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GOLD dust tickets for the Commonwealth Games are up for grabs by Glasgow's unsung heroes.
The Evening Times has 12 pairs of tickets to give away to worthy members of the community.
Up to one million briefs for the sporting extravaganza sold out in the first and second ticketing phases last year and it is impossible to buy a seat for any of the 17 sports at the Games.
But, thanks to the Scottish Government's Legacy Ticket scheme, we are able to reward those who are most deserving with a seat at the big event.
We are searching for young sports fans involved in sport at school, in the community or in a local club, the dedicated volunteers who make sport happen, those who work to improve their community more generally and disadvantaged people who do not have the opportunity to experience the Games.
As excitement builds ahead of the spectacle, groups and individuals across the city are working hard to make sure the benefits are felt for years to come.
They are working on everything from art and theatre performances to new sports clubs and dance classes to get people moving.
First Minister Alex Salmond said Glasgow 2014 was a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to secure a legacy for communities across Scotland.
He said: "The Scottish Government is delighted to work with the Evening Times as we encourage you to identify and nominate someone in your community who you feel deserves to experience the Games first hand."
In the East End, legacy project Active East is working tirelessly to create opportunities for young people to get involved in sporting and recreational activities.
It is offering £70,000 a year for five years in small grants to fund grassroots initiatives and has already supported dozens of opportunities across the area.
The project has identified 55 people, aged 14 to 25, to work as Active Champions, learning the skills they need to lead the way in their communities now and in the future.
Since February last year, the volunteers, who work across 29 different groups, have given more than 5000 hours of their time to sports initiatives in the East End.
But Kirsty Partridge, Active East's programme manager, said many of the young volunteers had been unable to get tickets because they could not afford them or did not have bank accounts to buy them.
She said: "One of the bugbears has been trying to get the tickets for the Games. We were not successful in getting any tickets for the Active Champions.
"For some of the young people there is a barrier to the Games because not having a bank account meant they could not get tickets.
"Getting tickets would be the icing on the cake and let them go along and be part of the Games.
"It would mean the world to be part of the Games that is happening on their doorstep. Being able to talk about being there would be an inspiration to the community."
Monday marks 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony and this week we are asking people to nominate those working hardest in their community for a pair of tickets to the Games.
All you have to do is write, in about 100 words, why the person you have chosen is worthy of one of the last remaining seats.
Mr Salmond said: "You will know the unsung heroes who are already making a difference - whether it is a young person involved in sport, someone helping to make sport happen by volunteering or someone making your community a better place.
"As the excitement and enthusiasm builds, we can look forward to a Games that will welcome friends from around the world and will shape memories for us all."
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While I like to write software for my own pleasure, sometimes I write programs to be used by other people--meaning I have to implement a user interface. I like the input function for asking simple questions of the user. Its syntax is straightforward, but its output clutters the Command Window, allows the user to make mistakes, is annoying for typing long answers (like a file name and location), and most importantly it makes the program feel like the interactive fiction I used to write in BASIC. Fortunately MATLAB comes with a lot of functions that build simple GUIs for asking the user questions.
The most basic of these is the inputdlg function. Instead of just input:
a=input('What kind of Peanut Butter would you like? ','s')
you could use
b=inputdlg('What kind of Peanut Butter would you like?')
Of course, this leaves the user with the availability of typing anything! He could say that he wants oranges, which is not a valid option (or at least not at my local Stop & Shop). Unfortunately MATLAB provides dialogs with ways of restricting the user's choices. Each one with its pros and cons.
The listdlg provides the user with a list of options. It's by far the ugliest, and you can see by default the sizing is bad and it crops our question.
c = listdlg('PromptString','What kind of Peanut Butter would you like?',... 'SelectionMode','single', 'ListString',{'Crunchy','Creamy','Natural','Chocolate'})
Fortunately, there is an easy fix with some additional inputs to listdlg:
c = listdlg('PromptString','What kind of Peanut Butter would you like?',... 'SelectionMode','single', 'ListString',{'Crunchy','Creamy','Natural','Chocolate'},... 'Name','Select Peanut Butter','ListSize',[230 130])
If you have three or less options, you can go the questdlg route:
d = questdlg('What kind of Peanut Butter would you like?', 'Peanut Butter Selection', ... 'Crunchy','Creamy','Natural','Creamy');
Finally, you could also use a menu dialog to present one button per choice:
e = menu('What kind of Peanut Butter would you like?',... 'Crunchy','Creamy','Natural','Chocolate')
As you can see none of these are as pretty as one could make a custom dialog, however they are quite easy to code and useful for programming user interactions. Even more compelling than these general choice dialogs are the ones provided that allow the user to select a file, color, or font. Those will be the topic of another post. You can find more about them here.
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Really, my only comment from this post is…they have chocolate peanut butter?! I learn so much from these blogs!
I said the same thing to Mike — "they have chocolate peanut butter?!". It sure does sound delicious.
The fact that the first listdlg attempt fail is embarrassing! Also, MATLAB really needs to freshen up its GUI dialogs. The last example looks like somthing dug up from Windows 95.
This is one reason MATLAB is slowly losing customers to SciPy/NumPy, I think.
Where do you get your information that MATLAB is slowly losing customers to SciPy/NumPy? I hope you can point to more than some newsgroup banter, or a few personal experiences. Just curious.
About the example GUI appearance: This looks like xp more than windows 98 to me. On my Vista machine the GUI looks very modern.
Sorry for not clarifying me more.
The trend that SciPy is growing strongly is that many of my coworkers (in academia) are trying to use MATLAB less and less. They are writing books on Python and encouraging others to "switch". The reasons stated are among others the many libraries available for GUI design in Python.
This is indeed my personal experience in academia, but this is definitely a trend among the people I meet. So far, I have continued to use MATLAB myself.
Well, the title bar in the last example certainly looks XP, but the color palette of the actual contents looks more 90's-ish.
That's because the menu function is ten years old. It's still hanging around for backwards compatibility. The state of the art in UI design is not to have long lists of buttons so I hope it's not actually still used much.
These are nice small examples of matlab GUI. Over the years handle graphics (HG) has made many advances. But a major refreshing of handle graphics is highly desireable and will keep it updated for GUI development.
There are two reasons for this: user expectation is higher and other development environment is easier. One evidence is that the Mathworks' own GUI for various toolboxes are moved away from HG more and more, for whatever the reason.
Scott Hirsch (@TMW) said once that HG will get much better. I hope this promise is realized soon.
It's great as always to hear the different perspectives from readers of this blog (who knew about chocolate peanut butter??). As for the future of graphics and GUI building in MATLAB – we recognize these as core capabilities of the MATLAB platform and are very committed to evolve these features to leverage evolution in technology since they were originally released. We have nothing to announce right now, other than that we've been listening and are working really hard for you!
What about a function called popupdlg that would display instead of a list box and popup menu?
That should be "instead of a list box, a popup menu"
I will bring your suggestion to the developers. Thanks!
…now i'm really hungry…
Why can't dialog boxes in Matlab support a default button assignment so that the user does not have to use the mouse when the focus is on the button desired?
@Stephan – Matlab does support default dialog button – see the example of 'creamy' in the questdlg snippet in Mike's original post above.
These predefined dialog boxes are unfortunatly missing support for multiple monitors (at least in R2010b). We have more and more computers with several monitors and it is very annoying when dialogs appear on a different monitor than the GUI that calls the dialogs.


