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Modem Clock Option and Modem Bit Regenerator Option are still available.
If you have a PK-232 or PK-232MBX Unit, you should check the PK-232 Modem Disconnect and PK-232MBX Install Kits
Listen to 9600baud modem product description
The TAPR 9600bps modem is a full-duplex baseband modem compatible with K9NG and G3RUH standards. The TAPR 9600bps modem, like other 9600bps modems, requires an interface to your radio other than via the microphone and speaker jacks. The modem fits internally into the case of many popular TNCs and supports a 20-pin modem disconnect header which allows for a second external modem (such as the TAPR PSK modem) to optionally be connected.
The 9600bps modem uses a 4-layer PC board for minimum noise and utilizes a transmit waveform lookup table in ROM for minimum transmit distortion. The transmit path includes an independent watchdog timer. The modem selection logic correctly routes the PTT command from the TNC to prevent, for example, keying your 1200 baud radio when running 9600bps. The receive filter includes a compensation adjustment to tailor the modem to the radio receiver and AC-coupling to accommodate frequency drift on the channel. An improved state machine is used for clock recovery. The DCD circuit works on both signal quality and the presence of a signal.
9600bps Modem Clock Option
The clock option provides the necessary radio port clock for 9600bps operation. When you enable the external 9600bps modem on a TNC 1, TNC 2, or clone, your TNC will automatically be set up for the correct radio port speed. When you switch back to the TNC's internal modem, the TNC will automatically select its normal radio port speed again. Thus, you can switch between 1200bps and 9600bps operation with a single switch. The clock option is necessary if you wish to use your modem as part of a stand-alone full-duplex 9600bps repeater, in conjunction with the bit regenerator option. The clock option is also useful if you wish to operate at a non-standard data rate (say, 8700 bps) for backbone links that you don't want other users on. Note: You will have to replace the crystal in the clock option kit if you wish to use a non- standard rate.
Ordering Information
Sorry, Clock Option (for DCD or 9600b modem) is no longer available
9600bps Modem Bit Regenerator Option
This option is intended only for use as part of a full- duplex 9600bps repeater. It is not suitable for use at a home station. The bit regenerator keys the PTT line of the modem whenever it receives an incoming signal (DCD is true). It stores the first 8 bits in a buffer, then starts sending the bits out again, resynchronizing them with its own crystal-controller clock to remove jitter and noise from the received signal. The buffer is 'elastic' so it can accommodate a slightly different '9600bps' data rate from the sending station and its own 9600bps clock. Full-duplex bit-regenerating repeaters for 9600bps are starting to be used in more and more locations. It truly makes 9600bps operation fast and friendly.
The price for the Bit Regenerator (for 9600b modem) is:
$ 9 US for members of TAPR
$ 10 US for non-members+ shipping/handling if applicable.
Documentation and Downloads
Download TAPR 9600 bps Assembly/Operations Manual (pdf format, 265K)
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CNS News reports.
The Social Security program ran a $47.8 billion deficit in fiscal 2012 as the program brought in $725.429 billion in cash and paid $773.247 for benefits and overhead expenses, according to official data published by Social Security Administration.
The Social Security Administration also released new data revealing that the number of workers collecting disability benefits hit a record 8,827,795 in December–up from 8,805,353 in November.
The overall number of Social Security program beneficiaries—including retired workers, dependent family members and survivors and disabled workers and their dependent family members—also hit a record in December, climbing from 56,658,978 in November to 56,758,185 in December.
In 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there was an average of 112.556 million full-time workers in the United States, of whom 17.806 million worked full-time for local, state or federal government. That left an average of only 94.750 million full-time private sector workers in the country.
That means that for every 1.67 Americans who worked full-time in the private sector in 2011, there is now 1 person collecting benefits from the Social Security administration.
There are about 310 million people in the United States.
Now consider that the same people who make you wait in line at the post office and the department of motor vehicles are teaching your children in public schools. What are the children learning there? Are they learning marketable skills so that they will be able to get private sector jobs and pay for these programs? No, they are learning about recreational sex, global warming, feminism, gay activism and other leftist dogma. They learn how to feel offended, how to blame men, how to blame white people, how to blame job creators ("the rich"), and how to blame the our armed forces.
We have borrowed over one trillion dollars from future generations to pay for these entitlement programs, and there is no reason to believe that a bunch of brainwashed children will be up to the task of paying for those entitlements. We shouldn't be aborting 1 million unborn children a year either – we should be marrying and raising them with two opposite sex parents. The welfare state is just not sustainable when we destroy the supply line of new law-abiding productive workers. We have a growing public sector parasite feeding on a shrinking private sector host. It just won't work for much longer.

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Out of His endless mercy and compassion, Allah has sent messengers to warn humanity and teach them about the Hereafter and life's real meaning and purpose. His messengers struggled throughout their lives to direct human beings to the straight path by rescuing them, with Allah's permission, from a life of ignorance. For example, the Prophet Noah (pbuh) made a great effort to tell his people about Allah's existence and eternal power, and to lead them away from their mistaken views and beliefs. Undeterred by their rebellion and rejection, he did his best to carry out Allah's commands:
He [Noah] said: "My Lord, I have called my people night and day, but my calling has only made them more evasive. Indeed, every time I called them to Your forgiveness, they put their fingers in their ears, wrapped themselves up in their clothes, and were overweeningly arrogant. Then I called them openly. Then I addressed them publicly and addressed them privately." (Surah Nuh, 5-9)
These messengers' sincere efforts are a great blessing for believers and a manifestation of our Lord's great love for His servants. As a mercy from Allah, messengers struggle against unbelief and, without any expectation of reward, try to show believers the way to the straight path:
Allah showed great kindness to the believers when He sent a Messenger to them from among themselves to recite His Signs to them, purify them, and teach them the Book and Wisdom, even though before that they were clearly misguided. (Surah Al 'Imran, 164)
For this We sent a Messenger to you from among yourselves to recite Our Signs to you, purify you teach you the Book and Wisdom, and teach you things you did not know before. (Surat al-Baqara, 151)
[Noah asked his people:] "Or are you astonished that a reminder should come to you from your Lord by way of a man from among you, to warn you and make you guard against evil so that, hopefully, you will gain mercy?" (Surat al-A'raf, 63)
We have only sent you [O Muhammad] as a mercy to all the worlds. (Surat al-Anbiya, 107)
Allah's blessed messengers are the most trustworthy, honest, good-tempered, moral, intelligent, circumspect, perceptive, courageous, and patient people in the world. They evoke trust in everyone, are sincere and zealous, and their creation is a great act of His generosity. Messengers are also exemplary in their moral lives. They are a boon to their societies, for they invite people to follow His way, to obey the Qur'an, avoid evil deeds, and embrace goodness and honesty. They remind people of life's transitory nature and that real life is in the eternal world to come. The Qur'an tells us that a messenger is sent to every society:
We have sent you with the truth, bringing good news and giving warning. There is no community to which a warner has not come. (Surah Fatir, 24)
Nor were you on the side of the mount when We called. Yet it is a mercy from your Lord, so that you can warn a people to whom no warner came before, so that, hopefully, they will pay heed. (Surat al-Qasas, 46)
O People of the Book. Our Messenger has come to you, making things clear to you, after a period with no Messengers, lest you should say: "No one came to us bringing good news or a warning." Someone has come to you bringing good news and a warning. Allah has power over all things. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 19)
Messengers were a great blessing to the societies to which they were sent, for they taught people things they did not know and showed them how to live a life of contentment, security, peace, and justice. As a consolation, the Qur'an tells us that throughout history only a very few people have ever approached the messengers out of appreciation of their being a great mercy for them: "Those are the Signs of the Book. And what has been sent down to you from your Lord is the Truth. But most people have no faith" (Surat ar-Ra'd, 1). Those who denied Allah could never believe; others believed what the messengers said but never implemented their teachings or lived by the Qur'an's morality. Such situations never deterred the messengers, however, because their sole desire was to see their people believe, know the blessing of this life and the Hereafter, and live the best and happiest life possible: "Then We will rescue Our Messengers and those who believe as well. It is incumbent upon Us to rescue the believers" (Surah Yunus, 103). The messengers receive no reward if the people around then believe and are happy in both worlds. But because of their sincere fear and respect for Allah and their superior morality, they spend their lives eagerly fulfilling these two commands as best as they can.
They endure great hardships and face many trials, and yet remain undaunted by anything. With Allah's help and support, they are paradigms of courage and, by His will, are always victorious.
Allah has written: "I will be victorious, I and My Messengers." Allah is Most Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-Mujadala, 21)
As for those who make Allah their friend, and His Messenger and those who believe: It is the party of Allah that is victorious! (Surat al-Ma'ida, 56)
Allah, Who has endless mercy for His servants, calls every human being to the straight path through His messengers, gives every person enough time to heed advice, explains the truth in various ways, and rewards everyone as they deserve. The Qur'an says that a society that has not received a messenger will not be destroyed, as that would violate His justice:
That was because their Lord would never have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were unaware. (Surat al-An'am, 131)
Your Lord would never destroy any cities without first sending to their chief a Messenger to recite Our Signs to them. We would never destroy any cities unless their inhabitants were wrongdoers. (Surat al-Qasas, 59)


