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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob CoxAugust 18, 2009
The topic of a "Zero Footprint" Pool came up here at Poolcenter, and raised a few eyebrows. "Not possible", said one, "because of the manufacturing of all the products that go in to building a pool" "True", I said, "But, operationally speaking - could a pool owner operate their pool with zero carbon footprints?" More raised eyebrows. So, what is a Carbon Footprint anyway? I borrow some copy from carbonfootprint.com
A carbon footprint is made up of the sum of two parts, the primary footprint (shown by the green slices of the pie chart) and the secondary footprint (shown as the yellow slices).
1. The primary footprint is a measure of our direct emissions of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation (e.g. car and plane). We have direct control of these.
2. The secondary footprint is a measure of the indirect CO2 emissions from the whole lifecycle of products we use - those associated with their manufacture and eventual breakdown. To put it very simply – the more we buy the more emissions will be caused on our behalf. Everything from raw materials production to packaging to transport to your local store.
So, after your pool is built, or installed, whichever the case may be, what are the effects a pool has on the environment? Can a pool be "carbon neutral"? Most are not, to be sure. Most pools use a variety of products - which we happily sell - and require electricity or gas consumption to keep them filtered and heated and chemically treated. Most pools also need water added to them, to replace splashout, backwash water and evaporation, although there are ways to reduce evaporation and water loss.
We did a blog post some time ago on "Sustainable Pools" or Natural Pools. These pools use only balancing chemicals, (no sanitizers) and only use a pool pump to circulated the water through natural filters. Unheated, without the use of most pool chemicals, the Natural Pool may be as close as you can come to a Carbon Neutral swimming pool.
But let's say that the greenish natural pool is not for you - perhaps the pond effect is not your cup of tea. How can the rest of us reduce the size of the swimming pool carbon footprint?
10 Ways To Reduce The Carbon Footprint On Swimming Pools
- Always cover your pool. Pool covers reduce evaporation, heat loss and chemical loss.
- Reduce the size or horsepower of your pool pump.
- Heat your pool with a solar pool heater. Or not at all.
- Run your pool pump only as much as is necessary to keep the water clear.
- Turn off waterfalls and water features when not in use.
- Use a salt chlorine generator instead of chlorine tablets.
- Use a cartridge filter. Cartridge filters use hundreds of gallons less than DE or sand filters.
- LED lights use much less energy that incandescent lights.
- Use a pool cleaner that does not require electricity or a booster pump.
- Use a good winter cover, to avoid draining the pool.
The electrical consumption may be the largest consumer - although expensive, you can set up enough solar panels to operate a solar powered pool pump
If you have enough of them, you can sell the excess power back to the power company! There are also many solar incentive rebates that you can cash in on, to help reduce the cost of set up.
And for those that prefer to swim in warm water, the answer again is...solar!Solar pool heaters are simple to use and really work, or invest in a solar blanket to absorb sun heat into the water during the day, and reduce heat loss at night.
Salt water chlorine generators will reduce the footprint involved in factory made chlorine tablets. Using Nature2purification is another option, which drastically reduces chlorine demand. Using SeaKlear clarifiers, made from crushed up crab shells, can reduce the filtration demand, allowing you to run the pump less.
Zero footprint swimming pools? Difficult, but not impossible "operationally speaking". Let us know if you have tips for reducing the carbon footprint of a swimming pool ~ we'd love to hear from you!


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The Fun of the Fair: Sydney Contemporary
Depending on who you ask, anywhere between eight thousand and thirteen thousand people attended the vernissage of the world's newest art fair, Sydney Contemporary. By the end of three and a half days, the fair had attracted almost twenty-nine thousand visitors eager to see the offerings from eighty-three Australian and international galleries, presenting the work of more than three hundred artists. The physical scale was[…..]

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Tom Batiuk's popular Funky Winkerbean made its debut on the comics pages in 1972 and today, appears in more than 400 newspapers worldwide. The cartoonist not only entertains teenagers and adults alike with his portrayal of the students and faculty at Westview High but has earned high marks for his sensitive treatment of important social and educational issues. His groundbreaking series on teen pregnancy, reading impairment dyslexia, teen suicide, teen dating abuse and breast cancer earned Batiuk high marks from fans, educators and community leaders. And because of the popularity of the Harry L. Dinkle character, "The World's Greatest Band Leader," the Funky characters became the first comic-strip stars to march in the Rose Bowl Parade.
Becky, at 33, is the high school band director and mother of the school's most popular girl, Rana.
Bull, the former high school jock, is confused and frustrated as he struggles to bond with his gifted adopted daughter.
Cory Winkerbean, the 15-year-old son of titular character, Funky, has a permanently laminated detention card from his high school principal.
Crazy Harry is all grown up with a 15-year-old daughter, Maddie, who is just as flaky and fun-loving as he was in high school.
At 46, Funky finds his professional life and his personal life in a brand-new place. Having opened Montoni's in several new locations, including New York City, he is constantly running to keep up with the demands of the franchises. Funky's life these days resembles a game of Whack-A-Mole.
Jinx is the adopted daughter of Bull Bushka, the former high school jock and current coach. She is a gifted student, who excels in her school work. But, she isn't a sports phenom, which both confuses and frustrates her father.
Les, the former leader of the out crowd and the guy who couldn't climb the rope in gym class, is the single parent of 15-year-old daughter, Summer.
Maddie is the same kind of free-spirited, fun-loving flake that her dad was in high school ... much to her dad's delight and consternation.
Rana knows her mother, Becky, wants the best for her ... Rana just wants her mother to stay out of her room. Is that too much to ask?
Summer is the 15-year-old daughter of Les Moore. Her mother, Lisa, died of breast cancer when she was a little girl. Being raised by a single father, Summer excels at school and is the high school's must popular basketball superstar.
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CDL Knowledge Exams
All commercial motor vehicle drivers (class A, B and C vehicles) must take the general knowledge exam.
General Test Information
The knowledge exams determine your familiarity with the operation of commercial vehicles, motor vehicle laws and safe driving techniques. Exam questions are taken from the information in the Virginia Commercial Driver's Manual, which is available at all DMV customer service centers.
To prepare for the knowledge exam, familiarize yourself with all information in the Virginia Commercial Driver's Manual and take the Commercial Driver's License exam online.
To pass the exam, you must answer at least 80% of the general knowledge questions correctly. When taking the knowledge exams, select one best answer. Once you pass the required knowledge exams, you can take the CDL skills tests.
Except for the HAZMAT knowledge exam (given only in English), the CDL knowledge exams are offered in several languages. All exams are taken on a computer.
You may take the CDL knowledge exam(s) only once per business day. If you fail any knowledge exam, you must pay a $2 re-examination fee if you retake the exam within 15 days. If you use a cell phone while taking an exam, the exam will be terminated and you must wait until the next day to re-test.
Additional Knowledge Tests
Check the following chart to find out which exams you must take in addition to the general knowledge exam.
|To Drive this Class of Vehicle
|Study this section of the Virginia CDL Manual
|Class A, B and C
|Section 1: General Knowledge
Section 6: Transporting Cargo
|Vehicles with air brakes
|Section 2: Air Brakes
If you do not take the air brakes exam, you will be restricted to driving vehicles without air brakes (K restriction)
|Class A combination vehicle
|Section 3: Combination Vehicles
In addition to the exams listed above, you must take special knowledge exams for each endorsement:
|Special Knowledge Exam
|H - Hazardous materials
| Section 9: Hazardous Materials.
The hazard materials endorsement test
cannot be taken using a translator.
This test cannot be administered orally.
|N - Tank vehicle
|Section 7: Tank Vehicles
|P - Passenger vehicle
|Section 8: Transporting Passengers
|S - School bus
|Section 5: School Buses
|T - Double-triple trailer
|Section 4: Doubles and Triples
Three-Time Failure
If you fail the general knowledge exam three times at a customer service center, you must complete the classroom portion of a Virginia approved Driver Training School program for commercial motor vehicles and bring the certificate of completion to a customer service center to satisfy eligibility requirements for re-examination. You must have completed the course after the date of the third exam failure.
It is unlawful to:
- Attempt to get or provide to others a copy of any knowledge exam or any questions or answers on the exams
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'Into the Mud' event raises scholarship money for USM
More than 1,000 participate
More than 1,000 people ran an obstacle course full of mud to benefit the USM School of Business Sport Management Program Scholarship Fund. 'nto the Mud Challenge organizers said in a release that the event exceeded their expectations by more than 400 participants.
The family-friendly 2.5-mile obstacle course featured several mud pits and was entirely organized by the USM Sports Management Department.
The day started with a 1-mile "muddy dash" for children. The dash ended with the kids scaling a green monster climbing wall.
Following the children's race, three waves of adults had their turn to get muddy.