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It'd be nice if cp had a progress bar like scp does. I allthewebed for a wrapper script that does that but couldn't find one... anyone know of one?
Why do You need it? It just slow down things a bit...
But try mc, it does it for you very nicely ;-)
I know this response would be way late, but I was looking for something like this myself (hence why I happened upon this post). You can use bar (http://clpbar.sourceforge.net/). The command for copying a file with a progress bar would then be
bar --in-file source.file | dd of=dest.file
Thanks man. It's not perfect but it's not bad, and better than nothing. I'm going to try to get it to do recursive copies (or at least make it so that I don't have to type in the full filename for output instead of just directory). Maybe I can pipe it to cp instead of dd...
Yeah, I was immediately annoyed with that too. I am not sure if you can actually pipe to cp like that, as cp generally takes its arguments as files rather than dealing with streams. If I were a good c programmer, I would try to pull the bar code out of bar or wget and try to put it into a version of cp, but alas...
You might be able to get cp to accept the output if you run it through xargs first.
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Bob also had a good job as the director of the Xavier University library. He won't be getting paid again anytime soon, if ever. Today he applied for food stamps. He's also in the market for a job, so if any of you know a library that could use a highly qualified director, let me know. Bob's taking things a lot better than I would, for damned sure, and he knows he was luckier than a lot of folks, but he could use a little help.


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Twenty-four struggling schools are currently being considered for closure by the Department of Education (DOE) after poor performances and low grades on city progress reports. Borough institutions Business, Computer Applications & Entrepreneurship High School, Law, Government and Community Service High School and Flushing High School, which narrowly avoided closing last year, were included on the shortlist.
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Hello and goodbye: Development in LoDo took an ugly turn recently when owners of the Ice House forced the Bluepoint restaurant (and everyone else) out so the building can be turned into lofts or offices, they're not sure which. Half the staff at Westword is in mourning--Bluepoint was the spot for early-morning muffins and healthy gazpacho at lunch. But chef/owner Chris Rogers cannot be kept down: She and the rest of the staff have opened the Articulate Cafe at 595 South Broadway. Named after the "Articulated Wall" (the yellow sculpture that looms beside I-25), the cafe offers a menu similar to Bluepoint's, even though this place is much smaller.
Meanwhile, the trains of progress keep rollin' into LoDo, where Flat Pennies is set to open October 5 in Union Station. Although the restaurant will focus on the lunch bunch looking for sandwiches (chicken predominant), general manager Troy Johnston plans to continue serving that menu well into the evening and hopes to draw the happy-hour crowd with half-price appetizers and twelve beers on tap (nine will be local microbrews). The restaurant also will offer a small breakfast lineup, including Belgian waffles and the "train wreck" plate. There's some hush-hush over who owns the place; Johnston says the limited partnership is called Railway Diner, but someone else he declines to name also is involved.
Across the street at 1730 Wynkoop Street, the industrious trio at Enoteca Lodo is assembling what's purported to be one of the largest wine lists this city has seen. (Enoteca is Italian for "wine library," but, coincidentally, the word spelled backward is "acetone.") Owners John McGuigan and Marquis Sauvage, along with general manager Simon Cocks, are taking their time about it, though--Enoteca isn't scheduled to open until sometime in January.
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And then, of course, there are the chains, which continue to match locals' efforts opening for opening. Zuma, an upscale Mexican burrito joint out of California, has set up shop at 550 Grant Street. The concept--fresh, low-fat fast food--seems to cross Chez Jose with Chipotle Grill, but the ingredients on the tiny menu sound more like Mexico meets the Mediterranean: poblano pesto, eggplant and red peppers, Caesar-style salad with black olives. Still, better to pull in there than next door at Kenny Rogers Roasters. And I'm actually hearing good things about Piatti, at 190 St. Paul Street, another California venture (what--if that state's residents move here, are the restaurants required to as well?). I'd feared Piatti would be another Olive Garden, but this place offers sauces that are fresher than just-out-of-the-can, and the menu lists such tantalizing prospects as sweetbreads, carpaccio, fresh salmon with mascarpone cream sauce and veal scallopine layered with prosciutto, mozzarella and sage.
Yet another chain, Red Lobster, reportedly is assembling a think tank at the Gold Lake Ranch in Ward some weekend soon to pick the minds of brilliant chefs from around the country. The list is small--among the five or six is Anne Rosenzweig from Arcadia--but it includes our own Kevin Taylor (Zenith American Grill, Cafe Iguana and the soon-to-be Dandelions in Boulder) and Dave Query (Zolo and JAX in Boulder). Hmmm...think they'll recommend that the Lobster go Southwestern?