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A baby who is small for gestational age (SGA) has a significantly lower weight than other babies of the same gestational age. Gestational age is the number of weeks into pregnancy.
If parents have small stature, the baby may be small. These babies have normal uterine growth but are just small compared to others their age.
SGA also occurs if there are growth and development problems before birth. These may occur with:
- Problems with the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the baby or a small uterus
- Exposure to toxic substances or certain medications
- Infections or chronic illness during pregnancy
- Birth defects
- Genetic syndromes
Risk Factors
Parents with small stature or prior birth of a SGA baby increase the risk of SGA.
Maternal factors that can affect a baby's growth during pregnancy include:
- High blood pressure
- Smoking
- Substance abuse
- Excessive use of alcohol
- Problems with the placenta, such as placental abruption or placenta previa
- Not taking folic acid supplements during pregnancy
- Chronic medical conditions, such as kidney failure , gestational diabetes , asthma , systemic lupus erythematosus , celiac disease , or anemia
- Previous bariatric surgery
- Certain medications
- Certain infections
- Malnutrition
- Silver-Russell syndrome
- Obstructive sleep apnea
Other factors that can affect baby's growth include:
- Pregnancy with more than 1 child
- Birth defects
- Genetic syndromes in the baby
Symptoms of SGA include a birth weight that is in the lowest 10% of babies with of the same gestational age.
A baby with SGA is often diagnosed before birth based on measurements taken of the mother's abdomen, the mother's weight, and size of the uterus (womb). If the measurement is low for the number of weeks of pregnancy, then the baby may be smaller than average. SGA may also be diagnosed at birth based on the baby's weight and height.
Images may be taken during pregnancy with an ultrasound.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for your baby. A baby with SGA is at higher risk for problems, such as difficulty feeding, blood sugar abnormalities, and breathing problems. Your baby's health and development will be monitored closely.
Babies that have SGA due to lack of nutrition or oxygen may need treatment. Options include:
Before Delivery
Before your baby is born, the doctor may:
- Monitor your baby's growth progress closely
- Deliver your baby early if the uterus is too small to allow your child to develop or there are problems with the mother's health or the placenta that are affecting the babies growth
- Treat or try to improve the treatment of any conditions that you have
After Delivery
Babies who are born with SGA may be weak and unable to feed properly or stay warm. Treatment may include:
- Using warming beds or incubators
- Providing tube feedings
- Monitoring oxygen levels
Ongoing monitoring and treatment may be needed during childhood.
SGA due to family traits, syndromes, and uterine abnormalities cannot be prevented.
If you are thinking of becoming pregnant, taking a supplement containing folic acid may reduce the risk of having a small for gestational age baby.
To help reduce your baby's chance of getting SGA due to nutrition and oxygen problems during birth, take these steps during pregnancy:
- If you smoke, talk to your doctor about ways to quit.
- If you use drugs or alcohol, ask your doctor to refer you to a treatment program that will help you stop.
- Start prenatal care early and continue throughout pregnancy.
- Keep any chronic condition under good control.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods MD FAAP
- Review Date: 11/2018 -
- Update Date: 07/16/2016 -


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Justin Burrell scored 14 points to help Holy Cross defeat Patriot League-foe Navy 66-57 Monday, snapping a five-game losing streak.
Dave Dudzinski added 13 points and Malcolm Miller chipped in nine for Holy Cross, which won its sixth straight game over the Midshipmen.
Holy Cross (11-13, 3-6) opened the game on an 11-2 run behind 3-pointers from Cullen Hamilton and Burrell. Navy (7-18, 1-8) cut the deficit to six, 11-5, but would get no closer as Hamilton answered with a jumper and Jordan Stevens a dunk to give the Crusaders the lead for good.
Holy Cross led 43-28 at the break after a 56 percent (14 of 25) first-half shooting performance. The Crusaders outshot Navy 40 percent (20 of 49) to 38.2 percent (21 of 55) and scored 15 points off turnovers.
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'Glee' producer proud of Monteith tribute episode
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- The tribute will run on Fox on Oct. 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Cast, writers and crew had a difficult time working on the upcoming Glee episode that deals with the death of Finn Hudson, who was played by the late Cory Monteith, executive producer Ryan Murphy said Thursday.
"It was rough, very rough," he said. "But I'm very proud of it. I think the performances are quite stunning."
Murphy and fellow executive producers Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan wrote the tribute episode (Fox, Oct. 10, 9 p.m. ET/PT), which will show the Glee characters dealing with Finn's death. Falchuk directed it.
"The episode is called The Quarterback and Cory really was (a quarterback) to that group of people and to me, particularly," Murphy told a group of reporters after a screening of his FX series, American Horror Story: Coven. "He was the most kind, the most generous, never had a bad word for anybody."
Monteith, 31, died in July in Vancouver from from a combination of heroin and alcohol, according to the British Columbia coroner.
Murphy said the actors' performances were "amazing," especially considering the sad situation.
"I've never seen a crew that can't continue shooting because they've left the room sobbing. It was very hard," he said. "I struggled even working on it, because what you're seeing is what they felt about not just Finn, but Cory. ... Everybody went into it with a lot of love."
Some Glee actors who weren't originally part of the episode asked to be a part of it to honor Monteith. Iqbal Theba, who plays Principal Figgins, was one of those who made such a request.
He "personally called up Brad and I and said, 'For (Cory), I want to be in it,' " Murphy said.
Moving forward, "people still aren't over it," he said. "It's still very, very difficult."


