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Obama calls IRS actions "inexcusable"
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says a government watchdog's report shows intolerable and inexcusable behavior by the Internal Revenue Service in targeting tea party groups.
Obama says in a statement that some IRS employees failed to apply the law fairly and impartially.
Obama says he's asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to hold accountable those responsible and to ensure it never happens again. He says regardless of how it happened, it was wrong.
The report from the Treasury inspector general for tax administration blames ineffective IRS management for allowing agents to improperly target tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status. It says lax managers allowed the practice to continue for 18 months.
The IRS apologized for the practice Friday. The Justice Department is also investigating.


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The following steps are performed by the pkgrm utility:
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The Child of Lov | 28/02/13
A massive congratulations to both Arctic Monkeys and The Child Of Lov for their wins at the NME Awards last night. Arctic Monkeys' 'R U Mine' was awarded Best Video (you can check it out HERE). Whilst The Child Of Lov won the NME Radar award, head over to the Double Six site for more on The Child Of Lov's award.


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The clearing firm Pershing announced Wednesday at its annual conference that it will now offer 529 college savings plans on its platform.
Pershing Insite 2012 is being held June 6 to 8 at the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Fla. This is the 14th year for the event at this location, which draws thousands of registered investment advisors, registered reps and home office professionals.
The new 529 college savings plan offering allows advisors to open, fund and manage accounts electronically for their clients. It is designed to help advisors overcome the hurdle of managing college savings outside their clients' investment portfolios.
"With Pershing's new solution, investment professionals can now operate more efficiently and manage these investments alongside the other assets and investments of their clients," said Rob Cirrotti, director of retirement and long term savings at Pershing, in a statement.
The 529 College Savings plan is one of the most popular college savings vehicles for American families and is expected to reach $237 billion in assets by 2015, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC). But advisors also face the hurdle of client education when it comes to 529 plans: according to a recent survey from Edward Jones, 62% of Americans do not know that a 529 plan is a college savings plan.
Pershing plans for its open architecture platform to eventually include a large selection of 529 college savings plan providers. The first 529 plan available on the platform is CollegeAmerica, sponsored and administered by the Virginia College Savings Plan. American Funds is the plan's program manager, offering 25 investment options. CollegeAmerica and American Funds have 42% of advisor-sold 529 college savings plan assets, FRC says.
"Pershing's offering has the potential to greatly expand the use and sales of 529 college savings plans in the advisor-sold channel," said Paul Curley, FRC's director for college savings, in a statement. "We've already seen an impressive 14% increase in gross sales for advisor-sold plans in fourth quarter 2011."


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I think VLC is very cool.
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The Colonial Zone includes several hotels located in restored period structures. The newest of these is Casas del XVI, a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, which opened in February. When Casas del XVI was built in the 16th century, it was the home of Alonso Perez Roldan, one of Christopher Columbus' pilots.
Casas del XVI is a mansion composed of three separate villas, which sets it apart from other historic hotels in the Colonial Zone. Casa de los Barcos, which is a single two-bedroom suite, is the most deluxe of the three villas; Casa de Mapas has three rooms, a courtyard and a pool; and Casa del Arbol has four rooms looking out on a courtyard.
"We sell a house experience, not a hotel experience," said Marc Balot, general manager, Casas del XVI. "The ambience is that of a sophisticated Caribbean B&B." He added that while the property is kid-friendly, it is not geared toward children.
Balot plans to open more properties in the Colonial Zone, reaching as many as 65 rooms total by 2016.
I found the service attentive during my stay. A butler is always on call to assist with restaurant reservations and sightseeing; they can also make arrangements for a private cook or private dinner at the property. Breakfast is included and served al fresco in the courtyard. I opted for the Dominican-style breakfast, which was a delicious mix of the familiar and strange; eggs over easy, fried cheese, fried salami and a side dish called mangu, composed of cooked plantains with sauteed onions.
Local ColorCasas del XVI is right in the middle of the Colonial Zone, a few blocks away from the Basilica Catedral Santa Maria de la Encarnacion. The basilica is the first and oldest cathedral in the America's and is one of Santo Domingo's premier sights.
I spent a pleasant Saturday afternoon in the small park in front of the cathedral, soaking up the local color. Local Dominicans and the occasional tourist delighted in feeding flocks of pigeons, which would alight on outstretched arms. A few musicians set up under a shade tree and began an impromptu merengue concert that led to spontaneous dancing. There are plenty of al fresco restaurants across from the cathedral, as well as a variety of shops selling everything from souvenirs to cigars.
Restaurants in restored buildings are also within walking distance of Casas del XVI. Guests are provided a complimentary iPhone that is programmed to keep them in touch with their butler and the hotel staff. If guests lose their way wandering through the Colonial Zone they have the option of calling and having their butler come find them and guide them back to the hotel.
During my walks around the Colonial Zone, I saw a lot of work in progress, including whole streets being dug up to hide electric wires. Combined with renovation efforts underway at many more historic buildings, it's easy to imagine that Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone will become an important part of the country's tourism industry and a must-see for visitors.
New Coral HighwayOn previous trips to Santo Domingo, I flew directly into the capital's international airport. For this trip, I drove on the new Coral Highway from Punta Cana to Santo Domingo. Before the inauguration of the highway, vacationers in Punta Cana interested in seeing Santo Domingo had to endure an eight-hour round-trip journey over poorly maintained roads.
The new 43.5-mile Coral Highway is a well-maintained, multi-lane road that allows visitors from Punta Cana to reach Santo Domingo in two hours. There are very few roadside shops and restaurants along the new highway, although this may change as traffic increases. Right now the drive mainly passes through flatland punctuated with an occasional stately tree, banana grove or field of sugarcane.
Combining a Punta Cana beach vacation with a couple of nights in the Colonial Zone in a historic hotel such as Casas del XVI is an intriguing option. It's a safe bet that the dual-destination experience will become a popular one in the Dominican Republic, especially for repeat visitors.