The results are as follows:
Men's Individual: Peter Jacobs, Portland
Women's Individual: Ana Slager, Portland
Men's Team: "Mudsuckers," Gorham (Anthony Perry, Andy Morrell, Chad Allen, Robert Landry)
Women's Team: "Mud Mamas," Gorham (Stacie Perry, Andrea Morrell, Amanda Landry)
Co-Ed Team: "GBS," Portland (Charlene Landry, Owen Wright, Lisa Allen, Jamie Wright)
The event raised $15,000 for the scholarship fund.
Oakhurst Dairy was the primary sponsor.


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The Bottom Line (Bottom Paint)
Credit: West Marine
Whether you've just bought a new boat or are lavishing care on a classic, a good bottom job is a wise investment of both time and money.
Often boat owners make an enormous effort to make sure that a half dozen coats of varnish glisten in the sunlight, and yet the paint that protects the underwater portion of their boat's hull is scarcely given any thought. This flip-flop of priorities can cause both short and long term problems. In the sooner rather than later category lies poor adhesion of antifouling paint, as well as a performance downturn from a rough, uneven surface. Much more sinister are the long term effects that water has on fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) construction, and that's why most pros feel that barrier coating and careful antifouling are so important.
When the time comes to tackle a bottom job, it's essential to look at both your wallet as well as the calendar before deciding what's to be done and who will be doing the work. It's also important to understand the scope of the project and the extent of your own expertise. Barrier coating the bottom and finishing it off with a careful application of antifouling paint requires more than a quick scuff with sandpaper and a slap-dash "one-coat cures all" approach to painting.
In some ways, bottom work is a little like a visit to the dentist. What's in store ranges from a tolerable cleaning to a painful root canal, the latter being equivalent to what's entailed in curing a full blown case of osmotic blister, while the former is an easy-to- accomplish coat of bottom paint applied to an underbody that's in like-new shape. To a large extent, the scope of your commitment goes hand-in- hand with the condition of the gelcoat below the waterline and the antifouling paint's condition. The following hands-on tips should give you a feel for what it takes to cope with a wide range of boat bottom blues.
The focus of the following guidelines targets mainstream bottom work, ranging from relatively straightforward bottom prep and painting to barrier coating and minor blister repairs. The heavy-duty task of fixing a badly blistered bottom requires more than simply rolling your sleeves up a little higher. It's a labor-intensive process in which care must be taken in order not to damage the fairness of the hull, trap water inside the laminate or place the proverbial band aid on a serious injury. So, before you commit to coping with the craters of the moon, call in an experienced surveyor or skilled boatyard fiberglass technician and get a pro's slant on the problem and your range of options.
Several Options
Option one, normally the most streamlined and straightforward, is the annual spring antifouling ritual, a fact of life for boaters who don't opt for a multi-year paint. Though initially more expensive, the cost effectiveness of superior paints are obvious when you look at their multi-season performance, ability to be relaunched and no-buildup, self-polishing nature.
If the bottom is in good shape and the paint shows no sign of chipping, flaking or crazing, all it takes is a light sanding prior to applying a coat of antifoulant. It's the simplest answer to bottom work but it's only appropriate for a boat bottom in good shape with little or no sign of paint or gelcoat problems. Using this approach on a boat plagued with deeper problems can be worse than simply postponing repairs.
The second alternative is still a feasible do-it-yourself project that's as appropriate for a brand new boat as it is for one with 10 years of paint peeling off the bottom. The process is a combination of barrier coating with a barrier coat product, followed by one or more coats of good bottom paint. Direct overcoating with antifouling paint can be carried out if care is taken and a smooth surface maintained during the application of multiple coats. Be sure to follow the specific time guidelines indicating when no additional sanding is needed prior to antifouling.
Once your boat has been hauled, pressure sprayed, and blocked, it's time to carefully check the bottom for blisters and circle problem areas with a contrasting color felt tip marker. This inspection needs to be done immediately because as the moisture evaporates from the surface minor blisters tend to disappear and even larger ones become harder to see.
- Reinspect the bottom after it is dry and use a knife or chisel to open up random blisters that appear on the surface or have been previously marked. Often, after the surface is dry, the oozing of a pinckish substance indicates blisters that you didn't see earlier. Carefully determine whether these are paint blisters or deeper problems that penetrate the gelcoat. Tapping of the hull, if you know how, can also indicate blisters that don't show otherwise. If the surface contains thousands of blisters originating beneath the gelcoat, it's time to call in the experts. In extreme cases, some laminate removal and relamination of a new FRP layer(s) may be necessary. Spot repairs of badly blistered bottoms tend to be labor intensive and reblistering is not uncommon. Assuming that the blistering you encounter falls into the minimal to moderate realm, it's usually reasonable to continue to assume that a do-it-yourself approach is still feasible.
Remove old bottom paint via sanding, paint remover/scraping and or stripping product (for fiberglass) or hire the yard to sandblast away the paint build up. It takes a pro to remove the paint and not chew up the gelcoat, but when such talent is available it's usually well worth the expense. Each of the of the paint removal processes has specific merits and disadvantages, and you should decide on a course of action with skill, time and dollars in mind. Sanding requires careful work with soft pad sanders and abrasives. The difference between removing the paint and cutting through the gelcoat can be a mere few thousandths of an inch. Those inexperienced with a sander can do quite a bit of damage to the surface that they are trying to improve. If you're unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of a high r.p.m. disk sanders you may be better off with a less aggressive orbital unit, chemical stripper, or contracting a sandblaster. The secret to mastering the art of soft pad sanding lies in keeping the sponge pad flat and continuously moving the machine while maintaining a light uniform pressure. The trigger switch should not be squeezed until the pad is on the surface and you are moving the sander as if it were on. Holding the 9" pad sander at shoulder height or overhead for hours at a time is like a lengthy visit to your local gym—make sure that your arms, shoulder, and back are up to the challenge. Powder residue from antifouling paint contains some nasty chemicals and it's important to wear an appropriate mask, eye protection, and clothing or coveralls that keep the dust off your skin. Keep in mind that your goal is to return the bottom to an unpainted scuffed-up gelcoat state with as few "burn through" spots as possible. Compressed air from a compressor that does not introduce oil to the air is the best means of removing the dusty residue prior to taking a close look at what should be roughed up gelcoat not a dished-out craters-of-the- moon kind of landscape.
- Wash the bottom one or more times (water only) if you notice chemical residue around any opened up blisters. Repeat the wash until the residue no longer forms. If chemical stripper has been used to remove the paint, clean the surface with a manufacturer recommended solvent wash. Chemical residue that's left on the surface can be a cause of future premature paint failure. These extra preparatory efforts tend to pay off down the road. Those in the northeast may want to do the prep work in the fall and allow the hull to dry over the winter, tackling the painting phase in the spring. The wham-bam all done in a week approach can lead to moisture being trapped by the barrier coat. If the problem is bad enough, you may need to have your boat "dry out" in a controlled climate. If no blisters are involved, allow the hull skin to dry out prior to tackling the application process. To be sure not to seal moisture into the laminate, you may want to hire a professional surveyor with a moisture meter. It can take many months for a hull to dry out. To test the hull for moisture yourself, tape small squares of clean plastic to several areas on the bottom. If moisture beads up inside, the laminate is too moist to coat.
- Tape off the bottom edge of the boot stripe with heavy-duty 3M long-term tape (A-02828 for a week or A-61174 for a month or two worth of exposure). Make sure all the application tools are on hand and brushes as well as roller pads are resistant to epoxy and any reducer you may use. The right material for the first coat is contingent on the condition of the surface being coated. For example, if numerous blisters have been opened, cleaned and flushed and the gelcoat has been sanded through in many areas, the bottom really needs an epoxy resin sealer coat. By sticking with one manufacturer's line of paint products, you're more likely to have intercoat compatibility as well as how-to guidelines, bulletins, and technical advice that will carry you through your project from start to finish. Follow the product manufacturer's instructions as to application.
- Follow the manufacturer's recommendation for film thickness. One of the easiest ways to do this is to apply the amount of paint prescribed for a given surface area.
Tricks of the Trade
Epoxy resin (1000/1001) is not as easy to apply as a product specifically formulated to serve as a barrier coat, and it takes a bit of practice to nail down a technique that affords an even, sag-free surface. In this case, if too much material is applied to a near vertical surface, the paint sags and creates sanding problems. If too little is applied, the results are often marred by residual brush and roller marks and can yield too thin a skin to be an effective barrier coat. Reaching the happy medium is what skillful paint application is all about.
Tools of the trade include several different sizes of good quality natural bristle brushes, a rugged heavy-duty 7-9" roller frame and a supply of solvent-resistant rollers. A roller extension rod and a good sturdy pan round out a bottom painter's tool kit. If possible, it also helps to set up a piece of plywood on sawhorses to act as a paint mixing workbench. This gets the chemistry above ground level and lets you better organize your mix, stir, and strain routine. When mixing any two-part paint, use some inexpensive kitchen measuring cups to get the volumes accurate. Glass or metal cups should be used because some plastic materials can be damaged by the solvents in the paint.