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The Cable Pioneers organization recognizes industry leaders "who make significant contributions to the growth of our industry and our communities." This year's 20-person class will be the 51st annual, celebrated at the Cable Pioneer's banquet in Denver, Colorado, prior to the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo.
Tim's exemplary industry leadership, service, and success made him a prime candidate for induction into the Cable TV Pioneers. His career spans 30 years in the cable industry, supplying the solutions to deliver video, broadband, and voice services to millions of consumers around the world. He joined ARRIS in 2007 through its acquisition of C-COR, and quickly made his mark as an international sales leader, most recently directing the ARRIS team that helped build the future of Australia's broadband with National Broadband Network, Co. (nbn), the government business enterprise tasked with delivering open access broadband network to all premises in Australia.
Tim also serves on the Board of Directors of Adaptive Spirit, leading the industry's support of the U.S. Paralympic Downhill Skiing and Snowboard teams. Each year, with Tim on the Board, ARRIS has been the single largest contributor to the cause and has helped Adaptive Spirit raise approximately one million annually to cover the teams' equipment, travel, and training. Internally, at ARRIS, Tim is a member of the ARRIS Sales Leadership executive team and the ARRIS Women's Business Network, which supports the personal and professional development of ARRIS employees. Many of Tim's mentees are now pursuing successful careers in the cable industry.
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Lidl Preston is your favourite supermarket where you like to go shopping for goods like lucas, lee, mate, pork meat, storage, lara, duck, basket, milk, prawns. But we all know a product or two that we buy almost daily or very often, and we pay horrendous amounts of money for it, while we could just buy these items for cheap during special sales or promotions. You would be surprised how many products are targeted for their great value and amazing price during the special sales since many experienced shoppers wait exactly for these moments to shop. But it's not only about daily products, it might be even an item that we buy on an occasion or an item we wouldn't normally consider buying but you just can't help yourself when it's so cheap. Many customers discover great new products and items that are now part of their diet or daily life.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
I Need a Mulligan!
No….Tiger Woods hasn't been hiding out at my house, and Mr. ElementaryHistoryTeacher has been far too busy at work to be on the golf course himself.
Heavens, no! I'm not the golfer of the family.
The golfer at my house these days is Dear Daughter. This is her second season as a member of her high school's golf team, and if our weather would warm up and dry out she might actually have a good season.
I'd hate for her to have to ask for a mulligan for the entire season.
A mulligan?
Oh, that's a golf term – it means to do something over – a second chance to perform a certain move or action. A mulligan is not normally part of official play, but it is an acceptable practice among friends.
You and I……we're friends, aren't we?
I hope so because I need my dear readers to grant me a mulligan of sorts.
You see for the last several week's I've tried to keep the blogging thing going while attempting to finish a book. The working title for the book is 1620 Days: My Walk Through an American Classroom. The book includes history, classroom situations, and education reform issues. Many of the situations discussed have not previously been published here at History Is Elementary. My intention is for it be an open and honest look at my classroom over a period of nine years.
The process of bouncing back from two major hospital stays within six months, writing the book, and keeping the blogs alive with fresh material has been a wee bit challenging. I've finally had to accept that I can't keep doing both.
Who knew? I'm not superwoman.
In order to get the book finished I'm going to declare this season of spring as the season of the mulligan here at History Is Elementary as well as my other two blogs….Georgia on My Mind and Got Bible?.
For the next few weeks I will be re-posting some of my past efforts at all three of my blogs for your reading pleasure. I hope that you enjoy rereading old favorites or find new material you missed the first time around.
I just hope my season of mulligan posts don't turn out to be finnegans – another golf term where the do-over shot is worse than the first attempt.
I'm off to write, and write, and write, but I'll check in often, and I'll keep you advised on the book's progress.....and if you are a book publisher or literary agent you are more than welcome to contact me regarding my book. :)
Thanks for your support!
6 comments:
- Matthew K. Tabor said...
I know what you mean about being bogged down - it's good to hear that you're still trudging on with this project in spite of hitting a few bumps.
I'm no agent or publisher, but after reading your site religiously for so long now - 3 years, for sure - I'm certainly looking forward to what you come up with!
- EHT said...
Hi Matthew! Thanks for the comment and the compliment. Thanks for reading my efforts here and.....you're not so bad yourself. :)
- Matthew said...
Hmm, 1 book, 3 blogs, and hospital stays on top of that? You deserve a mulligan or two!
I enjoy this blog and I look forward to reading some of your older posts that I, being a newish reader, have missed.
Good luck with your book!
- Dan Edwards said...
Sweetie, you MUST do what you need to do for you. Part of teaching is rolling with the tide (aka: flexibility). DO let us know where to buy your book ! I want one ! (as long as its personally signed by the author! ).
So, last Sunday, Diane Ravich (sp?) was on C-Span Book TV.....won't that be cool to see you there talking about your new book and teaching history !!!!!
- EHT said...
Thanks Matthew....I appreciate the kind words.
Polski3....my dear, dear Polski! Yes, that "flexibility" thing shows its ugly head all the time...sometimes to our advantage....sometimes not.
Yes, of course I will let you know when and if the book if available....and yes, signed personally to my great blogging friend. :)
I'd love to be on C-Span....if they would let me. Hmmmm....what would I wear?
- HappyChyck said...
What a great idea! I'm sure there is a lot of buried treasure that we'd like to find again!


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Vanderbilt falls to Stanford 5-4 on walk-off home run
From Vanderbilt Sports Information
Nashville, Tn – The Vanderbilt baseball team is accustomed to celebrating walk-off wins at Hawkins Field — not being the victims of one.
But that was the scenario Saturday, when Stanford's Wayne Taylor hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth that lifted the Cardinal to a 5-4 victory over Vanderbilt in Game 2 of the Super Regional. The best-of-three series is now tied at one game apiece, and the teams will play the decisive Game 3 on Sunday at 2:00pm, with the winner advancing to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series.Stanford (35-25) was designated as the "home team" for Saturday's game in accordance with NCAA postseason rules. The Cardinal will also be the home team in Sunday's game after winning a coin toss prior to the start of the series.
Vanderbilt (45-19), which beat Stanford 11-6 in Game 1 of the series, rallied for three runs in the final two innings of Saturday's contest and tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the ninth when Xavier Turner, batting with the bases loaded, was hit by a pitch with two outs.
But Taylor trumped the Vanderbilt comeback with his dramatic shot in the bottom of the ninth to set up Sunday's game and end Vanderbilt's four-game winning streak against the Cardinal. (Vanderbilt swept a three-game series against Stanford in the regular season).
"I thought it was a heck of a college baseball game," said Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin. "It really was. We were just on the opposite side of it. But that doesn't minimize the effort of our kids. … You have to hand it to (Stanford). We didn't give them anything; they earned it."
Vanderbilt is seeking its second appearance in the CWS. The Commodores reached Omaha for the first time in 2011.
Saturday's game marked the second time during the postseason that Vanderbilt has shifted to the visiting dugout at Hawkins Field. It also happened during last weekend's Regional game against Oregon. Although, in that contest, it didn't matter much, as Vanderbilt rolled to a 7-2 win.
On Saturday, however, it mattered.
After rallying from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game at 4-4 by scoring two runs in the eighth and another in the top of the ninth, the Commodores — and the sellout crowd of 3,626 — appeared primed for extra innings. But with one out in the bottom of the ninth, Taylor launched his homer into the right-field seats off Vanderbilt's Adam Ravenelle (3-2) to end it. The Stanford players poured out of the dugout to celebrate while the Commodore faithful sat in stunned silence.
It was Taylor's fifth homer of the season, and Stanford's second walk-off homer in their past three games. The Cardinal beat Indiana, 5-4, in the final game of last weekend's Bloomington Regional on a two-run shot by Tommy Edman in the bottom of the ninth.
Taylor finished 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs, and catcher Brant Whiting was 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Stanford closer A.J. Vanegas earned the win despite a rocky outing. He allowed one run on one hit and four walks in his two innings.
For Vanderbilt, Zander Wiel and Rhett Wiseman finished with two hits each and Xavier Turner drove in two runs. The Commodores left 11 runners stranded in the loss, including leaving the bases loaded in the ninth.
"I thought we were going to win that ballgame," said Corbin. "There wasn't any way we weren't going to win that ballgame. I thought we were just a hit away. … The game is sometimes separated by inches. It's just tough sometimes. That's the way it goes. But I really liked the way we played though. We played clean baseball and didn't give them anything."
When the day began, Vanderbilt seemed to be zooming toward Omaha. The Commodores had their hottest pitcher on the mound and momentum at their backs.
But Carson Fulmer, who hadn't lost a game since joining the starting rotation in mid-April, surrendered a career-high four runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He finished with four walks and a career-high nine strikeouts.
Fulmer came into the game with a 6-0 record and a 1.08 ERA in his six starts since joining the rotation. He had allowed only five earned runs over 41 2/3 innings in his six starts, and had surrendered five hits or fewer in four of the six games.
"(Stanford) competed very well," Fulmer say. "When something happens, you kind of look back, and you (say) `I should have thrown a fastball there, a curveball there.' When it's all said and done, you can't think about that. You can't regret what you threw."
Fulmer did not factor in the decision Saturday, thanks to the Commodores' comeback.
Trailing 4-1, they mounted a rally in the top of the eighth, scoring two runs by capitalizing on four walks. Dansby Swanson's leadoff single was the only hit of the inning for the Commodores, who scored one run on Turner's fielder's choice, and added a second run when John Norwood drew a bases-loaded walk to pull within 4-3.
Vanderbilt tied the game with two outs in the top of the ninth, when Turner was hit by a two-strike pitch with the bases loaded, forcing home a run. But the Vanderbilt rally ended there, as Wiseman grounded out to end the inning with the bases loaded.
That set the stage for Taylor's heroics in the bottom of the ninth. Batting with one out and the bases empty, he connected on a 1-1 pitch to end the game — and extend the series.
"Unfortunately, we didn't come out on top (today), but I feel as a team we are in the right mindset," Fulmer said. "We are ready to go, and ready to come back tomorrow and get a `W'."


