, The Baltimore Sun reported.
A smaller plunge was also held at 4 p.m., for which about 4,000 participants showed up, said Special Olympics Maryland spokeswoman Linda Ellingsworth.
The event likely brought in about $2.8 million for Special Olympics Maryland, Ellingsworth said.


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text: Monday on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," commentator Mark Steyn recounted his recent visit to Europe where he examined those that have had their lives impacted directly by Islamic terrorism. Steyn agreed with earlier comments from host Bill O'Reilly that the migrants were not the problem and that it was jihadist that were. However, there was a correlation between a country's Muslim population and how much terrorism takes place within its borders. Partial transcript as follows: O'REILLY: Political commentator Mark Steyn recently returned from Europe where he attended the priest funeral and spoke with a number of people affected by the Jihad. Mr. Steyn joins us now from Colchester, VT. What did you learn there? What was the headline that you learned in Europe, Mr. Steyn? STEYN: Well, you said at the top of the show that migrants aren't the problem, jihadists are. And that's true but there is a crude arithmetic here, Bill which is that the more Muslims you have, the more terrorism you have. So, that France, Belgium and Germany have very high Muslim populations, and they have a lot of terrorism. When you were in Poland and the Czech Republic, they have very few Muslims so


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THE GIG: Cajun Fais Do-Do featuring Bruce Daigrepont, Sundays at 5:30 p.m.
THE VENUE: Tipitina's, 501 Napoleon Ave., $7 cover
THE DRINKS: Not first priority with this crowd, but not unwelcome
THE SCENE: People who love Cajun music and social dancing, tourists and locals alike
By Molly Reid
Growing up in Cajun country, I learned how to do the Cajun two-step and waltz in 7th grade gym class, an experience that was equal parts amusing and excruciating. Before that, I'm told I cut quite a rug on the dance floor of the original Mulate's in Breaux Bridge as a wee lass. Dancing to chank-a-chank was something we did between rounds of fried food or when we wanted to remember what a culturally unique locale we called home, but it wasn't our native culture and beyond that, the music never touched my soul the same way, say, zydeco did.
I love zydeco, and I've passed many good times at Mid-City Lanes Rock n' Bowl's weekly Thursday zydeco night. But, copping a "been there, done that" attitude about Cajun music, I'd never sought out the weekly Cajun Fais Do-Do at Tipitina's.
Enter Suz. Suz is the mother of my boyfriend, Travis, and she loves social dancing — all dancing, really, but especially social dancing. Travis grew up spending occasional weekends at contradancing events — reluctantly, he'll add, but he still learned how to do-si-do. Suz is a zydeco queen, a two-stepping star and has even worked her magic on some of New Orleans' weirdest electronic-dubstep music.
Anyway, Suz was visiting New Orleans for the week, and, as always, she requested we drop her off at Tipitina's for the Sunday Fais Do-Do. Did she care we had plans that would prevent us from joining her until later? Not at all — despite the fact that she lives 1,000 miles away and visits once a year, she has regular status because she knows so many Fais Do-Do folks from the Cajun/zydeco circuit.
When Travis and I arrived at the Fais Do-Do, about two hours into the party, we joined the crowd in a waltz and comfortably glided and spun around the dance floor. Afterward, Bruce Daigrepont and his band picked up a faster number, and Travis went to dance with Suz. I was approached by a middle-aged gentleman, who started out simple and quickly progressed into full-on tilt-a-whirl mode once he sensed that I could go with it.
Zydeco dancing has an infinite range of expression and a big bag of tricks, but nothing compares to the spectrum of pretzelly twists and turns in Cajun dancing. I was reminded of two things: how wonderful it is to be a girl when it comes to social dancing, and how magical dancing can be with a skillful partner.
I hadn't danced to Cajun music in years, save the occasional turn at a festival or something, and yet I felt like Ginger Rogers keeping up with my impresario of a partner. Guided by his strong cues and seamless flow, I somehow executed triple, quadruple turns and complicated contortions I'd never know how to replicate on my own.
Suz and Travis were pretty impressed, and I'm so grateful to her for bringing me back to the music and dance of my transplanted roots.
Molly Reid writes One-Night Stands, about standing gigs at local clubs, weekly for NolaVie.