A key issue in the barrier coating process is building up adequate barrier thickness through multiple coats of paint. Refer to the manufacturer's guidelines to determine how long a window of time is available for direct overcoating without resanding the surface. Keep in mind that additional coats can't cure the sags, runs and other surface problems caused by poorly applied prior coats. If such problems arise on the first go-round, let it cure and sand out the imperfections before proceeding. With a careful hand, multiple coats can be built up without sanding in between.
Use the roll and tip technique to apply antifouling paint. Many experienced boaters, especially those plying warm saltwater estuaries and bays, swear by the slogan "don't skimp on bottom paint". The comment refers to both the amount and quality of the material applied to a boat's bottom. In this portion of the paint market, a boater certainly gets what he pays for, and the performance of top-of-the line paints show their value in less need for bottom cleaning during the season and much less prep work when it comes time to repaint. This can be a real value for sailboat owners as well as those with displacement powerboats. Faster boats tend to keep slime and soft growth from accumulating. The multi-year, relaunchable no build up copolymer ablative paints have year after year proven to be a very reliable product.
Boatyard Business
Whether you intend to do the work yourself or favor the "call me when she's ready" approach, a good working relationship with your boatyard staff is vital. This starts with a clear understanding of who will do each aspect of the work and just what restrictions the yard has on projects done by owners. Be sure that, if a subcontractor is to be involved, both the boat owner and the yard staff are on the same page, especially with regard to how billing will be accomplished.
There are also a variety of safety issues ranging from who is to move jackstands around in order to paint under pad spots, to what to do with waste solvent and paint cans. It's also a good idea to pay close heed to the time constraints enumerated in the haul out agreement; the job you planned to conclude in a week can stretch out when the rain clouds roll in. It's helpful to have a cushion built into the arrangement you have with the yard, just in case the weather or other variable is less than cooperative.
When making arrangements with a boatyard, look for cost effective options, not simply the lowest price. Take into consideration the condition of a yard's boat hauling equipment, security and the quality of the work that's accomplished by the staff. Do-it-yourself yards are getting harder and harder to find, especially when it comes to bottom work, but with a bit of willingness to range a little further a field, one can usually be found.
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THE Sea Eagles have closed their books on approaching any new players for the 2011 NRL season.
Manly CEO Graham Lowe - the book is closed.
With the departure of Josh Perry (St Helens), Trent Hodkinson (Eels) and Ben Farrar (Catalans), it was expected Manly would pick up a cheap buy to fill the gaps.
Even club great Steve Menzies was mooted as a possible recruit, but he too will join Catalans to close out his career.
Manly CEO Graham Lowe has now confirmed to The Manly Daily the club will not pursue any players for next winter.
"We are not looking for anyone," he said.
With the likes of Jamie Buhrer, William Hopoate and Michael Oldfield all making their NRL debuts in 2010, the Sea Eagles are leaning on a youth policy next year.
Untried Sunshine Coast half Daly Cherry-Evans is another youngster likely to step up into the vacant halfback position.
While players are not on the radar for next year, Lowe is on the search for a new sponsor.
Two years ago the Sea Eagles were dodging sponsors on their way to winning the 2008 NRL premiership.
Now, the club is still without a major backer for next year's season with options running thing.
"It's very difficult out there at the moment," Lowe said.
"We've got to find one, it's as simple as that. I'm concerned at the timing of it, that's the difficult part. Finding a sponsor is all about building relationships, these things don't just happen overnight.
"It's not something we can fast-track."
Lowe said approaching club owners Max Delmege, Scott Penn and Manly-Warringah League's Club is not an option. "The role in many ways of the CEO has changed, we are more a professional beggar these days," he said.
Lowe said Centrebet will not step in as a major sponsor, but will maintain its place as a jersey sponsor. Quantum, the Sea Eagles' major sponsor for the past two seasons, will not be back in 2011.
Blueprint for success: neutral coach, axe selectors
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An article in yesterday afternoon's Evening Echo, a local Cork evening paper, captured the phenomenon of graduate emigration in Ireland very well.
The article, part of a series into the jobs crisis by reporters Ronan Bagnall and Kieran Dineen, was published on the day the local university held its annual conferring ceremony and there were lots of photos of happy faces and proud parents.
Yet the four who were interviewed had already taken the emigrant plane and were back just for their graduation. Alas, they were unable to find work in Ireland and were now emigrants abroad.
The fact that the two stories made the news section on the same day shouldn't seem out of place though: it's reality. Whether you like it or not, a massive 70,000 people are due to emigrate from Ireland in the year of 2010 (out of a country of a little over 4 million), and a good portion of those, as the pictures clearly told, would be freshly graduated students.
The four smiling friends, who'd returned to Cork for their graduation, told of making the decision to emigrate: to London, Australia and beyond. You couldn't help but feel that they must have been feeling a little bit frustrated by the fact that the certificates which they'd just received, and which they'd spend years studying towards, were not even good enough to land them a job in the land of their own birth.
Their quotes, in the article, are full of the sort of longing for home which easily overtakes any Irish person, and indeed overtook me this summer. "You may laugh at this," admits the first student interviewed "but what I miss most is green grass." Another tells of life down under.
Their speeches, though, each bear a significant whiff of dissatisfaction with the status quo the emigration problem finds itself in, and each admits that he'd rather be in Cork than abroad, despite the allure of greener pastures.
"London is a fantastic city," adds the same graduate from London, "but I wouldn't like to raise a family here."
But who's to blame, and is there even anger? The answer is no-one knows. As I noted in my last blog post, the Irish student unions are puffing a lot of hot air about this right now, and seem to have singled the Minister for Trade and Innovation as their lynch-man.
Although I can fully understand the Unions' desire to take their anger and frustration out on someone, it's probably the banks and developers rather than the government or its Ministers which have the largest share of the blame for why we're here right now. If there's someone to blame, it's probably them.
Now that the pendulum of population movements has fully swung, it's hard to envision or imagine a time when the same page of the paper as the stories about the students emigrating today, would have been filled with stories of foreigners immigration just a few short years ago. The influx of foreign workers, rather the out-going of our own, seems to have been the concern back then.
The article did a better job at highlighting the issue for me than almost anything else I'd read in the media about this the past few weeks. The site of the four lads, standing on the Quadrange with their robes on, is a sad one, and their story is probably fairly typical. I, and the rest of my peers graduating next year, can only hope that it won't be our turn in 2011.


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The following playlist should bring one closer to the potential first-round prospects through the single joint that captures the type of player they are now, and the one they are about to become.
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Kanye West – "Mercy" (feat. Big Sean, Pusha-T and 2 Chainz)
"Mercy" is the first known track in the much-anticipated G.O.O.D. Music album to be released later this year. Like Yeezy being the ringleader of arguably the best label in the rap game, Anthony Davis led his fellow No. 1 recruiting class and the Kentucky Wildcats to winning the NCAAs while sweeping most accolades for national player of the year along the way. His menacing unibrow and defensive timing for blocks will be coming as fast as the Lamborghini Murcielago tweeted by Ye' the other day. With Davis as N'awlins' foundation, the entire league will soon hear him scream: "When it comes to my sound which is the champion sound, believe!"
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Wale – "No Days Off"
He played his first two years at Kansas under the shadows of the Morris twins. When the spotlight was at its highest, Thomas Robinson recorded a monster 18 points and 17 boards double-double versus Kentucky during the title game. Since his freshman year, he's been working hard to reach the point where he's at now. Wale didn't start to get his real due either until he left Hov's presence. Robinson's tireless work ethic isn't going to change any time soon. Thus, these D.C. natives share the same drive that's conveyed when Wale spits these lines:
When you reachin' your dreams
You got a reason to brag
Ambition over everything
And I never plan on settling
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They come out of the blocks with a fast start, stay close for much of the game, only to wind up on the wrong end of the score at the final buzzer. This time around they fell 71-42 to Jacksonville at Allen Arena Thursday night in Atlantic Sun play.
The Lady Bisons struck first with a 3-point shot by forward Jilian Partin at 19:08. They would maintain their advantage until Teneskei Richards tipped in a shot with 7:30 remaining in the first half for a 19-18 Jacksonville lead.
The Lady Bisons struck back immediately as forward Valerie Bronson connected on a jumper for a 20-19 edge at 7:08.
"We had a really good start," said Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett. "We took a couple of forced shots at that point."
Richardson answered with a jumper at 6:53 for a 21-20 lead for Jacksonville. The Lady Dolphins would not trail again, leading by as many as 12 points down the stretch in the first half at 35-23 with 43 seconds left.
The Lady Bisons trailed 35-25 at the half.
"Even though we were down 10 at the half, I thought we weren't in that bad of a shape. I thought we could settle down."
In the second half Jacksonville scored in the first eight seconds as Regina Omoite hit a jump shot.