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The newest Series 4 digital video recorders (DVRs) from TiVo boast new designs, a beefed up yet simpler interface, and updated features, especially their seamless integration of traditional TV programming with Internet-based content, including streaming movie services.
The big challenge, of course, is whether this will be enough to lure cable-company subscribers away from the convenience of monthly cable-box DVR rentals and billing, which require no upfront cost.
The two new Series 4 models are TiVo Premiere priced at $300, and a step-up model, the THX-certified $500 TiVo Premiere XL, which sports a larger hard drive. The Premiere's 320GB hard drive can hold 45 hours of HD shows, the company says, while the XL's 1TB (terabyte) hard drive can store up to 150 hours of HD programming. Both will be available in April, though pre-orders are now being accepted. In addition to purchasing the boxes, you'll need to subscribe to the TiVo service—which ranges in cost from $13 a month to a $400 lifetime subscription— and a cable subscription if you won't be using an antenna.
Perhaps the greatest appeal of Series 4 models will be the easy way TiVo manages to combine traditional TV programming with web-based content, so that search on a popular movie, for example, could offer you the choice of finding out when it's playing on cable, seeing a director's commentary on YouTube, or instantly streaming the movie from Amazon Video on Demand, Blockbuster On Demand or Netflix, which are all supported by the DVR. The new interface also allows new types of search categories, such as Academy Award-winning movies or Emmy-winning TV shows.
Another compelling feature is the ability to transfer recorded shows to a portable device, such as a notebook PC using the free TiVo Desktop download, then to an iPhone or iPod using the optional ($25) Desktop Plus software for a PC. (Mac users need to get similar software from Roxio.)
In addition to streaming movies, TiVo Premiere also offers additional widget-based content provided by FrameChannel, a content aggregator that provides access to news, sports updates, Twitter, Facebook and Picasa photos. Tivo is also adding Pandora Internet radio to its new, and older, receivers. Other new features include an onscreen meter that shows the available disc space left for recording, plus the ability to continue watching a show in a window while accessing the menu system.
Key Series 4 specs:
Premiere XL
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On paper, we think these new TiVo boxes represent a clear step forward from earlier models, though we haven't tested one yet. What do you think? Are these new features enough to make you consider either upgrading an older TiVo box, or switching from a current cable-company box? Or does having to pay an upfront fee for a box, plus an additional subscription, make this a less appealing option? Let us know.
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Welcome to Table Tennis Cairns, the home of Table Tennis in Far North Queensland
Welcome to Table Tennis Cairns, the home of Table Tennis in Far North Queensland
We would like to invite players of all skill levels, backgrounds and ages to come and join us for social practice, coaching and fixtures. We can cater to anyone: Complete beginners, social players and advanced players.
With a proud history of being one of Cairns' longest running sporting associations (Established 1952) the Cairns Table Tennis Association is centrally located at 99 Sheridan Street, directly across the road from the Civic Theatre.
Come and join us for social play, practice, regular fixtures and coaching. There's no need to book, just choose a time that suits you from the session times page and come along ready to play. You don't even need a bat (or paddle) as you can use a house bat for free if you need one.


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What a scene is this! The whole earth holds no prospect more wonderful. Its endless associations overwhelm and confuse both the memory and the imagination. Standing here, the world's greatest scholars have gazed and wondered. Speaking of our visit, one traveler says: "The whole scene trembled, for an instant, in my vision, for I knew that one of the greatest desires of my life was on the point of fulfilment, and that I was at last actually gazing on the spot of earth which had been for centuries the brain of the Roman Empire, the focus of the power and intelligence of the human race, and, frequently, the stage on which the most stupendous dramas in Rome's history were performed, with consuls, emperors and generals as the actors, and for an audience the dazzled world."
We are looking east by south now. Those five columns of the Temple of Saturn, (a part of which was seen before on our right), now stand up majestically a little to our left. On our extreme left are the arches of the Constantine Basilica, and farther away, more to the right, is the Colosseum. There is a large church directly in front of it, but the mammoth proportions of the great amphitheater swell out grandly on both sides. To the right of the Colosseum, standing on higher ground, is the Arch of Titus, while the eminence on the extreme right, piled with ruins nearly to its summit, is the home of the Caesars, the Palatine Hill. All this territory has been crowded with buildings and then destroyed by fire or pillage and then crowded again time after time, during the Republic and the Empire. But the nucleus from which it all started, the original Forum, lies down there on our left. We called attention before to the Forum limits on three sides ; now we can see the limits on the south-westerly side. The large space below on our right with its regular rows of bases for columns, is the foundation of the Basilica Julia. We can see the front steps of this Basilica around the column of the Temple of Saturn farthest away. It was that Basilica, together with the Temple of Castor and Pollux to the east of it, which formed the boundary on this side of the Forum.
In the distance we have a magnificent prospect over the Campagna to the Alban Hills, of which we caught a glimpse from our Position 3.
Before we consider more in detail the whole area spread out here before us we shall go for a few minutes only to one more standpoint, the location of which is just this side, and to the right of the Arch of Titus. From there we shall look back this way to the Capitol building in which we are standing. On the map of the Forum that standpoint is found in front of the Basilica of Constantine. The two bounding red lines connected with the number 29 extend toward the left, on the map, or toward the west.


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Changes are coming to the Muskingum County Home in an effort to get the facility Medicare and Medicaid certified.
On Monday, Sarah Weber-Somers will begin as the new administrator of the county home. Hiring an administrator was a necessary requirement in the process to get certified.
"She's going to be very helpful in helping us through the process of the certification of need, which we have submitted to the Ohio Department of Health," says Rebecca Cooper, out-going superintendent.
Becoming Medicare and Medicaid certified will help ease the financial burden of caring for indigent county residents. The County Home is curretly partially funded through a property tax levy.
"This is a lengthy process this will be approximately take the next year to really accomplish that so it is still going to be very important to maintain some levy funds to in order to go through this process and at some point levy funds will be decreased, but will still be a part of it as we move forward," says Weber-Somers.
The county has just received an audit of changes they need to make in order to become certified. Those changes include software upgrades that will allow the County Home to provide reports to the state.


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Political Correctness and Huckleberry Finn
This morning on the show we discussed a story about censorship and political correctness. NewSouth Books' edition of Huckleberry Finn will be coming out soon with a new edition that removes the "n" word from the book. It replaces that word with the word, slave. They are doing this to update the book and apparently because it's the 21st century.
What a terrible idea.
The book wasn't written for the 21st century and is a reflection of it's time. This is what happens when you let people run free and spread this PC crap at will. Re-writing books so people won't be offended? Here's an idea, how about you start with the Rap music community and target the use of the "n" word first? Then, maybe we can look at books.
What do you think? Leave me a comment or call-in to Lubbock's First News, mornings from 6 to 9 on KFYO


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Joseph Lee La MoreJul 5, 2012 Staff
Joseph Lee La More, 92, of Riverton, and formerly of California, died Monday, June 11, 2012, at the Wind River Health Care in Riverton.
According to his wishes, cremation will take place, and there will be no local services. His cremated remains will be entombed with those of his late wife in the Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, Calif.
Mr. La More was born in Lincoln County, Wis., to Fred and Elizabeth (Torrey) La More.
He served with the U.S. Army and the Wisconsin National Guard and worked in civil service at the El Toro Marine Base in Orange County, Calif.
Mr. La More is survived by two daughters, Jaye Baker and her husband James of Riverton, and Julie Riccelli of Ohio; grandchildren Sarah Didion of Ohio, Rebecca Larson of Illinois, and Elizabeth Sanders of Illinois.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce A. La More; his parents and six siblings.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.


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Sun 10th May 2009 6:00amSurf Smooth's The Cross (Pensacola Beach) Surf Report
We continue to have some shin high wind waves today. Seas 2 feet. Water temp in the mid-70s. High tide around 10 am. Low tide around 10 pm today. Today will be mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
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Contender is delicious straight from the garden to the table, and also retains great flavor when canning or freezing. What a winner!
Keep soil moist but not soggy, and avoid watering the foliage. Beans produce their own nitrogen, and fertilizer is not needed if planted in rich soil.
Matures in 50 days. Smooth pods are 6-8" in length. For a continuous harvest, sow new plants every 7-14 days up to 50 days before first fall frost.
Tolerates mosaic virus, greasy pod and heat.
Contender was bred by the Southeastern Vegetable Breeding Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina. It was released in 1949 with the cooperation of the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida Agricultural Experimental Stations.