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Missouri's state rock still fascinates the amateur geologists of the Mozarkite Society of Lincoln
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Marvin Johnson of Windsor, one of the newest members of the Mozarkite Society of Lincoln, examines a rock collected from Linville Harm's mozarkite mine after chipping the edge of the stone with a carpenter's hammer. Club members gathered at the mine recently to collect mozarkite for a society fundraiser. Mozarkite, a type of chert native to the Benton County area, is Missouri's official state rock.
The temperature drops steadily and the sky is heavy with the threat of rain, but all eyes are fixed firmly on the ground as a group of amateur geologists spread out across a bare field northeast of Lincoln.
Each of the rockhounds wields a hammer as they pick up loose stones or pry softball-size nodules from the clay. The oldest member of the group, 83-year-old Linville Harms, displays the most practiced technique, deftly chipping the edge of each rock he examines.
Linville is the patriarch of the Mozarkite Society of Lincoln, a geology club that exists to promote awareness and appreciation for Missouri's official state rock. On this cold November day, a half-dozen club members, along with friends and guests, scour the Harms Family Mozarkite Mine in search of worthy samples of the colorful stone. While the more experienced collectors confidently fill five-gallon buckets with rocks, others turn to Linville for advice.
With his practiced eye, he quickly discerns whether a specimen is a "keeper" or a piece of "leavarite" — as in "leave it right there."
"I tend to go to the reds and blues and blacks," he says. "I like the brighter colors. But if I can find a pastel or lighter color stone that's got a good mixture of colors in there, I'd just as soon have that as a bright one."
Amateur geologists chip the edge of rocks they find at the Harms Family Mozarkite Mine near Lincoln to reveal colors and patterns hidden inside.
Color is one of the most desirable characteristics of mozarkite, a variety of cryptocrystalline quartz, or chalcedony, found in Benton County and few other places in Missouri.
"Scientifically, it's a piece of chert, but it certainly does have characteristics that make it unique," says Joe Gillman, Missouri's state geologist.
"It has some specific attributes that make it not only beautiful in color variation, but also being able to take a high polish, which makes it attractive to lapidaries," says Gillman, director of the Department of Natural Resources' Division of Geology and Land Survey.
Truthfully, mozarkite is not much different than any number of other agates, jaspers or quartz — the kind of stones sold in little sacks and priced by the pound at tourist sites and gift shops. But for the dedicated enthusiasts of the Mozarkite Society, Missouri's native chert stands above the rest.
"Probably what separates mozarkite from the others is three things, really," Linville says. "Number 1, it's a little bit harder. Number 2, it will probably have more color or shades of color in a given stone than the others and, number 3, it will probably polish better."
Although it is classified as semi-precious stone, mozarkite is not expensive. Linville charges prospectors $1.50 a pound for rough stones collected at the mine. A 2-inch polished stone might bring $3 to $5 at a gift shop. Despite the relatively modest cost of the stones, club members pore over the day's take as if they were examining treasure, comparing colors and patterns in the samples they've collected.
Mozarkite, Missouri's state rock, displays varied patterns and colors when polished.
"I just love the discovery process," says Jean Eckstein, a charter member of the Mozarkite Society, which formed in 2000. "It's like Christmas, opening a present, because you don't know, once you crack that open, what you're going to see. Each piece is different."
The most-prized pieces, club members say, reveal an image of a recognizable object or scene. At the club's monthly meetings, members show off prized cabochons — polished ovals of stone — that they say bear the likeness of a pink poodle, an elephant, a desert scene or a mountain cabin, among other perceived natural artwork.
Robin Kimber, another original member, is a lapadary — he cuts and polishes Mozarkite to make jewelry. He says he enjoys the thrill of seeing what nature has hidden inside a piece of mozarkite.
"What fascinates me is that you take a rock and it just looks like a plain old ordinary rock, but when you cut into it, you're the very first person to see the inside of that rock," he says. "That is so cool."
Missouri rockhounds have been fascinated with mozarkite since the late 1950s, when concentrated deposits were discovered in Benton County. One of the most notable finds occurred in 1958, when Harold and Dee McCain began excavation for a 20-acre lake near Lincoln.
Linville Harms has been collecting mozarkite for nearly 50 years. Today, he is the patriarch of the Mozarite Society of Lincoln and maintains a 20-acre plot of ground as Missouri's only mozarkite mine.
"They woke up one morning and there was a bunch of people out there scurrying around the dam," recalls the couple's son, Doug, now a Lincoln real estate agent. "They investigated and found out they were getting this Missouri rock."
A year later, the McCains opened the Timberline Lake Rock and Gem Shop, which supplied mozarkite — then known simply as Missouri agate — to rockhounds nationwide. An early and frequent customer at the shop was Phillip Widel, an amateur geologist from Blackwater. Doug McCain wrote about Widel's appreciation for the unususal native stone in "Mozarkite: Gemstone of the Ozarks," a booklet recalling the history of the Missouri state rock.
"I've hunted crystals in the diamond mine in Arkansas, jade in Wyoming, turquoise in Arizona and agate in Montana. I've hunted rocks in all of the Western states and in Old Mexico and Canada," Doug quotes Widel as saying. "But none of my other finds fascinates me as much as the mozarkite at Lincoln."
Another earlier fancier of Missouri agate was Linville Harms, who worked as the rock shop's production manager. Together, he and Widel are credited with coining the name mozarkite, which literally means Missouri Ozarks rock.
The pecularity of this Missouri stone was enough to make the Lincoln Rock Swap, which began in 1962, an annual pilgrimage for rockhounds throughout Missouri and the Midwest. In 1967, rock clubs from Kansas City and St. Louis petitioned the Missouri General Assembly to officially recognize mozarkite as the state rock. Although a competing faction lobbied for lace agate, another Missouri semi-precious stone, the mozarkite contingent held sway. In what may have represented a geologic compromise, the legislature named galena the state mineral on the same day.
Robin Kimber of Sedalia polishes a piece of mozarkite on a sanding wheel. Missouri's official state rock, mozarkite is popular with lapadaries, who make jewelry from stones.
Over the years, interest in mozarkite has waxed and waned as area rockhounds took up the hobby or lost interest. The Timberline Rock and Gem Shop closed long ago and attendence at the annual swap declined. Throughout the decades, a few diehard enthusiasts carried on, though, most notably Linville. For years, he and his late wife, Hilda, traveled the Midwest selling rock samples, polished stones and mozarkite jewelry at geology swap meets and craft shows.
In 2000, the Mozarkite Society of Lincoln was formed, in part because Doug McCain wanted to promote the town of Lincoln itself.
"Lincoln has always kind of been the hub for mozarkite," he says. "Of course, little old Lincoln doesn't have anything to hang its hat on, so we just decided that since mozarkite is the official state rock, that's what we'd use as a banner."
Thanks to the efforts of the club, the rock swap has rebounded and a new generation of rockhounds is discovering the beauty of mozarkite. The recent field trip to the Harms mine included several children, and one club member is currently studying geology at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla.
Mozarkite enthusiasts often perceive faces, animals and scenes in the stones. The owner of this sample sees an erupting volcano.
The renewed interest pleases Missouri's state geologist, who says that many Earth scientists get their start as rockhounds. And mozarkite, which occupies an honored spot in the state mineral museum in Rolla, is certainly worthy of attention.
"The uniqueness of the rock itself, and the name of the rock, brings interest," Gillman says. "It's a way that Missouri's natural resources can be highlighted."
For others, it's simply enough that people enjoy Missouri's state stone. Robin Kimber laments the fact that marginal, or even mislabeled specimens once appeared on the lapidary market and sullied the reputation of mozarkite among some rockhounds. He says the better examples that he and other club members are polishing and making available today establish mozarkite as one of the most beautiful semi-precious stones available.
"It deserves to be up there with some of the finest jaspers, but it hasn't got its name out there good enough," he says. "It's prettier than what most people realize, even in the rock world."
Just as important, it is — by definition and name — Missouri's rock.
"You can't find it anywhere else in the world," Robin says.
For more information about the Mozarkite Society of Lincoln, log onto www.mozarkite.com; or call Jean Eckstein at 660-668-2752 or Robin Kimber at 660-827-2538.