Guard Jenna Bartsokas came back with a lay-up for the Lady Bisons at 18:16. Jacksonville then went on an 11-4 run, extending their lead to 19 points with 14:38 left to play.
"Jacksonville was beating us back on our main shots which never should have happened," said Bennett. "We just made it too easy for them in the second half.
"Jacksonville got into one of those rhythms where a shot was not going to go for us and they were going to make every medium jumper they took. At the end of the second half we played a little bit better but for most of the second half we did not play very well."
Partin and freshman forward Chelsea Burroughs tied for the team lead in scoring with 10 points apiece. It was the third time in the last six games that Partin has tied for the lead. She led in two other games in that that same stretch.
Partin grabbed 10 rebounds, tying for the game high. It was the fourth double-double of the season for Partin. Her last was at Belmont Jan. 12 when she scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Jacksonville placed four players in double figures. Guard DaVina Hamilton scored a game-high 21 points. Ashanti Williams came off of the bench to add 12. Forward Desarae Johnson and guard Courtney Jackson each added 10.
Johnson also hauled in 10 rebounds for a double-double.
The Lady Bisons are 5-23, 3-16 in the conference. Jacksonville is 17-11, 13-6 in the A-Sun.
Saturday the Lady Bisons will play North Florida. It will be Senior Day with players Partin, center Katie Rollins and forward Miriam McAlister to be honored.
"We just have to look at the Jacksonville game as an anomaly," said Bennett. "We have to be ready to play on Saturday against North Florida."
It is the last regular season game for the Lady Bisons who will play March 4-7 in the Atlantic Sun Tournament at Allen Arena.


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I am pleased to be kicking off this Ask the Data Center Security Expert series at Cisco. This series is aimed at security professionals, partners, data center teams, and IT business decision makers and will address key security issues around virtualization, cloud and anticipated issues associated with trends such as the Software Defined Data Center. The series will take the form of blogs, videos, NetSec chats, and webinar panels. I have an array of expertise lined up ranging from key reseller and technology ecosystem partners, industry leaders and luminaries and internal Cisco experts. Stay tuned for the first in this series coming to you next week out of Singapore.
To get started, a little about me – I was very excited to commence a data center and security solutions marketing role at Cisco 3 weeks ago. I have over 12 years experience developing holistic security solutions and have been focused on data center and cloud for the last 3 years. I currently chair the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls (CCM), an industry effort dedicated to harmonizing regulatory controls for decreased compliance complexity and also have been bridging efforts with other industry associations such as the Open Data Center Alliance.Please take a few minutes to respond to the question below so that I can tailor the Ask the Data center expert series to address your key interest area. I'm most interested in exploring topics around:
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Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh.
That's my reaction to stories like this from Quartz that say Apple is the new Microsoft.
The New York Times said the same thing earlier this week, when it said Tim Cook was the new Steve Ballmer.
You know what? I thought the exact same thing back in December. I was going to write it out. I was going to be so clever. I was going to point out that Apple's stock is probably going to trundle along, stuck in a $400-$500 range for the next ten years, just like Microsoft.
I didn't write it though. The simple reason I didn't write it? Apple is not the new Microsoft.
There is a very important difference between the two companies: Microsoft has totally whiffed on the innovations that changed the technology industry, whereas Apple produced the industry-defining innovations.
In the last ten years, there have been two major changes in the technology industry. The first is the rise of the Internet. And the second is the rise of mobile.
Google has been the biggest winner from the rise of the Internet. For many people, Google's search engine the entry way to the Internet. All surfing on the web is done through Google. This is very powerful, and highly lucrative.
Microsoft noticed Google's power a little too late. It tried to catch up with Bing. It failed. Instead, Microsoft has burned over $12 billion on its online operations in the last seven years. What does it have to show for this? Almost nothing.
Google's search engine remains dominant on the desktop. And on mobile, which is the future of computing, Google has something like 90% of the market.
Search isn't the only place Microsoft whiffed when it comes to mobile. It pretty much missed the entire rise of mobile computing as we now know it.
When Apple released the iPhone, Ballmer famously laughed at it:
There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get.
Ballmer wasn't entirely wrong, of course. People didn't buy a $500 iPhone. They ended up buying $200 iPhones. And lots of them. So many that Apple's iPhone business became bigger than all of Microsoft.
The sad thing is that two years after those comments, he was still in denial about the transformative power of the iPhone, saying:
"Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That's why they've got 75,000 applications — they're all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone."
Again he's not entirely wrong. But, his attitude is wrong.
And his attitude was wrong, yet again, when Apple released the iPad. He laughed at journalists and analysts who brought it into meetings. He said it's just another PC.
The iPad wasn't just another PC. It's the new PC. Microsoft is scrambling to catch up with the Surface, but the Surface isn't gaining traction.
What's even worse for Microsoft, is that it started with a big Surface. Right as its big Surface hit the market, Apple sold the iPad Mini for $329. We've seen estimates that half, or more, of Apple's iPad sales are iPad Minis. Turns out, people like the smaller tablets. Guess who doesn't have a smaller tablet? Microsoft.
The PC industry is now collapsing. Sales were down 14% on a year over year basis in the first quarter, according to IDC.
There are two reasons the PC industry is collapsing: the iPad and Windows 8.
IDC says Windows 8's tile design is scaring off users. This isn't the first time a Ballmer-led Microsoft has produced a bad version of Windows. It did the same thing with Vista.
When Vista was around, though, there weren't viable alternatives to Windows, so it was okay. Now, there are, and it puts Microsoft's core business under attack.
This a very long way of saying that Microsoft made major mistakes, and missed major trends in its own industry. Apple has not, yet.
Apple could end up with the same problems. Perhaps Google Glass is the future of computing and Apple's iWatch will be a dud. Or maybe iCloud will be a total failure, and Apple will just shovel money into it like Microsoft shoveled money into Bing.
If that happens, then the Apple-Microsoft comparisons are apt.
Today, six months after Apple stock reached a peak, it's way too soon.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The first two games of the Music City Classic had the Lipscomb Lady Bisons singing a happy tune.
The Lady Bisons opened the softball season Saturday afternoon at a chilled Draper Diamond at Smith Stadium with an 11-7 win over Miami-Ohio. They closed out the day with a 10-2 win over Tennessee State that was called in the sixth inning due to the run-rule.
The Music City Classic ends Sunday. The Lady Bisons will face Virginia Tech at noon followed by Butler at 2:30.
Despite temperatures in the high 30s the Lady Bisons were hot at the plate hitting three home runs, and four doubles and collecting 22 hits overall.
In game one Lipscomb's Paige Neely slammed the first pitch she faced over the left center field wall.
The last time she stood at home plate at Draper Diamond with a bat in her hand in a game, it was in the final inning of the Atlantic Sun Championship game against USC Upstate last season. She fell short of a game-winning homer in that game by about an inch or two. But this time around she cleared the fence to score the first two runs of the season.
"Paige picked up where she left off last year," Lipscomb coach Kristin Ryman said. "How ironic. She hits the first pitch out after coming so close at the end last year. That is a neat story line.
"Paige really ignited us in the first game. Brittany Elmore gets the walk to lead off and immediately we scored. Paige is not the typical No. 2 hitter. But we want pitchers to face Brittany, Paige and Kelsey Cartwright as many times as possible in a game. Using her there makes our offense that much tougher. We won't be quite as predictable offensively."
Rena' Cothron, making her college debut as a catcher after spending the previous three seasons in the infield, added a two-run homer of her own in the second inning. She also threw out one runner.
"Catching is not completely foreign to her," Ryman said. "She caught in high school.
"Rena' likes to throw. She has been catching all fall, but it was good for her to get two official games under her belt. She is going to get better and better."
The Lady Bisons, playing as the visitor, scored four runs in the top of the seventh and led 11-3. In the bottom of the seventh Miami challenged with four runs on two hits, two Lipscomb errors and a wild pitch.
Tanner Sanders went six innings for the win, scattering nine hits. Only five of the seven runs she allowed were earned. Heather Parker pitched the final inning to close out the victory.
Parker came back to go the distance in game two. She gave up six hits and two runs, one on a solo home run by Jayna Hanawahine in the third inning. She struck out seven batters and walked three.
"Pitching looked good in spots and then looked rough in spots," Ryman said. "On days like that you have to hit. I think our hitting picked it up when our pitching wasn't quite as sharp."
Kristen Sturdivant started off the scoring for the Lady Bisons against Tennessee State with a solo home run to left field in the second inning that landed in the parking lot of the Ezell Center.
After not scoring in the first inning, the Lady Bisons added one run in the second, one in the third, one in the fourth, five in the fifth and two in the sixth as they combined for 15 hits.
Gracey Aguirre led the Lady Bisons against Tennessee State with four hits, including two doubles. Neely added three singles.