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London • Global religious hostilities reached a six-year high in 2012 and affected more people than government curbs on religious freedom, according to the Pew Research Center's latest report on religious restrictions around the world.
The report, released Tuesday ahead of National Religious Freedom Day on Thursday, shows that 74 percent of the world's population experienced high levels of social hostility toward religion, up from 52 percent in 2011.
The sharp rise is due to hostilities in China, which for the first time in the survey's six-year history, scored a "high" level of religious strife. Home to more than 1.3 billion people, China experienced an increase in religion-related terrorism, mob violence and sectarian conflict in 2012.


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Fashion Textile Practices MA 2017-18This course also available for 2018-19 entry
About the course
The MA in Fashion Textile Practices aims to cover a vastly changing environment. As a broad subject area this course allows you to explore a varied range of fashion and textile directions. It offers continuing or recent graduates opportunities to enhance their knowledge, skills, creativity and employment prospects, through imaginative enquiry into different fashion, textile and surface platforms and processes.
Our MA in Fashion Textile Practices aims to combine advanced creative, aesthetic and technical design skills. You will normally have a degree in a related subject (Fashion Design, Textile or Surface Design, Textile Crafts), may be seeking to develop fresh approaches to your subject (creative pattern cutting, design for fashion, interiors or exterior architectural surfaces, future materials, 3D printed textiles or surfaces, advancing your weave, embroidery, knit or print skills, or textile art), or may wish to build your portfolio for fashion, textile or surface roles in industry in the future. A portfolio of work or ideas is required for subject entry.
Start date:
18 / 09 / 2017
2 years part-time
Full-time option also available
Entry requirements
Candidates must be able to satisfy the general admissions requirements of the University of Huddersfield and the specific requirements of the course in the following ways.
The normal entry requirements are:
• An Honours degree (2:2 or above) in a relevant subject or an equivalent professional qualification.
• Alternative qualifications and/or significant experience may be accepted, subject to approval.
• For applicants whose first language or language of instruction is not English you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum of IELTS 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, will be considered acceptable, or equivalent.
• All suitably qualified applicants are normally invited in for an informal chat with a portfolio or considered for admittance under alternative arrangements, such as a skype chat.
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Course content
The course is one of a suite of Master's courses within the School of Art, Design and Architecture and offers an opportunity for a multi-disciplinary approach to Fashion Textile Practices. We encourage exploration in the fields of fashion design, 3D design technologies for surface or textiles, creative pattern cutting, the art of moulage, embroidery, experimental toiling, woven textiles, knitted textiles, textile surfaces, future materials, and site-specific textile art. Our shared modules in research methods and creative innovation and entrepreneurship facilitate opportunities for students to engage in cross-disciplinary working and to participate in the School's research and enterprise activities as well as undertaking subject specific modules in Fashion and Textile Concepts and Fashion and Textile Processes leading to a Major Project.
Term 1
Research Methods and Project Proposal
On this module you will be encouraged to explore how different research methods underpin all kinds of creative practices. As thinkers and practitioners you will work to develop an understanding of the different research approaches you might design and use to enhance and transform your ideas. You will be introduced to a range of practice-led methods which may include: creative and design thinking, user-centered methods, practice-led approaches, cultural analysis, historical/archival research and market-driven data capture and analysis. The module helps to equip you with a tool kit of research skills to guide you in the development a project proposal or working brief for your Master's study. The module is made up of lectures and guided seminars which will help you to build a solid foundation to lead you through your studies.
Fashion and Textile Concepts
This module aims to introduce you to a range of concepts at the forefront of fashion and textile thinking in contemporary practice. You will have the opportunity to develop your own ideas through practice and understand the relation between concepts, research and innovation in practice.
Term 2
Creative Innovation and Entrepreneurship
This module aims to introduce you to key features of innovation and entrepreneurship within the context of the cultural and creative industries. Depending on your future aspirations we will help you to build your knowledge and understanding of different approaches to creative innovation (social, ethical and sustainable aspects), provide guidance on business start-ups, and assist you in your professional skills development (commercial awareness, self-management, problem-solving, team working, communication strategies), including searching for marketing, promotion, consultancy and funding opportunities specific to your subject. The module involves lectures, seminars and practical projects where you will experiment with the tools and techniques of creative innovation. There will be opportunities for group projects and multi-disciplinary working on this module.
Fashion and Textile Processes
This practice-led module offers you the opportunity to question and develop the parameters of your practice through a range of different processes suited to specific concepts and contexts. You will have the opportunity to produce a body of work supported by specialist workshops which will allow you to develop a framework of process for your ideas. You will be encouraged to push the conceptual direction of your project through risk taking and experimentation.
Term 3
Major Project
The major project module builds on your development work in previous modules to culminate in the realisation of your ideas. You will select a 'Major' or 'Minor' weighted approach to your project which will allow you to pursue an 'academic/written' or 'practice/led' focus to your submission. You will revisit your project proposal to develop a final stage framework to help realise your intended outcomes. This could include a group project subject to negotiation with your specialist supervisor.
Career opportunities
There are many exciting opportunities within the creative industries for innovators in such areas as museums, galleries, fashion, interiors, the retail sector and freelance/consultancy. The education sector or further doctoral study are also options.
The expectation is that you will seek to enter the fashion textile and surface industries into roles such as: buyers working on commercial projects, fashion designers, fashion merchandisers, trend and colour forecasters and consultants, textile and surface design managers, material specifiers for interiors and exteriors, colour and material designers for the automotive industry, curators, community craft engagement practitioners, or you may wish to advance your research expertise in your current subject area or role by developing proposals for further postgraduate research. Students studying within the subject area of Fashion and Textiles have gone on to be successful within the following roles: Wardrobe Manager at Northern Ballet; Head of Design at Rael Brook Shirts; Project Leader at Oldham College; Design Maker at Beverley Kendall and Dora Dolls; Senior Fabric Manager at Avery Dennison; Tutor at the Bradford University; Lecturer at the Cleveland College of Art and Design; Graduate Supervisor at Warehouse Fashions; Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Fashion; and Visual Merchandiser in Signet Jewellers.*
*Source: LinkedIn
Important information
We will always try to deliver your course as described on this web page. However, sometimes we may have to make changes as set out below.