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EDMONTON - Is it just me, or does this Edmonton Eskimos team look a little too much like the 2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers?
At 4-14, it's not a compliment, but there are just too many comparisons to be drawn between the two teams to ignore.
The thing is, a league-record eight of those losses were by four points or less, which is all that separated the last-place Bombers from the division-leading Montreal Alouettes, who finished 12-6 on the way to defending their Grey Cup title.
But you can't blame Winnipeg's lacklustre effort of the residents of Swaggerville, also known as the Bombers defensive dozen, who started up a T-shirt company on twitter where fans could by them at $25 a pop.
They weren't just selling Swaggerville schwag, they were selling an attitude that not only talked trash, but backed it up on the field.


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First sorry, I'm sure this has been covered, but can't find it Thinking of making a coated float glass support for the secondary of an 8" GSO f/5. Edmund Scientific has a premade and coated "window" http://www.edmundopt...-windows/48-859 . I enjoy making simple stuff, so I thought this would be a good way to get rid of difraction spikes and protect the innards also. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.--Jack
Newtonian- glass secondary support?
Posted 03 August 2014 - 11:36 PM
Posted 04 August 2014 - 05:48 AM
At that price, I can't imagine it's very flat.... The trade off: Swapping diffraction spikes for a Dew Magnet... I'll take the diffraction spikes.
Posted 04 August 2014 - 06:35 AM
you'll be cuttng off some of the light with the same size window.
f5 is great for a travel dob.
Posted 04 August 2014 - 10:18 AM
Look at the surface quality -- 80-50. These numbers are part of the MIL-REF-13830B standard for scratches and digs in microns over a designated area. These imperfections add to light scatter and loss of contrast. Typically, high quality optics are 10-5. You be the judge.
Edited by MKV, 04 August 2014 - 10:19 AM.
Posted 04 August 2014 - 06:16 PM
Look at the surface quality -- 80-50. These numbers are part of the MIL-REF-13830B standard for scratches and digs in microns over a designated area. These imperfections add to light scatter and loss of contrast. Typically, high quality optics are 10-5. You be the judge.
What are you thoughts on the flatness,I saw no spec.
Posted 04 August 2014 - 10:52 PM
@Jon I contacted Edmund and the engineer/tecnician looked up the flatness--4-6 waves. I realise that would not be usable in a lens or mirror. If the surfaces are reasonably parallel, the refraction index constant, and the clarity at 96-99% would not the effect on the image be minimal?--Jack
Posted 05 August 2014 - 03:28 AM
@Jon I contacted Edmund and the engineer/tecnician looked up the flatness--4-6 waves. I realise that would not be usable in a lens or mirror. If the surfaces are reasonably parallel, the refraction index constant, and the clarity at 96-99% would not the effect on the image be minimal?--Jack
I am no expert but it would seem to me that 4-6 waves of flatness would cause wave front errors of approximately N-1 x E where N is the index of refraction and E is the flatness error.. This would be 2-3 waves.. How all these add up, I couldn't say but I tend to think it would not be a good thing.
Posted 05 August 2014 - 03:51 AM
@John, for a mirror, or a lens, true. For a window? I have strong doubts. In a mirror or lens there are surface variations in refraction, and in the length of the path of adjacent photons. I fail to see how this would be possible in a window, but what do I know?-Jack
Posted 05 August 2014 - 06:31 AM
@John, for a mirror, or a lens, true. For a window? I have strong doubts. In a mirror or lens there are surface variations in refraction, and in the length of the path of adjacent photons. I fail to see how this would be possible in a window, but what do I know?-Jack
look at the roughness in this sct, it can be either the mirror or the corrector plate. one of them was produced too quickly and it produces zones, many zones in the airy disc which destroys contrast.
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Posted 05 August 2014 - 08:39 AM
Jean Texereau in his excellent book "How to Make a Telescope" has an excellent chapter on making an optical window for a Newtonian and what the specs need to be. The window can be a few waves from flat on each side since this forms a very long focus lens but the surface must be optically smooth. What is critical is that the image formed by this "lens" needs to be smaller then the Airy disk formed by the mirror. What is also critical is there is no or very little wedge error since then the window would forms a weak prism and will introduce lateral color in the image ie the star will turn in small spectra. Texereau also makes the point that unless the telescope is nearly optically perfect, the improvement in the image from the use of the window will have no effect on the image quality.