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At the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (AIDHC), our Solid Organ Transplant specialists oversee one of the largest pediatric liver and kidney transplant programs in the country. Our liver transplant outcomes make us one of the best (based on how complex the case is and how severe the child's illness). In fact, our survival rate (that's the number of kids alive after their transplant) is better than the national average.
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When you look at statistics about survival rates for liver transplants, there are two kinds of donors to understand:
Living donor:
When someone living donates part of his or her liver to the child needing a transplant. A "living related donor" is a living relative who donates a segment of the liver.
Deceased donor:
When someone dies and gives his or her entire liver to a transplant patient (by being an organ donor).
Typically, survival rates are looked at over various periods of time after the transplant. Here's how we, at duPont Hospital for Children, did compared to the national average (or benchmark):
3 months after transplant:
All (100%) of the children who received a liver transplant from a deceased donor at Nemours survived, compared to the national average of 93%. For living donors, we're at 97% survival, versus the national average of 95%. The national average is based on the 2009 Annual Report from the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/OPTN and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients/SRTR.
12 months (1 year) after transplant:
Our survival rate is 92% for deceased donors and 90% for living donors, compared to the national average of 90% for both.
5 years after transplant:
Our rate is 90% for kids who received a transplant from either a deceased or living donor, compared to the much lower national average of 83.8% for deceased donors and 83.1% for living donors.
But we aren't just focused on helping your child live, we're concerned about your child's quality of life and how your child feels and functions now and over the long-term. Our real success is measured by all of the kids who go on to lead healthy lives after their liver transplants. Seeing the kids we treat improve and thrive as they grow is the highest honor for what we do.
How We Do It
Organ transplants are complex and often require the care of multiple physicians and health professionals. Of course, every child's disease, prognosis, and treatment plan are very different. But at Nemours Solid Organ Transplant Program, we treat each and every patient we see with the same level of high-quality care to help give every child the very best outcome we can:
- We're one of the first programs in our area to do living-related donor procedures, which allow a living relative to donate a segment of their liver for transplantation and makes it possible for more children to receive a transplant as soon as possible.
- We work together as one coordinated, highly skilled, dedicated team. Our physicians, nurses, transplant coordinator, and other members from across different specialties pool their knowledge, skills, expertise, and experience to best manage patients with complex liver disease. And we consider you, the parent, an important member of our team so we'll always keep you informed and involved. We take pride in offering family-centered care.
- We offer comprehensive therapy that helps kids recuperate faster. Our length of stay in the hospital is shorter than national averages; many of our transplant patients are back home within 3 to 4 weeks after their transplant.
- We follow all of our patients very closely post-transplant, both as inpatients and outpatients.
- We use cutting-edge technology to keep everyone on the same page about your child's condition and care at the exact same time. With just a few clicks, everyone on the transplant team can access your child's entire electronic health record (or EHR) from all of the different Nemours specialties and locations. And you can keep track of your child's care, too (prescriptions, tests, appointments, etc.) through an innovative, customized health record. With MyNemours, you can access these records privately, safely, and securely at home and through our new mobile app, MyChart.
At Nemours, we guide your family through every step of your transplant journey. Our goal and our sincere hope is that your child will experience continued improvement and progress that opens the doors for a long lifetime of possibilities.
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Teaching Sustainability
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Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield is the director of the Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, co-founder of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, and co-founder of Smart Growth America.
I was privileged to participate along with some very smart urban thinkers in a recent program on the resilience of cities. The subject of the Great Recession came up, and I volunteered that the persistent economic slump had hurt both good and bad development. But I offered that it had hurt bad development (land-consuming, totally automobile-dependent subdivisions on the suburban edge) more than good, given that new, speculative development in sprawling outer locations had virtually ground to a halt.
(What you see on the ground now that looks new was actually invested and entitled a decade or more ago.) Many city infill and redevelopment projects, by contrast, are going forward and even commanding market premiums for their urban locations. Housing values have declined much more, on a percentage basis, in sprawling subdivisions as compared to walkable, centrally located neighborhoods, many of which have even held steady or increased in value.
I've written several times about the various indicators that suggest this is so, and about some of the reasons why. What I haven't done recently, though, is update those data. Fortunately, my friend Ben Brown of the planning and development advisory firm PlaceMakers has recently looked at the latest information and brought us all up to speed.
Baby Boomers and Millennials, shaping a community near you
Number one among reasons why this trend toward more city living and walkable suburban living is the "great convergence," as Laurie Volk calls it, of the two largest generations in American history. Together the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) and Millennials (born 1981-2000), account for more than 150 million Americans. Ben points out that a number that size is sufficiently large that even small portions within it can "have multiplier effects on housing supply and demand."
The effect is being felt, because together the two super-generations are reducing the share of total households with children, traditionally the portion of the market most interested in suburban homes with sizeable lots for kids to play in and grownups to maintain. Neither the Millennials with their preference for urban lifestyles nor the empty-nesting Boomers fit that market to nearly the same degree as, say, their parents did. Consider, for example, this graphical representation of demand for transit-oriented development:
Ben also points out that the changing market is borne out in newer consumer preference surveys, citing the National Association of Realtors' 2011 Community Preference Survey. In the NAR data, 58 percent of respondents indicated a preference for "a neighborhood with a mix of houses and stores and other businesses within an easy walk."
As we all know, the current mixture of housing on the ground – especially that built within the pre-recession time frame of from 1975 to 2005 or so – doesn't come anywhere close to matching the stated preference for walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods. Wonder no more why city living is becoming more expensive.
Overbuilt and underbuilt markets
On the other side of the supply equations, real estate analyst extraordinaire Arthur C. (Chris) Nelson was telling us as long ago as 2006 that, because of changing demographics and consumer preferences, the supply of large-lot suburban housing was already overbuilt in comparison to future demand. As a result, Nelson predicted that the value of large-lot properties was going to decline to less than their amount of mortgage debt, meaning that owners would owe more than their houses were worth. We now know how that turned out.
Indeed, we now have examples where farmland that was sold for real estate speculation is now being sold again, back to farming investors who seek to return the land to crop production. If that doesn't tell us enough about the shifts in the market for exurban housing, than consider the relative demise of the McMansion era of neo-trophy houses, their popularity now only a small fraction of what it once was.
To correct the imbalance between supply and demand in the marketplace, we need more walkable neighborhoods. Ben quotes Chris Leinberger and Patrick Doherty on the subject, in an article from a little over a year ago:
Both of these huge demographic groups want something that the U.S. housing market is not currently providing: small, one-to-three-bedroom homes in walkable, transit-oriented, economically dynamic, and job-rich neighborhoods.
Is rental property the next wave?
There may be another market shift afoot too, from a housing market dominated by owner-occupied properties to one with a higher share of rentals. Ben quotes Doug Bibby, president of the National Multi-Housing Council:
The country is on the cusp of fundamental changes in our housing dynamics. Preferences are driving more people away from the typical suburban house and toward the type of lifestyle that rental housing offers.
Both The New York Times and Birmingham News have reported stories this year to the effect that the demand for rental housing is outstripping supply, driving up the price of rent. Rentals went up in downtown Birmingham by 18 percent over the last decade.
I'll confess to a bit of ambivalence over that news. Some people in the field whom I like and respect a great deal, such as Richard Florida, argue that more renters are better for cities. But I still recall when, in my late 30s, I was finally able to afford a condo, and the near-immediate greater sense of responsibility I felt in wanting to care for the property I now owned. In my current neighborhood of near-identical homes built some 80 years ago, the rental properties are nearly always less well kept than their owner-occupied neighbors. I wonder how that is good, exactly, for the neighborhood.
That said, I suppose increasing transience is here to stay and, along with it, folks who are reluctant to put down economic roots in a neighborhood. With housing prices much less stable than they were even a decade ago, more people are going to seek less risky places to put long-term capital. In Ben's article, he cites Lesley Deutch of John Burns Real Estate Consulting as forecasting a 9.1 million increase in renter households over the next five years, more than double the rate of the last five years.
But Ben, whose article is pro-rental in general, acknowledges that the prospect of more renter households does bring some worry among potential neighbors:
The problem is, outside of big city downtowns, where demand for rentals has always been high, the design and construction of apartments, town houses and other rental models hasn't consistently measured up to the range and standards of single-family, for sale residences. In too many places, 'for rent' and 'affordable' have become code words for subsidized government housing or cheaply built complexes likely to be opposed by neighbors worried about their property values or the increased traffic congestion. There's a stigma to overcome.
The sure way to aggravate in-town neighborhood fears is to import suburban multifamily designs that assume no one can live without a parking space outside their door. Or relate to human beings who are not fellow occupants of their rented space. The ideal approach would be to produce neighborhood-appropriate rental choices that are impossible to tell from for-sale dwellings.
Historic in-town neighborhoods provide the best models. True townhouses. Appropriately scaled stacked flats. And, of course, single-family detached homes that toggle between owner-occupied and rented depending upon market conditions and owner preferences.
His last paragraphs pretty much describe my own current neighborhood. And, while my description of better upkeep in (and perhaps less noise from) the owner-occupied houses is accurate, it's still a great neighborhood to live in. The ideal in my neighborhood, actually, may be the basement apartments in otherwise owner-occupied houses or occasional boarders who live with families in owner-occupied homes. In those cases, we have both renters of affordable properties and on-premises owners who make sure their homes are cared for and their tenants respect their neighbors.
Is small the new large?
It is worth noting that Ben's observations are wholly consistent with those of a major Urban Land Institute report for real estate investors that came out at the end of last year:
The influx of Generation Y, now in their teens through early thirties, will change housing demand. They are comfortable with smaller homes and will happily trade living space for an easier commute and better lifestyle. They will drive up the number of single households and prompt a surge in demand for rentals, causing rents to escalate.
That highly detailed report went on to discuss trends in commercial development, senior housing, and the effects of technology and energy (all quickly summarized here).
Beyond rentals, the clear changes in the residential marketplace also bode well for innovative approaches to smaller-footprint but nonetheless high-quality types of housing, such as "pocket neighborhoods" of cottages and slightly larger homes arranged around a common green, as championed by Ross Chapin. Downsizing trends may provide opportunities as well for more applications of the "Katrina Cottages" designed for quick rebuilding along the Gulf of Mexico coast following the loss of homes to Hurricane Katrina. A LEED-Platinum version of the latter was just celebrated in a cluster of 29 of the homes on two acres in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
(Marketing tip: it may be time to lose the "Katrina" part of the trademark for these cottages – whose concept I love – since the potential market might increase without the association with temporary housing in the context of a national tragedy. Just saying.)
Many thanks to Ben for his latest writing on these subjects. Check out the rest of his firm's thoughtful blog, here. And you can watch an archived video of my panel from two weeks ago on city resilience, here.
This post originally appeared on the NRDC's Switchboard blog.
To help flatten the curve in the Covid-19 outbreak, officials at all levels of government are asking people to stay home. Here's what's worked, and what hasn't.
Because of coronavirus, millions of tenants won't be able to write rent checks. But calls for a rent holiday often ignore the longer-term economic effects.
Renters in apartments and houses share more than just germs with their roommates: Life under coronavirus lockdown means negotiating new social rules.
Some renters and homeowners are getting financial assistance during the economic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. What about landlords?
We must prepare for a protracted battle with coronavirus. But there are changes we can make now to prepare locked-down cities for what's next.