We review all optional modules each year and change them to reflect the expertise of our staff, current trends in research and as a result of student feedback. We will always ensure that you have a range of options to choose from and we will let students know in good time the options available for them to choose for the following year.
We will only change core modules for a course if it is necessary for us to do so, for example to maintain course accreditation. We will let you know about any such changes as soon as possible, usually before you begin the relevant academic year.
Sometimes we have to make changes to other aspects of a course or how it is delivered. We only make these changes if they are for reasons outside of our control, or where they are for our students' benefit. Again, we will let you know about any such changes as soon as possible, usually before the relevant academic year. Our regulations set out our procedure which we will follow when we need to make any such changes.
When you enrol as a student of the University, your study and time with us will be governed by a framework of regulations, policies and procedures, which form the basis of your agreement with us. These include regulations regarding the assessment of your course, academic integrity, your conduct (including attendance) and disciplinary procedure, fees and finance and compliance with visa requirements (where relevant). It is important that you familiarise yourself with these as you will be asked to agree to abide by them when you join us as a student. You will find a guide to the key terms here, where you will also find links to the full text of each of the regulations, policies and procedures referred to.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is the principal regulator for the University.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching strategies include lectures, tutorials and projects. Modules are assessed by a combination of written reports, presentations, and the production and critique of craft, culminating in an exposition of work in the form of theoretical and/or practice based work.
Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks – unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results. Feedback on exam performance/final coursework is available on request after the publication of results.
Huddersfield is the only University where 100% of the teaching staff are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy.*
- permanent staff, after probation: some recently appointed colleagues will only obtain recognition in the months after their arrival in Huddersfield, once they have started teaching.
We have a fully equipped postgraduate suite which is dedicated to our MA students. This space is a lively and friendly environment where students can engage in creative exchanges across different subject areas in art and design.
Postgraduate students are able to access a wide range of facilities within the School as well as those that are particular to your specialism. Whatever your specialist practice, whether fashion or textiles driven, will be supported by a vast state of the art suite of facilities and workshops, ranging from: UV printers (hard materials), Textile Inkjet Printers, Laser cutters, an Amayer embroidery machine, Rapier Looms, CCi Technology Studio Loom, printing and dye facilities to support all types of screen printing, Rapid Prototyping machines, Scotweave, Optitex, lockstitch machines, cover stitch machines, leather stitch machines, and a multi-needle embroidery machine.
How much will it cost me?
In 2017/18, the part-time tuition fee for UK and EU postgraduate students at the University of Huddersfield will generally be £425 per 15 credit module and £850 per 30 credit module (see Fees and Finance for exceptions). Tuition fees will cover the cost of your study at the University as well as charges for registration, tuition, supervision and examinations. For more information about funding, fees and finance for UK/EU students, including what your tuition fee covers, please see Fees and Finance. Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years of study may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X).
If you are an international student coming to study at the University of Huddersfield, please visit the International Fees and Finance pages for full details of tuition fees and support available.
Please email the Student Finance Office or call 01484 472210 for more information about fees and finance.
For the two practical subject specific modules you'll need to supply your own materials. The costs may vary based on the materials you choose. There is no limit on the amount you may wish to spend, however as a guide, costs in recent years have ranged from £500 to £700 per student for these modules.
Additional routes
[h]Interim Awards[\h] A Master's course is 180 Master's level credits, which would normally take one calendar year full-time study. Interim awards are available at Postgraduate Certificate level or Postgraduate Diploma level should you decide to exit the course early. Please contact us for details of the credits required for these interim awards.
Other information
Our specialist staff and research expertise in the department brings students into contact with a wide range of academic staff, many of whom have industry experience. All of our staff are research active and are involved in the events of our research centres. Students are welcome to participate in these wider research contexts as part of their studies with us at the University of Huddersfield.
If you are an international student (including EU) you can check if you meet our entry requirements (both academic and English language) by visiting our country pages.
If you do not meet the entry requirements you can consider completing a degree preparation programme (if you are from a country outside of the EU) at the University's International Study Centre (ISC) or you can call the ISC on +44 (0) 1273 339333 to discuss your options. You can also complete the online application form or to ask a question please fill in the enquiry form and talk to one of our multi-lingual Student Enrolment Advisers.
If your English language is not at the required level (IELTS 6.0 overall), we have a range of Pre-Sessional English programmes that you can enrol on before starting your degree programme. You will not need to take an IELTS test after completing one of our Pre-Sessional English programmes.
How to apply
We hope you are interested in what you have seen and want to apply to join us.
If you are planning to study full-time and are a student from the UK or from a country in the European Union (EU), you can find application information here.
If you are planning to study full-time and are an international student from outside the European Union (EU), you can find application information here.
If you are planning to study part-time, please get in touch with the contact in the 'At a glance' section above.
Research community
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NBC25 says goodbye to morning anchor Elizabeth MacFarland
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:47:00 GMT —
After six years with NBC25, Elizabeth MacFarland is leaving.
She wrapped up her career with the station today with a look back at her past and a well-wishes to her future.
Surrounded by her morning show team and some of her favorite guests of the show, she said good-bye.
"I have worked with nine news anchors in my career. None of them worked as hard or made me laugh as much as her, " said Joel Feick, her co-anchor on NBC25 Today.
News Director Mike Schram said, "Elizabeth was a leader in the newsroom. While I am excited for her personally and for the next step in her career, I will miss her tireless efforts to bring the news to Mid-Michigan every morning."
Elizabeth MacFarland, before leaving, had this to say, "I grew up in mid-Michigan, and being able to report the news in my home area over the last six years has been such an unforgettable experience. I will miss the hustle and bustle of daily news, live television and the sense of urgency it gave me everyday. I want to especially thank all of you who allowed me to tell your story while I was here. I covered many day-to-day stories, but the stories most near and dear to my heart are the stories that made people at home smile a little, laugh a lot or shed a tear.
On that note, I've always said, if I ever step away from the airwaves, I would have to work for an organization that helps people. Working with the non-profit organization, Wellspring Lutheran Services, will allow me to do that. It's an organization that services seniors, families and children. Working with Wellspring Lutheran Services will allow me to help people I have always felt passionate about. "