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The term "ghetto" originated from the name of the Jewish quarter in Venice, established in 1516, in which the Venetian authorities compelled the city's Jews to live. Various officials, ranging from local municipal authorities to the Austrian Emperor Charles V, ordered the creation of ghettos for Jews in Frankfurt, Rome, Prague, and other cities in the 16th and 17th centuries.
During World War II, ghettos were city districts (often enclosed) in which the Germans concentrated the municipal and sometimes regional Jewish population and forced them to live under miserable conditions. Ghettos isolated Jews by separating Jewish communities from the non-Jewish population and from other Jewish communities. The Germans established at least 1,000 ghettos in German-occupied and annexed Poland and the Soviet Union alone. German occupation authorities established the first ghetto in Poland in Piotrków Trybunalski in October 1939.
The Germans regarded the establishment of ghettos as a provisional measure to control and segregate Jews while the Nazi leadership in Berlin deliberated upon options to realize the goal of removing the Jewish population. In many places ghettoization lasted a relatively short time. Some ghettos existed for only a few days, others for months or years. With the implementation of the "Final Solution" (the plan to murder all European Jews) beginning in late 1941, the Germans systematically destroyed the ghettos. The Germans and their auxiliaries either shot ghetto residents in mass graves located nearby or deported them, usually by train, to killing centers where they were murdered. German SS and police authorities deported a small minority of Jews from ghettos to forced-labor camps and concentration camps.
There were three types of ghettos: closed ghettos, open ghettos, and destruction ghettos.
The largest ghetto in Poland was the Warsaw ghetto, where more than 400,000 Jews were crowded into an area of 1.3 square miles. Other major ghettos were established in the cities of Lodz, Krakow, Bialystok, Lvov, Lublin, Vilna, Kovno, Czestochowa, and Minsk. Tens of thousands of western European Jews were also deported to ghettos in the east.
The Germans ordered Jews residing in ghettos to wear identifying badges or armbands and also required many Jews to perform forced labor for the German Reich. Daily life in the ghettos was administered by Nazi-appointed Jewish councils (Judenraete). A ghetto police force enforced the orders of the German authorities and the ordinances of the Jewish councils, including the facilitation of deportations to killing centers. Jewish police officials, like Jewish council members, served at the whim of the German authorities. The Germans did not hesitate to kill Jewish policemen who were perceived to have failed to carry out orders.
Jews responded to the ghetto restrictions with a variety of resistance efforts. Ghetto residents frequently engaged in so-called illegal activities, such as smuggling food, medicine, weapons or intelligence across the ghetto walls, often without the knowledge or approval of the Jewish councils. Some Jewish councils and some individual council members tolerated or encouraged the illicit trade because the goods were necessary to keep ghetto residents alive. Although the Germans generally demonstrated little concern in principle about religious worship, attendance at cultural events, or participation in youth movements inside the ghetto walls, they often perceived a "security threat" in any social gathering and would move ruthlessly to incarcerate or kill perceived ringleaders and participants. The Germans generally forbade any form of consistent schooling or education.
In some ghettos, members of Jewish resistance movements staged armed uprisings. The largest of these was the Warsaw ghetto uprising in spring 1943. There were also violent revolts in Vilna, Bialystok, Czestochowa, and several smaller ghettos. In August 1944, German SS and police completed the destruction of the last major ghetto, in Lodz.
In Hungary, ghettoization did not begin until the spring of 1944, after the Germans invaded and occupied the country. In less than three months, the Hungarian gendarmerie, in coordination with German deportation experts from the Reich Main Office for Security (Reichssicherheitshauptamt-RSHA), concentrated nearly 440,000 Jews from all over Hungary, except for the capital city, Budapest, in short-term "destruction ghettos" and deported them into German custody at the Hungarian border. The Germans deported most of the Hungarian Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. In Budapest, Hungarian authorities required the Jews to confine themselves to marked houses (so-called Star of David houses). A few weeks after the leaders of the fascist Arrow Cross movement seized power in a German-sponsored coup on October 15, 1944, the Arrow Cross government formally established a ghetto in Budapest, in which about 63,000 Jews lived in a 0.1 square mile area. Approximately 25,000 Jews who carried certificates that they stood under the protection of a neutral power were confined in an "international ghetto" at another location in the city. In January 1945, Soviet forces liberated that part of Budapest in which the two ghettos were, respectively, located and liberated the nearly 90,000 Jewish residents.
During the Holocaust, ghettos were a central step in the Nazi process of control, dehumanization, and mass murder of the Jews.
Corni, Gustavo. Hitler's Ghettos: Voices from a Beleaguered Society 1939-1944. London: Arnold, 2002.
Kermish, Joseph, editor. To Live With Honor and Die with Honor!: Selected Documents from the Warsaw Ghetto Underground Archives "O.S." ("Oneg Shabbath"). Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1986.
Sterling, Eric J., editor. Life in the Ghettos during the Holocaust. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005.
Trunk, Isaiah. Judenrat: The Jewish Councils in Eastern Europe under Nazi Occupation. New York: Stein and Day, 1977.
Trunk, Isaiah. Lodz Ghetto: A History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.


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Calling all gamers! Can you scrape together at least six bucks? For about the price of a venti cafe mocha, which takes maybe 10 minutes to drink, you can get enough games to last you maybe 10 months.
Yep, it's another Indie Gala game bundle, this time with nine PC titles that can be yours if you pay at least $5.91.
The games include the fantasy-action side-scroller Trine, city-management sim Cities in Motion, humor-tinged Diablo clone Magicka (along with mission pack Magicka: Vietnam), and blood-and-guts FPS Painkiller: Black Edition.
Most of these date back a few years and rate in the 'B' to 'B+' range. One exception: the FPS You Are Empty, which was widely panned by critics when it was released back in 2007.
Also, two of the nine games in the bundle have yet to be unlocked (they will be in a day or two), so for the moment they're a mystery.
Like other Indie Gala bundles, this one lets you choose how to distribute your donation ($5.91 is the minimum price; you can always pay more if you feel it's worth it). Among the possible recipients: AbleGamers, a very worthwhile charity that "enables children and adults with disabilities and veterans after war trauma to play video games."
I've seen better game bundles, no doubt about it, but there's definitely some entertaining stuff here -- and even if you play only, say, six of the games, you're still getting them for less than a buck apiece. That's just plain hard to beat. Game on?
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Application: Mail Client / News Reader
Developer: The Mozilla Organization
Price: Free to download. (US$5.95 for a CD-ROM) Source code also available.
System requirements: Windows98 or later, Linux kernel 2.2.14+, Mac OS 10.1.x or later
What is Mozilla Thunderbird?
Most of you have used either Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Netscape Communicator, Mail.app, or one of many e-mail clients. Like Mozilla Firefox, which has been steadily gaining more press and acceptance as a better web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird is shaping up to be a better mail client.
So where did Thunderbird come from? Just like Firefox, Thunderbird is actually a fork in the original Mozilla codebase. By diverging Firefox and Thunderbird from the monolithic Mozilla code, both "trees" could be developed (and bug fixed) at a more rapid pace than before. This separation has also allowed both groups to clean up and tighten the code in the individual code trees. Despite the separation, Firefox and Thunderbird still work together, but allow the developers of each group to have their own milestones and target dates.
Screenshots from different operating systems
We tested Thunderbird on Windows XP Professional, Mac OS X 10.3.6, and Linux (CentOS 3.3, a RedHat Enterprise Linux workalike), and the interface is remarkably consistent across all three platforms.
What is so great about Thunderbird?
Mozilla Thunderbird is a "fully loaded" e-mail client and comes with a large array of features
- Cross-platform: Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
- Support for popular e-mail protocols: POP and IMAP
- Support for popular news protocols: NNTP and RSS
- Handles multiple accounts
- Global mailbox for unifying multiple accounts
- Mailbox conversion tools for Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora,
and Communicator
- Built-in Bayesian spam filtering
- Various free extensions and themes
Sound interesting? Let's take a look at what Thunderbird can do...