Aguirre batted clean-up in the Miami-Ohio game but did not get a hit. She moved to fifth in game two with Sturdivant taking over the No. 4 spot.
"In game one Gracey was struggling to see the ball a little bit," Ryman said. "She knew it. We knew it. In game two we flipped Gracey and Kristen in the lineup. Kristen was seeing the ball well and making good contact. We wanted to take some pressure off of Gracey.
"The next thing we know Gracey goes four-for-four in game two. She was lining the ball all over the field. It was good to see her bounce back after a game where she was swinging and missing more than she usually does. She ignited us at certain times with key hits when we needed them."
Freshman Mimi Cartwright made her collegiate debut at second base. She drove in a combined five runs, three against Tennessee State, and added two hits and two runs.
"Mimi is going to put the ball in play," Ryman said. "We don't anticipate her to be a high strike out kid and that is important.
"She may not hit a ton of home runs, but she has pop in her bat. She can drive the ball in the gaps as well as anybody."
Overall, Ryman was pleased with the efforts of her team in the first games of the season, especially since the winter weather prevented them from doing very much preseason work outside.
"I was really proud of the way we hit the ball," Ryman said. "We had a high number of strikeouts in the TSU game, more than I would have liked. But we also had a high number of hits. I can handle some strikeouts if we are hitting the ball like that.
"I thought at times defensively we got a little bit sloppy, especially in the seventh inning of the Miami game. Every single time we step on the field we are getting experience. We have a couple of new ones on defense. We have to continue to learn about each other and make those plays defensively."
The Lady Bisons will face two teams with different overall approaches in Virginia Tech and Butler.
"Virginia Tech is the toughest team we will face in this tournament," Ryman said. "We won't have the luxury to have a part of our game that is off. Virginia Tech has speed and power and they pitch well. It will be a fun challenge.
"Butler is a scrappy team. They are athletic. They find ways to stay in games. They do a lot of the little things right. They are very fundamentally sound. We have a lot of respect for how they play the game."


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Treatment for Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
My wife has just been confirmed through a biopsy of having stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer. Lymph nodes in her neck and chest are involved. We have yet to see an oncologist. Hope to this week. What treatments are recommended? What other questions should we ask?
The pulmonologist stated that he thought treatment would be radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Is there anything else that can help, such as massive doses of vitamin D (I think I read that somewhere)?
Can this only be slowed down or can we contain and cure it?
Barbara Campling, MD, Medical Oncologist, responds:
Your wife has a non-small cell lung cancer, which originated in the lung and has spread to lymph nodes within the chest and to a lymph node in the neck. The fact that a lymph node in the neck is involved with cancer, without any evidence of spread to other parts of the body outside the chest, makes this a Stage IIIB. This stage of cancer cannot be removed surgically, but is still treatable with radiation therapy. In some cases of Stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, there is a small but very real possibility of eradicating the cancer with radiation therapy, and there is definitively hope of cure! Chemotherapy, especially when given concurrently with radiation therapy, can increase the chance of the radiation controlling the cancer within the chest and improve the likelihood of long-term survival. As for what to ask about, I recommend you read about lung cancer and make a list of questions for your oncology team. OncoPilot is a section that you may find helpful. It is designed to help newly diagnosed patients navigate their treatment and has some suggested questions to ask.
Your question about "massive doses of vitamin D" is very interesting. Laboratory studies have shown that Vitamin D can have anticancer effects. Vitamin D in the body comes from three sources: sun exposure, diet, and supplemental intake. There have been a number of recent epidemiological studies, which have shown that subjects with higher levels of vitamin D may have a decreased risk of developing, and a reduced mortality from, a variety of cancers, including lung cancer. It is not yet known whether supplemental vitamin D may improve the outcome for patients who have already been diagnosed with cancer. The recommended daily dose of Vitamin D is 400 International Units per day, and the "tolerable upper level" of intake is 2000 International Units/day. Your wife could be well advised to take Vitamin D in recommended doses, but she should be aware that excessive doses could be toxic and even fatal.
- Giovannnuci, E. et al. Prospective study of predictors of vitamin D status and cancer incidence and mortality in men. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98: p451 (2006)
- Zhou, W. et al. Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels predict survival in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25: p479 (2007)


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High quality of U.S. cotton continues to support demand and has helped push nearby futures prices close to 90 cents a pound.
It's a different story for new crop prices as old crop futures prices don't seem to be pulling them along.
That, plus an anticipated greater supply of cotton in 2014-15, is why cotton market analysts speaking at Ag Market Network's February update say new crop cotton may offer the best prices at planting, as the market looks to attract cotton acres.
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John Robinson, Extension economist, cotton marketing at Texas A&M, Robinson said U.S. cotton acreage is not likely to shift far from the National Cotton Council's recent survey of cotton producers, which indicated plantings for 2014 of 11.27 million acres.
No bulls expected in cotton market.
Robinson says 11 million acres of cotton would likely produce a 16-million bale crop. With 3 million bales of carryover from 2013, domestic use in 2014-15 of about 3.5 million bales and exports of around 9 million bales, U.S. ending stocks would climb to about 6 million bales next year, pushing the stocks-to-use ration higher.
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text: I have a few issues with the game, Im playing Portsmouth, I'm in the championship, have some good strikers both around 70/72 but visiting keepers always have outstanding games.. Just playing against Huddersfield at home by half time 17 shots, 12 on target Huddersfield have 3 shots and 3 on target.. The half time score is Portsmouth 0-3 Huddersfield.. This isn't just a one off wither.. My squad is above average for the division all my side are roughly 63-67.. I'm not expecting to be topping the table but when teams like Bristol City, Doncaster, Huddersfield Town and Millwall all have lesser teams but their keepers always play a 9 rating.. Have 2 shots on target and I loose 2-0 lol.. I play a 4-4-2 (att) as it suits my best players.. My team training is scoring but I'm definitely having trouble with opposition teams keepers having a game of a life time at my ground :/ any suggestions?.. Oh I'm a long term vet to the game I used to play on the Amiga and pc versions! cheers


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Mike Tyson has spent the last several months performing in a one-man multimedia stage show about his life, and it goes by the rather ordinary name of Undisputed Truth. The routine debuted in Vegas, hit Broadway, and is now fanning out across the country to bring all the drama of the Tyson saga to a town near you. It's a little like Les Miserables with facial tattoos.
But the name Undisputed Truth was not Tyson's idea, at least based on what Tyson recently told Jim Rome in an interview for Showtime:
"Boxing, bitches, babies, and lawsuits [is what I wanted to call it], but my wife and attorney just freaked out, you know, because that's so politically incorrect. 'Mike, you're bashing babies like you had babies without planning them. You wish you didn't have your babies,'" Tyson says they told him.
"I said, 'No, I do love my babies. That's all I did all my life. All I did was fight, fornicate, and go to court.' That's all I did! That's all the hell I did!" Tyson exclaimed.
"I fought, I fornicate, and I went to court. And I got sued and went to jail on certain occasions, you know - one occasion, prison.
"Pretty exciting, but it really sucked on the emotional tip," Tyson conceded.
There doesn't seem to be a working definition for what it means to suck on the emotional tip, but we assume Tyson means the thrill of all that fighting, fornicating, and going to court resulted in too much negative emotion. Know what else sucks on the emotional tip? A barnstorming, one-man Mike Tyson act called Undisputed Truth. But that same routine with all those same gags having a working title like Boxing, Bitches, Babies, and Lawsuits? We might have actually gone to see that.


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Automotive component supplier Grede Holdings LLC announced today it completed the sale of its operations to private equity firm American Securities LLC.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, The Wall Street Journal reported in April the deal is worth more than $800 million.
American acquired Grede from Wayzata Investment Partners LLC, which formed the Southfield-based supplier in 2010 after it acquired Grede Foundries assets out of bankruptcy and assets from Blackhawk Foundry and Citation Corp.
Grede has 17 operations in North America with about 4,700 employees. It's unclear whether its new owners will consolidate employees or operations.
Earlier this year, Crain's named Grede as one of the region's fastest-growing companies. Grede increased revenue to $1.2 billion in 2012 from $224 million in 2009.
The Grede deal extends American Securities' growing investment in Southeast Michigan.
Last month, it acquired Novi-based Learning Care Group Inc. In 2012, it acquired Plymouth-based supplier Metaldyne LCC and Royal Oak-based supplier HHI Group Holdings LLC.
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The purpose of this appendix is to more fully explain the sense in which "prompting" is used in ATAG v1.0. This document will try to situate the concept of prompting in the scope of classical HCI paradigms, where it is linked to the psychological concept of user-interruption [MCFARLANE]. Four user-interruption methods are usually identified: (1) immediate, (2) negotiated, (3) mediated, and (4) scheduled. In the case of web authoring, the third case, mediated, is not relevant. Several interface mockups are included for illustrative reasons. They are not intended as expressions of any AUWG or member opinion.