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Chan Wai Fat (1 Albums, 6 Tracks)
Chan Wai Fat is a musician from Hong Kong. He is a self-taught musician in his early year. In 1987 he formed Syulyu with Sway (vocal), Christine (guitar), Terrino (bass and guitar), dai-bao (drums). They performed several original songs in the Hong Kong No-Nuke Festival. After Syulyu disbanded Chan join shortly to the rock fusion band "Avis". In 1991, he started playing guitar and bass with The Box. 1992, he staged his first theatrical music performance as a leader, with guest artists Kung-Chi-Sing and Peter Suart from The Box, Sway from ex-Syulyu, Wilson Tsang and Terry Chui from Terricon. 1993, he performed with Peter Suart, John Lee, Sway and Julia Mok in the Unplugged Concert in Shatin Town Hall. In the same year, he shared a four part performance named October with Peter Suart, John Lee and Nelson Hiu; He also performed a solo performance for the opening and closing of Hong Kong Art Festival. 1994 he became more interested in totally free improvisation. He formed C.I.M.G.(Collective Improvisation Music Group) with Peter Suart, Nelson Hiu, Ling Lee, John Lee, Peter Sherr and Simon Hui. With this group he performed for the Hong Kong Art Festival; At the same time, he formed another high energy free-noise-rock group "Little Red Truck". In April, this group played several concerts with The John Zorn and Yamatsuka Eye Duo in Hong kong, Shanzhen and GhaungZhou. 1995 Chan curated the Music Lab programmes of Festival Now. 1996 Formed Yihk with Nelson Hiu and Ling Lee. Released debute solo CD "Hardly Breathing" and Yihk's "Inside The Bubbles, Looking Out". touring with Yihk in Taipei and Tokyo. Invite Fred Frith, Chris Cutler and Otomo Yoshihide to take part in The October '96 New Music Festival. 1997 Performed solo and with Yihk in Berlin, Enrolled the Music Department of Hong Kong University. Became a guitar teacher in The Warehouse youth center. 1998 Performed solo conerts and improvisation with dancer Hisako Horisawa in Tokyo and the Macau Jazz Club. 2000 After graduating from the University of Hong Kong, he became a part time music teacher and freelance composer. Occasionally taking part in small alternative artistic events. 2004 He gave up teaching and focused on music production. He is now a music composer, mainly composes music for theater performances.
source: Ching Fat Project


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Successfully executing high-impact transformation programs—digital transformations, mergers & acquisitions, enterprise and workforce transformations, new business strategies, shared services and much more—is vital to the long-term competitiveness of organizations.
Yet it remains the case that high percentages of such initiatives fail to fully realize their business case objectives. They go over schedule and over budget or may become derailed entirely.
One of the reasons is that organizations are rarely managing a single major program, but rather a portfolio of programs running concurrently as part of a sweeping transformation. This type of major transformation affects the organization across functions and markets, and from the C-suite to the shop floor. The interactions of the variables that drive success—the "levers," as it were, that need to be monitored—often go into the billions, well beyond the ability of teams to manage with traditional approaches.
When it comes to navigating major transformation, the decisions of even the most experienced executives can be based on assumptions, hunches and intuition. Accenture Transformation GPS allows our experienced transformation teams to derive precisely targeted, actionable insights from actual data and sophisticated mathematical models. This data-driven approach helps senior leaders lower risk and accelerate results.


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I just got my hands on a new Android tablet and I immediately installed InSSider.
Previously I used (still do) InSSider on an XP laptop with and Alfa awus036h Wi-Fi Adapter.
My first problem was finding a driver - anyone know if someone has developed one?
I wrote to the Alfa supplier and he told me that RealTek have not written a RTL8187L driver for Android??
My next problem was trying to find the place in InSSider that would allow me to select the
Alfa awus036h - it existed in version 2 - is it available in the Android version?


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Confucius Day celebration planned for UH Manoa campusUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Center for Chinese Studies
UH Mānoa's Confucius Institute has planned several activities for this Friday, Sept. 28th which has been officially designated as Confucius Day in the State of Hawai'i.
The public is invited to the events at the Shidler College of Business, Room A-101, starting at 3:00 p.m., which include:
· Presentation of the inaugural "Distinguished Teacher Award" to UHM Emeritus Professor John DeFrancis, internationally respected in the Chinese language and education field for his publication of a widely used Chinese language text and numerous dictionaries. He is 96 years old and still publishing.
· Wushu and Tai-chi demonstrations, Chinese poetry reading, quotations from the Confucian Analects, and Chinese music performance by UHM students, most of them former Study Abroad students with the UHM summer program in Hainan, China, known as the Hawai'i of China.
· World Premiere screening of the documentary film "Living Chinese Philosophy" by Roger Ames, a member of the UH Mānoa Philosophy Department, followed by a discussion led by Ames. Filmed on location in the provinces of Hubei, Sichuan, and Shandong, and in Shanghai and Beijing, "Living Chinese Philosophy" stresses the relevance of an understanding of Confucianism and Daoism in assaying China's responses to the pressing issues of modernization.
Event parking in Zone 2 (entrance off of UniversityAve. just mauka of the Architecture School) for $3.00.