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Bone Density Math and Logarithm Introduction
Students should have discovered in their reading from Activity 1 the term "logarithm." It is at this point that students will begin their study of logarithms. Specifically, they will be examining the definition, history, and relationship to exponents. (Specifically, they will be rewriting exponents as logarithms and vice versa, evaluating expressions, solving for a missing piece.) Students will continue their examination of logarithms by studying the properties of logarithms (Multiplication/
Maximum Power Point
Students learn how to find the maximum power point (MPP) of a photovoltaic (PV) panel in order to optimize its efficiency at creating solar power. They also learn about real-world applications and technologies that use this technique, as well as Ohm's law and the power equation, which govern a PV panel's ability to produce power.
Problem Solving
Students are introduced to a systematic procedure for solving problems through a demonstration and then the application of the method to an everyday activity. The unit project is introduced to provide relevance to subsequent lessons.
Energy Perspectives
Students utilize data tables culled from the US DOE Energy Information Agency to create graphs to illustrate what types of energy we use and how we use it. An MS Excel workbook with several spreadsheets of data is provided. Students pick (or the teacher assigns) one of the data tables for the students to create a plot from and interpret the information provided. Each group of students then shares their interpretation and new perspectives on energy resources and use with the rest of the class.
Egg Drop
A process for technical problem solving is introduced and applied to a fun demonstration. Given the success with the demo, the iterative nature of the process can be illustrated.
Energy Resources and Systems
Several activities are included to teach and research the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources and various energy resources. The students work with a quantitative, but simple model of energy resources to show how rapidly a finite, non-renewable energy sources can be depleted, whereas renewable resources continue to be available. The students then complete a homework assignment or a longer, in-depth research project to learn about how various technologies that capture energy
Biomedical Devices for the Eyes
Students examine the structure and function of the human eye, learning some amazing features about our eyes, which provide us with sight and an understanding of our surroundings. Students also learn about some common eye problems and the biomedical devices and medical procedures that resolve or help to lessen the effects of these vision deficiencies, including vision correction surgery.
Sound Booth Construction
Students explore the sound dampening ability of numerous materials by designing and prototyping model sound booths. As a result, students learn about how sound is reflected, absorbed and travels through various materials, thus giving them an overview of sound dampening, energy absorption and sound propagation in the context of engineering. Students also create blueprints and document their findings in a formal lab report.
Muscles, Oh My!
Students are introduced to how engineering closely relates to the field of biomechanics and how the muscular system produces human movement. They learn the importance of the muscular system in our daily lives, why it is important to be able to repair muscular injuries and how engineering helps us by creating things to benefit our muscular health, movement and repair.
Cell Celebration!
Students look at the components of cells and their functions. The lesson focuses on the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Each part of the cell performs a specific function that is vital for the cell's survival. Bacteria are single-celled organisms that are very important to engineering. Engineers can use bacteria to break down toxic materials in a process called bioremediation, and they can also kill or disable harmful bacteria through disinfection.
All Caught Up
Commercial fishing nets often trap unprofitable animals in the process of catching their target species. In the following activity, students will experience the difficulty that fishermen experience while trying to isolate a target species when a variety of animals are found in the area of interest. The class will then discuss the large magnitude of this problem. Students will practice their data acquisition and analysis skills, through the collection of data and processing of this information to
Compare Fabric Materials
Students will look at different types of fabric and their respective individual properties. Using a magnifying glass and sandpaper they will test and observe the weave of fabrics and the wear quality of sample fabrics. By comparing the qualities of different fabrics they will better understand why there are so many different types of fabric and be able to recognize or suggest different uses for them.
Do as the Romans: Construct an Aqueduct!
In this activity, students work with specified materials to create aqueduct components that will transport 2 liters of water across a short distance in their classroom. The goal is to build an aqueduct that will supply Aqueductis, a Roman city, with clean water for private homes, public baths, and glorious fountains.
Sound for Sight
Echolocation is the ability to orient by transmitting sound and receiving echoes from objects in the environment. As a result of a Marco-Polo type activity and subsequent lesson, students learn basic concepts of echolocation. They use these concepts to understand how dolphins use echolocation to locate prey, escape predators, navigate their environment, such as avoiding gillnets set by commercial fishing vessels. Students will also learn that dolphin sounds are vibrations created by vocal organs
Do Different Colors Absorb Heat Better?
Students test whether the color of a material affects how much heat it absorbs. Students will place an ice cube in a box made of colored paper (one box per color; white, yellow, red and black), which they will place in the sun. The students will make prediction as to which color will melt the ice cube first. They will record the order and time required for the ice cubes to melt.
A House is a House for Me
Students brainstorm and discuss the different types of materials used to build houses in various climates. They build small models of houses and test them in different climates.
Mice Rule! (Or Not)
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents possesses, such as fur color, body size, heat tolerance, and running speed. Next they use coin tossing to determine the traits a mouse pup born to these parents possesses. These physical features are then compared to features that would be most adaptive in several differ
Analyze the Data
Students go through the logical process of quantitatively analyzing data from the FasTracks system. They gain experience identifying problems with the current design based upon their earlier observations and experiences in activities 1 and 2. Students discuss the flaws that they find in the system. This activity requires the use of the FasTracks Living Lab, a web portal to interactive train (transit) traffic data for a major metropolitan city.
Testing the Caverns - Optional
This activity provides a fun, activity-based closure to the Asteroid Impact unit. Students build model caverns using paper mache or clay and bury them in a tray of sand. Next, they test the models by dropping balls onto them to simulate an asteroid hitting the earth. By molding paper mache around a balloon to form a dome, or around a small cardboard box to form a rectangular structure, students will be able to build their caverns.
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Makeup Junkie Bags was founded by a true makeup junkie who was tired of wasting money on cosmetic bags that didn't deliver. If they were wide enough, they fell over, sending cosmetics tumbling about. If they were deep enough, they became a black hole where you couldn't find anything you need. If they were pretty, the interior was not water resistant / washable and became dirty very quickly. MJ designed her own pattern for the perfect cosmetic bag that lays flat on a surface, and has an elongated medial zipper that allows the bag to gape open allowing easy access to all materials while eliminating the chances that the bag will fall over sending products everywhere. Each bag is characterized by a signature brightly colored zipper and suede tassel. The patented and trademarked design/logo has achieved mass popularity since its recent launch in September 2016.
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The large Makeup Junkie bag fits full sized hair products, shampoo, school supplies, clothing items like bras and underwear you may want to separate from your luggage. The large bag also fits a full-sized makeup palette!


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September 10, 2012
Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, firstname.lastname@example.com
(Washington, D.C. — September 10, 2012) Today, local and national conservation organizations thanked President Obama for issuing an executive order reinforcing the White House's commitment to Gulf Coast restoration in the wake of the 2010 gulf oil disaster. The order was issued two months after the President signed the RESTORE Act into law, which will direct 80 percent of the Clean Water Act penalties paid by BP and others responsible for the 2010 gulf oil disaster to the Gulf Coast states to use for restoration.
"We thank the President and White House for their continued commitment to the Gulf Coast and look forward to working with them on a comprehensive restoration plan," said a joint statement by Environmental Defense Fund, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. "More than two years after the oil spill, the gulf is still reeling from environmental and economic impacts. This executive order takes important steps forward to ensure that government agencies and officials are working closely together to keep restoration progressing."
The order falls on the heels of a court document filed last week by the Department of Justice which elaborated on BP's alleged gross negligence for its role in the 2010 gulf oil disaster. The filing suggests that the U.S. government is planning to take a hard stance against BP and to not let them off the hook for their carelessness.
"Through today's executive order and the Department of Justice's recent assertion that BP was 'grossly negligent' in the 2010 gulf oil disaster, the federal government is showing a true prioritization of gulf restoration," the groups continued. "The people, economies and ecosystems all along the gulf need BP to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. The sooner BP pays its fines, the sooner gulf restoration can become a reality."
Today's executive order terminates the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force that was established in 2010 and transitions its tasks to the recently created Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. The Task Force was comprised of representatives from the five gulf states, 11 federal agencies and White House officials and was charged with developing a long-term restoration strategy for the Gulf Coast. In July 2012, the President signed into law the RESTORE Act, which established the new Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, which will build on the work begun by the Task Force.
The executive order also stresses the importance of coordination among members of the Gulf Restoration Council, Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) trustees and other federal entities involved in Gulf Coast restoration. The order states that these entities "shall work closely with one another to advance their common goals, reduce duplication, and maximize consistency among their efforts." The groups recognize that improving efficiency among the federal agencies is vital to gulf restoration.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack were named in the order as additional trustees for the gulf oil spill's NRDA process. NRDA trustees are charged with addressing ecosystem injury in the gulf resulting from the 2010 oil spill, as well as selecting restoration projects for the region.
"We now look to BP to stop stalling, pay its fines and make the gulf whole," the groups concluded.