The concept of "prompting" is central to the practical implementation of the ATAG guidelines v1.0. The term appears several times in the guidelines themselves and dozens of times in the ATAG implementation techniques. Including:
When ATAG 1.0 was first released there were some misunderstandings about whether the original definition of "prompting" implied that less intrusive mechanisms such as prominent input fields and in-line prompting would not qualify. In fact, the AUWG believes they should, so on 5 July 2000, an Errata was published that clarified the definition:
"In this document [ATAG v1.0] 'prompt' does not refer to the narrow software sense of a 'prompt', rather it is used as a verb meaning to urge, suggest and encourage. The form and timing that this prompting takes can be user configurable. 'Prompting' does not depend upon the author to seek out the support but is initiated by the tool. 'Prompting' is more than checking, correcting, and providing help and documentation as encompassed in [ATAG v1.0] guidelines 4, 5, 6. The goal of prompting the author is to encourage, urge and support the author in creating meaningful equivalent text without causing frustration that may cause the author to turn off access options. Prompting should be implemented in such a way that it causes a positive disposition and awareness on the part of the author toward accessible authoring practices."
In other words, "prompting" is used to denote any user interface mechanism that provides the author with the opportunity to add accessible content (Note: although the definition uses the phrase "equivalent text", this covers audio descriptions of video, etc.) or reminds them of the need to do so. The definition does not assume any particular prompting mechanism or require that the chosen mechanism be either irritating or aesthetically unpleasant. In fact, ATAG checkpoint 5.1 requires quite the opposite; that prompting be naturally integrated into the overall look and feel of the tool.
Remember: The ultimate goal of the "prompting" is to obtain correct and complete information with the assistance of the author . This is most likely to occur if the author has been convinced to provide the information voluntarily.
User acceptance of the accessibility features of an authoring tool will most likely depend on the degree to which the new features preserve existing author work patterns. That is why the ATAG definition clearly states that: "the form and timing that this prompting takes can be user configurable". In other words, the author should be able to control how and when prompting will appear in order to reconcile the additional accessibility authoring tasks with their regular work patterns. To achieve this, tools may offer the author a range of checking and prompting options (see Figure A-1). These might include allowing the author to specify:
Of course, as with all the examples in this document, this is just a suggestion. The Authoring Tools Working Group (AUWG) encourages developers to adapt and develop solutions that are suitable for their own tools.
Figure A-1: Accessibility options card.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards)
It is preferable to guide the user towards the production of accessible content. Otherwise, if the author is allowed free rein, they may be overwhelmed by the full weight of the accumulated problems once they are informed of them later in the authoring process. ATAG checkpoint 5.2 addresses this issue by recommending that input fields related to accessibility (as determined by WCAG) should be among the most obvious and easily initiated by the author. To a large extent, this means designing dialogs and other mechanisms so that the author's attention is drawn to the presence and purpose of accessibility-related input fields.
There are several ways this type of prompting might be achieved:
ATAG Checkpoint 5.2 does not require that accessibility related controls either obscure or hinder other controls. Instead, the checkpoint emphasizes that these controls should be allotted a screen presence that is appropriate for their importance. For example, some tools have floating properties bars that display input fields appropriate to the currently selected element (see Figure A-2). The relative importance of a property can be communicated to the author in two ways.
Figure A-2: Floating properties bar (top: maximized, bottom: minimized) with prominent
alt field.
(Source: Macromedia Dreamweaver 2.0)
Visibility of input fields related to accessibility may be further enhanced by visual highlighting. For example, the fields may be distinguished from others using icons (see Figure A-3), color (see Figure A-4), underlining, etc. When these methods are used, it is important to ensure that that they are consistent with the overall look and feel of the authoring tool interface (as per ATAG Checkpoint 5.1). For example, if an authoring tool uses an icon in the shape of a black dot to denote the required field, this convention might be extended so that a red dot is used to denote the accessibility-related fields. An additional consideration is that in order to meet ATAG Checkpoint 7.1, the highlighting must be implemented so that it is available through APIs, allowing an author with disabilities to access the highlighting through assistive devices (MSAA, Java Accessibility API, GNOME accessibility).
Figure A-3: Input field highlighting with an iconic reference to a note.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards)
Figure A-4: Input field highlighting with colored input field.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards)
If, despite the prompting discussed in the previous section, accessibility problems are created (or are present when a user opens a document for editing), the properties dialogs or other insertion mechanisms may not be seen by the author again, substantially reducing the effectiveness of any prompting that they contain. In addition, some accessibility problems arise from the interaction between multiple elements and are therefore not well suited to prompting in any particular insertion mechanism. Therefore, it is necessary to implement prompting mechanisms that can operate more generally. Since the problems are already present in the markup, this system will require a robust automated accessibility checking system (see ATAG checkpoint 4.1) in order to detect the problems and alert the author to them..
There are several ways this type of prompting might be achieved:
An immediate interruption is the most intrusive form of prompting because the author's attention is actively diverted from the current editing task to highlight some accessibility issue (for instance, by an alert dialog, see Figure A-6). This type of alert presents multiple usability problems, and should be used sparingly because it interferes with the normal design process. Intrusive warnings are probably only appropriate when the window of opportunity for correcting a serious accessibility problem is about to close. An example of a closing window of opportunity for correction is when the author is publishing a document to their site. In general, we recommend using the less disruptive options that will be described in the following sections.
Figure A-6: Accessibility alert dialog.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards)
The term "negotiated interruption" refers to interface mechanisms (icons, line or color highlighting of the element, audio feedback, etc.) that alert the author to a problem, but are flexible as to whether the author should take immediate action or address the issue at a later stage. This type of unintrusive alert can be better integrated into the design workflow.
For example, a colored outline might be drawn around an object in a WYSIWYG view (see Figure A-7) that has unresolved accessibility issues, while the markup text for the same object might by highlighted by a different font color in the code view (see Figure A-8). In either case, when the author clicks on the highlighted text, they could be presented with several correction options. Besides being unintrusive, such indicators will have the added benefit of informing the author about the distribution of errors within the document without interrupting their editing process.
Of course, some authors may choose to ignore the alerts completely. In this case, the AUWG does not recommend that the tool force the author to fix the problem. Instead, it recommends that, at some major editing event (e.g., when publishing), the tool should remind the author of the continuing unresolved accessibility issues.
Figure A-7: Object highlighting of an accessibility problem in a WYSIWYG editor.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards)
Figure A-8: Font highlighting of an accessibility problem in a text view.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards)
With scheduled prompting, the author can set the tool to alert them of accessibility issues on a configurable schedule (see Figure A-1). One option for the schedule might be to have the prompts associated with the interface mechanisms for significant authoring events (saving, exiting, publishing, printing, etc.). In this case, at the significant authoring event, the author is informed of the problem and is given the means to initiate the correcting actions (Note: The author should never be prevented from performing the significant authoring action, itself). For example, a "save as" dialog could display an accessibility warning and an option to launch a correction utility after saving (see Figure A-9). A potential downside of this type of prompting is that by the time the prompt is displayed (publishing, etc.), the author may not have time to make the required changes, especially if they are extensive.
Figure A-9: A scheduled prompt as part of a "save as" dialog.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards)
Once the author has been made aware of a problem and chosen to correct it, the tool has at least two options. First, it might display the property editing mechanism for the offending element (see Figure A-2). This is the simplest solution, but it suffers from the drawback that it does not focus the author's attention on the required correction. The second option is to display a custom "correction" prompt that includes only the input field(s) for the information required as well as additional information and tips that the author may require in order to properly provide the requested information (see Figure A-10). Notice that in Figure A-10, a drop-down edit box has been used for the alt-text field. This technique might be used to allow the author to select from text strings used previously for the alt-text of this image (see ATAG Checkpoint 3.5 for more).
Figure A-10: Accessibility problem checker.
(Source: mockup by Jan Richards based on A-Prompt).
In cases where there are many pieces of information missing, authors may benefit from a sequential presentation of correction prompts. This may take the form of a wizard or a checker. In the case of a wizard, a complex interaction is broken down into a series of simple sequential steps the user can complete one at a time. The later steps can then be updated on the fly to take into account the information provided by the user in earlier steps. A checker is a special case of a wizard in which the number of detected errors determines the number of steps. For example, word processors usually have checkers that display all the spelling problems one at a time in a standard template with places for the misspelled word, a list of suggested words, and the correct word. The user also has correcting options, some of which can store responses to affect how the same situation is handled later.
In an accessibility problem checker, sequential prompting is an efficient way of correcting problems. However, because of the wide range of problems the checker needs to handle (i.e. missing text, missing structural information, improper use of color, etc.), the interface template will need to be even more flexible than that of a spell checker. Nevertheless, the template is still likely to include areas for identifying the problem (WYSIWYG or markup-based according to the target audience of the tool), suggesting multiple solutions and choosing between or creating new solutions. In addition, the dialog may include context-sensitive instructive text to help the author with the current correction.