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Posted 05 August 2014 - 09:47 AM
Thanks Dave, most informative response I've had to date. When the time comes, I'm going for it. The glass costs $48. Could be a fun project.-Jack
Posted 05 August 2014 - 10:36 AM
<<most informative response I've had to date.>>
well Dave has won too many awards to keep count, for optics as well as the builds.
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Posted 05 August 2014 - 04:31 PM
Thanks Dave, most informative response I've had to date. When the time comes, I'm going for it. The glass costs $48. Could be a fun project.-Jack
Glad to be of some help. Texereau chapter in his books covers grinding , polishing and testing an optical window pretty well. You might consider purchasing a large piece of standard float glass and then scanning it for areas that are optically flat and then cut out that area for your window. There was an article back in the 90's in Sky and Tel were the author made Schmidt camera and scanned a large but inexpensive piece of float glass and found large areas that were optically smooth and flat enough to make the corrector plate from.
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Posted 05 August 2014 - 09:04 PM
Dave, I'd planned on using one of these pre-made windows from Edmund
Being in a very rural part of N.E. Thailand, off the shelf is attractive.--Jack
Posted 05 August 2014 - 10:22 PM
I'd planned on using one of these pre-made windows from Edmund
Jack, the industrial surface quality rating 80-50 of that window refers to surface error (digs, scratches) size in microns and is not the best. Precision optics typically expected of astronomical instruments are rated 10-5. The greater the numbers the greater the light scatter and loss of contrast, to mention just one parameter.
Posted 06 August 2014 - 03:44 AM
Mladin, Thanks I am aware of that.-Jack
Posted 06 August 2014 - 07:22 AM
As I see it, a risk assessment is always useful. I like to tinker so doing something I enjoy is a win regardless of outcome. Cost of materials $48, I can handle that. Nothing would be done that cannot easily be undone. Potential loss of contrast from low polish glass could well be less than the gain in contrast resulting from elimination of spiders. If I don't try this, no fun, and I don't learn anything. Risk looking very low to non-existent, possibly a negative number.
As a proof of concept I could give it up, or like it and keep it and later upgrade to a high standard window (quoted under $300).--Jack
Posted 06 August 2014 - 07:36 AM
Jack, I feel the same way. The purpose of providing information is not to persuade or dissuade anyone, but to provide them with as much information as one can find -- for a better assessment. Eliminating the spider can be a lot more beneficial then a slight loss of contrast on extended objects. And who can make such a thing for $48!
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Posted 06 August 2014 - 12:36 PM
Something to consider, you have a marginal to poor piece of glass working as a window and secondary support. Consider the weight of the secondary assembly adding torque to the piece of plate glass. How thick is it? If you want a window that works fairly well do the stress calc and if the glass is 1/4=3/8 of an inch hunk ok. Buy at least three of them and regrind and polish them flat with the traditional 1 on 3, 2 on1, 3 on 2 cycle. Then you can get the best one a/r coated. You may still get ghost reflections from bright stars. ALso you have a dust and dirt magnet. You may also need to redesign the secondary holder to allow for collimation with the window mounted in the tube. Look at a mMead Schmidt-Newtonian for an example.
Or, you could just make a curved vane spider.
Posted 06 August 2014 - 03:15 PM
The optical window on the Edmund Astroscan was intentionally designed to be non-plano-parallel; while the front surface is (reasonably) flat, the side facing the primary has a very slight negative curvature; in other words, deeper in the center. The Edmund engineers I've spoken with have said that this was done specifically to avoid ghost reflections of brighter objects.
Posted 06 August 2014 - 07:37 PM
@Amicus, Thanks. Interesting aside.-Jack
Posted 06 August 2014 - 08:06 PM
@jzeiders, The thickness of the window is listed in a link posted earlier. If you have not done the stress calc, on what basis are you judging that 1/4-3/8" would be ok? I would think that any potential deflection would depend on several other factors including the weight of the secondary, it's support, and the diameter/thickness.