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WASHINGTON – Given the continued demonstrations throughout Egypt to Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohamed Morsi's policies, the military is warning that it could lead to a "collapse of the state," which could lead to the military ultimately undertaking a coup to bring back stability, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
Concern over a potential collapse suggests that Morsi may no longer be in control of events.
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Egypt is quite familiar with a military takeover.
It happened before when Col. Abdel Nasser in 1952 led a coup, resulting in the overthrow of the monarchy of King Farouk and resulted in the military ruling and heavily influencing events in Egypt for the next 60 years – until the ouster two years ago of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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The military, meantime, has deployed in cities along the Suez Canal – Suez, Port Said and Ismalia – after declaring a state of emergency. There is the growing prospect that the military could temporarily shut down passage of ships through the Suez Canal.
WND/G2Bulletin sources say that such a turn of events would not be surprising, given that there is prescience for such a development, but that a military coup would have the tacit backing of the U.S.
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Over congressional objections, the Obama administration recently approved $1.6 billion – of which $1.3 billion is for the military – in an effort to show continued support for the military in the face of the political crisis.
The U.S. always has backed the military despite demonstrations against Western influence and support for Mubarak, who represented those influences.
The military, seeing the tide turning, decided to take an initial neutral position in during the early days of the demonstrations and with Mubarak's ouster set up the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which temporarily ruled Egypt prior to new presidential elections that saw Morsi take office.
During that period, military rule didn't win it much support among the people, which prompted its leadership to take a more neutral position and not resist the rise of Morsi – who was strongly backed by the Muslim Brotherhood.
"The continuing conflict between political forces and their differences concerning the management of the country could lead to a collapse of the state and threaten future generations," according to Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, who also is the nation's defense minister and once served on the SCAF.
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He pointed out that the economic, political and social challenges now facing Egypt were "a real threat to the security of Egypt and the cohesiveness of the Egyptian state."
While military deployment along the Suez Canal is supposed to protect this key shipping route from demonstrators, there is the prospect that the military could temporarily close it down to ensure its security against attack from the demonstrators.
Demonstrations were sparked by death sentences handed down by a court on 21 local football fans involved in riots a year ago that resulted in the deaths of some 74 people. In turn, this caused further demonstrations for reasons other than protests over the court sentencing.
There also were protests over the authority that Morsi had decreed to himself although he rescinded some of its provisions, while keeping others. His decree came even though he was democratically elected following the ouster of Mubarak.
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Protests also were over approval of a constitution which was written by a majority of Muslim Brotherhood members on a committee. It later was submitted for a nationwide referendum and narrowly passed. Protesters' concern is that the new constitution does not adequately protect freedom of expression or religion.
Regional observers believe that comments by al-Sisi are to send a reminder that the military remains an important political and economic influence in Egypt. They add that he is asserting the army's independence and that it remains one of the foundations of the country.
Al-Sisi has stated that he recognizes peaceful demonstrations but will protect the Suez Canal – a main source of foreign revenue for Egypt – even if it means taking it over and shutting it down to protect it.
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Since everyone has been so enthusiastic about the Algae-Veggie Van I thought I'd follow up with some bits that didn't make it into the original feature article, specifically a Q&A I did with teacher David Levine, who originally came up with the idea to do this with project his students. He's one of the incredibly committed and intelligent teachers that I've met in the Chicago area who decided to postpone going out into the corporate world (where they'd clearly be successful) and instead make a measurable impact on society through the Teach For America program.
Jalopnik: Where did you get this idea? David Levine: I got the idea for the project from my brother's work and from readings being done in the field. My brother's undergraduate thesis work is in the area of using algae to treat wastewater, and in so doing, make oil. We modified that a bit to the current project.
J: What are the steps needed to produce this biofuel?
D: Step 1: Culture algae in varying media to optimize its growth
Step 2: Design & build photobioreactors (the large tank-like structures that the algae grow in)
Step 3: After sufficient growth, harvest algae
Step 4: Extract algae oil
Step 5: Chemically modify oil into biodiesel (transesterification)
J: How did the students react to the project?
DL: Student reactions were varied, but almost all positive. This was an incredibly authentic learning piece for them that truly affects their day-to-day life. As a result, engagement was high, completion of the project and report was above average, and students continually remarked that what they were learning and doing mattered. Ciera Rice, one of my students, showed up in a green shirt, green pants, green jacket, green hair tie, and green stickers on her cheeks.
J: How big was the grant you got from BP?
DL: The A+ For Energy grant was for $10,000. The grant has covered most major expenses. Incidental costs have been covered by me. There's no doubt, however, that the grant has morphed my classroom. You walk in and the equipment resembles that available in the suburbs.
J: What was your biggest surprise with the project?
I was most surprised by the ease with which the students took to a green mindset. Discussions about a carbon footprint or about reducing one's hours behind the wheel would have been taboo a few months ago. Now they're something about which my students feel empowered and ready to act on... even if they still make fun of me for riding my bike to school.
J: What were the biggest challenges?
DL: Harvesting and extraction. Once perfected for industry, the harvesting process will probably require a continuous flow centrifuge to concentrate the algae. Even the greenest algae you saw in my room is still about 99% water. Concentrating the algae is key to a successful extraction and yield (because water can wreak havoc on the chemical reaction, depending on your extraction method). The extraction procedure in itself still requires fine-tuning for an industrial scale process. This project certainly did not solve those issues, but it did experiment with one wet extraction procedure that has not yet been published.
J: How has this impacted your students?
D: I've touched on the impact a bit already above, but I also think that this project has given them the opportunity to enter in to and engage in the green movement like few other high schoolers do. I firmly believe that the green movement will be successful at attacking eco-equity issues through technological innovation, and my kids now have a leg up in that race. I'm looking forward to seeing them come back from college armed with new ideas and skills that will revitalize our community.
J: You seem tired and friends have told me you've not been getting much sleep...
DL: I sleep about 4 hours every night during the week. So, that's about 4 hours a day of lost sleep, a staggering sleep debt that's probably keeping me from properly expressing myself right now.
I've spoken with David since the interview and I can tell you that the school was excited to hear about the positive responses you all posted in the comments to the original post. I'm also happy to report it seems like he's actually slept a little.
(Ed Note: As a matter of full disclosure, my fiancee is in the Teach For America program so I probably have some bias towards it.)