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Welcome to The Chateau Aroma Esthetics Beauty Spa
Specializes in facial rejuvenation treatments using highly effective natural and organic formulas that combine age-defying science with nature's most repairing elements. Our philosophy is based on the belief that meeting our clients' needs, your needs, is of utmost importance. This is our passion and our dedicated commitment to our clients. To help us work together to meet your needs, we offer you a soothing environment, one that allows you to bask in the pleasure of filling beautiful, and reminds you of the importance and enjoyment of feeling beautiful... every single day. You will experience the highest quality of service and find the latest, most advanced skin care products and treatments, all offered at reasonable prices and with a personal touch. Believing a person's well-being is an integrated, living creation, my approach to health, beauty and skincare is holistic.
We are open Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 8 pm, Monday Closed, Walk-in are welcome, however, appointments are highly recommended. Please feel free to call us with any questions at 626-782-7181.


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BEYONCE Knowles has reunited with Destinys Child to record a new track.
The singer announced on Thursday the Nineties girl group famous for songs like Bootylicious and Survivor is planning a comeback.
She shared the news on her website with a black and white picture of herself, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland superimposed over the letters "DC".
"I am so proud to announce the first original Destiny's Child music in eight years! - Beyonce," she wrote.
The singer included a link to pre-order the group's new compilation album, Love Songs.
The record includes the ladies' greatest romantic hits and one new track, entitled Nuclear.
The song has been produced by Pharrell Williams.
It is the first release from Destiny's Child since their 2004 album Destiny Fulfilled.
The trio catapulted to fame in the Nineties and began pursuing their own solo projects in 2000.
Kelly Rowland is scheduled to release her fourth solo album, Year of the Woman, later this year. Michelle Williams released her third in 2008, and went on to star in Aida on Broadway and Chicago on London's West End.
Beyonce is scheduled to release her fifth solo album in April and although she is now married to rapper Jay-Z and gave birth to a baby girl last year she shows no signs of slowing down.
The singer will also headline America's Super Bowl Halftime show on February 3.
News of Destiny's Child's forthcoming album has sparked rumours Kelly and Michelle might join her onstage but the ladies have yet to confirm if there's any truth to those reports.
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A security research firm known for finding Java bugs has uncovered a new critical zero-day vulnerability in Java 5, Java 6 and Java 7! This issue impacts both Windows PCs and Macs and can only be avoided by removing Java from your browser plug-ins. So far Oracle has been provided with a technical overview of the bug and example code outlining the flaw, but has not commented on when a fix will be available. Since this vulnerability apparently affects all Java runtimes it could put close to one billion users at risk!
We've recently discovered yet another security vulnerability affecting all latest versions of Oracle Java SE software. The impact of this issue is critical – we were able to successfully exploit it and achieve a complete Java security sandbox bypass in the environment of Java SE 5, 6 and 7. So far, we could only claim such an impact with reference to Java 7 environment (the Apple QuickTime attack relying on Issues 15 and 22 is the only exception here).
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It's Spring and that means it is time for cleaning. There are two reasons I chose to write about spring cleaning your scrapbook area. The first, of course, is that spring has officially arrived and it is time to get moving on some spring cleaning around your home. The second reason, is because with all garage sale articles I have been writing, over in frugal living, I wanted to spring clean my scrapbook area as well, to make it neat and organized (and to make room for more stuff!).
Spring Cleaning your scrapbook area can be as easy as just sitting down and getting your stuff organized. Once you have your supplies organized, you will be able to view it all a bit better. You need to take note of what you have in stock, so when you are sitting down to create a layout, you have everything you need. Not to mention, that having everything organized makes it a faster process when you are ready to sit down and create a layout.
Although, leftover supplies can be donated to all kinds of locations, girl scouts, schools, shelters, etc., they can also become part of a grab bag at a garage sale. More on that in another article.
When you finally begin your spring cleaning project, and you are going through everything, you will need to make three piles of items. One is the pile of stuff you plan to keep, one is the pile you plan to donate or sell, and the third pile is for trash. I don't think I need to explain to you what to do with your trash pile. However, what do you do with all the things you find that you might want to keep?
Check out the organization section in the scrapbooking blog for more ideas for storage, organization and storing supplies. Because your primary goal at this point is to get the things you wish to keep, organized nicely and to make it easier to locate and use.
More articles coming on organization and storage of scrapbook supplies.
The last pile to conquer is your donate or sell pile. If you are hosting a garage sale, then start preparing the items for the sale. Or if you use an online auction site, start getting the items listed so you can move them out of there fast. If you do not care one way or the other what happens to them, then donate them! Schools, daycares, hospitals, children's centers, community centers and so many other locations will take the supplies and use them.
It's time to get started on that Spring Cleaning!
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Jeff Ashburn is a Job Captain at Davis Square Architects. He has over 10 years of professional experience as a designer and Clerk-of-the-Works on many different project types. As a Job Captain his responsibilities include, but are not limited to, design development, coordinating drawings and specifications with multiple consultants, and overseeing construction administration. Jeff also assists in the researching of products and manufacturers, and the project's history.
Jeff's experience and architectural knowledge are of great importance in his role and as a Clerk-of-the-Works, where he oversees construction to ensure quality of all materials and workmanship. He was the clerk for the completed Torrey Woods development, a 20 unit affordable housing development for working families and seniors in a heavily wooded area in Weymouth, MA.
Boston Architectural College, Bachelor of Architecture, 2008
Jeff's recent projects of note
Cross Town Corners Apartments
Chapman Arms Apartments
West Fenway Apartments
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AC Milan's Gattuso wants to play in England
MILAN, May 2 (Reuters) - AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has said he would like to play in the English Premier League.
Rumours that Milan stalwart Gattuso was considering leaving have been circling for weeks but the Italy international, who played in Scotland with Rangers in 1997 and 1998, had been quiet on his future until now.
'I would like to have the possibility to play in the Premier League,' he told Italy's Sky TV on Friday. 'It's a dream I have always had and never hidden. I think I have the characteristics to play in that league.'
Fifth-placed Milan face Serie A leaders Inter in the city derby on Sunday and are desperate for a win to pressure Fiorentina in the battle for the fourth Champions League spot. 'Many people have asked me why I've not talked in this period. I don't want to talk because I don't want to bring personal problems into the group,' he said.
'We are concentrated on the derby. Our objective is fourth spot and afterwards I will have time to talk about my situation.'
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said recently the tough-tackling midfielder was too important to the club and would not be able to leave whether he wanted to or not.
Despite the speculation he wanted to move, no clubs have been linked in the media with the 30-year-old.