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Ah, the wonders of 3D printing. Here are some real-life Mann Co. keys, printed by Reddit user ikonakona. You know, the things you need to open up those pesky crates in Team Fortress 2?
Sure, you can't do anything with them, but still—neat thing to have on your keychain. See, for instance:
Though if you really wanted you could probably print the lock used in the game, put it around a crate, and stuff the crate with hats.
Real life Mann Co. Keys - 3D printed [ikonakona]


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|World Youth Update
|By Jennifer Shahade
|October 24, 2006
Ray Robson celebrates his twelfth birthday at the World Youth in Batumi, Georgia (October 19-28). After six rounds of competition, leading scores for the U.S. delegation are Ray's 4.5/6 in the U12 along with Evan Xiang, who has 4.5/6 in the Girls U8 section. (Scroll down for updated results after 8 rounds.)


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The Ziggurat at Ur (modern, Tall al-Muqayyar, Iraq) is the ruin of a pyramid that was dedicated to the moon god Sin. It is known as the best preserved ziggurat located in what was ancient Mesopotamia and built around the 3rd millennium. Ziggurats were characteristic of many of the ancient Mesopotamian cities from about 2200 until 500 BC. Approximately 25 ziggurats are known.
The ziggurat was the precursor of the Egyptian pyramid. The outer form was step-shaped, representing the ascent into the heavens where the great gods of the sky reigned. As the principle element of the temple, it was the highest point and housed the gods sanctuary, accessible from exterior stairs. The construction was completed with a solid core of mud bricks. In great volume, the outer, mud-baked bricks were quite resistant to the elements. The sloping sides and terraces were often landscaped with shrubs and trees. The legendary Tower of Babel has long been associated with the ziggurat of the great temple of Marduk in Babylon.


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The top U.N. spokesman says any notion that the departure of the U.N. chemical weapons inspection team from Syria opens a window for a U.S. attack is "grotesque."
Spokesman Martin Nesirky notes that about 1,000 international and U.N. staff remain in Syria, and the United Nations is just as concerned about their welfare as it is about its team of inspectors. He also says the Syrian population would be vulnerable to harm.
Nesirky spoke at a news conference Saturday after U.N. disarmament chief Angela Kane briefed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the investigation into the alleged chemical weapons strike outside Damascus.
Nesirky says Ban will be briefed further by the head of the UN chemical weapons team Sunday. The team is in Europe and will have to analyze the evidence in laboratories before making their report.