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Located within minutes of downtown, Port Colborne's three challenging public and semi-private courses invite golfers to experience lakeside golf in balmy, oftentimes breezy conditions. Golfing begins in early April and continues throughout the Fall, often into December.
Further afield, there are more than 20 public and semi-private golf courses within the Niagara Region, making Port Colborne part of Ontario's premier golfing destination.
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Port Colborne Country Club
18 holes
Located on Golf Course Road, off Highway #3, in Wainfleet.
Phone: 905-835-1636
Whisky Run Golf Club
27 holes
Located on Lorraine Road, off Highway #3, east of the canal.
Phone: 905-835-6864
Long Beach Country Club
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Lawn border, iris and dogwood with woman sitting on chair at The Patch, home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Spruance
Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935
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The official opening of Origin Africa 2018 took place on the evening of Sunday 9th September 2018 in the Nairobi National Park. Between 500 and 600 VIP guests attended this unique Invitation Only event
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Under the African night sky, this Origin Africa Upscale Showcase will create an unmatched fashion experience that meets global standards
Origin Africa 2018 featured a small runway and all services required for our exhibitors to showcase within the Origin Africa Trade Fair venue, Visa Oshwal Centre, on 10th and 11th September 2018.
Designers unable or not selected to showcase during the Official Opening were given priority for peak time slots during these 2 days.
The audience will include buyers, trade visitors and local, regional and international press.
Origin Africa 2018 ran concurrently with the ITMF Annual Conference, to take advantage of the presence of global leaders in textiles and manufacturing and to showcase African opportunities. The ITMF Conference is a premier invitation only global event that brings together up to 400 global producers, manufacturers and buyers of textiles and apparel.
ITMF Annual Conference [7th – 9th September] and Origin Africa [9th – 11th September] provided the opportunity and forum for members from across all sectors and many countries to connect face to face and discuss, in both formal and informal environments conducive to relationship building, the free flow of ideas and spirited exchange of opinions on a wide ranging variety of topics relating to cotton, textile and apparel industries
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In an announcement at the International Supercomputing Conference, Intel provided further details on the many-core chip that it hinted at earlier in the month. The first product based on the new design will be codenamed Knight's Corner, and will debut at 22nm with around 50 x86 cores on the same die. Developer kits, which include a prototype of the design called Knight's Ferry, have been shipping to select partners for a while now, and will ship more broadly in the second half of the year. When Intel moves to 22nm in 2011, Knight's Corner will make its official debut.
Knight's Corner will be the first product to implement Intel's Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture, a many-core x86 architecture that draws on ideas from Larrabee, the Terascale program, and the Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCCC) project. Though there aren't any details of the microarchitecture of the cores in the product, it seems fairly clear that these are basically the same in-order, Pentium-class, vector-heavy cores that Larrabee used. Anand says he has heard that the vector hardware was left in the cores, which makes sense if they're aiming it at high-performance computing (HPC). Then there's this otherwise very confused PC World article, where the writer obviously heard something about a 512-bit vector unit. It makes sense that Intel would leave the vector hardware in the cores, since this product is aimed at HPC.
Because the MIC family is basically a spinoff of Intel's failed discrete GPU project, most of the commentary on Knight's Corner focuses on it as a threat to NVIDIA's Tesla product. But if I ask myself to think of a large, complex, niche, monster of a floating-point beast that MIC could possibly be a threat to, the answer that pops into my head isn't Tesla, but Itanium.
You'll recall that Tesla is also a kind of "many-core," vector-heavy, GPU-derived coprocessor aimed at HPC workloads, so in this sense there's considerable overlap with MIC. And the standard thinking, which Intel is happy to promote, goes that MIC is better than Tesla because it's x86 and Tesla isn't, which means that it will be easier to port code to the new processor. So if both Tesla and Knight's Corner are GPU-derived, many-core, floating-point-centric processors with support for plenty of thread- and data-level parallelism, why am I suggesting that the MIC architecture in general is probably a greater danger to Itanium?
The first part of the answer lies in defining what you mean by "easy to port."
The hard part about porting from a multicore or single-core architecture to a many-core architecture is not the ISA transition, it's the fact that you have to redesign most apps from the ground up. Porting to many-core, whether it's Tesla or MIC, requires you to start over from scratch in the vast majority of cases. The end result is that going from x86 to MIC is, for many applications, about the same level of challenge as going from x86 to Tesla, because you have to start over from the application and algorithm design phase.
Note that none of this is to say that Intel MIC and Tesla are the same—they're different in some very fundamental respects, not the least of which are the facts that the MIC cores are better for general-purpose computing, and that MIC has a real virtual memory implementation. My only point is that regular x86, MIC, and Tesla represent three different architectures, and to go from x86 to either MIC or Tesla means that you have to start over.
Some may object to the claim that you absolutely must start over if you go from x86 to MIC, because MIC is a collection of x86 cores, which would seem to imply that you could just run some vanilla x86 code on a MIC machine. This is true, of course, but why would you ever want to do that? Why would you shell out for a giant, 50-core MIC chip to run some minimally parallel workload on three or four in-order cores, when Intel will sell you a pair of dual-core Atoms for next to nothing? You either rearchitect your application to use a very large number of cores, or you stick with the much cheaper multicore x86 options.
In the end, MIC's attractiveness vs. Tesla will have little to do with its being x86, and more to do with its relative performance per watt on the kinds of workloads that HPC customers care about.
The final part of the "why Itanium, and not Tesla" answer is rooted in the fact that Itanium's HPC fortunes are already on the wane. Itanium's showing in the Top 500 supercomputer list peaked in November 2004 at a high of 84 systems. As of June 2010, that number has dropped to a mere five systems. Meanwhile, 64-bit x86 has taken over the list, and three of the top 10 systems feature data-parallel coprocessors derived from commodity gaming platforms (Tesla, Radeon, and Cell). This processor/coprocessor combination of commodity general-purpose and data-parallel hardware looks set to continue to increase in popularity. It seems likely that the commodity combo of 64-bit x86 plus GPU-derived hardware will continue to displace Itanium in HPC. And if MIC can compete with Tesla for the coprocessor spot, then it will be part of that displacement.


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Weekend Cook and Tell: Drinks in Translation
Welcome to our Weekend Cook and Tell where each Wednesday we turn the pages of the food sections of various national newspapers in search of inspiration for a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and photos here.
This week we had a sweet tooth that remained sweet even though we tried every kind of Pepperidge Farm cookie. What can we say, there is such a thing as
over indulging and retaining the ability to continue eating said delicious item. It helps when it's buttery and crunchy.
Gary Regan, of The San Francisco Chronicle, had a favorite lemon-ginger cookie that as of late, he has been unable to find - anywhere. The solution? Create a cocktail that translates cookie flavor to beverage. The recipe for the Lemon-Ginger Cookie Cocktail got us thinking - what other drinks, alcoholic or not, could we create in honor of our favorite sweets or other favorite foods?
What beverages have you made that pay homage to a favorite bite? A cheesecake shake? Or perhaps a cocktail topped with black-bean soup that represents a Jamaican delight. Show us your creativity in translation by turning your favorite fare into the beverage of your choice. Hot, cold, on-the-rocks, shaken, stirred - all need apply.
Share your libation on Photograzing (make sure to include "Weekend Cook and Tell" in your submission title) and tell us about your recipes here! If you'd like to blog the experience, please leave a link in the comments below. You can now also pin your creation on your Pinterest board as well. Please use the hashtag, #cookandtell, and tag us, @Serious Eats in your pin's text.
We'll post a round-up of your beverage ideas, recipes, and experiences the following Wednesday, September 26th.
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Mounting on Self-Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT
Self-Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT (high tack) is designed for mechanical mounting of all sizes of photos and artwork or hand mounting smaller works of art.
Self-Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT is coated with a pH neutral, acrylic based, crosslinked adhesive. The clear adhesive is odor free and compatible with most common mounting materials. This adhesive allows prints to be mounted with an instant high strength bond that increases in strength over time. The release liner is easily removable and is printed with red ink to indicate the "high tack" product.
The work area should be clean and uncluttered with sufficient room to work unobstructed. Cut a piece of Self-Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT the size of the art or slightly larger using a utility knife or mat cutter. Be sure to use a sharp blade. Clean the back of the art and make sure it is free from dust, dirt or grease.
Self-Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT can be used in roller laminators. The laminators can be simple hand cranked models, or larger machines capable of a variety of mounting operations (pressure-sensitive films or heat mounting). Heat is not required.
Always follow the safety and operating instructions for your laminator.
- Lift the corner of the printed release liner with your fingernail, a razor blade, or tape.
- Peel the release liner back 1 inch across the width of the board, exposing a strip of adhesive. Crease the release liner.
- Carefully align the art over the Self-Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT board. When the art is properly aligned, apply light pressure at the center of the exposed adhesive strip, tacking the art into place.
- Smooth the art in place by hand completely across the exposed adhesive strip.
Hand Crank Laminators: Align the partially adhered print and Self- Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT board with the rollers. Hold the print away from the board (against the top roller). Peel the release liner away and feed the print/board laminate into the rollers.
Larger Lamination Machines: Align the partially adhered print and Self- Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT board with the rollers. Be sure the print is smooth and free to be fed without binding. Feed the print/board into the laminator while holding the release liner. Allow the rollers to pull the board through and away from the release liner.
- Trim the mounted print as necessary using a sharp utility knife.
- Mounted prints are immediately ready for framing. The bond strength will continue to increase.
Mounting Small Art by Hand
- Lift the corner of the printed release liner with your fingernail, a razor blade, or tape.
- Peel back the release liner approximately 1 inch across the width of the board, exposing a strip of adhesive. Crease the release liner.
- Lay the art over the Self-Adhesive Fome-Cor® HT board and align the edges. Lightly tack the art in the center of the exposed adhesive strip.
- Smooth the art in place by hand to assure alignment. Do not attempt to remove the print after it contacts the adhesive surface.
- When properly aligned, apply firm pressure across the 1 inch exposed adhesive strip to adhere the art to the board.
- Gradually pull the release liner from under the art while pressing the art into place. Pressure must be applied uniformly across the full width of the board. Pressure can be applied by hand, hand mounter, rolling pin or a cylindrical tube. Be careful to avoid trapped air or misalignment.
- Bond is immediate and increases in strength over time.