As regards dust and dirt, I'm not sure I follow your reasoning, but the outside of the window will be easy to clean in contrast to the primary and secondary it would protect.
I see no reason to presume failure and start grinding. See above risk assessment.
The window has both sides mufti-coated to reflect less than .4% as shown in the specs of the window in the previously posted link.
Building a custom secondary support will obviously be required.
Curved spiders have been considered, but elimination of the diffraction related loss of contrast that all spiders induce is a major goal of this.
Posted 06 August 2014 - 10:50 PM
I have no idea of whether it will work well or not. It may be fine. Just wanted you to consider before going ahead. As I have a few regular Newtonians 8", 10", & 17", a Schmidt-Newtonian 8" and a Maksutov- Newtonian 7" I am familiar with Newt. scopes that have corrector supported secondaries and spider supports. I find the hassle of correctors less enthralling the more I use them. With any optic, the more often it is cleaned the sooner it will will be damaged. The MN and SN have far more problems with dewing and dirt collection than any of my regular Newtonians. Perhaps you have less issues with dewing where you live than I. Last new moon weekend I had the SN out at a local star party and was shut down by dew around 11 PM along with another fellow with a SCT while others with regular Newts. were observing happily even after I I left at 3 AM.
My ATM experience tells me to suspect the flatness of most inexpensive windows, Having actually made one many years ago. a 4", I'd say it wash't worth it. I bought 5 blanks of untempered water white plate and followed the instructions found in the old ATM books. A friend used the leftovers and made a Wright-Schmidt. Eventually Igot feb up with it dewing up and replaced it with a regular 3 vane spider.
What ever floats your boat. :=)
Posted 06 August 2014 - 11:13 PM
@jzeiders, I do appreciate the post. If you read back a ways, Dave from Germany quotes from a great book on making telescopes where the subject of windows was explored. The upshot being that parallelism was critical and flatness was not within reason, also that any lens like effects would be at a longer focal length. I have considered these factors.
You're right about the dew not being much of an issue here. Our night time temps average in the low 20's c. There may be some chance in our 3 week winter period when temps plunge to near 10c, however.
It will be some time before I attempt this, but there seems to be limited current definitive information. I'm considering methods to get a fair A-B test going. As seeing is so variable, I was thinking of using a DSLR at prime focus to image a large piece of newsprint at a long distance, then compare crops.
Posted 07 August 2014 - 07:47 AM
Sputnik, I think you have thought this through and have very little to lose by going with that Edmund window. As I mentioned earlier, you can't make it, edge it, coat it, etc. for $48, plus work involved. If it works -- great! if it doesn't it's just $48 We waster more on Starbaucks in a month! If I were you, just for the heck of it, I would ask Edmund to supply the wedge data which is not specified, because, as you said, the wedge is much more important here than any slight curvature. Such a window only needs to be reasonably flat (by a spherometer or by one of those Ed Jones wonderful DIY 3-nail contraptions


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In 1933, Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, chopped up some chocolate bars and added the chunks to cookie dough, hoping that they would blend into the dough as they melted. Instead they held their shape, and Toll House cookies were a delicious creation. By the 1940s they were a hit.
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- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix first 4 ingredients in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, vanilla and almond extract in large bowl until blended. Add egg; beat until fluffy. Beat in flour mixture. Stir pecans and chocolate pieces into dough.
- Using 2 tablespoonfuls dough for each cookie, drop dough mounds onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Press tops slightly to flatten.
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Oct 20, 2012 - 8:52 am
I have to go to an oral surgeon Mon. My jaw has lost bone. My teeth are very touchy and hurt. I am wondering if the chemo I had or taking fosamax or having zometa has done damage or has the Femara done its damage. I know everyones journey through is different. I have been to the denist all along I was told no problems until now. I will found out Mon how many teeth I will be losing. Accourding to the denist I will be losing all my teeth . I hate cancer .
Oct 20, 2012 - 10:13 am
I have TMJ so I couldn't take anything to strengthen my bones. They can cause necrosis of the jaw. Not sure about the drugs you are taking but if any are to protect your bones it could be a cause.