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31 December, 2012
"Kiss Me at Midnight . . . "
I don't know about the rest of y'all . . . but, I haven't had a clear idea of what day it is for the last week and a half. With an oddly placed "Tuesday" Christmas/New Years this year - and our holiday travel schedule - I've been in a complete calendar muddle.
But, I've checked my schedule twice. And I'm quite certain that tonight is New Year's Eve. So to make up for a few days away from the blog . . . I offer a parade of Hollywood snogging to ring in the new year.
I've purposely left the images un-captioned. Can you name all of them?
Posted by Scot Meacham Wood at 9:00 AM 8 comments
Labels: Celebration, movies, New Years Eve
23 December, 2012
"Holiday Inspirations, Red and Green . . . "
Let's just spend a little bit our time during this last busy weekend - to just roll around in the perfect combination of red and green. Because these colours exist on competing sides of the colour wheel - they provide the perfect compliment for each other.
So as we wrap up our last weekend of the holiday season . . .
|SMW Design. Lake Tahoe, CA
from Oscar de la Renta
From SMW Design, Holiday 2009
|SMW Design. Mountain View, CA
From SMW Design, Holiday 2011
(images from here)
Posted by Scot Meacham Wood at 8:00 AM 7 comments
Labels: colour inspiration, holiday decorating, inspirations
22 December, 2012
"My First Real Christmas Tree . . . "
You have all been so kind to share your homes with me over the course of our contest . . . but, there was one story that really touched my heart . . . and with permission . . . I thought I'd share it . . .
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Hi Scot,
Love your work and your blog. Attached is my entry for your contest in the Christmas Tree category. I'll tell you a little bit about the tree:
This is actually my first real Christmas tree (on my own, as an adult), so I really wanted to make it special. I live in a small one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, so I only had room for a 4.5' tabletop tree.
I found this great fuzzy flanel ribbon in a red cabin check, and instantly knew I had to do a rustic cabin Christmas theme. I put on our traditional ornaments, used pinecones and paper birds, and I also hand-knit mini stockings and caps with authentic Shetland wool. Come Christmas, I plan to give away many of the hand-knit ornaments as gifts.
Nick and Ted
Completely lovely. Completely inspiring.
Thanks for playing,
Posted by Scot Meacham Wood at 9:22 AM 8 comments
21 December, 2012
"And the Winners Are . . . "
Well, after weeks and weeks of watching your amazing holiday images come through every morning in my email. And several days of deliberation from our esteemed panel of judges . . .
I'm proud to announce the winners or the 3rd Annual Tartanscot Holiday Decorating Contest:
So . . . . here goes . . . .
In the "Best Christmas Tree" Category -
First Place goes to . . .
|Steve Fuller, Massachusetts
|And Steve will be receiving . . . .
|A beautiful Stag Head Pillow - from Tobi Fairley Home
And in 2nd place . . .
In the "Best Dining Table" category -
the 1st place winner is . . .
|Delores Arabian, California
Delores is be receiving a copy of . . .
|The Collected Tabletop, by Kathryn Greeley
And in Second place . . .
|Carol Beck, Massachusetts
Carol will be receiving . . .
|A Set of Four Holiday Votive candles from Ralph Lauren
In the "Best Entry/Front Door"category -
The winner is . . .
|Gary Pitcock, Connecticut
And Gary will be receiving . . .
|A collection of Christmas Tree ornaments from Gumps of San Francisco
And in 2nd Place . . . .
|Mitch Tannehill, New Jersey
|Mitch will be receiving . . .
|A Set of Four Holiday Votive candles from Ralph Lauren
Cheers and happy Christmas,
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20 December, 2012
"Prestonfield House, Edinburgh . . . "
While I was in Scotland a few weeks back - I had the great pleasure of spending a few nights at the Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh. To say that it was delightful is an understatement of indescribable proportions. For someone like myself - who loves a dark, mysterious residence - this place is AMAZING.
The first lobby is flanked by two enormous Christmas trees - spilling over and creating the most magical entrance that I could imagine. The deep oxblood walls only added to its sexy, Gothic charm.
Because of its conversion from a proper private home - there isn't really anything that one might refer to as a lobby. Instead, one finds this delightful collection of smaller drawing rooms - each with its own decorative motif - where one can meet for pre-dinner drinks or sit and chat by the fireplace.
One of the smaller private dining rooms - awash with tartans and velvet - perfectly dressed for the holiday season.
Another of the small drawing rooms just off the main entrance.
And another of the private dining rooms. And even in the bright morning light - the space still feels moody and intimate.
I loved this little niche - which I passed on my way to my room each night.
And every room seemed to be bursting with holiday decor. Trees. Garlands. Candles. Nothing extreme - but, beautifully thought out . . . and just a pitch-perfect addition to an already amazing space.
And the rooms are spectacular. Toile and silk velvet by the mile.
(all photography either Scot Meacham Wood for tartanscot, or from the Prestonfield Hotel website.)
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The Lohan family feud intensified Thursday after dad Michael released a second secret recording to highlight daughter Lindsay's instability, The New York Post reports.
On the September 2008 tape, LiLo's mom Dina is heard complaining about how hard it has been to get the starlet to enter rehab.
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"[She'd] punch me in the face, threw me out of the car . . . like you don't know the [expletive] I went through trying to get her an intervention by myself. It was very difficult," Dina Lohan says on the recording, posted on RadarOnline.
The move comes one day after papa Lohan leaked another tape to Radar of a sobbing, and seemingly inconsolable, Lindsay.
"No one cares about me . . . It's about how they feel, not how I feel," she wails on that recording. "It's not about me. It's never been about me, unless I fight for it."
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Oyster mushrooms grow throughout North America. If it rains enough and it's not too hot or cold, you can find them any month of the year, although they're most common in the second half of autumn.They have a soft, chewy texture and it taste a little like seafood.The mushroom's taste has been described as a mild with a slight odor similar to anise.Enoki mushroom is another long, thin white mushrooms used in Asian cuisines.I bought some of these mushroom at sale.As we know fresh mushroom don't have long period of shelf life.So I combine both mushroom ,stir-fry with some chicken and snow pea for my dinner.Woo...hoo!! it's super yum-delicious!!
1 pack or head Enoki mushromm,trim the stem 2 inch away
1 pack oyster mushroom,about 10 pieces
20 pieces snow pea,trim
1 piece small boneless chicken breast,sliced and diced
4 cloves fresh garlic,peeled and chopped
1 inch ginger,bruised and sliced thin
1 tbsp chicken boullion powder
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 cup water+2 tbsp corn starch/flour
1:Wash and trim all mushroom and snow pea,drain and set aside.
2:Heat large skillet at medium high heat with oil ,ginger and garlic,fry garlic until lightly brown,then add in diced chicken,fry for about 1 minute.
3:Add in Enoki,oyster mushroom ,show peas and seasoning.Stir-fry for about 3-5 minutes before add in corn flour mixture .Check the seasoning.When the sauce became think and googey, remove the skillet from heat.
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Environmental History of the Mississippi River and Delta
Christopher Morris
The Mississippi River, the longest in North America, is really two rivers geophysically. The volume is less, the slope steeper, the velocity greater, and the channel straighter in its upper portion than in its lower portion. Below the mouth of the Ohio River, the Mississippi meanders through a continental depression that it has slowly filled with sediment over many millennia. Some limnologists and hydrologists consider the transitional middle portion of the Mississippi, where the waters of its two greatest tributaries, the Missouri and Ohio rivers, join it, to comprise a third river, in terms of its behavioral patterns and stream and floodplain ecologies.
The Mississippi River humans have known, with its two or three distinct sections, is a relatively recent formation. The lower Mississippi only settled into its current formation following the last ice age and the dissipation of water released by receding glaciers. Much of the current river delta is newer still, having taken shape over the last three to five hundred years.
Within the lower section of the Mississippi are two subsections, the meander zone and the delta. Below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the river passes through Crowley's Ridge and enters the wide and flat alluvial plain. Here the river meanders in great loops, often doubling back on itself, forming cut offs that, if abandoned by the river, forming lakes. Until modern times, most of the plain, approximately 35,000 square miles, comprised a vast and rich—rich in terms of biomass production—ecological wetland sustained by annual Mississippi River floods that brought not just water, but fertile sediment—topsoil—gathered from across much of the continent. People thrived in the Mississippi River meander zone. Some of the most sophisticated indigenous cultures of North America emerged here. Between Natchez, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at Old River Control, the Mississippi begins to fork into distributary channels, the largest of which is the Atchafalaya River. The Mississippi River delta begins here, formed of river sediment accrued upon the continental shelf. In the delta the land is wetter, the ground water table is shallower. Closer to the sea, the water becomes brackish and patterns of river sediment distribution are shaped by ocean tides and waves. The delta is frequently buffeted by hurricanes.
Over the last century and a half people have transformed the lower Mississippi River, principally through the construction of levees and drainage canals that have effectively disconnected the river from the floodplain. The intention has been to dry the land adjacent to the river, to make it useful for agriculture and urban development. However, an unintended effect of flood control and wetland drainage has been to interfere with the flood-pulse process that sustained the lower valley ecology, and with the process of sediment distribution that built the delta and much of the Louisiana coastline. The seriousness of the delta's deterioration has become especially apparent since Hurricane Katrina, and has moved conservation groups to action. They are pushing politicians and engineers to reconsider their approach to Mississippi River management.
Mining, Ecological Engineering, and Metals Extraction for the 21st Century
Margarete Kalin, William N. Wheeler, Michael P. Sudbury, and Bryn Harris
The first treatise on mining and extractive metallurgy, published by Georgius Agricola in 1556, was also the first to highlight the destructive environmental side effects of mining and metals extraction, namely dead fish and poisoned water. These effects, unfortunately, are still with us. Since 1556, mining methods, knowledge of metal extraction, and chemical and microbial processes leading to the environmental deterioration have grown tremendously. Man's insatiable appetite for metals and energy has resulted in mines vastly larger than those envisioned in 1556, compounding the deterioration. The annual amount of mined ore and waste rock is estimated to be 20 billion tons, covering 1,000 km2. The industry also annually consumes 80 km3 of freshwater, which becomes contaminated.
Since metals are essential in modern society, cost-effective, sustainable remediation measures need to be developed. Engineered covers and dams enclose wastes and slow the weathering process, but, with time, become permeable. Neutralization of acid mine drainage produces metal-laden sludges that, in time, release the metals again. These measures are stopgaps at best, and are not sustainable. Focus should be on inhibiting or reducing the weathering rate, recycling, and curtailing water usage. The extraction of only the principal economic mineral or metal generally drives the economics, with scant attention being paid to other potential commodities contained in the deposit. Technology exists for recovering more valuable products and enhancing the project economics, resulting in a reduction of wastes and water consumption of up to 80% compared to "conventional processing."
Implementation of such improvements requires a drastic change, a paradigm shift, in the way that the industry approaches metals extraction. Combining new extraction approaches, more efficient water usage, and ecological engineering methods to deal with wastes will increase the sustainability of the industry and reduce the pressure on water and land resources.
From an ecological perspective, waste rock and tailings need to be thought of as primitive ecosystems. These habitats are populated by heat-, acid- and saline-loving microbes (extremophiles). Ecological engineering utilizes geomicrobiological, physical, and chemical processes to change the mineral surface to encourage biofilm growth (the microbial growth form) within wastes by enhancing the growth of oxygen-consuming microbes. This reduces oxygen available for oxidation, leading to improved drainage quality. At the water–sediment interface, microbes assist in the neutralization of acid water (Acid Reduction Using Microbiology). To remove metals from the waste water column, indigenous biota are promoted (Biological Polishing) with inorganic particulate matter as flocculation agents. This ecological approach generates organic matter, which upon death settles with the adsorbed metals to the sediment. Once the metals reach the deeper, reducing zones of the sediments, microbial biomineralization processes convert the metals to relatively stable secondary minerals, forming biogenic ores for future generations.
The mining industry has developed and thrived in an age when resources, space, and water appeared limitless. With the widely accepted rise of the Anthropocene global land and water shortages, the mining industry must become more sustainable. Not only is a paradigm shift in thinking needed, but also the will to implement such a shift is required for the future of the industry.
Nutrient Pollution and Wastewater Treatment Systems
Archis R. Ambulkar
Since the industrial revolution, societies across the globe have observed significant urbanization and population growth. Newer technologies, industries, and manufacturing plants have evolved over the period to develop sophisticated infrastructures and amenities for mankind. To achieve this, communities have utilized and exploited natural resources, resulting in sustained environmental degradation and pollution. Among various adverse ecological effects, nutrient contamination in water is posing serious problems for the water bodies worldwide.
Nitrogen and phosphorus are the basic constituents for the growth and reproduction of living organisms and occur naturally in the soil, air, and water. However, human activities are affecting their natural cycles and causing excessive dumping into the surface and groundwater systems. Higher concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus-based nutrients in water resources lead to eutrophication, reduction in sunlight, lower dissolved oxygen levels, changing rates of plant growth, reproduction patterns, and overall deterioration of water quality. Economically, this pollution can impact the fishing industry, recreational businesses, property values, and tourism. Also, using nutrient-polluted lakes or rivers as potable water sources may result in excess nitrates in drinking water, production of disinfection by-products, and associated health effects.
Nutrients contamination in water commonly originates from point and non-point sources. Point sources are the specific discharge locations, like wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), industries, and municipal waste systems; whereas, non-point sources are discrete dischargers, like agricultural lands and storm water runoffs. Compared to non-point sources, point sources are easier to identify, regulate, and treat. WWTPs receive sewage from domestic, business, and industrial settings. With growing pollution concerns, nutrients removal and recovery at treatment plants is gaining significant attention. Newer chemical and biological nutrient removal processes are emerging to treat wastewater. Nitrogen removal mainly involves nitrification-denitrification processes; whereas, phosphorus removal includes biological uptake, chemical precipitation, or filtration. In regards to non-point sources, authorities are encouraging best management practices to control pollution loads to waterways.
Governments are opting for novel strategies like source nutrient reduction schemes, bioremediation processes, stringent effluent limits, and nutrient trading programs. Source nutrient reduction strategies such as discouraging or banning use of phosphorus-rich detergents and selective chemicals, industrial pretreatment programs, and stormwater management programs can be effective by reducing nutrient loads to WWTPs. Bioremediation techniques such as riparian areas, natural and constructed wetlands, and treatment ponds can capture nutrients from agricultural lands or sewage treatment plant effluents. Nutrient trading programs allow purchase/sale of equivalent environmental credits between point and non-point nutrient dischargers to manage overall nutrient discharges in watersheds at lower costs.
Nutrient pollution impacts are quite evident and documented in many parts of the world. Governments and environmental organizations are undertaking several waterways remediation projects to improve water quality and restore aquatic ecosystems. Shrinking freshwater reserves and rising water demands are compelling communities to make efficient use of the available water resources. With smarter choices and useful strategies, nutrient pollution in the water can be contained to a reasonable extent. As responsible members of the community, it is important for us to understand this key environmental issue as well as to learn the current and future needs to alleviate this problem.
Subsurface Flow of Water in Soils and Geological Formations
Gerrit de Rooij
Henry Darcy was an engineer who built the drinking water supply system of the French city of Dijon in the mid-19th century. In doing so, he developed an interest in the flow of water through sands, and, together with Charles Ritter, he experimented (in a hospital, for unclear reasons) with water flow in a vertical cylinder filled with different sands to determine the laws of flow of water through sand. The results were published in an appendix to Darcy's report on his work on Dijon's water supply. Darcy and Ritter installed mercury manometers at the bottom and near the top of the cylinder, and they observed that the water flux density through the sand was proportional to the difference between the mercury levels. After mercury levels are converted to equivalent water levels and recast in differential form, this relationship is known as Darcy's Law, and until this day it is the cornerstone of the theory of water flow in porous media. The development of groundwater hydrology and soil water hydrology that originated with Darcy's Law is tracked through seminal contributions over the past 160 years.
Darcy's Law was quickly adopted for calculating groundwater flow, which blossomed after the introduction of a few very useful simplifying assumptions that permitted a host of analytical solutions to groundwater problems, including flows toward pumped drinking water wells and toward drain tubes. Computers have made possible ever more advanced numerical solutions based on Darcy's Law, which have allowed tailor-made computations for specific areas. In soil hydrology, Darcy's Law itself required modification to facilitate its application for different soil water contents. The understanding of the relationship between the potential energy of soil water and the soil water content emerged early in the 20th century. The mathematical formalization of the consequences for the flow rate and storage change of soil water was established in the 1930s, but only after the 1970s did computers become powerful enough to tackle unsaturated flows head-on. In combination with crop growth models, this allowed Darcy-based models to aid in the setup of irrigation practices and to optimize drainage designs. In the past decades, spatial variation of the hydraulic properties of aquifers and soils has been shown to affect the transfer of solutes from soils to groundwater and from groundwater to surface water. More recently, regional and continental-scale hydrology have been required to quantify the role of the terrestrial hydrological cycle in relation to climate change. Both developments may pose new areas of application, or show the limits of applicability, of a law derived from a few experiments on a cylinder filled with sand in the 1850s.
Valuing the Benefits of Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Amy W. Ando and Noelwah R. Netusil
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), a decentralized approach for managing stormwater that uses natural systems or engineered systems mimicking the natural environment, is being adopted by cities around the world to manage stormwater runoff. The primary benefits of such systems include reduced flooding and improved water quality. GSI projects, such as green roofs, urban tree planting, rain gardens and bioswales, rain barrels, and green streets may also generate cobenefits such as aesthetic improvement, reduced net CO2 emissions, reduced air pollution, and habitat improvement. GSI adoption has been fueled by the promise of environmental benefits along with evidence that GSI is a cost-effective stormwater management strategy, and methods have been developed by economists to quantify those benefits to support GSI planning and policy efforts. A body of multidisciplinary research has quantified significant net benefits from GSI, with particularly robust evidence regarding green roofs, urban trees, and green streets. While many GSI projects generate positive benefits through ecosystem service provision, those benefits can vary with details of the location and the type and scale of GSI installation. Previous work reveals several pitfalls in estimating the benefits of GSI that scientists should avoid, such as double counting values, counting transfer payments as benefits, and using values for benefits like avoided carbon emissions that are biased. Important gaps remain in current knowledge regarding the benefits of GSI, including benefit estimates for some types of GSI elements and outcomes, understanding how GSI benefits last over time, and the distribution of GSI benefits among different groups in urban areas.