When authoring tools produce real-time content, the luxury of prompting on a user configurable schedule is to a large degree lost. At the same time, due to the time pressure, authors in real-time environments tend to be less receptive to intrusive prompts. Nevertheless, tools that allow this kind of authoring should still take accessibility issues into account by supporting the following:
Figure A-11: Real-time presentation in a Whiteboard/Chat environment. Notice the functionality for requesting
whiteboard descriptions, volunteering to be the secondary author (describer), and describing a whiteboard object
even as the dialog continues. (source: mockup by Jan Richards).
If it has been determined that the author must provide real-time supplements, but no preparation time or assistant author are available, then in addition to allowing the author control of the nature and timing of prompting, the authoring tool can facilitate the inclusion of supplements by:


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I tend to stay away from it myself. A few years ago I did flip through Star
A week or two ago I read through the entirety of Sailor Nothing after finding a link to it on TVTropes.com , and was sufficiently pleased that I even left a buck or two in the tip jar afterwards. If nothing else, it kills a whole lot of time.
I've heard some people have gotten quite enamoured with Harry Potter fanfic, and not the pornographic variety. Ever give that a try?


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The longer snowflakes were kept at bay, the faster the wisecracks started coming in on Twitter and Facebook.
"I remember when I was a kid in the 70's and they predicted storms accurately 7 days in advance," Havre de Grace resident Jason Falkenstine tweeted.
"It would be nice to have an apology from meteorologist for being totally wrong," Baltimore resident Jason Sellers wrote.
Meteorologists offered a mea culpa for predictions of Baltimore's biggest snowfall in two years. But, they said, it was the best they could do given the forecasting technology and the unpredictability of Mother Nature, particularly in the mid-Atlantic region.
"All we can do as forecasters, is give you our best opinion on what is the highest probability outcome. The rest is up to Mother Nature," WBAL-TV meteorologist Tony Pann wrote on Facebook. "No forecaster will purposely give out bad information."
Everything appeared on track Wednesday morning, local meteorologist "Eric the Red" said. As expected, some moderately to heavy snow began falling in localized areas late Tuesday. "The models were right on target, and it was following the script," he wrote in an e-mail.
The storm had, after all, already churned through the Midwest, prompting The Weather Channel to assign it the name "Saturn" and to send severe weather correspondent Jim Cantore to Washington, D.C., to greet it. Signs pointed to more of the same in the mid-Atlantic, and perhaps even a strengthening thanks to coastal moisture.
Once the sun rose Wednesday, though, signs appeared that necessary cold air was not in place. Based on the models and other signals, meteorologists held out for winds to shift from easterly to northwesterly, replacing a warm layer of air with a cold one. But it never happened.
"We cannot pull the cold air in. Time to fall on the sword," WMAR-TV meteorologist Mike Masco wrote on Facebook on Wednesday afternoon. "Go ahead .. Let me have it! I'll grade myself BIG F ! I have never seen every forecast model say one thing and have a completely different scenario pan out."
The counterintuitive behavior of Mother Nature continued into the evening.
"At 7pm: rain and 36F in Westminster while it's snowing and 38F in Salisbury," WBAL-TV's Tom Tasselmyer tweeted. "A perfect example of today's confusing storm."
As history shows, weather's surprises can come in more than one variety.
"It was an innocuous enough weather forecast that greeted readers of The Sun and Evening Sun on March 28, 1942," The Sun's Fred Rasmussen wrote in a 1999 column on the historic "Palm Sunday Storm." "'For Baltimore and Vicinity -- Becoming colder today, with light showers ending before noon.'"
But what came in that case was 22 inches of wet, heavy snow that paralyzed the region.
"I know as a group we are taking a well-earned beating today," Eric the Red said of meteorologists. "But I'll say this: You would rather forecast a storm and have it miss than stay quiet and have something hit."
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California Firm Recalls Additional Pork Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
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Adam Tarr
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Editor's Note: This release is being reissued to expand the August 23, 2013 recall to include additional products and an additional allergen.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2013 – Westlake Foods, a Santa Ana, Calif., establishment, is recalling a total of approximately 69,123 pounds of cured pork products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products contain wheat and soy, known allergens which are not declared on the labels.
Recall 046-2013 is being expanded to include the following products: [Labels (PDF Only]
- 12-lb. blocks of "PATE GAN TAY HO LIVERWURST SPREAD" (UPC 9136123321) distributed in cases for restaurant and wholesale use nationwide.
- 6-oz. cups of "PATE GAN TAY HO LIVERWURST SPREAD" (UPC 9136123411) distributed at retail, restaurants and wholesale locations nationwide.
The following products were named in the August 23, 2013 recall release:
- 11-lb. to 13-lb. cases of "Tay Ho Cured Pork Artificially Colored" (JAMBON) (UPC 9136123351). This product was distributed for institutional use nationwide.
- 13-oz or 14-oz.(REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT) packages of "Tay Ho Cured Pork Sausage With Pork Ears And Snouts" (UPC 9136123346). This product was distributed for retail sales nationwide.
- 11-lb. to 13-lb. cases of "Don Café Cured Pork Meat and Binder Product Pork skin added" (UPC 9136123352). This product was distributed for institutional use in the Houston, Texas area.
All of the products bear the establishment number "EST. 1627A" inside the USDA Mark of Inspection. They can be further identified by a case code "213001" through "213234." All products were produced between Jan. 1, 2013, and Aug. 22, 2013.
The problem was discovered by an FSIS inspector during a routine label review. The problem is believed to have occurred due to a change in the company's spice mix, which was not reflected on the products' labels.
FSIS and the company have received no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about a reaction should contact a healthcare provider.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers.
Media with questions about the recall should contact Jayce Yenson, Manager, at (714) 474-8828. Consumers with questions about the recall should contact Thuy Nguyen, Secretary, at (714) 973-2286.
Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. "Ask Karen" live chat services are available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. For information on how to report a problem with a meat, poultry or processed egg product to FSIS at any time, visit www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/report-a-problem-with-food.
|USDA Recall Classifications
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Trail Blazers cool off after hot start
Lillard has no regrets over busy All-Star 'break'Portland Trail Blazers player Damian Lillard speaks during the NBA All Star basketball news conference, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in New Orleans. The 63rd annual NBA All Star game will be played Sunday in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Portland Trail Blazers are learning the hard part of rising to the top of the league is staying there.
Portland limps into the All-Star Break having lost four of its last six games. While LaMarcus Aldridge makes his third All-Star appearance and Damian Lillard makes his first, the rest of the Blazers will get a much-needed break.
It's been clear that they're fatigued. After a 2-2 road trip, the Blazers fell 98-92 at home Tuesday night to Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder, before losing 122-117 to the Clippers in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
After spending time this season atop the Western Conference, Portland is 36-17 and currently knotted in a three-way tie with Houston and the Clippers for third place, behind the Thunder and San Antonio.
''It's definitely not the way we wanted to end it,'' Aldridge said following the loss to the Clippers. ''We definitely wanted to be on better terms going into the break. But one thing about it is that we took care of business early. I knew there were going to be ups and downs this season, so luckily we put that cushion early where we're still number three or number four in the West.''
The Blazers got off to a surprising 24-5 start this season, the best record in the NBA at the time. A revamped roster and the fierce play of Aldridge and Lillard helped fuel the ascent.
Last summer, the Blazers added a true center in Robin Lopez and a capable backup for Lillard in Mo Williams. Additionally, Portland found much-needed bench help with the addition of Thomas Robinson and Dorell Wright, as well as draft pick CJ McCollum.
Aldridge has been having the best season of his career, averaging 23.9 points and 11.4 rebounds. He has 33 double-doubles overall and set a new career high with 44 points in a victory over Denver last month. Even Blazers owner Paul Allen, who doesn't often publicly comment about the team, said he's been impressed.
''If you watch him out there, he's so engaged in the games,'' Allen said. ''He's taken on more of a leadership role. I think it's evident in all aspects of his game.''
Lillard, who isn't being so taxed minutes-wise this season, is averaging 20.7 points and 5.7 assists. Even Lopez has emerged with career bests this season, averaging 10.7 points and 8.4 rebounds, with 19 double-doubles.
In New Orleans for this year's All-Star game, Aldridge credited the addition of Lopez for his own improvement.
''It's just growth, having the mindset to do it, and having Robin Lopez helps because he holds off his man, and he's more about position in rebounds, so he's always holding off his guy so I can go rebound better,'' Aldridge said.
Portland's 36 wins are the fourth most at the All-Star break in team history, and the most since the Blazers won 38 before the 2000 All-Star game.
''Nobody put us even in the playoff race. And then even myself, I projected number seven. So, you know, we're not satisfied. But to be number four in the West right now, not shooting the ball well, and to come into the season with everybody not even thinking about us. We're not in a bad spot right now,'' Aldridge said.