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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who was announced today as the incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, released the following statement on the recent nuclear test carried out in North Korea:
"This recent provocation from North Korea is an unacceptable violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions and must be strongly condemned by all who value peace. If left unchecked, the unprovoked hostility displayed on Tuesday directly threatens international peace and security and weakens the international non-proliferation system. Tuesday's nuclear test is only the most recent act in a long record of reckless and threatening behavior displayed by this regime. It also should serve as a reminder of the ongoing human rights violations being committed by the regime against its own innocent civilians, many of whom are left to starve as their rulers pursue advanced weapons.
"Today's action should serve as a reminder that we live in a dangerous world and that American leadership is vital to addressing challenges such as the threat posed to the United States and our allies by North Korea. As the incoming ranking member of the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, I was encouraged by statements from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in opposition to this provocation. I urge the new leadership in China to follow those statements with meaningful and specific steps to verifiably curb North Korean aggression that threatens the interests of the countries in the region. It is my hope that the Foreign Relations Committee holds a series of hearings as soon as possible to review the Administration's policies concerning peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and the Asia Pacific in general. President Obama, Secretary Kerry and my colleagues in Congress must make it clear that future conduct of this nature is unacceptable."


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Blue Jays move Morrow's start to Saturday
TORONTO -- Brandon Morrow's next start will once again be pushed back a few more days.
Morrow, who's been dealing with some tightness in his back and neck, is now slated to pitch Saturday against the Yankees in the Bronx.
This time, however, he should be good to go.
"Yeah, definitely. I was confident I could go tomorrow," Morrow said prior to Tuesday's game vs. the Giants.
"It was not my decision to do that. They are being extra cautious. Take the extra couple of days. It allows me to get a full bullpen tomorrow at a higher intensity than I threw in last time."
It also allows the Blue Jays righty to start against a division rival.
General manager Alex Anthopoulos reasoned it this way: Regardless, they were going to need a starter for Saturday's game. Instead of having Ramon Ortiz make that start at Yankee Stadium, the team would rather turn to their fireballer and make sure he's completely healthy.
Getting Wednesday's start in place of Morrow will be Ortiz, who will be making his second start for the club.
Last time out, the soon-to-be 40-year-old was able to limit the Red Sox to one earned run, but he did allow five walks and four hits in only five innings on the mound.