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Located in the heart of Rochester, this hotel is 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Round Barn Golf Club at Mill Creek and within 9 mi (15 km) of Rochester Elks Golf Course and Fulton County Museum. Mystic Hills Golf Club and Pulaski Memorial Hospital are also within 25 mi (40 km).
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Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a business center. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This Rochester hotel also offers a fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Quality Inn is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Fitness facilities
- Total number of rooms - 60
- Number of floors - 2
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John Stanmeyer (www.stanmeyer.com), born in 1964. John Stanmeyer is a co-founding member of VII and a contract photographer with Time Magazine since 1998. He has been the recipient of numerous honors including the Robert Capa, Magazine Photographer of the Year, as well as numerous World Press and Picture of the Year awards.
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Railgun, Gauss cannon, laser gun
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Even if a railgun could feasibly fit into a platform the size of a rifle, it would offer almost no benefit over a rifle using self-contained cartridges. In addition to that, it would have to hold both a power source and ammunition. The railgun doesn't truly shine until you get to massive proportions, like shooting car sized projectiles at ridiculous speeds.
A gauss cannon is practically the same thing as a railgun, but it uses coils. It is probably more viable than a railgun for compact purposes because it wouldn't require you to have contacts that slide along the barrel with the projectile.
Lastly, we have developed lasers, and they work pretty well. They could even be made to fit into a compact device, but it would require a power source that would provide far less fire power than a standard 30 round magazine from a comparable rifle (if you tried to make it the same size). In addition to that, it wouldn't be a continuous stream (pulse) because the laser would overheat and the power source would run dry very quickly. If there isn't a continuous beam on the target, the most you could hope to do to an opponent is burn through their skin and muscle tissue, but ultimately, they probably wouldn't die because the penetration just wouldn't be there.
/end nerdiness
Anyways, if any of this could happen effectively, I don't see why average person couldn't have them. However, I think this is the same argument that antis are using to try and take our rights away. Something about how the founding fathers could never have imagined assault weapons and .50 cal sniper rifles and self contained cartridges.
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The cost of fertility treatments can vary greatly depending on the type of fertility treatment that is being used, state regulations related to fertility treatments, and the market for fertility treatments in the area that you are receiving the treatments. Generally, the figures below represent an average cost around the U.S. for various fertility treatments.
Fertility treatments that rely on medications can be among the least expensive of treatment options. Many times, your insurance company will cover the cost of fertility medications such as Clomid. Even hormone injections tend to be much less expensive than more complex fertility treatments.
One of the least expensive fertility procedure includes intrauterine insemination, or IUI. The IUI process is a form of artificial insemination. During IUI, the man's sperm are first washed and concentrated. They are then injected into the woman's uterus. This procedure makes it so that a larger number of viable sperm will make it into the reproductive tract and be able to fertilize an egg. This procedure is usually coupled with Clomid or another fertility medication, and you can expect to pay $400 or more for the basic IUI procedure.
If a woman does not have any success with IUI, she will often be a candidate for IVF. In IVF, eggs are retrieved from the woman. Sperm are then used to fertilize the eggs outside of the womb in the lab. Once the eggs are fertilized, creating embryos, the embryos will then be transferred into the uterus around three to six days after the eggs were retrieved. IVF is one of the oldest ART treatments, and has been in use for over three decades. IVF is by far one of the most expensive forms of fertility treatments, and you can expect to pay at least $7,500 for this treatment. If you need a sperm donor for IVF, it will cost an extra $2,000 or more; if you need to use donated eggs, the extra cost rises by nearly $15,000.
FET, which stands for Frozen Embryo Transfers, is, procedurally, similar to IVF. When a woman has IVF, if there are extra embryos that are available, they can be frozen. If this is the case, they can be transferred into your uterus at a later time. FET is most useful for a woman who does not get pregnant with the first cycle of IVF treatments, or with a woman who has a successful IVF pregnancy and wants to become pregnant again in the future. If your IVF was unsuccessful, a FET will still cost you around $2700, not counting the cost of freezing and storing the embryos. If you need donor embryos, they will cost an additional $3000 or so.


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LARGO — Faced with overwhelming opposition from parents, the Pinellas County School Board voted 6-1 Tuesday to overturn its decision to change school start times this fall.
"Did I make a mistake?" board member Linda Lerner said after hearing from about a dozen parents. "I think I did."
Two weeks ago, board members approved a new bell schedule that pushed elementary start times an hour earlier to 7:35 a.m. at 10 schools, and nearly an hour later to 9:20 a.m. at 28 schools.
It also moved middle school start times 10 minutes earlier at 9:20 a.m., while keeping the unpopular high school start time of 7:05 a.m.
Superintendent Julie Janssen said the plan would save $2.25 million, one step on the way to cutting the $26 million needed for a balanced 2010-11 budget.
But ever since the June 15 vote, dozens of parents have e-mailed and called the board and Janssen to protest a decision that has significant ramifications on their lives and budgets.
Jake Mills, 37, a paramedic, told the board Tuesday he hasn't received a raise in several years. Under the proposed bell changes, he and wife, Amy, would have to pay for after-school care for their daughter, a first-grader at Cypress Woods Elementary.
Not to mention the fact that his daughter would be up at 5:45 a.m. to be at school at 7:35 a.m., putting her lunch time around 10 a.m. Mills said he had visions of waking his exhausted daughter for dinner.
"I really don't even know how we're going to afford it," he said.
Board chairwoman Janet Clark had dissented during the original vote, though several members expressed hesitation.
Lerner moved that the board overturn the change and re-establish the same start times from 2009-10. Only Robin Wikle dissented, citing budgetary concerns, though even she agreed that the start times "are not conducive for best learning."
"We have to balance a budget," Wikle said. "Flip-flopping around isn't the most productive thing to do for our parents or our employees."
Like Lerner, board members Peggy O'Shea, Mary Brown and Nina Hayden said that despite their original support for the plan, parents' objections made sense. Some said they felt rushed.
"I believe that I made a decision too quickly and without looking at all the consequences," said Hayden, adding she didn't know the first time around it could impact 38 elementary schools.
Parents emerged from the meeting empowered.
"I just can't believe they actually listened to us," said Dawn Zabroske, who took off work Tuesday to appeal the change on behalf of other working parents. Zabroske would have had to drop her daughter off almost an hour before the first bell at 9:20 a.m.
Unanswered is where the additional budget savings will come from.
Associate superintendent Michael Bessette said the district can still eliminate 20 bus routes for a savings of $900,000 without affecting the bell schedule.
"What it's going to create," Janssen said after the meeting, "is a greater challenge in finding $1.3 million (more to cut)."


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DAVID Howell is targeting two good rounds at the Italian Open as he continues to hunt a big finish to cap his recent upturn in form.
The Swindon professional carded a two-under par 70 yesterday to leave himself tied for fifth after two rounds in Turin, and is now only three shots off the lead held by Frenchman Gregory Bourdy.
Howell only carded one bogey on a round which also included an eagle at the eighth and a birdie at 17, and the 36-year-old is now hoping to improve on his fourth place finish at the French Open in July.
"The last few months have been really good for me, and I have done well to make a lot of cuts," he said.
"But what I really want is a big finish, and if I keep doing what I have been doing that will come eventually I am sure.
"The reason you play golf is to be in contention on Sunday afternoons, and the confidence is coming back all the time.
"It ebbs and flows on certain days because of my swing, but I feel like I am getting there now and that is the main thing."
While Howell was pleased with the way he played yesterday, he knows he still has plenty to work on.
"I didn't really drive the ball as well as I would have liked to to be honest, but I can work on that and being a couple under par is never a bad thing," he said.
"But I will have to drive the ball better if I am going to compete in the final two rounds.
"The good thing recently has been that when I have not been at my best I have still been able to get the ball round, and that has really helped me.
"When I was really struggling over the last few years my short game seemed to desert me, but I think I have managed to get that back now because I am saving par a lot more often than I used to."