Oct 21, 2012 - 1:45 am
I'm sorry to hear about your teeth and jaw, that is horrible. Cancer is horrible. My doctor wants me to go on Fosamax and I have refused even though I have had bad bone density tests. My dentist said I'd be okay, but I just have this voice telling me not to take it. I can't even imagine having to have all your teeth removed. I'm so sorry you have to go through this on top of the cancer. It stinks. Sending prayers your way.
Oct 21, 2012 - 1:53 pm
I had teeth sensitivity before cancer but I feel chemo and Tamoxifen make these things worse as well as creating them in the first place. Everyone told me cancer and treatment does not do this, I beg to differ. Also had a route canal done straight after chemo which came out of the blue, you never really know. No oral treatment must be given during chemo for sure due to infection. Second your comment 'cancer sucks'.
Oct 21, 2012 - 10:34 pm
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I am very sorry it is difficult to treat


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Jayne Hayward has been training with the Castle Point Joggers for 15 years, and taken part in 5 London Marathons. After completing a Run England Leader's Course she formed a new Beginners running group in Hadleigh. It started in January 2012 and ran for 10 weeks. It has proved so successful that from April she will be supervising two groups:
From 5th April, 2012
Thursday evening 6.30pm - 7.30pm from John H Burrows Playing Fields
From 16th April, 2012
Monday morning 9.30am - 10.30am from Hadleigh Old Fire Station
Jayne's January Beginners
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This is a Run England course, made possible by the support of Sport Essex and the 2012 Olympic Legacy team.
Both 10 week courses are Free.
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Santa Clara County law enforcement officials have at least suspended any future raids of medical marijuana dispensaries.
Danielle Ayers, commander of the County Special Enforcement Team, says there will be no more raids of dispensaries while county prosecutors review medical marijuana laws.
Holding off on any new raids comes after members of the drug task force conducted a series of raids last year on dispensaries throughout the county.
Medical marijuana advocates criticized the raids, while some neighborhood activists approved.
Santa Clara County's new chief narcotics prosecutor, James Sibley, told the San Jose Mercury News that his office is trying to narrow what he termed a "gray area" in medical marijuana laws.


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Hanley Ramirez is in the Dodgers lineup Wednesday night, batting second after leaving Tuesday's game with an injured ring finger on his throwing hand.
He hurt it trying to field a smash ground ball in the seventh inning that ended up bouncing off his right hand and into center field.
"I'm not real sure he's going to make it today, but we'll see if he can throw and hit," manager Don Mattingly told reporters before the game. He clarified that he meant he's not sure Ramirez will make it through the game fully, but gave the shortstop the start to give him a chance.
Ramirez looked fine taking ground balls on the field a few hours before the game. He also didn't show any pain while hitting a couple of balls over the wall during batting practice.
Uribe's return imminent
The Dodgers also announced Wednesday that third baseman Juan Uribe will play three rehab games for Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga starting Thursday, and he could return to the team as early as Monday when they travel to Kansas City.
"As long as everything goes well there he'll play three in a row there," Mattingly told reporters. "He'll (be designated hitter), he'll play a couple of games in the field and then we'll assess where he's at."
The club gave Uribe the day off today so he could spend time with family in town visiting.
The 35-year-old has been hampered by a nagging right hamstring. He initially hurt it May 9 against San Francisco, and went on the disabled list after reinjuring the leg May 20 against the Mets.
Crawford's ankle still ailing
Carl Crawford has returned to Arizona, after a short trip to Los Angeles earlier this week for an MRI on his injured left ankle. The team says the procedure showed inflammation in the ankle, and the Dodgers left fielder is not participating in any baseball activities.
He's been on the shelf since May 28, and he's not likely to return anytime soon. In his absence Matt Kemp has solidified himself as the team's everyday left fielder, so even when he does return, Crawford will probably go back to his early season role as platoon player.


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Dispute Threatens Israel Support for Jewish Studies in Former Soviet Union
Finance and education ministries in disagreement over state support for program to promote aliyah among students.
A dispute between the finance and education ministries over state support for a program of Jewish and Zionism studies in the former Soviet Union is threatening to close the program. The Heftziba program teaches about 10,000 students in 45 schools.