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SAN FRANCISCO — In 2009, the Cubs selected a strong, 6-foot-4-inch power pitcher named Colin Kaepernick in the 43rd round of the amateur baseball draft.
So in some ways Kaepernick's right arm always seemed destined to disappoint Chicago one day.
Memorably, that moment for Kaepernick came Monday night at Candlestick Park as the quarterback for the 49ers in a 32-7 thumping of the Bears so overwhelming it threatens to change the context of the season.
"We have to leave this game as quickly as we possibly can,'' Lovie Smith said after walking off the field looking as disgusted as after any game in his tenure. "There's nothing good to really talk about.''
Nope. With quarterback Jay Cutler out concussed, the Bears regressed.
Welcome back to second place in the NFC North, stuck at seven wins with only one over a team with a winning record — the Colts. Perhaps the Bears aren't as good as some of us thought but no way are they as bad as they as they looked on their most uninspiring night of football in years. The San Francisco fog hung heavy on the Bears sideline on a clear night for everybody else in Northern California.
Their daze lingered until the final minutes when ESPN cameras caught an irritated Brandon Marshall shouting at someone on the sideline.
"I was really frustrated,'' Marshall said. "This was a big opportunity for us and we didn't get it done. Games like this, you really want to compete.''
Inexplicably, the Bears didn't and no longer deserve to keep company with teams considered the NFL's elite. They earned all the skepticism coming their way, however over the top it will be, because that's what happens when a team fails to meet expectations it established for itself. Pressure shifts to Smith and a staff that was outcoached to figure out how to redirect a playoff team that suddenly seems lost and listless.
"We need to use this as a wake-up call,'' Bears quarterback Jason Campbell said.
Wake up from what?
Coach Jim Harbaugh missed 49ers practice Thursday because of an arrhythmia, but the Bears were the ones who seemed affected by a heart issue — the lack of it. In terms of emotion and execution, the woebegone Bears appeared overwhelmed and underprepared in front of a national TV audience that always will remember this as The Kaepernick Game.
Making his first NFL start in place of 49ers starter Alex Smith, who like Cutler missed the game with a concussion, Kaepernick responded like the experienced veteran the Bears expected backup Campbell to be. There have been Richter-scale readings higher than Campbell's passer rating was at points in the first half. By the end of a long night, people wondered why the Bears paid $3.5 million for Campbell — and what the 49ers will do with Kaepernick once Smith returns.
On quick slants, Kaepernick flashed the arm that used to throw 94 mph fastballs. On downfield passes, he displayed a soft touch, especially when hitting Vernon Davis to remind Chicago what a real NFL tight end looks like. The 49ers' Kid K can play.
"It was surprising but this is the NFL and he came to play,'' Bears cornerback Kelvin Hayden said
The biggest confidence boost for Kaepernick came on the 49ers' second drive when he delivered a 57-yard beauty to wide receiver Kyle Williams. Williams, who comes from a family that loves the long ball, went deep to beat Hayden and late-arriving safety Chris Conte.
The only thing the Bears did right was decide to leave Cutler at home. The way 49ers pass-rusher Aldon Smith dominated the offensive line with 51/2 sacks, every pass play would have been a potential accident. If only pass protection was the Bears' biggest problem — at least they are used to that.
But with Cutler not making the trip, the Bears defense decided not to show up either. The most discouraging thing was the way the 49ers smacked the Bears around like they have almost every trip to the Bay Area since 1985. The Bears still can make the playoffs if Cutler returns healthy. They can overcome occasional big plays in the passing game. But they cannot survive if their defense stops stopping the run.
The list of bad defensive performances will be a long one, but safety Major Wright's name sits near the top. Conte's won't be far behind. Come to think of it, after seeing Frank Gore run through another Brian Urlacher arm tackle, and Lance Briggs lunge unsuccessfully at Gore's backup, Kendall Hunter, it would be easier to say who on the Bears played well.
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Thomas Groß is a tenured reader (associate professor) in System Security at the School of Computing Science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the director of the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security (CCCS), a UK Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR). He is the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant CASCAde (Confidentiality-Preserving Security Assurance). His research interests are in security and privacy as well as applied cryptography and formal methods. Before he joined Newcastle in 2011, he was a tenured research scientist in the Security and Cryptography group of IBM Research - Zurich before that and IBM's Research Relationship Manager for privacy research. Thomas received his M.Sc. (Dipl. Inf.) in Computer Science at the Saarland University, Germany, in 2004. He received his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) from the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, in 2009. His thesis was on the security analysis of standardized identity federation. Thomas is a member of the GI, ACM, IEEE, IACR and EATA, as well as Alumnus of the German National Academic Foundation.
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Unless you're into scuba diving or snow and offroad sports, you may never have heard of Liquid Image, which makes goggles and masks with built-in HD video cameras. Its Ego action cam, however, is meant for use in other sports where mounting is a better option than eyewear.
The tiny Ego is one of the smallest POV cameras around; it measures 1.3 inches wide by 1.5 inches deep by 2.5 inches high and weighs just 2.4 ounces. Along with making it easy to travel with, the size and weight are definitely an advantage when it comes to mounting it. And, its shooting options cover just the basics -- it's pretty much just a point-and-shoot video camera -- which is great if you just want to capture some video and move on.
It is, however, Wi-Fi-enabled, and Liquid Image has apps for iOS and Android, which, among other things, give you a live view of what the camera is seeing so you don't have to shoot blindly. Video quality is pretty pleasing, too, especially if your clips are just destined for online sharing.
In the box
Unlike many of the cameras in this category, the Ego comes with very few accessories. You get a short Micro-USB cable, a single adhesive flat mount, an extra adhesive pad, and a snap-on protective face cover to protect it from minor impacts and splashes.
Liquid Image does sell other mounts, but many of them just take advantage of the Ego's quarter-inch tripod mount, so there is no shortage of mounting options available elsewhere. There are a couple of exceptions, though, including a $40 underwater housing that's good down to 130 feet (the Ego is not waterproof on its own) and a body mount system, which can be used to strap the camera to your chest, leg, arm, head, or wrist for $30. But, if you're looking to do more than just stick a camera on something with an adhesive pad, you'll need to spend more money.
Speaking of spending more money, the camera doesn't have any significant amount of memory for video, so you'll need to supply your own MicroSDHC card; it supports cards up to 32GB.
Design and features
The Ego is a cute little thing, that's for sure, and it's available in five colors: blue, white, yellow, red, and black. Again, simplicity is its strong suit and Liquid Image made good use of the space that it had to work with. Pull open its one rubber flap and you'll find the MicroSDHC card slot and Micro-HDMI and Micro-USB.
On the bottom you'll find the tripod mount and four small bumps so that the camera can stand on its own. It would have been nice to have a second threaded mount on the back to allow for more flexibility in mounting, but that's likely not possible considering its size and the internal rechargeable battery. The battery cannot be removed, so when it dies, you're done shooting.
On top are an incredibly small LCD and two buttons. The display can be difficult to read, but thankfully it's not needed for much. One button is for power and changing shooting modes, the other is to start and stop recordings, take photos, and turn on Wi-Fi. A light on front confirms what mode you're shooting in by changing colors and will flash when recording.
The f3.2 lens covers a 135-degree field of view. That's not quite as wide as the 170-degree lenses on other action cams, but it's still plenty wide and has the fish-eye distortion that has become characteristic of the category.
Using the Wi-Fi is easy. Install the app for your mobile device -- iOS and Android versions are available -- and go to your wireless network settings. The camera's Wi-Fi isn't on by default, but you just hold the shutter release for a couple seconds and it turns on. Then you select the Ego in your device's network settings, and they'll connect to each other. Open the app and before too long (on a Droid Razr HD it took about 30 seconds) you'll have a live view from the camera.
With the app, you can preview what you've shot, download clips for viewing or sharing, and change camera settings. You can also use it to remotely take pictures or start a video recording. However, as soon as it starts recording, it kicks you off Wi-Fi, so you must stop the recording with the camera. Also, the app performance was a bit slow on my device, sometimes taking several taps to register selections.


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Green and White Floral Earrings
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Floral bracelet and necklaces to spruce up your outfit of the day. This bracelet and necklaces adds an attractive and unique touch to any plain outfits. This set comes with two matching pairs of floral earrings.
Composition + Care
24k gold plated findings, 925 silver post, Japanese tensha beads imported from Japan/ semi precious stones/glass/silk tassels.
925 silver post are suitable for sensitive skin. However sterling silver posts are naturally soft due to the high silver content and gets bent easily. Just straighten them back with a pair of pliers when it gets out of shape.
Avoid contact with harsh liquids. Gently wipe skin oils or sweat from jewelry after wear. Store in air-tight bag when not in use.
All handmade items are delicately handcrafted and are bound to have slight imperfections.
Tensha beads measure 12mm, bracelet measures 18.5mm and necklaces measure 48cm.
Trinket comes wrapped in gift boxes. For gifting purposes, kindly add to cart 'individual giftbox'.
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The iPad 3 contains an 11,560mAh battery, the first take-apart of the third-generation Apple tablet has revealed.
Indeed, the new gagdet is packed with power storage behind its - Samsung-made, seemingly - 2048 x 1536 "retina display".
Source: iFixit.com
The autopsy, conducted by iFixit, shows a mere sliver of a motherboard up above the monster battery.
That mAh rating amounts to 43Wh - almost double the 25Wh battery capacity built into the iPad 2, and bigger than the 35Wh battery used in the latest 11in MacBook Air notebook computer.
Source: iFixit.com
Yet the iPad 3 runs for only as long as its predecessor, a fact that shows just how much juice the LTE 4G radio and that big screen can swallow. ®


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Visual Improvements
- small grey line (1 pixel) below the header
- home page: headline typo looks too heavy -> size: smaller, Color: dark blue (like text at header bar)
- navigation boxes: use light blue bitmaps instead of light grey bitmaps
- the bottom part of the "Update your template box" is missing
- show tags at template box (detail view)
- allow editing tags at template box (detail view)
- icon/tell a friend alignment middle
- icon/report abuse here alignment middle
- Style of comment box: Please use "Light Box-"style, too.
- Improve feedback "Thank You" for template upload
- icon for comments
Interaction Improvements
- remove "download" at the haeder bar
- show how many votes for a template
- "tell a friend" link is broken
- Remove "Node" at template submissions list
- Remove "Recent Hits" at template submissions list
- Show average at template submissions list
- Select the licencse: have to be easier! (pre selection, radiobutton, ...)
- My Account: Link to the comments (of comment on template)
- think about behavior of "all" languages
- allow author and admin to change the language
- smaller size of fonts
- use "bold" and "normal" text style
- uniform spelling: do not use "tags" AND "keywords" in the same context
- show the tags (keywords) by upload
- allow the change, add and/or remove tags
- allow seperation by ";"
- auto completion of tags to avoid so many similar words
- auto correction of spelling
- search by tags
- search by author
- search by date (latest, 1-3 days, 1-3 weeks, 1-3 months, etc.)
- propose similar existing words
- auto seach: save search request and provide the results at "MyFavorites"
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- sort by date
- sort by language
- collect spelling mistakes in one word
- allow clustering of words (by tags?) but save the original word
- provide "Most Wanted" online, specially for authors
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- favor a template
- create own tags for templates
- collection folder(s)
- save, send or zip my collection(s)
- favor an author
- show my search results (e.g. latest templates with tag xy and yxx)
- for authors: see how many users love my templates
- for authors: see who users love my templates
- for authors: most wanted templates (e.g. of the week)