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A little of this and a little of that!
- Ultra-American Chop Suey
- In her wonderful book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, Jennifer 8. Lee writes that Chop Suey, roughly translated, means "a little of this" and "a little of that." American Chop Suey, with its unmistakable Italian roots, is a little more strict in requiring macaroni noodles, ground beef, tomato sauce, and cheese. Still, we added a little of this and a little of that to make this comfort-food a winner with a little something extra.
- 2 lbs ground beef
- Vegetable oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 jar (14 oz.) spaghetti sauce
- 1 can (1 lb.) stewed tomatoes
- 1 can (3 oz.) broiled mushrooms, sliced
- 8 oz. shell macaroni
- 1 ½ pints dairy sour cream
- 1 package (1/2 lb.) sliced provolone cheese
- 1 package (1/2 lb.) mozzarella cheese, sliced thin
- Cook ground beef in vegetable oil in large deep fry pan until brown. Drain off excess fat. Add onions, garlic, spaghetti sauce, stewed tomatoes, and un-drained mushrooms. Mix well. Simmer 20 minutes or until onions are soft. Meanwhile, cook macaroni shells; drain and rinse. Pour half of shells in deep casserole. Cover with half of meat mixture. Spread half of sour cream over sauce. Top with Provolone. Repeat, ending with Mozzarella. Cover and bake (350°) for 40 minutes. Remove cover and continue baking until Mozzarella melts and browns slightly. Serve with a simple salad, crusty bread, and, we can't resist, a little Chianti.


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About 30 Asian women who often feel their views are neglected were able to share their opinions with a visiting politician.
The group was invited to a house visit on Bradford Road in Shipley with Yasmin Qureshi (centre), MP for Bolton South East. She said: "I was delighted to spend the afternoon in Bradford meeting with and listening to local women. They all had extremely well informed opinions and valuable contributions to make on a whole host of issues from the NHS to welfare cuts, from education to the cost of living crisis.
"But they feel that too often they have not been listened to – we have to do more to engage women from ethnic minority backgrounds in the political process. I'm proud to be playing a part in Labour making sure that's exactly what we're doing here in Bradford."


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The government's plans to scrap €205m from the childcare budget next year should be dropped because the sector has been hit harder than expected by this year's cuts, say employers, unions and parents organisations.
The groups have written to MPs pointing out that next year's savings have already been virtually achieved because of the knock-on effect of this year's cuts.
Occupancy rates at the country's pre and after-school daycare centres fell by 10.4% in the first six months of this year and childcare organisers are forecasting a further 7% decline in 2013. The social affairs ministry, however, expects more children to use daycare facilities next year.
Financial problems
In the first eight months of this year, 56 daycare centres have gone bankrupt and a further 300 are in financial trouble.
Some 800,000 children spend some time each week in daycare, but parents are cutting hours or taking their children out all together, says Fleur Imming of the daycare centre association in the Volkskrant.
This year, the government cut childcare subsidies by 3% and the number of hours children spend in daycare centres fell by 5%. This means the government spent €140m less than forecast and that will continue into next year, childcare experts told the paper.
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PE's Largest Funds Bet Big on Oil and Gas
The world's largest private equity firms are making billion dollar bets in the energy industry, launching companies in some of the industry's riskiest sectors.
Carlyle Group announced Thursday that it had brought on six people to staff an internationally-focused energy investment platform. The team will focus on investments in Europe and Africa and is led by serial energy entrepreneur Marcel Van Poecke. Mr. Poecke previously ran Carlyle's European oil refining and marketing business Petroplus Holdings AG, before Carlyle exited the business in 2007.
Meanwhile, firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., TPG Capital, Blackstone Group and Warburg Pincus have raised billions of dollars from pension funds and endowments, partially on the back of their energy investment strategies, which include bets on offshore drilling, international oil and gas development, and sometimes both.


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Reach Energy-Saving Goal
official: the student group Clean Energy for Smith (CES) rallied
more than 1,800 Smith students in a campaign to voluntarily
set their computer monitors to power down when not in use.
CES joined the
college's Green
Team and Information Technology Services early this fall
in coordinating Smith's Million Monitor Pledge Drive,
part of a national campaign projected to save $30 million
this year, and enough energy to power 350,000 homes for a
month. By signing the pledge, computer users enable an internal
Energy Star feature to automatically power down their computer
monitors after sitting unused for 15 to 20 minutes and reverting
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does not interrupt active computer applications.
Part of the drive
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to sign up as many student pledges as possible by November
22. Smith surpassed its goal of 1,800 pledges, signing up
1,852 students, and winning the three-school challenge. Mount
Holyoke took second place with 1,325 pledges (surpassing its
goal of 1,300). Amherst gathered 831 pledges of its 1100-pledge
As a result, CES
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(kWh) worth of Renewable Energy Certificates, which can be
exchanged for zero-emissions electricity generated by wind
power. The certificates can provide enough electricity to
power all of Smith's student computers for a year.
Also as part of
the contest, the three Smith houses to produce the highest
percentages of pledge signees won pizza parties, paid for
by Physical Plant. The winning houses were Hopkins, Park and
Tenney, each of which signed up nearly 100 percent of their
Next challenge:
to inspire at least 1,200 of Smith's faculty and staff
members to sign the pledge to activate the Energy Star feature
and power down their computers when not in use. To pledge,
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Concept 1Children resemble their parents.
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Hi! Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study inheritance. You want to do the same thing. What do you need to do? Click on the right answer: All of the following.That is correct.All of the above. Set aside enough room to grow pea plants.Yes, if you're looking at trait inheritance, you will be growing a lot of pea plants. Know how to grow pea plants.Yes, you have to know if there are special conditions for growing pea plants. Keep notes on the plant generations. Yes, it's important to keep notes on which plants came from which seeds. Get the materials necessary for growing pea plants. Yes, pea plants don't grow in air. Mendel was doing experiments in trait inheritance. If you want to do similar experiments, you need to have the materials, the space, and the knowledge of how to grow pea plants. You also have to keep good notes on which plants are grown from which seeds in order to track the traits. Mendel grew his pea plants in a small garden plot. He controlled the growing conditions as much as possible. If he had the money he probably would have used a greenhouse. Why is this important? By controlling the external conditions, then variations in the pea plants would be the result of internal differences. That is correct. It isn't important. Mendel was too worried about detail. No, the environment has an influence on the growth of an organism. It's only important if he were growing pea plants. No, if Mendel chose a different organism to work on, he would still need to maintain a controlled environment. Mendel looked at differences in pea plants in order to study trait inheritance. He had to make sure that any differences he saw were the result of the internal makeup of the plant and not changes in the environmental conditions. This would be true no matter what organism Mendel chose to use. Conditions of an experiment must be controlled and kept constant.