At the moment, the program's sole remaining funding comes from Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein's International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Half a year ago, then cabinet secretary Oved Yehezkel said the state would contribute NIS 3.5 million to the project, but no funds have been received yet. Heftziba was launched 20 years ago to develop a Jewish identity and promote aliyah among students.
In recent years, the Jewish Agency and Education Ministry operated the program, but due to budgetary problems the Jewish Agency stopped its support. In January, the Prime Minister's Office asked the IFCJ to urgently take over the Jewish Agency's role. In a January meeting, Yehezkel said the IFCJ's help was a lifesaver and the state would commit to NIS 3.5 million along with the same amount from the IFCJ, the minutes of the meeting obtained by Haaretz reveal.
"Heftziba would not be allowed to close," Yehezkel said, "and the state would not allow a concrete threat to the education system in the former Soviet Union."
Eckstein said the IFCJ was willing to put up $2.5 million immediately to save Jewish education there, but the state only committed itself to $1 million - "and even that small sum didn't reach the schools," said Eckstein. "We are going to lose this generation of students."
An Education Ministry source said that due to the treasury's handling of the matter, the state did not keep its commitments.
The Finance Ministry said it had budgeted the NIS 3.5 million on January 20, 2009, as agreed with the IFCJ.
The Education Ministry said the additional budget is in the approval process in the accountant general's office in the treasury.
The Prime Minister's Office referred the issue to the Information and Diaspora Ministry, but that ministry said it was not at all involved in the matter.
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Today when most hunters hit the internet to look up some aspect of hunter optimization, they likely head straight to the site that they think can help: to Female Dwarf or Elitist Jerks or Petopia or here at the WHU. However, there are still a staggering number of new hunters and veteran hunters who don't know where to find their info that hit Google in search of their hunter answers.
I thought it would be fun to check on Google and see how well it does at identifying the best information sources. So I did a bunch of searches for the "best" hunter optimization options for various things (using Chrome in incognito mode). I always clicked on the very first organic result and noted whatever advice that page had, and deliberately didn't read beyond the first instance of finding an answer (as most people don't). If the page didn't advocate a best, I backed out and went down to the next search result.
So…. how well do you think Google did at optimizing a hunter? How do you imagine that hunter would do on the meters?
Google's Hunter Armory
Here is what Google's hunter would look like if Google took it's own advice and used the top search result for each aspect of hunter optimization — which in theory should be the most relevant result.
Google's hunter would be a MM hunter using a 6/32/3 build, and would use a sporebat for a pet. Google's rotation would be to fire only Steady Shot and no other special shots. Google would use the WHU recommended MM glyphs as well as the WHU hunter gems and enchants.
I think we can agree that Google's hunter missed the mark a bit here, and would not perform that well. I think it's particularly funny that all the things that are most important to a hunter's dps are the things that Google was most wrong on, while the smaller optimization things Google got right.
In terms of assigning blame (other than to Google) I have to take the hit for the sporebat pet showing up, while Elitist Jerks claims credit for the rotation — a very old post with no updates or warnings about being out of date showed up at the top of that result. The spec came from WoW Popular, so we all statistically share credit for that one.
It's worth noting, of course, that there are many different ways you could word the searches to get better results than "best hunter spec" and "best hunter rotation." It's also interesting to note that Google had generally better results than its competitors — Bing was, as always, nearly identical with a bit more spam, while Blekko was a lot of irrelevant stuff and DuckDuckGo combined the delights of affiliate spam with irrelevant stuff.
Someone needs to build a hunter search engine. I think this should be Darkbrew's next side-project.


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Minnesota Political Notebook: Pay freeze possible, if ...
ST. PAUL - A top state union official leaves the door open for Minnesota officials and union members to negotiate a pay freeze.
Eliot Seide, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 5, said the 43,000 union members he represents feel the existing contract should not be renegotiated. He did not rule out a freeze in the next contract, with negotiations starting within months.
However, he said, there would be at least one requirement in negotiations when they start in the spring: If Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposes a pay freeze, he must guarantee there would be no layoffs.
Pawlenty said he wants government officials at all levels to freeze pay. He has been especially critical of local governments who complain about state aid cuts and at the same time give themselves pay raises.