There are 29 games left for the Blazers to solidify their return to the playoffs for the first time since 2011, when they got eliminated in the first round by Dallas.
Portland plays seven of its next eight at home, but then 10 of its games in March on the road.
There is also a chance the Blazers could make a move before the trade deadline. While Allen and coach Terry Stotts have played down the idea, the loss of forward Joel Freeland to an MCL injury earlier this week raised speculation that Portland may look for a big man to help back up Lopez.
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The Padres are expected to non-tender Kevin Correia. This surprises me based on how Correia pitched in 2009. From the biz of baseball, here's what non-tender means:
If a club has no interest in keeping a particular player, the club may choose to non-tender him, or to not offer him a contract. A player generally becomes a candidate to be non-tendered when he is arbitration-eligible and his club determines he is not worth the salary he might command in arbitration. A player who is non-tendered becomes a free agent and may sign with any of the 30 Major League clubs, including his former team, at any price.Correia has over 4 years service, so he's arbitration eligible. He made $750K last season, but his 2.4 WAR in 2009 meant he was worth just under $11M dollars. No one is going to pay Kevin Correia eleven million dollars to pitch for them. However, if he went to arbitration he'd make substantially more than 750K. Heck, Brad Penny is about to sign a deal for $7.5 million - and he was awful for most of 2009! And for a cash-strapped franchise, that's a deal breaker.
With Correia's non-tender (and it isn't official until 12 December), the Padre rotation stacks up something like this:
Chris Young, Mat Latos, Clayton Richard, Tim Stauffer, Wade LeBlanc.
I think I'd rather have Correia in the rotation than either Stauffer or LeBlanc.


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French in a Flash: Broccoli Quiche with Gruyère and Cheddar Recipe
Quiche is like a great pair of jeans: There is no time when either is inappropriate. These days, jeans will get you into a Broadway play, a New York diner, and even, if you're lucky, an office. So base and simple, they've become elegant, a canvas left blank to suit your fancy.
And then there's quiche. I love the kind of food that you make, and then have one slice of right out of the oven. Then, you swaddle it in plastic wrap, and when lunch rolls around you sneak over to the fridge for another slice. And then for dinner. And then for breakfast again. And then, suddenly, it's gone. Perpetually appropriate, hot, cold, or warm, quiche isn't fussy. It doesn't demand anything of you except your appetite—no predilections or cravings.
I make this quiche, a simple but perfect broccoli and Gruyère number, by pressing bought pie crust into a fluted tart pan. Fill it with custard, and stud it with the rainforest canopy tops of broccoli and the nutty, hot-soup-in-the-Alps fortitude of Gruyère cheese.
Thanksgiving is a party dress—you wear it once a year and nothing else will do, but after a week of only-wear-once turkey and cranberry, you're itching to get back into those old blue jeans. There is nothing holiday about this—just happy, simple comfort that will take you anywhere. Dress it up as you wish.
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- 1 pie crust
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 cups half and half
- 1/2 pound broccoli florets
- 2 ounces grated Gruyère
- 2 ounces grated sharp white cheddar
- 1/4 cup fresh chervil, roughly chopped
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Roll out the pie crust slightly, so it fits into a fluted 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Chill.
Blanch the broccoli in salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Shock in ice water. Drain, and pat dry.
Scatter the cheese and chervil on the bottom of the crust. Arrange the broccoli around the crust, florets pointing up.
Whisk together the eggs, yolk, and half and half. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into the crust.
Place the tart shell on a baking sheet, and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Allow to rest for 15 minutes. Then slice into 6 slices and serve.
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Age 53 years of Eastern Passage. Passed away peacefully December 28, 2012 at Dartmouth General Hospital. Born in Whitbourne, Newfoundland, he is a son of Louise (Newhook) Thorne, Norman's Cove, NL and the late Raymond Thorne. Lloyd was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy and was honorable discharged after 30 years of service. Following his naval career he worked at H.M.C. Dockyard (Cape Scott). He loved to play golf and enjoyed working in his yard. He is survived by his loving wife the former Gertrude Lundrigan; son Jerry, as well as several brothers and sisters. He was predeceased by a daughter Pauline. The family would like to offer sincere thanks for all the prayers and support from our family and friends. Visitation will be 2:00 - 4:00 & 7:00 - 9:00, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in Eastern Passage Community Funeral Home, 5 Cow Bay Road, Eastern Passage. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 3, 2013 in Christ Church, Cow Bay. Rev. Steve Laskey officiating. A service will be held at a later date in Norman's Cove. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or a charity of choice. Online condolences by visiting www.dartmouthfuneralhome.ca


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It started on a grey, overcast winter day. Except it's 60 degrees. Even the friendly neighborhood gargoyle looked like he was ready to go out and celebrate the New Year with a perfect day to explore. With Tam and Roberta X as well as friend, blogger Turk Turon, we made a morning and afternoon of it.
After a drive around Northern Indianapolis with talk about all kinds of things, Huck the new cat, Roberta's new book, the latest news, which this morning was some guy arrested after exposing himself on an airplane to a young woman and then claiming to the arresting officers that he had spilled some hot sauce on his junk and was just trying to remove it. Me - "Would that be pleading the Dave's Insanity Defense?".
Soon we were at our first destination, a trip for Mongolian Barbecue.
Decorated in an urban Genghis Kahn motif, you started with a big bowl and the basic buffet of meat (which included scallops and rib eye).
The food was wonderful. When what you have in your bowl is cooked and consumed you have the option of a NEW bowl. Oh this is dangerous. After we were so full we could barely invade Turk's Mafia Staff Car, let alone a neighboring country, we headed over to Penzey's, a store whose products I've used in a lot of my recipes here on HOTR.
We wandered through their collection. Tam - "they have dill weed" (chuckle) and Turk - "Saffron!", we all walked out with a little something.
Then on to Gandor Mountain where we looked at outdoor clothing. Me -(holding up pink and green tactical hot pants) "Tam, if I ever try to wear something like this you have permission to shoot me." Then on to the guns and other displays. Like this one for the product you want as back up for your Pez Dispenser (and as scary).
After that we loaded up and went on to the amazing Artisano's for more spices, handcrafted gourmet olive oils and balsamic vinegars. Bobbie is a loyal customer and they had to show me the place, knowing how much I'd like it. They were right.! It's on 86th but back behind another business, you need to look for a Wendy's on the south side of the 86th and turn further south on the side street next to Wendy's and there it is!
The lady managing the store today was quite welcoming and let us try little samples of all kind of things while she showed us all the store had to offer.
Among other things, I brought home a bottle of 18 year old balsamic vinegar that made me moan when I took a little sip of it in the store. Awesome stuff. Bobbie loves their white truffle olive oil (she pops popcorn with it the old fashioned way) and blackcurrent balsamic vinegar and Tam got some Espresso Sugar, some of the flavored sugars they have, in addition to the wide assortment of unique fresh spices.
A wonderful little store off of the beaten path in Northeast Indy and one I will definitely be back to again and again. If you live anywhere in Central Indiana you need to check this little gem of a store out!
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Too soon, it was time to head home with my purchases. Barkley was not happy I did not bring home a Mongrel Hordes doggie bag but he was happy to see me. Tonight, I have a small party to go to with neighbors, just an informal gathering of friends and food and an early evening home.
What to bring? I have all these great oils and spices in which to make a dipping sauce. I think a loaf of homemade bread is in order.
click to enlarge Thanks, my friends, for a wonderful adventure. For my readers, for tonight, wherever your adventures take you, have a safe and wonderful New Year.
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Macmillan USA, Nov 15, 1996 - Cooking - 1042 pages
America's Garden Book There are very few garden books that have lasted like America's Garden Book—and with good reason. Since its first edition in 1939, the book has been specifically geared to North American backyard, do-it-yourself gardeners and their particular needs. The Plants More than 3,000 plant recommendations are listed throughout the book. Chapters devoted to specific types of plants go one step further, offering multiple listings based on the particular merit and special growing habits of certain plants. Appropriate plants for every garden situation are offered from disease-resistant climbing roses, water lilies for pond gardens, or rock garden plants. The Techniques There are instructions for constructing various paths, walls, steps, and grading structures. Detailed plans are included for naturalizing a prairie, constructing compost bins, and arranging indoor lighting systems. The Photography More than 1,000 photographs illustrate everything from more than 60 roses to the step-by-step of dividing a lily root clump. Each chapter contains scores of identification photographs to help the home gardener choose the ideal plants for the garden.
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Video via USB
From LinuxTVWiki
This page provides links to USB devices which provide analogue video capabilities (i.e. they have on board, in one form or another, a video decoder IC).
- DiBcom USB devices
- Em28xx devices
- OmniVision USB devices (OV511, etc)
- PixArt PAC7301/PAC7302
- pvrusb2 devices
- TM60x0 based devices
- USBVision devices
- Sundtek devices
For USB based Webcams, see here.