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From a quirky collection in the 1870s to a thriving educational museum today, the rich history of the Joseph Moore Museum involves fires, rescuing giant beavers, a mad elephant, and much more.
Joseph Moore was a teacher at the Friends Boarding School in Richmond, Indiana (later to become Earlham College) who began to collect natural history objects to supplement his teaching. At first, he housed his collection in a cabinet in Earlham Hall and later moved it to a small room. The collection was constantly being enlarged and when Lindley Hall was built in 1887, the lower floor of one wing was designated for the museum. In 1889, the fossil Giant Beaver and Ta'an, the mummy, were acquired. Also during this time, the museum received the skeleton of "Tippo Sahib", a local circus elephant that had gone mad and had to be shot. Its skeleton was mounted next to that of the mastodon.
Attempts to catalog items were made, but like other museums of this time period, the total collection was on display as a jumble of objects. In 1905, after the death of Joseph Moore, Allan D. Hole followed him as curator. During Hole's tenure, the Accession Books were started and specimens were arranged more systematically.
Shortly after midnight on October 23, 1924, a night watchman noticed that Lindley Hall was on fire. Students helped remove specimens including the mummy after realizing the building was doomed. The giant beaver was carried out by Gordon Bowles '25. The mastodon was saved from falling debris by a steel beam, and some of the mounted bird specimens survived because they were under a balcony. Amazingly, only about a quarter of the collection was destroyed, although among the losses was the skeleton of Tippo Sahib.
When Dennis Hall was completed in 1952, the museum moved into one wing which included storage for specimens not displayed - reflecting a change in philosophy.
Articles were used in such a way as to illustrate an idea to the visitor rather than present a confusing jumble of materials.
Students began to take a more active role, and from 1952-1955 the staff, which was mostly composed of students, remounted the Randolph Mastodon in the new wing.
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Does Windows 8 RT Have Enough Users for Its Own iTunes App?
Windows tablet users hoping for a version of Apple's iTunes media software optimized for Windows 8's app-oriented "Metro" interface are going to have a long time to wait. Because according to Microsoft, Apple is in no rush to develop one.
To be clear, iTunes is available for Windows 8, but using it requires jumping through some hoops. For Windows 8 users, that means having to go into the desktop to run the Windows 7 version of iTunes. It's even worse, though, for those with one of the Windows RT machines, such as Microsoft's Surface RT. They are really out of luck as older Windows apps don't run at all.
"You shouldn't expect an iTunes app on Windows 8 any time soon," Windows CFO Tami Reller told CNN. "ITunes is in high demand. The welcome mat has been laid out. It's not for lack of trying."
No, not for lack of trying. But, perhaps, for lack of something else: User base.
According to IDC, Microsoft sold only about 900,000 of its Surface tablets during the first quarter of the year. That's only about 1.8 percent of the overall market. And it dwarfs the number of RT tablets shipped during the same period — just 200,000, or 0.4 percent of all tablet sales.
It's hard to imagine Apple looking at that as an opportunity worth throwing a lot of engineering resources at.
There may well be other roadblocks as well: a reticence on Apple's part to improve the user experience on a rival tablet and perhaps some residual sparring over Office for iOS revenue sharing issues. But audience size is the most obvious issue, and the one that would likely cause Apple to balk at developing the iTunes client that for which Microsoft is clearly angling.
Which is not to say that it won't someday. Apple has done quite well with iTunes for the PC since debuting it in 2003. Today it's on hundreds of millions of Windows PCs, making Apple a leading Windows developer. As Apple co-founder Steve Jobs said at our our fifth D conference, giving iTunes to Windows users is "like giving a glass of ice water to someone in Hell" (9:50 in the video below). If Apple feels the same way about Windows 8 Metro, perhaps it's just waiting for the addressable market to increase a bit.
Apple declined comment on iTunes for Windows 8.


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