Two in Minnesota's congressional delegation are seeking pay freezes for their jobs - Democratic U.S. Reps. Tim Walz of southern Minnesota and Collin Peterson, who serves the western part of the state.
"I have been on both sides of this issue," Peterson said. "Given what is going on, I think we should freeze next year's pay raise. I think that is what is going to happen."
DTV divide
U.S. Reps. Jim Oberstar and Collin Peterson are two Democratic Minnesotans who have plenty of disagreements.
One highly publicized one in recent days came when Peterson voted against the House economic stimulus package that Oberstar helped write.
A less public divide was over the switch to digital television.
"We have had enough time," Peterson said hours after voting to keep the mandatory switchover date as Feb. 17.
Oberstar voted to delay the change until June 12.
"I have heard from a great many people who are concerned about the tight timeframe," he said.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said she is concerned with the House decision, which followed a unanimous Senate vote to delay.
Back in the day...
Joe Friedberg is Norm Coleman's star attorney in his U.S. Senate election trial.
But, Coleman recalled, they once appeared on opposite sides of the courtroom.
Coleman said that years ago, when he an assistant state attorney general, he prosecuted an incest case in the southwestern Minnesota town of Slayton. Friedberg was the criminal defense attorney.
"In those days, lawyers were actually friends," Coleman joked.
He and Friedberg have been good friends over the years.
But who won that 1981 case?
"I did," Coleman said.
Two-state governor?
U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, a Democrat who represents northeast and east-central Minnesota, does not hide the fact that he is not GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty's biggest fan.
When Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, testified in front of Oberstar's House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee the congressman was impressed that Doyle appeared to have his state ready to accept federal economic stimulus money at a time when he doubted that Pawlenty was ready.
Oberstar was so impressed that he leaned over and in a mock whisper said: "Would you like to be governor of Wisconsin AND Minnesota?"
Ironically, Doyle and Pawlenty are close, despite being of different parties, and recently announced plans to figure out ways the two states can save money by working together.
No penalty
Collin Peterson was one of just 11 U.S. House Democrats to vote against an economic stimulus bill Wednesday, but he said he will not face retribution as House Agriculture Committee chairman.
Peterson said that House leaders understand he is a fiscal conservative and are not trying to change him.
"I talked to the speaker right before the vote and she didn't even ask me," he said.
State Capitol reporter Scott Wente contributed to this report.


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Supersol to Pilot Natural Food Departments in Select Stores
Following the lead of Blue Square, whose supermarkets do business as Mega, Supersol is now planning to set up natural food departments in its stores.
Supersol, the country's largest supermarket chain, is set to launch a pilot program in about six months, after which it is expected to roll out natural food departments at its larger stores, meaning those doing business as Supersol Big and Supersol Deal. The chain's smaller Supersol Sheli stores are not expected to gain natural food departments.
The Supersol natural food departments will feature organic products, health products and ecologically friendly items. Sources close to Supersol say the chain already sells many of these products, but the intention is to gather them together in a separate section.
Blue Square announced last year that it would be equipping its Mega stores with natural food departments. The venture comes at an estimated cost of about NIS 18 million. The natural food sections at Mega are expected to average about 500 meters in size and will have their own check-out areas.
In 2007, Blue Square acquired a 51% stake in natural food chain Eden Teva Market.
The supermarket chains are thought to hold particular interest in the organic sector as profit margins for organic products is higher.
Supersol declined to comment for this report.
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Buffalo Olmsted Parks Postcards & Stereoviews
"A park is a work of art, designed to produce certain effects upon the minds of men."
—Frederick Law Olmsted
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) has made available 418 postcards, photographs, and stereoviews of the Buffalo Park System designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. At 1,200 acres, these parks and parkways comprise the largest park system in the United States. The Buffalo Park System is the first park and parkway system designed and built in the U.S. and is considered Olmsted's best work. The majority of the images included in this digital collection are from retired librarian and BOPC archives volunteer Jim Mendola's collection of pre-1923 public domain postcards and stereoviews of the parks in Buffalo. For 88 items, Mr. Mendola has also taken recent photographs of the places pictured in the postcards, so the user can see "before" and "after" shots.
History of the Buffalo Park System
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